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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For Congressman Sixth District.
IION. M. R KINK AID.
For Governor,
JONH H. MICKEY.
For Lieutenant Governor,
E. G. McGILTON.
For Treasurer,
PETER MORTENSON.
For Secretary of State,
G. A. MARSH.
For Auditor,
CHARLES WESTON.
For Superintendent of Instruction,
WILLIAM K. FOWLER.
For Attorney General,
F. N. PROUT.
For Commissioner Public Lands,
GEORGE D. FOLLMEIt.
For State Senator,
ARTHUR M. BARTLETT.
For Representatives,
W. N. COATS,
FREDERICK CRONK.
For County Attorney,
J. J. KING.
Who said this was an arid country?
It will not be long now until we can
ail hunt chiokens.
If the fusion is ts are sincere why do
they not support President Roosevelt
on the trust question.?
Tire imperial scarecrow which the
democrats are bringing out again for
another campaign is badly shelfworn.
The Independent is not supporting
Mickey for governor. Strange is it
not that they are not entirely pleased
with the way he is conducting his
campaign.
David IT. Mercer was renominated
by the republicans in the Second Ne
braska district. The indications are
very favorable to a full delegation of
republicans from this state in the
future. They are all men who will be
a credit to the state and the party
electing them and will also be in a
position to do some good for Nebrarka.
Nebraska now lias two republican
senators and two republican congress
men. If the people of this state will
this year make it unanimous, we will
have one of the strongest, if not the
strongest, delegations in congress.
Wiiy not take advantage of the oppor
tunity now to stand up for Nebraska?
Tliis is a good year. Let us make It
unanimous.
The prediction department of the
democratic party is in worse repute
than the weather prophesies of the
old almanacs. They predicted ruin
unless we adopted free silver and the
ruin did not come. They foretold
dire calamity in the event of McKin
ley’s election, they declared that
Porto Rico would suiter under Ameri
can control yet none of these things
have come to pass.
There can be no doubt but many
people in Holt county like to eat well
cooked roast beef and the finishings,
but because tlieir appetites are good
and they attend the political love
feast is no reason that they are going
to vote against their own interests.
When it conies to voting they will
vote as they think right and they
know that republican prosperity is
better than fusion promisos.
Already the Democratic leaders
have begun to reap the reward of
their foolishness in attacking the
army in their campaign book. In the
the city of Chicago an organization
composed entirely of women, number
ing several thousands, met last week
and in unmeasured terms denounced
the party responsible for the outrage
on decency. By a resolution it was
determined tocarry the matter direct
ly to the polls. Thus will the women
at all times defend the honor of the
nation.
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President Roosevelt, In answer to
democratic criticism regarding the
administration’s course in the Philip
pines, recently put a beautiful con
struction on the sentiment surround
ing our flag. He said in effect that
the flag is not merely the outward
symbol of an inherited and perfunc
tory allegiance. It represents a
wonderfully constructive alliance
of worker with worker, of citizens of
all grades, of material circumstance
and intellectual culture, in an attempt
to secure government and for a people
of workers. It was in the Philippines
in the cause of enlightened civiliza
tion and every American should feel a
thrill of pride at the thought.
LIST OF HOLT COUNTY CEN
TRAL COMMITTEE.
Atkinson, Jacob Rocke.Atkinson
Chambers, J. W. Holden_Chambers
Cleveland, John Ilart__Dustin
Conley, Tyler Scriven .Chambers
Deloit, M. Davis.Tonic
Dustin, John Deming.Dustin
Emmet, T. B. Maring.O’Neill
Ewing, J. L. Roll.Ewing
Fairview, Jesse Roy.O’Neill
Francis, II. L. Thompson,.. .Atkinson
Grattan, M. F. Cronin.O’Neill
Green valley, J. Christians.. .Atkinson
Inman, E. J. Mack.Inman
Iowa, George Cherry.Page
Lake, John II. Otter.Bliss
Paddock, John Hubby.Blackbird
Pleasantview, Zeb Warner..Atkinson
McClure, II. W. McClure.Ewing
Rockfalls, Ed Harding.Joy
Sandcreek, Leo Logerwell.Celia
Saratoga,.
Scott, O. B. Long.Scottville
Sheridan, Myron Thornton. .Atkinson
Shields, Calmer Simonson.Agee
Steel Creek, C. L. McElhaney. .Dorsey
Stuart, J. W. Wertz.Stuart
Shamrock, A. E. Wilson_Chambers
Swan, W. H. Richmond.Swan
Verdigris, A. II. Farnsworth_Page
Willowdale, F. W. Phillips.Stkr
Wyoming, Rodell Root.Amelia
O’Neill, 1st ward.O. O. Snyder
O’Neill, 2nd ward.I. F. Gallagher
O’Neill, 3rd ward.R. T. Williams
A DELEGATE SPEAKS.
Burwell, Nebr., Sept. 17,1!)02.
Editor Fbontier:—My attention
has been called to an article that ap
peared in tlie Ilolt County Indepen
dent, of last week, wherein it is charg
ed that Mr. Klnkaid promised Mr.
Bartlett, the senatorial nomination
in return for the votes of the Garfield
county delegation for him (Kinkaid)
for the congressional nomination.
I was a delegate to both the con
gressional and senatorial conventions
from Garfield county and know the
charge to be as false as hell. The
Garfield delegation to the congression
al convention voted for Currie until it
was apparent that that very able gen
tleman had no chance to win out,
when two of the three delegates went
to Kinkaid, being so instructed to do
by the county convention. I was one
of the two who voted for Kinkaid, and
I did so because the republicans of our
county desired his nomination, and
because 1 knew him to be a staunch
and true friend of the people. He
made no promises of any kind either
to Mr. Bartlett or myself, and the sen
atorial nomination was never men
tioned to Mr. Bartlett until just prior
to the convention held to nominate a
senator, and I am the person who first
suggested that he accept the nomina
tion. He did not seek the nomina
tion and only consented to accept it
after being urged to do so by his
friends.
So far as I know—and I know 1
know a whole lot more about republi
can politics of the district than Mr.
Eves, Mr. Kinkaid took no part what
ever in the matter of selecting a sena
torial candlcate.
Eves may be able to fool a few pops
by writing letters and publishing
them in his more or less esteemed pa
per, but he can’t fool me no more than
he did the peeple of Greeley some ten
or twelve years ago with his bum
show.
When he says that Bartlett was
promised the nomination for senator
in return for the votes of the Garfield
county idelegation for Kinkaid for
Congress, he wilfully and maliciously
lies.
I write this in the interest of jus
tice and without the knowledge of
either Mr. Bartlett or Mi. Kinkaid.
Those gent lemen would probably treat
the whole matter like the boy who
was kicked by the ass—consider the
source and let ’er go.
Respectfully, W. Z. Todd.
MICKEY AT HOME.
Nebraska State Journal. Sept. 17.
Osceola, Neb., Sept. 15,—Up td tht
time that John Mickey was named as
the republican candidate for governor,
iiis high standing among the people
of his home county had never been
questioned. He had been here over
thirty years, a very busy man, having
more or less to do with nearly every
thing that was going on and his clean
life and high character stood out con
spicuously among the people of Polk
county. It was this thirty years of
life in Polk county and what it had
been that singled him out and made
attractive to republicans all oves the
state. When he was finally nominat
ed, this tiling, his life in Polk county,
was the most attractive feature of his
public personality. To break down as
much as possible this part of his
stringth as a candidate the World
IIerald sent a representative who tra
veled and searched and enquired all
over the county for several days to
find persons who would give out inter
views derogatory to Mr. Mickey. A
man living so long and so active in
one community would certainly have
some personal enemies lurking in the
backgrounds and now the World
IIerald, if it could find these persons,
would give them a splendid opportun
ity to get even. It was a part of the
plan of course to have these witnsses
pose as ardent republicans. It is re
mardable that the sour and disgruntl
ed man always tries to sweeten up his
character and qualify himself as a
witness by the statement that lie is a
republican.
The World-IIerald, after a thorough
search announced that it had found
nine men, all in Polk county, and all
ardent republicans, who would not
support Mr. Mickey. One old gentle
man was so ardent in his republican
ism and so eager to defeat its candi
date, both at the same time, that he
fairly trembled with agitation while
he was relating it to the World-Her
ald. He would have,his right arm
cutolT rather than support Mr. Mic
key. One man had signed with some
other sureties at Mr. Mickey’s bank
and the bank had made them pay.
This man was glad of an opportunity
to be interviewed and to warn the
people of the state that Mr. Mickey
was not a square business man. Two
other men, whom the bank was com
pelled to sue and on whom it lost
•about $800 fin.aly both cheerfully sub
mitted themselves to be interviewed
by the World-IIerald and they declare
that Mr. Mickey was not a square
man and ought to be defeated by all
means. One young man wiio had
followed Mr. Mickey from the zcon
vention hall to the Lindell hotel im.
mediately after the nomination, so
liciting a loan of Mr. Mickey, was re
fused and now this man tells the peo
through one of the World-IIerald in
terviews that Mr. Mickey is not a man
who can be trusted and the people
had better look out for him.
One man, Mr. Chase, a remarkably
tine man, according to the World-Her
ald reporter, had been on Mr. Mickey’s
bonds when he was county treasurer
some fifteen years ago and lie worried
about it day and night. Finally,
when a law was passed that prevent
ed Mr. Mickey from holding the office
any longer, he retired, but still Mr.
Chace continued to worry. About a
year after Mr. Mickey had gone out of
office the court house burned, and Mr.
Chase in his World-IIerald interview
says that made him feel easier. All
the records of the treasurer’s office
were saved from the tire as will be
shown hereafter by two county trea
surers following Mr. Mickey and just
why the burning of the building
eased up Mr. Chase in his worried
condition is not quite clear, but he
says it did. Other people worried
too, according to Mr. Chase, and the
long term of ten years in the county
treasurer’s office and the influence
that Mr Mickey had over the re
publican politics of Polk county was
a shinning mark that populism
could aim at and so they had an in
vestigation.
The populist commissioners, believ
ing with their party, that all republi
cans were and always had been dis
honest, employed employed experts at
a cost of some $2,500 who investigat
ed the county treasurer’s office clear
back to the very beginning when Mr.
Mickey held the office on his home
stead down in Blackberry precinct
The experts found the county owing
Mr. Mickey about $200. The commis
sioners who had spent the $2,500 foi
experts, and around whom the at
mosphere of puplic sentiment was
getting rather warm, were not satis
fied with the report and neither was
Mr. Mickey. Mr. Mickey, who had
always prided himself in his accuracy,
insisted that his accounts were cor
rect. Then the experts rechecked
their work. In this they found where
they had mistaken $395 for $3.95, and
now on this one rechecking they show
Mr. Mickey indebted to the county
in the sum of $183. The commissio
ners waited on Mr. Mickey and de
manded the $183. Mr. Mickey said
he was ready to pay any balance that
was due, but lie still insisted that his
books were correct and he wanted the
commissioners or their experts to lo
cate and point out the error in his
books and then he would pay. To lo
cate tiie error would require another
overhauling of all the records clear
back; Mr. Mickey was willing and the
experts were willing if they got the
price, but the commissioners were
tired. They were glad to get rid of Mr.
Mickey and his record and the mat
ter was dropped and lost sigiit of in
Polk county until Mr. Chase revived
it by his interview in the World-Her
ald.
Mr Chase, in his interview, pointed
out how Mr. Mickey’s long term in
the county treasurer’s office had help
ed to make Polk county the banner
pop county, but he neglected to state
the other fact that the strenuous in
vestigation of Mr. Mickey and its re
sults had helped more than anything
else to change Folk county from its
banner pop condition to a neck and
neck race in the last election. When
the World-Herald in its close search
had found eight men in Polk county
all “ardent republicans” to testify
against Mr. Mickey, they wanted still
one more. Eight was not enough.
There must be nine, in order to con
vince the public. And so they pub
lished along with the eight, an inter
view with Geo. W. Beebe a substanti
al farmer. This is what Mr. Beebe
says of the interview and he makes a
signed statement so there can be no
question as to just what he says and
just what he means:
“I never saw the World-Herald re
porter when he was here or at any
other time. I never gave out any in
terview or made any statement to the
World-Herald or any other newspaper.
I was surprised and indignant when I
heard that my name was in the paper.
I have been a republican here through
all these years when I was the only re
publican in my neighborhood. I have
been to town several timesthis season
trying to hire men to help me at my
farm work but people are so busy that
it has been impossible to get help. If
I wanted men to be idle and help to
be plenty I would vote the democra
tic ticket. I intend to vote for Mr.
Mickey. I want to see him elected
and I believe he will be. I think the
course pursued by the World-Herald
in misrepresenting people here will
increase the. majority for the republi
can ticket in this county.
(Signed.) G. W. Bkkbk.
Mr Beebe, in conversation witli re
publican friends said some other
things that were a little too hot to
print.
Now let us take the business men of
Osceola and see what they think of
Mr. Mickey. “You may commence
with me,” said Mr. Pratt, the hotel
man. “Put it down for me that I
have known John Mickey a long time
and 1 know him well. He is as
straight as a die and one of the most
competent men I ever knew. Now go
into the drug store next door and
then go right around the square and
see what the others say.”
I). II. Kunkle, druggist: “I have
known Mr. Mickey twenty-eight years.
He's as prompt as a clock in every
thing and keeps his word right to the
letter. Mickey is a very thorough
man. He works hard. He’s made
lots of money and has given lots of it
away. He has helped things along
here ever since the town started.
He’s a kind man to meet, but lie’s
got plenty of nerve. If he is elected
he’ll be the governor. Mickey looks
mild, but they can’t monkey with
him. I tell you he’s all right. These
interviews that went out through the
World-Herald, they don’t hurt Mickey
here. We know the men and we
know John Mickey. Of course they
could find some men who are always
ready to talk against anyone who has
succeeded.”
In the drug store was G. W. Gregg,
a nurseryman. He said: “I have been
living right along side of Mr. Mickey
for eighteen years. I have had thou
sands of dollars worth of business
with him. He’s thorough. He makes
everybody come right up to the
scratch if they can. But if a man is
in trouble and honest he can always
find a friend in Mickey. lie wants
every man to keep his word and lie’s
done lots of good right along that line.
People here have only contempt for
those interviews in the World-Herald.
I have been in the G. A. R. post with
Mickey for twenty years. He is the
most active and the best all around
worker in the post here and has been
its most liberal and helpful member.
I hope he’ll be elected.”
O. H. Munn, proprietor of the larg
est general store in Osceola, said “I
have done business with Mr. Mickey
twenty-three years. I am independent
in politics, but I will be glad to vote
for him.”
W. F. Shank: “I have known Mick
ey well for twenty years. He is one of
the squarest men I ever knew. ”
George Carmine: “I have known
Mickey thirty years. The republican
party is about 150 votes in the hole in
this county. I think Mickey will just
about pull it out, with some to spare,
lie is all right.”
Joseph Karrer, restaurant.
“I am a pop, but I’ll vote for Mick
ey, and I’m tellimg everybody that.
When I was burned out over on the
south side Mickey was the tirst man V
to come t o me. He wanted me to go
to his house for the night. He’s done
lots of such things as that. I’m for
him.”
W. F. Miller:
“Yes, I have known Mickey twenty
four years. There’s not a man in this
town who will do more for anyone in
trouble. I’ll be glad to vote for him.”
Keene Ludden, ex-county treasurer:
“ I was four years treasurer of this
county as a populist since Mr. Mickey
went out. I know that the treasur
er’s books were saved from the tire
and that there can be no stain put up
on Mr. Mickey in connection with the
treasurer’s office.”
W. B. Carson:
“I came here twenty-nine years ago.
I have known Mr. Mickey ever since.
Nobody here believes the interview
stories against him.”
J. C. Smith, a farmer from Hackber
ry precinct: i
I knew Mickey in Iowa. That was \
over forty years ago. He comes from
a good family. lie is one of the best f
men I ever knew. I homesteaded near
him in ’71. We didn’t always pull to
gether in politics. I voted for Bryan
the first time and then I quit him. I
would do anything on earth I could
now to see John Mickey elected.
They’ll never get a better man.”
John F. Anderson, S. J. Harless, S.
G. Pheasant, I’. II. Saunders and W.
O. Cox, all old settlers and friends of
Mr. Mickey, talked earnestly and kind
ly of him, denouncing the interviews
that had been sent out against him as
untrue and unfair.
The next letter from this county
will show something of Mr. Mickey’s
standing at Stromsburg.
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