Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-16
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Air, 90 Foreign Language Papers.
OMAHA, Nov. i5.-To the Editor OF The
Bee: AS chairman and secretary Of a
meeting of foreign language newspaper
publishers Of Omaha, held at the Com
mercial club Friday. we wish to correct
the item under the caption Editors For
eign Language Papers Want Patronage"
In the article, which purports TO be a
report Of the meeting. the statement APP
pears that these editors organized FRI
day noon, with the idea Of making proper
representations TO business men OF the
city in the form of a plea for what they
term their share of the advertising"
The following resolution, unanimously
adopted, clearly indicates the action
taken, and cannot in any manner be
construed to mean the above:
Resolved. That II Is the sense Of this
meeting to organize a foreign language
press association of Nebraska at a meet
ing to be held at the Lincoln hotel Tues
. to hereby invite all publishers Of foreign
language newspapers In the state to Join
US on that occasion in order to complete
such an organization and to foster our
interests before the state meeting of the
Nebraska Manufacturers association.
Next Tuesday at the Lincoln meeting
some such statewide organization will
undoubtedly be formed and II 1t Is 1t
will be with the purpose in view Of tell
ing the manufacturing and mercantile
concerns of the state the truth about for
eigners and foreign language papers by
the only people capable of telling them.
the foreign language editors and publish
ers themselves, and not lin the form of
a plea"
The foreign language newspapers of the
state need. no pleading" all they ask
for is fair play" and when once adver-
tisers are told the truth about these pub
locations in the proper way they will be
accorded the moral support as wei adj
vertising patronage which they merit.
Trusting that you will 90 us the Justice
of correcting your error. we remain,
VAL J. PETER. Chairman.
WALTER ROSICKY, Secretary.
GO to IL, You Common People!
CHICAGO, Nov. Ito the Editor of
The Bee President Wilson quotes six
passages Of scripture from Ezekial to
prove that God. through the Bible. sane
tons war Billy Bryan quotes gentle
life and Jesus as against war. Now
comes V. A. Bradshaw Of North Platte
some anti-Sundayites.
Setting aside the fact that there are
reported to be 900 contending schisms in
the Christian religion, these three con-
tentions Of present specific knowledge
are sufficient to prompt the inqui y az
to what the Christian religion is.
Sure! The Christian religion is like
other religions-it is a Jackpot organiza-
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minds of the many. This applies not
only to religion and priests. but to
political parties and politicians as well,
and for what purposes of control.
authority, government, and the pecuniary
interests connected with 1t.
As a political mountebank. Billy Bryan
takes the lead in this country (Roose-
Welt having subsidized, but his photograph
we still have with u.s..
Contemplate a preacher as president
OF the United States, setting apart day
Of universal prayer by the preachers of
the same beseeching God to stop the
war in Europe. and in the next breath
quoting six passages of scripture to show
that we should prepare to go into war
ourselves. Most emphatically this does
show that religion is the basis of political
action by arbitrary power to control the
minds and bodies Of an unsuspecting
people.
Politicians who have been sitting on an
office for the last fifteen or twenty years,
like old hens on similar nests should
get off the perch OF be boosted off. The
country demands change to the living
from the dead-that change Of which
Jefferson and Lincoln spoke. These
things can be secured only by the com
mon people through direct action and
we'll defined purpose.
Go to II, you common people!
LUCIEN STEBBINS-