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OCTOBER 28, 1918. 12 THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, THE. OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. THE BER W1BLI8HIWQ COMPANY. FROPRIBTOR. Entered at Omaha postoffiee as eeeond-elass asattar. Br Mill per year ...16.00 ... 4.00 ... e.oo ... 4.00 1.00 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By Carrier " ' j Pr month. Pally and Sunday e Taily without Sunday ase....... Evening and Snnnay 40e Evenlns without Sunday . .t&e. . .. . . . EHinaar Dee oniy . a Daily and Sunday Bn, thru yaari In advancO. I10.J0. Send notice of change of address or Irresularlty in oe- livery to Omaha Bee. Circulation Department , " REMITTANCE. Remit br draft, express or poatal order. Only -nt stamps taken in payment of amall aceouoti. Pereonal cnees. aueept on Omshand eaatarn eschanse, not atceptoa. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha SS18 N street Council Bluffi 14 North Main street Lincoln S2S Little Building. Chicago 818 People'a Gaa Building. Mew York Room tOI, 288 Fifth avenue. St. Louie Soft New Bank of Commerce. Washington 725 Fourteenth street, N. W CORRESPONDENCE. Addreae commonicationa relating to newa and editorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION 54,507 Daily Sunday 50,539 Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, saye that the average circulation for the month of September, 1911, was H.S07 daily, and eM Sunday. . DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed in my pretence and sworn to before me this Id day of October, HIS. . , ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public . Subscribers leaving the cily temporarily should Kara The Baa mailed to thorn. Ad dross will be chanted as often u reqniyad. Who i keeping the Real Estate exchange out" of war? : ' ".' ' - s , . s-, One fact riaes clear of the confusion of Tocal freigHt rates. Omaha shippers are stuck. Still, a great deal of time, worry and litiga tion might have been saved had the bank charter applicants taken the hunch and coughed up that $J,000 fee. ' A revolution impends in Abyssinia, according to report. Ethiopia's young empress evidently lacks an.adequate force of mollycoddles to keep her out of war. I Poor Food Commissioner Harman's "pure food amendment" to the constitution designed for his sclf-perpetuation in office, hopes to get by the voters through neglect or accident. That's the place on the ballot to vote "No." Of course, Henry Ford's "$5-a-day-for-women-employes" announcement, "after an inspiring talk with the president," has nothing whatever to do with politics. . It is just accidental that he talked with the president on the eve of election. ; t 0 -- ", '. Everybody understands, of course, that these weekly tours of President Wilson are strictly non-political. Merely a bit of exercise combined with fresh air treatment; Moreover, thejf afford relief from the. gloomy -shadows on Shadow Lawn. i" ' 1 ;' "An American administration," for which Charles E. Hughes stands pledged, embraces in three words the vital issues of the campsgin.- It is not an empty, phrase or a stumper's bluff. The -public works of Mrv Hughes backs the pledge and! guarantees fulfillment. ; . y Which reminds us that down in Kansas, and in various other states, a man must run for of fice as a republican, or as a democrat, under His right party name, and' the ballot cannot legally contain any hyphenated hybrid labelled "Demo ' crat-People'S-Independent-Socialist." ; Edgar Howard might have known that he could not run for office on the same ticket with certain democrats running for senator and con gressmen, whom he has repeatedly denounced as having forfeited every claim to public confidence, without swallowing his words. Poor Edgar I The ability of the the. British "tanks" to nego tiate trenches, shell caves ana ponas snows ex traordinary improvement on the original inven tion arid casts doubt on the claim of Amer ican origin. ' A genuine American tank would call for reinforcements before negotiating a ,.treet gutter. ' ' - : ' Pancho Villa seriously strains the ties of friendship by frequent unseetnly calls at the ranch of William Randolph Hearst. The hospi tality of the American ranchero is generous to the limit, but when a friendly visitor makes away with a dessert of 600 beeves and a supply of corn without asking leave,' surely friendship chills to the roots and forbids a front page sensation. Hughes and Legislation -St. Loan Glooe-Domecral- The democrats who demand that Mr. Hughes exhibit samples of hypothetical legislation He would have enacted to solve future problems are very careful to avoid his record of legislative achievement He refuses to outline a program that unforeseen events might .make impossible. He declares the principles he would follow and announces the ends at which he would aim. His ''disposition and his ability to enact wise and ' salutary legislation must be judged by his record. y After the panic of 1907 showed the weaknesses in the banking system of New York he set about removing them. The result was a set of model banking laws, protective of the public and of the - stockholders. He drove out scoundrelly "private bankers." He also took the graft out of receiver ships by turning the liquidation of .suspended banks ovrjrto the banking commission. He urged a workmen's compensation act that .became a model for other states. He procured legislation against child labor. He got. through a law im proving the working conditions of women. He enforced strict regulation of employment agencies. He promoted agriculture in various ways. He sot a system adooted for Woking: after the chit ' dren of immigrants which the federal government , has copied. He got through the law tor semi . monthly oayment of wage to railway employes. V He Successfully proposed adequate commissions to' regulate public utilities. Before he became governor he drafted effective legislation to pre vent a recurrence of insurance scandals. He over- hauled state finances and got up a practical budget system without waiting for a constitu tional amendment. The last year he was gover nor he vetoed $5,000,000 appropriations When , he pledged economy he meant it. -i Mr. Hughes not only believes in constructive '. legislation, but he knows an effective law when .-j lie sees it. He has written laws and he has con strued them. His old law tirm had few rivals in the extent of its relations with international trade, and it trained some of the greatest experts in the wodd. In dealing with future legislation he will not be simply an exhorter. He will see to it that all the bills he signs are aowritten that they will accomplish . what their authors profess. . v Hughes' Pledge to America,' Under the shadow of Faneuil Hall, and where Bunker Hill monument points the way to lofty patriotism, Charles Evans Hughes gave out a message to Americans that should be cherished by all. It is a direct challenge to Wilsonism, whose announced policy is not only a repu diation of the platform of his party, but tanta mount to poltroonism. The account of that meet' ing, furnished by the Associated Press, says: Mr. Hughes also declared that he would maintain American rights and that he had "absolutely no patience whatever with the idea that an American citizen, following his lawful pursuits, in any part of the world, should be left unprotected by the country from which he came." "I am amazed," Mr. Hughes said, "that it is suggested that a proper attitude is that the policy of protection should not be main tained because it threatena our peace. , "Is it possible that any such notion should obtain in the shadow of Bunker Hill?" he asked. a . The audience rose to Its feet and, wav ing thousands of American flags, shouted in answer: "No." y Mr.Hughes emphasized this clear and reson ant-note of true Americanism by a reply to a heckler, who demanded specific information as to his policy. ."We will not meddle n affairs that do not concern us; when we say we will .respect the rights of small nations, we will respect them in reality. And it shall be understood in Mexico, in Latin-America, and elsewhere, that American rights with respect to lives and property shall be protected," is Mr. Hughes' pledge to Americans. Contrast this with Mr. Wilson's declaration that Americans are only'to be protected at home, and those who go abroad for any purpose do it at their own risk. 1 ' Secretary Baker's Astonishing Allegation. The charge made by President Wilson's Sec retary of war that Pancho Villa's present activity i inspired as part of the presidential campaign in the United States is worthy to go alongside Mr. Baker's stupid comparison of Washington's sol diers to the Mexican banditti. Secretary Lansing, with a foresight and prudence rare in the coun cils of the present cabinet, undertakes to mini mize the effect of the language of his blundering colleague, but can not bring himself quite1 to the point of administering the rebuke he feels is called for in the situation. , ' If Pancho Villa is really taking any part in American politics, he may be looked for on the side of his friends. The only endorsement and recommendation he has ever received from any government went to him from the office of Mr. Wilson's secretary of state in Washington, and nothing has ever been heard of its beistg recalled or repudiated. It was from the president's own 'office the order went forth lifting the embargo on .arms when rifles and cartridges were scarce in Mexico three years ago, and Pancho Villa was enabled thuso urrllsh his followers with tools to murder Americans, which he has subsequently used with deadly effect.; The latest favor was to hold up the Pershing expedition, just when it was pressing close to its quarry. Is it possible Villa is so lacking in gratitude that he fails to appre ciate all these accommodations? "" ' Secretary Baker evidently has the same opinion of the intelligence of his countrymen that has been exhibited by other democratic leaders; they think they can fool the people with any sort i ". VI siw; m iiuiiuiuuo shciuuh. , Cost of Living Under Wilson. Four years ago the democrats were promising the people' the cost of living would be reduced if Wilson were elected and a free trade tariff law enacted. Thia was brought to pass, and the first effects observed took the form of hundreds of thousands in the bread lines and the reopening of the souphouses that had been closed when Mc Kintey waa inaugurated in 1897. Then Wilson "brought prosperity" in the shape of the Euro-' pean war and its enormous expenditure of money for munitions and supplies in the United States. We are just now experiencing the full flood tiuo of this "prosperity," and investigation in Chicago shows the cost of keeping a family has, increased 54 per cent within the year -since the wave Hit us. The democrats have switched their tune, and are now boasting of the inflation, in prices as a bene ficial result of their dolnfs, but their excuses will not satisfy the man who is forced to pay a dollar for what be bought last year for 50 cents. , 'j .For the Administrative Places. ' Three present republican state officers are up for e-election State Superintendent of Instruc tion A. O. Thomas, Land Commissioner Fred Beckman and Railway Comtnissioner. Henry T. Clarke every one of whom is entitled to a vote Of indorsement on his record. Two more repub lican candidates, Addison Wait, for aecretary of state,-and George' W. Marsh, for state auditor, have served in state executive offices with credit able records, and two other -candidates, H. P. Shumway, for lieutenant-governor, and W. H. Reynolds, for state treasurer, have records, as members of the state senate, challenging public investigation. The only republican candidate yet to be tried in public office is Robert W. Devoe, for attorney general, whose record and reputation as a lawyer meet aIlhe requirements. The election of the republicans nominated for the administra tive places in the state house will involve no haz ardous' experimenting. ' V ' No Inter-Regnum In This Country. . Moorcroft, Wyo., October 26. To theEdi tor of The Bee: Please advise, through The: Bee, who will be president of the United States ' on March 4, and up to the time our new presi dent will be inaugurated on March 5, 1917, and oblige, A Subscriber. Never fear, there is no such thing as inter regnum in this great republic Each presidential term is for .four years and the term of the suc ceeding president begins where the last onejtops off, Sunday or no Sunday intervening. If a president, is re-elected, the question answers it self, although it is conceivable that a president elect, eve though holding the office, might fail to qualify, in which event the succession would go to the other qualified persons as provided, by law. The fact that the fourth of March falls on Sunday, however, in no way changes the con stitution nor does it lengthen Or shorten the term rvf office of any one holding under the con stitution. - The distinguished salt sea dog from the Car olines, Josephus Daniels, tends a touch of gayety to the campaign by electioneering among Ne braska marines. A discreet ' naval warrior is Josephus. In forsaking the brine of the Atlantic Sr the balmy Indian summer of the plains the secretary of the navy secures a respite from ignoble strife and escapes the jeers which greet hint at naval ports. Lettersof a 1olitlciaato x V. My Dear Jack: , . From your letter it looks as if your democratic chums had been driven into their last trench. They are surely running short of ammunition when they have to fall back to that stale "kept-us-out-of-war" stuff. Some folks may still be biting on that candy, but if so, it's because they haven't their eye teeth cut. What does the talk, "He kept us out of war' mean, anyway? If it means Wilson kept us out of war with Mexico, the inescapable answer is "He didn't." The president sent at least two armed expeditions into Mexico, Ach time kilting a lot of Mexicans and sacrificing the precious lives of our own boys, and that without any jus tifying excuse. How does calling it "watchful waiting" make the bloodshed cost any less or distinguish it from what other people call "war?" What are all our militia regiments down on the border for if we enjoy friendly relations with a peaceful neighbor to our south? I see President Wilson's war secretary says the bandits and .murderers and ravishers that compose the Carranza and Villa armies in Mexico-are of the same sort as fought with Wash ington in5ur revolutionary war. A grosser in sult was never heaped upon the patriotic founders of our republic. Did anyone ever charge that Washington's troops desecrated churches? Or looted towns? Or sullied nuns? Washington didn't keep us out of war, nor did Lincoln, nor did McKinley; but each and every one of them kept ns out of such an ignoble war as Wilson got us into in Mexico. .V , If "kept-us-out-of-war" means that we have not broken into the European maelstrom it merely emphasizes the fact thaUwe have noth ing at stake in that melee and that none of the belligerents over there want to take on any more enemies to fight at one time. Why we couldn't gets into the European war unless we mrm ess, IwHOKFPT THESE OUT OF THt WAR ? B deliberately walked into it. To be .sure, Wilson did write a lot of "notes" subscribed with the name of Bryan or other meaningless signatures, andi once he went so far as to send an ulti matum which the kaiser might have read "Back up or fight," onlythe kaiser knew Mr. Wilson didnt mean it and even, then, to placate Amer ican opinion, said he wouldn't use his subma rines in a way so offensive to us any more. If anybody kept us out of war at that juncture it was the kaiser, and if keeping us out of war were to win the presidential prize, we should elect William instead of Woodrow, At that Bryan resigned from the cabinet rather than remain in political partnership with so warlike and dangerous a chief. But the United States is not the only neutral country, nfr the only country that has been kept out of the "European war. A lot of countries, much nearer the battle line and therefore much more exposed, have kept out of war. What about Sweden and Norwayand Denmark? What about Switzerland and Spain? What about" Holland, poked like a wedge right in between 'em? If lit tle Queen Wilhelmina kept the Dutch out of war without half trying, why should it be any thing to brag about because Wilson's diplomatic blundering and stumbling has fallen short of mixing us into it? , Another thing, it takes two to make war. In these days armies do not fight, each other with Chautauqua salutes. How could' we wage war against any European country when we haven't enough military force and equipment to go into Mexico for the avowed purpose of capturing a bad bandit and. accomplish what we set out to do? If we didn't want to keep out of war, pray what would we .wage war with? Another thing, it takes two to make war. In cept the little one in Mexico) because no country wants to fight with as, respects American rights, nor pays the slightest attention to our demands or protests, unless it feels like it. Be absolutely certain anybody 'would have kept us out of war as well or better than that, and a strong man like Hughes as president will keep us altogether out -of war and give us national honor along with honorable peace. Yours for Hughes and peace with honor. FATHER. r ' (Conclusion.) Charles Evans Hughes Says: , "I propose that we shall enforce American rights with respect to all the nations of the world, American rights of life, property and commerce. We propose to stand four square among the nations of the earth, We have so secret understanding We have no intrigues of any kind. We hae no unstated purposes. We are just plain America. Nobody can em barrass me by talking about Americanism. I am not for this nation or that nation. I am for tha United States first, lasted all the time without regard to another consideration." A Wonderful Country Ntlnaaapolw Journal Here is a true dialogue between a young American girl, who had beeh eleven years in Europe, and her mother, after the two had just come home to America : Mother, you say you eat white bread and butter and everything yon want withcmTget ting tickets from the government? Yes, dear. , You can talk whenever you please and about anything you please? Yes, dear. And look, mother, at the brass railings, but tons and decorations made of copper, brass ai)d other metals. - Yes, child. x Why, America must be wonderful. Yet there are persons amongst us who sigh for that EuropV There are critics with us who harp upon the advantages of monarchical coun tries, in which they could not say what they please, and could not live 'half as well as they do here, to say nothing about their being conscripted and set to fight machine guns and shells. America has her faults, and some of them are very grave, to be sure. Nevertheless this land is still "God's country," is still the hope of human ity and the age here with us still remains golden. The great evils of living, and the various mis-, chances, no government, no wisdom, no virtue can cure. But as mucrf as it Is permitted to the hu man being to be happy, -America secures not alone to her few fortunate ones, but to her many; not only to her own native children, but also to all worthy pilgrims who come to her door. A much greater chance to a much greater multi tude, America has furnished for more than a century. -The fact is indisputable. The Isles of the Blessed are never at home. It is a human illusion that Paradise flourishes in some other place. But practical sense shows that every man, woman and child in America is better off here than anywhere else. Recognition of the truth need not blind us to our imperfections, or hold us back from improvements. But recogni tion should deepen our sense of gratitude to the land that cherishes us, that has given us our chance. , . . . - v And if ever we grow irritated with democracy's indirections and blunderings, let us reflect that elsewhere we should he not merely chafing, but rebelling against wrongs, restrictions and hard ships. - This is a dear land and a great one. Can we not feel, all of us. as fortunate children feel toward a fond, indulgent parent? Our interests absolutely are here. Our hearts should be likewise. . TODAY 1 Thought Nugget for the Day. In the lexicon of youth, which (ate reserves for a blight manhood, there Is no such word as fall. Edward Bulwer Lytton. One Tear Ago Today In the War. Italians launched strong attack In the Iaonzo region. y Paris reported new gains for the French near Arras. Belgian woman and three men sen tenced by Germans at Liege to be shot as spies. - - - King George Injured by ' being thrown from a horse during Inspec tion of British troops in France. In Omaha Thirty Tears Ago. The trustees of the newly Incorpor ated village of South Omaha - have passed a resolution requiring the sa loons of the village to pay a license of 11,000 eachsPer year. Heretofore, the saloons have paid only the govern ment revenue tax on liquors. ' Nine pounds of Infant humanity came toJVlr. and Mrs. Will BmiUi and ex-Councilman Thranef who stands In the Important position of grandpa to the little new arrival, showed his ap preciation of the event by cracking the necks of several bottles of champagne. 8. 8. Auchmoody, the efficient county clerk, is on duty again after a two weeks' Illness. Be Is somewhat ema ciated, but still smiling. Master Henry Clarke gave a ger man, under the supervision of Miss Almy, which was led by Joe Barker and Alice Andreesen. The other danc ers were Gretchen Crounse, Lulu Hob ble, Amy. Barker, Mable Taylor, Flora Webster, Helen Hoagland, May Burns, Shelly Barriger, Mabel Brown, Edith Preston, Katie Preston, Nina Marshall, Fannie Gilbert, Bessie Hurlburt, Ezra Millard, Guy Henry, Will Henry, Paul Hoagland, Sam Burns, Carl and Ralph Connell, Ray Hobble, Robbie Pleak, Georgle Gilbert, Nat Shelton and Moshler Colpetzer. ' Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild gave a small card party In honor of Miss Mil He Cahn. The guests were Dr. and Mrs. Rau, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Cahn, Mr. and Mrs. Hellman, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cahn, Mr. and Mrs. Polack. Mr. and Mrs. Katz, Mrs. Polack and the Misses Rothschild. Mrs. Louis Raapke lost a diamond pin which had been in the family for 800 years. y This Day In History. 164 John Eliot preached his first sermon to the Indians. 1818 Abigail Adams, wife Of John Adams, second president of the United States, died at Qulncy, Mass. Born at Weymouth, Mass., November 22, 1744. 1868 The lower floor of j Faneuil Hall, "Boston, was first opened as a public market. 1886 Bartholdl'a statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United Btates, was formally Inaugurated. 1893 Carter H. Harrison, mayor of Chicago, waa assassinated. 1901 The King Alfred, the largest cruiser In the world to date, was launched In England. - 1904 England and Russia agreed to arbitrate the North Sea difficulty. 180( Seventy Uvea were lest In drawbridge railroad accident near At lantic City. , 1908 Announcement was made that John D. Rockefeller had given $L 000,000 to fight the hookworm disease In the Southern states. 1910 The Portuguese government decreed the liberty of the press and the separation of church and state. 1915 Twenty-one girls burned to death In a' parochial school fire in Peabody, Mass. - ' The Day We Celebrate. George C. Swlngley of the Lawrence Shot and Lead works today celebrates his thirty-fifth birthday. His birth place was St. Louis, Mo. Clarence Sobotker today celebrates his fifty-eighth birthday. He is, with his brother, in the Sobotker Cigar com pany, and was born at Seward, N. Y. Sir Moses Ezeklel, noted American sculptor, long- resident in Rome, born at Richmond, Va., seventy-two years ago today. ' Joseph W.FoIk, former governor of Missouri, born at Brownsville, Tenn , forty-seven years ago today. Richard Fblsom Cleveland, only son of the 1 late President Grover Cleve land, born at Princeton, N. J., nine teen years ago today. Joseph W. Fifer, former governor of Illinois, born at Staunton, Va,, seventy six years ago today. John Mason, one of the veteran ac tors of the American stage, born at Orange, N. J., fifty-nine years ago to day. ' John J. LaVan, shortstop of the St. Louis American league base ball team, born at Grand Rapids, Mich., twenty six years ago today. ' Timely Jottings and Reminders. ' ' Mr. Hughes tours western New Tork today. Colonel Roosevelt Is dus to arrive In New Tork today en his return from his western trip. Voters of Australia are to take a referendum ballot today on the ques tion whether compulsory military service shall obtain In the common wealth for the needs of the war. A great bazaar in aid of the Italian Red Cross fund is to be opened this afternoon at the'Grand Central Palace, in New Tork City, by Comte Machl de Cellere, the Italian ambassador at Washington. Conditions which are believed to be retarding agricultural development In the United suites are to be discussed by the executive corhmittee of the Na tional Association of Commissioners of Agriculture at a special meeting to be held In Washington today. A MASTERFUL GODDESS. . Ell A. Fannlnr, In Near Tork Tlmea. See, when a blue hase hides October hilla, How profiles! aha Ur In flelSa and lanes Strewlns wild asters with a lavish hand, And soldenrod. while pensive Autumn rele-na, Vermillion velvet heede the aumao rears, The meanest ahrub, earned In spun sold, appsara. Now elderberry etuaters nod and sway, Tha punvent ecent of wild srapea fills the air. ' The Bute, Impatient Is their prisoning burrs, Walt but a touch of froat new fatea to dare. f The scarlet barberrlea In myriads slow; Above etona walls the apple boushs bend low. The sons of Mrda la muta, but Inaerts hum And there la gladness In the mellow Hsht, The ahocha of vraln., the gardene bounte ous yield, . The twining eletnatle. all feathery white. The Woodbine and the brier la tlnta ao gay, . Where thlatlcdown floats airily away. Fair OodSeeo Flora, wandering thua a-Hetd, In her autumn largess beauty strewn. While I. here. In the city's brick and stone, tier bounty of Ins woodland pathwaya loeo, The eonunoneat bloaaorS that, unnoted, dlea, Would light my day I'd weep abort, sad prtie. Veteran Soldier Speaks Out. Omaha, Oct 27. To the Editor of The Bee: I desire to claim a small portion of your space to say that while the World-Herald quotes from the New York World nearly every day on the Issues of the present campaign, endorsing the New Tork World's atti tude in every particular, that the New York World during the civil war, from '61 to '(15, was strenuously opposing the policies of Abraham Lincoln, the greatest American, tactful, masterful, charitable, ,the prosecution of the war to put down armed rebellion against the government of the United States, and by Its editorials-was fomenting in the city of New York and other places resistance to the draft In order to nu up tne ciepietea ranks oi our armies in the field. - One division of the army of the Po tomac was sent to New York City in 1868 to suppress a most formidable riot while a draft was In progress in that city and the writer's regiment, to gether with one other regiment, was sent to the anthracite coal regions in Pennsylvania to put down a stubborn resistance to the draft In progress In that region. 1 It is surprisingly strange In these days to read of the claims set up by the democratic party that it is the cus todian of Abraham Lincoln and his policies, when, as a matter of fact, the democratic party of the south, aided largely by a fraction of the democratic party of the. north, were moving "heaven and earth" to consummate the downfall of the republic and to place every obstacle and hindrance In the way of Lincoln and the republican party to save the union. Now the democratic party of the south is In control of the legislative branch of the government aided largely and pow erfully by the executive branch, whose chief Is of southern birth and whose sympathies are more pronounced for the southern portion of the country than they are for the northern part I will further state that during those dark days for the republic, the New York World, the Philadelphia Age and other pronounced copperhead sheets, exhausted their vocabulary In hurling the vilest kinds of epithets on Lincoln and "his hirelings," as they delighted to call the soldiers of the 'northern army. This may, by some, be called "waving the bloody shirt," but what extenuating circumstances can those who did their utmost to destroy this government offer now that they leg islate almost wholly for the benefit of the south as against northern inter ests, which, in my view, is southern sectionalism personified, and, as I cast my first presidential vote for Abra ham Lincoln, I could not refrain from saying this much in the interest of the republican party. J. B. BRUNER. Public Library Wants Periodicals. Omaha, Oct 27. To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: The Omaha public library needs more copies of the At-" lantic Monthly. If you have copies of this periodical which you $o not wish to keep foi your own use thfe library would be very glad to have them to supply the demands, of Its patrons. We will call for the magazines, 11 you will telephone to us and let us know when It will be convenient Tele phone Douglas 1803. EDITH TOBITT, Librarian. ' Pay Check Issued November 7. Omaha Neb., Oct. 27. To the Edi tor of The Bee: The president, in his speech at the semi-centennial meeting in Omaha, referred to his policies as 'The great melting pot of nations.'1 His sentences were beautifully phrased. I couliv not refrain from making some, degree of - comparison between words and acts, and the fol lowing incident came to my mind: ' - A dapper young man applied to the auperintendent of a large farm for em ployment, said he was fresh from agri cultural college, and he had no doubt 'he could be of great assistance to him in conducting the farm. The superin tendent said everything was running quite well, .but he would give, him a trial. "By the way," said theXsuper lntendent" do you smoke clgarets?" "Yes;" said the young man. "I much prefer them to an old pipe." "Do you wear suspenders?" said the super intendent "No, I have learned to get along nicely without them." "I will give you a trial." At the end of the week the superintendent gave him his pay check in full, which was equiva lent to a dismissal. The young .man said: - 'This is a great surprise. I have been on the job every hour, haven't I?" "Yes," said the superin tendent "but you have spent one-half of your time rolling clgarets and the Other half pulling up your panta loons." Four years ago the American people accepted the services of the polished phrase-maker, Prof. Wilson, to run this government Pay day is near at hand. The people are saying to him, you have spent one-half of your time writing pretty notes and sending them over to Europe and they are paying no attention to them. The other half you -have spent pulling up your pantaloons to hide the nakedness of your wob bling policies. The pay check will be Issued in full on November 7, 191. , WAGE-WORKER. A Congressional Bunco Game. St Mary, Jeb., Oct 26, 191. To the Editor of The Bee: P. T. Bar num once said, "The American peo- ; pie love to be humbugged." When we consider the practice of congress men we must frankly acknowledge that P. T. Barnum was not far wrong. Congressmen- are supposed to repre sent the people and Influence legisla tion by making speeches for or against measures that may be introduced. But do they do that? No. Some never express their 'opinion (if they are fortunate enough to have one) on any measures introduced, all they appar- ;, ently care for is to draw their salary. If this were all 1t would not be so bad, for how can a man say anything if he doesn't know anything? But they all seem to have a desire to be ro-nlnteH. nnA anmalhinv m,taf he done. - . bill has been voted on and passed the house that the members of congress are allowed five days to write a speech and hnvn If rlnterl haolr rn the itoto the bill was up for discussion, and have It enlareA In tha CAnvrualnnal Quin, and make It appear as though the , speecn was actually made on tne noor . of congress. Next it is printed in pamphlet form, and then mailed to his constituents, and the dummy 'con- ; gressman, who can neither make a speech or write one, gets an eloquent speech, written by a friend, and all is done at government expense. Th peopie pay ior it an. xne aeiuaeo ; voters of his district read the eloquent . fake speech and they throw up their , ; hats and yell themselves hoarse In hi ' praise, and when he returns horn they pat him on the back and at the 1 next election return him to congress, : supposing .they have a grand repre sentative. Thus, when he return to congress he again sits ,llke . a frog on a frozen clod and never croaks, only to practice the .' same deception again. There may be some to whom this may ap- ' pear so ridiculous they thhik I am" "talking through my hat." For the . benefit of those I will say, when I . km lirwi uiiormea orsflucn numoug being practiced I had my doubts as to the truth of the statement so I wrote ' a personal letter to a congressman, a personal friend, requesting him to tell , me the facta, and he verified the : above. He writes In part: "This prac tice prevails -and is one of the abuses of congress." We call this a government of, for and by the people, but If it were put ' to a vote, whether or not to continue . the practice, what per cent of the peo ple would vote In favor of it contln- . uation? Probably the reason none of the oratorsjever mention it in a speech Is because one -is as deco In the mud as the other Is In the mire. And the ' reason vit is never mentioned in the s newspapers Is because they do not -consider it news. I Why our governnjent officials per mit congressmen to practice such de ception on theis constituents and at tne same time loot the government treasury is beyond my comprehension, f H. SCHUMANN. 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