Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-21
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Kentucky has passed a law prohibiting
"Uncle Toms Cabin" shows within the
limits of the state.
Attorney General Ellis OF Ohio has scored
as a trust buster. Proceedings instituted
in behalf of the state put the Wholesale
Grocers' association out of business.
A bunch of officials in Buffalo, N Y,
are gravely involved in a graveyard scan
DIAL, being indicted for profiting by the
purchase of an abandoned cemetery. The
property is well fitted for political graves.
An Ohio court rules that the state SEN
ate has no right to probe into local af-
fairs in Cincinnati and Hamilton county
But the probe was inserted and drew $27O,-
900 into the county treasury. The court
spoke too late.
Things seem to be coming Pennsylvania
way Not only has the state got back its
deposit in the failed Enterprise bank of
Allegheny, but it has received from the
United States government about 1921, 900 1t
loaned the nation during the war of 1872
Thomas Minshall, who died recently at la
Crescent, Mimi, at the age of 80, had been
postmaster at that place for forty years
consecutively-from 1853 to 1890 In 1898
Marshall Gushing, who was Postmaster
tary, issued a book, and at that time there
were men still in ONCE whose appointments
as postmasters went back to 1898, 1899. 1874,
1874, 1s45, 1s4s and 1919.
1T is maintained" says the New York
Sun, that the title honorable in this coun-
try is conferred rather loosely upon all
officials holding distinguished public office.
Custom has endorsed it's use as related TO
4 ~
ators, judges and the courts of record, high
| federal officials and the mayors of the
larger cities. 1t is insisted that the title
simply indicates that the person has held
or does hold an Office deserving Of honor
and respect"
whirlwind campaign in CIarksviIle
Ark, has resulted in the election Of L. F.
Petrie just turned q, to the mayoraIty
MIR. Petrie is a merchant. He had nc
| thought of embarking on a sea Of munici.
pal trouble until the day before election
Then the young men of the city persuaded
him to run. It is said that he injected a
hitherto unheard OF amount of ginger into
his one-day campaign. His opponent wa.
w. II. Langford, a prosperous citizen OF
middle age. Mr.. Langford laughed at Mr.
Petrie. 1t was his great good luck tina
| he had his laugh before the votes wer,
counted. The city was aroused and there
was a mighty shower of ballots-28O in al
and Petrie's majority was 40.
Following the Galveston flood, six YEAR,
ago, the city was placed by the governor
for the purposes OF the emergency. undei
the control Of a commission of five men
after the old city government had beer
abolished by the legislature. The commits
sion was virtually absolute and its worl
of government during the years Of recon
struction was 50 completely successful tina
the citizens Of Galveston have declined [,
return 10 the old system Of mayor anC
common council and various other admin
istrative posts filled by popular election
So successful does this system appear {,
be in Galveston that other Texas citei
are clamoring for It, Houston has jus
followed suit by securing a new charte
embOdying the Galveston idea, and Dallas
also. last week voted for IL. There is
popular movement IN the came direction a
bath San Antonio and Fort Worth.