Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-06
STATE PRESS COMMENT.

Hebron Register (dem): 1t looks now as
though the republicans of Nebraska would
be forced to adopt platform similar to
the one adopted by the populists a few
years aRo II thev ore sincere in their fight
against the railroads.
Norfolk Press: The man with a railroad
string to him may as well keep out OF
politics this year If he gets through the
convention all right and gets a nominal
ton, the chances are ten to one that the
voters will land on his neck on election
day.
Central City Record: The Omaha Bee
thinks the agitation for 2-cent railroad fare
a little previous until 1t is known whether
the pass will stay abolished. Perhaps, but
the cutting down the fare one-third might
force the railroads to seek to recoup them
selves by seeking to increase their passen-
/ ger revenues. Where else could they do
it more easily than by making a lot of old
PETERS pay their fare that now ride. free?
Tekamah Journal: One of Nebraskas
leading daily papers, in fact the one that
| claims to be a leader In so-called reform
politics, is advocating the use of proxies
in the republican state convention. The
use of proxies is all right IL the users are
honest and the one who issues the proxy
is likewise honest The usual method, how
ever, is for one person to get on a delega-
ton when he knows full well he will not
be able to attend a convention, then turn
his proxy over to some one whom the con-
vention who sends him as a delegate would
never have named. Such tricks have been
performed in Burt county and in every
other county In Nebraska and the wish of
the real voters destroyed
Herald complains of President Roosevelt
for giving publicity to the charges of at
| tempted bribery Of a Chicago newspaper
reporter and accuses the president of at
tempting to influence the jury, winding up
with the assertion that 1.-The case should
be tried in the court-not in the newspa-
| pers' Great life insurance companies and
/ little policyholders! Has the World Herald
| taken bride from the meat packers. too?
1t has been trying their case, prosecuting
| them, and sitting as judge and jury also
| convicting them of all the crimes in the
| calendar during the past several years
Now the president is guilty OF giving pub
licity Of matters wherein the packers are
guilty and the World Herald rushes to
their defense. Gosh Almighty!
| Long Pine Journal: II amuses this fam
! lily Journal to note that lot OF people
and newspapers in Nebraska are just wax
ing up to the fact that a great opportunity
! Is to be presented to the voters of the
| state next fall Last year when the State
! Journal and its cuckoos were reviling the
legislature. declaring that il had done
nothing. that II was owned by the rail-
roads, etc, the Journal called attention TO
| the fact that the legislature had passed
piece of railroad legislation OF supreme
importance. OF course, being a little coun-
try paper, It wasn't listened to. Now Il
has just occurred 10 the people aforesaid
| that there IL constitutional amendment
to be adopted and three railroad commits
sioners to elect-acts which II wisely done
| will give the people a chance to properly
| regulate the railroads. There are none so
| blind as those who wish TO be. The rail-
roads did not want railroad commission
and viii not assist in adopting the amend
| ment. The people will have TO do IL. and
in refusing TO keep this issue before the
/ people, for fear that IL would not jlbe
with its cries Of railroad domination. the
| State Journal and others have simply
been biting on their noses to spite their
own faces.