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Following is the platform adopted
1y the Democrats of Cherry county in
iniss convention assembled Saturday
-April IS ISflii
We the Democrats of Hierrv county in muss
munition assembled dovcaflir n our allegiance
t iriii -lilts the Democratic jarty as
1iin5tMi b leirisu siurt exemplified by the
P Mrim line f Ins siueoseors in Democratic
i jnhMiljt from Madison to Cleveland
We si ill denounce the Republican doctrine nf
prie Unn s Iraud a n ubery of I lie great
majority of tin Aiuicui jeplo for the benefit
o 21k lew W iiii adhere to ami maintain the
Dtioeralc dneiriiic ot a inrill for revenue
mil VV believe i he Interests of the masses
-Mir popiiletnn wU he best conserved by the
n eleeJion of sneli taxes is irnll be limited to the
wree siti1 of tie troverniBvnt honestly and
economically administered
opt faith in tho time honored doc
trine or the Democratic nartyss to niieriiational
liiHle ivlatiens in iutrreliiis g by which the
eorutries iiHiti inatim shall enjoy reciprocal
advantage We deiomiec the sham reciprocity
scheme of the llemihlieans wliich juggles with
tin- peopes Iesiri for freer exchanges pre
tending to eutabNli closer rehirlons while
protiiiiltive tarilf tax s airainst thoe
eountrius or tbewori i Unit stand Teadv to take
nr entire surplus of products In evhainie for
jiiiinodities which are necessaries and comforts
or lift nmonironr own people
AlpivriathiK the comlition of the public mind
with reference to the financial policy of this
emintry and rccojmiyiiiK the nnportaice of a
lrooer sohition ot this question we unhesttnt
neily express our unalterable opposition to the
treand liidiinited coinaire of silver except by
inlerniitioiai agreement and litil such airree
miiit -an be procured we favor the present
-standard of wine e denounce the action of
1e HcpubWcan coontv convention in intention
iiv omittinu to slate Its views on this important
irtitn as a rpetition of The cowardly and
practices ol Tat
Iinall we endorse taeadiuinisJration for its
conduct of public alVairs its vigorous
lnreiii policv and itsniipanillelled manatrenient
in inaintaiiriujr lie public credit against foes
fiom witiiout and foes from within
KRCBW13
It is iretieraliv noticed that the man
who has made a failure of his own
business is mst actiye in advising
-others just what to do
Theto is a slight difference between
some Democrats we miglrt name and
Abe Lincoln but it is slight The
la iter was a rail splitter and the
former are party spli iters
tten J S Coxey was turned
flowiiSfov the populists of his own Coti
jjnssional district and Senator Allen
endorsed for President How the
rniuhlv ave fallen 1ut nevertheless
the General still advocates good roads
Spain must have been talcing les
sons front the Republicans of the
United States She has introduced a
system of tariff reform by which the
customs duties from Cuba will be
raised from 0000000 to 17000000
The starvation of the masses will end
the war
The Chad ron Signal and Chadron
Recorder will hereafter appear as one
paper under the name of Signal Re
onler and will be published bjT a stock
company with A E Sheldon manager
The death of the Recorder takes one
more Democratic newspaper out of the
Sixth District and leaves The Demo
Ciat with a larger field than before
Democrats should appreciate that fact
and get on our list
The extreme doctrines of protection
and the financial straddle of the Ohio
Republicans will be the ground upon
which the opponents of Mclvinley will
endeavor to stand at the St Louis con
ventihn The business men of the East
object to both declarations The see
the country getting along very nicely
under the present tariff and they are
utterly opposed to any financial strad
dle They demand a straight out and
clean cut declaration en the money
question They are tired of those who
are neither hot nor cold and will spew
them out
If the Republicans can slip into full
power this fall on a Democratic quar
rel the partys beneficiaries will have
fine fleeeijg to be sure The tariff
barons of course expect the biggest
stake C P Hunnington is getting
his Pacitic railroads in shape to throw
the burdens of debt on the people
Warner Miller is waiting for a Repub
lican administration so he can get
5J100000000 for his Xicaraugua canal
and it is said that Matt Quay is pnrs
iug a 00000000 canal job and of
course he will have to be satisfied
These are only a few of the jobs
that are being nurtured by Republi
can statesmen in the hope of being
able to control the next Congress and
President sufficiently to put them
through
A FEW QUESTIONS
The Declaration of Independent
that immortal document which is the
foundation of our government and is
revered by all true Americans says
that life liberty and the puisuit of
happiness are among the inalienable
rights of man This is democratic
doctrine Does an ofiice holder lose
his right to have a voice in affairs of
suite as soon as he accepts a govern
ment position Should he be ostraciz
ed from society denied the right of
suffrage or what is still more dear to
the heart of the average American
citizen the right to caucus and at
tend conventions Des not the fact
that a man holds a federal position
indicate his superiority Does this
great and glorious government select
numbskulls for its servants We
think not Then why should office
holders be subject to ridicule and
sneeringly refered to both by word
of mouth and in the public prims
their every ant questioned and their
sincerity on ail public questions doubt
ed Do not those sneers and under
handed insinuations show the poor
breeding of the ttian who indulges in
them Is not an office holder an
American citizen Does he give up
his liberty when he enters the govern
ments service or bind himself to stop
thinking during his term of office or
lock up his right to free speech until
an antagonistic administration controls
the government Hardly This
thing of critizing and sneering at fed
eral office holders has gone so far that
it is a mania with some people and
should be emphatically sat down on
From the Atlantic to the Pacific these
sneers are being indulged in by a cer
tain class of people until office holders
are almost driven to dishonesty To
hold a government appointment is an
insignia ot honor not a badge of dis
grace
THE SITUATION
After sizing up the situation in the
ranks of the Republican party and
concluding that the Republicans will
nominals Uelvinley on a straddle plat
form the Louisville Courier Journal
points out the way for Democratic
success ti is fall The silver leaders
will not accept the Ohio currency
piank which means everything and
yet means nothing and neither will
it satisfy the Republicans of the east
And yet if Mclvinley is nominated it
will be with this plank in the platform
The silver men alone cannnot hope
to elect a President the withdrawal
of both the sound money and free sil
ver -elements from the Republicans
will leave the straddle bugs with a
very slim show for success and if the
Chicago convention adopts an un
equivocal platform repudiating dis
tinctly the proposition to commit the
country to the fiee unlimited and in
dependent coinage of silver and put
on that platform as candidates two
well known Democrats whoes fidelity
-to sound money is above suspicion
the ticket will become the rallying
point for all sound money men in the
country thus insuring its election
At present this is the only apparent
chance for Democratic success On
its traditional policy of sound money
home rule and a low tariff the Dem
ocratic party may march to victory
Last week we gave af ull account of
the Democratic county convention
and complimented the free silver ele
ment on the graceful manner in which
they took their defeat and signified
their intention of abiding by the will
of tim majority We fondly thought
that all trouble was over but alas for
the frailty of human hopes The fol
lowing Monday night some eight or
ten of the dissatisfied ones met in an
out of the way private office and there
in secret conclave organized a little
convention of their own elected a
chairman and secretary and a delegate
to the state convention of their faith
It was their privilege to do this and
we recogntze it as a shrewd piece of
politics but we would like to know if
that convention was regular If so
j whT was it kept secret Were the
parties ashamed of it We deplore
the necessity which compels us to give
these facts to the public and regret
that Democrats cannot be moie demo
cratic in their actions Of one thing
though we may feel assured and that
is we will not hear so much about
bolters in the future as we jiaye in
1 ihe past
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THE STOOKMEN
MEET AND DISCUSS WAYS
AND MEANS
Considerable Koutine KriHinesH lone
and flioers Klecied for the
k u ins YeiirCinilte Keport
of ISuti iiesK Transacted
The Northwestern Stock Associa
tion held its annual spring meeting in
Valentine last Saturday April 25 a
large number of Cherry countys most
prominent stockman being present to
assise in the deliberations of the As
sociation The principal business of
the meeting was to decide whether or
notit was advisable to amalgamate
the local association with the Western
South Dakota Slock Growers Assoeia
tion and the election of officers
Following is a detailed account of the
proceedings
The executive committee was called
to order at 930 i m and the report
of the secretary treasurer read exam
ined and accepted The bill of C A
Schrandt for 4945 vas on motion
ordered cancelled C Shattuck
turned over 1000 recived from sale
of tent
W E Young Frank Reese S K
Stewart and S V Damon were ex
pelled for non payment of dues The
names of C A Turner and Tracey
Dorr were erased from the books of
the Association on account of death
D C McKee Jeff McKinnty andj
K Margrave were dropped from the
list on account of being non residents
The general meeting of the Associa
tion was called to order at 130 p m
in the county judges office and after
roll call the reading of the minutes of
the last meeting was dispensed with
owing to their incompleteness Report
of the secretary treasurer was read
and accepted
Mr Stuart representing the West
ern Soutn Dakota StucK Growers As
sociation with headquarters at Rapid
City was called upon and gave a tew
facts concerning the organization
The annual dues of the Association
aie 500 with an assessment of 3
cents per head on cattle and 2 cents
on horses The assessments may be
reduced but not increased The As
sociation has inspectors at Sioux City
South Omaha Chicago Kansas City
and Deadwood and is composed at
present of some 360 members After
considerable discussion and much ask
ing of questions it was finally decided
to retain the local association without
dues however and the secretary was
instructed to notify all members that
their dues for 1S96 were suspended
and that it is- the sense of the Associ
ation that they become members of
the Western South Dakota Stock
Growers Association
jOilicers for the ensuing jear were
elected as follows
President V C Shattuck of Gor
don
Vice President F Robinson of
Gordon
Secretary -Treasurer R R Stone of
Rush vi lie
Executive Committee D A Piercy
of Kennedy liennett Irwin of Irwin
11 M Faddis of Pass David Hanna
Wood Lake I N Russell of Pullman
J W Curry of Pullman A New
berry of Cody
It was decided that there would be
no round up by the Association this
year and the by laws were amended
so as to read that three members of
the executive committee would con
stitute a quorum A special meet
ing of the executive committee
was called by the President to meet at
Cody on Saturday June 27th
Some talk was indulged in relative
to petitioning the state legislature to
pass a law requiring brand books to
be revised at ieast once every five
years but no definite actiou was
taken on the question A petition
was introduced and numerously sign
ed asking Congress to defeat H R
No 282 and the following resolution
relating to the measure was adopted
Whekkas Hon V E Andrews member of
Congress lrom the 5th Nebraska district has
introduced a bill in Coiikuss UK No 8 j
whieh has for its purpose the ceding of the
semi arid lauds of this state to the state to in
turn be deeded to private individuals in tracts
of not to exceed WO acres upon said individuals
reclaiming part ol said W0 acres by irrigation
and
Wiierkas Only a very small portion of said
lauds wMilti be thus reclaimed and those tracts
directly aoug the streams thus closing those
streams again it vast numbers of cattle that
might be kepi on ranges through whieh said
streams course and
WiiEitRAS The present homestead laws af
fordthe greatest amount of good to the largest
number of people placing the large and small
stockman on exactly the same tooling and
Whkkeas The so called semi arid lands are
rapidly becoming recognized as of vastly more
vjiis ior stock raising than for any other pur
pose and
Wukhkas said H It No wouM operate
to jussbt the rich and opulent in obtaining the
lauds along the streams ilius acquiring control
of contiguous range therefore
KrsnVKi That the Northwestern Stock As
sociation hereby declares itself unalterably op
posed to said measure and asks that all stocic
ineii interected in niiintaining the range grow
ing or live stock join wiUi H in protecting
against said measure becoming a law
Slave iooil Words
Robert Good formerly connected
with this paper is now editor of The
Valentine Democrat and is getting
out it paper that is Democratic AVe
wish him success Butle Gazette
The Valentine Democrat with
R B Good tit the helm is up to date
in everything with the exception of
its poluics Hon Hide
PaMtahcil for Fonr Years as
CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT
FINAL PROOF NOTICES
U S LandOltlce Valor tine Nebr I
March with I8t5 f
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has bled notice of his intention
to make iinal proof in support of his claim and
that said proof will be made before Kegister and
Keceivcr at Valentine Nebraska on May 9th
lSiic viz
Robert L Quisenbery of Oasis Nebr
Jf K No R89t for the eise mvse1 sec 1
tp tiO R ii and lot 7 sec tp 29 11 28
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz
IMiinsMii Butler William L Cohee Charles K
Howard and Micajah Harris all of Oasis Nebr
Also
Munson Butler of Oasis Nebr
II E No 8891 for lots 2 3 I and 5 sec C tp
29 K 23 and lot 1 si c 1 tp 29 K 29 VV
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
saidjanil viz
Kobert L Quisenbery William L Cohee
Shaiies K Howard and Micajah Harris all of
asisebr C It GLOVER Kegister
U SjSruiOjfKiCK ValentineVNeb I
VSgSCS AprJiaftWp
Notice isTiercfliywgiven that George Dew of
Wood Lake Nebraska has filed notice of hi in
tention to make Iinal proof beiore Kegister and
Keceiver at their ollice in Valentine Nebraska
on Monday the 18th day of May 189U on timber
culture application No 7371 for tfie e4sei
swus4 and senej i of section No 28 in town
ship No 29 range No 20
He names as witnesses Fly D Valentine
Henry L Fisher John Tale and Cjrus Hagen
ail of Wood Lake Ncbrsisl t
Apr 9 no G K GLOVEK Kegister
U S Land Office at Valt ntine Neb
Aprh 15th US9G f
Notice is hereby given that Sophia D Jones
has filed notice of intention to make final proof
before the Kegister and Keceiver at their office
in Valentine Neb on the 0th day of June 189G
on timber culture application No 7W9 for the
nnefi umv1 of section No 22 in township
No S3 N range No 29 W
She names as witnesses Abram Johnson
John A Adamson Frank G Keese and Alex
ander Mosher all of Valentine Nebraska
C It GLOVEK Kegister
U S Laxij Okkick Valentine Neb I
April 15th 189C t
Notice is hcrebv given that Crowell L Wem
ple of Table Kock Nebraska has filed notice ot
intention to make final proof before the Kegister
and Keceiver at their ollice in Valentine Nebr
on Wednesday the 27th day of May 1890 on tim
ber culture application No 785 tor the nej of
Section No as in township No 28 N ltange
No M W
He names as witnesses Stuart Tait of Brown
lee Neb William teadman Kobert M Faddis
and Charles H Tait ol Pass Nebr
C K GLOVER Kegister
U S Land Office Valentine Nebr I
April 2o 189G f
Notice is hereby given that Jacob r Willen of
Clay Cit Indiana has filed notice of intention
to make final proof before Kegi iter and Keceiver
at their ollice in Valentine Nebr on Friday the
2ih day of May 18iis on timber culture applica
tion No 7554 for the no1 of section No 30 in
Township No 31 Kange No 25W
lie names as witnesses Ely I Valentine
Kobert N Bruno David Leach and Washington
Hoiiov all of Wood Lake Nebr
13 C l GLOVEK Kegister
U S Laud Office Valentine Nebr I
April 20 1S9G f
Notice is hereby given that Joseph Kennedy
of Brownlee Nebr has filed notice of intention
to make final proof before Kegister and Keceiver
at their ollice in Valentine Nebr on Friday the
29th day of May ism on timber culture applica
tion No 7022 for the sw4 of Section No 8 in
Township No 27 N Kange No 28 W th P M
Heanrtues as witnesses John Cloud Frank
LeeWilliefue and Kobert Lei1 nil of Brownlee
Nebr 13 O It GLOVEK Kegistei
U S Land Ollice Valentine Nebr i
April 21th 1 9G f
Notice is hereby given that Jean Morrow of
Mapliton Alinn has tiled notice of intention to
mtke final proof beiore Kegister and Receiver
at their otnee in Valentine Nebr on Saturday
the 13th day of June 1890 on timber culture ap
plication No 7477 for the nl nwU swi nw1
and nwji sw4 of section No 14 in Twp No 29
N range No 27 W
He names as witnesses James M Hanna
Davie Hanna and John Dale of Wood Lake
Nebr and Clarence Walcott of Brownlee Nebr
Testimony of the claimant Jean Morrow will
be taken before the Clerk of the District Court
of Blue Earth County Minn on June 5 189G at
his office in Mankato
C It G LOVER Kegister
U S Laud Office Broken Bow Neb i
April 15th 1890 f
Complaint having been entered at this office
bv Hi rani It Edgar against Charles Kice for
abandoning hi Homestead Entry No 8805 dated
Oct 0 1889 uiion the e2 ne1 Sec 5 Tp 20 n Kange
27 w and sS seVi Sec 32 Tp 27 n K 27 w
in Cherry county Neb with a viw to the can
cellation of said entry the said parties are here
by summoned to appear at the ollice ot John
Fritz a notary public at Brownlee Neb on the
27th day of May 1890 at 10 oclock a m to
respond and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment Final hearing at this
ollice on the 2d dav of June 1890 at jo a m
CHARLES II ADAMS Kegister
Native to Noit vesitlent JDefvnilant
Levi Y Anderson will taice notice that on the
14th day of March 1S90 John Dunn a justice of
the peace of Valentine precinct Cherry county
Nebraska issued an order of attachment for
the stun of 87500 in an action now pending be
fore him wherein E McDonald is plaintiff and
Levi Y Anderson is defendant that the prop
erty of the defendant consisting of 2 red and
white cows about 8 years old lias been attached
under said order Said cause was continued to
the 11th dav of May 1890 aC 10 oclock a m
E MCDONALD Plaintiff
ROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF ANDMUT
ton - Headquarters Department of the
Platte Office Chiet Commissary of Subsistence
Omaha Neb April 15 1S90 Sealed proposals
in triplicate accompanied by written guarantee
bonds in duplicate will be received at this of
fice until It oclock a m central standard
time Mav 15 1S90 at wliich time and place they
will be opened in preence of bidders for fur
nishing such quantities of fresh beef and mutton
for issues as may be required by the Subsis
tence Depart nient U S Army at Omaha Ne
braska Forts Crook Omaha Robinson and Ni
obrara Nebraska an i Forts D A Russell and
Washakie ami Camp Pilot Butte Wyoming
and rorr Meade h D aurmg tne period com
mencing July 1 1S90 and ending December 31
1890 Proposals will also be received until 10
oclock a m mountain standard Jiuieand opened
at the posts of eorts JMonrara Koinnson V A
Russell Washakie Meade and Camp Pilot
Butte by the respective post commissaries of
such posts each commissary receiving pro
posals for his own post only Proposals will
also ha received stating the price at which the
hhlder will deliver fresh hecf or mutton of the
character stated in the specifications and to he
delivered nf temperature not greater than ro
degrees Fahrenheit Blank proposals and guar
antees and circular of instructions to bidders
giving full information as to the quality of the
beef and mutton required manner ot bidding
conditions to be observed by bidders and terms
of contract and payment will ie furnished on
application to this ollice or to i lie Commissary
of any post authorized to open proposals The
government roerves the right to reject any or
all proposals or any part of any proposal En
velopes cohtaining proposals should be marked
Proposals for Fresh Beef etc and addressed
to the Chiet C S Dept of the Platte OmaMi
Nebr or to the respective Post Commissaries
authorized to receive proposals as stated above
Klt VNK K NYE Captain and C SU S A
Chief Commissary of Subsistence
CHIEF QlAJtTKItaiASTER OFFICE
Oniaha Neb April 25 1S9 Sealed pro
posals in triplicate will be received here until
a oclock p m May 25 18 and then opened
lor furnishing wood coal and charcoal required
in Department of the Ilatte during fiscal year
conii0iciiig July l 1890 U S reserves
right to rejertor accent any or all proposals or
a part thereof Inionaatiou furnished on
application line or pwt and depot quarler
niaMers win iv supplies are innded Envelopes
containing propostis will be endorsed Propo
niiIs for Fiil for anil oddiessed to D D
WUKEiLR Mai Q M
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DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY APRIL 30 1896
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STILL ON DECK
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WITH THE
Newest Finest and Most Com
plete line of
GROCERIES CONFECTIONERY
AND FRUIT
In this City
Also Provisions and Vegetables
In season
W A PETTYCREW Prop
Let us give
you a
pointer
-AND A COMPLETE LINE OF-
Buy for
cash and
keep Out of
the hole
E Mc DONALD
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Dry Goods Clothing
Notions Boots Shoes
Hats Caps and Furnishing Goods
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Also a large invoice of
NAVAJO INDIAN BLANKETS
THE RED FRONT
CARRIES A COMPLETE LINE OF
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
JACKSON BEAYTON Props
Valentine Nebraska
ANK OF VALENTINE
C EL COUX ELL Bresident JU V NICHOLSON Cashier
Valentine Nebraska
A General Banking Business Transacted
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Buys and Sells Domestic and Foreign ExcJiangc
Correspondents Chemical National Bank New York First National Bank Omaha
At StettersOld Stand on Main Street
MEAT - MARKET
WILL FURNISH -
Fish Game Tender Steaks
Jucy Roasts Dry Salt Meats
and the finest line of Smoked
Hams and Breakiast BacoB
ever sold in town
J W STETTER PROP
THE PALACE SALOON
HEADQUARTERS
WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS
Ol the Choicest Brands
Valentine - Nebraska
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