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About The Falls City tribune. (Falls City, Neb.) 1904-191? | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1904)
. I . FROM W.J.BRYAN WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. IT IS REAllY A GOOD THING I I - I Some Planks He Regards as Stronger Than Others-Imperlnllsm , He Thinks , Will Be the Lending Campaign . palgn Issue. - LINCOLN-W. J. Bryan on Thurs- ! day made public the following statement . ment relating to the democratic platform . form adopted at St. Louis : The plank on Imperialism Is 1)051- five , strong and satisfactory to the entire party and this question becomes - comes the paramount issue of the campaign The tariff plank Is good , but It was made so on a close vote in the corn- , mlttee and largely against the oppo- I sltlon oC Mr Parl\Or's adherents. The ' : the committee was \l11anlmous. . The .commjtteo reported a plank iii favor of an increase of the navy , but this was stricken out In the full com. mlttee The platform has a plank In favor of the enlargement of the scope of the interstate commerce commission und In favor of 1l'1'lgation. On the whole the platform Is good. From a western standpoint Its great. est defect Is that It makes no mention - tlon of the money quostlon An at- tomt was made ( to secure \ a plank Ope posing the melting of the silver dollar . lar , opposing the asset currency and ranch banks , and expressing a preference - m'onco for thq ! ; United States note ( ordinarily known as the greenback ) , but , having refused to put In a gold plank , the committee was not willing to have any phase of the money question . tlon alluded to While the motion to rellm1'ln the Kansas City platform was voted down there was a considerable . able vote In favor of Its reaffirmation and the western members of the com . t l 1 4 - - , - - -y } , I I' i , J ' . - t i , . ' "if f , - ' \ 1 ' < I . , \ . \ , / " / : , # /J , . j , - . \ I ( ( 7 I . - I HENRY GASSAWAY DAVIS. Ii. 1a . : Democratic Nominee for Vice-President of the United States , . . , - plank which was voted down favored " 8 wise , conservative and business- like" revision , made "with due regard to existing conditions. " The committee . . , tee thought that these Qualifying words emasculated the plank and left ' it so weak as to give no hope to tariff . Iff reformers. I . The antHrust plank is a good one. . , . It demands the enforcement oC the I , criminal law against the trusts ; It .t& demands the abolition of rebates and 'It discriminations , and It demands the withdrawal oC Interstate commerce 1 privileges from the trusts when once convicte\ The plank Is Infinitely superior , I perior to the republican plank , and ; ; : Itr- . with a president who desired to der - , . . stray the trusts would be a sufficient I - plank , but as this trust plank was ( . - , 4i ' also substituted by the full committee these Is reason to fear that It may , not be In leeeping with the Ideas of < the , candidate ! . - The labor plank Is all that could be desired It declares against government - - - . _ ernment by Injunction j It favors arbitration . V' . ' , tratlon and the eight-hour day , and denounces the methods that have been resorted to In the Colorado ' - strike , but as these planks were add- , _ ,1 , ed in the full committee some uncertainty . talnty exists as to the candll1ate's position. . : f The platform declares In favor of , . . . . . . " , the reduction of the aruu' , Upon this I , _ ' - . ' - - 1" a v a mlttee , together with a few from th'o south , stood together and secured enough changes In the platform to make It a presentable document and 'Worthy of the support of the part ) ' . PAUL KRUGER PASSES AWAY. Former President of the Transvaal Republic Dies In Switzerland. CI.JAHENS , Swltzerlunl1-l'u.ul Kru- gel , former president of the Transvaal republic , died hero at 3 o'clocl Thursday . day morning from pneumonia and supervening - Iervenlng heart wealmess 1\11' Iru- gel' lost consciousness 1\Ionday Ills daughter and son.ln.law were with him at the time of his death. lIe had been out onlY once since his arrival here , ut the beginning of last month The ox.presldent's body was embalmed - balmed , and this afternoon the remains . mains will be placed In a vault pond- lug funeral arrangements Application will he made to the British govern- ment to transport the remains to the Transvaal. In the meantime they will ho temporarily Interred here 1\11' Kruger , who was staying at the Villa Du llolchot , had been gradually tailing for a long time , but ho was able to attend to affairs , read and receive visits until Satmday. A change for the worse set In on 8unda ' , lIe became - came unconscious l\Iondaland remained . od until his death. so . _ . , . ' I J -1- - - . . . .wa. . + + ' " . r - - = - ' - - " - - : : : ; ! : - - " . - - - : ' , - . . - - - . , - : - - - - - , - ' j ' , ' a.Tr'R " : - ; , . - - [ I 'Z NEWS IN NEBRASKA ! i FIGHT OVER EQUALIZATION. I Almost Every County Has Kick 1 on Its Own or Neighbor's As cssment. LINCOI.JN-'I'ho state house Is about to witness' the largest aJrega- Uon of kickers that has ever assembled - bled thm'e ' 1'he board of equalization meets ! soon to" adjust the valuations between counties , ntHI the indications are promising that not a single county will be without representation either to argue against nn increase or to de : : nand n raise In the valuations of neighboring counties. While the board ! hUR yet to determine upon a fortnal plan of procedure , It Is Intimated that the consideration of counties willIe taken Ull In their alphabetical order , Adams being tlllton up 11rst. 'I'he on- lire galaxy of railway representatives vhlch enlivened the sessions of the board when It was taxing railways will /)0 / represented at one time 01' another during the hearing , demanding that counties which have not been 4-aised In the same ration as the railways bo equalized up Douglas ; county , which Is regarded by the members of the DPard as the chief offender , will score the heaviest Increase , although It Is claimed on behalf of that county Uu t Its real estate was assessed up to the limit last year . The members of the board acre stand- lug on doubtful ground just at this time , and little Is given out as to the course tom bc pursued beyond the statement ment of the governor thatt the various counties would bo brought up to their full valuations , without fear or fuvor Ills the goVel'lOr'S understanding and that of several other members of the hoard that It has the right to rillse one (11' all without respect to the valuation of others , the sole object being to bring them all up to the taut valuo. It is at this juncture that the rail- ways become interested parties Some members of the board believe that it Will he Impossible In increasing the valuations of the various counties to bring them UI to the cash standard to avoid adding the Increase to the rail- ways also. The section of the statute which forms the basis for the oard's action provides that the amount which Is to be added to 01' deducted from n. count "s ' valuation to bring It to the fair cash value level shall bo distributed - uted to all species of property In the same lercentage This means , some railway men believe , that the counties will add the percentage to railway values In the same manner as to other species of IH'olQrt In such event an Increase of 10 per cent In a county would mean that th" railway whicH Is already assessed at 69 ! } per cent increase . crease over last 'ear's figures would have to submit to an additional raise of 10 per cent. This Is what the railways . wars are afraid ot "On the other hand , many of those who are Interested In the matter oC fair railway taxation insist that this feature of the law will force the board to add enough to the valuations of the carrying Interests to bring them to a level indicated by stocks and i bonds , which would have been close to ; GO- 000,000 - Do Not Need Irrigntion. LINCOJ..N-Onh' two of the western counties-ScoUs muff and Cheyenno- have required any Irrigation this sum- mer , and they have taken much less water than In previous 'ears. The first application of water rights recelvod , hr the state hoard of irrigation for some lime was med last wcele. Killed by Lightning Onn-Chestor Churchill , about 19 years of age , was killed by lightning while shocking wheat. The lightning taro his clothing nearly off his body lull set him all 11re. , "a THE STATE AT LARGE. t The new Methodist church at l1ee- mOl' was dedicated last Sunday. Lditht IIopldns , whose mother hives In Omaha , Hulcillod In Bullo , MOhtam" Open air church service will ho held In Ilunnboldt until the heated tOl'lIs eve . . Uavonna has organized n ilfty4wo ploo brass hanl1 A large number or the la'cr8 ) ere lneitllors of the old . Ravenna cornet IJI\nd Levi Fry , an old resident of Oar.o ; county , was adjudged insane hy the board of Insanity cummlsslonol's and ordered taken to the asylum , The village of Barnoston , near the Kansas hue In Gage county , hils realized - allzod enough frolll licenses In till past ) five years to Hake tux Icvles for " city purposes \ unno'esslu'y I "I Preparations [ \ hove cOlllmenccll for thf.l coming annlllll reunion and picnic of the Pioneer nUl\ \ old ! SoHl m' air sedation of Dakota county , which will be held at Clinton pm k . adjoining Dakota ltota City , on 'J'h\ll'sday August 2 & There are Sl ! ) more ohildren of school age In Omaha than a year ago The school population ) is uo\\ : n,7Gi. : 'fho Second ward made the greatest gain , having 1117 more chlhlron than a year ago. 'J'he Third ward dropped \ 23:1 : : 'fhe case , of the state against Om . < J. Coffin \ , charged with statutory as lault Upon the thlrtoen.yO ! r.ollt' daughter of William Wilson or .Beli- wood , was ooncllllloll In the district court at David City , the jury t1jiul'l\ Ing a vordlct of gullt " - I After his dogs had torn n rattler to pieces , Fred ( Hhelnhelmcr of l\JcC'ook kicked up the head to oxnmloo the tQeth. Before he lenow It the teeth were fastened In his hand , and a quick run to town for medical aSfllatft11CO was nil that saved his lifo Adjutant General Culver has issued 1 the following statement relative to the prospective brigade ( Onclll1llH\Olo ( o [ - the National Guardt : \ order wilt bo issued fixing the ( late of the anneal . neal encampment on A'ngllst 17. If sulllciont funds are found available 1m eight-day encamp1l10nt will ho h01l1 " \ A storm destroyed seven farm houses , barns , outbuildings . ole" , lu eastern Loup county 'rho storm strncl a mile north of Taylor , l'olluo- lng' 1\11' lll'ltain's Ilwolllng to Icilldling wood , and traveled southeast , 11eHtroy. Ing..tho dwellings of Messrs. Lyon , lll'U' mage , Campbell , Dutton and oUH'rs ; The Beatrice Creamery company of Lincoln , which some tine ago purchased - chased the plant of the Honworth Pro. duce company nt Beatrice , expects soon to erect a new hllllcllng and ( storehouse and equip the lIa1110 with modern machinery for the purpose \ of J working country huller Stations will be established and butter will ho made In Beatrice the saute as at the capital city city."The "The wheat crop In Nebraska will ho from ten to twelve million bushels short of that of last year , " salll C (1. Crittenden of the Central Granaries colUllnY , Llnooln. 'l'hlR estimate 13 received the . based on reports hy corn- 'puny from their agents located In dif tereut points In the South Phrtlo country. A telegram was received at Bazt- rico from Mundon , Kan. , stating that " Daniel Freeman , the fi rst homesteader StatoR and resident i In the United a z or Gage county , had been seriously injured . , \ jurel1 at that lllaco The telegram J gave no particulars and Dy , Cane a son.ln.ln or 1\11' Freomlll1's , left j for rlunden on the first train for thin ' purpose of bringing the Injured man homo. 1\11' Freeman Is 78 years or age , _ , " . , _ . J : ' " ' ; j , " , , ' , , \ , -\1. , , ki'.1.t ' _ ' .