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A STATESMAN QUITS OFFICE.
I Charles Evans Hughes will retire to private life
on March 4, after twenty very full years of public
service. Beginning with the job of counsel for the
Stevens gas commission in New York in 1905, Mr.
Hughes has been successively counsel for the Arm
strong insurance commission, governor of New York
two terms, associate justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States, candidate of his party for pres
ident, and secretary of state. He served as special
counsel and investigator for the United States dur
ing the war, and for two years following the Arm
istice was member of a law firm in New York, to
which work he will return.
Lacking any other explanation, and none is of
fered that deserves consideration, it is fair to con
clude that Mr. Hughes seeks opportunity to work
for himself for a while. His income as a practicing
attorney will probably be several times the sum he
receives as salary from the United States. This may
seem selfish, but It is in accord with a custom so
I general that his will not be an outstanding example.
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As secretary of state Mr. Hughes performed his
most noteworthy work. He inherited a task that
might well have daunted the strongest of men. Ofir
country had come out of the war about as it went
in, unprepared for war and equally unprepared for
peace. No department of the government was as
completely disorganised a> that which deals with our
foreign relations. Bryan, Lansing and Colby in suc
cession had made a mess of affairs, and the illness
that overshadowed Mr. Wilson’s last days in office
contributed to the general confusion.
Secretary Hughes was required to negotiate
treaties of peace with Germany, Austria, Hungary
* and Mexico. To conclude treaties with the new na
tions of Europe, set up by the Treaty of Versailles,
to which the United States is not a party. • The
Washington conference for the limitation of arma
ment. Participation in many post-war conferences
in Europe. Setting in motion the events that led
to the Dawes commission, with its plan that secures
the peace of Europe. Delicate intercourse with
Latin-American governments. In fact, the business
of settling up the most confused and complicated
foreign situation that ever was faced by the govern
ment of the United States. How well he did his
work even contemporaries admit, and future his
torians will certainly find a wealth of rich material
in the four years Charles Evans Hughes has served
as secretary of state for the United States.
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Frank B. Kellogg, who will succeed to the port
folio after March 4, is well equipped to carry on.
He first came to general attention when he was
made “trust buster” by President Roosevelt. Long
service in the senate of the United States, where he
was a member of the foreign relations committee,
his legal training, his service as ambassador to Eng
land, all fit him for the work to which he is called.
He is familiar Kith the, affairs of Europe, and the
cnnouneement of his elevation is welcomed in Eng
land and France because of his qualifications.
In accepting the resignation President Coolidge
writes as follows:
“But I can not refrain from expressing my
feeling of personal loss at the prospect,of your re
tlrement, and also the loss that must Inevitably
ensue when one of your Rbillty and experience goes
out of an office which he Is so well qualified to fill.
. . . I trust you may have a well merited repose
and that satisfaction which alone can come from n
consciousness that the duties of this life have been
well performed.''
Secretary Hughes’ retirement is a distinct loss to
the world as well as to the nation. He faced a .
tremendous task, and surmounted it with honor and
for the benefit of humanity. From the day he began
work as a special counsel for the state of New York,
to settle a gas case, to the end of his term as secre
tary of state, he has served the public conscientiously
and with a single purpose in view, the good of all.
On this record his honor and credit will rest secure.
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WHEN A GOVERNOR STOOPS TO FOLLY.
Jonathan M. Davis Is winding up his term ns
governor of Kansas in a fog of disrepute. It is quite
possible that the governor ieipnocent of any wrong
doing, either In act,«; by intent. Yet such a circum
stantial case has been tijpvon around him ns makes
necesaar.v the fullest inquiry before final judgment
can be passed.
It has to do with the exercise of clemency, that
function which is vested in every executive. It is
the power to pardon criminals, to set aside the sen
tence of the court, and to pronounce the convicted
culprit free and restored to citizenship. Governor
Davis is accused of having participated with his son
in the sale of a pardon-to a man who was convicted
under the banking laws of the state of Kansas. He
was sentenced to prison and released on parole. His
application for a pardon is by him said to have met
. with a request from the governor for a considera
tion. Carrying out the negotiations, a group of
pewspaper reporters, stenographers and others were
Assembled, concealed, snd overheard the transaction.
Naturally, the governor denies any part, in tho
transaction, other than signing the pardon. The son
assumes all responsibility for whatever may he crimi
nal. All the rest will be a matter of proof. How
the jflblie will regard ths affair li qulta another
t
thing. In these days when so much is heard of of
ficial corruption, the affair is not likely to he passed
off lightly. Oklahoma impeached and removed a
governor. Indiana sent one to prison. Now Kansas
has a chance to try one for high crime.
The record is not a pleasant one. Weak men
are as likely to get into office under a democracy,
however, as are the crafty and venal under an
autocracy. Human institutions are not perfect, but
that is no reason to despair when a weak man is de
tected in wrong-doing, no matter how high his office.
STRAIGHT AHEAD FOR OMAHA.
The good things in this life are not going beg
ging. Somebody is after each and every one of
them. All’the time. Success only comes after effort.
Hard, relentless, vigorous effort.
This applies to communities, cities, as well as to
individuals. It applies to Omaha. If this city is to
prosper and expand as it should, nothin! can be
omitted that will tend to bring home the bacon. It
does not matter how big or how little the piece may
be, if it is worth having. An example is afforded by
Minneapolis. A committee of 100 leading citizens
of that town has been organized. Former Governor
Preuss stepped out of.the executive’s chair into the
position of chairman of the committee. On the day
he left office be said: "I will work half a day for the
state of Minnesota, the other half on my new job.”
What the committee aims at is told by A. E.
Zonne, president of the Minneapolis Civic and Com
merce association:
‘The completion of plans to finance the actual
sales and promotion elements of efforts to build up
Minneapolis iiydustrially fulfills a promise made to
me when I accepted the presidency of the Civic and
Commerce association a year ago. It was a great
step forward in the program for amalgamating all
efforts looking to the advancement of the city. The
business men who have made possible this large
program through their financial aid are to be
highly commended, as there Is nothing more Im
portant to the city Itself at this moment than a
vigorous campaign for new industries.”
A fuller declaration of purpose is made by the
editor of the Minneapolis Journal, who says:
"We want to gather here no hodge-podge of
short-lived Industries, snatched from neighbor com
munities in an unneighborly scramble. But we do
want here far-sighted, dependable, long lived Indus
tries, and we want them here, not because we are
'go-getters,' not because they will smudge our skies
with a little more smoke to which we may point
with pardonable town pride, but because the location
here of the right sort of manufacturing enterprises
will be of immense mutual benefit to those who
build their forges here, to the artisan* whom these
forges attract here, and to the nearly half million
people who are already here, engaged in nearly
every trade that North America knows.”
There is thought for Omaha in this. Our rivals
for commercial and industrial supremacy are active.
If Omaha ia to grow, Omaha must hustle too. Many
worth while prizes may be obtained by the exertion
of a little effort, and certainly the reward is worth
going after with full power. The Greater Omaha
committee and the Chamber of Commerce have the
support of the city in what they may undertake.
A MOST POPULAR SUGGESTION.
Those members of the legislature who suggest
a short and snappy session should follow up their
suggestion by action toward that end. Nothing could
b* more popular with the taxpayers of the state.
With all the complaint that is heard about the bur
den of taxation, the taxpayers of Nebraska are not
so much concerned about the amount collected as
they are about the manner in which the revenues
are expended. Give them an adequate return for
the taxes they pay and the taxpayers will not com
plain to any considerable extent.
There is really little need for new legislation in
Nebraska at this time. Amendatory provisions for
the revenue act, some amendments to the guaranty
net that will provide relief through more rigid ex
amination and regulation, and the foundation of a
good roads program are about all for which there is
my demand. Nebraskans are thoroughly weary of
political manipulation of appropriation measures for
personal advancement. They know that a great and
growing state like Nebraska demands a constantly
increasing expenditure of money. They do not want
their unfortunate wards stinted, nor do they want
the state institutions to depreciate. They want
scientific economy, not political camouflage. The
legislature will not be censured if it makes liberal
appropriations for needed purposes; it will he cen
sured if it makes reckless appropriations and in
dulges in an orgy of useless lawmaking.
Nothing could be clearer, judging by the election
leturns, than that the voters of Nebraska are weary
of grandstanding, weary of palavering for personal
political preferment, and weary of carping criticism
of everything and everybody. They have elected a
legislature of more than the average mental caliber,
and they confidently expect that legislature to do
business in a businesslike way, do it in the shortest
possible time, and adjourn.
A few amendatory laws, If you please; reasonable
appropriations for needed activities, the repeal of
some useless and conflicting legislation, and a speedy
adjournment.
California authorities have decided that a mos
quito bite is a compensatable industrial mishap. In
New Jersey it is a casualty.
Election of school board members by wards will
be n change, but not an improvement.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Pool—
Robert Worthington Davie
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DOWN AND OUT.
Said a disappointed fellow who was looking for a Job;—
'Tou've a way of growing roses In the frozen river,
Bob.—
And you paint delightful picture* of the man who's out
to Wit),
Tou believe.that every loser ought to wear a hopeful
ftrin, '
You predict Aha t one with courage straightway to suc
cess will tread.
And you're over dinging, dinging on the good that Ilea
ahead.
"But thera’s not a thing disturb* you, you have naught
to frot about,—
You at least are breaking aven, you were never down
and out;
\ou know little of the hnrdshlps end the travail end
the etrlfe,
And there Isn’t one lotn of dissension In your life;
You should lake the place I'm taking, you should meet
with all I meet,
And I’ll wager that your music wouldn't he #o dog
goned sweet.
"You'd be walling, walling, walling -worse then I heve
ever done,
You'd be counted as a loser ere votlr hsttle w*f begun,
And your sunny disposition would be rsther overcast
AVIlh the clouds of melancholy, which hn\e missed you
in the past;
You would chant the truth not fiction would you harp .
and harp about,
And your ewn folks wouldn't know you If you were cleei
down tad ov#v
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It’s a Poor Father That Won’t Set a Good
Example for the Rest of the Family
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This Settle* It. |
Council Bluffs—To the Editor of.
The Omaha Bee: Your editorial page
haa carried an undue amount of Jocu
larity In the matter of Mr. Bryan re
cently becoming a member of the Na
tional Science association.
The great mistake is In your as
sumption that the doctrine of jackass
or monkey origin, which Mr. Bryan
unanswerably opposes, has any rela
tion whatever to science or scientific
facts. It belongs among the snclent
and ghastly Jokes which the human
mind have originated, and Is the wild
est of all the wild guesses which lost
and blinded and foolish men have
made concerning their own origin.
The doctrine haa no foundation what
ever In truth, and Is contrary to any
and everything which mankind aver
felt or saw or knew.
Science Is revealed and demon
strated truth, operating nnd acting, In
its particular field or realm, and trua
si lence Is an aid always to mankind.
The belief that man Is descended or
developed from the lower animals Is
an absurdity, and results from the
fooolish bewilderment of lost and
blinded men. who try to solve the
question of their origin and drstlny
by their own devising, and who for
get that only He who made us can fur
nish the Information desired. Like the
mole they only burrow still deeper In
the darkness which they have rhosen
for themselves. The tendency has
long been present In persons so sit
uated to link themselves to the lower
animals, and so-called Darwinism Is
not a new theory by any means It
existed 2,000 years ago. For proof
note the first chapter of the Book of
Romans, 21st, 22d and 23d verses.
They are a* follows:
"Because that, when they knew
God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became
vain In the Imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened."
"Professing themselves to be wise,
they became fools."
"And changed the glory of the un
corruptible God Into an Image made
like to corruptible man. and to birds,
and four-footed beasts and creeping
things."
The author might well have added,
such aa monkeya and mules, and the
llkenoss to our present-day Darwinism
would b* complete.
Few persons are more to be pitied
than those who are so lost ss to their
high origin nnd destiny in keeping
with such origin, and I Inalst such
foolishness Is the very opposite of *11
true science. L. H. MONROE.
Jerry Sounds the Tocsin.
Omaha.—To the IVIItor of Tho
Omaha Bee; Fellow ritixens, awake,
arise; your work begins anew In
Ilia year 1920 you defeated Wilson's
dream, the League of Nations, and.
the issue at the recent election was
not the World Court.
But lo, and behold! I notice that a
number of distinguished persons met
at the Fontenelle hotel for the pur
pose of putting over the Illegitimate
offspring of the League of Nations
Senators of renown have passed
away, but enough of patriotic sena
tors remain to follow in H}e footsteps
of the founders of the republic and
adhere to Washingtons words of
warning which are as sound and logi
cal today as when he uttered them.
"Beware of entangling alliances."
Can It be possible that Anglo-Sax
onlsm has penetrated the ranks of an
element of the American people to
such an extent that they are In
triguing to ensnare the United States
into the World Court, which is tanta
mount to supporting England s policy
of trade and conquest?
China ii struggling to free her peo
ple of th* shackles of opium fastened
upon them by the British, and recent
iy staged a sort of a second Boston
tea party by ordering the destruction
of 20,000 chests of opium on ship*
near Canton. JERRY HOWARD.
Reavis Was Known.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Rcc T lead with interest In
the Public Pulse department. “We do
not know," in regard to Malzle Rea v:s,
and wish to correct that assertion.
I went there in my canvassing work
and. after being told, by the mother
she could not afford to buy anything.
I started away, when a lady came out
and remarked, “That is a pitiful case "
I asked her about It, and she said
Malzle. the daughter, was very talent
ed indeed in w-riting. I thought I
could help her get her MSP through.
The lady had a roll of It in her hand
at the time and told me ehe was
going to take them to some literary
club and see if the ladies of the club
would finance her and push her work.
I went back and had the pleasure of
talking to one of the most brilliant
young ladies it has been my pleasure
to talk to in many a day. I told her
of literary bureaus where they sell
the manuscripts without a charge
and send the check direct from the
editor to the author and promised her
my stenographic work to do. I
took her work to do. but could
not get any one to the door. I
wish to say that I know personally
that other organizations knew about
Maizie Keavls. It seem* a pity with
all the money given to charity some
thing could not have been done for a
beautiful, virtuous girl like that. Now
why all the flowers?
WILLIAM H. OWEN.
Leavenworth Street.
SPICE OF LIFE.
Willie got a little gun;
Shot his uncle's eye out;
Vowed that It was neatly done
For a first time tryout.
—Washington Star.
"Where's your mother, son?"
"She said if you could go out and
sow what people called your wild oats,
she was going out and raise what
Sherman called war ”—Ziffs.
"He says he thinks I am the cutest
girl he ever saw. Wonder if I ought
to give him a date?"
' Naw, let him keep on thinking so."
Virginia Reel.
Blinks—Is your wife * good driver?
•links—Tes when I have the wheel.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Plausible Quack—I guarantee that
one dose of my wonderful mixture
will immediately cure Influenza and
take away that spring lassitude, and
—believe me. ladies and gentlemen,
you need not waste the rest. It will
“We’re (fillin' out o' Miami loo
many palms,” writes Mrs. Tipton
Burl’s nephew, who’s winterin' in th'
south. A feller never knows what
he would have done till ha's been
married a year or ao.
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One evening this week we are going to drop a couple of
score years and ten from our shoulders and be a boy agn n.
rather thin, freckle faced, touseled haired boy, dolled up foi
recitation day at the village school house. "< hie Sales I"
going to be the magician who waves his magic wand andma .e
the vears disappear. Clean, wholesome, running the gamut or
human emotions, the Sales brand of humor Is refreshing m
these days of nudity, jazzlty and auggestlveness. If there is
gray In your hair, if your waist line is too much in evidence,
and If you want to get rid of It all and Just be a country hoy
again, come along with us and see ‘ Chic.''
In theatrical parlance we are “hooking for an angel t\ e
have the sure fire scheme, all right. We want to organize a
concert company made up of real singers, four men and four
women. We want mixed quartets, ma!» quartets, female
quartets and all sorts of duets, trios and sextets. The concert
program will he made up of the old time songs, arranged in
cycles, and each cycle to be properly costumed and staged. e
will attend to selecting the program, all we w lit is an angel
| who will attend to the little matter of making It possible for
us to secure the right vocalists and the proper costumes and
take care of a possible deftctt during the first, season, The
second season we'll guarantee the S. R. O. sign at all return en
gagements. There are enough people in every city who love
the old songs to crowd the largest auditorium if only they can
be assured that they will get what they want.
Our sorrow for the plight of the reoent state employes is
not the les= sincere because it i* not deep, Once upon a ,,rn*
TV, held s State job, and we thought the heavens had fallen and
the future dark and dreary when we had to step down and out.
Worth little enough at our best, we weren't worth a whoop
for a couple of years, and then we landed again. But the sec
ond time cured us. We actually resigned before our time was
up. and the best Job at the disposal of the governor would not
tempt us now. They aren’t worth while. The young man who
seeks a political Job Is to he pitied.
Great as modern Inventions are, we still lick a few things
We'd like to have a nonlosable collar button, a shoestring that
will not break when we are in the greatest hurry, a street car
that will not glide bv just before we get to the intersection, a
telephone that will not get the wrong number, a typewriter
that never needs cleaning, a lead pencil that well be in the
upper left hand vest pocket when needed, n pastepot that will
not dry out. a pair of scissors that w-ill leap to hand when
needed, an inexhaustible pocketful of matches, and a few other
little things like that. The field of invention is still wide open.
On principle we are opposed to a movie censor law. but if
the producers do not take a speedy tumble to themselves we
are going to get busy. We do not pay our good money to sit
and watch 500 feet of film run through the machine glorifying
director, photographer, scenario writer, title writer, and such
junk. The title of the pictiye and the name of the author of
the story will suffice. And we are thinking seriously of Pass
ing a I,aw that will protect us from being compelled to sit and
read a lot of advertisements before we can get what we have
paid for.
We have received a questionnaire from * gentleman down
east who asks a lot about the value of the “colyum." Is it a
circulation builder? Is It a circulation holder? Does your
paper or vour colyumlst receive many letters regarding the
column’’ These are a few of the questions submitted. Our
answer is the same to the first two ques'ions. We don't know.
Our answer to the third question is 'hat the response is very
satisfactory to us—we haven't bought a pipe or any tobacco
for several months. Nor several other things we might men
tion hut will not. The financial returns are satisfactory to us
if not to the front office. But what may we ask. is *he object
of the inquiry. Are we to be made the suhject of Bocial Uplift,
or something? WILL M. MALPIN.
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