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THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.
"Ill fares the land to hastening ills a prey, *
Where wealth accumulates and men decay.".
Oliver Goldsmith’s sorrowful comment is true
only when it can be applied in its entirety. It is
not true of the United States. Wealth has accumu
lated here. Beyond any dream that might have
floated through the mind of the doctor or any of
his companions or contemporaries. But it has not
brought with it the decay of men.
In no other land in all the history of the world
have the people been happier or enjoyed more of
the good things of life. Never were public works
more extensive or given more for the enjoyment
of all. We read of the glories of civilizations that
fell apart, long ago. Whose dim shadows loom
through the mists of the past. In them we descry
certain proofs of magnificence. This was the lot
of very few. For the masses life was a dreary suc
cession of days of toil, stretching out a slow count
between the cradle and the grave. Devoid of all
that now is looked upon as the common right of
all, the people then existed solely that some ruler
might exalt his greatness. Religion, politics, in
dustry, commerce, all partook of and survived by
the favor of the one man.
* * *
Even Rome’s greatness, the most superb model
of antiquity, did not possess the substantial founda
tion that underlies the life of the United States.
We marvel at the monuments which have survived.
We forget that on all sides in the modern city are
structures as magnificent in their relation to man
as any ever reared to gratify the vanity of a Roman
ruler. We hear of the viaducts of the aqueducts,
the other achievements of Rome’s builders. Where
did they ever set up a Roosevelt dam, or dig a
Panama canal, or erect anything to approach the
Quebec bridge? Did they even construct a highway
equal to those we use today?
Our schools, oar churches, our hospitals, our
theaters, parks, playhouses, every conceivable ex
ternal proof of proper use of wealth testifies to the
greatness and the soundness of American life.
Across this is being drawn the trail of the
serpent. Selfish and greedy men have sought, and
with some success, to degrade American citizenship
by setting np the idol of wealth as itself to be
worshipped. We have seen such examples as that
of the baseball players, who sold their honor to
gamblers. Of a cabinet officer, who accepted large
sums of cash for which he betrayed his trust. These
who accept bribes are in themselves no whit worse
than those who bribe them. All deserve and should
receive severest condemnation.
Against the serpent is arrayed the strength of
America. Men whose integrity and honor are un
sullied have risen to combat the evil. That it will
he checked none doubt. Our country is in no
greater danger of dissolution than when Andrew
Jackson waged his conflict against corruption in
high places in the early part of the last century.
Or when, under Grant, the “whisky ring’’ scandal
and the Credit Mobilier shook the nation. The
Tweed scandal in New York, and the corruption
the Lexow committee uncovered and wiped away,
are but places where the serpent has touched.
• • •
America is strong, clean, and will endure, be
cause its spirit can not be subdued by bribery.
Wealth we have, but manhood as well, and so long
as men control wealth there is no danger. The
“bold yeomanry,’’ both praised and lamented by
Goldsmith, still rules the destiny of the United
States of America, and government of the people
and for the people will not perish, because it is
sustained by the people.
LITTLE MYSTERIES OF FATE.
Life turns on littfe things. “For want of a nail
a shoe was lost.’’ The old nursery jingle is familiar
to everyone. It illustrates in its simple way just
how great things turn on smalll. A story is just
now current of how Clemenceau was once defeated
for president of the French chamber of deputies be
cause he lacked one vote. He lost that vote by twit
ting a stingy member on his greediness as they were
going into the chamber to attend the session.
Executors of the late Senator Dillingham of Ver
mont n mmage in his old papers. They find a let
ter from Calvin Coolidge, then just out of college.
In It the young man asked that he be given an op
portunity to study law in the Dillingham office. This
letter was not answered until a fortnight after its
leceipt, and during that time the now president had
made other arrangements, the pursuit of which al
tered his entire career. If the future senator had
promptly replied to the missive, the future presi
dent might now be a highly respected country law
yer in Vermont.
Hundreds of other similar instances may be cited
in support of the proposition. Verily, “there is a
destiny which shapes our ends."
TALK IS KING AT WASHINGTON.
Unrestricted oratory still rules In congress. Party
leaders are considering plans for shutting off some
of the flow of words. This is urgent if the actually
urgent work may be concluded before June, in order
that adjournment Aiay be taken in time to attend
the convention. This just now seems hopeless. In
the house the revenue bill is being considered under
an agreement that will shut off a great deal of debate.
The various schedules of the Mellon bill are to be
presented in one group. The Garner measure is to
be offered as a substitute for the whole. This is to
circumvent piecemeal consideration, although it docs
not prevent any member from offering an amend
ment to any clause, paragraph or provision, and ud
ilrr-.sing the house on his motion. The hill is now
in committee of the whole. How long before a vote
will be taken none can say. From the house it goes
to the senate, there to repeat the debate.
Having declared a 10 day holiday in the oil mat
ter, the senate may take up some of the many mat
ters before it. What will be taken up will depetid
upon the humor of the members. It is not easy to
get down to dull routine work of framing and pass
ing laws after the excitement of a month like that
which has just passed. Especially when we are
promised that “to be continued in our next” means
that the 10-days interim will in all probability be
devoted to arranging a new program for further
hunt after oil offenders.
It is well for the country that the disclosures have
been made. It will be better if prosecutions end in
punishment. Yet some very necessary law’s are wait
ing on the action of congress. A few weeks of
earnest work, devoid of speech making, will be great
ly appreciated by the country'.
WALL PAPER AND HUMAN DESTINY.
Now, please give this careful thought. It may
affect your future life and happiness. Then, again,
It may not. It all depends on how you are disposed
to react to such disclosures as we are about to make.
You are fat or lean, pink or pale, happy or un
happy, according as your home is papered. You
react, consciously or unconsciously, to the tone of
the wall paper. Why? Listen to H. A. Gardiner,
researcher for the Smithsonian Institution, talking to
the International Association of House Painters and
Decorators, at Atlantic City last week:
“Shades of wall covering have nn effect on avoirdu
pois. Guinea pigs placed in light colored compart
ments become fat and those In darlc colored boxes
become thin. Idght colors of high reflective values
appear to favor rapid growth of animals, while col
ors of low luminosity retard development. In com
partments painted dark colors no young were born
in a period of four months, while a baby guinea pig
was born In the same time in each white, tan and
pale blue compartment.’’
Whatever else may come of this thought, it re
minds us that among the ancients purple was es
teemed of divine origin, and was sacred to the rulers.
At Constantinople, after the Roman had become the
Byzantine empire, heirs to the throne had to be
“born in the purple.” That is a room hung, fur
nished and decorated with purple alone, was used as
the bedroom at that critical period in the life of the
empress. In a way this may account for the fact
that some of the most remarkable of rulers came
from that bedchamber. Their lives certainly were
hectic. Justinian, for example, who gave his time to
compiling the “Pandex,” and other monumental la
bors, the while his empress, Theodora, carried on.
Well, if interested in this lady, look up Gibbon and
see what he has to say about her. He is well sup
ported by Smith, Milman, Guizot and other com
mentators.
Wall paper may direct our ends after destiny
has shaped them, but everybody has to take some
chances in this life.
SHENANDOAH’S FLIGHT MAY WAIT.
The north pole has been there for a long time.
Probably it will not get away or greatly- change its
shape if the Shenandoah expedition be postponed
for a year. While waiting the project will get con
sideration from congress. Perhaps the support of
an appropriation. Monty to defray the expense of
the trip, which is estimated to cost $350,000, will
have to be provided in the naval supply bill.
A very respectable number of people throughout
the country are not yet entirely convinced of either
the practicability or desirability of such an under
taking. At a time when money is needed for so
many other things. When tax reduction is clamored
for on one hand and the adjusted compensation mea
sure is being so urgently pressed on the other, people
are likely to view a little coldly what on the surface
looks like a mere exploit, and not a worth while
undertaking.
President Coolidgc is a good friend of both army
and navy. Naturally, too, he is inclined- to consider
these matters from a practical standpoint. If he can
be convinced that good is to come from the journey
to the north pole, he will undoubtedly give it his ap
proval. If, as has been indicated already, the whole
affair is conceived to heighten the local reputation
of certain officers of the navy, it should be aban
doned.
Debate in congress may delay the start, if it is
ever made, but the navy will be better off if it docs
start with approval of the public. A mere acquies
ence in the scheme is not ao endorsement, by any
means. Uses should be found for the big dirigible,
and probably will, but the proposed plan of visiting
the north polar regions in search of unclaimed land
has not greatly excited the popular imagination.
Further consideration will be helpful.
The Detroit News rejoices that there are a few
old-fashioned homes here and there where compara
tively little shooting occurs. Yes, and now and
then one may be found where there is no still busy
at work.
Among other laughs handed us during the pres
ent grave crisis is that one about the “soft drinks
concession” in Madison Square Garden during the
democratic national convention.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson asks aid for the hungry
little children of Germany. It is greatly to bo hoped
that this wL>'l not go over the heads of those in
authority at Berlin. •
The identity of “John T. King,” the benefactor
of Dry Leader Anderson, remains as much of a
mystery as the identity of the man who struck
Billy Patterson.
The failure of Ambassador Weidfelt to half mast
the flag over the German embassy at Washington is
going to regretted just that way in Germany.
When Frank Builta gets to Europe we hope he
will not get his wires crossed or be connected with
the wrong number too often.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poel*—
Robert Worthirigton Davie
A LITTLE KKLMHVS C.RIV.
'TIs the laughing of a cherub or a llttlo fellow’s grin
That makes the world delightful and so dear to linger la;
And the span of life 1« really just a very llttlo while
For It s ever animated with some llttlo fellow’s smile —
With some fellow's animated gestures, with some little
fellow's fun, '
From tho dawning of tho morning till the sunny day
Is done.
And his Joyfulness endears him lo we elders who have
been
Mischief loving lllllo urchins with hi* fervid Utile grin.
There Is optimism shining In his honest little eyes,
There Is pride that seems uncommon for s fellow of his
size.
There Is gladnrsu Ihero Is goodness -there Is serious
ness and grace
In explosions that are ever radiating o'er his fare.
He Is just a little fellow, hut he plays a mighty pari
In the lifting of depression from an older fellow s lieail.
And the blessedness of living Is exemplified within
The sincerity and sweetness of a little fellow s Kilo
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By EDWIN O. PINKHAM.
The Character of George III and
His Government
Hr ulio shall propose it (to tax the colonies) will he
a much holder man than I.—Walpole.
_ IX.
j ^ 1E event that embarked the
I I English government upon the
course that led in a few swift
EVSEflyears to the loss of the
SSsEslAmerican colonies was the
accession to the throne of King
George III, which occurred in 1760.
If we are to understand the history
of the colonial crises that marked
the opening reign of this king, we
must know something of his charac
ter and government and of the po
litical state of England at the time.
George took a view of his kingship
that had been unknown to the Eng
lish constitution for generations; that
never had been recognized, In fact,
and that had been abandoned by
every ruler that had sat on the throne
since the expulsion of the Stuarts.
George set himself from the begin
ning to the policy of instituting a per
sonal rule in which the ministry and
parliament should be reduced to nul
lities. He surrounded himself with
courtiers and favorites who fawned
on him and did his bidding, and the
views of these men—which were
merely his own handed hack to him
embellished with every flattery—out
weighed the advice of statesmen and
generals.
The narrow understanding of the
king never grasped the colonial prob
lem. He could see no difference be
tween the attitude of 3,000,000 Eng
lishmen In America demanding their
rights, and that of the Middlesex
electors in insisting on Bending John
Wilkes to parliament in opposition to
the king's wishes. He treated both
is rebels. He would have treated his
parliamentary opposition In the same
way if he could have seen a way to
do It.
To the king, any Englishman at
home or in America, who raised a
voice against the administration of
tils government was another Wilkes.
Samuel Adams, James Otis, John
Hantock—every American who wasn’t
a tory—were Wilkites. They were his
personal enemies and libelers, and
should he outlawed ns Wilkes was.
George, like James II, had no use
for character, principles or ability In
a general, minister or member of par
liament, if they could not be bent
to his personal use. All such qualities
therefore were driven from places
near the throne: and the government,
the army and crown offices in Amer
ica were filled with royal pages, men
with just ability enough to keep on
the right side of the king by telling
hjm the things he wanted to believe.
John Stuart, earl of Bute, known to
the people as jackboot, was an ex
ample of this class. Of him Prince
Frederic said, •‘Bute is just the man
to be envoy at some small proud
German court where there la nothin*
to do." The character, both of
George and Grenville, his stamp act
minister, is well illustrated by the
remark of Macaulay, that neither the
king nor Grenville could bear to bo
governed by the other, but were per
fectly agreed as to how to govern
anybody else.
The political and social state or
England made it easy for George to
Institute his regime. Parliament was
controlled by a few powerful families
who parceled out seats In the house
of commons to their supporters and
tools. In other words, the seats were
bought and sold almost openly. Their
prices were quoted pretty much as
stocks were quoted on the exchange,
and we can read these prices today in
the memoirs of the times.
"A note,” writes Lord North to the
secretary of the board of treasury,
"should be written to Lord Falmouth;
in my name. His lordship must lw
told that I hope he will permit me
to recommend to three of his six seats
in Cornwall. The terms he expects
are 2,1,00 pounds a seat, to xvhich I
am ready to agree, '
"Gnsclogno,” he writes again,
"should have the refusal of Tregony
if he will pay 1,000 pounds. If he
will not pay he must give xvay to
Mr. Best or Mr. Peachy.”
Again; “Let Cooper know whether
you promised Maste.rman 2.500 or
3.000 pounds for each of Lord Edge
cumbe s seats. X was going to pay
him 12.500 pounds, but he demands
15,000.”
The majorities thus returned to par
liament, took their orders, of course;
and their voice was grnclously ac
cepted by the king as the voice of
hi" people. There wan no other voice
in England, for the king would not
permit petitlonn to he presented to
the throne, nnd frowned on all pub
lic meetings, resolutions and ad
dresses In which his subjects had a
part. Even when the city of Man
chester (which, by the way, had no
representatives In parliament) pre
sented n most loyal and dutiful ad
dress to the king, exhibiting a spirit
which he commended to Lord North,
he nevertheless warned that minister
that It was a bad precedent.
The people nf England thus had no
share In their own government. A
privileged class returned to parlia
ment hy votes controlled by the great
landed families, represented com
munltlea In Which their faces and
perhaps their names, were unknown
Many, constituencies so represented
had no population at nil. If we ex
cept the gamekeepers and grooms of
the family tlist owned the land. On
the other hand, many great Industrial
towns had no representation at all.
the aristocracy of tlm government lie
Ing almost exclusively the aristocracy
of the land.
Even the opposition In parliament
represented no national political iwtrty
or feeling. Its leaders, with a very
few exceptions, were merely political
opponents of the king's ministers
and wanted nothing hut those minis
tors’ places. In office they , too, would
havn been “the king s friends;*' out
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of office they were merely tne oppo
sition hiding their time. Nor was the
king above t raff Icing with the oppo
sition leaders arid intriguing against
his own ministers when it suited his
policy to do so. He hated Pitt, but
he called Pitt to office the better to
discipline his chosen tools. Never
was statesmanship in England so low,
never were Its ancient liberties so
nearly extinguished as when George
III was perfecting his repressive sys
tem against his subjects, both at
home and In the colonies. The char
acter of the government he meant to
build up, and incidentally his own
stubborness, are illustrated by the
declaration with which he received
Pitt’s proposal to restore constitu
tional government.
'■Rather than submit to the terms
proposed by Mr. Pitt, I would die in
the room I now stand In.’’
Such was the character of the king
and such the political condition of
the country he ruled when, after
nearly a century and a half of co
lonial self government, the relation of
these dependencies to the crown sud
denly presented a question to which
no answer could be found in the his
tory of English government.
(Copyright, the Kaneaa City Star.)
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE’’
l dltarlal from raadari af Tha Maralni Baa. Raatfara af Tha Maralaa Baa
ara lavltad la aaa thla oaluma fraafj far axpraailaa
aa aiittara af aablla laiaraat.
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"Don’t Rock the Boat.’’
Grand Island. Neb.—To the Editor
of The Omaha Bee: Permit me as an
old time subscriber of The Bee to ex
tend to you my congratulations upoif
the recent editorial entitled. "Do
Not Bock the Boat, There is a Heal
Man at the Helm."
I think this is one of the best edi
torials that has ever appeared in 1 he
Bee, and I have been a subscriber to
vour paper for more than 3T. jears.
it seems to me that it expreses senti
ment which should control every
fair-minded man in this country at
the present hour, it is fortunate that
the American people at the present
time have a man in the White House
like President Coolidge, determined to
pursue a policy that will punish the
guilty and absolve the innocent, who
is not swayed by the fleeting passions
of the moment, but whose actions are
founded upon what he deems right
and just to all men.
When criminal laws of a country
are enforced by emotions or hysteria
they fall far short of their general
purpose. When, however, they are
enforced upon the principles of a calm,
Judicial determination, w hether or not
a crime has been committed and the
party charged is responsible, then
they become the very foundation
upon which our government rfiust
rest, and I believe the sentiment ex
pressed in your editorial of this date
is one of the clearest and most whole
some that has appeared for many
days. W. A. PRINOE.
Precedents for the Bonus.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee: Big business and the big
moneyed men of the east where op
position to the soldiers' adjustment
compensation bill is strongest call the
soldiers "Treasury Raiders.'' Kindly
note below a few previous treasury
raiders.
Gen. Phil Sheridan received 160
SUNNY SIDE UP
Jake Comfort, nor forget
jhat Sunrise never failed us i/et “
«/ _' CtimTftaxitr
AMBITION.
I’m going to the Auto Sliow at the
Auditorium.
A-hoping I can rig a scheme to get
a car, by gum!
It may be I ran get a Stutz, a Pack
ard or a Paige.
A Chrevrolet or Hupmobile, a Mar
mon, or engage
Some man in conversation until I can
sneak away
With one of Wills St. Claire’s ma
chines. an Elcar or a Gray.
But, anyhow', I gotta hunch if I can
work it right.
I'll get a Ford, perhaps a Cole, if not
a WilHs-Knight.
And, if the man who handles it will
only turn his. back,
I think I’ve got a scheme framed up
to get a Cadillac.
I’d like to have a Marmon, or a Lin
coln, or a Nash.
And I’ll take care of either if I'm not
required to put up cash.
I don’t care what the price may be if
terms are made to suit—
I'll get a Hudson, Franklin, Dodge,
or Chandler that’s a beaut.
An Overland would suit me well, a
Maxwell or a Star.
In fact, I'm not particular, just so it
is a oar.
The Studehaker takes my ey*. the Au-|
burn looks all right;
The Oldsmohlle, the Ksser and the
Jewett suit me quite.
T rather like the Reo, and the Gard
ner seems to be
A car that stack* up just about the
way that s suiting me.
The Buiek. t'hrysier. Durant, Dort,
the Oakland—I admit
That nny kind of car I get I'll sure
consider "It.”
I’m not a bit particular; most any
make mac hine
Will make me feel just like a king,
the missus like a queen.
I'm going to the Auto Show at the
Au dl to rl uni
And spill some conversation in the
hope that there will come
Some kind of terms that I can meet.
some pulling of the wires.
That will permit me to drive home
upon the rubber tires.
I'd really like to own a car all shiny
like and bright.
And that is surely what I'll do if
term* are offered right.
I'm not a hit particular, as I remark
ed; I mean
I'll tAke most any kind of car that's
run by gasoline.
We hereby announce our candidacy
for the office of sheriff of Powder
River. We feel sure that we possesa
some very especial qualifications for
the job, among them being the fact
that we are rather near-sighted, and
therefore very likely to overlook a
lot of thing*. We are also rather
hard of hearing, which will make it
a bit difficult for us to hear the rattle
of chip*, the whir of the wheel or
the flip flap na the dealer turns ol'
Tlge over. Our sense of smell, too. Is
slightly deficient, making It difficult
for us to trace down some forbidden
things, although we admit our sense
of taste and our reaction* are still
normni. If these things fall to qual
ify us as a likely and suitable eandi
date, then the Wild and Woolly W est
has Indeed been tamed.
Watching several employes of the
street department ironing down some
patches of asptvalt, was impressed
with the notion that if our laundry
man would show the same ease or.
motion and tender solicitude, our
shirts and collars might last a great
deal longer.
A glance at the titles of ‘ popular
songs" offered In music store win
dows. and at gaudy titled magazines
offered on the news stands, gives us
reason to pause and wonder. The
public taste In some things seem to
be deteriorating.
Passing Trinity Cathedra) jester
day, was reminded of funny thing that
happened within those sacred pro
eincts many years ago. before the
typesetting machines came into vague
and printers had some precullar
habits. One printer who is now dead,
and will therefore remain nameless,
had been on a whlzzer for several
days, and was wandering around on
Sunday morning, somewhat dazed and
very wearj*. Seeing the crowds en
tering the building he wandered in
and slumped down In the end of the
nearest pew.
In sitting down he slumped over
and his battered hat rested in the
crook of hia elbow, while his hand as
stimed an unnatural position. The
kind-hearted people entering thought
they saw a poor c.ripnle silently ask
ing alms, and when the printer man
woke up he had enough money in the
hat to keep him going for a week.
The municipal authorities are be
coming entirely too personal to suit
us. Kvervwhere we go we see star
ing us In the face a sign which reads:
DON'T JAY WALK.
The matter will be taken up Just
as Soon as Possible.
A friend sends us a clipping from a
Nebraska newspaper, reading as fol
lows:
“Revival tonight. Subject. The
Four Gates to Hell.’ Dutton will sing.
Tell Mother I'll Be There."’
It can't be did. Twice have I tried
to stump the newsdealer who claims
to handle daily newspapers from
every city in the country, and both
times he has come across. We are
out 20 rents to date and are thorough
ly convinced.
Reautiful sartorial displays In the
clothing store windows. Greatly re
duced prices on heavy overcoats.
Baseball goods In lavish display at
sporting goods stores. If our knife
wasn't si. dull we'd build a kite.
Spring Is just around the corner.
WILL M. MAL’PIX.
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Get the fact/ about
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JEWETT
acres of land as an additional com
pensation for his service* in the
Indian war of 1853.
Clen. Winfield Scott, for his services
in the Mexican war, was given a simi
lar bonus.
Admirul Farragut, for services as
midshipman In the war of 1812 and
commander in the Mexican war. re
ceived the same number of acres of
land in addition to his salary as an
officer in the navy.
Gen. Robert E. Lee, who served as
a captain in the Mexican war, receiv
ed a grant of 180 acres under the act
of 1850.
General Grant received the same
number of acres for his services as a
second lieutenent in the Mexican war.
Abraham Lincoln, who served 40
days as a captain in the Blackhawk
Indian war in 1832, received for his
services, as late as 1S50, 40 acres of
land. He also made application for
I 120 additional acres on August 21.
1855.
Are there any greater names in
American history than these? Why
not. then, do the same for O'Brien,
Goldman. Schultz, Smith and the rest
who went to the aid of their country
In 1917? The principle is the game,
only the names are different.
This was printed in the American
Legion Weekly of February 1, 1924,
signed “A Veteran. Brooklyn. N. Y."
This is the way I feel about this ques
tion, so why not give the boys what
they really earned and are entitled to.
SOLDIER—515232.
Official Anri Personal Welfare.
Omaha—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee: I quote from an editorial in
The Bee.
"I do not propose to sacrifice any
innocent man for my own welfare,
nor do I propose to retain in office
any unfit man for my own welfare”
—Calvin Coolidge.
It seems that personal welfare has
much to do with the acts of those in
official position as well as in private
life.
You remember that when Uncle Joe
Cannon went home to his people after
a long term of service in the house of
representatives his message to them
was that "This government is a hell
of a success.”
Sow we are wondering if he meant
from his personal welfare viewpoint.
A. L. IRELAND.
Complains of Car Service.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Some one has said
there was liable to be a street car
crisis in Omaha. I don’t quite agree
with him, what with a 7-cent fare,
with skip stops and a toll to cross the
bridge. I understand this bridge was
started in the '60s, and was to be a
free bridge when paid for (with a gov
Abe Martin
What is it that likes t’ shop all
day, an’ never looks around before
she backs out? Who recalls th’ ole
time bartender that used t’ take a
cigar—an’ then put it back in th’
case agin an’ take a dime?
(Copyright 1924.1
ernment permit). I wonder how long
it will take to pay for this bridge at
the rate of toll it collects every yea:
(nearly a million dollars) and erected
nearly or over CO years ago? There
will he no street car crisis if our
Chamber of Commerce and our city
fathers will do their duty, by step
ping In when the street car franrljf^e
runs out in 1928 and saying: You ^
give us a 5-cent fare, needed ex w
tensions, no skip stops and free
bridge toll. or. if you don't, we pro
pose to place on the streets of Omaha
the motor bus to take your plate
and you can take your rails out '
In fact, the motor busses are fur
ahead of the street cars, as they line
in at the curb for passengers, and in
snowy weather the snow can be push
ed to the center of the street in a
windrow , making passage for traffic
on both sides of the street, doing
away with so many accidents.
L. NETHAWAY.
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