The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-09-16
REALM OF POLITICS.

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by the knowledge that he is as square
as die and incapable of dissimulating
by the certainty that he would rather
Ole than betray a friend or trust-by
an intimate knowledge Of the man we
are not gong to hear him lied about
without making a protest On the fun
damentals of democracy James c. Dahl
man and the editor of The Wageworker
are IN hearty accord. On some quest
ions Of local policy we differ as radi-
cal!y as the poles. But as between
Dahlman, who never trims, lodges or
evades, the Aldrich, who sets his sales
to catch any breeze that may drift him
offceward, we have no hesitancy in
saying that we'll choose Dahlman. Be
ing free born American citizen, white
and past the age of 21, we are not com
PEELED to make choice between any two
men for any office. There are blank
spaces on the Australian ballot. and it
is nearly two months before the polls
open.
No one who knows Governor Shallen-
berger expected him to accept the popu-
list nomination and make the race after
being defeated in the democratic pri-
maries. He is man who believes in
abiding by the rules Of the game. After
the recount in Douglas, if it still shows
that he received fewer votes than Dahl
man, he will be found right where he
has always been found-fghting in the
ranks for democratic success The
shame Of it all is that such an excellent
executive should have been defeated
for denomination by fool issue that
has no more place in politics than the
subject of foreordination or predes-
tination. If there be those who think
that Governor Shalenberger's defeat
means his retirement from active poll
tical life, let them undeceive them
selves. He will continue to be one Of
the livest political wires in the west.
There will be another senatorial camp
align in 1912.
The Wageworker was for Richard
L. NIedcalfe for United States sena-
tor prior to the closing of the polls on
primary day Since that time it has
been for Gilbert NJ Hitchcock. It has
many good and sufficient reasons for
espousing the candidacy Of Hitchcock
No man in the west has shown a more
friendly interest in the welfare of
organized labor than he. For more than
twenty years he has been one Of the
largest employers of organized labor in
the state. The orld-Herald, which he
owns, has always been closed shop"
insofar as the printing trades were con-
cerned. The columns Of his paper have
always been open to the pleas of union
men for the cause Of organization His
editorial columns have always been
more than fair towards organized labor
Ills record IN congress on questions re-
lative to the welfare Of the workers is
as straight as string and as clean as a
hount's tooth. For twelve years the
editor Of this humble little labor paper
was on the payroll Of the World-Herald,
and every one Of those twelve years was
made bright by the goodfellowship Of
fellow workers and the kindly interest
Of the man who owned the paper.
Naturally reserved man, Mr.. Hitch
cock has undeservedly won the reputa-
ton Of being "cold. " And we says
undeservedly with good reason, for
he is genial, approachable, componion-
able and s'as common as an old shoe
after one learns to know him.
Our old friend '@Jack" Ryder merely
filed for the republican nomination for
secretary Of state and let it go at that
And even then he came within few
hundred votes Of beating a man who
had been actively seeking the nomina-
ton for months. It would have been
easy to give Ryder the nomination had
he worked little bit himself Perhaps
he was just experimenting at this time,-
with a view to going after something
better, and going in real earnest, two
years from now If that's his inten-
ton we are willing to bet dollars to
dog biscuits that he III land all right.