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If yon do not wish the Journal continued for another year af ter the time paid for lias expired, yoa shoald previously notify Us to discontinue it. CHANGE IN ADDIXKSS-When ordering a change in the add rem,, subscribers should be sure to give their old as well as their new address. Republican Ticket. NATIONAL. President ; - THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Vice-President "CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS. Presidential Electors F. A. BARTON, Pawnee. A. C. SMITH, Douglas. A. C. ABBOTT, Dodge. T. L. NORVAL, Seward. W. P. HALL, Phelps. M. A. BROWN, Buffalo. H. H. WILSON, Lancaster. J. C. ROBINSON, Douglas STATE. United States Senator ELMER J. BURKETT. Governor J..H. MICKEY. Lieutenant Governor E. G. McGILTON. Secretary of State A. GALUSHA. Auditor E.M.SEARLE.JR. Treasurer PETER MORTENSEN. Superintendent J. L. McBRIEN. Attorney General NORRIS BROWN. Land Commissioner H. M. EATON. GONGrtESSrONflL. Congressman, Third District J. J. MCCARTHY. Irtflislatlvc. Senator HUGH HUGHES. Representative JOSEPH HENGGELER. Float Representative FRED HOARR Gotmtu. HOBART. Attorney IL W. Supervisors. Diet C and 7-0. C. SHANNON. Diet Ti-JOHN SW ANSON. Dist. 4-EMIL SCHOEN. Dist.2-FRED DASSENBROCK. Watch for the "turnip top" of the "school boy" McKillip after election day. It may adorn the belt of Dare Newman. McKillip is alter the gold handled umbrella to be given away at Maennor chor hall tonight Ho will need it on November 8th. The political campagm is certainly letting warm. The editor of the Argus has been almost moved to ex press a political opinion. Gov. Mickey will bo re-elected un less, per chance some blundering hired girl in Nebraska should tip a lamp over before November 8th. John N. Baldwin's portrait does not look half as obnoxious to the World Herald since he took his coat off for Berge and Hitchock. Omaha Bee. It takes five names to spell "Roose velt" in Platte county. And it can be apeUed with a simple cross on the ballot after the names of Roosevelt, McCarthy, Hughes, Hoare and Heng gler. Republicans, don't grow excited just because Berge is hob-nobbing with J. X. Baldwin. But just watch for the post-election meeting of these two chums when they tell each other how it happened that they didn't get the scalp of "our man Mickey." The editor of the Biene used nearly a half page of his space this week in sad raving, and personal abuse of the " Jonmal mar.n," But he did not an swer the only question in which the tax payers are interested, viz : " Will the county supervisors continue to violate the law by paying 25 per cent sore than the legal rate for printing the supervisors proceedings"? And he does not deny that he is now re ceiving money in violation of law for that printing. But that doesn't mat ter. The editor of the Biene is really a harmless sort of individual. He is oae of those stinglecs bees, that harms o oae, and his buzz will not be quite so loud when the forbidden honey is taken away from him. Meanwhile, let hint buzz. If any voter in Platte county had formerly been fooled into die belief that McKillip was anxioaY to meet McCarthy in debate, the scales have been removed from his eye by Mc Killip's recent .refusal to meet Mc Carthy In Oolnmbns. The fact that McKillip treats this cnalleage as a joke is evidence that he has been joking all hue time. And the fact that a can didate for the dignified and responsible position ox Congressman, would at tempt, like a schoolboy, to ran a ser ioas aad dignified challenge issued by direct authority of - oar ooagrsmwaa. a coarse joae, is. snmaeat evx- of his unfitness for the .high oftcebe seeks. Dave Newman's $13 was well speat. ' It will prove tke"aa- 18' for P. McKillip. M i in 1 1 1 1 1 : : 1 1 u : u i ii6 Read What He Says. "As a whole we believe the law to be a good one, and to : I have been framed with the object of reaching all property in the state and to impose upon all taxable property its due share of the public burden. That it may fail in some i : instances does not require us to condemn it as a whole." Chief Justice John J. Sullivan of Columbus, Nebraska : ON THE REPUBLICAN REVENUE LAW. s H4-H4"X HH" R. A. TAYLORS TAX. The last issue of the Argma said that R. A. Taylor of Butler township was complaining because his 190k tax was within $2.02 of being twice as much a hia 1903 tax. The Argus save also that Mr.; Taylor felt like "saying things to Brother Abbott because he had hAan madins' in the Journal "what a good thing for honest farmers the new revenue law is." Mr. Tavlor it a subscriber to the Journal, and we understand is an hon est and upright man, though we have sever had the pleasure of meeting him. Since Mr. Taylor is a Journal sub scriber, we shall address ourselves to him Dersonally. And we shaU be glad to publish any reply from Mr Taylor in which he can disprove a single statement made in the Journal con cerning the revenue law in general, or as applied to Mr. Taylor's individ ual property. Now Mr. Taylor, as an honest man, get your 1903 and 1904 tax receipts, take your pencil and figure with as. The total tax on your choice quar ter in Batter township was $12.41. in 1903. In 1904 it will be $22.16. This total, Mr. Tayolr, is made np of state, county, school district and township tax. The state tax may be fairly charged, if yon please, to the new revenue law and the republican state assessment board. The county levy is the work of the county super visors, and the school, and township tax to your local officers, and not the work of the new revenue law. Now, Mr. Taylor, your state tax in :iiwa was $3.23 while in 1904 it wiU be $5.52, an increase of $2.29. That is, the state asks yon to con tribute toward its expenses for main taining such institutions as the state university, $5.52, on a farm that is worth about $8000, which is about 09 one-thousandth of 1 per cent. In 1903, Mr. Taylor, your farm was assessed at $340. It would have sold for at least $6000 on the market. Yoa were assessed, therefore, on about one eighteenth of its value, while other property was assessed at about one eighth of its value. Answer, honestly, Mr. Taylor, was your land assessed high enough in 1903? This year year farm was assessed $920, under a law that required ail property to be assessed at one fifth of its value. Would you take $4600 for your farm, Mr. Taylor? If not, can yoa complain because your land was valued coo high? But to go to the main question. Your tax is nearly doubled in 1904. The total increase is $9.75. Only $2.29 is state tax, chargeable to the new revenue law, the balance, $7.46 being chargeable to local assessment officers. Your county tax is increased from $5.78 in 1903 to $9.74 in 1904. an in crease of nearly $4. Why? Because Platte county could not raise enough taxes under the old law to pay expenses and had to tax yoa that much higher under the new law to enable them to pay off the $13,000 deficit carried over from 1903 on which yoa are now pay ing your share of the 7 per cent in terest which these outstanding war rants are drawing, and to provide against each a delict in the future Your school district, tax has in creased from $L 70 in 1903 to $4.60 in 1904, an increase of $2.90, or nearly 250 per cent. Why? Because your board of directors probably overlooked the fact that with a higher valuation, they could have raised as much taxes with a lower levy. Summing everything up, Mr. Taylor, is it not true, that yoar taxes this year would have been increased just $2.29 nuking a total of $14.70 instead of $23.16, had there been no extra demand in oonuty and school district? And, to be honest, Mr. Taylor, do yoa object to paying a paltry $2.29 additional to the state on an $3000 farm, that has doubled in value in the last ten years and on only one eighteenth of the value of which yoa were pay ing taxes in 1903? And before you lay down your pencil, just figure the state tax on vour throe horses. In 1903, they were assessed at $19. The state levy was 9,l mills, making yoar tax $.18. In 1904 these same horses were assessed at $.24 The state levy is 6 mills, making your tax $.14. In conclusion, Mr. Taylor, the re publican candidates for the legislature stand ready to offer any desirable amendment to the new law. The democratic candidates promise to de molish the law as a whole, and promise nothing in its place. Bat neither set of candidates could force the local assessment authorities who are respon sible for the most of the increase in your taxes, to lower the levy. riace ue respoasiDiiity xor your increased taxes where it belongs, on your county supervisors and school directors. Reverting to Mr. Berge, there may be significance in the fact that he de livered his Ossaaa address in a hall which was decorated with store than three hundred large pictures of Parker aad Davis, the engravings being hung so closely together that there evi dently was not room to sandwich in one likeness of Watson aad Tibbies, the nominees of the party which Mr. Berge is pretending to represent. And in the sscraslon of a stage box, John N. Baldwin, railroad builder, aad R, L. Metcalfe, railroad hater, communed oae with the other aad nodded en- to Mr. Berge. Mr. Folk of Missouri merely stopped into Nebraska to prove that his state, oae of the few in the Union which has sjitutfi-paas law. has more bood lers to the square mUe than any twenty states in America. This only adds strength1 to aa already strong suspicion that no .law on earth a t v v I 1 COUNTY ATTORNEY. The Telegram -devotes almost a column of its last issue defending County Attorney Latham, and in find ing fault with the Journal for attack ing his record. No one knows bettor than Mr. Latham himself how lenientely he has been dealt with in this' campaign, and no one knows better than the edi tor of the -Telegram and tho men prominent in the councils of the demo cratic party of this county who have been demanding Mr. Latham's- with drawal from the ticket that he is not the man for the office he seeks. But the Telegram does not deny that the tax-payers have had to hire an assistant for Mr. Latham in every im portant case to which the county has been a party. He simply appeals to the charity of the taxpayers who have paid out this money unnecessarily by saying, "Mr. Latham has been a sick man". We have no harsh word to say against Mr. Latham. The simple fact is that tax-payers paid money for assistance just the same whether Mr Latham was sick or welL It is simply a bus iness proposition. Taxpayers, was the office of county attornev created either as a charitable institution or as a training school fcr young attorneys? Your county attor ney is your hired man. If his health is too poor to handle the work of the office, should you hire him and pay him the wages of an able-bodied man. and then hire an ableboaied man at full wages, to do his work for him? Is that the way you farmers or yon merchants conduct yonr private busi ness? On the other hand, if he is too young or too inexperienced to handle the work of tho office, is it good business to employ him at a competent man's salary, and then hire a competent man to perform his work? Would it be good business for a farmer to hire a ten-year old boy from the city to husk corn and pay him a man's wages? These are the considerations that should and will determine the choice of county attorney. Business and charity don't mix. R. W. Hobart will be elected by a neat majority because the tax-payers of Platte county recognize the truth of these considerations. PROUD OF HIM. From the Beatrice Express. Who is it fixes the assessed value of the prop erty of every man in Gage county? The precinct assessor under tho di rection of the county assessor. Does the new revenue law manage this? It does not. Tho value is fixed ' by the precinct assessor under tho new law just tne same as under the old law. Then it isn't the law, bnt the man ner in which it is enforced which fixes the assessed value on property. Who fixes the amount of school lvv? The board of directors, in each school district. Who fixes the amount of the township levy? The township board. Who fixes the amount of the county levy? The connty commissioners. Does the new law change this? It does not. The levy is made under the new law by the same officers and in the same manner as under the old law. If yonr taxes are higher, what made them higher? Either the local school board, the township board, or the county commissioners. The new rev enue law had nothing to do with it as the assessment and the levies are made, by the same oiucera now as under the old law. The "reform sheets in "Columbus" that have been busy misrepresenting and denouncing the economical ad ministration of Governor Mickey, have not yet had time to denounce the illegal practices of the county super visors who have been "robbing" the Platte county taxpayers to pay. for the county printing. Perhaps these sheets of reform are holding it up their sleeves, to spring on the tax-payers at the last moment. Watch the Biene and the Telegram this week for big scare head something like the foUowing: (When it appears the Journal will copy it.) ROTTEN! PLATTE COUNTY TAX-PAYERS ROBBED FOR TEN YEARS BY THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE. DEM OCRATIC SUPERVISORS FILCH FROM THE HONEST TAX-PAYERS POCKET, 25 PER CENT MORE THAN THE LEGAL RATE FOR COUNTY PRINTING. THE BIENE AND THE TRLEGRAM, TBE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE, EXPOSE THE FRAUD AND PUT BACK THEIR SHARE OF THE SPOILS. VOTERS, 'TURN THE RASCALS OUT." It is a well-known fact that thous ands of Nebraska populists have be come disgusted with their democratic allies. That the feeling of hatred in the populist breast is reciprocated by their democratic allies is a matter of public knowledge. Witness the re marks of ex-Governor Boyd, a thick-and-thin democrat: "For many years the democrats of Nebraska have aided in placing popu lists in office, and what has been the resuitT The affairs of the state have been more recklessly and correctly managed under populist administra tion than under republican rule. There may be some good men among the populists, bat my experience with them leads me to the conclusion that a large majority of them are cranks and fanatics.' - The democrats have .told us that the populists are not to be trusted, and the populists have assured us that the democrats are utterly unworthy of confidence. Perhaps both are correct. Ex. SUBSCRIBE FOB THE JOURNAL. MICKEY ON TRIAL. . Do yon remember that yoa voted against Judge Reese a few years ago, because the fusion papers referred to him as a railroad tool? Do you not remember that you elected Judge Holcomb, whose admin istration gave the railroads the lowest assessment they have had for years, and who had his pockets filled with passes while Judge Reese has always consistently refased to accept railroad passes? Who dictated the fusion argument that. Reese was a "railroad tool"? The railroads. Why? In order to elect their man Holcomb Who is dictating the argument that Mickey is a "railroad tool" -and a hypocrite? The rairoads. Why? In order to elect their man Berge. Wnen yon read those tales of how Mickey foreclosed mortgages against widows, juat analyze them and see if Mickey did not act as yon would have him as a banker, if he were loaning you money. When the editor of the Telegram tells you that Mickey is responsible for the vice in Omaha through his appointees on the fire and police com mission, ask the editor of the Tele gram if he ever filed a complaint, according to law, against any mem ber of that commission, for permitting gambling in the rooms of the Jack 6onion clnb? If he never filed such a complaint, he can not object to these illegal practices, for members of the fire and police commission can be dis charged only after a written com plaint has been filed against them. And perhaps it is not out of place to suggest that some people visit Omaha without finding out all these places of vice. Finally, if you believe Mickey is the enemy of the ministers and the friend of the brewers, just read the follow ing letter which the Journal received from one of the leading clergymen of Omaha: "On receiving your letter and the clipping above refered to I called up by phono prominent clergymen of the Presbyterian, Congregational, Baptist, Episcopalian, Roman Cath olic and Methodist Episcopal churches reading to them the statement of "two Omaha ministers of the gospel making a canvass" etc., and, in every case they assured me that they knew nothing whatsoever of such a canvass and that my mentioning it was the first intimation they had received of any such interest on the part of clergy men. The Y. M. O. A. assistant sec retary also answered to the fame affect. One minister laughed and raid "evidently that is a campaign lie, and all breathed the same spirit though they did not answer in quite so plain and unmistakable words. I firmly believe that such a charge against John H. Mickey is absolutely ground less." PARKER HELD TO ERR. When these anti-imperialists from Boston went to Esopus last Saturday and asked Judge Parker if he intended to give independence to the Filipinos he should have said : "Gentlemen, from long judicial ex perience I know how unwise it is to decide a case before hearing the evi dence and arguments. I would like to have your votes, but I can make no pledge, except that I wiU try to do my duty and obey the Constitution and the laws, if elected president, 1 will make a thorough inquiry into con ditions in the Philippines and the needs of the people, and will do what seems to be right. To this time I have had no opportunity to inform myself and have had no time for re flection. As a matter of principle, I believe that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, but I should not include inmates of prisons, asylums or alms houses, the denizens of tenement houses in the slums, uneducated Indians nor Philipinos, who cannot read or write and do not wear clothes. As an eminent friend has said. 'It is a con- aition and not a theory that confronts us, and before declaring a policy I must ascertain whether the Filipinos are capable of judging what is best for themselves, and if so, whether they consent to the exercise of authority over them by the United States, or whether they prefer another form of government. I will do what I think is just and for the welfare of all con cerned. ' I would rather bo right than be President." Had Parker mado such a speech as that he would have commanded the respect and confidence of every sensi ble man in the United States, and would nave made many votes for the Democratic ticket ; but, in border to please a few admirers, he decided the destiny and imperiled the welfare of several millions of people without re gard to the facts or considering the consequences. He accuses President Roosevelt of reckless speaking, bat Roosevelt never made half as reckless a speech. Judge Parker demonstrated with his own tongue that he is not fit to exercise the authority and assume the responsibilities of the Presidency. W. E. Curtis. w I CORRECT. "I know one fusionist who has the courage of his conviction," said Re presentative Smith of Saline connty yesterday. It is Representative Trask of Fillmore connty. He was in the last session of the legislature with me and lined np with the other fuslonists against the revenue law. I met him in Lincoln during the state fair. When the possibility of his re-nomination was being discussed, he said that if the fnsionists in his county made the revenue law an issue, he would be unable to accept the same if forced to oppose the new law be cause he thought it was all right." State Journal. One coyote will hang around a camp at night, and create the im pressaion that a pack of at least twenty big wolves are looking for a chance to eat the campers. Bat investigations will reveal that the single coyote is lean, and hungry, and cowardly, and that he does not weigh over fifteen pounds. Likewise one kicker in a town will create the impression that there is much indignation against everv respectable citizen and measure. Atchison Globe Sights. SAMPLE HEAD Of STRAIGHT $ $ BALLOT A cross within the Republican circle, as shown below, is a vote for ROOSEVELT, and th: Republican State, Congressional, Legislative and County tickets. No other mark is necessary . Make no mis take. To vote a straight ticket aaaka a cross wlthla yoar party drda REPUBLICAN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES INDEPENDENT- PROHIBITION SOCIALIST O The above represents the upper part of the official ballot, which will be some five or six feet long this year. If you arc in favor of Roosevelt and his policies, and a continuation of our present prosperity, the only safe way is to make the cross mark as shown above, and deposit your ballot Aay ether marks are dangerous. &- A LAST WORD TO VOTERS. Ttare is not a single voter in Nebraska who does not know that a continuation Roose- veltism and prosperity best thing for this country. There is scarcely a division of sentiment in any community on this proposition. And it is just as plain, when you stop to think, that the only way to insure this J is to vote the straight Roosevelt I ticket To endorse the policy you must vote for the men who are to help carry out the policy. The only possible chance for fuslonists to elect any part of their ticket this year is by the help of republican votes. Their sole object is to get fusion can didates elected to office. Should they succeed in regard to the state offices, is there any reason to believe that they will conduct affairs any differently than they did a few years ago. they should elect one or more men to congress, or get Bryan into the senate, would not all their ef forts be toward the embarrass ment of Roosevelt and ministration? The conclusion Is plain. The only safe thing for republicans is to vote the straight ticket. In the last four years the af fairs of the state have been run . in a businesslike manner. The state Institutions are running perfectly, are free from scandal. Uatauf BEFORE TAKING AND TAKING. AFTER Inquisitive Fusionist How comes it. Mr. Berge tbst Baldwin and his satellites are all humping it for yon? Mr. Berge 1 never asked or ac cepted a favor from any railroad in my life and do not expect to. Inquisitive Fusionist Indeed, no body expects yoa to, unless you are elected but tell me pleae why Bald win's runners are all sticking it in to Mickey when they all know as well as Baldwin does that ynn are cam paigning against the railroads. Mr. Berge I do not ride on passes and never will. Inquisitive Fusionist My dear Mr. Berge. I cannot get it through my head why Baldwin should be so friendly to yon and unfriendly to Mickey if he has no favors to expect from yon and knows in advance that yon are going to cut railroad freight rates and raise railroad assessments Candidate Berge In politics, as in patent medicines, it is one thing be fore taking and another aftet taking. Inquisitive Fusionist I maybe si- together too suspicions, bat voted for m UGH in direct coatratt with control, aad the m good reputatiom at aad abroad. Business la good, east ern capital is seeking lavsst- rcent here. have most doubled la value. A this' is due to republican prosperity brought on by confidence la re publican aunageaseat. ' Decs any voter desire to bring back the old conditions? Think it over well. The fuslonists have carried on a campaign of and deception. ilsrepresentatlon By abuse, by false figures, aad by iasiaua tloas they have sought to coa- fuse the voters. They have had S plenty of funds for this, and they have been unscrupulous In its use. : Tf . For what purpose? The fu slonists want a foothold la the state house in order that they may be able to agaia entrench in state institutions the strikers and hunters who disgraced the state in the same positions four years ago. But behind is another shadow. The hope of Bryan is the United States senate, where he may daily and hourly harrass the Roosevelt ilaistratlon and thus forco himself aad vagaries to the forefroat of de mocracy. His cohorts expect Nebraska to send him there if trickery and vilification aad boodle can the Bryan himself is to sweep over the state in his special train during the last days of the campaign to enthuse his workers. And they S cx-reet republicans to help la this! The fusion campaign for state offices is aa attempt to secure S the state institutions aad ossein! X machinery for future use. The revenue Issue is a fraud on the oters, and the fuslonists Intend 2 no relief in this direction. They simply want to get men into the legislature who will help Bryan into the senate. The free pass issue is raised by the worst gang J pass-users the state ever known. The republican state officials when elected will continue the j i good and safe conduct of the S public business. The republican legis'aturc will adopt the needed amendments to the revenue law, and will seloct a Roosevelt seaa- tor. is a business proposition. jf and every republican afford to spend the time necessary to z cast a straight vote in favor of Theodore Roosevelt and a con- of republican prosner- t Holcomb and Foyater aad they dis appointed me awfully. Uaadidate Berge Vote for me. If I am elected either yon or Baldwin will surely be disappointed. Omaha Bee. THE FREE LANCE FOR MC CARTHY. The Wayne Democrat man says the Free Lance editor is "baggy" oa jim aaam The Free Laaos man is not "baggy." he simply proposes voting for MoOarthy for congress aad against McKillip. Betweea a Roose velt republican and a Parker repub lican we take the straight goods. Yoa know what to expect of MoOar thy aad know where he is at aad Mc Killip is straddling all over the po litical field and is anything for votes. We have no a:e for a political what-is-it. so are afaiast aay McKiWp. Free Lance. Mr. Berge who owes his aomiantioa to e "grafters, the psas-takers aad offloe banters" of the populist party, if at. Tibbies is to be believed, is oat pleading for all asea to be "mm- partisan in this campaign, as sr. VOTE FOR ROOSEVELT B j Voting the Straight Republican Ticket, FisiHists tacreasei State Dekt Official Rtpsrts QawtsarvState Durlag the fusloa admlalstratioa tho state debt was iacreased. They made ao coacealsMat of that fact at the time. They put it la their oMcial re ports, aad said that a new revenue law was accessary to stop the deficit aad provide for the gradual payment of the state debt. t. Tho official statement of Auditor Cornell is the best evidence. It is on page 7 of his last published annual re port, just before he went out of office. He said: "At tho close of the blennlutn. onClns November SO. 1S. the liabilities of tha sUte were i.l.;23.M3.4T; at the close of business November SO. 1900. the llablll tlea were S1.7K3.4S5.1I. To this should be added tha tfoflcenclea created durlasj the bleaalum and uot yet provided for by appropriation, estiaaated at about $123. CM. making a total of S1.7.48.11. Not arttbstandlna; the fact that 'state fundlng pat bonds amounting to' $:3.-6-35 have beea off. the indebtedness of the state hows an lncreaaa af $i;s.3T0.il. That is what the auditor said when the fusion administration was about to closo. John M. Gilchrist was his chief bookkeeper. Theagures were correct except the estimate of deficiencies, which turned out to be $182,736.97. making the total increase la the state debt in the last 'two years of fusion administration $2a6.667.l. These are the f gures from the state records as made .by the' fusion state officials. Now they have been wilfully mis stating the facts during this campaign In en effort to show that the fuslonists were rsducing instead of increasing the state debt. If a ca&oidate will falsify the records in order to get into office, what will ha do to thorn when he gets la? FtiiOHists Waited New Law d lacreaulag State Debt sfe- rnandew New Revenue Law. la the official statement of Auditor Cornell Nov. 80. VtOO, heing found oa page 7 of the printed report, this state ment was made: Cash In treasury S 4S5.070.SS Collectable taxes 2.S42.300.18 Revenue. 1901 levy 1.2(M.SS.oe Total M.206.356S7 Deficiency S42S.13S.S9 Tallowing this he said ipage 8): This Indebtedness can never be met under our revenue-law as it is now ea lwrced; hence a probable Increase la liabilities without any prospective as sets. Such is the condition that con trasts ax" Here are other quotations 'from the same report, showing the demand of the fuslonists at that time for a new revenue law: "The persistent effort of the county authorities to shift the burden of state taxeaby lowering- the assessed valuation of property within "the counties has re uulted In decreasing the revenues of tho state." "Under the present conditions, tho variation of one mfll limits tha power of the (state) board; hence the name Equal isation Board is a misnomer. The board should have the power to chance the as sessed valuation." "Tha Inequalities resulting from tho present construction and enforcement of the revenue law relating to asjmaaisnl sad taxation Is agitating the minds of the people. Immediate legtalatioa m de manded." "Admitting tha fact that tha revenues are not sufficient to meet tha outstand ing obligations and current expenses of tho state, would It aot be better to enact a law that would absolutely tax all kinds of property?" i la Governor roynter's message to the legislature oa January 3. 1901, as said: '" "The Treasurer very Justly remarks that n thorough revision of the revenue law? should be mode, or an amendment authorising a levy .of seven mills for tho general fund tnatead of five, since tho present levy does not keep up with tho appropriations, thereby Increasing, rather than reducing, our floating Indebtedness. To my mind a Juat assessment Is sref erable to an increased levy." So they admitted that the debt was growlag under heir admlalstratioa. aad that the only remedy, was a change la the revenue system. Now they try to fool the people Into the Idea that thVdebt was not grow lag; that tho new law.-was unneces sary, aad that they will go back to the old conditions if they can get back Into office. Are such deceitful poHtlelsns to be crusted? WHY LOCAL TAXBS INCMKASK. la commenting on the new revenue law. Governor Mickey In his recent public statement hits the nail on the head: ' It to but fair to add that most of tho orltlelsm which Is now feeing directed against the revenue law la baaed upon the unnecessarily large levies made by some local levying bodies, such as county, town and school hoards. Tha law was now and the boards In many Instances wero not accurately Informed aa to the aggregate asset meat roll with which they had to deal. Falling to de crease tha levy In laveraa ratio to tho Increase of the assessment, tho local taxM In such communities are higher than the requirements, and much higher than they war so another year when the working of tho law hi hotter under stood. In some dlatrlcta tho levy this year la tho same as it was last ywar. In spite of the fact that tho aasesment Is doubled and even trebled. Such ditricta will- have raised funds far la excess of their present needs, creating a surplus, aad next yeara levy can ho reduced to tho minimum, or can ho cut out alto- gather. This Is n matter which will only mbsrmr" ror tne present year Inetdeat to the newnew of tho lai the consequent lark of knowledge Srnlr- It nroitlrns" Berge was the caojeo of those populists who for mere partisan advantage set oat after the governorship for the sake of taa haadreds of appoiataseats which go with it. this mast be raoogaised as the crownia joke of the campaign. save oae. The real ssaaterpiece was W. H. Thompson arose is South to ooadessa the "free pass ' Had a deck declared agalatt water or a aea. against cack ling, the effect could aot have been mora lsdicroas to those who know the habits of ducks aad heas-aad Mr. Xaosapsoa. Ex. A DEMOCRAT ON THE NEW RE VENUE' LAW. Democrats, here is one of yoar owa papers, that is right oa the revenue law. Taa Howells Journal said last week, "Tha reveaae law is aot re sposwiUe for aaa dollar ia the raise of taxes that go to the state. Ia taa connty. a board of county coatmis sioaers.two populists, elected by dem ocratic votes(tae mors hams to the dessocrats) aad oae repahlicaa. have raised taxes to ao slanaiag exteat 'I - - '. Bosks litN Auditor shmw tbc SUte's FiaavKcs. :'S-S' - STATE OF. JIKBRA8KA.; OHlce -t-' Auditor of Public Accounts.- "Li.ieol.i". -' N(.-b.. Oct. IS. 194. Hoiu John is.' iilcKey. Governor. "Lincoln. .Neb. Duir. . -Sir. Coaiplylas with -your renUest of' October 17. 1904. 1 transmit .herewith a-1-certlAed cosy of., tha condition of t)i '. tloatinar debt at tha -' state oa January-"-. 2. 101. nd on gtatiiaar 1. 1904. Amouta - of float daftt Jaauaxy. 2 1W1. ,$1,743.- . tt&itf. To tala fimtlna; debt should bt ; adtal taa ii r - of. houae-rolls NO.-4C7. L-elag the.' UaaaaTaJaaawa deficiency -Mnu .. and No. 4)7S Bataar 'taa aalscellaneoua -. clalma baa. these' setae debts incurred' by tha farmer administration-., -aml-"-ainouatlac to Sltt.7S5.9J; auiklns'-a totaJ -.of S1.931.SSS.C7. Adaouat at Moating debt on September 1. 1904.. S2.0SSL29CU; belac a set lucrea cf $lal.C9. In addition to' 'tho above deficiencies -there were wolf bounty claims to the amount of 19.0tM oa SI In this tfticc. for which tho twenty-seventh legUlit ture fulled to aaaka an "'appropriation. iu(s were aubsequaatly : paid .by tho - iwviity-oigath legislature.; These -claims aie alno a legacy from' our - predeces sors and are properly csargeable to th tvn.-er administration. Turin? tha years. 1901. 1903. 1903 and lu.. we hove smade appropriations fur jKTinanent Iraproveaaeat. a list of which Is Ut-ieto attached. For 1901: Ntw fireproof wlasT at Hast ings -. 5O.W0.00 For purchase of stato fair- grounds aad huHdlass '35.U00.0J SUndplpa at Norfolk .:... 3.500.00 tlasilt'K? asylum, saw kltchea 5.tW.ot) llastltiss aayluaa. new water-' works, pump. ate. :.'. SWO.Otf Gttneit waterworks construction l.WO.uJ !. Industrial school, bow l - barn .' .400.00 KobuUcM". penitentiary 75.uoo.oo Normal school, waterworks -i - construction .-.- J.400,00 ' State capllol waterworks coa- ' structlfn 4.500.00 Purcluuis of land. Beatrice ... I5.oooou Total ...S193.50O.00 For 190S: New normal school at Koar . " - n-v y..t 50.000 00 3.000.00 4J.500.00 1 15.000 00 Buildl:ig at state fair ground Now t-hapd building at Peru.. Additional land at Hastings asylum 1:imi: hospital at Norfolk ... UM i-U at Lincoln, building 100.0UOOO 5.000.00 Soldi-ra' and sailors' homo. Ur.cid Island, erection of . store building. Quartermasters building, laundry buildiiig. ito. i5.ooo.oa SoldteiV and sailors home. '' aillfoid. ne hospital 20.000.00. - r 2.500.00 1.000.00 S.500.00 Itisiituto for feeble minded u:b. cold storage plant .... InMUute for feeble minded youth, now kitchen ....... Deaf -i.-J dumb Institute. Oma ha, waterworks construction Hoard -f public lands and LuiUi'i.g-. street paving ad-J.-l.Kiti capitol 10.009.00 1 u..ilc.liary building, furnfrjh ing same, and erecting 240 McJ ueJU. and sewerage -- 128.563.00 ikidi-T-i and sailors' home. i.i::o:d. power houstv etc I3.500.0S T.tI Sill. 56X0O TI.is nmkes total permanent' improve ments fur the four ytrs of SM5.0&J.oo. St:.t i-f Nebrankt. Office of Auditor of Pull'; Accounts. .x 1. George Au thes. deputy auditor of public uccounts for tt state of Nebraska, do hvrt-bv cert'fv that the abte and forenoinK. U l.l it tMs certiitc-tu is attached, is a iru cfn;ilete i5 correct copy "X tho ut.'tHMh:in tlout'm; debt of the statt of NerraVa on January 2 190 1 a true cor rect and louiplit.- copy of the amount: apiropri it.d under I'oUw rolbt No. 4ST and 47S duri-ti; I lie Twenty-seventh acssioii of the li'xr-lut'jie: ako a true complete and coriect copy of th -outstanding flouting debt r the State of Nebraska on Septem ber I. I'JM; and ol "o h truw and Correct copy of impropriations aiadu for prrrnau ent Improvements by the twonty-bCentU and twenty-eighth legislatures, an tho same appear on the records and Hies ot this ctr" e Witness my hand and official seal this 18th day of October, 1904. (Signed.) GEO. ANT1IES. lfeputy Auditor lublic Accounts. (Seal) The way to assist Roosevelt Is to elect enngrecsueu who will uphold hid policies: and elect a legislature that wilt select a Roosevelt United States senator. Half-way measures will aot do. 1NVITK COMlMKIfcOX. Much of the discussion of the com parative ejrpenBca or the-different ad ministrations is childish' because the real merits of the matter are not reached. The people of Nebraska are less concerned over the total amount of revenue collected than they are over the honesty and skill of its adminis tration. They do not expect tbeir pub lic Institutions to be run on the si-ale of expenses that prevailed during the hard times period. All they ask is that the work be done well and without extravagance. If the wards .of the state Increase in number, they aro willing to rnt the additional outlay. They onlv i-isist that the tax collec tions be limited to necessary expenses. aad that the Institutions be cnndiutcil without lavish nesy or scandal. In this respect the re-'o-d of Governor Mickey's admim.sfritimi Is so much superior- to M?it maile bv the fusion hits t!i;it no i!irr-t comparison is- pos sible. The state could not afford to retnrn to the dlrorsanbaHnn and tur moil that rrvaiiPfI from four to efht years ago if the support of the ii-titu-lions were mntle j t frpe gitl. A'-on-parlson of cot that does not Inrnd an estimate of the rfnality- of the i-er-lce is vfrtulllv worthless as a gufde to the ottr. State Journal. Candidate Berge. In a speech at Omaha, declared that he was in favor of taking the railroad terminal tax away from the counties and school districts of the state, where it is now distributed, and Kivlng it all to th city of Omaha. Hoar do the people like to have their revenues traded off for Omaha votes? The way to vote for Roosevelt is to tote the republican ticket straight. One croc at the top of the ballot will fo ft m vou win make no mistake. - FOR WOODMEN. very Woodman in Nebraska shoald he proad of the fact that a Neighbor is chief executive of the state aad every member of a fraternal insaranee organization shoald be glad to help a' frater ia aay laudable ambition. " Governor Mickey has proven hissself ia hearty sympathy with the system of f rateraal insurance aad ia his offcml capacity has more taaa once given practical evidence of this fact. Ia cast ing their votes to coBiiaue him in asses for another term, Woodmen and fratoraalists generally will not only show their appreciation of his efforts is their behalf, bat also reward fidel ity, intergity aad efficiency. Royal Woodi What George W. Pence said to John N. Baldwin aad what John N. Bald win: said to George W. Merge still mam Ins strictly confidential, bat the report that Baldwia wound ap with tha exclamation. "Governor. let's take a drink.", is pro-' absolately false aad speci fically atalicioas. Ossaha Bee. ; y,- fl 1 1 - irY i f l-Ti -; -r-mr ifr" -- "' . j"r-!ii. . ' .. -j-.-:. -- as -r ft,- . 1 1 ryy.-asa- n :-r5e.rsjjer - rj. -J'V as
