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D. H. CRONIN, Editor.
The semi-annual scrap between
the Bee and World-Herpid is now
on.
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Congress has adjourned for the
holidays. It will meet again Jana
nary 5.
The loafer doesn’t have to hunt
for signs of “bad luck,” he finds
them in everything.
If Mr. Bryan’s popularity in
Mexico should induce him to remain
in that country, what would his
worshipers in this country do for an
idol?
Thebe’s a screw loose somewhere
in the democratic machine. That is
the only way we can account for the
absence of the usual abuse of
Speaker Ileed wheu congress is in
session.
Tbs house judiciary committee
has agreed upon a bankruptcy bill,
but it will not be an easy task to
get it through congress, notwith
standing the general demand for
such legislation.
The holiday edition of the Fre
mont Tribune, issued last Saturday,
was a gem of typographical art, and
judging from the numerous ads
therein displayed, was a money
maker for the Hammond boys.
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There is more or less talk from
those who don’t know about addi
tional revenue legislation by this
congress. There will be no such
legislation. It is not needed. The
Dingley tariff law will, before the
close of the next fiscal year, be pro
ducing a" surplus.
Several of Nebraska’s leading
populists now realize that the demo
crats own their party body* and
soul. Well, that is nothing. It is
only what we have maintained the
past two years, but the pops could
not see it that way. Bnt now that
the democrats have control of all
the offices worth having, they are
asking themselves where they are at,
when, for all the satisfaction they
will get, they might as well ask
what the wild winds are saying, f
As usual the passage of the pen
sion appropriation bill by the house
has' been made the basis for a lot of
wild assertions about men drawing
pensions who are not entitled to
them. There is only one answer to
such talk. If you know a single
man who drawB a pension without
being entitled to it, you are not a
good citizen if you fail to report the
frajud to the proper authorities ; di
• you make the charge without knowl
edge you are a common slanderer,
aid should be treated as such.
A raw weeks ago A. E. Sheldon,
who was one of the popocratic lead
ers in the legislature last winter,
ana m now an employee in the office
of the aecretary of state, had a let
‘ter in one of the popnlist organs at
Lincoln urging that- the three-ringed
fusion deal be thrown np and that
all come together into one party, or
a new party to be organized. The
writer seems to feel that fusion was
unsatisfactory and he seemed to feel
that in case it was again attempted
it might fail to connect. There is
no doubt that Sheldon represents
the feelings of others than himself.
There are those who think that he
represents the element at the state
house and that the letter was put
out as a feeler. It is also evident
that there is strong opposition to the
plan, for there are many populists
who honestly and consciously be
lieve in the principles promulgated
by the. popnlist party and have
taken no stock in the fusion idea,
and will take even less the idea of
abandoning their party and framing
another. Judging from items in the
papers the letter has stirred up
quite a hornet’s nest in populistic
circles, and some are denouncing
the letter. It looks as if there might
be quite a scramble to see whether
this idea of union In one party will
prevail, whether the fusion Beheme
,, will be again attempted, or whether
the populists will pursue their owe
way alone and allow the rest to gc
as they please. It is very likely
that during the next few months
there will be considerable fun for
those outside to watch the maneu
vers of the various factions in what
will likely develope into a new
three-ringed circus.—Seward Re
porter.
A Californian visiting in New
York writes to bis friends that the
feeling is strong there against
Bryan in all of the numerous
branches of the democratit party.
Tammany holds him to be a small
man and the anti-Tammany people
consider him a political coward. A
follower of Henry George spoke in
this strain to the man from the west:
“Since Mr. Bryan doesn’t know the
sound of his own bell when he hears
it, he can’t ring one that I’ll follow
with a warm heart any more. Tam
many ignored Bryan and the Chi
cago platform, and yet Bryan was
afraid to indorse the George move
ment, which upheld the banner.
Bryan’s silence reveals two things:
That he’s too much of a politician
and too narrow a man to head the
movement we call Bryanism. Ordi
nary political prudence and maneu
vering are out of place in the con
duct of a man who leads a senti
ment and around whom it organizes.
He should be instant in his response
to that sentiment whenever it
appears, whether it has many or
few voters behind it in any particu
lar place. If he isn’t capable of
that large indifference to immediate
consequences, why, he simply isn’t
big enough for his job. A bolder
and bigger man is needed to repre
sent Bryanism than Bryan is prov
ing himself to be.” The discovery
that Bryan is a politician, first, last
and all the time will naturally drive
away and disgust the George men
very early in the proceedings.
Henry George was for what he
considered the right cause under all
circumstances. The m'en who
trained with him on that plane will
have no patience with the dodging
and turning of professional politi
cians.—Lincoln Journal.
THEY PAY HO FABE.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18,1807.—Special
Correspondence: From the 10th to the
31st of December is the time when the
anti-railroad reform official harvests his
annual passes. Each mail that comes
into Lincoln these days brings these
annuals for 1898. Some of them come
voluntarily and some of them are
extorted through threats and promise's.
What a national sensation it would be if
there was a way to bring this pass busi
ness into court and compel the railroads
to disclose the pass record between
them and these reform officials during
the year which is just closing,
It would be a national sensation of
such tremendous force sb to destroy
this populist party in its present form
and under its present name forever, but
it would also destroy the free pass
system In this state. It would make the
thing so conspicuous and so odious that
no man who has any regard for himself
would ever again dare to play the two
faced hypocrite for free rides. In such
a case the death of the populist parly
would bring more reform to the state
than its life has brought.
This puss business is sucking the
moral vitality out of the reform move
ment. The leaders know this, but the
party’s loss is tbeir gain and they hope
to tide themselves through another state
election and then let the movement
take care of itself.
The followers do not know it and
they will not believe it until it is too
late to save the party from disgrace.
For seven years the populists have
cherished the anti-pass doctrine as one
of the cardinal virtues of the reform
movement and have carried it on their
banners in every campaign Now their
leaders are carrying the passes, and the
banners are in the dust. Every railroad
pass held by a populist is the record of s
a self confessed He UDon hla rnmacinnoF
and the printed advertisement of a chat
tel mortgage upou his personal honor.
The lenders know this, but the will
bear the stigma without shame and
without remorse so long as the followers
do not know it or do not revolt against
it. In November and December of last
year between 600 and 700 free passes
were issued to small boie fuslonists
throughout the state. Five hundred of
them were in Lincoln at one time
within two weeks after the election all
on free passes procured by the newlr
elected state officials and other leaders
who were in position to make demands.
When the present year began over
800 annuals were secured by those now
in the state house for their personal use,
and theae annuals are in their pockets
today. A railroad man tells me that the
demand for the coming year, which the
railroads must necessarily supply, will
reach 360 annuals for those who occupy
state home positions. Of the 100
reform members in the last legislature,
ninety-eight held up the railroads for
free transportation for themselves, their
families and friends, and most of them
have conMnued their demands from time
to time throughout the year. The num
ber of free passes procured by these
Nebraska reformers within the last
twelve months would reach into many
thousands.
Go out with a search light and see if
you can find one leading reformer who
shows any conscience in the matter.
The reform press that cried out contin
ually against passes when republicans
were in power is as silent as a grave on
that subject now. Whatl Are you
dumb now, gentlemen of the reform
press? Will you descend? Will you go
down with your leaders into this slime
of deception and hypocrisy and will you
prostitute your private calling and your
public function as the mouthpiece of
your party and the guardian of its
honor, that these worthies may prey
upon the credulity of the public and
upon the corporations during the brief
period of their temporary glory? Is
there anything in it for you? You get
your mileage and you get it legitimately
for you earn it. Don’t you see that it is
only a matter of time when this pass
business will bang like a millstone about
your party 8 neck to pull it down?
There are twenty-five young men
drawing salaries here at the state house,
drawing a pocket full of annual passes
every year, drawing favors here and
there for the friends who flunky about
and flit after them. Not one of these
young bloods, these royal favorites of
the populist court, ever bent his back
over a hand press or toiled by the mid
night lamp to get out the weekly paper.
Not one of them ever did a legitimate
thing to advance the reform movement,
but now they sit at the king's table
They are clothed in purple and fine
linen. They toil not neither do they
spin; except to spin yarns and exchange
gossip as to the cut of tbeir tailor made
clothes, the latest brand of fine cigars,
or the twittering gossip from the whist
club.
Who is that plAin man who waits so
long and so patiently while the well
dressed clerks crack whispered jokes at
his expense? Oh. he's just a reform
editor. He furnishes a weekly door
mat for the reform movement. And
why does he wait so long? Why? The
pass distributor is holding a private
conference with the state official. They
are making out a list of annuals for 1898.
There’ll be some Chrisimas gifts sent
out under state postage and each one
will be a guarantee that the farmers of
that locality will be properly rounded
up for the next state convention and
that the local paper will be kept in line.
Now gentlemen of the reform press,
you may as well look the truth squarely
in the face. This pass business is eating
into tho vitals of your party and you
know it. Its a chattel mortgage on
your party’s, honor and will be fore
closed sooner or later. It avails you
nothing to print slurs against those
who are trying to cultivate higher
political sentiment among the people.
Why not unite with the republican press
to drive the pass grabbers out of politics
in all parties? The next republican
state convention will set the pace for
reform on this line. Now is the time
to dismiss this question. The people
realize, when they come to consider,
that there can come no real reform to
state politics and state^ government
until the pass grabbing hypocrite is
turned down. J. W. Johnson.
Priceless Pain
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