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About Will Maupin's weekly. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1911-1912 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1911)
WILL MAUPIN'S WEEKLY WILL M. MAUP1N, Editor F. L.SHOOP, Business Manager FaelMd WnUt at UcoU, Nebraaka, W tik Mafia Saeop PufeKakie Ox, OfftcvlTOSO Stove. man FiWhht X 1911. (a Act ef Mat X la?." ONE DOLLAR THE YEAR A KINO ON SUNDAY SPORTS. Sunday sadness in Scotland so deep ly affected the heart of King James VI that he was moved to make a declaration to his subjects concerning sports lawful to be used on that day. From that curious document we gather that the manning of sports by "Pap ists and Reerusants alike' had weak ened the physical fiber of the people as well as their moral; "and in place thereof sets up filthy tipplings and drunkenness and breeds a number of idle and discontented speeches in their alehouses." And having drawn out his list of lawful pleasures, to be en joyed on condition of one attendance on divine service, the wisest fool in Christendom concludes: "For when shall the common people have beene to exercise, if not upon the Sundayes and holydayes, seeing they must apply their labour, and winne their living in all working dayest" London Chronicle, CANDIDATE FOR LEGISLATURE. The first candidate to file for the leg islature in Lancaster is Hon. Edwin Jeary, formerly of Cass county, which county he represented in the legisla ture in 1SS6-7, and he made a most excellent nieirber, too. Mr. Jeary was a resident of Cass county a number of years, and his record was always that of a good citizen and one that had the best interests of his community nearest his heart. He made an able representative of Cass county, and one of the very best that the county ever had. The Journal and Mr. Jeary do not agree politically speaking, but we never allowed politics to sever our social and friendship relations. To say the least, Mr. Jeary is a most ex cellent man and one who possesses the ability to serve the people of Lancas ter county, not only with credit to himself, but more so with credit to the people of Lancaster county. Mr. Jeary resides in Lincoln, where he has been connected with the interests of that city for a number of years, and our word for it, if he is elected the people can rest assured that they will have a representative upon whom they can look with pride. Plattsmouth Jour nal (Dem.) CURRENT COMMENT. (Continued from Page 1) compendium of Nebraska's Industries that ever went to press. Secondly, the editor is taking a little jaunt down into Texas for the purpose of getting a brief rest. If any subscriber be grudges the editor the brief rest, his subscription will be cheerfully refund ed upon application to the man at the desk in the business offiee, 1705 O street, Lincoln. There is a very general disposition to give President Taft credit for hon estly aiming to give the people relief from present intolerable conditions. His frankness in admitting his mis take in calling the Payne-Aldrieh tariff law the best ever enacted, and his willingness to take people into his confidence, is winning him friends, although it may not be winning him supporters. It is very evident that "William Howard Taft is not the man for the job. He does not know men; he does not know conditions; he does not know politics. Until elected to the presidency he never held elective office in his life, yet he has been an office holder almost from the day he became a voter. President Taft is a lawyer" a man of judicial, not executive, bent. His en tire training has held him aloof from men and therefore kept him out of touch with his fellows. His training has not been such as to best fit him for the office he now holds. Doubt less Mr. Taft realizes this better than most men. This thing of playing the political gani must be obnoxious to him. Yet ho is compelled, under the circumstances, to play it as best he knows how. MEN AND MATTERS (Continued from Page 1) a joke at which we might all laugh were it not sut'h a cruel joke. There is only one solace connected with the "lemon" the supreme court has hand ed us in its decision as to "reasonable restraint." When we are handed a lemon we can make lemonade, provid ing we can find the sugar. The story recently coming from Brady Island, Nebraska, to the effect that a merchant of that city had stored away something like $3,000 in gold and silver, and then forgotten all about it that story, we say, sounds like it had been manufactured for marine consumption. Not that it is unusual for a Nebraska business man, or farmer, to accumulate that much cash, but forgetting it after accumu lating it! That sounds pretty "fishy" to us. If we happen to mislay a half dollar which is seldom, the reason being obvious we keep worrying about it. To mislay a hundred dollars would make us sweat blood. To mis lay a thousand dollars were such a thing even a remote possibility would send us hiking to the big stone house on the hill southwest of Lincoln. But the Brady Island story made pleas ant reading for a lazy Sunday after noon. " Maybe that is all it was in tended for. Certainly we were not supposed to believe it- Judge Lee Est e lie, who was re elected judge of the district court in Omaha without the expenditure of a dollar for campaign purposes, has sued the Omaha Evening News for $50,000 for libeL We ais not fully informed as to the grounds for the charge, but believe the News intimated that Judge Estelle was tied up with Tom Dennison. If the News did so charge we do not believe it. If Judge Estelle can prove the libel we hope he gets every dollar of the sum sought. President Bush of the Missouri Pacific has set an example that all railroad managers should follow. Im mediately after the disastrous wreck near Plattsmouth a few weeks ago, President Bush personally saw to it that the full details of the disaster were given to the press. He went even further; he saw to it that full details were wired to the nearest rela tives of the killed and injured. And before the wreck was cleared away practically every damage had been settled by cash payment insofar as a money payment could settle such cases. Our compliments to President Bush of the Missouri Pacific and may his every official act be as sensible as the one here mentioned. In that case the Missouri Pacific can not help prospering. Edwin Jeary has filed as a republi can candidate for the legislature from Lancaster county. Ordinarily it would seem that this is rather early for a candidate to put himself up for the legislature, but in Mr. Jeary 's case it is all right. He has behind him a record of citizenship and business in tegrity that will stand inspection. Therefore time will only serve to strengthen his candidacy. Mr. Jeary represented Cass county several years ago and democrats join with republi cans in saying that he was one of the best representatives the county ever had. Now that we have the "Oregon plan" of electing senators there really isn't any particular reason why men should be partisans in the matter of electing legislators. Lancaster county and every other county needs men of the Jeary measurement in the leg islature. Having proved his ability to look after his own business suc cessfully it is very evident that Mr. Jeary is competent to look after the public's business in the same way. Governor Aldrieh is eminently cor rect in his criticisms of the fee system at the University of Nebraska. If the university can not be conducted with out the imposition of fees, then it is high time we made some provisions lor its maintenance. It is supposed to be a free school, and if it is even a READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING i That is Superior to the Made-to-Measure Kind WeseIReady-to-VearCIothes of a distinctly different order than the average run of Ready-to-Wear Clothes In order that they may give greatest satisfaction in the way they fit and become theurXwearers, we specialize only in the products of the best makers. At $10, $15 arid $25 we oner you Men's Suits and Overcoats that are made from fine all-wool American fabrics. The garments are perfectly styled and tailored in such a high-class manner that we are able to sayyour money back if they do not hold their shape and good looks besides all this we save you fully 20 per cent At $25 Distinctive clothes made by the best makers in America. Every garment strictly hand-tailored and equal to the product of the high-grade merchant tailor, who must exact from you twice our price for equal quality. When yon see these garments you will be instantly im pressed that these are the $30.00 garments of other stores. For the man who says nothing, but the best for me in Clothing, Suits and Overcoats at $30, $35, $40. Imported woolens go into these garments, the greater part are silk lined, while the tailoring is as perfect as it is possible to obtain, besides this, they are the best values in town by 20 per cent. AranstTOimg CloAkg Co. GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS nominal fee is not warranted. Hun dreds of students are trying to work their way through the university, and the fees piling up are a burden. Either let us make adequate appropriations for the university ami abolisli the fees, or let us curtail some of its activities. By the way, is there any more rea son why the state should educate law yers and doctors than that it should educate silk salesmen and plumbers and printers? It is our humble opin ion and we make no pretense of be ing up in pedagogics that the univer sity will have served its purpose when it turns out producers. "We'd abolish the law and medical departments to morrow had we the authority. The total taxable wealth of this nation is estimated at $120,000,000,000. Of this sum the corporations own up wards of $68,000,000,000, or more than one-half. In other words the corpor ations own property worth all the farms, homes, public buildings, mer chandise, etc. Most of it escapes tax ation, and most of it is a tax upon the people. Martin VT. Littleton, representative in congress by grace of Tammany Hall, is suffering from a severe case of enlarged head. Also he is giving visible evidence every day of being that kind of democrat that uses his party name to serve democracy's ene mies under cover. Martin W. Little ton of New York is a "loud noise." "I have broken the festive bronco, lassoed the fiery Texas steer and sub dued the fractious milk cow that in sisted upon kicking over the bucket," remarked Dr. P. L. Hall the other day. "But I am here to remark, without equivocation or discount, tliat a bucking automobile has 'em all backed off the boards when it comes to pure and undiluted cussedness. For proof, gaze thou upon this discolored optie, this peeled cheek and this con tused chin. Also take my word for various black and blue spots distrib uted over various portions of my anat omy not open to public inspection." is made in creation's cleanest cream ery, from thepurestof pasteurized cream, by expert buttermakers. 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