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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1903)
The Frontier. Published by D. H. CRONIN. ROMAINE SAUNDERS, Assistant Editor and Manager. • 1 SO the Year. IS Cents 81* Montbi Offlolal paper of O'Neill and Holt county. ADVERTISING KATES: Display advertlamonts on pages 4, Sand I are charged for on a basis of SO cents an Inct (one oolumn width) per montb; on page 1 th< obarge la II an Inch per month. Local ad vertisements, S cents per line each Insertion Address the olBoe or the publisher. REPUBCICAN CANDIDATES COUNTY Treasurer.J. J- Stllson, Atkinson Clerk.E. S. Gilmour, incumbent Clerk court, JohnSkirving, incumbent Sheriff.C. E. Hall, incumbent Superintendent.-C. J. Malone, Inman Judge.W. F. Clevish, Rock Falls Assessor.Tyler Scriven, Chamders Coroner.. Dr. W. J. Douglas, Atkinson Surveyor.R. E. Bowden, Agee STATE Supreme judge.. J. B. Barnes, Madison Regents, W. G. Whitmore, Douglas; C. S. Allen, Lancaster. TUB PLATFORM We, the republicans of Holt county, Nebraska, In convention assembled renew our allegiance to the principles enunciated in the republican national platform of 1900. We heartily endorse the vvise.patrio tlc and courageous administration of President Roosevelt. We commend his fearless and searching inquiry into tlie alleged charges of miscon duct in the postal department and hope the investigation will be con tinued until the guiltvare punished and the innocent vindicated. We endorse the policy of President Roosevelt on the trust question. The business like administration of the present state official we hearti ly endorse. The official and economical act of our republican county officials, includ ing the republican members of the county board, meets with our approval ■ and endorsement. We pledge the party and the nomi nees of this convention to a contin uance of the honesty and economical management of county affairs. We cail attention to the fact that the position of the republican party in this county on tax fourclosures has been sustained by the supreme court of the state; and, whereas, the county and its tax payers have been subjected to a great amount of unnecessary and unjust cost by the illegal proceedings instituted by the populists when in power and continued bv the present county attorney, therefore be it re solved that we adhear to our former position on the the question of county tax foreclosures, ana we demand that the county treasurer collect all taxes both reitil and personal in the manner provided by the constitution and the laws of the state of Nebraska, as re cently interpreted by the supreme court. Reliance may always be relied upon. Go home, Shamrock; Reliance is too fast for you. What does the headllng, “Suicide Prevented,” followed by a patent medlcinlne ad, at the foot of an edit orial eolumn suggest? John L. Webster was endorsed by the republican state convention as the vice-presidential candidate, llis nom ination Is not at all out of (he range of possibilities and every Nebraskan ought to endorse the endorsement of the convention. Editoress Rosa of the Stuart Ledger has and Is receiving her just share of pie, In the shape of county patronage, but because she has been unable to get the whole bakery has resorted to bushwhacking tactics. The incentive that prompts such methods is easily discerned and will redound to the detriment of the promoter. A great hugh and cry was raised by the World-Herald and taken up by the lesser lights of reform that the republican state convention was called simply to go through the formality ol ratifying a pre-arranged slate. The proceedings at Grand Island and Columbus furnishes fresh evidence ol the reformers’ complacent adaptabil ity to things they condemn in re publicans. The republican judicial ticket foi the Fifteenth district, with Capt Fisher of Dawes county for the wesl end and W. T. Wills of Boyd county for the east end, is now ready. Th< fusion ticket, the present judges, i: also ready. There lias been a growing feeling for a long time thal there should be a change in ou district and apparently the time ha: come for the change. Wills ant Fisher each stand high in the lega profession, neither being so partisar bound that the interests of litigant: would be placed in the balances o lolitical preference. Our esteemed contemporary evident . ly thinks the public’s demand for con vention stuff exceeds all others. Tiie esteemed Ledger says a good democrat is better than a had republl ' can. True; but when the odds are even the Ledger seems to prefer the democrat. WHERE ARE THE FAITHFUL? Tills report comes from the pop state convention held at Grand Island: The first roll call of the convention showed fifty-two counties of the state not represented, with an actual count showing 142 persons in the delegates’ places, none in the galleries and less than twenty on the stage. This must be disheartening to a party once controlling the state. How have the mighty fallen! A household specialist offers this recipe: Two quarts of green tomatoes, one quart of red tomatoes, three small bunces of celery, three large onions, three red, sweet peppers, three green sweet peppers, one small head of cab bage, one large ripe cucumber, one half coffeecup of salt. Chop the vege tables, cover with the salt and let stand over night. Drain well in morn ing. Add three pints of vinegar, two pounds of dark brown sugar, one tea spoon of mustard, One teaspoon of pepper. And then adds: “Delicious, and pretty to look at.” But how about the effect on the digestive machinery? Lynch^ Journal: The other clay we read an article in a populist paper commending Bixby qf the State Jour nal for refusing to abuse Judge Sulli van, and give it to him strong just because he is a candidate for supreme judge on the fusion ticket. It is a re markable fact that such a liberal spirit is shown by but few of the popu list papers. And chief among the rot throwers is the Holt County Independ ent. We have never known the editor of that paper to admit that it was possible for a man to differ with him in poli tics and aspire to office or to have a a friend suggest him for office and be honest. We have always noticed that people who always see the devil and nothing good in the other fellow are men that it is not safe to trust too far. They met at an O’Neill railroad de pot, they of irongray hair and populist politics. It was a few minutes before the train was to leave that would start them on their way to Grand Island to lend tongue and pen and vote to the great reform conelave. The greet ing was cordial as the eminent reform leader passed his hand into his pocket and presently the soft flutter of United States currency assured his fellow delegate from the country that all wrs well. The currency passed to the country delegate’s hand as the eminent reformer cast an eye around to assure himself no one saw it, exchanging the Roman Augur wink as they ambled pleasantly up to the ticket office. Presently they were on their way to Grand Island to cry out against corrupt republicans and blow devastating blasts upon the myrmid ons of capital. The “Reform” Fake York Times: Ever since their di vorce, real or pretended, the Populist and Democrats, of the weaker sort, are exchanging compliments and try ing to keep up the old delusion that one or both of them, singly or doubly, would do something in the way of useful reform if the people would only forget the past so far as to give them a chance. The Commoner talks with great unction about the necessary re forms that they can only hope to ac complish by the aid of the reform pops. Then the Independent chimes in with a disgusting lot of slush about the Democracy as a “reform party” and what it would or could do if the dis honest, repudiating, officehungry, dis reputable, buy-and-sell horde, they call the “reform wing” of that party, should by any mischance get into power. It is amusing and disgusting to here these convicted betrayers and bribe takers talk about reform. What aboutMeserve and Cornell and Porter? What about the defaulting school, township and county treasurers and court house burners all over the state? There never was such a carnival of thievery and cheap knavery in any i state as there was in Nebraska when : the "allied forces of reform” captured the state government and the court [ houses. The people hastened with all speed to turn ’em out,but they did not 1 succeed until thousands of dollars of I the people's money was stolen and I half a dozen court houses burned to ( cover their crimes. Still this motley crowd has |the effrontery to prate of 1 reform, as though possibly they might - do something in that line. What do they mean by “reform?” | They have never defined the term, but from their arguments, charges ana promises some idea of what they mean can be inferred. They said there was stealing in office and that it ought to be stopped, and they premised to put a stop to it if they got into power. That is one thing that everybody knows. They also complained bitterly that public officers rode on railroad passes, and they said when they got in they would stop all that. There are two reforms they considered most Important. But there was a third like unto them, if not more so. The railroad assessments were altogether too low. Tiie great grievance of the people was excessive and unequal tax ation. The railrords did not bear their share of the buren. They promis ed to remedy that with mailed hand when they came to power. There are three principal reforms that were to be put in operation as soon as they should be entrusted with the power. How did they redeem their promises? They succeeded in getting the confidence of the people and acquired full control of the state and most of the counties and it was natural to suppose they would do some pretty effective stunts in the line of “reform.” Did they? In the matter of “stealing” as they called it, they surpassed anything ever dreamed of. They, not one but nearly all, proceed ed as speedily as possible to court bribes, to approdriate funds to their own use and hold up those who refus ed bribes. In the matter of passes they not only took all the passes that were offered but were persistent in begging and demanding them, not only for themsevles but for their families and rriends. The railroads were kept in constant fear of outrage if they refus ed the unreasonable demands for passes of the fusion officials. In the matter of assessments instead of rais ing railroad property they actually reduced It lower than it ever had been and when the disgusted people return ed the Republican party to power they raised it forthwith. Tb 's is the record of the allied forces of reform. This is the way they re deemed their promises and showed their sincerity. It would seem that this experience would close their mouths about “reform,” but it does not in the least affect them. They still insult the intelligence of the people by going over again the same old track and talking the same balder dash. They are all convicted. The “reform” Democrats and the “reform” Populists were both in and there was no difference. They were “tarred with the same stick.” Of course there were some honest men elected to office by them, who did not betray their trust, who thought they really meant it, but they were all too few and far too weak to prevent or re tard the wholesale infamy of their allied parties. NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES. The Victor White Coal company of Omaha has filed articles of incorpora tion with tlie secretary of state. The capital stock is $50,000. The incorpo rators are E. W. Nash, Guy C. Barton, G.*W. McGrath and Victor White. The Republican state central com mittee will meet at Lincoln at 1 o’clock the evening of September 8. The meeting will be for the pur pose of discussing the progress of the campaign. Chairman Lindsay has is sued a formal call for the meeting. Safe blowers wrecked the safe in the State bank at Lebonon Friday. There three distinct explosions. The robbers got away. The loss was heavy, being right in grain season. The bank was insured in the Fidelity and Casualty mmnanv. Within less than two weeks the new state normal school will have# been located. The board started out again Monday for a week’s vacation among the hospitable people of nor mal school towns and a week from Tuesday the members will congregate at Peru and there the finish will be put to the suspense. While plowing on the farm of W. II. Baker, five miles northwest of Plattsmouth, eight skeletons were unearthed by Ray Wesley and Frank Barker, The bones are upposed to be those of Indians, and seme of them appeared to be the remains of children. The teeth and some of the bones were picked up and kept for further examination. The heavy rains had washed the dirt from the side of the hill and enabled the boys to reach them with their plows. The 10-year-old son of Herman Heltzmann, living ten miles north of West Point, met with a fatal accident yesterday by being drawn into the machinery of a feed grinder on his father’s farm. It seems that during the temporary absence of the father the boy started up the machinery and in feeding the hopper1 got his hand caught, and being unable to release himself his arm was torn from the socket and when the sweep came around his head was caught between the wood and iron work, killing him instantly in sight of the distracted father, who could do nothing to help him. The Frontier does good printing—try It. ! ... v* *» ' l < » REMEMBER THE NAME .. NEW BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF FOURTH AND EVERETT STS. j| Largest lgiplegiegfc piiildigg agd Stock fg the West g ESTABLISHED IN 1887 A FULL LINE OF 1 'CARRIAGES ANQ DLJ66IES The reliable Staver, Haydock, and Milburn. WAGONS Rushford, Mitchell, and Milburn. ' jj HAY MACHINERY Dain Stackers, Sweeps, and Side Delivery Rakes. ' § PLOWS The famous J. 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