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REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
For President
WILLIAM H TAFT
of Ohio
For Vice President
JAMES S SHERMAN
of New York
vMuwi iSs sy dSSss flHBf
For Governor
GEORGE L SHELDON
OCR NEXT STATE SENATOR
Republican County Central Committee
The following are the Republican
county central committeemen and their
post office addresses
Alliance Sam Premer Bartley
Beaver Geo B Morgan Daubury
Bondville HN Colling Indianola
Box Elder W B Sexson Box Elder
Coleman John N Smith McCook
Banbury T F Gockley Danbury
Driftwood J H Wade McCook
East Valley U G Etherton Bartley
Fritsch C M Goben Indianola
Gerver C M Lofton Cedar Bluffs
Grant A M Benjamin McCook
Indianola E S Hill Indianola
Lebanon J B Cummings Lebanon
Missouri B idge John Deveny Indianola
North Valley Wm Wight Bartley
Perry Chas H Jacobs McCook
Bed Willow FCSmith Indianola
Tyrone L A Sheldon Lebanon
Valley Grange A D Johnston McCook
Willow Grove P O all at McCook
1st prec 1st ward J F Cordeal
2nd prec 1st ward W CAllison
1st prec 2nd ward H W Conover
2nd prec 2nd ward Scott Odell
Geo S Scott Chairman
John F Cordeal Secretary
How the Trusts Rule
One of the uppermost questions be
fore the American people today is how
to control tbo trusts and such develop
ments as tho Fornker and Haskell affairs
of recent date are not illuminating
But even later findings in this connec
tion are more bewildering and discon
certing involving a prominent St Louis
law firm one member a Democrat an
other a Republican a third recently
made a federal judge This firm is in
the service of the oil trust
These facts however make it cloar
how the trusts havo come to control
the very nation How could or can it
be otherwise with their attorneys in
the U S senate and house of represent
atives in the state assemblies in the
councils of the great cities in guberna
torial chairs together with the best
legal talent in the land they ought to
have the country sufficiently at their
mercy without invading the federal
judiciary
It seems clear to The Thibune that
inoro than ought else the country needB
lawmakers and interpreters not of trust
making Keep off of the federal and
other judicial benches lawyers hired by
trusts Retire to private life corpora
tion lawyers now occupying public posi
tions in legislative halls Select your
executives from other sources
So long as our laws are trust made
trust enforced trust interpreted in the
courts it may be expected that the peo
ple will get the small end of the argu
ment The question in its last solution
is largely selecting judges and officials
to serve the public
In the campaign thunder with
which this congressional district is be
ing flooded by Mr Ashton the young
man from Hall county who has more
money than he knows what to do with
and who thinks himself big enough to
fill the honorable and important posi
tion which is now held by Congress
man George W Norris and who is now
a candidate for re election Mr Norris
is criticised for certain of his official
acLs The young nian goes so far as
to drop his Bryan apron strings and
claim to be a better Roosevelt man
than Congressman Nnriis In this Mr
Ashton is getting on dangerous ground
He forgets that the Roosevelt policies
have iiad no more ardenc champion in
congress than Judge Norris He for
gets that Mr Norris has stood for
worked for and voted for the progres
sive and reform policies of the Roose
velt administration and has thereby
elevated the Fifth congressional dis
trict of Nebraska to a position of pres
tige which it has never before occu
pied in the halls of congress He for
gets that Congressman Norris is a
trusted adviser of President Roosevelt
and has worked with him in the strug
gle for the great progressive and re
form policies which have characterized
his administration He forgets that
during the recent session of congress
Judge Norris led the fight against
Speaker Cannon and the present rules
of the house of representatives to
force the enactment of legislation de
manded by the people and recommend
ed by the president Bloomington Ad
vocate
The Democratic papers of this con
gressional district are making a howl
against Hon G W Norris saying that
he is opposed to the progressive policies
of President Roosevelt and then gives
as their evidence that he voted to pass
a certain bill over the veto of the presi
dent This seems to be their chief
argument why Norris should not be re
elected and it is probably the best one
they can produce but it is impossible
for them to tell anything straight and
in full In must be stripped and dis
torted to please them and their candi
date The facts are as follows It was
the Rainey River Bill granting a per
mit to construct a dam across Rainey
river in Minnesota The bill was pass
ed by both the House and the Senate
and was vetoed by the president Later
and after some further investigation
the president became of the opinion
that -the bill should become a law
He could not withdraw his veto so he
did the next best thing he had the sec
retary of the interior Mr Garfield a
member of his cabinet write to the
congressmen in charge of the bill stat
ing that the president had concluded
that the bill should become a law and
suggesting that congress pass it not
withstanding the veto Secretary Gar
fields letter was read in the house and
a vote was taken Republicans and
Democrats voted together in the affirm
ative Thus it was that Congressman
Norris voted to override the presidents
veto at the presidents request Trent
on Republican
Continued illness has kept John C
Gammill out of active campaigning for
the office of state senator in the 29th
district This fact should stimulate bis
many friends all over the district to see
that his interests are fully and success
fully protected His platform shows
that he is eminently with the people
The people should see that he is elected
and that by a handsome majority He
is entirely worthy the confidence of the
people of the district in which he has
lived since the early days of its settle
ment Give John C Gammill your
support and vnto
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NORTHS RECORD
Facts Given In Answer To Charges
Made
In the campaign thunder with
which this congressional district is
being flooded by Mr Ashton the
young man from Hall county who
has more money than he knows
what to do with and who thinks him
self big enough to fill the honorable
and important position which is now
held by Congressman George W
Norris and who is now a candidate
for re electldn Mr Norris is criticis
ed for certain of his official acts The
young man goes so far as to drop
his Bryan apron string and claim
to be a better Roosevelt man than
Congressman Norris In this Mr
Ashton is getting on dangerous
ground He forgets that the Roose
velt Policies had had no more ar
dent champion in Congress than
Judge Norris He forgets that Mr
Norris has stood for worked for and
voted for the progressive and reform
policies of the Roosevelt administra
tion and has thereby elevated the
Fifth Congressional District of Ne
braska to a position of prestige which
it never before occupied in the halls
of Congress He forgets that Con
gressman Norris is a trusted adviser
of President Roosevelt and has work
ed with him in the struggle for the
great progressive and reform poli
cieb which have characterized his
administration He forgets that dur
ing the recent session of Congress
Judge Norris lead the fight against
Speaker Cannon and the present
rules of the House of Representa
tives to force the enactment of leg
islation demanded by the people and
recommended by the President
President Roosevelts Veto
Mr Ashton asserts that Congress
man Norris is not a Roosevelt Repub
lican because he voted to override
the Presidents veto citing Cong
Record GOth Cong 1st Session P
7171 He knew that most of the
voters would not take the time to
investigate the record and he hoped
hy this half truth to obtain Re
publican votes His unfair method
should condemn him The facts are
This was the Rainey River Bill
granting a permit to construct a dam
across Rainey River in Minnesota
The bill was passed by both the
House and the Senate and was ve
toed by the President Later and
after some further investigation
the President became of the opoinion
that the bill should become a law
He could not withdraw his veto so
he did the next best thing he had
the Secretary of the Interior Mr
Garfield a member of his cabinet
write to the Congressman in charge
of the bill stating that the Presi
dent had concluded that the bill
should become a law and suggesting
that Congress pass it notwithstanding
the veto Secretary Garfield s letter
was read in the House of Repres
entatives and a vote was taken Re
publicans and Democrats voted to
gether in the affirmative Thus it
was that Congressman Norris voted
to override the Piesidents veto at
the Presidents request
It is no crime to vote for the pas
sage of a bill notwithstanding the
Presidents veto Congressman
Norris is a man with a mind of his
own sensible of his duty to his con
stituents and to the Nation at large
and should his best judgment
after a full and careful investiga
tion of the facts place him contrary
to any man or set of men he would
stand by his conviction and his duty
as he understood it fighting to the
last ditch
It is not the fact it is the unfair
manner of the telling the attempt
to deceive the voters
The Bmeiseiicy Currency Bill
In the next breath the young
ant critises Congressman Norris for
voting for what he calls the Al
drich Vreeland Currency Measure
This was The Emergency Currency
Bill passed during the recent sess
ion of Congress Everybody realiz
ed that currency legislation in some
form should be enacted Several
measures were proposed One was
agreed upon by the Senate and an
other by the House The Emer
gency Currency Bill was the confer
ence measure and was strongly urg
ed by President Roosevelt as the
best that could be obtained at that
time Republicans do not claim per
fection for it It was not the meas
ure Congressman Norris favored It
was far better than no legislation
at all and in voting for it Congress
man Norris not only supported the
recommendation of President Roose
velt but voted in the best interests
of his constituents A Currency
Commission has been appointed to in
vestigate and report and a more
perfect currency measure will be
passed if Taft and a Republican Con
gress are entrusted with the power
Congressman Norris stands for legis
lation that will place our currency
system on a most scientific and firm
foundation
Ship Subsidy
He criticises Congressman Norris
because he favored what he terms
Ship Subsidy By this term the
critic evidently means the proposed
measure to better our mail passen
ger and freight service with South
America The Secretary of state
Mr Root went to South America at
the Presidents request te investi
gate our trade conditions and his re
port fully demonstrates that our mail
and commerce require better trans
portation facilities A letter mailed
in the United States for Buenos Ayers
or any other city in South America
reaches its destination only by way
of London and is carried the entire
distance by foreign ships Such
mail service is valueless and is large
ly the couse of our almost total lack
of commerce with our southern bro
thers of South America Our com
merce with South America at this
time is practically nothing If we
buy South American products we
must make our purchases in Europe
where South America does practical
ly all her trade This proposition
was made the subject of a special
message to Congress by the Presi
dent It was strongly urged by the
administration and an investigation
win snow its merit it was not a
Ship Subsidy proposition It wns
not proposed that the government
should expend one cent for which it
would not receive full and adequate
compensation Its enemies attached
the word subsidy and cried sufi
sidy subsidy for tho purpose of
creating sentiment against the meas
ure Ashton is now crying subsi
dy and in all probability does not
know any more about the provision
of the bill than a school boy And
yet he is trying to stand on the
Roosevelt policies
Speaker Cannon
Mr Ashton Is still claiming that
leadership of Speaker Cannon and if
elected will support him for re-election
as speaker Congressman Nor
ris recently made public a state
ment in which ho not only set forth
the fact that he would oppose the
candidacy of Mr Cannon for the
speakership but stated the reasons
for his opposition In addition to op
posing the candidacy of Mr Cannon
for the speakership Congressman
Norris stands for a modification of
the present rules of the house of rep
resentatives
Election of U S Senator by Direct
Vote
Mr Ashton says he stands for the
election of United States senators by
direct vote of the people Congress
man Norris stood for this proposi
tion before Mr Ashton was hoar of
Mr Norris introduced a resolution
providing for a constitutional amend
ment to make it possible for the peo
ple to elect their United States sena
tors This bill was passed by the
house of representatives but defeat
ed in the senate Evidently Mr Ash
ton has overlooked this bit of history
Publicity of Campaign Contributions
He claims to stand for publicity of
campaign contributions He evident
ly overlooked the fact that in the
00th congress Mr Norris reported to
the house of representatives a bill
providing for publicity of campaign
contributions in all elections over
which the federal government has
any jurisdiction This is as far as
congress can go and Congressman
Norris was on record for publicity of
campaign contributions before Mr
Ashton learned of its importance
The Railroad Candidate
The Ashton followers are claiming
that Congressman Norris is the rail
roads candidate If the railroads
are in favor of a continuation of the
Roosevelt policies they should be in
favor of Congressman Norris If they
do not favor the Roosevelt policies
they are opposed to Congressman
Norris While in congress Mr Nor
ris has labored arduously for legisla
tion to prevent the giving of rebates
to bring about equal advantages
and treatment for all patrons of the
great corporations to perfect a sys
tem of control and supervision over
these great corporations If these
corporations realize that Mr Norris
is in the right they should be for
him as they should be for any other
good man
The facts are however that Mr
Norris is not favored by the great
corporate interests They are doing
all within their power to defeat him
Mr Ashton is the admitted choice
of the railroad interests This fact
was made known by Mr McComber
of North Platte Nebr at a recent
railroad meeting held in
land Mr
facts are
Grand Is-
Ashtons home city The
available on this
tion
The Tariff
He asserts that he is for tariff re
vision down On the tariff he is
evidently with Mr Bryan for reve
nue only and for free trade if pos
sible Congressman Norris stands
for a protective tariff On this pro
position there is an issue In fact
it is the real issue If Mr Ashton is
elected he will support Mr Bryans
free trade policies If Mr Norris
is re elected he will assist in a re-
j vision or tne tariff will stand for
an equitable revision keeping m
mind the industries of his district
and the state of Nebraska but at all
times for a protective tariff
Up to this time Mr Ashton has
proposed nothing It is an easy mat
ter for one to criticise a man who
has held a public trust and who has
been called upon to assume a posi
tion one way or another on ques
tions of great importance It is easy
to tear down and to criticise the ac
tion of another It is nut so easy to
plan and to offer substantial remedy
where a detect is known to exist and
to better conditions which are seem
ingly good enough
Cockran on Taft
There is a remarkable unanimity of
opinion of Judge Taft in all parties and
in all sections Men pay tribute to his
remarkable ability even where party pol
itics may exert such an influence as to
demand the espousing of the rival presi
dential candidates cause As an illus
tration W Bourke Cockran in an inter
view at Boston the other day said
Yes I shall support Bryan bo is the
best candidate the Democrats could put
up Taft however i the jrentest and
nest quaunea nominee ever orierea in
any republic in the world He is a
greater man than Roosevelt nnd when
surrounded by tho same environments
that made Roosevelt great will prove a
bigger man Taft is a wonderful ad
ministrator tho greatest the country has
ever seen and is a wonderful worker
The opposition are claiming that Con
gressman Norris is tho railroads candi
date If the railroads are in favor of a
continuation of the Roosevelt policies
they should be in favor of Congressman
Norris If they do not favor the Roose
velt policies they are opposed to Con
gressman Norris While in congress
Mr Norris has labored arduously for
legislation to prevent the giving of re
bates to bring about equal advantages
and treatment for all patroDS of the
great corporations to perfect a system
of control and supervision over these
great corporations If these corpora
tions realize that Mr Norris is in the
right they should be for him as they
should be for any other good man
Efficient State Officer
Tho good record mndo by Socrotary of
ijStoto Junkin when ho was n member of
tho legislature has been enhanced by
subsequent service in the office of secre
tary of state His work on some of tho
most important boards created by law
including tho nssesmont and equaliza
tion board has made it easy for his
friends to recommend him for ro elec
tion
As a supplement to house roll No 110
Congressman Norris is following the known as tho Junkin Act which was
introduced by tho present secretary of
stato and passed at tho 9th session of
tho legislature and under which tho
grain and lumber trustB wero prosecuted
and put out of business Mr Junkin
and his assistants prepared senate filo
No 358 which was introduced by tho
sonate judiciary committee of tho 30th
session and became a aw This has
proved to be one of tho best revenuo
measures for the collection of fees on
tho statute books Undor this provis
ion tho income of tho otlico of tho secro
tnry of stato has been increased from
822 -16310 for tho biennnum ending
November 30 1S08 to S119S0 30 to date
and will reach approximately S5000000
for tho two years ending November190S
This law provides thot all corporations
association and consolidations domestic
and foreign shall file their articles in
this department under a schedule of
fees based on tho authorized capital
stock and increased from ten cents per
100000 under the old law to an aver
ago of 50 cents per 100000 under tho
new act
Under tho old law foreign corpora
tions wero permitted to como into tho
stato in competition
homo corporationp
fee or license tax of
they aro required to
with domestic or
without paying a
any kind Now
comply with this
law and pay the same fee as a domostic
company
In addition to the abovo tho depart
ment of state prepared a motor vehicle
bill which wait passed at tho last session
of the legislature and requires all own
urs of motor vehicles within tho btato
to register the pumo with this depart
ment annually instead of only onco as
provided by the old law Tho registra
tions under this act havo grown from
1033 on January 1st 1907 to 3700 at
the present date and ns every license
issued means 100 to tho general fund
of the treasury it shows an increase of
370000 per year over tho provisions of
the old law If tho registrations con
tinue to increase as they havo in tho
pa t year the stale will auon receive a
vi i v substantial income from this
source
These are somo of the acts of the last
Republican legislature for the relief f
the tax payers and the present secretary
of the state is receiving his share of the
credit for the introduction of these
measures Stato Journal of Sept 22nd
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A Correction
Through stupidity or ignorance an
effort ia being mndo in somo localities
to mako it appear that tho Democratic
department which has appcarod in Thk
Tki bunk for tho past several weeks
edited by tho Democratic County
Central Committee and paid for by
them nt advertising rates is tho pro
duct and sentiment of tho publisher of
The Tin hunk Tho fact that this wna
explained by tho publishor at the be
ginning of tho printing of these articles
should bo sufficient
In order however that malico or stu
pidity may bo corrected tho publisher
again states the facts Tho subject
matter and sentiments expressod in the
Democratic Department aro thoso oT
the Democratic County Central Com
mittee aud the space occupied bv the
same is paid for at regular adverting
rates
This statement is mado in no spirit of
excuse on our part or criticism of the
Democratic Committee but just to
simply state tho fact for all concerned
finally
We regard the arrangement as entire
ly proper on our part and on tho side of
the Democratic Committee
Mu Ashton is still claiming that
Congressman Norris is following thu
leadership of Speaker Cannon and if
ulfctod will support him for re election
as speaker Congressman Norris re
cently mado a publL statement in which
ho not only sot fortli I ho fact that he
would oppose tho candidacy of Mr
Cannon for speakership but stated the
reason for his opposition In addition
to opposing the candidacy of Mr Can
non for tho speakership Congressman
Norris stands for a modification of the
present rules of tho House of Represent
atives a plan whereby the speaker ilfc
become merely tho presiding officer and
the representatives themcolves tho law
makers Congressman Norris plan if
adopted insures to each section of thtv
country rcpreontntioiroti tho Commit
tee on Rules the cnmmiltpo now con
trolled b tho speaker Curtis Enter
prise
J C Gammill is at tho Republican
Valley Hospital with his sick wife and
is unable to attend to his campaign for
stato senator The republicans of the
district should see that Mr Gammills
interests are looked after Cambridge
Clarion
Cambridge is determined to trot in
the two niinuto class She will shortly
vote on water works bonds
Mr Taft is broad in mind with a
big heart and well equipped to be
tne chief magistrate of this country
As a lawyer he has no superior As
an administrator he has won world
wide renown and his work in that
particular will he historic He is pure
brave firm and kind and will make
one of the greatest American presi
dents Senator Beverldge
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