Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-27
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.

Columbus Tribune: Republicans in
former years espous5d the principles Of a
protective tariff. and we are inclined to
the opinion that there are still a few re-
publicans left that have not followed the
wlll-o'-the-wisp Of the democratic free
trade.
Hildreth Telescope: The "non-partisan'
cry Of the democratic party during the
present campaign will be considered as a
joke by the people who will recall the
record made by that party in the last
legislature when dozens Of bills we're in
troduced whose only object was to place
democrats next to the pic counter.
Silver Greek Sand: Governor shallen-
berger has insulted the intelligence and
the morality OF our fair state. says the
Methodists in conference at Kearney. by
removing Chaplain Johnson Of tho state
prison and appointing a Mormon elder in
his place. Poor Shally! He has lost a
large part OF what he gained by signing
the s o'clock closing law.
McCook Tribune: Kindly note the men
and the papers who are opposed to the
primary election method Of nominating
candidates and you will not experience
much difficulty in deciding where to cast
gSNA EOA AAu AAOoN part lIty
are the same fellows who for years have
been in evidence in the caucuses and con-
ventions. The primary method relieves
the politicians, and places the duty and
responsibility OF naming candidates where
it belongs with the people. 1t is only up to
the people to recognize and perform their
duty.
Plattsmouth Journal: Out in Platte
nN.RN =. $780,
cent primary wrote in the name Of a rock
ribbed democrat under the county clerk
heading on the republican ballot. Not an
other vote was cast for that office by
the republicans, and as a consequence the
democrat is the republican nominee. This
amounts to little, as IT will, Of course, be
but q Joke through the campaign, but II
shows one Of the many defects in the
present primary ballot. This could easily
be corrected by requiring a candidate to
receive a certain number-say 10 per cent
of the party vote before emitting him to
a place upon the fall ballot.
Kearney Hub: That is all stuff and
nonsense about the president reading any
Of the insurgents out OF the republican
party, or even making the effort to do
1t. Nothing in his reference to the in
surgents could be so construed. He simply
stated q fact when he declared that those
insurgents who voted against the confer
ence measure, which was the capitalization
of party action stepped out Of the party
when they did SO. Nobody has criticised
them severely for that, IL they were con-
scientious, nor has the president done so,
but has said in a few words that what
they did was their right to do. SO there
is no basis in the action OF the insurgents,
nor in any language employed by the
president, for a quarrel, and we do not
doubt that IN the future We shall see
them pretty well agreed on the tariff and
various other progressive measures.
st. Paul Republican: The Omaha Bee
pertinently suggests that a show which an
nually puts in the amount of work and
prize money that the Nebraska state fair
does, Is singularly out Of date in the mat
ter Of advertising. And It is true. 1t would
make no difference how much money the
fair management spent on attractions, or
how good they were, II they could not get
the people there to see them. With no
better attractions than the Nebraska fairs
have other neighboring states have been
getting twice or three times as many peo-
pie within her gates-as the Nebraska show
has been able to muster. This is very
largely a matter OF advertising. The Ne
braska state fair has been fOllowlng the
old out-of-date plan Of sending a Few
dinky complimentary tickets to the news
papers, and columns OF news matter about
the state fair. trusting to luck and the lazl-
ness of the editors to fiji up their paper
with this fair dope. In the ten years that
we have been conducting a newspaper in
Nebraska, we have never used a ticket
they sent, and what Is more, we have not
run theik stuff. When the Nebraska state
fair managers realize that the only way
to get publicity is to pay for II, and dig
up a proportionate amount OF money to put
into advertising as they use in their other
they can expect to get eff
~fective advertising from newspapers, and
not until. This old complimentary ticket
dodge is laid on the shelf, thank the Lord.