Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-06
POLITICS IN NEBRASKA.

Leigh World: In reply to the Roosevelt
letter, Bryan attacks the Roosevelt poll
ces. And yet he claims to rave originated
most of them.
Stanton Picket: Nebraska has good rea-
George L. Sheldon and his majority this
fall will be a record breaker.
Nebraska City Press: From all over the
state come reports Of the continued esteem
felt for Governor Sheldon. Mr.. Sheldon
undoubtedly will carry the state this fall
by one Of the largest majorities ever ac-
corded a candidate for thai office.
Schuyler Free Lance: Well, the old fight
for governor of two years ago between
Sheldon and S~hallenberger will be fought
over and the results will be the same. The
Free Lance was for Sheldon two years
ago and was right and he has proven al
right.
Syracuse Journal: Bryan opened fire on
Roosevelt, and in so doing exposed his most
vulnerable points. AS a result of which Mr..
Bryan's arguments are being shot so full
of holes by Mr.. Roosevelt that there Is
nothing left of them to entice anyone who
reads to change his vote to tho perpetual
candidate.
North Platte Tribune: Will the farmers
Of Lincoln county vote against six cent
hogs. fifty cent corn, forty cent oats, six
cent beef and seventy-five cent wheat? Do
they expect democratic success to bring
higher prices? Did democratic success in
the past bring higher or lower prices?
These are pertinent questions.
North Platte Tribune: Taft's western tour
is proving a winner; everywhere he is re-
ceiving tremendous ovations. He is not a
spellbinder, but his plain words, honestly
spoken, and his personality attracts the
people and enthuse them. Here in Ne
braska, the home Of Bryan, he has been
as enthusiastically received as elsewhere.
Tekamah Journals: 1t is a notable fact
that every country newspaper in this con-
gressional district that claims to be an in
dependent newspaper is favorable to Mr.
Latta for congress-. which leads us to re-
mark that a mans independence in politics
where political principles are at stake is
generally governed by the pocketbook OF
the wealthiest candidate.
%Stockville Republican-Faber: The republi-
can party in Nebraska has proven it's right
to public confidence. No party ever full
filled its promises so completely as did
the republicans Of the state in the last
legislative session. The old debt created
by fusion extravaganza is being rapidly ex-
tinguished, railroad regulation is an accom-
plished republican fact and not a mere
democratic promise, and all the affairs of
the state are being intelligently and econonl-
ically administered
Ord QuizI If we are to have bank guar
anty OF deposits, let 1t be a voluntary thing.
If any bank wants to be insured, as it may,
It can advertise the fact and get tho benefit
II any there is. But this making the state
or union guarantee all the deposits of the
banks is as big a humbug as Bryan ever
advocated, and this is saying a good deal.
I'VE will bet a printing press against a
secondhand toothpick that when Bryan
runs for office again he will not be ad-
vocating bank guaranty of deposits.
Crete vidette Herald: Mr.. shallenberger
is a clever speaker. He puts up a pretty
strong and quite plausible argument
against postal savings banks and espouses
in clarion voice and apparent logical Sc
quence the great benefits to be derived
from a guarantee deposit law. IL strikes
us that the most forceful argument in
favor of the sayings bank law, and one
which knocks Mr.. S~hallenberger's recent
discussion into a cooked hat was the argu-
ment used by Mr.. Shallenberger himself,
all through his campaign two years ago,
when the two paramount Issues which he
urged upon the voters with great earnest
ness wer two-cent per mile fare on rail-
roads, and the immediate adoption OF a law
for postal savings banks To be con-
sistent he ought to tell the people wherein
he was wrong In his last campaign, He