Omaha daily bee., 1891-04-07
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Fremont Trbunei It's horse on the
World.Hcrald,
Hastings Republi Boyds backbone
needs no starch factory to bracoi II up.
Has tings Ncbraskan The votoing OF ther
rate Dill was not very pleasing to tho WorlF
Herald. Not so much, perhaps, on account
ofthe bill itself but from the fact that Tng
Bee championod the vetoihg of H. II thoro
was any hope Of TUE Bee and the World.
Herald becoming friendly Governor Boyd's
act has cffcctually blocked 1t.
Nebraska City News: Governor Boyd, out
OF his rugged hon esty and iearlessness, vetoed
the bill llo showed more manhood anu
back bone than the state OF Ne braslxa has ever
witnessed. He knew tho bill was vicious,
and many questioned its con stitutionalitv IL
would work m injury to the state aud partic.
ularly to tho farmers and the shippers, aud
to guard their rights he vetoed the bill
Fremont Flail: Senator Brown claims
that the Newberry bill never pleased him
He did not believe that it was Just and was
certain that it was preiudicial not only to
the railroads, but to the general business in.
terests Of the state. He voted for IT, how.
ever, on its passage, simply because his
farmer constituents demanded 1t. And no
believe that alter doing that he had fultilled
tho whole measure OF his duty as n mach inc
and that since tho chief executive of tho
state amem0er OF his own party had vetoed
IT, his duty was TO act upon his better iudg.
mont and sustain the veto And there wcro
lHdlY VINO NUlSU lOf luO OIL VINO 1olt Inc
same way, but who believed IL TO their pOlit,
cal interests and the interests Of their party
to pandor to the alliance rather than to stand
by their honest convictions as men and legis.
latOrS -
Plattsmouth Journal Governor Boyds veto
message of the Newberry bill is strong
document which will cast much new light ON
the measure In question. Tho Journals FREQ
to confess that the arguments he presents aro
very convincing, and are urged with a can dor
and earnes tness that leaves no dou bt Of their
honesty OF motive and purpose The facts
presented 10y the governor make il apparent
that the measure was too sweeping and
radical to have resulted in general good when
all tho interests involved were taken into
account The result will no doubt bo sol,
idifying of the alliance aud renewal of tho
conflict two years hence. The governor
shows that he would favor q less radical
measure, aud in this he will bo sustained by
the people.
Interviews with independents in Lincoln
journal; Dobsou of tillmOre-The people
demanded IL and / would like to have given
it them, but the bill was so compli.
Gated that no man could possibly give an in
teLigent opinion upon it without ut least six
months study There was not man on my
side of the house who could have explained
its provisions. Being a farmer my sympa-
thy IS with that class and would probably
strain point in their favor but | do not
wish to lnjure or destroy tho railroads,
! favor maximum rates on grain, live STOCK
I coal, lumber and salt If it were posi-
would like to see freight rates vary in ac-
cordance with the price of products, Que
| cannot pass ntelligently- on q business no
| knows nothing about. Shrader of Logan
| As far as my section of the country is CON
| Germ ed it may be just as well as it is, but |
! think such a law would help the state Mt
| large. Nichols Of Buffalo Well, really.
! don't know much about the bill. | havd
| been so busy as chairman of the finance com
mittee that have hardly looked at it. We
! pledged our people to give them Iowa rates,
| and therefore we voted for it, Newberry--
| Certainly, | mus say it was all right Most
any one but Boyd would have signed it,
| Either Thayer or Majors would have done 80
| Mode of Red Willow have nothing to say
| just now. While am sorry itwas not sigued,
! will also say that | am perfectly salts fled, =
! I'm not weeping. Taylor OF John son-Don't
| think it would have afforded the release that
| our people imagined it would give. It's pro,
| visions Were such that the railroads could
| have evaded IL. How just it was to the rail
| roads ] don't know, and 1 have got
! to that point where i do not care.
| Something of the kind will come sooner
| or later. Herman of Saline-It was the only
| bill we could get up which in my opinion
would do anything like Justice TO the state.
We could not classify tho roads because we
It's a bad bill all around, being measure for
| the benefit ofa few to the injury of the ma
j0rity. Waldron of Adams do not feel at
! all sure that it was Just the thing, but wo
hoped it would be. Our people deman ded it
aud we worked forits passage. / repeat that
| don't feel at all sure that IL was good
measure,