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National Democratic Ticket.
For President
ALTON 15. PA11KER ,
of New York.
For Vice President
HENRY G. DAVIS ,
of West Virginia.
For Hep. Oth Cong. Dist.
W. B. McNcel , of North Platte.
For Rep. 52nd Dist.
Elmer F. Vifquain.
For Senator 14th District
C. F. Coil'ec , of Chadron.
For Commissioner 3rd Dist.
\Tm. Butler.
State Ticket.
For Governor
Geo. W. Berge , ( pop. ) Lincoln.
For Lieut. Goy.
Dr. A. Townsend , ( dem ) Franklin.
For Auditor
J. S. Canaday , ( pop ) Kearney.
For Secretary of State
R. E. AValzke , ( rVm ) 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.
Why did Gov. Mickey dismiss
the oil inspector ?
Why doesn't Gov. Mickey de
fend himself against the grave
charges made against him ?
Why didn't Gov. Mickey ac
cept the challenge to speak in joint
debate with George W. Berge on
the state issues ?
Elect W. B. McNeel to congress
and he will sow seeds of govern
ment ownership in Washington
that will bear fruit.
Should Gov. Mickey be held re
sponsible for the lamp explosions
in thi-s state the past two years on
account of the inferior quality of
oil admitted ?
W. B. McNeel is a well educated
men , having graduated from one
of the best colleges in Virginia.
He is a successful stockraisevand
farmer with a strong feeling for
his class.
It's about all you hear from re
publican leaders as election ap
proaches , " v o t e' r straight , "
"voter straight. " Every oppor
tunity is given to run in a man op
posed to every honorable policy
in the "vote'r straight" idea.
The boar plack pig and the
brindled cow called Speck are not
in it when compared with Mickey's
mortgage on a .straw shed and the
stair steps on the outside of a farm
shack in Polk county. York Tel
ler.
Republican leaders are trying to
get their party voterb to "Vote'r
Straight. " Sample marked bal-
lotts are displayed showing the re
publican marked ballott. If it dis
plays intelligence in thiHead'Ts it
most fcurely does not display com
mon sense and intelligence in the
voters who arc only expected to
know how to makf : i cross if' ' a
circle marked 'krtpubliuun,3J
Eisner Vifquain , a son of thr
latf Victor Vifquain ( one of Nc-
br : - . . * ' - ? grand old men , ) has beei :
' i ominaled by the populists as can-
jiiidalo for representative in tin
152nd District. The name alone
ought to be enough to elect him
by a big majority. Lyons Mirror ,
W. B. McNeel was for three
years deputy treasurer of Wash
ington county , Va. , the county oi
his birth , and he has , today , post
ed in his scrap-book , a clear re
ceipt for all money handled by
him. lie is eminently qualified
for the position to which he now
aspires.
The commissioners' records of
Polk county , Neb. , show that many
of the so-called benevolences at
tributed to John H. Mickey were
really benevolences by the county ,
and Mickey got the credit. Many
sums which Mickey was supposed
ly contributing were found after
wards to be charged to the poor
fund of the county.
"His excellent line of goods. "
There's as much in saying a thing
right as in doing things right. If
the reader detects an eifort on the
part of a writer or speaker to ov
erdue a thing , due allowance is
made in interpretation or the words
fall in disgust upon ears too sensi
tive for twaddle and nonsense in
empty shallow meaningless phrases
only calculated to outdo an ordi
nary sensible expression.
How can a republican conscient
iously ask for your vote for any
of their candidates in the face of
such a record as their party has
made in Nebraska ? Yet you will
hear a few old stilt's get out and
say that they are proud of being a
republican , of the party for what
party has done and will tell you the
that the republican party is the
one for you to vote for if you want
to be on the winning side.
Gov. Mickey , in a certified copy
from the auditor's office , gives out
the facts that the state debt is 82-
085,295.66 and the increase since
Jan. 2 , 1901 § 151,666.99. This is
from Gov. Mickey's report in try
ing to answer a challenge to debate
with Mr. Berge. Where did we
get that debt ? What party is re
sponsible for it ? How can a re
publican feel proud of such a rec
ord or of being a republican in
Nebraska ?
If Gov. Mickey is rc
for the oil admitted to be sold in
the state by dismissing of the oil
inspector who refused to admit a
quantity of low grade oil , and ap
pointing a man who would admit
this low grade oil , and later this
oil exploded in several lamps , and
in one instance near our homes
that we arc aware of , * a boy was
killed by such explosion , then
should not Gov. Mickey be held
accountable ?
Chas. F. Coffee is meeting with
popular favor everywhere he goes
in this 14th senatorial district.
He's a good whole souled man who
has the interests of the people in
Nebraska at heart and can better
represent us than a man who has
tried to make a living oil' the peo
ple , as is the case with Chas. P.
Brcsec. Vote for a liberal , broad
minded man who has made his
money by honest toil , raising cat
tle and other honorable pursuits.
Now , fellowpcople , it is wrong ,
under all the accusations against
Gov. Mickey , to vote for him for
our governor. You might say in
defcnse-of your voting for him ,
that you have no assurance that
George W. Berge is better or more
worthy of your support. It is
your duty as a citizen and is a
voter to ascertain not mine to
s.imv.vou. But since you have
been shown , it will be a criminal
neglect upon your part to refuse
if investigate tho character of the
two men a > nominated forgovern-
Vti It 10 our duty to vutu
Must we surrender a prin
ciple or any candidate or even cast
a voto for a republican nominee tc
appease the wrath of thf republi
can party on the pretext that the
republican party will squander
more money in building forts if
we help them into office and help
some other republican into office
to help him ? Vote for the man
who represents your principle.
Do not sacrifice a candidate. The
democratic party is the party oi
the people.
In 1900 the republicans said :
' 'Vote for McKinley and retain
a high price of cattle. " McKinley
received the vote , but where is the
price of cattle today ? Not worth
one-half as much as they were then ,
but selling for more on the block
to the consumer. We don't know7
whether they call this protection
or not , but we do know that the
stock grower is not getting paid
for raising cattle , nor does the man
that eats it get the benefit , so the
man that buys and sells must be
reaping a rich harvest. If this is
protection it means that a few men
are protected so that they can rob
the masses of the people. Har
rison Press-Journal.
The republican party recklessly
squanders more money than the
demorcratic o r peoples party
would. While they are in power
they want to rule or ruin and ev
entually have done .both. You've
heard the story of the two women
who had babes thesame age living in
the same house together and sleep
ing in the same bed. One of the
women having lain on her babe
during the night , she claimed
the other babe. Being unable to
decide between them they appear
ed before King Solomon who took
his sword and , holding the child ,
said he would cut it in two and give
each half. This was satisfactory
with the one but the real mother
stayed his hand for love of her
child and offered to relinquish her
claim.
Carter Harrison , mayor of Chi
cago , did not dismiss his theater or
building inspector for refusing to
report buildings to be fiie proof ,
nor was the mayor informed of
the inspector's incompetency at
any time , yet he was arrested and
charged with being responsible for
the crime of the burning of the
Iroquois theater. A much strong
er case could be made out against
Gov. Mickey , he having deliber
ately dismissed his oil inspector
for refusing to admit poor oil and
appointed one who admitted the
oil. If a part of this oil was that
v/hich exploded in numerous
lamps with several fatalities then is
not Gov. Mickey the cause of these
accidents ? We know that he is
the cause of our having to use the
poor quality of oil that we have all
experienced the past year.
Gov. Mickey attempts to clear
himself by presenting "a few
facts" on the "coal oil scandall"
and practically rdmits everything
charged against him to be true.
Mickey gives a lame excuse for
his admitting oil below the test.
For the same excuse Mickey gives ,
the Standard Oil company could
claim that they had oil enough on
to supply the state for ten years
and Mickey would think it was
necessary to admit the oil contrary
to law so as to not appear "little
and narrow , " compelling the
Standard Oil Co. to manufacture
better oil for our use. Mickey
excuses himself in the first part of
his "few facts" by saying oil in
spector Hayes didn't notify agent
Ruth , representing the Standard
Oil company , until April 14 , four
days after the law went into ff-
fect of the required higher test
for oil , and in the latter part of
his few facts he accuses Hayes of
notifying Ruth by telegram on the
day the senate passed the bill. The
plain facts arc , Mickey , that you
were helping the Standard Oil Co.
to override the law requiring a
higher test for oil , and we fear
that you never ycquired the oil to
meet the test up to the present
time , your statement to the con
trary notwithstanding.
W. B , M'NEEL SAYS
MICKEY IS DEFEATED ,
Confident of Election He Is
Making Friends Everyv
where He Goes ,
W. B. McNeel , fusion candidate
for congress in the "Big Sixth"
1 district , was in the city a few hours
yesterday morning enroutc to
O'Neill and points in the district
to the northwest. Mr. McNeel ,
who is a farmer and rancher , is a
typical westerner and no one who
has ever met him can fail to be im
pressed with this fact. He is per
sonally particularly attractive.
Mr. McNeel was born and raiscc
in Abingdon , Southwest Virginia ,
"The Athens" of that state. He
has lived on a ranch ten miles from
North Platte , Lincoln county ,
since 1887.
He savjs his chances of election
are very flattering and that as
election day approaches he is more
and more convinced that he will
represent the Sixth district in
congress.
"I am getting acquainted with
the voters in my district , " said
Mr. McNeel , "and it takes some
traveling to do it. The Sixth dis
trict is as large as the state of In
diana , containing 45,000 square
miles of territory. I am greatly
interested in the development of
western Nebraska and believe that
much of its vast acreage can be
put under irrigation. If elected
to congress I shall advocate the
sinking of artesian wells i'or irri
gation purposes , and another thing
as well , as I have a firm impress
ion that most of the land covers
minerals. There is every reason
to believe that coal exists under
western Nebraska in quantities
sufficiently large to pay mining
operations , and in boring for ar
tesian wells the drills will bring to
the surface what lies beneath.
There are thousands of others in
my district who share in this belief.
"If I am elected to congress I
shall safeguard the interests of my
constituents in every possible
manner. I believe in direct legis
lation , government ownership of
public utilities , and the election
of all public officers by the people.
1 am also in favor of larger ap
propriations for internal improve
ments and less for external , so
that the taxes we pay the govern
ment will flow plentifully and frec-
among the people. I am entirely
opposed to monopoly , trusts , fraud ,
hypocrisy and sham of every de
scription.
"I am opposed to tariff on lum
ber. I do not believe people should
be freezing in sod houses for the
want of lumber protected by an
unjust tariff.
"In the gubernatorial campaign
theve can be but one ending. Mick
ey will run behind in every pre
cinct in the state. We have Berge
elected right now. There is no
mistake about it , and as 1 have
been visiting many communities
during the past few days I know
how things are going.
"I am very desirious of the
election of Mr. Hitchcock. He
has made an enviable record in
congress and he is becoming more
popular every clay all over Xe-
braska. ' "
Mr. McNeel will make 0'Neil I
lis objective point from Omaha.
He will then visit Boyd county ,
Prom whence he will go to Craw
ford and intermediate points , Val
entine , Scotts Bluff , Sidney and
then return home to North Platte. j
Omaha World-Herald.
Don't forgot to give Elmer F.
Vifquain your vote for representa
tive of the 52nd district.
Don't forget that Wm. Butler ,
} f Irwin , is the man who should
jc elected county commissioner.
Republicans , as well as democrats ,
ire interested in getting a good
nun in whom the people havecon-
idence. Mr. Butler is a broad
winded man and wiU serve the
jest interests of the people. Give
iim a good vote in. every precincti
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General Blacksmithing and Wood Work.
Horse Shoeing a Specialty.
HENRY TAYLOR. GRANT BOrER.
BOYER ,
Contractofs and Builders , Carpentering.
All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes
CdEPAYork shop in Charbonneau's blacksmith shop.
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JAMES B. HULL
W.A.TAYLOR.
Sole Agents for
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Ale and Porter , And FRED KRUG'S BEER
Choicest Wines and Cigars ,
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The Chicago i4ouse ,
A. A. ADAMS , Propr.
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St. Louis
Service.
See that your ticket reads via the Burl
ington Route from Omaha to St. Louis.
The Burlin ron's Exposition Flyer leaves
at 5:25 : p. m. arriving at St. Louis 7:10 :
the next morning
O
Burlington trains carry every equip
ment to mv.ke traveling comfortable , and
they run over a smooth truck all the wiy.- : -
Let me tell you more about our ser-
vice.
L W. Wakelsy ,
Genera : P sst ugor Agent , Omaha , I
Charles P. Bresce , where they
vnow him , know him as a shyster.
Bresee won't carry hi.s town cor
precinct. Many republicans in
lis o\vn county are working against
iim and gave encouragement to
Mr. Coifee to make the race.
Don't forget to do a little work on
slection day for the best men.
i'on'll find them on the fusion tick-
it this year. There's Coffee , of
Dhnclron ; Vifquam , of Springview ;
mcl Butkr , of Irwin precinct. Put
i cross opposite their names.
Hugh Boyer should receive the
rote for county surveyor on the
jopulist and democratic tic-etc. ! :
tic's well qualified and .should h ve
) een nominated by the fusion
'orces but i'or a failure to make
provisions for the office of county
urvcyor in our county conven- .
ion , not knowing there was a va-
; ancy in that office , I
standard ,
j
} The most overestimated man in
I Nebraska today is one Elmer R.
Burket.vouldbc U. S. Senator.
Chas. F. Coffee is known to be a
man of broad views and wisdom.
He can and will do more for the
people of this senatorial district if
elected than any other who could
have been named.
Even the republicans have be
come disgusted with Mickey and
thousands are declaring openly
that they will not vote for him.
Many even go so far as to say they
will not vote for any man on the
republican state ticket. Business
men and heavy property owners
in the republican ranks say it is
necessary to defeat the republi
can state and legislative tickets to
prevent the passage of laws equal
ly as bad as the new revenue law.