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THl'RSDA OCT. n, 1909
1909 OCTOBER 9Q3
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Friends of J. B. KnicBt. formerly of
tills city, but for tlio pout seven years
of Allianco, Nobr., will be pleased to
lcnrn1tlmt be lias been nominated for
County Clork of Hox Butte county. Mr.
Kuicst is in every way qualified to fill
tlio oflico ho is seeking. Carroll (Iowa)
Times.
Tlio South Omaha Drovers Journal
Stookman is not a political publication,
but in a recent issue it made tlio fol
lowing pertinent editorial remark apro
pos to recent occurrences in England
and the United States: "England's
present political crisis looks silly on
this side of tho water. Tho wonder
licio has been for years that English
men would stand for such nil institu
tion ns the House of Lords. And yet
wc have Aldrich and his sanutc."
Importance of the
State Election
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
STATi: TICKin.
Kor Supreme Judge,
IIKNJAMIN V. OOOI),
JOHN .1. SUXMVAN,
JAMES It. DKAN.
for IteKeuU of tlio University.
UltAIlLiES T, KNAl'l',
IIAKNEY K. NKWIIUANOH.
COUJfTV TICKHT.
For County Olork.
JOHN II. ICNIEST.
For County Treasurer,
FKED MOLliKINO.
ForSliorlff, ,
UAbVlN M. COX.
For County Judo,
Ti. A. IIKItlty.
lor Superintendent of Public Instruction,
DELfcA M. HEED.
For Ooronor,
Ult. O. W. MITCHELL.
For County Surveyor,
F. K. HAMIILIN.
Though the '1909 peanut crop has
failed, no diminution in tho supply of
peanut politicians is reported.
There ought to bo a place on the
Iccturo platform for Etukishook and
Ahwclab, the Eskimo map experts.
Tho lemon growers find they have
been handed one of their own fruit
They secured an increase in the duty
on lemons in the new tniiff bill and
were jubilant. But they have to ship
their fruit cast to find a mntket, and
tho railroads have taken advantage of
tho increased duty to shove up the
freight rates to a point where all the
tariff advantage is absorbed by the
railroads. This is hard on the lemon
growers, but harder on the consumers
of lemons. They, ns in all cases of
this kind, arc the ultimnto sufferers.
They arc the ones who "get it in tho
neck" both going and coming. They
are the ones who arc "handed a lemon,"
not only in tho lemon schedule, but in
every paragraph and lino of tho Payne-Aldrich-Taft
monstrosity.
Moro than fifty million bushels of
wheat grown in Nrbraska this year
isn't bad for a side crop in tho state
noted for corn, alfalfa and spuds.
In imagination wo can already hear
tho mighty roar from tho jungle that
will ensue when news reaches Africa
of the disposition of
case.
tho Panama libel
If Almost-Mjnister-to-China Crane is
tho least bit superstitious he will jot
his diplomatic tecord down as follows:
Hired July 13; fired October 13,
Such communications as the follow
ing cheer tho weary editor on his way:
"The one article of week before last on
poultry-raisiug 1 calculate will make a
fortune for me. I look for each issue
to make another. Yours truly, M. L.
Pharos."
In this Issue wo reprint an interest
ing editorial from tho Kansas City Star,
republican, under the caption, "Tho
Growing Insurgents." While reform
republicans are glorying in their insur
gent United States senators and con
gressmen from other states, they hang
their heads in shame at the action of
tho two senators and three republican
congressmen from Nebraska, who, in
spite of pledges to tho contrary, went
over to the enemy (Aldrich, Cannon
ct al.) with their votes at tho critical
moment when they might have accom
plished great results by staying with
tho noble band of reform republicans
from other states, notably Iowa, Wis
consin and Indiana. Will the repub
licans of this state relegate these men
to tho rear, or will they endeavor to
continue them in positions whero they
may again havo an opportunity to be
tray their constituents?
Light is Breaking
Wliilo tho editor of Tho Herald is in
tcrested to Bonio extent in tho result of
the county election in Box Butte coun
ty this year, wo will say frankly that
wo nte very much more interested in
the result of the state election in
Nebraska. Wo wish to call upon every
democratic and reform republican
reader who has a vote in this state to
go to tho polls one week from next
Tuesday and help to purify tho supremo
court of tho stato by helping to elect
the three democratic nominees. Vote
for our preferences for local offices or
vote ngainst them, as vou choose; wo
shall not complain of the action of tho
electors of the county whatever the re
sult may bo locally, but if wo have any
power of persuasion we wish to exert it
to the utmost to secure an overwhelm
ing majority from Box Butte county in
favor of a cleaner and better state ju
diciary. We do not urge the election of
Judges Sullivan, Good and Dean mere
ly because they are democrats, but be
cause their election will insure for a
while at least to the people of the state
their right to the benefit of wholesome
laws that the legislature may enact.
If Judge Letton, who is one of tho re
publican members of the supreme court,
wcro one of tho three republican candi
dates this year, we not only would not
opposo his candidacy, but wc would
voto for him and advocate his election.
Ho has shown himself to bo an able
and incorruptible jurist, and refuses to
stoop to being biased in his decisions
by political considerations. Of what
uso is it to elect a legislature to enact
good and wholesome laws, endorsed as
constitutional by tho best legal talent
of the state and nation, if we elect a
supremo court that will set them aside,
nominally on strained technicalities,
but in reality for partisan or corrupt
purposes?
Tho office of regent of the state uni
versity may not be as important as that
of justice of tho supreme court, but it
deserves the careful consideration of
every man who casts a vote. A non
partisan element in tho board of re
gents will make for improvement and
increased efficiency in tho administra
tion of that great educational institu
tion. The democratic nominees for
regents arc both able and worthy men,
and wo hope to see Box Butte county
roll up a rousing majority for them as
well as for tho supremo court candidates.
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Mr. Taft hopes Arizona will profit
by tho "mistakes" of Oklahoma in its
constitution making. Oklahoma's great
est mistake, we presume, was in re
jeqtiug Mr. Taft's advice in tho fram
ing of the document. And still she is
unrepentant.
"Party solidarity" has done more
than anything else to keep corrupt men
in offico aud honest men out. Vou
cannot purify a party by voting to per
petuato the rule of machine politicians.
When corrupt bosses control a political
party, the real patriots of tlio party
are not those who tamely subihit, but
those who bolt.
Gifford Pinchot, having left the pres
ident's traveling company, is back at
Washington, and is again making a
good deal of noise. AH the same, the
relations between the President and
Ballinger and himself seem to be
serene. Notwithstanding the bitter an
tagonism between Piuchot and Ballin
ger, according to the president both
contestants are right. The logical
interpretation of the settlement is that
the natural utilities in water power
which belong to tho government are to
be retained for impartial distribution
and, at the same time, to be turned
over to monopolies, all of which means
that monopolies are to havo the whole.
This disposition of tho matter is pre
cisely the same in effect as the pre
tended reduction of tariff duties, In
that case monopoly triumphed over the
the masses of the people; iu this case,
notwithstanding Pinchot's bluster, mon
opoly will get the host of the govern
ment's possessions.
There is, in the action of Judge A.
B. Anderson, of tho United States dis
trict court at Indianapolis, dismissing
tho libel caso against Delevan Smith,
editor of the Indianapolis News, and
the proprietor of that paper, Charles
K. Williams, a bright ray of encour
agement to the friends of human liber
ty. Freo speech and freedom of the
press ara among tho strongest bulwarks
which protect American citizens iu the
enjoyment of their natural rights. The
proceedings against distinguished edi
tors for attacking certain characters
connected with the purchase of the
Trench Panama canal interests were
begun at the instigation of Theodore
Roosevelt, while still president, It was
a bold attempt to strangle investiga
tion of the sudden secession of the
state of Panama from the United States
of Columbia, supported and made suc
cessful by Mr. Roosevelt's gunboats on
both sides of the isthmus, out of which
affair the notorious Bueuna Varilla
reaped a harvest of several millions.
Tho ruling by Judge Anderson, with
tho reasons given therefor, in this case
will strengthen confidence in the Amer
ican judiciary. Tho heavy hand of tho
president of the United States can bo
laid upon Judge Anderson, by with
holding from him hereafter deserved
promotion on the bench, and for his
courageous discharge of judicial duty
he may be punished by depriving him
of well earned honors. Would it not
have been sweet to drag the editor of
the News to Washington, and, after
giving him the farce of a trial, shut
him up for vears in Leavenworth pris
onj Says Judge Anderson:
To my mfndMiat man has read
the history of our institutions to
very little purpose who does not
put very little valuation on the
possible success of evidence such
as this. If the history of liberty
means anything; if the constitu
tion means anything, then the
prosecuting authorities should not
havothe power to select the tribu
nal, if theie be moro than one to
select from, at the capital of the
nation, nor should the government
have the power to drag citizens
from distant states there for tiial.
The rape of Panama will yet be
settled for. Dr. Amador has got at
least a part of his reward, and the
reckoning due to others is sure to come.
Progress of Reclamation Project
Washington, D. C, Oct. 18, 1909
The project engineer on the North
Platte project in Nebraska, reports a
most successful irrigation season for
1909. Notwithstanding the newness
and extreme length of the main canal
and lateral system, the delivery of
water was made in ample quantity to
each settler without a single disastrous
break.
It is a pleasure to travel over the
newly reclaimed lands to view the
bountiful harvests. The crops are all
made, potatoes are being dug, the corn
has ripened, aud wheat and oats are in
the stack awaiting the thresher. On
the whole tho yields have been satis
factory, and an atmosphere of optimism
pervades the valley.
A settled, prosperous and contented
commuuity has been established, which
from this time on will take its place
among the best of the newly developed
sections of the west. To the reclama
tion service, the most cheering feature
is the complete harmony which pre
vails in the relations of the local engi
neers and the farmers. The mutuality
of interests is recognized and all are
working together for the success of the
valley. The service regards the North
Platte project as one of the best exam
ples of the wisdom of the reclamation
act.
Speaker Cannon's reported answer
to Congressman Fowler's attack on him
was: "Why iu hell should I notice
Fowler?", Privately, the reporters say
that this is not exactly what he said,
but only the less unprintable part
thereof. By grace of the representa
tives of all the people iu the house of
representatives this high and gentle
soul holds the second or third most
powerful public position in the United
States The world has a right to judge
us, our character, ideas and culture by
the sort of man we set in high places.
Are we willing to be known by the
"Uncle Joke" Cannon we keep? 'Ne
braska State Journal.
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