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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1910)
'V13l " 7. .- ! y "X" r -f y 'DfCEMBER. , 1910 & Wtchless Prgautzation. of power at Washington. Aldrich and Hale are gone, Gal llnger Jg gick and powerless, several republican representatives are un horsed, and democrats with free trade proclivities are in their seats The New England influence, the espe cial guardianship of New England's industries, is in danger. Massachu r setts fears to wreck it altogether by turning Henry Cabot Lodge out of the senate. .- Strong ' personal opponents pf Hodge in the legislature will vote for him for senator tot this reason. And now let me bring into view the most powerful of 'all the influences- that are working for Lodge, and against Foss, in this fight. ' It is the influence of Winthrop Murray Crane, junior senator from Massa chusetts. Crane is a business man who has proved himself to be one of the best politicians in the country. He is keen, clever, watchful, far-seeing, cool,- personally likeable, sagacious ' and a wonderful manipulator of legis- lative bodies. Men, from the White House down to the ward caucus, lis ted to what he says to them, and in variably reach the conclusion that his Information is accurate and his ad vice good. His power is recognized wherever ho has appeared. The moment he came to the Hotel Touraine, where 'Senator Lodge has his headquarters in a couple of plain bedrooms, and entered into close and friendly con ference with Lodge, the latter's cam paign instantly took on a new look. Winthrop Murray. Crane will be the most powerful republican senator as soo'n as Nelson W. Aldrich steps out. - He is the legitimate successor of that . brainy statesman. Unless the insur gent senators are able tp take over the -republican' organization Crane will hold the reins of the "party's in fluence in "his grasp. It Would be as useless to deny his paramount influence in the republi ' can party in this state as it would be to deny the force of gravitation. ' Why does Senator Crane come to the active support. of Senator Lodge? For excellent reasons. There is a legitimate and natural partnership between the two men. They fit into eachjpther. Crane is not an orator. Xodge is. He is not r scholar. Lodge is. Noran aristocrat. Lodge is.- He has a persuasive, ingratiating man ner with people. Lodge has not. Each man needs he other. They will work together. But by reason of his dependence on Crane in this crisis of his, Sen ator Lodge has today seen the su preme power in the state pass from his hands into those of Senator Crane. Crane is the master in Massachu setts today and henceforth. , He will save.Lodge and by that token Lodge will pass under his shadow. For it does not look to me today as if anybody could beat Lodge. Every formidable republican has been eliminated by Senator Crane's influence. Bates and Guild have stepped aside. Congressman Samuel W. McCall, whose lightning rod was t. up in secret, and whose cue was to lie still until there had been a failure fo elect Lodge, and then come in as the savior of the situation, has had an unwelcome dose of publicity and probably will be persuaded out of the race. Butler Ames, the ineffective, rather ridiculous-grandson of General Ben jamin F. Butler, has just two firm supporters in the legislature from his own city of Lowell, All that he could hope to do is to get a small vote, yet large enough to defeat Lodge's prompt election. Nobody really wn.nt.fl him for-senator. His nega tive, influence will probably be over The Commoner. 15. not agreed, and they have no strong man. Their best man Is Gaston, but the influence of Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston is against him. Tho candi dates of tho Irish-American demo crats O'Connoll, Lomasney and vahey are not personally strong, and are too numerous. And there are Lodge democrats. Some of them are bold enough to say that they will openly voto for Lodge the moment they see his election in danger. Taking one fact with another, it looks as if Senator Lodge would pull through all right, and as If tho part nership of Lodge and Crane, reorgan ized as Crano-and Lodge, would con tinue to do business successfully at the old stand in Washington. NO RISK "Susannah," asked tho preacher, when it came her turn to answer tho usual question in such cases, "do you take this man to be your wedded husband, for better or for worse " "Jes' as he is. pahson," she in terrupted, "jes' as he Is. Ef he gits any bettah" Ah'll know da good Lawd's gwine to take.'Im; an' of ho gets any wusser, w'y, A'll tend to 'im myself." Youth's Companion. THE SAFEST ANSWER A mother of- four daughters, one of whom had recently married, cor nered an eligible young man In the drawing room. "And which of my girls do you most admire, might I ask?" "The married one," was the prompt reply. London Daily News. A GOURD MUSEUM Crawfordsville, Ind., has a dis tinction in the form of a gourd museum. -Commodore Alf Looka bill of that city, has been gathorjng gourds for some years and he has a collection of nearly fifteen thousand samples, of every kind and from everywhere. One variety is used for a sugar bowl, another is shaped like a violin, and many suggest the fig ures qf birds. Mr. Lookabill has carried out the suggestion In many cases and used the gourds to fash ion birds, animals and other things. No description can do full justice to Mr. Lookabill's unique exhibit, but the following from the Craw fordsville Journal will give some Idea of it: "In the history of the city of Crawfordsville many things have combined to spread" its name to the four corners of tho world, such as the work of our college, our schools, our statesmen and our authors. Re cently there has been established in our midst an institution so distinct and unique that it necessarily will prove a recognized factor in adding to the fame of Crawfordsville. We refer to the gourd museum of Com modore Alf. Lookabill on the west side. "nurlncr Mm naat week a renre- ur . .. , r; . , sentauve or uie jouruai eujuyeu m pleasure of a visit to this museum. It is liot a collection, but a produc tion, the result of the patient work of one man covering a, period of nearly ten years. Mr. Lookabill has more tnan ten iuuubuuu euuiuo, every one of which he raised him self. He has gathered seeds from nearly every country in the world. These gourds aro displayed not only in their countless natural forms, but from gourds Mr, LooKaDin nas con structed life size human beings, ani mals, birds, clocks, musical Instru ments and numerous other novel ties. Any attempt to describe the contents of the museum would do It injustice. Its merit and Interest can not be adequately pet forth in words-. In description the most natural ii.i n voonrt to comnarisoni out who hau combined art and nature to produce something for which thero exists no standard by which to mako comparison, for naturalists who claim to bo historians and tray elers who havo visited tho world's greatest museums admit that no ouch display of gourds exists elsewhere In tho wholo world. "Curio seekers from some of tho largo cities have sought to purchaw Mr. LookablH's musoum, but no far ho has resisted their tempting offers, Tho romoval of this musoum from our city would bo a loss of some thing which ultimately will nmkd Recognized contribution to tho fame of tho city, and if such a thing should occur anyone who hnH fallod to boo It would bo a loser." ANYBODY CAN LAY IT. Rubber Roofing FREIGHT PAID WSftMSSMC rdo, Hew Mexico, N. Uabota, U, Dakota, Wyomloir. Moftlana. 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