Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-17
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.

Columbus. Tribune: The continual scrap
between Lincoln and Omaha to we out
siders Is somewhat like a dog fight; anus
ing to some and to others disgusting.
Beatrice Express: It should be mentioned
to the credit OF the last legislature that
one Of It's laws has been sustained by the
supreme court. The daylight saloon law
is held to be valid. We feel confident that
the Sink bedsheet law would also be up
held If It should ever get into court.
Schuyler Free Lance The democratic party
would be a great party If it never was in
power. But therein is its downfall. One
democratic administrator always means
disaster and rodtIto the party and 1t takes
years Of republican INSTRUMENTATION to
again build Up It's Scattered and shattered
elements. Great IB democracy when not in
power.
Grand Island Independent! The Omaha
Bee calls for a new registration law In this
state. And it Is apparent from its call
that the voters of Omaha are subject to
different regulations than are the voters
Of the third cities IN this state. A depar-
ture, tf the Independent remembers
correctly, was made some four or five
years ago, when II no longer became neces-
bhIY LOT the permanent IeSlu6uL 10 TeklbLtT
every year, but only when he changed his
residence, Undoubtedly a law compelling
registration of every voter every time he
goes to the polls is irksome to the staid
citizen and operates, at least in q degree,
to keep some voters away from the polls.
Nor would II be astounding to find that the
voters thus kept away are to be classed
among the best kind Of citizens. He who
= a. .A- -
citizenship, will be registered easily enough
on election day. So far as cities Of this
class are concerned it is here in which
the registration laws should be made more
stringent. There is no excuse for the
swearing In Of 800 or 100 votes at every
election in cities of this size.
P~lattsmouth News: Don't get uneasy over
the outlook, If Nebraska is not cutting
enough OF the CONCEALED article down at
Washington, 1t is not wholly the fault OF
our senators and congressman. The trou-
Bile with Nebraska is that we elect a man
to congress and give him to understand
that II he doesn't raise thunder right away
he will be relegated to the rear and another
man sent down who will. II Nebraska
would keep a man down there long enough
for him to know which was the capitol
building and which the white house, we
would get better results. But Just as soon
as a man bucks the line and doesn't make
a gain the first attempt then we
to boiler for the coach tn take him out and
put In another man. It would be a good
thing II we would elect a man and then
give him to understand that II he made an
attempt to carry the bali and did not
succeed the first time, that we would give
him another chance, and another until he
made a gain hat would carry hin over
the goal line. If we have confidence
enough in a man TO elect him, then let
us have confidence enough IN him to give
him a chance to make good.
Schuyler Free Lance: Anyone who knows
Governor Shallenberger knows that he Is
badly stuck on himself and imagines that
ne Is a very great man, but he showed
himself in his full egotistical way recently
when he claimed certain party rights be.
cause he had received more votes two years
ago in Nebraska than did Bryan. He
virtually said that he was a stronger man
I'm Nebraska than Bryan. II is true that
he received more votes for governor than
did Bryan for president. but that vote is
deceiving and tells no such tale as
Shallenberger claims. The fact is that had
Bryan not been running for president,
shallenberger would not have been elected
governor, for II was Bryan who carried
the state. The rule was that the Bryan
voters also voted for shallenberger and so
the latter got fun benefit Of the Peerless
Leaders strength, but on the other hand
the liquor element and also the cor.
porations element that were against
Sheldon and for shallenberger, voted
largely for Taft. In short. Bryan
furnished shallenberger thousands and
thousands OF votes and made his election
possible. but shallenberger did not make
Bryan one solitary vote. But these evident
facts do not stop the governor with the
swelled ego claiming that he Is a bigger
man and stronger with the people Of Ne
braska than Bryan. II is ridiculous. but
that Is shallenberger again in all his self
esteem. But thea. else can you ex-
pectI