The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-21
THE RESPONSIBILITY.

THE RESPONSIBILITY.
John Friday was Just as bad a
mayor last April as he is today. Bill
Uecher was just as bad a policeman
last April as he is today. The News
and the men who fraternize with 1t
knew this, yet that paper helped to
perpetuate these two men in office
for the purely selfish reason that the
republican candidate for mayor had
had the termity to stand up against
making a gift of one of the principal
streets of Norfolk to the Northwestern
railway"
"Three-fourths of the people of this
community belong to the churches and
make a profession of religion. No
city administration can be elected by
as large a majority as the present one
was unless large percentage OF the
religious people voted for it,"
The foregoing arguments are used
to show that the responsibility for
the double murder which took place
in the city Monday night, is traceable
to church people and The News
the christians and the newspaper be-
ing joint partners in sin, as 1t were,
responsible for the election of Mayor
Friday and through him responsible
for the tragedy.
AS matter of fact the gentleman
who makes these statements is so
prejudiced that he has failed to look
up the truth of his assertions. So
far as The News is concerned it is
able to contradict each and every al
legation made. Not only did The
News oppose the reelection of Mayor
Friday, but it's editor voted for his
opponent, II. A. Pasewalk, the repub-
| lican nominee. 1t is not a difficult
matter to prove that The News sup
ported the republican ticket at the
city election last spring, as reprints
from issues published during the cam
paign will show.
| On March 30, the Saturday before
election, the following appeared in
these columns:
Next Tuesday will be election day
in Norfolk. There will be three sep
arate elections, the city ticket, the
members of the board of education
and the sewerage bonds. The city
ticket and the board of education will
be elected along party lines. This
year but two tickets in each case have
been put up, where there were three
last year. The republican party is
entitled to the election in Norfolk this
year for many reasons. In the first
place the republican ticket is com
posed of clean, honest, honorable bust
ness men who are respected in the
community and who will make good
officials for this municipality. The
republicans, when they have been in
office before, have given creditable ad
ministrations for Norfolk. This fact
can not be denied AS much can not
be said for all of the democratic ad
ministrations in this community.
"The men who are making the re
publican race this year are conserva
tive, upright and reliable. The city
knows that their election will NEAR
good government, conducted along lib
eral lines, and in accordance with the
laws of the state and town. People o.
: Norfolk we'll know that if the repub
; lican ticket is elected as it stands to
day, there will be no need for blush
ing at conditions which exist in the
city.
GAS officials of our city, we wan
men whom we can not only place con
fidence in but whom we can also re
spect And men of this type hav,
been nominated by the republican par
4 ty to stand for election next Tuesday
, "There are no vital issues at stalk
as there are in some elections. 1t 4
largely a matter of men. But the re
q publicans are willing to go on recor
e in predicting that if their ticket /
0 elected the administration will stan
y, for advancement, progress, civic prid
and for all things that have to do wit
- the welfare of Norfolk,
y "The following ticket has bee
placed in the field by the republica
n party:
O. For mayor, Herman A. Pasewall
For city clerk, julius Huff
s. For city treasurer, E. j. Soho
Il regge.
II For city engineer, w. H. Salmon
For members board of education
w. II. Johnson and w. H. Bridge.
For city council: First ward, c.
Cow; Second ward, Dan Craven
Wdlu, bdy
It On the day before election, tn
d following items, among others, wei
h published in the editorial column;
d THE republican ticket is made u
&c of clean men. Republicanism NEAR
progress and advancement"
- THE police department during II
d last year has not set the world afil
1t by its activity. This will have son
N influence in tomorrow's election"
:. "A vote for the republican ticket t
10 morrow will be a vote for a police d
is partment that will have the couras
1t to do it's duty, and not one that wi
70 wink at crime and vice in the vel
~ heart of the city"
- Norfolk has been quiet city du
lg ing the past year, so far as the poli'
lie court records are concerned. Juds
10 Westervelt, who is the democratic p
~ lice Judge, told of some things tn
," have been going on when he took O
casion to address peculiarly o
lg noxious character in public some i