VIEWS OF THE NEWSPAPERS
Press of the Fifteenth District Takes An Active Interest In This
Fall’s Judicial Campaign.
A Clean Judiciary.
Ciuivford Tribune: November 5 the
election will be held. It is time for ev
(iy voter to determine for whom he
wul vote for ,iu .g ■ of this district.
Tne Tribune knows all tne candidates
and their records—aside from politics
— as a citizen and taxpayer, we are in
favor of Daniel 11. Jenckes. of Chadron,
and J. A. Douglas, of Rock county.
YVe have known Mr. Jenckes for over
twenty yeais, knew him as a young
man when he seitleti in this country.
There were twenty odd lawyers in
Cnadron when he settled there in 1888,
and in less than a year he took his
place among the leading lawyers ol
this district. He has held it and is
recognized as an able, just and honest
lawyer, and an honest man. He is
married, has a line home and enjoys
the respect and confidence of every
man with whom he has done business,
and the splendid vote he received, at
ihe primaries in the west counties,
speaks of the esteem in which he is
held by his neighbors and friends who
know him personally.
YVe need a change in the judiciary.
Men long in office finally believe they
own the office. A long tenure builds
c.p cliques and factions, political and
judicial favorites and pets. There is a
feeling all over the district that a
< hange of judges is desired. The selec
tion of republican candidates was left
to the voters at the primary. Seven
candidates were in the field, all of their
received fine support. It was conceded
that a west end man and an east end
man should be selected. Douglas car
ried the four east end counties over all
competitors. Jenckes carried over ah
the four west end counties, and each
won the approval of tlie sections when
they live and are known personally.
A man is best judged by what hif
neighbors say of him. The Tribune ac
cepts the verdict of the neighbors and
friends as to the standing of a nominee.
It’s easy for some nondescript editor of
some sheet of no political standing te
lie about candidates. Kuch sheets are
irresponsible both in law and in. fact,
and are* unworthy of serious considera
tion. There isn’t a man in this north
west Nebraska who knows Mr. Jenckes,
but says he is honest, capable, a good
citizen, a gentleman and a scholar.
Let's be honest with ourselves. Let's
have a change and give us two gen
tlemen of high standing at the bar.
namely. Daniel B. Jenckes, of Chadron,
and J. A. Douglas, of Rock county, and
place the judiciary above criticism and
on a new, clean base.
Coed Judge Preferred to Good Brother
Hemingford Journal: Almost before
the result of the primaries was an
nounced. George Miles who is the fig
ure-head of the Harribgton machine or
gan at O'Neil, Hooded the district with
a screed against J. A. Douglas, that he
was a corporation lawyer, etc., etc., and
attempting to give credit of ability tu
Judge Harrington because of the fact,
and now bobs up the Long Pine Jour
nal with a "me too, me too,” to this
tirade. The question arises as to how
much Harrington paid the Journal man
to Hop. One thing is sure, husks of al
leged incompetence on the part of
Douglas will not put much fat on Har
rington’s political bones. To try to de
feat a candidate because he has ability
and qualifications recognized by busi
ness interests, is a sort of travesty on
the intelligence of the average voter,
and to say the least is electioneering
clap-trap. As to choosing between a
candidate with legal ability that is rec
ognized and one who on the bench,
seems to a layman, to be conducting a
prosecution as well as sit as judge, we
should choose the former, feeling that
if we had a case in court it would havt
a judge who knew and kept his place.
Pome leading nopulists-demoerats in
the district think so also and will vote
for J. A. Douglas this fall.
Harringtonism the Issue.
Butte Gazette: The Holt County In
dependent is working over time, and in
vading all parts of this judicial district,
In its fight on Mr. Douglas for judge,
and all its antagonism is for naught for
the reason that it is well known that
the only object the Independent has is
the re-election of Judge Harrington.
Mr. Douglas may not have supported
the Harrington rate bill, introduced by
Mr. Bedford, and in his attitude as to
that bill he was in accord with the na
tional congress, and with practically all
legislatures. He favored the railway
commission plan, and that is the plan
favored by President Roosevelt and
Governor Hughes of New York. Every
one knows the railroads dread railway
commissions more than they do maxi
mum rate laws. Maximum rates laws,
as a rule are not enforceable as the rail
roads and the people w«tl know and the
roads care but little about them, but
tbe commission is constantly to be
reckoned with, and it can adjust rates,
and determine controversies as neces
sity arises. There is nothing in the
argument of the writer for the Holt
County Independent, and the people are
too well informed on the question of
how to regulate the railroads to be de
ceived by it.
/.nonce Times: Messrs. Douglas
and .Pnckes, who who are the republi
can ia:ty candidates for the bench in
this clistiict, and are going to give the
I r sent fusion judges the race of theii
lies, arrived in Alliance this morning,
and will bo here until tomorrow noon
It is their desire to meet as many of
the- voteis as possible, ane.1 those who
arc fortunate enough to get acquainted
with them will find two of the
most able and intelligent men in the
state. Attorn: ys above reproach, thor
oughly qualified, long residents of the
w stern part of the state, republican
vote:is should make the resolve, and
not oc swerved from it for any pur
pose to place them as the next judges
for this district.
Hew Our Tax Payers Benefited.
Ainsworth Star-Journal: Down in
Holt county where lives the Indepen
Unt which is lighting Mr. Douglas
o ' it: rly on liis legislative record,
the tax payers are benetlciaiies under
tii; t record as follows: In 1903, ex
clusive of railroads, the taxes were
$52,515.00 in 1905 they were $4 7,216.00,
a gain for the people of $5,299.00. In
1903 the railroads i«» Holt county paid
as taxes $13,780.23, and in 1905, $21,
607.66, a gain for the* people of $7,827.43.
Thus it is shown that the people of
Holt county are piying much less in
taxes and the1 railroads much more
under the new revenue law which Mr.
Douglas helped to frame and pass.
Will the Independent tell its readers
what Judge Harrington has done for
the people of his county in all his life
which has benefited them as much as
the revenue law has in a single year?
The Holt county Independent was
calling Mr. Douglas a railroad tool
when he was working hard in the leg
islature in the interest of that county’s
taxpayers, and the Star-Journal be
lieves it would call the Savior a rail
road tool were he to come down to
earth and fail to give his unqualified
indorsement to M. K. Harrington and
his brother, Jim. I
The tax payers of Holt county owe
Mr. Douglas a large vote at the com
ing election and they will pay the debt.
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The Long Pine Situation.
Springview Herald: During the past
few weeks many articles have ap
peared in the opposition newspapers
ihroughout the district relative to the
judicial situation, but none are so de
eptive as those printed by the Long
Pine Journal.
This paper, while claiming to be
epublican in principle, now lines up
vith the opposition against Hon. J.
V. Dougins.
Why is this? Are we to believe
hat this is the sentiment of the good (
people of our neighboring city or
has the editor of this "republican” I
fiieet been "seen” by the gentlemen I
from O’Neill? After reading his j
articles and talking with many of !
the prominent business men of that !
community, we do not find one man !
who assents to the sentiments put
forth by the Journal. Let not the!
people of this district be deceived in
thinking that the vaporings of the j
“ditor of the Long Pine Journal
oiee the sentiments of the good peo
ple of that vicinity, "just ten miles
Tom the home of J. A. Douglas,” and
we would advise the editor to get out
md mix just a little with his home
people before he pretends to speak
for them.
Warns Against Slander Mill.
Springview Herald: We are in
formed that large numbers of sample
opies of the Holt County Independent
are being circulated in this county for
•ampaign purposes. Let not the people
he deceived. The slander mill runs day
and night, in campaign and out, at
O’Neill. In the campaigns in Holt
hey fight "like Kilkenny Cats” and
think nothing of it. The most ex
tra vangant stories are put out with
>ut a fabric of foundation, and are
ant believed by the people who know
the tactics. We wish to warn our
folks against putting any faith in
these campaign lies as they are sent
out only with the hope of fooling
you into voting against men of whom
nothing but good has been known till
these slander mills began working.
We believe that the sense of fair
play inherent in our people will de
feat the end sought in these attacks.
Boyd for Douglas and Jenckes.
Lynch Journal: J. A. Douglas is the
anciidate that is being attacked and
opposed more severely than any other
nominee on the republican ticket and
:t is all because the Harrington ring
it O’Neill feel that this is the hardest
fight that they have entered in years
and every trick known to trick Holt
county politics is being worked to bring
doubts and distrusts into the hearts of
voters against Mr. Douglas. The people
of Boyd county have never counte
nanced such campaign methods and
this will only react against Brother
Jim. Dr. Douglas will carry Boyd
county as will his running mate, Mr.
Jenckes, of Chadron.
Depends on Whose Ox Is Gored.
Spencer Advocate: Since Douglas and
Jenckes are known to be able lawyers,
will versed in the law. and clean,
sober men of integrity and true worth,
why not elect them? Is not two terms
for one of the fusion nominees and
three for the other about enough? One
of the particular things the fusionists
have always contended for is two terms
and then somebody else. It seems to
make a difference who it is that is
wanting the third or fourth term.
Newport Republican: J. A. Douglas,
with D. B. Jenckes, has been nom
inated for district judge. Mr. Douglas
lias been a resident of Rock and Brown
counties since early manhood, and will
receive the highest tribute possible un
der the conditions, the vote of his old
acquaintances. He has no superior in
he qualities of good citizenship and in
learning. We hope that all who vote
ror Douglas will, also, vote for his run
ii:g mate, Jenckes, who is the choice
>f t lie people of the west end of the
iistriet.
(’hadron Journal: Look the district
over and you would not find a cleaner,
more capable and conscientious man
than Jenckes for judge of the district.
His election will be brought about
through honest means and after elect
ed he will have no qualms of conscience
because of having bought his election
or having used any unfair means in
securing a seat on the judicial bench.
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Why Some Politicians Are Interested In Judicial Campaign.
—Atkinson Graphic.
WHERE DID YOU GET IT, GENTLE
MEN?
Atkinson Graphic
Everybody’s Magazine is running a
serial entitled: "Where Did You Get
It, Gentlemen?” So today let us ask
of the populist scandal mongers: Where
did you get It, gentlemen? A few years
ago one of the many, many editors of
the Independent was elected county at
torney at a salary of about $700 a year.
After manipulating this office and dic
tating to the county treasurer and su
pervisors he retired from office worth
$30,000 to $40,000. Where did you get
it sir? Tel) the taxpayers about the
dirty, rascally tax sales scandals.
Another member of this odoriferous
gang came here practically penniless
and claimed to edit the character as
sassin in the cellar. Inside of four or
five years he sold out, about $25,000 to
the good, in order that he might sell
Clipper mining stock, and is now
reputed to be worth about $35,000 to
$40,000. Where did you get it? Tell the
taxpayers how you and confederates
ran legal notices worth about $15 so
they cost $75 to $125. When we had
pop supervisors.
Another member of this gang, who
is now district judge, sold a ranch
about four years after he began draw
ing a $2,500 salary for $40,000 and sports
race horses, etc., when as a fact he
had little or nothing when elected to
office. Where did you get it judge?
Tell the taxpayers more of the tax sale
scandal and how a sale made in the
forenoon for taxes was confirmed by
you in the afternoon when the law says
many months must intervene. Where
do you suppose he got it, gentlemen?
Their candidate for county treasurer
had a small gravelly farm out on the
Blackbird creek. After he trotted in
the harness with this crowd of graft
ers he suddenly bloomed out with 3,000
or 4,000 acres of choice Holt county
land. Where did he get it, gentlemen?
A young man came in from the coun
try and studied law in the Big Chief's
office. He never had a half dozen cases
in his life, and those of decidedly minor
importance. Now he has farms every
where and is a real “Cholley Boy" with
money to burn, and thinks he wears
i No. 47 hat. Where did he get it, gen
tlemen?
ilevert again to the last pop board of
supervisors and the tax sale scandals.
The Big Chief himself, he has a won
derful record in freeing criminals, if
the jury don’t do it. Brother Jim on
the bench makes a mistake in instruct
ing the jury and then he gives his
brother Big Chief another trial for his
client, at an expense of many hun
dreds of dollars to the taxpayers. With
his brother on the bench, where is his
vaunted ability. Where did he get it
gentlemen?
And so we could go on and on until
election day and tell how he sold Clip
per mining stock through his satellites,
about busted banks, defaulting treas-,
urers, and how O'Neill school district,
O’Neill city and Grattan township were
milked of hundres of dollars by this
saintly crowd whose only cry Is rail
road, railroad.
We know they are all secretly rolling
in wealth notwithstanding their
humble aspect, and the smell of booze
trails out behind every wagon going out
of town and will continue so to do un
til election.
The money, the booze, where did they
get it gentlemen? Where did they
get it?
Another member of the gang who
about twelve years ago was reputed to
be in bankruptcy now owns sixty or,
seventy-five good farms and ranches,
obtained through the tax sale method
largely, and reputed one of Holt coun
ty’s wealthiest men, who beat the taxes
on the McCafferty hardware block,
alone about $800, and is competing with
merchants who do pay their taxes.
Where did he get it, gentlemen? Where
iliil he get his red automobile and the
gall to talk of the county's finances?
Where did he get it, gentlemen?
HOW’S THIS, MR. MILES?
Atkinson Graphic
“While on the bench It has been
their policy and constant aim to deal
fairly between all parties and dispose
of all business without UNNECES
SARY DELAY.”
The foregoing is an excerpt from an
editorial forged and furnished by Judge
Harrington’s official organ at O'Neill
laudatory of the district judges now
seeking re-election.
We are told that all business is dis
posed of by these judges “without un
necessary delay.” Let's see:
The editor of the Holt County Inde
pendent, Judge Harrington's official
organ, is the defendant in a libel suit
for the alleged libel of J. II. Barnes,
one of the judges of the supreme court,
and the case has been in cold storage
in Judge Harrington's court since July
33 last, waiting for the ruling of the
court on the habeas corpus that Is to
determine whether Miles is to go to
Madison county to stand trial on the
original complaint filed there by Judge
Barnes, or be held here for trial on the
Stephen McGinnis complaint, hurried
ly drawn up and filed with a justice
of the peace in O’Neill on the night of
July 19, after it was learned that the
sheriff of Madison county was coming
to O’Neill that night to place Miles
under arrest.
Miles is probably not troubled any
over what may appear to others an
“unnecessary delay” in entering judg
ment on the habeas corpus, bul How
about tbo other fellows? Under the
law, both plaintiff and defendant have
equal rights before the bar of justice.
Will Mr. Mills explain if “unneces
sary delay" Is one of the crowning vir
tues of the Judicial Incumbents, why,
after the lapse of nearly three months,
the habeas corpus case is still unde
cided?
Is the Independent's support of Judge
Harrington’s candidacy for re-election
contingent on the ruling of the court
as to whether Miles is to be taken to
Madison county or not?
A Word From a School Officer.
O’Neill, Oct. 21.—Editor Frontier: 1
have been a director in school district
No. 171 for several years and I want
to say that Miss Florence Zink, our
present county superintendent, is the
best superintendent the county ever
had. During the years others had the
office they were content to sit by a
warm (ire in the court-house and let
the schools take care of themselves.
But Miss Zink visits the schools and
makes good, practical suggestions to
teachers and pupiis in language that
all can understand.
Miss Zink is entitled to re-election,
and I hope that everyone who lias the
welfare of our schools at heart will
vote for her. T. D. Harrington.
FOR SALE—’Thoroughbred Lang
shang chickens $0.00 per dozen with
rooster thrown in. Ab Wilcox,
18-5 Ray, Neb.
Bankrupt Clothing and Shoe Sale.
Having made very large purchases
of clothing and slices in New York at
tlie bankrupt sale of Blum & Rosen
thal, we will put the entire purchase
on sale for the next thirty days at
prices that will cause you to stop
breathing for a little while and say
oh, how 1 have been robbed buying
clothing and shoes at old time prices.
It pays to look for bargains before you
buy your fall overcoats, suits for men
and boys; shoes, the best on earth;
overshoes that will keep your feet
warm and at prices that nobody can
match. Come and get our price and
you will be convinced. Sale will com
mence Saturday, Oct. 20th, and will
continue indetinately.
Clearing house certificates of any
bank in the city will be taken in ex
change for merchandise at our store
at full value.
19-1 Sullivan* Co.
Notice.
Bids will be received at the county
clerk’s ollice for coal in carload lots to
be delivered in coal bln under court
house. Said bids shall state price per
ton and name of coal. Bids will be
received up until 12 o’clock of the 6th
day of November, 1907. Board reserves
tite right to reject any and all bids.
W. P. Si mar,
1S-2 County Clerk.
The Frontier for job work.
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