Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-01
MERCER DISCUSSES POLITICS
OOmmends Republican Candidates, Saying
Care Was Used in Their Selection,
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TOWARD NEBRASKA
Election This Fall is the Advance
skirmish of the Great Political
ERttle to Re Fought
Net Year.

" was feared for a time last evening that
the Eighth ward republican meeting at
wolns hall might have to yield to the gen.
eral desire Of Omaha people to witness the
expiring convulslons OF the Midway, but
at $50 the hall was comfortably filed
Judge Keysor, when called upon, gave way
TO Congressman Mercer and the latter de-
clared that one fault OF the American press
which Is not prevalent in other countries is
its tendency to fill its columns with personal
abuse Of these who differ from 1t in politics.
Ho commended Judge Reese as ono who
has been doing his best to administer the
laws as provided for him and believed he
merited better treatment.
"The republicans this year appear 10 have
exercised great care in the selection CT their
candidates and every one of them ought to
be elected" said the speaker This is the
advance skirmsh Of great battle coming
on next year and the people of the entire
couptry are looking toward Nebraska. The
republican party has been gaining during re-
cent years In this state from the reverses
1t met in years gone by. 1t needed a good
spanking at one time, for 1t lost its head
and elected men to office who failed in what
they were elected to do. But In its wcret
days 1t was never as bad as those who sup
planted It, Men are looking for an excuse
to come back this year and they find 1T.
The party has nominated Judge Reese. II
the opposition could find anything mug
wumpish about Judge Reese they would
defy him, as they once did Samuel Maxwell.
They are not deifying Maxwell much OF late.
Judge Maxwell recently said Isl Washing
ton that the popccrats deceived him. and
Judge Maxwell will vote for Judge Reese this
year, whether he has said so or not. / Elm
cerely believe that when the votes are
counted next Tuesday Judge Reese will be
found to have been elected"
Congress is Restricted.
Passing at some length through the silver
issue Congressman Mercer said in regard to
the trusts that the democrats, when they
had the power, did nothing to abolish them.
Everybody knows that congress cannot pass
a constitutional law that will touch the
trusts The supreme court has said 60 What
is needed is a constitutional amendment
and / propose to see that at the next ses-
sion steps are taken locking to such an
amendment for the regulation Of the truste
by the republican party. Henderson Of
Iowa, who will be the speaker Of the house
has said that he will favor such an amend
ment."
Recounting the steps that led up to the
Philippine war, Congressman Mercer called
attention to the fact that as soon as Dewey
won the breat battle. at Manila two emissa
ries of the democratic party from New Yorl
went to Manila to ask him If he would no
run for president as the candidate of thu
republican party. Dewey, a gold STANDARD
man and an expansionst beyond probabl!
any other man in the country, told them, al
did Grant On a similar occasion, that h.
was not in accord with the principles o
that party and that IL he should run 1
= would be on the republican platform. Th
z war in the Philippines should first be fin
n ished. and the Philippine question settlet
\ afterwards. If 1t had not been for the sym
q pathizers and copperheads in this countr
there would be no war in the Philippines.
Rescect for America.
Speaking of his observations on his recen
trip abroad Congressman Mercer said
Everywhere l noticed the growth OF re
spect and admiration for this country. Man
nations thought that the Spanish would licl
us; that they would wipe out our fleet an
lay waste our coast. Many Of them wanted
see them do it,. The fact that our export
were double our imports indicated that W
are stepping upon somebody's toes and tina
the ones whose toes are suffering woul
have liked to see us defeated by Spain. Blu
we surprised tne WOrlu ana even OuTSelVe
with the speed with which we brough
Spain to her knees We expected to lick hel
but we did not expect to do it in thirt
minutes"
He closed by quoting from NJ C. Harrng
toms celebrated letter, predicting the ah
sorption of the populst party next yea
by the democrats and said that populst
have every incentive to vote the republca
ticket this fall.
Bryce Crawford, candidate for justice
the peace, declared that in view of the pre-
vailng prosperity 1t is idle to expect an
other verdict next Tuesday than an endorse