Omaha daily bee., 1890-05-04

for his daily bread, 1 desire to address this
communication.
The time is first approaching when the la
boring man of Nebraska will be called upon
to use his right of elective franchise to elect
officers TO govern and legislate for him during
the next two years. His vote will be asked
for in the selection of governor and whole
list of st..t officials, including the legislature
of Nebraska, to rcpfesent us. The laboring
men should ask which of these officers i'll
their official capacity will come the nearest to
our own and our families welfare and happl-
ness.
Brothers, let us send greeting to all ask
ing them to look after our state laws and our
local interests.
They are too numerous to cnumer-
ate in a communication of this kind.
AT few of them ere: The honor of the
state that is your home and that you make
your living in; that the corporations be re-
spOnsible III money for all labor done i'll the
construction and maintenance of their work,
whether the work be done by the company or
by contractors; that the corporations shall
see that labor be paid i'll money at least once
every week and that laborcrs lien shall
have precedence over all other Indebtedness
against the company's property: that at the
expiration of the present contracts, the state
shall work all convicts at her own expense
and in position that they will not compete
with honest labor,
These are some of the requirments and
how are we going to get them! We have
asked the old parties time aud again for such
legislation as / mention. | say, stop begging
and insist on them giving you the legislation
YOU ask for. You ask, How will we do it!'
/ answer, "In your primary elections" You
will have plenty of candidates asking your
votes for the honorable Office of governor of
Nebraska. The one who will come the
nearest to your views in his recommendations
IN hn nDlg
See that you send honest, fearless men from
your primaries to the county convention,
who will vote for delegates to the state CON
vention that will vote for your choice of these
candidates in the state convention, the NOM
inee you will be most interested in is gov
ernor. In his message to tho legislature the
governor maps out the legislation, as that
body will be called to act upon. If he be
a live, energetic, well posted and honest man,
his influence in the lower house is equal to
ten members. In fact, the right kind of n
governor can mold legislation almost to suit
his own will.
The next most important man to look after
is YOUR representative in the legislature,
every candidate. When he announces him
self as such, call on him or send a delegation
to him and see, il elected, what he will do for
you. He is supposed to be familiar with all
your legislation, and if his answers are salts
factory, go to the primaries and stand by
your candidate. If they are nominated, go to
the polls and work for them in every way
that is honorable and lawful. Stand shoul-
der to shoulder by your nominees
in their election as you would ex-
pect them TO do for you when elected.
The pian who will make you good officer is
he who is Industrious; is sober; has good
business education; is respected by his
neighbors; has local pride in his domestic
surroundings; has watchful eye over the
interests of his country; who loves his state,
and is willing at any time TO serve his
country in defense of her honor. man OF
that kind you can rely upon will do what he
agrees to do without any positive pledge, and
it is our duty when we find such men to work
for them. A. j. RfGBY.