THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1896.
1BA L BARE, Editor akd Pkopkietor
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THE WINNERS OP 1896.
JfATIOJfAti TICKET.
For President
WM. McKINLEY, of Ohio.
Tor Vice President
G. A. HOBART, of New Jereej.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor
JOHN H. MacCOLL.
For Lieutenant-Governor
ORLANDO TEFFT.
For Secretary of State
JOEL A. PIPER.
For Auditor Public Accounts
P. O. HEDLUND.
For State Treasurer
CHARLES E. CASEY.
For Supt. Public Instruction
HENRY R. CORBETT.
For Com. Lands aud Buildings
HENRY C. RUSSELL.
For Attorney-General
ARTHUR S. CHURCHILL.
For Supreme Judge, Long Term
ROBERT RYAN.
For Supreme Judge, Short Torm
MOSESP.KINKAID.
For Regent of State University
W. G. WHITMORE.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For Congress, 6th District
E. A. CADY.
For Senator, 30th District
J. S. HOAGLAND.
For Representative, 5i District
J. H. ABBOTT.
COUNTY TICKET.
For Countv Attorney,
T. C. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS. S. BOBBINS.
The Canton, Ohio, Repository
verv sasrelv says that: "If the
mills are not open there is many
a man who wouldn't know jnst how
to .earn a 53-cent silver dollar."
In a speech delivered in the house
July 13, 1876, Garfied said of the free
silver doctrine,. ,4I have never known
any proposition that contained so
many elements of vast rascality, of
colossal swindling-:" and it is far
worse now than it was then.
Senator Stewart is finding him
self compelled to say a good deal in
explanation of his past record, but
he carefully avoids all reference to
his connection with the Emma mine
swindle. That matter would stand
a good deal of investigation.
The indications point to the nom
ination of Henry Watterson and
General Bragg at the sound money
democratic convention in Indian
apolis next week.- These gentle
men would infuse a great deal of
vigor and enthusiasm into the hon
est money campaign.
The national democratic ticket
to be named at Indianapolis shortly
makes the Bryan populist-demo-ctsvjsw.eajc
one second and shiver
the next. They say it will help
them, which possibly explains why
they will get out injunctions to ex
clude it from the ballots.
If the workingman is now receiv
ing pay for his labor in "two-dollar
dollars," as the free siver orator
says, why should he vote into the
hands of his employer the right t
pay him in dollars worth only half as
much? In other words, is it not
absurd to say that the dollar is
worth too much when such an asser
tion simply means that the laboring
man can buy more with it than he
ever bought with a dollar before?
The democrats of the East St.
Louis district point with pride to
Jehu Baker as one of "the oldest
republicans of Illinois" now that he
is running on the democratic free
silver ticket. Somebody once under
took to pay a similar compliment
to an elderly, renegade on the floor
of the house at Washington, and
Ben Butler interjected a few words
which sp m! d all. "Does the gen
tleman not know," said he, "tha
Judas was the oldest of the twelve?'
Senator Shoup says Idaho can
be counted in the republican col
umn, Senator Nelson says Minne
sota is safely republican and Sena
tor Mitchell is of the opinion that
Oregon will be in the grand column
for McKinley and Hobart, sound
money and protection. There has
never been a time in the campaign
when republicans felt better at the
prospects of the outcome ot the
election than just at present, and
this sentiment is bound to grow as
the campaign goes on.
The financial question as it lies
before voters is delimited to one
great question. It is not a battle be
tween the gold standard and the
silver standard avowedly. No one
favors a silver standard. Neither
party wants a gold standard as its
ideal. But if a choice must be
made, then one would choose the
gold and the other the silver,
Bach is in favor of the. double
standard; one by international
agreement, the other by the inde
pendent action of this country. One
holds that ifAmerica attempts alone
to lift silyef -to twice its present
value it will fail, and will come
with a crash to a silver basis. The
other hopes that America alone cau
succeed in doubling- the value of sil
ver by legislation which would in
crease the demand. It is desirable
that discussion should focus at that
exact point. A hope and a convic
tion that we could corner the sil
ver of the world and force it up a
hundred per eent is not enough to
justify the experiment, unless the
evidence is very abundant and very
satisfactory. Mr. Bryan realizes
that the supply of silver may
greatly increase, if its value be
doubled, but thinks that in such an
event the public could be protected.
Our difficulty is m understanding
how such orotection could he had.
When silver fell to half its value,
the production kept on. If silver
should double in value the in
creased supply would be instant
and enormous. Doubtless now is
the time to face that problem.
The North and West.
It is just as reasonable to say that
rise in the price of cabbage enhances
the value of iron as to declare
that the fall in the price of silver has
dragged the price ot wheat down
with it. Albany Journal.
There is room for the suspicion
that Bryan is simply advertising
himself for a lecture tour after his
foregone knockout next November.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
LUNGS, LUNACY, LARCENY.
Thus the Rot. It. S. McArthnr Samms-
rlzes Silver Speeches.
In a sermon delivered in New York
recently on the coinage question, Rev.
R. S. MacArthur said the free silver
speeches were mado up of equal parts
of ' 'lungs, lunacy and larceny." Con
tinuing, he said :
"A God fearing nation must have
honesty in its politics. Politics is the
science of government, and politics
must have a place in our religion and
teaching if this nation is to endure.
We cannot admit the satanic teaching
that there is no placo in politics for the
Ten Commandments and the golden
rule. If a man cannot take his politics
into religion the politics are bad. If a
man cannot take his ballot into his
prayers ho had better let the ballot go.
If a man votes for a dishonest platform
he shares in its guilt Each voter stands
alone before God in his personal respon
sibility.
"No man with an enlightened and
sensitive conscience will hesitate long
between the Apostle Paul, and the apos
tles of auarchy. The question, and the
only great question, before the people
now is one of national honesty. Certain
men have tried to confound that issue by
technical terms to cover a policy whose
result is national dishonor. There can
be little difference between the man
who tries to give many counterfeit dol
lars for one honest one and the man who
wants to give the people a debased coin
age. "When a man tells you that be has
nothing to lose by trying free coinage,
and he might as well try it, yon are
talking with a dishonest man, with a
man you had better watch if you have
any valuables around.
"The debasement of our currency
would be a gigantic, fraud, a national
crime, and a sin against humanity. I
put the man who deals in green goods
on an equality with the man who wants
to debase the currency. "
Wkea John Wanamaker, m self made,
successful man of business, was at the head
ef the postofBce department, he said he
found it Impossible to ran a government
bureau like a business establishment. That
was the experience of all his predecessors.
Bryan would pat the enormous railroad
and telegraph Interests of this country
under the control of the coverninent,
where their management would cost CO
per cent ssoro than It does at present, and
this money would come oat of the tax
payers. Tern Reed's Good Advice.
Yes, my friends, you want all of you
to stand up and vote for sound money,
because it is the best thing for the re
storing of confidence, and you want to
vote for McKinley and Hobart because
they represent that and other equally
good things.
On the other hand, if you don't know
what you want, if yon have a vaguo
idea that you want something and that
all somethings are the same and that, if
you get any one of them, you get what
fits your casp, why, vote for the trian
gular combination of Bryan and Watson
and Sewall, and the Lord preserve you
if you get what you think you want.
Speech of Hon. Thomas B. Reed.
Every flat money experiment has broach t
disaster. Put the experience of the world
against the theories of the scatter brained
Pepcrats, and the silver dollar, which
Mr. Bryan says Is a flat dollar, will bring
disaster to the United States and poverty
to the people of the United States.
The Gainer fey Cheap Currency.
Who would get the 47 cents lost by
the holders of the depreciated dollars?
If the person holding such a dollar had
exchanged for it something worth 100
cents, the person with whom he had
made the exchange would plainly be
tho gainer by 47 cents. If a man gave
labor worth 100 cents and received in
compensation a dollar worth only 53
cents, the employer would gain 47 cents
by the transaction. A debtor who should
pay off a debt in 53 cent dollars, which
had been contracted iu 100 cent dollars,
would clearly gain 47 cents on each
dollar by the transaction. Los Angeles
Times.
Bryan tells the people the president Is
a hired man. The people of the United
States don't want a 53 cent hired man.
Those are net American wages.
The Pops and the Pensioners.
The St Lonis Populist platform
throws this sop to federal pensioners and
applicants for pensions : " Wc favor just
pensions for disabled Union soldiers."
For "just pensions" read "pensions
payable in a 50 cent dollar." The men
who nominated Bryan at St. Louis, like
the men who nominated Bryan at Chi
cago, want to cheat every pensioner out
of half tho amount of the pension.-
Now York Sun.
A SILVER STANDARD.
THAT IS JUST WHAT FREE COINAGE
MEANS.
Gold Circulate as Money Nowhere la the
World Where There Is Free Coinage of
Sllrer Lucid Statement of the Case by
General Woodford.
In a recent speech at Columbus, O.,
General Stewart L. Woodford said :
There is today no such actual thing
as free" and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver in any nation of the
world. I put this statement in another
form gold circulates as money nowhere
in this world where there is free and
unlimited silver coinage. Where there
s free and unlimited silver coinage gold
18 ?w a conmioairy ana is sola at its
bullion value. Its prico rises as the value
of silver diminishes. Its price rises as
the confidence of the people in paper
diminishes. In other words, gold is fact
Paper money is fiat. Gold gets its value
from the desire of the peoplo to have it,
and is worth what the peoplo will pay
for it They will pay for it what it is
worth to them, and, no matter what law
you may make, gold will buy as much
silver as the peoplo of the world think
it is worth. Gold will buy as much pa
per money as tho people think the pa
per money worth. There is no intrinsic
value in paper except the material of
which it is composed, and that is pre
cisely the fact with regard to gold.
It is precisely the fact with regard to
silver. Paper, being made of wood pulp,
is now very cheap. When yon print it
into money it gets just such value as
you put upon tho honor and good faith
of the government that prints it, no
more, no less, and that honor and gcod
faith are finally measured bv actual re
demption in coin and by nothing else.
This United States printed the conti
nental currency and paid that conti
nental currency out as the price of this
nation's liberty. We did not redeem it,
and that continental currency is today
worth absolutely nothing. It is tho cpi
taph of national dishonor.
Tho JPrench monarchy printed the
John Law currency in 1720. It broke
its promise, aud if any cf that currency
is today in existenco it is only the
badge of French profligacy and fiuancial
falsehood. It is only valued as a curios
ity or as pulp.
The French printed the assiguats and
the mandats. Tho French republic never
fulfilled its promise, and that paper cur
rency is only a batlgo of French repub
lican falsehood and is of no value ex
cept as a curiosity or as palp.
The Southern Confederacy printed
millions of paper money redeemable G
and 12 mdnths after the acknowledg
ment of the independence of tho Con
federate states. That acknowledgment
has never been made. It does not now
seem likely to occur, and the Confeder
ate currency is only a memory of brave
effort in an unfortunate and misgaided
cause and has no value except as curi
osity or pulp.
Wc have afloat 346,000,000 of green
back legal tender notes. We have also
about 128,000,000 of treasury legal
tender notes issued that we might give
silver some artificial value. We bought
great quantities of silver. We did for
silver all thatthemost generous friends
of silver ought to have done aud more
than wise men should have done. We
spent our money. The nation did not
succeed in the speculation. What busi
ness men could not do the nation neither
did do nor could da We thus have afloat
nearly 475,000,000 of legal tender pa
per. Of this amount nearly 850,000,000
was issued to put down rebellion and
save the nation. More than 125,000,000
was issued to put down gold and save
silver. Wo did put down the rebellion;
wo aid save the -nation. These were
within the possibilities of human faith
and patriotic courage. We did not put
down gold; we could not The civilized
world was against us. We did not save
silver; we could not The civilized
world was against us.
My countrymen, let us brush away
all theories and all fancies. Let us look
facts squarely in the face. Let us re
member that there are some things
which government can do and some
things which government cannot do.
Government cannot create life. Govern
ment can decree death. Government
cannot make two and two five. The re
sult of adding two and two is four for
ever. Neither the czar of all theRnssias
nor tho most eloquent citizen of No
braska, backed by all the Populists and
Democrats of this land, can ever change
the laws of arithmetic, the laws of
trado or the laws of gravitation.
The new Democratic ticket frill sire
many voters who hesitate to vote for Mc
Kinley a chance to vote against Bryan.
They will make Bryan's defeat doubly sure
by voting for McKinley.
Investment of the Silver "Plutocrats."
The silver men show a disposition to
spend money freely to advance the in
terests of Bryan. Somebody is paying
out a great deal of cash to maintain the
Democratic headquarters in Washing
ton, and today we hear of the elaborate
preparations making for a big political
machine in New York city and in Chi
cago also. The Silver party and tho
Populists will have their separate and
expensive establishments. Yet why
should not the silver lnine-owners spend
at least $1,000,000 on their campaign if
Bryan's election would put from 20 to
50 times that sum in their pockets?
Hartford Times.
Aw you coins; to sail under the pirate
flasr of repudiation or under the stars and
stripes?
Insincere or Muddled.
Either Mr. Byau is a ve2r insincere
man, willing to fake an argument when
he cannot conveniently come by the
genuine article, or else he is not a clear !
headed one. In either case ho is not a
proper person to interpret the constitu
tion of the United States for the voters
of the country. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Protection Means Prosperity.
Major McKinley and Mr. Hanna and
their associates have not been affected
by the kindly Democratic advice to
"drop the tariff question," and it will
be kept well in the forefront of the
campaign. Protection means more work
and better pay. Under it the present
business depression will- disappear and
the silverites can no longer appeal to
the country in behalf of a disastrous
financial policy by pointing to trade
stagnation and advancing the specious
plea that the currency is responsible.
Boston Traveller.
MEET.
First Business Session of the Supreme
Lodge at Clevelaud.
Cleveland, Aug. 25. Hundreds of
Knights of Pythias marched into town
this morning to attend the 18th biennial
session of the su
preme lodge aud
the national en
campment of the
organization. Re
ception of briga
dier regiments
and visitors occu
pied the forenoon.
In the afternoon
troops assombled
in full dress uni
forms in front of
tho headquarters.
Thoro the dedi
catory exercises
took ulaco. Tho
RICHIE.
address of the centennial committee by
Wilson M. Day, director general of
the commission; the presentation
of Camp Peny Payne, fcby Mayor
McKisson; acceptance of the
camp by Major General Carnahau,
and the raisiug of the camp flag ocoif
pied the afternoon session. In the even
ing there was a baud concert and at 8
o'clock the supreme council of tho uui-
form rank met in special assembly at
the headquarters of the major general.
The reports of the officers of the grand
lodge show a remarkable growth and
development of the order.
YOUNG CHRISTIANS IN SESSION.
Delegates Numbering; Four Thousand Meet
In Convention In Omaha.
Omaha, Aug. 21. The Youug Peo
ple's Christian Union of the United
Presbyterian Churches of North
America is in session here, delegates to
the number of 4,000 being in attendance.
Active work of the convention was
taken up this morning, when officers
were named as follows: President, John
G. Quay, Denver; secretary, Mrs. Mary
Porter Kyle. Sonthfield, Mich.; treas
urer, W. J. Stewart, Parnassus, Pa.;
chairman of press committee, Rev.
Edgar McDill, Omaha.
There followed the report of the gen
eral secretaiy the most impressive serv
ice yet held. It was called "A quiet
sessiou with au address ou 'The Prac
tice of the Presence of God.'" It
was conducted by Professor TV.
W. White, D. D. of Chicago. He
is a professor in the Moody institute.
In a few days ho will sail for India,
where he will give a course of two
years' Bible study to over 2,000 English
speaking students at Calcutta, the great
educational center of the Orient.
The convention opened last evening in
the Creightou theater, which failed to
contain the crowd, and an overflow
meeting was held in the large hall ad
joining, iiotli ineetiugs were addressed
by Governor Holcomb aud Mayor
Broatch on behalf of the state and city.
The Rev. A. J. Turkic of Omaha wel
comed the convention on behalf of Oma
ha churches, and the Rev. Edgar Mc
Dill of Omaha ou behalf of the local
committee. A crraud chorus of 150
voices saug antnems composed by its
leader, Professor W. T. Wiley.
SPRING WHEAT CROP REPORT.
Prepared My IT. V. Jones of tho Minneapo
lis Journal Small Yield.
Minneapolis, Aug. 24. The annual
spring wheat crop report prepared by
H. V. Jones, commercial editor of the
Minneapolis Journal, covers the states
of Minnesota. North Dakota and South
Dakota, and the three states are esti
mated to have raised this year 108,000,
000 bushels, against 195,000,000 last
year and 120,000,000 iu 1894. Tho acre
age used by Mr. Jones is 9,500,000, or
about 1,500,000 inore than allowed by
the agricultural bureau in Washington.
The crop is not of the best quality, aud
it is yet a question whether a considera
ble acreage in North Dakota and north
ern Minnesota matures, because of pos
sible frost injury. No allowance has
been made for frost, however, iu this
computation. The lato wheat is filling
nicely and promises a good yield if not
injured.
Sultan of Zanzibar Dead.
Zanzibar, Aug. 26. The sultan of
Zanzibar, Hamid Beu Thwain Bin Said,
is dead. He was about 40 years of ago,
was a nephew of the lato sultau, Ali
Khalifa and Burgash, and succeeded to
the sultanate on the death of Sultan Ali,
March 15. 1893. He was one of a num
ber of claimants and was selected as be
ingthe most fitting by the British gov
ernment, who exercises a protectorate
over the sultanate.
PRICES STILL GOING DOWN.
Corn Makes a New Low Record
and
and Wheat Drops Half a Cent.
Chicago. Aug. 20. Provision and corn con
tinued n the, record-breaking downward
course today. September pok sold nt one
time at the previoasly unheard-of price of
$5 25 and closed at 5c below yesterday's close.
Corn shows a decline of J-i. a new low record.
Wheat suffered from persistent liquiJation
and. closed c lower. Oats showed so mo de
gree of firmness and close.! unchanged. Clos
Ingprico-:
"WHEAT Sep t. , 5635oc; Dec, 5059c.
CORN 5fept., 21's21 j: May. 2oc.
OATH Sept., 16c: May 17nnc.
PORK Sept., 5 Jan . G 7
LARD Sept.. $3.32; Jan.. $3.72J.
RIBS Sept., jy.15; Jan.. $3.114.
Cash quotations: No. 2 red wheat, COc; No.
3 red, ooaoic:
21c; No. 2 oats,
No. 2 spring, 56c; No.
; corn.
10c.
South Omaha L,ive Stock.
South OMAHA.Aug. 20. CATTLE Receipts,
1,4.0; stionger;nntivo beef steers. f3.4J4 25;
western steers, $2,753? 3.63; Texas steers. $2.1)0
02.9J; cows and heifcra. $2.UU3.00; canners,
$1.5032.00; stockers and feeders, 1 c higher,
$2,753.5i); calves, $3.la5.25; bulls, stags, etc..
$L602.7St
HOGS Receipts. 3.30J; shade lower; heavy,
$2.652.8J; mixed, $2.70(2.80; light, $2 8J(s2.93;
bulk of sales. $2.7532.8 '.
SHEEP Receipts nono ; steady : fair to choice
natives, $2.633.25; fair to choice westerns.
$2.Og3.'X); conrnon and stock sheep,$i002.65;
lambs. $3.00 3.50.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago. Aug. 2G HOGS Receipts, 25.000;
active, light firm, others steady to 5c lower;
light, $3.253.ft); mixed, $2.9XS3.5J; heavy,J2.0J
I'"-5--632-8?:
CATTLE Receipts. 13.000; natives steady to
a shade higher, others unchanged; beeves.$3 10
4 8J; cows and heifers, $L2j3.9J; Texas
steers. $2.403.25; westerns. $703.85; stock
era and feeders,$2.50&3.65.
SHEEP Receipts, 12,000; steady to stronger.
Marvelous Eesults.
From a letter written by Rev. J. Gun
derman, of Dimondale , Micb., we are per
mitted to make this extract: "I have
no hesitation in recommending Dr. King's
New Discovery, as tho re3nltB were al
most marvelous in the case of ray wife.
While I was pastorof the Baptist Church
at Rives Junction she was brought down
with Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe.
Terrible paroxysms of coughing would
last hours with little interruption and it
seemed as if she could not survive them.
A friend recommended Dr. King's New
Discovery; it was quick in its work nnd
highly satisfactory in results." Trial
bottles free at A.F. Streitz's Drug StoreT
Regular size 50 cents and $1.00. 1
knights ofpythas
w. B.
TRIPLE TRAIN WRECK
, , , - ,
SEVENTY-FIVE PERSONS INJURED
AND FIVE WILL DIE.
Through Freight Hnns Into it Local Un
loading at Valencia, Ia., nonet and an
Eastbouud I'nsscngcr Crashes Into tho
Derailed Curs.
Pittsburg, Atg. 2H. A wreck on the
Pittsburg &Wcs ern railroad atValoncia,
22 miles west of hero, at noon yester
day, resulted in tho destruction of three
passenger coaches, 18 freight cars, and
tho injury of 25 passengers, five of
whom will nrobably dio. Tho names of
thoso seriously injured and who may
die are:
Mrs. W. B. Marsh, Talmago. O.. frontal
bono crushed, injured Internally.
Joi n Curry, Pleasiwitvillo, ' Pa., jaw
brroken and body badly mangled.
Mrs. W. Morse, Lodi, O., collar bone
fractured and injured internally.
Maud Bcnnetc, Alleghany, skull frac
tured. Mary J. 1. Smith, Verona, Pa., skull
fracurcd.
The following were badly injured,
but will recover:
Mary Bennett, Alleghany.
Walter Smith, Akron, O.
Mrs. E. M. Cramer, Jcnnio Cramer,
Bcllo Cramer, Apollo, Pa.
Garrett Cuibcrt, Allegheny.
D. B. Shant, Hnrmouy, Pa.
D. B. Houston, Newcastlo, Pa.
E J. Smith, Beaver Falls, Pa.
J. H. Weavorling, Newcastle, Pa.
J. C. Miller, Hazlcwood, Pa.
L. L. Gray, Allegheny.
O. W. Crooks, Carnegie, Pa.
A. J. Naught, Buffalo, N. Y.
William Muelilbronner, Allegheny, Pa.
E. Jones, Carnegie, Pa.
Dr. J. L. Tcrncy, K. H.Krill, Allegheny.
Mrs. C. White, Evans City. Pa.
Tho injured were all brought to the
Allegheny hospital, where every atten
tion possible was given them. The
serious cases are still there, while the
others were either removed to their
homes in Allegheny or continued ou
their journey.
The wreck was a peculiar one, and
one that involved three trains the local
freight, No. 21, the through freight,
jno. yo, ana tno eastoonna passenger,
No. 4, from Chicago. The local was
standing at Valencia station uuloading
freight when the through freight camo
to the top of tho grade just east of
Valencia. Tba engineer, who was on
the lookout for No. 27, put on ihe air
brrkes, but tbey refused to work, and
his train went crashing into the local.
Just at the timo tho two freights col
lided the passenger came along on the
eastbound track and was struck by the
freight cars which were derailed at that
moment. Tho engine and baggage car
of the passenger train got through
safely and broke away from the balauce
of the train. The first passenger coach,
J in which were a great many ladies, was
! crushed by a carload of oil well t ubing.
! The tubing was thrown with terrific
force in every direction, causing most of
the wounds received by the passengers.
The wreckage was piled 25 or SO feet
high in p'aces.
VENCEDOR LOSES ON AN ERROR.
Tho Canadian Yacht Canada Wins the In
ternational Yacht Itace.
Toledo, Aug. 27. The Canadian
yacht Canada defeated the challenger
Vencedor today aud won tho interna
tional race. The Canada won by 26
seconds lime allowance after as pretty
a contest as was ever sailed on Lake
Erie. It was a hard race for tho Yan
kee yacht to lose, for she had the race
well won, but lost iu a most unfortu
nate way. The course was five miles
straightaway to leeward and return aud
repeat. On the second turn Captain
Barber could not distinguish tho stake
boat. There were three boats in the
lino flying the American flag aud there
wTas nothing to indicate which was the
real boat. Vencedor was headed prop
erly for the right boat, but as she neared
it, her captain seemed perplexed and
undecided what to do. Finally he
pulled away for the furthermost one
and rounded them all. His error cost
him the boat race, for he lost fully 2
minutes hunting for the right boat.
Had he turned the boat properly the
Vencedor would have won tho race by
about one and a half minutes instead of
losing it by a little less thau a half a
minute.
Powder Works Wrecked.
Xexia, O., Ang. 27. The dry house
at the Miami Powder works, five miles
north of Xenia, blew np this morning,
shaking the country for miles around,
and killing Frank Eich, powder boss,
and Silas Figgius, engineer of the
works. Several thousand pounds of
powder exploded, and tho loss to the
company will be large.
Gold Standard Democrats. ,
Boston, Aug. 25. The gold standard
Democrats tire holding their state con
vention here. Colonel Fellows of New
York, Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Hamlin and Congressman William
Everett are among the prominentDemo-
crats who will address the convention
Lowers Stallion Kecord.
Rigby Park, Me., Aug. 22. The
famous pacing stallion Joe Patchen
1 A T a
iowerea rne worm s stallion pacing
record by one-quarter of a second, go
ing the mile in 2:03 fiat on tho Rigby
track yesterday afternoon. Two of the
judges' watches showed the time to be
one-fifth of a second less than 2:03.
Six Thousand llutchered.
Bbrlin, Aug. 25. The Cretan reform
committee has issued iu this city a re
port of the massacres in the island of
Crete. According to this report it is
estimated that (5,000 Christians have
been butchered in Crete siuce Novem
ber Inch
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
The following proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth in full,
are submitted to the electors of the
State of Nebraska, to be voted upon
at the general election to be held Tues
day, NovembSr 3, A. D., 1896:
A joint resolution proposing to
amend sections two (2), four (4), and
flvo (5,) of article sx (6) of the Consti
tution of the State of Nebraska, relating
to number of judges of the supremo
court aud their term of office.
Bo it resolved and enacted by tho Legisla
ture of tho Stato of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section two (2) of article
six (0) of tho Constitution ot the State
of Nebraska bs amended so a to read as fol-
lOWH
Section 2. The supreme eourt shall until
otherwise provided by law, consist of Ave
(5) judges, a majority of whom shall be neces
sary to form a quorum or to pronounce
a decision. lr shall ha vo original jurisdiction
in cases relating to revenue, civil cases in
which the state shall be a party, mandamus.
quo warranto, habaas corpus, and such
I
appellate jurisdiction, as ny be provided by
law.
Section 2. That section four (4) of article
six (5) of the Constitution of the State
ot Nebraska, be amended so as to read as fol
lows: Section L The judges of the supreme
court shall bo elected by the electors of the
state at large, and their term of office, ex
cept as hereinafter provided, shall be for a
period of not lesi than Ave (Si) years as the
legislature may prescribe.
Section a. That section Ave (S) of article
six (B) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, be amended to read a3 follows:
Section 5. At the first gene rat election to
be held in they tar 1803. there shall be elected
two (2) judges ot the supreme court one
of whom shall be elected fur a term of
two (2) years, one for the torm of four (i)
years, and at each general election there
after, there shall be elected one judge of
ino supreme court ior ine term of nve
(5) years, unless otherwise provided by.
law; Provided, that the judges of the su
preme court whoio terms have not expired
at the timo of holding tho goneral elec
tion of 1890, shall continue to hold their
office for the remain ler of the term for
which they were respectively commis
sioned. Approved March 29, A. D. 1835.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section thirteen (13) of
article six of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relatiug to com
pensation of supreme and district court
judges.
Be it resolved by tho Legislature of the State
of Nebraska :
Section 1. That section thirteen (13) of
article six (S) of tho Constitution of the State
of Nebraska be amended so as to read as fel
lows: Sec. 13 The judge of the supreme and
district courts shall receive for their services
such compensation as may be provided by law,
payable quarterly.
The legislature shall at its first session
after the adoption of this amendment,
three-fifths of tho members elected to
ea-jh house concurring, establish their
compensation. The compensation so es
tablished shall not be chanced oftcner
than once in four years, and iu no event unless
two-third of ths members elected to
each house of tho legislature concur
inerem.
Approvel March 33, A. D.1893-
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section twouty-four (24) of
article five (5) of the Constitution of
the State of Nebraska, relating to com
pensation of the officers of the executive
department.
Be it resolved and enacted bv the Legislature
of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. Thit section twontv-four f2-T)
of article five CO of thi Constitutioi of the
:ate or iNeoraaHa be amended to read as fol
lows :
Section 24. The officers of the executive
department of the state government shall
receive ior their services a comueu-sation
to be established by law. whL-h shall be
neither increa-ied nor diminished during tho
term for which they shall have been com
missioned and they shtll not receive to their
own me any fec-, costs, interests, upon pu lic
moneys in their hands or under their control,
perquisi.es of office or othar compen
sation and all fejs that may here
after be parable bv law for services
performed br an officer providel for in
this article shall be paid in advanco into the
stato treasury- Tho legislature shall at its
first session atter the adoption of this amend
ment, three-fifths of the members elected to
each house of the legislature con
curring, establish the s Maries of tho
officers named in this article. The com
pensation so established shall not be changed
oftener than once iu four years and in no
event unlcsj two-thirds of the members
elected to each hous-3 of the legislature concur
therein.
Approved March 29. A. D. 1833.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section one (1) of article six (6) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebras
ka, relating to judicial power.
B2 it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of th-i St ue .f Nebra4k;:
Section 1. That sectioa on (i) of article six
09 of the Constitution of the Sta.e of Nebraska
be amended to ead at follows :
Section 1. The judicial power of this state
shall bo vested in a supreme court, district
courts, county couns justices of ihe
lea e, po'i -c magistrates, aud in such other
cour.s inferior to th i snprcnu ctfutt as may
be created by law in which two-thirds of
the mcmbc s elected to each house
concur.
Approved il irch 29, A. D. 1895
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section eleven (11) of article six
(G) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, relatiug to iucrease in num
ber of supreme and district court
judges.
Bj it re3olvoJ nnd enacted by the Legislature
of tho State of Nebraska :
tectiou 1. Tliat section Ievea (11) of
article s.x (u) of tha Constitution t.f the State
ot iNebrasKa be amended to rea l a fol
lows: Section 11. Tho legisature. whenever two-
thirds of the memoers elected to each house
shall concur thorein. may. in or nf.er the year
one thousand iPht hundred and ninety-seven
and not ottenor torn unco m every lour years,
increase the number of judges of su
preme and district courts, and tho judical
districts of the state. Su.h district shall
be formed of compact territory, and
bounded by county lines: and such in I
crease, or any change in the boundaries
of a district, shall not vacate the office of any
judge.
Approved aiarcii hj, a. u. itsjo.
A joint resolution proposiug to amend
section six (6) of article one (1) of the j
Constitution of the State of Nebraska,
relatiug to trial by jury.
Be it r.solved and iactd by the Legislature
of th s State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section six (6). article one
(1) of tho Constitution of the Stato of Ne
braska be amend d to iv id as follows:
Section 6. 'Ihe rkht of trial bv inrv shall
remain inviolate, bn: the legislature may pro-
viao imt in civil ncnom live-sixths or the jnry
ma.r rendor a verdi:t. and tha legislature may
al-o au horizi trial by a jury of a less numbar
inan iweive men, in con s inferior to tho dis
tries court.
Approved March 29, A D. 1693.
A joint resolution nronosinGr to
amend section one (1) of article five (5)
of the Constitution of Nebraska, relat
ing to officers of the executive depart
ment.
Beitromlved and enacted by the Lcgisla
ture of th State of Nebraska:
ry l .
section i. That poctlon one (l) or ar
ticle five CO-of the Constitution of the state
lows:
oi xieorastcu l amended to read m fol
Section L Tho executive department shall
consist of a covernor. lieutenant-covernor.
secretary of st'ite. auditor of pub'is accounts,
treasurer, superintendent of nnblic in
struction, attorney general, commissioner
of public lands and buildings, nnd three
railroad commissioners, each ot whom,
excent the nal 1 railroad commissioners.
shall hold hLs offlco for a term of
two years, from the first Thursday after
the first Tnd.i7 iu Jannarv. aftir
his election, and until his successor is
elcctel and qualified. Ea-h railroad com
missioner shall hoLl Ms offlco for a term of
three years beginning on the first Thurs lay
after tho first Tnesdar in Jainarv a tar
his election, and until his snccw
Bor Is elected nd qui med: Provided,
however. That nt the first general elec
tion held after the adoytio.i of this amend
ment there hall bo elected three railroad
corumi-wioaerj. one for the period of one
year, one for the period of two years, and
one for the period of throa years. Th gov
ernor, secretary of state, auditor of unh.
lie accounts, and treasurer shall reside at
tho capital dunnr their term, of offlser
tker sHall keep the public record, Books
and papers there and shall perform such du
ties as may be required by law.
Approved March 30, A. D. 1805.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section twenty-six (26) of ar
ticle five (5) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, limiting the num
ber of executive state officers.
Be it resolve! and enacted by tho Leg
islature of the State of Nebraska:
Section L That section twenty-six (28) of
article five (5) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska bo amended to read as
follows:
Section 26. No other executive state offi
cers except those named in section oni (1)
of this articte shall be created; excepc
by an act of the legislature which is
concurred in by not less than three-fourths
of the members elected to each house
thereof:
Provided, That any office created ;by au
act of the legislature may be abolished by
the legislature, two-thirds of tho mem
bers elected to each house thereof concur
ring. Approved March 30. A- D.. 1835.
A joint v resolution proposing to
amend sectiQnnine (9) of article eight
(8) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, providing for the investment
of the permanent edncatioual funds of
the state.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That sectio-i nine (D) of article
eight (S) ot the Constitution of tho State
of Ncbtaska be amended to read as fol
lows: Section 0. All funis belonging to the stato
for educational purposes, tho interest and
income whereo' only are to be usoJ, i-hill
be deemed trust funds held by the state.
and the a lato shill supply all losses there
of that may in any manner accrue, so that
the same fhall remain forever inviolate
and undiminished, aud shall not bo in
vested or loanod except ou United Statej
or state securities, or reiriscered county
bonds or registered scho 1 district bonds of
this state, and suh fund with thi inter
est and income thereof are hereby solemn
ly pledged for the purpose for whi h they
are granted aud set apart, nnd shall not
be transferred to any other fund for other
uses;
Provided. Tho board crca?el by section
1 of this article is empowered to sell from
time to time any of the securities belonging
to the permanent s hool fund and invest
the proceeds arising therefrom in any of the
securities enumerated in this section bear
ing a higher rate of interest whenever
an opportunity for better investment is pre
sented; And provided further. That when any
warrant upt-n the state treasurer reg
ularly is-med in pursuance of an appropri
ation by the legislature and secured by the
levy of a tax for its payment, fhall
be presented to the state treasurer for
payment, and there shall not be any
money in the proper fund to pay such
warrant, tho board created by section 1
of this artic'o m iy direct the state treas
urer to pay the amount due oi su -h war
rant from moneys iu his hands lclonging
to the permanent school fund of the state,
and he shall luld said warrant as an in
vestment 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 bo numbered section
two (2) relative to the merging of tho
government of cities of the metro
politan class and the government of
the counties wherein such cities are
located.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legis
lature 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 Le numbered section two (2) to read
as follows:
Section 2. Thi government of any city of
the metropo.'tan class" and the gov
ernment of the county in which
it is located may be merged wholly
or in part when a p'roposition so to do has
been submitted by authority of law to tho
voters of such city and county and re
ceived the assent of a majority of the
votes cast in such city and also a majority
of the votei cast in the county exclusive
of those cast in such metropolitan city at such
election.
Approved March 29. A. D. 1E93.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section six (6) of article
seven (7) of tho Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, prescribing the
manner in which votes shall be cast.
Be it resolved and enacted by tho Legislat
ure of the State of Nebraska :
Section 1. Thit section six (6) of article
sevin (7) of tho Constitution of the State
of Nebraska be amcnJcd to read as fol
lows: Section 6. A'l votes sh.ll bi by baKot. or
such other method as may be prescri? el
by law. provided thi secrecy of vo;ing bo
preserved.
Approved March 9. A D. 1S93.
A joint 'resolution proposiug to
amend section two (2) of article four
teen (14) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relative to donations
to worlts of internal improvement and
manufactories.
Bvi it resolved and e. acted by thn Leg
islature of th State of Nebraska:
Section 1 That pcc'iun two 00 of nrticlo
fourteen (1-0 of the Cons itu.ion of th
State of Ncbiajka, be auiend-d to ruul as
follows:
Sw-c. 2. No city, county. own, precinct,
municipality, or other snbui vision of lho
state, shalt ever make donations to any
works of internal improvement, or
manufactory, nnlesi a proposition so to
do shall have been first submitted to tho
qualified electors and ratifij.l by a two
thirds vote at an election by authority of
law; Provided. That such donations of a
county with the donations of such sut di
visions in the aggregate shall not exceed
ten per cent of the assesu-d valuation of
such county; Provided, further, lhnt any
city or county may, by a three-fonrtln
vote, increase fueh indebtedness five per
cent, in addition to such ten per cent an I
no bonds or evidences of indebtedness so
Issued shall be valid unless th same nh 1
h-ive endorsed thireon a certificate signed
by the secretary and auditor of state,
showing that the same is issuel pursuant to
law.
Approved March 29, A. D., 1803.
I, J. A. Piper, secretary of stato of
tho state of Nebraska, do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska are true and. correct copies of
the original enrolled and engrossed
bills, as passed by the Twenty-fourth
session of the legislature of the State
of Nebraska, as appears from said
original bills on file in this office, and
that all and each of said proposed
amendments are submitted, to the
qualified . voters of tho State of Ne
braska for their adoption or reject iou
at the general election to be held on
Tuesday, the 3d day of November, A.
D., 1890.
In testimony whereof, I havo here
unto set my hand and affixed tho great
seal of the State of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln this 17th day of
July, in the year of our Lord, OneiThou
sand", Eight Hundred and Ninety-Six,
of the Independence of the United.
States the One Hundred and Twenty-
First, and of this state the Thirtieth.
(Seal.) T. A. PD?ER,
Secretary of State.