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THE NEBRASKA II?DEPI3IIDENT
Sept. 25,1902
The rtah - Who
Wears Clothes
WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT
sfj rscx ass
should send his
name and address
by the first mail
and receive by re
turn post a copy of
our Fall and Winter
Catalog with sam
ples of the new
styles of men's and
boys' suits. This will
enable him to see
that we have a money-saving
proposi
tion for him. We do
a mail order busi
ness with hundreds
of other good men.
Why not with you?
MAYER
1005 to ioiq O St., Lincoln, Neb.
ROY'S DRUG
STORE
104 NorthJOth St.
We say "Roy's" drug store as a
matter of fact it is EVERYBODY'S
drug store almost. Roy only con
ducts It, buys and keeps to. sell ;he
goods, and meet and force competition.
Our patrons do the rest. We want '.U.
remind you of seasonable goods, viz
Garden Seeds Conditi - Powders, Lice
Killers, B. B. Poison, Kalsomine,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc.
A Mistaken Idea
Wo make a specialty of all kinds of
Stock and Poultry Foods, etc. Don't
miss us.
Roys' 104 M I Oth
64c
"SPECIALS."
"Time is drawing near. We soon
must hike."
$1.00 Danderine (K. D. C.) 64c
$1.00 Herpicide (Newbro's) 64c
$L00 Cook's Dandruff Tonic ..64c
$1.00 Kinney Hair Tonic .64c
$1.00 Peruna (Genuine) 64c
$1.00 Dr. Mott's -Nervine Pills 64c
$1.00 Dr. Mile3 Remedies. ...... ..64c
$1.00 Dr. Mott's Pennyroyal Pills.. 64c
$1.00 Dr. Pierce's Remedies 64c
$1.00 Cupidine ( Vitalizer) 64c
$1.00 Hood's Sarsaparilla 64c
$1.00 Lyon's Periodical Drops 64c
$1.00 Paine's Celery Compound. . .64c
$1.00 Cramer's Kidney Cure 64c
$1.00 Wine of Cardui 64c
$1.00 "Temptation Tonic" 64c
$1.00 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.. 64c
$1.00 Hem-Roids (Pile Cure) 64c
$L00 Pinkham Compound 64c
$1.00 Beef, Wine and Iron 64c
$1.00 Kilmer's Swamp Root 64c
$1.00 Oregon Kidney Tea 64c
$1.00 Scott's Emulsion 64c
$1.00 Swift's specific (S. S. S.) 64c
RIGQ
Cut Rate Pharmacy
Live
Stock
CATTLE
SHEEP
Commission
(ye & Buchanan Go,,
. SOUTH OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
Best possible service in all depart
ments. Write or wire us for markets
or other information.
Long distance Telephone 2305
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Send $1.00 for trial bottle.
LIQUID ELECTRICITY CO.,
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6. A. R. Encampment,
Washington, I. C, Oct. 6-11
WASHINGTON, D. C, OCT. 6-11.
The Union Pacific and C. & N.-W.
lines will sell tickets at greatly re
duced rates for the round trip to the
G. A. R. reunion at Washington, ,D.
C, October 6-11, 1902. .
For dates of sale, limits on tickets
and full information apply to
E. B. SLOSSON, Agent.
Lincoln, Neb.
Every homeseeker who has visited
the North Poudre district, and ex
amined the irrigation system and lands
offered for sale by The Woods Invest
ment Co. of this city has found every
thing as represented and every one
of them has bought a farm.
A number of well-meaning populists
have formed erroneous ideas regarding
certain phases of the railroad tax
question. Tney have learned from re
publican . papers and believe that a
populist board of equalization cut down
the railroad valuations, and that the
populist board continued to reduce
railroad valuations.
This is a mistake. During the early
'90's railroad valuations per mile were
steadily cut down by the republican
board. For example the valuations per
mile were:
r . Valuation
Year. No. miles. per mile.
18S9 ..............5,031 $5,879.10
1890 . . . ... . . . . 5.15 . 5,788.42
1891 5,418 5,401.47
1892 ........... '...5,465 5,365.74
1893 ...5,535 5.1G2.39
1894 ..5,542 5,040.88
1895 ; . .5,542 4.587.26
1896 5,542 4,587.32
It will be observed that the mileage
kept increasing up to 1893 which, of
course, would have a tendency to low
er the value per mile, inasmuch as
the valuations placed on the new mile
age were lower than the average; but
the board in 1895, consisting of Gov
ernor Holcomb, Auditor Moore and
Treasurer Bartley. made the reduction
of $453.62 per mile over 9 per cent
and this was done by the republican
majority of the board, it being two to
one republican.
In 1897, when the board consisted of
Governor Holcomb, Treasurer Meserve
and Auditor Cornell, the railroad as
sessment was raised $24.91 per mile;
and ir 1898 another raise of $98.47 was
made by the same board. No. change
from the 1898 figures was made in 1899.
The3e are the facts, and they can be
verified by consulting the records.
It is doubtless true, in the light of
our present knowledge on this sub
ject, that the fusion board did not
place the railroad assessment as high
as we believe it ought to have been.
But the matter was not then so well
understood. No convention had stated
a minimum amount which would be
considered proper and just The taxa
tion of franchises was not talked of
then and but little understood. The
board considered that property was
being assessed at about one-seventh of
actual value, and its valuation of the
railroad property would be on the
basis of about $33,000 a mile for the
tangible property certainly a high
enough figure. Another thing must
also be considered: At that time the
Union Pacific was under, and just
emerging from receivership; other
roads were not then making the great
earnings they are now. The recent
western classification had not been
made, whereby freight rates were ma
terially advanced. .
There is not a particle of doubt that
the fusion board did what it consid
ered just in the matter. Conditions
then justified a much lower assess
ment than today; but of course the
board did not then consider the valua
ble franchises. If the question had
then been agitated as thoroughly as it
was this year, and as well understood,
the increase would have been in three
figures at least per mile. It had no
mandamus suit to defend; no "sec
ond answer" to file after being drafted
by a coterie of railroad attorneys.
Populists have nothing to gain to
day by attacking the fusion boards of
equalization during 1897 to 1900. Our
present knowledge of the subject
teaches us that they ought to have
considered railroad franchises and
they would certainly have done so
under such conditions as prevailed this
year. " That is just the difference be
tween them and a republican board:
the latter persists in pressing down
railroad valuations in the face of all
arguments, in spite of mandamus suits,
and with full knowledge of the vast
increase in the value of railroad prop
erty and franchises.
Special Market Letter
Cattle receipts last week were the
heaviest in the history of the yards,
and were generally lower. Three days
this week bring lighter receipts, but
market is temporarily glutted. Prices
for past ten days will range 10c to 50c
lower on grass cattle. Yesterday, we
sold fori Theo.' Torneton, Weston, la..
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Main Office
Lincoln, Neb.
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LINCOLN NEBRASKA
a bunch of grade Shorthorns, fed seven
months, at $7.65. Choice grass beef
shows least decline.
We quote corn-fed beef $6.00 to $8.00,
best heavy range steers $5.00 to $5.40.
high grade stockers and feeders $4.40
to $4.75, fair $3.90 to $4.40, common
or light weights $3.40 to $3.80, choice
fat cews $3.70 to $4.00, good $3-00 to
$3.50, canners and cutters $1.75 to
$2.75. stock heifers $2.75 to $3.00, veal
$4.00 to $6.00.
Hogs declined -30c last week, but
have regained it all. Range, $7.50 to
$7.80.
Sheep receipts still heavy. Choice
fat lambs scarce, prices strong; feed
ing lambs plenty and 10 to 15c lower,
Same condition exists in wethers,
Good ewes steady; yearlings steady.
Killers. Feeders.
Lambs $4 60 $5.00 $3.65 $3.75
Yearlings 3.75 4.00 3.20 3.40
Wethers 3.40 3.60 3.00 3.20
Ewes 2.75 3.25 2.25 2.50
Waurika, Okla
A new town on main line of Rock
Island Ry., 63 miles south of Chick-
asha. The only one lying in Okla
homa. Lot sale Oct. 13. A demand
for all kinds of business. Beautifully
situated 'mid large shade trees and
running water.
Home seekers of Oct. 7th should
purchase their tickets through, mak
ing their stops at other points on
going trip.
Twenty Cents a Week
If there is a plant upon earth that
has cause to droop for the evil it has
wrought it is the innocent and useful
cotton plant. Wherever cotton is king
woe and disaster follows. But for the
cotton gin that made the enormous cot
ton plantations of the south, slavery
wou.d have gradually died out; at least
to sav the people who . have studied the
situation. But the cotton gin made it
profitable to keep armies of "field
hands." The two words express the
meaning of that kind of labor; they
were homeless, to all intents and pur
poses, and useful only for the work
of their hands.. So cotton gave us first
the hell of chattel slavery and then the
war, and row in its pendulum swing
it is bringing in slavery worse than
that of the pa,st, for the slave of old
was fed even by the harshest of mas
ters. He was an asset. Not so with
the little white slave of today. The
masters of the bread are not required
to give him food or shelter or a single
garment to cover his nakedness, and
they get his services from 5:45 a. m.
to 6:30 p. m. for an average of 22 cents
a week. This modern slave driver
comes from Massachusetts, where they
dave more cotton manufactories than
n any other state in the union, and
where abolition sentiment is still so
strong that the Mrs. Ruffin incident
almost made the women's clubs secede
from the general federation, and the
high grade school readers are, or were
not leng since, made up largely from
selections on the iniquity of the slave
trade.
Mr. Hinshaw says that the Fowler
bill is "deader than Hamlet's ghost."
So The Independent concluded to look
up the matter and see how dead Ham-
et's ghost was. It appears that the
said ghost was alive enough to walk
around, talk and give evidence. After
the first appearance of the ghost, walk-
ng and alive, before two credible wit
nesses, namely, Marcellus and Hora
tio, the latter said: "This bodes some
eruption in our state." That describes
the Fowler bill exactly, and it is no
more dead than that ghost.
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vj vu u-uu vj. j4hv MuoiiiroB iui an um es
tablished house of solid financial standing. A straight,
uuun uup wre&ijr vumi paiaiy ui $i8.w paid Dy ChOCK
each Wednesday with all expenses direct from head-
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340 Caiton Bldg., Chicago, 111.
Populism is coming more and more
nto literature. "Out of the West" is
a new book just published by the Har
pers, dealing with the movement in
ts first stages. The author is a Ne
braska girl, Miss Higgins of Columbus.
The eastern critics have a great deal
o say about it. It seems to be a
puzzle, to them.. Whatever the success
of this book may be, one thing is cer
tain and that is, that the great move
ment inaugurated by the farmers and
the farmers' wives and daughters of
the west will live in history, fiction and
poetry. Not only that, but the prin
ciples advocated will finally rule this
nation, or it will go the way that the
many nations have gone that gave
tnemselves over to the worship of
Mammon.
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Ml rn'MMmm -vl
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ROSEYATER'S OPINION
Comments -on Sprm Court DecUlon
"Railroad Taxation Campaign
- Iue, Mm 8a jr
It is but natural that Edward Rose-
water should feel disappointed over
the supreme court's decision. He had
his heart set on winning and In his
disappointment, because the court
would not grant the writ or mandamus
he says : "To men not versed in le
gal hair-splitting the conclusions of
the court are unintelligible and in
explicable But men unversed in lega
technicalities nave common sense
enough to understand , primarily that
the court i not an assessing body, and
that the writ of mandamus is not in
tended to correct errors, but to compe
action . The Omaha board of equaliza
tion captiously and arbitrarily refused
to hear certain complaints lodged with
it, 'The law gave it power to equalize
assessments by raising and lowering
valuations. The state board has no
such power. It must equalize by vary
ing the rate of taxation. Sitting as a
board for the assessment of railroads
it is an assessing body, not an equal
izing body. -It heard the complaints of
Mr. Rosewater and of Mr. Simeral
not respectfully, perhaps, but never
theless it heard them. -
The cases are not parallel, although
having some similarities. The Oinaha
board refused to act and. the court
granted the writ. The state board did
act, even though mistakenly or secret
ly biased in -favor of the railroads
and the court could not grant the" writ
"Having relegated the whole ques
tion of railroad taxation to the people,
the issue must be met squarely at the
ballot box', says the Bee, "not on
party lines, but on broad lines of jus
tice and equity." The sentiment can
not be questioned, but unfortunately
there is no way of meeting' the issue
squarely at the ballot box without in
volving party lines. Candidates for
goverror, auditor, and treasurer have
been : nominated by several different
parties. Three men out of twelve now
in the field will be elected to fill the
three offices named; only six of the
twelve are now considered possibilities.
Three of these men, John H. Mickey.
Charles Weston, and Peter Mortensen,
stand upon a platform which says:
"We realize that the condition of the
state's finances urgently requires meas
ures to increase state revenues and to
reduce the, state debt; which exceeds
the. constitutional' limit. With this
object in view, a mbre.striict enforce
ment' of the las relating; to assess
ment arid taxation is imperative. . The
franchises as" well as the tangible prop
erty of all corporations should be as
sessed so -as to bear their just and
due shares of the cost of government,
state, county, and municipal; the same
as other taxable property," as contem
plated by the constitution.'' , "j '
According; to Mr. Rosewaters idea
of proper interpretation of that plank
would mean that the railroads snouia
by rights be assessed at more . than
$50,000,000',;.ihstead of 26 millions as
they actually were this year. But Mr.
Rosewater' jlsf" not a candidate for gov
ernor, auditqi, or treasurer. His in-
terpretatibn;.jot. the quoted plank is not
the interpretation of John H. Mickey,
Charles Wesson', 'and Peter Mortensen.
What do - tby say about it? Not a,
word. Howcan the question be met
squarely at . the , ballot box when the
people do not Know1 what tnese men
will do? We know how Charles Wes
ton will interpret the plank. His was
the toaster Tnind which controlled in
the assessment this year, of which Mr.
Rosewater pomplains. But John H.
Mickey and Peter Mortensen ought to
tell where they stand.
The populist plank on railroad taxa
tion is short and to the point:
"Based on present assessed val- f
tions of air property We will increase
the assessed valuation of the railroad
property of this state from 26 millions
to 40 millions of dollaws." .:
If elected, William H. Thompson,
Charles Q. De France, and John N.
Lyman, must carry -,out this plank or
sink in political oblivion. There can
be no escape on questions of interpre
tation. The dullest mind knows what
the plank means. Three of these six
men will be elected on the 4th day of
Novemb-.r. It is up to the people to
say which three. -
; County Nominations
The following is a list of county
tickets nominated by the populists and
democrats, compiled from our ex
changes. , It was deemed preferable to
show each office under a separate head
ing. "The Independent would be pleased
tri learn the Dostofflce address of; all
candidates, where the same is not giv
en in. this list. Also any corrections.
FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY.
Antelope, E. D. Kilbourn, Neligh.
Boone, E. G. Maggi, Albion.
Buffalo, John Hoge.
Custer, C. H. Holcomb, Broken Bow.
Franklin, W. A. Deary, Bloomlngton.
Frontier, J. H. Lincoln, Oroflno.
Furnas, Charles Anderson, Beaver
ity. .
Gage, A. Hardy, Beatrice.
Harlan, Gomer Thomas, Alma.
Hitchcock, C. W. Shurtleff, Stratton.
Jefferson, W. H. Barnes, Fairbury.
Knox, J. H. Berryman, Creighton.
Kearney, Lewis Paulson, Minden.
Lancaster, W. B. Price, Lincoln.
Nance, W. L. Rose, Fullerton.
Red Willow, Sydney Dodge, McCook.
Saline, R. J. Abbott, Crete.
Saunders, J. L. Sundean, Wahoo.
Sheridan, a Patterson, Rushville.
Sherman. H. M. Mathew, Loup City.
Valley, Victor O. Johnson, Ord.
Washington, Victor B. Hogan, Sheri-.
dan Tp.
Wayne, Guy R. Wilbur, Wayne.
Webster. John Potter.. Red Cloud.
; FOR STATE SENATOR.
Franklin (26), O. R. Pitney, Inavale,
Webster county.
Gage (21), Dr. J. S. McCleery, Bea
trice, Gage county.
Lancaster (20), Will M. Maupin, Lin
coln.
Lancaster (20), H. E. Dawes, Lin
coln;
Merrick (18), A. F. Nuquist, Stroms-
burg, Polk county.
Nance, (18), -A. F.-Nuqulst, Stroms-r
burg, Polk county.
Nuckolls (26), O. R. Pitney, Inavale,
Webster county. "
Pawnee (1), T. A. Gist, Richardson
county.
Polk (18), A. F. Nuquist, Stroms
burg. Polk county.
Richardson (1), T. A. Gist,
Saline (22), Elias Ballard, Wilber.
Sarpy (5), Dr. G. W. Meredith, Ash
land, Saunders county.
Saunders (5), Dr. G. W. Meredith,
Ashland.
Webster (26), O. R. Pitney, Inavale,
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
Antelope (21), J. D. Hatfield, Neligh
Boone (22), Iver S. Bygland.
Buffalo (b8), William Jordon.
Buffalo (58), J. E. Miller, Pool Sid
ing. -
, Chase (67), W. Shipley, Palisade,
Hayes county. '
Custer (56), W. G. Eastman and J.
Dixon (18), S. P. Mikesell.
Dundy (67), W. Shipley, Palisade,
Hayes county.
J. Tooley, Broken Bow.
Franklin (61), Chas. W. Gishwiller.
Wilcox.
1 Frontier. (66), S. B. Yeoman, .El
wood, Gosper county.
' Furnas (64), Jonathan Higins, Cam
bridge. Gage (32), W. A. Dean, Wymore,
Gage county. - -
Gage (32),. Eilert Harms, Adams,
Gage county.
Gage (32), John W. DeMott, Liberty,
Gage county.
Gosper (66), S. B. Yeoman, Elwood.
Harlan (62), D. A. McCulloch.
Hayes (67), W. Shipley, Palisade,
Hayes county.
Hitchcock (67), W. Shipley, Palis
ade, Hayes county.
Jefferson (34), W. F. Bonawitz.
Fairbury.
Kearney (60), Vic Anderson, Min
den. Lancaster (30), . Chalmers Ballen-
ger. Lincoln; William Loder, jr., Wa
verly; J. H. Becker, Havelock; A.
Meese,-Lincoln; Milton Schwind, Lin
coln.
Pawnee (2), S. G. Wright.
Pawnee (2), S. P. Builta, Burchard,
Pawnee county.
Red Willow (65), John Wintjen,
Danbury.
Saline (31), Eric Semler, Dorchester.
Saline (31), J. L. Lautenschlager,
Swanton.
Saunders (27), C. D. CuryeaV Ceresco.
Sherman (57), E. H. Kittell, Rock-
ville.
Valley (55), J. A. Ollis, jr., Ord.
Washington (11), Fred Echtenkamp.
Arlington.
Webster (44), L. Peisinger, Blue
Hill.
TO FILL VACANCIES.
; Franklin, Surveyor, Ed. M. Hus-
SOng. :
Jefferson, Surveyor, W. W. Watson,
Fairbury.
Red Willow, Judge, A. C. Teel, Ind
ianola.
Sheridan, Judge, B. F. Ray, Rush
ville.
FOR COMMISSIONER OR SUPER-
-Boone (3), N. T. Criss, Petersburg
Dundy (3), E. F. Van Cleave.
Franklin, Ed. M. Hussong, Bloom
lngton.
Frontier (2), Jacon snerer.
Furnas (2), J. E. Axtell.
Hitchcock (2), J. N. Balding.
Jefferson (?), Alex snepherd, Endl-
cott.
Lancaster (3), Lee Newton, Bennett.
Lincoln (3), McMichael.
Red Willow (1). A. Reed, Danbury.
Saline (1), C. W. Nunemaker, To
bias.
Saunders (3). C. T. Johnson.
Valley (1), Fred Clement, (3), A. J.
Firkins, (5), W. G. Collins, (7), J. P.
Braden.
Washington, Jacob L. Day, Blair
City.-
Wayne (1), August Joost.
Webster (1), F. H. Gerlach; (5),
Jos. Fosrel.
The Independent will consider it a
favor if the state committeemen for
each county will make any needed cor
rections in this list either errors in
names or initials or omission of post
office and report same.
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1 4-ot. BoHle Vanilla Extract (pure) . .34
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0 Pshaw, Hinshaw
.Tudee Stark got a great advantage
over Mr. Hinshaw at David City. At
the meeting there notice was served
that a political discussion was wanted,
rind our townsman proceeded to say
that he opposed the Fowler bill, would
otmose it in spite of any caucus deci
sion, and if passed over his vote would
stand ready at any time to do every
thing possible for its repeal. In at
tempting to reply, Mr. Hinshaw stated
that the matter was not in issue, that
hore was no possibility of its coming
hpfnrA congress aeain. and that it had
never received the report of a commit
t.fifi" As Mr. Stark had with him a
copy of the report, and could establish
that it was now on the calendar, ne
made the republican champion appear
n a verv sorry light. There are a
hundred republicans in Hamilton
county who are too well informed to
have made a break like that. Kegis-
tr, Aurora.
The Hastings Asylum
The State Journal has unmasked its
mud batteries on Dr. J. T. Steele, su
perintendent of the Hastings asylum
under Governor Poynter's administra
tion, rehashes an old story about large
purchases of butter and clothing late
n December. 1900. and attempts to
hold the present fusion candidates re
sponsible because Thompson was dem
ocratic national committeeman, Gil
bert lieutenant governor, Powers ad
jutant at the Grand Island soldiers'
home, De France bookkeeper at the
state treasury. Brennan steward at
the Geneva school, and so on. These
gentlemen have no desire to dodge any
responsibility; but if they bought the
butter and clothing, then they should
have credit for whatever record the in
stitution made.
Suppose, for the sake of argument.
we admit that Dr. Steele bought more
butter and clothing than conditions
justified who got the use of these
things? His republican successor. The
clothing was not perishable, and the
present superintendent has made use
of it; and that saved his appropria
tion. Let us compare his record with
tho nn made by Dr. Steele. Figures
count. Results count If the present
nerintendent is such an economical
cuss and Dr. iSteele such a spend
thrift as the State Journal would have
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To Pacific Coast...
Are you interested in California or the , Pacific Northwest? Yes?
Then you ought to be interested in the fact that DAILY, during
September and October, the Rock Island will sell tickets to Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Idaho, Utah and
Montana, at about TWO-THIRDS THE REGULAR RATE. To
illustrate: Regular rate, Lincoln to San Francisco and Los An
geles is $40.00; to Portland, Seattle and Tacoma, $40.00. Rock Is
land's September-October rate is $25.00.
Here' are soma mora iaterestinr
facts : Time from Lincoln to Los
Angeles via tbe Rock Island's Dew
1 Paso line, two and one-half
days. Tourist ears for San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles ria Colo
rado and Utah leare Lincoln at
3:'A p. m. Wednesdays, Fridays
and Saturdays. Portland cur
leares Lincoln 3:20 p. ro. Wednes
days. No better time of year to visit
the Pacific Coast than now. No
route there so good as the Rock
Island.
F. H. BARNES, C. P. A.,
1045 O ST., LINCOLN.
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Pi ill mmi
us believe, the records ought to dis
close such facts.
Let us take the auditor's records
showing the warrants issued under Dr.
Steele's superintendency from April 1,
1899, to August 31, 1900, and make
comparison with the warrants issued
under tne republican superintendent
from April 1, 1901, to August 31, 1902.
That ought to tell the story tolerably
well.
Here are the items for Dr. Steele:
Salary superintendent $ 2,500.00
Salary ass't phys 1,875.00
Salary ass't phys 1,200.00
Employes' wages 30,388.12
Board and clothing 52,146.77
Telephone, etc 156.56
Total ?8.?,266.45
And here are the items for the
"economical" republican superinten
dent for identically the same length of
time:
Salary superintendent 3,125.00
Salary ass't phys 1,875.00
Salary ass't phys 1,500.00
Employes wages 31,682.98
Board, clothing, etc 87,982.59
Total $12i,165.57
Now, the records in the governor's
office show that on May 31, 1900, there
were 677 Inmates in this asylum. On
May 31, 1902, there were 784, an in
crease of 107.
The cost for maintaining each in
mate under Dr. Steele's "extravagance"
for the period named was $130.39; un
der republican "economy," for exactly
the sr me length of time it was 1 160.92.
That is to say, republican "economy"
cost $30.53 a head more than fusion
extravagance.
But this is not all: There was, un
der republican rule, an increase of 107
inmates in the - institution.. The In
creased cost was $37,899.12. Hence, for
each additional inmate the cost was
$354.19. Great is republican economy,
and jojohnson is its prophet
In the face of this showing, which
can be verified by anyone caring to do
so, the only objection the taxpayers
can have to Dr. Steele's administra
tion is that he didn't buy more cloth
ing and more butter. His "extrava
gance" saved the taxpayers over $30
an inmate nearly $38,000 as com
pared to the "economy" of his republi
can successor.
CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE.
Hon. John H. Powers
Hon. J. H. Powers, candidate for sec
retary of state, is billed to speak at the
following places:
Battle Creek, September 29.
Stanton, September 30.
West Point, October 1.
David City, October 2.
Osceola, October 5.
SL I'eul, Monday, October 6.
Gall for Editorial Meeting
, There will be a meeting of the Re-,
form Press association at York, Neb.,
on Monday, September 29, 1902, for the
discussion of matters of importance
connected. with the campaign. A full
attendance Is requested.
ERIC JOHNSON,
GEO. L. BURR, President
-Secretary.
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