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Election lor United Elates
Senator
KEEP ON DOING THINGS is the
totto which IT S Senator Elmer J Bur
batt Republican candidate for re -election
has always kept before him What
fee has accomplished for the State of
Nebraska and her people makes a won
derful record Kls whole life has been
no of activity and tireless energy and
Chat the people like that sort of a man
to represent them la the national ad
ministration Is evidenced by his
BDoua vote at the recent primaries as
well as by his overwhelming majorities
every time he has been upon a ballot
Senator Burke tt was born In Mills
Bounty Iowa on farm In 18S7 He
worked hlr way through Tabor College
nd crraduated In 1S90 He taught school
two years at Leigh Nebraska studied
aw in the State University of Nebraska
and graduated with the degree of L L
B in 1893 and L L M In 1S95 He was
elected to the State Legislature In 1S96
from Lincoln and was sent to Congress
from the First District In 1S9S 1900 1902
and 1904 In January 1905 he was elect
ed to the United States Senate receiving
122 votes out of 133 In the legislature
Be at once received the unusual recogni
tion as a man of power and ability by be
big appointed to membership on thr
jrsat Appropriation Committee of tht
Senate during his first term He Is also
ft member of the Committee on Agricul
ture and Forestry oa District of Colum
bia Committee on Pacific Railroads and
Committee on Woman suffrage
Colonel Roosevelt on hie trip through
the state recently paid our senator a
high tribute for rendering him great as
sistance and standing by him loyally
while he was President Senator Bur
Geett is a candidate for a second term
and under the Oregon plan will he voted
fcpoa at the election in November
CHESTER H ALDRICH
Republican Candidate for
Governor
Chester H AJdrlch Republican candi
date for Governor of Nebraska was born
An a farm in Ashtabula county Ohio on
November 10th 1882 He was educated
ta the public schools of that state and
forked his way through the Ohio State
University from which institution he
graduated in the class of 18S3 In the
Call of that year he came to Nebraska
accepting the princlpalshlp of the Ulys
Bes High School and resided In that
Sown for three years devoting his spare
time to the study of law und r George E
Waldo now a member of Congress from
Slew Tork state While In Ulysses he
Was married to Miss Sylvia E Stroman
daughter of one of Butler countys pi
oneers In the spring of 1891 Mr Aldrlch
amoved to David City to engage In the
practice of law and that city is still
fcls home As a resident of David City
be is held in the highest esteem by his
belghbors friends and associates and has
always taken an active part In the af
fairs of the town He served for two
terms as mayor of the city declining the
domination for a third term was for six
rears a member of the city council and
Cor eight years of the board cf education
being at this time president of the
board He is an active member of St
Lukes M E Church of David City and
Gas of the trustees of the church
LT GOV M R HOPEWELL
Lieutenant Governor and Re
publican Candidate for
Ik Election
Xudffe S B Hopewell of Tekamah for
four years Lieutenant Governor of the
State of Nebraska and Republican can
didate for re election was born In Mon
roe county Indiana in 1845 He removed
to Worth county Missouri in 1856 and
ta 118 became a member of the Third
Missouri State Troops organized to sup
press the guerilla bands which Infested
that section He graduated from Asbury
jUnlversltY Greencastle Indiana In 1869
iond in 1870 located at Tekamah Neb of
Vhlch place he is still a resident In 1872
jfrtth W B White he founded the first
newspaper in Burt county and In 1873
opened the first banking house in north
eastern Nebraska He was appointed
Ixudge of the District Court by
I aor Thayer in 1887 and was afterwards
J elected for two full terms In 1906 he
h
yrtM elected Lieutenant Governor of Ne
braska and re eiected in 1908 on a num
ber of occasions ably filling the execu
tive chair during the governors absence
from the state He presided over the
Btate Senate during the historic sesslon4
ex 1MT
Since 1891 Judge Hopewell has been
actively engaged in the practice of law
pad for twenty five years has been
largely Interested in farming and stock
raising He was Grand Master of the
Hasonio Lodge in Nebraska for the year
ending June 1906
Judge Hopewell Is the kind of a man
the people of Nebraska want to
continue as Lieutenant Governor and he
pfeoold have the support of the
voters next NovemDer
i
HENRY T CLARKE JR
State Railway Commissioner
and Republican Candidate
for Re Election
One of our State Public Officials who
is deserving of re nomination
U H nry T Clarke Jr Chairman
of the State Railway Commission
Mr Clarke has been a faithful hard
working and active member of a Com
mission which has been of great ser
vice ta the farmers and shippers of the
state
Despite strenuous resistance by the
railroads Mr Clarke and his fellow Com
missioners have succeeded In keeping In
full force and effect the law reducing
freight rates 15 per cent between points
in Nebraska the law reducing passen
ger rates to 2 cents a mile the law re
ducing express rates 25 per cent and the
law confining the use of railway passes
to actual officers and employes or rail
ways
These measures have saved the people
of the State large amounts of money It
Is estimated that the reduction In the
charges of the express companies alone
Is worth J25000000 a year to Nebraska
Mr Clarkes satisfactory record runs
further back than his service on the Rail
way Commission of which he has been
member since 1907
In 1906 he was elected member of the
House of Representatives from Douglas
county In the face of the organized oppo
sition of the liquor Interests of Omaha
He advocated as representative a num
ber of splendid measures
Largely through the active part he
played the House passed the so called
Terminal Tax Bill which provides for
the local assessment of railroad terminals
In cities and villages This measure has
compelled railroads to pay a more Just
REPUBLICAN
share of municipal and town taxes than
they did In the past
Mr Clarke introduced In the House the
Child Labor Bill which Is now on our
statute books He was a strong defend
er of the Anti lobby Bill He worked for
the passage of the Anti pass Bill was a
principal defender in the House of the
Anti graft Bill and worked hard for
the present Pure Food Law
Mr Clarke has been a good public ser
vant He ought to be renominated by the
Republicans on next Tuesday and re
elected Railway Commissioner by the
people on Election Day Omaha Dally
News August IS 1910
ADDISON WAIT
Republican Candidate for Sec
retary of State
Addison Wait of Syracuse Neb who
has successfully performed the duties of
Deputy Secretary of State for two terms
was born In Woodstock Champaign coun
ty Ohio on May 26th 1846 and received
Ills education In the public schools of that
town Ho enlisted In Company D
l JSth regiment Ohio Volunteers May 4th
1S64 and served to the close of the war
While In the employ of the Pan Handle
Railroad he learned telegraphy and In
1870 came to Nebraska accepting the po
sition of telegraph operator and agent
for the Midland Pacific Burlington
Railroad at Palmyra and Syracuse He
held thi3 position until 1878 when he
engaged In the wholesale produce busi
ness In Syracuse which Is now his home
town
In 1894 Mr Walte was elected Repre
sentative from Otoe county serving In
the 24th session of the Legislature He
entered the Secretary of States offico In
July 1902 serving as bookkeeper under
Secretary George W Marsh for two and
one half years He was transferred to
the Bapklng Department acting as chief
clerk for two years and In January 1907
he was appointed Deputy Secretary of
State by Secretary George C Junkln
which office he has held for two terms
His well known ability and years of ex
perience In that department of the
states government makes him a strong
candidate for the office of Secretary of
Stat a
Mr Walt is the author and promoter of
the Abraham Lincoln Monument enter
prise the funds for which are nearly all
pledged and the construction of same is
being planned at this time by the cele
brated American sculptor Daniel Chester
French
GRANT G MARTIN
Republican Candidate for At
torney General
Grant G Martin Deputy Attorney Gen
eral of Nebraska and nominated by the
Republican voters for the office of Attor
ney General was born in Boone county
Iowa forty six years ago and received
Ids education in that Btatc graduating
from Simpson College Indianola Iowa
In the class of 1385 receiving the degree
or Master of Philosophy three years
later He was admitted to tho bar In
18S9 and in 1890 located in Fremont
Neb where he served as County Attor
ney of Dodga county for two terms In
1906 Hon W T Thompson newly elect
ed Attorney General appointed Mr Mar
tin as assistant In his office and when
Hon W B Rose who was then deputy
was appointed Judge of tho Supreme
Court by Governor Sheldon Mr Thomp
son made Mr Martin his deputy in
which capacity he has since served with
marked ability
Since entering the legal department of
the State of Nebraska Mr Martin has
participated In much of the important lit
igation growing out of the constructive
legislation passed by the 1907 Legisla
ture Among theso laws that have been
blterly assailed were the anti pass law
the express rate reduction law the
1 ri rrlmli Mnn lnTV nr1 thA rililWRV
mlssion law These laws were success
fully defended In the courts He Is now
engaged In assisting the Attorney Gen
eral In the defense of six suits Involv
ing the validity of the two cent passen
ger law and the reduction of freight
rates His familiarity with such cases
and details of the work make him special
ly fitted for the office of Attorney Gener
al
PROF JAS W CRABTREE
Republican Candidate for Su
perintendent of Public
Instruction
Prof J W Crabtree who has been
nominated by the Republican voters of
Nebraska for State Superintendent Is an
educator who Is well known througnout
Nebraska He was born In Scioto
county Ohio in 1SG5 He graduated
from the Peru Stato Normal School In
1837 He was a student In the summer
schools of Harvard University and the
University of Nebrasua acquiring tne
degrees of B A and M A in tho Ne
braska University
From 1S82 to 1888 he taught in district
schools and In 1889 was appointed princi
pal and later Superintendent of Public
Schools of Ashland Neb which position
he held until 1S95 During 1896 he was
a student and assistant teacher In mathe
matics In the University of Nebraska and
In 1896 97 was Principal of the Beatrice
High School After a years successful
work at Eeatrlco he resigned to accept
the position of State High School Inspec
tor of the State University and while
k
acting in this capacity was called to
tho presidency of the State Normal
School at Peru remaining In that office
for six years Through his efforts as
President of the Peru Normal that school
has prospered remarkably and grown in
to an institution of promlnenoe and
worth due to his high charaoter and
ability as an educator
Professor Crabtree Is the author of t
number of text books and has beea prom
inent in the work of the N B A and
other Important teachers associations
SILAS R BARTON
Auditor of Public Accounts and
Republican Candidate for
Rc EIection
Silas R Barton of Grand Island State
Auditor of Public Accounts has beea re
nominated Dy the republican voters of
the stato for re election to the office
which he has so ably filled during the
oast term Mr Barton was born at New
ondon Iowa on May 21st 1871 and the
following year his father removed to
x homestead near Aurora In Hamilton
ounty Nebraska There the son was
educated graduating from the High
School at Aurora and he later attended
the State Normal at Pe u where he
fitted himself to be a teacher
On June 2nd 1394 he was married te
Adah L MIghell daughter of formar
State Senator Edwin E MIghell He
waa a teacher and farmer up until the
year 1S97 and served three years as Dep
uty County Treasurer of Hamilton ooun
ty In 1901 he removed to Grand Island
which is now his place of residence He
was nominated and elected to the offloe
of Auditor of Public Accounts of Ne
braska in 1908 and has filled his office
with efficiency having the technical
knowledge and accuracy necessary to a
proper administration of that offloe He
made his campaign before the primaries
on a platform demanding honesty and
efficiency In the public servioe a plat
form oa which ha now stands squarely
E B COWLES
Commissioner of Public Lands
and Buildings and Republi
can Candidate lor Rc
EIection
3 B Cowles for two years Commis
sioner of Publlo Lands and Building
m office which he has filled with
clency came to Nebraska In 1171 when
he settled on Cub Creek In Jefferson
ounty working on a farm in summer
tnd teaching school in the winter sea
son He still owns the farm on which
he settled at that time and raises Po
land China hogs and Red Polled cattle
In 1879 Mr Cowles waa elected Super
intendent of Schools
of Jefferson coun
ty continuing In that office until the
vear 1S92 In 1894 Mr Cowles was ap
pointed Deputy County Treasurer of Jf
ereon county and for some time had full
charge of the office the County Treaa
irer A M Dayis having moved to hie
farm during part of the term and the
full management of the office devolving
in his deputy For three years prior to
Ms election as Commissioner of Publfe
Lands In 1908 Mr Conies was employed
n the office of the county B
ng well qualified for the office to which
he was elected his term as Commissioner
has been a successful one and he well
deserves re election at the hands of
the voters of Nebraska next November
Ha was nominated by a vote of mora
than two to one over his opponent which
denotes that the people will be well sat
lsfled to have him remain in the effloo
which he has so ably filled
WALTER A GEORGE
Republican Candididafe for
State Treasurer
Walter A George of Broken Bow Re
publican nominee for State Treasurer la
a banker of prominence In Central Ne
braska being President of the Security
State Bank of Broken Bow and of the
Berwyn State Bank of Berwyn He wai
born In Danvers Mass on May 12 1881
and came to Nebraska with his parents
In June of 1872 They were members of
the colony wnlch founded Buffalo county
the Georges locating at Gibbon whlcH
was later made the county seat of Buf
falo county Mr George received his
education In the public schools and la
the Gibbon Academy Since coming to
Nebraska he has lived In Buffalo and
Custer counties locating In the latter
county In 188S where he engaged la
farming and stock raising He has been
a life long republican and has served
his party three terms as Supervisor two
terms as County Treasurer and was three
times elected Mayor of Broki n Bow He
was a delegate to the Chicago Republi
can convention of 190s and was elected
a member of the notification committee
which Informed President Taft of hie
nomination
Mr Georges father was a native of
New Hampshire and his mother of Mas
sachusetts He is married and has twe
daughters
In his campaign for the nomination of
Stato Treasurer Mr George received X
flattering vote indicating the high regard
In which he is held by the Republican
voters of Nebraska
Ire Clean fible Men They are Typical Rep
resentatives of Nebraskas Highest Citizen
ship9 and are Worthy of Your Support
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