Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-19
Aimed at Omaha

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IL feminist" II. there should be general movement
among school boards 20 refuse 90 allow their teachers
to have time off to attend the state Teaehds assoc-
alton unless the teachers vote TO change the time TO
the first three days OF Thanksgiving week. Every
advantage can he secured at that time that he
had the first week in November and It surely Is bad
Tor school work 70 have many vacations and broken
weeks
Edgar Post: Headline; Omaha business man
loses MS hand while hunting" Why doesn't he put
an ad In The Bee Lost and Found column.
L,oup City acknowledgements: The recent election
was rather hard Omaha. for OF It's state cand
dates the state ticket were elected. but on the
other hand were among those that received the least
number Of votes. This is the fault OF Omaha but
the fault OF some Of its candidates, who come from
that city. When men coming from Omaha will cam
paign over the state holding omaha IN public scorn
for the sake Of getting in the state II Is
TO be expected that the voters will the opposite
view Of the situation and turn Omaha candidates
down.
Lincoln Journal: senator-eloct Quinby of Omaha
suggests thus far unmentioned way TO secure an
amendable constitution for Nebraska, and Incl
dentally to rescue from defeat the taxation. jury
and salary amendments which voted upon
last month The lion in the path Of majority
rule constitutional amendments Is the necessity
OF securing for amendments a majority Of ali the
votes cast at the election The votes for the three
amendments counted as beaten were substan-
TALLY larger than the votes against them. But the
favorable vote Is not large enough leap the major
fact that this rule holds by decision Of the
preme court In the of State against Babcock
the supreme court decided that the words majority
Of the electors voting at such elecJlon meant that
amendments must have a majority those voting
against the measure and in addition a majority
those who did not vote the measure. This de-
cision reaffirmed IN the case Of Tecuuseh Bank
against Saunders. Mr.. Quinby holds that the court
could with equal reasonabIeness have decided this
matter the other way. and he thinks the present
preme court should be asked 70 pass the matter
In the light OF more modern thought What the chances
are for such expedient would require a lawyer
familiar with decisions the courts on such
points. TO judge. Whether this is the way or not
the situation IL serious and needs attention
the voters have quit patronzing the party circle
they 20 have done in the last election the
tution is unamendabe except by the arduous
Of the Initiative. Unamendabe constitutions like
boilers without safety vaves-they insure an ultimate
explosion.
an Omaha wholesaler recently, informed by him
that dealers In northeast Nebraska towns were the
most prosperous In the state. II is fact, which in
vestigaton will prove that northeast Nebraska takes
the lead in all respects Its land Is the best its
the most intelligent and prosperous and thus
accordingly its towns the most wide-awake and
progressive People who are dissatisfied with condi-
tons in northeast Nebraska ought TO visit some OF
the old crumbng business cemeteries in the southern