The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-09

form that belongs to men who blazeS
the way FOR il.
Carried Out Pledges
The Nebraska Legislature under IN
Sheldon administration has carried OF.
all Of the Republican State platforG-
pledges. It has enacted = 2-cent farC
law, has provided a new system for the
assessment of taxes the effect Of which
Is to make the corporations pay their
due share Of taxes. has passed ter
minal tax law. has reduced the charge
Of express companies, has provided
board Of control system Of managia
the State institutions. and effectg.
other reforms. The effect Of such leg
ls!ation has been 70 reduce taxatior
ana TINS, naturally, has been popular
No scandal has arisen 10 mar the sue
cess Of SheldOn's first administration
one Important result Of the lcgislE-
ton that has been put through under
sheldon, at least the result OF this &c.
large measure, is that the railroads
have quit their activity I'm Nebraslz-
politics. For years. the political M
chimes Of the Burlington and the Unio.
Pacific systems were powers OF scandal
Gus strength. The time has not long
passed when one railroad machine or
the other, dictated the nomination OF
governors and the choice Of COnstabIes.
Railroad domination grew 10 be hated
and pOpulism fOUrished largely because
or the protest against this domination.
Democratic Nominee.
Against Sheldon the Democrats have
nominated for governor Ashton c. shall
enberger. twice a member of the House
from this state and once a defeated
candidate for governor. He is a cam
paigner Of ability. Shalleu5erger de-
feated for the nomination the redoubt-
able Jim" Dahlman. Of Omaha jim
jumped 70 fame when he lassoed the
lob Of mayor Of Omaha. He stood sec
Cnd III the race for nomination. He
had the backing OF the element that
STANDS Tor q W.0e-OpeL regime IN Omaha.
DaElmau dc not take his defeat com
plaCtntly and his supporters are cred
tied with not being afire with zeal 20
see SnaIienberger e-ected- The EOpu-
lists supported George W. BCrge FOR
governor in the primaries, Berge being
also on the ticket SS a Democratic can
didate, and losing out On the whole,
the Democratic nominations for the
State ticket have not put the party in
the best OF 81 ape for the campaign
But while these phases Of the situa-
ton are in favor Of Taft and this Is a
Roosevelt state, there are other phases
that give the Bryan supporters enCOur-
agement- The issue Of guarantee Of
bank deposits has much support in Ne
braska- The Democrats assert that the
TT ore ulDAEN the FARMERS get klle more
anxious they are about guarantee OF
deposits
AS is well-known. Governor Sheldon is
favorable 10 some sort OF guarantee
system but he is urging the voters TO
let the matter be settled In q nOn-par-
tisan way. The Omaha W0rld-Heraid
Democratic. sent out 1000 inquiries 70
Nebraska readers as 20 what was the
issue Of the campaign Of chief inter
est 10 them. IL is stated at the World
Herald office that nine out Of ten re-
piled IL was Government guarantee Of
deposits.
Reliable evidence is presented 20
show that many OF the Swedish
voters OF the State are turning 20
Bryan. There are from $4,000 10
10000 Of them in Nebraska. This is
in line with the reports IN Minnesota
about the drift OF Swedish Lutherans
IN the Bryan direction
In Nebraska. labor is too well en-
ployed TO be as much in earnest over
politics as in some other States The
Republicans assert Taft viii get a
large share Of the organized labor
vote. and that II viii be split.