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REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President,
Wa. H. TAFT.
Eor Vios President,
JAMES SHERMAN.
For Governor,
GEORGE L. SHELDON.
For Ueatetuut GoTernor,
M. R. HOPEWELL.
For Secretary of State.
GEORGE C.JUNKIN.
For Aaditor of Public Accounts.
SILAS R. BARTON.
For State Treasurer,
LAW80N G. BRIAN.
For 8tate School Soperinteadent,
E.C. BISHOP.
For Land Commkaioiier,
EDWARD B. COWLES.
For Railway Commissioner,
J. A. WILLIAMS.
For Congressman.
J. F. BOYD.
For State 8enator.
JAMESA.FIALA.
For RepreaeaUtiTe 25th District,
JOHN SWANSON.
For Representative 24th District,
W. 8. EVANS.
For County Attorney,
0. J.GARLOW.
For Supervisors,
GEORGE ROLLIN, Creston,
C. A. PETERSON, Walker.
GEO. H. WINSLOW, Columbus.
Let ballots, not bullets, rule, Col.
Watterson.
Mr. Bryan has not mentioned "steel
trust" since Haskell got caught
Possibly Mr. Bryan is coming to
Columbus to melt the ice left behind
by John Lenta.
Every candidate on the republican
ticket printed at the head of this page
is worthy of support
The Columbus Bryan Club has not
yet given publicity to a resolution en
dorsing Jim Latta's candidancy for
congress.
If you want four years of hard
times, Mr. Platte County Farmer, go
to the polls and assist in the election
of W. J. Bryan.
The Nebraska Capital, edited by
Ex-Railway Lobbyist Frank Harrison,
continues to furnish inspiration for the
Progressive press and boost for prohi
bition and the guarantee of bank de
posits. Harrison's idea of reform,
however, has not reached far enough
to furnish inspiration to Attorney
General Thompson to make even a
feeble effort to suppress the Lumber
Combine.
Now that Chanter has been nomi
nated for Governor, the Democratic
National Committee claim New York
for Bryan by 100,000 majority. And
who is this man Chanler who has been
nominated against Hughes? He is a
man of no particular ability who
inherited a fortune of $10,000,000.
He never sweat a drop in all his life
from physical toil, but he has the coin
and is willing to "put up" enough
money to financier his own campaign
and throw enough money into the
Taaunany tiger's mouth to line the
braves np for Bryan.
The mistake Max Schubert made
when he caate to Columbus to work a
"akin gaase" was that he did not be
coate a "promoter" and run for con
great on the Democratic ticket; that
weald have given him an opportunity
to have worked his way into the con
idenee of leading Democrats, and then
at an opportune moment he could have
gone throegh bankruptcy and soaked
hia creditors for a hundred thousand
jnllaawj and skill live in Platte county.
Max's Btctila&ov look like 30 cents
compared wiah'the fellow who soaks
his friends for a hundred thousand
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BIDDER'S OPINIONS OF BRYAN!
Translated from the Staats Zeitung.
"His (Bryan's) election would surely
cause a disturbance in the industrial and
economical development of the country."
"We deem a Republican victory less
dangerous for the country than the elec
tion of Bryan."
"Nothing better could happen to the
party than to be rid of this incubus"
(Bryan.)
"He (Bryan) does not possess real
knowledge or comprehension of the prob
lems with which he seeks to concern
himself!" '
"Who selects him (Bryan) as an ally
injures Democracy more than anyone else."
"Only a few intimate friends and blind
admirers of Bryan are still willing to fol
low him. The miserable intrigues of the
man who would again incite the masses
cannot retard this process. Bryan's stren
uous activity will hasten his entire anni
hilation." The above was the expressed opinion of Mr. Ridder of the
Democratic candidate previous to the Denver convention. Is
Mr. Ridder now consistent in asking the German Democrats of
Platte county to vote for Mr. Bryan?
A NON-PARTISAN JUDICIARY.
The Lumber Combine has some of
the best lawyers in the country on its
pay roll and many of the shewdest
politicians are paid to represent it in
state and national affairs. Twenty
eight years ago, Senator Henry M.
Teller, of Colorado, at that time Secre
tary of the Interior, and representa
tive of the Lumber Combine then in
its infancy at the National Capital,
laid the foundation of this gigantic
monopoly which now has its tentacles
around the people. Teller has always
been the secret friend of not only the
Lumber Combine but also the politi
cal agent of other monopolies. In
1896, as the representative of the sil
ver trust, he collected $288,000 and
turned it over to Bryan's campaign
managers to be used in the effort to
defeat Wm. McKinley. As the rep
resentative and political agent of the
sugar trust he has planned and schem
ed to further the interest of that com
bination in all the legislation that has
taken place since he entered the Sen
ate. The "venerable" Senator from
the Centennial State belongs to the
Baily-McLauren-Foraker class of
senators, but has been a trifle .more
crafty in his dirty work than the trio
above mentioned and has not been
"found out." With the exception of
his connection with the Lumber Com
bine, he has covered up his tracks to
a certain extent.
There are men in Nebraska today
who, like Senator Teller, have not
been proven guilty of direct connec
tion with unlawful combines, but
the well grounded suspicions attached
to there action has satisfied the public
that they belong and should be class
ed among those who are in sympathy,
if not actually on the pay roll, of the
Lumber Combine.
The practice of delegating judicial
power to some corporation tool to pass
judgment upon questions in which
trusts or monopolies are interested,
should be prohibited. A judge on the
bench, and not what is termed a "ref
eree," should hear cases in which the
general public is so vitally interested.
The appointment of a referee to hear
trust cases may be strictly in accord
ance with law, but if such be the fact
the law delegating judicial power to a
referee should be repealed.
Next to the grafting senator and
representative, a corporation referee
is something to be guarded against in
the interest of public morals and a
purejudiciary,
There is a sentiment in both politi
cal parties to take the election of
judges out of partisan politics. This
has been done in some states notably,
Wisconsin and New York, and it is a
fact that the supreme court reports of
these states are more often quoted and
are regarded as a higher standard of
authority than the supreme court
reports of states where the judical
ermine is dragged in the mire of par
tisan politics.
If the amendment to the State Con
stitution, providing for the appoint
ment of additional Superme Court
Judges, is endorsed at the election .in
November, Governor Sheldon will
have an opportunity to add dignity
to the highest court in the state
by appointing as members of .that
court two Democrats and two
Republicans.
The names of several well known
lawyers of state wide reputation have
been mentioned as suitable timber in
the event the amendment is adopted,
among them Judge Reeder and Judge
Sullivan, of Columbus; Ex-Senator
Allen of Madison, Judges Frost, Jes
sen, Slabaugh, Duffie, Grimes, Paul,
Calkins, and John C. Martin of Cen
tral City. It is not contended that
any of the above named men are seek
ing a place on the bench, but their
names have been mentioned in con
nection with the four places which the
adoption of the proposed amendment
would create.
WATTERSON WANTS TO FIGHT
At a Bryan rally held in Louisville
last Thursday evening, Colonel Henry
Wattereon was the principal speaker,
and predicted civil war if Taft defeats
Bryan and attempts to continue the
Roosevelt policies.
This is not the first time Colonel
Watterson has predicted a bloody war
between the Republican and Demo
cratic parties. In 1877, when the
leading Republican and Democratic
Senators and Representatives in secret
conference at the national capitol met
for the purpose of discussing a plan to
avoid trouble in canvassing the vote
for President and Vice President
cast in November, 1876, Watterson
was calling for a hundred thousand
armed Democrats to march on to
Washington and place Tilden in the
White House. At that conference
were such men as Edmunds of Ver
mont, Sherman andThurmanof Ohio,
Blaine of Maine, Conkling of New
York and Randall of Pennsylvania,
the latter Speaker of the House at the
time. The result of the deliberations
of that conference was the introduc
tion of a bill by Thurman, a Demo
crat, creating the Electoral Commis
sion. When the bill came before the
House, many of the Democratic mem
bers followed the advice of Watterson
and attempted to defeat the measure
by filibustering. The critical stage in
the proceedings had been reached
when Speaker Randall rose above
partisanship and became a patriot
His action as Speaker of the House
squelched the filibustered in his party
and the bill creating the Commission
became a law. For his splendid work
at a time when civil war was threat
ened, Randall was denounced by Wat
terson and alluded to as a czar by
many of the Democratic members of
the house. The abuse heaped. upon
Randall by his own party was mild
compared with what tile Democratic
press and Democratic orators are now
saying about Uncle Joe Cannon.
There is no occasion for Colonel
Watterson to become excited and talk
of buckets of blood or an armed con
flict between the members of the two
parties. He should be satisfied to let
ballots, not bullets, rule.
The guards at the political cemetery
are beenminor raroloaa 1!r.B..t.
Pettigrew is being heard from. Kan-
City Star.
THfi REPUBLICAN TICKFT,
The men whose names appear under
the head of "Kepublican Ticket" on this
page are worthy of the support of every
Republican in Platte ooanty.' Tbe can
didates whose names appear on the state
ticket in the Journal, have a record be
hind them that is commendable.
The renomiaatioa of Judge Boyd is a
deserved compliment for duties well
performed. Although a nrat terufmem
ber of congress, he succeeded in securing
for Columbas-a liberal appropriation for
a postoffioe building." Although Judge
Boyd isaot an orator, his work in con
gress his been confined mure to oom
mittee and department work than taking
m
part in partisan debates on the floor of
the house.
C. J. Garlow, candidate for county
attorney, is a lawyer of ability and well
qualified for tbe position to which he
aspires.
James Fiala, candidate for state sena
tor, is one of the leading citizens of
Colfax county who i highly spoken of
as a man and citizen by all who know
him. '
John Swanson and W. 8. Evans, can
didates for representatives, are well
known in Platte county as men of integ
rity and ability, and there is a sentiment,
even among some Democrats, that the
time has come to send men to represent
the district at tbe state capitol who are
of a different political faith than the
men who have usually represented tbe
district in past years. While other north
Nebraska towns the size of Columbus
have state institutions, secured through
the special efforts of their representa
tives, Columbus has received nothing.
Kearney has a state normal school and
a reformatory for' boys: Grand Island
has the state soldiers' home, and Norfolk
the north Nebraska hospital for insane.
And the reason that Columbus is with
ont a state institution is that Platte
county has always sent men to Lincoln
who were so intensely democratic in pol
itics that they could not wield enough
influence among Populist and Republi
can members to do anything for Platte
county.
George Bollin, C. A. Peterson and
Geo. H. Winslow, nominees for super
visors, deserve the votes of Republicans
and of the liberal Democrats, who be
lieve that the time has come to com
mence cleaning the court house. The
Democrats have held sway in tbe Platte
county court house for years and there
is a tendency on the part of liberal
Democrats to unite with Republicans in
demanding a new, deal.
A FAMILY JAR.
There appears to be much dissatis
faction among Democrats throughout
the state with the action of the state
committee in practically leaving Can
didate Shallenberger to conduct his
own campaign and using all the re
sources of the committee to carry the
state for Bryan. It is understood that
only one man connected with the
headquarters of the committee pro
tested against the plan, and finally got
disgusted and withdrew. Previous to
this, however, there had been some
friction in the working force of the
committee growing out of an attempt
made by certain Democrats in Platte
county to discredit Chris Gruenther,
so it is alleged. Mr. Gruenther
organized the Bryan Volunteers and
was regarded by many leading Demo
crats of tbe state as the best qualified
man for Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, and could have had
the placo if he desired to take it, but
iu the interest of harmony declined to
be considered a candidate if Tom
Allen, Bryan's brother-in-law, was in
the field. Contrary to the judgment
of the leading Democrats of the state,
Allen was retained as chairman al
though no protest out of respect to
Mr. Bryan was filed against Allen's
selection, his re-election was not satis
factory to many of the friends of Mr.
Shallenberger. And now the with
drawal of Mr. GruentheJ from the
working force' of the committee at
headquarters still further complicates
matters. Mr. Gruenther was regarded
as the best organizer connected with
the committee, and stood for a square
deal for Shallenberger and the Demo
cratic state ticket.
ON THE DONKEY CART WITH
BRYAN.
When a man stands up before an
intelligent audience of American cit
izens and denounces the President of
the United States as a tyrant and
accuses him of treason and scheming
to turn this Republic into a monarchy
and declare himself King, he insults
the intelligence of his hearers, and the
'partrthat is responsible for his pres
ence on the stump will not make votes
for its candidate, Mr. Bryan. When
citizens of Columbus went to the
opera house, Tuesday afternoon, Octo
ber 6, to hear. former Congressman
John J. Lentz deliver an address on
the political issues of the day, they did
not expect to listen to a harangue or
an attack upon their country and its
ralerj they did dot expect to hear the
Man with the Mailed Fist lauded, and
the President of the United States
denounced, and let it be said, to the
credit of the audience, that it did not
applaud the remarks of the speaker in
his attack upon Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Lentz was advertised as "Con
gressman" Lentz. but it has not yet
been forgotten that in 1900, Mark
Hanna put Lentz out of commission.
Lentz was the most conspicuous man
on the Democratic side of the house
during the first administration of Win.
McKinley, and never failed, when an
opportunity presented itself, to de
nouncethe president and howl about
the tariff. During the presidential
campaign of 1896, at Muncie, Indiana,
Lentz predicted that if Wm. McKin
ley was elected the gold standard
advocates would, backed by the army,
declare himself King of America.
As a prophet, Mr. Lentz is entitled to
a front seat on the donkey cart-with
Mr. Bryan.
BENTON'S PROPHESY.
In 1856, a few months before his
death, Senator Thomas Benton of
Missouri, delivered an address at the
completion of the Hannibal & St. Joe
Railway to the Missouri river. In
that address, delivered more than half
a century ago, he pointed to the west
and said: "Yonder, across the Pacific,
lie the future markets of our country."
Time has since proved that Benton
was. a prophet The awakening in
Japan, China and in India is creating
a demand for the products of the
American mill, factory and farm. The
Republican party, in anticipation of
what this awakening means to the
United States, is building a canal
connecting two oceans. The six trunk
lines of railway now connecting the
Atlantic seaboard with the Pacific
coast will soon be increased when the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way completes its line to the coast.
Yet in the face of all these evidences
of Benton's prophesy, the Columbus
Bryan Club imported a socialist from
Ohio to tell the people of Columbus
that the attempt to increase the mar
ket facilities of the farmers of Platte
county and the market facilities of the
mill owners of New England and fac
tories of Pennsylvania and other
states, would prove a failure; that the
greatest engineer the world ever pro
duced had failed in his efforts to unite
the two oceans by digging a canal
across the Isthmus of Panama. At
the North opera house, on the after
noon of October 6, John J. Lentz,
socialist, stood up before a Platte
county audience and criticised Candi
date Taft for expending money on a
project which the Democratic party
has declared for and the Republican
party is carrying out When John J.
Lentz condemned the Panama canal
project he was condemning the party
that sent him out here from Ohio, as
well as the party that he so bitterly,
denounced in his speech.
The Lentz speech was an ice maker
which all the hot air the Bryan Club
is capable of producing cannot melt
THE OUTS AND INS.
We hear a great deal in this cam
paign about paramount issues, and
while up to date no especial public
question worthy the title "paramount
issue" has been discovered, not even
by the versatile and magnetic Mr.
Bryan himself, it is more and more
apparent that the real issue which
may properly be considered as para
mount is the wisdom or unwisdom of
letting down the bars and letting into
the government pasture a lot of hun
gry fellows who in the fight of the
"Outs" against the "Ins" have every
thing to gain and nothing to lose, and
who do not hesitate to promise every
thing, to gain their ends.
A national law providing for the
guaranty of deposits in national banks
is one of the wild promises made by
the Outs, designed to catch the un
wary and unthinking elements in the
countrv. a scheme which after dis
section and analysis has been shown to
be utterly worthless and impracticable.
If Mr. Bryan would make his guar
anty scheme to apply universally, in
stead of limiting it to one class of
obligations, it might not be so objec
tionable. Let it cover all sorts of
indebtedness; let it compel tenants to
insure landlords against loss, all buy
ers of merchandise to guarantee mer
chants against bad accounts, and all
borrowers of money to insure the len
ders against loss of principal and in
terest Xet the scheme be operative
in all commercial affairs, make it un
aninmous,so to speak, and Bryan
with all his eloquence could not ad
equately paint the glories that would
follow. Such universal guaranty
would at once eliminate all care,
worry, friction and discord out of the
world, and make us all rich, happy
and contented.
Again, speaking of guaranteed de
posits, what guaranty have the de
positors of ballots in the coming elec
tion that the Democracy, if victorious,
will give us the government reforms
the people demand? Is there any
thing in the statesmanship, record or
personnel of the Democracy" upon
which to build such a hupr? The
"Outs" say: "Give us a chamv ami
see what we can do." The 1 i" :n :
"There is too much at stake t. take
any chances; besides, your r t-urd i-
not alluring, and does not justify the
demand you make. Our guarauty to
the depositors of the ballot is a record
that is an open book to all voters."
Lincoln Star.
LONGWORTH NAILS "IT."
Bryan papers and Bryau stump
speakers areattempting'to deceive the
people by resortiug to fake stories
about President Roosevelt's intention
to turn this government into a mon
archy and, backed by the army, have
himself crowned King of America,
and Representative Loogworth, son-in-law
of the President, is quoted as
authority for the statement. Mr.
Longworth denies the charge in the
following vigorous language:
The facts of the case are: At a meet
ing at Rock Island I was introduced by
theohairmsn of the meeting as a son of
Ohio. Since Ohio seemed determined to
break tbe record as tbe mother of pres
idents, he said in a jocular vein that I
probably would be a candidate myself.
Replying in a similar vein, I said I was
not there as a candidate for any office; I
was there to speak of tbe present and to
advocate the election of Taft for presi
dent, not in the future, but now. I said
I believed confidently that Taft would
be elected president, and that his ad
ministration would be so wise and bene
ficial to the people they would demand
he should serve them another term. Af
ter that, I saiil, Ohio would not be sel
fish, but would yield to some otber state
perhaps New York to nominate the
next president
I had no particular candidate in mind,
New York coming first into my mind be
cause of the presence of Sherman on the
platform. At that point many people
shouted "Roosevelt" and the audience
cheered his name loudly. I am not sur
prised some democratic newspapers
should have taken this up, because the
democratic party is most anxious to dis
tract tbe people's attention from the is
sues of tbe day and talk about either the
remote future or the past.
The story that I commented upon my
alleged prediction and said it would be
approved by tbe president is absolutely
false. I have never even thought of,
much less mentioned, the incident until
now.
JOHN SWANSON,
Candidate for Float Representative, is
one of the leading farmers of Platte
county, and is a resident of Walker
township. Like many of our citizens
he came to Platte county a poor man.
and by good management, thrift and
energy has accumulated a competency.
He has served as a member of the
County Board of Supervisors and made
a creditable record. A man of John
Swanson's character could be depended
upon, if elected, to vote right on all
questions in which the tax-payers are
interested.
IS THIS FAIR CAMPAIGNING?
Mr. Bryan insists that he is for a
fair campaign. Mr. Bryan is respon
sible for the Denver platform. The
Denver platform, regarding "Re
publican extravagance," says:
"During the past year 23,784 office
holders were added, costing $16,156,
000." On the contrary, only 16,824
offices were created, including
ployed men in all departments,
6142 having been omitted, the
new
net
increase was only 10,682 fewer than
half the number represented in the
platform. The net increase in sal
aries was $11,716,690, instead of the
sum stated in the platform.
But the difference in numbers and
amounts is less serious than the im
plied charge that the money has been
extravagantly expended. Among the
new "offices" created were. 6,000 sea
men and nearly 8,000 postal employ
ees, mostly rural carriers. There was
also an increase in the rate of army
PY
Is Mr. Bryan in favor of reducing
the naval force? His platform is con
tradictory if he is, for the platform
favors a strong navy. Does he wish
to abandon or restrict rural free de
livery? Is he in favor of keeping
down the pay of the army?
Fairness, like charity, should begin
at home. Kansas City Star.
The Dahlmanites of Omaha and
Editor Hitchcock of the World-Herald
do not seem to be dwelling in
peace, and Bryan has been called in
to settle the trouble. But the Cowboy.
Mayor has not forgotten when he was
a candidate for the nomination of
governor a short time ago.
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BRYAN FOR 1912.
Iti-itim' now to begin thinking
serii usly of the prosjiects of Mr. Bryan
for another democratic nomination in
1012. A Bryan wave which seemed
.to be rising some wtvks ago can now
be seen on the dtclin. The prospect
that it could rise to high tide was
never brilliant, but the pose of Mr.
Bryan as the foe of all trust and cor
poration wealth, and every thiug which
could be classed as vested interests,
while his campaign was bein" secretly
supported by such interests, put him
in a position where he might have
deceived the country to its undoing
but for the exposure which have
since been made. The few who were
aware of this situtatiou felt, for a time,
that it was a critical oae. With the
people advised it has ceased to be so,
and we may turn our attention to the
pr jspects of another Bryan nomination
in four years from now. St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
LATTA SHOULD BE DEFEATED.
Chairman Stephens boasts about
the record made by Mr. Latta iu the
last legislature. Let us see how he
voted on leform bills wanted by the
common people.
He voted against the Child Labor
Law, house roll 9. '
He voted against the Direct Pri
mary Law, house roll 405.
His was the only vote against the
Pure Food Law, senate file 64.
He refused to vote on a bill to pre
vent railroads going into the Federal
courts and enjoining the state from
collecting taxes, senate file 87.
He refused to vote on a bill to pre
vent discrimination, senate file 34.
Mr. Latta was pledged by his party
platform to favor every one of these
needed reforms. If a state senator
violates the pledges of his platform, in
his state legislature, what would that
state senator do in congress?
Voters are requested to verify this
record by comparing it with the offi
cial report of the secretary of the sen
ate. Go to your court house, or to
any lawyer, and ask to see the senate
journal of the last session of the Ne
braska legislature. Edgar Howard.
First-cl
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
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A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Sec
tions two (2). four (4). five (5). six O)
and thirteen (13) of Article six 16) oi
tbe Constitution of the State of Ne
braska, relating to Judicial Powers.
Ba it BssslTst By tks Asgialatara of tao
tata of Mateaaka:
Section 1. AaaaasMat ycaysaad. That
Section two (2) of Article six (6) of tha
Constitution of the State of Nebraska
be amended to read as follows:
Section 2. (Bttpraama comrt; JaAfM;
jarisalctloa.) The Supreme Court snail
ronsist of seven (7) judges: and a ma
jority of all elected and qualified judges
shall be necessary to constitute a
ttiiorum or pronounce a decision. Thtt
Supreme Court shall have Jurisdiction in
all cases relating to the revenue, civil
cases in which the state is a party,
m.indamus, quo warranto, habeas corpus,
and such appellate Jurisdiction as may
be provided by law.
Sections, (ajsaaasi Btsaeaad.) That
Section four (4) of Article six 'S of Um
Constitution of the State of Nebraska be
amended to read as follows:
Section 4. (Sasraama comrt, taAgea.
slsstlea, tart, xssMeaas.) The Judges of
the Supreme Court shall be elected by
the electors of the state at large: and
their terms of office, except as hereinafter
provided, shall be six years. And said
Supreme Court Judges shall during their
term of offics reside at the place wheVe
the court is holden.
Section S. (Smteaiaiaat yceassaa.) That
Section fiva (5) of Article six (6) of the
Constitution of the State of Nebraska be
amended to read as follows:
Section 5. (SMacsats eomrt, Jmaass,
ltcttom. tana; chief Jmatice.) That at
the general election to be held in the
atate of Nebraska in the year 1909. a-
each six years thereafter, there shall be
elected three (3) judges of the Supreme
Court, who ahall hold their office for the
period of six years; that at the general
election to be held in the state of Ne
braska in the year 1911. and each six
years thereafter, there shall be elected
three (3) judges of the Supreme Court,
who shall hold their office for the period
of six years: and at the genri tpctl?n
to be held la the state of Nebraska la
the year 1913. and each ix year.-. iti.r.
after, there shall be elected a Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, who shall
hold his office for the - peifJM. of six
years. Providefl that the member of the
Supreme Court whose term of office ex
pires in January. 1914. shall be Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court during that
time until the expiration of his term of
office. And. provided further, that upon
the adoption of these amfplmnH bv
electors of tks Stats, the Governor shall.
Immediately upon issuing his proclama
tion declaring said amendments adopted,
appoint four (4) judges of the Supreme
Court, two (2) of whom shall be ap
pointed to hold said office until their
successors shall be elected at the general
election in 1909. and have qualified; and
the other two (2) shall hold their office
nntil their successors shall be elected at
the general electioa hel ia 1911. and
have qualified.
Section 4. .artfisia.) That
Section six () of Arttcle lx K of th
Constltutlom eCths State sf Nebraska, ks
amended to read as follows:
Section 6. (Chief jmsttcs.) The Chief
Justice shall serve as such during all the
term for which bs was elected, tie shall
preside at all terms of the Supreme
Court, and In his absence the Judges
present shall select one of their number
to preside temporarily.
lection thirteen (11) of Article six (6) of
the Constitution of Nebraska be amended
to read aa follows:
Section 11. (XaSa-as, sslartts ) That
Judges of tks Supreme Court shall each
receive a salary of $4,590. and the Judges
of the District Court shsll each receive
a salary of '$1,009 per annum, payable
quarterly.
Approved April 9. 19S7. ?
I. Geo. C. Junkin. Secretary of State.
ef the State of Nebraska, da hereby
certify that the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska is & true sad correct
copy of the original enrolled and en
grossed bill, as passed by the Thirtieth
session of the legislature of the State of
Nebraska, as sppears from said original
kill oa file la this office, and that said
proposed amendment Is submitted to the
qualified voters of tke state of Nebraska
for their adoption or relection at the
general election to bar held oa Tuesday,
the 3d day of November. A. I. 1908.
In testimony whereof. I hsve hereunto
set my hand and affixed tbe Great Seal
f the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln, this tfta day sf Jaly. la the year
Sf oar "Lord Oae Thousand Nine "Hundred
and Eight, and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thfrty-third. aad sf this State the Forty-.
UEO. C JUNKIN.
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