The McCook tribune., 1890-10-17

lZeu Vaiue OF CaXaDic properly III ltS
twenty EIGHT counties was $40. 600. 900:
it holds it today when tn taxable wcaith
of its ninety counties 1901; up $3.50, O0O,-
600. The party has sovei. ed the state
honestly and well. 1t fop id It in debt
$500, 1000. Today it is out u debt, sorae-
thing that cannot be said o; anv state
with an alliance or prohibiIi,,n or a
democratic governor. 1t has b. N the
party aim in the administration OF tn:
state government to subserve the pubi:i
good and to maintain untarnished the
credit and high character of the state; to
promote economy in every department.
and in all respects to be faithful and
trne in the traditions and principles
which haze 1Uu-:~..' -~'r 'oTntrv for
tho ~ S:...:.1 - - -.
.,r..c VI. ;ron, prosperity &c prosperity.
until today in all the elements OF good
government it will compare favorably
with any state In the union. In short
after twenty-three years of rule, the re-
publican party of Nebraska stands be-
fore the people of the state ready to
render an account Cf its stewardship,
and with justifiable pride invites the
closest scrunity of its record.
So much for the past. think this
brief statement Of the actual accomp
lishments of the republican party tells
a story of duty honestly performed, of
wise legislation, of prudence in public
expenditure, of fidelity in every inter-
est rarely equalled in the history of
governments anywhere. The republi-
can party, true to its traditions, has put
forward its platform and its candidates
pledged by their past history to carry
out TO the letter the doctrines, of which
we are so proud and for which we have
sacrificed so much, and with which we
feel certain to succeed.
This campaign is to be an aggressive
and not defensive one. The republic
cans have no occasion for defense.
Their record is clear. The democratic
party of this state will have all it can
attend to in defining and explaining its
own record, its own platform, its posi-
ton and its ticket.
1 have not time to speak of all our
nominees individually, nor indeed is it
necessary, as you know them fully as
well as / do. As whole the ticket is as
good one as was ever presented for
the suffrages of the voters of Nebraska.
and of its triumphant election there is
no doubt.
But what do we find opposed TO us:
First, the prohibition party And my
friend, DR.. Payne, the candidate of that
party for governor, will never know
any relief for the suffering his name in
dicates, for nothing will cure him.
Instead of being elected governor of
Nebraska this gentleman will learn
next November that the republican
party is the great painkiller OF this
country.
But we have another ticket in the
field. 1t is called the alliance ticket,
the Independent ticket. the peoples
ticket. I do not know which name
they will stick to, for this new party
now in the field in different places as
sumes different names as may best suit
its leaders purposes. Not but the alli-
ance of Nebraska has a great many
honest, upright, honorable men con-
nected with it. do not doubt it. But
its leaders are only dead and dying
politicians. trying to steal into office
under an alias, under a false name,
wearing the mask of hypocrisy, not
having the manliness or courage to call
themselves by their true name. The
managers of the independent ticket try
to deceive the people. but they fool no.
body. The idea of Burrows and some
other demagogues calling themselves
the peoples party. 1t is equal to the
impudence of the three tailors in Thread
Needle street, who at the beginning of
the century, put fort.l to the world a
flaming proclamation beginning with,
1--WE the people of England" 1t is not
hnnoSt IF ic not manly
What difference is there, pray, be-
tween a democrat and an independent?
If there is any difference, it is in favor
of tee democrat, for he fights his eoun-
try with his visor raised and no con-
cealmeht, while the other stabs it while
pretending to be its friend. They are
striving for the same thing-the des-
truction of the party which made Ne
braska a free state. put down the most
gigantic rebellion the world ever saw
and freed and enfranchised millions of
slaves.
The nominee for governor of the al
lance ticket tells us if he is elected
governor, the United States will loan
you all SO, 500 apiece. provided you own
1G0 acres of land. But if you do not
own this land, how can you get this
money? Why does he fix it at twenty
five hundred apiece? The government
might as well loan us all the money we
want and make every one million
aire and done with it. The cry
is, "elect Powers and the Burrows tick
ct and money Will be as plenty as
the leaves in autumn" Allow me to
say that honest men in the alliance
party have been deceived bv dema-
gogues, and political tramps appeal to
them as honest men and endeavor to
convince them of the error of their
ways. Whenever you hear man de-
clare all the world is dishonest but him
self you had better keep your hands on
vouc pockets
rher we have another party of econ
trer s:I;ea::,s, t2e great
parry which ass ~ worried; au;: vsSsG
this republic for lol these many yea3S.
tLat at times it has seemed that republi-
can institutions would prove failure
the only political organization either in
this or any other country which has
been able to keep up and continue po-
litical existence without even having a
solitary fixed political principle. I
mean the democratic party. Ny
friends, believe the present contest in
this state, as usual, will be between the
and the same old demo-
cratic party which the republicans are
in the habit of beating. Despite the
defeat administered