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June 17 , 1904 THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE
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11 I I . - Burkett For U. S. Senator.
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(1 ( I + rom thc Washington Post. )
\ Unless Nebraska tumbles over
; into the dcmocratic column nest
i November , thc election of Hcprc-
} scntativc lDlmct' J. Burkctt of thc
: first Nebraska district , to succccd
i 'Char1es 11. Dietrich in thc United
I St.iltcs ; senate is assured. Hc has
t ; been unanimous ] ; endorsed for
senator by thc Nebraska rcpubH-
cans in thc state convention and ,
there is no suggestion of opposi-
f tion to his canelidacy.
If .i\l.r. Burkctt comes to thc
lr' senate , it will be ltlHlcr conditions
: ) as nattering as ever attended the
, clcction of any member of that
t i body. \Yithout having spoken a
, , word 01' raised a hand in his own
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. ! behalf f , hc has been made the
unanimous and enthusiastic
I i ' choice of thc republicans of his
state , thc name d no other mall
II I having even been seriously con-
. . , sidcrcd as a successor to Senator
f Dietrich.
, :1 : ' 'l'his would bc a remarkable
. \ tribute to a meant nearing thc close
' of a long and distinguished pub-
lie carccr. It is all thc more rem -
m markablc ill thc case of 1\11' ' Bur-
i kctt , who has not yet attained
his rty-sc\'cnth yea 1' , and
t whose entire public scnkc , as a
member of thc state legislature
1 and representative in congress ,
1 docs not cover a period of eight
years. And that thc honor is
not rCg'arded lightly in Nebraska
is evident by the fact that Wm.
Jennings Bryan , twice his party's
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nominee for president , is represented -
scntcel as anxious to bc put for-
ward as Mr. Burkctts democratic
rival for senatorial honors.
It would hc flue happening of
thc unexpected should Nebraska
fail to go republican , and Burkctt
thereby fail to secure a scat
autong " ' ' the scnators. It is true
that in 1S96 Bryan carricd thc
state by 13.000 , gut four years
later , despite thc fact that Bryan
of whom Nebraska had been
mighty proud , was again a can-
clidatc for prcsidcnt , it swung
around and gave McKinley a
plurality of more than 7,000. Bc-
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fore thc madness of free silver
got into thc blood of Nebraska
: farmers , thc state had always
been safely republican in presidential -
dential elections and even thc
most sanguine of democrats unless
it bc Mr. Bryan himself , docs not
expect that it will bc otherwise
m ( this ) 'car. Mr. Burkctts endorsement -
mcnt for senator by Nebraska republicans -
publicans , therefore , is pretty
i nearly cquivalcn t to his clcction.
't ' he triumph of Burkcts is again
' the triumph of Iowa , for hc was
born on an Iowa farm , in Mills
county , on Dcccmber 1 , 1867.
Like every other American boy
who was ever worth his salt hc
laid thc foundations of his cdu-
catiol1 in thc public schools. And
later he attended 'rabor 'collcgc
at 'l'aborIowa , from which institution -
stitution . hc was graduatcd in
181J0. Following his graduation
hc was for two years principal of
thc public schools at Leigh , Ne-
braska. Chen : hc entered thc
State University of Nebraska for
a law course and a received an LT4.
L' . in 181J3 , and ( an LL. M. in
1SIJ5. , Deciding that Nebraska
offered as good a field as any for
his talents , hc hung up his shingle -
Ie at Lincoln in lWJ3 and has
practiced law there ever since
when he was not engaged in thc
business of making ' laws . either
for his state for thc l.1ation.
It didn't take young Burkctt
long to get into poHtics. He had
carried thc germ in his blood
from Iowa , and thc Nebraska soil
and air gave : it vigorous growth.
In 1896 hc was elected a member
of thc state lcgislature. Hc scr-
val but a single term in thc legislature -
islaturc , bccuuse his people were
unwilling hc should stay thcrc.
Instcad ( , in lSIJS they elected him
a member of thc Fifty-sixth con-
gress and there was no thought
of doing any other timing than reelecting -
electing him to thc Ji'ifty-scvcnth
and Fit l ty-cig-hth cong-rcsses. Despite -
spite thc fact that everybody in
Nebraska knew hc would bc thc
choice of thc state convention for
senator , the convention of First
Nebraska district republicans
last spring rcnominated him for
thc Fifty-ninth congrcss. It is
the wish of his constituents that
hc retain this nomination and al-
low them to vote for him in November -
\'cmbcr for rcprcscntativc. Then
should } thc Nebraska legislature
bc republican and choose him for
thc honor , it will bc time enough
to ( dccid upon a succcssor in thc
Lower House.
Although .i\Ir.Burkett is a born
fighter , and loves to fight merely
for the fights sake , as everybody
in thc House of Representatives ,
knows he hardly realiies what it
means to have to fight for political -
cal preferment , It is true there
wis : a spirited contest thc first
time hc was nominated for con-
g-ress , but since then , things have
casy. If there is any secret in
Burkctts succcss it possibly lies
in thc fact that by thc time hc
had served out his first term in
congress hc came pretty near
knowing every man in his district
and in thc cases of a great many
of them hc , knew thc number of
their children and thc childrcn's
names.
His secretary always has been
one of thc hardcst-worked young
men \Yashing-ton , for whenever -
ever a constituent writes Mr. Bur-
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kctt , the letter is i acknowledged ,
not merely formally -
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( al , hut acknowledged . : personally
and at lcng'th.
' 1'1 'I hower"cr , explains only 1
his popularity in his own district.
Time fact that Nebraska Republicans -
cans arose almost as one man and
dcmanded that hc bc sent to thc
Senate must be attributed to his
record as a public scn'ant. 'l'hc
boom began last November , when
the Fremont Tribune came out in
a ringing editorial in i\1r. Bur-
kctt's favor , aJid proposed that
thc next Republican State con-
vcntion nominate him as thc Hc-
publican candidate for Senator ,
although such a thing had never
been clone before in Ncbraska.
Other editors took up the demand
and within three weeks more than
a hundred Republican newspapers
had cndcrscd him. 'rhis kept up ,
until practically every Republican
newspaper in thc state was shout-
ing for Burkctt , and their readers
must have liked i.t , because thc
editors kept it up. 'l ' aic , State
central committcc met in February -
ary to set the date for the State
convention , and so far heeded the
popular demand as to put in thc
call of thc convention the nomin-
ation of it United States Scnator.
Thc county con\'cntionscnthus-
iastically endorsed thc plan , and
when the State convention met ,
most of thc delegates were in-
st'ucted l for Burkett's nomination.
Those not instructed fdr him were
uninstructed , and none was op-
posed to him. Time counties in
thc First Congressional iiistrict
hall instructed their delegates to
thc Congressional convention to
nominate Durkett for Congress ,
and at thc samc time instructed
their delegates to thc State con-
vcntion . to nominate him for . Sen-
ator.
In thc Fifty-Sixth Congress
l\Ir. Burkctt served as a member
of Elections Committee No. 1 and '
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thc Committec ( 011 Public Lands.
Hc attract attention to Himself
by a sprp'h in thc Aldrich vs.
Robbins contest case from Ala-
bama , in which hc reviewed extensively -
tens \'cly Southern election meth-
osis , and especially som ( > of thc ,
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new constitutional provisions as
to voting- In thc Fifty-sc\'en th
Congress lie was made a membcr
'of thc Committee on Appropria- . .t ;
tions , an unusual recognition for I
a member serving his sccoml term. , t"
"Unclc Joc" Cannon , then chairman :
man of Appropriations , assigned
him to thc sub-committec on thc
District of Columbia , and each
year since hc has been influential
in the preparation of thc District
budgct. Hc took an active part
in the preparation of tie personal
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tax la\v. l
Always an ag'gres'c tighter t , . ,
hc has fought agaist , as well , as
for , things wanted by thc Dis-
trict authorities. Sometimes hc
has won , and sometimes hc has ,
lost , but hc , always has been . .
ready for another fight. He sces J
things much in thc same light as
> < Ir. Cannon sees them , and thc
latter looks upon him as one of "
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his strongest supports. \Vhcn
thc District appropriation hill
was under consideration at the
last session of Coitgrcss , Mr. Bur-
kett made a speech on Our , National -
tional Capital , " in which he dc- , ' ,
dared himself as favoring thc
beautification \Vasltington and
committcd himself to the program
of maldng- thc grandest capital
in the world. . . . . . . . .
Money :0 Lea.n. " 1- ,
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optional payments ; good rates. . . ' .
On a few choice loans can ' get
Special Rates. If you wish to
get a loan , have an old one coining -
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change , bc sure and call or writ ( " ,
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, Henry C. . Smith \ ,
24 Falls City , Ncb. _
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