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The Omaha Bee^ MQRNIN G—E V E N 1 N G—S U N P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, rretid-nt BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER, § « Editor in Chief Bupmefts MtnaKRr ! MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Th« Associated Preis, of which The Bee is a member, la exclusively entitled to the use for republicstion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the locsl news published herein. All rights of republicatinn of our special dispatches are t also reserved. The Omaha Bee 1e a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second*claas matter Msy 28, 1908, at ■ _Omaha postoffice, under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES I Private Branch Exchange. Ask for » ^ 1 aaa the Department or Person Wanted. ^ 1 lBIltlC 1UUU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—Globe Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. Saa Francisco—Fred L. Hall, Sharon Bldg. New York City—270 Madison Avenue Seattle—A. L. Niets, 514 Leary Bldg. MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year $5.00, 6 months $£.00. 3 months $1.75, 1 month 75c DAILY'ONLY 1 year $4.50, 6 months $2.75, 3 months $1.50, 1 month 75c SUNDAY ONLY II year $3.00, 6 months $1.75, 3 months $1.00, 1 month 50c ! Subscriptions outside the Fourth poettl zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, $1.00 per month; ! daily only, 75c per month; Sunday only, 50c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES . Morning and Sunday.1 month 85c, 1 week 20c I Evening hnd Sunday...*.1 month 65c. 1 week 15c Sunday Only...1 month 20c, 1 week So A-^ I _ - I ©malia-Vhefe jheM?st is at its Best — THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK. Finis J. Garrett, floor leader of the democratic * minority in the lower house of congress, is not down hearted. He is a living example of the truth of the old couplet: "Hope springs eternal in the human breast. Man never is, but always to be, blest.” ! • Substitute democrat for man in the above and I you have the spirit that animates Mr. Garrett and others of his unswerving political faith. The trouble with the democratic party, as made plain by the elec tion returns, is that it has not enough members who possess Mr. Garrett’s unswerving loyalty and devo tion. He takes bis undiluted. If it is branded demo ; cratic he does not stop to question the lahel. Another trouble with the democratic party is that it has too many leaders and not enough follow ers. As a matter of fact, there are so few followers that a number of the leaders are marching along all by themselves. Still another trouble is that the leaders- who hold out any promise at all of ac cumulating a following will not stand hitched long [ enough for any considerable number of followers to gather around. It is fearfully disappointing to S rally at the call of a leader and then find when one ; gets to the rallying point that the leader has can : tered off somewhere else and issued another and wholly unlike call. Then there is somthing rather annoying to a dry ) democrat to rush to a rallying point only to find that the clarion call has been raised by a man with a suspicious breath. Equally is it to a wet f democrat to rush fractically to answer the call and t find that it comes from the throat of a man so dry that he is weather-crackexi. The democratic party’s t situation right now reminds ong of the man whose 7 reputation for veracity was so poor that he had to | hire a man to call his hogs. If that doesn’t fit, then I there is the story of the man who trained his hogs | to come for their feed in answer to his pounding on i a log with a hammer. A woodpecker made its home | in the wood lot where the hogs were and the poor I porkers ran themselves to death answering the call ; of th^, >voo4pecker as he pecked away at the log. Perhaps there are too many woodpeckers trying to tbe democratic leaders. Mr. Garrett is not discouraged over the democratic I outlook. If he were he simply wouldn’t be the kind I of a democrat he is. It is hard enough at best to I discourage any democrat, least of all a democrat like I Mr. Garrett, who has a lead pipe cinch on his po litical job. "LETTERS FROM OUR READERS.” One of the many interesting departments of The I Omaha Bee is the. “Letters From Our Readers,” I column. We welcome discussion of public questions I by our readers. Much good is done by an exchange I of opinion on subjects of interest to the people. But a The Omaha Bee, in common with all other metropoli tan newspapers, is subject to space limitations. Many [persons are under the mistaken notion that daily newspapers are always worrying about something to i “fill up.” All the worry is the other way round. So it is we advise our readers that while their | "ontributions to the “Letters From Our Readers” j department are always welcome, the most cordial [welcome is accorded to the letters that are brief and ! to the point. Say it in the fewest words possible, ! and in the simplest words possible. And say noth ' Ing that you would he unwilling to stand sponsor ! for if called upon to do so. No attention is paid to anonymous letters. The Omaha Bee must know the ' name and address of the writer of every letter in ; tended for that department, whether or not the ! name is used. We prefer to print the writer's name ' with all letters, but there is no hard and fast rule ; about it, save that we must know the name. This > department may be made of constantly increasing in terest if contributors will abide by the rules of the . game. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. The first thing some folks do after discovering [ something wrong is to rush to the legislature or to k congress to get a law rectifying it. That is the easy way. After the law is enacted they can sit by with folded hands and sanctimonious smiles and say, "We .secured a law against it, and our duty is done; now let the officers of the law attend to the matter.” An Omaha minister of the gospel now declares that we must have a constitutional amendment providing uni form marriage and divorce laws. ■ That might result in fewer divorces, but whether ijt would increase morals is quite another question. 'The churches teach that marriages are made in heaven, and some churches do not recognize divorce. But is the solution to be found in legislative enact ment, or even in sewing another patch on the federal constitution? ' Indiscriminate marriages and di vorces are not due wholly to lack of uniform mar riage and divorce laws. The startling increase In divorces is due mainly to the increase in hasty tirnr riages, but hasty marriages arc not due so much to loose marriage laws as they are to lack of home training, lack of church training and a disposition to dapand upon legislation to make it difficult to enter the marriage relation. Enacting a law and letting it go at that, instead of impressing upon our sons and daughters the solemn obligations of the marriage tie, results in hasty and therefore illy-con sidered marriages. The result is divorce. Making it legally difficult to marry is not the solution. As a remedy it might prove worse than the disease in our social life. Uniform marriage and divorce laws might help some, but greater help would come if parents and preachers, social workers and earnest re formers, would depend more upon education and Christian training and less upon the efficacy of enactments by fallible legislators. CITY AND COUNTY CONSOLIDATION. City Commissioner Koutsky is so firmly convinced that a consolidation of city and county governments would be the best thing that he says he would be willing to be legislated out of office by it. That would seem to be the acme of faith in the worth of consolidation. Mayor Dahlman and Commissioner ^voutsky assert that consolidation would mean a sav ing of a million dollars a year to the taxpayers. Consolidation of city and county governments should be discussed on its merits, not on what it might, do to certain political combinations or politicians. It is not a question to be decided off hand, nor should economy be the only thing sought. The state has just had an example of economy at the expense of administration. If consolidation docs not increase efficiency of administration as well as effect a saving in costs; or if consolidation merely saves expenses and decreases efficiency, it will not be worth the effort. Every thoughtful citizen knows that there is too much duplication in administering city and county affairs. It is well known that friction between the law enforcement forces is not calculated to deter crime. Even if consolidation cost a bit more but re sulted in better law enforcement, greater safety to life and property and better returns in efficient ad ministration, it would be worth while. Consolidation has proved worth while in other places. It demands careful consideration. Whether the city shall be clothed with county powers, or whether the city limits be co-equal with the present county limits and Omaha dominate the whole, or whether present towns and villages shall retain their autonomy and the rest of the county he under con solidation—all these are questions that demand study and investigation by trained minds. Not will it pay in dollars and cents, but will It pay in increased efficiency of government, should be the deciding motive. The conflicting interests of rival politicians must not be allowed to become a factor in the solution of the problem. The attitude of Commissioner Koutsky in this respect is a fine example. He and Mayor Dahlman see the big issue. With their viewpoint governing in the matter we will have a decision upon the merits. IF THE HEART KEEPS YOUNG. Far back in the reacsses of memory there lin gers a faint recollection of a song whose refrain was “December’s as pleasant as May.” It all depended on how one has spent one’s time. Now far be it from us to intimate or even hint that May Robson is in the December of her days. Quite the contrary, and exactly the opposite, so to speak. She will always be May in fact as well as in name, for she has acquired the real secret of re maining young. The years may come and go, leav ing some outward traces of their flight upon the famous and favorite stage star, but never for a mo ment have they been able to leave a trace upon her heart. Those of us who have been privileged to welcome her each returning year for quite a proces sion of annual cycles, see her the same blythesomc creature, and her perennial youth helps us to pre serve our own. May’s annual visit to Omaha is not a mere oc casion; it is an event. She has been spending her Thanksgivings in Omaha so long that it would really be impertinent to tell the exact number. It is no body’s business but May's anyhow. The one thing really worth while about it is that May likes Omaha so well that she marks it on the calendar for Thanks giving. And many in Omaha like May so well that they have an extra reason for thanksgiving because she wants to be in Omaha for the purpose of thanks giving on Thanksgiving. That may be just a bit in volved, but doubtless May will get what we mean. Perhaps we should address her as Miss Rohson, but somehow or other it wouldn’t just fit. It sort o’ rejuvenates us to call her May, just as it does'to watch her. Watching May, be it known, is like tak ing a draught at the fountain Fonee de Leon did not find. Forever youthful, forever renewing thp youth of those who have laughed with her for so many years. May Robson administers the kind of tonic most needed these strenuous days. She just keeps young of heart, and thus hurls defiance in the face of ac cumulating years. And if May, bless her heart, can do it, the rest of ua can if we try. We might not be as successful in our efforts as May has been, but we would be greatly benefited by having tried. About the onlv things definitely decided in the Sheatsley ease is that the woman is dead, that there is a furnace and that her body was found therein. Charlie Chaplin has had almost ns many fianees as Old Sleuth had authors or the charge of the Light Brigade has had last survivors. There may be n score of reasons for calling an extra session of congress, but necessity for new leg islation is not one of them. --- 1 Homespun Verse —By Omaha's Own Poet— Robert Worthington Davie ENTRF.ATY. Give me nnl the royal welcome Of a sovereign high ami wise; Make the glad and simple greeting Of home-going my surprise; Let the common, joyous welcrme Be my luxury to share, And my steps will be untrammelrd, And I'll meet the thrusts of rare. Lead me not to fame where highness Looks aloft and walks with kings; Let mo rhoosn iny friends and pleasure* tin accord with common things. Kvery purllcln of virtue On the lowly surface lies — Only that beyond the cosmos ilss Its haven In the skies. Clive to me tin* common frlemlsh Anil the trust of every dn> ; Let rue he forever loyal , As 1 tread life's winding ws> Give me not the royal weleoni* Of a sovereign high and wU.p. Make the (lad and simple creating Of home-coing my surprise _ iim- i »* r (shucks/ I iTO SOONER, GET A JUMP AHEAD THA1T THEY STA35T ) ALL OVfRo ( AGATH ( t--> Letters From Our Readers All letters must be signed, but name will be withheld upon request. Communi cations of 200 words and less, will be given pr^ercnce. V ___J “KXpert Opinion.” Omaha—To the Editor of Tim Bee: The lay public Is getting to have little faith in the expert opin ions handed to them these days When the Dempsey-Willard fight was about to happen "expert opinions" from all the sport writers in the country were published in the daily press. The great majority of these so-called expert opinions were to the effect that Willard would heat Dempsey. Everyone know* how wrong these opinions were and How many people were fooled by them. A pood many "experts" predicted that the democrats would win in tl>*s election, and somn others that, J-a Kollette would win. Are these so tailed experts really qualified- to voire a dependable opinion? Are they in a position to get reliable in formation? We have had expert opinion to the effect that the Corn huskers would heat Notre Dame, in stead of which they were licked to a frnzzle. Does anyone blame us for becoming tired ^ atstenlng to false prophets’ Certainly these experts know better or should. A lot of ex pert opinion told us that we would have a hip vote this election. Did we? How did the experts know we would have a larger vote than usual? What did they base their opinions on? On the drive to pet out the vote or on Ihe appeal to civic pride and patriotism? Isn't it a fart that a good deal of the so-called expert opinion Is simply guess work? It seems that just because a person has made some little stir in the world of education, literature or other lines, he must he taken as an au thority on whatever theme he—or she—takes a notion to become the exponent of. We have a noted author tolling us that human nature is the same the world over, and that human nature is human: when the actual fact Is that no two human natures are alike. If human nature were alike the world over, the hum drum ness of existence would he un bearable. Yet we who read are ex ported to accept this sort of chatter for gospel truth. A lot of us are de luded in believing that war Is about to be outlawed, hv high opinion; on ihe contrary, we are told that it is impossible to outlaw war so long as there are differences In religion and politics, hv equally high opinion. Some of us believe one thing, some the other, hut most of ns don't take much stork In any of the so-called good authority." We were told there Was great danger of the presl dentlal election bring thrown into congress. The truth was, and surely lots of political sharps nml news Pa per experts should ha\e known better, and If not. why not that there never was the least danger of such an occurrence. The mere fact of the mediocre caliber of the op posing candidates should have told of defeat to any ' erpertI know-.a Abe Martin | Thpy'rc i ultin’ a li-rrl thin' Hi' <i!p Moots farm t’ make a rornrr for ■' fillin’ station, "r rr»H th* othrr day that Bryan gave a talk, but we don't belitva it. (C»ryri*tu. mu i private citizen who never blows about his Ideas of how this and that is going to turn out, but when he read the opinions expressed in the press, he would explode, “Hell; wc elected Coolidge at the convention; there isn't a man living In these United States that can heat him." And ho stuck to that opinion all through. He said that Coolidge was so sure of winning that ho didn't have to make any sort of campaign How did this man know so much tk-fier what was going to happen than a lot of exparts did? 1 guess It was because he was one of the people and could see the peoples point of view better than the profes sional who lots of times takes things for granted, and goes on the theory that human nature is human nature. If such were the case, a lot more of us would have voted for the third party. The fact is I hat very little of the authoritative opinion of today will bear close scrutiny. One high in certain circles tells us that our system of education Is wrong, an other t 11s us that It is getting bet ter and better Neither one is all right nr all wrong. An educated fool bv the name of .Mencken tells us that ('clone] Dawes ami fix per rent of the test of us living In this country are potential thieves tiecauso he— Mem ken—thinks we will take all we ^i t t l l l l I l I I t I I I I I I I I I w . 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NET AVERAGE I PAID CIRCULATION for Sept., 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily ..73,340 Sunday .73,865 | l)ofi nut Indudic return*, loft* | oviu, tainplaa or paper* spoiled In j |m intin* am) Includ** no aiporlal I ; ■ air* ur free rhculation of any kind. | V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. j I Suk*irihad and iwnm lo hater* mo l thin 4th day of October, 1924. ! W. H. QUIVEY. I (*••!> Notary Public can get hold of. This Is considered an opinion and is published in the press, when it should be thrown into the waste basket. MARTIN STRONG. Some of the niftiest dancing steps are expounded hv the hoofs of our wary boxers. This is on the idea that a good battler must also be a ready runner.—Los Angeles Times. r I LEAVES FROM THE BOOK. OF NEBRASKA I \ CI 7//S it one of a serin *• of adcertosements in N bn b historic spots and incidents in Nebraska history st ill be featured. 1/ you desire a cmplele file of them, write list Standard Oil Company of Nebraska and the com plele series will be mailed to you as soon a s the last ad■ tertuimenl ha; appeared. A. H. RICHARDSON /Vr */<*>«/ i o oi * ihirtij-fitfe men in three boat's set out for Nebraska THOMAS JFFFERSON was President. The Louisiana Purchase Act had just been passed and all formalities completed. Nebraska had become a part ot the United States. Little was known about it. So in the summer of 180} an expedition consisting of three boats and about thirty-five men under the direction of Captain Meriwether Lewis and Captain Vi’illiam Clark started out to ^ explore the country along the Missouri and its tributaries. In July they reached the mouth of the Platte where they rested and repaired their boats Then proceeding up the river to a point about eighteen miles north of Omaha, they had a formal council with six chiefs of the Otoes and Missouri Indians at which the change in govern ment from French to American was formally announced. The ceremony w as conducted w ith grave formality under an aw ning formed by the main sail of one of the boars. This w as the first public business of the United States ever transacted in Nebraska. The dim trails of the Indians and the w'ide tracks ol bufialo herds have disappeared. In their place, Nebraska has good roads, cornfields and wheat fields by the square mile, millions ot live stock, comfortable homes and busy cities. They are the gift of Nebraska's pioneers whose blood and toil, heroic courage, steadfastness and vision made them < possible. The story of those brave days and people is an inspiring heritage. Their spirit lives on. 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