Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-08

kearney Hub: The removal Of the bridge
toll at Omaha Is an act Of justice long de-
ferred. The Omaha bridge toll has stood
for years without justification, a species
of extortion on everything going out or
coming in; or, in other words, a stand and
deliver"
stanton Pickett. The coal oil conference
between Governor Mickey and Accident
Savage very nearly reached the explosive
point. Many of the people are Of the
opinion tha nothing Governor Mickey may
have said or left unsaid can materially af-
feet the reputation OF Mr.. Savage, and It
is not Mickey's fault.
Plainview Republican: 1t is rumored that
the combined railroads Of the B. & NJ. and
Union Pacific systems will try to prevent
the Endorsement Of Roosevelt at the e
state convention. They might as well try
to stop a cyclone in the midst OF its career.
Roosevelt will be Endorsed Messrs. Rail-
roads.
Norfolk News: The sun smiled on the
republican convention Of Lancaster county,
and the delegates Endorsed Judge ]. b.
Barnes Of this city for supreme judge. The
combination is a good omen and the re-
publlcans of the state as well as the vot'
ers will undoubtedly improve the first OPP
portunity Of following the lead of the Lam
caster convention. o.
Fremont Tribune: The first gun Of the
season for the position Of Judge Of the SUI
preme court has been fred by the Lancas-
ter county republican convention and In
favor of Judge J. B. Barnes of Norfolk.
This is a pretty substantial answer to the
declaration of the South Sioux City Record
that Mr.. Barnes would have to look out for
breakers In that section because of some
connection with a bridge bond suit.
Howells Journal: The Free Lance adj
vocates doing away with the office of
county attorney and return to the old sys-
tenn of district attorneys. This would be
a great saving to the taxpayers and the
several counties would be as well served as
at present. While we agree with sprecher
in this matter we do not for a moment be-
lieve the desired change can be made.
Politicians of all political parties are
clamoring for more offices and II will not be
an easy task to induce a Nebraska legis-
lature to do away with any of the official
snaps now in sight.
Schuyler Free Lance: Editor Rosewater
Of The Bee never quits in mis- work along
the railroad tax question. At the recent
meeting of the State Board OF Equalization
he was on hand with facts and figures to
show why the corporations of the state
should be placed on the assessment rolls
at a higher figure, but it did no good, as
he was talking to a board which the rail-
roads of Nebraska own. However, failure
never affects the little editor. He will be
on hand next year just the same. We ad-
mire and respect Editor Rosewater. He
and his newspaper are a great credit to the
state.
Sidney Telegraph: We ave seen him.
We have heard him. We have studied him.
We nave noted his intense earnestness-his
sincerity-his trenuousness-his honesty Of
purpose-his pure and unaffected democ-
racy. Born, raised and educated among
the rich and cultured, he recognizes, among
the poor and lowly, the highest types Of
lofty and exalted manho and the best
examples of pure and noble mani
He believes in and breaches the brother
hood of man. He lays particular stress on
do as you would be done by" He has
no sympathy for or with the giant octopus
in the shape of a trust that uses its power
to crush and absorb it's competitors and
then wiring from the consumers their hard
earned dollars. In the never-endirg strife
between capital and labor he believes in
arbitration and compromise, and gave the
best exhibition on record OF skill, courage
anu olUlOIudCg III NAC
of the anthracite coal strike. He believes
In himself implicitly, and as a result all
things come to hlm--''bull luck" he some
times calls It. He jests when ne says so,
and none know it better than he himself.
He is too good a general, too able as a
diplomat, too shrewd as n politician, to
have things come by bull luck" No, they
come In response to the touch Of the mas
ter hand on the keyboard Of the greatest
nation on earth. His speech here was In
| part an eulogium on the work of the Grand
Army. This is in line with his self-ap-
pointed task of keeping alive the fire of
patriotism. He realizes that we must be
ever r~eady-ready to protect the weak,
ready to resist the strong-and that this
readiness is the surest guarantee Of a long
| continuation of the blessings of peace.
Beatrice Times: There is nothing in it.
There is no evidence that the trust mag
mates are working to prevent Roosevelt's
nomination for the presidency. The rail-
road interests of the country are not labor
ing for his defeat at the national conven-
ton. The alarm sounded by the Express
Of this city as TO the presidents political
future has no basis. The masses of the
republican party do not have to refuse to
90 to bed in order to see Roosevelt win.
The all-sufhcient proof Of the position of
the Times in this matter is the fact that
nothing has been done by the trust mag
mates or the railroads to accomplish his de-
feat. When potential agencies like these
have political work to do they do not wait
to begin until they have lost. 1t might
be suggested to the alarmists of the Ex-
press order that II is not yet too late for
them to get another graft. They might
now that they have fallen down and beer
run over as far as the nomination of Mr.
Roosevelt goes, raise the cry that the
trust magnates and the railroads have
concluded to postpone their fight upon him
until after his nomination. There would be
I some plausibility in this kind of a claim
for the reason that these people care more
for results than for politics. 1t makes then
entirely better than they are to hold that
they would work for Roosevelt's defeat, ant
then accept the decision of the convention
as satisfactory II he were to be the can,
didate. The Times takes the view thai
Roosevelt's nomination is as good as made
with the possible exception that he may no
be living when the time to name him ar
rives. 1t believes that the presidents atti
tude against trusts is so reasonable that thu
magnates cannot find serious fault with 1t
even though he has filled them with con
s~ternation in causing the prosecution ant
conviction of the railroad mergers. Tn
magnates will try to have the suprem,
court undo the work of the lower court