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GnwIia Vhoie the^fcst is at its Best
GET THE AUTO-MURDERERS.
Two persons were killed on roads near Omaha
l Sunday, because drivers of autos did not observe
< ordinary caution. In one case a car that stopped
t was struck and overturned by a following car, and
»' a woman killed. In the other fatality, a pedestrian
i walking where the road seemed > lear and safe was
i struck by a driver who had sv/ung his car toa far
I out, because he was going at too high a rate of j
» I
• peed.
• • In neither case is the culprit known, because in |
: V'o.th instances the driver of the death ear fled.
I iOY/a authorities are reported to be conducting a
I j tale-wide search for one outfit, and the Nebraska
I authorities are determined to find the other. No
f pains or expense should be spared to make the quest
I successful, and when the reckless drivers are caught
f they should be punished.
No driver ever'sets out with the deliberate in
tent ion of killing anybody. Probably nobodv regrets
$; a fatal accident more than the one Yvho causes it.
5’ Yet neither of these considerations can undo the
S' result of a moment’s thoughtlessness. Too many
S' drivers yield to the temptation offered by a good
piece of road, and “step on it,” just to get a thrill.
And every day the papers chronicle a death as a
l result of that method of seeking excitement.
When some action is taken by the authorities
3; to make the penalty of this sort of criminal careless
V ness outbalance the thrill, the sport will become
»; legg popular. If drivers knew the penitentiary was
: at the end of the route, in event anybody dies be
’ cause of their speeding, there would be less speed
|■ rig. No other way seems open. It is up to the
*: 'uthorities to make the roads ns safe from speeders
J: 's from footpads.
PRAIRIES SOON WILL BLAZE.
Early visitors to Nebraska were charmed by the
fc landscape. From the Missouri river far back and
■ up toward the Rocky mountains, the sweeping plain*
* were covered with lush grasses, besprinkled with
dowers of varied and brilliant hues. Whichever
* way the eye turned, it was both pleased and refresh
d by the sights that greeted vision. In those days
,3. he verdure afforded not only food hut shelter for
*; many wild things. The wilder men used to hunt
Si ihese timid creature*, and to facilitate the chase
‘J ,vcrc accustomed to fire the dry grasses in tlie fall.
J' -tomdimes the tire started from other cause*. A
J holt of lightning, spontaneous combustion, might
rt 'et off the blaze that swept the ground, a terrifying
t pectacle, and always dangerous.
All that belongs to a past day in Nebraska’s his
tory. although men and women now living well recall
•X the blazing prairies. This year we are to witness
> nmething as nearly akin to that as is possible in a
it’ icgion where most of the land is under fence and
* cultivated. Nebraska is now debatable ground in
J ihe matter of politics. A distinction not sought.
» ,ut. due entirely to the merits of the people has
* ome. Great political parties, seeking preference
J rom the voters, desire that the citizens of Nebraska
■J ass judgment upon their claims.
J They do not send their tyros or understrappers.
* at the great sachems, sagamores, shamans, of the j
t iribes will come, for the exchange or proffer of j
* wampum belts. Dawes, Bryan and Wheeler, candi
* dates for the vice presidency, will lead off in Ne
braska. Here they will tire the heaviest guns in
* iheir battery, here they will sound the war cry of
ihe campaign. And when these are done, there will
be. others. LoFollette mav come, and Davis, and
*J I’oolidge surely will send word, for the biggest and
the best are noxious to have the approval of Na
braska.
The prairies will figuratively blaze once more
’ In Nebraska this coming fall. Our people certainly
1 are not insensible to the compliment thus paid them.
As Intelligent, progressive, and independent voters,
» their verdict is worth something to the parties.
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FIRPO AN UNDESIRABLE ALIEN?
Luis Angel Firpo came to the United States to
*■ c ;.fry out an engagement that may turn over to him
f « quarter of a million dollars. He is to exchange
J buffets with an American citizen. Hypothetically.
T some one of the multitudinous and unclassified hon- ,
on of Fietiana is involved in the affair. With this
t phase of Scnor Firpo's presence in the United States
* w* are not much concerned. It will be fully treated at
length and in proper season by the sporting editor,
« who is erudite in *uch matters.
Scnor Firpo approached our hospitable shores In
company with a young woman w)io admits she is
* iot his wife. He was admitted, while she was sent
;•* on to Havana Some yean ago, when Gorki, the
1 Russian novelist, sprung an unofficial "wife’’ on
SI New York society, he was surprised at the public
i reaction, and returned to Russia more than ever
i convinced that Americans are hopelessly "hoozh
J wah,” uncouth and lacking in the proper qualities
;* for accurately estimating a genius. Firpo did not
j get quit* that far, and the official* ut the immtgra
J tion liurcnu say he was allowed to (ome in because
\ no evidence sufficient to exclude him, was submitted
i . Canon William Sheafs Chase, president of the
[ New York Civic league, i* before the immigration
t f, i,i Weshincton. Insisting that Firpo b«
^•jiw. d. lie 111 offered .ome evidence at least us
to the relations between the South American pugil- |
ist and the woman who waits for him at Havana.
What action the commissioner may take is not in
dicated.
Americans are not prudish, or squeamish as a
rule, but they do have certain old-fashioned notions,
and we doubt if they are sufficiently enamored of
the prospect of seeing a foreign prize fighter to
willingly forego their traditions of decency. And
Firpo has paid very little attention to the prevailing
notion that lies behind the Mann act.
ENGLAND’S LABOR GOVERNMENT.
An interesting thought conies up in connection
with the address of Richard Henry Tawney of Eng
land, before the Institute of Politics at Williams
town, Mass., last week. Mr. Tawney, who is Pre
mier Ramsey MacDonald’s chief adviser, asserted
that the British labor party has become “a perma
nent phenomenon in British politics. To give sub
stance to this and support the further implication of
its success, Mr. Tawney said:
"A socialist and pacifist is prime minister. A
socialist and pacifist is chancellor of the exchequer.
The founder of the Fabian society Is president of
the board of trade. The former secretary of the
National Union of Railwaymen is minister of war.
An Iron founder Is at the head of the home office.
A miner Is the head of the poslofflce. And the world
still continues to revolve."
After allowance is made for the British tories,
who are much like the Bourbons, in that they never
forget anything and never learn anything, Mr.
Tawney’s assumption of permanence fails to take
into full consideration the mutations of politics out
of which the British labor party was born. The
United States will afford him a background, if he is
interested, for conclusions quite at variance with
those he voices. Our experience here is that politics,
and political parties,, are in a continual state of flux.
As in England, the labor party did not come up to
power until it had acquired a sufficient number of
converts from the older parties. So here, no party
can endure, save as it can hold popular support.
Views that were regarded as radical a generation
ago are accepted as commonplaces now. Evolu
tionary processes carry political parties along, just
os society is advanced in other lines.
A more interesting point is whether Ramsay
MacDonald is premier because he is a socialist and
a pacifist, or in spite of it? Whether Snowden war
made chancellor because he is a socialist, or Sidney
Webb was put at the head of the Board of Trade be
cause he formed the Fabian society, or for some
other evidence of marked ability? Did "Jim” Thomas
come to be minister of war because of his former
experience as secretary of the railway men’s union?
Might be some reason in this.
Germany’s president was a harnessmaker, but
that had no bearing on his being chosen president.
Warren G. Harding was a printer and an editor,
and yet became president, Woodrow Wilson was a
school teacher. The list is instructive, and hears out
the thought that men are not put into high public
place because they have a trade or calling, but be
cause they have brains, and a fitness for public serv
ice. England'* labor government will be tested on
this line, rather than on vocations of its members.
MOT HERS-IN-LAW FIND CHAMPION.
Some diligent excavator may yet unearth the
original copy of the mother-in-law joke. It comer
down to us from an antiquity that is awful to con
template. Only, if all that haa been so far discov
ered is reliable, mother-in-law in troglodyte days
was valued because of her usefulness. She could
do a lot of chorea, and thereby spare her daughter,
whose active time was employed in ministering the
wants or needs of the lord of the premises. He had
enough to do in pursuing game, waylaying enemies,
or plotting the downfall of whoever happened to be
above him.
Somewhere along the line the mother-in-law
joke was evolved. It is perhaps the hardest of the
Jot. At any rate it lives among jest* just a* the
shurk and the alligator do among ihe denizens of the
i!eop. Without material change it has come down
through millions of years. Now, however, we get
vvhnt every married man knows, from Judge David
Gorfinkle of Yonkers, N. Y. Settling a family fuss,
the judge said:
Mothers In lrfw- ai a rnis sis all right, I alwey*
welcomed mv mother-in-law amt was glad tc sr«
her. I think mothers-ln law ars much mlsunder
»tood."
It is well to remember that mother-in-law Is
also grandmother. She is useful in so many way*
that no home can be really happy without her.
Young husbands or young wives may think they
know it all. They are apt to forget, however, that
mother-in-law was up against the same proposition
before either of them was born. She is a philoso
pher, guide and friend. She knows what to do In
any emergency, from colic and croup to putting up
strawberry jam. Her services are many, she seldom
get* and never expects reward. Some day the ba
bies will have a chance to vote, and they will give
first placa to grandma, who is ma-in law first.
The suggestion that the automobile speeder be
called a “rnotoimoron" doe not meet with the ap
proval of this Great Family Journal. "Jailbird” is
the proper appellation.
Just a little mistake in orthography on the part
of those who called it the "Great American Desert."
It is really the Great American Dessert.
If that coffee served In most restaurants comes
from that rebellious Brazilian province, our hope is
that the Federalists win in jig time.
Several weeks ago we admonished the world that
Nebraska had never lost a crop because of too much
rain. Look at what happened!
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’* Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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THE HILLS.
I lov» the placid valley.
The ewerded waving weld)
But to the hills I sally
Because the hills are old
And wise, and they remind me
Of deeds ennobled, wrought
By higher hand* end kindly,
Which fashion dream and thought.
I love the prairie, blending
lie green with heaven's gray;
But lonely Is Its ending,
And, oh, so far away!
Its width and breadth enthrall rue,
Its welcome aerrneth < old
Because the great hllle call na
And they are wise and old
1 lot e the glade so quiet,
The tiers that 'round It rl«e
The stream that Journeys bj It,
And murmurs lullabies
But rue my fabrics carry
I rnm taller, glade and rills
i iurn vacant lonely prairie
t rile tilt welcoming lull*,
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Toward Which We Mot*.
Omalui—To the Editor of The Oma
ha Bee: young people have too much
freedom, -older people are saying, and
(tie Franks murder case in Chicago
is lining itoinled out as a horrible ex
ample.
The young millionaire murderers
did have too much freedom, but chief
ly such freedom as their money g»ve
them, and certainly they had too
much money ami too much leisure.
They are horrible examples, not of
excessive freedom, I it of unearned
wealth and leisure popularly supposed
to supply Incentive for doing tilings
under the present industrial system.
Loeb and lutopold did things all
right, but they did nothing for the
world, gave it no new discovery, ex
tended no knowledge of discoveries
already made. They had no Ideals,
dreamed no dreams, and approached
young manhood extreme Ivpe* of
that individualism on which the pres
ent industrial system is hawed.
Part of the press tried to prove
that Loch and lu*opohl were radicals
in tlie usually understood sense, were
trying to tear down Institutions, were,
part of a movement for wholesale de
struction. Those papers failed la
menlsbly. and little more is heard of
this side of the subject. The failure
was foredoomed. Extreme individual
ists. like these two young men, are
Incapable of serving any movement,
good or bad They can t co-operate.
Youth Is only another name for
possibility, and the exuberance of
youth mar be trained and turned into
a mighty motive force for betterment.
No goody-goody counsel will do It,
no ferocious hellflr# preaching, no
mistaken pointing toward a placid,
submissive, eating, breeding exist
Abe Martin |
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\\r didn't know .Top I.ark had a
jterond-hand car till he told u* he
wua jc«t tinkerin' around. Some
lawyers don't seem t' defend no
hud'dy hut truilty people.
(Copyright, 1124 )
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THE OMAHA BEE
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Sunday .76,224
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V. A BRIDGE, Cir Mgr
: >ul**r?ihrd and leorn to hefoi* me
thi* 9th day ot July. 1924
w it quivrv
(Saal) Notary Public
ence. The world has I art plenty of
this already and "now look at the
darned thing."
The problem Is not one of youth,
but of maturity, as Judge Lindsey
IMtints out. "It concerns you, mother,
aud you. father, and you, teacher,
und.all of our institutions responsible
for the future of the race through
that childhood which i* left as a.
divine trusteeship in our sverlastlng
arms."
biuf Judge Lindsey del not see far
enough; certainly lie gives no evi
dence of it. Justice in economic re
lations. which means an emancipated,
wholly reconstructed social order, will
not solve all the problems of life,
may actually leave Intact most of
life s fundamental pleasures and
pangs; but justice In economic rela
tions will sweep away rubbish that
ho# hindered too long, and will leave
the path of progress smooth and
straight ahead. If humanity does not
take advantage of the opporturritv
then offered, then huinnbity is not
human. If bringing about this op
portunity is not a real job, one for
full-grown men and women, then
nothing Is.
Speaking for the young people of
this generation, we are not all good
and 've are nnt »11 had; probably most
of us are both gnort and bad. Many
are more Interested in special person
ol problems than in group, political,
social problems, hut.others of us are
interested In other ways as wel*. are
none the less human, are simply mice
thoughtfully human. Me <-sn have a
lot of fun while we go along, and our
share of petty worry with the rest.I
but. being lorn into a helter-skelter
civilization without our leave, a civ
ilization that seems to grow more
halter skelter every hour, we must
protest, we can’t keep still. Me can’t
and w* won't.
The protest will have power if
made long and hard enough, and the
world will And and be regenerated by
the freedom it want* and need*. Tli*
beautv end strength of modern youth
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Into the coming civilization.
What an adventure It ia that !*,
calling to us!
KDMI ND K BRI'MBAt (ill.
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A Kerman ( all.
Omaha—To the Kdltor of The
Omaha Bee: In your issue of August
2 you write: We know what wa
think of a man who torturea a baby,
but cannot put it In the paper
That Indeed is good news for the
poor babies In Germany who have
outlived the torturea for the last six
years—tortures of hunger with the
consent of the American people, I
hoi>e to God thet you will not change
your mind, but help to awake the
ion science of the grid but misled
American people A JIKADFIR.
Butler Oter Norton.
Omaha - To the Kdltor of The
Omaha B<*e The well fed editor of
the World-Herald, squealing like a
pig caught In a barb wire gate, calls
on all of the resources of his power
ful vocabulary of ridicule to prove to
the Ka F'olletta men of Nebraska that
.!. N. Norton, an avowed 100 per cent
Davis man, la a far better bet than
Dan Butler, an avowed 100 per rent
Ia F'ollette supporter.
In his double column, double leaded
editorial. Beetle. Greer and Ilutler.'
Kdltor Newbraneh spread" hi« usual
smoke screen, but there have been
times In Nebraska lately when the
voters were not (divided h, tills edi
torial barrage.
The nomination of Dan Bullet
shrew this btvm. h of polithal hybrids
into convulsions just when they had
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Pushing Back the Wall
“/y»//£ vast territory covered the voice of man. To places and
1 bv these lines at once strikes to people he has never even seen
the observer, and some conception fly his wire-borne thoughts.
tna\ be had of the importance of Over distances which it would
the long distance telephone in the take him days to travel his words
business world oj the east.” speed in an instant.
This was the contemporary The 90,000 miles of toll wire
comment of a scientific journal of 1890 have grown to more than
on the long distance telephone 4,500,000 miles carrying a daily
service of 1890. The “vast terri- average of more than 1,600,000
tory” ended with Pittsburg on long distance conversations,
the west and Washington on the Thus has the wall of silence
south. Along its frontier stood been pushed back to the edges
a wall of silence. of the continent. In its place is a
□cr now confines nation-wide telephone service.
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EVERYTHING YGVELY.
It's hmter'n the hinges of Sheoi:
I'm tarsing from night until morn.
But never complaint do I utter;
It sure is the making of corn.
T wipe the sweat off'n my forehead:
My collar's as limp as a string:
But Oosh, the way corn la a-growlng ,
Is enough to make any man alng'
So. perspiring and panting. I'm happy,
My heart Is chuck full of delight;
For Nebraska's cornfields are a wonder;
There ne'er was more beautiful sight. j
My shirt is glued fast to my body,
The sweat trickles down in my eyes; j,
The sun glows above like a furnace:
My body just sissies and fries. I
But ne'er a complaint do I utter,
I just sit around In a sweat
And laugh with pure joy with Nebraska
I O’er the bumper corn crop she will get.
I see green corn blade* a waving,
I fairly can hear the stalks grow;
I wring out my handkerchief gaily.
I My heart with pure gladness aglow.
I swab off my neck and my forehead
And long for a tall, pooling drink.
M.v mind turns to days long departed
When soda squirts answered a wink,
it's hot in Nebraska, thank goodness! j
I tumble and toss through the night.
But thank the good Lord up above us.
il's making a. corn crop all right'
We must be growing forgetful. Last Monday was an an
niversary that we allowed to get by its without notice. It Is
never celebrated in Nebraska, but in our boyhood days down «•
in Missouri August 4 was some holiday. It Is known •»
Emancipation Day. being the anniversary of the abolition of
slavery in the West Indies, and celebrated with great pomp
and circumstance by our colored friends and brothers, to
gether with their wives, sons and daughters. You people "up
nawth” have never known what genuine cooking Is unless you
have been the guest of honor pf some old time Negro family
at an Emancipation Day dinner.
Speaking of comparative statistics, all the promises made
by La Follette If placed end to end. would reach from here to
there without getting anybody anywhere.
If providence permits we shall sneak off on August ,4 of
next year and make connections with one of those fine old
Negro families down In Missouri and show due appreciation of
the culinary skill of one of those splendid old Negro "mam
mies." We'd give a great deal if once again we could eat a
meal prepared by Mammy .land Welch, the kindly old soul who
so faithfully served my mother during her early youth, and
watched over her long after 1'ncle Abe's proclamation made
her free In fact as she always had been.In effect.
WILT. M MAT'PTN. 1
completed their work with the stilleto
and the chloroform sponge. It was
to be expected that the master mind
who dared not trust hie candidacy
to the tender mercie* of the Nebras
ka voters would wheel out this 75
centimeter at Kifteemh and Karnam,
but we think they have missed the
range. W. H. OKEEN.
Criminal Waste.
Waste of natural reaourcea through
preventable fires is not only an of
tense sgsinst the present generation.
It :« a crime which will endanger
|in»terity and which merit* the
tronseit denunciation. — Baltimore
News.
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I am • weil-trainod Stenographer I
and typiat. a high aehool gradua-e ft
and want a position srith n firm in ft
ouest of a young man of ambition ft
and ability willing to work for pro- ■
motion. Phono me at Jackaoa ltd. ft
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