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I
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mid worked on the farm dining tho
Hummer Alter completing his educa
tion in tho common schools bo finished
his education with n two years course
nt tho stnto uormnl nt Peru In lb
was married to Miss Anna H Stephens
has four bright children Nellio M
aged 1J Wayne aged 10 Benton
aged 8 and Master Arthur aged U
years
Mr Marish followed farming and
school teaching during tho wiutor
months until lbSl when ho Bold out
and engaged in tho drug business In
1887 he was elected county clerk on the
republican ticket was re elected in 1SMI
by an iucrensed majority At tho ex
piration of his four years term as
county cleric was tho unanimous choice
of tho republicans of tho county for
h jMK sRhBV idH
OEOKOE W MAr
county treasurer and was elected Was
re elected county treasurer serving
eight years as county clerk and treas
urer
Jn 18SII he was elected mayor of Falls
City for one year At the expiration of
bis term as county treasurer he engaged
in business which he subsequently sold
out and assumed editorial control of tho
Falls City Journal one of the ablest
county newspapers in the state
Mr Marsh has served as congressional
committeeman for his county and chair
man of the county central committee
The people will have no cause to re
gret his election to the high oflice o f
secretary of state
Are Timet no Better
While democrats continue to lie about
prosperity and assert that times are no
better now than they were unde Cleve
land it will perhaps be interesting to
review some of the calamity eveat3 of
that time not for the purpose of con
verting the politically blind editorial
writers and speakers but to enlighten
those whose senses are not closed to
reason and who may understand and
admit that at least one kind of demo
cratic argument is founded entirely on
fiction
The followlug items are taken from
the files of a leading daily paper pub
lished during the dark days of 18OT 90
There are 3000 idle workmen at
Akron Ohio
The wool workers at North Oxford
Mass have accepted a cut ot 10 per cent
in wages
Positions in the Pittsburg bolt and
uut factory that formerly commanded
Mi a week ore now filled by men work
ing for 5 and 8 a week
Employes of Peoria street railways are
hereafter expected to work 15 hours a
day instead of 12 without a raise in
wages
Thousands of the unemployed of New
York gather at the Brooklyn bridge
early every morning to read the first
editions of the papers in order to be the
first to answer advertisements ottering
work It is estimated that there are
131000 idle people in New York who
would work if they had an opportunity
The number of cigar makers out of
employment in New York is estimated
at 10000
Chicago police say every freight
brings into that city from one to 20
hungry men
There are 124000 idle people reported
in Chicago 40000 in the building trades
alone
Fifteen oigar makers thrown out of
employment at Grand Island by the
closing of one of the factories
BradBtreet estimates 801000 idle
people
Philadelphia wire mill closed down
throwing 1100 men out of employment
Duns review of 1SH says in com
mercial disaster and industrial depres
sion it was the worst for 50 years
Pittsburg has 2600 men employed in
the parks out of charity
The miners at Salineville HI ou a
strike against a 15 per cent reduction
and day laborers against a 50 per cent
reduction in wages
There are 20000 idle coal miners in
Ohio
State Labor Commissioner Urentinger
says there are as 000 people oat of em
ployment in Colorado
A cotton factory at Winstend Conn
has shut down throwing 1700 hauds
out of employment
There are 15000 idle men in Patter
son N J
Ten thousand men out of employment
at Toledo Ohio
Rather than accept a 35 per cent re
duction in wages 500 miners at Mercer
Pa have gone out on a strike
In Omaha 7000 people are in aotual
want 1800 unemployed wage earners
TheBe are but o few of the terrible
pictures of suffering and want under
the last democratic administration and
yet there are people wbo will argue that
times ore no better now than they were
then Comparibous are odious to this
class and yet truth will prevail
McKinleys saying I believe it is better
to open the mills tbau to opeu the mints
of the United States to the silver of the
world is siguificent Compare the
record of the last four years with the
four years of Olovelaudism aud sensibly
answer the question Do we want a
change
It was a worthy reception to the next
vioe preeiceut of the United States
STATES
THK NORFOLK NFWS riUliMUY 0T1WH I UHH
in ILLillD
World Horald Pho id in the Witness Obalr
Against Democracy
rLRTIMNT QUESTIONS DODGED
lly Hrynn Which A ro Propounded to Illm
1J u Prominent rcuniyliinla Democrut
llrutlnr Around tli lluili to He
Illft 1olltlciil IUcon
OMAHA Neb Oct 1 If the fuslon
IstB had started lu their campaign by
destroying the buck files of the new
papom of their party they might have
robbed the lepublicans of BOiue valu
able campaign llteraiiio Hut they
didnt and must Biifitr tho coiioo
queuees
Tha Omaha World Herald Is the rec
ognized oi can of fublon not alone In
Nebraska but In the west The fol
lowing tlguies taken fioin the Issue
of the World Herald of July 10 ISilG
and July 10 1900 not only serve to
prove a most significant dlstlngulsh
ment between the pi Iccb this year and
those of fom years ago but they show
conclushely that prices have advanced
and that the people are much more
piosperous now than then
Here are the IIbuich
July 10 July 10
1896 1900
Cows 300 1455
Heifers 300 425
Calves 500 COO
Bulls 290 400
Stags 290 425
Stocks and Feeders 355 415
Hogs 315 620
Veal per lb 06 10
Green Hides No 1 04 06
Wheat Neb Dak 53 75
Wheat car load new 50 71
Rye 30 54
Flax seed 74 140
Flour best patent 185 225
Corn 18 36
Oats 15 24
No 2 Red Wheat 56 82
No 2 Cash Corn 26 14
No 2 White Oats 18 27
There are 19 articles enumerated1
above every one grown on the farm
and the aggregate per cent of increaa
in price approximates 1093 Divide
this by 19 tho number of articles and
you will find that the average in
crease in the price of each article Is
approximately 57 per cent
This Isnt campaign oratory it
isnt a mass of confusing figures it
Is simply a compilation showing the
prices the farmers of Nebraska re
ceived for their productB under a
democratic and republican administra
tion respectively as shown by market
quotations published in the Oinaua
World Herald
An increase of 57 per cent In the
commercial value of a crop meanB a
great deal to each individual farmer
in Nebraska It means a great deal
to the state of Nebioska and all its
people for when the farmers are
prosperous all lines of industry are
correspondingly stimulated It means
that the same amount of farm prod
ucts will net the farmer more than
double the amount this year as com
pared with 1896
This is exactly the difference be
tween republicanism and democracy
as applied to the farmer and the
farming industry for today the re
publicans are in power and in 1896 the
democrats were in power
In the light of such facts it is diffl
lult to believe that the democratic
ticket will receive any material sup
port from the farmers of Nebraska
Since it is proven by these figures
that democratic policies enacted into
law cause a decline hi the price ot
farm products and that republican
policies when enacted into law causs
an increase in trie price or farm prod
ucts what more is necessary to con
vince the farmer that it is to his in
terest to vote for and uphold tha re
publican ticket and party
Well but Bryan says there Is
danger of imperialism
Suppose he does does that make it
bo He said In 1896 In bis speech at
Baltimore that if McKlnley was
elected It would mean four more years
of hard times
The above figures from his owo
party organ disprove that assertion
eay nothing of the abundance of emi
nence of prosperity manifest every
where
And Bryan says There la danger
of militarism
Suppose he does does that make it
so He said In 1896 tnat if McKln
ley was elected the wages of labor and
the prices of farm products would fall
just as sure as the atone that a
thrown up
Again the figures from his own
party organ disprove his assertion
say nothing of the purchase of new
homes the cancellation of farm mort
gages tho Increase In bank deposits
especially In the smaller towns and
villages tho decrease In Interest rates
and the music of a million hammers
In the various factories
Yes Bryan says a great many
things but every time his philosophy
has been put to a practical test It has
been found faulty weak and vulner
able
You will notice however that there
Is one thing Bryan isnt saying aud
that Is he isnt saying anything about
tbe low prices hard times and innus
trial distress under democratic rule
four years ago
Incontinently loquacious as he is
he Isnt saying anything about that
You have often heard of a doctor
advising his patient to go away from
his business on a pleasure trip bo that
he may forget about the cares and
troubles that are endangering his
health
Well that is why Byan is advising
the people that there is danger of
Imperialism and militarism He
wants them to forget ttieir cares and
troubles of four years ago when tht
democrats were In power noi par
ticularly for the benefit of their
health but for fear that they will take
their memory along with them into
the voting place and vote against him
That is the danger Bryan Is en
deavoring to guard against
FIGURES FOR PLAY TOYS
You will remember that Bryan
played with figures In hie 1890
speeches He hud enough figures and J
exclamation points to uuiia a ran
fenco around Nebraska Ho hasnt got
thm today Thin time the figures nr
all agalnat him Rend the above fig
ures from his Omaha organ anil you
will see why ho Is letting figures alone
in this campaign
In 1896 Bryan said the hard times
wore cnusod by a scarcity of mutioy
and thnt tho only soiucc of relief wns
In the free coinage of sliver
He was wrot i again Tho people
dlscoveicd tho jouree of relief Wil
liam McKlnley and the republican
party They defeated silver elected
McKlnley and unexampled prosperity
followed
DEMOCRACY AND TIUSTS
The real posit ton of tbe democrats
on the trusts question was shown In
congiess luut June when a pioposcd
constitutional amendment Intended to
prevent regulate and destroy trust
was defeated by democratic votes
Tho amendment was as follows
CongiesH shall have power to de
fine regulate piohiblt or dlssolv
trusts monopolies or combinations
whether existing In the form of u cor
poration or otherwise The several
states may continue to exeicise such
power In any manner not hi conllltt
with the laws of tho United States
This amendment if incoi pointed
Into tho constitution would no doubt
accomplish tho put pose for which It
wns Intended But It was defeated
and by democratic votes
When It came to a vote requiring
as It did a two thirds majority 151
votod for It and 13- against It Of the
154 who voted for It 150 were repub
licans Of the 132 who voted against
it ISO were dunioctntn
This very cleat ly defines the attl
tude of both parties on tlie trust ques
tion Political parties as well its in
dividuals should be measured not by
their wordB but by their deeds This
rule Is founded on apostolic doctrine
and it Is a pietty safe one to follow
Viewed In this light the Bryunltes
instead of being opposed to tiustH ub
they loudly proclaim appear to bo In
sympathy with them
Trusts or combinations Intended to
restrict legitimate competition or
ganized primarily for the ptiriKise f
arbitrarily fixing and regulating
prices are necessarily Injurious to the
people and should bo stamped out
But who Is going to do the stamping
out
Are you going to look to a party
that when It had an oppoitunlty to
provide a remedy wont over bag aud
baggage to tho enemy the democratic
party Are you going to look to a
party that lined up Its votes In con
gress In solid phalanx and defeated a
pioposed constitutional amendment
Intended to crush this evil Aie yoi
going to do this and desert the repub
lican party which not only cast all
but four of the 154 votes cast in con
gress for tho amendment but nas
written into the statutes of the United
States every word of law that appear-
thero against trusts
nRYAN AN AWFUL DODGER
W 1 Biyan does not have to go
outside his own party to find men who
question both his sincerity and con
sistency on tho paramount issue
particularly in regard to the Philip
pines
Hon J B Corey of Pittsburg Pa
former democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Pennsylvania under date of
September 15 1900 addressed the lol
lowlng letter to Mr Bryan
Pittsburg Pa Sept 15 1900
Hon W J Bryan Lincoln Neb
My Dear Sir I have not received
any reply to my letter directod to yoi
at Chicago asking you if you believed
that the negroes of Cuba Porto Rko
Hawaii and tho Philippines who never
bad lived unuer a republican form of
government or exercised the right of
manhood suffrage are more capable
of self government than the American
negroes in our southern states who
were born and raised under our re
publican form of government and had
tne right of suffrage for one third of
a century If not do you approve of
the legislatures of the southern states
disfranchising our American negroes
who for one third of a century have
exercised the right of suffrage aiu
insist upon the right of self-government
to the half clvlllzed negro of the
Philippines I do not wish to be un
derstood as defending the McKlnley
administration or espousing our peo
plos war with Spain and Its results
but arm ply as an American citizen i
wish to learn your sentiments as a
candidate for the presidency on U
paramount Issue of seir government
am dear sir very respectfully youn
J B COREY
Former Democrat Candidate for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania
It will be observed that Mr Corey
has written mom than one letter on
tho subject but thus far Mr Brytn
has carefully avoided answering or ex
plaining the inconsistency Mr Corey
points out
A copy of tbe above letter was
handed to Mr Bryan in person while
he was on the stage at Weeping
Water Neb on the evening of Sep
tember 21 but he very adroitly ig
nored it and made no reference to it
Mr Bryans failure to make answer
simply emphasizes his insincerity
Like in the question propounded to
him each day since the campaign
opened by the New York Herald
asking him whether If elected he
would instruct his secretary of th
treasury to pay goverLraent coin
obligations in silver tbe question of
sectionalism is raised and Bryan will
remain as mute as a Chinese joss and
let the people guess at It
So far as tbe Heralds question Is
concerned he 1b afraid to say yeB for
that would line the eastern states up
against him and he is afraid to say
no for that would line tho silver
states and the populists agalnBt him
So too in regard to the proposition
submitted by Mr Corey If he says
yes he places himself in a most ridlcu
Ioub attitude while if he says no be
will have every old slave state after
him with a
But it must be apparent to every
one that there Is a wide divergence
between these two propositions and
if elocted somebody is going to be tei
rlbly fooled
And this is the same Bryan who u
held up all over the country by the
fuBlonists in the newspapers on tin
curbstones and on tho rostrum an tho
man with a courageous Jaw Alas
poor Yorlck
WOULD HAVE BAD EFFECT
In tne corner of Uio reading room
at tho Omaha Oommtirolal club yod
tenlny tin en rcuiIauhmi representing
vailed Interests talked significantly of
the political Munition The conversa
tional nt wete 0 H llavunrd of the
Wllllnm A Hayward Shna Co 0 II
Williams a farmor well known
throughout Douglas county and E A
Willis president of tho Oinahn 1ren
mens union and the conversation ran
like Mils
Mr Williams Mr Hayward In
our opinion would the election of
Mr Biyan hare nnv effect upon the
manufacturing and Jobbing lntotepta7
Mr Hayward Yes It would un
doubtedly have a bad effect It would
take us back to the conditions or 1801
when tho stability of our currency
was seriously tlneatetied and mon y
tightened up Four oais ago it will
be leinetiibeied ninnufiuturhig con
cerns thinughout the country were In
a bad way Some of the mills ete
shut dtfivu completely mid tbn othuis
were greatly curtailed In operation
That condition was In ought about by
bad tariff legislation and the free Ml
oi ngltatlon anil both of these evils
would be upon us nguln in tho event
of deinoci title hiiiccsh this year
Mi W IHh the worftlnginon of the
cities have as much at stake In this
campaign as do the inauufiicturerrt for
they aio the flisl and gteatest suf
feiers when tho mills close down
Thousands of men were out of work
fom eurs ago and now nuiny of the
big factories are uuiiblu to gut is
many operators hr they doslie Right
here in Omaha fioiu 20 to 50 per cent
of the mmnbeis of tho different labor
unions were unemployed In 1896 while
this year every union leportw Its till
inombctshlp at work 1 should think
that the eufoicnd idlenouw of a lame
number of worlilngmen lu the eltJi
would have some effect upou tho
fnrnurs What do you think of It
Mr WllllaniH
Mr VllllaniB Well of course tho
fanners prosperity dependB very
largely utioti n favotablo mnikcl nn I
you cant have a very good market
when thousands of men In the cltlm
ai o unemployed During the four
years of hard time from 1893 to 1896
there wus an Immense falling off In
the domestic consumption of farm
products Tho government statistics
show that the avcruge decroaRod con
sumption of wheat In the United
Stuteh was ovor bixty million bushels
a year for the four years and the per
capita consumption of corn dropped
from 30 bushels in 1892 to 14 biiBhelH
In 1896 TIiIh great slump in the do
mestic market hud Its cuect upon the
foreign market of course No mutter
how bountiful the crops may be the
fanner can have no good times when
the markets are poor
Mr Willis Tbe decreased consiunp
tion of wheat and corn in the United
Status during the four years of 1892 0
was undoubtedly due to the iutiblliy
of the unemployed worklugmon of tli
cities to provide a comfortable living
for their families There must have
been even a gi eater decrease iu the
consumption of moats
Mr Williams Undoubtedly so At
South Omaha Stock Yard tho cattle
receipts for the seven months of 1900
ending July 31 was 424236 ns ugalns
220321 for a like period in 1890 a gain
of neuily 100 per cent The hog u
celpts for tho first sven mouths of
this year were 1121171 as against
717976 for the coi responding period
of 1S96
Mr Hayward No one will deny
that we are having general prosperitv
at this time Fanners are having
good crops and good markets wok
lngmen in the cities are having stead
employment at good wages and the
manufacturers and Jobbers are enjoy
lng a constantly Increasing business
Do we owe any measure of piuise to
tho republican party for all this
Mr Willis I think we do I know
that hundreds of big mills in the carit
that were closed by democratic tartfl
tinkering have been reopoued by wise
republican tariff legislation Without
these mills lu operation thousands of
men would be out of work and to
that extent our general prosperity
would be Impaired
Mr Hayward We must thank tli
republican party alBo for sound finan
cial legislation which has restored
confidence and returned money to cir
culation If this government shouu
undertake tbe unlimited coinage of
silver at a fixed rutlo of 16 to 1 we
could have nothing like stability for
our currency and without a stable
circulating medium there couid e no
confidence The election of Mr Bryau
would drive capital into Its hldlur
place again and tbe farmer th
worklagman and tne manufacturer
and Jobber would suffer the conse
quences
Mr Willis I think the worklngmun
would suffer first because a ceesatloi
of Industrial activities must ncces
sarlly and immediately follow the
withdrawal of capital from Its natunn
channels of usefulness When captu
avoids permanent Investment and
temporary employment improvement
of all kinds cease factories all over
the country are hampered In their op
erations and workingmen are throwu
out of their Jobs by the hundred
Mr Williams Are you gentlemen of
the opinion that Mr Bryan is any
more reliable In prophecy today than
ho was In 1896
Mr Hayward Mr Bryan may be a
gifted man but iorealgbt is a qualit
that he lacks In 1896 be predicted al
sorts of dire results from a McKinlev
victory According to hie views the
election of McKlnley meant a con
traction of currency lower prices o
prodncts of ue soil leu work and less
wages for the laboring man more
debt and higher interest for the
farmer and a continuation of the nurd
times generally
Mr Willie As far as tbe laboring
classes are concerned Mr Bryau a
prophecleB of 1896 have not material
ized workmgman have not only found
the demand for their services en
larged but their hours shortened aud
their wages increased Iu Omaha in
1897 the Pressmens union scale was
16 to f 18 a week for ten hours work
today the pay is the same for ntu
hours vork The Plasterers Brick
layers and Stonemasons Tenders
union had In 1896 a scale of 15 to 17
cents per hour today their scale n
24 cents per hour and they have an
eight hour Instead of a ten hour day
The Plumbere union scale was 45
cents per hour In 1896 now it Is ot
otU tbe Bricklayer union wage
scale In 1896 won 50 cunts pnr hour
now It Is 55 coutu The Carpenteis
union scale was 30 cents pot hour
now It In 40 crnls The Paliilor and
DrrorntoiV union tins nilvanced It
scale from 30 cent to 35 cents and
tho Sheet Metal Workers wages have
been Increased from 27 cents to iW
oontn per hour I uilitht no on and
show sltnllai liicieiius In all tli1
radon but I have glen Biilllelen
iivrtR to demonstiate Hint Mr Bryan11
prophecy of lowei wages has not been
fulfilled
Mr WllllaniH And us to fartnot
Mr Bryan wiih also mistaken The
prices paid for all hinds of furtn prod
nets have advanced from 10 to 200 per
cent Money Is eualer to get and In
terost rules are lowei by fioiu two to
thteo pel cent
Mr Ah to the contraction
of eiirrene which Mi llryiiu piedlcld
as a rot tain result of the defeat of hW
fiee silver scheme I might say that
It ban not come tine The pot capita
circulation in lKM win 21 10 ou Ma
u Mil j ear It was J26 51
WHY THE DEMAND
Durlnu the Unit eight montlii of
this year the nuinbei of himd of IU f
stock received t South Omaha more
than doubled the nuinbei lecolved
during the cortciipoudlur mouths of
tho democratic eni of I8fl Foi the
first eight mouths of IROtl t tin receipts
werti 1 305622 and for the first olgbl
months of 1900 2772U21 This tie
mentions Increase of iceelpts linn been
accompanied by ntnadlly udvanrdug
prtenn The loans anil discounts of tli
Union Stock Yards National bariU
havo Increased 1 18 pnr cent and the
deposits 204 per cent during iho pnnl
four years All of thlH In n certain ri
dlcatlon of prorperlty not only nt
South Omaha but throughout the
country South Omaha would not be
enjoying the benefits of a rapldy
giowlug utooU muikit and packhig In
dustry unlonH thin o was u good tie
maud from the country at luree for
meats Why the demand7 Because
uudor an administration thnt guaian
teoa safety to bind mm interests In
general by providing a sound flnaneUI
system and a prutnctlvn tariff the fin
toris havo been kept In operation
labor linn been employ d and all work
ingmen have been ennbled to piovide
adequately for thuniRelves and then
families If we are to have cheep
money no confidence and even a pni
tlal shutting down of American mills
the demand foi nieutn ami all tli
other noccRsltloBof life will Blacken anil
South Oninhu with Its live stock an i
packing IntotestH will be one of the
first and greatest Bufforeis The peo
ple of this city can have no good rea
son for deslrhig a cainge
LIVE STOCK
The tremendous Increase of bun
uess ut the South Oiniiha live stoi k
market is an unfailing Higu of pros
perity It indicates n stiong a ml ad
vnnclng market tor the products -if
the farms which would b liupoHHibb
without genet ul piosperlly among the
workers of the cities The following
tablo shows the live stock leeelptH at
the stock yaids for the fiist elgtit
months of this McKlnley year and rut
the corresponding eight months of iio
democratic year of 1896
1896 1900
Cuttlo 316 315 512103 02
Hogs 798639 1501302 SS
bneep 190049 758616 2IS
Here Ib an Increase In the numbor
of cattle received of 62 per cent hogs
88 iki tent In other words 195iiS
more cattle 702661 more hogs mil
567967 more sheep were inutketed at
South Omaha during tho flrBt eight
months of this year than during1 th
corresponding months of 1896 Tills
Immense incieuFc in the number of
cattle hogs aud sheep received it
South Omaha indicates a correspond
ing increase In the demand foi meat
which could not have appeared had
the Industrial conditions of 1896 con
tinued It might be said that the re
ceipts at South Omaha have been In
creased by the additions to the puck
lug houses at that point and that a
large number of stock raisers win
formerly shipped to Chicago are now
marketing ut South Omaha but lblt
would not weaken the assertion that
the Increase In receipts shows a cor
responding increaso In the general de
mand for the receipts at Chicago have
also been advancing steadily during
the past four years
With the heavy Increase In receipts
there has also bean a steady advance
in price Steers for Instance sold
July 31 1896 at from J275 to 13 70
and ou July 31 1900 they brought
550 hogB sold July 31 1896 at 277
and July 31 1900 the price was 509
sheep on July 31 1896 ranged from
2 to 550 and on July 31 1900 from
4 to 545 ThlH shows conclusively
that the farmers and stock raisers of
this section of the country are no
only selling a great deal moro Btok
now than they were in 1896 but they
are receiving much better prices
Another certain indication of pros
perity for all those connected with
live stock Interests 1b furnished by a
comparison of the latest statement of
the Union Stock Yards National bank
with the statement of the surae Insti
tution dated October 6 i596 In 1896
tho loans and discounts amounted to
746977 and now they Bum up 1 -858280
showing an Increase of 1111
303 or 148 per cent In 1896 the de
posits amounted to 1096770 and now
they foot up 3339168 showing an In
crease of 2242398 or 204 per cent
May Wont Ilay
Lady Francis Hope toncc May Yohe
of burlesque renown refuses to act
in America She says ehes tired of the
whole business and is going back to
England Plans for tbe New Yoik ap
pearance of Lady Francis had been
made at the Savoy theater but tho
Savoy is In the throes of litigation and
nothing 1b doing there in the amuse
ment line Her ladyship has Biiub
bed seeral anxious Americans who are
willing to arrange for a New York
dobut Last week for instance she
turned down an offer of 1500 u week
to appear In vaudeville at Koster
Blals
A cynic Is s person who knows tho
price of everything and the value of
nothing
In the country they call fun wicked
ness in the city they call wiukedueua
fun
L
FusiotiistH Painfully Silent on
the 100000 Deficiency In
the Public Funds
It r ii ii llliitii iicrn tin 1 Htiiiiiiiny TlRrr mid
Hum Ciofci I In UlnlllllK tin
IIIImI Kjii
Oiniihn Oct 1 lltivernor Ioyntcr
mill tbt fiiHlon nnWHpiipeiN nn well iih
nil of the fiHtui leutleii are pnltiftlllv
Hlleut nn the lepoil that nt the end of
PoMilriH term then1 will be u tlelb It
or Hliotluge In tho puhllt futidH ol no
loHH thllM fttil0l
Theli uiiUei to this Im iibuse of Re
MlMli mix but uliiislug Itepiililleiiiii
will luinll MitlHfy be m pnyeis who
Will lnive In go Into tbidt poeketn untl
puV Hie HIN
The liislotiNts hue ImiiisIimI of the
Hinlugs lhc Imve miide In luuiiiiglng
In1 Hlnlc iimlltiillniH How does UiIh
iiiinpiiic u lib IiicIhV
Four yeiiM ago they pointed to the
letliit tion In lie uiniiutit usked of untl
nppiopilntetl by the leglMntuit The
icsult wns that ut liu end of the list
two yeniM tljeic wiih u letlcleney up
pi ox limit lng nearly fllltXlO Two
yeiiM ago they eiiine to the legislature
with u ileiiiuutl for moie money linn
hud tMl befoie been reilliieil with n
huge ilelb leiiey mid nnv number of
Uiipulil eliiluiH The leulHlutiue two
yeniH ngo not only tnnde u large tie
flclcuiy uppiopi liitlnn but upproprl
uted iiiuie Hum f0O0O0l for the two
yeuis ending In 1MM All UiIh hut been
MUiiiiileiil nnil II will require 100
000 mine to pay unpaid bills autl labor
eliiluiH
Tin Mhnititge In the penitentiary
fund iilmie will umoiiiit to uboiit 110
000 Theie me nt least 11 liiHt II ntlntiH
thnt will Itinie lu with iliortiiges rung
lug nil the wuv Ilom fllWO to 10011
untl In Home Instances tle umuuiit will
be even linger
Ill In amount added to the amount up
pinpi luted will l nil llin expense of
imilntiiliilng these limtltutlmiH to a
higher llguic than bus ever before
been remlieil In the hlstoi of the
slat
These KlnteiuenlH lire luid not upon
olisei viitltm iilmie but upon the show
ing maile by the official recoids lu the
nudlliiis olMee at Lincoln
It In useless theiefore for the fu
sioii lenileis to deny tlieui lor two leu
sons Iiist because they lie ulisu
lutcly line ami substantiated by the
ollleinl letonlH mill socontllv because
It Is only ii lew months until the legls
lalme meets ami then nil the Im ts will
Imve to eouie out When the leglslu
Imi meets untl the vuilous Instltu
tlons intilce their wants known when
the teiiitHl for ii deficiency upproprl
utloii of ui least Hl00 Is made as
It siiiely will be peihups those who
may doubt the ti tit li f illness of the
statements now will lie fully ton
vliited ol It then
sadly incomimtint
Ah nn executive ollieer Governor
Poynter Is notoriously Incompetent
ThlH net o openly manifests Itself
that It is linnlly necessary to call at
tention to It Aside from eftrava
gnnee It Is u fuel patent to everyone
thnt Iu the exercise of extieuthe an
thoiity he bus been both weak ami
vacillating I very Hint lie has hail
occasion to exercise this pierognfive he
him evinced pitiable weakness His at
tention Iiiih been called to corruption
ami malfeasance on tli part of some
of bis appointees but In ouch Instance
he bus signally fulled to apply the luw
f ii 1 leinetly The rannuor in which he
handled the management of the Instl
tut for the Feeble Minded Youth at
Beiitilee bus become almost a public
scandal His appointees hnvo learned
that no mutter how they may violate
the law all they have got to do to
keep Horn being removed by the gov
ernor Is to show fight and he will
weaken This accounts for the con
tinuous turmoil ami clash between
the governor and his nppolntees ever
sliue he assumed the executive chair
Such conditions as these must of ne
cessity result in the demoralisation of
the public service As the head of a
family and as the head of a business
establishment niiust when the occasion
requires be leisolnte so too the head
of n fjjate government must be Vn
Illation in any position lu ltfc where
business customs wheie law or where
organized society requires resolution
must ultimately be attended by results
Inimical to tbe Individual ami public
alike NebrtiHka Is a largo state with
large business Interests The chief
executive not only bus supervisory
control oer the pentllturo of mil
lions of dollars of tho peoples money
but Ijo Is entrusted with the respon
sibility of executing all laws on the
statute books The time may never
come whop vacillation on the part of
the executive might endanger life and
property thus this even in the best
regulated coinpiunjtlcH Is a danger al
ways to be reckoned with But the
time Is always at baud in the manage
ment of domestic affairs when weak
ness of this character means corrup
tion on one hand and Increased ex
pense to the taxpayers ou the other
That this deduction is logical is proven
by results uttulned under tho Poynter
administration
DISTORTING FACTS
It remained for Mr Bryan to at
tempt to make political capital out of
the strike of working men in the coal
regions Jlvorybody else knows It to
be a rnfiult of u difference of opinion
between the employers and their em
ploj es not over a reduction In wages
but over an increase te wages a quesJ
tion with which politics fcs nothing
to do If Mr Bryan wouU only stop