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VOL. XII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 1 ,3, 1900.
NO. no.
MESEflVE REPORTS
KumM fctW 1U fai4 fT, l-ry
i.llr 4 tr T Milti f
Afrat for.
fp to the rst of January iL ip
tiiitts will BiCMf tli fiU4U.'i;l af
fair of tai state. Aft-r t:..it t
ill l- turar-d tr to tb r.'y ib.;t
rbUi tar 4J-.t cf a-a.rlr : tnilt'u
at dollar danag tair last f-- tr y-rs
f XWrT. Tb JrIIc U Ord-!"d U'i
tho-y xsust fce wkat tay ord i . '- -Ttr.ei.-i-S
tio df us who ::..' -d to
rr- tLe tlaf f;oia th- bsad i th
republican rob-is, will alv. v. !.wk
:th :if3't'.oa upos tb ri: t'.at
e T abir to accomplish I ion
of It ith ESare prid than t hand
ling ! tL tat saaair "v .T t--:t
v rlV4 to tit 4jSl.ce. ';.-- follow -.ac
i a I fiaal rtport ad y hon
i man ia lL lt will . wdl
dor, ttoi good and faithful - n int."
To Hi ErUacy. Wij';uru A.
I'oyatr. Gy-raor Sir: "
pilar.? wit a wrtioa 22,
th coattitatSoa. 1 hav t-
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of tats 4-prtE3ct. ho .t;, .
trasifera. from Ik-eerabf-r 1 i'
N"o-ribr . '. Inclusive
lUiaiwe as Itr report of
11'' -
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Tot! .
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30. 1W -t "I 2
SCHOOL APPORTiONM KNT.
la arrordaar with taction !:-;.'
r cf lb? ?tatut- wai'-h
prtril-9 fur d:-tri!'-tu.n of t? -
;-ip!rary hLoo! fund oo th th!
vicEdir ta M?y iiid tlf tir&t Monday
n l-m) r. l antouct of raory) n
L" t-xorary xliwl fund will 1 r-ii-d
to th ttat- suirictftidni on
JrJ of 'E.Uf a ad Iid out d-it-tb:
tnosth. Tbi law should b
sr:-rl.-J v tat tl.' &Mortiomu--nt
!.fiT 5 :id- in April and ih xcWr
. i of M.'.y aj-.d ltirtfr. Th
-ir r.d'i N'uTefTir SO, and th
, r a ti'tii iil r :jrt i and at
! 'it1. If thf a-5-'ii.mri tit wis
A:rii and frtotr it vould !
p tfJ-ad of tl: CR-al
. ,r 2r.l r rfr"r5T rflrt'l. Ax it is
r - ; -.ri of t!.t L-'iainf.- lup- over
. n t! r. x rrri.
Th UjdJ !nd-?it-dri-t of th- s-tat"
"-h!it ! n atir-lr ij.i1. 'hfi now
n th- inklnr f".nd $.13!3 which
. trar rn I t' h en-ral
f-jtd r. 1 autbnrlty pi ta th t't
r"jrT lo !.: tfi-r ', -dit this fund
o tb. r-ril fund It con's in
from tL c uuaty trsur-rs in pay
r:i nt ;f !i?t-s. Tbr i no 1 y !-iiiK
o;.fl- fot the tlaiin; fund, 5-ut ihr'
i t'AU fon du from hit). i.te.
7r ! f:r,2rv in th tr-rii-v
l-ad fuadl Tbis raoay ari. f tti
jr.t cf iandu wMca wr -t -tssd1
for the bulldias of tfce palt-ntury :
small tracts of fas J laads 1. v.- nct
n MM and tber should ! autl.o
ity gir-n to either traasfr tb laad
tn the retool o u?e this xaoay at iiifr
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i s i:y. If. tocer. tLe ri-g
j ua t j ,3Cy H?una. It includes the passage of the
tal w:i! Filr vz-lun thai doe subsidy bill the increase of the
f r J t? tiding array to compoit with the
T,e rixtzz a tt TA tat'-ffactfos.' imperialistic tendencies of the admln
Tt. laif-adat l.i t..-a pi:l,eJ; istration and increased ajpropriation
fr tvdt t'zr Is Uts-rcla &sx1 any l,,;lls- 1'n Nicaragua canal bill will
tcka tr'tt ia the c!f wj'i tey prcbaily not be parsed and the whole
, ., .r ttM.. . . "'. raDee of legislation will undoubtedly
t.r r ;na.l.wtr. In c.oi.r. la Uvor of the spociai corporate In-
J i "A ierry Ctriitnas. . thirst which furnished tho money for
jcprrjlc; the recent national election."
ilirrefivxa for the improvement of the
! nitutlary. I talleci attention to
tins ia ray las, report, !ut tlje lerisla
it r, look no action thereon and the
n;o -icy is still accumalatinR and can
'iot be for any purpose unless
Hit leei.sliture dos act thereon.
Ia ray Ii.-d rcimrt wv still had J153.--i7..'I
of st;te bonds. Thee have been
utirely paid, making a total of $468,--''T..;."
paid and r-attcelled during my
two tcrais of ctfice.
W ?-1 ill have a floating indebted-t"-s
o:isi.timr (f warrants drawn on
th- ;.nera! fi'.nd. which arises from
fbe fitt l.iat v1 have a large amount
of lack taxej? Mhlch have not been
collected, tst tsainst which"" war
ti ts iiii v lwn issued. The school
fur.d hold $1,105,762.12 of this
atttount: tn balance, 1.2iS.S6. is
.1"! 1 jv dif! r'tit individuals. The fact
that th m rool fund ha? absorbed
suiii ;t v.t this Roating inuebrcdness has
vi t'jaP;. put )u- tat" upon a cash
Imms a- fi-.r as any ad vantasiii couhl
i- obtained by paying; cash for all
i'iui ha-i ni:;e by the tate for the
nu.nin r 4f the mut institutions, and
'h lo-s to the state from paying the
i:;a-rt i reluc?d to the minimum,
t th intrt ba.-" to the state
, d s d'rtiil.uttd to the taxpayers
.(ib ti.- temporary school fund
I it un!f-s ihfre is a thorough revision
0, ' she i","ivif law there should be an
:ii..hdn:-!it to our present law to levy
".t-n milis for er-eral fund instead
of a- i be present levy does not
- vith the appropriation, and
f f-'io.ihi not only le an effort to
'.() irom fretting into debt farther,
!l' ' .-vdually reduce this floating
1. ' : utitU it ii- all paid up.
Tb.- -tat" has bonds and securities
: -in itivt fct:tient for its educational
M'uU .:un? sating to $4.3o.544.6o. Since
: r !;i.-t rfort we have bought county
.ds to the amornt of $2GS.S'JS.G2. We
' vf bought general fund and univer--':.
nnd warrants tt tlie amount of
;.. jj 2hZ.tu. Making a iota! jnvest
m nt ,n four years of $2.2 45.3oO.7fK I
-aK-d attnt'on in my lat report to
tl.- g;--at diflU ulty in the future to in-s-t
tb" 'durational trus funds under
our p-s-nt law: and unless means are
luken ti ; rn'iil the constitution so
that .mi buy other sec urities than
tie now allowed by law, it will become
i bard, r every year to keep these funds
j invested.
! In my last report I recommended the
reduction of interest upon general fund
I warrants from five to four per cent,
thinking that would make the rate low
; enouzh so that such warrants could be
purchased as investment for these
funds without paying a premium
thereon: but there isu'sa much money
; accumulating in these funds that it
; has been found impossible to keep it
j Invested without paying quite a heavy
j premium for warrants. Inasmuch as
J there will be more money In the fu-
ture to invest than there ha3 been in
the past, I would recommend that the
rate of interest be reduced to three per
I cent. In this connection I hope I may
'Tie pardoned if I should evince some
pride in recalling that when I first
ame into tin- ofiire a f.vp ;); cent war
rant ivas selling at !':! to !i cents on
tin- !ol!ai. and at ris tin a four per
ot warrant command.- a premium of
Of
J.. I- t n,.
I!1. I
U ..- 1,1
.ht. iuu The rate :f interest from
nun- -- iu o;i seneral fund
. r t!iM- has betn a saving to
! -t. ! ir the htst two years of over
'. sT' tbousaivi dl!ars: by requiring
I'- eouaty tiVaurers o rnit each
n o -'t; ir.Ktead .t twice a year as
"oi iii rly ti rr has- been a saving of
:n!M.-t. in th lrr-t ft)ui years, of
-o. : t'l.ni: over seventy tliousand dol
'; r .
aw rcrv
iid, inteiest upon
i; ud- i.-siied lor irrigation purposes
l. paypble at the stnte treas
.: - !' a.d ;-ruinty tiea-tirer are
t- -I to remit to the st it r- treasurer
t l riMues collected for this purpose.
Th.i. i a county matter and not state,
irn! th- l;w should be amended so as
to m.-ike the intcrt-ot payable at the
it: treasurer's oi!Ue the same as
- rem! dt.-trict and precin. t bonds. If
t is -i;. into the state treasurer's
fli. it w ould have to lie over until
tint h-".-s;on of the legislature be
lt could be paid out. as no money
I, pvt. f't of the tjt, tj'asury
o an appropriation by the Iejr-
Son
..a
w'.t'
I's o;er to le:ir away the financial
. K : I found in ttiivoffice when
! ":r" I'.un into it. we charged off
i:sto a ..p a l"d accotmt $73,fi41.33.
Tli iui:!, tb." '.uitirine etfo'TK of Attor
nr; (t-:ierrl Smyth n poition of this
iftpndd ciTonr.t has been recovered
i?i".3iir:! inz to $ !.".7'.H.;7.
r"o: farther d.'fiili I r-rtfully re
f r yoi to thr tabb mai;ine up the
f' maiiider of this repait.
I -i cotnlustOi'. I wsh to repeat what
! ad in my list report, "that I
? "nm'.d mt .'how a prop r appreciation
of giKd t ork done if l Jid iiot say that
th satisfactory conduct of this office
! in a large measure due to my office
for e who have li-en efficient, prompt
and loyal at alt times during the past
to jan." UespectfuJly submitted,
J. tt. MESKRVE, State Treasurer.
Hanna'sWcr'd Law
"iiator Teller when he arri'ed In
W'a'hiiifton was besieged by .-"porters.
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jn.itSe? uixMit him. The senator is
comlDcrd that tne methods of the
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'h ri''''''i' session or congress. He
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THE STANDING ARMY
According to Mr. Mull it Is to Supersede
th Courts and "Will Maintain Order
and Knforce Authority.
In the few hourj3 that congress was
permitted to discuss the bill that re
volutionized the military system of the
United States, putting our reliance
hereafter upon the barrack-drilled
regular soldier, instead of the volun
teer who has heretofore defended lib
erty and won the glorious victories
of the past, there appears the follow
ing speech of Mr. Cox of Tennessee.
Mr. Cox said: .
Mr. Chairman: What I may say
about this bill .will be of a general
character. In the few minutes which
I shall occupy I am not going to enter
into a discussion of the details of the
measure. Wrhen the last army bill was
passed through this house, calling for
a volunteer force of 35,000 men. I fore
saw what would be the end. ' WThat is
your proposition now? Let it be dis
tinctly understood by the country. It
is to increase your standing army to
about S6.000. " If any gentleman on
the republican side thinks that I am
making a mistake in my figures, I
will thank him very kindly for a cor
rection. You propose to increase your
standing army to 96,000 men. Now, I
want to ask, what is that done for?
What is the object? What is the
point that you expect to accomplish
by making a standing army of 96,000?
Why, sir, but a short time ago our reg
ular army was down to between 20,-
000 and 25,000 men. I desire to em
phasize the question, and I call upon
some one to answer it. What do you
want with a standing army of 96,000
men? The. question Is unnecessary;
we do not need such an army.
But let me go one steri further on
this matter; and I am surprised that
the chairman of our committee is not
at this moment on the floor, for he is
generally ready to answer everything,
whether he answers it right or not.
(Laughter.) I repeat, Mr. Chairman,
1 want the country to understand the
position of the gentleman. I have no
politics in this matter myself. What
would you want with an army- of 96,
000 men? I wish the chairman of the
committee would tell me.
Mr. Hull: I suppose' the country
will understand, Mr. Chairman, that
we want an army to enforce the au
thority and maintain the power of the
United States of America over every
foot of soil that belongs to the United
States and is under its jurisdiction.
(Mr. Cox: I am glad to hear the gen
tleman.. Then, . you , must . have an
army, let us say, of 96,000 men to en
force the authority of the United
States over every foot of territory that
you assume to control. I hope the
question is squarely put now before
the house and before the people. Now,
in this connection, I want to ask the
chairman of the committee if, under a
former bill, when he called for 35,000
volunteers, he did not say that it was
plenty to assert the jurisdiction of the
United States and to enable it to exer
cise control over every foot of terri
tory that congress claimed jurisdic
tion over. I want to meet this face to
face. I do not want any sophistry
about the matter. Let us come down
to the plain question. WThat do you
want with such an army?
Now, Mr. Chairman, I have waited
for a reply, but the gentleman seems
to acquiesce in what I have just said,
and he does not give me much trouble
in hfs responses. But let us under
stand the question squarely and hon
estly. Do you intend to increase the
standing army of the United States to
96.000 men we will call it hereafter
100,000 men, for that is more like the
number, and that is what you mean
by the bill do you intend, when you
increase the standing army and I ask
the chairman of the committee on mil
itary affairs to answer me to go into
war with anybody? What do youNwant
with the increase? Who are you going
to fight? (Laughter.) Why, Mr.
Chairman, I get no response. Our
chairman, always so ready on the
floor, seems to be in trouble.
Mr. Hull: I did not understand the
inquiry of the gentleman" from Ten
nessee, my attention having been tem
porarily attracted.
Mr. Cox: Well. I will make it so
plain that you cannot misunderstand
it.
Mr. Hull: Well, you will have to he
very plain indeed.
Mr. Cox: I intend to be. I do not
deal in sophistry. I make the inquiry
plainly. If you increase the army to
9U.000, what are jou going to increase
the army to 96,000 men for? What
are you going to do with them?
Mr. Hull: Well, I will state to the
gentleman that they will largely take
the place of the hundred thousand" men
our friends on the other side aided to
give us in the last two or three years.
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Mr. Cox: Oh, well, now, there Is no
dodging about that. (Laughter.) Let
me see if 1 understand the thing prop
erly. You increase the army to :36,Ooo
men the regular army. Now what
are you going to do with them? yho
are you going to fight? Who ar you
going to whip? (Laughter.)
Mr. Chairman, it seems that gen
tlemen in charge of the bill are ab
solutely void of an answer. What ia
the matter with our chairman.
(Laughter.) -
But I will come to a question that
is plain and tangible and about which
there can be no dodging. The chair
man knows that I do not believe in a
regular standing army of 96,000 men.
Well, if you have a standing army of
96,000 men or 100,000 men, whom are
you going td fight? Is any man ready
to tell me whom is going to be fought
by this army? Who is fighting us now?
Give us an honest, common-sense rea
son and a. fair answer to the Inquiry.
Whom are you going to fight? (Laugh
ter.) Get up in your place and say
that you have a proposition for aii
army of 96,000 men to fight somebody,
and tell us whom it is that you are go
ing to fight. (Laughter and applause. I
Well, what is the matter with you over
there? (Laughter.) Mr. Chairman, I
have got it pretty near to a point,
evidently. I repeat the inquiry asaln;
the gentleman can not escape it. If
you want an army of 100,000 or 96,00(1
men, call it as you please, whom are
you going to fight? (Renewed laugh
ter and applause.)
I heard Speaker Reed say one thing
which struck me forcibly at one time.
He is a man that I have a great deal
of respect for a man of genius, and
intelligence., and judgment. He said
to us over here, "I pity you poor fel
lows; you don't know what to say."
Now, what in the world is the matter
with you gentlemen over there?
(Laughter.) Whom are you agoing to
fight?. (Applause.) Now, I never was
in favor of this war against the Fili
pinos. My record shows how I stood;
but the country seems to have declared
in favor of it. Gentlemen on the oth
er side, you stand there like a set of
dummies aud will not tell us whom
you are going to fight. (Laughter.
What is the matter with you? If you
are not going to figt.k anybody, what
do you want of an army? I should
like to hear the chairman of the com
mittee on military affairs answer that
question. I ask the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Payne), who is a warm
personal friend of mine, whom aro
you going to fight? Do you want to
catch Aguinaldo?
Mr. Payne: I do not wonder thatj
the gentleman tisks the question, be
cause we have whipped almost every
thing ia sight. (Laughter.)
Mr.' Cox: Well, if you have whipped
everything in eight, what do you want
with an army of a hundred thousand
men? (Laughter.)
Now, Mr. Chairman, I did not In
tend to produce any pleasantry at all,
but it seems to me that the question
which I have asked is one that gen
tlemen cannot answer. Gentlemen may
say I have but one idea, but that is a
better one than a good many men in
this congress have. You want to in
crease the standing army. When you
undertook to Increase the regiments In
the artillery division, I called your at
tention to the fact that you can never
reduce a standing army after you have
once created it.
Whenever the institutions of the
United States are threatened and It is
necessaiy to protect them, give me
the old volunteer soldier, with his own
regimental officers and his own com
pany officers, every time. There never
was a battle fought in the United
States in the civil war or in any of
our foreign wars In which the vic
tory was not achieved by our volun
teers. I am . not afraid of Tennps
seans failing to defend the flag. Wo
hold the proud distinction of being
he banner volunteer state. That means
that the citizens of the United States
are ready to defend their government
whenever called upon. Is there a re
publican over on the other side who
says that is wrong? You connot main
tain the United States as a republican
government without the assistance or
sanction of the volunteers. Talk as
you may, I have no criticisms to make
about our army. It is good to a certain
extent; it is bad to another extent; hut
if I had to fight a war for the United
States, give me the old volunteer..
Even if he had not been in the ser
vice for more than three days I would
depend on him. He would shoot.
Now, in conclusion, I wish to say a
few words. When the last bill was un
der consideration by this house, I
asked my distinguished friend from
Ohio (Mr. Grosvenor) what he wanted
with 35,000 volunteers. He said they
would show us after a while. Now, I
want to know what are you going to
do with an army of 96,000? Whom
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