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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1899)
Olualct ( io. I'ohlUhod every ThuriiUy at the County Sent. I > . J I , AMHIII'KKV , ttclltor 44-Offlcoln Captor lllr-k , Konttli AT . - % * EuUml flt tfco pojtonicc at Broken Dow , Neb. , at second cUitnmatter , ( or trnnimliiiton through ten U. 8. rnalln. HUDHCmiTlON 1'ltlOK : Ono Year , In ndvnnco $1.W ) ruuuapAY. AUG ai. iBuiiT " REPUBLICAN TICKET. County Ticket. For County Trrnnnrcr , WAI/TICK UKUItOK. For ShorllT , dipt. V. 0 TAI.IIOTT. Kor County Ork , JAMKS cmrricK. For Olork of Dint. Court , Lieut. II. F. KKNNKUY For County JtulKCi J. A. AltMOUIt. For County 8uicrlntonili | > nt , .J. Il.T/iUUAUT. For County Hiirvnyi r , F. n. VANANTWKIU' . For County Coroner , Dr. II. K. IAVIKS. TUWIIHllIp 'I IC'Uct. Clerk , vr. w. COWL.KH. Trcainrcr , J. M. KIMIIKUI.INU. JnetlroJ of tin ! I'cnro , J..T. 8NYDKU I. . MoUANIXiKSS. CoiuUlilci , 1' . M.TOWHI.KV. WM. IIAHUKTT. JtdnJ Ovorfccrs , Dlst. No. I.CIIAH. DAVIS. Dlst No. 2J. II. KKNOYKIl Dint. NO. a , JOHN HUYOI : . Diet. No. . | , 1 N J'KUHIIAU. . DlRt. No. 6 , F.II AKTIIUH. Diet. No. ( I , (1. I ! CADWICI.I , . Dlft. No. 7. 0. T. WHIOHT. SupcrvlHor Jllstrlct IIIHTIIIUT NO 1 ! . The icpuhliciin mipcrvlBor convention of dis trict no B , CtiMcr roniily Nnlirnnka In hereby called lo meet In Hound Valley school IIOIIPU Sept. : iOtli at 1 o'clock p in. to ( ilRiu In nomliui tlon a Cftndlilntc for nuiicrvlpor for nnlil dli > lHlcl mid for tliu trnnnncllon of oucli otltir liiinlntHn nn may coinn licforu thoioimnllon Tlin ImolH of representation U lliu rnniu an for tin * county con vention. J. ( > , TATLOII , t'nn'n. lllftTIUOT NO ( I. The ilclcgntCH of upurvlior district No. 0 will meet In convention nt Oconto , on Saturday , Sept. " , at 'l o'clock p. in. , for tliu | iir | > onu rf plitcliiK I" tioiiilnatlon ii ninilldnto foi rupcrvlHor of rnlil dUtrlct. ,1. L. Vote tliu ropuliliuaii 'ickot , and you will vote for oouinetont and loyal mciilepirviiiL' of your millingo. .Iiulgo Armour hhoulcl liavo every votu ot the county for jiiiguif oom- potonoy and gonuinu worth in to bo uouaidorod. Lieut. Horace Kennedy , the wounded Holdier who braved iho enemy'H btilletH to the InHt , and staid to come with IUH regiment , dosorvoH the vote of every loyal citizen of Custer county. He ! H both compe tent and worthy. The Beacon Hloppod ovur laat week in sympathy with Charley Penn , bouaiiHo ho failed to yet the nomination for sheriff , but had lie secured the nomination , the Beacon would li.ivo had more to say against him ihau any other paper in the county. Walter George's experience as a member of the county board , and his noble record in that ofl'ioc , IUH bettor prepared him for the duties of county lro.iBurur than has boon any aspirant for that otiioo in the past , who had not previously filled the position. . Give him your vote. Talk about highway robbers and hold ups ! But the dem-pops , who holdup ifix-Gov. llolcomb at thn fltoto convention , until ho pledged to give up all his rail road passes arc the most inconsiderate of them all. The old adage , "that there is honor among rogues" did not apply. " Attorney General Hmytho ban at tacked the Standard Oil company under the anti-trust law. He will have about as miioh otfoct on tlmt monopoly as a mosquito would on the hide of a rhinoceros , but a cam paign is on and the pop managers must make their usual bluff at do ing something. Uallaway Courier. "Hovcral of tlio townflilps uru entirely with out representation In llio convention , " llcncon Will the Beacon please name a HUiglo township in the nounty that was not represented in the ropubli. can convention by bonaflde rosi. dents of their respective townships ? "Bettor tell the truth , " brot'aor. We have the credentials on tile in this office from every township in the county placed on file the day of the convention , hence wo know wherool \vo speak when wo brand the tion as maliciously false. "With tbla li ae of the llracon , the campaign openi In Cucter county. Wo expect to how to tue line , and let tlio cblpb ( all whore Uiuy may < Deacon. If the Beacon means that it has Htarted out for a campaign of per .Bonal mud Blingingwodo not accop the challenge , but if it is a challenge to a live campaign , where men ant politics shall receive tlioirportioi in duo season , wo accept thtf challenge longo , and without boasting , wo refer you to the propont issue of the RBIIUBLIOAK as tbo Initial number as a sample of what is to follow The political tni l of the "illiud oroofl of reform" IH about Instcd in he Sixth Uonj regional diHlrlut. I'ho two conventions mot at Lexinij- on InHt week , and after a ntorniy time the pop wing of the trust nominated Bill Neville of North Matte , and the democrats nominated U. 0. Harrington. No mention of the fret- silver republican wing of tbo tr'ist ' in made. Tlio democrats nsisled on a democrats being ngroed upon by the truHtai the candi latt'H have heretofore been concede' ! to the pops , but ah usual w lien- he pops have bail the most vote * , they want to hou the whole ohecHc , and that busted tbo trust Nnvillo i-iH hold office almost continumiHly for twenti'-livo years. Ikis said to bo tbo most noted poker player n the Sixth district , and always ilaysfor big stake * Suwnid Blade. It is said that Win. Neville , of orth 1'luttc , who uas nominated oroongroHs by the populifc s , always ilays lor big strikes , but that is no evidence that he always wins. He nay bo an good .1 poker player as he parly ban , but the political game hat ho put up lo secure the con- ; rcHionnl nomination , will nol bet t winning game for him this lime. I'lio bettor class of ihe populisl tarty will spurn him , and every oyal democrat will assist in his do- 'eal. As a prominent democrat re- narked recently , the populist party las run its race , and tbo sooner it is lefcatcd the better it is for all par ies concerned , " the office seeker , of com he , excupted. Had the popu- isls put up a popular man , they would have retained the respect of bo public at least , but lo force upon a Uckot a man of Novillo'w unsavory opulution for so high an office , can bring nothing but disgust for the nrly that did it. 'Our Alliludo towards ths Phil- ppines should bo the same as it is oward Cuba , " says the Advocalo. That is just tlio altitude wo have assumed. If the Cubans should indtrlako to resist the authorities of the United Slates by armed re- islauco , while wo exercise a oon- orship over them for tbo pur- IOBO of protecting life and iroporty , and in giving them table government , Ibeir resistance would meet tbo same treatment hey have invoked in Manila. The Jniled Stales has offered the Phil- ppines a slablo form of self govern- neiit , which oven Aguinaldo ac- cnowlodgoB as nil right , but puls in he plea tlmt ho has no confidence in ibis government. The fact is , no government that Iho United States could establish would recognize Aguinaldo as supreme , . /Inch is the height of his ambition. The war boiug waged in the Philippines is the result of tbo Filipino opposition lo law and order being maintained , and until tbo insurgents lay down Ibeir armn , a military government is absolutely necessary. Our local contemporary across the way is growing desperate over the ( olitical situation. It m an ovi deuce that the Beacon fools that the ohancoR for pop success in the county are Horious. When a man roaches the siago that ho will resort to deception and downright false- lood to bolster up his case , it shows weakness for tbo cause and a deplorable - plorablo state of mind for tbo one thai deus it. Its assertion that in this campaign the Beacon proposes to call a'spado a spade and a boo a hoe , " is not huQiciont justi fication for calling the opposition "black liars " and papers , making other insinuations against Ihonomi. neos of Iho republican ticket , when the truth would bo more convincing and much more manly. A "blaok liur" may sound smoolh to a con slant companion of Beadle's dimt. novels , but such expressions are not an evidence of culture or refinement among people of education orohrin tian tendencies. The Beacon made this statement last weox : "Tho report which was published In uvdrye. o.n paper In thin county the following week atterttie populltt convention to the eOcct that Kred Cnm mlnc > , thu uoinliino for county JuilRo , after hu received tliu nomination stilted to tlio convcntloi that If ho wno elected hu would rorvu his jiurf flrBtand thopcoplo next ae us black a lie u uwr appeared In thu eoluimm of any newspaper U was absolutely falio Ho madu no sucli etato uieut. Hotter toll the truth , " If the statement was false , why is it that our friendly contemporary had not told its readers so weeks ago ? la it not a fact that it ha junl dawned upon the pop central t'omnntleo thai there was no plaus ible excuse thai could be offered for their candidate making snob a statement , and that the only thing lo do * ns to deny that Cnminings ever tnndo it ? It is no credit to the Beacon editors that they have al lowed themselves to utter HO hatio a filnohooJ , patent to all who heard it. That the statement W.IH in substance made , is not only known to bo a fact , by the republican uditortt , but is known to every one present in the pop convention. A number of loyal pops who hoard the statement have spoken of it to us personally , and deplored iho iacl that onu with so little sense of political sagacity should have secured thu nomination on their ticket , It is a tad com mentary on any one who alietupls to slrenglhon a bad cause by Iho use of falseluod , much more so on a newspaper adrocating reform ? True to its creed , our contempo rary across the way last week assails the republican party for its loyalty lo thu American soldior. The Be' . on says : "All that is nooossiry in the yes of iho average republican , o qualify a man foi office , is to enow that be bad a baud in some war or another. If ho is a son of a veteran who look purl in the war of ' 01 to ' 05 , all O. K nothing fur- her needed. It cropped out plainly U tbo republican convention last dalurday in this city , that a Phihp- ) inc war record is to win t' o clay in be future. They imagine they mvo a winner in Ihe person of Claris Talbol for sheriff. The young man lasu't a single qualification to rue- ommond him for the duties of the office. " Wo plead guilty to the charge of being prejudiced in favor of the American soldier , whether ho was in the civil war of the sixties , or in the recent conflict with Gpain. Wo hold Ibal a true soldier who ) oars his breast to face the bullets of tbo unomy , for the welfare of the lation , is worthy of the admiration uid pride of tbo country , and thai 10 is entitled lo any official position o which ho aspires and is compe tent lo fill. A man who holds otborwise , shows a lack of gratitude and loyalty to his government. Wo deny ihe insinuation that having ) oen it soldier in the Philippine war , alone , qualities him in the eyes of ho average republican for any posi tion. No party in existence lias a record of being more careful in sc ooting competent men for positions of honor and trust than Iho republi can parly. Tbo oonvonlion re- conlly held , lo which lha Beacon alludes , was no exception to the rule. Every man nominated for an office in that convention is equal or superior in qualifications for Iho ofiico , tc Iho nominees on Iho popu- isl licket. A party that will nomi nate for a second term a man like Dee Brown for coroner , who has not a siimlo qualification for the office , not only shows its utter disre gard for qualifications , but invites the antagonism and disgust of every enlightened citizen , as well as the overwhelming defeat at the polls that awaits it. When the Beacon saj s that Claris Talbot hatm'1 a single qualification to recommend iiim for the dulies of the office of sheriff , it again shows its utter dis regard for tbo record of a bravo soldier , and its internal hatred for a man who bad the courage of bis convictions , and won by his heroism and soldierly conduct the promotion to captain in his regiment. In education cation , Captain Talbot ia second to none that ever filled tbo office of sheriff in Ouster county. In the scores of battles in which he partici pated in the Philippine Islands , the last twelve months , his diplomacy and courage in time of war , baa proven him to bo equal lo any emer gency in limo ot poaco. By nature ho i endowed with good judgment , coiiHorvatiyo , yet nsoluio. Ho ac quired a good business education in school , aul being associated with one of our most careful bucincss men , J. G. Hatberlo , of our city , for a number of years , before on- 1'Ming in the army , his training in order nud syalom is first class. His military experience for the past year and a half , when it became his duty to discipline boys and make soldiers of them , hat ) especially qualified him for the office of ihonff , and dtrengllioncd bis executive ability. Although he ifl young in yean , be is a man in experience and do * meanor. In every particular ho in superior to his pop rival for tbo office ' .o which be aspires. Talk about competency ! Whore , in a hinglo insttincodocsFrud Cummingfl compare with J. A. Armour , tbo experienced lawyer and jurist , for the ofiico of county judge ? AH wo before staled , there is not a single exception wboru tin ; qualifications of tbo candidate on iho republican licket do not equal or exceed tbo pop nominee. The Beacon seems to bo very much exeroined over the Philippine war , and tries lo provo that the Unilcd States has no right to wage war against the inhabilanlH there , because there in an element in the inlands that oppose us , In proof of that posilion the Beacon quotes the declaration of independence , which sas lhal "all govornmenlH should derive their just powers from iho consent of tin governed , " and then Alexander Hamilton is quoted as Haying that the fabrics of the American empire should rest upon the solid rock of the SUCCOHH of tbo governed. " That doclrino is cor rect , and has never been denied. Bui the fact is the Fillipinos have never bed a government , nor have they as yet boon sufficiently pro tected in their right KO as to bo able to express iboir will or wish of a government. An army of robbers and murdororH has existed there for years , who labor under the pretense hat their objcol is freedombut who have been a terror to tbo govern ment and all well disposed and civ ilized people for ages. Tbo daola- ration of independence never con templated thai the lawless , vicious , and untutored of any counlry arc 10 bo considered in determining the government of which they may bo a part. Fbo Indians who chanced lo occupy this continent when our forofallierg landed , were not consulted as lo what form of government our ancestors should establish , and from that day to this the Indian has been subject to our laws , but not with their consent. Has the spirit of the declaration of independence been violated ? For centuries the Indian continued in a state of warfare against our race. The horrible Indian masyacre in the sixties ii ; Minnesota is yet fresh in the minds ul our elder citizens , who rebelled against the government because the while man assumed the right to occupy this counlry wilh- out their consent. Did the gov ernment do wrong in hunting down tketto treacherous redskins , for their indiscriminate murder of innocent men , women and children ? God forbid. Shall the Government , now , siucx by an incident of war with Spain il was placed in government control of tbo Philippine Islands , yield its government to a murderous and unprincipled hador of another grndo ot the same redskin that ter rorized our people for ages ? Would 11 bo honorable or right in iho sight of God or man to lura the more intelligent , civilized people , and the business interests of those people over to an army ot unprincipled , inhuman creatures , to murder , burn and destroy , and to appropriate to their use wbalevcr they would ? Nr , God has not so designed , nor did bo put those islands and their people under our prelection for any such purpose. Our government fell heir tn thoHo islands an an incident of the war with Spain. Spain has been in possession of thorn for hun dreds of years. The rule of Spain was tyrannical , and was not calcu lated to elevate tbo spiritual or in- tclloutual condition of tbo inhabi tants. As the successor of Spain , wo assume grave responsibilities. Wo have a great duty to perform , and wo will not ( -brink from it. Those benighted people arc lo bo educated , oivilieed , christianized. First order and government must be established. Circumstances have made it necoswary that Ihe army and navy of lliiB country must bo used lo restore order. When order is restored , this government has in store tor that country thai which will nol only bo for iho besl intor- esls of all Iho people of Iho islands , bu'v will bo acceptable. It will bean an independent form of government , in which the natives , as soon as the situation will warrant , may have lull control , this government exor cising a protectorate over only sttfli. oient to protect them from the greed of other nations. Had it not been for the Aguinaldo supporters of this counlry , ere this time a civil government for that country would have been already established , and there would not hava been the blood shed that has been since last February. . . . . . . . * . ( . . < uini U kan HI . limAtU..t.ttl.U.JULimiJJlJJUtUU . . . , , . . . , , Broken Bow. 8. 11. HUUNHAM. President Lincoln Nob. II. Q. HOHKRS Oashlor O. 1' . P&KLKr , V-I'rca , , Urokon Bow. J. 11 KIMBERLING , Ass't Cashier First national Bank , OF BROKEN BOW. General Banking Business Transacted. DIHKCTOIIB : S. H. Hurnhaia J M. Klmberling. U. C. Talbot. o. P. I'urloy. II. O. Hogora. COUnRSPONDKMTS : United States Nation\l Hank. Omaha Cuaso National Hank , Now York. American Kxclianco Bank , Lincoln. Klritt National Uank. Grand Ulnnd , first National Bank , North Platte , Neb. GO TO Peale & John 9 THE REALTY GROCERS , FOR Staple and Fancy Groceries , FRESH and C/VNNED / FRUITS , Queensware , Glassware , VEGETABLES , ETC , Highest Price paid for Poultry , old & young. I Once Was Lost , "but How I Have Pound it- Where ? At my door. At the Eagle Grocery. What in the world is it , ray dear ? It is at the Eagle Grocery , a mam moth stock of Groceries , and at the lowest prices you ever heard of. The Eagle has been reading the papers and keep ing posted on what was being offered for sale. They don't say anything about Terbacker and Candy , and other good things like that. It is not pickle dishes you want now , it is Candy. The Eagle has 2,000 pounds of candy for sale cheap , ristmas committees are invited to call and get my prices , .j/nember the place , on the big corner , just east of First National Bank. W. S. SWAN , - - Proprietor. I