THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1918.
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Save coall Save paper! Waste won't win
the war.
That ring of steel is drawing tighter around
the kaiser every day.
No rest for the Hun until he lays down his
irms and begs for mercy.
V Allenby cut quite a slice off Turkey, and
Thanksgiving is yet to come.
" Mobilization of the dollars is set for next
"Saturday. Watch them get into line.
If the administration is going to take care
f ex-Mayor "Jim" eventually, why not now?
Von Payer talks glibly about the American
' army In France starving to death, but he does
not believe it
Boost for "Big Jeff" for congress. When
he goes to Washington he will be more than
"a mesesnger boy."
A cool head or two might not be amiss
around the city hall till a settlement is reached
on the police question.
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Omaha kiddles are about to learn some of
the things their daddies and granddaddies had to
know, among them how to clean a slate.
r- Note that only empty whisky bottles were
used in the "plant" attempted by the democratic
gang on Sheriff Clark, the contents having dis
appeared in transit
General Allenby seems to have the Turks
about in the same fix that Jephtah had the Am
monites and the Ephraimites with respect to
the fords of the Jordan river.
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t r Ohio socialists say they want to be rid of the
Wiser, but would prefer talking him to death.
Several of these enthusiasts have succeeded in
talking their tray into the penitentiary.
Anxious Inquirer: No, it is the Washington
Sfimes upon whose purchase Alien Property
jjjistodian Palmer has thrown his searchlight,
' 5it the indication is that there are others.
The sultan is said to have had enough of war
lind to be quite willing to quit Unless he is
pautious he will be invited to join Ferdinand of
JiJulgaria for the rest cure at Bad Nauheim.
The democratic mud batteries are getting
linto action early in Nebraska. The gunners
evidently see a difficult job ahead to stop the
rising tide in favor of the republican candidates.
The defeat of Vardaman did not hurt Wilson
nod start a bonfire in Berlin. The defeat of
Hardwick did not hurt Wilson. Neither will
the defeat of any other democrat with a kaiser
, coddling record.
. Forty miles in a week through the moun
tain is the record made by the Serbians against
the Bulgarians, and serves to illustrate the force
behind the new push in the Balkans. No won
der the Bulgars want to quit.
That republican victory in Maine seems to
be worrying our democratic friends, and well it
may. They tried all their camouflage and pre
tense that the only way to back up the war was
. to go it blind for the democratic ticket on the
folks in Maine, and still they failed.
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The Cologne Gazette, with its circumstantial
account of the deadly bombardment of Atlantic
coast cities by U-boats, almost equaled some of
the journalistic feats of the German-language
papers on this side during the first few months
of the war. None will ever accuse the Cologne
editor of lacking imagination.
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A Census for Henchmen
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It seertis like echoes from the land of spirits,
but, in jthe dark backward and abysm of time
the democratic party 'was looking for "high
brow" votes. In 1912 the democratic platform,
cut of pure love and with no notion of catching
flies, wept sympathetically over civil service re
form, "snivil service." as Mr. Vice President
Marshall called it. The democratic partv is se
riously committed, if platform declarations
amount to anything, to civil service reform. Mr.
Wilson is committed to it by repeated utter
ances. "I am a hearty believer in the principles
of civil service reform," he said in 1912. "ard
shall take pleasure at all times in doing what I
can to promote those principles in practice.''
Mr. Wilson was sincere, but he has many
and great things te,attend to. The small, mean
and permanent forces of partisanship arc in
tense on all the domestic policies that he would
be severest against if he knew about them.
The census bill is a specimen of those an
rint nurlv partisan nreiudices. which, in this
V tinfce, are most remote from Americans of Amer
icsl Contrary to the provision of the census
Vw of 1909. it provides, in effect, that compen
sate methods shall not be used in the making of
8tli next census. The director of the census,
ve'e supervisors of the census, the 85,000-odd
ItrVWraWrs of the census, will all be "politscal
thjiintees. ,,...,.
TiTo doubt "nobody cares. et in the s.lent.
ate K mostly unheard remonstrance against the
strtwstic, which are also to an extent the for
th' tV " distinguished from the necessary, mt
aeatftive and win-the-war policies of an adnunis
n that is largely buttressed at home by
ir provincial democrats, may it not be wise
'urate, to a certain extent, what some of us
4ot ceased to Dencve w.-uuucai, imi
it reiormriNCw xor xmics. .
STANDING BEHIND THE PRESIDENT.
While the Omaha Hyphenated organ of the
unterrified shrieks its plea for voters to elect
democrats in order that the president may have
full support in his war program, Senator
Thomas, than whom no sturdier democrat ever
signed the payroll, rises In the senate to cast
another monkey-wrench into the fast-revolving
wheels. Last week this eminent member of the
military affairs committee found it necessary to
attack Secretary Daniels of the Navy depart
ment, accusing him of interfering with the war,
Mr. Daniels having opposed one of the senator's
pet measures having to do with oil and mining
matters. Daniels, it seems, seeks to preserve
at least a portion of the public domain in the oil
fields for uses of the navy; Senator Thomas
would turn it all over to private exploitation in
the name of increasing production for war uses.
However, the difference of opinion on this
point is immaterial. It is enough to know that
the honorable senator from Colorado is stand
ing behind the president now just as he did in
January and February, when, with Hitchcock
of Nebraska, Chamberlain of Oregon and a few
others, he sought to take control of the war out
of Mr. Wilson's hands and place it under domi
nation of the senate. The Omaha Hyphenated
has a short memory, but its' files will disclose
quite a few eloquent arguments in favor of the
course its owner was then bent upon. Truth
is, had Mr. Wilson been compelled to rely
wholly on the support of his own party in con
gress, his war program would have been
wrecked long ago.
Allenby's Victory in Palestine.
The success of the campaign conducted by
General Allenby against the Turk in Palestine
is of the utmost importance. By the thorough
ness of his work Allenby has tremendously re
duced the territory over which the British forces
there are required to operate, and has corre
spondingly weakened the Turkish army. He
is now in position to seriously threaten Moslem
defenses in other directions, one collateral re
sult of the present victory being to immediately
weaken the enemy's hold on Mesopotamia, and
so to drive him back from all his advance posts
along the southern and eastern border of Tur
key. Most potent of all, however, will be the
result of this victory on the government at Con
stantinople. Here, as in Sofia, the vulnerability
of the German scheme is now most apparent,
and a consequent desire to withdraw and save
something is coming uppermost. In this way
Allenby has contributed greatly to the winning
of the war.
War Loans and the People.
By a peculiar circumstance the ninth Ger
man war loan is to be offered to the kaiser's
subjects at the time Americans are asked to
subscribe to the Fourth Liberty loan. This
naturally suggests a comparison of methods.
The German war debt now amounts to $27,000,
000,000, exclusive of the huge sums for which
the states and cities, such as Berlin, Hamburg,
Munich and others, have pledged their credit.
No exact figures as to the total German debt
are available, but it has been estimated to be
above $30,000,000,000. This is exclusive of the
money raised by taxes, which have been heavy.
However, Germany increased its taxes but
little on account of the war, for the very good
reason that within the last few years preceding
hostilities taxation had been so heavy that care
ful observers expressed the belief that it had
reached the limit. Indeed, one of the reasons
for the forcing of the war in 1914 is the fact that
the burden of supporting the army had become
so onerous that Germans could no longer be de
pended upon to bear it. Therefore, the kaiser's
government has had recourse to loans to defray
the cost of the war, placing almost the entire
burden on posterity.
Taxation in America on account of the war
has been largely increased. A similar course
was pursued in Great Britain, the idea being to
make a just division of the load between the
present and the future, and to avoid the evils of
inflation incident to too great borrowing. In
both these lands enormous initial expenditures
had to be met, that armies might be raised and
equipped. These expenses Germany had dis
tributed over forty years of preparation.
The main point is that in both America and
Great Britain subscription to the loans is en
tirely voluntary; in Germany the government
has a way of inducing bond purchases that is
most effective. Again, the German bonds bear
a high rate of interest and are sold at discount,
ours at par.
Business on Even Keel.
While business conditions are necessarily
wholly under the influence of the war, disposi
tion to "rock the boat" seems to have vanished.
Big and little "business" alike accept the imper
ative fact that war orders come ahead of every
thing, and plans are laid accordingly. This is
the most encouraging feature of the home sit
uation. In some lines capacity production is
not attained, because of shortage of skilled la
bor, yet this is slowly being remedied by the
training of new help. Another factor that is
making some difference in the output is that the
high rate of production of the first few months
was pitched a little too fast. Great factories are
getting down to a steady and dependable basis,
and stable production rates is now expected.
As it is enough is being made and handled to
care for the military needs of the country, and
civilian requirements are being adjusted to meet
the shortened supply available. With care in
use there will be enough for everybody's reason
able needs, and no suffering for lack of supplies.
Matthias Erzberger, leader of the Catholic
party in the Reichstag, has drawn up a constitu
tion for a league of nations, to be effective
when the present belligerents, including Russia,
signify their entrance. It would have been
more to the point if Erzberger had busied him
self on this line back in 1914, when he was
shouting himself hoarse for war.
Senator "Jimmy" Reed of Kansas City is an
other democrat who stands squarely behind the
president. In his latest outburst he sees wreck
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iur wic toumry occause oi tne centraliza
tion of power in the hands of one man. Oh,
yes, the president must have democrats in con
gress that he may win the war!
Reports are that Nebraska corn is greatly
improved because of last week's favorable
weather. We will not have so much of it this
year, but every bushel will grade No. 1, and that
vi?l help a lot '"' 1 " """" ' " '
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Right in the Spotlight.
John Reed, who is to be arraigned
today on a federal charge of ob
structing the selective draft, is the
designated consul-general of the
bolsheviki in New York City. Mr.
Reed is known as a young writer
of brilliant attainments, but of a
radical, socialistic turn of mind that
of late has frequently brought" him
afoul of the law. Born in Portland,
Ore., in 1887, he found his way to
Harvard university and there at
tracted attention by hs gifts ts a
writer. After leaving the univer
sity he became a magazine writer
and as such was sent to Europe
at the beginning of the war to re
port conditions in Russia, Turkey,
France and other countries. When
he returned to New York he joined
the staff of "The Masses," and it
was his writings in this periodical
that were responsible for his pres
ent trouble.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
United States government fixed
the prices for steel.
Six persons killed in a German
air raid on London.
Paris reports the repulse of ene
my attacks on the French and Brit
ish fronts.
In Omaha, Thirty Years Ago.
Arrengements are now being
made to form a party of those
wishing to attend the Conley-Mc-Auliffe
fight, which takes place in
San Francisco October 26.
The Union Pacific has purchased
a $250 watch, which will be present
ed to Frank A. Tillman, the brake-
man, who was shot four times while
defending a train of that company
against robbers near Laramie.
A torpedo was placed on the
street car track on Farnam street
near Fourteenth, and the loud ex
plosion caused considerable commo
tion. Mr. Storz, of the firm of Storz &
Her, is building a large brick bot
tling works on North Sixteenth
street above Nicholas.
Miss Irene Chapman, who has
been visiting her brother and Mr.
and Mrs. G. C. Thompson, of Wal
nut Hill, returned to her home at
Rhode Island, la.
The Day We Celebrate.
Charles Leslie, district judge, born
1867.
Edgar M. Morsman, jr., attorney-at-law,
born 1873.
Fred H. Orcutt, president F. H.
Orcutt & Son company, bom 1852.
Dr. James N. Patton, oculist and
aurist, born 1876.
Maj.-Gen. William M. Wright,
United States army, born in New
Jersey, 55 years ago.
Maj.-Gen. Clarence G. Townsley,
United States army, born in New
York, 63 years ago.
This Day in History.
1784 Zachary Taylor, whose pop
ularity as a hero won him the presi
dency, born in Orange county, Va.
Died in Washington, D. C, July 9,
1850.
1850 Papal bull was issued es
tablishing the Roman Catholic hier
archy in England.
1870 The French, besieged in
Metz by the Germans, made a vig
orous but ineffective sortie.
1887 William O'Brien, the Irish
leader, found guilty of seditious lan
guage and sentenced to three
months' imprisonment.
1914 Belgians made a gallant
stand against Germans south of
Antwerp.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
1516th day of the great war.
Forty-ninth anniversary of the
"Black Friday" panic, in which the
fortunes of hundreds were swept
away in Wall street.
Robert T. Lincoln and Mrs. Lin
coln, who are now residents of
Washington, will celebrate their gol
den wedding anniversary today, hav
ing been married September 24, 1868.
Sectional conferences and commit
tee meetings will occupy thousands
of bankers, assembled in Chicago
today for the annual convention of
the American Bankers' association.
General primaries are to be held
today in Massachusetts and New
Jersey for the nomination of party
candidates for United States sena
tor, congressmen and state officers
to be voted for in November.
The Central States Co-operative
society has been called to a gen
eral conference to meet today at
Springfield, 111., to agree upon
measures for extending the co-operative
movement as a means of pro
tection for working classes against
the profiteer.
S.toryette of the Day.
Senator Thomas of Colorado said,
the other day:
"The Germans started this war be
cause they seemed to think that
all men were rascals. -"Friend
and foe alike rascals that
seemed to be the German view.
They tell a story about a Hamburg
German who gave a banquet, and
found one of his silver spoons on
his doorstep afterwards.
"'Aha!' he said. 'Dis shows dot
a guest had a hole in his bocket!'"
Here and There
It is as far around the coast of
Africa as it is around the world.
The word "Bey" affixed to a Turk
ishsurname signifies that the wearer
is distinguished in the service of the
state.
In 1712 the inundation of Petro
srrad as the result of an overflow of
the Neva was so severe that Peter
the Great nearly lost his life. Thou
rands of people died in the course
of it and the whole city vas nearly
destroyed.
Liberia, the latest country to se
cure a war loan from the United
States, is a negro republic on the
west coast of Africa, with a popula
tion of between 1,000,000 and 2,000,
000. It declared war on Germany
August 4, 1917. Relations had been
broken previously, but the war de
cision permitted the-iintemment of
many German merchants and others
who hnri been accused of unneutral
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LoadToo Heavy for One Horse
By WILL H. HAYS.
Chairman of Republican National Committee.
We are living today in one of the greatest
epochs in all the eons of God's eternity. There
never has been anything like it since time began,
and there will never be again while time shall
last. The world is on fire. There will never be
a moment in the lives of any of us when it will
be so important that individually and collec
tively we direct our thoughts with care and our
actions with consideration.
This country has to save the world.
The republican party constitutes, in all prob
ability, the majority of the citizenry of this
country.
We are republicans. We are proud of it.
The history of the actions, of the republican
party is the story of the progress of the nation.
A man could not have been more proud to
have been a republican in 1861, when the party
was born to make men free, nor in 1898, when
it gave of its best to1 preserve the liberty of a
downtrodden neighboring people, than he is to
be a republican today when we are making it
our supreme purpose to make certain that our
party runs true to its tradition, continues stead
fast in its avowed purpose, and functions in its
performance of loyal, efficient national service,
requiring it of our own membership and of
everyone else, democrat or republican, in office
or out of office, regardless of the office, high or
low, and regardless of the individual, big or
little.
The fact that the republican party in con
gress has been able to give a more generous war
support than the opposition is not recited by
republicans in disparagement of the democrats.
By tradition, by training, by experience, by as
piration and by actual performance we have
been qualfiied to do this. More is properly ex
pected of us by reason of these things, and the
fact that we have been true to our consistent
record of preparedness, patriotism and perform
ance, though at times subjected to the most
narrow partisan attempts to deter us, does not
entitle us to any more credit than that due for
the discharge of any recognized duty.
There is no geography, political or physical,
in the patriotism of this country. Democrats
and republicans alike love the flag and are ready
together to die for it. I attribute to the mem
bership of the democratic party in this country
the same high patriotic motives and loyal hearts
which we claim for ourselves.
I have pity, rather than any other concern,
for those men who accuse republicans of a lack
of patriotism and a failure in war support. Such
statements, spawned in spite and uttered with
the evident belief that a partisan advantage can
be gained thereby, are the wails of ignorance
and the woofs of selfishness. They do no harm
politically to those against whom they are di
rected. The contrary is true. But for national
reasons most important I most earnestly urge
continually that there be no allegations from
either one side or the other concerning disloy
alty in this campaign. Shame on that man or
committee of either party who does that 1 Such
allegations are calculated to create among un
thinking people a feeling of resentment on one
side and distrust on the other, when acrimoni
ous divisions are most deplorable. Such alle
gations will give, a totally false impression of
conditions in this country to the enemy. And
the man, or the committee, or the party who
starts anything like that is guilty in the very act
of the worst kind of disloyalty.
This is no time for little things. All the or
ganized diabolical forces of a scientifically
trained brutality are at the throat of this coun
try. And we appeal to, all patriots, whatever
their politics, to aid us in every way possible in
our efforts to require that partisanship be kept
out of the war management and all war activi
ties. In the name of every American soldier in
France, in the name of every American mother
of those boys, I appeal for the support of the
country's cause by all men and women without
thought of party. Let not political parties
spend their time accusing each other of disloy
alty, when both are loyal. Rather, let us eni
deavor to make certain that every possible effi
cient instrument in men and material which is
available shall be used in winning the war, that
efficiency shall replace inefficiency wherever
found, and that both the two great political
horses which we have shall be harnessed to
gether, fully and freely to share in the pulling
of the heavy load, each striving to see which
can pull the harder.
Arthur's Friendly Letter
Minneapolis Tribune.
Arthur LeSeuer wrote a nice, chummy sort
of letter to "Big Bill" Haywood on April 5, 1917.
In it he addressed his correspondent as "Fellow
Worker."
Mr. LeSeuer is secretary of the Nonpartisan
league and a power in its inner councils.
"Big Bill" is recretary of the I. W. W. and
its most active guiding spirit.
The letter was written the day before the
United States declared a state of war with Ger
many. Mr. LeSeuer said in the letter he hoped
his "fellow worker" would not "start anything
until the year has expired.
Mr. LeSeuer wished to know how "the Min
nesota proposition" was coming on, whatever
that may be. He also suggested to "fellow
worker" that "this damned war business is go
ing to make it mighty hard to do good organi
zation work or good radical work of any kind,"
and he opined it might be just as well "that the
fight should now be centered against spy bills
and conscription."
Incidentally Mr. LeSeuer thought a check
for $34.30 from "Big Bill" would be about right
for expenses incurred in getting "the boys out"
in Des Moines, seeing that no "labor principle
was involved."
The letter was addressed to West Washing
ton street, Chicago. "Big Bill's" forwarding
address is now Leavenworth, Kan., care warden
of federal prison. He appears to have centered
the fight too well on something. Mr. LeSeuer
car, still be reached by mail, care Nonpartisan
league. Mr. Townley knows him very well and
thinks highly of him.
The Minnesota Public Safety commission,
thinking the text of this letter would be inter
esting to many readers, permits the newspapers
to publish it next to pure reading matter.
State Press Comments
York News-Times: Jack Frost may
come along at any time now if he so
desires. He can do nothing that will
increase the damage. He will bring
relief to the hay fever sufferers and
that is a humane achievement.
Beatrice Express: Nebraska's
eiuota for the Fourth Liberty loan,
which is to be launched September
2S, will be twice the amount of the
quut;t for the third loan, according
to Washington advices. Get ready
to take your fair share.
Grand Island Independent: An
other thing our boys are likely to do
when they return from France will
be to substitute our penny-wise-and-poiaul-foolish
policy of road and
bridge building with a community
enterprise spirit that will result in
real n ads and permanent, concrete
floored bridges, instead of the tem
porary, frail, split-plank-floored,
shaky imi dangerous apologies which
have been the vogue in the past to
"keep down the taxes."
Wayne Herald: There is a report
from Washington that congress pro
poses to do something to bring down
aviating food prices. Congress wisely
feels th;it people should be relieved
as far us possible from the oppres
sion of the high cost of living. No
matter how small a man's income,
he wants to buy bonds and war sav
ings stamps and contribute to the
Red Cross and other worthy purposes
in the interest of the war, but he
can't well do all he wishea to do in
that way if the purchase of bare
necessities taxes his resources to the
limit. This condition appeals to con
gress as ground for action.
Over There and Here
Henry L. Stimson,- secretary of
war under President Taft, is now a
colonel at Camp Meade.
You might, not think of it, but this
comes from Missouri fro.n the
Humsville Herald: "Our language
is American. If you are an Ameri
can, talk it; if you don't know it,
learn it; if you don't like it, move.
Hot stuff, that, and 100 per cent
American.
Private Edward J. Farrell of New
York City, killed In action July 13,
left a will just made public by a
friend which' contains this para
graph: "To the little old United
States I give my life willingly, be
cause she is the grandest, greatest
and freest country in the world. And
I hope to God that the day will come
when she will be indeed 'America
for Americans' of undivided al
legiance." Editorial batteries In New York
are bombarding Judge Rosalky,
judge of the special sessions court,
for giving a convict the choice of
jail or entering the army. The con
vict chose the latter course, but get
ting in may not be as easy as the
judge thinks. The Brooklyn Eagle,
quoting the Service Review says:
"The army is not a refuge for crim
inals, even under the inclusive
methods of the draft."
Three Salvation Army lassies at
one of the Yanks' camps at the
front broke the pie-baking record on
August 15, turning out 316 apple
pies in one day, using an ordinary
field range and ovens. "The pies,"
exclaims the Stars and Stripes, pub
lished over there, "were like mother
or wifey back in the good old U. S.
A. is (still baking rich, heavy, with
aromatic juices and tantalizingly
flavored spires." The best previous
record was 235 pies in a day.
Whittled to a Point
Washington Post: Disloyal strik
ers lind that President Wilson can
strike, too.
Washington Post: The time when
Germany shoi'ld hav yearned for
peace was in July, 1914.
Minneapolis Tribune: They say
the kaiser is about ready to break
down just when his army is break
ing up, too.
Baltimore American: President
Wilson's effective reply to Austria
is a polite translation of the curt
ultimatum of the street's "Nothing
Doing."
New York World: It still remains
for the German military headquar
ters to announce officially that the
Austrian peace drive was success
fully carried out according to pre
arranged plans.
New York Herald: The wisest of
Prussian prophets is Admiral von
Scheer, who tempers his prophecy
that "we shall bring England to its
knees by submarine warfare" by
frank admission that he does not
bind himself to a definite date.
Brooklyn Eagle: Eugene V. Debs,
who spent six months in jail many
years ago for contempt of court, and
who, in 1912, polled 898,538 votes
for the presidency, offers no defense
to a sedition charge, and declares he
is willing to die in prison for his
principles. That, at teast, is the priv
ilege of every law-breaker. Debs
has chosen the better part; It shall
not be taken from him.
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Patrick is Against Morrhead.
Omaha, Sept. 19. To the Editor
of The Bee: Those acquainted with
the political caliber of Frank Currle
will not be greatly astonished by his
declaration that "he never voted foi
a democrat for an important office."
Nor will those unacquainted with his
political antecedents, but who read
the above declaration, be very great
ly astonished at his attack upon Sen
ator Norris. Cnrrie, and those of his
political ilk, are not so much cha
grined at the senator's mistake in
voting against the war resolution as
they are at his refusal to obey the
orders Issued by "Big Business."
And Morehead, although professedly
a democrat, is preferable to them
because he Is at all times thoroughly
dependable, as proven by his veto
of the Omaha municipal lisjht plant
bill, whereby he permitted the Ne
braska Power company to continue
its monopoly and precluded all pres
ent possibility of cheaper current
for Omaha and surrounding terri
tory. Will Mr. Currle, just by way of
comparison, kindly tell the people
of Nebraska what he thinks of More
head's telegram to Congressman
Shallenberger denouncing conscrip
tion for overseas service as "the
most unpopular measure of his life
time," and insisting that only those
willing to volunteer be required to
go; or, of his subsequent declaration
that Senator Norris' position "was
right?"
Will the patriotic people of Ne
braska be fooled by such misleading
attacks as men of the Currle type
are making upon a good man who is
honestly and with all his might sup
porting our win-the-war. policy,
just because he Insists that in rais
ing the necessary war revenue big
business and the profiteering class
shall not escape their Just share of
the burden?
For every republican who Is for
Morehead there are many demo
crats, some of whom have frequently
voted for good republicans in pref
erence to hyphenates of the More-head-Hitchcock
stripe, who are
heartily and conscientiously support
ing Senator Norris because they are
convinced that he is honest and will
fight not only to win the war, but to
protect the American people against
those who are contributing so liber
ally to the support, financially an"
otherwise, of the political aspirants
who are willing the people shouiu
be robbed.
Will the people be fooled?
WILLIAM R. PATRICK.
uae of depth bombe ahould be prohibited.
Washington Star.
She You'll hv to do eomettalnf brara
ferdlf, before I will consent to marry yoo.
He Well, mercy me! Yeeterday af tor
noon didn't I ahoo the cat away from tb
gold flab T Florida Tlmea Union.
A former railroad brakeman, bow aer.
Ing In Franco, waa bringing In a bunch oi
prisoners.
"What have you there T" Inquired an of
ficer whom he met back of the llnce.
"Just a string of empties, air!" waa hU
prompt reply. Cartoona Magaelne.
"Looks to me like dancing la simply
hURKtng set to music."
"Time have Improved, grandma."
"How's that?"
"In your day a girl had to pretend to
faint If she wanted some a-entlcman to
catch her In his arms." Loulavillii
Courier-Journal.
NEBRASKA.
Protection Nebraska will give
And a welcome to all who may come
Her gates open wide
To all who'll abide
in this fair state to make it their homa.
The Indian and buffalo once roamed
And the emigrant oft stopped to rest;
Prairie Bchooners capped whit
Passed liko ships In the night
On the way to gold fields In the west.
Towns and cities now rise in the plaoa
Where the elk and the bison were slain;
Wheat and corn as they away
Show to many the way
Why the world on this state calls fol
grain.
Flocks and herds In the green pasture!
araJe.
In abumlance the ripened fruits wait;
Never was a crown worn
Like the one of "King Corn,"'
And he rules in the "Antelope State.''
To the daut'htera and sons of the state
Who the pathway of knowledge would
trend.
To all who will try
There la naught to deny
And Nebraska to her school all will send,
The blue sky and the sunsets so grand
That with envy an artist would gaze.
And clear Is the air,
So marvelous and rare
The Indian Summer is with Its haie.
Omaha. BELLV1EW.
Those Empty Bottles. 1
Omaha, Sept. 21. To the Editor
of The Bee: It is said that a drown
ing man will grasp at a straw. This
is equally true of the enemies of
Michael Clark, our present sheriff,
for they have found that the old
boat is leaking and they are about
to be drowned in the deep waters o'
public opinion. Hence they resort
to every stretegy, every conceivab'r
device that would save them from
the wrath of the people, in the hope
of landing safely in the harbor of
political success.
A few empty whisky bottles found
In an Isolated spot in the county
building has shocked the sensibility
of such well known prohibitionists
as Tom O'Connor and Leo Hoffman,
county commissioners. Knowing
these men as I do, I am of the opin
ion that the only real shock lay in
the fact that the bottles were empty
ones. That Sheriff Clark never knew
that those empty bottles were ther.
or that they were placed there by
him or any of his employes will bi
believed far more readily by all whi
know him than any story told by
the schemers who are resorting to
such dastardly means to depreciate:
the record made by one of the most :
honest and efficient sheriffs Douglas !
county ever had, and I have known
them all for 38 .ears past.
The good record of a public official
is a bulwark against slander or the
designing schemes of political trick
sters, and I venture the prediction
that Michael Clark will be re-elected
to his second ter,m as sheriff by
the biggest majority ever given a
man for that office in Douglas coun
ty, for the American people have
come to a realization of the fact that
an honest and efficient public serv
ant is the noblest work of Cod.
ED F. MOREARTY.
LAUGHING GAS.
"I see where the crown prince Rupprecht
has left the fighting to get married."
"That doesn't necessarily follow."
"What doesn't?" i
"That he's left the fighting." Baltimore
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People and Events
Patched shoes and reseated trousers are
omitted from the latest fashion chronicle, but
they are breaking into stylish society just the
same.
War's grim tragedies still lure the muses to
unseemly mirth. One of them warbles: "Of
the six Hohenzollern boys who started in the
war there are only half a dozen left."
California talks of taking food profiteers by
the scruff of the neck and giving them a mastiff
shakeup. Watch how the state does it. Other
states need a shining example to follow.
With much glee and unanimity eastern papers
jumped on the scheme to raise a purse of
$300,000 as a prize for the winner of an aerial
race across the Atlantic ocean. As a consequence
the project looks like a hopeless case for a pul
motor. Fifty-five hundred styles of rubber footwear
have been eliminated by the war industries
board, and the raw material turned into real
war work. The saving will supply urgent needs
for the year and defer for the present a reduc
tion in the styles of rubbernecks.
Last year Britishers footed a drink bill of
$1,200,000,000, or $400,000,000 more than in 1913.
Still there was not half the drunkenness in war
time that there was in peace-time. Excessive
drinking is said to have decreased 80 per cent.
Evidently the moderates maintained a steady
souse.
Vendors of natural gas warn Kansas City
consumers not to expect fuel gas this winter.
At the same time the company is gassing the
federal court at St. lJaul for permission to ele
vate the price. Should the elevation succeed no
doubt an, extra effort will be made to deliver
the goods. ,
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