Omaha-lDhere the IDest is at its Best GIVE HONEST VOTERS JUSTICE. The “word of mouth” voting bill has been saved by the senate, which has reversed the recommenda tion for indefinite postponement, by the committee on elections and privileges. A majority of the com mittee was ready to perpetuate an injustice to a large class of Douglas county voters for a doubtful advantage to a partisan faction. To this the senate will not agree. If the provision of the law were of general application, it might not be regarded as oner ousi Limited as it is in its application to Douglas county voters only, the law is unjustly discriminatory in its operations. One of the purposes of the Australian ballot law was to provide as nearly as possible absolute protec tion for the voter. His choice of candidates is sacred to himself. No judge or clerk or other election of ficial has a right to know for what candidate any elector has voted. This is fundamental. In every county in the state, save Douglas, the voter who can not read or write English has the privilege of bring ing to the polls a prepared list of candidates for whom he wishes to vote. This list must be respected by the judges. When the voter so incapacitated In Douglas county asks for assistance in preparing his ballot, he Is re quired to openly and audibly pronounce the name of the candidate of his choice. This discloses not only to the judges but to any one who may be near Mie choice, and so effectually destroys the element of :ecreey. So far as giving any protection to the • anetity of the ballot Is concerned, the effect Is jus£ the opposite. It Is no trouble for the venal voter to learn by rote a list of candidates, or to memorize orker bounds the United States by the streets in the immediate vicinity of Fourth and Broadway, and his conception of politics is a mayoralty campaign and an occasional hurried trip to Washington to head off legislation. A majority of New Yorkers thought that. Governor At Smith had already been elected president the mo % ment his name was offered In nomination In the democratic national convention. Many of the minor ity, too, believed that Governor Smith would have an immortal cinch on the presidency if once nominated, merely because he was Governor Smith. It Is not possible for New Yorkers to correct the faults of Mother Nature, but it would be easily pos sible to correct a lot of other and different faults.' Getting acquainted with the United States would correct the worst of them. MITCHELL WINS HIS BATTLE. When “Billy” Mitchell doffs the star and dons the eagle, which will denote that he has stepped down from brigadier general to colonel in the line, he will carry with him a sense of victory that is more than the apparent defeat. Whether the general staff is ready to admit the fact, the course pursued by Mitchell must have its effect on the air force of the United States. Walls of army and navy tradition, the creation of all the year* of the nation's life, do not crumble as did those of Jericho, but they may be surmounted. And Mitchell rode his airplane over them. Colonel Fechet, who succeeds to the post of as sistant chief of the air service of the army, conies not only as a soldier but as an airman. He is thor oughly grounded in the science of aviation, and none is more devoted to its development than he. There fore he will certainly carry on where Mitchell left off. Using different tactics, maybe, but driving at the same objective, the incoming assistant may be relied upon to advance the service wherever he can. We feel sure that both the president and the sec retary of war are impressed, as the general staff and the public certainly are, with the arguments pre sented in behalf of the cause of aviation for the army. Immediate needs for the air service will be met. Equipment and personnel will be cared for. The case for unification may be left open for the time being, for the important point is the bringing of the air force up to a standard of efficiency that now exists on paper only. Our fliers are the su periors of any in the world, but they are few in num ber and handicapped for want of machines. Supply this need, and the main action of General Mitchell’s battle is won. ; A GOOD PLACE TO STOP. Instead of further legislation calculated to ham per railroad development and service, right now Is a good time to stop. Congress and forty-eight state legislatures and as many state commissions are enough bosses for the railroads to have, without adding thereto by giving city councils power to tell them what they must do. There was introduced into the Nebraska senate a bill, since withdrawn, for tunately, that was away beyond the limit of outside interference. This bill applied only to Lincoln, but had It been enacted into law it would have set a tremendously dangerous precedent. Ths bill in question provided that in any city of more than 40,000 and less than 100,000, the city council could compel the railroads entering therein to build a station of the size and cost determined upon by the council, and located on a site selected by the same authority. Admitting that Lincoln needs a new union station, the enactment of that bill Into law would soon be followed by similar bills to favor lesser cities, and In time every railroad village and hamlet with two or more lines In the state would be empowered to force its railroad* to build ornate railroad stations. There ere many euch railroad towns in the state, among them York, Grand Island, Kearney, Harvard, Hastings, Beatrice, Falls City, Nebraska City, Crawford, Fremont, Havelock, Wahoo, Seward, and others too numerous to men tion. Union stations at these places would be very convenient and ornamental to the towns and cities, but to permit the councils thereof to set the price and fix the location would add mlllione to the ex pense of the railroads, an added expense that would need be borne by increased rates. The introduction of the bill In question merely emphasizes the extremes to which the country has gone in this matter of railroad control and railroad baiting. What the country needs now is not more control and restriction, hut a loosening up all along the line to the end that the railroads may he enabled to secure new investment capital, extend lines Into new territory and make needed improvements. No one, least of all the railroad executives, favora re turning to the old days when no control was exer cised and regulation a mere theory. But regulation that borders closely upon strangulation is not good for either the railroads or the country. "T told my daughter she could make It,” admits an aged man whose auto stood to Jose the race with the locomotive. The freight train was stopped tn time. “That is a noble crew,” the old man goea on. "It will he a great lesson to me.” Even at four score one may learn. It took 860 employes to r.arry on a trade of $8,000,000 a year, hut that pay-roll Is wiped out, and we are asked to console ourselves by the state ment that It amounts to hut 1 ’i per cent of the city's total. A few more bites like that and there will he no total. Probably the senate picked Moses for president pro tempore because Its members wanted to be sure of having a man who could keep them wandering around in a wilderness of red tape rules for forty 3 ears. "Bless the canning factories; they make It possi ble for us to have spinach the year 'round I” sbouls ih« paragraphrr of the Columbus Pispatch. How very religious; to be so thankful for so little. Even If It did no more lhan the Volstead limit, that, is one-half of 1 per cent, of the total lobbing trade of the city, that is no reason for killing an in stitution needed for the good of everybody. The senate now has a Moses ss its own selected head, and folks will hope that he leads I he mem bers out of the wilderness into which they hnv* wan dered. . Charley Pawes may not ha able to tame the present seriate, but the country can provida an en tirely new senate In a short spare of time. department do not regard Pershing as fit to he any thing hut a captain, and made a terrible fuss when b'unston whs given « “star.” Every time wheat declines a cent a bushel the i bird party leaders take on new hope lhat it will Keep right on going down. It will be remembered lhat a lot of officials de clared that they could not conform to tha Pawes budget -hut they did. The League of Nations has tackled calendar re form, evidently believing that to he all In the day's work. It will be noticed that Gloria Swanson recovered in ample time to chhIi in on all that free publicity. The people may not he able to change the «enale rules, but they can change sen tee. Moonshine in (he driver is not enough tllumina | Uoa tat a midnight Jojridt, f--——■ 1 The Country Sides With Dawes — i .. ■ ■ - ... ... '■ "M * The sympathy of the nation at large will he With the new vice president. The people realize that Mr. Dawes faces a difficult task. According to accepted precedent, as vice president of the United States he should dig down Into Ills official hole and slay there for four years, coming out at Intervals to sit as a figure head as presiding officer of the senate.—Fremont (Neb.) Tribune. Vice President Dawes will have the backing of all good citizens In his hypothesis that whereas It is the duty of the presiding officer to call attention to defective methods of conducting business, It also becomes the duty of the members of the senate to correct them. That declaration will stand. Also his assertion that under present rules “the rights of the nation and of the Amer ican people have been overlooked.” The proof of this assertion lies In the fact that the rules have permitted filibustering to kill Important leglslallon In the session just closed.—Kearney (Neb.) Hub. AVe have a hunch that there will be plenty of ap plause out over (he country for the Dewes suggestion . t hat it is time for a radkal reform of rules In the sen ate. It Is not necessary that any member of the senate should he denied his fair, constitutional and reasonble 1 Iglit to be heard. The abuse of this right, not Its use, Is what Mr. Daw es complains about. His complaint Is made In the name of the country, which has suffered a good deal more than It has gained through the practical working of senate rules and senatorial courtesy.— Minneapolis Tribune. Mr. Dawes Is right, of course, but that only adds another to the sufficient reasons the senate will have for disciplining him. The vice president says the senate rule which permits one or a minority of senators to block all business puts power In the hands of Individuals that can be used In legislative barter. Exactly. That's why the senate has the rule. Mr. Dawes ran hardly expect the senate will abolish the rule after he has con firmed It by hi* own testimony In the confidence that the rule will do what the senate means and expects it to do. The senate Is jealous ot Its powers, Its traditions. - Kansas City Star. The senate Is a static body, tending to resist all change, especially when change contemplates any sur render of power or privilege; but the senate is now more directly responsibly to the people than In the days when state legislatures intervened between the toga and the electorate. In any quarrels which may develop l>e» tween the senate and Mr. Dawes public support will I robably be un the side of Mr. Dawes.—St. Joseph News Press. • m Vice President Dawes knows perfectly that as pre siding officer lie will have no opportunity to tell the sen ulors what he thinks they ought to do. The inaugura tion speech was his only opportunity. He filled It eo completely that not a single senator slumbered during the j2 or 14 minutes of his address. Naturally there Is much Indignation, but It seems to be confined mainly to the senate chamber. Outside of these sacred precincts the Interest Is acute. There Is also some expectancy that the future has a circus in store. This is too much to hope. The show Is over for the present.—Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. The senate rises with passionate calm to denounce the new vice president. In low, even tones, sometimes Interrupted by a squeak, it says he doesn't know what he is talking about. Surveying his address Impartially, while trembling with Indignation, It tells the world he Is , an Ignorant upstart not versed In the constitution. In view of these facts thus dispassionately set forth, It In vites all good citizens to rally to its defense and put the vice president in his place. The only trouble from the senate's standpoint about getting popular support In the impending battle with the gentleman with the upside down pips la that the pubTlc Is disposed to side with the vice president.—Kansas City Times.___ t What Omaha Really Needs W. A. Fraser Sums Up for Home Industry and Points Way to Permanent Prosperity for the State and Its Greatest Business Center. ----a A short time ago W. A. Fraser, president of the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance company, was guest of honor at a dinner given by the Chamber of Commerce. His ad dress on that occasion has been dis cussed more than any publio utter ance in Omaha in a decade. While we printed his words very fully at the time, we deem the sentiments then expressed by Mr. Fraser good enough to repeat. Therefore the following ex cerpts are offered, with the augges tlon that they be read and pondered. Here is the Fraser remedy for what ails Omaha: "Our meeting here tonight, how ever, should not be confined to eulogizing one institution In Omaha because one institution does not make a city. Alt institutions in the city are not or have not been as success ful as our own. Their condition cam not be attributed to any one cause. We could stretch back over a period of years and discuss and blama the national situation for all our troubles, but my idea is that w* should look closer to home and try to find the reason for the unfortunate financial disaster* which have overcome cer tain of our business Institutions; find, if possible, why other institutions are reported as in financial straits, and then try to find a remedy that will prevent th# occurrences of the past, strengthen th# Institutions that are weak, and then apply tha remedy or remedies that wa bellev# will put busi ness on a more substantial basis. "I am not going to attempt to fool myself by saying that either national or state condition* brought disaster in our midst; neither am I prepared to say that it waa lack of business vision, lack of knowledge or a reckless desire to speculate or gamble on the future. But I am prepared to say that those unfortunate occurrence# in th# past have caused a feeling of pessimism to com# over cur people and, in my Judgment, pessimism is the most fatal of all business diseases. An expert physician should be rushed into line to apply th* specialized medicines that will remove th# coat ing from our tongues and cause it* to walk erect with smiles upon our faces caused by the spirit of optimism with in our minds. Ton men her# are the doctors. We are here in oonsultatlon, and while I believe th# medicine may taste unpleasant to some, If it la handed out in large enough doses, even those who do not like th# taste will yet awaken to th# realization of th# fact that it wsa not only bene ficial to them, but to the entire city and slate. * * * “A few weeks slue# several gentle man representing a corn product com pany came to Omaha, presumably look ing for a sits on which to Install a factory. In discussing th# proposl tion with th# Greater Omaha commit tee, on* of th# first questions asked by the chairman of the visitor! waa. ‘How are the people In this state re garding patronizing home Institu tion!,’ and that is the flret question that will be asked by those who come looking for new locations or those who are solicited to come end establish themselvea and their enterprises In our midst. it Is ths all-important question— if the citizens of Nebraska are not going to patronize home In stitutions, then why should th# insti tutions locate In Omaha? Why should t he United Stales Rubber company, ihe Pittsburgh Plat# Glass company, ih# John Peer# Dow company, the .Moline now company, and many other large manufacturing Instltit Hons erect warehouse* In Omaha If the people prefer to send their oi decs to some other state, f'ert*tnlv those enterprises would have saved a tremendous amount of monev which they Invested in the acquisition of ichI estate, th# erection of building! , uid the maintenance of for,* in tide ,-lty to transact their business. It h not enough to hull* new enterprise* within our city. They must lie sup ported, or failure will eventually come and the city will be damaged more Ilian If the enterprise never located here. • • # i "Ruppoalng th# cattle talaeieln tilts and adjacent cities shipped all of i heir livestock to Kansas «Tty, Uhl cago, Hannibal, fit. Joseph or other centers where slock maikdx ai,» to ho found Instead of shipping to t*n,n ho? There would he no necessity fin our stockv an1s here nor for our pack Ing plum*. Supposing Hie grain rala are In our slats concluded to ship ill of tlialr grain to other markets, there would lie no elevator* lining our rail road tracks. A letter was received a few day* slnra by an official of the Typographical union complaining that much of Ih# printing used in Omaha was being dope In oilier slates and that he knew fevers I families were compelled to move from Omaha he causa the bread owner was unable to secure employment In Ihe pi luting line. Other Inttcis were received cn ■ losing labels taken from fruit nml vegetable cans now being used by s Is t ge Institution In Ihe ,-ltv Which Is practically being supported by Ihe city, and tho*e l/ihels showed that th* canned g"uds bad been purchased through a wall aids* hvusg and • shipped Into Omaha from the. city of Chicago. What need would there be for wholesale or retail grocery estab lishments. if our homes, hotels and restaurants prefer to send their or ders out of the state. Almost every day our good wives receive beauti fully engraved Invitations to call at some leading hotel to Inspect and pur chase every kind of ladles’ wear from hats to ahoee, and It would astonish many men to know the tremendous business which Is being done by the trunk merchant coming from far away state*, paying no taxes, putting forth no effort to build up the city, simply reaping where they do not sow. • • • “An Incident was related to me a few days alnce where an Institution In Des Moines. Is., advertised for bids on ever $200,000 worth of new fix ture*. An Omaha Institution had the loweat bid, and whlla this Omaha con tractor wa* discussing the contract with the buyer, a delegation from the Greater Dee Molnee committee en tered Ihe establishment and inv medtately started In to convince the proposed buyer that hie contract, should be let to a Des Molne# Instltu-' tlon, even If they were higher than the Omaha bidder. They went on to' show how many men would be given employment and for how long a time, how many families would be supported and the material that would be pur chased, and the general good that would be done the city by having hla work done at homa The argument was ao conclusive that the Omaha contractor agreed without further dis cussion that the work should be given to the Dee Moines firm, stating at the same time: ‘I wish to God the same leyalty wae shown by the Omaha business men.’ * * • “I do not mean to Infer that a stone wall should be built around Oma ha and that our entire business should he confined to this city or even to the state, but I do say that all things being equal, our homa tratltutlons should be given due consideration when good* ar* to be purchased by Omaha or Nebraska cltlzena. and tha only way to bring Institution* to Oma ha Is to Impress upon the outsider that we are loyal to our home inatl tutlona, and if they want our patron age they had batter establish them selves bare, become part of our great administration and help carry the bur den Incident to the rnaluteance of a city such a a ours, tv* have wonder ful newspaper* In this town. They have been wonderfully loyal to Oma ha. hut T believe their vision could be extended somewhat ao that they would be even more egres«lv# In their de mands for patronage to home Insti tution*. Tha Chicago, New Tork, Poston, Cleveland, and even Dondon Institutions who come her* after our trade do not advertise In the dally press. Even their Invitation cards, printing and postage stamps are all purchased outside of Omaha. Th* more Omaha Institutions we have, the greater field for advertising and, after ail, newspapers must have lib eral advertising patronage for them to maintain their present high class standard. • • • "Omaha is no longer a one-horse town, neither is it a one-man town. Omaha is a town for all the people and prosperity must be divided as equally as possible. I have talked to business men who object to the re opening of some of our failed Institu tions, and they have sstonlshed me by opposing those institutions being rehabilitated because U might Inter fere In a competitive way with their business. This is certainly a con tracted vision. The greater the mar ket In any line and In any town, th# greater the number of customers who will come to patronize that market. No customer Is going to walk Into a city where he cannot trade, but must be confined to one establishment to make his purchases, and we as citi zens should let it be known that we want all the wholesale houses and all the retail houses, and all the manu facturing institutions In and near Omaha that can possibly be located here. Especially do I emphasize the manufacturing Institutions. This Is an agricultural country. When crops fail, the farmer la not the only on# who suffers. His failuf# extend# into every community, into every business center, large or email, and we must all suffer together. If w# had fac tories with large payrolls, when agri culture relied our factory owners and employes would be distributing and collecting money which would tide over th# stringent agricultural period. Many men have become pessimistic over th# financial conditions of the past few years and they talk about th# town In the same tones they would talk about some dear friend . who had Just started on his long last Journey. The tow n probably has been a little sick, and what we need is expert physicians to prescribe and see that the patient takes th* medicine that they know will do him good. Tou are the physicians her# tonight; there for* let the medicine for all of our Ilia be a simple word of three let ters- -PEP. "Let us resolve tonight to have ss our watch-word; ‘All things being equal, we will patronize home Insti tutions; ail things being equal, we will keep the Nebraska dollar In Ne braska; w# will boost our city; w* will make It better because w# have been privileged to live In It, and by the time the host* of th# great American Legion gather In our midst, let'* hope that there will be few If any vacant stores, and If there are any vacant •tores, let It he th* business of the t'Ttamber of Commerce to see that th# windows are clean and goods are dls played so sa to give the appearance of occupancy, a# has been so wonder fully demonstrated by the Orchard \V II helm company In turning th# great structure left vacant by Bur-, geas-Nash Into an attractive, well lighted exposition.’ ” AiivF.Rn>raiE>T. ady mTiBHunr. Let this great Tonic build you up! 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The wrongs and evils that exist in the world today are the result of man's abuse of the good tilings Hod created. And one of the greatest abuses that lias grown up In this world la that of esteeming to be unclean for everybody else that which is to us unclean. Hence the unscriptural attempt to reform men by legislation Instead of teaching them righteousness and . of the Judgment to coine. There Is entirety too much of effort to make God a glorified policeman Instead of looking up to Him as a loving and kindly father. There Is so much of effort to curb abuses that we have too little time to point out the right way to use the good things so lavishly showered upon us by a wise Creator. It Is not use, hut abuse, that is wrong. And my use. brethren, of a thing may be wholly right, while your use of the same thing may be abuse, and therefore wrong for you. But are we not tree moral agents, each permitted to decide? "There is nothing unclean of Itself." says Paul. It depends upon the use made thereof. We have a pestiferous bunch run ning loose forever looking for something to denominate as abuses, always forgetful that there is so much more of good to praise and foster. The man with the muck rake never see* the glories of the skies, the wonders of the sunrise. All he sees Is muck. The parable of the mote and the beam lias peculiar applica tion these days of reformation by law and not by conviction and desire. The Chinese have a proverb, "Sweep before your own doorstep, and consider not the frost on thy neighbor a tiles." Paul. In Komans 10:3, says: "For I bear them record that thfey have a zeal of God. but not according to knowledge. For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted them selves to the righteousness of God." Paul clearly had in mind the Moral Vplifters of his day who went bout seeking to enforce their opinions upon others, and to enforce a moral code of their own creation upon all others. Such have been existent In all generations, and never more numerously than today. They seek not to convict of righteous ness and of the Judgment to corne, but to convict of the wisdom of their own pet moral standards. If the world Is to be won to righteousness and peace It will not be by repressive legisla tion. by the setting up of finite moral standards, but by appeal ing to the minds and hearts of men: by pointing the better wa; ; yes, by pointing the better way; by desire for good. Men are brought closer to their Heavenly Father by reach ing up. not by being driven. "To him that overcometh” Is ae true today as It was In times past. Physical muscles grow flaccid from lack of use. Moral stamina weakens when not brought Into play. Temptations in our way are not for our downfall, but for our overcoming. Put en tha whole armor ef righteousness, not ttA soul compressing armor of restrictive law. Use for good those thlnge which God hase created. Step up, without waiting to be lifted up. By the time we have removed the beam from our own eye the mote will have disappeared from the nelgh bor’a eye. Men can onlw be saved by repentance and faith, not by legal enactment or being made to conform to finite standards. Let us stand on tha promises, yielding no*. "He that be lleveth In Me shall have eternal life." In conclusion let us turn to that good old song ■lust as I am, without one plea. But that Thy blood was slied for ins, And that Thou bidst me come to Thee. O Lamb of God. I come. I come. And, as we sing, let us understand that salvation is for them that overcome, and that the plan of salvation Is not laid down by man or woman, but bv Him who walked and taught In * Galilee. WILL M. MAUPIN. 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