Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-16
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Make It "Dry Friday"

Omaha, Jan. Ito the Editor
| OF The Bee: January Is, 1920, by
the grace Of the legislature of the
state OF Nebraska casting the 36th
vote for the ratification Of the 18th
| amendment to our national consti.
tuition. I christen thee" Dry Friday"
Good Friday-Black Friday-Dry
Friday--indelibly stamped on our
memories.
Immersed in the waters Of Salt
creek, 1t is but fitting that the sage
Of Fairview shall stand on the
bridge OF this desert ship to pilot it
DER most troubled and menacing
| seas.
Have a care; beware, Dry Friday.
The ports of Quebec, Cuba and Mex
leo bid thee not welcome. Far
away beyond the wide oceans float
ing mines still linger. Beyond these
mines is Bacchus, firmly entrenched
on his gilded thrones. About these
shrines Of Bacchus, wine, women
and song joyfully revel; statesmen
plot and warriors stalk; among gay
throngs, artists sketch and poets
dream. Dry Friday--desert ship Of
the western world-no anchorage
awaits thee on the Thames, the Irish
and the North seas. The Seine, the
Rhine. the Tiber. the Danube and
the Baltic. Gibralter, its great guns
sweeping the straits; enter not tho
Mediterranean, where pleasure pal
there the salt Of the earth come to
eat, drink and be merry, lest tomor-
row they may die.
Dry Friday, desert ship, with it's
4s bright silver stars. without sails,
rudders. nor oars. shall drift with
the wind and the waves-the ebb
and flow Of the tides. h
Dry Friday, Dry Friday, January
16, 1920 A. D., by the grace Of the
legislature Of Nebraska, U. 8. A.,
launched on tho high seas, with but
q cross In the sky to guide it.
MATHEW J. GREEVY.,
How to Get Nebraska Laws.
Omaha, Jan. 13.-To the Editor
Of The Bee: How are books of the
can't they be gotten?-W. v. B.
Answer: If you refer to the Ne
braska Compiled Statutes, the book
may be obtained by purchase from
Harry Lindsay, clerk Of the supreme
court, Lincoln, Neb.
A. Voice for Dempsey.
Omaha, Jan. 14.-To the Editor
Of The Bee: AS member Of the
American Legion / condemn some
and most Of the resolutions passed
by posts OF the Legion. Why should
any individual post of the American
Legion have the power to spread
broadcast any resolution affecting a
citizen of the United States before
it is sanctioned and approved Of by
hoo6 ~ tho nj y1d tha
executive committee? Only a few
months ago representatives of the
soldiers, the sailors and the marines
from all over the United States met
at Minneapolis and there elected a
commander, and the different Off
GERS and committees under him. If
power Is invested in them they
should exercise 1t to the extent of
disallowing this rustic talent from at
tempting to dictate to the public
the principles upon which the Amer
lean Legion stand.
Jack Dempsey Is an American cit
izen and deserves the right to that
title as much If not more than some
of these agitators who contend that
Dempsey is a Stacker. 1 contend
that If Dempsey is a Stacker there
are in this country Of ours thou
sdiluS upOH tHOuSduuS Ol SldChSIs,
for Dempsey, like these thousands,
offered his services to the United
States government in the capacity
Of shipyard employe, an essential
industry, demanding brawny men to
accomplish the tasks allotted them.
Moreover, how many men claimed
exemption on account of a depen-
dent mother. I don't know whether
or not Dempsey made this claim for
exemption, but II he did he had as
much right to do SO as did count
less others, yet not to shrink en-
tirely from his duty he went to the
shipyards and offered his services,
as did many Of the sons Of opulent
influential citizens.
Dempsey did not go to the ship
yards because he was influential or
because he was wealthy, but because
he possessed the natural physical
qualifications for admittance.
My sincere hope is that the
Douglas county post will not go on
record supporting any free-lance
resolution, proposed by radicals and
agitators, and thrown in the face of
law-abiding citizens as official acts
of the American Legion.
FRANK M. DINEEN.