Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-06-12
Resolutions Of Caster County

The republicans of Custer county in
convention assembled, reaffirm the prin-
ciples of republicanism as set forth in the
national platform of 1900.
We congratulate the people upon the
happiness and prosperity that has come
to them as result of republican policy
and republican legislation. Wages were
never so high, nor producers SO we'll
compensated for their products as now.
Men were never SO we'll housed, clothed
and fed, and have never before had more
contentment of mind than during the
years since republican policy has been
enacted into law
We congratulate the President and the
Army on the satisfactory progress made
i'll the Philippines in surpressing the in
surection and establishing order, and we
unqualihedly endorse the policy of our
government therein. Our flag is in the
Philippines and there it will remain until
such time as the American people may
deem it expedient or proper to give the
islands free and independent govern
nlent, such as il has just given Cuba.
The American Army has taken up the
work of maintaining authority in the
Philippines, and while we deplore and
severely condemn any instances of crnel-
ty which may have occurred, we remem-
Der our soldiers are fighting barbarous
and treacherous foe which has inflicted
most revolving and inhuman atrocities
upon its prisoners. 1t is the Nations
Army drawn from every section of our
country, knowing no politics nor creed,
but fighting the Nations battles under
the Nations Flag; and we resent with
indignation, the recent democratic efforts
to drag its honor in the dust and cast re-
proach upon its fair name.
We congratulate the republican party
for the faithful fulfllment of the pledge
made at its national convention of 1900,
to give the oppressed Island of Cuba a
free and independent government, which
was consumated at Havana on May 10,
by he withdrawal of the American
troops and the turning over of its gov
eminent to its own people.
We commend our present county Off
Gals for their business like methods i'll
the administration of county affairs.
We congratulate the people of Nebras-
| ka upon the present prosperity OF our
state, and we commend the business like
| and economic methods employed by Gov.
| Savage and the state officials of his adj
| ministration, which have resulted in a
| saving to the state in comparison with
| preceding administrations of nearly two
| hundred and fifty thousand dollars. BE
| it further
| RESOLVED, That we disapprove of the
inequality of the present methods OF the
assessment of property for taxation
there being no two counties assessed up
on the same basis. We therefore demand
| that our revenue laws of the state b,
amended so that every dollars worth o
property or franchises shall be assessed
at its actual cash value and that tn
levies be decreased to the lowest possible
number of mills, that will provide suffici
ent revenue for county and state pur
poses. Be it further
| RESOLVED, That it be made the dut
of the attorney general and county attor
ney to see that the law is properl
enforced; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we recommend tn
calling of a constitutional convention Il
the near future, or that the question o
amendments to the constitution be sub
mitted to the people of the state for thei
ratification.
With the understanding that the Hon
F. NJ. Currie is candidate for the posi-
ton of congressman from this congress
sional district; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That we recognize in MI
Currie his eminent fitness for the place
and as a mark of our confidence, we d
hereby authorize him to name the dele
cation to represent his interest in tn
congressional convention.
s. L. CANNON,
G. B. MAR,
ID. NJ. AMSBERRY, Com.
+. {. WILSON,
JOHN REESE,