The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
A Board Of Control.

pOafu oh OonNrols
Should the Republicans succeed in
electing their candidates for governor
and a majority of the legislature,
many much needed reforms will be in.
augurated ut the next session.
One Of the most important Of these
reforms is the enactment Of a law
creating a non-partisan state board Of
control, whose duties would be to ex-
ercise experimenting and managerial
control over all the state institutions.
The state Campaign.
The pathway Of the f~ustonists u be-
set with many embarrassing obsta.
oies. The one hardest to overcome Is
the administration Of Governor
Poynter. Poynter has played fast and
loose with the. public institutions and
there are many fusionists who refuse
to excuse him or condone his ~offenses,
even on the ground Of partisanship.
The name In which he has managed
the state institutions is gradually COM
ing to light, and It 10 Q continuous
story OF shameful incompetency and
fraud. Nor should Governor Poynter
be permitted TO escape righteous retri.
button. He hes pesslsesd II Atsr1tring
WIEN IL manaseosat, Of. each iastitu-
usn anA he thsrsfsss Sscsass toantay
end directly rssposstbse to- IL. evils
thereof. When Il - sAil tAat his "a.
DaniStrAttoa 10 6ast1ngulsAeA from all
the rest for inoenpetency. disoopd,
petrogPeesioa and alshonesty, II In say.
ing a great deal, and ys< IL y merely
q dispassionate statement Of the facts.
This distinsuishmsnt, however, does
not apply to Governor Poynter alone,
bat extends In scope 30 a. 30 include
the various state departments. Thus
far reports of fraud and incompetency
have been confined to the executive
department, in so far as that depart.
ment was connected with the manage.
ment Of state Institutions. Subsc.
quent reports, after the state institu-
tons have all been reviewed, will deal
with the other departments, all of
which will be Of keen concern to the
electors Of Nebraska, irrespective Of
p~artisanship.
1t may be depended upon that the
fusion campaign management will r G.
sort. to every possible scheme to divert
the attention Of the voters from the
real issues. They will seek shelter
from attacks on the record Of the state
administration behind such false
alarms and bugaboos as "mtlitarism'
and "imperialism." They know that
they can offer no defense, SO far as
Poynter's administration is concerned,
nor can they hspe e achieve success,
In the face Of unexampled prosperity,
by making al open issue on party
principles. Their guarantee Of contin.
uous prosperity, In the face of the ter
rible distress and suffering under
Democratic rule will hardly be accept.
ed as being in any way substantial,
and the only thing they can do Is to re
sort to some scheme to divert atten'
ton and lead the voters astray from
the real questions involved. 1t is
highly improbable, however, that pub.
lie credulity In Nebraska has
reached that point where everybody
can be so easily duped. This is a cam.
paign in which the voters of Nebraska
are likely to do their own thinking,
and. assuming this to be true, the bug.
aboos and schemes of willy politicians
are not likely to prove much Of a re-
straint to a free and intelligent eXer.
else of the right of franchise.