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VOL.VI. N().8li.
Cont.ollilalcil Jan. 1, 1W;.
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JUDGE M. L.
THE KEYNOTE JORJHE CAMPAIGN.
JuJgc M. L. Hay ward, Republican Candidate For Gov
ernor, Leys Bare Fusion Sophistry.
P0?ULIST ECONOMY A
J -idee Hay HMi'tl'a Speech, De'iveretl Before the Kepubli au County Coitventiesi
of Lancaster County. -'
uAmm i ij
Jutlm IT.-iyw.-.rd s:iil: In .Tanna rv, lv.7,
the ad m r;! ! ion of this state passed
finder Popuii.-: ic e.ui; r.d. A i i re ii !.: r re-o-nt
ly isst-cd. siir.'ied by the three !.iir
Tiien ami three secret.) riis of the thiw nl
l.''ed "reform- parties, entitled "'i he
Keform I u.v'or;!,'' iiii'.l Iwviritijr a lcjrend.
''Trill h wears no ii) isk. seeks neither
jil.nv nor applause, all she seeks is a hear
i ii y." t-ontui ns 1 he cl.i i ins a ml u nderf.i kes
to irivi; a mass of fljrurcs upon eon-ider-utioii
of whit h th;' l'r.-ulisr stale o.ikvrs
ask Tor re eh-cl i'.ii. 1 his circ.ila:- is au
tliorit.it ive ami is lirlu-j largely ei i cul itei!
over the state. The-.: e! 1 ; : i s aa.l li.vures
in lirief are I !vi iii I he ot'iee of eo:u':ii;
siotier of pui.'ic lands ami Imihii i'. s t'-ev
liave raii'ed to the slate, in conij .! : 'i
uiili KcptiMic.in reecnl. in nm:; ! : !."
t'ers. rs.(KrO; if tire oli of s. . :
8;ale, l'..0',x. Net sivi fi hy a ; i :
tions for the vim r is.(7 o i-r 1' ' " , -7 ,
ami in a-liiitinu to i!:is. li!i.e s::.-i.-. ;f
ino-iey in th' eoml'ter i!' t:ie . 'i.-e of
snperm' ei!!e;it of pnt-iic ins;rt!C
tion. stale t r.-asn-ev ami various --iare in
stil ill ions ueiu i alls'.
Aceejitinir t he li;.'-i!t is of this cirenlar,
the voter is led ro l:ei:eve that dtivinu- l iie
J;ist -O months tln present a! in i r is! ra-
ti'n lias saved the I'coplc of this su.rn
n -aily ?1.0.J(l,UIXt. or to he more, aeeuraio.
$.)."!.il(.-J3. in a.d(lition to the hijjrh s'Uiml
iiiS claims made for the alt rney jreneral
on acooii'it of suits 1 r eiahr and not yet
determined. These claims, neither small
nor modest in amount, require candid
consideration. The circular parados these
state otlieers as pcrsonilicat ions of truth
'wearinir no mask, seeking neither pl.n e
nor applause, and only seekiuirn heir
in.'? Are l hese liru res a lain sta:eme :t
of onvarnisheil facts, or are they, on th.e
contrary, a disiorted. juiiihled mass of
misleading statements, coiiiaiiiinir Jiere
and there a half truth, const it utimr in
their entirety an impos.tion ami a lie?
Are these otlicers truly seekina: noplace,
no applause? Are they simply as!; in ; a
hearirr. or is the circular lut a specious
plea of theco'ei ie scrkintr pla-e and re
election to positions far more remunera
tive than are open to any of them in the
walks of private life?
A l'arty M;y Claim WJett Is ,J-ist.
A party may .justly claim credit for the
Je-ritimate and natural results liowinir
fivm jnittinr its distinctive party prin-
ciples into practical operation. It can
c laim no monopoly on individual honesty.
Honesty and jatriotism are a common
heritage of po 'd citizenshi'i. These hijxh
attrihutes are found in the trreat majority
of people vvithoiit reirard to politioalaiTili
ation. I appeal to the citizens of -Nebraska,
lie they Populists, Democrats of
either variety. Prohibitionists or Repub
licans, only because I have confidence in
their intelli.eii'te to discern the truth and
equal confidence in their honesty to act
upon the truth as they see it. The citi
zens of this state are law abidinsr. honor
able and patriotic; they live in hirh hopes
and have lofty ambitions for themselves
individually, and for the state at larjre:
they ha ve noi hi tiii in common with 1 lie
thief, the mischief maker, the disturber
of public peace or the unpatriotic. It is
a tenet of evi iy American that honesty,
faithfulness, elliciency, love of country
and iidclity in her service should be
recognized and rewarded, and equally as
sironuly embedded in the heart and brain
of every true man of what: soever party is
the proposition that the lawless, the false,
he who has befayed a trust repose;! in
him in either public or private life, should
le certainly and adequately punished.
We make no defense for wronir doinsr:
-we ask no immunity from punishment
Jul the defaulting otllcial who has vio
lated the trust and the confidence of his
fellows and has brought disgrace u;.o:i
his party and the state. I go further:
"Whatever may le said of the defaulters
vs ho ln-lotiiT to other parries, and their
Hi me is letriuii, I believe the severest pen
$ ties of i he law should be visited upon a
i.epubii -an who is false to his trust, for
thereasui that lu- sins ajriinsn a greater
lisrlit; he nis been taught better: he
kmws tctrer and. therefoie, if he fails,
is his sin greater and his punishment
bhoulii be more severe.
An l iijc-t ComW'imiatiou.
13'it since honesty and fidelity are the
teatnings of every party it is manifestly
unjust to punish a party for the dishon
esty of one who. at the time of his nomi
nation and election to office, after due in
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HAYWARD.
YL2Y EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
quiry and care eM-rei:;e.1 . v.'.-! found t-v
bear a good reputation amomr his fellows
and counted by those who knew him best
as fit for the place, but who afier Ids elec
tion proved false ami bctr.Myel tin jx'ojilc
who put t heir confidence in hint. In every
Will's of private life, in every profession;
in every day and ue.e of the world some
men have l,:Men. Arnold be' raved the
counsels at Wasliin-i-fo'i; Lincoln was de
ceived and ia ; ;:! upon hundreds of
times, anil n '(: writ tells us that
one of the twt' ve c'.. -sen of the infinite
tt':d all wise ( .;: ' .'rayed him for a few
paltry doH.ir .':' no ( o-i siderate.
pal riot ic man . ..s i .'.-,1 in ubandotii ivj:
'. ie cause of . I'ulionary heroes.
t''o union, or v': -; of c Christ.
Parties .ire j ., , . .. I !'-i.-. ii.'ifpriiK-i-j:ie.j
and t he e'eraiion of the.-;:
principles ur- : ' I' -of the pcple.
'."e shou ! : p. i i. . !e whole Demo
cratie iir v -;' : - :- ' au-eof til--- opera
tions of 'i we-. '. ! '.;. " Vork or t!e de
falcation of .-!.! .satvr Kanisey.
bosom fr'.e-u! of .V. the Pvtft )'.! ic
idol of llano's: we sho-.ild not r.'.iuiiMin
the wln !e To iulist party because of its
Taylor who sold out in the state leprisl.i
ture in ItvH : its numerous defauliing.
county ttva-irers and townshij) treas
urers throtiiiriout the sti'e. nor can you
fairly condemn the Kepubli.vin party be
cause it has been cursed with a liartley
and a Moele.
I;s Twist Facts.
In tlm circular of which I spe::k the
impression is sought to be given that in
some way, as the natural results of fu
sion, there has resulted an immense sum
of money made fo? the state. Does the
fact, justify the impression?
The cardinal principles of the combine,
stated in the national Populist platform
of 1 S5- and reiterated in the successive
platforms, are the issuance by the govern
ment of irredeemable papo" or liat nionev
with free and unlimited coinage of silver
at 1( to 1 as a ste.ipf ig stone : the inflation
of our currency to at least ?0 ! er capita:
tin sub treasury scheme as a means of
distribution; the government ownership
and operation of railroads, telegraphs and
telephones, with their regulation to suit,
pending their absolute acquisition, and
ownership of the sources of wealth gen
erally. The circular is pear- hed in vain for evi
dence that the large sums of money
claimed to have been made for the people
are due in the least to putting into opera
tion any of these doctrines which; with
th exception o-' free coinage of silver, are
not now seriously advocated by any con
siderable number, of leaders or followers
of the opposition. Their present claims,
then, do not follow' from putting into law
or practice their disti ctivo . doctrines.
They are riot party claims. ' They - are
claims mailt ;n behalf of iti'Iividuals only
claims of executive oi:iccrs whose only
Iower is to ixeeute the laws and dispense
the appioariat ions made by the legisla
ture. No state oflieer can make money for tin
state. T he state can make no money for
itself. The state is supporud by the tax
payer. State institutions and state ollie
ers are at best but tax eaters.
Kvery dollar ban tiled by any officer, be
he elect i dor apjioinled, must llrst Le col
lected from the people by the tax gath
erer. These taxes are levied .by the proper
officer, and "when collected are placed in
certain definite funds toibe expended ac
cording to law. Let me illustrate with
the school fund about which so much is
said in this circular: '
About the School Fund.
Section 3, article 8. of the state constitu
tion (made by Republicans) provides:
"The following are hereby declared to be
perpetual funds for common school pur
poses, of which the annual interest or in
come oniy can Ik; appropriated: Firsr.
such pereeiitum as has been or mav here
after lie planted by coneress on the sale
of latids in this state. Second, all moneys
arising from the salt? or the leasing of
sections number lf and & in each town
ship in this state, and the lauds selected
or that may l e si-k'-teu in lieu thereof.
Third, the proceeds of all lands that have
been or may hereafter be trranted to this
state whero by th terms and conditionsof
such grant; The s,: tiie are nor loin other
wise appropriated. Tourth, the net pro
ceeds ot lauds .wid .) her property and ef
fects that may come to the st ite by csche:it
or furniture or Iro.n uiiel.iiiuo.l dividends
or dlafrlbutlTtj sh ires of th estates of d
teased persons. Fifth, all moneys, ttocks,
bonds, hinds and other property njw be
longing to common school fund."
liy sect Ions 4 and 5 of the same article
oftiio constitution oil rents of unsold
school lands, gifts and the like, interest
arising from the permanent fund, all
lines, penalties and license moneys and
such other means ui tht legislature may
provide, are applied to the support of our
common schools and constitute the "tem
I'orary school fund."
The constitution expressly forbids tha
diminution of the permanent school fund;
that fund must remain inviolate.
'1 he slate temporary school fund is for
current use and is made up principally
of: First, interest on permanent school
fund; second, rents on unsold school
lands; this fund is apport ioned to the sev
eral counties in January and July of each
year as eollei ted. With the exception of
in:ere-t derived from the investd school
lunds. every dollar of this teiv.porary fund
is collected by the county officers from the
peojdc, anil ' y them turned into the state
treasury. Ti.e state otlicers have abso
lutely nothing to apportion until it is
hist collected by officers in the counties
whose actions they cannot command and
over whom they have practically no con
trol. If times are good and the people pay the
County treasurer he in turn pays over to
flic state treasurer and the reform state
officers may apportion the collections
made. The rule and practice has not been
changed and is the sanio now that it has
been ever since the adoption of the constl
1 1 l ion in 1.VT5.
DcIiiMjuciit Taxes Aro A met.
'1 he payment of taxes lefiects the busi
ness conditions of the country. In pros
perous times the people have the means
and pay their taxes. When times are bad
they ha e not the means, they cannot and
do ot pay. Let it lie remembered, how
ever, that the unpaid taxes do not lapse,
but they remain on the books as so much
assets of the state to bo collected in addi
tion to the regular annual tax, as soon as
times improve and the people have the
im ney wherewith to pay. "Taxes areas
sure as death " is an old adage worthy of
accept a' ion.
How misleading and untrue it is, then,
for an officer or a party to take credit for
payment of taxes by the people! We checr
fuily concede that collection of taxes has
been much larger and easier since No
vember ly.iti. than for four years next
preceding. It is a significant fact, which
the intelligent voter will not overlook,
that the date and duration of adverse Iml
ances is the precise date and duration of a
national administration, and policy for
which the fusion forces and not Republi
can ; are resixmsible, anil the date and du
ration of the prosperous finances, of which
ho ist is made, is identical with the ad
ministration of the idjl of our party,
President V -Kinlev.
During the years from ItS'.Ki to 1S1K5, in
clusive, our state suffered an unprece
dented scries of crop failures, and these,
added to the business depression over the
entire l ind, -lade and kept our people in
more straitened circumstances than ever
before in the history of the state. Let
me submit to the candid judgment of my
fellow citizens a few plain facts and fig
ure; which make their own argument
more convincing than declamation facts
and figures which may not oe jurgled:
Showing Made hy 15 inkers.
The reports of state and private banks
of this state show that on Nov. 5, lS3-i, we
had of these banks 5.W, capital stock. $11,
T7.i) .; general deposits. 4,N,.)l,113.'2';b,
loans and discounts. iK,,Si,07.40.
On Dec. t, li'.H. there were of these
banks 4t: capital stock, 10,407,S:lS.2-;
general deposits, $18.074, 832.43; loans and
discounts, $-J.i.:.5:i.ij(K.41.
On Dec. ill, 18W, there were of these
banks only -i': capital stock. fS,233,(!65.5(5;
general deposits, ?lf'.i?:2",537.U3; loans and
discounts, 1 !.(jtK?,-0S.3S.
In other words in those four years, 77.
or one out of every seven private and
sr ate banks, went out of existence and
there was a reduction of over ?3, 000,000
in their capital stock; over $14,o00,000, or
three-fifths of their general deposits, and
nearly 14.U'1 1 (KM, or nearly one-half, in
their loans and discounts. The exper
ience of nat hmal banks in our state was
equally as disastrous.
Turn to the veal estate mortgage in
debtedness of our people. In Gagecounty
in ls.U there was an increase of $til,583,
and as late as lS'.K! there was in Otoe
county an increase of f 05,051 ; and in York
county ".. bit. 5S. Take collections for
this state temporary school fund, of which
1 have spoken, using Jeffers in and Kear
ney c mnties as il'u-tratio:is: Jefferson
coiiii.y. in 1T. :i.i:K.47; 1SH: $3,944 l
Kearney county, lst)5. $3,121.75; lSilti, ?3,
2j3 til.
1 heir own circular shows, what we all
remember as :. .1 instance of that horrible
four years nightmare, that the lesislature
was compelled to appropriate $250,000 to
feed and furnish seed grain to our desti
tute people. We were practically forced
Into debt as a state for that amount to
meet the awful emergency forced then
;i) on us How could a people in that con
uition pay their tax, their rental, either
interest or principal on what they owed.
Unjitit Credit Claimed.
The state, as well as individual creditors
was unable to collect, but unlike individ
ual creditors, the claims of the state are
not barred by the statute of limitations
and when times improve the claims of the
sttite are made good. Rentals on school
lands and payments on school land con
tracts, where these were not cancelled,
and all demands of the state on citizens
remained unpaid for the time being fo
the same reasons which compelled the
banks to break and the farmers to in
crease their mortgages. In the lisrht of
these facts, which no one can dispute, is
it not the greatest of absurdity and im
position to claim a superiority for the
present state officers for collections and
disbursements made in these prosperous
times, and which were not possible in the
days of drouth and the development of
Populism.
Io the same circular they claim a "bal
ance in favor of reform" in school appor
tionment of f'51,3'.;3. 22 in Douglas county,
and 23.525.07 in Lancaster county for the
year ls;i7 and the first half of 199$. as com
pared with the second half of 1895 and the
year ls.9i). What is the truth about this?
I have already shown you the apportion
ment is made "to the several counties from
the money collected The distribution is
made in proportion to the children of
school age in the several counties. It is
important then to ascertain what is col
lected from each county. Nothing is paid
out of the state treasury until it is paid in
by the people. What have the people of
these counties paid in? Besides the tem
porary school fund drawn from sources
above stated, the state levies a school tax
which was. in 1893, one-half mill, in 1894,
raised to 075 of a mill, in 1895, .75. in 1896,
collected by the fusionists at 1.25 and in
1N97 the levy was 1.375. or more than dou
ble earlier levies. These levies all refer to
Lancaster county.
Where Prosperity Conn Ik.
In the last half of 1S95. Lmcastcr coun
ty paid to the states upon such school levy
$2,819.13, in 1890 she paid ?5,sV.C7, a tot il
in the 18 months mentioned by th ftis. n
proclamation of $S,4t5.S. From January
1, 18V7. to July 1. 1X9S, the sain- conn
paid tne state upon the sch-xd levy fit' : 3
or $10,897. tfO more than was paid the i.e
publican administration in the lime item
tloned.
From July 1, 1895, to January 1, ls'.C
the same county paid the. state for r''.it
and interest uion school lands, $14,391 .22,
and from January 1, 1897, to July 1, In'.'S,
from the same funds, Lancaster couiny
paid the State $35,749.30, or $21,3."8.08 more
than was paid the Republicans in the Is
months mentioned, 'lo this add tlm lo,
897.120 excess paid tho state on school lands
and we find that this county paid to tho
present administration $33,25.2S more
than the same county paid in the preced
ing 18 months. It is only claimed that
th state paiil this county in the time
mentioned $23, 025. f3, so that the county
lost in this deal $1.7-9.28. Tho same is
probably true of other counties.
Cnunin- Fusion Sophistry.
The party making up the fusion circu
lar cunningly makes the time fixed lor
the Republicans from July 1, 1895, to Jan.
1, 1897. thus including the last half of two
years and the first half of only one. 1' or
themselves they reverse this order and in
clude the first half of two years and tin
last half of only one. This was because,
as they well knew, nearly all taxes in Ne
braska and nearly all rents and interests
on school la nils are paid in the first half
of each year, as we see by the following
figures: Douglas county paid taxes in
the first half of 1S90, $353,583.11; in the
last half, $111,032.53. In the year 1S97,
first half, $302,500.57; in the last half only
$142,8153. 20. Lancaster county paid in the
first half of 1897, $243,402.94 ; in the last
half, $129,743.01. Thes ligurer. speak for
themselves and show the cunning crafti
ness with which the circular was pre
pared. Another re ison why the apportionment
of school money was increased in 18.17 and
the first half of 1898 Is sho n by tho fa' t
that the state col leeted in 1895, from in
terest on school hinds sold, $119,481.58,
and in 1897, $29.1,045.25, and in the first
half of 1898, $200, 03.30, and from rents of
school lands in 1895. $43,811.90; in 1897,
$115,278.03, and in the first half of 18! S,
$44,983.28. In view of these collection s, it
is not strange that the disbursements for
schools were increased.
Increase Apport hminent Hoax.
The simple truth is, the people have
been taxed more heavily, have paid more
liberally and therefore enjoyed a larger
apportionment. It is the rankest denia
goguery for these self styled "reformers"
to claim they have given this increased
apportionment to the people. The condi
tions have in the past two years most
wonderfully improved. The fact is potent,
crops have been bountiful, prices for
cereals of all kinds, of sheep, hogs, cattle
and horses, everything raised on the farm,
have been gratifyingly higher. Business
has revived; farmers and mechanics, la
borers and professional men are all en
couraged. Note again some figures: As shown by
the reports of the state and private banks
of this state, on July 14, 1.198, the general
deposits were $17,0139.231.44; loans and dis
counts, $15,150,952.89, or a gain in IS
months of over $7,000,000 in deposits; an
increase of only about $500,000 in loans.
The same report shows that in all banks
of this state there was an increase of over
$2,000,000 in deposits from Feb. 20, 1898, to
July 14, 1898, while loans and discounts
were reduced over $000,000. In other
words, our people now, instead of going
into debt ftr living expenses, are living
better than ever before, and at the name
timo increasing their deposits in the bank
at the rate of nearly $500,000 per month,
and decreasing their loans at the bank at
the rateof nearly $150,000. The net result
is, in our bank operations alone, that our
people are going to the good at tho rate
of $050,000 per month.
Take the collections for the state tem
porary school funds, using the same coun
ties for further illustration. Jefferson
county in 1897. $6,305, or more than double
the amount collected in 1890. First half
of 1898, $4,202.98, or a gain of nearly ono
third over the corresponding period of
1897. Kearney county, July 1, lt97, lo
July 1, 1898, $13,978.75, or more than six
times as much as in the vear from J uly 1,
1894, to July 1, J8.15.
This is prosperity; these are truly Re
publican times. '1 he days of busting
banks, delinquent taxes, relief bills and
parties tbv feed and grow on calamity
are, I hope, soon all to be only reminis
cences. Mow the Debt Was Kedueeil.
One of the principal claims made by
the reformers is that in 11 months their
state treasurer has reduced the intcres;
bearing debt $700,542.99, seeking to create
the ii :pression that they have given this
amount to the state. Candor, however,
compelled them to state in the same con
nection that the present incumbent re
ceived from Mr. Bartley the following
sums of money:
General fund, $304 215.84; sinking fund,
$133,737.29. These amounts were appli
cable upon the interest bearing debt of
the state and explain how the treasurer
paid $437,953.13 of the state debt. lie also
received money belonging to other funds
at the same date, $490, 107.47, or a total of
$934,060.60. These figures make the state
ment of the circular that nearly all the
cash in the treasury had been stolen hard
to believe.
Aside from this cash, the state had Jan.
1, lt597, as a cash asset, the delinquent tax
list. From this list, Douglas county has
paid the present treasurer in IS months,
$31,728.57. As Douglas county pays one
half of the state taxes, it is fair to assume
that the present treasurer has collcced
from delinquent taxes levied prior to l9i,
$253,828.56. In addition to this the state
levied in 1896 a sinking fund amounting
to $103,640.84 and the same for 1897. The
whole sinking fund tax for 1896, if col
lected, and two-thirds of the tax for 1897,
which, as we have seen, was likelv paid in
the first half of 1898, make $172..r)tivC7
These three items make much more than
the present treasurer claims to have paid
upon the interest bearing debt of the
state and make his clami of doingso much
for the state appear very slim.
Hartley Turned Over Cah.
There was in his hands on the loth day
of September, 1898, the sum of $403, 991. tH),
of which nearly one-half is in the perma
nent school fund. If the action of Mr.
Hartley in holding in his hands 'large
amounts of money is subject to just criti
cism, as it certainly is. then the holdinc
by the present treasurer of the amount of
$170,640 60 of permanent school fund is
also reprehensible. 1 maintain that no
money taken from the people which is
available for the reduction of debts or for
investment should be held for ono ino
ment by the state officer, but on the con
trary should be immediately invested or
applied to the reduction of theobligations
of th; tate, and I trust that the next lesr
i-laturi will see to ic that our revenu .
laws aro so amended that large hoards of
money will not be withdrawn from th? :
iuauiitrj! ui i u si uess mm iocKei upiwnr:
the vaults of the state treasury or fa -u.e 1
out to depositories, but on the onrrary
that collection and payment shall be, so
lar as possible, contemporaneous acts.
Tht claim nf th nresenf statp ii.nd iror
that he has saved to the state in round !
numbers $100,000 is equally without foun
dation. This saving is made up, as he al
leges, as follows: hiriffs' and other fees,
$21,024; collecting state taxes, 44,8uo,
from office fees, $28.5o5.44; bj not paying
salaries in advance, f5.28l.54. Thechanse
In shpvirTa f.s for rr:insTHrti no. nrison,rs
teen made by law. In the early days
when transportation was by vehicle a law
was passed allowing the sheriff lo cent-s
per mile for each mile necessarily trav
eled, Now that nearly every county seat
in the state is accessible by raiovay auJ
the rale of transp irlal ion is but3rcn'i
pr mile, Ihe l.n has l-en properlj
changed to allow the sheriff his per die'l.
and net ual expcnsesonly. Similar chnnaes
in t ho st.-.t lite aiv being mado each recur
ring session of the legislat lire and there
is no 1 initiation whatever for tho auditor
taking credit for this amount.
I'orfrr'n I'alne l'ooitlon.
The secretary of state makes a claim of
nearly j20,(ioo made by his office in 18
intuit lis, over thut made by his predeces
sor in two years. The secretary omits to
state t he faVt I hat of this amount $13,010
Was pai 1 by tho linion Pacific. Railroad
company for filing its articles of incor
poration, an act made neeesary by the
wise action of the republican national ad
ministration, which brought to a success
ful issue tho loiiii standing and vexations
controversy with the Parnic roads. It is
hardly likely that a similar occasion will
occur again in your lifetime or mine. 'I he
intelligent voter will also recall that, act
ing on 1 lie example set by states around
us, notably of Iowa, tho legislature in
1897 passed a law which taxed all corpor
ations tiling art icles with the sec re ary of
state. I "rev ions to that t ime the law pro
vided a fee of only a dollar, which was
presu mod to compensate for the actual
labor in filing and recording articles of
incorporation. Now t he minimum fee is
$10, with an addit tonal 10 cents for each
$1,000 on all articles of incorporation
where the capital stock is over $100,040.
Under republican prosperity during the
past 15 months there have been more new
creamery companies organized in tho
stale than existed therein prior to that
time. Kadi of these paid a filing feo of
$lo, where formerly they paid only $1
each. It is not claimed, neit her can it lie,
that former secretaries of slate havo failed
to i-ollerrf, every dollar duo the state, or
collecting have failetl to turn the money
into the treasury. How then, in fairness,
can the secretary claim superiority.
When we recall that the supreme court,
nearly a year ago, rendered a decision
that under t he constitul ion all fees for
services rendered by t he office of auditor
or secretary must bo paid in advance into
the treasury "by the party desiring the
service to be performed," and that neither
the auditor nor secret. ary have, asa matter
of fact, in late months, handled these
fees. Their claim for honesty in the pre
mises does not seem to be based on a
Strong foundation.
The Appropriation Argument.
Perhaps the most remarkable claim
made in tho reform circular is that in
which the reformers plume themselves on
tne spiendid -eeoril of the legislature of
1897, and the claim is boldly sel forfcli that
in their appropriations they made f "net
saving in 1897 over 1895 of $371,378.13." Is
it possible that these pseudo-reformers
proceed on the proposition that the people
do not understand the difference between
amounts appropriated and the amounts
expended? Do they persumo that the peo
ple do not understand that appropriations
ure simply the estimates of the lcgislatui f
of the amounts required for the several
uses of the government, and permission
given to expend the amount estimated?
The important fact to t lie people not so
much what is appropriated, although ap
propriations vhich an; permissions to ex
pend should always he carefully made and
within t lie proper limits, but, the impor
tant n uesi ion is how much has been ex
pended and for wiiat purpose. The neces
sity of one biennial term m:iy be largely
in excess, or much below that of another
term.
Let us compare tht expenditures, then,
of the two terms to which our attention
is challenged by our adversaries. Klimi
nating salaries, specific claims and fixed
charges, we find there were warraii'S
drawn against the appropriation for 1895,
up to September 1. 1890, $1,470,099.24, but
this includes 259.000 relief bills for drouth
sufferers; !t.S,i5.2'i beet sugar bounty,
which warrants have not been paid; $21,
127 expenses of maximum rate case and
$35,000 for cancellation of prison contract,
making an aggregate of $353,012.26 to be
deducted from gross amount of the war
rants, leaving a balance paid for the or
dinary expenses of that term, $1,117,086.99.
Now take t he warrants drawn for tho
corre-ponding time against the appro
priation of 1,897.
Ileform Expensive Luxury.
We find that up to Sept. 1, 18t. there
were drawn ;i gainst this appropriation of
1897 1,:;U().317.71. Exclusive from this
amount the warrants drawn on account
of the Transmississippi exposition, $78.
997.53. and we have a total net expenditure
out of the app.ropri.Uion of 1897 up to
Sept. 1. 1898. of $1,227,319.19. or in other
words the si lleged economical reform ad
ministration has spent in round numbers
over $100,000 more than did the Republican
administration for the ordinary expenses
of state government. In addition to this it
must be remembered that the settlement
and cancellation of the old prison con
tract antl the substitution therefore of the
present law was the action of the Repub'ic
an legislature of 1895, and yet in this cir
cular issued to the public, and in which
they parade as monopolists of truth, the
Republicans are charged with the
$35,000 paid for the cancellation of
tho contract and the purchase
of the contractor's property and
at the same time these, same reformers
claim that under the Populist adminis
tration the penitentiary has become self
supporting and no longer presents an ex
ample ot Kepublican extravagance. 1 re
gret to be compelled to mar this pleasing
picture by calling attention to the fart
that the legislature of 1895, after cancell
ing the prison contract, appropriated
$49,640 for the maintenance of the peni
tentiary from April 1, 1895, to March 31,
1816, and $52,560 to maintain it from April
1, 1896, to March 31, 1897. While claiming
to have made this institution self -supporting,
the reformers used $44,976 of the first
appropriation and $48,976.37 of the sec
ond appropriation; and further, in the
summer of 1897, used $2,900 of the 1895 ap
propriation, making a total of $96,850.11
during the two years of the time the in
stitution was under control of the same
officers as now, and while the claim that
it was self-supporting was being made.
Vutterine Economy.
I am sure I need not more than call
your attention to the fact that the legiti
mate costs of maintaining an institution
vary with the times, the price of supplies
and still more with the quality of the sup
plies which are furnished. A very con
siderable difference may be made by sub
stituting, as it Is claimed, the facts are.
butterine for butter, cheaper and poorer
clothing for the more comfortable, and
reducing generally the quality of the liv
ing of the dependent wards of the state
The home for the friendless has been de
nied support entirely.
The butterine bought for Hastings asy
lum in the last fourteen months is 11.500
pounds, for which the state board paid
$1,144.30.
At that rate per capita th total amount
during same time for all state institution
was 51,859 pounds.
The price paid at that rate, all to a Kan
sas City packing house, was $5,li5.9l"
What. o:Krht to have been paid to Ne
braska butter makers is $10,371.80.
Iheamoun; paid to the Missouri fac
tory is taken out of circulation in Ne
braska It is a new way to "stand up for Ne
fraska! '
1 he saving made thereby enables them
to make their showing for reform. The
plain truth Js that the figures and show
ing made in the circular, and constituting
the specious plea of candidates for re
election is accounted for by the crime of
Barrley. the changes made by law in the
fees of office; increased collections, due to
better times and the small saving, if sav
ing there be. due to the supplying with
poorer nccujuiiiouaiiuns anu poorer iuuu
the inmates of our state institutions.
Holeoiub Was Wanting:.
For the criiue of Bartley and Moore w
entertain no thought and ateak nu
other than severest condemnation. Their
offms will not be eTcuil nut tllUu-d.
but let it t rvin-mlrrd that thai
fakation occurred during tfeeLr last
term and while Slum Holcomb wa gov
ernor of the slate. Ortdar tha la and
practice which prevail these officer
made a report of the condition of their
offices every tlx month to the ffoveraar.
Ihe governor as chluf executive uflloor
of the statu 1 ohargod wltn general
oversight and the duty of comtervlng
every right of the state. The aucootilr
r'jorts of Mooro during hU lant trm
show upon their face that the fee re
ceived by him had not been turned Into
the stute treaaury. Governor Ho loo nib
knew from these report that the pay
ments had not been made to the atate.
The List report made by Moore ahowlnt
the payment of feea wa In July, IBVt.
Three reports were thereafter mad or
him, each of which ahowed hU default,
and yet the governor took no atep what
ever to protect tha interest of the atate.
The testimony of Qovernor Iloloomb on
thecriminal trial of Hartley was to th
effect that Bartley fully accounted to hlin
in January, 1x95, for every dollar then In
his bunds, and that there waa at that tliu
no default. On the trial of th suit
brought by th state of Nebraska agalnat
the bondsmen to recover the ameunt of
the defalcation. Hon. Frank T. Ranaom,
an attorney for th bondamem, and a
high priest in the rank of fusion, f
fered to prove by a wltneea, whom h
then produced, that on January t, lflG.
and before the approval f th bend of
the treasurer for the aersond teria, that
t here was a shortage of mor than $350,
000, and that th shortage wa kmrwn te
the governor at that time. What
ever may lie the fact on that preel
point, the undisputed fact in that Got
ernor Holcomb approved the bond for
the treasurer for the second term and that
the Iiond is practically worthless; that th
lond of Bartley for his first term waa
good, and that tne testimony of the gov
ernor in the criminal trial stands as a
strong bulwark of defend agalnat the
state and in favor of th sureties oq th
first bond. If there was default us th
part of Bartley during th first term, it
was the duty of the governor to ascertain
that fact before approving his bond forth
second term, and If ascertained, t tak
steps for the recovery of the shortage on
his bond. If, on the other hand, there waa
no shortage, it was the duty of the gov
ernor to take a good bond, and tf th bond
taken is bad then the loss to the stmt was
made possible and contributed to by th
fault and negligence of Qevertior Hol
comb. In either case his failure and neg
lect contribute to tne state
Want Credit Far rreaperlty.
While the showing made hy tha reform
ers does not justify their continuance tn
office, their labored attempt to tak arudlt
for the widespread prosperity, which our
people are now enjoying, Is aaotknr grati
fying evidence of the existence of that
which they co long and persistently de
nied. Republican leader have eyr ben
heralds of prosperity. The claims of th
combine so hardily made are la the last
analysis flattery of Republic policy mnd
capacity. Everywhere can be seen evi
dence of a general prosperity; not local
but national. No section, no state, no
county can permanently prosper with
out the same effects being felt by th
country at large. A. genuine penuaaeat
prosperity is always" general and otne
only from favorable, natural conditio ua
and the application tut them of wis poli
cies. The policy of the Republican party
from Its infancy to the present time ha
been to develop the highest capacity o
our people. It dignified labor and gav
employment at good, and Increasing
wages; it gave home to the homeless;
freedom to the slaves; fostered manu
factures; gave an unrivaled market to
the producer; established firmly our gov
ernment at home; cattsed .lt to be re
spected abroad; unfurled our flag tn new
and distant islands beyond the sea, . car
rying inspiration, enlightenment and
liljerty which it syraboIl7ia( aptf-'oSHia"
gives the strongest potwirtte aauuuaai to
the world that under the guidance of tha
splendid statesman now at th helm,
America in the days to coin la to b net
only the steward of all the nations) of th
cart h, but that under the protection of
benign laws, and in the aafoldtng ef eur
civilization will the liberty lerrfag and
aspiring people of the worltf he blrtwefl.
Malift-nlag HeKiaUy.
Now, I have kept you too long, Vtrt I
want just a moment more of your tlm.
I told you at the cutset that this campaign
was run upon frand by the opposition, and
I think I have shown you so. It is also
run upon a general abuse ef the general
government had of the present adminis
tration, our brave soldier boy was went
to the front and put down th Kpaalsh
Hag, and an abuse of the conduct of ths
officials in charge of the war department at
Washington. Now there Is Just art more
thing that I want to show y mi, and this will
be remembered by all of the aid saldler
that fought no bravely in the war f ltGO.
and most of them hare read tt before, and
maybe some of you ha vs. ThUU a P7
of a hand-bill put out by the emmsltton
to the election of Mr. Lincoln in th fall
of 1864. It was after Gettysburg, aft
the surrender of Vicksburg, after Grant's
victories in the Wilderness when th
south had been swept clean by a merci
less conscription and w unable to longer
continue the war, but there wer still
thousands of troops in the field. It is
a hand-bill announcing a rally at Bnsh
nell, Ills., and reads as follow:
DEMOCRATS
Once more to the Breach.
GRAND RAL.LT
AT
Bushnell, Friday, November 4Ch, It.
HON. L. W. ROSS.
MAJ. S. P. CUMMIXGrs,
T. E. MORGAN,
JOS. C. THOMPSON,
Will address the people on the abov oc
casion, and disclose to them the whl
truth of the matter.
WHITE MEN OP M'DOXOUGH
Who prize the Constitution ef ear Fath
ers; who love the Union formed by their
wisdom and compromise:
BRAVE MEN WHO HATE THE RE
BELLION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AND ARE DETERMINED TO DE
STROY IT:
Noble women who do not want their
husbands and sons
DRAGGED TO THE VALLET Ol
DEATH BY A REMORSELESS
TYRANT.
Rally oat to this meetlsg in vsslT
Etrength and numbers.
Central Couvima.
Gentlemen, ask any old soldier and ha
will tell you that that is simply a sample
of what was seen oa every street ooraer of
nearly every town. This was gtten ut
to abuse Mr. Lincoln and hi administra
tion, and there war hundreds f thm in
every community, and was getten oat fr
the same purpose that the (rppositana ar
getting out their slanders today. Two
years later the same parties called an
other meeting. Some bright RevnhUeaa
boys found one of these circulars and
took it to the printer and had
a lot of them run off, and the next morn
ing when the people awoke they found a
copy of this plastered to the door ef very
man in Bashnell, Ills., who had a hand ia
writing the poster. They were th mad
dest set of men you ever saw, and it toak
the better part of the forenoon for most f
them to work and scrub thslr own slam,
slime and filth off their doers, and I stand
here today and say that there ar thous
ands of men in this state and in tha
United States that will spend th next
six years of their lives trying to scrnb
the 'filth and slum and slime that they ar
trying to throw upon Mr. MeKialey aaal
his administration today.
ON A BIKE BUILT FOR TWO.
And th Startllag Haw Waa Not Known
Colli Afterward.
at cyclist whom wo will call Il.ixter
tn trolling along thoavenuo when im
ftotioed a pretty girl in n neat cycling
ostnme standing by n tandem. Hho ha 1
bar baok turned to him, but bo saw tlm
war a trim costnmo, had a neat unl.lo
and a nicely arranged lot of Lair, bm
tor 1 very particular ubout n girl's
kaix. This girl looked ho attruclivo lint
aV patxawd. There was something p.i
tsaatlo la her attltudu, he thought. Was
aha waiting for a cavalier to join her
MX tha tandem? A wild idoit entered
Baxter's head. II would do it daring
thlnf. II walked up to tho irl. ! bo
turned a frank, merry fuoo on him an
fca approached.
"Pardon me," he laughingly nabl,
"but are you looking for an accomp.i
aist?" and he pointed to tho tandem.
"Wall," she umilingly uiiswen !,
"bow that you mention it, 1 guei.s I
am."
A moment lafi-r they worn whirling
ap th street. When it began to gi v
4ark, they turned back.
"My tandem?" :ried tho fc'irl. "Why.
It Isn't my tandem."
"Not your tandem?" houti (l Ikixti r
M Whoso is it, then?"
"Why," said tho Kill, "I thought it
vaa yours. "
"Heavens, no!" groain d I'.axb r.
"But yon uctod us if it was j-ouii,, "
mid tha girl.
"What shall we do?" mo-.;1(;d He.
girL
"Take it back," said l'axf r.
Bo they rode back in t-ib nee, nml
wku they were about u block away tho
girl said :
"I guess I'll vtop here."
Laaving the tandem ua near to (be
placa where he saw it as bo could, l.o
acattlcd away in the darLuebi. (,'yelmg
Gaxatt.
TWO HUMOROUS BROTHERS.
Tfey Waa
Wagers on the Strength
of
Their O wu llomelloext.
Many years ago there were two broth
ers, named Joel and .Jonathan, who
Were famous throughout Wayne county,
lad., because thoy wero both hiich
frlghta. One day they wero on thoir
way to Cincinnati by waon in tho
day ef the old canal. Tho wak'on wan
of th covered variety, and only .Tool
wa visible to the natural eyo as tho
Yehiole plnnged into and out of tho
aback holes thut infested tho way. Joel
waa said to be the next to the ugliest
man. in all the country round, and his
brother took precedence.
The two brothers met a ptrnner, who,
attracted by the supremely homely faco
id. Joel, stopped his horse and Haid:
"Excuse mo, my friend, but would
yea mind toll in me your naino?"
Ia a sepulchral tono that fitted well
ihe hideous face Joel replied:
" Well, I guest I hain't never dono
nethin that would tuako mo ashamed
ta tell tny namo. My name is Joel"
"Where do you live, if it is a fair
tnestion?"
J lrvwi Wayne couuty, Indianny. "
"Well, stranger, I'vo hccii much of
Indianay, but I'll bet you if 10 that
yoa'r the ugliest man in the Hate."
"Well, I hain't no Kamhlin man,"
replied Joel, "but I hain't nover f-ecu
aothin in the Soriptur' ag'in bet tin on a
fare thing, an I'll je.st take thut bet."
Turning to the wagon cover and pour-
lac into its depths ho called :
' Jonathan, stick your head out hynr.
Jonathan did as he was request ed.
The stranger paid tho money without
word of complaint. Now York Mail
and Express.
H Got Bis lidtTc.
The Her. Robert Nourse relate this
story in The Congregationalist:
Oa certain Sunday morning the or
latlr of the colonel of the Eighth Ohio
presented himself before that officer.
rerything all right, colonel?" he
asked. After looking around and find-
lag that the tent had been put in order
aad his boots blacked ho replied in the
a&rmative. "I have a favor to ask, "
amid she- orderly. "State it," said the
eokmeL "I beg that I may go off today,
eeloael, and go a little earlier and ro
mala a little later." "For what rea
sons?" demanded the colonel. The or
derly produced a letter and said, "Hr,
I have received this from the president,
and he invites ine to dine at tho Wliito
House. "
The president of the United States is
In erery way to be ranked among the
great rulers of the world. Bat the pen-
nine and unaffected democracy of the
man who now holds that exalted (Alien
Le shown in this incident, which could
svot be paralleled in any other country
la the world.
aantlago'a IMatioctiou.
Santiago de Cuba has an ecclesias
tical distinction, and that is that it is
the oldest bishopric in the western
world. When all Pennsylvania was a
traceless waste, an archbishop ruled a
see of do mean proportions from that
eiry and under that title. From tho
city of Santiago also went out the two
great missionaries to the Indians and
negroes, the first, Las Casus, who
evangelized nearly all Central America,
and the second, St. Peter Claver, who
worked among the negroes of Brazil.
Philadelphia Call.
Millionaires' Street.
The latest census proves that in up
per Fifth avenue there is a stretch of
oases a mile and a half long that con
tains dosene of millionaires. It is for
Its length the highest socially, the most
architecturally handsome and by far
aba most wealthy street in the world.
New York Telegram.
Ia Cechin-China when husband and
wife find they can no longer agree thf y
giye a dinner, to which they invito
their relatious and the patriarch of the
Tillage. The latter during the meal
takes the chopsticks of the pair and
bresks them, and by his action they
are legally divorced.
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