Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-09
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yards senator from Omaha 90, his work in.
North Platte Tribune lrep1. II is an open
secret that Congressman Greene gave Judge
Neville a political stab In the hack. and
materially assisted in defeating The judge for
The nomination for governor. This being
true. il viii Be interesting 10 watch the
Judge play even with the honorable Bill.
Fremont Tribune ircph- The populis.
state platform was referred back 10 The
committee for an amendment Of the stock
yards plank after POINTERS nomination be
came certain. Il looks as though Bill Poyn-
tons hand and cob pipe were s;In power
tul factors in that neiEhborhooi. as they
were during the session that POINTER was in
The state senate
Kearuey sun lrep0. W. a. Pointer q
Boone county was nominated for governor by
the allied forces OF fusion al Lincoln Tues
day. he was 8 democrat up 10 the drcuth
OF 1890 when he Joined his political for
tunes with the pops and has been an oface-
seeker ever since. The only ONCE be has
been able to corral Up TO date was one
term IL the legislature, in which body he
served with some notoristy but without dis
tincuon.
hearney Hub. lrep): Not a great deal is
known o! Mr.. Poynter, the fusion candidate
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q democrat, that he farms a farm part Of
the time and the people the res; OF the
time. and according to his own positive
statement is not a prohibitionist. But he will
pass, If there was no encouragement for the
big guns, there is certainly little chance for
the little ones. Gilbert OF York. The can
didate for lieutenant governor, is q free
silver republican, If ANYBODY knows what
that is.
York Times (repl: The nomination Of
Hon. Z. 4. Gilbert for lieutenant governor
by the punulists was an honor to him and
& credit TO the delegates from York. Il was
really Z good thing TO shove Harris over
board. for he had shown himself cruel and
inclined TO be bad as far as the limited
means OF his office would allow, and i; was
q very wise and prudent thing to shove old
81 over, even If they have TO pick u &
very crabhy and q very peculiar chicken in
his place. POINTER Is E queer duck and is
not very good timber for governor OF any
other Office. Really, The ticket would be
better If il was The other end first, Gilbert
Al the head and Poynter for the second
place. He might 90 well enough as lieu
tenant governor.
Crete vidette Jrep4: At the demo-pop
convention held al Lincoln this week every
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~janitor, including supsrintendents. stewards
and superuumeraries Of state institutions.
pop county officials, oil inspectors. bank ex-
aDiners. etc, etc, was on hand and every
mothers son OF them armed with g free
pass in his pocket After abusing Mark
Hanna and holding up BARLEY, Moore and
Mosher as trightul examples Of republican
nisrule, they resolved 10 onunu saving
the country expressed the solemn opinion
that 10 accept g railroad pass was to take 2
bride, declared for a reduction Of salaries.
the initiative and referendum and. with a
bland smile, adjourned, took the train.
showed their passes" 10 the conductor and
wended their several ways home.
Lincoln News (rep1: The recantation Of
Candidate Poynter Of his well grounded pro-
hibition principles before the democratic
convention for the purpose Of influencing
that ccnglonerate assembly 10 nominate him
marks the decsdence Of the party OF reform
in this state and its readiness to adopt the
old party idea that the end justihes the
means, the main thing is to get in. Mr..
Poynter is E man OF fair education. but
an ily-balanced judgment. He was the
loudest champion of the foolish vagaries Of
the old alliance party and il is quite evil
dent that this winter. if the tusionists win
the legislature and the governor a large
number OF the old paternalistic ideas Of that
organization will be attempted 10 be enacted
into laws. Governor Holcomb has been quite
conservative in his ideas. much more so
than he was believed TO be when he first
ran. and he has held down the wild-eyed.
Poynter is his opposite, he is an extremist.
and he has never made much effort 10
keep that fact secret. He wants 10 Be gov
ernor and it will be found that he Will
promise almost anything 10 be elected, just
as he recanted before the democratic con-
~yention his previous beliefs about the liquor
trafhc. The one thing held out against him
b. the democrats was that he is q pro-
hiDitionist and il was his declaration that
he was not that resulted in a change from
forty votes out Of 500 on the seventh ballot
70 q unanimous nomination on the eighth.
David City Press Cdem.): Some demo
Gratis are disappointed because their party
was not given the goyernorship. So long
as the democrats, in state convention, make
IL z point Of going 10 the city OF omaha
every time they want 10 dispense e favor,
10 the exclusion Of every one else. We can
content ourselves voting for ~populists. For
three consecutive times the democrats sent
the name Of c. J. smyth 70 the populis,s.
There was not q man in the three conyen-
tions but wanted him for attorney general.
His nomination for governor was booked
for horse-play. When Edgar Howard was
nominated il was looked upon as some more
horse-play. Had the democrats nominated
Edgar Howard in the first place, ard sJaid
by hin, the populisIs may have yielded.
from the fact they were impatient ana dis
gusted because so many candidates were
bobbing up in their OWL party. For ever E
quarter OF q century Nebraska democrats
danced attendance 10 Dr. Miller. James z.
Boyd and J. Sterling Morton. For the
next quarter o. 3 century they viii dance
attendance 10 some other triunverste o.
idols. Such idolatry is iHcomprehensible 70
pOpulists. Had the democratic party as
much sense as il has patriotism. il need
never have been 3 beggar e. any strangers
door. II crucifes all growth ana ambition
among its young men by hanging Loyalty q
the skirts OF its few elect. The idol may
become defaced by time or ~i!l-usage, but
unless death or 3 crisis inIervenes, your
simon-pure democrat never removes his
: gaze from the object OF his alteration.