Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-10
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deal OF FUN at Lincoln and delights In call
ing Il the Holy city" We have often
wondered why Lincoln does not come back
At Omaha by calling It "Nobraska's rcd
light district" surely It Is not because IL
would be untrue to the facts In the case.
Judging from the general reputation Of the
place
Ida Grove DAD Pioneer: In an advertise.
ment In the Land show supplement TO The
Omaha Bee the manager Of their one-horse
street railway swclls up like poisoned pup
and prints some advice to visitors from the
country not to get on or of the street
cars while in motion, and not to stick their
legs under the car wheels. The man who
wrote that adj was the biggest rube in
Omaha during the Land show and did not
know IT,
Grand Island Independent; n, as alleged,
the canvass OF the vote in one district In
Omaha shows three times as many votes
cast in that district as the census report
shows reside therein why should Omaha
be so perturbed about it? II the governor
is radically wrong in concluding that
the voting may not have been done ex-
actly in accordance with Hoyle, Cobbey
anu OhiltE huNuQIlAleht are lntIt not kbuh
grounds for Omaha to claim a much larger
population than given in the census2 Let
the committee investigate.
Central city Nonpareil: We would sug-
gest to omaha that II Il is really in earn
est about its reputation that it cease abus-
ing Governor Aldrch and set about cor
recting the things of which he complains.
For its newspapers and its public men to
a r1a ~
city at election time is about as effective
as to argue that black is white. Governor
Aldrich did not Islander the city when he
called after ton to the conditions there.
The conditions themselves are what injure
the towns good name, and II they are
corrected Omaha orators win not have to
spend so much time in heated effusions IN
behalf OF the city's reputation
Oakland Independent: Governor Aldrlohs
message on the rotten election practices in
Omaha must have struck the quick judging
by the way the exposure has stirred up
things down that way And the World
Herald gives as an excuse that there are
election abuses in every city in the country,
too. The World Herald could do a servioe
by assisting to bring about cleaner elections
Instead of bowling about the governors
bold and true statement Dahlman, the
World Herald's candidate. got more than
nine-tenths of the votes in the bloody
Third ward in Omaha, so, perhaps, the
paper isn't interested in the subject ex-
cept to have it hushed.
Hastings Republican: Usually governors !
are elected because they stand for some
definite policies that the people desire and !
demand. According to the 'Idee" of some !
in Omaha Governor Adrich was elected !
to I'LL the executive chair more for an
ornament than anything else. The governor
seems to have a different view. AT any
rate his eXcelency seems inclined to a
policy Of a general airing Of election meth
DDS in the big city. II there is nothing
wrong in Omaha, the politicians and news
papers of that city have nothing to fear
II something is radically wrong--if gross
frauds have been perpetrated-a thorough
Investigation should proceed for often in
the past the majority vote in Omaha and
Douglas county have decided a state cleo
ton In case this majority has been at
tanned through fraudulent votes then the
people of the state at large through Gov
ernor Aldrich have a right to exact honest
voting in Omaha.
York News: The Omaha Merchants and
Manufacturers association is stlll busy, it
seems, IN issuing interesting reading mat |
ter dealing chiefly with the many phases
Of the much disputed liquor question. In
order that Nebraska Legislators might not
be left in ignorance on this important mat
ter they sent a nice bunch of specially pre-
pared matter to members Of the house. In
seeking TO prove that prohibition does not
prohibit York county was cited as one |
which though virtually dry is yet obliged |
to spend $3.50 year for grand juries to
investigate violations of the liquor laws |
The house was promptly informed of the |
error in the figures in this proof by Rep |
resentative Cotton, who registered a pub |
lie protest and stated the facts in the case !
in plain language. 1t is a good thing to |
represent community that is worth stand |
ing up for and Il is also u good thing for |
a community to have representative who |
will show his loyalty.