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    THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1917.
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teal
Evidently the war dog are developing the
most virulent stage et the rabies. I
But the impending darkest hoort of the war
foreshadow the dawn ol peace and reborn civili
zation. . - . ,
. It it oar guest that it will be "watchful wait
ing" for na in the European melee.. What'
your guest? ' ' '' ' 1 . "
The suggested removal of the atate cspitol
looks like a shrewd scheme to test the efficiency
of inside wheel. V ' . .
Occasionally thing aire handled better abroad.
' No suspicion of a leak attaches to the latest
German note. ' 1
, In other words, Germany insist it will main
' tain the freedom of the tea if it ha to sink
every traft afloat to do it '
. Boos limitation in Nebraska after May 1
foreshadow a shortage In the normal crop of
"nightcap" and "eyeopenera."
Of course, that peace note "leak" most have
come over a telephone from a voice reeognixed
:. by no one, bat relied on by everyone.
Still, an ordinary person ought to be able to
acquire a good sued "bun" on either a half gal
lon of wine or a quart of distilled liquor. ,
Have mercy on the weather man, He has
an excess of 238 degrees of itemperature to wipe
out before March 1 and is only doing his duty
; as he tee ft.
' No law on the Nebraska statute books, no
matter hnw ancient and honorahle or how Ions
unmolested, is safe from this 1917 crop of icon
oclastic solons. .v '.;' ,,
j' The "most nnkindest cot of all" ia the pro
, posal to hand Johnelwebster, a salaried attorney
for the water district, over to the tender mercies
of the city commission. - ',,.;''
The railroads putting money into industrial
center here show faith in Omaha and ita future.
Just a littte more faith will give us 'that much
needed Union passenger depot
Reciprocal give and take marks the conclu
sions of the committee which looked into stock
yard charge. Business and good wilt invariably
result from get-together discussions.
In time that blow gaping holea in fuel piles
a few forward looking glimpses of the "good old
summer time" poultice the shovel knock of
Boreas and soothes the aching purse. The oftener
the treatment it taken' the better it feels.
The unseemly activities of a brother in public
affairs proved very annoying to President McKin
ley. Development In the "peace leak" quia indi
cate "too much brother-in-law" for the cofnfort
of the present administration.
It goes without saying, of course, that the
European belligerents will be held by Uncle Sam
to "strict accountability" in any new phase of
naval warfare the same strict accountability that
they have been held to heretofore.
? Half a gallon of wine, three gallons of beer
or a quart of straight booze a month is not much,
taken separately in small doses, to assuage 'a
drouth. Individually, it might satisfy a moderate
whistle, but is wholly inadequate a a promoter
of social conversation. Loosen up, gentlemen,
have; a heart! '
What Is Our Nest Mover
None of the successive critical conditions with
which neutrals have been confronted since the
beginning of the war (the United State s the
principal neutral) has carried graver eonaequencc
than were now presented to President Wilson,
whosmust decide what Is our next move.
It must be remembered that previoua inter
change of notes on submarine warfare brought
ns to the point where we delivered aa ultimatum
to Germany to the effect that we would not con
tinue friendly relation with a nation deliberately
violating the established role of naval warfare
with reference to the rights of neutral commerce
and the safety of noncombatants en unarmed
vessels. While not conceding this contention, a
break was avoided by order given German sea-
fightera' to meet our requirements of notice and
opportunity to remove passengers and crew before
sinking a merchant ship, expressly conditioned,
however, to subsequent modification.
What the kaiser has now done practically
put n back to the stage when the ultimatum
went forth, leaving thi country no alternative
but to" follow the procedure then outlined for
such a contingency. The only open question,
apparently, for . the president to consider,
ia whether to regard the kaiser's present warning
a a denial of former demand or to wait for
another overt act in disregard of our neutral
rights. In either event, the first step weald nat
urally be to discontinue diplomatic relations by
giving the German ambassador hi passports and
recalling our own ambassador from Berlin. This
weald not be war, nor necessarily lead to war, but
would bt very aerioua (train between the
two countries. . ,
The president will doubtless try to find an
escape from this threatened breach. We hope he
may succeed in this, but for the moment it seems
unavoidable if we a a nation are to maintain
our self-respect i
A Challenge to Omaha
wits Trftu
"An Omaha woman who knows about these
mattera stated that there are mnra n.f,. w
among Omaha' teachera than any other group
of teachers in this country. The Omaha Bee.
mat may oe so, out is it r This Omaha test!
. mony is ex carte. To make it stand an in m
competent court of beauty distinction it needs
corroboration. Can Omaha get that corrobora
tion in any other city in this country? Let Omaha
try and see what happens.
The Omaha boast it is nothing- less than .
boast grows out of charges made by Mrs, Flor
i ence Vosbnng, member of the Chicago board of
education, that many school teachers of the
, Windy City have been selected on account of
their "youth, beauty and figure." Thereupon
Omaha proceeds to admit its school ma'ams are
"the most comely group of Dedacocues m he
found anywhere in this broad land," and proceeds
in turn to aeny mat tnese tnree charm had any
thing to do with their being on the teachera'
lists tod a v. - . i
Principal Adams ef one of the Omaha hth
schools goes to far as to say "all of them (the
Omaha teachers) have these attributes for the
simple reason that they live 'out where the west
begins,' thrive on the nutritious cereals of the
' broad orairies of the AnteloDC state, inhale the
vitalizing ozone of the great west and otherwise
are nourished by the life-giving elements of this
-favored spot ot the universe.
'.-. It sounds well: but the cold fact is that M inne.
sot has 7,162 more square miles of "vitalizing
ozone" than Nebraska has and that Minneapolis
has more than Orftaha. Why, man 'alive, right
' here in Minneapolis it where nutritious cereals"
take off their wraps and are at home. What
more. Omaha is not "where the west besins.
and what is still more, Minneapolis teachers are
neither pigeon-toed nor big-footed. Can Chicago
or umana say as mucn ana get away with it r
: ' Prohibitionj Enforcement ,
Nebraska by direct vote on the prohibition
amendment last fall went on record to put the
saloon eat of business and to stop the manufac
ture and tale ef intoxicating liquors throughout
the state. No one can object to any legislation
required to make thi edict effective and, in the
main, the bill drafted by the joint subcommittee
Is well calculated to accomplish that purpose. In
two or three respect, however, it challenges a
difference of opinion and iavfket criticism.
In the first place, it define Intoxicating liquor
to be any concoction containing one-half of one
per cent of alcohol that can be used for beverage
Durootes, Of course, what U in tact an intoxi
cating drink varies with the individual consuming
it, bat the percentage of alcohol marking a bever
age at intoxicating In other states and in the
usually accepted scientific analyses ia one per
cent The difficulty we see is law infraction oat
of mere ignorance when what It non-intoxicating
everywhere else come within the ban of illegality
In Nebraska, it seems to a tnu rnis is a piaee
where uniformity between the state is desirable.
Another feature open to question Is that which
give the governor substantially an unlimited con
tinuing appropriation out of the state treasury to
employ as many "assistants" as he see fit for the
special enforcement of thi particular law. Such
power may not be abated bat It presents a temp
tation to abate which ought not to be pat upon
any governor. The local law enforcing machinery,
subject to the new penalties for neglect of duty
and ouster from office for failure to make good,
ought to meet requirement. .x
Still another feature which seems to as objec
tionable Is the premium offered to informer and
volunteer prosecutor in the form of "a split'
on the fine imposed upon conviction of the taw
breaker. Thi either will be a dead letter or will
give unscrupulous scalawags a blackmailing club
with which to shake down real "or jobbed boot
legger, owner of lawlessly used property and
other exposed to prosecution.
The law provide for shipments in limited
quantities and the machinery to control and regu
late thia importation seems to be adequate, but
no one can tell until it is tried out Thi is where
other "dry" states have been bothered with most
of their "leaks." Nebraska, however, enter upon
its prohibition era under particularly, favorable
circumstances, being almost surrounded by "dry"
territory and having in addition the advantage
of federal co-operation under the recent Webb
Kenyon decision, . A good, common -sense enforc
ing law, therefore, ought to give the people what
they voted for e "freak" law will only defeat
the object '
The Lid OS Naval Warfare-
Germany plays it trump card m the war game
In announcing unrestricted use from now on of
the submarine as an offensive weapon. .This goes
beyond any previoua step in prosecuting the war
on either tide, and suggests a determination on
part of the German emperor and hia adviser to
force the active fighting to a finish as soon as
possible. For this reason the policy of ruthless
ness is transferred from land to tea, frankly ad
mitted to be a war move with no effort to ex.
cute on the ground of ttarvation at home. Eng
land It to be (truck at the starvation belt, if pos
sible, by cutting off all its commerce' with the
outer world. . ,
Not much greater destruction of property
may follow the new policy than heretofore, un
less it should result from employment in the cam
paign of an increased number of submarines. These
terrors of the tea ha . been busily pursuing their
destructive work for months, hampered only by
the necessity of giving crews of intercepted ves
sels a chance to secure personal safety. Even
this slight remaining restriction is now lifted, with
no effort incumbent either to preserve life or to
distinguish between neutral and enemy vessels.'
Up to this time only merchandise haa been wan
tonly destroyed, whereas now passengers and
crewt are to have no more consideration than
war munition!.
Belligerents can not be so 'deeply concerned
in the changed situation as are the neutral na.
tions. Conditions are now to be restored to what
prevailed two years ago, when the "war tone"
and "constructive blockade" ordera were first is
sued by England and Germany. Neutral nations
understand a tittle better what these conditions
mean, but find their courte inade no more easy
by tuch knowledge.
- Civil service doe not seem to be half as popu
lar in the ttatehouse a it is in the city hall. If
municipal civil service ever comet it will come
by the home-rule charter route. u
Making the North Foot the Bill
-Mnr Yara TkM-
The expected It happening. Every day' march
ol tnc American column 10 uou t country swens
the output ot Mexican rumor lactones. ..
The Hon. Claude Kitchin. chairman of the
wavs and means committee, trvina to persuade
a handful of southern pacifists in the house dem
ocratic caucus to approve the emergency revenue
Dill, uttered his theory ot taxation:
"You can tell vour oeoole that oractically all
of this tax will go north of Mason and Pixon's
line. The preparedneet agitation has its tiotoea
m lues cities as new zone, xnis uiu ictic a
tax on those who have been clamoring for pre
paredness and are beneaHing because of prepar
edness appropriations."
1 he increased inheritance tax and the excess
profit tax provided by the bill are estimated by
its trainers at $222,000,000. Most of this tax will
be paid, as Mr.. Kitchin says so frankly, north of
Mason and Dixon's line. The taxes are laid in
the main by legislators south of that line; paid
in the main by the unprivileged persons north of
it. I his u a habit and principle ot taxation
among the economists of the prevailing school
at Washington. Mr. Kitchin adds a new princi-
l i rwt L M-l
to political economv. i nose wno ciansor
or" legislation and eet it should foot the appro
priation bills pasted for it
The Kitchin doctrine of taxation is beautiful,
simple, great. It cannot be confined to prepar
edness. The majestic scope of that doctrine em
braces more matters than even Mr. Kitchin in
the throes' of hi creative impulse can have fore
seen.
The clamor for "pork" hat been and is loud
est in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ken
tucky, Worth Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
and Texas; There is- the hotbed of the asitation
for fat public building and river and harbor bills.
inese states should pay the taxes required tor
the satisfaction of their continual clamor. Doubt
less the Hon. Frank Clark of Florida, chairman
of the house committee on public buildings, and
the Hon. Stephen M. Sparkman of Florida, chair
man of the house Committee on rivers and har
bor, will co-operate cordially with Mr. Kitchin
in preparing the taxes on the producers of cotton,
tooacco ana nee. Mr. Kttchm is too sound a
reasoner not to carry out his theory of the inci
dence of federal taxation.
Then there is the $20,000,000 for a govern
ment nitrate slant Muscle Shoals and the Chat
tahoochee, Rome, Savannah, Tennessee, Georgia,
Alabama, lexas, we don t know how many
southern states and cities, are clamoring for a
piece of this nitrate plant. The $20,000,000 must
be collected south of Mason and Dixon's line.
. The $50,000,000 for government shippmor most
also be paid south of 39 degrees 43 minutes 26.3
seconds N. The clamor for that measure vWts
heard in Washington alone. Mr. Kitchin is
bound by his principle. He must levy a special
tax. even if it should be necessary to follow it
with a bill for the relief of Mr. McAdoo. r
Where Permanent Peace heads
- Nsw Yerk Fbuadal WwM-
President Wilson's remarkable appeals in his
senate speech, wherein he visions an ideal state
of (ocial and international justice, harmonv and
disarmament, no doubt strike a very determined
and aggressive element of public opinion at the
work of a dreamer.' It may very well be that
the president is away in advance of his time, but
if- his plan shall be realised the world will have
to quit carrying around shooting iron and give
no itt character of recklessness, much as the fire-
eating frontiersman of early pioneer days had to
stop carrying a gun and knife when a better civ-
ijization swept hit kind out of the way. -
The president would have onlv one navv. in
stead of the scores now maintained, and but one
army, in place of the countless millions of sol
diers now under arms. The world's police force
would succeed -the professional soldier, and all
nations, big and little, that wanted to db a little
second-story work, or land-grabbing . in S their
neighbor's territory would have to take' the risk
of running afoul of the big policeman's club.
, All this it ver interesting when viewed in
the light of the existence of a thousand and one
industries now engaged 'in the manufacture of
tne deadly things Mr. Wilson would suppress.
We are doing a big Dart in turninc out these
engines of destruction, and if navy building and
the making of powder, shot and shell are to be
made to cease, what, will become of our so-called
"war brides," which nave flaunted about the mar
kets in such gorgeous speculative finery for going
on now quite a year and a half f Most certain I v
if Mr. Wilson's program be adopted, these bediz
ened things, puffed with pride and the pomp and
circumstance ot great and suddenly acquired
weaitn, win oe lorcea to aott their Deautitul
habiliments and take up the old roush kitchen
and parlor-dusting work of former days .and be
content to settle back into the role of industrial
drudge, the while remarking, with the privilege
ot tne grumonng kitchen mechanic, that idealists
are a costly and unnecessary menace to the world
and should oe suppressed, ,
People1 and Events 7
The French Legion of Honor Is composed
of sixteen branches, each branch consisting of
seven grand officers, twenty commanders, thirty
officers and 350 ordinary members, all of whom
are elected tor lite. 1
The biggest Lincoln day observance in this
country Ftbruary u is planned at the Lincoln
Memorial university, Cumberland Gap, Ky. It
will extend through three days. Public men
from various parts of the country will be partici
pants and guests of the university.
to the labor commissioner of Utah, H. f. Haines,
the merry task ot chasing a back pay labor bill
of $4. Owen says It's owing to him for labor in
planting spuds in JUtah two years ago, but as he
failed to give the addresses Of the land owners
there is nothing doing for Owen.
"American bars," long a feature of tourist
routes in fans, are all but shot up by the war.
War laws shut out all grades of imported booze.
Only cognac, a French production, is available
for Ititt drinks, i he cocktail, the highball,
whisky and sodas are gone, and the gorgeous
bar are cluttered with the duit of idleness..
New York Daners ffive biff snaee to the rnman
tic marriage of Dr. Lyon, tooth powder million
aire, and Mrs. Maude Cecil Vollman. They were
playmates in tne sandpue nays, trotted to school
together, and all that, somehow the doctor ac
cumulated more years than his childhood chum.
The marriage license gives the doctor's age as
53 and the bride 34. Romancing and romance
are kin.
The horrors of war at Washington reach be.
yond the legislative and executive departments.
A shortage ot hair dyes produced a bumper crop
of mottled thatches among the fashionables, and
brown, black and auburns show patches and
streaks of gray which defy the dope of hairdress
ers. Real happiness abides with the bald-headed,
whose radiant tops reflect active membership in
the Don't Worry club.
-Local paper are apportioning credit for the
success of the second year of the San Diego ex
position. Henry J. rentnid, formerly of Omana,
heads the list. A writer in the San Diego Sun
credits Mr. Penfold with having put the requisite
amount of ginger into the management, secured
most of the exhibits, from the . San Francisco
show and boomed it so effectively that at the
close the treasury held $34,000 cash and alt bills
paid. Omaha push "delivers the goods" in any
climate. ,. ' . .
Some years ago Washington authorities sol
emnly solved the problem, What is whisky?"
The task seemed a routine incident beside the
present problem, "When is a policeman drunk?"
The police trial board haa the city screaming by
asserting that one glass does the business. A
local court declares that one drink under a Wash
ington conDer's belt is barely an aDnetizer and
threw the case out Of court. But the trial board
pinched the ottending copper tor 5U, which is a
tidy sum lor one swauow. ,
Health Hint for the Day.
A sty on the eye tf ft come to a
head is best treated by pulling out
the ey lash wblcn a-rowa irom ii
treating the pot with some hea.Hn;
waah.
One Tear Ago Today in the War.'
Allies swept last of enemy from
Kanwrun coast line.
Premier Goremykle of Rusaia re
signed and was succeeded by M. Stuer
roer. -Germany reported to he making
heavy movement of troops, artillery
ana supplies to the western front .
In Omaha Thirty Tears Ago.
Hon. John A. McBhane. who for
three years has tilled the posttios of
manager of the Bay State Z4ve Stock
company, has resigned kit office,
knowing that his election to congress
would not let him give the attention
it requires. He has been succeeded
by H. H. Robinson of North Bend, who
has been connected with the company
for about six years.
Hlmebaugh V Men-lam" old office
was put on two Union Pacific flat cars
and drawn out to Summit
About twenty of C. E. Mayne's sales
men seated themselves in the buck
boards used tn the business, and. with
one of C. B. Mayne's large carriages,
containing C. K. Mayne, B. A. Benson,
Colonel Curtis and D. U Thowiaa,
heading the procession, wended their
way Council Blutfsward, where they
had dinner at the Ogden House and
were serenaded by a Council Bluffs
b&nd.
The Sixteenth street viaduct is now
open to wagons and pedestrians and
the one on Eleventh street will be
opened in a few days.
The judges of the district court have
appointed the following gentlemen to
examine all the applicants for admis
sion to the bar of this county for the
present term: Judge Bartholomew,
Simeon Bloom, Prank Irvine, J. I
Kennedy and Robert W. Patrick.
The Elks have Just received the new
regulation social badge. It, consists
ot a rich wins-oolored ribbon with an
Imposing elk's head, the whole being
pendant from a gold bar.
The Board of Trade building, on the
corner of Sixteenth and Farnam, is
kept continually warm now, nearly all
of the steam radiators being used, The
work of plastering and finishing the
inside is going on rapidly and it is
thought the building will be ready
for dedication by Aprlf 1. Robert Law
has secured the privilege of running
a sample room and cafe In the build
ing. I
This Day In History. " .
, 1754 Talleyrand, who for a period
of fifty years was the most notable
diplomat in Europe, born in Paris.
Died there May 17, US8.
1801 Meeting of first Parliament
of the United Kingdom of Great Brit
ain and Ireland.
1848 Treaty of Guadalonpe Hi
dalgo, by which Mexico ceded Cali
fornia and New Mexico to the United
States. . . -
I85S Nathaniel P. Banks of Massa
chusetts elected speaker of the na
tional house of representatives after a
contest of nine weeks.
1868 Arctic gaiters patented by
Thomas C Wales of Boston.
188s Rev. William Croswell Poan
was consecrated first Episcopal bishop
of Albany. t .
U81 Young People's Society of
Christian Endeavor organised by Rev.
Francis E. Clark at Portland, Me.
18l William E. Gladstone became
British premier for third time.
184 United States warship Kear
sarge, celebrated aa the destroyer of
the Alabama, was wrecked at Ron
cador Reef. -
101 Funeral of Queen Victoria
took place at Windsor.
The Day We CetebraOi. '
John G. Kuhn, the lawyer, fa IS. He
was born in New York and was for
some time chief clerk of the Wood
men of the World and later supreme
secretary of the Woodmen Circle. He
has been practicing law- for fifteen
?'Dr!' Charles O'Neill Rich Is 41. He
Is a native of Philadelphia, where he
was educated, and graduated In medi
cine In 1898, locating a year later in
Omaha. '
, Knute Nelson, United States sena
tor from Minnesota, born in Norway,
seventy-four years ago today.
Robert L. Owen, United States sena
tor from Oklahoma, born at Lynch
burg, Vs., sixty-one years ago today.
Rt. Rev. H. W. Y. Biggs, lord bishop
of Worcester, England, who attended
the Episcopal general convention at
St. Louis last fall, born seventy-two
years ago today.
Rt Rev. Edmund M. Dunne, Catho
lic bishop of Peoria, born in Chicago,
fifty-three years ago today.
Frits Kreisler, one of the world's
most celebrated' violinists, born in Vi
enna, forty-two years ago today. He
played In Omaha about two months
ago.
Bishop Mathew 8. Hughes of the
Methodist- Episcopal church, born In
Doddridge county, Virginia, fifty-four
years ago today.
Jack Dillon, well-known middle
weight pugilist, born at Frankfort,
Ind., twenty-six years ago today. ,
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
"If Candlemas is fair and clear,
There'll be twa winters In he year."
Don't forget that this is the day for
Mr.' Groundhog to corne. out of his
hole and take a squint at the weather.
. The print paper situation will be the
leading subject of discussion by the
North Dakota State Press association
at Its annual convention beginning to
day at Bismarck.
The consecration of Rev. Frank Hale
Touret as Episcopal bishop of west
ern Colorado will take place at Colo
rado Springs today, with Bishop Tut
tldof Missouri presiding.
Delegates representing commercial
and other bodies of Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho are to meet today at
Pasco, Ore., for an interstate highway
conference.
A two-day conference is to open at
Columbia university, New Tork City,
today to inaugurate the work of the
department of education of the Boy
Scouts of America.
Storyotle of the Day. ,
' It was an Insrenlous husband who
sent his wife shopping In a taxi the
other day. A friend who happened
to see him say soodhy to her from
the curb remarked on his apparent
extravagance.
"It's economy, really," said the hus
band. "Whenever she's In a store
she'll be worried to death because
the taxi Is eating up money all the
time, so sn won t stay long enoucn
, to spend halt as much as she weuld
tf she went en foot or tn a street car."
-New York Times.
Aaoerica't Onerostty.
Omaha, Feb. 1. To the Editor of
The Bee: The time is ripe for the as
sertion of a virile Americanism. We
should aot seek to cultivate any sort
of hatred of other nations, nor the
people of those nations, but America
has its own nationality. It was the
original hope of the fathers that here
upon this continent a new race of
men should spring, amalgamating into
Its composition the virile elements of
other races. So far' that dream has to
a great extent been realized.
Now, the success of that ideal ia be
tas jeopardized by a too generous
attitude of Americans. We have not
oaly welcomed the oppressed of other
iaads. bat we have gone to the extent
of liberally adopting their languages
and their Institutions. Every attempt
tn that direction has been to our own
undoing. We ought to begin to see
thia
For these reasons I believe that
every true American will applaud the
attitude of the Woman's club and the
unanimous action of the Board of
Education in requesting the legisla
ture to repeal the law that compels
the people ot a whole district to pay
for the education of a small fraction
of peoples in a foreign tongue, merely
upon the demand of a small minority.
For one, I make no bones ot it I
assert that if there is any element of
our citizenship fast insists on the edu
cation of their children in a foreign
laneuaKe. such citizens should pay a
nrhrata tutor to that end. This ts
America and, I believe, our people
should Dreserve it aa such and sup
port the proposition that, so far a
the public scnoois are concernea, tne
laneuase tauaht shall be the language
of America and not of any tongue of
modern Europe. Neither should our
children be burdened with the lessons
of foreign Institutions until at least
they are enlightened upon the founda
tion principles of the American repub
lic. Let us not engraft upon our sys
tem the decadent ideas of old-world
monarchies. . ' ,
Tea by all meant repeal that law.
I J. QUINBY.
Matrimonial Riddle.
Omaha, Feb. 1. To the Editor of
The Bw: It I get a divorce in March
from the state of Georgia, when can I
marry in Omaha? Would it violate
tnje Mann act for my intended wife to
come to Omaha from Georgia and I
marry her when she gets here?
P. F. E.
Note: The Nebraska law prohibits
remarriage within six months ot per
sons divorced in courts of this state.
It is not adjudicated whether the six
months applies to remarriage in this
state of persons divorced by courts of
another state, but good lawyers say
it does not apply. Nothing illegal for
a woman to come from Georgia to Ne
braska to be married here.
Says Lei Voters' Verdict Stand.
Omaha, Feb. L To the Editor of
The Bee: Woman suffrage, by action
of the state electorates, has made
practically no headway during the last
four years,. It has been rejected in
that period by thirteen states, which
contain nearly one-hall tne population
of the United States. And during this
period It has been adopted only by
two states of small population, namely
Nevada and Montana. The control of
its own suffrage is perhaps the most
Important right still lert to tne state,
in Nebraska ft was defeated in 1914
by a majority of over 10,000, and yet
a handful of suffrage women are now
iking, to set aside the verdict of the
state electorate and pass a suffrage
bill through the legislature. Unfor
tunately for the "purification of poli
tics by women," a theory which a
dwindling number of people still cling
to, women make good lobbyists. But
we are convinced that when a handful
of worten seek to set aside the verdict
of the voters at the polls they make
more enemies for their cause than
they snspect It is not Btrance that
the average voter, the more he sees
of women to politics, the more skep
tical ho becomes of the wisdom of
granting further "emancipation."
NEBRASKA ASSOCIATION OP
POSED TO WOMAN nur r KAUE.,
NEBRASKA EDITORS.
The next meeting Of the Repablican Val
ley Editorial aatociation will he held at
Benkdmail.
If. L. Howell toM the Cmkra State
man to Floyd Peek, wbo haa been in cbarn
of the paper fpr some tee.
A. B. and Glen Batkdir. editors of the
Nehavks News, hsn purchased the Union
Ledger from W. M. Brown, who ha owned
it for the last two yean. The plants will
be operated separately.
Editor Ira L. Bsn of the North Platte
Tritran eelekVste the thirty -second anniver
sary 1 trif paper last wsek. Mr. Bsra
has Wa aoneeted with ta paper from the
bea-hmmc sad set the ant take of onpy for
the initial nambsr.
Editor B. C. Krtwsos of the Etra Creek
Beaoos la edearating- the opening- of the
nineteenth vohnM of his paper this week by
movins his plant into a building which be
recently purchased and remodeled to meet
th needs of an up-to-date newspaper.
H. M. Call, wbo has been publishing the
Record at Edison,, has moved his plant to
BashneU, where he will start start a paper
to to known as the Bunnell Record. .Mr.
Call arranged with the Arapahoe Mirror ta
taks a of his paid-in-adsanea aahscrip-
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