Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27
Politics in Nebraska

be well prepared for the political cam
paign. With a Taft club organized, a
La Toilette club 20 be organized tonight,
and the democrats up tree, things are
shaping up nicely in this vicinity.
Ainsworth star-Journal: John o. Yeiser
OF Omaha has filed the Roosevelt petition
with the secretary Of state. That means
that Roosevelts name will go on the
ticket as a candidate for president. But
It does not mean that Yeiser had Roose-
velt's consent
Broken Bow Beacon: Morehead, Met
calfe and Poole are democratic candidates
for the gubernatorial nomination. The
first is a banker and the other two are
newspaper men. Unfortunately barrel
Is often more potent than brains in a
political game, but this editors sympathies
are for the quill-pushers.
Springfield Monitor: A Taft organiza-
ton was perfected at a mass convention
In Lincoln Tuesday. when the presidents
virtues were extolled in a set Of resolu-
tons. II is claimed that the assemblage
was composed principally OF those who
draw sustenance from the pie counter and
those who would like to.
Wayne Herald: Either A. r. Davis or
Fred $. Berry, both able lawyers and pro-
gresslve citizens, could wrest the congress
sional toga from Dan Stephens. Wayne
needs a congressman and deserves one,
and it's Wayne's turn. Let Messrs. Davis
and Berry get together and decide who
shall enter the arena and lead to victory.
Falls City Journal: On his Texas
trip Governor shallenberger predicted
that the Nebraska voters would refuse
to put the initiative and referendum In
the constitution. This will be regarded
by the Bryan democrats as rather a left
handed slap at Bryan, their chief and
a bid for the liquor and railroad vote
by a prospective candidate for the United
States senate.
Creighton News: The Houston Post
quotes Ex-Governor Shallenberger, as
prophesying when he was there recently
that the initiative and referendum
amendment submitted at the last legis-
lature would be defeated by the voters
in 1912. That statement will not serve
to boost the ex-governor senatorial
aspirations among the progressive ele-
ment OF the democratic party.
Lexington Pioneer: Buffalo Bill is
making arrangements for another fare
we'll tour with his Wild West next sea-
son. The farewell tour" of last sea-
son doesn't count, for the reason, as the
colonel states, there are a lot of towns
that never said good-by to-" Like that
other distinguished Nebrasksn, Mr..
Bryan, the colonel doesn't just exactly
know when the last time" arrives.
Ord Journal: The Journal hopes that
Senator Sklles Of Butler county win not
refuse to file as a candidate for con-
gress. He is our kind of a Nebraska
democrat. We are not fashioning poll
tics for that district, but with Skiles
running for congress william II. Smith,
of the Seward Observation-Disclosures
would make good man for the demo-
Gratis to send to the state senate.
Niobrara Tribune: r. L. Metcalfe has
answered the call Of his Omaha friends
and entered the race as democratic
candidate for governor. He bolted Dahl
man two years ago and just what course
the wet element of the democratic party
will take, remains to be seen. Metcalfe
will have the support of the Bryan fac
ton, and it begins to look like county
option.
Howell Journal: Aldrich was elected
governor of Nebraska, not on account Of
his own popularity, or the desire of the
people for republican rule, but largely be-
cause our sober citizenship shudSored at
the idea OF a man Of Dahlman's stripe
being placed at the head OF our great
and growing commonwealth. Let the
democrats name a representative citizen,
man In whom the people have conf
dence, and a different story will be told
when the votes are counted in the fall
Of 1912
Tekamah Herald. The action OF the
Omaha bar was certainly commendable.
When IS per cent OF the cases against
the street railway company result in
disagreement OF jurors, it is high time
that something was done, The brib-
ing or packing OF Jurors strikes at
the fundamental principles OF our govern
ment. II is high time also for the courts
Of Douglas county to take notice that
something is wrong when a public cor
poration can hang more than half the
cases brought against them. II looks
suspicious.
Albion News: Senator Brown and Con-
gresham Norris, who will be the repub-
lean candidates for United States senator
at the primary next April, have announced
that they will both remain in Washing
ton attending to their official duties, and
leave the matter TO their friends and
the people of Nebraska to decide which
of them shall have the place. This is a
dgnified manner for them to proceed. II
all candidates for office would adopt this
plan II would be much more satisfactory
TO the people. 1t Is very questionable
whether any candidate makes any votes
by personal solicitation.
bridgeport News Blade: That Clifford
Pinchot is a blathersixite, and so Is his
coadjutor, Garfield, was the statement
made before the irrigation congress by
Albert ID. Bartlett OF Wyoming. He
declared the latter's conception OF irri-
cation problems was narrow, and Pinchot
evidently agreed with him. Those are the
worthless who told the people OF the
North Platte valley that IL they wanted
TO extend the government bitches they
would have to do it themselves. But
President Taft found a way TO rid thq
service OF both Garfield and Pinehot, and
the government Is providing the money to
complete the canals. This Is why those
worthless are deriding Taft and eulogiz-