Norris Will Not
Stump State in
Behalf of Party
Senior Senator Deplores Par
tisan Ballot — Oniahans
Take Issue With
Him.
(Continued from 1‘nxf One.)
feeling of criticism or ill will toward
such persons, and I think it is fair, if
I want the rule applied to everybody
else.
“This kind of a campaign will, of
course, be unsatisfactory to the man
who places party before everything
else. I wish the great bulk of the
people could be brought to realize that
most of these men who are yelling
that the ticket should be voted
straight, do not themselves vote It
straight. They never practice what
they preach. They never vote the
ticket straight when they have not
controlled the nominations.
“It I had my way about it, I would
abolish the party circle and make It
Impossible thus to vote a straight
ticket. I would elect every officer in
the state on a nonpartlsan«ballot, and
l would be perfectly willing to have
that same rule applied to candidates
for congress, although I presume the
party virus is so firmly established
In the hearts of many of our people
that It would he impossible at this
time to carry the reform that far.
“I would like to abolish party re
sponsibility and In its stead establish
personal responsibility.
“Sincerely. G. W. NORRIS."
Oniahans Take Issue.
Among prominent Omahans who
take issue with the senator are Al
bert W. Jefferls, former congressman;
Judge Ben S. Baker and Robert
Smith, clerk of the district court.
Others who were seen were similarly
opposed to the views of the Benator,
but for reasons which they explained
did not deem It wise at this time to
release their views for publication.
Walter W. Head and A. V. Shot
well were among those who declined
to he quoted.
He .Should Resign.
A. W. Jefferls. former congress
man. said: “It seems that the senator
has reached a point In his life where
he can't be a consistent republican
with other republicans, he should re
sign from the ticket and take his
chances with any party he wants to
join. Affairs In this country are
such that party responsibility has
been the main factor In guiding poli
cies of the nation, and always will
continue in some manner or form.
"At present, .the party In power in
the-legislative department consists of
representatives and senators from
the stronghold of democracy, supple
mented by a few so-called republicans
from this section of the country, and
if the coalition of partisans now di
recting legislation is to continue, it
should he done under the name of
the democratic party, rather than
through a misnomer.
"The republicans of this state en
dorsed President Coolidge and nomi
nated Senator Norris, with hopes
that the republican party Is still big
enough to utilize the talent and work
of both; and that President Coolidge,
vho! Is willing to be called a repub
lican and carry out the policies of the
republican party as expressed by a
majority, should have hearty co-op
eration of senators known and desig
nated as republicans."
Judge Ben S. Baker said: “The na
ture and kind of our government ac
quires, if not demands, political par
tits. and political parties should car
ry the responsibility of their princi
ples whether enunciated in platform
or not, and any candidate and office
holder elected by any political party
uwts a. duty to such party and Its
Principles. If the principles and plat
form of a party are not In, accord
with any candidate, he should'not ac
cept a nomination from such party.
Reformation Not Destruction.
' “I don't mean hy this that any
officer, particularly a legislative of
fleer, is hound by every bill In
troduced by his fellow partisans, un
less such measure enunciates the
principles of his party. Rome mem
bers of the legislative bodies feel
that the reformation of their party
rests entirely upon their shoulders,
hut. this is not a one-man country
nor a one-man party.
“When a man is elected to an of
fice by his party and is not in har
mony with the principles of his party,
he should relinquish the trust im
posed In him. Reformation of a
party does not mean destruction of
a party. I do not believe in quar
reling with any man on account of,
his political views, hut if he holds a
certificate of election from the people
of his party, he holds It on account
of a trust Imposed—that he will sup
port and uphold sincerely the prin
w 1
Nebraska
News
Nubbins
V_— -'
Oshkosh.—The contract for building
a steel and concrete state aid bridge
across the North Platt* river at this
place was let to the Westover Steel
nnd Iron works of Lincoln. Work Is
to begin not later than June 1 and
to he completed by December 1. The
bridge will cost $74.*20.
Beatrice—J. W. McFarland. SO. for
merly of this city, died at hie home
in Cheyenne county, Colorado, accord
ing to word received here by his
father-in law, T. v. Rhodes, of Be
atrice. Mr. McFarland leaves his wife
and nine children. Me wpa a son of
!he late James McFarland, Gage
county pioneer.
Beatrice.—Announcement has been
received here of the marriage of Rut
gers Van Rrunt, son of W. M. Van
Brunt of this city, and Miss Ceclle Cla
rity, at Minneapolis. Mr. Van Brunt
is a graduate of Beatrice Mlgh school
and the Nebraska State university.
He is employed as a civil engineer
with the Truacon Steel company of
Yogngstown, O., wltti headquarters In
fit. Louis.
Falrhury.—The Falrhury board of
education reorganized by electing Dr.
.1. H. Bond, president; Mrs. Bell*
Jenkins, vice president, and C. H.
McGee, secretary. Frank L. Spear
and C. A. Ewers were the retiring
members and C. F Whit* and Dr
Blair are the new ones.
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ciples of his party. If he fails or
refuses to do that, he is not of his
party.”
Robert Smith said: "I supported
Senator Norris beeause I believe in
his honesty and his devotion to a
cause, 1 do not coincide with him
in his position on party government.
I believe in party government, in
voting for principles, and if I had
it in nty power I k'ould bring about
such a change in o^r political forms
and procedure ns would enable the
average citizen to fix responsibility
upon a political party for failure or
success, and at the same time give
to the party unquestioned power to
carry out its pledges.
"The great game of 'passing the
buck’ is being practiced in American
politics today afc neter before. The
time has come for bringing about a
change and I see no better %ay out
than the adoptioji of the responsible
ministry or managerial form of gov
ernment, which is party government,
pure and simple."
Harry O. Palmer declared, "Senator
Norris' letter shows that he is a sin
cere and honest man, but the thing
Tie speaks of—personal rather than
party responsibility—just woi^’t work
out. The big things of the future, as in
the past, will be accomplished
through partj solidarity.”
Farmefs’ Lobby
% •/
Urged by Bryan
Vote Trading System in Legis
lative Bodies Attacked by
Governor in Address.
Central City, Neb.. May 8.—Gov
ernor Bryan w-as principal speaker at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Merrick County Farmers' club here.
Mrs. C. G. Ryan of Grand Island,
president of the Nebraska League of
Women Voters, also addressed the
meeting.
Governor Bryan’s subject was
"Business Affairs of State.” He
made a plea for better government,
explained what he termed the per
nicious system of vote trading in
legislative bodies, and suggested that
the farmers, for their nwn protection,
should maintain a lobby at Lincoln
during the session to look after their
interests.
The governor congratulated the
League nf Women Voters on getting
out questionnaire to the several can
didates for various offices before the
recent primaries, and added that can
didates without opinions on these
questions were not qualified and
those with opinions who would not
express them were not safe.
Mrs. Ryan declared that the object
ive of women In politics must be more
thaji mere office holding. She thought
it better for women to' refrain from
political office seeking until they had
demonstrated their fitness to fill of
ficial positions better than the men.
Rather, for the present, she said,
should woman s sphere be to educate
herself and her slaters in a crusade
service and preach politics a* a gos
pel of service to their country.
The, next meeting of the Merrick
County Farmers' club will be held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rice
in this city on June 4.
Laf Reel Is Hit
With Film Fans
Theater Managers Eager to
Satisfy Audiences With
Eaf Feature.
Whore to see Local Laf* today:
Sun theater. Omaha.
* Stihurhaiul theater. Omaha.
theater. Omulta.
Empress theater. Central City. Neb.
Electric theater. McCook. Neb.
1,yrie theater. North Henri. Neb.
Movife theater owners and man
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that demand. The Local Laf reel is
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Discriminating managers are taking
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taking in the Local Laf contest on
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Hundreds of letters are coming in
from contributors of the LochI Laf
contest. Follow up the Laf ropl at
your, favorite theater. If your theater
is not showing this reel, inquire of
the manager when he will show*it.
Each week a first prize of $5 Is of
fered for the best original joke: sec
ond prize of *3. third of $2 and 12
additional prizes of $1 each. Make your
j jokes original and limit them to 30
words each. Send in as many lafs as
you wish. Address them to the Local
Laf editor. The Omaha Bee.
Some jokes submitted have merit
but do not get within the prize class.
Of this class some are selected for
this column. Today's three are:
"1 “impose the name of that umbrella
Indicate* that it belong* to you."
"Which, the name or the umbrella?"
"The name, of course."—Mrs. Charles
Mattlial. Council Bluffs.
"Bid you see Oliver Twist, auntie?"
"Hush, child! You know I never attend
those modern dances."—E. C. Whelan.
2325 Dear Park bouletarri.
"Indies In audience, who are willing
to mother their husbands, raise their
hands."
"I will," replied one.
"That’s right, go home and mother
him."
“Oh! I thought you said 'smother
him.’"—Imitm (aider. *mith Bend. Neb.
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WORK AUTHORIZES
SALE OF TIMBER
Washington, May 8.—Secretary
WoiAq today authorized the sale under
new regulations, of 20,000,000,000 feet
of timber on 1,000.000 acres of land
embraced In the former Oregon and
California railroad and Coos Bay
Wagon Road land grants in Western
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The timberlands, most of which are
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Girl, 14. Admits
Poisoning Mate
“Only ^ anted to Make Him
Sick." Slip Tolls Police
When Held.
Tampa. Fla.. May tt.—Held nn a
charge of slaying her husband, Mrs.
Daisy Milton, a 14-year-old girl, was
said by officers to have confessed at
Barlow that she placed a poison tablet
in a cup of coffee which her husband,
Levi Milton, drank. He died laRt
Thursday.
The girl wife told the authorities
that she had quarreled with her hus
band and desired only to "make him
sick."
The couple had been married only
a few months.
(Hllauay—A car driven by Walter
Milligan of Oconto ran off a bridge
here Mr. Milligan sustained several
broken ribs and other Injuries.
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
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Ry THORNTON IU KRKSS.
Friend or Foe?
Alan for thoae who cannot know
If they are meetlnp friend or foe.
Young Chuck.
"Hello, what's that coming?" ex
claimed the young Chuck.
Jerry Muskrat looked in tlie direc
tion in which the young Chuck Was
looking. "It's a boat'." he exclaimed.
Oh, dear! oh, dear! \\ liy doesn't that
boat turn and go the other way*
"It must be that those hunters are
coming bark."
"I don't see but one,” said the
young Chuck.
Jerry Muskrat looked in the direc
fore. There was only one. "That
doesn't make any difference," said
he. 'That one probably has a terri
ble gun. I'm not going to wait for
him to get any nearer. Jt is a pity
you can't swim under water the way
I cen. If you lie flat on that log per
haps he won't see you. Here is hop
ing you have lurk.”
With this Jerry slipped Into the
water, dived and swam under water
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as far as he could. The young
Chuck turned anxiously to watch the
lioat. It was still some distance
away. Perhaps it wouldn't come near
enough for him to be seen. He took
Jerry’s advice and lay flat down on
that log. He made himself just as
flat as he could.
Can you guess how he fell?. I don't
lielieve you can. There he was per
fectly helpless. There wasn't a thing
lie could do. He could swim, hut only
for a short distance and in a slow and
clumsy way. There was no place to
swim to. lie couldn't dive and swim
under water as Jerry .Muskrat did.
There was nothing to do but stay on
that old log and hope and hope and
hope that he wouldn't tie seen.
Was it a friend or a foe In the boat?
The young Chuck was sure It was
a foe. It must he a hunter, one of
.those unfair hunters. He didn't have
a bit of. doubt of this Nearer the
||«>at came, and nearer. Then tt
turned off. The young t'huek gave
a sigh ot relief. Hut his relief didn't
last long. Presently the boat tinned
again, and began coming straight to
wards him. He could hear the splash
of the oars, and every splash made
Ills heart jump. He had had narrow
escapes in his short life before, but
never had he been in such a dreadful
situation as this. He (rled shotting
his eyes so as not fo see that boat
draw nearer and— nearer. But he
couldn't keep them shut.
"I wish I could swim like jerry
Muskrat. 1 wish I could swim like
jerry Muskrat," he kept saying over
and over to himself. ‘ If I could I
might have a chance. But I can’t
swim like jerry, and if that hunter
sees me I won t have any chance at
all. 1 wonder if 1 hair escaped being
drowned Just to he shot. Oh. dear
Oh, dear: Why doesn't that >oat turn
and go the other way?"
But the boat didn’t turn. It came
straight on. The one who was row
ing it was bark to the young Chuck,
and tile latter knew he hadn't been
seen yet. Ills one hope was that ho
wouldn’t he seen. Every once In a
while the rower turned to see where ^
he was going. He saw the two oM
logs floating side by side, the one on
which the young Chuck was laying
flat and the other one which Jerry
Muskrat had left. But so far he had
n't noticed the young Chuck, He
turned his boat so as to go past the
logs and not hump into them. It was
then for the first time that he saw
the young Chuck. The latter knew
he had been seen. He shook all over.
• (Copyright n:i t
The next story: The Fortunate
Voting Chuck,"
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