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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1888.
REPUILICAN TICKET.
For President:
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
of Ohio.
For Vice President:
GABBETT A. HOBABT,
of New Jersey.
STATE TICKET.
Governor. JOHN H.M'COLL
Lieutenant Governor. OBLANDO TEFFT
Secretary of State JOEL A. PIPES
Auditor. PETEB O. HEDLUND
Treasurer CHABLE8 E. CASEY
Sapt Pub. Inst HENBY B. COBBETT
Attorney General... ABTHUB 8. CHURCHILL
Com. Pub. Lands and Bldg....H. C. BDS8ELL
. . I BOBEBT BYAN
Jndge Supreme Court., J MOSES P. KINKAID
Recent State University... .. W. G. WHITMOBE
Presidential Electors. ( FRANK J. 8ADILEK
Ua-uXffB -
7J. E. HOUTZ
First District.
Second District....
"Third District
Fourth District...
Fifth District
Sixth District
A. J. BURN AM
.A C rXJoTEK
SOL DRAPER
G. A. DERBY
J.L-M'PHEELY
M.L.FREESE
Cnnernarienal Ticket.
For Congressman Tiiird Disttrict,
. ROSS L. HAMMONb.
S-uttTi-l Tickat.
For Senator Twelfth Diatrict.8IDNE C. GBAY
imtativ Tickt.
For Float Bei.resentative '$ .,,
Platte counties DAVID THOMAS
Cwmatjr Ticket.
For Representative GEORGE C. SMITH
For Coanty Attorney C. J. GARLOW
For Assessor.
....JOHN BROCK
With McKinUy and Protec
tion we ahull have more employ
ment, more work, and more
wages.
Mr. Hahs of Chicago said in a public
speech at Chicago Friday night that he
looked for a majority of 100,000 votes for
McKinley from the citizens of Chicago.
I THE B.EFCBUCAX PABTT STANDS FOB '.
'. HOKEHT MONET AND THE CHANCE TO EABN !
1 IT BV HONEST TOIL. WJI. McKlNLEV.
i ....!
The New York Mail and Express is
unwilling to concede to Bryan any but
the following ten states: Mississippi,
Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina,
Florida, Louisiana, Colorado. Texas and
- Utah, a total of 81 votes in the electoral
college.
. , Db. Miller, the old-time editor of the
Omaha Herald, is still ardently working
. for the election of McKinley and the
entire republican ticket. At a public
meeting in Omaha Wednesday night he
' . predicted a calamity if Bryan were elect-
ed, the proportions of which no man
could foresee.
The popocrats are making most stren
uous efforts to defeat the re-election of
. Secretary of State Piper, because he had
'the nerve to decide the ballot contests
according to law rather than as they
.wanted him to do. Every republican,
.and every man who wants to see the
state business done according to law
instead of according to party dictation,
' should be sure to vote for J. A. Piper for
secretary of state, and assist in re-electing
an honest official. Seward Reporter.
McKinley in congress was one of the
Bumerous great men of the republican
party to lead American thought in the
direction of protection to American
labor. He has always stood for a higher
''American manhood and the development
of American character. His national
'' policy secured the American markets for
.- American products at American prices,
: and that is his policy today, as the can-
v. didate of the republican party for
president.
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The great test of a National policy is
0 the labor of the country. We have been
for thirty-three years with the excep
. tion of the last three, under a protective
policy, and under good, safe sound
money, and while the products of work
shop and factory were cheapened, labor
itself was not cheapened. Down to 1892,
under protection and sound money,
while everything else lessened in price,
labor more than held its own. McKin-
ley.
; ?Un90Cni money inflates values, in
cites extravagance, promotes wild
schemes, is a curse because it produces
false conditions, destroys stability in
business, and ends in disaster. The
greatest sufferer is the laborer, whose
fortune consists of his daily earnings.
Sound money is a form of capital which
-stimulates and facilitates all the pro
cesses of business, and largely divests
credit of its peril. Bestore confidence
' and new life will be given to all indus
tries, and the onward march to triumph
ant success will be assured." D. B.
Dewey.
. . ONE UNSETTLED POINT.
An old man who bore evidence of more
work than culture approached a repre
sentative of a free silver paper the other
, day in the state library.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Certainly."
"Well, if we have free silver coinage,
well all have more money, won't we?"
"Why, yes, certainly. That's easy to
answer."
.- "Well, what I want to know," said the
old fellow earnestly, "iB whether they
will bring it to me or whether ni have
. to go after it," State Journal.
- llANTED-WoTk, by millions of
ffff. unemployed Americans, thrown
oat of employment by millions of work-
sea in other countries, whose product
. oobms here under the Wilson bill, and
Who bay what they eat from farmers
from their own countries, and what they
wear and use ia furnishing their homes
frost foreign merchants. These Aawri-
oaa. workmen are oat of work, and many
of them, oat of aaoaey, too. With the
XcFJaley tisaesof 1892 back again, em
ffeyatentMftaraBteed. But they want
work how. and waat it badly. Payment
ia aaF money of the United States gov
ernment today, silver, paper, or gold, 100
cents to every dollar, will be entirely
satisfactory.
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WEIGHTY CONSIDERATIONS.
Facta
Wage
to Staajr Before
VetlBc.
That the dollar which Mr. Bryan says
"buys too much" is the same dollar
which is now being paid to American
laboring men who were laoky enough
not to be thrown out of their jobs by
the Wilson-Gorman tariff law.
OThat the dollar which Mr. Bryan says
is "too good" to be paid to American
labor ia a part of the same currency sys
tem that was in use in 1892, when every
man had aljob and when the United
States reached the high water mark of
industrial prosperity.
That Mr. Bryan was one of the men in
the Fifty-third congress who defended
"cheapness" as the great end to be
aoBfht in our economic legislation.
That the principal ground of his attack
apon the McKinley tariff law was the
fallacious claim that it had a tendency
to'incressB xtbe selling prices of com
modities. That he has now reversed his policy
to accommodate the silver syndicate and
declares that things "are too cheap"
that the dollar we have.buys too many
commodities.
That Mr. Bryan has utterly failed to
show in any of his speeches how the
"cheap dollar" for which he clamors will
benefit labor.
That the history of the cheap dollar
in this and in other countries shows
that it degrades and impoverishes labor.
That from 18G0 to 1865 a 49)-cent
paper dollar raised the prices of the
necessaries of life 116 per cent, but
raised wages only 43 per cent, notwith
standing the fact that hundreds of
thousands of mechanics and laborers
were called from the channels of indus
try to fight for the flag.
That the inflation of our currency
with cheap money during this period
reduced the purchasing power of all
wages 66 per cent, compared with the
gold wages of 1860.
That in Mexico, where the currency is
on a silver basis, the average wages
range from 12fj to 25 cents a day in the
cities and on the plantations, while the
average compensation for skilled labor
is but 30 cents a day.
That in the free silver country of Mex
ico the rich are very rich, while the wage
earners are cursed with an excessive
poverty that permits of no social or ed
ucational development.
That in free silver Mexico the prices
of what are deemed in America "com
mon necessities" are so high and wages
are so low that coffee and butter and
beef are never seen on the tables of the
wage earners, their principal food being
a bread made from a rough ground corn.
That under the gold standard and a
protective tariff wages in this country
increased 28 per cent from 1870 to 1880
and their purchasing power increased 51
percent,
That the free coinage of the silver
miners' bullion at 16 to 1 would give no
idle laborer a job, and hence would not
enlarge the market for the farmer's pro
ducts. That the present currency controversy
would not have been precipitated if the
Wilson-Gorman law had not failed to
yield enough revenue to run the gov
ernment, thereby causing depletion of
the gold reserve, distrust of the ability
of the government to redeem its notes,
lack of confidence, business bankrupt
cies and panic. Chicago Times-Herald.
NEBRASKA'S MAN OF DESTINY.
Hon. Jack MacColl, the man whom
destiny has selected to be the next gov
ernor of Nebraska, is a fine, whole souled
gentleman, who makes friends wherever
he goes, and if he only had the time to
travel all over the state, not only every
republican, but every intelligent demo
crat, would vote for him. He is an
earnest, sincere man, honest in every
fiber of his being, and will make an ideal
governor of this great commonwealth.
Let every republican and every demo
crat who loves the state and wishes to
see it prosper vote for Jack MacColl.
Syracuse Journal.
This has been a wonderful campaign
in several respects, and in none more so
than in the multitudes of people who
have visited McKinley at his home in
Canton, day after day, week after week,
during the progress of the contest.
These people favor the man McKinley;
they have been determined to see the
man McKinley; the people nominated
McKinley back of the work of commit
tees and parties, and the people have
been running the campaign. A descrip
tion of the state of affairs at Canton is
interesting as showing the persistence of
the people to see and hear McKinley.
A letter from there says: "In this cam
paign the grounds around McKinley's
home have suffered, but he is apparently
as well and strong as he was before June
18. Then he was a private citizen, and
lived in a quiet and modest home, on a
quiet street in Canton. There was a
well-cared for lawn about the house and
there were flower-beds. There were
trees in the yard and shrubs. There was
a picket fence around it But on June
18 McKinley became the people's candi
date for President, and the people, first
from his own town, then from Massillon
and Akron and Cleveland, and then from
the whole country, started there. The
flower-beds were trampled some that
first day. A vase or two was broken.
The pieces were snapped up as souve
nirs. Today there is a bare and hard
packed clay square in which stands
McKinley's house. It has no more sug
gestion of grass than has a brick yard.
The fence is gone, carried away piece
meal The shrubs 'have been cut away,
too, and the trees have been stripped of
brancnes as high as they can be reached.
The soil has been so trampled that the
roots of the trees are laid bare and they,
too, are going as souvenirs. The people
have not attacked the house. They have
been very careful not to lay vandal
hands upon any of it, but they have
taken everything else in sight."
This is a large country, not alone in
the number of square miles, but it is
also large in the territory that its great
minds endeavor to include in the range
of their mental vision. On the ticket
that will be put into your hand election
day you will find these parties repre
sented by nominees for presidential
electors: republican; democrat; demo
crat and people's independent; national;
prohibition, socialist labor six distinct
sets of names, representing six distinct
and different views of national affairs.
In the campaign just closing little has
been heard here of any outside of the
McKinley and Bryan supporters and it
is pretty safe to say that there has been
no probability at any time of electing
any except McKinley or Bryan, the
probability in favor of McKinley grow
ing stronger day by day as election
approaches. We most sincerely hope
that the returns of Tuesday's election
will justify this forecast of the situation,
as we believe it would be an unmeas
urable calamity to have the Chicago
platform the declared policy of the gov
ernment for even one administration,
with such men as Altgeld and Tillman
as the real characters in mask.
It is now said that Senator Quay's
quiet and effective work in having all
republicans register in the more hope
ful states of the heretofore "solid south,"
is the secret of the confident claim of
the republicans of carrying North Car
olina. Tennessee and Virginia, where
the Bryanites supposed they were going
to have the usual democratic walk-away.
So Ions as the dtaaainof America ex
teeds from the shores of the Atlantic to
tte shores of the Pacific, from the icy
waters of the lakes to the tepid waters
sf the calf, our tariff policy, to be truly
American, mast be truly protective.
. Wften applied to Major McKinley the
popular song must be revised to read:
"He does't have to wander from
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STATE SCHOOL FUNDS.
Iire&ted According to ficqniremeiti
of the Constitutioi.
H0LC0MB AND THE RECORD.
OmntA PusltUa N'a
Um Seawaaa Cawrt Alltaml
FelHfaal CaatKal a Fallai
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LorooLK, Neb., Oct 17. The records
of the board of educational lands sad
f ends do not bear out the assertioas of
Governor Holcomb a to his seal in se
curing the investment of the perma
nent school fund. He had been in of
fice fifteen months before he interested
himself in the matter, and then he set
out upon a course that the board coald
not follow, because the investment in
general fund warrants, which he pro
posed, was clearly unconstitutional. In
deed, his eleventh hour seal, his im
pugning the action and motives of the
board, and his constant self glorifies
tion gave rise to a well founded suspic
ion that he was working on the line of
bis own political interests, and that the
interests of the state were all the while
secondary.
What the ttoesrda Shaw.
At a regular meetiug of the board of
educational lands and funds, held
March 10, 189K. Messrs. Bartley, Piper.
Russell and Churchill were present, and
Governor Holcomb was absent. Mr.
Piper acted as chairman pro tern in the
governor's absence. Mr. Russell, sec
retary, submitted the proposition of
Otoe connty to sell the state eighty-five
$1,000 bonds, and upon motion Mr. Rus
sell was authorized to notify the clerk
of-that conuty that the state would pur
chase the bonds, provided they drew 5
per cent interest, payable semi-annually.
Mr. Russell also laid before the board
a proposition from Sauuders county to
sell $100,000 worth of bonds, drawing
4 per cent interest, and a resolution
was adopted to purchase the bonds at
par, provided they should be made to
draw 5 per cent interest.
These were the first propositions from
Otoe and Saunders counties, aud the
governor took no part in the transac
tions of the board concerning them.
A Preaalaaa to Brakera.
The clerk of Otoe county did not reply
to the offer of the board of March 10,
aud nothing more was heard from these
bonds until May 10, when Governor
Holcomb submitted a proposition to pay
Deits, Denison & Prior.brokers of Cleve
land, 0.,a cash premium of $2,500 to se
cure these bonds.
It was remarked by Mr. Russell that
such a transaction "looked a little
shady' as the board had already of
fered to take the Otoe county bonds at
par. The governor's only reply was
that "it might be so construed." Mr.
Russell further remarked that if any
other member of the beard bad made
that proposition there would be people
in the state "mean enough to suggest
a diwy.' "
To dispose of the governor's resolu
tion to pay $2,500 bonus to brokers for
the Otoe couuty bonds, Mr. Russell of
fered the followiug resolution, which
was adopted, and in accordance with
which the bonds were afterward pur
chased: "Resolved. That said offer is hereby
accepted, provided that said bonds are
in all respects regularly and legally is
sued and registered, as required by law,
and that the state treasurer is hereby
authorized and directed to pay said
party for said bonds, provided they will
accept the premium in coupons first ma
turing upon said bonds, and the treas
urer is hereby authorized to pay the ac
crued interest ou said bonds to the date
of purchase."
It was this transaction that the gov
ernor endeavored to make capital out
of, declaring that Mr. Russell's resolu
tion was "buncombe," and not in good
faith. But the result shows that the
state's interests were protected and the
bonus paid in coupons instead of cash.
The Republican members of the board
never acted against any proposition by
Governor Holcomb to purchase bonds
under the provisions of the constitution,
and endeavored to keep the rate of in
terest on bonds up to 5 per cent, but
through the governor's persistent efforts
the rate was finally reduced to 4 per
cent. The board had endeavored to se
cure the Otoe and Saunders county
bonds at 5 per cent, and would doubtless
have done so had not the governor's de
sire to curry favor with counties by of
fering to accept their bonds at a lower
rate, finally thwarted the efforts of the
board to save this half of 1 per cent for
the permanent school fund.
In consequence, on April 18, Mr. Rus
sell submitted a resolution as follows:
"Whereas, we have affixed a price in
the acceptance of the Greeley county
bonds at 4T per cent; therefore,
"Resolved, That we accept the propo
sition made by the commissioners of
Saunders county to sell and deliver to
the state 100 bonds of $1,000 each, draw
ing interest at the rate of 4 per cent,
payable semi-annually,"
This proposition was accepted by
Saunders county. It will also be seen
that the Republican members of the
board placed themselves squarely on
record as to their intention to invest the
permanent school fund. On the same
date, April 18, the board also declared
by resolution that "it is desirable that
the funds belonging to the state for
educational purposes should be kept in
vested wherever it can be done without
any question as to our constitutional
right to do so."
Wavnuata Are Nat Scearltlaa.
In section S, article 8, of the constitu
tion of Nebraska, it is expressly pro
vided that the moneys in the permanent
school fund "shall not be invested ob
LOANED EXCEPT IN UNITED STATES OK
STATE SECURITIES, OR REGISTERED COUN
TY BONDS OF THE 8TATK, ASD
SHALL NOT Z2 TRANSFERRED TO ANT
OTHKil FUND FOR OTHER USES."
Ii rv 'ravention of the above section
of the .constitution, the legislature in
1891 passed an act directing the state
treasurer to invest money in the perma
nent school fund in "any state warrant
issued in pursuance of an appropriation
made by the legislature, and secured by
the levy of a tax for its payment," when
said warrants shall be presented for
payment and there shall not be money
in the proper fund for the payment
thereof.
The board of educational lands and
funds undertook to give effect .to the
above statute by suitable resolution, dur
ing Governor Crounse's administration,
when a controversy arose as to the constitutionality-
of the act. An application
was made to the supreme court for a
writ of mandamus (the purpose being to
test the constitutionality of the act) to
eempel the treasurer to invest the school
fund in state warrants.
The court decided clversery on two
points:
1. That "where it was held that in
so far as it was sought thereby to con
fer upon the tiesssier alone authority
to invest the permanent school fund, it
is in conflict with the provision of
tion 9t article 8, of the ooiftitatios."
t. That "said act provides is
stance for a transfer to the general f and
of the permanent school fund of the
state, and is therefore in conflict also
with the section of the constitution
above set oat."
This is the legal side of the question
in a nutshell; and Governor Holcomb's
contention was in the face of the decis
ion above referred to.
The permanent school fund of the
state is a sacred tmst, and the board of
educational lands and funds acted wise
ly in showing a disposition to keep
within the reasonable safeguards of the
constitution.. It may be added that it is
oat of this careful, business-like, law
respecting conduct of the board, that
Governor Holcomb has sought to maLj
political capital for himself.
It may fee finally added, on this point,
that Governor Holcomb must have
known that the school fund coald not
be invested in general fund warrants,
because on March 29, 1895, he signed
the act providing for the submission of
a constitutional amendment to be
voted on at the coming election author
ising such investment.
Tha Paraaaaaat School Faaa.
When Governor Hu.comb travels over
the state giving out information regard
ing the school fond, he does not tell the
whole truth. Virtually he states an un
truth by giving only a part of the truth.
His statements have been taken up by
the Populist press and given out in
Popocratic conventions, the intention
being doubtless to misinform the public
in order that the governor's political
axes' might be ground at public expense.
The fact is that the total investment
of the moneys of the permanent school
fund amounts to the enormous sum of
$3,908,511.35. JV
The moneys in the permanent xebool
fund at the present time, not invested,
amount to $512,529.34.
Bonds purchased and not yet delivered
to the state are as follows: Saunders
county, $100,000; Lancaster county,
$70,000; total, $170,000.
When the investment of $170,000 is
taken from- the total of $512,r2U..04,
there will remain in the. permanent
school fund, uninvested, $342,529.34.
This sum will be invested in "securities."
ss provided by the constitution, when
ever the opportunity is presented to the
board.
The amount invested during the in
enmbency of the present board, cover
ing a period of 22 months, has been
$289,170.
As a matter of further information it
may be stated that in addition to the
total amount in the permanent school
fund, $3,821,040.69, there are in the of
fice of the commissioner of public lands
and buildings promissory notes from
the sale of school lands aggregating
$5,200,000. This swells the permanent
school fond to a round $9,000,-
000, and the people of Nebraska
have a right to expect that this muni
ficent fund shall be handled in a thor
oughly business like manner, with all
possible caution and care, to the end
that the principal may be held intact
forever, and that our public school sys
tem shall be benefited by the dividends
therefrom for all time.
No Republican official has sought to
benefit himself, through personal emol
ument or political capital, from his
connection with this sacred trust.
Governor Holcomb can answer for
himself as to how far he had sought to
make his official connection with it
serve his political ends.
COUNTING THE COST.
ECONOMY IN MANAGEMENT OF THE
STATE GOVERNMENT.
Km Foaadatioa to tha Persoaal daltaa
Mada by Gov. Heleoaah RapahKeaai Of
ftclals Hnva Katir- Control sf State Ia-
atltatloBs mad the Dlsbarscmeat f Faads.
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The claim made by Governor Hol
comb that he has saved $200,000 to the
state during his term of office by reason
of his economical administration of state
affairs will not stand even the most su
perficial investigation. In the first place,
there has been no such saving. In the
second place, the governor has nothing
whatever to do with the expenditure of
state moneys. The governor appoints
the heads of all state institutions except
the two industrial schools, which are
appointed by the board of public lauds
and buildings; commander of soldiers'
home at Milford, appointed by above
board and approved by the governor,
and superintendents of industrial home
at Milford. and home of the friendless
at Lincoln, appointed by a board of
lady managers.
Supplies for all institutions are pur
chased by the board of purchase and
supplies, consisting of the governor as
chairman, commissioner of public lands
and buildings as secretary, the secre-'
tary of state, attorney general and state
treasurer at present four republicans
and one populist. The law requires that
the secretary of the board shall adver
tise for bids, that the board shall meet
on the first day of each quarter, and
that bids shall then be opened and con-'
tracts awarded to lowest responsible
bidder. The contracts for supplies are
then enforced by the board of public
lands and buildings, of which the gov-'
ernor is not a member. I
Section 19 of the constitution defines
the powers and duties of the board of
public lands and buildings as having
charge and supervision of all buildings,
grounds and lands of the state, and all
institutions except those for educational
purposes.
The legislature of 1877 (section three
revised statutes) under the heading,
"Custody of Buildings," gave force to.
the above provision. Under the head-:
ing, "Disbursements of Funds" (sec
tion four), the statute says: "The said
board shall have power, under the re-t
stnenon oi hub act, ro direct tne gen
eral management of all the said institu
tions and be responsible for the proper
disbursements of the funds appropriated'
for their maintenance," etc. Under!
section six the board is given power to
pass upon accounts of the "public offi
cers" or heads of these institutions.;
Under section 0, the board having passed;
upon accounts, the auditor is directed to
issue warrants in payment thereof.
Thus it will be seen that the governor
has nothing st all to do with the control
or management of state institutions, or
the auditing, approving or payment of!
bills contracted, those duties being en-1
tirely within the scope of the board of
pnblio lands and buildings, of which he
is not even a member. But if Got.
Holcomb is correct when he states that'
the sum of $200,000 has been saved dur-J
ing his administration, the credit would1
be due to the board of public lands and
buildings, This board would be glad to
have the credit for the saving. 'The
fact is, however, that the appropriations:
sre barely sufficient for the running ex-'
penses of the state and state institn-'
tion, and with six months of the Hen-1
nisi period yet to run it may appear'
that they are insufficient. Still the
board believes that by the practice of.
economy in all directions,
with the policy of the past
in keening'
tm ..
the appropriations will be made to saf
jwri
nee.
I
The legislature of Ib93 sppropriated
$792,610 for expenses of state govern-;
meat and institutions. The legislature
of 1895 appropriated $780,276. A saving
it will be noticed, oj 83000, I
It is tree, too, that there are
people to care for than ever before., and
this is done with a smaller approprhv
tiosv A comparison of cost of lunettes
daring three years shows that a con
siderable savins; has been effected.
Forinetsnoe: (
Lamp coal was worth $3.70 in 181$
and $2. ft in 18SS. Other grades about
the same.
Men's shoes in 1808 were $.W. Ia
189& and 1M. only OS cents and $1.10.
Women's shoes in 1MB were $1.77, in''
1898 only $1.10.
Coffee 1888. 28c per lb.; 1866, 15&
Syrap I8t. c to 27c par gal; 1806,
14o.
Sugar Extra O, lbtff, $5.40 per cwt.r
1896. $4. W- Granulated, 1883, $5.80 per
cwt; 1886, $4.99- '
All wool salts in 180$ cost $8.00, now
only $5X0.
Muslin and flour unchanged.
The reader will thus see how the
greater number of people can be cared
for in 1895 and 1898 at less expense.
Some people may think it is alight
thing to mislead the public for political'
purposes, bat the members of the board
of public lands and buildings would
rather tell the truth than be governors.
The records of the several offices in'
the state house occupied by republicans
are always open to the public for inspec
tion daring office hoars, and the board
invites inspection. Each official is ready:
at any and all times to account for his
stewardship. ;
L. S. Coma, ex-railroad commissiOB
er, has devoted the last ten years to
philanthropic work for railroad em
ployes. He has traveled all over the
country this year in the interest of
his scheme to build in Chicago a great
home for disabled railroad employes.
He is probably more widely acquainted
with railroad men than any other
mas in the country.
"Railroad employes are almost to a
man opposed to free silver,"-said Mr.
Coffin. "This is as true In the west and
south ss in the east, and it will have
a great Influence on the result in the
elections. They would naturally be
favorable to Bryan, for he was one
of the leaders in securing the passage
of the bill to compel railroads to use
safety couplers. They entertain a gen
uine affection for him all over the coun
try. But they cannot vote for him.
They say their wages cannot be in
creased, because laws in almost every
state limit the charges roads can make.
But the value of the money in which
they would be paid would be reduced
one-half. The fixed charges of the
road must still be paid in gold.
"The men are studying this ques
tion snd they sre satisfied free coinage
would be the' greatest injury that
could be inflicted on salaried employes
of railroads. I predict they will vote
against it almost unanimously; and
I have talked with thousands of them,
all over the country, since the ques
tion became prominent."
It is unfortunate for the Democratic
leaders that their final appeal to "save
the party" must be made to the voters
of the country whose best interests
they have so shamefully betrayed.
New York Press.
af eKlalay a Frotacttoa.
If the policy of protection is not to be
just in its application and national in
its scope, based upon broad principle,
then the sooner it is relinquished the
better. It cannot be sustained and ought
not to be for one class or interest or
section and denied to others equally
within the contemplation of its purpose.
The raw materials class have rights
which cannot be ignored. Those who
think otherwise forget that the advanced
product is only the manipulation of the
less advanced, and the less advanced of
the still less finished product, with hu
man labor as the chief factor in all, and
protection upon the one cannot be suc
cessfully and permanently maintained
without protection of the other. Hon.
William McKinley.
ProtocUa tha Raaaadj.
We ask our silver friends to look
squarely at the truth. The gold standard
is not the cause of this bigger debt in
time of peace. The administration, in
stating that such is the case, is hiding
behind misrepresentation and treacher
ously permitting the blow deserved by
itself to fall upon an innocent party of
which it very ostentatiously professes to
be the guardian. One hundred and fifty
millions of dollars, or more than half the
proceeds of the Cleveland bond sales,
have been used in paying the expenses
of the government, for which that po
litical fraud and financial fiasco, the
Cleveland-Wilson tariff, failed to pro
vide. New York Sun.
WANTED-FAITHFDL MEN OR WOMKN
to travel for responsible established
house in Nebraska. Salarjr $780 and expenses.
Position permanent. Beferanco. Enclose self
addraased aaunped enyelope. The National,
Htar TnsnranoB Bids;., Chicago.
gusittess JfgfietM,
Advertisements under this head five eenta a
line each insertion.
WM.SCHILTZ makes boots and shoes in tha
beat styles, and nsee only the very best
stock that can be orocaredia the market. 52-tf
WANTED-FATTHFUL MEN OR WOMEN
to travel tor responsible established
house in Nebraska. Salary $780 and expenses.
Position permanent. Reference. Enclose self
addressed stamped envelope. The National,
Star Insurance Bids., Chicago.
E.takklls3a.a. 1882.
THE
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COLUMBUS, NEB.
Capital StKkPii.ii $100,000.00
omens ays wuctom:
A.ANDEKSON.Pres't.
J. H. GALLEY, Vice Pres't,
O.T.ROEN, Cashier.
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J. F. BERNEY. ,
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Qerrard -Wheel - Works.
Agents,
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Repair work guar- m-i a. M-A.
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TeCMseaeaaa the
Passengers going east for business, will
naturally gravitate to Chicago as the
great commercial center. Passengers
re-visiting friends or relatives ia the
eastern states always desire to "take in"
Chicago en route. All classes of passen
gers will find that the "Short Liae"of
the CJhicego, Milwaukee St Psul Bail
way. Tia Omaha and Council Bluffs,
sffords excellent facilities to reach their
destinations in a manner that will be
sue to give the utmost satisfaction.
A reference to the time tables will in
dicate the route to be chosen, snd, by
asking soy principal agent west of .the
Missouri river for a ticket over the
Chicago, Council Bluffs k Omaha Short
Line of the Chicago, Milwaukee k 8t.
Pavl Railway, yon will be cheerfully
furnished with the proper passport via
Omaha and Chicago. Please note thst
all of the "Short Line'' trains srrive in
Chicago ia ample time to connect with
the express trains of all the great through
car lines to the principal eastern cities.
For sdditionsl particulars, time tables,
maps, eta, please call on or address F.
A. Nash, General Agent. Omaha, Neb.
BARN THAT HOG.
THAT'S THE FORTY-SEVENTH TIME this
week he's takes an excursion trip. Well,
old man, are yoa going to spend yoar life
chasing hogs? Coma in and get soma of that
Page WoTen Wire Fencing and sea how easy it
ia to keep team where they belong.
Sold and pot ap by
C.S.EA8TON, Agent.
lOfebtf Columbus. Nebr.
B. P. DUFFY.
WM. O'BRIEN.
jyjVFY at O'BRIEN,
LAWYERS.
Special attention given to Criminal
Law.
Office: Corner Elerenth and North Sts.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office orer First National Bank,
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HfeAXUSTER t CORMELIUS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLUMBUS,
NKBBASKA
Sljantf
PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
The following proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth in fall,
are submitted to the electors of the
Stste of Nebraska, to be voted npon
at the general election to be held Toss
day, November 3, A. D., 1896:
A joint resolntion proposing to
amend sections two (8), four (4), snd
five (5.) of article six (0) of the Consti
tution of the State of Nebraska, relating
to number of judges of the supreme
court and their term of office.
Be It resolved and enacted by the Legisla
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That section two CO of article
six (6) of the Constitution of tha State
of Nebraska to amended so as to read aa fol
lows: Sections. The supreme court shall until
otherwise provided by law. consist of Sve
(5) Judges, a majority of whom shall be neces
sary to form n quorum or to pronounoe
adecislon. It shall have original Jurisdiction
la cases relating to revenue, civil cases in
wnicn tne state snail be a par: y, mandamus,
auo warranto, habeas corpui. and such
appellate jurisdiction, as may be provided by
luuW
Section 2. That section four (4) of article
Six (6) or the Constitution of the State
of Nebraska, to amended so as to read aa fol
lows: Section 4. The Judges of the supreme
court shall be elected by the electors or the
state at large, and their term of office, ex
cept aa hereinafter provided, ahall be for a
period of not leas than five (5) years as tha
legislature may prescribe.
Section 3. That section five (3) or article
aU (S) of the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, be amended to read as follows :
Sections. At the first general election to
to held In the yearlSSa. there shall be elected
two (2) jndgea of the supreme court one
of whom ahall be elected for a term of
two (Q. yearn, one for the term of four (4)
years, and at each general election there
after, there ahall be elected one judge of
tha supreme court for the term of five
OS) years, unless otherwise provided by
law; Provided, that the judges of the su
preme coart vrhoje terms hava not expired
at we mis ot noioing iuj general elec
tion of 1890. shall continue to hold their
office for the remainder of the term for
which they were respectively commla
sioaed. Approved March , A. D. 1U3.
A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to section thirteen (IS) of
article six of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska, relating to com
pensation of supreme and district court
judges.
Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State
ef Nebraska:
Section L That section thirteen (19) of
article six () ofthe Constitution of the State
of Nebraska be amended so as to read aa fol
low: . 8ec 13 The Judge of the supreme and
district courta shall receive for their services
sack compensation as may to provided by law.
payable Quarterly.
The legislature shall at its
after ihe adoption of this
first
st.
three-fifths of tha members elected
to
Bouse concurring, establish
eompenaat
taWlwud
.tion. The compensation ao aa-
ot to changed oftener
than once in four year, and ia ao event ua
two-thirds
of
the member elected
to
each house
therein.
of tha legislature concur
Approved March 90, A. D. ISM.
A joint resolution proposiBg to
amend section twenty-four (84) of
article five (5) of the Constitution of
the State of Nebraska, relating to com
pensation of the officers of the executive
department
Be it resolved and enacted by the LagiahUnra
of the State of Nebraska:
8actkm L That section twenty-four
ofartlate five (3) of the Constitution ofthe
State of Nsoraaha be amended to rand as fol
lows: Seetioa 94 The officer of the executive
department of the atata government atoll
receive for their aervices n compensation
to be established by law. which ahall to
aeittor Increased nor diminished daring the
term for which they ahall have been com
mtsajoaed and they ahull not receive to their
own aw any fee, costs, interests, upon panne
moneys ia their hand or under their control,
perquisite of offise or other compan
anttoa and nil feea that may here
after to payable bv law for servient
performed ty aa officer provided for la
thw article ahall to paid ia advano lato the
atata treasury. The teglalatur shall at ite
art s mob alter tae aaopwon eg taw umeaa
meat, three-fifths of the members elected to
anch house of the Itrlslatnrs eon-
earring, entohttah the astatine of the
inmea at taia article. xaa com
so established ahall net to changed
me in saav years and la ao
it anises two-thiauw of the members
toeach house of the ligislstnre concur
Approved Mareh . A. D. ISM.
A joint resolution proposing to
one i) of article sis ()
oil
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the OonetitBtioa of tne State of Nebras
ka, relating to jodioial power.
'Belt resolved and enacted byte Laclala
SareottaaStawotKebraOca:
Section L That section oa(l) of article six
l)of theCoaatltaUoaof the State of Kebraak.
to anaeaded to read as follows:
BeetioaL The Jadidal power of this state
shall to vested la a empreme coart. district
eoarta. eeanty coaxes jaitlcee of the
peace, police BsaghMratea. and ia suck other
esarts inferior to ta sapresne coait as way
to areatsd by lew ia watek two-thirds of
tae ateamDers etectea to sees
Approved March . A. D. Us.
A joint resolntion proposiBg to
aasend section eleven (11) of article six
(S) of tne OoastitatioB of tne State of
Nebraska, relating to increase in nam
ber of sapresae and district coart
jtdges.
Be it raaolTad and aaaoled by the Legialatara
af the State of Nebraska:
Seetioa L That aeeUoa eleven (11) of
article six () of the OonaUtatioa of the Stat
at Vebraska to amended to read a fol
io wa:
gsewaa 1L Tka leglalatBre. whenever two
thirds of tae ausntora elected to each house
atoll concur therein, saav. In or after tha var
one thoujaad tight hundred and ainety-aeren
sad not oftener than once ia every four vears.
increase the number of judge of su
preme and district courts, and tha Judical
dletricte of the state. Such districts shall
to formed of compact territory, and
bounded by county lines: and such In
crease, or any change In tha boundaries
of a district, shall not vacate the ossca of any
Judge.
Approved March to. A. D. 188S.
A Joint resolntion proposing to snwnd
section six (f) of article one (1) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska,
relating to trial by jury.
nWHraaolveaed enacted by theLagtaUture
eftteSteto or Nebraska:
Section L
That aartlna ai iK artl1 na
wociae uausutauoa or the state of Ne
eraaknto amended to read aa follows:
Section a. The. right of trial by jury shall
remahi inviolate, but the legislature may pro
vide that in civil actions five-sixths of the Jury
stay reader a verdict, and the legislature may
also authorise trial by a Jury of a lass number
than twelve men, ia courts inferior to the dis
trict court.
Approved March a). A D. 1803.
-a& . rr- T7 t --
A joint resolution proposing to
amend section one (1) of article five (5)
of the Constitution of Nebraska, relat
ing to officers of the executive depart
ment. Belt resolved and maritsit by the Legisla
ture of the Stete of Nebnaka: ""a"
Seetioa 1. That section one (1) of nr
Mcle five (5) of the Conatliutiol of the State
of Nebraska to amauded to read a fol
lows: Section L Tha executive department shall
enas-st of a governor, lieutenant-governor,
secretary of at ite. auultor of public account,
treasurer, suverintendent of publia in
Btrueuou, attorney general, commissioner
of public lands and buildinvs. and three
railroad cemmtsaioaera. each ot whom.
pfP' "aid railroad commissioners,
ahall hold hie office for a term of
two yearn, from the first Thursday after
the first Tuesday in January, after
hia election, and until his successor is
elected and qualified. Kaon railroad com
mimtoner shall hold hia office for a term of
Una years beginning oa tha first Thursday
after the first Tuesday ia January a-ter
hi election, and until hi aucce
or is elected and qualified: Provided,
towevar. That at the first general elec
tion held after the adoption of taia amend
ment there shall be electea three railroad
ommlwioaar. oaa for tha period of one
year, one for the period of two year, and
aa for the period of three year. The gov
ernor, aeeretary ot state, auditor of pub
lie accounts, and treasurer ahall reside at
capital anting tnetr term of offiv
Bar shall keep the publlo record, book
and papers there and shall perform such da
ttaa aa may to required by law.
Approved March 90. A. D.US3.
A joint resolution proposiBs; to
amend section twenty-six (20) of ar
ticle fire (5) of the Constitution ofthe
State of Nebraska, limiting the num
ber of executive state officers.
Be it resolved and enacted by the Leg
islature ofthe State of Nebraska:
Section L That section twenty-six () of
rMeto .!? S Constitution of the
State of Nebraska to amended to read as
folio wa:
Seetioa at. No other executive state oSs
esrs except those named in Beetle one m
ef taia article shell to created, except
by aa act of tha legislature which U
concurred fat by not lese than three-fourths
of tha members elected to each house
thereof:
Provided. That aav office eraatad hv m
act of the legislature may to abolished by
the legislature, two-thirds of the mem-
10 eaea aoase thereof ooucur-
Approved March as, A. D.. InhV
joint resolution proposing to
amend section nine (9) of article eight
(8) of the Constitntion of the State of
Nebraska, providing for the investment
of the permanent educational funds of
the state.
Bait resolved and enacted by ttoLaghun
ture of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That auction nine (V) ot article
emht (8) of
the Constitution of the State
to amended to read aa fol-
ef Nebraska
Sections.
All funiebelonflag to the state
fur educational
. the Interest and
Interest
whereof only are to
to used, ahall
trust fund held bv tha atata.
atata ahall supply nil losses there-
ef that
la any meaner accrue, ao that
amain rorever inviolate
and ahall not to ln-
or loaned except oa United States
or atata aecuritlea. or registered county
houde or registered school district bond of
thla state, and aaeh fund with tha inter
est and income thereof are hereby solemn
ly pledged far the purpose for which they
are granted and set apart, and atoll not
to transferred to any other fund for other
Provided, The hoard created bv a
1 of this srncle is empowered to sell from
Brno to time nay of the aeeurlties belonging
to tha permanent school fund uadlnvmi
tto pranced arlalaf therefrom in any ofthe
sssmrlttas eaumatulad la thla section bear
las a higher rata of interest, when ever
an opportunity for totter investment lepra-
And 'provided further. That when nay
warraat apoa la state treasurer reg
ularly issued la pursuance of an appropri.
eatoa by tha legislature and cured ny tha
levy ef a tax for its payment, ahall
saaiaa to tae state treasurer for
1. ana were annu not be nny
la the proper fund to pay auch
A the board created bv section 1
or taia Broom may oiract ine atata traaa-
arar to pay tha amount due on such war
rant from money in hi hand belonging
to tha permanent school fund of the atata!
sad he atoll hold said warrant-aa an In-
ysstmaai or ama permanent acaooi rune.
Approved March 2a, A. tt MM.
joint resolution propoaisf urn
to the CuawmlaUoBiof the
State
of Neaanska byaddins; a new
to article twelve (12) of said
constitntion to be numbered section
two (S) relative to the saerging of the
of cities of the metro-
the goverBanent of
cities are
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to each number of the ftstUr. Its
Is tha very bast of ini Wad. laaUTSaV
located.
Be it resolved and enacted by the
u is- state oi nearaam:
Section L That article twelve (1 of tha
Constitution or the tttate of Meuraaha to
amended ty adding to said article a new sec
tion to be numbered auction two CO te read
aafoUowa:
Section & The government of any etty ef
tha metropolitan elaae and the inv-
!?? .of, tk ?
It ia located may to aurgad wholly
er ia part whtm a proposition so to do has
been submitted by authority of 'law to the
voters of auch city and county and re
ceived the aaannt of a majority af tha
votes cast in auch citr and tha a. matarls-
of the votes cut In the county exaiuatva
w iaus cast ia suca mwiopomnn euy as i
Approved March as. A. D. UnV
A joint lesolntion
nnwadment to seetioa six (e) of artless
seven (?) of the Constitntion of tne
State of Nebraska, preecrisiag the
nsanner in which votes shall be east.
Be it resolved and enacted by the
mm or tne aiate or aeorasaa:
Section L That section six (8) of
saven CD of tha Constitution of the Statu
ef Nebraska to amended to rend aa tsl
lows Section A All votes shall to by riHnt, r
auch other method aa may to praseriasd
by law. provided the seoreor of voting -to
preserved.
Approved March . A O. la.
A joint resolntion prefMsiaf Is
amend section two (?) of article four
teen (14) of the Constitntion of the
State of Nebraska, relative to donations
to works of internal improvesasnt ansl
manufactories.
Be It resolved and ennetsd by
the lam-
auamre ui ins swa or nearaaaa:
Ssction 1. That section two 04) of nrtwle
Kourteea tisj or tea coasatutlaa of
Hate or neomtsn. oa amen
follows:
to
Sec a No city, county, town.
municipality, or other subdivision of
state, ahall ever make il-raatina to
woraa oc internal improvement, or
manufactory, unless a propoatttoa so to
do shall have been first submitted to the
eualified aiuctora and ratified by a two
third vote at aa election by anthmlty af
iaw; Tonueu. tubs suca donatleas ef
cowy wun tne aonatieua of auch
vkuoaa ia the aggregata shall not
tea per cent or the assent d valuation ef
such county: Provided, further. That any
etty or county may. by n threa-foartto
vote, increase uch indebtednesa five par
cent, in addition to such ten per cent and
UO bonds or evidence of laifnhtmtii
issuea snail no vaim unless the asm
have enduneJ thareoa a certificate
by the secretary and auditor off
showing that the same is issued pursuant to
Approved March 2. A. D.. IShV
I, J. A. Piper, secretary of state of
the state of Nebraska, dohereby certify
that the foregoing proposed arseadaaenni
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska are true and correct copies of
the original enrolled and eagrossesl
bills, as passed by the Twenty-fourth
session of the legislature of the State
of Nebraska, as appears frost mid
original bills on file in this office, and
that all and each of said proposed
saendments are submitted to the
ajasdined voters of the State of Ne
braska for their adoption or rejection
at the general election to be held on
Tuesday, the 3d day of November, A.
D., 1896.
In testimony whereof, I have fcere-
uwtoaetmyhand and affixed the great
seal of the State of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln taia 17th day of
July, in the year of our Lord, One Thou
sand, Eight Hundred and Ninety-Sis.
of the Independence of the United
States the One Hundred and Twenty
First, and of this state the Thirtieth.
(Seal) J. A. PIPER,
Secretary of State.
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