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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1891)
The Frontier. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY IIY JAMES n. RIO US, Editor and I'rop. CEO. D. RIOGB, Associate editor. RaIIKI.Y, IF KVKIl BEFORE, IN TIIB HIS TORY OF TUB COUNTRY HAS TURKIC I1KBN A TIME WHEN THE l’ROCKRDS OF ONE DAY'S I.AUOR OR TIIK ritODUCT OF ONE FARMED ACRE WOULD PURCHASE SO LAROE AN AMOUNT OF THOSE THINOS THAT ENTER INTO THE LIVING OF THE masses of the feople.—President liar riton't Meeeaye. The Frontier would like to see the Item'e list of prominent Republicans who signed Nels Tuller's application for the appointment of deputy sheriff. Only the other day a prominent farm er said to us that he had made a mistake in taking county papers since coming to Holt county, and subscribed for Tub Frontier. He had been taking the Item and Trib. ,Tiie Frontier's first choico for cmi , ventlon town for tho next Republican f state convention is Norfolk, and its sec ond choice is Fremont. By ail means it should como north of the Platte this year. Let the committee consider that point settled. Omaha Bee: Less than a year ago three Nebraska congressmen went to Washington to ask congress for an ap preDriation of $1,000,000 for the relief of their destitute constituents. Today those constituents are collecting a train load of grain to bo shipped to the starv ing peasants of Russia. lr the editor of The Frontier “boodled” any one during the campaign just past are not those whom lie "boodled'’ equally reprehensible? The partaker of the theft is as bad as the thief; or the giver of a bribe as bad as a briber. But neither aro reprehensible as The Frontier did no "boodling.” TnB winter months can be profitably used by our citizens in furthering enter prises of various kinds for our [material development. Let us all get together and pull with a strong, sternly pull for future greatness and prosperity. One thing we must never lose sight of, viz: No matter bow great our natural advan tages it requires push, energy and hard work to build up a city. Now is the time to get to work. If the Item will permit us. Mr. G. C. Hoceletdid not make up his list of clerks solely and only from the ranks of other parties as Mr. McEvony has done and that is why Tub Frontier made no kick against Hazelet. McEvony has given everything at his disposal to members of other parties, with possibly one exception. For the last year or two there has been but one Democrat in Huelet’s office. There is the difference. Thb Item made a deliberate attempt to prejudice the public mind in favor of Redfield and yet says it is popular be cause it says what it thinks. Because the Item mirrors the thoughts of a de bauched mind and gives expression to language which should forever debar it from decent society it is popular! Ttiu Frontier craves no such popularity and thanks God that it does not have it. But The Frontier is popular among an element of people that appreciates its pure tone and has confidence in its in tegrity, and that is all the glory we de sire. Tub Broken Bow Leader has the fol lowing words of commendation concerning a congressional possibility mentioned In the interview of prom inent Sixth district politicians published in our last issue: “We take pride in copying from one of our great melropol itan dailies, interviews of leading men of the state and of this congressional district, in which our honored citizen, James Whitehead, is so prominently referred to in connection with con gressional honors. Mr. Whitehead is anything but an office-seeking politician, but is a man of marked ability and one whose sterling integrity at all times and in all places has won him a reputation which he and his friends are justified in being proud of. The following from the Chadron Journal will apply with equal force to 'Holt county and O’Neill: '“Among the discussion at the beet sugar convention attention was invited to the establish ment of glucose and starch factories in Nebraska, both of which would pay to manufacture, and furnish market for more of the farmer’s products. The sub ject of a starch factory might well be agitated for Dawes county. Potatoes are raised in great abundance here, and of finer quality than further east, and nearly every year there is over-produc tion because potatoes cannot be shipped with profit, and the product is a drug on the local market at low prices. A starch factory in Chadron would make a good market for potatoes, keep prices up and the starch made could all be disposed of. The machinery is not expensive, and a plant could be put in at comparatively small cost. It will pay farmers and business men here to investigate the ■abject of starch. WHO IS AT FAULT? Judge CrltOH merits the severest condom na tton for his rofiisiil to puss sentence In the Tierney case. Ills dilatory movements may yet ho t lie riiusoof t he prisoner being turned loose by virtue of habeas corpus. His request that Klnliald pass sentence Is unreasonable and unjust. It Is justice to neither Klukuld or the prisoner. Crites beard the case and should pass sentence, lie lias promised to do this and should do It at once. The above from the Item of last week is only an apology for Kinkaitl’s tlirelec [ tion of duty and we are of the opinion was written at the request of his honor. Upon that theory we will present the view of Judge Crites upon the question. In conversation with the editor of Tub Fkontiku a week ago last Saturday, coming up from Omaha, Judge Crites said in substance: “The objection, in terposed by the attorneys for the do fense in the Tierney case, that Judge Klukaid had no jurisdiction, is the most absurd thing I ever heard of. It is the duty of the court to pronounce sentence and it makes no difference which judge does it. Then, I have done the very same thing for Judge Kinknid several times during my encumbcney when he could not conveniently do it, as was the ease with me in tills instance.” Tlie ‘•habeas corpus” scarecrow is all bosh. A prisoner found guilty can be held during the continuance of a term of court, and the recent term of court did not adjourn uulil Tuesday. In justice to Mr. Crites we wish to state that these remarks were mads be fore the appearance of the above ex tract and what lie suid was not from any feeling of ill-will, so fur as we know, toward Judge Kinliaid, but were given because they were facts. A Favorable Outlook. From Ui« Omaliu Hoe: 4 The concensus of opinion among the bunkers umi leading capitalists of Omnlin is that we are on the eve of good times. Business is improving; money is becoming plentiful and confidence is gradually being restored. When bank ers talk favorable of trade conditions and trade prospects, it is safe for busi ness men in other vocations to expect a commercial revival. Bankers are so proverbially conservative that they are the first to see a danger signal and the last to agree that the obstructions are rouioved from the track. Bankers are nearly always croakers. They are always cautious and they discourage anything like speculation. They some times err on the side of their own safety and bring on financial difficulties which a little liberality might havo avoided. They all agree, however, that the situ ation now is vastly improved over that of a year ngo and predict that money will bo easy nbout February. Eastern financiers agree with ours and the impression is general that 1893 will bo a year of marked business prosperity. The New York banks hold $19,000,000 more than the required reserve. The balance of trade has been steadily and increasingly in our favor for a year. The crops have never been excelled in quan tity and price aud the certainty of a heavy foreign demand for American meats and breadstuffs has seldom if ever given more assurance of steady and remunerative prices. Nebraska is just beginning to feel the new impulse, because she depeuds largely up >n her corn crop and that has not begun to move to market until within thirty days. The country merchants and bankers have ulready experienced the revival of confidence and the beuefit of ciop receipts. They in turn are giving tone to trade in the city. Nebraska is all right. What we need now is to stop the hoarse music of the chronic croaker. Instead of retarding the return of good times every citizen should contribute what he can to increase conildence, awaken enterprise and encourage in vestment. About Tin Plate. Answering an inquiry relative to the amount of tin plate produced by the United States Iron and Tin Plate Man ufacturing company of Demmler, Pa., a member of the firm writes to the Ameri can Economist under date of October 26: "We have made at these works all in all about 0,000 tons of tin and ternc plate; that is, we made that much iu former yeurs when we were engaged in that business. For about eight years we made neither tin nor terne plate be cause we could not withstand the intri gues of our competitors, the importers. Since the McKinley bill went into effect we have recommenced the manufacture of tin and terne plate, but have paid the most attention to the manufacture of bright plate, because we deemed it nec essary to demonstrate to the people that we could not only manufacture terne plate, but also a very superior quality of bright plate, siuce which lime we have made about 600 tons of the amount named above. Our output at present is not very large, because we are iu honor bound to fitst fill the orders for black plate which we have received from our old customers in super abundance, and in consequence we cau hardly make enough black plate to keep our tin house running to its full capacity. But we are making good headway in build ing our new and large additions, and after January 1 we expect to be in a po sition to turn out from 300 to 400 tons! of tin plate per week, besides making : and keeping our present capacity occu- j pied with the manufacture of black i plates. A very large portion of our out { put dow is black plate, which is used in the manufacture of tinware—the arti cles first being shaped and tinned after winds. If we count in the black plate we have sold for such purpose, the total amount turned out in that line since the passage of the new tariff bill, would amount to over a thousand tons. Yours very truly, W. C. Ckon km avion.” I --- | The Democratic Situation. From the Ht. Louis Globe-Domocrnt: The point of surpassing interest and importance in the present Democratic situation is the fact that the supporters of free silver coinage doctrine have the power to do what they please. Speaker Crisp owes his election primarily to that element. It worked for him from first to last, with the express under standing that he should heed Us wishes and promote its purposes in the event of bis success. He voted for free coinage in the last congress; and so did all the other Democratic members of the bouse but twenty-two, whereas only twelve Republicans voted for it and 130 against it. There are 244 Democrats in the present house and only thirty-seven of them opposed to free coinage. It is given out by authority thnt Mr. Bland will be made chairman of the committee on coinage, which means that said com mittee will be, expected to report a free coinage bill at the earliest opportunity. Whenever such a bill is presented it will pass by tlio vote of a large majority of the Democrats; and such action will commit their party to the free coinage theory in a direct nnd positive manner. There can be no escape from the issue after that. It will become oue of the leading questions in the next president ial campaign, and no amount of stategy can suppress and postpone it. The situation is clearly unfavorable to the interest of Mr. Cleveland. His record against free coinage is emphatic and unconditional. In that respect he stands on Repnblican instead of Dem ocratic ground, and there is no dif ference between his utterances and those of President Harrison The passage of a free coinage bill in the house by an overwhelming majority made tip almost entirely of Democratic votes will cer tainly destroy his availability and prac tically shut him out of the race; and there is no reason to doubt that the house will thus deal with the matter. Speaker Crisp is bound to make an op portunity for such legislation. That is what he was principally to do, and he has no disposition to do otherwise. It will not answer for Mr. Cleveland to change his opinion in the case. The conditions are the same now that they were when he took the side of the honest dollar, so he is forbidden to reverse or modify his views for reasons of expedience. He is not in harmony with his party, nor is there any chance for him to adjust the disagreement. It is notorious that he has always opposed the free coinage policy, and that he has more than once gone out of his way to con demn and deride it, Ills hold upon the party in 1889 was sufficiently strong to gain him the nomination in spi'.e of this drawback, but it will not be so in 1892. The failure of his friends to elect his candidate for speaker was the worst misfortune that could have befallen him in a political aspect. It is evident that he no longer controls the party, and that it is not going to put the silver issue aside in anybody’s interest. Mr. Crisp stands for a new departure in Demo cratic sentiment and tactics, and the result is likely to be the nomination of another Pierce for the presidency. The Item says It can prove that the editor of Tub Frontier made overtures to Cord M. Smith and dares us to offer a donation of $50 to any charitable in stitution in O’Neill if it proves the charge. This is quite different from its first statement that we electioneered for Mr. Smith in the north part of the couutv, but TnE Frontier will make the Tim this proposition on any or all of these points. We will put up a cer tified check for $50, the Item the same, in any bank in town, the whole amount to go to any charitable institution in O'Neill if the Item can prove, in a court of justice or any court of inquiry, that the editor of this paper made overtures to Cord M. Smith or anyone else during the campaign just closed. Or, if this does not suit them, we will propose the following: You select two or three Republicans we will select the same number and they select one, the five or seven to sit as jury in the matter, each one presenting his side of the case and abiding by the decision of the majority, so far as the disposition of the money is concerned; the costs, if any, to be paid by the losing parties. If the Item is as philanthrophic as it desires The Fron tier to be here is an opportunity to display it. Mayor Kobniostein of Norfolk gets lots of free advertising for his bogus proposition to erect beet sugar factories over Nebraska promiscuously. Guess that was all the man was after. Results of Republican Policy. From the New York Recorder: During ten months of this year our exports of American products were worth $720,552,000. In the correspond ing period last year $600,529,000 was the value of our shipments. The gain is $69,022,000, or 101 ptr cent. Thus our foreign trade, as well as our home in dustry, flourishes under the Republican policy of protection and reciprocity. The Item prattlers, to bide their own rottenness and draw attention from them to some one else, have suddenly discov ered abugh mare’s nest in tlie vicinity of this office. For men who have from time to time openly bousted that they were “in it” for what it was worth finan cially to them, who only warmly sup ported such candidates during the last campaign as “came down” hundsomely and who defend law breaking and cor ruption of all kinds, to accuse anyone else of hoodleism is absurdity personi fied. If they wero financially respon sible they would have more than one libel suit on their hands before this, but as they are not no one cares to waste money on them. It might be well, how evei, for them to bridle their tongues and have a care how much and what they say in the future. D. L. Dark, ex-county treasurer, was given a verdict against Holt county of over $400 by Judge Crites Tuesday. This is the result of the Hopkins-Crawford, et al., “smelling committee’s” work, and, instead of bringing into the county treasury several hundred dollars it takes several hundred out,as in all probability Mr. Darr would never have filed this claim or brought this suit ngamst the county had he net been “resoluted” against by this committee and a demand made on him for restitution. This cluim on which Mr. Darr receiyed judgment was for clerk hire paid out of his own pocket during his term of office as treasurer. The “smelling committee’ is certainly deserving of a resolution of condolence, as was suggested by a prominent member of the board Tues day evening. There are some mighty ugly rumors floating around the streets about the management of the jail and the privi leges allowed prisoners and their friends which Sheriff McEvony should investi gate and if found correct have better service or make some changes. -THE SIOUX CITY WEEKLY JOUBliflL, The brightest, the newsiest, the best. Twelve large pages of seven columns each, containing the cream of the news of the world up to the hour of going to the press. Full telegraphic associated press reports. Complete news of the north-west by its own special correspondents. Reliable market reports from the lead ing trade centers of the world. In fact it gives all the news. Buy it! Try it! One dollar per year, fifty cents for six months. Sample copies free. Address the publishers, . PERKINS EROS. CO., Sioux City, Iowa, THE SONG OF THE “No. My dress Is of fine polished oak. As rich as the finest fur cloak, And for handsome design You just should see mine— No. 9, No. 9. 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