The wageworker., 1910-05-06
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Alderman Candy-I came almighty
near saying the "Candy Kid-who is
also ON the state s payroll, is the author
of another one of those "idealistic
resolutions that the city council has
stood for. Candy introduced an ordi-
ance providing that the mayor shall
appoint committee of twenty to pre-
pare some general plan of improve
ment of the city, the committee to in
clude four members of the city coun-
ell, two members of the park commits
sion, one county commissioner, one
member of the school board and one
regent of the state university. l am
at loss to understand why the Candy
ordinance did not also provide for the
appointment of representative from
the Woman's Club, the w. c. T. u,
the Kensington Club of the North Side
Church, the @ street Soap Club, the
Medical Society, the Owl Dancing
Club, and few others.
This Candy ordinance goes along to
provide that this commission of twenty
shall frame up plan Of identifying
Lincoln" and submit it to vote Of
the people. If it carries it is to be
binding upon the city council With
a mayor, city council, an excise
board, park board and a school
beard, we haven't yet made places for
ali the "idealists" who are riding their
prancing hobbies around Lincoln
streets. So we have charter commits
sion, and civic improvement society,
and an art club. Yet there are still
those who haven't got place from
which to air their idealistic views. So
here comes the Candy ordinance to
provide places for twenty more.
Say, ism It this sort of thing becoming
rather too puzzling for the ordinary
citizen to grasp9 And isn't there dan
ger that in our herculean efforts to
make Lincoln Outwardly "idealistic
is will be inwardly hollow mockery9
There's got to be some business done
in Lincoln or else lot of workers will
have to move out. We can't all live
on beauty plaLs and superheated atmos-
phere, even though it carries a candy
flavor. While a lot of our good wom-
en- are working themselves to death
framing up plans for beautifying Lin
coin, several hundred of their sisters
are toiling away in stuffy factories and
stuffier stores for mere pittance.
While Candy kids and dreaming ideal
lists are seeing visions of "city beau
tiful" a lot of men are wondering how
they are going to provide food and
clothing for wives and children.
Far be it from me to block wise and
commonsense plans for improving Lin
coin, but l am of the humble opinion
that it is time to back up on some of
this dream business and give us a
chance to make a few dollars. I am
a darned sight more interested in the
welfare of of girls who sew on forty
eight buttons for a nickel than l am
in making Lincoln so Internally ideal.
istic that every visitor will have to
pause on the outskirts of the city and
wipe his feet on welcome" mat be-
fore he steps inside. l am more inter.
ested in seeing that men have an op
portunity to work for living wage in
Lincoln than am in having a lot oi
fellows rigging it up SO awfully nice
that the man who tries to enter Lin
coin to invest his money must don 6
dress suit and wait till the clock strikes
6 p. m. before he comes into town with
his cash. I'd rather see ST Burnhan
and his crowd erect a quarter-of- anil
lion building at Tenth and o than tt
see Lincoln so highfalutin' tina
workingman had to go to and from
his work with Tuxedo coat on, ant
refrain from wearing his overalls saw
when on the job.
just stop and think of it for min
ute Mayor Love wants city commits
sion that will serve without pay
thus making places for few men o
means who probably would be as poo