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ir , Throughout the country there
is a growing conviction that our
courts and our schools should be
t I taken out of politics. So strong
islthe feeling that tho commendable
D
U reform has been accomplished in
I nearly every city .in io far as the
\ ,1 schools are concerned. In few
I i , A places do party politics and fact-
, ionalism cat any figure in the elec-
! tion of school directors and in the
administration of school affairs.
This is as it should be and is but
I II I further evidence that we are prog-
I "ressing , moving forward rapidly
i along common sense lines and be-
I ginning to reach the point in gov-
I : ernment when our public affairs
; will be handled with a view of
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getting the best results.
I Of as great or greater import-
I ance is the problem of our judici-
ary. For several years the most en-
lightened thought has been for the
elimination of party politics in the
selection of court judges. It has
come to be quite generally recog-
nized that , primarily , the particu-
lar party brand carried by the
candidate for a judgeship has little
bearing on the question of his
, qualification for the office to which
he aspires. It has been further
demonstrated that when partisan
- lines are drawn in' the nomination
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the result-
I and election of judges -
II ing court is apt to be prejudiced
( , honestly or other-wise when ques-
, i ! tions affecting the interests of his
s IIi 1e party come before him for adju-
I I dication. North , south , east and
west we have beheld the dis ust-
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i i ing spectacle of courts nullifying
' i good laws , enacted under the spur
I of public demand , simply because
II the party which put them into op-
eration was opposed to the party
of which the deciding court hap-
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' pened to be a member. In fact ,
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I ed the present widespread demand
I for a non-partisan or bi-partisan 1 \
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i judiciary.
-I iI II I Here in Nebraska this year we
are confronted by ' this issue. Be-
, , : fore deciding whom we shall elect
: : to the three vacancies on our su
, \1 \ preme bench it'would be well for
us to consider this son-partisan
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idea and to review its history in
Nebraska. It will be recalled i
that a republican legislature in
, 1907 offered an amendment to the j
people increasing the number of
supreme judges from three to
seven. At that time there was
much discussion of the non-part-
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and the best evidence indicated
, that the voters of the state desired ,
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to put'the system into operation. '
I A republican governor pledged
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himself to give the democrats an
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even break when he made the
four additional appointments , and
, : at the 1908 election all hands tu rn-
IL ed out and , worked for the amend-
I ; ment , with the result that it car-
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: rThThe democrats of Nebraska have
f i nominated for justices of the su- i
; preme court , Jphn J. Sullivan of
, 1 E Douglafe ' county ; James R. Dean ,
i ( of Custer county ; and Benjamin
j Good of Saunders county. Judge
I : I , Sullivan served one term on the
i" ( ; supreme bench and he made a re-
aa'r / ' ; ' . ! r cord that is unsurpassed in the
' , I history of that court. 'He is rec- ,
I ognized as one of the great law
i , 1 I i yers of the west and the people of
:1 : , j Nebraska are , indeed fortunate in
i 'I I having the opportunity of choos-
, I ing so capable a II" an. Judge
, il Dean is now a member of the
, , j court. It was Judge Dean who
J wrote the dissenting opinion in
I 1 the case where republican judges
; . 1 destroyed the non-partisan judici
" ary law. . That ' opinion has been
/ I printed in full in The Commoner
' j _ and it has been accepted by la w-
I yers generally as a clear cut ju-
t . , dicial Document , while its logic
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A 1 l manded ' if or it the respect of men
, i E of all political parties. Judge
' Good has served several terms as
II . judge of the district court and
i d throughout his judicial district he
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ried ' by about three to one.
Incidently the republican gov
ernor was defeated for re-election ,
and when it came time ' for him to
make his four supreme court , ' ap-
pointments he named three repub-
licans ] and one democrat the lat-
ter for one of the two one-year
terms.
Naturally , democracy felt some-
what grieved , so , in the next
legislature J , which happened to be
democratic , a bill was passed crea-
ting a non-partisan judiciary.
This measure provided for the
nomination and election of judges
without rpgard to party. It is
the most direct evidence we have
concerning the desire of the people
of the state for this judiciary sys-
tem , and in the absence of any
other proof it must be accepted as
the voice of the masses raised in
protest against a continuance of
the old party court plan and in
favor of the more enlightened ,
businesslike method.
In short order the non-partisan
law was attacked by the friends of
the republican leaders l and was de-
clared unconstitutional by a re-
publican supreme court. The
question whether the law was
actually unconstitutional or was
invalidated for selfish reasons is
one for lawyers ; , and not laymen ,
to determine. However , the fact
remains that the people , through
their representatives in the legis- .
lature , expressed a desire for a.
nonpartisan court. This furnishes
excellent argument for the election
of three democratic candidates for
supreme judges at this time , pro-
vided they are as well qualified to
perform the duties of office as
their republican opponents.
If the state really wants a non-
partisan or bi-partisan supreme
court , it is in position to get it
this year. The supreme court is
now composed of six republicans
and one democrat. The latter is
'a candidate for re-election , so if I
'he and the other two democrats
are chosen for the offices the divis-
ion4 of the court will be four repub-
licans to three democrats , still I
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leaving the republicans the , major-
ity. It seems but logical that the i
pe.ople-if they are anxious to
have a court divided between the
two major parties : - should vote
for the three democratic nominees ,
other things between the republi-
can and democratic candidates be-
ing equal.
Without casting reflection upon
the abilities of the three republi-
can 'candidates in any way , it may
be said that the democrats who
have been selected for the posi-
1 I tions are at least the peers of the
I ! I republicans. They are upright
gentlemen whose abilities as jur-
ists have been tested. If elected
to the supreme court they may be
depended upon to perform their
duties intelligently , capably and
honestly. . . \
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judge.
The democrats of Nebraska
have reason to be proud of their
candidates for the supreme bench ,
and the people of the state will be
fortunate indeed , should Judge
Sullivan , Good and Dean be elect-
ed.
The nominees for regent of the
State University are Harry E.
Newbranch and Charles Knapp.
Mr. Knapp is a business man of
high standing in the city of Lin
coln. Mr. Newbranch is the as-
sociate editor of the Omaha
World-Herald. Upon him the
brunt of the editoral work 'of that
paper has fallen and he has dis
charged his duties well. His ed-
itorals have come to be known
through the west as models of
earnest , scholarly appeals to the
intelligence of the people. It is
needless to say that the interests
of Nebraska's great university
would be well served by the elect-
ion of Messrs. Newbranch and
Knapp.-The Commoner.
For Sale Old Catholic
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Miss Lottie Geddies returned
from Omaha Saturday night.
Forest Shepard and wife , return
ed . Saturday night from" , Hot
Springs.
Jack Savage of Merriman was
down to the I. C. Stotts sale last
Saturday. .
Col C. P. Jordon of Todd Co.
S. D. was in the city the fore part
of the week on business.
County Judge Quigley returned
from Omahfl- the fore part of the
week where lie had been on busi-
ness.
George Stetter , returned Satur-
day night from the eastern part of
the state where he had been with
a couple car load of horses.
Jack Johnson , the big smoke
pug handed , Stanely Ketchel a
package Saturday afternoon in
the 12th round for the world's
champion-ship.
-Potatoes , Millet and other farm
products are being brought into
, market by the farmers who are
loading up with supplies on their
return trip home , all making pre-
paration for the approaching win-
ter.
With the whirl of automobiles
and other conveyances to the
north loaded with land seekers
and the cry of the auctioner at the
well attended stock sales Valen-
tine has presented a scene of un
usual activity for this season of
the year ; , during the past two
weeks.
Eugene Fry , one of the old time
cow hands of the earliest days of
Cherry county , was in Valentine on
Tuesday last on business. Mr. Fry
lives in Bussell precinct and has
for several years been engaged
in purveying out claims for the set-
tlers who have been rapidly settling
up that portion of the country.
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Judge Waleott returned Monday
from "Omaha . where he had been as
a spectator at the game of football
between the Nebraska and Minne- . . .
sota universities. His son Oliver
played with the Nebraska team.
On Sunday next , October 24th ,
there will be a celebration of the
Holy Eucharist at 7:30 : a. m. , in
St. John's church. Sunday school
at 10 ; morning prayer with ad-
dress at 11. No evening service.
Litany and choir rehearsal ' on Fri-
day evening ' , October 22nd , at
7:30. :
Mrs. : Geddies , proprietor of the
Valentine House received a couple
of beautiful palms from Omaha
last week. They are magnificent
specimens of living plants each :
standing about four feet high , and
have been much admired by many
of Mrs. Geddies lady friends who
have dropped in to view them.
I have for sale 20 head
of pure bread Shropshire
and Ramboulette Rams.
Am closing out and will
sell ) cheap. D. A. Han =
cock Wood Lake , Nebr.
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WEST HOUND :
N6. 7 , . 1:10 p. m. New passenger train. \
No. 3 : „ ,1:3511. : in. Old " . .
No. 119 , 11:55 p. m. Through freight train.
No. 81 , lOO : H. m. Local freight train.
EAST KOCXD :
No.2 , 11:00 p. m. New passenger train.
Np. (5 ( , 5:05 a. in. Old" "
No. 11(5 ( ; , 0:20 : a. m. Through freight train.
No. 82 , 3:50 p. m. Local freight train.
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TOLEDO , 0. , April 1. - The Nat-
ional Council of Women began its
annual convention here today with
a mass meeting directed by the I
Toledo Settlement association.
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I Mrs. May Wright Sewall of In-
dianapolis honorary president of
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the International Council of Wo
men , spoke , on "America's Oppor
tunity as a World Power. "
I A feature of the meeting was an
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"address by Rev. Father T. C.
O'Reilly of Cleveland. "Woman
achieves her greatest triumphs , " I
said the priest , "when she fulfills
the will of her creator. She was
created to be the help mate , not
the rival , of man. They are to
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work as onp , neither striving to
take the position which belongs to
I the other. Yet the fact that she
is at home does not mean that she
has no influence on the progress
of the world. The ideal that we
formed at our mother's knee is the
highest we will form in all our
lives. "
Addresses were also made by
Mrs. Lilian M. Hollister of De-
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troit , Mrs. Kate Barrett of Wash
ington and Mrs. Florence E. Kel
Ily of New York.-Chicago Chron-
icle , April ? , 1906.
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There are lots of potatoes com
ing to town these days and they
are being sold at 30 cts. per bush-
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el. The potato crop in this section j r
is large and generally speaking
the potatoes are of excellent qual-
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sa ware being picked out by the
raisers and brought in for exhibi-
tion. This is certainly a great po- - '
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head of horses , granary . and hay -
stable ;
One 4-room house , corn crib and
stable , city water in both houses.
Must be sold soon , part time , part
cash , or will take young heavy
team as part payment. P. ' } ? .
Simons , Sparks , Neb. , or I. , 1\1.
Rice , Valentine ; Neb. 1
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I corresponding prices. But if you want a reputable serviceable : Machine , then take
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? - - - 27 years experience has enabled us to bring 3
t : out : a HANDSOME , SYMMETRICAL and
= WELL-BUILT PRODUCT , combining in its
mafovttp all the good points found on high
$ racte machines ' and others that are exclusively
$ , Li WHITE-or : instance , our TENSION INDI-
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