Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-09
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.

United States has sustained the Nebraska.
Kansas and Oklahoma bank guaranty laws.
so now u you want to go into the bank
ing business and bust up at the expense
Of respectable bankers you are permitted
TO do so. and there Is none to modest or
make you afraid.
Alma Record The banks guarantee law
Is something that Is not really needed.
being only a political theory, the agitation
for which has died down and Il will now be
accepted by the people a part OF the
banking system. This decision will no
doubt cause Ex-Governor Shalenberger to
be less bitter against the courts Of our
land.
Wayne Herald. II IS reported that the
town OF Gordon In western Nebraska has
been swept by the influence OF evan
geistic services to such an extent that ola
family quarrels have ceased and outlawed
debts have been paid one business man,
speaking from a material standpoint, said
the services in the effect OF persuading
people to settle accounts we're far ahead
Of any collecting agency. Newspapers
would he pleased to see their tardy sub
scribers get that kind OF religion.
Pender Republic: In discussing the North
Pole question the other day a Fender
the people generally were not satisfied
that either Cook or Peary had reached the
pole, but IL the United States government
wanted 70 know for certainty whether
or not the thing could be reached just let
them locate an Indian allotment at the
pole and n some Thurston county land
grabber didn't get to It the Cook and Peary
stories would have to be declared a fake
Beatrice Express: Thirteen depositors the
first day for Nebraslas first postal saw
ings bank Is not so bad. The postmaster
at Nebraska city. where the bank is To-
Gated. states that IL supplies had arrived
earlier the first days business would have
been considerably larger. Beatrice people
will watch with interest the progress OF
the bank. even though Nebraska City was
more fortunate than this city in securing
the first bank OF the kind In the state.
II the experiment proves success in Ne
braska City, the time will not be long,
probably, until Beatrice has a similar in
stitution.
Kearney Hub. The regents of the Ne
braska state university have acted wisely
in requesting that members OF the faculty
do not engage in lobbying for the unlver-
sty appropriation at the coming session.
Such a lobby is, or ought to be, unneces-
sary statement Of the needs OF the
institution, emanating from the regents
or the chancellor should be sufficient
on the other hand, the members of the
legislature can turn over a new leaf to
good advantage by treating appropriations
for state institutions on the basis Of their
needs and their merits and eliminating
all political considerations
Bridgeport News Blade: The Omaha Bee
started something" when It called at
tention to the outrageously high prices
charged for lumber The wholesalers
promptly laid the responsibility upon the
retailers but now the retailers insist that
they are sinless, and shift the blame back
upon the wholesalers The discussion sug-
gests that the railroads are not the only
corporations in need of regulation
VIII 1t yet become necessary for the state
to fix the maximum prices which may be
charged for commodities in order to pro-
tect the public from corporation greed?
1t would seem that legislative inquiry
into the lumber situation is demanded
Hastings Tribune: Senator Tibbets is
right in the fight he is waging against
J. l.. McBrien, who is at the head Of the
university extension department II Is
charged that McBrien has used his office
for furtherlng his own political ambitions.
This can easily be proven when it Is shown
that the board of regents Of the university,
under whom McBrien works, was com
PEELED to call him down during the recent
political campaign for inviting many
political speeches made in behalf Of the
office and that he arranged with a num-
Der of campaigners to say something
favorable OF the office and the manner in
which it was being conducted. Senator
Ttbbets has started on the right track, and
he should have no serious trouble in con-
vincing his colleagues TO that effect.
Hastings Tribune: one university ana
one campus is the slogan of Regents
George COPELAND and Frank l.. Halter OF
the University of Nebraska, and with this
end in view they have submitted minority
report to Governor Shallenberger, and
through him to the legislature, in which
they show good reasons why the buildings
Of Nebraskas great school should be con-
solidated at the state farm. There is no
question that the present plan of con-
ducting the university and state farm
many miles apart is too costly to the stu
dents, as well as the state. The high price
of land about the university is constantly
growing in need Of more room and the
logical thing TO do Is TO locate the univer-
SHY on the STATE AdAlu NHNAt taNA iAl'A-
tuition can work i'm harmony with the other
and at the same time save the students
much valuable time and no small amo'int
Of money.
Loup City Northwestern: Governor Shall
Ienberger, with defeat still ringing In his
ears on account Of the present primary
law, Is out in favor of a return TO the
primary system inaugurated by the re-
publicans and taken off by the democratic
substitute enacted by the Bourbons at the
last session OF the legislature. But even n
there is a return TO the old primary sys-
tenn there will have TO be some drastic
amendments, with penalties, TO prevent
voters with scared consciences and little
truthfuluess from helping parties Of oppo-
site political belief TO select their candi-
dates. Here in Loup City primaries We
know Of men who called for republican
tickets. who were dyed-in- the-wool demo
Gratis and voted that ticket at the pri-
maries There should be some system de-
vIsed to prevent such work, or the pro-
posed change back to the old system viii
be OF no effect in fact-at least in some
voting precincts.