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i REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President
Wn.rjAM HOWARD TAI'T , of Ohio.
For Vice President
JAMUS S. SintKMAN , of New York.
For Governor ,
GitouGit LAWSON SHELDON
For LiuetiMiant Governor ,
M. K. Jloi'KwiCLj.
For Secretary of State ,
GKOKGK C. JUNKIN
For Auditor of Public Accounts ,
SII < AS A. BARTON
Kor State Treasurer ,
LAWSON G. BRIAN
For Supt. Public Instruction ,
E. C. BISHOP
For Attorney General ,
WIW.IAM F. THOMPSON
For Com. Public Lands and 131dgs , ,
EDWARD 1 $ . Cowucs
For Hailroad Coimnisnioner ,
J. A. WIIJJAMS
For Congressman , 6th' ( list. ,
M. P. KINKAID
For State Senator , 15th Dist. ,
G. II. KINSKY
For Representatives , 56th Dist
Vole for two
J. A. AMSUIJRRY
A. L. MATHKWS
For Count } ' Atlonicy ,
N. T. GAUD
For County Supervisors ,
w , W. P' ' G ARDNHR , Dist. No. 1
/ * rj CUS'UMAN , Dist No 3.
J. B. GII.MORK , Dint No. 5.
K. N. MO.SSMAN , Dist No. 7.
COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
N. Duiiilit I'onl , AiiHley W. A. ( i.iriliior.Vc4lurvlllc
\V. A. ( it-oruu , Mrohun Ho\v T. J. Wood , Mason Clu
Clms U.immonil , Jlrokuu Uuw I. 1' . Mills. Arnold
II. N. Italrrt , Calla\\av HtMiry ( iiilc , Walnorili
W. J. Rico , Menu Wlllior M. Spear , ComstocU
S. C. Wahl run , Cozail Jos. Hacfclc , McKlilli1)
Ifaim J. Ki'llHini , Mason Clti S A. KoldiliiMm , Oconti )
T. T. Wlnoliuslcr , AiiHolimj l15. . U.jlaiui , Arcailla.
\V. J' . Tuw , Ciiiuro II. K. AtklSHon. Muin.t
A , J. Hi'irlii. SarKcnt O. T. Christy. Wahuirtli
AVIlll.iin Wnrrun , C.Ulnu.iy John Matz , Cozail
.Alf Joliusoii , U 11. S. Wiili'rlmry , lleruyn
Jan. Ilo.ml , Sa Paul IlauniDiit , Klton
I1'icd Ilri'Clitnilil , Ansiilino \V N' . Stovcus , ConiHlocU
M. ( > , Moiittrumiirv , AtiHulm
Executive Committee ! .
W. A. (
. . tcoriru Chairman
Samuel Cannon Vice Chairman
"Will M , Dunn Secretary
II. \Vaterlwry Truasmer
NM ) Itfhl 1'onl \V. J.HIctt
William Warren W. A. Canlnur
llurhurt G. Myore , Ofuanlzrr
A Texas citixen ; claims to have been
the original Bryan man. lie is mis
taken. The original Bryan man lives
at Fairvievv , Neb. , has served a couple
of terms in Congress and is now male-
ing- his third futile eJVort to be elect
ed President of the United States.
That work'"overtime , " for which
organi/ecl labor demands extra pay , is
far preferable in Republican times to
the half time , half pay , or no time
and no pay results of the Democratic
blight of paralysis to American indus
tries.
Mr. Taft is in favor of postal sav
ings banks. Mr. Bryan is in favor of
postal savings banks after his bank-
guaranty fallacy shall have been ex
ploded. Voters who prefer a doer tea
a dodger will vote for Mr. Taft.
The New York World tolls Mr.
Bryan that he cannot tight Mr. Roosevelt
velt with confetti. The World has
never convinced itself that its "Map
of Bryanism" will need to be chang
ed by the November results.
The Democratic plan to purloin the
Populist vote of Nebraska and cer
tain other Western States will not re
suit happily. The populist crop is
hardlj large enough for seed purpos
es this year.
The music of tlu- telegraph in&liu-
jnent on election night is democracy's
annual Jegy ol grief.
Bryan nlUbt either defend JJryali or
ttllce to the woods and stay there.
The labor vote strikes against br
ing carried in the ( Jumpers vest pock
et.
A gift for appointing the wrong
man would not be a desirable quality
in a President.
It is possible that Bryan finds all
his troubles less than the discussion
of the guarantee of bank deposits.
Oklahoma is Bryan's box of Pandor-
a. It gave to him both guaranteed
bank deposits and the unguaranteed
Mask-ell.
Tafi's deeds against Bryan's word
That contrast , invited by Air. Roosevelt
velt , cannot fail to make votes for
Taft.
The enfranchised collored ciLixen
will not vote against , the part } ' that
gave him the ballot , and for the party
that has robbed him of it in the
South.
"Tf there is anyone who believes
the gold standard is a good thing , or
that it must be maintained , f warn
him not to cast his vote for me , be
cause J promise him it will not be
maintained in this country longer
than Jam able to get rid of it. " --\\r.
.1. Br\r an.
So lar from being on the defensive
the Republican party has not only
chalcnged , but welcomed inquiry , and
it is not to much to say that thous
ands of Democrats have been led by
the facts as presented to take a stand
for the continuation of Republican
policies under a Republican adminis
tration.
Nothing has been prosecuted by
Mr. Taft so industriously and exten
sively as education in the Philippines.
Now there are nearly 500,000 pupils
enrolled and the school system of the
Islands is admirable , save that the
financial disabilites of the govern
ment prevent money being appropriat
ed to the amounts required to meet
the demand for education among the
awakened people. ' English is spoken
everywhere.
The Republican part- and the par
ty's candidates met the tomtoms with
the artillery of facts , and Bryan is
now on the defensive , if not on the
run. Me has discovered that the av
erage American voter is not to be
fooled into mistaking for a substan
tial meal a Barmecide banquet of
wind , and that while audiences may
sometimes show good humor by giv
ing a candidate an uproarious recep
tion , they are apt to do some thinking
before they vote. Bryan has found
that out , be fore.
Mr. Taft is so human in all that he
Iocs that it would be inconceivable
uul he not had a human side as a
judge , not only upon the Superior
Court bench of Ohio , but later on the
federal circuit bench where he sat
mil made legal history for eight years.
Jle tempered inflexibility in the ad
ministration of the laws with a hum-
aness , a courtesy and kindliness of
bearing , a consideration lor the feel
ings and rights of attorneys and liti
gants that raised him to supreme
heights in their esteem.
For the rest of the campaign Bry
an will be on the defensive. That
means that he will have to do some
explaining , not only about his party's
record , but about the record he has
made for himself. And why should he
not ? Air. Taft does not ask that any
thing in his career be forgotten , or
apologixed for , or omitted from con
sideration by the votes to whom he
appeals. There is no reason in jus
tice , logic or fair play , therefore , for
drawing a domino over the real Bryan
anil allowing him to masquerade as an
innocent just brought into the lime
light.
The German isas a rule , a good
business man. lie believes in the
gold standard which Bryan does not ;
he believes in protection for Ameri
can industry which Bryan does not ;
he believes in expending the money
of the government for the benefit ol
all the people , in the rural free deliv
ery , the irrigationjof arid lands , the
preservation and utilization of our for
ests , the Improvement of agricultural
and other great public services which
1 tryan , according to the political plat
form to which he has subscribed , re
gards as "unnecessary and wasteful. '
The aBsertion has frequently been
made that prestige aijd influence in
the National House of Representa
tives depend largely upon length of
service. Some figures showing the
length of service of the chairman of
the twenty most important commit
tees in that body indicate the situa
tion. After each committee is given
the state from which the chairman
comes and his length of service in the
Mouse :
Ajifir.uHtirc Kansas S
Appropriations Minnesota 16
Hmkint ; > & Currcnc } ' New Jersey 14
Dist. o ( Columbia Michigan 12
Kun'iyn AiTairs Iowa 16
liiimii.'rr.tiini New Jersey 14
1 mijiii. Afl.n'rs New York 20
Irihiilftr A Hairs Wisconsin 16
t
Intercut it Kn. Com. . .Iowa 22
Invalid i'onsions New llninp. 14
Judicia-v Wisconsin 14
Merch. Mar. & l ish Massachusetts 12
Millilary Affairs Iowa 18
Naval Affair-i . . Illinois 14
PoMtolliccs & I Yds .Indiana 14
Pub. ttldgs. ( Jr'nds. Missouri 16
Public Lands . .Wyoming 12
Rivers & , llarjiors , Ohio 16
Rules Illinois 34
Ways&Mo.uu New York 24
Thus the average length of service
of the chairman of the leading com
mittees is 1 (5.5 ( years. Only two of
these chairman come from west of
the Missouri River. So long as the
western states replace their Repre
sentatives with other men everv few
years , just so long will the big places
in Congress go to men from eastern
and central states where the rule is to
keep a man in Washington while he
gives good service.Nebraska State
Journal.
A democratic paper , speaking of
Candidate Bryan's recent campaign
tour of Jowa , tells of it under a big
headline which reads : "Bryan pleas
ed with the outlook in Iowa. " lie no
doubt was pleased with the "outlook"
as everybody else is also pleased.
His ' 'outlook" was from a car window
and from it he saw the prosperous
farms of Iowa , where lands have tre
bled in value since he began running
or president ; he saw the farmers fat
steers that are bringing $ (5.50 ( to $7.25
is against $ ? .60 to $4.00 in the last
Democratic' , years ; he saw hogs at ,
36.75 against $2.50 market price when
ie was shouting for free silver ; he
iw corn at 70 cents as against 10
: ents undcjr democratic administra-
ion ; he saw wheat at 95 cents as a-
; ainst 'J5 to' { ( ) cents under his brand
) f free trade. Why shouldn't he be
> leased with the "outlook ? " ' So is
he farmer pleased with the outlook
or continued farm prosperity because
be farmer intends to insure it and
ceep it by supporting the republican
jarty whose policies provided good
narkels for the farmers'produce. .
Tn the event of his election to the
-'residency Al r. Bryan probably would
rave to ap'point four justices of the
United States Supreme Court and of a
nuch larger number of judges for the
ewer branches of the Federal Judic-
ary. To entrust him with a power
) f such grave import in its possible
consequences is a proposal from
which thoughtful citizens will shrink
n alarm. It would place him in a posi-
: ion of vast influence over our high
est legal tribunal a political agitator
of immature judgenent and untried
loctrines who has done more to im
pair popular confidence in the Ameri
can Judiciary than any other man of
nir times. '
No voter can truthfully say that
the Republican candidate for presi
dent is trying to deceive him. Judge
Taft expresses his views frankly and
freely as to the future and steadfast
ly refuses to apologize for the views
he has expressed or the action he has
taken in the past. The best evidence
of what lie will do is the record ol
what he has done.
*
What the people need is a la\\
which will lessen the speculation by
bankers and make them more carefu
in loaning their depositors money.
This can only be done by increas
increasing the liability of the baukei
himself and cannot be done by coin
pelling one banker to guarantee the
loans of another , . \
It is rumored that the bank recent
ly closed in Oklahoma was a solven
institution closed for the purpose o
making campaign buncome for the
Democrats.
Those rolling cars are eloquent o
labor employed and capital at work.
Nebraska's Roosevelt.
An eminent Nebraskan recntly paid
a tribute to Governor Sheldon and re-
niblican administration of state af-
airs which is worthy of a careful
eading by every citizen of the state.
lesaid : .
"Hut what Roosevelt has been in.
rational affairs Governor Sheldon has
JCCMI in Nebraska affairs , and while
Teddy down at Washington was
xnmding away against the ramparts
jf vice and corruption anddishonesty
ind predatory wealth in a national
way , our own splendid governor was
out here in Nebraska , leading the best
egislature the state ever had in its
.riumphant achievements of progress
ind reform. And while Congress was
passing laws partaining to interstate
commerce , the Nebraska legislature
under Sheldon's leadership , was en-
icting all those wholesome laws per
taining to Nebraska affairs. The an-
L5 pass law , the two-cent fare law , the
Si bley express rate bill , the Aldrich
commodity rate bill , the pure food
law , the fellow servant law , and that
Magna Charta of the people , the 'di
rect primary law , " are products of
liis administration and the results of
liis leadership. No party in anv state
has ever had such a magnificent
record to point to , and no set of men
ever had so much to their glory as has
Governor Sheldon and that republican
legislature of two years ago. Shel
don was the inspiration of the hour
liis was the guiding hand. Like the
great' general that he was with his
party platform as his chart of action
calmly , patiently and unrelentingly
he directed the battle until every
fortress of opposition had been re
deemed. Upon that record alone the
party is entitled to be endorsed , and 1
Governor Sheldon is entitled to be re-
elected. "
Twelve years ago the prediction
was made by Democratic statesman
that the Fourth of July would be put
out of business as a result of Republi
can policies. On the contrary , the
anniversary still survives and is an
nually celebrated with increased ar
dor , not only in the land of its birth ,
but in foreign lands as well.
The Democratic party has begun a
war of extermination against the gold
standard. We ask no quarter we"'give
no quarter. We shall prosecute our
welfare until there is not an American
citizens who dares to advocate the
gold standard. W. J. Bryah in 1896.
The wage earners of the country
are not alarmed about the guarantee
of their deposits. What thay desire
is the guarantee of earning those de
posits and Republican policy toward
American industries affords the guar
antee.
Greater security to the depositors
is a good thing but one banker should
not be compelled to guarantee the de-
posi ts of another.
Secretary Taft is a member of the
Steam Shoveler's Union. He is show
ing the West an illustration of high
pressure campaigning.
11 has always taken a thorough
course of Republican treatment to
remedy the ell'ectsof a single dose of
Democratic cure-all.
Official figures show that more than
50,000 idle freight cars were put up
for work in the closing fortnight of
September.
To restrict production , as the De
mocracy proposes , would be to ham
per industry and penalize invention.
Organized labor is awake to the
fact that Republican victory means
uncut pay-rolls on full time.
After this campaign is over , Bryan
may discover that there is an art of
well tiuied reticence.
What labor wants is not legal hair
splitting but the opportunity to earn
self respecting wages.
ft is fair to remember that the bat
teries of the White House are fired
for the welfare of the country.
The following is what the Demo
cratic party has done for the laboring
men :
COMMISSION ( ON
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COUNTRY LIFE.
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PRESIDENT I INVESTIGATING AGRICULTURAL -
\ TURAL urn.
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ISOLATION ITS WORST FEATURE
The Farmers arc Taking an Active Inter
est in The Work and are Suggesting
Alcans of lntpro > ing Ilicir
Conditions.
President Koosevelt's mail is
stacked high these days with
letters concerning- the Commis
sion ou Country Life , which l.c
recently created , and the number
of communications on the sub
ject is growing greater daily.
A rather strange feature of this
correspondence , considering tln >
far-reaching significance of the
Commission , ia that so far it h i >
contained no word of advorsi1
comment from any quarter. The
suggestions are all constructive
and many of them will prove of
great help to the Commission
when it formulates its plans of
campaign.
Many of the letters to the
President are from men whose
names are known everywhere ,
hut the bulk of them are from
the men who are most vitally
interested the farmers them
selves. The general tenor of the
farmers' letters shows that not
only are they deeply concerned
in the work of the Commission ,
but that they have clear-headed
ideas of the President's purpo.-e
in starting the inquiry and o.
what the outcome may be. Thr
writers get down to the business
and set forth their ideas with ;
hard headed logic and clearnes
of statement that makes it seem
a little doubtful if the belief of
some persons that rural school ;
ought to be improved is well-
founded. The farmers them
selves-however , agree that the
educational facilities in the
country districts ought to be
made over so as to fit country
conditions and needs more close
ly. A number of writers urge
the * need of introducing some
some sort of elementary agricul
ture into the schools. Not all
are of this opinion , however.
Some maintain that there is a
danger of trying to make agri
cultural instruction too academic.
M
The one point in which all the
farmers without exception agree
with the President is that the
greatest trouble with agricul
tural life is its isolation. The
remedy for this that is most fre
quently proposed is better roads.
Another solution that is advo
cated by a large proportion of
the writers is that a means be
sought to prevent the holding of
large farms by persons or cor
porations who do not work them
themselves. The argument is
advanced that such action would
attract settlers to the country
and that wide spaces between
farms would be broken up , and
that further if the big tracts
which are now worked by
absentee owners or held for
speculation were split up among-
independent owners , there would
j
be greater opportunity for
fanners to come in and gain
profitable livelihoods.
A number of the President's
correspondents urge a revival in
some sort of the old lyceum
which provided a social center
for rural committees. Several
writers tell of excellent results
which have been obtained in
their own neighborhoods by
literary societies , not so much in
their educational capacity as in
providing- community bond.
Many suggestions are made
concerning the postoflice service.
All these letters are being filed
and the gist of their contents
will be brought before the Com
mission tor its consideration.
Now is the time to fix your
fences. We have Hedge , Red
Cedar and two by four Oak /
Posts and all kinds of building
material.
DlItRKS kUMIWK & COAI. CO.
