Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-19
RrrubLIoAs STATE TICKET.

lican nominee for governor, made his money
on the farm. w. II. Thompson, the fusion
nominee. no doubt made his charging the
farmers good, fat fees.
Nebraska City Press: This will be an
excellent year for a democrat to change his
politics and come over in the republican
fold. There will be so many coming that
they can't track you.
North Platte Telegraph; Uncle John
Mickey is having a regular picnic running
for governor OF Nebraska. His majority
will probably be his only trouble. 1t will
take so long to count It.
Kearney Hub: Chairman Lindsay gives
It out hat the republican speaking cam
paign in Nebraska will commence Septem-
Der /, and that during the following sixty
days he will bring some Of the most proml-
nent speakers In the country into the
state.
Mullen Tribune: A vote cast for J. H.
Mickey for governor will aid in placing
an executive at the head of our state at
fairs, who is an able scholar, an honorable
and successful business man and one who,
IL elected, will give the people Of Nebraska
a clean. honest and successful admin
stration.
Emerson Enterprise: The report that w.
H.. Thompson is a railroad attorney lie now
denied, and 1t is said IL originated from the
fact that he rides on a pass. 1t might be
pertinent to inquire why a lawyer who is
not q railroad attorney should be favored
with a pass.
Friend Telegraph. Fusion papers will
have II that J. H. Mickey is a banker.
Well. let the voters Of this state take their
choice as between q banker and a lawyer
II they so choose. Then there is another
comparison which they might make as
between Thompson as a railroad attorney
and Mr.. Mickey as a farmer.
Beatrice Express: J. H. Mickey has done
more real farming than all the fusion can
didates put together, SO 1t is rather bad
taste for the newspapers in charge Of the
enemy to insist that he never was a farmer
because he is not now actively engaged In
fall blowing. He was born on a farm and
worked at farming until his prudence and
economy enabled him, after years Of ardu-
Gus toll, to take life a little easier.
Kimbail Observer: The fusionists are
insisting that j. H. Mickey isn't a real
farmer and that seems to be the most seri-
Gus charge they can bring against him.
Out here in western Nebraska nearly every
banker is also engaged in the stock bust
ness, and most Of them spend three days
directing the AFFAIRS Of the ranch and
looking after the bank. and to accuse
these men Of not being real stockmen
would be the sheerest nonsense.
Waterloo Gazette: This year the COM
plant is made by some fusionists that the
republican candidate is not In the habit OF
imbibing very freely OF the cup that in
e%briates, and they are being reminded that
last year they kicked because Dietrich
drank beer with his German friends. From
which It would seem that the charge hat It
is pretty hard to please SONS Of our fu-
sion brethren perhaps contains a little more
truth than poetry, We wonder hoy this a.
anyway.
Falls City Journal: II you believe that
the head Of the Nebraska state government
should be a man, who having we'll defined
convictions, has the courage of those con-
victions. then vote for j. H. Mickey. II
you believe that a man can be a Christian
gentleman and still make a good governor
vote for Mickey. II you believe that a
man against whom honor and integrity not
a word has been spoken, would be a good
man to have as our chief executive, vote
for Mickey. B,
Ord Quiz: Two years ago the fusion
press set up the vail that Dietrich was a
saloon man, and for that reason should be
turned down. Today these same papers are
harplng right along the same old line only
they now wall because Mickey is for tenn
perance. Just as their tactics awaited them
when Dietrich was a candidate just so will
they avail them now. ]. H. Mickey has
always been successful, and he will con-
tinue to be as candidate for governor on
the republican ticket this fall.
Hildreth Telescopes: While scoring Mickey,
the republican nominee for governor, be-
cause he is connected with a bank, the Min
den Courier should remember that Con-
gresham ShalIenberger, who wants to be
reelected on the fusion ticket, has been for
many years and is now a banker. II It is
a bad thing to be a banker and run for Of
flee on the republican ticket 1t is a bad
thing to be a banker and run for once on
the fusion ticket. However, Brother Rich
mond is not expected to be consistent.
North Platte Telegraph: Had ex-senator
Allen have said that w. H. Thompson, the
fusion candidate. was better than his party
he would have been nearer the truth, and
1t would not have been much to say either.
But when he said J. H.. Mickey was better
than his party, II was saying q great deal
more than the wiley ex-senator intended.
Republicans accepted the assertion as a
great compliment. as we regard the sue
cess Of the principles OF greater moment
than that OF any man. But when you come
to look upon Mickey as an old soldier. a
pioneer homesteader. farmer, successful
business man and Christian gentleman we
are not surprised that his political oppon-
ents are compelled to acknowledge his SUI
p~eriority to them.
Tecumseh Chieftain: II hurts our demo-
cratic friends to think that the republicans
have nominated a farmer candidate for gov
ernor. They don't want the republicans
to have anything to do with farmers. The
idea with them seems to be that farmers
and pops mean one and the same thing.
and they claim a mortgage on the pops
to the exclusion OF all republicans. But
the facts are that Mr.. Mickey is a farmer,
as we'll as a banker. He lives on a farm
adjacent to 0sceola, directs the manage
ment of the farm himself and has been a
farmer ever since he came to the state
over thirty years ago. II is a hard dose
for the democrats. but Mr.. Mickey is a
farmer.
Benkelman News: Our adversaries are
wonderfully Inconsistent In the biennial
charges they make against our candidate
for governor. Two years ago Dietrich was
charged with being q saloon man. a gam