Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-15

At the republican banquet at Kearney
last night, william Hayward Of Nebraska
City, chairman Of the republican state
committee and secretary OF the republican
national committee, spoke OF the issues Of
the campaign In Nebraska. He said:
In this campaign We are again opposed
by the "holier-than-thou' crowd. stand
ing In their usual Pharisaical attitude Of
denouncing as wrong everything done or
to be done. This time they are trying to
pry loose a supreme tudgeship or two by
advocating a 'non-partisan judiciary II
is queer hat they discovered the awful
evil Of a political party nominating Judges
only when the last pop Judge had been
voted out OF the supreme court.
This idea never occurred to these high
minded regulators of public morals, when
they had two out Of the three members
Of the court, and were struggling so hard
to make IL unanimous by electing the
third.
Their definition OF a 'non-partisan' is
"A republican who can be induced by
hook or crook to vote the democratic
ticket" A democrat who votes the re-
publican ticket is still a traitor.
In 1907 they had begun to see the neces-
slty Of a non-partisan court, especially In
republican states. and yet, when the
Peerless One took a few days off from
the ticket window and made his annual
tail-end campaign across Nebraska, the
World-Herald, in its issues OF November
8 to 5, 1907, reports his meetings and ut
t~erances. in oposltion Of Judge Reese, as
follows:
Great Crowds Greet Mr.. Bryan-Ad-
dress Of Great Commoner Conceded to
~ 49, - 80.
Mr.. Bryan was introduced by r. C.
Smith and prefaced his address with re-
marks upon the judicial campaign, and
commended LOOMS, Hollenbeck and
Thomas, the democratic candidates. He
spoke Of the Importance Of the campaign
as indicating the strength OF public
opinion, whether It was toward or away
from democratic principles. Mr.. Bryan
strongly advised his hearers to vote at
the coming election for Loomls for SUI
preme judge and the whole democratic
ticket"
Whereupon, the world-Herald, speaking
Of this judicial campaign. edltorially an
nounces hat Mr.. Bryan never makes a
political speech that he does not win
votes for the democratic candidates. Thus,
was non-partisanshlp exemplified by Can
didate Bryan in that judicial campaign.
The democratic candidates now go forth
urging party loyalty to democrats and non-
partlsanship to republicans. They cry out
because we nave nominated a full ticket
and expect to elect it. and then they trot
out a full ticket. grab the democratic
nomination, fitch another party label from
the pops, elect a state committee and 60
to It, singing, II love my non-partlsan
judiciary, but, oh you democratic candi-
dates"
The last democratic legislature was typi-
cal of the kind OF nonpartisanship to be
expected from them. This reform body
was f~earfully and wonderfully made. from
Stock Yards Ransom to Physical Valuation
Oils and upright Johnny Miller. 1t put in
all of its time increasing appropria-
lions some $4,000 over the republican
high water mark and creating saiaried
offices for administrative democrats, Mill
tary democrats. civil democrats. eccles-
iastical democrats. judicial democrats,
eelymosynary democrats and o~steopathic
democrats, and then, finding there re-
manned a handful of democrats unattached
to the public crib, having provided for
the hungry democrats, they tried to pass
a law in which business might be COM
bined with pleasure, as It were, to pay
$1,000 a year to five thirsty democrats,
who would have been carried on the rolls
as beer inspecting democrats. The only
feature Of this law never questioned was
their ability to furnish official tasters
who would combine efficiency with energy
and promptly attend all calls, whether
night or day.
OF the principal laws passed by this leg
~lslature, with two exceptions, all have
either been declared unconstitutional by
the courts or are being viciously attacked
in court by such able lawyers as John ].
Sullivan, their leading candidate for SUI
preme judge; by William ". Allen, the
only senator they ever succeeded in elect
ing from this state, or by some other
lesser lights of democracy. The two ex-