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WHY WASHINGTON IS PEEVED.
That Washington is peevod is easily discernible
from a glance at the front pages of the Washington
newspapers. President Coolidge has aroused the ire
of Washington enobocracy by his insistence upon
economy and his refusal to make a holy show of him
self and family during the inaugural. Shopkeepers
and hotelkeepers are peeved because he refuses to
adopt a policy that will help them fill their pockets.
Snobocraey is peeved because he will not coun
tenance a function that will afford them an oppor
tunity to parade their wealth and official titles. The
real estate dealers are peeved because the president
has eaid some rather hard words about their
rapacity.
All senators and representatives are peeved be
cause the president has given it out in unmistakable
terms that he really means what he says about
economy in public expenditures.
All of which, in street parlance, is “nuts for the
rest of the country.”
Doggerel foisted upon the country through the
medium of the Congressional Record, and doggerel
smeared over the front pages of Washington news
papers, is evidence to the country at large that Cal
vin Coolidge is doing just what the country expected
him to do when it elected him by such a tremendous
majority. Josephus Daniels, ex-secretary of the
navy, put it clearly and briefly when he said:
“To ascertain the real public opinion in the
United States, first find out what Washington thinks;
then you will know it is exactly the opposite.”
The mere fact that official Washington is peeved
is pretty good evidence that President Coolidge is
doing the right thing by the people at large.
CLEM SHAVER, OPTIMIST.
Clem Shaver, chairman of the democratic na
tional committee, is an optimist. Of that there can
be no doubt after careful perusal of his most recent
official outburst.
“Success for the sake of service is our common
objective," exclaims Chairman Shaver. “The demo
cratic party has lived for more than a century, and
will yet live to do valiant service for the people and
the country.”
But, Mr. Shaver, longevity is not proof positive
of success. Methuselah lived to be 969 years old,
and so far as the record shows all he ever did was to
become the father of one son, and that one son
never cut much of a figure. The democratic party
affords just enough of opposition to keep the repub
lican party on its mettle and working overtime to
serve the people honestly and faithfully. It can
never be a menace while its leadership remains as
now, but it can be, and is, a good balance wheel. It
might be a menace under its present leadership if
enough people could be rallied to its peculiar and
widely varying standards. It would he a positive
menace if all the factions could he enlisted under a
single banner. But the history of the party since
1896 has been such as to assure the country that
there is little danger of agreement among the demo
cratic leaders.
Optimism has ever and always bron characteristic
of the democratic party, however. It seldom is, hut
always to be blest. Chairman Shaver has touched no
new note of democratic optimism.
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HOPE FOR SPAIN.
Cheering reports are dribbling in from Spain.
Word comes that public interest in bull-fighting is
giving way to interest in soccer football. Spanish
youths whose recent ambition was to become famous
matadors, are now seeking honors on the football
field.
It is an encouraging sign. It will he even more
encouraging when Spanish youths begin putting
■tuff on the ball, stealing second, swatting out
homera and hurling epithets at the umpire. Rritain
achieved world conquest on the football fields of
Eton and Rugby. Uncle Same made short work of
i Spain and put the final punch into the World War
on the baseball diamonds and football gridirons scat
tered everywhere throughout the land.
When Spanish youth forsakes the hull-ring for
the diamond and the gridiron, Spain will have a
chance to come back. Not the Spain of the old days
cf effeminacy, but the Spain that, led the way to a
new world.
j A VOICE FROM THE PAST.
' A~little news dispatch appearing in the daily
newspapers a few days ago was a voice from the
past. It told of the suicide of Milton Nobles, jr.
Few ever heard of the man. But his father and
mother, Milton and Dolly Nobles, were prime favor
ites with theatergoers of a generation now disap
pearing from the scene of action.
Time was when Milton and Dolly Nobles were
household names in America. They may never have
risen to the great heights of the dramatic art, but
they entertained without lowering public morals.
They were sincere and hard-working, and they loved
their profession too well to debase It. The melo
dramas thay presented might not suit the educated
tsatea of the p'aygoing public these days, but that
fl an indictment of the public taste, not of Milton
end Dolly Nobles.
The ion, endeavoring to follow in the footsteps
•f his parents, scored a failure; such a failure that
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!t impelled him to take hi* own life. But hi* father
•nd mother overcame greater obstacles than the son
vis called upon to encounter. Their* w»s no easy
road, but they traveled it, smilingly and successfully.
THE STONE MOUNTAIN TROUBLE.
The press dispatches about the Borglum-Stone
Mountain trouble merely state that there is trouble.
There Is reason to believe that there is something
more than an alleged delay on the part of Gutzon
Borglum bark of it all.
Conceived as a great patriotic purpose by the
Daughters of the Confederacy, with intent to per
petuate in enduring stone the valor of southern
arms, that gigantic undertaking found ready re
sponse in American hearts north and south. It is
not strangs that such a.colossal undertaking should
progress slowly, or thAt Rfter the first flush of
enthusiasm public interest should wane a bit.
Perhaps Gutzon Borglum'* artistic temperament
is partly to blame. Perhaps he has delayed progress
of the work. But there is some reason to believe
that there is something more hack of all this sudden
flare-up. It. is possible that a great undertaking,
founded in a spirit of patriotism, has fallen into the
hands of men who are less interested in commemor
ating the valor of the gallant soldiers of the Con
federacy than they are in a possible opportunity to
make it profitable to themselves.
It is not the south alone that is interested In
the great work of art on Stone Mountain. True it is
to be a monument to men who wore the gray, but
let it not be forgotten that those gray-clad men were
Americans in every fiber of their being, and that
•heir sons by the hundreds of thousands testified to
the fact that this is a reunited country by trooping
to the colors in '98 and in 1917. Robert E. Lee and
Stonewall Jackson belong just as much to the north
as to the south. On a hundred battlefields of the
south soldiers of the Union and soldiers of the Con
federacy testified to the deathless valor of American
arms. Sponsored by the Daughters of the Confed
eracy, that great memorial now being carved from
the solid rock belongs to us all, and any attempt to
make it a mfre undertaking for profit will be in
stantly denounced by north and south alike.
Gutzon Borglum owes it to the American people
to give them the unvarnished truth from his view
point. The committee that has just discharged him
can not satisfy the people with mere denunciations
of the great artist.
THE CITY MANAGER PLAN.
Kansas City is the second largest city to adopt
the city manager plan of government. At an elec
tion held last Tuesday Kansas City adopted a new
charter providing for the city manager plan, the
majority being 4 to 1.
Cleveland, 0., is the largest city in the United
States working under this modern plan. There are
numerous other and smaller cities working under
the same system, one of them being Alliance, Neb.
The advocates of the city manager plan are in
creasing in numbers rapidly, in Omaha as well as
elsewhere. Sooner or later Omaha will be called
upon to decide between the present system and the
new system. For this reason Omahans owe it to
themselves to study the plan thoroughly. It has many
things to commend it to the taxpayers of any
municipality. It is in line with approved modern
business methods. As a municipal policy it is not
to be pooh-poohed at and cast aside. No one, and
least of all its most enthusiastic advocates, will claim
♦ hat it is perfect. The time is not far distant when
Omaha must have a new charter to fit the growing
needs of the city. Omahans should not delegate the
making of that new charter ^to a coterie of inter
ested politicians. It is a duty that every citizen
owes to himself and to his city to study, to secure
the best possible. That may not be the city man
ager plan, hut the plan is growing in favor and can
not be dismissed lightly.
GEORGE V.
With the exception of possibly a few profes
sional haters, citizens of the United States will hope
for a speedy return to health for King Georve V of
Great Britain. That hia illness ia serious is admit
ted. He is 150 years old and not a robust man.
King George has been consistent in his policy of
cementing good relations between Great Britain and
the United States. He is a kindly monarch, beloved
of his own people, and that is a sufficient recom
mendation of his worth ns a man. In these latter
days, when thrones are crumbling and crowns disap
pearing, the mere fact that democratic Great Britain
still clings to the idea of a kingly figurehead is good
proof that British monarchs are good men and true.
May King George V. he speedily returned to
health, and may he live long to rule kindly.
Senator Wood of Gering, who smokes cigars,
sdvncatcs s tax on cigarets. A great many people
sre in favor of taxing the other fellow and prohibit
ing what they do not like for themselves.
Telling us that the Philippines would he essilv
captured doesn't, mean a thing. We got 'em that
way. It’s the letting go that puzz.Ies our statesmen.
The pork barrel advocates are at a loss to under
stand why President Coolirige should actually mean
what he says about economy.
Perhaps the quickest solution of the W. F. I).
Stokes rase would he to hale him before the lunatico
inquirendo.
The nations trying to rid the world of opium
should hop to it.
An optimist is a man wiio takes the seed cata
logues literally, m.
Homespun Verse
By Omaha's Own Pont—
Robert Worthington Davie
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SMILIN’.
Tt is hast to go a smilin'.
Though tha tmrpfraa days hav* flail.—
For tha good that Has bahlnd us
Makes us want to push ahaad.
Il ain't all axsctly plaaaura:
This hai a livin’,*- but *t la n ns
That tha tima wa spand s smiMn*
Halps us mors than bain’ bln*.
All th* ^article** saams to vanish,
And tha gloom to pas* away
Whan wa walk about a smilin’
Kvary mlnut* of tha day.
Whan wa haarkan not to worry,
And nr* hurdanad not by atrlfa,—
Wa, by amllin'. amllin*. smilin',
flat tha moat and hast in Ufa.
Toll saams assy. If wa r* happy.
And asrh task wa do 1* dons
With tha cast with whloh our « hlldran
Romp and play and rail It fun.
May wa go a smilin’, amllin’
Whll* wa mart'll Ufa's journav through,
IFor th* tlma that a apant a smilin'
ilclpa ua mot* than jjcln' blut.
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Letters From Our Readers
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Forest at ion.
Ootavla, Neb.—To the Kdltor of The
Omaha Mee: Our president, with all
his pressing work, takes time to call
our attention to the pressing need of
growing more timber. Aa destitute
as our state is of timber. It is the duty
of every citizen to encourage the
growth of more timber, and every per
son who has kind nr even a lot should
set out some trees. In the first place,
it breaks those cold, cutting winds,
and what a change It would finally
make in our climate. Hut where It
would benefit us financially the most
would be in having the trees throw
out moisture. I have noticed that so
; much in our county. In Germany a
lar ge flat stone was hewn "and Masted
out deep, then filled with dirt and the
ground was covered so that no mois
ture could come in or out. The water
was all measured to see how much
the tree would throw in the air. When
the tree was about 40 feet high the
amount was Immense. If we then by
united effort would grow trees what a
change we might make, and would
soon have wood to burn.
In case of a railroad strike fn the
future we would have some wood to
burn. As they might force us to use
corn.
We could find room to plant a half
million of trees in this county. As
we cannot plant trees along our main
roads until they are graveled after
they* are graveled we could find room
to plant half n million oak trees This
will also encourage 11s to gravel the
roads, which would make the most
beautiful roads Imaginable. Then
there is so much to he admired fhotit
the tree, our near clone friend Thlrtv
times in winter the tender twigs will
free/ e and thaw and come out all
right In the spring, while hang up n
wet towel and It will freeze dry In
about two da vs And what can equal
the shade of trees on hot summer
days, as the leaves will inhale tbs had
air.
And there Is a want of evergreen
trees, so much needed on every farm,
especially for stock. We cannot estl
mate the value, aa T can speak from
experience on mv farm. They will
even warm the air.
And there are the fruit trees There
are hundreda. If not thousands of
dollars that could be saved In everv
county if we could produce fruit OU'
selves, and furnish good work for our
girls.
Allow me to make a suggestion
There are in every town or countv
•eat /etired men, especially farmers,
who would like to he doing something
beneficial and can see the need of
growing trees Kef them rent half 1111
acre near town and have it plowed
Now plow deep furrpws four feet
apart In which to plant small trees.
Write to the different nurseries for
thflr prices on small yearling 11 ees
and shrubbery, such as von want, and
currant bushes, as T find that tliev
catrbe gotten real cheap Keep these
tree* until they ere the proper size
and then distribute them over the
county, it could he made a sort of
home nursery.
SKTII VAXDERKOLK.
Party Control.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: Party organization, as
we understand It, is possible only
where freedom of thought and action
are conceded. The growth of party
organization in nionarohlal comities
was not allowed In matters relating
to the operations of the rulers. Pub
lic assemblies were under the ban
and persons taking part in them were
fortunate if they escaped with their j
lives. They were generally regarded j
as conspirator*. That was the atti
tude of the British government at the|
beginning of our revolutionary war
toward the American leaders. That
was what made Adams say: "If we
do not hang together now. we shall
hnng separately Inter.'* We do not
want an autocracy like that of tier
many and her allies in the world war
who strove to overthrow and destro\
popular government over the world.
One of the regrettable thine* in life
I* that the party action develop* a
narrow spirit among the voters gen
erally. Parties are necessary in a
government like our* and therefore
we cannot get along without them.
It should be remembered that there
is no other branch of popular govern
ment so Important as party action.
The partisan spirit Would be less ef
fective if we could liberalize the voter.
The party is not an end, but rather h
mean* toward the end. This would
put a voter's fealty to his country
above his loyalty to party. Intelli
gent voting would put party contests
upon a knowledge <»f the principles
and policies involved. Party radical
ism generally begins with the un
reasoning element, due to the spirit so
natural to persons who ate governed
largely by their feeling*. This « real«*b
the opposition of the conservatives,
and heme the presence of both In
our parties Much* can be accom
plished between these two ext trines
through liberal and progressive pat
ties The loyal party man should be
on his guard constantly against the
nomination or election of the man
who asks his party to fuse, Igirgain
or compromise with groups of voters
whose fundamental principle* are n»»t
in harmony with his party platform.
We have even elected governor* who
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w.r. guilty of this treason to th®
principle* of iheir party.
P. F. DOLAN. I
Tli. Riming of \\. J. Bry*n.
Omaha.—To the Kditor of The
Omaha Bee; There is nothing new
or strange in the unpopular statement
of W. .1. Bryan on the foreign debt (
problem. He has been on all sides of
evcyy public question. He has had
influen* e. to be aure.
It has taken the public a long time,
especially the democrats, to liberate
themselves from the spell of hia ora
torlcal power. At the New York con
vention he emphatically told the dele
gates that they should not nominate
Davis, because it would be an en
dorsement of Wall Street and .1. Pier
pont Morgan Finding the delegates,
favorable to Davis Mr. Bryan chang-j
*»d his attitude. U his erring and mis-1
guided Brother Charlie were named
as vice president.
He told the delegates that Charlie
whs elected governor of Nebraska by
.immmi majority, that he would help
the head of the ticket and would
carry several western states.
Charlie not only did not rarrv ,i|
single state, hut thar he actually!
alienated thousand* of democrats from
Davis. Th** vote *>f Nebraska proves
this, because I.* Foilette and Wheeler j
tan dose to Davis s nd Rrvan. In!
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view of his record a! rovernor it !'
dear that he la at the end of hs
caieer. The Omaha Bee ii correct tn
the statement that W. J. Bryan ia
now a menace on the foreign dehia
I rohlem, hut he la aiao a joke. Hia
brother, <’harlip. looking forward to a
denomination a« governor, ia worse
"han a joke he la ignorantly presum
ing on the good nature of Nebraska
democrats. DEMOCRAT.
NET AVERAGE
PAID CIRCULATION
For JANUARY, 1925
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .74,002
Sunday .77,234
Does not Include returns. left* ^
over*, sample* or paper* spoiled in ^
printing and includes no special
aalea or free circulation of any kind.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mrr.
Subscribed and sworn to before ms
this 2d day of February. 1925.
W. H QUIVFY.
(Seal) Notary Publk
| Abe Martin |
Sil'iire Marsh Swallow aaya (hat
32 nut n' c\rr’ 33 criminal* that arc
given another chance tnke it Some
folk* never fergive you if iln 'em
a favor.
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lake Comfort nor forget
qhat Sunrise net/er/aiieg^ 9^a^ter
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Have you ever driven your automobile over the wonderful
hills around Valentine, or explored the scenery of Hawes
county? No; vou know all the beauty spots of Colorado and
Wyoming, but you know little or nothing about the beauty
m|»«»!s of Nebraska; and there ate many of them. Wonder places
that will fill1 your soul with delight if only you will seek t<*
know more about your own state. j
The Chicago Tribune, which modestly admits that it I« the
world's greatest newspaper, boldly asserts that 99 per cent "f
red haired girts are how legged. We are not convinced that this
is true, despite the high authority quoted. If the charge i«
true we shall Pass a law about it.
A pleasant visit w ith Frank M. Iloeye of I >ex Moines. Mem
bers of rhe We Knew Him When <*lub will shove along and
make room for the new recruit. Frank has been state parole
agent of Iowa for seven years. One of the old-time newspaper
men of Iowa, and for many years editor and publisher- of the
Perry Hally Chief. Worked as a reporter for Frank during the
early portion of the famous presidential campaign of 1986. If*
writes entertainingly of old-time politicians and political events
in the llawkeye state, and occasionally drops into poetry. Not
too often, however. Coves his present lob and is* evidently
making good at it or he wouldn't hold it so long.
Some of theae day*, when we have a little more time and
a lot more money, vve are going to call together a sixire of old
time newspaper men of Nebraska and give a dinner for Amri
Meander Blxby. better known as "Doc." Ves. Blxby started out
in life as a doctor, lint unit practicing medicine when the leg
Islature enacted a lawr calculated to make it uncomfortable for
iltiack*. At least that i* what Bix told us. Then he drifted
Into the newspaper business. For more than 30 years he has
been col.v timing for the Mlncoln .lout nal, and a man who can
hold that kind of a job that long is worthy of praise and
adulation. Ills genial philosophy, his homely rhyme mill his
never falling good humor have endeared him lo thousands. f
Some of Ihese davs well pull off that dinner for Bix. b'gosh.
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We fee 1 greatly encouraged. The oilier day we picked up a
railroad timetable and actually found what we wanted with
out the least bit of trouble.
After due cogitation and looking back over five or alx
decades, we have finally diagnosed our trouble. We have a
wishbone where our backbone ought to be.
During the past six months wo have been called upon to
review many new hooks When given the task of reviewing
a hook we try to read some of it. Not all. for so doing might
prejudice us. But. as vve were aliout to say. after reviewing
about a hundred of these new books vve look a couple of nights
off and reread “Treasure Island." “1'nder Two Flags" and
■Tioosier Schoolmaster.” That repaid us for the time we
wasted on a lot of literary junk. AN Mils M. MAI PIN.
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The Commandments
‘‘Fpar rot; for God is corns to prove you,
and that this fear may be before your
faces, that ye ain not.”—Ex. 20:20.
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0D has planted on either side of the pathway in our life
the Ten Commandments like thorn bushes, buttresses
and guards, that the pilgrim may be confined to the path that . A
leads to prosperity, safety and peace.
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not .steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
10. Thou shalt not covet.
The church stands as a great restraining force against the violation of
the commandments.
Select a Church and Then Support It
by Your Attendance
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"In n wider appeal to relipion and to relipion* faith is to he found the answer to the prow
inp tendencj toward la" violations which we see on every hand.
This is the iudpment of a proup of Omaha men and institutions, who have arranped for a pro
pram of nppenls for church attendance. The appeal published herewith is fourth of the series.
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