The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-10-25
POLITICAL POI BOILING
CHIEF INTEREST IN FIFTEENTH
DISTRICT.
NEW DATES FOR SPEAKERS

The Most Interesting Battle in the En-
tire State is Being Waged In the
Big Fifteenth judicial District Over
Two Judgeships.
A new schedule has been outlined
by the republican state central COM
mittee for speakers who are to make
addresses during the present cam
paign. In the new schedule Madison
county loses the one speech which
had been scheduled. Most Of the
campaign speaking is to be done in
the Fifteenth judicial district where
the hottest political fight is on. Fol
lowing are dates of interest in this
territory:
Senator Brown-O'Neill, October 49,
8 p. m; Butte, October %, p. m. ;
Ainsworth, Octobed 80, 8 p. M; Val
entine, October 81, 8 p. M; Chadron
November /, p. m; Alliance, No
vember 2, 8 p. m; Ansley, November
4, p. m.
Hon. w. T. Thompson-Spencer, DC
tober 30, s p. m. Lynch, october 81
s p. M; Atkinson, November l, 8 p
m; Stuart November 2, 8 p. m.
Lincoln Evening News In TIT
midst of an otherwise tranquil ant
unevontful campaign, Nebraska Is be
ing treated this year to an UNUSUAL,
hot fight in the Fifteenth judicial dis
, trict. That territory has already be
: come the political storm center of tn
| state, and the chances are that 1t vii
hold the distinction until election day
Remotely situated though it is fror
the mainly populated areas, the FIJI
teenth is absorbing a great deal Q
attention from the republican an
: democratic state central committees
More campaign speeches will be deliN
cred there on both sides than in an
other section of the same size, and tn
republicans at least will throw som
of their big guns" into the fight.
The Fifteenth is the biggest judicis
district in Nebraska, extending tive
thirds of the way along the norther
. border from the Wyoming line to tn
east line of Boyd and Holt counties
1t comprises more than one-fifth tn
: total area of the state, though inclut
. ing but ten counties. The Northwes
ern railroad traverses it from east t
: west, and the Burlington cuts the Yves
end of the district on a line runnin
northwest and southeast, but Othe
!. wise its transportation facilities al
: punitive. Most of the territory
, takes in is known as cattle country
=. For years it has been regarded as Ii
- political frontier, and no great amour
y of interest has been felt by the re-
!, of the state in its affairs. But tn
year the Fifteenth is a real live wiz
and the remainder of Nebraska
n, looking on with a lively appreciate
of the scrap in progress there.
, For so many years that nobody r
- members who their predecessors we
= J. ]. Harrington of O'Neill and ].
: Westover of Rushville have Occupi'
the district bench in the big Fifteent
both are fusiOnists, and while tn
| part of the state has been largely I
claimed by the republicans in 9th
p ways, they have been reelected eve
four years. The size of the distri
and the lack of railroad facilities (
ID getting over it has always been
ID mountain in the way of any lawy
I'd who was ambitious to displace We
&c over or Harrington, since their cot
in work took them into every county a
I'd gave them a general acquaintan
IN which nobody else could acquire.
H. Notwithstanding the discouraI
eff ments confronting other candidat
m two republican attorneys have enter
ne the field this year and set out in
he termined fashion to win the jude
he seats. They are ID. b. Jenckes
st Chadron and ]. A. Douglas OF Basse
Both are vigorous campaigners a
n, they are putting so much ginger II
ut the fight that the two sitting judl
raalI,a thav Iuill have hard work