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1. Nw Union Paisonger Station.
2. A Pip Lino from tha Wyoming Oil
Field to Omaha.
3. Continued improvement of tha Ne
braska Highways, including tha pave
ment of Main Thoroughfares leading
into Omaha with a Brick Surface.
4. A short, low-rate Waterway from tha
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
5. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with
City Manager form of Government.
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CIVIL CODE FACTS.
When twenty-one boards, departments and
Commissions were consolidated into six depart
ments in Nebraska under the civil administra
tion code bill, it became a moral certainty that
Mi business of the state would be conducted
taore efficiently, economically and satisfactorily
f tq Its taxpayers.
There never was a plainer business proposi
tion than that six departments with centralized
Responsibility and operating in correlation in
the tocduct of a business, must have an enorm
ns economic advantage over .twenty-one boards
established with divided authority and "acting
independently of each other, in the management
of the same business.
This Is as true of the business of a state as
of the affairs of a great industrial organization
a Conclusion, by the way, endorsed by both
democrat? and republican authority in Ne
braska, What Illinois has done in reforming civil
administration . Nebraska can and will do.
Illinois abolished more than a hundred boards
and put their affairs under nine departments.
Nebraska abolished twenty-one boards, com
missions and departments and put their affairs
tinder six departments. In one year the Illinois
tax fate dropped from 90 cents to 75, the second
year to 60. The Nebraska taxpayer who cannot
make the proper application of the Illinois facts
to his own 6tates is not intelligent enough to
know a good thing when he sees it.)
When to the increased efficiency of a small
group of departments are added budget and ac
counting systems, the civil code presents ' all.
the attractive features of a cash register as com
pared with the old-fashioned open money
drawer to which clerks, honest and dishonest,
had unrecorded access. Centralized authority
in private business always improves administra
tion, and it does it in governmental business as
well; so, our form of government being firmly
established, Nebraska may wisely support the
civil code administration and sing with Pope:
For forms of government let fools contest;
Whate'er is best administer'd is best. -
Perhaps the code as presented may be im
proved and amended with profit to -the state,
but its principle. is absolutely sound and worthy
of adoption by the people.
Johnson in New (Jersey".
Is the east really hostile to Senator John
son's candidacy for president? If so, New Jer
sey seems an exception to the rule. In Tues
day's primaries he seems at this writing to be
running seek and neck with General Wood.
The Johnson candidacy is having some curious
reactions after its collisions with that of Gen
eral Wood. For instance, a hint, flitted over,
the wires the other day that Penrose and Penn
sylvania might look with favor on the Cali
fornia senator if his campaign continued to de
velop strength. We like these little straws
which show the trade winds of republicanism
setting in strong for victory with any candidate
ihe people may nominate. ,
Ohio's primary shows that state's preference
for, Harding rather than General Wood. It also
indicates the undertow toward Tohrrsbn for he
got thousands of "written in" votes, although
not a candidate in Ohio. Many of these votes,
in our judgment, come from citizens who ad
mire his fight against the League of Nations.
The Wrecked Mail Service.
A man in Omaha 'received a letter Monday,
April 26, postmarked Jin Ohio "Apr. 9, 7 a. m.,"
and stamped on the back "Union Depot Postal
Station, Omaha, Apr. 25, 11 p. m." First-class
mail this, from one railroad city to another, that
traveled at the rite of less than sixty miles for
each twenty-foufihours it was on the way to
the person addressed. " ;.
The instances of business - embarrassment
ieaused by. inexcusable delays in first-class mail
are innumerable. In second "class matter, which
is largely newspaper mail, the delays and losses
have been tmprecedented under the postmaster
generalship of Mr. Burleson. It is not unusual
to receive newspapers that have 'been mailed
three or four states east, of Nebraska fifteen
days after they were put in charge of the postal
authorities. Sometimes one is almost forced to
believe that mail is purposely held up under
Orders. . t
Under conditions where the quick transmis
sion of mail is highly important, the service is
so rotten that the telegrapn and telephone are
the only sure means of prompt communication.
No doubt Burleson's miserable inefficiency has
Inormously increased their revenues.
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Breaking Up the Atom.
' Another scientific sharp,' inspired by Einstein,
has projected himself into the limelight by a
Startling announcement. He has "broken up
Mie atom," and finds it to .be composed of two
elements, the positive and negative, always in
motion and never at rest Several other dis
closures, especially that as to time and space,
. made by this savant are equally of concern to
ihe public. His assertion that time and space
are ponderable in a sense analogous to matter,
and that light emanates from atoms and docs
not radiate "went over the heads" of his as
sociated scientists, and undoubtedly will over
that of the public.
Einstein may have located the fourth -di-
asd "Langmuir. have discovered the
source of light, if not the exact beginning of
matter, but the great American public will con
tinue to divide its attention between reading re
turns from the primary elections and the box
scores of the ball games. The people are well
assured of one of the properties of matter ex
hibited in connection with a law of physics. If
"Babe" Ruth, for example, hits the ball squarely
on the trademark, it will almost inevitably re
sult in a home run. Likewise, although light
may not be radiated in the sense we understand
it, and the atom be ever-present and capable
of passing through matter, the knowledge that
Palermo struck out fourteen Wichita batters
and won a fine victory for the Rourke family
is "infinitely of more local importance. Bre'r
Langmuir may have the pig by the tail in the
scientific world, but his concept of news values
requires adjustment.
Making the Streets Safe.
Consideration by the Chamber of Com
merce of the traffic problem is timely. Ordi
nary conditions governing the use of city streets
are highly complicated by the presence of
swift-moving cars, whose potentiality for harm
is not always understood by the driver. ' Skill in
management is not invariably accompanied y
prudence, and too many avoidable accidents are
daily reported. , , ' .
The assistant 'commissioner of the club
points out that a" great deal of the trouble is
chargeable to light trucks, delivery wagons, tax-,
icabs and motorcycles, and perhaps this is true.
At any rate, the casual observer watching
these classes of machines darting in and out
among the other vehicles on the street's, "taking
chances" tq gain a few seconds or at best only
a minute or two of time, can not fail to get the
idea that the drivers, however skilled and com
petent they may be in the mechanical operations
under their control, show not only very de
ficient judgment but almost no consideration for
the rights of others.
Employers are responsible for this to the ex
tent that they insist on, inordinate speed. Driv4
ers of light truck (and delivery wagons are ex-,
petted to make their trips as quickly as possi
ble, that the utmost service may be secured
from the cars they, handle. Similarly, a taxi
cab driver is expected to get to liis destination
and return to his stand in as short time as can
be, that he may make a good showing of earn
ings for his, car. Such considerations beget
speed inevitably, and the resultant recklessness
that brings accident.
Experienced drivers are considerate because
they are aware of the risk they take. The
temptation to speed -up is 'always present,.-bu
it is always yielded to with the certainty, un
recognized, -perhaps, that it may end in the hps-1
pital. Traffic rules are well enforced on the
Crowded down-town streets, but away from the
business center the driver exercises .his own
judgment or follows his. own fancy. It is there
fore a question of getting him to appreciate the
jeopardy that goes with haste. "VVben this can
be done, the safety of the road for everybody
will be assured.
Official Delay Unjust to Soldier.
Alibis are being provided for War depart
ment officials chargeable with the unfortunate
situation of a young soldier, whose remarkable
story was told in The Bee lately. The health
officer in charge of the Omaha district says the
blame rests with the central office at Washing
ton, where all such cases are handled, and where
hundreds of records are piled up, waiting for
official decision. Another, who is acquainted
with some of the processes through which such
affairs are handled, says the delay is occasioned
by the red tape proceedings necessary at the
seat of government.
These or any other statements offered in ex
tenuation of the official neglect may be taken
at face value, but none will explain the fact
that a soldier who was badly wounded in battle
has been turned loose by a medical officer of
the army, permanently crippled, with a rating of
"temporarily disabled."
How an officer can stand in the presence of
a man-who has lost -one leg and been seriously -injured
in the other, and deliberately set. him
down as but "'temporarily disabled"'-surpasses
understanding. It gives the impression to an
outsider that somebody was eager to get rid
of this boy, not caring especially what became
of him so long as he was passed on. When he
and four million other lads were being mustered
into the service, the red tape unwound swiftly
enough. Simple justice demands that now, when
he is helpless, he be not deprived of the sup
port promised him by, the government.
The people of the United States are good
for their word in this matter, and it is regretta
ble beyond expression that official stupidity or
indifference should so operate as to turn adis
abled soldier loose without aid or resource, to
be cared for by private charity untif such time
as the ponderously constructed machine at
Washington can turn over far enough to reach
his case. It was our boast two years ago that
no one-legged soldiers would be found selling
lead pencils after this war. Liberal provision
was made for them, and they ought to have the
benefit -of it.
! Stutz Shorts Settle.
The "shorts" in the now famous Wall Street
episode of the "corner" in Stutz motor stock,
are now free, settlement having been arranged at
a total expense of $551.25 a share. It was a notable
example of what the financial district calls "pay
ing through the nose," that unpleasant method
of meeting an 'obligation having been set for
Tuesday.
The particular groups of stock gamblers
who lost or wort are not the only ones affected.
The reputation of the stock exchange itself was
not improved. But some, good may come out
of the transactions; an unsophisticated public
has perhaps realized the hazard (involved in the
sale of stock not owned by the seller, and real
ized how fine the mills of Wall Street grind
the bones of those who adventure into them to
make money at the expense of others.
Sandwich vendors in the south are arrested
as ; p"r6nfeers. Looks ' like hunting mosquitoes
with a "Big Bertha."
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"Agua Prieta is getting a good deal of space
on . the front page, but wait until Ciudad del
Mexicano opens up.
As Governor1 Barrows said to Governor Mc
Kelvie: "You, too!" . . v
Safety first should be the first rule of the
road. ...... .-
The big new navy will now be built.
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A Line 0 Type or Two
Haw t tha Llat, let (ha sulpa fall where thejr nay.
It would save much argument if the news
papers would include in their, daily weather re
port the mean temperature for the correspond
ing day of the previous year. What sort of
weather did we have last April? You think you
remember, but you don't.
DOES A COLLEGE EDUCATION TAY?
(From the Colorado College Tiger.)
The play was that entertaining medival
study by Anabele France. "The Man Who
Married a Dumb Wife."
, Hail anil Farewell.
(From the London Times.)
Somebody .heard and. sent to the papers
a sad little dialogue eloquent of London's
underworld. At 9:30 In the morning the
trafllc was held up, as it so often is, at the
corner of Stamford street on the Surrey side
of Blackfriars Bridge. : A prison van halted
with the rest of the vehicles. On the kerb
stood a poor woman carrying a child and
accompanied by a small boy. "Are you
there, dad?" she called out. A gruff voice
from the Interior of the van answered
"Yes." The woman replied, "I am here."
THERE was a concert in Altamont, Kan.,
t'other evening, and the local paper mentions
that "the sexaphone was a prominent factor."
Wagner could have put this horn to good use
in ."Die Walkure." U,... .-:
.. . . ' A I NT. IT' THE TRUTH?
(From the Fort Collins.'Colo., Express.)
People should observe etiquette at
, movies the same as other places, only re
cently a Fort Collins boy took a girl to a
movie for the first time. The folks sitting
behind them 'noticed ' that he had not
washed behind' the ears and were so rude
...that they remarked, about it. The - girl
heard and refused to go to any more movies
with him. People should be more careful.
IF. the league is sent before the people, "I
have no doubt," said Senator Lodge, "what the
result will be." Whereas -wc have extreme
doubt what the result would be.
CHEESE AU GRATIS. 4 -
Sir: Dropped into the restaurant for a
Welsh rabbit.. Check read: 70--15--15, $1.00.
Walter explained that the 70 cents was for the
rabbit, 15 cents for the toast, and 15 cents for
the Worcestershire sauce. There was no charge
for the cheese. F. V. D.
THE Nevv.Era Films prints this testimonial
from Lawren.ee Mazzanovich: "Your produc
tha came like a miasma in the desert, very re
freshing after the usual movie junk with which
the market is flooded." From which wc con
clude that Larry is trying to kid somebody.
Unspotted From the World.
(From the Ada, Okl., News.)
To the Editor: I noticed that several dif
ferent religious clubs are using your columns
to tell the public why, fiey refuse to enter. what
is called the Inter-Church movement. With your
permission I would like to inform your jreaders
that the Only Church most certainly and posi
tively declines to enter that movement.
The Church of Mormons or the Latter Day
Saints of which I am a life-long member seeks
to remain unspotted from the world, and for
that reason if for 119 other cannot afford to com
promise with aliens from' the commonwealth of
Israel. If the word of God had been honestly
pieacneu, u rjie spiru or tne scriptures had been
honestly interpreted, it might not have been
necessary for the Lord to call his prophet, Jo
seph Smith, to proclaim the Mormon' faith. But
the cause of God was dead among the children
;of men when Ood revealed his holy teachings
to his chosen prophet. ;
Believing that an alliance with spurious or
ders would rob our holy church of its spiritual
vitality and compromise its safety with the
Creator, and knowing that we alone -of all people
are the chosen teachers of God's truth, we em
phatically refuse to strike a truce with those
who grope in darkness and do the work of the
evil one even while professing allegiance to
God's cause. Brigham Joiies.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS .
PROGRESS MERITING A HORN
A recent study shows that the con
j sumption death rate In Chicago fell
from 220 In 1881 to 122 In 1919. This
is a good showing, but it, is even bet
ter when we recall that in 18 SI
many cases of consumption were
recorded under death certificates
showing other causes of death. But
we expect to find the consumption
death rate on the decline. Much
energy has been spent in controlling
contagion, and consumption has
come in for more attention than
any other form of contagion.
I have been told by physicians
from Hot Springs, Ark., that they no
longer see the cases of badly
neglected syphilis which were so
much in evidence there a few years
ago. Presently some one will And
a place in which a closer study of
syphilis can be made, and such
study will doubtless prove that this
disease is coming under control. This
is a result of the better treatment
of persons infected with syphilis
rather than of health department ac
tivities. . Another proof of rain through bet
ter. medicals including dental, serv
ice, as distinguished from health de
partment work, is a report on the
prevalence of rheumatism among
the patients In Bellevue hospital
made by Dr. Alexander Lambert in
the Journal of the American Medical
association.
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"A GREEN driver had filled the radiator
not wisely but too well, and the overflow had
dripped into the carburetor." Sat. Eve. Post.
One of those new-fangled open-faced
carburetors.
A GOOD START.
(From the Wisconsin State Journal.) '
Madison now has a Filipino baby, born
yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Cirilo B. Perez,
. junior student in the university. Mr. Perez
was sent here by his government to do re-
search work.
'TEXAN, Failing to Find Work, Kills Self."
What sort- of work was he looking for
sewing pockets on shrouds?
SONG.
As: I went down to Alstead,
At midnight's quiet hour.
The moon, low down in heaven,
Was like a lonely flower;
The apple-trees, in blossom
Like spectral forms they seemed;
I fancied them the spirits
Of dreams that I had dreamed.
As I came back from Alstead,
Along the selfsame way;;
The sun, high up in heaven, ,
Spake not of yesterday;
The merry, merry blossoms,
A-twinkle in the wind,
Seemed like the wing of fairies,
Or dreams within the-mind.
LAURA BLACKBURN.
"THE cost of living, it is said,, has reached
its peak."
"' BUT the motto of Old Hi 'Cost is "Excel
sior!"1 ;
New-Rich, Like Youth, Must Have Its Fling.
Sir: Should not the new-rich female be
taught some of the manners of the old-rich?
One does not mention, every half; hour, one's
marcel and manicure. Bathing, too, is taken
as a matter of course, and. is not announced
from the housetops, . or in street cars; offices,
theaters, churches, etc.
OH, WHAT A RENT WAS "THERE, MY
. COUNTRYMEN! .,
Sir: It seems to me that it is well to, while
we are on the engrossing subject of the split
infinitive, recall the distressing accident which
occurred to the story teller who, in recounting
the most interesting part, "fell into the vernacu
lar and split his infinitive." , F. M.'S.-Jr.
'"READ it! read it' danced the other."
Sat. Eve. Post.
How do they get that way?
Fresh Oysters and Canned English.
(From the Eaton. O.. Register-Herald.)
Succulent Bivalves We are indebted to
Stephen Overholser for a generous contribu
tion of succulent bivalves of the ostrea vir
ginica family encased in their native shell.
"TODAY advertising is a giant industry,
loosely operated and .recklessly indulged in."
Advertising and Selling. '
And loosely written, incidentally.
He'll Work if He Has To.
(From the Lake Preston,. S. D., Times.)
I write Fire, Lightning, Tornado, Hail,
Automobile, and Blooded Livestock Insur
ance in reliable old line companies, same as
usual. While I still handle Pumps and
Pump Supplies. I would rather write your
insurance just now than fix your old pump,
but call on me for either.
J. T. Christenson.
"DOUBLE Tragedv at Cedar Rapids Due to
Unrequested Love." Des Moines Tribune.
It comes to the same things
THE SECOND POST.
(Received by a Chicago, bank.)
Gentlemen: Taking the opportunity as to
time to write a letter and no check, that have
received yours of late, but soon will have your
;heck by Monday most surely. Your money
being slow but sure, hope this will be satisfac
tory for the time being... ..v
WHOM the gods would destroy they first
organize into Soviets.
NO HURRY.
Dear Doctor: Having followed the advice
of the Line for many years (voting for Bob
Sweitzer and otherwise), I am wondering when I
may take 'em off." W. S. W.
HINT to the May. Queen:
Keep 'cm on.
B. L. T.
Returning to his service after an
absence of two years, he was struck
by the small number of cases of rheu
matic fever in the hospital. He had
a study made of the histories of
cases of this disease for the last 14
years. His study was limited 'to
what la called rheumatic fever in
flammation of two or more large
Joints, accompanied by fever sweats,
concentrated acid urine, and oft
times with heart manifestations. He
ruled . out 8.11 cases of rheumatoid
arthritis, chronic arthritis, muscular
rheumatism, gonorrheal arthritis,
arthritis of small joints, such as fin
gers and toes, and vague painful con
ditions loosely called rheumatic.
The number of cases of rheumatic
fever treated In 1907 was 706;; in
1919, 199, in spite of nearly 50 per
cent increase in the number of pa
tients with all diseases cared for in
the hospital. The ratio of .rheumatic
fever to all other diseases' fell from
2.45 ;to 5.21. Many cases called
rheumatic fever in 1907 are now
Called arthritis, but a study of the
record of this disease ehowed that it
had ; not increased anywhere near
enough to explain the drop in rheu
matic fever.
Defining Liberalism.
"Liberals." as the word is beginning to be
used, also means people vho believe congress
should make lawful light wines and 2.50 beer.
Soringfield Reoublican.
The study showed that there had
been no decrease in rheumatic fever
in children between 5 and 14. y The
great improvement has been in-persons
from 15 to 29. The. improve
ment in persons 20 to 50 was also
marked.
This study comes out just at a
time when the subject of infection
through the gums is a live one in
dental societies. Fifty-eight per cent
of the children with rheumatism were
recorded as having bad tonsils and
53,4 as having bad teeth. In a study
of the histories ot 1,000 cases of
rheumatic fever, 35.3 per cent were
recorded as having bad tonsils. 68.3
per cent as having bad teeth, and
13 per cent as having bad tonsils and
teeth. Of .this 1,000 patients 67 are
recorded as having good teqth, but
81 of these are recorded as having
bad tonsils.
A study of the records of pneu
monia patients showed the percen
tage having bad teeth and tonsijs to
be much lower. The conclusions
seem justified that the polity of re
moving infected tonsils, cleaning up
teeth, and filling cavities Is lessening
the rheumatic fever rate. Should
this prove true, and should the pol
icy be continued, there should be a
noticeable effect on the heart dis
ease rate within 10 years.
- Fur Trade Hazards.
M. H. I. writes; "1. Please let me
know whether working at the fur
trade affects the health. I Jiave
been told that it is very easy "to get
asthma.
"2. Tor the last few years I have
been troubled with my nose and at
night I have to breathe through my
mouth. Do you think the germ of
tuberculosis is inhaled through the
mouth ?
"3. Can it be inhaled through the
nose?"
REPLY.
1. Working at the fur trade is not
especially unhealthy. However,
there is some, danger of the follow
ing: Asthma, due to inhaling hair
and skin dust; anthrax, due to hand
ling Infected skins; chemical pois
oning, due to dyes and other chemi
cals used; and perhaps tuberculosis,
due to inhalation of dust.
2. Mouth breathing increases the
danger of tuberculosis somewhat.
Have a physician examine your nose
and remove any bad obstructions.
3. Tuberculosis can be contracted
through inhalation through the nose.
ODD AND INTERESTING. .
The enjoyment of beautiful "flow
ers is commdn to all the inhabitants
of Japan. Even the. humble laborer
is a customer at the gardens where
lowers are kept for sale.
Inscriptions nearly obliterated by
age and wear from old silver coins
may be rendered visible by placing
the coin upon a piece- of red-hot iron,
by which means the inscription is
made to assume a greenish hue.,
Whereby it Ltcomes readable. '
: It is believed by the Moslems that
at the judgment day painters will
be required to furnish with souls all
representations of human beings
which they, have made. Failing in
this ordeal, -they will lose their own
souls as a forfeit for their presump
tious imitation of the work of the
Creator.
To prevent over sleeping, and thus
risking the loss of their employ
ment, the mail carriers of Morocco
resort to '' a unique and perilous
scheme. They tie n string to one
foot, and, as they know how long a
yard or two will burn, they regulate
the length of the string by the time
they have to sleep. They light the
string, which burns slowly; and,
when the Are comes to their foot,
they are painfully reminded that it
is time to arise.
HYMN TO GREATER AMERICA.
From the crest of thy frozen mountains
To the sands of thy tropic soa.
In our many tongues and voices.
We are raising our hymn to Thee.
Tho stara in their Klory Immortal,
Shine out from the measureless blue.
To gild thy flag with the . story.
Of all that Is brave and true.
Th. golden rod blooms in thy vallfy
The sagebrush roots In thy plains
Tho pine looks out from thy mountains,
In the eunshlne and snows and rains.
In wisdom thy men grow braver,
In beauty thy women grow strong
Thy children r learning ever.
The battle of right with wrong.
A the springe run down to the rivers.
And the rivers flow down to tha sea.
So the Uvea of thy sons and daughters,
Flow down in their Btrensih to thee.
When clouds of danger gather.
They will rally to guard thy path.
Like the rushing of mighty waters.
And the storm In It's whirling wrath.
We can nee in thy 'vavlng emblem.
The symbol of all that Is free.
And we lift It high In the heavens.
Where all In the world may nee.
We pray that In merry und goodness.
It's colors shall stay unfurled.
'Till thy radiant dresm of Justice
la the vision of all the world.
nun .mmm
Hiram W. John.son, Conservative
Omaha, April 27. To the Editor
of The Bee: In the campaign that
was made for Hiram W. Johnson In
Omaha, the campaign comprising
one speech and two' advertisements
at a total cost of less than $400, there
was observed a reluctance on the
part of Omaha business people to
enthuse over the Johnson candidacy.
There was a suspicion that still lin
gers in some quarters that Johnson
stands for violent changes in our
laws, and that his election will make
for disorder. .
Nothing could bo further from the
truth and the facts. Johnson is an
old-fashioned, prosperous lawyer;
the kind that canny Californians
elected prosecuting attorney at a
time when there was threat of dis
order; the kind that as governor of
the Golden State saved much of Its
wealth for the taxpayers. Whatever
record he is entitled to as a "radical"
was earned when he was governor
and through his association as a
candidate on the ticket with. Roose
velt. Tho writer voted for Taft, but
realizes that the Roosevelt-Johnson
movement was a good thing for the
republican party. As governor,
Johnson stood for such changes as
were involved in tho workmen s com
pensation law, child labor law and
the like. Worshipers of the status
quo dubbed him a radical at that
time, but these laws were so success
ful that they won over all classes of
people, and Johnson was very shortly
elected to tne united States senate
by a tremendous vote. It was from
this election and because of his vote
being so much greater than that of
Candidate Hughes , in thei state,
that there has arisen tho accusation
that Johnson aided Wilson In 1916.
Let me turn from the subject in
discussion just long enough to point
out that Hughes ran behind hia
ticket in most of the western states;
rather, that Wilson ran far ahead of
his ticket in those Rtates. Pointlexter
was elected senator from Washing
ton by 60,000 majority, though
Hughes lost that state - by 30,000.
A dozen such instances may be found
near enough to Nebraska to be read
ily ascertainable.' "The fact is that
Mr. Wilson achieved a splendid popu
larity because of the fact that he
had "kept us out of war." Those
republicans who voted their ticket
in 191C, but scratched for the man
of peace may well regret their error.
But it does not behoove them or
any one to criticize successful re
publican candidates who won on
their own individual merits.
There is a well known anecdote
which illustrates Hiram Johnson's
attitude toward those whose ideas
are not constructive but destructive.
During his incumbency as governor
a group of "unemployed" descended
on the city of Sacramento. . Their
spokesmen called on Governor
Johnson, who at once offered work
to all there 'assembled. But, upon
their leaders attempting to argue the
matter, Hiram Johnson ran them all
out of town as quickly as any'Olsen
or Cooley could do.
Recently an Omaha insurance man
wrote to Washington inquiring Sen
ator Johnson's attitude toward gov
ernment control of railroads. The
senator's secretary answered: "Mr.
Johnson considers government con
trol of railroads a failure." What
business man could state his Conserv
ative opinion more clearly? ,
Kut that we live in a chHnging
.vorld is a fact recognized by Hiram
Johnson. To.those wha attempted
at Versailles to divide the' world and
guarantee the division forever with
American blood and treasure, he
gave an immediate challenge; and
to those who would fill. America with
marching columns ok. soldiers: to in
timidate and suppress any persons
advocating peaceful and constitu
tional changes in our laws, he gives
the same answer. Far from stand
ing for a new order, Hiram Johnson
contends for a return to the old
order, to the old belief in free speech
for minorities as well as majorities;
to the time-worn doctrine that an
American may and should speak for
whatever he deems best for America.
Nor does Hiram Johnson consider
those Americans unworthy who
are the sons and daughters of
immigrants. He is principled against
un-American discrimination between
the old blood of this continent and
the new. He would have us judged
by our works rather than by our
ancestry.
It is- a common trick in politics
to belittle the suffrages of successful
candidates. That the people of
North Dakota and Michigan were
not of the right sort was bad news, if
true. Now that they have been
joined by the people of Nebraska,
we may renew our confidence in
them. They were probably actuated
by motives much like our own, and
we were, given plenty, of time and
worlds of information, printed and
spoken, by the candidates opposed to
Mr. Johnson, yet we find the vote
throughout our state quite uniform.
The : cities- and towns' carried Ne
braska -for -Johnson." 'The great bliz
zard of the 17th and 18th held the
ranch people Of. western Nebraska
snowbound on primary day. The east
ern part of the state was a sea of
mud, so that, even - in Douglas
county, the outlying precincts had to
send In their ballot boxes by railway.
With fair weather and good roads
the farmers would have rolled up a
huge vote for Johnson. The farmer
has certain grievances and these are
not to be cured, by city people order
ing him to be! "steady." He sus
pects that there are many city folk
standing between the producer and
the consumer and adding to the bur
dens of both. He is decidedly against
the profiteer. The big political ad
vertising in the big papers from tho
big cities do not influence the farmer.
These papers do not represent
him, though it must be plain that all
our Nebraska periodicals should be
agrarian. In Omaha it was the pub
licity campaign for the other candi
dates and the lack thereof for John
son that piled tip enormous majori
ties for General Wood in precincts
so far apart as North Dundee and
Twenty-fourth and Lake streets.
Women, voting tor the first time,
were probably influenced in greater
degree by letters,' lectures, teas, etc.,
than they will be when they have
acquired more political discernment.
Most of Omaha's precincts were
carried by Johnson, however, and
the local result is not at all deplor
able. Men and women are now
asking, "Who is Johnson, and what
does he stand for?" Upon a thor
ough investigation the answer can
be summed up: that he is an old
school American and not an inter
nationalist; that he favors a solu
tion of America's problems to be
worked out among our people by
peace time methods, not by war
t.me methods; that he does not bow
down before the god of "as is," but
that he summons tho people again
to use their courts and congress in
stead of repression or riot. . More
over, Johnson is Nebraska's candidate-
for the. republican nomination
at Chicago. ,Other states are falling
in line as rapidly as they are given
tho opportunity. When the few be
come thevmany, what was radical
becomesr'&Ohservatlve. - ' :
- THOMAS LYNCH.
:' As Agnew Viewed It,'.
'Omaha, April 26. To the Editor
of The ..Bee: V The results from re
publican primary elections held this
spring.'ifin - Nebraska. Michigan and
other ''"irtates plainly indicate that
the people In general are opposed to
any military candidate for president
Young men who served In the army
in tho-last three years say they got
all of the military business they want
for 'the rest of ' their lives. Fully
90 per cent of the young men who
voted cast their ballots- for Johnson
or did not vote at all: on presiden
tial preferences.
Senator Hiram VW. Johnson , has
been' one of tho -strongest opponents
of the so-called league of nations in
any shape or form, and the - votes
that he gets where primary elections
are held, indicate that the vast
body of repubpean voters, are with
him in his fight to defeat -the pro
ject.. When Senator Borah of Idaho
spoke here some-months ago against
the league of "nations, he received
one of the, most tremendous ovations
ever given ta any puulic speaker in
Omaha, and-it is a- wonder to me
that the United States senate con
sidered it as- long' as they did, for
the opposition oi it. is very strong in
every part of the country. That
was shown In the state of Georgia
last week when the majority of the
delegates elected -to the state demo
cratic convention were elected be
cause ; of .their ; opposition to the
league of nations.
'.When "we were -at war with Ger
many, we were 4old that' the defeat
of that nation meant the destruction
of .milUarisnV.for' all time to come,
but" how we have two generals who
served this country and are v now
serving this country in the regular
army who have been going over the
country advocating universal, mili
tary training for the United States.
We need a business administration
in this country to get us back where
we were under Mckinley, and it will
take a man like Hughes or a man
like Lowden to bring this country
back to a sane and reasonable basis.
I voted for Johnson last week, not
because I want to see him nomi
nated, but to help head off the mili
tary candidates. A ticket composed
Of Hughes and Lowden would be in
vincible and would be a great combi
nation to win with.
. FRANK A. AG NEW.
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Workmen's Comitcnsation Act., .
L. m. A friend of mine, rho'is a
brakeman on an interstate railroad
in Wyoming while riding Oh the top
of tho railroad train, was knocked
off by a ylolent jork of the train,
falling to the ground and. breaking
hi foot. Is ho entitled to any com
pensation for the time ho has lost,
and what part of his time docs the
workmen's compensation act of Wyo
ming allow?
Answer The workmon's compen
sation act of Wyoming does not ap
ply to employes of interstate railroad
companies. Therefore, your frleTid
Is entitled to no compensation under
that act.
Divorce.
A Constant Reader How long
must I live in Nebraska before I can
obtain a divorce?
2. Supposing that I was married
in Nebraska and had lived here ever
since, how long do I have to wait
after marriage before I Can get a
divorce? 1 did not live in Nebraska
before my marriage.
Answer 1 The Nebraska law pro
vides that one must have maintained
a residence in Nebraska for one year
beforo he can secure a divorce in
our courts.
2. You may file' a petition for
divorce under the Nebraska law at
any time if you were married in the
state and had been a resident ever
since.
Opening Streets.
L. E. E. I bought an acre of land
inside .the town limits. Since that
time I have been entirely fenced in.
How can-1 make them 'ojeh hp the
streets ?" '
Answer. The Nebraska. law : gives
the city or .- village -authorities
power to open streets. Ourr.advioe
to you would be to go to the village
or city clerk" and state the case to
him, asking,. "that he take .steps to
have an ordinance passed opening
the desired street). . If you are not
successful in this, we doubt very
much your power to compel thr city
or village to open the- streets; "What
your rights would, be" under ''those
circumstances would. depeiul'upou
many facts which' Xou ' ''nave
not stated in your question. We
would advise you to go to a lawyer
and state your case to him
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