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Domestic News
September 1, 1880
The Columbus Journal
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska
What is this article about?
Friends of M.K. Turner, editor of the Columbus Journal, urge him to run for State Senator from the Platte-Colfax district. He is praised as qualified, with discussion on one-term limits and county rotation for the position.
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"Our esteemed friend, M. K. Turner, of the Columbus Journal, is being urged by his friends to be a candidate for State Senator from the Platte-Colfax district. Mr. Turner is a stalwart and is good timber for a senator."
If the custom of confining a Senator's political lease to one term is to be enforced, then under the rule Platte county will be entitled to the privilege of naming the man, and she certainly can find no man better qualified in any and every respect, than M. K. Turner. But this plan of changing about from one county to another is poorly calculated to add to the usefulness of the representative. Forty days in the Senate can hardly be considered an extensive course in the study of statesmanship, and yet, if this plan of alternating is carried out, the senator from this district must expect to graduate at the expiration of that time. From a political standpoint it is perfectly fair, because so understood.—Schuyler Sun.
"Our esteemed friend, M. K. Turner, of the Columbus Journal, is being urged by his friends to be a candidate for State Senator from the Platte-Colfax district. Mr. Turner is a stalwart and is good timber for a senator."
If the custom of confining a Senator's political lease to one term is to be enforced, then under the rule Platte county will be entitled to the privilege of naming the man, and she certainly can find no man better qualified in any and every respect, than M. K. Turner. But this plan of changing about from one county to another is poorly calculated to add to the usefulness of the representative. Forty days in the Senate can hardly be considered an extensive course in the study of statesmanship, and yet, if this plan of alternating is carried out, the senator from this district must expect to graduate at the expiration of that time. From a political standpoint it is perfectly fair, because so understood.—Schuyler Sun.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
M K Turner
State Senator
Platte Colfax District
Political Candidacy
Term Limits
What entities or persons were involved?
M. K. Turner
Where did it happen?
Platte Colfax District
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Platte Colfax District
Key Persons
M. K. Turner
Event Details
M. K. Turner of the Columbus Journal is urged by friends to run for State Senator from the Platte-Colfax district and praised as qualified. Discussion on one-term custom and rotation between Platte and Colfax counties, noting it limits experience but is politically fair.