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Our aged brother of the Advocate
is evidently pretty mad.
Those Missouri republicans will feel
a little out of place when they come to
take their official seats.
The two states where Col. Bryan
. did his heavy campaign work—Ne
braska and Indiana—turned in their
biggest republican majorities.
There was no objection to the as
sessment by the railroads during
either Governor Holcomb’s or Gover
nor Foynter’s administrations.
The Independent brought the rail
ing acqusatlon against Dr. Gilligan
that he was a railroad tool. The
voters elected Dr. Gilligan by over
nine hundred majority.
The St. Louis exposition has at least
made enough money to pay the gov
ernment loan of five millions
of dollars. The last installment
was handed over thrlty days previous
• to the close of the fair.
Let the good deeds of Carry the
Smasher be known. She has opened
homes for drunkard’s wives at Kansas
City, Kan., and Topeka. This is a
far better occupation for the esteemed
old lady than wielding a hatchet.
Let the good work grow.
The division agitators say they are
“disappointed but not disheartened.”
Perhaps by the time the deficit in the
agitators’ accounts is made up there
will be a new crowd of “cheerful com
tributors” to help them out. Conduct
ing a division campaign every few
years and never winning is rather ex
pensive business.
“So far as the head of the ticket is
concerned I am just as confident as
though the votes were oounted that
Mr. Berge will be the next governor of
Nebraska," declared the Hon. M. F.
the night before election. The result
sustained Mr. Harrington's prophetic
reputation—the reverse of what he
predicts always happens.
Old Bill Cody has revived his divorce
suit, reiterating his charges of cruelty
and disrespect on the part of his wife.
It Is just as hard to believe,however,as
when the proceedings were first insti
tuted that a man who has taken the
scalps of Innumerable red men would
experience much “cruellty" at the
hands of a decrepit old lady.
An error occurred in the publication
of the supervisor vote in district
seven. The vote for Ripp in Atkin
son precinct was given at 236. This
was the total vote in both Atkinson
and Stuart cast for Bipp. The Atkin
son vote was 98. The total appeared
correct, but some way the figures
were oonfused and those representing
the total vote also credited to Atkin
son. Mr. Kramer had a majority in
the district of 101 votes.
Socialism is propogating at the rate
of about 600 per cent between presi
dential elections. This year the soc
ialist candidate had about 600,000
votes contributed to him. While
these 600,000 votes show strenght and
a rapid growth,they do not show it all.
There are a good many voters with
socialistic sympathies who were not
quite ready to sacrifice their vote—
they are just waiting for a little
futher development. With a few
concessions on the part of the socia
lists as they now stand and a little
giving way on the part of the radicals
among the democratic and pops and
you will nave a new party of formi
dable numbers in a few years. People
desiring to take up the study of so
cialism can do no better than read
the history of Rome during its socia
lly \
listic period. Human nature is the
same in all ages, and if socialism could
debase the hardy Romans it probablj
would have a similar ellect on Amer
icans.
Tom Watson, late populist presiden
tial candidate, has domiciled himself
in New York for “the avowed purpose
of beginning reorganization of the
democratic party.” What business
has Watson, a populist, meddling with
the democratic organization? is the
query we fancy will arise in the minds
of many bourbons. Mr. Bryan is the
original “reorganizer” and it appears
that Mr. Watson is going beyond the
bonds of political usefulness in under
taking this task.
Nebraska Independent: In fifty
years the democratic party has acquir
ed a character for betrayal of princip
les and for general infamy. That
character will stick to it as long as
the party endures. The man who
hopes to give it a new character, to
blot out from the memory of men the
foul and infamous record that it has
made, to clothe it in the robes of
patriotism and honor, must found his
faith on dreams and nightmares. No
such idea would ever be entertained
by any well ordered brain.
A politician will usually answer a
direct question as to how he stands
toward the railroad pass by saying
they are a bribe and that the prac
tice of issuing them should be abolish
ed. The Frontier does not question
the politician’s qualifications to judge
whether a pass is a bribe or not.
Every honorable and honest man
believes that a pass calculated as a
bribe is a bad thing. This does not
follow that every pass is a bribe and
every body who rides on one dishonor
able and dishonest. The pass ques
tion we view in this light: The rail
roads have very few favors to offer; if
they tender you a pass, accept the
courtesy with thanks.
Bro. Yic Rosewater creates a little
ripple on the calm and happy surface
of a great republican victory in Ne
braska by setting forth in Monday’s
Bee some things not to his liking that
transpired at the state committee
headquarters during the campaign.
If the allegations and specifications
are made for the future benefit of the
party and! can be substantiated, we
are glad to see them. If, on the other
hand, Mr. Rosewater has been a little
huffed and takes this means of getting
even, republicans will have no tears to
shed. Probably all was not as smooth
as a marriage bell around the Omaha
headquarters, but then the victory
has been won, so let us be charitable.
RAILROAD TAXES.
Concerning the rumor that Nebras
ka railroads had pooled to resist the
payment of the increase in their
taxes, this statement comes from
Lincoln: “It developed today that
the Norhwestern and the Union
Pacific railways would probably pay
their taxes without a demur, owing to
the activity of the Nebraska represen
tatives of the lines in making repre
sentations to headquarters. Accord
ing to the statement of an official,Ben
White,on a recent trip to Chicago met
with the management of the North
western and came away with the
assurance that the taxes would be
paid. The same authority stated
that the Union Pacific would probably"
relinquish its intention to contest the
validity of the assessment made by
the state board last stmmer. Tax
Commissioner Pollard of the Burling
ton is still at work out in the state
making tenders of payment of less
sums than are actually due under the
assessment. It is believed that the
Bur lington will give up its intention
of testing the law in the courts when
the other roads refuse to co-operate
with it.”
The position is taken by the Burlin
ton that the assessment of railroad
property has been increased while
that of other property has not, and it
is therefore unjust. This is true as
regards the assessment; but the
justice of it will be looked at in a
different light by every body not in
terested in railroads. The trouble is,
the railroad assessment has been too
small all along, and now that they
face a heavy increase it looks to them
as if they had been discriminated
against by the board of equalization,
when in reality their property has
been brought up to some where ne^ii
the level that other tax payers’ pro
orty has been all along.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
Attorney General-elect Norris
Brown announces Ihe appointment Ol
W. T. Thompson of Central City as
his deputy.
Alex Gillespie husked 104 bushels of
corn in eight hours and thirty min
utes in a field near Beatrice that
yielded 30 bushels to the acre.
Fremount Tribune: The Nebraska
supreme court delivered a scathing
rebuke to ex-Senator Allen for im
pugning the motives of one of the
members of the court in a brief. It is
a pretty hard fate for the distinguish
ed gentleman to suffer thus at a time
when his political party has also dis
appeared from the state.
An exchange notes that a Nebraska
girl, Miss Marion Morton of Weeping
Water, distinguished herself in Den
ver. She was attacked by a footpad
and she landed on him with a terrilflc
uppercut and gashed his chin with
her engagement ring. The modern
Nebraska girl is as proficient in the
prize ring as with engagement rings.
President Roosevelt has carried the
state by a plurality of 84,833 and Gov
ernor Mickey is elected by a plurality
of 9,237. Unofficial but complete re
turns from all of the counties in the
state shows that the vote on president
at the last election was in the neigh
borhood of 225,000, or about 16,000 less
than was cast four years ago. Of the
votes cast President Roosevelt receiv
ed 137,513; Parker got 52,679; Watson
20,522; Swallow 6,305; Debs 7,380.
This gives Mr. Roosevelt a plurality
of 84,833; and a clear majority over all
of 50,626. A little more than sixty
one per cent of the vote of the state
was given to the republican candidate
for president. On governor the vote
was nearly the same in total as for
president. Governor Mickey received
111,707; Berge, 102,470; Swander, 5,277;
Yail, 5,087; Mickey’s plurality, 9,237.
Mrs. Naomi D. Wells, 70 years old,
for the last seven years has kept a
light burning at night in the window
of her humble cottage on Seward
street, Omaha, in the hope that her
son, Frank D. Wells, who disappeared
from his home seven years ago, may
return to her. She is in distitute
circumstances, and every effort has
been made to induce her to go to the
old ladles’ home, but despite her ex
treme proverty she stubbornly refuses
to leave the little home, to which she
expects her lost boy to return. In 1897
the son, then 20 years old, with two
companions, set out for a journey
'doyvn the Missouri river in a house'
boat. His mother gave him $100
before he left home. Soon after he
went away the mother received word
that he had been killed in St. Joseph.
She went to St. Joseph, had the body
exhumed, declared it was not that of
her son, and returned home.
A Chance for Mr, Berge.
Omaha Bee: The Nebraska Inde
pendent, which assumes to speak as
the official organ of the populist party
in this state, covers the post mortem
election statement of the iate fusion
candidate for governor with this
caption: “George W. Berge—He
issues an address to the people of Ne
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Although we are experiencing spring weather right now, we
must bear in mind that cold weather will come on us all at
once and with asuddeness that will surprise us. Let us be
prepared for this change. We have a full line of winter
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J. P. GALLAGHER
braska—Still believes that a pass is
a bribe.”
If, as his statement indicates, he
still believes that a pass is a bribe,
here is a chance for Mr. Berge. The
obstacle against which he had to com
bat as a candidate was that he was
known only by his professions and not
by his works. There are laws in this
state against bribery and if a pass is
a bribe the offer and acceptance of a
pass constitutes a violation of the law.
Mr. Berge is a lawyer and can fight
his own battles in the courts, whereas
other citizens have to hire lawyers to
fight for them. Why not have a test
case whether a pass is a bribe and find
out whether the present criminal laws
do not reach this evil?
Should there be a fear that such ac
tion might be denounced as purely
partisan let it be prosecuted at the
same time against a democratic official
pass holder, a populist official pass
holder as well as a republican official
pass holder, for there will be no diffi
culty in finding pass holders in office
of all political persuasions. If we
have to wait for pass holding officials
to institute these proceedings against
themselves we will have to wait in
vain.
If Mr. Berge was in earnest in his
denunciation of the system of pass
bribery and is in earnest in his prom
ise to continue to work for the reforms
he has been advocating he will lose no
time in making a practical itoove upon
the citadel of pass bribery in official
life.
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