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politics, business persuasion or profess
sional occupation lined up and pro-
ceeded to extend the glad hand 1t
was simply great
The convention was made up of the
brightest lights in the world of pub
licity-and the world Of publicity con-
tains the brightest minds in the bust
ness world, and don't you forget it.
Men like Charles Warren Fairbanks,
ex-vice president of the United States,
Governor Eberhard of Minnesota, an
ex-Dixon county, Nebraska boy; Ar
thur Brisbane, the highest-salaried edi-
torial writer in the world Joe Mitchell
Chappelle editor of one of the repub-
lies foremost magazines; Lafe Young,
of the Des Moines Capital and one Of
the best known newspaper men in the
country, and others of like mental and
business stature, were there to learn
and to teach. Any city would be hon
ored to entertain such a convention,
and Omaha 'made good' in every
way. Lincoln has something of repu-
tation as a convention city, but the
in Omaha the first of this week learned
a lot about taking care Of conventions.
Let this much be frankly admitted
Much has been said about the feel
ing Of jealousy" existing between
Omaha and Lincoln If there is any
such feeling it is monopolized by Oma-
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things that Lincoln does not have and
does not want, but Lincoln could learn
a slot in the way of pull together
civic pride and civic push from the
men of Omaha who are building upon
the edge Of the once Great American
Desert real city. The sooner Lincoln
gets out from under the hypnotic sway
of lot of fol-de-rol-ers' and pro-
ceeds to get under the management
of men who can look further ahead
than protruding signs and "city beau
tiful" and fruit stands, and street beg
gars, and narrow puritanism that leads
only to hypocrisy, the better it will
be for Lincoln. The men who already
have should be willing, for time at
least, to give those of us who have yet
to get, chance to make honest hveli-
hoods without being handicapped by
a lot of civic fub-dub
Mayor Pet Clayton of st. Joseph
headed the st. Joseph Ad Club bunch
at Omaha. Mayor Love was invited
to head the Lincoln delegation, but
it seems that he had dinner engage
ment, or something similar, and could
not, therefore, accept the invitation.
st. Joseph is advertised by having
mayor like Pet. Clayton. Advertising
is always desirable is often
a disadvantage.
By the way, why all this pussy-foot-
ing about the proposed new city char
ter? What s the scheme? 1t has been
months since word has been heard
from the committees appointed to
draft the aforesaid instrument and
have it ready for the legislature Going
to work the same dodge over that was
worked a couple of years ago? If that
is attempted it will meet with the same
fate that was meted out to the pussy
foot methods then All this talk about
adopting "Lincoln plan" that will be
the model for progress in the line Of
civic government is worse than rot
Let's have done with what the late
Senator ingalls, called "damned barren
idealities" and get down to brass tacks
Let's have a charter framed in time
to have it thoroughly discussed in all
its phases and passed upon by the peo-
ple-not by any such so-called vote as
was had upon the late lamented abor-
ton, but genuine referendum, after
and not before What majority Of
the real workers of the city want is
a charter containing, among other
things, the following provisions:
The initiative, referendum and recall
Absolute fixing of responsibility.
A board of commissioners paid ade-