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CONVENTION CALLS
Peoples Independent Party
Tlio Peoples Independent Party electors of
Cherry County are requested to send delegates
from their several precincts to meet in County
Convention In Valentine Nebraska on Satur
day Inse 30 1500 at 10 oclock A M for the
purpose of electing seven delegates o the state
convention to be held at Lincoln July 11 1900
seven deh CRtes to the congressional convention
to b held at llroken How uly 9 1000 seven
delegates to tlrtJ senatorial and seven delegates
to the representative conventions not yet
called to place in nomination a candidate for
County Attorney and to transact such other
business as may properly come before the Con
vention
The delegates from the First Commissioner
District will also meet in convention immedi
ately after the adjournment of the county con
vention and place in nomination a candidate for
County Commissioner for the full term ol three
years and the delegates from the Third Coiu
misfloner District will met in convention im
mediately after the ad journmeni of the county
convention aud place in nomination a candidate
for County Commissioner to fill vacancy for the
term of one year
Hie representation from the various precincts
will be based upon the vote cast for Hon Silas
A Holcomb in the general election of 1899 one
delegate being allowed for eacli ten votes and
major fraction thereof and one delegate at
large from each precinct which makes tiie fol
lowing apportionment
Buffalo Lake 3
Boiling Springs 4
Dewey Lake 3
Eli 3
Georgia 2
Irwin 3
Kennedy 3
LaYcca 4
Merriman 3
Nenzel 3
Sparks 3
Schlagel 3
Table 4
Barley 2
Cleveland 3
Enlow 2
Giilasple 4
German 3
Kewanee 3
Loup 5
Miunecbnduza 4
Mother Lake 2
Pleasant Uiil 4
Sharps Ranch 3
Steen 2
Valentine ll
Woodlake 6
It is recommeded that the precinct primaries
be held at the voting place in each precinct
funo 23d 1000 at 2 oclock pm unless other
wise called by the precinct committeeman
It is also recommended that no proxies be al
lowed but that the delegates present cast the
full vote of the precinct
J W BURLEIGH A M MORRISSEY
Secretary Chairman
Democratic Party
The Democratic electors of Cherry County are
requested to send delegates from their several
precincts to meet in County Convention in Val
entine Nebraska on Satm day June 30th 1900
at 10 oclock a mt for the purpose of electing
seven delegates to the state convention to be
held at Lincoln July 11 1900 seven delegates to
the congressional convention to be held at
Broken Bow July 9th 1900 eevwn delegates to
the senatorial aud seven delegates to the repre
sentative conventions not vet called to place m
nomination a candidate for county attorney
And to transact such other business as ma
Dronerly come before the convention
The delegates from the hirst Commissioner I their conscience
XHSiricii win uisu iiieui in uuuvcmiuu
ntrly after the adjoummeit of the county con
vention and place in nomination a candidate for
County Commlssloncrlor i ne full term of three
years and the delegates Lorn the Third Com
missioner District will nu et in convention im
mediately after the adjournment of the county
convention and place in nomination a county
commissioner to nil vacancy Tor the term of one
year
The apportionment Is the same as that of the
Peoples Independent Party
It Is recommended that the precinct primaries
be held at the voting place in each precinct
June 23 1900 at 2 oclock P M unless other
Kise called by the precinct committeeman
It is also recommended that uo proxies be al
lowed but that the delegates present cast the
full vote of the precinct
I M RICE MARTIN CHRISTENSEN
Secretary Cnairman
The Boer var is now reported as
featurelessbut Roberts cant spare any
troops for China
A great inapy of the g o p sheets
are trying to excusollosewater for his
contempt of the supreme court of this
state Of course it sounds bad for
them to continually clip articles from
the Omaha Bee and then fail to stand
up for their god
So jnany of our g o p contempor
aries are praising the conditions of to
day as compared with former times
They are getting a portion of the plun
der while the wealth of the country is
going into the hands of the millionaires
and the favored few are fast becoming
wealthy Never again will the poor
man be able to maintain with such suc
cess the position he held in the earlier
days The wealth which was then in
sight has disappeared into the coffers of
the wealthy Our country is fast be
coming one of lords and tenants Who
is to blame for these conditions Who
will be called upon to answer for the
crimes perpetrated upon the common
people during the past years of Repub
lican control - And by throwing out a
part of the plunder as a price of silence
the money power sits upon its kingly
throne viewing the situation and keep
ing up with every pulse beat of the con
ditions of the lower classes Theres
no use in deceiving ourselves into be
lieving that these good times are
any indication of prosperity The
man who goes on a beastly drunk
laughs talks yells and is full of hilar
ity and apparent vigor is deceiving
himself and the careless observer It
is not that he has been given more
physical vigor but as a spendthrift is
making use of what he has to the detri
ment of his body and relaxation comes
to find him debilitated or a complete
wreck The time of retributioa is at
hand and the plunderers of our nation
rho have been willing to cause money
to flow with apparent freedom while
they have thrown themselves at the
opaoI floodgate filling their coffers
mt not be deprived of their ill gotten
TCtiJtb but the common people should
call a halt oU the conditions and instead
of present polcies cause the spray to
ty pjj7Afl imoDg our peopld
We have not forgotten that the own
ers of large factories in the east told
their employes that if Bryan was elect
ed that they need not come back to
work but when ther came back to
work under the McKinley administra
tion their wages were cut down below
what they had ever been before tlie
dissatisfaction causing numerous
strikes The laboring classes were
fooled into voting for McJCinley under
threat of losing their job only to be cut
down to starvation wages when Mac
was elected 2o We have not for
gotten those times nor the promise of
the g o p to use their best efforts to
bring about bi metalismby internation
al agreement Neither have we for
gotten that the Kepublicansall over the
country sliouted for silver in 1892 We
also remember that The Republican
party from tradition has been in favor
of free coinage of silver We have
not forgotten that there were more
mills closed down during McKinley s
administration and just after his elec
tion than were started up We have
not forgotten that the promises made
by the Republican party were a vain
repitition of words of which not one
promise was redeemed or fulfilled in
the interest of- the common people or
the laboring masses We remember
that a silver bi metalic commission was
sent over the water to effect an inter
national agreement and that as soon as
it was found that a few countries were
favorable the commission was hastily
recalled and no report was published
The whole thing hushed up after an ex
pense of thousands of dollars and we
were not even given the result of the
work of the commission by an official
report
Yes we remember that the Republi
cans were predicting that the Demo
crats would declare for gold and that
the Republican party would take up
the free silver Democrats We also
have not forgotten the disappointment
of the western Republicans when they
learned tne actions or tne unicago con
vention Why dont you stick to the
principles you love so well and vote
those principles in preference to a par
ty name that has become famous for its
switching and debauching of principles
But no They would rather go on fol
lowing after their leader who dictates
to them which way they should vote
and with humble submission they bow
their heads A shadow has fallen upon
and with silent and
solemn tread the old man with sunken
eyes portrays the sadness which he feels
but sticks to the name abandons prin
ciples and like Judas Iscanot is ready
to purchase field in which to burst
asunder
The Republican ratification meeting
at Cornell Hall Tuesday evening was
attended by a few ladies and a few
Democrats and Populists and perhaps a
dozen Republcan voters Two bags of
wind were exploded in a vain attempt
to arouse a little enthusiasm Judge
Tuckers office was discontinued Tues
day so he wont have anything to do
now but to fish for another job at a
hundred dollars a month from Mc and
if Mc isnt elected the Judge wont
have anything in sight The Land
Office wont be discontinued if Bryan
is elected but the present occupants of
the Land Office will be ousted so why
shouldnt they get out and hustle for
the continuation of a fat thing Of
course times are good with a fat salary
but let these worthies get out and earn
an honest dollar as the most of our
Cheriy county people are compelled to
do and they wont give McKinley the
praise for raising the price of every
thing you want to buy
Its real nice to have a government
position and then appear before the
people with a glad cry of good times
Times will be hard for Republican
office seekers when Bryan is elected so
you cant blame them for trying to
raise a little enthusiasm to soar
on flowery beds oi ease
along
The Boxers of China are a secret or
der of Chinese organized to oppose
all foreigners who Jhave come to their
country for trade or as missionaries
These Boxers are a class of people who
cling to ancient Chinese customs and
fear the encroachments of other na
tions A number of people have been
murdered and the foreign powers in
cluding our country have already
landed armed men to protect foreicrn
residents Public sentiment is against
the Chinese but divided as to the prop
er methods of putting down the Box
ers
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Bryans vote in 1896 was
New York for Bryan 3G
Kentucky for Bryan 12
Maryland for Bryan 8
176
56
232
Necessary to elect 224
It will be perceived that if Bryan
wins m New York Kentucky and
Maryland in addition to the states he
carried in 1806 he will be elected
Chicago Times Herald
Roosevelt will not get the support as
candidate for vice president that he
would get for goyernor of New York
TO FDISTR1CT THE STATE
The question of redisricting the state
for legislative and senatorial purposes
is one that will come before the next
law making body
This matter is of such vital import
ance that the fusion forces should
make no mistake in naming the very
best men they have to assist in per
forming this important duty First it
is necessary that we should have a ma
jority of the legislature in order that
the state when re districted would not
be so gerrymandered as to give to the
Republicans the advantage which they
now have while we only seek to have
the state so districted as to giye to all
sections of the state their fair represen
tation in the state legislature As it
now is there are a number of districts
which have in them many more votes
than the minimum while on the other
hand there are others that have less
than their requisite number To illus
trate Pawnee county has two repre
sentatives and polled in 1899 2396
votes while the 54th representative
district consisting of the following
counties Lincoln Cheyenne Keith
McPherson Deuel Kimball Perkins
Scotts Bluff and Banner which cast in
1899 5068 votes has but one represen
tative this comparison will hold good
in a number of instances and it shows
a great necessity of a fair and equitable
division between the districts
By taking the vote of
and arriving at an average we find the
minimum vote for a representative dis
trict to be 2117 and the minimum for
a senatorial district to be 6417 votes
These figures can be compared with
the votes of the various districts and it
can be readily determined whether or
not any district has a greater or less
vote than it is entitled to by making
these comparisons Each of the dis
tricts will understand their relation to
other districts
It is known the fusion forces are in
favor of re districting on a just basis
and if they have the control of the leg
islature the will pledge to the people
that this will be attended to in a fair
and satisfactory manner It is now
our duty as f usionists to see that men
arc nominated who will be elected and
who will carry out this pledge to those
people who have not been tairly repre
sented in the legislature for the past
ten years
There is another phase to this that
has considerable political significance
attached to it and that is that under
our state constitution the state can
only be redistricted each succeeding ten
years It will be observed that during
that time there will bd elected two
United States senators from this state
making it all the mora necessary that
we should make no mistake in the men
we select for the legislature
The last legislature was wholly in the
hands of the Republicans so far as the
matter of passing laws was concerned
and that being true what law can be
referred to that is in the interests of the
people It is surprising that a whole
term of the legislators could be held
and not one act during that time to
commend itself to the people passed by
that party If one will recall how the
time was spent it will be remembered
that they were engaged during the en
tire winter in a fight among themselves
as to who should be the one chosen to
represent or rather misrepresent Neb
raska and legislation was a secondary
matter
McKINLEYISM MEANS DESPOT
ISM
Mr McKinley the great chieftain of
the trusts has again been nominated
by the Republican party I imagine
the shout will go up from all who are
depending on that party for the assist
ance they are receiving in their private
business but there is another page to
this history which reads thus In ma
king the rich richer the poor must
grow poorer In granting to the great
moneyed concerns of the country spe
cial privileges and rights it cannot be
denied that the rights of the masses are
suppressed
Asgreat corporations are enthroned
by the Republican party the middle
classes are driven to more desperate
conditions Year by year there is an
increased number of families who do
not own their own homes Tenantry
is fast marching on to its highest tide
until we can safely portray the con
ditions that exist in some of the Euro
pean countries
The Republican party does not legis
late for the jieople they make laws for
the corporations The time has come
with that party where the dollar takes
precedence over the man Oh how
long shall these things be The answer
is until Bryan can be elected and have
control of congress That will be the
beginning of a new era
In the course of a few weeks the
various delegates that are elected and
those to be elected to the state conven
tion must carefully take into consider
ation the very important mission they
have to perform in the selection of can
didates for the various state offices to
be filled at the coming election The
qialrficatiDns ofthbttlifferBht mi for
the various offices to be filled is of the
first importance their integrity and
moral character should be of the best
their locality and nationality should be
carefully canvassed and none but the
very best material used in the making
up of our ticket
USIONISTS HAVE MANY COCJN
f TY OFFICERS
The elections of 1898 and 1899 show
that the fusion forces have elected
the following number of county officers
we likewise give the number elected by
the Republicans
Fusion
County Clerk 52
Clerk District Court 49
County Treasurer 54
Register of Deeds 53
Sheriff 50
County J udge 59
County Superintendent o9
County Attorney 40
Surveyor 45
Rep
38
41
36
37
30
31
31
23
43
When it is taken into consideration
that the state of Nebraska a few years
ago was considered by the Republicans
to be as safe to give that party a ma
jority as was the old Keystone state of
Pennsylvania or some others that have
never had the scales removed from their
eyes but it is different now The Re
publicans carry but few counties and
we note with pleasure that in those
they do carry the majority is fading
away very rapidly
The inquiry might be made why
those changes and the answer is un
disputed we believe by those who are
familiar witn the real situation
First Republican politics are not in
harmony with the views of the average
citizen hence it has no environments
the tendency of which is to hold them
Second the State of Nebraska is an
agricultural state Its broad and fer
tile fields have been inviting to all clas
ses of citizens who choose this occupa
tion and Nebraska can be classed as
an agricultural state The trend of the
Republican party has not been in the
interest of the farm and producing class
of people but upon the other hand it
has been the policy of the Republican
party to court favor with the corpor
ations and manufacturing industries of
the country The organization of
trusts under the McKinley administra
tion proves this statement
It is most surprising to know with
what regularity you can safely count
on all of the great moneyed concerns
of the country giving their aid and sup
port to the Republican party
TEDDY AND Mc CAN NEVER
WIN
The question of the vice presidency
since the nomination of Roosevelt of
New York will be discussed from all
standpoints and in all sections of the
country
First Roosevelt is not a strong man
he has gone on dress parade exhibiting
his cowboy hat until the public begins
to feel that he is more of a monstrojjity
than he is the semblance of a statesman
For that reason the people will not
take kindly to him mother words
they hardly think accidents are the
best men to place at the head of the
great nation
It is entirely too common and out of
place to think that a man who natural
ly belongs with the wild west show
who might be dubbed Rattlesnake
Pete or some other choice name
known to the cowboy fraternity It is
so far away from the ideal high Ameri
can manhood and citizenship that Ted
dy can never fill the vice presidency
No he is the millstone around Sir
William McKinleys neck It is true
there were a number of others weigh
ing him down and it was hard to keep
his head above the waves of the turbu
lent waters but with Teddy added the
friends who have had some hope of
their success can now join in with that
wiley statesman of Nebraska Church
Howe and truthfully say the old ship
is indeed leaking
So fare-you-well McKinley and
Teddy too when the election is over
there will be nothing left of you The
names of Bryan and Towne will go all
the world around and come up on elec
tion day at the White House there to
stay
Rosewater as any other citizen must
take his correction kindly and feel
grateful that he has a few g o p
sheets to smooth away the wrinkles and
crookedness of his career by pleading
justification
Glorious JVeies
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Washita I T He writes Electric
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break out on her head and face and
the best doctors could give no help but
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Bitters is the best blood purifier known
Its the supreme remedy ior eczema
tetter salt rheum ulcers boils and
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Superintendent of a
For
Private Hospital
the Treatment of Diseases All
Kinds of Surgical Operations
Successfully Performed
VALENTINE
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KTOS
DON x x o l aiaj joui un going
to a Specialist who is generally a fraud
lor ordinary trouble with your Eyes Get
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ence who knows exactly how to fit you
O W MORE Y the Jeweler
has had 22 years experience If you need
a specialist he will tell you sc
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PHYSICIAN
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Office at Quigleys Drug Store
Front
Valentine Hous
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Recentty opened and newly furnished
Not a restaurant but a hotel
100 PER DAY
The best of viands and treatmentgiven
to our patrons
First Door South of Bank of Valentine
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ATTORNEY
AND ABSTRACTER
Valentine Nebraska
Tractices in District Court and U S Land
Office Real Estate and Ranch Property
bought and sold Bonded Abstracter
A M MORRISSEY
ATTORNEY
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About 6 miles north of Wood Lake
1 bay mare branded HD on left
shoulder 1 sorrel mare no brands
and 1 iron grav colt mare branded
O on right hind leg F WELKE
June 2 1900 20
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tom of disordered liver as it springs
from biliary poisons retained in the
blood which destroy energy cheerful
ness strength vigor happiness and
life Herbine will restore the natural
functions of the liver Price 50c
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on left side
C on left hip of horses
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Rosebud S D
Left side
Horses same
left shoulder
Deerhorn clip
some cattle
Rosebud 5 D
Range head of An
telope near St Marys
mission
Horses branded
on left thigh
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Postofflce address
Oasis Neb
Brand registered 2005
Cattle branded on
left side same as cut
Horses branded on
left hip
Also some
branded
and
cattle
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About May 10 one
Valentine Neb
Brand registered
No 200
Range in Sharps
Ranch and Gern an
precincts C miles
soutli of Kllgore
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OttoStkubk Manager
Merriman Neb
Cattle brand OM on
left shoulder Some
of cattle have various
older brands OS on
left hip Horse brad
A on left shouldei
Range Formerly
npnW Monnier
mnpli 5 miles east of
Merriman from FE
MVRR south to Leander Creek Mar
quardt Bowlus ScribnerNebrasfca
Prideaux Sanford
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Kennedy Neb
Stock branded on
left side
Horses branded
on left shoulder
Poitofflce address -
McCann Neb
Stockbranded as on
cut
Range North and
south of Georgia
MORRIS JANIES
Postofiice addresB
Rosebud s D
Cattle branded on
left side as on cut
Horses
on left thigh
Rrnge on
Rock Creek
Henry Pratt
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John DeCory
Rosebud S D
ToT
Some branded ID
417 on left side
Horses JD on left
hip
Range in Meyer Co
on Antelope Creek
Charles C Tackett
B 1
Peter Vlondray
Rosebud S I
Left side Left car
cropped
Horses branded
Bange Little White
River at mouth of
Dedar Creek
JULIUS PETERSON
ostofllce address
Gregory Neb
Branded as on cut
Range two miles
oorth of Gregory
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Postofflce address
Gregory Neb
On left side or hip
horses same on left
shoulder
Arkansa
Valley and Snakr
COOPER
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Range South and west 0I ira i
idDucKjake Hackberry Lake
Postofflce address
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Valentine eb
Cattle branded on
left hip hores the
same
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ley
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branded F on left jaw and nect
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