Omaha daily bee., 1888-09-16

own business, the doad remaining in their
graves, will put the county scat of Cass
county on wheels-on the 9th of November
next.r
The Lyons Mirror Observes: 'If there is
any one thing the Omaha Republican delights
in more than all things beside, it is to copysome
silly sling at Van Wyck from some country
newspaper that has no reputation for wisdom
at home or abroad. Tho Republican has been
telling the public for a long time that Van
Wyck was dead, but from the effort II puts
forth to kill HIM 1t must regard him as n
lively corpse"
The Ulysses Dispatch prints the following
as a warning: "Secretarv of State Laws,
by ono act ut Lincoln last week, forfeited the
confidence of the rank and file of the repub-
lican party by his higgling and haggling
method of refusing to stand by General
Leese and Treasurer Willard in their labors
to have the freight rates of the state reduced.
Let him beware; the people are in no mood
to be trifed with, and, though he is renomi-
mated, he is not yet reelected. IL 1T becomes
apparent that he is about to yoke up with
the railroads, a strong fight on the part of
the anti-railroad republican press will lay
him away in his little grave along side of
Loren Clark. And right here and now is
the proper time for the gentleman to explain
his position, as the surroundings begin to
look "a 'leetle' dubious
Secretary Laws action at the recent meet
ing of the state board of transportation
causes the York Times to talk as fol-
lows: Colbert l.. Laws has surprised and
chagrlpned many of his former friends and
supporters by his resolution to postpone
action by the state board of transportation
on the rate order made some time ago. He
voted a couple of times on the right side, be-
fore the convention, enough to show that he
knows which the right side is and what the
people want. but as soon as he is nominated
he flops back to the railroad side without
shame or conscience. That is the way it APP
pears, and we believe he will find it exceed
ingly difficult to make the people view it in
any other way"
The outcome of the recent senatorial con-
vention of York and Fillmore counties calls
forth the following from the York Times:
After the outrage which was attempted at
F'airmont on the people and on Mr.. Keokley
every honest man in both York and Fillmore
counties ought to give him his vote. The
people should make his majority so over
whelming as to teach the scalawags and cor
porations who combined to defeat him, with
money and trickery, a lesson which they will
remember. The most desperate and damn
able means ever employed were used to COM
pass his defeat, and were only overcome by
the utmost vigilance and perseverance. The
fact that the conspirators were thwarted and
defeated at last does not relieve them in any
degree from the odium which attaches to
their villainous work. Mr.. keckley is bold,
outspoken, and uncompromising, and the cor
porations do not banker after another wrestle
with him in the legislature, but the desperate
fight which they have made upon him, and
will continue to make until the polls are
closed, shows his value to the people, and
emphasizes the necessity of rallying to his
support"
The Hastings Gazette Journal, has this to
say of McShane and his partisans: "Having
annouced that Nebraska is to be carried for
democracy and free trade, this year, the
democratic organs seem to realize that the
gubernatorial situation is one requiring des-
perate methods. They have commenced a
campaign of virulent Islander and abuse which
for pure, wantOn righteousness
has never been equalled in Ne
braska. Governor Thayer is char
a~cterized as a dishonest, discrepit old man in
his dotage. He is ridiculed, laughed at,
sceffed at, lied about, abused and slandered
~ v CtiAoA = " a A"eS shbNs
democracy until a stranger might imagine
that the republican candidate for governor
is either q knave or an imbecile. What is
the meaning of all this abuse. 1t is certainly
uncalled for. The exigencies of a political
campaign certainly do not require the demo
cratic editors to cram their columns with
lies until the column rules bulge. Gov
crnor Thayer has proven himself an honest
and a capable official. His enemies cannot
honestly bring a single accusation against
him that is worthy of even a moments con,
sideration. The truth is, that the democratic
abuse of Governor Thayer springs from a
most natural desire to attract attention
from the mediocrity Of their own candidate.
What Is there in the record of the present
congressman from the First district to COM
mand the approval Of the citizen of Nebras-
ka who has the interests of his state at heart.
What bills has he introduced. What meas
ures has he championed' What is his opin,
ion on the questions of the day in which the
people of Nebraska are Interested! Granted
that he is honest. Nobody believes that he
would steal or commit any of the other car
dinal sins tabooed by the decalogue. But
there are thousands of perfectly honest men
IN Nebraska who are not qualified for the
office Of governor, and McShane, with all
=, his thousands of paltry dollars, is one OF
them"
They Have Heard From Maine.
Black Hills Times.
What has become of the men who, a few
weeks ago. were Offering to bet large sums