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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TKIBDME: TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1896. XRAIi BARB, Editob and Pbopbietob SUBSCRIPTION BATES. OneYoar, cask In advance, $1.25. She Uoatha cash In advance 75 Cents. Satared at the NorthPlatte ( Nebraska) postofflce as stooad-class matter. 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 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. Lauds aud Buildings HENRY C. RUSSELL. For Attorney-General ARTHUR S. CHURCHILL. For Supreme Judee. Loner Term ROBERT RYAN. For Supreme Judge, Short Term MOSES P. KINKAID. For Recent of S"t TTnivo-oity W.G.WHITMORE. LEGISLATIVE TICKET. For Coneress. 6th District E.A.OADY. For Senator, 30th District J.S. HO AG LAND. For Representative, 54 District J. H. ABBOTT. COUNTY TICKET. For Countv Attorney, T. C. PATTERSON. For Commissioner, Third District, JAS.S. BOBBINS. 4My friends and fellow popocrats" shouted Stebbins as 'he pounde the defenceless air at the -schoo house last Saturday night. Otp friends the enemy, have boasted that thed can elect a yellow dog-this year. Let us get tog-ether, put ou shoulders to the wheel, and show them that we can elect inst as vel dog- as they can. That is to say er." The rest was lost in the vociferous applause of the patriots - bayard Transcript. Ptik speech at hu I1 intj. J. S. Hoagland was the ve.t delivered in Chappell h - 'nnd? Hie money question a thI places the matter beto-e h -ers in a clear logical man r Mis talk was free from abuse n . I -wi i attentively listened to b -i .present. Mr. Hoagland is mak ? i record through t'' -- -jritor and receive- : - u ri'-.ji' notices in papers of ever t'n iji w hich he speaks. His elec tion Jo the senate is assured am this district will have in him a se -ator to be proud of, one who wi11 m kr a jrood record and a leader in tb-it body. Chappell Register. The vote for Holcomb will fa' considerably short in this counts from what it was two years ago. A large per cent of the pop 'ilist of this county are straigh middle-of-the-road fellows, and the are not taking- kindly'to Holcomb bargain and sale of the pop part to democracy. It has always bee current rumor among the, pops that Holcomb was never a good pop.and only embraced the faith for office and now that he has got what ht was looking- for he wants to turn the party over to the democrats, so as to continue in office. It is still tresh in the populists' minds that, all the best appointments made b Holcomb were given to democrats, and the boys who were the means ot his election had to be satisfied with crumbs. Broken Bow Repub lican. "In Qeorgia.the republicans had no tateticket and the fiirht was -vh 41y between the democrats, irre sw tive of free coinage and sound ni". iv against the pops who area'l free coinage. The result is there iorc one of no interest to republi 1 - Tom Watson is reported tr -en turned down in his own c- and district. 'The elections mi ' 'u' south all go to show that the St L -ins pop convention in indors nsj Br?an and sacrificing- Watson f-vr mess of pottage have sounded ifU in all the southern states. h',- V- npoar atfnin as - nation down there v l;:rnment of parties is lake place. It is also prob- nt they have killed .themselvs ' i he west as well as in the south. TV baye. however, no distinctive ; - t in a western state this-year - vrhioh their strenghth in tin , election can be tested. They have been all coralled by their lead ers and sold, out bodily to Bryan and Sewall in return for beggardly privilege of dividing- state tickets with tlie popocrats. Journal. Bmcklen s Arnica Salve The beat salve in the world for cute, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever oresvtetec, chapped hands, chilblains come, and all Bkin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required, It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For f ale by A. F. Strcitz THE .MINE OWNERS. -WHY THEY ARE- CLAMORING ' FREE SILVER; i 1 FOR Deliberately Working tor National and Individual Rspallation nnd Bobbery by Means of a Debased aud Depreciated Dollar Their Cry a False One. How do the silver miners expect to Profit by the free and unlimited coin age of silver? Through a rise in the value of their product to $1.29 per ounce? Oh no, they are perfectly well aware that no such thing can happen. They don't want it to happen. If It did it would absolutely defeat the object they have in view, for it would make the real, or bullion, value of our silver dollar 100 cents instead of 50 to 53 cents, and it would retain in circula tion our gold coins concurrently with our silver and paper money on a par ity of actual value instead of an artifi cial parity consisting of part value and part credit, as at present Regardless of national and Individual honor, they are deliberately working for national and Individual repudiation and robbery by means of a debased and depreciated dollar, for in such a dollar alone do they see an enormous profit for them selves. Their cry for an increased circulation is a false cry. No one knows better than these men that we now have a volume of money amply sufficient for the needs of legitimate business, and larger than that of any leading commer cial nation on earth, excepting only that of France. What they do want is to cut the purchasing power of two thirds of our money in two, and the exile of the other third by bringing sil ver down to its bullion value, which would necessitate double the number of dollars to do the same amount of work. Nobody knows better than they that neither our congress,, the chamber of deputies of France, the reichstag of Germany, nor the. parliament of Eng land can, by a simple act cf legislation, create out of absolutely nothing except the words in which the statute is ex pressed a value equivalent to more than $0,000,000,000. Yet this is precise ly the miracle congress would have to perform if it attempted, quoting Mr. Bryan, "to raise the value of every ounce tf silver, here and everywhere, to $1.29." Why do they know this to be impossible? Because this same statement was made in congress prior to the passage of the Sherman act of 1890. But what are the facts? Speculation forced the price of silver up from 93 cents to $L19, but before the year was out it had fall en back so far that the average for the year was only 1.04. Silver production increased in the United States alone from 50.COO.000 ounces in 1889 to 54,500,000 ounces in 1890 an increase of 4.500,000 ounces. In IS891 the world's production of silver ncreased 11,075,847 ounces over that of -890, and the price fell to an average of IS cents for the year. In 1892 the vorld's production increased 15.980.843 ounces over that'of 1891, and the aver age price for the year fell to 87 cents. In 1893 the production again advanced jy 12,940,285 ounces, while the average jrice was only 7S cents, the treasury ourchasing its last quota at 63 cents. It must not be forgotten .that during ,this period (1890-93) India took 129, J20.875 ounces of silver for coinage xlone, thus aiding enormously in sus :aining the market, and in spite of this unprecedented demand for coinage, a total of 10,736 tons of silver in less than Jour years,- the price, after touching JL19, dropped like lead to 63 cents. After such an experience as this it is jvident that the silverminers cannotan ticipate any considerable rise in the value of their product, for they know rhat the offerings, of silver to the treas ury were largely in excess of the quan tity the secretary was authorized to purchase eyery month during which the Sherman act was in operation. Al though Mr. Bryan does not seem to have heard about it, the mints of In dia have been qlosed to silver ever since 1893, and that vast market is now barred and barricaded against the mine owners. It is quite evident, then, that a rise in the price of their products is not the object they 'have in view. Then what is it? There is a woodchuck in the hole. Let us see if we can smoke him out. In the Anaconda copper mine atButte, Mont., and in other localities, they find large quantities of silver mingled with the copper ore. As the copper alone pays handsomely, to mine, every ounce of silver they get costs practically nothing, and is so much clear gain. At Little Cottonwood, in Utah, where the celebrated Emma mine is located; at Leadville, Col.; at Eureka, Nev., and in many other localities, lead ore is mined mingled with silver. It pays handsomely to mine the lead, and again the silver is practically a bi-.J product and all clear gain. In every i mine in which gold is found in a quarts formation the gold is mingled with the silver, which must be extracted before the gold is commercially available. In this case, again, silver is the byprod uct of another industry. The census of 1890 shows that the total number of men engaged in the silver mining busi ness was less than 33,000, and that more than 1C.C00 of these obtained the silver from the ores of other metals as the Di-proauct or some other mining indus- try. xnat census report also shows that the total commercial value of the silver product ($57,225,000) was less than one-half of the value of the prod uct of the patriotic, hard-working Aemerican hen. You will therefore see that our miners produce vast quanti ties of silver every year which would pay them well if sold at 10 cents an ounce. But this Is not all. At other mines, such as the Granite Mountain MoIHe Gibson, Last Chance, Big Bonanza, the Comstock lode, which has made Sena tor John P. Jones the real leader of the silver party, a millionaire, twenty-five times over,' and many more of the greatest producers, "the cost of mining silver is so low their -proprietors hug jealously the secrets of their balance sheets. But it is well known that from J.890 to L$92 millions of ounces of sil ver were offered to the government, which cost the miners riot to exceed 10 to 25 cents per ounce, delivered at the treasury in Washington. Even when silver was down to the neigh borhood of 63 cents there was a wild scramble to sell and the output con tinued to increase. It is obvious then that it is the mar- fcet ror and not the price of their prod uct that worries Senator Jones with his $25,000,000, Senator Stewart with his $40,000,000, David Moffat with his 540, 000,000, arid the other members of the silver trust whose wealth Is aggregated at $547,000,000. It Is to obtain a market that these patriots (?) have for twenty years maintained the most expensive lobby ever sent to Washington by any special interest; which lobby, headed by General A. J. Warner, has kept up a continual knocking on the doors of congress, alternately threatening and demanding, or begging and entreating for the resumption of free and unlim ited coinage. How do they propose to make a mar ket for their product? - First, by driving out of circulation $600,000,000 of gold 'colnl That would necessitate the issue of 1,200,000,000 half-price silver dollars to fill up the gap in- the circulation and restore an equivalent in purchasing power. By this means they would market 907, 000,000 ounces of their product. Next, they want to bring our $625, 626,000 of silver, or paper representing the tons of silver bullion now lying in the treasury vaults, down to Its bull ion value and thus reduce its purchas ing power one-half. This would have precisely the same effect on the pur chasing power of our $617,583,000 of oth er paper money redeemable In coin and which would have to be redeemed in silver dollars , at their bullion value. One-half of this circulation would thus be practically wiped out and annihi lated. The people, In whose pockets, tills or banks that $1,243,209,000 now is, would find themselves robbed of $621, 604,500 of the money for which they had toiled and sweated, by an act of congress in a single night For whose benefit? For the benefit of the needy patriots, who, with only $547,000,000 among them are making a desperate struggle to keep the wolf from the door. It is thus that Mr. Bryan lowers the common people. This additional loss of purchasing power would have to be replaced by' an issuse of 1,243,209,000 half-price sliver dollars, either in coin or paper and would enable the miners to market an additional 1,065,927,000 ounces of their output. The total loss to our circula tion, including the loss of our gold coin, would amount to over $16 per capita, and In the ruin which would follow so awful and so sudden a contraction of our currency the bonanza millionaires alone would reek with riches, for In restoring to their dearly beloved com mon people the equivalent in free coin age silver of the money of which they had been robbed, they would market 1,972,927,000 ounces of. silver. Estimat ing their property only 50 per cent., and as I have shown It-would bemuch more, a free coinage law would put Into the coffers of the silver kings a profit of $986,464,000, a profit unparalleled in the history of human greed and avarice. A Few of the Forgeries. Yankton Gazette: Here are a few of the many forgeries used in the cam paign by the Democrats. Look out for them and do not be deceived: The speech of James G. Blaine on the Bland-Allison bill. The remarks of U. S. Grant in rela tion to the signing of the coinage act of 1873. The speech of James A. Garfield on the Bland-Allison bill. The letter of Abraham Lincoln prophesying demonetization and terri ble troubles to follow. The report of Secretary Fessenden in relation to the seven-thirties. The computations of John A. Logan of the bonds and money. The alleged editorial of the London Financial News in relation to the effect of free coinage upon the United States and England. The story of Ernest Seyd. Jlrynn as a Financier. . It was the editor of a New Mexico pa per that Dr. Winnett' met at El Paso. Tex., who had kept tab on Bryan and in consequence had a story to tell. Mr. Bryan was at EI Paso last winter. He went across the river into Mexico and there dickered for some native qpals, He talked quite a while and succeeded in jewing the dealer down so that he consented to take $4 for the lot that Mr. Bryan wanted. Tnis was satis factory and Mr. Bryan pulled out four silver dollars and paid for the stones. But this deep student of international finance and authority on the condition of Mexico paid his bill in that country with good American dollars, worth two to one of Mexican coin. That opal dealer is sighing for Mr. Bryan to come that way again. It isn't often that he finds so easy a -mark. Lincoln (Neb.) Call. Which ? Says a. correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean: A few days ago I heard a discus sion between a Bryan and a McKinley farmer. The latter remarked: 'Suppose you and I go to Colorado. You go to producing wheat while I go to mining silver. The first year you grow $1,000 worth of wheat and ! mine $1,000 worth of silver. Under free silver I could have my $1,000 worth of silver bullion coined into $2,000 silver dollars, t the present price of silver. Thus I could buy your $1,000 worth of wheat and have $1,000 in silver coin left. I cannot vote with a party that adheres to such a policy it is so manifestly un just.' " Readers can form their own opinions as to which fcf the two had the better of the argument. Free Telecraplilnsr. In Germany it is the privilege of the kaiser and kaiseriu to telegrapu as much as they like iu their owu conn try free of expense. This privilege also extends to the dowager empress. Foreign telegrams are, however, paid for M the ordinary late The employers who Arrt payfnff off Ebelr hands In Mexican dollars, which will pass current; for oply C5 cents, ere furnishing: a Taluable object lc?soti. Oar ovrn silver dollars will be tvortb. less than the Mex ican dollars If the supply sets beyond con trol of the government, as it would under a free coinage law. Men would say gold bad gone up. But bold is the standard of value and stands still. The cold dollar would be worth tUo same, and the silver dollar would be worth 53 cents or Jess. Tno Duchess King. The duchess riug is thelatestnovelry. t cousists of a band of gold, with au pal, showing blue lights in a clear set ing, surrounded by diamonds. Two tiny crolls of gold project on either side, nd a shield formed of many scrolls is fcudded with diamonds and reaches be oud th'.- knuckle. It is to bo worn only n the eening and cannot bo purchased ror less than 500. HISTORICAL POBCH. WHERE WILLIAM M'KINLEY TALKS TO ; HIS VISITORS. It Has Become an Inspiration to Patriotic Endeavor in the Service of Good Gov ernment Compared with the Bear Plat form of a Hallway-Train. Many incidents and features connect ed with the pending presidential cam paign are altogether unusual. The is sue which has obtained overshading Importance is comparatively a new question to a very large majority of the people of many, if not all, of the larger states, an entirely new one to the east ern section of the country. It was dominant In some of the western states some few years ago and upon it or kindred Issues the Republicans lost control of the state governments of Kansas, Illinois, Oregon, Colorado and some of the southern states, heretofore reliably Democratic, were lost to that party. But at the elections of two years and one year ugo, most of the former were redeemed. The nominee of the Chicago conven tion, William J. Bryan, is, or was at the time of his nomination, more of an unknown quantity, politically speaking or otherwise, than any candidate for that exalted position since the forma tion of the government, with the pos sible exception' of Franklin Pierce, and such reputation as the New Hamp shire candidate enjoyed was distinctly to his credit, as. a safe and conserva tive man. Bryan, on the contrary, owes his selection as the leader of a great party largely, if not entirely, to a speech before a political convention, which was "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing" save cheap dema gogy. An attempted comparison between Bryan and Abraham Lincoln is to the last degree ridiculous, yet the journey to New York on the part of Bryan was undoubtedly due to his belief that he was in some way and somehow a sort ' of second Lincoln. 1 If the result of that journey did not disabuse his mind of that absurd idea and it is not at all likely it did it is because of his overweening vanity. In no one aspect, however, is the present campaign more unique than In the constant visits of individuals, dele gations, associations and organizations of all kinds to the modest home of Major "William McKinley in Canton, O. The custom .of visiting a presidential candidate at his home obtained some what during the campaign of eight years ago, when frequent visits were made to the home of President Har rison, but to nothing like the extent It has obtained In this campaign. Hardly a day of the week, save Sunday, when one or more delegations have not ar rived in Canton, and, entering the small yard in front of the home of Major McKinley, have greeted him with congratulations, and, in return, have received a cordial, unaffected wel come, listened to words of political wisdom, been given personal greeting by the gentle, unassuming, . but strong and forceful man and speaker, and marched homeward with the firm conviction of his pre-eminent fitness for the faithful discharge of the du ties of that great office for which he has been selected by a large body of his countrymen. A leading New England newspaper said not long ago the porch in front of the modest home of William Mc Kinley was likely to prove the most effective "stump" In the history of American politics. Those of the citi zens of Vermont who were permitted to participate in one of these occasions were forcibly impressed with the truth of this statement. The simplicity of their reception, the absence of any burdensome formality, the cordiality of their welcome, the simple dignity of manner and speech, the personal inter course with the man, the sweetness of the home atmosphere, everything com bined to impress upon the minds of the visitors the real greatness of -the man. The porch at Canton is likely to be come historic. Contrast its simplicity with the theatrical parades, the dra matic journeyings, the rear platform perfomances of Candidate Bryan, and you have a fair conception of the char acters and sense of responsibility felt by the two men In the present critical condition of public affairs. Then contrast the utterances from the Canton porch with those of the "Boy Orator" on his travels, and the comparison is still more to the disad vantage of the latter. From his porch at Canton Major McKinley appeals to all that Is best in patriotism, ail that is truest in American citizenship. He appeals to the higher instincts of hu man nature, addresses the reason, in spires the confidence, arrests the judgments of his fellow countrymen. The most Impure or sacrilegious of im aginations cannot conclive of William McKinley's indulgence In ribald jest or blasphemous metaphor in dealing with questions demanding the cool, de liberative judgment of American citii zens. The porch at Canton has become an Inspiration to patriotic endeavor in the service of good government, the words that have been spoken from It have been and are an incentive toward the fulfillment of the highest obligations d' American citizenship, they are thf j trumpet call to. duty for the welfare of that great republic. The rear platform and the massnieet ing utterances of Candidate Bryan have been appeals to the baser pas sions and prejudices of men, an at tempt to array class against class, Without dignity, without any evidenceo of a just appreciation of what consti- . tutes the higher obligations among men, the demands of the demagogue aspiring to leadership of the apologit for the madness of the mob, not of the .conservator of the law. St. Al bans (la.) Messenger. Tt,o mihlf with 1hf fnuntrv f o X lit - " " J J LUCZ.L we import too much from abroad that ought to bg. made at home, and, while the manufacturers of Europe receive i our money, our own workingmen are ' without wages and our home markets .without customers. There are good indications that even "the solid soutn - is going to disap point "the revolutionists" when the vote in November is counted, in such states as cast honest ballots and count the ballots as cast. When Billy Bryan shakes hands with the toilers of eastern Pennsyl vania he will probably explain, why he toted for free coal. Did You Ever Try Electric Bitters as a rpmedy for .cur troubles? If not. get a bottle now ind get relief: This medicitfo has been ound to. be peculiarly adapted to the eliof and cur of nil female complaints, xerting a wonderful direct influence in iving strength and tune to the organs, "you have loss of nppetiteconstipa i in, headache, fainting spells, or are rvous, sleepless, excitable, tnelanchoh - troubled with dizzy spells, Electric 'ittersis the medicine you n- ed. Health d strength are guaranteed by it use ifty cents and SI. 00 at Streitz's drug ,iore. ' 3 BEFORE BREAKFAST. Major McKinley Addresses llis Early Callers from Indiana. ' A delegation from Marion and Grant county, Ind., called upon the candidate Friday before breakfast. Major Mc Kinley addressed them as follows: . "My fellow citizens of the City of Marion and of Grant County: I con gratulate you upon being first today. (Laughter.) No other delegation has yet preceded you. (Renewed laughter.) I give you, each and everyone of you warm and cordial welcome to my home. I welcome the Republicans and the eitizens of the Hoosler state the state of that great old war governor, Oliver P. Morton (Applause) and that splendid president and patriot, Benjamin Harrison. (Great applause.) "You are here this morning, not to honor me personally, but to henor the cause which you love and which you mean to support: and you mean to support that cause because you be lieve It will Insure your own best wel fare and the best well-being of the country at large. (Applause and 'cries of "That's right.") You believe In that cause because you have tried it, and having tried it, you know you' have been more prosperous in your occupa tions under the policy which it repre sents than you have ever been under any other policy. (Loud cries of "That's right.") "If anything was. needed to confirm you In your devotion to that policy it could be found in your experience of the last four years. Under no other policy, under no other principles, have you enjoyed that degree of individual or national prosperity which for more than thirty years you enjoyed under Republican policy and Republican ad ministrations (Applause) and you are here this morning to testify anew your devotion to Republican principles and your .deep and abiding interest that they may be successful throughout the country next November. (Cries of "Thats right.") "You are interested in Indiana just as we are interested here in Ohio, both Inagrlculture and In maunfacturing. You know something in that great gas belt of what manufacturing means to any community. You know that where there is successful manufacturing, know where there is a prosperous city there is always prosperous agriculture, mere i "U01. . . ... . (Cries of "You are Tight. ) lne tarms about a little manufacturing city ad vance in value and the market of the farmer Is enhanced every time you put up a new factory In any community or In "any city. "You have in your city of Marion, as I recall, an industry which man ufactures glass, that used to be in the city of Canton. Am I right about that? (Cries of "Yes.") It is a good Industry. Well, now, that fair ly illustrates my idea. That used to be, as I said, a Canton Industry-. We would very much have preferred to have had It remain here, but it was taken away. However, it did not get out of our own country. (Great ap plause.) It went into a neighboring state, and therefore benefits the Amer lean family American u orkmen sail r!n the work. We share in your good n,.nCn0r!tv Vrnt we would have felt differently if it had gone on the other side and out of the United iui iuuc cw.v. i " ' States I "In a word, we want to do our manu facturin" at home, and if we cannot ao i? , -..o, ot-q wUUnP- tn have vou it in Ohio, we are willing to nae j-ou do it in lnaiana. reui. cuecnub, cries of "Good, good," and What s tlie ... irTrinlairr A nrl if we matter with McKinley? ) And, 11 we cannot do it in canton, 1 uo nut -wiuw of any city In Indiana In which I would rather have it done than in the city of Marion. (Applause.) "We want In this country good times, good wages, steady employment, a good home market, and then Ave want to continue the good, sound, round, honest dollars with which to do our business and pay our labor. (Tremend ous cheering.) "My fellow-citizens, I thank you for this morning call and bid you hearty welcome. It will now give me pleas ure to meet and greet each one of yqu personally." (Applause and cries of: "Hurrah for McKinley.") General Joo Shelby I'or McKinley. I will abandon frieuds, party and kindred rather than yield eveu implied consent :to such a base assortment of po litical heresies. If the party swallows the Chicago prescriptiou, its death is certain. The Chicago platform is Popu ulisui, sugar coated. Its candidate is p. risiug demagognc, a daugerous rhetori cian who for" a momentary applause would light a torch aud apply it to tho very citadel of American liberty. We who believe iu sustaining law, order and sound currency should vote Cor Mc Kinley. Those who favor free aud un limited coinage of silver disorder, mis rule and ultimate repudiation shcnld support Bryan aud take their rhoico be tween Sewall and Watson. The Origin of Dress. Mrs. Br. Evaus, wife of tho president of Hedding college, Ills., who has made tho subject of dress a careful study for 20 years, declares that women first in vented trousers aud, that men subse quently adopted them. This means that the women, having first adopted a costume which seemed best adapted to them, the men, envious of their better choice, appropriated it and then drovo them out. Thi., at least, is what Mrs. Evans alleges that she has fouud after loug investigation of tho records. The fact that nmong tho Chinese aud other nations of great antiquity tho wo men still wear trousers and tho men skirts gives strength to Mrs. Evans' as? sertions. If these ho true, tho reproach of v:w men for imitating male attire falls to the ground. It is tho men who, haviug evicted women from her originaliy choidi attire, aro the real copyists. " Of a truth, history is coming to tho rescue of women and furnishiug a war rant' for such as are bcut upon recover I - T- qjqDC 1 ... . . . - PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. The follor-'ng proposed amendments to the Coustitutiou of tho State of Ne braska, as hereiuafter set forth in full, are submitted to the electors of tho State of Nebraska, to bo voted upon at the general election to be held Tues day, Novembr 3, A. D.f 1893: A joint resolution proposing toi amend sections two'(2), four (4), ana five (5,) of article fpr (6) of the Consti tution of the State of Nebraska, relating to number of judges of the supreme court and their term of office. Bu it resolved and enacted by the Legisla ture of the S.ate of Nebraska: Section I. That section two (2) of article six nj oi ma wra-miumn ot tna fctato of .Nebraska be amended so ax to read aa lol lows: Section 2. Thi supreme court shall until otnerw.se provlied by law. coiuiat of five (5) judges, a mj jority of whom shall be neces sary to form a quorum or to pronounce auecision. j. snaii nave original jurudl-tion in coses rclutins to rovenuo. civil cases in which the state shall be a party, mandama?. quo warranto, habeas corpus, and such appellate jurisdiction, aa may bo provldoj br law. Section 2. That section four CO of article six (6) of the Constitution of. the State of Nebraska, be amended so as to read a3 fol lows : Section L The judges of tho supremo court shall bo elected br the electors of the state at larjre, and their term of office ex cept ns hereinafter provided, shall be for a period of not leai thm fivo (5) years as the lezlalature may prescribe. Section a. 'lhat section five CO of artlo'e six (G) of tho Comtitation cf the citato of Ne braska, to ame-tded to read aa follows : Sections. At the first general election to be hold in the yi ar 1S00. there shall be elected two (2) judges of tho supreme court one of whom shall be elected for a term of two (2) years, one for tha term of four (4) years, and at each general election there after, there shall bo elected oae jndge of tho supremo cmrt for the term of flvo (5) years, unless otherwise provided by law; Provided, tint tho judges ot the su preme court whoo terms have not expired at the truo of holding tha general elec tion of 1S33. shall continue to hold their office for the remain lor of the term for whish they were respectively commis sioned. Approved March 29, A D. 1835. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to section thirteen (13) of article six of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, relating to com pensation of supreme and district court judges. Bo it resolvod by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That section thirteen (13) of article six (6) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska be amended so as to read as fol lows : i?ec- 13 The judges of the supreme and district courts shall receive for their services such compens itioa as may bo provided by law, payable quarterly. 'ino legislature snail as its first saision tiijf, wu J".iftfter tho adoption of this amendment. three-fifths of the members elected to j ca'-h kou? concurring, establish their : comoansation. The coranematimi go 4- ; tabushed shall not bo changed oftcner than once in four years, and in no event unless two-thirds of tho niembirs elected to eai-h house of the legulature concur therein. Approve! March 30, A. D. 1893. A joint resolution proposing to amend section twenty-four (24) of article five (5) of 'tho Constitution of the State of Nebraska, relating . to com pensation of the officers of the executive department. Bo it resolved and enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. Ih it section twentr-four (2-ft , of article five (j) of thj Constitution ot the C!.. XT 1. T 1 . M i uiulc ui xiuurtuuu uc iiiucuusu ko rtjaii. as fol lows: Section 24. The officers of the executive ! department of tho state government shall rejoive for their services a compensation ! to bo eitabltshad by law. whi. h shall be , neither r increased nor diminished durinsr tho term for which they shall have been com missioned and they sh'dt not receive to their own use any fee, coits. interests, ucou on lic moneys in their hands or under their control, " i porquUi.es of offiw or othdf comoon- ; Eaiion anu mi re. in-ic may nere- : nler payshle ur law for services ,iu-f,rined b. an ofli,er DrovidQl for in ' tnis ani-io sn: shall bo paid in advanco into tho ; state treasury. The legislature ahull at its , uai acniuu win- mu uuupuuu ui tills uxnenU' ,ent. three fifth i of tho members eic-tod tc 11 . - . . . . ; - a . - . to each house of the legislature con curring, establish the silaries of tho ouuears named, in th:s article. The com pt n-ation so established shall not bo changed oftoner than oucu ii four 3 oars and in no evens units) two-th;rds ot the members elected to each housa of the legislature concur thescin Approved Mart h 29. A D. 1893. A joint resolution proposing to amend section one (1) of article six (6) of the Constitution of the State of Nebras ka, relating to jadic ai power. Bi it reioiveJ. and enacted by the Legisla- j. r a. . o. . ""- 1 , Section 1. Th it ecti j i on () of article six CO) of tho Constipation of theSta oof Nebraska uu amended to cad. as to..ovs: Section 1. The judL-ml power of this stato eh:tli bo vested in a supremo court, district courts, county courts justices of the j. ea e. po i e magistrates, and in such other conr. 3 interior to tn snpro nu court as may be c:eated by law in which two-thirds of tho nicinbc s o.ected to each house concur. Approrcd March 29, A, D. 1SD5. A joint resolution proposing to atrieud section eleven (11) of article six (6) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, relatiug to increase in num ber of supreme and district court judges. Bj it re?o!v3 1 and enacted by tho Legislature cf tho btato uf Nc-trasbM : rcctio-i 1. That section eleven (11) of artii le s.x (J) of h3 Consiitution .f the state or jNebnuKa 1:0 amenuea to real ai lol lows: Section 1 1. The legis ature. whenever two- thirds of mo memoers elected to each house shall con ur therein may. in or f .er tho year one thou .una itm hundred and nmety sven and not oltn.sr th tn uuo in overv tour years, increase tho uu.nber of jndgot of su premo and district court, and tho judical districts of thj state. Suh districts th.ill bo forinol of compact territory, and bounded by county lines; nnd suh in crease, or any change in tho boundaries of a district, shall not vacate the office of any judge. Approved March 3J, A. D. 1893. A joint resolution proposing to amend section six (6) of article one (1) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, relatiug to trial by jury. B1? It r.f?olved and suactod by the Legislature of th SI Ato of Nebraska : "Sectioj 1. That section six (6). nrticlo one. (1) of thj Const;tution of the Stato of Ne braska be amend d to if id as follows: Section C. 'Ihe riuh'. of tiial btr jury shall remain inviolate, lm tho legis aturo may pro yide tint i.i civlt action fiw-sixthsof tho jniy ma render a verdi :t. an "l tip legislature lnoy pl-o au honz triai by a jury of a .ess uunibir than tweive men, in coaj3 inferior to tho dis trict court. Approved March 29. A D. 1S03. A joint resolution proposing to amend Kent-inn oup ninf nrtifln fiv mi V- . - x- ox the Constitution of Nebraska, relat ing to officers of the executive depart- ment. Be it reiolvifd and enacted by tho Legisla ture t.f th Sta e of Nebraska: Section 1 That section ono (1) of ar ticle live .) of th,, ('onsiiiuiion of tho state 01 JNenraslta Le amend.-d to read as fol lows: Section 1 The executive department shall . cons'st of . a goveinor. lieutenant-governor, , secretary of state audtorof pubos accounts, : treasurer, su eiintendent of public in I struction, attorney general, commissioner I of public lands and buildms, and three railroad, commissioners, eain ot whom, exebpt the sail railroad commissioners, shall hold - hi3 office for a term of two years. f--oni the flrstr Thursday after the first Tuesday in January, after his election, and until his successor is elpctol and qualified. Ea-h railroad com rm?alouef shall boll his office for a term of thr. ayeanj beginning qn tha first Thurslay after tho first Tuesday in Jaiuar a ter hjs elettlon. and until "his succea for 'j cle- tel nnd guilfled; P.-pvidcd. however, 'Ihac ap the first general e.ec tioa hold after tho adoption of this amend ment thoro -hail he electod three railroad commissioners, ono for tho period of one year, one lor the- period of- two years, and ono for the p riod of thrtw years. Th gov ernor, secretary of state, auditor of pub lic accounts, anu treasurer shall reside at tho capita! during their terra Qf office: they sEall keep t&e public record, hooka .and papers there and shall perform such du ties as Bay be required by law. Approve! March 30, A. D. 1S35. A joint resolution proposing to amend section twenty-six (26) of ar ticle five (5) of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, limiting the num ber of executive state officers. Bo it resolved and enacted by tho Leg islature of the Htato of Nebraska: Section L That section twenty-six (26) of article five (5) of the Constitution of the State cf Nebraska bo amended to read as follows: Section 26. No other executive state offi cers except those named in section on 9 (1) ot this article shall be created, ' except by an act ot the legislature which . Is concurred in by not less than three-fourths of tho members elected to each 'jhonso thereof: J .fro video. That any office created byjaa act of the- legislature Tnay bo abolished' by. the legislature, two-thirds of the mem bers elected to each house thereof concur ring. Approved March SO. A. D.. 1S35. 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. Beit resolved and enacted by the Legisla ture of the State of Nebraska: Section I. That section nine (?) of article eight 00 of the Cojtitution of the Stato of Nebiaska le amended to read &s fol lows: Section 9. All funis belonging to the state for educational purposes, the interest and income whereof only are to be nseJ, shill fce deomel tru.t funds held by the state, and the slit 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 loaned except on United States or state securities, or rejrisiered county bonds or registered scho l district bonds ot this state, and su'h funds with thi inter est and income thereof are hereby solemnly-pledged for the purpose i for whh-hthey are granted, and set apart, and shall not be transferred to any other fund for other uses; Provided, The board crea!eJ 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 invest the proceeds aiising therefrom in any of the securities enumerated in this section bear ing a higher rata of interest whenever an opportunity for bettor Investment is pre sented; And provided further. That when any warrant upon the state treasurer reg ularly issued in pursuance ot an appropri ation by the legislature and secured by the levy of a tax for its payment, shall be presented to the state treasurer for payment, and thero shall not be any money in the proper fund to pay such warrant, the hoarJ. created by section 1 of this artic-o ui-iy direct the state treas urer topay tho amount duo on sui-h war rant from moneys in hU hands belonging to the permanent school fund of the stato, and he shall hold said warrant as an in vestment of said permanent school fund. Approved March 29. 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 sectiou two (2) relative to the merging of tho government of cities of the metro politan class and the government of the counties wherein such cities are located. Be it resolved and enacted by the Legis lature of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. That article twelve fl2) of the Constitution of tho State of Nuur.iska be amended by adding to said article a new sec tion to i.e numbered section two (2) to read as follows: Section 2. Th government of any city of the metropo tan c!as3 and the gov ernment of tho county in which it Is located may bo murgod wholly or in part when a proposition so to do has teen submitted by onthority of law to tho voters ot such city and county nnd re ceived tha as3unt of a majority of tha votes cast in such ciby and also a majority of the votes case in the county exi-iusive of those case in such metropolitan city at such election. Approved March 29. A. D. 1E93. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to section six (6) of article seven (7) of the Coustitution of the State of Nebraska, prescribing the manner in which votes shall be cast. Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislat ure of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. Th.it section six (6) of article seven (7) of iho Constitution of tha Stntu of Nebraska be amended to read ss fol lows: EcctlonS. A'l votes ah 11 bj by bnltot. or such other method as" may bo prescrhoi by law nrovided thj secrecy of voting be preserved. Approved March 29. A D. 1893. A joint resolution ' proposing to amend sectiou two (2) of article four teen (14) of the Coustitution of the State of Nebraska, relative to donations to worlts of internal improvement aud manufactories. Bj it resolved and exacted by the Leg islature of thi State of Nebraska : Stlon I That t-ecion two (2) of nrticlo fourteen (It) of tho Cons it u. ion of thj Stato of Kuuraska, be amended to real as follows: Sac. 2. No city, connty. own, precinct", munieiDality. or other subdivision ot- the state, shall ever ni.iko donations to any works of intrnal improvenunt. or manufactory, unlesi a or t i-ition so to do shall huvd been first snlnui.tvd 10 tho qualified co-tors aud rutifl-l iv a two thirds vote ac an election bt anthoritr of law; Provided That such donations of a county with tho donations of such sui di visions iu tho aggregate fhall uui exceed ten tier cent of tho assessed valuation of such county; Provided, further, lhnt nny city or countv mar. bv a threo-fnnrth vote, increase ui-h indubtt-dn -ss live per cent, in addition to such tin n. r cunt nn.l no bonds or evidences of indebtedness so Issued shall Le vaid unless th sme h 1 hive endorsed thirdon a ce -tiflaaUi sitrnort by the secretary and auditor of state, showing that thu same is issue!' pursuant to law. ' 1 . - j., .. , .Approved March 9, A. I)., 1S93. I, A. B'per, secretary of state pf the state pf Nebraska, do hereby pertify that the foregoing proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State pf Ne? braska are true and correct popies of the original enrolled and engrossed bills, as passed" by the Twenty-fourth session of the legislature of the Btafe of Nebraska, as appears from said, original bills on file in this office, and that all and each of said proposed -amendments are submitted to tho qualified voters of the State' of 'Ne braska for their adoption or rejection at the general election ta bo held ou Tuesday, the 8d day of Noyembcr, A. D.,18'. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and affixed tho great feal of the gtate of Nebrask. Pone at Iancoln this Jfth day of July, in tho year of pur Lord., Qnp Thou sand, Eight fcrndred and NinetjvSix, Of the Independence of the xjnited States the One Hundred and Twenty Krst, and of this state the Thirtieth. (Sea1-) T. A. PIPER, Secretary of State.