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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1896)
tmbuamattm iwmMtwttmm THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT surrrsstKTO CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT ROBERT GOOD Editor and Publishor Official Paper of Cherry Comi ty Nebraska lMO ler Year in Advance PUBLIHHEI EVERY THURSDAY Entered at 1 lie Posr oniee at Valentiuc Cherry cnuuty Nebraska as Second class matter This piper will be mailed regularly to its subscribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all ar rears are paid in full Advertising rates 50 cents per inch per month lates per column or for long time ads made known on appli cation to this office TIIUKSDAY JUNE 25 1896 Okt Platform Following is the platform adopted hy the Democrats of Cherry county in mass convention assembled Saturday -April 18 1S90 Wo the Democrats of Cherry county in mass -convention assembled lo reafllrai our allegiance to the principles or the Democratic party as lonnulaied by Jefferson and exemplified by the illnstrious line ol his successors in Democratic leadership from Madison to Cleveland We still denounce the Republican doctrine of protection as a fraud a mliberv of the great majority of the American coplefor the benefit -of the few We si ill adhere to and maintain the Democratic doctrine of a tariff for reenue only We believe the interests of the masses of our imputation will be best conserved by the collection of such taxes us shall be limited to the necessities of the government honestly and administered We express our faith m the time honored doc trine of the Democratic party as to international trade relations -an Interchange by which ihe countries partieiiating shall enjoy reciprocal advantages We denounce the sham reciprocity Mheme of the Republicans which juggles with the peoples deire for freer exchanges by pre tending to establish closer relations while en acting prohibitive tariff taxes against those countries of the worll that stand ready to take our entire surplus of products in exchange for which are necessaries and comforts of life among our own people Appreciating the condition of the public mind with relerence to the financial policy of this country and recogiii7ing the importance of a proper solution ol this question we unhesitat mgjy express our unalterable opposition to the ilrecand unlimited coinage of silver except by international agreement and until such agree ment can be procured we favor the present standard of value We denounce the action of the Republican county convention iu intention ally omitting to state its views on this important question a- a repetition of the cowardlv and dis honest practices ol that paity Finally we endorse the administration for its excellent conduct of public affairs its taorous loreign policy and its unparallelled management in maintaining the public credit against foes from without and foes from within McKinley and Hobart will not be the next president and vice president of the United State despite the ef forts of a few protected monopolists This isthej peoples year The sentiment in favor of electing United States senators by a direct vote of the people is growing in favor and this will probably be the method of their election in the -near future The recent rains have greatly encour aged farmers throughout this part of the state aud a good crop is assured Small grain especially is looking fine and Nebraska will be not only able to take care of herself this year bat help ber neighbors Mr Hobart of New Jersey is said to be in receipt of a 50000 salary as one of the arbitrators of the national rail road pool The salary of 8000 which attaches to the vice presidential office wouldbe something of a reduction in his income but he appears to be will ing to make the sacrifice Boston Herald William G Whitney who was a strong presidential probability has written a letter in which he states that he would not accept the nomination for president if it was tendered him and that he would not serve if elected This is a sad blow to democratic be lievers in bimetallism who would have been glad to have a chance to vote for hitney A McKinley organ says that under the Wilson bill the importations of shoddy into this country have increas ed about 400 per cent How can a decrease of 10 per centon the tariff in crease importations 400 per cent And if good honest all wool clothing can be bought now for one half the cost that prevailed under the McKinley tar iff what has shoddy to do with the tariff question Half sheet posters were distnbu ted through the mails in ONeill Monday announcing sucn speakers as Hon A L Towle J IV Tucker W Oldnam J M Thurston J3 h Myers E F Dodd and W J Bryan at the 4th of July celebration at Newport and that I Holt and Boyd counties would join in the celebration The people should not be deceived by such misstatements as no one believes that either Bryan or Thurston will speak at Newport on thp fourth ONeill San MWnMi MCKINLEYS CON VENT I ON The national convention of the re publican party which was held at St Louis last wejek was unique in many ways Never before has a political convention met with but one end m view the advancement of a single man aud never before did the convention machinery move so smoothly in the right direction for the accomplishment of the desired result From the time the doors were thrown open to the dele gates until they were closed at theend of the meetiug but one thought seem ed to control the delegates and that was the nomination of McKinley All the finer sensibilities of mankind were for the time laid aside all the cus tomary independence of the American citizens was stifled all the individual ity of the members of that convention was thrown to the winds and every one bowed down to McKinley as the heathen does to his idol and the Mo hammedans to their God The selection of McKinley was a foregone conclusion and the conven tion was a -mere formality there manifested was ot the made-to-order brand and like all things made to order it was a good fit No enthusiasm for principles was appar ent it was all McKinley He dictated the platform in all its ramifications with but one exception the finance plank He wanted a straddle plat form but it didnt work The little band of tree silverites present worked hard for their principles but they were defeated Of all those who were in f avor of free silver before going to St Louis only twenty six stayed by their convictions and walked out of the con vention All the others were McKin ley mad The A IP As were nicely circu in vented by the appointinentf a Jewish Rabbi as chaplaiu of the convention thus once more the republican party showed its cowardice by appointing neither a Catholic nor Protestant to do its praying The A P A question is still unsettled so far as any action tak en by the party which originated it -is concerned The bosses Piatt and Quay were defeated and the party now claims to be without the baneful influence of bosses but in the place of those defeat ed new ones have risen who are great er than the old The new coterie is headed by Mark Hanna the greatest political manipulator ever known It sis simply a case of Le roi est mort v tve le roi chauged to The boss is dead long live the boss The selection of a vice presidential uominee -was made apparently on a money and social basis and was the most brazen faced sale of this exalted honor ever known The selection of Hobart seems to have been made prior to the convention though a big fight was supposed to be in progress between the virions candidates fortheposition Hobart received votes on thefirst ballot making a second ballot unnec essary Badges with the pictures of McKinley and Hobart printed thereon were immediately circulated showing conclusively that the nomination was only a part of a prearranged plan as these badges from their -very nature must have been printed prior to the convention McKinley and Hobart The combination of names is not mellifluous in sound butthe two men are probably in harmony especially on the tariff question If democracy can not defeat these men nominated under such circumstances it cannot defeat anything A PLATVORM The Democrat is in receipt of a communication from Kobert Martin an old line democrat of Ainsworth in which he says Now that the republic cans have had their blowout and nom inated two of thegreatest monopolists of this nation and set them upon a high protection and gold platform I will suggest a platform which if adopted by the democratic national convention at Chicago July 7 wiIlbeindorsed by members of all parties Jn part the platform is this We believe in a tariff ior revenue only We believe in bimetallism aud de mand the coinage of American gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 We believe in liberal pensions to the old soldiers who offered their lives on the countrys altar to keep it one and inseparable and thereby made it thebest government on earth Nominate and place on this plat form William C 3Vhitney of New York and Hocace Boies of Iowa and the democratic party is a sure -winner This kind of a platform and ticket seems to be growing in faver and we will not be surprised to see such a one adopted FACTS TO REMEMBER The organized lie which has been iri session this week in St Louis has ig nored several important facts 1 It was the republican party rep resented by the Harrison congress which by extravagant appropriations looted the treasury turning a splendid surplus into a great deficit 2 It was the republican party which passed the McKinley protective tariff law a law which demoralized business impoverished the people en gendered labor strikes and lockouts innumerable and oppressed every legitimate industry in order that po litical adventurers and gamblers might thrive on the uncertainties and distress that such measures always occasion 3 It was the republican -party which passed the insane Sherman purchase law a measure forced from the tariff plunderers by the free silver fanatics of the senate as their portion of the grand divide and a measure which more than any other one thing caused the panic of 1893 and the depression that has since existed 4 It was the republican party which turned over to the Cleveland administration a bankrupt treasury with continuing appropriations of millions in favor of subsidized interest with public revenues depleted iu the interest of private plunder and with the plates for the bond issue that be came immediately necessary already engraved and ready forfehe printer 5 In fine it was the grand col lapse of the republican partys unre stricted legislation in favor of privil eged classes of the republican partys wanton abandonment of the masses in favor of the classes of the republican partys rotten financial and economical doctrines that caused all the ills from which the country has suffered during the last three years and from which an honest and able democratic admin istration has done much to rescue it Chicago Clvrmviah ASSESSORS ERRORS in response to numerous requests that it do so The Democrat once more publishes the result of the work of the board of equalization and wishes to make a few remarks on some of the discrepancies found in the assessors reports For the benefit of those who are not ifamiliar with the methods by which taxes are equalized we will -explain that the average value of a certain class of property is obtained in each precinct the precinct averages are added and divided by the number of precincts and the general average for the county thus obtained and the assessment in each precinct is raised or lowered to con form to this general average This explanation will make the table which appears in another column perfectly intelligible There is something peculiar about the assessments this year and it is re markable that men of experience and mature judgment should vary so much in their estimates on the value of stock Take horses for an example In Wood Lake precinct the assessment on this class of property was raised 121 per cent while in Steen precinct the as sessment was lowered 52 per xent The assessment on mules was raised 200 per centin Merriman and lowered 33 per cent in Spais Cattle sheep and lands show the same difference in judgment but not in so great a degree The total assessed valuation ot the county is 195000 Jess than that of last year which is something of a sur prise to those who are acquainted with Cherry county property and values but thisjis all due to the work of the assess- ors As an instance or now eicner ig norance of true values of property or an attempt to defraud the county has lowered the total valuation this paper refers its readers to the returns from a certain precinct which place a valua tion of 500 on one of the finest resi dences in northwestern Nebraska A valuation of 25 is made onthe furni ture contained therein We know bachelors in Cherry county who pay taxes on more furniture than that and they only have one or two rooms fur nished The assessors books from an other precinct fail to show a single cent of credits opposite the name of a prominent citizen when it is well known that he owns thousands of dol lars worth of mortgages The Democrat is loth to believe that the assessors vwilfully misrepre sented these valuations and attributes the results to negligence on their part in failing to thoroughly investigate the property or question the owners It should become in mind however that a sin of omission is sometimes as great as a sia of commission Valenne Will Celebrate nrafftMETwaiiiiimi r r rrargwrrwaa THE TRUTH OF IT make twj claim Bepublican papers for McKinlev whiff i wHl not hold to gether very long They are 1 The nomination of Major Me- j Kinley means of itself the certainty of the adoptiouof a system of protection which wiUinsure ample revenue The McKinley tariff increases jro tectivs duties and repealed revenue duties for the express purpose f -reducing revenue So successful was it in this that the custom collections fell from 229000000 in 1890 to 177 000000 m 1892 a loss of 52000000 2 The adoption of a protective system and an ample revenue will of itself bring about the condition in regard to currency which prevailed when the country had protection ample revenue and general prosperity iDefore The country had not nmpie reve nue and general prosperity under the McKinley tariff and the republican silver law supported by him During the Harrison McKinley regime a treasury surplus of S8000000 an annual surplus of 100000000 and an excess of 98000000 in the gold re serve all disappeared During the last four months of the Harrison Ad ministration the public expenditures exceeded the receipts 5810549 and so low was the cash balance and the gold reserve ftbat Secretary Foster near the end of his term ordered the plates prepared for an issue of bonds to replenish both This was avoided by a seizure of the national bank re demption fund by holding up pay ments on appropriations and by se curing 8250000 in gold from certain bankers in New York in exchange for greenbacks CLEVELANDS LETTER Last week President Cleveland gave out the following letter for publication I have made no figures as to the probable action of delegates already chosen or to be chosen to the demo cratic national convention but 1 refuse to believe that when the time arrives for deliberate action there will be en grafted upon our democratic creed a demand for the free unlimited and in dependent coinage of silver The adoption by democracy of this policy would I believe give to our op ponents an advantage both in the present and the future which they do not deserve My attachment to true demoerac3T is so strong that consider its success as identical with the pro motion of the countrys good This ought suffcoieutly to account for my arrcziety that no mistake be made at our jpartv convention In my opinion no effort should be spared to secure such action of the delegates as will avert party demoralization A cause worth fighting for is worth fight ing for to the end If sound money democrats suppose there is danger of a mistake being made such danger should stimulate their activity in avert ing it instead of creating discourage ment President Cleveland disclaims anv desire of arrogating to himself a con trolling influence upon the policy of the party and closes his letter by say ing I hope I may not be blamed for saying thus much at this time -in the interest as it seemsto me of the grand old organization so rich in honorable traditions so justly proud of its achievements and always so undaunt ed and brave in its battles for the peo ples welfare Peoples IiirtejietuJent Party County Convention The Peoples Independent County Convention is hereby called to meet at Valentine Neb on Wednes day July 8 1896 1 oclock p m for theelecting of delegates to the State Convention and for the transacting of such other business as may come up It has been recommended that base our representation on McFad dens vote for Secy of State in 1894 giving ne delegate at large and one for each ten votes or major fraction thereof which entitles the several pre cincts to delegates as follows Valentine a Irwin Tower Kewanee 3 JO dCcfa O Minnechaduza 5 Wood Lake 7 Sharps Ranch 3 Schlagle 4 MHrman Gillaspie 2 Boiling Springs 4 Nenzel Table 4 Pleasant Hill L Kennedy 4 Loup 4 Mothers Lake 3 XeweyLake L Sparks 5 atcen - 1 1 Cleveland y BuffaloLake It is recommended that each pre cinct hold its primary Wednes lay July 1 1896- Further that no proxies be allowed but that the delegates present be empowered to cast entire vote of their delegation Central Co31iitt2e t I AS EQUALIZED Tlie Valnation of ihe Various Precinct of Chewy County lZj a Given I5e1ow Some Valuation are liaised and Some are JLowered NOTE R raised L lowered Figures are tlie per cent of increase or decrease t Horses i Cattle Mules Sheep I Lands Lots Lnds Total PRECINCT I I I R L K 1 I R L TI L Valtn ValtnJValtn Valtn Buffalo lake j s H so is t iW5 m i Boiling Springs 44 20 Ci 1 ir I7fi4t tiro 74or Cleveland V2 i s r to joo ns M ULT44 DewevLake 14 J5 SO PS pjotc 10700 S170 Elliot 7 1 4 - 7127 li7OT WJS Ell i 8 JO S 4 07 0l7i isrtK Gillaspie - 3 Si S 17 7101 M3 3D14 German M is IS 1M K7 3101 ittf Georgfa 21 18 42X4 K172 WM Irwin 2 31 30 1 sr linn 23044 37- Kewanee 4 1 1 no 20 it uuiM 23 3 2I4M Kennedy 2 2 1 30 20 30 7rxs wrli 17912 Loup 40 10 20 30 277V 20331 4S0S7 Lavaca 17 24 12 12 c 10371 2 2M7 Merrimuii 17 2200 17 uuri iSMifi SHOT Mother Lake fl 14 4 m 9 uma iMif iMiniiechaduxa M 1 10 43 2R770 79i mm2 Neil It 20 20 1 a 4257 3i7 7M Pleasant Hill 14 4 2fi 12 1 18212 120113112 Sparks 2 211 33 12 4907 2130- aaatt Sharps Jtaiich 33 12 20 2S tv12 3SKi95ir Steen r2 8 n 22 WiC 11452 1SI47 Suhlnjiel 5 11 HO 3 4 14071 4070 10O4I Table 7 20 14 ir 2430t 400429210 Valentine 2 4 30 - 10 14724 7407 22221 Wood Lake 121 27 ri si is 45337 istir refw Valentinp Village 22 15 loo 17 ni813 ltt K7927 Wood Lake 1338 133 Codv oso S0 Crookston 11ns 110s Nenzel 9 o Kilgore 200 20t Georgia no 1170 Cooper - 33 33 Sparks l 174 174 P K HI V R It J W U Telegraph mk tntvi Wagner Sleeping Car 1 I I7ll 171 1 Total valuation of the county wooc 37M0i7S044O Grand total of valuation SlJiwwr Av value of horses 515 mules 600 cattle 509 sheep 040 land 109 MMMIHPMiilMMMHBBMaiBBBMWWiHHHIIHMHMMPPBHBaPaPnMMMMI HNMHMaMp nii 1 1 nnnrnnnun nrMnnfMnrwnrnnrtnrtrtrtfinffWnnfflffrtrtrtfir i n iri innnnn n iinil ymrv MAAA SHOT AT SUNRISE An Incident f tlie Ten Years W ar in Cuba By IjEKOY XKACH The following story is true and serves to illustrate with what mild and kindly warfare the Spanish sub dued the valiant Cuban patriots dur ing theawful ten years war The -hero of the following tale Jose Ijarrilio was the son of a Cuban plant er who had married an English lady some years prior to the commence ment of the prolonged struggle for the independence of the island The father died soon after his marriage and left a handsome son to comfort the bereaved widow Jose was his mothers pride He was a very hand some fearless young fellow and as soon as the war commenced begged for leave to join the insurgent forces He was at this time about seventeen years of age and it was with tears in her eyes that Donua Barrillo at last consented to his wishes my dear -boy if you will she said -and fight ibravely tlie figlt for freedom Lonely will 1 be without you but I am willing to bear the pain that your absence will cause me know ing that you fight for Cuba Jod I am sure will aid the struggle for lib erty and I will hope and watch for your safe return to me at the end of a victorious campaign Farewell Por Diosy Cuban libre mi maeire Adios For God and Cuban liberty my mother answered Jose as he kissed her farewell Then the Donna watched him ride from view in the dense rforest A few hours ride brought our young hero in sight of the patriots camp A considerable number of men were lying about for as the camp was located iu insecure spot a sudden attack was but little feared The patriots here gathered some five hundred in num ber were under the command of Col Alvarez a leader of tried courage and ability He greeted Jose warmly You come at a good time senor Jose in fact you could not have chos en a better for we are to attack Santa Clara tomorrow and though we will have thejdetachment ofGeneral Garcia to aid us we need men badly We hope to be able to teach the boasting Spanish dogs within the town a lesson their cruelty of late is something terrible and we mean to put a stop to it there at least You may rely on my best efforts senor Alvarez said Jose My song henceforth will be Vira i Cuban libre It is well Jose and now let os to supper And arm in arm the two men wended their way toward the Colonels headquarters Next day the troops were put in motion and after a six hours march halted a few miles to the eastward of Santa Clara where they were sooti after joined by the main column under Garcia swelling their forces to fifteen hundred men Tlie General after a spirited address to the men ordered au advance upon the town They halt upon the outskirts of tim ber surrounding the village the caval ry form up then the onset is sounded Away they rush their fierce cheer sounding above the roar of hoofs wav ing their machetes wildly Pell mell they dash upon the Spanish outposts These meu lire their carbines wildly aud spur madly into town The Span ish withiu quickly rally and met the APfcp jAAAAA I charge with firmness Standing iu solid columns they receive the Cuban rush upon the points of their bayon ets For a moment there is a clash of machete on sabre and bayonet the roar of musketry then the Spanish square is broken by the Cuban clmrge Then the Spanish reserve open a de structive fire and the patriots waver and fall bacic At tins moment there is a sudden rush and Jose spurs for ward waving his machete in the air the bullets are living thickly about but lie minds them not as he shouts Forward my comrades Viva 1 Cuban libre A fierce cheer answers him and with a resistless shock the Cuban horse again strike the Spanish line and break it through There is a roar of guns the clash of steel cheers of Viva Espana Viva la Cu ban librel then with half their men cut to pieces the remnant of royal infantry iiy in Jdtal rout for the woods But where are Colonel Alvarez and Jose Barrillo When the Cubans call their roll they art- missing A company of cavalry instantly starts in pursuit of the Spanish Com ing up with them in the forest they charge desperately but are met by a close fire and are forced to retreat in confusion During the brief fight the patriots see in the center of a Spanish square two prisoners they are Jose and the Colonel But unable to res cue them the Cubans are compelled to retire within the town while the Spanish continue their retreat Jose and his commander are held prisoners for several davs then are tried by court martial and condemned to be shot the following morning at sunrise All day do they stand expos ed to the burning glare of a tropical sun a torture well nigh unbearable but at last the sun sinks low in the west and cool evening relieves them Next morning at sunrise the first gleams of the orb of day fall on a scne of tragedy In the forest camp the two prisoners still stand tightly bound to the trees and before them stands a file of sokiiers The faces of the prisoners are pale but youth muugu c ur j use xiiirnuo nas re solved to meet death liKe a man and though his face be pale his HrmJy elosea lips show the courage of t hero within The file ot Spanish soldiers advance close to the condemned men as if to make sure that there would be no miss Then the otlicer in com mand of the tiring party addressed the Cubans Men your lives are for feited to the Spanish government have you anything to say Only this senor said Joe Long live Cuban liberty A command quick and stern then the roar of riiles answer the shout of our hero while his proud head fails forward The Spanish tile slovly away leaving ia the lonely forest glade two bullet torn soldiers of liberty two Cuban mar tyrs one a soldier old in wars the other a fond mothers darling In a distant southern proviuce Donna Barrillo will look in vain for her boys return Come to Valentine fuy 4r Valentine will Celebrate SsA x - A