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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
PCCCESSOR TO
CHERRY OOUNTY UttEPENDEN
BOBEET GOOD Editor and Publisher
Official Paper fCTierry Coun
ty Nebraska
T00 Yer in Advance
PUBLISHED
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voMursday August 27 i96
Democratic Ticket
A For President
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Of Lmcoln Nebraska
For Vice President
ARTHUR SEWALL
0 Bath Maine
C H Bane of Lincoln stated to5a
friend hereby letter that -there are
over 700 free silver republicans in his
county Lancaster that would vote
for Bryan Ainsivorth Home Rule
A campaign of education would be
all right if It wasnt for the fact that
the fellow who most needs educating
irgenerally the one who wants to do
the teaching See any protectionist
Consistency is ajewel which is not
in good fdrm among a certain class of
politicians this year It graces none
of the campaign buttons this year ex-
ceptingthose bearing the portrait of
Wm J Bryan
A letter of Thomas -E Watson on
Bryans speech at Madison Square
New York is one of the most egotisti
cal pieces of campaignliterature ever
published We dont believe Tom
Watson wrote it
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Thedemoofatic congressional cam
jjaign being tfun foy a volunteer
f orceof cterks While -the republicans
arousing ajaoney like water demo
cracy is beiflgr supported by patriotic
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And still McKinley talks about
full and honest dollars and never
says a word about gold Where is
that wonderful stamina and honest
conviction of purpose with which he
lias been -so long credited
At the populist congressional con
vention at Chadron last week thirty
one old soldiers were present in the
audience andon a call of the house
twenty eight signified ttheir intention
fit voting for Bryan Among them
were a number of old time republi
cans
It was the McKinley tariff thathelp
ed swamp McKinley and then the
millionaires who had profited by the
laws made to spawn millionaires and
paupers helped to put him on his feei
If he should be elected they will own
him and call upon him to dotheir bid
ding Wymore Arbor State
If McKinley had the backbone of
Cleveland we wouldnt care a snap for
that gold plank he would just ignore
it and be himself of yore a free sil
ver man But there are signs that he
is in toils of the goldbugs -and will
have to do their bidding and veto
what they dont want That is the rub
DelpJios 0 Courant
David B Hill of New York has
come out for Bryan and Sewall and
the New York state democrats will
indorse the national ticket Hoke
Smith secretary of the interior has re
signed from President Clevelands cab
inet and will devote all his time and
energy to Bryans cause There are
more to follow
How queer it is that McKinley stays
at home all the time during the cam
paign When he was governor of the
great state of Ohio and the state was
urgently demanding his presence at
the seat of government where all kind
of business was awaiting his attention
he could be heard almost daily in some
part of the country Now that the
people demand his presence among
them he has become a recluse
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Row times have changed
What wonders the finance -question
feas wrought in the opinions of its all
But of all things how the present
campaign has altered the republican-
editors opinion 6f the old soldier
Twas but yesterday that the
lican press so loufdly proclaimed the
irtueof the veteran and praised hip
to the sky expecting of course that
the veteran would vote the republican
ticket in return for the fulsome flat
tery that was lavishly ladled xrat to
him Even at the beginning -of this
campaign there was slight cesstionHpf
the workof dishing up sweetmeats to
theveteran and the title of -Major
was always prefixed to the -advance
agents dame Butas we easd ofef ore
all this ischanged
The populist convention which in
dorsed Bryan had more veteran dele
gates than tiid the republican conven
tion The free silver conyefntion had
a large percentage of soldier delegates
We have not seen an exact statement
of the number of veterans at the
democratic convention nut they were
there in force Allthese o d soldiers
afefor Bryan and bimetallism Yet
these facts might have been overlodk
edny ourrepublican brethren if some
thing else hadnt happened
Dismayed at the large defections
from the ranks a few republican
majors in New York issued a circular
to old soldiers warning them against
Bryan and telling how pensions would
be reduced -in the event of his election
This circular has aroused a storm of
protest from- veterans all over the
country who dare to act think and
vote as hey please In Johnson
county alone twenty four old soldiers
issued a protest against such methods
and affixed their names to a document
-in which they pledged themselves to
vote for W J Bryan
The republican presshas taken um
brage at this and denominates the
erstwhile gallant eld vets -as thel
worst oollefction of democrats popu
lists and all around cranks in the
world and calls their hdnesfc remon
strance a profane explosion The
State Journal says It is pleasant to
know that the thing was -produced by
a pdpulistic crowd and notify republi
can veterans Sow do you like it
If an old Soldier is a tfepublican foe
may call Iflmselfia veteran and ne
emptied to all the -respect due the man
who bears the difitmctioln but if -he
steps away from aefgop he is only
ignecfa pdpulistic crowd
many votes for McKinley
language make
will
How
such
INCOME TAX
There is one plank fin the demo
cratic platform about which very little
is being said but which will cut a big
hgure before the campaign is over It
is the income tax plank -and should be
supported y every man who believes
injustice The decision of the
preme court whieh declared the tax
unconstitutional was one of the
blows ever given democracy It
is to that decision that the deficiency
in our revenues ia largely attributable
and it is that decision which has call
ed forth the denunciation of the court
by the American people
That decision reversed a ruling of
the court of long standing and that
decision was made only because one
man changed his mind the court hav
ing rightly decided the tax to be con
stitutional Four judges dissented
from the opinion rendered Justice
Brown one of the dissenting judges
said
In my opinion the decision involves
nothing less than the surrender of the
taxing power to the moneyed classes
Justice Harlan said
In my judgment this decision strikes
at the very foundation of national au
thority in that it denies to the general
government a power which is or may
be at some time imperatively needed
in a great emergency say in case of
war
Justice White said
It takes the invested wealth and
reads it into the constitution as a fa
vored and protected class of property
while it leaves the occupation of the
minister the merchant and all
the various forms of human activity
upon which the prosperity ot the peo
ple must depend subject to taxation
without apportionment
Justice Jackson declared that
The decision reverses the common
rule of taxation by exempting those
who are best able to pay and forcing
the burden upon the shoulders of
those who are the least able to pay
W J Bryan stands squarely on
that plank and should be supported
by all who believe in iust taxation
The filled cheese bill takes effect
September 4 Some of the cheese will
take effect on the same day
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Hon Bill Green is the popuiist
nominee for congress from the Sixth
District He Ins the reputation
of being able to stand more abuse
without flinching than any other man
now living Many of the readers of
this paper will remember the attacks
made on him by W C Holden in his
paper -Liberty published atLiaoln
four years ago
MORE TARIFF FACTS
Since -many of the opposition iinsist
uponmaintaining that the tariff is the
issue in the presidential campaign
The Dekocrat will cohtisueto give
afew facts and figures on the subject
Nofthatlt is exactly necessary be
cause most people realize the humbug
gery of the protective theory which
taxes thefmany for the benefit of the
few but to show that this paper is not
afraid of the carefully prepared figures
on the yellow posters which are 6nce
more fMiig sent out from republican
headquarters Much is being said
about protection being such a boon to
manufacturers increasing exports and
decreasing imports and all that This
issuch a thin fabrication that there
isnt much fun in tearing it to pieces
but well do it fdr the edification and
education of the general public
During the first year of the Wilson
tariff thete was a falling off df 55
000000 in our imports as compared
withtheannual imports under the Mc
Kintey tariff The complete figures
wereiven last week Now comes the
export side of the story In the
total exp6rt8 of theUnited States were
31b7242423 of which 40346892 or
1276 per cent of the total wdfe man
ufactured goods In 1870 manufac
tured goods composed 15 per cent of
the total in 1880 1248 per cent in
1890 1787 per cent in 18 92rthe great
McKinley year manufactured goods
compdsedbut 1561 per cent in 1893
they increased to 1902 per cent in
1894 toffcl4 per cent in 1895 to 2214
per cent during the past yerir the ex
ports of manufactured goods amounted
to2284B9893 or 2647 per cent -of
the total Further words are urinec
essary
These figures are irrefutable
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FOR A COftRT HOVE
Cherry county is 6 miles Wide iftyG
miles ldrig bri3 ah assessed valuation
ditizens as can be found
in
any county in the state yef she has
no court house or ofcfier publfc build
ing
The present building has
IpiedsbyvtheCDunty -for ten or twelve
years and is nothing more than a
reat big barn in -addition to being a
-veritable fire trap The county has
been paying 50 and 60 a month
rent for this building1 ever since it
was first occupied About 7000 has
thus been paid for rent for the
shackly old concern The Annual
rental paid by the county for this
building and the county attorneys
office whieh costs 750 per month
is 810
At the coming election a proposi
tion to issue bonds in the sum of
12500 to run 15 years at 5 per cent
for the purpose of building a court
nouse will be submitted to the voters
of the county and it should reeeive
me voce oi every man wno casts a
ballot The bonds can be floated at
par and the interest thereon win be
only 625 per annum Here is a sav
ing of almost 200 per year as the1
interest represents the annual rental
A sinking fund can be created which
will need to raise but 83333 per
year for 15 years But this fund can
be invested so as to realize about 7
percent At this rate the sinking
fund will have to be only about 600
per year for fifteen years This -will
make such a small difference in the
tax levy that it will hardly be noticed
When it is considered that tie saving
in rent and fuel about 300 should be
further deducted from this sinking
fund of 600
By figuring a little it will be seen
that by paying 300 per year more
than we do now the county will at the
end of 15 years own a 12500 court
house Prom a business standpoint is
not this a good investment
What valid objection can be raised
to the proposition The building can
be made of native stone and erected
by resident workman Very little of
the money will be sent out of the
county Kecords of inestimable value
are lying scatteredaround the present I
uuuuiug wiiu pracucauy no protection
from fire and in the event of then
loss the county would be put to untold
trouble as some of them could not be
replaced
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Cheyenne
Preston and his nephew aid their
course toward the southwest after
crossing the river ami were soon in the
midst of the sand hills whose abrupt
peaks cover for miles that section of
country which is marked upon the
atlas of the sixties as tfthe great
American desert and the bad lands
of Nebraska
Many men claim thaVa few years
sinee these greatrsand hills were bar-
ten white sand no grass or other vege
table growth upon them Now we
would like tohave these same nieuex
plain to Us what kept the deer buffalo
Indian poriies and the horses of e
Sotos Spanish expedition when they
visited this same section almost four
hundred years ago Perhaps they sub
sisted on sand but we doubt it
Sneaking of De Sotos expedition re
centdiscoveries prove beyond all rea
able doubt that at least a part of De
Sotos expedition which left Flordia
for the west in the year 1540 -visited
the Niobrara country Thfsis a fact
not generally known among headers of
histdrybut severalyears since a
armor was found near the Nio
brara and near the bones were a few
Spdriish coins of ancient stamp to
gether with a flint lock bell muzzled
Spanish musket- bearing oh its lock
the stamp of 1535 Now unless the
articles and the bones were dropped
here by a cyclone they prove that the
Spanish after crossing the Mississippi
and heading for the northwest did
come northward as far as the Niobrara
rfcer intheirJsearch for gold
Altera weeks -riding the PreBtons
reached Cheyenne Sere -they rested
for several t days withdut hearing -a
word from the mysterious No Name
One evening John went for stroll
about tthe town leaving Preston at the
hotel It was a cool and ipleasant even
ing and the town was the scene of
merry making for the cowboys were
in from the neighboring ranches -for a
carnival and fudging ifrom the eat
splitting dm one would suppose that
they wereibavmg one
As Preston was returning from nis
stroll he was startled by the sound of
curses mingled with the plunging or a
horse a short distance ahead of him
Drawing his pistol he hurried upon the I
scene oi action in we glow or the
lights somewhat dim just there he
made out the form of a man on horse
back who seemed to be struggling to
free himself from the grasp of two
burly ruflans who had seized his bri
dle reins and arms and were trying to
drag him from his horse
John always termed himself the
friend of the under dog in a fight
Stealing silently up he dealt the near
est man a blow on the head with his
Colts revolver that tumbled him in a
heap on which the other man loosed
his hold of the horsemans bridle and
flashed off down the street After
firing a shot over bis head to frighten
him John turned and snapped his
handcuffs which he always carried on
the wrists of the f 3llen tough who was
already showing signs of returning
consciousness after which he turned
to observe the horseman whq was
admiringly watching him He seem
ed to be a young man of about twenty
five years of age and was mounted on
a fiery horse that showed the thorough
bred in every movement of his impa
tient body The young man was fully
clad in buckskin well arrned and seat
ed in a splendid saddle of Mexican
pattern
Thank you pard for your timely
assistance said the young man in a
pleasant voice holding forth a small
hand and pleased with the frank face
of the young fellow John grasped
heartily the outstretched palm
CHAPTER XTTF
The Bandit Claude Duval
-What was the trouble my friend
asked John as he and the stranger
proceeded down the street
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he Preston Mystery
By LEROY LEAOH
Author of The Adventures of Don Enrique Romero etc etc
Cdflyright 189C bythe Author All rights reserved
IN NINE INSTALLMENTS SIXTH INSTALLMENT
The Democrat offers a nrize of
i500 for the best solution of the
tery on which this story -is based A
prize of 300 will be given for the
next best solution 200 or the third
best one years subscription for the
fourth and six months subscription
for the fifth best solution
from the shadows yonder and seized
my arms and bridle reins Had they
given mehalf a chance at my pistols
matters would hardly have been so one
iided
Very likely ndtj replied John
smiling
Dbyou happen to know whether
there is a man by the name of Preston
in town my friend asked the stran
ger sUddenly I have a message fdr
him and would like to see him
My name is Preston answered
John in surprise John Preston is iit
he you seek
Either John or Henry said- the
young man Here is the message
As he spoke he handed John a small
sealed packet
They had by this time reached tile
brightly lighted main street and a
noisy crowd of cowboys surrounded
them They had rushed out of the
neighboring saloons aroused by the
pistol shot
As John was about to explain their
encounter with the two ruffians aria
about his handcuffing and leaving -one
of them downthe street aToice frdfn
the crowd suddenly shouted Byi
heavens it is the bandit Claude
Duvall Seize him boys
With shouts the boys crowded about
the famous highwayman who only
smiled as he saw them close in on
him But what happened the next
moment must hafo -surprised the ran
gers for it certainly did surprise John
Cltfde Duval raised the broad som
brero feTrat he wore and with a grace-
im oow gentle liooa evening
Mr Preston suddenly plunged spurs
and leaped his splendid bay lairly
upon thecrbwd of men who blocked
his way -and the rapid clang of hoofs
sounded from out a vanishing cloud of
dust down the street Duval was
gone
Shoot boys shouted a tall ranger
fathering himseilf up from among a
crowd of fiV6 or six half stunned and
rostrate men
Fifty pistols lighted the scene in an
inBtanfrand a stojm of
the vanishing form of Claude Duval
A mocking laugh floated back follow
ed bythe flash and crack of a six
Shooter Thetall man turned half
around and fell -on his face dead
Sobered by the tragedy Ifoe cowboys
rgfttihered up the dead man and Dore
ihim within the nearest Saloon while
Preston sought his uncle
Reaching the hotel and finding his
uncle Johaa called him aside and after
recounting the exciting scenes of the
evening handed him the sealed envel
ope with a nervous hand Preston
tore it open and ran fcjs eye over the
c ontents They ran thus
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Henry Piston My pljius are at
ena femg badly wounded bv
I was riding slowly along here childhood
wljen those two scoundrels sprang
roaa agents a iew aays ago I write
these few lines on my death bed I
had hoped to clear up the mystery sur
rounding thp death of your daughter
and have all but succeeded But the
chase now ends for me and I turn my
plans over to you
I learned but yesterday that the
man who can clear up the mystery
surrounding the Nebraska tragedy re
cently joined the troops of General
Terry and is now with the soldiers
fighting the hostiles in northern Wyo
ming
Hearing the story Claude Duval
nas volunteered tys aid to clear the
matter up and if you will leave Chey
enne to morrow and travel north for
two days you will meet him You will
fiqd him a gallaqt man even though he
be au outlaw
I rescued you frora the Sioux by
playing ghost and throwing a dynamite
hand grenade across ijie Niobrara As
i am not wish to be seen I drugged
you and your comrades and getting a
few tent poles and your horses that the
Sioux had left in their panic I rinsed
drags and conveyed you fifteen miles
to the peak on the Mnnekaduza
When you reach the troops of Gen
eral Terry inbire for Harry Laae
Troop K th Cavalry He is under
Major Reuo When you find him you
will find the gtyden 3u the key of the
tragedy and rail then understand the
details of the sjory
r Charles Gates
Private Detective
PS The tip silver 3s were
given me by an qd woman who put
me on the track Gx the mvstery The
first I delivered to you at North
Platte tho other I Wused you to travel
north for to encourage you as I was
headed in that direoion
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That night Prestondreamed that he
was onee more in th home of his I
Again dide gaily
the wooded deUa of old Ohio
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pany with his sweetheart Maigarei
Noble the belle of the little village
bis childhood home Once more did
he see the little vine covered stone
church where they were wed and in
fancy hear the merry wedding bell3
Then the scene changed He was in
a darkened room tossing restlessly
upon his couch when a bright light
suddenly filled the chamber coming
from whence he kni7 not and in its
midst he saw the forms of his wife
and Isabel standing hand in hand and
clad in garments snowy white
With a smile his wife held aloft a
golden 3 which gleamed in fiery
splendor in an outline of flame and
with the forefinger of her left hand
she pointed toward the eastward then
she spoke
The mystery will soon be made
clear to you my husband Go to the
north there in a scene of blood and
carnage will you find the golden 3
Then the light faded and with it
the forms of hia loved -ones and with
aery Preston woke to see the rays of
the rising sun shining in the -eastern
window
TO BE CONTINIFED
IT DIED Iff DISGRACE
Said Thomas E T Geddis to the
editor one day recently If you do
or say anything which I think is not
Tight I will speak of it in my paper
and say what Ithink of it If I was
to die I wtiuiaftpeakmy sentiments
Whereat the editor was much impres
sed andTesdlved to do likewise
Thomas R T Geddis is quasi pub
lisher and editor of The Western
News a ipopulist paper which started
hdre August 12 with a circulation of
700 copies Geo H Eeinert ot
Osceola Springview Ainsworth etc
is the proprietor
The Western News made its first
appearance as the leading populist
paper of the northwest one week ago
Friday being peddled from the arms
of the editor The next day a few
papers were put in the postoffice
With the aid of the Ainsworth Home
Eule and the Republican of this place
the infant was born The next
cation day rolled around but the paper
was noxr ready to go to Satur
day afternoon came and the paper
wasTeady but the editor- wa3 not
He Was sick of ttfe newspaper busi
ness also of the drink that inebriates
nntdoesnojfc cneer The paper has
up this time Tuesday not made its
appearance and the men who backed
the scheme are cursing themselves and
all connected with it The editor has
disgraced himself the paper and the
populist party and it is nafe to say
will not receive enough support in the
future to sustain a canary bird In
conversation with The Democrat he
says he has not been fairly treated by
Mr Eeinert and there is apt to be
war when that gentleman shows up
again
RYAN DENIES
For gome time papers and politi
cians of the Chicago Chronicle and
Senator Thurston stripe have been
chargipg that W J Bryan has been in
the employ of the silver mine owners
of thp west and that his utterances in
favor free coinage arose from the fact
that he was being paid for so talking
not because he believed he was telling
the truth These assertions were
made so frequently that Mr Bryan
felt called upon to deny them w hici
he did in the following words
I have never at any time or under
any circumstances been in the emnlov
of any mine owners individually or
wuucuuivci uirectiy or inairectiy nor
have I ever been in the employ of or
been paid by any bimetallic associa
tion
This denial is certainly explicit
enough and from a spirit of fairness
the papers which published the charges
should publish the denial But sad to
relate some of the opposition papers
promulgated the charges even after
this denial had been riven to fclm
worJd For instance we see in a
paper dated Aug 21 there appears a
statement that Mr Bryan does not
dare deny that he has been and is in
the pay of the Bimetallic League u
Will that paper publish the denial of
this charge Of course it would be an
insult to ask who wa3 furnishing the
money for the carloads of McKinley
workers who are scouring the country
at the present time These men are
all patriots and pay their own expen
seswhen the institute funds are
not sufficient
Evidently McKinley doesnt agree
wifh those who say that Bryan is an
tread oratorical failure He does not want
com- to meet him
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