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SETEMBER CIRCULATION
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Coinr again, Mr. Marshall, biit conn tn better
humor.
All New England no doubt is ihocked St the
shameless desecration of the Sabbath by s sub
marine, s
Alt things considered, s workhouse sentence
for reckless driving fairly fits the punishment to
the offense. . : i , . '
' In counting up the achievements of U-53,
puncturing the tire of boosted prices should not
be overlooked. '' '
Despite the boom of guns and crash of ships,
Cape Cod clung to its conning tower, quietly
noting how Nantucket
While his discretion It open to question, the
ousted Bridgeport Nasby demonstrated that he
was not "too proud to fight"
A mere national committeeman isn't good
enough, it seems, for a real democrat, who miiat he
welcomed by at least a precinct captain,
Should the war extend its field of' operation
much farther, Mars may exclaim more truthfully
than Monte Cristo: "The world is mine." .
Berlin says the British tanks translated from
Peoria are "good or nothing." Possibly Peoria
did not send the regular tank ammunition along.
' The closer-those who pay the freight examine
' the Adamson wage law, the clearer becomes the
conviction that , congress passed them a gold
brick.- ', . "' ' , .
- V iii-X-L. J -ii : :
So far the war experience of Roumania goes
to show that land grabbing is not as easy as it
looked at the start Others sre learning the
same lesson, ; s
It is more thsn probable that Germany beard
the bread consumers' cry for an embargo on
American wheat and proceeded to relieve, con
gress of the worry. ' ' . 5 ,
. The fsct thst s few submarine shots shriveled
up the popularity of munition stocks serves to
show the Wall street gamble to be as uncertain
as s carnival paddle wheel.
However, as long ss the box office receipts
provide the right amount of solace, less disposi
tion wilt be shown by the, losers of the world
series to blame it on the umpires.
If humanity was wise enough to compel its
monarchal bosses to light their battles to a fin
ish individually, barbarism would get the knock
put and civilization leap forward to heights of
glory.
' Our new cruiser fleet, now in the building, al
ready Is described ss "the finest in the world."
Self-praise is gratifying to national vanity, but it
should be restrained until the war cloud lifts snd
glimpse is had of the newer fighting craft of
warring nations.
. British politicians think Ireland is not doing
its share in filling the gaps in Irish regiments at
the front Ireland contends it has been more
faithful to its pledges than British politicians
nave been to Ireland. 1 The latter charge in
variably provokes S change hi the conversation.
Nebraska' 8 Semi-Centennial
-Lax-
On March 1, 1867, the territory of Nebraska
was admitted to the union. A celebration of the
semi-centennial of that event was arranged for
during the last year by the State Historical so
ciety. The program agreed upon covered three
chief features: (1) A historical parade in the
city of Omaha in the fall of 1916, to be the cur
tain raiser for the celebration. (2) A series of
local celebrations and exercises, especially in
the schools, on the date of the fiftieth anniver
sary of the admission, March 1, 1917. And (J)
the final celebration at the state capital in June,
1917, presenting the cream of these school ob
servances snd a great pageant covering the
salient points in Nebraska history.
. The first part of this program has just been
carried out by the city of Omaha in a way to
give the greatest satisfaction to every citizen of
Nebraska. The presence of President Wilson
helped to swell the attendance beyond all ex
pectation and to give the affair added dignity
and importance. But the historical parade had
been organiied long before the president con
sented to sppear in the reviewing stand, and it is
only fair to say that the great success of the
celebration was not due to any special favor from
Washington. The presence of the presidential
party merely brought the effort to a complete
and gratifying climax. It helped to make the
day perfect and memorable, just the sort of ob
servance that a half century birthday of a great
state deserve a.
The city of Omaha more than carried out its
promises and set a standard that is a challenge
to Lincoln and all of the other communities in
the state. Under the stimulus of Omaha's ex
ample we ought now to prepare with new seal
ana enthusiasm to make the remaining features
of the celebration equal if they cannot surpass
. this splendid beginning.
Humorist, or Just Peevish?
Thomas Riley Marshall has come and gone,
and left everybody but the editor of the World
Herald wondering whether he exhibited a subtle
brand of Hoosier humor, or just a plain grouch
while in Omaha. To get a proper perspective on
Mr. Marshall, one must remember that it was he
who said that, should death or disability overtake
the president he would resign the office of vice
president. This patriotic impulse was stirred by
the fact that William Jennings Bryan Was then
secretary of state and would have succeeded to
the presidency, had Mr. Marshall cleared the way.
Abo, on another occasion, Mr. Marshall proved
his devotion to the civil service law and his party's
declaration in favor of supporting the merit sys
tem by saying if there were an office that could
not be filled by a democrat, he was in favor of
abolishing that office. His speech at the theater
in Omaha was in harmony with these declarations,
while his relations with the local democrats were
quite as friendly as those now existing between
the nations of Europe. All in all, Br'er Marshall
either had a bully time in Nebraska, or he didn't,
and we can't tell from his utterances which it
' Dealing With the Automobile Thieves.
Police departments of the United States have
been grappling with a very complicated problem
for months, and as yet have made little headway
toward its solution. It is the stealing of automo
biles. In early days in this country horsesteal
ing was practiced to an annoying degree, and the
pioneers had an effective way of checking the
crime. They simply hanged the culprit when over
taken, feeling certain that he, at least, would no
longer trouble in the same way. This summary
method cannot be adopted in dealing with the
thieves who steal the automobiles, but victims of
their operations frequently wish it were possible
to restore the pioneer practice.
The police are troubled because of the di
vision of the crime into distinct branches. First
comes the wayward boys and young men, who
seize a machine for the purpose of "joy riding,"
and use it till something gives out and then aban
don it by the roadside. These culprits are fre
quently apprehended, "and just as frequently es
cape under light punishment, their deed being
accounted mischief rather than rightly listed as
a crime. Another class is the local thief, who dis
poses of his plunder in some nearby city, or sells
the parts of the dismantled machine. The third,
and most persistent of thfc lot, is the representa
tive of an organization that appears to be nation
wide .in its operations, and under whose manipu
lations the identity of stolen machines is so
varied that it is only with difficulty they can ever
be recognized, and who vend their loot far from
the scene of the theft.
Legitimate trade in used cars is growing with
the general development of the industry, snd this
growth itself has made easier the way for the au
tomobile thief. Dealers and owners are alike
concerned in the problem and will welcome a
reasonable solution. Until it is found the owner
must seek safety in vigilance, while to the traf
fic in used cars, the old doctrine of "let the buyer
beware" should be applied in its best sense. ,
What Does Mr. Marshall Mean?
"When some nation offers a deliberate
and deadly insult to the American people, or
. puts an unfriendly . foot on American soil,
then we'll have war, and not before."
Thomas Riley Marshall in his Omaha speech.
What about the Tampico incident or the sa
lute to the flag that Huerta did not give? What
about Columbus, and other outrages along the
border? What about Carrizal? What does Mr.
Marshall consider an insult or "an unfriendly
foot?" And, last of all; what is his definition of
war? t' '
It is easy to understand now why the eminent
citizen of Indiana expressed the pious wish that
Woodrpw Wilson would be spared to fill out the
entire term for which he was elected.
Another Bit of the Record. ,
, Inspired by patriotic pride engendered by the
splendid historic pageant he reviewed in Omaha,
President Wilson spoke of the growth and de
velopment of our country until the surveyor and
the census taker could not longer find a frontier
on the continent. Then he told of how that
frontier was flung 7,000 biles across, the ocean
to include the Philippines. He did not tell, how
ever, of the unpatriotic attempt made to abandon
those islanda and the people to whom the United
States is obligated by all ties of honor and mor
ality. Nor did he tell that the bill for (his pur
pose was prepared and reported to the senate
by Gilbert M. Hitchcock, with the approval of
the president and the democratic caucus. Had it
not been for the Clarke amendment, which was
forced by the indignation of the country, sroused
by this shameless effort that frontier would have
been hauled back 7,000 miles by President Wilson
and the democratic senator1 from Nebraska. Let's
keep the record straight
Machine Shops After the Wsr.
, Charles M. Schwab is quoted by the demo
crats as saying the munition shops will become
machine shops after the war. This is true, and
applies with even greater force to Europe than
to the United States. Thirty millions of Europe's
population is just now occupied with the busi
ness of war. When peace is restored, they will
go back into peaceful pursuits, just as will Ameri
cans who are now employed as munition makers.
All the energy now expended on fabricating ar
ticles for the uses of armies will be directed to
production to be distributed under peace. What
does this mean to Americans? That the output
which is now sold in s market in which the de
mand steadily exceeds the supply will then be
sold under terms of fiercest competition known
to man's commercial history. Can the United
States meet the competition under free trade, with
its markets open to the wor'J? Will our indus
try be continued and our prosperity made sure
unless we return to the established principle of
protection? Answer this for yourself. .
Jewelers sre leading a movement in the re
tail trade seeking to induce the president to pro
claim the third Thursday in November as Thanks
giving day instead of the fourth Thursday, as
has been the custom heretofore! The movers be
lieve that with Thanksgiving day pushed ahead,
four full weeks would be devoted to the holiday
trade. The idea gleams with business, provided
the shoppers fall for it
Neutrals share with enemy nations almost
equal tosses of shipping by submarine operations
on the high seat. The sinking of Dutch and Nor
wegian ships near the American coast shows
ruthless disregard of the rights of neutrals on the
high seas
High Food Cost Crime
Baltimore American.
Nothing could more certainly bring on a
revolution in this country than the heartless ra
pacity of those who deliberately raise the price
of the things of common subsistence. Where does
the. responsibility lie and what is the remedy
for it? Nothing so prominently featured in the
Wilson campaign of lour years ago as the claim
of the democrats that the election of their can
didate and success of their ticket would insure
the lowered cost of living. Mr. Wilson came
into power just at the time when the high
cost of living was a paramount question. The
republicans, through competent study, were pre
paring to place tne entire matter of cost sustenta
tion upon a scientific basis, so that such legisla
tion as might be required might find adoption.
The democrats came into power liaring their pro
fession of ability to lessen the cost of living.
They adopted the Underwood tariff measure that
had the effect of taking all prospect of a liveli
hood from many. This led to the president s plan
of a national employment agency to find work
for men cast out of work through the so-called
competitive tariff that invited the cheap labor
products of Europe to rob the American worker
of his rightful means of livelihood. Then came
the war that distracted attention and stayed the
Kernicious effects of the Underwood law and the
igh cost of living continued to mount Under
republican administration' it had at least been
stopped in its upward progress in some directions.
Mr Wilson nronoserl throueh his secretary of
the interior that the south go into hog and chicken
raising to provide a substitute for beet ana mut
ton. Here then is all that the democrats can
show a ridiculously feeble proposition.
Does the country want hog and chicken pros
perityand it hasn't that or does it want beef
and mutton prosperity? It is well to keep in
mind the record of the party in power in consid
ering the widely discussed and non-political as
pects of the question of how to lower the price
cost of living. The purely economic aspects of
the matter have been missed entirely by the ad
ministration that has not lifted a finger to bet
ter the conditions ithat it so vauntingly laid
to the charge of the republican party. Hence the
business bodies are taking hold of the matter
in as earnest and enlightened manner as they
can. The movement originated by the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce and that gives promise
01 nation-wide extension, through similar bodies
in the various cities, is interesting. The increase
of retail prices is a matter that will be laid be
before the federal trade commission, as well as
a survey of the increase of living costs generally
throughout the country. An embargo upon the
exportation of wheat and other foodstuffs will
find advocacy if when the matter has been in
vestigated with thoroughness it shall be found
this would afford some relief and at the same
time not invite retaliatory measures by countries
affected.
The Rights of Mankind ,
1 1 St. Louis Globe-Democrat
"We want always to hold the force of America
to fight for the rights of mankind, not for the
rights of property," said President Wilson in his
speech at Omaha. This is another of those fine
sounding phrases which the president loves to
utter and which invariably rceal the unprac
tically of his character. What does he mean by
It? What arc the "rights of mankind" for which
he would reserve exclusively the fighting powers
of the nation? And what are the fights of prop
erty, for which he would not fight? "Mankind"
is a broad term. It covers the e.itire human race.
To fight for humanity is an inspiring thought, to
be sure, but how are we to fight, where are we
to fight, and whom are we to fight in a cause re
stricted 'to that principle? Under what circum
stances! could we wage a war for the rights of
mankind, and not for the rights of property?
Was ever a war so fought? We have fought
none.' The war of the revolution was founded
upon property rights, upon the unjust taxation of
property. The war of 1812 was based upon com
merce. The Mexican war was over a matter of
property the state of Texas. The civil war was
primarily a property war, a war for the preserva
tion of the union, for the retention of that which
belonged to the nation. We like to think of the;,
war with Spain as a war for humanity, and in a
large sense it was, but the rights of property, of
Cuban property, and the commercial interests of
America, were at the bottom of it It is true
enough that questions of humanity have been in
volved in all of our wars, but no one has been
fought exclusively for, the "rights of mankind,"
nor even exclusively for the nonproperty rights
of Americans.
It is hardly conceivable that the United States
or any other nation could be brought into a war
"for the rinhts of mankind and not for property
rights." The freedom of the seas is a right of
mankind, hut it is essentially a property right
Even life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are
dependent upon property, except among savages,
for the application of the term "property" is not
limited to estates, but includes possessions how
ever small. A loaf of bread is pioperty, involving
all the rights, of property. To talk about a force
held exclusively for the rights of mankind and
not for the rights of property is nonsense. Yet
In this one particular Mr. Wilson has been con
sistent In all his international dealings the
rights of property, the property of American citi
zens, have been ignored, or treated with. utter
contempt while he talked glibly of intangible
"rights of mankind." What this country needs
now is a president who will stand by and, if need
be, fight for American rights, without any such
fine-haired distinctions. ,
Tips on Home Topics
Philadelphia Ledger: It would seem that an
American gun, like an American artist, requires
a debut in Europe.
Boston Transcript: Georgia, Tennessee and
North Carolina cavalry are replacing New Eng
land militiamen on the border, thus substantiating
the charge that the south is in the saddle.
Baltimore American: Protection is no longer
a partisan slogan; it is a patriotic symbol. And
the American voter who sees the frayed ends of
the American constitution and the unraveling
texture of the American national character will
be quick to place at the national loom Mr.
Hughes in order that he may repair the wear
and tear of the nation's living texture by policies
that lack consistency, by proposals that lack the
warrant of American habit and action. .
American Magazine: Louis F. Swift, president
of Swift & Co., the great meat packing company,
has the idea that being in debt is the surest way
to succeed. He urges every one of his 35.000
employes to get into debt and to keep in debt,
and he has organized a system to encourage them
in this and to show them how to do it profitably.
"Get in debt for something of intrinsic value, and
stay in debt," he says. "As soon, as you get one
thing paid up, buy something else, and get in
debt again. "Stay in debt never get out."
People and Events
An organized pull is on in Kansas to build
across the state a belt of concrete road 500 miles
long. The route proposed is the Old Trails road
furrowed in pioneer days The estimated cost
of a concrete road fourteen feet wide is $7,500 a
mile, one-half of which would be paid by the fed
eral government.
The new law against untruthful advertising in
the District of Columbia scored its first victim
last week. Some months ago a merchant adver
tised great bargains in men's clothes. The ' bar
gain prices" proved to be much higher than cur
rent prices for similar goods. Arrest of the mer
chant followed and his conviction brought a fine
of $500 and a sixty-day jail sentence.
1 ronAVi
Thought Nugget for the Day.
Down on your knees,
And thank Heaven, fasting, for a good
man's love. Shakespeare.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
General IvanolT broke the Austro
German line on the Strypa.
Allied troops continued landing at
Salonica to the number of 14,000
dally.
Germans continued their Serbian
invasion along the line of the Orient
railway.
French, pursuing their offensive in
Champagne, gained ground northeast
and southeast of Tahure.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Captain L. E. Cassldy, the veteran
fireman of No. 1 hose company, was
presented by his sons, Lewis and
Oriel, with a handsome easy chair,
the occasion being the removal of the
captain's company Into their new
quarters on Twenty-fourth and Cum
ing streets.
Otto Maurer, who has been 111 tor
some days, is again at his post of duty,
which will be pleasant news (or his
many friends.
The county commissioners have
about decided as to what shall consti
tute the boundary of the new town
of South Omaha which Is to be incor
porated. The line will start from the
Missouri and run to the south line of
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section 85, thence east to the reser
voir, -thence northwest to a short dis
tance of the southwest corner of
Oklahoma, thence west to the west
line of Melrose Hill, thence to the
southeast line of Pratt division,
thence to the south line of the county.
Joseph P. Megeath has been ap
pointed district court stenographer,
vice Bird C. Wakeley, resigned.
The work of digging the proposed
well for gas or oil will be commenced
as soon as the council acts upon the
petition of the projectors for the use
of certain city property near the
river.
D. K. Bond, superintendent o( the
publie schools at Blair, and Messrs.
Haller and Bowers, members of the
Blair Board of Education, were in the
city inspecting the workings of the
manual training department of the
Omaha public schools. They were
shown through the schools by Super
intendent James.
This Day In History.
1818 William W. Eaton, United
States senator from Connecticut
1876-1881, born at Tolland, Conn.
Died at Hartford, September 21, 1898.
1824 General Lafayette concluded
a four days' visit in Baltimore.
1828 Varna surrendered by Turks
to Russians after severe fighting.
1846 Three French warships,
fourteen Spanish warships and sixty
three merchantmen wrecked by hur
ricane at Havana.
1853 The first clearing house in
the United States was etarted at New
York City.
1888 German emperor visited the
pope at the Vatican.
. 188 Dr. James P. Joule, discov-J
erer 01 tne mecnanical equivalent 01
heat died at Manchester, England.
Born December 24, 1818.
1891 Thousands of persons at
tended tha burial of Charles Stewart
Parnell at Glasnevln cemetery In Dub
lin. - 1898. Turkey consented to the
evacuation of Crete by its troops.
1901 Charles Kendall Adams re
signed the presidency of the Univer
sity of Wisconsin.
1911 The McNamara dynamite
trials began at Los Angeles.
The Day We Celebrate.
Judge Howard Kennedy of the
State Board of Control was born Oc
tober 11, 1868, at Nebraska City. He
Is a graduate of Williams college and
In law of the Washington university
at St. Louis, beginning practice in
Omaha In 1891. He has been on the
district bench for twelve years.
Dexter L. Thomas, attorney, with
onVe In the Bee building, is just 76
years old today. He studied in Hiram
college and graduated frr-m the law
department of the University of
Michigan in 1870, locating the same
year tn Omaha. He is a union vet
eran of the civil war.
Richard L. Metcalfe, Nebraska edi
tor and former civil governor of the
Panama Canal Zone, born at Upper
Alton, 111., fifty-live years ago today.
Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, U. 8.
C.J retired, born near Belleville, 111.,
seventy-five years ago today.
Dr. Cary Grayson, physician and
Intimate personal friend of Presi
dent Wilson, born at Culpeper, Vs.,
thirty-eight years ago today.
Henry J. Heinz, Pittsburgh
manufacturer and leader of the
World's Sunday school association,
born In Pittsburgh, seventy-two years
ago today.
Dr. Harry A. Garfield, president ot
Williams college and eon of the late
President James A. Garfield, born at
Hiram. O.. fifty-three years ago today.
Willie Hoppe, world's champion bil
liard player, born at Cornwall-on-Hudson,
N. Y., twenty-nine years ago
today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Thai forty-fourth general conven
tion ot tha Protestant Episcopal
church, one of the most Important
religious assemblies ot the year, will
begin Its session today at 8t Louis. .
Rhode Island democrats will meet
In convention-today at Providence t
choose candidate for United States
senator, representatives In congress,
and a complete ticket ot state offi
cers. The Interstate Commerce commis
sion Is to begin a series of public
hearings today at Duluth, Minn.,
lake and rail cancellations.
The Hughes' itinerary for today will
carry the republican presidents'
nominee over West Virginia
with stops scheduled for Clarks
burg, Parkersburg, Huntington and
Charleston.
Stockholders of the Boston ft Maine
railroad will hold their annual meet
ing today at the general offices of the
company In Boston.
At sunset this evening the Jews
throughout the world will begin the
celebration of Succoth. or the Feast
of Tabernacles, the rrnc'udln feeti
v of the cycle of Jewish fall holy
days.
. The part electricity plays In mod
ern warfare Is to be shown as a lead
ing feature of the annual National
Flectrlcal exposition which la to open
today In the Grand Central Palace,
New York City.
Storyrtte of the Day.
Vance McCormlck, the head of the
Wilson campaign,- said In a political
argument In Harrisburg:
"Oh, you miss my meaning. You
are aa far eft the track as the recruit
who was being examined by the sur
geon. " 'Got any scars on youT asked the
surgeon.
" 'No,' said the recruit 'but you'll
find a box of clgaroots in my Inside
coat pocket doo .. .
Bow to End the War.
Omaha, Oct 8. To the Editor of
The Bee: As I was poring over the
pages of your esteemed contemporary
down the street, I ran across a para
graph which gave me an Idea that 1
think ought, to win me the Nobel
Peace Prize, and which will without
doubt end the great war at one fell
swoop.
The paragraph which was the
cause of this great Inspiring thought
and which 1 think will place my name
in history as one of the great mili
tary geniuses of the world, was as fol
lows: SINQLB CANADIAN CAPTURES
U GERMANS, 18 REPORT
Ottawa, Oct. S. Tha exploit of a wound
ed Canadian trooper, who leaped from hla
trench, killed and wounded many Germane
and compelled alxty-two othera to aur
render, la deeorlbed in a dtapatch received
here today from Canadian headquartere In
Franca.
Inasmuch as one wounded Canadian
can account for sixty-two Germans,
all that is necessary is to take- the
number of Germans available for
military duty at the present time and
divide by sixty-two. We will say, for
Instance, that Germany can put
6,000,000 men In the field. This num
ber divided by sixty-two equals 96,744
and a fraction. The rest is easy. All
you've got to do is to get 96,774
Canadians, take them out and wound
them slightly. I think they should be
wounded, tu be on the safe side, as in
this particular Instance it was a
wounded Canuck who pulled off this
wonderful killing.) Turn the bunch
loose on the Germans and the war Is
over, aa the Austrians, Turks and
Bulgarians will be "duck soup" after
the Germans are eliminated.
Incidentally, I might mention the
fact that I don't think a heluva lot of
a big metropolitan daily that will give
even haif a stickful of space to such
rot as the above clipping.
EVERETROO.
college degrees and college examina
tions are but preliminary to the
world's final examination embodied In
one question what can you do7
Those who would heal the sick must
pass this examination. The world
carea little how many letters you are
entitled to add to your real name, but
cares much if you can really do what
you hold yourself out for.
Again, with rare exceptions, the
world Is perfectly willing to give re
spectable, well-intentioned people a
fair opportunity In an open field to
prove that they can do the thing they
say they can do, and it is an auto
matic test that all fair-minded peo
ple are willing to accept.
CARL E. HERRING.
Education and Practice.
Omaha, Oct 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: In The Bee of October 7 a
lady who enjoys the distinction of
appending her name B. 8., D. O., D.
Sc. O., complains of the low educa
tional standards of Christian Scien
tists. Lest some of your readers may
know the meaning of parts of this
alphabetical arrangement we hasten
to say that osteopaths, with rare ex
ceptions, are quite willing to rest their
case on the merits of their own sys
tem of healing and do not go out 0:
their way to belittle others.
Education certainly Is held In as
high repute by Christian Scientists
as by any other citizens, and a prac
titioner before being recognized as
such in the authorized literature of
Chrsitian Science undergoes a most
rigid Inquiry and must establish good
repute in the community with all that
It Implies.
In addition, a further requirement
is made of demonstrated fitness in the
actual healing ot diseases, over a con
siderable period of time.
Probably we have developed that
It is the old question of disagreeing as
to the use of words and not a . dis
agreement as to ultimate fact If we
determine what education Is, there
will be perfect agreement that It is a
prime requisite tor every calling.
Webster defines education as "train
ing, as an education for the bar or
pulpit." If education for the bar
consists of taking a course In a theo
logical seminary, or for the pulpit at
a law school, we have but few learned
men In either profession. 80 an osteo
path would hardly be expected to be
a graduate of a normal school, nor
did we suppose that they took kindly
to the Idea that they should be re
quired to take a course In a medical
school, or pass an examination about
drugs which they never expect to use
and do not believe in.
The education demanded by our
critics would not only have barred
Jesus from calling the fishermen to
the healing work, but would have
barred practically every progressive
step in science and invention that was
a departure from the method in
vogue.
Every school boy and every school
girl should be taught the lesson that
Tribute to Allen R. Kelly.
Omaha, Oct . To the Edttor if
The Bee: In the whirl of excitement
of the greatest week Omaha ever had.
scant notice was given the tragic
death of Allen R. Kelly, former well
known live stock commission man.
mayor of South Omaha and exten
sively known and loved In Nebraska.
Only last June Mr. Kelly paid a
visit to his mother and sister at T
kamah, then sojourned with his old
friends, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hawkins
of Council BlulTs; then, with a party
of residents and former residents 01
the South Side, including the writer.
W. C. Lambert, Charles E. Scarr,
William B. Cheek, John A. Cavern,
Bruce McCulloch, James H. Bulla.
John B. Watkins, James L. Paxton,
John M. Tanner, George Parks, Wen
ley P. Adklns and others, he saw
Greater Omaha and marvelled upon
its development since the time, some
twelve years ago, when, disheartened
with financial reverses and disgusted
with politics, he went to New York
r.itv V hecome, in a short time, a very
rich man.
it vn-uid be out of harmony with
his life and manner to offer hcre a
profuse obituary. But as an inti
mate friend, like all who knew him
well, I loved the man for his manli
ness. And it is due him to say that
no man with a loftier sense of Justice,
a nobler nature, a sincerer considera
tion for the helpless or a keener con
tempt for hypocrites ever lived than
Allen R. Kelly. He was out and out
wnat ne was. ueueu was uoi iu mm.
He was the bravest man I ever knew,
and the most consistent. Thus, he
had friends to whom he was intensely
loyal and enemies to whom -he was
uncompromising. With these quali
ties and a brilliant Intellect he
achieved a high place In the world,
quickly overcoming the circumstances
which left his political fortunes de
pleted and wrecked his business at the
live stock exchanges a dozen years
ago.
Although born near Syracuse, N.
Y about fifty-four years ago, Mr.
Kelly had always lived west He
married Miss Hulda Lambert in South
Omaha aome twenty-three years ago.
He was a lover of western people and
always asserted that western men
easily gained success In New York
City by reason of quicker, keener and
more forceful tendencies. That he
himself succeeded is well known, and
it Is unspeakably sad that he
about to retire to nis Deautnui coun
trv home on the Jersey coast with his
two beautiful children. Helen and
AiifTu, ji., w vvdvii, iiq m ucpij un
voted, when a misstep plunged his
poor body beneath a suburban train
he was about to board for New York
City. HENRY C. RICHMOND.
TO TIME. . . ,
N
Now Tork Times.
If in your hold you only have for me
Oray halra and wrlnklea, you and I muat bo
Full tenaloned to that atase of bitter hato
When, to be toes, wo both ahould healtate.
Ton are tha atroncer. 1 but have the akin
To thwart awhile tha venom of your wtlL
A few ahort yoara I may, with eaae, conceal
Tha aubtla touohea of your vleloue seal.
ril eat dlaereetly, yes, and drink the aame;
Olve up tha tolllea that we both can name;
So for a time I'll emlle Into your eyea
With all my youth, the youth that you
deaplaa.
And whan at last my mirror telle the tale
That you have won, and all my efforta fall,
I'll call the aid which ase ao oft bespeaks
And mock you atlll with roay Upa and
choeka.
And when I'm haggard, old and gray of
hair,
I will not feel my ahame, nor will I care.
But, dylns same, my old heart dead within,
I'll ' ahake your hand and Bay, "Old Time,
you win!"
Wemeitnee
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