Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1909-08-12
JUDGE A. R. HUMPHREY ADMITS
CHARGES MADE AGAINST HIM.
Declares That He is Willing To Stand on His Record. Say
Railroads Were Satisfied with All His Decisions
In Railway Cases

the present management OF the
REPUBLICAN began the railroads
ceased to be factor in politics
in this county. Ask d. Nj. Ans
berry, for twenty years editor OF
the REPUBLICAN,. He knows.
And l am willing to be bound by
what he says. When the Myers
boys were attending the Univer-
sity and coming home to vote on
free transportation the railroads
might have had something to
say in politics. But the rail-
roads graduated from politics in
this county about the time the
boys did from the University.
Since that time the Republicans
of Custer county have run their
own politics. And they are not
looking for boss now.
The REPUBLICAN iusinuates
that opposed county option in
the county convention. | did
not. | wrote the resolutions Of.
fered by the committee on reso.
lutions and at the request ofIthe
reporter furnished him a copy
for the state papers. l had no
copy of the resolution offered by
Mr.. Gadd for county option and
made no attempt to get one. |
am not in the news.gathering
business. If the editor of the
REPUBLICAN thought it was of
such Importance why didn't he
attend to it That's his business.
1t is true l attended the Old
Settlers picnic at Merna. |
caused no inconvenience by SO
doing. | homesteaded % years
ago west of Merna and l wanted
to see the old timers there.
That's why l went to Merna.
The cause of the REPUBLICANS S
noise arises over the legal noti-
ces that are published from this
office in estate matters. Last
fall the editor, Mr.. Herbert
Myers, came to the Office and de-
manded that l publish all the
notices from this locality in his
paper. l turned down his de-
maud. If l had published these
notices exclusively in his paper
would be a "good fellow" in
the eyes of Herbert today. But
did not and | will rot. County
option and railroads do not in
huence him. 1t takes legal no.
tices to make him happy. He
has been in town six months and
he has stood for legal notices
ever since he landed here. He
is grouchy because he says | dc
not treat him fair in the matter
Of legal notices. Since last Sep
tember | have published % no.
tices in the REPUBLICAN,; 10 in
the Chief and l IN the Beacon
Isn't this fair treatment? | rec
ognize the papers of the towr
and county as factors in the de
velopment of our business, com
mercial and social interests anC
have tried to aid each communi
ty by sending to it such lega
notices as belonged to it.
1t is noticeable that no othe
paper in the county has taken VI
! the fight for "reform" that the
REPUBLICAN has started. 1t ma,
be that the other editors of th
county, having spent years a
the case, have not yet Learned
how to run a paper and "pro
gressiveness" smothers them an,
they do not know it. But 50
man from college" can jump int
= the editorial chair and hav
| things reformed" in six months
The principal thing to fin
u out is that book-learning dom
y make sense. It's a good fertiI
= izer, but it must have a base t
commence on.
l. But what the reader of thi
e paper is interested in is whethe