Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-29
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.

Grand Island Independent: II is regret
able that such Incidents as the running out
OF town of ministers or any other free
citizens from whose action there is recourse
to the courts should happen in Nebraska
However, a religious scrap is the scrap for
your whiskers!
Kearney Hub: Governor Shallenberger is
unduly alarmed on the subject OF "nulliflca-
tion." and is quite wrong in p%resuming that
1t is proposed to nullify his pet banking
law. II II is unconstitutional or void for
any reason It is we'll to find II out before
the law is put into effect, and those emil
nent lawyers, william ". Allen and John
L. Webster, will be very likely to find
II out.
Beatrice Express: AT the Kearney meet
ing Governor shallenberger pointed with
pride to the work OF the late legislature, re-
garding with particular satisfaction the
manner in which that august body fixed
the nonpartisan scheme for the election of
judges. In a republican state, from a
democratic standpoint, II was certainly a
most thoughtful and sagacious stroke of
craftsmanship.
Grand Island independent: There remain
only four private banks In the state and
these. with the operation OF the guaranty
deposit law, must go out of business. At
the beginning of the year the number OF
private banks in the state had been re-
duced from the high number OF sixty-fivs
eight years ago to only twelve. and the
twelve have now been reduced to four. II
one of these four refuses to go out OF
business as a private bank, a test OF the
guaranty law would naturally come about
in hat way.
Beatrice Sun: Governor Shallenberger, in
a speech at a democratic dollar Inner At
Kearney, denouncing those who will try to
repudiate and nullify the 8 o'clock closing
law, said that democracy and decency
have Joined hands in the state of Nebraska
and all hell cannot put them asunder."
The pungent reference to the force OF evil
that the governor believes is active in Ne
braska politics may be interpreted as a
shot at Omaha and at the wild west genius
who presldes over the destinies OF all
Omaha and who would be interested in the
sundering business.
Grand Island Independent; Even sue an
irreconcilably democratic paper as the
Omaha World-Herald take a poke at Gov
ernor Shallenberger's recent ukase that
decency and democracy have Joined hands.
Loyalty to party, however, stamps the
poke" The World Herald advises the
governor that he is away behind the times
that decency and democracy have been
business associates for 10 these many years.
The Omaha paper ought-may II not be
suggeBted-to be more charitabie! Governor
Shallenberger has not had the opportunity
to observe the combination at as close a
range as has been the good fortune OF the
world-Herald to observe it-having never
lived in the homo city OF the Jacks and
the Jims.
Central City Nonpareil: Deputy Labor
Commissioner Maupin is developing a new
industry in Connection with his office. He
has organized a state federation OF labor
and had himself elected president Of the
same. He has seen to II also that the
federation was 30 organized that It can
get into politics II It wants to-and from
the reports OF the initial session 1t looks
as II 1t will want 20 right away. 1t may
be all right for a state officer to indulge in
political side shows, but the Nonpareil sus-
poets that the people OF the state would
prefer 10 rave Mr.. Maupin attend to the
duties for which he was appointed, particu-
larly since he laments that he has so much
to do as labor commissioners that he needs
extra office help.