TALKING OF MEN AND THINGS
Quiet, rather retiring in his disposition,
but keenly observant of all that is going on
about him Will Maupin's Weekly advises
those who are looking for future political
possibilities to keep an eye on John K.
Morehead, senator from Richardson and
Pawnee, and president of the senate. As a
"spellbinder"- President Morehead would be
outranked by some we have heard more
about and from. But as a successful man
of business, a man who studies out public
questions for himself without giving, way
to cheap sentiment or frothy emotion, and
having thought them out to his own satis
faction sets about securing results as that
kind of a man John H. Morehead stands in
the front rank. Keenly observant men are
watching Morehead these days, seeing in
him possibilities. He came to Nebraska a
poor boy some quarter of a century ago,
taught school for a time, engaged in various
lines of business until he decided upon
banking, and today he is considered well-to-do,
every dollar of it made by close applica
tion to business and sticking to a policy
of square dealing between man and man that
has made him a general favorite in his own
community. And, after all, the best test of
a man is his standing in his own commu
nity. When some on recently suggested to
Champ Clark that he might be the presi
dential nominee of the democratic party in
1912 he said : "The democratic party might
go further and fare worse and probably
will." Underneath the humor of the reply
lies a huge amount of wisdom. Why not
Champ Clark for president in 1913,, Mr.
Progressive Democrat? Can you find a better?
Isn't the normal school business being a
bit overdone? We now have four in the
state, with propositions to establish a couple
more. We are told that the cry constantly
goes up for teachers, and that we must de
pend upon the normal schools for them.
While not pretending to be up in educational
lines, Will Maupin's Weekly does pretend
to say that one reason why we are always
short of competent teachers is that we pay,
them such miserable wages. As a result of
those miserable wages those competent
to teach get away from the business as soon
as possible. As a result there is a constant
call for normal school graduates. If we'll
quit the senseless policy of expecting com
petent men and women to instruct our chil
dren for a wage little better than that of the
average section hand, and not nearly as good
as the wage of the average mechanic, we
may be able to secure an adequate supply
of teachers. But as long as we expect men
and women to spend years fitting themselves
for educational work and then remain in it
for any length of time on an average wage
of less than $600 a year, we are Agoing to be
sadly deceived. We have normal schools in
plenty and "junior normals" and all that sort
of thing to throw at the birds. Still we are
always short on teachers competent teach
ers because we refuse to pay them decent
Lincoln has more little chop houses and
restaurants in proportion to population than
any other city in America perhaps. Yet
there is not a single first-class cafe. Of
course everybody has to eat, more or less,
and ftp many less, but how so many eating
houses manage to make a profit is a mys
tery. .
the State University faculty oppose moving
the institution bodily over to the state farm
grounds on the plea that to do so would
deprive a large number of students of op
portunities to "work their way" through
school. That might be a calamity to a com
paratively few students, but wouldn't it be
rather helpful to a great number of men
who have to meet the competition of these
same students? There are two sides to this
question and the side of the , men of family
who are struggling harder to . make a living
than any student is to acquire an education
is entitled to some consideration. If only
those students who are compelled to work
their way through the university were doing
it, it would not matter, so much. But. the
plain truth is that a large number, take odd
jobs at meagre wages, although their par
ents supply them with what ordinarily
would be enough to support the mthrough
the school. But these prefer to work on
the side for board and use the money sup
plied by father for cab hire and fraternity
dues, and looly-pop for the fair co-eds, and
other such things. A lot of the sympathy
bestowed upon the college law "working
his way through school" might better be
bestowed upon the struggling wage earner
who is fighting desperately, against starva
tion and in behalf of his wife and children.
H. J. Holcomb, who has been the efficient
advertising manager for Mayer Bros, for
the past two years, has resigned that posi
tion to accept one with a big firm in Cleve
land, O. Mr. Holcomb will be missed from
business circles in this city, and especially
from the Lincoln Ad club, of which he has
been a live member. In his new location he
will find himself surrounded by the best
wishes for future success, all from friends
who have learned to know- and admire him
while he was one of the "live wires" of
Lincoln..
One of the "jokes" of the year is "rule 17"
of the excise board. That rule provides for
registration with the police of all importa
tions of liquor into Lincoln, ostensibly for
the purpose of locating the "boot-leggers."
The excise board holds that if all must reg
ister, the man who registers for more than
the average family would naturally consume
may be fairly under suspicion of being en
gaged in the illegitimate sale of "the contra
band stuff. That's the joke. Of course the
"bootlegger" will merely go to Crete, or
Omaha, or some other "wet" town and bring
in his goods in a valise. But the resident,
the home owner, who wants to have a case
of beer, or a little "schnapps" sent to his
house he must have it registered at the
police station and put himse.lf in a position
to be advertised by fanatics as a "boozer"
and all that sort of thing. If the police and
the excisemen want to catch the "bootleg
gers" why in the name of sense don't they
use the want ads in the daily papers, or
the advertising columns of Will Maupin's
Weekly. We'll guarantee the advertising
game to catch more "bootleggers" than the
registration stunt. .
Information is to the effect that some oi
The Lincoln Ad club's banquet at the Lin
dell next Tuesday evening will be -worth
while both as to "cats" and "thinks." Rev.
Mr. Weatherly of Unity church will talk on
"Advertising the Church," Governor Aldrich
will take on "Our State," Senator Ned
. Brown will talk on some live topic, and so
. will Representative. H. G. Taylor. Mayor
. Love is also on the lit. One . of Lincoln's
cleverest women ..will talk on advertising
. from the v-ie wpoin-t- of the women,-and there
will be incidental- and . accidental music.
There is every reason why you should be
there if you are interested in Lincoln and
Nebraska: Dollar a plate.
King George has been formally acquitted
of the charge of having contracted a "mor
ganatic marriage." A morganatic marriage is
the kingly way of having a liason., Adultery
is the,word used when men of common clay
are caught at it. , King George was acquitted
by the simple process of , declaring guilty of
libel the man who made the charge, the king
hiding behind the kingly prerogative, of re
fusing to appear in court to face his accuser.
Senator Volpp's bill to lengthen the term
of state senators to four years, and providing
that one-half of them be elected every two
years, deserves thoughtful consideration. It
would guarantee experienced men in the sen
ate every session, would have a tendency .to
attract abler men, and "would lessen state
expense because experienced men would
transact the state's1; business more expedi
tiously. The plan has .been in vogue in
Missouri for years and is satisfactory to all
the people.
The Evening News says that the rule re
quiring all shipments of intoxicants received
by the freight and express companies to be
reported to. the police "has reduced 'boot
legging' to the minimum." If this is true
then the maxumum would be something
frightful to contemplate. This paper never
has,-does not now, and will not, advocate
open saloons under any system of license,
but it is rjght here to say that if 'Lincoln
has a "minimum of bootlegging" now, then
anything approaching the maximum would
simply mean putting a barrel of booze on
and invite everybody to help themselves.
The simple truth is, that while there is not
.every s street .corner, with, dippers attached,
as much liquor consumed in Lincoln now as
'there was when.we had twenty-five saloons,
there never was a time when "bootleggers"
were more numerous or "bootleg" liquor
easier to obtain. The statement made by the
Evening News is on a par with Mayor
Love's interview in Sioux City to the effect
that "there are no idle men in Lincoln who
want work." ...
No, good friends, Will Maupin's Weekly
will not depart wholly from the policies
along which The Wageworker was con
ducted. Will Maupin's; Weekly believes in
trades unionism, will fight for recognition
of the right of working men and working
women to organize for their own benefit and
protection, and will strenuously oppose the
sweatshop, the blacklist and the labor ex
ploiter. It will advocate advanced legisla
tion in behalf of the workers liability laws,
compensation laws, anti-convict labor con
tract laws, factory inspection laws. Without
lessening in any degree the measure of its
former policies, Will Maupin's Weekly will
simply undertake to fill a wider field wider
but not more important to the bone-and
.sinew that makes up the human beings who
keep the wheels of industry humming. ,h
Senator Tibbett's resolution calling s for
: tobacco experiments at the state farm-is a
good one. That Nebraska soil and climate
are propitious for . the raising of tobacco is
recognized by men who have had experience
in .tobacco culture. There is but one "thing
.. that .stands in the -way of raising a- high
grade . 0f tobacco in this -state, and that is
:the win4-if th:wi.n nfyeiid ta-;"stand