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"ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE.”
She was a butterfly of Broadway; young, beauti
ful, daring, and without sense of responsibility. Men
flocked around her, and her favors were shared by
many. From obscurity she came up to notoriety, by
the old, old path. Luxury was hers, and excitement.
Costly fabrics went to adorn her, and jewels. She
had that which has turned the head of many older
and more experienced than she.
That road has but one end. “The primrose path
of dalliance” has always led to the same destination,
“the everlasting bonfire.” It was so with Louise
Lawson. She was brutally murdered. With a hor
ror of detail that shocks even those who are hardened
to such recitals. The police of New York are comb
ing the town for some clue to the man who so ruth
lessly separated body from soul of this lovely bit of'
feminine physical perfection. So far it has been
with little prospect of success. In the meantime, the
real tragedy, the genuine acme of calloused indiffer
ence, is shown iu her funeral. Of all the smart
crowd with which she spent her nights, all her asso
ciates by day, not one cared enough for her to see
that she w^g buried. Not a flower was sent to her in
death who when living toyed with the choicest. Not
one of the men who vied for her favor cared enough
to show his face over her coffin.
Alone, neglected, unwept, she lay three days at
the mogue. Then her cortege passed alone through
the streets of Gotham. It was a single truck, with a
driver and an assistant. At the railway station, they
pushed the casket into a baggage car. Louise Law
son was on her last journey, to her girlhood home.
There she will be mourneJ. Farents who loved her.
Schoolmates who played with her in happy girlhood.
All the small town circle that watched her grow up
and develop into the wonderful beauty she became.
Those who looked for her triumph when she went
out to conquer the world—these will mourn her, sin
cerely, for they were her true friends. Yaps, and
hicks, and jays and rubes, yes, maybe, they at least
have hearts that are moved by human emotions, and
breasts that are warm with human compassion.
“For every light on Broadway there weeps a
broken heart,” runs an old song. Many believe it is
true. Louise Lawson was just another poor little
moth, whose wings were singed in the bright lights.
Whose dream of happiness and success was swal
lowed up in the maelstrom of human misery that
masquerades as pleasure. The lesson has been told
over and over again. It is always the same, and yet
unheeded by enough of the foolish to keep it ever
fresh. What a pity!
AMERICA’S CLAIM IS WAITING.
Uncle Sam has a little bill of nearly $400,000,
000 against the German nation. He expects it will
be paid. Last week notice was served on Americans
who have personal claims against Germany that they
must wait until the government is paid. That is all
right at home, but the idea does not go so big in
Paris.
A bill was presented in the French chamber of
deputies last week, intended to ratify an understand
ing whereby the United States be paid $260,000,000
on account of the occupation of the Rhineland after
the armistice. Along with the hill went a hitherto
unpublished letter, in which it is set out that the
United States government expects “to participate
legitimately in the advantages stipulated by the
Treaty of Versailles.’’ This was addressed to the
allies, after their declaration with reference to
reparations. In presenting the letter to the cham
ber, along with the bill, the government said: “The
allies judged it would be inopportune to reply to this
letccr.”
A disposition to require the United States to
stand back and wait for the second table has been
manifest ever since the reparations commission began
te function. France, Belgium, Iatly and England all
irant theirs first. That feeling can be understood,
but it is quite as natural that the United States
should feel the same way about the matter. Some
sort of an understanding will have to be reached
sefore long. Whether the time is opportune or not,
*he allies must reply to the letter from Washington.
THE WIZARD AT SEVENTY-SEVEN.
We hasten to congratulate Thomas Alva Edison
>n having advanced n milestone nearer his fourth
icore of years. That he Is in good, rugged health,
lound in mind and full of hopeful vision is some
thing for the world to be congratulated upon. For
Thomas A. Edison does not wear the name of
"wisard” unworthily or without reason. He has
•een so many dreams come true that it were a
weary task to undertake to enumerate them.
V/hen, therefore, he tells us about the wonders
yet to come, he speaks as one having authority.
He lights a beacon of hope for the race that will
be here in centuries yet undealt with save by the
men who dream these great dreams. Morse, Bell,
Siemens, Thompson, Tesla, Marconi, Steinmetz,
Edison! What a chaplet fame must wreathe to
enclose those names! What a debt htfmanity owes
to them, and to the glorious company unnamed
here who labored with them, to bring about the
benefits beyond calculation that are the common
places of today. Old Archimedes, standing alone
in the annals of the race, might find among them
the answer to his demand, “Dos pou sto,” “Give
me a place to stand.” This Archimedes asked, and
with it and his fulcrum he would move the world.
These made their own place to stand and have
moved it.
So, when Edison tells us the radio will never
ggpplant the newspaper; that science will find a
source for light, heat and power in the sun, the
Wind and the tide when all fuel is gone, vs are
willing to believe him. The day is far in the future,
but will be provided for as occasion arises.
Also, when Mr. Edison tells us that Calvin Cool
-idge is the best man for the place and should suc
ceed himself, we cannot help thinking he voices
the sentiment of rilany of his countrymen, including
Henry Ford.
CONSERVATION AND THE COMMON WEAL.
In his Sunday letter to The Omaha Bee Mark
Sullivan reviews in an interesting manner the story
of conservation, as it has to do with the Roosevelt
Taft-Ballinger-Pinchot affair.* He does not, how
ever, go back quite far enough to get his historic
background. Conservation as such began under
Grover Cleveland, when his commissioner of the
general land office, William Andrew Jackson Sparks,
carried on his famous and successful endeavor to
preserve the public domain from the raids that were
being made on it.
Sparks, who hailed from Illinois, was named
under Lucius Quintus Curtis Lamar, the genial
secretary of the interior, from Mississippi. His
suspension and subsequent rejection of more than
a million final proofs was the beginning of a policy
which, after an interim of 12 years, was greatly
extended under Roosevelt. The Ballinger episode
is but proof of what the opposition to any form of
conservation has been as the Fall affair is proof
of what it is, and what it may be.
The question has two sides, and has been ably
debated on both, with support for both from able
and capable men, who honestly differ in opinion.
The Cleveland Roosevelt idea, that the public domain,
and all that pertains thereto, is to be kept and used
for public good, and not for private enterprise, has
hud the better of the argument, for the very obvious
reason that the American people are partly awake
to the effects of the opposite policy.
If, as suggested by Mr. Sullivan, out of the
Fall affair shall come such consolidation of public
opinion as will forever prevent any recurrence of a
Teapot Dome scandal, or an attempt to alienate
a huge area of mineral bearing or coal carrying
land, to be exploited by private enterprise, the up
heaval will not have been in vain. As a nation we
have been extremely generous in giving out the
marvellous resources of the land, recognizing enter
prise in discovery and the like with tremendous
bounties. Now the day is here whb the people
feel that some of the reward should come to them.
That they should he permitted to share in the bless
ings of providence that remain unappropriated.
It is not alone to keep what we have, but to
restore some thyt has been wasted. It is for this
reason that the policy of conservation has been set
up and contended for. The issue is between the
public and the exploiters, and, in such case, the
public interest is properly paramount. Good for
all, rather than benefit for few, must ever be the
watchword in America, else we miserably fail of
our high destiny ns a nation.
POPULAR PARK PROJECTS.
Two very interesting propositions are being
brought forward just nowr by Park Commissioner
Hummel. One is the purchase of land and con
struction of the Riverside drive. The other is the
improvement of the water front at Carter Lake
park. Both these projects have been extensively
discussed at other times. Both have public approval.
There it would seem unnecessary to spend much
time discussing them. %
Nowhere along the entire stretch of the Mis
souri, from the time it leaves the mountains in
Montana until it gets to the Mississippi, is there a
more naturally beautiful stretch than at Omaha.
For miles up and down the stream is a continuous
frontage of bold headlands, interspersed by deep
ravines, all covered with fine timber. It is a ravish
ing sight, that requires but little from man. All
that is needed is the linking together of existing
sections of boulevards. The construction of certain
bits of highway to close gaps. The acquiring of a
few acres, that the public may have full ownership
of the entire stretch. This work has been neglected
too long.
President Shuler of the city planning board,
the real estate board and other interested civic
organizations have given the drive their hearty ap
proval. We are confident the voters will authorize
the improvement if the decision be left to them.
For the work at Carter Lake park, quite as
much may be said. That plan, however, has also
suffered some because other things have pressed
ahead of it. Not only the improvements at the
park, but the extension of the municipal bathing
beach, should be looked after. The park commis
sioner is on the right trail. More power to him.
Refore some Nebraska democrats denounce Fall
for refusing to testify before the senate board of
inquiry, they would do well to consider Governor
Brian’s refusal to appear before the state senate
board of inquiry into the road and bridge fund situa
tion.
Funny that Lloyd George should have sprung
that Wilson-Clcmenceau story while the Tiger still
is living. Why not wait till both are dead, and so
start a real argument?
Mr. Gregory was quick to see that he should
not longer be considered. Some folks say that his
example might well be followed by at least one presi
dential aspirant. a
There are indications that some people are more
intent upon smirching the characters of men in high
place than they are in getting at the real facts of
the oil scandal.
That bottle in the doctor's office at the county
jail must be loaded with some of that B. P. stuff
we used to hoar about over on Douglas street.
Mr. McAdoo appeals to the country, but be will
first have to be examined by the senate committee.
Know Omaha week is almost over. Don’t forget
what you have learned.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha's Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
ANTICIPATION AND REALIZATION.
Wc’rs oftentimes gladdened by things that arise.
With swiftness and glisten In front of our eyes.
And seem at a glance to have blazoned the way
Where men have endeavored to Journey for aye.
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We're oftentimes thrilled by the wonderful lure
Of something chaotic that can not endure—
Of enmethlng that dawns with a. ponderous power.
And stays an does nothing Inside of an hour.
Km h day of our lives we are living to meet
Illusive Impulses Ineffably sweet;
We vision them fade as they swiftly arose
To lead us and lure us where nothingness goe«
The duller things keep their linmarulate glow
C'onereteness Is usually counted as slow,
And definite purpose to subsequent goal
Is led by substratum as csntuiles roll.
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Origin of the Representative Principle.
lly EDWIN G. PINKHAM.
And first it (law) is a rule; not a transient, sudden
order from a superior to a particular jierson; but some
thing permanent, uniform and universal.—Blackstone.
X IT.
HERE never whs a time
in the history of the.
English kingship, Saxon
or Norman, when it was
not conceded in law and
custom, that the king
could not tax his sub
jects or legislate for
them without their con
sent. That principle goes back to the
very earliest times of which we have
record. But, of course, we must not
suppose the principle always was ob
served by the king.
When In the days before the Con
quest, the Saxon kings got into
trouble and consulted their wise men
as to how to get out, they could have
had little Idea that they were putting
into practice what we know as the
representative principle. Yet that Is
what they were doing. They were
calling upon thiir subjects—the most
representative of them—for advice.
These councilors did not Jhlnk of
themselves ns being representatives of
the people, yet that Is what they
were. And presently when they be
gan to charge for their advice—and
for their consent, for the one soon
came to mean the other—and to liar
gain with the king, they did not think
of themselves as bargaining for the
people, yet that Is what they were
doing. *
After the Saxons came the Nor
mans, and we think of the Normans
as being* absolute kings: arbitrary in
rule, cruel in oppression, terrible in
punishment. .So they were and meant
to be. But though they hated the
Saxons and treated th'em with the ut
most rigor—though they tried to
stamp them out as a people—they In
sensibly or of necessity incorporated
the laws of the land Into their own
system. Thus Immediately after the
Conquest William I summoned to him
a number of persons from each coun
ty to give him an account of his new
subjects, and Sir Matthew Hale tell;
us this assemblage when It met the
king was "as sufficient and effectual
a parliament as ever was held In
England."
Wo can see what he meant by that,
for a parliament meant simply a talk
between the king and his subjects
Nobody at first, and least of all the
king, regarded these talks as of much
importance: hut we know now that
the king of England In.the course
of a few centuries talked himself out
of most of his powers and that his
subiects talked themselves into them.
Thus the representative system be
gnn. The king, if he thought of it at
all, which probably he didn’t, thought
of himself as sending representatives
down to his subiects. That fs. It was
his custom previous to tlie thirteenth
centurv to appoint his councilors to
go down in the counties and towns
and find out how much each could
psv In taxes. But after a while this
svsteni was reversed and the counties
and towns sent their representatives
mi to the king to confer with him on
these matters. That little reversal of
a custom—perhaps made for mere
convenience—was a tremendous revo
lution. The representatives were no
longer representatives of the king, hut
representatives of the people. The
king's representatives had gone down
to the people and asked, "How much
can you pay?" The people’s repre
sentatives now came up to the king
and asked, “How much will you
give?” In the way of concessions,
that Is.
AVe find this representative system
creeping in everywhere. Thus, when
Henry JI ordered a collection—a tax
really—to finance a crusade, some of
his subjects complained that their
share was too great, or.perhaps tried
to dodge giving anything at all. So
what was done? Why. In every coun
ty a board was organized, a board of
assessors we would call it, to Judge
these cases and fix the tax. Thus
there were little neighborhood parlia
ments all over the country each sup
erintending the local taxation. A
representative system complete, and
In the twelfth century
We think of these kings as abso
lute, yet here was the. great principle
working. Again when Henry III
wanted money to annex the crown
of Sicily to his own—the pope having
given it to him on the condition that
he go and get It—r*e see the great
council refusing to Invest In the en
terprise. Henry was furious but
helpless. "No money until you cor
rect our grievances," said the bar
ons. Henry sulked and the crown
of Sicily went elsewhere.
Tf we want to understand the Im
portance of these precedents we have
only to note how the principle and
even the language of the early con
stitutlonal guarantees persisted
through the ages. No matter how
often they were violated by strong
kings, they were revived w-hen a
weak one came along and kept alive
until they finally stuck. John was
the weakest of the Conqueror's line,
and John It was whom the barons
nailed and made to put their guaran
tees in writing, and In the Great Char
ter of 1213 It was written: "No
freeman shall he taken or Imprisoned,
or disseized or outlawed, or exiled or
in any way destroyed but by the law
ful judgment of his peers, or by the
law of the land."
Nearly six centuries later this same
principle was written Into the consti
tlon of the T'ntted States in two
places. The fifth amendment says’
"No person shall he • • • deprived
of life, liberty or property, without
due process of law. • • •" And
the fourteenth amendment repeats as
to the states: "NorSshall any state
deprive any person of life, liberty or
property without due process of law."
Judgment of his peers and trial by
jury are the same thing. The law of
the land and due process of law are
the same thing.
John's barons thought they were
working for themselves, hut now wc
see that they were working for a
great principle of government that
was to outlive them and all their
kind.
fCopvrtght. T^ansss City Star 1
“The People’s^
Voice”
Editorials from readers of The Morning
Bee Readers of Ths Morning Bee are
Invlteo to use this column treaty for
expression on matters of public
Omaha's Street Railway Situation.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee: Patrons of the Omaha street
railway are familiar with the propa
ganda that Is circulated through the
medium of the cars themselves. In
cidentally, the psychological effect
of reading one of those pitiful appeal*
while one's feet were freezing might
provide an Interesting study for some
investigator. That, however. Is an
other story.
Now the letter columns of The Oma
ha Bee are being used in the time
way and for the same beneficent pur
pose. Omaha citizens are told by one
writer of the need of n cross town line
on Fortieth street. Bless his heart,
thAt line has been needed and was
talked of 25 years ago. Also the loop
down town. In fact, a number of
great Improvements shave been sug
gested but few put Into effect.
After the need for the extensions
has been referred to, then the letter
in mind plunges Into the meat of the
subject. Will not the citizens please
permit the lowering of taxes on the
lines, so the company can pay a
bigger dividend, and thus sell more
securities? No assurance Is given that
the rate of fare will be lowered, or
that any extension or Improvement
will be made In the service. Only
that dividends A-111 be brought up to
the "full- earning" standard
Just now, when many Industries
are struggling to keep even, when the
railroads, the farmers and others are
taking small or no profits at all. It
strikes me that the street railway
company might share Just a little In
ths common experience, and not harp
so Insistently on the fair return
string. The company has told us
many limes of its Impending bank
ruptcy, but somehow It has managed
to squeeze through, like the rest, of
the community, dust now It |s pay
ing a dividend, but not as large as Its
management would like. A lot of good
concerns are not paying snywhere
near ns well ns the tramway.
If the occupation lax. for example.
Is taken from the tramway, It will
have to la- laid on the community: If
the cost of paving between the rails
Is not to he rhnrgcd to the company.
It must l>* charged to the allotting
property. All right to talk of the
public paying for this Indirectly: It
does so now, snd If will continue lo do
so after the change' Is made, for the
bonus to the company will go to swell
dividends nnd not to Improve service.
EXPEKIENr'K.
Ton Many Dog*.
Omaha—To the Editor of Tl\o Oma
ha Doe: I appreciate the advice,
"Know Omaha." Of courao that
mean* *11 It* good point* and wl*o all
ft* Had point*. No on* I* » bigger
booeter for Onialm than the writer
and T embrace every opportunity dur
ing my yearly travel* to extol out*
growing city. Hut Ju*t now I want
to call vniir attention and thmugh
von that of the proper partie* to one
matter which I* now n nuleance and
fait becoming n dangci to the peopl*
of our fair city
T refer to tho ting nulianre. The
city t* crowded with all *nrt* of «!og*
running at large In thi* nelghlnir
hood they are moatly of (he larger i
breeds, bull dogs, alrdale*. shepherds
and curs. They herd In packs, come
up on your front porch, chase round
your home, occupy your hack yard
and give you a look of acorn and con
tempt should you attempt to drive
them away.
I scarcely ever go out In my back
yard without finding one or more of
these vicious brutes wandering round.
I don't say a word or attempt to
drive th»m nwav. for It's a well known
fact that if you throw a stone or
stick at a dog he'll remember you
and when a more favorable oppor
tunity occurs he will attack you.
One of these dirty brutes almost
killed a little orphan boy this week,
and The Bee records that another
such animal followed a child on her
way to school and took her lunch
away from her. I believe In kindness
to animals, but when dogs Increase
and run at large as they do at pres
ent In Omaha the wild In them be
comes uppermost and they become a
real danger. Where Is the pound?
I'd consider children and safety be
fore dogs. J. J.
The Troubles of the Artists.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Onia
ha Bee: Recent reports of disputes
among artists havs reminded me of
the following excellent philosophical
piece of verse contained In Stcdrrmn'a
American Anthology, and credited to
Arthur Grissom:
The .Artist.
He wrought with patience long and
w ca ry v ea rs
t'pon Ills masterpiece, entitled ‘Tate."
And drenmed sweet dreams the while
his crust he ste,
And gave his work his soul, his
strength and tears.
His task complete at last, ha had no
fears
The world would not pronounce his
genius great.
Rut poor, unknown—pray, what
could he create?
The mad world laughed, and gave
not praise, but Jeers
Impelled to ssk wherein his work
w as Wrong.
lie sought, despairing, one whose
work was dead.
But on whose brow were wreather
the hays of fame:
The master gazed upon the rleture
long:
■'It lacks one thing to make It great,"
lie said,
And signed the pnnvaa with hla own
. groat name.
T am reminded also of some of
M irk Twain's humorous philosophy:
''A I lassie is s work that you have
to like whether you like It. or not."
What did lie mean?
RKRIAH E COCHRAN'.
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NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for January, 1924, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .74,669
Sunday .80,166
Dnaa not includa returns, left
j overs, samples or papers spoiled in
printing and Include? no special
sales or frea circulation of any bind.
j V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 6th day of February, 1024
W. H. QUIVCY,
(Seel I Notary Public
Lincoln
By < athertne Kll/.abctli Hanson.
In a log cabin many years ago,
A child w as born and God >saa kind
to UR
To let him live to lead his people
through
The burning flames that almost then
devoured
A nation made by noble Washington.
The nation that emerged from that
abyss.
Was born anew to a more loftier
life.
Ah, God was kind when he gave him
to us,
A practical, ungainly, homely youth;
The sad eves in whose depths a slave
could see
Release from lifelong drudgery and
chains.
Pierced the dim future with prophetic
gaze;
There in the open ranks alone he
stood—
Hated and loved, denounced—or bless
ed by all!
Through those long months that
tried men's souls.
The furrows deepened on his lofty
browr;
The face grew sadder as disaster
came
And swept the ranks of both the blue
and gray,
Until the fertile fields were red with
blood.
And he? He stood a suffering
martyr there,
Torn between love! Love for the blue
and gray!
And all the while he felt the nation’s
pulse,
Heard the cries and saw the tears of
mothers,
As step hy step his feet sought firmer
ground. ‘
He was the first to see the light of
p.ace
Above the battlefield of fallen men—
He was the man whose clear, red
healthy blood
Baptized a nation's union, sealing It.
And now, the ages claim him as their
child,
And hang the wreath of fame upon
his brow;
The symbol of a man who knew and
cared.
And wore his crown of thorns that
others might
Kind perfect peace. He led the way
and fought
Like other martyrs for a cause and
died
Ho that the freedom of a race might
live!
Abe Martin
I ■
lAwms
Some men are born great, some
achieve greatness, an' others jest
keep still. An explanation may
save a law suit, but it never healed
nothin'.
_op> right, it:<_
Sunny Side up
Comfort, nor fbrgtt
fiat SunriK nwr /feuyet'
THE TRIUMPHANT TRIO.
.She's a mlM and gentle creature, fair
of form and fair of feature,
Worthy of your highest honora ev'ry
day.
If you will but treat her rightly she'll
respond In manner sprightly.
And convince you that she'll more
than pay her way.
Though the days be dark or sunny,
she will bring you chunks of
money,
And assist you well In getting by
somehow.
So the praises I am singing till I set
the prairies ringing
Of tho patient and deserving Dairy
Cow.
ller endeavors you can’t shackle, and
the echoes of her cackle
Sound across our good old state
from east to west.
And her product, laid and crated, can
not be exaggerated,
But can be eggsactly stated as the
best.
She haH but an humble station, but
her yearly wealth creation
Helps to lift the load of debt from
backs of men.
So when posies you are throwing don't
forget a lot are owing
To the patient rind deserving Biddy
Hen.
If for something you are hunting
upon which to hang the bunting
As a mortgage lifting factor on the
place,
Then just cast your eyes upon her
and proceed to do her honor.
For in multiplying she sure sets the
pace.
She's not choice about her eating, hut
she can't be beat “repeating,"
And her grunting Is most musical,
I trow.
Poland-China, Bershlre, Duroc, she
puts money In the old sock.
So you've got to hand it to old
Mother Sow.
Here's a trio full of beauty, failing
ne'er In dally duty,
And we ought to sound their praises
loud and strong.
What great wealth this trio offers to
pour dally in our coffers
If we only help to push their game
along.
They are waiting now and ready to
bring money flowing steady
To the pockets of all enterprising
men. t
That Is why in lilting phrases I am
singing loud their praises—
Dairy Cow and Mother Sow and
Biddy Hen!
Ole Buck writes In to indignantly
deny that Meerschaum tobacco ever
came In paper sacks, and asks us If
we do not recall that we used to save
the muslin sacks to carry our mar
bles In. We did not say that Meer
schaum came in paper sacks. What
we did mv was that in the old days
a dime would buy a sack of Meer
schaum about gg big as a bag con
taining a dollar’s worth of sugar at
present prices. It will always be the
chief regret of Ole's life that it was
another of the wms name who was
recently hanged In Dea Moines.
.
Omaha s Boy Scouts laid a section
of rail fence on the court house lawn,
just to show how It Is done. Recol
lections of days spent In taking down
and setting up rail fences bring to us
: a backache that is anything but a
I recollection. We are quite certain
; 'hat If all the rail fence we have
| helped to build. Including tho sections
taken down and set up to permit the
j ingress or egress of the livestock.
were laid in a straight line. It would
reach from here to there, and P*!
haps a whole lot farther.
A supporter of the Mellon tax P'en
points out that It even reduces the
tax on the small income of Jo.000. But
It so happens that our Idea .or a large
and Juicy Income Is exactly Jo.000.
It required no particular restraint
upon our part to refrain from mak
ing mention of the fact that Babe
Ituth Is to continue drawing a wage
of $52,000 a vear. Nor have we ex
perienced any difficulty in remaining
aloof from the discussion about the
merits or demerita of the new golf
ball. We dislike to mention the Bam
bino’s salary because It makes our
own so insignificant by comparison,
and we have yet to take our first
smack at a golf ball. Our ac
quaintance with golf was limited to a
free use of the language around the
18th hble in the days before Mr. An
derson, now on his way to prison,
set about reforming the morals of sin
ners like us.
The execution of Gee Jon at Carson
City, lethal gas being the instrument
used, suggests a thing or two. As a
rule we would not express the wish
that political gas, of which we have
a plenitude, were poisonous, but
there have been times, and probably
will be again, when even death would
be a welcome relief from the outpour
lings. _
Now if one political party would
nominate Carrie Chapman Catt for
president, and another party would (
nominate Congressman Poynter, and
•(till another would nominate Judge
Lyon, and still another would nomi
nate Congressman Wolfe, we might
ctart up a pretty lively campaign. But
l fear that with the republicans keep
ing cool with Coolidge and the demo
crats determined to McAdoo with
their candidate, that things will be
pretty tame.
Charley Dawes Insists that when the
reparations commission meets the
cards be spread face up on the table.
All of which is very well, provided
several of the commission be search
ed for cold decks before they get
through the door.
—
Col. Bob Oberfelder writes from
Lawz Ongieeze. Cal., to express sym
pathy with us because we have to en
dure such a climate as we have in
Omaha. As we gaze out through the
open window of our palatial and lux
uriously furnished office room, noting
the goiden February sunshine flood
ing the landscape, we are Impelled to
thank Colonel Oberfelder for his rois
j directed sympathy and suggest that
he come back to Nebraska where the
air is as pure as Hollywood society
ain’t._WILL M. MACPIN.
When in Omaha .
Hotel Conant
A Tribute by
President Coolidge
; to Abraham Lincoln
□ IYESCORE and ten years ago that
Divine Providence, which infinite
repetition has made only the more a
miracle, sent into the world a new life,
destined to save a nation. No star, no sign,
foretold his coming. About his cradle all was
poor and mean, save only the source of all
great men, the love of a wonderful woman.
When she faded away in his tender years,
from her deathbed in humble poverty she
dowered her son with greatness. There can
be no proper observance of a birthday which
forgets the mother. Into his origin, as into his
life, men long have looked and wondered. In
wisdom great, but in humility greater, in jus
tice strong, but in compassion stronger, he
became a leader of men by being a follower of
the truth. He overcame evil with good. His
presence filled the Nation. He broke the
might of oppression. He restored a race to its
birthright. His mortal frame has vanished,
but his spirit increases with the increasing
years, the richest legacy of the greatest
century.
—Calvin Coolidgc
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