THE VALENTINE DEMOIIRAT I. M. RICE Thursday. October 8 , 1D03 TERMS Subscription Si.OO per year in advan-ie ; $ ! . " ( When not paid in advance , Single cople . Cc. Display advertislPK 1 inch single col mm 15 ( per issue or $6.00 a year. Local Notices-jObltuaries , Lodge Resolution1 Mid Socials for Revenue 5c per line per issue. Parties living outside Cherry county not pel Bonally known are. requested to pay in advanct 10 par cent additional to above rates if over months In arrears. Notices of losses of stock free to brand adver Users. Fusion State Ticket. For Judge of the Supreme Court JUDGE J. J. SULLIVAN. For Regents of the University WM. O. JONES , Of Adams County. Dli , E. O. WEBBFR , Of Saunders County , For District Judges 15th Judicial District W. H. WESTOVEU , Of Sheridan County. J.J. HARRINGTON , of Holt County , CountTicket. . For Clerk Dn. A.J.PLU.MER. For Treasurer J. F. YOUNG. For Sheriff D. W. HILSINGER. For Superintendent PROF. It. H.WATSON. For Judge W. R. TOWNE. For Surveyor HUGH BOYER. For Assessor JOSEPH KBEYCIK : For Coroner DR , A. U. COMPTON. For Commissonpr 1st Com. disi. SOL. L. .ELLIS. HOT * . W. If. WESTOVEB Hon. W. H. Westover should receive a good majority of votes cast -rat the next election. People who jmow him best are his strong est supporters. He has been on the bench for eight years during which time his prompt and fearless wor& < has brought terror to the law breakers , scattered bands oi horsepand cattle rustlers and the dawn of civilization appears in the west. No more is it necessary to have organized vigilance commit tees to protect the settler and his flock. Scores of cattle rustlers have been sentenced to serve time . for molesting the" industrious farm er and ranchman who 'were trying to make a home for their families in the great west. Nine vigilance committees were in operation when Westover was lirst put upon the bench. Not one of them are in operation now. The reason is plain that they are no longer neces sary. Our courts have been courts of justice since Westover was made one of the judges of this lota Ju dicial district. There is no more of the long and tedious delays , dragging a case from one term of court to the next until justice tires and those who would see justice done takes the law into their own hands by organized forces. In the case of the state vs John Kelly in Holt county for cattle stealing , the case had been con tinued four times , running 2 years when Judge Westover went down to O'Neill in Sept. 1896 and .tried the case , the jury hung and instead of delaying until next terra of court Judge Westover - ordered a new jury for Monday morningand tried Kelly over again. He : was found guilty by the second jury and the Judge sentenced him to 5 years. This was not all. The court dockets contained a number of cases carried on from time to time in which justice was defeated by delays. In the case of John Fan ton in the same county tried for cattle stealing the regular panel of jurors was discharged and a new panel brought in which found him guilty and the Judge sentenced him to 8 years. Nor is this all. There were seven convictions made in that term : of court trad 33olt county hasn't had a cattle 'stealing case \ since. It is not to be wondered at i that Vigilance : ' committees were t 1 i organized to.p'rptect the settlers' s property when the courts had been i so diliatory. Itis true that the a country was newer then than now c I M but the Judge who was true .whei , the country had a la\yless band of thieves roaming at will which seemed to overpower the country , is a safe man now to protect th ! interests of every law abiding cibi- -zen. Westover and Harrington Are The 33eii. The Judicial campaign in this district is of more than passing importance to stockmen , and they are showing their interest by tak ing a more active part in the cam paign than is usually the case with them. It is safe to say that four- fifths of the cattlemen of the dis trict are supporting the fusion nominees. A prominent stockman , a mem ber of one of the largest cattle companies in northwest Nebraska , in speaking of the judicial situation expressed himself unqualifiedly as being in favor of Judges Westover and Harrington. He said , "this is an instance in which Mark Han- na's advice , 'let well enough alone' coincides with the views of the cattle men. Wo are for the re election of Westover and Harring ton. And why shouldn't we be ? Prior to the election of Judge Westover our employees spent a large portion of their time in chas ing down cattle rustlers and en deavoring to recover stolen cattle , and our company expended thous ands of dollars in seeking to get conviction of those arrested ; but under the lax system of enforcing the law our time - and money was largely thrown away. Af terWest- over was elected there was a de cided change- for the better. ( I personally know ) that during the first year he was on the bench he sent twenty-three cattle thieves to the penitentiary on long time sen tences. That practically put a stop to cattle stealing in this district. Since that time we havn't expend ed a dollar in running down cattle thieves. . The .cattle men haven't forgotten what they owe to Judge Westover , and they are now in a position -where they can .partly re pay him. Every man who has a herd of cattle can well afford to put a few days work among 'his neigh bors to insure his re-election. In regard to Judge-Harrington , while the cattle rustling was" almost en tirely1'destroyedbefore he was elected to the "bench , jet in the cases tried Before him he has fol lowed closely in the footsteps of Judge Westover.It is safe to say that every cattle 'thief thatiias be'en in his court got all that was coming to him. " There can be no question but.tho statement above quoted voices the sentiment of the cattle men gener ally in the district. They do not care to exchange men who have been tried and not found wanting for men they know nothing about. Partisanship cuts but little figure in judicial elections with the stock men. They want men on the bench whom they know -and can trust. " Men who will see that the laws are enforced without fear or favor. In our present judges the people have the utmost confidence. Their records - i ords on the bench are entirely sat isfactory to the people of the dis- . brict and we confidently predict their jre-election by a large major ity. The republican convention Tues- lay resulted in the nomination of ; he same set of officers now in of- ice , viz : Keece , Shattuck , Lay- x > rt , Lewis , Leach and Miss 3ro jvn. E. C. Cole , of Cody , was lominatccl for county assessor and V. E. Morris , of Woodlake , for.j ounty commissioner of the 1st - lommissioner district. J. M. Jlarkson was nominated for county udge. A. G. Fisher , of Chadron , nd W. T. Wills , of Butte , were resent to tell the people ; about Jryan and silver and 16 to 1 and lot of other stuff which they ' bought to be cute and winding up 1 rith that peculiar whang of Wills lat makes most people tired , he i : ated that a nomination on the ret ublican ticket meant sure election i id that he and Fisher were confir ent of being elected this fall , t The Democratic State Platform , Following is the platform aoopted at the state convention at Columbus : We , the democrats of IS"-ibraska-in convention asaem bed , reaffirm our faith in the principles 02" the party as enunciated in the last national platform , adopted at Kansas City. We denounce the national republican administration for its failure to carry out its promises heretofore made and its subservience to special interests at the expense of and to the detriment of the interests of the public at large. .We are unalterably oppj > * ed. to anyform of "asset currency , legisla tion and to any legislation oi the character of the. Aldrich bill. We demand that the attorney genenaLof our state shall make ap plication to the supreme court of the United States for permission to put the Nebraska maximum freight law into immediate effect , in accord with the suggestion ot the court. In'the campaign one year ago the democracy of Nebraska charged that the election of a republican legis lature would be a victory for the railroads and other corporate interests which presume to dictate in state allairs. We call attention to the faithful manner in which republican officials have championed the corporations , enacting and applying statutes to the injury of the home owners , farming and business interests to the profit of the raihoads and othe public corporations. We charge that the late republican legislature.deliberately substituted the Ra-msev bill intending thereby to deny to the farmers of this state all relief from the grain trust , the most burdensome and exacting combine now operating within this state. We arraign the republican party of Neb.aska for the failure of the last legislature to keep its ante-election promises ; to provide a just and equitaple reyenue-law , and charge that It surreodered to corporate in- fluejiceiand dictationrdiscri.minated in favor of therailroadsin.the .tax ation thereof. We arraign the republican state ad ministration for its extravagant expenditures and for burdeningthe state with a.n immense floating ; indebtedness - debtedness as a direct result of such action and we demand a more economic handling of the public funds The shameful interference by Governor Mickey in the efforts of his deputies to properly and honestly enforce the provisions of theoil , inspection law should meet the severe condemnation of every loveV of law"His notorious and successful at tempt to peimit the Standard Oil company to sell in this state a grade of oil condemed by his deputies as r'angerons ' to the life and property of consumers'must be construed as evidence of woeful ignorance or crimi nal collusion , f We believe the judiciary to be the corner ยง .tqne.qf American govern ment , both'state and national. Upon its ability , independence and in tegrity re = ts the future of American institutions. We'therefore ' demand that the judiciary of this state be kept free from partisan , bias and the undue influence of special and corporate interests. ' " We commend to the voters of Nebraska th'e record of John J. Sulli van as embodying our ideas of the high'character the judiciary ought to entertain We .invite all citizens , without reference to their political affilia tions , who agree with us in the foregoing principles and who believe in an independent judiciary to support the nominees of this convention. Wait awhile brother until you hear from some of these men out in the country who have tried standing guard of t heir , herds while .people tried experiments with Tom , Dicker or Harry as district judges , until they don't want anymore of it. They don't like trying experiments in business and its a business propo sition to the ranchmen and farm ers who have stock to protect tc see that the same-judges how in office are re-elected , and not the half horse lawyer from a little country-town over on the prairie who imagines lie's a great'ma'n because He secured the nomination for district judge , and that the people are going to vote for him. Says so , and says he's going to get scores of fusion votes down.- home because they all 'know him him dow'n'there and says he has friends down there in his little country village. Well , he'd be a darned mean man if he didn't have a few friends in a hamlet where they don't see stranger often enough..to keep from staring at him and wondering where lie came from. Wait awhile brother. ; Ion/t ) get to feeling too big about being nominated for district judge. The people don't want you for judge nor the trickster -and political : shyster who is your : running mate- either. In the case of Wills he is so little known that people never heard.of him before-he was-nomi nated for judge and won't hear of him after election fortwenty years/ It's different' , with "FisiieV ; ' ! Hcs. ' known , They all know about him ; but they'd rather- employ him as : an attorney when- they nee'd him/ ' " More LoeaL * "VTm. Bachelor . was , up from * Woodlake this week. J Arkansaw 3q1b spentt-severalii days in-town-this week. . . ; . Jas. ITelcli , of Chadron.is. in. | town visiting- his mother. , , ; Mrs. Carpenter , the minister V wife has been ill the past week. . , J" f ; J. S. Post , of Chicago , is in town" and will mo veins family here soon. ' " There has been lots of Indians , . - in town the past week hauling coal' ; to the agency. f * 'i Geo. Miller is in town this week' " ind will-go backto , Iowa in a few : lays on a visit. - A. II. Stees , of the Krickson , Jattle Co. , spent several days in . , own this week. i Robfr. Quisenbery drove in from i limeon with his brother-in-law - - , 1 ess Marion and wife and sister- i-law who took the train Tuesday ight for Ked Mont. Lodge , , where o lieyr expect to .make their' home , c . . , , - . / ' . ' 1 i The' Valentine Bottling Works p.u.ts up eleven different kinds of drinks. 17 * The county _ commissioners met Tuesday and remained in session t concluding1 toda-yr. TV. T. Bullis and wife returned .tiis week'from a-visit with rela tives at Springfield- . D. T S. L. Ellis' two-year old boy has tljeen quite sick the past week. Dr. Compton was out Tuesday. ' ' * ' , - : "P. H' ' : Yotin&of Simeoribrouglit : in a big bunch of cattle last week and 'shipped the first of this to Omaha. i j Some serious depredations were committed at the- Mount Hope Cemetery , east of town -last week , "The guilty ones should , be tafight a lesson , . National bank examiner Jas. A , : Cline was in town Tuesday checking - , ing over the 1st National bank here .and found the bank doing a thriv- business , ' A , 15. Thaeher returned lastlri- : -icay night from 'his two months stay at Waukesha Springs Sani- Ltarium , WisMlooking well and feeling well , r Fred Vhittemore , prsident of the .Valentine"Sta'te Bank and state Jan.k examiner , is at tlic bank this week in the absence of Charles -Sparks , who .is . down to Omaha j * * - * * * * -f * ' t ' itifcn * j * W. S. . Jackson . . . . taking . in . the .carniVaL ' "Deputy IX S. Marshal Mdore is in town .today ; He informed us .tha Private Lin nier. of Co. 1 , 25th infantry , who shot Serj. I'ours , vas convicted in the U. S. circuit court and ; sentenced to five years * Private -Morris , Co. . D , was found guilty o killing McKee and sen tenced to S years , , ; A stranger fell uncler , the . train if ? Cody'I Ioiiday night and was cut intwo. No one knows how he hap pened to be there but it is supposed ihat lie 'had 'started to board the ; rain-and in the dark stumbled ov jr a pile of coal just beside the , rack and fell between the cars as ic. made the attempt to get on vhile the train was moving. Malcomb Jeffers and Miss Edith > abb were married Monday eve- 1 ling at the home of D. M. Jeffers mile west of town. This worthy oung couple is well known to Val- ntine people and all join in wish- ] g them a happy and 'prosperous le. Miss Editli Crabb came Sun- ay from her father's home in Washington and is the daughter f G. P..Crab.b , who was formerly njnjy treasurer of this county , j is none too good when you're eating fruit. Ours is fresh and well ripened. : : ' : : : : are good when they are fresh , We sell a lot of them which keeps them fresh , : : ' " that's why we sell a lot of them. They're pure sweetness. is what you need every day. Ours is fresh when you want it.- : : : : : : : : : E. H BOHLE , The Confectioner. J > FKED WHITTEMORE. President JHAKI.K& SPARKS , Cashier J. W STETTER , Vice President CORA i , WATTKRS , Assistant Cashier Interest paid on time deposits. VALENTINE STATE BANK Capital , S25.0OO NEBRASKA Surplus , $1OOO Persons seeking a place of safety for their OHIce Hours money , will profit by investigating the 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. methods employed in our business. Jas. E. Pepper W. H. Me Bray er Canadian Club 111 O-eo , IKT. All the standard braads of Whiskies , domestic and vlI imported Wines , Gordon's Dry Gin , and Cigars , Jlf I , of . the choicest * brands. Rlue Ribbon Bottled Beer a speciality. : : ' : : ; ; : Oakland Hunters Rye Blue Grass Dewars Scotch Whiskey , W. T. Bishop , LIVERY FEED AND SALE STABLE > - r - . - - ' . . The Wilber Barn ; - : - ' ] , J ! Your Patronage Solicited- , . * . . . ! 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