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THE ALLIANCE HERALD
LLOYD V. THOMAM, UulnM
JOHN . I HUM An, I.Uiluf
lubluliHl every Thursday by
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If your copy of The Herald floes uoi iuUi yon regularly or mtilpfar
tartly, you abould phon- 24 1) ,t Ctoj c.ird to t';e :n . Vb beat of bt
lee In what w er anrloua to Hire, ao don't Lenltar to notify ua wltliou
4eUy when eo-ir pnper.
A COMPLETE POLITICAL REVIEW
Next work Tlio HcraM will issue a section devoted to candidate.4
lor office in Nebraska. This seel ion will lie very interesting becaust
it will lie the most complete political review ever published in west
em Nebraska. Included in this section will lie a write-up devoted t(
the Democratic candidates for office. Kvery voter should look foi
this write-up, as it will give the information wanted as to the qualifi
rations and fitness for ofliec of these candidates.
WE APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENT
Hcfcrring to the candidacy of Lloyd Thomas of The Alliance
Herald for representative from the 73rd district of Nebraska, ltruc
"Wilcox, formerly of Alliance and now editor and publisher of the
Bridgeport News-Blade, a Republican newspaper, had the following
to 1;::; i:'-:;ue of Kriday, October G:
He is a Good One. The republican newspapers up in
Ilox llutte and Sheridan counties are confronted with a
strong desire to support Lloyd Thomas, democratic candi
date for representative and who is also a brother newspaper
; man. From many years' acquaintance with Lloyd we con
; sider him one of the cleanest, brightest and most progressive
young men in western Nebraska. It is no wonder that the
republican editors feel inclined to support him.
ALLIANCE WAS HONORED BY VISIT
United States Senator Gilbert M. llitcheock( in his campaign for
re-election, covering the state, di dnot neglect Alliance and Hox Butte
county. Senator Hitchcock, in company with Edward B. McDer
mott of Kearney, Democratic candidate for the national legislature,
poke to a large and interested crowd at the opera house Saturday
evening. These gentlemen both made a deep impression on the audi
ence, many of whom returned to their homes with the satisfaction of
knowing that they had heard good Democratic doctrine expounded
by men who were thoroughly familiar and believed in their subject.
Senator Hitchcock may be said to be a man who has "arrived" and
who if re-elected, can be ot immense value to his state Nebraska, Ik-
is giving President Wilson enthusiastic support and explained to his
hearers his reasons for taking the attitude which he did during hh
term in the senate on different questions. .Mr. McDermott, althougl
a young man, is an excellent speaker and a deep thinker. He speaks
with earnestness and forcefulness and his speech brought forth mam
favorable comments from those who were present. The ellrald wish
es that it were possible to reprint the complete speeches of both thes
gentlemen for the benefit of thos who could not" be prscnt.
cr on his own account or that of bis fellow craftsmen?'
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY FOR PRINTERS
As will be noted by reading the article published in the news col
umns of Th Herald this week, this newspaper has recognized thf
printers' union by signing a wage agreement with them ami begin
ning January 1 the mechanical department will operate, on the eight
hour dnv plan. In taking the initiative in this matter in Alliance.
which of course resulted in others following our example, we did sc
in the belief that the proposition would be a paying one all around
for both the employee and the employer. The union, recognizing tin1
fact that conditions in the smaller shops were different than in the
large cities, made concessions that should result in good for all con
cerned We have always paid a wage scale that is higher than tht
union mdo. and will continue to do so. This has resulted in the em
ployment in this office of men of experience and exceptional ability
That the wok of these men brings good results is shovn by the fact
that work comes neatly every day to this shop from out-of-town
points unsolicited. And The Herald is averaging in size from twelve
tc thiity-two pages per week, giving our readers ami our advertisers
more value for their money than they can secure elsewhere. The ed
itorial department will, however, probably continue to maintain its
present schedule of working from twelve to sixteen hours per day,
gathering news, writing ads and editorials, and doing the thousand
ami one other duties which we are called upon to perform day after
day. If the average business, professional or laboring man was given
a week's work in the editorial department of the "country newspa
per" he would rese. his ideas of leading a ahrd life. But we are
glad to do it and we like the work if we didn't like it we would do
something else.
NEVILLE AN EXCELLENT BUSINESS MAN
During the past four years while Nebraska has been under Dem
ocratic government the state, has seen its affairs better managed than
over before. (Jovernor John H. Morehead has applied business prin
ciples to state management with favorable and excellent results.
Keith Neville of North Platte, Democratic candidate for governor, on
his recent visit to Alliance, made a deep impression on those who met
hint and who heard him speak, by his attitude of a business adminis
tration. Mr. Neville has a record that can be called a success. H
'lected he promises to carry on the excellent record established by
the present administration and he shows that he is capable of doing
this.
Regarding the candidates for governor of Nebraska, the Lincoln
Daily Star recently had the following to say regarding the Republic
an candidate :
"There is no better wuy of determining the moralities of a man than to
tend him to the legislature and watch bow he votes on the mcasurea that
always provide a test of tbo legislator's sympathies.
"When half of the farmers of Nebraska were faclnK Starvation follow
ing a drouth that destroyed their crops and gardens and left them wholly
destitute, without food even for their stock. Abraham I. Sutton was elected
io the legislature from Douglas county.
In one of the sessions In which he served a measure was presented to
appropriate $200,000 of state funds to provide- these suffering farmers with
food to tide them over the famine, and purchase seed for the follow-in?
year's harvest.
"Knemies of the measure doesn't it bound odd that there coul I have
!een enemies of such a measure sought fiist to defeat it by proposing to
reduce the amuuui to $100,000.
"Abraham L. Sutton was one of the enemies of the measure, lie voted
tor the proposed reduction of the amount. But the substitute failed. When
i he bill came up for final passage It carried the $200,000 appropriation, and
Mr. Sutton consistently voted against the appropriation. That money was
well spent and not only minimized the suffering, but put the farmers in pos
ition to begin the redemption ot the stricken state.
"In the same session a bill waa proposed to pay the Henry T. Ox'ii'.
let sugar factory a bonu; cf a stated sum per pound upon the sugar i'.
manufactured in the state, amounting to thousands of dollars annually.
"Mr. Sutton was not found among the enemies of that bill. In u pre
vious session he had voted for three bills toward the same end. all of whirl
iad failed to pass. But In the session in which he opposed giving any ai
to the starving drouth sufferers he voted for a sugar bounty bill that would
'ax them for the enrichment of Henry T. Oxnard, and when the bill L i
Keen vetoed by the governor, he voted to pa6s that bill over the veto.
"Those votes provide a correct measurement of the Abraham L. Sut-
on ot that day. What has happened to Mr. Sutton in the years that have
: inre Intervened to make him a better friend of the farmer and a less stur
dy cha:i plon of the grafter?
"What pretense doeB he offer the farmer, whose vote he is now asking
frr governor, that he Is today any more a sympathetic helper and friend
.mn he was when he cast the votes referred to?
"What farmer can afford to ignore the record made by Mr. Sutton as a
legislator, which Is marked throughout by a fidelity to the corporations an I
m flagrant lack of sympathy for the agriculturists? What farmer is
blinded by partlsanism or prejudice that be can afford to run the risk, eith-l
COX HAS MADE EXCELLENT RECORD AS SHERIFF
The recent attacks on Sheriff Cal Cox, now a candidate for re
lction on the Democratic ticket, have made many new friends for
him and will undoubtedly result in his re-election, even though this
1 nd not been a certainty before. The practice in recent years of at
tacking public, officers w ith a bombardment of mud and verbosity has
f ill, ii into disrepute and usui lly results in the re-election of the of
ficer attacked.
We lave before us a copy of the complete report made by John
W. Cuthric, special auditor, on February 10, 191 G, covering the record
f Sheriff f )x for a period of six years in office. This report is a
ompHp. and concis.- statement of Ins work during this time and
IhiiiIU Ik seen by every person interested in the attacks being made
n Sheriff Cox. As the concluding paragraph in the report states,
"The balance due him from all courts' proceedings is $300.00, or a
v.ct difference of $.'?0.3;i on all court's fees a very slight difference
vhen the number of cases and the length of time is taken into consid
eration." During his time as sin-riff of the county auly a small number of
horses have been stolen a mighty small number, considering the size
'f the county, in this section of the state. In every case of a stolen
horse the thief has been captured and brought back. This has been
n great preventative in horse stealing.
In spite of the fact that there arc thousands of head of cattle
roaming the prairies in the county, the number stolen has been very
Miiall since he first took over the office, January 6, 1910. No cattle
have been stolen in the county in 1916, and in 1915 only ten head of
entile were lost.
In the matter of serving of warrants which have been given to
him in the performance of his official duty the sheriff has never favor
ed friends nor ill treated foes. His never-failing sense of duty has
made him do things in the performance of his duty which many offic
ers would not do recently he has spent night after night sleeping on
!i cot in the corridors of the county jail when rumors were rife that
an attempt was to be made to take from his custody the inhuman mon
ster in the shape of a man who confessed to raping a young girl in
this city and give to hi mwhat many believe would behis just de
serts. It has been our privilege in our search for news to work sev
eral times during the long hours of the night in company with the
sheriff in his quest for criminals, when it would have been more com
fortable asleep in our downy beds.
The sheriff now has in his possession warrants which were issued
following a session of the grand jury in 1912. Warrants were issued
for Jack Welch and Waddie Jones on January 19 of that year, and for j
Ira Scribner on January 23. These warrants were not given the sher
iff until after the grand jury had completed its work and after these
men had left the state. These men were accused of gambling.
Sheriff Cox cannot be defeated for re-election by the attempt to
Miiothen him with tidal waves of mud and shots of distorted facts and
figures from the blunderbuss with the hair trigger and the peep
sights.
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How Will You Vote?
Upon the Young; A)an of Today Will Not Only
Devolve the Responsibilities of Tomorrow
But the Fruits of Today's Decisions
Not freedom but individuality of thought, sp vch and effort is the chiefest
characteristic of the Young Man of America.
His is not so much the mere right to exercise those functions as it is the privil
ege of forming them along original lines.
The problems which confront him are peculiarly the problems of his time
his present and his future.
Not the least of these is the matter of dress.
To clothe his thoughts conscientiously, his speech judiciously and his actions
with restraint thus he exercises not freedom but individuality.
And his individuality in turn must be properly clothed. "The apparel oft
proclaims the man." .
This does not imply that a high-priced suit indicates a man of great worth any
more than high-sounding phrases or drastic deeds indicate the man of super
intelligence. The man whose clothes truly fit him has clothed his adaptabilities and his pos
sibilities as well as his physical beine
Laing's Store is now showing many new models for men and young men. The patterns fabrics and
styles are as varied and as complete as the sizes. '
The foremost designers, the biggest manufacturers-all have contributed to this showing Anv vouinr -man
may visit the store this week and find the model that will pive him lasting satisfaction
Laing's Suits and Overcoats are designed for young mm who want to live up to their possibilities who
will dress well and appropriately but not extravagantly.
The young man who votes for one of these models is not following the crowd He register IKrnivm
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