Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-04

gates. The result was favorable. He
was nominated and elected He made Ne
braska very strong and decisive gov
ernor.
Young as the governor was, none Of
tine older or wiser ones could Influence,
coax. persuade or drive him 70 do pri-
yate or public wrong or in any manner
violate his duties as one Of the great gov
errors Of Nebraska.
He was quick to see and act. At one
time | met him on o street. at Eleventh.
and while talking with him we talked
about the application as being made for
the pardon OF a noted criminal. He then
said that Judge Pound had been up 10
see him, urging a pardon. The governor
then said to me: Il asked Judge Pound
why he did not instruct the jury to clear
him or grant a new trial. The Judge an
swered me. L never like to disturb the
verdict OF the jury" and the governor
then replied TO the judge. Neither do 1
like TO disturb the verdict Of the jury"
and that ended the pardon business as to
that criminal
Run Against Paddock.
The next great turning point in the
governors political life. as / remember
1t. came when Ex-Governor John II.
Mickey pushed him into the senatorial
contest, believe against Senator Pad
dock, and he had quite a strong follow
ing, but the people did not wish TO lose
q good governor, hence Governor Nance
was unsuccessful, and the election OF his
opponent caused considerable feeling in
the republican party adverse to the gov
ernor, yet am sure that Governor Nance
was an unwilling candidate
We all know that soon after his
second term as governor he removed to
Chicago. which is only about Id miles
northeast of Kewanee, his old home.
There he went into very successful
financial and brokerage business.
Whether the governor had become thor
oughly tired Of the political life and worn
out with its strife and contentious In
Nebraska, and for that reason located In
Chicago. or that his natural inclinations,
like his father. Dr. Nance. led him into
financial life. l have never known.
The law practice did not suit him, that
he often told me- He was naturally Of
modest, retiring nature and uncommonly
honest in all his ways. Nebraska lost a
very useful man when he left us.
His Record Good.
No other governor Of Nebraska ever
made a finer record as an executive. l
have personally and friendly known many
OF our former governors-Governors But
Ter. Furnas. Nance. CARRIER, Dawes.
Crounsc. Thayer, BOYD. Holcomb, Poyn-
Ter. Mickey-all grand men. devoted to
the interests Of the great state Of Ne
braska. Nearly all of them have passed
on to the shades Of another world. II is
but natural for US TO allow our memories
to revert. turn around and look back
over the lives OF the former leading men
Of Nebraska. and then view the present.
prosperous and wonderfully successful
advancement and condition Of this great
state. The few thousands invested in
banking and few banks have increased
to the many millions In capital and hun
dreds In number OF banks. The few
hundreds OF miles OF railroads In Ne
braska in 1873 have increased into the
thousands.
Your honorable paper. founded and
managed by one of the fathers OF success
ful Nebraska. Edward Rosewater, is en-
titled to great credit for Nebraska's
great success in agriculture. business and
finance. A
sorrow to His Friends.
II was with sad heart, which can.
not recover from. that l read the very
able article you wrote in The Bee. for
had anticipated pleasant time In Chi
cago sometime this winter on my way
to Washington, d. C., 10 renew old
aequaintances and talk over our young
man days in Illinois and later in Ne
braska. for my home where l was parity
raised was on a farm adjoining one OF
his fathers farms and first opened my
Illinois. on the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railroad some ten miles west of
Kewanee.
Many others, no doubt. like myself, arc
yet sad over the loss OF Governor Nance,
yet we console ourselves that whilst he
resided here with US In Nebraska we
honored him with the greatest office
within the reach and the gift Of the noble.
generous people of Nebraska Members
Of the national house Of representatives
or United tSates senate, state and federal !
judges, are almost invariably near and |
dear to the people, but no official in our
state ever gets so near all the common |
and great mass Of people and is loved and |
respected as our governor. They, OF neces-
city. become one OF us In feeling, SYM
pathy and noble. manly love. Such was
the case with Governor Nance. and all |
We can now say is: Good bye. dear
governor, and peace to you in the great /
future. THEODORE F. BARNES.