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©naka-VlwS? fteW Is at its Best
A STRAIGHT SHOOTER.
Straight from the shoulder was the message of
Calvin Coolidge to the government employes. Clear,
distinct, unmistakable. Hike all of the president s
statements it reveals a keen sense of responsibility
lo the people. Calvin Coolidse is not playing poli
tics_not thinking of his own fortunes in the petty
terms of the political trader. He is acting states
manship.
He told the head* of departments and bureaus
on Monday that he expected a further cut of $83,
(100,000 in estimates for running the government,
for the fiscal year, 1925. He has set a limit of
$3,000,000,000, and insists this shall be met.
“I am for economy,” the president said. “After
that, I am for more economy.”
An intensive campaign for economy in govern
mental expenditures was started three years ago,
with the adoption of the budget and accounting sys
tem. For the fiscal year 1921, the pre-budget year,
expenditures were $5,538,000,000, and receipts were
$5,624,000,000. Each succeeding year has seen a
substantial reduction in the cost of running the
government, with a corresponding increase in the
surplus. This, too, in face, of the fact that taxes
have been lowered twice and thus receipts lessened.
The bofided debt of the government has been re
duced within three years by an amount that equals
the saving of $120,000,000 a year in interest charges
alone.
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When Calvin Cooluke says economy, he means
it. Not parsimony, nor cheese paring, but the
abandonment of extravagance. He has shown by
his own example how this can he done. I.ook at
the governor of Massachusetts, living in a home for
which he paid $35 a month rent. We can then un
derstand the president of the United States urging
those under him to cut out fripperies and folderol
that the burden of taxation may be lowered.
We commend the picture of Calvin Coolidge in
his modest Massachusetts home to those members
of congress who arc now complaining that they ran
not live on $7,500 a year. All over the country, and
even at Washington, men and women are practicing
economy, because it is right. The sin of national
extravagance, love of luxury and display, has been
denounced as the cause of much of our economic
embarrassment. Thrift is wisdom. It is not a
source of disgrace of inconvenience. Its practice
leads to prosperity. Only through thrift and pru
dent administration of one's resources does the In
dividual gain financial security. The same thing
ipplies to the nation.
• • • *
President Coolidge told the government employes
what he expects of them. He gave them, too, ad
vice and directions os to how to bring about the
tavings that are necessary:
"We must have no carelessness In our ilealinss
with public property or the expenditure of public
money. Such a condition is characteristic either
of an undeveloped people or of a decadent civiliza
tion. America is neither. We must have an ad
ministration which is marked, not by the inexperi
ence of youth, nr the futility of aae. but by the
character and ability of maturity."
This is just what any employer in any line of
msiness would ask of those on his payroll. Atten
tion to details. Proper handling of materials. Care
ful administration of funds. The government will
continue to meet its demands. In the present year
*132,000,000 for handling the adjusted compensa
tion law must he provided. It will be provided. It
will come, however, out of savings made in other
directions. There will he no increase in tax burdens.
NOT IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
Three former members nf the cabinet of Wood
low Wilson spoke to the delegates at New York on
Saturday night, endeavoring to interpret for them
the wishes of their dead leader. William .Jpnnings
Bryan and Bainhridge Colby had been at the head of
the State department, the beginning and the end;
Newton D. Baker was secretary of war.
In the name of Woodrow Wilson, Mr. Baker
pleaded for the League of Nations. He made what
ie admittedly the most dramatic appeal of all the
convention has heard. The New York Times says it
was the greatest speech of his life. Then came
Key Pittman, grim, sardonic, even sneering, and l|Je
bargain with Hearst was sealed before Mr. Baker
had recovered from his own emotional efforts.
Bainhridge Colby opposed the klan. He said:
“If you are opposed fo the K’ii Klux Klan, for
God's sake say so. ... I am opposed to the
majority resolution, been use It does not express the
thought or feeling of Ibis convention. I am opposed
to the majority report because It. Is an obvious, slut
taring, stammering and falling failure. It does not
sstlsfy my thought. It does not satisfy my man
hood. It ts no credit to l he democratic party."
Then the Old Master stepped in and cracked his
whip. Not a lash of cruel thongs. They were
honeyed words, which fell like halm across the
lacerated souls of the perturbed delegates. Mr.
Bryan never pleaded so earnestly, so convincingly
for principle as he did this time for compromise.
The convention heeded his plea.
Two at leait of this trio of former cabinet of
ficers were not at home in that gathering. Mr.
Bryan is credited with writing that part of the
Leagne of Nation* plank which consign* it to the
limbo of a referendum that never will be taken. He
might not have been so much pumpkins in the cab
inet, but he certainly knows ho wto do things in a
convention.
MR. BRYAN. OUR HAT IS DOFFED.
The democrat* at New York missed a glorious
opportunity when they neglected to pay to William
Jennings Bryan the deference that is due to so
young a great-grandfather. Politics is mighty im
portant, hut nothing in a man’s life can be more
absarbing than the coming of the grandchild of
his child. That little mite of feminine humanity,
born to the Meekers at Tampa, ought in all right
to look bigger lo Mr. Bryan than any man or woman
of the multitude assembled at; Madison Square
Garden.
A child, a grandchild, a great-grandchild. It is
an honorable mark in the life of man. What did
Jehovah say to Noah and his sons, what time He
made His covenant with them and their seed:
"And you, be ye fruitful and multiply; bring
forth abundantly in the earth, and multnply there
in."
Among the patriarch* the coming of a child in
any generation was a welcome sign of favor from
on high. Carefully, even metriculously, they traced
geneaologies, keeping track of relationships as close
ly as they do in Kentucky these days. It was neces
sary, perhaps, for one to know his kin folks. Some
of that spirit has died otit, but men still obey the
command given in connection with the promise. The
strongest urge in all nature is to reproduce.
Mr. Bryan has not come to patriarchal years.
He is but fi4. He is old in experience rather than
in days. Yet he sees himself carried to the fourth
generation, a most honorable distinction. We salute
him, not as a leader of a great political party, but
as a great-grandfather. He has yet another hold
on life, a tiny, tender tendril to twine around his
heart and hold him steadfast.
LET’S MAKE IT A REAL ONE.
Omaha Legionnaries want the national meeting
of the American Legion in 1926 held in Omaha.
Now, if everybody in Omaha will just second the
motion, the battle is more than half won.
The American Legion national reunion is not
only one of the largest, but one of the most im
portant gatherings in the country. It is attended
by thousands of visitors as well as delegates. They
are all live wires, too. As a business proposition,
to entertain such a convention is profitable. No
other known form of advertising will pay quite such
a dividend. The immediate return will exceed the
outlay in dollars and cents, while the return through
reputation enhanced is beyond calculation.
Omaha can take care of conventions, big ones,
in good style. The Lions were not the first to come.
We have had the Presbyterian General Assembly,
the Methodist General Conference. The populist
national convention. The Imperial Council meeting
of the Shriners. The national convention of the
Christian church. The Eagles flocked hither for
one of their most important general sessions, and
innumerable smaller bodies have assembled in
Omaha. So well were they satisfied that some have
come hack the second time.
What is needed now is to determine if the city
wants to be hostess in 1926 to the Legionnaires.
Settle that question, and the rest will be compara
tively plain sailing. While we are going after con
ventions, let’s make the job a real one, and get the
biggest we can.
Dr. Kate Waller Barrett of Virginia, delegate
to the New York convention, has made a great dis
covery. She says, “Wall street is just as much part
of America as Main street.’’ Wait till Mr. Bryan
finds this out!
At this distance, speaking as merely a disinter
ested spectator, we hesitate to decide whether Mr
Adoo is posing as a martyr or merely pleading the
baby act.
Brakes in good working order are greatly to be
desired. But men who run with their brakes set all
the time seldom get anywhere worth mentioning.
Mr. McAdoo is still complaining that be isn’t
getting a square deal from the New York news
papers. Maybe be forgot tq oil the bearings.
“Smith is xaining strength from unexpected
source*,” declared Franklin D. Roosevelt. Perhaps
Frank meant “illegal sources.”
The day and night air mail got away to a good
start, and now may be regarded as a fixture in our
public service.
Rhode Island isn't as big as Oklahoma, but it
seems well able to give Oklahoma a few pointers on
political war.
Of course those fleeing Rhode Island senators
were found outside of-the state if they ran any dis
tance at all.
The gown worn by many a debutant at her
coming-out party has excited wonder as to when she
went in.
A lot of litigants hold to the belief that the
courts are awfully afraid of being fined for
speeding.
The man who selected the donkey as the demo
cratic emblem had a head as long as the beast's
ear*.
Tammany was there when it came to shouting
for Smith, but fell down when the voting started.
Now, if the sun will continue to shine, watch
old King Corn do his famous comeback.
The report that A1 Smith did not want the nomi
nation is probably groundless.
Mr. Bryan will not be accused of race suicide.
Homespun Verse
— By Omaka'a Own Pool—
Robert Worthington Davie
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TRANSIENTS.
Karh evening I sec them go wandering down
The hard, cold streets of yonder town; -
Decrepit and weary, tthe transients roam.
Longing anti craving for comforth of home.
I ponder their lot and wonder If they
Have conic to distress In a natural way;
I wonder If life has been quite on the square
Ah l ne#* them drifting relentlessly there.
Their raiment in tattered, their features are sad,
They plainly exhibit the grief they have hid.
I'nkernpt In appearr.nee, their eyes seem to sh<*w
An infinite knowledge that I do not know.
! sadly behold them, I wonder If they
Have come by distraction to travel their way.
They seem to be human, their faces portray
A touch of thf good that keeps evil sway.
K«» b evening I «ee them go wandering down
The hard, cold streets of yonder town.
O, v lyii need they suffer of sorrow anti strife,
Living aa beggars and outcasts of life'
And where are their dreams aw they solemnly roam
Adrift from the Joy and contentment of home!
I wonder for naught ms I sadly l»ehold
Tbs traYelets, ragged ami weary, and old.
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The Boys Who “Sicked on” the Dragon—
<,OT A LITTLE -MORE ACTIOW TKANT fKEY BARGA/NfiD POR„.
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Trend of Education.
Gibbon. Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Hee: May I speak a few
words of congratulation through the
columns of your paper to “Old Fogy”
upon hi" excellent letter regarding the
present educational craze. He cer
tainly hits the nail on the bead in
several ways in bis criticism of the
way in which our institutions of
learning are being conducted at
present.
It seems that the people are liter
ally falling over one another In sup
porting our present so-called educa
tional system, without stopping to se
riously consider what the result Is
going to be. Sc hool attendance is In
• reaping out of all proportion to the
increase of population, and the cost
is growing faster than the attend
ance.
In every conceivable way the edu
cational propaganda is being spread,
that more material may be obtained
to provide more graduates to operate
more schools to spread the propa
ganda and so forth. Our attention is
constantly being drawn to tire bright
side of the picture, but we are told
nothing of the bitter disappointment
that so often results, of the toil and
self-sacrifice that are so often neces
sary that. “Johnny” and “Mary" shall
have an ' education ' an education I
that In many cases causes them to
look down upon the home that has
sheltered them and upon those whose
toll and self-sacrifice have made their
education possible Although the
theoretical effect of modern education
may be all that Is claimed, the affect
In practice is to make those educated
feel that they are shove doing the
common tasks of life Of course
there nr* exceptions, but they exist
not because of what they have learn
ed in our educational Institutions, but
in spite of it.
Taken all in all. T think it can
Ike I.Rrk says he'd rather he
right than live in Wisconsin. Ther
seems t' be somethin' about bein’
poor that makes a feller want a
large famil>.
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.Htiltarrthed and awnrn In hrfora ma
Ihla lllh day of Juna, 1924
W M QUIVF.V,
(ftaal) Notary Public
truthfully be said that, with the ex
ception of the automobile, tha preaent
educational craze i-onstltute* the great
est curse that reals upon our coun
try. nnd If we do not awake to a
realization of this before It is too
late and tease trying to create s
race of supereducated loafer*, our na
lion must Inevitably meet the fare
of the Homan empire.
(:EOHOE LI'KF.NB1 LL.
Farmers Not Fools.
Hampton. Neb.—To the Kdltor of
Ttie Otnaha Bee: 1 read in The Oma
ha Bee the address of Senator WaJsh.
: nd do not mean to cull him a liar,
hut will say it is a mistake, that we
western fatmers are not facing bank
ruptry on account of I he republicans
protective tariff.
We went bankrupt receiving Wtl
son s t2 price on w heat, paying eight
hour laborers JK per day. Not only
ilie laborers ilist handled our grain
tile laborers that worked In the Im
plement and in twine factories. W*
were honest. We could n't pay our
debtors out of our Income. We bor
rowed to pay them and went bank
rupt.
1 say, Mr. Walsh, we western farm
ers are not quite as big a bunch of
fool* a* we were when wa listened to
your former democratic Junk such as
"put in a man for the poor people
who will keep us out of war."
We thought then we were poor.
Mr. Walsh, but no. no! It was the
hoy who paid no tax to run thla gov
ernment. We're going tieck on you
democrats tiecause you don't practice
w hat you preach. TL K. REEL).
Spice of Life
"I'm half inclined to kiaa you."
' How stupid of me; I thought you
w ere merely round shouldered."
Trlvol.
Musician (doing hsdly)—-Ah. gentle
men, if we all 'ad our rlghta, I should
he rillin' in me own carriage as I
ave done before.
Skeptic—Vu*., but your poor old
mother couldn't push you now'—
London Humorist.
"Ross. T don't know where my next
meal Is coming from."
"I don't, either. Mr wife never
stick* long to on* dealer."—Louis
villa Fourier-Journal.
"Too many gemmen.'" said t'nrlr
I-',hen. "I* Influenced In their polltlral
opinions by de fear of savin' some
tiling dat might damage de chance*
of deir friend* an' i elation* fob hold
In' office.”—Washington _
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I-OVER’S DANK
Do you remember in the old home
town.
When springtime came each year,
When with faces beaming, never a
frown,
You atrolled Dover's I-ane with your
dear.
Th* trees each side of the old walk.
Seemed to say hello to you and her
Of love and the future—you did talk.
And planned for a happy life to
gether.
Did you. like I go out and see
Tlie world— to make your dreams
ntmt true,
| In the world s hard struggle -like me
Did you forget and now )uu rue?
[Vo you think sometimes of Dover's
Dane
And your sweetheart as you saw
her last.
One* your h<*att till with sudden pain
When you recall memories of the
past?
— II. F Gilbert
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I have had my lawyer draw my
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“To my wife T am leaving a
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SUNNY SWIJPl
ckUoe Comfort, nor focoet
_<7W sunrise rMrfat/rfus yet^'' j
During an hour or two in Wahoo of which we -hall write
more at a date in the near future—we iKjssed by the ba
grounds where a game was in progress. Whereupon we re
• ailed one flay in the distant past wherein we thought we Knew
it thing or two about pitching baseball. We went to Wahoo (
to pitch a game for an out-state learn against the Wahooites.
If memory serve* us light the score went against us to the
nine of X to 5. But what we wanted to talk about was a slim
and very youthful fellow on the Wahoo learn who was a fiend
at the hut. Jn five appearances at the plate he got one bf*s»
on ba.ds, given intentionally, and four home runs. The fellow
who pitched that game against Wahoo never required any
laurels as a base ha II player, but the lad who made the four
home runs did. Wahoo Mam ' Craw fold has written hi* name
high ,n baseball history.
Dm I Dlacek of Wahoo, who thinks he ran beat Congress
man Mri^aughlin. is still considerably in debt to v,i for a. bit
of literary eifurf. in his behalf several \* »t- ago Krnil has. We
« heerfully admit, paid interest installments on the principal *
d vers and sundry times, but tic* debt -Hf is not yet ran
• elled. Candor compel* the admission that vve prefer the in
lerest installments.
Mrs. Kdward* of Wahoo is not only a loyal republican but
n ardent radio fan. She has kept tuned in on the democratic
convention every hour it has been in session. She confessed
J to un in the course of a conversation that the trouble with
I listening in was that ?h« didn't know whether the convention
I was in tumult or whether it was the static interfering.
I /»
"Anderson" Is a very common mim In Saunders county,
hence It woulu he difficult to local'! the particular farmer
quoted. He has been a consistent democrat for years on end,
but tie has announced in no uncertain terms that he is for
Coolidge. \Ve asked him why, and his answer Is worth quoting: •
He Is the only executive I know of In re'ent years who
ha* talked economy In public expenditures and then backed
up what he said by putting a veto to outrageous appropriation
lulls. I'm for the man who proves that he wants to save the
taxpayers money."
We are not at all surprised that Col. Barney Burch'* tlme
itied warriors are occupying the elevated perch in the per
' entagr- table. Kverv since we bet a me possessor of Pink Card
No. 22* we have been exerting our telepathic energies to the
full, and when we do that success is assured. But this should
cause no lessening of effort on the part of the Buffaloes. There
are limits to our occult power*.
W* claim credit for the great self-restraint exercised by us.
w hereby w e regained from pulling a w he. zc about finding
those skulls and bones in a Council Bluffs street. It wouldn't
have been true, anyhow
WILL M. MACPIN.
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