Til Be Elected ”
LaFollette Tells
Omaha Audience
Third Party Candidate De
clares Davis Already
Hopelessly
Beaten.
(Continued From Fas# One.)
from every undertaking on which
they embark.
'T'h^ progressives Intend also to
take the railroads out of politics.
They are in politics now and they
will be- In politics continually as long
as th^y remain in the hands of the
private owners. But they can be di
vorced'entirely from politics, so that
changes In administration will make
no difference In their operation and
controll There are several methods
by wfctch this can he accomplished,
and f$e progressives will be con
cerned! only to find out which Is the
best ojle.
"Public ownership of railroads Is
not an Immediate issue. It will be
come !*ych when the progressives
have lia$ an opportunity to work out
their plains with the best expert coun
sel available and to present them to
the pifOple. When that time comes,
the people will be given every oppor
tunity! 4° understand just what Is in
volved ! before they are called upon
to maifco a decision.
I'rgoA Esrli-Cuinniins Law Repeal.
“As'!we say In our platform, the
immediate issue Is the repeal of the
Esch-Cummlns railroad law and the
substitution of a scientific method fot
the adjustment of freight and pas
senger rates and a proper method for
the peaceable adjustment of indus
trial deputes on the railroads.”
La Ftdlette attacked the Esch-Cum
niins law for “practically destroying
the stifjic railroad commissions, which
had he«{n built up to protect the peo
ple fr&u the grip of the railroads.”
Me said the Interstate Commerce com
mission had accepted substantially
the claims of the carriers regarding
the value of their properties and had
lixed the aggregate value for rate
making purposes at $18,000,000. The
market value of all the rail proper
ties iii the country on January 4,
1022, tjtias only $10,600,000. The can
didate 'scored the Esch-Cummlns law
provision which groups the carriers
together.
La Kbllette predicted that unless he
wins in November a new and higher
scale of freight rates will go into
effect. ■
Not Political Issue.
"It i?i not a matter oi pounce, no
declared. "It is a matter of life and
death '(o this entire section of the
country, Any further freight rate In
. reaee4;'added to the immense burden
which the people are already carry
ing will create the most acute agri
cultural and industrial distress. More
farmer* will be driven Into bank
ruptcy',' more bank* fail and more
merchants and manufacturer* wHl be
put out of business. The railroads,
through tbelr propagandists, are
spreading the statement that the
election! of the progressives will de
stroy t|te railroads and Injur$_busl
ness. That statement is utterly false.
The triph Is that the only way to
preserve the railroads for the ser
vice for. which they were built, to in
sure prosperity to American industry
and agriculture, is to elect the pro
gressive ticket."
A large delegation met the candi
date w^en! his train reached Omaha
at 4:20 Monday afternoon over the
lines o<. the Milwaukee. He remained
in his ;private car until shortly Ire
fore s; when he was escorted to the
Auditorium. His party includes his
two Blips, Phil and Robert, Jr., Fred
eric CJ. Howe, former Immigration
commission at Ellis, Island; Basie
Manhy, head of the People's Legis
lative league at Washington; Hr.
Thoma* Colver of Battle Creek, Mich.,
a throat specialist: Sam Evans, the
candidate's publicity mentor; several
newspaper correspondents and a corps
of statisticians, stenographers and
clerks."'
pandits Must Hang.
OtlaiVa, Oct. 20.—Losing toelr ap
ical to Iho supreme court of Canada,
five who took part in the ?140,
000 roijtery of the Hank of Hochelaga
collection car last April, killing the
driver,!! must hang. Hearing of the
appeal |pf Leo Huvis, the sixth man
< nnvictgd to hang, is still in progress.
;Wilbur Approves.
Washington, Oct, 2o.—Secretary
Wilbur! approved the report of the
court at Inquiry which held the of
fleers and crew of the battleship
West Virginia blameless for the
grounding of the ship in Hampton
Rond* channel last June.
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We Are Not Socialists in Nebraska
_AN EDITORIAL.-'
You come to Omaha, Mr, La Toi
lette, at a crucial hour In the presi
dential campaign. Men and wo
men all over the country, particu
larly here In the mlddlewest, are
making up their final judgment
concerning the principles at stake.
Under the pressure of your own
dynamio personality Issues which
ordinarily determine elections In
our country have been swept aside.
tVe are face to face with Issues
that reach into the very substance
of things—not only into the sub
stance of our government, but into
the substance of our economic and
social structure.
We are uneasy about these
things, Mr. La Follette. We hope
that in your address in Omaha
you will make your position clear
concerning them.
It Is our Judgment that power
ful personalities, urged on by am
bition to gain power, are always
dangerous in a democracy. The
emotions of the people are not a
safe guide In determining gor-ern
mental policies. The rise to power
of the dynamic personality is al
ways based upon emotions.
Because of this fact we are
anxious to have an explanation
from you on the basic issues that
have come to the front as a result
of your candidacy. If you are
thinking more of power than you
are of truth then we feel that
much of your support will fall
away from you.
Here are two points that the peo
ple throughout this section of the
country are anxious to have ex
plained.
1. 'me proposal lo rnange ine
constitution so that congress would
have the sole power to declare
whether or not a law is in con
formity with tile guarantees of in
dividual liberty.
It has been charged that you put
this proposal In your platform at
the behest of the socialist party.
That you agreed to it because of
the strength of the socialist party
In your own state, and because the
socialist party In your own state
has always supported you In your
campaigns—and further because the
socialist party Is now the only po
litical organization of nation-wide
proportions that is backing you in
your present campaign.
The charge Is based upon reason
able premises. You know, as well
as the people of the country know,
that the socialist party is seeking
the destruction of our form of gov
ernment—that the socialists look
upon the constitution as a "worn
out document,’’ and that their plans
for the confiscation of private prop
erty cannot hope to be successful
so long as the constitutional guar
antees of Individual liberty are pro
tected as they are now protected.
You know, too, that the socialists
always and everywhere gladly hall
any scheme for the breaking down
of the constitution.
In your recent address In Chicago
you discussed this subject, but you
did not meet the Issue. Instead you
evaded It by saying that you did
not propose that state legislatures
should jjave the right to pass laws
. without regard to the constitution.
Is It your Idea.that the legislature*
are the only bodies that might seek
to pass laws that would Infringe
individual liberty — that congress
would never pass such laws?
Thet state legislatures have pass
ed such laws; congress has also
passed such laws. If It Is wrong
for the legislatures to do so, by
what right shall congress be given
more power than the legislatures?
2. The socialist party endorse
ment of your candidacy anil the en
thusiastic support given you by the
lenders among the socialists and by
the full socialist party machinery.
The socialist party, Mr. La Kol
lette is a "revolutionary party’’ and
their declarations and demands for
a revolution are contained in the
party platform adopted at Cleve
land at the same time you were
nominated aa the candidate of the
socialist party for president of the
United States.
The socialist party and the com
munist party both seek the same
ends, the overthrow of our govern
ment and the establishment of
communism, as practiced today in
Russia. Here Is the avowed object
of the socialist party as set forth In
the constitution of the party:
"To gain control of the powers of
government In order to abolish the
present capitalistic system and the
substitution of the co-operative
commonwealth.”
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The "capitalistic system' to
which both socialists and commun
ists object Is the system of indivi
dual initiative that has made our
country the most powerful in the
world, that has guaranteed the
possession and the use of private
property. It is the system under
which the United States has be
come the country in which there is
the widest home ownership In the
world, In which the workers and the
children of the workers have a
chance to carve out careers of
honor and of fame. It Is the system
that has broken down cast lines
and given to all the opportunity,
and even more, the right to make
of themselves t)je utmost that their
Industry and their capacities can
achieve—all of this protected under
the constitution.
In all your long career, Mr. La
Follette, a career that would never
have been possible except for that
‘■capitalistic system” which your
socialist followers hate, you have
never been charged with lack of
bravery.
Today, In Omaha, there is before
you the greatest opportunity to
prove whether this socialist en
dorsement has sapped that bravery.
The middlo west, Mr. I-a Fol
lette, is filled with home owners,
home owners in the cities, home
owners in'’the towns and on the
farms. We have within our bor
ders enough automobiles to take the
entire population of the state on a
sight-seeing tour, at the same time.
In our homes are be found more
pianos, more radios, more of every
thing that makes home and life en
joyable than In any like population
anywhere on earth. Our people
stand second only to our neighbor
state, Iowa, In the matter of gen
eral education. Our schools are
among the finest in the world.
Sometimes we are not satisfied
with the turn of events. Y/e would
not be Individualists if we were.
It is our intelligent dissatisfaction
that has brought us to our present
state of wonderful prosperity. But
we are not socialists, Mr. La Fol
lette, we do not want to tear down
the pillars of our society.
Where do you stand on these
matters? What Is your attitude to
ward the platform of that socialist
party that has given you its en
dorsement, quite evidently In the
hope that through you they will be
able to make some sort of breach
in the walls of the constitution?
You nominated yourself, Mr. La
Follette, you wrote your own plat
form. You selected your own run
ning mate. You have ruled your
entire campaign with an Iron
hand. You have the power. Here
tofore you have had the courage.
You are facing the test. We are
not socialists. We do not like the
close association of socialists with
you. Denounce them Mr. La Fol
lette. Denounce thetr platform.
Denounce them by name and In
ringing terms. Debs. Berger, Hlll
qult and all the motley crew that
I looks so longingly toward Russia
| for thetr political guidance. De
i nounce, too, that plank In your
own platform that seeks the de
| struetion of constitutional liberty.
For one thing be sure, Mr. La
Follette, Nebraska intends that the
vote of its citizens shall select the
| next president of the United States,
j We will not have that right turned
| over to a congress elected In 1922.
| We look with dread upon the
I scheme of those who would bring
about the chaos that would result
from such a prostitution of the
right of franchise.
We, In the middle west, are on
the threshold of a new prosperity.
We Intend to see to It that nothing
Is done to keep that prosperity
from us.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE f?AYS:
Each man Is entitled to his rights
and tlie rewards of his service be
they ever so large or ever so small.
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Plan to Widen
24th Street
Is Approved
Improvement Will Be Made
Between Farnam and St.
Mary Avenue; Width to
Be 80 Feet.
Twenty-fourth street, from St.
Mary avenue to Farnam street, will
be widened to 80 feet.
Appraisers’ report for widening of
Twenty-fourth street, from St. Mary
avenue to Harney, determining the
cost at $237,815, was rejected Mon
day morning by city council commit
tee of the whole, and .the public Im
provements department was directed
to have another appraisement made,
on the basis of 80-feet width, and to
extend the dlstdlct to Farnam street.
Property owners, directly Interest
ed, petitioned for the 80-foot, and
renewed that expression orally before
the committee.
This Improvement, If accomplished,
will require taking 28 feet from the
west side of Twenty-fourth street.
The proposed plan contemplates a
paved area of 56 feet with a 12-foot
sidewalk on each side of tse street.
This will give a paved area of only
four feet less than the present 60
foot runway between curb lines on
Farnam street.
‘‘The property owners thought the
100-foot proposition would be bur
densome,” Commissioner Koutsky
Raid. The 80-foot street will reduce
their assessments 35 to 40 per cent,
and It Is estimated that the 80-foot
street from St. Mary avenue to Far
nam street, will cost about $175,000
less thatn 100-foot width.”
T. R. Kimball, architect and Inter
ested property owner, addressed the
committee:
"Twenty-fourth street eventually
will be the main retail thoroughfare
of Omaha. It Is the history of cities
on rivers or waterways that the first
long street paralleling the water be
comes the principal retail thorough
fare.
"Years ago, when the street car
tracks were about to be laid along
Twenty-fourth street, I advocated
widening the street because I believ
ed that widening would be necessary.
The longer this Improvement Is de
ferred the more It will cost. We
should distribute the cost of this Im
provement as a general tax, as some
other cities do."
Bee Want Ada Produce Hesults.
SUPREME COURT
TO TAKE RECESS
Washington, Oct. 20.—The supreme
court today announced a recess from
October 27 to November 17. At next
Monday's session It will receive mo
tions and announce opinions and or
ders, but will not hear coal argu
ments.
For the convenience of litigants on
the Pacific coast a large number of
rases on the docket fro mthat sec
tion will be advanced for hearing on
February 23.
The Coronado coal case will be ar
gued January 6.
Reception Given Tecumseh
Teachers by Woman’s Club
Tecumseh, Neb., Oct. 20.—Tecum
seh Woman’s club gave a reception to
the teachers of the Tecumseh schools
at the Community clubrooms. The
decorations were in autumn leaves.
Mrs. J. F. Croft, president of the club,
presided. Mrs, E. O. Robb, violin;
Mrs. H. K. Livingston, flute, and
Mrs. E. H. Bush, piano, gave a num
ber of selections. Mrs. Daisy Hervey
extended a welcome to the teachers,
and the response was by Prof. L. D.
Halsted, superintendent of schools. A
one-act farce entitled "How the Story
Grew,” was followed by a saxophone
solo by Miss Elizabeth Sappenfield,
with Miss Elva Gibbs at the piano.
New Hotel at Falls City
to Be Opened May 1 Next
Falls City, Oct. 20.—The Weaver
hotel, being constructed at a cost of
$160,000, has been leased to Tony
Schroedl nnd W. 8. Barkley, both ■ -,
Fergus Falls, Minn., the former of
whom will be Installed as manager.
Between $36,00 and $40,00 will be ex
pended for furnishings, Mr. Schroedl
announced immediately after the lease
was signed. The hotel is expected to
be formally opened on or about May 1,
1926.
Crop Reporting Office
Moved to Brookings, S. D.
Brookings, S. D., Oct. 20.—Removal
of the office of the federal crop and
livestock reporting service of South
Dakota from Watertown to Brookings
was announced here today. Owen B.
Dawson, In charge of the work, w'lll
have his office at the South Dakota
State college, where he can be In close
touch with the farm economics de
partment of the college.
Rail Strikes in Cuba.
Havana, Cuba, Oct. 20.—Freight
service on the Northern Railways of
Cuba was halted by a strike In sym
pathy with the workers at the Cuba
Cane Sugar corporation's five large
mills.
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Burgess Bedtime
Stories
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By THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Revenge Is spiteful and unkind.
Hut often very sweet, I find.
—Hooty the Owl.
Hooty Does Get Even.
Hooty the Owl, nursing his sore
foot, was in a had temper. He could
hardly be blamed for being in a bad
temper. In the first place, that foot
was very sore. It is hard work to be
pleasant when you are suffering. In
the second place, he really didn't
have enough to eat. Hooty requires
a lot of food. Now that he couldn't
catch any himself he had to depend
on a share of what Mrs. Hooty
caught. So his stomach never was
really full. To add to these troubles
his neighbors In the Green Forest,
knowing that It was quite safe to do
so, teased him a great deal. So alto
gether Hooty the Owl was In a bad
temper.
He hissed and snapped his bill and
declared over and over that just as
soon as that foot was well he would
get even with those who teased him.
"Caw, caw, caw!” shrieked Blacky the
Crow. "Thief, thief, thief" screamed
Sammy Jay almost in his very face.
Such a chance to tease Hooty in safe
ty didn’t come often and they were
making the most of it.
After two or three days Hooty’s
sore foot became less sore. Pretty
soon he could move his toes without
pain. That foot was getting better.
There was no doubt about it, that
foot was getting better. When no one
was about to see him he would move
his toes back and forth. Then he
got so he could use that foot with
out feeling much soreness. Hooty
knew then that it would soon be as
well as ever. But if anybody was
around he pretended that he was still
suffering. He wanted his neighbors
to think that he was still helpless.
Now, as you know, Hooty the Owl
flies by night, so he was quite him
self again before the people of the
Green Forest, who sleep at night,
knew anything about It. Blacky the
Crow and Sammy Jay and others still
came around every day to tease him
and make fun of him because they
thought him helpless. All the time
Hooty was planning to get even, lie
waited until one morning Blacky the
Crow' and a lot of his relatives and
friends had gathered around and
were making a great racket as they
called him names. Some of the bold
est would flap their wings almost tn
his face. While they were doing
( f H Ca»?
“Caw, caw, caw!” shrieked Blacky
the Crow.
this, others would fly down and try
to pull out feathers from his back.
Hooty hissed and Bnapped his bill and
waited. At last his chance came. A
particularly Impudent and saucy
young Crow perched In a tree right
across from where Hooty was sitting
and screamed at him until you would
have thought his throat would have
been raw. Finally the young Crow
turned his head to see what another
Crow was doing. Out from his perch
shot Hooty. Blacky shrieked a warn
ing. The young Crow with a Bhriek
of fright beat his wings frantically
In an effort to get away. All that
saved him was branch of the tree
behind which he dodged. As It was,
Hooty almost got him. One of his
claws pulled a lot of feathers from
the young Crow s back.
You should have seen those Crow's
scatter. Thc-y flew In every direction.
They dived down in among the tree
tops. And every one of them was
screaming with fright. This way and
that flew Hooty, swooping at one
after another. Never was there a
more frightened lot of Crows. They
had Just one thing In niind and that
was to get Just as far away from tbs
Green Forest as they could and do HI
as quickly as they could. Hooty w |
getting even.
That night and for many nlg!ui|
thereafter Hooty spent much of his
time hooting with that terrible voLl
of his close to the places where ha
knew those Crows were spending the
night. They got very little sleep.
They shook with fear. How they did
wish they had never bothered Hooty!
(Copyright, 1924 )
The next story: 'Bobby Coon
Trapped.”
Efeputy Peutz Conducts
York K. C. Installation
York. Oct. 20.—Recently elected of
ficers of the Knights of Columbus
were Installed by District Deputy Wil
liam J. Peutz of David City. They
are: Grand knight, O. N. Miller;
deputy grand knight, W. H. Heoht;
chancellor, T. J. McCarthy; financial
secretary, Peter Meehan: recorder, T.
J. Bourke: treasurer. Joseph McCor
mick; lecturer, John C. Cawlzel;
warden, Wilbur Frazier; inside guard,
Francis Neville; outside guard, Lloyd
Durbin; trustee. James Neville. Leo
Jacks, a graduate of the Catholic
university at Washington, gave a talk
on the organization and growth of
the order at the nation's capital.
Livestock Shippers Save
Money hy Co-Operation
Brookings, 8. D., Oct. 20.—County
agents of South Dakota assisted in
organization of 19 cooperative live
stock shipping associations last year,
according to a report just issued by
the agricultural extension department
at Southt Dakota State college.
These associations had almost 700
members and did a business amount
ing to over $260,000 last year. It Is
estimated that a saving of more than
$20,000 was made through these co
operative associations.
American Honored.
Warsaw, Oct. 20.—The University
of Posen adopted resolutions con
ferring honorary doctors’ degrees
upo'n Col. Bdward M. House of New
York and Ignace Jan Paderewski,
Polish pianist and statesman._
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