Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-30
STATE PRESS COMMENT.


Bloomington Advocate: Were It not for
fear OF the criticism Of the newspapers
many public men would go wrong and no
public Official, either in ONCE or an aspirant,
should be afraid of criticism II they are
above suspicion. II not. they should set
out of the way for better men.
Tecumseh Chieftain: The railroad COM
pany may be able to indefinitely keep from
paying it's taxes in johnson county, but
you can bet your bottom dollar that the
individual has to liquidats or suffer dis
tress warrant. Something wrong some
where, and remedy will no doubt be found
at the next session of the Nebraska legisle-
ture
Mullen Tribune: Now that the United
States attorney has decided to dismiss all
the civil cases against parties for illegal
fencing, providing they will furnish him
with an afhdavit that they will remove
their fences before January 1, there is an
easy way out of their trouble. 1t will save
hundreds of dollars to stockmen TO comply
with this more lenient form of getting the
fences removed.
Friend Telegraph: At the bankers con-
vention held at Lincoln last week some
thing of a stir was raised over the debate
OF Hon. Charles @. Dawes, ex-comptroller
Of the currency. now Of Chicago, and Mr..
Brown of Cambridge, Neb. Mr.. Brown at
tackled the trusts with such vigor that
Mr.. Dawes was compelled TO abandon
his set speech and defend them with all
the vigor of his nature. Nebraska is a
pretty poor place in which to come TO
defend corporations and trusts.
Holdrege Progress dnd.): 1t is by no
means an idle story to say that prosperity
was never more abundant In this section OF
the west than It is today. The farmers
never raised greater crops; they never re-
ceived higher prices; labor of all kinds.
both skilled and unskilled, was never more
extensively employed or received higher
wages. The amount of building was never
greater, and II was never more dificult to
secure suf1eient mechanics than Il now is
in western Nebraska. The rapidity and
permanency of the growth and develop
ment OF this section is unprecedented.
Moreover. there is every indication that
this splendid growth has only just begun.
Beatrice Sun: The World Herald is maxi
ing a fight against the Rockefeller dona-
ton to the university. The candidates for
regent upon the democratic ticket have
pledged themselves II elected to vote to
return the money to Rockefeller. This Is
peanut politics of the unroasted sort. The
more the public can get out of Rockefeller,
the better. He has the money. he does not
need IT, His methods OF accumulation
have been against public policy, and so
have the methods of every man who has
acquired great wealth. He made this do
nation, and at once advanced the price OF
oil, so the people have paid 1t, and there
is no sense in giving II back.
Norfolk Press; During the next three
years some mighty political changes may
take place II the railroad-owned United
States senators persist in defying the presi-
dent and blocking the way to railway rate
regulation such as he proposes to have
enacted into law. There never was a time
when party ties were so lightly binding
men as now, and there never was time
when the people of all parties were so de-
termined 10 wipe out corporation control
of state and national governments and of
the law-malsing bodies. II opposition TO
the Roosevelt plan is successful the re-
publican party is liable to be disrupted and
a new party formed mat will sweep the
country like a whirlwind. 1t seems hard
for the railroad political msnlpulators to
realize this, but they had better take heed
OF the approaching storm and set out OF
its path.
Columbus Telegram: II is against the
public sentiment that the railroad political
agents are working so hard. They have
gone into the newspaper business on
gigantic scale. From an eastern city they
are shipping each week to thousands of
country newspapers special supplements to
be run in the country sheets, These supple
ments are delivered at the country editors
Office without a penny Of expense TO him.
The great express companies are in league
with the railroad political agents, and
they carry the packages to the country
editor without money and without price.
These supplements are innocent-looking
news sheets, but a careful reading will
show that the supplements each week con-
tain one or more articles attacking Presi-
dent Roosevelt and all others who favor
government control OF railroad rates. Sew
eral Of those supplements are being re-
ceived by country newspapers in this part
of Nebraska. The Telegram is surprised
that any Nebraska editor could be caught
by such bait