Omaha daily bee., 1882-10-05
TIE u. s sENAToRsHIP.

the man who 10 TO represent Ne
braska in the United States senate fol-
the next six years shall be honest,
capable, and above all tbiags sound
on the vital issues that concern he
people Of this state.
In other words M next United
States scnetor should be q man who
could not be approached with a cor,
iupt proposition, n man who could
make his voice heard in the couucilI
of the nation, aud above all things q
man who cannot no controlled by cor.
porate monopoly. By common usage
| Omaha Ia entitled to the next senator,
but il Omaha cannot produce the mar
who will honestly, faithfully end ably
represent the people Of the state
of Nebraska the claim of Omaha
to the senatovnhip will be disregarded.
Up T., this DAY tho men who aspire to
the next scnatorsL;p have not seen fit
10 comeforward az candidstes in other
statce do, az Abraham Lincoln and
Stephen A. Douglas did IN Illinois,
with a clear and candid declaration of
principles. They are all good repub-
licans, whatever that may mean in
these days. All OF them are willing
to reap tho reward for the glorious
achievements OF the republican party
in tho past, but as yet no
candidate for the senate has ex-
hibited the moral courage to cham
pion the rights of the people as against
corporate aggression. Are such men
worthy of the high trust which they
seek! Can the people repose confid-
ence in any man who il playing fast
and looue with tho railroad monopo-
lies while pretending ut the same time
to be in sympathy with the industrial
classes9 Caa we expect anything else
than base betrayal Of the popular con-
tidcDco from men who &ra courting
the favor OF tho railroad managers be-
causo they believe they gro strong,
while at the came ume they hold
Themselves in readineBs to enter tho
anti-monopoly camp if o majority of
the legislature shall happen to be COM
posed of pronounced snti.monopoly
men!
It is nog conceded by ali who are
well informed that a large majority of
tho next Legislature will be elected on
pledges OF ahGi.monopoly. Many of
tho candidates for tho legislature who
now profess 20 be opposed to monop-
oily are doubtless sailing under false
colors. They know that the people
are intensely opposed to monopoly
rule and they make false professions
il order to got their votes.
For this very reason it is high time
that the candidates for The senate
should define their position, SO that
no legislator shall have any excuse for
supporting a monopoly candidate for
United States senator. Unless Omaha
can present candidates. for tho senate
who have the courage and the RAN.
hood to take a poEitive stand on
the railroad issue before the elec-
ton, Omaha need not expect
the support of the honest anti.monop-
oily members. If every candidate in
Omaha is so bound up by the railroads
that he dare not call his soul his own,
it will not be safe for the people of
Nebraska to 60 to Omaha for a United
States senator.
Up to the present the most promi-
nent candidate in Omaha is a leading
banker whose chief qualification
for the office is that
he has amaaced large
fortune through intimate relations
with the Union Pacific, upon whose
support no relies. Ia money to be the
only passport to positions that have
been held by the purest, wisest and
greatest of American statesmen2 Are
only millionaires fit to fill the seats
held by Webster, Clay, Sumner,
Douglas, Conkling, Edmunds, Thur
mar and Blaine2 Is the United States
senate to degenerate Into a houae
of lords2 Is Nebraska to be
represented on the floor of the sen.
atsaby a dummy like Sharon, whose
seat is vacant during a greater part OF
the session, because his money inter.
ests take up the greater part of his
timer
For u part we want Omaha to re-.
tain the senator, and we believe there
arc men among us eminently qualified
for the position, but if these eminent
statesmen imagine they can sail into
the senate on their shape OF their clio.
quence they are very much mistaken.
The people of Nebraska outside OF
Omaha, aad the people of Omaha out,
side of the brsss collar brigade will
insist that the man who succeeds
Alvin Saunders in the senate shall
have pronounced views upon the
questions of the hour, aud that such 8
man shall not play shuttle cock and
~battledore between the headquarters
OF the b. d Nj. and U. p. The rail.
roads as such are able 10 take caro- OF
t~hemselyeg. They haya no r;obt o.