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REPUBLICAN TICKET
NATIONAL
For President
William H Taft of Ohio
For Vice President
John S Sheeman of New York
STATE
Governor
George L Sheldon of Nehawka
Lieutenant Gocrnor
M R HorEWELL of Tckatnah
Secretary of State
George C Jcnkin of Smithfield
Auditor
R BAutox of Grand Island
Treasurer
Law son G Brian of Albion
Superintendent
E C Bishop of Lincoln
Attorney General
William T Thompson of Central City
Land Commissioner
Edwakd B Cowles of Fairbury
Railway Commissioner
J A Williams of Pierce
Congressman 5th Dist
George W Noreis of McCook
Senator 29th Dist
John C Gammill of Stockville
COUNTY
Representative 65th Dist
Frank Moore of Indianola
Attorney
Prentiss E Reeder of McCook
Surejor
Charles W Kelle of McCook
Commissioner
Frank S Lofton of Valley Grange
Isnt It a Name to Conjure With
The Tribune has not so far been suc
cessful in fathoming the omisson of the
name of the Hon William H Taft in
speeches made in this city this cam
paign As the leader of the Republican
party in this campaign it is but natural
and to be expected that his would be a
name to conjure with not to ignore
Whats the matter with Taft The
Tribune believes he is all right the
best equipped man for the presidency
the party has ever nominated if exper
ience of the widest possible scope is to
be considered as valuable to a candidate
for the presidency
Congressman Norris is running
against a check book in the Fifth dis
trict but is making it look about as
sick as Congressman Boyd is making
the Third district check book Omaha
Bee
Mill IWWWl H
For Governor
GEORGE L SHELDON
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Important Facts
Congressman G W Norris is being
opposed for rc olection by a Mr Ashton
of Grand Island and tho fusion press
bureau is wasting much good ink in
trying to show that this Mr Ashton is
a great lawyer and a sure enough re
former Their claim that Judge Nor
ris is not a Roosevelt supporter and
progressive Republican has fallen flat
because every well informed and honest
votor in every party knows -that Con
gressman Norris has stood for worked
for voted for and now stands for the
Roosevelt policies Ashtons claim
that Mr Norris is for Cnnnonism
makes tho voters smile Even tho
Democrats are saying Why dont he
shut up Every voter in tho district
knows that Congressman Norris has
publicly pledged against Mr Cannon for
re election as speaker of tho House of
Representatives and has given good
reasons for his position
Ashton stands on his record in the
1907 State Legislature where be repre
sented Hall County in tho Senate in
asking for votes Let us examino his
record let us see that of which he
boasts and find out whether ho stood
for the people or the machine interests
Here are the facts
Ho voted NO on the PRIMARY
LAW
II R 40o Senate Journal p 1169
Passed 30 to 3
He voted NO on the ANTI LOBBY
LA W a law to clean the corpor
ation and other lobbyists out of
the State House
II R 18 Senate Journal p1196
Pased 23 to 9
He voted NO on tho RAILROAD
TERMINAL TAX LAW
S P 201 Senate Journal p 879
and 1029
The passage of this measure
meant an increase in the railroad
taxes in practically every county
in tho Fifth Congressional Dis
trict of more than a thousand
dollars
The LAW GRANTING EQUAL
PRIVILEGES terms and facili
ties of transportation sidetracks
etc from railroads to all shippers
HR 28G Mr Ashton dodged
He answered roll call tho day the
vote was taken but DID NOT
vote for the measure Senate
Journal p 13W
The LAW REQUIRING RAIL
ROADS TO SELL 100d MILE
BOOKS good in the hands of any
holder the measure urged and
worked for by the Traveling Men
of Nebraska II R 220 Mr
Ashton dodged He answered
roll call the day the vote was
taken and was not excused but
DID NOT vote for the bill
Is he a great lawyer Information
from Grand Island shows that he has
tried but one case in the district court
in the last four years
Mr Voter what do you think of this
record Every reform measure voted
for by Mr Ashton he was pledged to
vote for before his election if ho had
not been pledged what might have hap
pened judging from the- foregoing
facts Is he for the Interests or for
the people It takes but one guess to
place him where he belongs on anti
reformer a machine candidate and no
friend of the people Mr Ashton you
cant even fool the Democrats
Tafts Injunction
I ask that every responsible and fair
minded labor leader every responsible
and right minded member of a labor or
ganization read these Tafts injunc
tions for himself If he will do so in
stead of condemning them he will heart
ily approve of them and will recognize
this further astonishing fact that the
principles laid down by Mr Taft in
these very injunctions which laboring
people are asked to condemn are them
selves the very principles which are now
embodied in the laws or practices of
every responsible labor organization
The principles which he therein so wise
ly and fearlessly laid down serves as a
charter of liberty for all of us for wage
workers for employers or the general
public for they rest on the principles of
fair dealing for all of even handed just
ice for all They mark tho judge who
rendered them as standing for the rights
of the whole people as far as daylight
is from darkness so far is such a jndge
from the time server the truckler to
the mob or the cringing tool of great
corrupt and corrupting corporations
President Roosevelt
Congressman George William Nor
ris of the Fifth district of Nebraska
was in the city jesterday en route to
Wellington where he spoke under the
auspices of the Republican committee
last night He made a brief visit to
the Eagle office and expressed himself
as very well pleased with the politicial
situation Dotn in jebraska and in
Kansas Judge Norris is a Buck eye
and naturally as well as politically
a strong Taft man He has been in
Nebraska for probably a quarter of a
century and the fact that he has been
county attorney there three times
judge of the district court two terms
and a congressman for three full terms
indicate his strength in his home com
munity He is one of the ablest of
the western congressmen and like
Victor Murdock he believes in the pol
icy of making friends at home among
his own people rather than at Wash
ington He also believes with him
that the speaker of the house has too
much power attached to his office
Judge Norris in youth was a poor boy
and he climbed the ladder by his own
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FrankMoore Nominee for Representative
Tho Republican nominee for repre
sentative frank Moore has claims on
tho voters of Red Willow county which
Tije T iubune takes pleasure in
urging A cleaner squarer more frank
and straight forward citizen wo do not
have the honor of numbering among
our people as all will attest who know
him
A native of Ohio where he was born
about G3 years ago at the ago of 12
years ho came to Illinois whore ho
grew to manhood Answering to his
countrys call ho served in com
pany F of the 140th regiment of Illinois
volunteers After tho war he com
pleted a high school course which was
supplemented by a course in the Bryant
and Stratton Business College in Daven
port Iowa After this ho taught
school for several years
Coming to Nebraska and Red Willow
county in 1880 this has been his home
ever since And he has always been
identified with the best interests of
this county serving with satisfaction
and success ono term as county judge
A life long Republican of the highest
and best type and now in sjmpathy
with all the measures and reforms of
his party now the advanced element of
the country ho may claim the votes of
not only all Republicans but of those
who believe in tho measures set in mo
tion by President Roosevelt in national
affairs and the splendid business ad
ministration of Governor Sheldon with
whom Mr Moore stands four square
Frank Moore has the ability and the
courage to do the right as he finds it
He is on the right platform and believes
in the right policies He should receive
the votes of every Republican in R9d
Willow county He will represent us
with honesty and purity of purpose
DONT FORGET
The attention of our readers is
again called to the two constitutional
amendments which will appear on the
official ballot on election day One of
these amendments will permit the in
vestment of our permanent school
fund in Nebraska school precinct and
municipal bonds and thus avoid the
necessity of sending the money out of
the state for investment as we have
been compelled to do in the past The
other will bring about a long needed
re organization of our supreme court
by substituting four additional judges
for the six commisioners now consti
tuting a part of that court The com
missioner system is wrong in princi
ple and very unsatisfactory to all par
ties including the commissioners
themselves The system is a make
shift but it will have to be continued
until the court is enlarged as it is ut
terly impossible for three judges to do
the work Recognizing the necessity
for these two changes in our constitu
sion all of the political parties gave
both amendments their unqualified en
dorsement at the primaries In order
however to insure their adoption at
the coming election every voter should
be careful to vote FOR both amend
ments DONT FORGET
Frank Lofton For Commissioner
One of the solid reliable young men
of Red Willow county worthy in every
respect competent and experienced
Frank S Lofton present commissioner
of the 1st district is before the people
of the 1st commissioner district for re
election His record has been satis
factory His administration of county
affairs has been careful and judicious
He is entitled to re election by a decisive
majority Remember his just claims
on November
The supreme court this week sustain
ed the validity of the Nebraska statute
known as the Sunday law
A vote for John C Gammill for state
senator is a vote for an old soldier as
well as a farmer who has always been a
patriotic hard working square and de
serving citizen Just remember him on
November 3rd
The real question is to cure the
abuses which have crept into big
business not to destroy business to
promote prosperity not to kill pros
perity to rngulate not to annihilate
The Republican promises are to destroy
the bad to correct abuses to regulate
wherever needed and to conserve all
honest business and promote prosperity
Which plan is best
The Ashton political press bureau is
working over time to try to defeat Con
gressman Norris and among other
things claims that he is a supporter of
Speaker Cannon and the notorious rules
of Speaker Cannon Without the
knowledge or consent of any press
bureau the Times Tribune has a clipp
ing from the New York Press a paper
cot interested in Nebraska politics in
which it says on May 17 before the
campaign had opened Representative
Norris of Nebraska today introduced a
resolution to reduce and restrict the
power of the speaker over the house
The resolution if adopted would so
amend the rules that the standing com
mittees of the house would be appoint
ed by the rules committee instead of by
the speaker and the rules committee it
self would be composed of fifteen mem
bers chosen by the house through
geographical groups The speaker
tcnnlrl hfi trmlimhln tn mnmhorohin on
genius industry and determination j this committee Beaver City Times
Wichita Kans Eagle Tribune
UNDER FALSE TRETENSES
In local democratic newspapers
two weeks ago Fred W Ashton fus
ion candidate for congress In this
district published a statement which
clearly indicates his willingness to
seek a public office of responsibility
and trust under flagrant and ialse
pretenses
In tho heat of party contests there
is no need so greatly required and so
often lost sight of as that of honesty
In dealing with measures of moment
to the welfare of the country at large
The public good is of more Impor
tance than the aspirations of an in
dividual Too seldom we Inquire
will this course benefit my country
too often we ask will it help me or
my party Candidate Ashton is be
set with this evil He is selfish he
is not frankly honest open and above
board he is clamoring for an office
and he is guilty of making use of
false pretenses in his effort to secure
it
He enumerates a number of pro
positions which he favors implying
thereby that Mr Norris opposes them
The regulation of railroads the elec
tion of senators by direct vote of the
people a proper valuation of rail
road properties which is a feature of
regulation and the publicity of cam
paign contributions Mr Norris and
republicans generally favor and
more than Mr Ashton for the reason
that Mr Norris introduced and se
cured the passage of a resolution
in the house looking toward a con
stitutional amendment that would
permit popular election of senators
and he was so active in promoting
railroad reform legislation in con
gress that he earned the hostility of
Burlington and Union Pacific inter
ests which are cordially supporting
Ashton in the present campaign
A vote for Ashton is a vote for
special interests and a vote for
Norris is a vote for the people
Mr Ashton favors guaranteed bank
deposits Mr Norris favors making
bank deposits safe There is a diff
erence The first is a vote catching
expedient on which to ride into office
the second is a remedy based on
sound economic principles tried by
experience tested by time contribut
ing to the well being of the whole
people as well as strengthening tlfe
honesty of all parties of interest to
the enactment
Air Ashton says he favors revis
ion of the tariff He does not for
if he is a democrat a simple follow
er of Mr Bryan he favors free trade
The question of the tariff offers an
open field for a clear division of
opinion between republican and dem
ocratic principles The republican
party is not in favor of free trade
it believes in the doctrine of pro
tection the tariff schedules are high
ly specialized difficult of adjustment
and should be changed along scien
tific lines to meet new conditions as
they arise Sir Norris favors sucn
a revision Mr Ashton does not
and as a democrat committed to the
doctrine of free trade he is dishonest
when he says he does
Air Ashton enumerates a number
of propositions which he says he op
poses implying thereby that Mr Nor
ris favors them which is a childish
clumsy trick for a grown man to re
sort to He opposes all trusts gov
ernment by injunction centralization
of power ship subsidy and asset cur
rency and so do most other men
He believes in certain features of all
of these things just as all other reas
onable men do for they are a part
of our existence only he wishes to be
lost from sight in a cloud of dust
which he virtuously raises The very
things he opposes are the ones the
Roosevelt policies were directed
against and he well knows the help
Mr Norris rendered the president in
that fight in congress
As a member of the state senate
he says he advocated and voted
for the reform measures of the last
legislature That legislature was a
republican legislature tnose meas
ures were republican measures they
were introduced by republican mem
bers considered in republican com
mittees passed in republican houses
and signed by a republican governor
Mr Ashton and his democratic col
leagues had no more influence with
the enactment of this legislation
than a snow ball in hades Was ever
false pretender so bare faced and
shameless in his claims of political
virtue
Fred W Ashton stands for noth
ing but desperate greed for office He
is without personal convictions He
is a political parasite seeking to
sponge approval to his own cause
from the achievements of his oppon
ents
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He brings Congressman Norris to
tho bar of public opinion for exami
nation
Charge No 1 In that ho voted
for a ship subsidy Answer Ho did
at the request of Secretary Root and
President Roosevelt to bring South L
America closer to the United States
to save the need of sending mall to
England before it might go back six
thousand miles to its destination It
was not subsidy it was a transaction
of immeasurable honor and credit
to the government of tho United
States
Charge No 2 He voted for the
Aldrich Vreeland currency measure
Answer He did The president re
quested It It was not a perfect
measure but it was not all bad It
was better than nothing
Charge No 3 He voted to over
ride a veto of President Roosevelt
Answer He did President Roose
velt requested that such action be
taken as the quickest and easiest
way to correct a mistake he had
made Oh the virtue and the poli
cal chastity of this man Ashton who
rushes thus blindly to the defense of
his beloved president
Charge No 4 He voted for
Speaker Cannon Answer So did
every other republican in the house
So would Mr Ashton have done had
he been a republican member of the
house Mr Norris had previously
announced his opposition to the
speaker as ho has done since Mr
Ashton is knavish in making such a
charge for he attributes a falseness
to an act that he well knows is not
representative of Mr Norris
Charge No 5 He has followed the
leadership of Speaker Cannon An
swer He has not The accusation
is a deliberate misrepresentation
Mr Norris openly opposed the speak
er but by fair means as a gentle
man would do and in a way that
would accomplish a public good and
not end his usefulness as a member
of the house
Charge No G He refused to join
with the democrats Answer He did
refuse he always will he is not a
political contortionist nor a traitor
ous demagogue His decency and
self respect compel that he select
the political company he keeps
Charge No 7 He refused to fol
low the leadership of Senator La
Follette Answer Senator LaFol
lette is a member of the upper cham
ber of congress while Air Norris is
a member of the lower house Of
course the relation of leader and fol
lower is an impossible one Mr Ash
ton knows he wants to do Mr Norris
some dirt but he seems to have not
a glimmer of an idea as to which
chamber of congress lie seeks mem
bership in Senator LaFollette it
may be remarked is in the field do
ing valient service for the republi
can ticket and Air Ashton can get
no crums of comfort from him
The court will find November 3
that each and every indictment
arMnst Congressman Norris was the
pl a of a baby crying for the moon
in no single instance was there
a charge based on a thread of fact
and that Fred W Ashton sought of
fice under false pretenses
And He Has Succeeded
The Democratic comptroller of the
state of New York is reported as hav
ing said at a reception to the Demo
cratic candidate for governor
The president has always wanted
to dash out into the limelight for res
cuing purposes He rushed up San
Juan hill to save the United States and
he rushed to the governorship to save
the state He accepted the vice presi
dency to save himself and for the past
two weeks he has rushed to the front
to save his party
As President Roosevelt met with
considerable success in those of the
above mentioned roles which belong to
history it is difficult to see wherein
any consolation for Bryan is discern
ible in the flippant utterances of Comp
troller Glynn
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Republican County Central Committee
The following are tho Republican
county central committeemen and their
post office addresses
Alliance Sam Preiner Hartley
Beaver Geo B Morgan Dnnbury
lionchille II N Collintf Indianola
Box Elder W B Soxson Box Elder
Coleman John N Smith McCook
Dnnliury T P Hockley Banbury
Driftwood J II Wade McCook
East Valley U OEtherton Hartley
Frits ch CM Ooben Iiidinnola
Gencr C M Lofton Cedar BIufTs
Grant A M Benjamin McCook
Indianola E S Hill Iiidinnola
Lebanon J B Cuniiiiings Lebanon
Misouri Hidc John Deveny Indianola
North Valley Win Wfcht Hartley
Terry Chas II Jacobs McCook
Bed Willow FCSmith Indianola
Tyrone LASheldon Lebanon
Valley GranKo A I Johnston McCook
Willow Grove I O all at McCook
1st prec 1st ward J F Cordeal
2nd ircc lst ward WCAllison
Kt prec 2nd ward II W Conoier
2nd prec 2nd ward Scott Odelt
Geo S Scott Chairman
John F Cordeal Secretary
M0 YEMEN fS OF THE PEOPLE
Mrs
visitor
S D Hughes is an Omaha
Mrs G S Scott and children are
away on a visit
Howard Hileman spent part of the
week in the city
Miss Ruth Campbell is visiting in
Aurora this week
George Eluert and family are now
enjoying the comfortB of their new and
larger homo
C W Meeker postmaster at Imper
ial lawyer and politician on the side
was a visitor Tuesday
Mrs Harry Tyler and Master Har
old were up from Orleans Wednesday
on some business matters
Mrs Bickford of Stratton and
children are guests of Mrs Hawkes
while the gentlemen are at Seward
Mrs B E Burke of Joliet Illinois
and two children are visiting Mr and
Mrs J R Burke of West 2nd street
Mrs C A Littel and daughter were
down from Culbertson Wednesday
the daughter to receive medical services
John Randel and Peter Karthauser
returned home Monday from a visit
down in Missouri the Ozark mountain
country
Mr and Mrs Chapman have gone
to Laird Colo They have been living
ab Carter this state He has consider
able land near Laird
LOREN ElKEIJERRY SOn of M W
Eikenberry of Kokoma Indiana is here
to spend the fall and winter witn his
uncle D E Eikenberry
Mrs J C Moore and her mother
Mrs N A Baker departed last even
ing for Amsterdam Missouri on a
visit to a sister daughter
J II Bennett came out from Omaha
Tuesday night and spent a few days in
the city his former home on business
and to meet old time friends
Galen Perry came up from Lincoln
Monday night on No 3 on a short visit
to his young friends here returning
home on No 2 Tuesday morning
Mrs J G Schohel departed on 2
Sunday morning for Chicago where
she will devote the next three weeks to
post graduate work in a leading art
studio
Mrs Bert Thompson has been a city
visitor part of the week She leaves
for Denver today and will at once pack
up preparatory to moving to St Louis
where she will make her home with her
daughter
Fred Ashton Democratic candidate
for congress Fifth district has been in
McCook and this part of tha state
most of the week looking after hia
political affairs
Prof C H Miller who was in
charge of the music of several of our
Junior Normals narrowly escaped
death a few days ago in Lincoln from
a defective gas stove in the bath room
of his residence
Mr and Mrs A G Terrill of Mar
avatio Mexico arrived in the city
Tuesday on No 13 and are guests of
Mr and Mrs A G Bump during their
stay in the states He ha3 considerable
interests in this city
Mr and Mrs F D Burgess and son
Carl arrived home
last Saturday morn
ing on No 2 from their absence dur
ing the summer in California Mr
Burgess reports he feels ten year3
younger Carl has not been so much
benefitted
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