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I r _ Omaha-Wliefe theW?st is at its Best BROOKHART ASSUMES TO BE BOSS. In his not unexpected attitude of opposition to the republican national ticket. Smith W. Brookhurt has placed himself in a peculiar position. He says he will not leave the republican party. At the same time declares he will not accept the nominees of the republican convention. No plainer notice could be given than this that Senator Brookhart regards him self as bigger than the party he insists he is connect ed with. He can not go along with the party, but he does insist that the party go along with him. “I belong to the farm bloc,” says the senator, explaining his attitude. Granting that he does, he is as unfortunate in this as in his stand toward his party. Arthur W. Capper, senator from Kansas and, like Senator Brookhart, a candidate for re election, is the recognized leader of the farm bloc, and has been regarded as such ever since it was deemed necessary to bring that interesting group into existence and action. * • » At Columbus, Neb., on September 25, Senator Capper urged that all vote for President Coolidge. He gave his reasons: “While I think at times President Coolidge Is a little too conservative from a western viewpoint. I also think all impartial considerations point to him ns the type of man these troublous times demand. He is capable, absolutely honest, safe and sincere. Politically, and as a private citizen, he has a good 1 record straight through. He will make the country an ideal leader, and In my opinion is beyond ques tion the man who should he elected our next presi dent. " , In the two and one half year* hefore he entered the White House. Mr. Coolidge, as you 1 know was the presiding officer of the United States senate. I found him kindly, sincere, unpretentious, firm, courageous, a man of uncom mon good judgment. Ilf says what he thinks, and docs what he says. • ■ , uia plain, modest, democratic style of living, both ; s a private citizen and as president of the United Stales, is a rebuke to the luxury, the extravagance, the lavish spending of money which is all too prevalent in this country today. "Speaking to you, my friends, as a business man and hs an American citizen—aull, believe me. I address you this moment not as a partisan— America needs this man as no other at this hour. In all its history, this country has never been so greatly in need of a hard-boiled economizer in charge of the finances of this government. Cool idge has proved to tho satisfaction of the taxpay ers that he knows how to economize. He has got ten big results with his economy program in tho short time he has been at the helm in Washington. He will get even biggfr results if we keep him on the job.” * e * There is the frank statement of a republican whose course in the senate has the approval of the farmers of Kansas. No man in either house fought and worked as earnestly as did Arthur W. Capper for what he feels is good for agriculture. His rec ord on this point is unassailable. On the other hand, it is known that others of the farm bloc who are now supporting La Follctte and Wheeler engaged in defeating measures sup ported by Capper. If any one, then, has a right to speak for the farmer in congress, it is Capper, whose devotion to the cause of agriculture in general is above suspicion. Contrast his action with that of Brookhart. The Iowa senator has set himself up to dictate to the republican party, clinging to the title because it in volves his candidacy, but rejecting the action of the great majority of the convention that nominated Coolidge and Dawes. Remember, Coolidge was not selected by “bosses” or “expert” politicians. Dele gates to that convention were instructed to vote for Coolidge at the primaries where they were se lected by the voters of the party. In Nebraska a campaign was directed against Coolidge and in favor cf Hiram Johnson by the man who is now engineer ing the La Follctte effort. Coolidge was endorsed by a majority of 85,000 votes. When the Cleveland convention met the only votes against Coolidge wore those from Wisconsin, which went to La Follctte; those from South Dakota, instructed for Johnson (the only state in which he was endorsed), and the lix from North Dakota, who violated the instruction they received at the polls, and voted for La Follctte. * * * I No candidute for president of the United States ever received a heartier endorsement at the pri maries than did Calvin Coolidge. Nor is there any sign of diminution in the enthusiasm then exhibited. He wa* and is the choice of his party, of the voters of his party, and will be approved by the voters I of the United States in November, for the very reasons Senator Capper so . imply sets out. What sort of a figure does Smith W. Brookhart cut, dematiding that all the work of the voters of the republican party be undone, because it does not meet hi» personal approval? King Canute forbid ding the tide to rise is a dignified spectacle along side that of the "big boss” from Iowa. Three college heads have declared for Coolidge to one for Davis, if that fact means anything. "Democratic speeches prevented by wind." Headline, Can you beat that? A billion-dollar wheat crop beats a billion-bushel one. * THE DAIRY SPECIAL. That dairying in Nebraska has received a new impetus by reason of the recent excursion into Wis consin. promoted by the Nebraska Dairy Develop ment Society, can not be gainsaid. The promoters of that society have not made any spectacular show ing. They have raised a considerable sum of money for the purchase of purebred cows and bulls, and have conducted an exhaustive investigation for the purpose of locating the right persons to assist in the work of dairy development. The party of 100 farm men and women who vis ited Wisconsin have returned with much valuable information, and with a greatly increased interest in dairying. Visible demonstration is better than word pictures, and these people have not only seen the results of scientific dairying, but have come back to Nebraska “dairy minded.’’ That, after al^ is the cornerstone upon which dairying in Nebraska must be built. There are men and women in Nebraska who are interested in dairying, and who are financially able to erect huge modern barns and instnll a herd of 150 or 200 j-urebred cows. Cut that is not the way to develop the dairy industry in Nebraska. It is not so much a question of huge barns and large herds as it is a question of gradual development, of building up on the knowledge gained by experience, and inculcating into the minds of the farm boys and farm girls a love for dairying. Success in dairy ing is predicated upon something more than the mere desire to make money. Nebraska with its wonderful ability to produce, its fine climate and its pure water, is potentially the greatest dairying state in the Union. The Ne braska Dairy Development Society has already justi fied its existence by furthering the recent excur sion into the .>-tate where dairying has reached its highest development. The men and women who took advantage of the opportunity offered have re turned home and from now on they will be enthusi asts, spreading the gospel of dairy development in their home communities. The greatest obstacle that lies in the path of dairy development in Nebraska is the prevalent de sire of the average Nebraskan to do the big thing all at once. It has taken Wisconsin 50 years to reach its present dairy development. It would be foolish for Nebraskans to think they can accomplish in a few years what it has taken Wisconsin a half century to accomplish. Eut Nebraska can do it in far less time than Wisconsin has taken, because Ne braska can, and does, produce more of the feedstuffs that make dairy cows veritable milking machines. But Nebraska has made a splendid beginning, and from now on the development will be rapid and along permanent lines. The recent excursion will be fruitful of good results. Following that excur sion the Burlington has organized a special “Eure bred sires” train, and that will give an added im petus to the dairy movement. It will reach prac tically every section of the state, carrying the les son into hundreds of communities and stimulating interest in what will be, in good time, an industry that will not only add millions to the income-^of Nebraska farmers butf will solve the problems of maintenance of soil fertility and more intensive farming. ^ EXERCISE FOR THE LEAD PENCIL. Forecasters of election results have an ample field for their talents in the poll taken by the Liter ary Digest. With only 689,019 votes recorded out of a possible 60,000,000, conclusions resting on the showing made may not be absolutely accurate. What appears on the surface is of interest, however, for the disclosures. At the end of the second week of tabulation, the poll 'hows that Coolidge is 4,664 behind the Harding total of 1920; Davis is 23,609 behind the Cox vote, while the scattering vote of 1921 exceeds that of 1920, including the socialists, by 1,213. The La Fol lette vote comes then from the great group of 137,306 who did not vote four years ago, but now find an op portunity to express themselves. It is not safe to say, however, that all these are voting for La Fol lette. Interest is chiefly in the record in California, where the race between Coolidge and La Follette is close enough to be exciting. Coolidge is 9,183 be hind the Harding vote, and Davis is 8,944 behind the Cox vote. The number of those who arc voting now who did not vote four years ago is 20,661. Add these together, and we get 38,688 votes, or more than 200 less than the La Follette total of 38,926. The scattering vote this year is 1,127 against that of four years ago, including socialists, of 1,667. Here we have a confusion that is not to he easily re duced by analysis. La Follette certainly is getting most of the socialist straw vote, which was 1,187 in 1920. Conceding him all the defections from repub lican and democratic totals, we must find that a number of new voters are going to the other candi dates. This cuts no figure, however. Neither is it es pecially impressive that Coolidge has a good lend in all the states he is expected to carry. The out standing feature of the poll so far is that 20 per cent more of the voters are taking part in this test than actually went to the polls four years ago. All may get some encouragement from this. If that ratio of increase continues considerably more than half the qualified voters will take part in the elec tion. Sounds like old times to hear the ba-e ball mag nates going after one another. Remember when Chris von der Ahe, Carry Herrman, Harney Drey fuss and Andy Friedman used to make Indian sum mer delightful and then some by their wrangling? "Davis Takes Off His Coat to Help Smith,” reads a headline in n democratic paper. We thought Smith was to help Davis. However, they both need help. One of the troubles with n lot of prophet* f» they remember so many thinK* that never happened. Brother Charlie's influence is spreading. Gaso line price* all over New Kurland have been reduced. "Keep your shirt on!" said Landis to Ban John son. And it is good advice at any time. t---N Homespun Verse — By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie vJ Till; TIIIIKNODY OK KALI,. Have you hoard the threnody of Fall” - Soft, solemn and symmetrical I Tnconwdously drierfaide t'onsollng the dead flowers all. And grass which the grim Fates enthrall, While night-time frosts their vengeance cost On that which lingers till the last Like castaway* proverbial. Halm symphony with homage said— Hlrh with its memories of Spring And blooming Hummer too soon fled Sung as the winds their sorrow' sing. And In their unique way ravealrd j A bo vo the den* I of wood ami field Some Folks Are So Forgetful About Such Things | ___ ___—--' i '-V Letters From Our Readers All letters mn*t he sl*ned. but name will be withheld upon request. Communl rations of 200 words and less will be *l*en preference. L . ^ Const Hut ion and the People, Grand Island. Neb.—To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee: The Issues of the present campaign have brought to the front the question as to the right of the supreme court of the United States to declare a law passed by congress as unconstitutional, or. stated in other words, the issue of whether congress has a right to over ride the decision of the supreme court upon that question. Some people, perhaps have not studied the question so as to know upon what basis the right of the court is founded. The constitution of the United States, as well as the constitution of, the seate of Nebraska is the peoples law. Jn the enactment in both cases it is provided: ' We. the people, do declare and ordain the constitution.” Kvery article of the constitution of the state of Nebraska has been sub mitted to a direct vote of the people every article* of the constitution of the United States has been submitted either to a direct vote of the people, or to a vote of the legislature of the several states. The constitution of the United States Is the fundamental law* of the land; It creates laws, and those laws i are fundamental in controlling all I matters to which they apply. In Webster’s great reply to Hayne, the' philosophy of our form of govern-j ment founded upon the constitution was fully explained, and we suggest ! that some of our public men rend j that speech. Tt is the greatest con stltutionnl argument, that \ns ever; made in this country. The supreme court of the United States has never assumed to nrbltrar . | ily declare a law unconstitutional. It i has only assumed to determine what j the law' Is, not what it should be. Ket J us illustrate: By article 1 of the amendments to the constitution of the United States it is provided that congress shall make no law respect ing an establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof, or abridge the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to the pe tit Ion the government for n redress of grievances.” The constitution of the state of Nebraska provides sub stantially the same. As we have be fore pointed out, that Is the people's law. They have declared it to he fundamental, or that no legislature or congress shall override it. fit course, the people can at anv time change the constitution should they desire to do so, hut until changed it remains the supreme law of (lie land. Now*, supposing that congress or r legislature of the state should provide for the establishment of a state re Hglon, or, as was done by the legisla ture In this state, abridge the use of ( the German language, and the quea tlon of the validity of thnt law should go before the court for consider.! f | Martin Honrny! Th' Ina (III.) preacher, who poisoned a whole neighbor, hood, is over If*. Ther'a an < I<• sayin’, "He who runs inay read," hut th’ time t' rt ml is when they're talkin' about, runnin' you. (Cep) r Is 111, U. I > lion. Two laws would than hove to he construed hy the court. One. is the people's law, the constitution, the fundamental law of the nation, pro viding that such legislation could not he enacted: the other, the enactment of the legislature ju direct violation thereof The question of what the law is then arises. Some court must determine that question. Manifestly, the supremo court of the United States i« the proper tribunal. Its duty would be to determine whether the law of the people should prevail, or I he law of congress should prevail. T’nless there Is some tribunal that on decide, chaos would result. That is the whole basis upon which that great court has based all its ac tions In the past. It does not purport to create law: it simply interprets what the law is: It makes no consti tutional provision. When it Is claim ed that the law of the people conflicts with the law of congress or a state legislature. It determines whether It does so or not, and if It does so, of course, the people's law is supreme. If we are to have a constitution, we I must have a court to Interpret it and enforce it, otherwise It would be like a law against murder with no means of enforcing that law, and those people who are advocating the destruction of the right of the su promo court of the United States to determine the constitutionality of n law passed by congress or by a leg isluture are advocating the destruc tion of the very laws that were made hy the people and for the protection of the people In these da vs of emotional, anti sometimes hysterical legislation, w hen attempts are being made to abridge the use of language, to control re ligious freedom, to dictate what schools children should attend, and to deny the right of the people to a free exercise of their religious con victions, It seems to us that it Is most unwise to take away the guar anty that the people have enacted for their own protection. Should Sen ator l,n Kollette'a contention prevail, should congress he given the power of overriding the constitution of the United States, there is nothing to protect It from establishing any form of religious worship, from denying the right of trial hy Jury, from abridging the freedom of press, or front didst Ing what language should be spoken or not spoken. Not only Is this not progressive legislation, hut It is rear tionary to the highest extent, and when Senator l.a FollgUe appeals to the Herman |teople as a ( lass to assist In overthrowing the supreme court of the Unit's] Slates and the constitu tion of tho United States, he takes away front thein the very protection that they recently appealed to and which was upheld hy that court. Respectfully submitted, VATER. Ileal Americanism. Ktanberry, Mo.—To the Editor of The Omaiia Bee .lust a letter writ ten by a Protestant soldier that I'd e pleased to have you publish In the editorials by the readers. h lul \1 as Mis Religion* "Sleeping In the National cemetery of Arlington, honored as the first of our national heroes, hearing the deco rations for gallantry tat the battle field accorded only to the pre eminent lies the body of the Unknown Soldier lie was selected from a number of i nidenllfled men w ho fell in France. II was enough that lie had served 0#, NO COMMISSION 0<V, I REAL ESTATE LOANS g f 6% INTEREST g * NO COMMISSION * O “ w Easy Repayments & Z The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass’n % 1614 llarnrv Slrrrl 0% NO COMMISSION 0^ and fallen. He represented the very essence of America's sacrifice. His anonymity Is the vital circumstance. "Nobody knows from which di vision. regiment, battery or company he came. He was a simple soldier who died on the field of duty and now typifies the price we paid in war. Nobody Knows and nobody cares whether he came from north, south, fast or west. His name Is a mystery. His religion not discussed. "But the t'nknown Soldier was an American. He may have been a blue eyed O'Brien of the old 60th, who did his full duty with the memory of Father Duffy s voice as his inspira tion. He may have been a Cohn or Ooldstein of Whittlesey's Isist Bat talon. Perchance he was one of those negro boys of the old 13th Infantry. Maybe be was just some ofher Amer ican soldier who laid his life on his country's altar. "When this t'nknown Soldier was bidden to the great festival of death he proved by his sacrifice that Ameri can citizenship cannot be measured by rules of bigotry. Nobody asked nlm whether he was a .Jew Catholic ur a negro before allowing him to de fend his country's honor with his life. Now if this unknown hero should he identified In the future. Is it pos sible that bigotry could strip hint of the honors bestowed by a grateful world? Suppose. fur Instance, lie should prove to be a metnler of one of the classes debarred as Americans by the Ku Klui Klan’’" That sure hits the nail on the head ‘.or real Americanism. THOMAS C. MANIlAItT. | Karly \mcrtcan Flats. We usually think of the apartment |house as l»<*ing the product of conges tion and high real estate prices. Hut the first apartment' houses on the American continent — one of which! has been <1< aned (>f the dust of age- ' In New Mexico—were built where room was unlimited and land com manded no price whatever. The house Just explored had SOO rooms and sheltered 1,200 human beings, nnd possibly more. Within these quar ters were < i rried on ail the trades of the village. They contained "chapels." When the villagers began to decrease in numbers the housewives used the rooms deserted as handy places in which to throw their broken pots and wcrnotit kitchen tools. The essential difference between the apartment houses of today and those old ones is that the latter hail no landlords, gloat ing over the swift flight of time !>e j tween rent days.—Toledo Blade. True. "Why. is it only 1 o‘clo« k” T thought It was 2." said the mistress ns the clock gave a single stroke. "No, mum," said Bridget, "it's nlver later than wan at this tolme by the day."— Hostcn Tr»ns< ript. g pr. X nr*—* new crUmrai tks ■ fMi •( lhr r*-*l cjtut rl Arbmi—« ywrmmtetj ■ if- rrmHer relief from ill is H SI b« or money b* k. Aik anr l and / f 1 I ■ ■ — ■ -- I SUNNY SIDE UP ' Hake Comfort.nor forget. j| QhatSunrise ne\/erfailacl us yf-J j CeUa vha^tcr I >11 AUSha «nu me «“ e "" -. , .. , f, , that 33 pure bred dairy sires are going to he ii.i-ltd manv scrub bulls. If you have a chance you really should the train. You can tel! Ramson, Kuska and ike v. n • f • the star attractions because we will be wearing hot The Rurlington runs the train, and interested bvc-d.-i« men who are willing to make some sacrifices to advance dun. ing in Nebraska, will furnish the pure bred sires. All t will get out of it is what the scrubs sell for as beef at Oniat There will be good speakers at every stopping point, sp<” 1,1 demonstrations, some amusing exhibitions and plenty of htei-i ture for perusal during the long winter evenings. We are going to enjoy this trip because we know a lot <>' people in each community to be visited. It is going to give us an opportunity to write things about the state w° love s<> well, and to learn more about it so we can write more, and better. In the future. We are especially Interested in this trip herause it will be so different from our first trips about Ne braska. We can remember when the western two-thirds of the ?tal» was filled up with long-horned feeders brought up from Texas. Their horns weighed almost as much as their beef. It I took a long while for the cattlemen to learn that it didn t cost any more to raise a good beef steer than to raise a poor one. And we have lived In Nebraska lone enough to the longhorns give way to the whitefaces. We hope to live to see the day when the dairy cow that more than pays her board replaces the boarders, and when Nebraska takes her rightful place at the head of the dairying states. The Burlington's ‘ Rull Train” Is going to be a powerful help In bringing that very 1h!ng about We are be •< rr.ing an expert on dairy cattle. Now we can readily tell the difference between a Holstein and a Jersey, and you couldn't make us believe that a Guernsey was an Ayrshire. We can talk learn edly about chest development, milk strains, tuberculin tests and hutterfat content. The only thing that prevents us from going 1 Into the dairy business is the fact that one can not keep a \l cow In an apartment house. \\ We hope that all of our friends In the territories to he visited will meet us and the pure bred hulls face to face. What Nebraska needs right now is more interest in politics and the dairy busines*. Not that the two go hand In hand, hut they nrp somewhat alike. Glean politics and good dairy cows mean more to Nebraska than anv other two things can think about at this time. The Burlington is out of politic*, but It Is In the dairy business from the promotion end of the game, for which two things let us be doubly grateful. Our Idea of a glorious hour's entertainment is to get Na tional Gommitteemen McCloud and Mullen together and listen while they carried Nebraska for their respective candidates. Will. M MAI PI.V. ... f LISTENING IN "j On the Nebraska Presa ^ Noting the claim that sugar may ; profitably he made from corn. Jack j Kroh of the Ogallaia News points out j that something else ran hie made from torn, while sugar is the only thing the sugar beet is good for. And Jack wasn't thinking about meal, either. How sad it is to raise and educate a boy who can't even shift gears without a rattle.—Louisville Courier Journal. Noting that !ki per cent of corpora-J tions never pay dividends, George 1 Kurr of the Aurora Register says he always ha? doubts when some glib | stock salesman assures him that he! "just can't lose.” Charley Cross of the Soottsbluff Star Herald Is not wasting any time watching Comptroller McCarl s tac tlo with the married women who want to have the- government pay checks made out in their maiden names. Charley knows just what's I going to happen to McCart. The Fremont Tribune opines that if Charley lirynn stirs up as much enthusiasm in favor of hts opponents in the election as he did in the 1 fense day controversy, it will hardly lie necessary for him to\count the \otes. The Albion News remarks that the democratic promise to reduce the tariff on farm Implements would tie worth something were it not for the fact that there is no tariff on farm implements. But what has that to do with democrats making promises" Kditor Tobi.is of the Sierlinp Sun, noting the number of wandering boys j and girls who have taken leave of the riii suggests that parents should c-" h i leave club* and poker games long enough to demonstrate what real home life Is intended to be. "Why is it." sighs the Hay Springs News man. "that the other fellow s business looks so easy?" Charlev Botkin of the Oothenl --g Independent knows it is going to re a long, cold winter. Not because he has noticed the tightness of the corn husks. or tried to bend a goosebone, or because be has conversed with some old Indian, but because he will have to wear the old. threadbare overcoat one more season. — When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rooms—250 Baths— Rate« $. tc $5 NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Sept., 1924. of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .73,340 Sunday . 73,865 Doe* not include return*. left overs. samples or papers spoiled in prmtint and includes no iperu! sales or free circulation of anr hind. V. A BRIDGE, Cir. Mffr. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of October. 1924. W H. QU1VEY. (Seal) Notary Public M. y Bank 1/1 llank M tin’ ( nthnltnn oj my I aluabic*. Jll; j , 1he Deed and Abstract to my Home— nn l ire and Life Insurance Policies — These papers are in a Safe De posit I ault at M\ Hank. I hare a fete Hands, a Mortgage and a ' fete Shares of Stock. I ke-p them H j i there too. jlj |j Then there is m\ II ill. m\ great-grand- V v5 father's old watch and seeeral other u things. ™ .All thes, at1 tight then—in my own inditidiial box. to uhich I alone hare a ke\. |i'i ■ 1 I he strength of Hank s great rault the diligent care of its guards-— insure the safety of l/\ prop rtx III-’ Safe Deftosit I nulls are operat, b\ the Omaha Saf•* De/nx*it < om pony, a subsidiarx of— I Hie Guaha National Bank <4 _H