Omaha daily bee., 1884-09-26
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well in the XL.NIIlth congress.
We believe but one objection has beer
urged Ggainst him among those who pro.
foaa to be dissatisfied with MI. Weaver
course in congress, namely; "That nj
has accomplished nothing" This is al
easy assertion to make, and one which
if the judge were compelled TO refut'
by citing each individual cast
in which he has served his individua
constituency a good turn, would probab
" absorb the next ten years Of his life
However, the complete answer TO thit
groundless objection to Judge Weaver
lies in the Yankee replies: "What is /
you would have had Mr.. Weaver do il
the forty eigth Congress which he hsi
omitted" "Please name some of the
great measures you would have
had him ~accomplish2 Can yot
point to a single vote upon hi
part as your representative which has no
been directly in the interest of his con
stituency and the state at large} Can yol
point to a single measure of interest t.
tho people of his district where he failed
to record himself on the right side?" Al
answer to these, or similar questions
would very much simplify the issue at
tempted to be raised against Judge Wea
yer by those who oppose his reelection.
-PIduSmouth IIcrdld.
THE career of Mr.. Weaver In congress-
to those who with us believed that he
would be a brilliant and useful member
of the national legislature has
been a disappointment. His failure
to make his mark during his first term as
a member of the democratic house might
be c%ondoned, but his failure to vote
right on many important questions,
coupled with the fact that he was forced
upon this district, as a candidate for a
secondtermby the political attorneys ofthe
Union Pacific and b. q M. railroads,
constitutes sufficient ground for honest
opposition among republicans who
want to be represented by a
man of ability and independence
from corporate influence. Mr.. Viewers
record in congress is not such as his
friends can afford to boast of. For sew
eral years past the platforms of all parties
have been emphatic in favor of reservlng
the public domain for actual settlers only.
One of thu measures before congress to
reserve the public lands for actual settlers
was the bill to repeal the pre-. Exemption
and timber culture laws, which, as every
body knows, afford Inducements for
speculation and fraud in public land en-
tries. When this bill was on its
passage before the house, the
vote stood: yeas, 140; nays, 40.
Among the 40 votes against
this bill was that OF A. J. Weaver. On
the Mississippi river appropriation MIR.
Weaver ID recorded as voting 10. On
January 21st, 1884, a resolution was in
troduced in the house expressing as "the
sense of that body that all public lands
heretofore granted to states and corpora
tions to aid in the construction Of rail.
roads, so far as the same as are now SUBJ
ject to forfeiture by reason of the non
fulfllment of the conditions on which the
grants were made, ought to be declared
forfeited to the public domain" This reso-
luton instructed the committee on public
lands to report bills carrying into effect
the proposed forfeiture of land grants.
On these resolution the vote stood two
hundred and ffty.one yeas, and only
seventeen nays. Mr.. Weaver lodged
the vote. When the bills came up de-
claring forfeited the unearned lands of
the Union Pacific, B. 81 M. and Central
Branch railroads Mr.. Weaver lodged
again. On the Central Pacific to Port
land, Oregon, forfeiture Mr.. Weaver
lodged ouce more. On tho Texas Paci-
fic and Bach bone land grants forfeiture
bills, in which the railroad magnates of
of this section have no interest, Mr..
Weaver very bravelY voted yes. When the
master general to furnish reports of spe-
cial agents on the star-route swindles,
Mr.. Weaver voted no. When the reso-
luton was before the house lowering
railroad rates for carrying mail, Mr..
Weaver voted no. On the bill for max
ing the trade dollar equal to the stand
ard dollar, Mr.. Weaver lodged. On the
railroad subsidyS@to appropriate $3.50, 600
for fast mails from Philadelphia to the
south Mr.. Weaver voted yes. On the
bill to Increase tho compensation of rail
roads for carrying theimails byL$l, $50, 900
he voted yes. On many bills of more or
Importance, Mr.. Weaver was
paired with Jim Laird in lodging.
Now we ask in all candor whether Mr..
Weaver, with such a record, Is entitled
a second term2 Can a man who
votes contrary to the popular interests
IN so many vital issues be safely trusted
or another term2 Is it not the plain
luty of every good citizen, regardless of
party, to resent the efforts of the railroad
bosses to force a man upon them for a
second term who has failed to do his duty
the first terml