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THURSDAY , NOVEMBER 2 , 1905.
Democratic State Ticket
Supreme Jugde..W. G. HASTINGS ,
of Saline county-
Regent LOUIS LIGHTNER ,
of Platte county.
Regent B.C. COLE ,
of Polk countv.
Democratic County Ticket
Treasurer ERNEST B. QUIBLE.
of Merriman.
Clerk A. G. WARD ,
of Woodlake.
Sheriff P. F. SIMONS ,
of Valentine.
Judge W. R. TOWNE ,
of Valentine.
Superintendent..LOTTIE CRAMER ,
of North Table.
Coroner DR. A. N. COMPTON ,
of Valentine.
Surveyor JOHN W. McDANIEL ,
of Woodlake.
Cora. 2nd Dist DAN BARNES ,
of Newton.
A Final Word.
Before another issue of this r a-
per the fall campaign will Lave
closed. When you pick up your
paper next week it , will be to study
election returns. It is now so
close to the finish that the' public
is losing interest in predictions and
are settling back to await the re
sult of the ballot. So far as the
democrats are concerned they never
felt more ready to hear the final
result. Their campaign opened
with a good , big convention. And
the convention "made good" by
putting up a ticket that met the
approval of the democratic masses
and is receiveng the support of
many of the most influential re
publicans. We went into the cam
paign with a united and enthusi
astic party organization. We felt
from the very first that we were
bound to win because we had se
lected standard bearers of splen
did character and wide acquaint
ance. When we picked a candi
date for office it was with a view
of getting , first , a person in whom
the public had confidence , and
secondly , a person who , if elected ,
would till the office with credit to
those who elected him.
A certain candidate on the op
position ticket is sending letters to
the various precincts , saying , that
if he is elected he will keep sober
and will not have to be dragged
out of saloons when papers are to
be served. Well , if this condition
exists now , it must be remembered
that the democratic party is not
responsible for it. Judge Towne
is our only democratic officer and
it will hardly be suggested that
these letters refer to him. We
put up a ticket that needs no guar
antee of sobriety. Our candidates
have lived among us long enough
so that people know that they will
remain sober ; that if they are
elected they will faithfully dis
charge the duties of their respect
ive offices and that they will be
found in the office the people pro
vided for them.
It may be necessary for a man
who just drops into the county and
immediately runs for office to
pledge himself to remain sober
but this is not required of a man
who has lived in the community
for twenty years and during that
time has never been under the in-
fiuence of liquor. In the good old
days , Patrick Henry said that he
had but one lamp by which his
feet were guided and that was the
lamp of experience. We think
Patrick had a level head and a
good guide. The lamp of exper
ience ib a good guide for the pres
ent generation , as it was in the old
revolutionary days. We have a
chance this fall to pick a man who
has been sober all his life ; who has
lived here under our eye for twen
ty years and has never been
dragged out of a saloon to attend
to business , and those twenty years
of sobriety and industry will out
weigh a pledge taken in the exi
gency of a campaign. Mind you ,
we are not saying that this gentle
man is likely to be found drunk
we don't think he is but he seems
to be a living fulfillment of the
scripture , for ' "the wicked fleeith
when no man pursuith. "
In the beginning we endeavored
to give the public a history of our
candidates. We told who they
were , what they were and what
they wanted. It is scarcely nec
essary to go over this again. They
have been before the public for
the past month and the voters
have had time to consider their
qualifications. Judge Towne is
the only one who has served the
county , and the general feeling
seems to be that it is only a ques
tion of majority with him. How
ever , we want to call upon the
Judge's friends to see that he gets
the vote that they expect him to
get. Many a man has been de
feated because his friends have
been over confident. The Judge
has been tied down to his office
with official business and has not
been out over the county and he
must rely upon his friends
to watch his interests. He has
friends enough to elect him if you
will only call their attention to his
candidacy. In the fact that his
election is generally concedpd lies
his only danger. His friends ma.\
think that he is a sure winner and
neglect his interests. We would
especially ask the old soldier
friends of Judge Towne to take an
interest in his campaign ,
Judge Towne , county judge ,
Candidate for re-election.
Mr. Quible is winning friends
for county treasurer every day
and his neighbors do not hesitate
to speak in the highest praise of
him. He is a good substantial
stockman. He has made a suc
cess of his own business and won
the respect and confidence of ev
eryone where he lives and if the
result depended upon the votes of
those who know him his election
would be assured.
Mrs. Cramer is meeting with
the encouragement that her friends
expected. She is a Cherry county
girl , and , although on the demo
cratic ticket , she ought to get sup
port of those who belie re in a pro
tective policy for home industries.
She has been through the very
work that the district teacher of
today is going through and her ex
perience in the schools of the
county will help her in her work
as superintendent. No one can
better advise the young teacher
than the woman who had the same
work herself. The fact the lead
ing educational man of Northwest
Nebraska placed her in nomination
ought to be sufficient evidence of
her worthiness and capability , and ,
in addition to this , comes her elec
tion , last Saturday , by the teachers
of the county , as President of the
Eastern Division of Cherry Coun
ty Teachers' Association.
Mr. Ward has not been able to
leave his ranch and make a very
vigorous campaign , but , where-
ever he has gone , his bright gen-
tlemany personality has made him
friends. He is probably the best
scholar who has been a candidate
for the office of county clerk for
many a year , and no man could
stand higher among his acquaint
ances than Mr. Ward.
Dr. Compton for coroner , Mr.
McDaniel for surveyor , and Mr.
Barnes for commissioner , have all
made friends during the campaign
and we are sure they will receive
a handsome vote on next Tuesday.
The contest has probably been
sharper for sheriff than for any
other office , and in this contest
Pete Simons has displayed the same
push and energy , yes , and good
sense too , that has won him so many
friends in the past. Pete has not
found it necessary to pledge him
self to keep sober and to attend
strictly to business. His sober ,
industrious life and strict attention
to business is the best guarantee
that if elected he will serve the
people faithfully.
P. F. Simons , candidate for sheriff.
The Voice of Conscience.
The most noticeable fact in poli
tics now is the disappearance of
party lines.
At the last election Roosevelt
carried Nebraska by a majority
which indicated that he polled
30,000 democratic and populist
votes.
This year tens of thousands of
republicans in New York are sup
porting democrats , while tens of
thousands of * democrats are sup
porting independent candidates.
In Rhiladelphia decency , hon
esty and respectability have united
regardless of politics to fight mu
nicipal graft also regardless of
politics.
In Ohio , where Roosevelt had a
quarter of a million majority a
year ago , the republican conscience
has rebelled against boss rule and
many even help in electing a dem
ocrat governor.
In San Francisco the republi
cans and democrats have nominat
ed the same man for mayor in the
name of reform and in hope of
putting a stop to graft.
In Nebraska party lines are also
faint this year.
Particularly is this true in the
Eight for regents of the university.
Thousands of republicans will vote
for Cole and Lightner for regents
because they are pledged to open
meetings of the board and to put a
stop to Rockefellerism in the uni
versity. World-Herald.
This rebellion against bossism
has also reached Cherry county
and there will be a big independent
vote polled this year.
Lincoln , Oct. 31 , 1905.
Editor Democrat ,
Valentine , Nebr.
Dear Sir :
The campaign is rapidly draw
ing to a close and we desire to say
a word to the voters of your coun
ty through the columns of your pa
per.
per.The
The republican party has been
in control of Nebraska in evrery
branch of the state government
for the last five years. As a re
sult , taxes have greatly increased
and the state debt has continued
to grow. In the last legislature ,
one hundred twenty-four out of
one hundred thirty-three members
were republicans. The legislature
refused to pass a law that would
bring relief to the independent
shipper of grain ; it refused to pass
a freight rate , or anti-pass law ,
and it" declined to do anything for
the relief of the people.
The democratic party in its plat
form this year is pledged , and if it
is entrusted with power , will ,
when an opportunity comes enact
laws that will give the people re
lief. We have nominated for judge
of the supreme bench , William Gr.
Hastings , a man that needs no
introduction to the people of Ne
braska. For many years he served
as a judge of the district court ,
and in that capacity he established
the reputation of being an able
lawyer , a fearless judge , and one
to whom the humblest as well as
the highest litigant in an honest
cause could appeal in perfect con
fidence. While his election means
a non-partisan judiciary , no cor
poration of any kind has any
strings upon him. He is absolute
ly a free man and if elected to the
supreme bench may be depended
upon to dispense justice , whether
the issue be between uninfluential
persons or between a powerful
corporation and a poor man.
D. C. Cole and Louis Lightner ,
the democratic nominees for re
gents of the state university , are
well and favorably known among
their neighbors. They are deeply
interested in public educational
institutions and the frank state
ment they have made to the peo
ple concerning their course in the
event of their election leaves no
room for comment. They will
stand for publicity with respect to
the university affairs. They will
use their influence for the return"
of the ill-gotten gains with which
John D. Rockefeller has under
taken to endow and subsidize the
Nebraska university. They will
exert every effort to make it plain
that the great educational institu
tion which is the pride of all Ne
braska is not to be used to the ad
vantage of the trust system and is
not to be conducted as an apology
for the crimes of the trust mag' i
nates. j
To this end. therefore , we in- j
vite the cordial co-operation of all
the people of Nebraska without re
gard to political prejudice. Be
cause of the peculiar advantages
which a political organization sup
ported by corporation favors , and
trust funds has over one that |
stands for popular government ,
we desire to impress upon every
one who believes with us the im
portance of bringing to the polls
every citizen who has grown'
weary of corporation rule and who ,
appreciates the importance of a i
victory in this year's contest in
Nebraska. This contest , as will
be generally agreed , is but a fore
runner of the greater contest soon
to be waged in behalf of popular
government throughout the United '
States and "all along the line. " J
Take a few hours off and go to
the polls and vote.
T. S. ALLEN ,
Ohm. Dem. State Com.
J. A. MAOUIRE ,
Sec. Dem. State Com.
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