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OCTOBER 8, 1903. r Thirteenth Judicial Big Western District -It's Leading Candi date. Now Ready for Distribution. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT The Thirteentn judicial district of Nebrasl a lacks considerable of being as large as the Fifteenth, but is never theless big enough to make a state 11 e Rhode Island or Delaware. The populist candidate, A. . F. Parsons, of North Platte,-has for a number of years been the Junior partner of ex Congressman Neville in the law firm of Ne Hie & Parsons. Judge Parsons, it will be remembered, was an active participant in the Denver conference - end was chairman of the last pop ulist state convention at Grand Island. He is a thorough lawyer, a strong man on the stump, and best of all, he is everywhere regarded as an upright, conscientious man. Although the friends of Judge Par sons are willing to rest their case up on his qualiflcatims for the responsi ble office of district Judge, a he Inde- tion of the record of his republican op ponent, Judge Grimes, the present in cumbent, now serving his second term, would give additional reasons for the election of Judge Parsons. In mal ing this investigation, let us tale republican testimony, invoking the legal maxim that an admission afTBinpt one's interest may safely be considered as true. The North Platte Evening Telegraph, in its issue of July 29, 1903, speal ing of Judge Grimes, "Judge Grimes seems to be over anxious to be continued in office for a third term, and it is very proper to in quire as to his official record during his past service as Judge. Forty-seven of his decisions have been tali en l.o the supreme court and twenty of them reversed. In PerMns county five of his deciions went to the supreme court, all of which were reversed, and he was reversed twice in one" case. In I o.ean county six of his decisions were appealed to the supreme co"rt and five of thpm were reversed. When it is understood that some ten or twelve of the caes thus'tal-en to the supreme court wre real estate foreclosures, ap pealed for the sole purpose of obtain ing time for the owner to pay his mortgage, it can readily be een that abo'H pixtv per cent of the judge's de cisions that were contested wu" turned down by the highest judicial tribunal In the state. It is doubtful if there is another district in Nebraska where such" a large per cent of judi cial decisions have been reversed. Such a record does not appeal very strongly to us as evidence entitling Judge Grimes to a third term. A third term in office is sometimes given to a judge who, while in office, aban dons politics entirely and attends strictly to his judicial- duties, but a judge who is continually chasing after some political office while on the bench never got a thiru term except by po litical promises and trading with can didates for other offices." Grimes is a typical politician of a well-known school. He Is always will ing to cacrlfice himself for hl3 coun try! He was for one term register of the United States land office at North Platte and Is now serving his second term as district judge having drawn upwards of $32,000 salary as his part of the "sacriflco." But he is ever alert for other ways of immolating himself upon tr v shrine of his coun try, and last year promised the re publican politicians of Lincoln county that if they would give him the con gressional delegation without a fight, he would not be a candidate again for district "Judge. The politicians ac cepted this and gave him the dele gationbut Grimes kept his part of the compact by capturing the nomina tion for jud?e, after failing to land the congressional. Down in PerMns county, Judge Grimes will have a hard row to hoe. A brace of horse thieves stole twenty-one horses in that county, ran them off to Wray, Colo., and from there shipped them to South Omaha and sold them. They were captured and ar rrigried for trial. Judge Parsons as sisted the county attornev to prose cute them, and they were convicted. Judge Grimes sentenced them to three years in the penitentiary! Stockmen wonder how long it will take to stop horoe-stealing aA that rate. The Independent hopes to see Judsre Parsons elected by "a good majority. The people of the Thirteenth district need bim on tne bench. His election will put a check to horse and cattle thievery, just as Jurtp-e Westover's election did up in the Fifteenth. Custer County , Republican extravagance in the leg islature of 1903 necessitated increased revenues In order to keep the already biff state debt from climbine sti'l higher. Hence, the new revenue law was so framed that most of the in crease should fall on the farmers. But this law was not operative in 1903 and thfl IPVV JUld aRSPSStMPnt war a mnrln under the old law, except that a 7-mill levy was permitted ' for the general fund, instead of 5 as heretofore. Custer county farmers and business men must this ear pay 91.5 per cent heavier state taxes than last year; railroads are let oil with an Increase of 88.5 per cent. Custer county assessors added $170,940.88 to the assessed val uation of the farmers' property, while the republican state board is to be credited with adding $19,820.22 to the railroad assessmens about $2 to the assessors' $17. Last year the rate of state levy was only 4f4 mills. Why, nobody seems to know. This year it is 8 mills. l ast year's state tax was $11,309.84, divided as follows: Railroads $1,390.23 Others 9,979.51 This year's state taxes are $21, 7o .11 divided thus: Railroads $ 2.630.56 Others 19.108.87 There wasn't anything -to vote for last year in Custer no state Issue; and the farmers' of Custer must pav about $9,000 for the fun thev had shucking , corn election day, 1902.. Adams County Adams county farmers have good reason to feel satisfied with their corn shucking industry on election day lat year but, of course, they have to pay for it In Increased taxes. 'This year the precinct assessors raised the as sessed valuation of property belong ing to farmers and other small busi ness men exactly $242,588 over the as sessment of 1902. And the republican state board lowered the assessment of railroads in Adams county $17,740.02. The state levy against Adams county is 9 mills this year as against 7 last year in order to cover the extraor dinary heavy appropriations of the railroad legislature of , 1903. Hence, Adams county is called upon this year to pay $24,828.66 state? taxes as against $19,137.34 last year, an increase of $5, 691.42. Of this increase the farmers and small business men will pay $4, 483.12; the railroads, $1,208.30. The farmer's state tax Is 31.2 per cent heavier than it was last year; the rail roads will pay only 25.2 per cent more than they did in 1902. Such is the benefit of republican rule to the railroads! pn PI AT TUP uhjui hi 1 nc Th Dr. Benj. F. Bailey. RANATO R1UM. I For treatment of nervous diseases, diseases of women, rheumatism, and in (act all non contagious diseases. All baths oni electric c rrent nseful 1n treatment of sick. Mhs KaRe and physical culture. This Is the Jar get, best equipped and most beautifully furnished sanatorium in the west. Write for particulars. Address Dr. BanJ. F. Bailey Sanatorium, Lincoln, Nebraska. HIE HOUSE President Roosevelt Returns From Oyster Bay, Resuming His Duty He Finds SCANDALS IN DEPARTMENT Which Were Presided Over By Men Believed to be Thor oughly Honest Theodore Roosevelt will be nomi nated by the republicans at the' next national convention without question. He will be at his post in the White house, and the people will continue t6 believe nim upright as well as capa ble. Nevertheless some of the depart ments at the capitol . appeafr to be honey-combed with rottenness. It Is to his credit that he spares none found guilty or discredited. Like General Grant, In" the- days when star route thieves and" whisky scandals were be- I i!f I - CATALOGUE WO. I ' Hll III "- ' ' LINCOLN, NU, 52225 si lis? v CI 1, . Send for a Copy at Once if you Buy from Catalogue r 3C Farm Insurance. Fire, Lightning, Windstorms On Live & took, Dwellings, Out Buildings & Contents. Farmers and Merchants Ins. Co it . Lincoln, Nebr. 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