The Frontier.
Prm.ISHKD EVKHY THURSDAY I1Y
JAMES 11. KIOOS, Editor and I'l-op.
OKO. D. RICOS, Associate Editor.
VICTORY.
’ • The greatest victory ever achieved by
the Republican party and good citizens
generally in Nebraska is the election of
Hon. A. M. Post for supreme judge.
AH honor to an intelligent and patriotic
people who have saved tho credit of
our state fiom ruin I
Hurrah for Post and Nebrnska!
The prospects are excellent for a vic
tory for Mr. Alfred Hartow for district
judge and in his election, if accom
plished, will bo scored n grand victory
for straight Republicanism and straight
politics.
It was a land-slide In Holt county—a
surprise to many. Thk Frontier be
lieved, from a knowledge of the situs
tion in some localities, that the Repub
licans would win, but we are surprised
—agreeably surprised—at the result.
We feel that the Republican party has
great cause for congratulation. With
every important office except judge and
almost a certainty that the county has
been carried for Post and Bartow makes
glory enough for one day.
. Then the great odds against which
the Republicans worked makes the vic
tory all the more surptising and the
party deserving of all the more con
gratulations. The workers were handi
capped on all sides, but in spite of it the
chairman and candidates worked hard
and valiantly and are deserving of great
credit.
The last two or three weeks the fight
Centered on Scott and Mullen, all the
others being considered out of danger.
In the Interest on the treasurershlp the
Candidates for clerk of the courts and
Jifdge were somewhat lost sight of. not
intentionally py any means, yet Mr.
Skirvlng pulls in with a few votes to
spare. With reference to his candidacy,
however, it was thought that Lessenger
could not possibly be elected, bearing
the record he did, and Mr. Skirving was
’considered too safe. The result showed
that Lessenger was stronger than
thought for, but not quite strong
enough aud thanks to a kind providence
,tbe county is saved the disgiace of hav
ing him serve as clerk of the district
.court four years.
The candidate for county judge was a
weak man to start in with and gained
little or no strength through the cam
paign. It was thought, however, that
.the “break” of Mr. Bowen's two weeks
since would work his defeat but the re
sult shows that it cut little or no figure
whatever.
Butler and McEvony ran like race
liorscs and proved themselves good
workers. Ed's election was conceded
from the beginning almost, but for the
first few weeks of the campaign Hank's
Chances looked pretty slim and the fight
seemed to be between Campbell and
Smith, but for three weeks before elec
tion it was clearly shown that the fight
was between McEvony and Smith and
|forten days Hank’s election has been
* Considered certain. Tub Frontier, as
we said at the outset, was willing to
leave the result with the people and
with their verdict we feel satisfied.
„ Mr. Scott’s victory Is the most com
plete of any, Democrats and Indepen
dents combining to encompass his de
feat, yet he comes out with a hundred
majority over the man who last year
carried the county by 500 or 600. It
'proves that a campaign of personal
abuse and vilification, such as the In
dependents waged against Mr. Scott,
, will not win in Holt county any more
and we are glad to know that such is
Ahe case.
The gratifying gains in various town
ships in the county and the defeat of
various Democrats and Independents
as supervisors is more cause for con
gratulation. In Rock Falls, where Wm
Clevish was elected over Jim Greig,
there is much rejoicing and there is also
great' rejoicing in other parts because
of it.
,, In fact, Tuesday was a great Repub
lican day and Republicans have gTeat
reason to rejoice. But what will the
mongrels, Harrington, Watson & Co., do
now? They tried to sell the Democratic
party for a mess of pottage and are in
the tureen themselves. Let the mantle
;.of soup cover their putrid forms.
Fahubb Watson, it is understood,
will write a song dedicated to Farmer
Harrington, to be entitled, "Wait 'Till
We Hear From the Rural Districts.
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MR. KINKAID ON JUDGE KINKAID.
Some kick because Judge Kinkaid is
not making campaign speeches and
otliers kick because il is reported that he
is. This is simply a case of “you can
ami you can't, you will and you won’t,
you'll be damned if you do and you'll
iie damned if you don’t," but in the
meantime the judge is attending strictly
to his own alfairs and dealing out law
and justice in his district.
Our rcndcis will no doubt remember
that previous to the convention a few
Itepublican tricksters and sore bends
united in their efforts to defeat Judge
Kinkaid for the nomination, but failed
most ingloriously. But tiie end is not
yet. In substance they have bolted the
ticket and in an underhanded und un
scrupulous manner are doing their best
to place him in a false light before his
party and the people generally. They
make appointments for him to make
speeches when they are fully aware
that he is in the midst of a term of
court and cannot even attend, much
less speuk, and when, as a matter of
course, lie fails to appear, they say lie
is not a Itepublican and should not re
ceive the stif port of liis party. In some
instances they haym billed him for
speeches and never notified him of the
fuel. The Item feels confident that this
work of tiie conspirator will have no
effect whatever on the judge, as the
great common people who are the ones
most interested know the character of
tiie mnn and are supporting him re
gardless of politics. We think it de
cidedly wrong for a judge to make cam
paign speeches and have less confidence
in one that does.
Jim Riggs is an unmitigated ass. The
idea of asking where Judge Kinkaid
stands is laughable. It is ridiculous. Me
has always been identified with the Re
publican movement and hns repeatedly
proven that he is in hearty sympathy
with the cause and from the fact that
the party Iuib honored him with respon
sible positions it would seem that it has
confidence in his republicanism. It is
an honor to the Republican party to
have a man on whom all political or
ganizations unite in saying is a good
man and arc willing to trust in dealing
out justice. That Mr. Kinkaid ac
ccpted the nomination of the Republi
can ticket is sufficient evidence as to
"where lie stands.” Had ho been an
Independent he could easily have gone
into the Independent convention ami
received the nomination. No one will
deny this. lie could have done the
same with the Democrats. He is a man
whom they all would welcome to their
fold with open arms. But he has never
had any political ideas other than Re
publican. Tun FnoNTinn knows this
as well ns wo do. The Item is of the
opinion that a judge should not make
campaign fights. It is of no significance
what his views on political questions
are. He stands squarely on the law and
the oath of office and the less he min
gles in political wrangles the more con
fidence the people will have in his in
tegrity Tint Fuontieii is a great and
wise Republican organ to spring an
issue of this kind on the eve of election.
Where does Rimmy Jiggs stand?
In renewing the discussion of this sub
ject the first tiling to be understood is
that the above extracts from the Item of
last week are simply Mr. Kinkaid's
opinions of Judge Kinkaid.
Of course Mr. Kinkaid’s opinions of
Judgo Kinkaid are very likely to be
biased and this proposition should be
fully understood before a discussion of
the merits of the case is taken up.
Another proposition that should also
be fully understood is that Mr. Kinkaid
thinks more of Judge Kinkaid. because
Candidate Kinkaid does not do his duty
to the party to which he so vociferously
claims his allegiance—the Republican
party.
These basic propositions before the
reader and we will proceed. With the
first paragraph quoted The Fuontieii
fully agrees. The only question to be
determined is, which party has the right
to expect of Mr. Kinkaid a hearty sup
port. As ho claims himself, and as we
have always admitted, Mr. Kiukaid is a
Republican and to that party he owes
a hearty support, no matter what the
Alliance orgaus and Indedendents
might say or do. But Mr. Kinkaid was
simply afraid that Candidate Kinkaid
would lose the Independent vote and
so he did what he has always been in the
habit of doing—nothing.
With reference to the second ex
tract, there is a gross misrepresentation
interwoven with a thread of truth.
There was absolutely no one making
any fight on Mr. Kinkaid’s renomination
but there were a number who felt that
he should have kept bis hands off of
some local matters and for that reason
and beenuse lie. sought and secured a
practical nomination at the hands of
the Independents and was endorsed by
the Democrats everywhere, he had
forfeited all right to the fealty of Re
publicans as such. As to the appoint
ments, there were none made for Mr.
Kindaid in this county nnd what was
done in the west end we do not know.
Then, as to the third extract quoted:
Of course Mr. Kinkaid's opinion that
Jim Higgs is an unmitigated ass makes
it true! We are not so certain, how
ever, that "it is an honor to the Repub
lican party to have a man on whom all
political organizations unite in saying
is a good man. etc.” Tiie Frostier
admires a man, whatever his politics,
who has the courage of his convictions
and it admires Republicans especially
who have the courage to advocate their
principles regardless of whether Demo
crats or Independents like it or not.
Republicans ought to, and do, love
men more for the enemies they make,
politically speaking, than for adhering
tc a milk and water policy.
Mr. Kinkaid has always, when his
own interests demanded it, taken part
in politics just like any other candidate.
This he has a perfect right to do, yet
when his party needs his services Mr. i
' Kinkaid immediately falls back upon
Judge Kinkaid’s dignity and says it is
not proper for a judge to make political
speeches, etc , and he does not. He
did very little of it before he was a
judge, either. But below we give room
for a special telegram to the Dec of Oct.
30, dated at Nelson, Neb., in which a
"Judge on the bench” is reported as ;
taking part in the campaign for his j
party: '
Judge Morris addressed the people !
here last night in the new court room
and was greeted by a full house. His
address was practical and instructive
and enlivened by the judge’s never fail
ing fund of wit and humor. He said
that as a judge on the bench it would be
out of place for him to take au active
part in political controversy, and he
abused no party or candidate, but in his
inimitable way scored telling points for
republican principles and made votes
for the republican ticket. Judge Morris
is very popular in Nuckolls county, par
ticularly among the farmers, on ac
count of the stand betook last year re
specting mortgage foreclosures, he being
the first judge to announce the doctrine
that where it were shown that on ac
count of the failure of crops by reason
of the drouth the farmer was uuable to
pay promptly on his loan, no confirma
tion of a mortgage sale could be had in
his court.
In tliis connection it is but proper to
observe that there are discussions and
discussions in politics. Simply because
Mr. Kinkaid is a judge we do not think
that lie should not have political views
and be nt liberty to express them at all
proper times without in any way enter
ing into partisan controversy. It need
not, or should not at least, in any way
interfere with his proper and unbiased
administration of law and justice, if he
has, ns we give his honor credit with
having, a proper and consciencious re
gard for his oath. Judge Morris takes
this view of the question, we believe,
and the record says he “scored telling
points for Republican principles and
made votes for the Republican ticket.”
If Mr. Kinkaid i3 so anxious that
Judge Kinkaid shall keep the judicial
ermine pure and unsullied we would
simply suggest to him that the better
way to do would be to keep out of the
ward and township fights and make
speeches such as Judge Morris made.
TLe “great common people” will take
care to see that he is kept at the head
of all the parties, regardless of conse
quences.
But we must proceed. About the
last statement made in thu extracts is
that “Tub Frontier is a great and wise
Republican organ to spring an issue
of this kind on the eve of election.”
That was unnecessary to tell the peo
ple, they all knew The Frontier was a
great and wise organ long before Mr.
Kiukaid added his approval to it. But
while we think of it, we belieye it is
in order to say that some one else is
wise and great to seek to stir up a strife
“on the eve of election,” such as the
second extract above and. the one be
low are calculated to incite:
Uecause one certain individual was
unpopular enough to be defeated for
the legislature, in years agone, he is re
venging himself th/s fall on Kinkaid.
We are in a position to know that the
judge was not responsible for his de
feat, but if he were his name should be
scrawled in golden letters upon the
pages of the history of this country and
go thundering down the halls of time as
a public lieuefactor.
His name “scrawled” in golden letters,
etc.! Well, truly, Mr. Kinkaid has an
exalted opinion of Judge Kinkaid!
The Frontier wishes it distinctly
understood that it is not taking up B.
S. Gillespie’s fight, to whom this above
refers, but we are “in a position to
know” that Mr. Gillespie occupied the
same position in 1883 as that occupied
by Mr. Alfied Bartow in the campaign
just closed.
Candidate Kinkaid was then on all
the tickets as now, and then as now he
would not say a word publicly for his
Republican colleague. With Mr. Bar
tow he would not even go to Chambers,
where Mr. Bartow spoke a week ago
Wednesday evening. True, he said he
would go if Mr. Burtow insisted upon it,
but Mr. Bartow was not in a position to
insist on anything and, in all honor aud
justice, Mr. Kinkaid should have gone
without a word or a murmur.
“Where does Biminy Jiggs stand?”
is vociferously asked. We don’t know
where “Rimrny Jiggs” stands, but
James H. Higgs stands upon the plat
form of the Republican party and is
not afraid to advocate its principles and
work for party success.
The Frontier does not wish to be
understood as making a personal fight
upon Mr. Kinkaid or ns in any way
questioning his judicial ability or in
tegrity. VVe do not believe Mr. Kin
kaid honest politically and we feel that
it is high time to say so. He is
not even honest with himself and so as
a natural consequence is not honest
with his party. We have no desire to
keep up a controversy upon this sub
ject—an unpleasant task to us—and
when Mr. Kinkaid proves by his works
that his professions are sincere we will
be satisfied.
Did the result suit you?
Ah! The world moves again.
•‘Wait till we hear from the rura
districts.”—Mullen F. Harrington. ■
The Frontier didn't “lie" but one,
Mr. McHugh. All the Republicans
except judge elected shows that our
faith was pretty well grounded.
AS CHAIRMAN TROM. ADVISED IT.
Tub Fiiontieu accuses the Democrat
of making a personal light against the
opposition candidates. The fact is,
friend James, that you will never suf
fer from any such accusation, as you
never have backbone enongh to even
speak a good word now and then for
your friends. Last fall a gang of milk
and wuter Republicans in this county,
including yourself, were in favor of
conducting the campaign so that no one
could take offense. This crowd wore
afraid to claim their souls as their own
property. The result is that the baby
you held the nursing bottle to last year
has grown so fast that he now finds
himself able to look after his own af
fairs. And from appearances he appears
to be attending strictly to business. The
Democrat has opposed the Independent
movement at all times, and has had the
nerve to express its views when such
political nonentities as Riggs had scamp
ered for their holes.
The above from the Ewing Democrat
of two weeks since sounds very nice to
the ear, but the truth with reference to
the campaign lost fall is very different
indeed. J. A. Trommershauser, as
chairman of the Republican central
committee last year, and J. A. Trom
mershauser, as editor of the Demacrat,
contributed more to the defeat of the
Republican representatives and senator
than all the other influences combined
and if hard work had not been done by
Republicans everywhere the county at
torney would have been defeated.
These defeats were brought about by
the unwarrantable and uncalled for
personal attacks upon the Independent
candidates. Instead of reasoning nnd
showing up the fallacies of the Indepen
dent vagaries. Editor Trotn., contrary
to the better judgment of even Chair
man Trom. himself, resorted to the
dirtiest, low down personal warfare ever
instituted against candidates in this
county. And all this after Chairman
Trom. had advised other Republican
editors not to make a fight upon the
Independent candidates, because, he
said, they would be expecting it and we
ought to fool them. What makes it all
the worse is the fact that Editor Trom.
began this warfare the first of any, in
fact was practically the only editor in
the county that did make that kind of a
fight, and his claim that “milk and
water Republicans in this county” were
opposed to an aggressive campaign is
not only false but ridiculous in the ex
treme.
Editor Trom. followed up this policy
this year on the Independent judge and
the result is the same as last year. Not
only that but he and others at Ewing,
who made such great claims of party
loyalty and strength, did more or less
trading, and that on candidates who
could not afford to lose the votes and in
the interest of candidates who did not
need the extra votes. Out on such
politics! It is not Republicanism and is
not straight.
Then the Democrat displays a good
deal of gall when it says that it has al
ways had the “nerve” to express its
views upon the Independent movement,
etc. The Democrat is a gurialla newspa
per and is edited bv a man who no nerve
except that kind which is purchased by
boodle. When its interests are not sub
served best by working any particular
way it does not work.
‘‘You must not make an
Idol of J. P. Mullen.”—J.
P. Mullen in the Independ
ent Convention.
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