Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-03
NEBRASKA POLITICAL COMMENT.

Ord Quiz: A. e. Cady win be the repub-
lican nominee for governor and he will be
elected.
Plattsmouth Journals Bryan should now
take brother Charley and cage him. ri
will be better for him II he Is never heard
of again Charley Bryan has proved him
self the Joker OF the democratic party Of
Nebraska.
Hildreth TELESCOPES: II the country news
papers desire to be quoted by the Omaha
World Herald all they have to do is TO give
Congressman Hitcheock's candidacy for the
United States senate little boost. They
are sure to get a good position on the
editorial page Of that paper.
Albion Argus (dem): The republicans
declared for county option by a good ma
jority. That sounds good. But the funny
thing is to hear the opposition say they
don't believe the repubs are sincere and
just did II as a matter Of smooth politics.
Be that as it may. the plank is just about
smooth enough to slide into the state house
on. II the thing is slick why didn't the
dems do the same thing?
Alma Record: Hon. A. f. Cady. candi-
date for governor on the republican ticket,
will no doubt be the popular choice of
Harlan county. He will not go pussy-foot-
ing around pretending to be for one thing
In Lancaster county and another in Doug
las county. He is q square deal man. In
conversation with Allen Elliott, the writer
was told that Mr. Cady was man from
the ground up. Mr.. Elliott was in the
legislature with Mr.. Cady and knows
whereof he speaks.
Beatrice Express: Mr.. Dahlman bluntly
and foreibly stated at Grand Island that
the democratic state platform is a coward
ly evasion OF the issue, yet his friends are
asserting that he is the only gubernatorial
candidate who, can consistently stand on
that platform. A little editing of the con-
flicting statements seems to be necessary.
A statement from his own friends that the
cowboy mayor can successfully run on
cowardly platform does not appear to be
good politics, to say the least Dahlman
and his friends should get together.
York Times: Senator Norris Brown
sounded the political keynote Of the cam
paign in his eloquent and mastery speech
in the convention. He showed how the
republican party has redeemed its pledges
and accomplished a vast amount of whole
some legislation and gave the delegates
why the party should be retained in power
Those who think the republican party in
Nebraska is going to be torn into shreds
by the county option contest will be sadly
issppointed. The republicans are a unit
on the main issues Of the campaign and
will not be distracted from them by differ
ences of opinion on irrelevant issues.
Grand Island Independent: Golfers
q. taIl q rAnnbliCapa
that Mr.. whedon of Lincoln is a much bet
ter man for the United States senate than
is Senator Burkett. This is refreshing. Col
hers has been standing for the adoption
and fulfillment OF the republican party's
pledges. Whedon has been standing for
the last few years for the fulfillment OF
democratic platform pledges, notably the
guaranteeing of deposits instead of postal
savings banks. But since Golfers has
spoken the people of Nebraska, who have
no other means of ascertaining who their
neighbors are and whether they are good
republicans or bad republicans, are fully
informed. And that ought to settle It, In
cidentally Golfers is for Cummins and
Cummins unreservedly endorses Senators
Burkett and Brown Tush, however. and
psf! What right have We to inquirer -,
st. Paul Republican: 1t seems when the
matter is sifted down to a cause, that the
only reason some three or four papers have
In Directing to the candidacy of A. Z. Cady
for governor is in the fact that MIR. Cady
made a visit to Omaha. Is there then some
thing in this, even If it were true, which
disqualifies a man from being the chief
executive of this state? Is not Omaha
part of Nebraska? Is not the governor of
Nebraska the governor of the people
of Omaha as we'll as Of Lincoln or
Grand Island or Hastings? Isn't it true that
Omaha, taken as a whole, Is the biggest
single institution Nebraska has? But as
matter of fact there is nothing to the state
ment which will bear inspection. Mr. Cady
did not receive his inspiration to become
candidate from Omaha interests. His fill
ings were ready and In Lincoln before Mr.
Cady visited Omaha. We prefer to believe
that the papers who take a position against
Mr.. Cady and give this as their sole rea-
son, are simply misinformed.
Tekamah Journal: The republican state
convention administered severe rebuke to
Congressman Norris Of Nebraska in the eff
fort he and his friends made to inject their
insurgency into the republican convention.
1t was Taft convention but Norris, whose
reputation for bririancy has been fostered
by muck rake, flash pan magazines, de-
clared he must be elected permanent chair
man of the convention in order to secure
vindicauon from the people OF Nebraska.
Senator Brown was made chairman by
two-to-one vote and Norris was correspond
ingly squelched. Later on In the convention,
after the platform had been adopted and
after half the convention had left the hall
because Of the sweltering heat, Norris
brought out an insurgency plank to mollify
his feelings. 1t was declared adopted on an
aye and nay vote without Senator Brown
yielding to the sentiment of the convention
by asking for a roll call Senator Browns
position was to let them have 1t II 1t would
mollify the Norris crowd any. In a way it
was all right, but II Norris can get any
satisfaction out OF It, he is entitled to It,