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CHOW CulHTY WOEPENDENT
BOBERT 60D Editor and Publisher
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THTTIISBAY OCTOBER 11896
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CDisiocratic Ticket
Por President
WILLIAM JENNINGS BUAN
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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NON PARTISAN
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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
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