Frontier
FabUafcsd by D. H. CJOIII
SAUNDERS. Assistant Editor
and Manafer.
n Cants Mix Months
O'Neill and Holt county.
smoke hu cleared in Iowa
aud things have reached the
heat stage.
Iowa courts hold that railway
do not have to run their
onto private tracks, add this
good law.
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pops are lining up to be welded
the democrats again this Iftear.
will be held slmultane
at Lincoln August 15.
attendant at the Norfolk
at the Investigation of
mistreatment Of patl
was only coddin’ when he
buggy Whip on the patients.
MThe story that the mayor of Lincoln
gave out the information that the
£ber dealers of the state were
fug a large fund to defeat this
r)i Brown candidacy for senator
hjp been nailed as a lie by Mayor
Brown. That is, he says he didn't
Ay It.
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^If the lumber dealers' association is
o#t a trust, the suit brought against
tVbjr Attorney General Brown can do
At harm; if it is a trust the public
ought to know it. In^ either event,
-foe mxnm of the lumber dealers
t’uwsfd Brown is oreatlng considerable
suspicion.
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. Added to tbe other grlefk of the
$hpat packers comes a conviction in
d««rt *t Kansas City of the Armour,
fglfc and Cudahy companies for ac
^pfittg rnbates. This statue under
whifch conviction was obtained pro
vlfd^s for flnes of hot less than 11,000
for ignore than 1120,000 on each count.
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^founro of Omaha and Currie of
fttohen Bow are two late arrivals for I
ffsaforlal honors. The people gen
•<al|r might have looked with some
tjm on Judge Crounse's candidacy
kttd]the Omaha Fontabelles kept In
the {.background, As for Currie it
fohtjrUka Morris Brown had too much
V ~ ' lomi th that section of the state
im to develop a formidable fol
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(?vCjmgreaSmaa Kiniraid has earned a
^nomination and reelection. He Is a
faljtkhle representative for the dis
folo** and'^Aeutd be t credlt lnany
fcaneh of governmert servioe. In
mot,. there are a host of people in'
forth Nebraska who prefer the judge
fa senator to any yef mentioned.'
be at ah
fot« place tb illOw ibe uotth part of
foe state one of theaetmton. >
There is nothing in the endorsement
of Bryan by Missouri and Arkansas
democrats to get excited over.
The public’s good health is of more
Importance than any material in
dusty, Mr. Day to the contrary not
withstanding. When conditions in
the great packing plants were a
menace to public health and after
fair warning by the administration
the packers refused to rectify the
evils, It was clearly up to the admin
istration to do something. The meat
business will suffer temporarily, but
better it should, a thousand times
better, than for the public health to
suffer.
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The Independent last week gave
space to a (lengthy production of bil
lingsgate from the Nebraska Libera),
a political and particular yellow sheet
published over at Creigton In which
all the political sensations and exager
ations and misrepresentations and
falsehoods published by the newspaper
renegades and sensationalists from
Maine to California finds a place. The
Liberal is edited with a pair of shears,
with an occasional original product
like its assualt on The Frontier. It
comes at us with a very edifying lot
of rot about Bartleylsm. Perhaps the
Liberal doesn’t know nor the Inde
pendent doesn't know that when the
prince of defaulting Nebraska officials
was languishing in the penitentiary
—where he ought to be today—the
only democrat holding office in Holt
county today circulated a petition for
his release from the pen and this peti
tion was signed by such as the chair
man of the county central committee
of the high and mighty reformers of
Holt county. 'Irhe World-Herald, the
head and tall of democracy and popo
cracy In Nebraska, was another active
laetor in securing Bartley’s release
and extolling Governor Savage
for his inexcusable pardon. The
close association of democratic politi
cians with the gfafften and defaulters
kicked out of the republican party in
Nebraska is 'notorious, and it is com
monly known that some of the loudest
decriers of the defalcations around
here got their hands the deepest into
the boodle.
"RAILROAD DOMINATION.”
Senator Sheldon Ottt far Governor On
Platform That May Prove Popular.
Senator George L. Sheldon of C%ss
OOonty has his Stakes set for the re
publican nomination for governor.
He states "where he is at” In the
following language:
"As it seems to me, the most impor
tant work for the people of Nebraska
now is to assume and to take active
control of the state government and
the publlo affairs.
"I mean that the thing most needed
In Nebraska is a complete establish
ment of a true representative govern
ment. One that will earry out the
will of the public untrammeled by
railroad domination. We have the
[form of representative government in
this state, bUt we need more of the
spirit and the power of it and the
force of coming directly from the peo
ple. We need in the conduct of oUr
public affairs more of tbe influence of
disinterested citizens and less of the
self-seeking railroad politician.”
"The government is, to a large de
gtee, what the official does fn his offi
cial capacity. If the official actB for
the whole publlo, then it iatruetyrep
resentative government, because his
acts represent the public will. But if
the official’s act is directed by the rail
road Influence, then it is government
by railroads.”
“We have had too much of this gov
ernment in Nebraska. There is an
opportunity now to put an end to it,
for a time at least, and it ought to be
done. The railroads have a right to
expect, and should have, fair treat
ment. But they have in the past,
however, had a great deal more than
fair treatment. They have actually
dictated the state government in
many important matters. In the
matter of taxation they have attempt
ed to lessen their taxes by lending
their efforts towards increasing the
value of all other property within the
the state. Some of them have refused
to pay the taxes that have been regu
larly assessed and levied on their pro
perty, and have appealed to the courts.
Because the attorney general under
stood that it was his duty as a public;
and to enforce taxation on all proper
ty alike, and has stood unequivocally
for the enforcement of the law, he has
incurred the enmity of the railroad po
liticans, and they are attempting to
retire him to private life, Just as they
have in the past been retiring all pub
lic men who have referred to serve the
public rather than to serve the rail
roads.”
“The stand taken by the attorney
general gives us an object lesson of
self-government that is good. He cer
tainly should receive the commenda
tion of all good citizens who believe
In ‘equality before the law’ for the
stand he has taken. Other officials at
the house have resisted railroad dicta
tion, and there has been a splendid be
ginning there and at the national cap
ltol. Now it seems to me that the
people ought to back up this beginning
by getting themselves into the pri
maries and caucuses and sending their
influence untrammeied by railroad dic
tation to a state convention of Inde
pendent and untrammeied men, who
will be, in fact, respresentatlves of the
people.
“The railroads have dominated state
politics in Nebraska for a long time.
It has mattered not to them what
party was in office, they have been
constantly at the helm. Through the
free use of passes and a strong organi
zation they have been able to exert a
powerful influence over legislation,
and over the acts Of public officials.
For that reason they have had their
own way, and there is now no law on
the statute books to curb their greed
in extortionate freight charges. The
transportion companies are entitled to
receive a reasonable and Just compen
sation for their services, but it is gen
erally ooncededthat theircharges are,
and have been, not reasonable but ex
tortionate in many cases, and that
they are wringing from the Nebraska
producers millions of dollars annually
that in justice they are not entitled to.
“It will be up to the next legislature
to settle this question and establish
more equitable rates. It is up to the
people now to determine what the
next legislature will do. If the people
expect that legislature, in the hand
ling of this rate problem, to consider
their interests and to represent the
whole public, they must get into the
caucuses, the primaries and the coun
ty conventions, and exert their influ
ence and the force of their will in nom
inating of these legislatives members.
“The last legislature made some pro
gress towards rate control. The Cady
amendment, in my judgment, should
be adopted at the election this fall. It
is a beginning. It is a commencement
of control by the public. Now, as I
said before, the important thing for
the people is to get into the primaries
and the county conventions with their
influence, so that the influence will be
the moving power that will control
the next legislature.
“If we are to have just legislation,
and a railroad commission that wil en
force such legislation, the people must
put the force of their influence into
the state convention that nominates
this commission. This can be done if
the people get into the caucuses and
primaries, and we will have rate regu
lation and rate reduction that will
save milliuns annually in freight
charges to the whole public.
“Now, the question is, ‘What are
the Nebraska people going to do about
it?’ It is up to them. If they want
a state government that will represent
their interests they must get into the
caucuses where this government starts
If the people neglect the primaries
they will lose the battle. It they lose
out there, at the beginning, they will
lose the whole cause. The public is
demanding a square deal. There is a
deep sentiment among all the people
for this. It is the shibboleth of the
American people throughout the whole
country. It is the people’s government
and they want it to have regard for
their rights.
“But in this struggle for a square
deal we must remember, as citizens,
to build up, and not tear down. We
must put in force everywhere the
motto of our state, ‘Equality before
the law. ’ You can trust the represen
tatives of the people to deal fairly with
the railroads and the corporations,
but you cannot trust the representa
tives of the railroads and trusts to
deal fairly with the people.”
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.
“Democrat* are complaining that
Roosevelt stole the ideas upon which
his popularity was built out of a de
mocratic platform,” observes that
time honored pop organ, the Nebraska
Independent. “But nobody ever heard
them complain that their party con
fiscated the whole platform of the
populists in 1896, and in addition to
the platform scooped in a couple of
million populist votes.”
“The cigarette fiend is being hit
hard upon ail sides in the business
world,” observes the Bonesteel Pilot.
“The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad company has announced that
every employee on the company found
smoking cigarettes will be deprived of
employment. They have ascertained
to their satisfaction that the cigarette
fiend cannot, or does not, perform his
duties in as satisfactory a manner as
does the other fellow.”
A recent writer calls attention to
the fact that during the past few years
33 per cent of the people of Russia
have been on the verge of starvation.
This, together with the lack of fixed
wealth, has made it an uphill task for
the peasants who were allotted lands
under the emancipation act. The lib
erated peasants were given the land
without means to cultivate it and
they have rarely been able to secure
the necessary fixed capital. Their pov
erty made them ready victims of the
money lenders and that assisted in
sapping their economic power. With
people in such condition there would
be little surprise if there was a repeti
tion of the French revolution. The
starvation of the French peasants was
one of the chief causes of the revolu
tion. An empty stomach is a surer
cause of discontent than any allegiance
to principle.
The Oakdale Sentinel hands out a
bit of local logic. It says: “Build up
your home town! The only way it can
be done is by lending your support to
every home enterprise. Keep within
your community every dollar earned
within it, and bring into it every dol
lar that through your efforts are earn
ed elsewhere. Bear in mind that an
enterprise that will give employment
to a dozen hands, even though its cap
ital may not be great, means the sup
porting of a number of families, and
helps make a better home market for
the produce that is raised on the
farm.” _
“When smitten, offer the other
cheek, was advice none too good for
Mayor Dahlman, of Omaha, according
to the story given out by his friends,”
says the Sioux City Tribune. “When
Mr. Bryan went to congress in 1892
from the First Nebraska district, Da
hlman wanted an appoinment to the
United States marshalship, but lost
out. At that time he stated that he
would make Bryan president. Now
he proposes to organize a Nebraska as
sociation to prepare for the homecom
ing reception of the leader and to
work for his nomination to the presi
dency. Dahlman may have an eye on
the United States senate. That would
represent a pretty big contrast with
his early employment as a cowboy.
However, there is a good example of
the work a former cowboy may do,
and Dahlman’s ambition may not be
so far fetohed.”
“Like Shylock, with his judgment
of a pound of flesh, an Omaha jeweler
has been placed in the dilemma of not
being able to claim his property award
ed by the court except at the risk of
murder,” comments a Missouri paper
on a police court item at the Nebras
ka metropolis. “In this instance the
pound of flesh is a $300diamond in the
veriform appendix of a self-confessed
shop-lifter. A swell dressed young
woman, while being shown a tray of
diamonds, slipped one of the finest of
the stones into her mouth. Surprised
by detectives, she swallowed it. But
modren science is not baffled by so
simple a trick. The X-ray was applied
to the young woman and the stolen
diamond was located in her appendix.
‘The diamond is yours,’says the police
judge to the jeweler. ‘Take it; but if
you resort to a surgical operation
against the prisoner’s will, and she
dies, you can be held for murder.’ The
doctors say the diamond can be remov
ed only by an operation, and that if it
is not removed the young woman will
surely die. ‘I will die before I will let
them operate,’ she says stoutly. The
right to resist operation for appendi
citis must not be broken down. If it
should be, few of us might escape the
knife. Few enough escape as it is. It
was in this same city that a noted
physician recently declared that not
over three per cent of the operations
performed for appendicitis were justi
fied. The appe idix is supposed to be
an organ of no use. But one that
catches and holds a $300 diamond has
its virtues, and none can blame the
prisoner for insisting upon retaining
it. True, a diamond in the appendix
is of no use. But of what use is a dia
mond anyway?”
I FREEMAN BROS.
KS ELECTRIC SHOW
WILL BE IN O'NEILL
I Thursday Ev’ng, Jun. 21, under canvass
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Featuring the San Francisco Fire and Earthquake
in moving pictures, the most thrilling tragedy in the history of our
country. See the firemen rescuing men and women from burning build
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guiding the people to heavens of safety; suffering people camping and
taking their meals at Golden Gate park; and much more than we adver
tise. Remember the date and don’t miss it.
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