TEE NORTH ' PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1896.
1BA It BARB, Editor and Pbopbietoii
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THE WINNERS OF 1896.
NATIONAL TICKET.
. For President
WM. McKINLEY, of Ohio.
For Vice President
G. A. HOB ART, of New Jersey.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor
JOHJt H.MacCOLL.
For Iiieutenant-Governor
ORLANDO TEFFT.
;For Secretary of State
JOEL A. PIPER.
For Auditor Public Accounts
P. O. HEDLTJND.
For State Treasurer '
CHARLES E. CASEY.
For Sunt. Public Instruction
HENRY R. CORBETT. .
For Com. Liands and 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, 5i District
J. H. ABBOTT.
COUTY TICKET.
For County Attorney,
T. C. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS. S. ROBBING.
"Chairman French stated at Sat
urday evening s meeting- that tliere
wonld be 1300 republican votes in
Lincoln county this lall. This
means that the republicans will
carry the county by about 150.'
The court house ring which suc
ceeded in having Mr. Garrison nom
inated for county commissioner do
not feel encouraged over his pros
pect of election. It would have
been much better had the court
house populists keep their liands
off.
'The people have no money to
come to see me. "says Bryan.
Therefore I must go to see them."
That is true. People who' would
spend money to go very .far to see
Bryan are not the kind to succeed
in getting ahead. Cleveland
Leader.
One month ago the populists
said they would not be satisfied
with less than ten thousand major
ity for Bill Green in this congres
sional district, now they have cut
the figure down to 2.000, and three
weeks hence they will be forced to
admit that honors between Cady
and Green are even.
' The New York Herald continues
to take poll of electors by postal
card. They show many changes
from Cleveland in 1892 and McKin
ley in 1896. and mighty few changes
from Harrison in 1892 and Bryan
in 18, the ratio in many localities
being as high as five to one in favor
of McKinley. Among the new
voters the proportion for McKinley
is still greater.
The acquaintances of Bill Green
will no doubt be glad to learn that
he has recovered from that awful
attack af tonsilitis (?), which de
tained him in Sidney several days.
If the people of this district should
. i t
which they are not likely to do we
are afraid his attacks of tonsilitis
would be frequent and prolonged.
'Labor cannot wait. The capi
tal of the workingman is in his
strong right arm. If he does not
use it today just that much of his
capital has gone forever. The cap
italist can wait on his dividends,
but the workingman cannot wait
on his dinner. And there is noth
ing so well calculated to injure labor
as a depreciated currency." Major
McKinley to the Jamestown, New
York, delegation.
After free trade had closed fac
tories and workshops and brought
widespread rum astute statesmen
discovered that it was "the lack of
money" 'and "the crime of 1873"
which had done it all. Bryan path
etically refers "to the good old days
before the crime" and "the lack of
money now." But yet he knows
and statistics prove we never before
had so much money in the land as
now, far more per capita than the
amount Ave had in 1873. Inter
ucean.
. g
General Grosvenor, ot Ohio,
was remarkably accurate in his es
timates as estimating McKinley 's
strength in the convention. Now
he puts forth a table estimating Mc
kinley's strength in the electoral
nrw TTn -rives McKinley 278
votes or 54 more than sufficient to
elect, and concedes
leaving voic - -
- 1-an nccitmes tBatiuc present
course. ... .
vigorous repuWican canvass w,U be
Tcept up to the end. In tot event
McKinley will get a good many, if
inot-all;-'df-thedoubtfuiivotes. But
vigilance in this case, as in all
j
others, js the price, of . liberty and
the nation's honor.
COLONEL CODY'S SENTIMENTS.
, Chicago Inter Ocean.
Some time ago the Bryanites re
ported that "Colonel Cody, an old
time republican, will take "the
stump for Bryan and free sil
ver." Now comes a different ver
sion from a western paper: Colonel
W. F. Cody says he has always
been a democrat, lives in Nebraska,
and knows and likes William J.
,Bryan. All the same he feels it is
his duty to vote for McKinley and
honest money, and he says, as a
result of his wide observation in
the west, that his fellow Nebraskan
is going to get "vyhipped."
STABILITY FAVOBABLE TO
WOBJQNGMEN
Samuel J. Tilden in 1840-
Fluctuations in the currency pro
duce the same fluctuations in money
prices. They subject the mechanic
and producer to the same uncertain
ty, miscalculation and disappoint
ment in business that fluctuations
in prices do the farmer, the merch
ant and the manufacturer. Not
only this. Wages do not always
rise and fall in exact proportion to
prices, and it usually happens that
when prices are high the mechanic
and the laborer find their commands
over the means of subsistance-diminished,
and that when prices are
low they are of ten, especially if con
gregated in large establishments.
deprived of their accustomed em
ployment. On the whole, then,
they suffer more by the vicissitudes
in the business and currency than
any other class and have conse
quently a greater interest than any
other in the establishment ot a
stable currencv. An unstable cur
rency, producing unstability in bus
iness and prices, is peculiarly in-
junous to tne tarmer. ne ougnt
not to be subject to the tremendous
agencv of an unseen cause which
may disappoint his wisest calcula
tions and overwhelm him in sudden
rum. hie oujrnt to-oe secure in tne
tranquillity ot his fireside from the
curse of an unstable and fluctuating
in g currency.
Sn.VEBAND EOQS.
From the New York Post
As a contribution to financial
and economic thought the following
utterance ot Mr. Bryan, made in
Kentucky on Tuesday, is the most
remarkable vet ottered even bv him:
"If.any man in this community
would offer to buy all the eggs pro
duced at 25c a dozen, and was
able to make good the offer, no
body would sell eggs for less, no
matter what the cost of production,
whether lc or 5c a dozer. So with
silver. Free coinage would estab
lish the market price of silver at
S1.29, and nobodv would sell it for a
cent less."
Why limit the price of eggs to 25c
and of silver to S1.29? If the
reasoning is sound, the price in
each case might easily be doubled,
a-nd the consequent "benefit to the
human race correspondingly in
creased. And why stop with eggs
and sUver? Why not mark up the
price of everything you wish to buy,
offer to pay double or treble what
is asked for it, and keep on paying
that price to all comers hold it
there? That's all you have to
do hold it there. "Nobody would
sell it tor a cent less," says Bryan,
so long as you held it. "So with
silver." And the man who is put
ting forth such thought as this is
a candidate for the presidency of
70,000,000 ot people in the closing
,years of the nineteenth century.
WE MUST HAVE GOOD MONEY
Maj. McKinley at Canton.
My fellow-citizens, it must never
be written that this natiou either
encourages or practices dishonesty.
Good money we will continue
to have. What we want now is a
chance to earn more of our good
money. We never had better cur
rency m the world than we have to
day, and we never had so much work
in our history as we had in 1893.
What we want is good times and
the people are only waiting lor an
opportunity in 1896 to vote back the ;
prjnciples and policies they gave
up four years ago. We want no
free trade in the United States.
We want the American workshop
protected and defended against the'
foreign workshop, for the benefit of
American workmen.
Free silver means free tride.
Suppose you could pay the duty with-!
a 53c dollar, would you not reduce '
the protection you now have almost :
one-half? My fellow-citizens, do
not be deluded. No matter how
much money we have or may have in
this county, there is but one way to
get it, and that is to give something
for it. What we want just now is
somebody who wants what we have
to give him. Labor can not wait.
The capital of the workingman is in
his strong right arm. It he does
not use it to-day just that much
capital has gone forever. The cap-
itaiist can wait on uis aiviaenas,
but the workingman can not wait ;
on his dinner. And there is noth- J
mg so well calculated to injure
labor in the United States as a de
preciated currency.
GOLD IS THE BETTEK.
ITS SUPERIORITY OVER THE
VER PRODUCT.
SIL-
Gold Is Also Cheaper When It Conies to.
Borrowing Money Higher Plane of In
telligence in Countries Where the Gold
Standard Prevails Some Comparisons.
One of the most urgent motives of
the silver party is that they want
cheap money. By that I suppose they
mean money they can borrow cheaply
or earn cheaply. Now, the cheapest
money- in the world is in the strong
est gold country, viz., England. The
dearest money in the world is in the
silver countries. For example, money
in London, today is 2 per cent, per an-
, num. while iu Mexico, China, Spain,
India, and in fact in all the silver
countries of the world, it commando a
loaning value of from 12 per cent, up
ward. In the other gold countries of
Europe, while money is not so low as
in England, the rate varies from 3 to
5 per cent, to the borrower.
I may cite as a good example of tho
two currencies two states adjoining
one another in South Amorlca ono
British Guiana, a gold country, with
money at 4 to G per cent per annum;
the other Venezuela, with like soil
and climatic conditions, a silver coun
try, where interest rules at 10 to 12
per cent per annum.
Circulation Would lie Decreased.
Should we depart from a gold basis
Europe would undoubtedly send in all
the currency securities that is, eec
curities that may be paid in anything
but gold to us, requiring either an ox
port of gold or its equivalent in trado.
If it takes gold it takes that much ot
our money circulation. If it takes mer
chandise it takes that at a largely re
duced value. The consequence would
be that the shrinkage in money cir
culation would run into very large fig
ures, while we could not put out sil
ver or certificates sufficient to take
their place for many months or years,
so that during the next three or four
years, instead of the circulation in
creasing, as silverites hope, It would
materially decrease. After a lapse of
time, no doubt, by putting their print
ing presses and mints to work, they
could largely inflate our currency with
new issues..
Currency depletion means low prices
for labor and everything else. Cur
rency at a fair rate per capita means
prosperity. Currency inflation means
danger again.
We can only have one standard,
be it of gold, silver, or anything else,
and the experience of the world has
been that gold was the best Again,
where the country is most sound on
its currency question you will find tho
highest civilization. Where money is
debased, or is other than the recog
nized standard of the world, civiliza
tion is on a much lower plane. We
can find at the present time no silver
country in the world, I think I might
say without exception, that is in a
prosperous condition, whose govern
ment securities command respect and
full prices in the markets o- the world.
To this statement our friends from
the .west will probably take excep
tion, and cite as an example of a silver
country being prosperous and in good
condition the case of Mexico; but they
will find it difficult to support their
assertions. The writer had occasion
last month to buy fn the City of Mex
ico $50,000 of bonds issued by the Mex
ican government These bonds were
bought at the rate of 48 cents on the
dollar in silver, the net cost to tho
purchaser being $24,170 in Mexican sil
ver. As the money to pay for theso
bonds came from this country, the
amount of American funds used in
the purchase of $50,000 Mexican gov
ernment securities was $13,012.11, or
about 26 cents on the dollar. Now. it
seems impossible for any country to
be in a sound and prosperous condi
tion whose securities are so heavily
discounted as in the above case.
From the Intellectual View.
Looking at the matter from an in
tellectual standpoint, we find arrayed
on the gold side the high intelligence
of England, France, Germany, Italy,
Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden,
and Canada. On the other side we
find an inferior grade of intelligence,
an absence of public schools, and a
lower plane of morality, as in Spain,
Portugal, South American states, Mex
ico China, etc. On which side shall
n array ourselves ? ,
t course, it is understood that it is
not i intention of that party in pow
er, or the gold party, to disturb the
present silver circulation of the coun
try, which is now $500,000,000. There is
no desire to demonetize that
On the other hand, the whole con
tention is that all of our circulation
shall be kept on a parity with the gold
standard, and that this $500,000,000,
instead of being reduced in value, will
remain equal to gold anywhere.
Borrowers throughout the country
will have to recognize the fact that un
doubtedly they will have to pay more
for loans with silver ruling than they
now do with gold.
Again, if gold remains the standard,
and we give our indorsement of the
principle that we, believe it is the only
standard for us, the money markets
of the world will be open to us, and
instead of having to pay a high rate
for money borrowed, the chances are
we -will have to pay a much reduced
rate less than that which even now
prevails.
- It is estimated that London alone
has many hundred millions of idle
money in its banks waiting for this
matter to be settled, which will un
doubtedly be released and used to a
large extent on this side, if we commit
ourselves unequivocally to the recog
nized standard of European nations.
This course of events will be, if we
malte the change In accordance with
the platform of the silver people, that
in November, as soon as the silver
president is elected, there can be no
doubt at all that Europe will return
our securities in large amounts. For
these we have to pay gold or its
equivalent
Gold Will Advance. "
This will entail a large export of tho
gold we now hold or of commodities.
Gold will at once advance to a sub
stantial premium. No legislation can
probably he made by congress until
well along in the summer of 1897 dur
ing which period our circulation will
be very largely depleted by export and j
s'
hoarding. The return of feef
got to be at very much below the pre3-'
ent valuation ruling on our stock ex
changeprobably 15 per cent to 25 per
cent
If we can avoid a serious panic dur
ing such a crisis we may regard our
selves fortunate.
Under the most favorable Mrcum
gtances we must look for great disturb
ances in value to all classes, disorgan
ization ot labor and a hardening of
money and general financial trouble,
which will bo felt by all, whether tho
farmer, the laborer, the mechanic, or
tho capitalist.
Capital can always tako care of it
self, and will feel tho trouble tho least,
as it can largely unload its burden on
to others.
Now, legislation in favor of silver,
When it comes, must be at least from
nine months to a year off, "and at tho
best it cannot do anything which will
speedily restoro our circulation to Its
normal amount per capita, as it takes
time to coin silver, tho capacity of
our mints at present bolng only about
$5,000,000 a month, or $60,000,000 a
year.
The following can almost be takon,
as axioms:
No sllvor country Is prosperous.
No sllvor country has stablo and
firm government.
Tn no sllvor country Is gonoral la
bor well paid. m .
No silver country has its securities
at pnr.
No sllvcrcountry has good public
school facilities.
GEORGE D. BOULTON.
DUNKARDS AND SOUND MONEY.
This ltell(tlous Soot Una Decided to Vote
for McKinley.
Thero Is a well-known religious sect
in the United States, called Dunkards,
who partake somewhat of character of
Quakers. They believe in baptism by
immersion, but tho neophyte must be
Immersed thrice. Thoy add to tho sac
ramonts of baptism and the oucharlst
that of feot washing. They wear a
plain, distinctive dress and practice
separation from tho world. They take
no oaths, do not go to law with each
other, and, as a rule, take no part In
politics. They believe In the doctrine,
of non-resistance to evil. They are
a simple-minded, hard-working, thrif
ty, peaceable and well-disposed body
of people, with whom conscience, en
lightened by revelation, is the supremo
law of life. j
The stronghold of this communion Is !
at Mount Morris, in the state of Il
linois, where there denominational pa
per is published. They are scattered
throughout the country, but the states
in which they have settled In colonies
in the largest numbers are Pennsyl-
vania, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Ilinois,
Kansas, and West Virginia. The cen
sus credits them with a membership
of 59,500 in these seven states in 1890.
This has increased in the last five
years, and perhaps it is safe to esti
mate their number at 100,000.
A reporter for the Chicago Evening
Post has been looking up the Dunk
ards, aud in an interesting letter he
has made the statement on their behalf
that, although they have never before
voted at any presidential election, they
have decided his year to cast their
votes to a man for McKinley and
sound money They will do this be
cause they regard the political issue
now on trial as a question of morals,
upon which they are bound to take the
side of honesty between man and man.
Free coinage of silver at 16to 1 pre
sents to their unsophisticated and un
corrupted intelligence the appearance
of repudiation, which is a breach of
the eighth commandment, against
which they are bound to enter their
solemn protest as a testimony against
unrighteousness. They believe that ,
the payment of a debt of $1 with 50
cents, under cover of law enacted with
the special purpose of enabling debt- i
ors to do that very thing, would be
none less than an act of theft, of
which they would not be guilty them-
selves, and which Is no less heinous Bryan is a believer in free trade. They .
because sanctioned by the government, are not ignorant of his ardent cham
Mr. Samuel Netzley of Batavla, Kane pionship of the Wilson bill, When he
county, Ills., said to The Post reporter was a member of he house of represen- j
that in spite of their "traditional hab- j tatives. They know the record of his -j
its. the Dunkards will undoubtedly
vote at the coming election, and that
their ballots will be, without excep
tion, for honest money and the Repub
lican ticket.
He was careful, however, to add
that his brethren would not take part
in any political discussions among
themselves, their neighbors or their
friends, and that they would go quiet
ly to the polls deposit their ballots,
and return home.
"The last time I voted," said this
local leader, ' I cast my vote for
Abraham Lintoln. After I voted I
turned about und went directly to my
home. This is the custom of our peo
ple, who avoid discussions of every
kind and discourage the brethren from
mingling in crowds where altercations
and dissentions are likely to take
place."
Their example is commended to all
honest men, irrespective of party, who
have sufficient moral sensibility to
recognize the ethical nature of the
struggle in which the opponents of
free coinage of silver at a false ratio
are now earnestly engaged.
Their newly awakened Interest In
the present political situation is un
questionably one of the remarkable
features of this presidential campaign.
The fact that the Democrats of Mis
souri have nominated a banker for gov
ernor should not be overlooked.
Senator Gray Is Not For Bryan.
I have not indorsed Bryan and SewalJ,
nor do I contemplate doing so. I have
been a Democrat all my life, and I do
not propose to be driven out of my party
at this time because my views on some
questions differ from those of many of
my fellow Democrats. The conclusions
of the Chicago convention by no means
met mv approval. I am not in sympathy
with this Altgeld-Tillman-Bryan free ;
silver movement, and have never been.
Senator George Gray.
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WQEKS ARE CLOSING
U VXtJDLU ii.til. UJJUO I iX
t
SERIOUS EFFECT OF THE FREE SIL
VER MOVEMENT.
Many Manufacturers Suspend Until They
Knew the Result or the 'Election No
Dcslro to Sell Product and Kecclvo Pay
ment In Fifty-Cent Dollars.
The threat of free diver and a de
based currency Is having a serious ef
fect upon' the Industrial Interests of
the country.
Many manufacturers are
f1nlnr thrlr wnrlra until nftnr tilec-
tion Holely for the reason that they
" , . , . 4v,ti
cannot afford to manufacture- their
wares and sell them on long time on
the basis ot 100-cent dollars and take
, . . m . .
their chances of being forced to accept
payment In EO-cent dollars. It would
Blmply be ruin to them to do so and no
sane man can blame them for taking
every possible precaution against this
threatened danger.
Many manufacturers are thus com
pelled to close their works to save
themselves from certain disaster In
case the Bryan ticket should be eleced.
Others, yet running, are seriously crip
pled and embarrassed by the threat
hanging over them. As an Illustration
of the damaging effect of the free sil
ver movement the cose of the Minne
apolis Threshing Machine company Is
mentioned. Under the threat of going
from a ICO-cent dollar standard to a
EO-cent dollar standard, this company,
like hundreds of others, has been seri
ously embarrassed. Still it struggled
on, doing Its best to keep its works go
intr and Its men employed. Then when
I linan m a nanoDCf) VXT nn O rtfl V-fT fl V ifl
Issue time -checks to tide it over until amendment to section thirteen (13) of
it could make cash collections or raise article six of tho Constitution of the
the money to pay its workmen, the gt fe f KeDraska bating to corn
free silver organs, after having done , , .
all they could to embarrass the firm, pensation of supreme and district court
pitched into it with the savagery of jndges.
Indian scalpers and sought to make Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State
political capital out of the company s of Nebraska:
cramped condition. Notwithstanding Section That section thirteen 03) of
the fact, the proof of which is abun- article six (8) of th Cp.istitutioa of the state
iiiv. ia.ti, me , ,. of NeDrajka be amended so as to read as fol-
dant, that this company has done Its l0W3.
utmost to keep Its works running and Sec 13 Tho judges of tha sunreme and
its workmen steadilv employed, these district conns shall receive for their services
crraveyard ghouls of
have followed it relentlessly and malic
iously in order to array the employes
against their employers.
This Is one illustration. There are
scored of similar or equally serious
cases
The manufacturers who are
struggling along under the threat of
free silver and the uncertainty of the
outcome, deserve the sympathy of
their workmen whose Interests are
also involved in this issue. Closed
mills and factories mean unemployed
labor.
In this connection we are .advised
that all three of Michigan's thresher
factories two at Battle Creek and one
at Port Huron have been closed for
some time'and will remain cl&sed until
after election for purely business rea-
! fons- , ery largely me P"" i
time one-third due In the fall of each
year following the summer in which
deliveries are made. The manufactur
ers dare not go on making long time
sales until assured that honest 100
cent dollars are to be our money of
the future, as they have been in the
past and are now. If McKinley and
Hobart are elected, that will be all
the assurances they ask and they will
resume business with confidence in the
' 5uture- s Is, a11 ,they 1arfJ A7ai"n
frr. And McKinley's election will
mean just as much to the men who are
employed in these industries as to the
owners of them. It will mean plenty'
of work and good wages. The interests
of the employer and the employe are
identical and he is an enemy of both
who seeks to make war between them.
Detroit Journal.
HIDDEN BLOW AT PROTECTION.
Dancer That jLIcs in tho
Kaid of tho
llryanitc-s.
Believers in the Republican and
American policy of protecting home in-
dustries by duties cn foreign merchan
dise coming into competition with the
products of the United States, do not
half understand the degree of danger
that lies in the raid of the Bryanites
upon the money standard of this repub
lic. The danger is much greater than
it apears to be at first glance.
AH well informed men know that
Party, ana iney xeei laecrusninweigni.
'today of its tariff legislation in 1S94
This part of the country, at least, is
awake to the general danger of Demo
cratic regulation of the duties on for
eign products. What the friends of pro
tection do not perceive is the intimate
relation between the free coinage
movement and the well known emnity
of the Democratic party towards pro
tection. In whatever degree the free coinage
of silver might make the money
of the United States less valuable than
gold, the duties on imports would be re
duced. If money should fall here to
the Mexican level, and it would go
there or thereabouts, it would . take
about half as much gold, which is the
money of Europe, to pay the duties on
any given quantities and kinds of for
eign merchandise as is now required. It
would be precisely like a reduction of
47 per cent, in the rates of duties, as far
as the obstacles in the way of foreign
producers trying to gain possession of
the American market were concerned.
This statement refers to specific du
ties, which are levied on fixed quanti
ties of merchandise, but it would ap- j
ply to art veriorem duties, which are l
gawged according to the price of the
Imported articles In Europe, unless the
government of the United States should
stoop to the humiliating expedient of
calculating the value of foreign money
in United States currency, not on the
present scale, but one admitting a
heavy depreciation in the money of
this proud republic. The whole effect
would be a great reduction of duties
and much easier admission of foreign
merchandise.
Are the American people ready for a
deadly blow at home industries, struck
in the dark and in the name of free
silver, such as no party would dare
to advocate openly in the name of free
trade? Cleveland Leader.
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
The following proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the Stato of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth in full,
are submitted to the electors of the
State of Nebraska, to bo voted upon
at the general "election to be held Tues
day, November 3, A. D., I896:t
A joint resolution proposing to
' Ja" tw?J' f""f
five () of artide (6). of the Cdnsti-
i tutiou of the State of Nebraska, relating
to number of judges of the supreme
court and their term of office.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of tho State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section two QO of article
six f(T of the Constitution 'of tha State
or Nebraska bo amended so ai to read as foi- Stale of Nebraska, limiting: the num
lows: , .
Section 2. The supreme court stall until ber of executive state officers.
otherw.no provi ted by law. c usist of Ave i x , , , . . ,
(5) jndBea. uTOjjorlty of whom shaU be ne-o- ! 75lT2 ,ami ?nc,ed b thfJ Lee
sary to form a quorum or to- pronounca ialaturo of the Htate of fcebrwka:
adecision. I shall have onpinal jutisdl tion Sf0,1"" - That section twenty-six CM) of
in cases rulatlritr to revenue civil cases in artlclo flvo (3) of the Constitution of the
wt.jh thB ,atA Bh,i ,M, n,lin,iam,
follows: .
nppellato jurisdiction. a3 may be provide! by
law. .
gactlon 2. That section four CO' of article
six Df the Constitution of the' State
of Nebraska, bo amended so as to r,jjad as fol-
- lows:
BeCtJoa L Jmf?es lhe 8Upreffl0
courtshall bo elected by tha olectora of the
statu ac large, anil taetr term or omce ex-
cept as hereinafter provided, shall be for a
period of not lnn than five (o) years as the
legislature may present.
Soctidn 3 That section five' (a) of nrtie'e
six (8) of the Conitltutij.-i of the State of Ne
braska, i e amen led to read a f illows:
Section 5. At the flrst general election to
be hold in the jvar 1SSW. thero shad be" elected
two 09 judges of tho supreme court one
of whom shall be elected for a term of
twoC2) years, one for thj term of four CO
.years, and at each general election thare
after, there shall bo elected one judge of
the supreme c mrt for the term of five
Co) years, unless otherwise provided by
law; Provided, that tho judges of th su
preme, court who-e term have not oxplred
at the ti no of holding th3 general elec
tion of 1806. shall continue to hold their
office for the remain ler of the term for
whl.h thoy were respectively commjs
sioaed. Approved March 23, A. D. 1833.
A joint resolution proposing an
payable auirterlr.
The legislature shall at its first seision
after the adoption of this amendment,
three-firths of the members sleeted to
ea:h house concurring, establish their
compensation. The compensation so es
tablished shall not be changed oftener
than once in four years, and in no event nniess
two-thirds of the members elected to
ea-h house . of the legidature concur
therein.
Approve! March S3, A. D. 1893.
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-
pensation of the officers of the executive
deDartmenfc.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. Tht section twentv-four C'-O
of artlcie five CJ) of thj Constitntio j. of the
State of Neurataa be amended, to read as lot
lows:
Section 24. The officers of the executive
department of tho s.ato government shall
receive for their services a compeniacion
to be eitablished by mw. whl h shall be
neither incr a-ted nor diminished during the
term lor which thev ahail hive oeen rom-'
missioned and they shill not rejeivo to thdir
own use any fee, cojis, interests, upon pu lic
moneys in their hatid-i or under their control,
perquiaires of office or olhar compen
sation and all feas that miy here-afc-r
be pay&blo hv law for services
pc: formed b an officer providel for in
this arti-le shill be paid in advance into the
state treasury. Tho legislature shill nt its
first session artcr tho adoption of this amend
ment, three fifth of the members eiojted to
eaeh houso of the legislature con
curring, establish the s Maries of tho
officers named in this article. The com
pensation so es'.nbiished shall not be changed,
oftenor than once i-i four years and in no
event uulrai t;vo-th:rds of the members
elected to each houso of the legislature concur
therein
Approved March 29. A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section one (1) of. article six (6) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebras
ka, relating to judic al power.
Bi it rojolvel and enacted by the Legisla
ture of th-i Stuo ot Nebraika:
Section 1. That sectiDJ on CO of article six
(8) of tho Cbtistitattoa of the Sta e of Nebraska
be amended to ead as fol.ows:
Section 1. The judicial power of this state
fihdi be vested in a supreme court, district manner in which votes shall be cast,
courts, connty conns justices of the I . , . ,
l.ea e. poi. o magistrates, and in such .ither Be it resolved and enacted by tha Legijlat
eonr.s inferior to th jmoro:no conit a mav Ure of the State of Nebraska:
be cioated by law in which two-thirds of
tho liiembe s olected to each house
concur.
Approved March 29, A. D. 18D5-
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section eleven (11) of article six
(6) of the Constitutiou of the State of
Nebraska, relating to iucreaso iu num
ber of supreme and district court
judges.
Ba it resolvslnnd enacted by the Legislature
of the State or Neoraska :
i section 1. Thas section eleven CH) of
article six C3) of th-j Constitution f tho state
of Nebraska bo amended to real a fol
lows: Section 11. The legis ature. whenever two
thirds of tho members elected to. each house
shad coni ur therein may. in or nf.er the year
ono thousand i,ht hundred and ninety -st-ven
and not oftenor th.in noo in jvery iour years,
increase the nu.nucr of judge of su
preme aud district court, and the judical
districts of tha state Su h district thail
be formed of c-jmpuct territory, and
bounded by count lines; and such in
crease, or any change in the boundaries
of a district, shall not vacate the office of any
Joge-
Approved iuarcn zj, a. u. ibjo.
A joint resolution proposing to amend
section sir (6) of article one (1) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska,
relating to trial by jury.
Ba It r.solved and anacted by the Legislature
1 af th State of Nebraska :
1 Seetio-i 1. That section six Op- article one
CI) of the Constitution of the Stato of Ne
braska bo amend d to i d as follows:
: Section 0. 'lhe righ of tiial b jury shall
I remain inviolato, bu tho ieis ature may pro-
vide th t in civi action five-sixths of the jury
ma render a verdi ;t. an t th legislature may ;
nl- o an honz triai by a jury of a .ess number
than tweve men, in conns inferior to the dis-
iriet court.
Approved March 29, A D. 1693.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section one (1) of article five (5)
of the Constitution of Nebraska, relat
ing to officers of the executive depart
ment. Bo lt reiolvpd and enacted by tho Lcgisla-
ture .f thj Srae of Nebraska:
Section I . That section one 0) of. ar
ticle five C-i) of th -Consti.uiion ot ihe s-tate
of Nebraska le amended to read a fol
lows: Section 1 The executive department shall
cons;st of a governor. lientenant-go;ernor,
secretary of State an -itor .of pubi ac -tints,
treamr r, su cintendent of pub.ie in
struction, attorney general. commissioner
of puodc lands and bui.d'n?s, and three
railroad commission ts. ea h ot whom,
except the sail rilroad commissioners,
shall hold his office for a term of
two ye3ra. f"-om tho first- Thursday after
the first Tuesday iu .'anuary, after
his election, an - until his successor is
eie.tel and qualified. Ea-h railroad com
misioner shau hoi i his office for a term of
three years beginniu on the first Thurs.Say
alter the first Tuesday in Ja uar a ter
his e!e. tion. and until his succes
tor Is elo ted nnd qu- ified. Proviaed.
tion held after the ado tiou of this amend- -
ment thero rnau Do elected tnree ranroad
eouimissiotier-i. ono. for the period of one
year, ono lor tho period of two years, and
one for tho p -riod of throe years. Th gov
ernor, secretary of stato. auditor of pub
lic accounts, and treasurer shall reside at
tie cylial during their terra, Qf ofU;
S&I .i?l5e5uS,2g
.tiesiTaaylwreqairea biiW: ' r
Approve! March 80, A. D. 139j.
A joint resolution proposing- to
amend section twenty-sir (26) of ar
ticle five (5) of"the Constitution of tho
i State of Nebraska be amended, to read a
I Section 23. No other executive state offi-
, cers. exoeplj th.050 named in so tion on CO
this article-shall b? created. xoepc
by on act of -the legislature which is
i. concurred in by jiot- less ithan throo-f urths
i or the members elected, to each home
j thereof: : -
j Provided. Thit any offlca created . hy an
BC6 ot "B ies--ainre may oe aDo.isnea iy
? .legislature, two-tnirOa or tnat raem-
bers elected to each house thereof concur
ring. - , '
Approved March 90. A. D.. 18351 ,
A ioint resolution proposing to
amend section nine (9) of article eight
(8) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, pmvidiug for the investment
of the permanent educational funds of
tho state.
Bo it resolved-and enacted by the Legisla
ture of ihe Stataof Nebraska:
Section 1. That seeiio i nine (?) of article
eight (8) of tho Constitution of the State
of Nebraska le amended to read as fol
lows: Section 9. All 'funis belonging to the state
for educational purposes, the interest and
income whereo'" onlv are to be ueJ, h ll
bedeemei trust funds haid by the state,
and the s'atu shall supply all losses the ro
of that may in an manner accrue, so that
the same hall remain forevor inviolate
and undiminished and shad noc be in
vested or otMed except on United States
or state securities, or rois ered county
bonds or registered stho 1 district Loads ot
this state, and su-h fund with th inter,
est and income thereof are hereby solemn
ly pledged for the purpose for whi h thoy
are granted and set apart, and. shall not
be transferred to any other fund for other
uses;
Provided. The board crea ei by section
1 of this article is empowered to sell from
time to time any of tho securities belonging
to the permanent s hool fund and invesc
the proceeds arising- therefrom In any of the
securities enumerated in this section bear
ing a higher rate of Interest whanever
an opnortunity for better investment is pre
sented; And provided further, That when any
warrant uitn the Htate tressu er reg
ularly Issued in purscan -e of an appropri
ation by the legislature and secured by tho
levy of u tax for us payment, shall
be presented to ha state treasurer for
payment, and tharo shall not be any
money in the proper fund to pay such
warrant, the board created by section 1
of this artice to y direct, the state treas
urer to "ay th amount due on su h war
rant from moneys iu hi, hands llonging
to ihe per nanent schod fund of the state,
and he shall luld xaid warrant as an in
vestment of ?ai'l permanent school fund.
Approved March 20. A. D 1S93.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska by adding a new
section to article twelve (12) of said
constitution to be numbered section
two (2) relative to the 'merging of tho
government of cities? of tho 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 C2) or the
Consti ution of the State of Ne r ska be
amended y a-idi ig to said arti ie n nv sec
tion to e numbered section two CD to read
as follows:
Section 2. Tho government of any city of
the metropo tan c!as3 and tha gov
ernment of the county " in wh ch
it is locato-d mav be jn rged whollr
or in part whnn a proposition .so to do has
Leon submitted by aatho ity of law to the
voters of such cit and i-ounty and re
ceived tha assent of a in j rity of the
votes cast in such cit and also -a majority
of the vote cast in the county, ex tusive
of thoe cast in sueh metropolitan city at such
election.
Approved March 29, A- D. 193.
A joint resolution proposing
an
amendment to section six (6) of article
seven (7) of the Constitution of the
j State
of Nebraska, prescribing the
Seciion 1 Thit section six (8) of article
seven CO f 'bo Constitution of the State
of Nebraska be amended to read as fol
lows: Section 6. A'l votes -h -11 ba ly bal.ot. or
such other method as may bo present ed
by law provided th secrecy cf voiing bo
preserved.
Approved March 29. A D 1893.
A joint resolution proposing to
j ameud sectiou two (2) of article four
teen (14) of tho Constitution of tho
State of Nebraska, relative to donations
to works of interual improvement and
manufactories.
Ba it resolved and ft-acrod by thn Leg
islature ot th- state of Nebraska:
Section 1 That ec.ioti two 09 of nrticlo
fourteen 0-0 of tha Con3 iuuiun of the
State of NcDiaka, be amended to real as
follows:
Soe. 2. No city, county. own, precinct,
municipality, or other subuiyidon ot the
state, shall ever make donations to any
works of int rual improvement. or
manufactory, unit-si a pr .p i-itiou so to
do shait have been first submitted to tho
1 qualified e.o tors aud ratillji ity a two
j thirds vot at an election by authority of
I law; Provided That such donat.. ns of a
county with the donations of such su di
visions in the aggregate t-hn.'l no. ex-ted
ten per cent of thd assess d ruination of
such county; Provided, further. Ihat any
city or county may, by a threfoarths
vote, increase su h iniohtedn -as five per
cent, in addition to such tt-n per cent an.l
no bonds or evidonces of induiiie.uioss so
issued shall le va.id unless ih- same hl
luvo ondjrsoJ thiroon a re tilliat.i signed
by the seer, tary aud and! or of statu,
showing that tho same is issuol pursuant to
law.
Approved March 9, A. D.. 1S93.
I, J. A. Piper, secretary of state of
the stato 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
sessioif of the legislature of the State
of Nebraska, as appearsfrom said
original bills on file in - this office, and
that all and each of said proposed
amendments aro submitted to the
qualified voters of the State of Ne
braska for their adoption or rejection;
at the general election to bo held ou
Tuesday, the 3d day of November, A.
D., 1890.
lii testimony whereof, I havo' here
unto set my hand and affixed the 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-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.
