Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-11
olursBs or FUSION roMrIcs.

Kearney Hub trepO: 1t behooves those
people at the state Industrial school WHIT
have not made their peace with Governor
! Poynter to keep their lamps trimmed ant
| burning, for they know not the day moi
the hour when his of1cial seine ar will
| leave them headless
Beatrice Democrat. Judge Broady's name
has been mentioned by some Of the demo
4 cratic papers as an available candidate fol-
supreme judge on the fusion ticket. The
J Judge was recently interviewed by the Fall.
| City News and declares that he is not, moi
will he be a candidate this fall There is
no questioning the availability or the fitnes.
Of the man. However, 1t is said that ex-
! Governor Holcomb is slated for that nomi.
| nation.
North Platte Tribune Crep): Down in
the east part of the state 1t is the prevail
ing opinion that Judge Neville will be the
fusion nominee for congress in this district.
This opinion is based on the fact that
| Neville is part and parcel OF the fusion
machine" and it has been demonstrated
in the past that the machine" is mightier
than the common people" But il Judge
Neville is nominated he will go down to de-
feat; so will any other fusion nominee. The
sand hill populists are no longer fusionss;
Brother Stebbins is doing lots Of mission.
ary work.
Greeley Leader trep): General Barry
came UP from Lincoln on Friday evening
to be present at the meeting OF the "combi-
nation" central committee We taxed the
general with the imputation that he was to
run for congress in the big SIXTH and he
didn't deny the soft impeachment, and he
looked as though stranger things might
happen. We don't know how tired the peo-
pie of the Sixth district will have to get
before they actually begin to reform" but
II really seems as though the average citi-
zen was weary enough to take rest after
six or seven years of the KEN and Greene
regime. If they haven't gotten enough yet,
we had certainly rather have the general
than Mike Harrington or Neville But we
will suggest to General =. H. that timely
rains are falling, and Moses Is liable to come
down from the north and lead the people Of
the big Sixth out of the wilderness and 1t
would be just as we'll to let Mike, or Bill,
or even ST. have the nomination, and stick
to the National Guard another year. Therell
be less expense and disappointment at the
end
Central City Nonpariel (rep): Auditor
Cornell has refused TO turn over the state
insurance department to the governor in
pursuance Will INC pTONlSlOuS vi tHe HeM
law which went into effect July 1. When the
fun extent Of the outrageous mismanage-
ment and disgraceful hod-ups practiced by
Auditor Cornell and his insurance deputies
were confirmed, the Legislature passed a
law placing the insurance department under
the governors management. But it seems
Cornell is going to hold onto this rich
perqusite as long as possible, and now
thinks the law is unconstitutional and
wants the courts to wrangle over it year
or so. In the meantime he win continue
to reap harvest from the insurance de-
partment as in the past. Cornell Is cer-
tainly entitled to the medal for nerve.
After the disgraceful steals were shown up
by the legislative investigation it was sup
posed Cornell would resign, but he did
nothing of the kind, and even now has
the astonishing gall to refuse to give up
the insurance department, which has been
so dsgracefully mismanaged under his ad-
ministration. He should have been i'm
peached, but the legislature to save time
and expense, simply took the insurance de-
partment from his custody. Cornell deserves
the state medal for nerve.