Year: 1876

until our caucuses and county cODvel-


tiOns have been held, and We have


placed candidates in the field, and


then we will be generous enough to


issue long printed public address TO


you, inviting you to aid us in electing


our men to office The


question then arises, what are Inde-


pendent men TO expect from the Re


publican party and it's leaders in the


future? Are the blunders of last year


to be repeated this? In your editorial


of last week you say that Church


Howe can vote the Republican ticket


and no one can hinder him. Exactly,


but is he or others likely to do so il


they are to be kicked out of the pri-


maries? The Indepen-


dents are not the men to go sneaking
around to accept any but honorable


terms of econciliation."


In defense of the Republican party
of this county we will remark that
the Judges talk about what the IRE
publicans have virtually said" "long
printed addresses" &C.. is not true,
and consequently not applicable to
the "blunders of last year." If any
there were. What is the history OF
the initiatory steps of last years cam
paign in this county? The central
committee met at Sheridan July 3lst
1875, and designated Sept. 4th as the
time and Sheridan as the place fol
holding the convention to nominate
officers and elect delegates to the
State convention. One of the acts OF
the central committee at that meeting
was the following which we copy
from the printed minutes In THE AID
vERTIsER:


Il. l.. Schick, G. w. Fairbrother,
and 8. Cochran were appointed as q
committee to issue On address to the
voters of Nemaha county, asking
their cooperation in the matter of
nominating and electing the county
officers during the coming campaign.


And the following Is an editorial OF
ours regarding the same matter:


We were very much pleased to wit
ness the harmony which marked the
business of this meeting. Everyone
manifested an unselfish desire for the
success of the party, to have honest
and capable men nominated, to see all
sectional, personal and local feuds dis
PEELED and to unite the good old Re-
publican party again in solid phalanx
that insures victory over Democracy
and all other parties working In the
interests of Democracy. To this end
a committee was appointed, consist
ing of It. l.. Schick, Esq, G. w. Fair
brother and s. Cochran, to issue an
address to the voters of Nemeha coun-
ty on the importance of the politics
of the present and of the near future,
the necessity OF united action, and in
viting cooperation i'm the noble work
of all old Republicans who have here
tofore sought but found not a better
party that has in 1t the elements of
success.


In obedience to this request the
committee issued its, address, gotten
up in the spirit of conciliation as con-
tempIated by the central committee.
and inviting all who were longing to
return to the old party, to cooperate
both in nominating as we'll as elect
ing the officers. The precinct caucus
es were held August 2Sth, and these
publications were before the public
several weeks before that day arrived.
So none could then, cannot now,
properly complain of being "kicked
out of the primaries. Before the
campaign of the year before COM
menced, q similar invitation was CIV
en-is always given by the Rcpubli-
can party. 1t is always generous and
delights to welcome back the prodi-
gal son. The address and kind invi-
tation to the old friends to cooperate
with the Republican party were not
accepted but treated with derision
and contempt, and met with insult
from the stump by those, or many OF
.hem, to whom we proffered the hand
IF friendship and proposed united
work. And the only consolation OF
the Republicans was that they had
their duty the best they
knew how to their party and country.
We do not speak of these things in
any degree in the spirit of bitterness.
and do SO as a duty only, in defense
of the party who has done its whole
duty in the premises alluded to.


"The question then arises, what are
men to expect from the
party" We cannot say
what-as we are not authorized to
speak officially, as some might with
out authority, as chairman of the
central committee-but so far as we
are concerned individually, all who
desire to honestly labor and vote for
the success of the Republican party
are welcome to join US "noa0," and
take part in all our caucuses, conven-
tions, and elections. AS to what they
may further expect-we may safely
say they may expect, in seeking Office
or position. to take their chances of
success or defeat, as all men of all
parties have to do.


Our duty and efforts are to build up
instead of tearing down the party
that we believe should yet continue to
govern tn is country; and it is this
spirit that prompts US to say to all
our old Republican friends who are
moved by the same candid motives,
come and let us work harmoniously
together for victory over our common
enemy.


In the distribution of office, both
county and State, THE ADVERTISER
will always favor that which is fair
and equitable, between all classes of
Al