Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-29

spirit VI lrienusnlp Wftn BVery one oI tneHi'
To err is human, III Christianity says we
must forgive, and fdfgivd we do"
The Northern Nebhska Journal, published
at Ponca, is tired Of rotten ring rule in poll
tics, and exclaims: "Select men who can
neither be bribcd nor c~ajoled-men who have
no axes to grind, no favdrs to ask and no
backs to scratch. Then the people at large
will have a voice in saying who are to be can
didates of their party. And then, when the
nominations are made, made without regard
to the seductions or Vaccinations of rings,
but as the delegates conscientiously believe
for the best, there will be less kicking and
backsliding. The common spectacle of a
ring debating who shall be nominated, and
then raising a howl to the disguised voters,
stick to the party ticket, will no longer be
so prevalent in this country. We despise the
little scheming tricks of a ring of small-fry
politicians. They are the slime which de-
grades and contaminutes, and, whiffets
though they be, they do more to disgust peo-
pie with a republican form of government
than all other causes combined"
The Knox County Capital propounds this
conundrum: "How do the farmers of Knox
county like thisi John M. Thurston for the
United States senate The Union Pacific
railroad attorney. and head of the railroad
crowd of this state to represent the interests
Of the farmers in the national congress-. The
man who furnished the train if not the
money that bought the men who were
elected to support Van Wyck two years ago,
but betrayed their constituents. Will the
farmers of Knox county be made to vote for
a candidate for the legislature this fall be-
cause he happened to call himself a repub-
hcan! We apprehend they won't take any
chances, but will know whom they are voting
for, and vote for a man who can be trusted. !"
The Beaver Crossing Bugle blows a very
strong blast at the pretended anti-monops of
York county, and says that il they "did not
have a candidate for the Office of attorney
their saying that Hon. VIM. Leese is a lem
agogue might be given attention, but as w.
Il. Scott, Il chronic ofice-seeker, by the way,
is working hard for the opposition, every
charge his friends make is received with a
great deal of allowance. And when they
attack VIM. Leese, who has done more-and
no one denies what everyone knows to be
true-for the people in the contest with
railroads than any other man in the state,
they are simply making themselves ridicu-
lous and proving that all their pretensions
of honesty in politics are nothing but the
same greed for which they attack everyone
else so viciously."
The O'Neil Frontier stirs up the people to
look out for their interests, in the following
language: THE interests Of our state as
well as of our county, demands that honest,
capable men be sent to Lincoln this winter
to represent US, rs a legislation Of vast i'm
p%ortance will, (or ought to) come up for con-
sideration and passage. The transportation
question, the question of regulating monopo-
lies of various kinds aud the submission
question are all of vital Importance, and care
full, wise and iudicious legislation is neces-
sary to correct the evils'wlich now exist and
threaten our safety and prosperity as a state.
So that it behooyes the people of these dis
tricts as we'll as all over the state, to bestir
themselves and see to it that the best and
truest men of the party and the people be
sent to Lincoln as our representatives. The
date of the convention draws near, and it is
high time to be thinking about and talking
up your candidates. Bring on your best
men, s
The part that the railroad commission will
play in the present state campaign calls forth
the following from the Broken Bow Rcpub-
lican: 'There is a strong effort being made
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troll Of the senate the coming winter, with
the evident intention Of modifying the rail
road commission bill which was passed at
the last session. The operation of it when
honestly executed gives the board more
power than they desire them to have,
and since the board has shown an inclina-
ton to exercise it in the interests of the peo-
pie, a modification has been determined
on. While we do not favor cutting railroad
rates below fair and profitable compensation
for transportation, we believe there should
be no change in the law as it now stands,
| and the power to establish rates should be
left Just where it is, with the board of
! commissioners, who, appointed by the COVER
| nor, are working in the interests of the peo-
pie. TIL only change, if any, in the existing
law should provide for the board being
elected instead of appointed, with that
change it might be better. But in no case
should the power of the board be taken
away which authorizes it to fix rates"
The political bosses of Custer county are
given a great stirring up by the Custer
| Leader, which says: 'For several years Gus
ter county politics have been manipulated
and controlled by a little ring of self consti-
| tuted political bosses IN Broken Bow, who as
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~vention, and have, by their schemes, named
their ''slate' candidates in the past in nearly
every instance. They 'soft-soap'' our coun
try delegations, and by hoodwinking them
get them to play into their hands to carry out
their ring schemes. This ring has become
so confident of their power to control our
county political machinery that they openly
pass out the voters of Custer county
their ready-made political slate and say to
our county precincts, send in your delega.
tons to vote for this slate combination 1t
is simply take your medicine and look
pleasant Now we are not a prophet or the
son of a prophet, but we can see very plainly
that the signs of the times presage a singing
rebuke to these self-appointed dictators at
the polls of our county and in our approach
ing county convention. That the people of
Custer county are tired of this ring dicta
ton can be heard on all hands, and no voters
can sit idly by and allow it to go on as it has.
Our county has her chico of men and should
see that they are selected, and that no half
dozen dictators attempt to name and nomin-
ate themselves for all the offices in our
county"
The Grand Island Independent addresses