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1 K i I I ) Ejjpr" VOL 11. NO. G. bSTABLISHED IN 18SG PRICE FIVE CENTb "TTflflffv If t . Am 'V-i. ""'""' " fc -mn LINCOLN NBB., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 8 ISQG. ENTERED IX TIIE POST OFFICE AT LIXCOLJT AS SECOND-CLASS MATTES PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BT THE GOURIER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING GO. Offico 217 North Eleventh St. Jelephone 384 W. MORTON SMITH Editor and Manager SARAH B. HARRIS Associate Editor Subscription Rates In Advance. Per annum 82.00 Six months 1.00 Three months 50 One month 20 Single copies ?05 OBSERVATIONS 1$ The meeting of the state editorial as. Bociation in this city last week was marked by the absence of Omaha news paper men and women. I believe not a single person connected with any news paper published in Omaha was present at the meeting. Several years ago the association met in Omaha and it is re ported that not one Omaha newspaper man put in an appearance during the two days session. Now this conduct on the part or the fraternity in Omaha is a little peculiar. The people in that city are constantly exerting themselves to strengthen their hold on the people of the state, and the Omaha newspapers are anxious to have the good will of what may be called the country press. It is only a few weeks ago that, accord ing to report, Mr. Rosewater was send ing out personal letters to editors of the country newspapers making concilia tory propositions. Here in Lincoln the only feeling en tertained for the people who eat Mis souri river mud is that of deepest love, and I am sure it could not be expected that The Courier would give expression to any of the utterances of the Nebraska editors apropos of Omaha's seeming in difference. Such a course would jar on that feeling of brotherly love which binds the cities of Omaha and Lincoln. Besides, it can hardly be believed that Omaha is so arrogant as somo of the editors said. Surely it is bejond com prehension that the Jenlemanly Mr. Hitchcock and the pugnaciously ver satile Mr. Rosewater and tho Chester fieldian Mr. Chase and the numerous other knights of tho Omaha press should regard the state editorial association in a condescending manner. It is certain that these gentlemen, great and power ful and beautiful as they are, could not consider beneath their notice an associ ation that numbers among its members such men as l'oss Hammond and F. G. Simmons, and Mr. Gere, and my espec ial friend, Mr. Jones. Messrs Hitch cock, Rosewater and Chase and their colleagues are truly great, and they un doubtedly have a proper realization of their greatness; but it is past belief that they imagine the men and women who compose the state editorial association of so little consequence that they could not make personal recognition of their associated existence without loss of dig. nity. The explanation of the absence of these great men of the Omaha press probably lies in the fact that they all three went around to Ed Mauier's or was especially active, took a live 1 interest in all the proceed ings of the meeting, and if the whole truth mere told it would be shown that a large uartof tho success of the meet ing was d-e to Mr. Jones. Thank the Lord that our great nun are not puffed up with that arrogance or pride which some of the Nebraska editors imagine the Omaha great men are puffed up with. Perhaps the most modest man in at tendance upon the editorial association meeting was that gentleman of candid countenance, Ross Hammond, of the Fremont Tribune. Mr. Hammond, so far as known, only has two weaknesses. Will &.$ Jf - S r Jri -jirW fc Let vjktgkjfr' Prof. T 6. MARTIN is rag v McTague's for a little social time and in the conviviality that must inevitably follow the juxtaDosition of three such familiar and fraternal spirits, forgot all about the meeting in this city. Mr. Gere and Mr. Jones, or the Jour nal, are great men. No one can doubt their greatness. Mr. Gere has an in tellectual eye and particularly able whiskers, while Mr. Jones is justly en titled to the designation as the Joe Medill of Nebraska journalism. And these two great men, than whom in their own profession there are no greater, were not above an affiliation with the association of country editors. Mr. Gere and Mr. Jones, and the latter He writes execrable poetry stuff that is really worse than the halting produc tions of Alfred Austin, poet laureate, and he wants to go to congress. He very considerately abstained from the poetry habit while in this city, and with characteristic modesty made careful concealment of the other weakness. Mr. Hammond is conscientious, and he did not desire to have the impression go abroad that he is using his newspaper connections to accelerate the movement of his congressional boom. As a matter of fact, had he permitted it, the associ ation would have gone on record as en thusiastically endorsing his candidacy AH the republican newspapers of the state are in favor of Mr. Hammond as tho BUCcefBor of Mr. Muiklejohn in con gress from the Third district. About the only persons in Mr. Hammond's dis. trict who are opposed to him are a few men who want tho otllco themselves it is strango that somo men are gracoless enough to run as opposing candidates when an editor wants an office. Mr. Hammond is ono of the ablest men in the state. He has integrity stamped all over his face. He would be a good man to send to congress. Chancellor MacLean made an in formal address to the newspaper people. The chancellor, although physically in disposed, rose to the occasion in a man ner so graceful and clever as to make a decided impression on his hearers whom he called "colleagues of the faculty of the university.' For a moment, during his address, editors saw a vision of u press lofty and cultured in tone, im partial, patriotic, honest, educational. It was an inspiring vision. But the edi tors are not in the business of publish ing newspapers wholly for their health. Some of them may have tried to be lofty and cultured, only to get in among the rocks. Most of them have found out that a newspaper may travel along at the head of public sentiment, but it cannot, profitably, travel very far ahead. A great many papers have died because they were too bad to live. Some of them have died because they were too good. That speech of Thurston's . Very few men have gone into the senate of the United States and in two months time attracted so much attention as has Mr. Manderson's successor. Mr. Bryan went to congress and become a figure of n ttional importance; but Bryan, with all of his impetuosity, went a little slower than Thurston. William Vin cent Allen acquired national notoriety not long after the injection of his pond erous frame into the sacred precincts of the Millionaire's club.which by the way, contains some pretty poor men. But Allen didn't make the leap from un fathomable obscurity to a peak of prominence with quite the agility of Mr. Thurston. What is it that the junior Nebraska senator has acquired? Is it reputation or notoriety? It all de pends upon the point of view. By some be has been heralded as a second Clay or a modern Webster. Others have de clared him o be a hifalootin Fourth of July stump speaker. At all events the senator and his speech have been talked about, and that great desideratum, the advertisement of Nebraska, has been accomplished. Senator Thurston's speech was intended for listeners, not for readers. And a gentleman of this city who was present, informs me that the Gtaid senators were unusually dem onstrative at the conclusion of the speech. Sentiment that may tickle the ear sometimes 6eems overdrawn when reduced to print. The truth is the sen ator gave the eagle too much string. She soared a little high. The conservatism of the senate will easily teach him to bring tho bird down nearer to earth. . The announcement that Henry Esta- i 4