The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
a Political Potpourri


him BY political ehicanery. There is
a middle ground between that oeeu.
pied BY men Of the Aldrieh stamp
and men of the Bristow breed. Il
wont do. If you have the interest Of
the party aud the welfare of the
nation at heart. 10 get entirely Off the
reservation. The prosperity of this
country will not endure under the
democratic theory Of tariff reform.
True the cost of living would be re.
dueed as democratic tariff always
makes America a good country in
which to buy goods. The republican
theory is to make America a good
country in which to sell. If YOU buy
more than you sell your interests are
with the democratic party. But, il
you sell more than you buy YOU had
better stay at home "A little longer.
The tariff is not perfect, neither
will il be perfect until the Creator
turns out a more finished product of
man than at present inhabits the
globe. We can. however, improve on
the present measure, and in that pos
sibility lies the presidents opportu-
nifty. lie has a tariff commission Of
his own choosing. If this commits
sion will honestly and unselfishly
study the tariff bill with a view TO
correcting such evils as the wool,
cotton goods and sugar schedules and
revise the tariff along the lines of
protection, we will hear nothing fur
thor from the Bristows, neither will
the prosperity or business interest
u The country by menaced. The
west must expect TO be stung n
little as well as do a little singing.
You know wheat, and corn, and live
stock are pretty we'll protected (Bris-
tow keeps quiet about this), and
Us hard about dear bread as the
western farmer has about ,he high
price of cotton goods.
Il
Senator Burkett is in for 2 merry
little fight to succeed himself. His
official course has displeased mum
bers of his constituents and they
arn't backward about menthning 1t.
Congressman Norris, who WIS one of
the leaders in the fight against
Speaker Cannon. was exposed to the
senatorial germ, but 1t didn't take
ard he is back in the fight for his
present position. G. O. Wheeden of
Lincoln has his back up and is break
ing into the press almost daily.
Wheeden can't get the votes in Ian
caster county against Burkett, al
though Burkett' has a fierce war on
him III Lincoln, The highways of
the state capitol are lined with fell
lows whose heads Wheeden has
cracked in the past and they are all
waiting for the old man to show up.
The ID. II. Thompson machine, head
ed by Stephenson and others. is
sitting UP nights figuring on some
candidate to beat Burkett, but they
hate Wheeden more than they do the
senator. If some clean, able fellow
outside of Lancaster would come out
he would probably take Burkett's
home county away from him. In
the meantime we will wait results,
confident of a fight and a good one.
Quite a crowd of the boys are
waiting for Congressman McQuire's
term to expire. Who the - is Nc?
Mcguire of Lincoln. you know. Dem
ocratic congressman from the first
district. All, you have heard of him;
you've just forgotten it, that's all.
He's the fellow that beat Pollard.
OF course you know who | mean; |
knew you did. Well, his term is up
soon. and the candidates are speeding
up some. Pollard wants another
crack at it. lie wont do, however.
He is essentially a weak man. and
then that 1920 that he had to put
back, put him ON the shelf so badly
that little Mcguire ran more than
1000 ahead of his ticket. The first
district Is either opposed 10 taking
the money or putting it back, | don't
know which. lust remember this,
that anything written here doesn't
commit this paper. They asked me
to write this and the views herein ex.
pressed are mine alone.
George Tobey of Lincoln is also
out. George is a nice little fellow.
clean and all that. He was Burkett's
secretary when in the lower house of
congress and he made the dandiest
little errand boy to look up pension