The Frontier.
PUBIJS1!KD EVERY THURSDAY BY
THE FRONTIER HUNTING COMPANY
KING A CRONIN, Editors.
WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS.
There are populists with horney Hats
And a lino collection of mental twists;
Queer old birds ns ever flew. Hupping about
with a preut to-do.
Flapping blindly about like bats:
Tbore arc rows and rows of various cranks.
With a faucet loose In their cerebal tanks;
I.ong are the lists of the Isms and Ists,
Hut where are the democrat*?
Protection robs, while the Star-Eyed sobs
And her beautiful head with anguish bobs;
Culmlnators culminate, and most atro
ciously legislate.
Sawdust statesmen talk throughtholr hats
They pant und put? In the ocean of guff.
They dazzle tlio eye with the spray of their
bluff;
All sorts you soo, and mostly N. G.,
But whore aro the democrats?
The tariff tax they keep on our backs,
And new oommunlstlcal burdens In packs:
They load us down and they do us brown,
Thoy use the constitution for mats:
The platform they oat, and Insert their fcot
In their mouths as a pleasing additional treat
A motly lojt thoy are, God wot,
But whero aro the democrats?
We view with awe those materials raw.
Of etatesmanshlp this political slaw:
This salad of slops, with a garnish of pops,
And a pungent odor of ancient cuts:
This unspeakable mix of politics.
This savory mess of fraud and mix.
There is cold and hot Herved up In the pot,
But whero are the democrats?
—[Nhw York Sun.
AN OPEN LETTER.
The following letter, published in the
Ewing Democrat, almost explaines itself.
Its author, D. G. Roll, is one of the in
dependent supervisors who had the
temerity to vote against the tax list
steal, and for so doing was roundly
abused by the Ewing Advocate, which
v paper, it seems, had formed a combina
tion with Kautzman. This letter is
written by a straight populist and is an
indication of how the better element of
the party is taking the rank work of
their officers:
To the People’s Adyocate-rl cannot
see the reason for the tirade you set up
against me in your issue of February 16,
unless it is to cover up a low down,
measly steal on the part of some of the
Independents of this county. I cannot
see why one or two years ago you
favored letting the county printing to
the lowest bidder and this year to the
highest bidder, unless it is foi the little
bit of pitful patronage you told certain
parties in O’Neill you expected to re
ceive as a rake off. If you had the
bright "business qualities” you boast of
you could exist without upholding any
such low down stealing on the part of
any party, for the pitful sum you will
receive,
• Now if we, as independents, cannot
practice what we preached before we
came into power in this county, let us
step down and say that we are no better
than either of the old parties, and not
Justify stealing by saying they did the
same. Do not stand up and eulogize a
man to the sky who voted to rob Holt
county of 61,200 and put in the hands of
parties whom it is plain to be seen are
only working for the spoils, as they say
"to the victor belongs the spoils,” and
by their acts say "we are going to have
them if we jump over platform and
everything honorable to obtain them.”
Now do not praise these men too highly.
You had better remind them that they
were under oath as well as bonds to
work for the interest of Holt county
and not for the masters of any politi
cal party. Do not be so foolish as to
commence a howl until you have some
thing to bark at. Do not try to berate
a man’s "business qualities” until you
possess the "business qualities” to make
an honest living without working for
boodle. Yours for reform but' not for
boodle, D. G. Roll.
Whosoever The Frontier takes
occasion to criticise Kautzman takes
occasion to defend. If we were to
attack the devil the result would be the
same. The Jew would bo compelled to
hasten to the rescue as a matter of self
defense. _ _
The supreme court has held the state
depository law unconstitutional, in so
far as It touches the permanent school
fund, which the court holds cannot be
deposited under the act. The court
holds that a bank deposit is in fact and
law nothing but a loan.
Evert democratic member of the
house who would consent to express an
opinion has said in substance: “It is
not such a tariff bill as I wanted.” It is
certainly not such a bill as any republi
can wanted, therefore Mr. Cleveland is
the only man who really wants such a
bill.
It seems from investigations made by
the Mexican government that some rich
Americans have been heavily investing
in paper titles to Mexican land, A gang
of American shakers are systematically
working the scheme. They don’t own a
foot of land but they have sold millions
of acres.
Last Saturday’s World-Herald gives
editorial space to a communication,
signed *‘A William V. Allen Man,”
advocating fusion between populists and
democrats next fall. As a scheme to
catch the offices it might be a success, but
as the action of the demociatic party,
once respected for at least prima facie
patriotism, it would be an everlasting
disgrace. The independents have made
records in congress and different coun
ties in the state and they are of such a
nature as to make a statesman of every
man who advocates giving them par
quet seats in the theatre of oblivion
where they may be appropriately enter
tained by the shades of other false
prophets of other false gods.
• ■> '
Boyd county towns are very anxious
to secure telephone connections with the
ontsiile world via O'Neill. While the
line would he a source of groat con
venience to the citizens of Boyd, we
rather doubt that with a competing
daily mail it would command patronage
sullieieut to prove a remunerative in
vestment for stock-holders.
By observing closely the language
used by Mr. Boll in his open letter to
the Ewing Advocate, it will be noticed
that the independent papers have thus
early In their glorious summer of pros
perity began imitating othur wicked
publishers, inasmuch ns they hnve com
bined to "rob" the tax pnyers on the tax
list work. Mr. Boll says it is a steal and
that the purloiners are not even making
an attempt to live up to the platform
upon which they were elect.ed; that thev
nre in it for the money and not for the
good of their country, all of which
verities statements heretofore made by
this paper and aside from that conclus
ively demonstrates that great minds will
occasionally get into the same rut.
Tub decision of the secretary of the
interior in regard to the Boyd county
school lands may be good law but it
docs not contain a particle of justice.
It means simply that hundreds of inno
cent purchasers will lose their improve
ments, purchase price and homes. Tub
Frontier is of the opinion that Mr.
Humphey was in very poor business
when he contested this matter in the
first place. The state could afford to
lose this land, especially after it had
been indemnified, but these settlers are
mostly poor men struggling to build a
home for their families on those fertile
prairies and can illy afford, to have their
two years of hard and faithful labor
confiscated b/ the government. The
department is to blame for all this, too.
It has allowed them to file, heard and
determined contests and in some cases
accepted proof. This decision should
be tested in the courts anyway. It is
a rank injustice.
We are told that a very knowing ped
agogue and a male grandmother, much
disturbed on account of the great hue
and cry that is being raised over the
last tax list steal, are assiduously circu
lating the statement among the unin
formed that the work has never been
done at a less rate than for which the
contract was let this year. We desire
to contradict this statement and call the
promulgators of the falsehood to a
showdown. It has invariably been let
to the lowest bidder, and furthermore
printed or written notice has always
been given the publishers and none were
denied the right to bid. The Ledger
published it one year for 2 and 3, the
Graphic for something like the same
amount, and Tub Frontier also pub
lished it once or twice for figures as low
or lower. Two years ago the Sun did
the work and got the best rate that has
ever been paid, but the contract was let
by the independents and to the lowest
bidder. The total amount for the work,
however, was less than was received by
the Jew last year; and was less than he
will receive this year.
The Frontier’s criticism of the
action of the independent board in re
gard to county printing has set the pop
ulist organs' tongues to wagging like
bell clappers, and while they make as
much noise, the vibrations lack the
charming sweetness of chiming hells,
but at the same time are endowed with
fully as much reason. The burden of
their song is that the law does not
authorize the board to advertise for bids
or to let the contract for less than legal
rates. ■ In this we agree fully with our
inconsistent brethren and refer our
readers to the flies of The Frontier to
prove that in times agone we have taken
and maintained the same position; and
we also refer our readers to the populist
organs to prove that at those times they
accused us of being thieves and boodlers
and the independents used that argu
ment against Joe Hunter in the last sen
atorial tight and promised if they might
be elected the work would be more
cheaply performed and the county
would save thousands of dollars. But
now that these reformers are in the
saddle they repudiate those promises
and display a proficiency in dishonesty
that was never approached by republi
cans.
The Jew seeks to excuse himself by
charging that The Frontier, Graphic
and Ledger combined have in a series of
years taken from the county in over
charges about $700. We are neither
censor nor guardian for the Graphic and
Ledger and have nothing whatsoever to
say in regard to their bills, or ours for
that matter, but are willing to admit the
truthfulness of the charge for the sake
of argument; and in that connection we
will ask how the Jew finds any defense
in proving that three papers stole $700
in a number of years when he himself
has taken $2,700 in two years? It will
be remembered that last year he got
$1,500 for the tax list when it could
have been done for $300.
We have not commented upon this
matter in attempt to prove that he has
received too much money for his services
but to show the inconsistency of his
party. We claim that they should live
up to their promises and if we did
wrong in charging a fair price for our
work, now that they have the opportun
ity they should set a good example,
keep their campaign pledges and save to
the tax payer every cent that is possible.
They may quote law fiorn Dan to
liersheba but they will find it a difficult
task to convince the public that when
they pay $2,000 for workthat McArthur
oilered to do for $300 they have not in
reality for partisan purposes stolen the
difference. While the law does not ex
pressly state that they may advertise
for bids for this work, it has been the
custom and custom eventually and in
variably makes a law of its own. The
supreme court lias held that when once
the board does advertise it is bound to
accept and consider bids submitted.
This printing business and similar
methods practiced by republicans furn
ished the independent party with pseudo
cause for existence and with the promise
to control these seemlng'y exorbitant
charges a plurality of voters have en
trusted the county’s business to their
incompetent [hands, and now we find
them doing the same identical things,
on a larger scale, for which they censured
others and attempting to justify them
selves in the eyes ot their fellows by
declaring that the other fellows set the
example.
But time employed in discussing this
question further is utterly wasted.
There is but one point to it: A reform
board has paid a reform editor $2,000
for work that could have been done
for $300.
INDEPENDENT STEALS.
At every meeting of. the board of
supervisors they steal from the county
$180, by charging for the day before the
board meets and the day after it
adjourns.
By awarding the printing of the tax
list to the Independent they have stolen
over $1,500 from the people of the
county.
By employing more help in the treas
urer’s office than is necessary and more
than was employed under a republican
administration, they are wrongfully
spending the people’s money.
By employing more help in the clerk’s
office than is necessary and more thnn
was employed under a republican
administration, they are robbing the
tax payers.
By allowing the sheriff two deputies
when he should do all of the work him
self, they are heaping additional burdens
upon the public.
By recklessly plunging'the county into
ill-advised and losing litigation that are
increasing taxes.
Employing John Morrow for a year at
$2.50 per day as assistant expert, which
was clearly a violation of our statute.
By calling a grand jury last fall they
heaped thousands of dollars of addi
tional debt upon the county, and the
benefits derived were absolutely nothing.
Being the plurality party they are re
sponsible for the continuance of the
supervisor system, which costs the
county over $50,000 more every year
than that of the commissioner.
Before election Joss Mullen promised
that all the help he would ask would be
one deputy and one clerk. Therefore,
all the help he employs above that num
ber is a steal, according to the words of
his own mouth.
Awarding the contract for publishing
the proceedings to both the Sun and the
Independent is a steal that will amount
to considerable.
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