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The wageworker., 1910-05-20

earlier or make de fashionable shop
pers do their shoppin' an hour later.
was de only make man on a car
do other day, an it was crowded t.
de limit. 1 got up an give swell
skoit me seat an she didn t bat an eye
in my direction. At de next crossin' an
OIL lady with a hand-me down dress
boarded de car an de swell skoit sat
there an let tn old lady swing t
strap. After dis I III let de swell skoits
stand an hold me seat till some hard
workin' OIL woman or goil gifts on-dcn
me t de rear platform.
I amt journeyman yet, but I've
been workin' long enough t. see dat
de blokes what SO anxious about Civ
in us kids chanst t. learn trade is
a darncd sight more anxious to git
chanst to make money off of kid labor.
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

John Kirby's union busting associa-
tion met in annual convention a few
days ago, and of course John opened
up the proceedings with characters
tic belch against trades unions. And
of course he seized the occasion to
again print his picture in American
Industries" Some of these days, in one
of his fits of insane anger against
trades unions, Kirby is going to bite
himself and die horrible death from
blood poisoning, and when friends
gather around and say, "How natural
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

Some three or four years ago, during
republican county convention being
held in the Oliver, Bud Lindsay arose in
the Third ward delegation to oppose ).
motion, and started out by saying:
II have been delegate to Lancaster
county republican conventions for thir-
ty years, and -''
That's too damned long, BUD"
shouted a delegate in the rear of the
theatre.
The rest Of Buds speech was never
delivered, or if it was it was browne
in the gale Of laughter that followed
the interruption.
This little incident is mentioned
merely to preface the remark that the
little machine that is now fixing ths
republican legislative ticket in this
county has peen at that kind of work
too ID long"
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

Th' foreman in our shop says we
don't git enough credit f'r maxim
good on lot Of fool estimatin' that s
done in the front offus.
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

According to Secretary Ballinger d
subordinate government employe who
becomes cognizant of crooked work on
the part of a superior, owes more to
the superior that he does to the coun-
try, and therefore ought to refrain
from exposing the crookedness.
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

The trouble with Nebraska is that
it mistakes parsimony for economy. 1t
ever I run for governor Of this COM
monwealth my platform is going to
consist of four words: "To ii
with parsimony!" This is one of the
richest states in the union, yet it is
being run on the old grasshopper bust
ness basis that prevailed thirty years
ago. It is working under an antiquat-
ed constitution that fits present condi-
tions about as nicely as a roundabout
and knickerbockers would fit 200
pound man. It's code is jumbled-up
mess that serves no other purpose tha
to make fat fees for lawyers. It's pub
lie institutions are behind the times, in
poor keeping with modern ideas AMI
thoughts and wholly inadequate. 1t
pays its attorney general $4,000 year
and expects him to make good against
corporation lawyers who get more per
month than he gets per year. 1t pays
it's governor a salary to manage four
millions dollar business less salary than
q
get, and it sticks to convict labor
lease system that has been condemned
by every student Of civics, political
economy and humanitarianism. In
stead of seeing how much it can spend
to good advantage in the interests Of
good government and kindly care of
the state s dependents, it tries to spend
as little as it can without actually put
ting itself in the attitude of sacrificing
common decency in the interests OF
dollars and cents. The howl about
taxes has no foundation in fact The
first thing needed is commonsense
system of taxation, and the second
thing needed is rigid enforcement of
the laws Of that system. Remove the
tax on enterprise and thrift and put it
on the unearned increment. Tax the
value of land for use and occupancy
and quit taxing the thrift of the work
er who builds little home. Quit tax
ing the improvements the enterprising
farmer makes upon his land, and make
the unenterprising land speculator pay
as much tax on his unimproved land
as the Industrious farmer pays upon
his well titled and highly improved
farm. Tax the men who get without
working, and quit taxing the men who
work without getting. But while we
are framing up this commonsense and
equitable system of taxation, for heav-
ems sake let us get Nebraska out Of
the grasshopper class
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

could well afford to finance the An
drews' campaign. That famous "testi
monial, containing likeness Of An-
drews, would be reprinted without
cost to the near-whisky outfit to the
extent Of about million dollars
worth
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

Word comes that William E. An
drews is considering the matter Of try
ing to secure the republican nomina-
tion for governor The Peruna people
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

becoming so accustomed to that sort of
superheated atmosphere from the Leon
hardt lungs that it is not worth while
to give it any particular attention.
Schroeder opposes the park bonds be-
cause he wants a pile of money to
spend on sewers, but Schroeder is not
ed for being unable to see anything
good in move that is not practical
and by practical he does not mean
such things as parks and Fairgrounds.
The workingmen of Lincoln ought to
be unit in support of the park bond
issue. It means more to them than
any other public improvement.
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

The esteemed Star now and then
manages to say something really worth
while. Its suggestion that instead of
limiting the height of buildings in the
business section-forbiddin skyscrap-
ers-we prohibit the erection of build
ings less than a certain height, is such
a good one that it ought to receive
more than casual consideration. The
men who have grown rich by the in
creased value of lands-an increase in
no wise due to their efforts or their sag
acity-owe something to the public
that made them rich. The practice
of some of these men is to build dinky
little two-story buildings and then
charge about so per cent of their value
every year for rent, the high rent being
due to the location, not to the conven-
fences of the building. There is one
ideal way to cure this sort of thing,
and that is to tax the building site ac-
cording to it's value for occupancy. If
that were done we'd see no more of
those little taxpayer buildings on
valuable sites.
One of the big jokes, to my mind, of
recent weeks, is the letter Jake Taze
laar wrote to Rev. Charles Stelzle.
Jake thinks that Stelzle, every other
monster, and all the churches in the
country are to be condemned simply
because a couple of ministers in South
Bethlehem did not do just as Jake
wanted them to while he was investi-
eating the steel mills there. The labor
papers that gave space to Jake's letter
wasted it. He made no point against
the church. And if Rev. Charles Stelzle
sees fit to reply to Jake we can see the
Tazelaar hide hanging on the fence.
The election of Tom Pratt to the
presidency of the city council is not
so much a tribute to the political sagac-
ity of Pratt as it is an evidence of tho
lack of political acumen on the part OF
some eight members of the council. No
one has ever questioned Pratt s person
al honesty, and it must be admitted
that he made first-class city clerk.
But he is gifted with the natural bull
headedness of a Briton, and whatever
he opposes is, in his mind, everlastingly
and fundamentally wrong, vicious and
dangerous. Self-opinionated to high
degree, he is not at all charitable Of
the view of others, and we venture the
prediction that as presiding officer Of
4 the councilmaniac body he will be the
creator of all kinds of unpleasant fric-
tion.
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

Do not be deceived-the 100000
park bond issue does not mean that if
the bonds are carried the city will
have to pay $4,000 for Lincoln Park
1t does not even mean that the city
will have to buy Lincoln Park at any
price. 1t simply means that the city
will have 100000 to spend for park
purposes, and it is not dollar too
much. Now is the time for Lincoln 70
secure park lands. It ought to have
been done ten or fifteen years ago.
Leonhart opposes the bond issue on the
ground that everybody in Lincoln has
a park in his front yard.' But we are
The wageworker., 1910-05-20
HITTING THE POLITICAL PIPE
FEW STRAY BITS OF GOSSIP CONCERNING MATTERS THAT
HAVE TO DO WITH RUNNING THE CITY, COUNTY STATE

The word has gone out that the gen
tlemen who frame up the legislative
ticket for Lancaster county republicans
have kindly consented to give organ.
lied labor one place on the ticket this
time. That is really SO kind Of them,
don t you know Organized labor ought
to meet these ticket-fxers more than
halfway, just like Mark Twain did the
bill collector who agreed to throw off
half the bill, "I'll not be outdone in
generosity by any man, exclaimed
Mark, "I'll throw off the other half.''
Organized labor ought to accept the
one place on the ticket and then walk
right out and grab three or four more.
It could be done just as easy as falling
off of log All that needs to be done
is for the union men to agree on three
or four good men and then nominate
them at the primary. The legislative
candidate at the primaries who re-
ceives thousand or twelve hundred
votes will get on the regular ticket,
and there are more than double that
number of union men in the county
who are eligible to vote at the primar-
les.
AS for the democrats, they are in 8
hopeless minority in this county and
they will have to get out search war
rants to find men willing to accept leg
islative nominations. That means that
it will be simple matter to get two
or three organized labor men on the
legislative ticket put up by the demo-
Gratis. The only reason why Lancaster
county trades unionists. have never had
a representative in the legislature is
that they've been political numbskulls.
They have blindly voted partisan tick
cts so long that it seems to be con-
frmed habit. Whether the habit is
confirmed or not will be demonstrated
by the way they vote at the primaries
next August.
There are lot Of people who enter
tain the belief that Mr.. Bryan did not
do the right thing when he started this
special session agitation, then slipped
off to Great Britain without seeing It
through. Mr.. Bryan sprung the spet
cial session idea while Governor Sha1-
lenberger was absent from the state,
then after putting the governor up
against the proposition, Mr.. Bryan
goes to Europe to be gone month or
six weeks. Under the circumstances
there seems to be good grounds for
the belief in many quarters that Mr..
Bryan was unjust to the governor. OF
course SO per cent of the people favor
the initiative and referendum, and :.
goodly minority, at least-perhaps
majority-believe a special session
would be wise and profitable, but hav-
ing started something Mr.. Bryan might
have remained in it to the finish.
Word comes that William E. An
drews is considering the matter of try
ing to secure the republican nomina-
tion for governor The Peruna people
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

The poke is on Congressman Hitch
cock. He came down to Lincoln to file
for senator, and tried to pay the filing
fee of $50 to the secretary of state. Mr..
Hitchcock is lawyer, and is serving
his third term in congress. Yet he
didn't know that the filing fee should
have been paid to the clerk of Doug
lass county, and the clerks receipt
filed with the secretary of state. Some
how or other that incident reminded
us Of King Arthur, the man who could
not understand how the housewife got
the apple inside of the dumpling.
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

he looks,' one of his ieutenants will
arise and cry: "The unions killed this
great and good man."
Did you read Mr.. Bryan's artistic
skinning of the Omaha Bee in his
speech at Omaha last Tuesday night2
If you didn't you missed rare treat.
1t really was the best thing that has
happened since Mr.. Bryan had so much
fun with the Bee over that papers fool
tariff editorial break during the cam
paign of 1908. In his easy, good-nat-
ured, but terribly effective way, Mr..
Bryan backed the Bee up against the
political fence and deftly removed it's
hide without spilling blood all over the
fence.
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

Very few people will take seriously
the candidacy of William F. Porter for
railway commissioner Of course there
is nothing but Durham in that 'Por-
ter-put-i -back'' cry, but the fact of the
matter is that Porter. is not the man
for the place. His personal honesty no
man can successfully assail, but he
lacks the mental poise. The trouble
with Porter is that he takes himself
too seriously. He had no more to do
with the adoption Of the Australian
ballot than a score Of other members of
the famous session Of 1891. As secrc-
tary Of state he was member of the
railway commission, and for four
years, no attempt was made by the
commission to do anything other than
provide fat jobs for three "secretar-
ies'' He went into office on the wave
of populism, and the populist move
ment, while the greatest political edu-,
Gator Of modern times, waned and died
because too many Of its self-constitut-
ed leaders soon made principle subsidi-
ary to place. And when Mr.. Porter
takes to himself the credit of the
"Newberry bill'' he adds nothing to
his claim upon further public recognl-
ton. The intent Of that bill was all
right, but the attempt to make copy
of the Iowa freight rates fit Nebraska
conditions could not have ended in any
thing but disaster
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

The only interesting features about
the attempt Of Secretary Whitten to
make Senator Burkett commit himself
on the "long and short haul" clause in
the railroad bill was that man Of
Whitten's 8 ability should have thought
it worth while to try and make the SEN
ior senator commit himself upon such
an important question. AS balanccr
and high wire walker our senior sena
tor has Blondin backed off into Mag
ara river
The wageworker., 1910-05-20

just few hours before that Mr..
Bryan performed the same operation
upon John Lee Webster. It was at the
"Peave Meeting" in the Oamha audi.
torium, arranged for the graded and
high schools of Omaha The occasion
was the anniversary of the first peace
tribunal at The Hague, and Mr.. Bryan
was the chief speaker. Mr.. Webster
spoke first and took occasion to advo-
cate the building of great battleships
and organizing great armies for the
purpose of awing the nations into
peace. He spoke about "our honor"
and tried to impress upon the minds
of the school children the necessity of
always being armed and ready to scrap
like bulldogs in defense of honor. Il
is easy to imagine the gentle way in
which Mr.. Bryan handled that phase
of the Webster illumination. I sat
within a few feet of Webster while
Bryan was making reply, and I could
see the Websterian form fairly shrivel,
while the Websterian countenance took
on as many changing hues as the fam
GUS Websterian chromatic vest. The
man who will stand before 1000 Amer
lean school children and advocate
building warships and supporting huge
armies seems to me to be sadly in need
of guardian. The Webster argument
brought out scarcely a ripple Of ap-
pause, but when Mr.. Bryan finished his
arraignment Of the idea Of swashbuck-
ling around with a belt full of knives
and pistols in order to safeguard "hon-
or" it brought forth wave of cheers
that fairly shook the auditorium to it's
foundations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-13
CAN 4 P00R MAN Run FOR GOV
ERS0R!

II looks very. very much as though
q real poor man would have a poor
chance in race for governor Of Geor-
GA
Not that money is ever used in this
state in q gubernatorial race for i'm
proper purposes. Perish the thought.
Georgia IS not IN The class of states
where corruption OF voters has become
3 commonplace. It's state politics are
singularly free from such a faint.
But the actual expenses involved in.
making race for the goyernorship are
such as 10 preclude poor man from
entering the field.
Hoke Smiths statement showed thai
in the campaign Just ended he erpend
e5 $1o.50o out Of his own purse. II
the previous two campaigns his pers-
onal expense account was unquestioa.
ably larger than this. The three cam
paigns have doubtless cost him be
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
Then his friends expended $1,000 ID
the main expenses of the campaign
from the Atlanta headquarters. not to
mention the various amounts expended
By them in their respective counties
THIS IS all entirely legitimate. There
is no harsh criticism to be made on
this account But it simply demon
strates condition that has arisen in
present dag politics that seems to de-
mand cure. if a cure is possible.
How many men of eminent worth are
there in Georgia to-day who would
honor the office Of Governor and YET
whose total wealth would not aggre-
gate the amounts Mr., Smith has paid
out Of his private purse in tle past
three campaigns?
There Is Senator Bacon for instance
His total wealth matter Of a year or
two ago was placed at $4,000.
Then there is Congressman Brantley.
He is not included amang the pluto
erats Of TIE state by any means.
And there are many others whose
names suggest themselves On refec-
ton. whose fortune and incomes could
no. possibly stand such a strain.
i Is legitimate. there Is nothing I'M
proper about it. yet one cannot help
thinking that it slouId be otherwise.
nat i ought not to be necessary t,
sxpeni saca large sums OF money ii.
canvass for the Office OF governor o.
Georgia.
BUT how is the amount expended to
be limited, and how are absolutely
legitimate expenses to be held down f.
smaller figures? Can this problem j..
solved?
There surely ought to be some way
IN which a man could conduct a sue
cessful campaign without impoverish-
ing himself. or drawing heavily on bis
friends
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-13
Editorial Room, Telephone 70.
Americas. Ga. September Is, 1910.
THE OLD MAID.
George Barlow

she gae her life 10 love she never
Eu#E
What other women gave taeir al &
gain
O.ae-z we're tickle. Sic was passing
sa= gave her life 10 lose. She neve-
had 3 stain
She never married suitors came ana
vent
Tae dzrk eyes flashed their love or
one alone
Her life was passed in quiet and coz
tent
The ID love Teigned. No rival Stared
-he 11r0ne
Think You he. life was wasted? Vale
and hill
Bl0ssomed in summer and white
winter came.
Tie blue ice stiffened on the silent r.Gl.
All times AMI seasons found her s.
the same.
Her heart was full Of sweetness al.
tze end,
What once sac gave she never toeE
away,
Through ali her youth she loved Oh
faithful friend;
S-e loves him nov aer Lair IS gro
ing gray
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-13
THE FOR SOUTH GEORGIA TO Acr

there IS every reason why al South
Georgia without regard TO past fae-
1oaaI lines, should unite in supporting
g South Georgia man for president Of
he Senate, AID none. mat Ne are
aware Of, Why Il should fail 10 do 50.
To begin with. the prize belongs To
this section. North Georgia VII have
the governor and the speaker Of the
House. That should satisfy it.
Then North Georgia has had the past
two presidents Of the Senate. Another
reason WY Il should stand aside this
time
Then the candidate offering from
Soath Georgia Is thoroughly eompe-
tent man. we'll qualified for the posi-
ton. a man OF nigh character. one VINO
would make an ideal presiding ofac2r.
In addition. there is every likelihood
that ne next president Of the Senate
viii be called upon 70 act As gov
erHor Tor sixty days At least. There
Is every reason to believe that Senator
Clay VIII De out Of the running. prob
ably resigning when the next leglsla-
.ture eonvens and thar Gov. Smith VII
resign and become United States Sen
ator IN his place.
Tie g0verRorship would then de-
F0lTe on TIE president of the Senate
for the ad interim period preceding an
election Of a new governor.
CO. J. E Sheppard. Of Sumter eoua-
~ would ornament the office of goe-
ernor FULLY as well as that Of press
dent Of the Senate. South Georgia, Il
it stands true To its candidate, would
then have the double honor Of the pres
idency Of the Senate and the ad interim
term-in the gubernat0riaI office. And
PROBABLY il would get the successor Ia
Gov Smith, as well
This IS the time for South Georgia
% act with resolution. 10 demonstrate
that i does not propose 10 he the p3-
litieal scullion of Georgia. doing ta=
hard work and getting none Of tee tx
bits OF political life. Ii has been the
newer Of wood and drawer Of waite,
for NoE1h Georgia politicians for
long time. Let il assume new rois
now and demand its full share Of II.
offices and especially those OF higs
honor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-13
CORPORATION AND Personal
GUILT.

In q speee1 before the American
Bar Association al Chattanooga Dr..
Woodrow Wilson called attention to
TIE fact that somebodE is r@ponsib .
for the evils the public endure aud
that somebody should be punls eI TO.
them he made it clear thai he does
not adEocate the destruction Of coz
porations. bur would punish ter
mau3geis, who are responsible TOR
Violations Of the Law. lie realizes t8as
the corporations do not do wrong. b1y
on tae contrary the wrong IS done b
ind.sidIals who direct and use then
for selfish and illegiamate purposes &c
the injury Of society and the serious
curtailment Of private RIGGS
He showed very clearly that corpo~-
atoms can not be punished, becaus
the fines imposed by the courts fa'l
upon the wrong persons upon the
.stockao- ders and customers and not
upon the men who direct the policy OF
the business Therefore, It is the Or
fcer or board whicl orders an act con
trary 10 the law that should be pun
ished. ?
Secure in the legal fiction that the
corporation Itself was a person, sat ;
the Indianapolis News. in discussing DR..
wilson speech. and was t1as r.
sponsible for the illegal acts committee
in It's name. tae corporation mguagers
have done pretty much as they pleased.
They knew that the corporation itself
could NOT be put in jail. and that.
under the prevailing Interpretation Of
the law trey could not be put, in jal
for the corporations misdeedz. The
corporation could be fined. to be surs.
but these fines its managers paid with
a eheerfulness proportional to the
amount Of the fine, and proceeded with
the policy Of doing things in the way
tLey thought would be most proftabI )
pretty much regardless Of the Law.
Thus reform has halted. and people
have continued to endure"
It is now quite generally realized
that such an Interpretation of the Iaa
is both false ana ridiculous. because a
corporation consists of a number Ct
individuals and VIXEN it violates tn.
law the act Is done by the direction Of
those individuals who alone are guilty
and should be punished If the man
ager Of corporation is required bg
his associates to vic ate the law he
should be held responsible to tie law.
ana he should not be excused on the
ground Of ignorance or the necessity
of holding his position. With respec.
to the contention that in many instane-
les It is not fair to pick out for punish
ment tie particular officer who orde..
ed a thing done. because be is himself
under orders-a mere dummy manip
ulated from without DIR. Wilson sail.
I reply tat society should permit ,
man to carry out orders which ars
against the law and public policy. AMI
that if YOU will put one or two con
spicuous dummies in the penitentiasv
there viii be no more dummies for
hire"
This is sound reasoning, and #
leads TO the conclusion that man
who violates the law in order to ho,l
his position, is quite as guilty as tie
men whose orders he obeyed and h.
as well as they should be semi
TO prison.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-09-13
Abraham's Pred cament.

The Sunday school class had reach
ed the part in the lesson where "Abra-
ham entertained the angel unaware.
And what now is the meaning cf
unaware" asked the teacher
There was bashful silence; then
the smallest girl in the class piped on.
"Un'erware is what you takes off be-
fore you put on your nightie. '-Li1-
pincott's.