The Frontier.
PUM.ISIIKI) KVKItY TIU'UHIIAY 11Y
JAMES II. RIGGS. Editor and Prop.
_ CEO. D. RICCI. AanOOlatn Editor.
Ik Mr. McEvonv desires to provo hlni:
• self it good ttc|iiibllean he will appoint
■ome deserving member of the party hie
‘deputy.
Tub Norfolk Journal has rounded out
fourteen years of a useful life and gives
. promise of many more in tho future.
May the Journal always prosper is our
wish.
Wr trust tho editor of the Sun will
lose no sleep over the “craiv”TitR Fhon
Tiru will get. The “crow" that Tim
Frontirr has always had and without
doubt always will have has been vory
' ' palatable, thank you.
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Tiir selection of lion. A. L. Towle for
, president of the O’Neill Republican
j, Club is an eminently proper one. Mr.
,, Towlo is an intelligent and energetic
worker in the Republican rankB, is a
popular leader and will place theO'Neill
club at the head of the column.
, t Accordino to the following in the
Ohadron Journal of lost week Mr. Bnr^
tow Is now, or soon will be, judge:
Urltes Is an “ox” onco moro, us tlie law pro
' Vldos that his appointment should l>o (rood
“until the next general election." Ills term
was limited, and has therefore expired. Mr.
‘1 Crltes seems to be pretty good at getting ap
pointments, but when tho choice of the poo
pte is asked he is emphatically "not In It."
As we understand it Mr. Bartow will
not be judge until twenty days after
election, or November 33d.
Tint Item gays M. P. Kinkaid's name
r> was not on all the tickets. Well, now,
that is singular! There was not a ticket,
sample or otherwise, in this judicial dis
, trict, upon which M. P. Kinkaid’s name
was not printed and the Item knowB that
to be a fact. Literally Tiib Frontier
was correct, but what we really meant.
>, and what the Item knows we meant, was
that Mr. Kinkaid was practically the
candidate Of all the parties, and that
fact is patent to everybody who under
stands the situation.
It is not very becoming for the young
hirelings of the Item to question the Re
publicanism of any one. The one until
this year a Democrat and the other oppos
ed to the election of the entire Republican
ticket last fall, with one possible excep
tion, makes a record which years of
straight work, of which, by the way,
they are not capable, will hardly eradi
cate. Then, for men who, if we can
judge by their works, only warmly sup
ported one or two candidates, to cast in
sinuations at Tub Frontier, only shows
that they desire to shield their own per
fidy by directing attention elsewhere.
Chambers township haB not been
thrown out, as the Eagle stated last
week. There was an irregularity, but it
was only a technical point and it was
not thought right to disfranchise a large
number of voters whose intentions were
good simply because the election board
had neglected a duty in making the re
turns. Neither is Mr. Bowen defeated
for judge. In fact there was a big error
In adding up the vote of D. L. Cramer
and instead of only having seventeen
majority over Cramer, Mr. Bowen has
gi| over 300. The Eagle should not take
t flying rumors as correct without first in
vestigating.
I* Judge Morris did the improper
thing to make political speeches, to be
consistent the Item should have said that
It served him right to be defeated. Judge
Morris did not think he was out of place
in making speeches for his party, neither
did he say so. He said that as a judge
on the bench it would be improper for
him to take an active part in political
controversy, and he did not, yet he was
certainly not out of place in speaking
1 for his party, and if that was what de
feated him we presume he is content to
be defeated on such grounds. If he is
the good Republican that we judge him
to be we have not a doubt that he is con
tent. There may have been, and prob
ably were, other reasons for Judge Mor
ris* defeat.
Judge Norris of Ponca, Republican
candidate for judge iu the district
In which he resides, is another
“judge on the bench" who worked
and talked for his party and he was
elected by a good majority; and
that, too, in a district gerrymandered by
0 Judge Crawford so that it was largely
Democratic. Judge Norris did not think
it improper to speak and appear in pub
lic for his party Jand the result shows
that the people of his district did not
think so either.
Inclined that Way.
Some of the old party bosses here made
some ot the weak-kneed voters believe they
would either bring on another war nr lose
their pensions If they voted Independent. Is
not this calamity howling? All we have to
say Is, a change is coming. If the ballot docs
It, all right.
The above from the Ewing Advocate
of last week shows that its editor is
either vety indiscrete or leans toward
anarchy more or less. If the ballot
makes the change that is coming all
right, says the Advocate, but if not the
natural inference is that force will be
resorted to, and that looks just a little
bit like anarchy, doesn’t it? We hope
that onr brother had no such thought in
bis mind when he penned those lines.
>f»ARTY LOYALTY.,
C. C. ItcJ I ugh, with £(>i*ghli*ii gl«c «V
tlic thought that he/is making a ten
stiike, gave expression to tho following
in IiIh Sun of last wocit:
IT.tin' support Tub Phontibk gave tho
Republican ticket.it; Is likely to get crow. J
This is simply a case of a man caught
stealing crying “stop thief." It does not
become Mr. McHugh to question the
loyalty of any inan or {taper, of what
ever politics, when his own skirts are
not clear by any means. While profess
ing great solicitude for the election of
the Democratic ticket, candidate for
sheriff and all, the head of the only Dem
ocratic paper in Holt county is ac
credited with having figured in the
deal that cut Mr. Campbell’s throat
ut Ewing in the interest of J. P.
Mullen and H. C. Mcllvony. These two
gentlemen received 85 votes each at Ew
ing, Scott 70, Campbell 24, and Sullivan
44. It seems that Mr. Sullivnn was also
benefilted by the deal. Talk of other
people working for their ticket, will you?
Hut to clinch our charge of disloyalty to
Mr. Campbell we have'only to copy an
other extract from the Sun, as follows:
"Little Hank" Is a runner from "way buck"
and will experience an easier victory two
years hence than the one .lust attulned.
Party loyally with a vcngence! Boom
Ing Hank for a fourth term! Isn’t It a
little singular for the only Democratic
paper in Holt county to come out thus
early for a Republican? Hut listen: The
Sun has already had a number of sheriff
sale notices and a close watch of its col
umns will no doubt reveal tho fact that
there are more to follow.
But in the face of all this evidence of
treachery to his own party Mr. McHugh
has the audacity to charge others with’
making such a fight for their party
ticket ns to entitle them to nothing but
“crow.” The wish is simply father to
the thought iu this particular. Then,
again, he attributed the Republican vic
tory to the use o? boodle, etc., saying
futther on this point:
The people of Holt county don’t want re
form. That Is what they said at the polls
when they elected tho Republican ticket.
Itoodle. beer and bug-Julce Is an alliteration
quite appropriate to the present occasion.
If what the Sun claims be true the
natural inference to be drawn is that Mr.
McHugh does not approve of such meth
ods, yet wo have clearly proven that he
is very susceptable, and we would only
add that It might be interesting to peo
ple in general to know just why Mr.
McIIugh figured iu the Ewing deal.
He no doubt realized that McEvony was
a winning man and wanted to make him-,
self solid for an occasional installment
of uotices. What do honest Democrats
think of such a man and such a paper,
anyway?
The Judicial Official Vote.
The following table gives the official
vote by counties of the five candidates
for district judge in this, the Fifteenth
judicial district:
COUNTIES.
Holt.
Dawes.
Cherry.
H row 11.
Kook.
Box Butte..
Sioux.
Key a Balm.
Boyd.
Sheridan....
Totals.
5
a
p
S
lONtl
GOO
4SI
sra
R}8
8B7
483
41HJ
W8
71OT
1021
m\
w:
283
284
JJi>7
145
255
480
rm
4421
80S
517
258
225
170
300
105
808
80
s;io
8755
545
573
•>m
171
80
313
152
89
519
3150
a
E
a
;«4
204
300
118
r.’8
261
07
140
342
1040
These figures show that Judge Kin
kaid either did not get the entire Repub
lican vote or else the Democrats and In
dependents rut him largely. In this dis
trict Post received 4,1)43 votes, Edgerton
0,140, and Bittenbender (estimated) 300,
making a total vote on-supreme judge of
■10,383. The judge’s vote was therefore
over 3,000 less than the entire vote on
supreme judge and only 2,354 more than
Judge Post received. But he certainly
ought to be satisfied with that vote.
The figures show a nice vote for Mr.
Bartow, he only falling 533 votes behind
Post. We should judge that his vote
comes pretty near giving the Republican
strength in the district. Especially do
we think so when the vote on the Re
publican regents shows, estimating
Sheridan and Box Butte only at a little
less figure than Post, an average vote
on regents of 4,500.
"It took such staunch Republicans as
M. P. Kinkaid, Doc Mathews and oth
ers to hold him on the track,” shouts the
Item. Now, that is rich, ‘ M. P. Kin
kaid, Doc Mathews and others” had
no more to do with the action of this
paper or its editor in the recent cam
paign than the man in the moon. Tiie
Frontier was open and frank with H.
C. McEvony and the Republican ticket
and it was not influenced in its course
by anyone. It said from the beginning
of the campaign that the matter of Mc
Evony’s election, so far as this paper
was concerned, should be left to the
people and with their verdict we are sat
isfied. The Frontier supported the
Republican ticket, just as it always has,
and by its straightforward course did
Mr. McEvony as much good as any
other paper in the county, notwithstand
ing their great claims. Tho most amus
ing part of the matter, however, is to
think of that “staunch” Republican. M.
P. Kinkaid, practically the candidate of
three parties, keeping us on the track.
The gall of some people is monumental.
Attend the Republican club meeting
Saturday evening.
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FIGURES ON THE RESULT.
To tho Editor of The Froktier: '
To the political student, a study of the
returns of the late election in Bolt
county affords considerable interest and
developes some peculiar revelations. It
shows that while Post received 163 more
votes than John Skirving, his plurality
was but 5, while Skirving’s was 39; that
while Scott received 393 more votes than
Skirving, his plurality over Mullen, his.
second, was but 94; that while Scott re
ceived 105 more votes than McEvony,.
McEvony’s plurality over Smith, who re
ceived the next highest number, was 41ft.
and that while there were polled 2,65131
votes on county treasurer, but 2,405, sr
274 less, were cast for supreme judge, or
the head of the state ticket. These are
some of the paradoxes the later retnrasi
reveal, and demonstrate the uncertainty
of a three-cornered contest, particularly
when resolved into a personal or indi
vidual scramble without party issues
and party ties to guide and direct the
voter.
Perhaps the greatest surprise which
these returns reveal is in connection
with the vote on district judges. Judge
Kinkaid was the candidate of all the par
ties, yet Jof the total vote cast he re.
ceived but 73 per cent. But in consid
ering the proportion of the Republican
vote he received is where the greatest
surprise comes in. Of the total vote
polled, which we find to have been the
largest on the candidates for couiity
treasurer, viz: 2679, the Republicans
polled 43 per cent, the Independents 36
per cent and the Democrats 21 per ceut.
This percentage is found by taking
the vote ot Post, 1152. as the Republi
can strength, the yote for Boyd last fall,
566, as the Democratic strength, and the
difference between the combined vote
for Post and Boyd, 1718, and the total
vote cast on county treasurer, 2679, viz;
961, as the Independent vote. As the
Democratic vote has no identity this fall
and cannot be traced with any degree of
certainty on any of the local candidates,
we take the vote on Boyd because it is
the only evidence we have of the proba
ble Democratic strength.
IN ow it is reasonable to presume that
Mr. Kinkaid received the entire Demo
cratic vote, as he, with Mr. Crites, was
the unanimous choice of the Democratic
convention. We also hold that it is fair
to presume that Mr. K. received the vote
of the Independents, less 344 votes cast
for the quasi Independent Jenkins. By
adding the Democratic vote of 566 and
the Independent vote of 961, less Jen- j
kins vote of 344, viz: 617, we have 1183, j
which is the Democratic and Independ- ]
ent vote received by Mr. Kinkaid. j
Now Mr. K's. entire vote in the county
was 1955, If of this 1955 votes 1183 were
Independent and Democratic, the fact is
plain that Mr. K. received but 772 of the
1152 cast for Post, or the 1361 cast for
Barrett Scott.
To be more accurate, let us take the
vute of all parties on supreme judge and
all parties on county treasurer. Here we
find that 274 more votes were cast for
treasurer than for supreme judge. Fig
uring on the basis of the percentage of
votes cast by the several parties, and 43
per cent, or 118, of tbese must have been
'Republicans. Add this to Post’s vote of
1152 and we have a Republican strength
of 1270, of which Kinkaid received but
772, or less than 61 per cent. Thus, in
round numbers, 500 Republican voters
in Holt county did not cast their ballots
for Mr. Einkaid.
Mr. Bartow, the candidate of but one
party, received 1021 votes from Holt Re
publicans, or 249 mote than did Mr. K.
Truly there was a method in Mr. Kin
kaid’s madness in manoeuvering for the
endorsement of the Independent and
Democratic conventions. If the same
percentage of decrease of Mr. K’s Re
publican strength, as is shown in Holt
county, holds good throughout the dis
trict, the judge, in the language of the
present age, would hardly have been “in
it,”had he been the nominee only of the
Republican party. There is a moral to
be drawn from these returns which we
trust Mr. Kinkaid will observe and ap
ply with profit to himself in the future.
A Friend op Straight Politics.
Black Cats.
From the Chadron Journal:
Among the curious bric-a-brac of the
campaign just closed, perhaps the very
remarkable black cats of Judge Bartow
deserve recognition. From the day of
Mr. Bartow’s nomination he commenced
seeing black cats. Through the district,
in eyery county, in every precinct, in
every town he visited, there was always
a black cat to welcome him. They fol
lowed him in Chadron, crossed and re
crossed his path on the streets, yowled
under his window at night, and at last
i one monster greeted him at the telegraph
J office when he received the first tel
I egrams announcing his assured election.
: Judge Bartow accepted the black cats,
who continually forced themselves upon
I his notice, and showed such attachment
to his cause, as omen of victory, and
such they proved to be.
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