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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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