Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-17
BKRsE OUT WITH a sTATENENI
ArrAiEns the Present Administr1rion
of state


LINCOLN. May lS-G. ". BsrEs said to
day: The general quiet over The state in
politics Is put the calm before the storm
OF course NJ. Bryan VII hse noniats5 for
TIE presidency. and that alone. promises g
stirring campaign But II addition 10 THIS.
issues which are peculiar 70 the state VII
assert themselves as never before II any
past campaign he partnership berwesa
corporate t1flDeuos and The state govern
rns-t stIu exists: The power q corporate
Influences n state poiit5cs is SIN unbroksl-
The larger questions affecting al the peo-
pc. and upon which the present admins
trstion was elected are YET ulso.vsd- Those
IN charge of the affairs q the state have
shown their utter LACK q ability 70 s1ccsss-
fuzzy carry cut TIE Pledges nsds before
election I predict that The voters this fsI
VII show their teeth as never before. aad
fur mighty good reasons
The present admins lstrEtiul went tn-c
power under the most fzvorable usa5Itiuns
with al ths people back C e. pledged 20
carry out certain wei defined demands q
the people. No s5uizis,-Ericn ever occu-
pied such vantage Eroun1- Il bad al o7P1r-
tunity q 2 lifetime BIT i threW -bis
golden opportunity away. The last lsEsls-
tire tl some respects. was TIE bes- lsg.s-
lArurs that ever assembled a. the state
house This was especially true q The
house Il Esaeraly moved n the right
direction But shorty after The adjourn
meat Of The legislature The whole admins
tration lost Us courage Il acted fora while
as though i wanted 10 carry uu- The
pledges and enforce ths laws but il was
soon apparent that 4 fssred 70 give Ctts1ss
70 the powerful trlue-res which have s.
long controlled our politics. Il has been
TsuttirE in rs time On tnoffsuslvs and
harmless questions and has entirely soslvs5
/ the constructive reforms demanded ty he
T people and 20 often promised 70 than T1-s
whole administrator hss lacked force and
aggression il hzs been iuActive- negative
. s-d usssive. Il has accomplished eo-nr ara
rtvely nothing and under its tnert pcncy
th.zEE are -zpldly sliprinE back into ne ol5
ruts and i.to shs caurrol = ths men
q eliqDes and machines which have C.
T t,zuche5 our pollres for quarter q q
4 casrurr. n TIE early warning q bzttle.in-
stead q leading q charge, T. beat re-
treat
-'AEzsE TIE righteous demands q IRE peo-
PIE have beer made p,zTrhinEs CIT q bg
I the p5Eorisns Il seems thzt those IL
I charge Cf The E-zte E1vs-lu=11 cannot
comes our q b-zErlng oppoEuon 70 ell
wrong and not our q camprouiss and COZ
4 Citation The fight VII begin gls- whsrs
ne lef of rEo years ago and wiL not
stop aEul -be s-EIs g purEed q even
sus13cion 70 thrzld1z 70 corporate and 81
0ther corr1pt influences that lhWsrt ths
Z Efu C the people
50 far as the pTiuEry fight Is concerned
an Wiling 10 submit my candidacy f1l
governor 70 the democrats and p.Flllsts O..
rhs STATE M sffurl WL bs 70 uli-s "a
torcss NJ idea Is thai a. -5s primaries
al ths 6emocrs-ic and p1pullst votes sA0alt
BE counted together and whoever receives
rhs uust votes have ne 1uE11H-iun q 53t,
paEiss. EHd ] an wiling 10 De b0ul,
thsrsty, pr0Vldsd Al 0lEsr candidates Be-
fore The primaries p-uL-ly agree &c ina
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