Nebraska: Turnabout Issue

Funny thing. Nebraska once again voted--or thought it was voting--its straight-furrowed conservatism even while re-electing Democratic Governor Frank Morrison over Republican Fred Seaton.

Seaton wore tailored suits, had spent a lot of time in the effete East--meaning, Washington, D.C.--as Dwight Eisenhower's Interior Secretary. He came out for a more costly teacher-retirement program, increased funds for the University of Nebraska, a stepped-up highway construction plan. Morrison, a scuffed-shoes-and-red-galluses sort of fellow, made fun of the Kennedy Administration, declined to let New Frontier Democrats come into the state to campaign for him, insisted that Seaton's programs would require a 40% increase in the state's property tax. Nebraska Republicans decided that Democrat Morrison was more conservative than Seaton. Morrison won easily.

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