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THE BEE OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1917.
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"Freedom of the seas" holds a conspicuous
place among modern mytlis.
General Carranza promises to observe strict
neutrality. For small (avors, thanks)
Please note that by the weather chart we still
have a staggering excess of temperature (or the
year.
It's a reckless railroad man these days who
boasts of a wrcckless road without knocking on
wood.
A literacy test restriction on immigration from
state to state would be unconstitutional, but it,
would be just as logical.
With hogs netting 12 cents on the hoof, noth
ing short of a limousine upholds the luxury of
"bringing home the bacon."
"The end of the war is now in sight I" so
the president of the Russian Duma is quoted.
Well, it can't come too soon to suit us I
Paradoxical as it appears, the colder the
weather the hotter the jobs put tip to the fire de
partment High pressure heat multiplies the runs.
War talk boosts prices, while peace talk punc
tures the balloon. Destruction, distress, disaster,
offsprings of war, are unsurpassed aa speculative
aids.
After that offer to the government of his
plant for war purposes, how can Henry Ford
again hope to travel on the same peace ship with
"Brother" Bryan?
Things have certainly come to a pretty pass
when oar "peerless leader" and "world-famed
Nebraskan" has to depend upon republicans to
defend him from attack.
Stilt, if Kaiser Wilhelm wilt keep his subma
rines on unarmed ships carrying American pas
sengers the call for us to sail' in "in the name
of humanity" will not be so loud.
A host of refugees trailed the American army
to tht border, aeeking food, shelter and the privi
lege of living. Every turn of the Mexican prob
lem makes it look more complicated.
The official showing of the whole world being
In debt to the United States stimulates the sym
pathetic fellow feeling. We owe little abroad, but
the home debts will hold us for a while.
When leaders of American industries promptly
put their establishments at the service of the
government, there is no reason for doubting that
all needed resources would be quickly mobolized
as necessities arise.
Anyone who pretends to know anything
about money payments for police protection in
Omaha is in duty bound to tell it to the grand
jury. If he Isn't sworn and doesn't tell it, put
it down that he doesn't know it.
A roster of 238 bills fathered by the Douglas
county delegation presents an example of- thrift
peculiarly suited to the season. Thrift is not
confined to volume. It animates the pores here
and there and promises conpensation . for the
drain of perspiration and politics.
The passage by the French Parliament of a
bill summoning to the colors men once rejected
as unfit clearly maps the drain of war on the
man-power of the country., France is not alone
in this regard. Germany has taken similar action,
Austria hat reached the bottom of its resources
and Great Britain has been combed for men phys
ically fit to do their bit. These are conspicuous
signs pointing to an early glimpse of the last
ditch. .?
American Isles
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The extremely slight knowledge which many
Americans have of what their country has been
doing outside of its immediate and older boun
daries is indicated by the great number of com
munications that are sent to the papers urging
that the (late) Danish West Indies shall hence
forth be known as "the American West Indies."
Thi suggestion involves the notion that there
are no other American West Indies than the
islands which have been purchased from Den
mark, which is not the case. The problem to be
solved is that of the name by which the islands
of St Thomas, St Jean and St. Croix shall hence
forth be known. To denominate them as "the
American West Indies" would be absurd. As a
matter of fact, there is no particular necessity for
any other name for these islands except the
names which they now individually bear. All the
West Indies are, of course, in the broad sense,
American West Indies, and the time may co:
when they will all be American in the national
sense. To bestow the name upon any restricted
group of them would be to imply that our prog
ress in the Caribbean had come to a full stop.
It it quite possible, however, that there are some
Americans, capable of writing letters to the
papers, who have never heard of Porto Rico,
never of Culebra, never of Vieques; who never
have heard that the Isle of Pines is principally
inhabited by Americans; who do not know that
we have a protectorate over Cuba which is recog
nized by all the nations of the world, and that
we have assumed responsibilities in Hayti and
San Domingo, which are about aa likely to come
to an end as those republics are to sink into the
sea. We have a very large class of "insular"
people in this country, but the existence of this
class does not argue very much knowledge of
insular affairs. Quite the contrary.
Neutrals and the United States.
President Wilson's note of invitation to the
other neutral nations of the world to make com
mon cause with the United States is receiving
mirth attention from foreign governments. Its
reception from the countries that have been
heard from since its promulgation is indicative
of approval, if not of actual co-operation. Neu
tral nations everywhere are in the same predica
ment as to the war. Belligerents have shown no
intent to discriminate between them, but have
indifferently ignored the rights of non-combatants
in the application of their own rules. The same
ruthlessness at sea applies to one and all. Sub
mission or resistance has been the choice open
for months, and is still the only course. The
earnest desire of all nations not now involved in
the conflict to avoid being sucked into the vortex
is manifest in many ways, but in none so strongly
as in the patience with which unwarranted inter
ference with commerce has been supported.
Whether the action of the United States in break
ing off diplomatic relations with Germany is, or
is not, immediately followed by other neutrals,
they will share any beneficial results, and it may
produce a change of policy for all. At any rate,
it is encouraging to know that the course of our
government strikes a sympathetic chord with all
the neutral nations so far heard from.
Literacy Test Now a Law.
By substantial votes in each branch of con
gress the literacy test has been given the force
of law, the president's veto notwithstanding.
This means that we have now adopted a wholly
new policy with respect to admitting foreign
born immigrants to our country. Up to this
time we have held out an invitation to every able
bodied, men tally-so and man and woman promis
ing to become a useful, self-supporting addition
to our population to come and help us develop
our vast natural resources and share in the lib
erty and opportunity of our great republic We
have shut the doors against the physically unfit, the
defectives, the criminals and the anarchists, the
paupers and the assisted immigrants likely to
become public charges, but now, for the first
time, we will insist upon ability to read and
write as a prerequisite to admission.
How many this literacy test will exclude no
one can tell, but we do know that had such a
test been applied in the past many thousands of
men who have made good, and the parents of
many thousands more who have made good in
a still more conspicuous degree, would have been
excluded. The fact that congress has overridden
the veto in no way makes less cogent the reasons
the president gave, repeated from veto messages
of previous presidents, against the enactment of
the law.
Though The Bee believe the literacy test ill
advised and wrong in principle, we do not expect
it to have serious effect nor even to satisfy the
extreme restrictionists. Old world educational
opportunities have improved wonderfully and are
bound to continue to improve, so that fewer and
fewer of their youth, ambitious enough to learn
to read and write, will be denied the chance.
. Again, the whole status of population move
ment and transfer of allegiance is likely to be
readjusted as a consequence of the present war
we hope in the direction of greater facility and
greater recognition of individual freedom. In the
play of these new forces our immigration policy
will have to be made to fit " '"" "
Well, Now You're Talking I
In creating the Water Board the legislature
originally made provisions for keeping it out of
party politics. If the legislature believes these
provisions need strengthening and clarifying we
can see no injustice nor impropriety in appro
priate action to that end. World-Herald.
Well, now you're talking and coming around'
to the invulnerable position The Bee has stead
fastly maintained from the start It is not a
question so much of maintaining or discontinuing
the Water Board (except that a board of six is
needlessly expensive and entirely superfluous
when one does the whole business), but of enforc
ing divorce of itt management from politics. If
it would be putting the Water Board into poli
tics by turning its supervision over to the city
commission, the answer that it has' been in
politics all the time can be met only by making
enforcible the prohibitions in the present law
against active participation in politics by the offi
cers and employes of the water department.
Let it be understood that, with The Bee, this
is not personal to the present general manager
any more than it would be to anyone else in that
place for he may resign, or have to go Off to
war, or be lured away from us by a better job
somewhere else but the water plant we will have
with us forever, and municipal water and poli
tics simply will not mix without making trouble.
Speeding Up Defense Plans.
One of the impressive developments incident
to the break with Germany is the speeding up of
defense plans. Congress is taking the view of
the situation that comes with "better late than
never" resolves, and is making liberal provision
for purchases that must be made. The Navy de
partment has trotted out some plans that may
astonish the public, but showing that lessons of
the war have not all been lost and is arranging to
guard the harbors of the country securely. In
the War department similar activity is noted, the
army especially profiting by its experience of
last summer. Orders for the immediate purchase
of supplies have been issued and, should the call
for troops come, the quartermaster's department
will be much nearer ready than it was a year
ago. Of course, this speed is commendable and
rests on wisdom under conditions; but it is also
a belated acknowledgement of the soundness of
advice given many months ago and disdained by
the wiseacres who could see no good reason why
the United States should make any preparation
in expectancy of trouble. It is just another dem
onstration of the superiority of the hindsight over
the foresight of the democratic party.
The stepfather of the election-by-wards school
bnard bill says there is no intention of legislating
the present board members out, but merely to
provide for choosing their successors by wards.
It amounts to the same thing, however, because
several who reside in the same wards could not
be re-elected except by beating one another.
As for The Bee, we would have no compunction
whatever about legislating half the present mem
bership out it the board were thereby reduced
from twelve to five, which would necessitate their
choice at large.
The Douglas legislative delegation this time
is made up from top to bottom of democrats.
As thev were elected with the unatinferl titnnorf
of the local democratic organ, it will have to
share responsibility for what it sponsored.
Washington "Characters'
C. W. Thempeea, la Naw York Tinea
The old Washington is no more. It may have
seemed an insignificant thing when Shoemaker's
disappeared from Pennsylvania avenne, and Han
cock's closed its doors, but those things were
symbols, like crape on the door. Washington has
changed its character, which is to say that the
old Washington is dead and a new one begun.
"Th' new kind," as Mr. Dooley said of a world
without alcohol, "may be betther; but itU be
diff'rent, an' th' wurruld will be a sadder an' a
safer wurruld to live in."
The last of the "characters" of Washington
died a few days ago, and with the passing of that
famous tribe the metamorphosis becomes com
plete. There is no room for them in the Wash
ington of today, but they, have flourished there
since the presidency of Jefferson, and were a
feature of its life duplicated nowhere the men
who were pointed out to you on the street under
that title, just as were the monument and the
capitol. for a hnndred years, if a character
died there were always plenty more, for it was
a self-renewing institution; but they have been
dying off with no successors for the last few
years, and when Charley Edwards "of Texas"
the name was never pronounced without the
suffix died last week, a chapter in the develop
ment of Washington was closed.
"When Bill Sterrett went to Washington,"
said Colonel R. M. Johnston once, "he made a
great stir as the typical wild and woolly west
erner, and made what seemed a granite reputa
tion. But when Charley Edwards arrived, he
hadn't more than got off the train and hung up
his hat before everybody was calling Bill
effeminate." He had helped Brann make the
Iconoclast; he had imbibed his philosophy of life
under the tutelage of Eugene Field. He wore an
immense black sombrero and a sweeping black
moustache, and once, in the senate gallery, when
he whispered, as he thought to a neighbor, a capi
tol attendant came down and touched him on the
shoulder, saying, "Shouting is not permitted in
the gallery, sir."
It was a sight for the gods to see him and
that other famous "character," Dr. Bedloe, when
Greek met Greek; Edwards and Bedloe, storm
and sunshine, a cyclone and a summer day, with
a rapturous crowd instantly congregating for the
collision of fun and wit. "Coarse humor, sir,
coarse humor," was always Bedloe's final and
conclusive retort as he walked sunnily away. Tom
Ochiltree belonged to the era of both, was a
friend of Bedloe's; he died in eclipse, long re
moved from Washington, but he outlived old
John Chamberlin.
Congress contributed its quota to the same
era of "characters;" Private John Allen, Belford,
the Red-headed Rooster of the Rockies, and many
others. But these congressional characters were
not quite the same as the unofficial characters.
There was old Judge Riley pacing down the ave
nue, all stateliness and touch-me-nottishnrss, he
who won fame by peppering the queen of Mada
gascar with birdshot when he was consul at
Mozambique and wished to emphasize his dis
approval of her taste in bathing costumes. Colo
nel John A. Joyce, with hi military soft hat and
his mane of white hair rolling down his
shoulders, he who used to beguile his leisure by
driving Ella Wheeler Wilcox into spasms of in
dignation at stated times by asserting with sol
emnity that he had written her poem, "Laugh and
the World Lauphs With You." The outraged
poet has never seen any fun in the situation to
this day, and perhaps Joyce himself did not.
Some of the lost tribe of "characters" are
remembered with nothing but amusement some
with tenderness and the mirth whose fountains
lie close to those of tears. Edwards and Bedloe
were of these last. Stricken down five years ago
with a frightful maladywhose issue was sure and
painful death, Edwards faced it with a laugh, and
for five years he died dauntlessly. He had laughed
all his life, and he laughed to the last; he went
to the Dark Tower like Childe Roland. It was a
gallant death, a fitting one for the man who was
to end the century-old book of the "characters"
of Washington. T
Saving the Indian
'Harvey D. Jacob, in; Caaa and Con
' Have you heard that the Indian is a vanishing
race? If so, forget it "Lo, the poor Indian is
fast passing from our midst" is but a dream of
yesterday, since statistics show that in 1916 there
were more births than deaths among our Indian
population!
The government has for a long time main
tained medical corps and hospitals wherever the
Indian might be, and it has been the endeavor of
these forces to keep the population as healthy as
possible; but the task has never been an easy
one, first, -because of insufficient appropriations
and forces, and second, because the Indian does
not readily swallow the white man's medicine,
preferring instead his own "medicine man." Edu
cating the Indian to the point of reasoning in
the pale face way has conduced in a limited sense
to the success of these scientific efforts, but it
remained for the present commissioner of Indian
affairs to inaugurate such a systematic and vigor
ous campaign in behalf of the Indian's health as
to finally make statistics show a greater number
of births than deaths in a single year. His method
was very simple, but curiously no one had ever
before thought of starting a "better babies cam
paign" with Indians. Not only did he assume the
role of the Great White Father, but he likewise
became the Great' White Mother. He wrote a
"baby bookl" This he sent to ' all the Indian
mothers and mothers-to-be. Following up the
"baby book," all those 6,000 federal employes en
gaged exclusively in Indian service were politely
requested, suavely commanded by a "Save-the-Baby"
letter to direct their utmost endeavors to
the success of the new campaign. . The force of
medical experts, physicians, surgeons, dentists,
nurses and field matrons was increased and they
worked in harmony with other field employes of
the service to better sanitary conditions, until
all became enlisted in the vigorous campaign to
restore to health a race thought to be dying. The
activities in this direction have been so enormous
that it has been necessary for congress to increase
the appropriation for "Relieving Distress and Pre
venting Disease among Indians" from $40,000 in
1911 to $350,000 in 1917.
People and Events
The board of school superintendents of New
York state is considering a rule requiring teach
ers in the public schools to furnish proof of
American citizenship. Many persons teaching
Americanism to alien youth are not Americans
themselves, even to the extent of "first papers."
An irate husband whose wife was bumped by
an automobile in Minneapolis attached the ma
chine for damages, won the case by default and
was joyfully shaking hands with himself on his
victory when he discovered the car was a 1910
model. The glow of hope dropped to zero in
stantly. New York City's board of child welfare re
ports gratifying results from its policy of aiding
widows to support tneir offspring at home in
preference to sending them to state institutions.
The cost is one-third less, besides home sur
roundings and mother attention are more desir
able than institutional care. The cits appro
priation for widows' pensions this year is $1,250,-
UUU.
For several years past issuing municipal bonds
has been an annual recreation in Philadelphia.
The total in three years is well over $100,000,00.
Suddenly the taxpayers are brought face to face
with a sharp increase in taxes. Three years ago
the tax rate was $1 on each $100. Last year the
rate jumped to $1.25, and this year to $1.32. Now
the city controller reports that a $2 tax rate will
be necessary in 1918 unless the city councils cut
expenses to tne none.
Health Hint tor the Day.
If you have repeated attacks of
acute tonsjlltis or quinsy the wisest
thing; to do is to consu't a physician
aa you are almost sure to have chron
ically diseased tonsils.
One Tear Ago Today tn the War.
Prince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son
of the kaiser, reported wounded In
battle in the eastern war theater.
French artillery effectually bom
barded Vauban fort near Hat Sas and
trenches at Steenstraete.
Berlin reported 1,429,171 enemy sol
diers' held prisoners of war in Germany.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Judge Savage, W. V. Morse, H. W.
Yates and C. W. Hamilton, who went
to Lincoln to consult with the Doug
las connty delegation relative to the
new charter, have returned in high
spirits, announcing that an under
standing had been arrived at which
insures the passage of the charter.
Prof. Btelnhauser, with his mag
nificent orchestra, gave a family con
cert tn Oermania hall. The soloists
were Miss Bertha Steinhauser , so
prano; B. Buchanan, violinist, and H.
Lotz, cornetist
N. J. Edholm of the firm of Ed
holm ft Aiken, jewelers, is confined
to hi home on the corner of Twenty-
fifth and Davenport with nervous pros
tration.
Hon. D. D. Wead and wife of Ver
mont are visiting at the residence of
their nephew, D. W. Saxe, 2209 Far
nam. W. P. Hudso, better known as "Our
Heedy," has again resumed his re
liable position at the Misfit parlors.
William Oladish, the well-known
druggist has returned from a pleasant
visit to relattvea in Toronto. He is
looking much healthier and heartier
than when he left here and is much
pleased with the result of hi? trip.
This Day In History.
1800 Millard Fillmore, thirteenth
president of the United States, born
in Cayuga county. New Yark. Died
in Buffalo, March 8, 1874.
1812 Charles Dickens, the novelist,
born at Portsmouth, England. Died
at Gad's Hill, June . 1374.
1853 Robert Lucas, first territorial
governor of Iowa, died at IowaCity.
Born at Shepherdstown, Va., April 1,
1781.
1867 An act for the union of the
Canadian provinces was introduced
In the British parliament
1878 British fleet ordered to Con
stantinople in consequence of Russian
advance.
1892 Many lives lost In a fire that
destroyed the Hotel Royal in New
York City.
1898 Nebraska legislature elected
William V. Allen United States sena
tor by a coalition of populists and
democrats.
1896 William H. English, demo
cratic candidate for vice president in
1880, died at Indianapolis. Born at
Lexington, Ind., August 27, 1822.
1901 Marriage of Queen Wilhel
mlna of Holland and Duke Henry of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
1904 Start of the great Baltimore
fire, which in two days burned over
140 acres and destroyed property of
an estimated value of $70,000,000.
1907 John D. Rockefeller gave
$32,000,000 to the general education
board.
The Day We Celebrate.
Abraham L. Patrick was born in
Illinois Just thirty-one years ago today.
He is now dealing in gravel, being
president of the Platte Gravel com
pany of this city.
Alexandre F. Ribot, French minister
of finance (whose wife was Miss Min
nie Burch of Chicago) born at St.
Omar, France, seventy-five years ago
today.
Robert B. Mantell, one of the noted
veterans of the American stage, bom
at Irvine, Scotland, sixty-three years
ago today.
Francis Wilson, popular actor, who
was married a few days ago to a young
woman of Missouri, born in Philadel
phia, sixty-three years ago.
Patrick J. Moran, manager of the
Philadelphia National league base ball
team, born at FUchburg, Mass., forty
one years ago today.
George (Babe) Ruth, pitcher of the
Boston American league base ball
team, born In Baltimore twenty-three
years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The British parliament will be re
opened today by the king and queen.
The dominion parliament is to ad
Journ today to enable Prime Minister
Borden to attend the Imperial war
conference in London.
The annual encampment of the De
partment of the Potomac, Grand Army
of the Republic, meets in Washington
today, with Commander-in-Chief Pat
terson as its guest.
Public schools throughout the sonth
have arranged for special exercises
today to commemorate the fiftieth an
niversary of George Pf?abody"s first gift
to the cause of education in the south.
The wide variety of practical uses
of cement and concrete are to be illus
trated by exhibits at the tenth national
cement show, which Is to open in Chi
cago today and continue through the
coming week.
Storyette of the Day.
The doctor's wife had advertised
for a girl to do housework and was
showing an applicant over the house.
She had been very liberal in her prom
ises of privileges and it looked as
though the two were going to come
to an agreement when the girl sud
denly aakd: '
"Do you do your own stretchin'T"
"Do we do our own what?". asked
the puzzled mistress.
"Stretohln'," repeated the girl. "Do
you put all the food on the table and
stretch for It or do I have to shuffle
tt around?" New York Times.
THB WORRY OF THE HURRY.
T. U Stanton, la Atlanta Oonatlrotton. -Ita
tha worry of tb ttvrtr
On tha rouarh and rocky mat.
And, "Lore, lift tbo burden r
Aa you atassar 'neath the load I
And "Km hot on Blah.
And Ua hot below,"
And. "Lord sand tha wtatar
With a hUl or two of anowT
OK tha worry of tbo hurry!
It la with ua rlsht along. .
DmtDi all tha mualo
Ot tha Jubllatln' sons!
Whan we're on tha hilltop.
Klxln" for to tall, -And
hera eomea tha earthqnaka
To awallow hill and all! ..
Tha worry at tha harry! '
We're back of bolta and bar.
And "Lord, ihjht tha ana up, -
And don't kill tha aural"
t And whan tha Journer'a ended
Wa shake to hear the call:
"Wonder where wa'ra roiu' ?
Good-bye to you all!"
Why Only Fallen Women
Sutton. Neb.. Feh. R. Tn the FMirnr
of The Bee! A traveling man says
inui laiien women lean the life be
cause they prefer it" in the first
place, why "a fallen woman" and not
iauen man r
Why forever damn the woman for
once going wrong, while the man.
Who freauentR ftnrl tulrnnlToa fallon
women, is perfectly respectable? Were
or men equally guilty there
would be no fallen women. Why sad
dle all the guilt and Inrllnt rhA r.n
lshment by social ostracism, on one
e, wmie me oiner equally guilty
goes free?
But there is another nh uu tn this
question: Success is measured by the
siza or ones Income. Why should
a girl slave for a bare existence while
She can rrmlre frnm t9.a tn tKn a ....i.
and wear fine clothes. I knew girls
ngnt in uraans working for 6 and
18 a week, while room and board alone
cost at least $5.
Recently 600 girls of the under
world marched in a body to Rev. Paul
Smith's church in San Francisco. He
had dreamed, like other light-headed
people, that girls enter the underworld
because of moral depravity. Madame
Gamble, a keeper for eight years and
leader of the women, propounded
some questions to this man of Greek
and Hebrew learning that made him
stand aghast
Some years ago a commission ap
pointed by Roosevelt to investigate the
social evil found that less than 26 per
cent became prostitutes from inclina
tion. This is probably far too high.
Of the 54,000,000 men and women
of marriageable age 18,000,000, or one
in every three, are unmarried. Is
this because they prefer such a ltfe?
Has this fart anv henrincr nn tha n
cial evil?
The social evil is closely Interwoven
with our economic system. One of
the principal causes is the double
standard of morality.
In some European countries the girl
that goes wrong does not suffer social
ostracism, but is provided for in a
respectable manner. A. Q. G.
the question and accuse me of dis
loyalty to our country because I de
nounced fraud and force in elections,
1 gave him some pointers as to the
source of my patriotism to this coun
try. I did not do it to be bragglnt;
about my ancestry, but to show him
that I can trace my loyalty to the flas
back for a great many years. The-
is a saying about training a child 1UD
years before it is born and I simply
showed that my patriotism dated bac'K
many years before I was born. I
do not claim to be any better on ac
count of my ancestry, but I am surf
to get back at anybody who aeeus'H
me of disloyalty.
FRANK A. AGNEW
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One Question Calls Out Another.
Omaha, Feb. 6. To the Editor of
The Bee: I read in the papers that
Judge Foster told a certain club how
protection money Is collected in cit
ies the size of Omaha. Will he now
explain how certain straw bonds were
accepted by a police judge from cer
tain bartenders who did not own any
property and always through one cer
tain attorney? MAC LANG.
Stands by His Guns.
Omaha, Feb. 6. To the Editor of
The Bee: Permit me to take a final
slam at Mr. Weybright who does not
know when he is beaten, by telling
him that he . has not yet made any
showing that I have in any way been
unpatriotic In denouncing the election
system of nearly every southern state.
He is the one who lacks patriotism
is not denouncing what really means
a nullification of what the union sol
diers fought for from 1861 to 1866.
I still insist that It is not just to the
rest of the country that men who
fought to destroy our national union
for four years should now control the
destinies of the country that they
Bought to destroy.
Of course, the men who sympathize
with them call It stirring up sectional
strife to denounce the fraud and force
that is used to control a large number
of states. I do not think we would
permit such a condition in Nebraska.
Nor should it be permitted in any
part of the union, and in the case
the republican party is restored to
power in 1920, as I think it will be,
I want to see congress pass laws cut
ting down the representation In con
gress of every state that will not per
mit every legal voter to cast his vote
and to allow that vote to be counted
as cast.
As Mr. Weybright saw fit to dodge
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