The Frontier.
rmusiiKD kvkuy tiiuhmuay hy
JAMES It. Itiaos, Editor and Prop.
CKO. D. RIGGS* Associate Kdltor.
♦‘You must not make an
Idol of J. P. Mullen.”—.1.
P. Mullen in the Independ
ent Convention.
"If we ere to cling to the old parties
we might aa well tear down our school
bouses, burn our churches and write on
the vault of heaven, ‘Satan lias tri
umphed over God,’ and turn all the Imps
of boll loose on our country."—J. W.
Edgerton in a apeech at Kearney.
The platform of a candidate for a
judicial office should bo the constitution,
the law and the solemn oath of office
that be takes. The oath of office im
plies the duty of administering the law
truly and impartially between the rich
and the poor, between the high and low,
between the poorest and humblest citi
een and the richest and wealthiest cor
porations-—Judge A. M. Poat in hiaapeech
of acceptance.
Vote for Barrett Scott, the farmer’s
friend. , _
A vote for Ed. Butler is a vote for
good government.
If there ever was a right man for the
right place, that man is Ed. Butler.
In the heat of this political campaign,
The Fuontier warns the people to
keep their eye-glasses turned toward
O’Neill.
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Vote the Republican ticket from top
to bottom if you desire to rebuke calam
ity howlers and villflers of our state and
C3unty. _
Mr. Mullen, stand upl Why did
you knowingly take from the county $8
per day fer your services as supervisor,
when the law plainly stated that you
should only receive 82?
Voters, see that your vote is prop
erly prepared before you deposit it in
the ballot box. Remember if it is
scratched or mutilated in any way. the
judges are compelled by law to throw it
out. __
It behooves the voters of Holt county
to look the matter squarely in the face
before they cast their ballots. The
Republican ticket will gain votes if the
voters give the matter their careful con
siderate attention.
Atkinson Enterprise: The opposi
tion of the republican papers to Mullen
is largely personal. At several stages
of his career as supervisor, it has fallen
to the lot of Mr. Mullen to stretch forth
his hand to protect the county treasury
from these looters. Every •fflcial act
of his has been in the interest of the
taxpayer. They halo him because of
his honesty.
The Frontier invites the attention
of the Enterprise and other Independent
newspapers to our article in this issue
headed “Mullen’s Salary." It comes to
light that at several stages in Mullen's
career as supervisor, he knowingly took
more pay from the county than he was
entitled to. Tug Frontier] does not,
as the Enterprise insinuates, hate an
honest man. Tue Frontier believes
that an honest man is the noblest work
of our Creator.
The articles contributed toTns Fron
tier this week and last upon the money
question contain many facts that can
not fail to interest and benefit - the peo
ple even if they do not agree with the
statements. But any one acquainted
with history can hardly have the
eflronley to questian the statement of
facts, however much they may differ
with the writer on the financial question.
There are a great many vagaries and
wild statements at variance with facts
indulged in by Independents in discus
sing this financial question, but they are
no more erroneous than many other of
the statements made by these calamity
howlers. When they learn the truth
there is grave doubt in the minds of
many as to whether they will recognize
it or not, so it will not be surprising if
we are treated to another dose of the
same kind of rot in future issues of
the A.-T.
O’Neill Sun: The Item says that
Mullen induced Cruise to withdraw.
Many Democrats are of the opinion that
it was Jo Bartley, in the interest of
Scott, who got Cruise to pull off.
Bui the editor of the Sun is not of
that opinion.
Listen to this: The day Cruise an
nounced that he had withdrawn, Mr.
McHugh, editor of the Sun, was at the
court house in O’Neill and while there
had a short conversation with Mr. J. S.
Weekes, deputy treasurer, concerning
the political situation. Mr. Weekessaid:
“I understand that there is a vacancy
on the Democratic ticket. It would
seem that Mr. Cruise had sold out the
eatire Democratic party to Mr. Mullen."
“That’s just exactly what he has
done,” said Mr. McHugh.
And still the editor of the Sun is en
deavoring to saddle the responsibility
of Cruise's withdrawal onto the Repub
lican leaders.
MR. HAZELET’S LETTER.
Much to tlic surprise and discontent
of the Independent newspapers of Holt
county, Tun Frontier lust week pub
lished in full Mr. Ilnzelet’s letter to I he
Republican voters of tlie county. Tho
Independent editors were engaged last
week in the amusing role of winking at
caeli other and writing fraternn! letters
hack and forth, telling how they "would
tlx 'em" in the next issues. They pub
lished Mr. llnzelct’s letter, which, by
the way, was furnished them by M. F.
Harrington, through one of his hench
men, nnd called upon their readers to
witness the gall of the writer and rend
the lies he had written.
'I he Tribune, which is supposed to
speak officially for Mullen, Harrington,
Watson & Co., says:
1 on know that the circular from be
ginning to end, except, “We must win
this fall in order to carry the stale in
1892, nnd "All depends on good honest
work by each Republican in tliccounty"
is a political falsehood.
Tub Frontier challenges the Trib
une or any other newspaper in Holt
county to prove wherein there is a sin
gle falsehood in thnt letter. Every
identical assertion made by Mr. llnzelct
is a matter of political record which
is patent to every observing man. Of
course the letter wns not supposed to
be a very satisfactory dose for the In
dependents to swallow, but Tiik Fron
tier doubts very much that Mr. Hazeiet
had the health of the Independent party
under consideration when he mixed the
medicine.
The simple fact or the matter is this:
riie letter wns u first-class political doc
iment, and Tim Fiiontikh recognized
ts usefullness in this campaign imme
liatly upon seeing a copy. The Tribune
leliberntcly falsifies when it says that
t has in its possession a dozen or more
>f the letters received from disgruntled
Itepublicans This Frontier knows
exactly where that one came from. It
is cunningly dated "Inman, Neb.,” but
ihat dute is about as near right ns the
Tribune ever gets nt anything.
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Financial Conspiracies,
from the Oinulm Deo:
Senator Sherman has felt called upon
to take public notice of a document
issued in the interest of the People’s
party of Ohio, which cites seven events
in the financial history of the country
since 1860 that are declared to have been
conspiracies. As like views are held by
the supporters of the new political
movement everywhere, their treatment
by Senator Sherman is of general ap
plication. One of the alleged conspir
acies is the contraction of the currency,
and in reply to this Senator Sherman
presents figures showing that in 1860,
with a population of 31,000,000, the total
amount of all the money in circulation
was 8435,000.000, half of which wns
money of variable and changing value,
while now, with a population of 62,000,
000, we have in circulation $1,500,000
“every dollar of which is ns good as
gold, all kinds equal to each other, pas
sing from hand to hnud and paid out as
good money, not only in the United
States, but among all the commercial
countries of the world.” While oui
population has only doubled our money
has increased nearly fourfold. Anothei
of the so called conspiracies was the
refunding of the national debt,a process
which Senator Sherman says is regarded
by all intelligent statesmen as a measure
of the highest value, and its results were
in the interest of the people of the
United States. Of course the alleged
demonetization of silver was also t
"conspiracy,"although the record clearly
shows that the silver legislation of 187J
was as free from anything of the nature
of conspiracy as any ever enacted by
congress. Senator Sherman cites the
well known facts in the monetary his
tory of silver in this country down tc
the enactment of the existing law, and
says: "In spite of all. and growing oul
of the increased supply of silver and the
cheapening processes of its production
it is going down in the market and ie
only maintained at par with gold by the
fiat of the different governments coin
ing it.” Resumption of specie payment!
was another "conspiracy,” a measure
which Senator Sherman justly says ie
the glory and pride of the people of the
United States, since it enabled thie
government to obtain a higher credit
among the nations than it had evei
before enjoyed and to maintain it
unquestioned.
Reference to the other so-called finan
cial conspiracies is unnecessary to show
the spirit and the quality of intelligence
dominating the People’s party. Its ill
informed and visionary leaders can see
no merit in the financial legislation
which has made the United States the
most flourishing and prosperous nation
in the world, and as far as possible
would undo it, had they tLe power, and
substitute a policy which would in time
reduce the country to the financial con
dition of the Argentine Rupublic. It is
high testimony to the iutelligeuce and
patriotism of the people that this party
is everywhere on the decline.
The Public Debt.
l-'romtlie Bustniss Men’s Journal.
The Public debt ot the United State*
was reduced $26,000,000 during Septem
ber. The interest bearing debt of tlit
nation is now less than 8600.0D0.000—
the lowest it has been since 1863. Tht
extension of the four per rent bonds al
two-per cent, gives the United State*
the highest credit ever attained by any
nation in the world.
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SHORT LINE SALE.
Garret son’s Agent Bids f2,000,000
and Gets the Road.
THE NEW ORGANIZATION.
» ”
Sioux City, O'Neill & Western Is tbe
Name of the Road—O’Neill Peo
ple are Jubilant—Notes. t
At 11 o’clock last Fridav morning the
Pacific Short Line railroad was sold by
Receiver liierbower to A. 8. Garretson
ami Geo. M. Mickersham, who are trus
for the owners of the road’s bonds, the
consideration being $2,000,000.
The sale occured in Omaha and at
tracted quite a number of railioad
people from Chicago, Sioux City and
New York.
In regard to the steps that have been
tnken to bring about this result, which
is very satisfactory to Sioux City and
O’Neill, the Journal of the 24th has the
following statement from one of Mr.
Garretson’s intimate associates:
“When the road went into the re
ceiver’s hands the New York stock
holders were divided into two factions.
It was ncccessary for Mr. Garretson
first to unify these and secure their sup
port. This he accomplished, and suc
eeded in buying at 50 cents on the
dollar the bonds that Donald McLean
had sold at 66 cents. Thus he secured
the entire amount of 92,583,000 worth of
bonds that bad been issued for about
half their face value, or something like
$1,290,000.
“But in addition to the bonded debt
there was outstanding a considerable
amount of claims against the property.
Of these he secured various waivers
pending the sale, and was able to bid on
the road without making the cash
deposit to secure them. Yesterday after
the sale he settled with practically all
the claimants through their attorneys,
pnying from 25 to 50 per cent, of the
face of the claims. Foi the claim of E.
P. Reynolds & Co. and some minor
ones he gave a bond. The Reynolds
claim will not be held worth a dollar in
the opinion of attorneys. Thus be gets
the road free from all incumbrance for
about $1,450,000. Bonded at $18,000
per mile, as it will be, it will represent
$2,294,000, or $844,800 more than it cost
him. And the gentlemen who are well
acquainted with the details of the tran
saction say that his profits will be in the
neighborhood of $1,000,000. The profit
represents the investments of stock
holders in stock that is not worth the
franchise on which it is printed, the
decrease of 15 per cent, in the price of
the bonds from the time Donald McLean
sold them till Mr. Garretson bought
them, and the discounts on the outstand
ing claims.
“The purchase of the road by Mr.
Oarretson and Mr. Whickersham as
trustees is merely a formality. Mr.
Garretson owned every dollar’s worth
of bonds and could have bought the
road outright in bis own name. Mr.
Whickersham represents eastern capita]
that stands ready to interest itself in the
road when it is reoganized.”
In speaking of the prospects of the
road, Mr. Garretson said to a party oi
newspaper men:
“The road will be operated in con
nection with the Sioux City & Northern
as a Lake Superior line. It seems to me
it is just as important for Sioux City
and the territory west of it to hare lines
to the Atlantic seaboard to the north
of and independant of the Chicago lines
as for Omaha and Kansas City to have
lines to the south of Chicago. Indepen
dence of the Chicago lines is the import
ant feature. The Short Line will be the
first road in Nebraska to connect with
the lake route, and the state is to be
congratulated on this fact. The new
route will be of great advantage to the
country through which its runs and to
Sioux City."
“Can you tell *us anything at this
time about the plans for extending the
road?"
“I dou't care to talk of that just now.
The road will be incorporated under a
new name, which is not yet fully de
cided on. The incorporators of the new
company will probably be Sioux City
and Northern men, but when it is
organized some names new to Sioux City
and its railroad and financial interests
will be found among its officers and
directors. They will be the names of
eastern men who are strong financially
and will bring strength to the company.
The road will be extended ultimately to
some point in central Nebraska to con
nect with the Burlington & Missouri
line, probably at Dunning.”
The New Organization.
The Sioux City. O'Neill & Western is
the new name by which the Short Line
will be known.
O’Neill is proud of this new name;
not that the Pacific Short Line was at
a!) inappropriate, but the new name has
a suggestion of greater importance and
and brings O'Neill more prominently
before the railroad world.
As to the operations of the new
Sioux City, O’Neill & Western none of
the arrangements have been announced
except that Superintendent J. C. Coombs
will stay with the road. Mr. Coombs
has had charge of the road under the
receiver and bag made an excellent rec
ord. HU administration baa been
careful, conservative and economical,
and even before be was Informed that
the new company would like to retain
bis services be bad an oiler of a position
with a road out west: He will remain
in Sioux City, however, and is under
stood will be superintendent of the
consolidated lilies.
The Advertising Trair.
Fort Waynk Ind.; Oct. 20, 1891.
Mr. Editor: As I represent Holt
county on the Nebraska exhibition train
I wish to make a report to your readers
of my trip thus far. Upon my arrival
at Omaha on the evening of Oct, 13, I
found everything being pushed to com
pletion in the arrangement and decora
tion of the exhibit. Work in arranging
the Holt county exhibit completed the
story of the day and landed us past the
hours of midnight. Wednesday was a
repetition of the same story. At 9 a. m.
Thursday, Oct. 15, the train was made
up and pulled into the union depot
when the exhibition cars were thrown
open to the public. Large crowds
thronged to see and wonder at the ex
cellence of the exhibit. Even the del
egates who came in with the exhibits
from the several counties wondered
when they saw the aggregate collection.
At 3 p. m. the train moved out of the
station and sped away on its swing of
thirty days around the circle. A twenty
minutes stop at Red Oak, Iowa, for
supper, and our journey was resumed
landing us at Peoria, Ills., at 7:30 a. m.,
Oct. 16. The train was put on exhibi
tion during the forenoon and at 1 p. m.
we pulled out for Galesburg where we
remained over night. At 8 a. m., Oct.
17 our train made the run ftom Gales
burg to Chicago, stopping at Galva,
Kewanee and Earlville, reaching Chi
cago at 8 p. m.
In the crowds that thronged to see Ne
braska’s great exhibit, we meet many
who inquire after friends in Nebraska.
At nearly every point where we have
made stops the crowds have been im
mense. The success of our mission is
assured. We have undertaken to show
our eastern neighbors what Nebraska is
by the unmistakable evidence of her
products. They see and are convinced.
A party came around at Galva, 111., to
the Holt county exhibit several different
times, making inquiries each time and
apparently in deep study until the last
round his face had cleared up and he
told me he already owned a piece of
land south of O’Neill and proposed to
own several tracts more in Holt county
before six months passed by. The
"exhibition" bad done its work in his
case as it will in thousands of others.
Sunday, Oct. 18, was spent in Chicago
and we undertook to represent Ne
braska worthily by sending a strong
delegation to the morning service at
Dr. Swing’s church. The seimon wus
a masterly statement of evident truths
delivered with no attempt at oratory,
its whole power lying in fts thought and
in tbe conciseness of its language.
Outside the press no one was admitted
to the exhibition cars during our stay
in Chicago. Monday, Oct. 19, our run
was from Chicago to Plymouth, Ind.
with a stop at Valparaiso. Although
the rain fell steadily all day the hoosiers
turned out in great shape to see "Ne
braska on Wheels” and gave tbe boys a
run that made them feel like carrying
tbeiy chins in a sling.
Tuesday, Oct. 30, we run from Plym
outh to Fort Wayne Ind., with stops at
Bourbon, Warsaw and Columbia City.
Fair weather, big crowds and hard
work characterized the day. Indiana
will not come to Holt county en masse
but we may reasonably expect asprinkl
ing of hoosiera. They are thinking
hard about big crops and undeveloped
resources. After nearly a week’s ac
quaintence with our party I feel like
saying that it is made up of men calcu
lated to reflect credit upon the state
they represent. The dignity, the enter
prise the sociability of Nebraska people
is represented in a way it cannot be
misunderstood. Each is proud of bis
state and proud of his exhibit, and it is
doubtful whether any of our party,
however bright bis future career, will
count any honor greater than that of
having been one of the first delegates
sent by Nebraska to her sister states in
the east with the products to prove the
greatness of her resourses. Too much
cannot be said in praize of the “State
Business Men's association” of Ne
braska. under whose management our
train is run. The interes'a of our bus
iness men and our farmers are mutual,
and in this enterprise the business men
are recognizing and advancing the in
terests of the farmers with their own.
Especial credit is due li. F. Hodkin,
general secretary, to whose executive
ability we are indebted for much of the
success of our trip. Very Truly.
JosKPH Stubdbvant.
Edgerton on Grammar.
From the Omaha Bee.
If anybody still doubts Edgerton’s
want of a common school education
let bim observe the way his verbs get
mixed up in the following extracts from
a yerbalim report of his speech: “Us
fellows that is talking this reform move
ment.” "When the farmer was paying
their taxes.” “If the government is
wrong the people is wrong.” “Then
she done what we demand.” “There is
seyeral to speak today.” “Two bills
was introduced.” “There is a few
roads.” “Attacting the candidates.”
“My enemies has circulated the report."
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