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r'bbacrlltei'g leaving tut; city lniorarlly
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A parly in power, divided against hue If, writes
it own epitaph.
It is greatly to be "feared thoe University of
Nebraska boyi carelessly u'vri looker (he weather
man on their invitation lint.
i "1 he far-visioned men w ho held Farnam
street to full widih for two straight miles unwit
tingly laid the foundation of fortune past and
to follow.
Common prudence suRgest that person tlis
poacd to twist the lion's tail on the spot should
take the precaution of first extracting the ani
mal' teeth,
With an official dancing supervisor provided
for the park pavilion, Omaha may safely figure
on kicking up her heels and cutting a few capers
this summer,
According to the colonel, the Henry Ford
vote represents nothing but "timidity." Then
we have over 26,000 timid men in Nebraska, We
don't believe ill
Whatever form the proposed municipal mon
ument takes, we want no atrocity like that hid
eous welcome arch and no repetition of the Lin
coln statue burlesque.
Boosting the levy means boosting the tax
hills, but the fact that the taxes are not payable
until nearly a year after . the levy too often ob
scure the connection.
In one of his jocular moods Archbishop Ire
land once remarked that a corpulent front is a
prerequisite to archiepiscopal dignity. - Omaha
appears to possess the front.
Still, there is quite t difference between in
troducing a bill calling for an appropriation with
no chance of getting it and taking the respon
sibility for an appropriation that is apt to be
made.
Reading the signs and portents aright the
mighty preparedness parade in New Vork guar
antees the country against a repetition of "draft
riots" in that city, should occasion arise for conscription.
A glance at the headlines of half a dozen
midwest newspapers on the same morning
showed four women killed by auto accidents.
The lessons of safety should be clubbed in by
other means than funerals.
Giving us an archbishop to succeed a bishop,
we take it as a recognition by the Roman church
of the growing importance of Omaha as a center
of its religious organization as well as of its
numerous other spiritual and charitable activities.
Slice President Mohler could not work out
the I'nion depot project within a month, even
if he tried, the next president of the I'nion Pa
cific will have a chance to make an initial ten
strike by taking it up piomptly and putting it
through.
President Wilson lets it be known that his
While House caret are almost unbearable, et
lie is willing to take them on for another four
veats In all the history ol 1he republic. Presi
dent llae is the only one who insisted on be
ing relieved at ihr end of his fnl term
I It actum ol the house loiiintitlcc in unset
ting tlie administration's naval lovgiam otter a
teuifitiiig opiioi luiiity tot a prauiial application
ol Pii'iilcl Wilton's formula, "If I cannot
retain my mural ntlluciite mfi a man rt-t hv
i i atmualt) knot king linn down, it i',i4i i, (I.,
tilv basis on whutt he vti'l rnjnit me, ihen.
lot the it nl hi u!. I have got m t aaioiutN u
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Thirty Years Ao
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The Mohler Resignation.
The unexpected resignation of President
Mohler of the Union Pacific causes both surprise
and regret to his friends, for while it has been
known that the burdens of the position have
been growing steadfastly more onerous, it was
the general impression and hope that Mr.
Mohler would continue to guide the destinies of
that great transcontinental railroad for years to
come. If, aside from the reason of ill-health, Iu
were to choose a time for retiring, the present
moment when the road is in prime physical con
dition and its earnings higher than ever in its
history would reflect the fullest credit upon his
management. liut these very circumstances, it
would seem to us, would warrant the manage
ment to give him a vacation for six nionths or a
year rather than dispense with his services.
As a community Omaha will be reluctant to
see Mr. Mohler give up the Union Pacific pres
idency because, on the whole, we have gotten
along together very well and he has exerted his
force for the upbuilding of our city and increas?
of its importance on the railroad map. He has
shown himself to be a broad-gauged man, helpful
to the city in many ways wholly apart from
transportation matters, and it will take a big
man to fill his place.
Coming; of the Archbishop.
'I he announcement that Archbishop llarty is
to be the successor of the late Bishop Scannell
is of interest and importance outside as well as
inside of the Roman Catholic church. It ia as
sumed that the transfer to this diocese of a
priest of archiepiscopal rank will raise the author
ity of this jurisdiction to the rank of archbiah
opry, something that must be highly pleasing to
us all regardlo of the suggestion that the ap
pointment is more in recognition of the work of
the archbishop in the Philippine than of the
needs of the diocese here, slhe prelate, however,
when he arrives, will find an inviting held and a
warm greeting which he can canity make a last
ing welcome.. ,
Safety First and Freight Handling.
Another angle of the "safety first" campaign
is presented in a report juit given out by the
railroads interested. It lias to do with savings
accomplished through reduction of losses inci
dental to the careless handling of freight. One
hundred and twelve lines reporting show a de
cided gain, the saving for 1915 being $7,800,000
over 1 V 1 4 in payment for claims arising from
damage or destruction of goods in transit. This
saving has been effected by the simple method
of taking more pains in handling packages, load
ing cars and moving trains. T he showing is en
couraging, but the payment in 1915 under the
heading was more than $24,000,000, so the
Chances for improvement are still good. Rail
road managers are learning the hard Icssoni of
experience and are slowly but surely transmit
ting the wisdom thus gained to the employes,
and thus are getting the benefit of it for the
stockholders. Safety first is the one rule that
ought always to be observed, and when it is
evenly and universally applied, one big item of
railroad expense will be found to have, nearly, if
not completely, vanished.
The President and Hit Party.
The democrats in congress have adopted a
new form of amusement that of defeating the
president. They publicly boast their love and
admiration for him and their faith in bis pre
science, and then with seemingly deliberate intent
vote against his recommendations. Pledges
made in the name of the party go by the board
in pursuit of this novel pleasure. The White
House naval plans are the latest to be upset.
Promises golrninly made only six nionths ago,
accompanied by fervent appeals to patriotism
and the earnest enthusiasm of the people of all
parties, are now ignored and makeshifts again
substituted for a deinite program. It is the
same old democratic hodgepodge of inefficiency
and procrastination, an effort to "play both ends
to the middle." The country will be the loser
because of this unwillingness to accept responsi
bility and carry out a well-reasoned program.
The president and his party are in harmony now
on only one point the desire to retain office and
the willingness to do anything to hold on.
No New Form of Taxes,
Secretary McAdoo h,a sent word to House
Leader Kitchiu that, iu his judgment, congress
need not be asked to devise any new forms of
taxation. Retaining the duty on sugar, the stamp
tax, the income tax and the surtax on incomes,
inheritance taxes and other devices will, in the
opinion of the secretary of the treasury, produce
revenue sufficient to provide for the running
expenses of the government, and do away with
necessity for additional levies, lie finds, for
example, that the internal revenue, derived from
the tax on liquor and tobacco, has increased by
$.W,IKH),IXK). This was not looked for, bul has
come like manna from heaven to sustain the
famislnng adinmisti ation iu the midst of a desrit
of its own nuking Income from the sump u,
invreasrd by the feverish activity of the war
tiade. which has multiplied coinmnim ations by
w it c. each message paying lis penny to the dem
octtltv rineigrmy tuud; revenue wiung tiom
makers of munitions, and a "gennal prosperity''
hated on the at trade, has staved the country
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Washington Topics
""" " Edgar 0. Snyder,
The Bee'g Special Waablngton Correspondent.
Congressmen hereabouts find the vote for
Hughes in Nebraska one of the liveliest subjects
for conversation in cloak rooms, in lobbies and in
their offices. They cannot help hut talk about the
popular demand shown by sixteen thousand voters
in Nebraska taking the pains to write in Justice
Hughes' name on their ballots. When that sen
timent is considered, an interesting situation
arises, for members of congress have their ears
to the ground probably much more largely than
any other class of politicians, They do not hes
itate to say that the handsome vote which Justice
Hughes received in Nebraska is liable to assist
materially the delegates from that state in shap
ing the presidential nomination. The outcome of
the convention next month in Chicago will be
watched with more intense interest throughout
the United States than usual, for in all my expe
rience as a Washington correspondent I have
never heard of so many people planning to go to
a national convention as to Chicago this year and
they are looking forward to one of the most in
teresting and one of the most far-reaching con
ventions in the history of the United .States.
What a lonesome figure "Cyclone" Davis is
cutting in the halls of congress! You recall how
the stage was set one day in the early w inter for
a speech by this antique character. He was
granted an hour's time and, for thr first twenty
minutes, was a novelty because of the manner in
which he approached and developed his diatribe,
but, after that time, platitudes, sophistry and
demagogy took the place of dispassionate reason
ing and "Cyclone" Davis' sun had set. He made
the same speech that had been heard on the
plains of Nebraska and Kansas a quarter of a
century ago. He had not advanced with the ad
vancement of the nation, It was the same old
criticism, made in the same old way, that was
heard when the populist party was sweeping the
prairies like a fire and now, as he sits 'in the
lobby of the house of representatives, he is found
reminiscing and living wholly in the past. What
a sorry figure would other representatives of the
"pop" party of other days cut in these stressful
times.
During the course of a conversation with
Representative Sloan of Nebraska the talk
drifted to the rather phenomenal character of
Parker Willis, formerly an economic writer for
a New York newspaper, later attached to the
Department of Agriculture, still later secretary
of the federal reserve board and now president
of a branch reserve hank, being organized in
the Philippines under the direction of the federal
board.
Parker Willis shows in his life the power of
concentration. When the democratic party met
in Baltimore among other planks the party was
pledged to revise the currency. According to
g prominent New York banker, President Wilson
was an early supporter of the Aldrich-Vreeland
currency bill, but it was found necessary to
change that measure, and its accomplishment,
reads like a romance.
It appears that there was no man in con
gress just exactly fitted to revise the Aldrich
Vreeland bill without changing ' the spirit, and
in casting about for a man to do the work the
president became impressed with the ability of
Parker Willis, who had been writing upon eco
nomic subjects for the New York Commercial
Advertiser, and he was selected to perform the
surgical operation, with the result that a bill was
presented tn cougretts the similarity between the
Aldrich-Vreeland bill and the present law, being
superficially concealed and for that bit of expert
surgery Parker Willi drew $4,817.00 out of the
contingent funds of the house. No democratic
congressman was ever permitted to draw any
thing like such a sum out of the coffers of the
house for the performance of clerical services.
When the reserve board was being organ
ized Parker Willi loomed large upon the hori
zon as an expert mechanician and he was made
secretary. After the organization of the board,
so successful had been his powers of ingratiation
that the board decided to create a branch bank
in the Philippines and they made Mr. Parker
Willis its president at a princely salary.
This story might be easily called "The Rise
of Parker Willis."
"Straws indicate the direction of the wind,"
is an, old-fashioned saying, very much to the
point in the recent second West Virginia by
election. This district, which is usually debatable
ground, is the old district which sent William L.
Wilson, the father of the Wilson tariff bill ot"
189.', to congress. Since that time it has alter
nated from democratic to republican and vice
versa.
In the democratic landslide of 1910 the late
William G. Hrown, jr., was elected and twice re
elected to congress, his death in the early spring
necessitating the election of his successor for
the remainder of the sixty-fourth congress. This
district contains plains, valleys and mountains,
rich in agriculture, well supplied with timber,
highly endowed with mines and in some of the
larger towns there are modest industries pur
sued, so that every phase of American life is
presented in this West Virginia congressional
riding.
With the death of Representative Brown an
election was called and the strongest democrat
in the district was nominated, George Rowers,
former contuiinsiuncr ol fisheries in the Tait ad
ministration, who had been driuiiil bv Repre
sentative l row n in the campaign of lU, was
selected as the republican standard bearer. Mr
Mowers was run especially strong, or especially
popular, but the Untf question became the prom,
inent suhiet t tor dchaie between the follower
of iti'iitoi rai v and the "grind old pMv " H e
kietnot rats flooded the ilisirut wnti clinet t..
(tiers, senators, representatives and local ora
tors and a special appeal vsk irade to cint Mi
Wood., U c deinot ratic taiutnUle, u !ui was de
soled tit V ilaoo The tepuMn 4ns had not mail t
reakrit and the national innibht ,t tli
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Nebraska Editors
The Maskell Graphic, which sus
pended publication two weeks ago,
reappeared last week in enlarged
form.
Editor Hue ol the Wayne Her
ald is printing a scries of biographi
cal sketches of the prominent farm
ers of his county.
Milo E. Taylor has sold the Page
Reporter to W. (,'. Templeton of
O'Neill. The change is effective May
29. Mr. Taylor will go to Idaho
where he has a large field in view.
J. C. Naylor of the Calloway
Queen, was caught under his automo
bile, 'when it turned turtle last Sat
urday. His injuries consist of a deep
gash in one leg and a number of
bruises.
Hartington Herald: The editor
of the Norfolk Daily News, "the
World's Greatest Country Daily, '
have now reached the delectable
iiage in their newspaper careers,
when they are called upon to travel
about the country and tell the bud
ding geniuses of journalism in our
colleges how it is done.
The Western Nebraska Publishers'
association was organized at Gering
Saturday evening. Klcvcii of the
thirteen papers in Scotts Mluff, Mor
rill and Itox Hutte counties were re
presented. Ii. T, Westervelt of the
Scotts Uluff Republican was elected
presiflent and Lloyd Thomas of the
Alliance Herald, secretary. A. Ft.
Wood of the Gering Courier enter
tained the publishers at a banquet.
The next meeting will be held at
Bridgeport, June 17.
Tips on Home Topics
Washington Post: Some of those
favorite sons headed for Chicago are
still placing confidence in the "musty
tradition that once upon a time the
tail wagged the dog.
ISoston Transcript: Connecticut
democrats adopted as their slogan,
"Peace, Prosperity', Wilson," which
deserves a place in the text book
as an example of anti-climax.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: If the kaiser
wrote the German note and the presi
dent went to that trusty old type
writer for the reply, we must con
fess Woodrow has it on Bill.
Indianapolis News: The federal
trade commission will investigate the
anthracite business if the price goes
tin again. Rut even that does not
cheer up the ultimate consumer very
much. There have been plenty of in
vestigations, but mighty few of them
have got him any more for hi
money.
Springfield Republican: Some 240
bucket shops have been closed dur
ing the past six months as a result
of the campaign of federal officials,
and there have been several hundred
convictions. Though fine of from
$10 to $10,000 have been imposed,
not one violator has been obliged to
"do time." The exhibit look a little
as if Uncle Sam were trying to get
a percentage of the receipts.
Baltimore American: A Chicago
financial writer discover that most
of the corporations in the west that
have been reaping war profit are
paying off debts before going very
far in declaring dividends. This is
the part of wisdom and how that
the boom spirit is not dominant to
the degree that earlier eemed pos
sible. It does not pay to lose sight
of, possible hazards of the future.
Editorial Snapshots
Philadelphia Ledger: Hobson's de
feat in Alabama is a strong hint that
the once kissed and twice dry candi
date has worn his welcome out at
home as he has elsewhere.
Washington Post: Henry Ford an
nounces his plan for a six-hour day
and a minimum wage, of $1 per hour,
and yet some people refuse to take his
presidential boom seriously.
Chicago Herald: If Justice Hughes
finally does cash in a presidential
nomination with that silence of his, it
may cause Mr. Bryan and divers other
statesmen to change their whole view
of the proper way of getting things.
Philadelphia Record: The fact that
six battleships have to be put in re
serve with skeleton crews in order to
man the three latest dreadnoughts
ought to soothe the paroxysms of the
pacifists. And yet there are some rea
sons for regretting this. The navy
constitutes the first line of defense,
and if strong enough could keep an
enemy off the shores and confine the
hostilities to maritime warfare. It is
this consideration that has made the
country pretty uniformly more gen
erous to the naval than to the military
establishment.
Springtield Republican: Governor
W hitman of New Voik in his much
applauded speech to the Methodist
general conference at Saratoga the
other duy appears to have declared
himself a militarist, to lareful was he
to d'-iiiie a good kind ot militarism,
"Militarism." he s.m. "may mean the
mattial organization of a people for
high and nolilr pm pose, and lighting
iiiav be d'rected ananist the evils that
in Co !t rather than aeamst mankind
itself" brie is tiogbiy little noli
la i ini in k iv iliird cotimnrt lotUv t'ia(
kkouMifl de I'm d ittrlt on Jim about
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That fluasted Prosperity,
l.ym-rt. Sub. Mny 19 Jo the Kdltor ot
Trt B: In tho urtlfle. under the mnllon
"KiddlmtlrkB, Donor!" the World -Herald
boasts of the prosperity the United fiutea
Is now enjoying. Think of III bousilrig of
a proeperlly that has been coined from the
blood -drenched battlefield of Kurope. A
proaperlty HfOnrd by h'-lplns sro-d rivers
of blood and tetirs, eliHtterlnit Hie hopi-a
of in 1 1 1 ton. Irlng'ng auFferlna and despair
10 the homes of every wmTlnsr country of
Europe. Such Is the proeperliy of which the
democratic psriy boasts.
I ni a democrat, but I shall not vote
the iJcinotTHtlc ticket If Wilson Is the
choice. And 1 hope yuu will he Hhie to mill
Hie lie about th,tt democr tic prosperity
buoni for good. VV. O, llVAX.
esee and their own personal unprepared
nees than wen- killed I" battle. Will we
uee the leesona we hat so d'arly bought T
The changes of modern ttsrfare render Ik
niore than ever iiecje.try that men 1
trained. Is It not hlslk, time that fsS
our shoulders' to the wheel and hava 'V1
hots, who would tloubtlevs enlist Ii
event war came upon u. ei ivo one of
Ihe companies and learn what they ran?
AN OBSERVER.
Preparedness.
umaha. May IS To the klditor of The
Fl.e: Home t!nr- ago I noticed an arllele
In the paper about hi officer of the Na
tional Hoard coinpliilnliiK of the uiil.Oi'ncea
of the War (lepartuicni'M Inspection of the
local battalion. ('pou lot eel laa ! Ion I find
thai Ihe companies w.-re Klicn 111' follow
ln rating:
r'oinpaiiy A, fair.
Company H, fntr,
1'oinpany I', fair.
Company 1), poor.
The entire Kuurlh rcgnneni, poor
Company D was placed on probation fm
one year, If at the nem federal insicnion
they do not make a better sh i.t io"'
will be muatereil out of the serv ln-il-fetjy
this shotting for Omaha m unfa.r.
The population of llreater Omaha Is ;i'i,oiill
and yet It apparently r-annot ifi.i'.irr lour
compunle of the National (luai t. VVniit in
the trouble?
They are housed In an old ratrlc-lrap of
a building which la In no way fitted for an
armory, They have none of, Ihe aeceasorlea
the National ituarda of other alatea are
(liven, such gymnaalum, shower batha,
club facilities, etc.
I alao heard of a preparedneea debate at
tha Commaretal Huh, If one of the mem
bers of the Omaha Commercial club has
don a single thing In help build up the
local companies of the National Muanl he
cm ashamed to let anyone know of II.
l.aat Hunday'e paper (arrpd a notice lhat
tha Nebraska Hell Telephone company
would allow IU employes full pay and their
regular vacatlona If they went lo ramp with
the National Ouard, Thla Is a very com
mendable step, and It would he well If
other companies would follow suit.
With war en our border, are w to Ignore
the only means there fa of preparing our
men for a campaign will history repeat It
self, and find ua a unprepared aa In the
broil we had with Hpaln did 7
Long experience and reatilt have ahnwn
that more mon have been destroyed by dls-
Ohjects to Criticism.
Wlsiier. Neb., Way H To the Editor ol
The Pee: I have read with considerable In'
tercet, some of the leturs published U
your Letter Bos. .Soma ere "hollow," th
most of them are for self pralae, and
political purposes,
Every once In a while some on Jumpi
up and tells all about how lo run Mexican
affaire, how to tell It to Germany, and
how they would make Kngland come to
time, and a hundred and one things more.
Now .Mr. fle man has any of those wis
penmen ever slopped to think Just what
Ihey Mould do If they were prealdent ot
the t'nlted States at the present time? I
really believe Ihey hav not give II a
thought.
' Many of iliee men are sleeping anunfllr
while I'realdent Wlleon and other smart
men are trying In figure out some system
of pleaetng our own great country, or rather
the people that are living In II, and also
keep on Ihe good side of the mad fighting
countries. The nent morning they wake up
and criticise the prealdent and all hi help
ed iumI because some woman haa been
abort changed on a pint of milk. I do i,
think this is a fjilr thing to do .lust
ih nreaent lime. If there I any man In
the United Hialea that could do ua mors
good than Prealdeiil Wilson, I would be on
of the first lo vole for him, and help
him In,
nut are w willing lo eiperlment with
some other mind In thla serious tlma? 0
let us give It a second thought and help
ihe prealdent while he is trying to help
u, A. BATCHI.OR.
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MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
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pore old blind inun er dime?"
"Hut." proteaied the cltlsen, "you can see
out of one eye,"
"Oh, well," reolned Ihe beggar, "make
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"flow Is your boy Josh getting along In
hi Studies?"
"I can't tell," replied Farmer rornlosael.
"He know Jea' enough rnore'n I do to
make ins feel embarrassed If I try to ask
him any question." Washington Hiar.
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whom 1 Introduced lo you?" eald the naval
officer lo Ihe pretty girl at the naval
ball.
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comradea mentioned siandlng around her,
"lhat you have got me In a nice moss."
Halllmore American.
The young man whispered soft and low.
"I never loved another."
Then apak th maid: "I didn't know
Ananias had a brother,' Indianapolis
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