Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-18
STATE PRESS OPINION.

Central City Nonpareu: The world-Her-
aid wanted Tom lawson 10 expose GOV
ernor Mickey by telling IN his speech at
Fairbury that Nebraska's executive carries
railroad passes. but Tom isn't dealing IN
chestnuts now and the fact that the gov
ernor himself made the exposure" last
fall would prevent him from putting In
at this late day.
Oakland Independent: Omaha threatens
10 boycott the Burlington railroad because
the cutoff does not come direct to Omaha
What can the Burlington and Great North
ern DO 10 retaliate In Omaha's backyard
the South Omaha stock yards, Is not TO
be sneered at. however We don't want
to see the stock market there injured
but Omaha had better be good and not
try to dictate to the rest OF the state and
then spite itself II II can't have it's way.
Fremont Tribune. The Bee suggests that
the people interested in the building OF the
Ashland cutoff ought not 10 feel sore to-
ward Omaha because an Omaha moonshine
concern Is trying to prevent the Great
Northern from crossing the Winnebago
reservation. We don't. Neither are we sore
because Omaha tried TO take the new road
away from Fremont. We would do the
same thing for Omaha any time oppor-
law OF nature.
Central City Nonpareil: The Schuyler
Free Lance, while commencing the SUI
preme court for it's decision on the con-
stltutionalIty OF the biennial election law
is unable to believe that that tribunal is
capable at all times Of banishlng personal
and party prejudices, and in this opinion
the Nonpareil partially concurs. The court
is frequently Influenced by the exigencies
Of the times and instead of interpreting
the law from an abstract legal standpoint,
II often twists II and adjusts IT and
stretches Il to make II ft occasions and
conform to popular demand.
Springfield Monitor: The statistics from
the Bureau OF Labor and Industry may
be all right in some cases, but in regard
to shipment of miscellaneous products
from Sarpy county II seems to the Monitor
that II is a good ways of. The report says
we shipped no flour, but $4,000 pounds OF
mill feed, 6.617 bushels of potatoes, 1850
pounds OF butter and 2S.1e7 dozens OF eggs
during the year 1894. But then as these
figures are taken from the duplicate bills
Of lading and shipping records of the rail-
roads this county would naturally not make
as good a showing as It really deserved
or was entitled to-
Platte County Argus: The editor OF the
Argus came into this field without a per-
sonal knowledge of the politicians Of the
state and counties. He has read comments
from scores of exchanges and II an opinion
should be formed based on the summed-up
evidence OF these comments. the conclu-
sion would be forced upon him that there
is not an honest man holding Office in the
state. The newspape have stirred up
much of the feeling against graft and
monopoly. but the greatest obstacle to the
eradication of the evils is found in tho
personal animoslties and jealousles Of
newspaper editors. Doubtless there are men
in Nebraska politics with clean hands and
high ideals, but let a man be called honest
by one paper and every journal of opposite
politics at once sets to work most
strenuously to asperse his character and
tear down his reputation.