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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1923)
Today A Law Respecting Nation. There's No Bolshevism. Hiram Johnson's Strength. Colvin Coolidge Is Safe. ^By ARTHUR BRISBANE^ President Harding, a faint smile on his face, lies in his coffin, guarded by American soldiers and sailors, on his way back to Main street, to the quiet plot, under tall elms in the little Marion cemetery. He began at the bottom in life, went as high in honor as an Amer ican can go, and now returns, as we all must, to the soil thdt re ceives American presidents and the great crowd that lives unknown. Calvin Coolidge, the new presi dent, is sworn in by his father, an old farmer, in a little Vermont farmhouse at 3 in the morning, by the light of a kerosene lamp. The principal ornament of the sit ting room was a large wood-burn ing stove, its iron pipe running through the ceiling, out through the room above. With the oath administered by his father and the constitution of his country as his authority, Mr. Coolidge begins his work as presi dent of the United States. And of the 116,000,000 human beings in cluded in this nation, not one dreams of questioning his author ity. Not even the most restless, rebellious spirit has a thought of interfering with the lawful progress of events. The quiet succession in author ity, its simplicity, democratic soundness and inevitable certainty,, are a sufficient answer to the gov ernor of Ohio, Mr. Donahey, who fears that a wave of unrest may sweep the country, following President Harding’s death. They should reassure Senator Ferris, who fears that Harding’s death “may give radicalism a firm er hold in the government of the United States.” This is a democracy and radical ism of the right kind, which means government in the interest of a majority, ought to have a firm hold in the United States. But the people intend to have orderly, lawful government, not controlled by plutocracy at one end or ragged irresponsibility at the other. And that kind of govern ment will endure as, with time and death, presidents come and presi dents go. In the republican party, the out standing candidate, and by many hundred per cent the strongest candidate, is Hiram Johnson. With such a man elected, no body need fear control of govern ment by cold-blooded selfishness at the top, or by ill-considered hatred at the bottom. And there are men available for the democratic nomination whose -*• .character would give to the nation the same guarantees of stability and strength as are found in Hiram Johnson. , There is no need for any man, provided he asks only his just due, to worry about the new president, Mr. Coolidge. Ilis term will last just 1 year, 30 weeks and 3 days. In that time, it is safe to predict that ultracon servatism will be just about as much disappointed in him as will ultra-radicalism. Meanwhile, the little that is known of Mr. Coolidge is reassur ing to those that remember to what an extent the selectiqn of vice presidents is a matter of com promise and of geography. Selections fron#the vice presi dent’s utterances will not surprise or startle you. This second red headed president of the United States—Thomas Jefferson was the first with red hair—is free from fiery emotions, in public speech, at least. Union labor leaders, speaking cautiously, not for publication, ex press the opinion that President Coolidge is hostile to labor. Such hostility is not conspicuous in his record. There are included in his public utterances: “Self-control is arduous, self government is difficult.” “Do not hesitate to be as revolu tionary as science, do not hesitate to be as reactionary as the multi plication table.” The new president of stem, pur itanical New England stock, looks with a suspicious eye upon the immigrant. “Aliens who are dang erous to our institutions should be deported, even if they are not guilty of breaking our laws to the extent of earning punishment such as may be inflicted by the courts.” That seems like an intellectual hark hack to Cotton Mather or to John Calvin himself, the presi dent’s namesake. But another quotation shows hat the president sees another lide. He says: “Justice granted brings justice n return, injustice breeds discon tent and destruction. It is not only righteous but expedient for capi tal to give labor a square deal.” That is sound, is righteous, it is expedient, and most important, it is safe. President Coolidge, who worked —he didn’t merely pose—at hay making on his vacation, has a horror of the idler, even when that idler is a parasite with a big bank account and belonging to the right clubs. “There is coming a time, not far distant, when it will be as much of a disgrace for those who are af fluent to remain in idleness as it is today for these men who go about the streets in idleness and beg ging.” _ Our new president takes a little too seriously, perhaps, that mod ern bugaboo bolshevism. “Our first duty is to get the im migrant a job and make him a pro ducer. Then our duty is to educate him before he is gathered in by the bolsheviki.” (Copjrlf ht, 1111.) V Nation’s Capital Waits to Receive the Nation’s Dead Body of Harding Due to Arrive in Washington Shortly After Noon—Funeral Services Wednesday. Hr rnlrennl Service. Washington, Aug. 6.—The capital of the nation, a silent city, Tuesday receives its dead. Leaders in world affairs will forget all the homage due a beloved chief. When the special train on which President Harding left Washington so hopefully barely six weeks ago re turns again at 1:30 Tuesday after noon, It will be met by a new presi dent, Calvin Coolidge. Beside Mr. Coolidge. with heads bowed in sadness, will stand his mili tary aide, Colonel Sherrill, members of the cabinet, Chief Justice Taft of the supreme court, and Senator Cummins, president protempore of the senate. Speaker Gillett of the house will be on the train. v , Twelve defenders of the nation— soldiers, sailors and marines—will bear the casket from the train through the east entrance of the railroad sta tion to the draped cassion waiting without to take the remains of War ren Gamaliel Harding to the White House he attained from a modest middlewestern home. Move to White House. The 12 bearers will place the casket on the caisson, the troops will be brought to "carry saber," and the escort will move off to the White House with President Coolidge and his party Immediately behind the caisson. Two troops of cavalry will move in advance; then will come the caisson and the official party; and finally will pass the third troop of cavalry. Through the silent streets of mourners, along the famous stretch of Pennsylvania avenue to the White House, shadowed by the great monu ment to George Washington, will mave the solemn procession. Such will be the official picture— but there will be another scene, with out pomp, without ceremony, simple and darkened by pathos. As the nation takes from her the body of her beloved husband, Mrs. Harding, with a small party of most intimate friends, will slip quietly away and be taken inconspicuously to the White House. There, In the home where she was loved so fondly as first lady of the land, she will be received by Mrs. Coolidge and the woves of members of the cabinet. Will Await Body. Then, as Mrs. Harding waits, the slower moving cavalry escort with the body of the dead chief executive will approach from Pennsylvania avenue. As the troops reach the entrance to the White House grouads they will swing from column Into line in front of the great treasury building and come to "present” while the caisson moves through the gateway. So will the caisson, followed by President Coolidge and his party, enter the White House grounds and come to a halt before the great white entrance that Warren Harding knew so well. The 12 bearers will tenderly raise the caaket bearing their loved commander-in-chief and carry it Into the east room of the White House. There it will rest where once rested the remains of Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley. » Mow sv W realh first. Within (he east room, the flrst wreath to he placed on the bier will he Mrs. Harding’s own. There will he, also, a wreath from President and Mrs. Coolidge, one from the supreme court, put in place by Chief Justice Taft, one from congress and others from the heads of state and foreign governments. No other wreaths, ex cept those from Mrs. Harding's inti mate personal friends, will be received at the White House. There at the White House until 10 on Wednesday morning, the nation will leave the body of Warren Hard ing with his widow. Promptly at 10 the bearers will again carry the casket through the glass doors to the waiting caisson. As the body passes through the doorway a blast of the bugle will bring to "attention" the great mili tary escort formed along Pennsyl vania avenue before the White House grounds. There will be another blast and the troops will be brought to "present." A third sounding of the bugle will signal the placing of the casket on the caisson; the troops will i.e brought to “order," and at a Anal signal the escort will swing into column and move off toward the capltoi. There in the rotunda, the nation will hold religious services for its departed chief, and then the doors will be thrown open to the public as the body lies in state, surrounded by a guard of honor made up of non commissioned officers belonging to the army, navy and marine corps. This guard will remain in position until the remains are taken from the capi tol to the railroad station. At 6 on Wednesday evening a de tachment of mounted troops will escort the body to the station through ranks of infantry, marines and tail ors formed along the line of march. As the remains of the commander-In chlef pass by each organization will be brought to "present" in a fins! salute. At the station, Washington will say farewell to Warren Gamaliel Harding, senator, president, and beloved man. The same special train on which Mr. and Mrs. Harding left Washing ton on June 20 will take the Harding party to Marlon, where Anal services will be held Kriday afternoon at 3. President Coolidge and a party of officials will leave Washington on Thursday evening to attend the last obsequies. Crew AH Shriners. A delicate compliment waa paid to th* late prealdent Harding and to Mra. Harding by ofth-lala of the Northweatern railroad when the fu neral train left Omaha. The train crew In charge of the comfort of the paaaengera. were four Nohlea of the Myetlo Shrine. Prealdent Harding waa a Shrlner. Thd four trainmen were to take the train from Omaha to Boone. In. They were; Charlea Van Oorder, conductor; If. Q. Brown, braketnan; H. M. Amandus and H. O. Bralnard, trainman. Harding Memorial Plan Given Approval (Continued From First I'sge.) tver the death of the president. lie endorsed the meeting today of load ers of all organizations of the city. "I am heartily in sympathy with the idea". It is fine," Commissioner John Hopkins said. •Judge George Holmes, presiding judge of the municipal court, said it was the right thing to do. Mrs. W. A. Wilcox, president of the War Mothers, stated that she believed Omaha should hold an ob servance next Friday. Her organi zation will be represented this noon. Mrs. Draper Smith, who has been active in republican party affairs and also In women's welfare movements, believes that next Friday would be a fitting time for the city to hold a memorial demonstration. Would Test Patriotism. The following statement was made by United States Senator H. B. Howell: “The greatest misfortune can be turned to an advantage by the wise. Notwithstanding our mourning, this should he accomplished now. by impressing upon the youth of the nation a reverence for those who have served—that tho people are really not unmindful of the honor due the public servant who sincerely performs his duty as he aees It. This Is the only apparent compensation that can come to us through-Mr. Harding's death, and the proposal of The Omaha Bee Is merely one for reaping this compensation.” "I think it is the proper thing for every citizen to stop and take Inven tory that will test his true patriotism. There is no more fitting time than this. I will attend the meeting." was the sentiment expressed by J. H. Beveridge, superintendent of schools. Mr. Beveridge announced that sum mer classes In session at Central, Technical and South High achools will be suspended from 11 to 12 Fri day morning and the period devoted to some appropriate' observance In respect to the memory of Mr. Hard ing, in accordance with the proclama tion of President Coolidge. Otto Nielsen, secretary of the Omaha lodge of Elks, said, "By all means all organizations sho^d take part In this memorial. I will attend the meeting tomorrow.” Albert W. Jefferis, former congress man, asserted that he will attend the meeting in the council chamber today noon. There has been no official notice that the postoffice will be closed Friday on account of the funeral of President Harding, according to Charles Black, postmaster. However, several offices in the building will close that day. it was laid. Grinnell Coeds Prefer Cavemen Grinnell, la., Aug. 6.—If a husband wants to be happy with a Grinnell college co ed, he must be of the cave man type, according to the answerr of the girls of the Quadrangle, college dormitory, to the question "What sort of man do you wish for a husband?" The prospective hubby must also have a sense of humor and a "sweet heart" disposition. The girls prefer smokers to nonsmokcrs and dark men to their blond brothers. One modern bobbed haired girl hoped that her husband would be a liar with some finesse, as she w:s bored with men whose lies were palpable. Heart of the Nation Grieves for Harding (Continued From Hut P«*e.> Dixon, III., having been brought there, from Chicago on especial train over (he Chicago & Northwestern. Much of the day was spent by Mrs. Harding in rest, preparing herself for the trying hours to follow the arrival of the train In Washington, Tuesday. She also has been giving some thought to her plans for the future. While no definite decision has been reached, it was thought prohubie by some of the closest friends avith whom shehas talked that she will make he home, at least for some time after leaving Washington, with her brother, C. B. Kling, of Marlon. Mr. Kilng for several years has spent the winters at Kockledge, Fla.. ^^SSESSSSSSSSSSmSSf < and the president and Mrs. llarding visited him there last March during their southern vacation trip. Many Touching Inridents. As the train drew near to Chicago, the largest city through which it has passed and in whleh Mr. Harding was chosen by bis party In the 1920 national convention as its leader, there were manytouching incidents, all exppresslve of the sorrow of the great city. Steel mills slong the tracks became silent and their workers, leaving their machines, formed a line outside the buildings, along the railway, on top of freight cars land even on the roofs. All stood reverently with bowed and uncovered heads as the cortege passed. Grain Exchange Inquiry Denied by Washington (Continued From First Page.) ho learned of the reply from Wash ington. “Under the Omaha Grain exchange rules its officers are required to ex pel any member who is guilty of sharp practices or uncommercial con duct and these officers have never failed to take summary action and ex pel those found guilty. “Such articles create suspicion and doubt In the minds of those who are unfamiliar with the rules and prac tices of the grain exchange, whereas if the facts were actually known the people generally would look with favor and approval on the numerous transactions made on the trading floor every business day. "All grain Inspectors must be li censed by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture before they are permitted to inspect and grade gTain. The docking of grain Is a part of the inspection, and government rules, designating the kind of equipment for arriving at the percentage of dockage under those rules are clearly speci fied. "The grain merchant has no part In the grading of the grain handled through the Omaha Grain exchange and he must not be expected to 'stand by’ and permit such wilful in sinuations to go unchallenged.” No Outsiders Are Aboard Funeral Train No private citizens were permitted on the funeral train bearing the body of the late President Harding east ward. Nelson B. Updike went to North Platte Saturday, planning to return to Omaha on the funeral train, but found that, owing to lack of accom modations, the funeral party had been compelled to make It a rule that no private citizens be carried on the train, no matter how close their friendship for the late president may have been. » During the first 82 days of the world war, $1,059,836,000 worth of property, art works, crops, cattle, railways, bridges, roads, supplies, etc. were destroyed by the Germans While passing through Belgium. Coolidge s Program Regarded as Sound (Continued From First rage.) be done In just as important and in addition they have now had long personal touch with Coolidge and have come to think as highly of him as he thinks of then:. Mellon Well I,lked. They are all three ihspirlng ex amples of devotion to the public good. Mellon has come to command the en thusiasm of everybody in Washing ton regardless of party. He in a man whose wealth could command literally everything the world can yield In the way of ease, foot-free independence, material satisfactions and the pleas ures of any sort of pastime he might choose. Yet, having all this Mellon tolls like a tired clerk at the infinite de tails of the treasury business. Mellon does not even get the satisfaction of glory or vanity, for he is a markedly •shy man, utterly without vanity; and as to glory he tries to run away from It. Neither does Mellon care for that satisfaction of ego which some men might get from the direction the head of the treasury has over thou sands of subordinates; for Mellon in private life, as the dominant figure in a score of big corporations, could hire and fire 10 times as many men as he can In the treasury. In point of fact one of Mellon's most marked characteristics in office has been his firm resistance to those republican patronage seekers who would like to see a good deal more hiring and fir ing done. Mellon Deep in Work. Mellon is now In the midst of the immensely important business of pull ing tiio ragged thongs of our war bonds into order and refunding them at lower rates of Interest. He Is also in the midst of adjusting the finan cial relations with foreign govern ments which run into billions of dol lars. Mellon will be the last man to dismount front that kind of a horse In the middle of the present kind of stream. And as Coolidge has the Batne enthusiasm for him that most of Washington has there is every likelihood of Mellon remaining in the treasury. Hughes has at his fingers' ends the details of our Intricate and deli cate foreign relations. Coolidge's emphasis on continuity of policy will lead him to wish most earnestly that there shall bo no interruption In the State department, and there is every reason why Hughes should work as willingly and happily with Coolidge as he did with Harding. As to Hoover, in addition to his own department he is everything that is embraced in the dignity and ef flciency of the phrase "A competent workman." He contributes able and faithful trustworthiness for such fre-1 <iuently arising emergencies as coal: strikes, unemployment, conservation and a dozen other manors calling for hard work, concentrition of mind, and Immensely varied knowledge. It was one of the comparatively few Home Brew! In the "goml ohI days" it used to be. the brew with the frothy cream which quenched thirst—note it is the brew with the tang of mint in it that roots our throats arut keeps us smiling through the hot flays anti evenings. It's Home Hreiv at that—made from ISorthup-Jones leing Sperial Tea. fay i TRY MAKING IT THIS WAY—Put the usual amount of tea in a crock of fresh co^l water and let It stand all day. Strain it in the evening, chill it, add bruised mint leaves and a bit of lemon. It’s a drink you could offer the new President without apology. And a Plate of Fresh Nor thup-Jones Pastries Goes Mighty Well With Each Drink . DlthjMpJcilQS puTTgqMiLic SM~or> ' © Northwest Corner, 16th and Farnam St*. |Mr^ ^MT^MliiinwrfTWT^ easing comforts that Harding had in his difficult presidency to know that .it any hour, day or night. Hoover was at the end of the telephone wire subject to call for any emergency. It was a reliance that Harding made frequent use of. Among the other cabinet members one whom Washington has come to look upon as having to a strong de gree the approbation of Coolldge, Is Secretary of Labor Davis. Davis Is a virile man. rich In vitality which he is willing to spend probably for his chief, with a capacity for spon taneous reaction on matters that come up, an Instantaneous Celtic in sight which goes along the game lines with reasoned Judgment and has the additional value of hearty fervor for the commonly and dearly held beliefs of ordinary Americans and their habitual point of view about public affaire. Weeks “Tower of Strength." Secretary of War 'Weeks fulfills mentally and physically the trite phrase "A tower of strength.” Aside from Weeks’ ability and sound Judg ment he comes from Coolldge's own state and politically belongs to the group in Massachusetts with which Coolldge has been more closely Iden tified than he has with Senator Lodge, for example. Weeks could well be excused for seeking the rest of his cool New Hampshire farm, If he chose to do so. But he is not the man to place ease above either abstract duty or the personal call of a man like Coolldge. Moreover, he has a steady sense of responsibility toward the country and toward his party which will un doubtedly make him inclined to stick. Further than this Weeks has always been a believer in the policy of the president taking a strong hand toward congress and assuming leader ship of it. Weeks had deep personal affection for Harding but this did not prevent his clear mind from regretting Hard ing’s failure to assert himself more strongly as the head of his party and the leader of policies for con gress. Harding's disinclination to take this sort of attitude toward con gress has always been contrary to Weeks’ Judgment, which he frankly and frequently expressed to Harding. If it should develop that Coolldge should be willing to assert a more definite leadership of emigres*, Weeks, for that reason alone, will want to stay with him and help. Weeks earnestly believes that that course makes for the salvation of the re publican party and for the good of the country. (Copyright, $20,000 in Gems Seized. Chicago, Aug. 6.—Two young ban dits held up the David J. Fried, manu facturing jeweler, offices on the sev enth floor of a State street building today and escaped with a box of unset diamonds valued at -between $15,000 and $25,000 and other jewels w-hich they snatched from a safe, an em ploye reported to the police. Guardsmen Off for State Encampment Two hundred national guardsmen left Omaha Monday on a tpeclal train, headed for the Nebraska N^^ tional Guard camp at Ashland, whef^ they are to share with 1.B00 Nebras kans two weeks of target and com bat practice and military theory. Brigadier General Paul is command ing officer at the camp. The largest motion picture theater in England, built on an American de sign, is to be opened soon in Eondon. The amusement house will seat 2,400. / $2.89 \ Choice of Any House Dress Every one of them—pretty tissues, cool dotted Swisses, imported ginghams and novelty wash fabrics—all of the house dresses in our entire stock on sale Tuesday at $2.89. Many of them originally sold at two and three times this price. The dainty coloring and attractive styles make the majority of these dresses equally suitable for street wear. Size8 15 year8 to 52 • But not in every style. Second Floor \^Hnnpn,€>dk&€a / N. “Buy a Sack of Wheat Flour Today” Here It Is/ Stryker’s ollarESale of Low Shoes This announcement will be hailed joyfully by women _ who have bought shoes at our “Dollar Sales” in former years; they “know“ that Stryker Dollar Sales mean unusual bargains, because it is Stryker's Policy to give customers the benefit of these big sav ings instead of selling these shoes to a merchandise “broker” to resell at a profit We “know” that every pair of these shoes sold means an added friend for our store—and we’re building a great shoe business on friendship. Come to this great Dollar Sale. Buy several pairs for the family’s future needs—and at a fraction of their regular price. These shoes are all regular stock—odds and ends of the season’s selling. See these shoes to day. You’ll say they are worth many times what we’re asking for them. W. S. STRYKER DOUGLAS SHOE STORE, Inc. ^ 117 North ltoth Street Opposite the Postoffice