Omaha daily bee., 1882-09-20

losing the support Of that claas d
voters which conaiders principle q.
above parties will seriously endange'
if not entirely wreck the ticket. And
political managers, through theii
knowledge of this fact, are compelled
to endorse only such aspirants for pop.
ular honors as bear a psstably fair
record and are above serious criticism
on the part of the public.
Msjority parties, in states where the
majority is above successful dispute,
inevitably become tyrannical. 1t
matters little whether tho majority ia
found in democratic states like Ala
bama or MissiSsippi, or in republican
strongholds like Pennsylvania Or Ne.
braska. The growth of tho machine
within the machine, which accomp-
anies the continued success of any
political organization, is certain. to be-.
come sooner or later as much an engine
for suppressing party sentiment as
the organization itaelf which was
originally intended to voice the popu
lar demands within the party ranks.
The republican party which meetS
in convention in Omaha to-day is
brought face to face with a great and
growing disatfection among republican
voters III Nebraska. That disaffec-
ton is grounded on the belief that the
republican organization in this state
has been ~corruptly manipulated by
the agents OF the railroads 80 that in.
stead of voicirg the will of the people
it has become the organ to represent
either wholly or III part the selfish in
terests of corporate monopoly. To
the class of state officers placed if
nomination by our republican CONVEX
tions during the past six years is chief
ly duo this opinion. With few OK.
captions they have been either pliaut
tools of the railroad managers or brain
less lurkheads without character
enough or force enough to oppose any
schemes of public plumber, even if
they were too honest to be-
come themselves partners in
games of legislative jobbery. The
feeling that a nomination upon the
republican ticket vas sufficient to 80.
an election has been largely re-
sponsible for the class of candidates
which has been presented to republi-
cans for their endorsement. And the
strength of the party itself in the
to republican organization
has stimulated corrupt party leaders
TO force through their states without
fear of revolt within the party lines.
We call the attention of Nebraska
republicans through their delegates in
the present convention that it is time
to consider whether the policy of tho
past if continued in the future will
not be more than dangerous. There
are signs of ageneral and impending
revolt in nearly every county in the
state. In many republican counties a
reT ublican nomination is no longer
equivalent to an election. In one
congressional district the attempt to
force a notorious corporation attorney
upon the people as representative in
congress by bribery, corrupt use of
patronage, and bulldozing, has re-
in two nominations.
Through the state at large an
organization of farmers, nine tenths
of whom are recruited from the re.
publican ranks are waiting the result
of party nominations before deciding
where they will place their influence,
and for what candidate they will cast
their votes. On behalf of all who are
interested in good government in this
state, The Bee urges upon tho Re.
publican to make no mistake in the
choice of candidates for our state
1t urges upon the dele
gates present to choose no more boy
governors, whose only qualifications
for office are a local ~notoriety asa third
class pettifogger, and an Indifferent
as a small bore politician.
appeals to the convention to select
candidate for lieutenant governor
who will act as the paid corruptionist
the corporations and packer of
senate committees. What the people
Nebraska demand is men whose in.
is above suspicion, whose record
is clear Of all entsngling alliances
with the corporations, and whose char.
for ability and efficiency is above
Dispute. Such men will be secure of
popular approval. Their nomination
will be equivalent to an election, not
because they are the candidates
Of a majority party, but because their
very candidacy will ensure respect and
support on personal no less than ON
party grounds.
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