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Oraahd Vhefe (he^bst is at its Best
DAWES ANSWERS THE CALL.
Formally accepting the nomination as candidate
of the republican party for the vice presidency,
Charles Gates Dawes does not disappoint either
friend or foe. He courageously and frankly states
his position on three points he considers as salient
and vital. Others he leaves for consideration at fu
ture times. On the questions relating to tariff and
agriculture, for example, he promises to give his
views at Lincoln, when he speaks there on Friday of
next week.
The issue of radicalism, which he deems of ut
most importance, gets ample treatment, as it has
had ample study. La Follette is referred to as
“leading the army of extreme radicalism," one wing
of which is composed of the socialists under Debs,
Berger, Hillquit and their comrades, and of which
Debs said it was the purpose “to hold the socialist
party intact, adhere rigidly to Its principles, and
keep the red flag flying.” Against this body of radi
cals and unthinking discontented is the republican
party, led by by Calvin Coolidge under the American
flag.
Between them Mr. Dawes discovers tho demo
cratic party, facing both ways, with a conservative
at the head and a radical at the tail of the ticket.
Mr. Dawes charges a lack of respect for law, caused
in part by demagogery in legislative bodies—laxity
of enforcement by authorities and by the activity of
an organized minority. These add to the confusion,
which must be overcome by straight, clear thinking,
and equally honest voting.
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General Dawes has great faith in the voter, who,
he says, “with his sense of fair play, despises and
condemns the man out to catch votes under false
pretenses.” This sentiment should be appreciated in
Nebraska, where we have noted democrats masquer
ading as “progressives,” and have seen nonpartisan
leaguers get into office disguised at the polls as
republicans.
"Neither President Coolidge nor his party plat
form assumes that the Constitution of the United
, ptateg Is an outworn document of old-fashioned
ideas, to he discarded for the principles of the new
i ' socialism."
There is the final answer to the La Follette
group. It leaves the issue clearly joined, and looks
| only in one direction, forward and not backward,
progressive but not revolutionary.
On the League of Nations, the Dawes utterance
is quite as plain and as emphatic as that of Presi
dent Coolidge, when he said to congress: “The
League of Nations is dead.” But the part played by
the United States, and particularly that played him
self, in restoring peace to a troubled world is mod
estly referred to. “Our opponents have referred ta
this as an act of cowardice,” says General Dawes.
“Had it not been for this attitude of President Cool
i idge and Secretary Hughes toward the expert com
mittee, Europe might not today be facing away
- from the chaos and hatred of war." Perhaps if the
4 democratic speakers and platform makers had been
a little more foresighted, they would not have so
unsparingly condemned the work of the administra
tion in efforts to aid Europe. But that die is cast.
The world praises Dawes as the peacemaker. The
democrats may sneer at him, if they wish, and de
mand a resumption of the debate on the League of
Nations.
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| Our statesmen, believes General Dawes, are the
| equals of those of the world, and our people are a
proud people who “will tolerate no leadership which
will surrender one iota of their independence or sov
ereignty to any other nation or combination of na
tions.” Yet this does not mean a withdrawal from
all contacts with the affairs of the world.
"The man misjudges the temper and fiber of
American citizenship who maintains It is not ns
fearless In trusting its representatives In any con
flict of peace as It Is In trusting Its youth behind
the flag In war. To rot morally In a policy of Iso
lation rather than cleanly to contest In these men
tal battlefields In which questions must be solved
for the advancement of civilisation, both here find
abroad—Is that tho temper of the American peo
ple? I think not."
There is the answer to those timorous souls who
% shudder at the approach of any question, believing
that America has no foreign policy, and lacks states
manship to create one.
Not in the fog of argument about the ambiguities
of the covenant of the league, but in the clear
atmosphere of Americanism, illuminated by the Con
• stitution of the United States, and made plain by
• experience, General Dawes would see our country
; go forward In its leadership. “The proud position
of world leadership for which she has been designed
by Providence, and from which she can be debarred
only by reversion to political expediency.”
HOPPING TO HONOLULU.
Lieutenant Doolittle has set buzzing conversa
tion by proposing to fly from San Francisco to Hono
lulu. This sounds big, but little thought shows that
Jt should be accomplished. To begin with, it is a
course 100 miles shorter than that covered by
J Macrcady and Kelly in thoir nonstop flight from
i Mlnneola to Han Diego. It is only 500 miles further
than Alcock and Brown flew, when they crossed
from Newfoundland to Ireland. In each of these
epoch-marking trials, the flyers declared it was pos
sible for them to have kept on for a considerable
distance. They had reached their objectives, and
so were content to stop.
Doolittle has several marks to his credit. He
jumped from Florida to California in one day, mak
ing the first transcontinental flight. He has made a
number of other flights that have been of much in
terest to the air service of the army, if not to the
public. The one he has just finished, from San
Diego to San Antonio, by way of Denver and Post
Field, Okl., called for both skill and endurance.
Doolittle plans on taking a monoplane of the
type used by Macready and Kelly, and feels con
fident he can cover the distance from California to
Hawaii with little trouble. Improvements based on
actual experience will give him an advantage over
the others who have made the records that exist.
Airmen of the army are confident the undertaking
will go over without mishap. For Doolittle’s credit,
it is cited that his earlier flights, such as that from
Florida to California, were made with little or no
preparation in advance, such as attended Maughan’s
dawn-to-dusk adventure. With the improved ma
chine, and a little support in the way of tuning up,
the ambition of the bird man to make the long jump
may soon be realized.
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WHO STARTED IT?
The New York Times exults that “Mr. Davis’
speech had at least one instantaneous effect. It de
stroyed a lot of ammunition which the republicans
had piled up ready for use.’’ The Times explains
this:
"Senator Walsh and Mr. Davis between them ef
fectually disposed of the myth that the lawyer's
heart beats in sympathy only with his retainers. As
for Mr. Davis in the Ruise of 'a Wall street man,'
that has now become so supremely ridiculous—no
where more so than in Wall street itself—that we
shall hear of it no more.”
Having thus cleared the track of its favorite can
didate from one of the great stumbling blocks in
his way, maybe the Times will pause long enough
to consider by whom that obstacle was located. It
was not a republican who brought the charge against
Mr. Davis. Any accusation so far made or objec
tion raised by the republicans has been against the
party and its record, not touching Mr. Davis as to
his personal character or his fitness to lead the co
horts of incompetency and uncertainty. Far be it
from such. The charge from which Senator Walsh
defended the candidate, and from which the candi
date has freed himself, according to the Times, was
made by no less a person than William Jennings
Bryan.
Are republicans to be blamed because they
quote what one eminent democrat says about an
other? Is all the ammunition dump destroyed sim
ply becaifke a third eminent democrat rises up to
defend the second against the aspersions of the
first? We think not, and we also think that despite
the assertions of Senator Walsh, the promises of
Candidate Davis, and the belated endorsement of
the one-time peerless leader, that what the latter
said at the convention and immediately after con
cerning the fitness of John W. Davis to be president
will linger in the minds of a great many voters.
These will reflect that the charge was not made by
a republican, but by a democrat.
BETTER THAN THE KINGS HAD.
Many little boys and girls have pestered them
selves nearly to death, trying to learn the names of
kings in succession. Some stick in the mind without
effort, and some deservo to. Take Alfred the Great,
CKarlemngne, William the Conqueror, Richard of
the Lion Heart, for examples. They did mighty
deeds, wrought great works for their day, and made
memorable contributions to history. Yet for com
fort of living, they knew nothing of what the work
man enjoys today. H. A. L. Fisher, a member of
Lloyd George's war cabinet, said in a recent public
address:
"Jack Jones, labor member of parliament for
Sllvertown, has more liberty than any Anglo
Saxon, Norman or Angevin king. Science has given
him more mower over nature, he can travel faster
and farther, makes hts Influence felt over more
human beings and can gratify a far larger range
of personal tastes than was possible for any Indi
vidual, however happily placed In that remote uge,"
Not in these things alone, but in the more worth
while affairs of life is improvement noted. Absence
of sanitation, uncertain food stipply, imperfect med
ical art, general ignorance, all contributed to the
discomforts of even the most wealthy and powerful
in those old days. As understood today, life in the
medieval times was scarcely worth the efTort.
If this is true of England's workmen, how much
better off is his American cousin, who has every
thing the Englishman may possess, and in addition
many things the latter envies. Gold watches among
the British workers are rare as angel’s visits. They
are common enough in America. Telephones, auto
mobiles, phonographs, radio sets, many other com
monplaces in American hdmes, are looked upon as
unattainable luxuries abroad. And this happy con
dition was not brought about through free trade.
If the American workingman is tired of his condi
ton, he can hrng about a change by voting for cither
La Follette or Davis, either of them being pledged
to put American wages on a parity with European.
This country’s per capita wealth of $2,913 is not
quite enough to buy just the kind of a car each one
of us would like to have.
Now that ,T. L. Beebe has left the progressive
party flat on its back, what will the poor thing do?
The Santa Fe is going to spend a million to at
tract tourists to California next year.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poet— *
Robert Worthington Davie
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COURTSHIP DAYS AND WEDDED DAYS.
Courtship flays are pleasant, -
Dreams are deep nnfl true;
Single hearts go beating
With the bliss of two;
Loneliness Is fllstant;
Heallarn seems
Lost behind curtains
Of our magic dreams.
Wedded flays are changeful;
Visions grow less bright;
Time avers that fluty
is not all delight;
Dreams receded haunt us—
Draams that do beguile,
And reveal a shadow
< if a brighter smile.
W edded days grow sweeter
As the years go on.
And each night seems brighter
Than each faded dawn.
Wedded flays grow richer,
Dearer and sublime
When the past Is measured
On the scales of Time.
_Maybe He Can Do as Much for Our Own little Darling j
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Letters From Our Readers
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Reasons for Prohibition.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: John Langley uses lots
of space in a sarcastic attack on
prohibition, but he argues lieskle the
point. No one says, Mr. Langley,
that there were no stills, no boose,
no moonshine, etc. These are to be
expected.
It would be Just ns radical to assert
that because we have laws against
robbery, there are no more burglars:
that because there are laws against
murder, there are no more murderers;
that because there are laws against
arson, no one ever sets buildings
afire. People break laws at every op
portunity, Mr. Langley, and they
break tha prohibition law. Vet the
only law you would think of repeal
ing is the prohibition law. Why pick
out the one? Why don't you advo
cate repealing the law on robbery?
It would be Just ns logical.
Mr. Langley says that our neigh
bor's drinking hablta are none of
your business. Is that so? Just re
member that the saloon went out ot
this country never to return because
It became all too evident that the
drinking habits of others became
everybody’s concern. It soon became
evident that drinking people were not
peareahle. They destroyed property.
They murdered and robbed. They
tried to run machinery and pilot ships
at sea. It became evident that whisky
and brain do not go together in thou
sands of cases. One of the greatest
of all brewers, Mr. t.’ehline, In a re
cent statement says that the saloon
brought about Its own downfall.
If the drinking habits of others.
Mr. Iatngley. Is none of our business,
why do railroad companies refuse to
hire drinking men for positions of
trust, why do employers In every line
where skill Is needed, turn down
drinking men? Why do life insurance
While (coin' home last night Fish
Ruckley, boyliko, broke into a gro
cery an’ got shot in th' leg by Con
stable Plum If you see a long
haired wife it’s a cinrh she’s recon
ciled.
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PAID CIRCULATION
for July, 1924, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .74,010
Sunday.74,792
Doaa not Include returns, Isft
tvtra, aamiilfs m papers spoiled in
printing and Inclodss no special
■ sales nr Iiai* circulation of any hind
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Subscribed and sworn to tisfnrs niA
this 5th day of August, 1024
W H QUIVEY.
(5asI) Notary Public
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companies discriminate against drink
ing men? Answer those questions, if
you will.
Hunting around for booze as he
does, Mr. I.angiey ha* no trouble in
finding it. Hut he cannot dispute the
fact that in thousands of towns scat
tered all over the United States, wo
men can go down the street* without
being Insulted by bunchea of drunk*
and drunken men are a rarity. No
thinking citizen declares that the pro
hibition law is not l<eing violated,
but, like all laws, proper enforcement
will cut down the evils to a minimum.
Best of all. no political party. It will
be noted, darea to put in a platform
E,rivooatlng a return to the old days,
and thev never will.
, COMMON SENSE.
flood Honda.
Omaha —To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The Omaha Bee is ren
dering a good service to all classes,
and particularly to the farmers, in
its timely and splendid editorials In
favor of good roads. They benefit the
farmers most, because good road* en
able them to reach the markets In
the cities, saving time and also sav
ing money in the cost of transports,
tlon.
Nebraska should be taken from the
bottom of the list of states in road
work in road building has been found i
useful and profitable. The ro-opem-'
tion of the state and federal govern
ment is necessary for the construction
and maintenance of a good highway
system. The welfare of thcyc untry to
a large extent depends upon it. Thlsi
ha# been the experience of the pro ;
gresslve states that have expended
millions of dollars annually on their
highway*. ,
It Is chiefly to favor the building
of good roads that our auto clul * are
organized, because through such or
ganizations better city ordinances nnd
state laws are enacted to safeguard
life and prevent accident* and stimu
late business more extensively among
the different sections It will also en
courage a cosmopolitan way of con
sidering matters of general Interest
to take the place of the narrower
view engendered by a restricted In
terchange among the people.
Our backward position In road i
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j Cutlcure Soap, emitted when nec
e**»ty by Cutlcura Ointment, doe,
much to prevent pimple*, black
head, and other unolghlly crup
jtlona, and to ptomota permanent
akin health.
Ateir<l««rr»* tr RUM A.Urw, "PeAJoerR 1 tier
p«rA ttr, MaIAn AR ««*m tA^M II.I1
! •fl'crr (*■**!' Me Omltlfnt It *»•*•< (tv t a)«tin< »<*
I ®HT* Cutlcura Ihntlurt* Ara Krlukl*
building 1* due to the dislike of
change when the expenditure of
money is Involved, to lie raised by
taxation. AVe cannot have good
road* without paying for them.
Let s get rid of the dirt roads as far
as possible. Substitute the state and
federal aid highway system that will
make transportation pie sant and
profitable, D. F. DOLAN.
Disapprove* of Fish Butchery.
Omaha.—To the Kditor of The Oma
ha Bee: I noticed with disgust the
photo of the two people with their
string of bass caught at Lake Andes.
The people who exploit such actions
as that are not sportsmen, but a differ
ent kind of animal. They don't be
long in a boat on a bass lake, but at
the stockyards, in the apartments
Just south of the Kxchange building
My idea has always been that the
preservation of game and fish was
from a motive of furnishing recrea
tion and sport for as many people a*
pcoodble. and such law* and reguia
tluna w- .e not : r sole purpose of
furnishing food for the most porcine
of the human family, if the food
proposition is all there is to it, then
why not repeal oil game laws, and
let seines, dynamite, traps and lime
When in Omaha
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OIK OWN LARTHA MANE. \
Dear Lartha Mane: I am not yet quite 1* years old, but I
I am deeply In love with a young man who Is three years my
senior. My parents object to my keeping company with him,
or any other young man. But now and then I pretend to visit I
for an evening at the home of a girl friend, but instead meet
my sweetheart. Do you not think I have a right to live my own
life and make my own choice of companions?—Stella B.
My Dear Stella: Please have your father call on me pri
vately. X have a nicely polished bedslat I want to hand him.
together with ample directions as to use. I can see where a
portion of your education has been sadly neglected.
Dear lartha Mane: My 9 -year-old son Is a confirmed
cigaret addict. In spite of all my efforts to hide my clgarets
from him he finds them. Is there no way to cure him of the
habit?—Mrs. Q. C. H.
My dear Mrs. H.: You might try another brand of cigaret.
Perhaps your boy wouldn’t like them, and refrain from taking
up with a new brand. This suggestion, of course, is on the
supposition that you and your husband smoke the same brand.
Dear Lartha Mane: For several months I kept steady
company with a young man. He seemed to think a great deal
of me, but recently his attentions began to decline, and now he
seems to avoid me. Is there anything I can do to bring him
back to me?—Susie Q.
My Dear Susie: You might change the flavor of your lip>
stick and get a face powder that does not rub off. He may
have stalled on your preferred flavor, and you know It cost*
money to have one’s other suit cleaned so often.
Dear Lartha Mane: Most of my gjrl friends have had
their hair bobbed, and I have been wondering whether I should
i have mine bobbed. What would you advise me to do about It?
—Ethyl.
Dear Ethyl: I have no advice to offer you. You will.
Dear Lartha Mane: While shaking up my pre-dinner cock
tall last evening I told my boy to do something, and he dis
obeyed me. I do not like to resort to corporal punishment, so I
am asking your advice.—Puzzled Father.
Dear Puzzled Father: Try mixing your cocktails where (
your son can not see you. If the boy does not see you violat
ing the law he may not be Inspired to disobey your commands.
Anxlous Mother: It wag too bad that your daughter
trumped your ace. I know of nothing that should be done
about It. Girls will be girls. I
Etlquet: It is still proper tor a gentleman to arise In a
crowded street car and give a lady his seat. But be prepared
for an attack of heart trouble. She might say ’’Thank you."
Injured Elia: I’m afraid It would be useless for you to
consult a lawyer. If you had not accepted the Invitation of a
perfect stranger it would not have been neceseery for you tfl
lump from the auto, thereby sustaining a fractured limb. It
was a limb, wasn’t it; not an arm?
WILL M. MAL’PIN.
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help procure the food? It Is not ex-|
cuse for such exhibitions that th«|
state laws permit It, as they must in'
South Dakota, that simply gives the
tendencies of persons a chance to
show up.
The great benefit of the fishing
game Is the fact that it gives many
people an opportunity to get out into
the open places, away from their
ordinary business, gc-t fresh, pure air
drink in the beauties and grandeur of
nature, and incidentally, as an added
Joy, to catch a few fish, but If no
fish are actually caught, the outing
will give a satisfaction that can be
had In no other way. I do not know
if your invitation to the Walton
League, in connection with that photo
was for purpose of inspiring the
members of that organization to emu
late the example of the two. Or to
call their attention to the fact, but
as I understand the principle* of the
tValton League, I don't think many
of them at least would try to break
this record at iny rate.
A. L. TIMBLIN.
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Compressed bricks made from or
dinary dirt have been developed for
house construction by two French en
gineers. says Popular Science Month
ly. In the process ordinary subsoil
earth containing S to 6 per cent clay
is compressed by tremendous pres
sure The resultant bricks are sail
to have a pressure resistance of 600
pounds a square inch.
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ths country in velum* of business don*, though
,11th In population, I* a striking testimony to
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