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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.
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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
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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.
