The Omaha Bee MORN1N G—E V E nTn G—S U N P A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO., Publisher ~~ . N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER, Editor in Chief Business Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is a member, is exclusively entitled to the use for republieation of all news dispatches credited to it or 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 recognized authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee's circulation is regularly audited by their organizations. Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 8, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for »T |._i' 1 AAA the Department or Perscn Wanted. AI I An 11C IUUVJ OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side- N. W. Cor. 24th N. 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Lee .Saner of Texas, president of the American Bar as sociation, was discussing the activity of minority .groups at the meeting of the association at Philadel phia. Mr. Saner especially addressed himself to the , lact that 167 different amendments to the constitu >: lion were proposed at the last session of congress. Nearly all of these emanated from minority groups, »■ proposing to fix minority notions in the fundamental • law of the land. How far this tendency has progressed and how serious its possible influence on the course of gov ernment was pointed out by Mr. Saner, in his com ments on the situation in congress: "We saw In the organization of the last congress • the overpowering influence of a small Insurgent but highly organized bloc. . . . This, too. has en ‘ oouraged the activities of highly organized minority « factions who seek by Intensive propaganda to con J. \ Trice the representatives that their particular wish • is the voice of the people. To this disproportionate » power in the insurgent blocs ami subservience to J popular propaganda may lie traced the present ten • demy of congress toward the enactment of • sumptuary laws Increasing federal Interference In affairs of private concern and then denying to it that measure of faith and confidence which it might ■ more creditably strive to attain." There is a stern indictment of the bloc as such. In the platform adopted at New York is a boast that through the assistance of the blocs the democratic minority was enabled to defeat the administration in its principal program. The insurgents are given no ereilit, hut the republicans are blamed for not controlling them, even at the very time when the democrats were giving them the utmost aid and : comfort. * * * The bloc or group, insurgent or otherwise, ran • not be denied under our form of government. Only when its effort becomes destructive does the minor ity become subject to severe criticism or an object ■ of suspicion. In the last congress the purpose of the bloc was manifest from the outset. It was not ► to secure any constructive work, to make sure of • : ny lasting benefit for the people, but simply to J thwart the administration in its efforts to enact laws J ‘hat were deemed necessary. Behind this effort was ? the admitted determination of the leader of the in ‘ ‘ ; Ur gents to run for the office of president of the : United States. j All the business of the government, of whatever t kind or nature, had to pass the scrutiny of the bloc leader. He royally exercised his private veto J through the activity of a handful of followers, in f , significant in numbers, yet rendered absolute by , mason of the fact that the democrats, themselves a ' minority, arquiesc°d In and supported the bloc in all its major operations. Representative govern ; ment, as Mr. Saner declares, was suspended for the ^ time, and bloc control ruled. The expression of a highly organized minority took precedence at all points in congress. m * * A minority Is always entitled to Its hearing in » this country. Jf it has right and justice on its side, • it will soon become a majority. But the right of a • minority to simply blockade is open to question. That *; is all the La Follette bloc achieved in the last con • press. That is all it hopes to achieve in the coming • (lection. On this the democrats relied in congress; ' on this they base their hopes for the coming elec lion. I Davis followers do not expect to elect him presi dent. What they hope and yearn for is that La Fol 'l lette will carry enough votes in the electoral college • fo prevent the election of Ooolidge. By the com i bination of two minorities, with only one thing in • common, a desire to beat the republicans, they hope J to overthrow what each admits is the popular choice of the great majority of the American people. * * • I This Is the effect, the influence of the ‘'bloc" as t such in our system of government. The encourag ' ing hope is that enough voters will come to under stand this plot. That they will defeat the schemers by defending the government from the confusion • into which it will surely be thrown if the program followed in congress can be carried out in the elec tion. The danger does not lie so much in possible i defeat of Coolidge, or the election of either of his opponents, as it does in the destruction of popular government through a series of technicalities created by connivance of political marplots. REAL AMERICAN TRIUMPH. • Lieutenants Smith, Wade, Ogden and Nelson of the American army air service reached Paris at a very opportune moment. The French capital was busy erdebrating ‘‘Bastile Day.” It rung with the J praises of the American athletes who had so imptes hjvely won for the eighth consecutive time the Olympic championship, when these pioneers of aerial i circumnavigation landed. Such a reception has 4 seldom been accorded visitors, even by the French, » whose enthusiasm is proverbial when it comes to • giving welcome to n guest. These Magcllans of the air deserve the fuss that • i* mad' over them. Behind them lies the worst • pj t of their journey. They have fought and over (ome danger, hardship, privation, such as was not calculated on at the outset, but muat be reckoned with whenever any pioneering is to be done. Moun tain ranges, desert wastes, oc^in stretches, all have been covered by the expedition. From civilization they plunged into the wilderness. Out of the wilder ness they emerged into civilization once more. They were weary, sick, worn in body, but cheery of soul and as full of the spirit to win as when they hopped off from San Diego last spring. The Atlantic ocean is yet to be crossed, but it offers no such formidable obstacles as already have been overcome. Good reason for thinking that part of the journey will be handily made. There is every reason to feel that soon these splendid young Amer icans will be winging their way across the home land, victorious from the greatest undertaking “bird men" have set themselves. They will have shown the way around the world, making possible the trip by air. In time mankind will take advantage of the knowledge gained. America still leads in achieve ment in the air, if not in numbers. ONLY ONE BOSS LEFT IN NEBRASKA. The democratic convention at New York disposed of one Nebraska problem very definitely. It settled the question of “Who’s boss?” for the unterrified in this state. In 1922, when Brother Charlie was out for governor and the senator was running for a third term, “harmony” prevailed. When the elec tion returns showed a spread of 130,000 votes be tween the two that harmony did not taste so sweet. In a final effort to restore good feeling. Brother Charlie pulled W. H. Thompson out of Arthur Mullen’s path, and allowed the Omaha boss to be come national committeeman. The senator and his coadjutors put over an endorsement for McAdoo, despite the fact that Bryan was avowedly an aspir ant. That looked as if power was passing from Lin coln to Omaha and that democrats would get their time from the big town boys. When the hour struck at New York, the McAdoo forces were ground into the dust by the Brennan Smith crowd, and William Jennings Bryan told the boys in the back room that Gilbert M. Hitchcock would never do as a candidate for president. One of Mr. Bryan’s suggestions was adopted, and the vote went to Ed Meredith and not to the former Nebraska senator. Charles W. Bryan was then nominated for vice president, and once more the senator was harnessed at the tail of the chariot of his great antagonist. The Bryan ascendancy in Nebraska was thus firmly fixed by the national convention. It only remains for Brother Charlie to name his choice to succeed him on the state ticket. Norton of Polk may be the man. Dan Stephens would like to have it, and so would Jim Dahlman, and a number of other deserving democrats might accept if pressed. Not until Brother Charlie has set tled down after the excitement will we know any thing definite. Waiting for his announcement of his wishes as to who will he put on the ticket in his place, the Omaha leaders of the party are tuning up their fiddles, ready to follow Governor Bryan in any key he may pitch. It may be discordant, but it will be “harmony,” as that is understood just now by Ne braska democrats. A LITTLE TEAM WORK, PLEASE. It might be helpful in a general way if the law enforcing authorities were to adjourn their differ ences for a little while and make common cause against the forces of disorder. Highways outside the city of Omaha' or streets inside the city, all ought to be safe for those who use them. Just now they are not. Bandits nightly swoop down on vic tims, robbing them and wounding or killing when re sisted. Argument as to where one jurisdiction ends and another begins may be all right when there is noth ing more serious at stake than division of authority. Just now is not the time for the police and the sheriff to begin to set up lines of this sort. A little close co-operation between thp two forces, with no effort to pass the buck on part of either, might reassure the citizens, justly exasperated localise of the conditions that prevail. Stop petting parties, if need be, but stop holdups first. The | bandits are more of a menace than the sp.ooner*. They must be suppressed. Chief of Detectives Van Deusen has taken the right step. Let Sheriff Kndres fall into line. The democratic convention nominated a man wholly unsatisfactory to Mr. Bryan. Only three m tional conventions out of the last, eight have nomi nated a candidate wholly satisfactory to Mr. Bryan. Of course, there will be no difficulty Tn choosing a candidate to succeed Governor Bryan on the state ticket, but one gets an idea that all are watching to see what, the Omaha crowd is going to do. Munich, Bavaria, has just celebrated the 900th anniversary of the establishment of the brewing in dustry. It seems fully that long, or longer, since it was disestablished in this country. A Shipping Board office is about to be estab lished here, a tribute to the overseas trade of Omaha, that is growing so fast it needs special attention. A district judge holds that pop is not a proper item in a bill for medical expenses. A pop bottle has sent many a man to the doctor, though. Mr. Hearst got his in the platform, and now the democrats are to get theirs in the neck. Mr. Hearst bolts the ticket. It will take longer than four months for the democrats to do all the forgiving that is set before them. Dr. Woods Hutchinson says that few fat men go wrong. Of course not; they don’t lean that weigh. Anyhow the name Davis will have an especial ap peal to one democratic element in the solid south. Many auto accidents are caused by one hand driving, the other arm hugging a delusion. Omaha is now the home of 217,3*9 happy, hust ling people. Watch us grow. /--- N Homespun Verse —Bjr Omaha’s Own Post— Robert W'orthington Davie ___ , .. ... i J WHEN THE MISSUS COES AWAY. T have often needed rounnel; I have often neaded aid. And I’ve shuddered in the thickest of the fniv Hut my deepest trials utnl troubles to my aorrow are displayed When the Missus taken the kida and gore away. And at night | rend her mlaatvea while the dlahea a«*at fared lie. And the floora a»e really terrible to view A dlagrunt led, lonely fellow, al«k of keeping bona** n rn 1, Trusting thiit my at rife will presentl> he through. For the children’* buoyant prattle I am longing mn atant lv For t hr one who make* the wot hi serene and ga \ , And if hut h1 fig I*4 n hh 'emu. It I* others la** to ma NN htn tin* Migi-ua lake* ihe kids umi goes wu>. % _ ___ ■ ■ I ' ~ N Better Than A’l the Patent Medicines in the World i-—---—--— f Letters From Our Readers AC letter* must be signed. but name w ill be withheld upon request. < ommuul < utlons ut itiu words and less will be given preference. - ■ - - — ■— - - ... - - "Hoar" From a Lion. Frederick, lid.- To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Thi* is the first op port unity I have had to write and: express the deep appreciation of the members of our party for the aplen-j did way In which yew and your as aociate* aided in making our annual Lions* comention such a wonderful success. Never in the history of Lions International have we experienced! the cordial reception and considera tion of every detail on the part of the local authorities as w «« the case of holding the convention in Omaha It seemed that nothing was left undone In the manner of details for the en tertainment and arrangements for the success of the meeting. The people of Omaha appear to vie with each other In their hospitality extended to the Lions and their wives and guests, and the friendli ness was not only exhibited by the Lions Flub of Omaha, who. of course, had such a large part In the conven tion and did their work so well, but it seemed that the citizens of the city themselves were tremendously inter ested to see that every one enjoyed their stay, (beat credit is due each and eveiv citizen of your city, who eyined to challenge e;n h other in tlfelr efforts to look after the comfort and e difficult to reach In future conventions Allow me to personally thank you for the part which your ftplendiri paper played and the many articles of publicity which It carried, also for those references to our aong. Keep Smiling On " Particularly do I ap preclate this, as our chib is dependent 1 Abe Martin % On* o’ th' worat thing:* about bein’ a rannydate ia t' keep aomr folka from bein’ fer you. VV« hope our *ir)a won't read th' F’olir* (in reft* while waitin' «’ be bobbed. (Copyrlahf. 1134 ) NET A VERA cTe PAID CIRCULATION for Juao, 1024, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . 74,616 Sunday .......... 76,224 Dot• not ln< lud# rtlurni. loft* •vtri, tamplM 01 papon • polled in printing nnd Indudti no apt* tal •ala* »r if circulation of any kind. V. A. BRIDGE, Ctr. Mgr. Anlt* Notaiy I-3 upon Just such things to aid In the spreading It over international. My attitude toward Omaha Is one of profound appreciation, and 1 am happy to express these senttmenta to you and through you to the people of your fair city. H. NOKI, HAI.LKR. Convirl Aliens. From *ti# Philadelphia Pablir Ledger % On discovering'that IHe out of six men arraigned before him for sen tence In the court of general ses sions were not citizens Judge TalP-y indignantly protested against making this city the dumping ground for crooks all over the world. Th* general poverty of Kurnpc made the migration of professional criminals an acute post-war problem. I In both Great Britain and France the j-MIce authorities have found a meas urc of protection for their people in requiring noncitizens In their tcorders to report to the pnllee at regular in tervals inalesirable strangers are kept under surveillance and frequent ly deported. in both countries the evil is treated In a sharp, drastic manner and maudlin sent iinentallly is permit ted tec piny no part. In this country we have depended entirely upon the immigration au thorities to prevent the invasion of professional criminals. Hut the gen eral experience of trial judges Is shown in this particular Instance which aroused the indignation of Judge Talley. These criminals are coming into the country In large num* bera. hut not through the channels presided over by the immigration of ficers. They first enter Canada or Mexico. The business of smuggling criminals over the border has grown to alarming proportions. To protect the country along these borders, stretching from coast to coast would require an army. Re cently certain trial judges have l>een directing the clerks of their courts to send full reports of convict alien cases to the immigration office, with the suggestion that these men should be deported on the expiration of thejr terms. This plan should prove effective. Trial judges everywhere co operating with immigration authori ties ran do much to overcome this growing menace. When in Omaha Hotel Conant JW Room*— 250 Bath*— Riir* $2 to $3 Winter Sports all Summer in Mt. Rainier National fork ^TOBOGGANING half a mile *!■ to the slide. Skiing. Forty five square miles of glaciers bordered by myriads of brilliant hued wild flowers. This majestic peak reverently called by the Indians the "Mountain that was God” is one of the world’s great spec tacles. A morning’s ride by auto from Tacoma or Seattle. $7700 Round-strip from I Omaha to Portland, Tacoma Seattle Cheyenne, Denver, •renic Colorado and Salt 1-ake City at no additional fare lx>w priced aid# trip* to Rocky Mountain. Yellowstone and Crater Lake National Park*. Go on the splendid Union Pacific train* the Portland Limited or Continental Limited 1300 mile* of acenery along the old Oregon trail. 200 m»*ea along the Columbia River. Wnte for free booklet “Pacific Northwest and Alaska,** far Information, aafc A K Carta. City Poo*. A font, U P Syatam, 141# Do*f« 81 . Omaha Phona Jaekaon 98tt Conoolldalod Tlakot 0*ta , - 141# 0-*fo 8( . Phono At'antl# tt\4 or Union Station, 10th an* Maray Straota Union Pacific 4 Runny side up] chJce Comfort, nor focoet [ 1 "But, mamma, all mv other is clear." he Insisted. I WILL, M. MAT'PTX, * h= ij Center Shots The difference between lunch and luncheon In anywhere from a dollar up —Steubenville Op ette. So f.:r every bloc has Its cand'dat*-; except the wet Nordic agnostics New Yor k Herald Tribune. A man who gives the right of wa' to a woman driver is not only chivalrous, but prudent.— New Oi lcans Times Picayune. It used to be that a man who drove] with one hand landed at the altar.; Now he lands in the hospital—New ark American Tribune. Post master General New is opposed* to the scheme for the f_\ ft. I). letter* | And so aie we There's too much; waste basket mail already, without Tomorrow Alri9ht WA vegetable aperient, adda tone and vigor to the digestive and eliminative system, improves tbe appe tite, retfevee Sick Headache and Bil corrects I Chips off the Old Block 1 MJUNIO*B-Littl«Nla I On.-third th. rrrular do«». Mi '. I I of umi inerredianta, th.n candy I coat.d. For children and adaltm. 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