Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-08

the people OF Nebraska and you can there-
fore be assured of an honest and econom-
lcaI state administration by the election
OF mat entire ticket. 1t is now only n
question Of majority which will be over
25. 900. "
North Platte Tribune: So far the onlv
people in the state who express dissatis.
faction over the nomination of J. r..
mickey are democratic papers and demo-
cratic orators. The populists, who know
tue nomination OF Thompson sounded the
ueatn knell OF their party, are not de-
nouncing Mickey, neither are thew nraisinV
thompson and when they go to the polls
next November they are more likely 10
vote for Mickey than they are for Thomp-
son.
superior Journal: II have known ,John
Hickey the republican candidate for gov
erhor' Tor nineteen years." said w. F.
shank to the Journal, land no man can
convince me that he is not all right. He
Is as much Of a farmer as he is a banker.
he lives on a farm just a mile from his
banking house, and the cattle hat he raises
are the wonder OF Polk county. No one
can truthfully say that he makes hard
deals with a poor man. Quite the con-
trary is true, for there is no one in this
part Of the state who is more charitable
In a quiet, unobtrusive way
Bayard Transcript: Politics in western
Nebraska seem to be quiet. The fact ia
there is little apparent opposition to re-
publioanism. The pops have died a natu-
raj death and there are few democrats IN
fact, there we're never democrats enough TO
count. The pop element was mostly sore
headed republicans and the opposition tool,
advantage Of the situation and for a wear
or so captured the Offices, but their follow
ers, although numerous, were unreasonable.
and the drift has been back to the repub-
lican party. This portion Of western Ne
braska can be counted republican and the
state ticket will receive an overwhelming
majority.
stanton Picket: Isn't II a beastly shame
and Injustice to the downtrodden poor?
This mai Mickey whom the republicans
are running for governor actually REQUIRES
security when he loans money to men
who are not rated first class when Il comes
to putting it back, while a rich man who
has a reputation for paying promptly can
get all the money he wants without Sc.
curing an indorser or putting a mortgage
on ths COW called "Speck." In short, he
is accused, openly and without any string
attachments, Of doing business on business
principles, just as any other business man
would do 1t. Yes, it's an outrage in the
estimation Of some to elect a business man
and not an empty-headed failure governor.
But fortunately a majority OF Nebraska
voters take a more common sense view Of
the situation.
st. Paul Republican: There Is a we'll
defined rumor that the democrats are al
ready trying to trade off Honest Old"
John Powers for Thompson votes. In fact,
Mr.. Powers made no secret Of the fact that
he found several wide gaps in his fences
during his visit to Howard county last
week. II this tale of democratic treachery
be true. it deserves an emphatic rebuke.
John Powers is the only representative OF
old-fashioned populism on the ticket. He
may be a poor. childish. misguided old man,
but he deserves fair treatment. Whether
those who still call themselves populists
lack spirit to resent the insult or not, re-
publicans should insure the failure Of the
scheme by refusing to negotiate with the
enemy on any terms whatever. Our candi-
date for secretary Of state IS amply able
TO take care Of himself. In fact, the ticket
is in exceptionally good shape all along
the line. There is no necessity for trading
this year. There is never any excuse for
it, but even II there we're it would be con-
temptible to discriminate against this poor
old man who has been deliberately in
weighed into the campaign for the purpose
OF pulling democratic chestuuts out Of the
IRE.