The wageworker., 1910-05-13

Gallles all there is OF Importance before
the people of Lincoln is whether the
council shall meet afternoons or eve
nings, or whether the sidewalks are on
straight. There are lot Of people conf
ing to the conclusion that this town is
getting too blamed ladylike. Columns
wasted on few measely sidewalks,
and not word about some Of the in
dustrial conditions that are making
for the lasting shame of the city. There
are thousand women working in Liu-
coin for an average Of less than a dol
lar day, boarding and clothing them
selves, and hundreds of men trying to
compete with them and at the same
time support wives and children ill
semi-comfort. Girls sewing on forty
eight shirt buttons for a nickel, max
ing overalls for IS cents dozen, work
ing ten hours day behind counters
for $3.50 a week-and yet crooked
sidewalks and time of council meetings
are about all the local stuff we get III
the daily papers.
wish some of the good women who
provement" would muster up little
interest in the welfare of their indus
trial sisters
The wage earners Of the Omaha con.
gressional district have an opportunity
to send to congress man Of their own
class-a man of more than average
brains, of unimpeachable honesty, Of
unquestioned sincerity. I'm afraid
they'll make the usual fool mistake u
letting the opportunity slip. 1t is not
often that wage earners, and especially
union men, have an oppo1 Jun1ry to vote
for man like Laurie j. Quinby. He is
a true-blue union man. He knows what
the workers need, and he's got the
brains and the ability to fight for then.
] know Omaha like book, and if [
were asked to pick out the best fitted
man from the ranks of organized labor
in that district to represent the wage
earners in congress, I'd unhesitatingly
pick Quinby. The fact of the matter
is, however, he such good man, and
would make such splendid represen-
tative in congress, that IN awfully
afraid he doesn't stand ghost Of a
show to be nominated
Are we going to try and elect any
wage earners to the legislature from
Lancaster this fall We've got some al
mighty good timber to select from, and
with the Oregon plan of electing Unit
edStates senators there 'sno reason why
we shoulo let the senatorial fight cut
any ice with us. I've heard Ed Howe
mentioned, and he'd be bully man tc
elect. He says he s socialist, but that
wouldn t count with me if he d run. On
the contrary, it would rather help.
could name a lot of them-Dug Smith
of Havelock, "Doc" Fighter, George
Quick, II. E. McGurren, Pinney of the
Musicians, Mcbride of the BARRIERS,
Swanson of the Bricklayers, Frank Cof-
fey, Pickard and Chapman Of the
Plumbers, Eisler, Walker, Jacobs-O,
the list could be extended indefinitely
without exhausting the available tim
Der. If ever there was time for the
oISdAAACu 1OACCo " SOt 1ACO CAC pOAACA-
cal game, that time is now.
Yes, the "Citizens' Alliance" is es-
tablished in Lincoln. It is meeting reg.
ularly. I know the names Of some Of
the members, for I saw them in ses-
sion. Big employers, some Of them, un-
ion hate"s most of them, plain ordinary
felines willing to pull chestnuts from
the fire for big monkies some of them
But don't get excited. Just keep COOL
l don't give hoot when the city
council meets-whether in the after
noon or evening. No matter what time
it meets it may be depended upon to
waste lot of hot air exuded by Candy
and Leonhardt and others; to scrap
over sidewalks; to play horse like lot
of kids and chew the rag until the
councilmanic lungs are full of line. The
only compensating feature is that the
city as whole if not judged by the