KENNEDY STRONG
WITHM PEOPLE
Republicans Believe Him The
Man to Reunite Party.
NOMINATION MEANS ELECTIBN
Sentiment Prevalent Among Nebras
ka Republicans That John L. Ken
nedy Should Be Nominated for
United States Senator.
“His nomination means his elec
tion,” said a prominent Nebraska re
publican, the other da^, in discussing
the candidacy of John L* Kennedy of
Omaha for the nomination for United
States senator. This thought seems
prevalent among Republicans over the
state. They feel that Mr. Kennedy is
the logical candidate to nominate at
the primary election on April 18th. His
qualifications for the senatorshlp,
based on his excellent record in con
gress, his knowledge of the needs of
the state and the nation, his ability to
handle important matters of nat'onal
affairs and his logical location, tends
to make liim the* man. whom the repub
licans can depend on to defeat the
Democratic nominee at the election
this fall.
His public and private record is
clean. He has proven his ability to
serve his constituents. He has proven
his loyalty to the Republican party by
his faithful service in 1911-12. His
nomination will lend strength to the
Republican ticket.
In discussing bis candidacy and the
platform on which he stands, Clark
Perkins, the well known editor of the
Aurora Republican, says:
“Mr. Kennedy's statement in sup
port of his candidacy, made public sev
eral weeks ago, is a model of brevity,
sincerity and common sense. He makes
no attempt to take advantage of popu
lar sentiment on purely local ques
tions, although his active campaign for
woman suffrage last year should be
sufficient proof of his moral soundness
and of his courage in defending his
convictions. He confines himself very
properly at this time to purely nation
al issues, whose relative importance,
in his estimation, is indicated by the
order of their enumeration: The tariff,
permanent tariff commission, merch
ant marine, the navy, the army, Mexi
co. irrigation and rural credits. With
extraordinary tax burdens imposed up
on the American people by a Democrat
ic administration in time of peace,
with a constantly diminishing treasury
balance, with the cost of living con
tantly increasing in direct contradic
tion of the Democratic promise to re
duce it, Mr. Kennedy predicts that the
tariff will be the paramount issue in
the coming campaign. ‘Inequalities
there have been under the protective
tariff system,’ he says; ‘some rates
have been high, others too low; but
the principle of protection is absolute
ly sound, and under it we have great
ly prospered.’
“Mr. Kennedy favors a permanent
tariff commission of five or seven mem
bers, one retiring each year, whose
function shall be the gathering and
classifying of facts and figures rela
tive to trade conditions, and which,
upon request, shall furnish to congress
the results of its investigations, so
that tariffs may be laid upon founda
tions carefully and intelligently ascer
tained. He argues for a restoration of
American ships to the high seas, not
necessarily by granting subsidies to
private lines, but by the creation of
conditions favorable to the develop
ment of shipping interests, on the the
ory that ‘a farmer could not success
fully manage his farm if he were de
pendent upon his neighbor’s wagons
to haul his grain to town; and this na
tion cannot give to its citizens their
proper share of commercial and indus
trial growth without providing Ameri
can vessels to carry abroad the prod
ucts of their energy and enterprise.’
“On the question of preparedness he
favors a navy powerful enough to pro
tect our commerce and our coasts, but
questions the wisdom of sinking too
many million's in obsolete dread
naughts which the submarine and the
aeroplane seem to have permanently
displaced. He favors a system of mil
itary training in the schools and col
leges, under supervision of the gov
ernment, which, while purely volun
tary. can reasonably he depended upon
to provide a potential force, trained
for defensive, not aggressive, warfare
ample for ary need. He criticises
severely the vacillating policy of the
Wilson administration with reference
to Mexico, which resulted in wanton
waste of life and property. ‘We should
have taken a more active—a more
ielpful—interest in Mexican affairs,'
he declares, ‘or we should have kept
entirely out of them.’
“Mr. Kennedy favors a more liberal
policy toward farmers owning and oc
eupving land in government irrigated
districts and the establishment of a
system of rural credits, at reasonable
rates, to enable the farmers to develop
more fully the agricultural resources
of the country. His platform is, in
short, a businesslike document which
_ cannot fail to convince the reader that
it means exactly what it says. After
carefully considering the qualifications
of other gentlemen whose names have
been mentioned in tl;e same connec
tion, John L.. Kennedy’s candidacy ap
peals to The Republican as the strong
est that can be offered to the Repub
lican voters of Nebraska in the sena
torial campaign of 1916.”
A PUZZLE.
“Father, you were born in Califor
nia, you say?"
“Yes, my son.”
“And mother was born in New
York?”
“Yes.”
“And I was born in Indiana?”
“Yes.”
“Well, father, don’t it beat the Dutch
how we all got together.”
Try Chase’s first—it pays.
SINGS AT MUNICIPAL CONCERTS
The following articles were clipped
from Kearney papers. The man)
friends of Miss Florence Depew will
be pleased to know of the splendid
recognization the talent of this Lour
City girl is receiving at Kearney,
which is one of the music centers ol
Nebraska:
The musical artists of the Kearnej
State Normal figure largely in the
program to be given at the municipal
concert at the Kearney opera house
next Sunday afternoon. One of the
features of the program is an instru
mental duet by Mrs. Rose-Clark Price
and Mrs. Morrison, of Seattle, Wash
Ington. Two pianos will be used in the
redition of this number. Mr. Hazle
ton, of Omaha, Nebraska, appears as
a tenor soloist. Dr. J. H. Stoutenevei
will sing a solo and Miss Florence
Depew will sing a group of songs
Miss Depew is a new student of sec
ond semester and possesses an excep
tionally pleasing soprano voice. All
students of the school are urged tc
attend this concert.
A large crowd was present at the
sixth municipal concert, given at the
opera house on Sunday afternoon. An
excellent program had been arranged
for the occasion. The prelude was
given by the Kearney Cadet Band, an
organization which is improving with
each appearance and which on Sun
day was again compelled to respond
to numerous encores. Miss Florence
Depew made her local public debut
by offering two selections. She has
rare talent, a strong soprano, which
was highly appreciated. Etta Haase
Morrison and Rose Clark-Price offered
something new in a double piano num
ber which was a treat. Dr. J. Howard
Stoutemeyer, of the Normal faculty,
gave several vocal selections and his
initial appearance befqre the local
public to the latter’s delight. W. E.
Hazleton, of Omaha, also appeared on
the program with several vocal num
bers that pleased. The program as a
whole was one of the best of the
series.
Guantanamo, Cuba.—That the dis
tinctly American sailing ship has dis
appeared from the high seas is evi
denced in the fact that only fifty per
cent of the force of United States
marines on duty at this station could
tell the names of the seven masts,
at an examination recently held here.
These “soldiers and sailors too,"—
members of the United States marine
corps, keep themeselves keenly alive
to things nautical, as well as military,
and that only half of the force could
name the seven masts is due entirely
to the fact that there are now no
seven-masted schooners flying the
American flag. The Thomas W. Law
son was the last of these.
Fore, main, mizzen, pusher, driver,
jigger, and spanker, are the names in
ofrder, running fore and aft, of a
seven-masted ship.
WYOMING OIL FOR NEBRASKA.
With the completion of some im
portant links of railway in Wyoming
along plans of construction followed
by the Burlington, we are beginning to
realize the possibility of the great
Wyoming oil fields being placed in
reach of this state for power and fuel
purposes. There are refineries now in
>ne or two points in Wyoming that are
furnishing partially refined oils for
the mountain states surrounding them.
This feature in oil interests may be de
veloped so that we may have the re
fined products laid down from Wyom
ing fields cheaper to us than we now
receive them from southern and east
ern fields.
Since the Burlington has linked up
its Colorado and western Nebraska
lines with its central Wyoming lines,
the oil traffic on that road has become
a factor of the largest interest. The
Burlington is moving oil from the Wy
oming oil fields already in large vol
ume and it is safe to anticipate that
within the next year or two, traffic ar
rangements will be so fixed and settled
that the Burlington can deliver crude
oil throughout this state at a rate
lower than we can secure oil from the
southern Kansas and Oklahoma fields.
There is a waiting market of the
largest kind through central and east
ern Nebraska for crude oil. Trans
portation rates from the southern
fields are just high enough now so that
the consumption of crude oil in com
petition with coals, cannot be made
profitable in this state. If the Wyom
ing oils can be brought into this terri
tory so that consumers can secure
them cheaper than they can now se
cure Kansas oils, the problem of
cheaper fuel oil and power oil in this
territory will be solved.
Nebraska is largely at the mercy
of high non-competitive rates on south
GIVES THE PEOPLE
A SQUARE DEAL
W. M. Federmann, a Leading Druggist
of Kansas City Stands By Hit
Convictions
W. M. FEDERMANN
“I have always believed,” he said,
“that a druggist’s first duty is to the
health of his customers. I tell my peo
ple frankly that a safe, gentle. Inex
pensive laxative such as Rexall Order
lies, kept In the home, will pay the big
gest dividends of any Investment ever
made. I recommend It as the best
family laxative, because It is put up
In tasty candy tablet form that appeals
to men, women and children alike, and
Is as delightful and pleasing to take as
It is healthful.”
Wm. Graefe.
We are Exclusive Selling Agents for
this Great Laxative.
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GREAT INTRODUCTORY
FACTORY-TO-HOME SALE
E.P.DAILY OF THE WORLD’S BEST I SALE STARTS I
FURNITURE CO. PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS Monday
Nebraska At Prices That Will Make Buying a Duty March 20
A Large Shipment of Fine
High Grade
Pianos and Players
To Be Sold During This
Factory-to-Home Sale at
Introductory Prices
Deducting a Special Advertising Allowance of
From $90.00 To $175.00
And Two Years’ Scholarship
in Music Free
This is the Great Modern Home of the Waltham Piano Co. It is one of the largest and best
equipped of its kind, having an annual capacity of 10,000 pianos.
Don’t Miss One Word of This
M e have taken the factory representation of
the \V alt ham Piano Co., t lie large Milwaukee
piano manufacturing concern of 25 years estab
lished reputation as makers of high grade
pianos. Over 51,000 of their pianos are found
in the homes of satisfied customers all over the
United States. Hundreds have been sold in Ne
braska, may right here in Sherman county.
ONW LISTEN! We will sell this famous high
grade make direct from the factory to the home.
The first carload at factory prices, deducting an
advertising allowance of from $00 to $175, to
the first six buyers, and giving a complete
Scholarship in music—2 years’ lessons—to
each purchaser.
Why We Can Do This
All big manufactures, not only of pianos, but
automobiles, farm machinery, and most every
thing in use today, spend thousands of dollars
each year to advertise their product. The Wal
tham Piano Co. have appropriated $25,000 for
advertising and to push the sale of their goods
in Nebraska this year, $1,080 of which goes to
us for use in our large territory. But instead of
spending this amount in magazines and jour
nals, and paying big commission to Agents and
Salesmen, it will be given to the FIRST SIX
BUYERS IN THIS SALE, in amounts ranging
from $90 to $175, which will apply the same as a
cash payment on any Piano they select.
Word About Price and Quality
In Pianos, as in almost any article, it does not
pay to buy a cheaply built article. Very un
fortunately, however, many agents have sold
poor pianos obtaining a good round price—a
price ample to secure a standard article. The
Waltham Price is fixed by the factory, and
every direct factory representative is enabled
to sell at this low price, much below the prices
asked by the average dealer for goods that cost
even less to build. Hundreds of Waltham Pianos
have been sold at the regular prices, and they
are the biggest values on the market. But you
save $90 to $175 from these prices and get 2
years’ music lessons free if you purchase one
of the first six pianos.
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These Elegant Instruments to Be Offered the First Day of the Sale
Every Instrument Brand New Guaranteed Ten Years
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LIBERAL
ALLOWANCE
MADE FOR OLD
PIANOS TAKEN
IN EXCHANGE
E'
STORE OPEN EVENINGS
E. P. DAILY FDRNITURE CO.
Loup City, - - Nebraska
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RAILROAD FARE
PAID AND
FREIGHT PREPAID
TO OUT-OF-TOWN
BUYERS
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em crude oil into this state. If the
competition can be secured through
the Wyoming fields within this state
with Kansas oils at the south, the
Wyoming oils to the northwest can !
give a market that will compel j
far lower prices than we are able to se
cure now through the non-competitive
conditions which exist Manifestly,
therefore, it is up to this state.to cen
tral and .eastern Nebraska to lend all
possible encouragement to the larger
development of the Wyoming oil fields
and to shipping facilities from that ter
ritory into this. The showing of the
market that can be secured here ought
to go directly to the lines of railroad
running from the Wyoming field into
Nebraska and also ought to go directly
to the largest producers in that terri
tory. There ought to be a definite
showing made of what this state can
give as a market.
There is a bill pending at the pres
ent time in congress that will go far
toward increasing the output of Wy
oming oils and at the same time cause
those oils to seek a larger market.
The larger part of the known oil lands
in Wyoming are under government re
servation. All around and through the
few developed fields are vast tracts of
government lands held in reserve. The
bill referred to in congress is one that
provides for the development and op
erating of these government oil lands
through a royalty proposition, the title
to the oil lands not to be estranged
from the government, but the public to
be given the benefit of oil production
through the letting on the part of the
government, private parties develop
and handle oil production -on a royalty.
It is estimated that if this law passes,
that there will be immediately such an
impetus given to oil development in
the Wyoming fields, that there will be
a movement on at once for large mar
kets and when that movement comes,
Nebraska is the greatest open field
for oil consumption at rates below
coal roads, that can be found any
where in the middle west.-—Trade Re
view.
INTERVIEW BY CONGRESSMAN
DAN V. STEPHENS.
On Present Critical Situation Between
the United States and Germany.
Congressman Stephens of Nebraska,
introduced the first bill introduced in
this congress looking toward preven
tion of war with Germany on account
of the submarine question. His bill
provided that American citizens
should not be allowed to travel on
belligerent ships or ships loaded with
munition of war. because to do so
menaced the peace and welfare of the
nation.
“No one citizen or groups of citizens
can justly claim rights that imperil
the interests of all the citizens,” said
Mr. Stephens today when asked about
the status of his bill before congress.
“This bill simply prevents foolhardy ■
citizens from plunging this nation into
a wicked war to vindicate a right they •
claim to travel in the war zone on a |
belligerent ship under a belligerent j
flag. The claim becomes the more
absured when one understands that
under the law.these so-called inno
cent merchantmen can legally carry
cannon for their defense. For an
American to claim the right to travel
on such a ship under a belligerent
flag is in my judgment to claim the
right to sacrifice his own country to
his own selfish ends.
“The situation,” said Mr. Stephens,
“is critical and the regretable features
of it lies in the fact that the need of
this legislation did not impress con
gress until the president and the Ger
man government came to a deadlock.
But in view of the facts as since de
veloped it is evident that congress
should have passed this bill long ago
and saved the president from this
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most extraordinary hazardous posi
tion.
“The present law allowing mer
chantmen to arm for defense was de
signed to protect commerce in days
when pirates infested the seas and
became obsolete with the passing of
those freebooters a half century ago.
Nfo merchantman carried guns for de
fense before the European war broke
out. It is apparent, therefore to any
one that merchantmen are armed to
defend themselves from attacks of sub
marines. That being true an armed
merchantman becomes a warship cap
able of defending itself and has in
structions to defend itself from at
tacks of submarines. To claim that
American citizens should demand the
right at the price of war to ride on
such ships is indefensible.
“Here we are building submarines
as rapidly as we can for our own de
fense and at the same time defending
an obsolete law that would destroy
half their value or more in case this
nation would be involved in war with
a nation having a superior navy. We
would be in exactly the position Ger
many and Austria are now in. Our
fleet would be driven from the sea.
Our only means of injuring the enemy
would be to attack her commerce with
our submarines, but we would be
stopped from doing so because we had
established the right of merchantmen
to arm and carry passengers. We
would not dare sink a merchant ship
without warning and we wouldn’t dare
warn it lest it sink us with its defense
guns, and if they didn't sink us we
would still be helpless because we
couldn’t take off the passengers to a
place of safety as we now demand.
We would be so hampered in our
struggle against the enemy that it
is a moral certainty that we would
repudiate the law that some people
are now ready to go to war with Ger
many to enforce.
‘‘The only safe course to pursue is
to let European nations settle their
own troubles, and keep our citizens
at home. Merchantmen who want pro
tection should go unarmed and I am
ready to fight for their defense but if
they arm themselves for defense let
them defend themselves.
“Many crimes have been committed
in the name of national honor. In her
name Europe is bleeding at every'
pore. Shall we follow in her foot
steps and snuff out the last light o
hope left burning in the world in th • k.
name of a great illusion, a sham cr*_*
of patriatism that leads to death/*
“I vote No, even though I vote
alone.”
