Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-20
spnit Of the State Press.
BRING OUT YOUR CANDIDATES,

Spirit of the State Press.
BRING OUT YOUR CANDIDATES.
Two or three papers of the State
have begun to trot out candidates
for the respective offices to be filled
at the fall election, and also candi-
dates for the empty chair that Tip
ton rattles around in, in the United
States Senate. The North Platte
Enterprise speaks favorably of Hon.
c. Barton for an exalted position,
while the Columbus Journal, like a
gallant war-horse, snufs the battle
from afar and intimates that that
honorable gentleman's hands are
not as clean as they ought to be,
and that his record is not spOtless.
Perhaps the Journal man is preju-
diced and therefore not an impair
tial judge of Mr.. Barton's quail
fications, ability or record.
But whether these insinuations are
true or not, the people and the State
will be gamers in the criticism OF
candidates. If any paper or locality
has any candidate for any office,
we say trot him out. 1t is a good
time now to polish and rub down
the nags who propose to enter the
race, and see if they have wind,
and bottom sufficient to carry them
through.
There is one thing certain: The
people of this State desire two quail
ificatiOns in their Office holders.
These are, character and ability.
Hence We say bring out the candi-
dates. Let us see whether they are
able to stand the critical ordeal
through which they will be called
upon to pass. Let us see if they
have clean hands, pure hearts, and
-brains.-Grdnd Island Times.
GENERAL sHERMAN's NEBRASKA
LAND SPECULATIONS.
We are glad to hear that Mr..
Crounse's Bill gets along so nicely
in Congress, and believe he will do
what he can to push it through. As
the REEFS "practical example," is
son ewhat lame we desire to correct
it. The BEE intimates that mas
much as the U. p. r. r. refused to
submit to taxation, their lands were
not taxed. This is not the case.
The lands are still taxed as if the
Company had always paid, and the
resident and nonresident land
owners pay no more tax than II the
u. +. never questioned the legality
of the tax. If the Supreme Court
of the United States should decide
In favor of the U. P. railroad com>
pany, then there would be a heavy
tax. October 25th, 1869, the u. p.
r. r. Co. decided TO General Sher-
man, section 81, township Is, range
4, in COlfax county, naming In the
deed as consideration, sixteen hun
dred dollars for the entire section,
of $40 acres, or $3.50 per acre; yetit
has been given out, and is gener-
ally so understood, that it was a
present from the U. P. r. r, Co.,
and that it cost him really nothing;
but taains 1t for granted that it did
cost him 81, 900, a few weeks ago, he
sold it for hirty-tpo hundred dot
lcrs; or S. per acre. Now consid-
ering the fact that in four years he
paid $500 taxes-which is far above
the amount paid by him-he yet has
a clear gain of 81 900, or an interest
Of d24 per cent. on his investment,
which is sufficient to appease the
appetite Of almost anv money-bags.
OMAHA AND THE TRUNK ROAD.
We notice that the Omaha papers
are talking Trunk railroad again.
The Republican says it ought to be
built this summer, shows that it
would pay from the beginning, and
calls on the commercial men of st.
Louis to encourage the enterprise of
making a direct thoroughfare be-
tween the rich agricultural regions
Of Nebraska and that city. The
people Of Brownville and Nemaha
county are sick and tired of hearing
the promises, made but to be broken,
of those who have been assuming
to operate in constructing the Trunk
road. They have lost all confidence
in these men, and all hope of reeeiv-
ing the road through their manage
ment, and are ready to encourage
any new company who will take
hold of the matter in a way that
will Undue them with a hope of its
speedy construction. We hope the
city of Omaha will agitate the mat
ter until something tangible is CON-
summated,
LINCOLN AND THE STATE FAIR.
The Lincoln Journal is at present
engaged in white-washing over
Lincoln's rival district fair. 1T says
if two or three counties wish to join
together i'm a district fair it is all
right. So 1t is. But an attempt to
usurp the patronage of the entire
South Platte in a district fair held
in the interest of an unsuccessful
city in the competition for the lOca-
ton of the State fair is not all right,
and We trust that the farmers of
Nebraska..will use every endeavor to
make the one laudable fair project,
fair at Omaha-a grand sue
cess, despite of the opposition of dis
affected Lincoln.-Sutton, Clay Co.
Times.
WHY TRADE Is DULL IN OMAHA.
At present, We are told, that the
retail business here is rather dull,
but We begin to fear that the whole
sale trade fares likewise. One thing
We feel Omaha wants, and that is
with our county and
North Nebraska. How is it posi-
BILE for her to be so blind in this in
terest is beyond our conception.
Had she, the North Western road
completed to Sioux City, and tap
the st. Paul road she would o re-
alize the fact that lumber and stone
would be cheap enough to build
with, and her old wooden buildings
that now disgrace Farnham and
Douglas streets, and her miserable
would soon disappear, to
be replaced with good buildings and
walks made from our fine granite
stone. 1t surprises them very much
to hear us claim that our coal fields
are a decided success, and when We
that our coal can be laid down
at from five to six dollars per ton, it
looks unreasonable, nevertheless it
is true-and the sooner this place
realizes it the better for them.-Da-
kOtd Cftu Mail.