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Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Buying Seats in the Senate.

A North Dakota Aonpsflsan League paper
intsfpTe,s Attorney GeaeFsl paughsEiy's ruling
on the supreme courts decision in the New
berry ease as indicating ihs, any candidate Tor
the United States senate can go as lar as he likes
In the matter OF expenditures
To quote the hsadlaes used by the paper,
Decision OF High Court Makes Purchase OF
Seats Legal Now" Aud from whom arc the
purse proud pluiosfals to purchase these seats
in the senatei Who is !, has votes for sale IN
this country? When the electorate Is de-
bsuehed. who !, the debsueher and who the de-
baueheei
Only little while ago VIC were told that the
legislatures commonly sold senatorial seats 10
the highest bidders. and tina, the way to end the
practice Was TO put the election in the hands OF
the people. Since ,ha, was done We have been
told again aud again tha, the plain common peo.
pic are selling seats in the United States senate
We wonder II the men who make such asser-
,ons ever realize the absurdi,y OF their eharsesl
Such allegations are an insul. TO the intelligence
OF the mass OF American voters. United States
senator's. as well as all other elective officers, go
into or on, OF Office a, the will OF the people, and
no man or Sc, OF men has means to buy enough
votes TO turn any election,
Moreover. il is as possible and as despicable
10 seek TO corrupt voters by constant appeals to
prejudice, envy or malice as !, is TO try to innu-
ence them by any other reprehensble method.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Democratic "Econonpy''

an 1916 as part Of the machinery for
stimulating the building of merchant marine,
by act of congress, the shipping board was
created. After the declaration Of war, congress,
by the urgent deficiency act of June II, 1917.
conferred vast additional powers upon the presi-
dent to requistion and build ships. This power.
by executive order dated July II, 1917, the pres
ident delegated to the Emergency Fleet corpora
ton. Thereafter occurred the monstrous ex-
penditures of our shipping program. They cost
US $500, 100000. Contracts were made with
anyone and everyone who said he could build
ship, or anything for one, irrespective of price
or quality. There was no uniform plan for these
ships adopted. No thought was given to what
use the ships might be put after the war. There
were no cancellation clauses in the contracts, so
that if the war ended, the work might stop. Five
hundred and eighty-ni wooden ships OF 1885,
$50 dead weight tons were built. costing ap
proximately $375000000, and which were abso-
lutely worthless. Thirty concrete and compost
ton ships. costing about S27,0O0,OO0 more. were
and eighty-eight ships altogether were built and
delivered Only about $50 Of these were deliv-
cred before the armistce and all the rest or
about 1883. have been delivered since the war
was over, and the further necessity for them had
disappeared. Because Of the contracts which
had no cancellation clause, and the ineessant
pressure of the democratic administration, ship
building went on feverishly until the present ad-
mnistration came into power. One thousand,
one hundred and eighty ships were delivered in
1919 and 475 in 1920. the most shameful part Of
which was that in 1919. 408 of these were wooden
ships and in 1920 81 were wooden ships. con-
ceded by all to be worthless. ss."-Congressma
Graham Of Illinois at Lincoln
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
More Unscrambling Of Eggs.

Decision by the supreme court OF the United
States that the Southern Paeihe 'uast otSest IT.
self OF all stock ownership III the Central racine
means the final dissolution oil great coalition
engineered by one OF the greatest oil American
railroad builders l.. II. Hartman brought into
close co-opera,on the Union Pacific, Central Pa
eihr and Southern Pacific lines reconstructed
them. aud lifted them from the condition oil run
down and almost useless tracks III the late 9os
TO splendidly equipped and maintained railroads
in the early part OF the century lie made them
big dividend payers, after he had turned hun
dreds OF millions OF earnings back into better
mcnts.
On Harriman's death the work OF unseram-
hing the eggs began. As result, the Union
Pacific was first divorced from the Southern
Pacific, and then compelled TO withdraw from
= the Central Pacific. Now that line is taken from
the Southern Pacific. and presumably lett
pumpkin vine" stretching from Oakland 10
Ogden. Its eastern connections are the Union ia
ci6c and the Rio Grande Western. II has compet'-
ton across the great Nevada desert in the west
ern Pacific. Neither of these Gould lines IS re-
parded seriously in the scramble TOR transcon-
tinental business.
Where the Central Pacific in its orphanage.
will stand with relation to the great trafhc IS
! 10 be developed New routes and new sea-
ports have altered the situation since the
Huntinstons raced with the Adams crowd tor
share of the sbsidy back i'll the 60s The line
from Omaha to Oakland still is the favored
route. still does the business, and in all human
probability will continue to do the bulk OF the
business But the Hartman dream OF single
control may yet be realized in single line IRON
Omaha to Oakland The old problem OF the
Ogden gateway may not have entirely vanished
hut il has lost some of its significance.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Reforms Proposed,

omaha. May ss.-To the Editor
81 The leef There Is considerable
unrest and complaint against the
government these days, but there 10
nothing wrong with the American
scheme of government, The eans,l,
tuition Of ihe United states VAS do
signed by our forefalhefs TO protect
and permit the people 10 run their
affairs la their own way. IN Is a
machine that responds TO the viii of
the men In control IL the hands Of
the people are on the lever the ma
chine will register the will OF IN.
psople--then let the workers control
the machine.
What's the use OF trying TO reform
either Of the old partiesT Why not
he prosressives, write our own plat
form, name our own candidates, or.
ganixes And the people can win II
they get out and vote, Before tho
people OF this nation can expect to
he restored TO prosperity something
must be done 10 meet tho enormous
debt and tax burdens, This govern
ment must establish a debt-pnying
system In place OF our present debt
creating system. We must elect the
president OF tn. United States by n
direct primary system. thus doing
away with the boss.rule convention
scheme.
Our great railroad transportation
systems must be liberated from the
clutches OF capitallsiie greed en-
forced by the seh-cummins rail-
road act. Our dishonest. un-
American money schemc-the fed
eral reserve bank system-must be
replaced by a system OF finance
whereby the money shall be issued
exclusively by the government. free
from usury. with such restrictions
as Will protect II from manipulation
by banking interests for their own
gain and against the welfare OF the
American wage-earner and producer.
Foreign immigration must be stop
ped until every American worker Is
employed at a living wage. The So
luton OF all our economic problems
is In our hands. r"he people must
organize. register and vote. and the
place for the American citizen to
make his fight Is at the ballot box.
ROY M. HksROP.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Safety Slogans.
From the Spokane Spokesman -Reriew.


One good result Of the safety campaigns that
are constantly under way to reduce the
ualty list in transportation and industry is that
their exhortations, compressed into short and
easily remembered slogans. are repeated until
people think Of them habitually and in many
cases get in the habit of obeying them. stop,
look and listen," the Oldest Of them all, is part
OF the national vocabulary. So is safety first"
The slogans are remembered long after the
campaigns are forgotten.
This spring brings its safety campaigns, d.
rected largely against the growing list Of deaths
and injuries in automobile accidents. Two
classes must be reached-the auto driver and
the pedestrian. Eternal vigilance on the part
of both classes is here the price of safety.
So we have for the pedestrian these notices:
Gross the street at the corner" look before
you cross don't be a jaywalker," and for the
driver. drive carefully always give the hand
signals, test your brakes" "give the pedestrian
a chance" watch the car ahead" "slow down
at crossings" and "obey the law"
IT all these were generally observed, accidents
would become much less common.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Iobs for the Iobless.

Commissioner Koutsky estimates that the
public work that is under way in Omaha will
afford employment by and large for 5000 men
during the greater part Of the summer season.
This sounds like liberal figure, yet, when it is
considered that it includes those who are work.
ing for contractors on paving, grading, sewer
building and similar work, in quarries, brick
yards, gravel and sand pits and the like, and
when the men who are employed by the public
services in taking care OF their share of the i'm
provements, the total seems justified. Add to
these the men who are being employed in private
building operations, and the number will be
greatly increased. 1t begins to look like a
really big year in these parts, and the man who
is seriously trying to dodge work will do we'll
to avoid Omaha on his travels The prophecy Of
the president, made a few days ago, that there
would soon be more jobs than men in the coun-
try, is coming true. All lines are noticing the
increasing tide Of business, and with the new
spirit abroad the forward movement may be
fairly said to be under way.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31

these trade excursions pay, bat the greatest thing
TO come out Of them is the spirit Of nsishhofll'
Esss,
Business Is improving throughout the middls
west and crops are for the most part locking
kns But the biggest crop OF all Is boys ahd girls
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Oregon Peniientiary 10
Have School for Conyis'-

Salem, Ore, May n.-lhe ore
gaa stale psnitenilsrY is sbeu, 10 De,
come something besides . prison Tor
a nswly,arfiyed eohyle,i !, viii be .
school.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Roosevelt Cabin to Be Restored.

from the Bismafck Farmer Labor Record
The cabin in which Theodore Roosevelt lived
when he was rancher in North Dakota will be-
refurnished and restored to as near it's original
condition as possible. Members of the D. A. R.
are writing to all the people who visited the
cabin during Roosevelt's occupancy, in order
to obtain the furniture and hunting implements
and ideas about the arrangement OF the fur
already volunteered information and letters are
being sent to the older settlers near Medora to
ascertain certain details.
The first act Of this body will be to repair the
building The board of administration will aid
in this work.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
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Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31

Eastern roads will accept the rate cuts, is tn,
report This is further indication Of returnin,
sanity. Il
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31

When was "Tom'' Watson placed in charge
Of the presidents cabinet?
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Preparing for the Battle.

This was at solemn conference
preceding a church wedding. There
were present the groom. the best
man. the ushers and the guest list.
YOU understand" said the best
man, you meet 'em when they come
in and ask 'em If they are friends OF
the bride or the groom"
And then what?" asked the head
usher.
why, you seat the friends of the
bride on one side Of the church and
the friends of the groom on the
other. It's the custom"
"I can't see the use o that" said
the head usher. They'll take sides
soon enough" - Cincinnati Times
Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31

The Nebraska progressivcs are talking about
another conference. A little less talk and little
more action might convince voters.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31

The sculptor who figures that pigs will bring
in more money than statuary evidently knows
his own limitations
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Nebraska Notions

York Aewssrimes3 Adam MeMui'
len says the people have hsen
spending money like mad" Most
af them are mad about lt sure,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
The Rivers Are Red With Them.

Congressman Joseph Walsh Of Massachusetts,
took quite shine to a certain member of the
house from Texas He liked him SO well that
the Bay state. Walsh is nothing if not good
eater. He is said to be of the best judges
Of a good dinner in the country. He thought it
would be good idea to feed the Texas visitor
on things not produced or obtainable in the far
distant Lone Star state. Accordingly he ordered
big lobster dinner for the first Sunday after the
arrival OF the guest When Walsh had heaped
the Texans plate for the third time, he casually
remarked. "This is something in the food line
that you can't get in Texas, isn't it?"
Cant get Holsters in Texas" aared the vis-
tor. why. man, the rivers down there are sim
ply red with them"
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
From State and Nation
se.~s, Nsars Its pa, in Court.

flss tas esasssa fHhzzs
Secretary af state Hughes has notihed the
British ambassador that the United states would
like 10 negotiate treaty With Canada looking
10 the construction OF the Great Lakes - Law
renee ssssas unanimously recommended by
the international joint commission This Is al
important step toward the realization of this
great work for the development OF the American
continent, and one for which Americans IN gen,
sfal have been waiting hopefully for several
months
II brings the issue 20 a head, IL Is virtually
certain that Britain Will aNhafIEe negotiation.
President Harding has already instsated il, The
nest step will be up 10 Canada, Whatever the
sentiment OF Canadians may be on the issue,
and the majority favor u, the dominion govern
ment can not we'll refuse 10 discuss a treaty
under which tho International waterway could
he built, Such treaty would not pledge either
country 10 any expenditure, IL wonid merely
set W the necessary machinery for eonstrue.
ton and operation OF canals, locks and water
works, IL would clear the Way for congressional
action in this country and parliamentary action
In Canada 10 authorize and finance the neees-
safy construction
Neither the dominion nor the United States
should be hesitant In the matter OF such nego-
iiations, The treaty ~ essential 10 further
progress on the Improvement, Until II In nego-
iiated further International action II impossible,
Hut when II IL signed and ratified the two gov
ernments can proceed with consideration OF the
actual problem OF financing, building and opera,
ton on Its merits,
Friends OF the seaway project have no doubt
of their ability 10 prove coneinsively the value
OF the seaway to both countries They are will
merits before the governmental authorities OF
both countries, Any opposition TO negotiation
OF treaty under which II can thus be brought
TO trial will be considered much in the light OF
techncaities advanced by criminal lawyers 10
delay a hearing OF the evidence and so unjus,iy
assist the release OF their clients.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
What to Call II

from The New York tribune.
1nasmuch as the 1921 vegetable crop in this
country was worth over billion dollars, it will
be disrespectful to allude to 1t any longer as
garden truck"
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31

Grand Island independent The
middle -nf zlhesraaders will now pre-
pare 10 contest for henoFs, ~ the
progressive party. with the side
tFaekeFs
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
"Fifty.tffly" on Highways.

From tho Grand Island Independent,
The explanation OF the Nebraska delegation
In congress OF Its vote against the federal roads
appropriation on the much discussed nfty-hfy
plan. will go far with any reasonable Nebraska
taxpayer. The Nfty-nfty plan-a somewhat
coercive one--is In general disrepute because
national propaganda has found In 1t a way to
raise state taxation regardless OF local con-
ditions. Thus the federal road appropriation as
governmental activity. conditioned on the state
raising an equal fund.- has already been followed
by doubtful maternity aid act, on the same
nifty fifty basis: and this Is an activity decidedly
less Justihable In this state than II IL for the
crowded conditions OF eastern cities. But, Ne
braska must. by means of a national revenue
system. pay its portion even though 1t does not
need this additional bureau or commission and
should decline to produce its "hfty' (per cent?
For that reason the "hfty.ffty" plan has be-
come unpopular as a general principle In ad.
dition to this Congressman Andrews not
far of the track OF the most important issue Of
the day when he declares he voted against the
additional road appropriation for this year be-
cause more money is still available from last
years appropriation than many Of the states
and counties can exhaust throughout the cur.
rent year. People want good roads, but they
want a little more to say about how and when
II the national legislature wants to appropriate
for such funds let it do so, hereafter. without
strings.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Egging Him On.

FESIUy III" OH'
Brooklyn writes: will you please
let me know what to do about my
baby? He Is year old.
II have been giving him a fresh
egg. Just heated up bit, with his
other feelings. He seemed to like
the egg very much, but don't give
it to him any more, as a friend told
me that fresh eggs given to baby
that way were harmful.
Gould I give it to him scrambled,
if the other way is not good for
him."
REPLY.
Did it agree with him? II so, con-
tinue it IL you wish.
MANY children I year of age do
not thrive on a diet containing eggs.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Prigs and Art.

G. Eantayana in The Dial
In thoroughly humanized society every
thtng-clothes, Speech manners, government
is work OF art, being done as to be a pleas
ure and stimulus in itself. There seems to be
an impression in America that art is fed on the
history Of art, and is what is found in museums
But museums are mausoleums, only dead art is
there, and only ghosts of artists fit about them
undertaking to produce immortal work suffices
to show that art has become foreign thing an
hors-d' oeuvre, and that it is probably doomed to
affectation and sterility
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31

Nebraska City Press: bad Roads
Halt Spelling Match" reads a head
line in an exchange. Another carries
story about big social occasion
having been rudely marred because
highways were not passable. Still
another complains of poor business
In the town of publication because
roads were unfit for use. And yet
we have candidates for office run
ming up and down Nebraska decry-
ing good roads movements, objecting
to expenditures for highway, derid-
ing the federal aid method and de-
claring, perhaps sincerely, that the
money spent on highways is wasted!
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31
Spreading Light But Seeking Gold.

Stanley r. Williams in The North American Review
We hear Of various motives for English men
OF letters coming to this country. But let one
in particular be noted: they wanted better din.
ners, then and unto the fourth generation amen!
It would be easy to make these selections from
Victorian letters sound like the record of the ex-
port OF American gold. These visitors depore
our table manners and sing Te Deums on the
profits of their lectures. Everyone has heard
of Dickens rhapsodcal description of Niagara
Falls in his letters from America. This is moth
ing. Dickens Is really lyrical when he sends a
check to his London bankers No one need won
der that English lecturers have come to u.s.
Dickens financial returns were enormous even
as the American alteration of him was fatuous
Slight Favor Requested.
From the Forecast.
An eastern college graduate applied for work
IN Michigan lumber camp and was assigned
to one end OF cross saw, the other end being
In charge OF an old and experienced lumberman
AT the end Of the hour the veteran stopped
saving and regarded his weary partner with
plying eyes.
Sonny" he said. IT don't mind your riding
on this saw, but If it's lust the same to yo, 7
wish you'd quit scrapinR Won feet on The
ground"
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-31

Kearney Hubs W, n, stebbins of
Gothsnburg. candidate for the re-
publican nomination for state treas
ufef. former member Of the leslsias
lure and the constitutional eanyens
ton, suggests that all taxing bodies
meet with citizens al once and agree
upan a future program OF economy,
as has been done in this county with
the result Of SAVING OF probably
ons,shlfd over former leyies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-17
RADITCH Is FOUND
GUILTY BY JURORS
Is Convicted on Assault and
Battery COunt-Drop More
Serious Charge.

After absenting themselves from
superior court No. /, for four hours,
the jury hearing the states case
against sam Raditch, charged in an
Indictment with an assault and bat
terry with intent TO kill, returned a
verdict Thursday night at 7:3O
o'clock of guilty of assault and bat
terry, with the intent 10 Kill clause
omitted
The judgment includes a fine OF
$1,000 and a six months sentence to
the county Jail. Hearing on the
case was begun Monday morning.
Cyrus +. Pattee was the acting
counsel for the defendant and A. H
Hamborsky, prosecutor for the state.
The testimony revealed a shoot
ing which occurred Dec. 10. 1920.
at the home Of John Dancilovich,
six miles north OF Nushawaka on
the Granger road. Vlada Raditch,
brother of the convicted man, on
that date is alleged TO have shot
DanCilOviCh after having been
prompted 10 the act by Sam Rsditch.
The shot entered Dancilovich's
thigh but did not prove fatal.
Raditchs brother. Elada escaped at
the time. according TO the testimony
and IS now a fugitive from justice.
The state endeavored TO prove in
tent 10 Kill in the action but the
jury's verdict left out the clause in
the final verdict. The jurors went
out at $50 O'Clock yesterday re-
turning with the verdict at $50
o. clock.