THE BEE: -OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918.
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I-Ioyd George certainly is fond of fireworks.
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Watch those tanks take all before them on the
Farnam street hills
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Any day is good enough for the purchase of
a Liberty bond. Obey that impulse.
jThc final heat will be run off Tuesday, May 7.
Mark it down on your calendar.
, Unless you arc in favor of another experience
with a coal shortage get your bin filled this
summer.
.-.Eggs arc $5 apiece back of the German lines
in France. That would be a safe place for some
of our bad actors.
RESULTS OF THE CITY PRIMARY.
The outcome of the city primary is a gratify
ing tribute to the intelligence of Omaha voters
in qualifying for final choice a. set of candidates
at least above the average. It is especially cred
itable that the -voters have eliminated without
compunction and by decisive action all of the
distinct!- 'Totten egg" candidates, no matter how
blatant or how strong they had previously been
in public favor.
The primary campaign, despite the numerous
slates, was more a personal scramble for position
than anything else. From now on it may be ex
pected that issues will be more sharply defined
and individualities figure more as they stand for
what the people want in city government. It is
inevitable that combinations will be formed be
tween the candidates resulting in opposing
"slates" of groups making their appeals jointly.
It is quite possible, too, that we may have a re
petition of what happened in the last" city elec
tion when the high men(on both sides won out.
One thing which we venture to suggest at this
time is that the occupants of the city hall for the
next three years, before they come to be chosen,
will bind themselves to give us in fact as well as
in name a nonpartisan municipal government in
stead of a democratic city machine. The people,
of course, do not want a republican machine any
more than they .want a democratic machine built
on city patronage and favor, but they have a
right to object to democratic politics camou
flaging as nonpartisanship. The first proposition
in the present campaign should be an agreement
with the people to divorce the city hall from party
politics and keep it so divorced, as the commis
sion plan of government contemplates.
Sonic candidate is overlooking a real good
platform plank by failing to pledge abolition of
the unwelcome "welcome" arch.
, A local railroad man says letters from hetid
urtcr3 to Mr. McAdoo arc no longer signed
' Vpurs truly." but "We beg to remain."
!;'"Clca!i-:ip" day still is some distance ahead,
but that does not mean you are barred from rid
eKifjj: vour premises of rubbish at any time.
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Corn planting is next thing in order, and if
preparations count for anything, Nebraska ii go-
J to duplicate its wonderful yield of last year.
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lSonie of our boys are definitely located on the
firg line with the British in Picardy, and the
lldii will be made aware of a new note in the
symphony of war. American dash and British
stubbornness will make a great combination in
jjThe archbishop of Canterbury opened the
Uifaed States senate with prayer one morning
kit' week and in doing so quoted more extensive
lyjjfrom Abraham .Lincoln jtian he did from the
prayer book. His choice of source is not surpris
ing and this ia not in derogation of the Book of
Common Prayer.
' i Figures That Mislead.
;3t was Bret Hart who said "for ways that are
dadi; and tricks that are vain, the heathen
CIinee is peculiar," but, for a juggling of figures
calculated to mislead, comment us to the three
pages of the latest "Municipal Statistics" issued
by'our department of. accounts and finance pur
potting to give "an analysis of the construction,
equipment and remodeling" of our Omaha city
hafl.
ijWithout going back of the summary, the ex
, hiblt is made to represent to'the public that the
total cost of building and" remodeling our city
hall is $1,196,478.76, to make np which our mu
nicipal financiers have added together the pro
ceeds of all the city hall bonds (minus premium)
land all the bond interest that has been paid and
"will be paid up to the expiration of the present
outstanding renewal bonds. No offset whatever
is hinted at for the rental value of the city's 30
years' occupancy of the building and the only
wonder is that interest is not also added in for
20 or 30 years of another renewal borrowing alter
the, present loan matures.
. What the object of this marvelous piece of ac
counting may be is not clear unless to convey
the fs'se idea that our city hall has cost us nearly
$1,200,000 and should be so carried as an asset
to '.support the municipal credit. If any such
fanciful statistics were put across on a bank, a
railroad or an insurance company, someone would
surely be called.
.Omaha, a few years ,ago, bought some very
expensive 1itiga:!4i and sadly jolted its borrow
ing ability by making: misleading representations
which certain bond brokers used as an excuse
for repudiating an accepted bid for our bonds
anjd this exhibit would seem to invite repetition
Of that costly experience.
Home Rule and Army Service for Ireland. .
Lloyd George, with characteristic bluntness,
has fairly challenged all Irish factions by propos
ing home rule and conscription for Ireland in
the same breath. Without reference to the report
of the Irish convention, which has not yet been
fully considered by the cabinet, and which is only
a majority report, the premier, facing a terrible
crisis, expresses frankly his intention to extend
the military service laws to include Ireland, and
to provide "such proposals for self-government as
are just and can be carried out without-violent
controversy." In this he is already disappointed.
Unionist Ulster will accept conscription, but is
ready to engage in civil war rather than to submit
to home rule, On. the other side, the nationalists
will not take home rule that does not include
Ulster, and strenuously resist compulsory mili
tary service. ' '
Ulsterites advance economic as well, as reli
gious differences in support of their position, yet
it is conceivable that the most stubborn of these
may be resolved, and that prosperous Belfast will
still prosper, even with its representatives sitting
in parliament at Dublin alongside Corkonians.
To the assertion of John Dillon that "the liberty
of Ireland is not at stake," the amazed . world
must query, "What assurance has been given the
Irish that they will enjoy immunity the Germans
will not grant the rest of the world?" .National
ists must realize that fulfillment of their hopes
only can come through the overthrow of the
kaiser's power, and that no act of Parliament
granting home rule will be of avail to them if
Great Britain be' defeated now.
Sinn Fein opposition to the draft is that of
boluevisnv wherever found, and is ; entitled -to
consideration only as such. Wonder often has
been expressed that these can contemplate the
spectacle of English,' Scotch, Welsh, French, Ca-,
Indians and Americans, submitting to conscrip
tion, to battle for freedom, while Irishmen, who
have so long struggled to be free, hold off. It is
to the glory of the Irish, though, that Sinn Fein
does not represent the nation. Hundreds of thou
sands of brave Irish lads have gone voluntarily
into the army, and Ufsterman and Connaughtman,
Protestant and Catholic alike, have fought with
glorious valor and buried factional differences on
the bloody fields of France. Perhaps Lloyd George
knows this better than do the short-sighted par
tisans who now excite a turmoil over his pro
posed legislation. 1 '
Nikolai Lenine is going to declare war on
Japan. He ought to look up the archives at Tet
rograd and find out what happened about IS
years ago, when the late czar was engaged in war
with the little brown brother.
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Hindcnburg's drive' is no less furious than
when started, but it does not seem to be-winning
him much more than the same tactics did for
Von Moltke in 1914. Neither the channel ports
nor Paris is in reach of the Hun.
Casualty lists from France are growing longer,
and the glorious company of those who have died
for freedom is increasing. But they have not
died in vain and their wprk will be finished.
Still, there is room to doubt whether it was
advisable, for it certainly was not necessary, to
enlist the High School of Commerce girls as
workers at the polls. )
The attempt to use the police pension fund as
political capital for a police commissioner seems
to have proved more deadly at the breech than
at the muzzle.
Women and the Humorists
Spirited Drive Against the Hoary Jokes of Mere Man
Now there rises another feminist to defend
her sex against ancient slanders. In the cur
rent, number of Books and Authors Eleanor
Gates refutes numerous hoary charges and
declares that the popular newspaper attitude
toward women has been harmful and unfaif.
Why don't the cartoonists and newspaper
writers catch up with the times? she inquires.
The status of women everywhere is entirely
different from what it was 100 or so years
ago, but this transformation has brought no
answering change to the joke writer or car
toonist; instead, they are still serving the
same moss-covered anecdotes that enlivened
the days of our great-grandfathers, while
many cartoons are based on assumptions that
go back to prehistoric times.
"Newspapers," asserts Miss Gates, "dis
play toward women an attitude entirely
different from that shown men. due to these
old ideas, which they refuse to part with.
They assume that women have no sense of
humor, are ignorant and empty-headed, vain,
spiteful and cowardly; that they are posses
sed of the lion's share of curiosity, are in
capable of loyalty, eager for the marriage
ceremony, beings without logical brains,
wasteful of man's money, naggers and scolds,
with an inborn objection to telling their
ages." Not a pleasant characterization, as
anyone will admit.
Champions of womankind as a whole are
still decidedly rare, and so after reading Miss
Gates' defense of her sex the reporter hied
her promptly to the attractive high-ceilinged
studio apartment of the author of the "Poor
Little Rich Girl" to hear more about it.
"We are apt to underestimate the effect of
jokes," asserted Miss Gates, from her dark
throne chair near the library table, the light
ofa tall shaded lamp making a shining halo
of her hair,-"we allow them to pass as of no
importance, but their power is far-reaching
nevertheless.. They are repeated endlessly
and every child goes straight to the funny
pictures of the newspapers. It is from them
that he gets his first impression of the short
comings of women.
"And think how home is portrayed in these
pictures. It is represented as a place presided
over by a nagging, suspicious scold from
whom poor man is always endeavoring to
escape. The wife is invariably shown as a
frump and it is implied that the only fascin
ating ladies are of the variety that the 'old !
man meets out on the sly.
, "Now, this sort- of- thing is not going to
harm husband or wife in the least," explained
Miss Gates,., "but it does give, a terribly
wrong impression to young boys just grow-1
ing up. It makes them laugh at things that !
are not tunny, lessens their respect for wo
men,' gives them the idea that alt men are
discontented at home, that the ordinary wife
is a petty, gossipy, brainless tyrant, and that
marriage is a net spread for him by every
girl 'he meets.
"As a matter of fact," Miss Gates con
tinuect'smilingly, ''the average American hus
band is rather too fond of staying at home.
Instead of its being a place to flee from, wife
finds it almost impossible to force him out
of it when he really ought to go. It requires
the gift of eloquence to persuade him to
budge. His old friends, the Rocky Mountain
Hunters, will call him up to ask him to their
annual dinner, and husband at the telephone
will hem and haw so pathetically in his
efforts to think up an excuse that wife feels
sorry for him.
"Marriage becomes a habit with him." the
dramatist continued. "He gets so accustomed
to Ins wife that he can t get along without
her, feels aggrieved if he comes in and finds
her out and greets her when she returns
with as much enthusiasm as if she had been
trone a year. That is the way it is in most of
the homes that I know anything about. The
husband is not bothering about the sirens
of the humorists. He may look admiringly
at some pretty girl on the subway, but he
doesn't intend that it be taken seriously.
If she waited for him outside, expecting an
invitation to lunch or the theater, husband
would be embarrassed to death. He wouldn't
know what in the world to -do about it. It
would be a most awkward situation for him.
The American husband is so entirely satis
fied in his home and family that I can't help
feeling that a woman who loses her husband
must be perfectly frightful," Miss Gates ex
claimed. "I do think, however, that men do not al
ways know what is going on in the minds
of the women of their families. A Columbia
university professor was telling me the other
day that he had been having an interesting
discussion with one of his students on some
subject and he said to her: 'Your father is
an intellectual man; why don't you discuss
this with him also and get his opinion?' 'Oh,
that would, be impossible,' she replied.
'Father would prefer to imagine that I know
nothing about such things.'
"Women are continually accused of being
incapable of loyalty to each other," Miss
Gates went on. "While some women may be
lacking in sincerity, we have numerous ex
amples in politics and business of men's dis
loyalty to each other. It certainly is not a
fault peculiar to women."
To quote from the aforementioned article
in Books and Authors, these are other
memorable slanders that Miss Gates resents:
"Then there is the old assumption that
women are the gossips. This was never
really true, for since time immemorial men
have also been addicted to gossiping. At one
time, when women could neither read nor
write, they were, of course, the chief gossips,
for there was nothing left for them to do
except talk; but tlt state of things has not
been known for centuries. Still tire profes
sional joke maker loves to deride woman's
love of gossip, and the editorial writer is
just as much given to this assumption as the
cartoonists. They are everlastingly telling
us, among other things, that we talk too
much I They mean, of course, that we are
too much- given to savins: what we reallv
think. We are not afraid to speak the truth, j
and much more inclined to consider principle I
than tact or policy." New York Sun. j
Stand Fast America!
From the Nation, New York.
Stand fast, America! That is the word
for today. Stand fast it) your might, in your
courage, in your faith. Brave sons of the
Puritan . and .ihe Cavalier of the Huguenot
and the Quaker and the Romanist, of all
who came here seeking liberty, children of
England and Ireland and France and Italy
and Russia yes, and Germany, too brave
young" Americans all who are arrayed today
where the leaden hail beats pitilessly on the
blood stained battlefields of France, stand
fast! And you who work unknown and un
noticed on the' leviathans of 'death in the
gloomy datkness of the "Atlantic and the
North Sea, stand fast! And you' who go
down to the sea in ships, taking your life in
your hand, bearing your precious freight of
food and human lives, stand fasti And you
who labor at home, in the old accustomed
place, following the plow, tending the loom,
driving the engine, carrying on as always the
task whereby the people live, stand fast! And
you who teach the little ones, you who carry
in your hands the treasure of the future,
stand fasti And you who. stand on the watch
towers of the state, scanning the sky for
some sign of light in the universal darkness
wherein we grope, seeking to guide the foot
steps of this people into the paths of a
righteous peace, in God's name stand fast!
Today, as never before, must evejy American
stand fast, doing with all his might the task
that is given him to do, giving of his service,
his love, his patriotic devotion in whatever
way he can best aid to bring about that peace
of justice which is the chiefest need of a
tortured world.
Stand fast, America, in your might the
might of your territory, your resources, your
wealth, your skill above all, your spirit,
which most truly lias made you great. Stand
in your unconquerable might, and if the
haughty enemy boast of his victorious sword,
lose not that faith in the sword of the spirit
which has sustained you in the darkest hours.
Stand fast, America, in your courage!
Cowards Americans have never been, nor
will they fear today, though the sky is black.
If "clouds and darkness are round about
him," none the less "righteousness and judg
ment arc the habitation of his throne." And
though America cannot yet see the path that
leads to the triumph of the right, it will still
stand fast in an invincible belief that the way
will Open. It will stand fast in the courage
that refuses tq compromise, refuses to yield
any point of right or fairness, while conced
ing all that does not .trench upon those prin
ciples for which it has entered the struggle.
hindered and unafraid, not bowing down be
fore kings or priests or generals, a faith that
human life may become something infinitely
sweet i and good and happy, a faith that men
shall not forever at beck and call of princes
and 4iplomats be led as sheep to the
slaughter that faith towards which America
has beenever struggling upward has shot its
ray of hope around the world. In this su
preme dark hour, America, in that faitli stand
fast!
More Peaks for Yellowstone
Park
Tourists frequently have said that the
Yellowstone region lacks the supreme grand
eur of some other of our national parks. This
criticism will cease to have weight when the
Teton mountains, to the south, are added
to the park. These mountains begin at the
foot of the Pitchstone plateau a mile or two
below the southern gateway and extend south
and west. They border Jackson lake on its
west side, rising in a series of toothed and
jagged peaks until they reach a climax, 30
miles south of the park, in the Grand Teton
which rises' cathedral-like to an altitude of
13.747 feet. This outcropping of gigantic
granite peaks is an imposing massing of
mountain spires. It leaps more than 7,000
feet, apoarently perpendicular from lake and
plain. Seen from the road at Moran, where
the Snake river escapes from the reclamation
dam which pens flood waters within Jack
son lake for the benefit df farms in arid
western lands, these mountain seem actually
to border the lake's west shore; yet they are
nine miles away from the observer.
Jackson; Hole, as this country has been
known, for many years, was the last refuge
of the desperado of the picturesque era of
western life. Here until comparatively recent
years the bank robber of the city, the high
wayman of the plains, the "bad man" of the
frontier, the hostile Indian. an.dMhe hunted
murderer found retreat. In these rolling,
partly wooded plains, and in the foothills
and gorges of the mountains, even military
pursuers were baffled. Here for years they
lived in safety on the elk herds of the neigh
borhood, and raided countrysides at leisure.
With "their passing and the partial protection
of the game, Jackson Hole entered upon its
final destiny that of contributing to the
pleasure and inspiration of visitors. These
mountains from their nature are a component
cart 'of the- Yellowstone National Park.
In that courage, for the love of humanity, it Jyjipse gamut of scenery they complete, and
will fafl not. , no doubt would have been included in 1872
Stand fast, America, in your faith! A
faith in all men, even the humblest, a faith
in their' possibilities, a faith in their right to
opportunity, irrespective of birth or wealth
of station, a faith in their capability to choose
their own way of life, taught indeed, but un-
within the original boundaries had their
magnificance then been known and appre
ciated. Already visitors to Yellowstone have
claimed it and automobile stages run to
Moran and baVk on regular schedules.
Boston Transcript.
jnr Year Ago Today In the War.
Announcement that British war
coijrVm.U!ioii headed by Arthur J. Bal
four would visit the yjttted States.
British cut into both sides of Cer
man angle southeast of Arras, in
npite of Hlndenburg's reinforcements
and' a blinding snowstorm.
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TUe; Day We Celebrate.
Brigadier General William C. Raf
ferb', United States army, born In In
diana, 9 years ago.
Charles E. Hughes, former associate
Justice of the supreme court of the
Vntted States, born at Glens Falls,
X. t3T.. S years aao.
jfchn W. Weeks. United States sen
ator from Massachusetts, born at Lan
caster, N. 11., 58 years ago.- -.
This Day In History. '
1?92 General Anthony Wayne was
appointed commander of the United
fctaes army. - 1
1J94 Edward Everett, famous
statesman ' and orator. born -at Dor
chester, Maes. Died in Boston, Jan
uary X5, 1865. " i
If 12 Four British barges wer
taken in Hampton Roads by the
Untied States frlgata Constellation.'
1S47 King of Prussia opened the
first session of the United Diet at Ber
lin,? V- '-. --"
1112 The Irish home rule bill was
introduced in the British Parliament
by fremier Asquith. , i
J ust 80 Years Ago Today
At a meeting, of the Veteran Fire
men's association, J. C. Farrlsh was
appointed assistant secretary.
The Rothery diamond badge, which
is to be donated to the member of the
sit'
Omaha base ball team having the best
general.averae In the end of the sea
son, ts on exhibition in C. 8. Ray
mond's Jewelry store.
. Marshal! Ballentlne Booth, son of
General ' Booth, commander of the
Salvation Army, and his wife, held a
big salvation meeting at the Exposi
tion hall.
"""Work was cortmenced on the base
ball grounds at South Omaha. A
fence surrounding the grounds is be
ing constructed.
Mrs. Harry Stanton of Valparaiso
is visiting Mrs. George Logan of this
city. ,
The Wabash ticket office has been
newly papered in gold and is inviting
and beautiful, ,
State Press Comments
Talrbury News: W sometimes
boast that we are a great nation,
mentally, morally and physically. Bat
when we consider 1 advantageous to
add a working hour to the day. we
have to kid ourselves by turning the
clock -ahead to get -up on time.
Kearney Hub: Nebraska farmers
are becoming bondholders in the very
best sense, not the "bloated" variety
that has been berated so much ,in fact
and fiction, but holders of Uncle Sam's
"liberty" bonds which are pledged as
a guaranty of the, liberty of mankind.
Tork Democrat: The difference be
tween the Farmers' Co-operative
union' and the Nonpartisan fcague is
that the Farmers' Co-operative union
is helping to win the war, whtle the
Nonpartisan league Is throwing
monkeywrenches into America's war
machinery.
Oakland Independent: 1 While the
country is straining every nerve to
carry the war to a successful conclu
sion, some men are creating side Is
sues, like the forming of new political
parties. We have parties enough at
present, and the less politics we have,
the better. The thing to center on
now is to win the war.
Fremont Tribune: That advertise
ment of Omaha men in the . Tribune
of stock for sale in a big new packing
plant for that city makes the profits
of the business show very , much
larger than The big packers hjive been
willing to concede in the government
inquiry belnr made.- -It is -Ilk ety that
the advertisement has come nearer to
stating the real facts than the packers
nave been ready to concede.
Editorial Snapshots
Minneapolis Journal: K you love the
garden some, you should lovethe lawn
mower.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Avia
tion may not be more dangerous in
Europe than infantry service. It seems
to be more dangerous in Texas.
Detroit Free Press: An optimist Is a
man. who hqpes that one of the kais
er's six sons will some day accidentally
be walking In the' path of an allies'
shell.
Washington Post: Come to think
of it, when did the socialist knockers
ever leave off attacking the American
system long enough to take a whack
at the kaiser?
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Pittsburgh Chronicle: Giving a wo
man a ride on a rail for disloyal ut
terances is the Illinois idea of efyual
suffrage. She should be thankful that
it wasn't an application of tar and
feathers. ,
Brooklyn Eagle: Everybody was in
terested In Senator Overman's story
of the plotters who set airplane rivet
heads in soft lead. But he did not
tell us what detectives caught the plot
ters and when the plotters were
hanged. That was an unfortunate
omission.
New Tork World: The General
Federation of Women's Clubs is said
to intend advocating the uniform cut
ting and designing of women's street
olothes "along lines of economs'." Has
not 1 the' conservation of material in
women's outdoor dress already ap
proximated an irreducible - minimum
rln scantiness?
Twice Told Tales
Caution.
Sandy and John were sitting in a
car when a pretty girl got in and
smiled at the former. We raised his
hat. . '
"Do you know her?" asked the
Englishman.
"Oh, yes, very well," the Scot re
plied. "Well, shall we go and sit over be
side her. and then you can introduce
me?" asked his companion.
"Wait a bit," returned the canny
Scot. "She hasna paid her fare yet."
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Let Others Do the Worrying.
Amos J. Cummings and Ernest Jar
rold were once In a pilot boat during
a great storm. The former lay on a
bunk, intently, reading. The boat
gave a fearful lurch, and careened
until it seemed that it must turn
completely over.
"This is awful, Amos:" said Jar
rold. "I'm going to put on a life
preserver, for the boat can't stand it
many minutes longer."
"Oh, keep quiet and let me read,
TOlckey!". said Cummings, never lift
ing his eyes. "The men on this boat
draw a regular salary to keep her
afloat!" Saturday Evening Post.
Fine Point of Humor.
"Why did he marry her at all if
he intended setting a divorce so
speedily?"
"Because he dldn t think it would
be honorable to break the engage
man t" Boston Transcript
Look! Here's a Hint for Patriots.
Omaha, April 10. To the Editor of
The Bee: The primary yesterday
shows pretty well that the best men
run best with the voters. For my part
I would be willing to let the primary
take the place of the election and let
the seven men who have topped the
list be the commissioners. This could
be done if the other seven would ac
cept the verdict and quit. Those of
them that want jobs could be given
appointive places in the city hall and
it would be money saved all around
a saving to the candidates spared the
next four weeks of campaigning and a
saving- of wear and tear on the voters
even if the election still had to be gone
through as a formality. Above all, it
would let everybody attend to the war
work which is the first demand upon
us all. a VOTER.
Xo Creeds Today.
Omaha. April 10. To the Editor of
The Bee: During these days when all
sectarian dffferences should be swept
into oblivion it is pleasant to read in
the last number of the t,'New Age," a
magazine published by the supreme
council of the .Scottish Rite of the
great Masonic order, a tribute to one
of our own citizens, the Roman Catho
lic archbishop of Nebraska. Speaking
of that church's work in the Philip
pines the writer says: "Former Arch
bishop Harty, when acting by himself,
seemed to have the same idea (to keep
church and state separate and be
loyal to each). His interest in educa
tion was genne and not confined to
tne parochialichools. and he labored
Incessantly to keep them working on
government lines. Anything Ameri
can appealed to him: and his country.
men, realizing the difficulties under
which he labored here, sympathized
with him, and appreciated his achieve
ments." All honor to Archbishop Harty and
his church which is today doing such
splendid work for our common cause!
Surely at a time like this we should
put aside all sectarian differences and,
like our brave boys at the front, never
ask the man who fights by our side
whether he be a Protestant or Catho
lice, a Jew or a heretic, but. as long as
he is loyal to our flag, greet him as
a brother, and treat him as a brother
American. All honor to every man
who is standing on our side, no matter
what his creed, or whether he has no
creed! We are all Americans today.
T. J. MACKAY.
.Suspects the Devoted Ten.
Curtis, Neb., April 9. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: I have just read in
The Bee the explanation of 10 sena
tors in regard to their feelings toward
the sedition bill. Now no loyal person
here is worried about this bill. Neither
does any other loyal citizen in the
state need to worry. Its "ostensible
purpose is to promote loyalty," says
the noble 10, and it will sure do it. I
always get suspicious of a bunch that
hiii vuie regaruiess or uoa or morality
and without limit in one direction, and
in the next breath get fearfully worked
up in the Interest of the dear people.
F. F. RIDDELL.
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"Aly friend, the ohotoaracher. in !
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marry him."
"Well, he had somethlne to console him.
At least, he secured a sood negative."
Baltimore American.
Around the Cities
The German-American bank of
Kansas City, Mo., has taken out a
new charter under the name of, the
Mercantile Trust company, and will
formally bury the hyphen on April S.
Telephone merger in the Twin
cities gives the Bell system to Minne
apolis and the Dial system to St. Paul.
A similar partition of territory
throughout the state is projected Ly
the authorities.
Beatrice is happy once more and
wears a smile a yard long. Assur
ances have ' been received from the
higher-ups that the Union Pacific
loves Beatrice as much as ever and
that the report of the company plan
ning to move its terminals is an inven
tion, probably of some envious rival.
A large, four-square chunk of gold
en truth is visioned by the Grand
Island Independent in these words:
"With the deposits in the Nebraska
state banks alone increased by $27
000,000 in the past three months,
there ought to be no trouble in rais
ing the states quota of the third Lib
erty loan."
After years of fruitless effort Balti
more has obtained legislative author
ity to take under its wings various
municipal fledglings in the suburbs
and become, in fact, Greater Balti
more. How much territory will be
annexed js a future development, but
the city has the right to take over
needed elbow room.
On Friday next. April 12, Toledo
will honor itself by unveiling a life
size bronze statue of "Old John Bur
roughs," the famous naturalist. The
statue represents the aged woodsman
seated on a rock with legs crossed,
leaning on the left hand for support
and his right hand shading his eyes
as though gazing at a distant object.
The pose is quaintly natural and most
becoming to a distinguished exponent
of the simple life. Mr. Burroughs will
be the guest of the city school chil
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