Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-25
IN NEBRASKA.

Columbus Tribune: Sheldon for Governor,
sounds pretty good.
Stanton Picket: When Mr.. Hitchcock,
democratic candidate for congress in the
second district, gets the returns next No
vember he will probably find himself a
good many votes shy. 1t doesn't always
pay to knife a home candidate, as some
other people may yet find out.
Hildreth Telescope: Our democratic and
populist friends will find but little encour-
agement in returns OF the recent primary
election so far as interest in the campaign
is shown. With three candidates for COVER
nor they polled a much smaller percentage
or their vote than did the republicans with
no contest for governor and a majority of
the other offices on the state ticket.
McCook Tribune: The progressive legisla-
ton of recent republican legislatures in
Nebraska should at all hazards be pro-
tected and preserved. No backward move
ment should be allowed in the face of the
opposition's fire. IL will be well in this con-
n%ection for the friends and advocates OF
the primary election system to be fore
armed as they have been forewarned.
Beaver City Times Tribune: The reduction
of the Nebraska state debt from over
w. "a AeNS " ANSo NiioAi NEoNfNON VII July
81, 1908, is indeed going some and the
voters will not forget that good manage
mont, economy and business ability Of re-
publican state officers made this flattering
result possible without making the liquida-
ton of the debt n heavy burden to the
taxpayers.
Ord Journal: The Omaha Bee calls at
tention to the fact that Valley county
HnpanaraNg ~. tha 1fgttontAon 90 IzEnr
alone in their opposition to the amend
ment providing for raising the salaries of
the supreme and district court judges. Not
another county in the state returned a
majority against the increased cost Of the
courts 1t is a distinction of which the
Journal is quite proud. Do other demo-
CRATES papers approve the amendment or
have they not given the matter their atten-
ton?
Alma Record: The democrat editors of
this congressional district have all received
nicely printed invitations asking them to
attend a political meeting and banquet at
the Hampton hotel in Holdrege, railroad
fare and all expenses paid. The big love
feast will be pulled off Saturday and
Candidates Ashton, Roth and several wire
manipulators will be present. This spread
WI NDoA lOlS VI lllplitN hONtNtlt 4 10 III
tlmated by those high in authority that
the cash supply is unlimited. Perhaps some
concern has guaranteed a deposit Of cam
paign funds, but will the voters be informed
as to who is putting up the money? They
! should be, as there is a publicity plank in
the platform.
Burt county Herald: We feel like re-
joiclng over the support that we gave the
terminal tax law. The Herald was the
only paper An Burt county that gave the
measure cordial support and we are pleased
with the result of the new law, which
increased the railroad valuation in the
four towns in the county $ll9,lOO divide
that amount by five for assessment pur-
poses, makes So, $50 more property for
town taxes to be levied on. 1t is appor-
toned as follows: Tekamah, 1851; Craig,
S,2S7; Oakland, $9.SO5; Lyons, $6,l56. The
two latter were increased by the new rail-
road. Blair has an increase from IS, us
to SIG, 1863, nearly double, for municipal
taxation. Omaha had an increase from
S346lO to $125, 735, a net gain in omaha Of
81, 225. The contention was that the increased
tax in towns would diminish the railroad
tax I'm the rural school districts, but this
Is not true. The country road and school