Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-05
Nebraska
LINCOLN, NEW JERUSALEM
Mayor Love Draws Word Picture Of
Future Capital City.
HOW HE HOPES IT WILL APPEAR
Charter Committee Busy Now Upon
Draft Of New Instrument to lie
Presented tc the Next
Legislature.
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LINCOLN. May A--tSpecialJ Lincoln,
the Ncw jerusalem such is the dream
Of Mayor Love. lie believes such a city
was in the mind of the Prophet. when he
said Behold tho New Jerusalem, com
ing down out Of heaven" $50 the city has
passed the stage Of the Holy city and
Of the city OF Pious Love" and has
stahd out on the last leg Of its journey
to We ideal
Mayor Love quoted the Prophet in an
address delivered last night to the Fedora
- on Brotherhood at which meeting sew
eral other prominent and progressive cit- /
zcns talked Of plans Tor the future Lincoln.
Among the speakers were Or. George +.
Howard, Of the state university, Jasper
L. McBren, head Of the university extern
sion department and Rev 7. N. Shpherd,
pastor Of the First Congregational church,
MAYOR Love discussed problems, which
confront the excise board, the city owned
, water and light plant, ana discussed the
proposed charter now under construction
FOR presentation to tho next legislature.
This charter provides for the commission
form Of government
lie closed with this picture Of the future
Lincoln:
"A prosperous city. a city which pre-
serves ana administers its public utilities
for the benefit OF all instead Of allowing
them To be exploited by few. A city
which furnishes to rich and poor alike, 50
chcaply that none need be deprived Of
them the best Of water, light, transpor-
talon communications parks play grounds,
books, music, school art galleries,
churches hospitals and many other things
not now dreamed Of until it will be more
fortunate to be a poor man I'm such city
today. Think of it,. Dream of it,. Let the
vision OF il take hold Of your maginatiuns
and then tell me II that Is not what the
prophet meant, when he said Behold, the
New Jerusalem coming down out Of
heaven -
Clearing Sidewalks.
Mayor Love- members OF the city coun-
ell and the numerous clubs Of the city are
striving hard to make Lincoln the ideal
place pictured by the mayor and their eff
forts have begun to bear fruit Only Mon
day night the council passed resolution
natifying the street commissioner to carry
cut it's orders issued something like a year
agoto remove the show cases from the side
Walks in front OF the stores.
This success has inspired Secretary Whit
ten Of the Comercial club and he got busy,
writing note to the governor asking that
the rubbish be removed from the state
house grounds
Mr.. Written has not yet got around to
have some half hundred vinegar barrels
removed from the sidewalk on Pstreet near
the burlington depot, nor large platform
which adorns half of the walk across the
street from the vinegar barrels.
In his talk about the future of Lincoln
Mayor Love told OF the charters COM
mittee. which is now at work for the
benefit of the people of this city. The
new charter Will provide for the election
. ~, al a
will have authority to appoint all the help
necessary to carry on the work of the
government This charter has long road
to travel however before it becomes err
fective. After leaving the original COM
mittee it must be passed on by the other
clubs of the city and then it must pass
muster at the hands Of the state legis-
lature a charter drafted under similar
conditions last years was defeated by the
legislature regardless of the fact that the
entire Lancaster delegation favored it.
Many business men, headed by former
Mayor Brown. killed that charter. The
business men do not object to the various
organizations talking and working for the
ideal but when it comes to trying out
their ideas on the city there is usually
vigorous protest. so there will be fight
before the next legislature when that
charter makes its appearance.
MetcaIfe's Little Boom.
The meeting at Tecumseh last nsht may
mean further complications in the already
badly split democratic party, in that it
may hive some bearing ON the senatorial
situation Or Fltzs,mmons, POSTMASTER,
presented the name of Rich l.. Metcalfe as
the candidate of southeast Nebraska for
the democratic nomination for United
states senator In doing this the toast
master told Of the splendid service to the
pahty rendered by the Commoner editor.
UIon the presentation of the name the
audience applaudcd yociferously, Mr. Bryan
and Governor Shollcubcrger even giving
formal applause That u.s. according to one
present they gently tapped their hands to-
~ tier without making much noise. Met
cNlfe vas looking at them and they had
u do something.
After the banquet MI Bryan and the
governor were joking Motcalfe about his
boom and both commented ON the fact that
he hal not put away the kingly crown.
Il wasn't raised p that political school
where my Instructor taught me to put
away the crown" ne answered.
For many weeks democrats have beer
urging Mr. Metcalfo 10 s,t into the sen,
atorislarsco. hut SO far the associate edito,
of the Commoner has not encouraged TN,
sentiment FOR MIN 70 any great extent
His friends have taken his backwardnes.
about coming forward to mean there Nigh
be chance that AIr. Bryan viii get int,
the race, while others believe he woult
not run against his old-time employer G
NJ Uitrfrock MA che democrats here he