Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-03
NEBRASKA POLITICAL COMMENT

stromsburg News From the Douglas
county standpoint beer seems TO be the only
thing in which Nebraska democracy is in
terestcd.
Fremont Tribune: What IL steam
roller? inquiries a youthful reader. Better
communicate with Delegate Wooster OF Sill
yer Greek.
Ashland Gazette: The one good result
Of william j. Bryan's labors is that he
has tended to effect an estrangement be-
tween the democratic party and its old
time ally-booze.
Mlnden News: Mr.. Bryan omitted the
name of Judson Harmon Of Ohio from his
list OF presidential possibilities, but Douglas
county democrats rectified the oversight
for him without delay.
Atkinson Graphic Reports have 1t that
the republican state convention at Lincoln
endorsed Taft with whoop.' Now what
do you know about that-and too, in so
called insurgent Nebraska?
Fairbury News The republicans Of Ne
braska were always a progressive lot, but
they are not hystercal and they have no
idea OF running off after strange gods at
! a time when the country Is enjoying I'M
prccedented prosperity. "A
Nebraska City News: We give Mr..
Bryan credit for being a smart man, but
that list of presidential possibilities he re-
Gently sent out to the newspapers was not
worthy effort Mr. Bryan forgot to in
clude his own name too.
Beatrice Express: The Word-Herald
finds room to print the Harrington letter
| to Metcalfe and comments approvingly
upon 1t editorially. but owing to the
crowded conditions Of it's columns fails 10
print a letter written by Mr.. Metcalfe to
the world-Heral in which the newspaper
| is told few truths.
Oakland Independent: Both the republi-
can and the democratic state conventions
were harmonious on the outside, but the
safety valves nearly broke under the pres
sure. Between now and next years cam
pain the people will do a lot of thinking
over issues and men, and no one is going
| to have q sure thing"
| Stockville Republican, Faber: The old
| time populsts generally accuse the republi-
can party OF adopting their principles, etc,
| v hich, in a measure, is true. Yet the party
as a party fuse with the democrats when
there is an office TO be filled. If the re-
publicans are so populistc why are the
popuhsts so democratic?
| Tekamah Journal; The republican state
convention at Lincoln was one of the best
state conventions in years. 1t was re-
publican gathering. The speech of the tenn
porary chairman, a. w. Jeffries, of Omaha
was republican speech from the beginning
to the end. There was never a moment in
the whole day when 1t was not evident that
the real republicans of Nebraska were in
control of that convention.
Tekamah Herald Norris Browns speech
4 g..
document, pure and simple. If you watch
you will see him flood the state with it.
| filled with borrowed statistics. 1t was true
to his former record, straddle, to catch
/ the voter coming and going. His speech
| won't fool the Nebraska voters, who re-
member when he said that the Aldr1ch
tariff law was the best ever made and we
| would like II when we got used to It,"
| Bridgeport News Blade: Mayor Dahlman
of Omaha attempted to read W. j. Bryan
| out of the democratic party because no
| bolted the party's nominee for governor
last year. n Mayor Dahlman will ex-
| anime the returns Of last years election
| II will dawn upon him that the voters of
! Nebraska read him out of the democratic
party and every other party on that oc-
casion. Mr.. Dahlman is politically dead
and should have the grace to lie quietly in
his political grave
Papillion Times: The action of the Sarpy
county republicans at Papillion last Satur-
day in refusing to endorse Senator Norris
Brown is only in accordance with similar
action taken by the republicans Of many
other counties in the state. The reason
given, namely, that 1t is too early to en-
dorse any candidate, is not a good reason,
nor is IL founded on fact. Brown has not
been satisfactory to a large number OF
republicans. Were his record satisfactory
1t would not be too early TO endorse that
record OF to go on record in favor of his re-