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Said a leading Sixth district republi
can to The Courier yesterday: "Tea,
some of are coming down to Lincoln
to vote for 'Jack' for governor. But -we
are not enthusiastic, not anything like
as enthusiastic as we were fifteen
years ago, when 'Jack's' boom was
young and new. In those days the,
county was sparsely settled, and we
did not see each other often, and to
have a candidate for something we
didn't care much what was about all
we wanted and afforded us amusement
and recreation. Any ordinary fellow
who could shake hands with the boys,
set 'em up occasionally, and tell a good
yarn could have a following for any
thing he wanted. But we are older
now, and the things that used to at
tract us attract us no longer.- -Nevertheless,
we will be. In Lincoln July 1.
and we will have the. old, dilapidated
boom with us. We will not look as
cheerful as we would like to, but we
will be as hopeful as we can be under
the circumstances: In the early days
we would curl up in the smoking car,
ride all night on the way to the state
convention and enjoy it. We would
listen to 'Jack's' yarns, sing old war
songs, and as we passed through the
little towns along the way some of the
boys would let loose a few cow-boy
yells In honor of our 'Jack' candidate.
We always regarded the thing as a
sort of joke; but the boys used to say,
Tou never can tell -what may happen.'
When Kem went to congress and
Marsh Elder was elected speaker it
revived "us some, and some of the boys
still insist that you never can tell what
may happen.
"But time is getting in its week on
us. The years, the sun, the wind and
the droughts have sobered our spirits
and now this damp weather stiffens
our joints. The old timers may not
recognize us with our lack of enthusi
asm, but we hope they will remember
the boom. Its whiskers are long and
white now, and they are beginning to
trail the ground; but we will brace it
up at the headquarters like & dead
Irishman at a wake, and will try to
have as good a time over it as we can.
"Some of us have tried to get 'Jack'
to freshen bis boom up a little by giv
ing it a few years' rest, or by adding
something substantial to it, something
besides the old yarns, or at least a
change of yarns, but 'Jack' says It
suits him just to a dot, and maybe we
can have -more fun with it and may be
It will look more natural just as It is.
Therefore, we will bring the old boom
with us to the convention on July 1.
We will look tired when we get here,
for we will be tired before we start,
but 'Jack will set 'em up to us, and
we will present the old boom In as
good shape as we can. Not as a thing
modern or new; not as a novelty or
new discovery. We will not claim that
it is fresh or vigorous, or that it should
appeal to the mere advanced Ideas of
republicans, touching ability and
progress, but we will present it in due
and ancient form, just as it was years
ago, and as it is yet, a relic of the
early times; and the convention will be
asked to give it such consideration
and sympathy as age is entitled to.
"If we fail this time we will be back
again In two years more. Our boom
and our 'Jack' must be respected. We
are not fastidious, but we are faithful,
and In this latter characteristic we
resemble the old dog, of whom its mas
ter said:
"This old coat and its empty pockets.
He'll follow while he has eyes in his
sockets.'
"It is a law in this western country
that no man can jump a claim so long
as the original squatter is on the land.
When 'Jack' returned from Canada,
after the war, he pre-empted this
gubernatorial boom and It's his. If he
would relinquish his claim any time
during the present century or any
time in the early years of the next,
before we all die with old age, then
some of the rest of us may take a
whirl at politics. With -a new man and
a fresh boom the big Sixth might
change its luck. Who knows?"
9 "SOCIAL AND- PERSONAL W
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kingery are re
joicing over the arrival on Tuesday
morning of an eight-pound daughter.
Mother and child are doing well.
James Anderson of the Fitzgerald
store, living at 3839 K street, has been
happy ever since Monday at the pres
ence of a ten-pound boy at his home
Harry Boyer, who was thrown to the
ground Wednesday In a collision be
tween a wagon and a street car. has
more serious injuries than was at first
supposed. His hip bone Is cracked in
two and there are bow symptoms of
pelvic Inflammation which may go' hard
with him.
Rev. C. S. Dudley, of Centenary
church In Beatrice, -who is weH known
in this city, has received a trial call
for two months from the members of
Rev. Robert Molntyre's old charge In
Denver. Rev. Dudley Is one of the
bright young men who ' have lately
taken their place In the front rank of
Methodism In Nebraska and his friends
will rejoice in his good fortune.
The Hotel Reporter, published al
Omaha, contains an extended notice of
Tra I Hlgby, clerk of the Lincoln hotel
In this city. The article declares that
Mr. Hlgby is probably the oldest hotel
clerk In the state, although lie is still a
youne man. His first experience was
In 1M4 Jb Omaha when as a lad be
performed the work of bell boy, waiter
and porter. At that time Omaha was
an outfitting po'nt for cattlemen and
miners and Mr. Hlgby carried many
a sack of gold dust belonging to
miners. The precious stuff was usu
ally locked In his mother's trunk for
safe keeping.
Charles A. Crate, bookkeeper and
cashier of the Lincoln, Is also given an
extended notice, and the prediction is
made that he will make his mark in
the hotel world.
C. Lt. Griffin. Sixteenth and Washing
ton streets, goes to Tekamah next
week to assume editorial control of the
Tekamah Burtonlan. Ever since the
Burtonlan was founded, in 1872, its
editorial columns have expounded re
publican doctrine, but now the leading
"pops" of Burt county think they
must have an organ to bolster up their
waning cause and so have purchased
the Burtonlan. Six years ago when
the wave of political discontent struck
Nebraska the populists carried Burt
county by a very small majority. Last
election the republicans bad a hand
some majority, notwithstanding the
fact that the "pops" and democrats
formed a combination on county offic
ers. Mr. Griffin was connected with
the Wealthmaker of this city for sev
eral years.
The resignation of Rev. E. H.
Chapln from the pastorate of the Uni
versalis! church, announced in The
Sunday Journal, was formally pre
sented to the congregation Tuesday
night and with sorrow accepted. The
pastoral relations will be severed the
first of July. Mr. Chapln has not de
cfded where he will go, several offers
having been made. As has been be
fore stated, the only reason for the
resignation Is that the church Is so
small and the depression of real estate
values so affected its financial backing
that without the aid or the church ex
tension society, now withdrawn, the
congregation; cannot aitord to pay a
sufficient salary.
Mr. Chapln has been one of the most
active of Lincoln pastors in all gawd
works and never lacks the. courage to
express and back up his convictions on
moral questions. He has betn very
prominent in the prohibition! party and
in more strictly temperance work. He
has been- one of the cbier members of
the rescue society which has. quietly
been' doing much to elevate depraved
women and prevent children from fall
ing into vicious habits. Recently he
has been active In the movement to rid
Lincoln of open gambling houses anH
he has done many things which most
pastors shirk doing for fear of public
comment. In musical circles, also, Mr.
Chapln has done much, and the con
certs at his church during the past
year are a notable example of what Is
possible to do In providing the general
public with the highest class music
Mr. Chapln and his estimable family
will certainly be missed In Lincoln, and
that by persons who were entirely out
side of his church and of very different
religious faith.
State Journal.
Amidst a splendor of red, white and
blue hung In the Epworth league
rooms at the Trinity M. E. church the
class of '9 of the C. L. S. C. brought
to an end a four years' counw
night. The union colors predominated
because of the year being what is
called American year. It being the one
of four devoted especially to the study
of American history. These are also
the color of the Columbian circle from
which the class, consisting of Mr. and
Mrs. G. J. States, Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Trigg, Mrs. W. A. Llndley. Mrs. A. E.
Fowler, W. F. Matthews and O. J.
Wilcox, graduated. A beautiful clus
ter of clematis, hollyhocks and scarlet
geraniums was one bright bit of .the
floral decorations. The lamp, being the
class' emblem, was also used In deco
ra tlrig and a large shaded parlor -occupied
a central position. An old-fashioned
spinning wheel stood near. The
pretty gray class banner was hung at
one side of the room.
The rooms were well filled by friends
of the circle. The graduates occupied
seats near the organ In the corner of
one room. Mrs. States, president of
the circle, presided.
A pleasant program opened with the
circles' mottoes given in unison by all
members. Dr. D. W. C. Huntington
led in prayer.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson sang
pleasingly "On Mossy Banks."
Mrs. States spoke briefly of the bene
fits and pleasures of the past study.
Miss Margaret Douglass submitted a
careful report for the year. In which
she enumerated some of the books
that had been read.
Mrs. C. C. Jerome sang a taking
solo, entitled "Good Old-Fashloned
Days."
An accurate history of the class was
read by Mr. States.
A quartet, composed of Mrs. Trigg,
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