Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-14
POLITICAL GOSSIP or THE STATE.

Broken Bow Republicans Governor Diet
richs inaugural address is an able rroduc-
tion and contains nothing but straighttor-
ward business propositions. lf he contin-
ues on in the policy he has started he Will
earn the title OF Nebraska's business gov
ernor
North Platte Tribune: Nebraskans await
with considerable interest the probable
bombardmeut between the ten-inch guns
OF Bryan's Commoner and the thirteen
inch rifles of Morton's Conservative The
atmosphere between Lincoln and Nebraska
City will no doubt be murky
Blair Republican (popD: The message OF
Governor Dietrich is certainly ccmmeuda-
bic for plain, common sense directness and
hrevity. The Legislators should copy after
his Experimentation up their mouths,
give the state relief from a few bad laws
and enact a few necessary ones.
Kearney Hub: The action of the senate
in the legislative contest from Douglas
county in seating the two fusion senators
whose seats were contested shows that 1t
Is possible for republican legislature to
act without political bias. which is more
than the fusionists did four years ago with
the same opportunity. There were evil
derces of fraud but it was question
whether that fraud was sufficient to have
changed the result.
ONeill Frontier: Ever aud anon the
Omaha World Herald. from which the
fusion press of Nebraska draws inspra-
tlons comes out with flaming headlines
depicting the expansion and prosperity OF
Omaha's business. In splendid New
Years edition reviewing Omahas past con
dition and future prospects the World
Herald starts out by saying: Omaha. dur
Ing the year just closed, forged ahead of all
previous records in the jobbing and manu-
featuring interests, and begins the new
year with tho brightest prospects"
comparison OF the statistical statements
Of the World Herald OF today and the edi-
| torial statements of the same paper when
trying to show why MIR. Bryan should be
elected president is calculated to disturb
the faith Of the reader In the World Her
AIDS reliability as political guide post.
North Platte Telegraph. A republican
governor has been inauguratcd, the other
| state officers have been turned over to re-
pubicans the legislature has repub-
lican majority and IL may be said that
Nebraska stands once more where 1t should
| always stand-in the republican column.
How long 1t Will remain there depends
largely on the action OF the present legis-
| lature and the newly installed republican
state officials They will be watched, their
actions will be submitted to the closest
scrutiny everything done will have to
undergo criticism, and II they stand the
test, the party may secure a prolonged
| lease; hut II the corporations OF the state
are permitted to control the legislation
and the state officers pander to these hu
| man cormorants, then indeed. will re-
publican tenure OF office be short its day
Of returned supremacy will be brief and
power will pass from republican hands
much quicker than 1t has taken them TO
regain II.
Beatrice Express: The inaugural ad-
dress of Governor Dietrich was a pleasant
surprise to people who are accustomed
to wordy and tedious discourses upon such
occasions. The governors production is
plain, matter Of fact talk to business men
by business man. There is no waste of
words. There is no attempt at word
painting" The governor had something to
say and he took the direct and sensible
way OF saying 1t. II Is to be hoped that
future governors will profit by the exam
Pile set by Governor Dietrich. The govern
or's recommendations are few. but they are
to the point and suggest necessary reforms
and improvements in the state. The key
note Of Mr. Dietrchs character may be
found In the sentence where he says that
he and the members of the legislature
should be governed by the same honesty OF
purpose as would govern them were the
state their personal property. Nebraska
Is fortunate in her chief executive. A
great deal has been expected of him and
he will not prove a disappointment.
Falls City journal: Today Nebraska Is
a republican state, the grand old party hai-
ing once more stepped into power and as
sumed the responsibilities of governing the
commonwealth. The republican party as
sumes this duty with full knowledge of the
weight Of the responsibility and faces the
task before 1t with confidence In it's ability
to do as 1t has ever done before and each
| official takes up his work with the best
interests of the state at heart. The people
OF the state having placed these men In
office have right to expect clean and
businesslike administration of the states
affairs and If these demands are met the
republican party has nothing to lose and
everything to gain. It seems most
ausplcious that Nebraska should enter an
era of republican rule with the beginning of
the new century. II seems to give a more
rosy hue to the light that dawns along
| the eastern shores of time, but during the
years of that century the fate OF the re-
publican party will be in its own hands.
We have unbounded confidence in the party
and the state and having taken off our
hats to the new century we don them to
republican Nebraska, over whose hills and
| prairies the standard of the grand old party
has been raised-and long may 1t wave!