The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 19, 1918, Page 16

~ Neville and McKelvie AgainSt Farmers Nebraska Leaguers Are Centering Their Votes on Charles W. Bryan, Candidate for Governor in the Democratic Primaries @] EBRASKA voters will | 'have an easy task in vot- primary August 20. The League has not officially indorsed a candidate for this important office this year for various reasons. A number of legis- lative candidates have been indorsed by League members and the strength of the organization will be thrown to these men, practically all of whom are filed on the Democratic ticket. There are two candidates for gov- ernor on the Republican ticket. S. R. McKelvie of Lincoln is one. McKelvie has been grooming his political fences for the last six years and two years ago was defeated for the nomination by Judge Sutton of Omaha. McKelvie issued a remarkable proclamation sev- eral weeks ago. He said he DID NOT WANT THE SUPPORT OF THE LEAGUE. HE ALSO INTIMATED THAT FARMERS OR PRODUCERS DID NOT NEED ANY MORE LAWS. What do you think of a statement like that? Many people believe that Mec- Kelvie’s statement was inspired by the chamber of commerce at Omaha, which appears to be strongly sup- porting McKelvie, as they figure he is a “safe” man—for the bigger business interests. McKelvie prints two big “farm” papers. He poses as a friend of the farmers, but SAYS THEY NEED NO LAWS. A nice kind of a friend for producers to have in this - critical day and age. SOME FACTS ABOUT NEVILLE Keith Neville is the present gov- ernor of Nebraska. He is a young man, still in his thirties. HE IS RE- PUTED A MILLIONAIRE CAPITAL- IST, whose thoughts and actions are far removed from the common people. Neville appointed the present state council of defense. On this council he put Richard L. Metcalfe of Omaha. Some months ago Metcalfe went to Washington, D. C., for a conference & and while there gave out statements’ which purported to paint Nebraska aé«q;x a hotbed of pro-Germanism. From his~ statements, as printed in Lincoln, one would think that nine-tenths of Ne- braska was disloyal, ‘although the state by far leads every other in War Savings stamps buying and other war activities. @ e WHAT KIND OF . MAN IS METCALFE? * " Metcalfé has’ been léading the fight against the League in Nebraska. After conducting this fight for months, ~ he recently resigned his position and : filed for the Democratic nomination for United States senator. It has been said that he is using the home guard organization and county-coun- cils of defense in- furthering his can- didacy, although his friends deny this. ing for governor at their ~coln. . .Gooch - is..a. flour. miller. - formerly ran a bucket shop for specu- - ‘'start in this business. Another membgr of the state coun- cil, and an appointee of - Governor Neville’s, is . Herbert E. Gooch of Lin- lating in grain and got his :financial Some: weeks ago Gooch was witness in a lawsuit. HE SWORE THAT HE HAD CON- - TRIBUTED FIFTY DOLLARS TO A MEMBER OF THE OMAHA GRAIN EXCHANGE TO FIGHT THE NON- THE DEUCE IN THE DECK When workers play a game of cards Where there’s high, low, jack and the game, Whether the game be euchre or pitch Or one with another name; It’s just like playing the game of life, Where workers get it in the neck, ‘The profiteer holds all the aces and trumps, The workers—the deuce in the deck. The profiteer always shuffles the cards, He gets game, high, low and jack; The poor get what the profiteer leaves, * Because he’s the deuce in the pack; The profiteer coppers the worker’s play And takes all his chips, by heck, And the worker hasn’t a word to say— He knows he’s the deuce in the deck. Life is like the game of freeze-out— The farmer knows what that means— The profiteer holds the trump cards, And takes all the farmer’s beans; Who imagined the game’s on the level,~ While of fairness there wasn’t a speck; The profiteer held all the high cards, The farmer—the deuce in the deck. In each deck of cards there’s a joker— Oft times it’s discarded in play— But big business is only a card game, -You can call it whatever you may; '.L. The tfumps are held by the profiteer, . " "Who makes of the farmers a wreck, Who once believed what the profiteer said, And remained the deuce in the deck. The profiteer led with a tenspot, The farmer then played an ace. When he reached over to get the cash, And looked at the profiteer’s face, He found him serenely- smiling As he said, “That’s mine, by heck, You farmers ain’t got a chance in ten, You’re only the deuce in the deck.” We’ll admit we were trusting and simple, Believed what the profiteer said, But the future is full of promise, s We're no longer soft in the head; ; LN We are out for democracy, loyal & Nonpartisan leaguers, by heck; Profiteers, your vacation has vanished, 2 % You will be the deuce in the deck. —W. E. HANSON, Montana Pioneer. He.-. v PARTISAN LEAGUE: - Think of: a.. member “of an important body con- . tributing “money - to stop "a farmers’. ~movement. ..Gooch also -testified that he paid himself:a salary of TWELVE HUNDRED' DOLLARS A MONTH from his flour mill and that he had made MORE THAN FORTY THOU- SAND DOLLARS CLEAR PROFIT LAST YEAR—MORE THAN. HE MADE. BEFORE. THE WAR. He also testified that he HAD BEEN. United States Department of Agriculture ‘Advises Farmers to Organize Efficiency is the watchword ‘and the farmer should pay for necessary and efficient service only. In ease he finds that he can serve himself more efficiently than others are serving him, if he can install and operate his own busi- ness machinery, arrange to pay cash and furnish his own credit, he should do so. If it is good business and en-’ tirely proper for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to unite in their respective organizations, what argument - should induce farmers to refrain from similar action to improye their business? What can the manufacturer gain by such organization which the farmer can not? If it is advisable for thesmanufacturers and dealers to federate into state and national associations, by what line of reasoning do some conclude that it is unnecessary or abso- lutely improper for the farmers to organize, even on a community basis? — Agricultural Year Book for 1915. _PAGE SIXTEEN - Mo Bl CONVICTED IN COURT FOR SHORTWEIGHTING ON FLOUR AND HAD PAID A FINE. Gooch has charge of the Nebraska county councils of defense and is given the credit for inspiring these subordinate bodies against the League. Other men are on this state council, but to give their pedigrees would in- volve columns of space. INSULTS HURLED AT FARMERS Several months ago 243 farmers in Pierce county petitioned Governor Neville to unseat Metecalfe from the state council. Neville issued an in- sulting statement to the press, saying that the names signed were German names and highly praising Metcalfe. Practically every man who signed the statement was of American birth and their loyalty is unqueéstioned. Later on a delegation from Saunders coun- ty, consisting of seven prominent farmers, called on Governor Neville and protested against outrages in their county. More than 175 Saunders county producers had subscribed for stock.in a newspaper they were or- ganizing. The night they called the newspaper meeting to elect directors and adopt- articles of incorporation, a gang of hoodlums from Wahoo, headed by Dr. O. E. Weber, 2 member-of the ‘state council of defense and ' ap- pointee of Governor Neville, and E. E. Placek, a lawyer, and chairman of the county council of defense, broke up the meeting and ordered the farmers out of the hall. The farmers protest- ed to the governor in person. HE ~ NEVER RAISED A HAND TO REM- EDY THIS UN-AMERICAN -AC- TION, and let the farmers go home without a word of encouragement or assistance. Voters who want to see real Americanism in Nebraska can not afford to put back a governor of this stripe. : The candidate running against Ne- ville for the Democratic nomination for governor is Charles W. Bryan of Lincoln, a brother of William Jennings Bryan, former secretary of state. Bryan is a government ownership man. His platform takes in all of the platform of the League. 'He believes in - Americanism and democracy, at home. He has a Son in the army, a captain, who was not appointed to the position, but .gained his high grade -~ in the army through his merits. .« _ League members and. League-sym- pathizers are -going to support Bryan;” -according. to' word' received at Ne-. braska headquarters. Although' not .. " indorsed: by the League, neverthéless he stands for the League prigeiples. " NOT A SECRET ORDER .Some one ought to start a new honorary society and give out a gold medal to the Honorable Association of Ex-Readers of the Kept Press.