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THE COURIER
would not shine as an editor with that effulgence which radiates
from his person on the stump. Until Mr. Edison has perfected and
made available his kinetograph it would be impossible for Mr.
Bryan to accompany his editorial expressions with that all pervading
smile, and what would Mr. Bryan bo without that smile? -
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Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, August 11, 1894.
The board of education continues to bo a prime attraction with al
lovers of first class sport. The bouts put up by this association are
lacking neither in go nor effectiveness. They are great, to use a
common phrase; the only wonder is that Mayor Weir who has all
along manifested a disposition to discourage sport, has not ere this
declared the board of education out of order.
The principal objection to our system of government is ite cum
bersomeness. With the nation suffering as it has never suffered
before, it has taken congress a whole year to even make an attempt
to afford relief. And now in this state when a succession of drouths
and crop failures has made irrigation imperative, there seems to be
no way to meet the emergency in the prompt and effective manner
that the importance of the subject demands.
Nebraska people who are inclined to be bitter in their complaints
of tho agricultural and business outlook should remember that dis
couraging though the prospect may bo there are many states that
have not fared any better than Nebraska, and some at least that
have fared worse. Misfortune seems to have been pretty evenly dis
tributed during the last twelve months. All sections and all classes
of people Jiave felt tho nipping touch of adversity. Nebraska is still
a good place to live in, and is bound to grow better.
That the University of, Nebraska cannot afford to part with Chan
cellor Canfield is a fact that needs no demonstration. He has done
more to advance the interests of the university in the short time
that has elapsed Bince his election to the chancellorship than all of
his predecessors combined, and it would be very unfortunate if his
work in this state should be interrupted at this point, Chancellor
Cantield has not wholly escaped criticism; but we believe there is no
one who would not feel regret at his departure from the university,
which under his administration, has come to mean 60 much to the
people of the state.
The New York Sun, which paper' gave Mr. Bryan the title
of "the boy orator of the Platte," now refers to the congressman
as the "general sounding board and vocal hat of the regions beyond
the Mississippi." The Sim gives credence to the report that Mr. Bryan
k to be become editor of the World-Herald, and says: "He will
write his leading articles with a hot poker on wood, and they will be
reproduced in asbestos. We can hear the shrivelling of things and
see the money power crackling into ashes as Bloviating Billy fulfills
his dread mission and scatters his blood-red ink." But our New
York contemporary will probably never have the pleasure of seeing
Mr. Bryan holding a highly ornamental position on the editorial
tripod. Mr. Bryan would rather be a senator than an editor, for he
himself hath said it It ip possible the congressman realizes that he
Nebraska has seen enough of the "Tom" and "Jack" brand of re
publican politics. The time has come for the injection of a little
more dignity and a little more common sense and a little more hon
ty. 85J3" little more patriotism into the management of the repub
licalfarty in this state. The baser element of the party has been
allowed too tight a grip, and respectability and decency have been
sent to the rear. In tho naming of tickets there is scarcely any con
sideration of questions affecting the welfare of the state and the
party. Action is guided almost solely by the personal influence ex
erted by tho self-constituted bosses. The threat of political Jis
favor is held out, and at the crack of the practical politicians whip
tho rank and file of the party fall in line with hardly a murmer.
The candidates of the party are seldom the choice of the republican
voters. They are in most instances, men who have secured a place
on the ticket by the exercise of a political "pull," who have practi
cally beaten their way to the front. Just now there is a protest
against this kind of republican management, or rather mismanage
ment, and it will be a dangerous thing for the party to disregard the
warnings that have been Bounded. There is an earnest and steadily
growing appeal for honest, patriotic action at the stato convention.
On the answer to that appeal depends, to a very large extent, the
success of the republican party in the coming campaign. Without
attacking any candidate or indulging in personalities it can truthfully
be said that neither of the two principal candidates is properly quali
fied for the discharge of the duties of governor of Nebraska. For
this office, at thistime, is wanted a public spirited, broad minded,
patriotic man, a man of experience in public affairs, and of irre
proachable and unquestioned character. Neither a suspect nor a
novice will do. The party cannot afford to burden itself with a can
didate who is under suspicion, or take up a man who, in public
affairs at least, is an experiment. In the present emergency it is
natural to turn to a man who is not, in any sense of the word, a can
didate, but who tills every requirement, and whose nomination would
mean the rehabilitation of the party and the enhancement of state
credit, Lorenzo Crounse. Governor Crounse, at a time when the
governors of other western states were making wall-eyed spectacles
of themselves, dancing to the beat of the populist torn-torn, or throw
ing brands into the camps of the anarchists, stood up manfully for
Nebraska and the observance of law, and uninfluenced by political
clamor, persued a dignified policy of unvarying patriotism. Such a
man should be kept on guard in times like these.
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And listen to the b&."
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Hublbut & Co. have moved to 113 north 11 where they are pre
pared to serve you.
When the ice man comes be sure the name LINCOLN ICE CO
is on the wagon, they have no pond ice. 1010 O Street.
See Sisler the Ice Cream man in his new quarters when wanting
wanting anjthing in his line. He will serve you well. 133 south 12
street Phone G3
Pants made to order at Hublbut & Go's 118, north 11.
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