Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-13
REPUBLICAN REVIEW OF RESULT.

month, instead OF twenty, his majority
would probably be larger.
Papilion Herald: Nebraska has agar
swung into line for fusion. This is not the
/ way the Herald desired to see the state go
but she went, and that is all Of it.
Weeping Water Republican: When the re.
pubicans get in earnest about carrying the
state out of the Bryan column we suggest
that they put up Judge Jessen. He is
sprinter.
Humboldt Standard: Well Nebraska lacked
about 10000 Of coming up TO our eXpecta.
tions We're sorry tbs so. but tears won
help the situation any. Hence we abstain
from utterng a wall of sorrow over the
| result in our home state.
Fairbury Enterprise: The battle is all
over and everyone can now see where il
might have been different had they done a
little more work. We can all settle down
and think Of something else aside from poll
tics. 1t has been a very warm campaign,
each striving to do their utmost to win.
Norfolk News: The result, even in Ne
| braska, is no great cause for rejoicing to
the democrats. Holcomb was elected gov
| ernor by $1,000 majority while this year
| he will receive less than $1,000 majority.
Bryan and all the national force of workers
bring the majority up to it's old standard
| of excellence.
Hastings Tribune: Somebody got fooled
| in Nebraska and it wasn't the republicans.
| The State Liquor Dealers association and
the prohibitionists worked and voted for
the election of Hocomb Just why the pro-
| hibitionists and the liquor dealers should &c
hand in hand is more than we can surmise.
hat iS oil cd
| is he going to serve?
| Emerson Enterprise: The election can
hardly be taken as a vindication for Silas
of the populists and of the free silver demo-
Gratis and they considered they were voting
for him this year. Many of the fusionists
did not seriously consider the charges made
against Holcomb or compare the fitness of
the two candidates for supreme judge; they
just voted for Bryan.
Fremont Tribune: Omaha failed to come
up to republican expectations. Holcomb's
pull with the railroads, liquor interests and
stockyards had its effect, and these corpora
tons generally know on which side their
bread is buttered and from which faucet the
red liquor flows, The six republican candi-
dates for district judges were elected by 1000
votes between the highest and the low
est fusionist, while Holcomb has about 900
majority.
Wood River interests: This paper admits
that it was surprised as to Holcomb's ma
jority. We are well aware that Nebraska
for number of years has been strongly
populist but with so clean and able a man
as Judge Reese we thought the fusion ma
jority would be wiped out or, at least,
greatly reduced, but it seems that the domi-
nant party in Nebraska is welded to it's
idols and populism is with us for season
sure enough.
Ord Times: Elections gained by deceivng
the people like they have been deceived
this year will be of no lasting benefit to
the party which wins The foreign element
in the state was deceived about imperial
ism. For instance, literature was sent to
the Germans of Valley county telling them
that this was their last chance, and that If
the republicans won this year this country
would have king Within year. That is
the way the fusionists won the election this
year.
Auburn Post: Is it not really amusing,
now that election is over, to look back and
see how the advocates Of the poor mans
party" the party of "the great common peo-
ple," employed special trains to take their
speakers ITOH tOWH 10 toWu over Lue etate'
while the "plutocratc republican party
speakers travelled around on freight trains,
rode across the country in farm wagons or
went afoot-any old way to get there and
make their speeches on time. The great
reform CD forces spent ten dollars of their
educational fund.- in Nebraska this year to
one dollar spent by the republican party.
Grand Island Independent: 1t is Ne
braska's sad fate that last Tuesday 1t re-
mained in the hands of the western silver
millionaires and their agents, but 1t is
lucky and comforting circumstance that as
far as we know it stands alone among the
prairie states, our neighbor, South Dakota,
having gone republican with 5000 majority,
Kansas being also reported republican. And
among all the states east of us from which
we have reliable reports there is only one
companion TO Nebraska, that being Mary
land, which went democratic with 5000 ma
iority All the ether states have large re-
publican majorities.
Central City Republican: Nebraska vot-
ers, In their sovereign power, have decided
that they want Silas A. Holcomb to occupy
a seat on the supreme bench rather than
Judge M B. Reese and the Nebraska vot-
ers will get what they want. The result
is a surprise. 1t was thought the superior
qualifications Of Judge Reese would nave
some influence on the election. Apparently
this has received little consideration and
Holcomb has been elected by an old-time
majority. The Almighty One with his ON
nipotent power of penetration may be able
TO see how and why it happened so, but the
problem is beyond the solution Of mere
mortal newspaper.
Bloomington Echo: The battle has been
fought and lost. The defeat in this county
is the worst since the dsintegration OF
'91. The republicans did not get smell,
and in the state 1t looks as If the fusionists
would have their old-time majorities. No
doubt one of the chief causes leading up
to this change is the fact that great masses
of the people have become frightened over
the cry of trusts and Imperialism. Many
of the people were not satisfied with the
prosperous times We are now having, think
ing some person or company was making
too much money. hence they voted to re-
turn TO the good old soup house times
of '92 and '96
Nelson Gazette: There was a time when
Nuckolls county was republican by hand
some majority. Careessness in selecting
nominees and disposition on the part OF
ip1i tn Gat HhOyp