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About Will Maupin's weekly. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1911-1912 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 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 poatofflca at Lincoln. Nebraska, as second-class mall matter, under the Act of cress of March t. 1171. WE APPRECIATE THIS House of Representatives U. S, Washington, D. C, Aug. 7, 1912. Mr. Will Maupin, Lincoln, Nebr. My Dear Will: I have just read your article on Collier's boost of Colorado. It is the cleverest and best thing I have read in a long time. J. have just been reading your paper for a month now as they failed to forward it to me from Fremont until recently. I have planned to write you whenever I read one of the issues of the Weekly to tell you of my appreciation of the effective manner in which you are constantly boosting good, old Nebraska. I was also delighted with the plank in the democratic platform pledging our members in the legislature to support a publicity, appropriation. I think that is one of the best planks in the platform, and I hope that- the next legislature will appropriate a liberal sum for advertising the resources of Nebraska, and that the next governor, whoever he may be, will have the good sense to put the biggest and best booster in charge of this fund. The work of Congress is about over now and we are going to start home within the next ten days, at least we are hoping to.' With best wishes to you, I am, . Your friend, DAN V. STEPHENS. AS WE UNDERSTAND IT. As we understand the gubernatorial situation in Nebraska the question is not whether the man we shall elect should know all about the tariff, but whether he is a levelheaded businses man instead of a cheap politician; not whether he shall be capable of standing up before a Chautauqua audience and posing as one whose heart aches for the people, but whether he has the backbone to enforce ordniary' business rules in the conduct of the state's business; not whether he can grace a pulpit or a dogfight, but whether he is capable of looking after the state's business and willing to do it instead of gallivanting off to boast about his wonderful record as a "reformer." If we know anything about the temper of Nebraska voters they have about made up their minds that what they want for governor is a business man who will attend to business, not a man who will leave the state's business in the hands of clerks while he fills lecture dates and pulpits. They want a man who will see to it that the state's institutions are run on a business basis, not left to the tender mercies of men appointed to pay political debts. They want a man who can speak of other men in terms of respect, even though differ ing in opinion, and not a man who imagines that he must abuse and villify those who are not in accord with him. They want a man who knows his own mind over night, not a man who can give a weathervane points on shifting to catch each passing breeze. They want a man whose private business record is such as to commend him as a man capable of managing the immense affairs of a com monwealth, not a man who imagines that he ought to devote his time to discussing questions that have nothing to do with state govern ment. We do not care a fig about John Morehead's views upon the tariff; we know that he is a successful business man who will, if elected, insist that the state's affairs be managed on a strict business basis. We do not care a rap about John Morehead's views upon the Aldrich currency scheme; we know that if elected he will have nothing to do with the adoption or rejection of that scheme, but will devote his time to seeing to it that the state gets a dollar's worth of service for every dollar it expends, and that he will do the work the people pay him to do instead of absenting himself from his office two-thirds of the time to play politics. We do not care a rap about, John Morehead's views on infant baptism, or foreordination, or immersion or predestination or probation; we know that he advocates those reforms that the people are demanding, and that his advocacy has not been confined to lip service or mere platform pos ing. We don't care the snap of a finger what his church affiliations are, or whether he has any; we know that his private life has been clean, that he stands well with his neighbors, that his record as a business man is without blemish, that he is public spirited, and that he is a good neighbor and a staunch friend. We know that he is not a polished orator, but we do know that he never passes his word without due consideration, and that once passed he stands by his promises. We have known John Morehead for twenty-five years. During all that time we have never heard him charged with doing any man an injury, never heard him charged with doing a wrongful act, never heard him accused of sharp practice. No man has ever dared to stand forth and accuse John Morehead of wronging .him out of a penny. If we understand the temper of the voters of Nebraska they want just the kind of a man John Morehead is to act as chief execu tive of this state. They want that kind of a man because they want a business administration of the state's affairs. They can get Chau tauqua lecturers at the rate of $5 a dozen, and the woods are full of men who are willing to shed barrels of tears over the woes of the dear people at so much per shed. They want a governor with whom they can talk business in a businesslike way without being compelled to listen to tirades of abuse. As we understand it, the voters of Nebraska are growing mighty weary of flub-dub and pretense, and are anxious to secure the serv ices of a man who has demonstrated his business ability to the extent that he may safely be entrusted with the job of attending to the state's immense business interests. The voters are pretty well bent upon securing the reforms they want, and are not greatly in need of liny political Moses. . They want their public business attended to ; they'll attend to the reform end of the game. If the gentleman who predicted a dry fall in Nebraska will call at this office he will be handed something greatly to his disadvantage. Nebraska owns more automobiles per hundred population than any other state. And that is not the only thing she leads in, either. The German Day celebration in Lincoln is a credit to the Ger- man-American citizens who promoted it. But it is such a big cele bration that it is unfair to ask German-Americans to carry it alone. Everybody ought to help. . 1 When You're; in a Hurry you'll find that we can save you a lot of time buying clothes; that's one of the advantages of ready-made gar ments; doesn't take long to get a fit and a style you want. Rut savin c timp ir nnlv nart rvf the nrlvanrsmroo- saving money is another part of it; and getting a reliable guarantee of fit and satisfaction another. Hart, Shaffner & Marx and Hirsh-Wickwire make our fine clothes; they cost less and are better than the made-to-measure kind you'll get Finest Values-'- $18.00 to $40.00 Exceptional Values $15, $20 and $25 Drop in and see how you like your self in the New Fall Stetsons, Schoeble and Dunlap Hats. ARMSTRONG CLOTHING CO. GOOD CLOTHES MERCHANTS Chester HY Aldrich arrogates to himself all the. credit for the law lowering freight rates 15 per cent. The truth is that Senator OUis is the father of that law. Senator Ollis introduced, a bill to that end in a republican legislature and saw it defeated. Two years latter, as a ljesult of the storm of protest against the defeat of the 0113 bill, a similar bill was enacted into law. The time has come for Nebraska to elect state officials because of their fitness for the jobs to which they aspire, not because of their views upon the tariff or the currency. Colorado democrats had an opportunity to nbminate a Maupin for governor. The fact that Coloradans neglected the opportunity is a reflection upon their intelligence. Nebraska is not going to produce a bumper corn crop this year. But she is going to produce a big crop of corn, and she is going to show up as well, or better, per acre, as any other state. A Good Place To Go When one is troubled with tired and sore feet it makes life miserable and relief is ' sought. So many people do not realize it is in ill-fitting footwear. If this seems to be your trouble we advise that you call at the Cincinnatti Shoe Store, 142 North Twelfth street. They say, "It pays us better to please you it brings you back. That's why we please." You will find our shoes fi table and durable and at money saving prices. Come in and see our line. , CINCINNATTI SHOE STORE 142 North 12th street. Read "Experiences of a Booster"- in another column. interest you. It will The state board of irrigation has put off , for another two weeks a decision in tne lioup river power site contest, in tne meantime men with millions of money are waiting for an opportunity to invest in the development of Nebraska's splendid water works. What Ne braska needs is better business management and less political four-flushing.. While other states are building interurban lines and developing local business by a policy of liberality, Nebraska goes along. under! the same old dog-in-the-manger policy. Not a mile of electric rail way construction in the state during the last year. Not a single natural resource awaiting development that has been touched. And the men who are anxious to take hold and do things are hampered and obstructed on every side. It is high time for a change of policy. Evidently the automobile hasn't put the horse out of business yet, else why all this flurry over the epidemic among our equines ? We favor the creation of an immigration agent and pub licity bureau, to the end that our vast areas of tillable land in the western part of the state may be brought to the atten tion of the landless people elsewhere. From the platform of the progressive Republicans of .Nebraska. THIS LABEL ON YOUR PRINTING PEsgfl COUNCIL ; g TRADES (jgHCf TTp Is proof that it was printed iii an 8-hour Lf shop, manned by Union workers, drawing II good wages and working under mutually satisfactory conditions. This newspaper is printed in a shop Union in all Departments. Demand this label on your printing WAGEW0RKER5, ATTENTION We have Money to Loan on Chattels. Plenty of it- Utmost Secrecy. Kelly & Norrls Room I, I03-4 0 THE CENTRAL . National Bank of Lincoln Capital (16C.000.OO Surplus and Undivided Profits $50,000.00