VOLUME 9
CHAMP CLARK'S BOOM
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Champ Clark of Missouri is looming
almighty high upon the presidential
horizon. There is no mistaking the
fact that Clark sentiment has been
v growing rapidly of late, especially In
Nebraska. That he occupies the stra
tegic position in the democratic free-for-all
is the "pole hoss" is pretty
generally admitted. And why notf
If the democratic party wins this
presidential election it will be upon
the .record now in the making by a
democratic house under the leadership
of Speaker Champ Clark. This demo
cratic house could and yet may
make it as impossible to elect a demo
crat president as it would be to es
tablish a refrigerating plant in Hades.
But right now that record promises
to yield results in the shape of a gold
en opportunity to elect a democrat to
the presidency. And when democrats
come to cast about for the logical can
didate, why should they overlook the
one democrat yet mentioned who is
making, and has helped to make, the
record upon which success must be
won if won at all Champ Clark of
Missouri.
Every democrat worthy of the name
is demanding a "progressive" candi
date. Is there a progressive demo
crat who doubts the progressiveness of
Champ Clark t As well doubt the pro
gressiveness of Bob LaFollette, wnom
we hope to see nominated for the
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presidency by the republicans. Is there
the least suspicion that Champ Clark
has not always been true to the
party and its principles! Any suspi
cion that his conversion to democratic
principles is too recent !
Because it believes Champ Clark
the best man the democrats could nom
inate, "Will Maupin's Weekly is for
him. We are not so much interested
in his "availability" as we are in the
Nebraska and
Her Resources
He History and
Possibilties
Chalk Talk Lecture
BY
Will M. Maupm
XIXCOIjN, NEBRASKA, APRIL 12,
fact that he is the right kind of a
man. This newspaper wants to see
both parties pat up jits best man.
It has too much patriotism to want
a weak man nominated in order to
make more certain the election of a
strong man. It wants to see the two
parties put up candidates . of such
worth that no matter which party wins
the people will have the services of
good, true men. This little news
paper is a lot more interested in the
triumph of principle than it is in the
election of any man or set of men. It
is interested in men only as they give
promise of the willingness and - the
ability to bring about the triumph
of the principles which most of us
advocate,' even if we do so under
different party names. I .
And "Will Maupin's Weekly believes
that of the democratic candidates for
the presidential nomination Champ
Clark stands head and shoulders above
them all in the willingness and the
ability to bring about the reforms ad
vocated by progressive democracy. And
this is said in no spirit of derogation
of other candidates. ,
MOREHEAD THE MAN.
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The withdrawal of Chas. W. Pool
from the gubernatorial contest leaves
two democratic candidates John H.
Morehead and Richard L. Metcalfe.
The republicans will have Governor
Aldrich to head the state ticket. We
are sorry that Charley Pool did not
originally file for secretary of state as
he would have been nominated and
elected to that place an office that
pays reasonably well and which he
richly deserves. The primary contest
between Morehead and Metcalfe ought
to be friendly as both are excellent
men and the man who is nominated de
serves the united support of those who
demand a better state administration.
The Democrat pledged itself early in
the game to Lieutenant Governor More
head, and we believe he should be nom
inated. Democrats who want to carry
Nebraska this year must see that a
known business democrat heads the
state ticket. Mr. Morehead is such a
man, and will command a strong vote
among business people generally and
in using the word business people we
mean all classes of men. One need
only visit southeastern Nebraska to
realize how strong a candidate he
really will be. Hastings Democrat.
The report that Clark will withdraw
from the primaries in Nebraska is, of
course, unfounded unless it be that
he gets so far ahead that there's noth
ing to it. And that's the very thing
that's likely to happen. '
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JOHN H. RKOREHEAB
There are a hundred or more re
forms needed in Nebraska. We need
a governor who is a cool-headed,
level-headed, experienced business
man; a man who knows the business
game and who has played it square
and with success. It is because Will
Maupin's Weekly wants to see "a
governor of that kind that it is advo
cating the nomination of John H.
Morehead by the democrats of Nebras
ka. Mr. Morehead has enough initia
tive to push these reforms, and the
business ability to put them into suc
cessful practice. One of the first re
forms he would insist upon would be
the abolition of the infamous prison
labor contract, system and the found
ing of a system that would make the
state prison a reformatory instead of
a place over the entrance to which
might now be placed the inscription
over Dante's "Inferno," "Abandon
hope all ye who enter here." . He
would put men in charge, of the state's
institutions because they were the
right men for the place, not because
they played politics. He would give
to' the solution of the tax problem the
same keen business ability that , has
marked his own private business. He
would not be misled by sentimental-,
ists. 1 -t . '
John ' H. Morehead is a progressive
democrat progressive in the broadest
interpretation of 'that term. His per
sonal platform is a frank, concise state
ment upon the questions now most
vitally concerning the people of the'
state. He stands for those reforms
that are based upon common sense. He
is not the candidate of any faction, nor
is he in any wise bound up with in
terests inimical to the welfare of the
whole people. John H. Morehead is
today as free from the control of any
faction or special interest as any man
that ever stood for the gubernatorial
nomination. His life's record will re
fute any charge that he is not a free
agent, save as he is bound by honor to
act as the agent of the whole people.
The governor who will push and
then put into successful operation the
two reforms outlined above will have
done a man's work. Mr. Morehead
will do this, and more if possible.
He believes that the man who is elect
ed governor owes his entire time to
the state and should remain on duty
all the time. If nominated and elect
ed he will act according to this belief.
In the humble judgment of this
newspaper it would benefit the people
of Nebraska far more to bring about a
few reforms in state government
through the election of a man like
A lecture that will inspire love
of the state. Peculiarly adapted
for school and college meetings.
Should be delivered under the
auspices of commercial clubs every
where in the state. Full of fads
and figures about Nebraska, pre
sented in an interesTing and novel
way. For terms and dates address
Will M. Maupin, Room 436
Bankers Life Building
Lincoln, Nebraska
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John H. Morehead, than it would to
elect this man or that man president
of the United States. "We of Nebras
ka have given all of our attention to
national politics for so long that we
have come mighty close to overlook
ing the necessity of paying some atten
tion to state issues.
ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE.
Wouldn't the. progressives in both
of the old parties be in clover if the
republicans nominated LaFollette and
the democrats nominated Clark T Under
such conditions we would be almost
tempted to go fishing on election day,
serenely confident that no matter
which i- one was elected the people
would be the gainers.
'Will Maupin's Weekly has always
had' a "great admiration for LaFollette.
It loves a fighter who knows he is
fighting for the right and will not be
defeated though often repulsed. It
. takes moral courage of an unusually
high order to make the fight that La
Follette has made. And it takes sin
cerity that can not be questioned.
There are a lot oi men in the republi
can party who are great reformers
and thorough progressives today who
. sneered . at LaFollette and called him
a "disturber'? and a near-democrat '
:a few years ago. L They, are falling all 3
' over one 'another "to avow- the same 3
beliefs that LaFollette is voicing today.
Will Maupin's Weekly does not agree
with all of LaFollette 's utterances and
beliefs, but it does agree with so many
of them that it is quite willing to over
look the few points of difference. ' La
Follette, for instance, is . a staunch
protectionist, although he believes in:
tariff reduction. We are opposed to
"protection" in whole and-in. part.
He opposed reciprocity because he
feared it would lead to free trade ; we
favored it for that very reason. But
what's all that got to do with admir
ing a man who agrees with us on so
many things? Because he is in favor
of a protective tariff wouldn't induce
LaFollette to knuckle . under to the
tariff barons. Nobody imagines for
a minute that he would take his cue
from Wall street. Not much ! And
it is because he would fight for, "the
plain people while president, just as he
has fought for them during all, these
years, we hope to see him nominated
by the republicans. This non-partisan
newspaper, edited, by a mighty liberal
democrat, wants results a whole lot
more than it wants any kind of a parti
san victory that will end with a mere
shout of partisan triumph. 1
FLOYD SEYBOLT.
If the democrats of Nebraska fail
to nominate Floyd Seybolt, for gover- ,
nor they will have made a mistake.
First, because his business training
peculiarly fits him for the place. Sec
ond, because he has shown all the ear
marks of a good campaigner. For
twenty years he has been engaged in
the banking and investment business,
thereby, becoming thoroughly versed .
in all the intricacies of bond invest
ments a knowledge that the state
treasurer of Nebraska must have if he
does what he is employed to do. Ac
tively, but with dignity, Mr. Seybolt
has made his campaign all over the
state, meeting the voters personally
and frankly telling them about him
self. He points with pardonable pride '-to-
the success that has been his in his.
own business career,. And certainly
that record entitles him to the careful
consideration of his party associates on
primary day. Mr. Seybolt has no rela
tives now holding public positions.
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