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BRYAN'S TANGLED WEB In advocating his new code law Governor Bryan attempts to outlaw all other plans designed to sim plify the form and lessen the cost of government in Nebraska, his weapon is not calm reason, but wild propaganda. How little reliance is to be placed upon his claims is indicated iri his recent appeal in which he states that if any other plan except his is adopted sinister special interests will take control of the state. He refers particularly to the tri-department plan drawn up by Representative Dysart and a group of republican legislators. Under this proposal the gov ernor would appoint the heads of the departments of finance, trade and commerce and public welfare, in which latter would be combined the labor, agri cultural and inspection forces of the state. Con fin mation by the senate would be necessary, although the governor would have a free hand to discharge the head of any department at any time. The difference between this system and the Bryan code plan is that under the governor's outline he would make 'himself head all the departments and make every appointment, without the advice or con sent of the senate. Under the tri-department plan, however, the governor wmuld appoint the depart ment chiefs ami these would choose their own assist ants. The governor maintains that he should have the power to name all these state employes, down to the les't stenographer. The other view is that the men directly in charge of the work should be able best to judge of the qualifications of their assistants. Whereas a governor's appointments might be purely on political grounds, the men wrho actually con ducted the departments would be more keenly in terested in getting the work done. The governor s charge that these would be free to add any now ac tivities that they saw fit, at great cost to the tax payers, is not valid, because each department is ac quired by law to live within the limits of its appro priation. Yet here is where the governor gets in his propa ganda. In spite of the fact that he would be em powered to remove any department head, he makes the assertion that the bill would allow “outside special interests to deal with the employes of the govern ment without any person who is responsible to the taxpayers knowing anything about such dealings. ’ What is the matter here? Does the governor feel that he could not trust his own appointees? Under the tri-department system, if the conduct of banking affairs or of any inspection force did not suit the governor, he would have a free hand to dismiss the head of the department and start now. There is no more chance of corruption under one plan than under the other. The facts about these rival proposals, when they are made known, confound the governor's propa ganda. His declaration that under the tri-depart ment plan there would be four governors instead of one is made in the face of the fact that these three department heads would be men who received tljeir jobs from him, and whom he could dismiss at will. Another statement from the governor is due. explain ing how he arrived at hir, remarkable misconception. SPOTLIGHT ON NATION’S HEAD “The fierce white iigiit that beats upon the ! throne" is not missing in republics, cither. Demo- , ( ratic folks may pretend a lofty indifference as to j the manners or doings of any save their own, but just the same they do like to keep track of their neighbors. And when it comes to the president of ihe United States, then they want to know all about him every moment of the day. His home at the White House is a shrine, for there is the gathering place of all the majesty, the might, the power and the dignity of 110,000,000 people, centered in one man and one household. Patriotic Americans rever ence it, and accordingly they love to wander through it, prying into each nook and corner, peering into each closet and cupboard, and scrutinizing every detail of domestic economy connected with the president's home. •lust now Mr. Harding is away on a vacation taking a sadly needed rest from official routine and vexations. His good wife, recovering from a se rious illness, is with him, out of the house for the first time in six months. Only a few intimate friends and about a million press reporters and photograph ers accompany them. Each time the houseboat stops to let the president off for a round of golf he runs the gauntlet of cameras and note books; Mrs. Harding graciously poses for new photos, and day by day the American people is kept posted on the doings of the simple couple who have b*en ex alted to the high position of first lady and gentle man of the land. When Roosevelt went into the canebrake to hunt bears, he was well attended by a corps of reporters; when Grovtr Cleveland wed with Frankie Folsom and they went to stay in the mountains of Vir ginia for a honeymoon, a reporter lurked behind ^ every tree, to keep the world informed of the doings of the lovers. Ami so it was with Taft nnd with Wilson, and will be with every president They will bo followed in all their downsitting and uprisings by the curious interest of their fellow countrymen. It is not that our people mean to be impudent or impertinent. They have a reverence for the high office and for the man who fills it. Their desire to know about him in every possible way grows out of the fact that he is their representative, their serv ant, their president, and the president who is l(,ft to enjoy privacy, undisturbed by public or personal inspection, will do so realizing that he :s a dead one, forgotten while yet olive. Pitiless publicity is all right, until there >* some thing to publish; then the inquiry takes place behind dosed doors at Lincoln. The Seattle bear that smashed a phonograph pluy fng a jazz record showed both human intelligence nnd justifiable resentment. As far as thRt goes, the capitol might be built without either Johnson or Goodhue. Nebraska pt^ts sing all the year tour ' ( IF WARS ARE TO CEASE. Intense national fears, ha much as any other one , thing, are responsible for the chaos that exists in the world today. It is to this dangerous, disquiet- ' ing spirit that Senator Hiram Johnson directs his criticism of President Harding’s proposal that the United States enter the permanent court of inter national justice at The Hague. There does not seem to be much logic in his nu merous objections. Certainly America will not enter any entangling alliances, and his claim that | membership in this arbitral court is but a step to- j ward joining the League of Nations is without basis. In his speech in New York Senator Johnson first declared that the international court is little more than now exists in our arbitration treaties. If it be so small a change, why object? Then he points out that the tribunal has no power to force nations to submit their disputes, and that only those ques tions which the parties themselves agree to submit can be heard. In other words, it is not equipped with arbitrary, mandatory powers. Though the California senator objects to these qualities in the League of Nations, he now puts himself in the posi tion of objecting to their absence in the interna tional court. To many Americans it seems that the court of justice lacks all the disadvantages of the League of Nations proper. While the league is a political device to carry out and maintain the arrangements made In the Treaty of Versailles, the court is purely nonpolitical, designed to examine into disputes be tween nations and announce its findings so that the people of the world can have more than prejudice and propaganda on which to base their judgment. This court stands for the modern conception that force should not be the first resort of nations whose interests clash. If this principle of deciding dis putes according to the law and justice of the case is upheld by popular opinion, a great step toward peace will have been taken. If, however, any large sec tion of American opinion inclines toward the sus picious views of Senator Johnson, no possible good could come from any grudg:ng entry into the in ternational court. The support of the organized, informed opinion of the people of the world, de termined on preventing war and maintaining a peace of justice, is necessary to the success of this court plan. # "AN HONEST MAN’S ABOON HIS MIGHT.” Labor leaders in parliament have sat down to dine with the king of England, and other great ones of the realm, which reminds one of the perturbation expressed by the Kansas City Star, when “Sockless Jerry Simpson took part in ‘a plutocratic feast. And that Jerry ordered sherry. And was erstwhile gay ami men > While the poor oppress'd were very .Much perturbed tr> say the Jeast .” Lady Nancy Astor had some amusement, poking fun at Clynes and Thomas and the others about their unaccustomed knee breeches and stockings, and teach- j ing them when to say “Yes, sir,” and “Yes, your ma jesty.” But the affair has a more serious side. Democracy in England is working out the effects of the leaven. Top and bottom are getting a little closer together, and the middle class is being ab sorbed almost to the point of extinction. The Bonar Law tory government is falling to pieces because it does not truly represent the new life of England, which is full of a spirit which breathes more and more of brotherhood and less of class distinction ail , the time. The king's dinner party denotes, if anything, the broader aspect of British politics, no longer controlled exclusively by the intelligentsia, but par taking of a truly national representative form, in which all the people have a voice, reminding us of “Bobby” Burns’ famous statement: A prince may make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that. But an honest man's aboon his might. Gude faith, he maun a fa that ' A few more such dinner gatherings, and the j Jacobites of England will Rgain be driven to cover, as they were when they passed the wine glass over i the water when they drank the king's health. . Wp trust that when that murderer now held in j Cleveland is returned to Omaha for trial twelve men I can he secured for the jury who will take him at his word and give him the fall benefit of the law. What a lot of us lowbrows would like to know i is how the Russians proceeded when they set about I ‘‘jazzing up” French and Italian operas to make a Russian potpouri for Chicago. I No more pinochle, no more pitch; no more high dice or any sich wicked games for the seegar* in Omaha. Wc certainly are day by day in every way getting better and better. The legislature may not seem to he doing much, and perhaps will yet win medals for what it docs 1 not do, yet judgment should be reserved till after final adjournment. Returning from a winter in the south, Mr. ami Mrs. C. Robin are now looking about for summer accommodations. Have you planned your little garden yet? Homespun Verse j By Robert Worthington Davie IN THE VALLEY OF' ADAIR There's a little streamlet flowing through the valley nf Adair, With a constant, rhymlc ripple like a song; There's a oozy lane heslde It, maples twist It and the air Nod a welcome to the folk who come along. (). what happy dreams I treasure of that, singing rivu let. And the maple*, and the lane that winds to town. There a little maid named Nancy and a bashful lovst* met When the hide red sun of summer hail unne dow n. There they dreamed and listened deeply to the ripple* and the breeze Heard the whippoorwill a calling for his mate. Watched the star* In beauty twinkling f,ir above the me pie trees. Walked along the lane and parted at her gate. There tile bashful lover lingered to behold her till th* Inst, Hence tn silence and In happiness to roirm— Fondly fashioning tin future on the meetings if ths past— Down the lane heeld" the rivulet—and horns. o, the lane remains as ever ami the stream ami maple* croon; other Nancies, other lover* come and go; rtmrs enhance the distant heaven* and a *mde Is on the moon, And the gloaming with contentment I* aglow. The history of this poem is the history of Neilif tit's spiritual life. Since 1- years old he hits l>een haunted with tho sense of a Presence that speaks through him In his poetry. This alter ego. this ghostly brother, is the artist in Nelhardt. his poetic holy ghost. THE GHOSTLY BROTHER. Brother, Brother, railing me Like a distant surfy sea, Like a wind that moans and grieves All night long about the' eaves; Let me rest a little span; Long I’ve followed, followed fast; -Vow 1 wish to be a man. Disconnected from the Vast! Let me stop a little while, Keel this snug world’s pulses beat, Glory in a baby’s smile, Hear it prattle round my feel; Knt and sleep and love and live, Thankful ever for the dawn; Wanting what the world can give— With the cosmic curtains drawn! Brother, Brother, break the gyves! Burst the prison. Son of Tower! Product of forgotten lives. Seedling of the final flower! What to you are nights and days, Drifting snow’ or rainy flaw. Love or hate or blame or praise— Heir unto the Outer Awe! I am breathless from the flight Through the speed-deft, awful night! Pnnting. let me rest a while In this pleasant aether isle. Here, content with transient things. How the witle’sa dweller sings! Rears Ilia brood and steers his plow, Nursing at the breasts of Now. Herp the meatiest, yea. the slave Claims the heirloom of a grave! Oh, this little world is blest— Brother, Brother, let me rest! I am you and you are I! When the world Is rheriahed most, l You shall hear my haunting cry, See me rising like a ghost. I am all that you have been, Are not now, hut soon shall be! Thralled awhile by dust and din— Brother, Brother, follow me! 'Tis a lonesome, endless quest; I am weary; I would rest. ’though I seek to fly from you, .".ike a shadow, you pursue. Be I love? You share the kiss, I raving only half the blise. Bo I conquer? You are there, Claiming half the victor's share. When the night shades fray and lift, Tis your veiled face lights the rift. In the sighing of the rain. Your voice goads me like a psin. Happy in a narrow trust, Bet me serve the lesser will One brief hour—and then, to dust! Oh. the dead are very still! Brother, Brother, follow hence! Ours the wild, unflagging speed! Through the outer wails of sense, Follow, follow, where I lead! Hove and hate and grief and fear— 'Tis the geocentric dream! Only shadows linger here, Cast by the eternal Gleam! Follow, follow, follow fast — Somewhere nu* of Time and Place, You shall lift the veil at last, You shall look upon my face; IjOOk upon my fa« e and die, Solver of the Mystery! I am jou and you are I— Brother, Brother, follow me! “The People’s Voice” Cdttoricti from re*tftra sf Tht MornlAf Boo. floaters of The Morale® Bee are Inrltet te use this eelemn freoljr fer eifrcsilea ®n mattsrs cf eubl's Interest. — Commissions on Farm Loans. Wisner Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: I saw an article In The Omaha Bee recently about how the bonkf-rs were renewing farmers' mort gages March 1, when so many of | them come due. But I wonder how 1 many people realise how many of the*- companies bleed the poor farmer on their charges for making these loans. I am speaking of reputable trust companies and not about loan sharks. During February I tried to get a mortgage of IT.Qftft renewed on my place here. I wrote to a loan com- 1 pany of Omaha and got hack an an- \ swer In a very short time saying they would be very glad to make the loan ' and the commission would he 7*4 - per ent. Think of it' They wanted to charge me $"25 just to negotiate this five-year loan. This in addition to the yearly Interest, you understand. That In the way loan coiv>i>anies are gouging the farmers, although the latter are so hard put to it nowadays that they are on the verge of bank ruptcy. I v is fortunate enough to find a man who renewed m.V loan at s charge of 1 per cent. $70. But many farmers especially the poorer ones and the more ignorant, can't do this. | They are at the mercy of these gen tlemen who blersl them for 5 and T'-j per tent commissions DIRT FARMER. Where Wat the Lassie? - Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omalm Bee- T note ft question In the "People s V Ice ' In regard to "Com log Thro' the Rye " Tradition has it that the "Rye'' Is a small river in .Scotland. There is n foot hridge over the river that is only wide enough for one to cross at a time. If a gen tleman meet* a lady on the hridge, the tale save that the gentleman may collect a kiss from the ladv. CLYDE RATBKIN. Keep the Party Circle. I lanunond, Neb.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Some people advo cate the nbollshment of the party cir cle, which certainly would he a great mistake. Nearly every one wishes to vote for most of the candidates of one or Iho other of the political pnr Daily Prayer \ Th* Lord la good to tha aou! that ■ ••k oth Him.— Um. 3:26. Infinite Father, Thou art our life and light, our hope and redemption. We have tried the world and found it h igreat emptiness, we come back to Thee Who art eager to till our soule with everlasting truth and mercy. We come with a song In our hearts, for the list of Thy benefits Is beyond our counting. We thank Thee for the stirring, stimulating days of th» i present, with their opportunities for Improvement and servlcs, their con cern for the poor and Ignorant. We thank Thee fnr the mysterious, Invtt Ing days which are to come, laden with secret stores for our replenish ing. hidden delights, and dark expert en.es for our training We thank Thee for the ellcnt hero isms of the home: for the hallowed driidgerli.* of hospital and sick ehnm ts>r. We thank Thee that, dseplte the cleverness of wicked men and the foolishness of good men, the Kingdom makes steady advance. Thy tiuunty unto us Is without boundaries. And yet we ha file Thy plans, thwart Thy love, nnd wander wretchedly from the way of .Ti sue. We return unto Thee this morning to have our stains removed, our petty shams stripped away, and our hearts fortified. Have compassion upon u*. and tiling us all by and by to our Fsther's home, through the riches of grace in Christ Jesus. Amen. hbv. mum KLMrit nnoWN, rest Hr. Wash. NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for JANUARY, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE ! Daily .71,655 i Sunday.78,845 i B. BREWER. Gonoral Mgr. VERN A. BRIDGE, Clr. Mgr. Sworn In an«l cubatrlhad hafoto m« thta Id la, of Fnkrunry, I a? i W H. QUIVEY, ' (Snail Notary Public 1 I _: tics, so it is a great convenience and time saver to make a cross in the party circle, after which the voter can make a cross before the names of the candidates of any other party for whom he or she may wish to vote. It is also a money saver to the taxpayers, as it takes less time for the boards to count the ballots. Any one can vote without using the circle if they so prefer, but as a very large majority do use it, It should not he discarded. Let us hope that the leg. islature will not take up any of its time in trying to change the form of the ballot, which would he hard to Improve. J. Ft, A M MON. Evidently a Bachelor. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: This is in answer to j "Married Man." Most bachelors do net want any sympathy. Married Man' has got that turned around. A poor man who raises a family is a hero, but he gets no credit for it. Bachelors consider married bliss next to heaVenly bliss and they do not want to spoil the illusion by getting married. As for being freaks or wo man haters, the percentage troubled that way Is very small. They are bigger-hearted than married men, and if i damsel is In distress they are the first to extend a helping hand. TIMOTHV MCLU8KET, Common Sense j You < an'I Hide in lit* Hark—Turn 1 our Fare io Ihe Sun. Ton have done a dirty, dishonest thing and It refuses to slay under cover. Just when you nr* almost able te forget It, the thing spring* up again In another guise, from another source, in an unexpected manner. You are not willing to come out in the open and admit your mistake. So vnu carry In your heart, sleep ing and waking, a guilty knowledge which some day tnay get so strong that It will be your ruination Why are you so unwilling to acknowledge your error? Why are you so anxious to cover up what I* hound to he found out and1 be your undoing Juat when you leaet expect it? Are you falling short of being tlie really hlg man you waut to be Just because you have allows,I yourself to he drawn Into a dishonest transac tion? Do you ever realise that your face Is gradually developing Into an open Isink to th, *" who study such things* That the little, deceitful, tricky, evil genius which you have permitted to actuate your motive* and your ac tions is every day and night of your life photographing your dishonesty on your face. It la not too lata to turn >opr face to the gun and he honest. i ■ 'ofyrlght till > 4‘ t rom State and -Nation” Editorials from other newspapers. \ isit the Schools. Fram the Shelton Flipper How much better it would be if i people who ere continually finding i fault with the manner in which the . public schools are conducted Would - visit the schools, thereby leerning first hand w hat Is being accomplished. | On the occasion of such visits you ; should explain to the teachers that I you are interested In the welfare of the children and tlmt you are anx 1 ious to l>e of any assistance you can | to the school. The children like to have people call while they are at work, and the^ especially like to have ;thcm see how welf they can do ihe tacks that sre before them. The teachers sre always glad to have par ents and patrons call and see the work that their children ar* doing. 06 not get the idea that you will be In the way. It Is a public institution and you should be (here occasionally and see how everything is progress ing If there is any way you can bet ter conditions, It will be an hour well spent. If the School is not progressing as it should, the neopie ought to know it, and if it is making advancement, the public lias a right to know It. 1 However, statements made regarding i the schools should be founded on facta and not mere hearsay. Jailed for Poverty. Krom *he St. Louts Po*l-DI»palch. Walter Forsbee is out of luck. He cause he was unable to dig up 1500 he must go to the workhouse and “work out" a fine of that amount at the rate of It a day. Had he pus sessed or been able to raise the miount of the fine and costs, he would have gone free, despite the face that be was convicted of reckless automo bile driving that cost the death of a baby. If this were the only case of the kind it would prove the Injustice of the fine system as a preventive of reckless driving. Most owners of au tomobiles can beg or borrow 1500 or 1500 if need be. to pay Aries for reck lessly running down men, women or children. Therefore moat owners of automobiles ran escape the dreadful penalty of spending months in the workhouse. The poorest man. who can And no one to lend him the amount of the Ane. cannot escape. Is he not. then. In effect, jailed for ! hid poverty? What sort of Justice Is that which la based on dollars and certs? The Country Newspaper From the Ohio Stats Journal. Dr. Percy .Stlckcev ttrant is r»r talnJy a little heretical on the subject of country newspapers. He warns them that the time msv come when the city newspapers will be delivered by airplane to every country town. Inferring that that time will mark the --------- You Can’t Do Better By Paying the 5maA Sum of $25 «• initial payment you get a new, fully guaranteed Hospe Piano Th»n $10 per month until he en'ire turn of IfTI it patd Should you decide at the end of It month* to change to a higher priced Upright Tiano or a Grand Piano or a Player Piano evary dollar you have paid i» al lowed theteon. If you now have a used piano and wi»h to buy a new one. we will ‘aka your old piano at a t>tg market value and the ium will be applied a* initial payment. Our Grand Pianos ronttitute following make*: Sohmer, Kramch A Haeh. Ye»» A Son*. Kim ball. Cable-Nelson and the Pramba^h Baby Grand. Price* range from and up. Upright Pianos m*de by the abo\ e named Grand Piano factories as well a* Push I.ane. Hospe, Durbar. Hinae and other*. Price* from $275 up. lid per month pay* for one Uaed Piano* frpm $6S up &J§ospcOTo. IRIS Dougina Staoet Visit Our Radio Department In honor of the mem ory of Mrs. J. H. Hansen o u r service station will be closed all day Saturday March 10. J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. Lincoln Omaha Sioux City Pop Tells 'Em_ **HM MV f Ztur* rso*. TMC**OC COME MiGhTA KNOWN I& KANt r' \MAKC anotho T*Jp OUT N run COLO! MAKf* ME 6C0D M >o«r Po a wow down Taw* and n»e* wet.* *>WE »"fP peuvf* ' M'* "Mt fc*Mt to **>"* sfck Y0OC- ^-TjJ O! Y^Yfls (>RPrR C-ERK end of the country paper. The city papers now are delivered with nota ble promptness not only to the coun try towns, but to the individual coun try homes, but they do not undermine tiie prosperity of the intelligently con ducted country papers. The missions of the city newspaper and the country newspaper are different, ss the wise country editor well knows. He does not try to compete with the city news paner. He aims in hilt paper to pro vide the news of the community and the surrounding countryside, leaving it to the city paper to record im portant happenings in the city where it Is published and in the world at large. No city newspaper can print all the m.nor news of every village and rural community where It circu lates. and yet this news, relating largely to personal activities. Is of keen interest to those who know the people mentioned. The wide-awake resident and his family need the city paper, but they need their own par ticular country paper, too. The more diligent the country paper is in col lecting strictly local news and pre senting it in interesting form, the l».-s it has to fear from th» wide circula tion of ths city paper in its territory. Starving Rnwia. Russia i« sending Hemmny 1'>.000