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. Victory notes mean victory!
"Postponed on account of rain" the trans
atlantic flight.
That was an awful wallop old John Barley
corn gave the boozehound.
One way to help meet the demand for build
ing brick will be to produce more of them.
. ' Nebraska has very seldom lost a crop be
cause of too much ram in the springtime.
' Constructive criticism helped the League of
Nations, and it may do some good in other di
rections, y
: Sunday came to the front with a list of auto,
accidents that indicates the approach of the joy
riding season, if nothing else.
"Never shall my house serve to house a Ger
man delegate 1" exclaims Annie Morgan, and her
fellow citizens shout "Hurrah for Annie 1"
' Ole Hanson is to make a Victory loan speak
ing tour. If he just gets his Seattle system to
working, he ought to put it over singlehanded.
' Putting Liberty loan interest into War Sav
' ings stamps helps the government, and com
pounds the interest a blessing both ways. Go
to it .
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Westphalian miners have agreed to a seven
hour working day, which is just that much
longer than most of them have been working
of late.
The anti-British propaganda is working al
"most as energetically as the pro-German kind
right now, and both are of the same piece. Look
out for them.
Mrs. Wilson, costumed as an "honorary col--y
onel," ' attended a military function in Paris
Sunday. Wait till Marse Henry Watterson
hears of that!
Ban Johnson objects to being called a czar
and an autocrat. We do not blame him, when
we think of the examples recently retired from
circulation in Europe.
' Observing "employment Sunday" is all right
as a moral factor in readjustment, but a more
practical way will bevto start up some labor
consuming enterprises.
: Mr. Wilson's health is said Jo be good, and
fiis will to end the job is equal to his health, so
we nvy have congress at work on home prob
lems before very long.
One person, one vote, is" to be the 'rule here
after in Belgium, where' a number hi beneficial
changes are likely to follow, the war, this being
Mhe first great improvement. .. ,
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' ' Assessor Fitzgerald says Douglas county
property has increased in value $10,000,000
within a year. His chief difficulty will be to
make the taxpayers believe this.
Setting the winter wheat yield at 70,000,000
bushels on the April showing may be counting
the chickens too soon, but the outlook surely is
a temptation to figure on the outcome.
5 You can hardly blame those German pris
oners at Brest for trying'to declare themselves
into the American army. They at least should
have credit with knowing a good thing.
' Nebraska towns going back to the standard
time system will find a lot of support from the
farmers, even if they do have to make careful
calculations to keep up with the railroads.
Summing up the causes of slack times will
help in no way to set the wheels of business
turning faster unless something is done to trans
mute talk into action. This is the problem for
American business men.
No American citizen above draft age need
worry over the service chevrons the boys are
wearing. He can match 'em with his Liberty
loan and War Stamp buttons, and his collection
will not be complete till he has added one for
the Victory loan.
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,' He Is Needed iii Politics
) ? Words that have undergone a remarkable
: change of meaning with the passage of the cen
turies are "pretty" and "nice. Both these words
meant originally almost exactly the reverse of
their present definitions. "Pretty" comes from
the old French word proud or "prud." 'In old
- Saxon the word became "prut" magnificent,
splendid, vain,' insolent. From this came "prit"
qr "pritte," meaning almost the same; till at
length it came to signify handsome, bold or
fine; finally, after many gradations, reaching its
present usual sense as a personal adjective of
girlish and effeminate significance. ."Nice"
which comes from a French source at first
meant foolish, absurd, ridiculous; then in course
of time it came to signify wanton, whimsical,
fantastic; then delicate and subtle, till finally it
was used to denote any specially pleasant
quality.
. 7 -."Wedlock" is another word which has lost
some of its original meaning. It comes from a
similar Saxon source as "brydlac." Young
people nowadays look upon marriage as a rather
serious and solemn undertaking. It was a
.. ' jovial festival. with our forefathers, apparently;
i for the Saxon terminal "lac" meant play or
sport; and the word is still used in this sense in
parts of Yorkshire and Cumberland. Moreover,
the Saxon word "bridal" is derived from the two
" ' old words, "bryd," a bride, and "ealo," ale; so
thai' it really means "the festive drinking in
' honor of the bride."
"Bamboozle." meaning to swindle or hoax, is
- a term we still hear very, frequently. It is at
: least 200 years old; for Dean Swift, writing on
contemporary manners, speaks of "certain
' words such as banter and bamboozle now strug
gling for the vogue." Edinburgh Scotsman.
TERMS OF THE VICTORY LOAN.
Secretary Glass of the Treasury department
has announced the terms and conditions for the
Victory loan, about to be floated. It is now
up to Americans, to see that it goes over the
top, just as have the oth'ers. Slacker dollars
are enemy dollars now, just as they were in
October, when the rush to buy Liberty bonds
sent a wave of despair over the Hun.
The total amount asked for in the loan is
less than had been anticipated, and equally the.
interest rate is lower. Good reasons are given
for both of these facts. Government expendi
tures on account of the war are being rapidly
reduced, while the adverse effect of a high rate
of interest on government loans on the general
money market justifies the .Treasury in so
slight an increase in its interest payments. Con
version of the 4i notes into 2Y tax-exempt
notes may attract some large investors, who are
looking for a place to plant some portion of
their income, yet it may be doubted if any con
siderable amount of the loan will be disposed of
for this reason alone. f
After the technical advantages of the issue
have been considered, the main question recurs.
We must "finish the job." Uncle Sam needs
this money to meet his bills. Expenses incurred
in connection with the war, and the people must
furnish it.
For the small purchaser as well as the large,
the Victory loan holds all the attractions that
were brought out to support the Liberty loans.
No better security can be given; no more pru
dent investment can be made. And no more im
perative duty ever was laid on an enlightened,
liberty-loving people, than comes in the fdrm
of a privilege of loaning its money to its own
government. The world will be discussing war
debts and "finance for generations to some; but
it is up to Americans to meet today's issue now.
Buy the Victory loan.
France to Have Its Coal.
One bit of poetic justice is coming out of the
Peace conference, in the way of an award to
France of the Sarre coal mines. Whether this
be made in perpetuity or not is to be settled,
but it is likely to be so. When the Germans
occupied Flanders they held to Lens with the
utmost determination. Once it was reported
that General Byng's Canadians had dislodged
the Huns from this stronghold, but events
showed they only had gained positions among
the cinder piles and clinker heaps, where -for
two years they clung until victory came. While
this was going on, the Germans carried out their
general scheme of destruction with utmost ef
fect. Mine workings, both above and below
ground, were systematically destroyed, so that
it will take years to restore the pits to produc
tive condition, if ever it can be done. No mat
ter how the war went, France had been put to
enormous inconvenience by the crippling of the
fuel supply. Now the boot is slipped easily to
the other foot, and along with the great iron,
deposits of Lorraine go the coal beds of Sarre,
t,o compensate the French, assuring the revival
of industry and manufactures as far as raw
materials can do so. In no other way has ret
ribution hit the German as hard as this.
Liquor in Interstate Commerce.
The supreme court has just made a ruling
that rests on reason, if it does disappoint some
of the zealous people who had looked for help
to make bone-dry territory still drier. In passing
oni the Reed amendment, the court holds that
a state prohibitory law can not put up a bar to
interstate commerce, and that while the carry
ing of liquor into a dry state is forbidden, the
law does not operate to prevent its being car
ried across. Just how this may affect local
bootlegging operations, is yet to be determined.
Illegal disposition of forbidden liquor remains
a crime; illegal possession by a resident still
may be established, but the wayfarer, the so
journer, or the passer-through will be relieved
of some of the terror that has attached to a
trip across country. For example, it will be
possible in the future for the traveler to leave a
damp or even a wet state, enroute to another,
and carry with him across the driest of the dry
a little something to sustain him between sta
tions, and yet be immune from visit and search
by the ubiquitous boozehound, whose officious
ways have made him a most unwelcome person
in some circles. Passage from the train to the
Street car or the taxicab at the railroad stations
will be attended by less of hazard, and in many
ways apprehension will be removed by this rule
of the court. In good time maybe the enforce
ment of prohibition may be as affective as that
of other sumptuary laws, but it will come when
folks have accustomed themselves to going with
out the stuff, or have found better ways of sat
isfying an appetite that now longs for the drink
that is unlawful.
Base Ball as a Business.
Organized base ball received a jolt in Balti-,
more, when the defunct Federal league team
was awarded a verdict of $240,000 against the
two big leagues. This verdict is not directed
against the sport, but hits at the business
management of the game. Byron Bancroft
Johnson, who rose to fame and fortune by
establishing an "outlaw" league some 18 years
ago and driving it through to success no less
by the brilliance of his own effort than by the
deficiency of his opposition, now takes oc
casion to bitterly resent the public opinion
that is inclined to suppqrt the verdict of the
Baltimore jury.
Base ball is peculiarly an American institu
tion; Mr. Johnson and his associates even
pleaded last year that it is an essential in
dustry, and because of its popularity has been
the means of establishing a great amusement
enterprise. Millions are invested in plant and
equipment for the exhibition of the game, and
other millions are represented by players, held
under contract to the owners of teams. The
form of these contracts has been tested again
and again in court, and finally have been per
fected to where the player ij in effect the
chattel of the team owner. Likewise, .agree
ments between big Sind little leagues or as
sociations have been revised and refined till
the little fellows exist by permission of suf
france of the big.
And as the final act,-when the two big
leagues did away with the competition that was
threatened by the Federal, they established the
difficulty and risk of opposing them in their
,own chosen field.. The court now has shown
that monopoly of this jsort carries also some
responsibility, tfnd therefore reorganization is
talked of. The business of the game might
well be overhauled for the benefit of all, but
mostfy for the public, which would like' to
know that it is witnessing a contest rather than
an exhibition, ,' .--, '
Truth About the 85th
Kansas City Star.
The chronicle of the 35th division, by Mr.
Clair Kenamore, staff correspondent of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, abundantly bears out Gov
ernor Allen's charges that the 35th did not have
proper artillery support in the battle of the
Argonne. i
Who was responsible for" this condition, and
whether blame attaches for it, has not been es
tablished. The facts, however, are as Governor
Allen set them forth.
Mr. Kenamore's statement is detailed and
specific at every point Nine divisions were in
line, and six in support the greatest American
army that ever entered battle. The artillery
preparation began at 2:30, on the morning of
September 26, with 2,600 guns in action. More
than 40,000 shells were fired that day by the di
visional artillery of the 35th. At 5:30 that morn
ing the 35th went over the top,i preceded by a
rolling barrage from the 75s. By 7:40 the at
tack had got byond effective support from the
barrage, and bad roads made the task of bring
ing ud the guns exceedingly difficult. Only one
battery of the 129th regiment-got into position
again that day.
"Virtually after 8 a. m. that day the infantry
had no' artillery support," Mr. Kenamore
writes. His explanation of the trouble is vivid
"The ground over which the guns had to
move had been virtually a No Man's Land for
years and was soggy and full of rank weeds.
At every little creek or ditcch the wheels sank
in the mud and stuck. Officers' mounts and all
the horses of mounted details were put into
harness to move the guns, but there was not
much progress made.
The situation was so bad at the end of the
first day that General Traub had decided to
delay the attack the next morning until 8:30 to
permit the artillery to get up. But about mid
night orders came from the corps headquarters
to start at 5:30. - The other divisions were to at
tack at that time, and the corps command did
not wish a break to be made in the line by a
delay on the part of the 35th. Accordingly Gen
eral Traub, in command of the 35th, changed his
orders to 5:30. Mr. Kenamore writes:
"General Traub knew that he would have no
artillery to support the attack at the early hour.
Nothing was farther from his desire than to lose
troops or to sacrifice men, but he did not feel
that he was justified in taking the matter in his
own hands and delaying the hour for the attack
to 8:30."
Friend of the Soldier
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Names will' not be printed.
Ask The Bee to Answery
' At the time for the advance only one bat
talion of field artillery was in position. Four
teen could have been used, Mr. Kenamore says.
The result was the attack was made without
the barrage support. The losses were so great
that by 10 o'clock the regimental commanders
had stopped it and ordered the men to dig in.
But the corps command was taking no excuses.
Pressure came to headquarters of the 35th anr
at 5:30 p. m. another advance was ordered to
bring the division up to its eight companions
in the line.
Only 1,200 shells were thrown that day by
the divisional artillery against 40,000 the day be
fore. The division paid the penalty in heavy
casualties.
This account fits in well with the general
desciption of the battle given by Col. Frederick
Palmer, chief censor, in his series of articles in
Collier's. Palmer says we were unprepared foi
the offensive, not merely the 35th, but all the
division. We had been expecting to make our
big push in the spring and were accumulating
equipment for it. Then Foch discovered that the
German line was cracking and decided on a great
advance along the whole front to wind up the
war in 1918. Pershing consented, although he
was short of every sort of equipment.
In effect, according to Colonel Palmer, we
took heavy losses last autumn, as the price of
winning the war in 1918 instead of 1919.
The same explanation may apply to the
management of the 35th in the battle of the
Argonne. Possibly it was necessary to sacri
fice it in order to maintain the advance of the
nine divisions. If that were really necessary,
the fathers and mothers of the boys who were
sent in without artillery support will accept the
sacrifice as part of the inevitable cost of vic
tory. Possibly General Traub should have at
tempted to convince the corps command that
there should be delay all along the line to give
his artillery time to get up. Possibly he did try
and did not succeed. We do not know. Mr.
Kenamore seems to imply that he accepted
the orders without attempting seriously to nave
them modified. He writes: "General Traub's
conception of the duty of divisional commander
is to obey the orders he receives from corps or
army commanders."
People are not unreasonable. They are ready
to accept the explanation that the losses were
necessary to win the war; that in the long run
it was better to make the sacrifices and win in
1918 than to let the agony go over into 1919,
when the equipment would be ready.
Hut what they do resent is the constant
evasion by the War department. The depart
ment, instead of being frank, insists that there
were no mistakes; that there was ample equip
ment; that everything was as it should have
been.
Even General Traub, on his recent visit to
Kansas City, gave a picture of a perfect battle.
There was never a time, he said, when the di
vision was without artillery support. That may
have been true so far as the heavy artillery was
concerned.; But the men were stopped almost
in their tracks the second day through lack of
divisional artillery. In the light of Mr Kena
more's chronicle and of Colonel Palmer's ac
count of what happened to the 35th, the gen
eral's statement was lacking in candor.
1 his policy of covering up makes Americans
resentful. They can forgive mistakes. They
cannot forgive misrepresentation. What they
ask, first of all,, is that the War department be
square with them as it has not been.
Sublime Proof of Mother's Love.
Baltimore American; A pathetic sacrifice of
fered was that of a woman in Troy who wanted
surgeons to use her own eyes to restore sight
to her blinded son. It may have appeared a
foolish offer to surgical science, but it was sub
lime as illustration of what a mother's .love
will do. i
The Day We Celebrate.
Isidor summer of bommer Bros., grocers,
born 1859.
Louis J, Piatti, lawyer, born 1863.
Joseph B. Robinson, real estate and insur
ance man, born in Russia, 1868.
Gen. Horace Porter, famous soldier, diplo
matist and author, born, at Huntington, Pa., 82
years ago. "
Kt. Kev. Fatnck J. Donahue, Catholic bishop
of Wheeling, born in England 70 years ago.
Abbott Fuller Graves, a noted artist who
has been doing Y. M. C. A. work in France,
born at Weymouth, Mass., 60 years ago.
R. Livingston Beeckman, governor of Rhode
Island, born in New York City 53 years ago.
Wallace Reid, well known as an actor in
motion pictures, born in St. Louis 29 years ago.
James J. Jeffries, former champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world, born at Carroll, O.,
44 years ago. '
Thirty Years Ago Today. Y
At the meeting of the directors of the Board
of Trade, President Martin announced Messrs.
D. H. "Wheeler, Herman Kountze and J. J.
Brown as a committee to represent the board in
opening of the great exposition of the three
Americas,' which is to be held in Washington
in 1892.
Superintendent of Schools James places the
number of school children in Omaha at 9,290, an
increase of 1,212 over the preceding year.
The.Hayden Bros.' dry goods store, corner
of Dodge and Sixteenth streets, was the theater
of a busy and exhilarating scene at the spring
opening of this house
(Questions directed to tills column
will be answered In the order of their
receipts. Please do not ask for In
formation by telephone or mall.)
Chevrons for Discharged Men.
A Soldier's Mother You son Is
entitled to wear a red chevron to de
note his honorable discharge, and a
silver service stripe, denoting six
months' service with the army on
home station. These are both worn
on the left arm, the red Inverted
above the elbow, and the silver Just
aDove tne curr. They can be ob
tained from the quartermaster, or
may be purchased at any department
eiore.
Soldier's Insurance.
T. M. B. By all means keep up
payments on your Insurance; it is
the cheapest and best you will ever
get. .Blanks are now being prepared
for distribution among soldiers and
sailors, on which they may make
formal application for the transfer
of their insurance from military to
civil status; no charge Is being made
ror tnis transrer, and no Increase in
rate; choice will be permitted of
any amount from $1,000 to S10.000
Our advice would be to carry the
run amount.
Many Questions Answered.
Anxous The Third company,
transportation corps, is not in the
army of occupation; .. no date has
been fixed for Its return.
Miss I. M. The 146th field artil
lery 4s with the Third army; no or
ders.1 for Its immediate return.
A Soldier's Mother The ' address
you have for the 2d provisional spur
company. A. P. O. 762. is correct.
Lemans Is the forwarding camp
where units are assembled and pre
pared ror return home. Can srive
no reason for failure of your son to
receive letters from home. Would
advise that you write to adjutant
general of the army, Washington,
D. C, apprising him of situation, and
failure of affidavits to reach destina
tion. Steps to secure release must
commence with officer commanding
company.
A Soldier's Brother The 157th in
fantry reached New York last week.
Worried The 11th company of
coast artillery Is still at Fort
Hughes, Philippine Islands; it Is part
of the defense of Manila, bay; the 43d
infantry is still in the service, sta
tioned in Texas, and none of its units
have been demobilized. ;
Ex-Soldier The 684th motor
transport company Is in the service
of supply at Brest; no orders for its
return.
A Soldier's Wife No sailine date
has been fixed for M. T. C. repair
unit No. 310.
A. McG. The 17th company. 20th
engineers, is stationed at Neuf
chateau (Vosges), A. P. O. 731, and
is not attached to a division; no or
ders have been issued for the im
mediate return of this company.
sr. P. J The first replace depot.
located at St. Aignan, does not con
stitute part of any 'division; casual
units are being formed there for re
turn; the depot surgeon's office is
not likely to be demobilized till the
other troops have been examined
and sent home.
Mrs. E. B. W. The 353d aero
squadron is in the service of supply;
it has not been scheduled for im
mediate return.
Anxious The Organization Direc
tory of the United States army does
not disclose what the initials "O. &
T. C." stand for; therefore we can
give you no information on the point
you inquire about. A. P. O. 733 Is
at Angers.
A Soldier's Mother No sailing
date has yet been assigned to the
18th company, transportation corps.
Motner The 2 6 1st prisoner of
war escort company has not yet
been assigned to a sailing date; the
33d infantry will be held Indefinitely
in the army of occupation.
E. P. H. The 51st infantry is part
of the 6th division, and will be held
in Europe indefinitely.
soldiers Friend The 314th am
munition train Is part of the 89th
division, and is scheduled to sail for
home in June.
Mrs. L. W. N. No 'orders have
been issued for the immediate re
turn of the 809th pioneer Infantry.
J. F. S. The 120th infantry was
part of the 30th division, which sail
ed for home in March; no time is
fixed for return of .units left in
France. The 354th ambulance com
pany is attached to the 89th di
vision, and is on the sailing schedule
for June. ,
A Soldier's Sister No time has
been fixed for the return of the
Eighth company, Third regiment, air
service mechanics.
An Anxious Sister The 314th am
munition train is part of the 89th
division, on the sailing list for June.
X. Y. Z. Motor transports corps
repair unit No. 310 is in the service
of supply with the Third army; no
orders for its immediate return. The
101st field artillery is reported as
sailing from Brest on April 6 on
the transport Patricia, to land at
Boston on April 20.
Thankful The 80th company,
transportation corps, is at Com
mercy, A. P. O. 747; It Is not at
tached to a division, and Is not
scheduled for early transport home.
R. M. S. Thajl2th aero squadron
is attached to the Fourth army
corps, headquarters at Schweich,
Germany, and Is not under schedule
for early return.
Soldier's Sister No orders for
early return of the 85th company,
P. W. E.
Miss E. L. K. The 223d aero
squadron la with the Second army,
and is not yet assigned to convoy
home.
ofays' C?om&r
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
, By DADDY
(Flora, Queen of the Wild Floweri, falls
to appear to awaken the aprlnc blossoms.
In her place comes Count Weedy lining
tne wnawooa witn evil plants.) .
THK CAPTIVE QUEEN.
CHAPTER II.
EDS shall rule the earth.
there'll be no flowers this
spring." Thus laughed Count Weedy
as he danced along the hillside.
"Halt, Count Weedy! How dare
you turn Queen Flora's power to
evil?" prince lionnie Blue Bell, brls
tling with indignation, planted hlm-
seir in tne patn or the ugly elf.
"Ho, hoi Come Join with me,
Prince Bonnie Blue Bell, and I'll give
you high honors," answered Count
Weedy, putting honey in his voice.
"No honors can come through dis
honors," replied Prince Bonnie Blue
Befl. "What have you done with
Queen Flora?"
"Ho, ho! Try to find out," taunted
Count Weedy.
"That I will, after I have finished
you in a duel," declared Prince Bon
nie Bluii Bell, Jerking off his coat
and rolling up his sleeves. "Prepare
to battle for your life."
Count Weedy turned pale, the grin
on his face giving place to a fright
ened fvown. "Don't you dare to at
tack my royal person," he threat
ened. "Royal person, nothing," hotly re
torted Prince Bonnie Blue Bell. "You
"I am not playing," tinkled the
voice of Queen Flora.
are a rascally pretender and a cow
ardly bully. I'll give you three to
get ready before I pitch Into you.
One, two"
But before Prince Bonnie Blue
Bell could say "three," Count Weedy
sprang a surprise. He looked off far
Into the distance and shouted; "This
way. Queen Flora, this way."
Prince Bonnie Blue Bell, thinking
that the missing queen was coming,
whirled around to greet her. At that
Instant Count Weedy gave him a
sharp push, sending him Into a
bunch of burrs. Before Prince
Bonnie Blue Bell could free himself
Count Weedy was dashing away with
the speed of the wind. He went o
fast that there wasn't a. chance of
catching him.
"He has gone and we don't know
what he has done with Queen
Flora," mourned Prince Bonnie Blue
Bell. But now Peggy's alert brain
got busy.
"The birds can find her. They will
search far and wide," she cried.
"To be sure we will," hrllled Gen
eral Swallow. "Away! Away! Search
everywhere for Queen Flora, and
when you have found her Bing the
spring song as a signal."
Away flew the Birds to the north,
the south, the east and the west.
They searched and they searched
and they searched, while Peggy and
Billy picked burrs out of the clothes
and hair of the prince. Finally from
the east camo a glad chanting.
"Cheer up! Cheer up! Glad days
are here."
"Tho spring, song! They have
found her!" cried Peggy.'
"They have found her." echoed the
Birds, flocking back from eouth,
north and west. Again the Birds
picked yp the clothesline, Peggy and
Billy clung fast to the ends andaway
they were whisked to a park at the
edge of the town.
The soring song led them to. the
center of the nark where they found
a towering fountain a tall, rocky
heaD. from the top of which snot up
streams of water. These etreams, as
Peggy and Billy knew, were so ar
ranged that they Juggled a large
round ball, tossing it up, letting it
fall, and tossing it up again all sum
mer long, but never letting it escape
from their circle. But now the ball
was gone. In Its place was a beau
tiful, fairylike creature, rising, fall
ing, dancing as the water tossed her
back and forth.
"Queen Flora!" cried Prince
Bonnie Blue Bell. "Queen Flora!"
echoed the Birds. Then they added a
olea: "Come from your play in the
fountain and dance over the earth
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The Menace (?) of Bolshevism.
Omaha, April 10, 1919. To the
Editor of The Bee: The Bee has
long been recognized as, you might
say, the advance herald of the best
interests of the state of Nebraska,
and as such has a power extending
far beyond the boundaries of our
beloved state. It is a matter of
pride to Nebraskans that today it is
voicing the feelings of the people in
the discussion of the proposed league
of nations, and is well balanced on
that other much-discussed question,
the menace of bolshevism.
i noie mat many iook at Doisne-
vism as another name for socialism.
If that view is correct then the fear
of bolshevism in America is not so
serious as many think. The greatest
menace of socialism to American In
stitutions lies in the insincerity of
the average socialist. They talk
earnestly and unceasingly for so
cialism during the entire year till
election day and then ninety per
cent of them quietly vote the demo
cratic ticket. The general trend of
socialistic argument Is toward aboli
tion of American ideals and embrac
ing the entire world. The result is
they cover too much territory.
The present feeling of interest in
America, in my opinion, is not caused
from bolshevik Influences. It comes
from a feeling on the part of the
great American people that Ameri
can Ideals are suffering by reason
of a misconstruction of the constitu
tion by men who have taken oath
to uphold it In spirit and action.
The. suggestion has been made
(and comes from autocratic source)
that our congress would better be
abolished, but since a precedent has
been established that the president
of the United States may go "romp
ing" all over God's creation and final
ly establish headquarters In a for
eign country, the people feel that for
the safety and preservation of Amer
ican principles the constitution
should be so amended that the office
of president be abolished. There is
no gain, seeing the fact that the
office of president has become far
more autocratic than the makers of
the constitution ever intended and
much of the distressing discord in
congress Is due to that fact.. The
strife between factions in congress
hinders proper work by that body
and It should be the duty of the
president to smooth over those diffi
culties by nonpartisan suggestions
and actions. The reverse pas be
come the custom.
For several months' past congress
was greatly handicapped by the fact
that while we have a president, he
has seen fit to move to a foreign
country and has taken no Interest
in the affairs of America as far as
can be observed. Had the office been
vacant congress would have been
able to take more responsibility and
much more would have been accom
plished. In the next year the points sug
gested above will begin to take on
more definite form in expression
from the people, as being a solution
of the questions which are agitating
our country.
With new and unlooked for pre
cedents being established, the rights
and desires of the people are grad
ually but surely naught The Inde
pendent liberty-loving spirit of
Americans will not permit such con
ditions without making a decided
effort to regain lost ground. We
cannot and dare not try to coverj
too much territory such as attempt
ing to settle the questions or take
sides In strife between contending
foreign nations. Let 'jm take care of
our own family properly, and attend
to our own potato patch, and the ex
ample of right government will do
more to help foreign nations than
wasting time talking across the back
yard fence.
That is the surest method of prop
erly meeting the menace of bolshe
vism. L. J. HARRIS.
cept what Is forbidden and differs
from a despotic government, which
only allows its citizens to do only
what is prescribed and denies all
else.
In a democratic government when
we wish to know the law on partic
ular point we examine the authori
ties or law books, to see if the thing
in question, is prohibited and if so we
are forbidden to do it. But if no
prohibition is found, tha performing
of it is perfectly legal and lawful.
The reverse would be the rule under
a despotism.
What I want to know Mr. Editor,
Is how many laws of this variety,
forbidding most everything, does a
democratic government have to
make before it becomes a despotism?
Also (if such laws make nearly all
kind of business suffer, are we not
reaping a whirlwind?
Is not all this a source of dis
satisfaction and unrest? How many
law enforcers are we yet to have to
pay for it all.
What aoout cutting down ex
penses? While we may be helping
democracy along in despotic coun
tries, are we not making our own
country despotic?
Does the law make people do
right on education? Q. P. W.
Against the "Daylight" law.
To the Editor of The Bee: I am a
member of the Douglas County
Farmers Protective association, and
at a very recent meeting, this day
light saving question was raised, and
without a dissenting vote, the as
sociation went solid for the repeal
of the law and at once set to making
arrangements to canvass the coun
try, and so far, have not found one
man in favor of the law.
I will give a few reasons why we
think this law should be cancelled:
It works hardship on the farmer and
his entire family, may be not so
much on the hired man, who simply
sets his alarm one hour earlier, gets
up, dons his overalls and Jacket and
makes for the barn, gives his horses
their feed, puts the harness on them,
and comes back to the house and
looks for his breakfast. This whole
performance takes him less than
half an hour. Now In order to have
the expected breakfast ready, the
farmer's wife will have to be up at
least a half an hour before the hired
man gets up; but getting breakfast
does not end her morning task, for
she has three or four sleepy children'J
to dress and get ofr to school witn
their noon lunches ready, many of
them Jive two miles or more away.
Now you could put those children to
bed one hour sooner, but you can't
make them sleep, and how about the
milking the farmer or his wife, or
both have to do? Then the boss al
ways iiKea to get in tne rieia as soon
after the man aa possible, and or
dinarily leaves more work for his
wife than she is able to do. The
chickens, the milk and the 'garden
and many more chores, too numer
ous to mention, await the farmer'!
wife daily. , .
The average farmer has long
learned the little saying about "the
early bird catches the early worm,"
"the morning hours have gold in
their bowers," and many more thai
I could mention, and none . would
hesitate to get up an hour or two
sooner when the work has to be
done. In fact, the most of them are
at it from sunrise till dark. Simply
shoving the clock ahead does not
change the time. You are merely
trying to deceive yourselves, while
the sun, the only true timepiece,
stands in the same place and laughs
at you.
By request of the Douglas County
Farmers' Protective association, I
kindly solicit your co-operation.
JOHN J. MILLER,
1707 South Thirty-third street.
SPRING SMILES.
"What do you know about th learu et
nations T" - .
'Not much, but I'm betting money that
every time they star a world'! aerlea tt
will be somewhere la Europe; too far away
for m to g t see it."-e-Dtrolt Free
Press. i
"Why I It th English stand for office
Instead of running for It T"
"England la a very small country. I
suppose there la atandlng room only."
Boston Transcript.
Jagg Why did you glT up that Job- I
got you as a collector?
Wagg Why, hang It, I owed money
to nearly all th men I was sent to dun.
Minneapolis Journal.
Knlcker Smith didn't mind finding a
woman on hla job?
Bocker No. you see his wife used to
make hint wash th dishes. New Yorlc
Sun.
'Til say this for the great war."
"What?"
"It didn't last long after my boy got
Int it." Detroit Free Press.
"And what dia you say tb patient did,"'
asked the doctor, "when you ripped oft
the dressing?"
"Swore, Doctor!" exclaimed th nurse
"He swore frightfully 1"
"Splendid, nursel I reckon you can let
him sit up tomorrow!" Richmond Time.
First Passenger Does this train stop
here long enough to let you get some
thing to eat?
Second Passenger No, Just long enough
to let yu pay for what you order.
Judge.
"And what did you say the patient
did?" asked th doctor, "when you ripped
off the dressing?"
"Swore, doctorr exclaimed th nurse.
He swore frightfully."
"Splendid, nurse! I reckon you can
let him sit up tomorrow!" Richmond
Times Dispatch. . . .
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yjggsSsaR&isafeseaNiarfp s mi .splii..tfgej,vgay.
Where Democracy and Despotism
v Meet.
Omaha. April 11. To the Editor
of The Bee: I have been reading
something about the sources of our
law. It seems that each state and
the United States made new rules
and laws and changed old ones, as
suited to our changed conditions.
That while modifying the common
law, which we got from England,
and which we never entirely did
away with it, and in fact, it may be
said, that the common law spreads
itself out like a net over the entire
country and if perchance a wrong
doer should' escape all federal and,
state law he would be caught in the
meshes of the common law, the
foundation of 0ur whole legal sys
tem. The fundamental legal principle
in a democratic government Is to al
low its citizens do everything ex-
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