Omaha daily bee., 1874-06-24
SPIRIT OF THE STATE PRESS.
OUR LAWMAKERS.

sary to be made in our laws, and
those changes must be made by the
next Legislature. The people at the
coming election ought not to cast
their votes for men possessing no
more force than bumps on logs.
Qualifications, rs well as honesty
and integrity, are needed in q law
maker. We have many good men,
kind-hearted and incapable of doing
a wilful wrong, but net worth q
pinch Of snuff as members of q
legislative body. These should be
allowed to remain where they can
do the most good. There is no
placelike home.-Nemdhd Granger.
THE STATE FAIR.
The State Fair promises to be q
grand success, Notwithstanding there
are a too large majority of the mem
bers of the State Board from the
cities in the eastern part of the
State. Hereafter a more equitable
distribution of the offices in regard
to locality, ought to be attended to.
De .fdctO farmers ought to have a
say in such an institution. Land
spectators, r. r. land agents, poll
ticians and Office holders should not
have complete control of the State
Board of Agriculture Adams Co.
Gazette.
REPRESENTATIVE CROUNSE,
Representative CrOunse has won
golden opinions from the people of
the State, and as his term expires
next fall, it is proper to consider the
matter of his being returned to Con-
gress, where he has been such a
faithful representative of the wishes
of his constituents. The railroad
company which. he directed such
successful attention to, will doubtless
object to his return, but the tax pay
ers of Nebraska want Judge CrOunse
in the halls of Congress. We do not
urge his return on the ground of his
being a North Platte man, but be-
cause he has proved himself compe-
tent for the position, and with all, is
a staunch Republican, who labors to
make his party influence subserve
the interests Of the entire people.
Another term, and our Representa-
tive could accomplish even more
than he has this, and we believe i'm
the doctrine of keeping a good SER
want well employed.-Burtonian.
RAILWAY TAXATION.
a new party has broken out in
Nemaha county like the smallpox
or yellow fever, only that it is more
contagious. Nobody expected it,
yet nobody is surprised. A new
party like a new bedquilt Is always
made out Of patohes-made out of
anything that will fit In and cut to
an advantage, and, like JOseph's
coat, is of many cOlOrs. The pieces
are not the product of one family,
but of many. They are kind Of
gathered up and nut Ia shape, and
then grand quilting Is had-pum-
kin pie for supper and a dance at
night. With this difference, how
ever, in this case, the new party was
pieced in Omaha and Nebraska
City and taken down to Nemaha
to be quilted, taken off the frames
and christened.
This time it is "The Farmers and |
Laborers' Independent Party" The
Herald views the creature of its
handiwork with self-satisfaction,
prOnOunces its name by syllable,
tells the meaning of each, and says
the name Is calculated ITO win SYM
pathy," which Is generally believed.
The Herald also says that ait is q
great deal better name than anti
monopoly" and concludes that it is
a great "make weight"
The old politicians cast their eyes
toward hthe new party" They,
like the shepards of old, believe that
their star stands over the place
where the new party lays. They
feel that the time for the sceptor to
depart from Judah has come, and
they are recOnciled. They propose
to meet only once more under the
old d~ispensation, to pay their last
devotion to "hOme rule, hard mon
ey and free trade" 'Ieaving the re-
suits with God and the people,"
If We are to have a new party, let
it be made of new clOth.-Sdrpy
Sentinel.
RAILWAY TAXATION.
The bill introduced into the lower
house of Congress by our Represen-
tative, Hon. L. Crounse, on this SUBJ
Ject met the hearty appreciation of
his constituency. He will be re-
membered for this service to the
people, who do not soOn forget the
good deeds of their public agents,
whenever they honestly put forth
efforts to protect the popular inter-
ests. Again We say Mr.. CrOunse
has done well, and shall we be able
to say as much for our Senators,
when the present session shall have
expired? The bill has passed the
House; will it 60 no further, but be
suffered to fall dead in the Sen.
ate-be killed in the house of its
pretended friends? The respOn.
sibility rests with our Senators.
Will they be found equal to the
emergency? The people of Ne
braska demand the passage Of the
Crounse bill, and Messrs. Hitch
cock and Upton will be made
responsible for lack of action on its
part to do what the House has al
ready done. The railroad monOp-
oli>ts will only do what they are
compelled to do by law. Let us
compel them then, to bear their
share of the burden of taxation.
If our members do but their simple
duty, the bill becomes q law. If
they do not urge the passage of this
act, so fraught with the gravest con-
sequences to our future prosperity,
they may rest assured, the
people will not forget, and
they will discriminate between
the just and unjust stewards of the
public interests. In this corrupt
day and age of the world, men are
too easily influenced by that bane-
full but powerful persuader-mOney;
it becomes our Senators to keep Q
clean record on matters connected
with railroad interests. These
monster corporations have too long
lived at the expense of the people
they are helping to crush, and the
sooner public men become alive
to the fact that the masses will no
longer submit, and act accordingly,
the sooner will the war between
capital and labor cease.-SeUdfd
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