Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-26
Aimed at Omaha

Blair Enterprise: II The Omaha Bee shall succeed
in eliminating the carnival feature Of the
nual Ak-sar-Ben entertainment in Omaha II VIII
have accomplished for the suppression OF crime
and public ndecency in Omaha than all Of billy
Sundays sermons. No existed for such
shameless ndecency as the street fair carnival which
is a part Of Ak-SarBen entertainment and no apology
will oblterate its evil influences upon the youth OF
that city More power to The Bee in It's effort to dis
pose Of this blot the city's shame and moralS
Fremont Tribune: Omaha has just had another
mysterious murder The frequency with which such
things happen there make 1t difficult for Omaha TO
establish It's claim of being wel-governed city
Beatrice Sun: Omaha is beginning to consider the
Availability OF eliminating the street carnival feature
Of the Ak-ssr-Bcn festival. a good many Nebraska
towns which Omaha might regard as mere jay towns,
have long since considered this matter and rendered
a verdict against the street carnival nuisance.
Kearney Democrat The present week will con-
clude billy" Sundays engagement at Omaha. He
has wrestled vaiantly with satan with not the most
faterng results Indeed the response In omaha does
not appear TO have been good, relatively, as at
some other places The fact remains nevertheless that
Sunday has done very remarkable work, and has
strengthened himself greatly with many who were In
doubt as to the man and his methods and especially
to his sincerity. on the latter score he has won,
and Notwithstanding disappointment TO date as 20
number who have hit the trail 1t may be that he 10
exercising influence much deeper than that, which
will have marked effect upon the community
Seward Blade The Omaha liquor interest played
winning hand in not fighting Billy Sunday. The
least opposition to his work would have had the same
result stepping Terence o'Lafferty's coat-rt
would have started a ''ruotion"
Bloomfield Journal: II isn't right we presume TO
congratulate criminal but we do feel like congratu-
lating that Omaha hold-up who after watching them
through a window for some time deliberately walked
into mansion and at the point Of gun held up and
relieved Of their Jewels and cash a bunch society
high-brows who playing cards If all the hold
ups were just discriminating.
making kick their street fair noe issue to Ak
sar-Ben carnival. II Omaha has a point where
the street fair cannot be tolerated what about other
towns In the state?
Albion Argus: Omaha lie up-to-dste. wide-awake
town and makes the most OF opportunities. The many
gatherings during the 1916 attest this The greatest
that the interests OF Omaha will gather will
be the chance to sell merchandise to out-of-town
visitors attracted there to hear the great evangelist
and incidentally do their shopping Another that win
bring much trade to Omaha will be the state teach
meeting to be held there at the best time in the
year selling the styles of wearing apparel
They are a i've hot bunch and are growing deader
or colder as time goes by.
Ord Journal on the trains, in the hotels and
the streets Of nearly every in the esStern part
OF the state the people talking about BILLY"
Sunday. You hear It almost everywhere one
would think that he would come in for universal
domination by the rough-neck crowd that ordinarily
fills the smoking apartments OF the trains But It
Is not OF course poohoo his sincerity and
hold up to view the financial side of his Omaha
paign. Others say he is gogetter and is making
good In the attempt. But the thing that re-
markable Is the discussion that he has among
all classes OF people tho liquor question s
unusual thing to hear half dozen travelling men
that the Influence that Rev. Sunday ia ex-
ertng IL going to result in statewide prohibition
They apparently join with him in the hope that the
saloons must go. The change Of sentiment among
men of the world is astonishing and is eloquent of
what is coming. Men who are not ready TO promise
TO vote for womans suffrage are admitting that IL
is inevitable 1t shows that the defense down and
that II s accepted fact that universal suffrage
and prohibition going to visit Nebraska at about
the time