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.
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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 ,
.
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