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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1896)
THB COURIER. Highest of all in Leavening Power Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE that Mr. Corbe'.t be repudiated by the ftm coming republican state convention. shining brass to reflect the light of the glaring sun and make him a dazzling spectacle. He is a plain man. In his mouth is no tongue of fire. From his throat there comes no tones of silver to beguile the sentimental populace, or make ujusic to seduce the populists The republicans of the--Mr. Strode has not blaztd hiB way from are democratic in their one end of the country to the other The republicans of the First congress ional district are not proud. They do not Bet themselves above the republicans of Lancaster county. They take what we give them. First district tastes. No hide bound prejudice ani mates tbem. They are not finicky. They take things as they come. The republi cans of Lancaster selected one particu larly lustrous citizen and agreed on him for delegate to the national republican convention. They rallied around this man of their choice, and on Monday carried him down to Tecumseh where, in convention, the republicans of the district ratified the choice of Lancaster county. The Honorable Liugar Longer Lindsey triumphed in Tecumseh as Fompey triumphed in Rome. The gen try of seven counties scattered flowers in his pathway, and Bent up hosanas tc the smiling skies. In the grand proces sion was the culminaticn of democratic aspiration. No foolish idea of caste or . pride or prejudice deterred republicans from contributing to the triumph of the Honorable Linger Longer. The nobility of aristocratic Lancaster jostled the peasantry of Cass. The great states man trudged along by the side of the tin horn gambler. Men of all sorts and conditions were amalgamated into one homogeneous enthusiastic mass, and the Honorable Linger Longer rode above the whole in a blaze of glory. It wad a great day. Matter sailed into mind and knocked it into smithereens and mater ialism raised its victorious head. It was a great day for matter. Asa matter of fact it would have been in very bad taste for the rest of the district to have turned away from Lancaster's choice, or to have refused to join in the triumphal procession. Lan caster county is the seat of culture and learning and morals for all that part of the country lying west of the Atlantic ocean, and when we in this county de liberately and advisedly pass over ten thousand available republicans and fix our highest favor on the Honorable Linger Longer Lindsey, we expect the outlying counties to fall in with our favorite and assist us in putting jewels in his crown. Jf we in this commu nity where schools are more numerous than saloons, where the curfew nightly sounds its moral note, where education is the ruling passion, make up our minds to a certain thing we do not want the people of the provinces to shake their heads in doubt, or answer nay when we call upon thpm to do our biddin-g Gadzooks! What is the ubo of being a modern AthenB if we cannot dominate the sentiment and action of our neighboring barbarians? The Honorable Linger Longer Lind say was our favorite son, the material istic mammonistic majesty who planted his spreading feet on our pedestal of culture, and we rejoice at our great man's effulgent exaltation. Hurrah for Linger Longer! Hurrah for culture! Hurrah for democratic ideas! Hurrah for the republican party! Hurrah foruB! Mr. Strode was renominated for con gress by acclamation. The congress man is a plain man, in somewhat marked contrast to the shimmering gentleman who preceded him. He has no armor of heralded by bauner and band, and he has not punctured the tympanums of four hundred congressmen. But he has gone along in the even tenor of bis way, putting in a full day's time every day attending to the wants of his constitu ents, and looking after the business of his high office. Mr. Strode has not neg lected his congressional duties. He has remained in congress, and he has voted on the right side of public questions. His Bervice has been satisfactory and it was altogether proper that he should have been renominated by acclamation. Mr. Talbot and Mr. Burket and Mr Clark and Mr. Waite are energetic fl able men, and the people of Lincoln should see to it that they have some thing tc do in the next legislature, something that will be of real value to the city of Lincoln. The most impor tant work these men can perform is to get through the legislature a new city charter, and citizens should formulate a proper measure in time and pledge these candidates to an aarnest endeav or to secure its passage. Lincoln needs a good many things; but there is no need more pressing than a char ter thit will rescue the city govern ment from the clutches of the small politiciansand place it upon a reasonable, business basis. What the people waut is fewer and better officers, say four com missioners instead of fourteen council meu, and a mayor who shall receive a salary large enough to justify him in giving his whole time to the city's busi ness. If the public will take any inter est in this matter there will be no diffi culty in securing charter revision. But nothing will be accomplished as long as each citizen is a troglodite, and all are sleeping the sleep of sloth. At last it can truthfully be said that crop conditions are favorable. The angry heavens have been propitiated, and, after many months, have yielded an abundant measure of rain. Nature Btpiles and man is happy. The Nebraska farmer is smoothing the wrinkles in his lace, and taking a new hold on hope. He has put away discouragement and placed the harness on confidence. The husbandman is moving to the mupic of singing birds and rippling streams. The earth and the heavens give prophecy of prosperi ty, Nebraska is, or soon will be, herself again. Not long ago it seemed to the casual observer that Dave Mercer's star was dragging along pretty near to earth. In Omaha there were mutterings of discon tent, and the young and handsome con gressman was threatened with a with drawal of official favor. But, very re cently, the mutterings have given way to words of praise, and the star again floats in the high heavens, serene and scintillating. Omaha people are im pressionable. And Dave has just the right kind of a touch to bring recalci trant constituents into line. The ur bane and ruddy hued representative bided his time. When opportunity was ripe he plucked it. And the people are clapping their hands. Dav9 is more than likely to be kissing the babies again this fall. Mr. Mercer extended the glad hand to Speaker Reed, and Mr. Reed kindly allowed the congressman from the Sec ond district to wield the presiding offi cer's gavel on several occasions recently, to the gratification of susceptible Omahans. Then Dave worked up a lit tle glory for himself by his measure to make the Fourth of July a national holi day. Then he took hold of the Trans Mississippi exposition project and stood up for Nebraska and the west. Then Mi IVlflPfcRjuiMVO OrTER FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY. By special arrangement ith the various publis hers THE COURIER is able to make an extraordioary clubbing offer. S Here is a list of the leading papers which we club with. xsxS)(Si Read it over and select the publi cations you desire and drop us a postal card. 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