SUt. Soci.«,
The Frontier
VOL. Lix! O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 198& No. 26.
GREAT REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE!
Republicans Elect Governors In 17 States
NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS
ELECT NEARLY ALL ON THE
STATE TICKET; LOSE TWO
Three Republican Congressmen Elected. Stefan,
Heinke and Curtis, Are Easy Winners in Race.
Cochran, Swanson Re-elected
*■ STEFAN WINS RACE BY MAJORITY OF 50,000
KARL STEFAN
Nebraska republicans hummed a
victory tune Wednesday night—
with sour notes only where the
melody skipped over the gover
norship they lost after a nip and
tuck race.
Aside from Gov. R. L. Cochran,
pulled thru largely by his Omaha
strength, democrats retained their
partisans in only two congres
sional seats, the secretary of
state’s office and the short term
lieutenant governorship.
Everything else went to the re
publicans, returned to the strong
holds from which the new deal
4 ejected them several long terms
ago.
The g. o. p. made its strength
known outside state borders by
picking up congressional seats
now held by Representative Henry
C. Luckey in the First district
and Representative C. G. Binderup
in the Third. Luckey was defeated
only after a photo finish that nar
rowed republican George Heinke’s
victory margin a few hundred
votes.
Binderup went down to a resi
dent of his own town, Carl T. Cur
tis, of Minden, who surprised the
victory margin to a few hundred
strength.
Representatives Karl Stefan (r)
► of Norfolk, Charles F. McLaughlin
(d), of Omaha and Harry B. Cof
fee (d) of Chadron, all incum
bents, won an easy re-election.
Voters who rejected Robert G.
Simmons in his previous repub
lican bids for the U. S. senate
chose him on a nonpartisan ticket
as chief justice of the supreme
court to succed Charles A. Goss.
Simmons had a wide margin over
C. A. Sorensen, former attorney
general.
In other state races, the contest
for treasurer was the only one that
looked close after the ballots
started rolling in. Former Treas
urer T. W. Bass (r) finally edged
out Treasurer Walter H. Jen
sen (d).
Three Johnsons came thru to
victory for the republicans. Ray
C. Johnson won over Auditor Wil
liam H. Price (d), Walter R. John
son defeated Attorney General
Richard C. Hunter (d) and W. E.
Johnson captured the lieutenant
governorship from Terry Carpen
ter (d), the running mate who
previously opposed Governor
Cochran’s old age pension policies.
Harry R. Swanson, secretary of
state, was the only full term dem
ocrat to join Cochran in the vic
tory column. A close race with
L. E. Marsh gave him some bad
moments early in the tabulation,
^ but Swanson later pulled away.
Duane T. Swanson (r) defeated
Floyd L. Bollen for the six year
term on the railway commission.
It was a bad year for all the
proposed constitutional amend
ments save the repeal of double
liability on stockholders in failed
state banks. That proposal won,
after previous unsuccessful at
tempts to put it over.
The four companion measures
embodying the short ballot plan
failed badly, however, as did the
scheme to license slot machines
for added pension revenue.
State Superintendent Charles
W. Taylor rolled up a big total
against Sarah T. Muir, the Lincoln
teacher and former legislature who
opposed him.
in the rntn university regent
district Stanley D. Long of Grand
Island got a slight margin over
Malcolm B. Wilcox, of Holdrege.
In the Sixth district, Frank M.
Johnson, Lexington, topped Frank
J. Taylor, St. Paul.
1952 precincts of 2.033, Cochran,
(d) '205,191; Warner (r) 188,646,
Bryan (ind.) 70,107.
349 of 349 precincts for First
district congress, Luckey (d) 44,
426, Heinke (r) 44,809, McGerr
(ind.) 6,180.
228 of 228 precincts for Second
district, congress, McLaughlin (d),
46,493, Mulvaney (r) 32,313, Nel
son 2,233.
408 of 451 precincts for Third
district congress, Howard (d) 22,
761, Stefan (r) 69,957.
468 of 481 precincts for Fourth
district congress, Binderup (d) 39,
924, Curtis (r) 55,162.
491 of 524 precincts for Fifth
district congress, Coffee (d) 5l -
060, Shuman (r) 26,855, Flood
2,836.
1,834 of 2,033 precincts, lieuten
ant governor, Carpenter (d) 188,
022, Johnson (r) 198,209, Elliott
23,626.
1,951 of 2,033 precincts, secre
tary of state, Swanson (d) 226,
298, Marsh (r) 197,859.
1.957 of 2,033 precincts, auditor,
Price (d) 174,958, Johnson (r)
210,889, Babcock 27,930.
1,894 of 2,033 precincts, treas
urer, Jensen (d) 194,395, Bass (r)
201,061.
1,824 of 2,033 precincts, attorney
general, Hunter (d) 165,693, John
son (r) 218,761.
1,999 of 2,033 precincts, rail
way commissionar, Bollen (d) 175,
595, Swanson 235,558.
1,995 of 2,033 precincts for chief
justice, Simmons 229,819, Soren
sen 177,218.
1,656 of 2,033 precincts, for
making all executive officers but
governor, lieutenant governor and
auditor appointive, 73,403, against
180,078.
1.649 precincts—for making
state superintendent member of
educational board of lands and
funds 112,246, against 129,642.
1.648 precincts—for changing
pardon board membership 88,332,
against 184,020.
1.649 precincts—for authorizing
recall of executive officers 100,125,
against 132,677.
1,603 of 2,033 precincts, for re
peal of double liability of bank
stock holders 145,373, against re
peal 133,567.
1,580 of 2,033 precincts, to li
cense slot machines, yes 90,998, no
241,818.
1,802 of 2,003 precincts, state
superintendent, Taylor 234,358,
Muir 120,198.
324 of 343 precincts, university
regent, Fifth district, Long 22,484,
Wilcox 20,987.
Holt County Results
In the congressional race Con
gressman Karl Stefan, of Norfolk,
smothered Edgar Howard, former
congressman and pioneer newspa
per man of Columbus. Howard re
ceived 1512 votes in the county to
5011 for Congressman Stefan or a
majority of 3499 in the county for
the congressman. He received the
greatest vote and the largest ma
jority ever cast for a candidate for
office in this county. When the
final returns are compiled the con
gressman will have a majority in
the district of between 50 and 60
thousand, which is some majority,
even in New Deal times, in any
man’s country.
On the county ticket all incum
bents were elected with the excep
tion of the county assessor, Asses
sor Sullivan going down to defeat
at the hands of Fred Mulford,
Stuart republican with a vote of
2972 for himself while Mulford re
ceived 3304, or a majority of 332
votes. Assessor Sullivan had serv
ed one term in office and has made a
good, painstaking official. The
county assessor elect was formerly
a resident of Stuart and while resid
ing in the city was assessor of that
precinct and the fact that he is
highly thought if in that city was
evidenced by the heavy vote he
polled there on election day and in
all the townships in the western
part of the county.
County Treasurer Winchell was
the star vote getter on the demo
cratic ticket as he received 4228
votes for reelection as county trea
urer to 2299 cast for his republi
can opponent, or a majority of 1929.
County Clerk J. C. Gallagher
was the second highest vote getter
on the democratic ticket. He re
ceived 3978 votes in his quest of
reelection to a third term as again
st 2640 votes cast for Mrs. Mabel
Meredith McKenna, his republican
opponent, or a majority of 1313.
Pete Duffy had one of the great
est struggles of his long career as
sheriff of this county in staving off
Art Marquardt, of Ewing, from
ousting him. Pete has been such
an easy winner for several years
that most people looked upon his
election as a certainty until the last
week of the campaign when re
ports coming in from the hustings
made it appear as if Pete had a real
fight on his hands. The final count
on the countest was Duffy 3667
and Marquardt 3133 votes, or a
majority for Duffy of 534 votes, the
lowest majority he ever received
except in his first and second cam
paigns. Mr. Marquardt made a
splendid campaign and during the
campaign made hundreds of friends
throughout the county and he can
be looked upon to take a prominent
part in the political affairs here
after.
Richard L. Tomlinson, demo
cratic candidate for clerk of the
district court, a new comer to
politics, made a splendid campaign
for the office. Although he was
going against the most efficient
clerk of the district court this
county ever had, he put up quite a
scrap with the result that he poll
ed 2938 votes to 3543 votes cast
for Ira H. Moss incumbent, or a
majority for Moss of 605.
The race for county attorney was
between the candidates who made
the contest against each other four
years ago, which resulted in a vic
tory for County Attorney Cronin
with a majority of a little over 100
votes. It was a different story this
year as County Attorney Cronin
made a runaway race of it last
Tuesday receiving 3845 votes to
2829 cast for Mr. Harmon, or a
majority for Cronin of 1016.
Esther Cole Harris again dem
onstrated her ability as a vote get
ter in her contest for reelection to
the office of register of deeds, a po
sition she has ably and acceptably
filled for the past eight years. Mrs,
Harris received more votes than
any candidate on the republican
county ticket, a total of 4047 voters
having marked an X in front of her
name. Her opponent, Mrs. Julia
Corrigan Samples received a total
of 2383 votes, leaving Mrs. Harris
with a majority of 1664.
M. F. Norton, who has been coun
ty surveyor for this county for
many, many years was the only
candidate for this office, he being
the nominee on the republican
ticket and he was elected with a
vote of 5134.
The race for supervisor from
this district was botween Thomas
J. Brennan of this city and John
Sullivan, who has filled the post
for over twenty years. It was a
good scrap and created much in
terest during the laBt few days of
the campaign. Sullivan won out
with a majority of 133, the vote
standing Sullivan 754 and Brennan
621. Mr. Brennan said he had an
enjoyable time during the cam
paign and wishes to express his
sincere thanks to his many friends
for their labors in his bphalf.
In the First district Supervisor
Stein, who has represented that
district on the board for many
years was again victorious re
ceiving 369 votes to 292 cast for
his democratic opponent, Troschy
nski
In the Fifth district Supervisor
Gibson retains his seat, receiving
674 votes to 495 cast for his repub
lican opponent J. W. Walter, or a
majority of 179 for Gibson.
In the Seventh district Chairman
Matousek had an easy time in de
feating his opponent, Jesse James,
formerly supervisor'from that dis
trict. When the votes were final
ly counted it was discovered that
Mautousek had 760 votes to 330
cast for James, or a majority of
430.
As a result of the election there
will be no change in the personnel
of the board, it remaining the same
as it has been for the past two
years.
On the non-political ticket Miss
Elja McCullough was the only
candidate for the office of super
intendent of schools and she re
ceived a vote of 5567.
In the race for chief justice of
the state supreme court Robert G.
Simmons, formerly congressman
from this district, was an easy win
ner in this county over C. A. Soren
sen, formerly attorney general of
the state. v Simmons received 3520
votes to 2099 cast for Sorensen, or
a majority of 1421 for Simmons.
Present state superintendent C.
W. Taylor received a splendid en
dorsement from the voters of this
county. He received 3636 votes to
1723 cast for his opponent, Sarah
T. Muir, or a majority of 1843.
Frank J. Taylor, of St. Paul, one
of the present regents of the state
university, carried this county with
a small majority over Frank M.
Johnson. Taylor received 2399
votes to 2319 cast for Johnson, or
a majority for Taylor of 80 votes.
The race for membership in the
legislature from this legislative
district was a close one in this
county between Senator Frank J.!
Brady, present member, and Lloyd 1
G. Gillespie of this city. The final!
vote, in this county, is Brady 3213 <
and 3025 for Gillespie, or a major- j
ity in the county for Brady of 188 j
votes.
St. Mary’s Alumnae
To Honor Sisters
The Alumnae of St. Mary’s
Academy will give a tea at the
Academy on Sunday afternoon
from two until five honoring Sis
ter M. Antonette and Sister M.
Geralda, who will arrive here <Jn
Friday. Sister Geralda was one of
the group of nuns present when
the Academy was first opened, and
Sister Antonette was here for a
number of years, leaving about
l'J2Q. All friends as well as alum
nae are invited to attend the tea.
Mrs. L. B. Hassel, of Hunbolt,
Nebraska arrived Monday and will
visit here at the home of her
brother and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Ted McElhaney.
Complete Unofficial
Vote of Holt County
For Governor:
R. L. Cochran, D., . 3579
Charles J. Warner, R., 2281
Charels W. Bryan, Petition 902
For Lieutenant Governor:
Terry Carpenter, D., 2905
William E. Johnson, R., 3013
John B. Elliott, Petition 286
For Lieutenant Governor—(To
Fill Vacancy:
Nate M. Parsons, D., 3214
J. S. Kroh, Petition 1852
For Secretary of State:
Harry R. Swanson, 1)., 3338
L. E. Marsh, R., 2748
For Auditor Public Accounts:
William H. Price, D., 2486
Ray C. Johnson, R., 2850
Harry L. Babcock, Petition 538
For State Treasurer:
Walter H. Jensen, D.,. ..2936
T. W. Bass., R., 2983
For Attorney General:
Richard C. Hunter, D., 2562
Walter R. Johnson, R., 3235
For Railway Commissioner:
Floyd L. Bollen, D., . 2437
Duane T. Swanson, R., 3363
For Congressman, Third Dist.:
Edgar Howard, D., -1512
Karl Stefan, R., 6011
COUNTY TICKET
For County Clerk:
John C. Gallagher, D„ 3978
Mabel Meredith McKenna, R., 2640
For County Sheriff:
Peter W. Duffy, D., 3667
A. H. Marquardt, R., 3133
F'or County Treasurer:
B. T. Winehell, D„_4228
W. E. Starr, R., 2290
For Clerk of District Court:
Richard L. Tomlinson, D., 2938
Ira II. Moss, R., 3543
For County Attorney:
Emmet A. Harmon, D., 2829
Julius D. Cronin, R., 3845
For Register of Deeds:
Julia Corrigan Samples _ 2383
Esther Cole Harris, R., 4047
For County Assessor:
John Paul Sullivan, D., 2972
Fred Mulford, R., 3304
NON POLITICAL
For Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court:
C. A. Sorensen 2099
Robert G. Simmons 3520
For State Superintendent:
Charles W. Taylor 3636
Sarah T. Muir 1793
For Regent State University,
Sixth District:
Frank J. Taylor 2399
Frank M. Johnson 2319
For Member of the Legislature,
28th District:
L. G. Gilespie 3025
Frank J. Brady 3213
For County Superintendent:
Elja McCullough 5567
County Agent:
For County Agent 2899
Against County Agent 1759
American Legion Will
Hold Armistice Day
Program On Friday
The American Legion will hold
their annual armistice program on
Friday, November 11, beginning
with a parade of the veterans at
9:45, followed by the following pro
gram at the K. of C. Hall: Invo
cation, Rev. H. D. Johnson; Selec
tion, O’Neill Band; Song, O’Neill
Glee Club; Introduction of Speaker,
Commander of Legion; Address,
Wm. Brennan of Butte; Song, St.
Mary’s Glee Club; Selection, Band;
Benediction, Rev. Wright. At the
completion of the program, Taps
will be sounded.
Election Results Given
Here In A Nut Shell
Governors elected (32): Demo
crats, 15.
Frank M. Dixon, Alabama; R. T.
Jones, Arizona; Carl E. Bailey (x)
Arkansas; Culbert L. Olson, Cali
fornia; E. D. Rivers (x), Georgia;
Herbert R. O’Connor, Maryland; R.
L. Cochran (x), Nebraska; E. P.
Carville, Nevada; John E. Miles,
New Mevico; Herbert H. Lehman
(x), New York; John Moses,
North Dakota; Leon C. Phillips,
Oklahoma; Burnet R. Maybank,
South Carolina; Prentice Cooper,
Tennessee; W. Lee O’Daniel, Texas.
Republicans (17), Ralph L. Carr,
Colorado; Raymond E. Baldwin,
Connecticut; C. A. Bottolfsen,
Idaho; George A. Wilson, Iowa;
Payne II. Ratner, Kas.; Leverett
Saltonstall, Massachusetts; Frank
D. Fitzgerald, Michigan; Harold
E. Stassen, Minnesota; Francis
P. Murphy (x), New Hampshire;
John W. Bricker, Ohio; Charles A.
Sprague, Oregon; Arthur H.
Janies, Pennsylvania; William II.
Vanderbilt, Rhode Island; Harlan
J. Bushfield, South Dakota;
George D. Aiken (x), Vermont;
Julius P. Heil, Wisconsin; Nels H.
Smith, Wyoming.
Senators elected (35): Demo
crats (21): Lister Hill (x), Ala
bama; Carl Hayden (x), Arizona;
Mrs. Hattie Carraway (x), Ar
kansas; Sheridan Downey, Cali
fornia; Alva Adams (x), Colorado;
Claude Pepper (x), Florida; Wal
ter F. George (x), Georgia; D.
Worth Clark, Idaho; Scott W. Lu
cas, Illinois; Allien W. Barkley
(x), Kentucky; John H. Overton
(x), Louisiana; Millard E. Tyd
(x), Maryland; Bennett Champ
Clark (x), Missouri; Robert F.
Wagner (x) and James M. Mead,
New York; Robert R. Reynolds
(x), North Carolina; Elmer Thom
as (x), Oklahoma; Ellison D.
Smith (x), South Carolina; A.I
Tom Stewart, Tennessee; Elbert
D. Thomas (x), Utah; Homer T.
Bone (x), Washington.
Republicans (11): John A.
Danaher, Connecticut; Clyde M.
Reed, Kansas; Charles W. Tobey,
New Hampshire; W. Warren Bar
bour, New Jersey; Gerald P. Nye
(x), North Dakota; Robert A.
Taft, Ohio; Rufus C. Holman, Ore
gon; James J. Davis (x), Pennsyl
vania; J. Chandler Gurney, South
Dakota; Ernest Gibson (x), Ver
mont; Alexander Wiley, Wiscon
sin.
(x) Re-elected.
Brady Wins Senatorship
Brady Gillispie
Holt 3213 3025
Boyd _ 1330 900
Rock _ 412 286
Keya Paha _ 734 325
Totals _5689 4536
Majority for Brady 1153
The Weather
The weather has been nice the
past week, a little cool op Monday
and Tuesday nights, but very
nice for this season of the year. We
had .13 hundreths of an inch of
moisture here last Friday night it
being much heavier east of here.
A very good rain at Page and
amounting to two inches at Os
mond.. Following is the chart for
the week:
H. L. M.
Nov. 8. 38 30
Nov. 4 57 15
Nov. 5 .55 25 .13
Nov. 6 _ 32 18
Nov. 7 35 9
Nov. 8 . 48 8
Nov. 9 _ ...... 46 24
Annual Red Cross
Drive Next Week
The annual Red Cross drive
starts on Friday of this week and
will last until Thanksgiving Day.
This year the Red Cross had 402
members in this county, of which
101 were enlisted from O’Neill and
Emmet. The ladies soliciting com
mittee have been named for this
city and they will start work next
week. The following ladies head
the soliciting committee for the
city: Mrs. William Froelich, north
east section; Mrs. Charles Mc
Kenna, southwest section; Mrs. Ed.
Campbell, northwest section; Mrs.
O. F. Rummell, southeast section.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sanford an
nounce the birth of a son on Friday,
November 5th.
W. R. Johnson, Old
Pioneer Passes Away
Wallace R. Johnson died sudden
ly at his home northwest of O’Neill
last Saturday morning about 2:15
of a cerebral hemmorage, at the
age of 74 years, 4 months and 8
days.
Mr. Johnson was a large robust
man and had always enjoyed good
health. He was in this city last
Thursday afternoon and visited in
this office for a couple of hours and
was in fine health and, as usual in
his visits to this office, discussed
olden times with the writer. He
was again in the city on Friday and
after leaving here drove to Atkin
son, where he visited for a time and
looked after business matters, then
drove home. Shortly before 2:00
o’clock he suffered a heart attack.
His son, Floyd, who lives about
three-quarters of a mile from his
fathers home was called and by the
time he reached the house his
father had passed away.
Wallace R. Johnson was born in
Peoria, Illinois, on June 27, 1864,
where the family resided until Wal
lace had reached the age of fifteen
years, when the family moved to
Nebraska, locating at Hastings for
a year and then came to this county
in 1880, and licated on Eagle Creek
northwest of this city. When Wal
lace reached the age of 21 he took a
homestead on Eagle Creek and
made his home there from that
time until his death, a period of
fifty-eight years.
On June 19, 1895, he was united
in marriage to Miss Lizzie Gordon.
Two children were born to this
union, one son, Floyd Robert of
this city and one daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Brown, of Atkinson, whom
with their mother are left to mourn
the passing of a kind, affectionate
and indulgent husband and father.
In addition he leaves two brothers,
Clyde O. and Dell Johnson, both of
O’Neill, and one sister, Mrs. Mary
Purdy, Denver, Colo.
Wallace Johnson was one of the
hale and hearty pioneers of this
county and had a host of friends in
all parts of the county, as he was
well known in all sections. A large
and robust man, his stature com
manded and attracted attention in
any crowd any place. He had a very
agreeable disposition and in a calm
and modulated voice he liked to dis
cuss pioneer days in the 'county
with the old timers and there was
not a trip he made to this city but
what he called upon some of the
old timers and took time out to dis
cuss pioneer days. The writer had
been intimately acquainted with
Wallace for over fifty years and
we always found him a man who
could be depended upon. Loyal and
true to his family and faithful to
his friends, of whom there were
legions. The passing of this sturdy
old pioneer who had done much in
the settlement and development of
this county will be sincerely re
gretted by friends everywhere and
the old time friends in his own im
mediate neighborhood, except his
family, will miss him most for Wal
lace was a true friend to many of
them when they found themselves
in financial distress. A careful and
prudent business man he had been
very successful in a business way
and several years ago had accumu
lated enough to take life easy. But
like other hardy pioneers he was
not content to sit aside and let
others superintend the work, he
had to look after it himself and he
passed away while still actively
conducting the affairs of his ranch.
The funeral was held last Mon
day afternoon at 2 o’clock from the
Methodist church in this city, ser
vices being conducted by Rev.
Wright, burial in Prospect Hill
cemetery. It was one of the larg
est funerals seen in this city for
many months, attesting the high
esteem in which the deceased was
held by the people of this city and
county.
Joe Martin made a business trip
to Nenzel on Wednesday.
