The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-15

in Nebraska, as we'll as in several other states of the agricultural Middle West, hinges, in the judgment of the political sharps, largely upon what the popular mind regards as local issues," such as taxation, living costs and other things which hit the pocket of the average man and woman.
 In Nebraska, particularly, there is reported to be a remarkable apathy regarding those national and interna- tional issues to which the Washington viewpoint is too often apt to attach undue importance.
 It is not that Nebraskans might not become excited over the League of Nations, or the Four-Power Pacific a dozen similar problems, so much as that they are more deeply concerned with the more-readily-felt disturbance of the much-strained pocketbook which they are experiencing at home.
 In 1907 Nebraska's State budget for two years amounted to $4,367, ,O0O; in 1915 it had run up to $9,700,000, and in 1921 it jumped to more than $30,- 00O,OO0
 TEXAS LEAP skYWARD
 Nebraska municipal, county, town ship and school taxes have leaped sky ward in proportion to the flight taken by the State taxes. The result is that Nebraskas farm and home owners are paying from three to ten times as much money in taxes on their farms and homes as they were paying in 1915, and in the case of the farmers the income from their farms has dwindled to far below what it was when their taxes were considerably less.
 Nebraska's farmers and townfolk and city people therefore feel that they have good cause for complaint, and woe betide the candidates who are unable to show them a way to
 
 The Republican State administra- tion is said to be none too popular. Its Democratic critics charge that the new code administrative system foist- ed upon the State burdensome gov ernmental machinery which added sev- eral hundred additional employees to the State payroll and boosted salaries at the State Capitol from 100 to 300 per cent.
 A language law which prohibits the teaching of any other than the Eng fish language below the eighth grade in the private or public schools of the state is cited as an example of ir- ritating and unpopular legislation for which the Republican Administration is held responsible.
 THIRD PARTY LAUNCHED
 The first wave of protest from the people of Nebraska came With the launching of third party move ment by a group of "Progressives." It had it's inception in the Non-Parti- san League and it was led by a gen. eral unrest over things as they are," but lack of capable leadership prevent ed it from making much headway. It was also felt by many that it might serve to divide and weaken the anti State administration vote, which is reported to be already very large, and to be threatening the Republicans identified with the State organiza- tion with political disaster.
 State issues are expected to help to re-elect Senator Giber M. Hitch cock this year to a third term. Hitch cock enjoys the distinction of being the only Democrat who has ever been reelected to the United States Senate. He is now finishing his second term He is expected to have no opposition in the Democratic primary and to re- ceive large Republican vote after he is nominated.
 The withdrawal of William Jennings Bryan from Nebraska and it's shifting politics has virtually ended the long feud between him and Hitchcock. Be- for Bryan broke" with Hitchcock he was editor of the Omaha World-Her- ald Hitchcock's newspaper. Bryan's recent retirement to Florida is expect ed to solidify the Bryan and Hitch cock factions in Nebraska and to leave the Senator with little or no opposition within his party.
 BRYAN's BROTHER TO RUN
 Charles Bryan; brother of William J., is planning to run for either Gov