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able to approach Harrison and Reed and
McKitiley and Allison and barter tho
franchise of the stato for a paltry mess
of official pottage. Patriotic Nebraska
republicans do not want to see tho Ne-
: braska vote peddled about and hawked
entered in THE post office at LINCOLN to the highest bidder for a considera
as second-class mattek tion of purely private interest. For thiB
" reason and for the further reason that
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY they want this Btate to go to McKinley
by they are opposed to anything but ji
straight McKinley delegation.
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As a beneficiary of President Harri-
Offico 217 North Eleventh St. eon. Mr. Rosewater was supposed to
Telenhone 384 favor'tho matrimonial-presidential can-
" didate. But the first choice of the .edi-
tor of the Bee is Senator Allison, of
SPKIrr MltM&ESaS Iowa- Mr.Rosewater would like to se
an uninstructed delegation. John L
Webster is a candidate for delegate.
Subscription Rates-In Advance. He has indulged in flirtations with tho
Per annum $2.00 McKinley followers and he has con
Six months . 1.00 Borted w-th the Allison men Ho wants
Three months oU . .
One month 20 an uninstructed delegation. He thinks
Single copies 5 Nebraska could obtain greater recogni-
tion if the delegates were uninstructed.
which being interpreted means that tho
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riends in Omaha are generally for Mc-
Somo months ago Senator Thurston Kinley and instruction. Ex-Senator
answering for Nebraska, said the solid Manderson states emphatically that he
vote of this state in the national repub- will not be a candidate for first or sec
lican convention would bo cast for Mc" ond place on the national ticket. Hew
Kinley. It is beginning to be evident for McKinley. In this city Mr. Gere
that the senator's remark was not ill- Dag been mentioned as a candidate for
advised. Unquestionably the sentiment delegate. Many supposed he was a Har
of three-fourths of the republicans of rison man. The editor of the Journal
Nebraska is strongly in favor of McKin- 6igned the call for the big McKinley
ley. As elsewhere some of the politic- meeting to be held in this city next
ians are for some other candidate, month, which commits him to the Mc
They have done considerable scheming! Kinley movement. Mr. Gere, under
but, apparently, to no avail. Public these circumstances, will be a popular
sentiment has overtaken privato 6elfish- candidate. L. L. Lindsay and Dr. Ker
ness. Within the last week or two the man, candidates for delegate, aro for
McKinley movement has assumed deli- McKinley. Mr. Houtz, through his con
niteform. The McKinley club seems to nection with Senator Thurston, would
answer admirably the purpose of a cent naturally be for McKinley. G. M.
ralizing force. Republicans all, over the Lambertson is a candidate. He was as
state are signing the McKinley petitiong sistant secretary of the treasury under
and joining the big McKinley club. The Harrison and is supposed to be loyal to
few politicians who, a few weeks ago, the ex-piesident. He is opposed to in
were asking for an unpledged delega- structions. John M. Thayer is spoken
tion are now holding their peace. Somo of aB a prospective delegate-at-large.
of them have already pulled themselves He is an uncompromising McKinley
into tho McKinley band wagon. Ofhers man. C. O.Whedon is a candidate for
are reaching up. By the time the dele- delegate. Mr. Morrill has been urged
gates are selected the McKinley move- to stand for delegate, but he will not be
ment will be so formidable that it is a candidate,
doubtful if anyone will have the temer-
ity to raise his voice in behalf of an un- T. . . , ., . . ,, ,
' ... .. It is said that ex-Senator Manderson
P ' found official life in Washington a pleas
There are undeniable advantages in ant but expensive luxury. He is re
an uninstructed delegation. But the Prted M being desirous of remaining
one reason why it would be particularly in his Present remunerative position,
undesirable to send an unpledged dele- solicitor for tho Burlington. Should
gation to St. Louis is that nine out of his country call him, however, his nat
ten of those who oppose instructions are ura,,y Patriotic impulse would doubtless
opposed to McKinley or are animated cause him to obey the call,
by purely selfish reasons a desire to go
to St. Louis and trade the vote of Ne- Major Moses P. Handy, late -lord
braska or a portion. of it for a political high chancellor of the Jim Blaine
job. There are several ambitious poli- boom" discussed republican candidates
ticiana who would like to be delegates in the Times-Herald the other day. He
and have a free delegation so as to be eaid the winning candidate must be a
man who boldly places himself on record
on the live issues now before tho coun
try. Major Handy quotes a leading poli
tician as saying: "Allison is all right,
but ho can't change the mental habits
and political methods of his life. Why,
Allison could walk on piano keys from
New York to Omaha and never sound a
note."
The Honorable Tobias Castor, with
his little note' book and his stubby lead
pencil, is in Washington. The demo
cratic national committeeman, the head
push of the Nebraska straights, tho
practical, material essence of pure and
undetiled Nebraska democracy, is at tho
head center of pap-distribution, con
sorting with the Honorable Julius
Sterling Morton, and the powers that
be generally, and it is roporteJ that the
official axe is to be raised for tho decap
itation of certain federal office-holders
in this state whose partisan views are
not plugged to the Cleveland size. It is
said that office-holders will not be re
lieved of the burdens of official life for
political reasons; but that those who be
Hove in sound money aro safe. Thoso
who are declared to be inefficient will
be tho men who have a weakness for the
diluted democracy of W. J. Bryan. It
is hinted that Mr. Harley may have to
put his head on the block. It is an in
spiring sight truly, to see this man Cas
tor sitting in judgment on men's politi
cal views. The Honorable Tobias Cas
tor is a good man for some purposes.
He is energetic, and he is faithful. But
it may appear a little presumptuous for
the Honorable Tobe to pass judgment
un tho opinions or affiliations of, for in
stance, such a man as Mr. Harley. Mr.
Castor is for sound money. But does
Mr. Castor know what sound money is?
Is it not a fact that considerations of
political principle aro above the intel
lectual level of the great and powerful
national committeeman? But the Hon
orable Tobias is the doctor, and when
he goes down to Washington and pre
scribes, the democrats here in Nebraska
have to take the medicine.
John. M.Thurston strikes a familiar
gait in the following tribute to Mc
Kinley in the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette: "And this man upon whose
shield malice can find no blemish
and slander place no stain; this
man whose whole life has been
consecrated to his God, his
country and his home; this man whose
intense loyalty and devotion to Amer
ican interests make him tho ideal leader
for the supreme hour; this man of the
people; the uncompromising friend of
those who toil, a soldier, a statesman,
a patriot without fear and without re
proach, our candidate for the presidency
of the United States is William McKin
ley."
Very recently the Journal, the faith
ful friend of the down-trodden rich man
remarked: "The rich men of the United
States have given to philanthropic ob
jects during the year 829,000,000." In
Bomo manner a espy of Nebraska's pride
reached tho offico of tho New York Sun,
and that paper commenting on the
Journal's remark said:
Magnificent, truly; but with tho ex
ception of ono or two gentlomon, such as
John D. Rockefeller and Seth Low,nono
of these rich men have givon a very big
block of monoy measured by their
means. Thoir imagination hasn't kept
pace with thoir fortunes. Tho chances
for gifts of great wealth aro as good as
over. The opportunities for tho rich
men of New York to give sums meas
ured in millions for purposes of public
ucefulness and honorable self-comment
oration aro enough to make poor men's
heads swim. Who will give fivo mil
lions to the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, or to the Museum of Natural His
tory, or for the founding of some othor
valuable institution, or for building the
cathedral of St. John tho Divine? Don't
be afraid of all speaking at once. Every
body will be heard, even in chorus.
The Journal might induce some of its
friends to donate a million or two to its
celebrated flag fund.
The gold and silver product of Col
orado for the year 1895 is estimated at
$23,000,000. Last year was a poor year,
agriculturally, for Nebraska; but the
corn product alone, taking tho low esti
mate of 75,000,000 bushels, wis worth
812,000,000. Last year's gold and silver
product in Colorado was infinitely less
valuable than Nebraska's agricultural
product, and 1895 was Colorado's big
mineral year and Nebraska's bad agricul
tural year.
Mr. Dana, of the New York Sun, who
does not believe in tho department of
agriculture and who likes to poke fun
at the Honorable Juliue Sterling Mor
ton, in criticising the annual report of
tho department said. "It may be that
the annual report was a little heavy
but if so. it was becauso Mr. Mortor.
was so unused to brandishing tho pen."
Mr. DaLa may think he knows Mr.
Morton, but he does not. Mr. Morton
unused to brandishing the pen! Why
thegoateed and well groomed gentle
man whom President Cleveland snatch
ed from the furrows of Arbor Lodge and
transplanted in the rich soil of Wash
ington was born with a steel pen in one
hand and a Dixon lead pencil in the
other. While wearing tho swaddling
clothes of infancy he went about
marking on walls and writing letters.
Ho has been writing all his life. He is
more fecund and fertile than any
public man or farmer in Nebraska. He
is felicitously facile in alliterative
alletrory. Ho writes deeper than most
of his brother farmers plough, and his
style is as radiant and pleasing as the
morn. Mr. Morton is more familiar
with the steel pen than with anything
else, save, possibly, the cow pen and tho
hog pen.
Tho assurance of thoe Omaha people
is sublime. The projectors of the
Trans Mississippi and International ex
position having secured $10,650 in sub
scriptions the Omaha newspapers
announce that the scheme is now
"fully under way" and its success is now
assured. The fact that the exposition
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