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Columbus Journal
PL t. STROTHER, Publisher
COLUMBUS.
NEBRASKA
POLITICAL.
Charles N. Haskell, governor of
Oklahoma, has resigned the treasurer
ship of the Democratic national com
mittee. He announced his retirement
from active participation in the
Bryan campaign at Chicago and in his
message to Chairman Mack intimated
that he would prosecute President
Roosevelt and others who had ac
cused him.
Chairman Hitchcock of the Repub
lican national committee announced
that Gen. T. Coleman DuPont of Dela
ware, head of the bureau of campaign
speakers of the national committee,
had resigned as head of that bureau
and also as a member of the executive
committee of the national committee
and that his resignation had been ac
cepted. '
Mr. Taft spoke In half a dozen Wis
consin cities and was indorsed by
Senator La Follette. Mr. Bryan ad
dressed big crowds in Ohio.
The New York state convention of
the Independence party put up a full
ticket headed by Clarence J. Shearn
of New York for governor.
Samuel Gompers, testifying in the
contempt case, repeated his story of
an attempt by an alleged emissary
of J. W. Van Cleave to bribe him to
betray the cause of union labor.
Judge William H. Taft started from
Cincinnati on a campaign tour of the
middle wcsL
President Roosevelt issued a red-hot
statement concerning the Senator
Foraker incident turning It to the ad
vantage of Judge Taft, who, he
showed, had rejected In July a propo
sition that be consent to an indorse
ment of the Ohio senator.
C. W. Swisher withdrew as Repub
lican candidate for governor of West
Virginia.
PERSONAL.
Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma, treasurer
of the Democratic national committee,
was summoned to meet Mr. Bryan in
Chicago for a hearing as to the
charges against him of connection
with the Standard Oil Company.
Encouraged by the success that has
attended the establishment of his
"hero fund" in America, Andrew Car
negie has decided to found a similar
fund in Great Britain. To this end he
is about to hand over to trustees the
sum of $250,000.
Allan Forbes, a well-known club
man, was found guilty at Salem,
Mass.. of cruelty to his pony during
a game of Myopia. A fine of $50 was
imposed.
Mrs. Jack Gardner, society leader
and art collector of Boston, Mass., cre
ated a sensation in the exclusive Con
ley square section of that city
by walking down the street in a sheath
gown open to the knee.
President Roosevelt ended his vaca
tion, and with his family and execu
tive staff left Oyster Bay for Washing
ton. Col. William F. Stewart of the coast
artillery, whose case, because of his
detail to the ungarrisoned post at Fort
Grant, Ariz., has been before the pub
lic for some time, has been ordered to
appear before a retiring board at
Washington, where he will be exam
ined as to his disability.
GENERAL NEWS.
Nineteen persons were killed, 11
seriously injured, and about 20 more
or less hurt in a collision between the
east-bound Burlington flyer and a west
bound freight train at a point known
as Young's Point, about 20 miles west
of Billings. Mont., on the Northern
Pacific road.
Fire in Fond du Lac, Wis., destroyed
several churches, seven dwellings and
other buildings, the loss being $250.-
opo.
James W. Paul, banker and financier
of the firm of Drexel & Co.. Philadel
phia; J. P. Morgan & Co.. New York,
and Morgan. Harjes Company of
Paris, died at Hot Springs. Va.
A savings bank at Col ton, S. D., was
robbed of about $1,000 by thieves, who
escaped in an automobile.
Count M. Thue von Bentzen. a Dan
ish nobleman, was married to Miss
Alice M. Baer of St. Louis.
Fire in Redding. Cal., destroyed
business buildings and lodging houses
valued at $100,000.
Nearly 600 feet of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad bridge over the Susque
hanna Tiver at Havre de Grace, Md.,
collapsed, one man being fatally in
jured. Mrs. Jchn Dalton. living near Elk
hart, Tex., became insane and choked
her baby to death.
Nat C. Goodwin, the actor, filed a
scaled complaint for divorce against
his wife. Bessie Hall Goodwin, better
.known as Maxine Elliott, at Reno,
Nev.
Abe Raymer. alleged mob leader in
the riots at Springfield, 111., was found
not guilty by a jury.
William J. Bryan in a telegram to
President Roosevelt vigorously de
fended Gov. Haskell against charges
of connection with the Standard Oil
Company.
A big brick kiln at Kenmare, N. D.,
burst and two men were buried in th?
xed-hot bricks and rcasted to death.
Wilbur Wright, the American aero
planist, flew in his machine at the
Auvours field at Le Mans. France, for
1 hour, 31 minutes and 25 seconds,
This Is the world's record.
NEWSKOTES
FOR THE
BUSY MAN
X Most Important Happen- x
8 ings of the World 8
8 Told in Brief. 8
The shah issued a manifesto order
ing new elections and -calling for the
convening of the assembly and senate
November 14. In a fierce battle at
Tabriz the Nationalists were worsted.
Horace J. Ray, aged 15 years, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself at
Philadelphia in the presence of 15-year-old
Florence Marshall, his school
girl sweetheart, because he had been
forbidden to pay attention to her to
the neglect of his studies.
At West Union, la., Walter Whit
beck was convicted of murder in the
first degree Jor the killing of his fa:
ther, Arlow Whitbeck.
Jeremiah Lynch, 50 years old, night
foreman for the Wisconsin Bridge
&. Iron Company, was mysteriously
murdered near a new bridge which
the company is erecting in Chicago.
The police lay the crime to labor trou
bles. Five members of the failed broker
age firm of A. O. Brown & Co. were
arrested in New York on a larceny
charge.
The International Fishery congress
decided to meet In Rome, Italy, in
1911.
A large portion of the town of Pasig,
near Manila, was destroyed by fire.
Fire in Cairo, 111., destroyed a lum
ber yard, several houses and other
property, the loss being $125,000.
An order of Judge R. W. Archbald
of Scranton, Pa., adjudging Harry K.
Thaw in contempt of coutt, was filed
in the United States district court at
Pittsburg.
The control of the Washington Life
Insurance Company passed from the
hands of Levi P. Morton, Thomas F.
Ryan and Harry Payne Whitney, to a
Pittsburg syndicate headed by Wil
liam C. Baldwin, president of the
Pittsburg Life and Trust Company.
Raymond W. Pullman of the forest
service, who is in Minnesota investi
gating forest fire conditions for the
government, estimates the loss in that
state at $5,000,000 to $10,000,000.
The supreme court of Washington
upheld the state law prohibiting the
sale of cigarettes and cigarette pa
pers. Declaring her disgust with modern
fashions, Mrs. Lulu Kreltzer, aged 40,
a widow, returned to nature and ap
peared in the street at Dayton, O.,
nude. When the police were summoned
the woman entered her home and fa
tally shot herself.
Forest fires were reported raging in
northern Wisconsin and Upper Michi
gan which threatened to wipe out sev
eral towns. Residents had to flee for
their lives. Foster City, Mich., a lum
ber town across the Wisconsin line of
Marinette county, was said to have
been destroyed with the loss of six
lives, tbbugh this was not confirmed.
Forest fires were reported to have
destroyed some small settlements in
northern Wisconsin and Michigan and
to be spreading rapidly in the Adiron
dacks. Heavy rains checked the forest fires
in northern Michigan and Wisconsin.
Justice Gerard in the stfpreme court
of New York signed the final decree
of absolute divorce in favor of Elsie
French Vanderbilt from Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt.
The French police have arrested sev
eral dangerous anarchists, who with
others were engaged in elaborating a
plot to assassinate King Alfonso of
Spain when he passed through Biar
ritz on his way to Paris.
Two persons were killed and four
others injured when a passenger train
on the Southern railway ran into an
open switch near Duncan, S. C.
Two heavy earthquake shocks were
felt off the Port of Acapulco, Mexico,
and the steamer Radnies was so tossed
about that four persons were killed.
A typhoon of terrific velocity swept
through the central portion of the Phil
ippine group, sweeping part of the
island of Samar, northern Leyte,
southeastern Imzon, northern Panay,
Masbate and part of Romblem. Hun
dreds were reported dead.
A St. Louis & San Francisco pas
senger train was derailed near Car-p
thage, Mo., and rolled into the ditch.'
the engineer and fireman being killed
and 40 passengers injured.
The Denver Coliseum, one of the
city's landmarks, was destroyed by
fire.
President Roosevelt, in reply to Mr.
Bryan's defense of Gov. Haskell, vig
orously upheld the charges against the
latter, declaring him unfit to associate
with reputable citizens. Gov. Haskell
issued a statement defending the
criticised actions and hotly attacking
the president.
The United States cruiser Yankee
struck on Spindle Rock, near the
western entrance to Buzzards bay, dur
ing a fog. breaking several holes in
her hull on the port side.
Delegates to the International Fish
ery congress were given souvenir
paintings of the Roosevelt golden
trout, named after the president be
cause he prevented its extermination.
Publication was begun in the
"World's Work" of a series of reminis
cences by John D. Rockefeller, in
which he defends the tactics and
trade methods of the Standard Oil
Company.
The Asiatic cholera in St Peters
burg is spreading among the upper
classes of society. Deaths are so
numerous the bodies lie unburied.
The government of Paraguay un
earthed a plot against It organized by
members of the negro party. All the
conspirators were taken into custody
and a state of siege was proclaimed.
Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould,
who is suing Howard Gould for di
vorce, applied for an order compelling
Mr. Gould to pay her $120,000 a year
alimony and $15,000 for her counsel
fees.
Because she accepted the attentions
of another man, Lewis Turner of La
Grange, 111., shot and killed Dora Hel
mer, his fiancee, and committed sui
cide. OBITUARY.
Frank De Haas Robinson, owner of
the St. Louis National League baseball
team, street car promoter and cap
italist, died suddenly at his home in
Cleveland, O.
Leslie Carter, for years president of
the Chicago South Side Elevated rail
road and one of the most prominent
financiers and lawyers of Chicago,
died after a long illness.
E. G. Emmons, a well-known broker
of Duluth, was found dead in a sleep
ing car berth on a train as It was en
term the Union Station at St PauL
DBOVTH HNSiM STATE ML
SERIOUS CONDITION IN PENNSYL
VANIA AND VIRGINIA.
THOUSANDS OF MINERS IDLE
Low Wattr Prevents River Improve
ments andvMnay Factories Are
ClosedAlong the Streams.
Pittsburg. With losses aggregating
several million dollars from forest
fires and heavy losses to crops and
Hve stock, the reported loss of a nam-
ber of liyes due to fighting Umber
conflagrations, the enforced idleness
of thousands of workmen owing to the
suspension of manufacturing establish
ments because of lack of water, the
health authorities anticipating a se
rious epidemic of contagious diseases
and many small streams dried up and
prac"cally obliterated, the drouth of
1908, which has held western Pennsyl
vania, "eastern Ohio and West Virginia
in its grasp for more than two months,
remains unbroken each day gradually
increasing the seriousness of the un
precedented situation.
While in the Pittsburg district the
water supply is sufficient to carry on
all business, the low stage of the
rivers has caused a congestion of
much coal in this vicinity Every
available barge and uoat has been
loaded with coal and at present, with
almost 20,000,000 bushels in the Pitts
burg harbor, the river coal mines have
been compelled to shut down for the
want of shipping facilities. There are
about 15,000 miners employed in the
river mines along the Monpngahela
valley. This great fleet of coal is for
supply of points in the west and south
and the probabilities are there will be
a coal famine experienced, especially
In the northwest should conditions
prevent the shipment of the coal be
fore cold weather sets in.
In West Virginia lumber plants,
glass factories and iron and steel mills
located along the rivers, are closed on
account of insufficient water. In east
ern Ohio the same conditions prevail.
and it is feared the great iron and
steel mills at Youngstown, O., employ
ing over 20,000 men, will have to sus
pend operations unless the drouth is
speedily broken.
In all sections of the dry zone pray
ers are offered up daily and these
prayers will continue until they are
answered with rain.
TOWNSITES NOT SELECTED.
Map Showing Lands Subject to Entry
is Not Ready.
Dallas, S. D. Because of the fact
that a great many maps purporting to
be correct plans of Tripp county, show
ing the allotments to Indians, some of
which have not yet been approved by
the government, and purporting to
show the locations of the several gov
ernment townsltes, Judge J. W. Wit
ten, superintendent of the opening,
has stated, that.as a matter of fact the
secretary of the interior has not as yet
made any reservation for townsite
purposes, and the commissioner of
th general land office has notified
Judge Witten that his office has in no
way recognized any of the proposed
townsites, and has direct 3d Judge
Witten to make and report such inves
tigations and inspection as will, be
helpful to the secretary in making res
ervations for townsite purposes. The
secretary will, as directed by the act
of congress, hereafter reserve from
these lands such tracts for townsite
purposes as in his opinion may be re
quired for future interests.
WHARTON TO HANDLE MONEY
Chosen Chairman of National Repub
lican Finance Committee.
Omaha Hon. John C. Wharton of
Omaha has been appointed by Chair
man Hitchcock of the republican na
tional committee to be an assistant to
Assistant Treasurer Fred W. Upham.
having in charge the funds for the
western district of the United States.
Mr. Wharton will be the chairman of
the Nebraska finance committee, and
will have charge of the collection of
the funds for the national campaign
in this state.
Oklahoma Thieves are Busy.
Muskogee, Okl. Horse thieves have
carried on their depredations in all
parts of Oklahoma recently to an extent-
not equalled since the frontier
days, according to a statement issued
here by R. B. Ramsey, sheriff of Mus
kogee county. Sheriff Ramsey says
that within two weeks he has received
reports of 208 horses stolen in differ
ent parts of the state. "It is evident,"
said he, "hat organized gangs of
thieves, tempted by the prevailing
high prices of horses, are committing
the deprdations.
Fleet is Nearlng Manila.
Manila The Zamboana wireless
station was in touch with the Atlantic
battleship fleet at 8 o'clock (Monday)
morning. i
TWENTY-ONE ARE NOW DEAD.
Two More Men Injured in Wreck at
Young's Point, Montana, Die.
Billings, Mont. Twenty-one are
now dead and nine injured as a re
sult of a collision at Young's Point
R. E. Vlvkers of Hardin, Mont,
died after being brought to the hospi
tal in this city, while Samuel Clomo-
witz. a hide dealer of Billings, and i
Berg Western of Atchison. Kan., died
shortly
auer midnight Saturday
morning.
TAGEDY IN MANILA CAMP.
Private Suttles Kills Lieutenant Bloom
of Fourth Infantry.
Manila A tragedy occurred at Camp
Jessman on Saturday night which re
sulted in the death of L!eu tenant Ed
ward J. Bloom of the Fourth Infanti
and Private Suttles, Company K of the
Fame regiment. Suttles, for some un
known reason, shot Bloom and then
cut his own throat. Suttles died im
mediately.
but Bloom lingered until j
Sunday night
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO ALL
CITIZENS.
OPPOSE THE POSTAL SWINGS
Nebraska Bankers Declare Against
Them on the Ground that They
i Menace te Banks
Against Postal Savings Banks.
A pronounced declaration against
postal savtegs banks, which were de
clared to menace the very life of the
couniry bank- a hearty endorsement
or the depositors' guaranty law oy
Nebraska congressman and an argu
ment against the innovation by an
Oklahoma banker, where-the law is
in force, were the features of the
first,. day's session xf the Nebraska
Bankers' association in this city.
President James P. Block of the as
sociation, in his annual address, ar
gued strongly against a postal sav
ings bank system. He pointed out
how near a bill came to passing the
upper house of congress, and warned
the bankers that it was time for vig
orous action.
Congressman Gilbert- M. Hitchcock
of Omaha championed the cause of
bans deposit guarantee in an extend
ed address, and was followed by Mr.
Hogan, a banker of Oklahoma City
who opposed the law now existing in
his own state, and said a distinguish
ed citizen of NebrasKa was more re
sponsible for its passage than the
people of Oklahoma. One of his
principal objections, he said, was be
cause it brought too much politics in
to banking.
F. O. Watts of Nashville, Tenn.,
spoke in the evening, declaring that
the guaranty of deposits issue is one
raised by politicians and is not a re
form demanded by the business inter
ests of the people. He said in Ten
nessee there is no agitation for this
matter and that it is heard of no
where excepting where political
speakers try to influence votes.
Considerable interest centered in
the presence of several banners from
Oklahoma, who were expected to throw
light on the working of the state guar
anty deposit law, which became op
erative last February. O. J. Fleming
of the Bank of Enid is one of the
bankers who favors the law and
staunchly defends it. Before the law
was effective Mr. Fleming was pres
ident of a national bank. He prompt
ly surrendered his national chartc
and changed the institution of which
he was head into a state ban that
it might take advantage of the new
statute.
N. J. Gilbert, vice president or
Lawton National bank, and D. W.
Hogan, cashier of the American Na
tional bank of Oklahoma City, are
strongly opposed to the state guar
anty bank deposit law. They declare
that it is unfair and unjust to the
honest banker to compel him to pay
for the misconduct of the -dishonest
one.
Primary Election Puzzle.
S. A. Richardson of Butte county,
clerk of Boyd county has presented a
prize puzzle under the primary law
to Secretary of State Junkin, who in
turn has passed it on to Attorney
General Thompson for a solution.
This is it: A man filed nomination
papers as a candidate for county at
torney, but before the primary ballots
vere printed, filed a declination or
withdrawal with the county clerk
and asked that his name he not
printed on the ballot The clerk com
plied with this request and the name
was not printed on the ballot. On
the morning of the primary election
the candidate who had withdrawn
announced himself again as a can
digate. Seventeen voters wrote his
name on the ballot as the candidate
of their choice. Another man who
had not In any way declared himself
a candidate for county attorney got
eighteen votes in the. same way, bis
name having been written on the
ballot by that number of voters. Who
was nominated? Neither was nomin
ated is the "answer most generally
given to this question, providing it
is illegal to write in names of can
didates. The supreme court has not
yet passed on the right of a voter
to write the name of a candidate on
the primary ballot. Attorney Gener
al Thompson has given an opinion
holding that such votes are illegal
and should not be canvassed.
Motion Overruled.
Judge T. C. Munger of the federal
court has overruled a motion of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail
road to stay proceedings in the case
of Mary Jackson, administratrix, vs.
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad and Peter Couture until the
costs are paid in the earlier case in
which the plaintiff sued the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific railroad alone.
Discrepancy in Returns.
G. W. Fitzsimmons of Greeley
county, who was defeated for the re
publican nomination for state repre
sentative by F. H. Clough by the
narrow margin of four votes, made a
special trip to Lincoln to investigate
the election abstracts and verify the
returns. According to the returns
he received 282 votes, while Ciough
polled 28C. He declares that the re
turns from Garfield county sent to
him do not y wUh thoEe ssnt to
the secretary of state. He wants mat
ters straightened out.
Increase in State Bank Deposits.
The abstract of the condition of
Nebraska banks at the close of busi
ness August 20 shows an increase of
$2,095,098 in loans and discounts and
$2,845,702 in deposits since the re
port of May 14. Secretary Royse, in
making the announcement of the
condition of banks, adds an .Interest
ing history of state supervision in
Nebraska, showing the difference be
tween the regulation or Ick of regula
tion in the early days nnd the pres
ent method of state control. He also
makes comparison 0. fallures.
NEBRASKA NEWS AND NOTES.
Items ef Greater or Lesser Impor
tance Over the State.
President Turner of Hastings col
lege has accepted .election as secre
tary and platform manager of the
Hastings Chautauqua.
Arrangements have been completed
by the Seventh Day Adventists to be
gin the erection of a church and
school building in Hastings within a
few days. -
Farmers should mll'have telephone?.
Write to us andjlearn how to set the
best service for the least money. Ne
braska Telephone Company, 18th and
Douglas streets, Omaha. "Use the
Bell."
TheN continued dry weather threa
tens the crops and is cutting the
fruit crop short in the vicinity of Te
cumseh. Slight hot winds have pre
vailed to the detriment of all kinds of
vegetation.
The Columbus Driving club has ar
ranged for a big festival October 1
and 2, when Colonel C. B. Irwin will
present a practical duplication of the
chief events at the Cheyenne festival
held recently.
Governor Sheldon gave a hearing to
the friends of Joseph Smith who are
applying for his pardon. ' Smith was
sent to the penitentiary -from Jefferson
county on a charge of disposing of
mortgaged property.
Last week was closed the most suc
cessful fair that the Nuckolls County
Fair association has ever held, not
only from the point of attendance and
financial receipts, but from live stock
and agricultural products display.
Miss Sue Anderson of Nebraska City
has become prominent on the stage in
the east and has become one of the
leading women under Sam Bernard in
"Nearly a Hero." She is a favorite
with the theater people of New York
City.
A petition was circulated asking
the board of supervisors of Knox coun
ty to submit the question of county
division at the election in November.
It has been eight years since the last
county seat fight was pulled off in
Knox county.
The continued dry weather is play
ing havoc with the apple orchards
throughout Otoe county. The lack of
moisture in the ground causes the ap
ples to fall, and nearly one-half of the
heavily ladened fruit trees have drop
ped their fruit.
In a collision in the yards at Weep
ing Water, Neb., between what is
known as the Lincoln-Auburn passen
ger trai nand a freight, eighteen pass
engers and three trainmen received
severe injuries. In two of the cases
the injuries are serious.
Walter and Caney West, who were
arrested in Herman, were brought be
fore United States Commissioner
Singhaus charged with selling liquor
iwthout a license; both were placed
under bonds to appear before the
next federal grand jury.
Sheriff Bauman returned from
Omaha after having recovered four
horses which were stolen from Dodge
county. All of them were heavy work
horses. One valued at $250 was used
on an ice wagon, having been hired
out by Lutz. Two were from Hooper.
The sheriff is confident it will be only
a question of time until Lutz is
caught.
York college, York Normal and
business college and the Urseline sem
inary all report the largest registra
tion of students, coming not only from
Nebraska and adjoining states, but
from long distances to attend the ex
cellent educational institutions at
York. Additional instructors have
been enfployed and many improve
ments made to provide for the large
increase of students.
Prof. Craig, who has been making
balloon ascensions at Fremont had a
close call. He did not have his bal
loon ready until about sunset, and
when he made the leap with the para
chute did not notice the wires near
the corner of Tenth and Broad streets.
He landed on the wires. The para
chute was jerked out of his hands and
he clung to a telephone cable for some
time before being relieved.
One of the most brUiant meteors
ever seen in this vicinity, says a
Plattsmouth dispatch, passed west of
this city going in a northwesterly di
rection Saturday evening at 8 o'clock
and was witnessed in this city by
Judge J. W. Johnson, A. W. Atwood,
E. E-. Hilton and many others. It was
also seen from other towns in tbis
county. The ball of fire was described
as appearing to be as large as a barrel
and having a tail of gre 1,000 feet in
length.
An interesting feature in the list
of fall entertainments is the Fron
tier Days Festival to be given at
Grand Island. October G, 7 and 8. The
Commercial club of that city is be
hind the enterprise' and has raised
$7,000 to pay the prizes and expenses
The program will include all the spec
tacular wild west performances, and
will have as adjuncts a troop of
United States cavalry and a band of
Sioux Indians. There is also to he
a display of farm products, with lib
eral prizes.
By a unanimous vote Grand island
was chosen as the place for the next
annual convention of the Nebraska
Travelers' association, which closed
its first annual gathering at Hastings.
Invitations were presented also by
Omaha. Beatrice and Nebraska City.
The commercial club of York is en
couraging a proposition to promote an
electric railroad from Lincoln to York
and thence In a northwesterly direction
to Central City or west to Grand Is
land. From Lincoln to York the road
would traverse a rich farming territory
and would run about midway between
the two Burlington railroads.
The entire crop of the Read fruit
farm three miles west of Peru was dis
posed of to a South Dakota firm for
the lump sum of $800. Experts say
that the shipping firm got a real bar
gain and several home parties are on
the lookout for any other such sales.
At the close of the first week the
registration at Nebraska Wesleyan
university-is heavier than that at the
same time a year ago. There is a
perceptable increase in the enrollment
in the college of liberal arts, which is
quite satisfactory to the authorities,
as it is desired to make it by far the
leading school in the university.
STATE POLITICAL PLATFORMS
Reprilicais, Bemcrats ui Iifc-Ksfcits Bold Tfceir
lespective State Cweitiws
DECLARATION VMIB SET FORTH
RepMkais Offtsc tk Bail f nnitec tea, Wtife kmcrats
lid kiepeiieats iecbre for tk Sum
Republicans, democrats and inde
pendents all held state conventions at
Lincoln on the 22d. In the former
there was considerable discussion of
the platform, mainly over the follow
ing plank.
"We favor the enactment of a law
providing for the security of deposits
of funds in state and national banks
and urge upon our next legislature
and congress to formulate a plan that
will he equitabe to the hanking in
terests of the state and nation and in
sure the payment of every dollar de
posited with state and national
banks."
Wattles Sheldon and others spoke,
opposing the amendment, and when
the roll was called it was lost by a
vote of 48 to 15.
The convention was well attended
and during the afternoon when
speeches were made by Senator Bur
kett, Congressman Hlnahaw, Attorney
General Thompson, and others, there
was a large- attendance. During de
bate over the platform democrats and
populists quit business and helped to
swell the crowd by their presence.
Democrats held a short session in
the senate chamber and rapidly dis
patched their business and adopted
platform appearing herewith. A new
departure therein is the plank which
promises a law providing that the
state Board of Equalization cannot
increase the aggregate assessment
as returned by assessors. In other
words it can only equalize values be
tween counties by reducing valua
tions.
The populists met in the office of
the health inspector, adopting a plat
from and naming state committees.
The socialists held their state con
vention in the office of the state food
commissioner. But two delegates
were present. The Chicago socialist
platform was endorsed and a state
committee selected.
J. Warner Keifer, Jr., was elected
chairman of the state republican
committee and Chas. B. Anderson of
Crete as vice chairman.
The executive committee of the
prohibition party endorsed their na
tional platform, declared for guaran
tee of bank deposits, favored woman
suffrage and submission of the pro
hibition amendment to the constitu
tion. Democrats unanimously re-elected
all the old committee officers.
Platforms of the respective parties
follow:
DEMOCRATIC.
We, the representatives of the demo
cratic party of Nebraska in state con
vention assembled, reaffirm our belief in
anil pledge our support to the principles
of the party.
Wo rejoice at the signs of democratic
ictory.
We give unqualified approval of the
candidates nominated and of the plat
form proclaimed by the national con
vention at Denver and pledge our earn
est support to said principles and the
nominees of said convention. Particu
larly gratifying to the democracy of Ne
braska is the nomination of Nebraska's
first democrat. William J. Bryan, for the
presidency of the republican office in the
occupancy of which his qualities as a
statesman will work the welfare of our
nation, in measure as his advocacy of
the cause of humanity has challenged
the attention nnd won the approval of
lovers of Hbertv In all the world. In his
companion in this contest. John W. Kern
of Indiana, we behold a man and demo
crat worthy of the position he now oc
cupies in the democratic party. In him
we recognize a man large of heart and
brain, fitted In every way for the duties
and responsibilities that will devolve
upon him.
We pledge the people of Nebraska that
If our state and leRKIitlve tickets shall
be successful in this campaign, a demo
cratic legislature will enact and a demo
cratic eoxernor will approve the following
t-Ffciflc legislation:
First A law under which the state
tianks shal' be required to establish a
guarantee fund, under state supervision
nnd control, for the promjt pavment of
depositors or any Insolvent state bank,
under an equitable svstem which shall
also be available tn all national bank
ing institutions of this state, wishing to
take advantage of it.
Second We are in favor of the follow
ing amendments to the present revenue
law:
First A l'w to provide for the
election of the precinct and township
assessors by the people.
Second A law providing that In
the equalization of assessment by the
state board of enuallzation. the ag
gregate footing of the assessment as
returned by the various counties
shall not be increased.
Wo condemn the practice of the pres
ent state board of equalization and as
sessment in raising tiie aggregate valu
ation of the state as returned by the
various counties. This act i in viola
tion of the spirit of the present revenue
law.
Third Wo demand that the railroad
commission shall be given the power to
make n physical valuation of the prop
erty of the public service corporations In
the state.
KEARNEY TO HAVE CORN SHOW.
Exhibit to Be Taken Later to Omaha
Corn Carnival.
Kearney At a meeting cf the busi
ness men it was decided to hold a
corn carnival in this city during No
vember. The corn crop in Buffalo
county is great and an exhibit will
be picked for exhibition at the na
tion show in Omaha. Alfalfa will also
be one of the leading features. En
deavors will be made to bold minor
affairs in smaller towns in the county.
First of Grand Island Brides.
Grand Island Hall county's first
bride and her husband celebrated
their golden wedding here, many
friends calling during the day to extend-
congratulations and the parlors
of their commodious home being fill
ed with- the floral tributes of fellow
citizens. Mr. and Mrs. Christian
Menck are of German birth, Mr.
Menck being a member of the ad
vance guard of the colony of white
men who located in Hall county July
4, 1857. and thus became the first
white settlers in the state.
Fourth The democratic party favor
the extension of agricultural, mechanical
and Industrial education. We therefor
favor a law establishing- an agricultural
college in the western part or the state
nnd liberal appropriations for charitable
and educational Institutions of the state
Fifth We are In favor of the demo
cratic and 'American principle of home:
rule. We are in favor of enacting such
laws as will give the cities of Omaha and
South Omaha the right of local elf -government
and to that end we favor such
legislation as will allow these cities to
absolutely control their own affairs.
A soldier's pension is a soldier's right
and is and should be his to prize and to
enjoy. Not to be alienated by law from
him or by arbitrary rule or command of
those officials entrusted with the duties
of superintending and managing the sol
diers and sailors' homes of the state.
We, therefore, favor the passage of a.
law placing the management of these
worthy public Institutions In the hands
of a non-partisan board to the end that
such management be removed from the
touch, of politics and that every right In
law or Justice be reserved to those who
won the nation's gratitude by the de
fense of the nation's flag.
Wo favor the recent primary law, but
favor its amendment so as to enable the
voter to more clearly and easily express
his choice.
We commend the work of the demo
cratic and populist members of the last
legislature by enforcing the passage or
the two-cent fare law and other refornb
legislation enacted by that body.
REPUBLICAN.
We. the
republicans of Nebraska In:
convention assembled, renew our alle
giance to the principles of the repub
lican party, the practical operation er
which has brought to this country th
unprecedented prosperity now enjoyed.
We heartily endorse the national plat
form of the republican party as adopted,
by the national convention at Chicago.
We endorse the administration of Pres
ident Theodore Roosevelt In Its worst
and economic aspects, a continuance of
whose policies will be assured to the
country by the election of Juage William
H. Taft for president and of Hon. James
S. Sherman for vice president.
We submit with pride to the Beooto-
of Nebraska the labors of our Unite!
States senators nnd the republican mem
bers of the lower house of congress, air
of whom have endorsed nnd supported,
at all times policies of the president.
The administration of Governor George
L. Sheldon and the other officers of the
state has jriven to Nebraska a govern
ment of which aU citizens may well be
proud and which we commend to tbo
electors of the state as an earnest of thr
future conduct of the state government
under Governor Sheldon and the other
republican nominees for tate office, Th
record made by the last legislature was
one of performance, squaring with prom
ise, wherein every pledge made In th
campaign was fully performed la th
legislation enacted.
, We most heartily comemnd the effi
cient work of the state- railway commis
sion for Its enforcement of the laws of
the last legislature and the regulation,
of the rates and services of the common
carriers. We commend the business ad
ministration of the financial affairs of
the state go'crnment daring the Inst two
years, under which the state debt has
been nearlv canceled, and we pledge our
selves to the continuation of the strict
est economy In expenditures, consistent
with the requirements of tho state.
We commend the state board of publii
lands nnd buildings in rescinding thn
rule taking a per cent of the pension
money from members of the soldiers"
and sailors home", and pledge a contin
uation of that policy. We also favor an
amendment to the laws governing the
soldlers" and sailors homes ?o that any
honorably discharged soldier or sailor
mav be admitted.
We express our gratification at the ac
tion of the voters of the state at th
recent primary In endorsing the propose!
amendments to the state constitution re
specting the Increase In the number of
Judgs of the supreme court and tho In
vestment of the school funds of the state,
nnd recommend tint these amendments
be adopted by tho voters' at the general
election.
We favor such amendments to the pri
mary law as experience has demonstrat
ed are necessary to strergthen It and
make It more efficient In insuring popular
control of all nominations.
We favor the enactment of laws reg
ulating the issuance of stocks anil bonds
by nil public service corporations and
prohibiting the issuance of watered
stocks and bonds .by such corporations
Appreciating the work being done tn
western Nebraska In reclaiming desort
land by Irrigation, and that its success
depends unon intensive farming, we es
pecially endorse the tariff revision planlc
In the national republican platform. e
pecially emphasizing the claus in regard
to the Interchange of products between
the United States and the Philippine is
lands. POPULIST
The populist party expresses confi
dence in Hon. William J. Bryan: always
ready to contend for better government:
reaffirms the position in accepted in 1907
regarding state regulation of freight
rates; demand revision of the road laws:
demand the passage of a compulsorv
bank guarantee fciw. similar to the one
now in force in Oklahoma; demand a
law giving the railroad commission th
power to make a physical valuation of
the property of the public service cor
porations In the state and law.s that
will give to the metrorolltnn cities or
the state the rlsht of local self-government:
favors wide open prlrnarv. and Is
In favor of adherence to the principle of
the lntitiati'.v and referendum.
Applications for free high school
privileges to the number of 209 hive
been made In Gage county. This js
the greatest number made in any
county in the state, according to the
returns as shown at Lincoln. Thesr
applications represent ninety-two dis
tricts, of which district No. 37 has th? ,
greatest number, nine.
YOUNG BRYAN AFTER VOTES.
Lincoln William J. Bryan. Jr.. son
ot the democratic candidate for pres
ident, has been announced as a can
didate for president of the sophomore
class at the Nebraska university. His
opponent is Ralph Weaverling, who
was suspended from school last year
for taking part in a kidnaping affair.
Young Bryan Is being vigorously
pushed by a number of his clans
mates, and these supporters feel cer
tain of his success.
Counties Paying Debts.
Lincoln The biennial report of the'
state auditor will show that from De
cember 1. 190C. to December 1, 1908,
more than $1,000,000 of bonded in
debtedness of counties and precincts
has been paid, over and above what
has been registered during the same
length of hime. On December 1, 190G
the total outstanding bonded j'ndebU
ednss of the different counties wan
S3.915.937.3I. against ;3,352.150 en tho
same date this year. The precinct
bonded indebtedness of the different
counties of the state is SS14.75U.
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