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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-03-05
A Local Newspaper Editor Undertakes
Hard Task

The Urbana Courier-Herald, paper published
In Representative Burres' city, attempts in
recent issue defense of Dr. Burres for joining with
the Lee ONeil Browne and Tom Curran forces in de-
teatlng dry candidate for speaker The effort proves
abored one for him and shows two things
First-Lack of real interest in the anti
saloon cause.
Second-Lack of knowledge of the real
situation at Springfield.
In support of the first contention his own words
prove its truth. He states "There is nothing vital
IN the liquor question to make it paramount issue
just now" The writer of that editorial certainly has
lost track of the temperance in the country
He has evidently failed to notice the majority vote in
Congress of 2o7 to 1914 counting the pairs for national
Prohibition, which taken on December 22 last;
and the fact that nine states have gone for prohibition
IN the last five months together with four others that
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-03-05

Is it possible that this editor after the Anti
Saloon League has secured the local option law
through which his city and county has been made
dry and has also secured for his community the Four
Mile University law, that will keep his own city dry
does not about the other places still cursed with
the open saloon and feels that the liquor question
IS unimportant ssue?.
In his willingness to criticize the organization
that is putting the saloons out of business in the
country he has also shown lack of interest. It is
easy to criticize but different thing to become active
in the work that counts.
In support of his second declaration we notice
he nfers that Dr.. Burres voted with the Lee ONeil
Browne and Tom Curran elements in the election of
speaker because he a Republican Thus he
shows his lack of knowledge of the real situation at
Springfield Mr.. Graham whom Mr. Burres left when
It looked like he about to be elected was also
Republican and was being supported by majority
OF the Republican party members. DR.. Burres candi
date was elected by fortynlne Democrats and thirty
Republicans. Forty-one OF these orty-nine Dem
ocras gave their support during the deadlock Lee
ONeil Browne for speaker and seventeen of the Re
pubEcans were the men who boted the Republican
caucus and caused the long drawn out deadlock
No. you cannot the action of DR.. Burres
by stating that he voted to elect Republican, It
the bunch he cast his vote with that made the fight
against Mr. Provine, the bone fde Republican caucus
nominee, who was kept from becoming speaker be-
cause these seventeen wet boiling Republicans who
were small minority opposed majority of sixty
three regular Republicans.
In the face of all these facts this local editor tries
to justify DR.. Burres' action the ground that
majority should rule The editor seems to indicate
that DR.. Burres did great service to the state in
starting the course that finally elected the speaker
But not another endorsed Republican followed in his
steps they We're not willing to put their
around Browne and Curran to effect bipartisan
bnation that could elect speaker who had declared
himself the floor Of the house out and out wet
The issue at stake in this question is of good
government. With little difficulty any
that BroWne-Curran combination is not likely to
make for good legislation along any line. Deals with
such Browne and Curran not conducive to long
and useful political lives Mr. Burres has not forgot
ten how Mr. Mckinley, the last speaker, killed the
residence district bill by refusing roll call, neither
has he forgotten that Tom Curran, Chicago saloon
keeper with whom he joined in voting with this cor
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-03-05
THE AMERICAN ISSUE
M arch 5, 1915

rora will make this plain. Reports of the police de-
partment of the two cities for 1914 show
WET AURORA DRY ROCKFORD
Population $4,000 Population $4,000
DRINKS ........... 885 DRINKS ........... 500
DRINKS and Disorder Drunks and Disorder
lies ........ lies ............ 100
Total ............. 1905 Total ............ TO
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1915-03-05


sners, $1,7788o. oners, $3.50.
Number Of in po- Number of men in po-
lice department. rs. lice department, IS
Chief of police of Att Chief of police Bargren
rora, in his official report, of Rockford says I'm
asked that the police der the dry regime,
force be enlarged and ditons generally bet
that new jail be built ter. There is less crime
the present Jail is Judging from what
trely too small" He know of local conditions
adds that there 500 | would be compelled to
more prisoners in 1913 state that the closed sa-
than in 1912 loon policy had greatly
Remember that Aurora lessened the amount of
has only about tWo-thirds liquor drinking and had
the population of Rock been a blessing to the
ford) community"
Mayor Bennett is authority for the statement
that there only ninety three arrests for drunk
where liquor obtained in Rockford from
May 7, 1912, to jan 1913 compared with COS arrests
for drunkenness from May 7, 1911, to Jan. I, 1912,
when saloons were licensed"
The spirit of the order is well expressed by
Judge W. K. Whitfield who in sentencing the De-
booteggers said: ct would like these sentences
to be of such character that only you but all men
that hear of them may have higher regard and
greater reverence for the law
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
Pounding the state Treasurer.

The exceptional situation az the state house
is become almost acute. and bids fair to at
tract a great deal more Of attention than some
Of the principal actors may care for. horde
Of democrats, both in and out OF office, is clus-
tered about the door Of the state treasury, de-
handing that It be unlocked to them. The state
treasurer is anonymously threatened with
prosecution that amounts to blackmail, his alter
native being TO give assent to the illegal pro-
ceedings to which the other democratic state
officials are approving supporters. While
Treasurer Hall is standing out against threats
and cajolery, the spectacle is as disgraceful as
were the performances of the legislature which
made the mistake that is proving so embar-
RAISING and expensive These democrats. fearful
to proceed legally to correct their blunder, are
willing to connive in the treasurer's violation Of
the law in preference to facing the penalties OF
their own offense which they are unable to con-
ceal. No other incident in the states history
has so fully exposed the incompetency OF the
democratic party and its leadership for the re-
sponsibilities Of government
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
Put Omaha on the Butter Market.

Observing in the Monthly Crop Report, pub
ished by authority OF the secretary OF agricul-
ture. a table of receipts of butter lat pri-
mary markets Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati
Milwaukee. New York, st. Louis and San Fran
cisco--the editor of The Bee addressed an in
quiry 10 the chief OF the bureau Of crop esti-
mates in charge OF this publication, calling at
tention TO the omission OF Omaha from the list,
and asking what, II anything was still neces-
sary to secure recognition for Omaha as "a pri-
mary butter market?" The reply, just received
contains this advice:
For each OF the cities mentioned IN your letter the
figures furnished by the Board OF Trade othcr
commercial organization which in turn collects the
information from the different transportation lines Of
the city II regretted that Omaha IL not included
in the report refer to. but in the correspondence
with Omaha and few other large cities. organi-
cation was found that could give the information
However another effort will be made to get this for
Omaha.
II strikes us as extraordinary that Omaha
should be deprived OF the prestige which by
rights belong to 1t as an unrivaled butter
producing and distributing center because of our
own inaction. True, we have not established a
butter exchange here which the Importance of
the industry would fully warrant, but we have
commercial organizations that could easily COM
pile the statistics required by the Department of
Agriculture to give us a standing as a primary
market Even IL no other advantage could come
from II than the listing in the official reports
II is time to put Omaha on the butter map of
the country.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
Woman's Activities

The Tooth birthday of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton will come In October, and Johns
town, N. Y, her birthplace, is prompt in
announcing its purpose duly to celebrate
the anniversary.
Women in Canada no longer have the
right to veto the enlisting Of their hus-
bands or sons under 49, The right to for
bid the men folks to go to war was given
to the women OF Canada by General Sam
Hughee. who is now in England. Those
who succeeded him have changed the
ruling.
Miss Alva Bennell, a 15-year-old girl OF
Avondale. Cal. is said to hold the record
Of her age. having 100 loaves to her credit
for the amount OF bread baked by girl
in four months. There lie a girls baking
club in Avondale that inspires it's mem
bers TO be experts in housekeeping.
They say 1t does not make any differ
ence whether women vote or not, but the
teachers Of California are pointing to the
fact that Governor Johnson vetoed the
bill for teachers pensions the first time
1t came up. but the second time women
were voters and he signed It.
Plans have been made for a woman's
Jail in New York City that is to cost
$685.. 900. 1t is to be sixteen stories high
and fireproof. with two elevators. There
will be open logias on each floor. from
the sixth to the fifteenth. The kitchen
and hospital wards are to be on the six
teenth floor.
Mrs Mary S. Lockwood. founder of the
Daughters OF the American Revolution.
writing in support OF the woman's section
OF the Navy league. says. II would boy
colt any man who refused to serve his
country when It needed him. Let the
men try any anti-enlistment business in
this country and the women will show
them" In England the women are
showing them" by offering to enlist
themselves and doing 1t as nearly as
possible.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
That Cry Of Wolf

The cry Of Wolf, wolff" has been heard = often
OF late years that nobody pays attention to g. and Il
has degenerated into dsagreeabe form OF vocal ex
ercse. The latest and most offensive recent outcrv
is that which from people in Georgia, who
are shouting at the top OF their voices that the in
dgnant protests OF the against the revolt
ing crime Of the mob which hanged Frank Is the
uttersnce Of press subsidized" by money from
Franks friends. The charge is of course, puerile.
and might be ignored II the unanimity OF the news
papers in denouncing the outbreak Of were
not the hopeful aspect OF the national disgrace
The heat and vigor OF that condemnation show that
the nation is sensitive to such offense, and quick
to resent II as blow to its honor.
The German press and many so-called German
Americans have been quick to explain the sound and
outspoken expression OF American Indignation at Ger
man crimes against humanity on land and sea as the
utterance Of press subsidized by Great Britain. II
these Germans had any knowledge of American opin-
ion or any OF humor. they would have been
saved from this egregous blunder twisting the lions
tail has been long the habit Of many American
newspapers that nothing less than great and
passionate feeling OF Indignation could have broken
the habit. Some newspapers have been and some
probably still vena but Il r. unfortunate 20 waste
the Of public opinion by making accusations
obviously preposterous that they fall 10 the ground
by sheer weight Of stupidity.
And the cry Of interests has been heard so often
that IL longer receives attention. few years
IL meant something there were real wolves and the
country needed the warning There still wolves
back country. The habit. however. Of crying Wolf
wolf" has become strong with public that
has taken the place of all other forms OF speech
II a is strongly urged by group the cry
that the interests behind It Immediately re-
sounds from TO ocean; II II is vigorously OPP
posed the cry that the interests oppose II fills the
air II legislation fails Of the beneficial results
dcted by its sponsors the failure Is due not to its
unwisdom but to the organization OF the interests to
defeat It. II pay attention to the charges
which too often take the place Of facts arguments
he would be driven TO the conclusion that nothing is
decided it's merits in this country and that
there are disinterested Americans.
This vicious habit OF accusing the interests ndis-
crminately involves waste of force which the
try cannot afford. There still corrupt tyranni-
cal interests which must be fought. but all Inter
not evil in spirit and practice. and even
the evil Interests not omnpresent. The OF
the Interests" has become the stock in trade OF
many cheap politicians and seseeking agitators that
the country II fast coming to think of as "a voice
and nothing else easy substitute for brains and
conviction. All charges against public men organi-
cations ought react the unless the evil
dence Is forthcoming The air has become murky
with accusations and foundations they have become
a kind Of hysteria.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
Here and There

Quite a number OF New York police
men are taking mental exercises in for
eign anguages-German. French, italian
and Spanish. New regulations require
cops to become familiar with ruch words
OF each language as are needful in Civ
ing information to visitorR
Cedar Grove. N. j.. IA clericaIly branded
a. = community Of gossips and knock
ers, pullbacks and cheap dance patrons.
A retiring Congregational minister ap-
Piled the brand from the pulpit in he
farewell sermon and the roasted congre-
CATION didn't talk back.
The dazzling force OF q wedding cere-
mOny on the participants is difficult TO
measure without actual experience Some
idea OF the grip may be had from tho
case OF a washington bridegroom who
lost his glass eye the evening before the
great event. He went through the cere-
mony without the bride noticing that his
lamp was out.
Near Fremont O.. a lone mOtorist on
a rural road played the good Samaritan
for q couple whose car reft1Sed TO go.
When the q. s. Strengthened up after an
examination OF the machinery he looked
down the barrel Of q short-arm gun and
was persuaded TO give up al the treas
ure on his Person. The robbers then
mounted their car and made a clean
getaway. The incident tends 20 frost
the milk Of human kindness at 'ts foun-
tain
The distinction Of being the last civil
| var veteran to retire from active service
/ rests with Colonel John Lincoln Glenn,
! soon TO be BriEadier General Cem, re-
tired. He enlisted at the age OF IL IN
the Twenty-second Michigan infantry.
May 1. 1ss2. and drummed and fought al
Shiloh. Chickamauga. Peryville. stons
/ river. Resaca. Kenesaw, Atlanta and
/ Nashville. After the war General Grant
commissioned him as second lieutenant.
His retirement removes the last link
binding the regular army TO the mighty
hoAt OF volunteers Of the oivl war
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
A MuTTEN
Clinton scollard. in

Clinton Scotland, in Judge.
.wooed ner IN the wIntertime,
And won her. SO / thought, forever;
She vowed that she was iona of rhyme,
Ana uoSeu Oh lay tease endeaVor.
Her eyes were Of cerulean hue:
She had a merry way OF mocking,
And though she loved to dress in blue
she was not "bluestocking!
Sometimes before tho sea-coal fire
CIOse sue by side our toes We toasted
Sometimes we braved the north wind
ire.
And skated gleefully or coasted.
And once, when ragged the bitter storm
And she by cruel cold was smitten,
To keep her little fingers warm
i gave the maid a mitten.
She treasured IL. or 80 I deemed.
Through days inviolate and vernal;
And still within her glance there cleaned
tender light that seemed eternal.
And 30 loves tide flowed on and on.
What time the year was at its Juning
And ever in my slumbers shone
Fond dreams OF honeymooning
But, 10! this morning I'm the mall
I found a wedding invitation.
Announcing (ah. the Woeful taleD
That she had caught a rich relation.
And with the word (alack a-dayO
There was a brief note neatly written
The maiden had but this TO say:
Il send you back your mitten!"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
05ed8eesG&0
.ZeM1sR0af

An Opinion ON the Training school.
OMAHA. Sept 2--To the Editor OF The
Bee. With reference to the teachers
training school. let me call attention TO
the following cutting have saved:
superintendent Graft in discussing the
Training school," paid a rare compli-
ment to Omaha, her institutions, and
the product OF the training school. which
includes among its alumni more than
one-sixth OF all the teachers below the
high school grades in Omaha. He char
Se most ine sesOS tbs ONE
public school system. II am firmly OF
the belief that the girls, the products of
ing school cannot be matched OF sur
passed by any girls from any institu-
ton" he said In conclusion.
This was In The Bee Of June l. 1918.
and doubtless expresses an unbiased
opinion. AN OMAHA TEACHER
Nebraska as the Crow Flies.
OMAHA, Sept. ITO the Editor Of The
Bee: Please tell me in your paper the
distance across Nebraska both ways as
the crow flies in it's longest parts and
oblige. A READER.
Note: Best available figures for ex-
treme measurements OF Nebraska are:
Length, 40 miles; width, 9Os miles
what Makes Progress I'm schOolss
OMAHA. Sept 2-To the Editor Of The
Bee: I can not understand the continued
attacks on the policy of our Board of
Education. We now have an IDEAL board,
composed Of the best men of our city, and
when their election was agitated from
the standpoint OF the good-men view
point, It was surmised that our troubles
were over. To be serious, we have as
good a Board of Education from the
standpoint Of success in business, brains
and honesty as any In the United States,
but modern methods of education call for
directors who are in sympathy with prog
ress. and you cannot select men for that
purpose because they fill all of the re-
quirements as enunciated above. On the
contrary, we must elect men who believe
and will see that those beliefs are car
ried out in better working conditions for
our teachers, better pay and more schools.
simpler methods of instruction, abolition
of miltarism from the high school
cadets, a complete revision of our his
tories based absolutely upon truth. the
opening of our schools after school hours
to discussion of political and scientific
questions as a part of a larger and
broader education for us big boys and
girls who did not get enough of it in our
youth because of economic pressure A
progressive school board must do these
things or fail in it's purpose.
JESSE T. BRILLIANT,
2616 Farnam
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
sanitation in tha Trennh.,.


One OF the marvels OF modern warfare is the
provision for sanitation that keeps the fighting
man continually In a state of most vigorous
health. The Germans have just made report
OF the excellent sanitary conditions that prevail
In the field 80 far as their armies are concerned
and similar reports have been made by the
Allies. Apprehension expressed during the
winter as to what would ensue when the sum-
mer sun came upon the battlefields has proven
unfounded, because OF the excellent service of
the medical corps. The Japanese were the pio-
heers in this line of endeayor, and astonished
the world by excellent results shown for the
health Of their armies in their war with Russia
Other nations were quick to grasp the signifi-
canoe of this. and the value OF an efficient med
ioal corps for an army was established.
Nowadays everything about a camp, perma-
nent or temporary is scrupulously clean, and
the word of the medical officer is listened to
by everybody from the commander-in-chief
down. This is necessary to the preservation OF
the health of the fighting man. In civil life
the soldier may shift for himself, and live in
squalor II he likes but when the uniform is
donned Il must cover a clean skim and the per-
sonal habits OF the man must conform to a reg
linen as strict and comprehensive as any ever
devised for the training of a crack athlete The
servant Of Mars is cleanly in his way of living,
today II he never was before.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
Editorial Viewpoint

Cleveland Plain Dealer: One Of the bel
Iigerents has ordered half a million sheep
skins to clothe her soldiers. But this is
no justification for acting like wolves.
Detroit Free Press: The American dol
lar Is worth more in foreign money than
ever before, but as luck will have II,
you've got to stay home to spend il.
Philadelphia Ledger: Sweet are the
uses of adversely! The European snarl
has emboldened New York office seek
ers to come out as American" candi-
dates.
Louisville Courier-Journal: DR.. Anna
Shaw declined TO pay taxes on her auto
mobile because she had no vote and al
lowed II to be sold for taxes. Her friends
have given her a new car The doctor
is not merely feminist, but also a bust
ness woman.
Pittsburgh Dispatch. sheik-Ul-Islam
has declared a holy war against Italy.
II any more holier than the war now on
twill be worth seeing. All the other ma
tional sheiks also began the row with
loud announcements as 10 holiness, after
which they let it so at that
Chicago Herald: The cool winds so
detrimental in the world OF barter have
brought health and comfort and happi-
ness to infants. The first summer" that
period of old-time terror. has been an
easy season to this years babies. They
have not felt the whiting effects OF terri
bic hot blasts from the southwest They
have not had to pit their puny strength
against the death-deallng heat OF the
average summer The little creatures
have experienced new JOY in a year which
has seemed especially planned for their
needs In truth It has been a peach of
a year for babies. And that is enough TO
compensate for host Of Ills when you
come to think OF itl OF all the silver lin
ings to the clouds a lining OF healthier.
happier babies IL by far the best.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-03
People and Events

Members OF the New York constitutional conven-
tion already have poured out $4,000 words and the
stream shows signs OF that tired feeling"
C. j. Beck OF Hastings. Mich, claims to have out
waltoned Izaak Walton by catching two fish with
the same bait Hastings is city OF romance and
Fisherman Beck Is Its official interpreter.
Way down in Muskogee. okl strOnshanded jus
tice handed TO boosting squaw a ninety-nine-year
sentence and a fine OF 100000 The Judge doesn't
want the money, but longs for rest from a weekly
visitor.
moment after w. J. bryan. at Winona Lake,
Ind finished his exordium peace by arbitra-
ton the organist struck the keys and the SINCERE
cut loose with The Army Navy Forever" bring
ing the audience with cheers and waving hRndker-
chiefs TO its feet
The scientist who wanted 10 warm up the North
Pole by spending tso0OOOiOoo TO defect the Gulf
stream off Newfoundland Is In trouble In Brooklyn
over a printing hill OF 81. 800 and empty purse Twas
ever thus The flights OF genius too often re-
tarded by the price OF publicity oil
Four young clerks IN the Ford establishment At
Detroit arrested for stealing profit sharing
checks intended for outside members OF the com
pany The noviees Imagined they could divert sl60oOO
from the golden without II being missed. but
Fords slenths fooled them before they could
Another story OF novelties comes from the
western firing line Eric Fisher Wood tells OF the
Germans attaching cOwbells 70 their barb wire
tanRiements When the enemy tackle the wire the
bells give warning and then the shooting begins
Frenehmen said 20 counter the scheme by
throwing lariats the entanseEnents getting en-
joyment out OF the nightly scare