The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-30

Ellis-or giving that name-appeared
at The Wageworker office and tried
to make arrangements ITO perform
little work There was nothing doing
in that line, and the aforesaid Ellis
disappeared Incidentally a Wage
worker check book disappeared about
that time, but it was not until later
that the two disappearances were con-
nected. incidentally, also, few days
later an Omaha landlord came down
to see about collecting board bill
from the aforesaid Ellis. Since that
time divers and sundry checks made
out from the vanished checkbook and
to which the name of 1.-The Wage
worker Publishing Co., per E. L.
Grubb, Mgr" has been forged, and
bearing various endorsements, all writ
ten in the same hand have travelled
back to Lincoln from widely separated
points. The most recent Of these for
geries was passed upon a hotel in St.
Paul. Mimi, and was for $50. 1t was
endorsed with the name of "Stearns,
initials forgotten. The check book was
upon the Farmers & Merchants Bank.
Labor exchanges will please look out
for this clever forger,, and help us put
a stop to his depredations. He is
rather undersixed chap, dark complex
tenance although apparently of Eng
lish birth. To date he has secured
about $3.50 from confding individuals.
A correspondent of the Lincoln Jour-
nal, who is an ardent supporter of
Mr.. Aldrich, refers to Mr.. Dahlman
L.
defies the armies of the living God"
Doubtless the man who wrote thak
poses as Temperance man." Doubt
less, too, he decries all manner of in
temperance, save only the. intemper-
ate use of the tongue-always an un-
ruly member, But somehow or other,
NE ahaxe mere liking for the man who
!. occasionally Atipp1es beyond the tenn
Dperate mark than we have for the
pharasaical person who casts devout
eyes heavenward and then unloosens
tongue to besmirch the character
of his fellow man. We are not a very
warm admirer of Candidate Aldrich,
nor do we warm up very much to the
interests most active in supporting
Candidate Dahlman. But we have no
hesitancy in saying that if Candidate
Aldrich is expecting to be elected be-
cause of the support of men who utter
such blasphemous remarks as the Lin
eoln Journals correspondent above
quoted, he is going to wake up on
November 9 with q huge bunch of re-
gret nesting in his bosom.
The trouble with most of these zeal
ous reformers Of other men is that
they overlook the prime necessity of
first reforming themselves. Usually
the Jealous advocate of temperance
meaning abstinence from the use of
intoxicants-are the most intemperate
people on earth in the use of tongue
and pen. And those most given to
charging others with appeals to ap-
petite" are likewise given to making
strenuous appeals to prejudice and
passion, and not at all careful about
the methods they pursue in doing So
This is a queer campaign-the queer
est ever known in the great state of
Nebraska. In the language Of our
old friend. Bud Lindsay, "party lines
are all shot to hill" Owing to the
actions of leaders in both political
camps those Of us who have heretofore
been rather good party men-bolting
only part of the time-feel free to do
about as we please. So far as the
writer is individually concerned he is
merely hoping that November will
be bright warm day, for he knows
a place where it is lawful to cast for
bass until November Is. If he can feel
assured the day before election that
his old friend and employer, Gilbert
NJ. Hitchcock. will pull through all
right, casting for bass will be just
about his election days work.
Maybe he will feel differently about
it before then, but just now the above
describes his feelings. One thing is
sure, the writer of these lines, who
happens to be an appointee of Gov.
ernor Shallenberger's. has had his fill
of political officeholding. Damned on
the one side by selfish interests that
he has sought to hold in check. and
''knocked" on the other side by those
whom he has tried his best to serve
to say nothing of being criticised mer
cilessly because he hasn't been able al
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