Feb. 16 1899 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. r y Ji1 OH SMEN MtrkHanna'g Pian to put Out Ne braska Populists and put in The Republicans. STARK WRITES A LETTER. There is no Ground Either In Law ' or Equity for the inauge a tion of a Contest. The Belgian liallut. Editor Independents Congressman W. L. Stark has written- a letter to Adjutant General Bitrry ln"VhLeh he ditwusses the subject of fusion. This letter is given pertinency because of the arts the republican are making to enact a law which is in tended as a death blow to fusion. The argument and citation of Mr. Stark ore (riven in full: Washington, 1). C, Feb. fl, 1809. , General l. II. Hurry, Lincoln, Neb. My Dear Mr: The newspaper clipping enclosed in your favor of recent data Is at hand, and your thoughtfulncss is very much appreciated. From it I learn that my election may be contested on the ground "that the form of the bal lot woe illegal, my name appearing1 ..L. t mam -tttmrt. Jnna 4 It mm rri.4: 1 1 tl WJCIWJ WIW WIIVI sss-s...g w the ballots coat for me void;" and from C tula promise it is argued that the re publican nominee would be entitled to the oilice. The Aim trail an ballot law Eropoaed by Francis 8. utton, mcnv cr of the legislature of South Aus tralia, and became the low of that col ony in 1858. It was alleged that some . of it objects were to secure secrecy and give the greatest amount of per sonaf liberty to the voter, it requiring an act absolute on Ills part to cast a vote for a particular candidate for each office. The first secret ballot law of our state was largely taken from the state of Massachusetts, and was strictly Australian In form and purpose. A Masaaehusetta copied it law from Kngland, we turn there to fine the leading caaes, and "If tlte same are not Inconsistent with out bill of rights," they are worthy of consideration. The foundotivcase which has been - followed In that country on the form of the ballot la Northcote vs. l'ulsford, 33 Law Times, (London) , pure 603. The f form of the ballot was the pure Aus tralian aa shown by a copy In the text of the decision. The candidate was nominated twice, and his name ap peared twice on the ballot, Ills right . to the office waa contested because one of bis .nominations was valid and the other was shown to be irrcgulur and fraudulent. On the regular notnlna- tion he received 301 votes, on the other 71. Uy adding, be had a majority 01 the imllota cast. The proceeding nought to bar the 71 votes from being counted and give the election to the opposing nominee, the contention of course being that he had no right to . have his name appear on the liallot more than once. The court held that V the English statute provided that "a lint of the candidates should lie prlnt- ed on the ballots, not a list of nomi nees," and therefore under such pro vision end with that form of liallot the name should appear but once They further held that It is the duty of th . returning officers to enquire If nomi nations apply to one or different per- " sona, ami that board having found that iwvfv. Kirihml nomination were for the same person, it was proper to odd both Imllota, and that the double nom inee was entitled to 372 votes and was therefore elected. That this form of reasoning on the Australian- ballot is correct is indicated by It having been followed by the courts of the United States. On May 21, 1884, the IMglum act waa paased in that kingdom. and among Its alleged objects wan secrecy, Individual action, and the right of a iHililieal arty to have a rote cast for It and its candidates by one act. It recognized party organization. The distinctive difference between the Aus tralian and llelglnm ballot lnws la that In the former a voter is compelled to choose between- different candidates, making a deliberate selection of his preference for each office. In the Del- THE FRIENDLY COUGH. "Stopping " it nu$h killt ,1 Si Hlurl who warns ut 0 iuMrr. ilSi'rf IGNORAINLe lTrrarTZ''S Tffi Mend, lough UawM'laU'i Willi i.l.-vpU-iiihti mid w ..'V l warm JJ tin l.reutli Stupphv; u to 11 i.w.i km ih.. I Mn , tt.v. w tell !.. f an I j.ru tUal. Mr W. T IS-wrll, I Urfaftow. U, ulilor a. iUUIr " la.l a.l. at ril th !.;.. U-iUr: ir , X ft. Whwju.IV!,!1, I Uu AWit Ul K.urr wtH brotultiiU an-l uUrrhil f v. Mt kol U a li-rrlhU lHo ,-. . tta ltlw-r h"-r Iwnr a.m!f aiol my l-f ira KiHy atlt, U ln i tljUt al I ihwM .arl! luvlK. Hital kImmwI -iMU'Mlt lf M-Mtiht I trW4 inir tn l lt ti un. a!l la vumH h-Iu I iUI irvt Hol t of. aa-t nwiar rv arh-s whU-h i nnwtMws-M l aA, llNM.Iit I kI.W'1 U ir IV r aa- I t 11 a K.uU aaiil ta liutrfs Mf wra fvtu . thr aM aw l lita ( atr tagU oi4 airljr, I r. Ur-t UnU i.l tt a4 was saUral aaiwU, aa-l fl mut laaa fv jr. - W . T Vn TKara U rwlMr ai rMlf aafa f la irtln ervul fara it as tV rs ia Nltar U Mwn aaitaia M$tiUUit taa waf It fr4 1 . IVm aa oiataa aa artM ar arl at aa kl il U a al.ralr at!. It taraa m(H f tariw h mmiWimh, TVa mum aurva tatartk CMaaalljr. tatariH May Ul t ay trya al taa Wlf . Taaa.la al tiara era iaa 11a frMM m4 iVra aaaiaraU. AW tail llha Ira. gium ballot he has the option of vot ing for all of the nominees of hia par ty by one act, if he wishes to do so, and the party under whose emblem he makes his mark receives the benetit of any lack of choice on his part The Belgium ballot recognize the right of an organization to the support of ita members, unless they record an active desire to vote otherwise. At the time of the original passage of the law in Belgium, it was reasoned that a party hud the -right to such an arrangement of the ticket that ita members could have the privilege of voting for the entire list of Ita nom inees without being subjected to the trouble and hazzard of picking them out of the confused mans of mimes aa they appear on the Australian ballot. Under the law of Nebraska, a politi cal party to have a column on the bal lot muat have polled at least 1 per centtum of the vote cast at the pre ceding election. The nnmea of oandi date for each office must be arranged according to parties under the party mirmeand emblem In separate column on the ballot. The party polling the highest number of vote shall have the right to ilts ticket on the left side of the ballot, the party having the next highest the second place, and so on. At the top of each party ticket and under the party emblem shall lie made a circle and an elector may vote a straight party ticket by making his cross in this circle, which shall be con sldered a vote for every candidate on said party ticket. Any candidate who klinll lie the regular nominee of one or more party conventions shall have his name printed on the ticket of eiw-h par ty so nominating him, Thl is the pure Belgium ballot, and when anyone seflks of Nebraska having the Aus tralian; ballot they certainly must have reference to a time prior to the pass Sige of the Loo ml law by the legisbv ture of 1807, The pioneer state to adopt the Belgium law was New York, arid many more states have the Bel gium system than adhere to the Aus tralian. A careful search of the au thorities of the state having the for mer law, show that no attempt was ever made to challenge the election of a man because his name appeared more than once on that form of ballot, except in the state of Iowa, that adopt ed the Belgium system and afterward passed a special law to the effect that if a candidate was nominated by sever al parties, his name should appear but once upon the ticket, and a court of that state affirms that the legislature had a right to make a law of that kind, but the motive of the majority in en acting such legislation was clearly Nirtilan and would defeat the will of the majority of the voters of the state ehould they desire to unite the domi nant organ Tsui tion . 'Hie wri ters on bal lot reform agree -that such a law 1s distinctively un-American ami do not lielleve that its provisions will be wide ly copied, s it set aside the principle on which the law waa founded for nar row and unworthy etwls. The case of Northcote vs. l'ulsford la ?w more In point on the ballot sys tem of Nebraska that would be "the rule of Shelley's case," Under all the authorities and precedent from 1884 to the present time, the regular nomi nee of more tha-n one trnrty conven tion has the alsailute right to have his name printed on the ticket aa many timea as ha Is nominated by different parties. This is legal, constitutional and Amercan In all states having the Belgium syatem. Ft is so admitted by the state of Iowa by legislative action in derogation of that right. As to the other proposition that If the votes cast for me were held to be void the republican nominee would be entitled to take the seat That might be the case In a monarchy, but never In America. The statute of King Oeorge II,, chapter 24, declares that "the right of voting for the future shall be allowed according to the last determination of the house of com mons concerning it." What a differ ence lxtween that rule and the clear cut right to vote as set forth In the constitution of our state. It is not the theory of the British government that power originates with the people. In theory, the right of the monarch is a Divine one, and he has graciously concerted from time to time to the peo ple whatever share In the government they possess. The American idea is that all power la in the people. It has been well said: "The will of the ma jority expressed In conformity with established law is the very basis on which reals the foundations of our In stitutions, and any attempt to siibsti- anting iIIm-sms yet roiij'h h friendly. It of trouble, tough sluiuU jruurd at pipe. It U m-ntlnt I always awake. cough too tiilrt.ly U wrong und dm harm. ili-' cu;rU iiiodlt lm a aiv dangenfis. Wbvn roiij'li u;itv:in It l l ho condition that i.iul eured uud lli oii,-U hU. I .ilH ig tlis m-iifcltWuivMi uf Iho m rvi's Ivta t!i. dU'hurgi' of u v-M lut the luttysw IV ru 111 -ir lh loii.lllloii and the itiugli ivswi, iV-rw 111 o;vrit-- ilitly l heal t ir'l Hwiu-t-raiir and uo .1 nntiir, lr. lUrtmaua tivatuu iit of Unat mil I u ilinxi ha Hiado hi in tino.i, UUuii inrinf tiimM l Iih lo I.U frva jir-.rlpltn, IV ru tin, whivU mi l-o tk.v.irxd i-f any druyuUl. UrH to llttf ru u. M..u bii t'u., rotuiubua. tt , for lr, lUrlmaim U, tail . I t Itroiiki I Hl.irrh. It U MialU-4 five, and ld:n fill jlaiilUm i.f voiitfU and a l tltw ( utirne Tim lnUla U naif o n io..U rUl and Ilarttuait t4 is ciple of the government, and if suc cessful will prove their overthrow." . tute therefor the will of a minority is an attack on the fundamental prlu- And so for the reasons about given, I reach the conclusion that there will be no contest instituted for my right to a seat In the fifty-sixth congress. Please accept my continued good wishes. Very respectfully, (Signed) W. L. STARK. , Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup cures the worst cold in a day; stops tbe running of the note; breaks tbe fever and ban-n-hes all tendencies toward pneumonia. It Is the quickest reliever and curer of throat and lung diseases. CAPITALISTIC ANARCHISTS. Titer Openly and llrnsenlf l)ff the Court and III I. In the argun eit nf the case of the state of Ohio versus the Standard Oil company, before the Ohio supreme court recently. Virgil P, Kline, the at torney for tlm di'fi ndiints, openly defied the court and brazenly refused to com ply with thu court's order to produce certain account books of the company, Commenting upon this matter The Advance Guard of Findlay, O., very forcibly and pointedly says: Thus has the rash, red band of corporate anarchy removed thu mask from its own face and stands, with expanded chest and gleaming eye, a mighty gladiator of glnttonons greed, defying the state, its supreme court, its attorney general and its people, And what aro yon going to do about it, dear people t This giant of wealth, whom the peo ple have fostered and fed and foisted in the past by special privileges: to whose growth the unthinking and unwary have pointed aye, even with pride, as though upon its success depended one of the greatest industries of our state; whose agents and paid attorneys tbe people have elected to the general as sembly and other high offices of tbe state; this once "infant industry" that was petted, pampered and permitted nntil it hal liecome a veritable Her cules, now hnrls defiance in the teeth of the highest tribunal of the state, proclaims itself greater than the people who have permitted themselves to be rubbed to add to its greatness and pow er, sets its foot bard down and pro claims to the world that it is an anar chist and an outlaw. There is a limit to endurance, even to tbe endurance of the mentally blind who suffer, but see not, and that limit bas been reached in the case of this monster of money. Tbe time for action can no longer be delayed unless the people are willing to lie down and quietly permit themselves to become mere vassals to intrenched wealth lower and the last semblance of liberty, law and order to disappear for ever from the state. The capitalistic anarchists are the only anarchists in tbis conntry whom the people need bo in dread of, and they mnst be summarily and severely dealt with. For years reformers have pointed with alarm to tbis power that has been stealthily, niiconscionsly bnt snrely fastening itself upon onr republic like a barnacle to a ship's bottom, and those of ns who have dared to raise our voice against it have ourselves been declared the anarchists by tbe thoughtless check ers who allow the editors of tbe subsi dized press--the tools of these wealth anarchists to do their thinking for them. Bnt at last tbe jig is up. Tbe real anarchists, emboldened by years of unchecked success, feeling secure be hind their barbicans of gold, have bold ly shown their band and declared their true character. They have thrown down tbe gauntlet to the supreme court If that court shows any disposition to timidity in taking it up, let public sentiment assert itself on tbe side of the enforcement of law and order and demand the uncere monious arrest of the officers of tbe Standard Oil company for contempt of conrt and defiance of law. Let escape no anarchist Let him lie clothed in rags or broad clot Ik Bo his itauie Herr Most or John D. Rockefeller. X 1 HE BLACK MAN'S BURDEN X $fv-H'$ lake up the nword uud ritle, h-iul forth your nhipa with njx-eil, Tu Join the iiuUuiia' uraiiibie. Ami tie with tbt-w in greed; (in II ud j our KoU a market, Beyond thu weteiu ttuod. Tin lit-atheii who mUusUimI you Mull uuor it in Uloixl. Tttko up the aorl and ritle, tor o do- all tliw w or lit, Therv'a iiou khuU Ur uporuid you, ht'ii oiuu your tW unftirltil, 1 Iih r la to I lie witu-l, The ballle In thw iroiigt H(ir-ei 1 lh criterion, Ni.i.e carv lo (Muni thu w rog Cake up llm Mont ami title, And kiwi ita l-a or though your K.o-U m ItUnnlj, Im !. lo lit U I t- Mru t sUh l tblvr. Mm' routU ) wlU tu trvtul, likf lb .-in with hiMllu'ii lutt.rf, .M ilk thriii with hrAlhrn uVl. k up yuur awoid x. ritt, U.tii rtrtf ) tat, Auhvv Ihrir Uu.ii ami k-trUo. cr ttl U t'ltllUi rV. l;Vl ltlOlH ) l4'lrfl!r tltlHMAMl W ail.l ti4il 1 0.1 id It ( ili; If m ii jMr mHnir ', Whtt dir.U ilia riirna f taia? ' l un orl ami tifl. atill sei )our ruMia a kola H, M U fvxtlt.l UllioH Tu Moike a fotl'v Motl. IU aHH t la t oar Ukar, fl what ta tea lt.,U for Da aka tl )itaa, kill foe Ike Ma f aak ffcivnf t'Knwkkla. Society Women a, &nd,m ftct, nearly all women who undcTgo nervous strain, aTe compelled to Tegret fully watch the Row ing p&JloT of their cheeks, the coming wrinkles and thinness that become more di stressi ng every day. Every woman knows that ill-health is a fatal enemy to beauty and that good health dives to the plainest race an en during attractiveness. Pure blood and strong nerves tneae Te xnc secret of health and beauty. DT.WiHiamv nni Pills for Pale People build up and purify ..1 .l. -r .imihii Miti able, to the mother they arc a necessity, to th woman Approaching fifty they arc the best remedy that went has devised for this crisis of her U. Mrs Jacob Weaver, of Bushnell. -III.. If nfty-six ysars old. Sha wrs. jacoo v.flr- wi.i, tho trouble that comes to womsn at " ! uffcre.d.,or vr"Ji.y.f LA .,nable. much of the time, to do my Ibis time o, me. own worn. uu n work, and and melancholy. mind to try ur. March. 89?, and plctely, ana i am now ruggeii nu -v.w. --- The wonderful success of this remedy has led to iHArrw Attemots at mitatioa and substitution. c """'i r 112 OMAHA STOCK YARDS. A bill now pending before the legis lature which anticpntee overt or cov ert opposition Is he one directed pri marily at the Bouth Omaha Live Stock exchange, (S. F, 245). The bill, of course, is a general law and purports to strike at trusts, but the trust in contemplation when the bill was drawn was doubtless the live stock ex change doing business at South Oiniiiia for a number of years and incidentally, it is alleged, bas been nuiking several snug fortunes. An examination of the rules and by laws of the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange will be readily demonstrate why some people are very much an tagonistic to its con tinned existence. In the book of rules for 1897 the fol lowing rule is found on page 10: "Utile 8, section l. Any person of good character and loga-l age, whose Interests are centered at the I'liiou stock yards on presenting a written application endoraed by two nieiiiliers, and stating the ' name and hiiKiuew avocation- of the applicant, after ten days' no tice of such application shall have been (Misted on the bulletin of the exchange, unless prohibited by nome oilier seel ion of this rule, may lie admit ted to membership 4n this association uxin a majority vote at any regular meetlnjr and iimi I'AYMr.NT Oh AS INITIA TION KKK OK I,ihsi." The rule directly folkmlng pre keriiit's the uirthisl of tramtfer of mem lsrlilji. The melhoil taken by the BwMi'ltioii to illwourugv- eoiiiH-iiiMn is mil-llr set forth in the following ruin: "l!ul 9, section T. No member of the sMM'lutloit shall In any muniicr rvprrwitt or set for any liuirMtralei eoiupsny engngftl In tlm it att-ek io(iiiiuUii tuiwliiess I the I 11)011 SliH-k VsriU, tinlvs mi h sikI i-n-rv liH'khitlili-r of such eoitiMiiiv sia iiiemlirr of thi si- MM-Utioll," I l-rrr U pnoUiiMi I lot I 1 hi. rule tlon Mil 'I to HinitlH-r of ll't N l tl"i l I te Mm-k .xrhsi-irt- iHoii Hot Ike siium ml rvads! "No iiu-iolt-r of this ..4ti.n .lisll l-- a iniiiirr ill tiny tlrm ib-liif S l-i sliH'k CoMinUalon till. tu-. si Ik" I niou Mu k r-U sk OIIH lhinl.4 M lile a .rol.l for Hiiuiiiitiitt llii uf t.Mi sii.l m tiiuitui f tMs for (. Un..ii tl riV sml a rM of l!"0 f r linn uiton if sny Hoilr f - Utk.l. llii lloT l V the f.4rli lvif r!r. ! Ih krf nl a -tII s..ut.Ht f I'1' rata on Mr& eoMiWtlioH Rria tli tr i k In Iks limikvl, who sra Biilfs f ,kir. 11 ilir tWH Ike trwtt as). it r tltt-irKl i. I artatiary aal tiitrltJlsMt, sra follow) MlNfU dork rf loatta h aa skurf M K'Mt.la ik rav kal kotfa sf aktea lis lloa tWiaa la m la Hias 19 aats. tilfttmuat fhrf tt aaals. (VilW all a f haa.1 M eaats. 3L .i"'!"!. de.cribe. I iuhiv --- A suffered Myoua niy pyw r bought ttelbS.I& wmiam. '-"-- -- A. nA . was mnp aSkltiltlRttrH. 1. sure that the full name .sen the pacK&gc. For saU at all druggists, or sent postpaid, by. the Ur. William Medicine Company, Schtncctady,H.V. Price fifty cents peT bo. Maximum cur lood rate f IS, Mixed stock In car. toads: Cattle 50 cents. Ilogs 10 cents. Hogs and sheep maximum $6. Maximum car load rates all kinds Minimum car load rates all klnda 18. One of the rules for the violation of which a fint. of $?Q0 is assessed, which muat be pulu within three days on pain of suspension is the following: Utile 9, section 8. It shall be the duty of each and every member of this exchange to charge a commission of not le than five dollars ($5.00) for all stock cattle or feeding cattle purchas ed by him for any customer or cus tomers.' A new rule which has been ingrafted In late years and which has occasioned much bitternes is the following: "Rule 9, section 11. The loaning of money for less than the legal rate of interest shall tie deemed a violation of this rule." In 1897 the exchnnge enjoyed a tnambership of some two hundred, but there nave rieen changes since men and that niimbor may be more or less, The opjioiieuta of the exchange any that It Is a eonililnri-tloii in restraint of trade, made for the. puriMise of regn biting prices, that It rots the stock men of the state, ami that Its aboli tion as at nrettent const it-uted would save hundreds of thoimiimls of dollars In the course of a short 1lm ss others would readily occupy the field thus om-ium and extnid more tlliernl treat ment lo the fiimier who iliMme of slock. SWlrTKHT UAH NO KAMT AND KST. If you would travel rapidly and with coin fort and ease, please nota that tbt Northwftrm Una and Its connections pri vula the fastest arnica to eastern cities, ami many hours the fastest to wrtern points named lwkw. To lluf fuio, 3.1 hours; New York, 4) hours; Itoaton, ; Oirlea, 31 i Mslt I .ska Sl Hsu I'raaeU'o, S3j rortUml. 6tl. NVby wot tare yuiirstlf weary hours of trs. eiinf by yottlnir liektts via the North. wr.l,-ru? A. M. l iebling, l", T. A , III South "Tenth slmel. The H-It ls!aa4 playlay ewnla art lha sUt-kvst yi aaf harwUed. Oa paeV wt.l ba sl by mall an raw 1 01 f IS vaats. Muaty ortlr 99 draft M M raats ar saum la stamps U1 stsaart four psAkt. Thsy wlU ba awnl by at prsass. ekarfoa ptlak. Addreaa, JOHN HrHArrriAV, O. f. A., LteatfUt R.wk Utaa4 A I'aelB My, fhUM gt'H wlnf TIMK KVKU MIK. itwwmiriwttr January lth tka tlisal 4ia Isattaia twlMrsWi llyar," lsa In l.lioails) al S.M . tu. lUily. iU with aaw ft train H lal lake tHy lt hirtaMl, trryH, SrrlOiMf al aiilit ferine lssad ial Mr. vm til) Iwwtra wUkar sl arlif tatw ar tsifwra, My savaalv hair t INsrtksatt, tkv-fua, fraaa 1 J ) aw, Talak al It, A the blood, ana thtv arc invalu was UownbearUH 1 .Ha nomv cfll cured D1. com- Our Clubbing List. New York World, tfcrioa a weak. .I1.00 New York Tribune, weekly 1 0 Kansas City Star M Nebraska Independent. 1.00 . .Regular price. .13.80 Our price 18.50 Cincinnati Enquirer, weekly 71 Nebraska Independent $1.00 Regular price ................. .$1.75 Our price $1-N Nebraaka Farmer $1.00 Nebraska Independent ....$1.00 Regular price .................. :-00 Our price .$1.05 Notice to Farmers and Stock Feeders. Boy your eattie and sbetp tt the stoat yards, Wast Lincoln and aava fraigkt asd other tipsosse. Uava yoor sbsay dipped. Wa guarantaa to rara scab, ws do tba work for ona eaot par bead. Ws art boylog HAT, STRAW AND ORAL G.H. Geoghegan, Cel., Mff., YVMt Uncoil. Hi a. Personal! Conducted Excur sions to laats rkWsffn vry Tlsrlajr via Tol rw.l.i H.rsfs aad i Kusm ta Im t'rssrwet tad l4a ara.u. Ikiatssra Mosta avs Osmmto svary Taastlay Kaaaaa tliy. Far or ik aad I I Taa t Lea AsW. Tm staarelu Cars are altss4 It last t'sssssff Tralaa, aal taate pat aiantt la idaaa Ual at IM aaaw leeoaiiatay tat unrtb . aad tan asaasy, laf Ika kiasi rat tieaata 1 aaUska Ml aa ITU.UAN TOtsV 14 f l' AM At lf (all daaaHiMat Ilia sat ies) aad IN WaeitaijMre Hi rairoaa, as af lotal lHla -sal a Lhtraae Jahl i !, 0, r.T, Ol tMm 1 it I tin If. I111M1 R t. A T. L I III 4 O llia,lUt, (tats