•'l"" """ 6radtid-Vhoie iho^bst is dl its Best PAVED ROAD TO FORT CROOK. Thirty-five years have gone by since Fort (hook was established as a military post. Yet one of the problems presented at the time the fort was fixed noon- remains unsettled. That is the question of a prvtd road to Omaha. One secretary of war after nothcr has visited the post, one general of the my and then another has received salute on its parade ground. Regiment after regiment of infantry Pcs been quartered there. Steadily the post has ;rown in importance, but still communication with ihe city is hampered. Long ago Omaha pared the highway as far as the Sarpy county line. Many times efforts have been made to secure the co-operation of the War department, of Sarpy county, and other govern mental agencies. Always it has been without avail. Omaha might have paid for the paving long ago. The city has no right, to invade the territory of a neighbor, however, for any such purpose. So the dirt road has remained. Now, with the prospect, of a great boulevard drive along the river, a portion of which will loop down as far as Bellevue, and the presence of the air mail service at Jarvis Offutt field, the need for the paved highway is becoming imperative. Whether it be the high or the low road that is chosen, one should he attended to without further delay. Under the federal and state aid plan, the cost to Sarpy county will be minimized. The likelihood •f the federal government, through either the War or the Postoffice department, bearing the entire rost is remote. Some portion of it will have to be sus tained by Sarpy county. The burden will not be so heavy that it can not be borne. Just now the property in the northeast corner of the county is greatly increased in value by reason of its proximity to Omaha. Many fine homes already have been built along the route to Bellevue. Others are pro jected. A well paved highway will increase these activities and add greatly to the tax roll of our neighbor, in other ways the general prosperity of the county will be furthered. Determined effort to secure the improvement is being made by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce , and others who are interested. We hope success attends this effort. Thirty-five years is a long time to wait for a highway where the need is so great, hut if it comes now the wait ran he forgotten. HON. EDGARS "SIMPLICITY.” When it comes to whaling thf stuffing out of a »trrw man, wc will pit Hon. Edgar Howard of the Third Nebraska district against any man in the world. His latest triumph in this line is his plea for a "mudlcss” campaign. Hon. Edgar admits that tke private lives of Coolidge, Davis and La Follette are above reproach. Therefore, there will be no scandal of a personal nature. Amen to that. What he does next is to admit, that President Coolidge is a Yankee, and on this, to say: "He has nothing in common with western people." That he. looks to the preservation and protection of wealth. Has'.no regard for those who do not posses* wealth. Believes that New England is above all other parts of the world. Does not understand or speak the same language as the people of Nebraska. And winds up his pleasant little tirade by insisting that Coolidge believes the Hamiltonian doctrine. Whatever that i«. It has long been a custom among certain classes nf democratic debaters that when they wanted to blight beyond hope any repub lican, they rail him a “Hamiltonian.” The name of Alexander Hamilton is inseparably fixed with the foundation of this government. His name and his works are in the same glorious annals as those of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and the Adamses. He must indeed be a simpleton who ran not see harm to America because Coolidge has views as lofty and as patriotic ns those Hamilton shared with the great group with whom he worked. What we do want to note, however, is that while he deplores the slinging of mud, Hon. Edgar is not above the small practice of damning his opponent hy slyly insinuating that he is unworthy of western support because hr hails from Massachuhselts. Hon. Edgar does not believe in sectionalism, hut some of his readers may, you know. WHERE RELIGION MEANS SOMETHING. News that. Robert Imbrie, American vice consul at Teheran, had been beaten to death by a mob, will ,set a lot of people to looking tip atlas and encyclopedia. Teheran, one nf t,he principal towns of Persia, is also a renter of Mohammedan faith. In the great schism that followed the death of the Prophet, Persia and western India went to the Shiite faction, which holds that authority passes hy descent from the prophet, and not hy election. Although defeated in battle, and put down through weight of numbers hy the faction that holds for election, the Shiites cling to their rreed. The World War, a« well as events immediately preeeeding It, stirred old rancors in Persia, jus! as alsewhere, and the fanaticism of the mob runs higher now than It has for many generation*, Teheran is • aehool renter, as education is understood in Persia. It hat long been in eontart with western riviliaalion. Th# mass of the people^ however, are in that frame of mind that rests on the Koran and knows little if i anything else. It is not surprising that the Amen- | can vice consul and his companion were so severely handled by a mob that saw in their presence a menace to thfir religion. The Persian government will undoubtedly make full amends without pressure from Washington. The incident -will show, however, how delicately balanced matters are in that part of the east. The mob merely mistook its victims for members of a rival sect. Against the Christian these sects may easily be persuaded to make common cause. The “white man’s burden’’ in Persia is not only heavy hut extremely fcstless just now. FIGHTING WINDMILLS. "t sm toady to wage unceasing warfare until Hip American people have been restored to a full enjoyment of Ihelr political and economic rights.''— Senator I.a» Krtllette. Bunk! Nothing more, nothing less. And no one knows it better than Senator Robert Marion La Fol lette. Never before in the history of this republic, nor in the history of any other country, have the people been so free to exercise their political rights. Never before have they been as equally privileged to seize and maintain their economic rights. For years there was an insistent declaration that the bosses controlled. The direct primary was demanded. The direct primary was secured. It was the privilege of every American citizen to exercise his judgment in the selection of candidates and choice of party. The direct primary is almost universal in this republic. Universal suffrage is an established fact. That the people are freely exercisiing their political rights is evidenced by the multiplicity of conventions and candidates. Yea, even by the appearance of Rob ert Marion La Follette in the field as the candidate of a certain portion of the free and untrammeled I a electorate. There never was a time in American history when the right of men to engage in gainful occupa tion of their own choosing was more universal or more generally seized upon. The whines about lark of opportunity and oppression of “big business" conte ,-lmost without exception from a class who be lieve that legislative enactment can be substituted for labor and thrift, and that a government made up of the people can do for its citizens what they are unable to do for themselves. Neither Robert Marion La Follette nor any other man can “restore political and economic rights to the American people." This for the very simple reason that the people have never been deprived of those rights. On the contrary they have been en larging those rights and profiting thereby, socially and economically, at a rate unprecedented in his- | tory. That is why the United States is the Mecca of the oppressed of all lands and climes. “Battling Bob" is fighting windmills of his own erection. WHEN THE LAW LETS UP A LITTLE. Ever)- now and then out of the sordid battle be tween revenue agent and bootlegger comes some thing that almost convinces the reader that the whole thing is a sort of game. That some of its elements are as human as anything can be. That some of the men who engage in it have hearts, the same as other people. Mostly we get news of eruel murders, of broken faith, bribes, and other crimes that sicken the lover of his kind. Such proof of man's depravity is disheartening. Yet good deeds may shine through the naughty world of the rum runner. One such story comes from thp Atlantic coast. On “Rum Row,” which is at the 12-mile limit off New York, sailors are just as liable to mishaps as they are anywhere. Fortune, by one of the odd turns of her wheel, has landed a Regular doctor from Australia among fhis strange ■t-semblage. He finds his time pretty well taken up. One of his patients was so badly burned the doctor decided to have him removed to a hospital on'shore. Accordingly the man was taken in a launch and put tn at a mast guard establishment. The rase was explained to the revenue officers present. Permission to take the sufferer to a hospital was granted. The doctor was placed under arrest, how - ver, as an alien, landed without permission. He was arraigned before the proper authority, to whom '•xplanation was made. Promptly the doctor was set free, and escorted hark to “Rum Row” in a revenue rutter under a flag of truce. 1 nrle Sam does not prosecute those who rornr on missions of mercy. The yarn is so unique and rare that it is worthy of notice. The smuggling trade provokes something besides crime, after all. Twenty-five deputies sounds like quite a squad for the sheriff’a office. Maybe a little rearrange ment. could squeeze out one or two for service on the highway patrol. Nebraska counties that, have been complaining of empty jails are being silenced by Judge McGee, who Is seeing to it that all vacancies are filled in order. Adam McMullen was not expecting much from the New York convention, but he will benefit di rectly by certain of the proceedings there. Now it seems as if the convention was for Davis all along, McAdoo, Smith and all the rest agreeing. It took 16 days for them to find it out. Fred Johnson may as well make up his mind to be in Lincoln a good deal of the time for the rest of the year. If monkeys had votes, says the Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger, Mr. Bryan would be for evolution. That Is rubbing it in. Doubtless Brother Charley thinks that Charley Graff's name should he changed to Gruff. ^ - - "■ *— • N Homespun Verse —By Oirmh«’« Own Po»l— Robert Worthington Davie _1_-—--> IN THE LAND OF THE SETTING SUN. Itiri you r\n look with wond',rm*nt when th» Ion*, drear day 1m don#. Aeroaa i be expanae of vale and glade lo tbe land of ihe a*.Ming atm: To the radiant realm of your fondeal dreama where the height nf your hope* prevail. To the end nf a journey wonderful, to lb# end of a quiet trail? I Were you eter lead aa one a fanrlea go- when the aim aim alnka dowP to real. And the dewdropa fall on Hie gardeu wall and the end la aummer dreaaed? Were you ever led bv vour vlelonlng where Ihe elfa and Ihe dryada run, And romp away the rarea of day In the land of the getting aun? Old you ever glide In jour own dream bark to that blue red rendexvoua Where tbe balm wlnda pla> «i the rdoae of da\ aweef inelodlea and line. Where you are Inal In the broad aitrvey with fervor and apltndor and fun. While the drear da vg meant UK# a heavenly dream In the land of tha anting aun/ On the Theory That One Bad Turn Deserves Another. —- -■■■■ ,, .... — ■ - ■— ■■■ -■ -" ---^ ju-OME OP THE BOVsTyATD IT OUGHT TO GO TO J'QME ONE ELSE , ' 8UT I SAID MO 5JR,CLEM QUAVER, I.T THE MAN WHO GOT ME INTO \ THIS THING AND I'M GOING TO j _ j DO AS NUCHFOBHrM. j - ■ -- ' '■■■ N Letters From Our Readers All I offer* mail ha alvnrd. hut ninif will ho withhold upon reqseat. (enmual* cation* of *0d word* and Iona will ho git on proforma-*. v_____ v: not defend their country how long before they would have no countrj to defend"* Mow long before they would be in subjection to some nation who would not ask if they believed In war. hut would put them like I’riah. "in the forefront of the battle * There Is no excuse for a war of re \enge or agrandizement, hut when borne and country are assailed, then let Americans shout like Marco Boi es r is: "Strike till the last armed foe expires' Strike for your altars and your fires' Strike for the green graves of your sire*’ God and your 41alive land' ‘T MOTHER. Ad\i«e to Negro Voters. Omaha To ttie Editor of The Oma ha Bee The National Negro Welfare league, through its president, is rail ing on the negro voters of the ioun try to stand Arm in the ranka of the republican party. We do not agree with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or any other organisation that thinks Hi* negro should support any third parts’ movement. While we know that 1 he tepuhlican parts has not kept all of its promises, it is the only party to which the negro can look with any degree of assurance. W e are glad to And the colored voters of 1 he middle west are not swayed by every false promise of every weak kneed par»\ that would > all them sway from the party of I.incoln, of Giant, of Roosevelt. The thinking When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rnomw250 RithwRurs $2 to S3 Nam* Ilim. J^ennon. Neb.—To tb* Democrat it Stats Central Committee: As my rep resentatives I would caution and In struct you. You are in position of the bov that came to bat in’the ninth Inning, with the score tied, ♦ h# base* full, two strikes and three balls. Will von hit the only hall that is coming over? Will you give us a candidate *'» yard long," all wool and a yard wide? Never in the lifetime of those living have tlve |>eople been in a worse state* of unrest. This unrest in both parties, while the tank and fi'e of all want and try to vote for good gov ■Moment. This does not *p*».ck well for the leadership of the parties that have been in power during the years this unrest has arisen. The ranks • weary unto distress with political hunk and bnnksters and they long for some Metres to lead them out of 'his political wilderness. If h# does not rise within their own party they will seek hint elsewhere. People have faith in this govern merit. Aq a whole they do not share the belief of some that this unrest is in omen of the deray of popular suf frage, but believe that government idvances as a toad walks, whenever worthy hand will carry the standard forward again. If at your coming meeting you sh:il! in«e shove petty politics and sclrrt « candidate who fj*om his youth to ripened, mature years has ehired the growth of ibis commonwealth- One who has shared its possibilities and trials with an abiding faith in its peo ple and Its future. One whose daily accomplishments in his own and in his community** affairs as well has earned the right to enjoy the honor which has fitted him for the responsi bilities ss governor—a very broad, omprehenslve word a man who on lerstande that the every day affaire if life are important affairs of state tne whose only platform Is Ne braska's welfare. A man who con • ult* with all interests and factions ind then takes orders only from his • nd and his own conscience. We have this man In our party within every county in thta state. *hoose him and the democratic i>art> in Nebraska, will again be ome h nrlle force for good whether we win [>i lose the election. But if at your coming meeting von nhnl! fall to give this unrest the * on nlderation it deserves, and shall choose for us a rubber scamp, a political pawn or a seeker after pet ■tonal gains, who a democrat rould inly vote for bv holding bis nose with one hand while he makes his X with the other—then hear ve me' s omnion voter in the ranks, for 1 tell v«ii the inert and women who have he backbone of the democratic partv In this state for a generation will bsert you on next election clay by he thousands. Most respectfully yours, TIIKNMOK < ON K. In Self Defense. Albion. Neb To the Kditor of The Omaha Bee: 1 think Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook t" to he commended for her resistance to the “youth move inent.'* which would make perjurers of every red-blooded boy and girl of America. There would, no doubt, tie r few cowards who would bide behind their pledge, but the majority would think such a pledge moat honored in the breaking Be*.ember, please I am s|*eaklng now ss a private Indl vidua!, not for sn> of the organi/at r-H_=—l t Ilona for whom my pen la employed.! To every animal. Including man, that! find made, He gave means for per sonal protection, and Me gave t h®in to them for use. What man with a spark of manhood in hi* makeup would alt at ease and see some brute, quadruped or biped, devour wife or daughter and not lift a hand for her protection. or see a little child abused and look on with a would be placating smile” Ton find few of them In America. Al? life 1* a fight ! A fight with ourselves to Keep down! the baser elements In our nature, a fight for life, for health, for the up*! |lift of humanity, to uphold right andj overthrow wrong. When we .ease to fight we cease to live. No one hates war or desires peace more than I. but I do not believe the wav to end one and promote the other s to turn traitor to our coun try. We require the foreigner in like an oath of allegiance to this country In order to become a citizen. In the name of common sense, what '»n l'ncle Sam mean by permitting these misled ones to ask the vouth of the land to take a dlrecllv opposite oath.' The way to court wsr la to leave our country defenseless. !>o we covet j the fate of Armenia” When the .lews hesitated at the fjead sea and Morel cried to the l*ord for deliverance he was iold to “speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward ‘ When they had done all they could then He did the rest. If the nation should -say. I do not believe in famine, there fore I will neither sow nor plant the fle’d*, and refuse all human aid to, there who try to do *o, we would sav. 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Astonishingly good serv ice aboard and it coats no more by these big ships. Let u* plan with you. Further infor mation trom local steamship agents or H. S F.LWORTMY, Ntoamahip G«nrral Agont, 71 II. Jatksnn BlvJ . ( Hit*|o. Ill 7 of Frolglit apply C. F NICHOLS. I01» \S O nidg . Omaha, Nrhiaaka. Canadian Pacific NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for June, 1924, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .74,616 Sunday ... .76,224 Dom not Include nturni, loft- j over*, •ample* ot paperi spoiled In printing and Includes no special •ala* or free (ircttlalion of any kind. ! V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. M*r. ,1n!i»rrikfil and awntn to before ms this lltk dev of July, 1024. W 11 QUIVrY. Heal) Notaiy Public 4 L=-~ .—— I SUNNY SIBEUP1 ckJce Comfort. not forget I <7Aa/ ; _ _ ■■ . -' A great, many things that worried us when we wer# younger and knew far more than we do now, worry us not at all In thee* laler days. Whereas we once were wont to stew and fret, lest a certain set of candidates he defeated, thus pushing our beloved country nr;t4g"- to the brink of destruc tion. we now refuse to allow our mind to he agitated nr our || soul harrowed. *- (I Time was in the somewhat distant past when we would j ,,*ten to the political oralnr as he tore the circumambient atmosphere to tatters, and depart with the feeling that It was incumbent upon tia to offer our life If need be to eave the country from destruction. It la no longer so. We have seen 'he country survive too many "crises.1’ ( Tn days gone by we believed It every time we heard some agitator declare that the poor workingman was being ground In the dust. Then we would become indignant and denounce tile predatory Interests in language vastly more emphatic than polite. It gradually dawned upon us as we pursued our dally I leaks- that It wasn't true; that the worker who tried to get ahead had plenty of opportunity, and that It would be belter for all concerned if the time spent in listening tn the hot air distributors were spent in useful labor. More than once In olden days we held our breath pending the total destruction of the republic. But sooner or later we had to let go. because the republic kept right on. It is going to keep right on, growing stronger and bigger and better, just as it always has. Not because of the professional reformers and the self-constituted saviors, hut in spite of them. From the window of I he exchange littered room In which we dally toll we look out upon the gyrations of the politicians and refuse to tremble at their dire predictions. They aie false prophets, the lot of them. \\ e know It, because w e used to tremble until It finally loosened all our teeth and compelled the investment of a considerable sum in porcelain substitutes, and nothing that they predicted ever happened. *-* i Now and then arises the necessity of correcting a few . e\|ls that bob up in our governmental affairs. Bfit they are always corrected, not by ranting" upon the stump or the promises of politicians seeking public office. They are cured by the always predominating common sense of the American i people. AYe look bark upon those years only to pity ourse'f for l hating been so easily deluded. AVe face the things ahead with something like a hard-boiled feeling. We have ceased trembling. N'n longer do we abed scalding tears oter anybody's woes. And least of all do we lend an attentive ear tn those who would hate us bellete that they alone can sate nor beloved countrv front destruction. WIU, M MAI'PIN. L-——-_______ negroes know that President Ooolidge is h **fe man for all the people and with General Dawn as vice president the nation will know that the govern ment of the I’nited States will be s»fe for all classes, all creed* and color of its citizens. The first question the negro should and doe* ask, will t'ooHdge and Dawes st the head of the govern ment he safe for ail of the If the country is safe, the negr«i is ah fe. The National Negro Welfare league stands aqua rely behind Tool idge and Dawes. JOHN W. KOWl.ER. MacPhail School of Music MlNNtAIOLIi'MINNOOTA P »ne VwJin V o»c*. Og*e Dramatic An Public School } Music Dpoma and Degree C curse* Aaw**a '« Hamline Un*\er*nv Fall Ter ir oc»*o* Sept lm 0 **•<*« ec** >»o I i _ ___ _ --:—M Timely Direction*. A gentleman having bu*in»*s with a back-country farmer inquired of the farmer * boy where the old mail wan to be found. Hen out in the pig pen doctoring a sick ehoat.'' re plied the boy. and added a* an illuminating after thought. 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