Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-08
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.


West Point Democrat. Governor Aldrich
is said 10 have lost thousands OF votes in
Nebraska by vetolne the Sunday base hail
bill. II So he gained a. many by vetoing
the telephone trust measure.
Hebron Resister. The main trouble with
the majority party in the late Nebraska
Legislature was It's lack Of real live
leader. one who could have shown that ne
had force enough behind him to accomplish
things Too much boys play never &C
complishes real good work
Rushville Recorder Governor Aldiich
has been criticised for Vetolng more bills
than any other governor for some years.
But no impartial Judge can pass on
his vetoes without giving him credit
for good and sufficient reasons. Gov
ernor Aldrich was not elected as a political
governor, but rather as a governor for a
square deal ell round. OF course It Is inn
possible to please everybody. hence the
wall of the kickers.
Beatrice Express Representative Sloan
OF the Fourth district has been a congress
man less than a month. but already he has
been listened to attentively while making
a speech on the floor OF the house, and al
ready he is taking an active part in tariff
legislation by the introduction OF a number
OF bills looking toward tariff reduction.
1t is the prediction OF the friends of Mr..
Sloan that he will make an important and
useful member OF congress before his first
term expires
Central City Republican: Sentence has
already been pronounced against Burkett.
The case of Brown is parallel in most Of
the details. When his hearing comes on
before the public bar at the general cleo
ton in 1912 sentence will be pronounced
against him just as effectively as It was
pronounced against Burkett at the general
election Of 1910 For the good Of the repub-
lcan party which faces almost certain de-
feat under his leadership. for the advance
ment Of progressive policies and for the
sake of decency in politics, we demand the
elimination OF Norris Brown.
Central City Nonpareil Judging from the
drift and tone OF its comments the Omaha
Examiner Is disappointed in Governor Aid
rich. The Examiner is one of those stall
wart republican papers that supported Jim
Dahlman and It finds It increasingly diff
cult to be satisfied with the man who de-
feated him, Editor Sorenson cheerfully ad-
mits that Governor Aldrlch has already
developed ample qualifications as a one
termer One of the reasons for believing
that this isn't true is the fact that the Ex-
aminer has found nothing In his admins
tration to commend. II the present execu-
tive goes ahead earning the cordial III will
Of such papers as the Examiner he can
quit worrying about his political future II
will take care of itself
Creighton LlberAl The World Herald edi-
torial column is one of the live wires OF
the national progressive movement. Ever
since Senator La Toilette began to read
the record of his fellow republican sena-
tors 1t has been heralded as the Hottest
patriotism on the part of the Wisconsin
senator. Now, However, when Mr.. Bryan
cites the record and shows where some Of
the southern democratsic senators voted
more frequently with Aldrich of Rhode
Island than a large number of the republic
can senators did, why it's destroying party
harmony. That pillow won't scour in this
land and the further one sees into the
political vista Of the future the more gumbo
there seems to be in the ground. Party
regularity is a good thing but a record OF
deeds faithfully performed counts a great
deal more with the people at this hour.
No one wishes to take any credit away
from Senator La Toilette. but others doing
the same things are entitled to fair in
depreciation OF their motives also.