The Cecil Whig., 1875-11-20
LETTER FROM NEBRASKA.



DEAR WHIG:-When noticed some of
the candidates during your campaign it re-
minded me Of the days Of 1910, "A, '4S,
when they, or at least portion of them,
were helping to fight the political battles of
the times. 1910 was notorious for log
cabins, hard cider, coon skins, &c. We
frequently had the pleasure, that year, of
listening to the eloquence of such men as
Henry Clay, Reverdy johnson, Henry A.
Wise, Mr.. Menefee, of Kentucky; Prentiss,
of Mississippi; James A. Pearce, j. B.
Ricand and George Vickers, of Maryland,
and host of such men. The effect was
to produce a complete revolution, polit-
ically. The next scene on the boards was
the tleachery of the long to- be- remembered
John Tyler In 1913 the battle was renew
ed with flags, banners, barbecues and hard
work; the force for speech making being
strengthened by George R. Richardson, S.
Teackle Wallis, Augustus w. Bradford,
Mr.. Graves, and many others, whom it was
great pleasure to listen to. We all work.
ed like beavers for our great champion,
Harry of the West" with Frelinghuysen
at his side; the defeat of which made your
humble servant feel like a broken down
politician generally feels. In 40, "A, '4S
many of the laymen in politics worked
faithfully, and none more so than the pres
ent Col. Edward Wilkins. For bis excel
lence of character, genuine Christian vir-
tues, and all the traits of first class gen.
tleman, have the most sincere regard,
and wish your State was filled with Just
such men. l feel proud to think that there
are many more on the Peninsula who will
compare faverably with him, but sorry so
many have fallen at their post since 1910,
and gone to reap their reward.
We are still battling for the right, as we
view it, and we are glad to say our new
and prosperous State helps to add one cubic
foot to the Republican pyramid this Fall,
and exhibits one of the tallest roosters,
which, like Chapman of Baltimore, was at
one time wanted to crow.
We see by the Washington correspond
ents of the press that our Senators are
working with the post Office officials to have
a fast mail train from Chicago to Omaha.
We would suggest first to have an expert
mental trip made over each of the three
roads, at the rate of 40 to 45 miles an hour,
and that the two Senators be allowed to
accompany one Of the P. NJ. Gs aids on
that occasion. We will venture our iudg-
ment they will have no more trouble about
fast mail trains from those points,
Emigration to the West seems rather to
increase than diminish, and the full capac-
ity of the Union Pacific road is scarcely
adequate to the demand for transportation
of the thousands vending their way toward
the setting sun. Villages of a few temper
ary houses to day are in two or three years
towns and cities of thousands
The great trouble with most of the grass
hopper scourged citizens of last year is how
to get their heavy crops to market, where
they are any distance from a railroad.
From the various railroad prospects now
being agitated and the liberal encourage
ment they receive from the different coun-
ties which they pass through, it wont be
long before the State will be net work of
railroads, affording ample accommodation
for all. We believe we have surplus grain
and meat enough to feed the famishing
Russians without calling for help from any
other source.
Gen. Thayer, now Governor of Wyom-
ing, made a good suggestion in regard to
managing the Indians, viz: Require them
to work as other men do for their living.
They will then have less time to prowl over
the country to beg and steal and commit
murders.
While many of the larger cities are trou-
bled about Rings and corners and immense
crooked frauds in whisky, beer, &C., we
are going along in the even tenor of our
way, prosperlng daily.
Yours, OCCASIONAL.