Nebraska Newspapers

    NEBRASKA MATTERS
NEWS AND NOTES COVERING THE
COMMONWEALTH.
SATES MAKE A STIR
Base ball Notes and Other Citron I
c eg* mi Wrick Nebraska Reaa
e~s Ar* interested.
Gis&ijr Races Create Stir.
CrrmaL While (more t hall 1.0*“)
f upl- were prepanti* to attend :i>e
auton-jbile ra> e» at t'maost dm mg
park dsadi) afternoon, shicli sere
pat on by a par*. of men lrom Oma
ha. half a duxes Fremont paste i a
«rg-d hf the ruacrega'KKi* from from
Claw poiptta not to thro* Fremont
open to toil Sunday amusements.
The incident has caused quite a stir
sad cttjr uScwis who are said to
hat* given approval to the races are
now seeking te square themselves
with tb* large cob?ingest of church
people to whom .Sunday racing ap
peals on.; .» a desecration of t!w Sab
bath.
Rescued From River.
FultMeuUi M.*t t'eci! iUsea
herry and M iss Haimr narrowly ea
• aped drowning Sunday by the over
turning of a skiS is the Missouri
river The young women attempted
to get into s si iff attached to the
ferry host. When (he skiff with one
of them in it moved away from the
hat. the errtspant became excited
and la reaching lor the rods of the
ferry boa! overturned the skiff, when
her companion la trying to help her
f«B law the river Their screams
brought timely assistance.
Marauder* Break Phone W.rea.
Ashland Trouble engendered by
the strike of the linemen of the Lin
««ln Telegraph and Telephone com
pany at Lincoln lias spread to this
ikst ti and to Weeping Water and
Ptaftsmoufh. which are la the Lin
eoh. district also Numerous depre
dations are being daily uncovered.
Saturday night several wires were cut
on the Silver street bridge over Salt
creek and Monday night the wires
wees severed at Burlington railroad
subway, breaking long distance con
nections.
Branch Postal Savings Bank.
Omaha Postal sav lugs banks will
he established in the six branch sta
tions of the Omaha post office, accord
ing to plans which have been ma
terial tz tag for several weeks. No
extra clerks m 111 be asigned to the
work, the pn sent office fawn accept
ing the deposits aad transferring the
accounts to the savings department
of the mi'll postoffice. Postmaster
Wharton has been authorized to noti j
fy J L Brandet* dr Hons that a pos
tal aating* eta on mill be establishes! 1
it tbetr More.
Held On Robbery Charge.
Item!rice Frank Miller, alias Frank
Jackson, and George t'ole, alias
«e->rge Bates, mere arrested in Kan
sas by iMactive Searies on the
charre of robbing the State bank at
Hanover. Kan., some time ago. Sear
|e* has been on their trail ever since
•he robbery occurred The men were
lodged in JaH at Washington. Kan II.
H lioerr of Wv more is serving a five
year sentence In the Kansas state
prison for complicity in the robbery
of this bank.
Mr* Armiaia Powell, one of the
earliest pioneer women of Hakota
count died at Rochester. Minn.,
where she bad gone for an operation
for a goiter
Boy Accidentally Shot.
f >akota t it? -George Powell, aged
SC *e» accidentally shot in the leg
with a 22 calibre revolver. He and
a cocun. Frank Powell, mere shoot
J-t* at a target when the revolver mas
a*. dentally d -charg'd in the latter*
lands The Injured boy was taken
in a Sioux City hospital where the
k diet was removed.
H-rX-X-i-X-K—<•
| STATE BASE
BALL NEWS |
Hiawatha pi* ,.*-4 ritigcs around
Heunre Mus4ii. and won by the
MW* of 12 to I.
W lower shot act \«>rf«!k. the lead
ers of Um> takbom Volloy league.
:ioa4i>. la a laat game. 3 to fit,
\ew-aafle defeated (UutBteU oa
tlte isiuooaleM grounds ta a tweive
to* ag gain# by • nwr of 3 to 2.
With the scar*- tied and two down
ia the stalk. Brewer stole home
from third mod woa the game for
Auburn Vanda;
In a tW game Wayne defeated
Wiaorie toy a sour* of t to 3.
Kearney took both ends of a double
header Mandat making seiea out of
the oer-ea of Bine games.
The postponed game played la
Crnod i»faod betaeen Columbus and
the locals was a very loosely played
email-.'sob with almost ali the scores
bettag made oa errors. <
The two ptvm. ft lea Big of con beast
Nebraska. Pierce and Norfolk, tori oa
the diiaoaad ia tierce ta the most **
cit eg games over witnessed there.
Pierce wtantng by a a 4 to 3 score.
Tb* game was fast from the start.
Hagers defeated the Schuyler ball
team Sunday by the score of Id to
3 The feature of the game was the
hard hftiag of the Hoeers' team
The Alma bad 'earn is still winning
Same*, defeatm; Ki-.erton Tuesday by
a war* of 14 f» 1 oa the Kivertoa
Superior look the tia* from Kesr
■ey by a 7 to ' score. Vance, ia the
hoc for Superior, pitched a mighty
tt* game and bad »ac*!leot support
thro ughoc; with the exception of once
ar twkrw when the .nfield allowed
■mares oa infield hits that were easy
ta gel
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
Lueila Davenport has filed suit In
the district court of Gage county for
divorce fr'-in her husband. Harry. She
charge* her husband deserted her
:hout reason August 13, ; that
h*» is. able to provide suitable inain
■ •-nance for ter. which he refused and
neglected to do.
The Adams county sheriff came to
York and caused the arrest of two
Hastings young men charged with
steal.ng a horse and buggy. The of
ficer returned with them. Their nanus
are Caul Hetlniers and Will Carson.
They old conflicting stories about the
»a> they came by the horse and
b’iggy.
With his fighting blood riding on
the crest of a be* r foam spree. Janies
- ey. a farmer, residing twenty
two miles northwest of Fremont,
drov.- his wife and two children from
*: *-ir home at midnight, brandishing a
•utcher knife and threatening them
with extinction. They ran to the
home of a neighbor whence a tele
phone call brought Sheriff Condit,
who arrested the offender.
i df*d Hulshixer. at present re
siding in Kansas City, but formerly
t Wyinore and later of Lincoln, had
;uite an exciting experience with
bi.'gtars at his home. He and his
wife were awakened by their noise
and on arising to investigate were
covered wiih an electric Rash light
and guns in the hands of the two in
truders The robbers got two gold
watches and a few other valuables,
but no money.
Jatie-s W Sage of Cass county was
w\ i rely kicked by a mule he had
caught from the pasture and which
•X- not halter-broke The animal was
tied in the barn when Sage went be
hind it without speaking The animal
was frightened and began to kick
Sage in a corner of the stall, and
while the mule was so close it could
not injure him 'atally it played a tat
too on his entire body before he was
able to get away.
Two new appointments to the fac
ulty of the state university are an
nounced. Miss Alice Loomes of Madi
son, Wis . has been named as head of
•tie department of home economics,
taking tbe place of Professor Rosa
Bou'on. mho resigned recently. Miss
Anna Olson of Columbia teachers’
College has been appointed assistant
professor of home economics, taking
the place made vacant in June by the
risegnation of Miss Harriet Folger.
As a result of injuries received in
a Burlington freight wreck near
Grand >sland. John Frederick, a brake
man of Lincoln, died in a local hos
pital. Both legs mere crushed and he
sustained severe scalp mounds. His
wife mas with him when he died, but
before she could talk with him he
lapsed into unconsciousness. Just be
fore this he had asked to see Mrs.
Frederick He leaves a widow and
three daughters, aged nine, seven and
five years old
Fred Tobey, formerly of Ulysses,
b ,r now homesteading northwest of
Brewster, had a very thrilling experi
ence and narrow escape from a pos
sible loss of his life. In helping
Charles Persons and Ford Dodds with
a couple of unbroken horses he had
snubbed one of them up to his saddle
horn to hold it while being saddled.
A* the saddle was thrown upon the
horse he reared, jerking out about
six feet of slack in the rope by which
he was being held, then coming down
astride the horse ridden by Tobey.
Startling testimony hearing on cor
ruption in the city council of South
Omaha for the years 1909 and 1910
was brought out in Judge Howard
Kennedy's court when James Parks,
a South Omaha contractor, formerly
of the National Construction com
• at • swore that he and his brother,
George Parks, president of the Na
tional Construction company, had an
agreement to pay Mayor P. J Trainor
and three members of the city coun
cil t? cents for every yard of pave
n ■ nf laid by the National Construc
tion comoanv.
\ F Sheldon of Chicago. 111., and
Ctiar.es H. Marshall of Philadelphia
w '1 d>-!i\er the principal addresses
before the annual convention of Na
tional Stationer* and Manufacturers,
mhich will be held in Omaha on Aug.
1.' to 1*; Both men are widely known
In the stationers' field and their talks
will tie worth while as they have
made a study of conditions, which af
<)uiaha has prepar
ed a royal welcome for the visitors to
N. - i-ua. which will be one of the
larges; eastern delegations that has
ever visited the state
M rhertoo co nty. N braska. is the
gurd-n spot of the world, according to
J. W. Flier, formerly of Omaha.
Judge Filer lives on a farm in the
h'-vstern corner of McPnerson
county. Tryon. the county seat, is the
nearest town. But without ary rail
read factories whatever, says Judge
Flier, the farmers throughout the
• ounty are prospering to brat the
hand. It is the hope of the farmers
in McPherson county, says the judge,
•hat the l'n,on l^cilic soon wiil build
into Tryon. and from (here to other
points Partners sometimes now haul
their grain twenty and fifty miles to a
railroad, be says.
John Rothmeyer. a farmer living
south of Wymore. was run over by
a wa. onload of lumber and escaped
with only a few fruises. He fell from
| his » ;‘con and two wheels ran over
his abdomen
Harry A Murphy was bound over
. to the district court of Lancaster
county on the charge of wife and
* child abandonment. His bond was
lived at fSf*0. He was unable to fur
nish security and was oouimitteed to
the ct .nty Jail. Mrs. Murphy testi
fied that she had received no support
from the defendant since May, when
he gave her $6.
Oliie Coffett of Wymore, charged
* with shooting William Breamer at the
“'half way house" between Wymore
and Blue Spring July 3 with Intent to
do great bodily injury, was given his
preliminary hearing before Judge
Ellis and was bound over to the dis
trict court.
One of the wheels of an automobile
belonging to Alfred Pettygrove cf
Stamford came off while Mr. Petty
grove was driving wtrh his fami
ly from Stamford to Oxford. Mrs. Pet
lygrove was thrown from the auto
and severly bruised about the head
i and face.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. ONE.
The following proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State of Nebraska,
as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub
mitted to the electors of the State of Ne
braska. to be voted upon at the general
election to be held Tuesday. November
6th. A. D. 1912.
“AN ACT for a Joint resolution propos
ing amendment to Section 1 and Sec
tion 10 Article 3 of the Constitution of
the State of Nebraska, and supplement
ing Article entitled ‘Amendments.'
Be It Resolved and Enacted by tne Legis
lature of the Slate of Nebraska:
Section 1. That at the general election
for state and legislative officers to be |
held on the Tuesday succeeding the first :
Monday in November, 1912. the following
provisions be proposed and submitted as
amendment to Section 1 and Section 10
of Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska:
Section 2. That Section 1 of Article S
of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska is hereby amended to read as fol
lows:
Section 1. The legislative authority of
the state shall be vested in a legislature
consisting of a senate and house of repre
sentatives. but the people reserve to
themselves power to propose laws, and
amendments to the constitution, and to
enact or reject the same at the polls in
dependent of the legislature, and also re
serve power at their own option to ap
prove or reject at the polls any act. item,
section, or part of any act passed by the
legislature.
Section 1A. The first power reserved
by the people is the initiative. Ten per
cent of the legal voters of the state, so
distributed as to include five per cent of
the legal voters in each of two-fifths of
the counties of the state, may propose
any measure by petition, which shall
contain the full text of the measure so
proposed. Provided, that proposed Con
stitutional Amendments shall require a
petition of fifteen per cent of the legal
voters of the State distributed as above
provided. Initiative petitions (except for
municipal and wholly local legislation)
shall be filed with the Secretary of State
and be by him submitted to the voters at
the first regular state election held not
less than four months after such filing.
The same measure, either in form or in
essential substance, shall not be sub
mitted to the people by initiative petition
(either affirmatively or negatively)
oftener than once in three years. If con
flicting measures submitted to the people
at the same election shall be approved,
the one receiving the highest number of
affirmative votes shall thereby become
law as to all conflicting provisions. The
Constitutional limitations as to scope and
subject matter of statutes enacted by the
legislature shall apply to those enacted
by the initiative.
section tub second power reserved
is the referendum. It may be ordered by
a petition of ten per cent of the legal
voters of the state, distributed as re
quired for initiative petitions. Referen
dum petitions against measures passed
by the legislature shall be filed with the
Secretary of State within ninety days
after the legislature enacting the same
adjourns sine die or for a period longer
than ninety days; and elections thereon
shall be had at the first regular state
election held not less than thirty days
after such filing.
Section 1C. The referendum may be
ordered upon any act except acts making
appropriations for the expenses of the
state government, and state institutions
existing at the time such act is passed.
When the referendum is ordered upon an
act or any part thereof it shall suspend
its operation until the same is approved
by the voters: provided, that emergency
acts, or acts for the immediate preserva
tion of the public peace, health, or safety
shall continue in effect until rejected by
the voters or repealed bv the legislature.
Filing of a referendum petition against
one or more items, sections, or parts of
an act shall not delay the remainder of
the measure from becoming operative.
Section 1D. Nothing in this section
shall be construed to deprive any mem
ber of the legislature of the right to in
troduce any measure. The whole number
of votes cast for governor at the regular
election last preceding the filing of any
Initiative or referendum petition shall be
the basis on which the number of legal
voters required to sign such petition shall
be computed. The veto power of the gov
ernor shall not extend to measures initi
ated by or referred to the people. All
such measures shall become the law or a
part of the constitution when approved
bv a majority of the votes cast thereon,
provided, the votes cast in favor of said
initiative measure or part of said Consti
tution shall constitute thirty-five per
cent (35%) of the total vote cast at said
election, and not otherwise, and shall
take effect upon proclamation by the
governor, which shall be made within
ten days of the completion of the official
canvass. The vote upon initiative and
referendum measures shall be returned
and canvassed in the same manner as is
prescribed in the case of presidential
electors. The method of .submitting and
adopting amendments to the constitution
provided by this section shall be supple
mentary to the method prescribed in the
article of this Constitution, entitled
‘Amendments.’ and the latter shall in no
case be construed to conflict herewith.
This amendment shall be self-executing,
but legislation may be enacted especially
to facilitate its operation. In submitting
petitions and orders for the initiative and
the referendum, the Secretary of State
and all other officers shall be guided by
this amendment and the general laws
until additional legislation shall be espe
cially provided therefor; all propositions
submitted in pursuance hereof shall be
submitted in a non-partisan manner and
without any indication or suggestion on
the ballot that they have been approved
or endorsed by any political party or or
ganization. and provided further that
only the title, of measures shall be printed
on the ballot, and when two or more
measures have the same title they shall
be numbered consecutively in the order
of filing with the Secretary of State and
including the name of the first petitioner.
Section 3. That Section 10, of Article 3.
of the Constitution of the state of Ne
braska be amended to read as follows:
Section 10. The style of all bills shall
be ‘ Be it enacted bv the people of the
State of Nebraska." and no law shall
be enacted except b" bill. No bill shall
be passed by the legislature unless bv
assent of a majority of nil the member’s
elected to eacn house of the legislature
and the question upon final passage shall
be taken immediately upon its last read
ing and the yeas and nays shall be en
te.ed upon tha journal.
Section 4. That at said election on the
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in
November. 1S12, on the ballot of each
elector voting thereat there shall be
printed or written the words: “For pro
posed amendment to the constitution re
serv'ng to the people the right of direct
legislation through the initiative and ref
erendum." and "Against proposed amend
ment to the constitution reserving to the
people the right of direct legislation
through the initiative and referendum."
Sand if a majority of all voters at said
election shall he in favor of such amend
ment the same shall be deemed to be
adopted. The returns of said election
upon the adoption of this amendment
shall be made to the state canvassing
board and said board shall canvass the
vote upon the amendment herein in the
same manner as is prescribed in the case
of presidential electors, if a majority of
the votes cast at the election be in favor
of tne proposed amendment the governor,
v.ithln ten days after the result is ascer
tained. shall make proclamation declar
ing the amendment to b« part of the con
stitution of the state, and when so de
clared the amendment herein proposed
shall be in force and seif-executing.
Approved March 24. 1911
I, Aduison \\ ait. Secretary of State, of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska is a true and correct copy of the
original enrolled and engrossed" bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska
as appears from said original bill on file
in this office, and that said proposed
amendment is submitted to the qualified
voters of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln. this 20th day of Mav, in the year of
our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. ADDISON 'WAIT,
[Seal] Secretary of State.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. TWO.
The following proposed amendment to
! the constitution of the State of Nebraska
as hereinafter set forth in full is sub
mitted to the electors of the State of Ne
braska. to be voted unon at the genera
“lection to be held Tuesday. Novembe’
'.th. A. D. 1912.
"A JOINT RESOLUTION on proposing
an amendment to Section 4 of Articb
3 of the Constitution of the State o
Nebraska.
Be It Resolved and Enacted by the Legls
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That at the general electlo
fnr state and legislative officers to be **«.»
on the Tuesday following the first Mon
day in November. 1912. the following be
submitted as an amendment to Section 4
of Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska:
Sec. 4. At the first election of mem
bers of the legislature held after the
adoption of this amendment members of '
the Senate and House of Representatives,
shall be elected for the term of two years.
Both senators and representatives shall
each receive pay at the rate of six hun
dred dollars for each regular session of
the Legislature, during their term, and
ten cents for every mile they shall travel
in going to ar.d returning from the place
of meeting of the legislature, on the most
usual route. That neither members of
the legislature nor employes shall re
ceive any pay or perquisites other than
their salary and mileage. Each session,
except special session, shall not be less
than sixty days. After the expiration of
twenty days of the session, no bills nor
joint resolutions of the nature of bills
shall be introduced, unless the governor
shall by special message call the atten
tion of the legislature to the necessity of
passing a law on the sub’eot-matter em
braced in the message, and the introduc
tion of bills shall be restricted thereto.
Provided, that the general appropria
tion bills may be introduced up to and
Including the fortieth day.
Sec. 2. That at said election on the
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in
November. 1912. on the ballot of each
elector voting thereat there shall be
printed or written the words: “For pro
posed amendment to the constitution fix
ing the ■ term of office and salary for
members of the legislature.” and
“Against proposed amendment to the
constitution fixing the term of office and
salary for members of the legislature.”
And if a majority of all the voters at the
said election shall be in favor of such
amendment the same shall be deemed to
be adopted. The returns of said election
upon the adoption of this amendment
shall be made to the State Canvassing
Board and that Board shall canvass the
vote upon the amendment herein In the
same manner as is prescribed in the case
of presidential electors. If a majority of
the votes cast at the election be in favor
of the proposed amendment the governor,
within ten days after the result is ascer
tained. shall make proclamation declar
ing the amendment to be part of the
constitution of the state, and when so
declared the same shall be In force.
Approved April 10. 1911."
I. Addison Wait. Secretary of Slate, of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing prop r-ed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska Is a true and correct copy of the
original enrolled end engrossed bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from said original bill on file
In this office, and that said proposed
amendment is submitted to the qualified
voters of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or reieetion at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November. A. D. 1912.
Tn Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln. this 20th dav of May. In the year of
our Inrd. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. ADDISON WAIT.
[Seal] Secretary of State.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. THREE.
The following proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State of Nebraska,
as hereinafter set forth In full, is sub
mitted to the electors of the State of Ne
braska, to be voted upon at the general
election to be held Tuesday, November
5th. A. D. 1912.
"A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Sec
tion nineteen (19) of Article five (5) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebras
ka creating a Board of Commissioners
of State Institutions.
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That Section nineteen T9),
of Article five (5) of the Constitution of
the State of Nebraska, be amended to
read as follows:
Section 19. The Governor shall, prior
to the adjournment of the thirty-third
session of the legislature, nominate and,
with the consent of two-thirds of the
members of the Senate in Executive Ses
sion. appoint three electors of the state,
not more than two of whom shall belong
to the same political party and no two
of whom shall reside at the time of their
appointment in the same congressional
district, as members of a board to be
known as a “Board of Commissioners of
State Institutions." Said members shall
hold office as designated by the Governor
for two. four and six years respectively.
Subsequent appointments shall be made
as provided and. except to fill vacan
cies. shall be for a period of six years.
The Board shall at all times be subject
to the above restrictions and limitations.
The Board of Commissioners shall have
full power to manage, control and gov
ern. subject only to such limitations as
shall be established by law, the State
Soldiers’ Home. Hospitals for the Insane.
Institute or the Deaf. Institute for the
Blind. Industrial Schools. Institute for
Feeble Minded Children. Nebraska Indus
trial Home. Orthopedic Hospital, the
State Penitentiary and all charitable, re
formatory and penal institutions that
shall be by law established and main
tained by the state of Nebraska. They
shall each give bonds, receive compensa
tion for service, perform all duties and
comply with all regulations that shall be
established by law. The powers pos
sessed by the Governor and Board of
Public Lands and Buildings with refer
ence to the management and control of
the institutions herein named shall, on
July I. 1913. cease to exist in the Gov
ernor and the Board of Public Lands and
Buildings and shall become vested in a
Board of Commissioners of State institu
tions, and the said Board Is on July 1. 1913.
and without further process of law. au
thorized and directed to assume and ex
ercise all the powers heretofore vested
In or exercised bv the Governor or Board
of Public Lands and Buildings with ref
erence to the Institutions of the state
named herein, but nothing herein con
tained shall limit the general supervisory
or examining powers vested In the Gover
nor by the laws or constitution of the
state, or such ns are vested by him in
anv committee appointed by him.
Section 2. That at the general electfon.
In November. 1912, there shall be submit
ted to the electors of the state for their
approval or rejection the foregoing pro
posed amendments to the constitution in
the following form: On the ballot of each
elector voting for or against said pro
posed amendment shall be printed or
written "For proposed amendment to the
Constitution creating a Board of Com
missioners of State institutions" and
"Against said proposed amendment to
the constitution creating a Board of
Commissioners of State Institutions.”
Section 3. If such amendment to Sec
tion nineteen (19) of Article five (5) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebraska
shall be approved by a majority of all
electors voiine at such election said
amendment shall constitute Section nine
teen (19) of Article five <a) of the con
stitution of the state of Nebraska.
Approved April 10. 1911.”
I. Addison Wait. Secretary of State, of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska is a true and correct copy of the
original enrolled and engrossed bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska
as appears from said original bill on file
in this office, and that said proposed
amendment is submitted to the qualified
voters of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln. this 20th day of Mar. in the year of
our lyord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Tweive. and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. ADDISON WAIT.
[Seal] Secretary' of State.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. FOUR.
The following proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State of Nebraska,
is hereinafter set forth in full, is sub
mitted to the electors of the State of Ne
braska. to be voted upon at the general
election to be held Tuesday. November
>th. A. D. 1912.
■A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose
amendments to Section five (5) of
Article six (6) and Secuon thirteen (13)
of Article sixteen (16) of the constitu
tion of the state of Nebraska as found
in the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska
for 1909 (Section thirteen <13) of
Article eighteen (18) of Conbey's An
notated Statutes for 1909). relating to
time of electing judges of the supreme
court, fixing the time of the gene, at
election and providing for holding over
of incumtK-nts until their successors
are elected and d'tallfled.
Be It Resolved and Enacted by the Legis
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That Section Five (5) of
trticle Six (S) of the Constitution of the
-> re of Nebraska be amended to read as
follows:
Section 5. That at the general election
to be held in the State of Nebraska In
the year 1916. and each six years there
after. there shall be elected three (3)
judges of the Supreme Court, who shall
hold their office for the period of six 16)
years; that at the general election to be
held in the State of Nebraska in the year
1918. and each six years thereafter there
shall be elected three (3) judges of the
Supreme Court, who shall hold their office
for the period of six years; and at the
general election to be held In the State
of Nebraska In the year 1920 and each
six (6) years thereafter there shall be
elected a chief justice of the Supreme
Court, who shall hold his office for the
period of six (6) years. Provided. That
the member of the Supreme Court whose
term of office expires in January. 1914.
shall be chief justice of the Supreme
Court during that time until the expira
tion of his term of office.
Section 2. That Section Thirteen (III
of Article Sixteen (16) of the constitution
of the State of Nebraska as found in the
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1909
(Section thirteen (13) of Article eighteen
(IS) of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes for
1909) he amended to read us follows:
Section 13. The general election of this
state shall be held on the Tuesday suc
ceeding the first Monday in November
In the year 1914 and every two vevs
thereafter. All state, district, county,
precinct and township officers, by the
constitution or laws made elective by the
people, except school district officers, and
municipal officers in cities, villages and
towns, shall be elected at a general elec
tion to be held as aforesaid. Judges of
the supreme, district and county courts. |
all elective county and precinct officers,
and all other elective officers, the time
for the election of whom is not herein
otherwise provided for, and which are
not included in the above exception, j
shall be elected on the Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday in November. 1913.
and thereafter at the general election
next preceding the time of the termina
tion for their respective terms of office.
Provided. That no office shall be vacated
thereby, but the incumbent thereof shall
hold over until his successor is duly
elected and qualified.
Section 3. The form of ballot on the
amendments proposed herein shall be us
follows: "For proposed amend nents to
the constitution providing for general
election once in two years” and "Against
proposed amendments to the constitution
providing for general election once in
two years."
Approved April T. 1911.”
I, Addison Wait. Secretary of State, of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne- i
brnska is a true and correct copy of the
original enrolled and engrossed bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from said original bill on file
In this office, and that said proposed
amendment is submitted to the qualified
voters of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 3th day
of November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunva
set mv hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln, this 20th dav of May. in the year of
our I ord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. ADDISON WATT.
[Seal] Secretary of State.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL.
AMENDMENT NO. FIVE.
The following proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State of Nebraska,
as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub
mitted to the electors of the State of Ne
braska, to be voted upon at the general
election to be held Tuesday. November
5th. A. D. 1912.
"AN ACT for a Joint Resolution to pro
pose an amendment to the constitution
of the State of Nebraska.
Be it Resolved and Enacted by the Legis
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That at the general election
for state and legislative officers to be
held in the State of Nebraska on the first
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in
November. 1912. the following provision
be proposed and submitted to the electors
of the State of Nebraska
Sec. 2. Any city having a popula
tion of more than five thousand (5,000)
inhabitants may frame a charter for its
own government, consistent with and
subject to the constitution and laws of
this state, by causing a convention of
fifteen freeholders, who shall have been
for at least five years qualified electors
thereof, to be elected by the qualified
voters of said city at any 'general or spe
cial election, whose duty it shall be
within four months aiter such election,
to prepare and propose a charter for such
city, which charter, when completed, with
a prefatory synopsis, shall be signed by
the officers and members of the conven
tion. or a majority thereof, and deliv
ered to the clerk of said city, who shall
publish the same in fuu. with his official
certification, in the official paper of said
city, if there be one. and if there be no
official paper, then in at least one news
paper published and in general circula
tion In said city, three times, and a week
apart, and within not less than thirty
days after such publication it shall be
submitted to the qualified electors of said
city at a general or special election, and
if a majority of such qualified voters,
voting thereon, shall ratify the same, it
shall at the end of sixty days thereafter,
become the charter of said city, and
supersede any existing charter and all
amendments thereof. A duplicate cer
tificate shall be made, setting forth the
charter proposed and its ratification (to
gether with the vote for and against) and
duly certified by the City Clerk, and au
thenticated by the corporate seal of said
city and one copy thereof shall be tiled
with the secretary of state and the other
deposited among the archives of the city,
and shall thereupon become and be the
charter of said city, and all amendments
to such charter, shall be authenticated in
the same manner, and filed with the sec
retary of state, and deposited In the
archives of the city.
Sec. 3. But if said charter be re
jected. then within six months thereafter,
the Mayor and council or governing au
thorities of said city may call a special
election at which fifteen members of a
new charter convention shall be elected
to be called and held as above In such
city, and they shall proceed as above to
frame a charter which shall in like man
ner and to the like end be published and
submitted to a vote of said voters for
their approval or rejection. If again re
jected. the procedure herein designated
may he repeated until a charter is finally
approved by a majority of those voting
thereon, and certified (together with the
vote for and against) to the secretary of
state as aforesaid, and a copy thereof
deposited in the archives of the city
whereupon it shall become the charter of
said city. Members of each of said char
ter conventions shall be elected at large:
and they shall complete their labors
within sixty days after their respective
election.
The charter shall make proper pro
vision for continuing, amending or repeal
ing the ordinances of the city.
Sec. 4. Such charter so ratified and
adopted may be amended, or a charier
convention called, by a proposal therefor
made by the law-making body of such
city or by the qualined electors in num
ber not less than five per cent of the next
preceding gubernatorial vote in such city,
by petition filed with the council or gov
erning authorities. The council or gov
erning authorities shali submit the same
to a vote of the qualified electors at the
next general or special election not held
within thirty days after such petition is
filed. In submitting any such charter or
charter amendments, any alternative
article or section may be presented for
the choice of the voters and may be
voted on separately without prejudice to
others. Whenever the question of a
charter convention is carried by a ma
jority of those voting thereon, a charter
convention shall be called through a spe
cial election ordinance, and the same
shall be constituted and held and the
proj-jsed charter submitted to a vote of
the qualified electors, approved or reject
ed. as provided in Section two hereof.
The City Clerk of said city shall publish
with his official certification, for three
times, a week apart in the official paper
of said city, if there be one. and if there
be no official paper, then in at least one
newspaper, published and in general cir
eulation in said city, the ful! text of any
charter or charter amendment to be
voted on at any general or special elec
tion.
Xo charter or charter amendment
adopted under the provisions of this
amendment shall be amended or repe tied
except by electoral vote. And no such
charter or charter amendment shall di
minish the tax rate for state purposes
fixed by act of the legislature, or inter
fere In any wise with the collection of
etatA
Sec. 5. That at said election in the
year 1912, on the ballot of each electot
voting .thereat, there shall be printed oi
written the words—“For proposed amend
ment to the Constitution allowing cities
of more than five thousand inhabitants In
this state to frame their own city char
ter." and “Against proposed amendment
to constitution allowing cities of mor.
than five thousand inhabitants in this
state to frame their own charters." And
if a majority of all voters at said elec
tion shall be for such amendment the
same shall be deemed to be adopted.
Approved March 2S. 1*11."
I. Addison Wait. Secretary of State, of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska Is a true and correct copy of the
original enrolled and engrossed bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from said original bill on file
in this office, and that said proposed
amendment is submitted to the qualified
voters of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the Slate of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln. this 20th day of May. in the year of
our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and of the Independence of
the United States the Or.e Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. ADDISON WAIT.
I Sen 11 Secretary of State.
Omgcm
NX/ILBV7R D.NESDIT
, -11—3
THE DRUMS
OF MEMORY
Beat the drums of memory
In a low and lulling key
Till my feet go marching on
Through the twilight and the dawn.
Backward through the paths of time
into that enchanted clime
Where the blossoms never fade.
Where the sunshine and the shade
Dance in dapples on the grass
Of the orchards that I pass.
Beat the drums of memory
Till they thrill the soul of me.
And I foot the hazy miles
Into long-forgotten whiles.
Find the meadow and the brook
And the vine-bid forest nook.
Till the world that was of old—
World aglow with rose-and-goid
Lures me with its hopes, forsooth.
As it did when I had youth.
Beat the drums of memory—
Let the roll a rally be!
Call the boys I used to know
In the wondrous long ago—
Call them all from field and foam
Till again we are 'at home.
Let us boast, and do. and dare.
Having neither fret nor core;
Let us laugh at the far page
Where is told the tale of age.
Beat the drums of memory
TUI the old songs come to me.
Till I murmur faded tunes.
Hum contented olden croons.
And the boy days all are mine;
Till my veins pulse with the wine
Of the days that were, made new
As I find my pathway through
All the ever-calling ways
Of the living yesterdays.
Information.
Aunt Sophronia simply can't curb
her curiosity, and there are times
when people think she asks too many
questions. One of these times was the
other day when she saw a man carry
ing an old, rusty length of iron pip
ing. It was apparent that the pipe
was no good for any practical use. and
Aunt Sophronia stopped the man and
asked:
"Would you mind telling me what in
the world you intend to do with that
old. wornout pipe?"
"Xo'm." courteously replied the man.
"I'm a-goin' to make bung holes for
cider barrels out of it"
In the Good Old Days.
"Good morning, Mrs. Yvetot,” said
Mrs. Stonehenge, leaning over the wall
of the moat between their houses.
“Could you lend me your heavy ham
mer, your pincers and four or five riv
ets, and your cold chisel?”
"Certainly,” replied Mrs. Yvetot, go
ing into the house and fetching out
the desired articles. "Are you doing
some sewing for the children?”
"Xo. Mr. Stonehenge ripped his
Sunday trousers yesterday on a hal
berd, and 1 want to mend them. Luck
ily, 1 have kept the samples of the
iron they are made of.”
Enterprising Wooer.
"Young Winnem keeps abreast of the
times,” remarked Mr. Gooph.
“He seems to be enterprising.”
agreed Mr. Wooph. ,
■'Enterprising? Well, I should say
he is. He is courting my daughter,
and he has employed a press agent to
boom him.”
Unreasonable Man.
"John is so unreasonable," said Mrs.
Muchwedd. “Why. would you believe
it? He talked just dreadfully because
i -’anted to give a little party in cele
bration of the fifth anniversary of my
first divorce.”
, One Resemblance.
“Xo,” said Mr. Meddergrass to the
restaurant man. “Xo, 1'U Dot say your
pie is jest like mother used to make,
but ni say this, lfs purt' nigh as
crusty as she used to git.”
The Melancholy Jest.
The meloncholy days have come—
The why our tears are poured Is
That every melon which we buy.
Though fair and tempting to the eye.
Is greener than a gourd Is.
Likewise these are the days when all
The rhymesters diabolic
Take up their pens with fearsome sest
And write the hoar and ancient jest
That they are melonchollc.
A/fEAL time—Eager children!
Hungry grown-ups—Keen
appetites to be appeased — And
f ^Sliced
Dried Beef
Creamed or plain it makes a dandy
dish. It' s easy to prepare—supreme in I
quality, and costs no more than ordinary
kinds.
% In Glass Jars or Tins
At Every Grocers
Libby, M£Neill & Libby
Chicago
A Puzzle.
“Birds of a feather flock together."
“How about a rooster and a crow?"
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces iutlamma
Uon, ailays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.
A Bad Break.
Slasher—Been in a fight,
Masher—No. I tried to flirt with a
pretty suffragette.—Judge.
Paxtine Antiseptic sprayed into the
nasal passages is a surprisingly suc
cessful remedy for catarrh. At drug
gists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass.
No Danger.
“Do you believe we are in any dan
ger of losing our birthright?”
“Not a bit—that is, those of us who
are doomed to always work for what
we get are not."
By Experiment.
“What was your little boy crying
about last evening?” “Over his lesson
in natural history." “A child of that
age studying natural history? You
astonish me!” "It’s so, just the same.
He was learning the difference be
tween a wasp and a fly.”
Her Engagements.
Miss Vivian is very much of a flirt
and she has been engaged to a dozen
young men during the few seasons
she has been on the eligible list. A
few days ago she said to her father:
"Pa, you may congratulate me on
having acquired a new object of my
affection.”
“I am glad to hear it,” he replied.
*1 hope you are as happy with him as
you will be with the next one.”
Rare Books for Harvard.
Harry Elkins Widener, who was lost
on the Titanic, had a very valuable
collection of books, and these will go
to Harvard university. His grand
father, P. A. B. Widener, will provide
a building in which the books will be
adequately housed. The collection in
cludes a first folio Shakespeare, a
copy of Shakespeare’s poems in the
original binding, and what is described
as the finest collection in the world
of Robert Louis Stevenson’s works.
Sounds Better.
The feeling of many men with re
regards to public office is much the
same as that which a certain dis
tinguished Frenchman had toward the
academy—that group of forty who are
called “the immortals.” He was asked
one day why he did not propose his
candidacy for the academy.
“Ah.” said he, “if I applied and were
admitted, some one might ask. ‘Why
is he in it?’ and I should much rather
hear it asked, ‘Why isn’t he in it?’”—
Christian Register.
Red Cross Seals Being Printed.
Seventy-five million Red Cross
seals are now being printed for the
holiday sale of these anti-tuberculosis
stickers for 1912. The National Asso
ciatiton for the Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis, which in co-operation
with the American Red Cross will con
duct the sale, makes this announce
ment and states further that the out
look this year is bright for a higher
sale than ever before.
The seal this year is said to be the
best of its kind that the Red Cross
has ever issued. The design is in
three colors, red. green and gray. A
Santa Claus head in the three colors
is shown in the center surrounded by
holly wreaths. In each corner is a
small red cross. The seal bears the
greeting. “Merry Christmas. Happy
New Year, American Red Cross. 1912.”
To The Last
Mouthful
one enjoys a bowl of
crisp, delightful
Post
Toasties
with cream or stewed
fruit — or both.
Some people make an
entire breakfast out of this
combination.
Try it!
“The Memory Lingers’*
Sold by Grocer*.
Pbmn Cereal Caapaay. Limited.
Battle Creak. Mich.. U.S.A.