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A FINAL WORD
Election is upon us and wo beg to leave with the voters of this county a final
word
First The Republican administration of this state is making a good deal of
political capital out of the economy features of its term Hero aro some figures
that are particularly interesting to tho farmers of this county
The taxes on Red Willow county farm lands according to the
figures given below and they are taken from the tax books of this
county show an increase from 1904 to 1908 of 75 percent
The assessed valuation of Nebraska railroads from 1904 to 1908
shows an increase of not quite 16 percent Railroad stocks during
the past four years have increased more than half their value
Let Gov Sheldon and his economy administration show the
reasons for this condition of affairs in Nebraska
READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY
The following list of farm lands with the assessed valuations
for 1 904 and 1 908 were taken from the tax books of Red Willow
county
NCT DESCRIPTION 1904
PRECINCT
North Valley
Alliance
Fritsch
Box Elder
Coleman
Perry
Willow Grove
Red Willow
Indianola
East Valley
Tyrone
Missouri Ridge
Bondvillo
Valley Grange
Driftwood
Grant
Gorver
Danbury
Beaver
Lebanon
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W 21-4-27
NEJ4
NEJ4 24-4-29 and
SEJ4 134 29
NWJ4 27-4-30
NEJ4 13-3-30
NWJ4 21-3-29
Sec 30-3-28
NWJ4
NWJ4
NWJ4
SWH 15-2-27
NWM 10-2-28
NE and NWJ 7-2-29
S 1-2-30
SWM 22-1-30
SWJ4 15-1-29
SWM 21-1-28
SEM 21-1-27
SWM 26-1-26
TAXES IMS TAXES OWNER
680 S 1830 Lyman Jennings
1756 5291 Edward Shurgroe
1040 1994 Martin Morris
1S06 5665 Albert T Wilson
1081 4177 E M Easterday
1123 3284 W N Cheney
956 4870 II II Mitchell
4393 9G9S Jas Hatfield
972 2752 W Dutcher
1122 201S Jas H Carr
1053 1064 Geo E Coo
774 12S0 Edward Erwin
10S5 29S6 H W Keyes
5311 1260S W S Morlan
3142 11S61 I H Wasson
550 1000 Abram Peters
795 2S22 Chas G Wilhelm
715 2635 Jesse Smith
1320 2036 John Tauber
1060 2172 Walter DeVoe
This is no roorbach If you doubt the correctness of these fig
ures we invite you to go to the county records and verify the same
for yourself Dont you think it is about time for a change of
administration
Signed RED WILLOW COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
There is an old saying Liars will figure but figures
You may take this adage for just what it is worth
The Republican party is seeking to step into office again by coerc
ing and intimidating the American laboring man You dont believe it Hat
do you think of this
If Bryan is elected we will not build our proposed yards at Fortieth and
Ohio streets Omaha and we will reduce our force of men considerably Grove
Wharton Construction Co Omaha Neb
But here is something that puts a crimp in such contemptible methods
If Bryan is elected I will give employment to forty nine out of fifty men
that I understand are employed by the Grove Wharton Co These forty nine
men will be employed by me if they are discharged because of Bryans election
George F Hughes contractor Council Bluffs Iowa
MORAL A bluff loses its power when it is called
At Mingo Junction Ohio Judge Taft delivered a Prosperity speech He
later discovered that he was speaking from the steps of a great mill that had
been closed for nearly a vear throwing 2000 men out of work And yet they say
that Bryan if elected will bring hard times If they claim that the election of
Bryan will bring a panic why not make Taft give bond that he wilPgive us four
years of prosperity Such arguments as these are nothing more than political
slush
MORAL A man cannot fall out of bed when he is sleeping on the floor
Third Judge Norris says that he is agin Joe Cannon for ever and a day
Nowwhat do you think of this Norris voted for Cannon three times and he has
not promised that he will oppose him on the floor of the house He is an ardent
supporter of Sherman the vice presidential candidate an avowed supporter of
Cannon Sherman and Nick Longworth have been stumping Cannons district
lor Cannon and yet the rank and file of the Republican party look upon Joe Can
non as a disgrace to the party Now Sherman stands for Cannon and Norris
stands for Sherman
MORAL Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other
It is said that one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence after
affixing his signature to the document said Now we must all hang together
or we shall hang separately If you are a Democrat a Roosevelt Republican
all sane Republicans concede that Roosevelt HAS been a better Democrat than
Republican a LaFolletto Republican a Socialist a Prohibitionist or Mugwump
-who has the best interests of his country at heart regardless of party lines
HANG TOGETHER or we may have the delightful sensation of hanging
separately It may be remarked at this point that the Republican legislature of
Nebraska eight years ago HUNG for sixty days at the rate of 85 per day or
more till the Union Pacific and Burlington railroads decided whether D E
Thompson or Edward Rosewater would make for THEM the better U S sena
tor They could not agree and Governor Dietrich of Hastings was snatched up
by the scruff of his gubernatorial neck and slammed into the senatorial chair at
Washington MORAL The Republican national convention voted down the
proposition to elect U S senators by direct vote of the people by an overwhelm
ing vote of SS6 to 114
G VV NORRIS THE LITTLE JOK
ER HOW HE GOT THIS TITLE
While H R 11701 a bill to amend
the criminal code making it a crime
for a member of congress to accept a
retainer fee from a public service cor
poration was under consideration in
the House our congressman took a
stand against it In order to empha
size his opposition -to it he introduced
an amendment and from that time on
has been dubbed the Little Joker
This amendment reads as follows
Any member of congress who shall
engage in the practice of law or who
shall deliver a chautauqua lecture for
pay or who shall engage in farming
or manufacturing or who shall have
any occupation whatever or who shall
patronize any national bank by depos
iting any money therein or who shall
patronize any railroad company by rid
ing thereon or who shall buy any ma
terial of or sell any material to any
corporation shall be hanged by the
neck until dead and thereafter be pro
hibited from holding any office of prof
it or trust under the government of
the United States
Mr Norris considered it a JOKE for
members of congress to be prevented
from representing railroads and other
public service corporations while they
were drawing salaries as representa
tives of the people This is the same
Norris who thought that members of
congress were not receiving pay
enough and voted to increase his sal
ary 2500 each year -After the salary
increase Sir Norris still thought each
member ought to be entitled to draw a
salary from the special interests
from the fellows they were elected to
legislate against
Mr Republican Voter are you will
ing your representative should take
such a position against the people and
still continue to draw his salary as
your member of congress If so vote
for Norris If not vote for Ashton
POLITICAL ADVERTISING
Democratic National Ticket
For President
WILLIAM J BRYAN of Nebraska
For Vice President
JOHN W KERN of Indiana
Democratic State Ticker
For Governor
Ashton 0 Shallenberger of Alma
Lieutenant Governor
E O Garrett of Fremont
Secretary of State
Dr A T Gatowood of Arapahoe
State Auditor
William B Price of Lincoln
State Treasurer
Clarence Mackey of Ansley
Superintendent of Public Instruction
N C Abbott of Tekamah
Attorney General
Harry B Fleharty of South Omaha
Commissioner Public Lands Buildings
E B Eastham of Broken Row
Railroad Commissioner
W II Cowgill of Holdrego
Congressman 5th District
Frod V Ashton of Grand Island
State Senator 29th District
Cecil Matthews of Bartley
State Representative 65th District
J II Hoppo of Bartley
County Attorney
Sidney Dodge of Marion
Democratic Rally a Success
Tho rally and speaking held in Me
nards opera house on the evening of
the 23rd inst was certainly a success
in every particular The house was
crowded to its capacity and many came
from out of town The High School
Band furnished music for the occassion
and was up to the mark set by Meister
Geo Scott
Mr John Jones president of the
Bryan and Kern club called the meeting
to order and introduced tho speaker of
the evening Ex Congressman W E
Williams of Illinois
Mr Williams at once launched into
tho discussion of the points at issue
touching as fully as time would permit
the tarilf election of Senators by direct
vote of tho people campaign contribu
tion publicity before election tho
currency question together with an ex
planation and defense of the guarantee
deposit plan and the physical valua
tion of railroads
In discussing the tariff he quoted the
exact language of the republican plat
form The republican party declares
unequivocally for a revision of tho
tariff by a special session of Congress
immediately after the inauguration
of the next president He went on to
show that this declaration alone was
indirectly the whip that was intimi
dating the American laboring man in
this campaign
His remarks on the question of U S
Senators by the people were very force
ful and to the point Notwithstanding
the popular demand by all intelligent
republicans this feature of the plat
form was defeated in the national con
vention by a vote of 8G6 to 114
During tho discussion of campaign
contributions the auditors were favored
with listening to a series of petty in
terruptions from Mr L H Lindemann
ofthis city This erudite disciple of
Republicanism sought to pose in the
role of a self constituted inquisitor and
his efforts brought forth an invitation
to step up on the platform and debate
the matter in the proper manner Mr
Williams attitude toward the gentle
man was the very acme of platform
decorum and his answers lacked noth
ing in the line of sound logic and plain
phraseology
Mr Williams closed with a peroration
in which he stated that the present
campaign was more a struggle for civic
honesty and social good than for poli
tical supremacy alone Some there
were who in the language of the camp
meeting experienced a change of heart
At the conclusion of Mr Williams
talk Mr Fred W Ashton the demo
cratic candidate for congress was intro
duced
The hour was late and Mr Ashton
stated that it would be beyond reason
to ask the audience to listen to an ex
tended talk and that he would beg only
ajfew moments of their time Suffice it
to say that Mr Ashton is one of the
best speakers of the present campaign
He asked the people if Norris had
ever come back and told them why he
voted against the reduction of the tariff
on wood pulp of which print paper is
made Thirty democratic congressmen
offered their vote to the opposition and
Norris stuck with Cannon
He asked the people if Judge Norris
had ever come back and told them of
his famous and rather notorious joker
amendment
He asked whether or not Norris had
come and told the people here whether
or not he would oppose Cannon on the
floor as well as in the caucus
Ho asked Norris to explain his posi
tion on the infamous Aldrich Vreeland
Currency Bill against which LaFollette
battled for 18 hours
He told the people of McCook that he
could and would get them a Federal
building as quick as Judge Norris
could
His remarks were at ever- point per
tinent and hard to back away from
Mr Ashton is a clean cut intelligent
young gentleman and he is tho kind of
a man that cant be bull dozed bv
anyone
Mr Sydney Dodge also made a few
remarks on the race for the county
attorney ship after which the meeting
adjourned
POLITICAL ADVERTISING
ASHTON FOR CONGRESS
William J Bryan will be elected
president of the United States and as
president he Is entitled to a congress
that will support his policies We
therefore urge every voter who casts
bis vote for Mr Bryan to vote for the
fusion nominee for congress Fred W
Ashton is our candidate in the Fifth
district Remember to cast your vote
for him
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of Guaranteed Bank De
posits
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of the Two Cent Rate Bill
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of the Maximum Freight
Rate Bill
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of the Anti Pass Bill
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of the Pure Food Bill
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of the Physical Valuation of
Railroads
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of the Election of U S
Senators by the Direct Vote of the
People
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of Publicity of Campaign
Contributions
Every vote cast for Ashton is a pro
test against Joe Cannon and his meth
ods
Every vote cast for Ashton in a pro
test against Ship Subsidies and Spec
ial Favors
Every vote cast for Ashton is a pro
test against the Aldrich Vreeland Cur
rancy Bill
Every vote cast for Ashton is a pro
test against Government by Injunc
tion
Every vote cast for Ashton is a pro
test against the Action of the Last
Congress
Every vole cast for Ashton is a pro
test against Trusts and Trust Mag
nates
Every vote cast for Ashton is an en
dorsement of the Work of the Last
Legislature
A vote for Ashton is a vote for the
people and reform
The congressional campaign in this
the Fifth district is hourly becoming
more interesting The republican con
gressional committee has gradually
awakened to the fact that it has been
over confident about Norris It devel
ops that candidate Ashton his demo
cratic opponent has not been asleep
On the other hand Ashton has been
going after the McCook statesmans
congressional record and showing it
up in a manner that is causing the
voters over the district to sit up and
take notice Ashton is proving an ag
gressive and effective campaigner and
has sprung a number of sensations in
the way of hypocricies and deceptions
perpetrated by Norris on the voters in
congress In 1S9G Norris carried the
district by 1700 majority This does
not in the least scare Ashton who is
comment that he can convince more
than 1700 republican farmers and
busmes men in the district that Nor
ris record in congress on the tariff as
weu as outer issues 01 vital impor
tance to the individual citizen that it
is to their interest to vote for a change
Norris was one of the pals of Joe Can
non and this one fact alone should
cause the voters in the Fifth district
to administer an overwhelming defeat
to Norris Norris has been so confi
dent of success at the polls the coming
election that he has a McCook archi
tect at work drawing plans for a mag
nificent summer mansion at a lake re
sort in Wisconsin The editor of this
paper got these facts from an influen
tial citizen and business man of Mc
Cook who has seen the plans and his
word can be relied upon Now the
question is where did Norris accumu
late all this wealth to lavish on a sum
mer residence at a lake resort It is
the same old story In ability and men
tal caliber Norris is not weighty
enough to represent this big district
in congress It is known positively
that he is egotistical enough to believe
he can perpetuate himself in congress
Hastings Republican
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A new boiler has been ordered fcr
the West school to replace the old
one which has developed defects mak
ing the purchase necessary
Next week the city public schools
will be closed on Wednesday Thursday
and Friday to enable the teachers to
attend the state teachers association
meeting in Lincoln Tho superinten
dent and the entire teacher corps will
attend Supt Taylor is on program
and has a toast response at the big ban
quet as has former superintendent Mr
G H Thomas of Harvard The array
of banquet speakers includes such men
as W J Bryan Senators Burkett and
Brown Governor Sheldon Chancellor
Andrews and several others of more than
state fame It is expected that 1200
will be seated at the banquet in the
auditorium
Our Colorado peas corn etc are as
near perfection as it is possible to ap
proach in canned goods Huber
JOHN E KELLEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW and
BONDED ABSTKACTEB
McCook Nebraska
tangent of Lincoln Lnml Co and of McCook
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are in effect Daily through
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Lake Go ahead of the rush
at the end of the month
I Secure an Irrigated Farm
The best chances of the day
in the Big Horn Basin and
Yellowstone Valley Gov
ernment irrigated lands one
tenth down remainder pro
rata in ten years without
interest Corporation irri
gated lands equally cheap
and favorable A paramount
and ruling fact in this region
is the never failing water
supply Do not make your
new home in any irrigated
region without a full study
of the water snpply
Write D Clem Deaver
General Agent Land Seek
ers Information Bureau
Omaha or
D F HOSTETTER
Ticket Agent McCook Neb
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