Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-22
souApnLE OVER THE RECOUNT,

Mlnden Courier (rep): The court has
stopped the recount and the only way out
Is for the Legislature to do the counting.
That is a coordinate branch OF the state
government and out Of the courts %jurisdic-
tion.
Hastings Tribune Crep): II Nebraska is
forced TO take two additional supreme Judges
that the people didn't elect and said they
didn't want. we may as well admit that cleo.
tions do not count and voting Is nothing
but n farce. The mon who will take judicial
positions thus secured are not the right men
TO sit as judges between man and man.
Kearney Hub (rep.): Populism In Ne
braska Is tc all Appearances no better than
populism in Kansas, when IL has a free
hand. 1t began its career In Nebraska by
damniag the constitution, 1t closes Its ca
reer In Nebraska by q deliberate attempt to
override the law. Now is the time, II ever,
for law-ablding p%cpulists to stand up and
be counted.
sutton Advertiser (rcp.); To defeat the
Injunction proceedings against the amend
ments recanyassing board the dominating
fusion element Of our Legislature has again
violated law, deceuoy and all respect for
courts and stolen the ballots from the can
wasting board and propose to do the count
ing themselves. II this isn't anarchy" II
Is too dangerously near 1t for the good Of
our commonwealth,
Norfolk Journal (op.). The forcible sciz-
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mittee of the lower house of the legislature
is but another disgraceful step In the Grim
inal procedure that has been undertaken to
declare the judicial amendment carried and
thus place two populist Judges on the SUI
preme bench, The whole thing Is a rape OF
the constitution and a disgrace to the people
Of Nebraska. The Journal wanted to see
the judicial amendment adopted, but it
wanted II adopted In the manner provided
by the constitution.
Emerson Enterprise (repl: Tho governor
and the legislature are determined to re-
count the ballots on the amendments voted
on at the last election Notwithstanding the
courts have permanently enjoined them from
doing so. The ballots are now in possession
of the house of representatives and n commit
tee from that body will finish the count.
The legislature had better finish its work and
adjourn. No one cares much about the
amendments. Not more than one half the
voters paid any attention to-them last fall.
David City Press Demo pop The republic
can leaders Of Lincoln have gone to extremes
on the question of rccounting the ballots cast
at the late election on constitutional amend
ments. The determined and pettifogging
methods adopted, would indicate that they
are afraid to trust a decision of the supreme
court, should IL be found that a majority OF
votes were cast for an increase of judges. As
they had the people vote in separate ballot
boxes, we know it was done on advice of
the judges, but their men were not elected.
That is the rub.
Tecumseh Chiefain (rep): Last Wednes-
day afternoon the popocratic majority in
the legislature rudely ignored the %injunc-
ton Of the courts and authorized the SER
geant-at-arms to forcibly take possession OF
the amendment ballots. The act was in
direct violation of law, but Is in keeping
with the desperate methods employed by
the popocratic leaders all along in behalf
of house roll No. 5 and the infamous deal
which it authorizes. This last act of the
populists has robbed the amendment bal
lots of what little purity they possessed
when in the hands of the recount commits
sion. They have been hawked about by the
hired strikers around the state house and,
we believe, have lost all value as evidence.
If this move of the populists isn't anarchy,
pure and unadulterated, we would like to
have some one name 1t correctly.
Fremont Tribune (rep): Ole Hedlund's
expose of the bold plot Of the popocrats in
their attempt to capture two judges of the
supreme court by increasing the court to
five members. Is a bombshell in the camp
of the conspirators. Mr.. Hedlund might
have been regarded by Governor Holcomb
and Secretary Maret as a man of putty when