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SPOTLIGHT ON CONTRIBUTIONS.
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' Sentiment in the senate is unanimous that all
campaign contributions be given the fullest possible
publicity. An amendment to this effect was attached
by unanimous consent to the Kelley-Edge postal pay
bill now under consideration. It will become a law
only if and when the bill is passed and the house
consents to the amendment. That still is on the
knees of the gods, but the principle is declared very
plainly.
No objection can reasonably be lodged asainst
J the proposal. No political party can afford to ac
cept money from a source it would be interested in
concealing. Political campaigns, however, have
Reached the point where very large sums of money
are required to carry on the work of organizing to
successfully propagate the legitimate purposes of
the party’s work. This money will come only from
those who are interested in the success of the party
‘whose cause they espouse. It has not been a matter
Jof favoritism, as so many charge, which has led to
.the giving of large sums of money by wealthy indi
\iduals or corporations. Jay Gould is recorded as
having once testified that he was a democrat or a
republican according to the political complexion of
the state in which he was operating. This meant
that he contributed to both parties. The same is
and has been true of others. In the recent inquiry
at Washington it was brought out that Doheny con
tributed to one party and Sinclair to the other, leav
'Img honors even so far as tainted oil funds were
'Concerned.
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Particular stress is laid on the amendment as
!being of service in determining which of the officers
of the public service give, how much and to what
party. Nothing can be alleged against this, save
that it may operate to expose the official who is re
luctant to cpntribute to the scrutiny of the party
leaders. Thus some will be constraned to make pay
ment to campaign funds perhaps against their will,
'for fear of incurring displeasure of those who may
hold power over their jobs. Here is one place where
pitiless publicity may also be of harm quite as much
"as any good it will do.
Efforts to reduce expenditure on campaigns are
commendable. Great sums of money have been
lavished by candidates and their supporters, to the
■infinite scandal of all, and yet not for corrupt pur
poses. Candidates as well as parties must get their
case before the voters, and to do this efficiently are
compelled to resort to various devices that are costly.
It is possible that a slowing down of the general ma
chinery may be brought about with no barm result
ing, vet each of the rival aspirants is out for the
votes he feel- he need'1, and so it is but natural that
!,(>ach will exert himself to the utmost to secure those
Cvotrs. The man who has already established himself
yin the public mind has a distinct advantage over
the man who is comparatively unknown, and so the
»l«ttcr is at greater expense if he seeks to overcome
he disparity by informing the voters with regard to
‘himself. Such illustrations of the necessity for ram
‘nai::n expenditures may he multiplied many times.
They are commonly understood, and the people know
;that a huge campaign fund does not of itself imply
. widespread corruption of the electors.
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In the end the existence of our government in all
its ways and its ramifications re«ts with the people.
Only as the majority of those who go to the polls
.decide is the course of government shaped. It is
absurd to talk of wholesale bribery of voters in a
• land where 54,000,000 arc rlothed with the franchise
end have a right to exercise it. If only a minority
•of these take the trouble to vote, the laggards have
ffiken bribes of their own indolence or indifference,
; end are not influenced by the campaign fund, how
. ever munificent or lavish it may be. Nor do the ener
getic, patriotic workers feel in the presence of such
,a fund the urge to go with it to the end. Our na
'ional, as well as our local, elections turn on some
thing higher, nobler, more worthy in every respect,
than the sum of cash that is at the disposal of a
campaign committee.
ROMANCE DYING OUT OF SEA LIFE.
Stories of deep sea romance in the future will
have to be written with some consideration to the
effect of the Lu Toilette seaman's law. Yarns that
have entertained us from the day* of Tyre have
bristled with rope’s ends and belaying pins. The
ready fist of the bucko mate has always enforced
discipline and obedience, quelled mutiny, silenced
the sea lawyer, and brought the craft safe to har
bor. Sometimes the stark brutality of the episodes
has shocked our sensibilities, but as a rule it has
; pen accepted as an indispensable part of sailing be
fore the mast.
A verdict just returned at Seattle will lake some
of the joy out of the life of the bully in authority.
Tour members of a crew who had been manhandled
by the first mate have just hern awarded $14,500
as damages in a suit brought against the vessel’s
owners. The mate is in prison, serving a term for
' his assaults on the sailor men. He was an adept in
the use of the rope's end and the belaying pin, and
made life correspondingly interesting for the men
over whom he had been set. A jury several months
ago listened to the tale of seamen who had been
abused by this brute, and he was accordingly sent to
jiri*on.
Now justice reaches out s little farther, and ron
demns his employers to make money payment to his
victims. Thi« will he approved by all who will give
the mutter :i little attention. The cn«e will doubtless
be noted carefully* in shipping circles, and will Have
it* effect on the lives of sailormen in the future.
Slowly they are working up to the status of human
beings from a condition of abject slavery, to which
once they were condemned by a decision of the
United States supreme court. The lives of those
who go down to the sea in ships will he safer be
cause of this.
JOHN L. M’CAGUE.
One of the real builders of Omaha has entered
into rest. John L. McCague, although born in
Egypt, where his father was a builder as well as a
missionary, had lived 57 of his 69 years in Omaha.
From boyhood he was active, energetic and enter
prising. His manhood years were devoted to enter
prises that developed greatly for the benefit of the
community in which he made his home. Many monu
ments to his work may be noted about the city. He
was one of the group that made the East Omaha
bridge over the Missouri river a possibility. He as
sisted in financing and erecting a big business block
at a time when depression had discouraged others.
As a member of the Chamber of Commerce his serv
ices were notable, especially during those years he
served as chairman nf what is now the municipal
affairs committee of the chamber.
In church work he was no less active. Uncom
promising in his stand for private as well as public
righteousness, he took a quiet but influential part in
building up the spiritual and cultural elements of
city life, and in this, too, he has left many outstand
ing works that keep his name alive for years to come.
Any city is better for having in its wtorking ranks
men like John L. McCague, no city can have too
many of them. Such men are the builders in the
truest sense, for they round out their work to per
fection by balancing the material with the spiritual,!
and holding only well done that which squares mor
ally as well as commercially. Such a man was John
L. McCague, who will be sorely missed by the com
munity for which he did so much while living.
UP GO THE BARS.
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President Coolidge has signed the new imniisra
tion bill, and it is now a law. Aside from the
Japanese exclusion provision, over which such wide
dehate has followed since its passage, the main fea
tures of the law is that it greatly reduces the tide
of possible immigration from southern Europe. Italy
is most affected by this, although Greece, Bulgaria
and Turkey also feel its effects in proportion.
Under the new law, the chief immigration for
the future will be from Great Britain or Germany,
Sweden will come next, with Italy, Poland, Russia
and France following. The total number of aliens
to be admitted under the new law is cut a little more
than half, and hereafter examination must he at the
port of departure, so that most if not all the delay !
at our ports of entry will be removed.
President Coolidge expresses regret that the
blow to Japan was not softened in some degree, but
congress was determined on the classification of
Japanese with other Asiatic undesirables. The posi
tion of the government has been made plain to .Japan,
and it is not expected that relations will be inter
rupted on this account. Ambassador Wood is re
turning from Tokio, his resignation said to be due
to his displeasure at the exclusion measure. Right
or wrong, the action of congress is in line with the
feeling of this country, where orientals are not in
high favor at the present.
In putting up the bars so high, congress has
yielded to a pressure of public opinion that the
United Slates is no longer a haven for the surplus
populations of all other nations. Our own domestic
situation calls for consideration. I’roblerps of im
migration and the assimilation of new population are
alike social, industrial and political, and have become
acute since the war. The bar to unrestricted immi
gration was put up long ago to exclude classified
undesirables, but with the coming of peace it was
found necessary to limit the number of those who
might at all points stand inspection.
A stiffer law, with provisions that will not bp so
easily evaded and circumvented, is the outcome of the
experience with the first law, which was extended
to operate' until July 1 of this year. Fewer immi
grants and those of a higher type, will now be per
mitted to land in this country. If no other good
comes from the law, the reduction in numbers will
give time to more satisfactorily adjust those who
already have come. What is sought is thrifty, in
dustrious, frugal people, who come with the
intention of becoming citizens, to enjoy with all
other citizens the rights and privileges of citizenship
in the republic. These will be welcome. The
mere sojourner, whose sole interest is tha money he
can gather here, is no longer regarded as an asset
and will find it hard to gain entrance to the land
that has flowed milk and honey for him in days
gone by.
William Jennings Bryan Is again showing his
versatility and adaptability as well by participating
in the Presbyterian general assembly and anticipat
ing the democratic national convention at the same
timp,
A tiger went to sleep on a waltz and the lion
grinned at the saxophone, showing that animals are
sometimes almost human.
Victor Herbert will be best remembered as a com
poser who could write popular music without using a
tin pan or a cow bell.
President Coolidge still finds it impossible to
please the democrats. Maybe he is not trying to.
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Homespun Verse
— By Omaha's Own Poet-—
Robert Worthington Davie
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ISAACS FARM IN SUMMER.
Ian Ac's corn Is growing swiftly, and his wheat's a sight
to see
In the garden the potatoes reach half way to Isaac's
knee;
Phoebus grants the balm that's needed, while the humid
ilouds of Thor
l>o not hesitate to sanction all that Inane's Asking fur
Round his cottage climb* the woodbine and exalted
dahlias grow
Where the eves In summer showers take the rushing
overflow,
And along the weed hid fences domineering hornets
guard,
And the Wyandotte art .lucking In the mammoth
chicken yard.
Isaac’s cattle roam the valley and his pigs plow up the
lAne
Isaac's faithful collie warns them though his pm pose
he In vain
In the skies the .rows hi* winging, while s hawk In
yonder tree
Eyes his prey, but keeps on swinging on the branches
o'er the lea.
i Isaac hums the same old anthem while he plows and
does f'he chores.
He’s as cheerful And as robust a* the endless Out of
Poors.
! And you’d never know to op him the uncertain!> °f
things
j Where the loam Is gaibc.l in beauty, and the swallow
j sweetly sings. A
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Rehearsing for the Grand Summer Festival
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I SUNNY SIDE UP "
9ake Comfort, nor forget
Vkat sunris-e neiAer^at/edusvet^,^
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1 Jming the oast few days we have interviewed several
prominent political leaders on the matter of oscillatory per
formance The recent incident In a meeting «.f the committee
investigating the Muscle Bhouls matter aroused our curiosity,
hence the Interviews. Most of the eminent politicians wei e
unwilling lo be quoted, but quite willing to express their views
privately. Without exception they admitted a willingness to ei
,-i.pt all the osculatory caresses that the young white misses ot
the south might feel inclined to bestow upon them As a
m.itte, Of fact, they did not draw any dividing line between the
sections, the only line being one of color. |
I nut only would he proud and grateful to he the le'lpient
of those greetings, hut the fact that there might he a iharice
to secure such In ever increasing nurnls-rs would be a great in
ducement to me to be a candidate for the senatorship, de
clared one well known leadei. "In my opinion, Henat-r Norris
made a mistake in exhibiting so much feeling ”
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The only one interviewed who endorsed ' he sena nr « SC
tiuns was a vel v elderly maiden lady whose nose and into si
most met, and whose visage was as sour as a green Ben Bavis
apple. But her anger was directed at the young lady charged
with having bestowed the kiss ' Phe vvss very unladylike
declared the elderly maiden lady. ■ i d d;s first.”
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Somehow or other the Incident In questions recalls »o mind
an instance somewhat similar In the life of another Nebraska
senator, although in the case of the latter it wasn't a kiss, it
was a rose. We have never been a senator, and never expect
to be. but if so be we are ever elevated to that high position we
would, have it understood here and now that any osculatory
i iresses bestowed upon these senatorial lips w ill not be adver
tised by us. hut, on the other hand, If they are ever mentioned
we are not going to deny them We shall merely,- blush mod
estly and Indicate, at least by inference, that we expect always
to be m a receptive mood
The time spent by a lot of young fellows In ■ iltivatin* a
dinky little hit of fuzz, on the upper lip would make this coun
try prosperous if devoted to cultivating corn or cotton.
We suggest to those who would eradicate the dandelion
'hat they call a mass meeting, adopt some Ringing Resolu- ,
tions and appoint a committee to Draft a Law. After securing
the enactment of a law prohibiting dandelions everybody would
forget the whole business and the dandelion would, perforce,
ease to he a nuisance
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Now that it is all oven and we may not h» rightfully
charged with being a "knocker,” we rush to declare that this
rodeo stuff never did make a hit with us. While a member
of a party touring Mexico some years ago, the alcalde of on#
city offered to get up a hull fight and guarantee the killing
of two bulls if the party would make up a purise of several
hundred dollars. By unanimous vote the party offered to put
up the money if the alcalde would guarantee that the bulls
would kill two Mexicans.' otherwise no deal
WILL M MAUFIN. i
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Letters From Our Readers
All letter* mud bo *l|tned. but nnrno w ill bo withhold upon ro«juo*t. fommunl
rut lorn of 2(H> word* nnd Ion* will bo giirn proforome.
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Kven Break lie Asks.
Stanton, Neb To the Kditor of
The 6111Hha Bee: In reply to the let
t^i which “Old Fogy." who has rightly
t* rmed himself. I would like to so'
it seems as though "Old Kog> has
the impression that s<» many others
have that the ex-service men want
pay for what they did for their coun
try, but that is not so, as it has been
explained by thousands of others. All
,we want is an even break with those
who were left in this country while
we were in the service of our country
for $1 per day. What were the wages
those here working in the field* and
factories and shops? Common labor
then was not teas than $7 per day
and from that upto $20. Show me
where an ex-service man ran step out
today and make that, even if he is an^
able bodied man. Again, show me
where there is one man who saw
service in the firing lines that is
really an able bodied man. At the
age of 50 years there will not be but
a darned few of them that will be
able to hold up his end of anything.
We admit that the folks left auf
fered and had a hard time, but they
were making dollars where we
were making rents. Hive us the
chance 10 make thus* wages ard we
won't want a bonus. How much
cheaper is living expenses now to
what they were then.' Very little I
ran tell you, and if a man gets $2 50
mi $3 a day now he Is going sore.
He talks of the millions of dollars!
that were spent for wool to make;
so' kt snd sweaters for u* That ik
true, but does he stop to think that
outside of what few things the gov
eminent gave us. we had to pay and1
pav damned dear for. No. He don’t |
know about that, or, perhaps, be
thinks that is all O K. Look at the
tobacco that was collected here for us
fallows; it was given her free gratis
for us. but verv little we ever got that
wav. I myself have paid 25 to 30
I cents a ran for tobacco and for a
little sack of Hull Durham I have
paid 2*> rents. O, what time I had the
j L'O cent* to pay for it No, «>K| Fogy.'
you have got iih wrong. H.ve ns a
jchance. That la all wo ask. How
‘many » f the ri sen i- e men can s*ep
in ami take hack their old jobs and
get away with it? No many, I • an
tCTI you. P* haps, • d fellow. HI
are one of those who are a newly
made millionaire and afraid y ou might
have to jar loose of some of it. That
would 1»« tough, i’ll admit, but. old
dear, come up with wages or down
with living expenses and jet us break
even, and we will get ours without a
bonus. AN K.\‘SERVICE MAN.
How to Reach Happiness.
New Vor To the Editor of T1 '
Omaha Bee: Ever sirfre rhe conclusion
of tho great war nations have been
absorbed in discovering a way to per
manent peace Propositions galore
have been analyzed with a fine-tooth
comb and found wanting. It is said
that charity begins at home perhaps
this might also apply to peace
In my opinion, the strongest argil
ment f*»r permanent j em e is an in
dustrial condition that secures pros
perity to all the people, and from
which contentment, happiness and a
strong aversion to war would inev it
ably’ follow. It would seem tin *
fore, that this problem is neither pn
litical nor moral, but economic.
The exploitation of natural r*
sources is usually the principal cause
of war between nations. The logo .1
remedy, therefore, is to destroy a*!
profit in the mere ownership of ln*-d
considered entirely apart from Its po
session for use which is b*uh rig!
and necessary. Trivate ownership in
land Is not essential to its best u*r
for is it not true that most of tt
business In New York and other la g*
cities is done on leased land? Th *
result can be accomplished by raising
■ 11 public revenues exclusively from
economic rent.
The land values of th* T’nlted S'A?c«
■ part from the value of buildings or
other lmprovementa_are estimated in
round figures at } 140.000.000,noo, and
the economic rent, w hi ii is the eriuiv
slent of 5 per cent of this value. w,l!
yield In taxes $7,000,000,000. the np
proximate amount collected from nli
sources last vear for the national,
state and local governments
Since enough from this source
alone can therefore be raised for ah
governmental expense. we could
abolish all taxes that now harnpei
trade, strangle production and check
industry and thrift
Society uncompromisingly condemn*
stealing as between individuals, but
-%
is blind to the legalized robbery that
cause* more misery and suffering in
a single day than all other kinds put
together in years. I refer to the prac
ti* e i.f . r.nfis' ating private fMt/perty
for public use and the appropriation
public property for private use.
l or this is exactly what happens when
we t.i\ wealth, which is private prop
• tv. and fail to collect economic rent,
I w hich is publh property, because
riejited by he presence and activity
!of all the people in the community.
This iniquity is at the root of most
of our S'" iaI maladjusynent*. but the
time is coming when all this will be
r» formed by an enlightened public con
science.
The nationalism of today is essen
tiab selfish, anil therefore unstable,
be. ai.M* j; is based on the enrichment
of on* nation at the *-\[>ense of others
For instance, we know that trade is
oro* of the most potent of civilizing
influences, yet we erect artificial bar
riers against it under the guise of I
protection to American labor. If The
truth were known, the only ones who
really believe in the prhv :ple of a
protective tariff are those who re
reive none of ite favors The real
beneficiaries of the tariff are the pro
terted manufacturers who urge it for
the purpose of maintaining prices
without tegard to wages or anything
else that concerns the improtement of
labor.
Wgen we set ourselves to righting
economic w rongs we shall have taken
a long s'-p forward n the direction
of permanent j,eace
K. B. S’WIN'NET.
Center Shots
Demo* ratio women are sj I to he
compiling a democratic convention
cook book. To such extremes ate men
forced hv an amended constitution.—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
All President f'oolidge needs is a
suggestion of some way to make the
Japanese regard exclusion as a com
pliment—Boston < ilobe
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We don't see how those western re
formers can complain of graft Sena
t"' Magnus h hnson opener, t*-.|« sr-s
■ion wTh \ milking ron**§?—Cl#' *•
land Times.
ll i« reported tnar Har”' Daughe. tv
will run fr*r the senate To this
desperation have the Russian rad*
driven h:m?—Louisville Courier
Journal. *
' Kx-; ses amiable for congress
men' will be taught them by a ph'
si1 - -ilturiat. Why not complete tJ «
educational idea and start a night
hool?—Louisville Courier Journal.
'IT evelop- ! people*" are those
*hat have something left when the
lux collector !* v.es—New York Tele
gram.
W hen in Omaha
Hotel Conant
250 Rooms—250 Raths^Rites $2 to
A be Martin
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With ther mansions full o' fake
Rembrandts an’ ther cellars full o'
counterfeit labels, th' rich have a
hard time of it. Lester Moon has
refused a position in our slate bank
as he's gun shy.
iropriigtn, it?( i
NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
for April, 1924, of
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Sunday .77,999
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ihia lOlh day of May, 1924
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