Nebraska Newspapers

    THK NORFOLK NEWS : FRIDAY , JUNE 29 , 1906.
The NorfolK Weekly News-Journal
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Kvrry "rrTiiny lly mnlf tier y > nr. $1 60.
Kntcrcil nt tinimxtoltlrn nt Norfolk ,
Noli ni frooiul cliiBM mutter
Kttltnrlnl Pcl'iirlinoul ,
No 2 ! lliiKllH'SJi OllU-o mid Joli HOOIIIH ,
No 1S2. !
Oovornnr Mickey miiy fltul , when ho
begins throwing stones , ( lint several
window panes In hl own IIOUHO nro
miitlo of pretty thin glass. Of courno
he IB not running for re-elect Ion , nnil
inny coiiBldor hlmwolf Innniino from
the boomcrnngB thnt ho throwH out ,
hut Mr. Mlcltoy will probably flint , In
the long run , Unit ( hero nro compomm-
tlons meted out In this world for
knockcrR.
The Pierce Loader this week sug
gests the nnmefl of ox-Senator Alton
of MndlRon nnd 11. A. Tuwnoy of
I'U'iTo HH good mntcrlnl for the demo-
cnitlc noinlnntlon for congressman
from the Third dlfitrlct. Senntor Al
ien Is ono of the utrougoBt and moHt
widely known men In the Htuto on the
anti-republican Rldo , wlilto Mr. Tnwnoy
Is n romnrknlily strong mini wtioro lie
IH known. Either of UIOBO man would
bring uiuiBUnl mipport to the demo-
erritlc ticket , n fnct thnt should ho Riv
en full consideration by ropubllcniiH.
Mr. McCnrtliy Is conceded oven by his
friends to ho n wcnk limn nnd If tie
should by nny possibility Hiiccced In
capturing the noinlnntlon , ttuiro would
bo bomolhlng doing with olthor Son-
ntor Allen or Mr. Tuwnoy ns his opponent -
ponent
COVETS SENATORSII1P.
Now thnt Governor MIckey hns fin
ished two terms ns governor of No-
brnskn , nnd Is nnnblo to secure n tlilrd
term , ho would like to bo sonntor. In
fnct ho Is building fences right now
In the hope of enclosing the senator-
ship.
lie Is going to move to Omnhn ,
which bo considers the loglcnl spot fern
n sonntor to como from. Ho Is going
out on n cnmpnlgn of spoech-mnklng ,
to nttnck hrothcr-olllclnls for ono
tiling , nnd to work up n spnsm of
sentiment In favor of MIckey , for nn-
other. Then , ho thinks , wlion Drown
nnd llosowator forces rencb a dead
lock , Mickey will bo the dark horso.
In Lincoln It Is said Mr. MIckey
continued to censure everything Nor-
rls llrown did until Mr. Rosowntor
wns announced ns n candldnto. Now
bo Is censuring everything both do ,
nnd ho Is busy. In n few days bo Is
going out to censure stnto oillclnls.
Surely , thereIs none loft thnt Just
suits Mickey , except Governor MIckoy.
And Governor Mickey Is plnnulng to
Introduce himself to Senator Mickey.
RIVERS AND HARBORS.
Senators and representatives In
congress from the middle western nnd
southern states nro In receipt of Invi
tations from the business men's lengno
of St Lonls to attend n monster con
vention nt which the subject of wa
terway Improvement will bo discussed.
The convention Is to bo bold in St.
Louis November 15 nnd 1C , nnd mea
sures will bo taken connecting the
Grent lakes with the Gulf of Mexico.
Almost every member of congress
from the wldesprend district to bo ben
efited will bo present , unless some
thing unforsccn happens to prevent.
The development of the great ship
canal , however , will bo only ononmong
many topics considered. The better
ment of the waterways of the nation
generally will bo taken up , and efforts
win ho made to impress on congress
tlio immediate need for appropriating
more money for this work. The great
increase in the Internal commerce of
the nation wilt bo put forward ns Ji
leading argument , and It will bo shown
thnt Uie competition of navigable wa
terways will result In a far better ad
justment of transportation tolls than
ever could bo undertaken by the In
terstate commerce commission or any
other body.
At present more than 40 per cent of
the total revenues of the government
arc devoted to the pension list and to
providing for the maintenance and bet
terment of the army and navy estab
lishments. While this percentage un
doubtedly Is necessary , still the friends
of waterway development point out
that It Is strange that congress willIngly -
Ingly votes this every year while quib
bling over nn appropriation of 3 per
cent of the total revenues for Internal
Improvements to rivers nnd harbors.
They declare the demands of peaceful
commerce promise far bettor returns
than the dragging expense of wnr
preparations. The ono wilt refund nil
expenditures in time , while the other
represents nothing but a constant
drain with no return.
The National Rivers nnd Harbors
congress has been at work striving to
impress the national lawmakers with a
sense of the incongruity of their po
sition in this regard. With the finest
system of great rivers and lakes of
any country in the world , the waterways -
-ways advocates are striving to spur
on the government to moke use of
thm' nntiirnl ndvnntagt n. For the
taut ten yonrs congroHR has grudging
ly authorized the expenditure of $50 , .
000,000 every three years. The Nation
al Hlvem nnd Harbors people nro seek
ing to have this sum appropriated an
nually.
Wlilto there Is not the Bllgbtcst dis
position evident on the part of the
rlvern nnd harbors people to belittle
the I'niinmn cnnnl project , they point
out thnt It Is neither economically wlso
nor patriotic to consider favorably the
vast expenditure for the Isthmian work
and permit the development of Inter
nal waterways to Ho Idle. In fact , It
Is contended that unless the national
waterways are developed the Panama
canal will not bo the blessing to Amer
ican commerce that Its friends have
prophesied.
GOVERNOR MICKEY'S THREAT.
Word comes from Lincoln that Gov
ernor MIckey propoBcs to go out
through the Htato on u speech-making
campaign for the purpose of attacking
Htnto Auditor Soarle , State Secretary
Galusha and Ijuid Commissioner Eat
on and In the hope of defeating these
three state olllclals for renomlnatlon
In the coming republican convention.
Such nn attempt on the pnrt of Gov
ernor MIckey , would bo political mil-
cldo for him and would glvo him an
undeslrcd disrepute as an Ingrate to
the party which made him governor.
The real reason for this wrath of
Governor MIckey , It Is evident , lies In
the fact that the board of public lands
and buildings , which rocontb Investi
gated the Insane hospital here , found
In the unfair charges that had been
made by the governor no foundation
for supporting him In his attempt to
blacken the nnmo of the Norfolk Insti
tution nnd substitute ns ofllclnls po-
lltlcnl favorites from the south Plnttc
country. And now , nngry because bo
has not made good Ills case agnlnst
this stnto Institution , Nebraska's gov
ernor declared that ho will descend to
the stump and throw mud nt stnto of-
tlclals wtio have served well tbolr con
stituents for ono term nnd who nro
entitled to a second term In fair play.
Who over heard of n governor of
any stnto resorting to such'methods
for the snko of stinging those wtio do
not trail In his wako on every propo
sition that enters his executive head ?
Governor MIckey was twice elected
o the position of governor by the re
publican party of Nebraska. Ho owes
all that ho Is In n political wny to the
republican party of this state. Ho
has boon created by the party , officlnl-
ly speaking.
Hut If wo correctly follow Governor
Mickey's Hue of thought at the pres
ent time , ho considers himself greater
than his political creator. Instead of
trying to help elect tils follow-ofllclnls ,
who have received oven higher test I-
monlnls of public confidence than ho ,
Governor MIckey would attack them
for personal reasons , nnd would thus
contribute bis shnro toward the defeat
of these candidates nnd his party tick
et.
Does Governor Mickey bcllovo that
bo Is the dictator of the republlcnn
party In Nebraska , nnd that ho Is Its
teacher ? Does ho bollovo that it Is
necessary for him to lend his weighty
word of wisdom In advice before this
party shall name Its candidates ? Does
ho assume to rule the party that cre
ated him , and to say that officials
whom that party has elected to office
once nnd will do ngaln , can not be
nominated ?
Governor Mickey hns been emulat
ing President Roosevelt in his every
move for many moons. When Roosn-
velt had his picture taken on n horse ,
MIckey wont out and posed for the
newspaper men , standing on a hay
stack. When
Roosevelt discussed mo
mentous questions , MIckey began to
talk. Ho would suddenly determine
to make n grandstand play by ordering
some reform. Ho resented any inde
pendence on the part of state officials
or nny Idea thnt they had minds of
their own.
In state board meetings , ho assumed
to dictate how the members should
vote , and used newspaper Interviews
to work up sentiment to use as n whip.
Ho seemed to forget that the state
elects officials for the sake of their
own minds , and not to bow to the will
of nny governor.
And now , because these three state
officials have or have not done things
that Governor MIckey ordered , ho
threatens to help throw mud at them.
The three officials can scrape oft the
mud , but the republican party and
the stnto of Nebraska will never for-
get the motive of the man nor his cal
ibre , who would enter a game like
that , after having been twice honored
by the party which he would now at
tempt to injure.
HIS FIRST ACHIEVEMENT , AT LAST
Congressman J. J. McCarthy , who
has misrepresented the Third con
gressional district for two terms , has
performed his first act In Washington
at last And the thing that ho hns
done stamps his worth , as compared
with real congressmen.
The omnibus bill has passed the
house. Five public buildings have
been secured for Nebraska cities. One
of these I * nt Columbus , In the Tlilrd
district. The mini of the appropria
tions secured for these five Nebraska
buildings IH $270,000. In this appro
priation , MlRrorcHontntlvo McCnrtliy
linn been nlilo to secure a building to
cost $7,500. In other words , while the
Third district of Nebraska was entitled -
titled to one-fifth of the public build
ing money to bo spent In this state , It
has secured , through Its lack of an
able rcproHontatlvo , only one-thirty-
sixth of the appropriation that comes
to Nebrnskn.
Mr. McCarthy claims that he hasn't
been In congress long enough to have
done anything. Yet the three ottior
Nobrnskn representatives who entered
at the Rtimo tlmo ho did , did so much
ni'iro ' for their districts In this bill ,
that It makes n man ashamed to own
up that ho lives In the section repre
sented by Rural Route Mac.
Congressmen HIiiHhaw , Norrls and
Klnknld entered congress with Mc
Carthy. And while Mr. McCarthy has
lauded a diminutive playhouse for Co
lumbus , Hlnsbaw secured a buildIng -
Ing to cost $1)5,000 for York ; Norrls
secured a building to cost $125,000 for
Grand Island ; nnd Klnknld secured a
building to cost $05,000 for Kearney.
Representative Pollard , who Is only
now serving his first term , did as much
nn our long-time man McCnrtliy , nnd
secured a $7,500 building for Plntts-
mouth. The only other congressman
from the state , Kennedy of Omaha ,
didn't ask for a building nnd didn't
want any.
Columbus Is one of the most enter
prising and deserving cities In Ne
braska. An Important railroad cen
ter , It Is almost as largo as Norfolk ,
which has n $100,000 building. Colum
bus Is as Important a city as York or
Kearney , each of which secures a $ C5-
000 building. Yet Columbus gets nn
appropriation not one-ninth ns big ; is
either of these. Norfolk's appropria
tion was over thirteen times ns large
as thnt which hns been secured for
Columbus.
Is Columbus to be gunged by the In
significant building that she Is to
have ? Is Norfolk thirteen times as
Important as Columbus ? Is Grand
Island sixteen times ns Important as
Columbus , that that town should get
$125,000 while this Third district city
should bo satisfied with $7,500 ? Or Is
this merely a gunge ns to our repre
sentative's lack of Influence with the
powers thnt be , In Washington ?
A Washington dispatch says thnt
Nebraska congressmen nro plenscd at
the treatment .of the prairie state in
this bill , and the entire delegation
congratulated .Congressman Norrls , , a
member of tljo committee on public
lauds and buildings , for his persistent
efforts In behalf of Nebraska cities.
And so we sec that our Incapable rep
resentative , Instead of begging his con
stituents' pardon , stands up and pats
himself on the back , declaring thnt he
Is pleased at what ho has done. Is It
possible that bo does not realize the
difference In the work of himself nnd
bis fellow-congressmen from Nebras
ka ?
Is It possible that McCarthy falls to
note that his mates , who started with
him , have distanced him In the legis
lative race track , and that the first
termer , who started two years later ,
has overtaken and Is passing him ?
This omnibus bill tells well McCar
thy's worth as a congressman. In all
of the scores of buildings provided for
In the bill , there are only three In the
whole United States that secure ap
propriations smaller than that which
Rural Route McCarthy was able to
land.
land.And
And who will say that the result Is
duo to anything but nn nbsolute Inck
of ability In the man from the Third ?
Who will argue thnt this district is
not In need of a real representative ,
who , after two terms in congress , can
at least keep up with the kindergarten
class ? Where in all this district can
bo found a single man who is proud
of the record of the Ponca statesman ?
.McCarthy promised great things ,
lo introduced bills providing for pub
lic buildings at West Point and at
Wayne and at Columbus. And while
his colleagues were busy getting more
than a quarter of a million of dollars
for their four cities , Rural Route Mc
Carthy has come in with a check that
will build a playhouse for Columbus
about as big nnd attractive as the ordi
nary village jail.
And this Is the very first thing that
Mr. McCarthy has done In all of his
four years of service , at $5,000 per
year. While Klnkald has made his
district famous , while Norrls has been
prominently identified with the four-
year-congresslonal-term law and did
much to gain all of these five build
Ings , while Hlnshaw has raado ono ol
ttie most active nnd successful con
gressmen In the state , and while even
first-year Pollard has Interested the
government In the trees of Nebraska
and will save millions of dollars for
this state's formers , our own McCar
thy , Mlcawber-llke , has been sitting
around everlastingly waiting for some
thing to turn up , plagarlzlng the gov
ornment's rural route developmen1
nnd pawning H off as his own. boast
ing about getting pensions an'd li real
ity forgetting the.popr , blindveter ,
ans In need , jollying up various towns
with public building promises , nnd ful
filling these promises with an Insult
for Columbus ; nnd then coming around
and asking the voters to make his job
a permanent tiling , giving school-boy
assurance that he Intends to do better
next time.
Isn't It about tlmo the voters have
a right to say , "Hack , Unck , McCarthy -
thy ! Unck to the rural routes which
you own ?
WILL CONVENTION NOMINATE ?
The sentiment Is growing among re
publicans that the state central com-
mltto made n mistake when It Includ
ed among the list of officers to bo
placed In noinlnntlon nt the state con
vention to bo held August 22 , that of
a candidate for United States senator.
So firmly IH becoming the belief that
the movement Is a mistake thnt It
seems quite probable thnt when the
convention moots there will be a
strong sontlmont not to nominate , butte
to leave the matter for the legislature
to settle , as the law provides It shall
do. The committee unquestionably
acted In good faith when the call was
Issued , and based the action on the
good results of two years ngo , when
the state convention placed Senntor
nurkett In nomination , resulting In
his election by the legislature nt the
following session , without such great
loss of tlmo ns hns frequently been
the cnso In years gone by. But the
situation two years ago and now , Is
entirely different. Then there was
but ono candidate In the field , nnd ho
wns the unanimous choice of the re
publicans of the state ; now , there nre
nt least eight candidates In the field ,
and two of them are engaging In a
struggle which means life or death
politically to one or both.
With the feeling thnt will follow In
the wako of a vigorous campaign
ending at the convention , soreness and
Indifference will be the result , nnd It
seems to those people who arc more
Interested In the success of the re
publlcnn pnrty nt the polls than In
the preferment of any single Indivi
dual , that the whole state and legisla
tive tlyket Is likely to bo endangered.
This point Is very clearly Illustrated
In the contest that Is now going on In
Douglas county as to whether Rosewater -
water delegates to the state conven
tion shall lie elected nt the coming
primary . Mr. Rosewnter hns many
warm friends In his homo county and
ho hns equally strong enemies in the
Fontenello club , who are bending ev
ery effort to accomplish his defeat.
It Is predicted thnt Mr. Rosewnter
will secure the Douglas county dcle-
gntlon , nnd if ho does he will stand a
strong chance of nomination If the
state convention concludes to follow
the call.
This means that If n republican leg-
stature Is elected , Mr. Rosewater will
jo given the United States senator-
ship. But where the trouble Is going
o bo is to elect n republican legisla
ture. In Douglns county the Fonte
nello club Is composed of some 2,000
republicans , whose Initiation consists
n pnrt of nn onth thnt they will fight
Rosewnter on any and all movements
: hat he may advance , nnd when It
comes to the general election they
mve enough members themselves to
lefent the leglslnttvc ticket of Doug-
ns county nnd to influence the defent
of republlcnn candidates In a number
of close counties throughout the state ,
thus throwing the legislature into the
lands of the democrats and making it
mpossible for any republican to be
elected to the senate.
This Is but a sample of the reasons
advanced why the convention should
not nominate. It Is perhaps the
strongest point In the argument ,
aecause today Mr. Rosewater Is the
strongest candidate In the Held. But
the same Illustration applies to oth
er candidates , and with Brown ,
Crounse , Curry , Mathews , Warner ,
Mlllard and Klnkald all In the field
more or less actively engaged against
Rosewater , It is readily seen that to
nominate in the convention is to make
one man an active worker and to
make seven mea and all their friends
nt least more or less Indifferent , and
the result Is likely to bo that not only
will the legislative ticket suffer but
the governor and the other state offi
cers will stand less chance of suc
cess , and It is not believed that this
Is a year when wo should add anything
to the burden of trying to elect the
state and legislative tickets.
BLIND AND UNPENSIONED.
The old soldiers of Norfolk , who
fought for their ling : In the wnr of the
rebellion nnd risked their lives for
their country , nre just now wondering
why It Is. If the Third district of Ne
braska has a representative In the
United States congress , thnt , after
three long , tedious years of constant
nnd systematic effort on their part
all of their prayers to Congressman
J , J. McCarthy , now serving his second
end term , have thus far resulted in
not one penny's pension for Veteran
Robert Mills , an old and respected clt
Izcn bf Norfolk , who lost his eyesight
a number " of years agjo. and has been
totally" blind ever sncej |
petition of. Mr , . Mills for * pen
slon Is a worthy one. Ho watt a brick
ninson by trndo nnd ono day , while
mixing mortnr , lie fell from a scaffold ,
with the tiot mortnr following after
ilm and , just ns lie glnnccd up to see
what was about to strlko him , the
burning stuff went Into his eyes and
burned the sight out of both of them
'o rev or.
He hns no property In this world ,
wns deprived of a means of making
ils living , offered his blood for the
stars nnd stripes when the roll of the
nation's drum Hounded from shore to
shore In nn appeal for volunteers , and
low now that ho Is blind and poor
and old and helpless ho has appealed
ind bin comrades of Mathewson post ,
Grand Army of the Republic , have ap-
) onleil In vain , time after time , to
Congressmnu McCarthy , this district's
representative , for the granting of a
icnslon which would bo an aid to this
sightless soldier In his declining and
very lonely years.
But all bcscnchlng of the old sol-
Hers of Norfolk to their congressman
for help In this pitiful cnsc , has met
with cold-blooded indifference.
And while Mr. McCarthy is busy
wasting about bis wonderful achieve-
ncuts In congress , though ho admits
hat pensions nnd rural routes nro nil
lint bo hns over oven attempted , this
Norfolk soldier , In dlro need of help
ram the government that ho helped
o maintain , continues to wnit any ar-
or day , week after week and , Indeed ,
ear after year , for any letter to como
from Washington offering him the as
sistance which ho so badly needs and
so richly deserves.
In the congress before this one , an
nppeal was made to Congressman Me-
hat a pension bo secured in propor-
lon to the disability. No pension was
secured.
When the present session of con
gress convened , a brother of Air. Mills ,
vho lives at Laurel , wrote to Con
gressman McCarthy , asking him to
lo something for the Norfolk blind
soldier , nnd It is said that Mr. McCnr-
hy promised to Introduce a bill and
push it.
The matter ran along from menthe
o month and no word came In regard
o the desired pension. At last the
G. A. R. post In Norfolk took up the
natter at a meeting held In Norfolk
ind passed resolutions something like
bis :
"Resolved , That the commnndor nnd
adjutant be appointed a committee to
vrlte to Congressman McCarthy nnd
nqulre what hns been done townrd
securing a pension for Comrade Rob
ert Mills. "
Rev. J. C. S. Wellls , pastor of Trin-
ty Episcopal church In Norfolk , Is
commander of the post. W. H. Wlda-
nnn Is adjutant. Commander Weills ,
ns chairman of the committee , wrote
to Congressman McCarthy and asked
'or information in regard to what had
icon done on the matter.
Did Congressman McCarthy reply ,
with the desired information ? Not
10. The statesman from Ponca did
lot oven grant the courtesy of a reply
to the inquiry of Commander Wellls
to this day has received not one word
from the representative. That letter
wns wrlten long ago.
But the brazen feature of It all was
what Mr. McCarthy did do. Having
assured the blind soldier's brother
that he would Introduce a bill for a
pension for Mr. Mills , it was naturally
supposed that at least some steps had
been taken toward that end by the
busy congressman who wns down at
Washington , drawing $5,000 per year
for that purpose.
But not so. After the Pouca politi
cian had received the letter from
Commander Wellls , instead of reply
ing to the writer as common decency
would require , McCarthy paid no at
tention to the commander , and wrote
to Mr. Widaman , whom he knew per
sonally , asking for an affidavit showIng -
Ing that -Mills has no property , and
not mentioning In nny wny nny nc-
tlon on the pension , nor nny previous
interest In it.
The post here hns Interpreted the
letter to Mr. WIdnman as an indica
tion that nothing whatever has been
done by Mr. McCarthy toward secur
ing the pension that is needed for this
blind veteran In Norfolk.
And so Veteran Robert Mills , whoso
life is one of dnrkness nnd who is
rendered by nn unfortunate Fate un
able to make a dollar for himself , lookIng -
Ing backward with sightless eyes at
the days when he faced the rebel's bul
lets for the sake of Old Glory , contin
ues , in the long , long days and end
less weeks , to listen , patiently and
without a word of complaint , for a
sound nt the front gate of the post
man's footsteps , when a letter shnll
como from Washington to tell him
that ho shnll bo treated as well by
this nation as nro other disabled vet
erans In other congressional dis
tricts.
For Veteran Robert Mills , who
learned In that bloody conflict back
In the sixties that to win oftentimes
takes years , still has faith In the gen
erosity of the American republic for
which ho fought , and does not believe ,
In spite of the years of waiting , that
ho Is always going to be cheated out
of his just reward , all because this
district , hoe sent for four years to con
gress a man who Is Indifferent to the
rights of the old soldier.
Mr. Mills believes to this day that
the Third district of Nebraska will
Homo time send to Washington a rep
resentative who will not only talk
about getting pensions , but actually
get them , wticro they are deserved !
The acquaintance nnd friendship be
tween A. Gnlushn and W. N. Huso began -
gan years ago , long before the former
wns nn officer In the A. O. U. W. erIn
In nny position whatever to render
the latter a particle of nsslstnnce or
do him nny Injury In his dealings with
the order. During the ninny years
that we have known Mr. Gnlushn , lib-
hns Invariably been honest , straight
forward and reliable In all his deal
ings. Different from most politicians ,
ho never resorts to subterfuge to ac
complish his ends and when his word
Is given it Is just as good as a bond.
In the matter of pnsses , when other
stnto officers were making grand stand
plays and falling over each other to
return their pasteboards , Mr. Galusha
did not join the frantic move , believ
ing it more honest to retnln his trans-
portltion than to publicly send it In
and then privately draw mlleago
books , as Is said to have been done In
more than one Instance In the state
house. Ho was honest and straight
forward In the transaction , ns ho Is In
every net No criticism hns ever been
offered of the manner In which ho has
conducted the office of secretary of
stnte , nnd there Is not the slightest
ground for criticism , because his ev
ery act is open and above board. He
Is n manly man , strong In his likes nnd
dislikes , nnd when ho is for you you
know It , and when he Is against you
you know It from him. His life is
an open book for which reason the
worst side always appears to the
world. The state will make a great
mistake if he should fall of renomlna
tlon nnd re-election. No better mnn
ever occupied the office of secretary
of state and Nebraska will never have
a more competent or efficient officer.
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ACROSS THE PRAIRIES.
The political situation in the Third
district , from the democratic view
point , has attracted the Interest of
Col. Blxby , who dashes oft the follow
ing clever poem In regard to Mr. Mc-
Kllllp of Humphrey :
Since McKllllp says , says he ,
"I your candidate can't be , "
McKllllp Is and was the pride of
Platte ;
Since no man on earth could find ,
If he searched till he was blind ,
Such another true and trusted demo
crat ;
Since Judge Howard's in the race
For a more exalted place ,
And to take a less would simply be
absurd ,
This is the question everywhere
On the pnlpitntlng air
"Whothehell will run for congress In
the Third ? "
"Pat McKllllp is my choice"
This has been the people's voice
( You could hear If It you listened
night or day )
People somehow loved the style
Of his hnircut nnd his smile ,
And their faith hung on the things he
had to say.
From the Niobrnra south
To the Elkhorn's mouth
Sobs and sighs and lamentations can
be heard ,
As the men in every crowd
Cry with one accord out loud ,
"Whothehell will run for congress In
the Third ? "
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Alnsworth Star-Journal Thinks He IB
About the Right Size.
Alnsworth Star-Journal : Possibly
It Is not our put in. But sometimes ,
when wo see the right thing and It Is
not being done by those who should
be doing It , we cannot help throwing
In a chunk of good wholesome advice.
This Is one of those times. The Nor
folk-Fremont congressional district has
for some time been misrepresented In
congress by a man who says that he
has not time to hunt up all the d d
fool newspaper men and keep them
out of trouble , referring to the trouble
that Huso got Into when he was sup
porting this congressman for office.
Now , this Is not Just the kind of a man
that a newspaper man delights to sup
port. Nor Is he Just the kind of a man
who makes the best representative for
the people. The sago suggestion that
wo are wanting to make Is that Burt
Mapes of Norfol kls about the right
size for this Job , and It would seem
that the proper thing to do would bo
to nominate him for congress from
that district. This suggestion is
thrown out for what it is worth. Burt
is one of those big hearted , broad
minded kind of men who would never
make such a break as the present In
cumbent has made , nor would his can
didacy require any republican editor
to get himself into the trouble that"
Huse-got Into In his support. ' '