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WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR
Published Weeklv at 137 No. J 4th
St., Lincoln, Neb. One Dollar a Year.
Entered as second-class matter April
1, 1904, at the postofflce at Lincoln,
N'eb., under the Act of Congress 01
YTarch 3rd, 1S79.
"Printer' Ink," the recog
nized authority on advertis
ing, after a thorough investi
gation on thie subject, says: '
"A labor paper is a far bet
ter advertising medium than
an ordinary newspaper in
comparison with circulation.
A labor paper, for example,
having 2,000 subscribers is of
more value to the business
man who advertises in if
thi an ordinary paper with
12,000 subscribers."
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WHOLE HOG OR NONE.
The Wugeworker's good friend, II.
H. Hardy than whom no finer gen
tleman of the old school is left with
us continues his warfare on King
Alcohol, and as a sort of side issue
to keep himself in good physical con
dition, also takes a poke at Prince To
bacco. Mr. Hardy Insists upon the
total prohibition of liquor right now,
and the very near prohibition of to
bacco. Hut why stop with these things?
Why not go right on and by the sim
ple expedient of enacting a law or
aa ordinance maKe eacn ana every
one of us the proper recipient of an
gtlic wings, and thus save us from
the necessity of moral exertion? It
i:s just as easy as stumbling over a
l.ioken scantling. All yon have to do
is to hitch an 4nacting clause to hu
manity, back it up with a constable's
club and there you are!
Hut, as we heretofore inquired, why-
stop with whisky and tobacco? Why
r.ot prohibit coffee, which contains al
most as many varieties of "poison as
Heinze has pickles? Why not prohibit
the lucioirs oyster which is loaded to
tre gunwales with typhoid " germs?
Why not prohibit tea, which has made
i'.ervcus wrecks of the good sisters?
Why not prohibit the baking of poor
and sour bread, which has driven
many a husband and father to the
restaurants and thus to his gastrono
mic doom? Why not cure all the ills
that distress us by legislative enact
ment?
And having doue all these things,
le. us proceed further and legislate
good into the minds and hearts of
men. What's the use of wasting an
other nineteen hundred years trying
io reform the world by preaching the
doctrines of the Man of Nazareth?
Kvery preacher in the land who is be
seeching the aid of man-made law is
confessing that the gospel of Jesus
Christ has failed. And having thus
confessed and sought the aid of legis
lative enactment and the constabul
ary's club, why not keep right on?
If we have a right to prohibit a man
from doing that which we deem a
moral injury to him, have we not the
right to conipehhim to do that which
w deem a moral benefit to him? If
we may say that he shall not do this
and that on the Lord's day, have we
not a right to say what he shall do?
And if we say that a man shall not
visit a saloon in an orderly manner
within reasonable hours, shall we not
also say that he must visit the church
of our particular belief at the hours
we deem reasonable? If we may by
law say what a man shall drink, shall
we not also say what he shall eat,
and wear, and think and dream?
Why take any half-way- steps in this
it-form by statuatory enactment when
it. is so easy to take the whole step
at once? We are going to wipe out
the whole drink evil by the mere en
actment of an ordinance. It is so
simple and so easy on paper. For
nineteen hundred years the church
has been laboring under the delusion
that the Man of Nazareth laid down
a plain- and simple rule for the saving
of humanity, for did He not say, "And
I if I be liftej up, will draw all men
unto me!" And now we have found
what an awful mistake has been ram
pant all these centuries. ' It has at
last dawned upon us that the gospel
or the Nazarene Is helpless In the
face of modern sins, and that our only
salvation is a city ordinance and a
squad of special sneaks and spies.
Having discovered it let us act, and
at once. Let us enact the proper
ordinances, then we can close our
churches,- dismiss our pastors, burn
our Bibles, recall our missionaries.
abandon our schools, and with folded
hands and sanctimonious faces we can
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joyfully sit and await the dawning
or the millenium which is just around
the legislative corner.
TWO PROPOSITIONS.
Lincoln needs an adequate high
school building and needs it now.
And there could be no better time than
new to make a move looking towards
acquiring it. In order to build it
bonds must be issued or a heavy levy
made and the money accumulated.
No matter how the money is raised,
it should be raised now. A lot of idle
capital shoul-J be taxed into circula
tion, giving employment to labor.
The park bond proposition should
lx- pushed. Ninety cents out of every
dollar voted for park purposes will be
expended for labor.
Working men who have children to
educate and must educate them in the
public schools should insist upon a
high school worthy of the name. They
should also insist that the city which
they are making rich and prosperous
provide them with parks iu which they
and their children may find rest and
t -creation.
The high school matter is not yet
fully mapped out. But the park porp
osition can be pushed now. The mode
of procedure is simple. Just sign the
petition that is being circulated, and
then ask your neighbors to sign. The
petition will be filed with the city
clerk and the city council will sub
n.it the proposition under the referen
dum iaw. Then the bonds will be
vo;ed and issued.
Let us secure the park bonds now,
and be ready to vote the high school
bonds when the time comes.
By farming out the city prisoners
the city can avoid paying taxes for
tne maintenance of a city jail, says
W. A. Woodward. These are not his
exact words, but the convey his mean-'
ing. By depriving honest and free
men of a means of livelihood we can
force them to steal, and that will in
sure an adequate supply of prisoners.
Some of our city statesmen possess
heads so long they have to go to a
vacant lot to turn around.
Brother Batten figures out that Lin
coln's drink bill amounts to about $1,
2EO.0OO a year. After carefully con
sidering the matter we are going to
demand a legislative enactment com
pelling the men who put it up to di
vert it into a fund for the furnishing
of dress suits and decollete gowns
for the naked cannibals of the 'Fiji!
islands.
Many homes have been ruined bv
liquor, and many homes have tbeen
ruined by too much "club life." AVe
are going- to demand an ordinance
forbidding mothers to attend club
rneetiiigs after 6 p. m. ' The more we
go into this reform by legislative en
actment the better we like it.
Chief Stone of the Locomotive En
gineers says the brotherhood will not
ctnsent to a wage reduction. The" en
gineers haven't been doing anything
else for twelve years. T-vlay' they are
rendering. 300 per cent, move service
than ever before, and their wages have
temained practically stationary.
William J. Bryan has made many
splendid banquet speeches, but the
one he delivered at the banquet of
ttt- New York Economic club was the
prize winner. It was non-partisan,
and every western man, no matter
what is his vocation, should read it
It shows -Bryan at his best.
Physicians tell us that throat
trouble is often brought on by leaving
the throat un protected. W'e are going
to demand an ordinance requiring all
adults, male and female, to raise' chin
whiskers. Reform by ordinance is
Mich a great thing we are going to
push it to the limit.
We favor an ordinance providing a
jail sentence for every wife who-com-
pfls her husband to eat sour bread.
The more we look at this matter of
reformation by ordinance the better
we like it. '
-
The Typographical Union made a
good impression on the Nebraska
Press association, and made ' the
union's silver anniversary an event
lcng to be remembered with pleasure.
The employer may boycott a union
man, but the union man goes to jail
it he boycotts an employer. And the
court that so decides insists upon be
ing shown great respect.
And maybe the Musicians' Protec
tive Union did not do itself proud with
its first annual ball. The Wageworker
is mighty proud of the "baby union."
Having had their "protest" graft
shut off, several syhster lawyers see
in prohibition a chance to earn some
more of the same kind of money.
The workingmen who have made
Lincoln should now insist that Lincoln
provide them with adequate park fa
cilities. -
When courts are more respectable
fiiey will be assured of more respect.
George Wilson's article on "The
Labor Skate" should be read and
digested by every union man.
After living for six weeks on water
Noah got so drunk he made a spec
tacle of himself. That was the prize
tumble from the water wagon.
Watch for the picture of the pro
posed Labor Temple. It will fire you
with an ambition to have some part
in making it a reality.
The most modern version will doubt
less read: "Go ye into all the worts
with a legislative enactment and a
squad of constables and force the gos
pel onto every creature."
When the law of gravity will force
a body heavier than the atmosphere to
fall upward then legislative enact
ment will be able to change human
nature.
We are going to demand an ordin
ance compelling all men to believe as
we believe. That will insure things
leing run to our liking. Say, this re
form-by-ordinance bug is working
mighty lively!
An Illinois labor exchange suggests
tbat the democrats of that state nom
inate John Mitchell for governor,
liiat's a joke. John Mitchell is a
republican, and besides, the democrats
of Illinois do not think enough of
the labor vote to nominate a union
man for any office.
Ambition in the rooted nettle of the
selfish soul.
A good man and cause is never fi
nally defeated.
Dullards are born, so and not made
by the schools. ' .,!
Japan, having looked about the
world a bit, knows that cabinet crises
are harmless.
Morocco, having had a taste of gen
eral disorder, will not be satisfied un
til it gets the whole jug.:
France is buying so many airships
th'at it looks as if the French govern
ment desired to start a museum of in
conclusive inventions.
Cuba may as well begin planning to
celebrate its newest Fourth of July,
for Irncle Sam is going to give it an;
other chance to be good. r.
Chinese claim to have discovered
"graft" prior to any other nation.
Their political system might well
serve as a horrible example.
No, inquiring reader,- the language
talked by grip victims is not Esper
anto, but it is certainly some kin to
a universal tongue this winter.
The czar may send editors to Si
beria, but is powerless to prevent an
enormous number of uncensored nov
els' from circulating around the globe.
There are 80,000 more women than
men in Massachusetts. It will be nec
essary for the leap year girl who expects-
to succeed in that state to start
early.
The Mosquito Indians are indulging
in an uprising, and the '; people who
believed they were harmless individu
als will probably feel that they have
been "stung." '
Gradually the recalcitrants are be
coming reconciled to the absence of
the motto that formerly adorned the
new coins. Anyhow, they are making
less fuss about iL
' If this money scarcity in Germany
keeps up much longer some peerless
leader over there will be tempted to
propose the free and unlimited coin
age of frankfurters.1
. A convention of scientists has an
other peculiarity, if we mistake not.
You don't have to. take up ' a collec
tion to defray the expenses in order to
induce it to come here. , .
Dr. Siebel has discovered how every
human body can make its own elec
tricity. Now let him show how every
body can be his own patent medicine
and make us all happy.
A superficial investigation might
lead one to wonder if somebody had
not been making a bunch of graft
from the purchase of hose for the
New York fire department.
Count Witte and Gen. Kuropatkio
are fighting over" the war between
Russia and Japan. - It is not expected,
however, that either of them will suc
ceed in taking Manchuria.
,,. A " famous Mexican volcano is foi
sale. It would not be a bad idea fot
some of the fire-eaters in congress to
invest in its sulphurously eruptive
qualities as an aid' to their oratory.'
.A man in New York committed sui
cide because his wife stayed out late
at night. It is a pretty good thing that
the average woman is not affected to
such an extent by a recreant husband.
"Lord Curzon would like Ho sit In
the house of lords," says the Chicago
Post. Meanwhile Ireland, which Is
expected to assist in the process,
shows some disposition to sit on Lord
Curzon. . - t - .. ' -.
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