June 12, 1902
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
A PECULIAR SITUATION
itallrokda ofNtbrMka Driven Into Baying
Sp In Thlr Own Papcro for tha
Purpose of Dlaeuailngtha
Tax QaestJon
Last Friday morning the State Jour
nal had on its editorial page a scare
head article, "Nothing To Hide Ne
braska Railroads Will Turn On the
Searchlight Tax Matters to tie
Probed Statistics Compiled to Show
True State of Affairs Correct Figures
Prove Home Roads Are Not Escaping
Taxation, But Paying Full Share." A
careful reading of the article shows it
to have been prepared by some rail
road man; it sounded much like the
dulcet tones of J. H. Ager lobbying for
a stricter game law or against socie
. railroad bill. The next day the State
V Journal announced that the article
was a paid advertisement; that U13
railroads expect to continue the work
of "educating" the people on this tax
question through the public press, pay
ing regular rates for the privilege of
talking to the dear people, etc.
Now, that's decidedly rich. Has
the State Journal slipped" the railroad
leash? The Independent will be glad
to publish the railroad articles free
of charge, if manuscript is furnished
it in plenty of time so that the fig
ures may be verified and a reply given
to each article as it appears. It has
never asked, and does not now ask,
that the railroads shall pay a cent
more than their share of the taxes, it
would much prefer that there was no
such thing as railroad taxes in other
words, that the railroads were public
k property, operated by the government,
and, of course, exempt from taxation.
But until this shall come to pass,
they must in future pay their snare.
It has no patience, however, with any
drivel about railroad "philanthropy"
and the great public benefit they are,
and so on, ad lib. No business, un
less it be absolutely vicious in char
acter, can help being a public benefit.
A clothing store is a public benefit;
but the owner runs it for the private
profit of himself. A newspaper is a
public benefit if it isn't absolutely
bad but its owner runs it primarily
for his own benefit. It Is the same
with a railroad; the public could hard
ly get along without railroads, and
clothing stores, and newspapers, and
a thousand other things; but if bein
a public benefit is the foundation for
tax shirking, and a justification of it,
then most of us will escape taxation.
It shan't cost the railroads of Ne
braska a red cent to tell their story
to readers of The Independent. All we
ask is a chance to reply to what we
cannot agree with. If the railroads
want their story to be read among
the farmers of Nebraska, The Indepen
dent will guarantee twice the circula
tion of the State Journal and print
it without money and without price.
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Mr. Bryan's Position
Last week The Independent repro
duced Senator Allen's editorial in the
Madison Mail, in which the senator
took the position that "the only really
wise thing to be done by the fuslon
ists is to nominate Hon. William J.
Bryan for governor and redeem the
V state from republican misrule." Below
we give Mr. Bryan's reply, which will
apear in The Commoner of June 13.
The Independent agrees with Senator
Allen that there is no force in the ar
gument that the republicans will flood
the state with money to defeat Mr.
Bryan. "If they can defeat him with
money," says Mr. Allen, "they can cer
tainly defeat a weaker candidate with
a less sum of money, and they can
defeat any candidate with a sufficient
sum of money." On the other hand,
The Independent agrees with Mr. Bry
an that he can accomplish more for
his state and for the United States as
editor of The Commoner than he could
as a candidate for governor yet It
would be delighted to see him at the
head of our state government, and at
the end of two years abandon the gu
bernatorial chair for the presidential
chair. The conventions should not
act hastily in this matter but give
calm deliberation and then do what
seems wisest to do.
THE REPLY.
Hon. Wm. V. Allen, Madison, Neb.
My Dear Mr. Allen: I have just
read the editorial which appeared In
the last issue of your paper. The Madi
son Mail. While I have not thought
it proper to take public notice of the
suggestions that have occaslonally
been made in line with your editorial,
your prominence in the populist party
and your hih standing among the
democrats of Nebraska and the na
tion would seem to make some reply
necessary, and I answer at once. I
need not assure you that I appreciate
the compliment which you pay me, as
I do the friendship that you have
shown toward me on former occasions.
Neither need I repeat my expressions
of gratitude to the democrats and pop
ulists of the state for the support they
have given me. After twelve years
of service, four of which were spent
in congress and eight In the advocacy
of those reforms for which democrats
and populists have contended, I take it
for granted that political friends are
convinced that my sole aim is to be
useful in securing good government;
but I am satisfied, and I believe you
and other friends, in the state will
upon reflection agree with me, that I
can best serve our people by contin
uing to discuss through the columns
of my paper and upon the platform
and stump, the principles which were
enunciated at Chicago and reiterated
and amplified at Kansas City.
Many can be found in the democratic
and populist parties fully equipped for
the discharge of the duties of governor
men who have and deserve to have
the confidence of the reform forces to
the fullest possible extent. Several
have already been mentioned In the
public press and others might be men
tioned. The moral courage, fidelity
to principle and willingness to sacri
fice for the right shown by these men
entitle them to the unanimous and en
thusiastic support of all who are op
nosfid to reDubliean nolicies. The se
lection of one of these to head the
state ticket and of others to complete
the ticket, ought to , be undertaken
with a feeling of friendliness toward
all the candidates, for as between them
it is only a matter of personal pref
erence, not a matter of great politi-
more votes than any one of a dozen
who might be named. Therefore, from
the standpoint of votes, there Is no
necessity for my nomination and no
good reason why I should give up
what I believe to be a more important
work for the task which you so gener
ously suggest I have no personal am
bition to serve; there is no oiflce to
which I aspire. I am not only con
tent to do the work which I am now
doing, but I believe that in this way Z
can accomplish more for my state and
for the United States, as well as for
my political associates, than I couli
accomplish a3 a candidate for gov
ernor whether my candidacy resulted
in defeat or in success.
My candidacy is not necessary to
defeat the reorganizers. While I ex
pect to do all that is within my power
to aid those who are determined to
prevent the Clevelandlzing of the
democratic, party, yet the success of
that effort does not depend upon me
or upon any influence that I may be
able to exert It depends upon a mul
titude of earnest, honest and loyal
democrats who, having seen the party
once debauched by an abject surrender
to plutocratic influences, will spare
no pains to protect the party from an
other such humiliation and disgrace.
I may add that I am looking forward
with pleasure to an opportunity to
return some of the favors that have
been bestowed upon me. In five cam
paigns I have received the constant
and unwavering support of the demo
crats of Nebraska. In the campaigns
of '92 and '94 I was supported by
many populists, and in 1896 and 1900
received the votes of all of the fusion
populists. I am now in a position to
make return and I am not willing to
intercept a reward which is due to
these friends. I am not willing to de
prive any one of them of the honor
that attends a gubernatorial nomina
tion or election.
For these reasons I am not and can
not be a candidate and I beg you to
make no further mention of my name
in connection with this office. On the
contrary, I hope you will hold your
self in readiness to throw your great
influence to such democrat or populist
as may in the opinion of the dele
gates give the best promise of uniting
the fusion forces of the state in a
supreme effort to recover the state
from republican hands. While a large
number of those who acted with us in
1896 were of republican antecedents,
there ought to be no fear of their per
manent return to the republican ranks
so long as the corporate domination of
that party not only continues, but be
comes constantly more aggravated.
The republicans of Nebraska are weak
ened by both national and state is
sues, and an aggressive fight by tha
reform forces ought to result in a
sweeping victory.
I shall be at the service of the joint
committee, and shall devote such tima
to the campaign as they think neces
sary. Again assuring you of my respect
and good will, I am, very truly yours,
W. J. BRYAN.
Stark For Congress
The newspapers and politicians of
the Fourth district seem divided in
sentiment as to whether Congressman
Stark should be renominated for con
gress or should receive the nomination
for governor. It goes without saying
that he would be an honor to either
place, and whatever is done should
be done with an eye to accomplishing
the most good. His efficient services
in congress the past three terms have
given him a friendship over the dis
trict which, even in the face of tne
apparent republican majority ther-3,
ought to insure his re-election; ana
it Is a fact that he is most feared by
the republican aspirants. On the
other hand, as a candidate for gov
ernor, his strength in the Fourth
might be the winning factor In the
coming election for there is no dis
guising the fact that the populists and
democrats have a hard fight ahead
a fight which cannot be won by dilly
dallying, but only by hard, persistent,
intelligent effort.
But there are other strong popul
ists in Nebraska, even if there is only
one Stark in the Fourth. Sprecher,
Damerell, Berge, Coffin, Sutherland,
Lyman each has an element of
strength, peculiar to himself, and it
would be difficult for one man to de
cide even if he had the right to do
so which of these seven populists
could make the strongest race for gov
ernor. The Independent shan't at
tempt it, but trusts to the wisdom of
the conventions at Grand Island to
decide.
The following letter from Congress
man Stark to F. J. Birss, the silver
republican leader down in Thayer,
has a bearing on the congressional
situation in the Fourth:
Washington, D. C, June 2, 1902.
F. J. Birss, Esq., Hebron, Neb My
Dear Mr. Birss: Your kind letter at
hand and I assure you that the same
Is greatly appreciated.
I am not a candidate for any nomi
nation, have not and shall not take
any steps to secure one. Any sugges
tions of my availability as a candi
date are voluntary expressions by the
persons making the same. It touches
me, of course, as an Indorsement that
I have kept the faith. Many letters,
of like tenor with yours, have reached
me and I have invariably replied that
my only desire is and has been to la
bor where I can most effectively serve
the cause.
I have written this to correspon
dents and they reply that they think
it my duty to choose a course and
state the fact, if it be a fact that I
seek nomination, in advance or any
action taken by them in the campaign.
This is a year in which great effort
will be made in the west to elect con
gressmen in sympathy with the ad
ministration. It is a year when it Is
of the utmost Importance to human
ity that this should not be done.' We
should nominate a man at this time
who can poll the largest vote against
the party whose policy Is in opposition
to all the traditions of our govern
ment. Loyally the good people of the
Fourth have stood by me for four
campaigns and three elections and I
owe a debt of gratitude that I can
never repay to all who have been
supporters. :
I am not unmindful of the fact that
for ten years the office has been. held
things that have been said and done
for me, it Is only fair that other coun
ties in the district have a chance.
While I was born and reared In the
east It has no particular charm for
me. I am of the west, western, and,
personally, shall rejoice when I am
cnly an elector in Nebraska, there to
act well my part as best I can and
at the last be laid away in the bosom
of the state that I love so well.
Whoever our people select as a
nominee for congress, I shall do all In
my power to help elect him, but I am
not a candidate. Cordially yours,
W. L. STARK.
Barry For Congress
From comments in a number of pa
pers in the Sixth district it looks is
though General Barry will capture
the fusion nomination for congress.
If M. F. Harrington would accept the
nomination, however, it is probable
the nomination would go to him al
most, if not quite, unanimously. But
The Independent understands that Mr.
Harrington positively declines tha
nomination and that settles it so far
as he Is concerned. . Judge Homer M.
Sullivan, of Broken Bow, is also men
tioned for the place. He would make
an excellent congressman. In fast
the greatest objection to his nomina
tion at this time Is that a vacancy
would be created in his judicial dis
trict, to be filled by appointment of
Governor Savage. Judge W. H. West
over, of Rushville, is also mentioned
by a number of papers, although there
seems to be some misunderstanding ae
to whether or not he would accept.
Like Judge Sullivan, the only objec
tion to nominatirig Judge Westovf.i
would be the probability of losing
another populist district judge.
While The Independent has no voice
in the selection of a candidate for the
Sixth district and has no desire to
interfere in the work the conventions
will do at Kearney, July 9 yet it has
no hesitancy in saying that the con
ventions will make no mistake if they
nominate General Barry.
OUR CANDIDATE.
In presenting the name of Gen. P.
H. Barry of Greeley county for the
populist nomination for congress, til's
Citizen but reflects the sentiment of
not only this county, but in whatever
portion of the Sixth district and state
he is known. All the world loves a
hero, and in Patrick H. Barry the
state of Nebraska has an old soldier
with a record second to that of no
man who wore the blue.
Patrick H. Barry was born in Cork,
Ireland, in 1843. His parents brought
him to America -when he was 5 years
of age. They settled in Boston, Mass.
Young Barry attended the schools of
the great city until he was 12, when
the death of his father left upon hi3
hands the support of a mother, sister
and younger brother. And the young
lad bravely bore up his part and went
into the battle of life, learning the
trade of tinsmith.
But the remarkable part of Mr.
Barry's history is his army record. On.
September 1, 1861, when 17 years old,
he enlisted in Co. E, of the 63rd N. Y.
then third regiment in Gen. Thomas
Francis Mar's Irish brigade, which
went through the peninsular campaign
and made the famous charge on St.
Mary's heights in December of 1862.
Mr. Barry was wounded in the right
leg in the battle of Antietam, which
occasioned his discharge from the ser
vice. He re-enlisted in July, 1863, in
the 12th Mass. V. I., afterwards trans
ferred to the 39th, served under Grant
in his terrible campaign through the
wilderness on to Richmond. At Spott-
sylvania he was severtly burned in the
face by gunpowder, but did not lose a
day's service. He was at the famous
mine explosion in front of Petersburg,
when he received a wound which oc
casioned the amputation of his right
arm, when he was again discharged
from the service.
This is the war record of the man
that the Citizen and the fusionists
of Greeley county, with its 400 ma
jority for Bryan democracy and Weav
er populism asks the Big Sixth con
gressional district to nominate at ti.e
Kearney convention on July 9. Could
the bloody shirt be waved against this
record? Is there an old veteran in the
district that would vote against a
comrade with such a record as this?
A number of years ago the pop
ulists of this representative district
honored General Barry with the nomi
nation for representative, the peoplo
ratified their selection by electing
him, and he in turn honored the dis
trict by the able manner in which he
represented his constituents. He
made a record there that equaled his
war record. Can the populists afford
to Ignore a man that has faced dan
ger, suffered privation an old, tried
and true son of the Emerald Isle
and then point with pride to our past
record? General Barry is as able a j
man as we have in the district, and
combined with his war record, hla
public record as representative and
adjutant general would make him a
worthy successor to Congressman
Neville. Greeley Citizen.
State Politics
"W. J, Bryan or governor," says
Precinct Committeeman W. J. Davis,
Colclesser, Mlnnetonka precinct, Sher
idan county.
T. S. Crosley, sr., Mason City, Neb.,
committeeman for Elk precinct, Cus
ter county, says: "I fear it will be a
difficult matter to raise money for
campaign purposes. When the people
are prospering it appears to be diffi
cult to get them to contribute. I will
endeavor to raise the amount propor
tioned to Elk Creek precinct. I fear
that if a democrat is put at the head
of the state ticket that Custer county
will be lost to the populist column.
Democrats have slapped the populists
in the face in two national campaigns
and it look3 as though they do not
want anything but our votes."
Mr. A. G. Nelson, Orchard, Ante
lope county. Neb., says:- "If you want
success for the fusion ticket in Ne
braska, W. J. Bryan- for , governor.
This is Imperative. Mr. Bryan is by
far the strongest man In the state
and we cannot afford to let republi
cans win this fall. No candidate who
had any patriotism would stand in
his way. Nominate him and he will
be our next governor and we will
sweep the state and sweep it clean."
Mr. C. N. Myers, North Loup, Valley,
county, says: "I am aware of the fact
thwt,1n order to win in the coming
the traces and not in the breeching,
which means much work from all of
us. I can further say that North Loup
precinct never has been asleep when
work was needed."
Mayor W. D. Haller of Blair is the
kind of a republican that ought to be
more In evidence in Nebraska. He
has served several terms In the Ne
braska legislature both In the house
and senate and is known to be a very
Independent, conscientious sort of a
man. Not long ago the C, St. P. & M.
railroad asked permission of the city
council to lay side track along cer
tain streets in the city of Blair. The
council would not grant the permis
sion to the railroad, probably inspired
by the stealing of 9th street in Lin
coln some. months ago, decided to lay
the track whether or not Mayor Hal
ler discovered what the road was up
to and was on the alert He had ths
police and fire department ready for
action when the alarm should be giv
en. About midnight he discovered
that the road had a force of men lay
ing track along the forbidden street
In the name of the city of Blair he
commanded the work to stop and or
dered the police to prevent the work
men from further track laying. About
all the satisfaction he got was jeers
and scoffing; "go soak: your head,"
they said to him. .Mayor Haller had
evidently been keeping close watch
of our benevolent assimilation In the
Philippines. The reply given was sug
gestive and he Instantly decided to
administer the water cure to the ob
streperous track layers. According
ly the fire department was ordered out
and several vigorous streams were
played upon the street-steaiers. Like
a character in . one of Bret Harte's
poems, who was struck in the stomach
with a chunk of old red sand stone,
"subsequent proceedings Interested
them no more." And the track-laying
broke up rather suddenly. It Is quite
refreshing in these degenerate times
to find a republican, and a republican
official at that, who has the nerve to
refuse a railroad company anything
and to back up his denial by force if
necessary. All honor to Mayor Haller
of Blair.
C. L. Mayes, in Rushville Standard,
believes that Senator Allen erred ia
advocating the nomination of W. J.
Bryan for governor. "We do not
think it policy or good politics. Mr.
Bryan's name has hardly been con
nected with the position, which is
proof positive that he has not been
considered a candidate nor considered
himself a candidate. In our opinion
his candidacy will not be seriously
considered." . .
T. J. O'Keefe, in the Alliance Her
ald, is not in sympathy with Senator
Allen's suggestions of Mr. Bryan for
governor. He says: "There is no of
fice within the gift of the people not
excepting the presidency of this great
republic that we would not give to
Mr. Bryan tomorrow today were it
in our power and he intimated his de
sire to obtain it In the first place
Mr. Bryan does not desire to be gov
ernor and in the second place the of
fice is not commensurate with the
qualifications of the ability of the
man. In plain English the office is
ell
Brother W. F. Cramb of- the Fair
bury Journal has been thumbing over
a copy of the Nebraska . statutes and
discovered some alarming provisions
under section 24, article V., of the
state constitution. . There is no
gainsaying the fact that .the section
referred to is explicit in its terms.
The Independent has no contention
with Brother Cramb over this provi
sion. But it does not believe in mak
ing flesh of one and fish of another.
The governor of Nebraska lives in a
twenty thousand dollar mansion pur
chased by the state; he has an allow
ance of something like fifteen hundred
dollars per year to pay for heat and
light and flowers and other household
expenses. Would Brother Cramb put
this as such perquisites of office as to
come within the meaning of the con
stitutional provision referred to?
It seems difficult for Brother Cramb
to understand the situation regarding
the clerk of the supreme court. No
money "belonging to the state happens
to fall in his hands." But a large
amount of money in the way of fees
is paid to him every year by litigants.
The statute authorizing the collec
tion of these fees was enacted in 18G6.
At that time all the state officers re
ceived their pay in fees and of course
these f ees went to the clerk for his
own use. The constitution of 1875
provides that "there shall be ap
pointed by the supreme court a re
porter who shall also act as clerk of
the supreme court," etc., "whose sal
ary shall be fixed by law, not to ex
ceed $1,500 per annum. ' There is not
a syllable of law which says the fees
are for the use of the clerk, there is
not a syllable of law which says they
belong to the state; consequently all
clerks of the supreme court since 1875
have followed the practice of keeping
the fees and drawing the $1,500 salary
besides. Would Brother Cramb con
sider these fees as coming within the
purview of section 24, article V., of
the constitution? It is all right to
hew to the mark and throw chips all
over the yard, but there are plenty of
other logs besides Meserve. When
hewing, why not take everything In
sight?
The Harriman Railroads
Readers of The Independent Inter
ested in the subject of taxation and
who is not? may find some food for
thought in a study of the Harriman
railroads. In 1901 the Union Pacific
secured possession of a strong work
ing control of the capital stock of the
Southern Pacific, says the 'Brooklyn
Eagle. But the latter is now and will
continue to be worked as a separate
company. The Southern Pacific had
previously secured control of the Cen
tral Pacific, extending from Ogden to
San Francisco. In November, 1900, a
majority of the stock , of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company was acquired
by the Southern Pacific. The Union
Pacific, In addition to Its own line,
owns 99 per cent of the stock of the
Oregon Short Line railroad. The Ore
gon Short line controls by ownership
of stock the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation company.
These lines, with the Kansas City
Southern and the Chicago & Alton,
furnish a -complete system from Chi
cago to the Pacific coast, giving a
choice of three routes. The entire
mileage is 16,376 miles, capitalized at
mile. A short statement of statistical
information regarding the different
constituent parts of the Harriman sys
tem follows:
Union Pacific
Miles of road........ 3,033
Common stock $104,051,400
Preferred stock j .... . . . . . 99,537,800
Bonds 191,508,000
Net earnings, 1901.. 22,172,001
Surplus on hand. . . . . . . . 13,597,769
Including earnings and surplus of
Oregon Short Line. -
Tne market price of Union Pacific
stocks and bonds on June 3, 1902, was
as follows:
Bonds (at N. Y.) 4s.. 1061-8
Bonds (at N. Y.) conv. 4s 107 5-8
Common stock (London) 107 7-S
Preferred stock (London) ..... 90 1-2
At these figures the value of the
Union Pacific on that date was:
Common stock .......... .$112,245,447
Preferred stock 94,560,910
Bonds (at lowest)......... 203,237,865
Total $410,004,222
This would make the value of the
Union Pacific at the rate of $135,190
for every mile of its line. The road,
in fact, was selling on the New York
and London markets at that price; yet
of the 944 miles of Union Pacific in
Nebraska, 467 wa3 assessed at the rate
of $9,800 per mile and the remainder
at $3,000 to $3,500 per mile. The main
line was assessed at a trifle over 7
per cent of its actual value (Including
property and franchises) while the
branch lines, which are a constituent
part of the system and covered by
the capitalization which is selling at
$135,000 per mile in the markets, es
cape by paying taxes upon about 2 1-2
per cent of actual value about one
fortieth. Oregon R. R. & N. Co.
Mileage 1,136
Common stock $ 24,000,000
Preferred stock 11,000,000
Bonds 20,242,800
Net earnings, 1901 3,688,543
Oregon Short Line
Mileage 1,439
Stock $ 27,460,100
Bonds 56,080,000
Net earnings included in U. P. state
ment. Southern Pacific (Including lines
leased, operated and controlled)
Mileage 9,016
Stock $493,798,820
Bonds 350,951,247
Net earnings, 1901 29,739,978
Kansas City Southern
Mileage 833
Common stock $ 29,993,500
Preferred stock 21,000,000
Bonds 26,197,500
Net earnings, 1901 1,453,398
Chicago & Alton
Mileage 919
Common stock $ 19,542,800
Preferred stock 19,544,000
BondB 63,881,650
Net earnings, 1901 .... . 4,972,368
The Harriman Roads
Mileage 16,376
Stock outstanding $849,928,220
Bonds outstanding 708,891,179
Total net earnings, 1901.. 62,026,288
Surplus and bal. on hand.. 27,626,287
Conventions
Kansas populist state, Topeka,
June 24. -
South Dakota populist state, Huron,
June 25.
Nebraska republican state conven
tion, Lincoln, June 18.
Nebraska populist state convention,
Grand Island, June 24.
Nebraska democratic state conven
tion, Grar.d Island, June 24.
Third congressional, populist, Co
lumbus, July 15.
Third congressional, democratic, Co
lumbus, July 15..
Fourth district republican congres
sional. Beatrice, June 16.
Fourth district congressional, popul
ist, Seward, June 23.
Fourth district congressional, demo
cratic, Seward, June 23.
Fifth district congressional, popul
ist, Oxford, June 23.
Fifth district democratic congres
sional, Oxford, June 23.
Sixth congressional, democratic,
Kearney, July 9.
Sixth congressional, populist, Kear
ney, July 9.
NEBRASKA COUNTY CONVEN
TIONS. Adams, populist, Hastings, June 14.
Adams, democratic, Hastings, June
21.
Antelope, populist, Neligh, June 21;
nominating.
Boone, democratic, (mass), Albion,
June 21.
Boone, populist, Albion, June 21;
nominating.
Box Butte, democratic, (mass) Al
liance, June 14.
Box Butte, populist, Alliance, June
21.
Buffalo, populist, Kearney, June 21.
Butler, democratic, David City, June
21. (?)
Butler, populist, David City, June 21.
Cass, democratic, Union, June 14.
Cedar, populist, Hartington, June
20; nominating.
Cherry, populist and democratic,
(Joint mass). Valentine, June 14.
Custer, populist, Broken Bow, June
21; nominating.
Dakota, democratic, Dakota City,
June 18; nominating.
Dakota, populist (Mass), Dakota
City, June 16.
Dawson, populist, Lexington, June
21.
Dixon, . populist, Martinsburg, June
18; nominating.
Douglas, democratic, Omaha, June
21; nominating.
Dundy, democratic, (mass), Benkel
man, June 21; nominating.
Dundy, populist, Benkelman, June
21; nominating.
Fillmore, populist, Geneva, June 21.
Franklin, populist, Franklin, June
21.
Franklin, democratic. Franklin,
June 21; nominating.
Frontier, populist, Stockvllle, June
19; nominating.
Frontier, democratic (mass), Stock
ville, June 19 nominating.
Furnas,- populist, Beaver City, June
21; nominating.
Furnas, democratic. Beaver City,
June 21.
Gage, populist, Beatrice, June 21;
nominating.
Garfield, democratic, BurweH, June
14.
Garfield, populist Burwell, June 21.
Greeley, democratic, Greeley, June
21.
Greeley, populist, Greeley, June 2L
June 21. ' ! .
Hamilton, populist, Aurora, June 21.
Harlan, populist; Alma, June 21;
nominating. '
Hayes, democratic, Hayes Center,
June 14; nominating.
Hayes, populist, Hayes Center, June
14; nominating. " ;
Hitchcock, populist, Trenton, June
14; nominating.
Hitchcock, democratic, Trenton,
June 14; nominating.
Holt populist, O'Neill, June 21.
Holt, democratic, O'Neill, June 21.
Howard, populist, St Paul, June 21.
Howard, democratic, St Paul, Juno
21.
Jefferson, fusion, (joint populist and
democratic), Fairbury, June. 21; nom
inating. '
Kearney, populist, Minden, June 21;
optional as to county nominations.
Keith, democratic, Ogalalla, June 21.
Knox, democratic. Center, June 21;
nominating.
Knox, populist Center, June 21;
nominating.
Lancaster, democratic, Lincoln,
June 14; nominating.
Lancaster, populist, Lincoln, June
14; nominating.
Lincoln, democratic (mass), North
Platte, June 14; nominating.
Lincoln, populist, North Platte, June
21; nominating.
Loup, populist, Taylor, June 14.
Madison, populist, Battle Creek,
June 18; nominating.
Madison, democratic, Battle Creek,
June 18; nominating.
Merrick, populist, Central City, June
19.
Merrick, democratic, Central City,
June 19.
Nance, populist, Fullerton, June 21;
nominating.
Nemaha, populist, Auburn, June 21.
Pawnee, democratic, Pawnee City,
June 21.
Pawnee, populist, Pawnee City, Juno
21.
Phelps, populist, Holdrege, June 14.
Phelps, democratic (mass), Hold
rege, June 21.
Polk, populist, Osceola, June 21.
Seward, populist, Seward, June 21.
Seward, democratic, Seward, June 21
Sheridan, populist, Rushville, June
20.
Sheridan, democratic, Rushville,
June 20.
Sherman, populist, Loup City, June
20; nominating.
Stanton, democratic (mass), Stan
ton, June 14.
Thurston, democratic, Pender,
June 21.
Thurston, populist, Pender, June 21.
Valley, populist, Ord, June 12; nom
inating. Valley, democratic, (mass), Ord,
June 12.
Webster, democratic, (mass), Red
Cloud, June 14.
Wheeler, populist, Bartlett, June 21.
York, democratic, York, June 14.
York, populist, York, June 14.
The following counties have issued
no calls for county conventions, at
least The Independent has seen no
paper containing any information to
that effect:
DEMOCRATIC.
Antelope, . Banner, Blaine, Boyd,
Brown, Buffalo,, Burt, .Cedar, Clay,
Cheyenne, Colfax, " Cuming, Custer,
Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge,
Fillmore, Gage, Gosper, Grant, Hardil
ton, Harlan, Hooker, Johnson, Kear
ney, Keya Paha, Kimball, Logan,
Loup, McPherson, Nance, Nemaha,
Nuckolls, Otoe, Perkins, Pierce, Platte,
Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock,
Saline, Sarpy, Scotts Bluff, Sherman,
Sioux, Thayer, Thomas, Washington,
Wayne. Total, 52.
POPULIST.
Banner, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Burt,
Cass, Clay, Cheyenne, Colfax, Cuming,
Dawes, Deuel, Dodge, Gosper, Grant,
Hall, Hooker, Johnson, Keith, Keya
Paha, Kimball, Logan, McPherson.
Nuckolls, Otoe, Perkins, Pierce, Platte,
Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy,
Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Skmx, Stan
ton, Thayer, Thomas,' Washington,
Wayne, Webster. Total, 41.
If your subscription Is delinquent
now is an acceptable time for pay
ment We can use the money.
The Fourth District
Eric Johnson, editor of , the Saun
ders County New Era, writes The In
dependent as follows:
"On Board Train, June 10, 1902.
Just returning from the meeting of
the congressional committee at Sew
ard today. The democrats outvoted
us by one vote, and set the congres
sional convention for the 23rd inst at
Seward; We populists voted for tho
30th inst. The object of the demo
crats Is to forestall action of the state
convention by nominating Stark and
thereby remove him from the candi
dacy for governor the populists
strongest and most available candidate."
Mr. C. N. Meyers, of North Loup,
writes The Independent that the re
cent republican convention at Ord was
the usual machine affair; that Currie
was permitted to select his delegates
to the congressional convention and
only one ot those he selected is a
farmer, although Currie Is making his
principal claims on the ground that
he is a farmer and stockman.
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