THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY AUGUST 16. 1918.
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Csrranzs it about as friendly to the Allies as
h kaiser is to Belgium,
The Russian child-mind reacts readily to the
Jact that food is scarce and winter coding on.
Bif Jeff" will push the ball for Omaha in
oneress all the time. He has no side lines to
cover.
Von Boehn has been given the job of saving
.din German army, his great specialty being re
jtreati. -
That 500" slate didn't last until election day,
but broke of its own weakness. Now, smash the
other.
"Vic" Wilson doesn't trust the federal manage
ment of the railroads, but he will have some
trouble In dislodging it.
Emperor Karl has been called to the kaiser's
headquarters, but it it a safe guess he will not be
lectured this time for losing the fight on the
Fiav.
"School as usual" is suggested for the rising
generation, but it will be hard for some of the
lads to be in school and serve in the army at the
tame time.
. A limit should be fixed to the number of times
a . j! i. - i
t a rfCKicsi auio? onvcr may uc iuicu 111 pumc
court X Chroinic offenders of this nature should
be deprived of the power to endanger the public.
An occupation tax is the latest subterfuge of
the ways and means committee's subcommittee
for getting away from a tax on war profits. It
may dodge, but eventually it will be compelled to
alight :
Do you believe your boy is putting the dollar,
mark, on the American flag by fighting the dia
boiy4l Hun? If yon do, vote for Noma fop sen
Jfr, because those are his sentiments publicly
expressed and incorporated in the Congresional
Record.)
Observe again how-every public thief and
trook who want to hurt epithets at Rosewater
has free access to the columns of our hyphenated
'democratic contemporary. And the bigger the
crook the more welcome to that sheet are his
toutpourings,
TO VOTERS OF GERMAN ANTECEDENTS,
It is said that Senator George W. Norris, who
did just what the kaiser would want him to do,
even for some time after our entrance into the
war, and who asserted that in our war declaration
we were putting the dollar mark on the American
flag, expects to be renominated by the voters of
German birth or parentage as further evidence
of grateful appreciation of his efforts for "kultur,
Those whose sympathies are still with Ger
many, though camouflaging for America, will
doubtless vote for Norris because he is the em
bodiment of whatever is left of unpatriotic senti
ment in this country. To voters of German ante
cedents, who are none-the-less loyal Americans,
we suggest that they thinj, twice and ponder be
fore they go to the polls.
If the vote that used to be controlled by th
treasonable German-American Alliance, the vote
that was handed to Hitchcock as part of the deal
by which he championed the kaiser's bill to cut
off the allies' supply of munitions and make
America helpless, the vote that was delivered to
brewers in bulk, should be again given to Norris
in reward for his services to the cause of the
kaiser, the exhibit will inceUrovertibly disprove
the professions of loyalty to America first, which
so far had been accepted at face value.
People familiar with the politics of Nebraska
know exactly where in the past the so-called
German vote has been located, and these spots
are charted with as much precision as the mined
areas of the ocean. Everyone familiar with the
politics of Nebraska also knows, or can easily
find out, which counties and which precincts in
the counties used to give majorities according to
German-American Alliance instructions, and i
this vote is massed in the coming primary for the
candidate, commended by "The Fatherland" they
will invite scrutiny anew.
If voters of German antecedents want people
to believe they are "right" in this war they will
turn a deaf ear to pleas of a candidate lilce Norris,
who could scarcely have done more to help the
Hun had he. been on the kaiser's payroll instead
of drawing a 'fat salary from the United, States
treasury.
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Unfortunately, perhaps, William English
Walling' does not speak for the socialist party of
America, which "still follows the lead of Victor
L. Berger, Adolph Germer, Eugene V. Debs and
other indicted representatives of kaiserism in
his country.
Seven-Day Service on Ice Delivery.
the
So
lea wagon drivers and other employes in
industry need ona full rest day each week.
'do the' horses used in delivery. This should not
be dented them, But householders require ice
even days a week.' The eity ordinance, but re
cently vpheld by the courts, closing grocery
stores and meat markets ail day Sunday, has in
creased the household problem just to that extent.
Not many small hornet have capacity for carrying
enough ice to last from Saturday until Monday.
Therefore, the( Sunday delivery of ice is essen
tially necessary to the health of the community.
Also, the problem is easy to solve. No strike is
required, nor any revolutioni Let. the ice com
panies arrange a schedule for delivery that will
provide for seven-day service, and yet give each
employe and each team one full period of twenty
four hours each week off duty. Other industries
that run continuously have done this, without
working hardship on anybody; and the ice com
panies can do the same. Ice delivery should be
continuous, and not at the expense of men and
animals.
Good Word for Faithful Employe.
While The Bee is not setting up candidates
for office, it is only fair that we should give a
word of commendation to P. A. Barrows, who is
on the primary ballot 4or the republican nomina
tion for lieutenant governor. Mr. Barrows is a
veteran Nebraska newspaper man who for sev
eral years represented The Bee as its staff corrc
spondent at the state capital, in which capacity
he proved himself faithful and reliable. can
say without reservation that he is eminently
fitted by his familiarity with the conduct and pro
cedure of legislation to fill the position to which
he aspires.
Shallenberger and the War Department
Ashton C. Shallenberger is seeking re-election
from the Fifth Nebraska district on his record
of "helpfulness" to the nation in time of war.
When the measure to extend the draft to include
theyoung men coming of age subsequent to June
5, 1917, was before the house Mr. Shallenberger
.tried to amend it three times. Any' one of his
proposals would have resulted in reducing the
number of men available for military serviceand
each was rejected a,fter debate because of opposi
tion from the War department As the time for
election came on Secretary Baker thought fit to
furnish the member from the Fifth Nebraska with
ceruncste or character. The outcome is thus
told by Colonel George Harvey in the North
American Review for Atigust:
The only further ooint worthv f lidi
passing notice is that, simultaneously with his
insistence mat no "representative of the gov
ernment ought to be criticizing any newsoa-
per, Mr. Baker himself was writinc to Rpn-
'"entative Shallenberger of our own humble
War VecT!y:
"I have read with1 deep appreciation and
pleasure your helpful part in the debate on the
army bill. The country will be stirred by the
fine absence of partisanship and by the sig
nificant facts which you cited, and I am, of
course, doubly grateful at your willingness to
defend me against the strange and malignant
attack of Mr. Harvey.
L "It matters some to me personally, but my
chief thought is that the truth will give the
people of the country confidence in the army,
and in that way Mr. Harvey will be prevented
trom helping our country's enemies by his ex
tion " y depressin Iack of 'nforma-
..To.w.nat xtn ,the country has, been
stirred by the tine absence of partisanship" in
the harangue of a pacifist democrat, seeking to
curry favor with the administration, we are not
informed; all we really know is that, since we
proved conclusively in the aforementioned jour
nal that the most "significant fact" adduced in
defense of Mr. Baker was an unqualified false
hood, Mr. Shallenberger has maintained a high
ly becoming reticence.
Voters of the Fifth district are thus apprised
nf the character of the foundation on which Shal
lenberger rests his claim for re-election because
of his support to the president
According to the'alibis" coming up from Lin
coln, a better knowledge of bookkeeping might
hejp Out on the state assessment problem.
Claude Kitchin promises a little surprise party
for the nation on Monday. It cannot be worse
than the mess he, prepared last year.
Loyalty of, the Big Four
Railroad Brotherhood Chiefs Denounce Slackers
in the Service
Railroad and Locomotive Engineering.
a brother
The leaders of the four railroa
hoods are a unit on the question of delin
quency, indifference, carelessness or-"slack
ing" on the part of employes engaged in the
vital service of transportation. This is clear
ly shown by circular letters sent out bv the
general chairmen of these organizations to
all local chairmen and members on the Penn
sylvania railroad lines east. The circular
letters were issued following the receipt of
several communications from the assistant
general manager addressed to the four gen
eral chairmen and calling attention to a large
number of specific instances of failure in
duty and other forms of apparent "slacking"
on the part of train service employes of
the rennsylvama railroad lines east, occur
ring within the last fewweeks.
The four charimen replied, partly, as fol
lows:
"We assure you of our hearty co-operation,
and we trust that steps will be taken to
correct matters. We fully appreciate that
now tnat we are an government employes, it
is necessary that there be co-operation not
only on the part of the employes, but also on
the part of the officials of the company, so
that we may all work as a unit for the govern
ment, for without co-operation we feel that
all efforts will fail along the lines of unifi
cation of forces for the successful handling
Mr. William Park, general chairman.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said:
"The man who is failing to report on time,
or is refusing to respond when called, is
not helping the situation by such action; on
the other hand, he is helping to discredit our
organization. One must be patriotic when at
this critical period there is such an extreme
shortage of men in railroad service to move
the great volume of freight necessary to
keep supplies moving promptly to our armies
and those of our allies. ,
"If the boys in the trenches failed to re
port promptly, or failed to respond when
ordered to do so, as some of our railroad men
are doing, serious things would result, yet
by a general order the president has placed
us all in the same, category with the soldiers.
JVe are just as much a part of the great war
machine, our duties are just as great, our re
sponsibility is even greater, for if we fail or
u we all should do as a few are doing (fail
ing to respond when called), the result would
be appalling. ,
"A "spirit of co-operation should take hold
of every branch of service, to the end that
we may serve our country faithfully and er
ficiently. A spirit of mutual helpfulness
should pervade every part of our lives in this
time ot democracy s great struggle for the
world's freedom from autocracy."
Mr. H. E. Core, general chairman. Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine-
men, wrote asfollows: As members of an
honorable organization we are all duty bound
to do all in our pdwer to assist officials of
the company in the prompt, efficient and
safe movement of engines and trains, and to
see that all firemen and hostlers properly,
promptly and -efficiently do their duty while
in the service of the company.
"The long, list in" the assistant general
manager's letter, among whom are employed
many firemen, shows a seriously demoraliz
ing tendency towards inefficiency among
many engine and train service employes. If
this is not promptly and effectively checked,
it must inevitably injure the good repute of
our organization, and the good name of the
firemen and hostlers as efficient working
men, and loyal and patriotic citizens.
"I therefore urge upon you all to do all
in your power to see that every fireman and
hostler is careful to perform all his duties.
Industrial slacking has a seriously demoral
izing effect on the efficiency of railroad ser
vice in the movement of all trains now so
vitally necessary. Industrial slacking in any
of its forms is as great a menace to the safe
ty of our Country as any pro-German propa
ganda could possibly be."
It is everywhere apparent that the men
who do the work of railroading are intense
ly loyal to the United1 States. The have
abandoned weak compromise and are' deter
mined to aid the government in every way
to win tne war.
Schweiger, Lusitania Assassin ;
Some Remarks on the Passing of the Tool of Prussian
Savagery
New York Times.
It is reported from London that the Ger
man admiralty lias admitted the deatn, in
September, 1917, of Lieut. Commander
Schweiger, captain of the submarine that
sank ibe Lusitania. In command of the U-
boat 88. he is said to have run into a British
minefield in the Bight of Heligoland, and his
boat to have blown up.
There is a certain olausibilitv of noetic
justice in his end, but if he had been human
and not a German machine he should have
lived until he made away with himself; or,
his mind broken with intolerable remem
brances, he should have passed long years
in a madhouse. But he was only a German.
He only obeyed orders. To do the arch
deed of pitiless savagery was to win promo
tion, wun wnat a aeunum or rejoicing,
shoehorn to what endless bumpers, was that
exploit celebrated by the German tribes!
Schweiger being only a German, we can
not hope that any doubt, much less any re
morse, ever interfered with his self-compla
cency. We cannot imagine tnat, m ne swm
surge of memories in the brain of drowning
men, he saw his victims struggling in tne
sea soon to be his grave; that he heard tne
cries of those babies, those children, those
women; that, in the dark closing round him,
he feared the strangling hands of those nigh
800 ghosts. A fat score of murder his, but
what is it compared with the millions that
Germany has murdered?
Yet this humble agent of the German
Death merits a place conspicuous among all
its innumerable devisers of destruction. The
horror of his act is unforgettable even m the
War Risk Insurance
What appears to be the measure best cal
culated to mitigate the hardships of war, of
all those adopted by the United States, is
war risk insurance, under which feoldiecs and
sailors are able to take out life insurance up
to a maximum of $10,000 for the protection
of dependents at home. Men in the Amer
ican forces generally are taking advantage of
this Opportuity, as shown by the fact that
up to date about 3,000,000 applications, call
ing for more than $25,000,000,000 of insur
ance, have been received. During the month
of July, it is stated, about $4,000,000,000 of
war risk insurance has been written.
Another indication of the popularity of
this protective feature lies in the tact tnat
the average amount of insurance applied for
nr man h heen steadilv increasing. The
average policy now is about $8,500, which is
getting near to the maximum of $10,000 per
mitted under the law.
The substitution of the insurance system
or the pension svstem marks a progressive
appreciation of the relation of the govern
ment to the dependents of those who go out
to fight the battles of the nation. It is more
just and more definite than the pension sys
tem, since the beneficiaries receive a stated
sum upon the death of the insured and are
nr rlenndent for relief noon political influ
ence or the beneficence of congress. Many
a soldier has embarked for service overseas
in this war witha greater peace of mind than
he could possibly indulge otherwise, because
he knew that hisrelatives at home would be
protected from want in the event that he met
his fate on the battlefields of France. War
is cruel and horrible at best, but the institu
tion of war risk insurance robs it of many of
its innocent victims, who otherwise would be
obliged to suffer to no purpose. Washington j
ost.
procession of genuine German deeds. It
was the pioneer of German ruin. It lay,
breeding bitterness, in the American con
sciousness. It was the seed and prelude of
American entrance into the war. "There is
a torpedo coming, sir," said the second officer
to the captain that May afternoon off the
Old Head of Kinsale. It did its work well.
It did an infinitely greater work. It was the
signal of German downfall. Schweiger
should have lived to see the sequel, to see
the drawers of the sword perish by the
sword. He should have lived to see those
124 American dead of the Lusitania avenged.
Well, he went to his place last fall. His
old principal, von Tirpitz, knows whatever
pretenses he keeps up that the submarine.
dwindling and futile as it is, was the fatal
bringer of disaster to Germany, As for
Lieutenant Commander Schweiger's kaiser,
he is a neurotic, with an imagination. As
defeat thickens, as ultimate ruin gathers vis
ibly around him, what ceaseless gnawing re
grets, what sleepless fears for his precious
house, must beset him. He is no fool. He
can suffer. What does he think of the Lus
itania. of his whole submarine fee-faw-fum?
What does he think of St. Helena as an im
perial all-the-year villa? Yes, the kaiser is
neurotic. When doubts of his divinity occur
to the god, who shall salve his vanitv? When
a world dominator finds the world indomita
ble against him, how-is he to get out of the
scraper We may assume that Schweiger
was stolid, ihe kaiser, not from remorse,
but from disappointment, is likelv enough to
get more than a little installment of punish
ment, pnqe abased, swollen ambitions priced,
something like "hell on earth." which is luckv
for him. The Prince of Darkness, as a gen
tleman, has to draw the line somewhere.
Presumably he has laid out a No Man's
Land for German shadows. After all, one
has a reputation and tries to keep a respecta
ble house.
People and Events
Fisnie is pronounced "Fiems" and Vesle
"Vale." On with the Hun-hunting.
What's in a name? Dr. Toper of Phila
delphia predicts that prohibition will be
world-wide by 1930.
New York boasts of the hottest and cold
est days, 102 degrees above and 13 degrees
below, both within eight months. Oh, well,
there are others, though less boastful.
Speaking about the weather, it may be
said without fear of contradiction that these
perspiring August days will become a pleas
ant recollection along about January next.
Down at Salina, Kan., fervent prayers for
rain brought forth a gorgeous rainbow. Rain
missed the prayer target by a few miles, fall
ing on the adjoining county, where doubtless
some wicked abide.
Tenants in New York apartment houses
are organizing to resist a fall boost in ren
tals. Owners are well organized and the
business systematized to produce all the
traffic will bear. President Wilson has been
asked by tenants to take such action as will
prevent landlord profiteering.
Over in Minnesota, where . a bone-dry
amendment comes up for decision at the fall
election, early boosters of the water bottle
explain that the proposal does not disturb
the right to drink. "The individual right to
get drunk is not taken away. All the amend
ment proposes to do is to keep the drinking
goods away. That's different.
I l Ol )AV I
On Year Ago Today in the War.
Continuing their attack In Flanders,
the French and British captured ths
village of Langemarck, with 1,800
prisoners.
Premier Lloyd George announced a
big decrease in the number of Brit
ish vessels destroyed by German mines
end submarines.
The Day We Celebrate. .
Allen C. Bcott president of the
Scott-Omaha Tent and Awning- com
pany, born 1882.
Willis Grata Sears, district Judge,
born 1860.
Henry W. Dunn, chief,, of police
ow retired, born 18(2.
Joeerh B. Fradenburr. attornev-at-
law, born 1881.
Most Rev. Dennle X Dougherty, the
new archbishop of Philadelphia, born
at GlardvilJe, Pa., 62 years ago.
tThfs Day in History.
1854 The allies won their first euc
jeees in the Crimean war Jn the cap
ture of Bomarsund.
1868 Consecration of Joseph P.
Machebeuf as first bishop of thb Ro
- man Catholic diocese of Colorado.
1870 Both tho French and Ger
ynans lost heavily in the fighting at
.VionviUe.
1914 British ; and French fleets
bombarded. jCattaro on the Dalmatian
coast. , , - - .... -I( .,
1915 German submarine ' ehelled
three English coast towns on-Irian
Just SO Years Ago Tdday
The City League directory held a
meeting at J. J. Hardin's sporting
goods headquarters and after consid
erable discussion determined to play
the eeason out
Fifteen men in the foundry o: the
Union Paciflo shops were discharged
for want of work. '-
The excursion trains that the Union
Pacnc promises to run during fair
week and the three weeks thereafter
will give everybody in Nebraska a
chance to see the show.
The Seventh Ward Danish Demo
cratic club met at Met' hall and was
addressed by Messrs. J. J. Points,
Frank Greene, W. & Shoemaker, and
G. Christopher with orthodox demo
cratic talk. .
Charles Fisher, the veteran fireman
of the Durant Hoee company, left for
St Louis, accompanied, by jiis wife,
Sidelights on the War
Two out of every thousand soldiers
In the American army must have their
shoes made, to order. '
Official figures on the present war
show that, in proportion to the num
bers used, fewer Trorsti die in battle
than in commerce.
Unheard-of wages are being offered
by northwestern labor agencies. . Be
fore the war wages were 81,75 and 82
a day, now 84 to 84.60 is offered.
The British government has placed
a 8350,000 order, with the American
Chicle company for 60,000,000 sticks
of chewing gum for the British army.
,The 70 or more shipyards now
building vessels in the United States
are estimated to use not less than
2,000,000 cubic feet of timber every
day. v ,
Before the present war the popula
tion of London embraced more than
10,000 Germans, tho majority of
whom were tailors, butchers, bakers,
rYMters or teachers.
The first military balloon was need
in 1794 by Guyton de Morveau. who
twice ascended at the battle of
Fleurus and obtained military infor
mation of importance.
The United States will buy Jewelry
and precious metals of any kind in
lots of 8100 or more, and will.pay
at the rate of $2.0.67 an ounce for gold
and $1 an ounce for silver.'
War badges will be awarded to
civilian workers employed for at least
four consecutive months in govern
ment industry. , Service bars will be
given for employment beyoni four
months
Editorial Shrapnel
New York Herald: Anyone - who
wants a place In the sun this weather
is a blooming idiot.
Minneapolis Journal: At this game
of "Der Tag," the Americans seem to
be as good players as the Huns.
Minneapolis Journal:"' Glorious vic
tory for Germany! Murder of the
wounded and their nurses on a hospi
tal ship. "Gott will aid further!"
Philadelphia. Ledger: Men's collars
have again advanced in price. The
everlasting gratitude of a natldn would
go out to some Washington board that
could declare them nonessential these
days. '
Washington Post: The latest mani
festo of Kaiser Bill has that peculiar
empty sound given out by a crooked
bank, an overripe egg and a theatrical
fizzle Just before they bust
Louisville Courier-Journal: "A vic
torious Germany would be a real dan
ger to America," says Maximilian Har
den. Why he is allowed to tell the
truth Is a mystery, but that be tells
It la beyond question.
New York World: An American
army ot 5,000,000 men is not only
a possibility, but a consummation to
be achieved with the least possible
delay. "FVce without stint," "force
without limit," is America's watch
word, i
Minneapolis Tribune: Jeff Mc
Lemore, the man who introduced in
congress the resolution that Amer
icans should obey the kaiser and stay
at home, has been notified by his
Texas constituents to stay at home
himself and see how he likes it Jeff
kaevs tbm stid test tastes like.
Nebraska Politics
Kearney Hub: Nebraska is pecul
iarly humiliated by having two
United States senators who stand ap
proved by the enemies of the United
States whom - Nebraska soldier boys
are fighting. '
Fort Calhoun Chronicle: Senator
Hitchcock is one mighty lucky man.
For instance, his campaign for re
election happened to come before his
sealous work for the "fatherland"
was so well understood by his con
stituents, t
Kearney Hub: Congratulations to
Senator Norris in crowding Senator
Hltchceek so close for first place in
"The Fatherland's" Hun Gallery. Un
der the Hitchcock picture we, read:
U. & Senator G. M. Hitchcock, the
Fearless Defender of HumanitW
Against tne Tramo in Murder,"
which we must admit is pretty strong
as a Hun endorsement Norris waa
not played up quite so strong, the cap
tion being: "Senator George William
Norris, Whose Sturdy Americanism is
Based on the Constitution." Now
think of that a German propaganda
sheet praising Norris for his "sturdy
Americanism," and then you will not
wonder that Norris bases his only
hope for re-election on the pro-German
and N. P. L. vote in Nebraska,
supplemented by few thousand re
publicans who still need to have their
eyes opened to the character ot this
Machiavellian politician.
.Defined. '
Sllllcus What is your idea ot a
popular woman T
Cynicus The kind a fellow isn't
afraid of falling in love with. Lifts
Does Norris Deserve Endorsement?
Oxford, Neb.. Aug. 12. To the Ed
itor of The Bee: Mr. Norris is asking
tne republican party to renominate
him for the senate, tbus assuming that
at least a majority of that party ap
proves and stands willing to defend
his record in congress. Never in the
history ofyour nation was it more
necessary to look well to the charac
ter, ability and Integrity of the men
who are to stand as candidates to con
gress.
The success of any political party,
the saving of any political leader,
pales into insignificance compared
with choosing 100 per cent Americans
possessed with a broadness of states
manship to grasp quickly the needs
or our nation and possessed with the
courage to defend and work for them
Our boys who are fighting to bring
tne Huns to their knees in supplication
for mercy for their inhuman war work
should be represented in congress by
men in whom they can place implicit
confidence. Mr, Norris has said that
we had Just as good cause to war with
ranee and England as with Germany,
is tne repumican party going to en
dorse that sentiment? He has said
that the sentiment for the declaration
for war came from Wall street; that
wo wcu puning me aoiiar marK on
tne nag; that he could distinguish no
difference between a ship being tor-
peaoea Dy a suDmarine and aroine to
pieces against a mine; that Germany
had not sought to kill our citizens
tnrough malice, and long after we had
entered the war that he could not find
it in his heart to hate these neoDle
How those sayings must have warmed
the cockles of the German heart aa
tney were tne very essence of German
propaganda that had for years been
fostered in our countrv. Is it uw
wonder his picture was . considered
worthy ro adorn the front page cf the
once f aineriana?
Can the republican oartv afford to
stand sponsor for such doctrines?
Mr. Norris has never confessed to the
people that he erred, hence he must
expect that his conduct is entitled to
a reward of merit. A C. RANKIN.
Not Against .Chantanqnas.
Taylor, Neb.. Aug. 10. To the Ed
itor of The Bee: In your issue of Au
gust & your Lincoln correspondent re
ports certain correspondence coming
irom ioup county, directed- to Attor
ney General Reed, asking for his
opinion as to whether chautauaua
activities couia oe stopped under our
new sedition statute, on grounds of
nonessential occupation.
Your report placed me on the wrong
side of the controversy. I was not
against the Chautauqua for a moment,
I had nothing to do with originating
any question relative to its standing,
or the possibility of seduring its ar
rest But when its rights and activi
ties were threatened I immediately
came out in aerense or the chautau
,qua. I am there yet. My inauiry to
'the attorney general was to find out
it tnere had been any recent adjudica
tion or ruling that would afford the
opposition a show of legal ground for
the stopping of our Chautauqua. I
didn't expect to hear of any.
To be found opposing a Chautauqua,
in the face of its general purposes and
its recognition by President Wilson, is
quite an uncomplimentary stand to
take, and I don't believe you would
intentionally put me In that class.
Neither do I wish to be so rated by
Chautauqua people.
A. K. HOLMES.
Sutton Replies to Beggs.
Lincoln, Aug. 13 To the Editor of
The Bee: Some days ago a letter ap
peared in The Bee commenting on
Ireland and its people. It was signed
David M. Beggs and dated from Ar
cadia, Neb. It is strange that a man
living in so happily a named village
should suffer from such an overplus
of bile against his Catholic country,
men. In addition v to his bile he is
also mentally afflicted with the Insane
delusion that the Catholic bishops ot
Ireland are plotting to overthrow the
authority of King George in Ireland
and to substitute therefor the rule of
Pope Benedict XV. This delusion is
very strong among a very honest but
ignorant class In the northeast corner
of Ulster, and the unionist Junkers
and the reactionary Tory press of
England call these people the Prot
estants of Ireland. He says, also, that
Ulster is the most prosperous province
in Ireland. The government statis-"
tics do not support that statement.
fMr. Sutton here gives statistics at
too great length for the space we can
accord. 1
Mr. Beggs is not the only pebble
from Ulster. I could quote the opin
ions of many Protestant Uistermen,
but I will take only one, Rev. S. Knox
Johnston. B. A., minister of the parish
church, Stromness, Orkney, Scotland.
Rev. Mr. Knox Johnston says:
"As one who has lived all his early
years In Ulster, and who knows the
province and Its people well, I can say
with confidence that the opposition to
home rule there is being fostered and
inflamed periodically for ulterior pur
poses. "Protestants in Ireland, aa a whole,
are not afraid of home rule. They
know in their hearts that the Irish
people are peaceable, tolerant and
kindly, if their rights and consciences
are respected.
"I say no educated Protestant is
really afraid of Intolerance and op
pression. Among the uneducated
Orange following there is a, fostered
feeling which is the result of tradi
tions, fears and hatreds handed down
from the past It cannot be argued
with; it can only be broken up by
home rule Itself dispelling those fears.
"When a boy I heard poor country
folk gathered round the peat fire at
night telling-' one another how the
Roman Catholics had arranged to
seize all the farms and houses round
about aa soon as home rule was
passed. Pat So-and-So was to take
this farm and' Mike So-and-So the
other farm. Now that waa honestly
believed by the deluded and Orange
ridden people. Their traditional fear?
and hatreds were based on a distorted
view of the past
"No one with auy education is real
ly afraid of lntorerance in his heart;
the others can only be convinced by
the result disproving their fears.
"I know many Presbyterian minis
ters in Ireland whose one secret sor
row Is that they are so under the heel
of the Orange organizations, and must
preach the Orange doctrine of the in
tolerance of their fellow countrymen.
If they were not afraid of their sti
pends and their position there would
be many more declared home rulers
among them. That Is one cause why
so many ministers leave Ireland when
the opportunity arises. They are nc
longer in earnest about the, dangers
of home rule, and hate to have to pre
tend to be.
The best safeguard against intol
erance is a wise democratic form ol
government. History has proved
that in the past and will do so again
in the case of Ireland."
Such are the opinions of an edu
cated Ulster Protestant, a Presby.
terian clergyman; they will commend
themselves to the good .sense of Bee
readers more agreeably than the cere
bral "meanderings ' of Mr. David M.
Beggs of Arcadia.
JOHN P. SUTTON.
Artesian Well Situation.
Omaha, Aug. 18. To ths Editor of
Wl . T". . ML. A .... t V
im jaeo; jtui iwo articles wnicn
were published in your paper with
reference to the artesian water situa
tion in and around Omaha I consider
a credit to Journalism. In my humble
opinion, a newspaper performs a high
function in taking up a matter of that
kind.
The fact that all the farmers' wells '
are drying up immediately north of
the Pries lake artesian well would
not be of sufficient interest to the peo
ple of this city to be told about but
when a beautiful lake like the Miller
park lake is threatened with ex
tinction, and when the avowedly arte
sian nature of the Omaha territory is
threatened with extinction it certainly
deserves publicity. The artesian well
at Pries lake has been flowing without
interruption for threeyears.
JUHWLA'l'ISW SER.
FROM WITHIN.
Bright and warm tba sun la ihlnlns;
Blue the akyrv
Soft white cloudleta, fleecy, filmy.
Float on high;
Gently through the tree topa, whispering
Breezes blow:
Oally nod the dainty flowers
To and fro:
Song of bird and hum of Insect
Fill the air.
But the world Is sad and cheerless
Tou are THERE.
Skies are overcast and gloomy;
Clouds hang low;
Murky, misty fogs enshroud he
Earth below:
Wlnda blow cold and damp; relentless
Falls the rain;
Moistened leavea are pressed agatnst the
Window pane;
Nature ilea beneath a pall, dull,
Grey and drear;
But all the world Is beautiful
Tou are HERB.
DAVID RITCHIE.
Omaha.
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