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'Y -ROOT OUTLINES MIIS IDEAS FOR r'G.O,P, PLATFORM ' Chief Among Planks Is Plan To Curb Arbitrary Powers At Present Held by ' White House. . (Cootlnaed From Firs race.) created in order to carry on the war, ''By a seriei of statutes unrece- v dented in scope and liberality, with , 'singleness of purpose and patriotic devotion - worthy of all praise, the American people conferred upon the president powers broader and more autocratic than were possessed by Kany sovereign in the civilized world. ..,(, ' "Peace has come, in fact, if not ,j technically, but the war powers oi the executive still continue. They jy.sluuld be brought to an end. 'It is s5,jiot a simple thing, for iiew condi yfi tions have been created which should ,?f be-dealt with at the same time by . new statutes adapted to the condi- v tions Kf peace and subject to the it-limitations upon power of our con- Hr stitutional system, Mustn't Bow to Power. "There is a double immediate purpose to be served. One. to re store the habit of freedom. It is dan gerous for a people to acquire the i habit of bowing to power without limits. They soon become subser vient, and then character essential i, to, freedom degenerates. The other "is to stop a multitude of interfer ences, ill-judged although well meant, with the natural course of ;j business through which alone nat- PHOTO-FLAYS. The First Time "The House From the famous Saturday Evening Post Story k' I viflnaWorlds Bosh Pho WxV 71 Held Over by Public Request (j ; bvd uj&li U' In VHE FEUD" I P "II Moon Musical Prelude II II LUA'S HAWAIIAN H T' ,V 1 ' II Moon. News ' 2-Prt Comedy 9 l -J itaaMaaMBMBMaiBMiSiBM ' . M 1 ' f. Constance 1 ; Talmadge i k c In a frothy, saucy, happy I I story everyone will love I L TWO WEEKS L 1,0007 for a few hours-vork '49 It seemed too good to be true to Barbara, actress out of a job, broke and getting desperate. The little old maa who made the offer didn't look craiy, but he arted that fray when she went to his house. What happened In The Hone of Intrigue"! Ton simply must see this absorbing mystery romance of crooks and high society! , FRIDAY & SATURDAY rresents 4. vJ: 6 Ulligisii lifrcfHV MaseBaaaW And a SupersOOons I fj f VS.I.W.. "aa-par-aWsl ' Xr. and Mrs. ff Carter DeHiTea iTew Till Saturday. 7 ural laws can operate to restore normal conditions. The appeal of President Wilson in uctober, mo, tor the election ot a democratic committee, be., tie- ciared, was not merely an injustice to the republican senators and rep- rcscnianves wna wuu spienaia loyalty had supported every for- ward step of the administration," but "it was a demand for the con tinuance of supreme power by the election of a congress which would submit itself to the orders of an executive acting at once as a party leader' in politics and a dictator in government. It was an instance ot American democracy that re pelled the demand. Treaty Fatally Defective. "The president's defiance of the authority of the senate to advise upon covenant of the league of nations and to give or withhold its consent to the ratification of the treaty containing it, he contin 'ued. "was a challenge to the rinht of any officer of the United States government to exercise his powers in any way which had not the ap proval of the chief executive." The treaty, Mr. Root declared, "was fatally defective in several respects, not only from the stand point of the' vital interests of the United States, but considered as an instrument designed to secure the future peaWof the world. Thi. reservations artnnted hv the senate," he insisted, "remedy, so far as the United States is concerned, the chief objections to the treaty, They prevent our entrance into' the league of nations ..from being an abandonment of the Monroe doc trine, with irreparable injury to the United States and no benefit to the rest of the world." Mistake of Article 10. Especially important, asserted Mr. Root, is that they prevent the "in credible mistake" of article 10. The the argreement in that articlei "to oreserve as against external ag- gressi6n the territorial integrity and existing political independence ot all members of the league, ... he argued, binds the United States, when occasion arises, to defend every member of the league by armed force against external ag- gression "no matter what our peo- ole at the .lime think about the right and wrong of the controversy, patriotic youths have already ren or about the wisdom or folly of dcred to their country to be made enterirrg upon it. I the ground for imposing upon them It seems clear to me that in the interests of the world's peace, which all America desires to promote, this treaty ought to be ratihed with the reservations of the senate and that without those reservations in their fair and honest substance, it ought not to be ratified. I hope the treaty FHOTO-PLATS. LA nn rvo I TWO MORE DAYS . Th Supreme IIAZinOVA in tK ptiotodraraatic Stronger a. er K7 I i N 9) k Than Death D Q Shown in Omaha ' of Intrigue" FRIDAY & SATURDAY AJiJl E i WW-: I l rr HOODOOED" w ill be ratified with thai reservations llouar oefore the presidential election That will be done if the" president permits it. If that is not "done then that is what I think the republican patty ought to stand tor. ' Wants League Reformed. .r, ...i.. .l. a t uTvSri "?tiir ."- rV H, would urge upon the Society of Na tions the rererm ot the league cove nant, so as to make it establish the rule of" public right rather than the rule , of- mere expediency.- so- as to make the peace of the world rest primarily upon law and upon the ef fectiveness' and enforcement of law. A congress of all nations should be called to consider and declare what of international law still remains of binding force, and to provide for the further development and exten sion of that law, and tor the. appli cation of the law to all justiciable caes of controversy between na tions by impartial judicial tribunals, and Jo make the decisions of such tribunals upon questions of fact and uoon Questions ot law binding and effective. That is the old American doctrine, and that is the necessary method of democracies tor democ racies can live only under govern ments of laws and not of men. The extreme effects of the pos session of arbitrary power are seen in the extraordinary letters of the president to Secretary Lansing pub lislied on the 14th of February. 1920, by which it appears that honest and independent advice from officers of the president's oSvn selection is an offense, and that the exercise ot tne most ordinary powers of the heads of departments without consulting the president, when his. illness pre veiied consu'iatilai, is cause for re sentment," Wants Military Training. ' "It is interesting to observe that many citizens Official and unoffi cial who are willing that the couti- try should assume the startling pb- ligattcns of article 10 are opposing the system of universaj military, training, without which our obliga tion would be worthless and which, intensively applied, enabled the United States to turn the scale of war against Germany. They say we1 have millions of young men al- ready trained,-but how long is the 1 service which these splendid and exclusively the burden ot turther service, and leaving the millions of young men who come to military. age year after year untrained and unfitted to do their part for the de fense of our country?" - . ' Principles of our government, Mr. Root urged, should be applied to the-relations between organized la bor and the public. "First, to as sert the control of the whole people of the United States within its field, an,d the whole people of 4ajh state within its field, over matters essential to the life of the commu nity, to the exclusion of any class control in such matters, and, sec ond, to exercise that popular con trol by making and applying such laws and establishing such institu tions of government as to secure AMUSEMENTS, TWO SHOWS IN ONE ii i r inm Ml GRINDEl I ! "A Stu ROBINSC "Ji Bert' JOAN HARDCASTLE & CO. Prttcnting "Oaaca Idaas" GRINDELL A ESTHER Study In Thinotofy" ROBINSON & PENNY Bey" Sony and Pp THE BRADS J "Sunshine Cutup Photoplay Attraction, "THE WEB OF DECEIT" Featuring Dolore Cainelli ' A Woman's Life Drama Mack Sennett Comedy. Pathe Weakly. Dally Matinee 2:15 Evtry. Evening 8:15 PETROVA (HERSELF) Graca De Mar; Marshall Montgomery; Howard' Spectacle; Barber Sc Jackson; Jack Oaterman; Billy La Mont Trio; Topics of the Day; Kingrams. "OMAHA'S FUN CENTER" CT 4Y a tlJt Daily Mat. 1S-2S-50C S'mVmV Evnga., 2S-S0-7Bc. $1 Last Times Today, 2:15-8:30 Arthur If ."Step Lively Girls Pearson Tomorrow (Saturday) Matino and Weak Tad Burns. Cana "tin" UAII Mllil ill Morgan, Danny Murphy Ull. Sill In LADIES' DIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS Tonlghl s5 Matinee Saturday John Cort's Sensational Musical Comedy FLO-FLO f"M:r Dainty Girla In Femlnina Finery Nights, 50c to $2 Mat., SOe to $1.50 Feb. 23-24 Stecker-Caddock Pictures HEPMAW CAFE 7 Spacial Ladiot' and . Childraq'a Matin Saturday, . February 21 - 4 to S;30 Skating Exhibition Dancing Sunday, Fab. 22 I at 4 P. M. Near East Mats Meeting HEAR General Azgipetiin A ttaT aoUicr, a truitad diplo mat, who . tail with f rat io quance, a aw story of th war. AdmUaioa fREE . N leati rsMarad . SHI 6 tutaui ii THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1020. justice within the law to members of every class and calling, so that our system of government win De justified by its work." Demands May Be Offensive. The people over whom one class or section holds lawful power of life 05 death to- compel compliance with its demands is not sovereign, but subject to the control of the dominating class, Mr. Root ob served. The demands may be mod erate today, he said, but with pow er unrestrficted, the demands will become ouoressive tomorrow. "We should not attempt to make any man work against his will or take away his right to- strike," he asserted, "but we should by law lim it that right to strike at a point where it come in conflict with the community's , high right of self preservation. "Inseparably connected with the right ofcontrol by the governing people is the duty of justice resting upon them. If the people by law prohibit organized labor from hold ing them up to enforce its demands, the people are bound to provide mfeans td ascertain whether the de mands are just, and for enforcing them if found just. That duty calls for the establishment of a compe tent and impartial tribunal, and or the enforcement of its decisions." Referring to the question of econ omy, Mr. Root declared "it is true that a. political party cannot make individuals thrifty, 'but a political party can produce the shining and potent example of thrifty and eco nomical government." Cannot Quit Spending. Officials and agents of the present administration he asserted, have ac quircd the. habit of spending public moneyand don't know when to stop. Three things can be dqne, he ex plained, to bring about a reform. "First, establishment of an effec tive system, under which the gov ernment will be obliged -to start with its resources in order to de termine its expenditures. "Second, to secure an executive department which will stop urging, and a congress that will stop appro priating money for things whicn need not to be done now so expen sively, or need not be done att all. "Third, to revise the system of taxation, and to make some such phanges in it indicated by experi ences of its effects. The law must be framed so that American industry will not be ruined especially the things which the war showed to ne necessary for the independence of the'eountry shall not be stopped, and it must be framed so as not to de stroy the export trade of Europe, which directly or. indirectly will en able Europe to pay her debts and remain solvent." Miller Displace Root. Nathan L. Miller of Syracuse was named a delegate-at-large to the na tional convention in place of Elihu Root, who declined to serve, by the informal state convention here to night. Mr. Root definitely announced his decision not to be a delegate in a letter addressed to State Chairman GeorgeGIynn. Mr. Root gave no reason in his letter of withdrawal but it is under stood he has decided to accept the appointment as a member of the committee which is to prepare a plan of-organization for an interna tional court of justice, provided for under the cover.ant of the league of nations. Mr. Root, it is understood, desires to be free from other duties especially those of a partisan nature while he is connected with the' inter national organization. Wilson's Temper Waxes Ungovernable as Time Passes, Lawrence Says (Continued From First Page.) 1 queries of correspondents. And his cabinet officers found the same thing true. They didn't dare to cross him. He didn't like it. Secretary Garrison tried to do it and soon found himself out of the cabinet. No, Mr. Wilson's idea of govern ment by cabinet is that a cabinet officer is merely a general counsel or adviser subject to the authority and instruction of the president and as such necessarily subservient to the presidenial command. His Idea of a Cabinet. When Mr. Bryan resigned, the president who had been writing notes to Germany and haiidltrig for eign affairs made no secret of the fact that he wanted a counsellor and not a secretary of . state, and Mr. Lansing had no doubts about the position in which he would be placed by taking the office. The president lias from time' to time shown a disposition to regard cab inet meetings as superfluous. Time and again, however, when newspa pers would print stories saying' he didn't hink cabinet meetings were necessary, he would issue vehement denials hrough administration of ficials, but there is no question in my mind that Mf. Wilson's conception of cabinet government is decidedly different from ,that held by some of his predecessors. He feels that cab inet officers are advisers and sub ordinates who are to give advice when asked for it and to take orders and carry them out according to the wishes of their chief. The war .has unquestionably had AMUSEMENTS. Earl Caddock Legion members with 1920 membership cards, 25c. All others, $1.00. Auditorium, Feb. 20, Friday Nite. , American Legion a depressing effect on Mr. Wilson's spirits. Little things provoke him. For instance on the boat going over to France, he took considerable of fense because the George Washing ton carried a number of minor of ficials of the State department staff. He held Secretary Lansing respon sible for this and fretted the first two days out at sea and wouldn't receive the secretary of state sim ply because his instructions about keeping the number on the boat down to a minimum had not evi dently .been Carried out. "Just why Mr. Wilson wanted the whole boat to himself, people couldn't understand, nor was it com prehensible why the president al lowed only a handful of people to accompany him on the return jour ney and left lots of space in the vessel which it had been thought would be occupied by returning troops, but the boat was only half filled when it started from Brest and the only explanation which any. body could deduce from the strange demeanor of the president was that he wanted to be all alone and didn't want to be annoyed. - Became Irritable. Instances, trivial indeed, could be cited to show that the president was weighed down by omcial burdens to an extent that the public has little known, and that gradually he has developed an irritability which has not been known except to the inner circle. Twice on the west-, ern trip, which he took immediately after his return from Europe, the president showed his temper. In at. Louis, just as he was about to begin his speech at night, a photographer took a flashlight. Now Mr. Wilson has had that happen to him many times before, but on this occasion he blurted out angrily We out not to care how we look, J but how we act, and the crowd, which had been amused at is always 1 k- 1 I . .. ii.Lt:i.i n is uy t suuueii iirtMiiigni pitiuic, stopped its laughter, abruptly and wondered. Again at Salt Lake a fort night later, the president was talk ing about Article-, and asked a rhetorical question the kind that the-crowd isn't supposed to answer, but Mr. Wilson's delivery was so forceful and he had been getting such enthusiastic applause at the end of almost every sentence that somebody applauded in the wrong place. I am sure it was. uninten tional, the president stopped short and issued an angry rebuke in the direction from which the applause came "Better wait till you hear it all, before yoil applaud" was his reprimand, andjthe crowd wondered. Grown Intolerant. Time was when Mr. Wilson schooled himself to repress his tem per. Once or twice when delega tions visited him in the White House he got his dander up, but usually the stenographic record or what was said never was issued, and the pub lic was none the wiser. It has been noticed, however, that in the last two years the president has been given every now and then to intem perate expression. In a nutshell, his duties and his burdens got on his nerves. They are still on his nerves. Woodrow Wilson three years ago would never have done what Wood row Wilson is doing today. Cabinet members have led him astray and gotten him into worse difficulties and uncomfortable moods than did Secretary Lansing's adven ture in projecting the president from adverse criticism when he was una ble to discharge the duties of his office The man who has long stood for the inefficiency of the Postoffice department and the public criticism of Secretary Baker, Secretary Dan iels and ethers in the senate and house whom he has been accustomed to support without regard to public opinion is not the same wlio dis missed Robert Lansing as secretary of state. He is a man upon whom the burdens of the war and peace iobs have left a residue of nervous ness, irritability and intolerance that will be repressed with difficulty as Woodrow Wilson serves the re-, miming 12 months of his term. (Tomorrow' article the last of tlie serif will deal with Secretary Lansing's liolirie and the probable xicniflcanre nf uie epiNotie iromap lniernuuoiuu as weu us national point, of view). Acquit White Lead Dealer Of Profiteering in Bacon New York, Feb. 19. Lewis Lev itt, a white lead manufacturer of Brooklyn, who was charged with profiteering in government bacon, was acquitted in the federal court of Brooklyn b? a jury which had been out 20 minutes. Leavitt, on the witness stand, admitted that he bought 2,490 pounds of bacon from the government for speculation. He said he paid, including brokerage( fees, about 29 cents a pound and fixed a minimum sale price of 31 rents. I Practice Pianos Free Bring; in or mail us the nama of a prospective purchaser (or a PIANO, PLAYER PIANO OR PHONOGRAPH- and if we sell them wa will five you absolutely free one of our practice pianos or food high top organ. ScKiabller & Mueller 1311-1313 Farnam St. Piano Co. The soldier-champ will wrestle Tom Ray in an exhibition worth twice the money. Six other athletic events no parlor stuff Five dusky lads from tne vi cinity of the stock yards quick and snappy. Nebraska War Hero Suffers From Exposure (Continued From First Fae.) stated his condition is favorable, al though his feet are4adly froicn and he is suffering otherwise from the effects of his long exposure and fast. Wearing only scant clothing when he .made his escape from the hospital, Corporal Wilsey lay in the boxcar, in near zero temperature, night and day, too weak lo reach nearby farm houses and make known his plight. He said he had used his bath towel, which he Okk upon leaving the hospital, to shelter Jiim from the icy blasts until the par wheel upon which his head was pil lowed became so hard that he was forced to use the towel to case his aching head. - Served in Air Squadron. A countryi-wide search has been conducted bj the army hospital au thorities for the missing soldier, but this was about abandoned, although descriptions hadbeeu broadcasted. Guy Noce, foreman of the railroad section gang at Butler Junction, found Wilsey. Having occasion to look into the car, he saw the hud dled form in a corner and upon in vestigation believed the youth vvas dead. He carried him to the nearby camp and there spoonful after spoonful of soup was poured into his near-frozen body, until he finally revived. An ambulance and phy sicians were then summoned from the hospital. Wilsey was first with an aero re placement squadron in France and later was attached to the Thirtieth aero squadron, the record at the hospital shows. , Neighbors Kill Each Other In Deadly Pistol Duel Philadelphia, Feb. 19. The heads of two families, neighbors, .were killed in a pistol duel here last night which ' came as the culmination of three years of ill-feeling. The' two men Elmer Twining, 56, and Charles Seif, 35 met in front of their homes on their return from work and hot words were passed. The shooting followed. Both were shot through the breast. For Colds, Grip or Influenza and as a Preventative, take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets. Look for E. 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