The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, October 01, 1896, Image 4
s I a i II r i u is ft iw i i ica 1 E - MtMMItU THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT SUCCESSOR WJ CHOW CulHTY WOEPENDENT BOBERT 60D Editor and Publisher i tMTIciftt Paper mf Cherrr iPer Yvttr in Advance - vPOTLIttKErJ EVERT THURSDAY Entered at 1 Ae Postwfflce at Valentine Cherry county Nebraska es Second class matter This pa rjervill be mailed regularly to Its subscribers until a definite order T0 discontinue is received and all arf Tears are jpaidnn full Advertising rates 50 cents per inch perixoDithV Hatesper column orfor long time ads mjCde known on cation to this office - -- Wf THTTIISBAY OCTOBER 11896 Z I - z CDisiocratic Ticket Por President WILLIAM JENNINGS BUAN - v Of Lincoln Nebraska iFor Vice President ARTHUR SEW ALL Of Bath Maine Presidential Electors FRED METZ O V PALM PJ HALE X P1ASCEKI N 0 ALBERTS SLK0STRYZE CAMPBELL ml r Harrington For Governor A HOLCOMB VFor Lieutenant Governor 1 E HARRIS For State Secretary W F PORTER For State Auditor ttfOHN F CORNELL For State Treasurer TN MESERVE 3or Attorney General C J SMYTH vFor State Superintendent W RJACKSON For Commissioner J V WOLFE VFor Judges SupremeGourt Long Term WILLIAM NEYILLE Short Terra JS KIRKPATRICK For University Regent THOMAS RAWLINGS For Representative 52d District ROBERT- GOQ3 For Countv Attorney D H THURSTON We cannot restore confidence either to the treasury or tothe people with out a change in our present tariff laws MtjoT McKinley Gov has issued aproclama tion quarantining parts of Seward and Butler oounties Texas fever was brought in by cattle shipped from Ar kansas and was communicated to in that neighborhood Senator Cullom says he is in favor -of-a tariff or revenue and does not be lieve in placing a wall around our country Senator Cullom will soon be a good democrat This statement is rank treason to the cause -of McKin ley McKinley has all the odds against his election If he loses either ludi ana IUiuois Iowa Michigan or Wis consin he is lost He must carry them all as well as the sure republican states to occupy the White House March the next The odds are too great he cannot do it Delplws 0 Herald The effort of the 0maha popocrats to hoot and Jiowi down Bourke Coch ran has done more than any other xe cent thing to weaken their cause in that section St Paul Dispatch The effort of the Tale Hannacrats at New Haven Conn to hoot and howl down W J Ikryan has done more than any other recent thing to weaken ttheir cause in that section Of course Mr McKinley could not refrain from telling the pilgrims who journeyed tosee Uim Jast Friday of his prayerful solicitude that American la jbor should buyiuder the very best ad vantages as well as produce under ithem Yet Mr McKinley was well caware all the time that his contribu tion to this result was the framing of a law which made fais own wife pay from 45 to 55 fox a sewing machine which was sold to the wivea and -daughters of free trade ngiauders for 20 and 25 With pnr n Jiot worth 10 cents a bushel in Chicago McKiuteyt pulls out his old remedy and vauts ncrease the ose a - - - V uwwmi mx i n 1 i i i i uminMT i 1 1 im 111 1 mn 1 1 n t rr ---- zz - - - hi i -5 I J OSfCWR 3tr I j s d guujj No death among tlio newspaper fra ternity of Northwestern Nebraska could have caused deeper sorrow no death could hare brought forth moio genuino expressions of regret than did that of TamesJUverett Budd Good the editor and publisher of the Republican Jburna atLongpioe No place will be harder to fill in the minds and hearts ot the blieys than the one he occupied no face will be more gener ally missed araoEg the residents of his town and county than will his Farmer ranoliman veterinarian andj journalist in tern and together in each hd strove to ercel and striving earn J estly succeeded But of all these oc cupations ana professions it was as a newspaper man that he wished to foe and became- prominently known He first entered the ranks of the moulders of public opinion asrhe called alleditors in 1884 editing and publishing the Defiance O Daily and Weekly Republican and did valiant service for his party and town until 1886 when on account of the ill health of himself and family he came to Ne braska locating at Ainsworth After oneBeason there he in company with his brother and father moved to the southspart of Rock county locating on the Grace There he built up a nice iittie home but the fire of the news paper man was in him still and in 1891 he went to Newport and estab lished the Prairie Queen There it was that the writer became -associated with him in his business In October of the same year he saw that through the medium of the Longpine Jourtial he would have a larger scope for use fulness and he purchased the plant Wishing to still further -extend his business he in company with J S Davisson purchased the Ainsworth Star Joureal in 1893 He pvblished both papers until last spring when he sold ihe Star Journal to its present owner J O Berkley The long strain and hard work incident to the publica tion of the two papers in a large meas ure are responsible for his -death J E B Good was a republican by birth by training by education by instinct if you will and he rightly de served the distinction of being known as the original McKinley man of the northwest having kept the name -of the republican candidate for president at the masthead of his papers for two years prior to his domination He never sought political preferment be ing always content to work -for others Though a partisan he was always clean in his attacks upon the enemy J E B was a goodbusiness man never extortionate content with small profits always willing to engage in any enterprise which promised a fair return for the money and labor invest ed but he was very lax collec tions much to his own detriment He neverf ailed to work for whatever he thought would be of benefit to the community in which he lived and many will remember his famous cru sade for street lights Jim was a hail fellow well met a genial companion a whole souled and constant friend who could always be depended upon Possessed cf a ready wit and being a great josher he was rarely excelled either when exchanging goodnatured badinage or biting sar casm Being an adept at -roasting he always took flings at himself with rare good nature He made himself famous by his jokfcs and doggerel which were J always spoken of as Goodisms Papa was a kind loving earnest and gentle husbandand father always Tcue to himseifand family temperate in his habits and quiet in his tastes his homecoming was always hailed with delight and cross words were few in that family Jt is ithere that he will Jbe most sadly missed and it is to his wife and three children that the sym pathy of his brethren and friends goes out in their sad hour of trial Time may heal the wounds -caused by the tearing away of this part of their ex istence but the scar will always re main The words which have gone before were not -written for relationships sake we were but second cousins but as a tribute frcfoa one newspaper min to the memory of another whom he knows to be deserving of Ahem In conclusion we repeat as eurs the re mark of a friend If my soul is as sure ol heaven as is that of J im Good I will be content The St Louis Republic says Bryan can beat Mckinley at that any thing from a rrave debate to a rough and tumble wrestling match Not only IcKiuicy but any ojjjcr republi can leader The court house bonds should re ceive your approval at the polls No vember 3rd As a matter of economy we should have a court house As a matter of local pride we should have a court house As a matter of safety we should have a court house Look at it from any side and the court house bond proposition will show np in a favorable light ii The constitution of the state of Ne braska provides that the state treasurer shall be paid a salary of 2500 per annum but it is said that for more than a decade no state treasurer has realized less than 20000 from the ornce Some authorities say the office is worth 40000 per year There must be something rotten around tike state house if such is the case The Courant began advocating free silver at the same time McKinley m Congress began voting for it and that was in 1877 The difference now is that McKinley is running for office and the Courant isnt Well bet a pica yune that McKiriby weuld today rather be on a free silver plank than that gold rail he is riding Delphos O Courant Republican Paul Vandervoort claims that the populist party in this state has been sold out so the populist state central com mittee says over the signature of its chairman and secretary We denounce Paul Vandevoovt as a traitor whose sole object is to defeat Bryan His reputation for twenty years has been that of a railroad cap per around the Nebraska legislature He has beeu excluded from all popu list conventions and is known among populists as a Hannacrat He holds an office by gift of republican McKin leyites and we warn our friends of Bryan and Tom Watson to beware of him The time of the present secretary of state has been almost entirely occupied in distributing among certain favored county papers the spoils for faithful editors set apart by the late partisan legislature in the form of advertise ments of the proposed amendments to the constitution The secretary of state has important places ou various state boards and if filled by W F Porter of Merrick county the people will have a faithful officer alert to the duties of the position entrusted to him Mr Porter has displayod excep tionatability in the state legislature serving two terms CJiadrun Signal Recorder The Democrat has been acquaint ed with Mr Porter for several years and knows him as a young man of push energy and ability VHe is the fatherof the Australian ballot law in this state whiclrwas passed by the legislature of 1891 The following letter needs no ex planation Valentine Neb Sept 26 1896 W E Haley and J M Coble mem bers 32d Representative District Committee - Gentlemen Owing to a provision of the constitution which requires that a representative be a resident of the district from which he is elected at least one year prior to said election and being thus disqualified for hold ing the office in the event that I re ceived a plurality of the votes cast on November 3 1 hereby resign the nom ination for representative from the 32d district on the democratic ticket and beg that yon take immediate steps to fill the vacancy thus caused Thanking the gentlemen who com posed the convention which nominated me and assuring you that the -candidate you name will receive my hearty support I am dear sirs Yours respectfully Robert Good The Supreme Court of Nebraska has twice decided that state warrants properly issued are state securities under the constitution These de cisions have never been reversed The legislature has directed Chap 48 laws of 1891 that the board of educational lands and funds shall make the nec essary orders and that the state treas urer shall invest these idle trust funds in such state warrants yet a majority of this board has refused to obey the law ignoring the -decisions of the high est tribunal in the state and disregard ing the plain provisions of statute law With half a million of these trust funds lying idle in the hands of the state treasurer state securities in the shape of slate warrants drawing five per cent interest are hawked about the streets of Lincoln at from 95 to 97i cents on the dollar This despite the persistent effort of Governor Hol comb a member of this board to have these idle funds invested in these state securities Some warrauts have been issu id for large sums without authoritv 02 law but these issues ara known to the board and trust -funds need ml be invested iythem rssrutuxMKfr AJiOUT TJ 1UF1 TheSpringview Herald is one of the staunchest republican as well as ovxt of the most ably edited and best local newspapers in the northwest but some- times Bro Skinner gets rattled mid tries to talk tariff From a half col umn editorial about democrats and tariff the following choice selection is made as showing just what the ideas of the editor are upon this question which McKinley says is the only issue of the -campaign It is laughable to see the Valics of democracy swell up and remark that Cleveland paid off as much of the national debt under his first adminis tration as anv nresident eveiMid Our poor deluded brethren dont you know that under Clevelands first administra tion he couldnt have done otherwise if he had wanted towe had a republi can senate and a republican congress there was no tinkering with the lariff our revenues remianed intact hence our assetts exceeded our liabilities and all was prosperous Thte is good logic from a republican standpoint and might pass muster among a lot of people who know noth ing about tariff Will Bro Skinner please tell his readers what became of the 262000000 surplus that was left the Harrison administration by Presi dent Cleveland Congress was repub lican during Harrisons administration yet he squandered the splendid surplus left him expended all the revenues and bequeathed a deficit and a lot of engraved bond plates to the next democratic administration If the tariff during the years 1884 to 88 was all right why should the republicans have tinkered with it in 1890 Does not history showthat re publican tariff tinkering aided in precipitating the greatest panic ever known to this country And in the face of history does the Herald wish to elect a man who advocates a return to the conditions of 1893 Doesnt the Herald know that our excess of exports of merchandise over our im ports in 1885 while Cleveland was president amounted to 164600000 and that this balance in our favor was turned into a balance of 20000000 in favor of the other fellow in 1893 while the McKinley bill was in force If it was a republican congress and not a democratic president that made things prosperous and paid off the national debt in 84 88 and left a sur plus why didnt a republican congress backed by a republican president do still better Certainly the two com bined should have1 done better than the one alone but did they We leave it to the Herald to answer THE AMENDMENTS The seventh proposed amendment to the constitution provides for the election of three railroad commission ers who shall hold their offices for three years each The duties now de volving upon the state board of trans portation would be placed upon these commissioners They being elected by the people direct would of course be answerable to the people in accord with the principles of a republican form of government and we know of no valid reason for opposing the amendment The next amendment proposes to give the legislature the power to create new offices or abolish any executive office created by it by a vote of two thirds in the latter instance and three fourths in the former At present the constitution forbids the creation of any new office and a constitutional amendment is necessary to create the same Since it requires such a large vote it is perfectly safe to leave this matter in the hands of -the peoples representatives UNMENACED DESPOTISMS The sensational announcement from Europe last week that we might ex pect the speedy deposition of the Sul tan of Turkey is now being revised and amended Explanations are now being made showing how difficult if jnot impossible it is to interfere with the vested rights of despotism in Tur key The situation is analogous to that of the trusts in this country From time to time we hear stirring rumors of an intention oa the part of Jthe state or natioual officials to enforce the anti trust laws These rumors are invari ably followed by explanation from the o fficials showing thatwith the best intentions in the world they are really impotent to cope with trust rascality It is tobe feared that the despotism of the Sultan is us safe from European interference as the despotism of the trusts is from official interference Worse still it is to be feared that the tyranny of the trusts will outlive the tyranny of ilie Turk -New World Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Connecticut 9 4 o O 4 13 Idaho 3 Illinois 24 Indiana 15 Iowa 13 Kansas 10 iTventuckv Louisuna 13 8 Maryland Michigan 14 Maine -6 Massachusetts 15 New Hampshire 4 jsew Jersev 10 jjjMULjJiajLjCiaaiTOmy HOW ftL HE Kven body is figuring on the result of the presidential election jnst now and some of the results are to say the least very curious It hus been figured that lb van will not get more tbm 25 votes in I he electoral College and the same number has been given MclCin lev It has been figured out that the result will be a tie but nst how is not explained Of all the figures though the following are the more conserva tive and will probably be near the final result BllYAN 11 Missouri 17 o Montana o Nevada 3 -Nebraska 8 North Carolina 11 North Dakota Oregon- South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee 12 Texas 15 Utah - 3 Virginia 12 Washington 4 West Virginia 6 Wyoming 3 Minnesota D Mississippi 9 Total McKinley C Ohio Pennsylvania llhode Island Vermont Wisconsin 295 23 32 4 4 12 New York 36 TnMl 1 9 TJThe doubtful states are marked with an asterisk and if all those in the Bryan list should go for McKinley he will still have 226 or two more than a majority while if those in McKin leys list should go for Bryan it will leave McKinley with only 04 votes ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE At the populist and democratic rep resentative conventionshsld at Sparks Saturday September 19th Robert Good of Yaleutine was nominated by the democrats and O P Billings of this county was nominated by the populists Mr Good the democratic nominee is editor of Tiie Valentine Demociiat and judging from thp tone of the Democrat he is a Bryan and Sewall free silver democrat hi every sense of the word that Mr Good is no slouch can be ascertained from the appear ance of his paper While Mr Good is reported as being a young man in years he is evidently old in experience as lie publishes one among the best weekly newspapersWith theexception of its politics in northwest Nebraska As for Billings the populistcandidate well he is arenegade republican is about the best we can say for that gentleman He was turned down so vigorously and repeatedly in therepub ican ranks that his head got sore at the boys and vowed that he would leave the old rotten republican party and take to the middle-of-the-road awhile join the populists and see if they wouldnt give him something in the way of an office Until very re cently he didnt even know that apples grew on trees Being personally ac quainted with Mr Billings and having considerable respect for the 52nd repre sentative district in which we live the Herald had rather see its seat in the Nebraska legislature left entirely va cant than to see it occupied by Bil lings Springview Herald A LARGE TRIBUTE By its arbitrary advance of 150 per ton on the price of coal the coal trust has levied a tribute of STOOO 000 on the people of these United States There is no excuse for this ex tortion and that such corporations and practices are allowed to continue is a disgrace on the whole nation This trust has its headquarters m Sew York and iNew York has a stringent anti trust law yet the attorney gener al of that state sits idly by and claims he has no power to act despite the fact that the law specifically says that he may and shall proceed to prosecute upon his own information any corpor ation which exercises a policy contrary to the public policy of the state Evidence has time after time been presented to the attorney general which proves the existence of this gigantic corporation which is common ly called the coal trust but he seems to be thoroughly under the influence or tne capitalists lnmgs nave come to such a pass that the people of the nation at large are interested in Xew York and her attorney general and steps should be taken to compel bim to do his duty It is such things as this that makes anarchists and causes York- capital to he hated by labor Dowii slth trusts Down with monopolies 3tj flVvnHj Vlni Form The fellmving is a swiopsis nf Hie platform adopted bv the national con vention at Chicago July 9th 1S9U The plank rehiring to free coinage of silver IS given in full Kfcoijiilsiiijr tlinS Hie moiu y iClioji i jri mount foall ollit i - ii Ihi s lirnf to tlie ficl that ilu l lcril t nuiritntioij uus silver sum Km a- IIM nioner nii1 ir the liutt iS States We dedaiv ihur iliinonetitoii or iiwr in is jias rivfrJie m tie aiK rrrialHui of Hold ami a cnrrespibiirij fall in the price oj fOiimoilJtics prmliirtMbytJit pcupti We an itiinlrerably opposed to a sjn tiie jfid s tntuluril Cold iiioiiouichiibtfn jj hriltsli policy- it is not only im Ameriii but anti Aiimican We demand the free and unlimited coitftijre of both olit -Ml silver arthe present IeLarnitibar wt l without waiting lor the aid of consent of anv otlnr nation We demand that the stan dard silver dollar shall be 1 full letal tender eipialj with ftohl tor all debt publfc and nri vnic and we fiorsueh legislation as will mo vent tne utMiioiiMi7itioii of any kind of lini - a toiHlermvney by pm ue contract we are opposed to tlie policy and practice ot umnui im in uiu ituiiivrs oi nii oonininons Of the United btates the option reserved by law to the srnveriimuiit of redeeming snrli nhiimnnnc in either sih or coin of uold coin The Democrat and the Thricea week Xew York World one year li0 NON PARTISAN T1 r J v e lire opposed to t he issuing of hondf of the I nited -Hates in time of fleace We liinand that the power to isne notes to eimdnre as money betaken from the national banks and that all paper money shall lie issued directly by the treason department Wc hold that tariir duties should be levied for purposes of revenue and that taxation should be limited by the needs of the government honestly and ecimomieady administered We denounce as disturbing to business the republican threat to restore the MeKinlr law which has been twice condemned by the people in national elections and which enacted under the false plea of protection to nome industry proved a proline breeder of trusts and niongpollesenrieli ed the few at tlie exjMjnse of manv restricted trade and depi lved the producers of the irreat American staples of access to their natural mar kets Until the money question is settled we are opposed to any agitation for further change in l our tariff laws except such aspire necessary toA L make the delitit in revenue caused by tlte ad- verse decision of the Supreme Court on the in- v come tax There would be no deficit in the reeuue but for the annulment by the Supreme Court of a law passed by the democratic con gress m strict persuance of the uniform de cision of that courr for nearly one hundred years We hold that the most efficient way of protecting American labor is to prevent the im phrtatiou of toreign pauper labor to compete with it in our home market We denounce the prolligate waste of the money rung lrom the people by oppressive taxation and the lavish appropriations of recent republican congresses winch have Kept taxes Hmh while the labor that pays them is unemploy ed and theproduefs of the peoples toil are de pressed in price till they no longer repay the cost of production We denounce the arbitrary interference by lederai authorities in lnrai ittir o of tne constitution of the United States and a Hrtiii iieeiusiuuiions aiI lufUiML i 111- IIISI liiiril nT flOCilfVinrp intnn soldiers we heartily endorse the rule o Com inissioner Murphy that no names shall be arbi trarily dropped from the pension roll and the tact oi enlistment and service should be deemed conclusive evidence against disease and disabil ity before enlistment ue I011 0I -sympathy to tlicpeopleof Cuba m their heroic straggle for liberty and We are opposed to life tenure iu the publie service We tavor imiinmtmpnK hnP imnn merits lived term of oilice and such an iMiuiuiiui me civu service laws as will afford equal opportunities to all citizens of ascertained fitness We declare it to be the unwritten law of this republic established by custom and usage ot one hundred years and sanctioned by the ex ample of the greatest and wisest of tlicwe who tounded and have maintained our gbvernmeut that no man should be olisrible for a tbird term of the presi lential office BRYAN CLUB Below will oe found the constitution of the Xon Partisan William J Bryan Uiub which all who Debeve m the principles there set forth are respect fully asked to sign Your membership in this club need not interfere with your connection with any other club of a like nature Head the constitu tion and then sign the blank form at the bottom and send to L C Sparks President Itobert Good Vice Presi dent or D H Thurseon Secretary of the Club At Valentine CONSTITUTION AimCLE r NAME Section 1 The name of this organization shall be -the W J Bryan Non Partisan Free Silver Club AKTICLE II OBJECX Section l Tlie object of this organization shall be to disseminate a silver sentiment a better understanding of the finance of the coun try among its members and the people of the county generally and to promote good citizen snip by purity of purpose and harmony of action and to work for and secure by honest eiforts the election W J Bryan as our next President ARTICLE Iir OFFICERS Section l The officers of this club shall be a President Vice President Treasurer and three Secretaries AliTICLE IV OMMITTEE3 Section l There shali be an Executive Com mittec composed of the officers of the club to arrange all preliminaries of the campaign ami te fill vacrncies when such occur It shall be thetlutyofthis committee to scale a program for each meeting AKTICLE V FOStog Section l All funds for necessary expense shall be raised by voluntary contribution only ARTICLE VI BULE3 Section 1 Roberts Rules of Order shall gov ern the meetings of the club ARTICLE V1I TDIE OF MEETlNfiS Section 1 This club shall meet every Friday evening at 8 oclock and club tpcms will be open to visitors at all hours ARTICLE VHI MEJfKERSHJP Each member must identify himself wKh the club by signing the Constitution and accept the principles set fortlr in the same SIGN THIS To the officers and members of the Is on - Partisan vTilliam J Bryaa Club Valentiner Nebraska You are hereby authorized to enroll me as a member of your Club and af fix my name to the constitation of the same Respectfully -- Name Fostoace Address -- v V H A 1 i