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ROBERT GOOD Editor and Publisher

Official JPaper ofdigi5Coiin- -

ty Nebrstikfe

100 Per Ifeur Hh Advance

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

Entered at the Post office Valentine Cherrycounty Nebraska as Second-class-matt- er

This paper will be malted regulariyto its subscribers until a definite orderto discontinue is received and all ar--

rears are paid in full

Advertising rates 50 cents per dnchper month- - Kates per column or forlong time ads made known oi appli-cation

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to thisoffice

THURSDAY OCTOBER 8 1896

Democratic TicketFor President

WILLIAM JENNINGS BUYASTOf Lincoln Nebraska

Por Vice PresidentAliTHUR SEWALL

Of Bath Mainex Presidential Electors

FRED METZO W PALMEJ HALE

X PIASCEKLN 0 ALBERTS

SL KOSTRYZEJ N CAMPBELL

M F HARRINGTONFor-- Governor

SILAS A HOLCOMBFor Lieutenant Governor

J EIIARRISFor State SecretaryWF PORTER

ForState AuditorJOHN F CORNELLFor State TreasurerJN MESERVE

For Attorney GeneralC J SMYTH

For State SuperintendentW R JACKSONFor Commissioner

J Y WOLFEFor Judges Supreme Court

Long TermWILLIAM NEVILLE

Short TermJ S KIRKPATRICKFor University Regent

THOMAS RAWLINGSFor Senator 14th District

For Representative 52d District

-I-W-Coanfn AttorntnD H THURSTON

For Commissioner 2d District

Not uite- - four weeks until electionday Have you done anything for thecause If not why not Wake upbrothers and democracy will once

i more reign triumphant

When WL Greene comes to Val-entine

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on the 17th it is to be hopedthat he will not be suffering fromanother attack of tonsilitis This is agood town to buy the prescriptionsusually used for the disease but forhis own sake he should suffer in

c silence

The latest estimate by prominentrepublicans gives Bryan 199 votescure McKinley 129 and marks 9states with 119 votes as doubtfulLet everybody get off his coat and goto work to gain a couple of those

doubtful states It can be doneand ought to be done We donlt needthe east and should not waste timethere

The rudeness of President Elliot ofHarvard to the GAR and the brutalbehavior of Yale students towardsBryan marks a radical decline in ourpretended leading colleges in goodmanners patriotism and political com-mon

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sense They are two schoolswhich the patriotic youth of the coun ¬

try should let severely alone They arenotAmerican and do not representAmerican principles and behaviorEx

Gold atill comes and even themighty Bank of England cannot stop

i the yellow tide from flowing this wayits course westward is in complianceso to speak with the law of commer--

vCial gravitation The faut is thattrade manufacturing interests andcommerce in this country are allawakening to their opportunitiestheir present opportunities too andnot merely those which the future maybring Mills are opening every dayconfidence is gaining headway in allour business circles and as for exportsthay are having a veritable boom

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STATE INSTITUTIONSEvery tax payer in Nebraska is in-

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in having the public institu ¬

tions of the state managed witheconomy

Six of these institutions are underthe direct control of Governor Holcomb who has appointed the officers incharge and demanded of them an hon-

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efficient and economical management The record for the two years j

will show a saving of two hundredthousand dollars to the tax payers isthese six institutions

When Governor Holcomb assumedoffice the best managed state institu ¬

tion was the Hastings Asylum tor theChronic Insane Republican officialspointed to it as an example of rigideconomy and predicted bad resultswhen it passed into populist manage-ment

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The cost of maintaining pa-

tients

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at this asylum during 1892 1893

and 1894 had averaged 55 4 5 cents perday One year and a half of populistmanagement and the results showed acost of 35f cents per day for mainten-ance

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a saving to the state in this in-

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--alone of 366864 perannum

At the Lincoln Hospital for Insanethe per capita expense of maintainingpatients has been reduced from 54cents per day to 45 4 5 cents making asaving a saving of 1089586 perannum

The Norfolk- - Hospital for Insane has

saved the state 773376 per annum byreducing the cost per capita for main-

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patients from 67 cents per dayfor 1892 1893 and 1894 to 59 centsfor1 1895 and 1896

The Soldiers Home at Grand Islandshows by three -s- emi-annual reportsfiled for 1895 and the first ihalf of 1896a savingat the rate of 2468887 perannum over the cost of running theinstitution during 1892 1893 and 1894

At these four institutions the officers

had to contend against short crops andother obstacles which increased thenecessary expenses

At the- - state prison the warden hasbeen obstructed at every point by theobjections of the Board of PublicLands and Buildings The prison canand should be self supporting yet thestate of Nebraska was paying over 40cents a day for the maintenance ofconvicts when Governor Holcombassumed office Despite the fight made- -

by Chairman Russell and the board todefeat the economic measures institu-ted

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by the warden the cost of keeping the convicts was brought down to261 5 cents per day The -- saving tothe state has been atthe rate of 1619352per annum

The Institute for the Blind atNebraska City makes a showing ofhaving saved 3326 per annum re¬

ducing the cost of maintaining inmatesfrom 106 83 3 5 cents per capitaper day

The total savings of these six stateinstitutions over the average annualcost of maintaining the same institu-tions

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for the three years prior toGovernor Holcombs term of officemake a grand total of 9952475 perannum

ATTEMPTS TO DECEIVEHere is one more deliberate att empt

to deceive shown up by The Demo ¬

crat In the Gordon Journal of lastweek the following appeared

BRYAN in 1893No people except the greedy owners

of silver mines anxious to make inor-dinate

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profits are interested in coinageat the ratia of 16 to J No people ex-cept

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those avaricious owners of moneywho profit by contracting the cur-rency

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are interested in prohibitinghonest free silver coinage at the ratioofJ25 to 1 We have no silver minesin Nebraska and the interests of thepeople of this state simply require freeand unlimited coinage of silver uponthe basis of its reasonable value whichcannot be far from 1 part of gold to 25of -- silver World Herald Bryanspaper July31 1893

Now appearing in almost any otherpaper this article would not causecomment but in Bro Lyons paperye gods Can it be possible that hewho says the politics of this paper isputrid would stoop eo low as toprac--

tice downright deception The articlein question did appear in the WorldHerald on the datd mentioned but thedeceptiou lies in the heading and thecredit attached to the article TheWorld Herald was not Bryanspaperon the date mentioned as Bro Lyonand every other intelligent Nebraskanknows and he was not responsible forthe exticle Will the Journal pleasecorrect

Plutocracy vs poverty monopoliesvs individuals trusts vs the peopleis the title of the case now being heardby voters and on which a decision willbe tendered Nqv

On to Canton is the popular watch-word

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Norfolk NeiusYes popular because so cheap Free

transportation would draw a crowd tohell Yet the News holds up its handsin holy horror when free silver is men-

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fNorfolh Independent

Another editor has been honoredr bya political party This time it isRobert Good of The ValentineDemocrat who was nominated forrepresentative of this district Ofcourse Bro Good knows that it is anempty honor and there is no possiblechance of election yet his --nominationshows that the party appreciates hisefforts and were it in their power toreward him they would do soBrowrilee Hornet

The republicans have removed onemore enemy to their cause by nominat-ing

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Mayor Pingree of Detroit forgovernor of Michigan Mayor Pingreewas wont to ask What party policywill best subserve the greatest good tothe greatest number and his answerinvariably was Free coinage of silverat 16 to 1 But all thafrhas changednow and he only asks What policywill best subserve the interests of MrPingree Tis thus that ambitionmakes liars of men Heretofore MrPingree has been pointed to as a greatbenefactor of the poor and his potatopatch in the city of Detroit will beremembered for ages but in linkinghis fate with McKinleys in standingupon the same platform with thesavior of trusts and monopolies heputs an end to bis usefulness Hisdesire to aid the laboring man hasbeen put behind his desire for politicalpreferment and Mark Hanna cancongratulate himself upon having re-

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another of labors championsThe erstvvbile advocate of principlehas now become a most earnest disci-

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of party

MERE CURIOSITYMere curiosity led 40000 intelli-

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people to attend the Bryan ratifi-

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meeting given by TammanyHall in New York City last week and35000 of these were compelled tostand outside in a cold rain Merecuriosity impelled the 5000 men andwomen to cheer as one person whenBryan appeared upon the platformMere curiosity set the immense

throng wild when be said While I donot wish to array class against clas3 1

am willing to array all the peoplewbo suffer from trusts against the fewpeople who compose them It wasmere curiosity that caused such an

ovation toffehe democratic candidaterinNew Jersey tbat the New York Worldthe great gold standard democraticpaper heads its article on the subjectin four-lme-pic- a letter Jersey BryanMad And it is mere curiosity tosee good times that will place Bryanin the presidential chair on the 4thday of next March Long live such

mere curiosity May its powernever grow less

WHAT TARIFF MEANSIn the house of representatives on

March 16 1892 William J Bryan thedemocratic candidate for presidentsaid

There is a question Mr Chairmanwhen you come to consider the detailsof a revenue tariffas to just how itought to be laid I do not rememberthe exact language of that platformupon this question but I do believe as

say and I am ready to stand by itanywhere that a protective tariff lev-

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not to raise revenue but to protectsome particular industry is wrong inprinciple and vicious in practice Nowwhat is a protective tariff and whatdoes itmean It is a simple device bywhich one man is authorized to collectmoneyJxom his fellow man Thereare two ways in which iyou can protect an industry Youi can give it -- abounty out of the federal treasuryor you can authorize it to take up thecollection itself Tbisis the only dif-

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Suppose that the Chairmandesired to help some particular industry for instance one in the home ofmy friend from New York MrRaines who was asked the questionHe might do it in either of two waysHe might pass around the hat hereand collect the money and tarn it overto the favored industry or he mightsimply say to the man I will put atariff upon the imported article andmake the price so high that you cancollect the additional price for yourhome made article Now what isthe difference except that in the onecase the Chairman passes around thehat and turns the money over tofriends and in the other caseauthorizes the friendto pass thehimself

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ANOTHER MCKINLEY RECORD

What a queer old world ibis is any ¬

way and How devions and inexplicable

are some of thccouclusions arrived at

and arguments presented regardingpresidential candidates Now theresBryan and McKinley and the prohibi-

tionists

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The McKinleyites are afraidthat Bryan will get the votes of theprohibs so they are assiduously circu-

lating

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a story to the effect that Bryanonce stumped this state against prohi- -

feition all of which is false Thisstumping was supposed to have Ibeen

done in 1890 when Bryanfirst ran forCongress but all that Bryan ever saidin his speeches it that time regardingthe proposed prohibitory amendmentwas that the democratic party is notin favor of attempting to regulate theappetites of men But what of thatOur republican friends are attemptingto make a mountain out of this mole-

hill

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and hold up their hands in holy

horror at the thought of anyone dar ¬

ing to make such a bold statementAnd they point with pride to McKinleyte address in 1874 when he saidamong other stronger things

By legalizing this traffic we agree toshare with the liquor sellers the respon-sibilities and evils of his businessEvery man who votes for license be-

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of necessity a partner to theliquor traffic and all its consequences

Nobody desires to argue this quesion in a presidential campaign butmany will honor McKinley for thwords quoted above But like allother McKinley records this one hastwo sides On South Market streetin Canton Ohio stands a Mittle threecornered one story building occupiedby John Rolli with an ordinary every-

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liquor saloon The land andbuilding occupied by this saloon isand for several years has been in thepossession of Wm McKinley and therentals paid for the property go intohis pocket This is given on theauthority of the New York Voice thegreatest prohibition paper in America

By McKinleys record he can beshown to be in favor of anything andeverything

In the Republican platform of 1860adopted at Chicago that on whichAbraham Lincoln was elected presi-

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appeared the following plankThat the maintenance inviolate of

the right of the state and especiallytheright of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions fic--

cording to its own iudaemenfc exclu- -o i - u iDirvcij to caacutirii lu Ulclli UUUU1UK

power upon which the operation andendurance of our political fabric de ¬

pends and we denounce the lawlessinvasion by armed force of the soil ofany state or territory no matter underwhat pretext as among the greatest ofcrimes

Thirty six years later the Chicagoconvention on July 7 1896 writes thefollowing plank which the republicanmachine of Hanna McKinley PiattMerriam Quay and Payne denouncesas anarchistic

We denounce arbitrary interferenceby federal authorities in local affairs asa violation of the constitution of theUnited States as a crime against freeinstitutions

If this plank on which WilliamBryan and the army of freedom1896 stands is anarchistic whatthat on which Abraham Lincoln

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andthe allied forcesof union and freedomstood in 1860

When Mr Hanna by the most ex-

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campaign of boodle thatthe country ever saw solidified the re-publican

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party inifavor of repudiatedMcKinleyism he was regarded as themost dangerous man in Amiricanpolitics His activity in politics waslooked upon as wuolly pernicious JButgood reasons exist for a change ofview with regard to Mr Hanna Thisgentlemans methods are distinguishedby an ingenuousness which instantlyreveals where he is at and what arehis purposes He managed his Mc-

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nominating campaign in sucha way as to make it a spectacular ex-

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of boodleism Mr Hanna isnot in danger but a danger signalHe is a red lantern over the politicalditch The American people owe MrHanna thanks for waving the red flagof dange- r- St Louis Republic

The free silver republicans are talking of putting a state ticket in thefield This is as it should be Re-

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are backing gold standarddemocrats and chuckling in theirsleeves over the confusion of the partyand democrats will be justified inadopting retaliatory measures If thisticket is put up voters can take theirchoice of six tickets when electionday comes around

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Spain oiloaida loan of 2u00GG0in London rewntiy but could find no

taker even though her railroadsguaranteed the loan She is now in aposition to go Into the hands of areceiver as a bankrupt and Cubadoesnt propose to be reckoned amongthe assets of the country And thePhilippine Islands aie in a state ofrevolution also Spain will shortlyhave to retire from her colonial poB

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Every man should vote occording tothe dictates of his conscience Forthe past two years Governor Holcombhas given this state the best administration we have ever had He hasbeen persecuted by the republicansvet not one of them can say a wordagainst him or his official act3 Withsuch aDian in the governors chair foranother two years this state will beprosperous andtfreed from the thievinggang of republicans ONeill Sun

THE AMENDMENTSThe ninth proposed amendment to

the constitution is perhaps the mostimportant one of all as it provides forthe investment of the permanentschool funds ofthe state No objec-

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from any source has ibeen raisedagainst this proposed amendment andthis paper will therefore pass it with-out

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comment until next weekThe next amendment proposes to

allow merging of the government ofcities of tthe first clas3 with thegovernment of the counties in whichthey are located This amendmentapplies tovOmaha only and is beingcombatted by some farmers papersin Omaha one of which says

This proposition applies to the cityof Omaha and the county of Douglasin which Oraaha is situated shouldsuch amendment become a part ofour constitution as Douglas county isnow constituted it would be easilypossible for the city and county to beincorporated even against the wishwill and vote of all the farmers of thecounty

The result of such incorporationwould be to saddle the farmers of thecounty with a proportion of theeuurmousueDu or mis city masmg aburden of taxation which swould ruinthe value of farms and render farmingin this county unremunerativeFurthermore such incorporation wonlddisfranchise the farmers vote therebydepriving him of local self-govern-me-

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This paper cant see it that wayhowever as the amendment expresslystipulates that the proposition formerging the governments must re-

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the assent of a majority of thevotes cast in such city and also amajority of the votes cast in thecounty exclusive ot such oity

Where does the disfranchisementcome in Ycte for the amendment

WATSONS MARTYRDOMMr Watson exhibits as part of the

martvrdom to which he has been sub-jected

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for the sake of populism -- thecriticism of his actions by the Bryanpress

If Mr Watson is honest he mustconfess that thi3 criticism has beenbased solely on the evidence that hewas willing to sacrifice to his own mer--

sonal ends all the nrincinlfis anrlobjects for the support of which hisparty joined with the democracy

The evidence of this is strengthenedby the latest manifesto of the populistcandidate for the Vice Presidency Inthis document Mr Watson is both in- -

aiuucre auu xuconsistenu wnne pro-fessing

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devotionto the Bryan causehe tries to stir up populist resentmentagainst it by charging democratic badfaith and to arouse contempt for thealliance by calling it a division ofloaves and fishes

Mr Watson knows that the only ar-

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the democrats could makewas fusion in the different states bystate organizations He knows thafrifthe rank and file of the populists weredeceived their own leaders deceivedthem and neither Mr Bryan nor hisrepresentattves consented to it

But Mr Watson protests against analliance by fusion because it is a meredivision of the loaves and fishes Heprotests in behalf of the principles ofpopulism He threatens the democratswith populist defection if the allianceis not made by placing him on thenational ticket What is that but adivision of the loaves and fishes in adifferent way What object ot MrBryans election would be defeated bythe defeat of Thomes E Watson

Mr Watson will find it hard work toconvince the mass of populist3 thatthey should vote for McKinley becausethe populist shares of the loaves andfishes were scattered in ther differentstates and not all given to jhi- m- StLouis Repuhlir I

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Daxnovratio PiatforiHThe following is a synopsis of 1 he

platform adopted by the national con ¬

vention at Chicago July 0th 1896 Theplank referring to free coinage of silveris given in full

Itecogiiizuif that tho money question Is para ¬

mount to all others at this time v Invite atten ¬

tion to the fact that tiic federal constitutionnames silver and gold together as the moneymetal of the United States We declare thatthe demonetization of silver in 1877 has resultedin the appreciation of gold and a correspondingfall in the price or com Jiodities produced by thepeople Vve are unalterably opposed to a sin¬

gle gold standard Cold monometalism isBritish policy it is not only un Amerieau butanti-Ara-u-ic- an

We demand the free and unlimited coinage ofboth gold and silver at the presenclegal ratio oflc to l without waiting for the aid or consent ofany other nation We demand that the stan ¬

dard silver dollar shall be a full legal tenderequally with gold for all debt public and pri¬

vate and we favor such legislation as will pre ¬vent the demonetization of any kind of lealtender money by private contract

weareopposuutoiiie poller and practice otsurrendering to the holders of the obllgatious ottue jiiiitici btates cue option reserved by law tothe government of redeeming such obligationin either silver coin or gold coin

We are opposed to the issuing of Interest bear-ing

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bonds ofthe United States in time of peaceWe lemand that the power to issue notes to

circulate as money be taken from the nationalbanks and that all paper money shall be issueddirectly by the treasury department

We holdtlmt tariff duties should be levied forpurposes of revenue and that taxation should belimited bythe needs of the government honestlyand economically administered We denounceas disturbing to business the republican threatto restore the McKinley law which has beentwice condemned by the people iu nationalelections and which enacted under the falseplea of protection to uome industry proved aprolilic breeder of trusts aud monopolies enrich-ed

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the few at the expense of jnanv restrictedtrade and deprived the producers or the greatAmerican staples of access to their natural mar¬

kets Until the money question is settled we areopposed to any ugitacion for further change Iuour tariff laws except such as are necessary to V

make the deficit in revenue caused by tho ad Naverai deeision of rhfi SnurAtnp fnnrf ni fh in- - v--come tax There would be no deficit in therevenue but for the annulment by the SupremeCourt of a law passed by the democratic con ¬

gress iu strict persuance of the uniform de ¬

cision of that court for nearly one hundredyears We hold that the most efficient way ofprotecting American labor is to prevent the im ¬

portation of foreign pauper labor to competewith it in ourJiome market

We denounce the profligate waste of themoney wrunglrom tJie people by oppressivetaxation and the lavish appropriations of recentrepublican comrresses whmh luivf irpnt tu rhigh while the labor that pavs thorn is unemployed and the products of the peoples toil are depressed in price till they no longer repay thecost of production

we enounce the arbitrary interference byfederal authorities in local attain as a violationof the constitution of the United States and acrime agauist free institutionsKecoguiziHjj the just claims ofdeserving uniousoldiers we heartily endorse the rule of Com ¬

missioner MlimllV that nn imrw alioll J o Htranly dropped from the pension roll aud thefact of enlistrnentand service should be deemedconclusive evidence against disease and disabil ¬ity before enlistment

We extend niirsviniintlii tn t1mninfnihi their heroic struggle for JIberty and lndepen--

We are opposed to life tenure in the publicservice We favor appointments based uponmerits fixed term of oflice and such an admin ¬istration of the civil service laws as will affordequal opportunities to all citizens of ascertainedlltnes

We declare it to be the unwjitten law of thisrepublic established by custom and usage ofone hundred years and sanctioned by the ex¬ample of the greatest and wisest of those whorounded and have maintained our governmentthat no man should be eligible for a third termof the presidential office

The Democrat and the Thriceaweek JSew York World one year150

NON PABTIBAlSrBIITAN CLUB iK

Below will oe found the constitutionof the Xon Partisan William J BryanClub ivhich all who believe in theprinciples there set forth are respect-fully

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asked to sign Tour membershipin this club need not interfere withyour connection with any other clubota like nature illeud the constitu-tion

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and then sign the blank form atthe bottom and send to L G SparksPresident Jiobert Good Vice Presi ¬

dent or D H Thurseon Secretary ofthe Club at Valentine

COlSrSTITUTIOKrARTICLE r AAMK

Section The name of this organization shallbe the W J Uryan Non Partisan Free SilverClub

ARTICLE II OBTECTSection l The object of this organization

shall be to disseminate a silver sentiment abatter understanding of the finance of the country among its members and the people of thecounty generally and to promote good citizensnip by purity of purpose and harmony of actionand to work for and secure by honest efforts theelection or W J Bryan as our next President

ARTICLE I1I OFFICEB5Section J The ofiicera of this club shall be a

President Vice President Treasurer and threeSecretaries

ARTICLE IV COMMITTEESSection J - There shall be an Executive Com-

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composed of the officers of the club toarrange all preliminaries of the campaign andto fill vacrncies when such occur It shall bethe duty of this committee to scale a programfor each meeting

ARTICLE V FUNDSSection 1 All funds for necMn- - rnnie

shall be raised by voluntary contribution onlyARTICLE VI RULES

Section l Roberts Rules of Order shall gov¬ern the meetings of the club

ARTICLE VII TIME OF MEETINGSSection J This club shall meet every Friday

evening at 8 oclock andclub rooms will be opento visitors at all hours

ARTICLE VHI MEMBERSHIPEach member must Identify himself with the

club by signing the Constitution and accept theprinciples set forth In the same

SIGN THISTo the officers and members

Non Partisan William T

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Club Valentine Nebraska

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