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tenness honeycomb the republican
party iu Nebraska , as the Bee strongly
intimates , why not give names and in
stance occasions ?
By allusions to Boss Stout , Mosher
and Bartley , the Bee seems ravenous
for the whole republican nomenclature
of alleged robbers and alleged debauchers -
ers of political virtue. The Bee will
certainly not fail to name the men and
state places and times when Agor has
cajoled the pure from honesty to dis
honesty.
If the columns of the Bee can spare
space enough , why not print the names
of all men in the republican party in
Nebraska whom it condemns as rascals ,
ft" cormorants and vampires ?
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Time and again
ADMITTED. with blushing mod
esty and a distress
ing intensity of self-abnegation , the
Hon. Edward Rosewater , the able , con
scientious and philanthropic editor of
the Daily Omaha Bee , has admitted that
he , himself , and his most excellent
newspaper constitute the dynamics
which placed republicanism in power
in Nebraska and again when wicked
men had deposed it restored to it glory
, ' . " and domination. This being the truth
this admission being conclusive why
did Tom Cookism ever prevail ; and
Sizerism flourish ; and Bud Lindseyism
& . . thrive ; and Stevensouism , like a green
bay tree , over-shadow the former most
& reputable and worthy Collector of In
ternal Revenue Houtz ?
Admitting the purity and supremacy
of Rosewater and his journals , is he or
is he not responsible and liable for all
the goodness reflected in the recent ap
pointees in Nebraska ?
Mr. Ed L. Sayre
VALUABLE MAPS , at the recent annual
meeting of the Ne
braska State Historical Society exhibit
ed and explained a series of territorial
and state maps of Nebraska. He showed
when and where each change in the
boundaries of Nebraska had been made.
He also showed the changes which have
been made from time to time in county
boundaries and in county nomenclature.
His work has been beautifully finished
up and he has presented the State Hist
orical Society with full copies. The
Executive Committee have gratefully
accepted the useful gift and unanimous
ly thanked Mr. Sayre therefor.
The Conservative
NEXT WEEK , will next week republish -
publish from the
State Journal the very interesting and
instructive paper recently read before
the State Historical Society by Hon. J.
H. Ager at Lincoln. It is sincerely to
be hoped that the" article may be given
general publicity and thus all the faults
and falsehoods which the Bee intimates
that it contains be , eventually , exposed.
Ex-Govern or
CIVIC VIRTUE. P o y n t e r so. the
Fremont Trib un o
declares asserts that ho was offered
more than thirty thousand dollars to
pardon Joe Bartley , the vicarious sacri
fice offered up for all the alleged repub
lican rascals who had ever loaned out
public funds since 1867.
The assertion of Gov. Poynter re
minds the Conservative of a couplet by
Lady Wortley Montague :
"She is in part to blame who has been tried ,
Ho cornea too near who comes to bo denied. "
Up to date there is no well-authenti
cated case of an attempt to bribe , buyer
or corrupt with money in any way an
honest man either in public or private
life 11
Corruptionists generally know whom
to approach.
Secretary of War
BUY IT AGAIN. Root advises a second
end purchase of the
Philippine Islands. It seems that Spain ,
before gold-bricking the United States
out of twenty , millions of dollars , gave
all the valuable lands of the Islands to
the Monks and Monasteries. And now
the Monks , according to Root , will also
make over their title for seven million
dollars more 1 !
This adds a new glory to that lumin
ous statesmanship which insisted that
the Treaty of Paris should be ratified
by the United States Senate. Oar
friend General Victor Vifquain we
remember published a very virile letter
proving that , except for the great intel
lectual and political activity of the
peerless Bryan , the aforesaid treaty
would have failed. And now if we
monkey with the Monks and pay out
more money we may revel in the results
of that glorious treaty which the Gen
eral claimed for the personal prowess of
"the peerless one. "
The job-lot of
NOT ABDI- Congressmen who
GATED. assume to name
postmasters , tax-
collectors and other federal officers in
the several states without consulting
President Roosevelt , will in due time
learn that he has not abdicated.
The President of the United States
has the constitutional right to make
these appointments. And in this in
stance the Executive will make all
appointments * in the interest of the
merit system and in accord with civil
service reform.
Roosevelt is too conscientious to sur
render executive functions to legislators.
Under his oath of office Roosevelt must
and will act independently and honest
ly to promote efficiency in the public
service. He has not become a mere
clerk to record the orders of Congress
men and commission their henchmen.
Roosevelt has not abdicated.
The high charac-
PLEA8ED. ter for judicial
ability , absolute
lionesty and perfectly pure and holy
politics for which the Hon. Ben Baker
lias always been so distinguished , satis
fies oven the Omaha Daily Bee and its
favorite Congressman , Dave Mercer ,
with his appointment to a judgeship
among the "greasers" of New Mexico.
Together Rosewater and Mercer glee
fully and olmcklingly rejoice over the
elevation and migration of the saintly
Baker.
There is a pretty
PIETY REstory of an Indian
WARDED. maid , who earned
her living by giv
ing dancing lessons. And one fall ,
when she was about to open the .1
school , tidings came that a missionary
from the far off village of the whites
on Massachusetts Bay was on his way
to her nation , to teach them the right
way to worship the Great Spirit. And ,
she had been there so often that
these tidings made her heart very
heavy. She knew just what he would
do he would tell them that the last
missionary had taught them all wrong ;
that the way they were worshiping
was very displeasing to the Great
Spirit , and that they must drop it all
and worship in his way ; and that they
must not on any account dance any
more for any cause whatever. And
that would knock the spots out of the
poor Indian Maid's dancing school ,
and all the chiefs would organize
Sunday school classes instead , and the
warriors go around looking dreadful
sour trying to memorize the last set
of prayers and regulations.
So the devout Indian Maid went off
behind a butte , where the white
man's Great Spirit couldn't see her ,
and prayed very hard to Tirawa that
he would avert this missionary , or at
least defer him until her season was M
over. And Tirawa recalled that she ' '
was a good girl , who toddled up to
the medicine lodge unrebuked each
year , and that ho had never heard any
of the warriors mention her name in
relating the dreadful warpath secret ,
and ho took pity on her , and sent the
smallpox , and the Blackfeet , and
grizzly bear and flood and landslides ,
and kept that missionary on the far
side of the mountains until the next
spring. And by that time the Indian
Maid had collected her dues and closed
her dancing school , and she gave
thanks to Tirawa in a very especial
manner , and chopped off the end joint
of one finger for his benefit ; and then
went and joined all the missionary's
classes , and learned astonishingly
fast , and soon became his favorite
pupil , so that ho wrote up her affect
ing story , what he knew of it , for the
Zion's Banner , back at homo.