Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-10
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.

Carleton Leader: The senate came fully
UP to our expectations when they got ready
to deal with the primary bill, eliminating
the open feature. As a closed primary
we see no reason why It should not be
of great benefit to the state at large.
Battle Greek Enterprise: The mistake
the railroads are making is in interpreting
! the new kind Of legislative activity simply
as a matter of forensic sentiment In
that sense there is no sentiment about il.
The facts are that the people have wanted
certain things and have gone about getting
them in the most effective way open to
Them. They mean business and nothing
but business. The sooner the railroads
recognize this the better 1t will be both
for themselves and for the people
Sheldon Clipper: The Lincoln papers are
throwing several kinds Of fits because the
legislature cut down the appropriation of
the State university. The Lincolnites seem
to think that Nebraska is in Lincoln in
stead OF Lincoln being in Nebraska. The
university is an institution Of which we
are all proud, but there are other state
educational institutions elsewhere which
we have just as much pride in. Just be-
cause the university is located at Lincoln
is no reason why 1t should receive all the
appropriations. II the institution was To-
Gated in some other town the Lincoln
papers wouldn't care whether or not it re-
ceived n dollar.
Fairbury Journal: Some provision should
be made to let the people know about
these here" new laws before they take
effect. The present Legislature has habit
Of enactng a law so quick 1t makes your
head swim, and the most OF them carry
tho emergency clause, which puts them into
immediate effect In most states a law
must be published before It becomes effec-
! tive but here 1t begins to work as soon
as the governor signs the bill, II the emer-
gency clause is attached. Today we can
legally do certain act; tomorrow II is I'M
lawful and we may have innocently frac-
tured the law through ignorance OF its
existence. All new laws should be pub
lished before going into effect
Aurora Republican: There is no disposi-
! ton among the people at large to mourn
over the failure of the State university
to pull its usual fat appropriation out of
the legislature. The present session has
shown no hostility, nor even indifference,
toward the cause Of education, as the
record will prove on the contrary, meas
ures calculated to strengthen every high
school in the state have been passed, and
interest in the university should blind no
one to the fact that the high school is the
most important factor in our educational
system. Under a free high school law
every child is given an opportunity to Sc
cure gold practical education, but only
a small proportion can ever hope to enjoy
the advantages OF university training, and
these generally come from the families
OF the wSll-to-do who are amply able to
pay for the special privileges they desire.
with all due respect to higher education,
we believe that the policy Of the legislature
in strengthening the high schools and let
ting the university take care Of itself
will meet the approval Of every disinter-
estad citizen.
Hastings Tribune: BY the adoption of
direct primary bill, the Nebraska legisla-
, ture has given this state a club that Will
soon drive the political bosses back into
their dens and hold them there for while.
The direct primary means that the power
OF making candidates will be more In the
hands Of the people than II ever has been
in the past There viii be nc such thirS
as whipping delegations into line and the
applying OF gag rule But under the law
as passed each voter In a primary before
he secures his ballot must make known
with which party he afhliates; he is then
given the ballot CT that party and proceeds
10 indicate his choice for the nomination
However should his right to participate
In the chtdce Of that party's candidates be
challenged, he must then declare and at