THE FAIIMEKS' ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY MAR. 21, 1891.
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Editor
.BuaImm MBrr
the beauty of the Lilies
Christ wu born across the sea,
With glory In hi bofom
- That transfigure! you and me.
At be strove to make men holy
Let ut strive to make them free,
Since God U marching on."
J alia Ward How.
"Laurel crowne eleave to deserts,.
And power to him who power exerts,
"A ruddy drop of manly blood
The forging aea outweigh"
SmertM.
"HeNrho cannot reason la a fool,
He who will not reason is a coward,
lie who dare not reason Is a slave."
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Atfdrces all buaiiMw communications to
AIiImiww PuhlUhln fin.
a4drrM mutter for publication, to Editor
Farmer jiuianoe.
Atick written oa both ldes of the paper
Manoi t umm. very lung oomtnunu-auoii,
rule an not be uaea .
MR. BURROWS' ILLNESS.
Mr. Burrows' lllnew still continues
He wa attacked with eyrsipelas In its
anoct alarm log and malignant .form
RU suffering has been terrible, but his
former good health and sound const!
tution will enable htm to win the battle,
he hopes. .
THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA CRAZE.
In an editorial under the above title
the Portland Oregonlan gives review
f the situation in these states. Among
other things it says: ,
"One of the noteworthy facts In the
hbttorv of the Kana political lusur
rection Is that the old soldiers of the
Ute, at least 100,000 strong, In their
fanatical enthusiasm for the cause of
the Farmers'. Alliance, seem almost
dead to the memories of the war, and
fraternize with the ex confederate sold
iers upon the new economic issues."
Too bad. Whoa the citizens of Kan
sas and Nebr, ika can forgot the issues
ef twenty th e years-ago, while con tend
ing for those thing demanded by the
people at this time it is certainly alarm
, ing, and calls for prompt actlonjon the
part of tho monopoly proas of the eoun
try, After reciting the above it goes
on to say:
"The Furmcra' Alliance has prob
ably reached it legislative high water
mark in Dotn Kansas ana weomka.
The prospect that tho republicans
will carry these states next time, as the
timid and reflecting elements are al
ready dropping away from the extreme
views of the Alliance."
If the editor who penned the above
could be presont at some of the meet
ings of the Alliance In these states he
would modify the language used.
The fact is that the producers of Ne
braska have becomo so thoroughly dis
gusted with the actions of the demo
republican combine t!.at a sweeping
victory for the Independents in WV1 is
assured. Our subscriber in western
Kansas ana Nebraska will read the fol
lowing description of their condition
with pleasure! '
"Much of tho so-called 'hard times'
in Kansas Is the confluence of the im
prudence, extravagance and mercurial
temper of the population. You will
ind pianos In every sod house of western
Kaunas, and decorative pictures on tho
walls. The speculative spirit Ih so
strong among these farmers
that they do not hesitate to mortgage
their homestead) to buy town lots ou a
margin. The farmers thus recklessly
mortgage their farms, forgetting that
the tirst principle of their existence .is
to be independent,"
This is a gem. No wonder that "the
cities and towns are consolidating
against the Alliance," if its members not
nly have pianos and pictures in their
house., but are gelling hold of all tho
corner lots. Such editorials are good
stimulants for promoting the growth of
the independent spirit that pervades
the atmosphere of Nebraska's prairies.
What relief can the great plalu people
hope to obtain through political parties
dominated over by leaden so blind to
their real condition.
The residents of the towns and cities
are beginning to see that their real
prosperity depends ou that of the farm
er, and instead of organizing to tight
the Alliunce, we tind many of their
leading men earnestly contending for
the rights of the producers as set forth
by the Independent party of to-day.
BOYO 8 ANSWER
The anwer t up by James E. Boyd'
attorneys to the charge of hi ineligl
witty to the ofllce of governor Is cer
tainly a novelty, and were It not that It
was made More supreme court. would
to char.u'terbcd as a peclne of petti
f egging unworthy of any member of the
lgl ftatrrnity.
But when n take into consideration
the h'gh ability of the attoriu) lit the
ea ft are lorcvdto threuacluurt thnt
they hate tried to make the ll of a
weat vau. and lute, by axumbig
to thetuselvM lheaiutyte of vwrdancy
and latvu-f nee which, they eUliu for
Jiip t, V. .yd itttd hi father, tried to1,
Ifciju n bis uutrr, inKi io!
tf yutPAthlra tf U public
...... . Lmuh iu y i.u,
... I... L. .H I .A lk...Wi U..ul ll
werk m
ad thus
It went lu)pi!bU that they rould
tptt to 1Uumi the dH'btan of a
rourt f virie;d jurlid t? the pl
of leaorattre of the rtlrrtuM f the
taw ou the patt wf ihm iatbf or tit t
ornate f tae ton In regard U the
failure Ki the father l tttet tV re
jwttwiti. The BBtrtrtaUv tiwepted
principle that ignorance of the law is ne
escute for breaking it, would seem to
have been entirely loet sight of by the
learned gentlemen, and they lay claim
to an indulgence for a man of mtdure
years and experience, wnich is never
claimed by those in the humblest walks
of life, and with the least advantages of
information.
I tie erst assumption, mat the can
voting of the returns and the declara
tion of the speaker of the bouse that
Boyd was elected governor, gave him
(be right to assume the office, would
have more force if it was true. But
these attorneys knew when they made
that assertion that the speaker never
canvassed the returns, nor were they
ever canvassed, and that the declara
tion of election made by the speaker
under protest, was made on the abstract
made from so-called duplicates of the
returns made by the secretary of state,
which wu neither sanctioned by the
constitution or the law.
Now, although Mr. Boyd may have
leen Ignorant of the law in this case, it
does not change the facts. Neither can
his taking the oath of office as require
of the elected governor, atone for this
total failure to comply with the law in
regard to determining who was elected
Again the declaration of the elder
Boyd in 1849, that he intended to become
a citizen of the United States, and to re
nounce all foreign allegiance, and the
proof of good faith in so doing which he
gave by formally renouncing such alle
glance forty-one years and seven months
afterwards, surely could not legal
le the acts of James K. Boyd in
voting for over thirty-five years aud
holding Important offices during pint
of the time.
Nor coiftl his own tardy act of taking
the oath of allegiance required of all
aliens who would become citizens of
the United States, in the month of De
cember, 1800, retroactto constitute him
a citizen, fully naturalized on the 4th
day of November, 1888, as required by
the constitution, to render him eligible
to the ofllce of governor in 1801 ;
His declaration in 1801; that be in
tended in 1810 to become a bona fide
citizen may be all true, but it so hap
pens that such declaration is the very
first step required by law for natur
alization of foreigners.
Now, although, these acts may have
been done in good faith, and Mr, Boyd
be innocent of intentional wrong in the
matter up to the time of his so-called
election, and no one probably would
think of holding him criminally respon
sible for them, yet wTten these things
are all known now to himself and the
public, it seems to bo the height of
effrontery for his attorneys to claim for
him that his former ignorance of the
facts rights every wrong ho has com
mitted, aud licenses him to contluuo in
tho same illegal course. It would look
far nuro honorable in him should he
anticipate the result which his own
sense of justice must show him ifl inevi
table, and quietly withdraw from a po
sition where a majority of the people of
the stato look upon him as an usurper.
But what then. We fancy that the
oters of the state alter all, care very
ittle for the result that will possibly
follow. Whether John M. Thaver. the
brmer governor, or Tom Majors, tho
lieutenant-governor, tusunied to bo
elected, should be seated in the gover
nor's chair, the fact w ill remain in their
minds that tho man who was fairly and
legally elected was denied the ofllce,
and the people thwarted in their wishes
by the most flagrant frauds in the elec
tion, supplemented by the triplicate
Judas act in the legislature.
REV. CRAMB'S CONSCIENCE.
"He that commits a sin shall tind the
pressing guilt lie heavy oa his soul."
Old Play.
"Guiltiness will speak though tongues
were out of us." ,'
And so now here comes Rev. Cramb:
First, without waiting . to be accused,
and protests, "I did not do it,' "$huke
not thy gory locks at me."-' ."That it was
by the fault of attorneys of the eototest
ants that justice was slain in Mr,
Cramb's court That his guilty com
bine was not responsible for it. His
sense of having committed a great po
litical crime by violating his otliclal
oath In his wicked entry upon the exe
cution of a criminal conspiracy to de
feat Justice (which others completed,
routes even the hardened conscience of
a preacher In politic.
As Cicero said to Calaliue 1m the
Koman senate. "Your crime conlt In
entry upon the conspiracy." I'robably
the attorneys of the contestant ought
to have dWlrtistkd the likes of Oautb.
but does it net come in pretty ill grsee
from tho paHUaa rogue fur htm to
claim that an attorney ouiht not to
have Uen so great a fool a to tlt'xtid
upon hla homty.
Cramb nhould i admottUhed by his
brother ptvathars' warning, ' Thtt the
moat uiiMrrable pftufK'Pft U the
world U that tf a iu tu tho tsiuit ef
hi own cvuM-tem-o,
ih oyuipumts lo Kv. Crainl.'a ea
are favoralde. heweter, as h U a Unit
tvtlriug from polities.
minus; irwm pouues, it it proper t
! tvmmm bU convene
U d grt it t running again b
It Is proper thai
wind
tit
uU.
But a few days mor rvmiaas v( tUl
s4on of the Nvbtfctk (.fgUdature,
wiut U dt this wrva w'dt mt t'W
the budnett outtide of apprvftlatUa,
ft hu h ft III o diuU occupy wuie time.
We are noytaJidt)Utij tt'lrad
UfiJaiu by the wattle.
A CORRECTION ABOUT VAN WYCK
Ckkiohtos. Feb. 24, 1891.
Editor Farmers' Alliance: I am a
subscriber to your paper and regular
reader, also a member of the Farmers'
Alliance, and an earnest worker in the
cause of the Independent party. Being
such, and occasionally going to other
nesehborboods to address meeunirs.
tind a general dissatisfaction on account
ol the continued resolutions mat are
published in vour paper as regards Mr.
VanWyck. We are all aware that the
quarrel last fall between your paper and
Van Wyck was the cause of the defeat
of Mr. Towers, if not our whole state
ticket. This continual surnna; of
trouble only makes it worse, and the
friends of each side ret to be enemies.
as well as the principal parties. This is
becoming the case with us and it is for
the good of the Alliance and Indepen
dent party that I write to you these lines
I would,have written it in form for print
out your paper has always discarded
my communications. I realize that you
are no more to blame for this tight than
the people in general. We must not le
seltinh motives get in the way of the
success of the people's good. I admire
the declaration of principles adopted at
Omaha as the foundation of principles
for a party for '03. Yours tor union and
success, u.Ai uium
We publish the foregoing for the sake
of correcting the very wrong inipres
sion under which our friend, and per
baps many others, rests.
l irsr. Air. Burrows never had any.
quarrel with Mr. Van Wyck. A week
or two before the Independent state con
vention, Van Wyck formally declared
his withdrawal from the republican
party, and became a loud advocate of
what he termed "The Alliance Party."
He continued in this mind until the
convention met and he failed to become
Its nominee for governor. A great
change now came o'er his spirit. He
turned like a tiger upon everyone con
nected with the Independent move
ment. He went into consultation with
the republican state committee.
He treacherously held without either
accepting or rejecting the nomination
for congress in the First district, thus
paralyzing the committee and the work
in that district.
He underhandedly and treacherously
attacked McKeighan in the Second, and
Root in the First, while pretending to
support them.
He finally refused the nomination for
congress, after having hopelessly
wrecked the campaign by his delay, and
refused to lullill hU promise to take the
field for the state ticket, writing his let
ter of the latter refusal in the republi
can state committee rooms Just across
the way from tho Independent head
quarters, After all these vile treacheries the In
dendent , state committee repudiated
him and advlned that he be not invited
to address Independent meetings, in a
dispatch which was published in the
current number of The Allianck.
Now, this is history, aud with it Mr.
Burrows bad no more to do than any
other spectator. If any man can under
stand it, and still have any faith left lu
Van Wyck, ho is too simple and eredu-
ous for any possible use. And If
any man supposes that we snail sup
press any of tho truth, or mince our
words in stating it, he will be mistaken.
Thero is no more insincere dema
gogue living than U. 11. Van Wyck.
Added to this is the proven fact that ho
U a vile traitor to an honest cause the
only motive for his treachery being dis
appointed ambition and. personal hate.
We stand in his path. No traitor
need apply.
We realize fully what our friend says
as to the Ions of the state. We not only
elievc Van Wyck caused it, but from
the moment he failed to receive the
nomination for governor he intended to
cause it, and we Intend to place the re
sponsibility just where It belongs. No
atom of it rests upon our shoulders, nor
on those of the state committee which
promptly and justly denounced him.
These words are written with a feeble
hand on a bed of pain, but truth de
mands that they fchould bo written.
WHAT IS MONEY?
Money U that article which, by com
mon consent of a community or nation,
or by governmental law, is used to rep
resent property, to express its relative
value, 'aud tho only medium by which
debts of all kinds can be forcibly can
celled when no specific contract for pay
ment in some klud of property exists.
rromise to pay are not properly
money, although they may be of equal
value fttth money, or even by enact
ment of law be made of equal force in
the diw-hurge of debts, But from the
very nature of the cao a promise to
pay money is not money itself, ele the
prumUe would be already fulfilled, and
would be a contradiction in term.
There U no particular kind of mater
lal iitiHMry In the eoutpitMtniu ut
money to determine ita vaUe. 1 kuow
that Ignorant aud tiipertilUiuiperou,
actuated by the same notion which
le t l the uutnuued savage to price a
luudfut it g!a U-dt mom highly than
the nut valuable prop My, have called
gold and altrr "tiod'a - motivy," Atl
from moth? btt know ntohliimelf one
of mir eminent ltotineu applied to
gold the um aopelUttott. Hut kl u
antio a ID tie the ground upon
fthk h thlt h'-m would it. vu ftouKI
af that Uva4 the trt unmry pint
tiwttttdtn hUtoty was silwr and gold,
.there for. th m some way the
Mvln saeciUia tr at any fate are the
aly proper muerlal tt it mbtao
ttt'S,
N, if this kind of argument hoUU
good, then if Cain used a club to dash
out the brains of AbeL the club is the
Divinely sanctioned weapon of warfare
and the more humane, but equally dev
ilish, newest patent, smokeless powder.
and almost noiseless gun of the French
army, should be at once discarded. The
fact is that money U susceptible to the
same kind of improvement as any other
article of utility, and what may be the
best material for its manufacture this
year may in the year 1900 be entirely
discarded.
Others claim that gold and silver are
the proper materials for money because
they are brilliant ,and practically inde
structible. Now, although at one time,
these might have been qualities peculiar
to these metals, it is so no longer,
Glass, nickel and some other metals
have these qualitica'in an equal degree,
and yet none but savages seem to accept
them as God's money.
Others say that because of the scarcity
of these metals, especially gold, they
are the sole material of which money
should be made. They claim that
thereby the material itself will be worth
the money value, and so If the govern
ment or other creator or manufacturer of
the money should prove to be worthless,
the holder of the money would lose
nothing thereby.
Kut theso objectors forgot that so long
as the subjects of a government hold to
their allegiance all their property is sub
ject to Its control and is the basis of its
credit. That all the precious metals in
all the mines of the country, as well as
all the lands, forests, minerals and pro
ducts of the farms and shops, and all
the value of the improvements of ail
kinds, in a country may be laid under
tribute to their full value to sustain the
credit of a country and to secure to the
article which it calls money? the worth
it stamps it with.
But there are other objections to the
exclusive use of these metals as money.
One Is the very fact of their scarcity.
There Is not enough of the precious
metals existing in the hands of mankind,
probably, to furnish sufficient money
for tho transaction of business in
the most economical manner in the
United States alone, not to speak of the
needs of sixteen times our number of
Inhabitants who people the other coun
tries of the world.
And as to the mines, it is claimed by
some that it costs a dollar on an aver
ago at the present time to mine and pre
pare a dollar's worth of either of the
precious metals i aud, if so, it is certainly
a most extravagant plan for accom
plishing a result which may be and is,
in many instances, accomplished at a
mere moity of the expense. Another
feature is, that It gives the rich a mon
opoly of the material of which money
is made, as the precious metals are al
most entirely in their hands, and
whether coined for them, or purchased
of them by the money manufacturer, it
gives them an additional advantage over
the poor and those of moderate means,
in which classes moid, of the worthy
workers of our country are found.
For the above reasous, paper, in some
form is used in the most enlightened
countries of the world at the present
time to represent money in the tran
saction of business, and although in def
erence to the popular superstition, it is
usually a promise to pay, it is in most
cases that which is paid. Aud I see no
good reason why a paper ten dollar bill
issued by tho United States government
should not be worth as much iu foreign
countries (which it really is) as a golden
eagle, because it will purchase just as
much in this country, and pay all dues
to this government as well; and if this
country has gold for sale as it usually
has, ten dollars in paper money will
buy ten dollars worth of the metal the
same as of any other property.
Money has two distinct uses. One is
to represent property, and the other
is to be a medium for exchanging prop
erty. Money is also sometimes called
a measure of values. But money can
not be used for that purpose, because it
Is continually changing in value.
In enlightened countries great pains
are taken to preserve the standards of
length, capacity and weight from any
change, lef ause any perceptible change
In them would work disaster aud con
futdon lu practical application. But
money at some times cost twice as much
labor or property, as at others. And It
will at some time purchase far more of
tho comforts and neceiwariesof life than
at others, So although tho relative
value of property is expressed in dol
lars It Is only In an abstract aud com
parative seone II.
THK NEW ORLEANS TRAGEDY-
At New Orleans on S'ttnrday last a
tuobof everalthiiU4ud person led by
one of the city' lo.vlititf attorneys, took
poMM-Mlon of the Jail hre ft ere
ttntliued the murderer of rhief of police
ll ntiAHy lu OotuUu' but, and ht
th n eleven pt luerliitheniit heart
leu manner
ThoM Ulu were lulUu and mem
bet of the Utuvt M tfia or Italian
rtYt ocivtls and hitdjutt be acquit
ted by a Jury a t d ago.
What a record fr the alf tUy and
tK.t a tad pU lurw td Ameuu jitk
and American U U ttu, face ?f out
fikKt'd pubUa optuioit
I he affair ftay bad to terkMt .
plU tU between Italy and the I', h
a l 1' 4 "t ht killed r lulua
iUl'iwt.
THE GRAND ISLAND EXCURSION
baturoay morning a number or peo
ple congregated at the B. & M. depot
and at 9 a. m. bearded the special train
secured by citizens of Grand Island
and were whirled away to the west
ward.
At the beet sugar city a royal dinner
was served at the Hotel Palmer and the
entire company was then showrrlhe
mysteries of the manufacture of sugar
from beets. The refining process was
in operation and the syrup was taken
through the various processes finally
running into sacks as granulated sugar,
w but few members of the house were
on the train and it seemed more like an
excursion for the benefit of the employes
and lobbyists than representatives,
Grand Wand displayed her usual hos
pitality and spared no pains to make
the visit pleasant with of course an ob
Ject in view,
They feel that the industry established
there needs fostering and encourage
ment and would like to ace a law pVsed
that would gives bounty or sioo per
ton to the grower of the beets and one
half cent per pound bounty to the nianu
facture.
This will not be done thlt term how
ever as the ruliug sentiment seems to
be no special favors.
The senate of Nebraska or a small
part of it has been seeing the sights at
Denver. They have enjoyed themselves
very much no doubt and in the mean
time the members of the bouse have
been fretting because the senate did
not get more done. We think this
trip an unnecessary one and were pleas
ed to see that nearly every Independent
senator thought so too.
A Plea for the Teachers.
Kditob Aiaiakck:--Under the head
ing, "A plea for the schools" in your
issue of March, 14th., "Progress'
exclaims against school teachers and
schools in a way that clearly indicates
alack of acquaintance with that very
vital subject. He no doubt desires to
be the same kind of reformer that be
credits you with being, but he forgets
that reformers must lirst reform them
selves. - It necessarily strikes harb up-
on the conscientious teacher to be told
that he is still ruling by brute force, and
there are surely a few still In Nebraska
with a little remaining conscience. But
my purpose is not to crltlsize the writer
or his article, for the latter is timely
even if unkind; I rather desire to help
on the work that "Progress" seems to
see a need for.
In every new country, facilities for
education are limited by a scarcity in
every requisite. Professional teachers
always seek older and more advanced
iiields rather than new and untried
ones, and thus frontier schools are gen
erally experimental stations for testing
the abilities of some underdone hoy or
girl, or else asylums for the refuge of
some overdone teacher who will not be
tolerated farther east. Then too, the
school property of the district consists
of a houso aud some seats, an out-house
and a hitching rack. With these -a teach
is desired to immediately construct in
tellects. Though much of Nebraska has passed
frontier stage, this Is not true of all of
It, and in some places there must still be
a crying need for better schools. Kven
poor schools, however,' must be better
than none, and it must always redound
to the everlasting credit of the Ameri
can pioneer, that schools appear simul
taneously with the settler. Leaving out
then, the consideration of our more
advanced schools and teachers, which
'Progress" can easily find to bo on a
decided equality with those of any
other stato in the nation, let us try to
tind some of the actual hindrances and
preying needs in most of our district
schools.
Perhaps there is no greater hindrance
than that of the narrow minded echool
board and its false ideas of economy.
The board will hire a totally inexperi
enced teacher over one whom they
themselves have proved, for a differ
ence of $5 per month. They will not
purchase any school appliahce to aid tho
teaeoer, and very often will not even
keep the building in repair. It seems
strange that any one can complain of
poor schools, lor tne people have abso
lute power in themnefves, and each dis
trict can make Its school wli.it it will.
But again, if the board desires to act
wisely, and all the people warmly sec
ond their efforts to make the school the
bent possible, they must go upon an ex
perimental basis, for in their selection
of a teacher they are forced toiely upon
the recomtnendatlon of some political
mountebank, who ha been foisted into
the ofllce of county ueriutendai.'t, aud
ft ho in many cane. h not one iota of
half the qualification he I expected to
Judge In tKachem.
ing is drawing near; uow let tboee who
like -lYogtW feel that there U.
"Soiiie.hiiig rotten lu the state of Den
mark," senuiulo very cloitely their own
act a voter, a u .porter, a think
er. Let them alt sw If they are help
lug to loiter a ytem which allow a so
called teacher to "nag the rining gner
atkm Into diHHMtlon, and then whip
them like Uv'," Let them we if tli-ty
have not ti a few dotUr over ak'nitut
their children futtir. And yet) no
tice too that the w riter claimed mor-ey
i prvduvirg allthe etlU, lhat the
tea; her iuitid on tcrftiug f-T money
and ftould not cloth theutit witit
gliry and feedthmMPtvM with f wm,
I nt iM.brer worthy of hi hire
II uudi.mttodly I, an I that U where
the iryil.Wlii. He Utlwu a lull and
vH ted 18 bn tijrtb first til, but,
DeUobly w.mky hi him' What e)
luxita m i b jut it t ni'itt
thaaklr puteMoa U Mn. i
teiu'hrr ttnd not only that au wot a um
ut him for a ethtf work, lux lo
ttiitlwfeat olhtr codudrr UavUiag U
but a small part of it. He must study
nights to know how to present thoughts,
he must study days te know each pupil
and his every bent and trait of mind, h
must learn to interest and amuse the
school, he most work too often against
the obstructions of ignorant and stupid
parents, and he must go about continual
ly with the dreadful consciousness that
upon him rests the responsibility for the
future possibilities of immortal human
souls.
No wonder that the teachers are scarce !
Men and women do not want to cany
60 great responsibility, and thty drop
quickly into some other work.
We are acquainted with one teacher
who carries this slip of paper in his
pocketbook, (it is about the only reason
he has for carrying a pocketbook at
alt:) .
But give me. Lord. ejre to behold the truth
A seeinr nM that know Ute eternal riifbt;
A heart with pity filled and rentleat ruth ;
A manly faith (hat make all darkness light ;
Give me the powor to labor for mankind ;
Make me the mouth of such a cnnot speak;
Eye let me be to groping men and blind ;
A oonsclenoe to the ba; and to the weak
Let me be band and feet, and to the foolUh
. mind;
And lead still further onuch a thy Kingdom
eek.
T
Legislative Notes.
Not a very big week's work has beeu
done since our last Umue, unless we in
clude the work in Denver and Grand Is
land, to which we do not here intend u
refer. i
House Roll No. 1(1, has passed both
houses. It provides for the matricula
tion and diploma fees of the state uni
versity to be applied in support of the
same.
II. R. No. 17, has also passed both
houses. This applies for an application
of a part of the proceeds ari-iing from
the sale of public lands to the endow
ment and support of colleges for the
benefit of agriculture and mechanical
art. .
H. R, No. 313 passed the house on the
17th inst. by a vote of 71 to 11, This-
is known as the usury law and makes it
unlawful for any person, Arm, or cor
poration to charge any rate of Interest
greater than 10 per cent, or to discount
notes at a greater rate to evade the law.
Kvery person violating this law shall be
wu7 ku"v ui uiuHiemeanor ana
be lined not less than $100 or more than
$1,000, and in addition be liable for five
times the amount of Interest charged.
Suit may be begun at any time within
five years of such violation.
The senate has also passed a bill pro
viding a penalty for offenders who
charge over 12 per cent interest on
oans, of a forfeit of a sum to the bor
rower, equal to the principal and inter
est. An agreement between the two
houses on something proper is the con
summation devoutly to be wished.
Home other bills that have passed the
senate are; Senate file 142 providing de
fendants in cases coming before the pro
bate courts shall be served with a sum
mons at least ten days prior to tho
opening of said courts, and in case of
failure to serve such summons in time
the case shall go. over to the next regu-
ar term.
S. F. No. 188 requires railroads in
Nebraska to furuMi to shippers through
bills of lading from any point within
ttie state to any point in the state to
which they may wish to ship, and pro
vides for a iiue of from $100 to $500 for
each violation.
S. F. 158 makes it a felony to give to
any Indian any lire arms or ammuni
tion provide a penalty and appends
the emergency clause. "
S. F. 108 provides for the organization
of sanitary districts including with in-
cui poraieii iracis me country tor tnree
miles adjacent. By this law villages
and cities may find drainage relief from
vile backwater in streams caused by
dams, grades or other obstructions.
S. F. 164 prohibits and invalidates
mortgages upon household goods and
furniture and other exempt property
unless such mortgagee are signed by
both husband and wife.
S. F, 175 enables purchasers of seed
grain to mortgage the crop to be grown
from the wtnie us if the cropjwcie already
growing and contains the emergency
clause,
S. F. 170 provides a lino of $100 or im
prisonment for 30 days or both agitlmtl
any peron who shall without lawful
authority take, tie up, confine or sell
any dog.
This hunianltiuiiiu ami uiut imjmr
taut meiure ha beeu quite too long
neglected by our father aud certainly
should receive the prompt concurrence
of the houne aud the iiovernor' signa
ture. S. V. 1J provide f ir the etablib
meut of a State Norma! Schoul at
Pierce,
8 F. ;M0 autboriittt eoiiaty boird to
tie their surplus general fund In pttr
chalug food and bel fur dettitut ato
grain and feed for their team.
S. V. 2H authorU title an I village
loappropt!ate money to dofray Um ev
ptte ft a proper c-Imci vnc of ni.i
uiuriai djty.
II. it. "M panned the houw on llw 17th
by a vote tt II t 4. The bill provld"
for the wiMitM'r of aelevtlnar Jtinn la
auntie id nsr than 7J,ttt pfpuliulon
aui nr a pvtiauy ir peuou eit)g
to U rtttpaaeled, By it Juror mhn U;t
iall t notified by rvgUterwt !ur at
lHl ?0 d.TUfoi th ixior i,..,....
