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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1908)
CUSTER COUNTY VOL , . XXVII FIRST SECTION BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , DECEMBER 10 1908. FIRST SECTION NO. 27 CONTESTANTS ARE NUMEROUS THE GREAT SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST STARTS OFF WITH A BOOM. SIXTEEN WEDNESDAY MORNING The Number of Young People Who Want To Go To Custer College May Reach Twenty Five Before The End Cf The Week. THE SCHOLARSHIPS. 1. Life $135 2. Ninelmonths 58 3. Eight months 5G 4. Seven months ' 48 5. Six months 40 6. Five months 37 7. Four months 30 8. Three months 22 9. Two months 17 10. . One month 8 $450. The life scholarship is good in the Business and Shorthand , the Academic , the Normal , and the' Agricultural courses. The other scholarships aslgiven above are for the Business and Short hand course but may be transfer red to the Normal , Agricultural or Academic at the irate of $5.00 per month. The first few days of the KB- PUBLICAN'S great scholarship sub scription contest show results which indicate that there are u large number of young people in the county who want to go to school when they are given the opportunity and they are willing to work for their opportunity. As a usual thing the boy or girl who makes his mark in school is the one who is willing to work for his opportunity. As Prrsi- dent Cornett expressed it , " 1 believe that this contest will bring in some of the best and most earnest and industrious young people in the county and they will be a credit to the school when they graduate. " No work is more commendable than that which leads to an education. The prizes offered to the win ners make an unusual inducement to the contestants and they arc taking the work up with energy and deteru.inatiou. Up to Wed nesday morning sixteen young people had entered the contest ) Six of these get their mail at Broken Bow , three live in the vi cinity of Ansley , two in Mason City , and one in Mcrna , Ausehno , Hound Valley , Wagner , and Georgetown. The following is the list : Broken Bow JUNIE CLINK MINNIE GRIFFITH GUY W. OLMSTEAD JESSE PKICE JOY V , REEDER JESSE L. TRIPUSTT Ansley GUY McGOWAN LIZZIE MUTEN BERN ICE SCOTT Mason City NELLIE AMSBERRY ROY WHITMAN Atiaelmo B. F LEWIS MernaCLIFFORD CLIFFORD JORDON Round Valley BELLA ELLINGSON Georgetown O. M. PHELPS A CROUP OF CUSTEk COLLEGE STUDENTS. WHO WILL BE NEXT SPEAKER OF HOUSE THE RGIIT FOR POSITION IN MAJORITY PARTY IS ON. PEOPLE GREATLY INTERESTED. A Number of Candidates Tor Spcakersliip Are Out And The Jobs To Ik Given Out In Ilic Democratic Caucus Are In Demand. ( Special to the RBI-UDUCAN. ) Lincoln , Nebr. , December 8 : The organisation of the house of representatives is always of arge interest to the people on he near approach of a session of hat body. This year the demo crats are in overwhelming con- rol and the fight for position in he organization is consequently confined to those representing Ihe majori'y party. The big iri.e of the speakershipis now as always the largest reward to be won , and Democratic patriots are not lacking who are fighting ootb and nail for this distinc tion. George W. Leidigh , of Otoe County , who has served in a pre vious session , has been spoken of in this connection , but it is given out in Lincolon that Mr. Leidigh refuses to consider the honor and will not be a candi date. Charles W Pool of Te- cuuiseh is making a valiant fight for the job , and as it is strongly intimated in informed circles that Charlie is the boy with some corporation backing , it is nol im possible that he may win out. Said a Johnson County Demo crat in Lincoln this week : "If Wagner GEORGE KELTNER The contestants have already begun work and two of them had close to 20,000 votes Wednesday morning. The detailed vote of each of the contestants will be announced next week when all have an opportunity to report. The early reports indicate that the four and five year subscrip tions will be numerous. The rate of fifty cenls a year mates the price of the REPUBLICAN for five years only one dollar to a dollar and one half more than the price of most of the other papers for one year. This cxtra-ordin ary low rate ought to enable the the contestants to get everyone they see to subscribe for one year and a-large per cent of the sub scriptions will be for four and five years. Charlie does'nt get it , it isn't be cause he does'nt want it or won't go alter it with both hands , Down in Johnson some of us re fer to Charlie by the pet name of 'Hungry Pool , ' inasmuch as Charlie's rule has always been to take and strive for any office in sight. Charlie is hungry and he will put up a fight that will make the rest sit up and take notice. " II. R. Ilenro , of Holt County , a former member , is also listed as an applicant for the speaker- ship honors and is said to be a strong nun personally and to have a strong hold with the Democratic , - ocratic party. Those Who know lim well expect him to win , and t will not be surprising if their > redictious turn out correctly. W. S. Shoemaker of Omaha is eported as a candidate for the peakership. It is understood hat he occupies a position of in- lepeudeucc and is lthis own cau- lidate. " Admiring friends do not deny that he will admit him self to be fully competent for the : > ! > . Looming up in the crowd ind with good chances of success s Member Henry Gerdes , of Falls City , an old member and said to be a strong man. Mr , Gerdes is strong with tuc farmer element and his friends are claiming the jacking of the fanners in the egislature for him. No census of occupations has as yet been taken , and it is not known yet the number of farmers represent ed in the present roll of the lionise , but , if it develops tnat they are in the majority , or near t , Mr. Gerties will be a formid able candidate for the speaker- ship honors. The official plums will , of course , be , as usual , divided through the medium of a demo cratic caucus , which will be held in advance of the meeting of the legislature. The minor positions within the gift of the house will no doubt be passed on in the caucus , but as yet there arc no public indications as to the lucky Democrats who will get the jobs. That there will not be enough jobs to go around is assured in advance , as the hundreds who have been asking for executive appointments from every section of this state and have necessarily been turned down , will no doubt move en masse on the legislature in the hope of receiving- few crumbs that fall from the Demo cratic table. The legislative pay roll bids fair , in consequence , to far exceed that of any previous session of the state law-makers. Jess Up Again. Petitions recommending Jesse Gandy for an appointment nre beings circulated. This time the petition recommends Jess for any position to which the gover nor may see fit { 3 appoint him. The petition is being signed by a good number of Republicans as well ni Democrats. Jess states that l.c is feeling happy and that he frclsoniihul of a good nppoinlmci The public schools of Broken Bow will close Friday December 18 for the for the Christmas vacation. The Christmas pro grams of all grades of the school will be given on the afternoon of the ISlh. The vacation will close January 4th. G. W , Kirkpatricl : of Callaway was in the city last Friday on business. He reports things as flourishing in the prospective county seat. Edwin l \ Mycrb of the law firm of Holcomb & Myers return ed Monday evening from a three weeks stay in New York and I Boston. A Fine Large Fact- Governor Polk is from Missouri , llc'a K'garded aa a pretty good citizen himself. See what he sayg about a cer tain sort of citizen : UI do not believe in tlio mail order citizen. IT IS BETTER THAT \YE SHOULD HAVE A THOUSAND TOWNS THAN ONE LARGE CITY , [ f a place is good enough for a man to make his money in , it certainly should he good enough for him to spend his money in. The merchants have a just right to all the business of the town in which they have ( heir stores , and every good citizen will help them to get it. " Did you ever see a FINE LARGE FACT so simply slated ? BRYAN'S PROGRAM is MUCH'IN DOUBT WILL HE WAN I ' 10 CARRY OUT DENVER - VER PLATFORM IN NEBRASKA. SHAlinNBERGfiR'S ASPIRATIONS Governor and Presidential Candidates A\ay \ Clash Over The Legislative Program as Ilotli arc Looking Toward the U. S. Senate "Lincoln , Dec. , 7.-r-\Vhat influ ence will Mr. Bryan exercise over the legislature of Nebraska this winter ? , is a burning- question of paramount interest to Democratic politicians of the state. Mr. Bryan is at present in the south recuperating- made a speech in Texas last week. Nobody knows for sure what his program lor Nebrabka is , but many demo crats think of the possibilities with fear and trembling. When Democrats get out from under the spell of Bryan's voice they begin to hesitate on many Bryan is sues and to "have their doubts. " That is about the condition of the ones today and the fear that Mr. Bryan will insist on making Nebraska an experiment station for the Denver platform is a re mark not unusual from Democrats who have visited Lincoln within the last two weeks. It is freely predicted that such an effort on Mr. Bryan's part will lead to an early clash with the new Demo cratic governor , who has some plans and ambitions of his own in which Mr. Bryan's future does not figure. As a plain fact oi current news it is not doubted at all that Mr. Bryan desires to be the candidate o * his parly for the bcnatorship at the close of Bur- kett term , and that very natural ly would "lay his pipes" during this Cession of Democratic legis lation. If he can control in spite of any opposition ollered by the new governor the people of the state may look to see a win tcr of legislation copied after the Denver platform so far as that document is in line with the pow ers of the state government. J. S. Cay wood missed a num ber of rings from his harness in the stable at his farm north of town on Monday morning. The harness was partly taken apart and the rings were gone. Misses Tiny and Rdith Taylor returned home from York to spend their Cbrislu1 as vacation , LAST MESSAGE TO CONGRESS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAKES HIS I IN A I. I'l.l-A POR GOVRRNMGNTAl. REFORM Wauls Currency Ketisiou , Slrict Corpora tion Control. Relief for Labor , Con servation of National Forests ami Expansion of Na\y. Washington , Dec. H , Iti Utn tO ( 'IIIIKIVSN , reilll to till ! tWO llOU.SI.-M , the jireHltleiil Hiilil : TheIlimuelal HtumltiiK of tlio nation at tlio present time IH e\eellent , ami tin ; finaiu'lnl nmiuiKemeiit of tlio nu- tlou'n Interests l y the Kovemuieut < l'ir- ' ItiK the hint Hevcu yearn IHIH nhowu the muHt satisfactory tetuilts. Hut our eurreney H.VHtem Is imperfect , and Jt Is ourne.itly to ho hoped Unit thp < iuV- reney commUmlnii will bo able to pro * [ lost ! u thoroughly Kood ayslem which will tlo n\vay with tlio cxlstinu defects. During tlio period from July 1 , 1'Jiil , to Sept. 30 , 10US , there IMS been a not HiirphiH of nearly oiu > hundred iiilUloim of receipts over expenditures , a redue lion of the Intercut bearing debl by ninety millions In spite of the extraor dinary expenuu of the Panama canal and a suIIIK of nearly nine millions on the annual Interest charge. Thu : In mi exceedingly ButlN factory Knowing. Thcro hiin been a reduction of taxa tion. Corporations. An regards * the reat corporations K KC < 1 in IntnrHlate huHlneaa , ami espe cially the rail roads , I can only repeat what I have already iiguta and nwt t'uhi In my uichsiiKuH to the congress. 1 bellevo Unit under the Interstate cluuso of the constitution the United Btuto.H has complete aiul puituuouul right to control all agonclca of Inter Htute commerce , and I believe that the national government alone can uxur clHO-lhlrf right with wisdom and of feetlVeneHd HO na both to neeuro JiiHllcu from and to do justice to tlio great corporatlouH which are tlio moat Im portant factors In modern business. 1 hclluve that It H worse than folly to attempt to prohibit all combinations , u Is ilouo by the Sherman null-trust law , because such u law can be en forced only Imperfectly arid unequal ly , and Its enforcement works almost ns much hardship JIB good. I utrougly advocate that Instead of an unvrlco effort to prohibit all combinations there Him 11 be Hubstltuted a law which Khali expressly permit combination * which are In the Interest of the public , but shall at the MUIIC tlmu gl\e to fioino ugency of the national government full power of control and supervision over them. Ouo of the chief features of tlila control buouhl be securing entire publicity lu nil matters which the pub lie has n right to know and , further more , thu power , not by judicial , but by executive , action to prevent or put u stop to every form of Improper fa vorltlaru or other wrongdoing. The railways of the country should be put completely under the Interstate commerce commission and removed from the domain of the anti-trust law The power of the commission should bo made thoroughgoing , so that It could exercise complete supervision and control over the lasuo of securities ns well as over the raising and lower Ing of rate.s. As regards rates , at least this power ( should bo summary. Pow er to make combinations and tnUllc agreements should bo explicitly con ferred upon the railroads , the pcrmls- Blon of the commission bolug ilrst gained and the combination or agree ment being published in all its de tails. The Interests of the sharehold ers , of the employees and of the ship pers should all guarded no against one another To give any ono of them undue and Improper consideration in to do Injustice to the others. Rates must be made as low as Is compatibly with giving proper returns to all tlia employees of the railroad , from the highest to the lowest , and proper r turns to the shareholders , but they must not. for Instance , bo reduced in such fashion as to necessitate a cut in the wages of the employees or the abolition of the proper and legitimate prollts of honest shareholders. Telegraph and telephone compauli' engaged In interstate business should be put under the jurisdiction of the in tcrstate commerce commission. Ample Rewards For Intelligence. U is to the Interest of all of ua that there hlioulil tie u premium put upon Individual Initiative and Individual cu pnelty and uu ample reward for the great directing Intelligences alone competent potent to manage the great business operations of today. It is well to keep lu mind that exactly as the anarchist Is the worst enemy of liberty and the reactionary the \\orst enemy of order BO the men wiio defend the rights of property h : ve. most to fejiv from the