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For Auditor-
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For Attorney Inimnil
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For liiiml Commliplniinr
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ForCoiiKroMiiiinii Third District
John It II ami
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County Ticket
For linproi niitiitUo Tttonty Thlrd Dlntrlct
LoiiIbU Hloy Mmliaon
For Attorney
Hurt Million Norfolk
Jor Coiiimiiiiluiiar Socoinl Dlblrict
A U Carter Not folk
Tho full dinuor pail in a positive tor
Tor to thu democratic politicians Thoy
would much rather tho workman liiul
uu empty dinner pail
TeddyH popularity is not confined to
tho people of Now York and tho cow
boys anil rough riders of tho went by
any means His friends aro legion
Mark Hanuns npathy was totally
lacking in Norfolk today Oonld ho
have seen tho crowd and tho domonstra
lion ho would know that tho republicans
in tho vicinity of Norfolk are to ho de
pended on when the time comes
Tho republican party doesnt have to
depend on suppositions for campaign
material Its policies aro matterH of
public record that will bear investiga
tion Its qualifications are duly attested
by facts
Xiouis G Bley of Madison candidate
for ruprebeutativo of tho Twonty Third
xlistriet is a well known German citi
zen of the county and will thoroughly
attend to tho countys interest in tho
next sessiou of tho legislature Ho is a
thorough business man and well fitted
for tho duties that will devolve upon
him
When picking out the men who
Hhould bo electod do not overlook the
uamo of J P Boyd of Oakdalo candi
date for judge in the Ninth district
Ho is a man with an enviable record as
n lawyer and will administer tho affairs
of tho bench in a manner worthy of the
position The position will fit him to a
T He is qualified for it morally
socially aud every other way
The action of tho school board in dis
missing the schools this afternoon is
one which commends itself to every
right thinking peron Theodore Roose
velt is a man of nntional character aud
the school children should be given nn
opportunity to Bee and hear him If it
had been any other noted man of any
political faith who was coming here
The News would have still said it was
proper for tho board of education to
dismiss the schools
Burt Mapes will make and has made
an ideal county attoruey Tho legal af
fairs of tho county will lo safely and
conseivatively directed by him He
needs uo introduction everybody knows
Burt and the only doubt concerning his
success at the polls in November is tho
size of the majority he will roll up Mr
Mapes has been an earnest worker for
his party ami deserves every republican
vote in tho county while his opponents
can give no valid reason why their
votes should not bo cost for him
Four years ago Tammauy refused to
support Bryan because his pocket book
and bank accounts classed him as
nothing else would in their estimation
in the ranks of the common people
Under MoKinley prosperity his wealth
has grown until he is entitled to a rank
more equal with the plutocrats of Wall
rtreet and he is welcomed with open
won by tho oorruptionisU with the
understanding that he keep his free
silver Usue solely for the delectation of
hi populist friends in the west
The democrats are very wroth that
Mr Hanna should dare to use his iullu
ence toward the adjustment of the coal
miners difliculties They would much
rather parade the operators as cruel
heartless monsters and their offer of a
ten per cent raise is most disheartening
to the democratio campaign managers
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They dont want tho men to get moiu
wiiLfH Thev would bo much better
pleaded with tho announcement of a
Udiictlon Their party uniws fat on
misery and wont They would like a
few men killed to emphasize their ar
gument mid then they would Inaugu
rate pollcie that would rrult in wngo
icductious in want and illitrws for the
laboring classes and low price for tho
farmer It is a noble party and all
lilmrty loving peoplo should encour
age it by their votes
The delinquent tnx list of Madison
comity published in this weekB ofllcial
papers makes an Interesting showing of
prosperous conditions among tho land
owners of the county as compared with
lists published during tho Cleveland
roign Comparison with tho 1WKI list
shows that there is but about three
sevenths of tho amount of farm prop
erty advertised for sale for delinquent
taxes this year that there was in 1890
In city lots there are two thirds as many
descriptions as in I Slid Those who are
In a position to know boliovo that by
tho Mil of Novombor when the property
Ib to bu sold thero will be but few pieces
remaining In tho hand of tho county
treasurer on which tho tuxes havo not
been paid Such prospority fatB us
theso admit of uo denial They aro
backed by figuros and records No one
should desire n return to the conditions
of 18110
Tho World Herald editorially says
Sometimes ho President McKinloy
has beon right How can that paper
thus brazoly boldly and slanderously
shatter democratic ideals What
fiend of evil has been at work in tho
editorial rooms of tho high mogul of all
calamity wailers Sometimes Presi
dent MoKiuloy has beon right 1
Think of it yo devoted dcsciples of
calamity I Ponder it well yo who havo
persistently avorred that President Mc
Kinloy wbb always wrong and his
opponents nlways right Now that the
World Herald has gone so far as to
Btato that President Molvinley is some
times right perhnps it will Bpeoify
What has tho president over dono that
was right in tho sight of a democrat
But no tho World Herald was un
doubtedly much llustrated when it
made that admission but it will recover
aud get back to its old lino of argument
and may succeed in placing itself right
in democratic eyes before tho campaign
closes A few more such admissions
would bo fatal to tho cause
Hon John II Hays is a republican
which is a sulllcient reason why ho
should bo elevated to tho position of
congressman from tho Third district
A congressmou in touch with tho ad
ministration can accomplish far more
for his constituents than one whose
party demands of him that ho oppose
every movo of tho ruling party It is
not a matter for deep thought or con
sideration that a congressman pushing
along ami aiding an administration can
accomplish greater results than one
whose supporters expect him to throw
blocks under the wheels of progress
Mr Hays will if elected mnke an envi
able record in tho halls of congress Ho
is an orator and combines with his ora
torical ability a good sound judgment
a progressive nature and a character of
sterling qualities In tho position to
which ho aspires he will be a leader
rather than a follower and his couusels
will be given respectful attention by his
colleagues His friends throughout the
district havo become more numerous
with each succeeding year and when
tho republican convention selected him
as a strong candidate they exercised
very good judgement His majority
will not bo large but that ho will be
the next representative from this dis
trict there aro few in doubt who hnvo
carefully cauvassed the situntion A
vote for McKiuley and Roosevelt should
mean a vote for John It Hays
In the death of Hon W E Peebles
which occurred at his home in Pender
at 12 oclock on Tuesday the Third con-
gressional district loses n prominent
figure in both political and business
affairs Mr Peebles was a compara
tively young man yot by his indomit
able energy he hud made a name for
himself which was known aud respected
not only throughout North Nebraska
nut m tne stato and nation as well
founded the town of Pender aud
THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY OCTOBER I 1900
Ho
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dowed it with one of tho finest hotels i
m
tho stato and has always been strongly
identified with the upbuilding of his
town and its material interests Pour
years ago he was a prominent candidate
for the republican congressional uomi
uatiou and this year ho served as super
visor of the ceusus of the Third congres
Bloual district He was scarcely able to
complete this work the failing health of
himself and son forcing them to go to
the mountains in hopes of securing re
lief The son died in Salt Lake City
about a month ago and his remains
were brought home by a broken hearted
father to be laid at rest Now there are
two newly made graveB and father and
sou sleep side by side Mr Peebles was
a mau in whom Iub friends reposed nn
limited confidence and thot coufideuce
was never betrayed He frequently
went out of his way to help a friend and
an appeal to him for assistance was
never nugrnnted Loyal to his friends
just with his enemies upright aud hon
orable in his dealings nmoug men what
more could be said
ltcnilllian Htate CnmllilatCH
Tin News presents today a brief
sketch of each of the republican candi
dates on tho stato ticket accompanied
by a picture of each In the selection
of a ticket this year tho republicans
havo been especially fortunate in nam
ing men of known business ability and
integrity All havo been successful in
their own affairs and it is just this
clafcs of mou that the stato desires at
this tiino to place at tho head of its
Tarious olllcinl departments men who
will tee that publio business is con
ducted in thn same conservative ninnuer
that they carry on their own
CluirliH II Dietrich
Tho life story of C II Dietrich the
republican caudidato for governor was
told in detail In theso columns shortly
after tho convention at Lincoln which
nominated him by acclamation That
story related tho various steps by which
he had rison single handed from obscure
poverty to competence and positions of
honor and trust Ho was born of Ger
innn parents in a lowly homo in the
city of Chicago In 1S5H Owing to tho
impoverished condition of his family ho
was early taught frugality and how to
work At tho ago of 12 ho left school
nnd went to work as a farm hand At
10 ho secured a placo ns clerk in a hard
waro store
In 187t ho had saved a small amount
of money and went to Arkansas where
ho intended to start in business for him
self While looking for a location ho
was set upon by highwaymen and
robbed of ovory cent he had Again he
went to work this timo on an Arkansas
plantation cutting logs in the swamps
ami mnking himself generally useful
At the end of six mouths ho had saved
enough money to take him back to Illi
nois whero ho worked as a blacksmith
in Aurora for a year
In tho winter of 1875 70 with acapital
of 120 ho started for the Black Hills
walking from Cheyenne to Deadwood
whero ho cut logB nud helped build the
first etoro In 1877 Mr Dietrich with
others located tho Aurora mine which
was sold n year later to a syndicate of
CHARLES H DIETRICH
bankers at a good figure In May of
that year he returned to Aurora where
he married Miss Elizabeth Slaker
The following September he located
in Hastings Neb and engaged in the
mercantile business In tho early days
when customs were decidedly primitive
in Hastings Mr Dietrich worked in his
store all day and in the evening took a
wheelbarrow and delivered his goods
Prom that time till now he has always
stood in the front rank of those who
tried to build up their town and their
state he was instrumental in organiz
ing the German National bank of Hast
ings of which ho is president He has
given unsparingly both of time and
money toward all business enterprises
which he deemed to be for the benefit
of his town Church and charitable
organizations havo always found him to
be a liberal contributor but the recipi
ents of his private bounty aro without
number
But while Mr Dietrich is generous he
iB also just two qualities that unfort
unately do not always go together
In 1887 Mrs Dietrich died leaving
her husband with one child six years
old who has since developed into
maidenhood and is the idol of her
fathers heart She has received her
education in the public schools and is
now n student at Bryn Mawr college
near Philadelphia
Mr Dietrich has never sought any
political preferment whatever This is
a case of the ofllce seeking tho man
llra 1 SiiviiRe
Ezra P Savage republican nominee
tor lieutenant governor is a successful
stock raiser and has had n lone and
eventful career as a business man Ho
was born at Connorsville Ind in 1S4J
HiB father died when he was a small
boy and he was compiled to earn his
own way through school aud college
He studied law and has been admitted
to practice in both stute and federal
courts
In 1805 he began a successful stock
grain and implement business at Lyons
Iowa Later he engaged in bnnking
In March 1870 he ciune to Nebraska
locatiug in the northeastern part of
Custer county where now is located the
town of Sargent In those days Grand
Island was the market town and the
rnilroad was ninety miles away For a
time Mr Suvago lived in Lincoln on ao
count of the educational advantage to
his children and later when the South
Omaha stock yards were opened went
there and began commission business
with George B Green The business
was snccephful but owiug to their gen
ero ity in loaning money to shippers
they were compelled to go out of that
business liilMKlho returned to tho
ranch
Not only has Mr Savage n successful
miHiuetH record but ho has a war record
equally good During the last two years
of tho wnr Mr Savogo was in active
service acting as scout for Grant nnd
Sherman As a scout for tho Union
army Mr Savage was necessarily placed
in positions far moro dangerous than
thoso mot with by tho ordinary soldior
and Mr Savage has reason to look back
fir
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with prido on his war record In 1800
Mr Savage was married to Miss Anna
O Rich of Chicago who died August
J5 18Si
In April 1890 he mnrriod Elvira HesB
of Lyons Iowa who died March 1 180
Tho family now cousistB of Mr Savage
and six childron
Mr Savnge is n lifelong republican
having cast his first voto for tho immor
tal Lincoln He served the state in the
seventh session of the legislature as a
member from Custer and Sherman
counties
In connection with his public sen ice
it might be mentioned that the Honor of
being South Omahas first mayor fell to
Mr Savage
Frank N Irout
Hon P N Prout nominee for attor
ney general is a descendant of the
sturdy Holland Dutch who figured so
conspicuously in the early history of
tho New England states He was born
in 1852 in New Jersey but came to
Illinois with his parents three years
later who located in Stark county Mr
Prout began the study of law at an
early ago and wbb admitted to practice
by the supremo court of Illinois in 1875
aud practiced there six years In the
fall of 1881 he came to Nebraska locat
ing nt Blue Springs After practicing
law there seven years he removed to Be
atrice in 18S9 In 1897 he was appointed
city attorney at Beatrice by Mayor
Bourne which ofllce ho filled with sig
nal ability for two years when thero
was a change in the city administration
In 1898 ho was elected to the state sen
ate and during the 20th session was
chairman of the committee on revenue
and reform schools and other asylums
He served as a member of the Cornell
Investigating committee of which body
he was appointed chairman While
living at Blue Springs Mr Prout began
and brought to a successful issue the
first case of its kind brought in the
state a case the nature of which
caused him to be severely ridiculed
when it was first begun When the
Burlington railway built its line south
from Beatrice the company ignored the
town of Blue Springs by building
through but failing to open a station
there the Lincoln Laud company or
ganizing the town of Wymore one mile
below and here the railroad company
placed the station The Buit referred to
was one brought to compel the company
to open a station at Blue Springs
Judge Amasa Cobb who was on the su
preme bench when the case reached that
court said This is an entirely new
action and we will expect a full exposi
tion of the law or else you will go
down Members of the bar were in
cluded among those who laughed at the
man who had the temerity to begin
such a 6uit but notwithstanding tho al-
FRANK N FROTJT
most universal sentiment against him
the case was fought out and won for the
town peoplo The subject of this sketch
is popular among the members of his
profession as he is among the towns
people where his ability integrity and
high character are known and appreci
ated As an attorney and exponent of
tho law he ranks with the best talent in
the 6tate and his loyalty to party and
principles is above reproach
Ciiurlt n WmtoD
Chorles Weston the republican
nee for state auditor was born in New
York City in 18B 1 He moved with hiB
parents to Champaign county Illinois
in 1855 aud spent much of his tlmo on
the farm until ho reached manhood
Mr Weston is a man of thorough
education He received his elementary
education in the public schools of Chi
cago aud Champaign Cty Illinois He
entered the uuivertity of Illinois in
187J and urnriuated from tho iuetitution
in 1970 having completed in n very
criditablo mauncr a four years course
in the college of literature and science
In 1S78 he commenced tho study of
law in the ofllce of Judge J W Laugley
of Champaign Illinois and subsequently
studied with William II King of Chi
cago at that time president of the board
of education of Chicago Mr Weston
wr a admitted to the bar by tho supreme
court of Illinois In 1880 having passed
tho most creditable examination in a
class of forty five For four years he
was associated in business with William
II King aud Frederick W Pockard at
that time one of tho leading firms of
Chicago
In 1881 Mr Weston removed to
Washington territory nud was for n
time editor of the Lewis County Boo in
that territory He came to Nebraska in
18S0 nnd has sluco resided in the state
most of tho timo at Hay Springs Sheri
dan county and has been engaged in
tho mercantile banking nnd Btock busi
ness Ho iB nt present chiefly engaged
in the stock industry in Sheridan
county
Mr Weston has always been a repub
lican in politics aud in 1S9U was elected
regent of tho stato university which he
filled with great credit to himself and
advautago to tho educational interests
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CHARLES WESTOK
of the state He proved himself to be a
man of energetic purpose and discrimi
nating judgment and was much es
teemed by university people and by his
associates on the board
William St uefer
Of all the state offices during the
laBt twenty years probably the one
giving the most aunoyanca to the
people of the state is that of tho state
treasurer The people have begun to
look with suspicion upon any mau who
is nominated for thiB oSice and well
they should The last eight years has
given a record that is very questionable
to say the leaEt The delegates to the
convention were even suspicious of
what might be the outcome of tho nomi
nation for this oflice West Point and
Cuming county solved the problem by
presenting the name of Wm Stuefer
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WILLIAM 8TUEFEB
Mr Stuefer was born in Watertown
Wisconsin in 1847 and removed to
Cuming county Nebraska in 1608 lo
cating on a homestead near the present
site of West Point He remained here
looking ifter his own farm until 18711
when he moved to West Point and en
gaged in the insurance business Iu
1875 he was appoiuted deputy county
clerk and held the office for four years
His election was on the republican
ticket in the face of a good Btiff demo
cratio majority in that county In
1894 Mr Stuefer was elected state sena
tor from his district and served with
credit in the legislature of 1895 his
record proving him to be a man of
sterling iutegrity At the present time
he iB president of the West Point Na
tional bank and vice president of the
West Point creamery both institutions
enjoying a state reputation In hiB
official business and private life Mr
Stuefer has made a creditable record
which can be verified by his many
warm personal friends not alone in
Cuming county but in all parts of Ne
braska
George D Follmer
G D Follmer the republican nomi
nee for commissioner of public lands
and buildings was born July 17 1844
in Montour county Pennsylvania His
paternal ancestor Jacob Follmer was a
native of Mannheim Germany coming
to America in 1702 first settling in New
York and after a short residenco in that
state located iu Berks county Pennsyl
vania He was a soldier aud an oflico
in tho army duriug the revolutionary
war aud served iu the house of repre
sentatives as well as in the state Beuato
a number of terms
Mr Follmer started out to battle with
lifes trials while quite young Ho left
his school life behind him when thirteen
years of age and secured a position as
clerk in a general merchandise fitoro
Ho camo west in 1808 and associated
himself with D W Montgomery in
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GEOKOE D FOLLMER
the general merchandise business at
Red Oak Iowa He sold out hiB inter
est in the business in tho summer of
1S70 came to Nebraska in January 1871
and took a homestead in Nuckolls
county iu February 1871 He after
wards bought and located on a tract of
land in the valley of the Little Blue
river in the same county where he has
remained ever since engaged in farm
ing stock raising and real estate busi
ness aud by continued application to
hard work and the exercise of energy
nnd thrift has accumulated a fair com
petency IHe was oppointed county
treasurer in the summer of 1871 soon
nfter the organization of the county
which ofllce ho held until January 8
1S79 At the close of his term of oflico
he moved back to his farm in the east
ern part of the county
Wllliiun K Fowler
W K Fowler the republican nom
inee for superintendent of public in
struction was born in 1804 in New Jer
sey He comeB of a sturdy old Scotch
peasantry both his parents being born
in Scotland and immigrating to this
country about 1850 He attended the
public grammar schools of New York
city until 1879 when he was graduated
with the highest honors of his class en
tering the College of the City of New
York the sixth in rank out of nearly
twelve hundred applicants Iu tho
spring of 18b5 he came west aud located
in Dodge county this state He taught
country schools in this county for a num
ber of years and in the spring of 18S0
while he was yet 21 years of age he was
elected principal of the schools at Scrib
uer Mr Fowler spent the year 1888 in
Scotland nnd England traveling and
taking special work in the University
of Edinburgh When he returned he
was again given the principalship of
the Scribner schools which he con
ducted successfully for three years
In the summer of 1893 against many
competitors he was unanimously chosen
superintendent of the Blair city schools
and after two years successful experi
ence he was re elected for a term of
three years at an increase in the salary
of one hundred dollars a year Again
in 1898 he was re elected for another
three years term Mr Fowler ranks
with the best educators and deepest
thinkers in the state In school work
and Echool management he iB in every
sense of the the word a general
Mr Fowler has served as president of
the High School Section of the Nebras
ka State Teachers association was for
two years clerk of the educational coun
cil and is still a member of it haB
served on the legislative committee of
the council and is now serving his
third year as a member of tho executive
committee of the State Teachers
WILLIAM K FOWLEB
ation He has been an active member
of the National Educational association
since 1892 and is also a member of the
National Department of City
tendents
George W Martli
G W Marsh candidate for secretary
of the state came of the sturdy Penn
sylvania Dntch stock Was born in
1852 Came with his parentB to N
braska in 1859 locating ou the farm
where hiB parents still reside In ifiM
hiB father and oldest brother enlisted in
the cause of the union leaving the
mother and smaller children to manage
the farm
He attended school during tho winter
