The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-02-08

seems marked Tor the slaughter house.
Fryer is a man of right instincts, but
he is too easily swayed by interests
that he thinks will aid him In his am
bition, and his course has been unsat-
isfactory to many of his constituents.
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The plum tree was given another
shake, and there is very little left on
the branches. VIII A Green will sue
coed Joe Johnson as register of the
land office. and r +. A williams is
to assume the burdens of deputy post
master. The registers job is a great
deal Of a sinecure, but the salary is
small, $500 a year and some fees The
deputy postmasters place pays Sl,700
a year. J. f. Hays knocked the oil
inspectorship, largely through fuke.
ONeal was down on the cards but his
friends rejoiced too soon and the gov
ernor, assuming that it was a bluff to
force him into taking up O'Neal, named
the other man. Hays is a stranger to
local politics but down in Gage county
he held several offices. and had the
backing of many travelling men.
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There is very little change in the
congressional situation. Congressman
Burkett is as busy as a beaver en-
deavoring, through his friends here to
straighten out things so that opposition
TO him will be silenced. The old
soldiers. or a part of them, are in
censed over his postoffice appointments.
The only old soldier. there has been
displaced by young man. despite their
request TO have him retained or some
other veteran put in his place Mr.
Burkett has endeavored to avoid re
sponsibility for the appointment of the
deputy by telling them that that rested
with Mr.. Sizer. hut they say they have
reason 10 believe that he had promised
it to Mr.. Williams weeks ago. And in
the meanwhile Col. Bill Clark. who has
long claimed the credit of discovering
Mr.. Burkett, mourns the wreck of his
hopes.
ne iidtltfdt lDllllCldnS OF Lincoln
have never liked the Lincoln system of
making nominations. They refused TO
adopt il until their representatives on
the city committee were forced before
a mass meeting of republicans and
agreement squeezed out of them The
first experiment or two resulted rather
discouragingly. but since then il has
indicated itself completely. and can
not now be overthrown. If the county
committee could only he induced to
follow the City'S example there would
not be desperate fight each fall to
save some weak sister or two who
gets saddled onto the ticket through
the absolete. unsatisfactory and unrep-
resentatiVe convention system. The
Lincoln system has its defects. but ii
is a glittering success besides the 9th
er. The practical fellows don't like it.
however. because it gives the rank and
file of the voters too much of a say in
the making of candidates In the con-
Vention plan the power rests with the
small Coterie of shrewd politicians who
have the ability and-the knowledge to
build up winning combinations There
is no scope for the display of their
powers under the direct vote system.
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II was therefore not very strange
that a movement was started just
prior to the recent meeting of the COM
mittee to abolish the Lincoln system.
That it was so speedily abandoned
demonstrates the strength of the feel
ing i'm its favor. It might have been.
however. that the antiS discovered that
there is not so very much difference.
so far as ward councilmanic fights are
concerned. between the Lincoln and
the old save in the assurance il gives
the voters that the man eventually
nominated must have a majority of the
total vote. Under the old plan, too.
each fellow printed his own ticket and
il was possible to so fix ii that there
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