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F. A, PiimtON. l'r . 1.i.oyi C. Thojiak, Sec
.foiiK Vf. Thomas. Mur.
JOHN V. THOMAS Hdltor
J. B. KN1BST Associate Hditor
Entered at the postoflico at Alliance,
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Subscription, tt.so per year in advance.
Argument for Adoption of
Initiative and Referendum
Hemingford Happenings.
Mr. nn'il Mrs. Frank Olds came
over from Clinihon Tuesday to attend
the dance ntid visit with relatives for n
short time.
We hoar that C. A. Hurlcw lias pur
chased the Wello placc'forincrly own
ed by H. E. Jones, ntid will take pos
session soon.
K. L. Pierce wont to Omaha on
business tho last of the week.
Work has been delayed on the now
telephone building on account pf an
undecided location.
Tho new store building of C. A.
Burlcw is Rointr up fast, tho founda
tion being laid,
Mr. unil Mrs. B. F. Gilmnn' Were
over night visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
C- J. Wildy, coining up Wednesday.
F. Davison and Miss Lucy Hickcy
came in from Sioux county the middle
of the week, Lucy staying to make
Hazol a ehort visit befoto returning
home.
Mrs. Curtis, mother of H. H. Pierce,
has purchased tho Fosket property in
the west part of town.
The Methodist Aid Society mot with
Mrs. Win. Johnson Wednesday. Quite
a nice lot of aidor.i were profcuut.
Earl FoBkot came down from Mnrs-
land Wednesday.
Tlip salesman for the Go. Darling
Furniture Store wus in town tho Inst ol
the week.
W. ! Ward and ttnrry Pletce went
to Alliance mi business Thuradny.
Win Fosket went to Alliance Satur
day, coing down to holp Mr. Coursey
with a sulo Sutuiday.
John Anderson and F. Molick am
putting up a small building for a moat
market and bank between the Journal
office and barber shop.
W M. Corey has luml-er on his lot
for building as soon as the foundation
is ready.
Olto Klemko cainu homo from his
vacation in the eastern part of thu
state.
Chv hlndler has bought the hard
ware ikiirlniunt of C. S. Wost and
will pit hi n linger stock of hardware
soun
1 1 ustpr, who ban boon siok for
some lu.ir, went ont homo with Will
Mother tho first of the week. Mr. F.
has t cou taking treatments for pome
time and is some improved.
Mr, Schlamau, who went to Colorado
some time ago, came back on business
Sunday. '
A- 11. Pierce has been confined to
the house for the past week, being sort
of under the weather.
You can save $100 on it piano
by taking advantage of, Proscott
Music Co.'s great Discount Sale
at Bennett's old stand.
"John Pederson, tho cement contractor
and builder informs us that he will be
gin work on his new house north of
Rowan's elevator, as soon as the
weather will permit putting in the
cement foundation. This is to be a
frame house 30x80 feet, and will be
built in tho best possible manner. Mr
Peterson's business has tit own to such
an extent that he has found it neces
sary to take .1 paituer, accordingly he
has gone into partnership with Tom
Lawler, and together they will engage
iu cement work, building and contract
ing, the coming season. The firm name
will bs Pederson & Lawler.
Iii.ttie sale of the stallion Aleutian
last Saturday, the property ot the
Sqnaw'Mound Horsu Co., previously
advertised in the Herald, horsemen In
this neighborhood evidently missed a
bargaiu. This horse was purchased
by the Squaw Mound Horse Co-, .for
$3500 and we are informed was u money
maker for the company from the start,
but owing to fcome disagreement be
tween some members of the company,
it was deaided to sell the horse and dis
solve partnership. That the horse was
all njit is iiidioatod by the fact that
be was bid in for M. H. Reed, a mem
ber of the company, who had charge
of the horse and knows w hat he is.
The Belling price was $400.00.
At the solicitation of Rov. John L.
Vallow, pastor of the Alliance Metho
dist church, Ira E. TbbIi, postmaster
at Alliance, delivered an address in
that church on Sunday evonlng, Feb.
27, igio, to a large and interested
audience, his subject "being the "Ini
tiative nud Referendum." Mr. Tash
spoke for more than an hour, holding
tho interest of his audience to the closo
of his .address by his statement of per
tinent facts and logical deductions.
His arguments were, first, for the gen
eral adoption of the Initiative and Ref
erendum, and then, coining to local
affairs, for its adoption by tho city of
Alliance at the special plcclion to be
hold 'March 18th.
Following is n synopsis of tho ad
dross, giving bi Icily the piincipal ar
guments presented, and deserves n
cytrofnl perusal and condid considera
tion by every intelligent voter,
Tho Initiative nnd referendum Is
tho means to nn end. It Is tho means,
measure or proecedure by which tho
people mny' secure direct legislation.
It Is Blmply tho method by which tho
people may secure popular and repre
sentative government. It Is In line
with such progressive reforms us tho
Australian ballot, tho direct primary,
the recall and the commission form of
government of cities.
Dlreut legislation, by means of the
initiative and referendum, enables the
friends of each reform proposed to
unite all their votes in support of huch
measure, without regard to how many
diirorent political parties inoy may ue
divided Into, or how widely their opin
ions may differ upon other questions
not under consideration.
It will have a strong tendency to re
duce or prevent political corruption,
or grafting by dishonest ollloiulH, be
oil 11 so they will know thut the people
will luivo the option tC; demand that
any franchise ordinance or law pushed,
can bo submitted to n dlreut vote be
fore it bocomea effective.
It will mtiko it mister for men to vote
correctly, nnd enables them to have
their convictions enacted into law It
simplifies elections by separntlng the
judging of men or candidates from tho
judgment of Issues, and separates each
issue from nil other 'msuet.
it will tend to prevent physical revo
lution, because it provides the people
with 11 peaceful nud legal weapon with
wbluh to obtain what Is oTten sought
to be brought about by force and vio
lence. It promotes odueiitiou in tho science
of government, and maUet, tho people
more familiar with o.viitlng laws.
It embraces thu correct principles of
ethics and religion, because it fobtutK
and promotes 11 kindlier and more
brotherly feeling uniung men. by pltio-Ing-theiu
upon nn ucitillty iu law mak
ing. Tho rule of tho fovv Is unchristian,
antagonistic, mastery and not brother
huod. It has a tendency to kill pa,rty pre
judice, because political parties will
lose much of their importance, when
laws or rueiisuri'8 can bo enacted out
side cf parties, und without the use of
permanent party organizations.
Ity It the people can reduce taxation
to the needs of economical government
nnd base U upon ability to pay rather
than helplessness to resist payment.
It has beeu udopted by eight status
of the union, Oregon bolug the leader
In the movement. ' It has been udopted
for the government of such progressive
cities as Los Angeles, Calif ; Galveston,
Tex.; Deb Moines, la.; and Pierre, S.
D. In Nebraska It has beeu udopted
by cities ranging In size from Lincoln,
the capital of the state, down to Have
lock, a city of about 3. SCO people which,
on February 1.1, ndonteJ by a vote of
more than four to one. Heatriee,
Keurney, Wymoreunil numerous other
cities ot the second class have also
adopted it.
Having considered tho question and
Its advantages In u general way, we
will now consider It specifically us It
applies to us hero in tho city of Alli
ance. To do this It will be necessary
to (list familiarize ourselves with the
act and its general provisions which
apply to the people in general and the
proceedings which may be had under
It if adopted. I wjll read you the title
of the act which is ns follows:
An Act vesting a right in the voters of
any city, county, town, village, school
district, or other municipal subdivision of
the state of Nebraska, to propose ordi
nances, contracts, agreements, or meas
ures, and enact the same into laws for the
such legislation and to provide punlihment
for all offenders against the provisions of
this act.
government of such municipal divisions or ;
Eliminating ul) surplusage and un
necessary legal verbiage, this caption
or titlo of the act wmild read as fol
lows:
"An net giving to the legal voters of
the city of Alliance the right to pro
pose ordinances, for tho government of
the city, nnd enact the same Into law
by a majority vote, and to have sub
mitted to a vote, If requested, any or
dinance passed by tho mayor nnd
council, boforo tho same becomes a
law.'"
Thus you sco much that has lead tlio
opponents of the measure to declare
that It is "cumbersome" may be elimin
ated and its provisions made plain and
easily understood. In fuct the only
real tatiglblo objection made to its
adoption was made by a local paper,
which defined It as "cumbersome," and
then printed the cntiro act on two
sides of u sheet 8 by 13 inches in dl
mention. This printed sheet can be
obtained by any voter by calling upon
the city clerk.
THE INITIATIVE
This is tho flvst part of the act and
will be considered separate and apart
from the referendum Initiative, as
you all know, simply means, to begin,
to commence, to start something. This
right to begin, or inaugurate some
mensure which tho voters, or 15 per
cent, of them, may desire to have voted
upon wiljli the view Of having it enact
ed into law is conferred by Section 1 of
this act, which is us follows
(The Initiative.)
Section x. The right to propose ordi
nances for the government of any city, or
other municipal subdivision of the state of
Nebraska shall, in addition to being ex
ercised by the mayor and city council of
such city or the governing authorities of
such other municipal subdivisions of this
state, be vested in the voters therot as
hereinafter provided.
This simply gives the 7C0 or mole
voters of Alliance .the right to Share
with thu (lvo members of the council
tho privilege of passing laws or ordi
nances for tho government and regula
tion of the affairs of the city.
Section 3 simply dcflnus the words
"ordinance," "olty" and "voters" as
used iu this act.
.Section U specifies, that tho proposal
shall be written or printed, and desig
nates tho number of signers required
to a petition, and specifies the legal
requirements nocessury, to have thi'
proposed measure submitted,
Sectlpn 4 provides that if 30 per cent,
of.the vottirs of the oily sign a petition,
it becomes mandatory, and compels
tho city clerk to cull u special uleelion.
Sections B, 0 and 7 tiro directory and
define the duties of the clerk, iu refer
ence to the submission of questions or
proposals.
Sections 8 and l give the mayor and
city council the right to alter or amend
proposals, nnd submit to the voters the
proposal In its original form, together
with tho amendment, these being des
ignated as form A and form H. Voters
then mny vote for either proposal or
votu against both.
Sections 10 and 11 prescribe the man
ner of voting and the counting of the
votep. .,
the ui!feui:ndum
It Is unnecessary to explain to this
audience of intelligence people that the
term "referendum" means to "refer"
something. In this case It means that
any law, ordinance or measure passed
by th city council may upon request
of one-fifth of the voters be referred to
u direct vote of the people If desired
before it goes into effect and tho prq
vision for this is clearly defined and
set out iu Sections 13 and 1.1 of the act
which reads us follows:
(Referendum)
Section 13. No ordinance for tho
government of any city aforesaid in
ibis state, except as hereinafter pro
vided, shall go into effect until thirty
days after the passage of the same.
Section 13. Thu voters of such city
may, within the said thirty days, file
a petition with the clerk thereof, re
quiring him to submit such ordinance
to a vote of the voters of such city for
their rejection or approval, ub herein
after provided.
Thus It is plainly scon that this is an
optional referendum, nud need not be
brought into service In caso a city
council might be induced to pass un
ordinance or adopt some measure which
might bo objectionable to a consider
able number of voters. It Is my judg
ment that this part of the net would be
trurely used, for the fact that this
referendum act was in force would have
u restraining Influence, and be a do-
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or too council.
Sections 20 to 30, inclusive, prescribe
form of ballot to bo used. llei penal
ties for the violation of this uet, de
scribes form of proposal and ether
clerical and ministerial acts to be per
formed under It.
Suction no, tho final section, is im
portant, Inasmuch ns it provides thut
this act shall not go into effect until it
has been adopted by a majority vote of
the qualified electors of this city, and
upon this question of adoption or re
jection the voters will pass ut the spe
cial election to bo held March 18, It
also provides that In order that no un
necessary expense bo incurred, that
not more than one special election be
held In any one year, unless the peti
tioners for the same deposit a sum of
money necessary to defray the expense
of holding the election.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, such are
the provisions of this act, nnd some of
tho advantages to be derived from it,
which I have tried, with brief prepara
tion, to present to you in as straight
forward, plain, candid way, ns oue
common, plain, everyday citizen talk
ing to a gathering of representative
eitlzcns. I nm convinced for my own
part that it is a good thing und I shall
vote for its adoption. I have not ro
forred to nor tried to answer some of
the objections which have been offered
to this act for I was led to believe that
the other side nf the question was to
have bce-n presented by a lawyer friend
of mine, who I am sorry to learn is
unable to be present. So I will briefly
mention one or two of tlioso which
have come to my knowledge.
One of these assertions is that the
hands of the council would be tied, and
such small acts as the laying of a sani
tary sewer lateral would have to be
first submitted to a vote. This is ab
surd, ridiculous and untrue, because
this is provided for in the statute nil
thorizing the construction by cities of
sower systems, and oven in this the
vital principle of the initiative is in
volved, for under this law the city
council cannot act until there has been
circulated among tho property ownors
of the lateral district a petition, and
that signed by a majority of property
ownors of the lateral district a petition,
and that signed by u majority of the
property owners, asking for its
construction, giving their consent
thcroto, and waiving all claims far
damages accruing by reason of fcuoh
construction, making affidavit thereto,
and filtug the same with thu olty clerk
before the council can net. Even un
der this law and in this matter the
people thomsolves must take tho Initia
tive. The submission of any question to a
direct vote under the irttiiitivu is abso
lutely fair to both sides of tho contro
versy This has been demonstrated ul
Lincoln, Nebr , where one year uco the
advocates oftho no-sn'.oon policy had
thoquestou submitted under Its pro
visions, and this year the advocates of
tho lleeii'-o policy have availed them
selves of its provisions and have com
pelled its re-submisslon ut a special
election to be held April fi, 1010. This
,s n country wnero m ijorittus rule,
nud tile mifirwho is unwilling to abide
by the will of the majority, fairly ex
pressed, is un-American and unfair.
Iu concliis'on, I will say that the
adoption of the initiative at the earning
election is particularly bsirtfhlc, be
cause by this means in the future very
much of the personalities, bitterness
and partisan feeling growing out of lo
cal option campaigns, involving the
question of license or no license, will
be eliminated and avoided. The ques
tion enu be considered nnd decided
upon Its merits, as a direct issue, with
out bringing into the election nnd ob
scuring tne issue, tne character, per
sonality, popularity or unpopularity of
candidates. Under this system men
will be weighed and considered ns men,
and Issues will be considered and de
termined us issues, and the one not
confused with the other.
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subdivisions of the state, by a direct vote
of the people who are Qualified to vote in
such tespective jurisdictions; vesting a
right in the voter of anv such city, countv,
town, village, school district, or other
municipal subdivision of th state of Ne-j
braska to by a petition refer any ordi-1
terrlng force, that would not to pre
vent any iunuiall from adopting n
measure that would not be for tho
public good and in thu best interest)
of the olty.
The provisions of Suction li are im
portant beeauso they except all ordl-
enacted or proposed by the legislative miuoo of an omergonoy nature, suuh
body of any city, county, town, village, I as those relating to the public health,
school district, or other municipal subdi- Uu. ,ir,p,0priatlon of money for current
of such jurisdiction and to reject the same exp"-- r"' provisions of this
by the ballot, to prescribe tie manner of ' net. ami loaves the same in the bands
Iu District Court Hot Uuttn 0unty, Nebras
ka In Matter of tho Volition ot W'rV. Hanli-y.
Administrator, for bleeusu to Sell Heal Us
tutu.
Now on this 1st diiv or M ircli 1910. tills
cause eamoiiti for lu'iirliitf m m tin- ik-iUiou '
of W. P 1 1 h 1 1 1 e.v niimliiUir inr, of the -.t.ito
of A I) lluus. li'i"j-.sinl, ruhiK f if li -, uM
tosi'lliliK fuilnwini; il-rlbud umI tiit-uf
tlio b.i (1 A. I) lln.is. to-wit.
It Hilit, lllick Kloven In town of lliun-
incroru, no initio i umuy, .eir.iHi;, or.i
sulltclunt amount thereof to briuif the sum of
S750 0O for tho liajnioot o debts iiCow.hI
aitatnst bald estate nud allowanc-is and costs
of administration, fur the rea-on that thuro Is
not u biillielent Minima of porsonol propeuy
In the iossosi(in nf said administrator in
IoIikIiik IOmuUI I'atuto to piy si'd dolus, al
lowances and eostH.
It Is therefore ordered that nil persons In
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Clmmliors in the City of KuslivHo, Shoi'm
County, Neliruslsa, on thu uith dav of Aon',
tt'10. at the hour of 1(1 oV'oc-kA.'M tOsh.it
cause, if anv theru lie, why u license should
not Ik) urantcd to said W. l llanley. admin
istrator, to soil so muoli or the atxive di-scrlb-i'il
real estate of s.ild decedent as shall he
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