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SUUSCltUTlON I'lUOK :
One Year , lu advuuta .
THURSDAY , OUT. 5. 18t .
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Htnte TicUot.
For Judge of the Supreme Court ,
M. U , KKKHK ,
01 Lincoln
For Itcgenli ,
K. a. Mudlt/rON.
Of Omaha.
Dn. WM. H. KLY ,
Of Alniwortb ,
CouicrcHHluuHl TIcUcl.
For OODgron ,
M. P. KINKAID ,
t m
JUtllCllll 'I ICUCt.
ForJndgsof Ulh Judicial District ,
F. O. 11ASIEK ,
Of Kearuojr.
Cuuiity Ticket.
For County Treasurer ,
WAI/TEK aKOIKJB.
For Sheriff ,
CftptV. O.TALIJOTT.
For Coucty Clerk ,
JAMK8 CHITTICK.
For Olorlc of Ulst. Court ,
Llout. II. F. KKNNKUY.
For County Judge ,
J. A. AUMOUH ,
For County Superintendent ,
J. II. TAGQAUT.
For County Sunroy r ,
F. K. VANANTWKKP.
For County Coroner ,
Dr. II. K. DAVIKS.
HupcrvlHor ' .VlcUet.
For BnperrUor of 6th District ,
J.F. FOX WORTHY ,
Of Custor.
To\vtiHlil | > TlcUct.
Clerk ,
W. W. COWLK3.
Tro iuror ,
\i \ J. M. KIMUEHLINQ.
Jaitlcet of the Peace ,
J. J. 8NYDKU.
L. McCANbLKSS.
ii jConitabloi ,
P. M. TOWBI-KY.
WM. 11AHUKTT.
Ilotd Overseen ,
Olat. Mo. 1 , CI1A8. DAVIS.
cut NO.j , j. ii. KENOYKK.
Dl t. No. 8 , JOHN IJOYCE.
Dlst. No. 4 , I N. PKHtUIALL.
Dl . No. B , P. II AHT11UU.
Diet. Mo. 0 , Q. K CAUWELL.
DlBt. No. 7 , 0. T. WlllailT.
"WE HAVE NOT ONE WOUD
TO SAY AGAINST CLARIS
TALBOT OR HORACE KEN
NEDY. BOTH ARE NICE
.YOUNG MEN , AND.NO DOUBT ,
RENDERED VALIANT SER
VICES AS SOLDIERS BOTH IN
THE WAR AGAINST SPAIN
AND THE PHILIPPINES. "
BEACON , Sept. 14 , ' 00.
Parties personally acquainted
with Fred Uutnmiugs , the pop candidate -
didato for judge say they arc not
surprised at the profane language
Peter Rapp roprosoiUod bo used to
ward him in bis aflidavit last week.
/ Bo Nut Deceived.
There a great many voters who
have for years been aflilliatmg with
the pops , that are fully convinced
that pait of the "stablus" should be
cleaned , but do not see the necessity
of making a clean swoop of the whole
platter. Or in other words it has
not occurred to them that a change
in the political complexion of the
county board is necessarily essen
tial to the better government of the
county. Nor has it occurred to
many that it is possible to make
a complete change in the board at
the next election , yet both the latter
propositions are true. It is with
the county board that the expense
of the county government , to a
great extent rests. A competent
board can save an expense many
times whom an incompetent board
would not.
Judge Armour proved his loyal
ty to the soldier buys when it look
ed as if the proposition to raise
sufficient funds to furnish the First
Nebraska free transportation from
San Francisco homo , by sending his
draft for $20 to help the good cause
aldng. It was not a largo sum com
pared' with the amount that was
necessary to be raised , but it was
more than any other individual in
the county gave , who had no boys
i of their own in the regiment. His
loyalty to old soldiers has always
been recognized by tlnm. On all
public occasions , when u public
speech was wanted at Anbley or
Wflflterville , where he has so long
resided , they never failed to call on
Joe Armour. Ho has always boon
a warm friend of the American sol
dier ns they all know and they wil
not forget him when ho is in need
of their support at the polla the 7th
of next November.
Candidates For Superrlsora.
The Republican party presents to
the public thi year throe candidates
for members of the board of supor-
yuora. . They arc J. F. Fox-
worthy of Cantor , Fred Breohbuhl ,
of AtiBoltno and Ran Anderson of
Berwyn , They are mnn of strict
integrity , honest , sober , and would
if elected prove a credit to the
county as well as themselves.
Every one of those men can bo
clouted this year it the proper effort
is put forth. Neither of their op
ponents arc satisfactory to their
own party , In order to change thu
political complexion of the board
another year every ono of these
men must bo elected. To lone
either will leave the majority ( f
the board populist. No citizen
who feels that a change is needed ,
should f'-r any personal reason
lose sight of this fact
Murder Will Out.
That is an old saying , but in the
progressive times of the present , it
not unfrequently proves true. For
weeks the Chief and the Beacon
have been maintaining that the ed
itorial matter in the RKPUHUOAN
was being prepared by some polit
ical committee or come individual
other than the editor , hoping there-
> y to discredit the effect of its ar
ioles with its readers and to
shield the wholesale syndicate matter -
tor that appears from w ) ok to week
n their own papers In last week's
issue they unintentionally gave
themselves away and demonstrated
conclusively to the reading public
that a part , at least of the political
matter of their papers is being pro-
pared by ono person. To prove
our assertion , we only need call
attention to part of one article
which appeard in both the Chief
and Beacon last week on their ed-
itoral pages for the first time in
cither. The Beacon stated that
"no oompaign was ever won on
personal abuse or vilification , " and
had "ihoso little fly specked affairs ,
masquerading an newspapers one-
tenth the circulation they claim the
whole populist county ticket would
carry by 1,000 instead of the usual
500 " In the Chief of the same week
wo find the following ; "No campaign
was over won on personal abuse
and vilification , and had those little
fly spooked affairs masquerading as
newspapers ono tenth the circula
tion they claim , Holcomb would
carry Nebraska by 50,000 irstoad ot
25,000" . Fuithor comment is un
necessary.
The populists papers are urging
their candidate for county judge on
the plea that he was a numbei of
years ago admitted to the bar and
has authori'y to practice in the
county and district court. If there
was anything to that claim , it
would bo m his favor as we believe
that no ono should bo elected to
the ollico of county judge unless ho
has a good knowledge of law. But
unfortunately for Fred Cummings ,
the record is against him. He has
been a resident of Custor county
aoooiding to populist authority for
fifteen or twenty yeais They say
he has been admitted to the bar to
practice law for a number of years.
Yet ho has never had a case before
the district court simply because he
is not a lawyer and has not suffi
cient knowledge of law to know
how to draw up a petition to get a
case in court if he had a client who
had been so unfortunate as to employ
him. The fact that ho may have
boon admitted to the bar eight
years ago does not carry with it an
evidence that ho is qualified or
knows anything about law. Wo
remember that before the present
law was put on the statute books ,
which requires an examination of
the applicant , by the supreme court ,
the custom was tor local bars to
admit any ono that desire the honor
Among those admitted in Custor
county that had never studied law
and never expected to practice were ,
J. B. Jones and Jas. Holland.
As Fred Cummings has never had
a ease in court in the county it is
conclusive evidence that if ho was
ever admitted to the bar that it was
a matter of favoritism and not of
merit.
A Smooth Game.
If reports that roach us are true
things are not always as they soein ,
especially , when scheming politi
cians are engineering them. We
had not dreamed that there was
any partiality being shown by
the township aud special collectors
of the delinquent tax , Wo inferred
that republicans an well ai populists
of high and low degree , rich or
poor were to bo treated alike and
if ho had paid his tax of previous
years that all wore alike to bo sub
ject to the extra expense put on by
the dlstresb official. Butt doea
seem , if wo have boon reliably in *
formed , and our informant said ho
could furnish ui a card to proVo it ,
that there exceptions. There are a
great many people who rested per
fectly easy when they saw the notice
that delinquent taxes wore to bo col
ooted by distress thinking their
taxes within a year or two at
nest had boon paid. But in
hundreds of instances they have boon
surprised when the collector called
and claimed of their taxes they
suppodud had been paid several
years ngo to their township col
lector , with four or five yiars inter
est attached. But the exception to
this is where the delinquent was a
well-to-do pop , of influence in his
community. In his case instead of
giving thu sheriff or constable a
distress warrant , some kind boartcd
official would send him a notice
that taxes of a certain year amount *
ing to a certain sum remained un.
piid and if ho wished to avoid the
extra cost that would bo in-
cured by a special 'collector calling
on him he could do so by making
it oonvnnient to call soon.
Whether correct or an error , this
offered the influental member a
ohanco to have the matter sot right
The scheme is to not incur the dis
pleasure of the few ringstors ol
of each community aud thereby be
able to use them to pacify the
poor fellows , in their respective
vicinities who wore compelled to
pay the money changers tor their
un welcome visit. But all * the
"Nabobs" as their leaders are wont
to term ihom do not any longer
wear brass collars and they find it
is moro of a tank o load thorn
around at will and like little papers
make them jump every time , "Jack
says thumbs up" . Some of them
at least are getting onto the smooth
ness of * their scheme aud with a whip ,
not of cords , but of ballots , propose
on the 7th day of next November
to drive tbo money changers out of
the temple and place in their stead
mvu who will not deal subtily with
their fellows , but who will treat all
alike and give the poor man with
but one team and one cow an equal
show with the man who numbers
his cattle by the hudrods and
counts his acres by the thousands.
The poor old Beacon in its con
tortions from week to week , in its
efforts to divert the minds of the
public from the growing popularity
of the republican candidates , gets
matters ridiculously mixed. In the
issue of last week a column was devoted -
voted to'an effort to establish that ,
"MoKinloy'sadministrationthrough
its appointees in this county , " dom
inated the republican nominations ,
and especially the nomination of
Capt. Talbot for sheriff. The facts
are that there were but throe gov
ernment appointees on the. Broken
Bow delegation aud they were L.
II. Jowett , Goo. Palmer and F. H-
Young , The first two wore active
worcors for Penn , while Mr. Young
took no active part , being satisfied
with either the majority might
ohooso. As a matter of fact , there
wore only eight out of the twenty-
seven delegates in Broken Bow
township voted for Talbot on the
firat ballot and nine on the second ,
an the record shows. That may be
a "demonstration of machine pow
er , " but it certainly was u weak one.
Messrs. Humphrey , Ronoau and
Chapman , who , the Beacon implies ,
wore government appointees , for
whom the "mass of the party were
but jumping-jaoks , " every ono
knows , are not aud never have boon
government appointees. As a matter -
tor of history , the Broken Bow del
egation out but little figure in nam
ing the candidates that wore chos
en. In nearly every ease whore
there was a contest , two-thirds of
the Broken Bow delegation was on
the losing side. The nominee in
each case secured his nomination
through a majority of the country
delegates , which does not look much
like machine politics. The oxoop
tious wore in the nominations made
by acclamation. It may bo ma
chine politics to lot the majority
rule , but it is so unusual a thing in
jopulist conventions , wa are not
surprised that the Beacon defines it
as "machine rule. " Whether righter
or wrong , it is DUG of the cardinal
) rinoiplc8 of th\s government and
the republican piutythat the mnjor-
ily shall rule , and wo are proud to
i > u a member of such a party.
Both Talbot and Penn wore "slated
for the nomination , " if the Beacon
prefers the term , an both had
friends actively working for thorn.
All regarded cither equally compe
tent and worthy , but as is always
the ease in conventions , both had
supporters. Both had been soldiers
iu defense of their country's flag ,
and either was acceptable , and it
was only a matter of determining
which could best win in the con
test , and this the majority alone
should say. Wo concede with the
Boaoon"that no man inCustor county
has better qualifications for the off-
oe of shoiiff than Charley Ponn.
Yet wo remember that no man was
over moro vigorously opposed for
the office of sheriff by the fusion
forces , the last time ho wai a candi
date on the republican ticket for
that office.
The pop nominee at that time
was a mau about the age of V. C.
Talbot now , possibly a year older.
He had not been a soldier , but in
stead belonged to the crowd who
took pleasure in calling Union sol
diera Lincoln hirelings. Charley
Penn had then been a se'dier ' aud
had previously shown his compe
tency for the office of sheriff. Yet
ho was slandered , denounced , and
shamefully abused by the Beacon
crowd and defeated. Its pretend
ed sympathy for him as an old sol
dier now , comes with 'very poor
grace. Had Talbot boon defeated
for the nomination , and had Penn
won , then the Beacon would have
given its sympathy to Talbot and
denounced Poun in the most vigor
ous language at its couime.ud. If
the Beacon has such love for the
old soldier as it now pretends , why
is it that with its wide influence in
party circles , that there are no old
soldiers occupying any of the ooun-
ty offices , aud not ono nominated
for the ensuing term ? Why not
for once be honest and acknowledge
that it is thu fear of losing theshor
iff's sale notices that prompts your
support of the populist candidate
for sheriff. It is not the fear that
one mau more than auothor will
wrong the farmer. For the past
nine years you have been crying
"thief 1 thief ! , " and using the loan
companies as your scapegoat , while
the populist sheriffs have been sell
ing thousands of homes from under
the roofs of the hapless women and
children , while the Beacon and oth
er populist papers of the county
have boon growing fat from sheriff
pales. Talk about a republican sher
iff bonefitting the loan companies
and shylocks. The populist sher
iffs of Cuslor county have sold moro
land and moro homes under the
hammer in the past niue years of
their administration than there uro
populist voters in the county today.
Before the Chief's .lop to got a
share , wo have frequently soon as
high as 00 sheriff sale notices iu the
Beacon in ono month , which at the
establirbod rate of $5 a notice , is
$300. In the nine years the pops
have been in power , the sheriff sale
notices have not averaged the pop
ulist newspapers of the county loss
thau $200 a month. The past two
years the uumbor have materially
decreased , from the tact the sheriffs
have sold out nearly every fe'low '
who could not pay his mortgage.
But with the hope that there may
yet bo a few that they may get , the
Beacon continues to cry "thief ! ,
thief ! " It is no wonder since the
farmers have begun to got their eyes
open to the fraud and deception
with which you have duped them ,
that they are rising up iu their
wrath with a determination to
crush you. The only surprise is
that they have not been able to see
it before. But'in order that you
may not henceforth waste your am
munition by directing your guns at
A. R. Humphrey , wo can assure
you that he has not written an ed
itorial for the Republican , unsigned
since the county convention aud
has contributed but one article in
that tiue , and that was ono clipped
from some paper comparing prices
of commodities in 1800 with thoao
in 1809 , which ho prefaced with
probably a dozen lines in substan
tiation of a plank of the republi
can platform. List year in the cam
paign wo granlt'J nnmu space to the
members of tin ) populist party who
were limiting the ticket , but wo did
not asHtime responsibility for them
But as some of thoao name writers
are today prominent in the populist
ranks , wo infer that their work
through the columns of the REPUB
LICAN was acceptable , HO we have
granted already some space to ar
ticles "communicated' ' or clipped
from exchanges , in this campaign.
Wo feel that in the uear future our
course will bo approved , as well as
the course of those who do the con
tributing , by promoting them to
prominent positions next y ar , and
it is for this reason we fo l more
inclined to let the good work go on.
Editorially , wo say nothing bin the
truth and wo are ready to defend
tbo truth as wo see il at all times.
So turn your batteries in the future
on the RisruuLiCANand not on some
individual who is not in ony way
connected with the paper.
Pop Logic , as Produced at their Lute
Meeting at llrokcu Bow.
Judge Neville , the first speaker ,
said :
1st. "A mau born in a state is a
oitizeo of the state. "
Are the Indians born iu a slate
citizens of the state ? Are the chil
dren of foreigners residing iu the
United States as ministers , consuls ,
visitors , etc. , citizens ?
2d. "The constitution is not
broad enough to take in the Philip
pine Inlands. ' '
When did it shrink ? Did wo
not take in Louisiana , Florida , the
Mexican cession , the Gadsden pur
chase and Alaska , all by purchase ?
Texas aud Hawaii by annexation ?
All without any amendment to the
constitution , why necessary now ?
3d. "Tho supreme court has decided -
cided the income tax constitutional
for 100 yearfl. "
When , except as a war measure ?
4th. "An international agree
mcnt rauflt bo entered into with
foreign nations to lot us coin
money. "
When did the republican party
over make such a declaration ?
5th. "The constitution limits
the number of cabinet offices. "
Where do you find the above
statement in the constitution ?
Oth. "Tho republican- want the
constitution amended , BO the num
ber of cabinet offices will bo unlim
ited. "
Is the number limited no ?
7th. "Tho republicans say we
have boon on the gold standard
Pince 1834. "
Id it not true ?
8th. "Imperial wealth always
wants an imperial government. "
What is the moaning of imperial
wealth ? What distinction between
imperial wealth and ordinary 01
plebian wealth ? Webster sayo :
Imperial is a tuft of hair on a man's
lower lip. Is this the wealth you
refer to ?
Oth. "Philippines are followers
of Mohammed. "
Have the Catholic pnoHts of Spain
boon teaching the Koran , instead of
the doctrine of "the meek and lowly
Nazariuo" for the last 300 or 400
years ?
10th. "Tho citizen soldier has
always boon sufficient. "
Why have wo a military academy ,
a naval academy , a state militia and
a standing army ? And why have
they boon maintained at the expense
of the government , without objec
tions by any political party ?
llth. "The republican party
burned up one-half of the green-
backs. "
Thirty-seven millions wore de
stroyed during Grant's administra
tion out of about four hundred mil
lions circulation. Is thirty.sevon
million one-half of four hundred
million by popooratic logic ?
12th. "Is the 'Quantity Theory'
of money true ? "
If so , where can the proof bo
found ?
"Cyclone Davis" said :
1st. "Wo have reached u crisis
in building this republic. "
Judge Neville said in the evouing
tlmt"by international law the treaty
of peace with Spain transferred the
sovereignty of the Philippine Islands
to us , and wo were bound to estab.
iah a stable and just government
there. "
Has not that crisis passed , and
IAS not the Philippine Islands be
come a part of our territory ?
2d. "A standing army will hold
down the will of the peoplo. "
Have wo not always had a stand
ing aimy ? Did it "hold down the
will of the people ? "
3d. It is contrary to the prin
ciples of the constitution to force a
government on an unwilling pee
ple. "
Was this not the opinion of tbo
people of Iho seceded states ?
4th. "Cannot acquire territory
except for the purpose of making
slaves of its inhabitants. "
Have all the people become slaves
in the territories acquired by the
United States since 1780 ?
5lh "Seventy-seven years pgo
tlu United States passed laws for
killing thu Chinese. "
Where can that law bo found ?
Oth. "ilcKinley can stop the
war. "
How , except by forcing the Filipinos
pines to lay down their arms ? If
the Philippine Islands are a part of
the territory of the United States ,
is it not the duty of the president
to compel them to lay down iheir
arms ?
7th. "England has pauperized
India. " '
Where can one find the authority
for that statement ?
8th. "England fixes the prices
oh her bulletin board in London
every morning for all the commodi
ties of the world. "
There is no uniform prioo for
commodities. Why was this asser
tion made ? For months the prioo
of oats has been higher in Broken
iow than in Chicago. Is the state
ment true ?
"Everything is sold on the pricei
of the pauper labor of the world. ' *
If so , why object to the Filipino
labor becoming a part of the labor
of the United States ?
10th. "Pay our debts , aud those
follows can't fix our prices. "
Can any one fix a prioo for any
thing except by the consent of the
seller ?
llth , "Tho bondholder depreci
ates the price of money. "
Can the bondholder regulate the-
amount of money coined or pro
duced ?
Judge Sullivan said :
1st. "The bankinc business was
a profitable business , and was presided -
sided over by the United States. "
Is not the distillery business a-
profitable business , and is it not
presided over by the United States ?
He said , "Tho people of the
United States were entitled to the
profits of the banking business. "
Why are they not entitled to the
profits of the liquor business ? If
entitled to the profits of these two
buHineHM , why not to the pro fit a of
all business , and leave the unprofit
able business to the people ?
2d. "That all just governments
derive their powers from the con
sent of the governed. "
Did the south give their consent
to be governed by the United
States ? Did the Indians give their
consent to bo governed by the
United States ? Did the French in
Louisiana give their consent to bo
governed by the United States ?
Did the Mexicans give their consent -
sent to be governed by the United
States when Mexico ceded the terri.
tory embraced in the treaty of
Guadaloup Hidalgo. The judge
must have been bidding for votes ,
or ho must be ignorant of interna
tional law. In either case wo ex
cuse him , if ho is not to blame for
talking about "something" which
will win voles by false reasoning.
The above propositions are all of
the direct assHrtions that were made
by these speakers , at their late ha-
riinguo at Broken Bow , and upon
tlaso they lunud their so-oallod
arguments. It in an undisputed
principle , iii logic , that if the proposition -
sition called the premises U un-
trup , thu conclusion must of ueoea-
nity bo also untrue. Now apply
this rulu to the above propositions ,
as laid down by each speaker , and
in every case the conclusions drawn
from Huoh false promises , must be
erroneous.
