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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1924)
1 ff ■ ' ' . r v:-: ! r - . _ Omaha Vhefe tlie^fest is at its Best PARTY SYSTEM OR BLOC CONFUSION. Out of the welter and mists of national politics certain salients are appearing. Most prominent of these is the difference between the two major par ties and the heterogenous aggregation that is lining up as a menace to the older organizations. New party movements are not a novelty in the United States. Parties and politics alike are far from being rigid and immovable, Shve as they hold fast to certain fundamental tenets that rest on the solid foundation of human experience. When the repub lican party was born in 1856, it proclaimed a great principle as its corner stone, and to that principle it attracted enough voters to elect its candidate in 1860. The greohack party had a principle, but did not achieve general success for it. The populist party adopted first the Ocala declaration and then the Omaha platform, definitely stating its plans and Aspirations. These ventures were dignified and sin cere, and made history, if they did not come to power in the nation. So much cannot be said for the differing groups that are getting behind LaFollette. They have but one thing in common—a desire to thwart the efforts of the republican party to continue the orderly process of government in the United States. • « • Senator LaFollette approached the republican convention at Cleveland with a program of his own making. It was at variance with that of the party. The senator made his fealty to the party condi tional upon the acceptance of his views. He was not ready to give assent to the expression of the combined wisdom of the party leadership, but arro gantly sought to invest himself with that leadership. He could 'and would accept Mr. Coolidge or anyone else as a candidate if only the LaFollette platform was adopted. In plain words, he told the convention he would take any candidate, but only one dictator, and that would be himself. Mr. Compers weht to the same convention with a'platform prepared by himself and associates, and demanded its acceptance. Failing at Cleveland, he went to New York, where his experience was the same. Having been rejected as dictator by the repub lican party, Senator LaFollette lets slip the dogs of war, and declares vendetta on the party and the ticket. He prepares his oWn platform nnd invites all who dissent with either of the major parties to unite with him in their undoing. In response to this call, the farmer-labor group springs eagerly to the fore, but bringing its own declaration of prin ciples. Next the Debs-Berger-Germer-Hillquit social ists wheel into line, but carrying along with them their well known Marxian dogma, illuminated by the great light streaming out from Moscow. The pro gressives draw up, accompanied by the declaration of principles they hold as cardinal articles of politi cal faith. Finally, comes Mr. Gompers, accepting “Fight ing Bob” as the only candidate for organized labor, but specifically and particularly rejecting the doc trines of all the other groups. He clings to the planks that were reject°d at Cleveland and New York. Thus we find the independent candidate for president seeking votes from five separate blocs, each with its own program. i * • * Contrast this confusion, which is dnily becom ing more profound, with the position of the demo cratic and republican parties. Kach of these organ izations met in representative delegate convention, called in conformity to law. Out of each came a platform, not embodying the desires or longings of any particular class, however numerous, hut, de signed to bring peace and prosperity, tranquility and progress to all the people of the United States. Pladges are mads to equalize conditions as far as is humanly possible, to the end that no one class will have advantage over another, but that all shall fare alike Just because these plntforms do not seek out one bloc and promise all it demands, without re gard to another’s desires or rights, both are con demned. In the election of Calvin Coolidge, \'f world knows what to look for. If, through any 1 miscarriage of popular will, LaFollette should be elected, which of the fives platforms will he carry out,? Will he favor the socialists, who are repu diated in advance by the American Federation of Lahor, or will he reverse this process? Gan the farmer-lahorite outfit have what it stands for, and neither of the others? Or will “Fighting Bob” ig nore the lot, nnd take his own views? It is a rather pretty kettle of fish the party of protest is preparing. Voters who are alive to their own interests, and who are concerned with the per petuation of American institutions, should not fail to inform themselves as to the exuct relations be tween the forces of order, ns represented by the re publican party, and those of disorder as now lining op in a shouting mob behind LaFollette, who rep resents no party and says he docs not <vant to. Unless sacred history i* at fault, a certain Car penter of Nazareth belioved In preparedness. He di.I not wnit to knot His whip of cords until after He started on the job of driving the money changers from the temple. HOME COMING FOR “CHARLIE” DAWES. Lincoln is having the busiest summer season ex perienced since the year the town was laid out. In days gone by the Capital City has been the scene of many notable demonstrations, but never have so many been crowded onto a single season’s program. It is nothing to have a Bryan officially notified of being a democratic nominee for national office. Carrying the news to William Jennings Bryan is such an old story down that way that the enthusiasm for Brother Charlie’s advent is somewhat dulled by recollections of what happened to Brother Will. On the 29th of this moath the citizens of the staid old town will be shaken from their quiet sum mer somnolence by the advent of a real apostle of pep, a genuine go-getter. Charles Gates Dawes will be there to fire the first gun of his campaign. Any thing he may have said or done prior to that date will be regarded merely as practice work. His noti fication speech and other utterances will have pre pared the world for the real performance, which comes off at Lincoln. And, why is Lincoln thus distinguished? Be cause it is really the old home town of the candi date. He was not born there, and he did not go to school there. But he did locate there as soon as he got out of school and developed enough judg ment of his 'own to pick out a location. It was there he laid the fundation of his success, and started the upward march that has brought him into the world’s, spotlight. It is very appropriate then that he really make Lincoln his place to hop off on the flight that will end at the desk of the vice presi dent in the senate chamber. Mark W. Wood is chairman of the committee of arrangements at Lincoln, and he has with him a group of workers who are preparing for one of the most noteable events in the history of a community that has recorded a great many. The prospects are that it will be all that its importance ought to make it, the biggest political meeting ever held at the capital of Nebraska. GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS. ‘This community has been annoyed long enough. It is time we clamp down. There was a time when suspicious characters were vagged as soon as they showed their faces in town. But they don’t do that any more.” It was County Judge Crawford speaking. He was not using a broadcasting station, but it is a safe gueSs that his words reached pretty well to those he intended should hear. For he accompanied the speech by setting bail for an accused footpad at $10,000. Such a sum once looked big when asked as se curity for a culprit accused of murder. Evidently it is Judge Crawford’s intention to have the pris oner safe when the time for his trial comes in the district court. Interest in the case is increased by the fact that the accused, his twin brother and an other were suspected at one time of taking part in a hold up in which one of the bandits shot and killed a man. At any rate, the judge feels the “commun ity has been annoyed long enough.” Almost at the same time, another judge fixed the bail for a youth held for causing the death of a boy by reckless driving of an auto truck at an amount the prisoner said he could not furnish. “Why keep me in jail for six months, awaiting trial?” was the complaint. “Think of that poor boy under ground, who will never get out,” answered the court. Here are two ruling* with which the people are in more than usual accord. Too long have foot pads thrived, and too often have reckless drivers gone free of punishment while their victims have gone to the grave or the hospital. Truly, the community has been annoyed long enough, and citizens will welcome these indications that the courts are alive to the fact. Governor Bryan told General Duncan we had avoided several wars by not being prepared. That is not true, of course; but it is true that we were forced into the greatest war in history because a certain European ruler thought we were not only un prepared but unable to prepare. Once more Nebraska has harvested a big wheat crop without putting up a pitiful howl for help. But doing for themselves is characteristic of Nebraska farmers. A little excursion into history will reveal the in teresting fact that the world has had a number of “master minds’ 'that were not criminally inclined. We trust that Messrs. Davis and Bryan will not object if the rest of us evidence a willingness to do our part in case of necessity. It seems that Nero, Lucretia Borgia, Jesse James and others lived before the influence of the pituitary gland was recognized. La Follette says the country is behind him. If that is true Bob would better keep far enough ahead to avoid the uplift “Congress is worth a thought,” declares the Mil waukee Journal. All right; we are willing for con gress to have one. It isn't the passing of the political buck that hurts the country; it is the passing of the political bunk. The horrible thought obtrudes that maybe the laundry trust has something to do with Klan activi ties. — Homespun Verse —By Omaha’s Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie s._-—-, „ .... - — - —' RECREATION DAYS. . . There's a certain time in summer that with gladness I recall, And It comes along In August Just a space ahead of Fall— 1 When the corn Is shooting tsssles and the silk topped ears pop up, And tho slacks of hay are sweeter than a Mnytlme buttercup; When the grain Is shocked, and gopher mounds on stubble ground appear, And tho maple trees look weary and the grass In spots Is sere; When the apples—big and rosy—bend the twigs to which they cling, And tho pasture land needs moisture like the April freshets tiring. Then's the time when I can loiter 'round the old home place and dream; Then's the time when 1 can fleh to my content tn lake and stream; Then's the time when I can slumber till the swelt'rlng sun Is high, And at midnight view the splendor and the mngln of the sky; Then's the time when I ran Pud a quiet nook within the wood. And with harvest days behind me know that Fate's been kind and good. Then's ftie time I can lie grateful to the things for which I toll, , And he thankful to he numbered with the tillers of the soil. * The Stub Line l . j ; '^yvL/ y W V‘l_' r --— -- ■ - " Letters From Our Readers All lettors mu*i bo »irn«l. but name will bo withhold npoa rrgu^il. (ommunl ration* of 200 words and less will bo firm urrformro. War and ( hrlstlanlljr. Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma ha Bee: I write from the standpoint of over 40 years membership In the Methodist church. I do not gag on the doctrines and government of th* church. It does not make me sneeie to repeate the Apostle a Creed. I do not choke on the vows of the church. I shall ralae my weak and feeble voice In protest and dip my wobbling I>en to realst on every possible ocea slon all attempts to prostitute the creeds of Methodism. At the last general conference ttve pie-faces and pussy footers seemed to be In control. In fulsome resolutions they raved long and loud against war end for International brotherhood, a la Trotsky and I^enfne, though no numts were mentioned. I say that when any man gets go sanctimonious that he thinks more of his church than he does of his country, deport him and give him his till of Inter national brotherhood. I don't care whether It Is Emma Goldman or a Methodist bishop, or some small fry In the church. If Is the first business of the church and of every Christian citizen to bring Christian principles Into the affairs of his locality, state and nation. Then go out to the help of other nations. There Is nothing stiller than offering a religion to the heathen and the Hottentot for their uplift and anlvatlon that we have been unable to apply at home. When my wife stacks the dirty dishes on --- Abe Martin Next t' th* word flay we believe we hate t.h’ word thwart th’ moat. Th’ reason we rail it th' "liberal element" is ’cause it'll pay $1(50 a case without even tastin' it first. (Copyright, 1*14 > NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for July, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .. . 74,010 Sunday . ^.74,792 Don not Include ratuina, left | avers, lampUi or paper* spoiled In printing and Includes no spatial salsa or frao circulation of any kind. V. A BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Suhsrribad and sworn to bofora ma this Bth day of August, 11124 W. H. QUIVEY, (Seal I Notary Public the kitchen table and rune off with out making the beds or sweeping the floor nr cooking the meals in order to uplift the neighbors them in going 'to be war at our house. When the ' ecclesiastic politicians take the same position on national affairs, or on In j ternatlonal relations, then I am going to protest with all the vigor that the English language is capable. ' Christ euld: "Greater love hath no I man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." The corol : lory follows that greater love hath no ' man than he that lays down his life | for a righteous cause. There Is no 'higher Christian devotion. Still the , general conference and the council of ; the Omaha area asks us to forget Washington and Lincoln and Ronse | velt. Muat we as Methodists reject | • he threw great outstanding moral characters who approared if they did | not even rearh ths heights of Insplra ■ lion and who gave their entire lives to the application of Christian prtn jotplcs to the affairs «f men* These J pussy footing resolutions tell us that I we must not glorify war. Then of course- we must not glorify th» per I sonalltles of war. We must forge* j Washington. Lincoln, Grant and Roosevelt and hang our heads in shame when their names nr© men tioned. The war of the revolution and | Washington and his associates togeth jer with Its fruits, ths Constitution of the 1'nlted States. Is a fine example of applied Christianity. Lincoln and the war of ths rebellion when msn gave their lives and health and for tunes to save the nation and free htH man beings from slavery Is another noble example of applied Christianity. When the men of the nation went to save Cuba from oppression, tvrrap ny nnd torture and gave the Philip pines liberty nnd paid Spain f20.O00,. 000 for her loss, when she was not entitled to a cent, again the soldier demonstrated applied Christianity. When Christian men and women were surrounded by death and worse In the Roxer rebellion in China would our pie faced brethren have abandoned them to their fates* Verv likely! Not so our Christian soldiers, led by Christian officers, outnumbered 10 to 1, who faced death to rescue helpless women and children. Such men are ten thousand times bettor examples of applied Christianity than ths putty faces who would shirk dan ger and teach us to forget surh deeds of heroism. S .1, wnotiRITF. S84S Hnmllton street. Quite Optional. "Ought I to have changed for C<t vent Garden?" asked the languid young mnn on the tube. "Ho no, guvnor, not at all." was the conductor's reply. "Hevening dress Is hoptlonal."—Tendon Hally News skillful Shooting. Officer (to recruit!—Goodness gra clous' Man, where are all your shots going? Kvery’ono has missed the tar get. floldler (nervously)—1 don't know, sir. They left hero all right—Every 1 hody'a Mugnglne MRS. TINDELL GAINED 27 LBS. ON TANLAC "The Tanlac treatment Is certainly grand. A year Ago It gave ms such n wonderful appetite and such good di gestion that my weight Increased from 123 to 150 pound*, and I have enjoyed the he*t of health ever since," I* the glowing tribute paid the famous medicine recently by Mrs. llasel Tin dell, 1132 Jackson St., Dubuuue. Iowa, "When springtime came on l*»t year 1 found my ayslsm all upset My stomach and nerve* were out of order, - the color of health had left my cheek* and I did not have energy and strength to do my housework. I “Hut Tsnlac soon corrected my troubles, brought th# color of health back to my cheeks and left me feel ing strong and well, just ns I am now. I could not do otherwise than praise Tsnlac." Tsnlac Is for sale by all givni drug gist*, Accept no substitute. Over 40 million bottle* sold. Tanlao Vegetable Pill*, for rnbstlpa lion, made and recommended by the manufacturers of TAN LAC -Adver tisement. » r-- " 1 ■ ■ —n | . Political Pointers V_/ Central City Republican: It only remains for the republicans to guar antee a late frost and the campaign Is won. Kearney Hub: Democrats have al ready made the discovery that Bryan is a millstone around the neck of Davis in the east with not a single .-ompensatlng advantage In the west. Of all sad words the saddest is "stung!” Madison Btar Mail. Dem.iThe demo crats will be wise If they recognize that the candidacy of La Follette and Wheeler will make serious inroads in both parties and it is a question which party will suffer most. They art both men of ability and are acting consistently and should be respected for It by those who will not approve of the acts r.f some of their erratic followers. They are candidates of a party of protest and they know their quarry when they seek votes. Pierce Call: It is freely predicted that the democratic ticket will be third in the race in Nebraska this coming election. Sc ttebluff Republican: Adam Me Mullen should feel pleased at the way the demo, rats have conducted their < ampalgn thus far. for If they had been working for his election they could not have done more in his be half than the naming of Norton on their ticket for governor. Norton has repudiated the democratic party since the fall of 1911 and a democrat of principle will not vote for him Just because he has been placed on his ticket. Chadron Journal: We believe that Mr. Norton will not be able to defeat Mr. .McMullen. Mr. Norton is a farmer who spends h!s spare time In .silvering rhautauque addresses. Mr. McMullen Is also a farmer, who de votes a lot of time to public affairs We Anticipate that after the begin ning of next year Nebraska will again have a republican governor. Central City Republican: The farmers should bear In mind that among the most ardent endorsers of I at Follette are those who do not be lieve in the right to own property. 1 Ivory citizen should bear in mind that no president desires any section of his country to suffer. Prosperity for all spells success for himself and his party. In Nebraska This Year. From th« Aurora Republican. Now that the wheat Is safely in the shock or already on the road to mar ket while rustling fields of growing corn whisper of well filled ears nn.l bumper crops all nature seems to be conspiring to fill the warehouses of man with a rich harvest which bids fair to bring the highest prices since the collapse of the war boom, let farmer and merchant, laborer and business man, employe and employer, take stock of the bounties of the ag ricultural section and then compute how much better oft he would be If h- were in over stocked California, In tourist dependent Colorado, on the desert sands of New Mexico or even in the conglomerate masses of the stInny side dp] ckJce Comfort, nor for vet , Our specific vacation time draws near, when we must pro ceed to spend It. And, like Tom Reed’s old Maine farmer On his way to Augusta to get drunk, “Gosh, how we hate It. As yet we do not know where or how the vacation Is to be spent, Lottie Clifford and the children being a little dilatory In making up our mind for us. Incidentally, .we must admit that although we do not. know where or how, we do know what. The wheat market of today recalls to mind an incident In the life of our old friend. Charley Lord, of Lincoln. In 1914 .Charley raised a good crop of wheat and sold it from the thresher for 60 cents a bushel. No sooner had he disposed of his entire crop than the price began soaring. “I don't envy the fellows who held on to their wheat and are getting a good price for It,” said Charley. ' What worries me is whether I am the only danged fool who sold for 60 cents.'' We refuse to be entangled In any argument about whether the hall players of today are better than those of our ball play- . lng days, but we do know that a few years ago we saw s^me mighty good games at the Vinton street park and could buy bigger bags of peanut# for a nickel than we now get for a dime. (“Ignorance of the law excuses no man" used to be a good maxim. But It really Is the best excuse In the world now. If lawyers are unable to learn 10 per cent of the laws now on the statute books, how'n thunder tan a layman be held to ac countability for not knowing all of them? We are thoroughly convinced that Loeb and Leopold are very sick boys. We are also thoroughly convinced that there Is only one permanent cure for their kind of sickness. If ap plied we will guarantee its permanency. There is but one thing of which we are sure relative to the coming election, and that is we are going to vote if alive and physically able to get to the polls. We hold to the opinion that any voter too lazy or too negligent of his duty as to fall In casting a vote at each and every election Is unworthy the citizenship of this republic. Just how we shall vote is no- i body's business but our own. but It's a cinch that the vote will li be cast, providence permitting. The two most Ineffensive wild animals within our ken are I ( the porcupine and the skunk, "Porky" Is slow in action and i somewhat slow In wit, and rather Inclined to establish friendly relations. The skunk Is an independent and rather pretty cuss, and mild of temper until aroused. Seldom does either of them take the offensive, hut If you imagine that they are not In a continual state of "preparedness" for self-protection, just start something. i - We confess to a feeling of disappointment. There is some thing lacking. Somebody is laying down on the j<^>. Here it is well Into August and to date we haven't heard a word from the sob squad about the horrible brutalities inflicted upon the Innocent and helpless little ehlldfen of 5 and 6. who are com I pelled to wield heavy knives topping beets in the western beet t I fields. Boy, psge the Sob Squad! -:-. i Begging pardon therefore, we pause to remark that Ne braska s banner wheat crop portends a great uprising In the I 1 | Near Yeast. WILL M. MAUPIN. )' . 11-J I foreign-born and Yankee-raised east ern states, where dollars grow on ev ery fruit stand and bears and lambs graze side by side on Wall street. This section of the country, according to all reports, one of the most favored of all this year, when drouths and blights of various kinds have ruined or greatly diminished the crops In oth er farming countries, not alone In the United States but throughout the world. The prices, once so low that It hardly paid to harvest the crop, have also come back and will remain on a fairly hleh level In the opinion of those who ought to know. What more could be desired out here in Ne braska unless it be recognition from l>oth farmer and merchant that hard times are partly a product of man's own spirit ar.d may be banished as much through the will of the patient as through the medicine being con rocted in nature's fields'.’ An Ideal Vacation at Clear Lake, la. LOW FARES via Wnk Eo4 Fare • tMI Thirty Day Ticket $10.70 Good fab og. bo thine bottfnf, mrxwrg. and oaiV *M , dancing »»<i bond rt rrti KtcrUect fatolr opiorvid naiBf. nnraafr ,-v ’a^ro K*crro t»oo to cndioM Famty TWO FAST TRAINS DAILY l*- Oast* 71 tc a. m. ut stcc m. T\fk*ta. ttf , *«r***ne Oaic.G A p n 1414 Flrrt Nat I Hank B o* Phcuve Jackson QS8I C«Dso»4ofd T.caat OAr« !4l« Dodto N . PVnbc Atlanta nii 'Jhe CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN BIRCH BEACH Hotel and eottagei. On beautiful Lake Pulaski. 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