Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-30
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To Voters With Consciousness.

To Voters With Consciousness.
Omaha, Oct. 2S.-To the Editor of
The Bee: How l am going to vote
or how any individual is going to
vote at the coming election is not a
matter of any great importance, but
| it may be of some interest to other
voters to know how the president S
extraordinary letter advising every
voter to vote the democratic ticket
| affects at least one Independent
voter. l have not been for years in
entire sympathy with the republican
| party. l went with the progressive
party, and still believe its platform
| to be the platform upon which the
country must work out its salvation,
steering a straight and correct course
between radical socialism and equal
ly radical individualism. I said at
one time that never under any cir
| cumstances would vote ag,.in for
| George w. Norris for anything be-
| cause Of his war record, and told
him so. AS a matter Of course,
when the democratic party nomi-
mated Morehead it shook my resolu-
ton to some extent, for Morehead
has all Norris disqualifications and
none of his qualifications for the
job; all of his disabilities and none
Of his ability, but even with that l
was in doubt, as l have been as to
a number of other republican candi-
dates A good friend suggested to
me only recently that someone ought
to write a letter helping doubling
voters Che said there were thousands
of them right in Omaha) to decide.
/ told him I'd do it in a minute If
someone would tell me what to do.
Then, along comes the president
and solves the problem nicely. l,
for one, am going to vote for repub-
licans, and I'm going to stretch
point every time in favor Of repub-
lican against democrat l am not
going to ,slavishly follow the presi-
dents example-that is, | will not
vote for a republican who is clearly
disloyal against a democrat who is
clearly loyal, but I'm going to give
him the benefit of the doubt every
time The president seems to want
democrats, loyal or disloyal, as
against republicans, but l am not
going that far the other way. AS
said in the beginning, that isn't at
all important, but if the letter affects
other independents likewise, it will
be important, and think it Is up to
a lot of these to make the fact
known for the benefit of my friends
doubling thousands.
Come on with the letters. Let's
make this one point so plain that it
cannot be misread-milliOns and bill
lions, lives and property, health,
comfort, all to the president to con-
duct this war to successful con-
clusion and bring about just and
permanent peace, not one cent nor
one vote for partisan profit or party
triumph. And let's discourage, for
all time, another attempt to make
partisan matter out of great strug-
gle for national existence and ma
tional welfare. H. w. MORROW.
What Abou. Those Rifles?
Omaha, Oct. 2S.-To the Editor Of
The Bee: l have been curious to
know whether the matter of John
H. Morehead and those government
rifles has ever been satisfactorily
explained. AS l recall it, the rifles
belonged to the national govern
ment and were loaned in some in
stances to German societies in this
state. Didn't Governor Neville say
that the rifles had been loaned to
high school cadets? I have been
watching for the names Of the high
schools. We voters want to keep
our history on straight, and / am
here to remark that before More
head asks for votes to send him to
the United States senate, and Ne
Vile seeks reelection, they should
explain just what happened to those |
rifles. DOX BOX NO. 2.
A Word of Appreciation.
Omaha, Oct. 29.-To the Editor
of The Bee: Because of existing
conditions, the central food con-
servation council has been unable to |
hold any meeting at which it might |
express in a formal resolution it's ap-
probation Of the successful work |
done in Omaha during the last year
by Miss Nellie Farnsworth, federal |
home food demonstration agent.
If work well done Is it's own re-
ward, Miss Farnsworth is we'll re-
warded.
While the cause for which she la |
bored called forth her best efforts, |
and while she gave no thought to |
the plaudits Of the people, surely all
block chairmen and all members of |
the central council desire her to |
know that, in addition to the admi-
ration extended to her as a capable
and conscientious worker they feel
for her the real affection which the !