Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-26

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The Omaha public library contains
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of over 100000.
What The Bee Stands for:
l. Respect for the law and maintenance Of
order.
2. Speedy and certain punishment Of crime /
through the regular operation of the |
\ courts.
8. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of in /
\ efficiency, lawlessness and corruption in Of /
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4. Frank recognition and conlmendation of /
II honest and efficient public service. Il
5. Incubation of Americanism as the true Il
basis of good citizenship. /
Ajax has many mtators in America.
Hoover and Creel?" Why not, if it pleases
the democrats.
Hiding the booze" is now Americas great
est indoor sport.
Senator Jimmy" Reed is still using Herbert
Hoover as "time copy"
Lady Astor, who announced that she hates
prohbiton in any form, is not alone in her at
titude of rebellion.
Chicago is about to levy an occupation tax
to piece out the city's revenue. 1t takes money
to pay for public service
New York druggists are to be permitted to
sell whisky for the flu on prescriptions Now
watch the epidemic advance!
Bulgarian and Russian bolsheviki have
suned telegraphic communication. Wonder
what they can have to talk about?
The census count should be complete, but
Omaha has other claims to greatness than the
mere number of people who live here.
Cessation Of bulletins from the White House
must mean that the president will soon be able
to get over to the other end of the avenue
German courts are trying 10 prevent the
publication of Bismarcks memoirs Liberty has
not yet sunk very deep under the Teuton hide.
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The federal food administrator for New
York predicts drop in the cost Of living.
Either that or lot of folks will have to go
to work.
A bill is before congress to bar "immora"
films from interstate commerce. Who is to
determine on the accessory degree Of "im-
morality?
The River Shannon is giving an excellent
imitation Of the Missouri in spring time and
where the River Shannon flows" the Irish are
climbing the hills.
A volume of Venus and Adonis" has just
been imported at cost Of $4,000, but ordinary
mortals may still enjoy the masterpiece at a
much less expense.
Nebraska's housewives are lining up In the
war on Old Hi Cost, and back of them will be
found the second line Of defense composed of
tired out family check sgners.
The swindlers who are trying to sell the
townsite of New York have but expanded the
Omaha idea of selling the middle, five floors of
skyscraper, as has happened several times.
German junkers, what there is left OF them
vastly admire Hollands position as to the ex
kaiser, ard perhaps quite few of them wish
they, too, were safely domiciled with the Dutch
Punish the Firebugs of
SedStaon
The reds, anarchists, domestic enemies and
kindred vermjn are making concerted howl
against the sedition bills in congress. Free
speech is in peril, they say; free speech, that
sacred and invcable right guaranteed by the
constitution.
What spectacle it is to see the constitution
invoked by these scoundrels who seek to de-
stroy it'll What an uncomplimeptary standard
of American intelligence they must have, these
foreign and anti-Ameriean elements which now
Ask patriotic citizens to protect unbridled speech
IN order that treason may do its work un-
aampered.