THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1896.
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THE WINNERS OP 1896.
NATIONAL TICKET.
For President
WM. McKINLEY, of Ohio.
For Vice President
G. A. HOB ART, of New Jersey.
STATE TICKET.
Tor Governor
JOHN H. MAcCOLIi.
For Lieutenant-Governor
ORLANDO TEFFT.
For Secretary of State
JOEL A. PIPER.
For Auditor Public Accounts
P. O. HEDLUND.
For State Treasurer
CHARLES E. CASEY.
For Supt. Public Instruction
HENRY R, CORBETT.
For Com. Lands aud Buildings
HENRY C.RUSSELL.
For Attorney-General
ARTHUR S. CHURCHILL.
For Supreme J udjre. Lour 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 Attornej,
T. C. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS. S. ROBBING
Dr. Slayback's remedy for "that
tired feeling1"' will be very popular
with Lincoln county populists after
November 3d. They can save
money by purchasing- it in case
lots.
A good old minister down in Indi
ana did not neglect the command
'replenish the earth." He reports
tliat there will be thirteen McKin
ley voters in his family this fall,
consisting- of six sons three sons-in-law
and three grandsons, be
sides himself.
A. D. Orr, deputy county treas
urer, says Lincoln county will be
close in the coming election. This
is quite an admission for Mr. Orr
to make, but it does not represent
the true condition. Lincoln county
will give a republican majority of
Mt les th;ii 103. -
fcoLuNEL GANTTlia; Oeeu oJt in
the country precincts this week at
tempting to save Beeler." In,
this the Colonel has a task far be
yond his ability to accomplish, and
it is not strange that lie took the
field oniy after great insistency on
life part of the so-calkd 'popu-ist
leaders.
The populist candidates for the
senate and lower house might as
well take time by the forelock and
select lots in the political graveyard
of western Nebraska. The election
of Messrs. Hoaglaud and Abbott is
assured beyond a doubt. That
" they will well represent their con
stituents goes without saying.
c o
T. C. Patterson is making a
very aggressive campaign, and all
republicans will be glad to know
that his chances for election art
most excellent. The election of Mr.
Patterson this fall will have much
bearing upon the success of the
county ticket one year hence. This
is a feature that should be consid
ered by all republicans.
The United States government
. continues to be troubled with that
dangerous disease known as def
icit." The deficit from July 1st to
October 15th. was S30.394.000. It
is high time that the republican
party be given the reins of govern
ment, else the nation will have in a
few years a debt as large as during
the war period.
How many idle men does Bryan
expect to employe in his "open
' mints?" How is a man to get free
silver unless he has a chance to
, work for it? Open the workshops,
and then pay him in good money
worth 100 cents on the dollar. Not
a wdrkingman in the land that is
' intelligent but knows that such a
method alone will give relief. Free
silver as a relief to the working
millions will prove as much a delu
sion as free trade, and they know
from experience what it has done.
j . The people of Nebraska have had
two populist legislatures in their
"history which they cannot easily
forget. Do thev want to have an
other next year? Do they -vant
their lawmakers to be men who
will throw wet blankets on every
enterprise and public improvement,
or d"o they want them to be men ot
liberal ideas who believe m encour
aging home industry in preference
to foreign competitors? If they
want progress and prosperity they
will see to it that there is a good
working- republican majority in the
legi slat u re. B ee.
It is not only during recent per
iods of ten or twenty years that
the policy of protection has proved
beneficial to this country; it is not
only during the last three years
that movements of departure from
protection have brought adversity;
it lias alwavs been thus. The first
congress of the United States
passed a protective tariff law, and
passed it in consequence of peti
tions from every great city and
from almost every state. This law
was in force from 1789 to 1816, and
under its operation the founda
tions of our manufactures and com
merce were laid. The low tariff of
1816 brought misery to the work
man, poverty to the farmer, ruin to
the manufacturer. A return of
protection was a return of prosper
ity. The low tariff of 1833 caused
the crash and panic of 1837,
in which more than SI, 000. 000, 000
of values is said to have disap
peared. Again a return to protec
tion was followed by renewed pros
perity. The Walker tariff of 1846,
following the protective tariff of
1842, brought a new season of ad
versity, culminating in the dread
ful panic of 1S57. During operation
of the protective tariffs of 1789.1824,
1842, 1861.1833 and 1890 'the country
was prosperous. During the thirty
seven years in which low tariffs
have beeu in force the country has
been in distress; factories idle,
farms mortgaged, workmen unem
ployed, commerce stagnant. AnJ
in none of these periods of disaster
lias any competent economist at
tributed the sad condition to the
plentitude or scarcity of silver.
Inter Ocean.
Nebraska has uever had a more care
ful, prudent- or conscientious secretary
of state thau J. A. Piper, th(J present
incumbent if tliat office aud candidate
for re-elccliou. He is well equipped,
both by education and experience, for
the position, and the best proof of his
ability and good character is showu iu
the fact that lie was nominated for
couuty clerk of Harlau county four
times unanimously, and generally
elected. Ho has given the state an
economical administration. A part of
his eco'uomies was the saving to the
state in the publication of the constitu
tional amendments to be voted on at
the approaching election. Under the
law he could have printed the amend
ments so they 'would have cost about
$80,000, this sum to be distributed
among Republican newspapers, but he
was prudent and careful iu this as in
other matters, tha result being that the
publication will cost the state about
one-half of that amount. Under his
pruning knife the incidental expenses
of the last legislature were about 9,000
less than they would have beeu by fol
lowing old precedents. As keeper of
the "great seal" and the records of the
state Mr. Piper has in every way proven
himself worthy of a great public trust.
A Fanner's Political Speech.
Some Lancaster county farmers were
recently discussing the money question
and endeavoring to get at the cause of
low prices of farm products. Captain
Baird, himself an old farmer, listened
for a long time and then joined in, as fol
lows: "Boys, let's see if we can't get
at the facts right here among ourselves,
without calling in any evideude from
outside of Lancaster county. Let's
don't take anybody's word for anything
that we don't kuow by our own observa
tion. All of you remember that during
the three years of drouth, covered
wagons were moving out of the state,
and some of the men who owned land
begau to be afraid that there wouldn't
be renters enough. Renters aronud
here thonght there would plenty of
farms to rent and so they didn't hnstle
for the lenses How did- it turn out?"
It was remarked that laud was scarcer
than ever and tliat some farmers iu the
neighborhood hadn't been able to find a
foot, of laud to rent for this season.
"Now what is the cause?" asked the
captain. "Here we have all seen such
a competition for laud as we never saw
before, and farming we all know isn't
profitable. Why? Since the election
in lf9"2 hundreds of men iu Lincoln
have l.een thrown out of work. They
were busy before iu building houses,
making public improvements, working
in factories and on tho railroads. All
at ohm they find there is uo more work
to do. 'Ihey nedu t. go to other towns,
for the same tint is true everywhere.
They have to :ive. au l so they have
beeu flaxnig aronud and lenting farms
out from under yon renters out here.
Horses are cheap, and they have fitted
themselves out for farming, i.ud here
they are, competing with ynu for laud
aud celling grain instead cf buyiug. as
they did when they were at -work in
town."
A hum of approval followed this tell
ing point. Ono of the farmers said:
"I have heard a lot of speeches about
silver aud everything, but nobody ever
made tho case so clear as Gaptaiu
Baird." Others agreed with him that
what tho country needs is the opening
of the mills aud not the miuts.
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STATE SCHOOL FUNDS.
Invested According to Iiequirements
of the Constitution,
H0LC0MB AND THE BEC0KD,
The Governor Fositlon Not Sustained by
the Supreme Court Attempt to Slake
Political .Capital a Failure Facta
From tha Record Plainly Stated.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct; IT. The records
of the board of educational lands and
funds do not bear out the assertious of
Goveruor Holcomb as to his zeal iu se
curing the investment of the perma
nent school fund. He had beeu in of
fice fifteen months before he interested
himsolf in the matter, and then he set
out upon a course that the board could
not follow, because the investment in
general fund warrauts, which he pro
posed, was clearly unconstitutional. In
deed, his eleventh hour zeal, his im
pugning tbo action and motives of the
board, and his constant self glorifica
tion gave rise to a well founded suspic
ion that he was working on tho line of
his own political interests, and that the
interests of the state were all tho while
secondary.
What the Itecords Show.
At a regular meetiucof tho board of
educational lands and funds, held
March 10, 189(5, Messrs. Bartley, Piper,
Russell aud Churchill were present, aud
Governor Holcomb was absent. Mr.
Piper acted as chairman pro tem iu the
governor's absence. Mr. Russell, sec
retary, submitted tho proposition of
Otoe county to sell the state eighty-live
1,000 bonds, and upou motion Mr.' Rus
sell was authorized to notify the clerk
of that couuty that the state would pur
chase tho "bonds, provided they drew 5
per cent interest, payable semi-annually.
Mr. Russell also laid before the board
a proposition from Saunders county to
sell 100,000 worth of bonds, drawing
A per cent interest, aud a resolution
was adopted to purchase the bouds at
par, provided they should be mado to
draw 5 per cent interest.
Theee were tho first propositions from
Otoe and Saund6rs counties, and the
governor took no part in the transac
tions of the board concerning them.
A Premium to Brokers.
The clerk of Otoe county did not reply
to tho offer of the board of March 10,
and -nothing more was heard from theso
bonds until May 10, when Governor
Holcomb submitted a proposition to pay
Deits,Demson & Prior.brokers of Cleve
land, 0.,a cash premium of 2,500 to se
cure these bouds.
It was remarked by Mr. Russell that
such a transaction "looked a little
shady," as the board had already of
fered to take the Otoe county bonds at
par. The governor's only reply was
that "it might be so coustrned." Mr.
Russell further remarked that if any
other member of tho board had made
that proposition there would be people
in the state "mean enough to suggest
a 'divvy.' "
To dispose of the goveruor's resolu
tion to pay 2,500 bonus to brokers for
the, Otoe county bonds, Mr. Russell of
fered the following resolution, which
was adopted, and in accordance with
which the bonds were afterward pur
chased": "Resolved, That said offer is hereby
accepted, provided that said bonds are
in all respects regularly aud legally is
sued and registered, as required by law,
and that the state treasurer is hereby
authorized and directed to pay said
party for said bouds, provided they will
accept the premium in coupons first ma
turing upon said bonds, and the treas
urer is hereby authorized to pay ihe ac
crued interest on said bonds to the date
of purchase."
It was this transaction that the gov
ernor endeavored to make capital out
of, declaring that Mr. Russell's resolu
tion was "buncombe," and not in good
faith. But the result shows that the
state's interests were protected and tho
bonus paid in coupons instead of cash.
The Republican members of the board
never acted against any proposition by
Governor Holcomb to purchase bouds
under the provisions of the constitution,
and endeavored to keep the rate of in
terest on bonds up to 5 per cent, but
through the goveruor's persistent efforts
the rate was finally reduced, to 4)f, per
cent. The board had endeavored to-secure
the Otoe and Saunders county
bonds at 5 per cent, and would doubtless
have done so had not the governor's de
sire to curry favor with connties by of
fering to accept their bonds at a lower
rate, fiually thwarted the efforts of the
board to save this half of 1 per cent for
the permaueut school fund.
In conseqnence, on April 18, Mr. Rus
sell submitted a resolution as follows:
""Whereas, we have affixed a price in
the acceptance of the Greeley county
bonds at 4 per cent; therefore, -
"Resolved, That we accept the propo
sition made by the commissioners of
Saunders couuty to sell and deliver to
the state 100 bonds of 1,000 each, draw
ing interest at the rate of 4i per cent,
payable semi-auuually,"
This proposition was accepted by
Sauuders county. It will also be seen
that the Republican members of the
board placed themselves squarely on
record as to their intention to invest the
permanent school fnud. On the same
date, April 18, the board also declared
by resolution that "it is desirable that
tho funds belonging to the state for
educational purposes should be kept in
vested wherever it can be doue without
iny question as to our constitutional
right to do so."
Warrants Are Not Securities.
In section 9, article 8, of the constitu
tion of Nebraska, it is expressly pro
vided that the moneys iu the permanent
school fund "shall not be invested oe
LOANED EXCEPr IN UNXTED STATES OR
STATE SECURITIES, OR REGISTERED COUN
TY BONDS OF THE STATE, ASP
SHALL NOT BE tRANSFERBED TO ANY
OTHER FUND FOR OTHER USES."
In coutraveution of the above section
of the constitution, the legislature in
2891 passed an act directing the state
treasurer to invest mouey in tho perma
nent school fund in "any state warrant
issued in pursuance of au appropriation
made by the legislature, aud secured by
the levy of a tax foritspaymeut," when
said warrants shall, be presented for
payment and there shall not be money
in tlie proper fund for the payment
thereof.
The board of educational lauds and
fuuds undertook to give effect to tho
abovo statute by snitablcxesolution, dur
ing Governor Promise's administration,
when a controversy arose as to the con
stitutionality of the act. An application
was made to the supreme court for a
writ of. mandamus (the purpose being to
test the constitutionality of the act) to
cempel the treasurer to invest the school
fund in state warrants.
The court decided adversely on two
points:
1. That "where it was held that in
so far as it was sought thereby to con
fer upon the treasurer alone authority
to invest the permanent school fund, it
is in conflict with-the provision of sec
tion 9, article 8, of the constitution."
- 2. That "said act provides in sub
stance for a transfer to the general fund
of the permanent school fund of the
state, aud is therefore in conflict also
with the section of the constitution
above set out."
This is the legal side of the question
in a nutshell, aud Governor Holcomb's
' contention was in the face of the decis
ion above referred to.
The permanent school fund of the
state is a sacred trust, and the board of
educational lands and funds acted wise
ly in showing a disposition to keep
within the reasonable safeguards of the
constitution. It may be added that it is
out of this careful, business-like, law
respectiug conduct of the board, that
Governor Holcomb has sought to make
political capital for himself.
It may be finally added, on this point,
that Governor Holcomb must have
known that the school fund could not
bo invested in general fuud warrants,
because on March 29, 1895, he signed
the act providing for the submission of
a constitutional amendment to be
voted ou at the coming election author
izing such investment.
The Permanent School Fund.
When Governor Holcomb travels over
the state giving out information regard
ing the scnool fund, he does not tell the
whole truth. Virtually he states an un
truth by giving only a part of the truth.
His statements have been taken up by
the Populist press and given out in
Popocratic conventions, the intention
being doubtless to misinform the public
in order that the governor's political
axes might be ground at public expense.
The fact is that the total investment
of the moneys of the .permanent school
fund amounts to the enormous sum of
3,308,511.35.
The moneys in the permaueut chool
fund at the present time, not invested,
amount to 512,529.34.
Bonds purchased and notyet delivered
to the state are as follows: Sauuders
couuty, 100,000; Lancaster county,
70,000; total, 170,000.
"When the investment of 170,000 is
taken from the total of 512,52y.r4,
there will remain in the permanent
school fund, uninvested, 342,529.34.
This sum will bainvestedin "securities"
as provided by the constitution, when
ever the opportunity is presented to the
board.
The amount invested during tho in
cumbency of the present board, cover
ing a period of 22 months, has been
289,170.
As a matter of further information it
may be stated that in addition to the
total amount in the permanent school
fund, 3,821,040.69, there are in the of
fice of the commissioner, of public lands
and bnildiugs promissory notes from
the sale of school lands aggregating
5,200,000. This swells the permanent
scnool fund to a round 9,000,
000, and the people of Nebraska
have a light to expect that this muni
ficent fund shall be handled in a thor
oughly business like manner, with all
possible caution and care, to the end
that the principal may be held intact
forever, and that our public school sys
tem shall be benefited by the dividends
therefrom for all time.
No Republican official has sought to
benefit himself, through personal emol
ument or political capital, from his
connection with this sacred trust.
Governor Holcomb can answer for
himself as to how far he had sought to
mako his official connection with it
serve his political ends.
TURKISH ATROCITIES.
Sickening Story of the Massacre of Armen
ians In Constantinople.
New York. Oct. 19. Madji Rahsiau
is a Christian Turk who was ono of the
passengers on board the Lagascogue
which arrived Sunday. He comes to
this country ou a business trip.
Through an interpreter he told about
the massacres of Armenians. He was
in Constantinople during the three days
massacre iu August last. During the
three days 30,000 Armeniaus, he said,
were slaughtered through the empire.
"Wagons filled with bodies were con
stantly passing through the streets of
Constantinople. Cart load after cart ioad
of these bodies were dumped into the
sea. The sight was a sickening one and
what added to its horror was the fact
thatin those wagons were piled the
dead and dying, and the feeble cries of
the wounded for release could be heard
from the carts, but the "appeals were
utterly unheeded. "Whether killed or
wouuded, all were thrown into the sea.
Mr. Rahsiau says Europeans have not
beeu molested up to date. He added
they are leaving Constantinople, fearing
tUev.niay be attacked
Experienced a Tidal AVuva.
New York, Oct. 19. The steamer
Lagascogue has arrived bringing 100,
000 in gold. On Weduesday the Lagas
cogue encountered a tremendous wave
which swept away one of the life boats
aud in other respects slightly damaged
the boat. The passengers were at dinner
at the time. The shock of the wave
forced almost everything from the
tables, completely spoiling the meal for
all of the passengers.
Atkinson's Plurality.
Chicago, Oct. 19. A dispatch has
been received at Democratic headquar
ters from Atlanta that the official count
of the vote of tho late state election iu
Georgia showed that Atkinson for gov
ernor had 30,100 plurality. The entire
state ticket was elected by an average
52,300.
Freight Train Wrecked.
Cleveland, Oct. 19. Twenty-five
freight cars with their contents were
destroyed in a wreck on the Big Four
road near "Wellington, O. The loss will
reach 100,000. The track was com
pletely blockaded all day and trains are
running around the wreck over other
roads.
The strong: appeal of Bryan is con
stantly to arouse animosities between
labor and capital, and array the west
and the south against the east Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Some day some Populist will come
along and figure out that there are 100
steps on the golden stair, and want
all but fifty-three cut off. Wichita
Eagle.
AEMEKTMEBFUGEES
COMMANDER BOOTH-TUCKER INTER
CEDES IN THEIR BEHALF.
Will He Admitted If They "Prove to ho a
Desirable Class uf People, or If a Sub
stantial Guarantee Is Given That They
Will Not llccome a Charge.
New York, Oct. 21. Commander
Booth-Tucker appeared before the board
of special inquiry at Edis Island to
plead for the admission of tho 157 Ar
menian refugees detained there pending
a decision as to their desirability as im
migrants. Dr. Seuner defined tho posi
tion of the government iu the matter as
follows: "Some days ago General
Booth-Tucker, the Rev. Mr. Green of
the Armenian relief fund aud a repre
sentative of the Christian Herald ap
peared before me in the interest of the
Armenians that were expected to arrive.
I told them onr position. It is this:
"We cannot allow these people to
come here aud compete with our
workingmeu. I explained that we don't
know any Armenians orauy other class.
All people come here as immigrants aud
as they arrive we decide as to their
merits as individuals aud not as a class.
If they are eligible, then they will be
admitted the same as any other desir
able person. Before we can admit these
people that the Salvationists and other
philanthropists want lauded, we must
have some substantial guarantee in the
shape of bonds that the people so
admitted will not become a charge on
the county and not general promises
that they will not become public charges.
The workmen of Massachusetts have
complained very much about the immi
grants from Armenia during the past
few years. It is claimed that they have
lowered the standard of wages in some
industries, especially in the shoe trade.
Some manufacturers, they say, have
even gone so far as to employ none but
Armenians. Tho question of Armenian
immigrants must not be considered ex
clusively as the stated point of a senti
mental sympathy. Due consideration
of American interests must be taken
into account.
BADLY BURNED.
Ios Angeles Visited by :i Very Disastrous
Conflagration.
Los Angeles, Oct. 19. The largest
fire that has occurred in this city in
years started late Saturday night in tho
Fowler paper box factory and before it
was subdued over 100,000 worth of
property had been consumed. The
building, which was a three story brick,
was owned by R. H. Howell, the first
floor being occupied by J. D. Hooker,
dealer in plumbing supplies, the third
floor by the Fowler paper box factory,
where the fire originated. The flames
communicated rapidly to fhe floors
below aud before the fire department
arrived the building was doomed. Sev
eral of the fifemen were painfully in
jured by the falling timbers and Thomas
Meredith, a spectator, was struck on the
head by a falling cornice, which inflicted
a dangerous wound. J. D. Hooker's
loss was about 55,000; insnrrnce, 25,
000. Yau Storage compauy, loss,
20,000; insurance unkuowu. R. H.
Howell, owner of the bnildiug, loss,
35,000; insurance unknown. -The
Simson-Hack Fruit company, occupying
an adjoining building, sustained 1,000
damage by water. Tho cause of tho
fire is not known.
Spain Ready to I.ct Cnb:i Go.
New YoRK.Ocf. 10. A special, to The
Herald from Cadiz, Spain, says it is an
open secret that if Spain has not put
down the insurrection in Cuba by the
1st of next March it is the intention of
the government to give up the struggle
and let the island go. It is said that the
policy is being adopted of exaggerating
tho magnitnde of tho trouble in the
Philippines with a view of preparing the
people for the ultimate design of letting
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PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
. AMENDMENTS.
The follov-Mig proposed amendments
to the Coustitutiou of the State of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth in full,
are submitted to the electors of the
State of Nebraska, to be voted upon
at the general election to be held Tues
day, November 3, A. D., 1896:
A joint resolution proposing to
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amend sections two (2), four (4), ana
five (5.) of article jjjx (6) 'of the Consti
tution of the State of Nebraska, relating
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to number of judges of the supreme
court and their term of office.
Bait resolved and enacted by the Legisla
tore- o the mate or .Nebraska:
Section 1. That section two (2) of article
Blx (0) ot the constitution 01 tna siaio
of Nebraska ba amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Section 2. The supreme cout shall until
otherwise proviioa by law, consist or nve
ip) judges, a majority ot wnom snail Da usees
sary to form a quorum or to pronounca
a decision- It shall have original jaiism uion
in cases relating to revenue, civil cases in
which the state shall be a uartr. mandamus.
quo warranto, habeas corpus, and such
appeuate jurisdiction, as may be provided by
law.
Section 2. That section four f-0 of article
six (6) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, be amended so as to readasfol
lows:
section 4. The judges 01 the supreme
court snail be elected by taeeiectors ot the
state at large, and their term of office ex
cept as hereinafter provided, shall be for a
penou 01 not lesj than live (a) years as tho
legislature may prescribe. . '
Section 3. That section five (0) of artie'e
sir (pj or the Uon-mtmlon or tho state of Ne
braska, be amended to read as follows :
Section 5. At the first treneral election to
be held in the vear 1896. there shall be elected
two (2) judges of the supreme court one
of whom shall be elected for a term of
two (ji) years, one for the term of four (4)
years, and at each ceneral election there
after, thero shall bo elected one jnde of
ine supreme court ior ine term ot nve
Co years, unless otherwise provided by
law: Provided, that the indues of tha su
preme court whoso term3 have not expired
at 1 no umo 01 noiaing me general elec
tion of 1896, shall continue to hold their
office for the remain lor of tho term for
which they were respectively commjs-
sioned.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1833.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section thirteen (IS) of
article six of tho Constitution of the
State of Nebraska,- relating to com
pensation of supreme and district court
judges.
Be it resolved by tho Legislature of tho State
oz JNeDrasga:
Section I. That section thirteen (13) of
article six (6) of the Constitution of tha State
of Nebraska be amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Sec 13 The judge of the supremo and
district courts shall receive for their services
such compens-itton as may he provided by law.
payable quarterly.
The legislature shall at its first seision
after the adoption of this amendment,
three-fifths of the members elected to
each house concurring, establish their
compensation. The com Dentation so 03
tablished shall not be changed oftener
than once in four years, and in no event unless
two-third3 of the members elected to
each house of the legislature concur
therein.
Approvol March 30, A. D. 1803.
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
department.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legislature
or, the state ot neuraika:
Section 1. 'ill it section twantv-four (24)
ot article nve . ) or thj t oiiututio 1 ot the
State of Nebraska be amend.nl to re id as fol
lows :
Section 2L Tho officers of the executive
department of tho state government shall
receive for their services a comnon-jation
to bo established by law. whi.-h shall be
neither incn-aed nor diminished during the
torm for which tiny shall hive been com
missioned and Urey shall not rojoivo to their
own U3e any fee, costs, interests, neon puolic
moneys in their hands or under I hir control,
perquisites of offio or otlm compen
sation ana an rees tmt miy nero
after be parable ir law ijr services
performed b au offl'or proviJel for in
this arti jie shall bo paid in advance iuto the
state treasury. The legislature sh-ill jt its
first session atwr the adoption of this amend
ment, throe ntths or tne members eJo:toa to
each hoaso oc tho legislature con
curring, establish the sttaries of tho
otnesrs nameit in tuts .irtuie. Tna com
pensation so established shall not be changed
oftener thin once ia four years and in no
event unhss two-thirds ot tho members
elected to each houss of the legislature concur
therein
Approved March 29. A. D. 1S93.
A joiut resolution proposing to amend
section oue (1) of article six (6) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebras
ka, relating to judic:al power.
Biit resolved and enacted by the Logisla-
4 r T . Li- .. t . .1-.. .
Section 1. Th it nectioa on ( ) of nrlinle six
(S) of tho Constitution of ihe Sta e of Nebraska
be amended to ead in foliowt,:
Srtction 1. The juihvi.il power of this state
shall be vested in a supreme court, district
courts, county cour.s justi.-cs of ihe
pea e. po'i.e magistrates, and in suih other
court 3 inferior to th snpre ne contt as may
be created by law in which two-thirds of
the members elected to each house
concur.
Approved March 29, A. D. 1895
A. joiut resolution proposing to
amend section eleven (11) of article six
(6) of the Constitution of the State of
Nebraska, relating to increase in num
ber of supreme and district court
judges.
Ba it reso!volnnd enacted by the Legislature
of the State or Nebraska :
Section 1. Tliat section erfven (11) of
article six (6) uf ihd Constitution f the Mate
ot Nebraska be amended to real -as fol
lows: Section 11. The legis'aturo. whenever two
thtrds of the members elected to each house
shall concur therein, may. in or i.f.er the year
ono thouutnd 1 ilit hundri'!! and ninety s.ven
and not oftener thin noc in every lour years
increase the nitutcr of judges or su
preme and district court), and the judical
districts of the state. Su h districts hill
be forine.l of compact territory, and
bounded by county lines; and such in
crease, or any chango in tho hautidariis
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,
relating to trial by jury.
Be it r.nolved and enacted by the Legislature
if thj Srte of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section six (5). article one
(1) ot the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska bo amend d to 1 id as follows:
Section 6. The riht of trial bir inrv shnll
remain inviolate, bu the legis aturo may pro-
viue imi in civil actions uve-slxths or the jaiy
may rendor a verdi :t. and thi legislature may
nlro an'horiz trial by a jury of a less numbar
than twelve men, in cous inferior to tho dis
trict court.
Approved March 23, A D. 193.
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section one (1) of article five (0)
of the Constitution of Nebraska, relat
ing to officers of the executive depart
ment. Be it resolved and enactad by the Legisla
ture of tha Stato of Nebraska: "
Section 1. That section one (1) of ar
, rr Ze of tha Constitution of the State
pi .Nebraska be amended to read as fol
lows :
Section L The executive department shall
consist of a governor, lieutenant-governor,,
secretary of state, auditor of public accounts,
treasurer, succrintendent of public in
struction, attornoy general, commissioner
or public lands and buildings, and three
railroad commissioners, each ot whom,
except the sail railroad commissioners,
shall hold his office for a term of
?cars' fr0IU too first Thursday after
the first Tuesday in January, after
his election, and until his successor is
elected and qualified. Each railroad com
missioner shah hold his office for a term of
three years, beginning on tho first Thurs Jay
after the first Tuesday in January a ter
his election, and until his succes
eor is elected and qui ifled: Provided,
however. That at the first general elec
tion held after the adoptioa of this amend
ment there shall be elected three railroad
commissioners, one for the period of ona
year, one for tha period of two years, and
one for the period of three years. The gov
ernor, secretory of state, auditor of pub
no accounts, and treasurer shall reside at
tha cftQital 4urinj: their tenn. qf ofil-je:
tth ihs -nnTilli- wvirfl. Book3
aad papew there and shall perform such du-;;
ties as may ber required by law.
Approved March 39, A. D. 1833.
A joint . . resolution proposing to
amend section twenty-six . (26) of ar
ticle five (5) of the Constitution of the '
State of Nebraska, limiting the num- .
ber of executive state officers.
Be it resolvol and enacted by the Leg
islature of the State of Nebraska:
Section L That section twenty-six &pt
article five (5) of the Constitution .of the
State of Nebraska be amended to readas
follows: - - .
Section 26, No other cxecntive, state offi
cers except thos3 named in se. tioaT qno3(l) -of
this article shall ha created except
by an act ot tho legislature - which is -concurred,
in by not less than threB-fiuj-ths
of tho members elected " to - oachhausa .
thereof: . , c- ';
Provided, That any office created by an
act of the legislature may be abolished by-
the legislature, two-thirds of tha mem
bers elected to each house thereof concur
ring. Approved March 80. A. D.. 1893.
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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 tho Legisla
ture of the Stato of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section nine (9), of article
eight (8) of the Constitution of -fhevState
of Nebiaska be amended to read as fol
lows: Section 9. All funis belonging Jo the state
for educational purposes, the interest; aud
income whereof only are to be ueJ, hdl
be deemed trust funds held by tha state,
and tho stato shall -supply al losses there
of that may in any manner accrue, so that . : .
the same shall remain forever inviobito
and undiminished, and shall not bo in
vested or loaned except on United States
or state securities, or registered county
bonds or registered scho 1 district bouds of
this state, and sum funds with th) inter
est and income thereof are hereby solemn
ly pledged for tha purposes for whi h they
are granted and set apart, and shall not
be transferred to any other fund for other
uses;
Provided. Tho board created by section
1 of this article is empowered to sell from
timo to time any of the securities belonging
to the permanent school fund and invest
the proceeds arising therefrom in any ot tha
securities enumerated in this section bear
ing a higher rate of interest whenever
an opportunity for better investment is pre
sented; . ,..
And provided further, That when- any
warrant uprn the state treasurer reg
ularly issued in pursuance of an appropri
ation by tho legislature and secdred by tha
levy of a tax for its payment, shall
bo presented to tha state treasurer for
payment, and there shall not bo any
money in the proper . fund to pay such
warrant, Ihe board created by section 1
of this article may direct the. tate treas
urer to pay tha amouni due on su-h war
rant from moneys In his', hands belonging
to tho permanent school fund of 4ha state,
and he shall hold said warrant as au in
vestment of said permanent school fund.
Approved March 29. A. D. 1895.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to tho Constitution of the
State of Nebraska by adding a new
section to article twelve (12) of;.83id
constitution to bo numbered secugh
two (2) relative to the merging of life
government of cities of tho metro
politan class and the governmentof
the counties wherein such cities 'are "
located. ' '
Be it resolved and enacted by the Legis
lature of tho Stato of Nebraska:
Section 1. That article; .twelvo (12) of. the
Constitution of tho Stato of Nonska-.be
amended by anding to said artiwle new sec
tion to Le numbsred section - two (2) to read
as follows: - .
Section 2. 'Tho government of any city of
the metropo tan class and tha gov
ernment of the county in, which
it is losated may be mwged' wholly
or in part wh?n a proposition so to do has
been submitted by authority ot law to the
voters or such city and couuty and' re
ceived tha assent of a majority of the
votes cast in such city aad also a majority
of the votes cast in the county exclusive
ofthosa cast iu such metropolitan city at such
election.
Approved March 29. A. D. 1893.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section six (6) of article
seven (7) of tho Constitution oY the
State of Nebraska, prescribing the
manner in which votes shall be cast.
Be it resolved and eu'icted by the Legislat
ure of the State of Nebrask-i :
Section 1. Tint section six (6) of article
seven (7) of the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska be amended to read as fol
lows: " ...)
Section 6. A'l vo'.os shill ba by ballot; or
Buch other methoJ as may bo prescribed,
by law. provided th-j secrecy of voting bo
preservea.
Approved March 29. A D 1893.
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 worlis of internal improvement and
manufactories.
Ba it resolved and enacted hv tha
Islature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1 That eec;iou two CO of articlo
fourteen (H) of thj Constitution of tha
State of Nebraska, be amtmded tn rn.il iu
follows :
Sec. 2. No 'city, county. own, precinct,
municipality, or other subuividon of tho
state, shall ever make donations to any
works of internal iinnroviiment. or
manufactory, unlest a propo-ition so to
do shall have been flrt submitted to tho
qualified electors ana ratifiod by "a two
thirds votb at an election by authority of
law; Provided. That i,urh donatM-ns of a
county with tha donations of sncli soldi.
visions in tho aggregate shall not exueeil
ten per cent of the assessed valuation of
such county; Provided, further. Thnt any
city or county mar. bv a threo-fntirtin
vote, increase such indebtedness five ."per
cent, in addition to such ten ner cant nmi
no bonds or evidences of indebtedness so
issued shall bo valid unless lh- same nhi.1
have endorsol thareon a certificate signed
by the secretary, and . auditor of , state.
Showing that tho same is issuoJ 'purauautftG
law. . . - .
Approved March 29, A. D., 1893.
I, J. A. Piper, secretary of stato of
the state of Nebraska, do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendments '
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska are true and correct copies of.
the original enrolled' and engrossed
bills, as passed by the Twenty-fourth -session
of the legislature of the State"
of Nebraska, as appears, from said
original bills on file in this office, :and
that all and each of' said proposed
amendments are submitted to .the-.
qualified voters of tho State ' of Ne-'"
braskafor their adoption or rtfjectidh-
at the general election to be held on
Tuesday, tho 8d? day.- of November, A.
D., 189G. . "
Jn testimony whereof, -J havo.hcjrqf-
unto set my hand and affixed tho great
seal of the State of Nebraska. .
Done at Lincoln this 17th day ,of
July, in the year of ourLerd, One Thou--
sand, Eight Hundred and Ninety-Sir,
of the Independence- pf the United
States the One Hundred and Twenty- "
Itet, and of this state the Thirtieth.
(Seal.) T. a. PIPER, v
Secretary of Stato.