The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-01-18
NEBRAsKAs NEW SENATOR.

AN'bl uNhh iNo u ii''N Ohlt'h DNtlN'o
senator. The toga has fallen over the
shoulders of the man who last year
occupied the chair in the attorney gen.
erals Office at Lincoln. Nominated for
the position by the republican state
convention last summer, Norris Brown
has been elected in compliance with
the convention endorsement Senator
Willard will retire at the end of his
term and Senator Brown will seat him.
self in the empty senate chair down
at Washington.
In his speech of acceptance Senator
Brown has said little that is new or
different from what had been said be
fore by him and by his friends during
the pre-convention campaign that was
made in his behalf. He has thanked
the state legislature and through that
body the state at large for the honor
that has been conferred upon him.
From the new senator's lips have
come expressions of eloquence in re
gard to this great and much loved state
of ours, Ears Of the legislators were
also filled with ringing words which
praised the bravery of the nations
chief, and voiced the sentiment for re
form which has been taken up by pre-
convention hackers.
Senator Brown pledges himself to
stand by the protective tariff, which
has led this country from the soup
house to the garden of plenty and
prosperity. Not antagoniZing the So
called "progressives" who declare that
the tariff should be revised, the new
senator's words indicate that he in
tends to stand by the president in up
holding this doctrine which has done
so much to bring about constant en-
ployment at living wages for the work
ing man of the United States.
The acceptance speech Of Senator
Brown is brief and does not permit
of discussion of what the new official
expects to accomplish or to try to ac-
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Washington. He does give notice that
he expects to try to introduce an
amendment to the federal statute
which will prohibit a railroad com
pany from issuing an injunction to
prevent the collection of taxes. But
the republican party of Nebraska, who
| bo va hnpn rncnppCil,lo for tho al,ntin
of Senator Brown feel that they can
securely hope for and promise more in
the way of constructive work from
this young man than his acceptance
speech might indicate.
The election of the new senator was
the second of its kind in the state,
Senator Burkett having been elected
two years ago after he had been en-
dorsed by the republican convention.
The late Edward Rosewater was the
closest rival for the nomination. Mr.
Brown was the states attorney gener-
al at the time his name was brought
forth as an aspirant for the high honor.
The state conventions nomination
last summer of Mr.. Brown left little
for the state legislature this week to
do excepting to record the vote. The
legislative power was practically TAX
en- from it by the convention, so far
as the United States senator's election
was concerned. The legislators this
winter, In that regard, amounted to
little more than the presidential elect
ors who technically elect the president
but who merely, in fact, record the
popular choice.
In view Of the fact that the same
charges which were made against Mr..
Brown by the Van ,Housan resolution
mer before the republican convention
was held. 1t was perhaps considered
beyond the moral right of the present
legislature to take seriously the reso-
luton asking for an investigation into
certain alleged circumstances which,
II true, should have caused some en-
barrassment At all events, whether
the legislators considered that they
lacked the moral authority or whether
they believed the charges inconsequen.
tial, the matter was tabled and did not
interfere with roll call on the sena-
torial election.
The resolutions which were intro
duced by Mr.. Van Housan last week
asked that Norris Brown, R. B. Schnei-
der. Ross Hammond, the State Journal
and j. B. Strobe be investigated 1t
was alleged that as attorney general
of the state Mr.. Browns duty led to-
ward the prosecution of an alleged
grain trust" in which it was charged
r, B. Schneider and Ross Hammond
of Fremont were interested Ross
Hammond early last summer an