Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-13
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

next governor of Nebraska. That is the
political trend at present.
Rushville Recorders: Mickey's greatest
crime seems TO be he does not get drunk.
We can remember the time when a candi-
date for governor was defeated simply be-
cause he did drink; but you can never be
sure of how an election may turn out.
boup City Northwestern: The young men
Of sherman county are, in many instances,
rallying to the support Of the republican
ticket. The progressive young men are the
ones to carry the grand old party to sue
cess. There will be quite a number OF young
men who will cast their first vote this fall
and it is not surprising to find the majority
Of them in the republican column.
Beatrice Express: People are urged. to
support Thompson for governor because he
is a little giant and a good fellow. Mo-
body has offered any statistics calculated
to show that he is specially qualified to
distinguish himself in the Office he seeks.
While admitting that he is a good fellow
and a little giant-a very little one-it is
still obvious that he is not in the same
class with ]. H. Mickey, the republican
candidate.
Beatrice Express: The liquor dealers
who have vociferously announced their hos
tility to ], H. Mickey because the latter has
been represented as a prohibitionist in senti-
ment by the opposition. are not causing
much alarm in the republican camp. No
effort will be made to Goothe their savage
breasts, and il they are determined to do
their worst they may go ahead and do 1t.
Their avowed hostility will probably result
in increasing the republican majority next
| month.
Holdrege Citizen: 1t is now given out
that Mickey must be defeated because he
is not in sympathy with the liquor inter-
ests in this state. 1t has come to a pretty
pass when an honorable man who has
spent the best years of his life for the
| upbuiiainE sf the state must he turned
down because he lives a life of sotriety
and teaches other people to do so. The
people Of the county owe it to themselves
to see that a large majority is rolled up
for ]. H. Mickey for governor.
David City Banner; The fusion press OF
the state is endeavoripg to make a night
on the republican candidate for governor,
John H. Mickey, because he is temperate
and does not drink intoxicating liquors.
| This should be q commendable habit for
a governor, as the fusionists themselves
would reject a drunkard. This argument
IEhEn uGkdIlNGll NOhAu 1hNNN ~ 49,
fusion candidate for governor as an unde-
sirable man for the high state executive
position on account of his debauched
habits. A man can be temperate and not
necessarily be a prohibition fanatic.
Madison Chronicle: The men elected in
Nebraska this fall are to run the business
Of the state for two years. State institu-
lions are to be managed. trust funds cared
! Nnr Yauy aud nrdar nraaarVpd and the will
Of the people carried out in hundreds OF
undertakings. When such interests are at
| stake it is not a question of a mans par
ticular religious faith. 1t is a question
of integrity, ability and experience. All
OF these essential qualities Mr.. Mickey,
the republican candidate for governor, pos
sesses in a marked degree. A fairly pros
porous citizen, his accumulations have not
com through some special favor, but are
the result Of industry and good manage
ment on the farm, in the raising OF stock
and in business enterprises in his home
town. In all these undertakings he has
manifested those traits Of character which
are building up Nebraska to a commanding
prominence.
Butte Gazette: The fusion press went
wild over the interviews with prominent
men in Mickey's home town" a few weeks
ago, but now they are keeping very quiet.
II appears that the men interviewed"
are q lot of deadbeats who had borrowed
money Of Candidate Mickey and had never
paid him back. One fellow tried to touch
the candidate for governor for a loan the
day he was nominated, and because Mickey
did not respond the fellow rushes into
print TO say that Mickey is an unsafe man
for governor, when his very action in
| refusing to be held up at a moment when
lots OF men would have went against their
Judgment and loaned irresponsible men
money goes to show that Hickey is level
headed at all times. Another high-minded
patriot Of osceola is having night sweats
for fear Mickey will be elected. The trou-
BILE with the perspiring citizen is that he
owes Mickey some $500. that is outlawed.
and with the dislike that men Of his ilk
have for men who have shown them favors
he does not want Mickey elected.
Kearney Hub: An important meeting Of
the republican state central COMMITTEES was
held on Tuesday to consider the attitude OF
the Nebraska retail liquor dealers toward
]. H. Mickey, the republican candidate for
governor. For some time It has been sus-
pected that the liquor dealers organization
In the state was secretly working against
Mr.. Mickey. and finally this belief has be-
come certain knowledge. II is said that
the committee eanvassed the situation very
thoroughly and every committeeman had
knowledge OF the work that was being done
by the liquor dealers on this line. The com
mittee finally concluded 10 do the only
right and proper thing. and that was to
give the liquor dealers all the rope they
wanted. It appears that Mr.. Miekey's hab-
its. personal sobriety and Christian living
are not alone the grounds Of opposition. He
was in the Nebraska legislature in the SEES
Z sion Of 1881 and introduced a prohibition
; measure in the house. That was defeated
and he afterward gave his support to the
slocumb license law, under which the liquol
dealers OF the state are now doing business
} Getting on the inside among the fuslonistI
there is evidence that they are becoming
alarmed at the exposure of the liquor deal.
ers' scheme. Il was a good thing as long Al
Il could be kept quiet. but now that the
facts are leaking out shey are afraid o
the boomerang.