THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M KICK , I'tib'.lBlier.
VALENTINE , NEBRASKA.
* A OL
FAVORI
On the Shores of Tennessee.
"Move uiy armchair , faithful Pompey ,
In the sunshine , bright and strong ,
For this world is fading , Pompey
Massa won't be with you long ;
And I fain would heiir the south wind
Bring once more the sound to me
Of the wavelets softly breaking
On the shores of Tennessee.
"Mournful though the ripples murmur
As they still the story tell ,
How no vessels float the banner
That I've loved so long and well ;
I shall listen to thvir music ,
Dreaming that again I .see
Stars and Stripes on sloop and shallop
Sailing up the Tennessee.
"And , Pompey. while old massa's waiting
For Death's last dispatch to come.
If that exiled starry banner
Should come proudly sailing home.
You shall greet it. slave no longer ;
Voice and hand shall both be free
That shout and point to Union colors
On the waves of Tennessee. "
"Massa's berry kind to Pompey ,
But ole darkey's happy here ,
Where he's tended corn and cotton
For dese many a long-gone year.
Over yonder missis' sleeping
No one tends her grave like me ;
Mebbe she would miss the flowers
She used to love in Tennessee.
' "Pears like she was watching mnssa ;
If Pompey should beside him stay
Mebbe she'd remember better
How for him she used to pray
Telling him that 'way up yonder
White as snow his soul would be
Ransomed by the Lo d of heaven ,
Out of life in Tennessee. "
Silently the tears were rolling
Down the poor old dusky face ,
As he stepped behind his master.
Iu his long-accustomed place.
Then a silc'nre fell around them
As they gazed on rock and tree ,
Pictured 'in the placid waters
Of the rolling Tennessee.
Master dreaming oftlubattle. .
Where he fought by Marion's side.
Where Jie bid the hauirhty Tarleton
Stoop his lordly crest of pride :
Man remenilK rinir how yon sleeper
Once he held upon his knee.
Ere she loved the gallant soldier ,
Ralph Vervain , of Tennessee.
Still the south wind fomlly lingers
'Mid the veteran's silver hair :
Still the bondman , close beside him ,
Stands behind the old armchair ;
With his dark-lined haml uplifted
Shading eyes , he bends to see
Where the woodland. Iwildly jutting
Turns aside the Tonncj-sec.
Thus he watcher ; cloud-born shadows
Glide from tree to mountain crest ;
Softly creeping. a.\v and ever.
To tho river's yieldins breast.
Fta ! above the folia ire yonder
Something flutters wild ami free !
"Massa ! Massa ! Hallelujah !
Tho flag's come back to Tennc ? v ! '
/
"Pompey. hold me on your shoulder ,
Help me stand on foot once more ,
That I may salute the colors
As they pass uiy cabin door :
Here's die paper signed that frees you-
Gire a freeman's shout with me !
'God and Union ! ' he our watchword
Evermore in Tennessee' " '
Then die trembling voice grow fainter
An-d the limbs refused to stand ;
One prayer to Jesus and the soldier
Glided to that better land.
When the flag went dawn the river
Man and master both were free.
While the ring-dove's note was mingled
With the rippling Tennessee.
Ethelinda E. Beers.
All the News in the Head.
"I suppose our western country has
furnished more funny thiugs in the < % pi-
taph line than all the rest of the
world , " remarked ex-Congressman
Lafe Pence of Colorado at tho Rijrgs
House.
"I remember one that adorned the
cemetery at Lendville in the pnlmy
; lays of that great mining on nip. It
seems that in the course of a bar-
rooin broil one Jim O'Brien , a well-
known character , had his existence ter
minated prematurely. lie was a good
fellow in the main and not without
friends. One of the dead man's asso
ciates , in deep grief over his demise ,
irected a wooden slab over his grave
jn which he had written in large let-
: ers :
" 'Jim O'Brien departed for heaven
at 9:30 : a. m. '
'i "A local humorist happened along
1 ? oon afterward and appended the fol
j lowing :
" Heaven , 4:20 p. m. , O'Brien not yet
irrived. Intense excitement. The
vorst is feared. ' " Washington Post.
The Camera , in Business.
The camera promises to become as in-
lispensable in business affairs as the
typewriter. It is now being used in
: he reproduction of documents , statis
tical tables and others papers whose
luplication by hand would be laborious
md expensive.
Some people are afraid , and call it
rirtue.
Nebraska Politics.
Excerpts From The Nebraska Independent , Lincoln , Nebraska , Made by
Direction of the Populist State Central Committee
ANOTHER KEY-NOTE
Candidate Mickey Talku at Hnmboldt 01
National and State Blatters
Mr. Mickey , the republican candidate
for governor , delivered his "key-note"
speech at Humboldt last Friday night
It differed to some extent from the
key-note sounde by Norris Brown at
the meeting of republican delegates in
June , when ratification was made of
Mr. Mickey's selection by John N.
Baldwin , the U. P. attorney , and his
railroad conferees. But , like Brown's
key-note sounded by Norris Brown at
tuner ; it had a rasping , jarring sound.
It was decidedly "flat" although Mr.
Mickey evidently thought it was
"sharp. "
For one thing , however , Mr. Mickey
deserves credit he made use of very
little of the statistical matter pre
pared by the state house republican
literary bureau. Perhaps the ludicr
ous blunders made by a former re
publican candidate ior governor , who
used the literary bureau stuff , sufficed
to put Mr. Mickey on his guard.
After throwing a few bouquets at
himself and incidentally at the repub
lican party , Mr. Mickey launched out
on a discussion of the tariff but said
nothing. Then he lauded McKinJey
and Roosevelt , talked a little about
the issues of 189G , referred to Bryan's
"First Battle , " and then touched on
state matters a little.
He indulged in a few platitudes
about how contracts should be let for
supplies for state institutions , but had
the good sense to not quote any of
the bureau stuff about "surpluses" and
"deficiencies , " probably knowing that
this would get him into deep water.
He then took up the revenue law and
said that "our state revenues are in
bad shape , " because "we are all , or
nearly all , a lot of tax shirkers. " Re
ferring to the fact that the state has
now a floating debt of about two mil
lions , he said that "we have allowed
our liabilities to increase at the rate
of about $100,000 per year for many
years ; " but he neglected to mention
that every dollar of that floating debt
was placed thereunder republican ad
ministrations. He forgot to tell that
the state had really no floating debt on
November 30 , 1886 , and that on No
vember 30 , 1896 , the floating debt had
grown to the enormous sum of $1-
936,273.47 , or substantially the amount
it is today. He forgot to tell that
when the populist and democratic
state officers took charge in January ,
1897 , there were $449,267.35 of state
bonds outstanding , and that when they
turned the state treasury over to the
"redeemers" in January , 1901 , every
dollar of bonds and interest had been
paid off and cancelled , notwithstand
ing a former republican administra
tion had stolen $180,000 of the sink
ing fund , intended for the purpose of
paying off the bonds and Interest. Not
only that , but he forgot to state that
on November 30,1900 , at the end of the
fiscal year just before the present re
publican administration took charge ,
the floating debt had been reduced to
$1,727,447.72 ; in other words , every
dollar of the present floating debt is
chargeable to republican adt nistra-
tion , and it would have been $208-
825.75 greater had it not been for the
four years of fusion management. Mr.
Mickey carefully avoided mentioning
these facts.
He then showed his claws regard
ing the practice of investing the per
manent educational funds in the war
rants constituting this floating debt
a practice inaugurated by the fusion-
ists as soon as they got in power in
1897 , and one which appeals so strong
ly to the good sense of the people
that the present republican adminis
tration dared not discontinue it. Mr.
Mickey said : "There is a very grave
loubt in the minds of many about the
legality of this course , and it is evi-
lent that this matter must be given
ittention and the fund replaced. The
luestion arises , how shall we do it ? "
Probably he does not know that the
! und is being "replaced' in part every
; ime the treasurer makes a call for
egistered general fund warrants ; and
hat it is being reinvested every time
; he treasurer buys a general fund war-
ant with educational money. When
; he last outstanding general fund war-
ant shall be paid off , and the state
) laced on a cash basis , then every dol-
ar of the educational funds will be
'replaced. " Should he by any mis-
: hance be elected governor , this speech
ndicates that he would oppose the in-
restment of the permanent educational
unds in state warrants something
hat would be very pleasing to a few
varrant brokers , but a hard blow at
he common schools which have re-
eived so much in school apportion-
nents during tins administration , the
nterest on general fund warrants
ought during the fusion administra-
ion. *
Again he paid his respects to the
ax-shirkers , saying that "tax-shirking
s an evil of great magnitude and is ,
o a great extent , responsible for" the
; ecrenso In our grand assessment roll ,
"rue enough. But he neglected to
tate the cause of tax-shirking the
act that the state board is primarily
esponsible. The records show that
very time the state board makes a
ubstantial increase in railroad as-
essments , the assessors respond the
text year or the year after by rais-
ng land valuations ; and that a de-
rease by the board causes a decrease
iy the assessors.
Coming to the question of railroad
.ssessment , he quoted the republican
An Unique Card I
Will M. Maupin of The Commoner
taff , who was nominated for state
enator by the democrats and popul-
sts of Lancaster county a few weeks
go , is handing out a campaign card
rhich deserves more than passing at-
ention. He says : "They say there
s no chance for democratic success
n Lancaster county. There is always
chance for right to win. " Under the
lead of "My Platform" he informs the
eople that "if elected to the state sen-
te I will not waste time trying to re
arm the tariff ; neither will I waste
[ me trying to reform the currency. I
'ill wait until I am elected to con-
plank ami said : "This is the posi
tion of the republican party upon the
question. I accept it and stand upon
it. " What he stands upon is this :
"The franchises as well as the
tangible property of all corpora
tions should be assessed so as to
bear their just and due shares of
the cost of government , state ,
county , and municipal , the same
as other taxable property as con-
etmplated by the constitution. "
What does that mean ? According to
the "second answer" filed by the pres
ent republican board of equalization ,
at the behest of Baldwin and other
members of the celebrated Mickey con
ference , it means a railroad assess
ment of 26 % millions. According to
the contention of the present repub
lican board and the railroad attorneys
who represented it , as acting attor
neys general , the board did assess the1
"franchises as well as the tangible
property" at an amount high enough
"so as to bear their just and due
shares of the cost of government ; "
and as that amount was 26 % millions ,
and as Mr. Mickey hasn't said it was
too low , it must meet his approval.
The day for pretty platitudes is past.
It is not enough to say , "I shall be
governed only by what I think to be
fair and just to all. " People like to
know what the speaker considers "fair
and just , " whenever it is possible to
tell in advance. And it is possible
to say what one considers a fair and
just railroad assessment under pres
ent conditions. No one expects the
problem to be worked out to a cent ,
but it can be stated approximately.
This the populist platform does by
saying :
"Based upon the present as
sessed valuation of all property
we will raise the assessed valua
tion of the railroad property of
this state from 26 millions to at
least 40 millions of dollars. "
Mr. Mickey does not say that the
populist demand is unfair or unjust ,
but remarks that "it seems easy for
some to settle this and other kindred
subjects on the spur of the moment. "
He seems ignorant of the fact that
the question has been growing for a
good many years , and that hundreds
of men who never held a state office
have given the subject more hours of
serious study perhaps than the mem
bers of the state board are accustomed
to do when they actually make the
assessment. The populist plank is the
outgrowth of such study. It is not a
mere leap in the dark.
Speaking of investments for the per
manent education funds , Mr. Mickey
favored an amendment including
school district bonds , municipal bonds
of our own state , and the state bonds
of other states , as securities which
might be purchased. All will agree
to this , except the last item. From
a legal standpoint a state bond is
less desirable than a county or city
bond.
He then quotes a half column of lite
rary bureau stuff showing a compari
son of the receipts and disbursements
of the state treasury. The compari
son covers a period of 19 months in
the administration of Meserve and a
like period under Stuefer. Assuming
that the totals are correctly given ,
it is not dimcult to show how erron
eous are the deductions. For exam
ple , the figures show that Stuefer's to
tal collections were more than a mil
lion dollars greater than Meserve's
chiefly permanent educational funds
and that he lacked of disbursing all
tiis receipts $213,442.01
While Meserve lacked only. 144,104.43
Yet the claim is made that Stuefer's
iverage monthly balance was $31,000
less than that of Meserve which is
simply absurd.
Their own figures show that Me
serve's average monthly receipts
; vere $249,473.41
his disbursements were. 241,888.97
Leaving the sum of $ 7,584.44
mdisbursed each month , so that in
L9 months he lacked $144,104.43 of pay-
ng out all that he had received during
; hat time. This takes in all funds.
Mr. Stuefer's average monthly re-
: eipts were $311,860.91
Lnd dusbursements were. . . 299,627.13 t
Leaving the sum of $ 11,233.78
mdisbursed each month , so that in 19
nonths he lacked $213,442.01 of paying
mt all that he had received during
, hat time. Evidently his average
5AILY balance was much greater than
Reserve's. In the face of such a show-
ng it couldn't be otherwise. The de-
; eption is made by taking an average
if the balances at the end of each
Qonth one day out of 26 business
lays and calling it an "average
nonthly balance. "
As to the investments of the perma-
tent educational funds , Mr. Stuefer
ias received more and invested more
ban Mr. Meserve did , because a large
tart of Stuefer's receipts came from
he turning over of the warrants pur-
hased for investment by Mr. Meserve.
? he comparative figures are :
leserve received $1,239,231.29
rleserve invested 1,207,275.85
Difference $ 31,955.44
ituefer received $2,402,082.91
ituefer invested 2,227,573.61
Difference $ 174.509.30
Accordingly , while in his 19 months
Ir. Meserve lacked $32,000 of invest-
Dg every dollar he received in that
leriod , Mr. Stuefer. in his 19 rronths ,
acked $175,000 of investing all he re-
eived.
Again the same tactics are pursued j
jess before striving officially for thecc ' t
teeded reforms. But if elected to the fi
enate I will work and vote for re\i- a
ion of the state revenue laws to the t <
nd that the big corporations pay taxes c
Q just proportion with the little home u
wners ; enlargement and perfection of
he initiative and referendum ; liberal
.ppropriations for state institutions
ased on economical management ; an
mendment to the federal constitu-
ion providing for the election of sena-
ors by direct vote of the people ; for
quitable freiffht rates , and against
reight pools and railroad mergers.
"If elected I will do my best to rep-
esent the people. If defeated I will
ave the satisfaction of knowing that
in trying to show that Stuefer's aver
age monthly balance of these funda
was $113,000 smaller than Meserve's
simply an average of the balances on
hand on the last day of each month.
It does hot stand to reason that this is
a fair statement , because on the aver
age Meserve invested all his receipts
but $1.681.87 each month , while Stue
fer lacked $9,184.69 of investing all his
receipts each month. Stuefer's average
DAILY balance of these funds on hand
must have been at least ? 70,000 greater
than Meserve's.
As a key-noter Mr. Mickey's "tim
bre" is a trifle better than Norris
Brown's , but both of them remind one
of the expression of a bored man at
the matinee : "Too many cracks for
good weather-boarding , and hardly
enough for a paling fence. "
CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE.
A DEBT TO BE PAID
The Exeter Enterprise Reviews the Hi
lory of the Counting : Out of Honest
John Powers
The following from the Exeter En
terprise is a well worded statement
of the counting out of Governor Pow
ers in 1890. It is true that the people
owe it to "Uncle John" to elect him
secretary of state this fall , and thus
partially atone for the wrong done
him in 1890 , yet his claims for election
by no means rest upon this alone. Mr.
J owers would scorn to aspire to a po
sition he is unqualified to fill and
there is no office within the gift of the
people -.ebraska he could not fill
with honor to himself and them. Al
though getting up in years , yet both
Lmind and body he is more vigorous
than thousands of men twenty years
his junior. Delegates to Grand Island
will not soon forget his marvelous
powers of endurance in presiding over
the convention from 3 o'clock in the
afternoon all through the night until
the next morning. Says the Enter
prise :
Regardless of politics the people of
Nebraska ought not to miss the op
portunity to elect John Powers to the
office of secretary of state. It is a
debt which they owe him for having
beaten him out of the governorship
to which he was fairly elected in
1890. Briefly stated the circumstances
of that campaign were as follows :
A vote was impending on a prohibi
tion amendment to the state constitu
tion. In order to hold the prohibition
vote the republican party had agreed
with the prohibitionists to submit the
amendment , and had agreed with the
Omaha brewers to defeat it. At the
end of the campaign it was apparent
that there was danger of the amend
ment carrying , so it was arranged that
! i number of ballots were to be placed
in the poll boxes in Douglas county ,
all against the amendment , but so
that it would have no political effect ,
these ballots were equally divided be
tween the republican and democratic
tickets. L. C. Richards was the re
publican candidate for governor , J. H.
Powers , the populist candidate and
Fames E. Boyd the democratic candi
date. There being few populists in
Douglas county the excess fraudulent
rote was divided between the republi
cans and democrats and the populists
eft out The result on governor was
rery close and Mr. Powers would have
jeen elected but for the fact that the
stuffed ballot boxes in Douglas county
ilected Boyd over Richards.
It was probably the first instance in
Nebraska politics that any man was
sver elected to a state office by fraud-
ilent votes , and the best way the state
: an redeem itself will be to elect Mr.
'owers as its secretary. To make the
icheme certain of success the returns
rom Douglas county were not given
ut with the others , but held back un-
il the returns from the state were in ,
o that it would be known how many
'anti-prohibition" ' ballots it would be
tecessary to stuff into the Douglas
ounty boxes to defeat the amendment ,
telegraph offices all over the state
irere ordered held open all night and
he best news collectors in each vot-
ng township paid to send in a report
if the county vote before the poll
looks were sealed. The result was a
urprise because the amendment was
efeated outside of Douglas county ,
ut to make the matter sure several
housand bogus votes were fired into
he Douglas county boxes and never a
ne of them had on it the name of
ohn H. Powers.
The republicans dare not challenge
liis statement as a matter of histori-
al accuracy. In view of the fact that
tie same old republican machine is t
rying to inspire the prohibition vote
rith the magic name of Mickey , these
icts are interesting just at this time. a
The Baldwin Candidates
The Independent has nothing to say
gainst Messrs. Mickey , Weston and \
[ ortensen as individuals. They are
leasant gentlemen to meet , and have
rarm personal friends who swear by
icm. As a business proposition for
le railroads the election of these men
ould be a good one. Mr. Weston's po-
ition on the railroad assessment is S !
ell known. He was the moving I !
ririt to prevent any material increase.
overnor Savage had ideas of an in-
: ease , but Treasurer Stuefer who
> ally knew but little about the sub-
jct was induced to hold with Wes-
m and the two outvoted Governor
Mortensen has for years repre-
mted the Burlington as land agent at
rd , and Mr. Mickey represented the
nion Pacific in a similar capacity. In
le face of this , with a vague platform , j
id with Baldwin's famous interview
(
ndenied. can the people hope for any ,
icrease in the railroad assessment if j
icse gentlemen are elected ? As a j
> isiness proposition for the other tax-
ivers , their election would certainly
3 a losing one.
ie voters had an opportunity to vote ,
ir a candidate who had no strings
Cached to him. I don't need a sena- ,
ir's salary half as much as Lancaster j
ninty needs good democrats and pop-
ists in office. "
It is reported from London that Sir
arcus Sarapel was elected lord mayor
; the city for the ensuing year , suc-
seaing Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale. The
ection took place on September 29.
Honestly now , Mr. Taxpayer and
tizen , into whose hands would you
efer to give the management of your
iblic affairs , Baer or Mitchell.
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