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simply threw open the city hall a couple of evenings each week, fur
nished an excellent orchestra and invited everybody to dance, the
only admission demanded being good behavior. Then he enlisted
the aid of some of the big employers of labor. Now the city hall, or
municipal dances, have put the beer hall dances out of business, and
millionaire employers and their wives are meeting and mingling with
the shop girls and shop men, forming lasting friendships, learning
new phases of life and recognizing the need of better industrial and
social conditions. The pastors entered strenuous objections to the
Seidel plan at first, but all objection has ceased, save that now and
then some minister with his eyes so close together that a copper cent
would cover both of them, raises his hands in horror. Don't it just
teat anything how those fool socialists refuse to philosophize for
years while human souls arc sent to hell, and persist in getting right
down to business and saving the boys and the girls?
Last winter the trades unionists of Lincoln held Sunday after
noon meetings at Labor Temple, and listened with profit to them
selves to addresses on various topics by Lincoln men. We suggest
that the series be taken up again, and in the interests of fair play we
would suggest that President Sharp of the Traction Co. be given a
hearing. County Attorney Tyrrell was listened to with deep interest
while he excoriated the Traction Co., and it would be no more than
fair to give President Sharp an opportunity to state his side of the
case.
years ago a wave of populism began sweeping over the state." Then
he adds : "The result is that those who have grown weary with pres
ent methods have shaken the Hawkeye.dust to take up their abode in
other states, while those who came from the east to investigate, also
concluded to pass us by, and accept a more cordial welcome farther
west."
That's what comes to a man who allows himself to be seduced
by a fat federal office he just gets to acting plum foolish with him
self. "Further west" where a "more cordial welcome" awaits ! Pray
tell us where, Uncle Lafe we mean, Senator Young. Kansas made
notable gains, and Kansas has always beeen the hotbed of such polit
ical freaks as populism. Explain Kansas! Nebraka! Little if any
behind Kansas in "populistic legislation." Nebraska gained splen
didly. Oregon ? Surely not to Oregon, with her initiative and refer
endum and popular election of senators both of them populistic
vagaries. Washington? Surely not, for look what Washington has
done knocked the old machine galley west, elected Miles Point
dexter to the senate: granted the ballot to women! Washington has
fairly made the old-time populists ashamed of their conservatism.
We insist that Uncle Lafe come across with specific statements in
stead of blithering generalities. We greatly' fear that a blamed good
editor in Iowa has been spoiled in the making of a short-lived United
States senator.
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ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN.
Land Commissioner Cowles certainly has the right, if he cares
to exercise it, of objecting to having his name appear on the corner
stone of the new building at the Hastings asylum. And Commissioner
Cowles is certainly exercising that right. But to the average tax
payer it seems strange that our state officials fool away so much ime
over so trivial a matter.
The railway postal clerks are going to make a record for econ
omy in the administration of the postoffice department. We say this
advisedly. But the railway postal clerks will not get the credit
they will simply make good the deficit in the department. Post
master General Hitchcock will get the credit.
Of course the senate of the United States confirmed the appoint
ment of W. T. Thompson of Nebraska to be assistant solicitor of
the treasury. And mighty glad the senators should have been to do
it. Nebraska never had an abler attorney general nor a cleverer
gentleman. On a salary of $2,000 a year he met the big-salaried
railway solicitors in squads and relays and bowled them all over as
easily as a boy knocks over his row of building blocks. Confirm
Thompson? We should rather guess yes.
We greatly fear that Senator Lafe Young of Iowa we came
awfully near saying just Lafe Young is being befuddled by the new
honors thrust upon him. He tries to explain Iowa's loss of popula
tion by saying that it is all due to the fact" that ""so.metfiing like ten
"Gus" Hyers of Havelock believes that the early bird gathers
in the edible worm. He says he wants to be the next sheriff of Lan
caster county, and says it right out loud, too. And "Gus" has 'steen
thousand friends who say that if he wants the job he ought to have
it. We know a lot of voters independent voters they are who are