IHE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TfilBUNE: TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1896.
PROPOSED
V. CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
'IS'
The following proposed amendments
- t l-
to the Constitution
t tv,a State of Jxe-
-braska, as hereinafter Eet forth in full,
are
snKmittiMi tn thft electors ot ine
uuu ui ityvwu -w "
State of Nebraska, to be voted upon
at the general election to be held Tues
day, November 3, A. D. 1896:
A joint resolution proposing to
amend sections two (2), four (4), and
five (5), of article six (6) of the Constitu
tion of the State of Nebraska, relating
to number of judges of the supreme
court and their term of office.
Be It resolved and enacted "by the Legis
inhiro nf thA state nf "Nebraska:
cz-Hnn i That spptlnn two (2) of article
six (6) of the Constitution of the State of
"NMii-aska be amended so as to reaa as ioi-
Sections. The supreme court shall until
otherwise provided by law, consist of live
(5) judges, a majority of whom shall be
nwpsorr tn form a auorum or to pro
nounce a decision. It shall have original
jurisdiction in cases relating to revenue,
civil cases in which the state shall be a
party, mandamus, quo warranto, habeas
corpus, and such appellate jurisdiction as
may be provided by law.
Section 2. That section four (4) of article
six (61 of the Constitution of the State of
. Nebraska, be amended so as to read as fol
lows: Section 4. The judges of the supreme
court shall be elected bv the electors of
the state at lartre. and their term of office.
except as hereinafter provided, shall be
lor a penoa oi not less man live ioj cu.ia
as the legislature may prescribe.
Section 3. That section live (5) of article
six (6) of the Constitution ot tnebtate or .Ne
braska, be amended to read as follows:
Section 5. At the first eeneral election to
"be held in the year 1696. there shall be elect
ed tm (21 itinVes of the sunreme court one
of whom shall be elected for a term of
two (2) years, one for the term of four (4)
tars, nnri at parh general election there
after, there shall be elected one judge of
the supreme court for the term of five
r51 Years, unless otherwise provided by
law; Provided. That the judges of the su
preme court wnose terms nave not expireu
at the time of holdine the ceneral elec
tion ot 1890. shall continue to hold their
office for the remainder of the term for
which they were respectively commis
sioned.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section thirteen (13) of
article six (6) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relating to com
pensation of supreme and district court
judges.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the
Section 1. That section thirteen (13)
of
article six (6) of the Constitution ot
the
State of Nebraska be amended so
as to
read as follows:
Section 13. The judges of the supreme and
district courts shall receive for their ser
vices such compensation as may be pro
vided by law. -payable quarterly.
The legislature shall at its first session
after the adoption of this amendment,
three-fifths of the members elected to
each house concurring, establish their
compensation. The compensation so es
tablished shall not be changed oftcner
than once in four years, and in no event
unless two-thirds of the members elected
to each house of the legislature concur
therein.
Approved March 30, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section twenty-four (24) of article
live (5) of the Constitution of the Stale
of Nebraska, relating to compensation
of the officers of the executive depart
ment.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section twenty-four (24)
of article five (5) of the Constitution of the
Stale of Nebraska be amended to read as
follows:
Section 24. The officers of the executive
department of the state government shall
receive for their services a compensation
to be established bv law. which shall be
neither increased nor diminished during
the term for which they shall have been
commissioned anu tney snau not receive
to their own use any fees, costs. Interests,
upon puouc moneys in tneir nanus or un
der their control, perquisites of office or
other compensation and all fees that may
hereafter be payable by law for services
performed by an ofllcer provided for in
this article shall be paid in advance into
the state treasury. The legislature shall
at its first session, after the adoption of
this amendment, three-fifths of the mem
bers elected to each house of the legis
lature concurring, establish the salaries
of the officers named in this article. The
compensation so established shall not be
changed oftener than once in four years
and in no event unless two-thirds of the
members elected to each house of the leg
islature concur therein.
Approved March 29. A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section one (1) of article six (6) of the
Constitution. of the State of Nebraska,
re'ating to judicial power.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla-'
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section one (1) of article
six (6) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The judicial power of this state
shall be vested In a supreme court, dls
trict courts, county courts, justices of the
peace, police magistrates, and in such
other courts inferior to the supreme court
as may be created by law in which two
thirds of the members elected to each house
concur.
Approved March 9, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section eleven (11) of article six
(6) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, relating to increase in num
bor of supreme and district court
judges.
Eeit resolved and enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section eleven (11) of ar
ticle six (6) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska be amended to read as fol
lows: Section 11. The legislature, whenever two
thirds of the members elected to each
house shall concur therein, may, in or
after the year one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-seven and not oftener
than once in every four years, increase the
number of judges of supreme and district
courts, and the judicial districts of the
state. Such districts shall be formed of
compact territory, and bounded by county
lines; and such increase, or anv change in
the boundaries of a district, shall" not vacate
the office of any judge.
Approved March 30, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section six (C) of article one (1)
of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, relating to trial by jury.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State or .NeDrasKa:
Section 1. That section six (6), article one
(1) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska De amenaeu to rea.u us iuiiu.
Section C. The right of trial by jury shall
remain ihviolate. but the legislature may
Tirovide that In civil actions five-sixths of
the iurv may render a verdict, and the leg-
lsiature mav aiso auuiura uku uv, j. jury
of a less number than twelve men, in courts
inferior to the district court
Approved March 20. A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section one (1) of article five (5)
of the Constitution of Nebraska, relat
ing to officers of the executive depart
ment. Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Nebraska:
Section I. That section one (1) of article
five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska be amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The executive department shall
consist of a governor, lieutenant-governor,
secretary of state, auditor of public accounts,
tion, attorney-peneral, commissioner of public
treasurer, superintendent qi phoiic msuat
iion, auuri
lands' and
buildtnsrs. and tirree rauroaa com
missioners, each of whom, except thesald rail-
road commissioners.
shall hold his omce lor a
term of two years, from
the first Thursday
hold his office for a term of three years, be-
Tuesday in January after his election, and kh-
til ms successor is eiecica ami uauiucu, .riu-
Tided, however. That at the first irencral elec
tion held after the adoption of this amendment
there shall be elected three railroad commis
sioners, one for the period of one year one for
. . r . x . . 1 ; T
I tue oerioa oi wo rears, ana one ior iau ucuuu
o tj,ree yearg. The governor, secretary of
I state, auditor oi puouc accounts ana treasurer
office; they shall keep the public records,
books and papers there and shall perform such
duties as may be required by law.
Approved March 30 A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution nrooosinp: to
amend section twenty-six (26) of ar
ticle five (5) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, limiting tbe num
ber of executive state officers.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture ot the state i t Nebraska:
Section 1. That section twenty-six (26) of
article five (5) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows:
Section 26. No other executive state officers
except those named in section one (1) of this
article shall be created, except by an act of the
legislature wlticu is concurred in oy not less
than three-fourths of the members elected to
each house thereof:
Provided, That anv office created by an act
ot the legislature may be abolished by tne leg
islature, two-tuirds ot tue members electee?
each house thereof concurring.
Approved March o0, A. D. 189a.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section nine (9) of article eight
(8) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, providing for the invest
ment oi the permanent educational
funds of tbe state.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That Section nine '.) of article
eight (8) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska be amended to read as loilows:
Section 9. All fnnds belontrinir to the state
for educational purposes, the interest and in
come whereof only are to be used, shall be
deemed trust funds held by the state, and the
state shall supply all losses thereof that may
in any manner accrue, so mat tue same snau
remain forever inviolate and undttniaisned,
and shall not be invested or loaned except on
united btates or state securities, or registered
county bonds or registered school district
bonds of this state, and such funds, with the
interest and income thereof, are hereby sol
emnly pledged for the purposes for which they
are granted and set apart, and shall not be
transferred to anv other lund lor otiier uses;
Provided, The board created bv section!
of this article is empowered to sell from time
to time any ot tne securities beionginjr to tne
permanent school fund and invest tne pro
ceeds arising therefrom in any of the securi
ties enumerated in this section bearing a
higher rate of interest, whenever an opportun
ity for better investment is presented;
And provided further. That when any war
rant upon the state treasurer reirularly issued
in pursuance of an appropriation by the legis
lature, and secured by tue levy of a tax lor its
payment, shall be presented to the state treas
urer lor payment, and tnere snail not be any
money in the proper fund to pay such warrant
the board created by section 1 of this article
mav direct the state treasurer to pay the
amount due on such warrant from money's in
his hands belonging to the permanent school
fund of the state, and he shall hold said war
rant as an investment of said permanent
school fund.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1893.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska by adding a new
section to article twelve (12) of said
constitution to be numbered section
two (2) relative to the merging ot the
government of cities of the metropoli
tan class and the government of the
counties wherein such cities are lo
! cated.
Bi it resolved n nd enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That article twelve (12) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska be
amended by adding to said article a new sec
tion to be numbered section two (2) to read as
follows:
Section 2. The government of any city of
the metropolitan class and the government of
the county in which it is located mav be
merged wholly or in part when a proposition
so to do has been submitted by authority of
law to the voters of such city and county and
received the assent of a majority of the voles
cast in such city and also a maioritv of the
votes cast in the countv exclusive of those cast
in such metropolitan citv at such election.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section six (() of article
seven (7) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, prescribing the
manner in which votes shall be cast:
Be it resolved and enacted bv the Ldrisla-
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Sectionl. That section six (6) of article
seven (7) of the Constitution of the state of
Section C. All votes shall be by ballot, or
nui.il uimi niciuuu u iu.i uc urcscnoen ot l
1. I 1. ... 1. f . . . . I
law, provided the secrecy of volinir be pre-
served.
Approved March 29, A. D. 189.5.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section two (2) of article four
teen (14) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relative to dona
tions to works of internal improve
ment and manufactories.
Be it resolved and enacted bv the Legisla
ture oi ine ataie oi jeorasKa:
Section 1. That sect'on two (21 of article
fourteen 111) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, be amended to read as follows:
municipality, or other subdivision of the state.
snau ever niaiie donations to any works ot in
ternal improvement or manuiactory unless a
proposition so to do shall have been first sub
mitted to the qualitied electors and ratified bv
a two-thirds vote at an election by authority of
law; iToviaca, unat sucu donations of a
county with the donations of such subdivis
ions in the apjrrepate shall not exceed ten per
ceni oi me assessed valuation or sucn county:
rroviaea lurtuer, "mat any city or county
may. oy a inree-iounns vote, increase such in.
debtedness five per cent, in addition to such
ten per cent and no bonds or evidences of in
debtedness so issued shall be valid unless the
same shall have endorsed thereon a certificate
sipned by the secretary and auditor of state,
showing that the same is issued pursuant to
taw.
Approved March 20, A. P. 18J3.
I, .J. A. Piper, secretary of state of
the state of Nebraska, do hereby cer
tify that th2 foregoing proposed
amendments to the Constitution of
the State of Nebraska arc true and
correct copies of the original enrolled
and engrossed bills as passed by the
Twenty-fourth session nf the legisla
ture of the state of Nebraska, as ap
pears from said original bills on file in
this office, and that all and each of
said proposed amendments are sub
mitted to the qualitied voters of the
state, of Nebraska for their adoption
or rejection at the general election to
be held on Tuesday the 3rd day of No-
vember, A. D. 189G.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my nand and affixed the
great seal of the state of Nebraska.
uone at Liincoin tins 17th day of
July in the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-
Six, of the Independeuce of the
United States the One Hundred and
Twenty-First, and of this state the
Thirtieth.
SEAL J. A. PIPER,
Secretary of State.
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THE WINNERS OF 1896.
NATIONAL TICKET.
For President
WM. McKINLEY, of Ohio.
For Vice President
G. A. iJOBART, of New Jersey.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor
JOHN H. MacCOLL.
For Lieutenant-Governor
ORLANDO TEFFT.
For Secretary of State
JOEL A. PIPER.
For Auditor Public Accounts
r. u. utiULtUssUff
For State Treasurer
CHARLES E. CASEY.
ForSupt. Public Instruction
HENRY R. UUKKJfciTr.
For Com. Lands and Buildings
HENRY C. RUSSELLi.
For Attorney-General
ARTHUR S. CHURCHILL.
For Supreme Judge, Long Term
ROBERT KYAINI.
For Supreme Judge, Short Term
MOSES P. KLBWL&.UJ.
For Regent of State University
W. G. WMiTMUKHi.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For Congress, 6th District
2. A. VAU1.
For Senator, 30th District
J. S. HOAGLANx.
For Representative, 54 District
J. H. AlirJUH.
COUNTY TICKET.
For County Attorney,
T. C. PATTERSON. -
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS. S. ROBJoINo.
The free silverites claim they
will carry Nebraska by 20,000 ma
jority. This is indisputable evi
dence that the demo-pops have
wheels in their heads.
Judge Neville is in favor of
knocking1 Tom Watson off the pop
presidential ticket and keeping- on
Sewall. This has induced some of
the, middle-of-the-road men to re
mark that the Judge should be
knocked out of the populist patty.
For a man who is. red-hot after a
state nomination, the
Judge
is a
Httle indiscreet.
The populists ot western Nebras
ka will no doubt be srlad to learn
that Lucien Stebbins, of this city,
will be "with the boys" this year,
notwithstanding the scathing letter
he addressed to Neville, Gantt,
Beeler, et. al., two years ago. Incidentally-
it may be mentioned
tnat Mr. Stebbins is a reported
candidate for the senatorial nomi
nation.
Bryan's organ claims that in
case ot his election the farmers
will receive one dollar per bushel
for their wheat. But farmers will
not be tempted to vote fof Bryan
by reason of this promise. They
lc",cluucl luai luul jcais ajju luc
democrats flum" llio-li the inscrin-
UCIUUCItlLb UUnk IUeU lUe inscnP
tion: "Vote for Cleveland and sret
M Per DUSUel tor VOUr Wheat.
m
. ... . rt , .
ana Will put HO COnnaence in prom-
, .
ises maue uy ineaemo-pop comume.
.
A speaker at the free silver meet
ing Friday evening admitted that
he had been a republican, an anti-
monopolist, a democrat, and a pop
and from his remarks the audience
inferred that he is now a popocrat
The speaker however neglected to
state that he had held office m each
of the political orsranizations he
mentioned, and that he was ready
to desert the popocrats if they
failed to nominate and elect him to
office.
Evidently the soul of "old Bul
lion" T. H. Benton, goes marching
on in Missouri. The St. Louis Re
public, which is a free silver organ,
last week admitted that there was
50,000 opposition to democracy in
state which would probably be
united this fall; to all of which the
Louisian Press, another silver
sheet, said amen, and that it was
true as gospel. This looks "tuff"
coming1" from this Gibralter of de
mocracy, and would indicate that
Billee Bryan on Nov. 4th would
realize that he had been wearing
his crown and bearing his cross in
vain.
The Denver News has it straight
from a Colorado delegate to the St.
Louis convention that the u rider-
standing among the populists was
that Watson would in a few davs
withdraw his name from the Bryan
ticket. In case he forgot to do so.
then the national committee would
withdraw it for him and substitute
Sewall in his place. In other words
Watson was allowed to be "nomi
nated" just for the purpose of get
ting Bryan nominated and the mob
dispersed, after which the "com
mittee" would attend to things in the
proper shape.. It is possible that
the news received in this roundabout
way is reliable. The national com
mittee had a resolution put through
authorizing it make any change on
tne ticket that seemed advisable at
i ' -jji c u
any time, so the middle of the
roaaers were sateiy trapped before
tne convention adjourned, Jour-
nai.
The popocrats in the vicinity of
Bradyjsland met last Friday night
for the purpose of forming a club in
accord with their belief on the
money question. In its organiza
tion no difficulty was experienced so J
far as the head of the ticket was con- j
cerned, but when they came to deal
with the hifnrcated caudal appen-
Harm it hPramP n serious auestion
to so arrange the two tails that
thev would .be most effective m
switching off the innnmerable mul-
titude of flies that continually settle
down upon the dead and decaying
carcass of the democratic donkey.
Some were of the opinon that the
Sewall tail with barrel attachment
was an improvement not to be over
looked, while others strongly advo
cated the Watson tail, knowi
that it very effectively dusted the
flies off Bro. Bryan when in con
gress. There is nothing positive re
garding the settlement of this fur
cated question, but rumor has it
that thev concluded to call their
organization a "Bryan et al club ,
and as the Irishman said, "lave er
go at that,"
when an individual or news
paper starts out to be a teacher of
the people, it is necessary to tell
not only a part of the the truth but
the whole of it. That is, it the in
dividual or paper, wishes "to walk
in the middle of the road", and
keep the truth before the eyes of
the people. A certain paper which
but lately espoused the cause of
free silver, undertook to explain
what it meant, and stated that any
one havinsr 412 lA irrains of silver
bullion could take it to the mint
and receive therefore a silver dollar.
This is all rijfht so far as it sroes,
but if this new disciple had wanted
to state the plain unvarnished
truth, he would have said that free
coinage under the present condi
tions meant that anyone having 52
cents worth of silver bullion could
take it to the mint, get the stamp
of the government placed thereon
and then force the man he owed to
take it for a hundred cents, therebv
making a profit of 48 cents out of
the transaction. Half the truth is
worse than a monstrous lie, for it
may catch the comparatively ignor
ant, when a "whopper would not
lave any effect.
Protection is one of the fund
amental principles of republican-
sm. It is the chief cornerstone on
which the party rests. Remove it
and you destrcv the reoublican
party. Republicans must not be
deceived by the seductive whisper
ings of the popocrats who say there
are no parties, that the financial
question has broken up old party
ines. These statements are made
to draw the weak ones from their
brmer party alliances and get
them to vote against the principles
in wuicli thev iormerlv orofessed
- ml A
to have an abiding" faith. Protec
tion is a distinction feature of the
republican part', and will continue
to be a live issue as lonjr as there
is a democratic party to oppose it,
and long after free silver fanati
cism is buried under the clods of
public disapproval. In 1892 the
democrats said if they were per
mitted to have control of both ends
of the capitol, and have a demo
i 1 m
crar. president,, disaster and rum
would not follow their efforts to re
peai the McKmley law, but their
wise legislation would bring- to the
nation contentment and happiness
The republicans warned the people
against democratic professions,
said that their promises like pie
crusts were made to be broken.
The people concluded to trust them
once more, and the predictions of
the republicans that hard times
and distress would follow proved
to be absolutely true. Do you hear
the democrats boasting about the
success of the Wilson-Gorman
tariff bill? Do you hear them say
ing that as prophets they had
been anointed in 1892 when they
promised the farmer SI. 25 for his
wheat. Republicans, are you go
ing to permit them to escape the
odium of their free trade falacies?
Are you going to throw up your
hands and surrender to the clamor
of free silver? Don't you know
that all this is done to cover the
democratic retreat from the false
position which thev assumed on
the tariff question in 1892? Up
and at them. Drive it in their
teeth. Let the people know how
false were their theories. Shout
it from the hill tops that thev de
ceived us in 1892, that their past
history is one of deceit, broken
pledges, misrepresentation and
utter incapacity. R.
A Pennsylvanian is sending" out
speeches in favor of the free coinagfe
of silver at the commercial ratio of
32 to 1 as a "solution" of the cur
rency question. Bless his innocent
little heart, that is not the issue
at all. His ratio would not
give
us the
cheap dollar that all these i
are
coinage at the commercial ratio was
proposed by republicans in the west
years ago, but the radicals would
not have it. Thev demanded the old
16 to 1, and drove every consevative
man in the country to the other side
of the question. Opposition to 16
to 1 is not necessarily opposition
to silver. It is simpy opposition
to the financial suicide of a
nation. Ex.
YALTY
TO PARTY.
rom pifrh Tells Whv He
J
Is Still a ReDublican.
THE PAETY OF PATRIOTISM.
He Stands on Its Splendid. Record, Though.
He Disagrees With It on the Silver
Question Its History iRThe History
of the Growth, the Greatness and the
Freedom of This Nation."
At the late Republicau convention of
Arizona, held to elect delegates to the
St Louis convention, Tom Fitch, one
of the most noted free silver advocates
in the territory, was called npon to
speak, and responded in a speech which
for simple eloquence and beauty of dic
tion deserves preservation. His reasons
why he should remain in the Republican
party are unanswerable and should be
read by all Republicans. The reading
will in no way dwarf their enthusiasm
for the grand old party. The full text
of Mr. Fitch's speech is as follows :
"Gentlemen of the Convention I
thought that the seclusion that the up
per gallery grants, combined with other
circumstances, would exempt me from
any invitation to speak before this con
vention, but your repeated calls leave
me no alternative consistent with cour
tesy but to answer them.
"The speakers who have addressed
you have spoken of the free coinage of
silver as a cardinal principle of the He
publican party. I fear that the St. Louis
convention may compel us to retrace
some of our steps in this matter, and,
as tho statesmen who control this cou
vcution have not included me among
those deemed most fit to represent Ari
zona at St. Louis, I feel quite at liberty
to tell the truth.
"I suppose no one will question my
long deyotion to the cause of free silver
coinage. Years ago, at the inception of
the movement, I, as vice president of
the national executive committee of the
silver convention, in connection with
A. J. Warner, the president of the
committee, traveled through the south,
and west preaching the doctrino- of bi
metallism, and I havo never since had
occasion to change my views with re
spect tojthe great benefits that might
result to this nation from the complete
restoration of silver as a money metal ;
and yet there are other circumstances
quite as influential which must be po
tent in determining my future action
and the future action of many Repub-1
licans in this matter. j
"This morning a friend, who is a
member of this convention, and who
now honors mo with his audience, said i
to me: 'Mr. Fitch, you have always
been a pronounced advocate of the free
coinage of silver. What will you do if
the St Lonis contention adopt a plank
in their platform favoring a single gold
standard and denouncing the free coin
ago of silver?' I did not answer this
question then, but with your permission
I will do so now.
I belong to the Republican party be
cause its fiistory is the history of the
growth, the greatness, and the freedom
of this nation ; because its purposes are
patriotic ; because it is the friend of la
bor without being the foe of thrift; be
cause it is wise, because it is just, be
cause its restoration to complete power
will rekindle the furnace and start the
turbines and fill tho land with fhe mu
sic of contented and well paid toil, and
put bread into men's mouths and hope
into their hearts.
"I belong to tho Republican party be
cause it is tho grandest political organ
ization of freemen that the world has
ever known; because under its wise
guidance star after star has been added
to our flag, ship after ship has been
added to our fleets, factory after factory
has been added to our resources, mil
lions upon millions have been added to
our wealth, city after city has been de
veloped from our villages, and the land
has been laced with a network of iron J
rails, and furnace fires have illuminated i
the night, and the grand diapason of
labor has been made to sound through- '
out the continent. i
I belong to the Republican party be
cause under its inspiration these United
States, once a wrangling and discordant
commonwealth; these United States,
once shamed with slavery and decrepit
with the disease of secession these
United States have become a country
where no slave's presence dishonors la
bor, where 110 freeman's utterances are
choked by the hand of power, whero no
man dotfs-his hat to another except
through the courtesy of equals, whero
education is free, where manhood is re- j
spected, and where labor is protected.
' 'Under the patriotic rule of the Re-
publican party these United States haye
become a nation whose credit reigns at j
the head of the world's finances, whoso i
flag floats proudly upon every sea, and j
whose armies would come at tho drum- '
beat out of the hives of industry to
swarm in defense of the country oil ev
ery shore. ,
" Under the rule of the Republican
party these United States have become
tho greatest, freest, and most prosperous
nation under the light of the sun.
I belong to the Republican party be
cause it gave land to the landless, because
it gave work to the industrious, because
it gave freedom to tho slave, because,
when the nation was in peril, it gave
armies and treasure for her preserva
tion.
"Forty years ago, then a lad of 18, 1
joined the Republican ranks, and, too
young to vote, I flung my blazing ban
ner aloft for Fremont and Jessie. I was
present as a newspaper reporter at the
Chicago convention in 1860, when all
Illinois shouted Abraham Lincoln into
the presidency, I heard the song of
John Brown's soul sung in bated breafti
and in secret gatherings of his sympa
thizers, and four Veurs later on these
distant shores I almost caught the echo
of its refrain when armies chanted it
for then? battle anthem. I enioved the
eloquence and friendship of Baker and
of starr Butler and Bingham,
0t,,i n(iDui oi ni-i;.. a
GU1U LA UliU JI11JV1111U. mill 1,1 1kli
noblest Roman of them all. James G.
Blaine.
"Who, then, is there in all this land
that shall dare to ask mo to betray these
memories because of a difference of
opinion concerning tho conditions under
which .silver dollars shall be coined?
i y
"Who shall uaro tell me u is my
duty to leave the path along which Bay
youth and my manhood marched, and
where, when the evening bugle shall
sound the final reveille, my age shall be
found still marching? Rather will I
turn to the Republican goddess the same
steadfast face that I bore when my
locks, now wmtemmr. were black as
the -raven's wing, and say to her as
. Rnth said to Naomi, 'Whither thou
goesr, I will go ; and where thou lodgest,
I will lodge: thy people shall
do my
where
Will I
people, and thy God my God;
thou dicst I will die, and there
bo buried. ' "
FARM DEBTS.
I They Are Heavier Ib the East Thaa They
Are la the West.
Statistics recently issued by the cen
sus bureau at Washington on the finan
cial condition of farmers show that
while the mortgages upon western
farms amount to a large sum, the
farmers of the east are even more deep
ly in debt.
The total valuation of the farms in
New York and in Iowa is almost Identi
cal. Yet tho farms of New York have
mortgages upon them to the extent of
$134,960,703, or 43 per cent of their
total value, while Iowa's farms are in
debt only 33 per cent of their value. In
Nebraska, the homo of Candidate Bry
an, the percentage of incumbrance, as
compared with the value of the farms;
is only 32 per cent, while in Pennsyl
vania it is 40.65 per cent, in Rhode
Island 42.59, in Connecticut 40.64, in
Delaware 44.04 and New Jersey 49.64
The farmers ot iHassacnusetts are m
debt to the extent of $11,831,941. Those
of Pennsylvania owe $73,822,978, those
of Vermont $11,952,490 and those of
Connecticut $8,567,786.
In comparison with these the fanners
of the state of Arkansas are indebted
only $2,032,345, of Georgia $1,697,500,
of North Carolina $3,757,577 and Ken
tucky $5,336,854. The percentage of the
debt as compared with the values of the
farms in Illinois is 34 per cent, in In
rtiana 30 per cent, m ian.sns 3o per
cent, Michigan 82 per cent and Minne
sota 31 per cent.
Of the western and southern states
there are in Illinois 101,305 families
owning their farms free of incumbrance,
in Kentucky there are 118,080 in the
same condition, in Missouri there are
109,946, in Ohio 113,908, in Tennessee
103,346, in Indiana 97,196, in Nebras
ka 60,620, in Texas 119,093, in Ala
bama 68,798 and in Arkansas 75,961.
Of the eastern states there are in New
York 97,509 families who own their
farms free of incumbrance, in Massachu
setts only 20,425, in Connecticut 14,996,
in New Jersey 11,080, iu New Hamp
shire 20,310, in Rhode Island 3,339 and
in Vermont 14,935.
Tho average incumbrance on each
mortgaged farm in the eastern states is
in New York $1,749, in Peunsylvania
$1,716, in Rhode Island $1,525, in
Connecticut $ 1, 266, in Delaware $2, 147,
in Massachusetts $1,323, and in Ver
mont $1,004.
I In thc stat.es of J.he wesfc mi s?nth
the average incumbrance on each farm
is in Nebraska $1,084, in Kentucky $1,
069, iu Illinois $li684, in Indiana $972,
in Michigan $890, in Minnesota $814,
in Mississippi $619, in Missouri $853,
in South Carolina $830 and in Tennes
see $667.
The Great Silver Speculation.
To go to the silver standard an in
evitablo result of the free coinage of sil
ver at 16 to 1 is to put the money of
the country at the mercy of the silver
barons; Speculation in silver would
drive its price up and down. The actual
value of tho dollar would depend en
tirely on tho price of silver bullion. It
might be worth 53 cents, gold, today
and 48 cents, gold, tomorrow and 50
cents the day after. The wheat buyers
would guard against possible loss to
themselves by discounting possible
downward fluctuations. If experience
showed that the silver dollar was liable
to vary 5 cents, gold, in bullion value,
they would pay 5 cents less a bushel for
wheat all the time. If silver dropped,
they would still be safe from passible
loss. If it did not fall or rose tempora
rily, their profits would be greater. The
farmer would have to stand the loss
every time. Toledo Blade.
Whom It nnrtg.
Every man who has for years carried
a life insurance policy to be paid to his
family lifter his death is beginning to
realize that if these principles prevail
his family will receive, in a depreciated
currency, only half tho value that he
has provided for them. The 4,000,000
persons who are depositors in the sav
ings banks of the country are beginning
to realize that their little savings wil
be cut in two and only half the values
repaid to them in a depreciated cur-
rencv. Every person who holds a note
or obligation for money losuied or prop
erty sold to another is beginning to re
alize that if these principles prevail he
will receive but half tli3 amount that
he has loaned or sold for. Louisville
Courier-Jouru al.
Democracy Crucified.
The more the situation is analyzed,
the more it is apparent that the Chicago
convention, to paraphrase a ringing sen
tence of Mr. Bryan's recent speech, has
crucified the best interests of tho Demo
cratic party on a cross of silver. Gal
veston News.
Slonometalltara.
No person who has any knowledge of
money or of its history would expect to
see any gold, unless in the hands of
brokers, after enactment of "free coin
age of silver by the United States at the
ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the
aid or co-operation of any other nation. "
He knows as certainly that he would
not as he knows that summer will be
here at tho usual season next year.
There will be nothing but silver; and if
this will not be monometallism silver
monometallism what are you to call
it? Portland Oregonian.
Bryan's Boast.
There is, of course, something fasci
nating to a good many people in the idea
of paying a dollar's wortn ot luneDtea-
ness with 50 cents, but even that idea
can be shorn of its glamour by a persist-
nnf: rvmmaiim of education. The boast
of Mr. Bryan every other minute in his
speech was that the free silver repudia
tionists have behind them "thc com
mercial interests, the laboring inter
ests" the very interests which an actu
alized free silver policy will stab and
murder. Minneapolis Journal.
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EFFECTS OF THE HUMAN VOICE.
Terrify! h to Seme Bird aad Basto, hat
Ket te Others.
The human voice may or may not bo
terrifying to wild animals. Two Adiron
dack boys once hid behind a little bush
on the banks of the West Canada creek
and yelled, screamed and howled at a
big blue heron across the stream, with
no other result than to make the bird
stare about in curiosity. It was only
when both boys leaped to their feet,
wildly waved their arms and did some
high kicking that the bird flew away.
Woodchucka, red squirrels, muskrats,
mink and various others of the small
animals seem to fear the human form,
but not the voice. Foxes flee at a lively
gait when a man yells, but deer havo
been known to almost run over men
that were talking in loud voices. Loir-
u w
ging teamsters in the woods yell and
swear at their horses in voices audible
a mile away, but deer lie in their beds
comfortably less than half a mile dis
tant. Bears do not usually monkey
around in the vicinity of men, except
during berry time, when they are some
times on one side of the bushes while
human berry pickers are on the other.
The human voice is very soothing to
wild birds of various kinds, such as
robins. They will often come very closo
to a person who talks to them, and turn
their heads from side to side, much as
caged birds canaries, for example do,
but if a person is robbing the bird's nest
the voice adds greatly to the terror of
tho birds. It is related of a swallow
that it had in some manner broken its
leg, which was observed by a woman as
the bird flew about. She went out, called
to it and spoke to it, and after a while
the bird came so near as to be taken in
the woman's hands, who then put tho
leg in splints, setting it properly and
putting on a soothing ointment. Thc
bird flew away and was soon chirping
with the rest of the birds in the air, its
leg having been relieved of pain evi
dently by the bandages.
The old story of a lion that allowed a
man to pick a thorn out of its inflamed
foot and dress the wound, then refused
to eat the man, may be truthful, siuco
dogs, cats, elephants, horses and a good
many other animals have remembered
kindness as well as eviL New York
Sun.
FANCIES OF INVALIDS.
Queer IrfBin gs of People Who Make Easi
ness For the Doctors.
About the manner of serving their
food patients sometimes have curious
fancies. In one case a woman flatly re
fused to take her beef tea unless tho
bread which accompanied it was cut in
the shape of diamonds, while in another
it is always necessary to serve the food
in a blue bowl, for out of nothing else
whatever will she take nourishment.
A boy who was attacked with scarlet
fever showed great disinclination to
take his food, but finally agreed to swal
low what was necessary provided he
was fed in the following way: The beef
tea, or whatever was to be given him,
was put into a silver teapot, the spout
was placed in his mouth, and in this
manner the food was poured down his
throat.
An elderly gentleman who spent much
of his time hunting in Africa, on being
asked if he fancied any particular dish,
replied that he would like a bit of ele
phant's foot. Under certain circum
stances this dish is a dainty and nour
ishing one, but the price of elephant be
ing prohibitive, this elderly nimrod
was forced to content himself with beef
steak instead.
A clergyman with a broken leg had a
great longing to put on a pair of stilts,
a pastime which he had never yet tried,
while a man whoso leg had been ampu
tated, although admitting the impracti
cability of the wish, declared that a
passion for skating had so seized upon
him since the loss of his limb that he
regretted being operated upon chiefly
on that account. Philadelphia Times.
Where He Was.
A visitor from Manchester had been
invited to address the Sunday schcoL
"lam reminded, children, " ho said,
"of thc career of a boy who was ouco
no larger than some of the little fellows
I see before me. He played truant when
he was sent to school, went fishing every
Sunday, ran away from home when he
was 10 years old, learned to drink,
smoke tobacco and play cards. Ho went
into bad company, freqnented stables
and low taprooms, finally became a
pickpocket, then a forger, and one day,
in a fit of drunkenness, he committed a
cowardly murder. Children," ho con
tinued impressively, "where do you
think that boy is now?"
"He stands before us!" cried tho philr
dren, as with one voice. Sketch,
A Chestnut.
Much bewildered Lady Landholder
(who has been struggling for quite an
hour with a laud tax form, to elderly
stand-on -my-diguity landlady) Can
you tell me, Mrs. Neall, how many
perches go to a rood?
Mrs. N. (with severity) No, I can
not; but I can tell you it's not original,
for I've heard it before somewhere.
Sydney Bulletin.
She Had Been There.
Mrs. Nouvo Reesh She called mo a
barmaid, and I flew at her and pulled
her hftir.
Mrs. Toplofty Oh, how terrible I
Still even that didn't justify you m
fighting her.
Mrs. INonvo Reesh xes, but if you
had ever been a barmaid you would
understand how mad it made me.
Clips.
The proportion of women to men in
the United States is greatest in New
England, whenj the women are in ex-
cess, it is least m ine iar wesr, wner:
the number of men exceeds that of the
women.
The home secretary, the secretary for
war and tho secretary for India receive
each a 'ary of $25 000 per year.
Something to Enow.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
tired out nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medi
cine is purely vegetables, acts by giving
tone to the nerve centres in the stomach,
gently stimulates tho liver and kidneys,
and aids theso orcans in throwing off
impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters
improves the apetite, aids digestion, and
is pronounced by thore who have tried it
as the very best blood purifier and nerve
tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c or 81.00 per
bottloatA. F. Streitz's drug store. 2