Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-07

Central City Nonpariel; The railroad
senators are perfectly willing to "com-
promise" with the president IL he will
surrender all his plans for rate regulation
and accept those promulgated by the rail-
roads themselves The compromise is
so simple the senators cannot understand
why Mr.. Roosevelt won't agree to it,
Beatrice Express: Those who predicted
that Burkett would not have the courage
to so contrary TO the wishes OF the Thomp=
son machine can now look at the dumping
of Green and Kennard from the Lincoln
land office and change their minds. 1t is
apparent that Burkett intends to be sena-
tor without the aid or consent OF any boss.
Fullerton News-Journal: The supreme
court has Knocked the new jury law in the
head. 1t was so full of bats that no one
could tell what was really meant by its
author The old way of selecting juries
will now be followed, and as 1t gives pretty
good satisfaction there is no sense in
monkeying with new and untried expert
ments.
Grand Island Independent: Some of the
opponents of State Senator George l..
Sheldon, prominent in the last session of
the legislature as an enemy of railroad die
tation i'm the political affairs of the state,
say that he is too young to be a guber-
material candidate. He is IS years of age,
able and active The same argument was
heard in some quarters against President
Roosevelt when, through the death of his
predecessor he assumed the executive
chair. But no one thinks so now!
Beaver City Times-Tribune: The rail-
roads. not satisfied with sending the coun-
try press free reading notices and edi-
torials, which are seldom used. are now
contributing the Railroad Gazette, official
organ of the big corporations, to the ex-
change table of the country yokels. The
boys would be more pleased with the rail-
roads, and would come nearer 10 giving
them a square deal IL the railroads would
offeF them reasonable remuneration for
legitimate railroad advertising The or
binary country editor pays in trade about
10 cents a mile for every trip he has time
TO make
Kearney Hub: United States District
Attorney Baxter declares that Nebraska is
to become the storm center OF the land
fraud investigation, not alone as to illegal
fencing of public lands, but in the matter
OF illegal and fraudulent filings. The thing
for Baxter to do is to see that no guilty
man escapes. The public has not been
very favorably impressed with his prosecu-
ton for the illegal fencing of the public
lands by the cattlemen, and there is also
some wonderment at the sudden suspension
of hostiities against the Grain trust. But
possibly the district attorney for Nebraska
will show the people from Missouri that
he is after the land fraud offenders in
downright earnest. At any rate we repeat,
LET no guilty man escape"
Wayne Herald: For long time the
illegal fencing OF the national domain by
big cattlemen has kept UP considerable local
agitation in western Nebraska, AMI when at
power to arrest the outlaws and brinE
them before a United States court to
answer for their offenses 1t WAS generally
supposed the penalty inflicted would be
in accordance with the crime committed
A merciful court, however. thought that a
penalty of six hours in the custody of the
marshal and a fine of $500 IVES sufficient
and as we are law-abiding citizens 1t is
presumed we will accepS the judgment of
the court as being just. But while we
accept the judgment OF the court, we are
led 20 believe that our conceptions CT
Justice have heretofore been al wrong
because II has always seemed 10 us 20 be
a greater crime 10 fence thousands of ceres
of government domain ana drive actual
settlers from their homes by a lot Of
rough, bullying cowboys. than TO sell pint
of whiskey to thirsty Indian but accord
ing to the sentence imposed in the cases,