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REPUBLICAN TICKET
, U. S. Senator . . . Elmer J. Burkett
' Lincoln
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> Governor . . . . Chester II. Aldrlch
I David City
I Lieut. Governor . . . M.'R. IIopowoll
v Tokamah
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Secretary of State . . Addlson Wait
Syracuse
State Trcasucr . . Walter A. George
Broken Bow
State Superintendent . J. W. Crabtrc
Lincoln
Attorney General . . Grant G. Martin
Fremont
Land Commissioner . E. B. Cowlcs
Fatrbury
Hallway Commlasloner
Henry T. Clarke , Jr.
Omaha
For Congress
Flrat District . . . .Wm. Hayward
Nebraska City
Second District A. 1 . Suttou
Omaha
Third District . . . . John P. . Doyd
"Nollgh
Fourth District . . . Chas. II. Sloan
Geneva
Fifth Dlstrlc . . George W. NorrlB
McCook '
Sixth District M. P. Klnkald
O'Neill
County Attorney . . . N. T. Gadd
Broken Bow
For Supervisors
First district T. P. Owens
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Third District . Rasmus Anderson
Fifth District . . . . E. S. Woodruff
Seventh District . Robt. Mortcnson
Remember next Tuesday is elec
tion. .
A vote for Ras Anderson for Sup
ervisor vlll bo rightfully placed.
After 'next Tuesday the candidates
troubles 'will be over , but will yours
Vote the republican ticket straight
thlH year and have a clear con-
scions.
What right has one to criticize
the results of an election If ho does
n't vote ?
Ex-President Roosevelt is having
great sport chasing opponents out
of the jungles In darkest New York.
At the last session of congress
when the tariff bill was voted Con
gressman Hitchcock was visiting In
Europe.
"Boys If 1 had my way there
would bo a saloon In every business
block In every town in the state. "
Jim
When you think how dull'buslnciE
was when the democratic party was
last In power , isn't It a big risk to
try it again ?
The only stock In trade of the
democrats In their campaign against
Klnkald Is misrepresentation and
wholesale lying.
Klnkald quietly does things and
fulfills his promises to his constit
uents. Ask the old soldiers and
their widows about it.
No ono who is enjoying the prcsoni
prosperity of the county can well
afford to give the democratic party
control of the next congress.
Oliver Moody , ono of the republl
can candidate for the legislature
la a young man , a son of an old sol
jller and Is worthy of your vote.
* A vote against M. P. Kinkald fo
congress Is a vote against a. republl
can administration and a vote to glv
the democrats the control of congres
for . According
What can Taylor do us.
cording to Bryan , ho Is opposed to
pvorything Roosevelt wants. Have
you lost faith In Roosevelt and men
of his kind ?
A vote for W. .1. Rico for the log- '
Islatttre would be a vote- for a clean '
Christian character , ono who would
always bo found on the right sldo
of any titiuflllon. .
Senator Cummins In his speech at
Chicago says nothing is to be gained
by trusting either house of congress
to tiltdemocrats. . He has seen
some of them at close range.
In the past wo have heard many
say they would vole for the best
men regardless of polities. If they
ire honest their vote will not bo
cast for Dahlman and Hitchcock next
Tuesday.
Senator Burkett remained at his
post and fought for free lumber un-
ler the now tariff bill while Con
gressman Hitchcock was enjoying
himself over In Europe on a salary
of $7,500 a year.
The democrats say Kinkald Is a
stand-patter. Everybody's Magazine
in Its November issue says he is a
progressive. Who Is the dlslnterr1
ested witness ? Who has the best
opportunity for knowing ?
Vote for the republican candidates
for supervisors and you will have
no occasion to regret it. A change
from the expensive do-nothing policy
we have had for several years would
be immensely enjoyed by the publlc-
A vote for Senator Burkett for re
election will be a vote for an able
and consclenclous representative of
the public. His record as a man
and his character Is above reproach.
Can the same be honestly said of
hlc opponent Gilbert M. Hitchcock.
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More than sixty per cent of the
democratic papers of the state have
repudiated Dahlman and are either
supporting Aldrlch openly or keepln
silent on governorship. This Is
merely a straw to show the trend of
public sentiment. Crclghton News.
The republican candidates for the
legislature of Nebraska who have
pledged themselves to vote for the
candidate receiving the largest vote
would find themselves in a pretty
pickel should Congressman Hitchcoc
receive the majority vote for United
SOUes Senator.
The quest ion of county option trans
fers the right from a city or village
to vote In a saloon to the county.
In other words county option trans
fers the right of the entire voting
populate n of the county to say
when a saloon shall be established
Instead of a single locality.
A vote for the republican candi
dates for legislature and state can
didates Is a vote for mon who are
pledged by their party platform for
county option. While a vote for
democrat candidates for olthtor state
or the legislature Is a vote for men
whoso party is pledged against conn
ty optlqn.
The man who says that Congress
man Kinkald is not the author of
the homestead law bearing his name
simply does not know what he Is
talking about or knows ho Is stat
ing an untruth. The idea that the
law boars his name simply because
It applies to this district is prepos
terous. Any school boy aught to
mow better.
There never wore from the first
my serious apprehom-'lon that con
gressman Hitchcock would stand the
ghos't of a showIn securing a ma
jority vote in the state over Senator
Hurkott for tho'Unlted States Senate
Since some of his own party news
papers have exposed his connection
with the Hartley Shortage of state
money there should no longer remal
any doubt on the question.
M. L. Fries Is the republican cand
date for the state senate from this
district. Ho Is a man worthy and
capable and has the courage of his
convictions. Ho Is ono of the mon
In this campaign that docs no strad-
llng. Ho Is making no pledges on
either sldo of the division fight and
his position on the question of coun
ty option Is not uncertain. Right
the reverse Is true of Ollls his op
ponent.
The man who says he Is going to
vote against Congressman Klnkald
In order to break up the "combine"
seems very short sighted. Don't ho
know that with a democrat congress
man from this district under a re
publican administration that the pat
ronago would then wholly bo with
the "combine" besides the ciomocrat-
Ic congressman would be against the
republican administration on every
vote he east.
Edgar Howard now sounds the a-
lann aynlnet the state central demo
crat committee which he says has
given up all hope of Dahlman and
the rest of the ticket except Hitch
cock for the United States Senate.
Mr. Howard you just as well con-
ceede the whole bunch together as
the voters of Nebraska do not want
Dahlman any more than they do
want Hitchcock. They are both
currcd with the same stick.
Ex-President Koosevolt.
In a speech at Omaha on Septem
ber 2 , 1910 , Ex-President Roosevelt
said : "Senator Burkett was one of
the men on whom I especially relied
when I was president , both while he
was In the House and in the Sen
ate. I was able to accomplish what
1 did In Washington only because
of the way I was backed by men Ilk
Senator liurkett , and as we have a
guest from Iowa present , let mo
say , like Senator Dolllver. "
After hearing Mr. Bryan on
"Dahlmanism" it will be strange If
the democrats of the vicinity cast a
single vole for Mayor Dahlmaii. In
this state the fight is narrowing
down to the proposition of whether
Mr. Bryan or Mr" . Dahlman shall be
the leader of the democratic party.
If Dahlman wins ho will bo the leader
or by reason of such endorsement.
Can any self respecting citizen
whether he bo democrat or republi
can , wish to see the toga of leader-
Shi ] ) pass from Bryan to Dahlman.
A Splendid Record.
Out of 97 prominent democratic
papers in the state thus far noted
51 are against Dahlman , 27 for and
19 have cold feet either way. Of a
list of 2-18 republican papers , only 0
lean toward the democrats and they
are saying little. 15 others are sayIng -
Ing nothing on-the liquor question.
The remainder , , 227 weekly and dall
papers of Nebraska , republican and
Independent in politics , are openly
supporting the republican cause , es
pecially that relating to county
I option. The Northwestern.
Assert Yourselves Republicans.
Do not be led nway by deceiving
promises. It Is easy to grumble an
a good deal harder to bring things
about.
What did the democrats over do
when they had the power ? Did wo
over get anything but promises and
bungling legislation , when they had
a chance In Nebraska.
Farmers , laborers ! Wore your
circumstances ever belter than now.
Are we not marching forward in all
lines of reform.
Leave well enough alone and vote
Iho republican ticket.
Do Not Trade horses in the Middle
of the Stream.
The question of whether the re
publicans or democrats shall control
the next national congress Is at pres
ent a disputed question. No republi
can who believes in the principles
of the republican party can afford
to cast his vote for the opposition
this year as a matter of personal
favoritism on county pride. The
election of a democrat from the
sixth district may give the demo
crats the balance of power In the
next congress. Trading horses whll
In the middle of the stream never
was considered \\lse.
Hitchcock will not lose many vot'F
on account of his relations with
Hartley , says one of his supporters ,
because people are not interested in
ancient history. If that is the case
the effect of the Incident must turn
on the strictly modern history of Mr
Hitchcock's response to the charges.
In answer to Howards charges Hitch
cock broadly Intimated that Howard
was a liar. If now the charges , her
over unimportant at this late day , b
accepted as true , Mr. Hitchcock has ,
to say the least , compromised his
varaclty. It would have looked much
better had Mr. Hitchcock made In
answer to the first charges , the ex
planation finally forced fortlj by the
documents later offered In evidence.
State Journal.
Timely Warning.
Democrats who vote 'or straight
should bear In mind that this sots
them against the constitutional a-
mendmcnt improving the qualifica
tions of voters. If they want to pro
vide that hereafter all now voters
must bo American citizens they must
take pains to mark their ballot specl
ally for the amendment. The repub
llcan who votes 'er straight will bo
recorded for the amendment , since
the republicans endorsed the amend
ment at the primaries. The stralgh
republican votes will hardly bo a
majority over all , however great the
average republican majority may bo
for this Is ovldcntally to be a ballot
scratching year. All voters need bo
careful , therefore , that they do not
forfeit their vote on this question.
State Journal.
Dlvlslonlst Unfair in Politics.
It is human nature to fight back
regardless of the blbieal teachings
to "turn the other Check. " Dlvl-
slonlsts , do your duty at the polls a
week from next Tuesday. An at
tempt to abridge the right of peti
tion or right to vote should bo re
sented at the polls. Again we say ,
dh'islonists do your duty. Loup
Valley Queen.
The above indicates the extreme
to which a dlvlslonlst will go as a
matter of spite rather than principle.
Fortunately for the republican
party it lias no candidates of Brok
en Bow for the legislature , congress
or United States Senate to be knifed
by divlsionists. As we have arepub-
llcan candidate for state treasurer in
the person of Walter A. George he
doubtless is the party meant. No
such spirit was manifested by the
republicans of Broken Bow two years
ago wlicn Callaway had a republican
candidate for the legislature in the
person of Dr. Miithews. His vote in
Broken Bow was among the highest
in the township. The voters of Cal
laway can not afford to be guided
by such petty politics.
The Situation on Division.
The situation in the county divi
sion matter is as follows.
The county board has ordered an
election to set off Callaway , Oconto
and Sargent which are known In the
petitions as Alfalfa , Albany and COD
counties respectively. The petition
was Insufficient in the Ansley distric
which the petition denominated Rose
county and no election was ordered
The petition from Corn , the Sargent
district was not sufficient on the
start but was granted on a supple
mental petition being filed , which
according to Judge Maxwell consti
tutes an Illegal petition.
The only legal petitions before the
board were from the southwest part
of the county. The petition of Cal
laway is deprived of any honorable
consideration from the fact that it
contains a provision for a tract ol
land eight miles long and one mile
wide in order to extend through the
south part of the city of Broken
Bow. No fair man who practices th
principles of the golden rule wil
vote for such a proposition even
should he favor the division of the
county on equitable lines.
Without any disrespect to Mr.
Taylor , wo would like to ask , wha
could ho do or would he do to helj
the republican progressives in this
fight ? As a democrat he would hate
to line up with his party , which is
dominated by its southern members
and which stands for the things op
poslte to western Ideas. He wouldn'
line up with the progressive repub
llcans and would have no standing
in their councils. As a free lance
if he should pursue that course , he.
would hardly cause a ripple in sucl
a body as the congress of the Unlte <
States. Ho might bo a source o
transclent amusement , but as !
serious proposition he would occupy
about the same place as did Sockles
Jerry Simpson and our own Kom ii
the days gone by. Moses P. Kin
kald Is no whirlwind and has no
been given to making grand stand
plays at Washington , but he has been
a quiet and effective worker and Is
recognized as such by the men who
are now leading the fight for the
people In congress. The people of
Nebraska are In no position to retire -
tire such a useful servant at ti ne
to try a doubtful experiment.
The Republican calls the attentlor
of Its readers this week to the ar
ticle on the state Issues by A. R ,
Humphrey. It docs not hesitate te
say that the article Is one of the
strong papeis of the campaign and
correctly states the facts as the >
exist. Neither does the Ropubllcar
hesitate to say that the ropublicar
candidate for state senator , M. L
Fries , stands squarely upon the Issn
as presented. Some time ago UK
Republican called attention to th <
fact that the position of Sonatoi
Gills was not known on the count :
option Issue and especially upon tin
matter of passing a bill over the veti
of the governor In the event sucl
action became necessary. Mr. Olll
has not seen fit to reply to the Re
publican or state his position in an ;
of his party papers to the knowledg
of the Republican. And in his si
lenre upon the only question tha
effects the people in this campaign
causing the breaking up of part ;
lines on both sides , there is but' ' !
ono thing left for the temperance
people to do : and that Is to vote1
for M. L. Fries for state senator. |
Then no chance Is taken on the
final result.
T1IK PEOPLE'S Kill UNI ) .
( Duster County's Candidate For
State Tie-asm ei1.
The splendid vote given at the
primaries to Walter A. George , Cus-
tor county's candidate for state
treasurer , Indicates that he Is as
popular all over the state as ho Is
at homo and while there Is no doubt
of his election next Tuesday , the
vote given him In his home county
ought to be almost unanimous. Walt
is one of the pioneers of Custor
county , and has passed through all
the trials and tribulations that were
endured by the old timers. He has
come through them all smiling and
today he probably has more friends
and admirers among all classes of
people than any other man In the
ounty.
He has been a successful farmer
and a successful business man , has
icld many places of trust in public
office and no ono can truthfully say
hat ho has not made good in every
) lace he over filled.
He Is peculiarly fitted for such a
responsible position as that of state
reasurer , and would be a state of
ficial of whom Custer county could
'eel proud.
Our grand old county has been
represented before at the state capl
tel by citizens whom wo all dellgh
to honor , and Walt George woulc
make a creditable addition to * the
list. With Walt in the state house
the citizens of Custer county woulc
not be without a friend when visit
ing the capitol city. Be he repub
llcan , democrat , socialist or prohibit
ionlst , Walt would give him a slaj
on the back and Invite him to take
a seat at his desk where he woulc
be prlveleged to put his feet undo
the desk or on top of It just as he
saw fit. We ought to make it unai >
imous for Walt by all means.
COMRADES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Hitchcock Against Pensioning Old
Soldiers.
Omaha , Neb. , Oct. 27 , 1910.
An Important election is just at
hand , you are interested In the sub
ject of pensions , on that subject the
republican party has an unbroken
line of fidelity to the old soldier.
The last democratic administration
vetoed hundrers of special pension
biljs , and thousands of pensions
were either reduced or annuled al
together. The spirit .and feeling of
that administration was emphasized
at the time on the- editorial page of
the World-Herald Nov. 18 , 1892 , in
the following language.
A GREAT DEFICIENCY.
*
"The next session of congress will
have to wrestle with one deficiency
of $30,000,000. This is on account
of pensions. The appropriation for
pensions for the next year must be
not less than $150,000,000. It is
therefore easy arithmetic to per
ceive that the appropriation that congress
gross must make for pensions , next
session must aggregate not less
than $18ti,000,000. This tremend
nous sum would in itself be enough
to run a reasonable government.
One would not complain if It were
an honest debt but a large portion
of it is not a debt , because it WAS
NEVER EARNED BY ANY ACT OF
PATRIOTISM OR HEROIC SER
VICE , ( caps are mine ) The gov
ernment Is held up and despoiled of
no mean portion of this , and it
seems helpless to defend itself. One
can not help belng curious to know
how many moro years it will take
to exhaust the generation that feels
Itself Injured by the war. It Is safe
to say that never did a generation
display such remarkable longevity. "
Comrades let us demonstrate by
our votes that our memories run
paralell with our lives , and line up
for the men that will be In harmony
with this administration.
Comrade of G. A. R.
TI1K CHEAT 1JATTLE
Why Senator liurkett Should Ciet
Your Vote.
Never before In the history of Ne
braska have moro Important Issues
been piesonted for the consideration
of the people than those which they
will bo called to pass upon by their
( ballot next Tuesday. In most of tra
> campaigns of the past party lines
L have been moro or less clearly
5 drawn but this year conditions confront -
front us which call for the exercise
' of the right of suffrage upon a
a higher plane than that dictated by
partisan politics. In both national
t and state politics great principles
, are at stake , and in carrying out
' these principles party lines are be
ing obliterated. "Progressives" In
the national congress are these re /T
publican members who stand for
those policies which in the main are
nauguratcd by President Roosevelt ,
ind which are being continued by
hose who believe in government In
he Interests of the whole people
nstcad of In the Interest of a few
> rlveleged Individuals who have
grown powerful and Insolent througl
eglslatlon made possible by the In
fluence of those who servo them in
the chambers of the national con
gress. The final bnttlo between
these two forces will be fought In
the next congress and It Is up to
he people to say whether or not
that body Is dominated by the cham
pions of the people. The people of
Nebraska are Interested In the com
ing fight , and by their votes next
Tuesday they will be called upon to
say whether they desire the return
to the Senate of Elmer J. Burkett ,
who for the past six years has rep
resented Nebraska In that body ,
who Is universally recognized as a * . fc-.d u.
progressive , who was -trusted advisor - I
visor and lieutenant of President ]
Roosevelt during his adminltsratlon ,
and who now has the endorsement
of such progressives as LaFollette ,
Norrls and other men whoso progres
slveness will not bo questioned.
Your choice Is between this man of
ripe experience In the Important
work to be done in congress , and
who has served you well for six years
and Gilbert M. Hitchcock a democrat
who will not work hand-in-hand with
the men who are now making such
a fight for progressive legislation ,
but who is a born aristocrat and
will line up with the regular demo
crat machine.
Senator Cummins
Commends liurkett.
Senator Cummins of Iowa is con-
ceeded to have been the leading
progressive republican in the United
States Senate said of Senator Bur-
kett at Lincoln last Thursday in his
public address :
WHY HE CAME TO LINCOLN.
"I am here , however , as I think
most of you know my chief purpos
in visiting Lincoln at this time is to
contribute , if I can contribute , with
the little influence that my words
may have , to the re-election of my
associate in the senate of the United
States , and my friend Elmer J. Bur-
kett. I have known him well ; I ha
known him long. It is idle , in view
of the happenings of the last two
years , for me to assert that upon
every question which has come be
fore the senate of the United States ,
he and I have been in absolute agre <
ment. . We have not voted in the
same way upon every question , upon
which it became our duty to vote
I have lived long enough to know .
that if I wait to give my confidence
only to the man who agrees with me
in every fater which may became 1m.
portant , I will be solitary and alone
all the rest of my life and I have
no desire for the consplclousness of
such solitude. All that I ask af any
man Is that he shall vote according
to his conscience and shall exempli
fy in his public conduct the integrity
which an honest man owes to the
people whom he represents ; and If
he differs from me ho holds my con
fidence in just the same degree as
though he were to agree with me
and I say to his fellowmen and fel
low-townsmen something that is al
together unnecessary I am sure , that
I believe , after having witnessed his '
work in two of the severest struggle
that have ever been seen in the sen
ate of the United States , that Elmer
J. Burkett does what he believes Is
right , and votes as his conscience
tells him ho should vote , and moro J-
than that can bo asked of no man.
He has served you with not only
great fidelity , but I think ho has
served you , too , with conspicious
ability. And we , who have I hope
you will not think me egotistical
when I say this but we who have
some definite Idea of what should "V i
be done in the future and intend to / ,
acomplish it in every way that wo i
honorably can , we want Elmer J.
Burkett In the senate Instead of
Gilbert Hitchcock in the senate at
Washington , for reasons which I
shall attempt in the plainest and
simplest way to state. Possibly It '
will pass from my mind and therefoi
I should speak of It while It is with
me. I have been astonished to lean
since I came Into Nebraska that
some people hero are of the opinion
or of the belief that Senator Bur
kett , In the great fight over the tar
iff law of last year , voted against
free lumber. If any man on earth
should know his position in that re
spect I should know It , because I
was a part of that great struggle an
watched It with an Intensity as It
seems to mo that I can never summon -
mon for another subject , and I
think it is duo to him whatever
may bo said here It is duo to him
\ and to the people of the state that
I shnll sny he was ono of the lead
ers of the senate of the United