Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-21

ueieettu IN several OF tne luuio'n' ~
tricts next fall anS to make the choice
OF republican electors In 1884 at least
very doubtful.
As IL IL was not sufficient for the
republican party through Its represen'
t~stives to defeat the legislation 80
much needed and so long promised, the
governor attached another odious re
sponsibility TO the organization In this
state which will cost 1t at least ten
thousand votes at the next election.
We refer to his judicial appointments
made last week.
If there can be purity In anything
political, IL honest men are to be
placed in any public positions, Ii the
will or the wishes Of the people are
to be respected In any instance, 1t
should be In the selection OF the ju.
dietary.
How as this been donel OF the
four judges appointed by Mr.. Dawes,
only one has a reputation as q good
lawyer or an especially high.minded
man-snd he Is a democrat. Judge
Wakeley, of Omaha, owes his appoint.
ment to a trade whereby that district
Is to have one democratic and one re-
publican judge.
Tiffany, of Albion, Is known as
Loran Clark's fright bower" and the
natural superstition Is that the Union
Pacific railroad, having lost Its state
treasurer, was compensated by having
his best friend made q judge.
Post, of Columbus, was selected be-
cause he was the attorney Of the b. &
M. railroad and the brother of Judge
Post-soon TO be internal avenue col
lector for Nebraska, and supposed to
have influence among our officials at
Washington.
Savidge, Of Kearney, has done the
dirty work for the q. p. railroad at
that place for the past ten years, and
In last summers convention seconded
the nomination of Loran CLARK for
state treasurer His management Of
party affairs in that county secured
the nomination of Jay Gould's cousin
for state senator. The party formerly
had eight hundred majority In the
county. Mr.. Savidge and his csndi.
dates were repudiated by more than q
thousand voters, and Gen. Conner wa,
elected by an overwhelming majority.
For being of these thousand men, K,
@. Calkins and +. G. Hamer, acknowl.
edged to be the two leading lawyers Of
the western part Of the state, and be-
tween either Of whom and Sam Saw.
idge there is no more comparison
than there is between Senator Ed.
munda and Representative F~ranse,
were entirely ignored and Savtdge war
appointed.
In this district, w. 81. Morris wal
the candidate for prosecuting attorney
last fall. We knew little about him
beyond what he had himself told us,
and on account of his professions oil
devotion to temperance principles We
favored his election until our attention
was called to the fact that he had re-
fused or neglected to prosecute a vio'
lation Of law by q whisky.seller of this
county even when his attention wal
called to 1t by an action In his own
court. But 1t seems that the people
of the district knew him better thar
we did, and he was badly beaten, run
ming thousands of votes behind hi,
ticket. In the face of this decided
Reputation by the people of the dis
trict, who thus declared him untitled
for an inferior position, he Is nov
placed owe our heads as judge-sim
ply to pay . political debt and to pun
ish the men who have dared to rebe
against the dictation of q republican
caucus. T..
II Mr.. Dawes has an Idea O
strengthening the party 30 a. to secur
his own re. election, he has made
serious mistake. For we do not spea
, at random when We say that NJ singl
county In this judicial district wi
I give 8 republican majority next fall
: and MI. Dawes will not need to RI
much further behind his ticket tina
!, he did last year to secure his own r.
turn to private life when he asks fc
9 an endorsement Of his administration
q Should he calculate that the presider
tial election will carry him through,
9 might be well for him to remembe
that part of a ticket may be e)ecte
Il and others defeated, al was evidence
o by the 1000 votes that defeated Lora
, Clark, and the 1000 that made hin
self the first plurality governor of N
braska.
1t Is plain that these appointment
o like the action of the republican legi
~lstnre, were brought about by pc
70 sonal considerations, by q desire
o iufict summary punishment upon IL
N voters who dared defy the crack of Il
party whip, and by the dictation of Il
10 railroad managers.
D, In view of these facts, we say tn,
the future Of the republican party
"a Nebraska is discouragiug, Not b
1t cause Its members have departed fro
N their principles; not because they
not value their republican record, al
a. glory in Its remembrance; but becAu
the men who hold the offices and ma
10 age the machinery have lost sight
OK honor, of justice, and the urgent d
Mt mands of the time, have sacrificed Il
IN integrity of the party to their person
IN ends, and are making its name odio1
% to the people of the state.
he VOICE OF STATE PRES