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THURSDAY , OCTOBER 2-t , 1907.
Who Gets
The campaign in this county is no exception to the
general . rule. There are rival candidates seeking public-
favor and each lias his friends and followers. Valen
tine , especially , is filled with men eager to advise their
fellow citizens'how to exercise the elective franchise.
You get advice while you wait , so to speak. And if you
do not wait they follow and force it onto you , or spur
your recollection by writing persona ] letters and impor
tuning you to get out and work for some favorite. There
are just as many reasons urged as there are voters to be
interviewed. One man is urged to support some one be-
oause he is an "old timer1' ; another is urged to support
him because he has been a longtime seeking the nomina
tion ; and another is asked to remain loyal to the party
nominee , regardless of the candidate's fitness for the
place. In some of the letters that have been sent out
from the republican county committee the secretary of
_ . it \ f \ _ _ \j . . . * . . . + . x. * ' * - v - . . _ . - f- mJ I ' _
that we old pals must pull together , you arc one of the
push and we will depend on , ' or words to that ef
fect. And in this familiar sort of way he seeks to make
the recipient of the letter think that he is the onfe man
in all the county on whom the candidate and the county
committee relies for support. Hi-1 is the . staff on which
the party leans and if he fails the organization will go
down to utter defeat. But this sort of thing' will not
fool anybody. "Bill" soon discovers that a cop > M > f the
very same letter has been written to "Tom" and to "Dick"
and to every other man in his pirrinct. They have all
been run off the same press and differ only jn the name.
We are not complaining about the young xvretary.
He is holding an official position by favor of the politinii
machine , and , in all fairness to liim , let it be said that if
the candidates in whose favor he is sending these letters
were as well qualified for the places they seek as he is
for the place lie holds no one would question their Com
petency. But at the same time it is not safe to take Iris
certificate at its face value. Better moke an investiga
tion on your own account AVhy not elect u man assessor
that is a good judge of property of all kind ? ? ? Mr.
Young is just that kind of a man. If in *
is elected assessor he will be master
of the office , because he will be in
dependent of professional book
keepers ; he will he independent of
the little clique around town that is
only too willing to arrange sched
ules and prepare the hooks and make
them ' 'show up as good as the best
of them.1 I < f you elect Mr. Young
to the office he will be the assessor ,
and we venture the prediction that
his books Avill show im all riff lit his
work will be right and he will not
be dependent upon others.
COUNTY SHERIFF
The committee in charge of Mr. Sherman's campaign
for sheriff first made an appeal through the columns of
the local press for support for Mr. Sherman because he
was the party nominee. They said : lie is the first
nominee we have had under the primary system of mak
ing nominations. His name was submitted to the voters
and he Avon out and is therefore entitled to the vote of
every loyal republican. This was the first argument put
forth by his friends and we want to discuss it for just a
moment
It is true that his name \vas submitted to the voters
at a general primary and that he secured more votes in
the primary than either of his competitors. But it is also
true that he received considerably less than half his party
vote. More republicans voted against him than voted
for him. He is not the candidate by virtue of a majority
of his party. His nomination was brought about by an
application of practical politics to the new law. It was1
a case of using old methods in a IICAV emergency. He
has for years been a candidate For this nomination and
never succeeded in M republican convention , but this
year the Jaw was changed. Under the old convention
plan a candidate had to receive a majority vote of the
delegates. Midcr the now plan the candidui" receiving
the highest number OL votes became the nominee , al
though the remainder of the vote , if taken as a Avhole ,
might out number his two to one. IT re Avas the op
portunity for the veteran politician. What was easier
than to gain the nuch cove ( red nomination under an ar
rangement like . is ? There was just one thing to be
done and that only. See t'd it that two men i'rom the'
country precincts enter the race. Get any two men from
the country only two men to divide the country vote
and let the town vote solidly for its own candidate. The
scheme Avorked. The politicians in town assured their
country friends that the town vote would be divided.
Men from the country precincts were assured they would
receive a fair percentage of the town vote. Two repre
sentative men entered the race under these conditions.
The country Arote Avas diArided. The vote controlled by
the machine was cast for the toAvn candidate. Mr. Kime
had. been promised'support from some of the leading
politicians in the toAvn of Valentine , but when the vote
Avas counted he had received just 12 votes. He was
betrayed by the men whose business it is to run the poli
tics of the county. The vote he got Avas from personal
friends who could not be worked by the "leaders. " If
there had been but one candidate in the country Mr.
Sherman never would have been the nominee. After se
curing a nomination in this way doesn't it require con
siderable gall to insist on a republican supporting him
simply because his name is on the ballot ?
We have now discussed the argument made in his
behalf by his campaign committee. He has advanced
quite another argument himself. In his circular letter ,
a copy of which has been mailed to every voter Avhose
name and address he has been able to secure , he says ,
that although he is the nominee of the republican party
lie realizes that the day of partisan politics is past and
urges as his chief claims for the office that he has lived
for a long time in the county and spent much time
"among the cowboys. " We fully agree with him that
the day of partisan politics is past. Men no longer shut
their eyes and vote for any man Avho happens to be their
party candidate. The time was when men thought it a
matter of honor that they vote their ticket straight.
Fortunately AATC have out grown that sort of foolishness ,
Men now look to a candidate's q uurffjcntions , They have
learned that not all the poor timber is in the other'party.
They have learned that there are good men and poor
men in all parties and they have grown independent
enough to vote for the man they believe will serve the
public best They ] ' < * Applying the same rule in the se
lection of officers that corpo'nitlumi and business men ap
ply in the management of their busings , Mr.herman's
own statement shows that his managers were in en'Or
when , in the early days of the campaign , they published
n appeal to party prejudice. It is quite probable thai-
he diKoovored this and wrote his letters tocorrect the
mistake they mudo. '
So far as the other argument J ( jojieerned , namely ?
That he has spent much of his time among i\\n \ \ * ; cow =
bov-K , " we Kaye but to say that if the "cowboys" want
to do something' for a. cowboy they had better support
Clyde Rosscter , who , for 'the past ten years , has been
riding the range , pitching hay fliid br-ancjing cattle ar his
ranch south of Cody. The.time his opponent has spent
in getting1 acquainted Avith the cowboys Mr. Itossefer has.
spent in the practical work of a stockman. Mr. Eossotcr
has no means of getting : out letters to ti ] { > , voter * * . This
is the first fall he lias been running' f < rr office , and he has
JIG organized committee to issue letters , but jip wilj ap-
preciuti1 your vote aijd your influence. And , now , \vhile
it is still early in the Cam
paign and you have time to
look up his record , AAre wairt
to risk you to inquire as to
his clumiC'U11 ! fliifl fitness for
the place he seokn.&y \
aside party feeling , whether
yt\l \ are a democrat or a re
publican , nd then vote for
the man you feel will make
the best officer for Cliony
county.if you arc a demo
crat do not ljpeltate tp vote
for Sherman if you chink he
Avill make a better officer
than Rosseter. If you are
H. republican do not hesitate
to vote for Hosseter if you
thiukhe will mttluM ? ] ) ? ttGv Ciyde At Rcsscttr ;
sheriff than Shermtm. Mi-- hhjrjnai ( { : ijj his letter ,
virtually releases republicans fi'oin jjarty obligation , an.d
Wi * have authority from Mr. Rosseter to'say tiutl in 'flip
sunu < AVrts' ' he releases democrats. Pie submits his candid -
/ ; IT ' , j < i rv i i
d/ id
Vote you
ocptobh *
COUNTY JUDQE
There appears to be too little consideration paid to
the office of county judge. Many people rate tin offic-e by
the salary it pays , or by the political prestige it hold * .
It is admitted that in the matter of salary and political
prestige the ollico of Bounty judge does not compare with
that of clerk , treasurer iid sheriff , but nevertheless , it
is to the people , as a whole , one of r\o ] \ most important
offices they have to fill , it is certain that n ofljer office
requires more accuracy or more disc rhnlna turn than tii #
office of probate judge. Under the laAv of tM state , ey =
cry estate must be probated in this court. Sooner oi ;
later every acre of land in the county will pass- through
the probate proceedings. No nitw of property can tell
when that property will be undergoing' the procebs of
probate. You may be a strong healthy man today , hut
before another two years rolls around your widow nnd
children may be probating your estate. You naturally
want to leave your estate in as good condition as pos
sible ; you would fiftYf your widow and children realize as
much out 9f that estate & > , possible , and you would have
the proceedings as carefully and fiuu&ty done as possible.
Naturally you Avould have the records correctly ma.4e so
they would not be annoyed in the future.
Now , if you Avould have all these things done , why
not stop for a memcnt before selecting the judge that
( ftontifiuwl on wl'xt gaye.
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Barber
STATE BAXK BUILDING
First-class Shop in Every Respect
Eau de Quinine Hair Tonic , Golden Star Fiair
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Try Pompeian Face Massage Cream
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One good Ixentucky jack. AIsp
one general purpose stallion.
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ii Wood Lakei Nebr.
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H. DAILEY ,
Dentist.
Office over the grocery deparment
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