Omaha daily bee., 1891-11-11
POsr- ELECTION THOUGHTS.

Norfolk News: The independents are
pretty good hands at kicking over the traces.
as we'll as republicans.
Mead Advocate: The people of Nebraska
have warded off the blow that threatened to
paralyze tho Industries of our state.
Genoa Leader: The voters have sent the
tidings throughout the world that ropudia-
tion has no abiding place within our fair do
man.
Grand Island Independent: The people OF
Nebraska are not repudiationists. They be
lieye in honest money and in honest ways Of
getting II.
Curtis Courier: Omaha has made a won
derful record under the impulse given to re
publicanism by DIR. Mercer as chairman OF the
state committee, and has made q clean sweep
into full fellowship with clean republican
principles.
Plattsmouth Herald The vote fell off
considerably in nearly every county, and the
Increased republican vote indicates that they
are again falling in line with the party of
tie people Nebraska and Kansas will each
cast its vote in the electoral college for
Benjamin Harrison in 1892.
Grand Island Independent And now the
farmers must submit to n season OF scolding
from the indeDendent press and the horde of
demagogues who were confident that it was
the duty of the farmers to drop everything
else and engage in the work of pulling
chestnutS out of the fire for them TO eat.
The farmers have been played upon by
professional farmers who never farm so
long that they are heartily tired of being
made cats paws of.
Lincoln Herald (dem): No matter now
whether Edgerton is elected or Post counted
in as supreme Judge. The restoration OF re
publican dominance has been accomplished
aud the race of the Independent party is run.
IL will die because 1t is not lit to live. There
Is no place for it to till-nor was there ever.
Whether it shall llnger one or two or five
years longer, or shall dissolve at once into it's
original clements, does not matter. 1t is not
the stuff of which great and durable parties
are made.
Dawson County Herald (dem): The peo-
ple's party, so-called, not only of DAWSON
county, but of the entire state, has received
a rebuke in the last election which certainly
speaks for itself. This paper is tho friend of
the farmer and the laboring man. 1t also be-
lieves that the rank aud file of the indie
pendent party were earnest and conscientious
In their efforts for reform, but the great
trouble was instead of seeking redress
through the proper channels they placed
themselves in the hands of demagogues and
political dead-beats who took advantage of
their wrongs to aid in their own advance
ment. The result was, the conservative
element saw through the gauze and asserted
their manhood at the polls with such en-
phasis that it had its effect in u manner not
to be misunderstood.
Crawfor Clipper: 1t has been demon
strated by the people of Nebraska that they
have had enough of sham legislation through
rampant independents, in the election of
Judge Post to the supreme bench. The
World Herald scandal-mouger could not by
his filthy and scan ialous letters dissuade the
people from an act of honor and pride in cast
ing their ballot against Edgerton. the indie
pendent candidate. The mass of people, re-
gardless of party affiliations, caused the dis
astrous result, and their pride and respect
for the good name and credit of the state is
what did it. Republicans alone could not
have elected Judge Post, but democrats and
independents came to their assistance and
helped wipe from political existence the OBJ
noXious remnants of a chloritic party.
Fremont Fail The Flail does not believe
that the whole course of the republican party
Of this state has been indicated, but rather
that the people have decided to suffer the ills
that are rather than flee to others that they
know not of. That there are grievances that
should be removed and injustices that should
be remedied is very certain, and the great
uprising of the people has spoken it in tones
of thunder. The victory of the republican
party has not been avindlcation of that party
and the sapguine politician who fancies it is
very wide the mark. The defeat of the indie
pendents is not because the dissatisfaction
with the dominant party has been re-
moved but because tho seceders had lost
faith in their leaders. When it was
proven that the men on whom they
had relied to champion their cause,
and lead them in the great conflict, were
false to them and had sold their influence to
the railroads for their favors, there was a re-
action that shook the independent party to
its center and withoat a doubt was the prime
cause of their overthrow. This matter must
be viewed in its true light. The independent
party of Nebraska is Only temporarily de-
feated, With new leaders ana new insplra-
ton they will come forth again better pre-
pared for the conflict than ever, anlessI the
causes for their uprising shall have been re-
moved. There are momentous questions
that must be solved before the great party
can again gain the confidence of the people.
The question of fair and equal taxation, of
just and equitable railroad rates and of a
modified tariff the necessities of life will not
down until they are settled in the interests
of the people and it is useless to expect it.