Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1902-10-16
Nebraska Politics.
Excerpts From The Nebraska Independent, Lincoln, Nebraska, Made by
Direction of the Populst State Central Committee
IT'S UP TO O

editorial is not good Bostonese and
might shock the sensibilities of some
of III eastern friends who live on an
exclusive diet of beans-but Nebraska
people understand it. The Indepen-
dent says to the voters of Nebraska,
Its up to you" At least, it will be
in less than six weeks.
It's up to you to say whether Will
lam H. Thompson or John H. Mickey
shall be the next governor of Nebras-
ka. Other gentlemen are candidates
for the position, but either Mr..
thompson or Mr.. Mickey will be the
n chosen. It's up to you, voters OF
Nebraska, to say which. It's up to you
to say whether you want a man who
was nominated by delegates fresh from
the body of the people, men who paid
their W railroad fare and hotel bills;
or whether you want a man who was
selected at a conference of railroad
attorneys ten days before the conven-
ton, and whose selection was after
ward ratified at a convention of dele
gates who travelled on passes, and for
whom Mickey whiskey" was doled
out over the bar Of a well-known Lin
coin hotel bar into the wee sma' hours.
Whether you want a governor pledged
to raise the railroad assessment so
per cent over the figures of today, or
n who stands on a platform which
means anything which the Interpreter
may place upon it and who for years
has been land agent for the Union Pa
ciflc railroad. Whether you want a gov
ernor who will sign a bill to reduce To-
cal freight rates Is per cent, or one
who will veto such a bill. Whether
you want a governor who has at heart
the best interests of our state univer-
sity, or one who is at the head of a
sectarian institution Jealous of the
growth and prestige of the state in
st1tut1on, and the political successor
OF a republican governor who serious
ly crippled u university by vetoing
a much needed appropriation.
It's up to you to say whether you
want a man for lieutenant governor
who has filled the Office before with
honor to himself and the people, or one
who believes that the constitution is
a living lie."
It's up to you to say whether you
will by electing him secretary of state
honor that grand old man, who was
once elected governor of Nebraska
n cheated out of the Office, or wheth-
er you will r~e-elect the present in
cumbent who was elected by accident
and who has not enough personality
to make either friends or enemies.
It's up to you to say who shall be
auditor of public accounts-whether it
shall be tie present incumbent who
was the moving spirit in preventing
any material raise in railroad assess
ments, and whose unjust treatment of
Nebraska insurance concerns, in order
to favor the foreign insurance trust,
is the subject Of comment all over the
state; or whether it shall be a man
thoroughly acquainted with the state
GUS records, pledged to assist the
governor and treasurer in raising rail-
road assessments to forty millions, and
who will execute the insurance laws
without bias toward any interest.
It's up to you to say who shall be
state treasurer-whether it shall be
DR.. Lyman, the fusion nominee, whose
record as county treasurer Of Adams
county has never been surpassed in
any county; Or whether it shall be the
banker from Ord, who for years has
been land agent for the Burlington,
and who, upon the question of taxation
alone, will stand squarely against any
material raise in the railroad assess
ment.
It's up to you to say who shall be
attorney general-whether it shall be
F. Necessity" ProHt, whose rank in
competency is the laughing stock of ev-
cry lawyer in the state, and who has
never failed to neglect the states in
terest when any corporation interest
was opposed; or whether you will
elect Jefferson H. Broadly, whose long
service on the district bench and abil-
ity both as jurist and counsel place
him among the truly great lawyers of
the state.
It's up to you to say who shall be
commissioner of public lands and
buildings whether you want James G.
Brennan, the fusion nominee, whose
record as member of the legislature
and as steward Of the Geneva school is
without a flaw; or whether you want
the present incumbent, whose chief
claims to preferment are that he and
his son do a big real estate business
out in Nuckolls county.
It's up to you to say whether you
will elect William K. Fowler, the
present incumbent, as superintendent
of public instruction, and put up with
his arbitrary rulings; or whether you
will elect Claude Smith, who has three
times been elected county superinten-
dent of Dawson county.
There should be no halfway bust
ness about this election. The whole
administration should be harmonious.
If you really enjoy railroad extortion
in freight rates and railroad tax
Sinking, and Burt county bond deals,
and dismissals of lawsuits brought to
enforce the laws, and friends of the
court" railroad attorneys, to perform
the attorney generals duties-then
elect the whole republican state ticket.
Let the tail go with the hide. But,
on the other hand. if you want these
things done differently. elect the en-
tire populist-democratic ticket. It's
up to you.
Get From Under
Did YOU discern the coming storm.