Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
BURROWS BRIEF.
The Senatorial Election in Me-
braSka and its Meaning.
Partyiem a Poor Grade Of Pa
triotism-The Monopoly
Position.

A few days after the election Of the
United States senator, Secretary Bur.
rows, Of the Nebraska Farmers Al
lance, communicated his Views on the
political outlook to a leading anti
monopolist in Otoe county. His let.
ter has just been made public in The
Otos County Optic This candid and
dispsssionate review of the outcome
Of the late senatorial struggle, will be
read with interest by men of all
parties.
G. X Steadman, Unadil'a, Eeb.
My Dsar Sir:-Your letter OF the
18th Is at hand, You ore right in
thinking that l EN- hoping for some
financial aid from your county. The
drain upon our treasury has been 30
great of late that l have been COMPEL.
to advance fundS to the amount Ct
about fifty dollars from my own
pocket-and you know my pocket Ia
not very well lined. Bat l have no
doubt these things will all come right
In the end, 81 they always have here
tofore. At any rate 1t gives me great
pleasure to receive cheering words
and to know that my friends are re.
Numbering me In this work.
As to the senatorial contest, our
only victory consisted In what We pre-.
vented, not what we achieved. There
is no doubt that, If it had not been
for the anti-monopoly sentiment which
the alliance has developed, Mr.. Nil.
lard would have been elected. The
U. P. had a qniet, but very able and
determined lobby at work for him,
and had he succeeded he would have
baen the devoted henchman and ser.
want of the corporations. The cleo
ton of Mr.. Henderson was purely
a republican victory, and certainly q
very creditable victory for that party.
But 1t was made possible by the anti.
monopoly sentiment which had been
developed in that party, which, while
it would not consent to the election of
an anti monopolist purely--who had
definitely left the ranks OF the repub.
lican psrty-would have opposed to
the bitter end the election of an ultra
railroad candidate like Mr.. Willard
Probably MI. Henderson was the
ablest and most acceptable In all re.
spects of all the republican candidates.
/ think he GIVES nothir G to railroad in.
huence, and he is certainly entirely
free from any indebtedness to the
anti.monopolists. He made them no
pledges and received from them no
favors. He owes his election to the
fact that there we're twelve or fiftsen
republicans In the legislature who were
go strong anti-monopolists that they
could not be drsgooned into voting In
caucus for a railroad candidate, and
the party was OBLIGED to select Its
least Objectionable man, or submit to
defeat. He has every incentive to do
just the right thing He is free from
entangling alliances; he Is young, able
and ambitious; and there Is nc good
reason why, if he makes q clean
record and puts himself on the eide Ct
the people on the vital Issues of the
day, that he should not be his own
But, In his speech to the
Legislature he particularly emphasized
the fact that he was elected ''ss a re-
publican" The staunchness and
and purity of his republicanism was
his particular pride and boast. And
herein lies the danger to the interests
of the anti-monopolists.
The nomination Of Stanley Math.
ews, q railroad attorney, to a seat on
the supreme bench, vas O republican
nomination, and was confirmed by a
strict party vote. The great corpora
lions operate through the strongest
party, and the man who goes to the
United States senate as a strict party
man, will be very apt to be their tool
when the emergency arrives, no mat
ter how pure and patriotic he may be,
especially if he considers, as Mr..
Henderson seemed to, that the high
est patriotism consisted in devotion to
the republican party.
The supreme court and the United
States senate are the key S to the mono.
poly position. So long as the mono
p%olists can entrench themselves there,
they can defy the people. The Dart
mouth College decision originally
merely the afirmance of the sanctity
of a contract, but gradually expanded
10 it's significance until it ID made the
ground work Of the claim that al
rights and privileges deducible from
any kind of charter have also
the ssnctity of a contract, and
that once granted by the people they
assume the character of vested rights
and can never be resumed by them
followed by a CONSTANT line of Judi
cial decisions, come to be the founda
ton upon which a gigantic tyranny
over the American people is bein,
builded. Relief. from this tyranny
can only be found In a judicial indie
pendencs which will break away from
vicious presidents and go back t.
sound principles Of right and justice
But continue In tho hands of tn,
monopolists the power to mould tn
supreme court to their liking, through
the United States senate, and relief II
this direction will be long delayed.
Hoping you mny succeed in keep
ing life and energy in our organization
In Otoe county, I remain,
Yours Sincerely,
j. BURROWS,
Sar Stata Alliance