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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. RICE EDITOR
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County ,
TJmrMilay , October 23 , 1902
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FU 1OX TICKET.
For Congress , 6th Congressl onal District.
I * . H. BAUIIY.
For Slats Senator. i4th Senatorial District.
A. 51. MOIlllIWKBV ,
For Governor ,
W. H. THOMPSON.
Lieutenant Governor ,
K. A. GIUSEUT.
Secretary of Sta-c ,
JOHX POWKKS.
Auditor ,
C. Q. DK KUANCR.
Treasurer ,
J. N. J.yaiAJT.
Attorney General ,
J. H. RKOADV.
Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings.
J. C. BKKNXAX.
Superintendent of Schools ,
CLAUDK SMITH.
For Representative , 52ud I'si net.
P. SULLIVAN.
For County Commissioner. 2nd Com. Dist.
W. H. THOMPSON
FOR GOVERNOR.
We want our readers to
know the favorable com
ment of other paper *
tor Mr. Thompson.
We give only a few ot
many such cont
inents a *
The Niobrara Pioneer , one of the
oldest republican pajt-is in Nebraska
has come out for W J ( . Thompson for
governor and will support the entire
fusion ticket. Seward Democrat.
"Billy" is far the peer of Mickey , in-
tellect-and "ichooliug.lie should be
elected governor by all means. Mr
Thompson . is. thoroughly , reliable in
every way. Neb. Blizzard.
While the republican press continues
to sing the praises- their candidate
Mickey as being 'a practical farmer. "
Wni. II. Thompsonkeeps on sawing
wood and posing only before the people
as a manly man. He neeils no ruse to
carry him" into office. Platte County
Leader.
The republicans and fusiomstsof Hal' '
county are vieing with each other to say
nice things about W. II. Thompson.
th ? ir fellow citizen , who is the fusion
nominea for governor this fall. This is
something decidedly out of the ordinary
and portends an easy victoiy for
Thompson at the polls. Holdrege
Progress.
The Madison , Mail says the fusionists
never put up a stronger ticket than they
hav this year and the republicans
never nominated a weaker one. Par
ticularly is this true with reference to
the candidates for governor. Every
voter in the state ought to east his ballot
for W. II. Thompson for governor.
Wayne Democrat.
Much has been said about a business
man's administration of public affairs.
If that iswhat you want vote for W.
II. Thompson for governor , lie is a
business man of known ability , honest ,
straightforward , fearless. lie is owned
by no corporation or clique of men and
will make an ideal governor St. Paul
PhonographPress. .
Because Mickey has always been a
rampant Anti-Saloou fanatic is his own
afiair , but his abandonment of the
Auti-Saloon League the week after he
was nominated and having his name
omitted from their btationery just for
political effect will cause grave doubts
to prevade the public mind as to the
sincerity of his Christianity. Holt
County Independent.
No roan in Grand lalim ] or Hall
county has bf-en found ihat will say
a word against Hon. W.H. Thompson ,
and that speaks well for the "Little
Giant. " He has been so honest and
upright in his dealings that even his
political enemies admire him. That's
a grand endorsement. A better
one could not be asked for. In
the hands of such-a man the people's
interests are safe.
The stroim untrast between U e
home reputation ? of the two candi
dates for iiuvcroer is causing great
era. Mr.Mickey will run far behird
his own ticket in Polk county , while
Mr. Thompson will run hundreds
ahead at Grand Island. The fusiun-
ists congratulate themselves on the
excellent character of their candi
dates throughout the ticket Button
Register.
This certainly is a campaign that W.
U , Thompson , the fusion candidate for
governor , can feel proud of. People are
being met every day , who have hereto
fore voted the republican ticket , that
are now openly and publicly declaring
their intentions to support the fusion
nominee , Mr. Thompson for governor.
These same men know Mr. Thompson
and know him to be an honest upright
man and that is one of the reasons they
are going to support him fo * governor.
Such a man as Mr. Thompson is appre
ciated by those who Know him and there
is no question about his election and WP
believe by a larger majority than many
estimate. Aurora Sun.
No Man has ever bsen nominated on
any ticket who has the confidence of sill
classes ot people which W. II. Thomp
son , the fusion nominee holds. No man
can say naught against htm and as for
honesty and ability no man stands high
er or is better qualified for governor.
IIis record as mayor of Grand Island
should convince any voter that with him
at the hea 1 of the beautiful state of Ne
braska , both republicans and fusionitsts
are safe from impositions which have
been thrust upon us during the past few
years as well as during the Hartley
transgressions Voter be patriotic
enough to look into this matter and be
sure that you cast your vote for the
people and not for the lailroad corpor
ations. Hastings Public Journal.
There is that about Billy Thomp
son that pives the people who meet
him the feeling that he is a man to
be trusted. One would notice this
even if he had never had the pleas
ure of a previous acquaintance with
Mr. Thompson. It is a quality which
will win for the gubernatorial candi
date the good will and friendly offices
of hosts of those who do not belieye
as he does politically. We have
known Billy for several yeirs , and. we
entertain for him a very high regard
not merely because he is of our faith
but because we have knowledge ot
his grod qualities. We know him to
.be absolutely a sincere and an honest
man , and one whom the people can
trust to serve them well , faithfully
and economically. Mr.THompson is
not the railroads candidate , but he
stands forth as the people's repressn-
tatiye. Nebraska State Democrat.
IIou. W. II , Thompson's campaign for
governor is gathering strength from all
aides. He. is recognized by sound
business interests of all classes to be an
eminently safe man for the office. He
believes in ai'britation in the spttlement
of labor troubles. This would stop the
present strike on the U. P. railroad
which is so disastrous to all business ,
lie is in favor of assessing the railroads
much higher than at present in order
to raise levenues sufficient to meet our
expenses. As a candidate for a public
office he is letting the people know just
where he atan Is D.I all puuhc q i-st'oiif
While hb competitor , . . .i.Sli - , t-.i , i-
parading his privare affairs , ujo\viugui"
his honesty and crying ov r the sins ot
others who are not as goud as he. And
every one knows tuat this blowing and
blubbering of Candidate Mickey isonly
a cloak of sentiment he dons to cover
up his corporation ownership. If you
want to know where he stands on public
questions ask the railroads. Fullertou
Post.
Post.W.
W. H. Thompson , the democratic
and populist nominee for goyemor. is
the kind of a man who ia highly esteem
ed by those who know him best. A
popular and well liked man in ever }
section of Nebraska , ic is in Grand
[ slaud. where he has lived for man
years , that he has his most ardent au
tuirers ahd wannest supporter. In hit
jase it ' .s not true that the prophet is
without hoiiur in bis own country. In
i score or more of years the people of
ji'ari'i Inland have had abundant op-
jortunity to learn to knowV. . H.
Fhornpson , who came to the city a poor
ind unknown man , and has risen to be
jne of its leading citizens. They h < ve
earned to know him so well that they
Avice elected him mayor of their repub-
ican city. He made the best mayor
; he city had ever hvtd ; gave the people
lie cleanest , ablest and most business
ike administration possible. Since
.vhicli . Grand Island has known no
in its esteem for the ' 'Little
- Arapahoe Pioneer.
The following letter written by Mr ,
JeFrance to lion. Fred A. N\o at
vearney , represents weeks of hard toil
o assemble , prove , and intelligently
jresent the facts regarding the present
tate administration and the adminis-
ration under the fusion officials. This
overs the ground thoroughly and we
, sk tach ; reader of this paper to 'xam
QHIC umsfully. These figures ai'H ab.
olutely reliable. The repubhcaub
cpwajittetf ihrou b jhtjr pre ' buI I
reau , run in the patent hide of republi
can papers ; and deliberately and malic
iously lied regarding these matters , and
it is due to the honest thinking people
of Nebraska that they have an oppor
tunity to know the truth.
B. R. B. TEIJEU.
Chairman Populist State Com ,
Lincoln , Nebr. , Sept. , 23. 1902.
Hon. Fred A. Nyn :
Dear Sir : I Inve yours of the 16th
inst , inquiring if ourcomin ittee expect
to prepare a comparison of fact , figures
etc. , between the present republican
stite administration and former fusion
administrations. Inasmuch as the re
public ins have full charge at the state
house , and have free access to all re
cords , I have been w.iting a long time
for them to lake the imtative and pre
sent facts in support of * heira > serlious.
You will remember that your fellow
townsman , the gentleman who does the
attorney geaeral's work for H deputy's
pay except when there are ' 'friends
ofthecouit" around , sounded what
was called a ' 'keynote" at the meeting
of republican delegates in June , called
to ratify the selections made at the fam-
ou > conference of railroad attorneys ten
days-prior thereto. \viildoubtless
raneuiber his statement that "there
stood at the end of the fii > tear to the
ere lit of the present state administra
tion the sum of $87,231,01 , Republi
cans , one of the material issues of this
campaign is , shall the state and the tax
payers be again turned over to the tend
er mercies of deficiency builders , salary
purioiners and interest collectors ? '
Now , Norris Brown is a pleasant gent
leman to meet , and a good lawyer , but
he fell into the error of using some
statistical matter cooked up in the State
Journal and Evening News in April
this year , remarkable chiefly for tne
things omitted.
For example the penitentiary wass
entirely omitted from boih tables , and
the Kearney school and Mi i I ford sold
ier's home from one of them , The
point sought to be made that the repub
licans officials had refrained from
spending quite half Of what the legisla
te of 1901 had Said they might spend
in two years. But that did not prove
that they had spent less than their fus
ion predecessors had in a like period of
time. To Illustrate : The legislature
of 1899 appropriated large sums for
erecting new buildings , ' but did not
give enough for current expenses. The
result was that deficieuces were incur
red at a number of institutions , chiefly
in the items of fuel and lights and
board and clothing. The legislature of
1901 appropriated much less for build
ings and other permanent iinprove-
'
iniiets , but gave nearly $110,000 more
for current expenses , as the following
will show :
COMPARISON OF APPROPRIATIONS'FOS
JUKKISNT EXPENSES.
ISM 1001
Asylum , Hasting } S1TG 800 § 204JOO
A.sylum , Lincoln 117-150 145725
Asylum , NorfolK 102.800 07 OJU
Penitentiary 3' ' K > 0 : w 500
Kearney Sell jol 82 70J EG 50
Geneva School 155 7110 a.3 i o
Beatrice School 72 350 93 800
Oaiuiiu School ( W aw 73 930
Nebr. City School15 S7o ! > ura
Sold'rj Home Grand Is 78 870 97 810
Spldiei s home Millt'or.1 1C 700 20 8SO
iloine for I'riKUvliL'Si 8-J CUj 33 500
. .jvUoviitil ho.no IS 170 20 650
Totab $878 9& > 988 915
Accordingly , the republicans could
spend $55,000 a year more than was al
lowed the fusionists for current expen
ses , and. still keep within their appro
priation . As a matter of fact the state
ment made by Mr. Broim was not true
because the penitentiary. Millford sold-
lers home , and Kearney school , had j
each used up more than oue-Lalf their !
respective allowances iu the first jear
tue penitentiary had used its ! ? 3i.OOO
for "maintenance" all except 52 cents
by the llth of March , 1903 ess tnau
a year ) , and these were convenient ! )
omitted from the statistical table from
which he secured uiVmTormatum But
whether half was used in one year , or
less than half , the real quesi'on is , how
much was spent , and is this more or
less than was spent by the fusionists in j
the same length ot time in maintaining
an equal number of inmates ? This is
the real question. i
Tne only attempt that has been made '
by the republicans to show any com- '
parative figures was a tablet printed in
the Lincoln Evening JNeft's , April 17 ,
1902. Shortly after it appeared I show-
id the inaccuracies and unfairness in it
in a series of articles in the Nebraska
[ ndepen dent. A sample will suffice.
For a year's expenses at Beatrice the
jgures given were :
Fusion $ , -C SUG.2.S
Kepublicnn : ; T 150.12
Republican saving $19 7t7.i ; < ;
Investigation showed that the fusion
iigures included $2(5,776.04 ( expended
> n turnnew building * , but the republi-
Jtn figbi-ds did NOT include $13,710 90
jxpnndel in the purchase of land. Af-
, er eliminating from both sides the ex-
lendituiv.s for buildings , land and oth-
! r betterments and ivpairs , I found tho
jxpenditures for current expei ses as
'ollows :
Eepulili rail S33 j.S.G-2
Fusion 37 159.12
0735.7 *
*
That ought to put a reasonably cau
tious man on his guard. The Fame
thing had been done regarding the
soldiers' home at Grand Island and fie
school at Omaha. The comparison was
worthless it was worse than that , be
cause it was purposely intended to de
ceive.
Since the receipt of your letter I have
examined the records in the auditor's
office and prepared a comparative table
covering the period from April 1st 189'J
to August 31 , 1900 , under Governor
Poy nter's administration , and the
period from April 1. 1901 to August 31 ,
1902. under Governors Dietrich and
Savage. This is apparently 17 months ,
but really only sixteen for all but about
i two of the institutions , because August
claims are usually uaid in September
and neither appropriation was available
for claims incurred prior to April 1st.
This does not matter , however , as both
sides are treated alike I have taken
the auditor's warrant record for my
authority it shows what was paid.
In order to get at the matter intelli
gently. I have divided the appropria-
tious into three classes ( a ) those for
current expenses , such as board and
clothing , fuel and lights , etc. ( b ) those
for repairs and replacements ; ( c ) those
for buildings and other permanent im
provements , new engines , furniture ,
and the like and designated them for
convenience as maintenance , repairs ,
and betterments , respectively. The
division cannot ba made exact to a
cent , because some appropriations cov
er all three classes of items ( usually
sinail ) , but whatever I have called an
appropriation for one side I have called
it for the other , I have omitted the
institution at Beatrice from the sum
mary , because from May until some
time in the fall the superintendent was
holding on at the end of a lawsuit and
only a part of his vouchers were being
allowed ; this would make his apparent
expenditures too small for a fair com
parison and we can afford to be fair
if the other fellows do try the fiim flam
game.
As it is necessary to have a clear
understanding of the situation , I give
below the population ( that is to say ,
the inmates ) of the various institutions ,
as shown uy the records in the gov
ernor's office :
INMATES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS.
Kep. Fus lucr'flu
May 31 , Ma > 31 ,
1902 lt'03
Asjlum Hastings 784 C77 107
Asylum Lincoln Ci5 371 211
.asylum Norfolk ( a ) 273 273
Grand Inland 325 273 52
'Milford ( S&S ) 88 57 31
Nebraska. City 55 72 17
Omaha 202 197 3
t (
" '
Uucoln ( II F. ) 76' 75 'l
Milford ( I. II. ) 53 59 ' 6
Kearney Inrf 125 13
Geneva 55 63 13
.Penitentiary 332 273 59
Totals 2,723 2,523 203
( a ) Binned out and patients removed.
"Tlie large growth in population at
the two sol-iiers1 home is doubtless ex
aggerated . The republican figures are
doubtless the total enrollment and in
clude those out on furlough , while the
fusion figures are made up from the
average of the roll calls for six months.
It is also remarkable to note the growth
in population at the penitentiary , uot-
withsaudiug the'efforts made by the
present governor to keep it down.
However , these are the official figures
and we must accept them.
The comparison of expenditures in
the periods named above is as tollows.
TWELVE STATE INS'l ITUTIONS.
( Beatrice omitted. )
Republican Fusion
April 1,1901 to April 1,1899 to
Aug. 81. 1002 , Aug. 31 , 1909.
Maintenance 57G.2i ; CO 520.8G6 uo
Repairs 10.072 29 16,155 06
Betterments 7 ! > ,258 10 123,736 76
TotatlS 671.597 45 UC0.736 70
Our inquiry is now concerning th
item ol maintenance , Itvill be tee ]
tnat the republican expenditure is $55-
400 greater than that of the fusionists
for this item , but that of itself proves
nothing until we compare the number
of inmates maintained We find that
there were 203 additional inmates under
republican ? id ministration , and it cost
the state $ oo,400.l6 additional to care
for them. That is , § 272.90 to each in
mate for sixteen mouth" ) .
Now , the 2,5 0 inmates were cared
for this length of time by the fusion
administration at the cost of § 200.69
each ; but the whole 2,733 inmates under
republican administration cost § 211.63
apiece. That settles the question of
which cost the more. So far as dollars
and cents are concerned this is pro
bably the best record ever made by any
republican administration but it falls
ahort of the fusion record by consider
able. The item of "maintenance" for
the several institutions included in the
above is as follows :
C U KKENT EXPENSES TAVELVE IN S-
TirtJTI ) N-J.
Republican Fusion
Hastings 12u 165 57 88 260 43
Lincoln 9528570 7211231
Norl lk 33 351 24 61270 47
Penitentiary 7116745 5388757
3nmd Island 63271 H 5604073 j
tliiford. ( S&SJ 1638694 1296093 !
Jmaha : ; : > 472 32 42156 16 i
Elome Friendless 16 815 08 20 157 04
Nebraska City 21730 43 28171 11
Geneva 18125 09 18521 fil
Icarnej C2 435 18 55 3j > 5 35
ft fttt * >
Totals 570 2C7 03 520 866 DO
The best index to what an adminis
tration is doing is found by looking at
the cost of mamtaing the insane aslums
and the penitentiary. Wo need say
nothing about the fires at Norfolk and
the penitentary. Those were undoubt
edly the result of republican negligence
and carelessness and the taxpayers
lost heavily. Had these losses occurred
under fusion administration , wo should
never have heard the last of them.
Owing to the Norfolk fire and the con
sequent removal of patients to the other
two places , we shall treat the three as
one in our comparison. The figures
are :
Inmates Cost Fer Capita
Republ'can 1,399 S25I.S0551 $182.13
Fusion 1,321 221.64U.23 167.79
Rep. increase 73 33,150.23 14.34
The fusionists cared for 1,321 inmates
as these asylums at a total cost of $221.
649 23. or § 167 79 each for the period
named. An addition of 78 inmates un
der republican rule cost the tax payeja
an additional § 33,156 28 , or $425 08
a head. Rather difficult to show much
republican economy with such figures.
For every inmate in these institutions ,
the republican cost is $14.34 greater
than the fusion cost for exactly the
same length of time. This is what the
records show.
The penitentiary record is even worse
it is such a sore spot that the republi
cans hate to even think about it. After
the disastrous fire down there the w-ir-
den got so muddled that Governor
Savage was obliged to call upon a popu
list to go down and get matters
straightened up. Warden Leidigh in
1898 had succeeded in running the
penitentiary a whole year on a little less
than $7,500 from the general fund , and
was of ths opinion he could get along
the next two years with only 30.000
using in addition , of course , the con
victs'earnings. It transpired that this
was too little ; but his successor , W..r
deu Ilopkins made the § 30,000 last
little over fifteen months up to Jul\
17 , 1900 , when he had used all but
< 97 54 of it. ilis successor , Warden
Davis started in with $35,000 from th < -
geueral fund and had it all spent but 52
cents by the llth day of March , 1902 , a
little less than a year. Aside from what
he gets from convicts' earnings , Davis
since that
has been running on tick
time. Hopkins had about $22.000 of
"Deficiencies ; " Davis will surely have
in the neighborhood of $50,000. Com
parison for this institution is as follows :
Inmates Cost Per capita
Republican 332 S7MC743
Fusion 273 53887.59 197.39
Rep. in-rease 53 17.279.8C
It cost Warden Hopkins $197.39
apiece to care for 273 convicts ; but the
additional 59 under Davis' -'redemp
tion" cost an additional $17,279.86. or
$293.88 a head. But this is not all : On
August 31. 1900 , Warden Hopkins had
been running "on tick" a little over six
weeks from July 17th. Butou Aug
ust 31 , 1902 , Warden Davis had been
buying on time ( running up deficien
cies ) ever since March llth over five
and a half months. Neither Hopkins
nor Davis had enough appropriated to
run the penitentary without a deficien
cy , but the records show which man
made the best of a bad situation. It
costs Davis about $12 a year more than
it did Hopkins to care for each convict.
Will the foregoing be sufficient in
formation along this lineV I have not
thought it necessary to make the tables
too extended , because they are harder
to understand. I have directed my in
quiry along the lines of finding out the
exact truth , believing in the long run
figurespiepared" for partisan purposes
are of little use. The record made by
the fusionists under Governors Holcomb
and Poynter , both in efficiency and
economy , has never been equalled. The
present republican officials some of
them have undoubtedly done better
than some of their republican prede
cessors. but none of them have yet learn
ed the art of attending to the state's
business with the same watchful care
that characterized the fusion .adminis
trations There is a reason for this :
Long years of power in Nebraska had
m enervating effect upon the republi
can party ; ability to control one's ward
was placed above business ability ; and
the result was administration by officers
who never counted the cost , who cared
nothing about that , because it " was
somebody else's money they were spend
ing , Yours Very Truly ,
Charles Q. DeFrauce.
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