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IThe Omaha Bee M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. b. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY M. HACKLER. Editor m Chief Kusinese Mansgar MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee is ■ member. Is exclusively entitled to the use for republieation of all newt dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this pmper. and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of our apecial dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee la a member of the Audit Bureau of Cireulationa, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee'a circulation it regularly audited by their organ!rations. Entered as second-class matter May 28. 1908, at Omaha postoffipe under art of 6*areh 3, 1878. “ BEE TELEPHONES Private Braneh Exchange. Ask for am LaSL inn/) the Department or Person Wanted. A * laiKIC AWU " OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam . Chicago—Steger Bldg. Boston—88 Dovenshire St., Room 8 Seattle—A. L. Nieli, 614 Lary Bldg. Los Angeles—Fred L. Hall, San Fernando Bldg. San Franciseo—Fred L. Hall. Sharon Bldg. New York City—270 Madison Ave._ MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY AND SUNDAY 1 year 86.00, 6 months 88.00, ? montna 41.76. I month 76c DAILY ONLY l year 84.60, 6 months 82.75* 3 months 81.60, 1 month 76c SUNDAY ONLY 1 year 83.00. 6 months 81.76, 3 months 81.00. 1 month 60c Subscriptions outside the Fourth postal zone, or 600 miles from Omaha: Daily and Sunday, 81.00 per month; daily only* 76c per month; Sunday only, 60c per month. CITY SUBSCRIPTION RATES Morning and Sunday..1 month 86c, 1 week 20c Evening and Sunday.,...1 month 66c, 1 week I6c Sunday Only .1 month 20c, 1 week 6c k fr- .— --- Qmahd Whei^ theW?st is at its Best NO BAND WAGON FOR BOB. One of the best things ‘‘Fighting Bob” La Fol lette does is to denounce dictators. Likewise, that is the long suit of John Nelson of Madison, Wis., also William H. Johnson of Washington, D. C., who are the chief engineers of the La Follette machine. Each of these gentlemen is a dyed-in-the-wool enemy of the bosses. That is, if you listen to him tell the story. But, ever since the La Follette machine got big enough to buck the Stephenson machine off the track in Wisconsin, the people have had the presence of a double-acting steam roller impressed upon their minds. In Wisconsin the La Follette machine works both ways, going and coming. Very seldom does it have to go into hack motion, for usually when it does flatten a victim he stays flat. His only chance to recover is to get out of Wisconsin and try some where else. That very efficient machine is just now being applied to national affairs. ... “Fighting Bob” never would have been a candi date had the republicans accepted his willing proffer to write the platform, name the ticket and conduct the campaign. Outside of that, the party could do as it liked, for La Follette did not want to dictate to anyone. When he could not persuade the Cleve land convention to accept his terms, he decided he would run himself on his own platform, and with his own party. His first move was to tell the "reds” at St. Paul they could not nominate him. Then he told the “pinks” at Cleveland that if they wpuld nominate him and nobody else, and accept his platform, just as he had written it, he would run. He also told them not to worry about his running mate. He would attend to that himself. No intention of dic tating, of course. The pinks could take it or leave it, just as they liked. Out here in Nebraska, Frank Harrison came all the way from California to tell W. J. Taylor and the rest that La Follette was not dictating terms or can didates or anything to anybody. He is just heading a spontaneous’uprising of the downtrodden masses. Certain terms are to be accepted, however. All the independent forces, organized or not, must drop everything else and devote their time to carrying on for "Fighting Bob.” • • * Finally, from Nelson and Johnson in Washing ton comes down the word that there will be no La Follette band wagon. No other candidate is to get any encouragement or help him or his chiefs. He is to be the one and only, with Wheeler in second place. All movements, all revolts, all third parties, must get out of the way. Over in New York, where the third party has a ticket in the field, La Follcttc’s son has gone to tell the leaders they must not mix papa's name with any of their local affairs. Just,the orders that were given out in Nebraska to the "pro gressives.” One of the reasons for this attitude of the La Follette boosters may be found in the desire to have a single exchequer under a single control. At present there arc as many treasuries as there arc groiaps. This is embarrassing. Quite embarrassing. Sorije unauthorized person may get hold of some of the. campaign funds. At any rate, the senator from Wisconsin does not intend to share with anybody. He will accept aid from all, but he will give help to none. He is v calmly, calculntedly selfish in his aspirations. The bos# in the glory of his development. • * * 1 How this attitude will appeal to the voters of the I'njtcd States is to be determined. Ordinarily, the average American citizen does not take kindly to dictation, no matter from whomc it comes. The strength of our democracy has bepn in the individ uality and independence of the voters. They may f ollow a leader, but they certainly do object to being told where to head in by any one. The La Follette campaign so far has been a one-man show. That on« man is telling all the rest what to do. MAYBE YOU HAVE NOTICED IT. Omaha is undergoing another of those out of the ordinary experiences this week. Nothing unusual for a great market center to note the presence of buyers and sellers. They come and go every day. This is a little different, though, for it is the an nual feast of fall buying by out-of-town retailers. Even that in some ways is a commonplace, but in the present instance there is a marked difference These buyers are optimistic. They are confident of the future. The “twelfth of a doxon” limit has been discarded, and goods are being purchased on a stale that indicates a belief on part of the buyer that he can sell them later on. Buck of this lies something else. Unless the customers of the country merchant are prepared to buy, it is idle for him to make ready to sell. Therefore, when he romes to the market and lays in a stock of goods, the infer •nte Is warranted that he knows what he is doing. The money that has been pouring into Nebraska for,the last month or so hns loosened the jam In the currents of trr.de. It Is swirling in little eddies around the cross-roads store, it is trickling Into the tilts of the merchants in the little towns. Bankers feel its effect as it gathers in swelling deposits, and note its benefits as they stamp “Paid” on notes that are long overdue and some of which had been given up as lost. And the tide is rising, steadily, until it is no longer to be denied. Prosperity is our guest again. That is the dis tinguishing feature of “Merchants Market Week” this year. You must have noticed this. DAWES AND THE M<?VIE STUNT. If Charles G. Dawes had desired to pose in a stunt movie picture, he had eminent precedent for doing so. No less a personage than William Jen nings Bryan did It back in 1898. He passed in make believe before a camera at the statehouse at Lin coln. A newspaper man induced him to take part in a “rehearsal” of Governor Holcomb’s handing him his commission as colonel of the Third Nebraska regiment. However, Mr. Dawes did not rely on that occurrence to support him in any possible delusion of the public. Opponents are making out that the republican candidate for vice president is about to forfeit the vote of everybody who goes to the moving picture theaters because of his conduct. If this is true, we nre facing a new bloc, and Dawes may well beware. General Dawes was at the Grand Central station in New York for 20 minutes between trains. Mov ing picture men had set up their Klcig lights, and everything else, ready to get action pictures of the candidate. The general was asked to step before them. He protested he did not have time. The motion picture man pleaded. He told Mr. Dawes he was in danger of losing money, if he did not get the pictures. Then the good-natured general re lented, and started to march. As he got nearly into focus, he discovered two made-up movie actors marching one on either side. The whole affair was so palpably a “posed” attempt to show off the candidate in a stunt that he balked'. “I will be myself,” he said, and declined to go on with the actors. “I am not after any stunt votes,” he added, declining flatly to make any pretense, even for the camera. We believe that the public will appreciate this act, which is characteristic of Dawes. He does not decline to be photographed, even puts himself out, as in this instance, to accommodate a photographer. But he does decline emphatically to have it made to appear that he is something other than himself. Americans are pretty well fed up on “pose” by men in public life. So they turn with relief to Cool idge and Dawes, who make no pretense, but stand frankly before the people for what they are. Even the most rabid of moving picture fans likes to see things in nature displayed in natural form. Also, they want their “news reels” to show what actually happened. Certainly, they want to see their public men on the screen just as they arc in life. “TRACKS OF HIS OWN.” An Omaha young man has just been given a promotion by one of the big meat packing concerns. He already had a responsible position, and his ad vancement in the service justifies the belief that he is making good. Annals of the packing industry in the United States abound with stories of how young men started at the bottom and ended at the top, going all the way by merit. The Cudahys, well known hereabouts, were in this class. This young man has ambition plus energy plus capacity. No better combination could be found. He wants, he says, to be known by his own name, rather than that he is the sor^ of his father. The latter fact is nothing to be ashamed of, for his father has a mighty goood name, one that is all the better because the father made it himself. He started out, not so very many years ago, in a very humble position with a railroad company. Lots of men were above him in line, but somehow he could see past them all. From the day he started he had his eyes fixed away beyond where he stood, and he worked. So well did he apply himself that promo tion after promotion came .and he found himself one day standing on the height that made him dizzy when he first looked up to it. He has gone still further, and has fixed his name high in the world around him. The son, with that father’s example to urge him on, will not fail. He will come to be known for himself in Omaha. But, however great his achieve ments, and we would fix no limit for them, one thing he can not expect. The name of Robert Bucking ham will never displace the name of Everett Buck ingham on Omaha’s roll of honor. _I Texans express satisfaction at the victory of “Ma” Ferguson, and will have plenty of approval from outside the state. The next step in the clean up should be to give the electoral vote to Coolidge and DaWes. ^ Four Iowa boys under 20 have just been srrested as having committed an atrocious murder. They sought cash rather than a thrill, but the effect was just the same so far as the victims are concerned. All Americans will rejoice that Locatelll and his three companions were picked up safe. His ex perience shows more clearly what the American fliers had to overcome. -| Charles G. Dawes had no better luck than did Charles W. Bryan in suiting certain democratic edi tors by his utterances. Well, that ought to worry Dawes a lot. How nice it would he for the democrats if John W. Davis were permitted to set the pace spd pick the issues for the republicans. Perhaps the most unworthy charge vet made hy a biased partisan is that Brother Will wrote the speech for Brother Charlie. Wisconsin men are reported to be wearying of La Follette. That weariness is becoming general. At. last accounts Bnhe Ruth was still hitting homers. r— Homespun Verse -—By Omaha'* Own Poat— Robert Worthington Davie DESIRE. Olva nip n shack In tha truant aanna, Hullt where tha water* flow; Olva me tha prairie's confidence, Lyric* the btarn wind* blow; Olva me tha flower*, sweat find wild; Olvs ms the sunshine, fair and mild. Olva ma n cherub’* attitude, Power to dream while the d*V* Hilda on; (Jive me tha blossoms' gratitude; (Jive me tha y.ff*t of the bluet ad dawn; (Jive me tha pear a of tha placid night, Outdance that beckon* tha rrtute aright Olva me, amid the prosit la thing*, What tha Inanimate lui*. nnd I Won't foraska for tha wnnt of wing*. Strength to rllnil* to th* regions high; Olva ma the** nnd i'll guarantee To meet the folks In Calvary. ^ All Dressed Up and No Place to Go 1 ------ Letters From Our Readers All letter* mu*t be *l*ned. but name will be withheld u(Mtn request. Communl* ration* of 200 word* and Iru* will be *lven prrferenre. V.----— -—' Another View of f’rnhlhition. Missouri Valley, la,—To ths Kdltor of The Omaha Her: Pome of you folks are jumping all over John Rang ley on the prohibition question, and all you are giving him Is a lot of wind and oratory Bet's forget all about this good citizen business and constitution oratory and ask a few questions. Really, now. has prohthi tion done what we thought It would do? Has It cut down crime’ Don't fly off the handle, if you/haven't the cold, hard figures, try and get hold of aome before you start raving. You say It was the unanimous wish of the people. Well, have you ever seen the vote that was cast for It in eon gtess? What members of congress voted yes or no and the states they represented? There's some pretty In teresting stuff to digest mentally there I admire the enthusiasm of the l*dy from Pcnttshluff. but a problem like this requires more than it -It re quires some good. hard, stiff thinking. To compare murder ami the breaking of the 18th amendment is foolish, silly talk. If a man c immits murder In your town or mine, we are all out to help get him. Are we not’ How many are ready to help when It comes to capturing a bootlegger? Ho fair now. A whole lot of us are a pretty hum hunch of citizens. Are we not? Are the number of arrests for it* vio lation decreasing? Tf not. why not? The prohibition officers do not w nt to get the big hoys, or too many of the little ones In the game. They'd lose their jobs. You know it and so does everybody else. The officers have got some horse sense if a lot of enthusiasts have not. Is drinking among the young folks decreasing? The older people have sense enough to leave most of it alone. Where do they get the stuff with the kick In It, hut does not lay them out—where’ Right st home. Now. don't get excited. Just look around you. Quit abusing everybody who does not agree with yau. Re fair and think both ways. Met hard facts and not n lot of oratory to work with. I have not got all ths brains In the world, and I know It. hut I do know there's always two sides to every question. J. T. mZZKN'MATTKR. i He Mice* I,a Follrtte. Omaha —To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Not since tho days of Lincoln ha* n candidate for the presl denry gripped the hearts of the plain people ! ke Robert Marlon La Fol lrtte, the shaggy-haired, strong heart ed man of the west. Like Lincoln, he was born In a log cabin, reared In adversity, began his career as a poor [ ~Ahe Martin ) We kilns feel like we wuz in a Insin’ game when n p’liticnl orator tell* us our gover'ment U n gigan tic business enterprise, an' we are all stockholders an' partners in it. I,nfe Hud, who's bein' sued for $122 rent, remains unmojftd. Copyright. l*i« w country lawyer, and raised himself by the sheer force of character, abil ity ami unconquerable Ideals to the leadership of the progressive and con structive forces of the nation. Forty vears of devoted service without a shadow of a stain upon his escutch eon. No wonder the people love him. At first, the campaign managers of Coolldgo and Davla admitted that Iji Follette "might carry eight western states." Now that number is raised to 11. By November they will need to add another row of states, enough to keep the election from being thrown into the house. By advices from Ohio, the home of Harding and McKinley, there is firomlsed a La Toi lette majority, and, like Roosevelt, Pennsylvania I* likely to cast its vote for 1m Follette, etc. Moreover, this T do know with s moral certainty: The working people have the power to put Boh La Fol lette In the White House If they have the brains enough to protect their own welfare by registering and vot ing for him. And. |f they think enough of their country to urge their families and friends to do likewise, there will lie a La Follette landslide next November. The elephant and the donkey have no arguments la* Toilette's life and record Is a knockout blow to them! The kept press, led by the reactionary New York Times, In emitting daily ed iforlals of venomous abuse, some of It so silly as to he ridiculous on Its face, will avail them nothing. Because— he made his state of Wisconsin proof against railroad corporations, trusts nd combinations, w ho now pay the freight, not the people, and he means, too, that the entire union be likewise Hence fcaicd by the Mellons, the Morgans and their Ilk. Respectfully, F. PHILIP HAFFNKK "Some Day." Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Hec: In one southern state n woman < <ndidnte f**r governor leads In the primary. She probably will be governor, the first woman to be gov ernor of any state. It was not so |<>ng ago that women were classed with Idiots and criminals at being denied the ballot, let alone the right to hold office. It was not so long, comparatively, that Susan I. Anthony was arrested and fined for voting In a presidential election, with the Influential everywhere look ing on in open approval. Almost In the memory of people now living, the teaching to women of writing was opposed lest wives should forge their husbands' names' This Is not written to boost the feminist movement, although that movement Is packed with hopeful possibilities. Neither should ihe value of voting and of holding office ho estimated too highly, elnee cer tain other artlvltlrs pierce to the heart of things more deeply and de liberately. The lesson of much In the present la a lesson of tolerance, of hopeful I DEMAND Over 100,000 people have testified that TANLAC haa relieved them ef: Stomach Trouble, Rheumatism, Mai-Nutrition, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Loss of Appetitt Lone of Weight Torpid Liver or Constipation. "Ask Anyone Whe Hat Taken TANLAC* CVS* 4* MILLION POTT LSI SOLD Per Sals By AD Om4 Dnnka HHHr ness, of Inspiration. Here ami there may be ideas we abhor, but why? Have we really investigated, or do we let others do our thinking and repeat, parrot like, the conclusions they have formed? Perhaps if we looked into the matter, truths would be revealed promising as mtich in our lives and untold usefulness and happiness for multitudes when reflected in legal enactments and social usages. To close concretely, as I began con cretely: Home day the United States may recognize soviet Russia, and ideas out of Russia may occasionally be judged as other than the embodi ment of Iniquity. KDMU.VD R BRUMBAUGH. When in Omaha Hotel Conant 250 Rooms—250 Baths—Rates |2 to $3 MARK IT ON YOUR ER It’s the LAST DAY to Buy the Genuine OONANZA |J SMOKELESS Three more days to take advantage of the low- FOR ONLY est August price quoted on genuine BONANZA Semi-Anthracite for years! Don’t think because the thermometer reads 98 in the shade today that you won’t need coal within a few’ weeks. 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JAckson 3021 414 South 15th Street I SUNNY SIDE UP; ^JaJoe Comfort, nor forget There are a number of men In Nebraska who are making more noise than a pertain Danish-born American citizen named Ole Hanson, Ole Is not a candidate for political office, lie have a yob. It Is doubtful if he would trade the Job he has for the best job within the gift of the people of this commonwealth. I Ole Is general manager of the Farmers' Equity Co-Opera, tlve Creamery association at Orleans. Neb. It Is said to be the largest co-operative creamery In the world. Whether It 1s or not It looks It: and Ole is the man who made it such. Of course other good men helped, but It was Ole's knowledge of dairying, acquired from a long line of Danish ancestors, the butter and cheese makers of Europe, that put it over. HTbis creamery Is making upwards of 80,000 pounds of fancy I grade butter a day. It Is also making 200 gallons of ice cream a day. and 10 tons of lea a day. The company does not owe a dollar. It Is the biggest Industry In Orleans, and the pride of every citizen. j - I Ole Hanson has one pet peeve. It is keeping s cow that scarcely pays her board. It makes him mad to think that the average Nebraska cow only pays 100 pounds of butterfat a year for her board. He says the average should be above 300 pounds a year. Ole says that If every cow in Nebraska would I just increase her ljoard 50 per cent h year it would add $10 000.800 to the hank accounts of Nebraska farmers. If she paid the average paid In Michigan and Ohio the farmers would add $31,000,000 to their bank accounts. — Ole Is preaching better dairy cows and more of them: co operative creameries and many of them; more co-operation among farmers, and more of It between farmers and towns people. Right here we are going to take you into our con fidence. We would rather listen to Ole while he talks dairying and co-operation than to listen to any politician or offV-eseeker. One morning this week we listened until we almost bought a * dairy row. And we would had we been able to figure out a wav of keeping her In our somewhat circumscribed apartment. "Pride goeth before a fall," and "he who humbleth himself shall he exalted." The other morning, riding a Rurlington In- * spectlon engine, we were asked by Superintendent Mullen If we would like to play engineer. Of course we would. To be a locomotive engineer was our esrilest bovhod ambition. So, after a brief instruction as to the use of throttle and sir valve w’e assumed our new duties. For quite a considerable time we were puffed up with pride. About two hours after relinquishing the throttle we Indulged In a fit of boasting, only to be told that we had been cruelly hoaxed. Those Inspection engines are fixed so they may be operated from the observa tion car perched up In front, or the cab behind. Mullen had tipped the wink to the fireman, who had disconnected the front apparatus, and all the time he had been running things. All we had done was to pull the whistle lever for the crossings. Rut all on board admitted that as a whistler we were a grand success. " One of these days, before the fishing season closes, we are going hack to the village of Champion, chase county, equipped with all our fishing tackle. We have the invitation, and we knew the little lake is full of fish. WILL M. MACPIN. - ^ NO COMMISSION 6% § I REAL ESTATE LOANS Is § 6% INTEREST ° i NO COMMISSION E ® Easy Repayments ^ o The Conservative Savings & Loan Ass’n o 2 1614 Harney Street ^ 6% NO COMMISSION S%