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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
NATIONAL.
Fur I 're-1 lent,
ALTON It. I'AUKF.i:,
of Now York.
For Via' resident,
HKNI1Y 5. 1AV1S,
of West Virginia.
FUSION STATE TICKET.
For Governor
(IKOKtiK. W. I'.F.IMSF., Lincoln.
For Lleutenant-Ciovprnor
Dli. A. TOWNS F.N D, Franklin Co.
For Secretary of Slate
lUTItOLI'Il K. WATK K, IluinLolt.
For Treasurer -
J. M. OSl'.oUNK, I'.iwiieeCo.
For Auditor
.I.S. CAN A KAY. Minden.
For Attorney-ileneral
FDWAKK W1IALKN, O'Neill.
For Supt. I'uliilc Inst ruction -A.
A.SOFTLF.Y, Perkins Co.
For Laud Commissioner
A. A. WolJSF.LF.Y, liutte.
For Conniessuum I-'iist iMMrk't
llFtill LAMASTl-lt,
Johnson County
JllMlK I'AKhKU said something
And all tlie people lieard It. House
velt said sometliiiis', too. Hut nil the
people lind lieard It lu'fore.
Hkuiik was not the Journal'. choice
for governor previous to the state con
ventlon. lmt he Is now. The will of
democrat lecoineulbi'.s Is our will.
Sinc k Parker has spoken, those re
publican papers who seemed so much
interestel in his siiei.ee before his
nomination, now relict that he has
spoken.
An eastern exchange says Teddy w ill
"cut a whole pile of lee" during the
campaign. l!ut think of the freeze-out
ho is toln. to experience hi early November.
lr president can make good times,
Isn't It atout time Teddy waBettlnn
bu!y? With strikes, loekoutsand bus
iness failures every day In the week It
look as though Teddy should do something
L
T tiik mothers of the country In a
heart-to-heart talk, Mr. KNevelt has
said, "He prolliie." To the youths he
has said, " He soldiers." To the tfrown
men he has declared, "No man who Is
unwilling to take up arms and liht Is
tit to live In tills country or has any
rlK'ht to live In any free republic."
And totliesoldlersthemselves, "I have
no use for any soldier who docs not love
war for war's sake. I do not desire
such a man for a friend." To the na
Hon he has advised, "Speak softly and
carry a hi stick." ( n the eighth day
of next November the voters of the
country w ill speak out In no uncertain
tone, "Step down and out, Teddy, wc
have had enough of your rouh riding
In the affairs of government you are
not tit to occupy the high and lofty po
sition to which you have by accident
lieen elevated."'
JriMiK l'AitKKU stands before the
people with the declaration that if
elected ho will give himself wholly to
the discharge of his duty without a
thought for rcuominatiou. "1 am fully
persuaded," lie announces, "that no
Incumbent of that office should ever
be placed in a situation of possible
temptation to consider what the effect
of action taken by him In an adminis
trative matter of great importance
illicit have upon his political for
tunes." lie states llatly that If elect
ed ho will not he a candidate for nor
will he accept a second term. His po
sition Is not Intended to rellect upon
Mr. Hoosevelt, but the career of the
latter has been In .such conspicuous
contrast to the principle of disinter
ested and unembarrassed service as to
bring the public mind to rest upon it
Inevitably. Hoosevelt shortly after
his succession declared that he would
rather be a whole president for three
years than half a president for seven
a statement so diametrically conflict
ing with his course of oflleial conduct
as to exhibit an inner design. Mr.
Hoosevelt lias been less than half a
president and more than half a candi
date during his occupancy, llistlrst
message to congress made a low obeis
ance to the powers of private monopo
ly which lie had offended in the days
of Ills disinterestedness when he railed
against "protection" and shouted,
"Shackle the trusts'." Mr. Hoosevelt's
candidacy Is written large, in his con
gressional messages. It Is stamped on
all of his official acts of magnitude.
(JKnutii: W. P.i n 1 1 Is a splendid num.
lie is honest, conscientious, and as to
ability, is as far superior to Midget
Mickey as Mickey is superior to a sixteen-year-old
school boy.
Why ail this "chewing the rag"
anions democrat after the conven
tion? The onvei tiou was the proper
place to do that. The nominations
have been made, now stand up like
men and battle for the entire ticket.
No goo 1 democrat "chew the ran,"
like some are ihhg. Pull oil your
coats, roll up your sleeves-get In line,
and let's net Mickey's scalp, gu.d and
strong. We can do It by all "pulling
together" and discarding "rag-chew-inn."
Tiik nomination of Hon. Hugh La
masters of Tecumseh by the fusion
forces as their candidate for congress
in this district was a wise move for
them. Mr. Lamasters is a man In
whom all the people of this district
have confidence and who will receive
the hearty support of the fusion forces.
Hy a strong pull and a pull altogether
he can bo elected over Burkett, who
lias misrepresented this district for so
long and of whom the people are sorely
tired and want a man in congress who
will represent the intorestsof the peo
ple rather than the corporation. Ne
braska City News.
Fkkk to speak, Judge Parker has
spoken decisively, rlnglngly, to the
country upon all the issues w hich effect
it. The silence has been broken again
impressively, and the country now
knows "how Parker stands'1 not only
as to the financial question, but as to
the trust and tarltT question, imperial
ism, reform and economy. It Is a new
and brilliant light of wisdom which
has broken forth from the little New
York village; It rays are nowhere
clouded; all men may see It, and but
few meu will be found In all these
United States who will not recogul.e
Its truth and significance. Mr. Paiker
dealt In no harangue. His dignitled
utterance was not marred bv iettv
lllngs and burlesque sarcasms directed
against the opposite party. He di.l
not stoop to "comeback" at the paper
hero of San Juan! lledid notatlempt
to be witty or to make the committee
smile. The speech showed the man as
plainly as the c .mmunlcation to the
convention -It was courageous, earnest
even to gravity, definite and direct.
They were grave truths which he had
for tho nation and he clothed them
with thedlgnltyauil delivered them lu
the manner appropriate. Judge Par
ker demonstrates that he Is a safe man
to engineer ttiebuslnesof the country
for the next four years, and the voters
will think so too on the fth day of next
November.
Tiiikty years ago was one of the
most noted political campaigns in the
history of this country. IMsnmed
w ith the utter defeatof Horace (Ireelev
in 137:!. the democratic party came to
the front better prepared than ever in
In"! to do battle against corruption
that had existed for years in the va
rlous depart men ts of government. The
democratic orators went before the
country and exposed some of the most
fraudulent schemes that was ever per
petrated upon any people. They done
their work so successfully that a tidal
wave swept over the land reaching
from ocean to ocean, placing the seal
of condemnation upon the republican
party's methods of doing business.
Congress became overwhelmingly dem
ocratic for the first time since before
the war, Tllden was elected governor
of New York, (iaston was elected gov
ernor of Massachusetts, and Garcclon
was elected governor of Maine all
democrats. Twenty-six states elected
democratic governors. About the
same conditions exist at Washington
now as did then, and democratic ora
tors are prepared with plenty of "hot
shot" to tire into the ranks of fraudu
lent schemers who now control the
departments at Washington. And if
the voters do not decide at the ballot
box on the eighth day of November
next that they must be retired to pri
vate life, we miss our guess.
Tell the Truth.
(Lincoln Journal, Kep
The enemies of George W. Herge are
already out with a statement that he
once ran for county attorney on the
prohibition ticket. The records will
show that, once upon a time when
absent from the city, the prohibition
Istsoiu take advantage of him and
nominate him for that office, but w hen
he found out what they bad done he
"hollered" for help and they let him
go. While a consistent advocate of
water for a beverage, Mr. Herge has
never been politically identified with
the prohibition party, nor an cxhorter
for sumptuary legislation. Though op
posed to fusion, let us stick to fact
and make the campaign a clean and
reputable battle for undying princl
pies
NOW t AM' OVK U'I U S d.N THIS
It will lie a "toss up'' with the
Liquor healers' Association this fall as
Herge Is quite as strong a temperance
man as Mickey. The association made
a hot tight on Mr. Mickey two years
ago o:i the ground that he was a pro
hibit ionlst. Mil. Hkuok is also
ritoiiiiuTioNisT, but, like Mr. Mickey
does not belong to that party. The
state Is to tc congratulated that Its
candidates for governor are both such
good clean men. riattsmoutU News.
Itooscvtlt TotKsThrougl) His Hat.
It Is Indeed refreshing to hear Roose
velt say:
We are not constrained to keep silent
on any vital question; we are divided
on no vital question; our policy Is con
tinuous and is the same for all sections
and localities.
We are to understand, then, that the
candidate, or the party, speaks Its mind
on all vital questions, and must there
fore conclude that It has no opinions
whatever on the t-ust question. We
may properly go back to Mr. Roose
velt's tlrst message to congress for the
machine's notion of trusts, w here he
intimated that they were "good," and
urged that nothing U done against
them. Presumably he now regrcLs
that the Northern Securities prosecu
tion was ever launched. His failure
to mention that case is most conspic
uous. When he declares that ids poli
cy has been the same for all sections
and localities be forcibly recalls bis
discriminations against the southern
whites In favor of black officeholders.
Has lie treated the south as he has
treated other sections? Did he treat
Maryland as he did Mississippi? Fear
ing to offend republican voters In Mary
land, w here they did not share his race
ideas, and where the vote was close, he
did not force a negro postmaster on the
protesting people, and the appointment
of the negro Day was w ithdrawn. But
In South Carolina how did he act in
the Cru in case, and In Indlanola how
did he treat the whites where there
was no republican vote to lose and
nothing but negro delegates to gain?
And Mr. Roosevelt's private conven
tion at Chicago lias shaken the threat
of disfranchisement at the south. It
is tho candidate who proclaims that
all sections have received fair treat
ment who is solely responsible for the
redrawing of sectional lines in the
United States and the redlsturbanceof
sectional questions.
Mr. Roosevelt Is consistent In but
one thing-be would like to elected
president, and ho would rather he
president than be right. He has left
undone none of those things which
would strengthen his chance with the
litlcians and the campaign contrib
utors and done none of those things
which would weaken it. Sometimes
his actions or Inactions have been
right. Sometimes they have been
wrong. Right or wrong, they have
been moved primarily by political con
siderations along the line of private
uiibitlon and all the talk in the world
ill notalterthe factor cloud the pub
c's perception of the fact. Mr. Roose
velt 's actions speak louder than his
words. His career Is writ plainly be
fore the people, and It Is the career of
mere politician with which con
science has not seriously interfered.
More Than an Even Chance.
(St Uul Hi-public)
New York's removal from the doubt
ful column to a secure position in the
Democratic Hie of States narrows cal
culations greatly. Heretofore the nar
rowest Republican estimate of the
relative strength of the parties has
conceded only the solid south, with
its total of 151 electorial votes, to De
mocracy; and has placed New York in
the doubtful column together with
Delaware, Maryland aud Nevada.
New York adds 3'.t votes to the con
ceded total of Democracy, making l'.W
out of the '2'M votes necessary to a vic
tory, while the democratic acquisition
of New York has a vital effect on sev
eral other states. In view of this
reasonable certainty that New York
will go for Parker by a safe majority
it Is reasonable to add New Jersey,
Connecticut and West Virginia to the
doubtful column.
Maryland should be taken out of the
doubtful column and conceded to de
mocracy. Thus the democratic total
assured may be placed at IDS votes
while the doubtful column may be re
vised as follows:
IMuwnre 3
Ni-vuihi 3
New Jersey 2
('onnertlriil 7
West Vlrtflnlii 7
Total 3J
These are states which are "doubt
ful" with a democratic leaning. Some
republican estimates have placed Nc
vada in the democratic column. Dela
ware and West Yirginlaareextremely
likely to go as Maryland goes; and the
democratic chance In Connecticut and
New Jersey Is apace with the lead In
New York. It is almost an impossi
bility for the republicans to carry
these two states without carrying
New York.
A further doubtful column may be
computed of states which are uncer
tain, but in which the chance is not
so favorable to democracy:
Cc.lonulo r
I'uUfiirntii Ill
Miilni 3
Monliinu 3
(irrron 4
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More ParHer Recruits.
A. H. Sec, a prominent elevator man,
ind one of the biggest In New York)
ind life-long republican, came out Hat-
footed last Friday in a demand for the
defeatof Roosevelt. He says: "I never
voted a democratic ticket before, but
this year thchutiiicM iiiknatxKftlrtvimn-
ti;i (h iniiiK tin. ((ia( of llviwtrdt. While
no one questions hi personal integrity,
still lie Is unfortunate in the possession
of a rough-riding nature, lie is impet
uous and explosive, and is regarded by
the best Interests In the country as un
safe. If elected president by a vote of
confidence, he is not tho man to have
supreme power at his command."
Ashbury Ilarsons of West Virginia,
republican nominee for judge of the
circuit court of the Fifth district, has
declared for Parker and Davis. John
S. Farrof Huntington, West Virginia,
a republican nominee for presidential
elector and member of the state repub
lican central committee, has with
drawn from both. He gives as his
reason that "he cannot conscientiously
vote for the persons on the republican
ticket." Next!
Fusion Candidate for Governor.
(Lincoln Star. Kepulilleun.)
George W. Herge Ins been honored
by the fusion party in the past. In
19)0 he ran for congress in the First
district and made a good fight, which
encouraged his friends in the district
to believe that he was a strong
man politically. They had hopes of
electing him In that year, but Mr.
Berge could not overcome the republi
can strength.
In his campaign speeches he reached
a wide acquaintance among the voters
lie spoke German as well as English
when the community in which he was
billed to speak wanted that tongue.
Mr. Herge is of German descent, but
was born in this country. His parents
came to the United States half a cen
tury ago. The early life of the noml
nee was passe 1 on a farm, where he
labored with nature and books until
lie had a strong body and a well stored
mind. His education he secured by
dint of hard work and persistent strug
gle with difficulties. Then at last he
entered law, and has been in Lincoln
many year. For a long time he was
lu partnership with W. M. Morning
At the present time he Is alone.
JfiKK P.uttiKu's speech of accept
ance I an admirable document, and
since its publication, many democrats
w ho were not Inclined to vote for him
have throw n that inclination by the
way-side and are now blowing horns
la the Parker band wagoa.
Tolal -II
Thus the two sets of doubtful states
comprise 73 votes. Democracy requires
41 of these doubtful votes in order to
win.
Several combinations, easily within
reason and the possibilities, make up
the required number. Let democracy
carry the first set of doubtful states
and it needs but ! more votes.
Let democracy carry Wisconsin In
the second set, and it could win w ith
out Delaware or Nevada In tho first
set.
Let democracy carry Wisconsin and
Colorado, in the second set, and it
could win without Connecticut, or
West Virginia, or Delaware and Ne
vada, In the first set.
A liberal estimate, conceding Illinois
aud Indiana to the republicans, gives
them '2)" electorial votes. Thus they
require 34 additional votes to win. If
the republicans lose the first set of
doubtful states, they cannot afford to
lose more than " votes in the second
set of doubtful states. The lass of
Colorado and Idaho or Montana or
Oregon or Utah would be fatal. The
loss of Wisconsin would be fatal.
In order to w in, the republicans must
hold together the "sure" states, and
must carry the entire West with the
exception of Nevada.
Upon the whole the democrats may
be said to have better than an even
chance. The chance w ould be about
oven the republicans having 205
against democracy's l!8 "sure" votes
were it not for the fact that as New
York goes many of the doubtful states
will probably go. New York Is the big
and powerful asset and its turning is
likely to influence other of the big
commcrclahand industrial states. Not
even Indiana and Illinois are assured
to the republicans in the event of a
democratic New York. The loss of
cither one of them, or of Ohio, would
be absolutely fatal to the republican
party; whereas democracy can win
easily witnoui tnem.
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