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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1906)
. < , * ' PUBHPGER'S ' OPEN LETTER TO MR. SPRECHER. T J Mr. Shallenberger answers sat isfactorily the statements made by M some republicans , that he is a rail- r6ad man or was nominated by the railroad influence , in a letter to J.C. . Sprecher of Schbyler who is editor of the Free Lance. Not 43 knowing anything else to say against Mr. Shallenberger , the re : publican press and a few republican - . can politicians who ride on passes have been saying that he is a rail road man. but when these state ments were shown to be false they shifted to saying he was nominated by the railroad influence , hoping to infer that he would become a railroad governor if elected. Mr. Shallenberger is a forceful speaker and will not fail to convince every one who hears him that he was nominated by Nebraska democrats and populists who knew him , trusted him and that no railroad influence dictated or had anything tp do with his nomination for gov ernor of Nebraska. Read his let ter which follows : "John C. Sprecher , "Schuyler , Nebr. "Dear Sir : "In the first place a great many men in our portion of the state .were influenced by republican newspaper lies or stories told by excited and injudicious advocates 'of other candidates to the effect that I had support from corpora tion sources. As you will know , I have already forced my bitter opponents of the opposition press to. admit that , so far as I am in dividually concerned , there is noth ing whatever to base these slanders ! _ upon , either in my public record . . or expressed views , and now the charge is that the four hundred I fifty-five delegates who voted for me were not honest and true democrats - . ocrats , active for the best interest , of this state. The charge is as baseless and false against them as ' "against myself. The whole campaign - : " . : paign of villification and abuse is % * fF1 based , as you well know , upon the . . . ' . knowledge of the republican press , ' : flthat . their only hope of .winning * * ty * T * i { .r- this fall lies in their being success ful in driving honest populists , < - -who- might be disappointed be cause a democrat headed the tick et this time , from my support. And the best lie to tell to effect that-is , of course , the story Shal lenberger is a railroad man. I have always had a good deal of re spect for the Omaha Bee , believ- that , as a rule , that , at least , under - . der its former great editor , it wanted to be fair and would not knowingly descend to yellow journalism and baseless slander. 1 asked a reporter of that paper why they gave any countenance to such stories coming from cer tain fake reform republican sheets , and his re ly was that I was a i If'more men realized what comfort there is in a light . , w. . shave every morning we would be kept busy selling Shaving Supplies. V * I We can furnish almost any thing ever wanted and all are of the quality that makes shaving a pleasure. Keen - razors , good strops , mugs , I fine lather brushes , all the favorite shaving soaps , cream , bay rum , antiseptics , lotions , ' etc. , etc. 'I ! You will like our M Shayihg Supplies. MJ our Prices , tOO. ta- J .f i * * SCS99 * W'iJi rf lM : ' r i VALENTINE. . NEB i i pretty decent sort of a democrat and they did not know what else to say , and that as they were for the republican candidate , railroad bricks were about the best things to throw at me. "I was nominated by a majority of the votes from the purely ag ricultural part of the state and primarily because ,1 had all the votes from the potion where I lived. No other candidate had the support of his own section in any such like unanimity. I did not make any pre-nomination fight. Many counties in my old district instructed for me , all without re quest from me. "I had the support of the western men and the live stock interest be cause of my prominence as a breed er and feeder and shipper of stock , I having the honor of being presi dent of the Nebraska Breeders' association , a place to which I have been elected three times in succession. ' ' We people who live in the west ern part of the state feel the weight of present conditions more than you in the eastern portion. We pay more freight and more rail road fare because we are further from market , and more taxes ac cording to our wealth because our property is all in sight , than do those in more favored regions to the east of u = ? , and our hides have been flayed to iho bone by railroad trusts and beef trusts and coal trusts. "Those who know me know that I am something of a fighter , and they supported me because they have faith to believe that I stand for something ; that I have definite ideas and remedies to advance and that if we get any real relief it must be through the success of the democratic ticket , as the real lead ers of the republican party do not intend that anything shall be done be the next legislature any more than by those of the past. They can easily see as they compare the democratic and republican plat form that the fake reform candi dates surrendered the latter plat form to the "stand-patters" in return for the nomination just as the so-called progressives did in Iowa in return for the nomination of Cummins. " the 2-cent fare the "Upon - repub lican platform is silent , and decid edly so. ' 'Upon railroad freight reductions it talks in terms that mean noth ing. It uses the word "equitable , ' ' which may be interpreted as well to mean that they ought to be raised as to be lowered if the rail roads control the legislature , as they will , if the republicans win. Governor Mickey is already upon record as saying that he is afraid that the railroads would control the state board of assessment if the republicans win. So upon the three essentials in this campaign 2-cent fares , freight rates and re duction and honiest taxation a re publican victory-promises nothing. "You and I know that you cannot fight the head of our ticket and not hurt the other candidates thereon , and it is primarily in the interest of the honest and splendid ticket that I am associated with that I write to you. "You refer-to me as a banker. I have been interested in a bank for twenty years , but have three times as much interest in agriculture as in banking. I know that wealth is an unpopular political asset , and note that you refer to my oppon ent as a farmer. As you doubtless know , he has far more of this world's goods than I , and I con gratulate him upon it. His father left him many broad acres , which he rents to advantage. What lit tle land I have I have acquired by hard work and I operate it myself. I never was a candidate for any political office before , except that of congressman. I had two fights out there , both with the especial favorites of the B. & M. railroad , 1 with their general attorney the first time and with the choice of their general superintendent at jMcCpok the second tune. The "McCook 'division covers , the entire district and I had the , undivided opposition of their entire political machine and of every pass-holder in the republican valley. The first time I won out against the McKinley - Kinley land-slide in 19 00 , and was defeated in 1902 by 183 votes be cause they passed enough of my voters out and theirs into the dis trict to defeat me. I ran 2,000 ahead of my ticket in that election , and in the next campaign the dis trict was five thousand republican. I will carry the district again this fall in spite of the majority for the opposition and I am willing to stand in this fight upon the ver dict that the people who have known me for twenty years have always rendered in my behalf. "A great majority of the fusion forces in that district are still populist and although , as yru say , I am a banker and a democrat the populist of Harlan county were all for me in the late convention and those of several other counties in the Fifth 'district. And in 1902 the populists of Harlan county stood with me so well that" I ran 500 head of my ticket. As a re publican in that district , who tried to array the populists against me in a former campaign , once said , "It beats hell how the populists Stay with him. " I don't know that it does beat hades , but it is going to beat the republican ticket in this state this fall. I inclose you a couple of clippings , one from the Commoner , as to my antitrust - \ trust bill and one from Mr. Bryan , which you have doubtless seen. The one from Bryan is important in this case because it emphasized the importance of this fight as an influence upon the national fight two years hence , and the other because - : cause it shows that I have been a pioneer upon all those questions that are now at issue , I advocated a federal license and appraisal of. railroads and trusts and squeezing out of watered s'tock before either' Bryan , Roosevelb , LiFollefcte or Garfiekl declared for these policies- And further I had a defined remedy for the watering of stocks and bonds , that of the 10 per cent tax. A penalty that won Id have , been effective. The proposition to appraise the railroads through the proposed state railroad com mission , as embodied in the dem ocratic platform , was all my own. And without it any freight re duction law will be futile. I have advocated government ownership for ten years from the stump. "You can say I am not a.man of the people. I think you do not know me. I owe nothing of any thing I may have , or that others may credit me with , to anything but my own unaided efforts. I cams to this state as a boy without money or friends and am only proud of one fact , that I have the most friends , both political and personal , where they know me best. best."I "I am going to win this fight be-1 cause the people are turning to the . Democratic party and to its princi- j pies for relief and I do not believa that they are going to trust to those who only profess to believe in them in the face of prospective defeat , and that they will support | the party that stands for some-1 thing definite and for a candidate | that not. only dares to criticise , but ! has a definite policy for remedying : the things complained of. The people do not want any more fi ring - ing in the air. i "I would much like to have you f with me in this fight. I shall be in your county the first week in October and hope to meet you then , if not before. I trust you will' ' pardon this long letter , but I value so much the good opinion of even _ one good man , who has the reputation - . tation of being honest and fearless in his ideas , that it must be ray excuse. While this letter is in a sense personal to yourself , you , are at liberty to publish it if you so desire. I "A. C. SlIAkLEXBERKER. " ( In World Herald ) ! * Soft , beautiful pktino photos at Barnett's studio. First four days of each month. . . 3i ' , The Food Value Cracker You have heard that some foods furnish fat , other foods make muscle , and still others are tissue building and heat forming. You know that most foods have one or more of these elements , but do you know that no food contains them all in such properly balanced proportions as a good soda cracker ? The United States Government report shows that soda crackers contain less water , are richer in the muscle and fat elements , and have a much higher per cent of the tissue building and heat forming properties than any article of food made from flour. That is why Uneeda Biscuit should form an important part of every meal. They represent the superlative of the soda cracker , all their goodness and nourishment being brought from the oven to you in a package that is proof against air , moisture and dust the price being too small to mention. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY LE ! We will sell at Public Auction at my place on 10 miles northeast of. Valentine , Refer , , on ® commencing at 10 o'clock a. m. , the following describedproperty : 93 consisting of 5 Milch Cows , with calves by side. 14 two year old Steers. 12 Cows , with calves by side. 11 two year old Heifers. 5 Dry Cows. 10 yearling * Steers. 9 three year old Steers. 10 yearling Heifers. 15 consisting of 1 Span Horses , 4 yrs. old , weight 2,200. 4 two year old Mares , weight 900 each. 1 Span Mares , 6 yrs. old , weight 2,000. 2 yearling Colts. ' . - . - r 1 Span' Mares , 4 yrs..old , weight 2,100. 3 sucking Colts. * * 1 Sow and Pigs. 1 Top Buggy. 1 Big-4 McCormick Moweiv 1 Hay Bake. 1 Corn Sheller , new. 2 Cultivators. TERMS OF SALE : On sums of § 10 and over . 9 months time will be given on bankable notes bearing 10 percent interest , or 5 per cent discount for cash. Sums under § 10 cash. Gr. E- . TRACE WELL , Auct. MAX E. YIERTEL , Clerk. COWDEN BROS. to Neiv Orleans. Via the North-Western Line. Ex cursion tickets will be sold October 11 to 14 , inclusive , with favorable return limits , on account of K. P. Supreme Lodge. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western R'y. 355 Excursion lintc * to Chicago and. St. Louis , Mo. , and return , via the North-western Line. Bound trip excursion tickets . 1 Stirring Plow. . 1 Grindstone. 1,000 feet of Lumber , in good condition. 4 dozen Plymouth Bock Chickens. Household Furniture. will be sold from points on or west of the Missouri to Chicago and to St. Louis until Sept 30,1906 , limit ed to retnrn until October 81. Ap ply to agents Chicago & North western Ey. 10-1-06 Hates to Interstate Stock rend Iforse SJtotv at St. JToftepIi , lilo. . 1 Via the" North-Western Line. Ex- jcursion tickets will " be sold Sep- " * " " * * i * " tember 22 to 26 , inclusive , with favorable return limits. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western 35 2 Tie7z ° ts / Ci > . Fair ( it A.iaisivortJt JYeft. , Via the North-western Line , will be sold at reduced rates Sept. 24 to 28 , inclusive , limited to return un til Sept. ' 29 , inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North-western R'y. ' 286