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    THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1917.
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Full steam ahead and lock the lever!
Now let congress translate its enthusiasm into
action. . '
Knocking on meatless days at $25 per knock
visions more "dough" than discretion.
Editor Rathom of the Providence Journal has
our senator mtencocks number ail rignti
President Wilson's message belts the world of
democracy with reinforced confidence in the outcome.
"Public business as usual" finds no cheering
response in the bond market. For the war period
partnership is dissolved.
Nothing "barmecide" about President Wilson's
new war message. Even the densest pro-German
can, see through its "crystal clarity."
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Before the formal break comes let us chalk
up one credit mark for Austria, The willing tool
of Germany never accused Russia of precipitating
the war,
Recent messages sent over the line by Mexi
can bandits boomeranged with unexpected force.
Taunting Uncle Sam's boys in that quarter lends
uncommon speed to cemetery planting.
Periodical dragnets for holdups relieves the
strain temporarily. For permanent results a
workhoufe with work vigorously rubbed in car
ries the endorsement of practical reformers.
' Order requiring common use of railroad ter
minals as a war measure make for increased speed
in transferring business. Incidental to the main ob
ject lies the prospect of broadening the democ
racy of railroading. ,
Why did, Senator Hitchcock write that letter
against extending pur declaration of war to Aus
tria? Why has our senator and his hyphenated
World-Herald so often been saying jusj what the
kaiser would want them to say? .; ,
Pan-Germanism may be a good thing for the
folks at home. Elsewhere its devotees get the
hammer. A blacklist of 2,000 firms in Central
and South American republics features a drive
into German trade vitals, the effect of which will
outlive the war.
Prospects in congress indicate favorable ac
tion permitting soldiers to receive well-earned
decorations from foreign governments. Such ac
tion simply extends to our allies the privilege con
gress exercises in awarding medals of honor for
extraordinary service. ,
A mere glimpse. of the stunning household
bills of Uncle Sain might , warrant congress in
"viewing with alarm" the rising cost of national
living. The occasion forbids. Large as the total
appears, it is little more than the premium on the
insurance of American institutions.
Senators and congressmen are reintroducing
all sorts of measures proposed, but not acted on,
in previous sessions. We see no notice, however,
of Senator Hitchcock reintroducing the kaiser's
bill to stop the export of munitions and arms
which he promised so faithfully to champion and
press until enacted into law.
In saying that the law of supply and demand
has been superceded by "the law of unrestricted
selfishness" President Wilson underscores an un
pleasant fact of common knowledge. While a
majority of business lines support and obey meas
ures of national safety, the greedy minority extend
their reach whenever chance offers. , If congress
applies an effective club to profiteering patriot
ism will score heavily on selfishness.
Tax, Muddle Up to Congress
-New York World'
Three distinguished lawyers, one from New
York, one from Boston and one from Chicago,
have been chosen to advise the commissioner of
internal revenue on the execution of certain pro
visions of the war revenue act. The particular
provision which these eminent legal minds are to
sharpen their wits upon is the excess profits tax.
There is no lack of ordinary talent in the fed
eral tax commissioner's office for interpreting a
tax statute. Why, then, this call for outside ad
vice? The reason is undisputed. The commis
sioner himself docs not know how to interoret
the statute in question. Nobody in his office knows
how to interpret it or administer it in any prac
tical and just manner. No corporation to which
the tax applies knows how to apply it.
No two men can agree in respect to any one
corporation. As an example, one set of exoerts
place the United States Steel corporation's excess
profits tax for this calendar year at $193,000,000
and another set place it at $118,000,000. And the
corporation itself cannot tell which is nearer right
or whether either is anywhere near right.
This is an intolerable condition of things and
violative of the very first canons of taxation. It
- was a simple matter for congress to impose a tax
on war profits or profits in excess of the recorded
average for certain years before the war. But
congress reduced the whole matter to a hopeless
muddle by hinging taxable profits on uncertain
calculations of invested capital with exemptions
as variable as those calculations must be.
. There is time enough for congress to restore
lhia provision to some semblance of an under
standable and workable law. That is easily pos-
mmc. uui a just ana equal application ot it in
is present Jorm is absolutely tmoossible
Reception of the Message.
From all over this country and from every im
portant world center come reports of responsive
reception of President Wilson's wonderful war
message. Everyone admires courage in taking a
position and standing unflinchingly by it and it
it a safe surmise that even in Germany and Aus
tria, where the attempt will be made' to belittle
the declaratoin and pick flaws in it, the United
States will be held in a more wholesome respect
for frankly proclaiming our determination to fight
to the finish, while in the same breath defining our
purpose eventually to force settlement for right
and justice without selfish advantage of any kind.
Here in this country the first result of the
message has been to sharpen the edge of every
patriotic citizen for whatever burdetf-bearing or
sacrifices may be required. The next effect will
be seen in the ready acceptance by congress and
the people of the recommendation for putting
Austria also on the list of enemy nations as a
country with which further pretense of friendly
relations must cease.
If any discordant notes have been struck by
the president they are not yet loud enough to be
distinctly audible. Even the notoriety-seeking
senators, plainly described in the president's ref
erence to men who debate peace without under
standing its nature, "who may safely be left to
strut their uneasy hour and be forgotten," for the
moment "have nothing to say." Outside of these
few silent ones and the exceptional dissenter here
and there, the popular chorus of approval is full
and strong.
. The Salute
New York Times.'
Hold Down on Local Bond Issues.
The records of the Nebraska state" auditor
show an increasing number of municipal, county,
school district, irrigation and drainage bonds sub
mitted to that official for registration. The total
amount uo to November 30 approximates tour
and a half millions of dollars, or atout twice as
much as the totals for the two previous years.
These bond issues may be regarded as evidence
of a risine tide of prosperity throughout the state,
especially the irrigation and drainage bonds, for
they reflect the good fortune which has come to
the farmers and land owners of the state. These
increased bond issues give evidence also of in
creasing public spirit and. the desire to improve
the material conditions and to foster and develop
the agricultural resources by reclaiming vast areas
of land not now cultivated.
While all well-wishers of the state rejoice in
this widespread prosperity and in the efforts to
promote industrial enterprises, yet there may be
sim hasia fnr ib nnininn that it is not wise at
this time to incur public indebtedness riot abso
lutely necessary. These bond issues must be sold
on the monev market and if every state would is
sue annually frve millions of these securities for
every million and a half of its population the ag-rr,-.Tnt,
urnuM make a considerable drain upon
5 1 v6 , . w - - -
the great reservoir of accumulated capital. Just
when Uncle Sam is telling the people that his
needs ro into the billions and will soon ask them
to lend him many billions more it would seem to
be the part of patriotism to hold over for the
time being further issuance of municipal and other
bonds.
The South Takes it All.
The usual naeons of sorrow are being poured
forth over the announcement that Congressman
Fitzgerald of New York, chairman of the impor
tant appropriations committee of the house, has
resigned after twenty years of active service, being
unwillinar longer to sacrifice the larger financial
gains he can make in private law practice as com
pared with public life. ,
Mr. Fitzirerald's hieh abilities are conceded
and also his undoubted right to seek more profit
able fields "that he may provide against old age
and for the needs of his family before tne penoa
of his earning capacity is ended." In this par
ticular case ho one need fear that Mr. Fitzgerald
will not be able to take care of himself. He has
been conspicuous in congress chiefly as the head
of the Tammany group and Tammany support
will be a valuable asset outside of cpngress as well
as inside.
Where condolence over the retirement of Con
gressman Fitzgerald should really be offered is to
the neonle of the 'country at large, because it
makM wav for a southern democrat to head the
appropriations committee and thus gives Ihe chair
manship of every one of the big house commit
tees to representatives of the solid south. This
means that we have a more sectional government
now than we have ever had since the civil war
and that the Bourbon democrats of the south, the
most reactionary of all, have absolute guidance
and control not only of the natjon'a law making,
but also of its budget, from tnis point oi view
ronffressman Fitzgerald's , resignation, taking
away from the north the last important house
chairmanship that remained to it, ts a depioraoie
blow to our form of congressional governments
Made-in-Ametica Fire Insurance.
The state insurance department lias been noti
fied by the United States Treasury department to
disqualify six German insurance companies here-
tofore doing business in Nebraska.. It is; a' com
mon report that' the war in Germany has greatly
impaired the value of securities held by German
insurance companies and that some of those com
panies sought to unload a portion of their secu
rities upon the bankers and investors of neutral
nations. This action, by the way, is a true indi
cation of the opinion as to the finarresult of the
war entertained by the insurance magnates of
Germany. The fact undoubtedly had something
to do with the action of the Treasury department
in ordering the states to cause those companies
to liquidate their business, as a matter of pro
tection to property owners, and likewise fully
justified by considerations of loyalty. In any
event the Tire insurance business in this country
will be properly and safely handled by the Ameri
can companies, which in the main compare with
the best in the world.
A generous stream of American money hither
to pouring into the treasuries of enemy insurance
companies is blocked by the government and the
companies put out of business for the period of
the war. These concerns enjoyed unusual facili
ties for spying on American war measures and
profiting in a business way at Jhe same time. Their
suppression is another step toward winning the
war. 1
The hungry spider never welcomed a fly to its
lair with ..more courtesy and condescension than
the Germans show to the peace messengers of
the Russian reds. Flattery is a potential force in
fooldom. - ',- as
Food hoarders and food profiteers persisting in
ignoring orders face a prospect of two years' sen
tence or a. fine of. $5,000. Better be safe than
sorrv. '
Saluting an officer is a ceremony that palls
on many a soldier of our national army, if he
must go through it frequently in the course of a
; day. In the reservation or cantonment he is sel
dom allowed to avoid it, never by an officer who
understands the significance of the salute as a
part of discipline. On leave, the soldier of the
national army; whose head may be filled with
false notions of the relation of democracy to
military usage, sometimes fails to see the officer
to whom a salute is due. Particularly is this the
case when the soldier, who knew the officer in
civil life as an equal, or perhaps as a less import
ant citizen, disapproves of his success in obtain
ing a commission. It must be admitted, too, that
officers do not always return a salute promptly
and in the right spirit. They misapprehend the
meaning and value of it as much as the ill-disciplined
private does. On this subject Lieuten
ant' Colonel Andrew J.' Dougherty, late of the
Thirtieth infanty, United States army, and now
of the Three Hundred and Fifty-seventh infantry,
national army, speaks words of wisdom, which
the national army would do well to assimilate:
"When an enlisted man, a lieutenant, a cap
tain, a colonel, a general salutes his superior, he
says by that act: 'I will obey you.' And the
smartness with which the' salute is made is an
exact measure of the way he will obey. When
he returns the salute of an inferior in rank, he
says: 'I will strive to the limit to prepare myself
to lead you to victory.' He will fight as he sa
lutes. This act, repeated scores of times daily,
forms a habit which neither fear, nor sickness, nor
physical weakness can break."
Colonel Dougherty was once an enlisted man
himself. At San Juan he fought as a corporal of
the Third cavalry. Ten years later he was gov
ernor of the province of Santiago by appointment
of Major General Thomas H. Barry, at the time
commanding the American army of the second
occupation in Cuba. The civil governor had been
delinquent, and was ordered to turn his office over
to Captain Dougherty, the corporal of San Juan,
who had qualified for the new trust by his success
in making regulars of the rural guard of Cam
aguey and Oriente. The point is that Colonel
Dougherty rose in the service because he sub
mitted to discipline when he was in the ranks
and taught it to the men he, commanded as an
officer, in other words, because .he was always
actuated by the spirit of the soldier. He is, there
fore, an excellent authority on the salute.
The Parallel of the Watermelon
Edgar Howard's Answer to Senator Hitchcock's
Attack on Him.
Once when I was a little boy I went with some
playmates to visit a watermelon patch. None of
us had been invited to the patch. We just invited
ourselves. The melons were fine.' Each boy
picked the best melon he could find, and all be
gan running for the fence. Then came the voice
of the farmer who owned the melon patch. All
the boys except one dropped the melons they
were carrying and quickly plunged through, over
pr under the fence. The boy who insisted uoon
carrying his stolen melon lagged far behind. The
farmer commanded the boy to stop, but he con
tinued to run as fast as he could, which was but
slowly, because the stolen melon was very heavy.
Then the man fired a shot from a gun. Several
of the bird shot struck the boy carrying the melon.
He dropped his stolen plunder, and soon he caught
up with his more fortunate mates. That evening
trie doctor picked 46 little bird shot from beneath
the boy's skin. All through the years that little
boy, now a middle-aged man, goes into one of f
two kinds or convulsions every time he sees a
watermelon, or hears anybody talking about a
watermelon. Sometimes it is a convulsion of rage,
causing the man to foam at the mouth and make
dire and frightful threats against watermelons.
Sometimes it is a convulsion of fear, causing the
man to moan piteously and to plead that the
watermelon may not be permitted to harm him.
Always I am reminded of that playmate of
mine who insisted upon keeping that stolen water,
melon when I notevthe convulsion of rage, or the
convulsion of fear which attacks Senator Hitch
cock's Omaha World-Herald at mention of the
name of a farmer. Sometimes the convulsion is
so severe that it causes the World-Herald to run
amuck, and not only to attack every farmer it
meets, but also every man who is known to be a
friend of farmers. And often I am thinking that
the life of that boy might have been sweeter in
fiis younger years, and his later years more free
from madness and fear, if only the boy had not
insisted upon keeping that stolen melon, even
after the farmer had caught him with the melon
under his arm. . t
What is the moral attached to this little story
about the boy, the watermelon, the farmer and
the shadows? I don't know that there is much
of a moral attached to it. My business in the
world is to make people understand each other.
And so I have told this little story of the boy
who stole the watermelon, and insisted upon
stealing it and keeping it, even after the farmer
caught him in the act why. I tell the story to
show Nebraska farmers how natural it is that
Senator Hitchcock's newspaper should now be
taking the side of the big war profiteers and de
nouncing Nebraska farmers as lacking in patriot
ism, simply because they insist that if the govern
ment is to fix the price of things which the far
mer produces, then the government should also
fix the, price of some things which the farmer
must buy. t . ,
War Clothes for Men
New York World
The "reformation" in styles of clothing which
the Commercial Economy board is said to have
effected as a conservation measure, bears some
of the marks of a revolution as respects male at
tire. Not only are men's' clothes to be "simpli
fied and to a great extent standardized " but a
saving of 40 per cent in material is promised, as
against 125 per cent in women's clothes.
This means the elimination of a full yard of
cloth from every; man's suit. A decade ago, when
men wore coats 'which were popularly designated
as "young overcoats," .and trousers correspond
ingly voluminous, the saving might not have
been difficult. Now, with men's clothes more or
less "standardized" in general snugness of fit, the
economy will involve drastic curtailment. It
will necessarily mean the- elimination of patch
pockets Sfld pocket-flaps, lapels, belts and trouser
cuffs and the reduction of coats to jacket length.
Will the next step be to knickerbockers and
small-clothes? Golf may give us a logical, style
of civilian war garb with a saving of cloth from
the knee down and waistcoats of any material.
But certainly there is no war measure of reform
in which American men will more cheerfully co
operate than in the alteration of clothing styles
toward simplicity and economy of material.
People and Events;
The campaign managers of Mayor Mitchel in
New York report having spent $1,209,695 from
start to finish and then came in a poor second.
However, they had a lively Hylan nmg.
New York appraisers value the estate of the
late. Colonel Oliver Hazard Payne at $32,000,000,
of which $7,000,000 goes to charities and public
institutions in Cleveland and New York.
Cdal is rattling into the fuel bins of Philadel
phia. The federaT fuel dictator placed a water
wagon seat under the driver of each coal wagon
and required deliveries of strictly dry fuel with
out stops at suds stations. The plan is said to
work during business hours.
Colonel Harvey of free silver fame is reported
in the southwest sulking in the tents of the good
roads movement. Twenty-one years ago half the
voting population swore by the colonel and
flocked to his coined dope as eagerly as though it
were a loaded pie counter. Now they are swearing
at him down in Oklahoma and criticizing him "as
erratic, impulsive and consequently undefend
able." Old "Coin" Harvev. all right
' " ' ' ' v. .
Right in the Spotlight.
Miss Anna A. Gordon, w,ho Is presid
ing' over the sessions of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance union
In Washington this week, has been
president of that organization since
1914, in -which year she was chosen
to succeed the late Mrs. L. M. N.
Stevens. Miss Gordon is a native of
Massachusetts and a graduate of
Mount Holyoke college. In early life
she became interested in the cause of
temperance, and in the course of time
became private secretary to Miss
Frances E. Willard, probably the most
famous of all American women tem
perance workers. An an official of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union
Miss Gordon has toured the world, and
is as well known in other lands as any
worker In the temperance crusade who
comes from America. She is the
author of a life of Miss Willard and
has written many temperance songs
and stories. .
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Austro-Germans captured Bucharest,
capital of Roumania.
German crown prince made his first
attack at Verdun since French victory
in October.
David Lloyd George was asked by
King George to form a ministry for
Great Britain.
In Ojnaha Thirty Years Ago.
Joseph Barker was elected president
of the Omaha Bureau of Charities;
Augustus Pratt, vice president, and
W. W. Wallace, treasurer.
A large audience witnessed Karal
fy's "Dolores" at the Boyd.
Chief Seavey took a short trip to
Cortland, where he spent Sunday with
J. B. Deweiett, an old army friend.
The new Presbyterian church at the
corner of Twenty-fifth and I streets
will be dedicated on Sunday next. The
opening sermon will be delivered by
Rev. W. W. Harsha.
At a meeting of the councilmen the
city physician reported 87 deaths and
119 births in Omaha during the month
of November. At the same meeting
a, petition of the Chicago, St. Paul,
Mineapolis & Omaha railroad for per-
mission to construct 'a sewer along
Grace street was referred.
Colonel Henry's lecture on "Indians
and Indian Campaigns" was given in
the chapter rooms under the cathedral.
Miss Agnes McDonald was elected
assistant principal at the Leavenworth
school.
This Day In History.
1816 Curtis Hooks Brogden, gov
ernor of North Carolina and represen
tative in congress, born at Goldsboro,
N. C. Died there January 5, 1901.
1830 George G. Vest, for many
years a United States senator from
Missouri, born at Frankfort, Ky. Died
at Sweet Springs, Mo., August 9, 1904.
1833 Colonel John Singleton Mosby,
famous confederate cavalry chieftain,
born in Powhatan county, Viriginia.
Died in Washington, D. C, May 30,
1916. ,
1863 General Sherman' relieved
Knoxvllle, which had been besieged by
General Longstreet
1889 Jefferson Davis, ex-president
of the confederate states of America,
died in New Orleans. Born in Chris
tian county, Kentucky, June 3, 1808.
1914 French captured Vermeles,
north of Arras.
1915 President Wilson sent note to
Austria demanding disavowal of the
Ancona sinking.
The Day We Celebrate.
Francis A. Brogan is celebrating his
57th birthday today.
Major Herbert M. Lord, paymaster
United States army, is 61 years old to
day. Charles E. Foster, former "police
judge, is celebrating his 41st birth
day. General August von Mackensen, who
has been directing the Austro-German
drive into Italy, born irj Saxony, 68
years ago today.
Howard Elliott, who recntly became
chairman of the board of directors of
the Northern Pacific railroad, born in
New York City, 67 years ago today.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue, U. S. N.,
former chief of the bureau of naviga
tion, born in Richmond county. North
Carolina, 61 years ago today.
Atlee Pomerene, senior United States
senator from Ohio, born in Holmes
codnty, Ohio, 64 years ago today.
Joseph Conrad, one of the most
popular of present-day English novel
ists, born 60 years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The people of Holland today will
hold their annual celebration of St
Nicholas day, which corresponds to the
Christmas festival in other Christian
lands.
Opportunities and responsibilities of
life insurance in solution of the after
war problems of the nation will be the
theme of the 11th annual convention
of the association of life insurance
presidents, meeting today in New York
City.
A four-day conference of state chair
men and other leaders of the woman's
party has been called to meet 1ft Wash
ington today to decide whether the
picketing of the White HJouse shall be
continued.
THE COUNTRY DANCE.
William II. Bellah in Philadelphia Inquirer.
Oh, come, tho leaves are Tallin' and some
thing keeps on callin'
And callin' me from city street to quiet
country lane;
Ti3 the season's spell around me which
has haunted and has found me
In ecstasy to yield myself unto its charm
again.
So come let's take a ramble by stream and
brush and bramble.
The town is mad with rushing and ambi
tion's always sad;
We'll leave the feverish worker and be
today the shirker
And try again some old delight which
pleased us when a hid.
What say we go a-frolickln' to acountry
dance a-rolllckln'
And trayly foot an old-time step to an
old-time fiddler's tune,
N'one o' this now stylo tango that never
heard a banjb
With lis "swing yo' corners" one and all.
- to the light of the harvest moon.
Here, nigger, tunc that fiddle and "ladles
pass the middle,"
And "hands around," "grand right and
left,' and "cut the pigeon wing."
Oh, It's Joy in old square dancin to feel
your feet a-prancin'
And know you ve not Jes' quite forgot to
do that sort o' thing r
Get off my foot. Bill Ryder, you mus' be
full o' elder;
Whst was that call, to "honor all?" Miss
Kate. I'll honor you;
If you're my partner, honey, you sho' can
get my money,
Tvo loved you since you were a kid with
heavenly eyes of blue.
Now, stop: you quit that laughiu'; a man
don't like such chaffln
When all his future happiness depends
m on what you say:
Jos' listen to 'era holler! Ed Jones, has, lost
his collar! '
Look out, there, Ed, there lots o' time,
a we'll dance till crack o' day!
And home we'll (to a-froliekin' through
Autumn woods a-roillckin';
One hand to drive and one to hold; per
haps a stolen kiss;
And tonight we fare a-plenty with the vouth
of sweet-and-twenty, .
Where Reuben Is the king of all and owns
a klruidnra of bllsr
7fieS
U39Si
Xo "Warring Factions" in Normals.
Wayne, Neb., Dec. 4. To the Editor
of The Bee: In your issue of Decem
ber 3 you printed a communication
from a candidate for president of th'e
State Teachers' association, in which
he says in part? .
"I can see no reason why the teach
ers of the state should be called upon
to decide between the warring factions
of two competing state normal schools
when it is certain that, no matter
which side they may take, there must
be-a division of the educational forces.
Let these schools settle their own dif
ferences while he teachers go on
building better things for the children
of the state. I can see no earthly rea
son why the teachers of the state
should listen to a few designing men
who are seeking to divide the educa
tional forces in order that they may
further their own personal interests."
The above quotatkn is uncalled for
in every particular. It places the state
normal school at Peru and the state
normal school at Wayne in. the wrong
light The facts are that the relations
between the faculties and the presi
dents of these schools are most cor
dial And friendly and always have
been: There inot a prominent school
man or school woman in the state of
Nebraska who is conversant with edu
cational affairs who does not know this
to be true.
To speak of the "warring factions"
when there is no foundation for so
doing is unprofessional, unfair, un
kind and silly. The whole thing looks
like a cheap bid for votes.
I believe I voice the sentiment of
every member of the Wayne faculty
as well as of the Teru faculty and its
president when I protest against the
spirit shown in the article referred to.
U. S. CONN.
Why Nots for Thoughtless Givers.
Omaha, Dec. V To. the Editor of
The Bee: Why not refrain from buy
ing that tinselled whislcbroom holder
for a reciprocal giver and donate the
price therof to war relief work?
Why not refrain .from' making that
safety-pin holder out of gay ribbon
and put in the time knitting wristlets
for the hands that are defending you
from the horrors of war ?
Why not throw aside that tatting for
your friend's guest towel and let your
hands get busy making surgical dress
ings for the boys who are fighting for
you? i
Why not eliminate the seals and tags
and tinselled cord from your Christ
mas packages and ' give the price
thereof to the relief of suffering in the
countries devastated by war?
Why not give useful gifts this year?
Aim to supply some want Instead of
giving trifling makeshifts or extrava
gant gifts? -1
Why not give to our nearest and
dearest friends of your love, your loy
alty and unselfish consideration and
donate your gift money to the safe
guarding of their homes and yours
against the dangers that threaten?
Why not be moderate anu at the
same time be safe and sane in regard
to the children's Christmas this year?
Santa Claus has an excellent alibi in
the camps and in the trenches, for
there he is helping to procure for your
children the gifts of security and free
dom for years to come.
And, lastly, why not put an inde
faceable stamp on your Christianity at
this time? Why not bring your gifts
of gold, of self-sacrificing labor and
deeds of mercy to lay at the feet of
the Divine Savior, in whose righteous
cause our brave men are enlisted to
day. ' BAYOLL NE TKELE. .
Ileal Meaning of Democracy.
Omaha, Dec. 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: Mr. Frank A. Agnew has
written some good things for the Let
ter Box, but he evidently has his, "lines
crossed" with regard to the origin of
the words democracy and republic.
In his most recent effusion he con
tends that the terms are antithetical,
whereas they are really synonyms. The
only difference is that one is derived
from the Greek and the other from
the Latin.
Demos in Greek means the people
and lexicographers agree that a de
mocracy is a government by the peo
ple, "a system of government in which
the sovereign power of the state is
vested in the people as a whole and is
exercised directly by them or their
elected agents," says the Century dic
tionary. And the same authority, de
fining reppblic, states that it is. "a com
monwealth, a government in which the
executive power in vested in a person
or persons chosen directly by the body
of citizens entitled to vote." This is
the difference between twedledum and
twedledee. As "democracy" is derived
from demos, the people, so "republic"
is derived from res publica, the primi
tive being populas, the people. How
Mr. Agnew can confound "ochlocracy"
(mob government) with democracy is
something that I cannot understand.
Nor can I understand why he should
allow his effervescent patriotism to
classify the German people with "the
most barbarous nations of the earth."
The history of this great people shows
that it is among the most advanced
nations of the world in literature, sci
ence and art. JOHN. RUSH.
- , Make All Help i'oot the Bills.
Omaha, Dee. 4. To the Editor of
TheJJee: It is manifestly the duty of
the government to furnish our soldier
boys at the expense of the whole peo
ple with the conveniences of the
Young Men's Christian association and
with the necessities that are now fur
nished by the Red Cross. Our repre
sentatives in congress now assembled
should be asked to bring this about.
The cheerful givers in all cities and
towns 'are left to do' all the giving,
while some of the wealthiest tight
wads get away without ever having
their, names on a subscription list.
Then take the farmers as a whole.
They certainly have not done their
duty toward the Red Cross and the
Young Men's Christian " associalion.
These activities should be paid for by
taxation and not be allowed to fall
on-rthe shoulders of the willing givers.
ONE OF THE WILLING ONES.
SAID IN FUN.
"Judging from tho picture ot Miss Deco
llete in that society punier, she is in urgent
nfced of being taken to a hospital."
"For what reason?"
To have her euts dressed." Baltimore
American.' a
'She has rejected me by letter. There la
no hope."
"Are you sure It's final? otlnng writ
ten between the lines ?"
"There's only one line." Boston Tran
script.
Club Bore Say, old fellow, I want some;
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for the Vegetarians' ball tomorrow night.
Acquaintance Well, stick a turnip on
your head and go as a meatless day. Lon
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