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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
National.
For President
WARREN G. HARDING, of Ohio
For Vice President
CALVIN COOLIDGE, of Mass.
State.
For Governor
SAMUEL R. McKELVIE of Lancaster
For Lieutenant Governor '
P. A. BARROWS of Boone
For Secretary of State
DARIUS M. AMSBERRY of Custer
For Auditor of Public Accounts
GEORGE W. MARSH of Lancaster
For State Treasurer
D. B. CROPSEY of Jefferson
For Attorney General
CLARENCE A. DAVIS of Kearney
For Commissioner Public Lands anc
Buildings
DAN SWANSON of Dodge
For Railway Commissioner,
Long Term
THORNE A. BROWN of Lancaster
For Railway Commissioner,
Short Term
HARRY L. COOK of Lancaster
Congressional
For Congress, Sixth District
• M. P. KINKAID of Holt
Legislative Ticket
For State Senator, 24th District
DENNIS H. CRONIN of Holt
For Representative, 53rd District
W. W. BETHEA of Ewing
For Representative, 54th District
BRANTLEY B. STURDEVANT o:
Atkinson
County
For Clerk of the District Court
IRA II. MOSS, Atkinson
For County Assessor
J. M. HUNTER, O’Neill
For Supervisor, 2nd District
L. C. McKIM, Opportunity
For Supervisor, Fourth District
L. E. SKIDMORE, Ewing
For Supervisor, Sixth District
D. E. COLE, Emmet
Wonder what the democrats wil
talk about now that Kirk is in th<
penitentiary ?
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Republican victory is in the air
Get on the band wagon and be in i
position to join heartily in the pulver
izing of Wilsonism on November 2.
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Drive over the roads now and thei
recall what they were in 1915. 3 4-10<
out of every tax dollar is now goinj
into Good Roads. Surely the work be
ing done is worth it.
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With Mr. Morehead for Governor
Keith Neville Chairman of the Stat<
Committee and Arthur Mullen a!
leading man, there surely is little ii
the democratic ticket to appeal to Wo
men here in Nebraska.
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Ira H. Moss, the republican candi
date for clerk of the district court, i:
a native son of this county. Whei
his country was in trouble and neede<
the assistance of her sons he enliste<
in the army and served for nearly twi
years, over a year across the sea. H
is possessed of a good education and i
well qualified for the position to whicl
he aspires. You will make no mistak
in voting for Moss for clerk of th
district court.
Dean Cole of Emmet, one of th
pioneer residents of the county, is th
republican candidate for superviso
from the Sixth district. Mr. Cole i
one of the wheel horses of the e
publican party; he is an extensivi
• farmer and stockman and well quali
fied for the position to which he as
pires. With Mr. Cole on the count}
. board the people of the Sixth district
can rest assured that their interests
will be carefully looked after.
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When the democratic candidates talk
about reducing the state tax, ask them
, how they are going to do it. Will
they discontinue road construction?
Road maintenance? Eradication of
bovine tuberculosis ? Eradicaton of
hog cholera ? Social Hygiene ? Child
Welfare? Or will they cripple the
University? Normal Schools? Care
of State Dependents? Outside of
these items, state taxes have increased
less than one per cent in two years.
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The democrats are making a great
claim that Mr. Morehead reduced
taxes while he was in office. Here are
the facts. * In 1912, the year before
Mr. Morehead became Governor the
total state tax charged to the counties
of the Statei was $2,409,533. The last
y^ar of Governor Morehead—1916, the
total State tax chargeable to the
counties was $3,055,046 or an increase
for the four years under Governor
Morehead of $645,513, or 27 per cent.
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Brantley E. Sturdevant of Atkinson,
member of the legislature from the
Fifty-fourth district, Holt and Boyd
counties, and a candidate for re-elect
ion to that office made an enviable
record in the last session. Although
without previous legislative experi
ence he Entered into the work with
vigor and showed such a knowledge of
legislative proceedure that he was soon
recognized as one of the leaders of that
body. His splendid work in the last
session entitles him to re-election for
another term.
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L. E. Skidmore of Ewing, is the
republican candidate for supervisor
from the Fourth district and there is
no man in the county better qualified
for the position than Mr. Skidmore.
He has served several terms on the
county board and also served the
people of this county as county as
sessor. He is thoroughly familiar with
the needs of the various parts of the
county and will be a valuable addition
to the county board, as there is no
question but what he will be elected
by a splendid majority.
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J. M. Hunter of this city, one ol
the pioneer residents of the county, i:
the republican candidate for county
assessor. Mr. Hunter wah urged to
make the race by hundreds of his
friends who recognized his superior
fitness for the position and it was only
at the last moment that he consented
to the demands made upon him and
filed for the office. Mr. Hunter is as
well posted on values as any man in
the county and we do not believe a
better man for the position could be
found within the county. There is no
question but what he will be elected
by a handsome majority.
L. C. McKim of Opportunity, is the
republican candidate for supervisor in
the Second district. Mr. McKim is not
. a candidate for the position of his own
violation but was drafted for the place
by the people of his district, who
recognized his fitness for the place.
After being urged to enter the race
for several weeks he finally consented
to run and filed for the nomination and
there is no question but what he will
be elected by a handsome majority.
He is one of the heavy taxpayers of
the district and the people of the
northeastern part of the county will
see that he is elected by a splendid
majority.
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Voters of Holt county will make no
mistake in re-electing W. VV. Bethea of
Ewing, for another term in the legis
lature. Mr. Bethea was a member of
that body two years ago, and for a
first term member made a splendid
re.cord. During that session he was a
member of two of the most important
committees of the house, that of Agri
culture and Roads and Bridges and
was one of the men instrumental in the
passage of the present comprehensive
good road laws. With the experience
gained in the last session he will be
of much greater value to the people of
the county at the coming session. You
will make no mistake in voting for
Bethea.
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At almost every session of the
legislature, there have been deficiency
bills covering obligations of different
departments in excess of the money
available. This has been a very costly
practice to the state as there was not
much the legislature could do but al
low the bills. Governor McKelvie
promises that there will be no defici
encies in any of the Code Departments
for the next legislature. Besides that
there will be a considerable amount of
the available money for the Code De
partments unused. The report for
October 1st show $109,0000.00 so far
saved and the sum should reach $150,
000.00 by the end of the biennium.
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Governor MeKelvie is fortunate in
having always supported both in his
speeches and by his votes the
measures which are of particular in
terest to the women voters. As early
as 1911 while a member of the legis
lature he was supporting a consti
tutional amendment for women’s
suffrage. As soon as the Federal
Amendment was submitted, he called
a special session of the legislature to
ratify the same. The First act of the
republican legislature of 1919 was to
ratify the federal prohibition amend
ment after the democrats the year
before had refused to include it in
their program for the special session.
The State under Governor MeKelvie
has taken the first decided step in
Child Welfare and Social Service
Work. A children’s Code Commission
was appointed who will recommend
needed legislation to the next legisla
ture.
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We hear a great deal about taxation
during every campaign and it is in
teresting to analyze the average tax
dollar collected and see where it goes
and what service it gives. Out of
every average dollar of tax collected
in Nebraska in 1919, only 19c went to
the state, 24c to the county, 12c to
cities and villages, 5c to townships,
and 40c went to schools. So the state
tax is small compared with the other
taxes. A study of the service we get
from state for the 19c in 1919 show
that of the 19c, 3 4-10c went for roads,
l-10c for bridges, 5 6-10c for normal
schools and University, 4 2-10c for
care of State’s Dependents, 2 l-10c for
capitol fund and 3 6-10c for the
operation and maintenance of all
State Departments. Wonder how
much the democrats could reduce this
3 <>-10c for the operation and mainte
nance of the State Government? Not
a very big amount for Ex-Governor
Morehead to be using as his only cam
paign issue.
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LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE.
I vcy’s Weekly: “The cost of
sui . ’’ said Gov. Cox in a recent
speech, “would have been reduced from
10 tu 12 cents if the government had
taken stock and allayed public feel
ing.”
The cost of sugar would have been
reduced very much more than 10 or 12
cents had President Wilson not set up
his own infallible wisdom against that
of all the best sugar experts in the
country, and if President Wilson’s
deplorable attorney general had not
overstepped all the legal bounds of
his authority and issued a formal edict
that Louisiana sugar growers might
charge 17 cents a pound for their raw
product, when sugar in other parts*of
the country was selling at far below
that figure. **
The sugar planters of Cuba offered
their entire crop to us at a price a
little over 6 cents a pound. It was
then obvious to all who were informed
on the subject that the World was in
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We are placing on sale the remain
der of our stock at the lowest pos
sible prices.
See the wonderful bargains in Fisk
Hats.
Grady Hat Shop
for a heavy 6Ugar shortage, and that
offer from Cuba was one to be ac
cepted instantly and eagerly. Presi
dent Wilson was so advised. Again
and again did his own sugar equali
zation board beg him to authorize the
purchase. He was warned that if he
dd not acept it speedly it would be
withdrawn. Mr. Wilson had stubborn
ly refused to heed either the urgings
or the warnings. He ignored both.
With every expert in the country
whose opinion was worth a rush tell
ing him that failure to act would
saddle on the people of the United
States a totally unnecessary cost of
over a billion dollars added to their
already staggering burden of living
expenses, Mr. Wilson refused to act.
Indirectly, by his own wilful inertia,
the president forced the people of the
Unted States to throw away more than
a thousand million dollars, every
penny of which might have been saved
to them had he deigned to lift a finger
to avert the wanton waste.
Was this amazing performance the
result of indifference, or was it mere
stubborn pride of opinion registered
in arrogant, self complacent refusal to
accept advice, irrespective of whether
it was. good advise or not?
These are questions for those to
answer who care to explore the laby
rinthian mysteries of Wilsonian
psychology. All that the American
people know or care about it is that
Mr. Wilson has cost them over a
billion dollars.
And then, on top of the back break
ing cost of this Wilsonian superiority
to all advice or suggestion, came the
Louisiana exploit of a Wilsonian at
torney general frantically chasing a
presidential nominaton will-o-the-wisp
and now subsiding irr anything but a
sweet frame of mind because neither
his sugar nor any of the other baits
succeeded in landing the prize for him.
Gov Cox’s statement that the cost
of sugar might have been reduced “if
the government had taken stock of
the supply and allayed public feeling’’
is tommy rot. Moreover, it was what
Artemus Ward on a memorable oc
casion characterized as an “onfortnit
remark." Gov. Cox had better let
the sleeping dogs of the sugar ques
tion le.
The Frontier, only $2 per year.
ANTHONY MURRAY DEAD.
Anthony Murray, one of the pioneer
residents of this county, died at his
home northwest of this city Wednes- S
day evening at 9 o’clock, after an ill- '
ness of several weeks of heart trouble.
The funeral will be held next Satur
day morning at 10 o’clock. Obituary
next week.
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WE ALL DO.
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Nearly everyone has to
j watch every corner of expendi
ture to find ways to save.
To those who have a check
ing account, we say; look over
last month’s cancelled checks
and you can easily tell if you
have been extravagant.
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If you have none to look
over, this is a good time to
j start a checking account at The
O’Neill National Bank.
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THEO’NEILL NATIONALBANK
O’Neill, Nebraska.
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits,$130,000
' This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Officers
Or Stockholders.
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