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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1889)
The Sioux County Journal, Published every Thursday. Subscrij.tioft Pri-. f-W V. E. Pitron Editor and Prof- Eirr! at th postotfke at Ilaniso a swoud class matter. Autralian Votiusr Syta. Tli Australian system of voting, wherein tlie tate. furnishes the tickets, which are retly prepared by the voters for the Uillot boxes will ( x-ten-iivelv te-ted io tlie United States within the next two year. Six states have ulr-ady emu ted election laws liased up.m this ystem and .)U.te a numb. r of otliers will follow suit within the next year or two. if the practical test at the "polls carries out ihe expe-tiiti.ms of its friends, it will sdily liecome national in its operations. In view of the wide spread belief in the system, the workinjrs of the plan in Australia are of interest. Mr. E. Lamb of Sidney, New South Wales, is now in the United States on a visit, and gives the following interesting details; "We find the system to be most satis factory in its results. Briliery and polit ical corruption are practically unknown with us. The opportunity is lacking. In the first place, tlie system which pre vails in Queensland for placing candi dates in nomination is not conducive to the purchasing plan. The man who as pires to Ije a candidate for an elective offioe must first put up a forfeit, or sure ty, of 40 -1200 -as an evidence of his faith in his hold ii.ii the stiU'rap-s of the people and liis fitness for public pre ferment. There are no caucuses. Tlie candidate is allowed to harangue the people at stated times and places in a decent and orderly manner, but there is no malign ing or mud flinging. When the votes are counted, in case the candidate failed to receive a reasonable proportion of the same say 100 out of 500 his $200 is forfeited and his candidacy classed as a political mistake. If he makes a reason able showing or is elected his monev is returned to him. The virtue of this plan is to keep out men who are wholly unfitted for office and who would not care to risk the loss of that amount of money. Tampering with the ticket is an utter impossibility. The ticket all of them being numbered is obtained from a gworn officer after entering the room. Everything in connection with the mat ter is conducted in a straight-forward, business-like manner. The system lias been thoroughly satisfactory in Aus tralia." The matter of requiring a deposit of a forfeit is a mere detail, not necessary to the successful working of the system ' and has been discarded in the new legis lation in this country, save one state, we believe. Against the essential feat- ures of the plan there can be no valid ob . jeotion brought. Every honest, free . minded citizen desires an absolute free and honest ballot, without the possibil ity of charge of bribery, intimidation or fraud. This the Australian system se cures. The only persons who are hos tile to tlie plan are either those who do not understand it clearly, or else those who are interested in buying or intimi dating votes. Toledo blade. The Newspaper in school. It is a trite assertion that the Ameri cans are essentially a newspaper reading people. From the shop girl to the mil Jionare the daily paper is almost as much of a necessity as food and drink, and as a lever for wielding the minds of the people it is unsurpassed in force and power. It is an element for good or evil, whichever way it may be directed, and those who guide the policy of a great paper, assume a responsibility almost as potent as that which is accorded to the lawmakers more potent, perhaps, for it wields the will of the people, their hojies, their passions and their ambitions. It aids the pulpit in the suppression of vice, and thoughtful minds lead men to better endeavors. But it has been left for once despised Kansas to introduce the newspaper as a " practical factor in school education. At a school at Heston, in that state, a copy of the Kansas City News, so the editor of that paper informs its readers, is kept constantly on file for the use of teachers and scholars. It is quite evident that tlie young idea of Ileston will be taught to shoot in the right direction. The boy wlio is abreast with the newg of the day bas won half the battle toward fame and fortune. To be up with the times you . rauirt be one of them. There is a good deal of rude buffeting in this world, and to be out of the swim is to receive more bullets than justly belong to you. The successful merchant is not the one who understands the routine of business only, but he who is conversant with the affairs of the world and regulates his interest according to them. In the new towns of the west houses are built first, then "a church, then a newspaper office, home, religion and intelligence going hand in hand to build up a sturdy and enterpris ing manhood. There is, a level-headed common sense in these Kansas teachers who have introduced the newspaper into the school room. It is a whole curricu lum of study in itself, and this w.tm custom might be transplanted here w.Ui advantage to future caunet minis ters and, mayhap, preaiUeut. iew Vvrk Graphic, .m S: - I ,J.ii f,.r :u tiliil ai oiiJ in a uut-i 3"-' ! . ' irl-r.nww lii.-, in June, 1""" ei . - ' It , h;le he s an editor and fc.iu, bef-lameajuJgv.but.l was a 5 mouth alter tl Tennessee L-gisUure 1 passed a bill d,-lrring forvvtr inn "b ' lie ottice anv citizen "f rtat h should part,, lutein a duel or aid or 1 taM tlie The pn.f of the jmVe s i guilt is estal.lid.ed by the account of the dud pul li-.lL.-d in his own paper. It Ulidit never Uive been rei,in)-red a-am-t him that lie committed this of fense in his youth, had he not quarreled witli l,il-roeciit!iig attorney and lined him for co.,ten,i t a few J:.ys .,w i . r. . - I ), must t'O. 11 irate lawyer is 'i him. State Journal. Eight states of tlie union have adopt' il,e 4 n-tralian ballot system, and tile is some hoi that Illinois will be the novt to fall in line. The lower house the Illinois legislature has made the b ., ial order for Thursday and there a vtronir feelinir in its favor. Massuch KPtts. Indiana. Montana. Khode Mun Wisconsin, Telinesee, Minnesota and Missouri have concluded to try the scheme. Nebraska didn't join the pro cession w hen she had the ciiame and by the time another opportunity occurs she will probably lie near the foot of the line. SUite Journal. It is generally Iflieved tint Governor Hill destroyed his future litiial pr., iects by vetoing the reform ekaion bill. It is safe to predict that he will not lead the l Jemoi ratio hosts in the next national election. Job work of all kinds promptly and neatly executed at the JiX'RN.u. office. Nebraska's Legal History. COMPLETE LAM'S OF THE TEHKI TORY AM) STATE IN THUF.E LAIHJE 10LOES. For thirty-five years has Nebraska's Territorial and State legislatures been enacting, amending and repealing laws ejecting the jiersonal and projierty rights of tlie citizens of the State, and it is safe to say that until recently not more than a half dozen lawyers of the State ossessed copies of one-tenth of these numerous enactments, and not one iossessed full and complete copies, for the reason that in the earlier period but few copies were printed, and many innc curacies occurred, and from the further fact that the session laws of 173 were never publi.shed.at all. The Statu Journal Co., of Lincoln, realiziug the necessity of an accurate and full compilation of the laws of the Territory and State of rvebraska, liegan several years ago the work of preparing such a publication. Experts were emp loyed, and four years were given to cop ying and comparing every enactment, including general, local and private laws, joint and concurrent resolutions, and memorials to Congress, which were then arranged by sections and published in three large volumes, comprising a grand total of pages. The proofs were compared, not with the printed copies, but with the original rolls, corrected, and again revised, thus assuring nearly absolute correctness. Hundreds of errors oceured in the original biennial publiia tions, and these are all noted in this pub lication. The work is brought down to and in cluding the session of 1W, A most complete index accompanies each volume, citing the pages in this work where the subject can be found, and the page and volumes of the original printed laws, and at the end of the third volum is a general index of the entire work, giving page and volume, also the page and volumes of the session laws, the volumes of the general and compiled statutes. Another most valuable feature j will lie found at the end of this volume. It consists of an index of the laws cited and construed by the Judges of the Su preme Court, which arA--mbodied in the Supreme Court Reports 3own to and in cluding volume 21. The citations are in dexed and cross indexed by subject, al phabetically arranged, and is the only index to the laws passed upon by the Supreme Court. When this work was first published, the price was put at $30 for the three vol umes, a low price when the cost of nrn- duction and importance of the work are considered. The edition was soon ex hausted, but the work found its way only into the law offices of the more prosperous attorneys, tlie price deliaring nutwreus of struggling younsr nractition- ers from purchasing, though they fully realized the importance and value of the work in their practice. To meet these de mands the State Journal Co. has just published another edition of the work, and to give all a chance to obtain it. the cash price from now until the first day or July has been reduced to FIFTEEN LOLLARS, and after that date the full price of 30 will be demanded. This work lias been endorsed bv 1h Judges of the Supreme and hist net courts of the State, and bv all the at torneys, all of whom were among the ursi purchasers. Orders can now be pro mptly lined. All orders at tlie reduced price must be accomxuiied by the cash, and the work will be sent by express, tlie charges to lie paid by the purcliaser. STATE JOURNAL CO., Lincoln, Kebruluk I sfch 0B innoc 8, Vfiritv. 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