; AJ a JUL
The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
VOL. X.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA; THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1899.
NO. 47.
JUDGE MM GUILTY
Ha is Declared to be an Embezzler
and a Eeport Mad Demand"
tag Bia Impeachment.
THE GANG STANDS BT HIM
' Inireatiftatlona Turn Out Different
ly From What Republican!
Expected.
! . i " '
.
Tli Cornell CMf,
Tbe committees appointed to Invest I
" gate tbe pop etate government by tbe
republican legislature, onto! wuicn tuey
: exoected to make much political capital
tor tbe next campaign, ended Ineuddis
appoint and nmcb vexation of epirlt
for them. Tbe Boding of tbe committee
tbat wee appointed to investigate tbe
auditor' office upon tbe sensational
charge of a discharged employe and
uon wblcb tber wa not aelngle popu
llt, made a report tbat eutaind tbe
1 position taken by tbe Independent from
tb vary beginning. Tbe fusion ellrer
rsoublicao. A. J. Wearer, acted with the
republican members of tbe committee
all tbe time, and It ie generally expected
by tbos wbo bare been watching tbinge
around tbe etate boutw tbat Mr, Weaver
will be found working witb tbe republi
can in tbe nit campaign.
Tbe committee' report ie anotber Joe
Johnson letter about three column in
length, many statements in it being con
trarr to tbe evidence and tbe publle
record in tbe office of tbe tat trea.
urer and auditor. Wbenitcame to tbe
eummlog op of tbe report after record
ing tbeir ecreed, wblcb I to be need In
tbe next campaign, tbey were forced by
overwhelming testimony to record cer
tain facta wblcb exonerate tbe auditor.
In tbi aummary tbey go even farther
than tbe Independent baa ever don In
detente of tbe auditor, although after
tatinir tbe IndieMtable facta wblcb nn
der tba eircnmtanoea tbey could not
avoid, tber alwaya follow with aome
mark calculated to throw discredit upon
Mr. Cornell. Tbe following la a good
amnio:
"Your committee alo' And tbat sec
tlon 83, and other provision ol our la
euranoa lawa knowa a tbe reciprocal
Ltmtnrm tha atifnrMtmetlt of wh'ch WOUld
bring tbe etate tbouaand of dollar of
revenue annually, nave never oeen en
' fnnwd he an state auditor of tbi tat.
John F. Cornell Is tbe firet tate auditor
that ba mad an attempt, and behae
succeeded in collecting several tbouaand
of dollar for tbe year 1808."
, If tbe committee bad detfred to make
a fair report tbey would bare added:
"For tbi be abould be commended," but
Jnetead of tbat tbey eaid: "Ilia attempt
ba been very weak and the etate ba
unquestionably Buffered by It" There
waa no evidence submitted upon wblcb
to baa tbia slur.
Llchty eeeine to bav been a little too
tougb for tbi republican committee. Of
him tbey ay:
"Uchty waa In tbe babit of uelng eaab
out of tb cab drawer ol th Inauranoe
apartasat and depoaiting therefor bl
doe bttta. aad aettlipg for ucb item by
ebeak with Ue etate auditor at the var
ious date of eettlsmeut. Mr. Licbty
toetifleetbat be bad the equivalent ol
aoob amount in the back and thai the
practice waa followed merely lor con
veaienea." -We And that' Hnrouel Licbty waa
partly reepuneibl for aome ol the
groea IrregulariU already pointed out;
on of tbtn we bav meilioued I the
euetoin of retaining fee temporarily. It
la proper to mention aeveral other.
Mr. Uobty urged upon paid eouuty
treasurer examiner tbe advisability ol
tbr anakiag examination of Ineuraaea
ompaatea, II also urd ooe ol tUe
elate Jaaltor to nure the eoatract fur
lawk lug booh aad revenue b'aake to be
blpp4 Irom the auditor' olflca, lie
weal to lb Urie Irom a desire to
upplaat Palm and 1'rica. Ill attitude
Iowa! tbb double employ meat waa
Jualiaabt,"
Wba tbey earn to the jlat ol lb
what matte lb eemmittx Had ia re.
, gard to ( Wall a Mhiwai
"Twer etauailtts, after rlslly ia
veattgatiaa tb eraiiwoav la IhUea,
Kt Nor 'i (IUll M'H lull U
I'atJii llUb-Mr
The aaly this the euaimlttese
fivaeli tor le mutate la judgtweal aad
pour avae ia the ) putetmeut ol hi ax
Wtaate, be leg the Very (blags Ike lade
eadal bMviilktMKl,
Tbe latbe4t eaaaut hlppiat
tag with prkle" l the eourae ll baa far
ae la let mallet imea ta wrf a4a.
leg. It e aee it rva4wt thai it
the Mr a la the et, hy will l4
ItwaiMfdat all iinmm, aad tby
bav m leettaaey la fwijla ) iw
vtilamaaM' tbe new rgr4iaaf lMg
that baHi arwaad the eUi ati4,
If tb tea apsMiaied a aVil.
eetaMea ba ever aa4 a reptt ibe lad
pendent ha never beard of It. Tbat
committee wae appointed with a great
flourish of trumpet, but at tbelr very
flret aeeelon tbey thought it beat for
tbem to retire into "inocuou desue
tude," aud tbey did It. While there waa
mall deficiencies in variou fundi
amounting In ell to about 16,000,tbflr
were larg unexpended balance in
other, o (bat in fact Instead of there
being a deficiency there wa a aurplue,
aud tbe republican; dropped the Inreati-
gatlon a though it wore a hot poker.
Of tbe committee appointed to Inre
tigule tho various Invtltution one of
tlietn vleitfd tbe penitentiary and came
buck witb a report tbat it was In x-
cedent condition, tbe priaoners healthy
tbe discipline good, and tho warden
very efficient ofliwr. If tbey made a r
port on any other Inatitution it baa not
been given to tbe public, Tbey probably
came to the conclusion that there woe
no politic In it,
It I when we come to tbe inveatlga
tion of (be supreme court tbat offlcful
rottenness began to appear In chunk
large enough to weigh down a battle
ship. Tbe way tbat the supremo court
has been appointing wives, daughters
sons, sons-in-law, brothers-in-law, and
other relative wa known to all tbe
populist wbo read this paer, but tbat
one of tbe judge should be accused of
being an embexxler wa a surprise, and
the republican wbo were so eager to in
vestlgate, began to wish ibat tbey bad
never beard of tbe Investigation. Tbe
crime was so grave and tbe proof wo o
overwhelming that the committee could
not pll on whitewash enough to bide tbe
corruption from eight. Bo tbey reported
a follows:
"First -On December 81, 1804, Judge
T. h, orval, one of tbe Judge of tb su
preme court, received the warrant, no,
91,841, from tbe state auditor for bis
salary for tbe fonrtb quarter of 1894,
amounting to I6J.6. Oath same day
tb warrant wa left witb J. S. Hartley,
then state treasurer, wbo advanced to
Judge Norval tbe face ol said warrant,
aid Hartley stating at the time tbat tb
fund to ad re need were hi own private
fund and so believed by Judge Norval,
and said warrant wa retained by Dart
ley as security for ealrt ao vance. alter
ward, on October 15, 1898. upon notic
from tb state treasurers offlee tbat
aid warrant bad been reached in tbe
regular order for payment, tbe earn waa
paid in full, tb said Hartley retaining
tb amount previously advanced and
Judg Norval receiving tb balance, be
ing tbe interest tbereon, amounting to
$84.03."
Tbentb republican member of tb
committee added tbat there waa no In
tenlional violation of tbe law. On tble
committee tber wa a minority repre
entative, (on tbe Cornell committee there
wae no pop to make a minority report)
and be proceeded to report tb fact in
tb case a follow:
Dut the roost serious developments
brought out by the testimony before
your committee affectJudge Norval. It
appears from bis own admissions as well
as Irom documentary evioenoo louna in
the record, that tbe state treasurer
Joseph 8. Hartley, on the 8 let day of
December, 1HU4, accepted from Jndge
Norval bla salary warrant for the last
quarter of 1 804, 1 n tbe au in of 1025, and
ibat tb state treasurer paid Judge Nor
val therefor the face of tbe warrant.
Tbia warrant, owing to tbe condition of
tba general loud, wa not payable for
about tn and a balf months after tbe
date of such advancement Tbe check
by which tble money wa paid wa
signed by "J.H. Hartley, etate treasurer,
by O. M. Hart let t, deputy," and waa de
livered to Judge Norval, wbo held It In
bl poeeeaeloa some two daya, and then
personally presented it to the First
National bank of Lincoln, on wblcb it
wae draws, aud it waa paid. When tbe
warrant became payable some tea
month after the transaction tual re
tilted, the state treasurer delivered to
Judge Norval a chrck for 134.03, tbia
check being lr tb interna! due on tbe
warrant in question, i bis cneck wa
also sinueJ It J. K. Hartley, treasurer.
and by O. M. Hart let t, bla deputy.
"On ol two vooeiueion must loiiow
from theea fact. Tbeea eberk ebowed
uuoa tbeir lara that tbey were draw
aeiuet tbe state fund oa deMMlt la Ibe
Firel National bask ol UbimiIh. Is
true J dge Norval aay be did not ao
Ik Ibe oigaalura oa the elieeka. Tbe
Milaurtlv ol your eommUts U aaable o
aMpl this Btalsweat ol Judg Norval
and mast roooiade thai be ba turguiiea
tbatiMl. Jadge Nurvai Is a laajsf id
ability, lie bae bad aiaay sare eir
ettwe oa la Jiif eH'lMiriu tu b.
He la aetteloMK la eiawla earNlty
ngJ para plaml bKre bim, Vha
tlM!h.t ke were ealv4 aiiu.se atiMl
bava aulHwl bow Ihsy wr ol-wl,
Nt oaly Ibai.bal lb law km
tlb autk lbs ebetle ea-
lalesd, a e Wara lrtm bt a opiatoa
lit tbaeae id lUMWr vs. tbe MHla.
la tbal , lb wsrtaal la utkia
bad wrtitea anta He ! Ibe
wr To ribe Ibe e,elea
luad,' Thai aarraal tea la J. N. Perl.
br. aot as stale trvftsar, bal la but la
4ikUl rttlr . l wa aoibisg
iaiel. la u h Ibe t bswwt.1 Na
tKtaat aaabt! ia,bl (sral
l, Ibat PerlWy d4 aw bat (be ml
utl i tieepl Ibe latal Ibal M
a drata retotbure lb ebleg
"l radia4 Ibal, Jds Nurvai
aw tb ktMlM laaaai la biipia
Ua wbkb taa4ea Is ni'tsiua il Ibe
ewM '.Nof wa lb kaab aa "teaoeeal
purchaser" within the meaning of that
term as applied to commercial paper, in
asmuch as tbe warrant disclosed on its
face, the purpose and object for which it
wae drawn, and the bank wo bound to
know, at its peril, tbat the defendant
bad no title to tb instrument.' Tbe
sarao must bold true with reference to
tbe present case where the check is ad
mltted by Judg Norval to show on it
face tbat It wa drawn against state
funds, and he 'was bound to know at bis
peril' that h wa receiving state funds
if be chose to accept it. Following tbi
line of reasoniug, the conclusion must be
that Judge Norval did see tbe signature,
did know thnt the check was drawn
against etate funds, and knew that tbe
money ho received tbereon wa state
funds. If, therefore, the transaction oy
which be received the check for 1025 on
tbe 8 tat day ol December, 1804, I to bo
treated as a loan, a he says It wa, be
Is guilty of knowingly receiving a loan
of state funds from tbe state treasurer
for bis own use and benefit, and thus he
aided and abetted in converting the sum
of f 025. and under bis own decision in
the cnxe of Mills vs. tbe Htate, became
himself an embi zzler of state funds,
"If, however, we are to trout ths tran
suction wherein be received the 0025 a
a payment of the warrant, then he was
not entitled to receive nny interest on
the warrant, and the payment to and
receipt by bltn of tho check for n.oJ
as Interest on the warrant were illi gal
aud constituted embezzlement on bl
part.
"I reurret that I must coma to this con
elusion, but under tb evidence and the
decision of tbe supreme, court of this
stat tber can b no escape. People
may look with some Indulgence on viola
tionsof the plain letter of tbe law by
men not versed In .enrol matters and nn
familiar witb the provisions of tbe stat
utes, but when these violation are met
witb on tb part of member of the high
est court of tbe state, tbattfuct In itself
is sufficient to call for speedy rebuke and
impartial Justice. Judge Norval ba
been chief fustic of tb eupreme court
and for more than nine year a member
of tbat court. HI conduct baa been In
excusable and tber can bono palliation.
This house should have no hesitancy in
applying tb constitutional remedy.
''From tbe evidence adduced before tbe
committee it appear tbat Judg Norval
la guilty of felony. Hut It la not neeea
ary tbat tbi bouse And bim so gulity
in order to Impeach bim. Tb constitu
tion provides tbat 'all civil officer of
tnis srata snail be liable to impeaenmeni
for any misdemeanor in office." Tbat
Judge Norval baa been guilty of a mis
demeanor ia clear and tba minority of
your committee therefore recommend
tbat tb noua entertain tb following
reeointlon: - ,.
" 'Resolved, Tbat article of impeach
meut be prepared and presented to tbe
district court judge of tbia tal,sitting
a a court of.iinpeochmeot, as provided
by law, lor misdemeanor to omce, agaioet
T. Ij. Norval. associate justice of tb an
prein court.
J OHM U. DHOIK.
But tb republican of tb house with
one exception voted to atand by Judg
Norval and thiejembezzlement. Tbat ia
bow much tbat party ba reformed
fnoe the daye when Joe Hartley and tbe
rest of tbem were in control of tbe etate
bouse. Ho Nebraska bad enongh of
tbem?
THE TRUTH AT LAST,'
A aistomeat ef a Regular Who Has Mot
Paesed Uader the Kye of a Ceasor.
Fort Worth, Tex., April B.-l)r. Chartee
Ilarrle, of the medical department of
tba Uoited Ktaiee army, who passed
through here enroute to Washington
from tbe Philippine, told a remarkable
tory of tb condition ol th soldier of
tb Philippines. II said tbat many of
tbe soldier are disheartened over tbelr
pbysicial condition, tbat they deliber
ately make targets ol thsmselvea for th
enemy 's guns. Harris asserted tbat tbe
report of th ueellent health of th
troop were false.
AGAINST PLUTOCRACY
aaatber MlaUter Jelaa Wtta Merraa aad
Lavrlaterla nbta Ibe Side ml
ba twmt,
A U1WI waa eipTMeed. la tbe last leeu
ottbeladopradsat Ibat Ibeeburvb would
throw off lbs loemnbu ol Imperialtem
aad theaervlea uf pltiWw-raey aad tbal
would rle oul of Ibe rank to lead
lh people to a higher aad teller Id
tbaa lb worship ol tb golds call
T be arlkle t hardly la prlal before
oa aftM where Waal expert!, a pro.
Immu la eoetoWj la It kMU-r'e Chi
ago aalversity sa l burM a hilipi
agtiiel tbe wtrbipper of maatmua
bal ritle oasof ibe J , o IUrrita
aid Wtad-ll 'blllpMi, Tb atnat ea-
ralug Ibisg abwvl ll Ibal II
aa delivered, la aa aeahy td u,i-
lelere, Ibe IUt k lli rwebrreae ol tb
Mlbvil ebereb, aa4 a reeeivsd tlb)
twd ol applause. The tkr wa
lUv, .V. W, all, K 0, Mor wl
bU41 la k Ibkagti aaiwreity,
Tbe addreea wa la pari aa kitluaet
Tbeeavll eislsiw la wbhb lite
aad ue aad hear M leeu bad
imhI eaa ll tbe laatty, la Ibks aa
id e-iNilWd stsnwnti' wearegsiiiiw
m lb Ibialt il Iba ms tvielUMit
lees of ma"t oirby Ibal btUif
ba Iba tar rud4. Tbal eaiiial
Ira st abab mui ol e dtrettiy or iwdu
rectly get our bread and butter la be
come the most undemocratic, Inhuman
and atheistic of all the heathen divini
ties. It breeds children but to devour
tbe bodies of some, tbe soul of others
aud to put out tbe spiritual eyesight of
tbe rret. Tbe socialistic Indictments of
our civilization are essentially sound.
Mind, I do not say the remedies are
sou nil, but tbe Indictments are true."
Following this professor Hmnll out
lined the science of sociology and com
mented on its power for good, while
holding that it I yet In It infancy, a a
science, though of world-long, age In
practice; then he continued:
"There are clouds on tho social hori
zon already bigger than a man's band,
foretelling chances of which no one Is
wise enough to predict tb end. If pres
ent tendencies continue It will not bo
long before the men whoso business Is to
communicate Ideas will be gagged by
those who publish ideas, and the pub
lishers will be shackled by the mikere of
of paper, and the pnper manufacturer
will be held up by the transportatlpa
lines, and tho transportation corpora
tion! by the producer of steel, and tho
Industries by the coal oerators, and
the caul miners by the oil producers,
and the oil magnates by the stove mak
ers, and the cook-stove men by thesuuar
trust, and the sugar Interests by Wall
street, and the stock brokers by the
labor unions, and they by the farmers,
and the farmers, lod help them, by
everybody.
"1 am not throwing tbe dust of my
library In your faces, but ' if you heed
the symptoms from bank and office,
factory and railroad headquarters ana
daily press you have discovered that
the very men wbo made these combina
tions are beginning to be frightened at
their shadows. These very business men
wbo claim a monopoly of practical
'horse sense' have involved themselves
and all of u In a grim tragedy. Tbey
are asking in a quiet way bow it Is all
going to end.
"Whether tbey realize ir or not, out
vision of freedom I passing into tb
eclipse of universal corporate compul
sion iu tb Interest of capital. Tbe
march of human progress is getting re
duced to marking time in the lock step
of capital'e chain gang. It would mak
infinitely mors for human weal if every
dollar of wealth wa cleaned of tb earth.
If we could have fnetead, industry ana
homes and Justice and love and faith,
than to be led much farther Into tb
devil's dance of capitalism."
Tb condition of affairs so vividly de
scribed by FrofcMor Small i jut what
every economist In tbe wbole world aald
would occur, whn thy united In pro
testteg against tbe John Sberfflaa and
bank of England scheme to demonetize
eilver. Not a thing ba happened tbat
tbey did not foretell. Every one of them
inaieted tbat tba result would be to ao
ooooentrat capital In tba hand of tb
bw tbat the vary foundation of eocioty
would be shaken. Tbey all pointed to
tbe effect that the sam policy bad pro
dnoedlo Eogland when tbat country
went to tba gold atandard. Tbey, re
ferred to tbe record of It in Sir Archi
bald Allison's standard history. Hut
tbeir warnings were not heeded. Tb
republican party went on in Ite devilish
work. Tb leader nbaided tb press,
tbe nnlversities and tb church. Tbe In
evitlble bos come, and in exactly tb
way tb economists said It would.
HONEST MONEY MEN
The desire of tbe gold ring which have
robbed the people of tbeir prosperity
and weighted the republio witb a moo
strous bonded debt to label themselves
honest-money men" reminds oos of tb
pbarisees of old, wbo for a pretenc
made long prayers in public and en
lanred tbelr pbtlacteriea while they do
voored widows bouses, and the terrible
deouociatlon of thoea brooch tec by th
great Galilean wa not more applicable
tnan la th;ame to tbe men wbo seek to
Increase ibe misery of tb luduetrlal mil
lions, continue stagnation of business,
and add to th wretrbedne the
wealtb-oreatora by playing into tbe
bands of tb world' octopus, aad who
to divert attention from their criminal'
Ity label themselves honeat money men.
WHAT A TRUST DID.
Tbe following from a La wrenee, Kan-
a, paper shows tbal tba people of that
Iowa bava beea brought face In face
wilb IS or liege ol a trust aad ba
also ba ehoen how loly tbelr eoa
greaaataa, Howereucb, waa la loaeb
a lib tba trust latareste, Tb article
aye:
Tb big ablet h ol Ik roaaolidated
Parh Wire anil! l,k M tb last Urn al
4 uVI.h h U aabt, Ibe a 11 shut do
al mtdaigM, lb baads were Uld off, Ibe
lflMi id tilet dkMMtattau!, aad
Ibe mill wae r etivt etna!, Tbi le
lb rl ul lb trust pu-he td Ibe
Sil t ut uwh aju, aud areul that
baa U Isansd by et;tu atae Ibe
taMxa ifi aad Wlr eotiuay k
earn tb .
p lb t-lutiag of Iba big tdaal
ataf baad are lbria oat euiMy
, aad a auiUr will aUtmaiWi
b-ai lb em, Ibossb esaay b at
a lived hfss aad will ru habit try la
4 swawlblsg eltw la da la stiati
Ibie aa lb buss. Tb a bav Ml
Ihst wae , aa I Iba abut doaa al
Ike atiU dwa at tale tb) by earprbss,
aa baada bate ba Uk dt every ab
b Ira I ba bad eberg oj Ibe
Will,
'iMgieew.aa W,asub aa4 I a
th mill and while be would not join the
trust he did something which wae equiv
alent when he sold bis plant to tbe com
bination. 11 Ie men have lost their jobs,
but Howersock ba got cash value tor
tb plant and baa a seat in congres
where b can help protect th million
aire who are throtllng the whole coun
try by tbelr organised greed."
There are a lot of folio if in Lawrence
who still keep voting the republican
ticket because Jim, Laue and. Old John
Hrown helped to lick the border ruffians,
Tbat is tho reason that tbey voted for
Howersock and got oue of tbeir Indus
tries destroyed.
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
There b a been a general mlssappre
beuson of tbe importance of tbe agricul
tural college attached to tb university.
It bo been thought even by some mem
bers of tbe legislature that It wa a ort
of a uselosM attachment without atten
dance and a waste of approbations.
All this bos come about for want of In
formation. The enrollment of student
In the Industrial college today Is a little
larger than for all deparments of t he
whole University In tb year 1880-90,
tbat Is, lust eight years ago, when there
wore 474 students all told. If we ex
amine the figure showing tb enroll
ment of student In th freshman, sopb-
omoie, junior, and senior classes In tb
Industrial college, we And again tbat
there are today more in these classes
than there were In tbe earn classes for
tbs wbole University aix years ago, in
1U01.fl, uh , k nftlvu.al , m Mtn mni man ,
showed bpt 307 against 295 today lor
the Industrial college. I Hess figure in
dlcate aulte clearly thtrong growth of
this college and show tbat during tb
period in wblcb th University baa been
making such remarkable atride, th
Industrial college baa not lagged behind.
WHO ARE ANARCHISTS?
Editor lodapaadantt
I wlb soma good republican would
tell me wbo are tb aaarobleta. W pop
ulist have been called anarch lt and
other pet name becau w do not bav
very much respect for our courts. Now
If our sneering friend will tall ua why w
abould respect our court, aad ucb
reason prov good and valid, tbaa I,
for one, will bow tba knee to th gnat
mogul wbo Interpret th law to pleas
those wbo give tbm tba largest rafca-off.
If yon fleet a ditbonest attorney to tb
uprem oonrt will it make bim honastT
If a oprm court judg I guilty of a
erim tbat would nd m to tba peni
tentiary if I committed it, abould w
but our ya and aay nothing abont bia
bonor(?) for fear of contempt?
I It not more contemptible for u to
ay nothing than for ue to class him
among bis kind aa a rascal.
Governor Poynter did a grand, good
thing when b vetoed tb bill continuing
tb supreme court commission. Our
governor, although a small man physic
ally, seems to Oil tb executive chair a
well as any governor we ever bad. If be
could knock out tbe entire court, and
put ia a little honesty alongside Judge
Sullivan, then we could get a littl jus
tice. I may be an anarchist, and in
soms respects I am, for from personal
observation 1 know that th majority
of our court judges are disbobeet, and
unreliable. If a man ia poor b cannot
set fair treatment troni a court wben
hi opponent ia a rich maa. I am only
a farmer, but sometimes wonder how, if
those commissioner were earning tbelr
salt, and tbelr opinion were ol any
value, did two judges deciJo a case not
long since adversely to tba three com
mlasioner and on jostle. If tboee
commissioners were doing inch won
derful tblog and war of eo much help
to tbe court, why did two of tb judges
turn tbem down? In most things ia lite
ll la supposed tbat fonr men have more
braina than two, Oue commissioner
say Ibat t could earn seven or eight
thousand dollars a year ia bis praetkw
If bs was aot a member of tb court.
Now, be waaappninted for all years, and
eatil (iirov I'ujete forgot to sign
a eerlsia bill, our aortby eooimteeioeer
wa willing to sit aad play second fiddle
al a salary ol $J,SO0 per year aad sever
Bad aay la 1 1, II our larmer goveraor
should appoint wa to som ottkwaad I
could sera tbr IJma lb salary of lb
otttee bre oa my farm, woald you ao
all me a loot for avpilg lb appoiat
meat. A littl cbap aoturtaty woa'i
III aa amply stomach.
W will try next tall to put anotber
boaeelmaawa lb supreme beach aad
have eon work don aad eborter vaea
1Mb lor I ho bard-wurblag attoraty.
M. M. II til lit,
Uatrall'ity, Nb.
BUG EATERS IN CHICAGO,
Uaaeailur UatUaa Wli, Mareb Hlsl,
luf tbteago, wbsr b will atlsadlb
aaaaal .teg of Iba Nwrtbassiwa A
eeialHa tl I'tdWgr aad rWoadary
Hvboid, Al Ibia Iim Iber aiii aUa b
a wewtlf (4 lb gradaal a4
aiatWat id Iba I eltiy id Nbrala
rdig la fbtMigo, btd al Iba laiofia,
bolst, al a hi lae a tlsMma Awt-
tiaa aiil lrMd, A rptfc will
labeWa lUla.day eaieg. AwH I.
itkai b 4 '. I baawlW U
I , ;t baariivf eaa. id, t. IUgl
ilsary I). l-iaii,rb,aa4 'rolss
riMi I ua4 a III b mti, l b
p.llsla vtisspMeed id Jaiae J, jr,
tleatf H. lUba, aad Mary A, lUe
IT
HAS
GLIMMERED OUT
The 26th Seulon Nebraska Legisla
ture Enda Iti Daya la Disor
der and Diaruption.
BEOOBD OF BROKEN PLEDGES
Big Appropriation Steala-Tradei
and Jobi-Diaaantlona-Ez-s"'
poiura of Party Linen.
A Plctur of ltActlons,
Tb closing hours of tb 20th toeslon
of tb Nebraska legislature were marked
witb more cureless and recklossnes. In
attention, extra vagence and booty, ball
considered action than any previous sea-,
sion for a dozen years, if not longer.
No review of the session would b com
plot without a picture of the closing
scene and tb cause that advanced
them. It ia tb purpose oi thl sketch
to first present this plojture and then tbe
story of tbe session.
Adjournment bad been set for noon on
Friday, March 81st'. When this data
waa fixed, every experienced legislator
knew that it was a physical Impossibil
ity to each an adjournent at tbat tins.
Every careful man In both bousss kn
tbat It wa impossible to consider tba
appropriation bills, let aloe tb numer
ous other Important bills, without at
least a week more of work. Tot tb res
olution for adjournment waa adopted
by a larg majority in both bousss.
Tber were reason for tbi. In th Crab ,
place the republican leader bad ot
tbeir leadership, and, disgusted with CI
rations In tbir own rank, wer only
anxious to get away from tb Mean of
tbelr disappointment and fallara. Tt
populist and fusion mmber thotxt '
the chance of gatting good legtiaCss
through too remote to atay aad f "it
for In a legislature organised agsiub
than, and knw that tbey vera asa
chargeable with th defcy is eonskfarb-j
appropriation bill, kri tby wst
ready to adjourn. Aad, f nil.'y, fomrr
ful aorporatioa later t, Li tY ilr 'j
yard and iaaaraaa aocpaxta a
aasiona to ai jours ao aa to preveat 1'J.m
tney wr opposaa to irom ever aoosr
to a vot. So th adioaramnt prvaik- '
ed at a time whoa ta nau waa fc7
two wasks behind la It aieawary moix
and th acfivomiation bla were ic
ed upon that body without coaat&r
tion in oommiite, ana arzzo urosa .
In a baphaaard haata that uttrly pre
vented InUlllgrat action.
Tb greater part of th last three daya
the bouse waa either an nneontrollabla
mob or a room full of empty seat. Old
member, both republican and populist,
declared tbat tbey bad never aeon a
body posseeasd of such reckless IndiSer
erence a tbi on.
It was impossible for th speaker or
tb chairman of tb committee of tba
whole to keep even tb semblance of
order. Half tb member deserted tbeir
sent and either smoked clgara ia tb
cloak rooms or talked aloud to each
other in th aisles with utter indiffer
ence to th Important business being
transacted.
Th boos "appropriation eombia" :
wae not Idle at tbia time. Hill after bill
voting great aum of public money went
through In tbe mldat of all tbi uproar.
Hcaroely one failed to pass by good ma
jor! tiea in tbe house. Tb way tbi waa
accomplished I a good Illustration ol
what follows scattering a larg number
of stats instltntions over a stats. Oa
of tbem, perhaps, need a new building.
It can get it by combining Ita vote
with tboa of a doaea other. Tb oonv
blnatloa I mad and Inatead of oaa
building; th state la taxed to build halt
adosenmore. Tber baa never beea a
Nebraeka legislature whom "trad" baa
beea such aa open practice upon tba
door as ths one luat adjonraad. Tber
baa aot lacked a larga number ol eoa
seieatlous, careful mea oa both sides ol
tb tons wbo riuMt to make mercaaa
die ol tbeir judgmeat, but that duM awl
damag tb truth ol tb aseertloa Ibal
trading ba beea tba opea aad aolor
hjus practice apoa lb loor aa wU aa la
lb lobby al tbw assaioa.
rair wad aad basael tbrowiag a
Wglalatlv dlvereioa tbal aaaaily mark
tba laat lew boar ol a sswatoa wbaa all
lb balaa baa beea iios of aad
Iber m aolblag to do bal wall tor tba
e roll tag elerba wp etair to ruapieU
Ibstr wirb tw-aa la lb bouea a early
aa Taewlay. t root tbat tint oa. lb
await a bo arowi ia addra lb ebatr.
rteked bl bead a aU a bla vote. Ha
aaagrvM alia drW illa el "mad
Ml luudsi!" as4 VulWj id well aianed
Mpr wade wita aa ocvaHaai wata
baakel o boaad buuk aai4 throega
tba air la bia d.rwiHa. Maay lio
bsa latMaUal bM was htr tb
boas lb ruout wuaJ4 b I'M wtta
tigar sMiba, lu-l ol lilag pap,
keiid,,tui.-il K.a.Utt" ab.U ia lb
wtdst ol ll a t lb tbairaiaa waa 14
pwa4 asiagly with b vl aa
beard In tb aimwr, aa4 WoaM bs Iba
atewtlmta la kp orbe.
'iri lbs U dwordetiy da ansa
latraiig dte r at ribtiaa
asrrel Wad tsa lb guas. lb
Wiise bMrting bira tb rpb.aa lae
lHa bb Uoa (a a 4aa aaty atr
mm, la oaa ol ibtsa 4m Paraa.
r.utdteaa wMbe Irwa Laaeaaler,
dWtr4 la rpu ta ebar-w v4 bnb
rjr ibal lb aiy atiewvy w n
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