Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-07
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.

Beaver City Times-Tribune; Bryan might
carry Nebraska. perhaps, ~ II were not
for the World-Herald.
Table Rock Argus: The Lincoln papers
may be republican In politics. but they
read more like papers whose editors were
out for the spender.
Hastings Republican,: All towns and
cities In the state should have a uniform
law to dispose of hoboes. II every town
! would adopt the plan OF sentencing them
to a certain number Of days TO work on
the streets and roads or rock pile, and
provide a whipping post for those who re-
fuse 10 work. II would be an effective as
well as profitable way TO handle them.
Sterling Sun: The democrats pirate loudly
about campaign publicity. Republican Ne
braska has a publicity law which the re-
publican state committee observes to the
letter. while the Bryan democracy, through
"Brother-in-Law Tom" and Cowboy
Jim. - ignores the law. Treasurer Sheldon
OF the republican national committee de-
clares that he will publish all campaign
contributions received by him, thus comply
ing with the New York law. With the re-
publicans campaign publicity is now a fact;
with the democrats II Is a promise sup
ported by a failure to perform.
York Times: The "yell' business at ma
tional conventions is being overworked.
When It was an outburst Of honest en-
thusiasm 1t was worth while and com
manded respect, but since It became simply
a test OF endurance and lung power It is
4 different They are said to be systemat-
ically arranged now IN relays, each clique
leader having his cue when he is to take
up the howl and keep IL hot until relieved.
II stands to reason that no man could yell
bloody murder eighty minute straight
without stopping for food or water. OF
course a federal officer will yell a good
while before he will let go, but there is a
limit even to his physical endurance.
Albion Argus (pop): Every once in a
while we hear some sanity soul blurt out
with disgust: "Dahlman! II Jim Dahlman
is the kind of a man at the head Of de-
mocracy in Nebraska, then l want no more
to do with the party nor Bryan, who sane
lions him" Bryan, nor any other good
man, has power to cast out of the party
all the liars, libertines and hypocrites! II
this were done there would be a mighty
falling off at the polls. What are such
saints going to do2 In the republican
party there are the Tom Cooks, d. Glenn
beavers, Bud Lindsays and a host Of other
as disreputable political skunks as ever
hNeu' Every party mas Inem-eNen the
boasted prohibitionist has its quota, Bry-
ans character is unassailable and his doc
trine can't be overthrown. and II Dahlman,
or the devil himself, sees fit to help Bryan
and his cause we ought to be thankful
Creighton News: "One hundred persons,
200 case and ten barrels OF beer, three tons
OF Ice, two whole cheeses, ten gallons OF
pickles and olives, and 100 loaves OF rye
~bread-this Is the personnel Of the Dahl
man Democracy special train which pulled
out OF Union station over the Union Pa
ctfic at 1923 Monday morning for Dem
yer and the democratic convention"
The above news item gives evidence that
the Omaha delegation to Denver did not
go thirsty during their stay. Jim Dahlman,
Omaha's mayor. Is the hig noise In Dem
YER, and why a man Of the standing OF
w. J. Bryan should select Jim Dahlman as
his personal advisor is more than we can
guess. Should Jim be the democratic nomi-
nee for governor any chance that Ne
tbraska ever had for getting back into the
democratic column Is lost-Pender Repub-
lie. Mayor Jim did not propose to DO huns
up again with nothing but river water with
which to quench thirst, as at Sioux City.
Schuyler Free Lance: After the repub-
llcan national convention one heard many
Of our democratic friends talking about
'bossism" and ''steam roller" and Roose-
welt was denounced and Taft was criticised
and the word "cut and dried was heard
frequently. But since the democratic ma
tional convention there is little said and no
wonder. for there never was a national
convention so completely under one mans
control as that was under Bryan's. He
named the temporary chairman and the
permanent chairman and wrote the plat
form, and he decreed that the steam roll
Ter" should run over Colonel Guffey and
that Kerr should be national committeeman
from Pennsylvania and that Tom Taggart 8
man Kern should be the vice presidential
nominee. From long distance telephone
Bryan dictated any little detail not possi-
BILE for him to arrange in advance. But we
see nothing wrong in all OF 1t except the
Pennsylvania part as to uuseating dele
gates in order to GUST Guffey. There is
just one other thing in connection with
any Of 1t and that is in Bryan denouncing
political bossism, when he is the worst
ever.