Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-13
FAKE NoNPARTIsANsHIP

Ord Quiz; About every law the late la
mented democratic legislature passed has
failed to stand the test of the courts
through the fool way of passing them.
Against the last remaining one Of any note
Judge Sullivan, the democratic nominee
for supreme judge is making fight in the
interest of the corporation. What do you
think of sending him to the supreme
court? Would that not be a bright thing
to do7
Howell's Journal (dem.): We would like
to ask some Of our democratic brethren
who are suffering with a bad case of nom
partisan nonsense IL 1t has ever dawned
upon them that a supreme court made up
Of three democrats and four republicans
would be as non-partisan as one composed
$f two democrats and five republicans?
Are you fellows afraid that three demo-
Gratis would spoil things? If not, why are
you 30 industriously engaged in knitting
one democrat? Please arise and explain.
York Republican: IF the voters will es-
tablish a non-partisan court by ~electing
three democratic judges to the supreme
bench, they will take a step in advance -
says a Nebraska paper that is for any
thing tina is not republican. A nonparti-
BAN SOhlN OOAAApNSNo VI a Ahe
jority! A white ~blackbirdl A horse team
of oxeni A respectable salooni Water in
what's 1t namei A dry tidal wave! A hot
icicle! A rose bordered snowbank! A
scratch without itch! A democrat without
politicsl
Beatrice Express: Why the democratic
governor should have chosen the Lincoln
Star as one of the two papers to publish
AAo II.A % 11Itna,nrN oraOrattono a. fha
state has excited some curiosity, Why a
professed republican paper should have
been given the patronage instead of one
Of several long steadfast democratic or
gans, has attracted some attention from
inquisitive minds. The Star had lately
become SO powerfully progressive" and
threateningly inharmonious with the ma
tional administration that the governor
may nave concluded that a little substan-
tial encouragement might gain support
for democracy from that paper. Long
standing democratic papers are already
solid for democracy. They don't need en-
couragement.
Exeter News: When the supreme court
Of the state was enlarged by the adoption
OF a constitutional amendment a year ago,
giving Governor Sheldon the power to ap-
point four additional judges OF the court,
one OF the judgeships, as a matter Of fair
ness to democratic electors who had sup
ported the proposed amendment, was Of
fered to Judge Sullivan by George l..
Sheldon, the republican governor. Judge
Sullivan qualified, but resigned on the first
day, thus refusing a seat on the supreme
bench from any source that savored of
republican authority; and shortly after
ward accepted IN appointment to the same
court from the democratic governor, A. G.
Shallenberger, when the abortive attempt
was made by democratic politicians led
by Senator Ransom, the Omaha stock
yards attorney, to contest through legls-
lative c%hicanery the appointments made by
Governor Sheldon to the supreme bench.
In View OF these facts. which constitute
the plain record as it stands today, It III
becomes the democratic managers to plead
for republican votes for Judge Sullivan,
and the republican voter who Scratches"
his ticket to the advantage OF the demo-
cratic candidate can only do so in utter
forgetfulness Of the fact that Judge Sulli-
van repudiated an opportunity for a place
on the supreme bench because It came
from the hands Of a republican governor
George L. Sheldon.