N * x ' I . ' __ \ The Omaha N'< irning Bee “™°;7 change in temperature. A A. * A.* A A. A A A. A. A. “ A 'AA. ▼ A A. ▼ ^ >s(H at s(.arH tha, nevrr felt . k * “' wound.—ShakeH|KHie. N city edition -™ ■ ■ ■ - — r -VOL. 54—NO. 124. OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1924. * TWO CENTS Snv«h^7ent» Elsewhet*. V ^ G.O.P. Vote in Nebraska Rolling Up ^ Republican Landslide Grows as Late Returns Coinc in; Coolidge Lead Now Goes to 73,000. Congressmen Re-Elected Like a great snowball, the repub lican vote in Nebraska continues to grow in size as precinct after pre cinct Is heard from. Late last night ^ the Coolidge plurality, already over / whelming, had grown to 72,000 with I but 130 precincts yet to be recorded. In this republican landslide into of fice only one state candidate. L. B. Johnson, republican contestant for secretary of state, faltered and failed before the strength of Charles W. Bool, democratic candidate for re election. H. G. Taylor, standing for re-elec tion as railway commissioner, and M. C. McLaughlin, candidate to succeed himself for congress in the Fourth district, pulled ahead of their op ponents In the two close races of the election as late returns came in and were assured of re-election by com fortable majorities. Legislature Republican. Victory perched on the democratic banners in their fight to return Con gressmen Howard. Morehead and Hhallenberger. Elsewhere they were v swept down by supporters of the re t publican partjj. Today the demo ’ orats must face a reorganization «>imilar to that of J920 and, as In 3920, they are without that strong outpost, the governorship which they possessed in 1922. The state legislature will meet in January with an overwhelming re publican majority. Eighteen repub licans and but seven democrats ara assured of election to the state senate with eight contests still to be decided. In the house the returns now in givo the republican party 44 members and tile democratic party 28. Twenty ar < seven district* have yet to report the ' outcome of their elections, but the outcome Is not expected to unsettle the republican majority. . Spillinun Leads Fellows. For tho first time in the history of Nebraska's ligeslature two women are members, Mrs. Mabel Gillespie of Sarpy county and Miss Sarah T. Muir of Lancaster county are the two suc cessful candidates who will take their places in the house when the legis lature convenes. In the fight for state offices, O. S. Spillman, candidate for re-election as attorney general, led his parly to vic tory. Spillman's lead over Harry B. Fleharty, Omaha attorney, who nomi ,4. nated Charles W. Bryan for the presi •ff dentlal nomination at the democratic national convention, has steadily grown until it now totals 97,000, with 300 precincts to lie reported. Adam McMullen, in his rush for 1he governorship, swept ahead of Coolidge by 10,000 votes and now holds a majority of the votes cast Tiith 213,428 and 130 precincts to be reported. Ills victory was so decisive iliat supporters of J. N. Norton, democratic candidate, have been left without ony claim that the belated candidacy of Dan B. Butler of Oma ha cost their nominee victory. Anicinliiicnt Rejected. in the race for the supreme court W. If. Thompson of Grand Island, now filling an unexpired term on the supreme bench, seems assured of victory by a narrow margin. In the rape in the First district, contested ♦_ Have Kleetrie Power III Iilgepm-t. Nov. Wheatland .mkI Ouornuoy will noon ho ru|i|>1I(k1 v\Hh else trie power from the govern nioiii |iru* that Iimhorn hullt to the l.liii l«' tliMii to Nii|ipl\ power for hulliliug operation*. Thr government his slant'll n contract to supply tlm power (leulrwl, despite protest t»f farm cr« who doc lured taking power would reuulro ko much water that there woultl not he enough left to Rupply the furms with Irrigation wulsi. i Th@ Omaha B®@ andl the Campaign!! __\n Kdilorial__' It is with mingled feelings of satisfaction and gratitude, and a deep sense of responsibility that we comment upon the outcome of the election and our own part in it. The satisfaction is such as natur ally comes with the winning of a good fight—particularly when that fight was conducted upon our own part without rancor and free from bitterness. The gratitude comes In the know ledge that the affairs of the na tion will be in the hands of men eminently fitted to administer them. The sense of responsibility grows out of the fact that it is The Omaha Bee, that by argument and precept in large measure induced the people of Nebraska and Oma ha to vqte as they did. We thus become In a Bense trus tees for the citizens of this com munity for the conduct of those i whom we have aided in electing to office. We pledge ourselves to live up to this responsibility to the fullest of our capacities. "Let another's moutii praise thee," is advice uttered long ago. It still holds good. Yet we feel it is doing no violence to modesty to express to our readers the sense of our satisfaction felt in the course pursued by The Omaha Bee throughout the campaign. At no time has there been any doubt as to the attitude of this paper. Cler ly and decisively, its editor has followed a definite policy. Support was giyen Calvin Coolidge and Charles O. Dawes, because of their records as public servants. Also w« were moved by a fixed belief in their capacity, integrity and per sonal characters. For a similar reason we gave support to Adam McMullen and those other republi cans who were nominated for of fice in Nebraska. We found it easy to do this, be cause the men who had been se lected at the primary as candi dates were such that they needed no defense. Not often does this happen. The result of the election fully Justifies onr oourse The voters agreed with us in our esti mate of the men. A peculiarly gratifying reflection is that (luring the whole campaign no word wae printed that reflect ed on the personal character of any man seeking office. We did. properly and in reason, criticize the public acts and utterances of those we felt did not deserve election. But we hope we have demonstrat ed to the readers of our paper that a campaign may lie won without resort to the methods of other days. A certain glow of satisfaction permeates our whole establish ment. We feel that in no small way- this paper contributed to the outcome in Nebraska. Frankly partisan, it has been equally fair, and in a spirit of service to all it gave the news and expressed its views without rancor and It has no cause to regret anything Its columns contained. We extend our thanks to all our many friends in Omaha and in Ne braska. both those who have been for maiu^ years tied to us with bonds of affection, and those of our new friends who have recently joined our family circle. We pledge to them all a continuance of that policy of fairness, of dfgnity. The election is over. We know the direction our affairs are to take for the next four years. We now pledge our support to all those forward moving projects that mean so much to the prosperity and ad vancement of city and state. It is our firm conviction that both men and Institutions succeed in the same measure as they de serve success. We look always for the bright side of life. We work always for those things that will build and make better. There is so much building to be done that we will be happy always in doing our share. Among other thing* we will build or help to build in Omaha, is a big ger, I letter Omaha Bee. Tlie doing of this is a part of our pledge to our fellow citizens. And these are the reasons why the elec tion has brought us satisfaction and gratitude. These are the base-s of a new found responsibility. To meet this responsibility will bring us with pleasure Dineen Defeated: Sutton on Bench . — I Eight District Judges Re-; Elected; Carroll Stauffer Is Retired. Return* from all except a few vot log precincts Indicate conclusively that the only change in the personnel of the district court will he the re tirement of Judge C. O. Stauffer and the entrance of Judge A. L. Sutton, who served 11 years on the district bench, beginning 1907. Judge L. B. Pay led the field with a vote of 43,287. eight precincts to hear from. Sutton's vote, with five pre cinct* missing, is 32,727. and from the same precincts Stauffer received 30.928. Dineon trailed Stauffer with 28.928, five precincts missing Stauffer was appointed to the dis trict bench and Dineen is now serv ing as municipal judge. In Burt county, where Judge Stauffer lives, he reoetved 3,473 votes, a lead of nearly 1,000 over Hastings, who was second in this county. Dineen did not make a strong showing in Wash ington or Burt counties. “BOY EMPEROR” OF CHINA MOVES My A«Ao<'iate«| Pre»«. Pekin. Nov. 5.—In consequence of the decision of Feng Yu-Hsiang. head of the new Chinese military regime, to take mer the imperial olty in accordance with the Manchu abdl cation agreement, the "boy emperor," Muan Tung, oml his entire family this afternoon left the imperial |wl ace and took up their residence at the palace of Prince Chun, the for mer regent Temperature Reaches HO Degrees at Beatrice Beatrice. Nch., Now ft.—'The tern peratur* at oml nt so today and fann ers in nil sections of the county gath erod corn in their shirt sleeves, some thing unusual at this season of the year. The weather has been mud mer like for days, hut It is growing cooler tonight. Rain Is lordly needed, as the pasture*, winter wheat and vegetation of all kinds are dying foi lack of moisture. Governor Mahey of Utah Concedes His Defeat. Salt tgiKe City, Nov. f»Governor Charles K. Mahey tonight conceded the election «»f George 11. 1'ern, hi* democratic opponent, with the returns of Suit taakr and three othci counties silll untahnlated. - GiMulerson I.catling in South Dakota Sioux Falls, S 1>., Nov. .> Returns from 1.344 out of I.NgK in South I'm Kota for governor give. Gunderson. 711,392; Uulow, 33,114 Putnam, l$.7f»t Richards, 11.29*. 9 \ outh on Trial for Manslaughter of James Decker Opens in Criminal Court No. 1. .James Decker. 19. sat in court room Vo 1 Wednesday, coatless and a trifle ►Mile as a jury was chosen to decide whether or not he is guilty of man da tighter Young Decker is charged by the state with causing death while ex ceeding the speed limit The acei lent occurred on July 22, at Seven eenth ami Chicago streets Thomas llealv, 1. 3925 North Thirty seventh street, was killed when the ear Iriven by his mother and a car driven t>y young Decker collided. ‘JUST INCIDENT,” SAYS LA FOLLETTE B) A'ftoriateri PlfM. Madison. Wis . Xov. 5—Senator Hubert M. l~t Follette, defeated In iependent candidate for the presi dency. in his first public statement today, commenting upon the election, sa id; "The loss of this one battle in the i&e long struggle is but an incident.” 'So far as I am personally con cerned.” he said. "I am enlisted for life in the struggle.” MARKET REFLECTS COOLIDGE VICTORY \( w lock. Nov. 5.—Wall street's (list reaction to the presidential elec tion returns was a sharp upturn In slock prices on an unusually heavy volume Of trading. Total sales In the first 15 minutes rxceeded 100,POO shares with approximately one score issue* selling a point or more above Monday's rlostng quotations dionnati ami Mrl'nimHI ^ ill Not <.haitj:t' Store Site Sherman A McDonnell's store at Nineteenth and Fa mam. which re t*ei ved a so:iking of water during the roeent l.yrla building fire, will be re decorated and restocked with new immediately a* wording to A H. Mol Vnnoll. I he store which hi* been holding * sale of the atom stork for the last three days, more than 20.000 people in the three-day sab' A com plete cleanout of good* with wrap pers Mailed bv water was made. The Weather i »\»r :*4 h.nuv rn.litm : e ni \>v ; l't t«>||»|tnUon. im tltf o ; ml hutttli r«t|h» Tt.tnl 0 t ft t m | Nit!- *> .11511 UN I V 1 ;:-Of i« tictency. HiMirb Trmpot tfttre* *• * «» .... * • mi ..... J " "» % « l\\ Mi ., v »v 1« . m «l « t» Hi ..a i I UP ■-* .c HI II noon ..II ( p iu ..... It Steck Hits Precedent of 65 Years Last Democratic Senator From Iowa Served From 1848. to 1859; Republi cans Gain in Congresg. Magnus Johnson Losing (Bulletin.) Des Moines, Nov. 5.—Re turns from 2,412 precincts out of 2,418 in Iowa for Unit ed .States .senator .give: Brookhart (R) 440,241 Steck (D), 443,210. Bt Associated Press. Des Moines, Nov. S.—Daniel F. Steck, democratic candidate for Unit ed States senator, whose election was conceded by Louis H. Cook, Senator Brookhart's campaign manager, when less than 200 precincts in the state remained to be heard from, will have broken a precedent of 65 years over uninterrupted republican repre sentation from Iowa in the senate if final figures do not upset the ratio established by the precincts that have reported. Iowa's last previous democratic senator was George W. Jones of Du buque, who served front 1848 to 1859. Steck's advance to the highest hon ors his party has ever won In this state has been spectacular. H:s on’* previous public office was that of county attorney for Wahpo count'. his native community. He was e1t<-i ed to that post twice. Steck's immediate recognition after the world war came from the Amer ican legion which elevated him to the place of commander of the low i department and then under Hanford MacNider’s regime as national com mander to that of chairman of the legion's national legislative commit tee, in which capacity he played the important role in the successful bt tie of the veterans for enactment of the adjusted compensation measure Steck enlisted as a private in the National Guard when the United States entered the war, but was com missioned by the governor of the state to recruit a signal company. Later he led that company to Frame as Company C. 109th signal battalion. Thirty fourth division. New York. Nov. 5.—Belated re turns gave the republicans the best of it today in the upsets in both the house and senate. But it appeared that final reports from all districts would be necessary before there could be a determination whether President Coolidge could expect a real work ing majority In the next congress Returns from 796 of the 4*5 con gressional districts gave the repub licans an actual majority—218—but in this total are included nearly a score of the La Follette insurgents. The democrats, meantime, had made certain of 170 seats and the farmer-labor party of two. On the basis of these returns the republican* bad made a net gain of ifi over the democrats, recapturing 20 sec if as against four now held 1 > r« publicans, which were moved over into the democratic column. At adjournment last June Use bouse lineup was republicans, 2t: I democrats. 207. and three scattered In the senatorial contests, tbs most surprising result was in Iowa Where Smith W. Brookhart. republican, who publicly repudiated his own national ticket, had conceded his defeat at the hands of Daniel F. Steck. a dene cratic lawyer of Ottumwa. ftteck generally was credited with receiving support from many regular repui' licans The republicans, however* appac ently. had gained three senatorial seats on the basis of return* received early tonight. These were in Massa chusetts. Kentucky and Oklahoma, The democrats had elected it *er. aters. while 17 republicans bad been chosen or had such leads as to make their election practically certain, in the six- remaining contests, «]| tn western states w here returns still "ere coming in slowly, the resubs were uncertain. J<>lin«oti rosins;. In Minnesota, Representative rhoina* P Schall, republican, ha t "hat his supporters iwgarated as a commanding lend cur Senator Mag nus Johnson, farmer labor. Johnson Mill insisted, however, that missing rural preclnts would return him ■» w inner. Senator Thomas J. Walsh, demo* '■ratio prosecutor in the Tenp.it Por e Investigation, was leading (lie field in Montana with a sufficient margin ■'a to make htni np|>ear mu.‘ '•ertaln of re election The result in both New M.-\!oe and W yoming Were surrounded wlthniu. h of the slowness in gathering of re* turns. In Colorado, where (wo sen* ale seats were at stake. Alva P. Adams, democrat. was leading Sean* tnr I’htpps. tepublican, and Rice W . Means, republican, so ahead «: lint tvpuMi.an, had defeated t» i'aag IN. ielua.s Om.1