Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-16
oLrMrsns OF Politics.

have been "denouucing Auditor Cornell in
unmeasured terms handle that worthy at
the polls accordingly he will never know
he was on the ticket.
Aurora Republican (rep.): 1t Is strange
that whenever the popocrat papers publish
the biography of Billy Greene that they
never mention the fact of him once being a
preacher of the gospel. Are they ashamed
of the gospel, or is it Billy Greene, or both =?
Stanton Pickett (rep): Already Guberna-
torial Candidate Poynter has shown himself
a worthy politician OF the reform brand. He
says he is a temperance man himself but
has no objections to another man not being
so, provided he votes the populist ticket.
This admission ought to square him with the
democrats.
Lyons Sun (rep): w. A. Poynter, the
Independent candidate for governor, voted
for the prohibition amendment in 1890 and
then went before the democratic committee
last week and in order to get their support
informed that he was not a prohibitionist
It takes a populist politician to act the
hypocrite.
Auburn Granger (pop.): VIII the cam
paign Of 1898 be one of Doodle and deceit or
have the reform forces learned that the
only success worth achieving is the success
won by fair and honorable means? If the
reformers reach the conclusion thai boodling
and deceit are necessary to success, then
they would better make no venture.
North Platte Tribune: The populist state
convention not only refused to nominate
Edmisten for governor, but the state CEN
trail committee deposed him as its chairman.
This is one instance of the power held by
the populist state house ring, which an
nounccd that it would kill off Edmisten.
He is now, politically, too dead to skin.
Emerson Enterprise (rep.): During his
canvass for the governorship Candidate
Poynter will undoubtedly have occasion to
explain a number of matters in connection
with his service in the Nebraska legislature.
Among them is the charge that as president
of the senate he so constituted the sitting
committee toward the close of the session
as to insure the p~igeon-holing of the stock
yards bill. The modification of the stock
yards plank by the populist convention last
week when the nomination of Poynter was
assured places considerable emphasis on this
charge.
Wahoo Wasp (rep.): The free pass brigade
vas renominated by the populist state con-
%vention. 1t is no use talking about free
passes with the p~opulist politician, for most
VI lueIl dlt SuppllSu lutlt 10 al VI
people who stay close to their farms and
do not travel on railroad passes, but they
do the voting. They will rebuke these can
didates on the state ticket who carry twelve
to fifteen annual passes in their pockets
| when the time arrives for depositing their
| ballots in the box. We do not hear any of
the p~opulist papers condemning this pass
record that these state officers have made
and that are now asking an endorsement OF
the people of this state.
Aurora Republican (rep.): Not a great
deal is known of Mr.. Poynter, the fusion
candidate for governor, except that origi-
nally he was a democrat; that he farms q
farm part of the time and the people the
rest of the time; that he killed the South
Omaha stock yards bill which was calculated
TO save hundreds of thousands of dollars
annually to the farmers of this state; that
he has for years rode on his pass, and ac-
cording to his own positive statement is moi
a prohibitionist. But he will pass-if there
was no encouragement for the big gun
there is certainly little chance for the little
ones. Gilbert of York, the candidate fol
lieutenant governor, is a free silver republi-
can, if anybody knows what that is.
Kearney Democrat (dem.): From a demo
! cratic standpoint we scarcely know what tc
say, but we will grab hold Of the tail while
our populist and republican friends grab g
horn apiece and watch the fellows who will.
milk the old state COW. And they need
watching, because they are prone to mill
the old critter SO close that there's danger
Of drying her up. But they've been withou'
milk for some time, been eating dry husk.
and fodder, and maybe they'll be moderat,
end not try to steal the state house. Anc
maybe. If they catch their fellows takins
more money than they can carry, they will
not nurse the crime as an open secret fol-
two or three years, as Rosewater acknowl
edged had been done with BARLEY.
Hastings Record (rep.): In spite of thei
many populistic pretenses of economy ant
reform the present state officials seem to b
blowing themselves and incidently in tn
right way, too. There are now maintained
at the state capital a large number of depn
ties and other minor officials who have n
legitimate duties to perform whatever
These men are employed at the states ex
pense; they are usually some relative o
political friend of the populist who has pu
them there and who now sees that the,
draw a fat salary. We do not claim tina
this was never done before, nor that tn
republican party is the only honest part,
| VI S"i'h pob We w IL lbul tIt pODu
lists are protecting and unfolding the sam
abuses against which they ra2ed and raide,
two years ago.
Blair Pilot (rep.): Six of the populis
candidates are from the present force o
state officers. They have betrayed ever,
trust imposed in the them and have in al
INSCRIPTIONS manner 'junketed" about al
over the United States, while their ~constitu
ents, especially the poor class, have beer
compelled to pay straight 3 cents for ever,
mile they travelled. 1t isn't SO much whetho
the pass system is so obnoxious, as tn
populists two years ago said it was, both II
their platform and on the stump, but tn
fact that they went squarely back on thei
pledges to the people to inaugurate a re
form is what should be the cause of ever,
one of them being laid on the shelf. TAX
for example the state oil inspector, who ha
ridden on a pass the whole year and ha
made the state put up for every mile he ha
Travelled. Where is the honesty in that pro
ceeding?