Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-14
THE RlTI,Boln pRooR1M.

IhB hAlshOAD fftO0hAM.
should the republican state convention
nominate candidate for United States
senator7
That depends first on whether expedlency
or principle should control IN the councils
OF the republican party. And II expediency
IL 70 be the rule Il might depend on what
the democratic convention does.
II the democratic convention fails 70
nominate, those against convention nomi-
nations will argue that with the field full
Of democratic asplrants and with only one
republican aspirant In the feld II will be
dlficult to elect republican legislature.
Is there really anything in this arsu-
ment, granting the right Of the convention
TO override one Of the most important
things 1t is elected by the people to do.
II the democratic convention falls to
nominate a senator. will It not prove the
dishonesty OF the democratic party In
claiming that It wants TO bring the cleo
tion OF United States senators closer TO the
peoplef And II the democrats fail to re-
spond to the wishes OF the masses OF the
people on this question. will NOT the masses
OF the democrats turn to the support Of
the republican candidate to punish the
democratic party for It's apparent insin-
cerity?.--Columbus Journal.
Jay 10 ooid W nave uCNinASN
that he was republican in republican
states and a democrat in democratic
states. The declaration is in point
only in showing that the railroads
have no particular party Affiliations.
but work constantly to further their
own ends by using one or all political
parties for their purposes.
Here in Nebraska the railroad pro-
gram is for them to name the next
United States senator by preventing
any popular expression of choice and
sending the senatorship TO the legisla-
ture, where the Establishments of their
lobbyists may be depended on to
manipulate the result as they wish
The fact that the coming democratic
state convention for once meets a
week In advance OF the republican
state convention forces the railroads
to pull off the first part of their pro-
gram on the democratic side Of the
fence.
II is essential to their plans that
the democrats be prevailed on to make
no nomination for United States sena-
tor no matter how much by so doing
they may belle their repeated profess
sions OF allegiance to; the cause of d.
rect popular choice OF. senator's. The
railroad democrats were successful to
the extent of excluding the senatorial
nomination from the democratic call
and 1t remains only to be seen whether
they can complete their contract when
the convention meets,
Should the railroads succeed in the
| first part of their program for pre-
venting a democratic nomination for
senator, they will take 1t along into
the republican camp as an argument
| for carrying out the second part Of
their program, which Is to nullify the
republican call 80 far as. 1t relates to
the nomination of a senator.
The people of Nebraska should I'M
derstand the exact situation. They
can read the measure of success of the
railroad program in the returns from
the democratic state convention. II
the democrats name candidate for
senator It will indicate that the rail-
roads are not In absolute control, even
though they may name a man be-
holden to them for the place. Failure
to nominate a candidate for senator
will be proof conclusive that the rail-
roads have the democratic convention
| tightly in their grip