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/ TJIJfi REPUBLICAN , OUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA. SUPPORTS TJ1IT. Majority of thu Rcnl Lenders nnd Workerr Will Vote ( or Tholr Real Priends. Ko longer Any Doubt But Thnt Tftft Will < 3ot the Majority ot Labor VotoH Dosplto the UnBorupulous Tight Made by Qompora In Behalf ot the Democratic Bosses. Lenders of organized labor ro op posed lo Samuel Goinpora In his efforts to deliver the labor vote to Bryan , and there Is every Indication tlmLTiiftwill get the votes of most laboring men. At least three of the most Influential vice- president * of the American Federation of Labor evidently disagree with Qom- pprs One of the men who called on Presi dent Hooaevclt recently gave assurance that John Mitchell 1a not ; for llryan , ns Intimated In u telegram alleged to he trom him published In the hist two days He declared on authority , said to be that of Mr Mitchell himself , that the noted labor lender did not write any telegram putting himself In the Bryan column. The telegram Is said to bt > a fabrication. JnuiPH Duncan , first vice-president of the American Federation of Labor , next In authority to Goinporu and a man ot great Influence In the organization , has written a letter to Willis Moore , chief of the weather bureau , pointedly an tagonizing the attitude of Mr. Gompers and asserting that each Individual should be allowed to vote without pres sure from any one. Daniel Kcefe , sixth vice-president of tbc federation and president of the Longshoremen's union , 1 out for Taft and working hard for him. Keefo ad vises labor people to rote for Taft. Thus three of the six vice-presidents under Mr. Gomporn are either supporting Taft or are opposing any plan that will place the orputUatlon ns a body against the Republican nominee. Mr. Keefe anld recently : "Bryan has not been Indorwcd for president by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. Neither has any one the right to criti cise a union man for voting for any other candidate for president. In fact I will vote for Taft" Tuft' * Trim Attitude * Unileraloixl. the Labor World of Plttaburg Buys : "Every day It Is becoming more and more apparent that the more the 'labor1 record of Judge Taft IH discussed the more does the fact shlno forth that he IH a real friend of labor. The truth has always been recognized by the In telligent and fair-minded trade union lenders nnd officials , many of whom hnvo tlio courage to stand boldly out nnd declare themselves to this effect despite the fact that undue pressure Is being exercised to subdue such declara tion. " The United Mine Workers of Amer ica , the strongest organization numer ically In the country , will not bo bound by the political program of the Amur- Icnn Federation of Labor , to support Bryan and the Democratic platform. In an ofllclnl circular Issued by T. L. Lewis , International president of the union , to the 800,000 members , he says the membership has Intelligence enough to know how to vote without any ad vice from htm nnd he will do nothing to Influence their political preferences In any way. "I'ulillo Heirirnr" story Confirmed. A campaign sensation wns sprung at Wheeling , West Virginia , at n Repub lican rally when Honorable M. M. Oar- land of Plttsburgt former president of the Amalgamated Association , declared he was present when William Jennings Bryan stigmatized union labor lenders s "beggars" and labor unions as "nuis ances" in 189U , when the Ways and Means Committee of the National House of Representatives was consld orlng the original Wilson tariff bill. William II. Falrley , of Alabama , for the last ten years a member of the ex ecutlvo board of the United Mine Work ers , has come out with the statement that It was the duty of laboring men to vote for Taft and Sherman. Ills stand Is ft practical repudiation of the leadership of Samuel Gompers , nnd ad ditional evidence that the attempt of Compere to "deliver" the labor vote to Dryan Is n dismal failure. Among the well-known trade union ist * of Pennsylvania Is George W. Boyd of the Structural Ironworkers' Union. He Is fearless in the duel n ra tion of his opinion and Is always guid ed by what he absolutely believes to be the truth. He Is a bellevor In W. H. Taft as a friend of labor. Prominent Cblontfonn Defl dampen In the Piano , Organ and Musical In strument Workers' Official Journal Charles Dnld , the editor , who was for merly president of the Chicago Federa tion of Labor , bitterly assails Samuel Gompom for his effort to deliver the union labor TO to in this campaign. Ha criticize In particular a circular Issued by the executive council of the Ameri can Federation of Labor , n Uing the wage-earners to contribute to thu Dem ocratic campaign fund. Two Quotations from the editorial are mifllclent lo show what Is thought of Gompera * effort : "We hove s ardw4 ionic act or dacd of the Democratic party Justifying labor's support , but hnve been unable to find one. "Tho most deplorable working con dition In tlie United States , the lowest wages , the greatest Illiteracy , are nil to be found there under the Democratic reglmo of the 'Solid South. ' And thu Solid South' controls the Democratic party. " On belmlf of the International Broth erhood of Painters , Decorators and Paper Hungers n statement bus been Is sued , Haying "a man Is known by the company ho keeps , and Mr. Bryan has publicly chosen to assoelnto himself with men with whose unsavory past ho Is quite fnmlllar. " The Alton (111. ( ) Olassblowers' union , the largest union In the American Bottle Blowers' association , linn repudiated In terference by Samuel Gompnrs , who ad vised the union to Indorse Bryan for President , and summarily laid on the table the communication from President Goinpura nt their business meeting. The president of Highland lodge Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers , of Turre Haute , Intl. , said his organiza tion cannot Join In partisan politics , nnd that It also turned down an appeal from Gompers sent from American federation hemlciuarters for a contribution to the Democratic campaign fund nilniivNotn mid Iowa for Tuft. Brynn Is not to receive the solid labor vote of Minnesota. Contrary to the re peated predictions nnd efforts of Deino- ciatle labor leaders there appears to b a hig ( split In the ranks of organized labor , and Taft will receive his due share of votes from the union men. Fifteen of the most prominent union men In Minneapolis hnvo signed a cir cular letter declaring they take ex ception to the methods used , by the Bryan element of the organizations , nnd many believe the labor men of the State will exercise their Individual wills when voting and will cast their ballots for the Republican nominee. There IH every reason to believe that a movement has sot in among the la boring classes of Iowa , the workers In thu Inrge Industrial communities , towards Tnft nnd the Republican ticket. NTot only nre the labor leaders who enrly In the campaign wore advocating the election of Bryan less netlvo In the support of the Democratic ticket , but many men less prominent but no less Influential in the councils of the vari ous labor organizations ore openly counseling a more rigid scrutiny of party promises nnd records. August A. Bablltz , secretary of the Central Labor Union of Lexington , Ky. , urges his fellows to vote the Republi can ticket In order to Insure u con tinuation of prosperity. BRYAN AGAINST AGAINSTWOO WOO ! GROWERS. Proposed Policies of Democracy Would Wreck Wool Growing Industry. McKlnley was elected through a number of Rocky Mountain states which had voted for Cleveland. These fitntes were Democratic because of the large mining population. They turned to McKlnley on account of the severe punishment they had received by plac ing wool on the free list during the four yeuni of the life of the Wilson Tariff act , which on the theory of free raw material ssvcpt away the duty upon wool , and this nearly destroyed the wool growing Industry - of the I'.iltod States ; and if It had not been saved by the Dlngley net , which re stored the McKlnley duties upon wool , thu Industry by this time would have been wiped out In the United States. Bryan hopes to carry Wisconsin , which IH n wool growing state , and the Rocky Mountain wool growing states which voted for Cleveland the last time. Ap parently he expects the wool growers to overlook the fact that the Republi can platform expresses and dellncH protection to American Industries , par ticularly mentioning the farmer , who Is a wool grower. Bryan's election would be .n mennce to the wool grower In two ways. The Democratic party has defined Its atti tude toward wool as \ \ raw material , although It Is the finished product of the farmer. It takes H whole year to grow n Howe of wool , and In this ell- male , where Hheep are fed In winter , they are fed crops , which represent la bor and high-priced American labor , whereas the competitor of the Ameri can wool grower Is the wool grower of the Southern Hemisphere ( Australasia , the Argentine Republic and South Af- rlcu ) . who hns the advantage of peren nial pasture , nnd owing to this advan tage , the coat of wool growing is only one-half of that of the American wool grower who , In the states enumerated , hnvo to feed their sheep In the winter. Another way to destroy the American wool grower would be by the destruc tion of the American Woolen Company , which consumes 40 per cent of Ameri can wool , on the ground that It Is n trust The American Woolen Company In composed of what w r * formerly dome of the largest mills of the United States They are thus what Brynn would denominate n "trust , " and ni his platform boldly declares that the pro ducts of trusts should be put on tha free list , he would destroy the market for what American wool would be left Then , ugaln. If. In order to atrlke at the trust , he removes the duty upon "manufacturers of wool , " be destroy * the other GO per cent of the Independent mills outside of the Amerlcnn Woolen Compniis or In other words , thoae tlutt n'e i t In the trust The Bryan polhv is ruin alike to wool grow ers nril wool manufacturer * . Am- can Economist. HLI1H. T T Tb Constructive ( Icnlun of Our Oriental Trade-Umpire. Carried the Torch of Civilization to Antipodes Made Secure OQr l'ar Eastern Commercial , | Supremacy. j" During the past ten , years , under n foiisiniuilvo Republican policy , the I'lilifil St.iti-s . has assumed u position In Hie I'liflfliocean which Is destined in tflve her the bulk of the vast coui muri'o of thu countries situated ou the Kreiitcbl body ot water on the globe. .Some of the things accomplished by tin party of enlightened freedom and pattlotfsm have been. The securing of the -ijien door In China ; the preser vation of the Integrity of the Chinese Cmplre ; the acquisition of the Philip pines ; the establishment of coaling stu tlons acrossi the Pacific and finally the transfer of the American fleet of bat tleships from the Atlantic to the Pad- HP to mrulcritly remind the Oriental na tions Hint , having assumed the portion tion of u world power In the Pacific. \\e lire prepared to maintain It ngnlnut all comers America ami .Iiiiuiii In I'ticlllu. Two wars have caused the whole world to realize that the Pacific Ocean Is to be the scene of the greatest hu man activities In the future. The war of the rutted States with Spain gave UH possessions which bring us within spciiklng distance of Asia , and tlie Russo-Japanese war revealed Japan to the world as n powerful and progres sive nation , whose future sphere o C ac tion would of necessity be within the boundaries of the ocean' separating America from the Orient. Tnft i CoiiXruutlvn Stntemunii. The Honorable William H. Taft baa been one pf the chief advisers and Htiongeat advocates of the Republican administration policy during this for mative nnd historic period. He IIUH been a pioneer , not only along the lines of statecraft , which have had for their object the development of our western states , but ho has given particular at tention to the situation In the Orient with reference to the future commerce between those far away countries and the Pacific coast of America. In his own Inimitable way and uult- Ing a , unique personality with the high est authority as a diplomat , he ponml oil on the troubled waters In Japan and ehanged the political storm there raging , Into a placid sunshine of pence. In China he created .such enthusiasm UH the Orientals have never shown to any other visitor and let'l that empire with the belief on their part that the United States la not only ready to en ter Into commercial reciprocity , but to still Htand as China's friend and lend Is Influence to see that she gets Jus- Ice from lliii e who would violate her errltorlal Integrity. Taft mill Oriental Trade. In his Shanghai Hpeech , addressing n body of influential merchnnts , dlplo- nuts and Chinese government oillclals , Mr. Taft spoke In part as follows : "We do not complain of loss of trade that results from the employment of great enterprise , ingenuity or attention to the demands of the Chinese market , or the greater business acumen shown by our competitors. We would hnve the right to protest at being secluded from the trade of China by reason of our Insistence of thu policy of the Open Door. The acquiescence In this policy of all the nations Interested IIMH been KO unhesitating nnd emphatic that It Is hardly worth while to specu late upon the pi-nimble action of the Pulled State1 * In case the Interests of American merchants are placed In Jeopardy ardy , and how far the United States would go In the protection of Its Chi- nece trade. I cannot say. It Is clear , however , that our merchants are bolus : roused to the Importance of the Chi nese trade and they would view with deep concern any and all political ob stacles which menace that expansion. "This feeling Is likely to find expres sion In the action of the Amerlcnn gov ernment. The I'nlted States and the other powers favor the open door , ant If they nre wise they will encourage the Empire to take long steps In ad ministrative and governmental reform the development of the resources of China , and the Improvement of the wel fare of the people. To do this would add to China's strength nnd position ns H self-respecting government nnrt aid her In preparing to resist possible for eign aggression In the seeking of undue and evclusUe proprietary privileges. Thus no foreign aid will be required to enforce the open door and the policy of equal opportunity for all " Hl C ir > - MnUliiu llapiiciiliiwu. During recent Republican administra tions \\e have built up uu export trade with the Far lOnst of something like $ ir > O.OOOAX.H ) per year. We hnve landed an army on Chinese territory , nnd hare boon drawn wllly-nllly into the vortex of the r.n Fastern question. During the period policies have been formulated which hare compelled us to take a hand In momentous negotiations. We bare definitely enrolled the Far East among the objects of our commercial and diplo matic solicitude. Things have chanced uach during this tea yean ot Repobli- can rale. I PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL I AMENDMENT , , Tlio following proB'oaeil amendment to the constitution of the Sttxto of We. br.i.kn , as hereinafter cot forth In fall , in autiiilttea to tlio elector * of the Stati of Jlohr.-ishn , to bo voted npon at th KPiur.il election to bo held Tuo da7 , No vember 3rd , A. D. 10081 A JOINT KliSOLUTlON to amend Seo- lions two i2) . four (4) ( , five (6) ) , six (0) and Hill teen (13) of Article six ( .6) of tlio Constitution of the State of Ne' briiBkn , relating to Judicial POWGIH. Bo It Resolved by the Xioglilatxtra of tha State of Nebraska : Si-i lion 1. Amendment propoied. That S Ttlon two (3) of Artlclo six ( C ) of the i,1institution of the State of Nebraska In' amended to read as follows : Section 2. ( Supreme court ; JudaTosl jurisdiction. ) The Supreme Court shall runslHt of woven (7) judges ; and a ma jority of all elected nnd qualified Judges Hlmll In * necessary to constitute a quorum or pronounce a decision , Thu Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction In nil cnsei relating to the revenue , civil rases In which the state Is n party , rn unlntnus , quo warranto , habeas corpus , nnd Htich appellate jurisdiction us may li < provided by law. 'cctlon 2. ( Amendment proposed. ) That snlon < four (4) of Article six ' 0) of the f n tltutlon of the State ot Nebraska Oa utnended to read as follows ipctlon 4. ( Supreme court , ludffOB. election , term , residence. ) The judges of tln > Supreme Court shall be elected by the electors * of the state at large ; and tin Ir terms of office , except as hereinafter provided , shall be six years. And said Supreme Court judges shall during their t. rtn of office rcsldo at the pla'ce where fie court Is holden. kctlonS. ( Amendment proposed. ) That Section five (5) of Article six (6) of the c.in-tltutlon of the State of Nebraska bo in-K'tidPd to rend as follows- S -ctlon 5. ( Supreme court , judges , p'tctlon , tonn : chief Justice. ) That at tin.BeiiPinl olectlori to be held In the Btiito of Nebraska In the year 19v9 , u-vl ui'.li six yearn thoiunftcr , there shall bo . ii'ctcd three (3) judges of the Supreme fnuit , who shall hold their office for the JH rioil of six years ; that at the general flection to be held In the state of Ne- I'rniim In tin- year 1911 , and onch six yours thereafter , there shall bo Heeled three (3) ( jUtlKes of the Supreme Court , who shall hold their office for the period of six years ; and at the f'enr"-n1 election to bo held In the state of Nebraska la tl > o year 1U13 , and each six ye-un incrc- nftor , there ahnll bo elected u Chief Jus tice of the Supreme Court , vvho ahull hold hlH office for the period of six vears. Provided that the member of the Supreme Court whoso term of office ex pires In January , 1014 , shall be CnlaC Justice of the Supreme Court during that time until the expiration of his term of office. And , provided further , thut upon the adoption- these amendments bv th electors of the State , the Governor shall. Immediately upon UsulnR his proclamu tlon declaring said amendments adoptud. appoint four (4) Judges of the Supreme Court , two (3) of whom shall be ap pointed to hold said office until their successors shall bo elected at the general election In 1909 , and have qualified , and tlio other two (2) shall hold their offlo until their successors shall be elected at tlio ueneral election hold In 1911 , and luive qualified. . , , . . . section 4. ( Amendment proposed. ) That S-'tion six (0) ) of Article slx ( fl ) of. the Constitution of the State of Nebraska , be nmended to read as follows Section 6. ( Chief Justice. ! The Chief Justice shall serve as such during all the tirm for which ho was elected Ho shall preside at all terms of the Supreme Court , and In his absence the judfiuu piesont shall wolect one of their number to preside temporarily. Section 5. ( Amendment proposed. ) That Section thirteen (13) of Article six (0) of the Constitution of Nebraska be amended to read as follows : pctlon 13 , ( Judges , snlarle . ) That Judges of the Supreme Court ahall each receive a salary of $4.000 , ana tne of the District Court shall each receive n salary of J3.000 per annum , payable quarterly Approved April 8 , 1907. I Geo. C. Junkln , Secretary of State , i of the State of Nebraska , do hereby certify that the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Nebraska Is a true and correct copy of the original enrolled and en- < KniHScd bill , as passed by the Thirtieth session of the legislature of the State of Sobraska. as appears from said original bill on file in this office , and that said proposed amendment Is submitted to the i qualified voters of the state of Nebraska ! for their adoption or rejection at HIP general election to be held on Tuesday , I Fl-i 3d day of November , A. D. 1908. ' In testimony whereof , I have hereunto Bi-i my hand and affixed the Oreat Seal , of the Staff of Nebraska. Done at Lin coln , this IBth dav of July. In the yaar of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred mid F.lKht , and of the Independence of the United States the One Hundred and Thirty-third , and of this State tlio Forty- Bf-oml OEO. C. JUN'KIN. ( Seal ) Secretary of State. PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT , The following1 proposed ( imenOmeut to the constitution of the State of No- brnfcfea , nx hereinafter eet forth In fnll , Is tmmnittea to the electors of the GUto of Nobraskn , to TIB voted upon at th < general election to V" > held Tuoiday , November 3rd , A. D. 1008 ! A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose an Amendment to Section 9 , Artlclo 8 ot tin- Constitution of the State of Ne- Be it Resolved and Enacted By tha Islaturo of the State of Nebraska : Section 1 ( Amumlmoiit. ) That ut tlio cpM < > ial election for state nnil Ipqislvivo otlUvrs to be lu-1.1 't ) the Tuccrtay sue- ceodlnK the first .Monday In November. 190S , the followtim i > rnvliW hf i > f > it nnd Hiibmlttcil to the electors of the Btnto us an nmi-ml'imH tu s i > . > n . AI.I- ch 8 of the conptltutlon of Hie Slate of : S. ( Educational muds , mcut. ) All funilH noloiiKUiK to tut ! for educational purposes , the Intercut u"d Iwomo wliereot only are to be u-"Ml , shall be deemed trint funds held by the state , and the slate shall supply all losses thoicof that may In nnv mnnnnr accrue , BO thnt the same shall remain for' vor inUolatc nnd undlinlnlshcd ; and shall not be Invested or loaned except nn I nitfd States or state securities , or rejtlster < > county bonds of this state , or roistered school district bonds of this state , and such other securities as the legislature may from tlmo to time direct. And such funds with the Interest and Income there of nre hereby solemnly pledged for the purposes for which they are granted nnd bet nimrt. and shall no' be transfersed to anv othei fund for other uses. Si'itlon " ( Ballots ; Adoption. ) That nt said election In the year 190S. on the ballot of each elector voting tUrreut there shall be printed or written the words : "For propnsi d nincndnn nt the p. > r s''t . tlon with reference ti thr iiw > T' thf icrmanent school fund " and "against ( mid proposed amendment to the constitu tion with reference to the Investment of the permanent school fund ' And If a majority of all voter at "aid election shall be for sin b amendment , the lame ahull be deemed to be adopted Approved April R 1907 1 Ceo. C. JtinUln. Sociotarv of State , of the State of Nebraska , do hereby cer- tif- that the foregoing proposed iimi'mj- nifiit to the Constitution Of the Suite of Ketirntlra Is n true and correct copy of tin ilKlnul enrolled and engrossed bill , ns passed by the Thirtieth session of the ipR's'ntnre of the State of Nebraska , as appears from snltl orlglnM bill on file In thin office , and thnt salA proposed amendment Is submitted to the quMlfttd yntern ft the State of Nebraska for their Adoption or rejection at the pcneral elec tion to be held on Tuesday , the Sd day of November. A r > ifles. In testimony whereof , I have hereunto tel my hnnd nnd affixed the Grout Seal of the State of Nebrnskn Done ut Lin coln this 15th day of July. In the v ar ot our Lord On Thousand Nine Hun dred and KlnM. find of trip Independence of the United States the One Hundred nd Thirty-third , and of this State the Forty-second. QEO. C. JUNKIK. OUab BioMtary of fitat * . 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