Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-25

tion3 Had he been an attorney for the
roads he would have been entitled to these
pRsteboards, but now Il is up to the little
giant" to tell US how and why these things
are thus.
York Republican; The fusionists are
Simply compelled to charge that the re-
publican state nominees are Corporation
creatures" They can't say anything else
against them, and that is false. ]. ",
Mickey was nominated for governor only
because the republicans OF the state
wouldn't allow the corporations to nominate
their own candidate. The corporations
bound the fusion party hand and foot,
bought II with passes and put It on their
capaoious fobs within three months after
it elected its first set Of state officers. Flu.
s~ionists know this well. And everybody
else knows II. That the republicans Of
Nebraska worked a political revolution and
cast of the corporation political yoke in
the last state and congressional conventions,
is also well known. II could do no harm
for the discarded fusion tools Of corpora,
tion political managers to 90 back and sit
down for awhile, and give their Jaws a
chance to cool OF.
Columbus Journal: W. II. Thompson, the
democratic nominee for governor. made an
address last week before the League as
sembly being held at Fullerton. His sub
ject was Good Citizenship" While his ad-
dress occupied less than twenty minutes he
went back 70 Washington's time, then men
toned Monroe. jefferson, Jackson and Lin
coin. and although he could not have ended
his remarks with q better man than Honest
Old Abe. yet many who listened to his short
speech wondered why, knowing our late
lamented and martyred Mckinley to have
been a good and true Methodist, could not
have had a few words. Is 1t possible that
from a democratic standpoint a man who
has been a statesman or good citizen is not
worthy Of mention until he shall have been
dead 100 or even fifty years? Let us at
least hope that as the years roll by, the
men of the Mckinley standard will largely
increase, for we know that the world will
be the better for II, because II is said of
him, he was quiet, modest, dignihed and
considerate OF others, and an ideal husband.
Nebraska City Daily; How silly people
do get In a campaigni Mr.. Mickey, the re-
publican candidate, having saved money
on his farm and In his bank, loaned a sum
to a Polk county farmer; and, as is usual
in such cases, took a first and second mort
gage, the latter being for about $40, II
being merely an interest mortgage. OF
course, like ali other second mortgages
It covers the same property as the first
instrument, consequently It shows a whole
lot Of security for such a small loan. Now
a soulless opposition describes that mort
gage in detail, using 1t to prove that Mr..
Mickey isoa yShylock, a venal vampire, and
all those other things that a candidate
becomes in the eye OF an opponent. The
fact Of the matter is hat upon nearly
every encountered property. there is one OF
these second mortgages, which shows a
ridiculously large amount of security. II
is the usual business way Of making a
loan, but that does not hinder people from
attempting to make political capital out Of
It. As a matter Of fact, II the farmer in
tended to pay the loan land they all pay
n~owadays) II would make no difference
how much property was named In the In
strument; that would not make a cent's
difference to the debtor. The Daily Ia
not in politics, and it is neither working
for nor against Mr.. Mickey. but such cheap
methods Of campaigning deserve censure,
no matter who is guilty of employing them.