THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1916.
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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION
55,483 Daily Sunday 50,037
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Publiahing eompanr, heing dulr aworn, aa that the
average circulation for the month of November, 1I0, waa
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ihould bar. Th. Be m.ile4 to tb.m. Ad
dreae will b. changed often a recjueited.
: Anybody-else want to buy wild horscj "sight
unseen" and ;"'ctch-s-catch-can ?"
Under; the' circumstances, however, the ref
erendum promoters are not likely to insist upon
a recount,-" .
Still, the roster of Bryanesque paramounts
falls far short of the number reposing in political
cemeteries, .J
If that dash on Paris had had the speed of
the drive' on Bucharest, things would have been
different long ago.
i Unfortunately the esteemed J, Bull cannot
conscript his fighting politcians to the front and
enjoy the execution. !'
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i It is quite possible to gather from the re
marks of lawyers that justice is not always as
free as it is painted.
: Bryan's new paramounts "Peace" and "Prohi
bition" at least conform to the regular rule of
attractive alliteration.
i' While all- these money-raising campaigns are
on, nothing remains for Mr. Tightwad except
to take to the cyctone cellar
At this stage, of the war game it is clear
that Ferdinand of Bulgaria outshines Ferdinand
of Roumania as a safe guesser.
Official announcement of big national treasury
deficits leave no doubts that the democratic ad
ministration runs true to form.
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. More military schools are needed to train
army officers, according to Secretary Baker. The
problem of getting the privates will be tackled
later. ,
. . Some ambitious Santa Claus could make him
self mighty popular by putting a pipe-line from
the Wyoming oil fields into Omaha's Christmas
stocking. - J'-t""'- '' . -
'. A minimum time limit of four years to build
a high class modern battle cruiser plainly indi
cates that government stop-watch speed has no
pull With shipbuilders. ' i '
. Incidentally, -one section of the metropolitan
water district law expressly requires the gen
eral manager "to devote his exclusive time to the
duties of his office." Wonder what that means?
Viewing the high cost of living from a safe
altitude, Charley Schwab says $12,000 a year
should satisfy the wants of any reasonable man.
No doubt of it. But few reasonable men are
within reaching distance of Bethlehem fodder.
, Looking over the reports of packing industry
prosperity some cattlemen express doubt about
getting all rightfully coming to themselves. "We
are not making any money," says one of the
tribe.r Who switched that 80 per cent credited to
the producer? ,
' The latest American naval guns are said to
have a range of 'seventeen and a half miles.
Pretty good reach for neutral gunnery, but falls
far short of war's record. The Big Berthas
trained on Bucharest scored a bullseye. on Down
ing street, London.
Lurid movies carrying gunplay thrills are now
accused of spurring youthful minds to deeds of
blood. - Time was when' the yellowback dime
"novej was- universally indicted for that offense.
But somehow the boys survived and accumu
lated bald spots and gray hairs.
Shafts Aimed at Omaha
England's "Strong Man."
David Lloyd-George, who popularly has been
hailed by his followers as "England's strong
man." comes to power at a time that will call for
all his strength. The British empire is facing
the gravest crisis that has confronted its states
men in longer than a century. Moreover, the
external dangers are aggravated by internal dis
sensions, which have reached such a height that
party government is not at the moment possible,
and therefore the administration must be intrusted
to a cabinet made up of politically opposed ele
ments. A strong man is needed to force con
certed action where harmony is hopeless.
Nor will the continuation of the coalition gov
ernment go far to relieve Lloyd-George of a re
sponsibility he cannot divide. He may share with
Andrew Bonar-Law the choice of ministers, but
his own stand on the point of control of the war
council will embarrass him. He is committed,
in the case of Asquith, to the independence of
the war council from the domination of the pre
mier. It was on this issue he overthrew his pred
ecessor as prime minister. Following his own
contention, he must give over his direction of the
empire's activities in the war or stultify himself
at. the outset of his administration. However,
statesmen have been known to reserve them
selves, and Lloyd-George may find a way to do
this and save his face.
The new premier is aware of the tremendous
task before him and is sufficiently astute to rec
ognize the delicate position in which he is placed.
He has one invaluable asset, the confidence of the
people, and popular support will give him much
courage in his great undertaking.
Bryan's New Program of Paramounts.
Mr. Bryan's announcement of a new program
of paramount issues invites attention. According
to his own statement, he proposes, through the
democratic party of course, to secure constitu
tional amendments for women's suffrage, nation
wide prohibition, for direct popular election of
president and for an easier method of changing
the constitution. Negatively, he will promote
peace by fighting "the spirit of militarism" and
will also oppose" exclusive federal control of rail
road regulation.
The peculiar features of the new paramounts
are their self-contradiction and their conflict with
Mr. Bryan's own previous professions. If Mr.
Bryan has stood for any political principle, it has
been for the democratic states rights idea as
against the nationalism that looks to strengthen
the federal government and extend its scope of
action. .Yet no more far-reaching steps in cen
tralization could be suggested than direct popu
lar "election of presidents, prescription of suf
frage qualifications by the federal instead of the
state government and the forcing of prohibition
upon all the states, whether they favor it or not.
That part of the program may be in line with
the nationalism of Roosevelt and Hughes, but it
is certainly opposed to the states rights philos
ophy of the democrats from Jefferson and Jack
son down to Wilson.
When Mr. Bryan sets himself up against fed
eral control of railroad regulation and against
federal as distinguished from state jurisdiction
over the national defenses, he goes back to demo
cratic ground,' though at the very point where
least maintainable. - As to the railroads, it is
not a theory, but a kondition, that confronts us,
for our system of railway transportation is physi
cally one recognizing state lines no more than it
does county lines and its operation knows no
difference between interstate and intrastate busi
ness. It is only a question how soon railroad
regulation by forty-nine different and conflicting
authorities must be discontinued. In the matter
of control of military defenses, cn the other hand,
there ii perhaps more room for honest disagree
ment, but the pending experiment with the Na
tional Guard on the Mexican border has led
many to believe that the present democratic ad
ministration will itself soon formulate end cham
pion some plan for more complete national con
trol. ,
- It may be safely put down that Mr. Bryan's
new program wilt not have smooth sailing and
it will not be in any way surprising if, long be
fore the first item is put over, he embraces an
early opportunity to turn his effort to some still
different direction.
York News-Times: Even Omaha will. learn
in time that her prosperty does not depend upon
the saloons and the breweries.
Hastings Tribune: We note that The Omaha
Bee has not given up the idea of having a pipe
line run from the oil fields of Wyoming to Ne
braska's metropolis. Let us hope The Bee's pipe
dream will some day come true.
Beatrice Express: An Omaha market was
robbed of sixty-five turkeys, geese and ducks, but,
says the report, the intruders took no eggs for
the proprietors had "secreted them away." No
doubt the precious fruit of the hen yard had
been safely locked in the safe.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bee plays up the
totals of. the republican and democratic vote on
Nebraska's six congressmen a the recent elec
tion. The republican total is 140,046 and the
democratic total 134,767, republican majority of
5 279. This indicatei that Nebraska is reallv
I republican-but was lost on general results in the
1 sjide to President Wilson. :..,
Kearney. Hub: The Lincoln Journal cannot
.".derstand, says the World-Herald, why anyone
I ving in Omaha should favor new state capitol
i uilding. That's easy, Omaha and Lincoln have
reached an adjustment, political and commercial,
I that is satisfactory to Omaha. To change the
J state capital would create another strong rival
J of Omaha 200 miles west. A new state house
wrll- put a quietus on capital removal. So Omaha
prefers to let well enough alone.
RoumanJa in the War.
The sorry plight of Roumania excites wonder
ment as to why King Ferdinand entered the war.
The facility with which the Germans have ad
vanced to the occupation of the desirable portion
of the kingdom, including its capital, is an indica
tion of its inability to make serious resistance.
So far any effect its presence in the war may have
had on the cause of the entente allies is negative.
King Ferdinand' declaration at the entrance of
his government into the conflict was such as lost
or him any sympathy that might- have been
shown, had he been forced to take part for rea
sons other than thos of lust of conquest. His
Oream of compensating himself through seizure
of another's territory has been dissipated. No
natter what the final issue may be, the Balkan
countries will find their general situation but lit
tle improved. They will receive just such treat
ment as the great powers of Europe may deem
expedient. German control will be the deciding
factor in this settlement and the German aspi
rations in the Near East do not warrant much of
promise for Roumania. Also, Russia's ambition
to add the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles to
waters under domination of the czar has hsd an
other setback, and may by the presence of Ger
many in Bucharest be delayed for many years.
The conquest of the western half of Roumania
adds 50,000 square miles of enemy territory to the
real estate sweep of the Teutonic powers. The
area conquered equals two-thirds of the state of
Nebraska and falls little short of the area of the
five New England states. Viewed from the angle
of territory the Teutons secure an overwhelming
majority of war's booty. '
The waste of good white paper in unused
ballots should be remedied by the coming legis
lature. In cities like Omaha, where registration
prevails and the number voting is always short
of the number registered, there is no need what
ever of printing and distributing more ballots
than the registration total.
While the British appear determined to shelve
the elder statesmen, the central power hold the
elders at the helm of state and at the battle fronts
and get results both ways. Training and unity
count. ' "
German Women in War Time
" H. H. GeJUeoa fce the Outlook
Coming from a country of peace, prosperity
and tranquillity, I was roused to admiration of
the women of Germany. In all the warring
countries it is the woman who bears the greatest
burden, the anguish, the misery and the heart
ache. It was an inspiration to me to see how
wonderfully the women of Germany the haus
frau, the factory worker, the social leader, the
artist and the peasant woman have responded
to the nation's need. The uplifting influence of
my daily experiences among them will live with
me as the richest possession gained by my ten
weeks in the' Fatherland. Great numbers of the
vacancies left by husbands, brothers and sons
have been taken and government officials al
ways impressed me how ably by the women,
many of whom had lived a life of ease and luxury.
The great problem of feminism in Germany,
which had, on account of the great number of
women workers, become vexatious to the gov
ernment, the war bids fair to solve. The gaps
the men will leave the women will fill. Woman's
status as a worker and as a citizen appears to
have been permanently, established. Minor gov
ernmental offices, positions as clerks, secretaries,
letter carriers, executives in commercial institu
tions, street car conductors and, in some cities,
motormen these are a few of the various jobs
that, by reason of the war, the German women
fill today.
The natural occupations of woman, nursing
and teaching, with which we in America usually
associate her, have now, of course, called her in
greater numbers, and, wonderful to relate, she is
replacing the male teachers in the lower and mid
dle grades of some gymnasiums. The number
of young girls to be trained as kindergartners, to
take care of the soldiers' children when the wives
must do the husband's work, is steadily increas
ing. I saw one of the new kindergartens. It was
in an ordinary house, surrounded by a little gar
den. The principal was a trained nurse. She had
the care of twenty-five children. These were di
vided into four classes according to their age,
from 2 to 6 years, and each class had a room by
itself, with little tables and tiny chairs. The prin
cipal had four young girls, who had left the
public schools at 14 or 15 years of age, whom she
was training to become efficient children's maids.
They were taught to clean the house properly, to
wash the children, to sew and repair children's
clothes and something about the modern prepara
tion of children's food. After one year's course
they receive a diploma. At the same time this
woman taught two kindergartners the practical
work that follows graduation from the theoretical
courses. They played with the children, taught
them all kinds of games and how to devise their
own games. The children were particularly en
couraged to invent new toys. The collection of
toys, some novel and showing inventive power,
surprised me. Germany hopes to establish many
such smalt kindergartens.
A startling revelation was the power to organ
ize which women, coming from the humdrum
life of their housewifely surroundings, evinced.
Frauenvereine (women's societies) for relief work
are to be found in every city and town in the
empire and it is impossible to estimate their
manifold beneficent activities.
I should like to tell the story of what one
hausfrau accomplished. Not to have any unneces
sary waste, the German government had ordered
a week in which all cast-off clothing, blankets and
rugs were' to be collected. The Reichswollen
cammVng (imperial wool collection) had taken
place all over Germany and the government had
gathered a tremendous quantity. After this offi
cial harvest a woman of Hamburg, Frau Dettmer,
concluded that the people had not given up all
their cast-offs and she instituted a private collec
tion. She began among her neighbors and friends
and was so successful that the city authorities
fostered her scheme on a large scale. When I
saw her collection of wool, I found it established
in a large warehouse several stories high. She
had districted the city and one day each month
detailed Boy Scouts to collect every piece of wool
or ' cotton and all old shoes that people would
give. They were put into furniture vans and
driven to the disinfecting establishment Then
they were warehoused, usually filling one of the
large halls up to the ceiling.
Here a great sorting of material ensued; wool
ens were separated from cottons, men's suits
from women's dresses; all men's clothing resorted,
the worst from the better and the best. Most of
best suits were speedily made serviceable; from
the better, bad parts were cut off nd smaller suits
made for boys; from the worst, good pieces were
cut out and with other material fashioned into
hospital shoes, quilts and coven. The same was
done with the women's dresses. What could not
be thus used was sent to the mill for shoddy.
Old boots were repaired, small boots and shoes
were made of big boots. The day I was there
1,000 pairs of cast-off boots capable of doing
good service were made ready for sale.
The keynote of every internal effort and the
reason for its success is the German's obedience
bred in the soul of boy and girl the natural
respect for superiority where it exists and the
passionate desire to serve his country to the ut
most of his ability.
New York Police Hints
Shop early and also shop considerately. Re
member that the salesman or the saleswoman
waiting on you is just as human as yon are.
To pedestrians:
1. Don't run across streets through heavy traf
fic The busiest man I know wastes at least
thirty minutes a day; why risk your life to save
five seconds crossing the street?
2. Never attempt to cross a street with a
bundle or umbrella over your head or reading a
newspaper. Either hides oncoming vehicles from
your view.
3. Stand still if you get caught in a traffic jam.
It may save your life.
To drivers:
1. Your responsibility does not end with the
honking of the horn , when others are in your
path.
2. Your automobile may be under control, but
how about the other fellow's? He may be a
crazy man. You don t know.
Precautions against burglars and pickpockets:
' 1. When you leave your house, don't advertise
the fact by pulling down the shades or by leav
ing a note in the letter box saying that you will
be back at such and such a time. Sneak thieves
profit by such advice. It is an invitation for them
to enter.
2. Don't be too eager to cull out vour watch
and give the time of day to everybody who asks
you tor Jit. mats a good opportunity tor some
body to grab it and run.
3. Don't carry your handbag suspended by a
strap from your wrist. Hold it tightly in your
hand. This prevents thieves from opening the
bag or pocketbook and extracting your money
or vaiuaoies irom u.
Miscellaneons advice:
1. Respect your neighbor as much as your
self. Don't beat your rugs or stir up ashes so
that dirt will be blown into his apartment to fall
on his tood or pe breathed by him.
12, Buy by standard weight or measure, not by
basket or prepared package. .
3. When you see a crime committed or ob
serve a suspicious person or condition, notify the
police at once. The more you co-operate with the
police the more the police can accomplish for
you.
4. Regard the policeman as your best friend.
You are paying him to keep your street safe and
orderly. He is entitled to your help.
A Kansas bishop in a recent preachment eon
firms' the general suspicion that smoking a pipe
does not bar the smoker from heaven. The deliv
erance lends a smoke ring of sanctity to the smoke
house motto: "Smoke here or you'll smoke hereafter."
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Thought Nngget for the Day.
Our acta our angela are, (or good or
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Our fatal shadows that walk by us
SOU. . Fletcher.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
German troops reached Greek fron
tier east of Monaatlr.
Anglo-French army in Serbia as
sailed by Germans and Bulgars on
both flanks.'
Washington sent note to Teutonic
allies demanding satisfaction for vio
lation of American sea rights In sink
ing of Ancona.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Isaac Hodgson, senior member of
the Arm of Hodgson & Bon, architects,
has arrived from the Minneapolis of
llce. He is combining business with
pleasure and is the guest of his son,
Isaac Hodgson, Jr.
A Are broke out In the large four
story brick building owned by Mrs.
Hillecke, situated on Thirteenth be-
tween Dodge and Capitol avenue, and
occupied by 8. Bloman. dealer in leath
er and shoe fittings, and Weeks & Mil
lard, candy manufacturers.
'The county commissioners have
awarded the contract for furnishing
weather strips for the court house to
O. P. Straight.
No. 2 hose cart has injured its reel
and Its place Is being filled by the
exercising farmer's wagon of the com
pany. About seventy-five New Knglanders
answered the call for a meeting at the
board of education rooms to arrange
for a celebration of Forefathers' day.
The following committee was ap
pointed to have charge: Mesdames Dr.
Dinsmoor, Adams, W. W. Copeland,
Munford, O. A. Josiyn, A. S. Pratt,
Stimson, T. L. Kimball and Rustin.
Now that the grading of Leaven
worth street is nearly completed, busi
ness men are looking upon this thor
oughfare as one of the most promis
ing business streets In the city. This
Is especially true regarding the three
or four blocks immediately east of
Park avenue. A number of stores
are already In operation and many
more will be completed as soon as
possible.
This Day In History.
1776 Washington crossed the Del
aware Into Pennsylvania.
1816 August Belmont, founder of
the New York banking house which
bears his name, born In Rhenish
Prussia. Died in New Tork City, No
vember 24, 1890.
1828 Clinton B. Flsk, noted phil
anthropist and prohibition candidate
for president in 1888, born near
Greensville, N. Y. Died In New York
City, July 9, 1890.
1848 First gold from California
deposited in United States mint by
David Carter.
1850 Jenny Lind arrived in Balti
more to give a series of concerts;
tickets sold as high as tlOO'each.
1864 Pope Pius IX promulgated a
bull declaring the dogma of the im
maculate conception an article of
faith. i
1864 Nashville, In possession of the
federals, was partially invested by the
confederates under Qeneral Hood.
1867 Victor Emmanuel was pro
claimed king of Italy.
1881 Seven hundred lives lost In
the Ring theater Are In Vienna.
1904 Mrs. Cassle Chadwlck, known
as the millionaire swindler, arrested
In New York.
1909 Red Cloud, famous Sioux
Indian chief, died of old age at the
Pine Ridge agency In North Dakota.
The Day We Celebrate.
Otis M. Smith of the Missouri Valley
Elevator company, Is 35 years old to
day. He was born in York county,
Nebraska.
Thomas O. Warfleld Is celebrating
his thirtieth birthday. He is secretary
and treasurer of the Warfleld Adver
tising agency.
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, U. S. N.,
president of the new naval board of
selection, born at Burlington, Vt, sixty
years ago today.
William Cardinal O'Connell of Bos
ton, one of the three American mem
bers of the Sacred college, born at
Lowell, Mass., fifty-seven years ago
today.
Brigadier General William M. Black,
recently appointed chief of engineers
of the United States army, born In
Pennsylvania, sixty-one years ago to
day. William Pitt Kellogg, former United
States senator and one-time governor
of Louisiana, born at Orwell, Vt,
elghty-alx years ago today. He once
lived In Omaha.
James P. Austin, inflelder of the St.
Louts American league base ball team,
born at Swansea, Wales, thirty-four
years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The National Ovine alliance has
called a meeting for Chicago today to
organize the sheep, wool and allied
Interests In the "more sheep, more
wool'' campaign.
Madison Square Garden, America's
most noted place of amusement, is to
be offered for sale at public auction
In New York today to satisfy a judg
ment In foreclosure.
The second annual meeting of the
National Woman's Peace society, of
which Miss Jane Addams of Chicago
Is president, is to open in Washington
today and will continue in session over
Sunday.
Representatives from the universi
ties of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan
and Minnesota will gather today at
Bloomington, 111., for the sectional
convention of the Phi Gamma Delta
fraternity.
To check the coming of the 7-cent
loaf of bread by eliminating wasteful
grain marketing methods, the Na
tional Council of Farmers' Co-Opera-tlve
Associations has called a confer
ence of grain farmers to meet In Chi
cago today to encourage co-operative
organisation.
To discuss the supreme court of the
United States as a mode! for an inter
national court of Justice, the American
Society for the Judicial Settlement of
International Disputes is to hold a
two-day conference in Washington,
beginning today. Former President
Taft and other prominent public men
are on the program.
Storyette of the Day,
."I have come here," said the angry
man to the superintendent of the
street car line, "to get justice; justice,
sir. Yesterday as my wife was getting
off one of your cars the conductor
stepped on her dress and tore a yard
of frilling oft her skirt."
The superintendent remained cool.
"Well, sir," he- said, "I don't know
that we are to blame for that.i What
do you expect us to do? Get her a
new dress?"
"Nor, sir, I do not Intend to let you
off so easily as that," the other man
replied gruffly. He brandished in his
right hand a small piece ol el IK.
"What I oropose to have you do,'
he said, "Is to match this silk." New
York Times.
Identification Wanted.
Note: If the contributor signing
the nom de plume "Donald McPher
son" will identify himself, his letter
will have consideration.
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Woostr on the Rule of the People.
Silver Creek, Neb., Dec. 6. To the
Editor of The Bee: There are two
letters In The Bee to which I wiBh
briefly to refer, one by Jasper Blines
on Mexico and the otner by ueorge
Liggett, jr., on limiting the number of
bills Introduced in the legislature.
Br. Blines says the Mexicans are
"of themselves incapable of self-gov
ernment" and sets that up as a rea-1
son why the United States should take
possession of Mexico and establish
a protectorate over that "Inferior peo
ple." But la it not true that the people
of the United States are Incapable vt
self-government as shown by their
history for 140 years? Is it not true
that up to March 4, 1913, they made
a had stagger at self-government;
that since then Woodrow Wilson has
governed them, and that they have
had no self-government at all? Who
dare deny that since that time the
congress at Washington, which the
iramers 01 our constitution luoiteu
upon as Deing tne more important oi
our three so-called co-ordinate de
partments ,of government, has been
nothing but a figurehead, and that
all real power, no matter how un
constitutional, has been exercisTid by
the president? If we cannot to bet
ter purpose govern ourselves, what
Justification could we find in setting
ourselves up to govern others?
To correct the evil and I am not
sure that It is an evil of so many
bills being introduced in the legisla
ture Mr. Liggett proposes the adop
tion of a rule limiting each member
to five bills.
I see nothing whatever to commend
such a rule. It is purely arbitrary
and If honestly adhered to might pre
vent the introduction of many good
measures. The trouble is not in the
multiplicity of bills, but in the fact
that they are taken up in committee
of the whole In regular order as they
appear on the general file without ref
erence to merit and thus days are
spent in defeating bills or in pass
ing those of minor or no importance:
whereas, the bills of prime importance
or those relating to matters of prime
importance should be taken up first
and Anally disposed of. For instance,
I recall that In the house In 1897
nearly one whole afternoon was taken
up in discussing a bill on chicken
stealing and another afternoon on an
other bill prohibiting foot ball both
being defeated. Later a sifting com
mittee was appointed by the speaker
not an impartial committee of the
best men, but evidently one Intended
ot serve his own and other personal
Interests. This committee would often
report for advancement poor bills that
could not command the support of a
majority of the committee itself and
was, of course, a failure so far as all
good purposes were concerned.
Instead of trying to limit the num
ber of bills Introduced, I propose two
certain measures, either of which 1
think would be entirely effective:
1. Taking the work of the president
and congress as a precedent and a
pattern, let the governor propose such
bills as he may think best and then
let him see that the legislature, even
with some wry faces, passes them.
2. Let each house at the beginning
of the session not near the end ap
point a sifting committee of not more
than Ave members with instructions
to report for advancement only the
more important bills or bills relating
to the more important matters of
legislation, this committee to hold at
the pleasure of the house, bills com
ing over from the other house In each
case generally taking precedence.
This second proposition, which is
not Intended to be a slam at anybody,
has for twenty years been a steadfast
conviction. CHARLES WOOSTER,
Meaning of the "Solid South."
Chicago, Dec. 6. To the Editor of
The Bee: It is gratifying to note that
the other sections of the country are
becoming alive to the fact that while
refusing the colored men of the south
the right to vote, that section Is un
fairly voting them in the electoral col
lege and In congress. That is to say
the south, on account of its negro
population, has apportioned to it more
than forty members of congress, and
of course the same number of addi
tional electoral votes, and, as I have
already stated, and the fact is not dis
puted, the colored vote In that section
Is suppressed practically en masse.
In this connection I would call at
tention to section 2, article xiv, of the
United States constitution, a clause
which reads as follows:
"When the right to vote at any elec
tion for the choice of electors for pres
ident and vice president of the United
States, representatives in congress, the
executive and judicial officers of a
state or the members of the legislature
thereof Is denied to any of the male
members of such state, being of 21
years of age and citizens of the United
States, or In any way abridged, except
for participation In rebellion or other
crime, the basis of representation
therein shall be reduced In the propor
tion which the numbers of such male
citizens shall bear to the whole num
ber of male citizens 21 years of age in
such state.'4
It is certainly about time this pro
vision of the constitution was put In
operation. It is not Insisted that the
south permit the colored men to vote
regardless of their quail Acations, but
It is notoriously unfair and dishonest
that, while denying the black man the
right of suffrage, the white men of the
south should be permitted to vote for
them. Without this vote Wilson
would have been decisively defeated in
the recent presidential election and
the Incoming house of representatives
would be strongly republican instead
of almost a tie.
A mere knowledge of the facts I
have stated should certainly result in
righting the outrageous wrong. In
"the political game" the democratic
party should not be permitted to play
with "loaded dice." The vote of one
man In Mississippi or South Carolina,
for example, should not be equivalent
to the vote of two or three men in
Minnesota and the other northern
states, as 1b now the case. The claim
of a majority of the popular vote for
President Wilson is a travesty when
such majority is due, as it Is, to the
suppression of the vote In the south
that would have been cast against him.
In the states where there was "a free
ballot and a fair count" there waB an
overwhelming majority against him of
both the electoral and popular vote.
DAVID A. CAMPBELL.
JOCULAR REMARKS.
An illltrmte preacher who profeMtxl to
despise education, whll talktnf with an
educated clArfyrnaii, remarked: I am
thankful that the Lord has opetrad my
mouth to preach without learning."
"A ilmllar event occurred In Balaam'
time, was the quiet retort. Loolaville
Courier-Journal.
Fair Client 1 wish to sus a roan man
for taking- two klties. At what amount
shall I place damaget?
Lawyer Kisses, my dear lady, art vari
ously quoted. I r I could judge better
their value If you rave me a sample. Balti
more American.
CALUM 0M W THE QTHW
60ME -ft ONE WTOTrWY WlW
IfclftOtt TOM
The Heavy I hear that your Interpreta
tion of Hamlet was nluaed off the High
Forehead theater last night.
The Lead Ah, yeat The performance was
billed as a Shakespearean revival and I
suspect some partisans of Bacan resented it.
Puck.
Hokns Does your wile ever have any
BpamH of economy?
Pokus Well, ehe'a always talking about
how mtich carfare we could save if wn
only had an automobile. Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Ere I don't believe that music
teacher can make anything; out of Kath
erlne's voice.
Exe You're mistaken. He's made over
a hundred dollars out of It already. Bos
ton Transcript.
THE NEW IDEA.
Josh Wink tn Baltimore American.
Ah, dear to the heart of the housewife
provider
Are prices which come within scope of
her purse;
And angry she was at the men who defied
her
In boosting thoss prices ,to limit, or
worse.
She looked at the eggs which small for
tunes were bringing.
She looked at the turkey which soared
beyond call.
Then thought of the boycott, the flrm
malntalned boycott.
The boycott to send profits huge to the
wall.
She said: "Eggs I'll pass up u I am a
sinner,
We can do without them, as every cook
knows;
And lots of things cheaper can I buy for
dinner
Than turkey, so let it In storage repose.
While out through the' length and the?
breadth of the nation.
We'll make speculators In sadness eat
crow, 1 '
By means of the boycott, the far-reaching
boycott.
The boycott which ever doth steadily
grow.
"Like vaults where the misers keep hoard
ing their treasures
Which never by such means will do any
good.
Let cold-storage plants keep on heaping
their measures,
To turn to dead losses, of stocks of their
food.
We've found out ways sure tn adjusting the
balance
Of laws regulating supply and demand,
With the club of the boycott, the price
smashing boycott,
The boycott that's threatening the whole
of the land."
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