MEN AND MATTERS
, Personal popularity is an asset that
some political managers fail to take
into consideration. - And there is no
man in Nebraska who1 has more of
that asset than Richard L. Metcalfe.
WMle would-be party managers who
oppose him are building on the fact
that he is a "bolter," they are over
looking the fact that "Met" has buiit
up through all these years a reputa
tion for honesty of purpose and com
manding ability- and these are factors
that voters are taking into account
more and more each year. ; There is
no man in Nebraska more widely o?
better known than Metcalfe, and the
people are comiiig more and more ev
ery day to the position of demanding
of their officials something more than
mere party regularity. The people are
wanting service.
The fact that Metcalfe "boited" the
nomination of Dahlman during the last
campaign is, of course, working
against him in certain quarters. But,
on the other hand, may it not be equal
ly true that his "bolt" has strength
ened him in other quarters t If the
opposition to Metcalfe's candidacy is
basing its hopes solely on Metcalfe's
bolt, it is due for a shock. There is
no disguising the fact that Metcalfe's
candidacy for the nomination is grow
ing in strength every day. It is be
ing managed by a master hand, and
it is achieving unusual publicity.
Whether Mecalfe as the nominee would
be as strong as Metcalfe for the nomi
nation is beside the present question.
Those who sit down and quietly figure
that because "Met" bolted he can not
be nominated would better wake up.
J. Pierpont Morgan has just paid
$29,000 for a Bible. We remember
having won a Bible as a prize by col
lecting 'steen yellow tickets ' in Sun
day school, securing each yellow ticket
by earning umpty-een blue tickets at
the rate of one verse of scripture conn
matted to memory for each ticket.
We!ve forgotten the verses and lost
the Bible, but if we had the book yet
we'd .sell -it. for much less than Pierp
paid for his copy. ' '
State .Treasurer George .finds that
his personal friendship for President
.. Taf ix together with . his. rigid ' ' stand-;
pat" notions, have given several gen
tlemen license to believe that they can
beat him in the race forrenomination.
Mr. George has the advantage of being
in and serving his first term, but an
out-and-out advocate of Taft's renomi
nation is up against a pretty serious
game in Nebraska these day.
Last week Will' Maupin's Weekly
suggested the , advisability of begin
ning right now to plan for a proper
celebration of Nebraska's semi-centennial
in 1917. . The suggestion has met
with instant favor, and scores of men
have expressed themselves as being
heartily in.-, favor of the idea: Of
course it is five years until the semi
centennial year, but five"years will
slip by rapidly. There are two ses
sions of the legislature ;" due before
1917, and they ought to provide the
ways and means for making Nebras
ka's fiftieth anniversary celebration a
hummer. This state can show greater
results from fifty years of statehood
than any other state in the Union, and
don't you forget it. , .
. Here's a 'bet! Practically every store
window in Lincoln is exhibiting a
"Patronize Lincoln", card. Probably
nine-tenths of the merchants in whose
windows these cards are displayed
Bmoke cigars. Here's the bet: .We'll
wager a four-dollar dog against a .
couple of two-dollar cats that seven
out of every ten Lincoln merchants
who smoke cigars invariably call for
cigars made elsewhere than in Lin
coln. East O street business men - have
been accommodated by the postoflice
department ' in the establishment of a
sub-station at Sixteenth and O streets
in the "Sugar Bowl," the popular re
freshment bazar operated by" Col. Olds.
From now on it will not be necessary
to hike all theway to Tenth street to
purchase stamps, money orders or to
register letters. Col. Olds . and his
obliging asistants will attend to all
that for you.
"Just twenty years ago," remarket
M. L. Williams of Lincoln the other
day, "I was agent for tract of 3,000
acres in York county. I wanted to
sell it at an average of $30 an acre
and because the owners needed the
money. I tried to interest some rail
road people in Rock Island, but they
turned me down cold. They said,
'Why, we don't want to buy any land
in a state whose people we have to
assist.' And I could not make them
believe that such a condition was only
temporary. In January, 1912, a. quar
ter section of that same tract of land
. sold for an even $200 an acre. And T
didn't get any commission, either."
The fact of the matter is, about two
thirds of Nebraska's wealthy men are
wealthy because they couldn't get rid
of their real estate or their real estate
mortgages eighteen or twenty years
ago. A lot of men loaned from $3 to
$10 an acre on farm land, and then
thought they were ruined beyond hope
because they had to take the land un
der foreclosure. What they, thought
was a calamity then proved their
greatest blessing. They held on to the
land and it made them rich. Today
a lot of these gentlemen are pointed
out as being wise and able financiers.
It ds to laugh.
And there are about as many op
portunities along the same lines now
that' existed twenty years ago. There
is a lot . of $15 and $20 an acre land
in " Nebraska that will be selling at
from $60 to $150 an acre inside of the
next twenty years. .
Our great and good friend, Charley
Wooster, whom we love like a brother
because he adds so much to the gaiety
of nations, is out in a. protest against
the "good seed corn" propaganda.
He says the commercial clubs of
Omaha .and . Lincoln would better be
attending to their own business; that
the farmers are not fools, and that
they have been getting along fairly
well for years without being advised
by the financial gents of the business
centers. But, just the same, the "good
seed corn" propaganda goes on, and
it will mean millions to Nebraska. But
Wooster -wouldn't be Wooster if he"
wasn't on the contrary side. He may
always be depended upon to take the
negative of every affirmative, and do
it with a grace and an aplomb that
makes him a constant delight. . Some
of these days, however. Brer Wooster
will unintentionally agree with some
bodythen we may look for a stroke .
of apoplexy and be burdened with the
sad duty of bending over to look upon
the classic Wooster features and mur
muring, "Doesnl he look natural!"
Candidates for the legislature are
very generally forgetting to sign state
ment No. 1, or any other satement.
They would better, get busy. There
are a lot of us common folk, not can
didates for any office, who will not
vote for any legislative candidate who
refuses to declare that he will vote
for the senatorial candidate receiving
the greatest number of votes at the
April primary.
Edwin Jeary of Lincoln, who has
filed as a republican candidate .for the
legislature, signed statement No. 1.
Mr. Jeary was a member of the legis
lature from Cass county during the
memorable, senatorial struggle that
resulted in the defeat of VanWyck,
and he is willing to stand by almost
any old scheme that will prevent a
repetition of that struggle. If the re
publicans of Lancaster fail to nomi
nate Mr. Jeary we will always hold to
the belief that they do not want good
men. And if he is. nominated the vot
ers will be untrue to their own best
interests if they fail to elect him. Ne
braska needs men of the Jeary stripe
in office.
After weeks of bickering and strife
the base balf situation in Lincoln has
been straightened put . and there is
now nothing to prevent every one of
us from getting behind President Des
pain and assisting him in making Lin
coln the best base ball team in the
western loop. The recent troubles of
the Lincoln management were unfortu
nate, both for the manager and for
the city. But all these troubles have
been settled, thanks to "Tip" O'Neill
and other good fellows. Now let us
all lay aside the hammer and the mal
let ,and proceed to boost.
A CANDIDATE OF PARTS.
Floyd Seybolt of Geneva is a candi
date for the democratic nomination
for state treasurer and is making an
active campaign. Wholly without re
gard to his political affiliations this
newspaper rather "cottons" to Mr..
Seybolt, and to all such upstanding
young men as he. Venturing to poach
upon a field previously occupied by
one much higher in authority in the
matter of public records, we would
quote, though not literally, from the
Good Book, "Well done, good and
faithful servant. Thou hast been faith
ful over a few things; I will make
thee ruler over many things." And
Mr. Seybolt has been faithful, and he
has made good. Born in New- York
state, he came to Nebraska when he
was fifteen years old. In 1890 he
graduated from the University of Ne
braska and at once secured a position
as clerk in. the First National Bank of
Lincoln, and he has been engaged in
the banking business ever since. Two
years with the First National, he be
came teller and assistant cashier of the
Union Savings Bank of Lincoln. After
seven years of service there he spent
two years in the 'employ of the Lin
coln Safe Deposit and Trust company.
In 1902 he organized and managed the
bank of Memphis, Nebraska. Later he
was, connected with other banks. In
1910 he became ! vice-president and
cashier of the Citizens Bank at Geneva.
He was appointed bank ; examiner by
Governor Shallenberger" in 1909. and
qualified, but owing to a federal in
junction he never served. For twenty
years 'he has been engaged in the
banking business, and that record is
the record of a progressive land suc
cessful business man. "His whole life
work has peculiarly fitted him for the
important duties of looking after the
state's finances. He has handled hun
dreds of millions of cash and securities
without a penny of loss. He is a virile,
energetic, 'progressive young man,
with an enviable record and a high
standing among the best business men
of the west. That is why Will
Maupin's. Weekly admits that it "cot
tons" to Mr. Seybolt.
SPEAKING OF CANDY.
. -We are reminded of the subject by
several things one being the fact that
a houseful of kiddies, each equipped
with a full set of sweet teeth, and an
other being the fact that in Lincoln is
manufactured some almighty fine can
dies. Speaking of candy, why is it
that so many Lincoln people persist
in purchasing candies made in Chicago
or New York, when candy equally
good, usually better, and always fresh
er, is made right here at home Ow
ing to the sweet-toothed kiddies men
tioned above to say nothing of a few
similar teeth possessed by ourselves
we are prepared to qualify as a candy
expert, and .we are ready to testify
that there isn't a candy manufactur
ing firm in Chicago or New York, or
anywhere else, who turns out a finer
product than that of our home manu
facturers. Without hesitation, and on
our own motion because we are
boosters for home institutions first,
last and all the time we stop the
press to declare that Gillen & Boney
put out a chocolate candy that has got
Huyler's and Lowney's skinned both
ways from the middle. This isn't a
"paid advertisement." It is a freely
given statement of a demonstrable
fact, inspired by a desire to boost in
fact as well as in name. - And if you
have one of those "patronize home"
cards in your window and pass up the
home made candy for the Chicago or
New York article,, you are as sounding
brass and a tinkling cymbal.
Named for and Made in Lincoln
From Selected Nebraska Wheat Best Wheat in the World
Best
By
The
Oven's
Test
ilDERTY!
H.O.BARBER &SONS
H. O. BARBER
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A GREAT BIG BOOST FOE
GRAND YOUNG NEBRASKA.
.
Will Maupin's Weekly, the
best single-handed booster Ne-
braska has or ever had, came
out in a blaze of glory last
week with its "Nebraska In-
dustries Number." Twenty-
four pages carried an immense
amount of highly interesting
matter regarding the resources,
attractions , and opportunities of
Nebraska, and also numerous ad-
: vertisements of manufacturing
concerns who make good goods
in Nebraska and are not afraid
. to let people know it. Omaha
Trade Exhibit. .
.
Nebraska's
March 1, next, Nebraska will -be
forty-five years old.
Forty -five years of marvelous
progress and development
a record unequalled in the
history of state making.
Will Maupin's Weekly will
appear about March 15th as a
Nebraska Anniversary Number"
and will tell the state's story.
It will be the best number of
. the best Nebraska Booster
Organ in Nebraska.
A
Nebraska
Product 4
worthy of
Nebraska
Loun
& SONS, LINCOLN
STICK TO IT. "
If it is true as reported that the
democratic house' of representatives
has decided not to make an appropria
tio nat this season for more battle
ships, then we fondly hope the house
will stick to it. This battleship busi
ness has alreadv trnnc. hav-ond thm
limit. This thing of spending $6,000r ,
000 for a battleship that will be junk
tomorrow, and putting up a big bluff
that every other nation worth while
will call, all at the. expense - of the
people, is wrong. Wars past ani
preparations for wars prospective are
costing this nation nearly one-half biL?
lion dollars ' a year. ' This country
needs irrigation reservoirs and ditches
a whole lot more than it needs battle
ships. ' '
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