Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-03


favor Of reducing the tariff and expressed his
intention of aiding 70 lift the burden i'm
posed upon the people by the task-masters
of the east"
"rhere is a sentiment throughout the state,
says the Western Wave, that Attorney Gen
eral Leose has been serving the people faith
fully and well in his efforts to restrain the
dangerous encroachments of the railroads on
the people and should be given another term.
1t is certainly a good thing to hold on to a
faithful servant in politics as well as out
of it, hf
The Elkhorn Valley News says that Sin
the state convention to nominate state Off
GERS, Madison county will present the name
OF j. E. McClary as a candidate for state
treasurer. MIR. McClary has been a resident
of Norfolk since 1871, and is too well known
as a business man and representative citizen
TO need any introduction TO the people Of this
section at our hands"
The Central City Nonpareil looks over the
Third district and draws this conclusion sin
the Third Congressional district the contest
for the republican nomination seems TO lay
between Dorsey, Meiklejohn and Darnell,
with the chances favoring Dorsey, unless the
other candidates have strength enough TO
combine and prevent his nomination on the
first ballot. In that case a new man may be
chosen"
Tn Ulysses Dispatch makes this calm OBJ
servation: "Hon. M. v. Harlan, of York,
appears TO have the inside track for congress
in this dirtrict at the next convention, and
everything would seem TO indicate that the
Hastings bag of gas must go. Still there is
no telling what whisky, Doodle and gravel
trains may do as such b. & M. Laird strikers
as Oil Room Richardson of this county are
capable of using any means to gain a vic
tory"
Indissecting one Mr.. Robertson, of Madison
county, the Reporter has the following:
MIR Robertson was president Of the non
partisan judicial convention, held at Norfolk
last summer at which Jim Crawford, the
rankest and most irrational democrat of the
North Platte country, was nominated for dis
trict judge. That was a convention of law
yers who sought to dictate who the people
should have to serve them"
TIL Humphrey Independent proposes this
question: with John M. Thurston, Loran
Clark, H. c. Russell and Church Howe in
the ring for delegates to the national conven-
ton, what is the reason that Platte county
don't bring out her ~thoroughbreds, such as
G. G. Bowman, +. M. mcfarland orjuJohn
Early, as aspairants for the same position2-
Representative republicans, you know, whom
the party delight to honor"
The O'Ne,l Frontier says; 'It does not
seem to be the desire of Nebraska republi-
cans to send an instructed delegation to the
national convention. We do not want men
to represent our glorious state that are so set
in their individual preferences that they will
not be influenced by party considerations.
We want men who are loyal workers and
who will labor zealously for the interests Of
the party and not in the interest of any par
ticular a~spirant for the nomination"
The South Sioux City Sun renders the
opinion Of the chances the republican party
stands for success>in this presidential cam
paIgn: Negative virtues are very good as
far as they go, but for the credit of the re-
publican party it is earnestly to be hoped
that they will not be considered worthy of
being rewarded with the presidential nomi-
nation next June. A man who aspires to the
chief magistracy should be possessed Of some
very positive good qualities. Let some of the
ambitious men whose longing eyes are fixed
upon the white house, and whose greatest
merit is that they never did anything par
ticularly bad, be given to understand that it
is not for them. If the republican party de.
sires to go into this campaign with any hope
of success it must nominate a tried states
man who combines with liberal tariff views
the faculty of winning doubtful votes.
Otherwise the next president will wear, as
in the past four years, a number nineteen
collar.n