TH
WAGEWOEK
VOLUME 7
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 22
NUMBER 18
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BILLY MAJOR'S
THE SAME CONTAINING A FEW
MATTERS OF MORE OR LESS
It is interesting to note the comment
made by the Omaha newspapers on
the turn out of the Lincoln Ad Club
to the convention of advertising men
held in the Nebraska metropolis. In
point of numbers, in point of appear
ance, and in point of enthusiasm, the
Lincoln delegation was easily first at
that big convention. There were some
things about the Lincoln turn-out that
should have been avoided, but of these
more is said in another column. But
clearly Lincoln was entitled by every
right of courtesy to recognition for
having helped more than any other
city to make Omaha's big convention
a success. It took a special train of
seven coaches to carry the Lincoln vis
itors to Omaha; every visitor carried
a multi-colored umbrella, and every
Lineolnite was boosting for Omaha and
singing its 1prtuBC- Yet here is the
comment made by the Omaha Bee :
"Lincoln also made a splendid show
ing in the parade, but, of course, the
novelty of the Missouri mules attracted
the greater part of attention."
Never before have we so fully real
ized the truth of the old adage, "birds
of a feather flock together." This may
be sufficient '' explanation of why the
Omahans were so intent on paying
homage to the Missouri .mules instead
of to the stalwart men and handsome
women who made up the splendid dele
gation from Lincoln.
The "World-Herald was a little bit
more fulsome in its compliments to the
Lincoln delegation. The World-Herald
had two items about it. Here is one:
"The big Lincoln delegation was also
very much in evidence. The delegates
from the capital city marched around
the convention hall and turned every
thing upside down just to show that
they could do it. Then they swept
things back into their places again to
facilitate opportunities for doing some
lively boosting. It was certainly a
rare treat to see the St. Joseph and
Lincoln delegations in action."
All that, mind you, for a delegation
leading a seven-car special, handsomely
equipped, loudly enthusiastic for Om
aha, asking neither office nor favors
and only intent on helping the sister
city of Omaha, to make a showing that
would reflect credit not only upon
Omaha but upon the state of Nebras
ka. In another place the World-Herald
said :
"The Lincoln Boosters filed across
the stage at the Boyd in a manner
which was sadly suggestive of passing
around to view the remains."
In view of all that happened that
is just what the Lincoln boosters did
they filed across the stage to gaze sadly
upon the remains of a dead courtesy,
a deceased politeness, a defunct neigh
borliness on the part of a Nebraska
city.
, . One thing that the Lincoln boosters
were convinced of that there is a big
element in Omaha so busily engaged
in "knocking" Lincoln that it has no
time left in which to boost Omaha.
That condition of affairs is by no means
repugnant to this city. Time spent
by Omahans in "knocking" on Lincoln
can not be devoted to pushing Omaha;
, to- the front. There are a great many
people in Omaha a majority, in fact
who realize this and are merely boost
ing Omaha. "With all such the boosters
of Lincoln will gladly join hands.
Every- Lincoln visitor to the conven
tion of Associated Ad Clubs of Airier
ica at Omaha this week came back
singing the praises of Omaha as a city
that knows how to entertain a conven
tion of big, bright, brainy business
men, and knowing, proceeded to do it
according to Iloyle. All Omaha was
at the disposal of the visitors not
the perfunctory "welcome to our city"
but the genuinely hospitable welcome
that makes the stranger within the
gates hang his hat on the hall tree, '
seize the easiest chair in the parlor and
prepare to make himself at home. The
reception committee of the Omaha Ad
Club was everywhere all the time, and
DOPE CARD
UNBIASED OPINIONS ABOUT
INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC.
all they needed to do to get assistance
in caring for the guests was to spot
an Omaha man and say, "come on."
The Omaha men, regardless of creed,
politics, business persuasion or profes
sional occupation lined up and pro
, J 1 J, ,1 1 , 1 Tj
ceeaea to extend tne giaa nana
was simply great. '
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The convention was made up of the
brightest lights in the world of pub
licity and the world of publicity con
tains the brightest minds in the busi
ness world, and don't you forget it.
Men like Charles Warren Fairbanks,
ex-vice president of the United States,
Governor Eberhard of Minnesota, an
ex-Dixon county, Nebraska boy ; Ar
thur Brisbane, the highest-salaried edi
torial writer in the world ; Joe Mitchell
Chappelle, editor of one of the repub
lic 's foremost magazines; Lafe Young,
of the Des Moines Capital and one of
the best known newspaper men in the
country, and others of like mental and
business stature, were there to learn
and to teach. Any city would be hon-
ored to entertain such a convention,'
and Omaha "made good" in every
way. Linooln has something of a repu
tation as a convention city, but the
200 or more Lincoln boosters who were
in Omaha the first of this week learned
a lot about taking care of conventions.
Let this much be frankly admitted.
Much has been said about the feel
ing of "jealousy" existing between
Omaha and Lincoln. If there is any
such feeling it is monopolized by Oma
ha. The Nebraska, metropolis has many
things that Lincoln does not have and
does not want, but Lincoln could learn
a flot in the way of "pull together," -civic
pride and civic push from the
men of Omaha who are building upon
the edge of the once Great American
Desert a real city. The sooner Lincoln
gets out from under the hypnotic sway
of a lot of "fol-dc-rol-ers" and pro
ceeds to get under the management
of men who can look further ahead
than protruding signs and "city beau
tiful" and fruit stands, and street beg
gars, and narrow puritanism that leads
only to hypocrisy, the better it . will
be for Lincoln. The men who already
have should be willing," for a time at
least, to give those of us who have yet
to get, a chance to make honest liveli
hoods without being handicapped by
a lot of civic flub-dub.
Mayor Pet Clayton , of St. Joseph
headed the St. Joseph Ad Club bunch
at Omaha. Mayor Love was invited
to head the Lincoln delegation, but
it seems that he ,had a dinner engage
ment, or something similar, and could
not, therefore, accept the invitation.
St. Joseph is advertised by having a
mayor like Pet. Clayton. Advertising
is always desirable publicity is often
a disadvantage. !
By the way, why all this pussy-footing
about the proposed new city char
ter? What's the scheme? It has been
months since a word has been heard
from the committees appointed to
draft, the aforesaid instrument and
have it ready for the legislature. Going j '
to work the same dodge over that was
worked a couple of years ago? If that
is attempted it will meet with the same
fate that was meted out to the pussy
foot methods then. All this talk about
adopting a "Lincoln plan" that will be
the model for progress in the line of
civic government is worse than rot.
Let's have done with what the late
Senator Ingalls called "damned barren
idealities" and get down to brass tacks.
Let's have a charter framed in time
to have it thoroughly discussed in all
its phases and xassed upon by the peo
ple not by any such so-called vote as
was had upon the late lamented abor
tion, but a genuine referendum, after
and not before. What aN majority of
the real wprkers of the city want is
a charter containing, among other .
things, the following provisions:
The initiative, referendum and recall. .
Absolute fixing t of responsibility.
A board of commissioners paid ade-
quate salaries and holding each com-i
missioner absolutely responsible for
the conduct of his department.
Civil service in every department of
the city government.
Adequate provision for parks and
boulevards.
And the men who will demand all,
or most, of these things, will not stand
for pussy-footing . or the idealistic
schemes of a lot - of ' feather-headed
dreamers. -..;'
A number of employers in Lincoln
and Omaha are seeaingly laboring un
der the impression that they can em
ploy children between the ages of 14
and 16 during vacation without a per
mit from the superintendent of schools.
This is not the case. No child under 14
is permitted to work in any capacity
as a wage earner. All children be
tween 14 and 16 must have a vacation
permit. The deputy labor commission
er discovered more than thirty young
girls under 16 years of age working
without permits in a Lincoln institu
tion. They were immediately notified
to cease work until such time as they
""could secvire legal permits. Employers
should read up on the law and take
steps to avoid troubltj.
LABOR TEMPLE BENEFIT.
Tendered by the Fulton Stock Com
pany and Manager Zehrung ' of the
Oliver on Friday evening, July 29.
"Under Sealed Orders" will be the
bill. Usual prices of admission. Tick
ets exchangeable at the box office for
reserved seats are now on sale. Ex
change may be made at any time
after next Tuesday morning.
Five straight from Omaha. Wouldn,t
that thicken the cream on your milk
bottle? Those large, ragged dents in
the Vinton park grandstand were made" "
by the frenzied teeth of Pa Rourke aft
er the series closed.
If there is such a thing as a nationtl
ping-pong convention we suggest that
Lincoln go after it.
Now if somebody will only stop that
Sioux City bunch for a short spell we'll
feel awfully grateful. '
A PRAYER FOR ALL WORKING
. WOMEN.
(By Walter Kauschenbusch, in
American Magazine.)
O God, we pray Thee for our
sisters who are leaving the ancient
shelter of the home to earn their
wage in the store and shop amid
the press of modern life. Grant
them strength of body to bear the
strain of unremitting toil, and may
no present pressure unfit them for
the holy duties of home .. and
motherhood which the future may
lay up for them. Give them grace
to cherish under the new sur
roundings the old sweetness and ,
gentleness of womanhood, and in
the rough mingling of life to keep
the purity of their hearts and lives
untarnished. Save them from the
terrors ' of utter want. Teach
them to stand by their sisters loy
ally, that by united , action they
may better their common lot. And
to us all do Thou grant wisdom
and firm determination that we
may not suffer the women of our
nation to be drained of strength
ana hope for the enrichment of
a few, lest our homes grow poor
in the wifely sweetness and moth
erly love which have been the
saving strength and glory of our
country. If it must be so that our
women toil like men, help us to
reverence in them the mothers of
the future. If they yearn for love
and the sovereign freedom of their
own home, give them in due time
the fulfillment of their sweet de
sires. By Mary, the beloved, who
bore the world's redemption in
her bosom ; by the memory of our
own dead mothers who kissed our
souls awake; by the little daugh
ters who must soon go out into .
that world which we are now fash
ioning for others, we beseech Thee
that we may deal aright by ALL
WOMEN.
HITTING THE POLITICAL PIPE
A FEW STRAY BITS OF GOSSIP CONCERNING MATTERS THAT
HAVE TO DO WITH RUNNING THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE
, ' Richard L. Metcalfe is now a full
fledged candidate for United States
senator -a consummation long devout-
; ly wished by the artist who presides
over these columns. For almost fifteen
yearsthe writer land Richard L. Met
calfe worked side by side or in daily
contact as newspaper men.' , You come
to know a man in fifteen years of asso
ciation like that. Measured by every
standard of what we call manhood
sterling honesty, unswerving loyalty to
what he believes to be right, practical,
charity, tender-heartedness, strong
; mentality, willingness to serve his fel
lows, devotion to family and friends,
patriotism that means more by far than
partisanship measured by all these
things Richard L. Metcalfe meets every
specification required of the real, genu
l ine, manly man. The possesser of high
ideals, a student of public affairs, . a
man of wide acquaintance among
statesmen and scholars, possessing a
; thorough knowledge of the needs and
desires of the great general public, a
friend and a helper of the weak and a ,
, generous judge of the faults and frail
ties of his fellows, we know of no man
in all Nebraska better fitted to wrear
worthily the senatorial toga. If you
think1 ' Metcalf can 'be bulldozed
by special interests, take another look
at that square lower Jaw; if you think
he can be deceived, study, his record as
an enemy of hypocrisy and deceit; if
you think he could not hold his own in
. the exercise of the great forensic fields
; in which 1 intellect clashes against in
. tellect until the, very sparks fly,- study
his record as an exponent of policies he
believes would be of benefit to the peo
ple. ; ';
' Metcalfe lacks one thing possessed
by the successful politician of today
self-assertiveness. He is too all-fired
modest ; he has a wholly inadequate re
alization of his1 own ability . and
strength with the people. He possesses
. that rare quality of being willing at
all times to sink his own chances in or
der , to advance the chances of his
friends. Having given his entire pub
lic life to advancing others to place and
power, he has at last consented 'to
stand for the high honor of the sena
torshp, and if the men whom he has
; worked for untiringly will devote one
half as much effort, j in his behalf, it
will be Senator Richard L. Metcalfe. '
The writer has not always agreed
with Metcalfe on principles and poli
cies, but, then, some men are so con
structed that they cannot always agree
; , with themselves. But Metcalfe is in
hearty accord with every man who
seeks for even-handed justice, for re-
v lief from tyrranical rule by the trusts
and corporations,, for equality before
the law, for equal opportunity. ' He has ,
regularly lost sight of his own personal
-', interests in order to fight for the best
interests of all the people. An un
sparing critic of; the trades unions
when he believes they ; are in ' the
wrong as they often are, being made
up of fallible human beings he has
' sacrificed much to fight their battles
f when they have been in the right. 'lie
is no man's man, but he is the friend of
'. every man who seeks for the right, who
is suffering from oppression or hard
- luck, or who is striving to better hu
c mankind. Without in any wise re
flecting upon any other man or men
" who may be aspiring ; to senatorial
honors, the writer wants to remark,
frankly and above board, that he is
for Metcalfe for personal reasons, for
reasons of state pride, that for reasons
that have to do with the public welfare.
For United States Senator from Ne
braska. Richard L. Metcalfe.
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And the writer wants to say a word
about another big-souled man -"Bill"
Price. I've always been proud of his
friendship today I am prouder than
ever of that friendship, and may noth
ing ever happen to weaken it. I never
believed that tinder all the circum
stances Friend Price had a look-in on
the senatorship. He believed he had. i
But he stepped aside, as he has stepped
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aside before, to make way for a man
when most of us believe! is stronger by
far.; It' takes a man,' a- real man,, to
make that kind of a sacrifice. . There's
nothing too good, politically or other
wise for "Bill" Priced and I'm for him.
."I've been wondering," remarked
an old-time politician to the j pipe
smoker the other day, "if Mr.' Bryan
took due note of the election returns
from Douglas county before he started
on this county option fight. Mr. Bryan
charges that the liquor trust fought
him to a finish, and by inferrence says
that the same interests supported Shall
enberger. 'Now I know, and you know,
that Douglas county is admittedly the'
stronghold; of the liquor interests in
Nebraska. , In 1908 Douglas, county
gave .Bryan 15,583 votes and Shallen
berger 16,203. Shallenberger's major-'
ity over Bryan was 620. This seems to
me to point , to one of two things
either Bryan is mistaken in declaring
that the liquor interests fought him, or
the liquor interests in Douglas county,
control almighty few. Votes compared
. with what it is charged with controll-:
ing." .
Colonel William F.; Stoecker of Om
aha has filed for the. democratic: cn-
gressional nomination in ' the 'v Second
district. 1 Everytime ' the pipe dreamer
thinks of Stoecker he recalls a remark
made by Macauley about a certain man
in England. 'I wish, "said 'Macauley,,
' ' that I could be as sure of one thing as
Lord D is' of everything."
Stoecker is said to be well fixed finan
cially, and before the race, is over he
will have discovered plenty of fellows
in Omaha quite willing, even anxious
, to advance the . Stoecker candidacy-l-f
or a consideration. '
In his address to the Ad Club con
vention in Omaha last week ex-Vice
President y Fairbanks attributed the
growth of socialism to the indiscrimi
nate attacks made upon our lawmakers
and our big business captains. Isn't
it strange that men who otherwise give
indications of at least average intelli
gence and .ability jto grasp facts so to
tally fail to grasp the real truth? ' The
growth of socialism is not attributable
to the causes outlined by Mr. Fair
banks. The reverse is true; The at
tacks made ' upon lawmakers who re
present selfish interests and trusts that
dominate by virtue of purchased legis
lation are due to the enlightened con
sciences of the American people, and in
1 this campaign of . enlightenment the
socialists are playing no mean part
Men of the Fairbanks brand should
not lull themselves to sleep, nor should
they be Self -deceived. : .' '
j . Col. Alfred Sorenson of Omaha has
filed as a republican candidate f or
senator. He is one of those genial
cusses whom everybody would, like to
see in the senate but for whom darned
few men will vote. And Nebraska
has been represented in the ' United ,
States senate by men of far less mental
calibre than Al Sorenson, and not a
tithe of his frankness in stating where
he stands on questions that interest the
people. .,' ' '' - . . v . .
I ain't a full grown man yet, but I'm
takin' notice. -An' I ain't wastin' no
time on de goils dat make up wit' de
putty-faced, dudes dat let thefr moth
ers furnish 'em wit' spendin' money. '
- It's mighty easy for de guys dat live
,off 'n de. work of others t' lean back
in their easy chairs an', tell us about
de joys 6' Jovin' our work. , t
; I , ain't lived long yit, but I 'ye lived
long enough t' see dat de boss w'ot
urges his workmen t' be "free an' in
dependent" is speakin' one word f 'r
de men and a whole book full f 'r him
self. Now let ! the industrial '.World wag
along again. Charles W. Post has
thrown his somewhat belated fit. v