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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1900)
tfuolci ( fa. itcpublican Pub lihoil oTr ry Thnrwlajr at the County float. V Si. A31 nK MV , 1 clltor tlUOfllcc ! n CnftcV Ulo < V , Fourth Are -tt * Entered at the l > o t < > fllco at llroken Dow , Neb. , B pi'Outul.clncr n-attrr ( or tr unulf tlon through thoU. 8. Mulls. ION I'ltlCB : One V"ar , In nevin.co (1.00 lilUUSDAY , AUG. 2 , 1000. KKl'UULUIAX TICKKT. For Governor , UIIAS II PlUritlCIl , Ad-ins. Per Llout. Oourn r , li I 8' VAGl'2 , Cu.t. r. For Secretary ofHinte. G W AIAUSII , Kichardson. For Auditor , C1JA-5 WESTON , Sheridan. Eor Treaiurer. WM STKUFFEH , fuming. F Attorney Qeneral. FRANK N PKOUT. GAGIJ. For Com PubLanduand Bldgi G D FOLLMER.Tl.ayer. . ForSupt Pub liutruction. W K FOWLER , Washington. For Corwrets. MOSES P. K1NKAID. f JOHN F. NE1D1TT I II , \VINDHAM' i EDWAIID. ItOK. . I'reslUeotl.lElectors- ! . U. IIAUU" . IS. 1 . DAVU1DSOS. JACUU JAPOIISON. ( JOHN L. KCSEUY. \ JOSKl'll U. L.ANO. Rrpublicnn Supervisor CoiiTcntlon. The republicans of the eevemUSQDcrTlaor Dla trlcl of Cneii-r county N b will meet In cotitan- tlnn at Mw-on City on Sattmh uKuut . ' 5 , 1000 al SoMiick | . ui for the pu'iuj of plnclng In nomln .Urn a cnndldulc fnr thu ofllcu of 8np r- v for in lie voted ( or tit thu next anual elictlon n < 1 to t'unroot such businois that may come before tin * convention. BaM § of rp | crtieuiatloti thv. enmo as ilolcipitcr to tbecouul > rnnvrnliivn T. J. WOOD , Dlntilct CJinmllUerarn. Republican Senatorial Cuincnllon for 15 Senatorial District. The republican aenatirlnl convoull n lor the flrtoemti ccnntorlnl diptilet of Ntbrdfk-t , IF bert by called to moo1 ntSnrycia Iti ttlit cllitilct on-aturdny , AuKU-t 11 , liKXJ at 2 p m. of Bald cay foriho r-nrpofr of placing In nomination n candidate for the < flfcu of ttatu uunato' . and for the ttansnctliiR of any other builncta which may be brought before raid inecllrj. The lonntlea of esd dlsinci are entiled lo roprncntaltoa an follows , nnd b'Beit upo > the tote of N 11 Itccte In 1899 , one dolegntc al Ittik'O and one d-lc , ito 'or every 100 votes or inijir f ruction tlnronl. Curtcr county IS , V lcy ! couoly 8.1.oup coui.t ) U IJlano county a I. A. UENZAU. ulialrmin Suntatorlul Cum. W. K Whitney o' V. 1 Oj count ) secured tht > nominalu n for aenatoi in the dotro-pop convention at Sargent Saturday. The vote sit od 44 for Whitney 20 for Lomax and 1 for W. G Eastman. IIjw tin- mi h y have The same crowd ihal opposed the aneiation of Alahkft a f t w yr-nie ago are now aga nut the occupation I I of the Phillippino Island The ) always follow but n'jvir lead and are about twenty years behind the republican party , Anli-impsiiiliam , la the thinent issue the demotrata have pined their faith cf Mioiicsa to in a long whi'o and will euooeed in ( 'rawing the least support oi any fad the ) * have bad since they need the earn j i argument against the tu-fclection of Gun Grant. It is interesting to hear the demo-pops that attended tin Lincoln convention on pa sei- denoumce the pops \ylo roacl to the Grand Inland convention on tickets purchased by by * oni8 body elfo. A TL-O'te wLo live in glass should throw no tonep " The demo-pop senatorial * con. vention at Sargent Saturday was attended'with an irreparable split on ' ( lie endorsement of Bryan. The ' ' J 'fcJ' ' * fustoniets earned the day 5 to 1 and the straight populists with drew , bent upon holding a pop con veutiou to nominate delegates to put up a legisla'ivo and congroc- fiional ticket. The Republican party haa noth ing in common with the populists party nor any faith in tbo party ever bringing about a reiormin poji- ticp. Tbo teu yoara they have had control of this couoty and the acts of their legislators and state officer * in the past have shown conclusively that their ory of reform is made merely to PI euro public patronage. W ben ooce in position their by pco- raoy is made evident by their dis regard of their saorrd pledges- Yet wo can not. help adrair/iog those of that pursuasion wbo have the couragq of their convictioi a and refuse tc be sold out body and c soul to the democratic party by their treacherous leaders. IB now in th ai.d the reat reform party \vliloh wae guiny to do HO tnnoli for the country II.IH been completely b allowed by the democrats. Hrjanhari cot eluded that it \e \ better for Towno to continue his h ) pocrai'V and retain ulhe name of a ' ftce silver republican aod remain on the ftiH'on liukc t through the UPinpaign , in order to further de ceive bin deluded foliowrrdi This i- jiiat an we btfoio TI niarkedjTowne IB a tool ind be would remain on ' .he ticket or get iff just aa llryan dictated. N -xt' fall the fame fellowfi where ro denouncing t Painter , Flick , llOlliday , Cooper , Dockhackor , rflockham and Co , as trAilOM-will be 'imong the loudist supported of mii'-roail rcHolutioun in the county convention next year. In thd de- fe&t of democracy this fall their chances for government appoint- inenta will have vantiidhcd and they like a suck egg do r will snook back lo the populitjt ranks to get under cover. The democratic party , not Balis tied wilh gobbling lha populist par ty , is determined to absorb thu name and all , and it pceina to. be settled that the democratic leaders are evei now making a frautio ( fforl to ihe n.rno " 1'opnliB1. " < II of Ihe olli- uial ballot. How do you like to bo i hurt lakpn pOHscsBion of , body , noul and britches , you Mr. Populist ? Otd Times Thu fusion crowd are trying to 'right n the populists into the sup port of ihuir ticket by calling them . It always ha * boon that thu traitor is alwajs the first lo try lo got some onu olao implicated. Siucc the fudiou loaders have play ed traitor lo their duped followers and .sold out to the democratic parly they teek to escape ihe ignouiuiony hy 'allin thoeo traitors who refuse lo bo sold out. "You are to pn mature''remarked a prominent luaion ex ofhcoholaer , to a populist a few days ago. "We will all bo popul at next year. " Just as we have before remarked. It is not a matter of principle that actu ates the fusion leaders It is any thing lo keep themselves in roach of the pubMc tale. The very fellows that tiny are denouncing aa traitors and dturepiuablo would be taken lo their busoms tomorrow if thnj would but swear allegiance to Br ) an and democracy. Our democratic contemporaries last week used t-everal uolums of their space in their viin tffoit to convince the public- that the Grand Ifl&nu convention \as t > farce and thal > lhe4delogatcs were all boodlern. TLey thought they had made Mich a grand tuiccettB thi-.y euut out several hundred .ex'ra copies of their paper ntainiuti the rot. fortunately for the pi'blio the people of Cusler county who read are too intelligent to bo it Huencec by Huch stuff coming , as it does from a gang of demagogues whose Bole object is to blind the eyes ol the vi ters from the real objoc' , Iheir own treachery. Four years ago , when the demo crats ignored the populiat vice pres idential candidate , the populists iswallowed Iho insult and voted for Bryan , vowing before high heavei that they would never submit to another such outrage. Wo fiud a majority of thorn today who have "turned the other cheek , " and arc now whooping it up for Bryan am Stevenson. Because some have the courage to assert Ibtir poliiioa rights , the fueionista roar up ou their hind legs and frantically howl "Traitor ! " It strikes us tha ihe traitors are the fellows who , fo a consideration , sold tbo pops to the democrats and are now bending iheir every energy in an etoit to deliver the good" . Callaway In dependent. J. W. Taylor reminds us of the fellow who was between "the devi and the deep sea. " He has been the leadicg factor in ihe populisls rinks agan'ut democratic domina tion , But in an evil moment he accepted the nomination fur repre eentative at tbe hande of tbe fu- ionUtH , Now hit ) populist friends hreaton to put up a rnnn ngaimthim micas lie will pledge himself not to support fusionifits for fie United State Senate , Whotlior to forsake " the Allen and m own ' ' 01111(1" or HUchcook confine is giving him trouble. To fo-snko the pops he nuHt forcake the principle for which ho has been contending and to forsake Allen and liituhook his chance for office looks dim. To or not to ? Which ? Virtually the democratic platform H ; Anli imperialism And niilitarifin. Ami commercialism. Anil fxpanniou. Ami trust. Atiti go'd ' ( standard. Anti protection. Ami private ) ownership. Anti national reserve fund. Ami war revenue tax. Anti Americanism. Anti prosperity and good times. It f.ivora ono m > re cabinet otlicor. Free trade. Free soup houses. Bryan for president with or with out the aid or consent of the pops. V/efitcrn Wave. Only eight yearn ago Bryan on the slump vociferated t'e Htalemert that the United Slate c uld never become producer of tin plate. That prediction , .like all oi hjs public uttoranoeH , was turned into a burlntquu liy the logic oi vuuta. List year thu production of tin plate in thin country was ai)7 ) 707 tons. In a few brief ycara a nplen- did iuduatry IPS urjwn up , giving mplojuiutu lo fully 17 000 people , whose earnings amount to $10,000- 000 a year. And , what is mure , ho poor man'a dinner pail ischeap- 01 than it wad before it was made wholly in the l/nitid / State ? . Jutt one item of Mi Kit ley prosperity hat lame wi'.l. the overthrow of Jryan. Ashlnnd Gazette. Candidate Fur The Legislature. The delegates to the republican and senatorial conventions have esting upon then n very important. and responsible duty. From the > reseut out look politically the in tuitions arc favorable for the oleo- ion of all three of the members of ho stale legislature. Hut the con- liliona are not BO favorable that the election of'any body" can be elected. Republicans of all partisans are nlelligenfc and independent , and to secure ln support of the voters a candidate should not only have a jood record as a republioai , but must be one who is uipablo and worthy of the respect and confi dence of the public. A man upon whom the party can and will unite is a min who will be able to com mand the reapnot of lho conserva tive and unprejudice voter ? of other partisan's , liy rx care in selecting candidates for the legislature , the chances are very favorable for their election. The RBI'IIIU.ICAN haa no names to propose or pets to favor. All wo ask is that in uach ciso the very best material torial , after deliberate considera tion be selected and wo will bo sat isfied. As for Senator , wo doom Senator Currio the logical candi date and think by all moans ho should bo reiiomtualed , but if , aa it is currently reported , he will not accept , there otliur good mon , of whom the bo t choice possible should bo made. It is equally as important that " "strong candidates for representative * should bo selected - od , a < we coutidontly belaivo , ihM if the right men are chosen they will be elected. CANT TAKE THE DOSE. lion. E. WjiiiauSaya II * ) is Done With Fusion. lla * lleon a 1'opullet From Principle and 8 cs Through the Democratic Schema to Swal low the PopulUt Party acd. Wilt Not Lend Ills Aia'Unc tn Them In the Effort. EDITOR SKBLTOS OUPPKK : Mr. Bryan's special organ , the World Herald cornea out and tells the pop. nliata and silver republicans what to do and how to do it in the present campaign. It issues "im perative mandate" and calls on [ the "loyal men" to show their loyality to Mr. Hry.in for 'voting for the entlio ticket. " Tbia is more than the populiatB and silver rppiiblicniH have ever been asked to do before and more than they will do now , tor lo do HO would be to c.iA their party xiatenc-i by their becoming democrat * . The line is drawn sharply and no ono of ordinnry polilic.il sagacity can bo deceived by the cunning of the adroit party loader ? . Few of the populists will consent lo become demoorits on naticual issues and remain fusion- laU on htato isauef. The demoora'B have ignored their allies on the main question , and tl ey will ignore them tin state issue if sucoesafull on national issues. Hero are the Herald's Words , which tpeak to plain lobe misunderstood. "Kansv Uity convention has de termined the attitude of the demo cratic parly with nspect to the popnlistH and silver republican ele ment's. Noir , in full view of the convention' * action , U lies with the populist und silver republicans to determine their iduty towards the democratic v * * Wo party art coniideul a lew days of calm am thouglitlul consideration will b < ing every loyal man to tbo conclusion that Mr. Bryan now has not only a claim * * for the support of the entire ticket but so absolutely unfilled to such support. " Juat to. we have taken thoae "few days of calm and thoughtful con aideration" auJ have arrived at a very different conclusion than the ono outlined by the World-Herald "evi-ry loal man" to arrive at No'sir , Mr. HitohCwCk ; this cam paign will be decided by the vour at LUG ballot box and not by the politicians at the conventions. The democratic party cannot swallow the populists and silver republi cans a-i it did tbo greenbckert > , evt n by taking part on atale and balance on national issues. They will'not go down. The only iaauo not already passed upon by tie ptoplo in tbia campaign is the issue that has grown up to the Spanish American war * 'I his issue haa been pasaed to the front prtmaturely. The pt'oplo are not familiar with it They are asked to pass upon a policy not matured by tbo adminis tration. Events that are transpir ing daily enter i. lo tbe formation of the policy of the government in regard lo our 'oreigu relations. In my judgement it would place lid a-i a ir'tion in a humiliating position before the world to obange the foreign policy of tbo country nt this timo. In regard lo "fussion , " I em done with it , and I shall not stop in "the middle of the road. " I shall "cross the Uubicon" and take ithe conae- queucci < % Most of tbo populists und silver republicans are honest in their effort on political lines and are hourrible and woilhy of ro spool , bi t tbey arc simply wnaling their tune in trying to beller mat ters by assisting the old domoora tic parly that haa boon dHcmmed by tbo country foi forty years into power The issue is plain : It is republicanism or democracy , and you miut be either a republican era a democrat , and I am not a demo cratic. E WYMAN. This article from the pen of Hon. E. Wyraan , in wo thy of the oaieful consideration of all populists who hold priueip'o ' above tbe desire of any ono man or set of men for oih'ce. Mr. Wytnan haa been one of the foremost populists in Buffalo county and advocated lie principles of Iho parly frooi principle. Two year : ago he was elected on the populist ticket to represent thia county in the atato legislature and servbd his constituents faithfully in that body. Ho haa loyally followed the toaohinga of liie party and 1m always been considered one of the beat infrotuod men on | ublic mut ters in his borne counlr. Ho hap , however , aeon through the scheme of tbe democrats to swallow the populist parly and has become fully convinced that his party la simply bgiuc ; used by the demo crats to subserve their own eellUh ends , and baa sensibly concluded tenet not lend bis assistance to them in the effort. His article ia worthy of "calm and thoughtful icnsidere- tioa" of every populibt in the stain of Nebraska , Governor Roosevelt Removes the Cover From the Hag gard and Deceitful Face of Fusion. A Fierce and Forceful Fire on ihe Fallacy of llr.vanisin by Aiuar- . , ica's Soldier-Statesniaii , Qnotci Oenernl Lttvrton In Snylng Tlmt the IIlHiicl of American Solcllera In On , tbe IInnd of American fe tlilzrr * of Agulunldo. Speaking to the National Leagno of Republican clubs in session at St. Paul , GoTtmor Roosevelt gixve utterance to Komi' things which in a largo degree show the true character of the man. 'HQ slid : "A politician who isn't lioii- cs > t , no mutter how nulo or smart he is , li a curse to the community. Don't let any man delude you by trying to convince you that be cnn help yon by being a little dishonest on your side. He will desert you when the crisu comes. "I have met hero today a few men from my old stamping grounds in the Dakotns nud Montana , where I used to bo u delegate to the cattle conventions. Theie are a few of my fellow delegates here tonight. I was then in the cow business myself. Out there tbe cow puncher and the branding iron took the place of tje fence. We used to brand the ealvas every year , aud if a cnlf was puss id over it became u muvcrick. It was the rule in those days that a inav- eriol : when found might be branded with the brand of the ranch ou which it was found. "And oner day I was riding over the ranch with a cow puncher and wo came across a maverick. It was on the TLif tie brand ranch. The c6w puncher roped nnd tied the maverick and wo got off to put a brand on it. I remem ber that I took off the cinch iron to help put on the brand. And I said to the cow puncher : 'Remember , it is the Thif tie brand. ' Ho grinned ami said lie knew his business. But I ttivr ho was putting on my brand. 'Hold on there , ' I said , 'you are putting on imy brand. ' 'I always put on my boss" brand , " he replied. I p id to him : 'Yo can go to tbe ranch and'get your time. If yon Trill steal for HIC , ytra will it l from me. ' "And that applies in politics as well RS in the cow business. You have x t to have honesty first , and you have got to have courage with it. I hve siighty little use for the honest , timid man , tbo man who takes out his honesty in his own parlor , but ; who can't trust himselfi with it out in the world to do bis work among his fellows. Ho may be very Dice and pleasant , but he is no use. "But no matter bow honest and bravo a man may be , if ho is a raturul born fool you can't do anything with him. He must have the Sitting Ornce of Common Seine. Honesty , courage and common sense are needed in public life just as they are needed in private life. And it is bo- caupo I believe that associations like this club , associations like this league , make for the elementary decencies of political life that I take such pleasure in addressing yon tonight. "I do not address you as a Repub lican addressing Republicans , but an an American addressing his fellow Ameri cans , urging them to stand for honesty aiid the honor of the flag. Wo have como here to begin the work of a cam paign inoro vitnl to American interests than auy that has taken place since the close of the civil war. We appeal nok only to Republicans , but to all creed citizens that are Americans in fact as well in to in reelecting as mime , help us - - ing President McKinley. It was indeed of infinite importance to elect him four years ago. Yet the need is even greater now. Every reason which then obtained in his faror obtains now , and many more have been added. Four years ngo the success of the Populibtic- Democracy would have meant fearful mibery , fearful disaster at homo ; it would have meant the shame that is worse even than misery and disaster. Today it would mean all this , and in addition the immeasurable disgrace of abandoning the proud position wo have taken , of flinching from the great work we have begun. "We ask support for President Mo- Kinloj' because of what ho has actually done , of what ho now stauds for aud typifies , and because of tbo marvelous work that has been accomplished under liis administration. We ask the sup port of all upright citizens because against him are arrayed The Forces of Clmntlo Etll | because of the brooding menace to our moral and industrial welfare which is implied in the present attitude and pur pose of the Populistio-Democraoy. "Wo know definitely what we believe - lievo and we bay it outright. "Our opponents , who represent all the forces of discontent , malice and envy , formed and formless , vagno aud concrete , cau hardly bo said to know what they really do believe , because the principles they profess , if put forth nakedly , are so revolting , even to their own followers , that they like at least to try to wrap tbe mautle of hypocrisy around them. Tbey rant about trusts , but they have nothing practical to ad vance in the way of remedy. "Xor is this to bo wondered at , when I OHO of tbo makers of their platform , thu i representative from New York , uud the ' Uftdex oi that organisation la Ny nil York , nro bo'.h themselves omonfj the most prominent stockholders in the worst trust to bo found today in the United States the ice trust , which ha * justly exposed itself to the criticism which our opponents often unjustly ap ply to every form of industrial effort. "We now fomoto the Philippines and to the general q.uebtion of expansion. Many of the positions taken by the Populistic-Democracy at the paoment are so palpably dishonest and main tained in such palpable bad faith that to htato them is suflloiont. It ia hardly necessary to discuss what they say about "tho constitution following the fltig. " The Democratic party never championed the doctrine thus set forth wive in the dark days , when it hud be come the Iliinilmnlilcn of Slnrory and rebellion , and danced to any tune which the apostles of slavery chose to pipe. When , under Jefferson , the great West beyond the Mississippi was ac quired , when , largely through the in strumentality of Jackson , Florida waa added to the Union , the now provinces , with their Indian populations , wore governed precisely and exactly on the theory under which the Philippines are now governed. President Jefferson se cured tbo Louisiana purchase just as President McKinley secured the Philip pines aud Andrew Jackson warred ugainst the Seminoles when wo had acquired Florida from Spain , precisely us General MaoArthur is now warring against the bandits among the Tngals in Luzon. Unless we are willing to deprive - prive Jefferson and Jackson of the meed of honor which haa been held to be peculiarly theirs , wo cannot deny the same high praise to President Mo- Kiiiley. At Kansas City , the men en gaged in preaching the gospel of dis honor aud repudiation solemnly assert ed that 'imperialism abroad will lead quickly and inevitably to despotism nt home. ' You men of Minnesota uud the Dakotas wuo are hero tins evening can appreciate the fatuousness of that state ment by the simple process of thinking whether your liberties have been abridged by the return of the Minnesota seta und Dakota troops who won such honor for themselves in the Philippiues. There are geometrical propositions so essentially absurd that mathematicians hold their mere statement to be equiv alent to their refutation. So it is with this proposition. If it were worth while I would point out its dishonesty and insincerity. But flagrant though these are , its absurdity is bo much more flagrant that nothing need bo said. "So it 13 with their caut about mili tarism and 'intimidation and oppres sion at home' as following what they nro plea&od to call 'conquest abroad. " We cannot argue with them ou this proposition , because no serious man thinks for one moment that they bo- Hove what they assert. Dntiugthe great civil.war there wore many preachers of tbo go.spel of disloyalty among the so- called copperheads of the north , and these men , like their representatives among our opponents today , prophesied the subdivision of the country when the great armies of Graut and Sherman should come back from the war ; but tbo great armies of Grant and Sherman returned - turned to civil life and were swallowed up among their fellow citizens without A ripple. A considerable army was kept for a year or two on the Indian frontier and in some of the southern states , but it never entered the huad of a human being to attempt what The Coppurheiul Prophet * of disaster had frantically foretold. In ' 98 and ' 90 you yourbelves saw regi- moutb and brigades and divisions re turn from Cuba , Porto Rico and the Philippines , to bo disbanded and swal lowed up in the mass of tbo people , if volunteers , and if regulars to assume their ordinary work in fort and canton ment , and sitter greeting them on the day they returned the bulk of tbe people - plo would never have been able to tell , except by the newspapers , whether they had como back or not. "Of all idle chatter the talk of the danger of militarism is the idlost. The nrmy wo have now is , relatively to the population of tbo country , less in wizo than it has been again and again during the last century and a quarter , in times when wo had only our own Indians to guard against. In Washington's admin- ibtiation Gen. Wayne spent some three years in Ohio warring against the Tagals of that day , with an army under him larger in proportion to the then population of the nation than all our present national forces , regulars and volunteers combined , und there is just as little danger from the evils of mili tarism now as there was then. It is as utter folly to talk of our liberties as menaced by the existence of a force capable of keeping order in our outly ing possessions us it would have been to talk of their being menaced in tbo boventios by the soldiers who followed Ouster and his follows ngaiust Co- munche , Apache uud Sioux. "I would usk those who by their words have encouraged the wurfora of the Filipinos against us to recall the letter of General Lawtou , written just before his death , in which he pointed out that the blood of his soldiers red- doiied tbe hands of the men at home who encouraged Our 1'oei Abronil. "Some years ago when certain east erners were uainoring in the name of humanity against tbo urinv ofilcers who warrud to protect the western settlers from the Indians , General Sheridan wrote : 'I do not know how fur these humanitarians should be excused on account of their ignorance , but surely it is the only excuse that can give a. shadow of justification for aiding and abetting such horrid crimes. ' "Tho scheming politicians at Kansas- City have not even the excuse of ignor ance when they incite the insurgent * to fresli warfare against our soldiers with the basu hope that thereby they may further ihuir own political advauca. nieuU"