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VOLUME 9
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Politics may make strange bedfel
lows, but it produces even stranger
logic. We. confess our inability to fol
low Mr. Bryan in some of his logic
anent the present political situation in
Nebraska, although we admire his in
dependence and his earnestness. Nor
can we quite follow the devious logic
of Senator Hitchcock, who denounces
Mr. Bryan for saying he will not
serve if elected delegate-at-large if
Harmon is the choice of Nebraska
democrats. Yet Senator Hitchcock
ad only words of praise for Dahl-
tnan, who declared that he didn't care
a whoop what the people wanted, he
would veto county option anyhow.
It was rather presumptuous for a
little handful of democrats to gather
in Lincoln and "resolve" that "we are
the people. That was in effect what
the "Wilson democrats" did on March
10. And to date we can not square
the actions of those democrats with
the democratic advocacy of the direct
primary and the initiative and refer
endum. , During the last ten days the editor
of Will Maupin's Weekly has traveled
i a thousand miles in Nebraska and
talked with hundreds of people, democrats-
and republicans alike. Being
; personally interested in the political
situation just now, we have tried to
get a line on things in general, and if
we have gleaned any information it is
to the effect that Champ Clark's boom
is growing by leaps and bounds, that
the Wilson boom is on the wane, that
; there never was any Harmon boom
worthy of the name, and that Roose
velt isn't in it for a. minute. Every
; where we have gone Champ Clark's
; name was most frequently mentioned
by democrats. We attended a couple
of democratic banquets, and at both
of them Clark's name was cheered
i louder than any other save that of
Bryan. We didn't hear a single repub-
lican advocating the nomination of
'. Roosevelt, but we heard scores of
( them denouncing him. We heard Taft
' advocated by a few, but a majority of
republicans with whom we talked were
' for LaFollettei No use talking, that
North Dakota primary has given the
; LaPollette boom new impetus, and we
look to see the Wisconsin statesman
' capture the republican delegation from
' Nebraska.
But as interested as we are in the
political situation we are more inter
ested in the crop outlook. It was
never better. Nebraska is soaked to
' the middle. There is too much water
in places, but the comforting fact re
mains that the high water is now,
when it is doing little damage, and
not nearly so likely to come when it
would drown growing crops. The
wheat prospects were never better.
; We saw thousands of acres of winter
wheat that ' will, with two or three
days of warm, sunny weather, be high
enough to hide a jackrabbit. The
i stand was never better and the acre-
! age never so great.
We've been in Nebraska more than
a quarter of a century, and we have
yet to see a crop failure following a
winter and spring of unusual moisture.
We'll harvest 50.000,000 bushels of
wheat in Nebraska if we do not have a
j drop of rain between now and June, 15.
COMMENT
The voters of Nebraska should care
fully consider one of the statements
John II. Morehead makes in his dec
laration of principles. Mr. Morehead
is a busines man. He asserts that if
elected he will appoint men to various
positions because of their qualifica
tions, not because their appointment
will pay political debts. Mr. More
head says that he believes the appoint
ment of men to responsible public posi
tion for the payment of political debts
is a crime. The voters may rest as
sured that John II. Morehead, if elect
ed, will give the state a business ad
ministration, which means that he will
attend to the governor business instead
of flying about the country playing
politics and Chautauquaing.
Cecil Matthews of the Riverton Re
view is one of the rapidly decreasing
band of editors always quick to charge
with improper motives those who do
not agree with them in everything.
Just now Mr. Matthews is seeking to
advance the fortunes of his preferred
candidate for governor by imputing
improper motives to another. The
only trouble with Mr. Matthews, for
whom we entertain the. highest regard,
is that he takes himself too darned
seriously.
The withdrawal of Charley Pool
from the gubernatorial race is not a
surprise to those who know the facts.
There are those who charge that an
improper influence was wielded, but
such a charge will not rest against
Charley Pool in the minds of those
who know him. The facts of the case
are that Mr. Pool is broken in health
and utterly unfitted to engage in a
strenuous campaign, either for the
nomination or the election. .Realizing
this, and also realizing that his remain
ing in the race would but result in
further complicating a situation al
WILL MAUPIN
To the Voters of Nebraska: I am a j
candidate on my own motion, not by
petition, for the democratic nomination
for railway commissioner. It seems
the custom now for candidates for
state office to frame platforms for the
information of the voters. Because it
is the custom, and not because I deem
it necessary in my case, I have framed
a little platform of .my own. I prefer,
to believe that, my record as a loyal
citizen of Nebraska for more than a
quarter of a century, and as a booster
for the state, is a sufficient platform,
but there may be those who hold dif
ferently. My platform follows:
The state has a 2-cent fare law. The
railway commissioners are supposed to
represent the state and enforce the
laws. Hence, if elected, I will fight as
hard as I know how to secure the con
firmation of the constitutionality of
the aforesaid 2-cent fare law. I be
lieve it is a just law.
I believe in the physical valuation
of public service corporations. I also
believe that the rates charged the pub
lic for services rendered should be
bused upon the. physical valuation,
allowing the corporations a reasonable
return tipon the money actually invested.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MARCH 29,
1912
ready injuring the chances for demo
cratic success, Mr. Pool decided to
withdraw. We have known Charley
Pool for more than two decades, and
we challenge any man to put a finger
upon a spot in his record that will
give any warrant for the cruel charges
that are being hinted at. And we
are anxious for some one of his calu
mniators to come out in the open and
make a direct charge that Mr. Pool
yielded to improper influence in with
drawing from the field. '
- Will Maupin's Weekly is in receipt
of a set of resolutions adopted by the
Plate Printers' Union of Washington,
D. C, eulogizing Senator Norris Brown
because Of his efforts in behalf of that
organization. The resolutions set forth
that Senator Brown assisted the plate
printers to get decent and sanitary
quarters and secure better treatment
from the government. This is a mat
ter that should entitle Senator Brown
to consideration at the hands of the
allied printing trades.
DR. NELSON METCALFE.
Many Lincoln people will remember
Dr. Nelson Metcalfe of St. Louis,
whose death occurred on Saturday,
March 23. He was a brother of Rich
ard L. Metcalfe. It will always be a
sweet memory in the mind pf the
writer that Dr. Metcalfe was his
friend. To know him was a priceless
privilege, for he was one- of those
gentle, kindly men whose very pres
ence was a benediction and an inspira
tion. He lovedmen and women, and
loved to serve them. Indeed, his whole
life was a life of unselfish service. He
might have won fame and fortune in
his profession had he so desired, but
he preferred to serve in his own way
those he met from day to day, giving
more than he received and helping
more than he was helped. Dr. Met
calfe left his children a priceless herit
age a good name and the memory of
a father whose every heartbeat was
for humanity.
ANNOUNCES HIS PLATFORM
I believe the state has a right to
regulate all public service corporations
within the state.
I am against special privileges, spe
cial rates, or discrimination of any
kind, and strongly in favor of a care
ful classification to the end that there
can be no favoritism shown by con
niving at wrongful classification of
commodities.
Of course i' favor the enactment of
a "blue sky" law.
There are a lot of other things I
favor, but if elected railway commis
sioner I will be so all-fired busy attend
ing to the duties appertaining to that
office that I will have no time to de
vote to reforming the tariff, throttling
the money trust or amending our cur
rency laws.
If nominated and elected I promise
to give an honest month's work for
every month's pay, to deal fairly and
squarely with all, to play no favorites,
and to so perform my duties that I can
look every Nebraska n squarely in the
face and say, "There's my record;
look it over!"
I am seeking this office, not at the
sacrifice of private business nor with
any claims that I yearn to lay aside
my own business to serve the people,
MEN AND
Beautiful snarl the democrats of
Nebraska are getting into. Already
enough "blackwash" has been' manu
factured and put into the hands of the
opposition to smear all over .the de
mocracy. We have nothing against Judson
Harmon. So far as we have been
able to judge he has made an excellent
governor. We know that as a busi
ness man he is square, for as receiver
of a crippled railroad he gave the em
ployes a square deal, never missed -a
pay day and soon had the road back
on its feet. We do know that he has
no patience with "crime in high place"
for it was he who declared "guilt is
personal" and refused to whitewash
Paul Morton at the command of Theo
dore Roosevelt. As to whetheV he is
a "progressive" or a "reactionary" is
a matter of opinion. It is asserted in
certain quarters that he is backed by
J. Pierpont Morgan and James J. Hill,
but so far we have only the assertion.
On the other hand, we hear it
.charged that the Woodrow Wilson
boom -js (being furthered by. John R.
McLean of Cincinnati and Washington
in order to get even with Harmon for
preventing McLean 's election to the
United States senate Chris Greunther
directly charges that the anti-Harmon
campaign in Ohio is being financed by
McLean. Mr. Bryan says Harmon's
campaign is backed by Wall street.
Certain supporters ot Wilson charge
that the Champ Clark supporters are
merely Harmon men is disguise and
that the Clark boom is merely a sub
terfuge. Mr. Bryan charges Senator
Hitchcock with trying to assassinate
the democracy of Nebraska, and Sen
ator Hitchcock acuses Mr. Bryan of
trying to "rule or ruin." It is a
but because it is a good position, pay
ing a good salary, which salary 1
promise to earn if faithful and diligent
service will earn it. Of course I
would appreciate the honor of the
office, but I would appreciate the
$3,000 per. year more, for dollars buy
more shoes for the children's feet and
more food for the children's mouths
than honors. Having in some measure
obeyed the biblical injunction to "mul
tiply and replenish the earth," I find
it necessary to acquire something more
than honors in order to meet expenses.
If the voters of Nebraska want to
elect a man to the railway commission
who promises only to do his level best
to serve them faithfully and well, and
offers the record of twenty-five years
as an evidence of his ability to deliver
the goods, I am prepared to profit by
their franchise. If defeated, either in
primary or the election, I will keep
right on boosting for Nebraska just as
hard as I know hoy.
In my candidacy I do not ' claim to
represent shippers ; I merely claim to
represent the "ultimate consumer,"
among whom I have been numbered
and with whom I have been marching
up to the desk and settling for lo these
many years.
WILL M. MAUPIN.
Goods Made in Nebraska
For Nebraskans
NUMBER 1
MATTERS
lovely situation, viewed from the re
publican standpoint.
As near as we can figure it out, the
situation in Nebraska is about this :
The men who are supporting Judson
Harmon are doing so not because they
love Harmon more but because they
like Bryan less. In otner words, the
bulk of the Harmon support comes
from men who believe that by secur
ing a Harmon delegation they can
humiliate Bryan. These are the men
who have not probably never will
forgive Bryan for having bolted Day
man two years ago. We have' been
watching reports from other states
with considerable care, but-we fail to
learn where the Harmon campaign is
being prosecuted with quite so much
vigor as in Nebraska. AIL of which
tends to confirm us in our suspicion
that the Harmon boom in Nebraska is
more against Bryan than for Harmon.
Judge Cosgrave administered a de
served rebuke to an attorney the other
day, and at the same time called atten
tion to a fact that some people are in
danger of losing 'sight of these days.
The defendant in a divorce case was
admittedly an adulterer, and when his
attorney called him a "gentleman of
much refinement and culture ", Judge
Cosgrave stopped proceedings long
enough to call attention to the fact
that morality was a component part
of "culture and refinement." In this
age of mad struggle for the almighty
dollar a lot of people are taking the
possession of money to mean the real
measure of manhood. It is time that
this idea be dismissed from the mind.
We are a much more loyal Ne'bras
kan than we are a loyal party man,
hence we protest against the attempt
now being made to manufacture demo
cratic political capital from the recent
unfortunate incidents in . connection
with the state prison.- Governor Aid
rich has been up against- a situation
not of his own creation ; the victim of
circumstances beyond his immediate
control. Instead of seeking to use
the situation for political effect, Ne
braskans should be joining with Gov
ernor Aldrich in endeavoring to rem
edy the causes that led to the recent
trouble. ..
With George W. Perkins, confiden
tial handy man of the steel trust, act
ing as Theodore Roosevelt 's,.messenger
boy. it is not difficult to see that Theo
dore is not going to lack for funds in
the prosecution of his ambition to be
president a third time. .
There is danger that both sides to
this controversy are losing sight of
the fact that Nebraska democracy has
something more to consider than the
mere control of the delegation to ,the
Baltimore convention. There is the
matter of electing a few congressmen, .
to say nothing of the. matter of. elect- .
ing a state ticket. We hear it said in
."Wilson quarters ' that if Harmon is .
nominated the chances of the demo-:
cratic state ticket are not worth two
whoops in Hade's. In Harmon quar
ters we hear it asserted that if Wilson
is nominated a democratic candidate's
chances for state office in Nebraska are .
about equal to that of successfully. ,
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