Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-15
ovEMBER 15, 1897.
AFTERMATH OF rnr ELECTION.

7 fast getting into the same class with Colonel
/ Breckenridge Of Kentucky
Weeping Water Republican: Governor
! IIolcomb might now md time to Investigate
/ that worthless bond OF Treasurer Meserve
His negligence in the BARLEY bond matter.
! however. does not warrrnt the hope that he
will do anything In regard to 1t.
York Republican: The little band OF re-.
publican peanut politicians viii PROBABLY
omit their annual cussiEg Of Rosewater this
year Rospwater can point with pride to
Dougus county as the only decent ma
jorty that Post received in the whole
state
Exeter Democrat There Is one crumb
of consolation left to the republicans OF
Nebraska, anyhow, and that Is 1t might
have been worse. In Greater New York
TammanY has swept everything and the city
is in the hands OF boodlers whose proper
place is behind prison bars. popullsm is
awful, to say the least but Tammany is so
much worse there Is no comparison.
Emerson Enterprise; Judge sullivan is the
fr9t democrat to serve on the bench of the
supreme court in the history of Nebraska.
lie ran on an anti-mono5oly platform, con-
Quoted his campaign on cm anti-monopoly
| basis ard on every occasion that presented
Itself during his canvass expressed his op-
position to corporation influence The pco-
pie have a right to expect him to pursue
course contrary to his record in the legs-
lature.
Norfolk Journal: Now that the election Is
| over and it cannot be claimed that the ques-
! tlon Is asked for political effect, the Journal
would like to inquire when the reform State
Board Of Transportation Is going to do some
thing to earn the 81 1000 per year the three
secretaries draw from the state. VIII IL
| wait till on the eve Of the next election and
| then make little play for political effect?
This is a burning question and delays are
dangerous.
| Blair Pilot: The late election has fright
ened the fusionists much more than they are
| willing to admit. In the face of the Bart
| ley defalcation, which was the only reason
| the fusionsts had any show whatever, the
vote they expected did not come within one
| half OF what they claimed they could get.
! Next year a governor and legislature are to
| be elected in Nebraska and the outlook for
! the popuists lis surely gloomy. The late
! election would have come within of
| beating them out of the legislature, and prob
| ably would have done so had that been an
| issue. The republicans need shed no tears
| over facts presented by the November cleo
! tiOn.
York Times: 1t is pretty difficult otter
| election to tell what made votes" and what
| did not make them, but 1t is very evident
! that some good work done in Nebraska
| during the recent campaign. The opposition
majority was cut down over 10000 in the
| state. Two years ago the combined opposi-
| tiOn would have carried the state by more
| lIldu Au,UOD, Dul IL WAS ulNluGu duu inc re-
| publioans elected their man. Last year HOl-
combs majority over MacColl was about 22,-
600. This year the combined parties only car
ried the state by 10000 or l1,OO0 and this liz
the face of the overshadowing def1lcations,
which were worked against the republican
party with considerable effect Some good
work was done by some one. All republicans
were doing their best and no one can say
any of them worked in vain. Let us con-
graduate each other ali around and give
everyone full credit for all he did.
Norfolk Journal There is no reason why
any republican should feel discouraged over
results in Madison county or the state. With
the wrong-doing of Moore ard BARLEY staring
them in the face, leading some republicans
to vote with the opposition and many more
to be lukewarm and remain at home cleo
tton day, the party has done remarkably
well. The sentiment which the acts of these
| men aroused has caused innocent men to be
punished with defeat they did not deserve,
but this cannot be helped now. Voters will
feel differently in a very short while. Joseph
BARLEY has been convicted before a repub-
liCan judge by republican jury and the de-
cisiOn will be affirmed by a republican SUI
preme court. If Eugene Moore escapes on a
techniollity Governor Hocomb must take his
share of the blame. These men will be out of
the way next year, and the present state ad-
mnistratiOn cannot divert public attention
by pointing to them when it comes up for
approval or condemnation on it's record. That
record will be laid bare and dissected and
the people will give the state house another
cleaning out
Stanton Pickett: One feature in con-
nectton with the keeping of ballots un-
der the present law which commends itself
to contestants is the ease with which con-
test case can be won by a recount, provided
the Contestor and one having the care and
custody Of the ballots are both modern re-
formers. For instance, If the clerk of this
county WIS a fusicnist and inclined to be
none too honest, Paul Nelson could instigate
a contest against Agge AXen for the office
of treasurer and all that would be necessary
to win would be for the clerk or some other
person having access to the vault to unrOll
the ballots and make a cross mark in the
square following Mr. Nelson S name on thirty
or more ballots voted republican, and with
out any further changes and with no erasureS
the contest would be won. The trainers and
makers of the law must either have pre-
sume5 a great deal upon the integrity Of
officials into whose custody the ballots must
pass after leaving the hands of the election
boards or the law was passed with the in
tentiCn of giving the present party in power
in Nebraska a dishonest advantage in all
election matters,
Lincoln Call: Nowhere is the political
bargain and sale counter more conspicuous
than in the public and private institutions
in charge Of Leading populists. The Lin
coin Insane asylum is one of these inSti-
tutions in which political assessing is re-
duced to a fine art. This is in charge of
Steward Il. c. Rewick. although a man by
the name of Johnson is sent TO do the actual
work Of collecting. But it is Rewck who
does the estimating and figures out the as
sessment schedule. Employees receiving S25
a month lnd board are compelled to cough
up" S25. Last fall a fiat assessment OF
so head was levied on all employees. This
fall two assessments Of $3.50 each were
made on all employees in the institution
The average this season is about l per cent
Of tho salaries paid to employees in the Lin
coin Insane hospital under the superin-
tendency of DR., l.. j. Abbott 1t is said,
with considerable show of truth, that all
the other state institutions are in the ssme
boat the rule being put up the cash or
get out The pop organ of the state the
Lincoln Independent, is supposed to be a
private institution and union office. Yet
in the face of this the employees there were
levied on for Sl.50 apiece to help the free
silver propaganda of w. j. Bryan in Ne
bTaska And yet Bryan goes through the
country talking about grinding the faces
OF the poor"
Drift of the Cotton Industry.
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