Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-17
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

galloway queen; Inc tuslonlsts appear
to take great delight in calling ]. II.
Mickey a Methodist and a teetotaler. AS
long as they don't call him a fusionist Mr..
Mickey does not care.
Fairfield Herald: II is a poor argument to
bring against John H. Mickey that he is a
temperance man. That is just the kind Of
a man that is wanted as governor. In any
responsible position such a man is preferred
and why not as executive.
Table Rock Argus: Everywhere J. H.
Mickey, the republican candidate for gov
ernor, goes he makes friends. Indeed, as
the campaign develops, 1t becomes more
and more apparent that Nebraska will roll
up it's old-time republican majority this
fall.
Pierce Call: Thus far the fusionists
have proved only three things against J.
H. Mickey, the republican candidate for
governor. They are that he is a banker,
a Methodist and a good man. Are any Of
these good reasons why he should not be
elected to that ONCE?
Beemer Times: william X. Fowler, re-
publican nominee for state superintendent
Of public instruction, will be reelected
by a good majority. He has made the best
officer that department has ever known.
He is a practical teacher Of wide expert
ence and fine ability, and voters, regard
less of politics, will vote to retain him in
the once he so we'll fills
Kearney Hub: The fact that the Omaha
World Herald has found a few republicans
in Polk county who have no use for John M.
Mickey and say mean things about him is
not at all surprising. Any man with the
qualities and character that At him for a
governor will have a few enemies among his
neighbors, some of them In his own party.
In the case OF Mickey, however, the few
who say mean things about him are in such
a pitiful minority that they are quite lost
In the campaign shufhe.
Albion News: The only fight worth men
ttoning that is being made against Mr..
Mickey for governor Is that he is a tenn
perance man. OF course, in certain To-
calities and among certain classes this is
an effective argument. While we don't be-
lieve 1t is true, these anti-temperance pa
pers are conveying the idea that Mr..
Thompson is Just the opposite-that is,
a man who drinks red liquor in abundance
and who is in favor OF more liberal laws
regulating the trafic. II this is to be the
supreme test in Nebraska, is there any
question as to the result? We should hate
to believe there is.
rdllS Olly 1TlDuu6s what a triumph II
will be for the better element Of Nebraska
citizenship when ]. H. Mickey is elected
governor. His opponents have insisted
upon throwing political issues to the winds
and waging their fight upon Mr.. Mickey
solely upon the grounds that he is an hon
orable, sober and upright man. They want
a sport In the gubernatorial chair. They
want a man who must take his morning
dram to quiet his nerves before he can
attend to the affairs of state. They want
a man who knows the relative value of
two pair and three Of a kind. Virtue, hon
esty and sobriety don't go with them.
Again We say, what a proud day 1t will
be for the better element when they re-
pudiate all these things in the high places
by making ]. H.. Mickey governor OF Ne
braska.
Columbus Edict: Under the guise OF CIV
ing Candidate Mickey credit for being a
fearless man in daring to father a measure
tending to prohibit the manufacture or sale
Of liquors in the state, the Telegram seeks
to play upon public prejudice. The article
concerning Mickey was palpably himsy as an
argument to carry out the expressed inten-
ton OF it's author. II was not intended to
increase the November majority for the re-
publican candidate by showing him to be a
bODeIl COubCltullOubt courageous man. out 10
faunt the red nag Of prohibition in the face
OF the anti-prohibitionists OF Platte county
in particular and the state In general. per
haps a majority would like to see in the
chief chair Of state a governor who would
sign a prohibition BILL" And perhaps a ma
jority would like to see in the chief chair
OF state a man who is said to wear the ear
marks OF a sport. People are curiously in
clined. and there Is no judging what their
will may be until there is some visible show
of 1t. Nebraska had sooner have a temper
ate man In the governors chair than one
whose breath is perfumed with liquor, for
Editor Howard virtually proclaims W.. II.
Thompson an Incorporate man when he con-
dennis the rigorous sobriety Of hickey. VIII
Il help Thompson TO have II heraIded far and
wide that he enjoys cOnvivial comrades
around the flowing cup? 1t may among the
convivial class. But II the intimations of
the Telegram concerning Thompson are
wrong, then he has suffered at the hands OF
a party organ a greater insult than an en-
envy ever offered.
Nebraska City Tribune: John II. Mickey,
republican nominee for governor, is In no
sense a narrow man. No clique OF faction
need expect special favors at his hands;
neither is he on earth for the purpose Of
accomplishing the downfall Of any man or
set Of men. He means to be governor Of
Nebraska and all in Nebraska. In the
tremendous struggle to bring something
out Of his past that would prejudice his
future, the opposition has resorted to some
pretty small politics, but has signally
failed TO make any OF its allegations stand.
Mr.. Mickey is a man who has the greatest
respect for the opinions Of others, and the
attempt to depict him as a narrow-minded
rider OF a pet hobby falls fiat. There are,
however, many crimes OF which Mr.. Mickey
stands convicted. In the FIRST place. he has
been proven to be a successful man, which
tells against him fearfully. Among other
horrible disclosures Is one that he OTns