The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

AAEHhtfAtAAN -
rather than the few
For nearly half century the task
imposed upon republicanism has been
to solve the problem of representative
government This is to so legislate
and to manage and execute our laws
| that none can be so high as to be
above the law and none so weak as
/ to be below ii.
In other words, the struggle of free
government is equality of opportunity
for all, and special privileges to none.
And If | am elected governor of the
state of Nebraska no measure will
veceive my official signature that is
in the interests of the few and
against the interests of the many
AS He Sees The Issue.
The issue of the campaign now COM
ing on Is simply this: Shall the
breweries and railroads be permitted
to elect another governor? Two years
ago they defeated George J.. Sheldon.
Emboldened by their success they
are now out in the open. They live
In a government that is an absolu-
tion of law. Yet no law was ever
enacted In this country that was good
enough for brewery or q railroad
to obey. No law applied to them was
enacted that they and each of them
did not try to evade or to nullify.
In 1906 the railroads tried to eyade
paying their taxes, when the people
had to, In 1907 the people enacted
railway commission law that was
just to every common carrier in the
state. 1t constitutes the peoples
bill of rights. 1t establishes a COM
mon forum of justice and promotes
right relations between the people
and the common carrier. Did the
railroads take kindly to this measure?
No, not on your life. The first effort
that the commission made. it was met.
with temporary injunction and all
proceedings were stopped.
Then and there began a law suit
to destroy the commission law +
know was the attorney of the rail
way commission to assist the at
torney general. Without going into
detail. when we got through with
the circuit court of appeals at st.
Louis we had a decision that estab-
lished the Jurisdiction OF this COM
mission to fix and establish rates,
and what Is OF vast Importance. that
high court said, the Nebraska rail-
way commission cannot be enjoined
from proceeding to Fix and establish
rates, and from doing It,
But still they were not satisfied.
Every big railroad in the state today
has an action pending in the federal
court to nullify the two cent fare
and the Aldrich freight rate law.
Yes, and they tried to evade and
nullify the anti-pass law But they
don't have any advantage over the
breweries in tk.s regard. The most
brazen, CALLING effrontery ever ex-
hibited sinks into insignificance be-
fore the criminal aggression of the
Nebraska breweries. Today they are
fervent worshippers at the shrine Of
the Slocum law. Their devotion to
that law is little short of sublime.
Well, they have kicked it around
enough, evaded it's provisions and
stabbed it to death, so that they
ought to respect its corpse
County Option viii Come.
But the Slocum law came just the
same County Option will come just
the same, and it will solve the liquor
problem in Nebraska because 1t
places in the hands of all the people
TO control thing in which all the
people are interested. II is fair. It
is just 1t places nothing in any
county against the will Of the ma
jority. So let us get together and in
solid phalanx we will storm the cidode4
uf the railroads and brewery combina-
ton. We have got them out in the
open, the absolute enemies of good
government, because they are join
ed in an unholy alliance to defeat the
will of the people. Let each voter
do his plain duty and all will be well.
Let him bear in mind that the party
of Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd
Garrison, Abraham Lincoln and Theo-
dore Roosevelt never hesitated or falt-
in the face of responsibility.
May God vouchsafe unto us the
power and courage to do our full
duty and then Nebraska will rise
from this struggle purified, ennobled
and strengthened in the victory won
for better citizenship, better condi-
tions, rejoicing that the enemies Of
good government lie PROSTATE, mori-
hupd wOupdad and diving at the.