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NEBRASKA IN THE NEXT CONGRESS.
Voters of the several congressional districts
should make very sure that Nebraska is represented
in the next congress by six republicans. The futil
ity of a divided delegation is emphasized by the fact
that if the election of president should be thrown
into the house, Nebraska will have no vote. The
people of the state will have disfranchised them
selves because in 1922 they elected republicans from
three districts and democrats from three. Other
reasons as cogent and as urgent support the de
mand for a solid delegation in congress from this
state.
Our people are vitally concerned in the great
policies of the leading parties. It is a mistake to
say there is no difference between them. There is
a fundamental divergence between the republican
and democratic theories. In the matter of a mar
ket for the farmer’s produce, for example. The
republican party believes in and practices the preser
vation of the home market for the home producer.
The democratic party is that of free trade, which
opens the richest market the world ever knew to
invasion by foreigners whose production costs are
far below those of the United States. Republicans
aim to maintain and advance the American standard
of living. Democrats put their great emphasis on
relieving conditions that prevail abroad.
• • •
It now appears certain that President Coolidge
will he re-elected. He has definite and well rea
soned policies to be put into effect. Among these
are matters that touch directly upon agriculture.
It is desirous at all times that the president be sup
ported in his plans for securing the happiness and
prosperity of the country as well as its peaceful
progress in the ways of advancing enlightenment.
This great state should not be out of line with the
policies of the party that has achieved so much for
the improvement of all conditi^s of life during the
last three-score years.
Spirited contests are being carried on in the dis
tricts that now have democratic representatives. In
the First, Roy Henry Thorpe of Lincoln, who served
the short term following the resignation of C. F.
Reavis, is contesting with John Henry Morehead
for the seat now occupied by the latter. As the
winner in the primary contest Thorpe is making a
vigorous campaign, with splendid prospects for suc
cess at the polls next week.
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In the Second district no one appears to ques
tion the re-election of Willis G. Sears, who went
about his duties as congressman with the same quiet
methods he adopted when a judge on the bench
Judge Scars was never known as a grand stand
player. He is a rattling good fighter, however. He
proved this when he went to the legislature. He
was made speaker of the house because he made
good on the floor. And he made good as speaker,
too. On the bench his record was fine. His short
time in congress has given his associates cause to
understand why he has the confidence of his con
stituents. We assume no risk in the prophecy that
Willis G. Sears will be returned for another term in
congress by a larger majority than he had in 1922.
He deserves the compliment.
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In the Third district, now represented by a demo
crat, E. C. Houston of Tekamah is winding up one
of the most thorough canvasses ever made in the dis
trict. He has shown himself to the voters in eve -
county and almost every predict in
They thus know from personal contact the sort of
man who seeks the privilege of representing them in
congress. His prospects for success are excellent.
A dignified, capable man in all regards, his presence
on the Nebraska delegation will be an addition to
its strength in congress.
M. O. McLaughlin, now sitting for the Foi.rU
district, seeks re-election, and expresses confide, ce
that he will receive the approval of the voters fo
lds course. He has made good both on the floor ar.d
in committee. As one of the more seasoned mem
bers he has a high standing in the house. He is the
oldest of the Nebraska delegation in point of serv
ice. His retention will add to Nebraska’s prestige
at Washington.
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Out in the Fifth William E. Andrews is making
one of the finest fights of his life to get back to the
place from which he was dispossessed by a fluke two
years ago. It has been said of Mr. Andrews that his
last term in congress saw him doing even better
work than ever for the farmers of his district. He
is recognized as one of the most able men ever in
the house from Nebraska. He ranks high among the
best of the country. The Fifth district has some im
portant matters coming up in congress. The voters
■hould see to it that its representative is in harmony
with the administration.
Robert G. Simmons has not let the splendid cer
tainty of re-election deter him from making a com
plete canvass of the Big Sixth. “Bob” made a name
for himself at Washington that he can he proud of.
His home district folks are for him stronger than
they were two years ago, when he had such a hand
some endorsement.
All in all, the outlook for Nebraska having a
solid delegation at Washington in the Sixty-ninth
congress is most encouraging.
IT CAN NOT BE DONE.
A band of American baseball players is in Eng
land. once more trying to interest the natives in
our great national outdoor sport. Their reception
in London is paralleled by the experience of other
such crusaders. Several times in history Americans
have gone over to teach our cousins across the water
the beauties of the game, always to encounter the
barrier of conservatism that has grown up in front
of cricket. Yes, and behind it and on both sides of
it. Cricket is just as much of a British institution
as is tea. In fact, the two are so closely allied that
a red-hot match is always stopped to indulge in tea.
One consolation is noted, however, in the press
comment on the game. None of the London writers,
so far as reported in America, has troubled to tell
how baseball sprung from “Rounders.” That is
either a concession or an indication of such indiffer
ence as marks the case as hopeless. One brother of
the press expresses indignation that the batter
should be no better equipped than he is. The blud
geon he wields is poorly calculated to strike the ball
fairly in the middle. What he ought to have is the
iong paddle with a short handle the cricketer calls
a bat. Think of Babe Ruth, or Rogers Hornsby, or
any of that glorious company facing a pitcher with
a cricket bat in his hands!
However, the visitors are getting the gate re
ceipts, and that will help a little. We despair of
ever supplanting cricket by baseball, but we do hope
that some time intercourse between the two nations
will have come to such an extension of intimacy
that some Englishman will understand why the base
ball "bludgeon” is shaped after the fashion it bears.
As for teaching them to like the game, it can’t be
done.
"WHAT’S IN A NAME.”
Every now and then somebody thrusts his head
above the common level of mankind, and thereby
dooms generations unborn. Babies, who have no
election in the matter are labeled because father
or mother has a particular admiration or fondness
for somebody who did something or said something
in the past, or maybe at the immediate president.
How many have unconsciously contributed to the
perpetation of the titles of the great of Judea,
Rome or Greece? Fortunately, Assyria and Egypt
were not sufficiently well known to early Europe,
or we might have a lot of Sennacheribs and Ra
meses, of Assurbanipals and Thothmeses, to worry
our tongues. How much has American history been
made familiar by the initials, "G. W.,” “A. J.” "T.
. ..” “B. F.,” “J. M.,” "J. Q. A,” “A. L.,” “S. A. D.,”
‘G. C.,” and so on?
Now there comes a complication. Mother can
vote as well as father. Frequently she declines to
vote the same way. Here is ground for argument.
It has just happened down in West Virginia, here a
boy will grow up as “John Calvin” whatever his last
name is, because the house was divided in its choice
of candidates. He will be reminded in days to come
of an interesting transition in American history,
when woman was coming to realize the potency of
her right to vote for the candidate she approved.
In this case she was a republican, and wise in her
selection.
Pensively musing over her lover's condition,
Miss Capulet whimsically asked, “What's in a
name?” Experience shows there is history, politics,
personal selection and family difference. “That
which we call a rose by any other would smell as
iweet.” Yes, but how could anybody tell where
trover Cleveland Alexander's father stood in
1892 if it were not for the name? And when we
read of Steven A. Douglas Shilling, are we not
. eminded of something besides the famous prescrip
ion case? John C. Fremont McKesson’s name con
jures up something outside of Lancaster county, and
so on through the list. Lots may be found in a
name.
THE IMPROVEMENT CLUBS.
The neighborhood improvement clubs of Omaha
are doing a good work for Omaha as a whole. A
better Omaha is right now of more importance than
a bigger Omaha, and the improvement clubs are in a
position to lend valuable assistance in the work of
making the better Omaha.
That which improves any particular section of
Omaha will improve all Omaha, and men and women
who work in these improvement clubs for the beauti
fication or development of their particular neighbor
hoods are performing a distinct service to the whole
body of Omahans. There should be more of such
clubs in this city, and more men and women willing
to devote a portion of their time to the hetterment
of the city in which they live.
Only thirty years ago it required a supreme court
decision to decide that a bicycle was not a tres
passer on the public highways. Now we are fronted
with the necessity of securing a decision from the
court to give the pedestrian his rights thereon.
“Can the people be trusted?” queries an ex
change. Well, we’ve noticed that a majority of nuto
>wnors carefully lock their cars after parking them
Vtvn town.
Chinese warfare has other angles than fighting,
and the generals seem to understand the moves thor
oughly.
Omaha will be ready for the American Legion by
the time it is ready to march on the city.
And again. : traws indicate which way the young
man’s weekly wage goes.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’* Own Poet—
Robert Worthington Davie
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APPLES AND I’U MS.
Last night r ate some home-grown plums;
Delighted with the taste,
I wondered deeply how it romes
The seeds must go to waste.
I ate an npplo as I trod
To do the evening chores,
1 wondered as l scanned the sod
Why apples must have cores
I milked the cows and fed the swine,
And shut the chickens in;
I finished up my tasks fit nine,
And thought—I'm dono again!
Across the yard X plodded slow
Toward home and warm In doors.
Asking, perchance, as you might know.
Why apples must have cores.
When day Is done the farmer's strife
Is always, always o'er;
There's not a worry In his life
After the clock strikes foui
And so ’tin plain enough to see
Exactly how II comes
That I was thinking seriously
Uf apples and of "plums.
| There Seems to Be a Growing Tendency to Lean Toward the Inside^
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Letters From Our Readers
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cations of 200 words and less, will be given preference.
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Why Should W'e Not Fear La Follette
Omaha.—To the Editor of The]
Omaha Bee: Has he not proposed to
do away with the balance of power
in our own government machine?
Indeed that would render the law
making branch superior to the others.
It would be possible for a radical
or socialist congress (should we ever
be so unfortunate as to have one) to
pass and make unconstitutional laws
according to their own warped-minded
ways of thinking.
Perhaps It Is a step towards a so
cialistic government? A carefully laid
scheme, an opening In the constitution
through which It might easily become
possible to place Into existence ft so
cialistic system of living and of gov
ernment.
Is it not then alarming to have
running wild a prospective president
who advocates and proposes such leg
islation, who holds such Ideas and
convictions?
One opponent of this proposal dis
misses it from his mind with: ‘ I'll
lose no sleep over it. He could never
pass such an amendment, for he
would not have a majority support
of the congress.”
That shows his Btand. Of an In
different attitude of mind.
But Intelligent thinking people, does
It not show the trend of the propos
er's mind? Does It not reveal him In
his true sight? And If he Is capable
of conceiving of such ns that, could
and would he not propr.se and Influ
ence the enactment of other laws
equally as radical and socialistic?
It would be Impossible for La Fol
lette to pass a law without the eup
port of congress. Then it Is certainly
ridiculous to elect him, for he could
not bring about other legislation
which he Is advocating.—Lets Be
Safe. "SAFETY FIRST.”
Freaks of the Referendum.
Osceola, Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: Another freak play
which It Is proposed to accomplish by
means of the referendum form of
government In this state t* the wip
ing out of political parties, which Is
proposed ns an amendment of ths
state constitution to be voted on No
vember 4, and which Is being worked
by the discredited remnants of the
Nonpartisan league. This will be a
nice hole for the voters of this state
to step off Into, and they will step
Into It unless they watch their step
and vote no on the proposed amend
ment to the state constitution when
they go to vote.
The adoption of euch sn amend
ment Is the conferring of a peculiar
honor upon Nebraskn. No other state
In the union, so far as we know, has
ever seriously considered an innova
tion so Innocent and asinine. Ne
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We've been n wonderin' how th’
prince o’ Wales wux Roin’ t’ Rit by
without lecturin’, never drownin'
he’d pnrt. with bis ponies. If wo
men could take bobbed bends home
on approval we'll bet a lot o’ them
would be returned th’ next mornin’.
(Cuprlight, itp.t i
braska la to pioneer the ground to see
how the thing works. Even up in
the state o£ North Dakota, where the
Nonpartisan league has been In abso
lute control for years, this proposi
tion has not been submitted, much
less adopted. The reason Is plain.
The Nonpartisan league Is In control
in North Dakota and It Isn't In con
trol In Nebraska. Is there any one
who thinks for a minute that this
freak proposition would be considered
by the Sorensen Nonpartisan league
in this state If the Nonpartisan league
were In control of politics here? After
having failed for about 10 years to
control Nebraska politics, the Non
partisan league peopie are now try
ing to abolish politics In this state.
That is the entire meat In the cocoa
nut.
The referendum plnn of government
was adopted In this state as n means
of 'accomplishing needful reforms. Tn
place of being used to accomplish
anything of the needful order. It is
being worked overtime by such po
liticians as the Sorensons to prosti
tute the real purpose for which it
was adopted, and if things go on ns
they are now going, the referendum
itself will be in danger of being torn
nut of the constitution of this state.
It never was very badly needed any
how I> am advised that great states
like Wisconsin have no time to mon
key with referendum fads and fan
cies.
Two years ago the state lost a corn
pie of good laws by the trickery of
referendum operators. The proof that
the whole referendum fight at that
time was a base fraud on the people
is the fact that the two laws that
were adopted in spite of the referen
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dum have worked very smoothly since
and not a word of complaint has been
heard against them from any source.
Unless the voters want to be duped
again by the insidious processes of
interested parties, hiding behind the
referendum, they will make sure to kill
this proposed amendment on Novem
ber 4 by voting no.
ROBERT G. DOUGLAS.
CENTER SHOTS.
Candidate Davis probably thinks
the Digest poll merely indicates a
slight digestive disorder. — Phila
delphia North American.
If all men were equal, there would
be no need of laws to cramp the
style of the able.—Springfield (111.)
State Register.
The dead past has no chance to
bury Its dead during a campaign:
year.—Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.
Where do the lovely autumn leave*
go? Have a campaign cigar—Wall
Street Journal.
The millennium will begin soon
after patriotism Is purged of appetite
and envy.—Greeley (Colo.) Tribune
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THE CIBOLE.
Ma an' me was wonderin' just what on earth t do
About th children growln' up. an' wanderin' from view _
T' leave us kind-o lonely when th' nights grow cold an Ion*
An' winter winds a-howlin' round th' gables good an' strong.
For ma an’ me spent happy years with children 'round our knee.
An’ ntlssln' 'em made both of us ns lonesome as could be.
Just didn't seem like livin’ with no children runnin'. near.
An’ with 'em gone our winter nights were awful long an drear.
Don't know exactly how we stood th’ lonesome nights so long
Without no children's voices that were mighty sweet In song.
An’ ghostly faces peeked at us when evenin' shadows come.
Rut not a sound thejr made f'r us, they voiceless were an' dumb.
An' now' an' then we seemed t' hear soft footfalls on th stair.
But when we hastened t' th' door there was nobody there.
So dragged th’ days an’ lonesome nights, an' ma an' me alone
Endured th' hardest length o' time our married life had known.
But time brings fullest recompense f'r ev'ry grief we bear.
An’ Joy some day will lift th' load o' sorrow an’ o’ care.
Now childish feet run pit a pat, an' children shout with glee
Around th’ house t' make things bright an' glad for ma an' me.
"Gran pop'' sounds awful good t* me, an' "gran'ma" makes ma
seem
As young as v.'hen down Lovers’ Lane we watched the bright
moon beam.
Tli’ good old days o’ yesteryear have come t’ ma an' me
With children of our children climbin’ up upon each knee.
Noting our plaintive wail for the return of Sheldon's His
tory of Nebraska to our battered and littered desk, Addison E.
Sheldon, the author, hastens to our relief with a brand new
copy of the revised edition of the aforesaid history. The party
purloining the original volume may now retain it for all we
care. Our only hope is that his, or tier, conscience will double
up and work overtime.
.Inst one thing is delaying the publication of "History of ^
tiie Oregon Trail in Nebraska," and that is a lack of funds.
The manuscript was prepared by Robert Harvey, for many
years state surveyor, and A. E. Sheldon. Maps and illustra
tions along the site of the old Trail will make it doubly val
uable. We have had opportunity to look over the notes of the
authors and to read some sketches written about the Trail by
others. The Harvey Sheldon book will be a valuable contribu
tion to history. It is of such worth and moment that the state
itself should provide for Its publication.
Dr. Hpnry Donaldson declares that the male of the species
is 12 tier cent more brainy than the female. Dr. Donaldson may
be a scientist all right, hut he don't know females. She merely
makes the male of the species think he is *12 per cent brainier.
Reports that skirts are to grow shorter and shorter hold
nothing of alarm for us. We view the prospect with great
calmness. Since the women. God bless 'em, ceased to lie our
superiors and became our equals, we no longer view with alarm
their tendency to sparsity of wear, nor with goggle eyes the
charms thus displayed. About the only interest, we hold in the
matter of dress these days is the cost thereof, and even that
Interest is of small moment since Lottie Clifford has Identified
herself at the cashier's desk and usually beats us to it.
Next Tuesday we purpose voting as soon as possible after
we have eaten our meager breakfast. During the rest of the
day, ns we labor at our accustomed desk, we shall look back
with satisfaction upon having discharged a patriotic duty, and
look with scorn upon those who neglect the privilege and duty.
It promises to be one of the most pleasant days in our ex
perience. WILL M. MAUPIN.
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anything, hut the fact that very few !
babies have been named after Bob i
Jar Follette this year may yet prove
significant.—Kansas City Star.
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They make fewer records and more [
planet.—Rockford (ill.) Star.
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