The Red Cloud chief., 1899-10-20

pOpulist ticket are lighting the republi.
can candidate for superintendent with
an almost maniacal frenzy ave for.
getting their own campaign in the hope
that their efforts may be successful in
defeating this candidate. Better tend
to their w knitting or else the sol.
der kids" will give them an over.
whelming defeat.
A gentleman speaking of the candi.
dacy of the two preachers defined his
position in regard to them with the
following remarks; 81 have the utmost
respect for these gentlemen in their
calling to preach the gospel and as men
and as such I wish to see them retained
in the church to guide the footsteps of
their ilocks in the way of the Lord.
No nan can serve two masters and n
minister to become other than n ser.
want of the Lord will become too world.
ly and lose interest in his calling Of
saving souls. Our school interests are
Mt present In good hands and we need
no change and our courts do not need
n minister to insure just decisions"
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There are some who take pleasure in
referring to MIR. Adamson, the republi-
can candidate for sheriff, as the "kid"
sheriff. Now the first time you get in
sight of the two candidates for sheriff
compare them, morally, physically anc
intellectually, and see for yourself
which one comes the nearest being a
"kid." We invite n comparison.
We remember quite distinctly Of
hearing a story about two years ago
to the effect that the present county
clerk could hardly read aud write.
AT present there seems to be a desire
on the part of some of the demo.pops
to &c. even by circulating the same
story ON the republican candidate this
year. There is not "a particle smore
truth in it this year than two years
ago. No county convention would
be foolish enough to nominate a man
for county clerk who could not read
and write.
Corp. Robt. &. Douglas expounded
the republican doctrine of expansion
to II good sized audience at the opera
house last Saturday afternoon. Al
tough MIR. Douglas is a young man he
gave one OF the best lectures that has
been heard in this city for some time.
lie told OF the Philippines from per.
sonal experience, and not from yellow
newspaper reports. He gave IA clear
and concise cou of the expansion
of the United States from the founding
OF our government down To the pres.
ent time. He also predicted the com.
ing election as the end of the present
demo pop party, for the reason that
they were assisting armed enemies of
our country in times of war, p fate
which has befell every political party
that advocated such.
The proclamation from Aguinaldo
expressing "A hope that the democrats
may carry the coming elections in the
United States has set the New York
journal To churning over some dis.
agreeable thoughts. Suppose" it
says in a warning tone to the demo.
pops, 1.-THE British in the war of 1912
had issued n proclamation taking H. eir
dear friends, the f~ederalists, to their
hearts, or the Mexicans IN 1915 lad ex-
tended greetings to their affectionate
comrades, the wings. would not the
position of those parties have be.
come rather worse than it wasY No
anti'national party in the United States
has ever come to any other end than
shame aud ruin. AS long as our re.
public retains its vigor none ever will.
When a party can ally itself with
armed enemies of the nation aud re.
tain its strength the dissolution Of the
commonwealth will have begun"
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AT this time of the year a newspaper
man is liable to find anything in his
pockets, on in his desk, from Il cam.
paign cigar To an Internal machine.
Our latest acquisition somewhat re.
sembled he latter, but upon examin.
alton it proved TO be only a large roll
OF manuscript which someone had
brought To N sanctum. The manu-.
script proved To DE a s%toryette, written
perhaps by some amateur who had