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About The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1898)
s ' rw JUDGE M. L. HAYWARD. Judge M , L , Eayward , Kepublican Candidate For Gov ernor , Lays Bare Fusion Sophistry , POPULIST ECONOMY A VERY EXPENSIVE LUXURY. Judge Uayw rd' Speech , Delivered Before the Republican County Convention r of tancaiter County. Judge Harvard said : In January , 1807 , the administration of this state passed tinder Populistic control. A circular re cently issi-ed , signed by the three chair men and three secretaries of the three al leged "reform" parties , entitled "The Reform Record , " and bearing a legend , "Truth wears no mask , seeks neither place nor applause , all she seeks is a hear ing , " contains the claims and undertakes to give a mass of figures upon a consider ation of which the Populist state officers ask for re-election. This circular is au thoritative and is being largely circulated over the state. These claims and figure * in b'ricf are that in the office of commis sioner of public lands and buildings they have gained to the state , in comparison with Republican record , in round num bers , § 358,000 ; in the office of secretary of state , § 19,000. Net savings by appropria tions for the year 1897 over 1S95 , $371,000. and in addition to this , large sums of money in the conduct of the office of superintendent of public instruc tion , state treasurer and various state in stitutions generally. Accepting the figures of this circular , the voter is led to believe that during t.he past 20 months the present administra tion has saved the people of this state nearly § 1,000.000 , or to be more accurate. $959,916.43. in addition to the high sound ing claims made for the attorney general on account of suits brought and not yet determined. These claims , neither small nor modest in amount , require candid consideration. The circular parades.these state officers as personifications of truth "wearing no mask , seeking neither place nor applause , and only seeking a hear ing. ' ' Are these figures a plain statement of unvarnished facts , or are they , on the contrary , a distorted , jumbled mass of misleading statements , containing here and there a half truth , constituting in their entirety an imposition and a lie ? Are these officers truly seeking no place , no applause ? Are they simply asking a hearing , or is the circular but a specious plea of the coterie seeking place and re election to positions far more remunera tive than are open to any of them in the walks of private life ? A Party 3fay Claim What Is Just. A party may justly claim credit for the legitimate and natural results flowing from putting its distinctive party prin ciples into practical operation. It can claim no monopoly on individual honesty. Honesty and patriotism are a common heritage of good citizenship. These high attributes are found in the great majority of people without regard to political affili ation. I appeal to the citizens of Ne braska , be they Populists , Democrats of cither variety , Prohibitionists or Repub licans , only because I have confidence in their intelligence to discern the truth and equal confidence in their honesty to act upon the truth as they sec it. The citi zens of this state are law abiding , honor able and patriotic ; they live in high hopes and have lofty ambitions for themselves individually , and for the state at large ; they have nothing in common with the thief , the mischief maker , the disturber of public peace or the unpatriotic. It is a tenet of every American that honesty , faithfulness , efficiency , love of country and fidelity in her service should be recognized and rewarded , and equally as strongly embedded in the heart and brain of every true man of whatsoever party is the proposition that the lawless , the false , he who has betrayed a trust rcposeil in him in either public or private life , should be certainly and adequately punished. We make no defense for wrong doing ; we ask no immunity from punishment lor the defaulting official who has violated lated the trust and the confidence of his fellows and has brought disgrace upon his party and the state. I go further : "Whatever may be said of the defaulters who belong to other parties , and their name is legion , I believe the severest pen alties of the law should be visited upon a Republican who is false to his trust , for the reason that he sins against a greater light ; ho ha < been taughc better ; he knows better and , therefoie , if he fails , is his sin greater and his punishment ghould be moro severe. An Unjust Condemnation. But since honesty and fidelity are the teachings of every party it is manifestly mnjust to punish a party for the dishon esty of ono who , at the time of his nomi nation and election to office , after duo in- quiry and care exercised , was found to bear a goo-1 reputation among his fellows and counted by those who knew him best as fit for the place , but who after his ciec- tion proved false and betrayed the peop'e who put tl'.eir confidence in him. In cvry wal v of private life , in every profe.sion , in every day and age of the world some men have fallen. Arnold betrayed the counsels at Washington ; Lincoln was de ceived and imposed upon hundreds of times , and even holy writ tells us that one of the twelve chosen of the infinite and all wise One betrayed him for a few paltry dollars , and yet no considerate , patriotic man was justified in abandoning the cause of the revolutionary heroes , the union , or the religion of Jesus Christ. Parties are to be judged for their princi ples and the practical operation of those principles upon the welfare of the people. vVe should not condemn the whole Demo cratic party simply because of the opera tions of Tweed in Xew York or the de falcation of State Treasurer Ramsey , bosom friend of Altgeld , the Dem icratic idol of Illinois ; we should not condemn the whole Populist party because of its Taylor who sold out in the state legisla ture in 1891 ; its numerous defaulting county treasurers and township treas urers throughout the state , nor can you fairly condemn the Republican party be cause it has been cursed with a Bartley and a Moore. I'ops Twist Facts. In the circular of which I speak the impression is sought to be given that in some way , as the natural results of fu sion , there has resulted an immense sum of money made for the state. Does the fact justify the impression ? The cardinal principles of the combine , stated in the national Populist platform of 1892 and reiterated in the successive platforms , are the issuance by the govern ment of irredeemable papev or fiat monev with free and unlimited coinage of silver at 1(5 ( to 1 as a stepping stone ; the inflation of our currency to at least § 40 per capita ; the sub-treasury scheme as a means of distribution ; the government ownership and operation of railroads , telegraphs and telephones , witTi their regulation to suit , pending their absolute acquisition , and ownership of the sources of wealth gen erally. The circular is searhcd in vain for evi dence that thr > large sums of money claimed to have been made for the people are due in the least to putting into operation - tion any of these doctrines which , with the exception o" ' free coinage of silver , are not now seriously advocated by any con siderable number of leaders or followers of the opposition. Q'heir present claims , then , do not follow from putting into law or practice their disti ctive doctrines. They are not party claims. They arc claims made in behalf of individuals only claims of executive officers whose only power is to execute the laws and dispense the appropriations made by the legisla ture. ture.No No state officer can make money for the state. The state can make no money for itself. The state is supported by the tax payer. State institutions and state offic ers are at best but taxeatcrs. j Every dollar handled by any officer , be he elected or appointed , must first be col lected from the people by the tax gath erer. These taxes are levied by the proper officer , and when collected are placed in certain definite funds to be expended ac cording to law. Let me illustrate with the school fund about which so much is said in this circular : About the School Fund. Section 3 , article 8. of the state constitu tion ( made by Republicans ) provides : "The following are hereby declared to be perpetual funds for common school pur poses , of which the annual interest or in come only can be appropriated : First , suchpercentum as has been or ma } ' here after be granted by congress on the sale of lands in this state. Second , all moneys arising from the sale or the leasing of sections number 10 and 30 in each town ship in this state , and the lands selected or that may be selected in lieu thereof. Third , the proceeds of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted to this state whereby the terms and conditions of such grant , the same are not to be other wise Appropriated. Fourth , the net pro ceeds of lands and other property and ef fects that may come to the slate by escheat or forreiture or from unclaimed dividends or distributive shares , of the estates of de ceased ] croons. ififlh , all moneys , stocks , bonds , lands and other property now be longing to common school fund. " 3iy sections 4 and 5 of the same article i of the constitution all rents of unsold school laiius , gifts and the like , interest an-.ing from the permanent fund , * all Lues , penalties and license moneys and such other means as the legislature may provide , are applied to the support of our common schools and constitute the "tem- j.or.iry school fund. " i he constitution expressly forbids the diminution of the permanent.school fund ; that fund must remain inviolate , i ' 1 he state temporary school funS is for current use and is made up principally of : First , interest on permanent } school fund ; second , rents on unsold school lands ; this fund is apportioned to the sev eral counties in January and July of each year as collected. With the exception of interest derived from the invested school funds , every dollar of this temporary fund is collected by the county officers from the people , and by them turned into the state treasury. The state officers have abso lutely nothing to apportion until it is first collected by officers in the counties whose actions they cannot command and over whom they have practically no con trol. If times are good and the people pay tha county treasurer he in turn pays over to the state treasurer and the reform state officers may apportion the collections made. The rule and practice has not been changed and is the same now that it has been ever since the adoption of the consti- trtion in 1875. Delinquent Taxes Are Assets. The payment of taxes reflects the busi ness conditions of the country. In pros perous times the people have the means and pay their taxes. When times are bad they ha * e not the means , they cannot and do i ot pay. Let it bo remembered , how ever , that the unpaid taxes do not lapse , but they remain on the books as so much assets of the state to bo collected in addi tion to the regular annual tax , as soon as times improve and the people have the money wherewith to pay. "Taxes are as sure as de-ith , " is an old adage worthy of acceptation. How misleading and untrue it is , then , for an oificer or a party to take credit for payment of taxes by the people ! We cheer fully concede that collection of taxes has been much larger and easier since No vember 189G , than for four years next preceding. It is a significant fact , which the intelligent voter will not overlook , that the date and duration of adverse bal ances is the precise date and duration of a national administration , and policy for which the fusion forces and not Republi cans are responsible , and the date and du ration of the prosperous finances , of which boast is made , is identical with the ad ministration of the idol of our party , President McKinlev. During the years from 1893 to 1896 , in clusive , our state suffered an unprece dented series of crop failures , and thes-e , added to the business depression over the entire land , made and kept ; our people in more straitened circumstances than ever before in the history of the state. Let me submit to the candid judgment of my fellow citizens a few plain facts and fig ures which make their own argument more convincing than declamation facts and figures which may not be juggled : Showing Made by Bankers. The reports of state and private banks of this state show that on Nov. 5,1892 , wo had of these banks 539 , capital stock , § 11- , 257,099 ; general deposits , § 24,891,113.29 ; loans and discounts , § 28,289,070.46. On Dec. ! ) , 1894 , there were of these banks 492 ; capital stock , § 10,407,833.2. ) ; general deposits , § 18,074,832.43 ; loans and discounts , 23,253,002.41. On Dec. 31 , 1890 , there were of these banks only 462 ; capital stock , § 8,233,605.56 ; general deposits , § 10,227,537.93 ; loans and discounts , $14.602,808.38. In other words in those four years , 77 , or ono out of every seven private and state banks , TVOMD out of existence and there was a reduction of over § 3,0 > K.000 in their capital stock ; over § 14,500,000. 01- three-fifths of their general deposits , and nearly 14,000,000 , or nearly one-half , in their loans and discounts. The enper- ience of national banks in our state was equally as disastrous. Turn to the real estate mortgage in debtedness of our people. In Gagec ounty in 1894 there was an increase of § 01,583 , and as late as 1896 there was in Otoe county au increase of 95,651 ; and in York county § 126,129.58. Take collections for this state temporary school fund , of whieh 1 have spoken.using Jefferson and Kear- nev counties as illustrations : Jefferson county , in 1895 , § 3,632.47 ; 1896 , § 2,914.1(5. ( Kearney county , 1895 , § 2,121.75 ; 18:1(5 ( , ? 3- 203.61. Their own circular shows , what we all remember as an instance of that horrible four years nightmare , that the legislature was compelled to appropriate § 2. > 0.000 to feed J and furnish seed grain to our desti tute 1 people. We were practically forced into debt as a state for that amount to meet the awful emergency forced then upon us. How could a people in that con dition pay their tax , their rental , either interest or principal on what they owed. Unjust Giedit Claimed. Tlic state , as well as individual creditors was unable to collect , but unlike individ ual creditors , the claims of the state are not barred by the statute of limitations and when times improve the claims of the state are made good. Rentals on school lands and payments on school land con tracts , where these were not cancelled , and all demands of the state on citizens remained unpaid for the time being for the same reasons which compelled the banks to break and the farmers to in crease their mortgages. In the light of these facts , which no one can dispute , is it not the greatest of absurdity and im position to claim a superiority for this present state officers for collections and disbursements made in these prosperous § times , and which were not possible in the days of drouth and the development of Populism. Iti the same circular they claim a "bal ance in favor of reform" in school appor tionment of $51,393.22 in Douglas county , and § 23,525.07 in Lancaster county for the year 1897 and the first half of 189S.s com pared with the second half of 1895 and the year 1896. What is the truth about this ? I have already shown you the apportion ment is made to the several counties from the money collected. The distribution is made in proportion to the children of school age in the several counties. It is important then to ascertain what is col lected from each county. Nothing is paid out of the state treasury until it is paid in by the people. What have the people of these counties paid in ? Besides the tem porary school fund drawn from sources above stated , the state levies a school tax § which was , in 1893 , one-half mill , in 1891 , raised to .075 of u mill , in 1895 , .75 , in 1896 , collected by the fusionists at 1.25 and in 1897 the levy was 1.375 , or more than dou ble earlier levies. These levies all refer to Lancaster county. Where Prosperity Counts. Ill the last half of 1895 , Lancaster county - ( ty paid to the state upon such school levy i in ] I $2,619.18 , In 1898 she paid $5,865.67 , a total > in the 18 months mentioned by the fusion proclamation of $8,485.80. From January 1,1897 , to July 1. 1898 , the same county 1 paid the state upon the school levy $19.383 or $10,897.20 more than was paid the Re publican administration in the time men tioned , t From July 1,1895 , to January 1,1897. the same county paid the state for rent and interest upon school lands , § 14,391.22 , and from January 1,1897 , to July 1 , 1898 , from the same funds , Lancaster county paid the state § 35,749.30 , or § 21,258.08 more than was paid the Republicans in the 18 months mentioned , lo this add the § 10- 897.20 excess paid the state on school lands and we find that this county paid to the present administration § 32,255.28 more than the same county paid in the preced ing 18 months. It is only claimed that the state paid this county in the time mentioned § 23,525.53 , so that the county lost in this deal § 8.729.28. The same is probably true of other counties. , Cunning : Fusion Sophistry. j i The party making up the fusion circu lar cunningly makes the time fixed for the Republicans from July 1,1895 , to Jan. 1,1897. thus including the last half of two years and the first haf of only one. For themselves they reverse this order and in clude the first half of two years and the last half of only one. This was because , as they well knew , nearly all taxes in Ne , braska and nearly all rents and interests on school lands are paid in the first half of each year , as we PCO by the following figures : Douglas county paid taxes in the first half of 1896. § 353.583.44 ; in the last half , § 111,032.53. In the year 1897 , first half , § 302,566.57 ; in the last half only $142.863.26. Lancaster county paid in the first half of 1897 , § 213,462.94 ; in the last half , § 129,743.01. These figures speak for themselves and show the cunning crafti ness with which the circular was pro- pared. Another re 'son why the apportionment of school money was increased in 1897 and the first half of 1898 is she n by the fact that the state collected in 1895 , from in terest on school lands sold , § 149,481.58 , and in 1897 , § 298,045.25 , and in the first half of 1898 , § 200,903.30 , and from rents of school lands in 1895. § 43,811.90 ; in 1897 , § 115,278.03 , and in the first half of 1898 , § 44,983.28. In view of these collections , it is not strange that the disbursements for schools were increased. Increase Apportionment Hoax. The simple truth is , the people have been taxed more heavily , have paid more liberally and therefore enjoyed a larger apportionment. It is the rankest demagoguery - goguery for these self styled "reformers" to claim they have given this increased apportionment to the people. The condi tions have in the past two years mosc wonderfully improved. The fact is potent , crops have been bountiful , prices for cereals of all kinds , of sheep , hogs , cattle and horses , everything raised on the farm , have been gratifyingly higher. Business has revived ; farmers and mechanics , la borers and professional men are all en couraged. Note again some figures : As shown by the reports of the state and private banks of this state , on July 14 , 1898 , the general deposits were § 17,669.231.44 ; loans and dis counts , § 15,150,952.89 , or a gain in 18 months of over § 7,000,000 in deposits ; an increase of only about § 500,000 in loans. The same report shows that in all banks of this state there was an increase of over § 2,000,000 in deposits from Feb. 26,1898 , to J uly 14,1898 , while loans and discounts were reduced over § 600,000. In other words , our people now , instead of going into debt for living expenses , are living better than ever before , anil at the same time increasing their deposits in the bank at the rate of nearly § 500,000 per month , and decreasing their loans at the bank at the rate of nearly § 150,000. The net result is , in our bank operations alone , that our people are going to the good at the rate of $ (550,000 ( per month. Take the collections for the state tem porary school funds , using the same coun ties for further illustration. Jefferson ! county in 1897 , § 6,365 , or more than double the amount collected in 1896. First half of 1898 , § 4,202.9-0 , or a gain of nearly one- third over the corresponding period of 1897. Kearney county , July 1 , 1897 , to July 1. 1S9S , * 13,978.75 , or more than six times as mm h as in the vear from July 1 , 1894. to July 1 , 18-J5. This is prospe-ity ; these are truly Re publican times. The days of bustin < r banks , delinquent taxes , relief bills and ' parties tha toed and grow on calamity | are. I hope , -.oon all to be only reminis , cences. How the Debt Was Keduc-ed. ! One of tli < ! princip.il claims made by j the reformers is that in 18 months their , state tteasurer has reduced the hit ores'- . bearing debt * 7iX,542.99. seeking to create i their pression that they have given this ' amount to the state. Candor , however , ! compelled them to state in the same con- mction that the present incumbent re-1 ceiveil Irom Mr. Uarth-y the following j sums of money : General fund. &XH 215 S4 ; sinking fund. ' § 133.737.2. ) . 'Ihese amounts were appli , cable upon the interest bearin-r debt of the sta eand explain how the treasurer i paid § 437,95' ] . 13 of the state debt. Heals ) received money belonging to other funds j at the same date , § 49(5,107.47 ( , or a total of i § 9M,000.)0. ( These figures make the statej j ment of the circular that nearly all the I cash in the treasury had been stolen hard to believe. Aside from this cash , the state had Jan. 1 , 1897 , as a cash asset , the delinquent tax ' j list. From this list , Dougl-is county has j paid the present treasurer in 18 months , j § 31,728.57. As Douglas county pays one- ] half of the state taxes , it is fair to assume I that the present treasurer has collected t from delinquent taxes levied prior to 189(5 ( , i . . In addition this the § 253,828.515. to state t levied in 186 ! ! a sinking fund amounting c to § 103,510.84 and the same for 1897. The ri whole sinking fund tax for 1896 , if col- j iected and two-thirds of the for , - tax 1897 , ! i which , as we have seen , was likely paid in the first half of 1898 , make § 172,568.07. ( These three items make much more than i the present treasurer claims to have paid upon the interest bearing debt of the state and make his clami of doingso much for the state appear very slim. j y Hartley Turned Over Cash. j ' There was in his hands on the loth day i ! of September. 1898 , the sum of § 40J,9')1. ) < > 0 , t j of which nearly one-half is in the permas ncnt school fund. If the action of Mr. s Bartley in holding in his hands large l amounts of money is subject to just critic cism , as it certainly is , then the holding ! r by the present treasurer of the amount of i 170,610.60 of permanent school fund is 'J also reprehensible. 1 maintain that no j r money taken from the people which is available for the reduction of debts or for 1 investment should be held for one mo ment by the .state officer , but on the con § trary sliould be immediately invested or applied to the reduction of the obligations of the state , and 1 trust that the next leg islature will see to it that our revenue laws are so amended that large hoards of money will not be withdrawn from the channels of businessand locked up within the vaults of the state treasury or famed out to depositories , but on the r < ncravy , that collection and payment shall be , so far as possible , contemporaneous acts. The claim of the present state auditor that hvj has saved to the state in round numbers § 100,000 is equally without foun to dation. This saving is made up , as he al leges , as follows : HheriuV and other fees , 21,024 ; collecting state taxes , § 44,800 ; from office fees , § 28,505.44 ; by not paying salaries in advance , 55,281.54. The chance in sheriffs' feus for transporting prisoners , juvenile offenders and insane persons has been made by law. In the early days when transportation was by vehicle a law was passed allowing the sheriff 10 cents per mile for each mile necessarily trav eled , Now that nearly every county seat the state is accessible by railway and tLo rate of trar > - ' i- . . . , per mile , thu t v. --i , changed to allow i. < : . - , . . i. . and actual expense.-'oni ; . j > .j _ . . . in the statute arc being made euun 10 : - ring session of the legi.sl.icuro and uuo is no foundation whatever for the aud.ior taking credit for this amount. Porter's Fiilne Position. The secretary of state maues a claim of nearly 20,000 made by his office in 18 months , over that matte by his predecessor ser in two years. The secretary omits testate state the fact that of this amount $13,000 was paid by the Union Pacific Railroad company for filing its articles of incor poration , an act made necessary by the wise action of the republican national ad- controversy hardly likely that a similar occasion will occur again in your lifetime or mine. The intelligent voter will also recall that , acting - ing on the example set by states around us , notably of Iowa , the legislature iii 1897 passefl. a law which taxed all corpor ations filing articles with the secre ary of state. Previous to that time the law pro vided a fee of only a dollar , which was presumed to compensate for the acturJ. labor in filing and recording articles of incorporation. Now the minimum fee is § 10. with an additional 10 cents for ejich $1,000 on all articles of incorporation where the capital stock is over § 100,000. Under republican prosperity during the past 15 months there have been more new creamery companies organised in the state than existed therein prior to that time. Each of these paid a filing fee of § 10 , where formerly they paid only § 1 each. It is not claimed , neither can it be , that former secretaries-of state have failed to collect every dollar duo the state , or collecting have failed to turn the money into the treasury. How then , in fairness , can the secretary claim superiority. When we recall that the supreme court , nearly a year ago , renc'ercd a decision that under the constitution all fees for services rendered by the office of auditor or secretary must bu paid in advance into the treasury "by the party desiring the service to be performed , " and that neither the auditor nor secretary have , as a matter of fact , in late months , handled these fees. ' 1 heir claim for honesty in the pre mises does not seem to be based on a strong foundation. The Appropriation Argument. ' Perhaps the most remarkable claim ' made in the reform circular is that in which the reformers plume themselves on tne splendid record of the legislature of 1897 , and the claim is boldly set forth that in their appropriations they made a "net saving in 1897 o\-er 1895 of § 371,378.13. " Is , it possible that these pseudo-reformers W-oceed on the proposition that the people , not understand the difference between a mounts appropriated and the amounts expended ? Do they persume that the people ple do not understand that appropriations are simply the estimates of the legislature of the amounts required for the several , uses of the government , and permission , given to expend the amount estimated ? j The important fact to the people not so much what is appropriated , although appropriations - propriations which are permissions to exI I pcnd should always be carefully made and ' within the proper limits , but the important - tant question is how much has been expended - pended and for what purpose. The neees- sity of one biennial term may be largely ' in excess , or much below that of another ' term. | Let us compare the expenditures , then , ! of the two terms to which our attention j is challenged by our adversaries. Elimi-1 nating salaries , specific claims and fixed charges , we find there were warrants drawn against the appropriation for 1895. ( up to September 1,1S96 , § 1,470,699.24 , but this includes § 250.000 relief bills for drouth sufferers ; § 4(5,885.26 beet sugar bounty. which warrants have not been paid ; § 21- 127 expenses of maximum rate case and § 35,000 for cancellation of prison contract. ' making an aggregate of § 353,012.26 to be deducted from gross amount of the warrants - rants , leavintr a balance paid for the or- dinarj-expenses of that term. § 1,117,686.99. Now take the warrants drawn for the , corresponding time against the appro-1 priation of 1897. Ueforni Expensive Luxury. We find that tip to Sept. 1 , 1S9S. there ; were drawn against this appropriation of 1897 § 1,30(5.317.71. Exclusive from this > amount the warrants drawn on account J of the Transniississippi exposition , § 78.- 997.52. and we have a total net expenditure out , of the appropriation of 1897 up to ! Sept. 1. 1898. of § 1 , 27.319.19. or in other words the alleged economical reform administration - ministration has spent in round numbers : over i § 100,000 more than did the Republiea-i administration ; for the ordinary expenses of < state government. In addition to this it > : must be remembered that i he settlement , I and i cancellation of the old prison cent t f tract t and the substitution therefore of the present j law was the action of the Repub ic- an legislature of 1S95 , and yet in this cir- j. cular c issued to the public , and in which they ( parade as monopolists of truth , the , . Republicans are charged with the 1 § S 35.000 paid for the cancellation of o the i contract and the purchase of the contractor's property and * at the same time these same reformers claim that under the Populist admini- * tration 1 the penitentiary has become self- supporting and no longer presents an or- ample of Republican extravagance. 1 re gret $ to he compelled to mar this pleasing picture ] by calling attention to the fact J . that 1 the legislature of Ihtto , after ranccllI' : ing the prison contract , appropriated I § 49HO ( for the maintenance of the penitentiary - i tentiary ) from April 1. lSi'5. ' 'o March 31. ' 1S96 , and C-.VJ.5I.O to maintain it from April . , 1S ! > 6 , to March : j | . ISH7. While claimi-- ; to have made this institution 'f-supp. ' ing , the reformi rs : : < od > 'l ! . ! > ? ( > of the lir-r ! appropriation and f 5S.97I5.37 of the s.v- j * onu appropriation ; and further , in rlv i summer of 18 . )7. ) used .r..SHK ) of t V 1MC > aj - propriation , making a total of § 1H' > 50.11 during the tx\o jears of the time the in- | \ stitntion was uncer control of the same officers as now. and while the claim that it was solf-supportii'g was being made. ituttoriiie Keouomy. I am sure I need not more than call your attention to the fact that the legiti mate costs of maintaining an institution vary with the times , the price of supplies and ( still more with the quality of the sup : plies ; which are furnished. A very con- sidetible : difference may be made by sub stituting , as it is claimed , the facts are. butterine for butter , cheaper and poorer clothing for the moe comfortable , and reducing generally the quality of the liv ing of the dependent wards of the state. The home for the friendless has been de nied support entirely. The butterine bought for Hastings asj - lum in the last fourteen months is 11,500 pounds , for which the state board paid 1,141.30. At that rate per capita the total amount during same time for all state institutions n was 51,859 pounds. :1 The price paid at that rate , all to a Kansas - " : sas City packing hou e , was § 5 , l.S.V.H ) . C' What ought to have been paid to Ne tlg' braska butter makers is § 10,371. W ) . g'y The amount paid to the Missouri fac g'oi tory is taken out of circulation in Xe- oib bra'ska. b It is a new way to "stand up for Ne t < braska ! " a . The saving made thereby enables them u make their showing for reform. The C ( plain truth is that the figures and show uv ing made in the circular , and constituting \v the speeious pica of candidates for re- tl ulcction is aceountvd for by the crime of tl Bartley , the chang'-s made by law in the tlsi fees of office ; increased collections , due to si : hotter times -vlid the small si i-i- . if s. , . h ing there be. due to the sn-i ! in ; x ih y' ' poorer accommodations ami } > " - * i j , i'i f if i . . * > the inmates of our state u i. ; { IfolciiiuViiH ! \\iiit'nt. : For the crmm of Uartly a".tl L - - , . . entertain no thought und speak E.O. > , ' other than severest condemnation. * > t offenses will not IHJ excused nor p H-i i but let it be remembered thafi tlleiit falcations occurred during their 5. r term and while Silas Holeomb wo * z' . ernor of the state. Under the i\v rut practice which prevails these/ officers ; made a report of the condition- thesr- offices every six months to the governor . The governor as chief executive officrr- of the state is charged with general oversight and the duty of conserving every right of the state. The successive n reports of Moore during his last terra show upon their face that the fees ; - ceived by him had not been turned iutr > the state treasury. Governor Hwbciii knew from these reports that the p1" ments had not been made t-fr'tho st fcv The last report made by Moore shoxvuuc the payment of fees was in July , Ib93. Three reports Were thereafter nuutehy him. each of which showed hisdefarrllv and yet the governor took.iiostep what ever to protect the interests of theshite , . The testimony of Governor Holeomb u the criminal trial of Bartley was to. the effect that Bartley fully accounted tajiinx in January , 1895 , for every dollar then in his hands."and that there was at that time- no default. On the trial of the suit ? brought by the state of Nebraska atralnsr the bondsmen to recover the amount cf the defalcation. Hon. Frank T. Ransom , , an attorney for the bondsmen , ami u high priest * in the ranks of fusion , o ! fercd to prove by a witness , whom hts- then produced , that on . 'unuary 3 , ! S9f . and before the approval of the boral of i the treasurer for the second term , that ' there xx'as a shortage t > f more than 50- 000 , and that the shortage was knoxvn to the governor at that tini < * . What ever may be the fact on that precise- point , the undisputed fact Ls that Gov ernor Holeomb approx-ed the bond fcr- the treasurer for the second term and thus the bond Is practically worthless ; that the bond of Bartley for hi.s first term wast good , and that the testimony of the- gov ernor in the criminal trial stands.as a strong bulxvark of defense against the state and in favor of the sureties on the- first bond. If there was default on th - part of Bartley during the first term , it. xx-as the duty of the gox-ernor to ascertain that fact before approving his bond for t hi second term , and if ascertained , to-take steps for the recovery of the shortage on- hi.s bond. If. on the other hand , there was ; no shortage , it was the duty of the gov ernor to take a good bond , and if the Loncf taken is bad then the loss to the state TCIS made possible and contributed to by the fault and negligence of Gox ernor Hiil- comb. In either wise his failure anil neg lect contribute to the state's 1 > . Want Credit For Prosperity. . While the .stioxving made i y tne reform ers does not justify their continuance iu. office , , their labored attempt to take credit for the widespread prosix-rity. which onr- people are noxv enjoying , is another-cniti- fying evidence of the existence of thar which they so long and persistently de nied. Republican leaders have ex-cr bfctit heralds of prosperity. The claims of tlio combine , so hardily made are in the IO.-T analysis flattery of Republican policy ami \ capacity. Everywhere can be- seen evi dence , of a general prosperity ; nor * but national. No section , no state- county , can permanently prosper v out , the same effects b"eing felt by country ( at large. A genuine prosperity is alxvays genenil androau- only ( from favorable , natural conditions. and the application to tht-m of poli cies. | The policy of the Republican party from j its infancy to the present time ha < been ; to develop the hichest capacity of our , people. It dignified labor and cav - employment , at good and increasing xvages ; it gave homes to thehomefc s , freedom j to the slaves ; fostered man" factures ( ; gave an unrivaled marker % > the , producer ; established firmly our cm eminent at home : caused it to. be re spected , abroad : unfurled our flagfc nt wand - and , distant islands beyond the sea.s , Dai rying inspiration , enlichtonmenr ami liberty ] which it symbolizes and today gives the strongest possible assurance in the , xvorld that under the guidance of rh. splendid statesman noxv at the helm America in the days to come i < to be nor J only the stexvard of all the nations > , f r - - earth , but that under the protects. " ' benign laxvs. and in the unfolding of onr- civilization will the liberty lovinc a * .1 aspiring people of rv - - - . , ri ( { | v bles ecL Mall uinr McKinlejv Noxv. I haxe Kop. .ou too long , r nr I xvant just a moment more of your tir i I told you at the cutset That this unpaii.i was run upon fraud by the opposition AT il I think I have shoxx'n you so. I ; uals , * . . ' run . upon a general ahus'e of the ceru .l government had of the present adir . * fnition. our brave soldier boys Avh * > xv - rte to the front and pur doxvn the S\ir s Hag. and an abuse of the conduct of rK ollicialsin charsroof thewardepartmor- \Vashinsrton. Noxv there is just txie n - . - thing . that I xx-anr ro shoxxyou. . and this \ \ * be remembered by all of theolds./ , that fought so bravely in the xvnrof x , and most of them have road it 'vforv v * " I , may ho some of you havo. This is : \ v-- -v of a hand-hill put out by the op ; o- to the election of Mr. L iiicoln ii thief t" of 18(54. It xx-as after Gotrysburir .it" the surrender of Vickslnirsr.'afUT\T-.V- victories in the Wilderness when south had been swept clean by a r.-t i less conscription and XXMS unable to 1 -i I'ontinue the xx-ar. bur rhere xvoro s thousands of troops in the lieW. lr hand-bill anuounoinc a rally at , nell. Ills. , suul reads as folloxvs : DEMOCRATS Or.ce more to the I5reaeh GRAND UALL.Y AT Bushnell. Friday. Novonslvr-lck , HON. L. W. ROSS. MA.l. S. P. CTMMINGS. T. K. MOR ( AX. .10S. C.THOMPSON. Will address rhe people on the vision , and disclose to them the xv-- ! truth of the matter. AVtllTK MKX OFM'DOXOVGH Who pri/.e the Consthntion of onr I'.i LTS ; xvho lox-o the I ui.m fonuetl bj s1 wisdom and compnMnisiv 1JHAVK MKX WHO HATK'Hir ! > ' BKLhlOX OK AHKAHAM UO \ VXD AUK DKrKKMlXED TO 'V STliOV I V : Xoble - xvho do - ' xx-omen uot xx-wnt > linsbandsand sons DRAGGKD TO THK VAl.l.K\ UKATH 15Y A KKMORSKl.K TYKAXT. Rally on ; to this navtiuij n > - strength and numl'ers. Cl'VTK.Xt. lOMM1TT > I Gentlemen , ask any old soldier aM.- ivill toll xou tli.it that"is simply a s , - ' ifvhat xx--is seen on ex cry stnv't or nearly every toxvn. This was atte - > . o abuse M" . ! . ' .uet > ln amlhis auttiiivs t ion , and there xxorx > hiindntlsof tb > very coinnuuuty. and xxas ttonxu ; .hosjime purpose that thootpos1ti { > i < * jetting ' out their slanders \\\n\ \ \ \ \ rears later the s.une ivirtios oaile ! , v * ither mooting. Some bright KemM\i | boys found ono of these oirvulars , i look 't to the printer und 1- ' ilotofthem runotT.and the next m.-u ng xvhen the ptMple ii\x-oUo thox fottitu v opy ) f this plasteivd to the l u ref ex or * nan in Imslmoll , UK. , xvho had a 1m d Vt vriting the poster. They xxvro the \mu' lost set of men you over siixv , and It ttvttv ho bettor jiavt of the foroiioon f > r mor > d o ( hem to work and serub tliolr oxvn shxm limo and tilth olt their doors , and I teru today and say that thorw an > inds of men tu this state and Vith UnitiHl States that xvlll spend the ao\ ix years of their lives trviug to soruh \ > he"llUh and slum and slime that I hey w > ryintf to tliroxv upon Mr. MolClnley mu , us administration today.