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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1897)
ft - VALENTINE DEMOCRAT VOL XII OUR TICKET A FEW REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD VOTt IT From The Democrat of Oct 14 In looking over the candidates for county offices at the coining election the voter is respectfully referred to those on the democratic ticket and if the fitness for position honesty and general qualifications are taken into consideration these men cannot fail to receieve ox support At the head of the ticket is the name of William A Met gar and we are proud of him A young man well qualified for the position of county clerk to which he aspires educated a good penman pleasant and accommo dating he will make an ideal official one of whom Cherry couuty can be and will be proud If elected he will enter upon his duties unhampered by any entangling alliances political or other wise and that fact alone should insure him a big vote The office of county clerk is the most important one in the county and the man who occupies the place should be a man of ability Mr Metzgar did not run after the nomina tion it came to him by virtue of his friends not his own exertions lie does not seek the office for Ihe money there is in it therefore he will not be tempted to indulge in dishonest prac tices for private gain he is a stuck raiser in business hence will be in sympathy with the best interests of the county he is a heavy taxpayer so will seek to keep down the expenses of the county he comes from a section of the county which is too often ig nored the southwest a section which has no other candidate When G Elliott leaves the clerks office Cherry county will lose a good official see to it that she does not retrograde but ad vances by vuting tor Metzgar If there is one office m the county which more than aiy other needs a good clean honest business man it is the office of treasurer For this place the democrats have a man who an SUPPLEMENT VALENTINE NEBRASKA OCTOBER 21 1897 swers every requirement and that man is W G Ballard of Dewey Lake pre cinct Mr Ballard is not a stranger to Cherry county or her people being one of the countys oldest residents and has grown with the county until now he is one of our most prominent and prosperous stockmen Who is there in the county win has not at one time or another heard of Bill Ballard The name is a synoinm for honesty integrity firmness and good business management and without these quali ties no man is a good treasurer We ask cur support and vote for Mr liallard not on account ot sectional prejudice not alone on account of pany but because he is a man of the people in sympathy with the best in terests of the county and is the best man for the office He is before the people as the unanimous choice of his party not as a compromise candidate Treasurer Crabb has filled his office in a very acceptable manner lor the last four years and if elected we promise the people as satisfactory an adminis tration from Treasurer Ballard For sheriff the democrats offer the name of James A Childers of Cody Boiling Springs precinct A thorough democrat a gentleman full of pluck and energy an uncompromising foe of evil doeis yet gentle and unprejudiced in his dealit gs with his fellow men well acquainted with the county of which he has been a resident for the hist thirteen years a stock buyer in business a better man for our next sheriff could not be found We have nothing to say against the administra tion of sheriff Strong lie is a repub lican and a candidate for re election but if our people desire a change in the otlice they can do no better than to vote for Childers To the best of our knowledge Jim hasnt an enemy in the county Sober honest and in dustrious he makes a friend of every one who meets him When you go in to the voting booth on election day piace an X after the name of James A Childers for sheriff It is with positive pleasure that we this week put the name of Miss Lillian NO 3D U Stonei on the democratic ticket as a candidate for the office of county superintendent Miss Stoner is the present county superintendent of this county and her administration of the office for the last four years has been such as to leave little room for criti cism She was fust nominated by the populists and her endorsement by the democrats is but a titling tribute to her ability During her two terms of office she has placed the schools of the county upon a higher basis than they ever before occupied and has made them the pride of every friend of edu cation That her work has been good is evidenced by the fact that the state teachers association twice elected her to the position of ecretary and though she made no canvass for the place was second in the race for the nomination for state superintendent on the popu list ticket last year The voters of the county will do well to retain her in the position she now occupies When Walcott resigned his poMtion as county judge last fall for the pur pose of accepting the more lucrative office of county attorney it became the duty of the board of commissioners to li 1 the vacancy thus caused by ap pointment This they did and W li Towne received the unanimous vote of board for the position -Uncle Dick has tilled the most sanguine expecta tions of his friends in the peiformance of his duties Upright and conscien tious knowing neither friend nor foe when sitting as judge his decisions have always been promptly and im partially given He has been a terror to evil doers Out the innocent need not fear him In recognition of his ability the populisc county central committee has endorsed his candidacy and his name will appear on the ballot as their nominee as well as ours A vote for Towne is a vote for justice Dr J C Dwyer is the democratic nominee for coroner and is endorsed also by the populists This office is usually regarded as one of little im portance but it sometimes happens that the position is one of great mo Contmued on Next Piujt