Omaha daily bee., 1888-05-27
VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS.

VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS.
o. 1.-THE OMAHA BEE announces that McShane
will not be a candidate for congress again.
The reason given is that his business needs
him, but it is more probable that a disinclin-
alton to face the 5000 republican majority is
at the bottom of it," suggests the Wayne
Herald.
In casting about for the presidential
standard bearer, the O'Neill Frontier con-
cludes that it has every reason to believe
that Walter Q. Gresham will be the nominee.
With such a man to lead them, and a sound
platform to back them, the republican party
may feel assured of success.
Says the Linwood Journal before seeing
this issue: Last Sundays OMAHA BEE was
the finest paper we ever read. II was brim-
full of news, and the supply was not half
exhausted. THE BEES Sunday sales along
this line are enormous, which goes to show
how deeply its editorial sentiments are en-
bedded in the hearts of the people.
Evidently" suggests the Schuyler Her
aid, 1.-The railroad corporations of Nebraska
own the republican party of this state, and
they always have, and instead of matters
getting better they are daily growing worse.
Under the present state of affairs a member
of that party has to be a tool in the hands of
a few men or he cannot hope for any political
advancement"
''The way the B. & M. managers endeavor
to make friends" remarks the Plattsmouth
Journal, seems to be by the plan of the bull
dozer, endeavoring to brighten people into
the belief that their power is supreme every
where in the land, and especially on their
line. The usual course of business people to
win friends is by fair and just treatment, but
the English plan is different"
Says the Seward reporter: 1.-THE election
of Patrick Egan as one of Nebraska's dele
gates to the national republican convention is
not only an honor to him, but will have much
influence on Irish Americans all over the
country. Wherever exists the love of the
Emerald Isle MIR. Egan is known, and his
election will show that the republican party
is in earnest in its warm feeling TOWARD the
victims of England's oppression"
Speaking of sincerity, the Blue Springs
Sentinel says: 'John NJ. Thurstou was
moved to declare himself "a candidate for
delegate-at large to the national republican
convention by the fact that Butler and other
anti-monopoly counties had instructed for
him. When such men as John M. Thurston
and Charley Green pose as representatives of
the anti-monopoly party we may well believe
that the devil is turning saint"
"Jud &c Gresham says the Falls City
Journal, sis steadily growing in favor as u
presidential candidate. Many papers that a
month ago did not look with much favor on
his candidacy are now boldly asserting that
no man whose name has been mentioned in
connection with the presidency combines
moro elements of strength than does Walter
Q. Gresham. If the Chicago convention will
give US Gresham and Hawley, the serted
phalanX of republicans will overwhelm the
cohorts of Dictator Cleveland and relegate
that political accident to private life and OBJ
lixion."
"While there is no doubt says the Wayne
Herald, ''that in point of ability, John Nj.
Thurston is a fitting man to head the repub-
lican delegation to Chicago, we believe his
election to have been particularly unwise at
the present time, as it will strengthen the
belief of many that the party is controlled,
body, boots and brooches, by the railroad
gang. Thurston, Greene, Bates and NOrval
are all railroad attorneys, and the forces of
their respective roads were the levers used TO
secure their election. The people were
beaten, but the gangs victory will cost the
party thousands of votes. 1t is time 10 call a
halt, and send railroaders to the rear, If the
| party would maintain ITS supremacy in this
state.'
The North Bend Flail thus talks: In the
| claug and clamor of the campaign, while
willing victims are forging TO the front eager
to sacrifice themselves on the altar of their
| country, the quiet though earnest and ag-
g~ressive Leese, of the a~diutant generals
office, should not be overlooked. No man
ever honored that important office as William
| Leese has honored it and the strokes he has
struck for the people against monopolies
| have redounded to his honor over every state
in the union. The ground he has taken is the
Flail's ground and in his position he makes
his efforts tell. He must be reelected and
every voter in Nebraska who believes in the
rights of the people against the encroach-
ment of incorporate greed should see that his
vote is recorded for William Leese for attor-
ney general OF Nebraska.
SIN this boosted land Of freedom and pros
perity, in this gilt-edged state Of Nebraska,
there are thousands of men working Tor
Sl.25 a day. Other thousands are earning
only 81 80 per day. These men, if they are
never sick and never lose o day, make Sh3O
to 80 per week. They pay 81 per week board
They lose a share Of their time, 1t is sale 70
say that none OF them can save 500 a year
even if they have no families to support
They have no recreations or amusemenls,
they are dull and stupid ard desperate. lst
any wonder that they drOwa their sense OF
slavery in liquor OF that they are ready LOT
any mischIefi And this evil. is growing.
The time will come when the trusts, coniDln'
ations and other classes Of robbers must go.