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THE SEARCH FOR NEW LEADERS.
Admittedly today America lacks great outstand
ing leaders such as it has known in the past. Such
noteworthy figures as there are must be sought in
industry rather than in politics. This is the situa
tion as Dean Dexter S. Kimball of Cornell univer
sity reviewed it in an address retiring from the
presidency of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. A new type of leadership is evolving,
he declared, a leadership coming from men and
women trained in the engineering or business world.
This new style of leadership he asserts is neces
sary if civilization is to endure. The history of
America shows that before this there have been
changes in the types of men who have led public
thought. In the early days of the republic the
great national figures were military heroes, these
later giving way to lawyers and politicians. These
in turn may have to yield to those of more prac
tical training in the problems of human and public
relations. Going further back, it is seen that the
warriors who first ruled were succeeded by the
power of the church, which in time was replaced
by the political state. The trend toward an in
dustrial leadership and civilization is apparent. The
demand for more efficiency in government and in
dustry is heard from every side, and this can only
be obtained by the application of technical methods
to the questions involved.
System, organization and practical knowledge
are the needs of this age. The sort of engineer
Dean Kimball refers to is the one skilled in the ap
plication of science to the actual affairs of life. It
is not alone in the governmental field that this in
fluence must bo exerted. There is need for such
leadership in every branch of life. A new type of
labor leader is needed, for instance—a production
engineer who deals with something more funda
mental than questions of wages and is something
more than a good bargainer. The farmers also
must have men of special training and wide ex
perience to tackle their problems. A broader view
likewise is needed in the transportation industry
and in all business. The problems of capital and
labor, strikes and lockouts, the distribution of
goods, the spread between prices paid to producers
and those paid by consumers, the adjustment of
supply and demand and the increase of well-being
and decrease of poverty—these are among the
things that require the application of exact think
ing rather than oratory or demagogic theory.
The sort of men who can handle these issues in
private life are the sort that will assume national
leadership in the political field. There remain the
time-honored principles of politics and industry,
blindly defended on one side and blindly attacked
on the other, but there are as yet no really great
figures about whom the people rally. Dean Kim
ball believes practical men must come to the fore
to reconcile the old and the new and establish in
telligent co-operation in place of the present con
fusion of pulling and hauling in all directions. The
application of the best trained business and techni
• cal minds to America’s problems offers the oppor
tunity for real progress.
LINK UP ALL ROUTES TO MARKET.
Planning ahead is necessary if America’s trans
portation facilities are to keep pace with its indus
trial development. The invitation to the railroads
to attend a conference with advocates of the Great
Lakes waterway to discuss a concerted transporta
tion plan follows closely on President Harding’s
declaration in favor of co-ordinating inland water
ways, truck lines, electric lines, railroads and ocean
lines in one related system designed to move traffic
at the least expense and with the least delay.
Instead of fighting each other, these various
agencies of distribution should be working together.
Reduced to its simplest terms, the problem is to
adjust transportation facilities for the largest pos
sible service to American industry. One of the
great sources of present trouble is that the main i
object of the railroads is to return a profit instead
fjof meeting the needs of the public. ,
* In the past the railroads have fought the devel
opment of water carriers and there are today dis
‘griminatory rail rates designed to discourage water
‘transportation. The friendly attitude of western
yailway men toward the St. Lawrence project is
gn encouraging sign of a new spirit. Let this pro
posed meeting between the railroads and the water
way commission be held. A much more friendly
spirit toward the railroads would be inspired if they
jWill join with the waterways, forget competition
and help build UP a great co-operative system.
INSTEAD OF TEA OR COFFEE.
American Ingenuity has evolved many varieties
of drink, hard and soft, but up until the present
there has been none of them to take the place on
the table occupied by tea and coffee. Now, how
ever, the bureau of chemistry of the Department of
Agriculture reports that a wild southern plant, grow
ing from Virginia to Texas produce* a delightful
beverage that resembles tea in many respects. This
is the cassina plant, which was used by some Indian
tribes, and during the civil war. when tea and coffee
could not be obtained, by the people of the southern
states.
Perhaps on account of the boycott on tea origin
ating in colonial times, Americans have not been as
heavily addicted to the use of t^n as to coffee. Both
habits, however, are firmly entrenched, and it will
take much effort to upset them. If the verdict of
these new laboratory experiments with a native plant
is borne out by the great jury of consumers, a new
industry of great benefit to the south will be de
veloped. Incidentally millions of dollars that are
now spent abroad would be kept at home and the
course of international trade considerably upset.
When the American continent was settled by
white men and the Indians were pushed back, the
immigrants introduced plants from abroad and dis
regarded the poasibilitiea of native food species, with
the notable exception of. corn. It is said that the
leaves of the cassina, when treated by processes simi
lar to those used in curing tea produce an excellent
beverage. It may be that there are other neglected
opportunities among the old Indian plants.
LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO CUT TAXES.
The editor of the Nelson Gazette expresses doubt
of any material reduction in taxes, in spite of all
the pre-election promises. However, the activity
of taxpayers' leagues in various counties through
out the state evidences the popular determination
to fight the issue through.
State, county, school and city expenses are
being surveyed and scrutinized. A questionnaire
recently sent to a number of Nebraska editors by
The Omaha Bee revealed little vestige of the cam
paign idea that millions could be saved by abolish
ing the code system. The chief target now appears
to be the schools.
The three chief expending agencies of the state,
the penal and charitable institutions, the state nor
mal schools and the state university, have presented
requests for increases of $3,000,000 in appropria
tions for the coming two-year period- A large por
tion of this is for the purpose of expansion, includ
ing new buildings. Frank O. Edgecombe, the Geneva
editor, declares that if the other state institutions
need additional housing facilities as badly as the
industrial school for girls in his town, it would be
cruel neglect to deny relief.
A suggestion for economy that is seldom heard
is that of consolidating some of the widely scat
tered state institutions. W. I. Farley of the Hamil
ton County Taxpayers’ league recently said some
thing on this topic:
"Wc have four normal s ‘.t jls when two are
ample. They started only to provide for two-year
courses, hut soon enlarged to double that term.
The agricultural school, at Curtis, was needless
extravagance, and there are many duplications
thut should be wiped out."
Not many will agree with his position that the
medical college maintained by the state is not prop
erly a field for public support. Training for public
service is to be distinguished from mere education
of the profit motive. There is a feeling that edu
cation along business lines has been carried too far
in the schools of Nebraska. Thus, the Harlan
county taxpayers’ committee declares that short
hand and typewriting should be taught in business
college, and not in high school. It takes the fur
ther position that home economics and domestic
science should be learned at home instead' of in the
class room. The present emphasis on athletics is
protested, as is also music teaching and the giving
of class plays. There is some sign here of an un
warranted opposition to cultural courses, and a
pinch-penny policy that would deprive the children
of contact with anything more than, hard facts.
There is reason, however, in the proposal for closer
methods in the purchase of hooks and supplies, and
the standardization of texts throughout the county.
The schools of Nebraska must not be allowed
to suffer through mistaken economy; neither should
they bo erected into a fetish. They are no nearer
perfect than any other function of the government,
but those do wrong who would lessen their valuable
service as a means of lightening the tax load, even
while allowing other divisions of government to
escape without paring their expenses. The small
attendance at the recent state convention of Tax
payers’ leagues ig Hastings may be attributed to
the belief that too much criticism was directed at
the schools and not enough at other expending
agencies.
COURTESY OF THE ROAD.
A Lincoln traveling man owes his life to the
fortunate fact that the button which blew the horn
of his overturned automobile was caught so it kept
the horn going until help came. Otherwise, he might
have perished. Against this may be set the case of
an accident that occurred some two or three years
ago. when a man pinned under an overturned car
perished because his wife could not get any passing
motorist to come to her assistance.
It is not selfishness but safety that leads the
driver to pass up a signal to stop on a country road
after night. More often than not such signals are
made by persons with criminal intent. Motorists
who stop to help an unfortunate are set upon and
robbed, frequently subjected to many idignitfes, and
forced to undergo hardship as well as loss. So it is
little wonder that a driver feels impelled to go when
he notes some one in the road making signs.
On the other hand, and this is a comforting
thought, the driver who is not willing to render aid
when he knows the case is one of genuine distress,
is rare. Motorists are always willing to take a
chance in this regard, and will put themselves out to
help one who has encountered a mishap of any kind
An eastern writer recently boasted in print that he
had driven from Philadelphia to Omaha and back in
his “flivver” and never had changed a tire. When
ever he encountered trouble, he filled his pipe and
smoked in content, knowing that presently somebody
would come along who would know how to remedy
whatever was wrong, and never was he disappointed.
Such a driver is not to he commended, perhaps, but
he did prove the case for other drivers.
The Lincoln man was lucky, but his case, like
others, brings to the mind the need of some way
to preserve the courtesy of the road, that has been so
seriously disturbed by criminals who take advantage
of man’s kindly intention to rob him.
Nebraska’s champion cow has just died, but she
set a good example by leaving seven daughters, who
will try to keep up the family name.
Those Minneapolis sports are not the only ones
who win or lose as the thermometer goes up or
down.
The Tiger is on his way home again, and we
wish him a safe voyage.
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Death rides the high tension wire.
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Gandhist Communities Turn
Away From Revolt *
—Maurice Joachim, in Current History Magazine.
Expressions of dissatisfaction are not oonfined to
westerners in Jndia who have realized that the coun
try is unfit for Swaraj, but are typical also of an lm
important section of the Indiuns themselves, as was
shown by the case of the people of Batata—hitherto a
distinct pro-Gandhi community. Two or three months
ago this community organized itself and launched a
campaign against the non-co-operative movement. In
an open letter to the leaders of that movement, this
community set forth graphically the religious persecu
tions and other tyrannies to which India was sub
jected before the advent of the British, and referred
to the measures taken by the British administration
to help the fallen sections of the populace to better
their status. The letter further advocated the neces
sity of following up gradually the even path of re
form and forsaking spasmodic progress. Regarding
the non-co-operation movement, they point out the
disaster wrought by the Hijrat activities and the loss
sustained by boycotting the schools. The letter then
referred to the constructive program of the congress,
exposing the futility of all its items, and declared that
they were all devised to spread hatred against the
government. It concluded with the assertion that the
boycott of foreign cloth is a vindictive measure, in
jurious to the cause of progress, and the boycott of
councils a wrong principle.
First Page Stuff.
From the Kansas City Kansan.
The Atchison Globe, which excels
in pungent paragraphs as well as other
kinds that do not smell so strong,
seeks to reform the rest of the news
papers of America. Bays the Sunday
school superintendent, who edits the
"Snort" column of the Globe;
"Crime should be published; but It
should be confined to the inside pages,
the first page should contain only con
structive news, exploiting crime on
the front page is like showing a pot
of jam to a small boy and telling him
not to touch it. He’ll touch it, no
doubt about that.”
The point is well taken. The great
est example in the world, the Bible,
doesn't report a crime on the first
page. On the second page, however,
it tells of the swindle committed by
the devil, "which first brought sin
into the world and all our woe.” On
the third page it reports a murder.
The fourth page announces bigamy
and a second killing. The fifth page
broadsides the story of the wicked
ness of man, which was so great that
God became disgusted with It: and
then comes an account of the slaying
of all the people on the earth, with
the exception of nine, as well as of
most animals.
This is going pretty strong on the
reporting of crime, and sensation, and
has never been exceeded by the yel
lowest of modern journals. It is true
that no crime appears on the flrs^page
of the Bible: but it is not every day
that a newspaper can find as big news
as that which is spread all over the
opening page of that hook. Indeed,
it has been a long, long time since
"God created the heavenR and the
earth." If such a thing should hap
pen again, it would be well deserving
of first page space.
Possibly if such tremendously big
news had not broken out for the first
day's reporting of this wonderful
book, a couple of murders, which
were made up on the second and third
pages, might have been given top of
column on the first page—who
knows?
Newspapers are not without their
faults, but if there is one thing above
another that the average city editor
has rightly developed it is news value.
What he puts on the front page gen
erally belongs there. The city editor of
the Bible made up the “good news”
of the future hope of the world on the
last page. Who shall say he was
not right?
College Presidents and Football.
Prom the Sioux City Tribun*.
It has happened at last, just as the
professional funny men used to pre
dict. A college football team has met
with a disastrous season, and the pres
ident of the college has resigned aa a
result. It at once raises questions as
to what a college Is for and what are
the duties of a college president. It
recalls the ironic speech of a Harvard
man w'ho was the guest of honor at
a Yale hunquet a few years ago. The
banquet waa held during the whiter
following Harvard's famous 41 to 0
vlctot-.v over Yale, and the Harvard
man remarked: "Now that Yale has
lost her most Important industry, she
may Hnd a little time for such or
dinary pursuits as the teaching of
English, mathematics and the
sciences."
He was speaking, of course, only
in fun; and the laughter which
greeted his sally showed that the Yale
men appreciated it. Hut Geneva col
lege, at Heaver Falls, Ha., took such
things much more seriously. This fall
the football team won only two games,
and a cry went up for the coach's
head. The trustees, however, refused
to make a sacrifice of the official, and
the president and the professor of
mathematics have thrown up thetr
Jobs, with the alumni vociferously ap
plauding their action. OtheafVesigna
tions are expected among the faculty.
However the row ends, It will serve
to put Geneva college on the map,
and not in a very favorable light. A
small college can not expect to turn
out regularly a whale of a football
team, if it follows legitimate course.
The material Isn't there. Yet it is
remarkable how some small colleges
manage year after year to have
among their students eleven ex
traordinary football players. It makes
one wonder if there is really some
point to the saying with regard to
such Institutions, "Well, now that the
season Is over, I suppose the football
team has gone hack to work in the
boiler factory.”
It seems as if the state of Pennsyl
vania's educational department ought
to examine the scholarship stand
ards at Geneva college.
Not a Bigot, Nor a Boob.
Sam Blythe In the Saturday Evening Post.
The fact of It Is that the Hon. W.
G. Harding of Marion, O., placarded
far and wide as the soul of amenabil
ity and the syncretlzer of all political
discordances and divergences, has
displayed and does now, on occasion,
display a tendency to do what he
wants to do rather than what he is
wanted to do that is discouraging and
disconcerting to various designing
gentlemen who figured that courtesy
and consideration, cordiality and a
pleasant smile make the possessor
thereof an easy mark. It has been
impressed on these and sundry oth
ers that there are times when the
president isn't so durned sinipatico as
though he undeniably and regularly
is G-O-P-ish in his tendencies, demon
strations and decisions, he is no bigot;
nor is he any boob.
It Is fair to say that any expert
analysis of the president when he
came into office In 1921, any skillful
and understanding separation of him
into his various political, economic
and philosophical constituents, any
careful diagnostic determination of
his beliefs and the bases of them
would hove set him down as a conser
vative. There was nothing about his
politics or his principles that was not
regular and reactionary. He was of
the old guard. There was no tinge of
radicalism about him; nor is there any
yet, in the extreme sense of the
word: but since he has been in the
White House those who are close
to him have observed, .and are
observing now. a certain progress to
wards nil intelligent, useful and pa
triotic liberalism, and a growth in
vision and appreciation of the new
conditions that exist.
To put it in a paragraph: The pres
ident knows that the old order is
changing, hut that the new order is
not yet apparent save in its most
vague and symptomatic form. A
more conservative man would deny
this shifting, and a more radical one
would seek to accelerate it. He con
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Sworn ta snd aubecribed before me
this lib day of December, 1922.
W. H. QUIVEY,
(Seal) Notary Public
a
ceives it to he his part to do what
lie can to maintain the equilibrium
between the disappearing old and the
dawning new: to hold things on an
even keel so far as he is able; to re
construct whatever may be. but not
to advance destruction for the mere
purpose of giving un^ioyment to the
amateur and theoretical and fanutic
architects and builders who feel they
have a mission to plan and build
whether they have tho ability or the
experience, or not.
The Inherent and natural tendency
of the president is to play safe. He
is no passionate protagonist to rush
out and grasp the standard of a new
order: nor is he so closely welded to
the old order as to bar the way to
the new one when It comes with pop
ular credentials and knocks for ad
mission at the national door. The
change in his personal considerations
and convictions as to the demands of
the present on the fixtures and
process of the past have come
gradually, and is due to tiie widening
of his contacts since he has been In
the White House. He is still an old
line republican, but the line Isn't the
rigid one it formerly was. There are
fluctuations in it. It doesn't run
straight across the chart from nor
malcy of trio date of 1896 to normal
cy of the date of 1920, or what he
thought was the 1920 brand when he
was elected, both about the same in
texture and operation.
The line on the Harding chart of
the last months of 1922 spurts up to
the points marked "more liberal
views," "broader aspects," "present
trend of political and economic,
events” and "wider horizon.” And it
sags hack in places, also. It would
be going beyond the facts to do more
than combine the opposites of politi
cal designations in speaking of him
and call him a progressive conserva
tive. or a conservative progressive.
It may be only a temporary fluctua
tion. or these may he oply temporary
fluctuations. Events will prove that
I am in no way trying to show that
President Harding is a progressive, a
liberal, a radical or anything that he
is not. What he is or what he will
come to be. he will show himself.
The point is that, at the time of
writing, far along in the second year
of his term, the president has stepped
a few paces to the front of his old
guard colleagues—not very far. per
haps, hut a few paces—and that it
may turn out that he will continue
stepping to tho front rather than fall
ing back to the rear. The future will
tell. And those. In his confidence know
that he does not hold It to bo his part
to advance in any welcoming attitude
to whatever of liberalism may de
velop, any more than he considers it
his duty to try to stop that advance.
Moreover, if we could have a referen
dum on It. it Is quite likely that this
position is held by the majority of
our people to he not only a sane and
a moderate attitude, hut exactly the
most useful position for a president
of the United States at this time.
Thp “Onp-House Idea Again.
From the Rapid City Journal.
The Idea has been launched In this
state to'do away with the expensive
house and senate now maintained and
substitute a single law-making body
of small number who phidl devote
their entire time to deciding upon
necessary laws. The idta is spread
ing to other states, and it is to be
hoped that South Pakota will be the
pioneer state In the adoption of this
economical and wise method. Senator
Norris of Nebraska has announced
that he intends to devote himself
after his retirement from tlie senate to
work for a uni cameral legislature in
his state. He means by this that he
favors this radical change In state
government and for the sake of bet
ter times and wise and uniform laws,
he will work for reorganization of the
legislature in Nebraska to a. single
body of a comparatively small num
ber of men who would he paid sal
aries. as Judges are paid, so that their
time would be at the call of the state.
He .would have this legislatur? non
partisan and so exalted before the
people that responsibility for its acts
would invariably be placed directly
upon the right parties. This change
would also take at least 150 candi
dates out of the field at election time
and end a political strife at each elec
tion that is unnecessary and unprofit
able. The new Idea will come up for
discussion at the coming session.
GETTING WARM.
When the enow a snowstorm brings.
Out upon the hilt we go
With our sleds and slide and elide
'rui we have to go Inside.
We re ao cold, ao cold you know.
Every toe and finger slings.
Sometimes, though, so cold I’ve been—
Well, a fellow even cries.
Then mv mother rubs me and
Says. "What I can’t understand,
I should think you’d reallae
When you're cold, and come right In.’’
But It’s not the snow nor storm
That ts moat to blame for It;
When it hurts you Isn’t then.
It’s when you’re Inside again.
(Jetting oold don't hurt a bit.
All that hurts is getting warm.
(Copyright, 1922.)
A Book oj Today j
"P#nl*»n« of the PeMrt." hr Kdniund
C. J&effor Houghton Mifflin company,
Boston and New York.
Habits and home life of the wild
creatures that infest the great Amer
ican desert are related by Edmund C.
Jaeger, biologist of Riverside, Cal., who
is at once a sound scientific observer
und natural literary man. in his bonk,
"Denizens of ttie Desert" (Houghton
and Mifflin), which Is generously illus
trated with photographs taken front
life.
One of the most interesting chapters
in the hook is the battle of the rep
tiles in which the author takes an ac
tive part, breaking the seeming death
grip of snake and lizard with his cane,
but only temporarily for the lizard
quickly leaps back into the fray again,
only to be dragged to the mouth of the
snake hole and once again torn loose
from his enemy by the writer.
Other chapters in the book give in
timate glimpses, some related in nar
rative style, others in didactic style,
of the California road hunters, the
neotamas or pack rats of the desert,
Billy Bobtail the hermit wood rat. the
spiny pocket mice, the cactus wren,
Catherpes the canon wren, Betsy
Bounce the rock wren, the ground
squirrel und near relatives, Eleodes
the beetle that stands on his head, the
mason bees, the desert bighorn and
near relatives, Don Coyote, the phaln
opepla, the poisonous ratrodectus. the
It- conte Thrasher, the gnatcatchers,
and verdlns, the desert lynx, the des
ert white-crowned sparrow, the black
tailed hare, the gridiron tailed lizard,
the chuckwalla, the sidewinder, the
desert tortoise, the vlnegarvon, the
desert horned lizard, and the spotted
skunk.
The author for 10 years was a con
tinual saunderer over mountain and
desert trails, and in his preface he a*
tributes the publication of this book
to a desire to share his pleasures in
searching in wild places of nature.
The information he sets forth in
these sketches of the denizens of the
desert was largely gained by obser
vation without trap or gun, lie says.
The book would tie a valuable add!
tion to any library.
After faltering through the fall crop
of essays and fiction, which. It seems,
would annihilate Americanism an it
is expounded by noonday and booster
clubs, one might well pause for a quiet
moment and examine F. J. Htimson's
translation of "Ariel," by Jose En
rique Rodo (Houghton Mifflin).
"Ariel” has the power of lifting one
from a pushing, material civilization
to a plane where the art of life, per
sonal dignity, courtesy, beauty and
purity of thought hold its proper im
portance. In a style which through
the scholarly ami sympathetic trans
lation from the Spanish has retained
much of its grace and beauty, Rodo
presents a lofty philosophy which
should be a specific balm to the splri
Ually ailing.
llis readers will not be as numeroue
on this continent as in South Amer
ica, but one who reads him compre
hendingly will be inclined to wonder
at tho comparative smallness of his
audience here rather than at his great
popularity in southern America.
Tho facts of evolution agree with
scriptural truth, according to i)r. W.
W. Keen's new work, “I Relieve in
God and in Evolution" (Kipplncott).
The Threefold Common wealth Pub
lishing company has just Issued the
American edition of I>r. Rudolph
Steiner's work on the social question.
"The Threefold Commonwealth.” This
is a work which has attracted much
attention In Europe for its ideas on
national and international organiza
tion which must, he followed in order
to stem the growing chaos in the
world.
A hitherto unpublished play of the
late Leonid Andreyev. "The Waltz of
the Dogs." has recently ta-en trans
lated from the original manuscript
by Herman Bernstein and published
by Macmillan. Realism is effectively
blended with symbolism, as in other
of Andreyev’s plays. "The Waltz of
the Dogs” shows how a strong, well
halaneed man is affected by a disil
lusionment resulting from disap
pointed love.
"Practical Radio," by H. S. Wil
liams (Funk & Wagnulls) is a guide
to the understanding of the principles
that underlie radio phenomena, as
well as to the making of radio outfits.
"Samphire” is a collection of 20
poems by the noted critic, John Cow
per Powys. There are poems of the
earth and of ultimate uptake, of the
pollen-dust of buttercups and the
gold dust of Orion. "Samphire” is
published by Thomas Seltzer.
Another of the series of autobi
ographies which are coming on the
book market in such great numbers
is “The Adventure of Living,” by
John St. L’oe Straehey (Putnam). Mr.
Strachey began his literary career in
1886 with the London Spectator, with
which he has now been associated al
most 40 years. He relates portions of
his memoirs which are of merit. Sev
eral series of incidents are of especial
interest to Americans, among them,
his association with Roosevelt.
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A Call to the American People.
San Diego, Cal.—To the Kditor of
The Omaha Bee: When It comes to
the government of the I’nited States,
you and I and all the other fellow
American citizens want to do t tie
right thing, the square thing, but
we undoubtedly have not done so.
We wish to have a country prosper
ous, contented and free from snoop
ing bureaucracy. Vet our govern
ment no longer functions us a gov
ernment for the people or for the in
terests of the many, but rather It is
frankly for the Interests of the selfish
few. You and I get what we deserve.
The stream cannot rise higher than
Its source.
It is time that we shauld awake to
our dangers. Liberties are lost: wrong
is triumphant, and it is as possible
for a nation to go tumbling to ruin
now as well aa 2,000 years ago. Let
us forget our baseball, our movies, out
money grubbing, at least for an In
stunt, and devote some of our ener
gies to saving our country and by
that means suvlng ourselves.
We shall need a leader for this
work, tireless, unassuming, with wis
dom; one who can carry a banner of
progress around which we can rally
and from whose bravery and skill
we can receive encouragement and in
spiration. Too often our leaders have
been given to us by fogey-faced gen
tlemen sitting in buck parlors of the
market place and we have cheered
them to the echo. Let us put those
days behind us. Let us arise In our
strength and using our almost for
gotten powers, call by our millions of
voices a man for standard bearer.
That man is William K. Borah.
Who better than he can lead tlie
American people back to a govern
ment of, for, and by the people? No
need to be faint-hearted, to be dis
couraged.* It cart be done. Start out
tills instant making propaganda for
your own benefit. You to your neigh
bor; he to liis, and I to mine. The
imponderable is mightier titan the
ponderable. If perchance you are an
editor of some publication, your
strength and power are multiplied a
thousand fold. 1’se whatever power
you possess to its uttermost limits.
Forget that you ever heard the
phrases "What is there, in it for me?"
Our leader is not chosen from the
standpoint of geography. Geography
ofttlmes spells mediocrity. A jelly
fish, a rattle sn»ke or a tiger can
often plume themsehes on their
geography, hut you do not wish to
have one of them in your front yard
for that reason. Neither is our leader
chosen from the standpoint of prac
tical politics, but rather from up
standing American manhood. We
have weighty problems to solve and
we need a man to help us. The bat
tie Of 1924 is almost upon us. Let u»
win it for ourselves. Let us one*
again mako our power felt. Let th»
battle cry be: "William E. Borah fot
president, 1924." As you will it, so i'
will be. MARCUS W. ROBBINS.
Congratulations to Nebraska.
Denver.—To the Editor of Th*
Omaha Ree: The good people of the
state of Nebraska certainly did take
the bits in their teeth last election
day and go down ttie line for all they
were worth. Men and women voters
are getting along pretty good when
thev pick out a man like R. B. How
ell and send him to the United State*
senate, for he is a real honest-to
gnodness fighter and go getter.
That is the type and caliber of a
man the people would need to repre
sent them. This writer remembers
Mr. Howell bark In the 90s when he
was making the fight for the city of
Omaha to buy the water works. A
certain strong faction lined up against
him to crush t lie idea, but he never
faltered and fought them to a finish
and gave them hlow for blow and
finally, after a long struggle, won out.
Ho the good old state of Nebraska
is going to have a fine partner for
Mr. Norris in the senate. Well, come
to think of it, that's just what it de
serves. Why shouldn't a great and
prosperous commonwealth like Ne
braska have two square shooters like
Mr. Howell and Mr. Norris to look
out for their interests at Washington'.'
WILLIAM C. YODER.
Always Easy.
Making the world over sems a
relatively unimportant task to the
woman who must make last winter’s
trucks over.—Ht. Joseph News-Press.
Unfamiliar Pose.
A news movie shows Georges Car
pentler. The pose is unfamiliar. He
Is standing.—Arkansas Gagette. (Lit
tle Rock.)
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i
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