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Aa Ehown by the Eiennial Report
of State Treasurer
Hartley.
LIKE A F&EZC3ITIC3
rartley Gives Us an Essay
Leaving Stata Funds ia
Banks.
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i Hut Hot Draw Them Out.
The biennial report of the state treas-
, urer sabmitted to the governor Christ
mn day, covering the period from No
vember OO, 1894, to Dec. 1, 1896, shows
balance as per report of two years ago
" was $1,121,387.84, and the receipts for
the two years were 3,687, 594 95, rank
fog a total of 14,788,982.29. The dis
bursements were 13,059,354.99, leaving
a balance of f 1,729,627.30. From this
is deducted the amounts tied np in sus
pended depositories as follows: Capital
National, 236,361.83; Buffalo National.
- $4,499; Globe Loan and Trust com
pany, $12,892.54; Bank of Wymote
$14,965.57; Beatrice First National.
$2,803.14; total, 8271,522.08. This re
duees the balance to $1,458,105.22. J
rom this ; must also be taken the
1 amount of the semi-annual school fund
apportionment, $256,582.88, less the
$24,624.58 tied op in banks, and $589,
370.89 now in state depository banks
including $58,435.36 in banks that have
suspended.
Iff addition to the general fund float
ing inaeotedness sbown in previous re
ports, due largely to excesses of appro
priations over revenues, is the 1400,
718.82 excessive appropriations of the
past two years. This is attributed to
the $250,000 for relief and $180,QQ0 to
reimburse the sinking fund forloues in
the Capital National.
The outstanding registered general
fund warrants November 80, 1896,
amounted to $1,934,069.13, and after
deducting the cash on hand given above,
the state has with which to pay the bal
ance $2,330,692.76 uncollected 1895
and 1896 taxes, enough to pay all and
- leave a balance of $827,540.66.
The report attributes the delinquencies
. in tax collections to the drouth and the
national nan in.
"The last two years," says the report,
"have illustrated the intimacy and
sensitiveness which exists between
actional finances, the . national
treasury and the great banks and bus
iness institutions of the nation. The
same condition prevails, and always has
in this state between the state treasury
" ' the banks and financial
c
incurring any injury to the mate cn-dit.
"The experience ol Urn df part men t dur
ing thin biennial with the male itfpostt-
ory law has not been such a to cbauge
toe opinion expressed In the biennial re
port from this office two yearn ago, or
to show the law profitable to tlieatute."
NATIONAL SLAVERY.
f the state treasury
pssessions of the state.
sited in the state treas
,xatioa to meet obliga
mall part of the earnings
f the people with which
1nancial ' obligations ' In-
He use of one to injure
,Jie other possessions, is
ank having state funds,
itical period to suspend,
the state a small amount
Vmeet public expenditures,
aching, how many tther
ims in which the state
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O direct m wares i, luigut
wall, and, in a period of
s on ' every nana, now
i accumulations might
all experienced in busi-
readily apprehend.
approach of the panic
be funds on deposit witn
pks been called in, the
would have involved
the state treasury; the
ect would have been indi
indred fold wider in extent.
'host, iiirlfrmanfr rf a hnnirhtfiil nnb-
M-rants this conclusion,
e has been no period during the
vyears covered by this report
ling or contributing to a panic
i .regarded by this office as a
b undertaking in which to em-
V in the interests of the state
d its financier or in the in-
e people as a whole.
6licyo1 the department has
rotect its own deposits. Entire
pa and unremitting study have
n to this end. There has been
when anv other policy has
pidered safe either in the con1
tin hiiainoan nf thin nmcfl or la
jlic policy, v ,
I crop . conditions entirely
J, and business ' of all kinds
y stimulated and improved, the
i will readily, iu their routine of re-
'and disbursements, answer the
state, and that this may be
pa, i have digressed to a cer
it in the above report.
f e has invested in various per-
h of the pasfi two years were
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ition to the purchases made in
wo years, ending witb tbis re-
board has since completed the
of $100,000 Saunders . county
ich will be ready for delivery
te January 1, making a total
f rcnased since November 30,
ied indebtedness of the state
( 'Juced dunnir the biennial
irober 30, 1894, to December
? the payment of $81,000
fiw.uou relief bonds, which
present year, leaving
d of 119.000. which
wnedbythe permanent
tent of the state funding
i ioi, mere is now on
fund $317,840. Of
the atate has nnrl
I the per ro a nen t sch oof
jf them. The balance,
jfby outside parties, so
,J after applying the
n tbe bonds are due
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to meet them without
Sovereignty of One State Over Anther
t : llust Pass Away. :
There is a great deal of talk these
times about disputed territorial posses
sions of foreign countries, the turbulent
uprising of the natives against the pre
vailing governments of their unhappy
colonies, who get their laws as it were
manufactured for them thousands of
miles away and imooeed by standing
armies at their very doors. And yet
tnere are men in tats nineteenth century.
men who are supposed to possess broad
views and sound judgment, who will sit
in council, ponder and deliberate on
such questions as the loeatidn of foreign
possession pf this or that nation, seem
ingly as conscientious in their discussion
ae if they were dividing some product of
toil instead of dividing 'and assigning
what God created for all mankind.
The relative position of a nation hold
ing foreign possessions may be likened
to that of master and slave. It is hu
man slavery on a gigantic scale. No
master holds slaves unless he gaius by
their labor, and no nation holds foreign
territory unless sue gains oy such pos
sessions and such gain comes from the
toil of the natives applied to the natural
resources of ths country to which the
invading nation has no right whatever.
And yet the so called Christain religion
nas never condemned sncb a policy, it
seems Highly Improbable that liort ever
intended that the people of one portion
of the globe should levy tribute on that
of another.
The nation holding foreign territory
will tell the world that she acquired her
right by discovery. Does a man on
finding a pocket book acquire a right to
it because oi discovery! Another argu
ment is tnat she belongs to a superior
class of civlication and that it is christ
ian duty to civilise the natives, and jshe
proceeds tq civilise them by first invad
ing their country with an army sufficient
ly strong to ovsrawe tbe simple natives.
With this army comes also a few men
supposed to. be followers of the meek and
lowly Nazarene to convert them to the
christian religion and raise them to a
higher plain of civilization. This gives
the project a sanctimonious aspect.
They proceed by administering doses of
religion and lead by turns until they
yield either their valuables or their lives.
If they are a slow, easy-going people
they toil on for generations for their
new masters. On the other hand if they
belong to a high-spirited race, it takes
more lead and less religion to do the
work. The main object of the invaders
is plunder, the getting of something for
nothing. This has been the hfstory of
all the leading nations ' that
have ever held foreign territory.
This force will 20 on till people learn
that this earth belongs to its maker,
that men are only tenants at will, that
no nation has a prior right to another
country, that the land of a country
should belong to the people of that
country. Believers in good government
should look on and treat a nation hold
ing foreign possessions as a slave bolder,
for such she is, and crowned heads and
royal families as useless fossils that are
very expensive, who create nothing and
absorb much.
These self-same fossils , retard the
world's progress.- Jealous and fearful of
each other, they will not' interfere with
tbe Turk in bis butcheries in Armenia.
Poor Cuba is fighting a gallant battle,
and she will win, for the fire of liberty
once kindled on American shores is
spreading to all lands.
But in our own land, where liberty's
torch has burned brightest, her citi
zens must needs guard it well, for we
have a class of people who have absorbed
a great deal of tbe wealth of the country
through class legislation, who look up
to and ape the foreign snob. (Would
they like titles.) Tbe American people
must weed them out of politics and clip
tbe wings of them and their agents, and
if they do it is only a question of time
until no nation will hold foreign terri
tory. A Populist.
TRAVELLING MEN IN POLITICS
and conditions unrir thu Met; nlaivr ts.
iff and under the Wilson law, aud know
that neither brought to tbe feople tbe
desired prosperity, Tbe hank and bus
uteris boue that were fatliug mder the
one continued to fail uuder tie other,
lo right these wrougs you havV banded
youreelves together and joined Vith tbe
producers of wealth in trying tp bring
back the smile of prosperity te every
home by restoring the laws which knew
no exceptions and recognised no
class or clan, so that .ivery
peiwon can with heart and in
truth declare that to be a citizen of thla
free country is nobler than to have been
a ruler of Rome, -lis
"Unequal laws of a nation blight the
patriotism of its subjects, like cruel cU
of a parent dissipate the lore of tbe
child. The great victory won by the
people of this state at the last election ia
much due to your patient efforts as a
political force. Next to the press com-s
the 'rolling stone,' the travelling men.
When I'm president I'll annnint ,t
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vonr nnmtwr Merntap nl mmnnltn... ...
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you can do the talking of the administra
tion. ieu u mug no mixta ice; you
would know when to talk and what to
say.
"The success or failure of bimetallism
depends much on your efforts, and
honest statements of the true condition
of the public, Those who expect and
hope to see it succeed urge you to ex
traordinary watchfulness and exertion.
"We may all laugh with the jolly,
good uatuted runners. Why not? We
are . aU runners some after something,
outers alter nothing, and the world
knows not which until it knows us no
more. Even in this rnnninir there should
be ftnitlA mvutmm 'EVii. v. niv. nnfmn
by violent swiftness that which we run
at, and lose by over running.' Yet a
tuuuMiuu times naa we oetter wear out
than rnat out.
"If a rolling stone gathers no moss it
never becomes a 'mossback.' And of
all of God's creatures the mossback could
be the most easily spared. He iff a
wrecKu car on a siaetracx; an loier in
the temple oN thrift; a desert in an
Oasis: a Btajrnant nnn fnaa h tha
sparkling brook. : Ee neither learns nor
pnruuia ivaniing. i came oi ine past,
but has no future. He sitslike .Rome on
hnr IWVfln tlilla and affikc fka wmM
progression pass by. i His somber,
gloomy silence retards and ' stifles a
Deat honM in A afthnil vmnA Tha mnoa.
back in religion is the Kigot; in politics,
inmiirv hv riiiill.l- in hnainnaa ha in fh
man who holds a penny so close to his
eyes he can't see ten dollars two feet
MKT. Tha mnaahajtlr in lifa la tin akn
deludes himself by thinking he Is
living ior sen alone, r and
that . when he riiaa tviMinnt.
Joshua's command the sun and moon
win stand still or tbe earth will cease to
revolve. When (liui mam tnahirtrr a mnoa.
back be was putting in his finest .work
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wjuig w create an exception to man
kind. T am crlail tn Irnnn. thafctha ai.
elling man is his direct antithesis. If
tbe rolling stone gathers no moss and
the knight of the grip does not accumu
late wealth t.hav aaoh hin nwlJ nl
experience. They, with Galileo, know
that tha' isvrk.-l.fi Arnm motrrA A .knl i:rA
lit not an Amnt.V rip Am ' Mo v vnn anrl
f "af wawj J J mMai
your . organization prosper and each
achieve as a consummation of a life
wont success."
Hon. W. H. ahompsons Sentimental Be
sponse to a Toast to Drummers.
The response of Hon. W. H. Thomp
son of Grand Island read in response to
the sentiment proposed at tbe banquet
of the Travelling Men's Bryan club of
Lincoln to Hon. W. J. Bryan Monday
evening, "Travelling Men in Politics
A Rolling Stone Gathers no Moss," has
elicited much flattering criticism. It
was read, in Mr. Thompson's absence,
by Postmaster Harley as follows:
"This toast 'Perhaps it may turn
out a Bono;, perhaps a sermon.' It
gives me pleasure to meet you this eve
ning, not only as members of tbe travel
ling men's free silver club, but on the
broader ground, that of true represent a.
tives of the business world. The travel
ling men, runners or drummers, as you
are familiarly known, hold in your grasp
the business oi the nations, in your
bands is placed more confidence, and
with fewer betrayals, than almost any
calling. No class of men bold a trust
imposed more sacred. You are to your
employer a true friend, will stand with
out bitching, xour happy good nat
ure, even if it is a part of your business,
causes the sunshine oi life to sweep in
ain,ong the shadows. Your natures
shonld be a lesson of profit to the mer
chant, the banker, the lawyer, the doc
tor, the business man.
"Your success proves that It always
pays to be a gentleman. Your
position brinirs you into the
closest intimacy with the business world
of every city, town and village and
makes of yon the truest bar
ometers of public sentiment Your con'
census of opinion is near a fact. Your
diagnosis of public feeling on a given
question equals tbe doctor s of bis sub
ject. You have foretold the coming
crisis in times past, and will be nrst to
recognize the 'advance agent of prosper
ity when he puts in that oft prophesied
appearance, whether this is the coming
year, the next or four years.
"You have learned that there Is some
thing radically wrong with the body po
litic. You have experimced the times
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Get Strength, Ticor. Clear Complexion
: and Good DI(etlon, not by Pateat
Medicine, Bat la Nature's
' . . Owt Way. '
Any honest physician will tell vouthat
there is but one way to get increased
flesh; all the patent medicines and cod
liver oils to tbe contrary notwithstand
ing.- .. v- , ; ;.,-..
Mature has but one way to increase
flesh, strength and vigor of mind and
body, and that is through the stomach
by wholesome food well digested.' There
is no reason or common sense in any
other method whatever.
People are thin, run down, nervous.
pale and shaky in their nerves, simply
because their stomachs are weak.
They may not think they have dyspep
sia, but the fact remains that they do
not eat enough food or what they eat is
not quickly and properly digested as it
should be. ,
Dr. Harlandson says tbe reason Is be
cause the stomach lacks certain digest
ive acids and peptones, and deficient se
cretion of gastric juice.
Nature's remedy in such cases is to sup
ply what the weak stomach lacks. There
are several good preparations which will
do this, but none so readily as Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, which are designed
especially for all stomach troubles, and
which cure all digestive weakness on tbe
common sense plan of furnishing tbe di
gestive principles which . the stomach
lacks.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets give perfect
digestion. First effect is to increase the
appetite and increase vigor, added flesh,
pure blood, and strength of nerve and
muscle is the perfectly natural result.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the saf
est tonic known and will cure any form
of stomach trouble except cancer of the
stomach. May be found at druggists at
50 cents for full sized package or direct
by mail from Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich.
Little book on stomach diseases mailed
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Some of the greatest halue giving events Likcoln I '
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auuwii tiav idxcn piace id me Dig store auric tne Bast v
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the peopU; oi this community know a ood tl:r;j whjpo tfcr
these sales have one and all ttta grand succer:::v Tow a
ginning of the New Year we rean to surpass t!l cre'-jj tl
te stocks in all departntrti ca z1l3 ti
iy body le have evtt tc!rrr: z'zi '
una. It means a sale of sir:;. r l cl "
placing our immense
lower than we or anv
trrtinr what ikia rvi ao .
. ' ..w. uivftufli il uinaiiB a BaMC UI . M. .
ble merchanaise at prices lower than the cost to manufacture, and thus aaio provi; ta l
big store is the Pacemaker in Pricemaking. Every department in our house will t : r
sale and as all denartmnnts mmt mini K ...Im.uI n. : . j .. . .
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pend upon it, cost of goods will not be taken into consideration. :
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Some time ago we originated a new feature in Dress Goods' sellin? in Litcola.
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low prices on pattern suits w envn thn nrrfmiru linJmrra anrl ... ni.
was indeed wonderful, and others, knowing of this success, as usual, tried to imii'ts, t"t it
imitation indeed. Now then the Big Store proposes to prove again its title of cacerrii.:
inc. We Will not onlv eive hninca free: hut will irn i itn trtu -A r.tvm a vir ,
MIJVVj r Khihj. lhese trimmincs that w nrnnnt a a i rwltU tk... ...:. .:n 1 I
- o- 1' ft"" niiiikuvra BU119, n wi
stand as some would, to be the pick of our stock, but we have on hand several lots cf c "
Which We desire to Close out. Thev rnnsint nf nrirrir.a otinri l.n.tk. A4 ... . l
naming a price on these, we simplv eive them awsv and von willfin manw a . '
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suiiea to trim tne aress you may select. . '.
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Homeseeker's Excursion.
Tfia the Burlington, January 5, 19
February 2 and 16. On the above dates
the Burlington will sell round trip tick
ets at one fare nllia 2 tn nil nnintain
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
ana jezas; aiso to many points in Ari
zona, Louisana and Mew Mexico. For
full information apply at B. & M. depot
or cixy omce, corner Tenth and O streets
GEO. W. BON NELL, d P. and T. A.
Ed Lamb, the popular young demd
crat, has gone to Montana and word
received here by his friends indicates that
he may permanently locate up there
Cia says ne lines me silver sentiment in
that country as well as ,the business
prospects. . . '
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by local tpplleatlont u tby cannot reach the
dlMaaAfl tWkFtlnn i9 .h. - rm. . l
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WV to curo deafneit, and that Is bj eotutitutlonal
jil. "ob i caasea oj an lunamea con
dition of tn maconi lining of the Knotachlaa
. wu un win ia uiuafiimi yon naa a ram
Dllnff imnnrl n. tmiM-fvt Iimm 4 k i.
?! J clo"ed' DeafneM it tba nralt and nnleaa
uiuauiauun can Da uen oni ana ib lun ra
ftered to lu normal condition, bearing will be
OMtrorea forever; nine cato ont of ten art eauaad
2,f..ccr9lwn,ctt ""Wing bnt the lndamed cob
tJll lf)tl nf lhs mtl'Ana anafa.ika
W wlU glva One Handrad 'Dollars tor anv caae
of Deataea. (canted by catarrh) that cannot be
eared br Hall'a Catarrh flam. Hanrf a,. ,i.u-
a-a,iiw ''T00.,Tolado,0.
larsold by Drogjlat, Wo. v
MEXICAN CONTlENTENT.
A Republican Orgsa Indulgss That
Which is Oiwd tor ths Soul.
Lincoln, December 29-rThe Journal
of last Saturday morning indulged in
one of those open confessions which have
been said to be good for the soul. It
said:
"There is perhaps ne use denvina (tnv
longer, election being over) 1 that our
Mexican neighbors are ha vine prettv
good times. Good or bad times, yon
know, depend more upon one's frame of
mind than upon his actual worldly cir-
VUlHRVailifl'tM .
The fact herein stated- has been persist
ently denied all through the late cam
paign, although tbe Journal well knew
that our silver standard neighbor was in
a prosperous condition. At last the
Journal had to admit either its own ig
norance or its readiness to dany facts
which are uot to her taste.
But the explanation of the Journal for
this state of things is certainly a most
frivolous one. The Journal has adopted
tbe theory ol nonsense of a so-called
Christian sect. Just think that you
have money and bread and coal and
health, and you have it. The insane
asylum iB full of such happy and pros
perous inmates, it these banks wbich
are breaking every day would only think
that they bad money enough, how much
better it would be.- They . would not
shut their doors so soon.
While the Journal is. try ins: to soothe.
and delude tue tanners into submission
to their intolerable wrongs by fiddling
over their wasted fortunes, had it not
better try to bave other meu think their
condition is good euouitli, when their
pockets are full aud they have morethan
enough, instead of trying to get from
others that which they greatly need.
Why this "hue and cry" about the
Wilson tariff? Let mauumviurers just
think- tney are protected enough and
they can be as happy as a Mexican, and
at fJie same time tne struggling farmer
will not have an additional tax put on
him. Let the greedy bondholders think
that they have it well enough when
their bonds are not taxed, and their in
terest is paid in gold. And by the way,
where does tbe constitution justify this
class legislation, exempting bondholders
property from taxation? Tbe present
legislature should pass a law that every
cent of property, be it what it may,
shall be taxed excepting church prop
ertyand make it obligatory to assees
it. Let the principle be brought before
the supreme court and tux all bonds of
every kind. V
Dear Journal, do try and get your B. &
M. railroad into that happy frame of
mind where they will think they are
getting more than their share when they
charge as much to haul a bushel of corn
to Chicago as the farmer gets for it,
while its work is done in twenty-four
hours aud the farmer's in eight months.
How pleasant it would be if they would
get Into that benevolent state of mind
and quit their robbery,
- If the "frame of mind" has such a
potential and consoling power, let con
gress legislate on it and make it univer
sal, and we will all fall into line and not
question its constitutionality. But until
then, I pity the poor fellow who practices
it while discontented greed is taking the
Mexican s last ten cents.
Silver Republican,
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to know that Saturday, January 2, we put oa bu"i
countets and will continue to sell for ten days
Winter Goods at prices that will sell them.
1-5 OFF
Novelty Dress Goods, .
Henriettas,
- Dress Flannels,
Flannel Skirt and
Skirtings,
Flannels, .
Blankets,
Bed Comforts,
Shawls,
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Fascinators, .
Eiderdowns
Hoods,
Ice Wool Shawls,
Gloves and .
Mittens,
Underwear,-
Flannel Shirts,
Cardigan Jackets,
., , . Wool Hosiery,
i Waterproots,
Plush and
Cloth Caps.
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Lined Shoes,
Lined and Felt
Slippers, Felt Boots,
German Socks and!
Overgaiters.
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Duck Lined Coats, Jean
Cottoiiaue rants.
331 to SI fieri
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Odd Lotscf . Ladies',:- ' L
Children's and Hen' ji
We may have your size, it x
can save 1-5 to to 1-2 or.
your purchase.
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During this sale we will give you a discount of idi 'A
percent on our regular Hoe of boots and shoes. Re- I
meniijer, this sale will commence Saturday, Jan. 2. , ,
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