Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-20
TALK OF THE STATE PRESS.

Arcadia Champion: Ex-Governor Saw
age who is well known by most Arcadians
has purchased a saw mill in regon, and now
no matter what his political enemies. he
has plenty OF them. say he will just con-
tinue to saw wood. We think that the
colonel Is eminently fitted for the job.
scottsbluff Republican, Again Rosewater
has shown that he is it when IL comes to
elections in Omaha 1t looks to us as
though those fellows dow there who are
always seeking to beat the little editor.
would learn pretty soon that they are out
classee, and stop throwing their labor
away.
Fremont Tribune: The owner of an
Omaha fiat has been granted an Injunction
restraining one of his female tenants from
talking to others In the nat That's the
limit on intunctions. They have been known
to stop trains and check riots but never to
stop a woman talking. II the plan works
1t is altogether probable the fusionists will
withdraw their opposition to government by
injunction.
Wayne Republican: The women folks
are after us. They are now on a campaign
for a womans suffrage amendment to the
state constitution which they will try to
get through the legislature in two years
from now, and Laura A. Gregg will speak
In all towns of the state of any size. In
about three years from now the ladies will
be pinning buttonhole bouquets on your
coat, MIR. Voter.
Beaver City Times Tribune: This great
family necessity is not an enthusiastic ad-
mirer of Brother Rosewater, but that does
not prevent 1t from declaring that as a
political genius and manlpulator Brother
Rosewater has few equals and no superior
in the west. The result of the Omaha cleo
ton is a tribute to the political genius of
Edward Rosewater and this newspaper has
no hesitancy in giving him ell the credit.
Grand Island Independent: The World
Herald is urging the democrats of Douglas
county to get together for the purpose of
organizing for a cordial, sincere and united
effort to win victory for the democratic
party this falr in the reelection of su-
preme Judge Sullivan, and is urging the
republicans Of Douglas county and the state
to organize for a cordial, sincere and united
effort to elect nonpartisan judiciary by
re-electing Supreme Judge Sullivan. Isn't
it pretty?
Sidney Republican: The reelection of
Mayor Moores OF Omaha is another object
lesson to the anti-Rosewater element of
fore this that Edward Rosewater and The
Omaha Bee are a power in politics not only
in the city OF Omaha and Douglas county,
but in state politics as we'll. The persistent
and fearless course of The Bee in all mat
ters of public interest cannot fail to have
it's effect with the rank and file of the
voters. Rosewater is uncompromising in a
wrong or public plunder and The Bee Is
generally on the side of the people in such
matters. If you see It in The Bee you can
believe II.
st. Paul Republican: What's the matter
with the democrats endorsing the repub
lican nominee for supreme Judge IL they are
so heartily in favor Of taking the judiciary
out of politics? Although they are clearly
in the minority they now have two repre-
sentatives on the supreme bench, which is
at least one more than they are entitled to
under an equitable distribution. II they are
really in earnest. about this non-partisan
business they can best prove II by endors
ing the republican nominee, who is sure to
be IA good man and an able jurist. That
would place them in position to demand
return of the compliment next year and
everything would be real lovely. .
Rushville. Recorder: The Recorder thinks
It high time something was done by news
papers throughout tne Unleo States 10
safeguard their interests against intolerable
libel laws that smack of medievalism OF
something worse. The recent law in Penn
sylvania is a disgrace to the state and a
dangerous precedent to the United States.
The power of the press has almost invari-
ably been used for the public good, and to
imagine 1t exists for the purpose of libeling
people for sinister purposes is to set back
the hand of time and deny newspapers the
right of saying anything that is not pal
atable. Too often IT has transpired that
persons preferring libel suits against news
papers have done so with everything to
gain and nothing to lose. They have per-
petrated blackmail pure and simple, and
thereby endeavored to stifie the freedom of
the press.