THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1896.
JJIA Ii BARE, Editor and Proprietor
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THE WINNERS OF 1896.
NATIOKAD 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 Judge, Long Term
ROBERT RYAN.
For Supreme Judge, Short Term
MOSES P. 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, 54 District
J. H. ABBOTT.
. COUNTY TICKET.
For County Attorney,
- T. C. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS. S. ROBBINS.
The chances of the republicans
carrying- Texas are brighter than
the show of ,the silver democrats to
carry Illinois.
The reports received at the repub-
lican headquarters at Lincoln from
all sections of the state are very
encouraging, and show that the
vote for the entire republican ticket
. will be such as to stajrsfer the
Bryan crowd.
If Sewall withdraws from the
democratic ticket he will do so
within the next week. It is reported
in the east that chairman Jones
nireaay nas csewau s declination in
his pocket, and that it will shortly
bejnade public. In this event, how
will the silver democrats feel toward
Tom Watson?
One of the Bryan organs wondersX
"whether Tom Watson is a torch
light parade or funeral procession."
Just keep it up gentlemen, and you
will see. You made hysterical
efforts in courting the populist con
vention at St. Louis, and a failure
to' give even decent treatment to
your co-workers will react.
McKinley makes all of his
speeches in his own state, from his
own doorstep, but they eagerly read
by the people ot the whole country,
and their tone is dignified and pa
triotic, as becomes a man who re
gards his candidacy for the high
est office in the land with a proper
sense of the obligations that it im
poses. Ex.
The total democratic vote
in
Maine has varied from 73,786 in
1880, when there was a greenback
fusion, to 30,921 in 1894, when at
least 18,000 democrats failed to vote
and the republican majority went
up to the extraordinary figure of
38,978. The largest previous re
publican majority was 23,253, ior
Harrison, in 1888. When Blaine
ran for president in 1884 his major
ity was 20,060.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat
having carefully investigated the
conditions in all free silver coun
tries and especially in Mexico,
where it sent a special correspon
dent for that purpose: The fact
that there is not a silver country in
the world in which labor is paid
one-half the average wages paid in
the United States, and in which
the money when received will buy
one-half as much as it will buy here,
furnishes a complete answer to
Bryan's speeches, so far as the
workingman is concerned.
.If populist administration of
Lincoln county has saved the tax
payers five thousand dollars by
reason of interest on bank deposits,
what has been done with the mone'
-saved? If the populists are such
economical fellows, why was it
necessary this year to raise the val
uation of all property about
one-
fifth? The taxation is now
higher
than it has been for years. It the
populists save at the spigot they are
surely wasting at the bung-hole,
No other conclusion can be drawn.
Free coinage would not start a
factory or make a demand for an
additional day's -labor. It would
create no new occupations. It
-would addfnothing to the comfort
of the masses, the capital of the
people or the wealth of the- nation.
It seeks to introduce a new measure
of value, but would add no value to
the thing-measured. It would not
iservc -a1ueSr On the contra-, it
would derange all existing values.
It would not restore business confi
dence but its direct effect would be
to destroy the little which vet re-
mains. Major McKinley.
With its knowledge of the make-
up of the populist leaders of North
Platte and the absolute control
thev have of the oartv and the
party conventions, The Tribune
was fullv iustified in saviner that
the recent populist convention was
manipulated bv the "riiie." It was
uo secret prior to the convention
that the eransr ravored the nomina-
tion of Mr. Garrison for commis
sioner in fact said that he must
be nominated and the slate went
through without trouble. When the
North Platte populist "ring" de
sires a certain man nominated,
that man alwavs receives tl c
nomination.
Tom Watson said in a speech at
Dallas. Tex., a few days ago: "Mr.
Sewall cannot carry the ward in
which he lives. He cannot carry
the town in which' he lives. He
cannot carrv the state in which he
lives. He is a wart on the party
He is a knot on the log." We
would not say that Mr. Bryan is a
wart on the oartv, but it is also
4. V "
true of him that he cannot' carry
the orecinct in which he lives, nor
his ward, town or state. So it
would seem the only thing left is to
run Tom Watson alone on' the pres
idential ticket. McKinley and Ho
bart are the only candidates who
can carrv their wards, towns, and
states. Fremont Tribune.
Why is it that both the populists
and the democrats failed to put
plank in their platforms demanding
that the government own and co:
trol the silver mines of this country
so that the profit which would be
made from free coinage would
A.
irr f r rmr ornvprn mpnt nnri Hm?; in
directly be a benefit to the whole
people? Why should this profit go
to a few individuals who own the
silver mines and who are already
enormously rich? Is not this build
ing up one of the most dangerous
trusts that the country has ever
seen.' xumK or a lew men navin
under their control all the silver of
this country and the goyernment
compelled to turii it into dollars
as last as tney produce ul sup
pose that these silver men combine
to shut down work on their mines
when they want to produce a strin
gency in the money market, then
open them again when they wantto
make money abundant. Would
not this put the whole business of
the country at their mercy. Lin
coln Republican (Kan.)
H. M. Bushnell, in the State
Journal, describes very graphically
how the farmers' alliance has grad
uall evolved into a lawyer's alliance.
He recalls the fact that only a few
years ago the populists were
pizen" on lawyers, and their
slogan was to put none but farmers
into office; then the lawyers slowly
gained a foothold and daily
strengthened their grip, until now
the once farmer' salliance is in com
plete control of the lawyers. To
prove this, Mr. Bushnell points to
the fact that pops have a lawver
or their presidential nominee, a
awyer for governor, and a lawyer
r their congressional candidates
in all six districts. Referring more
particularly to the Sixth district,
Bushnell finds that Green's strong
est apponent was Gantt, another
lawyer, while Darner, Stewart and
Rhodes, all sturdy substantial
farmers, and ,E. L. Health a news
paper man, hardly had supporters
enough to know they were in the
field. With such a bright prospect
ior omce oeiore tnem is it any
wonder that the lawers are consid
ering the question seriously of
climbing on the pop band wagon.
Broken Bow Republican.
Senator Thurston showed up the
silver propcsition very clearly when
he said: "If Rothchild were to sail
into New York harbor with a "Treat
ship loaded with foreign silver bul
lion which had cost him one hun
dred millions of dollars, and should
ask this government to pass a law
compelling our people to accept that
silver bullion in exchange for their
products and their labor at just
twice the price paid for it by Roth
child, the members of congress who
would vote for such measure would
be hung to the nearest lamp post;
and yet that is what the free and
unlimited coinage of the world's
product of silver means."
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
i3 only one way to cure deafness, and
that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entire
ly closed, Deafness is the result, and un
less the inflamation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases outof ten are caused by ca
tarrh which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
m Sola by all Druggists, 75c.
THE NIMBLE DOLLAR.
HOW IT WILL HOP UP AND DOWN
WHEN WE HAVE FREE SILVER.
A Traveler la the East Gives Pacts Which
Aro Better Taaa All Bryan's Theories.
The Storekeeper Would Have to Mark
His Goods Afresh Every Bay.
Those who so roundly denounce the
bankers, especially those residing in
London, should stop to think whether
they would not be more in the banker's
power than ever if free silver ruled the
day. Let us see. The present value of
silver bullion is governed by the market
price m London ; hence, one day it might
be worth 53 cents, on another day 56
cents, and still on another it might be
worth only CO cents or less.. At the pres
ent time we have no such fluctuation of
the dollar between the time of leaving
our offices at night and the time of re
turning to the same in the morning.
Any ono who has been in a country
that is on a silver basis, such as Mex
ico, China, Japan or India, will under
stand that this is no hypothetical case,
hut an aotual faot, for, as credits are al
ways drawn on London, if a traveler in
any one of those countries desires "to
draw money on his letter of credit he
is told that they cannot tell what to
charge him until they receive the Lon
clou rate of exchange, which is based on
the market price of silver. During part
of the time while I was in Japan ex
change was very low, consequent upon
rumors of war with Russia, aud during
those times the price of the Japanese
yen, or dollar, dropped, and when the
rumors were found to be without foun
dation exchange rose and the orice of
the dollar went up. In a week's time its
value fluctuated 10 per cent, and in
Japan that was no unusual occurrence.
Just think of what a commotion that
would maka here if it Rhnnld ho neces-
sary ior a storeKeeper to marie over ms
whole stock of goods every day because
the value of the dollar had changed over
night.
Since the great decline has taken
place in Japan prices for farm produce
and merchandise, except durinj the
war, have not risen, but havo remained
about stationary because of tho in
creased supply, but the price for every
thing that is purchased outside of Japan
in a gold standard country has risen to
almost double. Hotel proprietors aud
those who aro forced to buy those ar
ticles that are necessary to the conduct
ing of their business and which are not
produced in Japan have now to pay
double what they did before the great
decline took place, and yet the hotel
proprietors dare not raise the price of
their rooms on account of competition
Tne proprietor ot the lirand hotel m
Yokohama told me himself that ho was
making less per day now since silver
had declined than before its fall. In
Japan tho horse is almost an unknown
animal as far as trausportatiou pur
poses are concerned, coolies, both men
and women, taking its place. For 38
cents in our money these Japanese run
ners will pull you in a jinrickisha for
ten hours at a pace that would kill al
most any horse, and yet these runners
stand among the highest paid labor in
that country.
There aro those in the United State3
who denounce Wall street as a gam
bling den, and they claim that the free
coinage of silver would lessen the use
of Wall street But the whole popula
tion of the United States, if we were
on a silver basis, would be compelled
to look at the London quotations of sil
ver as -cabled to Wall street before a
single transaction could bo made any
day without running the risk of loss.
In India it is the same as in Japan.
The rupee originally was worth 80 or
82 cents; today it is approximately
worth 30 or 82 cents, and some days it
is down to 29 cents or up to 34 cents.
Prices there for food products aro no
higher now than before the decline in
silver took place, they being governed
by the size of the crops, dependent upon
the quantity of rain that falls during
the wet seasou. Railway fares are the
same, ana the price of an ocean passage
to England is invariably the same num
ber of rupees. The railroad aud the
steamship companies cannot raise their
rates, but -the traveler who comes from
gold standard country can buy his
passage tor just about one-half what
was formerly charged.
A good coachman can be had in Bom
bay for 10 rupees, or, say, $8.20, per
month, aud an excellent house servant
and courier for 1 rupee, or 32 cents per
day, with an allowance of 4 annas, or
8 cents, a day for his food, and these
house servants constitute the highest
paid class of labor in India. Theso serv
ants are always men, and thoy com
mence their day's duties by brincinc
their master's "chota hazri," or early
breakfast, at 7 o'clock in the morning.
They help you dress and then proceed
to wait upon the table, act as inter
preter during your ride, brush your
clothes or pipe clay your torpee hat
when you return and follow you around
like a faithful dog on every occasion,
pack your trunk, keep off the horde of
beggars that hourly annoy you, and
when at night you retire they curl
themselves up in their blankets and
sleep on the mat outside your door,
ready to answer your call. This is a
fair example of the best paid class of
native labor in India.
The English soldiers in India, of
whom there are 100,000 and over, bit
terly complain that their wages, as now
received in rupees, will not permit
them to keep their families in England
as they used to do before the deprecia
tion took place aud aro loudly clamor-:
ing for a compensation allowance to'
make their depreciated wages equiva
lent to what they formerly received
They claim that while they are paid the1
same number of rupees per month as
formerly, yet it will buy in England
only oue-half of what it used to buy.'
This is exactly what would occur toj
every salaried man, woman or child in
this country if the free coinage of silver
policy prevailed. Salaries might remain
the same, but one-half of the ability of
those salaries to buy coffee, tea, sugar
and all imported articles would be
goue.
Last year there was imported into
tho United States about $780,000,000
worth of products which could be class
ed as" necessaries, and all these things
had fo be paid for in gold or in exports
at gold prices. Now, tho price of wheat
is governed by the London quotation in
3Iark lane, consequent upon the supply
and crop reports received from tho
Argentine .Republic, India and Russia
as wellaa our west. Now, therefore, if
busineae is . disarranged in this country
so that there are thousands of men out
of work and those who vare at work get
paid in depreciated currency those men
cannot afford to be as large consumers
of the farmer's wheat and pork as they
would otherwise be. The farmer there
fore would then have more of wheat
and pork on hand than he now has, and
hence, if normal crops prevailed, the
price would in all probability decline,
as a greater quantity would be offered
in Mark lane. Thus he would probably
get less for his labor in depreciated cur
rency under silver than ho does now,
and so have less purchasing power
wherewith to buy his coffee, his sugar,
his tea and his tobacco and most of
those articles coming from countries
that demand gold in payment. Ernest
R. Ackerman iu New York Sun.
Tho prosperity of protection and sound
0
money Is a prosperity which diffuses Itself
through tho masses of the people. The
prosperity of silver coinage is the pros
perity of the mine owner and the debtor.
These latter cannot suffer by an honest
national policy, bat they can gain an un
fair advantage by a dishonest policy.
SELFISH QR MISGUIDED.
Tour Classes of People Who want Free
Silver Coinage.
There is a small class of honest be
lievers in free silver. A part of them
aro those whose minds have become be
fuddled by the hue aud cry of mine
owners that tho "people's money" aud
the "dollar of the fathers" havo been
demonetized. Thero is no sentiment
about silvsr, and there havo been no
free silver dollars coined aud circulated
in tins country ior ueany ou years.
There aro just four classes of men in
this country who clamor for free coin
age of silver. These are:
First. Mino owners, who aro gen
erally dishonest at heart
Socond. Piratical debtors, also dis
honest at heart.
Third. Speculators, who expect to
profit by any disturbance an finance or
business.
Fourth. Misguided men, honest but
unfortunate. Cleveland Leader.
A Money to Cheat Creditors.
If these glorifiers of the old order of
things could restore tho conditions that
prevailed previous to 1S73 and make tho
market value of silver what it was then,
they would not want free coinage.
There would be nothiug in it for them.
They could do better by selling their
silver in the form of bullion than by
having it coined into dollars. What they
really want is cheap money, a kind of
money with which creditors can oe
cheated. They are not trying to put sil
ver back to its old place and re-estab
lish the monetary system that existed
before the "great crime" was commit
ted. Their scheme does not imply the
coinage of better dollars than those we
now have, but infinitely poorer ones,
which can be used in the payment of
debts at the rate of 53 cents on tho dol
lar. St Louis Globe-Democrat
Hints Cannot Create Value.
The mints cannot make a bushel of
wheat worth a dollar. Mills which
build up new towns "iuul people thorn
with prosperous communities that in
crease the consumption of breadstuffs
will raise tho price of wheat quicker
than all the free coiuago laws that can
be enacted. The mints cannot create
value. Only the brawny arms of honest
toil, directed by genius and intelli
gence, can create value. The mints can
not create prosperity or happiness. The
opportunity to earn tho lest money in
the world by legitimate industry is the
plan proposed by Major McKinley. No
sensible or honest American expects to
get money in any other way. Idle work
men want the wages of the mills. The
mints can give them nothing. Chicago
Times-Herald.
Which Would You Rather Have?
Which. would the wage earner rather
have for a day's work, a dollar in sil
ver or a dollar in gold? Which would
the pensioner rather have? Which the
man who withdraws his deposit from a
savings bankr Which would he pretcr
to be paid to his family by the insur
ance company after his death.-' Which
would the farmer rather net for his
wheat, his cotton or his corn? Or the
manufacturer for his plows, his boots
and shoes or his clothing? Which would
all the world rather have? There is ouly
one answer to all ot theso questions.
Gold. The world would rather havo it
than silver 82 times over. Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
Due to Another Crime.
Farmers know that tho $250,000,000
Worth of export trade and the $08,000,-
000 worth of import trade they lost the
first year after the repeal of tho McKin
ley law was not on account of tho
"crime of 1873." Mansfield (O.)
News. .
A Campaign Coincidence.
It may be only a coincidence, but
there was wind enough for a yachf race
on Lake Erie while Bryan was speaking
in Syracuse and Rochester. Ohicasn
Journal.
Baths In Russia.
Filthy as Russia is, the filthiest houses
in the country are these reserved for the
public baths. Gloomy buildings always,
few are the Englishmen who could sub
mit to the atmosphere of them for a few
minutes. But the Russian revels in
them. Taking his ease upon a bench, he
watches tho whole room filled with a
steamy vapor, and in this steam he stews
until he feels he has had full value for
his money. An attendant then throws a
few buckets of cold water over him, and
he goes his way a happy, but, it must
be admitted, still a dirty man. St.
Petersburg Correspondence.
The Persians have an era of their
own, the "era of Xezdegird," which
begins Juno 10, A. D. 682, and com
memorates his accessicn to the throne
cf Persia.
Women are naturally more prone to
insanity than are men.
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exerting a wonderful direct influence in
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If you have loss of appetite, constipa
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TOLSTOI ON DECADENCE.
His Views as Translated From an later
tervlew In a Moscow Paper.
Our litem-Tv men of the present day
are "decadents," aud by "dccadts" I
mean that school of writers who hav
ing no ideas of their own and having
nothing whatsoever to express strive
nevertheless to make some impression
upon ;thc public by introducing into their
works various little sceues or mere
words devoid of any serious thought
and meaning. "Decadence" in litera
ture is muoh rcoro powerful aud dan
gerous in its pernicious influence than
most of us are prone to' believe. Our
critics generally regaid the tendency
either with utter indifference cr with
a smile, never suspecting that such a
tendency does in a great measure reflect
upon our literature in general.
And right here I wish to draw tho
distinction between the two types of
"decadents" the reserved, or thoso
who arc inclined to conceal the fact of
belonging to tho school, and the pro
nounced type, or thoso who go on with
their work regardless of public opin
ion, wo have at the present day a su
perabundance of dramatic works, origi
nal as well as translations, and, as 1
hear, our public eagerly views theso
productions, being perfectly happy
when its nerves are shattered and strain
ed to the utmost, a consummation which
our modern dramatists devoutly wish
for.
Of the two types I regard the former
namely, the reserved as the -most
dangerous, and its pernicious influence
upon the general public can scarcely be
overestimated.
Our modern fiction is, I am sony to
note, devoid of originality of thought as
well as of boldness of expression. One's
own idea and that alone is a thing of
great value, being the only factor in in-
. sunng life and utility to tho production
of an artist. Alfred de Musset was the
first to express this idea when he said,
"Mon verrc n'est pas grand, niais je bois
dans mon verre. "
Perhaps my advanced age accounts in
a large measure for tho view which 1
take of things. To an old man, you know,
tho past seems more attractive. How
ever I personally do not only prefer tho
literature of the past, but also the past
generation in other words the reflec
tions of the past epoch seem to me purer,
better and more moral than those of tho
present I attempted to convey this idea
in my "Power and Darkness," sharply
drawing the line between the past and
tho rising generations. Human kind
ness and faith were built upon stronger
foundations than at present.
Although I can claim no acquaint
ance with the newspaper world, I have
nevertheless always felt a sort of admi
ration, at times mingled with a feeling
of envy, for the newspaper men. Jour
nalism is at least a tolerable vocation,
inasmuch as it does not require of one
to enter with his whole heart and soul
into a certain idea or to experience all
those little mental torments which in
variably precede and accompany the ap
pearance into tho world of an author's
production. Aside from this, a journal
ist acquires in course of timo a certaiu
technicality, of which, I must confess,
I cannot boast. Not to mention the fact
that I take the most scrupulous care in
revising and polishing every sentence in
my literary works, I find it hard at
times to write an ordinary, everyday
letter, often finding it necessary to re
write it five or six times. The only time
when I write with case is when I forget
aoout the very process of writing and
am given over to my thoughts. At the
present time I am so busy revising and
rewriting my new story that I feel the
lack of technicality the more keenly. I
feci that there is plenty of work to be
done and but little time left to do it.
Time docs not stay ; old ago begins to
assert itself. I feel the approach of
death. It is not distant Common arith
metic proves that my years aro num
bered. The Mcnsles.
A patient attacked with measles feels
out of soi ts for a week 01 ten days. His
eyes arc red and tearful, and lie has all
tho outward and visible signs of a bad
cold in the head. His temperaturo rises
to perhaps 103 01 104 degrees F.,
and about four days later ho ccrues
out in a speckled red rash, which, bo-
ginuiug cn tlic lace and hands parts
of the body exposed to the air scon
covers him from top to tee. In that con
dition he is often likened by tho wit of
the family to a boiled lobster. At tho
end of a few dt?ys the rash fades awav.
the fever falls, aud in another week or
so tlio patient is wcIJ. Such is the
courso of a mild attack, but thero is
hardly any infectious disease in which
severe and fatal complications are more
liable fo occur. As a rule theso acci
dents take the fcrni of inflammatory
lung troubles, such as bronchitis and
pneumonia. More rarely they lead to
chronic mischief, such as consumption.
Nineteenth Century.
They Had No Dinner.
Tho absentmindedness of a certain
well known Scotch professor is notori
ous. Not long ago he invited a few se
lect friends to dme with him, and upon
their arrival, some short time before
the hour set apart for dinner, the pro
fessor suggested a walk through the
conservatory and grounds until the gong
should sound tho dinner hour. After
spending a short timo inspecting flow
ers, plants, etc., host and guests came
suddenly to a small gate at the end of
the lawn.
"Ah," said tho professor to his as
tonished guests, "assuredly this will be
a much nearer way home for you than
going hack to tho front." And, all un
conscious of his invitation to dinner, he
opened tho gate and bowed his guests
out. London Answers.
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
The following proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State of Ne-!
braska, as hereinafter set forth in full, J
submitted to the electors of the
State of Nebraska, to be voted upon
at the general election to be held Tues
day, Novembtr 3, A. D., 1898: j
A joint resolution proposing to
amend sections two' (2). four f4". and
. . . . . .
uve (ot) oi article KX (o) OI tne UOnstl-
tntion of the Srnfcnnf Vntirnslra. n1tinf
to number of judges of the
supreme
court and their term of office.
Bo it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture oi me oraio or iNeorasua:
Section 1. That section two (2) of article
six (fl) of tho Constitution of the State
or .Nebraska be amended so a to read as fol
lows:
Section 2. Th3 supreme court shall until
otnerWiSO proviicd by law, consist of five
id) judges. a,majority of whom shall ba necei-
Hary to iorni a quorum or to pronounca
auecision. jsnannavo original juiisdi-tion
in cases rointing to rcvenuo. civil cases in
which the state shall be a party, mandamus.
quo warranto, haboas corpu-f, and such
appellate jurisdiction, as may bo-provided by
Section 2. That section four (4) of article
six OS) of the Constitution of tho State
or .Nebraska, bo amended so as to read as fol
lows:
oecuon 4. 'ino juagos or tho supreme
court shall be elected br tho electors of the
Btato as large,. and their term of office, ex-
tcpt, 113 nereinaner proviueu. snail De lor a
period of not lesi. than Aye (5) years as tho
legislature may prescribe.
. Section 3. That section five (.) of article
bix ipj 01 ine uomtnution of tho Stato of Ne-
DrasKa, ne amended to read a3 follows :
section o. At the llrat general election to
De noia in tne yt-arlSW. there Bhall bo elected
i ,w jukc3 01 mu supremo court one
01 whom shall be elected for a term of
n.u jears, one ior tne term or four CO
years, and at each general election there-
aicer, there shall be elected one judge of
the supremo crart for the term ot five
w years, nniess otucrwiso provided by
ia.vi , fiuvmcu, tuub me juuxch qi m0 su
preme court who ne terms hava not expired
au mo n.nu ui nuiumj; me general elec
tion 01 isjo, snau continue to hold their
omce ior tto remain Jer of the term for
wmcn tney 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
carate 01 JxeDrasKa, relating to com
pensanon of supreme and district court
judges.
Be it resolved by tho Legislature of the State
01 JNeDrasKa:
Section 1. That section thirteen (13) of
article six QJ) of the Constitution of the State
01 -Nobrajka be amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Sec. 13 The judges of the supreme and
district courts shall receive for their services
such compensation as may be provided by law,
payaoie quarterly.
ina legislature snail at its nrsc session
alter me adoption of this amendment,
three-iifth3 of the members elected to
each house concurring, establish their
compensation. The compensation so es
tablished shall not bo changed oftener
than onco in four years, and in no event unless
two-thirds 01 tha members elected to
each houso of the legislature concur
therein.
Approvel March 30, A. D. 1893.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section twenty-four (24) of
article five (o) of tho Constitution of
the State of Nebraska, relating to com
pensation of the officers of the executive
department.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislature
01 tne atate 01 ixeoniiiKa:
Section 1. Tint section twentr-four (24)
of articlo five (o) of thj Constitutio of the
State of Neorasiia be amended to road as fol
lows:
Section 24. The officers of the executive
department ot the stato government shall
rejeive lor their services a compensation
to be established by law, which shall be
neither increased nor diminished during the
term 10.- which thoy shall h.we been com
missioned and they sh ill not receive to their
own use any fees, coits. interests, unou uu lic
moneys in their hand-) or under their control,
perquisites 01 0111:0 or otnir comDen-
satiou and all fec3 that may here-
aiter De pay&o:e nr law ior services
peiiormea 0 an omcer provide! for in
this arti de shall be paid in advanco into the
state treasury. Tho legislature shill nt its
first session atter the adoption of this amend
ment, three-fifths of the members elo.-ted to
each houso or tho legislature con
curring, cstablLsh the salaries of tho
omcers named m this article. The com
pensation so established shall not be chinged
oftener than onc-j in four years and in no
event unless two-thirds or tho members
elected to each house of the legislature concur
therein.
Approved March 29. A. D. 1895.
A joint resolntiou proposing to amend
section one (1) of article six (6) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebras
ka, relating to judicial power.
Bait resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture 01 thi bt ite 2ebra-ka :
Section 1. Th it section on ( ) of article six
(6) of the Constitution of the Stae of Nebraska
be amended to 1 una u-t iol.ows:
Section 1. The judicial power of this stite
shall bo vested in a supremo court, district
courts, county courts ju-uiccs of the
ea.o. po'i o magistrates, and in such other
conns mteiur to tn snpre nu couit as may
do creatuti oy law m wnich two-thirds ot
the nicmbo s elected to each house
concur.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1853
A joint resolntiou proposing to
amend scctiou eleven (11) of article six
(6) of the Constitution of the State of
JNeurasKa, relating to increase m num
ber of supreme and district court I
judges.
Bj it reaolvol nnl enacted by the Legislature
of the Stato of Ne-rask. :
t'ectioa 1. That section levou (11) of
article six (G) of iha Constitution f the btato
of Nebraska be amended to real a 5 fol
lows: Section 11. Tho legis'aturo. whenever two
thirds of iho members elected to each houso
shall concur therein, may. in or uf.er tho year
one thou-Jind i.ht hundred and ninety-suven
and not of tenor thin onco in every lour years,
nicreaso tho nuiuboi of judges of su
premo and district courts, and the judical
districts of the state. Su.h districts tha'lL
be formed ot compact territory, and
bounded by county lines; and such in
crease, or any change ia the boundaries
of a district, shall not vacate the omce of any
judge.
Approved March 33, A. D. 1SD3.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section six (G) of article ouo (1) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska,
relating to trial by jury.
B It r.Bolved and euactsd by the Legislator
Df th ! Stte of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section six (ff). article one
(1) of the Constitution of iho Stato of Ne
braska bo amend d lo t id as follows:
Section 6. 'lhe right of trial by jury shall
remain inviolato, bu. the legis ature may pro
vide th it in civil actions five-sixths of tho jury
ma render a vordi-t. an I the legislature may
nl-o nu honz s triat by a jury of a less number
than Uveive men, in coups inferior to tho dis
trict court.
Approved March 23. A D. 1S85.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section ono (1) of article five (0) j
of the Constitution of Nebraska, relat- I
mg to officers of the executive depart
ment. Bp it rodved and enacted by tho Legisla
ture of 1 h Sta- o of Nebraska ;
Section 1. That section ono (U of ar
ticle five () of th-j Constitution of the State
of Nebraska Lc amended to read as fol- '
lows: ,
Section 1 The executive department shall
consist of a trovernor. iieutcnant-Kovornor.
secretary of stato. auditor of pub ic ao-:-unts, '
treasurer, bu. erlutendent 01 pubd'i in
struction, attorney general, commissioner
or public lands and bui:din?s, and three
railroad commissioners, each ot whom, i
except the sail railroad commissioners, j
shall hold his office for a term of I
two years. f-om tho first Thursday after '
the first Tuesday in .January, after
his election, and until his successor is
electoJ and qualified, pa-h railroad com
missioner shall hold his office for a term of
thmj years beginning on the first Thurs lay :
alter the first Tuesday in January a tor
his election. and until his succes
eor is elected find qutifind: Pi-oviicd.
however, Thai at the flrat general elec
tion held atter lhe adoption of this amend
ment there hhall be elected three railroad
commissioners, ono for too period of one
year, one for tho period of two years, aud
one for tho poriod of three years. The gov
ernor; secretary ot statej. auditor of pub
lic accounts, and treasurer shaU reside at 1
the cftpi(I Auxins their term, of Qffiss; 1
ther shall keep tne public record, books
.1 and papers there and shall porform. such du-
ties as may do requires. Dy law.
Approved March 30, A. D. 1903.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section twenty-six-(26) of ar
ticle five (5) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, limiting tho num
ber of executive state officers.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Nebraska:
Section L That section twenty-six CIS) of
article five (5) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska be amended to read as
follows:
Section 26. No other executive state offi
cers excent thoso named in section ono CU
of this article shall be created, except
by an act ot the legislature -which is
concurred in by not less than tares-fourths
of the members elected to each hotno
thereof:
Provided, That any omco created by an
act of the legislature may be abolished by
the legislature, two-thirds of the mem-.
bers elected to each honaa thereof concur
ring.
Approved March 90. A. D.. 1S95.
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 resolved and enacted br the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section nine (9) of article
eight (8) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebia3ka be amended to read as fol
lows: Section 9. All funis belonging to tho state
for educational purposes, tho interest and
income whereof only are to bo usod, sh:U
be deemed trust funds held by the stato,
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 be in
vested or loanod except on United States
or state securities, or roeiatered eonntv
bonds or registered school district bonds of
this state, and su-:h funds with the inter
est and income thereof are herebv solemn
ly pledged for the purposes for which they
are granted and set apart, and shall not
be transferred to any other fund for other
uses;
Provided. The board created br aectlnn
1 of this article is empowered to sell from
time to time any of the securities belonging
to the permanent school fund and invest
the proceeds arisine therefrom in anr of tha
securities enumerated in this section bear
Ing a higher rate of interest whenever
an opportunity for better investment is pre
sented;
And provided furthor. That when any
warrant upon the state tressurer reg
nlarly issued in pursuance of an appropri
ation by the legislature and secured by the
levy of a tax for its navment. shall
be presonted to iho state treasurer for
paymont, and there shall not bo any
money in the proper fund to pay such
warrant, the board crested by section 1
of this articlo may direct tho state treas
urer to pay the amount due on such wnr-
rant from moneys in his hands l-loneintr
to the permanent school fund of the state.
and be shall hold 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 be numbered section
two (2) relafivo to the merging of tho
government of cities
of the metro-
poli tan class and the
government of
the counties wherein
such cities are
located.
Be it resolved and enacted br the Lecis-
laturo of the Stato of Nebraska :
Section 1. That article twelve (12) of the
Constitution of the State of Neur:ska be
amended by adding to said article a new sec
tion to to numbered section two (2) to read
as follows:
Section 2. Ths eovernment of any citv of
the metropolian class and tho gov
ernment of tho county in which
it is located may bo 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 the
votes cast in such city and also a majority
of the votej cast in the county exclusive
of those cast in such metropolitan city at such
election.
Approved March 20, A. D. 1893.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section six (0) of article
seven (7) ot tne uonstitution of tne
State of Nebraska, prescribing the
manner in which votes shall be cast.
Be it resolved and enacted br the Legislat
ure of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. Tint section six (6) of article.
seven (7) 01 the constitution or tho state
of Nebraska be amended to read as fol
lows: Sections. A'l votes ah ill ba by ballot, or
8Ut-h other method as may bo prescrilol
by law. provided tha secrecy of voting bo
preserved.
Approved March 9. A D. 1S35.
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 wortis of interual improvement aud
manufactories.
Bj it resolved and e-acted bv tha Lez-
islaturo of thj State of Nebraska:
hictlon I That tec ion two CZ) of article
fourteen (14) of the Cons itn.iun of the
S:ateof Nubtaska. be amended to real as
follows:
S-jc. 2. No city, countv. iown. orecinct.
municipality, or other subuivision of tho
state, shall ever make dunntiuns to any
Works of internal improvement, or
manufactory, nnleu a " prop-v-itlon so to
do shall have been first submitted to tho
qualified electors and ratifiei hy a two
thirds voto at an election by authority of
law; Provided That such donations of a
county with the donations of such mil. di
visions iu tho aggregate fhall nut exceed
ten per cent of tho "assessed valuiition of
such county; Provided, further. lht any
city or county may, by a three-fourths
vote, increase nth indebtedness five per
cent, in addition to such ten per cent an.l
no bonds or evidences of indebtedness so
issued shall be vaiid unless th sanio hh 1
hivo ondirjoi throon a ce-t:flcatn signed
by the secretary and auditor f statu,
showing that the same is issuel pursuant to
law.
Approved March 9, A. D.. 1S93.
T, J. A. Piper, secretary of state of
the state of Nebraska, do hereby certify,
that the foregoing proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the Stato of Ne
braska aro true and correct copies of
the original enrolled and engrossed
bills, as passed by the Twenty-fonrth
session of the legislature of the State
pf Nebraska, as appears from said
priginal bills on file in this office, and
that all and each of said proppsed
amendments are submitted to the
qualified voters of the State 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.
Iu testimony whereof, I havo here
unto set ny hand and affixed the great
seal of the Stato of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln this 17th day of
July, in the year of our Lord, One Thou- -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. PIPER,
Secretary of State.
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