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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1908)
Don't Miss The Great Fire and Water Sale Ci lothm Furnishings an FOR MEN , BOYS AND CHILDREN That is being Conducted in Broken Bow. TS THE BIGGEST CLOTHIN ever conducted by any store In Ouster County , It involves everything wearable for Men , Boys and Children and gives you wonderful opportunities to save. Don't miss this sale. Don't spend one dollar outside our store while this great saving sale lasts. . NORTH SIDE THE SQUARE. HERMON & KERN. Broken Bow , ON DOUAK PltR VKAK. ADVKRTISIWS KATl'.S. Wliero iiratlur In set or wood bant ) electrotypes a 11.U prlcoof li cciitH per inch , Hlnifli ; coin inn , fur each lUHcilluu , t\vo or inoru hiMirtloiiH. Hpcclal portion , Hltiulu Insertion , 15 centH per Inch. Melul liaso electros , t oor nuiru tlmcH , 10 cuntH per Inch , I'aymcntH to bo maclu 1st of eacli inuiitli. Local advertising 5 cents per Hue each Inner- Ion. Cards on first paije 60 centH per Inch per month. Notice of church fairs , Hoclablut and enter- taliitnetitH whcru money Is charued , one-ialf rateH. Death notices free , half i i ' ' for pnbllshlnir obituary notlccH. fcard of Thanks , SO cf i * . JAUal notices at rat provided l > y statutes of Nebraska , Society iiollcusand i.'solutionsone-li.iU'.i.cs Weddluir notices frru , half pilcu for ittU of PICHUlltH , Entered : it Itrokeu How , Nebraska , for trans- ailsslon In thu United Slates malU at hccond claBH rates. D. M. AMSUHK'KY , - Publisher Wiu , M. DUNN , Editor L. W. AMSIWKKY , Local Editor Thursday , August 20. 1908. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET. Tor 1'rcsldent WII.MAM II. TAl'T. of Ohio. I'of Vlco President JAMKS S. SHUKMAN.of New York If Broken Bow had a sewerage the demand lor city water would be doubled. "Get busy lets win" is the motto for every republican to follow this year. The primary law is alright. The farmers should be at the polls September 1st. Broken Bow needs a sewerage system and a better lighting system. Why not have them ? There's nothing too good for our city. Republicans should bear in mind that the primary will be held September 1st. Be sure and attend and see to it that none but the best men for the various offices arc nominated. What's the use of saying any thing about distress warrants ? There is no argument in them. If every man would pay his taxes when notified there would be no occasion for a distress warrant. Referring to the fact that Norman 13. Mack , chairman of the Democratic national commit tee , has appointed u campaign finance committee , the Topcka Capital asks us to note some of the names found in its member ship : W. A. Clark , the Montana and Standard Oil copper king , worth probably 100 million dollars lars ; Nixon of Wall street , organ iser of the shipping trust , a millionaire many times over and at one time chief of Tammany hall ; Mose Wettuoreof St. Louis , magnate of / the tabacco trust , millionaire ; Cleveland's steel magnate , Tom Johnson , million aire. These men are to handle the contributions made by the "common people. " And they themselves will be limited to the pitiful sum of $10,000 each ! Lincoln Star. Where Do You Stand ? BKOKKN Bow , NUUK. , Aug. 18 , 1'JOS. Enri'ou RiU'unr.iCAN We are Hearing the date for state primary when we will select can didates to fill the various offices for the next two years. Every office to be filled is of importance to the people. It is very plain to all that the County Option issue is to be thu paramount issue in Nebraska this year. We want § Tlxo " "S/ST'osrt t RAS ANDERSON DEALER IN | GRAIN AND COAL Feed in large and small quantities at both wholesale i and retail. Special attention given to filling orders for coal in any quantity. Broken Bow , - - Nebraska i to know where ever } ' candidate for the legislator stands on this question. It is very clear to any one who knows conditions in Custer county that a large ma jority of the voters are opposed to the saloon and in favor of County Option. These . voters want to know and have a right to know where each candidate for the legislator stands on this important question before the primary. Some of our candi dates have already given us their position on this matter through the papers. We would like to hear from all others next week. Speak up candidates , the County Option forces cannot support you without knowing where you stand. Sincerely JNO. D. BRADY. Guaranty of Bank Deposits. The offiicial opinion of Attor ney General Bonaparte that national banks in Oklahoma can not be taxed for the creation of a depositor's guaranty fund carries a special importance in view of the fact that the democratic na tional platform favors enforced bank deposit guaranty. The attorney general's opinion gains additional significance by its ap pearance almost simultaneously with Mr. Taft's discussion of the subject in his speech of accept ance. ance.Mr. . Taft took advanced ground in radical opposition to Mr. Bry an's new fangled theory. lie declared that the attempt to unite state and national banks jn a scheme which was compulsory for the one class and voluntary for the other was unfair , if not illegal. His chief objection to the plan , however , was that : A burden would be imposed upon the sound and conservative bankers of this country by this obligation to make good the dis honest men , who would be able to secure deposits under such a system on the faith of the pro posed insurance , as in its present shape the proposal would remove all safeguards against reckless ness in banking. The attorney general makes it plain that deposits in national banks can not be guaranteed without a complete change in the banking system and new leg islation far beyond what has been indicated in the democratic pro gram. Something of this plan was incorporated in the Fowler bill in the last congress , but that measure contemplated a complete revision of the national currency system. The Oklahoma plan , which Mr. Bryan so lavishly en dorses , creates a state banking board and requires that board to levy an assessment upon the capital stock of each bank and on the average daily deposits for a guarantee fund. Attorney General Bonaparte makes it plain that national banks cannot leg ally , comply with such state en actment. In his many addreses on the subject , Mr. Bryan has found no answer to the argument advanc ed by Mr. Taft that the guar antee plan removes all safeguards against recklessness in banking. It is pleasant , of course , for a depositor to know that no matter how big a rascal his banker may be he can always secure his money , but the pleasure is not shared by the depositor who places his money with a safe and sane banker and is taxed to make up the losses caused by a dis honest banker. Under the Bryan plan , the honest banker.who guards his de positor's money as a sacred trust , would be on the same low level with the speculative banker who docs not hesitate to take long chances. Omaha Bee. Men of Soort Memory. The New York Times shows up the republican who would vote for Mr. Bryan as a man of a very short memory , and -what the Times says is worth reading and bearing in mind. Here is the article in part : "Whenever you hear a republi can say he is going to vote for Bryan this year you can safely set him down as a man with a short memory. He has forgotten conditions twelve years ago. The idle factories , the million tramps , the soup-houses , the eight cent corn and the thirty-five cent wheat , have all passed from his memory , lie has forgotten the fanners who were sold out under mortgage and the others who hung on by the skin of their teeth until republican adminis tration brought prosperity and made them rich. He looks out now on the fine farm buildings and unmistakable evidences of wealth and forgets that at the close of the last democratic ad ministration many of these far mers were so poor the } ' could haidley get credit for the actual necessities of life. The trans formation in twelve years of re publican rule is so great that the distress and poverty that pre ceded it have been forgotten by the men of shorn memory. The- have also forgotten the foolish prophecies of Mr. Bryan that there would never be prosperity without free silver , that wheat and silver would rise and fall together and that we must legis late to make the product of the mines more valuable and the silver miners richer if we would get fair prices for our farm products. " "State Pride" Argument. The World-Herald in a plain tive style calls attention to Chair man Hayward's claim that "state pride" is a thing of the past , and that-people only laugh at Mr. Mr. Bryan's slogan , "Let the people rule. " The World-IIearld tearfully deprecates such state ments , assuming that the chair man means that the state has lost pride not only in its great men , but in its giant corn pro duction and everything else. Mr. Ilayward means that pride in a distinguished citizen cannot longer be used as an argument to promote a political party in which people have no confidence , and whose supremacy quickly crush a Nebraskan's pride by destroying his prosperity and thus his peace of mind. State pride can be felt and expressed without self-sacrifice of voting for a man whose party represents the principles of the minority. Mr. Bryan is heartily endorsed as a citizen. To secure majority endorsement for him in Nebraska as a presidential candidate , he should join the republican party , lie and his friends should not expect the "tail to wag the dog. " Mr. Bryan's slogan , "Let the people rule , ' " has prevailed so long that pe'ople are amused to the point of laughter to see it paraded as a headlight cnhibit at this time. There are two representatives to elect from this district. There are three candidates asking for the nomination on the republican ticket , and our republican friends will select the best two for the place at the primary September 1st. Subscribe for the RKI-UHUCAN J * Say do you know that $ [ * we carry a full line o.f $ uv I Building Material , I to toW Brick , Plaster , $ tV > Lime , Cement , JjJ jh Hair , Sidewalk w Brick , Screen $ DoorsWindows JjjJ and everything you need to $ build a house or barn , and JJ s iv , look at our POSTS , yes & and our STEEL GATES , % you can't keep house withJJ ' out one. u Dierks' L'br. & Coal Co. , tV tVto Broken Bow , Neb. to tf * HIGH GRADE Lumber , a large assortment and complete stock for Builders to choose from. Let us estimate on your contracts. We always * * # n , try to please. H. T. B RUCE & CO. Lumber & Coal South side. To Loan. Nebraska money. Ouick loans. Huns five years with privilege to pay one tenth or all any month. Lowest rates of interest. 10-3m R. A. HUNTKK & Co. Public Saie7 I will sell 25 head of young horses at auction at Dillavou's barn in Broken Bow Saturday Aug. 22 at 2 p. m. 10-2-f. * L. I