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VOLUME XXIII VALENTINE. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY , OCTOBER S , 190S. NUMBER
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Mr. Rooseveil Withdraws.
Mr. Roosevelt , it appears , is
ready , even anxious , to discon
tinue the detnte. Ho announces ,
through the laithful Loeb , that he
will not reply to Mr. Bryan's last
letter , since , "as it was simply an
attack upon him personally , there
was no reason why he should an
swer it. "
While we have no great respect
for ihe reason Mr. Roosevelt as
signs , we doll' our hat to his dis
cretion. For once lie has shown
that he has a lively realization of
what valor's best part really is.
This bout with the democratic
leader wasn't exactly the "corking
good time" and "bully fun" he
has been accustomed to have in
his furious onslaughts upon "my
dear Maria , " "dear Marriman , "
the nature fakers , Meyer , Hay-
wood and Petti bone , and other un
desirables. Mr. Bryan fought
back ! Worse thai * that , he showed
no slightest tremor of fear , and
wasn't at all overawed. He actu
ally seemed to enjoy the experi
ence as , with all the coolness , skill
and precision in the world , he sent
one sockdolager after another on
to the solar plexus of his astound
ed and mortified adversary.
But for Mr. Roosvelt to com
plain , as he retires , that he has
been made the victim of a "per
sonal attack , ' ' is funny. The man
who caii't get a good laugh out of
that is a hopeless dyspeptic , or he
lost his funny-bone early in life.
"Personal attacks" have long been
Mr. Roosevelt's peculiar forte.
Evidently he had come to believe
that he had a copyright upon them.
Anyhow , while he delivers . .them
with gusto , lie * sustains them with
mighty poor grace for one whom
we had all come to look upon as a
simply ferocious fighter who eat
his meat bloody raw and dripping.
What is the "personal attack"
Mr.'Bryan has made on the com
plaining president , and what was
the occasion for it ?
Mr. Roosevelt started the fight
and with a "personal attack , "
not only on Governor Haskell , but
on Mr. Bryan and the entire dem
ocratic party. Mr. Bryan , instead
of showing more reverance for the
) fh'ce of president than the p resi
dent himself shows , retorted with
deadly eit'ect.
The result is that he has put not
only the republican party and Mr.
Taft , but he has put the great
Roosevelt himself distinctly on the
defensive. He has got them apolo-
ixing and explaining.
Mr. Roosevelt Jiaving forced the
debate upon an" adversary who
neither sought it nor fled from it ,
las found himself under the un
pleasant necessity of defending ,
lodging , explaining from the very
beginning.
lie bas had to try to explain
away the dismal fact that , after
seven years of "streuuosity" as a
'trust buster" he hasn't desolved
a single trust , nor sent a trust of
fender lo jail , while the number of
trusts have more than doubled and
all he has to show for his "efforts"
is a panic.
He has had to try to explain
away the fact that he permitted ,
and consented to , the absorption
3.y the steel trusts of its most for
midable rival , making that great
corporation more than ever an il-
egal monopoly in restraint of
trade.
He has had to try to gloss over
the fact that the trust and monop
olies generally , and "the system"
that makes its liar in Wall street ,
are supporting the republican
candidates.
He has had to try to evade the
demand for pre-election publicity
of campaign contributions with
the preposterous as well as shame
ful plea that the voters might in
that event be led to draw wrong
: onclusions from the fact that plu-
ocracy is contributing to the re
publican treasury.
He has had to face the charge
a charge he could meet only with
silence that he himself sheltered
powerful offenders who were mem
bers of his cabinet , and prosecuted
"malefactors of great wealth" on
ly "intermittently and spasmodi
cally. "
He has had to remain silent when
his attention was challenged to the
fact that Mr. Taft recommended
to him the appointment of a Stand
ard Oil attorney for judge of the
federal court.
Mr. Roosevelt started the fight
as a purist. lie asserted it was "a
shame and a disgrace" that such a
man as Governor Haskell ' 'should
be connected with the management
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of any national campaign. " Mr.
Haskell has retired , and promises
to vindicate his character in good
tin e. - But the republican treasur
er , Sheldon , director of the steel
trust , of the eletrical.trust , the lo
comotive trust and a score of other
trusts , has not retired. Neither
has Cromwell , attorney for Stand
ard Oil , the sugar trust , Vlarri-
man , and Kuhn , Loeb & Co.
Neither has Penrose , nor Brooker.
nor Murray Crane , nor Upham ,
nor Lowden , nor the other repre
sentatives of plutocracy who are
managing the republican carnpaign >
James S. Sherman is still the re
publican candidate for vice presi
dent , and is just now stumping
Joe Cannon's district to help that
old retainer of the trusts back into
the speaker's chair.
When will Mr. Roosevelt have
a little time to give to the"cleaning
of his own house ? He announces
that he has no present intention of
going on the stump , which shows
that he knows when he has got
enough. If he sticks to this de
cision , surely he should have time
at least to boot Sheldon and Crom
well and Penrose out of the repub-
licrtn committee !
Meanwhile , now that nursie has
retired from the glare of the spot
light to the extreme rear , there to
rub bear's grease on her bruises ,
may we expect to see Mr. Taft
make a brave effort to run clear
across the stage all by his lonely ?
World-Herald.
The Last Call.
Has your school gotten those
delegates elected to the county
convention which meets Oct. 1-i at
Valentine Presbyterian Church ?
The time is almost here and your
school must get its share of the
good things. Will your school be
a Banner ? Oi-Sy three things. (1) ( )
Send in the oli'-ring asked for by
the county. (2) ( ) Have a delegate
at this county cnnvention. (3) ( )
Send in a report of your school.
Thesethree things make a ban
ner school. We ought to have
every school in the county banner
schools.
This convention is undenomina
tional and yet all denominations
in our county are members of it.
If you are not there and things
don't go right it was , perhaps , be
cause you were not there. We
need you. you need in. Come.
Sincerely yours ,
Riv. J. ROIJKUT BKALK ,
County President.
&J. S. We i Ji r * Sireau
for wok Kn < Usij Oct. < > .
Daily mean temperature 50 ° .
Normal 51 ° .
Highest 84 ° ; lowest oi0.
Precipitation 0. Oo of an inch.
Total precipitation from March
1st ( the crop season ) to date was
0.28 inches and the average for !
same period for 20 years is 14.29
Parties are hereby notified not
to camp on or graze their stock
on section 14 and Ei of sec. 15 , tp. j
33) r. 28. ELWOODD. HETH. 20
We sell farming implements as well as other
merchandise at reasonable prices.
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Chartered as a State Bank Chartered as a Uational Bank
June 1 , 1884. August 12. 1902 ,
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Valentine , Nebraska.
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25,000. Exchange and
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G. E. CORNELL , President. J. T. MAY , Yice-Presidenfc.
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