Omaha daily bee., 1893-11-04


The publication OF Judge Maxwel1's
card declaring his preference for Judge
Holcomb as his successor on the supreme
bench has brought down upon his head
a shower OF abuse and vituperation from
the railroad republican press. He is stig-
matized as an migrate, imposter and polit-
ical a~postate. Men who were yet unborn
when Judge Maxwell vas battling for
republican principles and advocating re-
publican doctrine seek TO discredit his
standing as a republican. The fact is
Judge Maxwell was one of the founders
OF the republican party. He was a re-
publican when it was all q mans life
was wopth to be known as a republican.
He vas q delegate to the republican ter
ritorial convention, and through evil
report and good report has been and is
now a consistent republican. Repub-
licanism with him is a creed, inspired
by a love of human freedom, equal
rights for all men, a government for the
people, by the people. Judge Maxwell
believes in the republicanism that had
for its motto Resistance to tyranny is
obedience to Cod"
Judge Maxwell, with thousands of re-
publicans, believes that we have reacheda
crisis In the affairs of this state which
justifies and demands resistance to cor
porate domination. Regarding the SUI
preme court as the main pillar of lib
erty, justice and equity, Judge Maxwell
feels deeply imbued with the conviction
that the election of Harrison would be
destructive to the very foundation OF q
republican form of government. He is
convinced that no man who'owes his
nomination to corporate influence is fit
to hold the scales of justice. He is Of
the opinion that a position nce filled by
Lake, CAN'T and Reese should be filled
only by a capable lawyer, courageous,
conscientious and independent. No one
knows better than he the necessity for
independence and fearlessness in that
office These qualities, Judge Maxwell
has reason to believe, Judge Holcomb
possesses in an eminent degree, while he
believes hat Harrison is lamentably de-
ficient.
1t Is idle to talk about Harrison as not
being the choice of the corporations.
That fact is disproved by the attempt of
the railways to force his election and
the great efforts of their subsidized
organs to prove that he is in sympathy
with the people against m%onopolies.
In common with thousands of repub-
licans Judge Maxwell believes that the
election of Harrison would. be trGmpeted
about as a great triumph of the corpora
tions, just as was his nomination. 1t is
an open secret now that the supporters
OF Maxwell had no more show in the So
called republican convention than "a
man would have in stalking his money in
a game with loaded dice. Judge Harri-
sons appearance as a supporter of Alb.
bolt was a mere masquerade %improvised
for the occasion, but prepared with the
utmost care in railroad headquarters
weeks before the curtain went down or
the farce.
1t is because Judge Maxwell loves re
publican principles and republican insti
buttons that he refused to allow
mis- name to be used as an enthusi
astic endorser Of the candidate
foisted upon the party by the mos
shameless methods. This does no
make him IN apostate from the republi
can creed, but on the contrary a fearles.
advocate OF the right of the people t.
govern themselves, and that is the es
sence of true republication.