The Guster County Republican
D. M. AMSBKRRY , Editor
BROKEN BOW , . NEBRASKA
NEWS AND NOTE8 HERE
AND THERE.
PERSONS IND POLITICS ! . I
% Other Mattero of Interest Con-
U deneed Prom th MoreL
Important Telegrnmi.
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Washington.
Chico Paca , wno was ono of
Aelaya'r closest supporters , has re
signed as minister ncneral of the
Madrlr cabinet In Nicaragua , accord
ing to advices sent to the stntc de
partment.
William rittman , tlic American cn >
Klneer captured by Maclriz and con
fined In a prison cell in Managua , Is
reported by American Consul Ollvares
nt Managua to bo 111 with malarial
fever , although MB condition Is said
not to lie serious.
Tlio application of the supposedly
financial ruling , of President Taft on
what constitutes whisky , may bo
Buspt-Tulfcd for some time as the re-
null of Louisiana courts acting on a
| petition 01 representatives of the so-
i culled whisky trust.
\ President Taft baa approved the
j appointment by the interior depart
j mcnt of J. A. Ockerson of St. Louis
S to Investigate conditions in Imperla
! valley , Cal. , where Horloutvdamage la
threatened by the Colorado river
I breaking Ha banks.
j To the failure of a safety me
1 chnnlam to operate when a sudden
l powerful pull was given by an ar
\ tlllerymen In attaching the Lanyard
| . IB now laid the responsibility for the
I nccidtnt which cost the lives o
| cloven men at Fort Monroe , Va. , dur
i Ing the battle practice. Such IB the
I conclusion of General Crozler , chle
of ordinance.
' Foreign. i
Herr Dalwitz , Prussian minister o
the Interior , on recommendation of
the political police , has signed orders
for the expulsion of twenty-one
Mormon missionaries , most of whom
nre Americans or Englishmen. They
were conducted to the frontier.
Mutsuhito , emperor of Japan , has
telegraphed to President Taft that it
was n great pleasure to him to have
the opportunity of seeing Jacob M
Dickinson , the American secretary o
war , on his recent visit to Toklo
when the secretary was shown every
courtsoy by the Japanese officials.
The crop report for Germany which
Rives conditions up to July 1C has
Just been made public. Tt shows a
llght depreciation since Juno 15 , hut
winter wheat Is considerably better
1hari thfc 'average- conditions during
past ten years. Winter rye is slightly -
ly better but spring wheat and spring
rye are slightly below the ten yeu :
average.
Moustaches are considered KO Im
porant In the British army that n
npeclal order has been Issued at
Aldcrshot drawing attention to the
regulations on hirsute adornment. II
eeems that certain young ofllcors
especially In the cavalry , have been
using the razor on the upper lip , fol
lowing the prevailing fashion of
cle-an-slmvcn faces.
Prosecutions against manufactur-
crs of ice cream conen containing
borax are to bo Instituted by the gov
ernment under the pure food law.
Large seizures of cones were made
recently in different parts of the conn-
try by inspectors of the department
of agriculture.
General.
Senator Briatow says Kansas Is not
taking Speaker Cannon seriously.
President Taft has taken the con
servation policy In his own hands.
Eleven members of the coast artil
lery force were killed by'an explosion
nt Fortress Monroe.
Severe lighting among the tribes of
Liberia in the vicinity of Capo
Thomas has broken out again.
Cleveland voted to Issue $2,000.000
worth of bonds to abolish grade
crossings throughout the city.
The convention of the American as
sociation of Ad clubs opened in
Omaha with BOO Jn attendance.
The government intends to break
up the practice of railroads selling
foodstuffs spoiled In transportation.
The third raid on Chinese res.
taurants within three weeks , mode in
St. Louis , resulted in the seizure of
opium worth $18,750 at retail.
Census returns issued show that
Brownsville , the southernmost city In
'
Texas , increased Its population 'cs.3
per cent in the last ten years. Its
population Is now 10,517 , as compared
with G.30G in 1900.
live hundred employes of the Long
Island City plant of the Now York
Sugar Rellnlng company went on
Ptrlke in sympathy with the ntrlkers
nt the Wllllamsbnrg works.
The Tesurel Maru , plying between
Kobe and Dairen , sunk off Chindo ,
Korea , The etoamer had 24C passen
gers aboard , of whom forty were
saved.
At Fort -Greater , N. Y. , eleven
thousand volts of electricity passed
through the body of Michael Foley
and although he is frightfully burned
he still JJves and there Is a chance
that he will recover.
V ,
A strlko of conductors and train
men was called on the Grand Trunk
line.
Cardinal Gibbons was 70 yearn old
Saturday. Ho spent the day at the
country home of a friend near Westminster -
minster , Md.
Senator Cummins declares Cannon
and Aldrlch are driving the country
toward socialism.
The Oklahoma crop situation
shows an Improvement pf 75 per cent
over any previous yean1'
The explosion nt Fortress Monroe
IB believed to hnvo been duo to a de
fective device on the gun.
There will bo no strlko on the
Pennsylvania railroad , the dispute be
ing settled by u conference.
Rhode Island shows increased
population , but not enough to give
the commonwealth another congress
man.
man.At Clinton , 111. , Chief of Police John
Strublo was shot about midnight by
an unknown man and died in a short
time.
Daniel Klnet , the Belgian aero
naut who fell when the rudder of his
aeroplane broke , died from his in-
Juries.
A Lincoln , Nebraska man has In
vented a bucket which may revolu
tionize methods of excavating and
hoisting.
The crop report for Germany ,
which gives conditions up to July 15 ,
shows a slight depreciation since
Juno 15.
The Baltimore Eastern League base'
ball club has sold Pitcher "Lefty"
Hussell to the Philadelphia American
League team for $12,000.
Miss Katlo Tomara of Chicago , 21
years old , was sorlowily wounded af
ter a struggle with "a burglar whom
she discovered In her bedroom.
The French government accept
ed a bronze copy of Houden's statin
of George Washington , which was
presented by the state of Virginia.
Plans for the establishment of t
bureau of railway economics at Wash
Ington , D. C. , by the rnllroad of the
country were announced nt Chicago.
The Wisconsin prohibition platforn
contains clauses denouncing botl
local and county option ns not beln {
n settlement of the liquor problem.
At Hamburg Thirty-live thousand
ship yard workers united in a demand
mand for an increase of 10 per cent
In wages and a flfty-threc-hour week ,
The forest service is engaged ir
cruising the national forests in the
south and southwest for the purpose
of determining the stand of saw tlm
her.
President Taft has approved the
appointment by the Interior depart
ment of J. A. Ockerson of St. Louis tc
Investigate conditions In Imperial val
ley , Cal.
Major General Frederick Dent
Grant has left Chicago to assume
command of the Department of the
Bast , with headquarters at Governor.
Island , N. Y. _
At Omaha Samuel C. Dobbs was reelected
elected by acclamation president ol
the Associated Advertising Clubs oi
America and after a gruelling light
Boston was awarded the next conven
tloti.
Chico Baca , who was one ol
Aolaya's closest supporters , has re
signed as minister general of the
Madriz cabinet in Nicaragua , accord'
Ing to advices to the state depart
tnent.
Formal announcement was made bj
J. S. Temple , secretary of the Bucks
Stove and Range company , of the enil
of the light with organized labor. The
secretary , however , did not state II
the present workmen would bo re
quired to join the union.
Chalmers No. 5 , which was driven
by Bill Bolgcr , was the winner of the
Glldden trophy. The contest board ol
the American Automobile association
In session.at Detroit , fully sustained
the protest of the Chalmers' Motor
company against the entry of the
Premier Motor Car company of Indi
anapolis , and awarded the Detroit cat
the classic trophy of endurance con
test. The GHUdon tour victor was a
$1,500 Chalmers " 30. "
Colonel Roosevelt , as well as Gifford -
ford Plnchot. has been asked to bo
In Atlanta , October 7 , when a meet
ing' will bo held for the purpose of
organizing a state conservation as
sociation.
A motion asking for n new trial In
the bleached flour case In which a
jury recently returned a verdict favor
able to the government , was filed in
the United States district court at
Kansas City by attorneys represent
ing the Lexington Mill & Elevator
company of Lexington , Nob.
Personal.
Cannon declares ho Is In the
apeakershlp fight to stay.
Ex-Vlco President Fairbanks ad
dressed the association of ad clubs at
Omaha.
Jack Johnson , the pugilist , was ar
rested in New -York for automobile
speeding'
It Is rumoredthr * the investigating
committee has decided to exonerate
Dalllnger.
Because they wanted to bo "bad
men , " John Warner and Ray Metcalf ,
each 11 years old , of Columbus.
Ohio. , committed COO burglaries.
William Flego was arrested at
Wayne. Neb. , charged with the mur
der of his sister. '
Major Manuel Costa has beoH ap
pointed military attache to the Argen
tine legation at Berlin.
The death at Now Orleans of J.
Parker Harrison , removes a figure
cnown for many years as ono of the
eadlng turf operators of the contl-
icnt.
John S. Overtoil , an old-tlmo actor
who played with Edwin Booth ,
Lawrence Barret and other famous
aturs , died In St. Louis at the ago of
B9 years.
DEMOCRATS AT GRAND ISLAND
REPUBLICANS AT LINCOLN.
COUNTY OPTION IS THE ISSUE
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Republicans Adopt County Opttot
Plank and for , - \ Direct
Legislation. ,
Democrats Reject County Option ant
Endorse Eight O'clock
Closing Law. '
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# VOTE ON COUNTY OPTION - .
# Republican , +
For -.558 -v
# ' Against 276 >
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& Democratic -5
* For , 198 4
# Against 647 ;
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The republican state platform re
views achievements of the party an *
endorses the work of Its leaders.
Favors the creation of a nonpartisan
san board of control for state insti
tutlonsi
Endorses county option.
Favors redlctrlctincj the statc foi
legislative purposes.
Endorses direct legislation.
The republican party of Xelirnsk ;
has declared for county option. Thh
fall It will go before the people of the
state with its candidates , ejidorsinf
that Issue as a further regulation o
the liquor trafllc and pledging the re
publican candidate for governor tj
sign , If ho is elected. The party alst
declares that the people should have
a right to vote on a constitutionn
amendment referring to direct legis
latlon , or initiative and referendum
non-partisan control of.state institu
tlons , and the hearty endorsement oi
the activity of President Taft in hit
NORRIS BROWN.
United States Senator from Nebraska.
Insistence on needed legislation The
county option plank was recommend
ed by the committee , as was also the
administration plank and the nonpartisan
tisan board of control. The direct
legislation plank came before the con
vention as an appeal from the major
ity of the committee.
The convention' was absolutely in
the hands ol the county optionists.
Little had bqen heard about direct
legislation , but when the appeal from
the committee came it secured almost
us strong endorsement as the county
option plank. Two days of hard work
by the men who would 1ia\e had a
compromise or would have had the
platform silent on the liquor question
did not move many of the delegates
from their position. Two hours in
the committee on resolutions failed
to move the majority of one member
from an , insistence on n straight plank
leclaratlon. Speeches In the conven
tion against the measure were listened
to with much Impatience. The wordIng -
Ing of the /lank which was adopted
the night before the convention ns a
sane and moderate one was finally
'orced through the convention by an
overwhelming majority , and amid
scenes of wild ex'cltement and en-
luiBlnani.
All other matters of'political import
laving been subordinated to the ono
ihief Issue , the wildest scenes of en-
huslasm and energy were witnessed
luring the discussion which touched
m the subject and during the roll ca'R
vhlch was to decide" whether the jcon-
entlon would refuse to touch the
natter or would take n pronounced
ittiture. At times it was impossible
'or Chairman Brown to maintain
irder. W. W. Young of Stanton conn-
y tried to argue in favor of a silent
ilatforin , 'but was interrupted and
oasted until he quit the platform ,
vanquished but smiling good-natured-
y. Although thfl motions which re
sulted in the test vote wore so twisted
> y parliamentary practice that "no"
neant "yes , " and vice versa , the dele-
jatlons made no mistakes and Jho
'ote was announced by each county
vlth energy and clearness.
When Douglas county announced
hat it cast ninety-four votes against
ho county option plank , the enthusl-
ism of that side of the discussion
reached Biich heights that the roll cal
was temporarily svapendod. Llkowls <
when Judge Frost of I nncaster an
nounced clearly that lltty-elx votei
from Lancaster county .wero on. th <
county option side pandemoiiiun
broke loose. Delegates threw up thcli
hats and cheered. Old men shool
hands over the backs of seats. Otlion
pounded the scats.
An Inserted In the platform tin
county option plank read : "For thi
further and better regulation of tin
liquor traffic In Nebraska wo favoi
the passage of a county option lav
by the next session of the legislature
and pledge our candidate for govorno ;
If elected , to nlgn such u law on tlm
subject as the legislature may enact.1
This was the plunk brought to Lin
coin by Senator King of Osccola ant
ncrepted by the county option leaders
The Omaha members had stood Ir
committee for Webster's draft whlcl
related to the liquor question.
Congressman Norrls had beer
turned down for chairman by n vote
of 2 to 1 , and had come to the plat
form at the Imitation of his KUCCCSB
ful opponent , Senator Blown , and hae
declared that the utmost harmony am
understanding prevailed between him
self and the s-cnator. While the reso
lutlons committee was reporting hi
appeared a second time , the only dl
rect parts he took in the convention
lie asked permission to Introduce ai
amendment to the platform as signet
by the entire committee , that relatlnj
to the national administration. Hi
read it as follows :
"Every protest against the wrong li
Insurging for the light. We are un
alterably opposed to the system knowt
as 'Cannonlsm' and nre In hearty sym
pathy with the insurgent movement li
and out of congress. We herewltl
urge our senators and representative !
to continue to use their votes and in
flucnce along progressive lines in the
future. "
Roll call was asked for , but the
chairman finally put it viva voce aiu
declared' it carried.
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X The democratic platform endorses -
* dorses the last democratic na- -
* tlonal platform and state platforms - %
* forms of 1908 and 1909. * >
J > Condemns the Aldrlch-Payne
* tariff bill. 4
* Favors conservation of national - #
* tional resources. $
& Endorses the signing of the %
< 8 > daylight saloon law by Gov
* ernor Shallenberger and approves - $
* proves his administration. .
* Favors biennial elections , *
* non-partisan board of control of *
f ( > state Institutions and the Inltl- #
* ative and referendum. *
# # # # * # * * # # # # # # #
Grand Island. Nebraska democrats
have wrested the leadership of their
state organization from William J.
Bryan on the issue of county option.
By decisive votes they registered their
unbelief In his present policies afatr
listening to nn impassioned appeal
from Mr. Bryan , who declared the
liquor interests were In an organized
nttemput to secure political'control of
the state. The minority plank sub
mitted by Mr. Bryan was brief , and
his opponents declared was an effort
to recede fromb his former radical at
titude. But the workers against the
county option plang were unappeased
and stood firmly against it.
Mr. Bryan , speaking- from the plat
form in behalf of the minority plank
presented by him , was greeted by
Fhouts of applause and was listened to
In silence. lie said in part :
" 1C I have advocated that which is
not good for the state let mo feel your
wrath. If.you find I have done any
thing that is not for the good of the
democratic party I do not ask your
mercy.
"Who less than I could desire to
llsrupt the democratic party ? Am I
not aware what a repudiation at your
hands will mean to me ? It has been
said that I am making this fight be-
\iusc I am not a candidate. Nothing
: ould be more untrue. "
Mr. Bryan here referred to the po
litical battles he had waged and dc-
ilared that lie had been fearless when
lis own future seemed at stake.
Continuing he. said : "I have been
jailed a dictator for expressing my
jplnion. Your candidates here today
iavo expressed their sentiments. By
ivliat law am I compelled to remain
silent ? When I feel that the good
mme of my state is at stake ?
"It has been said that I am ag-
jrieved because I have been sold out
t > y the liquor interests of my own
itate. I have been sold out by these
iquor democrats in my own state and
saved by the votes of self-respecting
cpublicans who refused to aid in it.
: expect to be in politics for many
rears jet. I expect to aid in the work
) f the democratic party , and will not
emaln silent when a band of polltl-
al assassins attack me. "
The speaker then attacked the seat-
d delegates of Douglas county , do-
ilaring that they were not the choice
if the democrats of the couify.
"I am not willing to admit that this
s a linal settlement of this ques-
ion , " continued Mr. Bryan , "and on a
noral question I am not afraid to ex-
iresB my opinions and stand on it ,
f I have to stand alone. "
Plot to Betray the State.
Mr. Bryan declared that ho had
earned on his return from South
Unerica of the filan to betray Nebras-
ia Into the hands of the liquor inter-
stB. He said that the election of
Tnitetl States senators and state offl-
lals was a part of the conspiracy ,
ami that ho felt called upon to pre
veut the political burglary of th
state.
"Tho republican party and the poi
ullst party of this state have adoptei
county option , " said Mr. Bryan in cor
elusion ; "If you do not adopt it , It be
comes an issue. Your speakers sa
the tide is turning toward tjemocrac ;
In national Issues ; then make you
fight on them , not in dcfi-nsu uf th
liquor tralllc. "
Mr. Bryan made no comment afte
the vote and In answer to question
referred to his speech In which hi
proclaimed his fealty to the demc
cratic party and its platform.
Amid a tumult of cheers from th <
former followers of William J. Bryan
Prenmnent Chairman Smytho of tin
democratic platform convention toda :
read the result of the test vote fron
the gathering which practically tool
from Mr. Bryan the democratic leadei
ship of Nebraska , which he has male
talned for twenty years.
The vote came on a motion made b ;
Congressman G. M. Hitchcock , a can
dldato for the senatorial nomlnatioi
anl In effect was to eliminate the in
A8HTON C. SHALLENBERGER.
Governor of Nebraska.
troduction of platform planks , witl
accompanying speeches , unless sulf
mitted as a section of the majority
or minority report of the committee
on resolutions.
Mr ! Bryan , seated as a member ol
the Lancaster county delegation , was
upon his feet at once with a protesi
and proffered an amendment thai
would modify the Intent of the orig
Inal motion.
The temporary organization waf
made permanent and Chairman Smytho
after a brief speech , selected a com
mittee on resolutions. Mr. Bryan
whs among the first two of the com
mittee of seven named. Congressman
Hitchcock made his. motion to re
strict discussion. The opponents oi
Mr. Bryan asserted that if individual
introduction of platform planka had
been permitted , with a speech or
speeches on each one , it would have
materially delayed the progress of the
body. While they asserted their wll
Ungness that he should speak on the
minority report , which he was expect-
9d to Introduce , the action practically
prohibited any other speech from hirr
In the convention.
Governor Shallenberger received a
great ovation. He said the big con
vention was a forerunner of victory in
November , a democratic governor was
so rare in Nebraska that he was not
amazed that others , like Mayor Dahl-
man , also wanted the honor. He too
loved a fight. He had never won any-
.hing without one. The governor said
that the tariff alone would defeat the
republicans in Nebraska this year. He
lefended the acts of the last legisla
ture and said thai of the 207 hills
passed a republican court had only
leclared three unconstitutional. He
mid the democratic administration
lha reduced taxes and by bringing in
iroperty not previously on the tax list
t had saved the people a million del
ors a year.
THE PROHIBITIONISTS.
Lincoln. "We rejoice that the is-
me for which we have so long steeds
s the dominant issue in Nebraska pol-
tics. " This was all the state conven-
Ion of the prohibition party had to
iay Tuesday about county option in
in official way. In several addresses ,
jounty option \\as spoken of in a dis-
mraging manner. It was called "a
mlf way measure , based on practical
lolltics rather than conviction. " D. B.
Jilbert the chairman of the state cen-
ral committee , in a stirring exhorta-
ion for party loyalty said , "If we can
; et 50,000 votes this fall on the pro-
libition ticket instead of 8,000 polled
it the last election wo will do more
; oed than all the county option wind. "
While the platform committee was
Irawlng up a report the conveptlon
istened to so eral addresses , T. M. C.
Jlrmlngham , who has filed for the
Jnlted States senatorshlp on three
ickets , made the following state-
nent : "Local option is not sufficient
o solve the liquor problem. If all
ho states in the union were dry and
ho District of Columbia wet , under
ur present Interstate commerce laws
he whole country would be Hooded
k'itli whisky from that territory. Be-
Ides we need to make Washington n
lean city and at present it is not ur
I'lth even Lincoln. "
THE SOCIALISTS.
Lincoln. Representatives of the so
lallst party in Nebraska passed light-
ir over the county option question in
lieir state convention , hut adopted a
jngthy platform declaring for radi
al governmental steps embodying the
ormnunlty Idea.
Cured by Lydia E. Pink-
ham's VegetableCompound
Baltimore , Md. "JTor four yearn
my life was a misery to mo. I Buffered
from irregulari
ties , terrible drag ,
glng sensations ,
extreme nervous
ness , and that all
1 gene feeling in my
stomach. I had
given up hope of
over being well
when I began to
take Lydia ILPink-
hain'a Vegetable
Compound. Then
I felt no though
new lifo had been
given me , and I am recommending it
to all my friends. " Mrs. W. S. FORD ,
2207 W. Franklin St. , Baltimore , Md.
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country for the euro of all forms of
female complaints ia Lydia E. Pink-
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A Knowing Girl.
Whe-n young Lord Stanlolgh cam&
o vlbJt an American family , the mis
tress told the bervants that In ad
dressing him they should always say
'Your Grace. " When the young gen-
leman one morning met ono of the
iretty house tervanta In the hallway
and told her that she was so attrac-
ive looking he thought he would kiss
icr , she demurely replied , clasping
icr handp on her bosom and looking
ip Into his face with a beatific ex
pression , "O Lord , for this blessing
ve are about to receive , we thank
bee. " Llppincott's.
LEWIS' "SINGLE BINDER. "
A hand-made cigar fresh from the
able , wrapped in foil , thus keeping-
fresh until smoked. A fresh cigar
made of good tobacco Is the ideal
smoke. The old , well cured tobaccos
used are EO rich in quality that many
who formerly smoked lOc cigars now
moko Lewis' Single Binder Straight
tic. Lewis' Single Binder costs the
lealer eomo more than other 5c cigars ,
mt the higher price enables this fac-
ory to use extra quality tobacco ,
" 'hero are many imitations ; don't bo
ooled. There Is no substitute ! Tell
ho dealer you want a Lewis "Single
Binder. "
More Serious.
"Mathilde Browne was very rude to
in overdrem-d old woman she met on
he street the other day. "
"I know the ttory. The old woman
urned out to be Mathllde's very rich
lunt , and now she's going to give all
ler money to a hospital for decrepit
logs. "
"Nothing of the sort. In fact , It's
vorse. The old woman was the
3rownca' new cook and now they
aren't any. "
The Home of the Cod.
There Is just one other great cod
Jank in the world besides those off
Newfoundland. It lies off Capo Agul-
las , which is the southern tip of Af-
ica , and south of the Capo of Good
lope. The Agulhas plateau is said to
je almost a duplicate in size and rich
ness of the north cod banks. But this
s too far off , so there is little promise
if its appeasing the hungry appetite
) f the world for cod.
Plenty of Material.
"Son , " paid the press humorist , "you
ave inherited some of ray humor. "
"Not enough to make n living with ,
ad. "
"Never inlnd. I'm going to leave
ou all of my jokes. "