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WHAT NEBRASKA WANTS.
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' " Sidney , Neb. , Oct. U. - To the
w Editor of the World-Herald : It
6 ! i i ' . . is admitted that the ' cry of the
* * 'American : republic today is " Gad.
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1 give us men. " It is admitted that
the cry of Nebraska during the
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pesent campaign is "God give us I
I men ! " strong men , men who live I
in the open , men who stand for
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the ideals of the common wealth ,
: men who stand for the principles
and rights dear to a liberty-loving
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people. Men ] are wanted. No
I sanctimonious censor of morals ,
, no self-canonized , saint , no winged
- celestial . , no harpist from the
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'a. r't ' c , apply. Ne
. braska ( on November 8 , expects to
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. ' elect a governor , not the head of
r. a state religion , it expects to elect
. an administrator , not the su per-
intendent ; an exceedingly large
: Sunday school ; , it expects to elect
- a conserver of the liberties of the
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! " individual not . a ; doctor of divinity
j . to prescribe the morals of the com
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monwealth. Because the demo-
cratic party believes that Nebraska
- wishes for governor neither a tin
god nor a member of the angelic
hosts , but a man , it has placed in
nomination James C. Dahlman ,
I m.ayor in Nebraska's metropolis ,
: the city of Omaha.
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The standards of Nebraska de-
" : mancl . , . that any man who occupies
. the gubernatorial chair be a man
of. . .administrative ability , a man
devoted , to the interests of the
individual < ' citizen , conversely , a
man . free . from " boss " domination ,
' a man acquainted with the needs
I and . . . " spirit . of all sections of the
state . , . finally f ; ; , a man who has
J ' notjbing , to conceal , whose past life
' ; d is an open book.
' I p : ] Vfr. : D hlman completely fulfills
tliejfpregfiiinff : s requirements. His
executive-ability : is unquestioned.
His wonderful success in admin-
isjeringj.he ; complex mechanism
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# L - . resulting in a triumphant re-elec-
S * ' . * . ' tion , is proof positive of this. If
' " % \ , , ' , further demonstration of ability
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, , _ x. , . . , the . life of .this man who has risen
. ; < - * from the position of an , humble
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* ' * ' " " ' " cocv - un her" to the most influ-
" . : 5 , . ' . : \ ' en / tial I position . in the most impor-
J-t tant city of Nebraska. In common
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I . " ' . * . -with . . the . rest of . mankind ' Mr. :
, . Dahlman has doubtless made some
I - ' - mistakes. His bitterest critics
, . . ' " however , will hardly deny him
< , , credit _ for successfully initiating
\ I * . ' . and maintaining ! a mayorality
I , . " . policy . . . , broad-minded , sensible ,
l i progressive in accordance with the
lI I . _ public sentiment ; of his constitu-
i i : , ; ents , . a pQIicy.making for law-abid-
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- ing liberty-loving ,
I Mr. Dahlman's devotion to the
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, . interests of the individual is made
t ' apparent when one considers his
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I ' fundamental promise that no per-
' . - son has , the . right to dictate con-
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- - ' cernin what his neighbor shall
' eat or drink. Abraham Lincoln's
famous declaration that LO man is
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' " - ; -good enough to govern another
without that other's consent is but
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a larger ] way of stating Mr. Dahl-
man's opposition to sumptuary
- , and dictatory legislation infring-
ing upon the personal rights of
' the individual. i . It is axiomatic to
: ' : state . that there are limits to gov-
, ernmental . control over the customs
1 . ' ' ; " . and , practices of a majority of
I " . minority. In defining the limits
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. . . Dahlman has had the courage to
. bid farewell to his lifelong friends
' " he has hurled defiance in the face
j _ ' . : ; . ; , of the most powerful democrat in
f the United States , he has remained
. : ' " . ' unmoved in spite of the attacks of
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: . . - Anti-Saloon league.
, , ' . . Mr. Pahlman is unique among
I . , ' ( : : . - gubernatoral ! candidates . recent
I , ; " . ' , . ; ' years in that he represents to an
: - ' " . ° ' " "unusual ! extent all sections of the
t _ i. . . , ; . . ; : - stale. ; : His life on the cattle ranges
: i t < ' , ' " - of , the ushort grass" country , in
f . , _ , . . . . tiie villages and small cities of
. ' . ! , , " : ' , sDjoTthwest Nebraska , his exper-
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lence ' as secretary of the transpor -i
tation commission , his career as
m'ayor of a metropolis , make him I
peculiarly a representative Ne- . !
braskan. With the untrammeled 4
vision and liberal spirit of the
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western farmer and , ranchman , he
has , combined _ the sympathy and
understanding that comes from
life ] in a great urban community. I
The democratic party can point
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with unusual pride to the fact that
Mayor Dahlman represents no one
city or community , but all sections
of our splendid commonwealth. .
It has become the practice of
certain newspapers and speakers ,
ignoring Mr. Dahlm n's splendid
qualities and abilities , and to heap I
upon him the vilest and' } most un
reasonable exerations. As was to
be expected , his attitude in the
face of this storm of abuse' has
been an attitude of good-natured
equanimity. During a period I
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when it was expected that sheriff
would obtain a considerable part
of his remuneration from-the fees
of his office , it is charged that Mr.
Dablman , in common with other
sheriffs , received part , of . his com-
pensation in'the form of duplicate
vouchers , honored by the state. i !
Such petty insinuations are too
trivial to be considered seriously.
Scarcely more pertinent is the as-
sertion that in a wild , lawless
country wheref Mr : , Dahlman un
fortunately and blamelessly found
himself during his youth , he was
compelled to invoke the law of
might and the force of righteous
indignation to punish a worthless
brother-in-law vho had deserted
a defenseless sister , It is claimed
that Mr. Dahlman is a member of
no orthodox church. Like Abra-
ham Lincoln , it is true Mayor
Dahlman : affiliates with no religi-
ous sect. Like Mr. Lincoln , how-
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ever , Mr. Dahlman is a friend of
all worthy religious , philanthropic
and charitable bodies. i -Ir. - Dahl-
man's past life is an open book.
He has made it so of his own free
will. His policies , personal , , . , . liber- . .
ty , local self-government and law
enforcement are written . in the
hearts of the people. Hy ouJ\now :
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where he stands. " I
I am , a lifelong republican.
W. C. FELDMAN.
From the World-Herald.
The Traffic Commission Joke.
( Chicago Journal. )
Old line republicans make a
great to-do about the wonderful
tariff commission scheme and the
plan for revision of the tariff
schedule by schedule.
They would have us believe that
these two propositions mean hon-
est and immediate tariff revision ,
whereas they are simply an artful
dodge to secure indefinite delay
and delude the public into patient
waiting.
The plan for securing revision
of one schedule at a time will be
blocked by all possible devices in
congress. The tariff commission ,
we are already informed , cannot
obtain information abroad without
retaining an army of experts for a
long period of time , at heavy out-
lay.
lay.The
The American taxpayor is al-
ready supporting forty-four em-
bassies and legations at great ex-
pense , and something like 960
consular officials , whose salaries
and expenses run into millions of
dollars annually.
Our diplomats are mostly occu-
pied in social affairs. Our consuls
devote their time largely l ] to col
lecting reams of reports on the
possible market for cotton in
China , the numbe'r of American
machine-tools in Russian shops ,
the coal mines of Scotland , mostly
the sort of trade stuff , that a good
exchange editor could clip out of
foreign newspapers by the mile.
At least two-thirds of their in-
formation is worthless. The other
third is valuable solely to the har-
vester trust , the steel trust , the
leather trust , the watch trust and
other American monopolies who
are thereby enabled to find new
markets thousapds of miles away
in which to sell .their products at
prices 30 and 40 per cent lower
than they charge . American con ' . - ,
sumers. ' .
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we- any. tariff inforraar
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tion , which we do not , why not let
our diplomats forsake swallowtails
and pumps for a bit , forego "the
society of dukes and dulchesses
and get acquainted with the com-
mon folk of the countries in which
they represent us ? Why not per-
mit our consular service , which
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his labored long and faithfully for
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the tariff barons of America , to
put in a few months in behalf of
American consumers who pay
their fat salaries . and who demand
tariff reduction as ' a limited meas-
sure of defense against the trusts ?
- Prohibition Fifty years Ago.
\V hen Massachusetts had a pro-
hibition law the moral consequences
were so deplorable that the best
people of the state entered into con-
flict with the worst in the effort to
get rid of the obnoxious statute. : I .
Among the leaders for decency was
John A. Andrew , Massachusetts'
famous war governor , who wrote
the following :
I aver that a statute of prohibi-
tion aiming to banish from the table
of an American citizen by pains and
penalties an article of diet which a
large body of the people believe to
be legitimate , which the law does not
even pretend to exclude from the
category of commercial articles ,
'which in nation and in
every , some
form in all history , has held its
place among the necessities or the
luxuries of society , is absurdly
weak , or else it is false to any liber-
ty. Whenever it will cease to be
absurdly weak , society , by the oper-
ation of moral causes , will have
reached a point where it will have
become useless ; or eke it will be
fatal to any liberty , since , if not
useless , but operated and fulfilled
by legal force , its execution will be
perpetrated upon a body of subjects
in whose abject characters there will
be combined the essential qualities
which are needful to cowardice and
servility.
Do you tell me that no beverage
mtp which alcohol enters , used in
cooking , or placed upon the table , ,
fitly belongs to < the catalogue of
foods ? .
I . I . answer : That is a question
of science , which neither governor
nor legislature has any lawful cap
acity to solve for the people. .
Do you tell me , then , that wheth-
er the catalogue is expurgated or
not , all such food is unwholesome
and unfit to be safely taken ?
I nnswer : That is a question of
dietetics. And it is for the pro
fession of medicine. There is , in
principle , no odds between proscrib
ing an article of diet and prescrib-
ing a dose of physic , by authority
of law. The next step will be to
provide for the taking of calomel ,
antimony and Epson salts by acts
of the general court.
Do you tell me , however , that all
such beverages , in their most in-
nocent use , involve a certain dan-
ger ; that possibly any one may ,
probably many , and certainly some
will , abuse it , and thus abuse them-
selves , and by consequence that all
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men , as matter of prudence , and
therefore of duty , ought to abstain
from and reject it ?
I answer : That is a question of
morals , for the answer to which we
must resort to the Bible , or to the
church , or to the teachings of moral
philosophy. The right to answer
it at all , or to pretend to any opin-
ion upon it , binding the citizen , has
never been committed by the people
In any free government on earth , to
the decision of the secular power.
If the state can pass between the
citizen and his church , his Bible , his
conscience and God , upon questions
of his own personal habits , and ' de -
cide what he shall do , on merely
moral grounds , then it has author-
ity to invade the domain of thought ,
as well as of private life , and pre-
scribe bounds of freedom of con-
science. There is no barrierin prin
ciple , where the government must :
stop , short of the establishment t of
a state church , prescribed by law , :
and maintained by persecutIOn. !
Do you tell me that the using of
wine or beer as a beverage , however
temperately , is of dangerous ten-
I dency , by reason of its example ?
i Do you . insist that the temperate
aise of it by one man may be pleaded
by another as the p'cbUBion and
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I answer : That if the g-overn - ' ! ' 1
ment restrains the one man of his [
just rational liberty torregulate his '
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private conduct and affairs in mat-
ters innocent in themselves , wherein I
he offends not against peace , public II
decorum. good order , nor 'the , per
sonal rights of any , then the gov
ernment both usurps undelegated
powers , and assumes to punish one
man in advance for the . possible
fault of another. The argument
that , becaue one man may : ) offend ,
another must be restrained , is the
lowest foundation of tyranny , the
cornerstone of despotism. Liberty
is'never denied to the people any-
where on the ground that liberty is
denied to be good or right , in itself.
The universal pretext of every des .
potism , is , that the people are uniU- -
to enjoy it.
Do you tell me that these argu- .
ments have a tendency indiretly to
encourage and defend useless and J
harmful drinking , and that silence
would have been better - for the
sake of a great and holy cause ?
I answer : That He who governs
the universe and created the nature
of man , who made freedom a ne
cessity of his development and the
capacity to choose between good
and evil , knew better than to trust
it to the expeditious of political
society. The great and holy cause
of emancipation from vice and
moraL bondage , is moral , and not
political. !
, JOHN A. ANDREW ,
War Governor of Massachusetts.
World-Herald. .
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TO THE VOTERS OF THE 52ND
, REPRESENTATIVE DISTiCT.
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I had ths honor of repiesenting
this , district : in ; the last , legislature ,
and am the democratic candidate
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for ; the place again.
. The district , : which comprises
Cherry and Keya Paha counties ,
is too large to permit me to make '
a personal canvass and I therefore i
! . take . this method , reaching the . .i
voters. As member , of the last i
legislature , I voted' ' for the adoption I
of what is called "The Oregon plan I
for the election of United States !
senators , " and under this plan . every i .
voter is allowed to express his choke
for the senatorship. This vote is
not , in law , binding ? on the members
of the legislature , but , if I am elect-
ed , I shall accept it as binding on i
me , and - my vote will be cast for the '
man who has received the majority
vote of the people of Nebraska.
Personally I favor the election of
Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock , because ,
as has been well said of him , "he is
a splendid typo of public servant
who deserves promotion to the high
office to which he now aspires. " But .
if a majority of the state of Ne-
braska , express themselves , by their
ballots , for his opponent , and I am
elected to the legislature , my vote . .
will be oast for the choice of the
majority regardless of my personal
choice , or party affiliation.
I am the author of the bill which
resulted in establishing the state .
experimental. - station at Valentine :
and I shall use my position . to !
further its interests , as well as to i
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further legislation looking to the I
upbuilding of my district. I
A legislator's vote for United
States senator is the only question
on wnich party , lines can properly
be drawn , and , by the declaration
I have herein made , that insue is
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entirely eliminated ,
I make bold to ask that you take
the trouble to look into the record
I made in the last session and , if
my work is satisfactory. I ask for
your vote and influence. This is
the day of independent voting , and
this letter is addressed to demo-
crats , republicans , prohibitionists ,
populists and independents , I care
ot what your party designation
may be , if you think I am worthy
pf your vote I shall be pleased to
receive it , and if elected , I shall try
to make a record that will show me
worthy of it. Respectfully yours ,
JOHN F. CARR ,
Springview Nebraska.
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In Lumber we have the largest ,
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Valentine Headquarters at the Chicago House
Rosebud - " " " Rosebud Hotel
. Leave . _ Valentine at 8 o'clock every morning ,
Sundays excepted. :
Arrive at Kosebud at 2 o'clock p. . m. .
Leave Rosebud at 8 o'clock every morning' , ' ' _ . : '
Sundays excepted. _ i : . * . * : . ,
, Arrive at alentine at 2 o'clock p. m. % ' '
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express or packages. : .
Leave orders at headquarters or at the Ked . ' .
Front store.
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All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all size&
Residence and shop one block south of passenger : dep9fc. ; ,
Valentine , PHONE 72 - Nebraska ,
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Old Dutch
Cleanser
For Cleanup Milk
Pails aixd Paoxs
. Cream , Separators , Kitchen
and Cooking Utensils >
"Wet the article , sprinkle with
Old Dutch Cleanser , wash thorough-
ly with a cloth or brush. Rinse
well in clean water and wipe or let
stand to dry. This removes dis :
coloration , corrosian , spots and
grease , such as ordinary cleansers
will not remove and does it quicker
and easier. "
Clean.spScrubs
Scoisr5fPolisHes
It is the best all-'round cleanser
ever discovered and is perfectly
harmless. It keeps everything
about the farm house , spick and
span and saves a lot "labor ,
time , -expense.
Avoid caustic and
: O. ' ° acid cleaners.
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.c ing powder. )
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Threshing Outfit for Sale
14 horse power , 28x50 Case Sep-
arator , all in good repair , for sale
at a bargain , for cash , or will trade
for horses or cattle , Address ,
SCIIAEFER & BENNET ,
Nenzel , Neb. ]
_ DIarrhoea is always more or less prev-
alent during September. Be prepared
for it. Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera
f and Diarrhoea Remedy is prompt and
I effecl > tna7. It can always be depended
I trpon and is pleasant to take. For sale
111 Chtlp'mnnJ thtJ ttrttgti $ i .
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U. S. Weather Bureau Report ? t f
WEEK ENDING OCT.Zi , 1910 : , < ;
Daily mean temperature 45. = > : " - : r - ,
" Normal ° . . , , l
temperature 40 ' : -
Highest temperature Tv3. . ' " , : 'i
Lowest temperature 19 ° , . : : ' " : - fl'l\ \ f r .
Range of temperature 59 ° . . . , ' ' . " .
Precipitation for week 00.2 of an inch " ' , I i
for i2 : 0.35 of . ' .
Average years an inch. " : f j
Precipitation March 1st to date . J4.S7.inches. J
Average for 22 years 1S > .78 of an inches.
JOHN J. MCLEAN. Observer. t
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C. & N. W. New Time ' Tible : '
WKST HOUND : ! !
No.1 , 7:17 p. m. New passenger train. , "
No. : 3 , 1:33 : n. n , . Old " ' : ' ' ' ' I
No. : 119 ! ) , 11 :5. ' ) p. m. Through , frelghttrilln. :
No. 81 , 2:001).111. Local freight . train.
EAST BOUND : p -
No.2 , 10:42 p. m. New passenger train.J .
N O. 0 , D. -.I\ " , ' ) ,1.111. Old " - . . " " . ; ; : ; : . , .
No. 110 , G.J ) a. 111. Through relghf train.
, No. 82 , llOUa. m. ; j . : . c > cal freight . train. : .
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Get Your Trees Ready : - " .
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Stop cultivating deep. Let them
bed tbeir leaves and ripen up their
wood bv only keeping a dust on top of
! ground to retain moisture in ground ,
and on town lots where" trees are
watered gradually reJuce amo'unt of
water. A tree needs moist ground
during fall " and winter. If town lot
trees need water later water them at
freezing up time for their winter use.
"We have all the varieties of Cher-
ry , Plum , Apple and Forest and
Shade Trees , Ever reens . Small Fruit
Shrubs , Roses and other ornamentals.
GET THE CHEAPEST for a long ]
I time usefulness. A TREE IS A PER-
MANENT INVESTMENT. Get trees
grown nearest home. They are ac
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ditions you want them to grow , and
where they can be had the quickest.
We have 25 acres in our nurseries
and 40 acres in our bearing orchard.
Write for catalogue or any informa '
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Chas , ] . Boyd , . , "
Brown County Nursery
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Nursery one block north-east of . the
Court House.
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Loup Valley Hereford Ranch ,
C. H. FAULHABER SONS , BROWNLFE , . NEB. , f
Herd headed by S. C. < Columbjis 17 ,
No. 160050 , and Climax 2 , No. 289- f . .
822 ; also , Melvin , No. 327072 , re& "I
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Digestion and Assimilation. ' , . '
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It is not the quantity of food taken- : but
the amount digested and ' assimilated - that
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Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab.
lets invigorate the stomach , and * 1i er-
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