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LINCOLN, NEB.. SATURDAY. JUNE 15. 1895.
OBSERVATIONS.
SOVERNOR HOLCOMB may
have thought it was a ti je joke
to appoint Edgar Howard, of
Papillion, a member of his staff; but he
should remember tha the executive
office is not the place for comic opera
buffoonery. Howard was on record as
opposing the state militia, and appoint
ing mm to a colonel wasn't either
sensible or smart. The Howard incident
furnishes, may be, a key to the eccen
tricity of the hybrid governor. Per
haps he appointed E. C. Rewick&teward
of the asylum as a joke; and Mart Howe's
appointment may also have been a joke.
This wouldn't have been so bad if
Rewick and Howe hadn't taken the ap
pointments seriously and accepted.
Joking with appointments is a danger
ous thing.
Mr. Howard, in declining to Berve on
the governor's staff, gives expression to
sentiments that entitle him to distinct
ion as a prize anarchist, an honor to the
coterie of recklesstongued clamorers
that somehow flourish in Nebraska.
This recipient of executive favor says:
"I am opposed to the state militia, root
and branch. I regard it a constant
menace rather than an aid to the public
peace. The state soldiery throughout
the union has been organized always at
the behest, and often at the dictation, of
corporate capital, which asks that the
state shall plunge its bayonets into the
breasts of organized labor in order to
force compliance with organized capi
tal's demands."
Mr. Howard shuts history entirely out
of his consideration. Such remarks are
prompted only by ignorance and preju
dice. Surely Governor Holcomb in giv
ing such a man a chance to exploit his
fandago is deserving of censure.
Surely there is no one in Lincoln who
would not like to see our Billy president
of the United States, I can even
imagine that Albert Watkins and An
drew Jackson Sawyer, for the sake of
having a real, live president "in our
midst," would sink all prejudice, and
exult in gobs of joy. It would be a fine
thing on many accounts to have our
wandering boy orator in the White
House. There would then be a chance
for Tommy Allen, whose genius for broad
statesmanship is wofully repressed or
suppressed in the back room of Mr.
Harley's post-office. There is a future
before Tommy, and Tommy and the
future ought to be brought nearer to
gether. Then we are all looking out
for what would be an advertisement for
Lincoln, and what better advertisement
could we have than a genuine 1G to 1
president! Lincoln would become a
household word in the mouths of the
people of this great country. It would
be almost as well known asMellin'sfood
or St. Jacob's oil. That other town, Lin
coln, III., wouldn't be in it at all. It
would also be a good thing for those
sterling and rip-rapped republicans, the
Westermann boys. As president Big
Billie would be able to make point
tangible recognition of the c irdial sup
port ho has all along received from the
News. Herr Westermann would be a
good man for minister to G Tin my;
Hans Theodore would find scope for his
well known business ability in the office
of postmaster general. Fritz has rrit been
exactly in line with the family in its
support of Billy, but he would doubtless
be taken up for the sake of Herr and
the rest of the boys. Maybe he would
be sent to tlawaii. Oh, yes; it would
ami his little note hook were the terror
of all aspiring democrats who had
MitlVrcil themselves to get out of align
ment with the administration, and it
uiisu't so very long ago, either. But
there has been a change. The great
man has fallen into an obscurity that
cannot be penetrated; or, mayhap he
went up to Omaha in an unguarded
hour and got penned up in the city
where there are no outgoing trains.
Tobe was a good man in h?s way, and
there ought to be a relief party hent out
INVITATION.
be a great thing for Herr and the boys.
Billy is a proper man for president, and
even if it takes the unanimous support
of everybody in Lincoln to put him iuto
the White House, the job should be
done. Stand up for Lincoln! Hurrah
for the silver tongue!!
Speaking of great men, what the
dickens has become of that towering
patriot, Tobe Castor? Time was when
Tobe was high mucky muck in the clans
of the faithful in this state; when Tobe
to find him.
Mr. Broatch and Mr. Gale and Mr.
Gaffin didn't have much difficulty in ar
riving at a conclusion as to the award
to be made to Mr. Dorgan for the for
feiture of his prison contract. The
figures published in connection with
the report of the appraisers to the
board of public lands and buildings
suggest a good many things. One of
them is that the hard times have not
prevented Mr. Dorgan from keeping
himself in bread and butter and jam.
Some recent exploits or "Gentleman
JiiirCorbott prompts Eugene Field in
the Chicago Jteeonl to say:
' When JainM J. Cortmtt HudiUnly lenient
into notoriety an tho clinmpion pugilist of
America it was iilleel by hit frieaiM that lio
was a Kfutleman, par excellence. At tint timu
. we -enturej to question the truth of this nllo
Katiou;wo coulil not umleratnml how a pro
fessional puifilist could lion guiitleniflii; more
over wo did not helieYn his admirers were
amply nualitled to piss upon the subject of
Keutilitr. Corbott's career for tho past two
years has simply realized the prediction wo
mndo when ho bent Sullivan Wo said that
presently lie would become as arrant a loafer
as over swnifKored undor the protection of fists
nnd under the auspices of tho ratr-tair nnd bob
tail of society It would be hard to find a
moroarroR-ant or n louder mouthed black
Kuanl than he. He is not a drunkard and so
he cannot offer liquor as an excuse for his
noisy indjeancy. II U offensive simply bo
cauoitis his nature to bo so; his instincts
nro brntal. and his business nnd hit associates.
You may r,tlll jwcj, Krowin jn dunKheap,
but yc i will never fled a jrerttleman in tho
prize rltiK."
It may be all right Tor the board of
education to elect a new superintendent
every year or two, but caro should be
taken that things are not turned topsy
turvy every time a new man goes in.
Mr. Strong may have spent a large part
of his time with his feet on the table, as
charged, but tho business of the schools
was going along evenly enough, and it
would be too bad for a new superin
tendent to come along and change
eve.ything, adjust new methoJs, and
stir up the teachers again. The teach
ers have been stirred up enough as it is.
If tho board is to change superin
tendents every two years it might be
well for it. the board, to adopt some
method of instruction for permanent
use. and not let the superintendent
overturn things to suit him. The
teachers of this school ristnet havo
had a good deal to conten 1 with and it
is greatly to their credit that theydo not
get excited and break thiigs.
The A'eica seizes the significant point
in tho clamor being raised by the Omaha
newspapers for better railway facilities
for the Missouri i ver town.
"While the fight is ai! being made
in
the
name
of
tho
news
papers, it is a fact," remarks t.ie Xeics,
"that the condition applies to rearly all
of the merchandise that O aha jobbers
have to ship. It must ai. no to Lin
coln first in order to c to customers
out in the state. Tin is a recourse
for Omaha jobbers. 'riey can all move
to Lincoln, the n ural distributing
point in Nebraska, a d save themselves
a great deal of an ioyance and incon
venience. There is but one way in
which they can enj as good shipping
facilities as those aflorded Lincoln ship
pers, and that is to move to Lincoln.
If all Omaha will just pack up and
move to Lincoln all ground will be re
moved and it appears that this is about
the only way in which the annoyances
