Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-26
STATE PRESS on STATE Politics.

Conditions certainly demand it. They can
not afford to blunder
North Platte Tribune (rep): Ex-senator
| Allen announces that he Is not a candidate
| for supreme judge this fall. He does not
| propose to smother his chances of succeed
| ing Senator Thurston by taking seat on
| the supreme bench
Papllion Times (demD Senator Allen
| says he is not in position to accept nom
ination for supreme Judge Well that's just
| what we thought and 1t fully confirms the
oft-repeated charge that he is a member in
| deed of the firm of Holcomb Allen & Ne
| Vile.
Paplfon Times (demD; The average Ne
! braska democrat is a patient, faithful beast
| OF burden, bearing with never bray most
any load the populist drivers lay upon him,
| but there is a limit to the load he will
carry this year and the other name of the
| limit is Silas A. Holcomb.
North Platte Tribune (rep) II Judge Kin
kaid receives the republican nomination for
congress in this district. as he undoubtedly
will, he will show the fusonists a warm
time. and il not elected he will leave only
a remnant OF the big fusion majority. The
judge is an extremely smooth campaigncr,
fact that the opposition admits
Kearney Sun (rep); There is great
unity among the hosts of fusion in this
| county. One section declares that w. ID.
| Oldham is candidate for congress and are
| pushing for all he is worth, whiie another
| section declares that in all the ranks of re
| form Buffalo county has no candidate for
congress. And thus the road OF reform runs
! roughly.
Farmont Chronicle UepO: A few slum
| politicians of Omaha desire to see another
| popocratic supreme judge elected in order
| that they may work through some deals in
the metropolis. 1t is the same crowd that
| is responsible for the Herdmans and Dear
| ings the Fannings and the Edwardses and
the other bum politicians who have showed
themselves to the front. 1t is great crowd
of reformers
Kearney Hub (rep): The superntend-
ent of the Institution for the Feeble Minded
at Beatrice made the mistake of his life
when called on to resign and turn over his
office 10 a successor in taking the matter
into court. The court decided against him
and now he will have to vacate whereas
he should have locked the doors and placed
the keys in his pocket and denied the new
man admission. In other words he ought
to have run Kearney bluff on the gov
ernor and the new appointee.
Hildebrand has received his reward. Gov
ernor Poynter has appointed him clerk Of
the new insurance department created by
the legislature last winter. There is moth
ing really certain about the JOB yet as the
governor attaches a string to all OF his ap-
pointments and is liable to change his mind
at any time but, anyway, "Hildy's" pole is
several inches nearer the Dersimmon right
now than it ever was before. We hasten to
congratulate before something happens.
Fremont Tribune Crep.) The State Board
of Public Lands and Buildings has finally
purchased residence for an executive man
sion and disposed OF the s25, 900 appropriated
by the legislature for the purpose. The
governor can now quit his hotel and its
factory-bu built food and live on pork steak
furnished by Secretary of State Porter and
slaughtered by his own hand The executive
mansion was purchased Of d. E. Thompson,
who comes this near to getting public office.
He moves out just as the governor moves
in.
Ord Quiz (rep); The first candidate to
be officially announced as in the race for
the republican nomination for congress IN
this district is Judge NJ. p. Kinkaid, whom
the ONell Frontier brings out in strong
article Judge Kinkaid is frst-class vote
getter and he is in the habit of giving his
supporters good reasons for being proud of
their support when he gets into office. There
are many old-time and present-time sup
porters of the judge in this vicinity. 1t is
generally conceded here that he should have
had the nomination instead of Daugherty
several years ago and this may be good
time to correct that error.
Columbus Telegram (dem.); The Telegram
believes that a reasonable excuse for fusion
exists only in certain localities where
neither party has sufficient strength to
elect alone. Fusion can mean nothing more
or less than a political deal entered into
for the express purpose of securing di-
vision of the spoils If the democrats of
Platte county are ready to acknowledge,
after having enjoyed the distinction for
years OF being the banner democratic county
of the state, that they are unable to elect
straight democratic county ticket COM
posed OF representative men, then by all
means close the deal before the republicans
make another impression on the pops. But
don't go into it claiming that there is
great principle involved. The mask would
be torn off before the candidates had time
to deliver the first consignment of beer.
Fremont Herald (demD: Now that ex
Senator and present Judge Allen has pub
licly declined to have his name used as
candidate for the supreme judgeship and as
seven out of the eight present state Off
cials land the came proportion for the pre-
yous two years. are unrepresented among
the democratic organization how would 1t
do for the democratic party to nominate its
own candidate for this position-just once?
We have good men who have hewed the
way through the wilderness for score OF
years-who didn't lead the peoples fight
simply for an office, coming in like an
eleventh hour convert, snorting with the
zest of steaming victuals about 10 be doled
ont, but who have been pioneers in the
cause and have championed II through all
vicssltudes and discOuragements. Such
man ought to get the support OF all who
honestly have the cause at heart But If
not. There is something at least due
from party for party ntegrlty-somethin
that a party ought to have the right and
ability to do without forever begging some
body cIses permission For what benefit?
For this particular honor now going
begging-while outsiders are settling the
terms OF succession for the balance OF the
ofhceholdng brigade--we have in mind
trustworthy democrat who ought TO have
the support OF all friends of the peoples
cause profound jurist and an honest man
Judge jefferson II. Broadly. He is in the
right location and is the right kind of a man.
We await suggestions of some other good
democratic name. Put in our "caims and