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STATE.
For Governor—
THOMAS J. MAJORS, Nemaha.
For lieutenant governor—
R. B. MOORE, Lancaster.
For secretary of state—
J. A. PIPER, Howard.
Auditor of public aooounta—
EUGENE MOORE, Madison.
For treasurer—
J. 8. BARTLEY, Holt.
Commissioner public lands—
C. H. RUSSELL. Colfax.
Attorney general—
A. S.CHURCHILL, Douglas.
Superintendent—
H. R. OOltBETT, York.
OONORKRSIONAIh
MAT DAUGHERTY, Ogalalla.
SENATORIAL.
For Senator—
8. C. SAMPLE. Boyd.
COUNTY.
For representatives—
W. 8. GRIFFITH, Paddock.
J. A. TR0MMSHSBAU8BER, Ewing.
For eounty attorney— ,
I. L. ROLL, Ewing.
Am X after Jake Roll'e name will not
be mieplaced.
The pope haye dropped everything
elae now end are working like fiends for
the election of Crawford.
Put in some earnaet work for the
ticket. The aeriouanesa of the situation,
the Importance of the battle demande it.
RosnwATna'e proposition to try
Majors before a Jury of seven Omaha
ministers was an exhibition of Jewish
gall that hea no equal in history or im
agination. He simply out Rosled Rosey.
Tha bare Idea of mentioning such pro
ceedings at this late day la most absurd
aad stamps Its author a knave if not a
tool.
VeTina will do exceeding well to take
the neeertlone of Holt’e pop campaign
orator* with a grain of allowance. We
exploded their tax bladder last week and
can explode their other flah atorie*.
They have no legitimate argument* that
they oan make and therefore are obliged
to reaorl to every conceivable trick.
Look out for them.
Wi do not doubt that Crawford la
favorable to a monarchial form of gov
ernment. He haa done hla level beat to
make hlmaelt cxar of Holt, and pocket
the emolument*. Taxea paid by hla
aerfa for the maintenance of tne govern
ment have even been hypdthecated by
t thl* over-bearing and hogglah monarch.
We look for him to next conflacate the
allverware of hla own palace.
Old goaaiptng Seth Wood* haa in
formed the Jew that Bam Sample
Inaulted a lady while attending a cele
bration north of Atklnaon aome year*
ago, hnd the aforementioned Jew la
heralding the alander broadcaat by inu
endo and amblguoua inainuatlona that
he dare not make aa direct chargea or
aaaertiona. It la not neceaaary to brand
the** eleventh-hour allegation* aa una
dulterated Ilea, or the eleventh-hour
allagator* aa unprincipled liara, becauae
no one will accept them a* truth*. If
Sam Sample la auch a beaatly fellow
why did not theae alanderoua flah-wlvea
circulate the atory long before, and
prove Itl
aui>T a wz levy nas not oeen reduced.
Don’t let any man deceive you. You
pay juat aa big a tax on the dollar aa
you ever did, the difference in your tax
belay the reduced valuation; The tax
levy ahould have been increaaed when
the valuation waa cut down, in order to
have enough money to meet the current
expenaee of the county. The way it la
now the levy baa been exhauated
with but about half of the
billa allowed that were filed. Of courae
it la to the lntereat of the Smudge to say
that the county la getting out of debt,
in that way It eeeka to draw public at*
tentlon from ita tax Hat ateal. The
people will not be deceived.
Ohb of the elgna moat encouraging to
«the repubhcane in thia county, la the
Worried look worn by the popa and their
aympathisera. They are badly fright
toned and in their dietreae are ruahing
wildly about like etuck hoga, and with
juat about aa much noiae. They aee in
tike coming election the beginning of the
end of their political exietence and the
effect la at once amualng and pathetic.
Xmleearlee are being dlapatched in every
direction to circulate villainoua cam
paign matter and dam the tide with
promleea. They are not acared without
teaaon; the votera are awakening, and
nothing in the ahape of aucceaa need
aurpriee our frienda next Tuesday.
Gutsy, even, dare not defend Mileage
John through the Smudge. The recorde
in the county clerk’a office are too plain
and easy of acoeea. Ilia written down
in the book that Crawford ia after pelf
and doeen’t care how he geta it. Old
' Kautxman doea not attempt to aay what
he thinka of a man who will awear on
Friday that he haa worked on the next
day. That is a violation of an oath that
I -V . 1 ; ;V; V ■ ' •
the Jew dare not attempt to justify
there i* no avenue at hand through
which they may hope to eecape; the
record* ofodlslionesty, trickery and sub
terfuge rise up around them like stone
walls; they are surrounded, hemmed In
and trembling lust the structure collapse.
It will not be necessary for them to im
plore the mountains to fall upon them,
the mountains will do it of their own
accord.
--
Fhom an editorial in the Bee, Novem
ber 11, 1892: "The election of a repub
lican governor and legislature in Ne
braska means more to the people of the
state than a victory for political princi
ples. It ha* a direct and important
bearing upon the material interests and
the future welfare of Nebraska, the
good effects of which will be presently
apparent. It is an assurance to the
country that the majority of the people
of this state are honest and patriotic;
that they do not believe in sub-treasury
and flat money schemes; that they have
no wish to repudiate any of their just
obligations, and they desire to promote
the progress and prosperity of this'Jstate
by every proper means. The people of
Nebraska have most emphatically re
buked tbo. misrepresentations of the self
seeking politicians who have sought to
discredit the state br persistently assert
ing that the people [are impoverished;
that they are hopelessly in debt; that
the pursuit of agriculture is unprofitable
and there is no substantial ground for
the claim of prosperity. Rejecting all
facts .which, refute their charges the
apostles of calamity appeal to the pop
ular passions and cupidity. They rail
against all existing conditions, but pro
pose no rational or practical plan of
reformation which intelligent and con
servative men could accept. The result
1* that they are beaten, not so over
whelmlngly,perhaps as could be desired,
but defeated by a vote sufficient to indi
cate the intelligence and honesty of the
people of Nebraska, and to assure the
country that this state is in no immedi
ate danger of any legislation that could
operate unfairly or unjustly to any
interest. The effect of this,, we confi
dently believe, will bo of great benefit
to the material welfare of Nebraska, and
there is reason to expect that this will
be shown In the near future. It is, of
course, impossible to say what influence
may bo exerted upon the business of the
country by the success of the democratic
party in the* national election, but, in
any event, Nebraska will give its share
of whatever will contribute to the
growth and prosperity of the west, and
this could not have been expected had
the republican party been defeated.”
HOLCOMB’S USURY RECORD.
The most interesting contribution to
the literature of this campaign is an
expose by the Fremont Tribune of the
money-lending record of Silas A. Hol
comb, populist candidate for governor,
and leader in this campaign of the party
that makes particular and special war
on usurers and that has no good word
for even a legitimate money lender. It
has been a matter of common talk and
common knowledge that Holcomb,
a member of the law firm of Kirkpatrick
& Holcomb at Broken Bow, loaned
money on personal and chattel securities
at highly usurious rates of interest.
There has been no question of the fact,
yet no one cared to make an investiga
tion or to present the proof in plain and
convincing form until the Fremont
Tribune took hold of the matter, took
photographic reproductions of Hol
comb’s cutthroat notes and mortgages,
supplemented them with the affidavits
of the makers, and produced the whole
on the full broad side of its 'first page.
It also gives a partial additional list of
loans made by Holcomb's firm in which
the interest ranged from three to teeen per
cent per month.
Tyfo of these notes signed by Jno. H.
II. Cross, of Broken Bow, are repro
duced in .photographic fac simile, one
for forty dollars, another for eleven dol
lars. On the former he paid at the rate
of 70 per cent, per annum, and on the
latter 100 per cent, per annum. There
are also portions of chattel mortgages
reproduced with affidavits of usurious
interest running over fifty per cent, per
annum. Here are a few sample affidavits:
I, John H. H. Cross, being first duly
sworn, deposeth and saith, 1 came to
Custer county in the year 1883, and
homesteaded the northwest quarter of
section (83) thirty-five, township (15)
fifteen north, or range (19) nineteen
west. That my residence and postoffice
address is Broken Bow. Nebraska, and
that I am personally acquainted with
Silas A. Holcomb, the independent can
didate for governor, and that prior to
his election as judge, he was an attorney
and a chattel loan broker. That said
Silas A. Holcomb made a practice of
loaning money at usurious interest and
loaned me money at 86 per cent, per
annum on several occasions, and at one
particular time he loaned me money at
straight 10 per cent, per month, or 130
per cent, per annum. That I lost mv
farm and about everything else that 'I
owned by doing business with the money
sharks, and that now in my old age
about the only means that I have to
support myself and family is a small pit
tance that I receive in the way of a
pension. That I served three years
company H, 81st Iowa infantry. 'That
in taking security in chattel loans the
said Silas A. Holcomb was very exacting
and generally wanted a mortgage on
everything the borrower had. and fur
ther affiant saith not.
John H. H. Cross.
Broken Bow, Nkb., Oct. 18.1894.
To whom it may concern: This is to
1 personally acquainted
wito Silu A. Holoomb, the populist
candidate for governor, and at one time
I borrowed $75 from him for six months
paying him 924 for the uae of the tame,
and that prior to hia election as judge,
he *m the Junior member of the law
firm of Kirkpatrick & Holcomb. Mr.
Kirkpatrick attending to the law busi
neai of laid firm, and Mr. Holcomb
notary public and glviug special atten
tion to the farm and short time loans,
and it was the practice of the said Silas
Holcomb to charge a greater rate of
iuterest than allowed by law.
C. H. MiLLKn.
My residence and postofflce address is
Merna, Custer county, Nebraska. I am
acquainted with Silas Holcomb, candi
date for governor, and know that prior
to his election as Judge he was an attor
ney and chattel money loaner. That he
loaned money at usurious rates, and
loaned me money at 18 per cent, per
annum or more. It was his custom to
charge more than 10 per cent.
J. P. Macrill.
The above are a few sample affidavits
from among hundreds of Holcomb's
chattel loan victims, and the evidence
shows that Mr. Holcomb made this fea
ture of the business of his firm a special
ty, gave it his own personal attention in
fact, as a preparatory training for the
bench and other duties of state.
The rapacity of the loan agent* did
more than all else to convert Cuiter
county Into a teething hot-bed of popu
lism, and now the chief of the usurer*,
who helped to create this condition,
after having been elected judge, is a
candidate for the highest offlee in the
gift of the people of the state at the
hands of the party with which he has
never had anything in common, has
never been in sympathy and whose ten
ants he has flagranted violated. Ordin
arially a situation like this would be
inconceivable, but with the populist
party anything is possible, no matter
how inconsistent or outrageous.
During the winter of 1880 when Hol
comb was squeezing the poor people of
Ouster county as above shown, Tom
Majors was in the legislature. What
was he doing? He was after just such
sharks as Holcomb. He was fighting
for H. R. 24, Qilberl’s usury bill. And
this is what the Omaha Bee report had
to say about It at the time: “Majors
defended the bill. He said eastern
money loaners only realized from five to
six per cent, for their money and were
satisfied. The sharks and middle men
are the only ones this bill is intended to
reach. Talk about honor, be said, what
it more dishonorable than the action of a
money shark who stands at the door of a
sod house and takes advantage of the nec
essities of the poor farmer to charge him
four pricesT He thought that ten per
cent, is all that money is worth."
That was Tom Majors saying that.
Did it hit Holcomb? Right in the neck.
And, fraud and pretender that he is, he
will get it in the neck again November
sixth.—Kearney Hub.
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