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April 25. 1910.
If in the dim, distant future, the op
ponents of a dry Lincoln should be
successful in their scheme to move the
eapitol of the sauc to (..rand Island,
Kearney Hastings to some orher
dace Which may be nearer the center
of the state, we do not believe tha the
city would lose so very much, only
the prestige which any city might re
ceive as a capital city.. H is possw
blc that the removal might I .
nature of a "blcssin" m gue
for with the cnpitol out of the way
it could stand upon its own fouiulii
tion as a university city without the
natural opposition which always comes
to a scat of gevernmont froui i woul -be
riva s, no matter whether it is he
capital of a state or the capital of the
county. Lincoln hasareadv estab
lished itself as a good business city,
a wholesale point and a railroad cen
ter, and we do noc believe .hat losing
the capital, would in any way damage
her future. We would like to sec her
retain the capilal, if from no other rea
son that wo love her for the enemies
the has.
The National Wholesale Liquor
Dealers Association lias taken the
trouble to send us a letter in which
they very kindly inform us that as
the editor of a paper is a very busy
man they propose to make our editor
ials for us for nothing and will discuss
the question of prohibition in such an
unbiased, fair and impartial manner
that the "wayfaring man though a
fool may not err therein." They are
kind, yes very kind. But who pays
the freihgt? The man who is compet
ent to get out editorials for this paper
on the subject of prohibition from the
standnoint of the manufacturer of
wet goods and do it to the-satisfaction
of the editor will have to be a fast man
and such a man ought to command
a good salary. At present our ability
to express our opinions on the matter
of prohibition or anti-prohibition is
sufficient so that it will not be nec
essary to accept any assistance from
the greatest trust on earth.
who seek to make the public believe
that any man who is loyal to Presi
dent Taft is an enemy to good govern
ment and a staunch friend of Cannou
and his methods. There are very few
of the latter but hosts of the former,
the enemies of the administration
will discover before the eamapaign
is over.
Jeffrey L. Stone, a former
newspaper man of this city,
having been connected with
the Herald something like
twenty-five years ago died
Wednesday. Mr. htone was
one of the most popular and
influential members of Xe
braska state press association
and his death will come as a
shock to the members who
were in the habit of meeting
him at the annual gatherings.
His wife died last fall and two
children some time before
her demise. He will be buried
beside them in the cemetery
at Minden, where Mr. Stone
at one. time was connected
with the newspaper business.
Speaker Poole of the late
lamented legislature has de
cided that he will try conelu
sions with Deputy Secretary
of State Addison Waite, who
at the present time seems to
be the only candidate for the
nomination on the republican
ticket, for the office of secre
tary of state. Speaker Poole
was the democratic gavi
wielder of the last legislature
and did not strike the genera
public with any very great
idea that he was very much
pumpkins. Many of his acts
as speaker were decidedly of
a ouestionable nature when
sized up as between the
corporations and the great
common people. Personally
Mr. Poole is a nice man, but
there are other qualifications
needed in the office of secre
tary of state besides those
of being a "nice fellow." Mr.
Waite is not only that but he
can deliver the goods when
it comes to conducting a pub
lic office in the best interests
of the state, and it it comes
to the time when Mr. Poole
and Mr. Waite get into the
fight the former will prob
ably decide when it is over
that ho was very "phoolish"
to have done so and that he
ought to have "waited" uutil
some other time.
The two victories in the east, one
in Massachusetts and me other in
New York, in which democratic can
didates for congress were elected to the
lower branch of the legislative con
gress of the United States, is another
illustration of peculiar conditions,
neither case of which is parallel. It
is true that the national conditions
are some what responsible for the elec
tion of democratic congressmen in
republican districts, yet local condi
tions in both cases had something
to do with it. In Massachusetts the
personality of the two candidates
had a great deal to do with the outcome
The democrat was a former republican
defeated office seeker, and the repub
lican a former democrat, so that the
"getting even" spirit entered a great
deal into the fight. In New York
the republican candidate was consid
ered by the people, and in fact he him
self had acknowledged, that he was
mixed up in the bribery charges of
that state, and this more than any
thing else is responsible for his defeat.
It is true that the unsettled condition
of the people is. responsible for the
changing of many votes, as there are
always politicians who are willing
to take advantage of the dissatisfac
tion of the people which occasionally
exists and enlarge upon for their own
political benefit. If there is any man,
be he insurgent or democrat, who can
explain how the country is going to be
any Letter off controlled by the demo
cratic party with its past history of
failure and misniaageinent of public
affairs, we would like to hear the ex
planation. The insurgents say they
are not working for the country to
fall into the hands of the democratic
party, but if their own argument is
true regarding the late congressional
lections in Massachusetts and New-
York, that is exactly what is happen
ing. They may claim that they are
not assisting the democratic party
but the evidence in the case so far
shows that tfiey are and they stand
convicted by the jury.
STANDPATTISM
There arc two kinds of stand
patters as the term is applied at the
present time. One is that brand of
republican who is willing to srtand
by the administration of President
Taft believing that lie will make good
before his term of office is much older
and who also believing in the ability
of the republican party to bring to
the country the reforms which the
party has promised the people, arc
not believer in the scheme to tie up
with the democrats when such action
will bring defeat to the republican
party and possibly a turning over
of the government to a party which
has failed time and again to bring
prosperity, or continue the prosperity
which they fell heir to when they
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gained comroi oi me country, lliey
are loyal to the administration of
President Taft, but not friendly to
the Cannon outfit. They believe that
when a man lias been so long in office
that lus retention means threatened
defeat to the party, as a loyal repub-
lican he should recognize that the party
is greater than he, and step to one
side. The other brand of standpatters
is that set (town by the insurgents
POLLARD S WITHDRAWAL
The announcement of the
withdrawal of Hon. Earnest
M. Pollard of Nehawka from
the race for the republican
nomination from this district
will be read with a great deal
of regret by his army of
friends all over the state of
Nebraska. Who his with
drawal will strengthen is a
problem which , it will take
time to determine.
When he left the United
States last winter to look af
ter his business interests on
the Island of Ilayti, it was
his intention when he re
turned to enter the race for
the republican nomination
and it was fully expected that
he would do so by his large
circle of friends. Defeated by
the democratic wave which
ran over the state two years
ago for a third term, it had
been the wish of his friends
that he would again enter the
race and secure the nomina
tion, which if received would
without doubt mean an elec
tion. Upon his return, however
the members of the company
for whom he was acting urged
upon him the importance of
returning again to Ilayti and
continuing the management
of the industry which needed
a man of his experience. So
unanimous were their de
mands that he concluded that
it would be best to give un
his political aspirations and
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business associates, which he
has done.
The first congressional dis
trict will lose a good man by
this move on the part of Mr.
Pollard. During his two
terms in congress he repeat
edly demonstrated that he
had the ability so necessary
to the success of a repre
sentative at Washington, and
had he been returned two
years ago the state of Ne
braska., would have been well
represented and the first con
gressional district's interests
ably looked after.
What effect his withdrawal
will have upon the other can
didates remains to be seen.
Col. Wm. Hayward of Ne
braska City and George E.
Tobey of Lincoln now have
the stage, but it may be that
now that Mr. Pollard has
withdrawn that others may
decide to enter the fight.
Lancaster county has several
patriots who would like to
make a try for the goal, but
whether they will get into the
race remains to be seen.
democratic house in the next congress.
Judging from former experiences in
tariff revision that this should prove
true would not be singular, for that
has been almost a uniform result
of the work of revising tariff schedu.es.
Late history proves it. There was
a reaction against republicans when
the McKinley bill was passed. The
democrats then undertook revision and
this was their undoing, the country
swinging back to McKinley and mak
ing him president. Then the Dingley
law was passed, but no democratic
house was chosen following it,
this being a conspicuous exception.
The election at Rochester this week
was based on revision under the Payne
Aldrich bill. Rochester is a manu
facturing center, but in spite of that
factthe district went overwhelmingly
democratic by republican votes,
issue was reciprocity with Canada,
which means the United States mark
ets for farm products are to be opened
duty free, to Canadian farm products
if Canada will open her markets to
American manufactured products. The
high cost of living was a prominen
factor, as it was in the Massachu
settes district. Manufacturing cen
ters complain of the prices of farm
products which compose nine-tenths
of the necessities of life.
The incomprehensible feature of
the situation is the one in which it
appears that the same sentiment is
dominant in the agricultural west,
that has been recorded in the manufac
turing centers where elections to con
gress have recently taken place.
Will the fanners be led into sup
porting democracy, in view of the dis
zastrous record of that party as a
"tariff reform" party? Can thrie in
terests be identical with those of
Rochester, and Massaehusettes, where
free Canadian farm products are de
manded Is it not an anomaly
to say so? Alreadv the prices of farm
products are showing signs of weak
ess. A democratic house wijl send
them downward, though by no means
to the extent an entire democratic ad
ministration would do. Are the farm
ers willing to vote to reduse their
own prices with the hope of getting
at corresponding prices the things
they buy? We can only wait and see,
Perhaps the Rochester election hing
ed more on the insurance scandal
with which the republican candidate
was alleged to be connected than upon
the tariff issue, but it is evident there
is a screw loose somewhere in the logic
of the country. Fremont Tribune.
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Bum Shanty Burns.
The first step towards the improve
ment of the conditions on the big
sand bar, started last eveinng when
the old "bum shanty" went up m a
cloud of smoke. Either some tramp
condescendingly left a fire in the place
or some citizen applied a torch, for
the shack was found ablaze about
six o'clock last night and all that re
mained (f it this morning was a small
tiile of ashes. It has been made the
headquarters for he traveling bu sm
for years, and now that it has dis
appeared they might sliflit riatts
mouth by cutting her from their cal
ling list; however, it is not thought
the place or its occupants will lie ser
iously missed by the Plai loinoutli
poele.
Mrs. P. J. Reynolds and two chil
dren left this morning for Mcl'aul
from where they will proceed to Thur
man to visit with J. P. Hume for a few-days.
Frank McF.lroy, the handsome and
urbane tailor, inspected the sights
of Omaha yesterday.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO FARMERS
The result of the special election
held in the Rochester, N. Y. district
to choose a successor to the late J.
B. Perkins, representative in congress,
shows a reversal in public opinion in
a marked degree. Mr. Perkins was a
republican who was serving his fifth
term and who was chosen at the elec
tion of 1908 by a majority of 10,176
votes over his democratic opponent
At a special election on Tuesday of
this week the democratic candidate
was chosen by a majority over his
republican opponent of 5,000 votes.
A similar incident occurred a few
weeks ago in a Massaehusettes dis
trict, when Eugene Toss was elected
on the democratic ticket in a rcpubli
can district by a large majority.
lhe.se indicate a decided opposi
tion to the new tariff law and they un
questionably point strongly toward a
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