Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-07

NEnuAHkA PRESS COMMENT
Utica sun. Apprehensive people are all
ready beginning 20 worry over the trouble
Nebraska democrats are bound 20 encounter
IN finding an Issue FOR the next state cam
paign. Every pledge that party and its
populist allies ever made has been carried
out By the republicans. And stiI the DEM
oorats are not happy.
Primrose Record: one OF the many good
features OF the new primary law Ia that
II will shorten the campaign. True. there
will be quiet work through the summer
on the part Of politicians to procure places
on the ticket for their favorites but there
will be no more June conventions and the
annual hair-pullng proper will be con-
fined 20 the months OF September and Oc-
tober
Fremont Tribune: Don c. Despair has
been appointed labor commissioner until
December when II IL expected that SEN
ator Norris Brown will find him a position
in the national service. Mr.. Despair Is a
live and capable young man and the MEM
bers Of the legislature who chuckled when
they cut out the salary Of the chief clerk
in the labor commissioners Office because
Despair was drawing It have another
chuckle coming.
Auburn Republican,: II lie being accepted
as a fact that Tom Majors is paying fare
when he travels on the railroad these
days He was at Nebraska City last week
and three private detectives, four spec al
correspondents a group of local reporters
and one private citizen saw him deposit
the 80 cents necessary to purchase trans
pOrtation to the Athens of Nebraska"
The sight of Tom Majors paying railroad
fare was enough to make the angels weep
with Joy, for II presages the millennium.
The "anti-pass law" has wrought miracles.
but none greater than this.
Beatrice sun: The question as to whether
the Omaha brewers furnished aid and COM
fort and financial support to the repub-
lican party in the campaign two years ago
lie being discussed by the democratic pa
pers of the western part of the state
What is the difference2 II the brewers
put in the money the democrats must have
been the benefciaries. 1t would not be
necessary to buy republican voters to vote
the republican ticket. II the money fur
nished by the brewers enabled the repub-
leans to supply market for democratic
votes and the democrats availed themselves
OF that market and sold their votes there
should be no complaint from the demo-
Gratis
Aurora Republican: We have always been
taught to believe that the railroad man
| ayers were long headed business men, We
are losing our early belief. Events of the
past few months have forced the conclusion
that many of these princes of business and
finance are lacking in good business acu-
men. The loss in influence and prestige to
the Burlington and Union Pacific railroad
companies in resisting the payment of
| taxes is self evident. This action brought
on a storm around the heads Of the rail-
road officials and cemented as nothing else
could have done the opposition which peo-
pie feel toward corporations which at
tempt to ride rough shod over the rights
of the people. The latest show of poor
business sense is the threat that the Bur-
lington will contest the legality Of the
H2-cent fare measure in this state II is
| conceded by those who are familiar with
the workings of that law together with the
| anti-pass measure that there is no financial
| loss to the roads in passenger traffic The
| institution OF this suit would then appear
to be nothing but show of i'll nature and
bad temper. Be it said to the credit of
the under officials who reside in the state
and know the existing conditions that they
| advise a cheerful compliance to the laws
which have been recently enacted. The
| railroad owners in the east who do not
know the weight and power of public SEN
timent and cannot understand why the
common people have to be heard and reck-
oned with are the fellows who are directing
the opposition to the new made statutes.
Firmly conscious of the power Of money
and its kindred influences, which once pre-
vailed broadcast, but is now, thanks to a
slow but sure awakening OF public con-
science, fading in many states and COM
munities into history, they cannot conceive
the conditions which prevail here. But
they are going to learn their lesson, The
people are thoroughly aroused and money
and influence and political power will not
stand in the way of public will. Had the
railroads of Nebraska submitted quietly
to the weight OF public opinion they would
not now be in the depths Of disrepute AS
1t is their lesson will be learned with dis
astrous consequences to themselves