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The Frontier
FubllsUsd by D. H. CEO*I*.
rtOMAINK SAUNDBB8, iMbtut Editor
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STATE TICKET.
Ooveruor. ..
* Lieutenant Oovernor.B. O. M CIC1CN
• Secretary of State.. • • • ■ A. O A LUSH A
Auditor.-.E- N. SEABLE, JH.
Treasurer.PETEK MOBTKNBKN
Superintendent. .*1. L. M liKIKN
Attorney tJeneral .NOOlilg BBOWN
Land CommUsloner........H. M. EATON
ForU. 8. senator .B. J. BUBkETC
Far congressman, #tb dlst,. ..M. P. KINK AID
COUNTY TICKET.
Count attorney. K H. Benedict of O’Neill t
representatives, W. N, Costa of Stuart and
8. W. Ureen of Ewing.
For statasenator. Dr. J. P. Qllllgan of O’Neill
Notics of Supervisor's Convention.
Notice Is hereby given that the re
publicans of the Fifth supervisor dis
trict of Holt county, Nebraska, will
meet In convention In the village of
Chambers, on October 8,1004, at one
o’clock in the afternoon, for the pur
pose of placing in nomination a candi
date for the office of Suprvlsor for said
district. The townships comprising
said district will be entitled to repre
sentation as follows:
Inman, 8; Chambers, 9; Conley, 2;
McClure, 2; Lake, 2.
It Is recommended that no proxies
be allowed and that the delagates
present pass the full vote of said
townshlD.
George Davit, Chairman.
, J. W. Holden, Secretary.
The esteemed Graphic boasts that
“In getting out the petition for the
creation of a new county it has not
. tried to influence the people in the
matter." However, the Graphic edi
tor nas been an active factor in get
ting up and circulating the petition.
Perhaps the Graphio thinks a still
, hunt more effectual than columns of
newspaper argument. But then,
there is very little argument a news
paper could put up wjiy the county
should be divided.
* The congressional campaign has
developed very little momentum
in the Sixth up to date. The other
candidates, or candidate—that is to
say,, the democratic nominee, is not
heard of frequently enough to make
his name familiar. The populists
have apparently dropped out of the
race altogether since their candidate,
the honorable Mr. Worlaey, has with
drawn from the ticket to enable him
to make the race for commissioner.
In fact, Congressman Kinkaid’s pop
ularity among the voters has just
about put out all the political Area in
the distriot.
Ono heavy Item of expense the
county dlvlslonlsts have not figured In
the accounts that will aoorur to the
taxpayers In the territories seeking to
out loose from Holt county Is some
»• thing like llftyor sixty thousand dol
lars for transcripts of the records. A
county that has been organized as
long as Holt has accumulated long
records and It will be expensive bust
h ness transcribing them. Adding to
this the expenses of new court-houses,
new seta of books, etc., a division of
the oounty will saddle an enormous
debt upon the taxpayers for whloh
there la absolutely no excuse other
than Atkinson and Ewing agitators
wanting to boom their village real
1 estate at the expense of the farmer.
I'-. We heard a heavy taxpayer In the
P proposed oounty of Meadow say he
k wanted no division as his taxes are
high enough now, If it was only a
matter of increased taxation for a
, m year or two the taxpayers oould stand
It, but it means robber taxes for years
to come. Holt oounty in Its present
jL form has been organized for over thirty
years, and yet it Is only recently that
' the oounty has been at par and In
«, shape for a gradual reduction In taxes.
(There was a substantial reduction In
the leyy this year over last and the
county Is now in position to ease up a
little every year on taxes. The Fron
tier can not he persuaded that the
II taxpayers want to turn around now
and increase their taxes by votings
burden of tens of thousands of dollars
onto themselves.
WHERE THEY STAND
It seems quite beyond the bounds n
possibility for the fusion organ o
O’Neill to go through a campaigi
without vilifying one or more of tR
republican candidates. We woul<
look for better things from Brothe
Miles were he to print only what hi
conscience dictates, but being unde
the direction of the chiefs he mus
get aside conscience and let man;
things go through that must maki
him feel a little ashamed of himself
When has there ever been a republics!
up for any sort of an office but wha
he was branded by the Independeni
as a thief and robber or a railroac
tool and pass grabber? In keeping uj
its record ft is now circulating tin
most unwarranted reports about tin
republican legislative ticket. Dr
Gilligan is accused of being a railroac
tool and pass grabber. Everyone win
knows the doctor knows tills to b<
vicious and malicious.
But let us see where these self-styl
ed railroad fighters and pass haten
are at. At the fusion state noninat
lng convention held at Lincoln ot
August 10 last the whole bunch fron
O’Neill—M. F. Harrington, George A
Miles, A. F. Mullen, etc.—were foi
Judge W. II. Westover for governoi
and not for Berge, the nominee of th<
convention. The fact is notorioui
and well circulated that Judge West
over is not only regarded as “friendly’
by the railroads but he travels or
passes on both the Northwestern and
B. & M. lines, toiey wanted hire
nominated for governor so as to ally
the great railroad influence and finan
cial power with the fustonlsts, and bj
electing a railroad governor defeat anj
legislation that might come up for the
betterment of'the-masses. It would
also fix them so the railroad assess
merit could be lowered after a republl
can board liad raised it several mil
lions like they did twelve years ago.
While the fusion chiefs at O'Neil:
profess to be opposed to railroad dom
(nation their stand In support of a
“railroad Judge" betrays their real
sentiments. The Frontier does not
Impute to the fusion legislative ticket
any such things as the Independent
says of the republican ticket. So foi
as we know they are gentlemen and
honest men. But they stand for
wrong principles and are backed by t
gang of hypocritical knaves; thej
would vote to send a democrat to the
United States senate who has com
pletely reversed himself in the past
six months—a democrat who would
vote and work for free trade, and the
anaotment of which would throw the
sountry into another financial panic
and bring on Industrial chaos. The
alectlon of the republican legislative
bioket means the seleotlon of a repub
lican for the United States senate and
bhe continuance of the present admin,
astratlon that has given such plienonr
Inal prosperity.
The Norfolk News has expanded a
aouple of columns. The News Is n
araoklng good littlo dully and will do
Itself good by stioklng by north Ne
braska. The shabby treatment of the
north quarters by tho big dallies of
bhe state gives the Nows a chance
bo "buttIn."
It Is now plain where the Independ
ant gets Its Inspiration. Tom Watson
dapped a nego hackman down In Texas
for admitting a negro woman Into the
back with the poppresldential nominee
...11...
will sew© up any account, isn’t thal
much better, and a great deal quickei
than oountlng it out in bills? lot
only that but you will sle ict
easier nights when you kr >ui
money Is safe. Better open up an ao
count in our Bank. further in
formation, call any tJ liemembei
your money, it’s
AS THE FARMER'SEES II
r --
> REASONS WRY HE BELIEVES IS
. AND TRUSTS REPUBLICANS.
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f They Have Never Deceived Nor Be
i trayed Hta Interest* aud Have Ag>
. yr«Mfv«ly Favored Legislation for
His Benefit.
r
, Each national campaign emphaalaea
the fact that the “farmer” vote must
he reckoned with and catered to, and
1 ail parties put forth their best argu
i ments when addressing the farmer.
, Away from tha madding crowd, un
trammcied by the prejudice and false
cries of the politician, the farmer
1 calmly reads and thinks, and thinks
1 and reads, and decides the question
( with a discerning Judgment that leads
to a decision which is honest and
right.
1 In 1890 It was generally feared
i that the farmer would be deceived by
the great promises made or the bene
! flecnt results to be attained by voting
for free silver, but this was not so;
. the farmer might be deceived when
away from home, but at his ovrn fire*
’ aide, with plenty of time to weigh the
question, he decided for the gold stand
ard, AND THE DEMOCRATIC PAR
TY AND ITS CANDIDATES ON
THE NATIONAL TTCKBT NOW
SAY THAT THE FARMER DE
. CIDED RIGHT. In 1900 the cry
was imperialism, and wljh his love of
freedom It was said that the farmer
: might be stampeded, but again he al
: lowed common sense and calm consid
eration to decide the question, and,
seeing no danger of militarism or
overthrow of the established govern
ment by the new order of things,
forced upon us by the war with Spain,
the farmer again cast his ballot for
the Republican ticket, and time has
proved that his Judgment was good
and his decision right.
Chaff Will Not Aniwer.
In the present campaign no new or
striking issue Is presented. The Dem
ocrats arraign the Republican party,
Vilify the president and hold forth
glittering generalities, but definite
ness Is lacking, and what would be
gained by the election of a Demo
cratic president Is not opparent A
general "calamity bowl” Is no argu
ment, and to secure the farmer vote
It te necessary to present more than
chaff.
One term of a Democratic presi
dent, two years only of absolute Dem
ocratic admlntstn'tlon, was sufficient
to practically paralyse business
throughout the nation, deprive the work
er of the chance to earn an honest
living, depress values and prices and
make us the laughing stock and sub
ject of ridicule of tho nations of the
world.
McKinley was elected, a Republi
can congress enacted a consistent pro
tective tariff, industry was revived,
factories started, unemployed given
Work at the highest wages ever knowa,
consumption stimulated, values re
stored, Spain defeated, Cuba freed,
order established In the Philippine
Islands and the people given civil
liberty In Its fullest sense and the op
portunity of becoming a creditable
part of the greatest nation on earth.
The stability of the currency has been
assured by the action of the Repub
lican administration; tho public debt
reduced and Interest charges lowered;
laws passed that will bring the arid
lauds under cultivation, and that,
too, without tax or cost to any per
son except the one directly benefited
by the purchase of the land from the
government
The securing of the route for an
lsthnv|an canal, the construction of
which to now assured, Is a crowning
triumph for a Republican president
and the party, and no one class will
receive a greater benefit from the
connection of the Atlantic and Pacific
by this groat waterway than will the
firmer.
Tho opposition to the Cuban reci
procity bill, on account of the reduc
tion of the tariff on raw sugar, came
largely from a misconception of what
the result would be. Instead of re
tarding production and lowering tho
price of sugar beets, the opposite has
been the result, and the production
has been stimulated and profits In
creased.
uananu of Protection.
The policy of protection which
guards and develops the Industries of
our country, cardinal with tho Repub
lican party, Is necessary to the pros
perity of the farmer. A tariff on
agricultural products may not Increase
the pries If the demand does not
•qual the supply, but a tariff which
protects American labor and home In
dustries Insures work at high wages,
plenty of money and Increased con
sumption. insuring high prices for
farm products.
The former is indebted to tho Re
publican party for the rural free de
livery system. First suggested by
the editor of a leading farm paper,
himself a Republican, the idea waa re^
portod upon and recommended by a
Republican postmaster general, adopt
ed and enlarged upon by the Repub
lican party, appropriation made by a
Republican congress for an investiga
tion and trial of the proposed system.
A Democratic postmaster general,
supported by a Democratic president,
refused to expend the appropriations
•nd reported not only adversely to the
system, but that the scheme was im
practicable. Not until the Republi
cans were again In full power was
the system given a fair trial, and its
entire practicability, as well as the
great benefit to be derived by tbs rural
population fully demonstrated. From
d $10,000 appropriation for tho trial
' of the system It has grows to an ap
propriation of over $20,000,000 under
the friendly encouragement and ag
gress! ve business policy of Republican
administrations. No other one thing
could have been of such great benefit
to the farmer; it has placed him in
daily communication with the world,
and from the seclusion of farm life
he emerges and becomes a part and
parcel of this great nation and is not
only able to read of the doings
throughout the world, but the facilities
afforded for frequent and prompt com
munication enable him to take part in
Its affairs. Tbs farmer is now rec
ognised as a big, broad-minded busi
ness man, and the discovery is due to
the rural free delivery system, es
tablished and fostered by the Repub
lican party.
The Republican party has always
been aggressively In favor of legisla
tion for the benefit of fanners, and
the record will be considered and re
membered when the farmer casts his
vote.
The platforms of the Repugllcnn and
Democratic parties are 'so similar on
important subjects that the conclusion
is Inevitable that the latter followed
the former for vote-catching purposes,
and that the Democratic party is in
sincere and asking support under false
representations, and the former never
favors or supports Insincerity or
fraud.
* *
j; We, who are responsible for ;«
> ’ the administration and leglsla- ! ‘
j; tlon under which this country,; ‘
j! during the last seven years, has ' <
>; grown so greatly In well-being at; J
>. home and In honorable repute ' t
*; among the nations of the earth ;jj
j. abroad, do not stand Inertly upon -1
J; this record, do not use this record ; [
> ’ as an excuse for failure of ^ef- ■ c
j; fort to meet new conditions. On ;'
j. the oontrary, we treat the record • i
j; of what we have done In the; J
i ■ past as Incitement to do even bet- i
j; tor In the future.—Roosevelt’s ; ‘
j - Letter of Acceptance. • c
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A SIGH OF PROSPERITY
There Is no better criterion of gen
eral prosperity than the postal busi
ness. When times are good the postal
revenue Increases, and vice versa. The
report of the postmaster general shows
that for the year ending July 1, 1895,
the receipts from postal revenue were
$70,171,000. For the year ending July
1, 1002, they were $110,958,229, an
Increase of 57 per cent, during seven
years of continuous Republican rule.
During the year ending July 1, 1895,
the receipts from the money order
business were $812,088; for the year
ending July 1, 1902, they were $l,
889,817, an Increase of 133 per cent
during seven years of Republican pros
perity.
The postmaster general In his an
nual report for 1902 said: “The In
crease In the postal revenues attests
the wonderful prosperity of the peo
ple and the activity of business inter
ests throughout the county.” It
would not have been proper for the
postmaster general In an official re
port to attribute this wonderful pros
perity In 1902 to the operation of the
Dlngley tariff law and other Republi
can measures, but such was the fact
Export of Manufacture*.
Figures recently Issued by the de
partment of commerce and labor at
Washington show that during the
month of July last our exports of
manufactures amounted to $40,000,
000, against $31,000,000 of agricultural
products. During June the exports
of manufactures were nearly $41,000,
000, against $37,500,000 of agricultural
products. This is the first time In the
history of the country that the ex
ports of manufactures haw exceeded
those of the farm. This does not
mean that the exports of farm prod
ucts are falling off, but that those of
manufactures have greatly Increased,
This is due to a protective tariff
which, while It benefits American
manufactures, also increases the home
demand for American farm products.
A Striking Contrast.
From 1892 to 1895, inclusive, under
■ Democratic administration and a
low tariff, the total exports of Amer
ican manufactures were $624,858,506.
From 1900 to 1903, inclusive, under a
Republican administration and a pro
tective tariff, they were $1,666,961,
840. The export of manufactures in
any one year of Republican adminis
tration was considerably more than
in any two years of Democratic ad
ministration.
Hut Trait Rooimlt
I Western Laborer (Omaha.)].
In a former issue of this paper, we
said we must trust Roosevelt and we
will trust him and in our Judgment
every workingman, skilled or un
skilled, of whatever race or creed,
should at once make up bfe mind to
trust him and vote for him instead
of indugling in vain regrets that they
had! not when they see Parker’s
“hand,** if by chance or fraud he is
elected. WE MUST TRUST ROOSE
VELT. _^
Taggart's Fropkwin.
▲ tip to Republicans. Don't be scared
by Chairman Taggart’s prophecies or
claims regarding the political out
look. In 1894, when he was chairman
of the Democratic state central com
mittee In Indiana, he claimed the
state by 10,000 votes up to the night
before the election. The next day the
Republicans carried It by 46,000 plural
ity. _
Perhaps the policy of protection
has made business prosperity more
dependent upon politics than it would
have been otherwise, but it certainly
has contributed more largely than
anything else to our extraordinary
and unparalleled progress.
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f OPPORTUNITY \
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