MEN AND
Elsewhere in this issue appears a
proclamaton by Governor Aldrich call
ing attention to the state's forty-fifth
anniversary on March 1. The gov
ernor's suggestion that Nebraskans
observe the day by writing letters to
eastern friends and relatives calling,
attention to the glories of Nebraska,
is a mighty good one. Even better
. is his suggestion , that the public
schools take ; up the matter and ob
serve the day with appropriate exer
cises. Wc ought to have a "Nebraska
Day" every year, celebrated as nearly
as possible on March 1, in every
school house in the state. Most of us
know very little about our own state
and few of us know very much.
Nor is it possible to learn even a tithe
of Nebraska's glorious history in any
week or month of close study. For
that matter, one must keep studying,
for Nebraska is making history every
day.
Will Maupin's Weekly makes bold
to suggest to school superintendents
throughout the state that Friday,
March 1, be designated as "Nebraska
Day" in the public schools, and that
on that date appropriate exercises be
held. Let pioneers tell of the early
days, and let 'business men of today
tell of the wonderful progress and de
velopment accomplished in less than
half a century. In war and in peace
Nebraska has distinguished herself. It
was the First Nebraska under Thayer
that rendered gallant service under
Grant at Fort Donalson. It was the
First Nebraska under Stotsenburg who
rendered such gallant service at the
waterworks and other places in the
Philippines. Even before she became
a state Nebraska furnished more sol
diers for the defense of the flag than
an other state or territory in propor
tion to her population.' In peace she
has taken a leading part in all the
arts. She' is the greatest producer of
agricultural wealth in the sisterhood of
states. She has furnished to the world
men whose influence and example have
been for the world's uplift. In short,
Nebraska's history is a glorious one,
and well it would be if her children
were taught that history, to the end
that they would be more patriotic and
become imbued with the spirit that en
abled the early pioneers to wrest the
state from the grip of the desert and
make it bloom and blossom as the rose.
March 1 should be made a gala day
throughout Nebraska. Every Nebras
kan should make it a point to tell
some outsider a' few of the glorious
facts about the state. The mails should
be swamped with literature telling what
Nebraska is and has to offer to the
honest and industrious homeseeker and
the enterprising investor.
A big man and a splendid citizen
was lost to Iowa and to the republic
when Gen. James B. Weaver died. He
served his country well as a soldier,
and even better as a leader in reform
movements. General Weaver was just
a bit ahead of the times all the time.
He blazed the way and was rewarded
by hearing his fellows sneer at him .is
a "visionary" and a "crank." Later
he saw those same fellows advocating
his old policies while he was advocat
ing newer and better ones. It was al
ways a joy to meet this 'big-souled,
genial man. . Measured in years his
life was a long one, but measured in
service it was even longer. James B.
Weaver will need no marble shaft to
perpetuate 'his memory.
" We don't believe in that specious
piece of humbug that 'the voice of the
people is.-the voice of God," shrieks
the Rushville Recorder. And all, be
cause the. Recorder had a state war
rant returned with the endorsement,
"presented and not paid for want f
funds, and registered for payment De
cember 19, 1911." Isn't it awful,
Mabel t The Recorder says it is all
due to "Shallenberger's oily tongue,"
to the state .bank guaranty law, and to
the democratic legislature's action in
"adding a million and a half to the
state debt."
' We'd laugh were it not so evident
MATTERS
that the esteemed Recorder is .worried.
What the bank guaranty law has to do
with it no one but the esteemed Re
corder knows. The democratic legis
lature didn't add a dollar to the state
debt, for Nebraska has no state debt.
Warrants were registered for a short
time for the very simple reason that
county treasurers were not prompt In
remitting their collection of state
taxes. That's all there is to it. When
a paper really wants to exhibit asinine
partisanship it usually finds it a very
easy matter to do so.
Wm. G. Stamm of Lincoln would
like to have the democratic nomina
tion for railway commissioner. Mr.
Stamm is not widely known, but
higher in the estimation of the people.
He is a business man of Lincoln not
a big business man, to be sure, but a
man who is prospering in his business
because he attends to it and gives the
people good service.
A bit more than twenty years ago
the editor of Will Maupin's Weekly
was a resident of Kearney. There he
worked as a newspaper man on the
old Daily Enterprise, and when that
busted he worked as a printer on the
Daily Hub until he got money enough
to get out of town. On the Hub he
worked alongside a young man named
Gus Webbert. Gus stuck to Kearney,
finally went into business for himself
and later served a couple of terms as
treasurer of the city. Now Gus wants
to be auditor and therefore seeks the
republican nomination for that office.
Having grown a bit older he now signs
himself "H. A. Webbert," but he is
the same old "Gus," just the same.
We've taken a shine to Gus's candi
dacy, because we have a lively recol
lection of those good old days in
Kearney. Gus was a good printer and
a square fellow them, and we've heard
that he has stuck to the, game ever
since. And that's the kind of men
this newspaper loves to boost.
The David City Banner tells the
story of a young girl who was engaged
in packing eggs and wrote her name
and address on one of them. The egg
came into the hands of a Californian
and he immediately wrote the young
lady. The correspondence grew in
fervor and finally the Californian
packed his grip, came to Nebraska and
married the girl. The Banner says
that this is believed' to be the first'
time a Nebraska egg hatched out a
wedding. "But don't be surprised at
anything in Nebraska," concludes the
Banner.
W. L. Minor of Scottsbluffs asks for
the republican nomination for com
missioner of public lands and build
ings. He must be a pretty good man,
judging by the complimentary expres
sions from the newspapers in the
western part of the state. And why
shouldn't the land commissioner be
selected from western Nebraska once
in a while T Most of the state's land
is in the western section, most of her
land problems are in that section, and
that section is developing at a rate
that demands more than the superfi
cial attention heretofore accorded it.
It strikes us that Mr. Minor would be
a pretty good man for the republicans
to nominate.
Bernard McNeny of Red Cloud, dem
mocrat, and Roderick Dhu Sutherland,
populist, will contest for the congres
sional nomination in the Fifth district.
Good men, both of them, and either
would make a capable representative.
With McNeny and Sutherland on one
side, and Barton and Prince on the
other, the congressional primaries in
the Fifth will be some warm. But
what worries us about McNeny 's can
didacy is this: "Will he insist upon an
endorsement of the "imperial man
date" by the platform framers?
Franklin C. Hamer of Lincoln is a
candidate for the republican nomina
tion for state treasurer. Mr. Hamer is
a native son of Nebraska, and has been
engaged in the investment banking
business for many years. This ' has
made him thoroughly familiar with
the work that falls to the lot of a
man selected to handle the finances of
Nebraska. He has been successful in
his own business, which is a guaran
tee that he is capable of handling the
state's business. Mr. Hamer is making
a dignified yet energetic campaign
and is meeting with great encouragement.
Will H. Green of. Creighton wants
to be a delegate to the democratic na
tional convention from the Third dis-,
trict. And why not? Nebraska dem
ocracy hasn't got a better fighter nor
a squarer advocate. He is an up
standing, four-square gentleman who
is never so happy as when fighting for
the interests of the people. It is Green
who is leading the fight against the
harvester trust and furnishing the
"dope" for the investigators. He has
been a thorn in the side of that trust
for years, and right now he seems due
to make a "killing." No trouble about
locating Will Green on any important
public question. He's always ready to
tell where he stands. And what he
says can be relied upon to the limit.
If it is true that Jules Lumbard is
living in Chicago and in reduced cir
cumstances practically dependent
upon friends then it is time to make
his last year's brighter. Had he been
a money grubber Jules Lumibard
would have been rich. But he wasn't.
He made money, but his purse was al
ways open to the needy. He could
have sold his wonderful voice for vast
sums, but he preferred to give it away,
and "Maggie in the Low-backed Car,"
and "Are You Sleeping, Maggie," and
"Annie Laurie" and scores of the
sweet old songs, sung in Lumbard 's
magnificent basso have given delight to
thousands, yea to millions. He sung
patriotism and inspiration into the
hearts of the soldiers with Root's
"Battle Cry of Freedom," singing it
for the first time before the ink of the
composer was dry. He sung it in a
hundred campsj carrying hope and
cheer to thousands of soldier boys. He
never bore arms, but if ever a man de
served a government $ pension it is
Jules Lumbard. Lincoln said he was
worth a regiment. If Jules Lumbard
needs asistance : now, ' there ought to
be a milion men ' eager ' to extend it,
and be mighty glad of the opporunity.
Judge Gray has issued an order re
straining the steel trust from destroy
ing documentary evidence known to be
in its possession and wanted by the
government. It seems to have taken
the government prosecutors a long
time to get next to the fact that all
those "big trusts keep books of "double
entry," one set for public consumption
and another for the information of the
trust magnates. The- books for the
public will do the prosecution no good,
but if it will get bold of the other
set it will be able to make those steel
magnates go some. s
. That canny Scot, Andrew Carnegie,
makes us tired. As between him and
Rockefeller well take Rockefeller, al
though we haven't much use for either.
Andy's pose as an advocate of peace
is just as hypocritical as his othqr
poses. Most of his millions came from
armor plate, and we have heard it
stated with seeming reliability that
there were blowholes in some of it.
If memory serves us right he was
docked once or twice for the aforesaid
blowholes. We can not, bring ourselves
to admire the Carnegie philanthropy,
but we do confess to a warm admira
tion for the excellent organization of
the Carnegie publicity bureau that,
handles the press notice for his phil
anthropic department.
WHO?
It is about time for the state in
spector of stallions to ' come around
and yank $5 out of each stallion own
er in Cass county. This is certainly
the biggest graft ever perpetrated
upon the owners. Now, we desire to
ask this question, arid would like
for someone who' knows to answer:
Who gets this money the state or the
examiner? It is an imposition and
the law. making such .compulsion
should be repealed by the next legis-.
latnre.i Exchange, Credit Lost.
Named for and Made in Lincoln
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A GREAT BIG BOOST FOR
GRAND YOUNG NEBRASKA. V
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-
dus tries 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.
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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 asa
Nebraska Anniversary Number"
and will tell the state's story.
It will be the best number of
the best Nebraska Booster
Organ in Nebraska.
Nebraska
Product
worthy of
Nebraska
& SONS, LINCOLN
The Journal believes ex-Governor
A. C. Shallenberger is the best mar
the democrats of Nebraska can name
for IT. S. senator at this time: W
also wish something or other woult
turn up that would make ex-Senator
WilliamV. Allen the democratic can
didate for governor. Some way o
other we like to see big men run for
office. Fairbury Journal.
A- L. Billingsley was . a pleasant
caller at the Herald office Tuesday.
Mr. Billingsley and family just re
cently returned from a visit at theL
old home in Iowa. Both Mr. anu
Mrs. Billingsley are emphatic in their
statements that 'Garden county is the
place for them and far ahead in ai
respects even of the rich old state o
Iowa, believing our lands. are as pro
ductive and that opportunities greater
here than there. Oshkosh Herald.
Anniversary
