SENATOR STEPHENSON, WHO DEFIES AGE
I _
Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wis
consin. the oldest member of either
branch of congress, is standing the
scorching hot weather of the national
capital better than any of his col
leagues. In Wisconsin Mr. Stephen
son is known as "I'ncle Ike,” but
among his senate asscciates he is
fa -.illarly hailed as "Dr. Ike.”
Although Mr Stephenson makes no
pretentions to a knowledge of medi
cine as laid down In the books, and
frequently admits that he is not
abreast of the modern medical sci
ence. he has bad a practical experi
ence which he thinks tits him to give
advice to the ailing. Aa far back as
the early fifties. Mr. Stephenson was
healing the sick. He was then in
charge of various lumber camps In
the Lake Superior region of northern
Wisconsin.
"For fifteen years,” said Mr.
Stephenson, "we were without a doc
tor. lawyer, or preacher. We did not
D4*d a doctor, for I looked after the
sick, and as for a lawyer we got along
pretty well, because we fought out
with our fists the troubles that arose
among us. We had some pretty ruugu
and hard no la camps, and maybe we did suffer for want of a
t ■ . " • egu j season we bad hundreds of men. and my principal
Job was ie keep oar . rood shape. The saw and the axe make trou
• a the woods, not only for trees, but for men. and 1 have been called on
i’.j t,iw: . tid t> * : undred* of wounds 1 was not what you might call a fauty
• • » • ■ :t i knts i.ow to set ji hone quickly and with the least pain to
■ r i. ..m < r •- \\V did not have anesthetics In those days, and the
thing ’o do was to mend the break and get the man back on the job in a few
days ~
Mr S-ephensoo aays that a long life and a simple life go hand In hand.
" As a young man. 1 traveled across the mow twenty odd miles a day," he
»4i: I swung a flteputmd axe from dawn till dark. I slept in a blanket
'!e- * - « ,-.e ciwckcr* and pork and drank snow water, and was as
healthy as a bear "
CASTRO MAY DESCEND UPON VENEZUELA
Information received In thin country
by adherents of Ciprlano Castro, de
posed president of Venezuela, not only
Indicate that he U in the Canary is
lands. bat that be Is completing ar
rangements for another descent u|>oo
Venezuela That this project may
prove successful this time, because of
'he open hoatiltty to President Gomez.
ms dangerously approaching revolu
tion. ts considered to be almost cer
tain by Venezuelans who have made
New York city their headquarters for
several months
It was not generally known that
' astro had left Germany, where, five
weeks ago. he submitted to an opera
tion He spent several days in Berlin
while recuperating and then disap
peared
I‘•“life the efforts of agents of Pre»
Went Gomes to locate the irrepres
sible agitator, his whereabouts were
an* discovered until a few days ago.
• hen his supporters In Sew York, nil
mmwm-riUB1 • rwwfiit Gomez, received letters from the erst
wwm prraadciit rwvmHmg his purpose to return to South America incognito at
VI Utmost nppqrtM
v o r . ■ * • . Antonio Jose !'im !im, (or many years the private secretary
** S****- U’“ ln P*» York. Gen A Pimentel, who was minister
m mmmmtsm atrt~r President Gomez, is en route to that c ity to join the Vene
°P*rmtlp* there, not so much in the Interest of Castro, but
•o overthrow President Corned, who. it is now declared has developed into
* ?ar mor- darker >u» di' lalor than Castro >1is accused of being
|_POPE PIUS X NINE YEARS A RULER
Shattering the widely accepted be
hef. in which he himself shared, that
he would not live to celebrate nine
anniversaries of his elevation to the
Vatican throne. Pope Pius X complet
ed the other day the ninth year of his
pontificate.
The odd superstition that he
would die before was based on the
manner in which his holiness' entire
life has been divided into nine-year
periods. As plain Giuseppe Sarto he
was ordained a priest in 18,".8 and
served as a curate for nine years
Then followed his promotion to the
post of parish priest, at Salzano.
where he remained for nine years
more Nest came nine years as chan
cellor of his diocese, nine as Bishop
of Tantua and nine as cardinal and
patriarch of Venice.
So firmly was he convinced that
this division of his life would continue
gl “ / ^ 'f1** *‘na TnB' n<“ frequently express
ed to friends the certainty he felt that
Bin* years would term lasts his pontificate, a termination possible only with
his death
The ;*>;»- was <:-:jj;ed with telegrams congratulating him cn having
iH *?,. kj- ;- . fatal lertod In honor of his anniversary he also
Vwsltid a large nwfaar of cardinals. Vatican officials and personal friends.
I YOSHIHITO. NEW JAPANESE EMPEROR
The sew emperor of Japan, the
Mikado Yosfelhlto. faces s gigantic i
•ask as be steps Into* the place made
va>an- by Us -cmarkable father, tbs
Rmprpor UatMhlte. who died recently
after a prolonged illness.
Yoshlbito la the third son of the de
ceased ruler and was proclaimed
crown pnnae In 1»*V He la a man of
strong character and enviable attain
ment* in war and statecraft. He la an
ofirer la the army and In the nary
and seen severe service in both
brunches He was married in IStOt)
and has three children. With all tbo
advantage* of a tiiahra education and
in full accord with the advanced Ideas
of the late emperor, he should prove
a worthy successor to his father, who.
though aa oriental, was one of the
truly great me*, of the age He la tbo <
use hundred and twentyoecond ruler
at Japan in bis line, which, accorulng
to Japanese legend, is descended from
the coda
** f r w.,o was ooljr sixty when he passed away, succeeded
to r.» frooe « » and was married at aeventeer He will go down
,n ' *’ r-"r '!jo brought the Japanese out from the wildernesa
«rf - *%•-< to an- ., t. u.toma and e.tafcll.hed Hem as a nation governed
by * raWiisitonal • sembly. 6
r.hitito mto now come, lo th* thrOM vu tfae Qn,y Qne
■ **A°**~r ” ■ ,u unable from the first to be near to his
father lie .as just recovering frrom a aevere illness and his doctors told
bi. .t eoetd b* ut . *. or hi. to leave hi. bed He received bulletins fra
t^e Si a r-- » a- Lt.-f intervals, however, both by telephone and by mes
-***: tf 'r br m“ ***** “ *» * ,h« **>»*• in person and was at the
bedside .ten the mikado passed away.
T** belief tn tbe divine right of king, which so long was used as an
waruae for tbe tyrsncy of the ruler, of Europe. Is .till prevalent In Janan.
There 'he person of too mikado la held sacred. P “*
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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
5th. 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 State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That at tiie 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 TU
o? Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska:
Section 2. That Section 1 of Article 3
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 1 A. 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 Ihe 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 fn 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
i Constitutional limitations as to scope and
! subject matter of statutes enacted by the
legislature shall arply to those enacted
by the initiative.
Section 1B. The 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
, han ninelv day3; and elections thereon
mail be had at the first regular state
election held not less than thirty days
after such filing.
Section 1C. The referendum may De
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
ts operation until the same is approved
’ iv the voters: provided, that emergency
acts, or acts for the immediate preserva
tion of the public peace, health, or safety
shall continue in efTect 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 referenaum 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
-'lection, 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
■anvass. 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
i 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
I 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 aqd
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
j or endorsed by any political party or or
ganization. and provided further that
only the title of measures shall be printed
on the bairot. 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
S be "Be it enacted by the people of the
State of Nebraska." and no lhw shall
l he enacted except b” bill. No bill shall
1 lie passed by the legislature unless by
assent of a majority of all the member's
elected to each 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
j teied upon the journal.
Section 4. That at said election on the
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in
November. 1912. on the ballot of each
j elector voting thereat there shall be
printed or written the words: “For pro
i jiosed amendment to the constitution re
serving to the people the right of direct
| legislation through the initiative and ref
erendum,” and “Against proposed amend
1 ment to the constitution reserving to the
! people the right of direct legislation
through the initiative and referendum."
And if a majority of all voters at said
election shall be 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
hoard and said board shall canvass the
vote upon the amendment herein in the
same manner as is prescribed in the case
of presidential e.eotors. If a majority of
the votes cast at the election be in favor
| of tne proposed amendment the governor,
within ten days after the result is ascer
tained. shall make proclamation ‘declar
I ing the amendment to be part of the con
stitution of the state, and when so de
clared the amendment herein proposed
shall be in force and self-executing.
Approved March 24. 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
1 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
ir. 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 upon at the genera]
election to be held Tuesday. November
5th. A. D. 1912.
‘•A JOINT RESOLUTION on proposing
an amendment to Section 4 of Article
S of 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
f-»r state and legislative officers to be held
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 fiTt 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 and 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 subieet-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. 3912. on the ballot of each
elector voting thereat there shall be
printed or written the words: “Far 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 Aoril 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 i
passed by the Thirtv-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, i
as appears from said original bill on file ;
In this office, and that said proposed !
amendment is submitted to the qualified i
voters of the state of Nebraska for their i
adoption or rejection at the general elec- I
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day I
of November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto !
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal j
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln. this 20th dav of May. In the year of !
our T,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. THREE.
The following proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State of Nebraska, j
as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub- j
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. 3912.
"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 '19),
of Article five (5) of the Constitution of j
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 j
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 for 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 lawn The powers pos- j
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 1. 3913. 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 by 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 as are vested by him in
any committee appointed by him.
Section 2. That at the peperal election,
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- I
posed amendment shall be printed or I
written “For proposed amendment to the
Constitution creating a Board of Com
missioners of State institutions” and
“Against said proposed amendment to j
the constitution creating a Board of
Commissioners of State Institutions.”
Section 3. If such amendment to Sec
tion nineteen (19) of Article five (3) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebraska |
shall be approved by a majority of all j
electors voting at such election said i
amendment shall constitute Section nine- 1
teen (19) of Article five (5) of the con- j
stitution of the state of Nebraska.
Approved April IP. 1911."
I. Addison wait, secretary or State, of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne- i
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 mv band and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin- i
coin, this 20th day of Max. in the year of
our Lord. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and or 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, '
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 propose
amendments to Section five (5) of
Article six (6) and Section thirteen (13)
of Article sixteen (IS) 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 Cobbey s An
notated Statutes for 1909). relating to
time of electing Judges of the supreme
court, fixing the time of the general
election and providing for holding over
of incumbents until their successors
are elected and qualified.
Be it Resolved and Enacted by the Legis
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That Section Five (5) of
Article Six («) of tne Constitution of the
State 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 19H, 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 (6)
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 (13)
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
19''9) be amended to read as 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 years
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,
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 as
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 7. 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 May. In the year of
our Ixird. 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. 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 heid 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 othcers 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 elector*
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 after 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 full, 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 filed
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 thej- 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 be 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.
me cnarier snan mane 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 charter
convention calied. 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 shall 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
proposed charter submitted to a vote of
the qualified electors, approved or-reject
ed. as provided in Section two hereof.
The City Cierk of said city shall publish
with his official certification, for three
times, a week apart in the official paper
of said city, if there he one. and if there
be no official paper, then in at least one
newspaper, published and in general cir
culation in said city, the full text of any
charter or charter amendment to be
voted on at any general or special elec
tion.
No charter or charter amendment
adopted under the provisions' of this
amendment shall be amended or repealed
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
state taxes. •
Sec. 5. That at said election in the
year 191!. on the ballot of each elector
voting thereat, there shall be printed or
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 more
than five thousand inhabitants In this
state to frame their own charters." And
if a majority or all voters at said elec
tion shall be for such amendment the
same shall be deemed to be adopted.
Approved March !9. 1911."
I. Addison Walt, 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, aa
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 One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
six 111. ADDISON WAIT.
I Sent! Secretary of State.
O o: m
D./JESPIT
Mary tt*
Meat Trust
✓ 1 -v
Mary had a little lamb.
With mint sauce on the side:
When Mary saw the Meat Trust's bill.
It shocked her so she cried.
/
Mary had a little veal—
A cutlet, nicely broiled.
Her papa, to pay for the veal.
All morning sorely toiled.
Mary had a little steak—
A porterhouse, quite small.
And when the bill came in. she sighed
“Xo dress for me next fall.'’
Mary had a little roast—
As juicy as could be—
And Mary's papa simply went
Right into bankruptcy.
Mary isn't eating meat;
She has a better plan.
She vows it's ladylike to be
A vegetarian.
The Clutch.
“Oh, sir. if you could only give me
something to do—any kind of work,
so that I may make enough to keep
soul and body together!"
It was a beautiful, though emaciated, j
woman who spoke. The man to whom
her remarks were addressed looked
at her with surprise.
“Why,” he said, "how came it that
a young woman of your evident refine
ment and culture is seeking menial
employment ?”
“Oh. sir, I will tell you. My father
once was prosperous and successful;
he made plenty of money and was
lavish in Its expenditure for the com
fort and well-being of the family, but
within the last summer a mad desire
to succeed in a vain ambition seized
upon him, and now-”
The silvery voice broke and tears
filled the violet eyes.
“And now,” she went on. recover
ing her composure, “we have noth
ing!”
"Lord bless me! That is too bad.
How did your father lose his money?
On the stock market?"
“Oh. no, sir! It was in canta
loupes.”
/‘Cantaloupes? Did he try to cor
ner them?”
“Oh. no, sir! Early in the summer
father became possessed of the de
lusion that he could buy a good one.
When they first appeared on the mar
ket he would bring one or two home
with him of an evening. Each time
he cut them open and found them
green as gourds he would become
more and more aggravated. As the
season went on he grew to buying
them by the basket. He would bring
home a basket of them, and sit down j
and open them, one by one, talking ]
harshly as he discovered each one to j
be unfit for human food. In Septem- !
ber this habit had grown to alarming \
proportions. He was now buying them ]
by the crate. He would have a crate j
shipped to the house each day and
would sit up half the night cutting
them open and muttering to himself.
He closed his office and spent all
his money and all his time among the
commission houses, buying canta
loupes as they came Into the market,
and opening them on the spot. Why,
he pawned all mother’s jewelry and
his watch and diamonds, and he mort
gaged the house to a cantaloupe
merchant! In October the mortgage
was foreclosed and we had to give up
our beautiful home and go to live in
a tenement. Father actually got to
begging pennies on the street cor
nets. and hoarding them until he got
enough to buy one of the late canta
loupes. At last we were in the direst
penury and want.”
“And did your father ever find the
good cantaloupe?”
“Oh, yes, sir! He brought It home
yesterday, but to our shame, be It
told, we were so famished that we—
we ate It!”
A torrent of sobs shook the slender
frame, and the strong man at the
desk dashed his hand hastily Across
his eyes to wipe away a suspicious
moisture.
“I will give you a position, my poor
girl," he said huskily. “But—do you
recollect the name of the place where
your father bought that good canta
loupe?”
One way to become popular Is to let
other people impose on you.
YOU CAN CURE CATARRH
By using Cole's Carbolisalve. It ia a most
iffective remedy. All druggists. 25 aud 50c.
Many a man can't even do his duty
without feeling that he is doing more
than his share.
Water in bluing is adulteration. Glass and
water makes liquid blue costly. Buy Ked Gross
Ball Blue, makes clothes whiter than snow.
A woman seldom hits anything she
aims at, especially if she throws her
self at a man's head.
Always full quality Talue in LEWIS’
Single Binder. That is why the smoker
wants it.
The nearest some people ever come
to getting close to nature is to sit
in a palm room.
Mrs. Winsiows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, eofteus the gums, reduces inbamum
liou. allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
Patriotism.
Marks—So your Italian barber re
fused to shave you. Why was that?
Parks—I told him I’d just had a
Turkish bath.
The woman who cares for a clean,
wholesome mouth, and sweet breath,
will find Paxtine Antiseptic a joy for
ever. At druggists, 25c a box or sent
postpaid on receipt of price by The
Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
Too Much Renunciation.
"How foolish you women are,” said
Mr. Nagg to his better half. "You
don't catch men doing such things as
joining ’Don't Worry’ clubs."
"Of course hot,” snapped Mrs.
Nagg. “Men couldn’t give up the
pleasure of worrying their wives.”
No Concern.
"Mr. Mips must be a singularly pure
and upright man.”
"Why do you think he is unusually
so?”
“Somebody told him there were
well-defined reports that a Burns de
tective had been operating secretly
in the neighborhood he frequents, and
he said it was nothing to him.”
Too Much of a Good Thing.
“I was very happy," said the pro
fessor, “when, after years of wooing,
she finally said ‘Yes.’ ”
"But why did you break the engage
ment so soon after?” asked his
friend.
“Man. it was she that dissolved it.”
"Really?" said his friend. “How
did that happen?”
"It was due to my accursed absent
mindedness. When, a few days later,
I called at her home, I again asked her
to marry me.”
Couldn't Happen to Them.
Mike got a job moving some kegs
of powder, and to the alarm of his
foreman, was discovered smoking at
his work.
“Je-ru-sa-lem!” exclaimed the fore
man. "Do yon know what happened
when a man smoked at this job some
years ago? There was an explosion
that blew up a dozen men.”
“That couldn't happen here.” re
turned Mike calmly.
“Why not?”
“ ’Cause there's only you and me,”
was the reply."—Everybody's Maga
zine.
RELIEF.
i he fc-ditor—well, there s hardly
any chance of our going to war with
Japan.
The Reporter—I’m glad of that. I
never could spell those Japanese
names.
THE WAY OUT
Change of Food Brought Success and
Happiness.
An ambitious but delicate girl, after
failing to go through school on ac
count of nervousness and hysteria,
found in Grape-.N'uts the only thing
that seemed to build her up and fur
nish her the peace of health.
‘•‘From infancy,” she says, *‘I have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost I finally got to the
High School, but soon bad to abandon
my studies on account of nervous pros
tration and hysteria.
‘‘My food did not agree with me, I
grew' thin and despondent. I could not
enjoy the simplest social affair for I
suffered constantly from nervousness
in spite of all sorts of medicines.
"This wretched condition continued
until I was twenty-five, when I became
Interested in the letters of those who
had cases like mine and who were get
ting well by eating Grape-Nuts.
“I had little faith but procured a
box and after the first dish I expe
rienced a peculiar satisfied feeling
that I had never gained from any ordi
nary food. I slept and rested better
that night and in a few days began to
grow stronger.
"I had a new feeling and peace and
restfulness. In a few weeks, to my
great Joy, the headaches and nervous
ness left me and life became bright
and hopeful. I resumed my studies
and later taught ten months with ease
—of course using Grape-Nuts every
day. It is now four years since I be
gan to use Grape-Nuts, I am the mis
tress of a happy home, and the old
weakness has never returned.” Name
given by the Postum Co., Hattie Creek,
Mich.
“There’s a reason.” Read the little
book, “The Road to Wellville.” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are prennine, true, and foil of human
Interea'
