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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1918)
THE BEE: v OMAHA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17,-1918. K v- (? " tH HOWELL SCORES NOTICE MAILED - BY NORRIS CLUB Exposes Legislation Opposed "by Norris as Not Legiti- mate Measures in y War Crisis. - F. S. HWell, former United States Ittoraey and ex-chairman ol the - 7 Douglas county republican central V.' 'committee,- has written an open let- ter to C. C. Fransburg of Lincoln, in Ovhich he refutes the allegations made -iby Flansburg on postal cards being ,mailed to further thejolitical aspira tions of enator Norris. In the let ter he says. V "One of 'the NorMs club" postal . cards that are being sent out to the" jYoters of Nebraska has your name . printed thereon as president. My long "''acquaintance with you has caused me to feel a great disappointment in al- lowing your name to be connected "with some of the statments con vtained on the card. I -. "There is one sentence on the card, .which, taken in connection with Mr. ' JJorfis' ftiterpreation of 'legitimate ' measures,' lias convinced me and thousands of other republicans in Ne braska and millions of them in the .United States, that Mr. Norris Jus -done nothing to materially assist in ' any-practical way, the active, speedy and immediate prosecution of the war. -,That sentence is: 'He has supported every legitimate measure to help win the 'war.' ' V One of Wilful Twelve. "It is my understanding that Mr. Norris was one of the-wilful 12 sen ators, who defeated a vote in the sen ate 'at the last hour of the armed neutrality bill, which had passed the house by a four-fifths majority. He ssr-voted against the declaration of war, ihe, army bill to raise an army, the revenue bill to support an army, and fought the e,spoinage bilr to deal with Industrial Workers of the World. pro-German sympathizers aad Ger man spies and propogandists in this country, and ' being absent from the senate atthe' time the vote was aken thereon, fhis attitude and association had been such that Senator Gronna of North Dakota, one of the few sena tors of the United States classed with LaFollette, felt free to announce, and did announce, that Mr. Norris would rote against the bill if present. "The. word, 'legitimate,' used as it ij.-is subject to .definition. The only way that the people have of arriv ing at the definition of its meaning is to interpret it in the light of 4he bills that Mr. Norris has so far regarded isjiot legitimate. As to what bills io win the yar he would regard legiti mate, your card does not advise us, ind as his record now stands, it has obstructed this war as far as his vote :oull do so. "He has omitted from the card, 'the foliar sign upon the American flag' .ind substituted therefor 'big busi ness,' the latter being as far as he now dares go toward the 'dollar, sign jn the flag,' under Ihe state of pub lic feeling in this country. 'If Mr. Norris regards the Army LV 1 -Simple Simon's Signs. Complete the letters of Kimon's sign they will spell the name of a civil war general. Answer to previous puzzle FISHING bill, the Revenue bill, the Espionage bill, as not legitimate, in God's name how does he ever expect the United States to win this war. and how do you, friend Flansburg, expect it? To Divide the People. "I presume now that the dollar on the flag has been so universally con demned that 'big business' will be used as a substitute to prejudice and divide the people of this country.' In saying these things we assume that Mr.. Norris is as patriotic as he knows how to be. "We .need more than mere effer vescent patriotism, or patriotism that is akin to sentimentalism. We need patriotism and judgment and brains, responsible men 'who know what a 'legitimate measure' is whenit is in troduced into congress. "Mr. Norris and Mr. La Follette may have thought that they could defend their opposition to the rev enue bill, during elections, on the grounds that the profiteers and wealthy people of the present day should pay the bills. This does not square --with his voting against the revenue bill which taxes excess pro fits as high as 65 per centand his not opposing a single bond issue. If this. were a war for this generation only, there might be some defense to his opposition to the revenue bill because it was not high enough, but this would lead to opposing all bond issues. It is supposed by the Ameri can people, and the entire civilized world, that this is a war testing 'civil ization and for the good of future generations. That is why we are in it, it is our justification and pride. "I 'do not see how you can, if you investigate his record, endorse the same. " "I do not believe that President Wilsorf is open to the charge that he is working with 'big business' in the offensive way in which the card of Mr. Norris uses that term. Mr. Wil son wanted the revenue bill passed, Mr. Wilson wanted the declaration of war bill passed, and the other bills above referred to, and the loyal republicans of the United States, with good judgment, supported him in it. , ' In No Candidate's Interest. "Could "Mr. Norris, the Gronnas, the La Follettes, the Vardamansand Hardwicks had their way about it, no declaration of war could have been .made in the first place, no army would have been raised in the second place, and no. means to support it would Jiave been voted in the third place, or, if no- other alternative were open to. them after the declaration of war. if they could have voted such a flax upon business in this country as to have destroyed it, they couia nave prevented the manufacture of muni tions of war, and supplies for our sol diers by opposing revenue' bills un der the pretext of being friends of the common people. "There is one blessed gOod thing in this country, and that is. we are all common people, and we are all unit ed, and labor is not looking for any such sop in these times as 'big busi ness' and 'dollar mark on the flag.' They are looking for patriotic judg ment, like every other fcood Ameri can citizen, regardless of party. "If the same kind of support to ''every legitimate measure' had been accepted in Wisconsin, it would have elected La Follette's candidate to the United States senate. "I do not write this letter in the in terest of any candidate, but in the in terest ,of the natibn and the world, and against Mr. Norris to represent this state in the senate." 4 ' Records Broken in Building Railway to French Lines Paris, Aug. 16. A railway more than 130 miles in length behind the French front has been built in less than 100 days and yesterday was opened for traffic. Its purpose is to improve the communications be tween the northern and southern parts of the northern railway system. The construction involved the build ing of two important bridges and a tunnel 375 yards, in length. District Managers of Fourth Liberty Loan Confer on Next Drive Fourteen Nebraska district, man agers attended the first conference of the Fourth Liberty Loan drive at the Chamber of Commerce "today. The meeting began it 11:00 and lasted until the middle of the afternoon. Most of the time of the conference was spent in making plans and hear ing reports from all over the state as to preliminary work already done in preparation for the canfpaign, which begins the last week in Sep tember. One county, the name f which is withheld, is already well or ganized, leaders say. T. C. Byrne, state Liberty loan chairman, who has just returned from Kansas City, presided. He passed on to the district managers many sug gestions he had received at the inter state chairmen's meeting at Kansas City. O. T. Eastman and E. F. Folda, who with Mr. Byrne, compose the Nebraska committee, spoke of plSns for the new drive. The conference revised the list of county chairmen of the last drive. It was found that several changes be cause of resignations and other war work had to be made in the county appointments for the new drive. Omahans-' Arrive in France Maj. John G. Maher, Omaha quar termaster, Friday received a telegram stating that Maj. Walter E. Stern and Capt. H. F. Kleine, both formerly of ficers of the quartermasters' corps here, have arrived in France. f JW J BUTTERMILK 1 CboBrg Drtreslriqg HoaHhfol Served at most places where meals or drinks arc served. Delivered at most Omaha Homes Before Breakfast. Telephone Douglas - 409. Inseparable Friends x Children and Ice Cream. And the friendship never ceases. BANANA PUDDING Freth Sliced Banana Frozen with lep Cream The special we have planned for next Sunday will bring friends together and add something to the reputation of TV ... I 'i August-14, 1918. , Dear Sir: . - ' . There never has been a time when big-thinking, straightforward and hard-hitting Americans were so absolutely essential in. bur public offices as right now. The Hon. Willis E. Reed, now serving his second term as Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, is just such a man. ' , Mr. Reed is THE candidate for the no mination for United States Senator from Ne- x braska,'and he is a man well worth keeping in mind on Augus't 20th, when you mark your 'preference for United States Senator on your ballot. " . Mr. Reed is a man who, regardless of political affiliations, is an American first, last and all the time; and not.only will he co-operate with our President in winning this war, but he is amply capable of meeting and efficiently handling theig problems which "will face America when the war is over. ' . ' Our problems of both today and tomorrow require men of honesty, men of vision, men of practical capacity, and Mr.1 Reed meets all of these requirements. , Confident that you are back of President Wilson, we . urge you to go to the polls on Primary Day and ask for a Democratic Prim ary Ballot and urge others to, do the same. .. .... - - -. . ! ; . 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