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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1902)
THE COURIER HIS HONOR. THE MAYOR. (Continued from page 1.) question that their constituents must pass upon. It must strike one :is odd that this drive and thrust condition of affairs should have existed so long without any attempt at conciliation from either side. It began when the mayor, he cause he believed President Lyman was about to give important commit teeships to men whom he believed would Improperly use them, stepped in and appointed the council committees. Up until the recent trip to Topeka when the mayor and some of his an tngouists got rather close together, there had been no truce or talk of one. The mayor did not ask the members of the "gang" what they wanted or Intended to accomplish, and they did not consult with him about proposed legislation. It was a dappers-drawn situation. It is yet. There will be no compromise until after election. The result may be a loss to the "gang" In membership that will put it out of business. The mayor will still continue to transact business at the old stand whatever the outcome. Mr. Winnett practiced his profession for ten or a dozen years In this city before he entered public life. Some seven years ago some prominent repub licans in the Third ward, men who knew the sterling honesty and frank ness of the man. suggested him as a Rood man for councilman. His nomi nation and election followed. In the council he made an excellent record. He made no grandstand plays for pop ularity. His word was never Riven save when he thought the measure Just or the act right. When once passed, how ever, he could he depended upon. When the time came to select a mayor. Wln nett was picked upon as the man. It was just at the close of an administra tion not remarkable for any great d's play of civic virtue but rather bristling with scandals that nauseated the pub lie and gave rise to one of those pe riodic ebullitions of popular interest in municipal matters. For three years he has served as mayor, and while he Iris been the target of much mud-slinging, none of it has clung to his garments. Many have misunderstood him, because he is not a man who parades In the newspapers his reasons for his art, although perfectly willing to explain to all who ask. His strong adherence to what he believes to be right mak s him indifferent to the private slurs of critics, just as they make him impa tient of those who persist in an oppo site course of action. His personality and his uncompro mising, yet frank and open antagonism to certain elements, have, perforce, made him an Issue in the campaign, but only hi this sense: Shall he be supported and sustained in his course by the public electing men who can be trusted to work with him? He has freely told candidates who have sought his aid whether he is for them or against him. This frankness is as en tertaining as it is unusual. He does not promise the first man who asks him. like a great many wcll-meanlrg citizens do; neither does he say he will help a man if lie doesn't intend to do so. On the contrary he will tell a man whom he doesn't trust that he cannot depend upon him; if he doesn't like ids .'initiations he will inform him to that effect. This is not tactfulness. but it is real, moral bravery. The man who can say "no." and stand by it makes a better mayor, een though he blund ers, than the discreet and careful man who either makes promises to break them or refrains from making them because he lacks the moral courage to take a direct stand. The man who is entrusted with pub lic olliee is generally supposed to be well equipped if he possesses the exec utive ability or the clerical knowledge necessary to discharge the duties. There are, however, insidious influences grounded in the desires of men to ob tain what they are not justly entitled to constantly at work upon public of llcers. 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HELEN III RR CURTICE Five years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Five years, daughter of Mr and Mrs. C. C. Crittenden. Ross I Curtice. should unhesitatingly answer. Nerve! And that is only another name for moral courage. Nerve, without trucu lency; courage, without aggressiveness. Whether Mayor Winnett wills or wishes It or not, his record Is being made an issue. It is true that he Is taking an Interest in the campaign because he believes that only the best men should be placed in otlice, but he is not the man to seek to use the politi cal power his position gives him to punish or reward. He wants James Tyler re-elected water commissioner because Tyler has rescued the depart ment from the slough of financial de spond and it is delinitely known what he stands for. He is for Walter I. An derson for police judge because he thinks he would better maintain It at the high standanl of Judge Comstock than his opponent. He is for certain councilmanic candidates and against certain others Just who they are I do not know because he thinks some can be trusted and others can not. This is not intended as a compli mentary character sketch of Mayor Winnett. If there is that in it which is complimentary, it is because the mayor's record squares with what ought to be. If there is that which might be construed into criticism or suggestion, blame it upon the fallibility of human judgment. Tound i.. f EibrarpjDOOKS When perusing the latest novel se cured after infinite watchfulness did you ever stumble upon a private com munication addressed to "Dear Min nie," or "Darling John?" If you haven't It may be because the watch ful eyes of the librarians have weeded out the missives left by the careless and forgetful, leaving you to enjoy the work of fiction undisturbed. Rut there are enough of all sorts of things left in books to cause consid erable comment. Photographs, let ters, checks, wedding invitations. love billets but why enumerate? Every thing that possibly could be left in a book some time or other turns up at the city library. Letters of no value are consigned to the waste basket. Articles of worth go at once to the constantly growing col lection of the librarian and are restored to the owner If possible. The great bulk of the correspondence which inadvertently annoys the libra rians is commonplace and dull. Do mestic routine, the number of the teeth appearing in the facial aperture of Baby Ruth and the condition of Uncle Silas are the topics discussed. These, pursued by groans, are ruthless ly destroyed. Now- and then there Is something startling. A pensive maiden deter mines to revel in the romantic with one of her best love letters right at hand as a standard of comparison. The missive Is taken from some secure hiding place and used instead of u book mark. Site gets another letter and forgets the first. In It goes to the city library. The watchful work er behind the desk sees the letter. One glance at the heading betrays Its na ture. And then It never Is returned, for tlie talented anil versatile libra rian will not Intrude In the sacred do main of Cupid and the missive Is de stroyed unread. Children's letters form a never fail ing source of amusement. A few days ago one little girl wanted her chum to come over to her house right away. It seems that It would be necessary to make up a secret and have ribbons. Rut that secret Is- absolutely safe for the librarian found that there was no means of Identifying the writer or the little maid to whom it was penned. Letters stamped and ready for their Jurney are Immediately mailed. Some times this Is also done with letters ad dressed, but not stamped. Charitable, Isn't It? The city librarian reveled in a select piece of fiction only a few days ago. The manuscript was left In a book of course and proved to he a chapter of a novel. A girl of twelve years, per haps a Jane Eyre come again, was the authoress. Rack it went to the writer, for Miss Abbott happened to remember who took out the book and she will not tell a single word of the plot. It wouldn't be fair to let out the contents of a thrilling novel be fore a publisher got a chance to sign a check for It. Librarian Wyer at one time found a check in a letter at the university li brary. Seventy dollars was the amount and the owner, a co-ed, of course, for who ever heard of a boy taxing the gov. for that amount, got her money in a few days. Rubbers, umbrellas and sometimes overcoats and ulsters abound In great quantities In odd corners of the libra ries. At the university library rub bers are usually found in groups of three, indicating a remarkable number of three legged students. Umbrellas can be found in secluded corners and clothing is generally left on chairs. For three years a co-ed's muff loafed around the university library. The first year It received very kind treat ment. It was advertised and occupied a prominent place in the librarian's private ollice. The second year it was transformed into a duster and served an apprenticeship until the middle of the following winter. During the meeting or the state teachers' association the owner came and claimed it. Perfectly delighted! "How good of you to keep it for me." was her remark to the librarian. And she smiled in soulful appreciation. But she didn't know the quarts and quarts of dust that muff had dis turbed while it was waiting for her to come and acknowledge its owner ship. .- ' Sixty United States naul essels art now being constructed. Tn and Jlbout . . . ' Hcbraska A hustling committee of Falrbury citizens, overllowlng with zeal for the city's Interests. Is reaching out fran tically for the Rock Island shops that received a set back from fire at llor ton, Kansas, a few days ago. For the want of water at Horton there has been much talk of changing the loca tion of the car works, and Falrbury thinks It has a good chance with To peka and Elwood to secure the ad vantage. In case of a removal to Falr bury It will mean an accession to that ity of from three to five hundred families. Before the fire the shops were worth about J2.000.000. but about a quarter of this went up In smoke from a blaze In which two men were burned to death, one trying to save the other. Immediately after the fire a meeting of citizens was called In Falrbury and It was determined to do the best possible to secure the shops. In addition to E. H. Hlnshaw there nre on the committee Pinto Turner. Judge Letton. C. F. Steele and G. W. Han sen. They have commenced to labor with the otllclals of the Rock Island. This Is the season of farmers' Insti tutes throughout the state, and all the papers are praising the efforts of the state university In furthering this method of agricultural education. The testimony Is that the age has passed when It was thought a man good for nothing else should be turned loose on a farm. It Is a period of high priced land. Improved stock, rotation of crops and perfection of machinery, requir ing the best of intelligence and Judg ment for success. In a recent meeting one man Is quoted as having said: "If your boy Is slow and not very bright, don't try to make a farmer of him. ire will not be a success at that vocation. Make a preacher of him. or a profes sional man. hut don't think you can make him a farmer." Inland Is a very small town about nine miles thrs side of Hastings, but it Is large enough to have a saloon and not too large to be greatly struck by the belligerent methods of two saloon smashers who recently per formed a task In much the same fashion as Carrie. Only no hatchet was used. They used their feet. Sor row attended them when they carne to the windows, for though they wore heavy foot apparel the glass put up resistance enough to cut them good and deep. The saloon keeper saw (If not to supply their craving for liquor They Insisted would not be denied Threats did not deter the saloon keep er and then they went to work. Much as thev seemed to regret It they tore down the shelves of fine liquor smashed the bottles undrfoot kicked the staIng out of th. J..r fore down the door and then harged on the windows. When the finished they