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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1896)
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It is important that men of this sort should hold state of fices and It is important that proper candidates be nominated for the purpose of keeping Nebraska in the great re publican column. Every republican in this state whose Ideas are formed In places other that saloons or sink holes of political corrup tion, whose impulses and aspirations are still susceptible to the bugle call of patriotism and the highest form of par tisanship, should consider well the dan ger that menaces the party. Every re publican with a character above char latanism and a hope above higgling owes it to himself and the party to in Jst on a line of policy at the state con vention that will press back the oil room manipulators, the barroom loungers, the cheap politicians, the small bore, grinning, hand shaking, bibulous can didates, and select as the standard bear era of the party men whose names are something more than an apology, men who stand for Nebraska manhood and dignity, who are able and honest and of good repute, who may be depended upon to lead the party to certain vie to. Among the candidates for state of fices this year are some of the strongest and best men who have ever appeared before a state convention and some of the smallest, weakest, most trivial men who have dragged their paltry schemes through the back door into the ESTABLISHED !N IMS , ?-.. 5?-:S: LINCOLN NBB., SATURDAY. JUNE 20 1896 party councils. And there are some unprincipled, daring.. dangerous manip ulators who would not hesitate to In volve the pan 'in defeat to attain their own ends. From which class shall the candidates be chosen? There is a deep and widespread sentiment among re publicans that calls for the highest ef fort and the best results at the conven tion. Will the delegates yield to that demand and select as the candidates for governor and treasurer and supreme Judge and other offices honorable, able, dignified men? Or will they become mere puppets in the control of base tricksters and cheap bosses, and name as the candidate for governor a grin ning, storytelling, hand shaking, gin mill hero, and as treasurer a man brought out and backed by the present treasurer and pledged to go easy on the day of reckoning? Absolute safety. state credit and honor, the advancement of the party are to be found in one di rection, and possible defeat, humilia tion, scandal must be met if "the other road is taken. Which? Henry D. Estabrook arrived in Chi cago after delivering the university commencement address in this city in time to see a large double-column por trait of himself in the Tribune and read a column of compliment well cal culated to turn, the head of a man less evenly balanced. Mr. Estabrook, who has many admirers among the news papers of Chicago, is compared to Emory A. Storrs in the Tribune article and It is the opinion of the writer that the mantle of the great Chlcagoan is about to descend on the graceful shoul ders of "our Henry." Here are some of the nice things said about Mr. Esta brook: "Oratory Is with Mr. Estabrook a (S Ml (m fin (jw natural gift. It comes to him by In heritance, and has been cultivated with all the assiduity of a lawyer am bitious to excel on the rostrum and In the court room. In addition to the mere flow of language be has the cult ure that pleases and the earnestness that convinces. "Mr. Estabrook comes from noted stock, being the ninth lineal descent from John Alden, whom Longfellow has immortalized as one of -the stanch est of the Mayflower pioneers in the new world. He was born in the little town o'f Alden, in New York, forty-owe years ago. The town, by the way, was named after the orator's ancestor. His mother had left her home In Omaha for a visit In the quaint little town, and fortune ruled that a Nebraskan to all Intents and purposes should be born a New Yorker. "So today Mr. Estabrook does not say much about his birthplace. He simply says he hails from Nebraska. As to his father it is a different thing. He tells with pride that he was Expe rience Estabrook, the first attorney general of Nebraska, and at one time the attorney-general of Wisconsin. "Mr Estabrook received his early education in Omaha, and after gradu ating from the high school In that city went to St. Louis, where he studied law in the Washington university, graduating with honors. He then re turned to Omaha and began the prac tice of the law as a partner of Judge H. J. Davis, who Is at the present time his partner in Chicago. An Impression prevails that he was once the partner of Senator Thurston, and that he dis solved ills partnership owing to Thurs ton's being engrossed in politics. This, however, is said to be untrue. "Soon after his return to Omaha Mr. Estabrook married Miss Clara Camp bell of that city. The couple have one PRICE FIVE CENTS child, a daughter of fifteen. Mr. Esta brook's only sister Is the wife of Col. R. C. dowry, vice-president and gen eral manager of the Western Union Telegraph company. The move to Chi cago was made that the attorney might have a broader field. Mr. Esta brook Is living In La Salle avenue, near Schiller, with his family, and has law offices In the chamber of commerce building. "The story of Mr. Estabrook's suc cesses in oratory is briefly told he Is a new man. Attention was first attract ed to his powers of eloquence a few years ago when he delivered an ora tion at the union league club in this city on "The Vengeance of the Flag." It was a Washington's birthday cele bration and the incident that attracted most notice was the clever use of an accident to Wilkes Booth when he as sassinated Lincoln in the theatre in Washington. "It will be remembered there was a flag on the stage when the fatal shot was fired and that Booth tripped over this in his effort to escape, laming himielf In such a way as to make his capture possibly more easy than it would have been If it had not been for the accident. This was the vengeance of the flag, and the orator dwelt upon' the circumstance in such a way as to make a lasting Impression on the minds of his auditors. The same ad dress was delivered In New York with equal success and was much comment ed on throughout the country. ' "In 1895 Mr. Estabrook delivered the Washington's birthday oration in De troit. This was another victory for the speaker, and was quickly followed by still another, that at Galena, when he was called upon by H. H. Kohlsaat to deliver the oration on the celebration of Grant's birthday. This was when Thomas Nast's celebrated picture of the surrender of Appomattox was pre sented to the town. The reputation Mr. Estabrook had achieved was then the reason for selecting him as the or ator of the day, and the address deliv ered was thought to be sufficient proof of the wisdom of the choice. "Mr. Estabrook is modest in his re gard of his ability is a speaker. He never refers to It and never thrusts himself forward on occasions when he has every opportunity to profit by such a course of action. He has had various offers made him of prominent positions In the political field, but has uniformly refused them. The only po litical office he has held is that of re gent of the university of Nebraska." For a week or more the ablest news paper writers of the country have been In St. Louis giving their Impressions of Mr. Hanna's convention. One of the most notable features of this week's great gathering has been the brillant manner in which It has been reported In the daily press. The New York newspaper that of fered ex-President Benjamin Harrison 110.000 to go to St. Louis and send a daily telegram of 1,000 words hardly expected its proposition to be ac cepted, though its acceptance would not have Involved any greater sacri fice of dignity, than has attended the distinguished ex-president's perform ances between the beautiful covers of 1 H o