Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-09
STATE PRESS OPINION.

this issue we print the democratic state
platform in full II is good reading and
this editor endorses II. Our democrats
friends are getting down to business, now
that they are away In the minority. a thing
they forgot when in power.
Bradshaw Republican: There Is certainly
no need for an extra session OF the state
legislature. There is no assurance that
anything would be done. Let us be patient
for another year and then see to It that a
legislature is eected-pledged non-pass
grabbers-and something can be expected.
AS II is, let's add no useless expense to
the state.
Grand Island Independent: The Norfolk
Press points. to the fact that the railroads
haul lumber from Duluth to Lincoln for 20
cents per 100 pounds and from Duluth to
Norfolk for 26 cents per 100 pounds, and II
wants to know why II the roads can haul
lumber at the same rates between the two
points II costs more TO haul other goods
from Duluth to Norfolk than from Duluth
to Lincoln. Can you guess7
Bradshaw Republican, Which way
would 1t prove the easier, for the railroads
Of the state to pay their just proportion
OF taxes without kicking or furnish annual
passes to all the state offlcials2 Let the
railroads pay their due proportion Of taxes
and there will be a good round surplus
from which an appropriation can be made
to pay all legitimate travelling expenses
Of our state officers. Who will dare to say
nor
Hastings Tribune: 1t is more than evil
dent that the anti-pass crusade was to have
been the one thing the democrats were to
have pinned their entire faith upon for
H., h. ha
fact that the republicans beat them to it
makes the democrats feel the sting. That
It mas cut to the quick is evidenced from
the tone and manner in which the Omaha
World Herald the Columbus Telegram and
other leading democratic journals comment
upon the doings of the republican state
convention.
Norfolk Press; Senator Willard is send
ing out to the country newspapers re-
print of the interview with him that re-
Gently appeared in the Omaha and Lincoln
papers. On railroad regulation Mr.. Mil
lard declares, like the rest Of them, that he
is in accord with President Roosevelt on
the subject. That is a thing that is mighty
easy to say. What the Press would like
to know more than anything else Is
whether Mr.. Willard will vote for the
Esch-Townsend rate regulation measure
when It gets into the senate, and whether
he will vote to have it considered instead
of being pigeon-holed
Tecumseh Chieftain: Some fifteen or
eighteen years ago 1t required more than
a page of country paper to print the de-
linquent tax list each year for Johnson
county. But, oh, my, how things have
changed since that time. thanks to the
prosperous conditions made possible by
the republican party. Year by year the
tax list has grown smaller, each year
the taxpayers being able to better pay
their obligations, until this year the num-
Der Of properties in the county upon which
the taxes are delinquent for 1904 are told
in less than two columns of this paper
this week Is there any argument in this3
Beaver City Times-Tribune; An esteemed
democratic subscriber wishes to know why
the Times-Tribune has not made more fun
of the democratic county convention. The
reason is plain. 1t Is not seemly to make
sport Of the halt, lame and blind, and the
democrats of Furnas county are old and
feeble and consequently are entitled to more
consideration, The populists used them
for many years while they could and now
they are left in the cold to hustle for
themselves, almost without a place to lay
to make fun of them. We pity but with
hold condemnation or ribaldry,
Central City Record: 1t will be remem-
bered that President Baer of the Reading
railroad gave as a reason for not advancing
the wages of the coal miners that his COM
pany could not afford IT, Public opinion,
however, compelled the partial granting of
the coal miners request. Last years re-
port of the Reading shows that the COM
pany made a profit OF 20 per cent. 1t may
also be remembered, perhaps, that the
company raised the miners 10 cents a ton
but made the occasion an excuse for boost
ing the price to consumers IS cents ton
President Baer is probably hoping that the
miners will demand another l0-oent raise
this winter,
Wymore Arbor State (dem.): The demo-
cratic party OF Nebraska has placed In
nomination w. G. Hastings of Saline
county. This democratic paper Is opposed
to him. A Judge who will make judicial
larceny from one man when judge OF
judicial district will do the Same thing
when opportunity offers when on the su-
preme bench. The editor of this paper was
the victim of this judicial theft. There Is
always an evening up of all these WRONGS
The banker in the deal failed. The man
who transferred the contract lost $4,000
in seyenty-fve minutes by eioudburst
and the writer has helped 10 make w. g.
Hastings bite the political dust every time
ne has run for once since. God Almighty
will never allow such men TO prosper. We
call upon the state committee to remove
him from the ticket
Schuyler Free Lance Qnd): Governor
Mickey is doing some thing along these
days not to the liking Of the corporations
and he is puzzling the common people
as to his purpose, He was always under
stood as a railroad man as our man
Mickey"-and he was not in any way in
consistent with that idea until lately, He
FIRST took a decided stand in assessing the
corporations and stood out for a higher
assessment than last year even, when it
was raised. After the republican state
convention declared against the railroad
pass he returned his and now pays his
fare. He Is outspoken as to railroad tax
alton and does not hesitate to talk as 10
the railroad pass and the regulation Of
freight rates. This talk from the man
the railroads made governor is not suiting
the corporation end, but 1t sounds good to
the people who uphold the governor re-
CARELESS Of whether he is making a grand
stand play or not, Governor Mickey Is
doing alright.
Fairly Good Guessers.