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GIVE M'ADOO A CHANCE TO ANSWER.
Mr. McAdoo will receive very little sympathy
A* X >
because-his verbal indiscretions have put him in a
” much more serious plight than he had already
* emerged from. He was received with great consid
er eration by the senate committee. Instead of being
T rigidly questioned on many details of his connection
'A with the oil concerns, he was-allowed to go after the
a, most superficial of examinations.
^ Instead of respecting the/parole tacitly granted,
2 Mr. McAdoo was unwise enough to burst fhft'h in a,'
» screaming denunciation of officials at Washington.
® When he joined the mob and began to shout, ‘‘Stop
thief!” the most natural, yea. the unavoidable, in*
f* ference was that he knew more than he had told.
* * *
In considering the present situation of Mr. Mc
* Adoo, certain outstanding points should be kept in
mind. > Before he went into the cabinet as secretary
of the treasury no one had heard of him as a law
yer. He had established a good reputation as a
tunnel builder. The McAdoo tunnel under the Hud
son river was a real accomplishment, not only as an
t engineering feat, but from point of financing also.
1 On this his reputation rested. His record as secre
tary of the treasury was colorless. It was through
no fault of his that the revenue of the country dwin
dled so that a surplus of $350,000,000 was converted
; in two years into a deficit of $350,000,000. That
wqs due entirely to the free trade policy adopted by
i the democrats, ivho cut the tariff and laid no tax to
take its place.
Mr. McAdoo adopted the easy expedient of bor
rowing in anticipation of tax collections, and con
„ tinued this throughout the war, so that In a single
' year the turn-over in Treasury certificates amounted
to more than $13,000,000,000. Of course, this was
* necessary war financing, but it cost the taxpayers
‘ 5 per cent interest just the same. Walker D. Hines,
,vho succeeded to the dictatorship of the railroads,
defends the McAdoo policy that cost the government
$100,000,000 a month for 27 months, saying it
^ would have cost that much, no matter who did the
:ob.
* * *
Not long after the armistice was signed, Mr. Mc
Adoo resigned his dual job, secretary of the treasury
and dictator of railroads and such other commerce
carriers as had been seized by the go\ eminent. At
once he became an important lawyer. Great con
cerns, oil .companies, moving picture corporations,
and others of like character, began to pursue him
with proffers of employment. Each was accom
- .oanied by large retainer fees. Allowing a liberal dis
•aunt for exaggeration by interested parties, it has
► been estimated that “Mr. McAdoo's income from this
ouree within a few months after he retired from
he cabinet mounted to more than $1,000,000.
What had happened in the meantime to make his
ervices so valuable? Other lawyers, who really
‘ had distinguished themselves in the profession, were
oassed by, in order that this new firm might be em
f oloyed. Some reason for the preference must have
existed. What was it? ’
p Did Mr. Doheney send Mr. McAdoo on a million
,* lollar mission to Mexico because he was an astute
nternutional lawyer? Or did the oil magnate un
‘ derstand that the late secretary of the treasury in
the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson, his father-in-law,
t Possessed other attributes that would be valuable on
such a quest?
1 * * *
, Perhaps a little more complete inquiry Into the
nature of this and other phases of Mr. McAdoo's ex
! tensive legal practice, which grew up over night, like
•• veritable Jonah’s gourd, might bring out something
* 'he public ought to know. Especially, when we ra
nember that a considerable part of the gentleman's
t .me was spentAiuring 1919 and 1920, when he was
uppo.ccd to b” orrning these lavish rewards, in pur
, ming the democratic nomination, or in doing mov
ng picture stunts.
A long list of questions is waiting Mr. McAdoo.
5 lie should have every consideration that is due a
witness, but there will be no whitewash about his
t next appearance oh the witness stand.
SCHEMES TO CATCH VOTES.
Rejection by the house of the Frcar amendment
;o restore the excess profits tax indicates at least
temporary return of reason. In the very ecstasy of
control, the group that temporarily rules in congress
have done some things that will defeat their very
purpose, if indeed they are sincere in endeavoring
o amend the revenue law.
Already we have pointed out the blunder made
in adopting the Garner amendment dealing with
stock dividends. One equally as inexcusable is that
which provides for inspection of returns by congres
sional committees. In 1804 the Income tax schedule
♦of the Wilson tariff bill was declared invalid by the
supreme court. One of the chief reasons for this
decision was its Inquisitorial features. The govern
ment of the United States has no right to disclose
the business or other private affairs of one citizen
• to another. Only the courts or commissions clothed
with the powers of a court have the right to make
mch inquiries. Very recently the big paclfer* de
• ''lined to allow Inspection of their hooks by govern
ment attorneys. They have been sustained by fed
eral courta in so doing.
Why should the house, then, seek to violate what
is s pledge between the government and the tax
payer? Very well to say that the information will
it id committees in doing their work. Who guarantees
that committees of congress will always respect such
confidential disclosures? Members of congress and
senators have not always been delicately scrupulous
“bout making use of any facts they gain, no matter
from what source, or in what manner.
Government’s function is to protect, not to In
vade, the privacy of its citizens in their legitimate
undertakings. Burke’s well-recalled panegyric
may be quoted here. “The wind may enter, the rain
may enter, but the king of England can not enter’’
the home of a citizen.
Members of congress know this therefore to at
tempt it is only a cheap scheme to get votes from
the unthinking.
JUDGE FITZGERALD’S BIG STICK.
The action of Judge Fitzgerald in sentencing a
holdup man to 17 years in the penitentiary will have
a salptary influence. The most effective deterrent
to crime in any community i» the knowledge that
juries will return verdicts of guilty when the evi
dence supiiorts the charges and that judges will have
in mind that the greatest interest at stake is that
of society. This is particularly true with the habit
ual criminal. If he knows he cannot rely upon a
maudlin stretching of the doctrine of tempering jus
tice with mercy he will find other fields for his per
| nicious vocation.
Judge Fitzgerald im^wsed several -convictions that
were the stiffest recorded for' some" time in the
Douglas county district churt. Tije judge believes
[ that mercy should season justice, at the same time
| holding that society is entitled to a little mercy.
One of the men had the impudence to excuse his
highway robbery by saying he was but 45 days out
of the penitentiary, and needed money. Seems as
if he never thought of working for it. He just
robbed a man who did work. “Society will be safer
with you in prison,’’ said the judge, and, barring
interference of the parole .board, that nonchalant
bandit will spend the. next 17.years behind the bars.
Others fared similarly.
Another proper sentence was that of 30 days in
jail to a man charged with tampering with wit
nesses during the recent Griffin murder trial. This
will probably have a wholesome effect on those who
have so boldly operated in this fashion, even in the
courthouse. Two or three more of th?m locked up
would materially clear the atmosphere.
Men and women ordinarily are not inclined to
be vindictive, but the law should be relentless in its
pursuit of criminal offenders. Inexorable in exact
ing penalties from them. “I could do that standing
on my head,” is a favorite expression of the burglar
or holdup man, when let off with a moderate sen
tence. .
When those criminals who have come to Omaha
with the idea that they could get off easily if
caught, learn that there is real strength on the crim
inal court bench, they will change their minds in a
hurry.
NOW RUSSIA WANTS A BIG NAVY.
Russia's request for permission of the League ol
Nations to build 419,000 tons of fighting ships
sounds rather startling to a world that is looking
for a diminution of navies. The program of the
United States, abandoned at the Washington con
ference, was the largest ever undertaken in the
world’s history. It called for only 438,000 tons of
capital ships. This shows the importance of the Rus
sian proposal.
Admiral Behrn, who presented the subject to the
league’s commission, sitting at Rome,-argues that the
ships are needed to protecl Russia’s coast. The
•oTiet republic has front on three seas. It feels its
coasts are insecure. The idea is strangely at vari
ance with the thought so extensively promulgated,
that all the soviets seek is peace. No sign is noted
of attack from any outside power. The only real
danger to the soviets arises from their persistent
interference with the domestic affairs of other na
tions. Propaganda for the communists is exten
sively carried on. It is righteously resented by the
established government* of the world. 9
Whether or not Russia gets the permission asked
from the league, it is reasonably certain some war
ships will be built by the soviets. To ask them to
continue defenseless, when all other nations have
means not onlj for defense but for attack as well,
is unreasonable. Russian commerce js slowly reviv
ing, as Russian industry begins to emerge from
beneath the communistic blanket that smothered it.
To deny, then, to Russia the right to protect its
commerce on the high seas, a right enjoyed by all
civilized governments, would be unjust.
First, how’ever, the soviets should prove their
peaceful protestations before consenting to their
arming on so magnificent a scale. Russia's neigh
bors in both Europe and Asia have not rested eas
ily for some years. A “red" army in view all the
time is not conducive to quiet nights in government
headquarters, even in Moscow. This menace still
stands, and those nearest it are not at all assured of
its altruism.
What really js encouraging Is the fact that the
Moscow group goes so far as to recognize the
rights of others as to appeal to the league of na
tions. Not such a great while ago the Third Inter
nationale thundered its intents from Moscow, and
the soviet leaders there hastened to proclaim their
fealty to the commune. A different tune it now
heard from the kommissars, indicating that even
they ere not insensible to the progress of the world.
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The governor ought not encounter much diffi
culty in selling 60 cars of coal in a community
where more than a hundred cars are consumed
every day. That is, If he goes about it right.
Bascom Slemp will show that he, too, can talk
when he wants to.
You will laugh at the ground hog. will you?
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Homespun Verse
—Bj Omaha’* Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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PERPLEXITY.
A fellow came to me one day and anld: "My heart la
blue—
I'm up against a funny thing and don’t know what to
do.
I know a girl woo mean* to me as much or more than
Ilf.-;
Hhe’a faithful, and I need her- Oh, I want her for my
wife.
But our religious view* are not In every sense akin.
And some have Bald that auch might let discrepancy
crwep In. /
Your frank opinion I Implore to guide so I may
Forget or build my future dream about our wedding
day."
Saye I "If* pretty hard to *av Just what might rnm«
to you,
But when a man’* In love hi* heart should tell him
what to do;
You both are In the same old world and trend the com
rnon sod.
And you were both created by and serve the selfsame
(loci;
if It wa* me, I'd let my heart |>o Judge In such a cns<
I wouldn't place *n much upon eecle*ln*llc gfnce
And I might ask lo set you atralght upon your pur
sling way —
"Just what haa true love got to do with how we humans
pray?" f
fly EDWIN O. PINKHAM.
”
From Virginia Farmer to General
of the Continental Army
You arc the only being for whom. I hat e an awful
reverence.—Lord Erskine to Washington.
XVII.
/ —^"1 Washington had advanced
I I to the forefront in thatVlr
f^*| glnla society of the mid
[BietiBl i8th century. A mixed so
ciety of highland hack wood a men and
lowland aristocracy, and.though he
belonged to the latter, the leadership
he exercised extended over both. Be
tween the close of the French wars
and the coming of those events that
stirred the colonies to resistance
against the crovytt he led the uuiet
Ilf* of a Virginia farmer at Mount
Vernon.
He had now attained to full man
hood, and was In every way the finest
expression of manhood that age had
given. "His pers^p, you know," Jef
ferson has written, "was tine, his
stature exactly what one could wish,
his deportment easy, erect and noble."
Hilbert Stuart, the painter, records
that he never saw a man with such
large e^ls-soekets, or with such breadth
of nose between the eyes. His hair
was light brown, the eyes grayish
blue. His mouth was habitually
con pressed, his forehead wide and
high. He was what we call a hand
some man, and one whom people
turned to look at. He was attentive
to his dress, and whether dancing or
on horseback was a perfect figure for
grace. Mrs. Adams, on first sight of
him. wrote to her husband: "I was
struck with General Washington. You
had prepared me, but I thought the
half was not told me. Dignity, wtth
ease and complacency, the gentleman
and the soldier, look agreeably blend
ed in him. Modesty marks every line
and feature of his face."
If we can Imagine that figure in
the blue and bulT uniform of a Vir
ginia colonel, riding with tasseled
sword, the AVashington arms glisten
ing on his horse trappings, we shall
not wonder at the Impression he made
one May morning in 1758 when, on
his way to AA'Illiamsburg, he stopped
at an hospitable A’irglnla mansion
for the night. And an impression he
did make on one member <>f that
household, who may have been look
ing from the window ns he riale up.
At any rate when Colonel Washington
bowed low before Martha Dandrldge,
the charming 26 year-old w^idow of
Daniel Ihirke Custis, A’lrglnia's most
notable love affair that instant began.
It was not the first time AVashington
had been in love. So long ago as
when he was surveying "beyond the
ridge” we find him writing to an In
timate of his "lowland beauty." some
times identified as Lucy Grymes. who
married Henry Lee. Her son Harry
became an officer under AA'ashlngton.
and her grandson led the army that
surrendered to Grant at Appomattox.
Also there are letters in Washington's
early tmnd to "Dear Sally," and when
he was 20 he was writing to AA’Illlam
Fauntleruy asking permission to call
upon his sister, Tletsy, who appears
from this letter to have once dis
couraged his attentions. In 1756,
when AVashington went to Boston
upon an errand of military import to
Governor Shirley, he stopped in New
Aork, and at the house of Beverley
Robinson, where he was entertained,
met Mary Bhilipse, "a beauty and an
heiress," and AVashington lingered
there many days beyond the time he
had appoint^# to leave.
But what with surveying, fighting,
and attending to his legislative duties,
\\ aldington until now had never paid
anything but fitful court to any lady.
But when he rode away from the
"White House," the Custis mansion
on that May morning, he had arranged
to stop there again on his way hack
from AVilllamsburg. At that second
stopping all was done—so ardent,
swift and successful wa* the colonel’s
caiurtlng. In January, 17(9. Martha
Custis became Marthn Washington.
Her fortune added to his own made
Washington the most substantial man
in Vlrgania, and perhaps In the
colonies.
And now was to follow an interlude
uf some 16 yeur* during which Wash
ington was to live at Mount Vernon
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Abe Martin
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Constable Plum has censored th'
film, “Th’ Enchantress o’ th’ Nile,"
now showin’ at th’ nickel the-nter
an’ ordered 85 fart cut off th' kis:
in th' second reel. Some ((iris’ idee
o’ beauty is a snow white nose,
cerise cheeks nn’ a nut brown
throat.
_ (Capyrlph t It to_
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PAID CIRCULATION
for January, 1924, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .74,669
] Sunday .80,166
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overs. samples or papers spoiled tn
printing and tncluda* no special ,
sslet or free circulation of any kind.
V. A BRIDGE, Cir. Mtr.
Subscribed and swntn to bafora me
| this flth day of February. IP24
W. II QUIVKY.
(Seal) Notary Public
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the life he most loved. Cultivating
his broad acres, developing the best
stable In all Virginia, hunting In
"blue coat, scarjet waistcoat, buck
skin breeches and velvet cap," pre
siding at an hospitable table." experi
menting with new crops, attending
conscientiously to public affairs, he
was the type of country proprietor to
which Virginia owed its rapid devel
opment in that lull between two
storms. It was the happiest period
of his life; this, and the brief space
left to him after he retired from the
presidency, were the only times In
his crowded years that he could in
dulge his own tastes. His letters and
his diary show how absorbed he was
In every detail of the management
of his great estate. He attended per
sonally to the planting, the timber
cutting, the harvesting and shipping
of his crops—the Mount Vernon mark
on everything he marketed fixed Vir
ginia’s standard fbr excellence—and
no slave on his plantation could
shirk an hour’s work and hope to
have It pissed unobserved. Nor could
slave or other humble person on
Mount Vernon's acres want for any
thing in sickness or misfortune that
the careful and watchful master
failed to supply.
When the Interlude was over and
the call to public duty came Wash
ington was ready, but full of regret
for the scenes he was leaving behind.
Henceforth to the end of his life the
eyes of the world were upon him, and
it was a gaze he never learned to
bear without distaste. As a member
of the continental congress he with
drew from the room when Adams
propoaed his name as conimander ln
chlef. Brought back, he accepted the
commission In a few short sentences,
very like the man In their modesty
and directness. He refused In ad
Vane# to have any pay attached to hia
commission.
t\ hen Howe evacuated Boston and
the American army inarched in, con
gress presented a gold medal .to the
general, which the British historian
Trevelyan pointedly remarked was
the only coin Washington ever re
ceived for his inestimable service to
hia country.
(Copyright, Kansas City S'ar )
LISTENING IN
On the Nebraska Press.
The Merna Messenger has turned
Its 20th milestone, and looks forward
with confidence to the time when It
will be old enough to vote.
• • •
•'With a campaign coming on. a lot
of voters are just beginning to find
out fcow much the politicians think
at them." sarcastically remarks Don
Van Duaen In the Blair Pilot.
• • •
Hank Leggett of the Ord Qulx wants
* real nice, ladylike word coined to
designate women engaged In the
bootlegging business. ' Soofflawesses"
would be all right If it wasn't so
awfully hard to pronounce.
• • •
W. H. Weekes of the Norfolk Press
save the news that Roy Harrop Is a
candidate for vice president ought to
run In the “Smiles and Laughs" de
partment.
• • •
Lew Shelley of the Falrbury News
Insists that not all people who play
the marriage lottery draw blanks.
‘Several Falrbury women would 1*
better off If they had," remarks Lew
a« an after thought.
• • •
Mentor Brown of the Kearney Hub
propounds the following query, and
waits a satisfactory reply: "What
more ran we ask than a conscientious
administration of the law by a high
minded chief executive who has In Ids
entire public life given the people
whom he served the utmost reason
for confidence In his conscience and
his courage?"
• • •
Unless all precedent is upset at the
Nebraska Press association meeting
at Grand Island this week. Mrs. Marie
Weekes of the Norfolk Press will he
elected president.
• • e
Tn Its "Nineteen Years Ago" de
partment the Merna Messenger tells
of the removal of a "Bwhilly gee"
pump and the Installation of one of
the "Helle-go-dry" brand. Which Im
pels us to ask If anybody remembers
the old "frothy-on-top" pump?
• • •
"Shall we raise corn?" asks the
Crawford Courier. By all means. It
Is rfbt only more profitable than rals
Ing some other things, but It it not
provocative of headaches.
• • •
The Posad l,ocal announces that
hereafter It will appear as a semi
weekly. This is evidence indisputable
that Corad la a mighty good town.
• • •
"Some congressmen should wear
silencers," declares the Tekamah
Herald.
“The People’s
Voice*
Editorial* from r*»d*r* of Th« Morning
fW. Readers of The Morning Bee are
invited to u*e thi* column freely for
expression on matters of public
interest.
Political Capital From Teapot Bonn*.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Kail is in disgrace,
Dcnby is down and out, and Daugh
erty may be the next to tfo. It is a
foul smelling mess that has been
stirred up In the capital of the re
public.
1 shall not take scandal as an op
portunity for denunciation. 1 shall
not even denounce the republican ad
ministration, remembering wholesale
corruption and vicious war-time as
saults on liberty in the last demo
cratic administration.
Not many officials aye personally
corrupt, pet-haps. Fewer still pursue
policies which they believe to be
wrong. It Is quite likely that Fall,
nor Denby, nor Daugherty feet any
festering guilt. Everyone concerned
believes in the private ownership and
autocratic management of Industry.
The natural resources of the country
need development, and private enter
prise is the only way of developing
them, according to the dominant
view. If Mr. Sinclair or Mr. Rocke
feller make a lot of money, for exam
ple, well, that means that the oil re
sources of the country are being de
veloped. Of course this means, also,
that most of the people are left out
In the cold, that poverty Is rife, that
opportunity Is narrowed, that genius
is stifled, that envy and hatred and
suffering, a wholly unnecessary
amount of evil, must obtain, but who
pretends, who knows anything about
it, that governments have been insti
tuted for the good of the governed?
Nearly all energy of mind and body
Is devoted to making a living. City
and country workers are not thinking
about government except in a vague,
spasmodic way. They vote for “great
men" and “good men” year after
year, men who believe in private own
ership and private profit, and so every
now nd then things come to a head
and we have a scandal. A host of
hard fames are hurled, one or two or
three* are separated from official po
sitions, and possibly a subordinate
goes to the penitentiary. The real
cause, the essential evil, is neglected.
When the city and country work
er* decide to have a government of
their own, they can have It.- It won't
take all of them either, nor even a
majority. The way 1* surprisingly
smooth and straight If they will only
wash out eyes and ears and move for
ward. The public official* of the fu
ture will serve faithfully the people
who really put them there, just as
they are doing now. If the great mass
*’f the people want to he served faith
fullv. they have hut to say the word
to "get up and go.”
They can begin, this campaign year
of 1924, by supporting only farmer
labor candidates for office. That won't
I* all. by any means, but It will be a
good beginning.
KDMCND R. BRl'MBAUGH.
Too Many Motor Tiim.
Omaha—To the Kdltor of The Oma
ha Hee: "An average of $14,000 a day
has been taken in at the office of
Otto Bauman, city and county trea
surer, In the last few days, since the
police order that autolst* who were
delinquent longef In obtaining their
auto licenses would be arrested.
To date 20,000 licenses have been
Issued. This. says. Bauman, repre
sents one half of the gasoline vehicle*
In the county.”
The above appeared in one of our
dally papers. I cannot understand
how much longer the people will stand
for double taxation. It seems street
railways and mllroads must have
used plenty of Influence in compelling
our last legislature to pass this law.
making It hard for the common man
to own a fliver, and then a police law
to arreat those without a license
State, county and city tax and wheel
tax ought to be enough to pay for the
privilege and convenience of owning
a fliver. About the only pleasure and
convenience now enjoyed by the aver
age working man's family la the pos
session of a flivver and perhaps a
secondhand one at that, which re
quires as much In license fee as a new
one.
Before voting for any of these feV
lows who want to be nominated and
elected to our next legislature, make
them promise you that they will help
to repeal this license law. and then
see to it that they keep their promise.
The state of Iowa has no license
law. What is good for the people of
Iowa ought to he good for us here In
N'ebinska. If you wish to remove a
convenience and pleasure of the com
mon people, put on enough tax and
you will accomplish your object.
Ownership of a low-priced car is
not a luxury these days but a neces
sity. Over 80 per cent of all cars sold
are low-price^ Fords and others—
and owned by the common people.
The writer Intends to buy a oar
^iext spring hence one reason why he
thinks double taxation ought to be
killed, O. M. R.
An Old Time Postman.
Merman, Neb.—To the Rditor of
The Omahn Itee: We read In your
paper where Mr. Swnn of Shelton,
Neb., is believed to he the oldest car
rier In point of service In the state.
Ws have a rural carrier In this office
who heats Mr. Swan's record by one
year and 10 days.
Rural delivery service was estab
lished at this office, February 1, 1901.
Carrier Claude I*. Reid accompanied
hy Postmaster John C. Bailey took
SUNNY SIDE UP 1
y#ke Comfort, nor forget
Jfhat Sunrise never yet j
PRIMARY TIME.
Now come* the smiling candidate.
With well-intentioned breezines*.
And says the country’s needing him
To settle Its uneasiness.
He shakes our hand with clasp so!
warm.
And speaks In tones of tenderness,
tie says the country's chance to live
Is now reduced to slenderness
Unless he's put In higher place
To change Its future destiny.
But, as a ruls. 'tls hard to find
A more colossal post than he.
Odd zooks! The candidates abound
In flocks that add to weariness:
With same old line of bunk to add
• Unto life s load of dreariness.
Far be It from us to make this de
partment a refuge for those who have
complaints. We would have to dis
criminate because complainants are
so numerous and space so limited.
But now and then we feel impelled t<»
break even this ironclad rule, the com
plaint being so well founded and
voiced* by many-.
Art Shatter of Seward points out
that as the price of restaurant meals
soared filgher and higher, the damand
fog "coffee and doughnuts" Increased
by leaps and bounds, and In time be
came the universal breakfast for trav
elers. And then came the reaction.
Walter* began saying. "We have no
doughnuts this morning.’ and then
followed a stiff boost In the price of
the article.
"This," writes Shaffer. “Is a serious
proposition. Do not class m«- as a re
former. but really the matter Is wor
thy of attention. The hole in the
doughnut has been discussed, and
cussed, but now we are confronted
with the disappearance of hole and
all."
f'ertainly we will not class yhafferl
as a “reformer.” This is an epithet
we reserve for use when we want to
express extreme dislike of a man or
his Ideas. But certainly we agree
with him in the statement that this
doughnut matter is entitled to consid
erable attention. We, too, have suf
fered. i
Referring once more to the dingus
the street car conductor works to sift
out the fares, and our unsatisfied
curiosity as to how it works, we have
another query. Tou have noticed,
doubtless that very frequently it hap
pens while the street car is at a
standstill, suddenly there will be
heard a muffled grinding noise, ac
companied by a tremor of the car.
We have often felt (he urge to ask
the conductor what caused it and thei
out the first mail, and terrier Reid
it still on the job.
During his 23 yeiyrs of faithful ser
vice he has had 12 nead of horses,
four R. F. D. wagons, two sleighs and
two automobiles.
One winter, he has. forgotten the
year, he made 62 consecutive trips in
a sieigh.
Mr. lfeid lost IS days on account of
sickness during tit* influenza epi
demic. He has traveled approximate
ly 1*8.784 miles. Mr. Reid is 5* years
of age. eats three good square meals
each day and if there is any chance of
getting through with the mail his pa
trons know that It will be brought
out to them. Mr. Reid makes no
claim as to being the oldest carrier
as to length of service, but we' will
put him up against any carrier In the
state as to faithful service.
H. B. CA11KRO.V, P. M.
An Ideal Husband.
Title on animal film read. "The
ostrich sees very little—on the other
hand, it digests everything.”
Girl in audience nudges chum and
remarks: ”Oee! What an Ideal hus
hgnd an ostrich would make”'—Good
Housekeeping.
whyfor*. but our dl“ltke of having the
conductor look at u* with the »C‘1"'
always accorded John Q- HU.. ■ >
Hlckvllle ha*1 prevented. But if snm
one would kindly come across win
the information we would feel relieve-,
in mind.
While candidates who frequent-1
the sessions of the Nebraska Pres
association last week were treat
wlth all due courtesy, there was or
Honmember of the profession wt
was cordially welcomed. Whenev
Ur. Rirh of Grand Island showed up
he was welcomed as a long lor
brother. *
Newspaper reporters. traveling
salesmen and the traveling public in
general lost a splendid friend wh»t
Vic Anderson, Union 1’acitic superb,
tendent, died- His funeral was he!
at Grand Island last .Saturday. V’
Anderson always helped the reportei
out. and it was his delight to extend
to the public those little courtesies
that, after all, bring the most pleas
ure into life.
Referring to Nebraska's primar
law—and certain postal rules t
gether with ironclad rul»s signed t
the edltor-ln-chief. icrohiblt us fron
doisg so as we would dearly love to
do—we hereby offer as a prize on
package of our favorite brand of
smoking tobacco for the best ex
planatlon, or diagram, of Its provb
ions, said explanation or diagram to
be limited to .‘00 words or less We
would feel perfectly safe In offer »
prize of several million dollars
would do so were it not calculate ; f
arouse inquiry in certain quan
We are in no position to stand
senatorial investigation.
For something like 4b years wehs.v
been frequenting the theaters hope
ful that in time we would be per
mitted to see a drama wherein th»
actor taking the part of the news
paper reporter would act like a real
reporter. To date we have suffered
grievous disappointment. So far each
one of the stage reporters has car
ried a cute little note book, something
we have never seen a real reporter
do.
Tour reporter in real life, Just be
fore starting out, grabs up a aheaf
of copy paper, folds it to convenient
pocket size and caches it in the most
convenient pocket. And nobody on
earth save himself could decipher the
hlergoiyphics he Jots down thereon.
Having despaired of seeing Such a
character on the stage, we have de
cided to write the drama ourself, and
then to cast any one of the capable
and highly energetic reporters on The
Omaha Bee for the part. In thle way
only can we hope to achieve this life
time ambition. We have the man for
the character: our only doubt ia lo
cating an “angel."
Of course we feel perfectly com
petent to writs ths drama. What
newspaper man doesn't!
WILL M. MAUPTO.
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