Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-14
NEBRASKA POLITICAL POINTERS

the frost is on the pumpkin or the corn
is in the shock.
Hastings Tribune: James Dahiman has
been succeeded by p. L. Hail Of Lincoln,
as national committeeman for Nebraska
Or. Hall is apt TO have q hard time OF II
trying to undo some OF the things that
Dahlman has already done.
Ord Quiz: 1t will now be in order for
Bryan to smash the gubernatorial bee that
has been buzzing in Jim Dahlman's hat
Jim was a good fellow when he was getting
delegates instructed for Bryan for the Den
yer convention. but William Jennings is too
smooth a politician to allow James to have
his name printed at the head OF the state
ticket.
Red Cloud Argus: Red Cloud is now to
have a Simon-pure democratic paper. But
this paper will pursue its wonted course.
It will have nothing to say against Bryan
except where his policies differ from those
we judge best, and It will easily find much
to be proud Of in the record Of the republic
can candidate, and much to approve in the
republican platform administration.
Shelton Clipper: The people Of Nebraska
should be proud of the fact that they
have a citizen who can remain at their
home at Lincoln and dictate the entire
proceedings Of a national convention in
Denver. Republicans as well as demo-
Gratis should be proud of the fact
notwithstanding that the democrats made
a great ado over the republican convention
at Chicago last month being dominated by
one man.
Kearney Hub: The selection Of Frank
Hitchcock as chairman Of the republican
national committee is highly satisfactory
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bodies all kinds of trouble for democrats.
1t was a clean-cut and admirable campaign
that Hitchcock made for Taft preceding
the national convention, and the whole OF
his work was clean and beyond criticism.
Undoubtedly Frank Hitchcock stands head
and shoulders above any other person who
was available for the Craftsmanship.
Rushville Recorders: Mr.. Bryan's eulogy
of the late Grover Cleveland is in vivid
contrast to some OF the things he has
said of him in the past. II there is any
thing in this world that makes us feel
cynical 1t is waiting for the man to die
before you can treat him decently. We
say too many nice things that fall on
deaf ears for fear Of making men puffed.
but afterward, very often, when they die
Of a broken heart and quit an ungrateful
world, we sing their praises. which were
as much due in life as death. or else we
are hypocrites.
Howells Journal: Every young man
should take an active interest in politics.
1t is a mistaken idea that politics have a
demoralizing influence on young men. It
must be admitted that there was a time
when such was not the case, but that
time is past. It is the clean. right-thinklng
men who are coming to the front today in
the political world. Bum rule in politics
Is a thing of the past. We advise every
young man to choose the party that best
represents his principles and after making
his choice be a worker and a booster. Be
a live wire! That's what counts in every
walk of life.
Blgin Review: MI Frank H. Hitchcock
Is unquestionably the man to manage the
coming campaign. The work that he has
accomplished has been remarkable. In all
sections Of the country, and especially in
the south. his preconvention campaign has
been conducted without breath of scandal
and absolutely no charge of corruption,
even by his opponents before the national
committee. Not only will he conduct a
successful campaign that will be as "clean
as a whistle and will reflect no dis
credit to the candidate or to the party,
but he will command the confidence and
respect of every member OF the national
committee.
Schuyler Free Lance dnd.): This repub-
lican platform is good reading and it con-
tains very little that even a democrat can
find fault with. OF course 1t lauds the re-
publican party and ]denounces the demo-
Gratis and has a lot OF glittering phrases in
II, as can be expected in all partisan plat
forms, but what it declares for is COM
mendable as a rule and is not the bad doc
ument partisan democrats consider it. That
platform is more to be criticised for what
It does not contain than what it does con-
tain. Its declarations as to the corpora
lions and trusts are all right and it's refer
ence to the negro IS proper. That anti-in-
junction plank is good enough. OF course,
II one does not believe in the gold standard
or is a free trader it will not suit. But it is
a very fair document and is good reading.
While it is not as radical for any reform
as a populist platform would be. yet for a
republican platform it is along advanced
grounds.
Schuyler Free Lance: w. ]. Bryan SAYS
in his Commoner that there is no reason
why the negro should not vote the demo-
cratic ticket; that he should study the
principles OF the parties and vote accord
ing to his views. That sounds good on the
surface, but II is not we'll founded. II there
was nothing back of II IL would be proper,
but there is all the reason In the world why
the negro should not vote the democratic
ticket under any conditions, and that rea-
son is that his political life is at stake. In
every state under democratic control the
negro has been disfranchised, even in
Maryland, where the negro population is
but o%ne-fifth of the white population and
negro domination was not feared. And w.
]. Bryan endorses the Acknowledgement of
the negro, as II has been in the south. re-
g~ardless OF fitness or citizenship, chasing
all alike. The negro who will vote the ma
tional democratic ticket ought to be dis
franchised, for he is sanctloning that very
thing by his vote. And II Bryan were
square In his political talk he would so
state, for it is a fact that all know. The
negro under present conditions has nothing
to do with party principles; he is voting for
his own political existence.
Grand Islard Independent: There is one
feature Of the primary law to remedy which
requires neither legislative action nor fur
Their delay. There is nothing impractical in
the remedy, nor is It in the least in viola
ton OF the spirit or letter OF the law. The
Independent has reference TO the selection
Of a delegate to the state convention. Each
county has to select a delegate to the con-
%vention and an alternate. It requires but