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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1908)
'MiifciiiirftldiMWwrtwiW mmmnmmMmtimikmmm xwmmmmmmm nif.iwiiiwuwujtm illlWUM ttfiKbnatM (. ai s ra-' KINKAIDHOMESTEADLAW mm ntctci ChMgts m tw Liw Fiwrwl by JtHfei Wistivtr, Our CsmMate fir Cmfriss. To the Homesteaders of the Sixth Con gressfonal District: About eight years ago Judge Win, Ne ville ot North Platte was a member of congresi from this district. Judge Neville ran and was elected on the democratic and people's independent party, ticket. At that time all of tbo good land in the dis trict had been taken by homestead, pre emption and otherwise, but there still re mained several thousand acres in the bands of the government, the major por tion of which was suitable for grazing purposes, and Judge Neville conceived the idea of an enlarged homestead law ap plicable to this land and introduced a bill in congress amending the then existing homestead law so that a man could enter J280 acres. Judge Neville was unable to tecure the passage of his bill before his term expired, but the bill created a healthy sentiment with other members of the house In favor of an enlarged homestead. Judge Kinkaid succeeded Judge; Neville in congress and found this bill pending with this favorable sentiment supporting it. He took advantage of this sentiment, remodeled Judge Neville's bill by cutting the acreage down to G40 acres, and loading the new measure down with other conditions which make It almost impossible for a poor man to acquire title to a homestead, and the bill finally passed the house and became a law. One of the conditions with which Judge Kinkaid loaded this measure was, to pro vide for a continuous residence upon the land for fivo years; second, to place im provements thereon of the value of $800; and third, taking away the right of commu tation. We believe that these onerous conditions were unnecessary and are wrong, and if elected to congress it will be be my purpose at the earliest opportunity to have this homestead law amended to conform in all respects with the general homestead law now in force in the rest of the country, and do away with this dis crimination against the homesteader in this congressional district, where, alone tbis enlarged homestead law is in force. It has always been the purpose of the homestead laws to provide means by which a poor man could acquire a home upon the public domain, and it has been the policy of all parties to impose no un necessary burdens upon him in thus ac quiring a homo Congress, in enacting tbis new homestead law, made the size of the homestead 640 acres upon the theory that the land remaining undispoesd of in this district was of such a character that 640 acres of it would be about of the same value as 160 acres which had there tofore been taken. That being true, there is no good reason why congress should not amend this law so that the homesteader, by paying $200 at the end of fourteen months, could commute his homestead, if he so desired. Neither is there any reason why he should bo re quired to put upon the land any specified amount of improvements. Or if he de sires to acquire his land by five year's residence, why he should be required to remain there with his family continuously, thus depriving him of opportunity to go elsewhere to work and earn money with which to make improvements upon his land. The general homestead law does not require this, and we regard this fea ture of the new law as a discrimination which is unjust to the homesteader in this district. Judge Kinkaid has tried to amend the law in one respect only. He introduced a bill to amend it so that the improvements required under the act would be 40 cents an acre instead of $1,25, but for some reason was unable to get even this small amendment through. He regards the bill perfect with this exception, and of course will not make the effort which ought to be made to secure the repeal of the discrimi nations heretofore referred to. W. U. WEhTOVKR. The voters of the sixth district are s til waiting for the petrified statesman from Holt county to state "where he is at" on some of the important issues. Scores of' questions have been put up to him but an ominous silence still obtains. Kinkaid should not be blamed for having no opin ions on certain subjects. Probably he never heard of the suggestion to guarantee bank deposits and in that case how could be promise to yote. for such a measure. If be never heard that Joe Cannon is the best hated man in America bow can he be expected to have an opinion as to his fit ness for again presiding over the house? Perhaps Moses will be willing to tell his constituents bow he voted on the question of raising his own salary from five thous and to seven thousand five hundred dol lars per year, or if he did not vote on the question maybe he will rise up aud ex plain where he was the day the vote was taken. Yet, it might embarrass him to attempt to explain his absence on the many occasions when votes were needed for or against measures of import to sixth district people. So far as the record goes we know of but one real measure that Moses voted on during his six years at Washingtonbis ow bill. 30,ooo is ''right smart" to pay for one vote. Ord Journal. SAMPLE BALLOT-ELECTION NOV. 3, 1908 REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT PEOPLE'S INDEPENDENT PROHIBITION SOCIALIST., CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. " Proposed Amendment to the FOR with reference to tlio investment manent Sohool Fund. Raid, Proposal Amendment to tho Con- ( AGAINST Btitution with reference to the invest-1 mentof the Permanent School Fund. Tho Proposed Amendment of v. (2), Four (4), Fivo (5 Six fG") FOR (13) of Article Six (0) of tho of the State of Nebraska relating Powers. Tho Proposed Amendment of Sections f ' Two (2), Four (4), Fivo (5), Six (0) I V and Thirteen (13) of Article Six (0) of AUAINST and Th rtcen (a tho Constitution of the ioial braBka relating to Judicial O. C. BELL JOSEPH J. SANGER CHARLES A. ROBBINS HOWARD H. BALDRIGE JOHN P. EATON GEORGE F. HURLBURT., 0. A. LUCE EDWARD S. DAVIS MICHAEL F. HARRINGTON . HENRY R. GERING R. E. WATZKR SOPHUS F. NEBLE DOUGLAS SHAWVAN E. O. WEBER FRANK'T. SWANSON A.D.CAMERON J.D.NESBIT E. T. GEORGE. . . . . . . . MARTIN I. BROWER FRANK A. BURT . . . . , A. B. L AFFERTY j . . ' . ' .' "' WILLIAM R. BLANTON THOMAS L. PHILLIPS JULIUS HOLLANDER?. OTTOMELCHER WILLIAM H. ASHBY FREDLEGLER WILLIAM HENRY STRATTON To Vote a Straight Ticket Make a Cross Within Your Party Circle. ' o :. Q : :,0- : O FOR Republican Democrat i Constitution of tho Per- r ..u1,v,uul...b. Prohibition.. Socialist.-.. ' . AGAINST FOR I Republican . . . .' Sections Two and Thirteen Democrat , People's Independent. Prohibition , Socialist Constitution ' to. Judicial AGAINST -D State of Ne- I Powers. ( For Presidential Elector Vote for EIGHT. Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican A cross within this Circle o Republican U Votes for all the Electors. Republican .'". Republican . p Democrat 'eoplo'H Independent Democrat People's Independent j A cross within this Circle o Votes for all the and People's Electors. Democrat ) IVoihch liide jple'n Independent Democrat 'People's Independent j Democrat People's Independent j Democrat j Pcoplo's Independent j . Democrat j ' People's Independent j Democrat j People's Independent j" Prohibition J Prohibition Q Prohibition Prohibition Prohibition ..Prohibition .' Prohibition Prohibition A cross within tills Circle o Votes for all the Electors. Socialist Socialist .; ;'Socialist Socialist A cross within this Circle o Votes for all the Socialist Electors. Socialist Socialist Socialist Soyialint r GEORGE LAWSON SHELDON Republican 3 ASHTON C. SHALLENBERGER. ...-... , , , Pem"t I I I People's Independent J ROYR. TEETER C. H. HARBAUGH For M. R. HOPEWELL. . . . . E. O. GARRETT FRANK E. LINCH..: THOMAS JORGENSON. For GEO. C. JUNKIN.... Republican DR. A. T. GATEWOOD Democrat 1 People's Independent j HENRY F. J. HOCKENBERGER. .., Prohibition HENRY J. ABERLY Socialist SILAS R. BARTON WILLIAM B. PRICE. For LAWSON G. BRIAN CLARENCE MACKEY E. C. BISHOP N. C. ABBOTT ADA K. SCHELL.'. HVyi WILLIAM T. THOMPSQN HARRY B. FLEHARTY B. W. FRAZEY For Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings Vote for ONE. EDWARD B. COWLES W. B. EASTHAM ALBERT THOMPSON J. A. WILLIAMS WILLIAM H. COWGILL. ANDREW FINKENKELLER Socialist M. P. KINKAID WILLIAM H. WESTOVER GEORGE H. HORNBY LUCIAN STEBBINS For Senator Fourteenth District ERNEST L. MYERS GEORGE M. ADAMS For Representative CHARLES H. CHASE FRED W. JOHANSEN a or uounty C. C. BARKER EUGENE BURTON For County Commissioner Second District Vote for One W.M. FOSKET ! : RepublicanQ J. P. JENSEN People's Independent For Governor Vote for ONE. . ..,....,..,.. .Prohibition ' Socialist Lieutenant - Governor Vote for Republican . Democrat ) Peoples' Independent J Prohibition , , Socialist Secretary of State Vote for 0NE For Auditor of Public Accounts Vote for ONE. ...Republican Democrat ' People's Independent ) State Treasurer ' Vote for ONE Republican Democrat ) People's Independent J For Superintendent of Public Instruction Vote for ONE. Republican .........' Democrat ) People's Independent j ' ....Socialist A i"i-ki- Z!.rk-.s-t..,n 1 WWx0(y vaoncxa Vote for ONE. .,....., Republican Democrat ) People's Independent j SocialiBt ' Republican Democrat ) ' People's Independent j Prohibition For Railway Commissioner Vote for ONE. Republican Democrat ) People's Independent J I For Congressman Sixth District Vote for One Republican People's IndpenSt Prohibition Socialist Vote for One Republican People's IndpenXt . Fifty - Third District Vote for One Republican People's IndSt Attorney Vote for One Republican Democrat A Vi 4 ONE. D
