Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1894, Page 5

BEFO RE THE BATTLE. The Reckless Wreckers Run Riot and Jubilate Overt he Defection of Rosewater and The Bee. Fromont Tribune: And will be elected. Cladron Journal: Will The Bee get into line or will it make Majors' election doubly certain by continuing to fight him? Sioux City Evening Times: After all, what matters it for the republican ticket in Nebraska, one vote more or less in Omaha, Newport Republican: The influence of The Bee against Majors gives that gentleman an advantage over his competitors for guber- natorlal honors which is decidedly unfair. Bloomington Journal: The Hon. Thomas Majors, acting governor of Nebraska, still #tays by the boys. ““Thomas” is still work- fng with the boys and don't you think “Rosey,” the dwarfed editor of The Bee, can hurt him. Bxchaige: A St. Joe shirt manufactur- fng _company telegraphed to Omaha as soon @s Tom Majors was nominated for governor to get a sample of the kind of shirt he wore, In order to manufacture a lot for the Nebraska trade. Bloomiraton Echo: 1Tt was undoubtedly the mreatest state convention ever held in Nebraska, and the ticket placed before the veople will receive the united support of about every republican in_the state except the hoolco editor of The Bee. Friend Telegraph: Mr. Rosewater asks for suggestions as to the best method of d feiting Tom Majors, and we hasten to reply: It Mr. Rosewater would turn in and support him it would come nearer doing the business than anything that could be devised. Plerce Call: Tom Majors is the strongest man In the state politically and will be elocted by 20,000 plurality. Rosewater has bolted! True republicans should say “Amen! Lot him go!” The vindictive, would-be dic- tator and reprobate should have left the party four years ago. Plattsmouth News: its anti-Majors might have this time, Majors Had The Bee begun crusade a month ago it accomplished something. At however, the Majors boom has Dased the critical period and his star is ciearly in the ascendancy. Majors will be the mext governor of Nebraska. Tecumseh Chieftain: Tom Majors' election to_the gubernatorial chair is already practi- cally assured. The almost unanimous en- dorsement of his candidacy, aside from the Rosewater deflection, leaves no doubt as to the final result. From now on till November the majority just grow a little from day to day. Ord Quiz: Tho Bee fought Tom Majors’ election two years ago and Majors was elected by the largest vote on the ticket. The Bee Is now fighting Majors' nomination and will fight him if nominated. Majors will therefore be elected again. Republicans have no fear for anything this fall—not even for bee-stings, Red Cloud Chief: B. Rosewater of The Omaha Bee, immediately after the nomina- tlon of Tom Majors for governor by the re- publican state convention, sent in his resig- nation as national committeeman, and Hon. John 8. Thurston was appointed to fill the vacancy, Rosewater has made the mistake of his life. He should have supported the ticket, kept his position and kept still it he did not like Majors. X York Times: 1In resigning from the re- publican central committes Mr. Rosewater did not resign his republicanship, such as it 1s. He will be the same politically that he has been. He was only clearing the decks for action and will from this time on keep up a steady firs on Tom Majors until after election. This is a republican year and the ‘Times believes Mr. Majors will be the next governor in spite of the opposition of The Omaha Bee. Syracuse Journal: Next to the nomination of Majors the resignation of Rosewater as national committeeman and the prompt sub- stitution of that republican, John M. Thurs- ton, was the most exciting event of the con- vention. The delight of the convention was unbounded, and Rosewaterism was forever and effectually buried so far as the republi- can party in Nebraska is concerned. Peace to his ashes. St. Paul Republican: The fact that The Omaha Beo intends to fight the republican candidate for governor will cause Mr. Majors and his friends no uneasiness. tactics are becoming so well known that it matters little to the party whether that paper supports republican nominees or not. The Bee jackass has for years paraded under the skin of the republican lion and quite success- fully. Hastings Nebraskan: The puerile attacks on Hon. Tom Majors by The Omaha Bee and its satellites are having but little effect, all their charges against him having proven to be false. These unjust attacks can have but one effect, and that is to strengthen Mr. Ma- Jors, at least among all fair-minded and just men. The people of Nebraska have known Mr. Majors for years, and knowing him, wiil tako pleasure fn supportg his candidacy for governor before the convention and in work- ing and voting for him afterward. - Bloomington Bcho: The Bee fs still fight- ing T. J. Majors and in & most outrageous manner, Informing its readers that he is not the cholce of the republicans of this state for goveraor. The lie 1s given to this state- ment at almost every county convention that 18 held by their electing delegates to the state convention who are either instructed for or friendly to Mr. Majors. The people of this state have become pretty well ac- cuainted with The Bee and now pay but little attention to the rantings of its editor. Sloux City Journal: Nebraska republicans are laughing over the threat of ex-Nationa) Committeeman Rosewater uttered when he first heard of the nomination by the republi- can convention of his old-time opponent. Ho Is reported to have sald: ‘'S ave So they nominated Tom Majors, have they? Well, golng to do? I do you know what I am will immediately tender my resignation a & member of the national republican com: mittee, and 1 will issuo a call for all ind pendent republicans to meet In convention and nominate an independent ticket.” Waco World: Rosewater has resigned as republican national committeeman and the party is convalescent. He has borne the same relation to the party that a Russian thistle does to a well regulated farm. Because Majors has refused to be the pllot's hired man his nomination has angered the seven- column insect. Rosewater will probably do more to elect the statesman with the sky- colored shirt than any other one man in Nebraska. He is a pouting plgmy, politi- cally, and his plcture would look better with tho features turned toward the wall. He Just resigned in time to escape the big boot toe of public sentiment. Billy Anninias in B. & M. Journal: They arc beaten. They are beaten unless every Indication fails. ‘They are beaten unless, as King David sald in his wrath, “all men are llars.” They are beaten unloss intelli- fence among the voters of Nebraska Is at a iscount nstead of at a premium and unless slander and mendacity pass in‘ these latter fays as ourrency in the place of patriotism snd common sense. They are beaten unless the reports of tpeakers who have thoroughly canvassed the state are entirely at fault and unless those who ought to know and who for years have made It their business to know about political conditions in Nebraska have been grossly deceived. Fairbury Enterprise: ‘That state conven- tion should be photographad and one of the beat placed in the halls of the state capitol, that the rising generation might look upon the faces of the only set of men in the history of the republican party of Nebraska who had the nerve to come out flat forted | and above board and denounce and repudiate the greatest I am and tyrannical boss that ever trod upon Nebraska soil. His nam is “Pants” from this on. Tho most sensible thing Rosewater ever did in his lfe was When he tendered his resignation as a mem- of the national republican committee. | | coll The Bee's | The resignation was accepted amid wild vhouts of glee and a republican, and a man, John M. Thurston, elected immediately. The republicans of Nebraska should breathe easier | now that they have been freed from the | companlonship of that gentleman who has beon a bitter pill to %o largs a majority of | the honorable republicans of the state. Beatrice Express: Every supporter of Mac- save Rosewater, will vote for Majors, and gallant “Tom” will be elected by an over- | whelming majority. The “lttle Joss™ stands | Isolated and alone in his “bolt” and the | republican party s relleved of a millstone that has for years hung about its neck and handicapped its progress. No tears will be shed over the passing of Rosewater, but ratter it will be the occasion of rejoicing in all republican circles. He has finally landed in his “mugwump” home, where his piratical methods and practices will the bet- ter serve his purpose. The resignation of the “pilot” from the national committee was accepted without a dissenting vote. Nemaha City Advertiser: B. Rosewater handed in his resignation as a member of the national central committee. This caused one of the greatest scenes ever witnessed in a convention. Even the Omaha delegates seemed glad to get rid of Rosey, and the motion to accept his resignation was carried unanimously. As was expressed, it was bet- ter to fight an open enemy than a secret one that was in our own ranks. Judge Hay- ward moved that Hon. John M. Thurston be selected as committeeman in_ Rosey's place and the motion was carried. Thurston made a fine speech, and Majors, being called for, made another speech in which he took oc- caslon to roast Rosewater. Pawnee City Republican: The little Bo- hemian of the Omaha Bee acts like a dying man catching at a straw. The waning sub- scription list of The Bee and the big plas- ter on The Beo building is causing The Bee man no end of trouble, and, acting in his usual capaclty of a bulidozer of public sen- timent when running counter to the fiat of his pen, Mr. Rosewater has issued a bull against the candidates of the republican party placed in nomination at Omaha August 22. The days of Rosewaterlsm and Rosewater domination in the republican party in this state are numbered, and his dying efforts to create a schism in the republican ranks will prove futile. Lincoln Journaly The republican members of the republican state convention appeared to be as pleased over Mr. Rosewater's resig- nation of the national committeemanship as though they had found a new cent or a rainmaker who really materialized moisture. It is the little pleasures, after all, that con- duce most to the happiness of mankind. The incident chased away that tired feeling that overcomes the most robust of poli- ticlans after a night or two of restlessness and cigar smoke, and gave them the requisite rest to go on and complete the routine work without thefr suppers. It was an agreeable break to the monotony of roll call- ing and combination making. Plattsmouth News: The republican ticket nominated in Omaha yesterday will give gen- eral satistaction. It Is composed of strong, clean men who will in many instances re- celve more than their party vote. Majors, the nominee for governor, has been vigor- ously opposed by The Bee, but he will get enough democratic votes to offset every re- publican that will hearken to the abuse of tho Omaha editor. The facts are, that Ma- jors has been disposed to stick to his friends under any and all circumstances, and when some of them went wrong it might have been better for him In certaln quarters if he had condemned rather than_ apologized. One thing is certain, Thomas Majors will be the next governor of Nebraska. Beatrice Express: It fs painful to gaze into the future and figure on the probable fate of Mr. Rosewater, the man without a party. 8o long as he claimed to be a repub- lican he was not utterly destitute of friends and followers; but now that he has cast oft his allegiance the outlook is very dark. He will not be cordially welcomed by any party or candidate, as he has made a reputation as a hoodoo of late years. He can never take his accustomed place at the council fire of the G. 0. P. Somebody else will sit on the log he used to use. Mr. Rosewater is growing old; silver threads among the gold shine upon his brow today, life is fading fast away. His old age promises to be cheerless and dreary. Consldering what he once was, it is all very pitiful. Put not your trust in princes and Omaha editors. Tell me not in accents broken Life is of no consequence; Walit until The Bee has spoken, Note if Edward R. dissents, Let our hearts no trouble borrow At the prospects now in sight; There will be a bright tomorrow Subsequently to the night. What though Rosey howls deflance? Let the heathen rage and snort; Place on him no great rellance For unqualified support. While the rod Is heated, strike it, Strike for victory next fall, Go ahead—if he don't like it— Let him lump it, that is all, Lives of honest men remind us We can do without him—see? And, departing, leave behind us Rosey and his little Bee, Let us then be nominating Whomsoever it seems right, All regardless of this prating Of guerlilas in the fight. —Lincoln Journal. Nebraska City News: The republican convention at Omaha not only sat down ex- | tremely hard upon E. Rosewater, but they, | figuratively, drove him into the ground and then covered him with insult. One member thanked God that they had driven him out of the party at last, and the convention seemed to have gone wild with joy when his resignation as national committeeman was read. The utterance of his name called for hisses and to abuse “the little Joss” meant applause. The B. & M. packed the conven- tion o solidly that there never was a hope of a Rosewater man winning, But now that they have him down can that gang of corporation heelers keep him down? There Is no disguising the fact that Rosewater has a strong following in the state, and there are a large number of men who will do his bid- ding as long as they believe he is in the right and fighting for the best interests of the party. He fs alio editor of the ablest and largest circulated republican paper iu the west. The corporation gang have driven Rosewater out of the party, but at the same time we believe they drove out a large pcr- tion of, the republican party. Therefore we rejoice. Now is the democratic cppcrtanity. Lincoln Courler: The republican state con- vention held in Omaha Wednesday brought out the biggest political sensation Nebraska has seen in many a day, viz: the desertion of the old ship by the pilot, the resignation of Mr. Jtosewater from the mational republi- can convention, and the issuance by him of & note of deflance that is generally accepted among republicans as meaning that The Bee In the future will be a free lance, more so than ever before. If Mr. Rosewater expected that his letter would produce any regret among the delegates or cause anything like a reaction in his favor the result must have been terribly disappointing.« The scene that followed the reading of his lotter has never had a parallel in any republican state conven. tion in Nebraska. The suspended sword had descended, to be caught by those whom it threatened and hurled into space. Probably three-fourths of the delegates were animated by an intense hatred of Mr. Rosewater and his methods, and they were almost beside themselves with oy and excltement when the announcement of his retirement was made. Shouts of derision filled the-air, men climbe on chairs and waved their hats and yelled until they dropped back exhausted; there was 4 tumult of exciting joy, lasting for a con- siderable length of time; and delegates who were not Majors men before became en- thusiastic for the nominee of the party. * ¢ % The continued hostility of The Bee will serve to draw republican lines closer and closer, and it may make yotes for the candidate for governor. The public generally has learned a good deal of the oharacter of Mr. Rosewater, and his antics, such as his present bolt, have ceased to be regarded in a very serious light. Fremont Tribune: The republican party of Nebraska has at last purged itself of Rose- waterism. The day has been long, entirely too long, in coming, but it has arrived at last and it is a matter of devout conmratu- lation. It s a distinct gain to the party No longer will there be any truckling to an egotistical boss who has used the party for a foot bail, making a professed alleglance to it a license to villify and traduce whomso- ever he saw fit. No longer will his wishes dominate or even effect republicans in the duty of being honest to themselves, their party and their state. At no time in the history of Nebraska has there been such a scene in a state convention as that which took place upon the presentation to the con- vention of Mr. Rosewater's resignation as national committeeman. The convention was the scenc of the wildest enthusiasm. No words can describe it. It was pandemonium The day of deliverance was at hand and it was welcomed with tumultuous refolcing. — SNAP SHOTS AT THE RESULT. It 1s All Right Now. Sutton News. Nebraska is all right of her citizens did go governor. en If a number 1d and elect a pop ¥orming a Habit, Fremont Herald. Nebraska is forming quite a habit of turning down republican candidates for gov- ernor. Who'll be the next? Turned Out to Grass. South Aubum Herald. There {8 “‘weeping and waiking and gnash- ing of teeth” among the applicants for fat places under Mr. Majors, in event of his election as governor, ~ They are now open for other engagement; Democratle Janusos, Kearney De Democrats who voted to elect Majors are expected to rejolce because New Yorx, Ohlo, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Tllinofs Colorado, Ka i, Michigan' and th Dakotas went re| nocrat. The State Is All Right. P Cambridge Kaleldoscope. No matter what calamity may happen to the governor's office, the state is all right, A republican legislature and a set of re- publican state officers will see that nothing happens that will discredit Nebraska abroad. Mark that. He Favored Everybody. Platte Center Signal. If the World-Herald had devoted two col- of its editorial page to the prohibition i it would have had three parties to mourn their defeat and one to bless witn success. As a political shyster Manager Gilbert Hitchcock takes the lead. Meiklejohn's Corsets, Central City Nonparell. 1t the pops had not accused Meiklejohn or wearing corsets they might have .beaten him, but every woman who wears one took his ‘part and just induced her husband to vote for him, and when women take a hand in politics it'is not hard to tell what the re- sult will be, Looking for the Dead, Lincoln News. The question that now arises Is, who will be the democratic party of Neébraska in the next state election? Will thére be, fwo or- ganizations and two democratic parties; or will there be none at all. These are qfies- tions that will be found thrusting them- selves to the front when the next election rolls around. Anninias and Sapphira, Lincoln News. J. W. Johnson thoioughly Colonel today, a returned home cisappointed man, He "'says that when it became evi- dent that Holcomb was elected his new invention, the Annin plain and fancy edltorial writer, absolutely refused to work, and all attempts to induce the wheels to revolve have failed. Mr. Johnson had fond- ly hoped to make his fortune with it, but he will now have to go back to the ar- duous task of figuring out as a clerk of the Board of Transportation how much it will cost to haul three pounds of freight 100 miles if it cost a man three cigars for tne train crew to ride from Crete to Lincoln. Just imagine, though, how blg Majors' ma- jority would have been if Billy Annin and the Journal could only have been muzzleq. Madison Reporter: Rosewater strictly in it. Alblon News: I did it, hatchet.”—Edward Rosewater. South Auburn Herald: Rosewater made a great fight against corporate domination. Plainview News: Rosewater and his wasp are still doing business at the old stand. Plerce Leader: Rosewater of The Bee is undoubtedly the happlest man in the state, as everything went his way. Fremont Tribune: The democrats didn't elect Holcomb; it was the disgruntled repub- licans who made him governor, Holdrege Progress: Wonder how the re- publicans who have been saying Rosewater din't have any Influence feel now. Ord Quiz: The Bee will claim the v and there is no doubt but that it was feather that broke the camel’s back. Valley Enterprise: When a republican landslide fails to elect a governor there is something wrong. The votes tell the tale, Loup City Times: We are informed prior to election that Majors would run ahead of “his ticket.” He evidently had no, ticket. Plattsmouth Journal: Mr. Rosewater has shown his party that he s a necessity to its success and that it cannot elect yellow dogs against his protest. Pender Times: Tom Majors told the peo- plo of Pender that he intended to get 20,000 plurality. Tom was talking through his hat. Let's see, Rosewater {s a little joss, is he? Fullefton Post: Will the republicans now claim that they prefer The Bes to be | against them? The pops are pretty gener- ally satisfled that The Beo pulled Holcomb through. McCook Tribune: Tt is but fair to Bdward Rosewater of The Omaha Bee to state that certain politicians will hereafter entertain a higher respect for his pen and paper, if not for his personality. Falls City Journal: The jollification of the hour is marred by the defeat of Tom Ma- jors. ~ The feeling is shared by many demo- Crats. This is not a victory for populism so much as for Rosewater. Lincoln News: The returns indicate that any candidate who goes fnto a campaign in Nebraska doubly handicapped by the opposi- tion of The Bee and the support of the Jour- nal cannot expect to win triumphant. Larned (Kan) Optic: The result in Ne- braska s a vindieation for Rosewater of The with my little pop victory, as the legislature is republican and will select a rdpublican United States senator. Sterling Sun: Démocrats have no cause to, and but few bf them do rejoice over the election of a pop, goyernor in Nebraska. It is no credit nor gaip to their own party. Rosewater and hlg républican followers must bear the blame ‘for Holcomb's election. Neligh Leadert Holcomb's election was made_possible only, by republicans refusing to_endorse Majors. . Republicans lay the defeat of Majors to the support giveh hiin by Tobe Castor and the democratic office holders. Tecumseh Chieftain) The defeat of Majors | for governor doeg mot Indicate by any means that Nebraska {4 anything else but a re- publican state. Majors" defeat was the result of a purely personal fight and does not indi- cate any increased strength of the popullst party. Crawford Gazette: The agony is over, | and yet is only just about to commence. Lat- est reports indicate that the soup is thicken- | ing around Tom Majors. For shame, Ne- | braskans! Would you permit one little man, among thousands (E. R., of the B.), to dictate to you, against the promptings of your own | conscience, whom you shall clect and whom ALK, THE BATTL I’nlllf[llfl_ “Regrcts Over the Folly of Fools in Spurning the Aid of T'he Bee. -the only thing that properly fits the situation Omaha Bee, and dsinot regarded as a demo- | k. you shall defeat? _You have done it. And now the state will be ruled by a populist gov- ernor, by a man who may be “clean and hom= est but who is, nevertheless, standing on a platform built by anarchists. ' You haye done it, and now you must grin and bear the pun- ishment. Aurora Sun: Holcomb is elected, and the state has saved iself the disgrace of elect- ing to office that subservient tool of the cor- porations and political trickster, Tom Ma jors. There was not money and’ transporta- tlon enough in the state to seat him in the governor's chair. Waloo Era: Despite the combined Influ- ence of corporation boodlers and office hold- ers, Judge Silas A. Holcomb was elected gov- ernor of Nebraska. In this we rejolce, We have no fears but that he will spare no pains to unearth rascality and head off devilment whenever possible. Hurrah for Holcomb. Silver Creek Times: In view of the great republican victorles in Nebraska and throughout the country, taken in connection with the defeat of Majors, the Times feels plously inclined and disposed to sing “Praise Jod from whom all blessings flow,” as being Lincoln News: Briefly stated, the reason why Tom Majors was defeated was be- cause, from the very inception of the cam- palgn his candidacy and his fecord had to be defended. With either Lorenzo Crounse, Jack MacColl or A. E. Cady the entire ticket would have been elected by from 15,000 to 25,000 plurality. Minden Courier: We hope to hear no more of the silly nonsense about The Bee having no influence and that the opposition of The Bee was equivalent to an election. Rose- water has fought the republican party and | its many annexes almost entirely alone and | won. He has defeated a political shyster and elected an honorable man to office. For this he is reviled Nebraska City News: The defeat of Tom Majors—if he is defeated—is a personal vic- tory for Edward Rosewater and over which he can rejoice. ‘The remainder of the repub- lican ticket is clected, but the leader went down in the gloom of defeat. Judging from the manner the people went crazy in other states the republicans should have carried Nebraska by 35,000, Shelton Clipper: Holcomb 1s elected go ernor by from 2,000 to 3,000 over Majors, and, though the majority is a small one, the result shows the mistake the republicans made in the nomination of Majors. Had Jack MacColl been the republicon nominee there is scarcely the shadow of a doubt but that he would have won by at least 12,000 majority. Central City Nonpareil: 1In Nebraska more interest is centered on governor than on anything else. Hundreds of republicans early in the campalgn were dissatisfied with their ticket, but as the campalgn progressed and Holcomb's record was shown up a majority of the disaffected came back into line. The Bee from start to finish carried on a relent- less warfare against Majors and its influence was manifest. Wisner Chronicle: The Wisner Cornet band serenaded the editor of the Chronicle in front of his office building last Thursday evening as a personal compliment from his many friends who are pleased with the course of this paper in the recent state cam- paign, without respect to party afiliations. There was borne aloft a consplcuous banner, upon one side of which was fnscribed: “Kenower is all right,” and upon the other the ante-election claim that ‘‘Rosewater's oprosition insures the election of Tattooed Tom by 10,000 majority.”” Mr. Kenower re- sponded to the call for a speech and briefly thanked the band boys and the company assembled for the compliment, which he de- red was due to all of the independent | and untrammeled voters of all parties, who had achieved a victory over the corporations of the state. He defended Rosewater and lauded his life-long champlonship of the in- terests of the people against corruptionists and corporations. After touching up the closing incidents of the cempaign In a man- ner which elicited repeated applause, he stated that the smoke of battle had cleared away and proposed that his guests smoke the pipe of peace. And all smoked. Chadron Signal: The election of Judge Holeomb by the people of this state was the | most remarkable and wonderful political vic- tory ever won in Nebraska. With all the raiiroads and banks, the saloons and corpora- tions against them, and with the general republican landslide over the country, the trlumph at_the polls Tuesday {s simply as- tonishing. We can measure now that the battle is over what we had to beat those who helped win the fight for government and a free people last Tuesday Fairbury Journal: An inspection of the returns shows that the democrats elected the republican ticket, except Majors, and that republicans themselves elected Hol comb. *'Straights” swallowed the whole con- coctiop, Majors and all, but a good many republicans could not take the dose that headed their tick It also shows that Rose- water had more “inflocence” over republi cans than many care to admit. Today Rosewater can congratulate himself on being sreater than the whole republican party— and it seems to be big enough this year, Seward Reporter: It is disappointing to think that the state will have to endure a populist governor, and humiliating to consider that_he will be almost certainly influenced by Edward Rosewater, but he can do little harm. With a republican legislature there is no danger of the passage of laws that will effect the credit of the state, and with all the other state officers republican a pop gov- ernor, even if backed by so great a man as Rosewater, cannot accomplish very much, While regratting the defeat of Majors we can console ourselves with the thought that everything else in the state is safe. Tecumseh. Republic: At last the people have spoken. They have risen in thelr wrath, and, with a strength born of despera- tion and the knowledge of their past griev- ances have torn down the dark banner of corporation control and raised over its ruins the bright flag of justics equality and a government of the people. Nebraska has at last redeemed herself from,the iron heel of despotism and stands forth‘with honor pure as the glittering rays of the stars. Silas A Holcomb is the governor-elect of Nebraska for the ensuing two years, being elected by a safe majority of the mass of the honest common people of the state Ord Quiz: Now that the thing is over the admission might as well be made that it was a serious mistake to nomi There is no use buying a law suit in business matters, and in politics it is wise to tackle as few enemies as possible But, after all, the convention could not have been expected to do otherwise. No doubt many members of that convention felt that it was not a wise thing to do, but they felt that it would be done. The contest had gone on so long before hand that nearly everything crystal- ized into Majors or MacColl support, and it was useless to expect anything but what did oceur. And here lles the whole dificulty: In all states and in all parties weakness is oc- casioned by the difficulty in shaking off old stagers, Here draw the line: As soon as a politician has ceased to be the embodiment of a live idea in the party, shake him and fnfuse new blood in his place. There are Reeds, Algers and McKinleys who have been long in the service, but who are in no sense old stage horses. As exponents of their living principles they are as young as ever, and there should be no occasion for turning them down. But not so with a great many of our old leaders. Thelr places onght to be filled with new men, and thero is dan- ger in attempting to continue them in power. Benkelman Bee: The fight for the govern- orship in Nebraska between the patriots and the public plunderers results in a grand vie- tory for the patriots. It is a victory that means that corporation domination is a thing of the past in this state and that in the future Nebraska people will rule them- selves. The campaign was a hot one from beginning to end, and every device, fair and foul, was employed by republican ringsters to elevate Tom Majors into the gubernatorial chair. With brazen audacity they bribed | tor governor winl not All honor to | honest | = and intimidated voters, but despite thelr desperaie and reprehensible methods they are crushed beneath an avalanche of ballota and the chariot wheels of honest public sentls ment. Silver Creek Times: Majors said the charges against him were tried when he ram bs . | for licutenant governor and got a plurality of | 2,000, and again when he got a plurality of now | 18,000, and that they were then agaln of . trial. How does he like the verdict? looks as though the court had reversed it But not 0. In the first {nstances he was tried by the politicians; this time the ranl and file of the party got fu thelr work, = Lincoln News: The defeat of Tom Majors hurt the republican party at all; as a_matter of fact it will make it stronger and better, more compact th ever. It demonstrates that the republican party Is capable of purging Itself of all cor- rupting influences and of all unworthy men who seek through it to secare positions of trust and honot for which their previous assoclas tions and acts do not commend them. The probabilities now are that the leading man the republican state ticket will have from 15,000 to 20,000 plurality, while Majors will run behind him from 20,000 to 25,000 votes. This indicates more clearly how thoroughly capable the republican party is of redressing wrongs committed upon it, wrongs of the character perpetrated at the Omaha conven tion, when the railroads ravished the party and foisted upon It a man who was not the party's chofce, and who has been repudiated at the polls, It was the rank and file of the party that did it. Scarcely one of the many old-time enemies of Majors among the leas | ers but who laid aside his personal &animosity and took the stump for him; and the defeated cannot lay the blame to any treachery among them. The lesson {s so plain that we do. not think the next state convention will pe mit itself to be captured by a fang of pass glvers and office seekers. The republican party has control of every department of the state government excepting the executive, and if it now redeems the pledges upon which it was returned to power in this state it can make its position secure for all time. There was never a better and more whole- ome code of principles enunciated than those contained in the last republican state plat form, and a liberal living up. to them will insure the continued success of the party. The Lesson of Nenraskn. Cedar Raplds (In) Gasette. Whether or not Tom__ Majors seated as governor of Nebraska by a partisan legislature, the fact re= maing that he was squarely defeated at the election. The verdict of the people of his state s against him, which Is of more importance than the incident of holding office. The people, not the men in office, are the government. If the people are trug to their own interests the republic 18 secure and the states as minor republics will af- ford it a gure foundation. Tom Majors has for years been one of the exponents of €0 poration influence in politics. ¢ ¢ * Had he not been supported by corporation dem- ocrats his defeat would have been so em- phatic that a contest would not have been considered. As in_lowa, there are leaders in both parties in Nebraska who would sell the state and barter popular rule to the ra way for personal gain. They compose class as dangerous to America as armed in- surrectionists, and it 1s a_misfortune that any newspaper can be so blinded by parti= sanship as to support such candidates. The fight made by Ildward Rosewater of Thi Omaha Bee against Majors and the faction he represents is one of the most remarkabl on record. ~All the republican papers o western Towa were against him. He had little aid from the profession in his own state, But the gallant work he has done proves him to be a man In whom patriotism and ability are abundantly present. Had deteated Majors in an ordinary year. . the glory would have been great, but to turn back the republican avalatche, to command it to stand still on the boundary lines of Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Towa whila he destroyed Majors, Is certainly remark- able. Rosewater desérves the praise of all patriotic Americans, and especially does he deserve the thanks of Nebraskans, in whos behalf he made his unparalleled campaign. Down in the Mouth, Tair Pilot. The gang had their laugh yesterday, Tom Majors was ahead then, but today Hol camb is elected and the rings all over Nes braska are despondent. 1f you don’t believe it look at their faces in this county today. —_——— Use Brown's Bronchial Troches for coughs, colds and all other throat troubles. *Pres eminently the best."—Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, . Broken—in—Size—Broken—in—Price No matter what the cost—even if, as in some cases, the making is worth more—we propose to clear out our remnants in Suits and Overcoats. 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