New-York tribune., 1892-11-27
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL
, HOW NEBRASKANS VIEW 1T.
THE CALAMITY HOwLERS BEATEN FON "ooD

IN THEIR STATE.
otpe Editor OF me Trlo ne
Sir: We are little politically, mere ana ,'e'e,
not particularly on Ncbrsskas account ior We ''"
feel that the good old comlrenda'i)a apphe- W Us
4Weu DONE good and faithful servants" I"' you
New Workers with help all around you have maze US
sore We promised you Nebraska's clec'or"l 'o'e i'
Harrison and he has received II. We promised y"u '
election OF Lorenzo Crounse as Governor anu hc wac
elected We promised you the election OF the e"'
Republican State ticket; and 1t was trnmpnnh'H
elected We promised you a Republican majority o.
the six Congressman. and earnestly endeaVol'u ~
make the promise good But the task was too heaVN'
and we have to be content with onehali' "he .'o
Democrats take and the Independents t"o ""' y,
majorities so greatly reduced that the end OF
is In sight. In this QsD district, Mr. br'ui .Dp
was reelected by a mere handful Of votes "moh i'on
contemplate when compared with his mas"
majority OF two years ago; ner did ne e'c"i' ""o
questionable endorsement Save as the 1rut oi '',e '
disreputable political canvass ever wageu Ill
A conspiracy was entered into, by virtue OF wlch te
Independents, or Alliance Outht, were TO siaush''i
their own Congressional candidate r shamp) ana the
Democrats In return TO knife their cahuiua~
for Governor Ndr. Norton. one Of the best men IN
Nebraska And this done. Mr. Shamp ece'eu
In Lancaster County, for example beseaiN N''c vi
$50 where Mr. Edgerton, Independent, Iasl Near re-
Ceved as candidate for supreme judge "'i'o No'oS'
Mr. Bryan carried two big butcher knives with him
tnr0ugnOut
these into his Democratic associate Mr. Morton when-
ever and wherever he had opportunity, and threw
his influence, as openly as he dared In favor OF he
renegade and demagogue Van Wyck late OF 'he
Orange County (N. " Congressional District AS
further item Of comparison IL should he remembered
that two years ago Allan Root Independent, received
300 votes in this county this, to the $50 received
by Shamp on the 9Th inst All Of which conclusively
demonstrates that 1t Is not principle that acuates
the Popusts but. with their coalescents oesire
10 WELD the cohesive power Of public plunder ht
they have now relegacd to the In NebrasKa
and will no longer be disturbing element, for even
their pet Van wyck with what little our Democratic
Governor James F. Boyd. could do for him. mas peeh
s.sat down upon" with awful thud'
Prophecies Of evil roll in upon us thick and fast'
of course. The Democrats, the Populists the fToh-
bitionists the Anarchists df indeed. these do not In
clude all tie fore gong) volble in hr asevetons
that this last of the great Republican party
Poor fellows! How little they know OF the spirit ana
purpose the principles and staying qualities OF the
Grand Old Party, the party that has done more ror
the prosperity Of the country than all oher par'les
that ever existed Bull Run and Rails pluh dio not
destroy the Union Army. Appomattox was to folow
and '96 will follow 90, and with a similar OUTCOME
The Tribune we'll says "The Republican party is de-
feated, but Is not fallen" Most true, MI. Editor
and It reminds us Of tho remark made when Henry
CLAY was first defeated for the Presidency. He is
beaten but Is not fallen ;" whereupOn tho Poet Whittier
wrote: Not fallen no well the tall and pillared
Aleghcnies fall" such characters, such bodies do
not f1l and they cannot be destroyed
II must be Acknowledged, however, that there are
some things connected with tho late election that are
eiffcut 10 understand Take New-York for example
and its overwhelming vote for Cleveland. After the
Infamous work Of your Democracy In stealing the state
Senate and the equally infamous work Of the Lcesla
ture. under the goadng Of H, the spring elections
following seemed TO furnish evidence that decent men
nj rite outrageous
ceedings end naturally looked for the fall election
20 complete what the spring elections had left un-
finished. One look enough Sec the large num-
ber Of counties above the Harlem that gave Harrison
fless than In ss. Look especially at old Dutch
ese Nagraptly defrauded Of Republican senator,
standing BY and condonng that outrage and saying
Well done" to the beneficiary Of that fraud and him
self a fraud. And esewhere-wel nigh everywhere.
No matter now. The end is not yet. As In rs, the
cry Anything to beat Grant" SO on November
e. the cry was Anything to beat the RepuSSsE% nIcs%
among worldngmen by the heartless howlcrs of
s% got M dirty work World Herr s Ye & cSna aS PS %
W sS;e upon us "& Ss1 Ss1
ns As 70 BE- will u the O
successful trcaery and gigantic frauds BY German,
statesmansSp ~sen the cold facts Of ormnatn pass
ing and executing laws confronted And II Is here
that the victorious co9spraGrS viii meet their Waero9 Nat
the sy to and sRe m S S % pssps
Please mention to single Of governmental
policy satesmanshp formulated and made operative
by the Democratic party any member Of that orgars
zation during the past quarter OF century
A party Of obstruction and Of negation what more
be expected OF II nOw7 "We've had no chance" they
saw. Didn't Morrison try Didn't Mills try And
did they not both fail TO their party associates
with them7 Well they have chance now. VIII
they be more successful than before? We shall see
Tammany's ethics and methods may be introduced and
rendered operative at Washington and We fear that
this will prove the major factor in their bunge OF
statesmanship.
the ring work the arrogance. the bossing the greed
and the selfshness Is confined to the Democratic
party. There Is far too much OF these In the Repub.
ican rarty They must be eliminated largely, and tho
party thoroughly reorganzcd upon broader and more
liberal basis success shall come 10 stav
Lincoln, Neb, Nov. Is. 1892. II. A. G.