THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
October 14, 1897
BRA3KA INDEPE
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OoolldtioB ef "THE WEALTH MAKERS" sal
imilium VIIV TUfTBCnAV BY
k . A ,,, -
Cl?e 3n&cpnient PutmSljinj (L0-,
110 M STREET,
LlNOObrt,
NltRASKA.
TSLIFHONS, 038.
i aa nmvriD TM a TWA WAP ease ano wnere me legislature uj i ui
$1.00 PER lEAIJ IJN AlJVAJNUb, rect act reduces tbe earning capacity of
Addree all omSBlcetni to, aod mat all
drafte, BioBr order, ., payable to
TUB INDEPENDENT I'Llfl. CO.,
Lincoln, una
fur Muprin Judge
JO UK J, SULLIVAN, Columbus
Wot Ilegenle
K. VOW roilKLL, Krnjr,
GEO ltd K V. KKNOWKIt, WUur,
The patriotic citizen will vote early,
It takes votes to elect a supreme- Judge,
Do not fail to have yours counted. Tut
four X In the circle beneath the Cottage
Home. It means loss of Injunction, more
of Justine,
,- .....l,l,.. If u.-L.tn InuialM Ihat thm
....... Tir ii. i..
rmvA the returns from the election lu bis
s iver issue is uoiiii, hwiuht ii u nn
boms city. Indianapolis, Indiana? Ths
xnresldont will now lift his hat to a
Bryan democrat, ths neat mayor of the
city of Indlauapolls,
The Hon. Benjamin Harrison of In,-
dlanapoiis siiouid navs made a lew more
of his gold standard speeches In that city
and tne republicans would not nave sue-
ceeded lu electing so union as an aioer-
man. ins ex-preeideiit snouid sspiain
why his city endorsed uryanum oy kmc
ing a sliver democrat, cauuioate on
silver platform, for mayor,
As usual Henator Allen Is looking
after ths Interests of Nebraska, As a
member of ths committee on Indian
affairs he will make an effort to secure
for the Trans-MlssMppI Exposition a
Very complete exhibit of the govern
msnts management education and con
trol of the Indians. The exhibit will in
elude the entire developernent of the
Indian frim IiIm twirullllnna In anvmsnrv
to bis present civllixed condition. 1,
H,,t,,r ah.,, u in, in tn I ln hi-.ff,1Pt.
tbs exhibit will be one of the most at-
tractive and
exposition,
interesting features of ths
During th administration of Chan-
oellor Canfluld a familiar slirn was nost-
d at nil entrances to the University
oampus forbidding the circulation of
advertising circulars or the conducting!
of any private business upon the Univer-1
sity campus, fiinne then things have
changed and there are "approved tu-
tors" conducting private schools in al-
most every department of the Univer
ity and are allowed to, inak "uodsrati I
charges" to the students for the approv
d instruction which they give them. In
this way the sons and daughters of Ne
braskapareuts are compelled to pay
"moderate charges" for what the state
furnishes and intended should bo open
and freee to all,
There Is an old adage which says that
It takes a thief to detect atbief. I'erhaps
this explains why Governor Holcoinb
was unable to detect ths defalcations of
Joe Hartley. Of oourse If a republican
bad boeu chosen for governor he would
have been able to deUct ths stealing.
Tbe people made a great mistake by not
electing a thief to detect the other
thieves, and taking chances on his re
porting bis findings. The stealing had
been going on for a great many years
and no republican governor would"telI"
but tbe next one surely would bav
"peached on the gang" aud told tbe
people all about tbe stealings being made
by bis brother office holders. At least
tbftt w what th rffpubllcao pniwri art
... 1 11
D. Clem iVnver, book-keeper and
steward tor the Institution for the deal
and dumb located at Omaha, baa seot a
abeck tor 110.40 totheatate treasurer
to be placed to the credit of the luilui
trial fund of that Institution. This is
tbe first mouey ever paid Into the etat
treasury from that Institution. All of
the earnings made In the InduMrial dV
partment will be torn ardl to the state
treasurer and deiHMiled in this Indus- I
trial fund to I-u-l lu paying thsex-
iH-tteeeultheiuslilullou, This is another
lauipleof the advaulagre to U
vIvmI from katintf iba .i.u m.,1 .1.1.
luslilultoiis under
olttatal.
the tMiitrol ol houl
Tii lh -tors nl t, ArWullural Fi
wriinit I Matlou somI.I Hiu a Ml ol
vry taluil.ls lHrtigaiia roucrratug
thegrowili ol (mImivpu Ik Idle UU,
Tbre M ll lie dttrn- !! Its soil
aad silutaiie eosdilloits la N'traka I
'tiilit-rw U iwsia.ia. U suihra Wi
Hiasta IxI'shm grtieitig te ol
th.iKt.1 ladstri of Ise iwoplo. It
tortus oss i. tatHi'e ail vslnsl ls
prtxtu'U lor (. 1, lVr U little
doutl bsl tkst ths nroatnt tilatvt
la this stale aoil4 prove a valuable l
duel if II tse upi are a-aiihlt
ttalttroi a m,U lor grttia,ap
lag aaj ratisg it fottiHrtiv ftotae
laaaslarlara, Wiinn a Ike
fwluis ol Ibe agrtsalNtal Utm aa4 la
IkMi lsteili ise prarUal.itily
alarlisg Ibe la4uaU la tkW slate.
A REMARKABLE OPINIO.
In Judge Monger's order granting a
temporary Injunction against tbe en
fnrwtnnt ol the stock varda bill passed
b, tht aat legblaturt occurs tbe follow-
Ing remarkable parograpn:
I r 1110. OUT OODHll tUlll'U liruTlun kubv
property shall not be damaged, as well
hall not be taken lor public use, with-
out compensation. 11 a street in ironi
of a lot is graded and the consequence Is
that the rent of tbe property is decreased
it Is a case of compensation. I am un
able to see any difference between that
a 1 . iL. I 1.-1. .A... L. mm It- Al .
projstrty,
There is no need of taking farther tes
timony in the case if Judge Munger
means what he says above, The case is
already decided for tbe stock yards com
pany and future legislatures may as
well abandon the attempt to regulate
charges there.
Hupposeths stock yards company is
making 100 pur cent per annum on its
investment. The legislature says that
Is too much and reduces its charges so
that it shall make only CO per cen
hereafter, It has thereby "reduced the
uweana mumcitv" of the nronertv and
mnci,rtjn(t: to ju,jkb Mungor is bound to
make com petisation therefor. That Is,
the state must make good the earning
capacity of the yards to IDs
old rateol
i .. .. .. -
1,M' m C(,nt P,fP
annum. What mon
strous perversion of justice Is this
clothed with a life appointment, that
speaks from a federal bench and denies
ths right of the slate of Nebraska to
protect Its citizens from any degree of
extortion at the hands of a corporation
hto wlj0(MJ nmitn t n(W ,rmthm tbe
brftU l) Mti ,,ut jmg na t0W(,p t0 co
jro w rifJyrUlat.
,f h(,rf ,)(U ,,,, ouJ cumpttnt tecause
the stock yards charged a dollar
,,uhIjm, for owrD( wh mm ,t Wtt- ,,,
Ing at ten cents. Lot tho 'yards put
corn up to Ave dollars a bushel and bay
to forty dollars a ton and all shall still
be helpless under J udga Munger's rule
for no reduction may be made without
compensation.
Hers is a practical public monopoly,
through whose gates in t,he natural or
tier of things the great bulk of tbe cat
tie, hogs and sheen of Nebraska must
And a market. Private enterprise could
not handle so vast a project. The peo
f''" Nebraska created by law a irson
'"eiiiiH and strong euotigu to under
take it; gave this person legs to stand
upon and arms to manipulate the bust
ness, jf rom the very nature of the bust
ness there nan be nooomimtltion. There
but one metropolitan slock market
In Nebraska and there can be but one
"tock yard there, Nebraska stock must
ft market there or find it outside of
the state. And here comes a federal
judge, a man who has lived thirty years
in Nebraska and is gnuerully esteemei;
as a capable and upright lawyer, who
looks at a case like this through such a
narrow slot In bis legal casement that
h cat Its no difference between the ef
forts of the Nioplo of Nebraska to fix
reasonable rates for the charges of tbe
being they have created to manage the
stock yard at Omaha, and the caseo
paving a public street In front of - a prl
vate citizen's residence Hot It must bo
compensated. Is it any wonder
are losing faith In the court?
(Hiopte
WIIKKK TIIK MON KV UOKN.
The University of Nebraska is sup
ported chiefly by direct taxutiou of the
people ol the state. It also receives
nearly $40,000 per year from tbe gen
eral government of the United States.
It possesses a permanent endowmentol
130,000 acres of laud from which con
siderable revenue Is derived. Including
the special grants from the legislature
there wae expended during the past two
years about fiiUO.OO and nearly as
tnucn will be spent durlngi the two lol
lowing years. For a long time thsau
nualexpeuditures have exceeded $100,
000.
That II nlwuMUa mm svnm w., I lea (na full
L. 1u-a . . , . , A .
I of 1873 and bnc baa junt eomuUUd
twenty Ave ysars of ctlve service. It
hasrxpendtxl altogether not less than
13,600,000. During ita entire lite the
management of the Institution baa been
in the bauds of rrpublicau boards of re
gente, every member of wblcb wltb pvr
haps thrve or lour exceptions; belnugsd
to the doininaiit party, For the past
men or eight years the entire policy of
the school has bwu dictated by the Isle
,rw ' rspublh aa state central
' t'has. II. Morrill
Now what have these republican rt
U"u "My bosses ib.u- for tbe
wnurs 01 .i.raaa. iui as aoi ail
thai about Ibe only industrial
puraulls ol this slale are agrn-ulture
and etot k raisisg? Ul ns War I Ms in
mi nd while ae stamiuw th sourvwe ol
the lutoini u th University and ho
litis iiicoioe baa lirea diirl from lis
ihIvmiKmI him AiortLna" Ik last
battal rvxitl ol lb rrgval the Jim l
let oa th rorljr wl Iks UI yield
attil fikA.msi t jr, f t,. -rma-!
lauiW aad las.l. wit) t Ml alms I
f t J.tsHi a4 ll arrl gor i.
the l'all4 MlaUa iurai.k abu f U,.
tMHl r. Wld4 Ideas StttlM lb
Wgislaler last '! rasln nearly
tt,tiHloi4te stale garl lead.
aal tbe rloa lji.UUr great4
a la'i eaat lrs IS eaiaa luad,
N Ike above aiaoaaW, Ikat graW4 br
Ik t klt4 tlialee gomaiMrat
tirvly la tb ladaatrlal lVltgi aa
Ikirds ( lb rM lr' Ik wta
Ina4 blag ke eaai ug.
Hurl ball al lk aatoaat rainl by tai
ation of an agricultural people should
go to tbe same fund. This would give
about $110,000 per year for the use of
tbe Industrial College.
Now in this state, industry is at least
nine tenths agricultural. There would
seem to bt a considerable sum alailable
lor use in tbe agricultural college. With
1100,000 per year mucb ought to be
possible In aiding farmers and stock
raisers. How mucb do tboy get? Let
us again consult the last report of tbe
board of regents. Of the 120,000 given
by tbe United Htates specifically for in
dustrial purposes for the year ending
June 80tb, 1805 only $GU.10 was used
for agriculture including stock raising,
Of tbe $21,000 for tbe year 1800, $201,
78 was spout for agriculture Including
took raising. Of the $15,000 givn by
the United Htates government for the
Agricultural Experiment Station for ths
the year 1805, $11,000 was used for sal
aries and labor, Mucb of the amount
was paid to professors of pure science
and scarcely more to men trained iu ag
riculture or stockrulslug. The balance
was for uuskllled ussislauoe. Tbe lob
lowing year a little less was paid for sal
aries aud also a little less went to pro.
fessors In other lines of work than agri
culture, Aside from the salary of the professor
of agriculture, which has been paid out
of the legislative grant, and tbe few hun
dred dollars of the special fund above
referred to the agricultural aud stock-
raising interests of the state have had
to depend upon the $15,000 of the ex
periment station fund, and if anybody
knows wherein ; even that expenditure
lias benefitted these Interests, be would
confer a favor by pointing it out to an
over credulous und long suffering people.
It is true that tbe chancellor himself
bas sometimes given a lecture at harvest
homes in wblcb be tells us the origin of
the terms 1 culture and agriculture" and
intimates that wt area cultured I, e, a
"plowed" people. Dut we cant help
thinking that be is "working " us.
The farmers do not claim that all the
Income of the University should be spent
on agriculture, Dut when less than half
of the fund granted by the United Htates
government Jfor industrial education is
expended In their interests and less than
three (sir cent of the income from perma
nent endowment and state tax goes for
this purpose it Is time to look Into af
fairs at beudnuarters. For industrial
purposes tbe University bos more than
9100,000 per year, aud yet the present
management is spending less than $20,
000 per year for tbe agricultural inter
ests of the state. At some future time
wo may have something to say about
the results obtained by this expenditure.
though we admit they will be bard to
discover.
KLKCTIONS THIS FALL. "
There are several very important stut
elections this fall. There is more impor
tance attached to tbe result than is geu
erally supposed. In almost every In
stance the line of battle is drawn upon th
issues of the campulgu of last year. Tli
torces are aingned in tne sume manner
as they were in that memorable contest
The states of Ohio und Iowa elect gov
ernors for two years, MusHnchuxeits
elects a governor for one year, Virgi iia
a governor for four years, Kentucky
chooses a clerk for the court of appeals,
Pennsylvania elects a treasurer und uu
ditor, New York elects a chief judge aud
an assembly, aud Colorado and Ne
braska elect supreme judges. Kuuhus
elects no state oflicers, but elects tbir
teen judges aud county officers
There are two United Htates senators
to be chosen, one iu Ohio and one in
Maryland. In New York State tbe most
interesting cou test is the selection of a
mayor lor Greater New York City.
Tbe result of these elections will be
Interesting. Almost every conceivable
eoudition and align mnnt of political par
ties is presented. In some states the
opposition to tbe republicun party is
completely united and working ha wo
ulously, notably in Kansas and 1 Ne
braska. In Virginia the republicans
have planed no ticket In tbe field. The
democrats of Ibat state unreservedly
endorsed the Chicago platform and the
election will be a mere formality. Iu
Kentucky there are four contestants,
the republicans, silver democrats, na
tioual democrats and populists. Ths
ehauoee olelectiou are about eoual bs
twwouthsrtjputilioa.il, populist and sit
vr dsiitocratk) ttomintm. Th Hipulit
eandidat I Jo A. I'arkr and h Is
making a gallant tight with good
ohanv lor victory, lu Iowa there art)
lour lli k.t la lb flilii, democrate and
popullet rombiutHl, Mpublicaua, us
tioual dtHti-rta, and a Riiddl ol lbs
roid populist auiula. Th soul!
will UcI.m twtistwii r'rwd U White, th
oiuinv id th etlvf dinH'rl and
pupal!, and U Hta th. rpub!Uwa
uiuia, la !lMchn(t4 lbr ar
Ihrv iK'kvl in lb IWId Tk lr deut
laral aomiattx llurg Frl Wiilmios
for gtar 4 tb pnputt.1 .nrt4
lb a iwiHslion. Tt rpiblHait4
tltklgvr WoUniII aa I lir. th g!4
U4r4. Th aUoaaJ datum-rale
tU st4r4l aomial4 Dr. W tiltaai
Krlt. Is ftaUy Mstxl tkal
r4 William nl wia lkt.k tk ,
W aul b vloa. II te oo t4 tb mhI
lite a4 eargHi acniritfe f Mr,
Itrfaa t be b4 ia Ike vast, la Kaa
a a4 Nbrka Ike kiaiaMti a Ike
silver dwauMralt a4 ,',li
fUla il eWvtioa. A foUU bgk
vale aiattag Ike bran. Is all Ikat will
prsMe.1 lkr bat tea Ur aajiriti j
MATOH OF GREATER MEW lOKK,
Atine preaeni time mere ars seven
A A. -V . . . .
candidatea for tbe mayoralty of Greater
New York. Henry George is tbe nomi
nee for tbe Bryan democracy and pops
lists and baa been endoreed by hundreds
of cluba and societies. General B. F.
Tracy ia the nominee ol tbe Tom Platte
machine republicans supported by tbe
McKlnley administration. Setb Low
president of Columbia college and ex
mayor of Brooklyn, bas been nominated
by the "Citixen's Union" on a platform
declaring for purity and honesty In the
management of municipal affairs. He
has the support of a large element in tbe
republican party opposed to boss rule
and tbe machine politicians of New York
City. Many of the wealty men and cor
porations are also supporting Low, and
a a result be is a formidable candidate
In the beginning of his campaign be had
boiied to got tbe nomination of the regu
lar machine republicans in addition to
to the nomination of the "Citizens'
Union," but in this be failed. Uobert
A. VanWyck, a gold standard lawyer,
who claims to have voted for Dryun
is the nominee of the Tammany demo
crate. With the Tammany organixa
ation behind hi in he becomes a formidable
candidate. The platform on which he is
making bis campaign, ignores the Chi
cago platform and Bryan, but declares
against trusts and other capitalistic
combinations and in favor of the inuui
cipal ownership of public franchises.
TIjo victory apparently lies between
these four, with apparently about equal
chances for each. If Henry George and
Beth Low's chances continue to Im
prove, a combination may be effected be
tween Tracy and VanWyck. Tom Piatt,
who would much prefer the election of
a Tammuoy democrat than to be turned
down as the boss of the republican
party by tbe election of Beth Low, and
likewise tbe Tauimany democrats would
prefer the election of a machine republi
can like Tracy rather than lose their
control and leadership of the demo
emtio party which would be the result
if Henry George should be elected. Tam
many and Tom Piatt are either capa
ble of making any kind of a corrupt
political dual to advance each others
interexts. Doth organizations are out
for spoils. The peopln.of Greater New
lorkure beginning to understand this
and are tiirnliigrapidly to Henry (ioorge,
who ii miiking uu uciive und energetic
campaign einglehamlvd In 188(5 as the
candidates for the labor party for mayor
Iteiiry Georgo received 08,000 votes,
AbrumH. Hewitt received 00,000 and
Theodore Hose volt received only GO,
000. Mr. Georgo wuh the second in the
race at tbut time when the republican
party was united. He is stronger to
day than ever before and tbe republican
party is divided. Another feature of the
situation in Mr. George's favor is tbe
addition of the suburban cities. In gen
eral these cities are not so corrupt in
their politics as the great city itself and
In this Mr. George gains for It is from
the better class from which he draws his
support. Tbe other candidates for
mayor represent mere factious and are
unimportant in tbe final result. They
ore Patrick Gleason, the mayor of Long
Inland, one of tbe cities to form a part
of- the greater city, who was nominated
by a mass meeting of his friends and
has no platform except that he declares
against tbe corporations. Lucieu Hau
ial is the nominee of the social labor
party and William T. Wardell, secretary
of the Standard Oil Company, is tbe
nominee of the prohibitionists. Tbe
uational democrats held a convention
but mude no nomination. Their sup
will be about equally divided between
Van Wyck and Setb Low.
In our issue of September 30th we
said:
"The inau who will stay away from
the polls on election day and pick corn
is sol much of a patriot. He is of little
value to his party or bis country. He
is the sort 01 man that It Is necessary
to aralt lu time 01 war,"
To this Mr. A. A. Perry of Omaha,
one ol the chief lieutenants of Vender,
voort take exception. He wrote a let
ter to tbe Omaha De in which he frankly
admitted that be cured eo little for tbe
privilege of tb ballot and the sover
eign right ol au American citnen that
It was hi iuientionto"pick corn ou elev
tion day." II boasts of having served
la Ihs eivil war. For bis servio in th
civil war w giv him honor and crdit,
but In all iuf rity w ak bun il It ia not
better lor a nation to settl iu ditflcul
Ii by ballot rather than by bullets?
Mr, IVrry Uoubtb is an bouvat citn.n
who Iowa bl country. MupHall boa
eaielliictt should lolutsr bia siauipl
aa4 "pick rtira oa Ut.oa day." Ill
Um Ikat lb lnlloU thru cast would
Usuuly the ballot, ol lb dhoal eit
a a. From ballola rast by diktuvt
iliivsa vaa anything st!' dukowMt
gowrawtvat mall? It ia a dviiy.aliuual
a aKr4 dty, mipJ a 11 a sack a4
t.ff rili ! a in. r il-l lo ettidf
Iks priai'tpt ol gut.ra! a4 H to
Ik H!i o civtlma dv aa4 t bia
ballot r hm rrviioM d kn koto
k tonal f aal Ik aiUr l tular
gvasrattoft. II rasaot ia Ik ky
"Cvkia tot ia tawtuta Jay."
Tk waa a by l kta Mialry as4 Ik
bkft t lis tol wilt lM by baiUit
a biag a tk I btw a4 aba Ikat
M k a4 lakt wtb ba'Wl.
I Ik tWMMt la tk tuikiUll
ai it.MV iwpkrua eiHatiaas Kf
tlWatat, fbeiMi early 4-4 a4
fwll )a4aa la Ike !, as4
enlargement of the powers of judges and
government by injunction. The other
stands committed to tbe policy that tbe
people should rule, and the laws should
be made by tbeir duly accredited and
chosen representatives assembled in leg.
isiative session. Which will you have?
Turn out on election and answer wltb
your ballots.
DELINQUENT SCHOOL LAND LESSEES.
The republican press of tbe state is
having mucb to say concerning the ac
tion of tbe board of school lauds and
funds in cancelling tbe lease contracts of
delinquent holders. They claim that as
a result the state bas lost a large sum
of money. In fact the state has gained
enormously by tbe action taken by the
board. The hvening Call in Lincoln
typical republican sheet says:
"Laud Commissioner Wolfe, who Is un
in tbe northwest part of the state leas-
lug school lands, sends word to the oftlce
that in Knox county he offered 8,020
acres for lease, and succeeded in leasing
0,00 acres, receiving a bonus amount
lug to 9M.I0.80. He says that he has
had the best luck in Knox county that
ne nas met witn during the leasing cam
paign, and received a larger bonus from
that county than from any other. The
hllllka lit illM tfnmtTiluuinrtii'.a .fflw
m - -- ' i.Tiiii. 11 n 1 m isi.ivu, uu"'
ever, show that tbers have been 14,800
acres 01 leased land marked cancelled in
Knox county this year, the state thereby
losing beyond redemption tbe delinoueut
rental, amounting to about $8,010. A
Kuox county citizen wbo was in the citv
today gives it as bis opinion that under
tne improved conditions and good
prices for grain and live stock in his
county, fully one quarter of the back
reut would have been paid this year had
tueooura not ouun so liasty In declaring
the forfeituies before the farmers could
realize tbe money on their products."
Ibe leases which were cnnnellud In
Knox county were several years delin
quent. Tbe parties holding tbe con
tracts had been fully notified of their
delinquency and given every opportun
Ity to pay the amount delinquent. Tbey
did not do so and the board very prop
erly cancelled the leases and offered tbe
land for re-lease to tbe highest bidder.
This is the only courw the state board
can pursue. The averatre holder of
school land contracts bus very little
other property. If be is allowed to get
several years behind with bis payments
be will simply move off from the leased
laud where he is delinquent, and lease
another piece in his wife's name or bis
son's name, or if he cannot do that be
usually sccuros some young man to lease
a tract and assign the leuse to him, by
which process he avoids the payment of
the delinquent tental. Notonly this but
11 all probability nine-tenths of the del
nqiient rentals would not have been
paid if the board had not cancelled tbe
eases. Men do not pay nioney to tbe
state if there is any way they can avoid
The only way tho state can compel
the payment of delinquent rentals je by
cancelling the leases when payment is
not made. The holders of school land
leases are not required to pay taxes.
They pay the interest rental instead. If
it is fuir to sell a muns farm for delin- j
quent taxes, and it certainly is, it is
equally fair to cancel a school land lease
r the non-payment of the rontal. Mon
wbo have farms to leu so, h-aso thorn to
tbe best advantage they can. Land
Commissioner J. V. Wolfe ns the agent
for the people of the state of Nebraska is
doing the same. He leases the land to
tho man who will pay tbe most.
The bds on supplies for state institu
tions awarded last week contained the
igniflcant line "I per cent discount for
nosh." This is the first year this has
appeared on bids for state supplies.
The reason is that Treasurer Meserve is
promptly taking up the warrants for
state supplies with cash and so long as
this Is done the bidders are glad to dis
count theii prices 1 per cent. Under the
former administration stats warrants
were at a discount of 5 to 15 iMr cent
and bidders mads their prices to tbs
state that much higher thun they did to
tber purchasers.
In the city election in Chattanooga,
Tenn., tbe silver democrats elected their
candidate by overwhelming majorities.
The city ol Chattanooga has usually
been republican aud ths result is a great
victory for th silver democrats.
Tbe bDiii-sNDtiT 1 yar $1.00,
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STEALING. ,
Vouchers on file in tbe state auditor'a
office show in a measure the' manner in
which the late republican officials mieap-
propriated and squandered the people's
money. Voucher B6573 was drawn
October 29, 1896, for $169.60 in favor
of Auditor Eugene Moore. The Item
contained in tbe bill in payment for
which the money was drawn and wbicb
in no way were a proper charge against
tbe state were as follows:
Subscriptions Daily Call......... $14 20
" Evening News 11 25-
" State Journal 10 60
Capital City Record 1 00
Chicago Record 0 10
Tilden Citizen 2 00
Lincoln Courier 2 00
Enterprise 4 00
Oakland Republican 1 50
Commercial Review 1 00
The American (A. P. A.) 2 00
Total for subscriptions.., $01 05
There is no argument by which the
above can be shown to be a just claim
against the state of Nebraska. The
state is under no groater obligations to
furnish an officer with newspapers than
it is to furnish him with his clothing or
bousobold goods. Tho state lu no way
received any benefit from tbe above sub
scriptions. Attached to the same voucher are bills
for 125 copies of tbe State Journul of
May 14, 1800, at five cents per copy,,
$0.25 and 1,000 copies of the Daily Call
of Julio 29, at live cents per copy, $50. ,
By what authority can a state olilcial
use state money to circulate favored
political newspapers?
Other items ia the bill are for State
Journul want ads. a total of $9,05.
We could not understand what the state
of Nebraska was so sadly in need of that
it wus necessary to putronize the "want
ad" columns of the Journal so liberally.
For April, 1890, the state paid the
State Journal for want ads $1,00, An
examination of the flies of the State
Journal for April 2, 1890, shows the
ollowing want ad:
Wanted A good girl tor general bouee work.
Mm. Kugoae Mooro, 1301 L.
April 11 tbe Journal contains the fol
lowing want ad:
Win ted A good girl to do gint-ral hou
work wbo Is a good cook; liberal wsiiei Paid.
Call 1304 L St.
For tbe month of June the state paid
tbe Journal $4.05 for the publication of
tbe following want ad:
WANTED A tboroonhly competent girl at
i. l0Lt.
For August the state paid the Journal
Co. $1.25 for the following want ad.
which appeared in the Journul of August
3, 1890.
WANTED A thoroouhlv comrmtont irlrl f,,r
i-uural buomwork : non. nih.r n.H .m,u iwia
I. Ktrtut.
For Septembor thestate paid $1.25 for
another want ad. which appeared in tbe
issue of September 13, 1890:
WANTED A rotnpeteotitlrl for general home
work; Bipljr at once, 1304 I. St.
The state of Nebraska at its residonce
at 1304 L street was sadly in need of a
girl to do general housework.
Other items in the bill were Box rent
82.00. Express charges, 25c. Freight,
25o. Map of U, S 50c. Repairing
clock, $2.50,and other small items which
were proper and legitimate charge
agaiust the state of Nebraska. Tbe
voucher was approved by Secretary of
State Joel A. Piper; the warrant waa
drawn by Mr. Moore and was paid by
Treasurer Bartley.
To summarize: Of tbe $109.00 paid
to Mr. Moore on October 29, 1800, the
following items were improper charges
agaiust the state:
Subscriptions to papers $ 01 05
Extra copies of papers 50 25
Want ads g Q5
Total steal $12(1 95
There are many instances of this kind,
but space forbids further details.
It would seem to be time to elect a
judge of tbe supreme court who will put
a stop to crookedness, thelt, and irregu
larities of the character described above.
Vote for John J. Sulliran. Put your X
in the circle beneath the Cottaire Horn-
eiublm.
Ths distillers bars reorganised the
whiskey trust with a capital of $50
000.000. The present is the "ag. of
tru.u."
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