Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-05
NEBRASKA rnEss COMMENT.

suggestion Of q national frog exposition Is
a long leap into the future.
stanton Picket: Mayor Jim Dahlman of
Omaha announces that he will be a candi-
date for reelection. Evidently he has
contracted the habit from his friend at
Fairvtew.
Bloomington Advocate: Jim Dahlman has
announced that he will be a candidate for
reelection as mayor Of Omaha, one thing
can be said in Jim's behalf, and that >
that he has been the most talked Of mayor
in the union. His hot air spiels have
been heard all over the country.
Lexington Pioneer; The Thirtieth Ne
braska senatorial district comprises four
teen counties and has a population of
about 10000 people. Nebraska should be re-
districted, and you eastern Nebraska fell
lows want to jar loose. Central and west
ern Nebraska is entitled to more repre-
sentation in the states legislature.
Ord Quiz: Say, dear populist friend, do
you like the political situation? No one
ever thinks of referring to the coming
legislature even as fusion. The populist
element is wholly forgotten. 1t is simply
democratic that's all. But you will still 60
on with the farce of keeping UP a populist
organization, for a lot of you can swallow
a democratic pill only when put up in a
box labeled 'Populist.' Now wouldn't
that jar you?
Rushville Recorders: The Corn show at
Omaha is said to have been a greater sue
cess than the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. The
comparison is hardly fair, as they are
widely apart in their object. One had for
its object education by scientific methods
for corn raisers and others in similar pur-
suits. The other prpyidpd q lift1A diyar-
sion which we all crave in some form at
some time. We are glad to hear of the
success Of both.
Weeping Water Republican: The word
Is passed along that a democratic daily
paper is to be started in Lincoln. one ex-
change insists that IL such is the case.
only dyed-in-the-wool democrats should
own the plant, and not as already an
nounced, those of doubtful parentage. The
suggestion is a good one, and the republi-
cans who have read The State Journal
during the late campaign can appreciate
the need of a partisan paper. The Lincoln
dailies catered to both parties in order to
keep out the veto competition that is now
promised. An independent paper sounds
nice, but it doesn't fill the bill.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bee prints a
timely editorial on the log-rolling, button
holing, lobbying habit, of everyone con-
nected with the state university (and not
omiting the citizens of Lincoln) for every
dollar that can be wheedled out of Ne
braska legislatures, and The Bee remarks
that at is to be hoped that the unworthy
system will not again be resorted to-" We
will agree with The Bee that the people
OF Nebraska take great pride in their state
university and are always ready to sup
port it as literally as their resources just
ify,' but that "they do not want the cur
riculum enriched with a course in the
gentle art of lobbying"
Sterling SUM-: The republicans in the leg
~islature will be in such a hopeless minority
that they can do nothing of themselves,
but the republican legislature of two years
ago made a record for the party of which
they may be proud and one which the dem
ocrats this winter will not seek to wipe
out, and now they can afford to assist
the democrats in the passage of any laws
that are for the good of the people, re-
Numbering that the people are more in
terested in good legislation than they are
in partisan politics. Whether democratic or
republican, we are all compelled to live
under and be governed by the same laws,
and wholesome ones are the kind we want.
O'Neill Democrat: When a senator can
be elected in Nebraska by direct vote OF
the people NJ. F. Harrington can go to the
senate, II it is his wish. The Democrat be-
lieves that no man in Nebraska in any
party can get as many votes in this state
for this position. No man has done so
much for sound and intelligent reform in
this state as Mr.. Harrington, and none is
so thoroughly qualified to hold such an
exalted position as he. Mr.. Harrington never
held an office, nor does he want one, but
Nebraska has a right to insist on some
things, and Harrington for senator should
be one Of them If the time shall come when
the people may choose a senator by direct
vote.
Wayne Herald: One of the platform
pledges made by the democratic party dur
ing the last campaign was to provide for
the physical valuation Of corporation prop
erty so that the rate making overs could
have this valuation as a guide in fixing
rates. This pledge is now worrying the
successful democrats, because at the same
time that pledge was made there was an
other promising to cut down the expense of
the state government and to reduce the
taxes to be paid by the farmers. 1t has
been reported to the democrats who will be
responsible for what the legislature does
that Michigan spent $685. 600 finding out the
physical value of its railroads and that
Wisconsin spent $4,000.
Columbus Tribune: The new solons are
now concentrating their minds on the
thought of a new law for the guaranteeing
of bank deposits. We are not selfish
enough to want the legislature to adopt an
unsatisfactory law. The people of Ne
braska, by electing a big democratic ma
jority, along with other things, said they
wanted this law. The new state of Okla
homa, like a young man starting in bust
ness who is usually. in his own mind, so
much brighter than his father or "the old
MANI passed laws that are even now
blocking the way of progress, and as the
banks Of our state are Of the most i'm
|portant of all Institutions caution should
be exercised in framing this law. We don't
wan the law to be detrimental to our
4 state. We hope to see one that will be
t beneficial, for, above all democrats and
= republicans, we stand as citizens of Ne
: braska.
= A CROWDED COUNTRY.