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MRS. PEATTIE'S CANDIDACY.

Fremont Herald (dem): The Bee, in its remarks about the candidates on the populistic state ticket, is narrow enough to make an unkind allusion to Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, one of the candidates for regent. It says that she is "probably as well qualified as any woman who would accept the nomination." A great many people may not know the animus that controlled the Bee in this case. Mrs. Peattie happens to be a newspaper man who edits a republican paper in Council Bluffs. Mrs. Peattie is employed on the World-Herald. This is not the first time the Bee has sneeringly referred to this estimable lady.

Mrs. Peattie is not running on the ticket supported by this paper, but The Herald is liberal enough to concede that there is something good in the candidates on opposition tickets. The populists might have searched the state from Douglas county to the Colorado line without finding a better candidate than Mrs. Peattie. She is the peer of any man in Nebraska in education and ability, and she understands decent politics as well as any writer on the Bee. She is deeply interested in the work of building up our educational institutions, and the state university has been the subject of several interesting articles from her pen By tireless energy Mrs. Peattie has made a name and a fame for herself in literary circles, and through it all and above all she has found time to rear an interesting family as only a fond and loving mother could do.

"As well as any woman who would accept the nomination!" Of course, and better than most men. Why not be fair in politics? Why not concede what every one knows who knows Mrs. Peattie, either personally or by her writings, that she is a woman of wonderful ability, wrapped up in the one idea of uplifting humanity and tireless in her efforts to make other happier and better. The fact that she is a woman should have no part nor place in the race she is making for the office. The republican party will have to seek a long time before it will find in its ranks a man better qualified for regent than Mrs. Peattie.

Nebraska City News (dem): The Omaha Bee is never charitable to its political enemies or those with whom it differs, but in its editorial on the populist convention it went directly out of its way to cast a slur upon a lady who is honored and respected throughout the state It say. "The woman nominee, Mrs Elia W. Peattie, ran for the Omaha school board on a democratic ticket last year and failed to secure the necessary votes to elect. Her qualifications for the position are probably as good as those of any other woman who would be willing to run." That criticism was entirely unnecessary and uncalled for. The News has no love for populists, but we do admire honest and noble women, such as Mrs. Peattie, and so far as brains are concerned she has not an equal in the state. We admire her for her actual worth, and simply because she is in the employ of an opposition paper is no reason why dirty flings should be made at her. Should she be elected she will fill the office with ability. But she won't be elected.

Crete Herald (dem.), At Lincoln, Wednesday, the populist state convention nominated Judge Samuel Maxwell for supreme judge, and Mrs. E. W. Peattie and James H. Bayston for regents of the state university. Judge Maxwell has a long and honorable career on the bench that will make him a strong and popular candidate. Mrs. Peattie is the versatile writer of the World-Herald, and has been an ardent worker for the organization and advancement of her sex.