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the politics or Maryland and 'West Vir- difference between tweedh-dum and
8ID,a tweedlsdee. In finding it he dieap-
Nebraska owes much of its wealth
and importance to the Burlington rail
way company. It has been the great
est factor in the material upbuilding of
the state. There is no desire or inten
tion to make any attack in your
columns, on this railway company, hut I
honestly believe, and 1 am not by any
means alone in that belief, that the
Burlingtou railway company would be
infinitely better off today if it bad kept
its hands out of politics. It is a dang
erous thing for a great corporation to
play at politics.
Populism in Nebraska is in a critical
stage. This ear it may dissolve until it
will Jose potency as a political factor. It
may be strengthened and again place in
jeopardy the republican state ticket.
Presidential politics is inextricably
mingled with state politics. Should Mc
Kinley carry Nebraska snd be made the
nominee for president there will be in
jected into the political situation in this
state an enthusiasm that will can?
thousands of populists into the republi
can camp. On the other hand if the
Mandereon-McKinley tight continues,
and particularly if Manderson should be
successful in dividing the delegation
from Nebraska the antagouism to the
railroads that will be aroused will add
to populist strength. If the railroad
issue should be emphasized and if Bryan
should be made the demo-pop candidate
for governor, the republican party would
have a rocky road before it. And this
year there is a legislature and state of
ficers to elect. It may be remarked that
bow is a good time to stand up for Ne
braska." There is much wisdom in this view.
The republican party in this state is
threatened as it has not been threatened
for years. Already there is a strong
feeling between the two factions, and
this feeling is fast merging into bitter
ness. General Manderson is undoubt
edly sincere and honest in his candi
dacy. He believes he has a chance of
receiving the nomination, and certainly
any man has s right to aspire for the
presidency. As has been said before
the friends of McKinley are the friends
of Manderson, and it is to be regretted
that it is not possible to harmonize the
two factions of the party.
There was no good reason why the
city central committee should have re
fused to give the republican voters of
the city an opportunity to express their
preference for president. An over
whelming majority of th party de
manded it. The situation wai precise
ly the same as it was three weeks ago.
A majority of the party demanded that
the committee give the party a chance
to try the sew .nystem of voting. The
committee, after some hesitation, obeyed
the demand. Mr. E P. Brown, who
was one of the prime movers for the
adoption of the Lincoln system, main
talaed from the stage of theFunke opera
heace that the majority of the party
was greater than any com mittee and had
a right te dictate. He said republicans
had a right to express themselves oa
aay sabject. Later, asa member of the
ekyeestral committee, he took aa ex
actly contrary peattiea oa the same gen
eral owestiee, and was one ot.tbe prime
Mowers ia deayisg republican raters the
right to express their preference for
ifeat. Mr. Brows has found the
pointed his friends, who had rcgnrded
him as an unflinching antagonist of any
thing that savors of gag rule.
The action of the committee was the
occasion for another breaking out of
McKinley enthusiasm; and it is doubt
ful if Mr. Manderson's cause was
strengthened any.
THE EDITOR.
THE STATE AND THE PRESS.
Hose Hammond's Tribune says: "State
Auditor Moore, in pursuance of his
usual policy of looking carefully after
the interests of the people as a part of
his official duty, has gone after the
Omaha Fire Insurance and will compel
the receiver of that defunct concern to
re-insure its policv holders in other com
panies. It has about 83O.C00 of unearned
premiums to account for"
Somebody signing h imsolf "1 . M. H."
wrilfE a letter to the Firth Graphic,
which i rapidly becoming celebrated,
and lay down the proposition that "our
oounty officers should do their own
janitor work." I. M. H; continues: "We
the tax ridden people have observed
hosts of hangerson at county head
quarters, simply putting in their time at
our expense. Some handling an old
perforated hose sprinkling a lonely
bluegrass sprout here and there. Others
handling spittoons, while others, were
erupt ing waste baskets, etc., etc. Now
while our lords and masters from the
district judges down to our road over
seers never heed, nor care for the best
interests of them who gave their con
sent that they might enjoy their present
positions. Yet our county commission
ers and trustees are greatly to blame for
so much waste and extravagance. They
the commissioners and trustees need
not allow waste. From the state house
down to the justice court is one line of
flagrant extravagance. Judges giving
one horse lawyers large sums for de
fending petty criminals while the com-
missioners and trustees of the people
wink the other eje at the outrage. Now
do not the officers elected by the people
get more for their services than they
are really worth, why should they have
any help whatever only what is abso
lutely necessary. There are a thousand
and one things that they, as our ser
vants can uo themselves and they
should be made to do it It would stop
a thousand leaks." L. L. Lindsay, of
this city, is the reputed owaer of the
Firth Graphic. The idea will occur to
some people that Lindsay is prejudicing
his chances for a republican delegate
ship by his newspaper course.
Dan Freeman, of Gage county, the
man who entered the first homestead
in the United States, says: "We have
plowed every month in the year so far,
and I am much encouraged over the
farming eutlook. Wheat is all right
and I think we are going to have a big
crop of all kinds this year. These little
flurries jf snow are all right and the
ground takes them all in, too. It is not
just the t'me yet for rain, but wo will
get it this spring when we noed it. I
maybe off in my calculations but I'll be
seventy years old in April, and I have
never seen a winter like this but was
followed by a wet spring and big crops
Nebraska is all right."
Norfolk is not the only place where
there is scandal and tearing down of
character, though the Lord knows
there is altogether too much of it here.
Over in Alton, Iowa, things have come
to such a pass that a man named
Brunsman publishes the following
significant card in the Democrat:
I take this occasion to notify all whom
it may concern that I will not eubm t
much longer to the falsehoods that are
circulated about me. I have always at
tended strictly to my own business, paid
my debts, and would recommend that
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