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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered as secoml-class matter at Falls City, Nebraska, post office. Janu ary 12. 1**04, under the Act of Congress on March 3,187**. Published every Friday at Falls City, Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company E. F SHARTS. Manager One year.. .SI. 50 Six months _■ • ..75 Three months ... .40 TELEPHONE 226. WHOSE KICK? The democratic "bosses" are send ing their emissaries to the two “new aspirants"—James and Fallstead— whom they turned down for "chron ic office holders," threatening their business if The Tribune does not desist from using their names in its editorial columns. Now, in the first place, The Trib une will say a "spade is a spade.” If the bosses had been honest with the voters, when they made the promise, “it can lie counted upon, also. that NONE OK THEM will aspire to the third term," etc., these two "new aspirants” would have been nominated and the sending of party emissaries to “fix-up” matters with the wounded ones would not have been necessary. The "bosses" have no one but themselves to blame. They didn't play fair, that's all. In the second place, the machine politics which was displayed at the primary election, nt which Gagnon received 111 votes and his opponent received NO votes, was so much in evidence that The Tribune runs no risk in claiming that the two "new aspirants” WE HE turned down for “chronic office holders." And, why the bosses think they can scare The Tribune away from that point of ar gument by sending threatening word to the "new aspirants," whom tiiey have already wronged enough, is a mystery to us. in the third place, The Tribune takes the view that the two “new aspirants” HAVE been wronged by the bosses; the bosses KNOW they wronged the "new aspirants." Now. why should either of them kick if The Tribune comments upon it ? “FOUND WANTING.” It is distinctly fair and In fact the only safe test to judge a political party by the results achieved when it assumes to take charge of and transact the public business of the state or nation. The democratic party of Nebraska is today fairly subject to that test, inasmuch as it has made a public record within the last year and is today calling ou the voters of the state for support for its party can didates for election to the important positions of Justices of the Supreme Court and Regents of the University. The questiou is before the people— is the democratic party entitled to the confidence of the voters of Ne braska on the record of things accom plished when entrusted with author ity by the people? The record made by the democratic legislature of the past winter is the best and most recent answer to that question, and is worthy of a brief review in that connection. With the democratic party in full power in the lawmaking branch of the state gov ernment, with a large majority in both houses, and a democratic, governor ready to place the seal of approval on all democratic legislation,the party had a clear track and an open order from the people to redeem all its promises for remedial and progress ive legislation. What was the result? Some two hundred and two of the avalanche of proposed laws presented to the legislature were enacted,most of them trivial and of small impor ance, many them relating to local incidents of no interest to the state at largo, numbers of them making room at the'public pie-counter for democratic office-seekers and perhaps less than a score of them of any im portance to the state generally. The legislation cost the tax-payers of the state a round one hundred thousand dollars, that being the amount of the appropriation for leg islative salaries and expenses for the session, or an average of $1,666 for every day the legislature was in ses sion and an average of $300 for each law enacted, good, bod or indifferent. This is the return, apparently,that the people of Nebraska received for the hundred thousand dollars spent on the democratic legislature. Hut what did they actually receive ? That is “another story.” Results have proven that the demo cratic party as an organization was so incompetent that a considerable portion of the legislation, enacted at a cost of nearly seventeen hundred dollars a day of the taxpayer's mon ey, has been found fatally defective ia the courts, is shown to be contrary to constitutional provisions and is in consequence*null.and void. Suit after t suitjbas foliowed-to annul.the careless and unconstitutional acts of the dem ocratic legislature, the latest one be ing brought to court by .Judge .1. J. Sullivan, himself a democratic candi date for supreme judge, to defeat the o cupation tax placed on corporations by the legislature. The lirst litigation growing out of tlu> late session of the legislature was that resulting from an attempt of the joint convention of the legislature to use and usurp the functions of the slate canvassing board and to reean % ass the vote on the constitutional amendments, certify the same 10 the governor, have him make his procla mation declaring the amendments car ried, and then appoint four Judges of (lie supreme court, all of which duties had been performed according to law by the stntc canvassing hoard and (lie governor long before the legisla ture convened. This litigation was styled State ex rel. Oldham v. Dean, 121 N.W. 7ID, resulting in a direction in favor of the action of the state canvassing board and Governor Shel don in canvassing (lie vote and the appointment by Governor Sli<ldon of the judges of the supreme court. Another suit was State ex rel. Ka gan v. Junkin, attacking the constitu tionality of the* so-called Donohoe non partisan educational and judicial elec tion law. This suit resulted in a hold ing liy the court that the act of the legislature was unconstitutional. The court's opinion was rendered August 18, 11*01). The n> xt law assailed was the act j entitled, “An act to amend sections one (1) and twenty-two (22) of sub-1 division thirteen (13), chapter sev-i enty-nlne (70) of the Compiled Slat- i utes of Nebraska for 1907, and to re- | p* al the said original sections as they j now exist and to provide for an emer gency.” The real purpose of this act was to remove from office the j present member of the state board | of education and to authorize the ! democratic governor to appoint a new ! board. The constitutionality of this act. Is in question in a suit entitled j State ex rel. Thompson v. Majors et! al. Another net passed by the legisla-1 ture and which is assailed in the j courts as unconstitutional is the“bank guaranty” act. The suit was com menced in tlte federal court and a tem porary Injunction lias been issued, re straining the enforcement of the law ! until final order of (he court. Another act passed by the legisla ture, the constitutionality of which is j challenged in the courts, is the act taxing corporations. This suit was commenced in the district court and will soon be submitted on demurrer. Perhaps one of the most insipid acts of the late legislature is chapter 83 of the Session Laws of 1909. This bill, as originally drawn and intro duced by Senator Randall.fixed proper penalties against railroads and rail road officials for failure to enforce the same. The committee to whom tlte bill was referred removed all the j penalties provided for in the bill | against the railroads and their of-1 fieials affected thereby, and rendered j tin act of apparently no vital effect. Another act of the late legislature, which lias been rendered impossible of enforcement, is House Roll 358, relative to the charge of transporta tion for residuum fuel oil or fuel pe lt oleum, by reason of errors which crept into the enrolled bill through tiie incompetency rf tue engrossing or enrolling clerk in failing to enroll tile amendments made thereto by the senate. Kven some of the “pie-counter” bills, intended to make jobs for demo crats on the public payroll were so faulty that the democratic politicians have not attempted to exercise au-' thority under them and “claim the jobs"—notably the new law giving the appointment of the secretary of the printing board to the democratic gov ernor—a law that was passed express ly for the benefit of a democratic member of the late lamented legisla ture, who was to "have the Job." This is a glimpse of democratic competency and efficiency as evi denced by the democratic legislature. Whenever tested with responsibility the democratic party has failed to "make good.” To avoid the responsibility for its , recent failures the democratic party is this year out on a "non-partisan” platform and is raising a cry for the election of democratic candidates as non-partisans. This deceives no one —it is the democratic plan to avoid the responsibility for the recorded acts and failures of the democratic party. IT’S DANGEROUS. Speaking of the defeat of the re publican ticket four years ago, when | the third term ticket was defeated,j the Falls City News had this to say in their issue of Nov. 10, 1905: “We are satisfied that THE PEO PLE HAVE WON A VICTORY whicn will teach the politicians and ring sters a lesson which will prove ever lasting. The American policy holds the THIRD TERM proposition as DANGEROUS TO GOOD GOVERN MENT.” Now, if the American policy held tiie “third term" proposition as dan ! gorous four years ago, what condi tions have brought about a reversal in that said American policy. The News says it "hasn't changed its views on the third term proposi tion, but conditions have changed.” Yes, we’ll agree with the contortion ist paper—conditions HAVE changed. It is democrats who want the third term this time—not republicans. Yes. conditions have changed. Presbyterian Corner Stone Laid An immense crowd assembled at the site of the new Presbyterian church to witness the ceremony of laying the corner, stone. The sun was shining brightly, and though a little warm. yet the shade trees and a light breeze helped to make the weather conditions almost ideal for the occa- i slon. Tlie Rev. (J. Keiehel, pastor of tie Baptist church called, order, and after singing of the Doxology, offered prayer, and the program as pinted below was rendered. We are glad to report that the large crowd was not only orderly, but quite attentive, and a general spirit of harmony and good feeling pre- j vailed between the ministers on the platform and the people on the street. The beautiful stone, the gift of the late Mr. A. Neitzel, was formally laid by Dr. Bailey, the pastor of the church, and we are told that the ad dress lie made was not only exceedingly appropriate but was given in a j manner that excelled the gentleman's known ability as an eloquent speaker. The offering taken at the service amounted to a little over eighty dollars, for which the committee no doubt feel grateful to the public. One is just a little curious to know what Dr. Bailey will do next. He talks little, bui every now' and then he attempts and accomplishes some- | thing. The church and himself deserve success In the ardous work. The box deposited in the corner stone contained a copy of The Falls City Tribune, the Falls City News, the Falls City Journal, “The Interior,” 1 a church paper published in Chicago, 111., a list of the officers and mem bership of the church, a similar list of the Sunday school and Mission school, a list of all the auxiliary societies of the church, a portrait of the pastor, another of Henry C. Smith, and a picture of the old church building and some current coins. Program in Full Doxology, Invocation and Lords Prayer. HYMN No. I. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty! God In Three Persons, blessed Trinity! A-men. Holy, Holy, Holy! All the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, Who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. Holy, Holy, Holy! Though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Tliy glory may not see, Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee Perfect in power, in love, and purity. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth and sky and sea; Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty! God in Three Persons, blessed Trinity! Responsive Reading, Rev. R. R. Teeter. Blessed be thou, Lord God of Is rael: our Father, for ever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine. Thine is the kingdom, O Iiord: and thou art exalted as head over all. Both riches and honour come of thee: and thou reignest over all. And in thine hand is power and might: and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength un to all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee: and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is iny»#eo ple: that we should be able to after so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee: and' of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee: and sojourners, as were all our fathers. Our days on the earth are as a shadow: and there is none abiding. 0 Lord, our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for the holy name cometh of thine hand: and is all thine own. 1 know also, my God, that thou triest the heart: and hath pleasure in uprightness. As for ine, in the uprightness of mine heart 1 have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers; keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Prayer, by Rev. F. Ellsworth Day. Solo. “Fear Not Ye. O Israel" .... Dudley Buck Miss Jessie Mae Agnew (by request) Scripture Reading, with the Creed, Rev. M. C. Brooks. THE CREED I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ His only Son, our Ix>rd; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Horn of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 1 believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Catholic Church; The Com munion of Saints; The forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; and the Life everlasting. Amen. HYMN No. 536 The Church’s one foundation la Jesus Christ her Lord; She in Ilis new creation By water and the word: From heav’n He came and sought her To be His holy bride; With His own blood He bought her, And for her life He died. A-men. Elect from every nation, Yet one o'er all the earth, Her charter of salvation One Lord, one faith, one birth; One holy name she blesses, Partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses, With every grace endued. ’Mid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war. She waits the consummation of peace for evermore; Till with the vision glorious Her longing eyes are blest. And the great church victorious Shall be the church at rest. Yet she on earth hath union With God the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion With those whose rest is won: O happy ones and holy! I.ord, give us grace that we, Like them the meek and lowly, On high may dwell with Thee. Address. Rev. R. cooper nancy, pn. d. Anthem." Cod Is Love”.Harry Rowe Shelly Offering and Announcements. Ceremony of Laying the Corner Stone, by the Pastor. HYMN An earthly temple here we raise. Lord God. our Saviour! to thy praise; Oh, make thy gracious presence known While now we lay its corner-stone. Within the house thy servants rear Deign by thy Spirit to appear; On all its walls salvation write, From corner-stone to topmost height. And when this temple, “made with hands,” Upon its firm foundation stands. Oh, may we all with loving heart In nobler building bear a part. Where every polished stone shall be A human soul won back to thee; All resting upon Christ alone, The chief and precious Corner-stone. So when our toil is o’er at last, All labor in both temples passed. Oh, may it then by works be shown That faith hath laid this corner-stone, j Benediction. --. All Work Guaranteed First-class Orders Taken for Wens Suits New Suitatorium STANLEY STUMP, Prop. 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