THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M RICE EDITOR
Thursday , October 21 , 1904.
Entered at the Post-ofllce at Valentine , Cherry
Bounty. Nebraska , as Second-class matter.
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National Democratic Ticket.
For' President
ALTON B. PAEKEK ,
of New York.
For Vice President
HENRY G. DAVIS ,
of West Virginia.
For Rep. 6th Cong. Dist.
W. B. McNeel , of North Plattc.
For Senator 3 4th District
C. F. Coffee , of Chadron.
1 State Ticket.
For Governor
Geo. W. Bergc , ( pop. ) Lincoln.
'For Lieut. Gov.
Dr. A. Townsend , ( dem ) Franklin.
For Auditor
J. S. Canaday , ( pop ) Kearney.
For Secretary of State
11. E. Watzke , ( dcm ) Richardson.
For Treasurer
John Osborn , ( pop ) Pawnee.
For Attorney General
Edward Whalen , ( dem ) O'Neill.
For Land Commissioner
A. A. Worsley , ( pop ) Boyd.
For Supt. Public Instruction
A. Softley , ( pop ) Perkins.
Andrews loves the g. o. p. be
cause it furnishes lots of boodle
for campaign liars. If Andrews
wanted to be fair and honest , why
didn't he tell the people how the
state of Nebraska came by such an
enormous state debt , "that was
constantly growing larger and
bearing interest , " as he stated ?
Yes , it ought to be paid Mr. An
drews. You helped to increase
that debt during the time you have
been in Nebraska and we can un
derstand why you "lave the re
publican party. "
President Roosevelt should not
be considered as a factor in our
state campaign. He will carry
the state easy enough and the re
publicans need not worry about
that. There ai e many who do not
want to vote for Mickey for gov
ernor who are as good and honest
republicans as walks our land.
Many of them tried to defeat
Mickey for renomination but some
of Cherry . county's smart elicks
went down to the convention in
structed for Mickey as their idol
of purity and are entitled to a
black mark and defeat.
Cherry county republicans don't
all agree. There are a few smart
elicks among them who always like
to sit around and tell that it was
they who did these things and that
it "wouldn't have happened if it
hadn't been for us taking the lead. "
They have taken the lead in de
nouncing a good man many a time ;
and are now trying to lake the
lead , upholding a man who ad
mitted a low grade 6f oil to be sold .
in the st-ate that has cost the lives
of several persons by lamp ex
plosions , and Mickey says h e
thought the oil was of poor quality
but didn't know that it wasn't safe.
Yes , he thought tlm oil was safe >
enough as h ng as Mickey nml his o
family didn't IH * nil.
Mickey and His Railrbad
Passes C (
( in answer to a direct question
pat to Governor MicKcy , that ofc inw
( icial adi'nite that he is the recipient w
of railroad passes , bat protects llT
that their acceptance has no in- T
daenc'd upon him in the discharge n <
of his dntip.s. This has led Mr.D.
L . Lttvb bf Lincoln to wijttf the ra
following lettoV , tflffisb ajfr&tftf '
The Difference Between Republican and Fusion Administrations ,
Fusion Economy. Republican Extravagance.
Al > ; > ropriatiocs , 169r 98. . . . . Si2.33j.S-33.40 Appropriations , 1901-02 S2.875.2S9.51
" 1890-1COO . 2.501.373.00 " 1903-04 3740.gPO.7n
Total Total § 6,615,570.21
State taxes charged CHERRY COUNTY to pay these appropriations.
Fusion Administration. Republican Administration.
1897 , . . . .S S.077S8 1901 § 12,874.20
1898 10,493.76 1903 9,733.63
1899 13,174.0r 1903 15,275.51
1900 .11.75968 1901 . . . .1297213
Total taxes charged Cherry Total taxes charged Cherry
county $44.103.39 county § 50,855.47
The above table shows republican extravagance and mismanagement cost the people
of the state of Nebraska § 1 688,333.21 more than under fusion economy , and Cherry coun
ty's share was § 6,750.08 in additional taxes.
W. E. Andrews in his speech at the court house boasted some of
his ability to look up figures for himself at Washington , D. C. , on gov
ernment affairs. We understand that he works in the auditor's office.
Why in the name of common sense didn't he look up
these figures on state institutions and state expense during the past
eight years and tell the taxpayers where their money is going.
Stivte Institution.s.
Four years republican administration $4,321,125,21 ;
" " fusion ' * 2.939.030.05
Increase 1,381,445.21
This partly tells the tale why Cherry county was charged state
1901 to 1904 S50.S55.17
taxes ab fnllmvc- .
is97toi9oo 44.105.39
Increase $ 0,750,08
Each taxpayer in the county is paying his share and this isvwhere
the money goes :
s foi' Stsitc
For What Appropriated. Four Years Fusion. Four Years Republican.
Home for the Friendless S 03.50000 ? fi.-J.OfW.00
Stale Normal School 1W 279.00 222.737.9ii
Hospital lor Insane , Lincoln 283.850.00 332,275.00
Hastings 413.023.00 641,305.00
" Norlolk 20S.22000 25(5 ( 225.00
State Industrial School lor Boys 1092701 : ; 1SG.70000
" irls 74.490.00 62.035.00
Institute for Deaf anil Dumb ' 57.700 00 15G. < )0000 )
Ke ule Minded 201.5H2 ffi ) 206,350.00
" Blind. . . . 102.4SS.3S ) S8.675.00
Nebraska Industrial Home : .0,12000 41.25000
> ldiers au d Sai'ors Home. Grand Island 171.340.oo 2M.rao.00
" " - Mllford 54.85424 03,550.00
State Penitentiary 96.050.00 332.822.30
.Mats University 778,500.00 1,3 < ? 5.00000
Junior Normal Schoob _ .JJL1.1. _ . 12 OOP 00
/JiJ'J.ObO.Oj $4,321.i-i5 : 213
2.I39.GW $ > 05
Increase. Rcpu'jlican extravagance , Sl.3sl,4452l
Look at the other figures we publish. They are correct. Why
didn't Andrews tell you that this was why he loved the "grand old
party" because in large expenditures there's a bigger chance for pil
lage and robbery. Andrews means to get what's coming to him.
in the Lincoln Journal , a republi
can paper , in its issue of Sept. 28. )
Lincoln.Neb. , Sept. 27. To the
Editor of the State Journal : The
letter of Governor Mickey pub
lished several days ago , in which
he states that he has received and
used railroad passes during his
term of office , gives rise to several
propositions which the people of
the state of Nebraska ought to take
into account and give serious con
siderations.
I wish to call attention to one
only. We are very sensitive about
juries. No man who is seeking
justice in a court of law is willing
to submit his case to a jury until
he has found out whether or not
each individual juror is likely to
be biased or prejudiced in favor of
his opponent , and if the case is
one in which a railroad is interest
ed the first thing a litigant wishes
to know is whether or n t the jur-
or has a free pass. And if the
juror admits having the pass the
court will , as a matter of right ,
dismiss him from the jury in that
case. The juror in question may
protest that the pass does not. in
fluence him in the least , still the
court will presume that he is in
fluenced and will prevent him from
sitting in judgment in a case in
which the railroads arc interested.
And more than that. If a case has
been tried by a jury and a verdict
rendered which is favorable to a
railroad company , and the unsuc
cessful party discovers afterward
: hat a juror hada pass in his pocket
ivhich he did not disclose upon ex-
imination , upon a proper showing
a the court , the court will set
isidc the verdict and order a new
rial. Aud I think the court would
nake short work of the protcsta-
ion which the juror would be sure
.0 make , that the possession of a
> ass had not the slightest influence
ipou him in rendering the verdict
Now , these arc well known fact * * ,
diich need only to be mentioned
o obtain universal recognition as
eing just and proper , and the
nly method of procedure which
rould be tolerated in a court of
iisticc.
With these facts in mind , let us
onsider the governor's letter.
< ast summci\there was a procced- \
ig in progress at the state house
Inch wds of Vast importance to
ic people } of the statb of Nebraska ,
his proceeding Was , of course , [
D other than the assessment of
lilroads by the slate boa-.i , of \ \
'bitb b'oVfcrn'oV M&toofy was
most influential member. The
purpose of the proceeding was to
determine the valuation of the rail
! roads of the stale for taxation pur
poses. For several weeks this
board listened to evidence and ar
guments produced by the ablest
attorneys and agents of the rail
roads. The people were repre
sented by a few public spirited
citizens willing to give time and
attention to the matter. The state
board was supposed to sit as a jury
to render a fair and impartial ver
dict. It was in effect a lawsuit of
vastly greater magnitude and im
portance to the railroads and peo
ple of the state than any suit ever
tried before any court in this state.
And yet at least one of the jury
who rendered the verdict in that
case now confesses to having had
passes from all railroads in the
state in his pocket.
What does this mean ? It means
that if there was a court which had
jurisdiction in the matter it would ,
upon no other showing than that
contained in the governor's letter ,
set aside the assessment made by
the state board and order a rehear-
ing and a new assessment.
The people should think serious-
ly of this matter. There are many
other official acts which the gov-
ernor is called upon by reason of t
his office to perform in which it ,5
is equally necessary for him to be s
unprejudiced by special favors , but j ]
this one instance sufficiently illtlsa
trates the principle. D. L. Love c
in Falls City ( Neb. ) News. s ;
st
( Columbus , Vebr. , Tck-gr.iin. ) a
Nothing better illustrates the
smallness and the weakness of ! v
Governor Mickey than his recent' ' t
utterances on the pass evil. Judge n
England , a republican leader in !
Lincoln , wrote a letter to the gov-
ernor , asking him if he would f'av- !
ar a law to make it a crime for a
public official to accept free railc ;
road passes. In answer to the a ;
England letlcr Governor Mickey s
said he would be in favor of a law f i
: o make it a criminal offense for a b ,
iublic servant to accept a pass , V
ind yet he admitted that he never B
3aid his own fare on the railroads , tc
Chat sounds queer. Think it ovhi
\v. Here stands a man occupying in
he highest office in our state , of
2very day he indulg.es in a pracA
Ico which he say.he is willing to1 tn )
enounce as a crimo. In other w
eordhe believes it is a bad busifa
icss ior a public servant to accept re
and jneti at tiro earns timu da
he is willing to do tj .at bad b'u-i-
ness , . simply because there is no
law on the books denouncing it as
a crime. In his letter to England
the govorner uses these words : "I
do not believe the railroads think
of influencing anyone"when they
extend the courtesies of passes. "
This is the limit of idiocy. A high
railroad official once testified in a
Nebraska court that one certain
railroad issued free passes in one
certain year to the value of § 1- ,
000,000 , if computed at regular
passenger rates. Does any Ne
braska school boy believe all that
volume of passes was issued with
out the hope of "influencing"
anybody ? Of course not. Neith
er does Governor Mickey believe
any such fairy talk. He has lived
so long in an atmosphere of de
ception that he concludes all Ne-
braskans are simple enough to be
deceived by his foolish statements
and declarations. But Governor
Mickey is the one who is deceived
just now. He cherishes the be-
j lief that he is smooth enough to
deceive the voters by his silly
talk , while the facts are that he is
the laughing stock of the state ,
despised by the better element in
his own political party , and doomed
to a defeat more humilating than
any ever administered to a public
man in this state.
( Kearney , Neb. , New Era Standard. ) .
The Nebraska Independent sent
a question to each of the candidates
for office on the several state and
congressional tickets , without re
gard to party , asking him to state
how he stands on the pass question
and whether , if elected , he would
accept free transportation on the
railroads or not. Answers have
been received and published in the
Independent from the following
named candidates on the fusion
ticket : G. M. Hitchcock , second
congressional district ; P. E. Mc-
Killip , third congressional district ;
A. Townsend , lieutenant governor ;
A. Softley , superintendent of
schools ; E. H. Whalen , attorney
general ; A. A. Worsley , land com
missioner ; John M. Osbornc , state
treasurer. All of them against
free passes. George W. Berge
has already declared himself against
them in all his speeches. Doubt
less Mr. Watzke and J. S. Cana-
day will be heard from soon.
But what will the republican
candidates have to say about it ?
Governor Mickey was asked this
question not" long ago and he wrote
a letter in reply , saying that he
accepts and uses free passes.
Which men will the voters
choose , the members of the pass
brigade or those who take their
stand against this sort of bribery ?
Time will tell. '
Paul ICi'imicott 311 !
Chicago , Oct. 16. Paul Kenni-
: ott , 20 years of age , a ranchman
from Wood la lie , Neb.j has been
nissing in Chicago since Octaber
LO and tonight relatives reported
; he case to the police of the stock
yards station and requested that a
search be made for the young man.
[ Cennicott is believed to have had
i large sum of money when he
lisappeared , the proceed of the
ale of several carloads of cattle at
ihe stock yards , and the theory
idvanced by relatives and friends
s that he was the victim of high-
vaymen. who , in their eagerness
o get the money , may have com-
nitted murder. World-Herald.
§
Ol 1-5 -
4ewer m--
in lliilitl < > l | > 3ii : P
James A. Carwick , who was lo
se
ated in this city for many years
s the U. S. Weather Bureau Ob-
rver and who had hundreds of
riends here , lias been transferred
y the Chief af the Bureau from P <
ralentinc , Xebr. , to Philadelphia , si
siP
iarwick left here a few years ago P <
) take a station in Denver , then Ic
e was scut back to California , be- a
ig located in the San Francisco of
flicc. From there he was sent to 18
.rizona and there he got orders < in
go in Nebraska. Barwick nn
rites that his health has ( een < > f
iiliiiT : a'hd that he will oni.v be ce
jquired to work a few hours * ach mi
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the next morning.
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The U. \Yeather Bureau re-
rrt for the week ending1 Oct. IS ,
low the highest and lowest tem-
sratures to have been 79 ° on the
> th and 36 ° on the 17th , giving
mean temperature for the period
:56. : ° The precipation of the
! th was .43 of an inch , the storm
iding in a few snow flukes that
tiled as they fdll. The velocity j
the wind was about normal ex-1
pt on the IGth when it blew 4S
ties per hour from the southwest
r a rery shfrrt tim& . I
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