The Omaha Bee MOim WG—«VKmttG—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO. PtAUaRar N. B. tTfDWE, Pm.IOpbI BALLARD DUNN. JOY H. HACK I.EE Editor IB Ckl.f Bu.lau.. Manu.rr MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , Th* A».oel.'*4 Ft*.., uf which The B*« la a a^ber u.rlu.iv.ly CBt.llcd to th« u«. for republic, tint! of oil now. dl.potrh*. rroditod to It or not oihrrw,.. cr.dit.d i in thl. paper, .nd .).» tho loral n.w. puhli.hrd hrr..tr f All right, of rupublieatisa of our .poci.l diopotch.. or* I *l,Th«r*Om.h. Boo I. a member of tho Audit Bur«.u of * Circulation., tho rcrognir-od authority on audit., and Tho Omaha Boo', cireutattoa i. rogutariy audited by thoir orgoaiMtlcn.. __ Entered o. oocond-el... Blotter May H. ***?• ot Omaha po.toffico under act of March g, into. — TELEpHONES PriratO Branch, Exchange. A.V for Untie 1000 tho Department or P*r»n Wonted. OFFICES Main Officn—17 th and Furnarn Co. Bluff.—1* Seott St. So. Sid..N. W. Cjt-*4,h N Now York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford ■«* Chicago-—Tribuno Bldg. han.a. City—*2“"* St. Louia—Syn. Tru.t Bid*. L"» A.icloa—Hi**i«. Bldr San Fion.—Hollrook Bid*. Atlanta—Atlanta Tru.t Bid*. V ... ---* PARADE OF THE WIZARDS. Persons whose memories of the theater go back to the early 90s have a vivid recollection of Frank Daniels, clinging precariously to the top of a palm tree, while the waters of the suddenly risen Nile rage around him. “Am I a wi*?”’he inquired, in that quizzical tone of his. “Didn't I make the Nile overflow?” Remember that and then think of who it was made the wheels go around at Chicago four years ago. Men who had never been heard of in public lifo are now being dragged forth as the ones who manipulated the convention. Manipulated? That ia not the word. Bought, purchased, ordered, any of these terms fit better. Unknown dictators came forth with huge sum* of money, and thouaanda and hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent 10 lavishly that the world stands in awe ot the munificence Now that we are informed ot the source of this swelling flood of ready cash that swept over the land and “corrupted” an entire electorate, would it he out of place to inquire who got it in the end? * * • Jake Hamon was undoubtedly a big man in Oklahoma. He was swept into local prominence on M wavf of oil. His aspiring soul soared beyond the confines of his domain on the verge of the outland. For Oklahoma is in the hinterland of national politics. Hamon had shown himself a liberal spend er; his entertainments were Gargantuan, his benef icences were lavished with the sweep of a man who values money as nothing alongside his personal vanity. He may have been permitted to pay the hotel bills for the Harding committee at Chicago. That would indicate thrift on part of the Ohioans, rather than corruption on part of the Oklahoman. We can admit without argument that he spent $400,000 to be elected national committeeman in Oklahoma. Tha only comment en thia ia that of the late Robley D. Evana in reply to the purseproud pew holder. “You pay too damned much!” The prize Jake Hamon bought was not worth the price. • • • What is to the point is thst Jake Hamon was not invited to a seat in the cabinet, nor doea it ap pear that at any point outside his home state did he have any special influence in directing the course of the administration. He was loyal to the party whose cause he espoused, and worked in his own way to aeeure victory for it Probably he aought to prove hia importance and hi* ability to serve by carrying hie state in the elections. That duty devolves on every national committeeman of any party. Just as in the Newberry case In Michigan, where vast sums of money were expended in the interest of a candidate, the lavishnesa of Jake Hamon’a ex penditure in Oklahoma reflects more on the elec torate than on anyone else. It takes at least two to make a bargain, and whenever a vote is pur chased it also must be sold. • • • Jake Hamon is dead. So are many of the others whose names are being brought into the record that ia being made up by the Walsh snd Wheeler com mittees. Only hesrsay testimony is being taken, goaaip, rumors and assertions unsupported by proof. Aeeording to Senator Walsh, the Teapot Dome ■eandal was known many months before it was brought into the arena. The only reasonable in ference is that the senator purposely bided his time, waiting until he could get the most politieal ammunition out of any inquiry that might be started. If a successful campaign issue can be eonjured up from the mass of contradictory statements that have been made, the unsupported slanders that have been broadcast all over the world, then the Amer ican people are easily blinded to what actually is aimed at Control of the government is the prize. The democrats hops to get back into power. Honest men fn all parties want the scandals cleaned up, the corruptionists punished, the government purged of all taint. To this ail arc devoted. But the course of the inquiry at Washington, now magnify ing the hangers-on of both parties is not doing much to aid in the accomplishment of the result all hope for We need a little more light, and a little leas backstairs gossip. ONE RACE WHERE ALL WIN The season for amateur gardeners is now open In Omaha, to any man, woman or child. This has proved very successful in the past, and will certainly go over with enthusiasm this year. No accurate record ever has been kept of the amount of garden truck that has come to useful maturity as a result of the response to the impulse to plant things and let them grow. It may he set down as a fact that mgny tables have been supplied with fresh, dainty vegetables thst otherwise would have had none. No vegetable tastes quite as good as that from your own garden, unless it he one from your neighbor’s garden. One of man’s natural impulses is to dig in the dirt in the spring time. Generally it is expended n the effort to produce a can of worms for bait. Incidentally, scientists hsve learned that those same, worms are the best known cultivator* of the soil. However, the quest for them is not so keen as onre it was, for substitutes for worms are commonly used by fishermen nowadays. Yet the impulse to dig re mains, and probably directed It. will result in a neat little garden patch, out. of which the family may gat many good things to eat. during the long sum mer months. Boys and girli who make gardens will get. the fundamental knowledge of life that Is to he had In ne other way. It has been suggested by advanced thinkers that the proper method for leading the young mind to an understanding of the great secrets •f existence ia through shewing tha hoy or girt tha process by which plants grow. Attending ■ garden patch from preparing the ground and planting tha aa*d to tha gathering of the ripened produce ie a splendid course for instilling vital knowledge in tha mind of tha gardener. ^Therefore, thia ia a rare where none ran lose. SOUND-HEARTED. William E. Borah haa given tia another common sense view of a situation that always haa and still does affect American politics. Money is needed to carry on the legitimate activities of a political party. Money ran only come from the supporters of the party. The evil aspect of this ia that lone con tributors expect special benefits from the success of the rampaign they support. It can not be accepted that money so invested is in the nature of a subsidy to the party, or to pave the way for especial favor*. Most of it is given for purely patriotic motives. This is true, no matter what his standing or how great his contribution. Funds are donated properly when they are given in the hope that the ascendancy and rontrol of the party supported will bring a general prosperity in which all will share alike. If it occasionally happens that a great crime is committed, as has been disclosed by the Fall incident, that does not imply that the method is wrong, or that the government is rorrupt. Senator Borah makes this clear: "But the people of this country ere sound never theless. The government as a government is not corrupt. There are honest and faithful public serv ants and loyal ami patriotic constituents. There are men ami women, thousands and millions of them, Just as willing to sacrifice for Ihe honor of their country and just as capable of serving Ihe cause of clean government as were their forebear*." These men and woman are citizens, they ere en gaged in every pursuit of life, in big business as well as in small. Our country is sound, the government is clean. It will endure so long as the people are true to themselves. SPOIL-SPORT ON THE ROAD A newspaper story tells of how a Kanaaa man got a “flivver” without an engine towed from Fort Dodge to Los Angeles without cost. He simply pushed his semblance of a car onto the side of the road, and waited for some good-natured motorist to come along and tow him to the next garage. Then he would push a little way and wait again. The story sounds good. It shows the quality of the motoring tourist in a fine light. If true, and some doubt exists as to its verity, it shows that Kansas still produces some measly specimens of humanity. A man who will so deliberately and persistently, solely for selfish reasons, and these not of high quality, abuse the generosity of hia fellow man is almost beyond deicription. The Mobray gang of confidence men did not take many chances, but even they glow with a refulgent light when com pared to this bird. One of the delightful features of motor touring Is the camaraderie that exists between the members of the guild. They help one another, they put them selves out to accommodate others in distress. Un written rules of the road include courtesy and con sideration for all. Just as the highwaymen took advantage of this to secure victims by flying signals of distress, so this chap is operating to destroy what ever is left of that fine spirit. Poetic justice, which seldom is administered, would suggest that he be made to tow hia engineless wreck ail the way back to Fort Dodge. On the way he might imbibe a notion of decency he seem* to be entirely without. Chicago and New York etick to the “daylight saving” time, with the result that more time is lost by strangers trying to get the matter straightened out then is saved by the process to anyone. "This New Freedom” seems to have hit Columbia university hard, if the atory from there is true, about the boya trying to drive a student out of a dormitory because he is a negro. One of the aignificant features of the testimony now going in at Washington is that it is all fur nished by people who have been separated from the federal pay roll. A Minneapolis man is celebrating his eighth es cape from death in automobile mishap*. He ought to recall the old adage about the pitcher going to the well. If you want to get a trip to Washington, think of a story. It does not need to he true, but it must be racy. Then let Senator Wheeler know you are ready to talk. A fence along the Mexican boundary is now pro posed. Would it not be easier to cut out all routrie tions, and let the unwary go to their finish in their own way? Washington supporters of William Gibbs McAdoo say he will control the convention, but will not be nominated. That is putting quite a responsibility on him. Congress promise* to clear the decks by Jan*. A lot of work will have to be done in the next six weeks if this is redeemed. The only #-A student at Central High ia a girl, and she aays she doesn’t study at night. There’a an example for the boys. The girls are going into the garden contest In a way that promises to give the boys plenty to do if they win. As for bunk, the Bryan brothers have been ped dling it for years and doing well. Wisconsin merely verified popular suspicion at the primary. Let the bread war go on. The customer* can stand it. r Homespun Verse —By Omaha’* Own P*#»— Robert Worthington Davit v_■■■'— -—* A PICTURE. A modest little *e| be •IcmS. bat aaate all! be MlbkeM uimmi rraaret. * •«• Mual rat tone ..f tea ward* aad Nw* all! ha *l>ea nrefrreare. • ^ Criticise* I he I’anfwnw*. lliivtrd, Nab.—To the Killtnr of The Omaha Krr: A political organ lx» Hun I* to be Judged not by lla tior by it* proposal" and propaganda much a* by l'» act*. The '’oiifer erne for Progressive Political Action has for It* official organ In Nebraska the KarmerLabor Herald of North Platte. This paper alleges great love for I .a Kollette and Norris; hut my opinion is that t'b* stand the paper takes is entirely out or title with the arts or the organization. This organization had a national convention at Kt. Louis. The ring leadera were not able to put over their game at that time, for the rank and file were strongly in favor of Ha hoi lette for president. When they saw what they were up against they dis banded. Their game was to endorse McAdoo for president.. Now McAdoo had plenty of money to finance almost any kind of a campaign. So his henchmen Immediately called another convention to meet in Chicago. At this convention apparently the T.a Kollette sympathiser* were excluded and the oily McAdoo received the en dorsement of the National ' onfei eni-e for Progressive Political Action. The Nebraska branch endorses Mc Adoo. ISryan and Morehead. All democrats. Nothing was said about l.a Kollette and Norris. Krom the above record of their acts 1 assert that the Conference for Progressive Political Action Is being engineered by s bunch of democratic political buccaneers. Their object is to sup press and kill any attempt to organize a. third party movement. Having ef fectively killed such a movement, then in case Coolldge Is nominated they hope to corral the progressive vote again and turn It over to the demo cratic nominees dictated by Tam many. Murphy. Sullivan A Co. A progreaaive Is out of place in such company. Can the Conference for Progressive Political Action put their game over? Has McAdoo and Lk) heny enough of money? I* there enough of government patronage and pie for thie disreputable political bunch? Not If the voter* use their gray matter. J. M. PAUL. Boost For the Tramway. Omaha—To the Kdltor of The Oma ha Bee: It get* on my nerves at some of these Improvement club meet Ings to hear a few fire-eater* and chronic kickers, or wouldbe office holders, who haven't braina enough to run a peanut stand, Indulge in unfair criticism of the street railway com pany and tell how It should he run, how extensions should he made all over, etc. I am not In the amploy of the street railway, own no stock and am only Interested to tha extent of seeing fair play. In tha midst of all thia knocking the public should be reminded of a few fact*. Patron* of th# atreet car* are now getting more for their money than they did year* ago. considering the general level of price*. Those ready talkers and writers of letters to the papers do not even mate correctly the advance In fares, talking about 40 per cent advance and a 7 cent fare, when xve know that all regular patrons buy tickets at 6 1-4 cents each, an Increaae of 2S per cent. What a howl there would be If any of these fellows, whether laborer*, mechanics or clerks, had to work st a salary only 25 per cent more than In 19H, or if a rontracfor had to build a house or do any work on that baa.a. The Omaha Street Railway com pany keeps thalr tolling stock and equipment In better ahape than 1n almost any other city, as those who travel much know, and we are riding In belter car* and more comfortably than In former years. Cars being crowded at rush hours ft unavoldabl* and It Is that way in every city. Criticism was also msde during the severe weather when few automobile* web* used, hut how out of reason It Is to expect the street railway company to keep surplus cars to use for a few weeka and have them Idle during the balance of the year, even if they had men to run them. These ssme birds, as soon *s ♦ he weather gets nice, win get out the old flivver and haul their relatives and friends and beat the company out of every far* they can and enjoy seeing cars run half full. A word of commendation Is also due th# faithful employee of tha street railway. When did you see a motor man or conductor drunk or careleasT The safest place you can havs your chlldrsn when away from home la In the afreet car. From early morning to late at night these men ar# out serving th* public, putting in Irreg ular hours end for very ordinary wagea. You even hear complaint* about oar* not running regularly, and yet tha schedule* maintained show s wonderfully perfect system of routing and running earn. I rid* home with the eem* conductor every night and he has not misted th* corner where I get on more than a minute or two In a month. Th* afreet railway company also Buffers In the matter of (lim»«e claims, many of them excessive or un just, and Jurlea glv# verdict* for large amount*. Ignoring the evidence, be cause It la a corporation. 1 own an automobile, but And It cheaper and more satisfactory to use the street cars to and from work, am aatlaAed with the fare and aeivlce. and write this letter to show my ap predation and to counteract some of •he unjust and false statements that w# often hear. SQUARE DEAL. Mother*' Bo.v*. Omaha.—To th* Kltor of Th* Omaha Bee: Why keep mothers' boys who volunteered so manfully amt staked their live* fhr you and I from their rightful need* today? Those e» peclaliy who were Injured In body or mind should ha helped at once, r* gaidlees of coat to our country. Re member, these boy* staked their lives for ns and many lost them. Today when T *e# one of these hoys a crip ple from the war In need what do you think t think—what rould I think? Only one thought ehould ccme to n real man and that Is this: "O. what I NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for March, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE ' ; Dally . Sunday . Doe* set include returns, left - even, earnslee er papers spelled in prtntina and Includes nn special • ale* sr Ires circulation at any kind V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Strksrriked and toarn te kafsra pea tkla 4th day al April. 1S14 W. H. QUIVEY. (Seel) Natal y Public / Sunny side up VuJfc Comfort, nor for# t MatAmrm ne&rfaYUd uryt • ^^ Qlim/Umkr THR PAY AKTER. Dirked to a frnaxle? Wall,1 »«y, \N tint ia tha use of repining? Tomorrow begin* a new de>; Again the atm will be ahinirig. lMiwti, not out, if you huetle. So buck up end try It again. IN ork with brain and with tnue< le The work ia si ill calling for men. 1,irked to a fra axle? O, no, I nleaa you waste time in crying. NVhy sit In the midst of woe? Winning will follow the trying. linnt be s whining quitter; Keep smiling and try It again. The cowards shrink from the bitter, 0 But the world I* calling for men. Yesterday having been primary day, today will affoid op portunity to get a proper line upon the men who were Candi da lea. Some winners will doubtless show their littleness by undue rejoicing over their defeated opponent, and aome lose!a will prove by their grouching and their alibis that their losing was a bit of good fortune for the people. We frankly confess i hat shout the only good thing we can see in our primary law Is the fact Ihsl Jt gives us a good idea of character. Pass Another las. 1 hale to hear a fellow croak, and aay the world ha* gone to wreck. He Is (he gink I'd like to soak right in the middle of his neck, lie fills my days with bitter woe. niv nights he tills with pain and grief. He scatters hatreds to and fro and undermines faith and belief. The croaker Is a noisy brute who bothers me when I toil. I'd like to bust him ill i he snoot and all hi* blooming visage spoil. Of ail the peRts since nature a birth lie Is the woiat 1 ever saw. To hanleh him from off the earth I gnesa we ll Have to Pass a I^aw. We acknowledge the receipt of so Invitation to address the graduating class in a well known Nebraska city on May 23, and „ur acceptance thereof. Uue announcement of the place will he made later. We gladly accept, not because we believe our self competent to enlighten or entertain the bright young men and women of the class, but because It will be a Glorious Op portunlty for tie to renew our youth and acquire a n»w supply of Unfailing Optimism. Nebraska's spring crop of High Reboot graduates is. in our opinion, the biggest and best of all Ne braska crops. There I* et least one moat satisfactory thing about the present political apathy and the general state of uncertainty. W* shall not be expected tu ramble around with the front of our coats decorated with the celluloid likenesses of a lot of candidates. Despite ail the trouble that It has caused down in Wash ington. the good people of the old home town are determined to bore for more oil. WILD M. MADP1N. / ___-4 ft disgrace to our flag ancountry to let that poor aoul be In need after staking hia life, his all for yon and I. o, it'e a shame. Wa rlaimlng to be a Christian nation, where doee the Chriat part come in? la It doing aa we wish to be done by?" Remember some of these boya didn't wait to be railed, but volunteered like real men and staked their ail for mother, wife, home and country—also for you and I. God bless those poor boys and men. What do you really suppose they think of us today aa a Christian nation, as we claim to be? Have we proved it to them by our works? If not. let's begin now. I do really believe wa have a few Chrlalana and real Christiana in this nation. I believe had it not been for the Christ part of our nation the war would have lasted several months longer and the mothers of America would have lost thouaande more of their eons, had it not been for the prayers of the righteous. and I honor that man. Wilson, if I did not vote for hint. He proved to be a raal man. Remember it waa he who requested the Christiana of our nation lo gather to the hilltops and cry aloud for the victory. How well I remember one prayer and it waa literally answered and fulflllled. The request waa made to God like this: "Father of heaven and earth. Who rulea all In all, look down on us In tendar mercy and bring this graat war to a closa In haite and give the victory to the right for the benefit of all. and we will give Tou, O God, the praise. Amen.” I will leave you to guess who of fered that great prayer. I watched very rlose after it was given, and in a few hours tha word began to come across the mighty deep that we ha^t corralled our enemy end they were being slaughtered by the hundreds THE “AMATEURISH." She reads his criticism of her style of verse and—Oh!— With ahouta of joy la rapt to under stand Beneath his jaalous motive, thus, bar notice to despoil, Sure proof h*r work, at last, la la demand. Aa said lit tha beginning, ‘twin be said tilt agaa and. By envioua ones proas to taka aa pelf The palm of vlrtor-woatan. victor man or vlctor-Chrlat. Such skeptic words: “He la beside himaalf." So smiles tha "amateurish"—whan "most noble Featua” vents: "Much learning (loudly voiced) "hath made thee mad"— Wlin climbs to Muses' mountain ta create and hasten forth New tneseeges of truth to good and laid. So save tha “amateurish''—thus ei pressing plaudits loud— As. with her colleagues', her pro gression^ plod. Serenely on and bravely to foretasted Heart'a Desire: "If we’te bealda ourselves, it la ta God." — Alla Wrenwlck Brown. When in Omaha Hotel Conant Force of habit causes millions when they need a tonic to ask for SCOTTS EMULSION You are familiar with the salmon wrapper and the honest, robust face of the "fisherman". You should always ask for SCOTTS by name. J f —I—i —MM IMaSi i of thousands until the prayer was fully answered, and God ha* been (Citing the praise ever since. He closed It In haste and wre truly be lieve He did give the victory to the right. Now that God gave us the victory let ua be so glad that many of our boya still live that we will be willing to help those who are In need and not be so selfish with our substance. My principles as a man are always for the deserving and the under guy, and mothers' boys are eure deserving who fought for our country. May God bless them and may we help them. G. R. MOORE. ?-0 North Seventeenth, Omaha. Neb. Vacationing. "Next year," said Jones, "next year I ni going to take a real rest: that » me." "Going to the country?" "No. atr! Going to attck my car in the shop for overhauling, scuttle mv launch, send the dog to a kennel, ship my wife to the seashore, gut on mv overalls and stay home."—Times Dis patch. _ LISTENING IN On th# Nnnik* Praaa. Tb# Nebraska City Frees tails of a Nebraska City husband who la soma d plomat Ilia wife wan»#4 an auto mobile this spring and ha aec-ured a compromise by purchasing her a flashlight and a pair of roller skate*. • • e The Fremont Tribune man eon fesses t Itst If he hsd $100,000 he would hats to offer II to some of ths fellow* who are rriticlaing Fall. • • • Noiing that Henry Fold has 112, (too men on hie pay roll, Editor Mer win of the Beaver C ty Times Tribune, opines that h» could cut quite a poli tical figure If they were all county committeemen. • • • Gene Westervelt of the Scnitsbluff Republican admits that he ia sorry to uv there are a few fellowa down *t Washington, elected on the republican ticket, who are now working to help democrat* block legislation. • • a The Clarks Enterprise has ordered a new' typesetting machine, and as ma chines of that kind are very expensive he suggests that delinquents drop in. The machine will be worth It to them, and to the Enterprise. • • • Noting that the secretary of agricul ture claims to have the foot and mouth disease in hand the Grand Island Independent ronfesaes that it! think* the blamed thing is spreading • a * J. Hyde Sweet of the Nebraska City Press declares that fame and fortune await the man who invents a abort tail that will atay put. • • • file P.uc-k of the Harvard Courier has found one good thing about near beer. You can drink 11 or let it alone. • • « The Kearney Hub opines that the' ■>«av money picked up in Washing ton during and after the war ia not quite so easy in the final reckoning. • • • "Who would have thought that A1 Jennings would become the patron raint of democracy?" queries M. A. Brown of the Kearney Hub. • • « "Funny." muses the Nebraska City Press, "how the old fashioned boy h\ed through an era which did not ! Abe Martin ] We kin never tell what a rejected suitor or a Ford driver is goin’ t' do. Art Smiley’s got a middle name he’s goin’ t’ use if he ever gits money enough. (Copyright. 1t*4.) have this 'supervised play' stuff the reformers vre now trying to s'off down the throhts of boards of educa tion eiervwhete • • • The York Republican gives three cheeis and a tiger for the Standard Oil '‘o.. alio ail because the oil cone panv haa decided to remove all of lta big signs from the highways. • • • Ceorge Burr of the Aurora Register declares there sre too many girla who don't give a whoop how the kitchen looks just ao mother keeps the parior clea n. see Say Ole Buck". "You can aaaa a man s w-ife, slap his children, and throw ro< ks at his hena. but If you kick his dog you have inflicted mortal Injury wM< h can only be wiped out With blood.''__ ^St. Louis The popular way ie the Wabaeh way. 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