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About Will Maupin's weekly. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1911-1912 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1912)
Will Maupin's Weekly EDITED AND PUBLISHER BY HIMSELF ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR : Editorial Rooms, 436 Bankers Life Bldg. Auto Phone B2994 Publication Rooms, 126-132 North 14th Street Entered at the postofflce at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second-class mall matter, under the Act of tigress of Maxell I, 1871. WHY WE SUPPORT MOREHEAD. Will Maupin's Weekly is as independent politically as a porker oil ice. It owes nothing to any political party. Its editor is so inde pendent politically that he has actually voted for republicans, demo crats, prohibitionists and socialists for president of these United States. He voted for the prohibitionist and socialist because he didn't have a bit of confidence in either the republican or democratic candidates. This year Will Maipin's Weekly is supprting John II. More head for governor, not because he is a democrat but because he is the best man for the place. It is supporting Morehead because it wants a governor who will attend to the state's business just like he would attend to his own private business. It wants a governor who can be located when necessary. It wants a governor whose motto is not "inannana," and who knows his mind over night. It wants a governor who will not be a "good Lord" on Sunday and a some thing else on Monday. It wants a governor who will attend to busi ness and who believes that the state is entitled to a dollar's worth of goods or service for every dollar it pays out. It wants a business man instead of a self-seeking politician to administer the affairs of this great state. It wants less platforming and more performing; less bluster and more do ; fewer platitudes and more practice. This newspaper doesn't care a whoop about the political affilia tion of the man who happens to be its chief executive. But it does have some concern about the way the state's affairs are administered bv its chief executive. And believing that John II. Morehead is the man best fitted of those mentioned for the job, it is for Morehead first, last and all the time. ,If this is "politics," make the most of it. ' Ve ARMSTRONG'S TmTe erRcdiic idyim Safe :F the men of Lincoln realized fully the excellence of the values this sale offers them, the crowds that come here daily would be more thandoubled. Those who are buying: most liberals arft mpn whn are personally acquainted with the superiority of the merchandise carried by Armstrong's. To them buying suits at these prices is equiva lent to exchanging fifty-cent pieces in return for dollars. All Men's and Young Men's Suits ate Included USE LINCOLN BRICK, OP COURSE. Of course Lincoln-made brick ought to be used in the construe tion of the new Lincoln high school building. Certainly it is as good brick as can be made anywhere, and if it is good enough for huge business blocks in Lincoln it is good enough for a Lincoln school building. , If Mr. Ferguson's connection with the board of education is a bar to his company's dealing with the board in the sale of brick, let Mr. Ferguson resign. We wouldn't blame him a bit. He has given of his valuable time, without pay, to serve the people of this school district. To bar his company from doing business with the board because of his connection with it is splitting hairs infernally fine The competition is open, and all else being equal it is to the interests of Lincoln to award the contract to a Lincoln institution and we are for it. We have an awful lot of four-flushing reformers in this neck o' the woods, reformers who strain horribly at gnats and swallow camels with ease' and aplomb. After faithfully serving the school district for years, without any remuneration other than the satisfaction of performing a public duty, it is the acme of damphoolishnes to deny Mr. Ferguson's company a chance to supply the brick for the high school building simply because Mr. Ferguson happens to be a mem ber of the school board. Let's have a bit less of this so-called reform and a lot more intelligent application of the "home patronage' principle. ' A NARROW ESCAPE. Thanks to the indefatigable efforts of Acting Mayor Pratt, Lin coln escaped the disgrace of having any of its city officials accepting passes to the circus. . We shudder to think what might have hap pened if any of the officials had accepted a courtesy at the hands of circus agents after the aforesaid agents had paid every dollar of license fee demanded by the municipality. Had they done so the name of Lincoln would have been anathema from Alpha to Omaha, from Hell to Breakfast. But thanks to the patriotism and watchfulness of Acting Mayor Pratt, Lincoln escaped the damning disgrace. We of Lincoln owe a debt of gratitude to the acting mayor a debt not dischargable in dollars and cents, but dischargable only in constantly recurring thanks while he yet lives and a monument of bronze or marble after he shall have been called to enjoy the ultimate reward of the faithful public servant. A NEBRASKA BORN ORDER. On Thursday of this week was held in Lincoln the annual dis trict convention of the Royal Achates, a fraternal insurance order having its headquarters in Omaha. Delegates were present from Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri. The sessions, lasting one day, were held at the Lindell hotel. At the evening session the uniformed drill team from Omaha had charge of initiatory ceremonies and several candidates were put through. The Royal Achates was founded in Omaha some fourteen years ago, and has met with gratifying success. The lodge in Lincoln was the second one organized. The member ship is growing at a gratifying rate, and the members are loyal be cause of the merits of the protection offered and the lost cost of in surance. The Royal Achates started off where most of the fraternal companies are now starting, with adequate rates. As a result of business-like management the order is prosperous, a goodly reserve is carried ,and there is no danger of an increased rate. Irving G. Baright of Omaha is grand president of the order, and has been since its organization, because the rank and file has full confidence in his ability and integrity. The Kearney Hub is correct when it asserts that the state rail way commission has been overloaded. It has come to pass that whenever there is new work found it is shoved off upon the com mission. There is much complaint because the commission is not lowering commodity rates, -etc. But really it is not the fault of the commission that this is not done. Admittedly the rates are too high, but the commission is helpless until that infernal and iniquitous Sanborn decision is reversed. While that decision stands about all the commission can do with the railroads is demand the insertion of mw . ItAnarla i mr. JnmAl 1n4 Aumn n AAnnoiATiat fsnmi VvVkiiri em fill BUU1C UCW WELL UO HI UCJJU U 1 CI I LKJL UJ3, UU UCOOIUUOI Cl,X uuuiug vuv of depots, a cleaning up of stock yards and the dissenfecting of passenger coaches. o23) Buys any Spring or Summer Suit that sold at $35, $37.50 and $40. Buys any Spring or Summer Suit that sold at $25, $27.50 and $30. Buys any Spring or Summer Suit that sold at $16.50, $18 and $20. You can no more question the value of these clothes than you can question the stand ard value of American currency. "Hart Schaffner & Marx, " "Hirsh-Wickwire and "Fash ion Clothes,, are worth every penny of thier regular prices. We're selling them at these no-profit prices, although the high quality remains unchanged. BOYS' WASH SUITS-!i!.S,e sty,es made of Lot No. 1 Wash Suits worth to $2.50 at. $1.15 Lot No. 2 Wash Suits (! JC worth to $3.50 at. . . P 00 Lot No. 3 Wash Suits worth to $5.00 at. $2.45 Good Clothes Merchants les, the government statistics credit Nebraska with a wheat crop of 51,000,000 bushels. It will be remembered that while others were bemoaning the wheat conditions in Nebraska last spring, Will Maupin's Weekly was predicting a 50,000,000 bushel crop. We did this because we knew Nebraska. , To those Omaha sporting writers who predicted that the Rourkes would climb to the top over the shoulders of our Antelopes "Let him that putteth his armor on not boast like him that taketh it off." . 1 : Some Nebraskans who are too almighty smart to buy gold bricks have recently paid $250 an acre for orchard lands in the northwest that are not to be compared with the $100 orchard lands in Nebraska. By the way, the newspapers that are supporting Morehead for governor are doing it because they believe he is the best man for the position. He hasn't had any pie to give out conditionally. Some of these days there will be as many silos as hand separators in Nebraska. And that day is not far distant, either. When it comes Nebraska will be the foremost dairying state in the Union. William J. Bryan and James C. Dahlman are not issues in the Nebraska campaign, a number of distinterested patriots to the con trary notwithstanding. Police Chief Donahue of Omaha lost a foot through blood poison ing recently. Thia, too, after he came mighty near losing his head a few months ago. Judge Wright, as recommended by the state platform. We believe that a thorough investigation of Wright 's record as a judge will furnish enough evidence for impeachment. Either he is under un due influence or he lacks the gray matter required of a man who. occupies an exalted position upon the federal bench. ' ' The fact that Mr. Bryan did not try to secure a nomination at Baltimore was a deadly insult to a lot of Mr. Bryan's bitter enemies. Buy it in Nebraska, and while getting . the best keep your money at home where you'll get another chance at it. Of course you are coming to the State Fair., It will be the biggest and best ever. . , i Nebraska needs more business and less bushwa in the adminis tration of her affairs. What Nebraska needs is more boosters and fewer Bull Moochers. Gee! Kansas seems to be bleeding again. When nothing else offers, boost for Nebraska ! Constitutional amendment pie with the conditional sauce pro vided is very apt to disagree with the digestive apparatus of some of its consumers. The railroad company that admits a car shortage now ought to be compelled to pay the storage charges on the grain awaiting shipment. The Annual Harvest Home and Labor Day edition of Will Maupin's Weekly will be a hummer with horns and a seven-times winner. , 1 If you miss Will Maupin's Weekly next week, don't holler. Wait a week and get a copy that will be worth several regular issues. A little more water power and a b.it less jaw power would be to the advantage of Nebraska. An epidemic of serious sickness is beginning to show up in the ranks of the federal judiciary. Nebraska's democratic delegation in congress is going after ine aeatn ot tne Mikado of Japan is to be regretted. Not be cause he was a wise ruler, for we have no evidences that he was even a ruler. But because the people of Japan reverenced him and 1 a i. m-i . t - . . ioyea mm. ine Japanese are pretty much up to date, and their mikado, or emperor, is more of a figurehead than anything else. In short, he is but the personification of an acres old ideal. The new Japan is fairly well weaned away from the old traditions. j 'ST (5j I - D 0 i u u u v- uri. i . THF FNTOF rHFYFNNF SWVn I '-mm' fV mm $13,000 IN RACES Worth am Fp Ai i f n Shows MELLt VGfT?ACES RreWORks
