j»MES H. RIQOS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOLUME XII. _ 8UBRORIPTION, *1.80 PER ANNUM. ALL KINDS OF JOB WORK PROMPTLY EXIOUTEO. O'NEILL, HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA,_OCTOBER 297l891. ” NUMBER 16. REPUBLICAN ticket. STATE. . nrKto Justic. of the Supreme Court— '*1* * . m Ill II tilt A. M. POST of Platte. , i;,„-ents ef State University 1" ' H. i'. SHUMWAY of Dixon. C H. MAKl’LE of Douglas, JUDICIAL. r.lul|Ws. 15th Judicial district— MOSES 1’. KINKAID. of Holt. A LEBED BAKTOW, of Dawes. COUNTY. tor Treasurer— _ It A UUETT SCOTT. v,r Clerk— ('. E. UUTLEB. ,ir District Court Clerk— JOHN SK1UVING. or Sherilt II. C. McEVONY. r JmlfU 1). L.CBAMEK. nr Surveyor W. W. PAGE. ur Coronet* DR. 0. E. FOBT. TOWNSHIP. i,)r Supervisor— WILL GRAY. ’orriry Supervisor— for Township Clerk— IJ. II. CRONIN. 'or Township Tiesaurer— t'. C. MILLARD. 'or Township Assessor— PATRICK MCCOY. Independent Extravagance. [Foots mid figures given by E. Roseivater J Ills opening campaign speech at Columbus, icli., October 10,1801.] The most extravagant legislature that his state had ever had was that of 1889, wo years previous. During last year’s jtmpaign the Independent leaders and heir papers denounced that body in the anst scathing manner. Now the Inde icmlents organized both houses of the ast legislature, elected their speaker aid their president of the senate. They irganized all the committees in both louses and were in absolute control of he machinery of government so far as ippropriations was concerned. What 10 we find? The total appropriation in 1889 were $2,380,408.88. The total ap propriations in 1891 by the Reform legislature were $2,880,575.53. That is in round numbers more than half a million la excess of the most reckless and ex travagant appropriations ever made in Hie state. Deduct, if you please, the $200,000 voted for the relief of draught suffers, and deduct the $50,000 voted for the world’s fair, and we still have $256, more appropriated in 1891 by the Reform legislature than was appropri ated two years previous by a legislature that has been denounced as the most reckless and extravagant body of law makers Nebraska every had. The Democratic and Indepandent newspapers of Holt county havp do nated considerable of their cheap space during the campaign to criticising sev eral Republican office holders for re taining $1.75 of the $2 allowed bylaw fur sheriff’s sale certificate fees. The Atkinson Enterprise has been especially laud in its denunciation of the officers, making the claim at all times that it was nothing more nor less than a gigantic Meal. The editor of the Enterprise, like 11 great many other reformers, never >»aes the trouble to look up the law on ■l point, but goes into the denunciation business on general principles. The “miter is very well understood by a “v 01 me voters of the county, ,;3(' '* *s not neccessary to dwell long “l»'n the subject. The Frontier un 1 wstands that the law does not say ■bat shall be done with the $1.75; and saJs distinctly that the county shall only receive 25 cents. They who have held ce Previous to Messrs Scott and welet liave always retained this suiount, and it is in no sense a “steal,” ‘“e Question as talon to whom this money •nil 'Ks is now in the hands of the court soon as a decision is rendered *ta|ublic mind will be put at rest and , |,rtce,tant will have been established If the court de wm nave ur officers to follow. ;''les that the HI, “!e officers must turn over .'n|ev. will be done promptly and ^silatingly. *Pin»>n us to the proper construc It is simply a difference Co1!.® 1?laced uP°n the'law. There flUrrv casion whatever for any fuss and Y over this matter. mJ'.Elndependent8 are 60 strongly op W t0 COnvict Iahor, yet Mr. Smith, ini«I>eni't'nt Cllndid*te for sheriff, hires Htt:n lncarc^‘rated the jail here to i:lJ,..s'e a diamond cane for him. Of l'1'8 'S a smu" matter, but it There *CSS s*10ws an inconsistency. Vara r[vPS.r -ho make canes for sale twin tv fiii1". , ,n‘th had attended our hum «n 1, 10 c°uld havo bought one an honest farmer. . T„K Tl --- to „a *°ktieu has no space this week Vecar °n '"ns earcd animals, but will e of 1 rom. next week. TIE TO POST. This is something that every man in Holt county, regardless of political affi liations, should do. Not only should he tie to Mr. Post but he should work for him from now until election day and then vote for him. You ask why, and we will answer: « 1. Because he is in every respect the superior of his opponent for the high office of judge of the supreme courts. Beside him the ignorant shyster and demagogue, Edgcrton is a pigmie, a dwarf of infinitesimal dimentions. 2. Becanse Mr. Post will honor the supreme bench and honor the state by being elected to that position: nnd Ed gerton would disgrace himself, the' bench and the state were he elected. 3. Because Mr. Post is a clean man in every respect and met the foul slanders, hurled at him by his enemies, like a man, refuting successfully every charge. Edgerton has been clearly proven a third-rate shyster and pettifogger who willfully defrauded a poor widow out of her substance. •*. .Because every interest of the slate demands a clean, honorable and able lawyer and judge upon the supreme bench, not a man who is unfitted by lack of education, common honesty and natural ability to hold such a high and honovable position. 5. Because the people ought to re ward pure merit and honorable man hood wherever and whenever the op portunity is afforded them; and rebuke dishonesty, incompetency and derna gogery. Tiik Frontier believes auy of these reasons sufficient to convince all fair minded, intelligent men, who have the good of the state at heart, that Hon. A. M. Post should have their votes on next Tuesday; but surely all these rea sons ought to decide them at once. Democrats, Independents, Republi cans, this is not, considering all the cir cumstances, a partisan matter, but one in which the honor of our state is at stake and it is your duty to help defend it. Do it like men and our word for it you will never regret it., ANOTHER LIE NAILED. This is an old yet trite saying, but nothing else fits the bill here. The re port had been circulated over fhe north part of the county to the effect that Barrett Scott had been furnishing money to help carry on, the busi ness of the Holt Cattle company and to prove conclusively that such is not the case the following affi davit of President Mathews of the State bank is given. Mr. Mathews also authorizes TnE Frontier to say that any one who is not satisfied with this affidavit and denial is at perfect liberty to come in and examine the records of the bank in reference to the business of that company. Is this not fair? It certainly is and ought to be convincing. Read carefully the appended affidavit: State of Nebraska, I „ ,, Holt County, fs8, O’NF.ir.r,. Ned., Oct. 24, wiU. W. D. Mathews, being first duly swum, de poses and says that ho ts president Mt the State bank of O’Neill; that tlio luisfaess of the Holt Cuttle company Is transacted through said bank, that he Is famillarwlth each and every financial transaction of said cattle; company since its organization and states under oath that llarrett Scott has not now nor never has had any money invested In said company, either of his own or of funds of the county, either directly or Indi rectly. in any shape or manner. Subscribed to before me, a Notary Public this 24th day of October, 1891. John A. Golden. LSealJ Notary Public. The "damnable outrage” sheet down the street sprung amine on ludge Kin kade last week, like the one exploded under the feet of McEvony, it was only a squib just to attract the attention of the candidate in that direction, suppose be wanted all tbe sheriff sales to pub lish. His great anxiety to know where the Judge stands politically is only a polite but forceble request for that gen tleman to “come and see me.” Incase the Judge don’t come down, “what are you going to do about it?” The above from the Alhiiaee l-nbune does all parties concerned an injustice. In the first place it insists, as hereto fore, that the publication of the “damn able outrage” editorial in this paper several weeks since was occasioned by the nomination of Mr. McEvony for sheriff. This is false, as everybody ac quainted with the facts knows and ns was before plainly stated by this paper and others. While it is true we con sidered Mr. McJSvony’s nomination a mistake this statement of the 7'ribune's does him a great injustice and we take this means of once more making a cor rection. In the next place the article does Judge Kinkaid and ourself a wrong. It inti mates that the judge is in the habit of “seeing” the boys and Tiie Frontier is in the habit of being "seen.” We think it unnecessary to make any denial. Then, again, this extract and another editorial, which appeared in last week's A. T. and one in the Atkinson Enter prise, which wc_ do not copy, does the judge the injustice to indicate that he is an Independent, which, as we under stand it, is not true. Attend the Republican rally at Dorsey i Saturday evening, Oct. 31. MULLEN’S SALARY. In the year 1889 the legislature of the state of Nebraska passed a law regulat ing the salary to be paid county super visors'for their services as members of the board at any regular or speciul meet ing of that body. The rate had for merly been $3 per day for each day's actual service, and five' cents per mile each way. The law passed in 1889 increased the salary to $3 per day. It was approved March 21, 1889, and according to the laws of the state went into cllcct on and after July 1, 1889. In the year 1889 J. P. 'Mullen, now In dependent candidate for county treas urer, was a member of the board of supervisors of Holt county, and up to July 1 was entitled to only $3 per day for each day the board was in session. Iiut what do we find Mr. Mullen doing at that time? Upon examination of the records the fact is disclosed that on July B, 1880, he died with the county clerk his bill for services as a member of the board, dat ing from May 28 to July 8, as follows: Kay 22. one (lay and mileage. $ 3 75 May 21), one day and mileage. 3 75 June 11, one (lay and miloage. 3 ;5 J un e 12, one day and niileago. 3 75 June25, one day and miloage. 3 75 June 28, one day. 3 00 June 27, one day..3 00 June 23, one (lay. 3 CO June 29, one day. 3 00 July 1, one day. 3 00 July 2, one day . 3 00 July 3, one day and mileage. 8 75 Total. $40 50 Amount ullowod by law. 31 59 Excess.$ 9 00 Now, Tiie Frontier desires to draw the reader’s attention to the fnct that the law increasing the salary to $3 per day was approved March 21, 1889, and became a law on and after July 1, 1889. It will be plainly seen that Mr. Mullen drew Sftpnore than he was by law en titled to. To establish the fact that the law was not in force until July 1, 1889, it is only necessary to quote from the session laws of 1889, wherein Mr. Gilbert L. Laws, then secretary of state, says: The legislature adjourned March 31, 12b9. Where there Is no emergency clause In any ot these acts, by force of section 24, article 111 . of the constitution, they could not tuke effect at alt until July 1,1339, three calendar months after tiie adjournment of the legisla ture. iiy consulting the session laws of 1889 the reader will dud that there is no emer gency clause existing that applies to this law, Consequently the fact is established beyond question of doubt that the law did not go into effect until July 1, 1889. The records show that the bill was filed July 3 and allowed July 12, 1889. Mr. Mullen, stand up! You certainly knew that you weie uot entitled to but $2 per day for your services as super visor, and the voters of Holt county woujd like to know why you received 81 per dav in excess of what the law al lowed. The amohnt is small, of course, but that doesn’t in the slightest degree lessen Mullen’s guilt in the matter. If A®. Mullen would take $9 from the cpjmty when he knew he was uot en titled to it, this question confronts the voters of Holt county for their consid eration: Is he a man to be trusted with the handling of the county’s money? Further it can be undeniably proven that Mullen was aware all the time that the bill was not just. He sold the claim to W. G. Falmanteer, and upon the bot tom part of the paper upon which the clerk acknowledges the receipt of the claim for filing, Mullen has written the following: For value received I hereby assign the above claim to W. G. Falmanteer. There is $23.50 of this claim paid for, and if the balance —$12—is allowed, there is still due me $11.40. Signed, Jas. F. Mui.lkn. By this little note Mullen acknowl edges that his claim was made out for more than the law allowed, and not being sure at the time that the board would allow the full claim, his banker insisted on saving himself and would not pay the full amount. But again we find Mr. Mullen flatly conti'adicting himself, for he swore, upon his oath, that the bill was correct in every particular. Here is his state ment, sworn to before the county clerk on the 3d day of July, 1889: STATE OP N EBKASKA, I Holt County. f I, J. P. Mullen, being first duly sworn, de pose and say that the several Hems men tioned In the above account are just and true and that the services and articles furnished as herein charged were furnished, and that the amount claimed Is due and unpaid, after allowing all just credits. J as. I', a1ixi.br. The Frontier is liberal with Mr. Mullen. We have not taken into con sideration the fact that be charged mile age for six trips in the