Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-12
GOVERNOR VISITS The DEN
Chief Executive and Staff Guests Of
knights Of Ak-Ssr-Ben-
HLEDeE IoYAITY To HIs MAIEsTY


with Governor Aldrich as his guess
Samson entertained royalty ri the dsn Mon
dav night The hitting chUruses % Gy-mk
hzna rang uut In their fun strength. the
''kannihBl krrw" urged their victims on &c
freFsh fortunes with domestic wells OF de-
hight. and the Sir knights turned out in
such numbers tim: every available inca
II space In The great building was uut
10 use ID w-ps the arrest crowd thar has
yei this ssRsUn assembled NJ the Cen.
Governor Aldrich was the guest Of the
evening ana occupied the center Of the
Htare Because uf the dignity o. his posi-
ton the husky. also duEkv. s-rv-tnrs u
Samson treated him q little less rouEh y
than the others but the chief executive
stood up with his fellow candidates and
repeated the oath uf allegiance 10 King
Ak-sBr-Ben. me sixteenth Of MS line.
with as much Eusto as ruv; nor did he
fnltsr al the lines governor of all other
governors
Although the governor occupied the cen
ter Of the stage. he cid not occupy all Of
II by any means He had his staff along
in full uniform. Then there was The Lin
coin Ad club and the Lincoln Commercial
club. the Nebraska Publicity league. the
railroad men. the Missouri Valley veter-
inHrians' association, and the Western
league teams Of Omaha and Sioux City.
II was easily the red-letter night Of The
season.
Memberzkip CltmbinE.
Csrr1t Fort. passenger traffic manager
Of the Union Pacific. presided At tn,
speech-mBking after the initiation and
announced the psid-up membership Of AK
SRr-Ben at 1.246
An the railroad men ask" said Mr.
Fort. is q chance 10 work with you and
for you. We have just had 3 magnificent
rain and ] nee no reason why NebraskE
should not retain its crop-suprenRcy- Al
though some OF the small grain has beer
hurt, IL looks like bumper crop Of corn.
/ In company with the other speeches thai
Of Governor Aldrich was short he spok,
of the nsed Of cooperation between city
and state Rne pAld q high complainant Il
the effectiveness Of Ak-Sar-Ben In advanc-
ing the interests Of both-
State and city he s9ad. are In IN,
nEturs Of things intsrdependent- Thee
must work together. We may have hRf
differences. but after al they are homes
differences. I am Eure- And, anyhow. ",
want To rsAlase al the time that cur stat.
10 the best state m the un3On.
Il like the democracy Of King Ak-SaF
Ben, he said hsre the mtl1ona1r4 ant
the man with limited means meet On com
mon grounds"
McKeIvte On PublA1hty.
s. r. McKelT1e, president Of the Lancoll
Ad club and Of the State Publicity league
deplored the failure OF the bin TO apprO
pirate $1,000 for publicity purposes in tn
last Legislature. He spoke In an oprimisti
vein Of it's chances Of getting through tn,
next
No other organization is doing NOR
for the state than Ak-SRr- Ben" said c.
Spens Of the Burlington, introduced by tn
chairman ~ the buxcEr inpressArio-"
Congressman c. O. Lobeck congrEtulate
the knights ON their show and assure
them Of his return In the fall 10 participant
IN the, carnival fest1r1tieR $500 rrf.-.-.
Governor Aldr1ch w,Rs-the guest Of tn
board Of governors An the evening befpr
the initiation af 6 o'clock 81 a dinner give
At the Loyal hotel. With the governor q
the dinner IVES his brother, DR.. Aldrich c
Johnston Tenn. also Ad1utant GenerE
Phelps Of the National guard.