PROCLAMATION
The laying Mide of the swaddling clothes of a
territorial exiitenee and assuming the habiliments
of a state is a period worthy of definite registra
tion in history. It is an event that should be re
membered at all proper intervals ever after. Ne
braska came to the inheritance of statehood and
was the first to enter the Union soon after the close
of the Civil War. She was fortunate in that tens
of thousands of the young men who had rendered
service to the government in the capacity of sol
diers during the war and were inured to the fatigue
on the field, came to this territory prepared to
undergo the hardship incident to the life of a pioneer.
With them came thousands of others from the
several states and from homes across the sea, all
for the purpose of establishing and reclaiming the
soil from a state of nature and making it respond
to the demands of civilization.
These hardy sons of toil, unwilling to longer re
main in the relation of dependents on the general
government and preferring to take upon themselves
the obligation of a free and independent state,
asked for and received admission to the Union on
the first day of March, 1867, adopting as a motto
' Equality before the law," and engraving the
same on the Great Seal of the state.
Two score and five years have passed, since by
the will of the people and the authority of law, we
became an independent factor in the galaxy of
states that constitute the strongest and the freest
republic on earth. Such has been our progress
that we stand second to none in point of general
intelligence, and the peer of any in agricultural
and other industrial achievements wherein the soil
is the principal-factor.
In view of these facts and in order that our peo
ple may be reminded of the near approach of our
forty-fifth anniversary, I have thought it wise, as
chief executive of the state, to suggest that as citi
zens of the commonwealth, we in some manner
observe this occasion; for example, that the schools
take up the subject and ask one or more of each
school to prepare and read a paper involving the
growth of the state in population, churches, schools,
railroads, number of farms and amount produced,
instituting comparisons between certain dates as to
numbers and values. As instance the fact that up
to the 10th day of July, 1865, there was not one
rail of railroad iron laid in Nebraska.. Now we
have 6,135 miles of direct line in the state. In 1867
only 48,800 people, now 1,192,214.
On March 1st next, write' a letter to some one or
more of your friends in other states, telling them
something of what you know of the state's develop
ment. Thus, in this modest way, we can observe
the day and help spread important facts touching
the resources and progress of our beloved state.
CHESTER H. ALDRICH,
Governor.
CURRENT COMMENT
"The free traders and the progres
sive tariff rippers and the 'moderate
protectionists' never think about Amer
ican labor," shouts the American
Economist, subsidized organ of the tar
iff barons. O, yes they do ! They are
thinking a lot these days about the
striking textile workers at Lawrence,
fighting for a decent wage and hu
mane hours against the highest pro
tected industry in America. Funny,
isn't it, that after a half century of
"protecting American labor," the
poorest paid workers are to be found
in those industries enjoying the high
est measure of protection.
Within five years the land value tax
idea will burst into flame. It is sur
prising the number of people who are
today converts to the "Henry George"
theory of taxation, but who are say
ing nothing about it. One of these
days in the near future that idea will
predominate, and it will be enacted
into law with surprising swiftness.
Men are thinking a lot more about tax
problems today than they are of some
other things more talked about.
Down in a Virginia village there
were two Italian shoemakers. One
of .them, sought to eliminate competi
tion by threatening to kill the other
unless he moved. This being a flag
rant violation of the law against the
restraint of trade, the would-be mon
opolist is fronted with a long term in
jail, His intentions were perfecvtly
honorable, measured by accepted busi
ness standards, but his methods were
exceedingly crude. He should have
organized a holding company, sold a
lot of watered stock, hired shrewd law
yers, secured the -appointment of a few
federal judges of the right persuasion,
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and then, had ten or twelve 'years in
which to work his game while the
case dragged through the courts: But
to write a letter threatening to jab a
knife under the fifth rib of his competi
tor ! That was so exceedingly contrary
to the accepted rule that we really
will have to make an example of him.
Rome Miller of Omaha has been
made the Nebraska member of the
"Seei America First" committee of the
Trans-Mississippi congress. This is
really the best move the Trans-Mississippi
congress ever made-1 the move
to cultivate a desire to see Amrica
before trapseing off to Europe. When
it comes to scenic wonders America
has got Europe, Asia and Africa beaten
to a frazzle. The "storied Rhine"
isn't in it with the Hudson. The Alps
are molehills compared with the state
ly Rockies. The most wonderful and
stupendous freak of nature is the
Grand Canon of Colorado. The most
beautiful things in all of Nature's
realms are to be found in the Yellow
stone Park and the Yosemite Valley.
Switzerland has nothing to compare
with the mountain country of the
Virginia 's, and the sapphire skies of
North Carolina's Blue mountains
make the blue of Italian skies take
back seat the year 'round. There is
not in all Europe forty miles of such
beautiful scenery as one may see from
a car window in a trip from Colorado
Springs to Cripple Creek.' There are
hundreds of Nebraskans who have
raved over Alpine scenes who have
never seen the falls of Wauneta in
Chase county, Scottsbluff, Chimney
Rock and the beautiful and weird land
scapes in the Bad Lands of their own
state.
A boat trip down the Missouri river
along the Nebraska front will show
more beauty in color and outline than
a 200 mile boat ride down the Rhine,
the Caucasius or the Thames. The
most beautiful pastoral scenes ever
viewed by man are not in rural Eng
land, but in rural America. The
lover of the historic may get more,
inspiration in a day's walk through
the scenes about Boston and Concord
and Lexington than in a week's walk
through France or Germany. Seekers
after the healing springs do not find
the best in Germany, but in Missouri
and Indiana and Virginia. See Amer
ica first, and long before you have
seen even a tithe of what it has to
offer in the way of the scenically grand
or historically inspiring, you will have
grown so old that all desire for travel
ing will have disappeared.
This is going to be a strenuous cam
paign, naturally. The first evidences
come from Greenville, Pa. John Stavis,
employed in a steel mill at that place,
shouted, "Hurrah for Rosevelt! He'll
win in a walk on election day." Im-,
mediately half-dozen of his fellow
workers, all Taft men, drew their
knives and carved Mr. Stavis into rib
bons. The Taft men will probably be
unable to vote on election day by
reason of being in jail, while Mr.
Stavis will be unable to vote unless
they have elections over on the other
side of Jordan.
The esteemed Hamilton County Ad
vocate, one of the handsomest as well
as one of the best local weekly news
paprs in the state, has made a great
scoop upon all of us. Last week the
Advocate reprinted one of James Whit
comb Riley's poems, and then informed
us that "Riley is no more." If this
is true the Advocate should send a
marked copy to St. Peter, for to date
St. Peter hasn 't seen anything o '
Jeems. And without Jeems up there
it won't be natural. The fact is, how
ever, that James Whitcomb Riley is
yet "in our midst." '"'
We are just a bit puzzled to know
where Mr. Roosevelt's pronuncimeto
leaves our good friend, Senator Norris
Brown. Somewhat tied up to the
Taft ehariot wheels, and withal claim
ing to be a progressive, won't Senator
Brown have a pretty big task making
up his mind which way the cat is go
ing to jump?
Why not a "funeral car" in Lin
coln? Most of the churches are close
to car lines, and most residences are
within easy distance. Why not, then,
have, funeral corteges of trolley cars
instead of hearses "and hacks. They
would be simpler, cheaper, more ex
peditious, and at the same time permit
of as much show of grief as the most
gorgeous funeral trains we now have.
A GREAT BIO BOOST FOR
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.
THINGS POLITICAL.
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the cudgels for his brother, and a feud
arose between Edward Rosewater and
Howell. Most young men would have
laid down before Edward Rosewater 's
onslaughts, but Howell wouldn't. He
fought back, and what is more to the
point, he fought to good purpose. He
defeated Edward Rosewater at every
turn. Victor Rosewater has taken up
the work laid down by his father, and'
among other things he inherited the
feud. The opponents of Dr. Victor
knew what they were doing when they
picked Howell as his opponent. They
picked a man who could and would
fight, and who welcomed nothing quite
so much as an opportunity to once
more throw the hooks into a Rose-water.
Chris Greunther's blood is boiling.
That's mighty nice this blizzardly
weather, and we rather envy Christo
pher. But for the life of us we
couldn't become so wrought up over
the politcal fortunes of any man, not
even our own, as Christopher seems to
be. As a friend we would advise the
Columbus statesman to take some
thing for it. '
A few days ago our esteemed friend,
Mr. Charles O. Whedon, remarked that
in . his opinion Theodore Roosevelt
would not be a candidate. We now
await with bated breath another inter
view from Mr. Whedon on the same
topic.
"Under no' circumstances .will I be
a candidate : for, or accept a nomina
tion," said Theodore Roosevelt on
Nov. 8, .1904. "I have not. changed and
shall not change that decision thus an
nounced," said Theodore Roosevelt on
Dec. 11, 1907. "I will accept the nom
ination for president if it is tendered
me, and I will adhere to this decision
the convention has expressed its pre
ference," said Theodore Roosevelt on
Feb. 25, 1912.
We insist that the founder of the
Ananias Club has vindicated his judg
ment in founding it, and that he be
now compelled to take his place in the
chair of the Grand Prevaricator of the
order. ,,
V Mr. Bryan's birthday will.be cele
brated in Lincoln as usual. , There will
be a banquet and a lot of speechmak
ing. It will be a royal good time. We
are prepared to wager a round snnn
a silver quarter is round, isn't it?-r-that
Richard L. Metcalfe will not be
invited to a place on the toast list.
Will Maupin's Weekly does not pur
pose letting all this flurry over Roose
velt and Taft, or Harmon and Wilson,
overshadow . what is destined to be a
mighty pretty scrap in the Fifth dis
trict, where Silas R, Barton and W. A.
Prince are going to contest for the re
publican congressional nomination. The
fiery and untamable Silas and the
coldly calculating William are . going
to make sparks fly when they collide. ...
Roderick Dhu Sutherland will doubt
less , be the demo-pop candidate for
congress in the . Fifth. Once elected
and twice defeated, Sutherland . is
mighty apt to give his republican op
ponent a dressing down this trip. :
Once again we reiterate our opinion
that I.i D. Evans of Keensaw, who is
a candidate for the republican nomi
nation for auditor, is such a good man
for the place that the g. o. p. is likely
to overlook him. It is only now and
then that men of the Evans calibre an
nounce themselves as being willing to
accept a public office, and : when such
an one does it is an opportunity that
should not be overlooked. Mr. Evans
is a capable man, and he has elements
of strength possessed by few. : If the
g. o. p. is really looking for men who
will add strength to the ticket , they
will seize the opportunity to nominate
Mr. Evans.
To date we haven't heard of any
democrat who is to contest with Con
gressman Lobeck for the democratic
nomination in the Second. But we are'
of the opinion that if Howard Bald
ridge is the republican nominee it will
make almighty little difference who
his democratic opponent may be. The
Second district, and Nebraska, needs
a man of the Baldridge calibre in cori
gress regardless of political affilia
tions. It was rumored that Mayor Dahlman
would not be averse to a congressional
nomination. We greatly fear, however;
that Mayor Jim missed his opportunity
two years ago. He also caused Ne
braska democracy to lose a blamed
right more than a mere opportunity.