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TllKOnoillS nOOHKVlCl/r , Now York
Tor Vlrti 1'ioxlilunl"
CMAKLKH . KAIU11ANK8. liiillitnil
Mliilr.
For Hcnntor l-'nim NulirnnUn
1C. J. 1UMIK15TT. Lincoln.
Tor rrcxldoiitlnl tClnclorn
TorF , A. HAHTON. rnwnoo.
A. C. SMITH. UoUKhiN.
A. C. AHHOTT , DoilKO.
T. I * NOUVA1 , . Bowniil
W. P. HAM. . 1'linlpH.
M. A. niiowN. iiuiralo.
II. 11. WILSON , Lniicnntor
J. C. HOHINaON , DoiifrltiM
For Oovornor
J. II. MICK10V. Onrvoln.
For I.lmitomuit Governor
K. n. M'OlliTON. Omnlin.
For Hcurotiiry of Htulo
A. CJAUJHHA , Hod Cloud.
For Aiulltor
IS. M. 8KAIIU8. Jr. . OKnlhiln.
For Treasurer
PBTiail MOUTRN81CN. Orel.
For Sutiorlntondonl
J. U M'HIUKN. Qonrvu.
For Attorney Uanornl
NOUIIIS 11UOWN. Kearney.
For lentil CoinmlHuloiior
II. M. BATON , Fremont.
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For CotiKroBHiniin Third Ulfllrlot
J. J. M'CAUTIIY , 1'oncii.
Srniiliirliil.
For iitnto Monntor , Klovonlh dlotrlat
DH. J. J. WILLIAMS , of Wityito.
awtr
County.
For representative , Twonty-tlilrd din-
trlct
V. W. niCUAKDSON , Ilnttlo Crook.
For nttornoy
JACK 1COHNI03TKIN. Norfolk.
For eomnilHslonor , Tlilrd illHtrlot
JOHN 11AUUINC1 , Moiulow Grove.
Five wool < B from today IB whan nil
political questions will ba Hottlud for
the tlino being , and the winners will
bo declared.
ThoHO who have Inslntod on shooting
pralrlu chlckuns out of tionmm might
have inado it work moro succoHHfully
if they could have become attached to
the British legation.
Wlao prniriu chickens will keep oft
the earth for n few days until the
Btonn of gunners blows by. The Deb
Whites can afford to bo Independent
and In evidence for n little \vhllo
longer.
Dr. Williams will unquestionably
carry his homo county for the state
sonatorshlp by a largo majority and
Mr. Mattloson will probably carry hlrf.
It is therefore up to Madison and
Plorco to determine the result.
U Is possible that the fuslonlsts may
succeed In electing Mr. Borgo by rid
iculing the religion of Mr. Mickey ,
which Is also the religion of Mr. Borgo ,
* $ but there is some chance for doubtIng -
Ing that they can elect with no stronger
hii
er issuo.
The western people refuse to Ijo-
llevo that the people of Now York are
carried In the pocket of Wall street
nml nre conlldent that'the Umpire
etato will bo with the other northern
states and for Hoosovolt when the
votes are counted In November.
A good Norfolk republican heard a
democrat offer to bet $25 that Hooso
volt would not bo the next president.
Ho Is not tolling who made the offer ,
but Is saving up enough to cover It.
Ho has found a small gold mine , In
his estimation , and Is not giving away
its location.
Itni
The Wahoo Now Kra , a populist pa
per , has consented to remain wholly
in the fusion deal under the conditions
given herewith : "Wo place at the
bead of our columns the presidential
electors for people's independent par
ty , and also the candidates nominated
at the populist state convention. Wo
ehall also bo pleased to place there
the democratic candidates endorsed
by the populist convention when said
candidates , over their own signatures
will have the manhood and political
consistency to repudiate the Wall
street nominations of Parker and Da
vis and make an unequivocal state
ment that hey will vote for Watson
and Tibbies. "
The democrats nro pointing out
many wrongs that they allege to have
been done the country through the re
publicans and hope to interest the
voters so thoroughly in their points
that ) they will lose sight of the main
question the one in which everyone
has an interest the maintenance of
the prosperous conditions of the coun
try. They do not promise that busi
ness conditions will bo bettered ; they
do not assert that prices will bo main
tained or improved ; they promise no
more work , nor an Increase of wages ;
greater happiness is not in their guar
antee. In fact , absolutely nothing is
definitely promised for the betterment
of the people in any way , and they
hope only that the people may blindly
deliver them the offices without atop-
.plng no reason out how it may affect
1
ttionmolu'H nnd their Individual Inter
ests.
The ambition of Mr. Ilrynn to again
lead his party will be on the dream
order If It Is found when the votes
nro counted that the present orgnnlza *
tlon IH stronger than that of the past
two campaigns. The majority of the
parly will look lo the side Hint can
nliow thn greatest strength when It
ronit'H time for ohooHlng the next na-
llonul llckol and If Mr. Mill and Mr.
Parker IOHU out thlx year and Hhow
IOHH Htrongtli tlinn whim I lie Bryan ele
ment WUH In charge. , Ihoto Hhoiild bo
lltllu illllleully In nmkliig Hie oliungo
that the HryanltcH dcmlro. If , howev
er. U In found Hint moro of the party
are In favor of Wnll Hlree ! control
mid Urn gold Hluiiilaril , there will un
doubtedly ho a tendency of HID parly
to Htay by the present orgnnl/erH ,
either under the lead of Mr. Hill or
HOineone lo hlH liking. The llryan
element IH not without a parly. The
Wat HUM and TlbbUm llckol IH of their
kind ami though they cannot elect It ,
there IH not a doulil hut they cun
Hhow the gold element their strength
If ( hey will accept the means offored.
It will be one of the moHl IntorcHtlng
yenrH In history to read Hie IUHHOIIH
of the vote ciiHt In November.
The lOngllHh preHH IUIH aHHiimed a
very HOIIHIH | | | attitude regarding the
diplomatic palaver Into which two
friendly natloiiH have been forced bo-
caiiHO Mr. (5urney ( choHO to plead ex
enipllon under International law for
the minor offense of Hpeedlng his au
tomobile against the ordlnanccH of
a MaHHaehiiHottH town. The Weal-
mliiHter Oa/.etto thlnku gentlemen
with the legations Hhould keep on the
Hiife Hide of local law , but If per
chance ( hey happen to traimgrosH
they are advised that "tho simplest ,
iinlotcHt plan , perlmpH , IH lo waive
their privilege and pay their line. "
The Telegraph thlnkH that , while It
may have been doulrnhlo for Mr. iiiir-
noy to Htnnd upon hlH imlltlcal rlghtH
to avoid creating u precedent , It
would be gentlemanly of htm to offer
an apology. It IH recalled In London
that two Americans were In 18110 ar-
roHlod for riding bicycles on forbid
den paths and claimed Hlmllar exemp
tion to that of Mr Clurney. ' ' 'ho
grountlH for their oxempUon wan
looked up and It wan foiuul that un
der a statute of 1708 a llrltlsh olll-
e.lul acting as did .ludgo Plielpn would
hecomo amenable not only to severe
ponalttoH , hut oven to Hogging. It
Is to bo doHlred that olthor gentle
men may be chosen for these POH- |
tlouH who will pay lines of a few dollars
lars each rather than to Involve their
country In diplomatic trouble that
wll ! cost hundreds In tlmo or money ,
or that the law bo so arranged that
for minor off ( Mines the attaches should
bo hold responsible for law viola
tions.
Til 10 COUNTY TICK10T.
The republicans of Mndlmm county
have placed one of the strongest tick
ets In the Held this year that It has
ever done. It Is n ticket that no re
publican need feel ashamed of and
the character or standing of no Indi
vidual nominee Is subject for apology.
Very little Is needed In the way of
introduction of the candidates to the
public , hccmiHo all are well and fa
vorably known throughout the county.
bW. . UlchardHon.
K.V. . Hlchardson , nominee for rep
resentative from the Twenty-third dis
trict Is one of the pioneers of Nebras
ka , having come to Madison county
In ISO ! ) , and Is probably known today
by practically every man In the coun
ty.
Mr. Richardson was born In Illinois
In 1844. Ho moved with his parents
to Clayton county , Iowa , In 1850 ,
where ho lived until the war broke
out. In the fall of 1862 ho enlisted In
the Twenty-first Iowa Infantry , and
served until the close of the war. In
March , 1SB9 , he moved to what was
then the wilds of Nebraska , taking as
a homestead the land which ho still
owns two miles east of Battle Creek
and upon which ho lived until a short
tlmo ago. Ho Is one of the men who
have made a success of farming , and
although ho has been the recipient
of political favors a number of times
at the hands of Madison county , not
one of them has been a source of
profit to him , and every tlmo ho has
gone back to the farm to continue ac
quiring the wealth which Is to bo pro
duced from Madison county soil for
the working.
In 1881 ho was elected county treas
urer on the republican ticket. His
election was contested and he did not
take the office until January , 1883. At
the expiration of that term he was reelected -
elected and served another two years.
In 1889 he was elected county clerk
and again re-elected In 1891. At the
expiration of bis second term in the
county clerk's office , where he made
a splendid record , he declined a re-
nominatlon and retired to his farm.
Ho was not to stay there long , however -
over , for in 1899 his party demanded
that he take the nomination for rep
resentative to the legislature , believ-
Ing hi ; wan the strongest man in the
county In those times of populism ,
lie well represented MadlHon county
In the. ensuing session of the legisla
ture and finished bin term IIH uncor-
inpted us ho was when ho left the of-
lice of the county treasnier i-.nd the
county clerk. Kvory time he IUIH left
an olllce ho linn been succeeded by n
republican , which speaks volinnon for
the manner In which ho IUIH handled
public business entrusted to his care.
The present nomination was not
sought by him but came because It
was bolloved by the paily that ho
\VIIH the mosl available man who could
bo placed In the Hold. Two years ngo
this county WIIH repiesented by a
democrat nt Lincoln , but It will not
bo nt Hm next session , because Mr.
HIcbanlHon IH IIH good as elected right
now.
.lack KoenlgHteln.
Although ho has boon serving the
parly honestly and Industriously for
many years , thin IH the llrst time Jack
KoenlgHteln IUIH linked for anything
like reward for himself. lie IH pretty
nearly a Madison county product. It
IH true that be was born at Bellovlllo ,
III. , January II , 1870 , but he came
hero with hlH parents when ho was
but three years old , hlH father , John
j KoenlgHteln , having Immigrated to
I Madison county In February , 187 ! ! , '
After having Mulshed the German
Hcliool and the public schools of Nor
folk , Jack attended Concordla college ,
Conconlla , Mo. , for one year , the
NortbeHtern university at Wnturtown ,
WlH. , for two years , and then attended
the University of Michigan at Ann Ar-
nor for two yonrn , graduating from
.ho law department In 181)I. ) Shortly
ifter he returned home ho entered the
aw ollico of Powoi'H & Hayfl. whore
10 remained until January , 18'JT ' , when
lie engaged In the practice of law for
lilniHolf , and In which be IUIH been enc-
cessfnl.
Politically bo has been an ardent
republican since ho reached his ma
jority , lie IIUH served hlH party faith
fully and woll. At the present time
lie IH secretary of the congressional
central committee of the Third dis
trict and at the name tlmo Is serving
as secretary of the county central
committee. This Is his fourth con
secutive term nH secretary of the con-
groHHlonal committee , having nerved
UH Huch for W. l'Norrls In 1S98 , for
John U. HayH In 1000 , for J. J. McCar
thy In lilOl' , and If ho bad not done
ellVetlvo work he would not have boon
naked to servo In the snino capacity
ugi'ln this year. Last , year ho was
chairman of the county central com
mittee. Ho was secretary of the Ju
dicial central committee , it the lime
A. \ . Welch made the race for judge
In ISUti.
Once before ho was a candidate for
olllce , when the nomination for may
or of the city was practically forced
upon him In 1002 , nt a thee that It
waH a foregone conclusion the re
publican candidate could m < t bo elect
od. Hut ho stood up and was counter
for his party junt as vtgoiously as
lnou/h / ho had every chance In the
world
Jack KoenlgHteln Is n brkbt young
lawyer with a head full o < 15001 ! ban
common sense am' Mio olllc of count }
attorney In his hands will bo admin
tslered In a manner both oltlclent nm
economical.
John 11. Harding.
John 11. Harding , candidate fo
county commissioner from the Thin
commissioner district , may need i
little Introduction to some of the pee
pie of Madison county for the reason
that as a boy he went by the name o
Johnnie Tledgen. He Is the stop-soi
of John F. Tledgen , who came to the
county in 18C9 and took a homestead
two miles south of Battle Creek. In
the early days the family endured the
hardships and privations of plonee
life , but finally they reached a poln
when John Tiedgen became one of the
most extensive feeders and dealers In
live stock In the county. There was
a time when It used to be said Urn
old John Tledgen did more for the pee
pie than any other man in the conn
ty , for there was nothing In the wa }
of grain , produce or stock that he
would not buy and pay a good pile
for.
When Johnnie Tledgen was marrlec
In 1885 ho assumed his own name am
has since been known ns John H
Harding. Since starting out for him
self ho has demonstrated that he un
derstands and can apply the prlnc
pies of business to his undertakings
Ho now lives on a farm of 250 acre
two miles east of Meadow Grove
which Is well supplied with rnoder
buildings nnd appliances , and he own
besides ICO acres n few miles nort
of his home place.
His name wus never before a cor.
ventlon until no received the nom
nation for county commissioner. A
though the commissioner is olecte
by the whole county ns a matter o
courtesy the nomination is concedei
to the district from which the com
mtsslonor is to come. Mr. Hardin
was the choice of the district caiicu
and his nomination was made by ac
clamation in the convention. Who
he is elected to the office of commls
sloner , which he will bo , ho will brin
to the place the practical buslnos
ability that has made his own affair
a success.
Dr. WllllaniH stands high In the OB-
mallon of those who know him , nnd
uiro people In this senatorial district
ro getting to luiow him favorably
ban ever before. Ho IB gaining
rle.nd.1 rapidly nml his vote should bo
aruo.
Peter H. Knott. former editor of the
ladlson County Hoporter , ban entab-
shed the third paper In Newman
drove , "The Plain Talk. " It IB about
s much needed as n man needs an
ddltlotml vermiform appendix. New-
mil ( Irovu already IIIIB two good pa-
oi'H , and that IB enough for a town
wlco Its
F. W. HIchimlMMi IH one of the mib-
tnntlal men of Madison county , hnv-
ng established himself as a farmer
ere In an early day nnd IUIH built up
competence along with an onvlnblo
eputallon as a fellow citizen that all
IB acquaintances admire. Ho will ,
vlthout doubt , run well up with his
Icket when ( lie votes are counted
next month.
Judge Parker docn not npoak very
nuch nor very often and what ho 1ms
given to the public up to this time linn
icon riddled all up Into little bits of
milling , HO that ho will have to come
ignln very soon If bo Is to go down
n record for his lofty and statesman-
Ike thoughts uttered when he had nl-
noHt a chance to become president In
ho campaign of I'.IOl.
The porcaplta circulation IH now
IH.lfi , about $ C moro than it was when
Mr. Bryan and his friends wont at it
o Hhow the puoplu that there could be
10 prosperity , no happiness and no
veallh If Hie republicans should be
lected. Now It IH something else that
ills the country. Perhaps there Is too
nuch money now In circulation to .suit
IICHO critical gentlemen.
If In the course of human events
tudgo Parker should by any chance
mppcn to bo a candidate for president
it apnio future' campaign , he can
scarcely run counter to himself as ox-
irossod by his views during the pres
ent conflict an Mr. Bryan has done so
repeatedly , both during his candidacy ,
and since. The present candidate haslet
lot spoken out on enough questions
> r taken a stand on those ho has dis
cussed to llnd himself entangled In
the future.
Wliilo the per capita expenditure Is
ncronslng , It cannot keep pace with
the Increase of porcapltn wealth of
be country , or with the porcapltn cir
culation , The democrats of the na
tion as well IIH of Nebraska would
tiave government expenditures kept
down to free trade Graver Clove'and '
prlceH , while everything else is being
gauged by the Roosevelt prosperity
standard. People receive moro now
than they did then , and their expenses
have somewhat Increased. It is de
mandlng the Impossible when It Is
asked that the government do that
which the individual cannot do , as the
government Is only an aggregation ol
Individuals.
There are worse democrats In the
country than Mr. Bryan. The for
mer leader of the democracy spoke
plainly as follows : "I said , as you re
member , that under no circumstances
would my vote be given a man who
would UHO the Inlluenco of the ex
ecutlvo to fasten the gold standari
upon the American people. " There
are democrats who have been enthu
slustlc supporters of free silver for
the past eight years who have fought
for It , swore by It and cursed the gold
bugs , who will now turn about , merely
because Parker goes under the name
of democrat and give him their votes
They will vote for him , work for him
and shout for him , entirely ignoring
that famous telegram which he sen
to the St. Louis convention and hU
speech accepting the nomination in
which ho said : "I want it thoroughly
understood throughout the country , so
understood that misunderstanding ii
the future will be Impossible , that
am for the gold standard of currency
and that , if elected , I shall do all in
my power to maintain that standard. '
Some will argue that there is no otho
course open. But there is. Watson
and Tibbies are standing firmly fo
the policies that have been advocatoc
by the democratic party during the
past eight years and are entitled to
the support of every consistent dem
ocrat who believes in the policies they
have advocated.
The democratic papers are making
a good deal out of tho-fact that the
taxes on "Uncle Joe" Cannon's farm
In Cass county have been increased
under the now revenue law. Wha
point they are attempting to make i
not understood , as the speaker not
thcr praised nor condemned the law
while In Nebraska. One thing IB certain
tain , however , and that is that "Uncl
Joe" will do less "howling" over pay
ing a just share of the expenses o
running the state government than
will be done by some of the residents
of the state. He will sensibly recog
nize the fact that it will bo necessary
o pay additional taxes when , In ad-
Illon to the ordinary running oxpens-
s the state has been saddled with
cave-over debts from the funlon ad-
illustration , besides being compelled
0 rebuild the state penitentiary and
tie state hospital for the Insane nt
Norfolk that were destroyed by llro.
\nothor thing ho will rccognl/.o Is the
act that by paying more for a year
r two ho will soon bo paying less ,
ecausc of the wiping out of the In-
orcut money ho has been asked to put
p from year to year. Another fact
vlll Impress Itself upon Mr. Cannon ,
nil that IB In these yearn of prosper-
! > , when the farm Is bringing In more
ml bettor returns , It will be much
asler to meet this Increased obllga-
Ion than It was to meet the old when
arm products were hardly worth col-
ectlng and marketing , and that the
neiense In taxation will not compare
vllb the Increased returns from his
amis. Being a sensible man , like a
argo number of Nebrasluuis who will
lot fall to see the point , Mr. Cannon
vlll llnd In the action of the last leg-
Hlature abundant reason for the en-
ictinent of a now law that will care
'or ' the state without reducing it to
1 point of niggardliness such as ho
vonld not tolerate In bis personal IniHl-
iesH affairs. Then ho will not be the
one to expect that a state adminlstra-
Ion can conduct Its affairs with less
oxiienso when every private Individual
ind corporation are ( hiding that high
er prices such as the people are now
enjoying necessarily lends to increased
expenses. Mr. Cannon nnd his party
fought for an era of higher prices to
bring the country from the Blough of
despondency occanloncd by the Cleve
land low price era , and they nro not so
silly as to oxpcct that under those con
ditions , the government , state or na
tional , will bo the first to dcslro n re
turn of low prices by Inaugurating n
niggardly policy to reduce their ex
penses. Mr. Cannon will take a sen
sible view of the situation , Just an did
the representatives of the people when
they inaugurated the now law that ro-
celVed the commendation of n fusion
commissioner of the mipromo court ,
and jiiflt ns hundreds of other tax-pay-
era of the stale will do. If the fusion-
Istn could show that there had boon
extravagance and lavIsbnoBS In the
expenditures of the state , they might
have a cane , but they have been
searching the record in vain nnd see
nothing but n hope of mamboozllngtbo
people Into n belief that they are beIng -
Ing excessively taxed nnd that if elect
ed , the fuslonlsts will reduce the taxes
and the expenses , when they know
It to ho a moral certainty that the
taxes will not bo reduced as long as
the additional revenue Is required to
meet the running expenses nnd pay off
the stnto obligations that have been
accumulating these many years , not
the least of which was assumed under
fusion rule. It is about tlmo for the
fusion editors to press down on some
other pedal.
ARGUMENT
All the argument in the world wont convince a man
that any certain political or national policy is a good
thing half as quick as a ten per cent advance in his
wages under that same policy. A man's pocket book
is the one portion of his anatomy you must reach if
you want to convince him that your argument is good.
We might argue through a newspaper every day for a year that the
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ere us peed as any $15.00 suit to be found anywhere. Wo sell them for
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