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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1904)
THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I. M RICE EDITOR TlmrsdaySepteml er 8,1904 Entered at the Post-ofllce at Valentine. Cherry county. Nebraska , as Second-class matter. TEHSKS Subscription Si.OO per year in advance ; § 1.50 When not paid in advance , Single copies 5c. Display advertising 1 inch single column 15c per Issue or Sfi t-o a year. Local NoticeObituaries , Lodge Resolution- ind Socials fo ' 'evenue 5c per line per Issue. Brands. l ii.ches-S4.00 per year in advance additional spaceSS-OOper Inch per year ; engraved blocks extra ; $1.00 each. Parties living outside Cherry county not per sonally known are requested to pay In advance 10 per cent additional to above rates if over 6 months in arrears. Notices of losses of stock free to brand adver tisers. National Democratic Ticket. For President ALTON B. PARKER , of New York. For Vice President HENRY G. DAVIS , of West Virginia. For Rep. 6th Cong. Dist W. B. McNecl , of North Platte. State Ticket. For Governor Geo. W. Berge , ( pop. ) Lincoln. For Lieut. Gov. Dr. A. Townsend , ( dem ) Franklin. For Auditor J. S. Canaday , ( pop ) Kearney. For Secretary of State R. E. "Watzkc , ( dem ) Richardson. For Treasurer John Osborn , ( pop ) Pawnee. For Attorney General Edward Whalen , ( dem ) O'Neill. For Land Commissioner A. A.Vorsley \ , ( pop ) Boyd. For Stipt. Public Instruction A. Softley , ( pop ) Perkins. Democratic Senatorial Con vention , 14tli Senatorial I > ist. A delegate convention of the Democratic party of the 1-ith sena torial district of Nebraska , is here by called to mec t in Rushville , Sheridan county , Nebr. , on Tues day the 20th day of September , 190i , at 2 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of placing in nomination one candidate for senator for said district , and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the convention. The several counties of the district will be entitled to the following rep resentation : Brown 4 , Box Butte 6 , Cherry 6 , Dawes 6 , Keya Paha 4 , Rock 4 , Sheridan 5 , Sioux 2. By order of the Democratic Sen- torial Committee. J. D. SCOTT , ROBERT GOOD , - Sec'y. Chm. The Populist call is an exeat copy of the above. J. TV" . Stetter , A. H. Metzgar , Al Riemenschneider , J.W. Groves , J. A. Sparks , L. M. Hancock and W. E. Haley are delegates to the Democratic Senatorial Conven tion from Cherry county. I. M. RICE , Sec'y. Dem. Go. Central Com. Oiic-I-Iairo. Vole. There should be no laggards in the coming campaign. Whether he be a Democrat or Populist , he should exert every eifort to rid this state of railroad domination and Mickeyism. There are Democrats and Populists who would have been pleased if their party had de cided to "go it alone" this fall and now feel sore because it is other wise. Reason should prevail in all things andtespecially should it be so in politics. Nebraska , under fusion government , proved that the republicans had been robbing the people from every corner and that the state was beyond the con titu- tional limit of debt caused by thievery and extravagance of republican oftico holders. Under Dietrich and Mickey it is even worse than before. This fact is pa tent to every man in the state who reads or thinks , and in fact is ad mitted by republicans high in the councils of their party. The rail roads made and own Mickey , while anyone with the price could own Dietrich and the railroads and cor porations made the bid. "Wehave not expected any reform from i either of these administrations and one would have been dull indeed whoould expect good to come from either. What the people oj Nebraska needs more than any thing else at this time is to turc out of office the railroad hirelings now in the state house and put ir men of known honesty , ability and integrity ; men who are not owned or controlled by any corporation : men who have worked with the people in past campaigns to the end that the state might again be put into honest hands and the rail roads put out of power. This fall a condition and not a theory con fronts the voters of Nebraska. DC you believe that we should elect men for our state officers who are known to be free from corpora tion influence ? Do you believe that the railroads should go out of power in Nebraska ? Do you be lieve that the revenue law should be amended so that the railroads should pay their just amount of taxes ? Do you believe that we should have a maximum freight rate law ? Do you want the state to be run on an economical basis ? If you want these things how in the name of Heaven can you lend your assistance to the republican party , by refusing to vote for a part of the ticket because this man is a Democrat or that man is a Popu list ? Every time you refuse to vote for a man on your ticket you cast one-half a vote for the opposition and should your ticket be defeated you would be responsible in the same measure as you voted. It is a common enemy that the fusion parties are fighting this fall and every voter should realize his own responsibility. While every man should hold his own opinions and be steadfast in his honest convic tions , yet no man is bigger than his own party , and after a free and full discussion your party has de cided upon a course of action , it is bad grace to still keep up the fight. A man is justified in voting for the opposition when the candidate is known to you to be a better man and one who will put better prin ciples into practice than the one on your own ticket. The fusion parties stand for principles that if put into practice will give the people of this state equitable and just taxation : principles that will drive the rail roads from power in Nebraska ; principles that will life the stench from the state house that now en compasses it and place our affairs in the hands of men who will ad minister to the benefit of the people instead of the railroads and the Standard Oil combine. In the per son of J.H.Mickey you have a self appointed saint who u co hU cloak of religion to cover .up his hellish acts in favor of the corporations ; while in George W.Berge you have a man who has proved himself a worthy citizen of high morals a man who appears eveiy day alike and is to all men the same every day. Between these two men , how can you hesitate with your vote. Nearly the same conditions exist all down the line , perhaps not so glaring , but they are in evidence. The same old gang runs the re publican party that has been in the saddle for years and you know that nothing good will come from them. Then can you afford tD give them even half a vote by not voting your o'.vn ticket. These are the things you must consider in this campaign and on your decision rests the result. O'Neill Inde pendent. Witli Ideitl.s : uicl Oleiix" XSruiu. Evansville , Ind. , August 27. John W. Spencer of this city , who was the democratic nominee in the First Congressional District two years ago , has returned from the East , where he went to see Judge Alton Parker at his home at Esopu ? . In speaking of his visit to the dem ocratic presidential nominee , Mr. Spencer said : "I went to Esopus upon the in vitation of Judge Parker , and not for the purpose of prevailing upon him to come west and make speech es during the campaign , as has been stated. Ju-Jge Parker wanted in formation as to political conditions i Southern Indiana. J was very much pleased with his manner of going into details , so much that he soon conviced me that he was very conversant with the arithmetic of politics. The home life of Judge Parker is simplicity itself and il lustrative of the great Democrat he is. His whole action , manner and bearing show him to be a love- able man , with purity of heart and honesty of purpose , neither opti mistic nor pessimistic. His state ments are conservative , and one statement of his struck me * with great force. It was : 'If I can be the instrument , not the means , of bringing together the discordents of our great party , I will have been useful to my country , for it is through the advocacy of democ racy that constitutional govern ment will be maintained. ' "Were it possible ffor every vot er to see him as I did , there would be none but officeholders and their dependents to oppose him. "At Democratic headquarters in the Century building , New York , everything is activity and earnest ness , and confidence as to the out come is in the very atmosphere itself. This will be the greatest campaign yet waged , in my judg ment , and will result in the election of Judge Parker. " With Mr. Spencer at Esopus was Major G. V. Menzies of Mount Vernon , candidate for the United States Senate. St.Louis Republic. Tlie Iticvccj ctl State 13cH > t It is indeed scandalous how ut terly un-businesslike and extrava gant the last'few years of republi can administration in our state has been. When we investigate the appalling record and find how reck lessly they have strewn the public fund's we conclude that a business man with business economy should take up the duties of our state government. The last fusion legis lature appropriated $2,355,843.70 to meet the state expense for 2 years following and then they were criti- ised by the repuolicans for spend ing the public money too freely. But those howling republicans , in the very next session of the legis lature were in a majority , and they overreached all previous expendi ture's by appropriating the enorm ous sum of § 3,739,281 , and war rants drawing interest must be drawn for this vast sum , which will add to the already tremendous amount. Under fusion regime the state floating debt has always diminished. From 1SSS to 1896 during the republican rule it in creased from § 100,000 to § 1,936- 273.47 and by 1900 the democrats and populists , after four years of judicious administration , reduced the state debt § 208,855.75. Since the democrats and populists turned over the books in 1900 the repub licans have again plunged the state into financial retrogression by pil ing up the debt to the enormous amount of § 2,263,177.21 , or an in crease in four years of § 535,729.40. From these figures , which are from the official records , it is not hard for one to see , no matter to what party he belor gs , that such wild and reckless expenditures are unbusinesslike and if continued will land the state on the verge of j bankruptcy. It is up to the peo-1 pie of the state from all parties , I if they pride themselves on being its citizens , that they help redeem Nebraska from shiftless fianciers. , World-Herald. Fusion papers never fail to howl that republican candidates travel on railroad passes , regardless of whether or not the statement is true. When was a f usionist ever known to refuse a pass ? If it were not for courtesies extended them by the railroads not more than one fusion editor in a hundred would ever get outside of his home coun ty. Valentine Republican. Is there an editor , fusion , demo crat or populist , who has enjoyed favors from the railroads that l.e has not paid for in full in adver tising and given more in return than/he received ? It seems like an acknowledgement from the re publican press that their office seekers must first be those riding on a pass courted by the favors of the railroad companies for a few years before he is a fit subject for If the people of Nebraska want an honest , able , industrious and courageous chief executive they have a chance to secure one. Hon. i i Geo. "W. Berge , the fusion norai- . nee , is admirably fitted to give the | people a real reform administra- . tion. He is a scholarly man with i taste for public affairs , incorrupti ble and a sincere advocate of the principles that underlie popular government. He ought to be elect- ' ed by an overwhelming majority. Both on public occasions and in the routine work of his office he will , if elected , be a model after which future governors can pattern. ( Commoner. Geo. W. Berge , the reform nomi- I nee for governor , is the right man in the right place this year. His . ability is unquestioned and his hon esty , integrity , his steadfastness of j purpose make him an ideal candi- ! date. He is of German descent 'and ' the elo- speaks language ; an - i quent speaker and ready debater. I His stand on the public questions | of the day is endorsed by all think ing men. Every man who is op posed to railroad domination and the unjust revenue law should not hesitate a moment but should sup port Berge and on election day should cast a ballot for him. Stanton Register. ( O'Neill Independent. ) Report comes from Atkinson that a strong republican in that town was heard to remark that he would spend § 500 to help defeat Mickey for governor. We hear remarks of this nature every day. Mickey is decidedly weak among his own people and even the Roose velt influence will not carry him to victory. Last week was a busy one for Governor MicRey. He addressed a Methodist gathering in the east ern part of the state ; attended a picnic at Shelby ; stole a farm in Polk county : made several shylock loans at Osceola ; prayed seventeen times for the "ungodly" people who dance quadrills ; saved a nickle by putting a tobacco tag in the con tribution box and then issued a proclamation expressing thanks that he was not wicked like other people. One Way of Ending a Strslce. A wealthy-mill owner of Merid ian , Mass. , who had been harrassed for months by strikers who threat ened violence to any other work men , blew up his mill with dyna mite to defeat them and retired from business. WEATHER AT WORLD'S FAIR. Cool Plights and Delightful Indian Summer to Be Expected at St. Louis. Usually the warmest month of the year , July proved to be one of the most pleasant of the World's Fair season , the average temperature being 07 de grees , a record lower than that made by either Boston , New York , Philadel phia , Cincinnati or Chicago. The weather bureau records show that the temperatures in St. Louis during July were just between the extremes re corded at New Orleans and St Paul , cities located at great variance ? August in St. Louis is a month of cool nights , and September and Octo ber are the most delightful months of the year. It is that period known as Indian summer , when the Toliage and birds linger to challenge the coming winter. Nowhere on the American con tinent is there a * spot more delightful than the World's Fair city , a garden of blooming flowers and spraying foun tains. St. Louis , like all cities , experienced several hot days during July , but her highest temperature recorded was 93 degrees against 04 degrees registered by the thermometer at Chicago. On the same day the mercury rose to CO degrees in Philadelphia , and scores of heat prostrations were reported from New York and Boston. The relative humidity shows St. Louis to be about normal. Assuming absolutely no moisture in the atmos phere to be zero and absolute wetness to be 100 , the relative humidities for July , taken from the records of more than twenty years , Boston shows TO.Gj New York 72.2 , Philadelphia OS.G , Cincin nati G4.G. Chicago GG.9 and St. Louis 3G.3. The same degree of heat in two places , with different degrees of hu midity , would cause it to seem the bolter at the point of greater density. St. Louis may therefore rightly claim to be a summer resort this summer , positively one of the most comfortable and delightful places on the map , . THE VALENT : HOU : Valentine , Nebraska RATES $1.00 to $1.25. C. D. JORDAN , Propr. Opposite the Court House , 2 - blocks north of Depot. DEALER IN Dry Goods s Notions CANDIES AND FRESH FRUIT . TOBACCOS AND CIGARS V OLD POSTOFFICE BUILDING. VALENTINE , NEBR. TrjDOT n ( Successor to E , Breuklander. ) S "V- General Blaeksmitliing and Wood Work. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. W BUILDING. The Chicaqo House , A. A. ADAMS , Propr. RATES $2.00 PER DAY. IT. C. HEADIXGTOX. Clerk. HENRY TAYLOR. GRANT BOYER. Contractors and Builders , Carpentering. All Idnds oTwood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes LnSr York shop in Charbonneau's blacksmith shop. VALENTINE = - NEBRASKA. a afc &sa&gAmm ill JAMES B. HULL W.A.TAYLOR. Ci" O" Of f 1 A r v v Sole Agents for HESALD PUSS RYE V/HISKEY Ale and Porter , And FFED KRUG'S BEER Choicest "Wines and Cigars , VALENTINE NEBRASKA | -JJfegy V . ' St. Louis Service. Soc that your ticket reads via the Uurl- iugton Route from Omaha to St. Louis. The Hurling row's Exposition Flyer leaves at 5:25 : p. m. arriving at St. Louis 7:10 : the next morning. Burlington trains carry every equip ment to make traveling comfortable , and they run over a smooth track all the way. Let me tell you more about our ser vice. L. W. Wakeley , General Passenger Agent , Omaha , JTcbr. . Meals : Lunches : Short Orders < E KANGAROO E , t First class meals at all hour ? , 3 day and night. Oysters in season. Pies , cakes , dough nuts always on hand. E. D. Cohota , Prop. , J. L. A8HBURM , Contractor anc Build - er in Brick or Stone "Work. Valentine , r Nebr.