THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918.
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The court home gang il worried,' that's pliin.
If this weather does not Insure the corn crop,
nothing will ;
Smash the slates 1 Let the roteri choose their
party candidates as the spirit of the primary law
intended. . ' -. . .
The funny bolsherild give a remarkable imi
tation of the kaiser, in the way of declaring war
and the like. -SSSSSS1S''' -v"'
"Big Jeff was also some batter in his school
days. Watch him hit a home run and clean the
bases Tuesday. ' ? s . f
Britishers hare Just subscribed $3,000,000,000
in a new war loan, as an evidence they still be
lieve In their government vV
The strange thing is that the boasted author
of the direct primary law which was to free the
people from "bossism" should himself go Into
the hand-picked slate-making business.
Put none but good Americans on guard. Be
ware of candidates whose political capital here
tofore has consisted chiefly of German-American
alliance backing. Beisel is -one of them.
"Brother Charley" Bryan asks Governor Ne
ville some very pointed and embarrassing ques
tionsso embarrassing, Indeed, that the governor
obviously will not deign to take notice of them.
" In "rectifying its line" the "500" committee
confesses the strategic Incapacity of its leaders.
Perhaps It Is looking for "previously prepared
position," In order to have some place to alight
Remember that when elected to congress Al
bert W. Jefferis will have no interests In any city
except Omaha to subserve and nothing to divert
bit attention from the needs of his own district
except the always paramount welfare of the whole
country.
The so-called "committee of 500" has crossed
off its "slate" the name of one man accused of
mistreating his wife. What about the ex-saloonkeeper?
Is it true that there is another on that
ticket also with a court record of mistreatment
of his wife whose name has no yet been ex
punged? '
Why is the Smith-Howell-Dodge "machine"
so bitter against Mike Clark,' who has earned a
re-election by making good in his first term as
sheriff if anyone ever did? Js it because he led
the fight that put the kibosh on the 5 odorous
court house "gymnasium" and ousted Johnny
Lynch from office?
Another Tussle on Man Power.
It may be accepted that the bill extending the
age limit of the draft law to the 18-45 'standard
will be passed, but it is equally plain that it is to
encounter earnest opposition among the demo
crats In congress. Senator Kirby of Arkansas
already has declared his purpose of opposing the
measure when presented, while Representative
Dent, chairman of the house committee on mili
tary affairs, who hails' from Alabama, has such
an antipathy to the measure that he will permit
Representative Kahn of California, republican, to
present and manage its passage in the house.
This in spite of the fact that the bill has the un
qualified approval of the president, the War de
partment the chief-of-staff and others of equal
knowledge, and who are agreed that only in this
Vay can the United States carry out its war pro
gram. Republicans, universally are pledged to
vigorous prosecution of the war to early victory,
and to may be depended on to support the presi
dent in his efforts to win, while the democrats
prefer to spend time in debate of theories and
abstractions. The coming tussle over man power
will be won by the president,' but It will be pro
longed to as great an extent as possible by the
Kirbys and the Dents. : v::' . .c,
DOWN THE BOSSES! SMASH THE
SLATES. :. ,
The spirit of the times is against autocracy
and in favor of democracy against self-appointed
dictators and in favor of individual responsibility.
This applies not only to the divine-right arch
autocrats of Europe, but also to autocrat;, big
and little, in our own country; '
One form of autocracy which differs from
kaiserism only in degree is the autocracy that
would ram down a hand-picked "slate" of pet
candidates for party nomination and rule outjthe
claims of candidates equally entitled to consid
eration. Particularly now of all times there is
no occasion or excuse for such slates and slate
making in this community, which is no longer
menaced by brewers' trust or corporation com
bine. With the saloon put out of business by
the prohibition law, with the political activities
of the railroads, telephone and telegraph com
panies stopped by government operation, with
the city hall gang ousted and a nonpartisan re
form administration in its place, the rank and file
is certainly free to form unbiased judgments and
pick the best men. Regardless of the past, there
is now no need of a boss to-tell what must be
done, but every reason why each candidate should
have a free field and a fair show. ;
The way to knock political autocracy into a
cocked hat is to turn out in the coming primary
and down the bosses and smash the slates.
Discovery of a Mare's Nest
The London Evening News,' which has not
been especially friendly to the present govern
ment in Great Britain, has found a mare's nest,
which discovery is likely to have some effect in
this countryi It ia that Lord Reading, who has
just returned to England, will set in motion a
train of action that eventually wilt lead to a po
litical alliance between the United States and the
British empire.
Thoughtful persons will see at once how pres
ent circumstances support such a statement, and
yet will understand how unlikely it is that any
such arrangement will be brought to pass. The
two great nations have much in common; peace
for longer than a century, amicable adjustment
of all differences arising in that time and devo
tion to the same lofty ideals unite the people in
bonds far more effective in their potency than
could be achieved by the tangible tie of a treaty
offensive and defensive. We do not wish at any
time to espouse England's private quarrels, nor
is it any more probable that the English people
will want to take up ours. In fact, we are com
mitted to a policy that makes it distinctly to
England's advanage to have freedom of action
in this regard. ' ' .
' The Mexican situation will serve to illustrate
this. When the time comes to enforce settle
ment of pending claims for many outrages com
mitted during the years of disorder in Mexico,
not only England, but France, Germany and other
European natibns will turn to the United States
to secure adjustment, and under the Monroe doc
trine and the practice that has grown up around
it we will be expected to see that Mexico makes
proper amends. .
This is but one of many reasons why the Brit
ish are willing to matters stand is they are.
No doubt a closer understanding will exist be
tween Washington and London; more friendly
gelations between the men and women of the two
countries will' be established, and all our inter
course will be on a better basis. But this does
not Imply the political alliance suggested for the
future. - . : ; '
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"War Profita" or "Excess, Profits."
... Secretary McAdoo has renewed with some
vigor his suggestion to the ways and means com
mittee of the house that the new revenue bill take
for Its basis war profits, rather than excess profits.
To get this clear, the distinction is that "war
profits" are those arising from the Increased bus
iness directly traceable to the war or incidental
thereto; while "excess profits" are those accruing
above a normal or reasonable return.
" This distinctiqn Is more or less artificial and
not always easy to make. Some of the great dif
ficulties are to determine a reasonable return on
capital employed, how to impound for govern
mental purposes a sufficient turn of the general
income without disturbing business, and what are
essentially "war profits." Dr. Seligman of Co
lumbia university has carefully discussed the mat
ter, his conclusion being that the tax should be
directed against war profits rather than excess
profits. However, he points out what must be
plain to any, that In the end the tax will be taken
from the Income, and, therefore, should be so ad
justed as to rest with something like evenness on
the whole.
Those who have carefully studied the existing
law agree as to its inequalities, some of its im
perfections amounting, to 'downright injustice.
Sound opinion holds that were the law of Octo
ber, 1917, remedied In some respects and ex
tended in others, it would produce the additional
revenue sought, without the resort to the novel
ties lhat have been suggested. Splitting hairs in
pursuit of profiteers will not provide the remedy
sought nor the money needed.
The weather in Omaha is hot enough for most
people, but hottest for war slackers.
. The Army's Publicity Man
General March Prompt, Precise and Lucid in Semi-
Weekly Talks 1 ,
, , Washington Letter
The most effective publicity man the Uni-
r-. i - i t J . t .
ICQ oiaic army nag nau since uus country
went to war is Genertl Peyton C March,
chief-of-staff. Giving the public news about
the army is only one of General March's
many duties, but it is a most important one.
There have been other publicity men of lesser
rank in all branches of the military service,
but none of them has ever possessed a free
hand, and many of them have, in addition,
lacked the inclination to tell the American
people what is going on. General March is
responsible to nobody but Secretary Baker,
and as the secretary defers to his judgment
in military matters jt may be understood that
the chief-of-staff can say what he pleases
about the doings of the American Expedi
tionary Force.
It pleases him in these days to say a great
deal, and as his sefhi-weekly meetings with
newspaper men continue and mutual Under
standing grows, the public is hearing more
authoritative facts about the army than ever
before. General March meets newspaper
correspondents on Wednesday and Saturday
mornings at. 11:30' o'clock.1 The meetings
take place on the second floor of the State,
War and Navy building in a large room at
the northwest corner, which is one of a suite
belonging to the chief-of-staff.
1 There is an element of military precision
about these, meetings, but no red tape. The
correspondents wait in the corridor until
11:30, at which instant General March invari
ably appears, followed by an aide. He en
ters the room first and the newspaper men
follow and take seats. The general stands.
All about the walls are military maps. - There
is one in particular, illustrating the Rheims
Soissons front, which General March utilizes
to illustrate his remarks.
He begins briskly, usually with a state
nVnt of the general situation, and then takes
up facts concerning the American army. Part
of the time he reads from a prepared paper;
occasionally he talks extemporaneously. He
talks quickly and incisively, and the two sten
ographers present are busy yoifng men. Hav
ing come to the end of his statement, peneral
March begins answering questions that have
been submitted to him in writing the day
before. When these are gone through with
he lays aside his memoranda and announces:
"Questions 1"
That is the signal for verbal questions,
and these are apt to be numerous. He never
hesitates for an answer, which gives the im
pression that he carries not only large mat
in Brooklyn Eagle.
ters, but an infinite mass of detail, in his
mind. The questions that have suggested
themselves by his preliminary talk frequently
bring out additional news. When they have
been exhausted General March nods to his
audience and makes a quick exit. The corre
spondents with afternoon newspapers rush to
their offices and begin writing for the wire.
LateV in the day there are official copies of
the interview, furnished through the commit
tee on public information. ,
Geenral March's policy of talking with
much frankness concerning American mili
tary affairs is illustrative of a spirit which is
steadily pervading other sources of news.
When the general began his meetings with
newspaper men he announced that this was
the American people's war and that he in
tended to give them all the information pos
sible. Since then he has been supplying facts
that no Official of the army has heretofore
felt himself at liberty to give.
In other branches of the military service
there are encouraging signs of a similar pol
icy. The army is no longer as "tight" on
news as it was several months ago. Officers
have been learning that there are- many
things concerning which the public has a
right to information and which may be freely
published without damage to the American
or allied cause. The old blanket policy of
secrecy is giving way. .
The same is true In varying degree of
other branches of the , government The
State department communicates news to the
press with much less reserve than formerly.
In one case of the agreement with Japan, for
instance, concerning aid for Russia, an
nouncement was made for the benefit of the
public within the shortest possible time after
the agreement was actually reached. .There
was no holding back or concealment of the
facts. -
Less progress, perhaps, has been made in
the navy. The naval service is more under
the influence of tradition than the army,
which has become so widely popularized by
the great system of drafting civilians. Sec
retary Daniels has an inclination toward let
ting the news become known, but his aides
and subordinates still talk with extreme res
ervation, or else not at all. There is a good
deal of navy news that never gets out, simply
because it seems to be the business of no
body fo tell it If somebody in the navy
would do what General March does for the
army there would be still more information
about what America is doing in the war.
Soldier's Pride of Homeland
Spirit oj American i Soldiers Abroad Voiced By One oj Them
Below is a message breathing the spirit of
American soldiers battling for world liberty
in France. Read it over and read it again
and again the oftener the better. It comes
from J. W. Barron, Battery E, 149th field
artillery. This boy's home is in La Grange,
111., and the extract below is from a letter to
his mother. He says the boys over there
"have all waked up to what the words 'United
States of America' mean." But let him
speak;
"Gosh, I sure was glad when I heard you
received those first letters 1 You see, we've
all been waiting for weeks to hear (hat our
letters had been received.
"There never was a better mail since I've
been in the service, and I don't think I ever
felt so good before over anything. I was
especially tickled to hear that you got the
boat letter -you liked it, didn't you?
"That batch of letters, mother, made me
feel so darned glad that I was over here that
The Baldheaded Man's Day
Barbers In Reading, Mass., have under
consideration a system of rebates for hair
cuts for baldheaded men,, based on the size
of the cleared area or areas. This is but one
more symptom that fundamental justice is
coming into its own as a result of the nice
distinctions between right and wrong the
war has raised.
Heretofore baldheaded men have been
doubly deserving of compassion. First, be
cause they were bald, and, second, because
they had to pay the barber the same toll that
was exacted from the fully thatched custo
mer. Reading barbers will calculate their
preferential rates by means of pasteboard
circles cut to, the size of the particular bald
spot under consideration. There will, of
course, be differentials in addition to take
care of spots of irregular contour, these dif
ferentials being obtained by extracting the
square root of the square of the hypothenuse
and adding thereto an agreed bonus for any
excess of the putting green over standard
dimensions. There also will be preferential
for the barber in cases where he is obliged
to g Into the rough behind bunkers or other
special obstacles.
It is going to require a campaign of edu
cation to make the system a success. The
barbers realize that if the rebate for June,
for instance, is larger than that for the pre
vious January, the fact will disclose to the
customer that larger pasteboard circles are
being used; in other words, that the bald spot
has taken on additional terrain. The prob
lem is to devise a means by which the saving
in the bill shall compensate the injured feel
ings of the man trimmed. Here is where the
educational propaganda is to play a part A'
baldheaded man must be taught that he is as
good as any other kind of man, the burlesque
girls to the contrary notwithstanding. The
general public, including the burlesque girls,
must be brought to think of a bald spot as a
badge of honor, indicating an excess of gray
matter. beneath, or; possibly, the presence of
a great soul great because it has suffered
much and long in silence. - '
Anyhow, the Reading barbers are teach
ing us that the new day of the world is some
day for the baldheaded man. Minneapolis
Tribune.
I wouldn't have traded my place for anything.
"And let me tell you right here, mother
dear, that you or anybody else at home there
doesn't know what real patriotism, real love
of country, is. You haven't any idea. , Why,
you can't imagine what a .great, wonderful,
perfect country the old United States is I You
can't realize what it stands for and means to
the human race until you get over here and
get a good prospective.
"Mother, I love her with my whole soul
and body. When I am standing retreat"
at night and hear The Star-Spangled Banner'
played the first thing that comes to my mind
is the Statue of Liberty; then I think of our
wonderful cities New York, Chicago, San
Francisco; then Washington and President
Wilson and the wonderful cause that all our
millions of Americans are willing to give up
everything for. Oh, mother, we're all lucky
merely to have been born Americans.
"Talk about waves up your spine and
swelling to the eyes I Just get over here in
Europe and look back over the miles of water
at the most wonderful, biggest type of nation
based on liberty and justice that can be con
ceived! Why, mother, that Statue of Lib
erty and the American ftagmust have been
designed by God himself, they stand for
everything that is worth while in life.
"Since I've gotten over here I feel more,
pity than anything else for the birds that are
still over there4 sporting silk shirts and ties.
I'd rather be hanged for murder than be in
their shoes. I figure that I'm the luckiest
fellow in the world to be able to stand up as
a soldier here in France and be a part of the
greatest country engaged in the most honor
able thing a country ever undertook.
"At that you cannot realize my feelings
of love and respect for the ol Ul S. A.
"And you never hear any fellow sneering
at such stuff any more, either. We have all
waked up to what the words 'United States
of America' mean'.
"End of speech for tonightl
"Lots of love 1"
Ask WilsonAsk Pershing
Nothing is more characteristic of the
American sense of humor than the fact that
our soldiers when questioned about military
matters answer laconically and with more
than Spartan ,wit "Ask Wilson; likewise
Pershing." As we know, this is not an au
tomatic reply of men who know nothing or
are afraid to say anything, but it is the verbal
thrust that, jestingly; evades the issue raised
by the captors. Naturally, the Germans
don't like it and they don't understand it.
Their dumb-driven cattle in the ranks would
never think of such a reply nor make it if
they thought of it. It would be "streng ver
boten" (strongly forbidden). ; '
So the sang-froid of the American sol
diers is horribly irritating, of vfhich sang
froid, however, they will hear more later.
But what admirable advice our soldiers are
giving the kaiser's hirelings 1 Could any
thing the better? By all means, let them
all, from the kaiser and Hindenburg on down,
"ask Wilson" v and "ask Pershina.". They
will then learn what the American military
Llans mean at first hand. Philadelphia
edger. ,
I TODAY
One Tear Ago Today ta the 'War.
Fleet of 117 French aeroplanes car
ried oirl series of great tombing raids
oehlnd the German lines.
British and French continued a vig
orous offensive in Flanders, capturing
several more villages and taking many
prisoners.
The Bay We Celebrate ", . '
' Albert V. Dresner, merchant tailor,
born 1874. '
Bradley M. Smith. Uerk In the Bur
llngton freight house, bora 1181.
Maj. Gen. Richard M. Blatchford,
D. S. A., now in command of the. Pan
ama canal department, bom In New
Vork SI years ago.
Hear Admiral Seatom Behroeder, If.
S. N., retired, who haa been recalled
to service by the war, bora la Wash
ington, D, C-, 69 years ago. . ,
This Day In History. ; , ' .
1843 Cardinal Rampolla, for many
years papal secretary of state, born in
Sicily. Died In Rome December 16,
1808 The preaident proclaimed the
decree of Emperor Maximilian, clos
ing certain Mexican porta, to be null
and void as against the United State.
1814 Austrian repulsed by Ser
bians attempting to cross the River
gave. v . . . ;
1 81 5 Zeppelins again raided Eng
lish e&st coaat killing 10 civilians.
1918 Italians repulsed Austrian In
fantry aault on the Car so. ,
Just SO Years Ago Today
Fifteen thousand dollars has al
ready been subscribed toward build
ing the Omaha Sporting Coliseum,
which it Is estimated will cost $25,000.'
John Cowie, who has been manager
of N. B. Falconer's dry goods store for
some years, Is about to leave the city
to engage In business tor himself In
Grand Island. Hla associates have
presented him with a magnificent gold
watch.' .- . "
A bill' of sale was filed with the
county clerk conveying from C B. Ott
4k Co., known aa the Grand Union Tea
company, to Walter K. (Duval the
stock and ; fixtures at 1411 Douglas
street The consideration waa $1,818.46.
. Henry Caasldy, assistant general
freight agent of the Fremont, Elkhorn
A Missouri Valley railroad, haa re
turned from hla trip to Bt FauL .
Here and There :-
Oysters are extremely sensitive both
to cold and heat
Pennsylvania has a force of secret
police numbering 8,000.
The manufacture of paper from
wood pulp involves 18 different opera
tions, . ;-. ,
" Italian newspapers to foil spies, no
longer print "personal" liner adver
tisements. -
Now appears the first woman clown,
Lillian Vaughn, playing Somewhere in
New York.
Whale meat IS now In great demand
and swof dflsh steaks are sold in Faa
eutt hall market stalls, Boston. .
Twenty-seven Poiun women are
ready for eervlce in France aa nurses
of the 'White Cross, the unit having
been recruited by Mme. Ignace Pad
erewskl. ' .
An American chemist's examination
of the great wall of China has re
vealed that the bricks are so wet that
they can be crumbled with the fingers,
and that the structure is in danger of
disintegration.
Government experts have estimated
that the Pribolof Islands contain the
greatest deposit of bones in the world,
and that the fertilising properties; of
the bones have been remarkably pre
served by the atmosphere.
In America the highest altitude by
an airplane in 1817 was made by
Caleb Bragg on September 19. He
reached an altitude of 19,000 feet
about four miles. In Europe no bet
ter record has been made than that
of Guidl. an Italian, who flew to 25,180
feet la 1818.
- ; Center Shots
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Washington Post: Government
ownership of individual incomes Is
Just around the corner.
Brooklyn Eagler "Only one pound
Of candy to one buyer" la the latest
edict It surely has the advantage of
economy for the young fellow who
used to buy two for fear his best girl
might think him a "tightwad."
New York World: The British gov
ernment's determination to seize 150,
000 rifles said to be in the hands of
Ulsterites will constitute an important
capture of enemy munitions on the
home front
Minneapolis Tribune: A darkey
soldier has named the crown prince
of Germany "Mistah Rat Face." You'll
have to admit if you ever saw a pic
ture of him, that that darkey is a
genius for accuracy in description. ;
Baltimore American: Germans are
reported to be very gloomy over the
war and its outcome. They are dis
covering that kaiserism and militarism
come high, and the next step will be
to wonder why they must have them.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The
Quartermaster's department has or.
dered 99,000,000 pounds of breakfast
bacon for the overseas army. Put
that up as the stake and an army of
consumers equipped with empty pop
bottles would wade into the German
army and try to lick it in one battle,
' No Change.
b "Small porUons are the rule these
days.'1 -
"I dunno. When my wife gives me
a piece of her mind I don't notice any
change." Bostoa Transcript.
Twice Told Tales-
Model 'Phone Politeness.
During his recent visit to Los An
geles Bishop Lawrence of Massachu
setts had occasion to comment on the
politeness of the hotel employes here,
adding that he supposed it was be
cause they were so used to catering
to tourists. He particularly com
mended our telephone service, but
added that when it came to real po
liteness the telephone system in Japan
had the world beat. According to the
bishop, a Japanese 'phone conversa
tion runs something v like this:
"What number does the Honorable
Son of the Moon and' Stars desire V
"One, two, three."
Silence. Then the exchange re
sumes: ,
"Will the honorable person gra
ciously forgive the inadequacy of the
insignificant service and permit this
humble Slavs of the wire to inform
him that the never-to-be-eufBclently-censured
line Is busy?" Los Angeles
Times. ' ;
f ' v . , Peace. - ; '.
Germany," said Representative
Mudd of Maryland, "thinks she'll get
the peace she desires by some means
by any means by victories or by di
plomacy, or by bluff.
"Germany is very much like the
young lady who presented a check at
the bank. The teller, after examining
it said:
MWe can't pay this over the coun
ter, miss.'
'Then,' he said. Til come behind
It ' .
Smash the Slates.
Omaha, Aug. 18. To the Editor of
The Bee: When in the course of hu
man events it becomes necessary for
an lnfinitsimal fraction of the voters
of Douglas county to dictate to the
40,000 other voters, how and for whom
to vote at the coming primary, L as a
republican citizen and voter, deem the
action taken by the so-called "canteen
600" an Insult to the intelligence of
every citizen of Douglas county.
It is claimed that the object and
purpose of the present primary law
was and is to avoid the Influences In
cident to the old party convention sys
tem. The men who head that com
mittee were the loudest In their pro
test against convention-made slates,
and yet they have the mendacious au
dacity and the brazen effrontery, in di.
rect violation of the letter and spirit
of the primary law, to present to the
public a slate which voters are asked
to accept blindly.
When did the people have a voice
in this selection? Waa this ticket se
lected in the open light of the day, or
was It not selected in some private
office, or in a secluded spot in some
sectarian church? Verily, verily, I
say to you, Mr. Wead, you have not
yet been selected by the republican
party of this congreslonal district as
the spokesman of the republican par
ty, nor have you been foreordained by
a divine providence to select the most
pure and holy from the many honest
and honorable citizens who have filed
for the various offices to be voted on
at the coming primaries. 1
My prediction is that overwhelming
defeat awaits this slate, and I regret
that some of my frleuds vcre Inveigled
Into the trap, for the insult offered to
the lntelllfcencu of the voters is going
to be resented. ED F. MOREARTY.
' Jerry Still on the Job.
Omaha, Aug. 18. To the Editor of
The Bee: Good or bad government
comes from good or bad citizenship.
I believe that the rank and file of my
fellow citizens possess all the qualifi
cations of good citizens; their only
drawback Is that they lack stamina
to protest against the dictation of the
political thimble-riggers.
Fellow citizens, beware of the In
trigues and schemes of these scullions
on Tuesday.
This is an Important election and it
behooves you to do your duty at the
polls as intelligent men and patriots.
Can I arouse the stagnant blood in
your veins? You can be as brave with
your ballots as the boys In France are
with their bullets.
JERRY HOWARD. ,
A Suggestion.
Omaha, Aug. 12. To the Editor of
The Bee: "It is always with the ut
most hesitation that I venture to ex
press an opinion about the candidates
for election, because I feel that it is
not from ary point of view my priv
ilege to suggest to the voters of a
state what their action shall be." The
above is from a letter of President Wil
son concerning the senatorial contest
in Mississippi. ' "It is always,'' eta,
would indicate a continuous perform
ance. With utmost hesitation he
proceeds to tell the people 'of Missis
sippi how to vote to please him. It
was only a few days before this that
he hesitated to do the same thing in
the election In Aiagama, then just a
few. days before this he hesitated in
the same way in Texas. This morn
ing's paper quotes him as hesitating
again in the same way in the senator
ial contest in Georgia. Now, It is
really too bad and unfair to the pres
ident to keep him hesitating in this
manner. Congress should pass an act
auowing mm to select a congress and
senate with the least Instead of the
"utmost hesitatioh." If objection
should be found to this on constitu
tional grounds, or because "It is not
from any point of view the president's
privilege to suggest to voters of a
state what their action shall be," then
I suggest the creation by congress of
a committee on utmost hesitation.
This would get around the constitu
tional objection and supply the much
needed cog in our governmetal ma
chinery. FROM A. SUGGESTER.
Good Words for the Dog.
Omaha, Aug. 12. To the Editor of
The Bee: I read the article signed
"The Auto Owner," and I wish to
thank him for the kind way he speaks
of our dumb friend, "The Dog.'
What better protection can we have
for our homes, auto or chickens than
the dog? I am speaking of my neigh
bor's dog, aa I am not the owner of a
dog, but I sure am his friend. I am
only glad to give him what bits of
bone and scraps of food that would
only go to the garbage can.
I am not so sure we must go to
Germany to find the kaiser, as there
are species In America. People that
think they own the earth and must
dictate to neighbors as to what to do.
One instance:
This dog I refer to sleeps under my
sleeping porch and has never an
noyed me for one minute, but a neigh
bor living over one block away com
plains ofth barking of this dog and
wishes $100 year tax on such dogs.
Now, no living person in this frea
America wishes to annoy nelghbdrs,
but we cannot see why the few that
do not befriend the dog should hve
all the say. "
The dog Is the most faithful friend
that man can have, and I am sure
this particular dog is great protection
to the Immediate neighborhood. Be
fore he came to watch our chickens
at night the roosts were raided and
all the chickens disappeared. Now
we have our dumb police, and he only
barks when strange footsteps appear.
It certainly will be only under heavy
Are that he gives up his post
THE DOGS' FRIEND.
LAUGHING GAS. -
Top, what are tbM wllsBta the ppi
talk about f
"Why, they are thu new funa thay (Ire
by calculation, aon. I, am flajl t0 M Toe
trying to kasp yoarmelt well Informe."
Baltimore American.
"What ihaU I do with 'this append!
itoryt" ,
"Cut tt ont"
"And this etory about the man was
banged himself."
"Cut it down." Baltimore American. . j
"Madam, I you advertise table board. ,
"I do." ., ,
"But why apeclfy table board f What other
kind of board la There?"
"Stable board. Ton ain't the flrtt Jackass
that has been along." LoulavIUe Courier
Journal.
GIRL OF MINE.'
Do you remember the aummer's day
When daddy kissed you and went away !
Kissed you and left you busy at play, -Olrl
of mlnet
am aM mm. than tsi "Cnm ksffli Dltt
soon," '
I think you expected me back at noon '
Eave you watched for me since, gos-soon
Olrl of mine?
-
It's a very long time that you have to wait.
From babyhood, on through to , girlhood's
gate, "
Do ou stltl think that "Daddy ta awful
late."
Olrl of mine?
I'm hungry for you, and your, handsome
eyes, . ,,l
And many a day when the sunlight dies,
I. look for you there in the westers skies,
Olrl of mine. v
suz tnouKQ mere are xacee ei mivu mm, -
There's none with my baby can compare.
My babe of the eyes and the curly hair,
Girl of mine. ,
And ao I can only stay and watt
... w a . ..l .1 n - -...... .
iiti l coma to ini roau wuu in, rniw .
Gate. i
It's the road that will lead to back to yea
straight, ,
Girl of mine.
London Hafl.
-WHY-
NOT
f Surineae jj Qoo4 Thnfi& Too
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your hands may lack
the inspiration
necess&rv r-n nlas .
but a player- piano is
always ready
always inspired. .
Get a player-piano
now and Have ALL
music at your
command- ALWAYS
H2D and up, at
the store of
pleasant dealing
Don't fail to see and hear
the used pianos.
Steinway Piano
Chickering Piano,
and many others
$145 and Up
CASH OR TIME
Pianos tuned
Pianos moved
Pianos repaired. ,
1513 DOUGLAS STREET.
ppoine3M
A well appointed1 burial la demanilaJ
by a modern oivilization Another thing
that tha folks of today insist upon ia
that the price shall be consistent with
the equipment and the service rendered.
We are asking that you should call upon
s when funeral arrangementa are
necessary.
N.P.SWANSON
Funeral Parlor. (Eetabllshea' 1S88)
17th and Cuming Sts. Tel. Douglaa 1060.
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