The Omaha Bee MORN IN G —EVE N1N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO . Publisher N. B. UPDIKE, President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKI.KR. Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is n member, is exclusively entitled to the use tor republieatfon of all news dispatches credited to it op not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1308, at Omaha postoffire under act of March 3, 1870. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exohmnie. Ask for »*f>| »• 1 non the Department or Person Wanted. A I InnllC 1 UvU OFFICES Main Offiee—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffa—15 Scott St. So. Side— N. W. Cor. 24th N. 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But two short years ago the Harmony Clubs of democratic membership were mellifluously murmuring their en trancing barber shop chorus, while W. J. B. and brother C. W. B. were humming the refrain from the other edges, their fingers crosaed to be sure, and now and then a false note just to notify of their presence. But harmony was the keynote and the guber natorial chair the reward for sweet music scattered broadcast. That was two years ago. Now we have it from the organ of the harmon ized that somebody is insisting on singing ‘‘De parted Days” while the bunch wants to harmonize on "Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here." W. J. B., who was so strenuously for harmony when it meant the governorship for C, W. B.. jumps into the chorus and hits high C in five sharps, while the other fellows are trying to sing along in C natural. We may not have the musical diagnosis just right, but we do know that it does not. require a musical ear to distinguish the lack of harmony in the Nebraska democratic chorus. Two years ago harmony meant a better chance for Brother Charley’s election, while at the same time affording an opportunity to wield the Bryan snickersee under cover of darkness and upon the political person of the man to whom the Bryans owe more in a political way than they could ever repay were they disposed ever to repay those who sacri ficed and worked for the Bryan advancement. One side of the Harmony Club is elected governor by 50,000, while the other side is defeated for senator by 80,000. That exemplifies the Bryan idea of demo cratic harmony. It was again exemplified at New York when William J. Bryan, a delegate, from Flor ida, steps over into the Nebraska delegation and issues his order that Nebraska must not cast its vote for a favorite son unless that favorite son hap pens to be his own favorite brother. And as per usual Nebraska democrats abandon their favorite key and pitch their voices in harmony with the voice of W. J. B. t Nebraska democrats of the common or garden variety will be allowed to sing tenor or barytone, but don’t let them forget for a minute that the Brothers Bryan will attend to the rendition of the bass. In that way only is it possible to recruit suc cessful Harmony Clubs. "Where to the harmony of yesterday? Th« wind.8 hav# blown it all away. IT WOULDN'T HURT A BIT. Grandmother was very straightlaced in her ideas and she would not fit in at all in these modern day*. She rode a sidesaddle with long skirts, and fcven a livided skirt and a man’s saddle would have shocked her sense of propriety. She used a lot of powder and an occasional “beauty patch,” to be sure, but she applied both in the secrecy of her boudoir. She blushed at any reference to sex, nnd when she danced she did so most modestly and with fairylike grace. Of course grandmother was prudish, and en tirely too humble. She wasn’t emancipated. Her kingdom waa hounded by the walls of her home, tier chief ambition was to be a good wife and mother, and as a housekeeper she shone. It is different now, and most of us rejoice over u majority of the points of difference. But it wouldn't hurt a bit if in these latter days we could see more of 1he sweet wholeaomenesa that grandmother had; more of her shynesa and modesty; more of her influence for good; more of her willing ness to sacrifice for her loved ones; more of her pride in the. art of homemaking and housekeeping. Grandmother did not reveal her charms quite so freely as those who have come after her, but those tihe did reveal were the charms of maidenly mod esty, interest in good works, helpfulness to those she loved, and willingness to shine in the reflected glory of those dearer to her than life itself. It wouldn't hurt a bit to have a revival of the re tlning influences that grandmother spread nil about, her. It wouldn’t hurt a bit«Uf the young folks of today showed a tithe of respect for their elders that grandmother showed when she was a girl. In fact, it wouldn’t hurt a bit if there was more of parental responsibility and youthful obedience, Mich as existed in the far gone Hays when grand mother was a girl. LET US GET THIS SETTLED. While the war was yet young a very interesting point was raised in the courts of Germany. It in volved the law of property, as relating to the own ership of a certain bullet. The surgeon who ex tracted the bullet from thp body of the wounded aoldier claimed it under treasure trove. On the other hand, the soldier set up that the original owner of the bullet relinquished all claim of owner ship to It, when he releaaed it. in the genera! direc tion it took. Having lodged on his person, title passed to him. So the court, ruled, and the doctor was required to return the bullet, to his patient. Some Omaha judge may get a chnnce to decide * ev point a* intereating. A tarantula, concealed in a " I bunch of tropical fruit, bit an unsuspecting handler of the bananas. He now sues the commission men from whom the bunch was purchased, asking dam ages because of the illness that ensued following the bite. A newspaper has no business trying law suits at any time, yet it may be permissible to ex amine this one. If the old doctrine of caveat emptor, let the buyer beware, holds, the defense seems good. If the dealer is held responsible for the condition of the fruit when delivered, the plaintiff has the ad vantage. We may even see the responsibility car ried back to the company under whose auspices the fruit wan cut from the stalk on which it grew. Out of the suit may yet come a new doctrine as to bananas. It will not be that of the popular re frain of a year ago, but a more definite one. “Not responsible for the acts of insects, bugs, reptiles or animals hidden in any bunch,” may be the legend confronting the buyer of the future. Inspection laws may require rigid examination Ht port of de parture. This might solve the whole problem. WORTH TRYING OUT ON YOUR OWN PIANO. H. G. Taylor, member of the Nebraska Railway Commission and president of the National Associa tion of Railway Commissioners, recently addressed the utilities section of the American Bar Association at Philadelphia. In his address Mr. Taylor gave ut terance to some common sense principles that should be pondered well by every citizen. “The people need to learn over again that the government isn’t a good fairy or a rich uncle; it is merely ourselves, and can do all that we can, but no more.” When this immutable truth is burned into the minds of the American people, and acted upon in a sensible manner, we may expect relief from many of the troubles that beset. The idea that the government can do for the people what they are unwilling to do for themselves has resulted in a conglomeration of laws whose only result is a growing disrespect for all laws. The prevalent idea that the public treasury is like the widow's cruise of oil, inexhaustible, and to be drawn upon at any and all times, is the source of high tax ation. It seems never to dawn upon some people that “matching dollars with the government” is an impossibility, because the government’s dollars are from (he pockets of the taxpayers themselves, and both dollars are from the same pocket. The man who will not work and save can not be made prosperous by governmental action, nor should he be. The man who will not study and learn can not be made wise by the enactment of law. Sobriety, frugality, honesty, are outward man ifestations of an inward spirit, not the creature of legislative enactment. When the people learn that the government can not do for them what they will not do for them selves, then we may look forward with confidence to the time when s prosperity earned will be a pros perity permanent. Merely Passing a Law has never yet solved any problem worth while. BIG OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS. Gen. Green Clay Smith of Kentucky was de- ; tented by one vote for the republican vice presiden tial nomination in 1864, and Andrew Johnson, his successful competitor, became vice president and later president. The dreadful history of the recon struction period might have been written differently but for that one vote. When Senator Tom Platt “sidetracked” his po litical enemy, Theodore Roosevelt, by making him the vice presidential nominee in 1900 he little knew that he was making history. When the New York machine “sidetracked” Ches ter A. Arthur by sequestering him in the vice presi dency, its membership little realized that the action i would result in bringing about the election of a democrat to the presidency for the first time in 32 years. Political strategy took David Davis from the su preme bench and made him a senator from Illinois, and the electoral commission of 1876 rendered a decision that settled one of the momentous problems that ever confronted mankind, making Rutherford B. Hayes president. Cool and courageous action in a grave crisis taken by Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts re sulted in his election to the vice presidency, and from that crisis in Boston the republic reaps the benefit of havirg a root, courageous rhief executive to guide the ship of state during days of heavy storm. Fellow citizens, upon the vote you fail, neglect or refuse to rest may depend the very life of the nation. All thf beautiful pamphlet* that pretend to tell u* how to reach beautiful pleasure resorts lark in the one great essential. What they do is to give direction*, but the “how” is sadly lacking. We gather from certain esteemed democratic contemporaries that it would be a ralamity to their party if prosperity should be considerably increased between now and election day. Girls outnumber boys considerably in the Omaha school census, but maybe this is due to the fact that the checker no longer can tell by their heads or clothes. The I rouble with the Detroit lad who killed his father because he slapped him is that the father did not begin soon enough or perform often enough. The democracy of .larkson’s time and the democ racy of today is the difference between Old Hirkory and worm-bored basswood. “Rig Business” is the hobgoblin conjured up by designing politicians to frighten little minds into political hysterics. A lot of statesmen will he anxious until Fight ing Bob tells who he wants to run with him. It isn't the “kick” of bootleg hoor.e that is dan gerous; it is the "kick-off.” /-—s Homespun Verse —By Omnha’i Own Po«t — Robert tVorlhiiifiton Davie ____> RETRIBUTION When stl Is said, when all Is done, (I ran not name Hie dart I will tinln my Pilot run A t|d fade * »a \ . A nvrnplh tit.e flower once, toil now A thing of hesut> flown. Iiesr-rihe* I he night and show* m* Imw I'll meet my own. A leaf looss in the murmuring »k' hlspels my cons’Ions shame It is the Soul that does not die. But turns to flame. .. When all Is done, when all I* ssld * I will not scorn m.V ooeat ’I'h* Soul Its flaming win** will spread. And 1 will real. _—. . ■ ~ — -—" f -- Those Cyclones Do Play the Queerest Tricks f-“ " “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— I .a Follette'* Candidacy. F rom t h« Chicago Trlbur*. Wherever l«i Kollette la. a political j party walks under his hat. He Is the party. The only way Ha Kollette ^ could he h republican would be to have the republican party become J*n Kollette. ills party does not need a convention. It needs merely an an-j nouncement Ha Kollette and a type writer constitute a convention. He may create a situation of which the consequences may be entirely out of proportion to the voting strength he develop*. The country may not get a. president from the electoral college, and possibly not from the house of representatives. That is looking at the worst side. We hope if r an he .< voided. and if people gen erallv know what is good for them it will be. Ha Kollette Is a candidate upon the assumption that the country is en slaved. He says that the few are seizing wealth at the expense of the many. H is on assumption that the emaciated millions of American «»ti zens are hunting crusts and binding their wounds. His declarations reach ed the people when half of them were off on a three-dav vacation in their cars, cashing in on their share of the general well being in a cotintry which has a larger luxury consumption than sll the rest of the world. The American people regard luxuries an necessities They may llnd out In large lumbers what n«* es sitjes really are Ha Kollette de scribes a starving nation to the pro pi* of a land whose prosperity makes the peopi* nf other lands rrad !?* denies sympathy for the fed* Abe Martin \ Ther must he lots o' money in Dixie, fer it'* (riftin' ~n aomcbud dy sroe* south every day. W<■ read in th’ "Social an’ Financial" col umn o' th Weekly Slip Horn that Mrs. Lon Moots (jits th ole family home and $5 n week, an' her hus hand gits th' other woman. M'nr»> • Igfif 1*14 ' NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Jun«, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE I Daily . 74,616 Sunday . 76,224 I j Pott not im Ind« teliiina. left- , overt, aarople* or pap«ri apnlled in printing *nd Includes no »prc 1*1 | llltt or fret • Irrtilolinn of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. M*r. lubirrikad anal itotn In brfoia one tbit iiK dtp of July, 1024 W. II QUIVRY, (4t*l) Notary Public — He even warns against communism j and the dictatorship of the p.olefnr lat, hut lie takes their assumptions as to conditions, and as he begins where they begin they will laugh at his conclusions They have a right to, It the government of the I'm ♦ » bets of the cm ' zens and drive them into wars to! fatten on their dead, any'violence of i re volution would i*e justified to stop It. These are monatrosltles of Idea as false as the heart of Judas. The man who, not believing them, built a cam paign upon them would be contempti ble. The man who believe* them Is unsafe Fa Follette promote* reaction. He drives the intelligent lll>era! to «1e ipair. lie forces him into excessive caution. He delays the liberalisation of party policies. That Is the r»*u! disservice of i.a Follette. —— * I Convention of Krrori. From the AMatiin ('unit!? utioi The luck <>f powerful, co-ordinating leadership ha* been most apparent .it the democratic national convention. Sometime* it take* a fire or h funeral to break a struggling town or city away from he old weather beaten mooring*, in* mdcr that it may stretch it* limbs and move forward at a mor* rapid pace. That the democratic party nerd* mmcthinsr fo bring its wavering far tlon* together, so a* to cement it* great principle* unitedly behind a dynamic and constructse leadership that 1* impelled by motive* other than personal aggrandizement n- j relflsh ambition* i* one of the mo* outstanding feature* of the New York* convention Something must be done and thu* quickly and firmly and fearlessly The principles of the democrat!' j party, standing always as they do foi 'he masse* and for the moral and e< o nomlc welfare of all the people of the nation, are too priceless and too sn ‘red to ha\e them sacrificed on th» ihoala of individual ambitions am) ' itlfi^h motive*. That the party 1* sorely in need of k’lrlle diplomatic arul dependable lead I irship is unmistakable The national j '(invention of 1924 will go down in dilatory a* a record breaker In thei »timber of glaring errors and the j mount of incoherence, chaos and! ■onf uaion Jt has had no commanding general! uifMclently masterful to • otnbim 1 severing elements and fearlessly! damp out a totene of small stat* loliticians who have rollicked In theli i 1rst filng in the national arena. What the democratic party needs; s s rescuer It ts sailing deeper* fell lose to the rocks with a precious! umy I Rheumatism is gone - ” •"-pHERE are thousand* of you 1 men and women, just like I once was—slaves to rheumatism, muscle pains, joint pains, and hor r i b 1 e still ness. I had t h e wrong idea about rhtumali sm for yean. I didn’t realize that increas ing blood cells had the effect of completely knocking out rheu matic impurities from the system. That is why I began using S. S. S ! Today I have the strength I used to have years ago! j I don't use my crutches any i more." S. S. S. makes people talk j about themselves the war it builds up their strength. Start S. S. S. today for that rheumatism. You'll feel the difference shortly. S. It. S ta sold at all good drug stores la two sits, Th • larger airs is rasrs •innomirel. C C ^>fcr World, iw O.UL fllnoHMedkittr cargo of principles that should not and must not he wrecked. The Setback of General Smuts. From th* Minneapolis Journal Hen. .Ian I’hristian Smuts Is the latest victim of the exigencies and anomalies of partisan politics. The distinguished leader of the South African i’nion ha* been dislodged from the premiership as the result of a general election in whic h a coalition of nationalists and labourites had the better of the Smuts party. More than that, lie has l»e«*n defeated for re elec tion to pfltiauu-nt by a labor Candi da t e A man of singular ability and force has thus been i elegatsd to the status of a private citizen for the first time In many years, hut it seems very im probable that he will remain long as such The coalition that downed him hue little In common save its sheer desirs to rid the country of him 8N leader. The nationalists were moved to their opposition mainly by the desire that obsesses them to never th** tie that hinds them to the ln> penal family. The labor party held him tu blame for high taxation, foi unemployment and for other condi lions that enter into an unfavorable economic sit nation. The party with which General! Smuts is aligned is still more numer* our In the government than am other! jiartv. There seems little prospect j that the nationalist and labor forties j will be able to continue in effective team work for long They have their differences that are not likelv to be reconciled, hence the probability that General Smuts will regain the lost ground of this election »nd again be come the chief architect of the affairs of the I'nion. He is only '4 vents old and he has not Joat the fighting spirit he showed In behalf of the Boers in rhetr war with Britain, in the clash with the central powers in behalf of th# imperial commonwealth, nnd in th* peace negotiation* that followed th# world war Tt does not appear thst the imperial ! When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Romm—250 Hathu-Rnr* $2 to $.? 'liHlill't'IIM RUPTURE SHIELD EXPERT HERE MEINHARDI. WEL1. KNOWN IN THKS SPECIALTY. CALLED TO OMAHA K J. Melnhardi. the well known Kxpert from Khiragn. will personally >0 st the Kontenelle Motel. Omiihx, Veh., on Monday only, July 14th. 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Only gentlemen ate invited to call i*ii the above date. i«* m special \ twit will he made hr* e at a later date for women etui children. Nolice: Mo not write asking to l»r j fitted hv mail, as this is impossible Kerry « ase must he seen personally. If Interested, you must call st this lintel on the shove dste Business liemattds pi event stopping at any itliec place In this section. THK MAN I BI-AME. A wage slave I, beneath the heel Of grasping greed tor sordid gold; one victim In a common weal of men bowed down since days of old 1 know the man who pealed my fate And ruined my hopes of added pelf. i d like to bust his nose, but hale To do it—it would hurt myself. I know the man who bends my beck To Irksome toll each added day; The man whose fault it Is, alack. That I've no surplus laid away. 'Tls he alone who is to blame That I've no slore of added pelf. I'd heap harsh curses on his name, But hesitate to cuss myself There is a man who blocked my way Toward the hoped for golden goal; The man responsible today That I’m in a financial hole. Moan as I may, arid rail at fate, or curse at losing In life's game Te solemn fact I here must state— ’Tie 1 alone who am to blame. We note with regret that our old army omrade and col •ve chump. Pol Tom Powers, formerly of Torrington, Wyo now of Buliifornla, has been relegated to second place In the recent national liars’ contest. All we have to sav in this con in lion Is that the man who heat Colonel Tom for first place must be one whale of a prevaricator. lather the world do move or we are growing old We can lemernber when Nebraska fanners were afraid of alfalfa be cause It .was poisonous and fatally bloated livestock; when there was a law against Russian thistles, and when sweet clover was considered » noxious weed. We can also remember when win ter wheat wouldn't thrive in Nebraska according to the experts, and when a steer wasn't considered worth feeding unless It had a horn spread of at least five feet. i' We have heaid so much about the merits of the so called Duueei pipe that we are constrained to admit s willingness to i i cept one with the compliments of 'leneral Dawes, provided tld« gentle hint of our willingness peaches the general when lie Is feeling in a generaus mood. T.ife imprisonment, if you please for the fiend who tosses leant stubs from the office window. The heights by brothers teat bed and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept. Worked politics with all their might. —After iamgfellow', a 1 a-mg Ways. Our Idea of an optimist is a man who lists his automobile government need be greatly worried over the result of this election. Its fortuitous aspects are too conspicuous for that. There Is likely to be a dif ferent tale to tel! when the economic stress lightens. Meanwhile the union ists of South Africa feel that they have in reserve a strong courageous man who though pledged sjn< e 1919 to i he W ilson prinicple of self-de termination, l»elje\e* that it « the wise thing to remain in the common wealth. tlf-n* ;«! Sn fame « as **e< h ]TI the day* of Cotton Mather and for centuries previous certain per sons made an unenviable living by discovering the signs of witchcraft ins suspected victims, usually old wo* * men. And a favorite method of seek ing for signs of guilt was to prick the body with pins, the finding of In j sensible spot* being taken as evi dence that the devil was protecting his servant. Today the alienists, for the pur pose of saving life, holding that the* endocrine glands or other bodily or* gans are the real devils, flock to the apparently abnormal criminal, eager to ma^e any and all tests to discover these devils. The Franks murder case is bringing them to Chicago from ail over the country. Sheriff Hoffman in charge nf Leopold and Loeb, i* puzzled by their maneuvers. He quoted a* saying that "an army crazy men are around trying to make two «*ne boys at crazy as them sel v es The “cases" are tasted with an in strument fulled the mefatKiHm**tei ; they are a«d:*»d a thousand question-, mode m hop on one foot and ’hen the other, lights are flashed in then yes and searching, prying fingers go over their bodies, causing them wince Anything and everything to find signs of abnormality. Jf it be true that over-development or under development of one or more ghinds, an excess of carbon monoxide or a lack of oxygen, or any other material derangement causes human beings to commit crime, these »< »* enlists will sooner or later produ e the proof And then. what, if any* ■ ns. will be lef* of moral responsi bility* f SATURDAY SPECIAL Grilled TeaBons Steak, Melted Butter, au Gratin Potato*-* . 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