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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1924)
- - » t: — £ » 1 - W <**• * s £ : _L k * ©mdha Vheie? the'Wjst is at its Best £. • I'i, < ■ - 1 ■■■■■■ - — ■ ■ ■ ■--— ONE COUNTRY, ONE CAMPAIGN. The republican party recognizes the United States of America. It knows “neither east nor west, border, or breeding or birth.” Such will be its ap peal when it goes before the people of the United States, offering its candidates and asking approval fot its principles. This is the plain meaning of what Chairman Butler said, after consulting with President Coolidge: "We do not propose to seek support In one sec tion of the country through concentrated and ob mr- vious effort and to try to gain it In another section * by silence and evasion of issues." A campaign in every state in the union, with one iSTSet of candidates and one statement of principles, evasion at any point, no special pleas, no effort to captivate a local sentiment for the sake of secur ing factional support. The Coolidge campaign will be to elect a president of the United States. He will be representative of the people of the United States. He will not be subservient to any especial interest, group or subdivision of the nation. He will stand for the best interests, the welfare and prosperity of all. • • • Contrast this with the plan the democrats are ’-‘outlining. It squares with their platform. They are already assured of 183 votes from states tradi tionally committed to the democratic column. No matter who was the nominee of the New York con vention, he started with that assurance. Wet or dry, free trade or high tariff, klan or anti-klan, the nominee knew before be was named that' if the ;’«4ioice alighted on him, he would get the vote of the “solid south.” This means he must carry three or more of the : northern states to get the votes necessary to elect. So Brother Charlie was named as vice president. This was with the purpose that he might have some influence among the so-called radical states. John W. Davis was selected to cater to the conservative east. A platform equally shifting and vague was ''’■prepared. It was drawn that it may be interpreted . as fitting the requirements of Massachusetts on one hand and Nebraska on the other. Illinois, Indiana, New York, all will be invaded by specially organized groups of democratic plead ers, to stir up sectional fepling and secure support on local grounds. California, Oregon ami Washing ton also will get particular attention on home is .tVil'ts, if any such there be. The whole democratic "campaign presents an aspect of sectionalism. Pre tending to be national, the party depends on sec tional feeling for any hope of success. So, too, with the La Foliette effort. It. not only seeks particular localities, hut appeals to social di "WJalona. To break up Americans into groups on racial, religious, or property lines, and then to array *‘one group against another, are the tactics adopted by the forces that are supporting "Fighting Bob.” If* would not have a handful in his parade if it were not for the socialists, the communists, the ex tremists, whether they are found in the "parlors,” or in the I. W. W. camps. La Foliette may control his own utterances, but he can not control those of the men who look to him as lender. These include the entire group that is devoted to the overturning our government, from Oswald Garrison Villard fc&d Victor L. Berger down to the “red” who agi tates "on the Job.” Size them up, and then read again Butler’s state ment, and choose the party that really represents America. That is not sectional, hut national. That seeks to represent all citizens, and not a group or class. One country, one flag, one campaign, is the republican war cry. DEVIL DOG AND THE WARD BOSSES. Now it appears that Philadelphia, like some other communities in this great and glorious land, wants to be good, but not too good. When W. Freeland . Kendrick was running for mayor, he promised the •- voters he would clean up the town if elected. His first great move was to get General Smedley I). But -aler from the Marine corps and make him director of public safety. It is now rumored, and with reason, .r'that General Butler is to he dismissed. In the par lance of the army, he is to hp "hohtailed.” He is .-'told that if he will "he good” and “go along,” he 'ran stay until his year is nut. on January R, 1925. Otherwise, he will he superseded at once. All of which affords another interesting chapter of the world-old fight of good against evil. General JiButler sought to restrict crime in the great city of Brotherly Love. He did not regard infraction of the e' Volstead act ns the worst thing that could happen. He did try to close up the open liars and stop the sale of liquor in Philadelphia. Me nlsy made war on footpads, burglars, gamtders, loose women, and all the other elements of vice and crime. Not with the hope of entirely doing away with them, but to minimize their activities and make the city safe. Tho*e who knew Philadelphia well watched the progress of Butler's campaign with great interest. P* spe. iiilar opening was discounted, for thefcreat display of activity did not wnrrant the expectation that it was the real measure of the effort. The 1. • g, hard, Hull drive of law again t, outlawry never ■ ^teases. Many folks who profess to lie interested in •«. ‘ , good order, however, lose, their seal when the sky rockets die down. Butler now finds himself opposed by the ward bosses, who are the real power in Philadelphia. He has gone too deeply into the police force to suit them. They see, or pretend to see, a connection between Butler and Pinchot, and that means Penn sylvania, which is something else again. This far away from the scene only an academic interest is held in the local politics of Philadelphia, but in the effort to restrain vice all are concerned. The present example is one as old as Babylon or Ninevah, Sodom or Gomorrah. Man is not to be purified by police power or the efforts to enforce law. Wherever many men are gathered together, there will we expect to find the most sinful. BRYAN TONGUETIED—HEARST TALKS. Oh dear, oh dear! How Hearst is ripping up John W. Davis. It’s a shame. To be sure Hearst is saying no more about Davis than W. J. Bryan said on the floor of the democratic convention. How I ever, it is different with W. J. The convention nomi nated “Brother Charlie’’ to run with Dajis—and that makes a lot of difference. The tragedy of it all is that the democrats thought they had Willie Hearst all safely tucked away when they made their deal that cut the League of Nations out of the platform. Now that the league has been abandoned for an ab surd post card referendum—that can never betaken - Hearst jumps the fence. He has what he wanted - -the democrats are holding the hag. Then, just to rub salt into the wounds, Hearst is pouring the very sort of hot shot into Davis that W. J. Bryan was all set and ready to do when they tied his ardent tongue by nominating his brother for vice president. Comes now% Hearst in his Chicago newspapers of July 21 and says these unkind things about John W. Davis: • The New York Telephone company wanted an increase in rates. The New York Public Service commission re fused the request. John W. Davis went to a federal court to get an order increasing the rates. Mayor Hylnn, acting for the city of New York, asked the court for the right to interpose an of jection. Then: "But John AV. Daxis. who was the telephone company’s lawyer, opposed this motion, tie wanted the judge to take $6,000,000 a year away from the people of New’ York and give it to the telephone company, and he didn't want the judge to let the people even protest against It. And the Judge did as John AV. Davis asked him to do. . "Mr. Davis had no hard feelings against the people of New York—not nt all. Jle just told the telephone company how to take the money because they paid him for It. "Mr. Davis declares that he Is proud of his elients. Doubtless they are proud of him, too! The telephone private monopoly would indeed prove that corporations have no souls if it were not proud of having a lawyer who could tell them how to take your money perfectly legally without letting you know about it beforehand or giving you any chance to protest against the holdup. "The Public Service commission, voting three to two, has now devilled that the telephone company had no right to increase its rates In New York Pity. "But the telephone company will go right on taking the Jxtra $6,000,000 a year, thanks to its law. J’er, John AV. Davis, and one federal Judge." And to think—W. J. Bryan, the great moral leader who started the attack on Davis, must needs hold his tongue and all because “Brother Charlie” is the’Davis’ running mate. It may be that Hearst will smoke oat W. J. before he gets through. INCREASE IN HOME OWNERSHIP. Omaha has always been known as city of home owner?. From the time the townsite was laid out until the present, with all the multitude of extensive sdditions made to the original plat, residents have owned each his share in the city. It is good to own part of Omaha. Wherever one goes, all around the business .section, the eye is greeted by the sight of neat, attractive homes, from the mansion to the bungalow, all belonging to someone who has worked mil paid for the place. It is a proof of industry t.ud thrift, Omaha has SO,551 homes, of which 27,807 are owned in fee by the occupants, and a considerable proportion of the remainder are being paid for on Contracts, under which title has not yet passed. Of homes with children of school age there are 2.3,7.79, of which 14,552 are owned by the families that oc cupy them. This is an increase of home ownership among this class of 1,400 for the year. In four years the number of home owners in Omaha has Increased 6.6 per cent. In 1923 the building and loan associations of Omaha increased their assets by $10,000,000. On December 31, 1923, the aggregate assets'of the 12 associations in Omaha were $71,641,401. As the operations of the building and loan organizations is exclusively in the promotion of buildings, and fully 90 per cent of it with small homes, the figures given ought to answer the question, whether they indirnte in any way the prosperity of the people. Tell the young husband and father that every time he pays a monthly installment on his home nest that he is that much poorer, and see what he will say to you. Even the labor government of England has failed to realize the socialist dream of having the state provide homes for the people. In "capital istic” America the people are providing homes for themselves. Hon. Vic Berger optimistically counts the Rouse vc It. vote of 1912 for I .a Follette in 1924. Well, if you want to figure that way, why not add the Wil son vote of 1916 and the Harding vote of 1920, and make it a good one? If you want to know why they always pick s rich man for ambassador to England, read the ac counts of receptions anil garden parties being given by the Kelloggs in London just now. -- Homespun Verse — By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie V__ j WHEN THE ICE CREAM MAN COMES DRIVING UP THE STREET. . It's n aham* to wish ft permit leu* tlmn he hlmaelf mny own, Ami If* awful to begrudge * man hi* meat,— Hut I’d like to he a waiting with a hrlrk hut or a atenr W hen the l« «• cream men comes driving op theatre*!. Thrice an hour he cornea ahouttnir. am! hi* hell Inre* mint ding*. Ami the children f* a running to the cate; Long mto I apent my nhkeja And I've gone to aaylng 1hinge That I run not rightly name appropriate. 1 don't like to he a grumbler, and I'm not Inclined to kick Though my problem* aren't all tike dreams to meet Hut I'd like in he n uniting at the portal with a hrlrk When the he cream man cornea dilvtng up the street. * » r " - ——> You’d Never Thought He’d Ever Amount to Any thing When He Left the Farm 6 Months Ago I ' -■■■■■■ — " ~ ■ 1 "■■■■ ■ 1 - —- - -N Letters From Our Readers All IfllfM must he *l*nr«l. but name will he withheld noon request, (otmnuni .cutlons of 2IH* word* and lr*a will be Riven preference. ^-—_/ Hope of t lie Ad ii I la mi ten. Omaha.—To the Kdltor of The Omaha Bee: One enterprising editor ial' observer quotes the first book of Samuel to describe, as he thinks, the candidacy of La Follette: “And everyone that was In distress, and everyone that was in debt, and everyone that was discontented gath '•red t hemsel ves unto him: and he become a captain over them.’ Looking up the passage, I find that this particular captain was none other than David, who killed ffoliath. wrote many of the Psalms and became king over united Israel. Few followers of La Follette would claim so much for him. but the designation of him as captain of the discontented is sub stantially correct. Probably a ma jority* of the American people are dis contented with existing economic con ditions. To fake hold of this state of mind, essentially destructive, and to turn It into constructive channels i* vitally necessary; and here may be the principal function of the n**vs movement. I am l»y no means an enthusiastic follower »>f Hubert M I.n Follette, if indeed a. follower at all. His rastigu tlon of the communist* unjust a ‘i unnecessm s by the waj shows how short is his viewpoint, how little In • lined he is to direct effective fire on file causes of the very abuses lie con demns; hut, for the time being, his candidacy seems to offer the most possibilities By It great multitudes will be brought together, thinking clearly and acting earnestly. Being largely of the great betrayal and ex ploited mass, their action will tie a? least the beginning of a prelude to a greater movement and greater ac ! compllahment. The future, and no distant future. r-\ holds much valuable realization, the buiVn? of better Institutions, the Inauguration of a new Industrial epolh in whic h productive mental and manual labor shall be not only the dominant power, but ttie only puwer. However intense may be the con viction of the true progressive, he ran be pafient: he ran wait a little while, being sure of the outc ome. KPMUND It. BHIMBAI GH. t\ liy Not Kml the Farce? Omaha —To the Kditor of The Omaha lire: 1 react your editorial on ' .Make the Streets Safe” with sen timents of commendation. The dan ger i3 too apparent to need discus sion. Then I read the account of the in quest held over the body of the little boy who was killed, and was amaxed to And that the driver of the truck had been exonerated and relase.1 What sort of conclusion are w« to draw from this'” in tailing his side of the story, the driver of Hie truck said the sunlight "hone in liis ei*-« and blinded him, so that he could not see the car ice struck. Vei lie kept on going, not knowing where lie was going lie knew that lie was coming Into a street that is ordinarily crowded with cars. He could not see. He kept oil going, and a Utile hoy was killed A coroner's Jury Anils no fault with this Kxiincrates a drlcer whose own admission of rarietesness is enough to condemn him. Suppose a man en Ipird s crowded room. Ai ing a pistol wildly, and someone was killed Would It he sufficient defense for the mur ders- to say he did not see his v|c tlm’’ Is there not some way to end the fsrre of law enforcement so far a" traffic on our city streets is con cerned? Omaha is no worse than many other cjitles, where trsffir is dense and huge trucks and cars are moved at high speed. Vet that is no excuse for laxity line. A sl ut ought lo be made, and Omaha is a good place to make It. Sl ipping the reckless driver on the wrist will not help. When we pet a coroner’s jury to say that such kill ! Inp* are murder, and some of the! earless ones face a jury in district court, maybe they will take a dif Cerent view A FATHER A be Martin V . J Ton many lawyer* irit hiir fee* for their pull instead o' ther Irpnl ability. Th’ harbors are jroin' a merry clip. (Copyright, 11.'4 > ! NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Juno, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,616 Sunday .76,224 I Does net Include returns, left* | ever a, samples or paper* spoiled in t printing and Includes no ape* ial | I sales or free circulation of any kind. V. A. RRIDGE, Cir. Mgr, | Subscribed and sworn to before m» • this Btb day of July, 1024 W II. QUIVF.Y, | | l (Seal) Notary Public r- \ Movies you make yourself , With the lame ease that 1 your hoy makes snap-shots with a Brownie, you make motion pictures with a Cine Kodak. And it’s easily proved. Interested salesmen will not only show you what the outfit is hut what it dors. They will project on the screen Cin^-Kodak movies that other amateurs have made, so that you can see for yourself. Eastman Kodak Co. (Til. Robert Dempster Co.) IJ/'.A 1813 Farnam St. [WMl Branch Store When in Omaha Hotel Conant 2S0 Rooms—250 Haiti*— Rates 12 to $.1 fD.W. GRIFFITH! MADE AMERICA FOR AMERICANS v.—_:_J\ ! f “From State and i Nation” --/j Jury Reform. Kfoiu 111* N*w York 1'oat. One important objection to the pro poaal to establlah courses in jury duty for college students, made by Freder ick O'iJryne. commissioner of jurors of New York. Is that many of those who go to colleges elect to follow pro fessions that are exempt from Jury duty under the law in offering Ids plan the i-ommia aioner complain* that most citizens of intelligence and education evad^ jury service in every way But he ia mis taken in thinking the average man of intelligence and education is un willing to do his duty by the state. The prospective juror Is often ex amined with more acerbity than the prisoner on trial. "The thief in the pen was Innocent until he was proved guilty,’^ said a facetious juror, "but we jurors were guilty until we were proved innocent of any crime" It 1# exasperating for a huav man to sit around waiting while lawyers resort to a vat lety of subterfuge* u> delay, postpone or drag a ir al along Jury reform, like the admlhUtra Hun -if justice in genet al. will hava 10] begin in tile courts. The Prince and the \<l» criteria. From th* M.nnr.it*. ' * Tr none If Hie prim e of Wales ever should need a publicity agrnt he knows to day lieiter than he knew yesterday where to go In find a live one. lie will look for him somewhere in the United States. Ths prince got hi* enlightenment when he appeared with the royal welcome to the delegates to the Inter national advertising convention in Wembley. The Yankee contingent, more or less familiar with th# wave of national political convention*, whooped It up for I lie young man for ‘AIN’T IT THE TRUTH?” —Bv ICICLE When the front torch is hotter' n THE SAHARA AND COLTDR'NKS TURN ‘I . OtrAM - And then sou see signs of RELIEF AND DECIDE TO INVEST I GATE - ■\NP DISCOVE R WERC'S ST1LU ONE COOL SPOT IN TOWN* - OH BOV AIN’T IT A GRAND AND 6L0RI0S REELIN' ? j Sunny side UP; ckUoe Comfort, nor foroet (_<7Aa/ jj Vint Stahl of the state agricultural department was a dele sate lo the New York convention and, although a Bryan sup i porter, wan friendly to W. (I. McAdoo. One afternoon ^ int caught McAdoo In a reminiscent mood. "Many years ago down In Georgia," said McAdoo, "a hunch j of llule boy* organized a baseball club. They didn't have any money to buy a ball, so one of the boys wrote a letter to Com modore Vanderbilt of New York and asked for a dollar. The boy hnd to hang around hi* father's oftlee for several evenings before he could get a stamp to mall the letter. "Finally the boy got a reply from Commodore Vanderbilt, but It did not contain a dollars to buy the baseball. "But I Jived to take over Vandeibilt’s railroad and run It for him,'1 concluded McAdoo with a wide smile. Governor Bryan Is now making capital out of the claim that he lias greatly (educed the price of gasoline for the good of the people. A lot of Nebraskan* can remember when the governor was selling Buttermilk Chewing Gum, Good for the Complexion." - i As we try to hit the keys of s battered old typewriter while simultaneously trying to prevent the drops of sweat that trickle from our nose from landing in the mechanism, our only solace is that although the weather la mighty hard on * j middle-aged ntan Inclined to obesity. It la mighty fine for the corn. The solace Is slightly tinged with regret*, however, by the fact that we haven't an acre of corn In the field or a buahel of old eorn in the crib. "We've been bragging too much," whispered a county com rnlssloner who was on his way to Lincoln to appear before the state board of equalization and protest against the valuation fixed by the board. IJr. Bass, who specializes as secretary of the republican state committee, has a lot of democratic friends, and isn’t afraid to Josh 'em now and then. "What do you think of the way we democrat* are playing the political game this year?” asked a democratic visitor. Flaying politics!" exclaimed Ur. Bass, "X thought you democrats were merely playing rummy." Our favorite groceryman asked us th» other day If we thought the tremendously increased demand for yeast Indicated lj that housewives were returning to the old-fashioned habit of baking their own bread. We are unable to enlighten him, but consultation with several wholesale linker* revealed that they have suffered no reduction In patronage. We have only* faint recollection of the campaigns In which fiat money arguments played a leading part, but it seem* only yesterday that we hail dealings with the fiat promises of politicians. Despite advancing years and increasing avoirdupois we are prepared to sprint at record breaking speed at the sight "f any man who gives evidence of a desire to talk politic*. We are prepared to reminisce at length on old days when tall, cold ones were obtainable, or when the water in the old swim ming hole was a degree or two above freezo, but we bar politic*. We might argue tolerance in religion, or discuss the League of Nations, but we have put politics on our Index Ex purgatoris forever and a day. WILL M. MALTIN'. I JO minutes in the best American style. The prince was a bit startled by this sharp departure from the paths of traditional British restraint, but h* proved to be as good a sport under the circumstances as his American admirers »'X|>ected him to be. lie dis corded his set speech and waded Into the informalities of the occasion as *f he liked it. Jt doesn't make much difference to the American citizenship represented in the Wembley convention whether the young man chooses to be known as the prince of Wales, or Lord He® frew, or Irv some other capacity. It is1 about ail the same to this type be cause it is more interested in the man j than in the regalia, and it happens to j be drawn to & regular fellow because he is regular and has a good sense of the real human values. The incident that swirled around the prince was interesting, hut the gathering is still mors notable in what signifies as to the importance that has come to attach to the busi ness of advertising, which is today a remarkable combination of busi ness, science and art. Up-to-date ad vertising addresses itself to the senses a well as to the mind. Its appeal io the eye is a part of the psychological purpose, and a very considerable part. The United States has taken a leading part in erecting an etM<al code for advertising. Its representa tives in the convention will have nothing to be ashamed of when that phase of the subject is up for discus sjon. They will not say that the code is universally practiced, but they will be able to say in truth that efforts to that end are tireless and that refresh ing headway has been made In plac ing the whole structure of adverti* ing on a high plane. (inlf Kooks. Canvasser— Does your husband play gdlf' Lady—Yes. 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