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Thought for th Day
4 by Mr. H. D. Nty
Whin you mtcake in thi morning lit your fir i
thought be: tki it rtturrtetion mom and
ihU be a day fjey.Agntt Galtr.
Be prepared for the president's preparedness
message.
Another new comet la discovered, and with
jit the eld question: "la a comet the sign of
.war?"
! Incidentally aeveral helchln fklmnm nuJ
j to do reminded again or the amok nuisance
ordinance.
I
j Both Omaha boya are aboard the peace ship
'Trust an Omaha boy to get there If It la within
;th possibilities.
I Just to have a' look at all those 1100,000
( becks should make attendance on the demo-
j ratlc committee seem worth while.
With the certain rise ia building materials, It
.behooves the university regents to get busy with
'that new medical department hospital If they
Iv. ant to keep the cost within the appropriation.
! For once our senator landed on the- winning
side ia lining up between competing candidates
for president of the senate.- We shall aooa see
, whether that means a better committee assign
ment.
Congress ia Merry Mood.
It waa a rather Jovial assemblage of el a tea
men that congregated under the dome at Wash
ington yesterday and waited the click of the
gavel to call them to organised work as me,ra
bers of congress. Some who answered the roll
call oa adjournment day In July were missing,
and others still bore signs of contusions and
echymoalses, reminders of past turmoil la the
legislative balls, but all who Joined la the first
sesstoa were feeling good, so far as outward ap
pearances afford proof. The caucus had planned
the program, which contained nothing contro
versial, beyond the registration of the majority
and minority preferences for officers, and this
was perfunctorily formal. The way la now opea
for the president to make his address, and when
this Is over the real business of the session may
be started.
The spirit of the gathering waa made the
more congenial by the presence of aome notable
"come-backs," among them "Uncle Joe" Cannoa
and "Nick" Longworth, whose emergence from
temporary obscurity adda to the general interest
that will surround the present session. "Vic"
Murdock's oririamme Illuminates the trenches
abroad, thus preventing the rivalry that might
be expected between the peppery Kanaaa and
the virile member from the Danville district.
But the aeaslon will not be without spice on thla
account, and some lively tilts may be expected
before spring.
Plainly Short of Prospectus.
Because of the number of conversions of
national banks Into atate banks in Nebraska
and of the further fact that this movement,
most noticeable at the time the federal reserve
law became effective, la continuing even now,
la taken by our democratic senator's personal
organ to mean that the lack of a similar guar
anty fund is the weak spot In the new national
bank law. Our Nebraska deposit guaranty has
done tolerably well, whether becauae It has had
no severe strain alnce its Inauguration or be
cause of Intrinsic merit. Is yet to be proved.
There is no question that the character of
tanking In Nebraaka baa materially Improved
alnce the days of the numerous bank failures,
and that the risk covered by the insurance fund
is probably leaa baxardoua thaa ia most lines of
business. Regardless of this, however, we ven
ture the opinion, based on observation and re
port, that the gain of the atate banking system
at the expense of the national banking system
Is not specially because of the guaranty feature,
but in apite of it, and that If thla feature were
present in both, or absent from both, the num
ber of conversions would be still larger.
Our democratic friends may aa well admit
that the new reserve banks, tested by actual
operation, do not measure anywhere near up to
prospectus, and that the benefits so far accrued
are slight aa compared with the huge cost of this
newly created machinery, to say nothing of the
Inexcusable partisanship and favoritism In thu
arrangement of the districts and the location of
the reserve bank cities la reckless disregard of
the natural currents of commerce. The very fact
that national banks are giving up their charters,
and those that hold their charters make such
little use of the reserve banks, ia the strongest
evidence possible that the law does not do what
was promised.
j As a specimen of democratic speed, the
printing of Dallas patriots to the national com
jmlttee, waving a certified check for the coin,
'commends itself to the enervated brethren of
Omaha.
If the worst cornea from the count eommls
' sloners' survey of the two-mile limit, a si umbo r
ium annex readily solves the difficulty. More
over, a slumbortum lends architectural dignity
to a political boom.
Prophecies of the early destruction of Turk
ish power In Europo and Asia hold no promise
of fulfillment at Galllpoli or Bagdad. But the
Turks sre going after the allies, especially on
the sands of Mesopotamia,
The presidential bridal party la In great de
mand at numerous health and heart balm re
sorts. We take It, too, that there ia not a rail
road In the country which would not be glad to
advertise itself as "The Honeymoon Route."
Upheaval in the Boy 8oonts.
The withdrawal of Ernest Thompson-Seton
from' the American Boy Scoots thrusts that
movement Into unwonted prominence. His
assigned reason for giving over bis activity with
the organisation does not exactly square with the
statement made by others la high authority with
the scouts. The charge of militarism Is not new
a this connection, and it has not been very long
alnce Thompson-Seton and Badon-PoweU both
publicly defended the Scouts against the accusa
tion. Events have proven that in Great Britain
the Boy Scouts are essentially military, and the
same Is very likely true In this country. Just
why It should be so vehemently denied Is not
exactly clear. It Is Impossible to have thla or
any similar organisation without aome element
of military control and discipline, and the train
ing. If It la to be at all efficacious, must be on
the basla of military routine.
The present split Is reminiscent la aome way
of the schism la the Salvation Army, which re
sulted ia the formatioa of the American Volun
teers. We may very aooa have two Boy Scout
organisations, each covering the same ground,
and differing la no essential regard, but lacking
la the harmony of headship that Is a requisite
to success.
A golden harvest for Investors will lend un
common eclat to tha opening of the new year.
Those who have paid the price of admission
Wall Street calculates will share In the distribu
tion of $(60,000,000, dividends and Interest.
Colonel Bryan wanta congress to assure the
prcbideut It will back hlni la any peace effort he
may make. Waa there ever any question of the
backing of congress? By his experience It would
seeni that President Wilson baa found the back
log of Mr. Bryaa less dependable.
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The annual meetlns of the Omaha Union Bloc
Yards company rhoae these officers: President. John
A. McSliane; vice president. William A. Faxton;
friary, J. C. Bharp; treasurer, John P. Boyd. Other
oiukha men In the directory are. J. M. Wool wort
and P. E. Her.
A large and enthusiastic meetlns at the Pastoa
resulted In the orsaalaatlon of a Canadian society ta
Omaha, starting" with a membership of about US. O.
It. I.es!ie, John McDonald aad A. T. Patterson were
appointed a committee to secure quarters.
Prominent Episcopalians have Joined to establish.
a. new church of All Saints to be known as "All
ra lnts' Church, with these wardens and vestrymen
j M. Woolaorth. Alfred P. Hopkins. C 8. Mont
Konatry. M. Babcock. George B. Ann, R. K.
lUngwalt. 8. P. Morse, W. A. Redkk. A. It. Bishop,
)iiar.p WorUilnxton presided at the meetlns.
N. B. Falconer has returned from the ast.
The Novelty Carriage works, corner BUteentk and
Clineio, wss offering styUak Portland and swell-
luxly cutters at low prices.
City Engineer Moat water has completed his plans
i i:iiiU-i and proposed routes of the boulevard which
ha t-n utidt-r cotitctnplatlon for several months. It
cumprUws a line of about fourteen miles long and no
K.sdo more than Ihl feet la a hundred.
Max i'. riiwr ana crony Moore were mar
riJ Ly Judtie v YUs.
Via. M. 11. Itewtoa was elm ud principal of the
( iia school and Mls tklmlU-r of the laerd school.
'Syndicallim" on Shipboard.
One of the really aertoua problems of the
wsr, overshadowed to some degree by the more
spectacular operations of the forces la the field,
has been the Industrial unrest that baa accom
panied the work of providing for the armies.
Each of the European countries has had and Is
having ita experience with the recalcitrant work
men, and thla country has witnessed a number of
manifestations of the disturbed atate of mind
that prevatla among the workers. The present
pltght of the great ocean freighter, the Minne
sota, ta another proof that one discontented or
determined maa may easily disable a vessel. The
"direct actlonlst" has here ample opportunity for
the exemplification of his peculiar theories.
Bomb plota. chemicals la coal bunkers, concealed
combustibles la closed hold a, and other forms of
destruction, are all parte of the activity ot these
men. Not all the mischief that la being done to
shipping is la pursuit of patriotic devotion, al
though thla Is being used aa a cloak for the
action of men with more sinister inspiration thaa
love of country. The war baa loosed the dark-
eat of man's passions and opened the way for
the expression of his worst Impulses. Much ot
the present difficulty la getting ships safely from
port to port la due to the desire to "spread the
terror," oa which rests the vain hope of the
anarchist
War and the Metric System
uteewrr Xng-ee.
18 COKSBRVATIVX England to be shocked by the
war Into glvlsg tap Its antiquated ay stoma of
eotnaga, weights, and meaauresT Thla suggestion
comes front a leading editorial In The London Electri
cal Review. The war. says thla paper, la "shaking
the foundation at civilisation;" It can not pass away
and leave things aa they were, whatever Its result
There la to be a new regime of some kind, and
Englishmen roust adapt themselves to It. Efficiency
la to be Ha watchword, and to attala thla every
obstacle to Industrial aad commercial pro are as must
bo removed. Among aueh obstacles. The Review de
cides, are certainty what It oalls the "obooleta"
British systems of measurement. It must bo noted
that wo Americana are here In the same boat with the
English m sJI reaper a eaoapt that of eolnega. We
"point with pride" to our decimal system of dollars
and cents aa being far more logical and convenient
than the English pounds, shillings, and pence; but wo
etsnd shoulder .to shoulder with them In , our de
termination to reject the decimal substitute for the
squally Inconvenient yards, ounces, and pints, despite
th fact that all these were long ago thrown upon
the scrsp-hesp by other civilised nations.
"In every part of our social, domestic and politi
cal life," ssys the British editor, "the welfare of the
nation must he th predominant consideration, before
which all private Interests must give way. W are
a conservative people; but w must learn to b
progressive, bearing In mind that any hindrance to
our progress must be ruthlessly flung aside. And
sitr1y there Is no greater obstacle to our commercial
welfars than the obsolete systems If such fhey can
be called of coinage, weights, and measure that
handicap our Intercourse with foretgw nations and
Impede the development of our trade, to an extent
that la fully realised by few. W have for many
years advocated reform In this connection, and we
believe that th return ot peace will afford an Ideal
and unique opportunity to bring It about an oppor
tunity suck as may never recur.
"In normal time, a groat objection to th adoption
of new weights and measures ha been th 'dislocation
of trada' that many feared would eneue; now that our
sport trade haa undergone a compound fracture,
surely no one wtll hint at dislocation. The mind ef
the country Is aroused; men and women In all ranks
of eoclety are alert, they are In a mood to receive
new Ideas aad to consider them without that tendency
to prejudice with which w are afflicted In time of
peace. Mow, then, lathe time; end w earnestly call
upon all advocate of efficiency and reform to ahl
ua In our efforts to oonvtno th opponents of chang
that It la their duty to accept new system of weights,
measures, and coinage, for the sake of their country's
welfare.
"Wo may observe that, while we have her coupled
the metric system and decimal coinage under one
heading, we do not suggest that they are necessarily
combined or Interdependent; either could be adopted
without the other, and. It I interesting to not that
although th numbers respectively for and against
these two Itsms ar approximately equal, many of
our correspondents favor one while objecting to the
other. In view of th necessity of economising cleri
cal labor after tho war, we are disposed to regard
th adoption of decimal coinage aa of importance
second only to that of the metrto system. No one
who haa lived abroad for any length of' Mm will
dispute th assertion that facility In dealing with
declnel oolnsa la acquired In a very few days, and
that the simplicity ef th system endow It with Im
mense advantages."
Twice Told Tales
: Too Sooa.
A well known Scottish architect was traveling In
Palestine recently when news reached him of an ad
dition to his family circle, . The happy fathsr immedi
ately provided himself with some water from th
Jordan to carry homo for tho christening of th Infant
and returned to Scotland.
On th Sunday appointed for tho ceremony he
duty presented himself at the church, and aougnt out
the beadle In order to hand over tho precious water
to hie c-.. He pulled th flask from hla pocket, but
th beadle held up a warning hand and cam nearer
to whisper:
"No th noo, sir; no th noo! Maybe after the
klrk'a cot!"-London Tlt-Blts.
SasapU' Was All HlsM.
Jacky had been asked out to a "grown-up" dinner.
Swelling with pride, he took hla seat at the bottom
ef th table and looked round slightly awestruck
at tha Imposing collection of aunts and uncles.
Then hi attention bee trie fixed on th ancient
relative who waa carving an enormous turkey, and
his mouth watered aa he aaw tb big helpings being
handed round. . ,
But the carver.- who did not know much about
little boya. Cut off a tiny portion for Jackey.
"Is that th part of the bird you Ilk, my little
man?" he asked, as the servant handed Jacky th
pUt.
Jacky looked at It for a moment and then handed
It back.
"Yes," he said; Til have aome of that, pleas.
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Set title Maaactanat,
An advocate ef aclentlfto management told th foU
lowing tale the other day)
"Two men stood watching a steam shovel at work.
With a clatter and a roar th shovel bit Into th steep
bank, closed on a cartload of earth and dumped It oa
a waiting freight traln.
"It tnakea mo wild," aald th first onlooker, "to
as that monster taking th bread out of good men's
mouths. Look at K. Why. It's filling up those wagon
faster than a hundred men with picks and shovels
csuld do It "
But th other onlooker shook hi head and an
swered: "Be here, mister. If It would be better to
employ a hundred men with plcke and shovels on thla
Job, wouldn't It bo better still, by your way of think
ing, to employ a thousand men with forks and table
spoonsT" Chicago Herald. ...
People and Evtrnta
Referring to the petition filed to put Presl
dent Wilsoa'a name on the Nebraska primary
ballot, the local democratic organ says: "Those
men whose namea appear on the list are leaders
of the loyal fighting democracy of Nebraska."
Just take that, will you, you pretended demo
crats who refused to put your autographs oa
wbea asked!
The supreme court of Nebraska holds that
the legislature has made continuing appropria
tions for the fire Inspection officials, although
the lawmakers were unconscious that they were
doing Bo at the time. What's the constitution
between friends, anyway?
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A 6L Paul trafrio polloeman. bowled over by a
motor truck, exerted all the strength of his Is pounds
and stalled the truck In a distance of sight feet.' What
happened to th driver waa a-plenty.
Th champion no salary preacher of the twentieth
century. Rev. X H. Bean, aged St, 1 dead at hla home
In HartvlUa. lad. He occupied th pulpit ef the United
Brethren church tor sixty year without accepting
remuneration,
Oregon la a prollfto author of reforms, but there la
a limit. Owe ef th- local courts opine that safety
first doe not result red tthta on th tall of oows
parading behind farm wagon. The vindication of
bossy coat aa autoist an even ttoe.
Ia bygone da peddlers of outlawed boos often
scaped detection In Kansas and Iowa by enclosing
th bottles In imitation Bible. Tenaesee bootleggers
go to tho opposite extreme by Irrigating the dry belt
with goods shipped out la coffins. Th combination la
no Joke. . . ; , :
Chief Jaetio Woodson of tho" Mlssoart supreme
court led a procession of trait-hitters at a Jsffersoa
City revival last Sunday, JZvangellst Soovill. who
conducts th revival, puts out a lino of talk aad gym
nastics that would mako "Billy" Sunday wonder If his
copyright has bees infringed upon.
Dancing master from all around th country ar
aesembled la Chicago showing their winter stock .t
goods. The principal novelty In terpstchoreea art U
The Squal Rights of Suffrage Pox Trot " which Is
proaouoosd "a bumeUnger. Inasmuch aa tt makes the
ateae back ward, aa evoa fifty-fifty split.
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The lafaat's It I aw t to Live.
PERCTVAU la.. Dec 1-To the Editor
of The Bee: Please allow me spao In
your columns to ask why three Infants
have been allowed to die In this country
within tho last ten days without any at
tempt being made to aavo their little
.live, simply because they were not
physically perfect?
I refer to th cases In Chlcego. New
Tork and Baltimore. Th excuse ad
vanced ia th cao of th Chicago Infant
we that even with th proposed opera
tion It would always bo a cripple and
might at some future time turn Insan
and murder aome Innocent person aa on
person who they referred to had done.
Also that In Ita crippled condition It
would be a burden on society as long aa
It lived. It la true that the infant might
have turned out that way. but as oases
of cripple suddenly turning murderously
Insane ar not aa frequent aa are oases
of people with sound bodies, why should
that be considered a reesoneblo excuae?
And aa for It's crippled condition caus
ing It to always be a burden on society
I will refer to the case of Hellen Keller,
who, though bora 'deaf, dumb, and Mind
has obtained an excellent education and
Is accomplished In more lines than one.
Ask her If sh thinks she should baV
been allowed to die when born.
I wilt also rite the case of Gordon the
magazine man of Omaha, who, though
confined to his bed continuously for over
ten years has built up a business, which
not only yields him a good Income, but
la furnishing a pension for many other
Invalids. Ask htm If h thinks ho should
have been allowed to die at the time hla
accident occurred.
I cannot understand how any parent
br aurgeon can alt 'idly by and watch an
innocent, helpless and defenaless babe
mak a etruggl for It's Mf without any
attempt to aid It In It's fight, almply
because It does not measure up to their
Ideal of physical perfection.'
Also if such a practice ia allowed to
stow, as It seems to bo doing, it will
furnish a good xcus for those who do
not care to care for their babies, to find
some doctor, willing to pronounce it
physically or mentally unsound and thus
allow It to die and got It out of th
parents' way.
I think that thos Infanta had aa much
right to life as any other Infant and that
thos concerned did wrong In not trying
to save their lives aa I can see little or
no difference in taking- a life through
action and In taking life through Inac
0on- P. J.-A. FATHER,
Doaaoorattq Beoaosay.
TORK, Neb., Dee. 1-To the Editor of
th Be: I as by th press reports that
ws ar to have economy in tho affaire
of th government at Washington. That
Is, w hav th promise of It, but when
we read th Baltimore platform we find
In that bundle of promises that were
"mad to b kept," Jut aa fin sounding
taffy keis aa th donkey . organ holds.
and wr played by th asms bunch for
tn same purpoee. Just to catch votes.
tho party then in power waa Mack.
listed for It prodigality with "th
people's money, wrung from them by
excessive taxation."
It come to me now like an echo, that
something waa aald once on a time
about a billion dollar congress, run by
a billion dollar party, until thai groat
need of this country, waa to return to
democratic simplicity. Well, the great
common people gam them the chance to
show their hand at making good. They
began by pulling off th moat expensive,
th most gaudy ahow at the coronation
of Wood row that haa ever boon pulled
off In this country. Then when their
congress got busy at keeping IU pledge
to the people, they cut the Income of
the government In two and spent over
a hundred million more, than any con
gress sver had don before, not seem
ing to realise that a small income and a
large outgo would find tha bottom of
th strong box sooner or later. But
when the fact finally soaked through
they put en a couple more direct tax,
and yet they ar running behind seven
to ten million per month after they hav
been drawing on thoee bonds that were
voted for building ' tho Panama canal
(which may ajl be needed there If those
slide keep up); still W run behind; then
they talk of an extra half billion ex
pone for prepared aeea, after making
two campaigns against th imperial tend
ncloa of tho O. O. P. that they aald
waa SLPaing th royalty of Europe.
Now, aa convention time - comes on
apaoe, the word goes out we are going
to eoonomlsa. So they cut down the
help In th postal servioe and create a
few hundred more commissions to gtv
a few "deserving democrats" a soft seat
at the pie counter, and call It economy.
Now, tho regular order of congressional
bulsness Is ordered "cut to tho bone";
even then It cannot toa touched until my
plan for preparedness ia acted on first.
What I want to be shown la where do
they see the new danger, aa every big
nation In Europe Is now tn all the war
they will want for awhile, or can pay
for either. So why not Jog along about
aa the a. O. P. was doing without swing
ing from one extreme to the other like
the pendulum of a clock It 1 that or
death with them? I guess that Is why
they hav only bold thro national con
vention tn sixty year before th re
publicans held thatra, so they can say
no that ta wrong com thla way we
are right Now read their history and
you will find a mirror tn which you can
see their future acts.-
FRANKLIN POPE.
Editorial Snapshots
Washington Post: From present Indica
tions tha bull moos convention in Chi
cago on January 11 will present aa Imita
tion pt Dundreary'a bird tn flocking by
tteelf.
. Baltimore American! Tb fashionably
gowned women will now. according to
the dictator of stylo, have to carry
around a amaU menagerie of dogs, cat,
parrots or monkeys. In other words, tho
exotic aa to atylea must bo so -otic as i-ell.
Brooklyn Eagle: Secretary McAdoo'e
exemption from Interest charge of th
millions taken from national banks that
had boon paying for Ita uss and trans
ferred to national reaerve banks, eost
taxpayer about ti a day. Ia a govern
ment of law no such "discretion" should
be vested In any official
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Speaking of
"piepaieiness," it la still pretty iln.
always in the past, that the men f
th line In the United States army can
shoot quicker and stralshter thaa thos
of any other. In the border brush at
Nogales, this old fact was again attested
and a UtU more convincingly thaa ever
be'era.
MLUTUFITL REMAEKS.
"I hesr Nebraaka mentioned very fre
quently.'' commented the distinguished
stranger.
'Te," replied Senator Forirhiim. "Ne
braaka Is a great and enterprising state."
"W het Is It famous for?"
"Well, I haven't posted myself very
arruratelv on Its commercial and social
side. Politics Is my study. And so far ss
politics Is concerned Nebraska Is largely
famous for unfinished buelnees." Wash
ington Star.
"My cross-examination didn't seem to
worry you much." seld the famous law
yer to the witness after the trial. "Have
you had any previous experience?"
"Juet a little," replied the witness sar
castically. "I hav six children." Ladles'
Home Journal.
KABSB8LE
KABARET
AA.kABBI.F,
should A icw rcwo&Ef
YES, A0 J)fM$A ?UM?REL
SHE Vffli- BLAME YOU FOB
ACCEPTING HER!
"Mr. Jaggs never opened his mouth
while his wife was entertaining her
guests the other night."
"Oh, yes, he did several times."
"I didn't hear him. What did he say?"
"Nothing. Hs yawned." Baltimore
American.
"I understand Blnks has Just had a
most humiliating experience."
"Tea, he has. Tou see, he prided him
self for years on his ability to withstand
regular liquor, and yet succumbed to
some hair tonic he bought st a prohi
bition drug store." Richmond Tlmee
Dlspatch. v
"We are said to have a more elastic
currency now."
"Umph." .
"Uon't you believe It?"
"I'm willing to be convinced. Let' see
how my salary stretches over Christmas."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
MT GEUNTS, MY ILLS. 1
Today Tm invoicing my grunts and Ills,
And for each new symptom buying new
nns.
No men snorts an ailment that I do
not pack
Clear down th front of me, clear up
my back.
I start with a spavin on my weakened
foot
It's tearing Itself and me cut at the rootj
1 wrlxRle and squirm at ita impudent
thrusts
Doc says I'll feel fin when It swells up
and'buets. '
My liver and stomach Just off to my
right
Are enraged In rowdylsh. disgraceful
flint;
Doa say they are both somewhat out
of plumb.
He'll explore me and graft a now liver
and "turn."
My two clinging corns which so long 1
have nursed
Are settling a bet which can nag me the
worst.
My seaeoned chlllblain Is their refree
I'm official receiver for all blooming
three.
The rheumatls' down tn my old bony
knees
Is working all shifts, relays and degree.
I'd swnp, any day, these wan reet and
Icbs
For nice fat pig's feet and Cottonwood
peg.
A title In fee has catarrn tn my nose
Once so Roman and smooth, now won
and wart grows;
My eyes, once eo brilliant, so flirty and
keen,
Through blackheads and chicken pox
scarce can bo seen.
Consumption I sapping my once bushy
ha r.
It's loavtrg my poor head so lonUy and
hare: .
I tried many hair dyes to keep It at
home.
But It j icfera to consort with the troth
ot my comb.
O, Gods of Affliction, please run cut,
and see
If you have any grunts you are keeping
from me;
If so, olle them on to me, all the blamed
lot.
Don't ileal In Installments, I'll take all
you've got.
Omaha. GEORGE B. CHILD.
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