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About The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1898)
July 28, 1898 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT ilillllli State' ItJteret Will lit looked After By Pre Attorney DEFAULTERS SEKT TO PfllSOK Mny tt ! Hsr Tfcrougb HtorMty ral'a fifforf The offb of th attorney general may I truly ttaid to b buy department of the UI govern-1,,-Mt, Vptu coming inUt offb Jn- gtnerai 01 - ' ; -fmporuot work waiting for "'' jo, The entire boameaa of tl tte in entruated Ut thia department, Many not imdnratend that wbn k,T criminal ' I tlM f ' unrein cmrl f' an of the ninety couotje of the mate it b-om the duty of the, iU,rhy gnral Ut take charge of tb " aUate, tb emtnty attorney M being fir4 V further iroeWu it, At th begin ning of lb tri ' waa a Urga number of important ' riminal " pending in Urn 'urt of laat reaort, Among other w tha can of Oeorga Morg-m, who had ben noovkted f the murder of Ma 'aakill l Omaha. Thi 'wt ptep'"l "omitted i, tb upfem court, Die conviction j,d ntn': affirmed and Morgan Wit fHHUttfi. Another Uutiui can, waa that of vi, the eoiorrd man who had bn convicted of wrecking the l'.oek Jalan1 train m-ar th. fcity of lAixoln, ih fmolt of whl'h w t)t !' of a iiuM.Ur of livf, Th forir .umry li tAufA Ut itti hrM on if )j(f of ti t a'i that tlm t'nm mUouUi S, twtwA. Th hrii-f ,fM-A hy the irut uWitmj IfHifful, Ut tKittvUUim affiruiwJ, in now Jf fcnt' with Ward! Ji'li((io HUH aiythr lHirtit lft wi-r from th ol'i aliiijUtffttioM wiu th of JlJiry jio)l, the Wtlt ?lty tr(ijr;r of Omaha. Th lrie waa pr-jr!'l in thla a'l it u urufi Ut tht miprfiiiH :ourt, th (iit(0i aioJ w)tii'e affirifiwl, aJ JJoJJn la now awvintf Uti of uliwt Ufii y-ara in tlm iwiltijUary. In ail'JitWn Ui th! aixve ahout for ty tHijrtJtot crinlnal -aaia from dlf 1vtit oi;iti! In this atut hava h trW1A, arfc-ul and auliHittwl U the ai;)rc(ia iourt hy tha attorney (fft erai in t)i iat tAtfiU't-u moiitiia, th j(riMt majority of whl;ii hava af firmed y that nourt, and tlm dr-fewd-aota are now aerii(r tim In tlm pen itentiary. Khortly afler the attorney general aaaumed hla dutiea h went Ut Waah iiifftit and called motion for a r-ar(fument of tha iiMiimimi freight rat eaaea. 'j li motion whn (rrunted and tha -aaea aK'ti'i ard in April, H'j1, In deifldinK tha caaea the tonri enjoined tha roada from redmliiK their rat-a lelow what they wern in lt'Ji. 'Jhia (IixIhIoii, if N-rmllU-d to aland, would phi'a the matter of ever regulating freiKht ratea heyond the j(wer of th jx-onle or tlie i'(flalture. A motion wua ifleii ly the attorney general to eliminate that jnovUlon fr the deereea, 'I lie motion wua auatalned dy tlm court in Miiy lnt and the Judgment of the court wat changed ly alrlking out tlm ohjtrc tl'Miiilili' Mirtlmi, In the future I III fiict will prove of inext iiuulile. vahi lo the people of the alule. Two lniKf taut auita in the United Kliitc circuit court are the iujuiic 1 ion m olilalfied hy thn nIoi U yanU company ti prevent 1h enforcement of the aUM'k yarda law, and alao thu iiim brought hy the imturaiu'e com puiilea Ut prevent tint enforceineiit of iiikiiriiM'c law, Thcae ciimch are conducted 1y nhla couuacl and IiHvm Involved a great iiiiount of lime and energy fur nearly a year. Tin- attorney general him alao acted for tha lianklng hoaril In all caac whcie It. wua licccNMitry to liiivii re ceiver appointed for aiixpeiMh'd IhiiiUh in all purta of the atate, At the laat term a jMi'infn of near ly 17,000 wan olitalued in Hie ilihlricl court of llolTiilo county ngiilioit the lioiidmucii of tin- liutTalu Coutily Na lioiHil Ituuk, which hud dcfimited in tiiruliig our that uiiioiiiiI of vt;ili' fiiiidx. A judgment wim leccntiy oliliinieil III tlie ilixliii'l coin t of I.iiik iit.lrl riMintv aiitiitil v lid Iiim i lor Mill ion and hi ln,niii 11 tor a kIk ut o ' of neiiily IT.tHHi in mii.U im in tri lor. AUtut a , tn r iitfu the alliiihi-t gen eral illwovc ii-il Unit r Ti f.imu er Kill I Icy luid a n 10 of iiiime v ili piM lied In the I llli ii' Niiliuiiiil lunik of I1IHI11I Iklitml I ii' Tin- Hie f. ulum ol I I111I lunik, Mini l.ili.unif n (mxl lo lie kittle 11111111 v an ni'tliiu him I'IimioIiI In lli.il couiilt In eoiiirl I lie lu i lii r of I In- tut 11 U to iii rnuui o 1 In' M.tle fur Itie IhiIimiic of llu tiniil In lilt llrtllll. Jll'ly IIICIll UM I llll It'll for the dlale and hIhuiI IIimmi p. 11, 1 into I lie ltciiiv of tint Klltll it 11 J II fuluie ill t I1I1 inl. Mill It I'ul.l In Hie lt I e. W III It ll fl I ti Inlntft- I'Ulik ot kliiwiit f.iilnl Hole Him fniiiiil lo u a id ltll lit Hull l'i uk tut o ti 1 1 0 if lo IM Oio it Hie inline of r I n.i.un t l.tHlt t. Ill Attollit t t'l'liilrtl tlniiiitil the fuinl a kittle limln V ami li.m .it tin, I )n,lf ittf 11I t lil,l. l,iii ltit 1 l,i I in VUnil lliii.m Mill lie tut! m l i I he Ule I10111 he itueU id I he ImiiiW. I'll luilifitliiirf iiuulle i .lllll , l l,. ,t. I l KUtlllllt fl'MIHl Dial aetvial id Ilia kiipt 1 nleinli ill id lite ulale lu.littilitin vti nlmil in their fitiil In ttm nl-tle In I In n if Mil iih-i1iiIi intent id Hid tea Ida iitlmlml hiiit l ll.rtlilitt )i alltttltey gtliftitl kt't-iilt',! h rlleltiriit of I ha ltuittie and tli M tiititt id Ik aHt In tha Ut wHkuut litign lion, Am Mow w etiiiiiitin r. In Vmir ) i.iunl itiiti i kuprilateNil Kit tiilleile t( iltK Ht it mult lit.iiluie in tma nrr In hi ui't rm.nr I. ...I ti thal lhat I. a MUliK.t In ItU tnk.aittit ami alwi a. t-ff lUt if opt-nr V.&t, to li aUta thl ' - - ... '....limt .f. av r. ba tfUUtt-A is'tut in iimMwu Jti ieft, A a'iit Ua st bn hrowgbt in fKiffalo tjwntj vjnm the bord of Joho T. MaiJikiieu, ti-aujet ir.tndfot of tha reform ahol, to rwotcr a ahort of nearly IS,' i" wouuU m uierinu-ndei.t of that Jmrtrtution. A aoit aa ieo hooght again Vili',am Ktright and hia Undtne V, rwoier a n'honage In Ida a"ounia a vriitifi of the inatitut for the Wind at ,Nlrka Cny, ' n, u have in mmtnrwm in the datrfc-t ""tri of ilarlan iwi'y againat the Wtdamen of two of th Unka In that coonty t i-rmt-r near ly 100,000 of dejiU lu the, atat. Two a ' it have afo ieen wimtenjH Ut ImikumU-i county agaioat the bond men of the Mha,ta' ink to re cover in lha neigh lornood of IVM ttat iif't'U. An action in replevin wa br uglit in Matin county v, recover aom! proM-rty Ulonging to the a'at tlt haI hcen a'ld hy tlwUUtr of the eon trmUir of tha atat nodding at Xor- . t , When the new ofi'era for the noma for ti,t friendlea were apjinted by the go-vei,;r under the law of IV7, the old oficera aerving under tha fr i-ifly refuaed Ut turn ofr th proje erfy Ut the aO&te, four different -rial a have been bad on different jrhaa of thia difflcujiy, and one, an alion in ejwrtmnt, remaina Ut be, tried. Ml haheaa corpua cuea have ijeen defended in the diatriet aid auirema urla, and in wU 'ae the priwner io tffit denied the writ and held The, Jeginiature of pla'e-J tha control of the telegraph, e. pree-a and telephone cymijuiiea, Miler tb Uaid of trana irtjttlon. Tlie coinianlea affe;i4.i imotediai-ly acured injunctiona from the diatriet court reatraining Ui lotrd fnm acting in the mnttcr, i'h,iu ca'a were vigoroualy ;onteated ainl twl aubmitud to th diatriet court, Tla attorney general aeored a vicfry in ftfU fuf. and hud tb in junctiona dinwlved. The attorney general la alao defend ing afloat tha claim of Tboma I', Kennard againat the atate on an old claim for t l-WKl.'A A large number of mandanua, in junction and other caaea i4 that char acter bava la-en attendwl to by tha atitrney general in the, lutA year and a half, eah requiring Mmttlderabla time and attention and many of which were, of gret Importance to the peo ple of tie atate, 'J"be caaea requiring the grMitcat at tention have been thoac involving Ui defalcatlona of atat offlcera. A ault )a being prnaet'uU-d In the l.'nited KtaU-a cir uit court for tha diatriet of Nebraska egaiimt tlie relver of tlie (ii pi Ut I National bank of J-incolu to recover tiS,Wt loai to the atate, treaa ury ly the failure, of that Unk. Tha caaea againat Joaenli H, hartley, ex-itlaii- treaaurer, and Kugene Moore, ex-auditor, and tlielr liondamen hava occupied the al.ti-ntion of the at.br ney general in one form or another ever aince ha haa i-en in office. The ihftaila of thine caaea are now very familiar to the. reading public and but it brief mention of each need las made, Moore wua In default when he re fired from office over 127,000, being fee which he bad collei'ted aa audi tor and failed to turn over. The air torncy general aecured 12,1100 which M 001 hud on dciaiart in a Jincoln bank and it wua paid into tin; tn-ua-ory. Moore alao paid fl,ft00 on Ida abort age, leaving n abort age of $211, 210. lie waa nrrclci, charged with cmbez.llng tha fuiida of the atate ly converting thia money to bia own uite. lie pleaded guilty to the. charge, but iimiHlcd ll wua not. nlnte money. Jla wua aeiileiieed to eight, yeara In the penitentiary, lie took the in hp to the Hiiprciiic court and a republican ,11111 jorily of that court ilecidcd it waa not, atate. money 11 m I that Moore ahould lie dincharged. A milt wit a I no brought agiiiuat ii im lioinUiiien for the nhoiiagii. The iliHtiict court ana talncil the ileniiirri-r after the Miiiireina i'ouiI had decided the criminal catwi mid held that the atate could not re cover. Tin u hi- waa apM-alcil lo the Miipieiiie court and wu aubiiiitli-d lit June. ,o ileciHioil ha yet been iinnouiM 11I, Willie two Jiiilgeit of lln I.iiiii Hhler county dinlrict, court and one judge of the tuipreuie court liilte held Hint Moore wiih guilty and hIiiiii lit be jiiiiiUliril, two jililge of (lie Niiireiue court hud the giealer power mid were able to turn liiin Ioom1 aa having commit led 1111 criuie. When .lohepti S. Iluilli'y nllnil km hlnle liiUHiiier lie uun In ilefimlt tti the hliite in the hiiiii of t T'.MI 1,1',, lilcli he tin 1 1 I'oiiveiieil In liii 1 1 w 11 inte mill 1 lulu led Of HiIh it 1111 ut 11 1 ennui liinj; mil f'ii,niiii hh 11 iie Rented lit 11 1M1M1111I tthnli In- nold IIiiimii,'Ii t In-1 iiiiuliit Niitiniiiil bunk and 1 lulu I11I (lie iiiiH'eeiU lor liiin el liuit be wint pliiied on I1I11I In lanight riiuiiH, mid iiflit 11 liiitl litttliuur 11I11111I fiiiir Milk win found guilty hiuI ki'iilein n In it tt i in ,if twenty einn lit the nitrnl Ui I'ltU i-imf wua biimglil lo Hie miut'iiie cum l on et inr mill (he Jutliniii'iit wn ufltiiued A flerttiinU it H'hrttlllig ttut 1; 1 n III it I in tin- rime. Net hinf. nt, ,i ,e pltpttit'd hiuI Hie eiiw tn iinlii ii inilttd In M it .liiiiK Tilt tlie 'iili Hit nl noil .t nit in ,' tee ittl-illlt at f III im . I utlt'i full iti n 11 im 11 1 , nint on Hie Hi tl.it of .lull nl 1111, 1, ji lil l .til li-. t iiliied Hie thiol nf the I'.uili 11 li.iiy Hit it- lo iiinuut f.ii titt iilv ti 11. In t tjintto Hie finite 1 iniiiiiitU d b lain iim Hie n"iiilt of Hie l tle i'f Nihlni-kil I tin utiil. tti it unit im ii t, iiinn lo. uliliul I U, Hii mm nit Hie bond gittit fm Hie tlrt (in In nit; bitmlil in l.tn, ,t.l, tinliilt Mini Hitl id Hie l,t-1 tti lit In ik 1 . . . . . , 1,1. niiinn 1 in. , In, n 1 1 led Iwlie, itli ttt.il U.ling front I. mi In I1t. Httk. and tut ll,e .t lllal. hi tine nf llni.e iiiii t onul.il.l iu funk a irlilnl a t.niti.t f.tf Hie ilt It inUiila it appeal iiti l.tkrtt l Hi atlmiiit Kiiiiint l.i Hie kit I'ttltir 1 mill mid H,e tne Mil) .e nr 1, md and ttbiitilled tit Urn court lb llltt kilUi4 in tx'l'li luUi. V ktill waa lti btoitk't I airin.l lit Itinalia NuUiutal btuk In ivtvr lb 1,'itl.iNM t im .enitd , lb waiiattt, that bank Itavtug iirgttlialr I ha wr- attl fur lUt tlrt ami lkrtln .i.ln hi ut tu toittrtl lit ptoerril tti bit ttMit itt aM, Ihua lo ft.ti lb Mala nf that aitiniiitl I ItU ra wilt W tried at th it it In u nf tha tttatiivt rtiiul. OR S 0 Reform Made Which Arc of Great Advantage to the Taxpayers RULINGS WHICH SAVED MONEY Comparlaoaa Mad Between Ut publican d Reform Ad mlNUtratloM The twenty-fourth aeaaion of the legislature pamwd a law which requir e aiy perwi having a claim againfct the istiite to file an itimid aUtemcot of hi account oi a voucher, the, form of which in to I- provided by the audi tor, and have attached thereto a cer tain oath. Thia oath atate that the arti'-lca named have Ixen furniahed or the aervicea Uierein mentione'l havt iff it jrfoimcd, 'J'he claimant ia re quired to take thi oath before aome orti'-er lining a aeal, 1 he alxv! men-t!oii-l act waa approved by the gov ernor April Mb, 'J'i, and Uok ef fect thirty day from the date of ap proval. Auditor Moore bad continued paying claim for aalarie of ofli-er and clerk up to the tune he went out of olb-e without them making o-ith to Mn-ir claim 11 provided in the law. When the preaent reform alminiatra lion look charge of affair the auditor immediately refuaed Ut pay any i-laima without the claimant biking the re quired oath. An aeitant clerk of the Mate banking loard brought auit iu the kupreme court to compel tin- au di UT by t writ of manda;nu to iue a warrant for bi aahtry without hi firat taking the required oath-the writ wa denied the aupreme court thu ruaUiining the auditor in hi ac tion, Tlie late reform leginhtture acd a law which went into effect April 12, JW, regulating the feea of officer for ciriiig for atate priafnera and deliver in gtheni Ut the j-nitentinry, allowing the auditor Ut pay the following fee a the law now ataud: Heveny-fiva cent per day for boarding the pria-oin-r from date of aentence Ut date of dellwry; three dollnra ja-r day for time imployi'd; and aidual traveling epene. '1'he following comparative tiible will how the effect of thia law: Klu-iilT' and other feea paid April J, I'j:i to March a, IH'H 20:i,5 hheritr' and other fw paid A nil i, Imo:, to April J, jyi tl'J,.W.;.5l Hbcritia' and other feea paid April I, IH7 to April 1, IH'j to.oto.si A yearly aaving to taKmyera on thl one ill in of :i:..'a per day or (10,512.00 per year. Section 20, chapter 2, of the com piled statute of 107, rcuilH in part a follow: "Kaih county treaaurer ahull receive for hia aervicea the following feea: (In all money collected by him for each litKKt.1 ycir, '!,000, ten n-r cent; for all auma oer Hiice tliouaand dollui' ami under five Ihouaiind dollura, two per cent, etc." 011 Ml hiiiiih over live UioiihuiuI ilullura I wo per cent " etc. The ri'piihhciui olliciul hud iilwuy 11H1-1 1 lied the law tt mean UN Abb monies (oi,i. ix 1 i;o i(u 111 1; ST VI K. In Hint wuy the county I re, min er wa paid ten per cent 011 the fl rut, three HioiiKuml ilollur collccteil fur the county mid alo ten per cent on the lirat tlniH- HioiiMmiil ilolliirn col lecli'il for I he atiile. The preaent au ditor could not iimli'i tu in I Hie law I lili wii v mid allporled by the uiiti 1011 of Attorney lieticrill Stiiythe, Im coiii.1 1 lied Hie law lo iiiemi thill for tin- put piiM- of ligiillng the fee of it 1 i i 11 1 V 1 1 r.lfill 11 , nil uioliien t-iilli'i led b linn lo whii h he is eiilitli'tl I,, fee ahonhl U' tllklll ilh It I no, is for llgurillg Hie 'il 1 1 liliiyi', ami the whole fee itiliiilii led mid the Mule wiy hiicIi it pill I of the whole feex iih Hie .l.ttn' toll. 1 1 1011 me a pint nf the wholn col It'Cllnll I intui t 'I t CilMll et', .lullll A. I'lerxoll, hi oniu'lil iiit III Hie alitle kiipretue 1 null to i'oiiiitd Hie lit) it nr by writ of 111,1ml. nun. to put huii bi. fet a 11. Colli putnl miller Hie old coital lilt I imi of Hie Int. the wilt wit. tbiiiiil. Il,lu nut tilt, I (,iil , I -'.it, the itu, Mi, r be llll' .llxtlllllt-il III In t llll.lt lit Unit of lite lnw bi lite mi,ii inr etnul. Nhile the ,it'ilitti ii. Imi 1 I. tun Ib.tt 1111IU It 1 1 1 ,iiiit'i h.tte letiittd Innlt il Hi, ill Hu t li-tti em lied be tb i-a 1 l-lllll Iliitl Hie l.tw hlniiild be 1 iifnitt'd ,t. It Itie tiill.itt mg 1 tuni,iialite -l.tle tin Hi will lii,w in ,1 iiie,tiiie Hie ! iuk In t lit l.i I'.ni 1, u I he fltl. I imi 1,1 l it ('.ni l. fur t,i liitllilf Una III -'M I 41 t, (III I I" I In 1,1 p tt t I fill t ,i lilting t tt. in iTt ft; i.t in in I l.i t ,i 1. 1 1 1 t fur t id nitiiti 1.1 t lit l!i." I 11. t;n 1 1 Vn l.tfi .-it u.tf to l it Mt-t. ,f til, tl I'al, Ihtiiik'li lite li.ii ttllik 1,1 itie litmtin will ! it. mailt a t ill! ! 1 tU i,l tl. ,1 I, ' w 1 ilit t f ; ,.i no 1 rt llu ,i.('iT i mIi,.h iii 1 he Mtbtr lt it ml im lung rtii4.a ,,f l!,f ,i.l "i ii't'n' fur the 1 t-ata l'it and I .art wet i.l in ha aitttitiiti 1 ttite.1 ll 1 he ttrti, an. I liiritetl litt.t Hie klal tieanoi w.m I'l.imtiui batiit' th U ttt i lo i t f n,nn'iwi. tit ir.f tlliiit I t) Mllt pnlauti fit lh )ti lr ami t n itiv tit auaitiiil rrittt ! th ttiti, ami luimd iitlti lb l,tl lirf.urv Mt ttt Mai 41, I'm l,iMl t'.ltiuld rrtrrlpl for IwtUtti nf i, vtkinlt i paid direx-t to the tt treaaure 12,- tftj.101. makifig tne teUti earning 01 tb office for awl a! of which i pfcid inUi the tUt treaaury, l';7,70'.. Ttee office being a net profit Ut the tas payer of t2,"0'.4t, and ft aaviog to the tax payer over I'V and J' of i'il.'M.ii. 'I he rule adopted by the jreent u ditor for the payment of !arie ia a follow: Monthly aalariea are paid any time after the 2'th of the month. Quarterly aiilarien are any time after the 20th of the iaat montii of the quarter. Tlii jlicy waa adopted to enable the oflice to pay all cLairna by the 20th of the following month. We find by careful computation that tbi licy iiua aaved the atxte in Inter eat in the payment of aalarie in the ejtecutite and judicial office, a com pared with the c)icy um-1 in Wl and folowed until 1 V7. of I2.o40.77 ja-r year, making the direct aaving for the two yearn, r'Jl and la't, oter the year 1 H'jy and 1W, a follow: Yr t'ti aheriff' and other fee 121,024.00 From colle ting atete taxe. .1-44 Hififi Vr un office fee 2",iO.V44 From rcfuaing to jaiy aalar- in advance .',21.54 I'A'dO.fr 'iotal aaving to tax payer of t'J'J,' 010, 'J or Wi.Yl per day. I"h" to till amount of officer' feeg collected and jo in'o the atate treaa ury tv the reform atnte officer for the firat aeventeen month of the prea ent adminiatration, the ywir W and to :ind including May .'Hut, iVjH, W - 11. 'i.,. Paid in iiy republican adminiatra tion M'i and i"it, M.W.'iO. i'aid in by republican adminiKtra tion J M 5 and JW, i:i,21H,12. Making a wiving Ut the taxpuyem aa compared with the yeara 1MCI-4-5-0 of 2,-0.:;h jier month or per year. Tbia change la brought alamt by two principal cuuae; firat, all feea charied and colI-'tl liave la-en trim id into the tate treaaury; and tu-coiid, tiy legialation a reform legialature in- creaaing the feea lor filing article 01 incraration. ( Jn the insurance department Audi tor Cornell promptly made a ruling that country Mhooi nouaea ami conn try hurchea could be itmured In the farm mutual eompanie. una jirivi lege waa much dcaired and ia very much appreciated by the country peo ile, but rctiublii'tin auditor never aaw fit to irrant them thia rignt. 'I ne rule had alwaya been to let inaurunce com iiauic and agent a become indebted to the atate, In thia way the atate loat nearly $1,000 in bad account In IMi-v W, the laat two year under republi can rule. Auditor (Vrnell promptly ordered that every laid y ahull pay the atate caali in advance. Ho now the atate hua no iincollectable wcounta and will never lota- a dollar of lnur mice money while Mr. Cornell i au ditor. 'Hie populiat auditor alwaya iiava inaurame feea Into the atate trcaanrv, February i7 two retatbli can aupreme judge di-t'lded in tha celibruti'd ex-Auditor Moore caae that it waa no crime, for an auditor to keep theae feea. At the time, Mr. Cornell had aeveral thouauml dollar inaunuici! money on hand that waa but recently paid In. He paid it into the atate. treaaury at once, lie did not want money he did not fairly earn. He did not want money that came to hlrn by aueh u queer, technical, unheard of ruling aa that, Hi unit thia mon atrou (b'iion by theae two republi can judge, Mr. Cornell Im received nearly jl.'i.OOO from hiaurance com- iiunifH, all of which be might have kept, abaolutcly, but lie returned ev ery dollar to the aender and naked them to remit all money dirttctly to the atate treaaurer. FAITHFUL TO DUTY I'raseut Htat aupurluteiiilen f II arl Work fur tha He hool The office of tiit- auticrintf inlcut Iiiih not, Im'cii behind any of the other office in it mmtageuient 11111I efficlcn i'V. I'romptiiesa in iittemliug to wliut ever work belong to the office j a cliuriii'terlat.ic feature. To no other offh-e in the atab- hoiiae do o ninny letter come. No lea Hum ninety per cent, of theae aak for the interpreta tion of Home aectloti of achiMil law or require a ilecialon on aome ilnt for which I lie law doe not miike pro viaiiin. Thia iicceahiit ily eMail a vital mil. unit of work during the year. Of the great number of declaioiia tlm rendered there la a yet no coinpliiilit hi'iinl frotti any one. Ilcsiilea the large amount of eoiic- piiiidclice Hie iillii-e acini out a cn iit ninny t In ti Hit in I cii'i'iiliira to the lluuia Hii.li ol-M-hool ollleiia mill ttitihel tlil.iilL'Imill I lit- atiile. All the li'tiUiU u In I 1I1 -en ini'ii t h lined by neliiMil officer it n, Ii in In i . me pieptireil iimlt r Hi aupei't ixitiii of lilt' aiiierilitetiilelit and Hie 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 of tlieati allpplit'M m III out ill 11 Mill wi'U'h. I lilt II It lima, Im I t kin.iiiii of Hu letfi.litttire hua apprnpi iiiled many I IniunimU nf dub 1,11a to lie apclit lllidet Hie iliretlinil of 1 he he, nl of Hie ilepul I uitlil In fur hlilimg lln' aiippbe tilum iiieuliiiintl. Mm ll ii .t ii,. iiili the iii.in.ii,'i'Uit lit ttf In 110 mi wild letting mil tti pimttiitr of Hit .tipplie. While il in I'M a It In Hie tli ilil of Hie nltii e Hull mi ib bib .1111111 bate been Jicim-ictl under (iiiiner ililliiliiliitllnli. H'l tint .t -ill .nl tti I ill. 1 1 ,1 1 lull lot liiilib- it it 1 1.,; In Hie h ttplf it. ii'lii'.lli d Willi fm 1111 1 tin. Inr Ih tltl iit-lilieti liii.itlli. .it Hie I wo vein. Ih miming Willi I' M tlie .tuniiliil id imilit V r nli,l l.i lite ultne for .i.'plie. wai I,' n.' in I or lite .tim- iiiiil bit Hie In, inn,, in l iiiihii.' Mtlb I ' 1 Hir nl if ni.l,t. w i. ir.nl For Hie k-una 4 1 I ,. (.f Hie pli-.eiil Im ttiiitini lb iipl'biw htie ii'.l 1 III litis i ttii'tf nf ll,t tiuitrtd Hte Hr Imi it 11 11 In 111 lot itltniied an I IJ,,'uf a ii,liili -I H ,w ei'nid titi lb tli-i-tli It wilti alilill the t.tl'i ,1(1 trtll of th Wtilk In il-airiliitili lb alal apiuMtititilitfiil I ni"t ' ItiVltilahh I'Miler furiitri aditniiikiialniiia apdl' tattl for UI ivitlrteal wti (ttvil Ih I ttttli Ke of ktilmllliilnig" ether biAiit ii kltit iHtMMi aa i i't iu IK 'at. tiUa fur ilaliiiM. 1 h pt-aeat adiHiHlallwtittii Itaa raqtiiivil aiqiUeaitta 1.1 ma t Ih Hb)e! rettifi If law ami allow In' ubllltitlitf Ih litakra II Juet tv all. n n UL Eighteen MonthH of Reform iu Loud ComtiiIf4floiicr'f4 Of fice Work WotiderM SCHOOLS RECEIVE THE BtNEFIT Collettlont More Thaw Double What Tbty Wr L'dr Former AdmlnlttratloitM arhoul I hikIh f, "! The people of the atate arc probab ly more directly intereated In the 01 fice of commiaaioncr of public land and building than in any other de partment of the atate government,, be eauae ujioii it management ilepcnda to a great extent the public achool ayatetn of the atate for financial aup imri. If the achool land of the atate are leaned and the rental promptly collected it mean tliouaand of dol lar In the achool fund of the atate every year, Under former tidmini trillion iheae achool and were handled In a very looae manner, "iard ly any effort being madu to leaae th'-m or to collect the rents after the lea- e were made. Thia rcaultcd in a dl rect loa of thonaand of ilollar to the people. For the pa at eighteen month Mil im)ortant dejairtment of the atate government ha la-en conducted tijam a reform baaia and tha reault la aur priaing to even tho(? who expected to hear good thing alout the (ireaent adminitration. Kvery aebool ditrh t In the atate 1 aware of the increaacil aeml-annual aiportionment of acliool money, but nil do not know that thl iiicrcaau ia due to (omtniaaioiier Wolfe' work in collecting delinquent intereat upon achool land leaae and eontruet, and the large amount of achool land 1 1t 11 1 he Im put under leuae, aa tha following figure will ahow: The total of the firat three aeinl-an-tiniil apportionmenta in IMt," and IMUi wua 17.1.74:1.51), 1 ue total of Hie firat three apportionment in 1M7 uud IMiH waa 1,1 70,217.! I, a total gum iu eigh tceu mouth by the reform luliniinx trillion to the achool children of the atute of the mngnillcciit auiu of tblt, .HU2, and of thl aum f.'l.Vi,U7I.O' come iliriH'fly from the new pliiu of liiindliiig tin- ehoo IhiiiIn by Mr Wolfe. A great portion of the old leuae were delinouent on an average of alx year or more, and theae have either la-en collected or cancelled and the land re-ened. A comparlaon between the flrt clghtwn month of the lnat republi can iidmiiilatriition and tlm firat eigh teen month of the preaent reform ltd- ininlatratlon will clearly ahow that the achool of the atate have received large benefit frotn the reform Intro duced by the preaent coiumlioner Here arc the figure: Kxcea in favor of reform ad miniatra tloii. Firat half IMlS. .$124,210.04 Firat half 1HU7. .$m,W.'J $ 70.0a5.25 .Second half 1H0.',.$ H2,!i.VUH Kiyonil half 1HU7 '21H,l27.0y $ bl.'i.l 72.71 Firat half lSOfi. .$I05,'J0H.IU Firat half IH'JH.. 255,721.2 $H9,m:i.oo The firat year uud a half Mr, Wolfe collected $M'i',l,li 1 1, .Mi while for 11 ainiihir pcriiwl hia republican prede- ci'HKorcollccteil only $.II.I,H7.III, 11 illf feiflice of :i.'i.',!l7l.05 ill a tor of re fm 111. From IMio t, Miil, Incluaive, tiiulcr republlcmi commlaaioiiera, tliiKe 'anil yielded only an average nr .i,42i.'.u for each aelni-linnuiil iiimmii tloliinelit, During the lirat eighteen luoutlia of Mr. Wolfe'a in 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 h I nil 1011 thcac I11111U yielded $it'i(i,0t4..MI, or an averaga of $22.'I,0I I. a5 for each aeml iiiiiiual up iiorlioiiiuelit; the lailim being tin liv enige of MH .1'ii each alx month of the new admliiiat rat inn mote lliiiit the atcruge per alx iiihiiHim ill ring all of the piecettlilig he ten year under ri'puhlii'mi 111U111I1'. si iiiiui, I, mh i,i:ahi:d. , liming Hie entire two year of the dial republican ailuiiuiatialliill of Hi office til totlll Itllltllll 11' "eluail html, leii.t-d Were lll.l.'A Itcrea, tliile In the llr.l i-ighii'i'ii month, of Mr, Wolfe'a I. I III he Ii iim-.I II.', 'il' inn ., ol liiilllt fmil tllllt ". Hie Hllitttltit liii.t'd by hi prt'detfor ill Iwn yeiir. Ami uiaiu Ik Inula b it. et h rnllet liil fur Ih kl itt it. bititti alaite tii regular 'eaa rnt- ill I In .'111 111 , thl. he tut 11 1 t il ,1. it Ii till ti) nrt tiiially attrinliaif Hie auc tion held fof leu llg I In mi I .Hid 4 Wet Irnwd on btrg wty liif lit id ltil,tl ,1. tti It, lite tltttitt't' la llik lln. In ttt ininilh lltll liiilitllh.l.tli'lliu Ih grraltr aititinnl nf wnik ib'iii' and lli iniii lilt t..n I ll t It4tilii Mini the rt(tn..'. lierlllt Ittt'iitied, and Hie jn,lag tl.ttl, Hi f.tltntv lug ll'inr. Hill .hint wltrl IrfiHlti ittiitr In in ikt'.e ie h i la. Ml Wolfe .11. Iiitnl lit I 1 ,,il dtlil In 1. 1 tiiiliniK t . btt.iiiif Im load I md ut itit Hiti- itttiHlit', and with .til of !,e I'oitMtj'ii nt i vji i't Ini- 1 I Mnl Itoll I I'lil. h- It.l. tlMW . ilUMIig III. ll I Ilt, t'l 1 1 4 t 1 1 Ii f lttli.t. Uttll ,' 1 f o tkt itdenr kvhl ItU a'lillnti for f.itf at lm.il Wad ami did Hit tutu ltiiliii,r fur lb i4i Hun ha Mr, Wolf mi Itk Ini.itit a an I til It dtw ftif tituvtliuj !' Il.'f l Ik f.nitwr t iiinitii..ii'it t itSitd kttnw tkal tt wrvt tutl.T lh lilb lk iltitluf lila twt trait and iliw IMU for wlti') a i f h kit It ttiawM aflrt Ikltdarr 8V 't, iw tittr,a,- tka U.I t r ti I v I tan tlti It waa la if Hll rv till LA (ice. vet he turned over to hi aucce-.. aor only in jiontagc. Thia would leave him to account for f47o for poa'age drawn during tin- lnat w-venty-two day be. a, ju office, or would f an average of fi.H'i 'X day for thi time, or v; letter ja-r day. The record do not. ahow any nch amount of letter to have been aent, nor, in tact, do they Khow iinv aueh numlx-r of letter tn ing the whole of theae last aeveuty. two day. Mr. Wolfe hua whiter during hi, eighteen month over IVoo lettern ii aliow n by the pre li, not counting circular and ordi- tilt 1- V leltcr not, cotiied. and bio. ilruwn 1 150 for poatage, 1150 of whic( him been for JO-cent, regiter tamp for wrving notice of delinquency, Theae atlimpa were not purch:ie( , hi predeceaajr, a be did none of thi buailiea, but, had it all done y the county treaaurer, who paid th pontage, bF.A.SINU ON KMAJX I'AVMi:M. Of the 111,000 acre reported to have, been leaaed by the laat Jlcpub. lican ('ommiaaioncr, 64,5,'iO acre, were leaaed on an average payment of only nineteen ami one-half day and no further payment have ever been, made on tlii 54, -WO acre, Thia, iu a great degree, hold good of the lio-t alx year of ilcpublican miarule. In fact, It uri'iim from the record thai our achool luiula, before the reform ailiiiiiilatruf Ion, have been regarded U legitimate aubjeel of illegitimate barter, inateml of la-ing regarded, m. they really are, a the moat wu red truat. ever committed to n public ,,f llcer, The reform ( ommlaaloii r, in, well 11 the party he reprcaeiit., luin rciiMOii to be proud of the recotd In im made, mid every lioneat citl. n of Nebraakn will any, "well done, gund und fulthful acrvant." HUII.I) UP THE HANKS Pulley of Him llanhlng Department Aim In That rml The ilepurtmcut of banking iimlti t )i- reform iidmiiilatrulioii make allowing tliut ia moat gratifying, Tin department for the firat time iu Ha Malory ) preaided over by a practical bunker, the former aecrctury having no practical rxpi-rfc ucr u a bunker, while the preaent Nccrelnry brought to the office nil experience of iniiriy year 11 a kuci'eaaful bunker and 11 11 executive ublllty Hint ha won for the ilciurtnieiit encomium from even piirtlaau foca. It Im la-eu the aillcy of the preaent ccietary to build up the Imiiik of the atute, that they muy be worthy of the truat of the people, uud lo tlii end ha the ,-ci'ctaiy uml hi able corp of examiner labored unceiiHlngly, 'I'liere lire but two ularied offlcera itiiniii'lcil with thl department-the aeeretiiry mid chief clerk, whoe anl urlea are fixed by aldtute, u"nd are the aiime aa under ' funncr uliuliiUtra tioii, An cxiimliiiitinii of the coat Tf thia department, to the atute reveal what It menu to huve experience and econ-i omy a element lit It management. 'J lie following compiirlaon of the three almilar M-rii. aincu the, eatab liahiiicnt of the ilejairtiucut apeak for Itaelf: KXI'KNHi: OF COXIHVTJNa THK Dld'AUTM MNT. Afirll 1, laon, to April 1, IH04.. $1,121. 14 April I, 1K(I5, to April 1, law!.. i,oti4.fi5 April 1. 1 H(7. to April I. IMiH.. 520.24 In liililillou to the above aaving to the people, the Hccrctitry Im paid Into the atute treuaury t he aum t tin 1. 85 received ua feea, which I an Innova tion in the record of the department. Theao fee wen- retained by former oflleer a "pcrquihitc." An cvtemled comniriNou of vhe three bicnuiiila hov from the alo that the average coat to the atate of conducting thia department under the former ml ml 11 IkI ru t inn for the two almilar period was $l,0!2.si. Under the preaent. luliuiii atrution deducting the amount paid into the aiate treaa ury $101.25 ua received from f,,.H fr, 111 ut expended $5:.'ll. :.' I Iciucm tha net Mini of JMIK.tlii aa the actual coat, of running the ileparlment under the preaent ad iiil uiat rat ion, or a anting to me atate or !Mi72.'.MI nearly DO per cent for Hie biennial. THOROUGHLY KQLIPPfcl) Aitjiilaul lirueral lnttruv Hi Sallniia loiartl I udi-r the pn-M'iit i-Mlt'ii'iit ml jiil.tiit gi'iiciul the military ilepm 1 11 tuit luia been greatly improved. Hue of the tirt .lip. taken by the pie-cii! ad jutant irinti.il wit. to th, ighly iiiiii the 11. it iiuiiil imi, 11, 1 fm ,11'tite tit-Id aervite by providing them with ttiili, lintel nit k mnl the ai , 'until aieiil. neieiu,irv fur an ef llcleiit miI ilierv. tl hua iiivtiiv ht't-li the i ii-ltuit .inte Hie 01 y.tii i,tt mil of Hie ii.ilitni 11 1 uii.itd to ludd mi ciieaiiipineiit ratti tt-iii fm the 'iiiHn.e of giving the V mil tl.tln It lllil I 111 I lull, ill Hi lll l I'l 11.11 I mil r fiiitiu r ml uiiiii.t 1 at lona tln .f 1 i n .t nt 1 on 11 1 - m-re iiit-ri' almvt., Imi it In 11 Hie pii .t iil ml iit,int ecii i liil 1. line liiin I'llii e it i,i,ti, .il ehitii-ri vtu. nol le. In. 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I, i t,t, nf hi. l tin Out if lkl h kU (w, i rltt aitipitirlil and kid I. fl ttf tK a pnqitUlitiH l Itti i. rl td it lloa la rnit.r and a rl tabl fwntil f.ir Ih rr foi tt V.)tilat liritt rk