THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER. 1, 1896..
IRA. Ii BARB, Editor akd Pbopkietok
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THE WINNERS OF 1896.
NATIONAL TICKET. -
For President
WM. McKINLEY, of Ohio.
For Vice President
G. A. HOBART, 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
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 J udge, Long Term
ROBERT RYAN.
For Supreme Judge, Short Term
MOSES P. KINK AID.
For Regent of State University
W.G. WHITMORE.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For Congress, Gth District
E. A. CADY.
For Senator, 30th District
J. S. HOAGLAND. ,
For Representative, 54 District
J. H. ABBOTT.
COUNTY TICKET.
For County Attorney,
T. C. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS.S. ROBBING
The estimates of the sound
money democratic vote of Califor
nia is ffiven as 15,000. If Nebras
ka's vote of last year upon supreme
judge is any criterion the sound
money democratic vote in this state
will surpass those figures.
o--o
One of the most satisfactory
signs of the times to republicans, is
the fact that to-day popocrats are
beginning to admit that "if Mc
Kinley is elected. Three weeks ago
in their estimates of the outcome of
the presidential struggle there was
no doubt ot Bryan's election.
The republicans ot the Third dis
trict have nominated Ross Ham
mond, of the Fremont Tribune, for
congress. Mr. Hammond is a
brain' man, and the nomination
is a fitting recognition of the ser
vice he has rendered the people and
the party. He has a -pretty hard
combination to beat, but it is a
task in which he will score a vic
tory. 'Whom the gods would destroy
they first make mad" was never
more forcibly illustrated than dur
ing the present campaign, and it
presages the early doom of the free
silver fallacy; for invariably when
a sound money advocate effectually
smothers a silver statesman with
unanswerable statistics the latter
becomes madder than a March
hare and generally undertakes to
resort to personal abuse.
The free silver fellows are now
asserting that the director of the
Mexican mint states that the Mexi
can money now so generally in cir
culation iu this country as an
object leson in the fallacy of free
coinage under present conditions, is
a counterfeit production. Yet in
the face of this the United States
has an extradition treaty with
Mexico which permits of the extra
dition of counterfeiters."
At the soldier's state reunion in
Lincoln last week a poll was taken
of the old veterans as to their pres
idential preferences, with the follow
ing result: For McKinley 961; for
Bryan, 19. Still do we hear de
luded demopops frequently allude
to the lie that the old soldiers have
a knife up their sleeve for the re
publican ticket. It will only be
drawn against thosevwho oppose
their interests.
From reports so far receiyed by
the Railway Age, it is estimated
that niuety per cent of the railway
men are for sound money, three per
cent for free silver, and seven per
cent undecided. This leads the
Globe-Democrat to remark that a
Bryan dollar, coupled with his as
sertion that railway rates should
11CL V C LUUIUIU laoiWIf 13 K.J OllU I
medicine for a class wlio have had
their full share of hard times.
I
Now comes the cheering news
. m it -r- a i - r r- I
that Terence V. Powderly.of Scran
ton. Pa., ex-grand master work
r -r , ,
man of the Knight s of Labor has
announced his intention of support
ing Maj. McKinley for president
It is said that practically Mr. Pow
derly has been a life long demo
crat, and the change is a signifi
cant one. With the conservativ(
element of this once great organ
Zatiott Mr. Powderly has a reputa-J
tion for honesty never enioyed by
its present lieadt Jim Soverign xhe
ex-Texas cowboy and general ex
tremist.
The Lincoln Journal's corres
pondent at Brewster, Nebraska,
writes as follows: "The populists
are feeling pretty sore up this way
on account of having been sold out
to the democratic oarty. It hits
them pretty hard to see Bryan
styled the great democratic lead
er. They are listening very in
tently to bear Bryan say something
about the populist party, but the
listen in vain. It is hard for them
to realize that after all their mid
die ot the road buncombe they are
effectually bottled and delivered
over by Windy V: and Shylock Si
to one of the parties that they have
been so industrially kicking for the
past few years, and all on account
of the free sivler fake. If Bill
dosen't say a word for the populists
soon he'll hear something drop in
November. ".
During the great famine in
Russia a couple of years ago when
thousands were suffering from
starvation in that land, and a char
itable Americans had donated to
them stores ot subsistence and sup
plies, William Jennings Bryan
arose in his place in congress, and
by speech and vote opposed the
passage of a bill carrying an appro
priation for the transportation ot
those stores to the suffering Rus
sians. At the same time he knew,
if well posted in the history of his
country, that it was the attitude ol
the Russian government during the
civil war which prevented England
from going to the assistance of the
south. Upon the 3d da' of Novem
ber our Russian-American citizens,
as well as the charitable-riative-born,
will remember and revenge
this broad minded philanthropy of
the popocratic candidate for presi
dent. DANIEL WEBSTER'S VOICE.
It Was Raised For Sountl Currency An
Honest Dollar For Honest Work.
The very man of all others who has
the deepest interest in a sound currency
and who suffers most by mischievous
legislation in money matters is the man
who earns his daily bread by his daily
toil. A depreciated currency, sudden
changes of price, paper money falling
between morning and noon and falling
still lower between noon and night
these things constitute the very harvest
time of speculators and of the whole
race of those who are at once idle and
crafty, and of that other race, too, the
Catilines of all times, marked so as to
be known forever by one stroke of the
historian's pen, those greedy of other
men's property and prodigal of their
own.
Capitalists, too, may outlive such
times. They may either prey on the
earnings of labor by their cent per cent
or they may hoard. But tho laboring
man what can he hoard? Preying on
nobody, he becomes the prey of all. His
property is in his hands. His reliance,
his fnnd, his productive freehold, his
all, is his labor. Whether he work on
his own small capital or another's his
living is still earned by his industry,
and when the money of the country be
comes depreciated and debased, whether
it be adulterated coin or paper without
credit, that industry is robbed of its re
ward. He then labors for a country
whose laws cheat him out of his bread.
I would say to every owner of every
quarter section of laud in the west. I
would say to every man in the east who
follows his own plow, and to every me
chanic, artisan and laborer in every city
of the country I would say to every
man everywhere who wishes by honest
means to gain an honest living : "Beware
of wolves in sheep's clothing. Whoever
attempts, under whatever popular cry,
to shake the stability of the public cur
rency stabs your interests and
happiness to tho heart" From a
Speech of Daniel Webster.
Some Democratic newspapers hold that
It is unwiso to try to strike at the Demo
cratic party through the mine owners.
The fact is tho free silver agitation was
kept alivo by the paid agents, of tho mine
owners, and tho peoplo ought to know
that behind this movement is a purely
commercial speculation. A gospel based
on dollars and cents will not have many
followers if its character is understood.
An Object Lesson From Mexico.
Wo take The Areus, and I havo read
your editorial in today's (Saturday's)
issue, 'The Mexican Dollar as an Ob
ject Lesson," where you say:
'There was a time nnor to 1857 when
tho Mexican dollar was a legal tender
in this country by act of congress, and,
strange to say, tho Mexican dollar at
tnat timo went hand m hand with our
silver and gold dollars."
This is fill very true, but at the time
you speak cf the Mexican dollar, with
out any act el con cress, was worth
$1.05 in gold, not only iu this country,
but in every country m the world. Prom
the Revolutionary war up to 1857 there
was less than 1,000,000 of silver pro
duced in tins country. In 1895 alone
there was 36,000,000 produced in this
country at its bullion value, and were
it worth as much as it was from the
Revolution to 1857 the production of
1895 would have been over 72.000.000.
If yon will ask some of your old mer
chants m Albany, they will tell you that
up to 1857 the only silver there wns mr-
culating in this country was Mexican
O vuuia.j 11 10 jLUUAlUttU
dolIars. Spanish mill dollars aud Span-
A r -O" v ua-a..UI.3
and a small Spanish coin called the pis-
' 2'M-JX'Vk -vr. u UU11U1
The production of gold in the United
fifnfps from flip Rornlniinn i-n 10sr ...
rennc, six ot winch passed for a dollar.
. States from the Revolution to 1857 was
$y30,000,000 as against less than$l,
000,000 silver during the same period.
uuw,uuMiw uuiiiiK uib same pcriott
This is the reason why the Mexican sil
ver dollar was worth more than gold
those days. Since 1857 the bullion value
of the silver produced in this country
was $370,000,000. This" is the reason
the Mexican silver dollar is now worth
only 54 cents. Letter From Hon. H. G.
Burleigh to Albany Argus.
France owns her railroado. and Tinivan
cracy flourishes In that country. Govern
Bient ownership of railroads means mil
lions of dollars of the people's money spent
for the biro of Incompetent clerks, selected
through favoritism. It means poor service
at high prices.
STEWART WAS SENSIBLE,
He Talked Sanely About tho Currency
Twenty-two Years Ago.
Here 13 what Senator Stewart said on
the currency question in the United
States senate Feb. 11. 1874:
"Let everybody know what a dollar
is worth. The farmer will then know
now 10 measure the difference in price
between his wheat in Illinois and the
wheat in Liverpool. The wheat will be
measured by the same-standard gold
in Illinois as it is in Liverpool, and any
man can figure it. np. But now it is a
mystery; the whole subject of finance is
a mystery, and what do we see every
day? Wo see those who devote attention
to it making fortunes out of this mys
tery. "Let us do as all the people of the
world have been doing from the begin
ning measure our -values by gold,
adopt the standard that all can under
stand and get rid of this mystery."
Mr. Logan What does the senator
want?
Mr. Stewart I want'the standard of
gold and no paper money not redeemed
in gold, no paper money the value of
which is not as certain, no paper money
that will organize a gold board to spec
ulate in it. Who pays for this gold
board? Who pays these immense for
tunes? How is it that millions and mil
lions can he rolled up annually there?
Did anybody ever calculate who paid
for it? It comes out of the producers.
How do these men exist? By the lati
tude which your depreciated currency
gives to speculation, and nothing else.
Persons who are speculating in your de
preciated currency are making the mon
ey, aud they will continue to do so as
long as you have a depreciated currency.
"If the farmers would get rich, they
have got to become skilled in this fluc
tuating currency and make corners and
manipulate the market, and if they do
that they cannot farm. " Congressional
Record, Forty-third Congress, Last Ses
sion, Volume 2, Page 1392.
Bryan says tho statement that the silver
production would be increased under free
coinage is "conjecture." If tho covcra
mcnt offered :i dollar a bushel for wheat,
is there any doubt that the wheat crop
would bo increased? Thcro aro mines all
through tho west which aro idlo because
their oro is low grade and cannot bo
mined profitably at the present prlco of
silver. With the market price of silver
almost doubled, every one of these mines
would run overtime, and the mints would
be flooded with silver.
MAKING RELIGION COSTLY.
How the Election of Bryan Would Affect
the Church.
The census of 1890 enumerated 111,
036 regular ministers in the United
States, not including lay preachers. The
salaries paid to them are, on tho aver
age, small, amounting to less than the
wages of mechanics. With the proposed
free coinage of silver their stipends
would be reduced in purchasing capac
ity by nearly one-half.
All the great and considerable
churches maintain religious and charita
ble and educational institutions and en
terprises upon which the aggregato ex
penditure is many million dollars annu
ally, and much of the income so em
ployed is derived from mortgages and
other investments, against which the
Bryauito policy of repudiation is espe
cially directed. Monasteries, convents,
asylums, protectories, colleges, schools,
and missionary organizations would all
suiter from the blow which the Populist
combination proposes to strike at prop
erty. The cost of the maintenance of
them all would be nearly doubled under
Bryanism, and hence they would have
to curtail their activities greatly or in
duce the pious and the charitable to
double their contributions. Which is
the more probable? Are they likely to
get in silver money twice the amount of
the gifts they receive now?
It appears, therefore, that religion
has a new and a peculiar interest in pol
itics this year. The dishonesty, the re
pudiation, of which Bryan is tho repre
sentative, threatens every church and
every minister. New York Sun.
Chairman Jones of the Democratic com
mittee has given np everything east of the
Alleebanics and north of tho Potomac.
The sound, good sense which makes New
England so sure a supporter of the sound
money standard will be felt in some of the
western states, which have drawn their
best blood from New England.
A Question of Honesty.
No honest man wants repudiation.
Dishonest speculators may, but honest
men do not. If a man. has speculated
and failed, if he has borrowed more
money than his business or the value of
his laud warrants, if he has been grad
ually eating into his principal instead
of curbing his expenditures, he must
suffer. He ought not to expect to bo
coddled by government. Ho must not
place his lack of success at the door of
an honest financial system or indict a
syndicate of goldbugs for something
with which it has nothing to do. Most
of the people of the United States aro
honest and that is why the present
standard of money will bo maintained
and why Major McKinley will be tri
umphantly elected. Hartford Post.
It is estimated that the profit of free
silver coinage to the mine owners will be
310,000,000 or 815,000,000 a year. This
will come chieiiy out of the pockets of the
wage earners.
Capturo of a Slave Caravan.
Baron von Eltz, tho German com
missioner, made a plucky attack on a
slave caravan on Nov. 21. For several
days he had heard of a big caravan on
its way to the coast from Mlozi's strong
hold. Ho had native allies as spies all
over tho country bringing him in news
of the movements and whereabouts of
tho caravan. At last they were camped
in between two large native villages,
allies of the Germans. Von Eltz imme
diately dispatched messengers to the
chiefs of tho two villages, telling them
to stay the caravan from passing through
their territory either to advance or re
treat. Tho caravan was over 700 strong.
There were 7 owners of ivorjPand 53
owners of slaves, and a host of slaves
and somo followers. When Von Elts
had the caravan blocked, ho embarked
in his boat, proceeded posthaste to tho
spot, at once surrounded tho whole car
avan with native allies and compelled
all to march down to his station at Par
ambira. He had only fivo Zanzibari
soldiers, a noncommissioned officer, a
few native recruits bearing rifles and a
host of native allies, but without firing
a shot he captured the caravan. Diary
of the Lato E. J. Glavo in Century.
HISTORIC TRAGEDY.
CONVICTION OF JOSEPH LESURQUES
AND THE SAD SEQUEL.
Ah Unfortunate Kesemblance and a Fatal
Combination of Circumstances Caused
the Execution of a Man Whose Inno
cence Was Afterward Established.
Although Lcsurques was executed as
far back as 1796, though his innocence
was established in 1801, though his
property was restored to the family in
1824, the corps legislatif, after the fam
ily had tried for over half a century to
have his memory judicially rehabilitat
ed, definitely refused in 1869 to per
form this last remaining act of justice.
Tho pedantry of French law forbade tho
questioning of -a jury's verdict by any
one save the person directly interested.
But though the law has failed to re
move tho stigma on tho name of an in
nocent man, literature and the drama
have made him a popular hero. "Tho
Lyons Mail," in which his honor is
thoroughly vindicated, has been one of
tho most popular of all French melo
dramas, and the combined genius cf
Charles Eeado and of Henry Irving have
made it one of tho great successes of the
modern English stage.
Poor Lcsurques, who, when he perish
ed on the scaffold, was but 83 years of
age, was a gcod husband, a good father
and a good citizen. Ho married, in
1790, Mile. Campion, a lady of respect
able family in Douai and possessed of a
hands smo dowry. Their children there
'fore were very young and it was in or
der to givo them tho benefit of a supe
rior education that he relinquished a
public appointment at Douai and came
to Paris, thero to live on his own private
fortune, which amounted toabout7,n00
francs a year. He had but just arrived
in the capital and was superintending
tho furnishing cf his now homo when
tho thunderbolt foil.
On April 27, 1890, the mail coach be
tween Lyons and Paris was attacked
and plundered and tho postilion and
courier wero murdered. There were no
witnesses to the crime, but it was re
ported that a party cf horsemen had
been seen in the vicinity at about the
time it was committed. These horsemen
had taken dinner at an inn at Mont
gerou. Ono of Lesurques' friends nam
ed Guenot was arrested on suspicion and
his private papers wero seized. Thero
was no evidence to held him on except
that ho answered the description of one
of tho supposed murderers, and he was
dismissed. Next day ho was told to call
for his papers at the central bureau. He
was accompanied thither by Lesurques,
an' act of madness on tho part of the
latter had he teen guilty.
It happened that just at that timo the
judge was taking tho depositions of wit
nesses who lived in the neighborhood of
the scene of tho murder. Among these
were two maidservants of Montgeron,
who uttered simultaneous screams at
tho appearanco of tho two friends. They
were put into tho witness boxaudsworo
positively that two of the horsemen
wero present in tho audience. When
confronted with Lesurques and Guenot,
they positively identified them. Both
were arrested and thrown into prison.
At the trial four other witnesses cor
roborated their testimony with equal
emphasis as regarded Lcsurques, but
wero doubtful about Guenot. The latter
succeeded in establishing a satisfactory
alibi and was released. The former's at
tempted alibi 6eeined to break down
badly when the daybook of the jeweler,
Lagrand to whom he swore ho had sold
a bill of goods on tho very day of the
murder was produced in court and tho
date of the charge was found to havo
been altered. In vain the jeweler pro
tested that the first date was a mistake,
which ho had immediately corrected,
and he and all tho other witnesses for
Lesurques wero looked upon as self con
victed perjurers. Lesurques was found
guilty and executed, together with ono
of the real murderers, named Courriol,
who, on mounting tho scaffold, confess
ed his own guilt, but declared the in
nocence of Lesurques. Doubts began to
arise as to the justico of Lesurques' sen
tence and finally it was discovered that
ho had suffered through an extraord?-
naiy resemblance toouoDnbose, tho real
criminal, who was brought to justico in
1801, convicted and executed.
This deplorablo case had mostdeplor
ablo sequels. Tho unhappy Mine. Le
surques went mad on hearing tho news
of her husband's condemnation. The
children were as yet too young to under
stand their trouble, bnt as they grew
up one thought alono possessed them
that of vindicating their dead father. It
is easy to understand how brooding over
this purpose drove one daughter to tho
madhouso in which her mother had been
confined.
It is curious that one of the witnesses
against Lcsurques the woman Alfroy
also went insane from grief and re
morse at her error. Still another victim
was another daughter of Lesurques, who,
worn out by the fruitless struggle with
the pedantry of tho French laws, drown
ed herself in tho Seine. His son left
France, took service in tho Russian
army and courted and found death
there. As regards Lesurques' fortune,
which had been confiscated, his unhap
py family were more successful. In
1824, just 28 years after their father's
death, they obtained a grant of 244, 000
francs, supplemented in 1835 by another
grant of 252,000 francs, Loudon Pub
lic Opinion,
Seasickness,
Remedies for seasickness are so nu
merous that one need never be at a loss
for something to try. They rauge from
an empty stomach and a stringent diet
to a few bits of ice, chloroform or lau
danum, or sugar, tr brandy, or cham
pagne, or porter. One of the most novel
is based on the theory that seasickness
is due to nervousness. To allay it, people
ou going aboard are recommended to
bandage their eyes with a handkerchief,
thus to avoid seeing the motion of the
ship. New York Journal.
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THE SOUL AND' SORROW.
Ah, slay mo not, O sorrow, in '.April days,
For when tho skies arc warm. I fain would
sing; ' -
When mounts the bluebirds' song 1, too, would
praise
And lift nij heart with every living thing!
The weight thou bring'st yea, tern thy face
away
And journey from mo yet a little while,
But leavo mo bright faced joy in April's day
To wander with mo. through tho forest aisle.
Ono day, O sorrow, will I go with thee
And learn tho strength that thou alono must
give!
Yea, 0110 day thou shalfc come and call for mo
And I will walk thy way and learn to livol
But not In April days when I would sing.
When south winds roam the ever greening
earth
And joy tumultuous in my heart doth spring
O'er every wildwood hlooin that springs to
birth 1
Boston Transcript.
ETIQUETTE IN SPAIN.
There tho Fcoplo Aro Punctiliously Polito
at All Times.
Spaniards have some rules of etiquette
that would prove surprising to tho av
erage easy going American. Take, for
instance, the rules' governing visits.
When tho first call is made by a lady,
she is expected to arrive in a carriage,
that being considered a mark of high re
spect. Shonld tho person called upon be
absent from home, the visitor is expected
to leave her card with ono ond turned
over, and in ono coiner is to bo written
the initials E. P., meaning en persona,
or in person. CTpon ringing tho bell the
visitor is usually greeted by an unseen
person with the words, "Quien es?" or
"Who's there?" to which should be re
plied "Gento do paz," or persons of
peace. Entering, the visitor is conduct
ed to tho best room in the house, led up
to a sofa and placed to the right of the
hostess. On rising to tako leave the
proper form is to exclaim, in the case
of a lady, "Senora, I place, myself at
your feet." She will answer in a sim
ilarly figurative way by saying: "I kiss
your hand. May you depart with God
and continue well !" Feminine visitors
arc saluted with a kiss, both upon their
arrival and departure. It is considered
an unpardonable breach of good man
ners for a gentleman to offer to shake
hands with a Spanish lady. Another
decidedly objectionable proceeding, in
Spanish eyes, is to offer a lady one's
arm when walking with her. Should a
Spanish gentleman so far forget himself
as to offer lis arm to his wife, ho would
be looked upon as lamentably ignorant
of the laws of etiquetto governing good
society in tho laud of his birth.
Another noticeable custom is that
when walking with a Spaniard in
Spain it is considered tho height cf ill
manners to walk on tho inside. This is
tho place of honor and should always
bo given to tho native. When a well
bred Spaniard meets a lady on the
street, he always passes to the outside,
thus making way for her, but with men
this rulo is not observed. Whoever has
the wall on his right hand in tho nar
row streets is entitled to keep it.
These aro' some of tho most noted pe
culiarities of tho rigorous rules govern
ing Spaniards of polite breeding. They
are puuctilions almost to the point of
absurdity in most things, but their po
liteness is of a kind that wears well.
Detroit Free Press.
A Story of Tvro Bis Diamonds.
Marie Magnicr of tho Gymnaso has
the two largest diamonds now in Paris.
Ono day she received from her jeweler
( a telegram asking her to como at once
i to his shop. Thero she found a tall wom
an, thickly veiled, who held in her
hands a case with two superb diamonds
in it. "Mademoiselle," she said, "M.
F. tells mo that your fancy is to possess
a pair of exceptionally beautiful ear
t rings. Those are all that yon can desire.
Gould yon pay down for them before 5
tonight tho 100,000 francs which I ask
for them?" Mme. Magnier was startled.
. "Hum, my gcod woman," she said, in
a brusque manner, "you are very cool
over tho matter; you ask for 100,000
francs just as yen would ask for a busliel
of onions." The jeweler put his fingers
on his lips .and nodded deprccatingly.
"Oh, very well," said Magnier, "if she
is a queen." "Sho is a queen," an
swered the lady proudly, shutting the
caso with a snap. But Magnier had
been touched by the bkzo of light which
had just disappeared 'from before her
eyes, so she said meekly: "All right. 1
will drive to my banker, and in an
hour I shall bo back with the money,
madame." And within the hour she
possessed the most marvelous jewels
which ever adorned first night in
Paris. But she never discovered the
identity of the veiled wdinau. Paris
Letter.
Disappointing Information.
"Dear me, is this tho ticket office!'"
exclaimed a peevish little woman with
a face liko a hatchet aud a voice with
nicks in it as she hurried up to tho Central-Hudson
ticket window the other
morning.
"No, madam," responded the calm
and imperturbable agent, "this is a
blacksmith shop, and wo shoe horses
here. Anything in our line wo can do
for you this morning?"
"Yes," she snapped, "you can give
me a ticket for Schagticoke; that's what
you can do, Mr. Blacksmith," and she
darted a look at the courteous and ur
bane agent which ciacked tho glass in
her spectacles. Utica Observer.
Sho Knew tho Feeling.
Harry She has jilted me, and I
know I shall die. The disappointment
will kill me.
Aunt Hannah I know how disap
pointments affect one, Harry. But you
will get over it I felt just as you do
now when I set that yeller hen on 13
eggs and only just got one poor chick
out of the lot. London Tit-Bits.
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
The following proposed amendment
to the Constitution, of the State of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth in full
are submitted to the electors of tin
State of Nebraska, to be voted upoi
at the general election to be held Tne
day, Novembjr 3, A. D., 1893:
A joint resolution proposing to
amend sections two (2), four (4), ana
five (5,)- of article sx ((5) of the Consti
tution of the State of Nebraska, relating
to number of judges of the supremo
court and their term of office.
Ba it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of tho State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section two (2) of article
six (6) of tho Constitution of tho State
of Nebraska be amended so an to read as fol
larws:
Section 2. Tho supreme court shall nntil
otherwise p.-r.vi led by l3w. consist of flvo
(5) judges, a uu Jority of whom shall b3 necei
snry to form a quorum or to pronounca
a decision, it snail nave original juiisdi.-tion
in cases relating to revenue, civil cases in
which the state shall be a party, mandamus.
quo warranto, habeas corpm, and such
appellate jurisdiction, as may bo provided by
law.
Section 2. That section four f4) of article
six (J) of the Constitution of the State
of .Nebraska, bo amended so aa to read as fol
lows :
boctlon 4. Tne jaage3 or tne supreme
court shall be elccttu 0 tno electors ot the
state at large, ana tneir term or oinco ex
cept as hereinafter provided, snail be for a
period of not lesj thnn five (a) ye ars as the
legislature mav Drescribe.
Section 3. That section five (5) of artie'e
six (6) of tho Constitution of iho Stato of Ne
braska, le amonded to reaa as follows :
Section u.- At the first general election to
be held in tho yt ar 1S1KJ. thero shall be elected
two 09 judges of the suDrema court ono
of whom shull be elected for a term of
two (2) years, ono for the term of four (4)
years, ana at eacn general election there
after, thero shall bo elected one judge of
tho supremo ciurt for the term of five
(6) years, nnless otherwise provided by
luw: iToviaea. mat xne juages ot tne su
preine court whoo torm hava not expired
at ino line 01 noiuing me general eiec
tion of 1890, shall continn'i to hold their
office for the remainJor of the term for
wmcn incy 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
btate or JNeorasKa,.. relating to conu
pensatiou of supreme and district court
judges.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State
01 .Nebraska:
Section 1. That section thirteen (13) of
article six ) of the Constitution of the State
of ruebraka bo amended so a3 to read as fol
lows:
Sec. 13 The judges of the snnreme and
district courts shall receivo for their services
such compensation as may bo provided by law.
payable Quarterly.
The legislaturo shall at its first session
after the . adoption of this amendment,
three-fifths of the members elected to
ca-h house concurring, establish their
compensation. Tho compensation so oj-
tab;ished shall not bo changed oftener
than once in four years, and in no event unless
two-third of th9 members elected to
each honso of tho legislature concur
therein.
Approve! March 33, A. D. 1S33.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section twenty-four (24) of
article five (5) of the Constitution of
the State of Nebraska, relating to com'
pensatiou of the officers of the executive
department
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislature
01 1 no statu 01 .nebrasica:
beet ion 1. 'lht section twentv-four (24)
ot article nve lo) or tnj uousutntio 1 ot the
State of Neorasita be amended to rcul as fol
lows:
Section 24. The officers of the executive
department ot the siato government shall
rejeivo f jr. their servicej a compensation
to bo established by law. whi-h shall be
neither incn-ased nor diminished during the
term for which thav shall hive been rom
missionod and they sh ilt not receivo to their
own use any fees, co.sts, interests, uuon nu ilic
moneys 111 their hands or nnder their control,
perquisites of oflloi or othir compoa-
satiou ana nil ices tnat may here
atc-r 00 pay&blc v law r.r services
performed by an officer providol for in
this article shall be paid in advance into the
state treasury. The legislature shall nt Its
first session alter tho adoption o this amend
ment, three-fifth of the members elected to
each honso of the legislature con
curring, establish the s-ilaries of tho
oincers named In this article. The coin
pi-n-ation so established shall not be changed
oftoaer than oncb iu four year3 and in no
event unless two-th.rds ot tho members
elected to each housa of the legislature consur
therein
Approved March 29, A. D. 1S95.
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.
Bj it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of th St ue of Nebraska:
Section 1. That ..ectio iou ( ) of article six
(6) of tho Constitution of iheStu.eof Nebraska
bo amenaeJ. to eaa n loilows :
Section 1. The judicial power of this state
sh ill bo rosted in a supreme court, district
courts, county courts justices of the
pea e. po'i e magistrates, and in such other
cour.a inferior to thi supremo couit as may
bo c eated br Inw in which two-thirds of
the" mcmbc s elected to each house
concur.
Approved M irch 29, A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section eleven (11) of article six
(0) of tho Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, relating to increase in num
ber of supreme and district court
judges.
B i it resoivod and enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Nebraska :
e'eciij.i 1. That section clevon (II) of
article sc (6j of ,lu Constitution of the btater
of Nebra ka be nmcnuea to rea l as fol
lows :
Section 11. The legis'aturc. whenever two
thirds of ill? members elected to ench house
shad con. ur therein, may. in or f tor the year
one thousjiud . iht hundred and nLiety-savcn
and not oftener th u once in every lonrycars.
increase the number of Judge 4 of su
preme and tUstrict court u and the judical
districts of the state. Such districts iall
be formed of compact territory, and
bounded by county lines; and such in
crease, or any change in the boundaries
of a district shall not vacate the office of any
judge.
Approved March 3J, A. D. 1S33.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section six (G) of article one (1) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska,
relating to trial by jury.
lie It r.Bolvod and enacted by the Legislature
of th SUto of Nebraska:
Sectioa 1. That section six (j). article one
(1) of tin Constitution of tho State of Ne
braska be !i 111 ond d to i id as follows:
Section C. 'Iho righr. of tital bv jury shall
retnai'i inviolate, bit tho ieais ature mar pro
vide th it iu civil actions five-sixths of the jury
ma render a vordi -t. an 1 th legislature may
also an horiz triat by a jury of a :ess nunibar
than twelve men, iu cou s inferior to tho dis
trict court.
Approved Ma-ch 23, A D. 195.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section one (l)'of article five (5)
of the Constitution of Nebraska, relat
ing to officers of the executive department;-
.
Belt rowlvvd and enacted by tho Legisla
ture uf tho S:ase of Nebraska:
Section 1. Tha't section one (1) of ar
ticlt five () of th- Constitution ot the state
of Nebraska be amended to read ai fol
lows: Section 1 The execuiivo department shall
coas-st of a governor, lieutenant-governor,
secretary of state, nu.iitorof pnb-ic accounts,
treasure r, su- crintendent of public in
struction, attorney general, commissioner
of publis lands and buildings, and three
railroad commissioners, ea h ol "whom,
except tho eai I nilroal commissioners,
shall hold his office for a term of
two years, f'om the first Thursday after
the first Tues;la iu January, after
his election, and nntil his successor is
electel and q call fled. Ea-h railroad com
mi.sijjer shall hoi I bis office for a. term of
three years beginning on the first Thuralay
alter the first Tuciiay in Ja inary a ter
hi-s e!eition. and until hu sueces
F.or Li elcted unl qui ifind: Proviicd.
however, 'Ihat at the first general oicc
tion held after the adotio 1 of this amend
ment there t-h-ut be electea three railroad
commissioner, ono fo. the period of one
year, ono for tha period of two years, nud
one for tho period of throe years. The gov
ernor, secretary of state, auditor of pub
lic accounts, and treasurer shall reside at
tho capital . during their term, f Qffi.g;
they shall keep ths public recordf, books
and papers there and shall perform such du
ties as may be required by law.
Approvol March SO, A. D. 180j. .
A joint resolution proposing
to
amend section twenty-six (26) of ar
ticle five (0) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, limiting the num
ber of executive state officers.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section twenty-six (26) of
article five (3) of the Constitution of the
Stato of Nebraska be amended to read as
follows:
Section 28. No other executive state offi
cers except those named in se.-tioa onj (1)
of this article shall be created, erepc
by an act of the legislature which is
concurred in by not less than three-faurths
of the members elected to each house
thereof :
Provided, That any office created by an
act of the legislature may be abolished by
the legislature, two-thirds of the mem
bers elected to each house thereof concur
ring. Approved March 30. A. D.. 1893.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section nine (9) of article eight
(8) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, providing for the investment
of the permanent educational funds of
the state.
Be it resoivod and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section nine (9) of article
eight (8) of tho Constitution of the Stato
of Nebiaska be amended to read as fol
lows: Section 9. All funis belonging to the state
for educational purposes, the interest aud
income whereo' only aro to be used, shtll
be deemed trut funds held by tho -state,
and the state shall supply all losses there
of that may in any manner accrue, so that
the same shall remain forever inviolate
and undiminished, and shall not bo iu
vosted or loaied except ou TJuifc'd States
or state securities, or registered county
bonds or registered scho l district bonds ot
this state, and such fundi with ths inter
est and income thereof are hereby solemn
ly pledged for the purpose! for which they
are granted and set apart, and shall not
be transferred to any other fund for other
uses :
Provided. The board createl 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 aridng therefrom in any of tho
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 upon tho state treasurer reg
ulnrly issued in pursuance of an appropri-
r ation by the legislature and secured by the
levy or a tax tor its payment, snnu
be presented to the state treasurer for
payment, and there shall not be any
money in the proper fund to pay such
warrant, the board created by section 1
of this artie'e may direct the state treas
urer to pay tho. amouut due on such war
rant from moneys in his hands belonging
to the permanent school fund of the state,
and he shall hold said warrant as an in
vestment of said permanent school fund.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1S95.
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 sectiou
two (2) relative to the merging of the
government of cities
poli tan class and the
the counties wherein
of the metro
government of
such cities are
located.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legis
lature of tho Stato of Nebraska:
Section 1. That article twelve (12) of the
Constitution of the Stato of Neumska be
amended by adding to said article a new sec
tion to I e numbered section two (2) to read
as follows:
Section 2. Tha government of any city of
the metropo 'tan clas3 and the gov
ernment of the county in which
it is located may 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 re
ceived the assent of a majority of tho
votes cast in such city and also a majority
of the votes cat in tho county exclusive
of those cast in such metropolitan city at such
election.
Approved March 29. A. D. 1E95.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section six (G) of article
seven (7) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, prescribing the
manner in which votes shall be cast.
Bo it resolved and enacted by the Legislat
ure of ths State of Nebraska :
Section 1. Tint section six (6) of article
seven CO of the Constitution of the Stat
of Nobraska bo amended to read as fol
lows: Section 0. AU votes shall be lr ballot or
such other methoJ as may be prescrilud
by law. provided thi seoreer of vo:ing bo
preserved.
Approved March 9, A D 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section two (2) of article four
teen (14) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relative to, donations
to works of internal improvement and
manufactories.
Bj it resolved and exacted by tho Leg
islature of tho State of Nebraska:
Section 1 That section two (I) of nrticle
fourteen fll") of the Constitution of Iku
State of Nubiaska, be amended to real as
follows:
SiC. 2. 2k o citv. eonnrv. own. nrrrinnL
municipality, or other subdivision or iho
state, shall ever make donations to any
works of internal imnrovemHnt. or
manufactory, unless a proposition so to
do shall have been first submitted to tho
qualified electors and ratifiel hy a two
thirds vote at an election lv anth
law; Provided. That such donations of a
county with the donations of such wuldl
visions in the aggregate shall not ex.-cml
ten ner cent of tho assessed vninntinn of
such county; Provided, further. Thttt any
city or county may. 'by a three-fonrthi
vote, increase such indebtedness fivo ner
cent, in aadition to such ten per cent ami
no bonds or evidences of indebtedness so
issued shall be valid unless tin flmrio .fc 1
havo endorsci thereon a certificate signed
ujr mo aecremry anu nuuitor or atate.
showing that the samo is issucl pursuant to
law.
Approved March 9, A. D., 1S95.
I, J. A. Piper, secretary of state of
the 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,- aud
that all and each of said proposed
amendments are submitted to tho
qualified voters of tho Stato of Ne
braska for their adoption or rejection
at the general election to be held on
Tuesday, the 3d day of November, A. -D.,
1890.
In testimony whereof, I have 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, One Thou
sand, Eight Hundred and Ninety-Six1, -of
the Independence of the United
States the One Hundred and Twenty
Krst, and of this state the Thirtieth.
(Seal.) t. A. PIPER,
Secretary of State.
