Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-09
FAKE NoNPARTIsANsHIP.

Kearney Hubs: According TO the World
Herald q Judge who decides a point In
favor of q democratic contention is a non
partisan, and that a Judge who decides
adversely to democratic political interests
are otherwise-Just vice partlsans, Of
course. This is where the horse laugh"
comes in.
Trenton Repulican-Leader; The principal
Issue OF the campaign in Nebraska, ac-
cording TO the democratic platform, is the
nonpartisan law which was knocked out
by the courts. II always brings a smile
to hear q democrat talk OF being non
partisan. Nearly every act Of the last
legislature was an effort to give a salary
to q democrat.
Beatrice Express: M world-Herald
thinks the way to defend the spirit Of the
late nonpartisan judiciary law is to elect
the democratic nominees for supreme
Judges. The presumption n It is par
tisan to vote for a republican and noa-
partisan to vote for a democrat seems SO
reasonable to the world-Herald that It ex-
poets people to carry out the idea with
enthusiasm.
Trite Vidette-Herald: There was a vast
amount of freak legislation passed last
winter. The most unique thing done by
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sentatives was to pass what they termed a
"nonpartisan" judiciary bill. The people
can congratulate themselves that the SUI
preme court, standing between them and
a bigtoed legislature, shields them from all
the banefu effects of unconstitutional
laws.
Rushville Recorder: It's enough TO make
a cat laugh outright, when 1t came to
u4aVdv Nbn rffyo nohfn Of fka A.uno-
Gratis. All the efforts of the democratic
legislature were directed upon two points.
one giving the governor the appointive
power for everything under the sun, both
what was already on the statute books
and what the democrats have since added,
and IL anything else pointed to the nom
partisanship idea It was beautifully illus
trated by the high minded way they
strained every effort to give the demo-
crat a salary over the will Of the voters.
All this was done to the tune Of Let the
people rule with democratic variations.
st. Paul Republican: It is nothing, IL
not amusing. at the antics of the demoera-
tic party of the state, in regard to their
appeal for a nonpartisan supreme court.
They claim In their state platform that
they are in favor Of no partisan nomlna-
lions for judges Of the supreme court, but
want the men selected on merit. But they
want the first qualification Of merit to be
this, He must be a democrat" The
proof Of this lies Tin the fact that the
democrats are now before the people of the
state with a full ticket of judges Of the
supreme court labeled democrats. and the
papers of the democratic faith are plead
ing for votes for their nominees on the
theory OF non-partisanship. They ac-
knowledge that the republican ticke is
composed Of clean and able men, but they
are not non-partisan, l. e.. they are not
democrats, and hence wholly unqualified
to be elected to a place on the supreme
bench. Such blooming tommy-rot is fully
worthy Of a lot of disciples of Bryan, and
shows the kin of political schooling he
would give in that celebrated school of
politics he would establish at the state
capitol at the expense OF the state. In an
other years course they might even learn
to probate wills and beg the Widows mite
to make a campaign.