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The Omaha Bee M~Q RN1 N G—E V E N 1 N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UI’DIKE, President BALLARD DUNN, JOY M. HACKLER, Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our apecial dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for aTl a* i aaa the Department, or Perscn Wanted. * IftlltlC 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side—N. W. Cor. 24th N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. St. Louis—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. MAIL. SU B SC RIPTI ON RATES Daily and Sunday 1 year $6.00, 6 months $3.00, ? months $1.76, 1 month 76c Daily Only 1 year $4.60, 6 months $2.75, 3 months $1.60, 1 month 76c Sunday Only 1 year $3.00. 6 months $1.75. 3 months $1.00, 1 month 60c CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday.I month 85c, 1 week 20o Evening and Sunday.1 month 65c, 1 week 16c Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 6c j _.___* OinalidVhefe the^st is dt its Best WHAT EVERY BUSINESS MAN KNOWS. *1 can tell bv looking at my books, covering the last 50 years, just when the republicans have been in power.” This is the statement of an Omaha re tailer who has been a success in a business way. Any other business man can say the same who has records covering the same length of time. Inflation and depression followed the Civil War, just as it did the World W'ar. It was republican policies of protection and conservation that turned ‘Black Friday”'of I860 into the steadily mounting stream of prosperity that saw the greatest growth .» ' the world ever recorded. In 1884 came a lull while Grover Cleveland was in power, the first democratic president since Buchanan. Back to republicanism in 1888, under Harrison, when the much-maligned McKinley tariff was enacted. Agitation very similar to what is going on now ensued, and in 1892 Cleve land and the democrats again came into power. Panic and hard times followed. * • • In 1894 the Wilson tariff bill was passed, de scribed by Grover Cleveland as “an act of party perfidy,” but signed by him nevertheless. Not many who lived through those democratic days of soup houses and bread lines, of idle factories and railroad receiverships, care to experience another such trial. Under the Dingley bill with McKinley in the White House, industry revived and the country smoothly moved along the upward road, until 1912, when we got Wilson and the Underwood tariff. A repetition of depression, stagnation of trade at home and abroad, with widespread idleness and distress, ensued. In the early part of 1915 work on war material set the factories to moving again, despite the policy of the administration. William Gibbs McAdoo inherited the Treasury department with a clear surplus of $350,000,000, and in two years had truned this into a deficit of $350,000,000. A loss of $1,000,000 a day in time of peace. And the democratic congress was not especially extrava gant at that. Business just naturally withered withered under the blight of the party's policies. ♦ * * To the republicans in 1921 fell the task of clean ing up the mess democrats had left. In three years payments on the public debt*have been made to the extent of $2,722,000,000, involving a saving of $120,000,000 a year in interest alone. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 9121, government expendi tures were $5,538,000,000, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, the item was $3,497,000,000, a reduction in expenditures of over $2,000,000,000. The surplus for last year was $498,000,000. The president has ordered budget estimates for 1925 cut to $3,000,000,000 or under. Taxes have been re duced twice since the republicans took over the gov ernment in 1921. No wonder the books of a business man will tell when the republicans are in power. It would be re markable if they did not. GOVERNOR’S DEFICIT VANISHES. Governor Bryan better come home from New York. Something has happened since he left Lin coln. The deficit in the general fund has been wiped out, and a cash balance of $932,273 has taken its place. This is going to deprive the governor of one of his choicest talking points during the forthcoming campaign. All last summer and way up into the winter the folks in Nebraska heard from the gov ernor on the topic if the deficit. It was all the fault of a republican legislature. Members refused obstinately to listen when the executive advisid what ought to be done. A red ink balance showed up in the state treasurer’s office. Here was a convenient peg on which to "hang all sorts of arguments and predictions. Accordingly they were hung there. Among other things, the governoh demanded that the republican legislature come to him, confess its error, ask pardon and beg leave to sit again. If this were done, he would graciously consent. Then the state might be pre served from the ruin that threatened to overwhelm us. The legislature, however, watched the gov ernor’s gyrations with amusement. Its members felt they knew what had been done, and were will ing to await returns. Treasurer Robinson balanced his books at the end of June, and found not only the overdraft of $195,992 wiped out, but a surplus of $932,273 on hand. He carries in all funds a balance of more than $4,000,000, so that Nebraska is thoroughly solvent, and July collections still to come. SUMMER SCHOOL IN CITIZENSHIP. “Send your boy to Plattshurg, and swap him for a man,” is the slogan often heard down east. The R. O. T. C. camp on the shores of Luke Champlain is just as popular this summer as it was in 1917, or in any of the years of its existence. College men are going there for training, looking for com missions in the Reserve Corps of the United States army. In all its prominence, though, Plattshurg is of no more initial importance than are the Citizens Military Training camps, which will be held in the various army corps areas during the coming months of summer. That for Omaha will be at Des Moines, where Fort Des Moines affords the nucleus and the old site of Camp Dodge provides the rest of the stnge set tings. Here the youth who are accepted for the term will have a taste of disciplined, orderly camp life, a vacation with pay. Uncle Sam foots the bills, providing transportation, board and lodging, medi cal and dental care. Expert guidance, too, along all lines for the development of the mental, moral and physical natures of the boys. Trading your boy for a man is the purpose of the operations at one of these camps. Instruction is of a character that brings out many qualities. Self-reliance, a sense of responsibility, understand ing of the value of team work, the elements of dis cipline and order. All these are taught. Military training is secondary, incidental only to the greater job of fitting the boy for his work as a man. These camps are of the highest civic service, for they instill into the unformed minds of the boys an understanding and respect for the government that will be retained and grow through life. The C. M. T. C. has the endorsement of all good citizens who have examined its purpose and its methods. It really makes men and good citizens of boys. NO MORE PARTIES IN NEBRASKA? Are political parties as such doomed in Ne braska? If the petition filed by C. A. Sorenson receives approval of the voters, the party circle will not only vanish from the ballot, but the party designation as well will go. There will be nothing to guide the voter but his acquaintance with or knowledge of the man for whom he is voting. The exception to this will be president, United States senators and congressmen. Candidates for these offices still will have the party circle and the party designation. The petition signed by 43,780 voters was pre sented to the secretary of state last week. If every thing is found legal, it will require the amendment to the constitution sought by Sorenson to go on the ballot in November. Here, then, will be a chance for the voters of Nebraska to determine if they are ready to abandon the political party system that has been in vogue since the government was founded. The substitute reduces the quest for office to an unorganized scramble. It will not, however, do away with parties. For example, if Mr. Sorenson were to seek an office, he would first try to secure for himself such organization in each county as would ensure his success. In the course of doing this, he would en counter some one looking for another office with W’hom he could make a bargain. The two would find a third, and presently a group would be headed by Sorenson, bent on controlling the choice of the voters. This group would be opposed by a similar group, and there you would have the political party, with the single and vital defect that it would be responsible to no one. Responsibility is as essential to government ns any other of the principles upon which it rests. To abandon party organization, and undertake to rest responsibility on individual whim is to invite destruc tion. A new party may be formed at any time, and come into power when it gains sufficient adherents. It must stand on principles, however, not on men. Our government is a government of laws, not of men. It could not otherwise endure. We hope the voters of Nebraska will examine the Sorenson proposal carefully’, and inform them selves as to its contents and purposes. No more far reaching change in our election system has been proposed since the primary system was adopted. If it is adopted, it will require an entire reorganiza tion of our methods. HOT WEATHER HINTS. The hot weather will soon be here, and not all of you can spend the entire heated season in the cool retreats of the north woods or the mountains. Somebody must stay at home and attend to the chores. But that does not mean that it is necessary for those who remain to stew and perspire and frizzle. It is possible to be comparatively cool and comfort able on the hottest day. Much depends upon the frame of mind. Don’t worry. That never reduced the tempera ture by so much as a single degree. Don’t watch the thermometer. It has no pride in its personal appearance. Don’t he in a hurry. Wait for the next car. Don’t drink ice water. Give your stomach a show. Don’t stoke your physical furnace with rich foods. Your digestion needs a rest as much as your brain. Don’t take your troubles home from the office or the shop. The Missus is entitled to some relief. And lastly, as well as firstly, don’t worry. Hot weather is needed to make the corn. Only five lynchings are reported from the coun try for the last six months, by the Tuskegec Insti tute. Maybe the leaven really is working and the accused will he given a trial before he is executed. Whatever the cause, the effect is worth noting. Unless, says the New York Evening World, the democrats come to their senses, "this year will spread a dark blot of disaster upon the democratic record.’’ Looks as if that already had happened. The democrats could not do any worse, no mat ter where they moved the convention, so they may as well fight it out in New York. Time was when a Texan would not have asked police protection in New York or anywhere else, nor cared what the odds were. Congress having adjourned and national conven tions being in order, passing the buck has been suc ceeded by passing the bunk. And the klan issue bobbed up at Cleveland, just when the socialists were getting along so nicely. More sad news for the bootleggers’ union. Judge McGee is coming back. Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Iforthinfiton Davie --— SUMMER TIME There's music. In the meddar nn' there's music In the lane. There's purty things a growin' ever' place nbout the main; It's summer time!—I know It Jest as sure ns I'm alive,— The bees are goln' wayward er returnin' to the hive. The pesky frogs are croakin',—seemin' bustin' with de light; A hunderd dlff’rent voices send their songs across the night, An* lots of purty posies not a one of like design.— Fill up the air with sweetness to the wonderment of mine. The leaves aro on the maples nn' the hay Is In the row, The corn sn' wheat an' barley ain't got very fnr to go;— An’ evor'thlng reminds me of n consecrated rhyme. An' life Is doubly precious In the glorious summer time I " /*-— " The Preliminary Tryouts for Our Own Political Olympics. t--- N “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— II Minority of a Minority Electa. From the Pt Peal Diepntch. Some 400,000 voters took part In the Minnesota primaries Monday. About 1,237,203 are qualified to vote, according to the census of 1920. Two thirds of Jhe voter* did not car* who was nommated nor about party tick ets, with parties meaning little or nothing and the contests mere per sonal scrambles for office. Official returns from Kamsey coun ty show that only 34,611 votes were cast for all candidates for United States senator, with 85,000 registered and at least 125,000 qualified to vote Oscar llallam, who ran far ahead of the rest for senator, received the votes of only 12,661, or about 10 per cent of those qualified to vote. Magnus Johnson got 6,932 votes, or a little more than 5 per cent. Taking the unofficial but nearly com plete returns of the state, Schall Is credited with 81,586 votes, getting the republican nomination with the suf frages of approximately 7 per cent of those who voted or might have voted. Theodore Christianson gets the republican label for governor with some thousand fewer votes Olson leads for the farmer-laborer choice for governor with R5.696 votes, or about 4 per cent of all citizens over 21 years old. A small minority of s small minor ity has picked the candidate In every case! Plurality nominations at# had enough, but are unavoidable when the f - 1 " ■ ■» Farmer C’oolidsre plowed while his son wuz pittin' nominated, an’ election day comes jest in time fer corn shuckin'. Some wives nre happy, an' others have handsome husbands. _(Copyright, 1»»4 1_ entries for'any place are unlimited The result is that an office is won by Foma man whom only a small frac tlon of the people really deslro to have In It. The primaries bring about worse than plurality nominations. The man seeks the office, not the office the man. The candidate selects himself. Instead of the party selecting the candidate The offlcemaker must put himself forward and make himself widely known In order to get even the few thousand votes necessary to win. Pub licity Is the thing, not qualifications. Pandering to the meaner Instincts of electorate counts for everything, prin ciples for nothing. If all the people voted or even a substantial majority, the results would be better. All the blame Is not on the voter who neglects Ills duty. It Is chiefly on the system. We Might Worry Along. From the Minneapolis Tribune. It Is the great American privilege for the women and girls of Minneapo lis to have their hair bobbed or mar celed and their Angers manicured If they wish It so—and If they have the price. It Is not necessarily one of the du ties of the school !>oard or one of the functions of the schools to use public funds to teach girls to dress the hair of "bobbles" or to manicure the An gers of others at so much rer mani cure. There always will he Anger nails presumably. They have been a part of the human anatomy from time im memorial. Everybody who has whole Angers wears them. The professional manicure Industry as It Is understood and observed today Is a comparatively recent craft. Our mothers and grand mothers took care of their own nails They were reasonably happy and they grew Into exceedingly creditable wo manhood. They had as many nnd as potent physical charms as the girls of today. As for bobbed hair we hadn't much of that except among girls In their curly teens, or younger, until within the last few years. Today tt Is the rule, not the exception, with ^trls under—well, let'* say 16. The taste for It originated abroad, traveled to New York and then penetrated Into the Interior. Now we hear from va rious sources that bobbed hair Is going out of style In Paris and other fash ion centers of the old world. If that be true, look for a return to long hair on our Atlantic coast and then west ward. That bobbed hair requires more dressing, more attention, than the other kind, I* asserted and denied. And If It should go out of style— bloo-eh! Is it up to our school board to take the risk, and if the risk is nil, is It up to the school board to give of ficial encouragement to have some one else dress one's hair when one can dress one's own hair for nothing—ex cept the time spent; and Is It up to the board to give even an Indirect official endorsement of the costly habit of having one's fingernails mani cured by another for a price when one can manicure one s own finger nails acceptably for nothing—except for what the tools, time and coloring cost? Minneapolis will not suffer an ir remediable harm if there isn t any nurry about offering hair-dressing and manicuring courses In the public Mchools at public expense. We say this while confessing that we iove the short-haired girls as much as we love ;he long-haired kind, and while grant ing to every girl, young, old or middle jged. the privilege of getting a "boughten” manicure if she prefers it to the home-made burnishing. ^ Upside Down. Mrs. Brown—“I admire Dr. Young Immensely. He is so preserving in the fai-e of difficulties that he always reminds me of Patience sitting down on a monument.” Mr. Brown—"Yes: but w-hat I am becoming rather alarmed about :s the r 1 number of monuments sitting on his patients."—People's Journal. s% NO COMMISSION. 6% i REAL ESTATE LOANS S I 6% INTEREST ° 1 NO COMMISSION * ^ Easy Repayments ^ o The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass’n o 2 1614 H«rn*y Street Sl/o NO COMMISSION 6% t I I A BANK STATEMENT 1 . Easily Understood I (A* Made to the Comptroller of the Currency, June 30, 1924) Resources: jf I- CASH ...$ 9,492,848.51 YA j * (Gold, Bank Notes and Specie on hand i or immediately due from Federal Re serve Bank and other Depositories.) I II. UNITED STATES BONDS. 1,000,000.00 III. BONDS and WARRANTS. 1,074,647.05 (Of Municipalities and Corporations.) i IV. BANKING HOUSE.. 1,000,000.00 (A very conservative value; property is assessed for taxation at $1,110,000.) V. LOANS and DISCOUNTS. 14,436,559.95 (Loans to individuals, corporations and hanks, payable on demand or within an average of 40 days; largely secured by collateral.) VI. MISCELLANEOUS . 221,761.92 (Interest earned but not collected. $44. 531.22; Customer.-" Liability on Letters of Credit, $171,861.11; ' Overdrafts, 3 __ b i IfPfi $27,225,817.43 Liabilities: I. DEPOSITS .$23,839,293.50 (Of Individuals, ComorsUons and Banks. an increase of $663,336,41 over last , published statement, March 31, 1924.) II. CIRCULATION .. 993 500.00 (Bank Notes in circulation 1 III. LETTERS OF CRrniT . 188.419.27 1 (Sold to customers, payable when pre sented.) I IV. BORROWED MONEY. NONE j $25021.21277 j Capital and Surplus, $2,204,604.66 (Consisting of Capital Stock. $1,000,000; , Surplus and Undivided Profits. $1,204.- j ' 6(t4.66; invested by Stockholders as an i additional protection to Depositor*. in excess of all obligations.) Ihe Cibaha National Bank ^amam ainih Si. _ [SUNNY SIDE UFV ckJce Comfort, nor forovt Frank Carey Is an observing fellow, for which we are duly grateful. Now and then he Informs us of facts and things that enable us to finish up this daily stunt In short order. He points out to our attention some significant signs, as follows: At Sixteenth and Harney: "Hug the Tailor.” Which ad monition we refuse to heed. Is there no prepossessing tallor t-ss in Omaha? “Lynch the Plumber." Which advice we have often been desirous of following. "Ladles Ready to Wear." Presumably a follow-up of the Information from the paint dealers that to "save the surface is to save all." "Autoes Washed In the Rear, $1.” That’s not putting on a good front. "Dr. Blank, Third Floor Dentist." He presumably spe clauses In upper plates. After mature deliberation, we again announce our can didacy for the legislature, our platform being the Passing of a Law compelling the removal of show signs from the bill boards within 30 days after the date of the show. "Can a man or woman be a consistent Christian and church member and fall, refuse or neglect to exercise the right jf franchise?” While making no pretense to being more than a mere church member we are prepared to take the negative of that question. When a man tells us that he is too good or too decent to take part in politics, because "polltk-s is rotten," he is unwittingly telling us that he is a hypocrite, or that he Is unworthy of citizenship. To date we are unable to understand why any delegate to the New York convention wanted to go to Coney Island to see a merry-go-’round. The first time we get a good opportunity we are going to chide Ora Spillman severely for taking undue advantage of Charley'B absence from the state. Charley Dawes will be notified of his nomination on July j 31. It will be the surprise of his young life, but the chances * are that he will be able to make a few remarks. When some dark horses emerge Into the limelight It Is dis covered that their backers were short on geneaology. Judge McGee certainly does pack a wallop. He puts ’em away almost as long as some of the hootch they sold. At this Juncture we give it out cold that we are going to stage as unsafe and Insane a Fourth of July celebration as finances and the ordinances will permit. In this fell design we will have the hearty co-operation and plaudits of a quartet of lusty youngste-s who have never yet failed ue In our efforts to make the Glorious Fouth some more than a perfunctory fizzle. Of course It doesn't matter a-tall now. but we have It di rect that the original A1 Smith man was the Bartenders' union. WILL M. MAUPIN.