u01et ( go. Republican TablUhod every Tlmridty nt the County Bent. > , M. AMHKIt-UICV ; Xi-Onico In Outlet lllock , tfourth'Af . Entortd nt tbo portolUco nt Ilrokon llow , Nob. ai second C ! BH ma tut , for trauiiululuu tlirougl tuu U. H. malls. aUUBCHll'TioN 1'HiOK : Sl.U Ay , OUT. a , m o REPUBLICAN TICKET. Mute Ticlict. For Judge of tlio Supreme Court , M. fc s1 * Of Lincoln For U. U , .McOILTON , or Ouinbn Dii. W i. U. ELY , Of Alluwortli Ticket. For Oa gre s , M. 1 * . K1NKAII ) , Of O'Kolll Judicial t luuct , For Judge of mu Judicial UUUlct , K. U , 1IA11EU , Of Kearney County1 Ticket. For County Treasurer , WALTKU GBOUGE. For Sheriff , " ' Copt. V. 0. TALI10TT. For Coucty Clerk , , JAMKB CHITTIOK. For Olor'k'of blat. t'6urt , Lieut. II. F. KKNNKUY. For CoUnty Judge , J. A. AUMOUlt. y For County Superintendent , J. U. TAGQAUT. ' . H For'County ' Sort ayer ; F. u. VAMAMTWBHP. For County Coroner , 1 Dr. II. K. DAV1ES. HupvrvlHor ' .Vlclcct. For Supervisor 2d Dlstrlbt , . . HAS ANDKI180N. for Supervisor 4th District. J , V. HltKUUDUHh , For BuperrlBor ot Ctli Ulutrlct. J. F. FOXWOlVfllT , Of Cutter. Ticket. Clerk , W. W. COWLISS. Troanuror , J. M. KIMIIKKLINQ. Jnitlcoi of the Peace , J. J. SNYDKU. L. McOANlLli83. Couitkbloi , P. M.TOWBLHY. WM. IJAItUKTT. IlOAil Overseen , Dlst.No. 1.CIIA8. DAVIS. Dlflt .No. 8 , J. U. JiENOYKR , Diet. No. it. JUI1N 110YCK. DM. No , 4 , 1. N I'KKSIIALL. Diet. No. B.F.1I. AKT11UH. Diet. No. 0 , G. K CADW11L.L. Diet. No.J , 0. T. WHIO11T. City Ticket. For Justices of the Peace. EMIL Q'SUHWIND , L. J. ( .ANDY. For AeecBsor , tj W. U OSUOHNK , 811. tjI For Conitablot , L. K. COiK. I W. U. FAltKUIl. VOTE I'Oll THEM. "WE 1IAVE NOT ONE WOKt ) TO HAY' AGAlN r OLAillS TALfeOT OK llOKAOE KEN- NEb-t. BOIH ARE NICE YOUNGtttEN , AN1)NO DOUBT , KENTDE'HED VALIANT SEll- ' VICES AS SOLDIERS BOTH IN THE WAR AOAINST SPAIN AND THE PHILIPPINES. " 'f ' BEACON , Sept. 14 , ' 00. Lot every loyal man of Ouster county not fail < , o do hie duty on election day by vot.ioj ; for Captain. Talbbt for sheriff , V. 0. Talbot ahowed his bravery as well aa good judgement at Ma- , uila , ua'irt ' lestiliod to bo his supo- ridra In rank as well ad the' officers and privates under him. lu every respect ho is worthy of the office of sheriff. Judge Armour is the most corn- potent judge and the most satisfac tory to lawyers ard litigants the county baa ever had , and should any one , from political reason , vote for his opponent , instead , it will bo ono of the greatest mistakes of a lifetime ) W.alter . George is not only one of the best business men in the oounty but is one of the most popular can didates on either ticket , and when the votes are'counted it will be found that Mark Schneringer will bo * one of the worst disappointed republican's that over turned his coat for office. The time has * uome when the de ception of the reform crowd is no longer a secret , and to give them their , juat duos the voters of the county should see to it that not ono of them is returned to the court house this year , The lopublioan candidates are all conipotont , and if elected will give the people an honest and economical govern ment. On the West table a few nights ago , a trio of pop speakers called at a house , in > the vicinity of Cliff , whore ; they' spoke that night , In thejr conversation they inquriod of thttirhoatifho thought the "smooth faced candidate " ) would riot be up W * there to steal a few votes ? " They were politely' informed that ho did not have'to ' bteal votes' . Oue pop and'one doraoorato were present at ' V/l ' * ' ' ' ' thft interview , who now have no fuflbor'use if&rtuo pop candidates. iloraoo F. Kennedy in onu of tlit republican candidates who is nol making any great demonstration ol MB growing strength with the vet orfl , hut when the voteH are counted they will ahow that the people ol Cufltor county can appreciate tin worth of a soldier who does no turn his back upon the fee , Lo every body who believes in honor ing a wounded soldier who full ir the line of duty , piurced with r mausor bullet , vote for Ilor'not Kennedy. The evening wlioro the ring WHS drafting the challenge of Fred CummingH iu this nily , Fred protes ted against iasuing a challenge fore joint debate with Judge Armour. Cummings remarked "what in hell would I do if ho would accept'1 Ho was assured by his coacliers that thuro was no danger as Armour oould not leave the duties ol hu offico. But when they proposed the tender Armour a mibstituto to stay in his o 111 jo , Cummings objected foi fuar ho might accept. Wm. Nevillu populist candidatu for congress , and the' secretary of the democratic committee held a secret moetihc ; by thornsolves at North Plaito and worn going to take tbo steps nocssary to put Nev ille's name on the demorcntio ticket. Chairman Juan Boyle got onto it and appeared in time to stop the pro ceedings. Enough 01' his committeemen - men were then gotten together to force the matter , when Chairman Boyle resigned , and Neville was put on the ticket. A democrat must have very little self-respect to vote for such a shyster us Neville. Alliance Grip ( aom ) . Tlit' populist's claim of reducing the county indebtedness in ono of the thinest pleas they are making in this campaign. For ten years the court hdUHo has boon occupied by pop officials. The republicans turned over to them moro than enough cash and credits to pay the indubtednest at that time , but with the largo increase of taxable property dnoo then , they have not buen iblo to wipe out the debt. It is true , by borrowing from the sink ing fund- , they are able to pay cash for the warrants , but had the mou sy which they have collected from the people been judiciously handled \ cash basis would hnvo long since been reached without/ / having to re sort to the questionable uolioy ot robbing Peter'to pay Paul. Judge M < B. Reese's Opinion of a Candi date for Judge. "There is nothing of which I can' oonooivo moro unseemly , dis. tasteful and moro. disgusting than to BOO a candidate-for- high jud ibial position 'to which I have boon oalldd to aspire , running about the ppuntry engaged in talking matches with anyboby who would engage With him , denouncing' a largo portion'6f the oitizona ot the otato , trying to array" noighbdr against neighbor friend aganist friend , chi ton against citizen trying * to array hitnelf aganist .a largo percentage of the population of the state , him self aganist' them' and they against bun. I for , onq do not propose en gaging in any such business. " This Bounds different from the bom. bastio challenge made by Fred OumraingB the pop candidate for oounty Judge. . ( It ia amusing to sou the efforts the populist papers are making to got political capital out of the fact that Judge Armour lot onn Collins , who was imprisoned fcr gambling , out on a fifty dollar bail bond. The facts are w.oll known that the prosecuting attorney , Kirkpatriok , is. a pop , and that it was after CoU Una was hold for some time in jail at the expense of the oounty , fora larger bond , which ho oould not give that the court and attorney decided it was bettor to make the bond light and give him his freedom rathCr than to inflict the oounty with the expense of keeping him several months to await the sitting of court. It is true the bond was not collected , but it was because the fellow got into another scrape at Kearney before he was required to answer in court hero , and was Bent to the penitentiary , wher'6 he' is now serving out a sentence" . " -3K. i 1 lie Poplist Part ? for easier County. " Their Financial Statement Deceptive and a Fraud A Juggling of Figures to Mislead the Voters. Last week both the Chief and the Beacon published a statement prepared by the court house ring and pop county central commit tee , purporting1 to be a correct statement of the finance of the county for the past ten years under populist rule. The state ment has but oue object and thai is to influence the voters to con tinue them in power , and with that object in view they present a juggling- figures with the object of deceiving rather than giving facts. To make their statement appear as official they have attached to it a part of Treasurer Lomax's July report which was approved and signed by the finance committee of the county board of supervisors. By this little scheme they attempt to convey to the averrge reader that the whole statement is offi cially authorized by Lomax and sanctioned by the finance com mittee of the county board. The first appears under the head of "Statement of the Fi nancial Conditiin of Custer Coun ty Jan. 1 , 1891 , viz : Statement No. U BTATIIIIBNT or THE HNAMOIAL CONDITION OP CUB- TBIt CODHTT , JAN. 1,1891. Jnnnarr lat , 1801. Whole amount of unpaid warrants on the 1883 , 188-1 , 1885 , 1830 , 1887 , 1888 , 1899 and 1800 funds. . . $34 , 753 W faiiuary lat , 1691. Whole amount of unpaid Judgments aijnlnet CunterCo. . 12.005 75 January Int , . 1891 . Whole amount of no tnnl Indcbtcdnesi . $48,704 23 It will be remembered that the populists were elected to office in 1889 and took charge of the county offices Jan. 1 , 1890 , except clerk of district court , which office is self supporting. The above , statement includes one year of expense by pop. officials. Jan. 1 , 1890 , 'W. C. Bedwell , the out 'going treasurer , turned over to his successor , ' D. F. Weimer , the following- credits an cash : Year. Cash. Del. Tax. 882. . f . $ 01 5 14125 883 . 3700 SCOW 884 . 4641 670 3U 8 5 . 3388 66782 83 . 15545 61730 887 . 4043 1,10331 L888 . 1,16489 1,06667 880i . 77062 30,81903 iVclTOrtlelng fund , all years 508 40 Fines , all years . . 133 Oi Sidewalk , nil years . 346 09 Ulty and Tillage , all years. . 1,437 18 "redact fund , all years . 160 15 School district fond , -all j'ta 6,007 23 School " bond fund , " 3,788 HI Fratlonal Hem . 33 State school fund . 277 W _ Total . 517,118 5 $ u'i6Q Si 17.148 B9 Grand total Jan. let , 1890 , . $58,408 81 Deduct from that eum the total debt of 1891 , one year later . . . . 46.704 S3 Ualanoo tocrodlt to republican party. . $11,041 53 In addition to the above "W. C. Bedwell turned over to D. F. Weimer. state. funds such as the sinking fund , insanity hospital , reform school , ect. , to the amount of $11,572.31. Statement Mo. 9. STATEMENT OP FINANCIAL CONDITION Or OUSTER COUNTY , JANUARY 1st , 1395 , January 1st' , ' 1895- . Whole amount of unpaid warrants on 1891 , .1892 , 1893 and 1894 funds . . $ .11,222 69 January lat. 1893 , Whol6 amount of . unpaid Judgments . . 5.914 M January 1st , .1803. Whole amount of ac tual indebtedness . $37,131 93 From this statement we learn that the indebtedness prior to 1891 , has been and they quote the unpaid warrants from Jan. 1 , 1891 , giving $37,136.93 as the whole amount of Indebtedness Jan. 1 , 1895. Note the tax levy of 1890 , which amounted to over $36,000 , has not been credited to ; he republican account , while they are particular to charge up the expense of 1890 to the repub licans , which that year held the balance of power on the county board. Among the items of ex pense for 1890 , which they claim credit for having paid for the re publican administration , in $15- 300 relief fund for drouth suffer ers. itatement No. 8 , ACCOUNT or EXTRA EXFRN8E WI1ICU THE IlEPUB- LIOAN ADUIMBTllATION MEVKll 1IAD TO WITH. The drouth of 1890 cost the county for relief . $13uOO 00 Bounty for the detraction of wild am- County jail , contracted for by the re publican board and p Id for under the populUt administration 1,63000 rarulturo for court honseCcontracted for by the republican board and paid for under the populist administration ) . . . . 2,600 00 Vault addition to court home for regis ter of deeds 1,70000 loldlora1 Jlelltf fund 2,60000 Jipert accountant for checking np the county records. . , 1 &QO 00 Drouth of 1891 , the amount expended by the county 7.006 53 The total amount of extra expense paid for under the popullit admlulitratlon $40,830 63 It will be noticed that in state ment No. 1 , that the indebted ness which is charged up to the republican administration in cludes the debts of 1890 , which would include the the pop. offi cers salaries and the $15,000 of relief fund for the drouth suffer ers. As the $15,00 had been charged up in statement No. 1 , it is but fair to be deducted from No. 3. This would cut their ex tra expenses to $31,836.53. To offset that amount the Tar levy of 18PO 838,000 00 Hal. of credit turned over by llcdwcll. . 11.644 ( XI Total . . .f 17,044 00 Pop Administration Dr 16,80747 After paying for all those ex tras the pops , would be indepted to the republican administration $15,809.47. Statement No. 4. Tlio nbovo statement plainly-shown that when the county board bocama popu list In January , 1891 , that the out. standing or floating Indebtedness of rjUBtor county was , na. Bhnwn by the records to bo , 10,7M'28 And that on January 1st. 1895 , the out standing or floating Indebtedness nns 37,136 93 Showing n reduction of the debt In four yearn under the pop. administration. . 9,027 35 In the Items of "Extra Expense" you fee that the populists Imvo paid out In extra expenses which the republicans , , . ' ! evr , hnd lo moot , the sum of 40,830 68 JV hlch would have paid the floating debt created by the republicans. Instead of the indebtedness having been decreased $9,627.35 as is claimed , the statement proves that after having used up the Levy of 1889 s 30,000 00 Lefvof IBM : : . . : . : . . . . sniooo oo And cash turned over by liodwoll 17,000 00 And the leTles of ' 81. ' 82 , ' 83 , ' 81 liiO.OOQ 00 Totll . $200,000 00 That they acknowledge an in debtedness of $37,136.93. Yet the republicans left them cash and credits to the amount of $89,000. Statement No. 6. STATEMENT Of FINANCIAL CONDITION OP OUKTBH COUNTY. NBDIl. , OCTOUnil 1st , 18S9. Octobnr 1ft , 1899. Amount of unredeemed warrants on 1893 and'1890 ' funds October 1st , 1891) . Amount of nnpuld warrants , 1897 nnd 1898 funds 511,007 25 October 1st , 1899. Amount of unpaid judguents . 3.418'57 Total October iBt , 1899.i. . , 514,42582 October 1st. 1899. Collections for quar ter ending September 80th ,1899 : taxes of 1888 to 1898 , Inclusive 0,83807 Amt to bo transferred by county.board. . 3,043 07 Uctober 1st , 1899. Amount of outstand ing Indebtedness , exclusive of 1899 , which Is not an Interest-bearing in debtedness ; the same Is tba amount due the sinking fund , which was used In payment or county warrants . . . . . . 3,053 78 Total . . . $1442582 As will be'seen , this statement , while it may be correct in part , is not correct in tote , as it does not give the indebtedness incur red in 1899 , as is shown by the following foot notes in explana tion. Statement No. G. Tbo above statement shows that un der the populist admltiistratlon Custer county's debt bus been reduced to $3- 053 78 , not one cent of which Is an iu- tureat-bearing debt , Will anyone dare attack tbo populist administration of CuBtor county ? The year 1809 not being completed , it ia Impossible to include it In tbo above statement , but It will make a better showing than any previous year. The amount of warrants Issued up to Octo ber l t , 1899 is 811,344 81 , while the levy for 1899 It $33,100.04 , leaving a balance subject to warrant of 831,702.03. . The popullet party Is not ashamed of the fallowing It has made , ' From this statement , No. 6 , an indebtedness of $11,344.31 is ac knowledged that does not appear in statement No. 5 , which would make the actual indebtedness of of the county , Statement No. B 83,95378 Statement No. 0 11.344 31 Total Indebtedness. . . . $ l5S9a 09 Another point which we "dare attack" , is the exposure of the stupidity of the county board , if their statement had been true. If there were but $3,953.78 debt , why did the board impose a tax of 15 mills , the full limit of the law , at at its June meeting , which com pels the citizens of Custer county to pay into the treasury $33,106.- 94 , when 10 mills would have raised $22,000 , more than enough to have paid all debts , with a surplus left. Had the property owners been favored with a reduction of their taxes by one third , it would have been a great relief to them , be sides it would have been worth to the county a great deal more in their hands for speculation , than it will be locked up in the county vault. Taking the whole statement from begin ning to end it shows that those who are responsible for it are designing politicians , nnd wholly unworthy of holding any position of trust. The showing at best puts the populist party in very bad light. For ten years they have been in power , having a large surplus to begin with , and yet are in debt $15,000. The republicans , , who had control ii early history of the county , hac no where near as much property to assess , besides expensive bridges and other internal im provements which came high in those days , had to be met. With the thousands of acres o ; land which has been provc-l up on in the last ten years , which added to the taxable property o ; the county , beside the large in crease of personal property , it seems that if the finances of tin county had been properly haudlec the expenses could have been mei with a much lower levy than the law provides. But instead of making the levy lower , up until the last few years , they have ex ceeded the limit of the Law am run the levy up to 16 or 17 mills. If there ever was a party that has shown itself unworthy and in competent to direct the affairs of the public , the pop party , from the state house down to township collectors , has capped the climax. Let the battle cry be from center to circumference , "turn the ras cals out. " The populist oounty central com tnitteo appears to very muoh exor cised , through the columns of tlio Chief last week , because Judge Ar mour declines to enter into a joint debate with Fred Curnmiugs for tie office of ucuuty judge , aud as one argument in favor of a judicial campaign , assert that Judge M. B Recce , republican candidate tor member of the nupromo court , is oul waking political speeches. That statement both the author and pub lisher knows to be false , and they only made the statement hoping to make a point in Cummings' favor. As a matter of fact every oue knows who reads the state papers , that Judge Reese stated very emphati- Bally "at the ratification" meeting at Lincoln , soon after his nomina tion , thht ho. did not think it the proper thing for a judicial candidate to engage iu a political campaign , and that he would not do it. It is true ex-Governor lioloomb , Judge Sullivan and Judge Ilarnor are , yet that does not prove that it is the proper thing for a candidate to do who is already occupying the bench , Judge Armour did make a canvas two years ago , but then his time was his own , but it is very different DOW. His time is paid for by the oounty. The fact that the oounty board gave him authority to employ a dor * , does not release him irom his duties. The clerk was ( inly authorized in case he could not do the work himself. Should he go out in the campaign , ho would be going at the expense of the county if he had to employ a clerk. The office of judge is one of the ofliceH that should be removed from poli tics entirely , and the candidate who keopB the nearest elear of politics , is the ncaieat to the ideal man for the position. Both in this partiou. lar , and in competency aud special fitness , Judge M. B Roesoand Judge J. A. Armour are away ahead of their competitors. Points Contributed CONSKNT OP TUB QOVUHNKD. The populists who are miking a great to-do about the "consent of the governed" in the Philipmes should apply this principle at homo. Even in their state conventions the "consent of the " governed" was not considered Holoomb'a nomination for supreme judge was hud wi hout the consent of the delegates to the convention. Bryan on one hand aud Allen on the other , absolutely forced lioloomb down the throats of the delegates. It took some talking , to bo sure , but that is Bry an and Allen's long nut , and tro delegates wore not allowed to ex press a choice until the order of those two boF es were known to bo absolute. Ask any one who attend rd theflo conventions who IB not a member of the Hnloonth roynl family - ily , and ho will tell you the consent of the common ' delegate was not uonhidorod in tl.-c nomination of lioloomb. Still they prate about the "consent of the governed. " ISSUES , lu no two yours have the popor crnlH presented thn name IPBUCB to - . the voters of thin Htato and county. -J Their issues are defeated by the coutsu of business events ns fast aa they are announced : their propho oles provfco false as fast as they make them , yet they go right on gucBfiinu at AOHU thing else as soon as the legs are knocked out from under their last guoiS. In 1800 1 free silver and the pricoof a bunhr 1 ! of wheat and an ounce of silver WUB ' their war cry In 1807 with wheat ] at if 1.00 per bushel and silver at fifty bix cents an ounce , they I changed the issue to supply and ( ' , demand , and made tbo campaign on ' . ; the drouth in Europo. In 1808 i the great issue was the amount of ' money saved to the people by the [ pop state officers. But when it was announced to the legislature that all the intitiiutiona would ask for deficiency appropriations , and when Auditor Cornell's lip Id up of insurance companies , and IIol- comb's house rent and .Edmiston's ai'coiml with the Standard Oil Co. was made known the purity of the ' populist officials as a campaign ; issue mustbo abandoned : ao the issue of 1890 is the tyranny of the administration toward the Filipi- i j nos and imperialism. Why ? Bo- . .Lvj cause the popocratiu position on ; every oilier issue , they have presented - ' ' sonted has been proven false within , six months from the time it was ' < [ presented , nnd oould not bo used a second time. Who hears tbo pops . ' ; talking about 1G to 1 as the only salvation for the country an this campaign , or the mysterious rola- tiou between an ounce of silver and a bushel of wheat , or the drouth iu Europe , or the great saving to the stuto by pop. state officers , or not voting for a candidatu because ho rides on a pass , or the grand principles of the platform ? No one ! "Vote fer us for Bryan'a sake" is the burden of the pop. can * didatos song. They hayo failed on every other proposition and use Bryan now as a pretext to got into office again. Next year they" will deny the propositions they Bland on now and be for any other Chinese puzzle their bosses may invent. Cattle For Sale. One thousand head of one , two and three year old steers also eight hundred head of stock cattle. For particulars enquire of W. C. Greg ory , tf. Burlington Koute Catltormn Kxcursiona Cheap ; quick ; comfortable. Leave Omaha 4:35 p. m. Lin- doln 0:10 p. m. and Hastings 8:50 p. m. every Thursday , in clean , modern , not crowded tourist sleep ers. No transfers ; cars run right through.to Sr n Francisco and Loa Angeles over the Scenic Koute through Denver and Salt Lake City. Cars are carpeted ; upholstered in rattan ; have , spring seats aud backs and are provided with curtains , bedding , towles , soap , eto. Unu formed porters and experienced ex cursion conductors accompany eaoh excursion , relieving passengers of all bother about baggage , pointing out sbjeots of interest and in many other ways helping to ' make thd overland trip a delightful oxper. ienoo. Second class tickets are honored. Berths $5. For folder giving full informs , tion , call at nearest Burlington Route ticket office , or write to J. Francis , general passenger [ jagent Omaha , Nob. Through Tourist Sleepers to the Northwest. The Burlington Route has estab lished a twice a week tourist car line from Kansas City to Butte , Spo kane , Taooma and SeattleOara leave Kanovs City , Lincoln and brand Island every Tuesday and Thursday , ariviug at Seattle follow ing Friday and Sunday. They are upholstered in rattan. The bed huen and furnishings are clean and of good quality. The hoating.vea- tilating aud toilet arrangements are all that can bo desired and eaoh oar is in charge cf a uniformed Pullman porter , whosu solo duty is to atti-nd to the wants of passengers , ( \irs run through without change of any kuid and the berth rate fromLino In lo Taooma or Seattle is on'v ' ,0. I'o intermediate points , u iu prupor ttonately low. Montana aud the Puget Sound Country ar now enjoying a period sf unexampled prosperity. As a JoiiHcquoiiue , trwol to the North- woit is rapidly attaining largo' pro portions. This now tourist car line nan been oHtnbllHhod with a view of Jaring for the Burlington's share ot t in ttio best possible manner. Uerths , tickets and frll information Jtui be had on application to y Uurlinu'ton Route ticket agent or by iddrosiung J. Francis , QA , Dmaha Neb. Juue 2 th ,