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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1902)
THE COURIER V? is3(fieeg&siieeeetfj H. W. BR9WN Druggist and Bookseller WHITING'S FINE STATIONERY AND CALLING CARDS. 137 So. Eleventh Street. Phone 86 PRIVATE AND PUBLIC Library books BOUND IN A SUBSTAN TIAL MANNER AT FAC TORY PRICES BY South Platte Publishing Co., PAPER BOX MAKERS, 135 N. nth St., LINCOLN, NEB. FREIGHT PAID ONE WAY. xC?dggndtt& Cycle Photographs Athletic Photographs Photographs of Babies Photographs of Groups Exterior Views VJ The Photographer 129 South Eleventh Street jjjjk We Invite you to Call and see our Cut Flowers and Plants in our new location 143 South Thirteenth Street PHONE B236 .'Vc make a specialty of furnishing Floral Decorations for Weddings, Parties, and Receptions. A complete stock of Plants and Cut Flowers on hand. Stackhous & Greer, FLORISTS Greenhouses 35th and R Streets. Office 143 South 13th Street. Vt HARK LISTEN to those Steam Radia tors kicking and hammering until your room rings like a boiler factory. PHEW ! Now hot, now cold, with frequent emissions of lovely (?) fumes from the valves. Get a Gas Heater GRATE OR RADIATOR they're the thing. You can light them without getting out of bed. They'll take the chill off the room. We sell them at cost. Lincoln Gas and Electric Co. 1 2th and O Sts. IN THE REALM OF POLITICS Speaker Sears of Burt county, has shied his castor Into the gubernatorial ring, as everybody supposed he would, and it Is whispered about that he may inherit the Douglas county delegation. This will require some proof before obtaining- belief. Douglas county has so many Interests, so many irons in the fire, that it is usually a very difficult task for any one man, especially one outside the county, to boast of having its solid support. Sears stands well In Douglas county, however and he evi dently is close to the powers that be in Nebraska politics. Sears Is a strong man in many ways, although he docs not look the part. "When he first came out as a candidate for speaker last winter his ambitions were regarded as precocious and it was not until the skies cleared that it was evident he was the man picked upon for the place. Obstacles that to outsiders looked insurmountable were cleared from his path by magic, and the re doubtable McCarthy, who was gener ally picked upon as the winner, was not in the fight at all. This is quoted merely to Indicate that while Sears has a quiet and unpretentious way of doing things, he possesses that accurate knowledge of what to do and whom to have for you that presages success in politics. Congressional politics appear to be decidedly quiescent. The only new Heved that if Charley Sloan can beat out Peter Youngers In Fillmore, he will stand an excellent chance of landing the prize. J. D. Pope of Saline made the race two years ago and wants to try it again, but he ran away behind the electoral ticket and this fact may induce the folks who really want a congressman of the republican stripe to inform J. D. that it is up to him to go away back and be seated. The First district presents a de cidedly quiescent appearance. "When Mr. Burkett was home three weeks ago he talked up the matter of having1 an early- convention, but there was not much warming up to the proposition of two conventions this year. This would be necessary if the congressional and state conventions are held as early as May or June. County campaigns of four or Ave months are regarded as entirely too long. It Is said that in several counties In the district thlngu are ripe for a scrap If Lancaster will tay the word. The question now is, will Judge Holmes enter the lists against Burkett? The judge is an astute politician and he Is not likely to enter any hopeless or futile contest. Just what the temper of the working politicians is towards Mr. Burkett is difficult to determine Just now. Some of them are offended at Mr. SIzer's selection because they believe In rota tion in jobs and still others object to f T COUNT VON BUELOW. Counsellor to Kaiser Wilhelm and prominent- figure In the poliiical affairs of the German empire. candidate of the week has been E. H. Hinshaw, of Jefferson county, who again seeks the honor of leading the fight in the Fourth district. Mr. Hin shaw is an able speaker and a good campaigner, but it is difficult to figure out where he has a chance for the nomination in view of his stand in the senatorial fight last winter. Hinshaw was the preferred candidate of the anti-Thompson men. After Thompson secured the caucus nomination he de clined to abide by the result and still remained in the field and was voted for. His part in the matter earned for him the cordial political hatred of the Thompson men, and it is not difficult to guess what they will try to do to him now that his candidacy for con gress gives them an opportunity to take a whack at his head. It is be- Mr. "Williams as deputy because he has been the professional partner of a noted prohibitionist advocate. It will be difficult to make any guess as to the way in which things will go until some oJ the more powerful gentlemen who are Just now emulating the sphinx give the word. Just at present H. H. "Wilson's can didacy for governor overshadows In proportions that of every other man mentioned for the place. Mr. "Wilson's high standing and his freedom from factional affiliations make him the ideal candidate, a man whom every body of judgment can turn in and sup port. He has not been a supporter of the governor's action in pardoning Jo seph Bartley, neither has he been run ning about condemning the governor In Intemperate language for his action. It must be patent to every man who knows anything about politics that if the republicans desire to win this year they must name for governor some man who has not been actively en gaged In the factional tight of the past two years, some one whose character and standing appeal to everybody not bitten with the Ilea of disturbance. .Mr. Wilson has not been affiliated with either the Thompson or anti-Thompson faction, and it Is this very potent fact of nvalllblllty that makes his can didacy formidable; not only formid able, but desirable to those who really wish for party success and who are not Interested in keeping alive factional hatred. It Is only here and there In the state that any disposition to keep on scrap ping Is manifest. Some newspapers that ought to know better are being worked from Lincoln In the Interest of the politicians who hope to profit by this method of internecine warfare. Here a so-called newspaper, operat ed by a chap who is known more as a political plugger than a newspaper man, is weekly tossing- out a cargo of mud, some of which It evidently hopes will stick upon the persons of those at whom it Is aimed. It has no standing- here, where It Is recognized as be ing established by some Elkhorn poli ticians who hope to be able to guide public opinion in portions of the state by having its falsehoods and personal abuse copied Into newspapers. These fellows seem not to be able to divest themselves of the Idea that D. K. Thompson Is sitting up nights figuring on how to get the senatorshlp in 1903 and that every move made in Lancas ter county is for the purpose of helping him out in this supposed ambition. They do not seem to be able to compre hend that there are men who care more for party success than individual profit, and -who are seeking to achieve that end by bringing forth the best man. The friends and supporters of Mr, Wilson hope to see him nominated for governor because they believe he will be elected by a large majority. He Is an able and eloquent speaker, a man of brains and executive ability and would tower above recent occupants of the executive office. If the convention recognizes his peculiar availlblllty it will nominate him. If it Is wise It will do so. If it nominates some other good republican Lancaster county will be In line. This Is no year for picayune pol itics or picayune politicians. Republi cans generally do not care whether the petty schemes of revenge or profit of politicians fall or succeed, only insofar as they affect the success of the party. They are getting decidedly tired of one set of politicians calling another set names because one crowd happens to be on top and getting the offices. There is not much difference between politi cians anyway, only there are some who have honor and fidelity and there are some who, while affecting alleg iance to a man's ambitions, secretly act as spy and talebearer for some one else. This, however, isn't going to be a good year for politicians. Govrnor Savage's action in pardoning Bartley has rightfully roused the rank and file and they will name the next governor. The Elkhorn and Burlington politicians may have different plans, but they won't be able to carry them into effect. .? The .fusionists of the city held their convention Thursday evening. The only remarkable feature of their pro ceedings was the turning down of Councilman Malone, who received the unusual and unprecedented condemna tion of the city convention declining to endorse his nomination at the hands of his ward. Councilman Erlenborn was spared this humiliation. He was beaten in his ward primary. Both men have been members of the coun cil gang and they rightly earned the hard slaps In the face they received. The turning doxvn Ot Bacon and Fryer by the republicans and Malone and Erlenborn by the democrats ought to be sufficient warning to the other members of the councilmanic combine
