Year: 1877

If the republican party OF this state
does not take sundry effective meas
ures to squelch some of its leading
malcontents, It may as we'll prepare
to die. No party, no matter how just
and good its general policy or prlnci-
Piles, can long survive constant attacks
upon its leaders from within its own
Omaha Republican.


This may ali be true. But what
shall we think of paper who con-
stantly falsifies facts regarding motor
ious demagogues, rascals, brihe-takers
etc., and labors, by all outrageously
and disgusting course of pettifogging,
garbled reports and absolute falsehood
to make those appear pure who are
known to be deserving of the condem-
nation of every honest man and news
paper? Any Republican in this To-
cality would answer our question in
terms not at all favorable or fiattering
to the Omaha Republican. The Re-
publican has been and is now, pub
fishing daily "puffs," simply because
it hates the Omaha Bee, of the worst
enemy the Republican party ever had
in this county. This truth is not
overlooked by our Republicans, eth
er. and they will demonstrate their
displeasure of the course of the Re
publican. and their appreciation of
the Bee in most practical manner as
opportunity shall offer. They have
been deceived in thinking the Repub-
Hcdn good and reliable paper, and
now regard it as no friend to the Re-
publicans of this part of the state, be-
lieving its present editor to be party
easily corrupted or influenced. We
believe this to be the correct estimate
to place upon the Omaha Republican,
and we advise our Republican friends
to drop it as a totally unworthy and
unreliable sheet.


We, in this connection, cannot for
bear quoting the following clipped
from the same Issue as was the ex-
tract at the head of this article


Church Howe acted with the re-
publieans, as did the other independ-
ents. and the people of the state as
suredly owe them q debt of gratitude.
1t was his support, in the extra ses-
sion to count the electoral vote, which
enabled the work to go on, and gave
the state to Hayes and Wheeler, and
the republican party will not forget
his timely and priceless services at
these critical junctures.


The probability is that Howe wrote
this puff" himself and paid ten cents
line for 1t. but whether he did or
not. the Republicans of Nemaha hold
lhe Omaha Republican responsible
for such notices, knowing that the
spirit and sentiment 1t promulgates
to be false. They know that Howe
has acted with both parties, they
know he was pledged to Hitchcock
and Saunders al the same time, they
huO" ne was dlSo piOOsOO W tuS
Democrats of this county to support
Democrat for u. s. Senator, they
know he was the Democratic candi-
date for President of the Senate, they
know he voted with the Democrats
on every question regarding the pro-
priety of the extra session which
counted the electoral vote, they know
that when the opinion OF the Senate
was called for as to whether Tilden
or Hayes should be declared elected
President, Mr.. Howe asked to be er-
c,tsed from voting, they know that
during the campaign he declined to
say publicly whether he was for Hay
es or Tilden, they know that he tried
to make bargains with both political
parties, they know that he entered
protest against counting the electoral
vote by the extra session and they
know that had it not been so counted
the state would have probably been
lost to Hayes and Wheeler, and they
know that the last quoted puff of
Howe and the claims therin set up
for him to be a glazing and barefaced
lie.