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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1915)
the ALLIANCE HERALD FIVE HUNDRED VOTES ON A TWO-FIFTY PURCHASE THIS ROCKEIt (EXACTLY LIKE ITT) IN HOYAL AMERICAN OUARTERED OAK, THIS WEEK ONLY, FOIl JOHN W. THOMAS, Alitor LlOYD C. THOMAS, City Editor Published every Thursday by THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Incorporated President r"rl Thomas, Vice rre. John W. Thorn, Secretary Lloyd C. Thomas, Entered at the post office at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through the malls aa second-class matter. .. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. $1.60 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE THE "AMBULANCE CHASERS" AGAIN in the Nebraska leirisalture forl)illinn the charring- of contiiifcriit fees ly lawyers conductm personal dam aee suits calk attention again to that elass of jackal lawyer known .. .mi,..iinn chasers." Durinir the last political campaign, they opposed the endorsement by the voters of the workmen' i compensa tion law, because the adoption of that law meant a iosh oi remuneia tive business for them thru the amicable settlement of claims by em ployes against employers, a good thing for both employe ana employ, er but a mighty poor thing for the attorney who would otherwise t. ' u. fai foa tnr rnnrfuctinir a damage suit. Have lum v " . . i In speaking of the growth of the practice among a certain class of lawyers who encourage the bringing of suits for damages in order that they can secure a contingent fee, 'I lie Lincoln Mar sajs eunoriai lv ' It transpired gradually that lawyers were sometimes ready to Klve a possible client the first hunch that he had been subjected to actionable damage, and to encourage the Institution of suits for recovery thereon. During recent years many lawyers have made It a practice to take such suits with the assurance that they would themselves pay the costs of prosecution and take the gambler's chance for their pay. Of late it has become a common thing for the personal damage lawyers, as soon as a Judgment has been ob tained for a client, to openly tile in court a lien upon the lion's share of It as their contingent Tee. During recent years the corporations that employ large num bers of men have had to employ regularly men to compete with the ambulance chasing lawyer. Whenever an employe was killed these men, generally known as claim agents, have had to Institute a race with the ambulance chasers to see which could beat the other to the Injured person, if the claim agent won, perhaps the Injured workman or patron might be Induced to settle his damage claim and avoid litigation. Hut if the ambulance chaser got to the injured person's side first the claim was Immediately multi piled and the proapeel for tense litigation wonderfully Increased. For after the-lawyer got upon the scene a possible settlement always included for him a share practically equal to the amount of damage which might otherwise have been claimed for the In jured person. In every community there are members of the august profes sion who aie easily recognized as experts In the Institution and conduct of psisoiiiil damage suits and who rather enjoy the celeb rity that attache to the service, for It brings them business. How much they contribute to the volume of litigation has never been calculated, but It Is common knowledge that they provide a con siderable share of the work of the courts. Therefore it seems cer tain that the enactment of a law forbidding the conduct of cases for contingent fees would tend to diminish the volume of litiga tion, If some court, out of sympathy for this class of lawyers, does not nullify the law. A MAN OF THE PEOPLE I J I ag DOl RLE YOTES CilVEN ON ALL ROCKER SALES SEE THE WIN DOW FULL OF ROCKERS AND NOTE The Special Prices NOMINATE YOlK WIFE, SISTER OH LADY FRIEND THIS WEEK REFORE. H V. M. SATURDAY, THE 30th, AS NO NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THAT TIME. GEORGE D. DARLING 1 1 5-1 1 7 W Third Street WHEItE THE SEWING MACHINE IS TO HE CilVEN AWAY conditions that led to the organization of the people's independent party and the progressive party were entirely (JifiVrcnt. Twenty-five years ago both republican ana democratic parties were dominated by reactionary or, as they were then termed, mon opolistic influences. Both were controlled largely by politicians who did the bidding of special interests. In vain did the 1-armers Alliance and other reform organizations appeal to them for redress. Antimonopolists were not asking for the election to office of any par ticular man they had no pet candidate but they were demanding legislation in the interests of the common people. Deaf ears were turned to their demands by office holders and politicians who controll ed the situation. In sheer desperation steps were taken for the or ganization of an antimonopoly party to fill a badly felt want. As a result a new party was organized and officially designated the peo ple's independent party, afterwards by common consent called the populist party. The organization of this party was the outgrowth of a condition, the culmination of a campaign of education which began on nonpartisan lines. It was not organized to gratify a solitary am bition or avenge an injustice to one man, neither was the tone of its complexion determined by a single personality. It was organized lo secure results that could not at that time be obtained thru the dom inant parties. Its character was determined by the personnel of the rank and file; securing office was merely an incident to obtaining measures. For these reasons, it could not but be permanent in char acter; its ultimate dominance in politics could be prevented only by one or both of the other parties making concessions along the lines of its policies. The launching of the progressive party was recent. It takes but few words to tell why it was organized. A contest wa on between In their lieutenant governor, James Pearson of Moorefield, who was recently elected vice president of the State Dairymen's Associa tion, people of Nebraska have a state officer of whom they may well the supporters of two leading candidates for the republican presi be proud. He is not much of a politician, according to the standard dential nomination. The defeated candidate claimed that unfair commonly set ud bv political machines, but he is strone with the peo- means had been used to secure the nomination of his opponent. He rle. He was one of the candidates for state office that The Herald bolted, secured the organization of the progressive party and thus was anxious to see elected last November. Believing him to be a bet- the nomination which he failed to get from the republican conyen ter man for lieutenant governor than the lawyer candidate who ran tn. No matter how justifiable the bolt from the action of the re acrainst him. we a-ave him our earnest support. publican convention may have been, it could not be reasonably ex We have been more than satisfied with Mr. Pearson since he as- pected that a party organized under those circumstances and for the auraed the office; we have been delighted with his public utterances reasons that prompted the organization of the progressive party could and his official conduct so far. His brief messacre to the Nebraska be permanent. state senate, delivered upon assuming the position of presiding officer At the last election the progressive party polled less than half of that hnrlv. wan a irem In delivering this message, the lieutenant the number of votes given its candidates two years before. The fol- govemor broke a "precedent." Machine politicians may criticise the spirit of independence which he has shown, but the common peo ple are delighted with it. Speaking of campaigning, Mr. Pearson did not follow the beaten track laid out by other candidates, but he got there just the same. He did his campaigning principally by correspondence, and showed that he was master of the art of producing results by that method. "While a party nominee, he practically ran an independent campaign. While his opponent, who is well known in Nebraska, campaigned from one end of the state to the other, Mr. Pearson remained at home, making a successful canvass by correpsondence at an expense of less than one-half that expended by other candidates for state offices. Keep your eye on James Pearson. He is a quiet, unassuming man, but enterprising, resourceful and successful. He is strong with the people of the agricultural districts, and is well liked by town folks who prefer brqad intelligence and integrity to cunning trick ery. J"' ! FAIR PLAY FOR SOUTH OMAHA ' One of the questions before the Nebraska legislature that is pro ducing a real fight is that of annexing South Omaha ami other sub-1 eating the election of not only post- urbs of Omaha to the metropolis by legislative enactment, without putting the matter to a vote of the people of those places. Efforts heretofore made to annex South Omaha to Omaha, by popular vote, have failed thru being voted down by the electors of the smaller city. As a citizen of Nebraska for nearly thirty years, and former res ident of Omaha, the editor of The Herald very naturally desires to see that city grow and prosper. e are always for Omaha m any thing that is right, we wanted to see Omaha made a reserve city, unripe trip nw eurreiiev law instead nf rvntiKAA fitv Yp wnnlil lilc to see the Nebraska metropolis become the largest city of the Mis- fcreve thou' h? of" theAy. ' U souri valley. We favor the annexation of South Omaha, when it can will, of course, be opposed by the be done m a proper manner; and we hope it will be done before the lederal census or ur.ru. nut mere is one thing necessary to any scheme for annexation before it can properly be called "proper, and that is the consent of the people of the annexed city, expressed by a majority vote at a popular election The Herald is emphatically opposed to gag rule. And, if we lowing press dispatch sent out from the capital of Illinois recently is one of many indications that national leaders of the progressive party have given up all hope of it ever becoming dominant: Springfield, ill., Jan. 5 Politicians bere for tne opening oi the Illinois legislature tonight witnessed what they termed the death of the progressive party in Illinois, when Medlll McCormlck, member of the progressive national committee and a member of the house together with H. S. Hicks of Kockford. the only other progressive in the lower bouse, entered the republican house cau cus and announced their intention of voting with the republicans during the aession. McCormlck made a speech before the caucus in which he said he was "glad to get back to the party of my fathers." He was In terrupted by cheering and violent bandclapplng. Nearly every member of the caucus and others construed McCormlck's action and statement as the probable end of the pro gressive party In Illinois, which was considered one of the strong holds of the party. McCormlck is vice chairman of the progres sive national committee. ELECTION OF FED ERAL OFFICIALS Ex-United States Senator Jona than Bourne, Jr., of Oregon is advo masters, but other federal officers, such as United States marshals, dist rict attorneys, collectors and apprais ers of customs, collectors of internal revenue and registers and receiver of land offices. The Herald is not yet sufficiently informed as to Mr. Bourne's plan to pass Judgment up on tne details of it, but tne idea or popular election of federal officers is excellent and has our hearty en- machine politicians of both repub lican and democratic parties, and will be endorsed by patriotic voters of all parties. OLD HICKORY CUIUS Think of Salem, Mass., unseating know the temper of the people of this great state, they are opposed lu mayor who had served Ave times in ii inn "I oi !.. tuiswntn Milo" ninya i Vi a a nw.no no,... cln. I Dy Way Of the TeCall. .W. w.v r,w,-,v u.v . ....v. ...... - ...... ..up... ..j an(j reBpect ,he orders of m Nebraska; it is an established principle, endorsed by a majority of I President Gutierres." Villa says In a the voters of all political parties. . telegram sent from Mexico City, to Ve. do not believe that the Win! t lire will nasx the fni-eihle an. his Washington agent. "I am his TiPTatinn liill Lnt if it ilnen til.'BK" unto thi. l'.vorv man ulin vMK subordinate, btrange now . . , - " I f'.anornl VII m riiv- i i l i l ?i . ..V H ... ior li win ue rememoereu; ne win ue a specaieu Diru, ana u ne ever again comes up for election tp office, he will find that his vote for gag rule is repugnant to voters, who as a rule are fair minded PASSING OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY Close political observers believe that the next general election in I court. this country will be more nearly a square-toed contest between re- defendants state tl publicans and democrats than it has been since the organization of Ju f0!!"' Ji- the progressive party. Persons who expect to see the new party ex ert a decisive influence in national or state politics for a long time, basing their expectations upon the tenacity with which the populist party maintained its organization and held the balance of power in a number of states, fail to make a proper comparison. Their logic is based on wrong premises, hence their conclusions are wrong. The modest ! Ilia always Is. and yet he usually heads the procession. That excellent howitzer "T. It." seems to be minus an adequate ce ment foundation these days. Green ville (Ala.) Advocate. Also been tired so often it needs recasting. Chicago is trying out a new No lawyers. Plaintiffs and their own cases. not? Texas' new governor, Jim Fergu son, having been a banker, a farmer and a cattle man, ought to appeal to all the larger classes of people In Lone Star state. Still, it was kicking about taxes that made us Americans. That woman who lost her savings through the hole in her stocking ought to know that well regulated banks are kept well darned. Optimism Is the best "Ism" philo logically and philasophically. There is one word bigger Just now than "war." It is peace." Let us be thankful that our own gunmen do not use dumdum bullets. If Turkey Is a failure both In war and In peace, it will have to go Into liquidation. Possibly the women would find it easier to secure an extension of the ballot If they would use more extens ively the privileges they have. If the honest farmer Is able to in dulge in automobiles on dollar wheat he may go In for Corots and titled sons-in-law when wheat reaches 11.50. Between Billy Sunday and Bank er Munday, Philadelphia Is In a fair way to become famous. Oklahoma has Just bad Its four teenth bank robbery within twelve 1 months. That extensive Oklahoma j constitution evidently left something i out. i Those new fenders for automo biles make the front of the car look like a safety razor, and Indeed they are supposed to save the pedestrian by a close shave. However, the next generation win have a citizenry trained not only to arms but t ocamp life and discipline, thanks to the Boy Scouts. With the supply normal and his appetite the same, it is difficult for the consumer to understand the con tinual fluctuations in the price of wheat. It's better to be up and doing than to be down and done. Lazy people usually work over time when it comes to giving advice. ."The mere polite some women are when they meet, the more luey hate each oiher. when they part." Since a contingent of 60 Fiji Is landers has Joined, the allies will doublUts proceed to eat Vm alive. Why use a cheap Sewing Machine when you can buy the RELIABLE I'NGER at $3.00 down and $2.00 per month with liberal allowance for old machine WE CLEAN AND HEI'Allt ALL MAKES OF SEWINCJ MACHINES ALSO, HANDLE NEEDLES AND OIL WE WILL GIVE YOU A Fit EE DEMONSTRATION OF THE SINUEK AT YOUK HOME. PHONE HED 153, OH SEE D. G. BATES 412 Niobrara Ave Alliance; Nebraska V urtGAfi DRY f9 r.. ). rmm. U V v. The one way to keep the sun of prosperity always whirling 011 you is to always have MONEY IN OUIt HANK. Too many make the mistake of saving for a while and then in vesting in some deal and M)SINU all they have. They theu also lose their COURAGE. No one ran ever make a mistake by PILING UP money in the bank and constantly making his balance bigger. Make OUU Hank YOUIt Rank First State Bank ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA 1915 JANUARY 1915 1SMTW1TF!S I I -1 I ! 1ST21 ta!2!31415il 11718 192021225: i252627282930 But the income of every married man is already taxed to the limit. LOST Red leather, soft front and back, memorandum book with loose leaves, held in by rubber band. Find er please return to Herald office or phone 30. g tf FOR RENT Three room house, furnished for light housekeeping Phone 529. 8-tf-5267 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy The Mothers' Favorite. "I give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to my children whenthry havecoldsorcought," writes Mrs. Verne fchsfler, Vsndergrift, p. "It always helps them and is far superior to any other cough medicine I hsvt used. I ad rise anyone in reed of such a medicins to give it a trial." For sale by all dealers. AJertienienU