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The Visiting Nurses deserve it
Director McAdoo It to every-day Santa Clans
for therailroad men, all right
The crewn prince of BmrU on say "l told
yon so" to Ludcndorff. if that wilt help him any.
Today ii Omaha day at the State fair. Omaha
owes it to itself to make it a record red letter day.
The kaiser it aaid to be wearing a aorrowful
look-but wait till the Allies get through with
him. '-. ' " ""
British military expert , expect Pershing's
army to do the mopping Bp, and the gooda wilt
be delivered. .... : ', ,
Still! the police department of Omaha ia not
to be made more effective and better disciplined
merely by proclamation! addressed to the public
Ludendorff was right once, when he laid the
war had changed from one of position to one of
movement And his troops are doing the mov
ing toward the rear.
The one difficulty about the recognition of the
Czecho-Slovak republic ii that it will eventually
restore Przemysl and other geographical jaw
breakers to daily use. -
American! have never yielded an inch of
ground, once Itaken, according to a London paper.
.Nobody on, this aide thought they would. Ctyir
army has no back-motion gearing.
Tancho" Villa thrusts ? himself into notice
from time to time, just to remind the world of
the inefficiency of the Carranza government Some
time we will have to finish the work laid aside in
1916. .
If the kaiser thought he could finish the job
on the western front before the Americana could
get into the, fighting, he fooled himself badly
est as'.badly as-when he figured that his U-
: boats could stop, ocean traffic' ; y ,.'.
Ex-Governor Cole Blease of North darolina
has been beaten for the nomination for United
States senator. There are soma consolations in ht,e consolidated into one.
the primaries even though Senator Norris man-
'aged o pull in between a divided opposition.
It is to be hoped no embarrassing reference
will be made to the kaiser's bill to stop the ex
port of arms at that big New York meeting of
Ciecho-Slavs which is to be presided over by oar
democratic United States senator from Nebraska,
One Wonderful Achievement
Sixteen hundred thousand American soldiers
arc now serving with the colors on foreign soil
Just what is actually involved in this sin.c
nouncement by the chief of staff of our army is
difficult to explain. It is a wonderful achieve
ment composed of a number of separate but
correlated achievements, each in itself a wonder.
Under conditions that existed fourteen months
ago six or seven years would have been con
- nvmri in getting the force we now have in
France to the scene of its service. Six months
ago we were told we would soon have half a
million men under arms in Europe This so
cheered the Huns that the great drive of March
; was set in motion that victory might be secured
before enough Americans to turn the tide might
be landed. Iindenburg's campaign was well
planned, but he underestimated our capacity for
hurrying up. In one month since then 285,000
soldiers have been delivered in France. In Au
gust more than 250,000 were sent across. That
means that in these to months more American
troops have landed in France than we sent there
in the first year of the War. Their equipment and
supplies have gone with them. Nothing in all
history equals this performance, and the most
.... satisfactory thought in connection with it all is
that the boys got there in time. . f ;
FAIR PLAY FOR COUNTRY DISTRICTS.
Another election has passed and the city cf
Omaha has again chosen every Douglas county
representative in the state legislature from
within its own city gates. They have . also
chosen another county superintendent to pre
side over the country schools, in whom they
have no interest and care nothing as to their
qualifications or fitness for the position. How
longl O Lord! must this unjust rule be en
dured by the country geecks of Douglas coun
ty? .Valley Enterprise. .
lkt Bee sympathizes with the voters of the
country districts in Douglas county who rightly
protest against being constant victims of a situa
tion which practically deprives them of repre
sentation in the legislature and gives them an
officer not of their choosing to look after their
schools. ;
As the remedy for the first difficulty The Bee
has urged, and still urges, that 'members of the
legislature be chosen by districts so as to make
them truly representatives of a constituency.
That is what is done everywhere In Nebraska
except in Omaha and Lincoln and 4wq or three
other counties to which are apportioned more
than one representative each. There is no good
reason why, however, any person should vote
for more than one legislative representative at a
time any more than he should vote for more than
one representative in congress. If our five state
senators and twelve members of the House were
elected by districts, the county voters would
have the whole say for at least one of the House
districts and a deciding voice In at least one of
the Senatorial districts.
As to the county superintendent, whose jur
isdiction is confined to the county schools, it is
palpably unfair to leave his selection or employ
ment to the people of the city with whose schools
he has nothing to do. , We believe the county
superintendent should not be elected at all, but
should be hired on his merits and qualifications
as an educator the same as is a city superintendent,
the principal of a high school, or the chancellor
of a state university. If this is to remain a local
office, we should have a country school board
chosen exclusively by the voters of the school
districts affected and that board should run the
country schools through a trained superintendent
for the teaching side and an experienced business
man for the business management.
Correcting a Diplomatic Blunder.
' The United States is to mediate between
Nicaragua and Honduras, in the interest of peace
between those" touchy neighbors, and is thereby
offered an opportunity to correct a diplomatic
blunder. f ' v
Planning for defense of the Panama canal as
well as to protect the future of American con
cerns, it was found necessary to secure naval
bases on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
north of the canal termini. On the east this was
located on the Corn islands, which were acquired
with little trouble. On the west the base is situ
ated on the Bay of Fonseca. While the area ac
tually obtained is wholly within Nicaraguan ter
ritory, Honduras and Salvador have control of
those portions of the bay bordering its entrance,
and, therefore, claim concern In the presence of
the United States. Obtaining control of the so
called Nicaragua', canal route also brings Hon
duras into the matter, for the river Involved forms
part of the boundary between Nicaragua and
Honduras. , ' ' - - '
In negotiating for these rights the United
States dealt only with Nicaragua, as it was held
that no right or privilege of either of the other
countries was involved. Hope had. been ex
pressed, that the three small governments might
The people of the
three have not yet responded to such a sugges
tion and have shown a decided resentment of the
action of the United States. This has gone so
far as to bring an end to the international court,
through which the five Central American repub
lics were operating to maintain peace, a result
greatly deplored, by the advocates of ' the plan.
If the United States can avert war between
the Nicaraguan and Honduran government, and
at the same time do something to rectify the
blunder made in the course of establishing the
canal defenses, it will be doing a real service to
the cause of universal international arbitration.
A Sidetracked "Peace Drive.,,
Events along the front line trenches in France
and Flanders have had the effect of sidetracking
the German "peace drive" before it could get
under way. j The co-ordination of a "conference"
of socialists and other pacifists in Switzerland
with a forward push towards Paris was the open
ing move of this remarkable bit of, strategy. The
kaiser had pulled the trick before, however, and
the Allies were watching him. , Ludendorff'a
drive on Paris was checked by the American
armyana the refusal of the British government
to issue passports to delegates intending to visit
Switzerland put a stop to the "conference." Since
the middle of July the Hun has been so com
pletely occupied In trying to keep ahead of the
Allies steam roller he has had no opportunity to
set in motion any further devices to entrap the
sympathies of misguided peace lovers. Some
whines have been heard from behind his lines,
Indicative of the disappointment that is heavy
over the councils of the kaiser, but his beautiful
vision of another "diplomatic" triumph, together
with a military success, has been dissipated. .
The Lichnowsky Memorandum
By Ptofessvr Munroe' Smith oj Columbia University
Critical interpretation and discussion of this most important war docu
ment by one of the world's foremost authorities on historical jurispru
dence and the study of comparative international law.
When Lichnowsky reviews the fateful
events of July, 1914, he rejects with the same
candor the construction which his govern
ment has given to these events and which the
German people have, for the most part,
blindly accepted. For the official German
theory that Serbia had inflicted upon Aus
tria's honor a stain that could be washed out
only by blood, he substitutes the statement
that Serbia had to be "massacred" because
it stood in the way of Austria's ambitions.
The official German statement that Russian
mobilization was an act of war he dismisses
with contempt. He, does not attempt to dis
prove it, because it is a purely military theory
that has" never had the least recognition in
the diplomatic world. He reminds us only
that the czar had pledged his word that no
Russian soldier should march so long as ne
gotiations continued.
Against the theory formally advanced by
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg in his
speech of December 2, 1914, before the Reich
stag, that Great Britain was responsible for
the war because it assured France, and there
fore Russia also, of unconditional support
against Germany a theory fully disproved
by the documents Lichnowsky insists upon
Grey's earnest desire and persistent efforts
to prevent the outbreak of a European war.
He expresses his Own conviction that Grey's
proposed conference with the German, Ital
ian and French ambassadors in London, for
the purpose' of devising an adjustment of the
issue raised between Austria and Russia,
would undoubtedly have averted the war had
Germany wished to avert it.
To justify Germany's refusal to take part
in such a conference, von Tagow now argues
that "Italy was Serbophil and, with its Bal
kan interests, stood rather opposed to Aus
tria." Has Herr von Jagow forgotten that,
when he first heard of the proposed confer
ence, he told the French ambassador, Jules
Cambon, that he was "disposed to join in,"
and that it was only when he was instructed,
from above, that the conference would be "a
court of arbitration," that he changed his at
titude? If the conference were to have been
a court, Germany might properly have chal
lenged Italy's participation on the ground
now first suggested by von Jagow. In fact,
however, it was not proposed that the con
ference should attempt to decide anything;
it was simply to suggest a settlement; and
Bethmann-Hollweg's deliberate misconstruc
tion of Grey's proposal was simply a link in
the chain of lies with which Berlin dragged
Europe into the world war. Von Jaow's
record is so much better than that of his su
periors that.it is painful to find him still coun
tenancing a misrepresentation-for which he
was not primarily responsible.
On the more important Question of Great
Britain's alleged responsibility for the war
von Jagow aupports Lichnowsky's view.
Britain did not contrive the war;' "on the
contrary." von Jagow writes. "I believe in
Sir Edward Grey's love of peace and in his
earnest wish to arrive at an agreement with
us."
Perhaps the most valuable feature of
Lichnowsky's memorandum for the future
historian, certainly its moat interesting
feature for us today, is his characterization of
Sir Edward Grey. After two years' close
association Lichnowsky was assuredly in a
position to form a-just estimate of the man
as well as of the statesman. Not only is he
convinced of Grey's love of peace; he Is also
profoundly impressed by Grey's complete
honesty and unmistakable sincerity. Svldom,
if ever, in the history of the world has a
diplomat of one nation paid such a tribute to
a colleague of another nation as Lichnowsky
pays to Grey. Never has such a tribute been
paid at a moment when the two nations con
cerned were locked in a desperate struggle.
, In the light of subsequent events, many
Englishmen have found that Grey was too
peaceful They have criticised him for his
readiness to make concessions to a rival
power which, as we jiow see, was unlikely to
be satisfied with any concessions, because its
appetite was insatiable. Grey has been crit
icised also because in his negotiations with
predatory Balkan principalities, after the
outbreak of war, he was too scrupulous to be
successful. There remains, however, to his
credit one achievement that far outweighs
any errors or failures, an achievement that
was due to his love of peace, his honesty and
his scrupulous honor. He carried Great
Britain into the greatest of all its wars with
spotlessly clean hands.
The value of- such evidence as Prince
Tribute to Sam Gompers
Whatever questions may have been raised
in the past of Samuel Gompers' stand upon
domestic questions, there can be few men in
the United States who will not echo what
Lloyd George, the British premier, said of
him yesterday in as distinguished an assem
bly as London cpuld muster.
"No one," said Mr. Lloyd 'George, "has
done more than Mr. Gompers to convince
the civilized world that Germany must be
beaten: and specifically that "victory in this
war means more for those who earn their
bread by the sweat of their brow than, for
any other class." He who spoke has thi
right of one raised by energy and merit from
humble circumstances to high place to speak
for labor. He who listened hacj. deserved
he tribute.
Among the big factors which are swinging
the war against the rule-or-ruin clique in the
Berlin war party, not the least is the fact
that, when the conflict was treacherously
brought on for the loot of half the world, the
president of the American Federation of La
bor was not a bolshevik or one tainted with
the doctrines of the I. W. W.. but a strong
and brilliant champion of true democracy.
New York World.
Lichnowsky gives us depends, of course, not
alone on the witness' knowledge of men and
of events, but also on his personal charac
teristics. It would be an exaggeration to
describe the prince as a subtle man, or even
as a very acute man. He is possessed, how
ever, of good, sound understanding. His
description of the public men with whom he
came in contact in England shows discern
ment His analysis of the relations between
society and government in England, as Eng
land was before the war, is substantially cor
rect His truthfulness is apparently beyond
question; he is too much of a grand seigneur
to say anything that he does not believ.
His chief foible is that to which the grand
seigneur is most liable, an exaggerated sense
of his own importance.. It is because he is
so self-centered that he is inclined to ascribe
to the envy of rivals all opposition to his
policies. This illusion finds an extreme ex
pression in his belief that one reason, at
lease, why the authorities in Berlin clung to
a policy that must lead to war was their dis
inclination to give to him and to Grey the
credit of keeping the peace.
; It is on this weakest point that the Ger
man press, taking its cue, as always, from
the German government dwells with especial
insistence, ft should be noted, however, that
Lichnowsky's vanity appears to mislead him
only in the explanation of facts. It does not
anywhere appear that it has led him to mis
state the facts themselves. He is very proud
of his African and Bagdad treaties, but his
summary of their provisions is confirmed by
other testimony. In general, so far as his
asertions can be controlled by other evidence
and most of them can that evidence is
confirmatory.
If we accept the statement which Lich
nowsky made to the imperial, chancellor, in
his letter of March 15. 1918. that he wrote
his memorandum "with regard to the future"
and for the sake of "noting the details ot my
experiences and impressions before they van
ished from my memory" that is, that he
wrote for his family archive? and for history
the truslworthiness of the document is en
hanced. There is, aparently, no reason to
doubt the sincerity of this statement The
prince had, indeed, urgent motives to wish
that the living wosld, as well as the living
historian, should appreciate his diplomatic
activity. Even a more modest and more ju
dicious man might well have found it unen
durable to be made, as Lichnowsky was made
from the moment Great Britain entered the
war, the chief scapegoat for the disastrous
results of a policy which he had consistently
opposed. Even silch a man would -probably
have defended himself with equal energy and
frankness in private conversation with his
friends. Such a man, however, would hardly
have put his defense into writing, much less
have put several typewritten copies into cir
culation, as Lichnowsky did, while the war
was still rapine , A less self-centered and
more judicious man would have seen clearly
that a document of such interest, thus made
current, could hardly be kept secret; and he
would not have characterized as "unprece
dented" the breach of confidence through
which it became public That Lichnowsky
foresaw such an outcome and was not un
willing that his defense should be published,
provided this happened without his sanction,
is conceivable indeed, but highly improbable.
Such a hypothesis is improbable, not only
because so underhand a way of attaining an
object would have been repugnat to a man
of his rank and character, but also because
the inconveniences which even an unauthor
ized publication would draw upon the writer
would have been fully realized.
(To Be Continued lomorrow.)
To the Critics Back Home
There are certain patriots back home who
admit that they are willing to support the
army program .up to a certain point, but
who insist that they have a right to rise
up at any monjent with any criticism they
may care to make.
Thev begin their support with a brick
held in the right hand, looking for the first
chance to let the brick ny.
No such fifty-fifty support is wanted by
the A. B. F. This is no fifty-fifty war in
any sense. There is no fifty-fifty stuff in
the soul of the soldier who swings over the
too under heavy fire.
Those back-home patriots who do not
intend to go the whole distance with the
A. f. with all they ve got .should never
start at all. They are merely clogging up
the road. They may mean well enough, but
they are not hooked to our kind of a war.
There are but two kingdoms ahead the
kingdom of Liberty and the kingdom of
Kaiserism.
"Under which king, Benzonian? Speak,
or die." Stars and Stripes (published in
France).
People and Events t,
Senator John Sharp Williams piped the
requiem of his associate. Senator Vardaman,
in one sentence:: De mortuis nil nisi bonum
and I do not know any good.
The telephone girls of Massachusetts are
accused of eating 3U tons of candy in a month
and a matinee idol iu San Francisco has been
run in as & slacker. Conservation of sweet
things seems wobbly in spots. u
A hot race ia on between St Louis and
Kansas City for the distinction of speeding
under the wire first in thrift stamps. Ihe
quota of St Louis is $16,000,000, and df Kan
sas City $6,259,000. Go to it ,and jar loose.
Out of a bunch of speeding chauffeurs
pulled into a New York court 13 could not
speak the language of the court and interpre
ters were called in. A mission for the Amer
icanization of Gotham mighty easily com
mand overtime on the job.
One Year Ago Today la, the War,
First soldiers of national army went
Into uniform.
German army pushed It mile be
yond the city of Riga.
Japanese war mission received la
nous of representative) m Washing
ton. .
Two Russian grand dukes arrested
for complicity la plot for eounter-rey
olution. -
The Day We Celebrate. . V
f William Newton, president of th
Haskin Brotmtrs & , Co- manufac
, turers. born in 1158.' ,
HL Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster.
Episcopal bishop of Connecticut bora
at Windham, conn., 70 years ago.
Thomas E. Watson, former Georgia
congressman, born in Columbia coun.
ty, Oeorgla, fz years ago.
; This Day fa Hlstoty. A-
;174 Ttaomaa becam gover
nor of Virginia, t . ;
1857 August Comte, the famous
French philosopher, who was th
founder ot poelttvlsm, died. JBorn In
1792. - ' ; 1
1 s s A synagogue, said to be the
largest and most beautiful - in the
vorld, was consecrated in Berlin.
1914 England, Franc and Russia
agreed sot to treat for peac separ
1916 French captured mile of
German trenches on Verdun front
J ust 80 Years Ago Today
Chief Seavey has In his possesson
a half dozen walking sticks which
had been dropped betwen th seats
at th "Sleg of Sebastopol."
Arthur Rothery has two water
spaniels and on hairless Mexican dog
on xmoit at tn rair. ,
Cameron & Smith, th entertrl
lng muslo firm of this city, tendered
th commercial travelers a concert
and th program consisted ot songs.
duets and quartet by several of the
finest lady and gentlemen singers of
umana under the direction of Frank.
lia & Smith and a number of piano
elections by Prof. August Walther.
O. W. Holdrege, general manager of
th Burlington & Missouri railroad,
naa arrived horn from th east.
Fred Nash, general agen.of the
cnicago, juiiwauKe & su faul road,
returned from Chicago. .
Here and There
Kangaroo farming is aa Important
Industry in Australia.
American Indiana ar said to b
able to se one-tenth farther than th
average whit man.
Durlnsr th latter months of th sleg
of tadysmlth, South' Africa, tobacco
was sold in th town for 130 a pound.
Th Jananes languag Is now In
cluded in th course of study ia the
high schools of Australia.
Th automobl ndustry employs
half as many people as ar employed
by all th railroads of the United
States.
Th high prlc of linen is du la
large measur to th enormous de
mand for this material for covering
aeroplane wings.
A farmer of Jersey county, Illinois,
is th Inventor of a davico with which"!
b claims to have caught 85 bushels
of grasshoppers In a slngl day.
Th teas of India and Ceylon ar
named according to the position of
the leaf on th plant the lower leaves
being ot the lowest grade quality.
The present Japans dynasty Is by
far the oldest in th world, . for
Yoshihlto claims to b th llzd
monarch ot an unbroken line dating
from th seventh century befor the
Pltrlutlnn . -
The latest affliction n New York is
th "tax lien shark," a species of coin
sweaters not uncommon in th coun
try. Th Gotham, variety is noted for
reach and seat, and ar receiving th
auonuon ot tn grand jury, -
Whittled to a Point
Minneapolis Tribune: Congratula
tions to th modern south that has put
the silencer on Jim Vardaman and
New York Herald: Th kaiser,? it
is announced, haa gon to Bad Nau
helm. Going to the bad is the easiest
thing that kaiser does. f
' Minneapolis Tribune: Th Ger
mans havo given up all hope of going
to Paris, but they ar headed th
right way and they may get to Berlin
first but they will hav to hurry.
- Minneapolis Journal: Th War de
partment is to send over 250,000 men
a month this summer and fall. When
a bunch Ilk that gets under way
something will have to crumble.
Kansas City Star: The German' ob
jective seems to have changed again.
First it was Paris, then it was th
Channel, and now the supreme effort
of the general staff is to get back to
the Hlndenburg line. v
Louisville Courier-Journal: Ger
man symbolism Is exemplified la the
crucifixion of Sergeant Col of East
Liverpool. O.. whos body was found
spiked to th door of a shattered
building. Thus Dan-Germanism would
crucify civilization In th Interest of
kultur had it sufficient strength. .
New York Post: Imagine the case
of th widower of 44 who, having
married at about 20, speeded his 42-
year-old son off to an officers' train
ing camp a year ago and is now ex
pecting soon to be dratted into his
son's company. These ar times for
fathers to treat their sons right,
Twice Told Tales ,
Sailing Close to Fact
Food Regulator Merrltt was dis
cussing th "nih cost of living and
other things, and remarked ;
"The fluctuations come so fast that
it is Impossible to keep an accurate
lln on prices. We are all in th same
position as the small boy who said to
ms motner:
'Why do hats cost mor than
houses, mamma?'
" 'But they don't dear. What mad
you think so?'
M 'Well, that slga aaysi "Hats, $10
up, and yesterday I saw a sign that
said, "Houses, 110 down.'."'
Limited Vision.
t
Two soldier boys from the west
who had been hurried to the coast and
on board ship in the dark, were 'next
morning surveying with open-eyed
wonder the boundless stretch of roll
lng blue around them.
"Gee whiz, Bill," said on, "Who
would have thought there cduld be so
much water as that?"
"I know it," drawled the other.
"And Just think, Jim, yon only se
wnat s on top." Boston Transcript.
The Family Line. - :
in a way, Mayme followed her
father's speculating propensity when
sne engaged herself to an aviator."
"How so?" I
"He took a flyer In some stock, and
she took some stock in a flyer." Bal
timore American
'VP
State-Wide Primary and Short Ballot,
Lincoln, Sept I. To the Editor ot
The Bee: Under dat of August 26
a Nebraskan of wide experience in
politics, and who has ben honored by
election to several high offices, one
of which be holds today, writes:
"It is'doubtless apparent to you by
this time that our system of nominat
ing candidates by filing and -holding a
primary election has failed in its pur
pose. You are th man to
make a close estimate of the
cost to each candidate and put it in
form so that it can be used in the
future."
Inasmuch as our law relative to cor
rupt practices excludes postage, print
ing, circular letter traveling and
other personal expenses of the candi
date, but does include newspaper ad
vertising, the records of the secretary
of state and the several county clerks
will reveal possihy considerably less
than half of what the rec5nt primary
cost those who aspired to" a nomina
tion. I shall take time to prepare the
estimate: but for the present-assume
that most persons agree that our pri
mary system Imposes a heavy burden
upon candidates one altogether out
of proportion to the legitimate benefits
to accrue. . I am not ready to say that
the money expended In our primaries
Is an economic loss, but there Is no
question that it should com out of a
larger number ot pocKets man ai
present v.
From th prcinct caucus up to the
legislative sessions, and every official
act of th executive state officers.
evfirv steD is a cart of our system ot
representative democracy, and one in
which all the people, wnetner mey
realize it or not, are interested. Po.
lltical organizations are no longer re
garded as private clubs, in the con
duct of which the general public hac
little or no interest, slight oversight
and no responsibility for the costs.
Year by year it is recognized more and
more fully that each political organi
zation Is an integral part of govern,
ment
Revolt against the abuses of the old
nominating convention system led to
the adoption of the state-wide pri
mary, bus no man could foresee that it
would emasculate the press, robbing it
of its high estate as a reflector of pub
lic opinion and making it a mere intel
lectual taxicab tor tne transportation
of what each candidate has brass
ennneh to sav about himself. Theer is
no doubt that the primary brings con
siderable revenue to the newspapers
and thy are surely entitled to all tripy;
receive; but the advertising bills
should be borne by all the people directly.
I would not tavor abolition or tne
present primary, and am not sure I
should favor the so-called "short bal
lot," even If our constitution permitted
It; but I believe a modification of our
present law can be made In such a
way as to place the burden of expense
where it belongs, gain at least a part
of the short ballot benefits and return
to the state nominating convention
purged of its most obvious evils. I
do not claim these amendments will
give a perfect system, or one which
will not at all times require the alert
attention of every good citizen.
Roughly jotted down, these changes
are as follows: ,
Thirty days or more prior to last
filing day for county officers, permit
a "elate" or group filing to be made
in the office of secretary of state, to
gether with platform of principles and
measures, by the candidate lor gover
nor, giving the names and postoffice
addresses of the seven candidates' he
desires associated with him on th
party ticket for general election. Fil
ing fee, $800; platform to not exceed
1000 words. Filing to be,a""om
panled by concise biographical sketch
ot the eight group candidates, not ex
ceeding 2,400 words for the eight
Secretary of state, not later than 20
days before last filing day for county
officers, to publish in every legal news
paper In Nebraska each group filing,
giving names and postoffice addresses
of candidates, the platform, in full and
th biographical sketches.. Provision
should be mad that the platform
shall be published in 8-polnt Roman,
and that the biographical sketches
should be entitled to the space re
quired to set them in 10-polnt 13-em
measure; and that if the candidates
desire, and supply the necessary ruts,
the allotted space might be used partly
in cuts and partly in printing, l-'ub-lication
should be one time in every
legal newspaper, and bills paid by the
state.
Within the time of filing for county
offices candidates for delegate to th
state nominating convention may file,
each filing to be accompanied by a
written declaration showing ' which
group the aspirant wishes to represent
and a pledge to support each candi
date in such group for not less than
three formal ballots in the state nom
inating convention. Delegates to re
ceive $10 per diem for not more than
three days, together with actual ' rail
road fare the nearest way, be subject
to arrest for nonattendance and ex
cused only for sickness attested by
Anrnrm Mrtiflcat. To b tid by
county; filing fee $5. Representation
based on one delegate for each 500
votes or major fraction thereof cast
for th party nomine for governor at
the next preceding election. .
Immediately after county canvass
of primary votes county clerks to re
port to secretary of state the name,
postoffice address, poltics and group
adherence of each delegate elected.
State committee of each political ,
party should be required to prepar
printed roll call blanks, showing al
phabetical list of delegates grouped
under alphabetical list of counties, to
gather with the postoffice address and
group adherence of each delegate, for
use at the state nominating conven
tion, not less than one copy for each
delegate and at least 46 for use of the
tellers. So-called "unit rule" should
be prohibited andsevery delegate rev
quired to keep his pre-primary pledge..
State committee should be authorized
to select in advance the temporary
chairman and secretary; to prepare
all necessary printed blanks for use
in the state convention. Customary
convention procedure should be pre
scribed, except that the committee on
platform should be named by the suc
cessful candidate for governor. An
absolute majority ot the elected dele
gates should be required to make each
nomination. 1
Such, in the rough, is what I be.
lieve would prove a forward step In
our political progress. - The filing fee
are sufficient to insure bona fide can
didates, but the burden of expense let
placed largely where It properly be
longsupon the taxpayers as a whole.
I would prohibit all campaign primary
expenses above $500 for each state
candidate, for any purpose whatso
ever, except the filing fee. -
CHARLES Q. DeFRANCK.
LAUGHING GAS.
That worthy man haa halttd many
people who were going wrong.''
. "Welfare worker?"
"Traffio eop." Judge.
"Row wee It that you were not tartta t
lunch at the Jobbea when you called there t"
"Mra. Jobbes aald ehe wae lorry, bat "we
had struck one ot their eatlesi dayi." Balti
more American.
A WAR ANGELUS.
Ob, Thou, who In the hollow of Thy hand
Hold earth and eky and aea.
Be with our boys our khaki band
Wbate'er, their fortune be. -
Protect them tn their hour of pela,
Olve health and strength and life,
Make war to cease; peace come again
The world Is surfeited ot strife.
Our righteous cause our only plea.
Our faith a rock on which we stand
Inspire us. Lord, to ask of Thee,
Triumphant peace for our dear land.
FLORENCE! S3, KBINUWJB.
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