Nebraska Newspapers

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van LICESSE is NEBRASKA.
Ike Ihmber of Liccns * ! Liquor Denlcrn ,
Their Location ami Hevenue DtriveJ.
OFFICIAL FACTS AND FIGURES.
critic Wit * Dorlieil Iti IH 0 of
in tlio Statu lluto ?
Yhtfollowing Is n c-arofullj' ' cnrnpUdlox-
llbltuf tlio llccnscJ llijiinr traHIo hi N"c-
prociiKd ( mm city uuJ
Of the CM ! Incorporated towns oil hut ulna
Hvo responded. It will bo noted thai seven ty-
tlpht of tbc U2i ; clt Its nnd towns nro this year
without miy snldun. Several of Iho.sothat
kftvo voted license this year have no saloon ,
because tlio license h sohlnhtluit no denier
has been able to pay It , or willing to take the
risk. The 115 cities nnd towns that have
trunted licenses thli your htivu unngyreguto
Of ? 'J7 ' Iteriisod liquor dealer * . To thia num
ber Hhouia bo added thirty-eight
liquor dealer * , lleenscd directly by
the. county boards , miming the
total number of licensed liquor dealers fcr
this vcar & . ' ! . ' .
Tim nlno villages from \\lilch no reports
bftvcbeeti m-ocuriible cannot increase thU
number liy moro tlinu twelve to 11 ft ecu , s.o
tliatlt Isnnfc to assert that the total nmn-
ber of licensed liquor dealers in Nuunislcn ,
Including broiiei-s , distillers and wholesale
ud n tall dealers , iloes not exceed S > . ° > 0.
Tbc rovenno derived from liquor dealers
tmdcr the-lilfili license systum lor tta ) yotir
IbSSiivusMiMS. } Of this imoimt ftit.ltU
wns collected In various towns unil cities fls
occupation tax , anil jliUTOwiw collected by
Turious counties for Bullions located outsldo ot
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( h-anteil llrotiso lust year , hut refused to
l.siuo licensu tutu your.
nor//s / ; VIGVIIKS stnr rot/r
Sw.uiritnii , Nou. , .filly 2.1. . To the Kdltor
ofTm : llii.i In.voursiiecdi onhltfli llcoiisu
you diil not Rlvo the nuinljcr of failures In
only the capital. You also said
tli.it tliero liul : been something over V > 00 nr
rests in Oinaluv in Is 'J. 1 h.tvo a letter from
Chief ot I'ullco Seavcy sliitliiif there hud
been nearly IIOiWarrcsm. If your statistic *
nnd conclusions are on n par with this your
talk iHiiot worth imytlilni ; .
I want to ask yon one miration which han
increased f tutor In Nebraska slnco is so , the
voting iioiiultition or the sulo.ms ! Yours
truly , KmiM < iimiii.
I'liocoinpiiratlvo nunibor ol fiiilurcsln
Iowa , Kansas and Nebraska quoted Iti
tlio lieatrii'o debate was accidentally
out ot the typo of tlio morning1
edition , bjit appeared correctly tu the
next edition as follows :
Js'mnlicr of failures in Kansas In
" " "
,20000 ,
lumber of failures lu Iowa in
\umli < T of failures in Nobritslta
In Itoti 27J I.KIS.TISOO
Thoiiuiiilierof failures in Kansas and
Nebraska ( or the llrst six months of the
present year was published editorially
by Tin : 'l Jiu : on ,1 uly S the day after the
debate as follows :
It lias liecii asst'rtod that the number of
failures In Kansas was less than In
in proportion to popnlnt ion. The
truth la Unit tuo nvonlof N'obr.uka is in
every respect superior. lurlii ) | ! the pat six
inoiitlH thcniiinber of failures in Iveunisku
at'rcpiteil I"S , with liabilities amounting to
$ NiXW. : In Kansas in the same time the
number of failure * w.is I , ' . ' , vltti Jlabllitlos
iTOL-hiup the ciiorinous sum of i,0VJU't ! , ( ) .
Wliilo NcbrasUn's list of failures Increased
four , eonijiareil with llm number for tbo first
lialf ot IbSH , llic llabilltii'.silc.-rc.l ud , On tlie
otherImuil Kansas records un increase of
tweiity-oiioIn failures , aaJfl/JJO.OOO in the
ofllubllitles.
The printed umiual report of W. S.
Seavcy , chiuf of polleo , to the Omaha
board of lire and police commissioners
for the yc.ir ending December 31 , IBS ! ) ,
reports the total number of arrests
durim ; last ye.nr as 8,110. Of
that number 1,090 , wcro arrested ,
as suspicious characters unil
very properly should bo deducted from
the total of eriniirml arrcsta , because
they wore pullty of no other offense than
that of being unknown to the police , .
That would reduce the actual number of
legrithnato arrests to 7o3 ! , but no Buoh
reduction was even attempted or hinte.il
at in the neatrlco dobuto. As a matter
of fact the number of arrests in Omaha
Is much lower than that in ether cities
of equal population. iMfnvor had over
-j itist S i her social
vil popuTrtiiion ia compute by her chief
known to the police as subsistinj ; in
Omaha.
680 was 87,432 ; in 1SSS , 202,032. The
n'osmt voting population of Nebraska is
lot less than 210,000 , or two and a half
lines larger than It ww in 1SSO.
The number of saloons in N'c'jruslm in
SSO was over 700 , and of that number
Oniuba , with a population of 50,613 , liad
SO. Oillcinl reports from22o out of25ii ; ,
neorporated towns of this state place the
otalniiinber of licensed liquor dealers in
, hobu towns mid cities nt 707. The nine
10r
owns not vet heard from are Ayr ,
31arksUxetorFuirtnontGordonGrooloy
Center , Grosliam , Strung nnd Unadilla.
These towns eannot possibly have more
.han . 20 Kiloons , if they have that many.
! t is therefore manifest that Xobruslca :
a.s.
oday has less than SOO liccnsL-d silicons ,
3oventy-eijflit { tov.-ns and cities .s.in
Nobraslca have no licensed saloons ,
In other words , If the saloons in N"e-
'eto
jraska hud Incrcasod In proportion to
the Increase of voting population wo
should now have ono thousand . seven
Hundred and fifty saloons , whereas
.hrough the restrictive operation asof
; ocal option nnd liiyh license \vo have
aarely eight liuiulreil lloonscd saloons iiior
the state , In 1SSO wo hud ono saloon for
every ono hundred and twenty-live
voters , or ono to about seven hundred
anil llfty of the population , lu IS'JO we
have one saloon to every t\vo hundred
and sixty-two voters , which is equal to
about one for every one thousand live
hundred tm l seventy of tlio population ,
Omaha furnishes a striluiif , ' example
of the olTuotof hiifli lloonse. \Vithmoi-o
than four tiuios the population of
has today only OS moro saloons than
nho had ton years n ; o , and that include *
wholesale dealers und brewers who for
merly did not pny a city lleoiisa.
AVithin the pa > t year there was nn ac
tual decrease of licensed liquor deiilow
in Omnlia from -77 to'21Sor U91ox tbnn
the preceding year.
How Is that for high llccnso ? Docs
this answer milt you ?
P. S. In order that all Juggling
with the revenue return * bo fore
stalled , wo will udd that the Internal
roveiiuo district of N'obraslca Includes
X'orth and South Dakota , and tlio ro-
poits ofitatnpsold ropn-wnt the three
htatos together. The number of fltamjis
gold for Nubriialta nlonu for ISti'J ' was ' '
l.SiJO , niul that ineludfl ! * every
In the slate. The only reliable
us to the snlooiu can bo had from city
and vllhiro ) , olllohU , und HIIMOve have
in our | ) oM'Keion from all but the aiiiu
towns
.1 p..iiP.i/0.Y or .uffAo.iarr .t.\i
The iirohlliltlone mpttlgn
will beoomumoinorHblu in political hiJ-
lory H.SII wiiniMiljfn of mendacity Htul
wlmnU'r. I'rom the very outlet ttio pro-
hlbltioii udvoonto * and prohlblllon prosn
hnvo rotorlud to lh ino t rtx.'kh' * < M til )
uM uil r > | ire eiUitlon ) of i lid
vile slnmlorof tliulr ojipononts ,
Whllo priwlaimlug Hjui < 4lva * devout
ClirUtlaiu * they nro rovlllnj ; ivurjbody
thit : dui'cu toditlur Mlth thuin und lm I >
poiinj ; upon oroduloiu fullowen Uio
most bnuoufalkeUoodi. Evwry buuti i uf
the prohibition prus * IIIIH Iwon
with lllx'lons a-wmlta on men nnd
futilities fabrii'iittul by unprliieU-
plod linporttori who hnvo Hhown
tluMimolvuii inloptrt In forcing nntnos
niul fnlHlfylni ; nllldal rocortU. The
most imdat'lnus of tlio morcotmry ohnnv
plum of prohibition Is llio Now Vork
\\tice. \ Us prltu-lpul stock In trade In
the juwMit campaign has boon forced
letters and fraudulent statistics.
In ono of Its latest nmnbors It at-
lotnptH to contradict tlio assertion iniulo
by the editor of Tut : Ur.n at the UL-II-
trice ChautaiKiua that the proportion
of criminals in Kansas and lowu is much
greater thun In Nebraska. To bolster
up HH I'oatradlction thu I'ou'C nuiUos the
following comparison botwecti the juvenile -
vonilo criminals of Kansas and No-
Kiinsv : nnd Xclmisk.t hnvo reform schools
for lioys. Both wen : sturtod nbout the sanio
tlnio and nro run ujioii udsoati.ill.v the same
| ilan. Ki'lira.sUa'H reform si-hwl hiw iil.'i in-
matei , while in ICunsiis wo hnvo only 171. If
Kaunas linil asmiiny as NeluwUa In jiropor-
lion to her population there would bo : WJ
bovs Instead ot IM. Taking Nobr.Hlca aa nn
, wo laelc iI8 buys of Imvintf our
sliare.
NVhcro are tbe.se missing boys ! On the
farm , in the store anil shop nnd in the school ,
p-owniff up to manhood without pcrsou.il
Knowledge of what a , saloon is , "
Now what are the facts ? The board of
trustees of the state charitiihlo
liiHtittttlons of ICansas for 18S8
gives llio total nmnbor of boys
remaining In the school on Juno
. . .
SO ' 1SSS , as two hundred and ninctcon ,
and the board calls attention to the fact
. [
that owliiff to the want o ( room all iu-
corrigible boys are excluded.
The . proriont condition of the Kansas
reform I school is briefly reported In the
following letter :
IS'OIITII Toi'intA , Knn , , July 10,1SOO , Dear
Sh : WohiivoltK ) boys in the reform school.
There in n st-jurato school for girls , and there
ari probably about tuirty-six or thirty-oijjht
jjirla in it.
Our last legislature gave us R small ap
propriation for tntilutPininco nnd those who
bad been committed for Incorrlyibillty wcro
discharged , lleapectfully yours ,
Du. J. R BUCK , Superintendent.
The following loiter oxhihlts the con
dition of the Nebraska reform school :
KBAH.NBV , Neb. , July 10. IfiOJ.-Dear Sir :
Number of uoys rocclved dining past
five years 3 ? '
Nuiuburuf KltU 10 ?
Total 4'Ki
NiiinlK'fof boys ( llsc'har ed nnd parilonoil. i'ki
N umber of Kim lihulutrgeil and putiluucil. . 42
Total 27S
N timlior of boys in iiltumliinco ut present . l"o
Total
. iiiunUor la attciulnnco at any
tlniu . 27R
M'u liiivoaceoiiiinoilations for about forty-
UvcmoM ) boys. Vuiy roiiuetfiilly ,
JOHN I1. .M.u.i.ii.nu , Supurliitomleiit ,
JlarU the Ingenious imposture of the
Toice. While the ylrls in the Kansas
reformatory are entirely omitted from
the count , the eighty girls in the Ne
braska reform school are represented as
boys. Kansas has discharged all her in
corrigible boys , who constitute a very
great porecntago of the class usually ad
mitted Into reform bchools , and allows
them to run at largo. Nebraska
takes in all the incorrigihles ,
both ' male and fomnlo , wliilo
Kansas only admits those convicted of
crime. And yet Kansas has ono hundred
and ninety boys in her reform school as
against ono hundred and seventy In No-
braska. The largo cities usually furnish
most of the way ward and criminal classes
of juveniles. The largest city in Kansas
has not as much population as Lincoln ,
and hut a little moro than one-third of
thu population of Omaha. Nebraska :
takes care of and oilucatos all her bad
boys and girls , while Kansas leaves
thorn . to roam about and drift into
the cesspools of vice until they have
eomraittod some felony that would place :
them behind prison bars if they wore of
ago. Whore are those Kansas boys ?
Not on the farm or in the workshop , but
around tlio dives and joints of Atchitjon iti
Leavemverth and Topoka.
Another striking example of shameless -
loss mendacity is produced in the same
number of the I'oicc , under the huad of
ofS
"Canards About Dos Molnes , " ) S
Showing That Prohibition lias Not In
creased County Expenses. "
Stories are beuiff Industriously circulated
through tholiiiuor pre s about tli& great ti
crease of court expenses In Polk county lls
yeai owing to prohibition. I hnvo inter ;
viewed tlio county auditor mid am able to ray
before the readers of the I'ofi'c some figures '
"which pivo the lie to this latest canard of the
anti-proliibitionlsts. The following are tlio
figures of expenses eoverinpr the first llvo
months of the years Ito'J and VS'.O ' :
Jail Expenses. ISbO. IfiW ) .
January S 515 ! ! 3 $ 81830
February VMM
March (50 ( SO 00)50 )
April Sli'i'll ' IBTfi
.May 5MO 50 70 JO !
f 2,452 SO I 1MH S5
Grand i Jury expenses. . . . $ 1,809 , CO $ ii.l'Jl 10
Court ( expenses Includ
ing sheriff's feesetc. . 17I10 , ! 10 10,150 17
Total $2iriO oo o.ooo ia
Other expenses run In about tlio same pro
portion , showing that tUoy do not vary rouo
from last year , and that there Los been uo
great increase in expenses ,
Now what are the facts ? The ofllclal
report of lion. Frank 1) ) . Jackson , secre
tary of state , for ISSS , makes the follow
ing exhibit its regards the costs of crim
inal prosecutions in Polk county for the
year ISSS : Total expense of the county
on account of criminal prosecution , including
cluding attorneys' fees , forty-three thou
sand , six hundred and fifty dollars und
forty-live eont.s.
Compare these lljjurcs with the follow
ing exhibit furnished by the shorilT of
Pollt county for 1SSQ and the present
year :
Orni p. orSimurror I'OI.K Corxir ,
11. , .Inly ' : , , isOO.-TimOMiii \
1 seutjou ntoUvr.ini July . ' > ( In numwr to
your request ) of which luo enulu eU U tea
cony :
In nus\vcr to your letter of Julv 13 would
sny : The court cost * uii > taken from reiKjrt
of county nmlltur uml uiv mithciitlo. Hlncu
wrltii.i ; the tolcfc-nun dovolupiniiuui liKll.'iito
a prnimblo r wt of crliiiln.il pnn.-oiliiiv fur
bK ! ) Iruni tl.Vi.iW ) to ( IIH
. , U\M. \ or ittiuut Jti | or >
capita. Total court iMHts of I'ollc iviunty ,
lowit , for IHV.I. f.y.iU'l , of whli'h M'.t.Vi | nju -
tli-o anil pollen court I'onUi , Alxivo Jix.- * not
Itu'liiiloMtliiryof ' tlu > * jiidiu | of district iiuirl.
( . 'rlntltiul ivi t al no about thi.imi. 1'uiiit -
lutlun of county alxuii Hnou. ) Number pitof
commitments fur .lunf. bio , 1:11 : , Uri--ny s ,
nixJ | , burvhirvll , fuUii | irul n * * ( , ruutxT/
from p tr uii 1 , violutUni of Iliiuur Imv U ,
vitltntni'v il , n mil Mini imtU'ry n , umlldnun
uil t-kilcr 1. K'vUliiK 011 iiu.l oir tnuM In niutlun
) i , r xl llnx uilli-or I , ourrylui ;
\voi | K > u , ( .itwWIitit a , wMuciliw I , ll-H-
tlou Ml. Altout liftlf ol tbu * Nrr lrt | for 1 -
tovlcctloi ) MV thuw and ui mil i-oniwlllm.
C. I' . l M.UK.
Sberlil I 'oik County.
ThtMH ) fHi < U IIHVO boon within tliu
ruiu'hof Dm pruhlUl tie-it prttMninl ar
doubtloM littown tn thu lniH | > tU d eol-
ounln und hlrud -
HM-iwIibuokturH whourt *
N'olira kn , but huro fU r , u
lierutu/ort / ) , they will imrxUtontly kt ii | up
thulr lybteniiitlo imd LuUitual lying and
8rAINA'IIOV IN HANHAH.
i lluliHMl nnil IJnMnploj'cil
I'rniilr Mftrltii ; Awnjr ,
Kan.Inly , as. To the IMltor of
Tut : HUB : 1 win Ju tshown ncopy of your
1 paper of Ilia lPt.li ln-t , eoutainliii ; n
trom Dr. Tohcy of our city. I luvu
mid It over ontv fully niul can fn < lnrso all
In lsrs-rtP my father , John
( Ids , visited Ncbraslu , niul ineompany with
unnlher friend , both from Jouiistowii , l'a. (
made purchases of Innd.
tt'hllo in Lincoln ho mot an ontrii < mnii
vim had Just bcou to Kuns.is , niul who \vtvn
eiK'hniiU'il with that state , Ho pn ' father a
long description of Kansas and iti I Used him
totfo nnd see It. I'nUicr vlld sc and utter
traveling the atnto over , cmicliiil M to maUo
land pill-chases In this anil udjon \ coun
ties , niul to Bell hit Xobr.i-kiih'.iTosts ' , In
addition to his uwn individual p nvhnaci ho
nlio I'l'prmeatod a number of l.tnuers and
business men in loiiinylviuin ,
\ lur i'colony of Ids'1'ei'us.vh ' mla friends
nuno on hero nnd located on "u' ' o l.inda ,
ntnong them the very t > ' 'St and i ' > it Miuvcas-
fill lannors in our county t..lay. The writer
iMtnoiit tlio Hamo t him uml OIIBI n'dln business -
ness In f-alina. lie liiul liisui'-- mill downs
from 1871 to tKNisuch us proplo usually have
In a now country.
In 1SSO I WM comfortubly iKod , ovnlng
several farms nnd ivn.siili'i-.ihlo proiorty , un-
cncumbcivd. Diirini ; the last IIMI years ( our
elorioiis prohibition eras howi-vcr ,
liavour.iihially coni'down liHl , notwlthsl iul-
hit ? a number of uxivllctit cwp years nnd a
big artlllclal boom , until it was ucwssary to
iiiortpapeino3tali of my | iropcrty'liieluiuiiK
mv line linmn. Now prolnbitlonists will naif ,
what bad prohibition to 'I" ' with tlutl Why ,
lust this : \Vhilo proliil'itlon ' dow not pro
hibit the Importation and -.il of whisky and
beer , for wo have bad UM > orlu-inal package
houses und soniothirty-tlvi'or ' forty stationary
and portnblo Joints In H.ilma , It iloos prohltit
Inunlgration of people \vlio would buy some
of our property at some invo 01 other , giving
our oinuarrasscd people rfiuui'l. 1 ivliuf. lint
no , no moniiul men , l rnic'i'a , n i-ri'litmU , or
any one else now cotno to invest. Some
bankrupt stock of goods in , iy In1 dumped lu
on us and sold out -payinir no taxes like the
oriKiual paeicnpe houao or Joint.
Hut instead of hnniltvrniwa came. thoYnnheo
inortptpo , loan and tn.at . tn.ni who was
anxious to loan bis pr > t vtfid m.iney . at yt to
11) ) jwr cent on uo wiuio security than ho
won lit Rladly loan tlio s.uno money lu the
east at1 to 5 per cent. Kven .lolinstown ,
which was nearly waslii'il out of cxlstcaco ,
Is re-building Uioii ) I n'nl 5 per cent money.
Six weeks ago I visit' il my native home ,
ilohnstou'ti , Pa. , anil wliilo thriit I mot ono
Saturday on Main stncl several fnrmors
whom I "itncvv from bo ; , hood up. Ono asked
mo bow times were in Kunsas , I answered
wo had had rather Imnl times for several
years , hut that last year our crops were ex
cellent , and this vcar our wheat couldn't
be excelled. Corn and other growing crops ,
as well as fruit proniisril n goml ylnkl. The
man replied : " 1 toll you New IJr.ulsy is the
plaeoto so to- there Is where I'm ioingif I
can got my price for myurn hero. Jake
Spaniflorweat out to New I3ru > ky In Febru
ary and Jcrrv Mlsliler and one of the Kiper
boys went out last full , and they write ttiat
they nro uncommonly \ 11 pluasud with tiio
country. I wouldn't ' move to Kunsns or no
ether pronlbitlou state nohow. " Tlio three
men above referred to tiavo settled somewhere
near West Point. Now leaving my friends
on ilaiu street I continued ray walk. Arriv
ing ut tlio comer. "f Locust nnd Clinton
streets 1 saw a handsome throo-story jircsscil IIll
brick , Georgia uiariilo triimnod business
block tn course of rrcction. The archltott
and contractor la George ICruogcr , formerly
of Salina , Ivan. , vh | > , after a residence jrj jrf f
twenty years , bus left ourstato forgoodvitu
bis wiig and six IliilJrcn. Next I met
William Kecler nnd John Lill bricltmasons iti i
Henry I..I1I , ( J. A. Anderson , Scxtus lloss uiul
son nnd Louis Seesij carpenters nnd D. ild
Price and .1. Mall&t I plasterers , and several
other laborers , all of whom have ono to
Johnstown from Salilia this spring for want
of employment in oriorto earn n living. A
number of those nan : d are men of families.
Some have talcoti tlioit alongothers had to wait
until they carued cuouiju money to scud for
them.
I notice that a pi-cat many cities in the
country nro not satisfied with the census just
taken , but no one bears mucli complaint from
cities in Kansaa. .Qiirtowus wtyntno recount
for each reeouJl wilt ' ) tv lEs3'tiiistea.d iu itI
increase in population ; * " ! * know whereof I
speak so far as my ova town is concerned and
we have ono of the b 'st and busiest towns idI idn
Kansas. I am engaj ? 'd In a business \vjicro I
find out who Is Icavl ignnd who comes. In
buyincr and selling al. Hinds of new nnd old !
furniture nnd every k-.ud of household goods ,
I nm ahout the last mm people trade with
when they aroahout tn leave , and lean say
truthfully , that in tin- twenty years I have
lived hero , there have i.ot been so many leav
ing and wantlnp to le.ivo astlu-ro hns hecn !
all this spring and summer. It is true that
them are some few cvjinlnprin , but who rote
they and whore f win ) They are principally
from counties In the western part ot tbo state
coining licro broke and looking for Johs.
Now I wisb to say to the people of Ne
braska in all sincerity that it pains ino from
the bottom of my heart to have toimtko these
statements , but they are farts , cold IB
ami only too true. 1 have nhvuys fought id
spoken for the good name of Kansas , astute
I ( Uarly love and bavo always been uuionpifc
lior foremost defenders wlicro anooportunltr
offered , itself , but a sot of hypocritical politi
cal , pulpit-pounding probibltlna cranks hnvo
the state by the throat uiul arc fust nqucczini ' ;
the life out of her. They have had their way
for tea years. Now Is our tlim * to speak and
act , \Vemusthtrikefroin the shonlilor. >
I trust and pray tlio Kood , intelligent , liberty-
loving people of Netirabkn will r. it permit a lot
of pnll tical prohibition preach' ' rs to saddle a
cimccl liiw on their falrstatotliat will surely '
ruin it as it is fast ruining Ka'isns. If what '
1 have said does not suit tbo prohibitionists ,
I will , with your permission , plvo them
another "Bui : llnu. " \Viu.i\si li. GUIS.
Colil
S.U.INA , Ivan. , July 1' ' . To the Editor of
Your ublodefense of hijjh license
should do ranch to prevent y ur state from
having the incubus of prohibition fastened
upon her. The arguments are unanswerable ,
but prohibitionists will not listen to argu
ment. They have not llstcncil to arguments
in Kansas , but the stern Int'lr of facts is now
staling them In tbo face. With a city hero
thiitpiitfht to ho Krowintfi woaro losiui
; jwi > -
iihttlon ' every day , Men nra Boiling off ut
hull' price their elToi-ts and leaving this local
ity anil ttio &tato daily. If ailced why they
arc leaving , their uniform reply Is tbiit they
cannot standnruhlbition. 'J'h-y say that they
seono nmai.-ili.tta ho ] > js that thu pcuplu of
the st < ito will or can | iirow oil the :
yoke of Intolcniiico ai .1 faiiatloisiii
and that biuiin s 14 so dull
'und luboivrs so scarce that lli' < y sen no pros-
poet for businoub or > > uccess in uuythlni ; that
thuy i n Ur lit umlcrtiiho.
The taxes 1:1 : cities anil towi s nro liirreiusliifj
dally. In this city they itwc'i ' the neat little
llh'iiro of about 0 per foiiU Klno-tontlis of
our linlustrlous mid eiitcrTl.sini | , ' licrinuu
population woultl leave thl.s c.ty . If they cuuld
Ket 7."i cuntH on tlio dollar for tholr jimp'Tiy.
A roul ( 'stale snli' Is uuknoi.n nt tl.lt tinio.
Tliero is not n luulilliitf KOUK ! up In thl.t city.
Mrcliitnlcs u ro liiiivlit na t < ikt , ta llii'J i.ta uiul
thine th.it rauiitln tinvonotlil jjloilo. Tlii'ro
no prtMiMvl for litmliic Inn
of thi > luto. Tlio whwit ur < ) | i t his year in Hill
of tliu first over luim-ntod In ' tilt itan of tint
. Tliu Inmbtti d thai iiruhlbliliin luut
fiiNlciioil ii | > oii tlmi tatul.y jKilltltal | Mirly
Inllui'iici' , and ono of tin ) mott eorrupl
l rliik'i Hint ovrrn.vUl. I [ 1 ilnlhi ; all I It
oil n do tn pnivunt Iliv n- > ! ! from IM.IIII ;
vole upon thuiiiiiMtlon of r > "iuii > iil nloii.
Anv ituto In to tH'IU | ' > iltlu t ) II H pnililbl-
tl'MI f.iUttsI lltiOII It Uinillirll p.irtlvill [ hilldiMl
Inlliicuu' . Tha | M > ot > | u of Nvlint kn , If tliny
tlie illuiillo i lit K it > it ,
W"iiM ni'vtiriillow prililhltluii 'ncitrry Mt th
| KiU. ! It tttiiulil IM ' - thw
rcmi'ittlmi- lliiu liii w t
u lui tmire Kuu u U tvlviH'.ilo | MlilliltloM In
Nclu-MMkit un < nut HIM h unri | muu n' UiU
tMta nor tlinlr i\ piM i'ui4U'IVy itM
who muhii II u U.nln. .1 nf it/liutliii <
wlml llmv U'litivn in ! mural rufurui .
Many ul loam tHiiii * u tUnt > ! . * who li4V t
III hHVll.tf n > ll | fi built by 111 *
of vltl H In UiU Ulo ( or wlilcn lUw
ur > < In uiiuiy lint MIKW ji-l in-
nn < | uni y t ' !
TliU i-i.tM do uu lnUir , | truliif uutliluir ml
I 1 liutv Im.lumt ini'ii. vi.l
lulwr n ir l itUxitfi Uiul Hi * i. > ii. . . ! . n ' .I I
IIMJIVU uf uiui'tl r f < iriN Hr tel
i t > l truth * Mt'l fitcu. K < tu l < w
UoUy ( ItouM hoW HW IlK-IUMn nf | Mip. | * II Hi
( urthdliut imti < 4naf t.V ) | . r t < wui , wlnlo
h only huw . uy lite fwaul mnmn , MI lu
orw t of iwimr ociit Tim ut iu (
IIOVVA lk' | | 'r ( ill n ! * ( . n. r l\
lot ) jM-rci itt Nd. 1 4.11,1 , liui hAlniH ul
kuuu tuoJ ! j | uUuiiUC
fnnutlclim. ThH nc-ctlon li.n not tnvlvejl n
ol Iji'rinannr Swivli' linw'friint ' for yonrn
If they conn' to l.'dk . nt tlic I'omtlrv tho.r
lowe MvlHi "I Ilki your oi'iintry , but I
ratuiot Alum ) pruhlliltlnn. " Tlif o nro object
Jp'Hon , but tbo Intolerant won't son them.
i Dull must cloHfl. If yon bud n Hut of busi
' ness ! tntfu to whom you could wrlto you could
| havothwn { ' fltiitenicnts verified by inuo out of
ton , j\ntl pnihibltionlst.i herr > lu'po and pray
lnii Nr ( Mil jjtltn niay bo Bavcd IIMIU proiilbl-
tiaa and sumptuary laws. The piviplo of
Nchitislia own It to thmiwelvea to ilcfc.it pro
hibition aiul not only totlu'insulvni but totho
pro.it country Unit wo call the t'nltcd Stales
of America us well. Youts , N , U. Touur.
flic tiirHli.tt nl * Mai-yMvlllr ,
' 1'iilkn ' I'ltunly on I'l'olillilt Ion.
The follouln- ; correspondence explains
Itself :
iio , Nch , July 13. 1SPO. Dear sir :
I'leiiso nns\ver tbcso < pu'st iotia :
1. Your popnliitlonM'irjsvlllf ( ) In 1SSOI
I ) . Total number of in roHl" In ISMI |
! l. Arrests for druiiltciuioss and disorderly
conduct in 1SMM
4. U tluiM iiiin drunUennOi' * than before
pvohibitlunl
fi. 1 tin prohibition depreciated real estate
VUllli'sl
la sentiment In your town for or against
tbo law I
7. Is there any noticeable dlfforcnco your
pliico titul the border of Nebraska In rcsanl to
drunkenness. Yours truly ,
Kino MOKKM
M\nrsviur , Knn. , July H5. ICrio Moroll ,
Swabnnr , Nob. Dear Sir : Yours of the I''th
received. 1 will answer thu questions as best
I can.
Our population Is 2,000. Wo tnako moro
arrests for drunkenness and disorderly eon-
duct than for any other otTenso.
Your question 'In i-cyanl to ilrunhcnnrss nt
the present iluy against the time before pro
hibition 1 cannot answer. I bavo been hero
only about seven years. Hut from what I
can learn , reliable men who bavo been hero
before prohibition became it law , clnlui that
they cannot see any dllVoren.'O.
As to your question whether prohibition
depreciated the value of real estate , I think it
has to a p-eat extent. Our business men
claim that they do leas than one-fourth oflho
business since prohinitlon that they did before
prohibition bocnmo a law.
In rviTiirdlo the sentiment In Mnrysvillo on
the prohibition law , the sentiment is stiong
' '
prohibition.
1 think tliero Is moro drunkenness horn
than in the borders of Nebraska , nnd 1 will
jlvo you my reasons for thinking so. In tlio
llrst place the whisky hero Is sold by boot-
ledgers , who bell nothing but vili'stuIT nnd
sdl it by the pint ; or the people will club to
gether and send to Nebraska nnd Ret
H by the keg. The consequence is they get
drunk , which would not be the case if wo hud
license with good police regulation.
Our town lias nnt improved as much slnco
prohibition as It did before , wliioh Is very
easily explained. Wo derive uoiv\cnuofrom
licenses , and our taxes uro much higher now
thuu they wore bcforo prohibition. Our
county hits moro costs to pay to prosecute
tlio violators of the prohibition law tlinii all
ether stuto cases combined. Prohibition
doesn't prohibit in the least , and people are
getting tired of prosecuting the bootleggers
and having to keep them ia the Jail from
three to six months and pay their board and
cost of action. Tbo worst of it is , tlio Doot-
Icggcr generally comes from the southern
part of Nebraska. Wo hnvo onf in jail from
Wyniore , Neb. , for selling whisky. Wo have
had him for six months , and aru likely to
keep him slx months more. Who pays ull
this expense ! No ono but the taxpayer.
1 will give you tlio number of 'business
bouses In JMiiryavillonnd tilso the sentiments
of three-fourths of the business men
in our town In regard to prohibition.
There was u pi'tltlnn In circulation some
time ago for re'jubmitting the question to the
voters of the state of ICansas. Tlio following
if a list of members of the Marysvillo rcsiib-
mission eliib. I will give you names of busi
ness men only. Tim number of business
house ; ! in Mnrysvlllo is sevctitv-llvo1
John Tracy & Co. , Con Wolton , R. Broiten
.t Co. . Alven .Aranb & Co. , Gottlob Xlcglcr ,
L.f. . Llbby , 10. J. Fehrnkanp. II. Sclz ,
llroriton &Co..J. P. Smith , II. E. Wold-
meyer , ICemil Drnham , Aug. Ilohn , Charles
Gorlitzer , Jucob Grauer , I'red White & Co. ,
W. T. Hose , A. Cottrcll , Thomas McCoy , I.
Kegnet John Jerry , Mr. Barlow , William
Cottrcll &Co. , M. VlisshmmiVilllnm llor-
J.V. . Anderson , J. S. Miiflll , A. M.
Vlckcr , J. 1C. Julian , William Decker , H. W.
Illttel , J3. L. Wilier , II. 0. Dargutz , M. J.
Dhifrnar , Joseph Grim , J. A. Urouphton , C.
T. Mann. John LCjan. ) ( D. Wolf , J. Lonorpran ,
F. PhenV-i'lo , Scamon Uros. , M. Sueflleld ,
Sam Foster , A. M. Judson , A. Flurer , Krnst
Lunge , W. K. Cottrcll , Captain John Brown ,
\Vm. Daushortv , J. Ij. Kurmnn , Charles
Fisher , Hoburt While , George Kebbcr , Gcoruo
Von \Vulil , O. French , Arch Thomson , A.
Toltson , John Thrum , \Villiaia Barks , Hher-
part Muull , Willison Clins ,
I hope- have answered your questions sat
isfactorily. At least my answers to your
questions are truennil you will liiul them en
dorsed by most all our business men.
Hesp'i.'otfully yours , F. F. Arm ,
Deputy Marshal.
A Kansas
To the Editor of Tim BUG. "Docs prohibi
tion prohibit } " is a question frequently asked
iiow-a-diij-s nnd upon its correct unswer de
pends the action of tbo people of Nebraska
next November. As the prohibitionists most
positively answer that question alHrmiitlvoly
and the antl-prohibitU'iiists ' ns positively
answer In the negative , I thought perhaps the
cxpoiienconnd testimony of ono who had beat
large personal knowledge of the question at
issue might be useful ; nnd right hero let me.
say that prior to my loshlonco lu Kansas nuI
wnsim nvticnt prohibitionist am still it tem
perance man- have no sympathy for the sa
loon keeper and none for the drinkers as a
class , but ready to aid anyone to break from >
tbo thrallilom of Ids appetite whenever ho
will signify his desire to do so.
Now. does prohibition prohibit ? I .say no-
First , bucatiso the law i.i not enforced. It is
the veriest , nonsense for anyone tuaniirm that
it is enforced ns well as the litw ac-aiiist
tboft , murder , etc. Any man that Is not wil-
fully blind kuows for him ulf that It Is not
* 1-1,0
lu the case of theft the losing party lias n
pei-bonal inclination to illsnncr and pnn'i-uto i
tlio thief ; so , also nil having knowledge toof
the theft , for-hoy all Ii.ivo property which is
in jrnpardy , so lun ns the thief is at larKO-
ivhcrc.ts , tlu man th.it buys : drink of lnjuor
In Kansas luu a pcrsnuiil iutorentln pnitert-
Inn the srllcr , for ho will want annllier , and
ndml
Hie same U true of all his com pan inns , nail
tills ! ut < Mv.it is su rrat as to IIM 1 him Into all
manner of uv.uiioiis , und oven Into perjury , to
prntivt tlumHIiT. Moroover. ho rods justi
fied In doiim this , for bo fecit In liunur biiitnd
to protect tlio brllcr. Aiul wh.it ube than
pi-rjurv can you expect wlion tliu state lt. .is
( icuti tralniiiK IIIL-II In purjury for yuan -for
tlio stitto pMiulrott tlt.tt nil pylons bu.\inu
lliiuursof a licensed ihiivBlst Hh.ill bivoiir th.a
ho di'slro-i to purchiiKu the mo for n it-rtnlit
tinro
uii-dicinal purKi | : > e. und I wlllntiito right ln-ru
that I never knew but ono nun to rofuno to
liiaku tlH'iilllihvit.
Ahuthcr IIMSOII Is thntvhnt Is ovi-ry-
bed ) * biisdiio.14 lit nobody's. " The nmlulil -
tlun l.tw.i ui-ij not enfoivi'd for ) u t tit ; ; Illmo
that In HOIIIO liiktunctw tliu lii-ciisu
lawn of NobiMikii are nut pnfnrtvd. No luw
IM unfnrfml unli'HH ( iiiuplttlnt * of vlulatlou ire
HIM ! who will imtko ttio rnnipluliiil
will nutIt ml/lit lnuivtli | fir
_ The nuno with HUH Uuiilc * niul ull
othri-n \ \ \ > a muHl tlt'K-nJ | on tlto puUllu for
Mip.'i'rU ' No diHH'iit , H'irivnMtiUiii | ! { liniii
wl lii to do surh wi rk Tito uvt > mir AnM -
ICMII cltlroii fi" In tlnU nui'h wurk Itdlity "
work. Hu IOIIK M II dotm Hot | N-i > imiiHy
noti.vni luiii Umt liti liw eninii/lt to
du tiiittlciiil lulti * own ltumi < * i ; Him niliT
nil nut iw.inr | KI. . | . | rtlly Utluki U U vucb a
t4-rnllo m II fur a uimi to buy H tlrluu t > l
whtiltr ur U wr. Hn Uio vll rvvul * IIIIXHIK
Iho.HifO'.lv ( ur ln M a UM MI r iljf < if
iiri-ik , Ull iouttt t-THWu f l uilir full * Illll l
IU < > | wt > l nr i rt > uw < l t" wiiiM > r > trlu Ity
Mid iiMMUHxtlo liul futile HltuiuyU mn uwU
U < Mlf'flit ' ll UW.
IH li > * rist'lv * ! lint * ol4 inn
towu In oii'iw ' < " i' m KUI M
\ > t
UU
) M NMil u ilni ur rii'ii ' uitwll lit- |
i. l. ' i n * ( > lriu fur IIM | | iu4l | mii > Mn * . In
1 1 III * IOMTH uf IMA tli'in ' HIINW bumlritl 4
nf
, boU no inrn.it Vl'f
IMHII | inM < vutii > l. At III" o'UHly Jul
e > tuf tliii llm writ , r l w irto
l il uf U > r Uif-l Ml iM.allui.i . 'fu. i I
II , Iruln , ill tlio \ > r > > li Mutt lh Ml
U-nnuf 11114 rt H < M o | "ii l Tli" | < | HiUiiuu I
lit HIM 'WM W44 Hlki'tl ' i lil li.i.'ll'-J , Hint
iliii.t u > r i wri i'ii > d.'tv H't.lii J ii'i ' . .
in < t < h r til tltt'ia M > l * I- 1 "ii n-r wT"i iiv
ul U.IUUIIUT yratiwUtcU. Ui > u uul U * l UUl I
ll.i own story I 1 have piwtinllv known
iloisiMii of bu lnp < incit to ko-n lielh hive
niul wlil ky In their ptnce < of ini lnioi lo
trout their tlilmty en-tliimert. It win fairly
clienp iiilvrrtlMn , fnr imlliltitr will drntv
li-iulu bellor thuu free bocr or frro wli ky.
1 frcdr admit that freiiuintly
'
will flml'lt dintciiltto buy litto lc.ttliiKlhUord |
In Kunsai towns , and will ro uwny lumcstly
Hitylnt ! problblllnn doc.i pi-nlnblt , but I lutvi )
iio'ticed n sort of I'VcoiiiiKonry iutiminM the o
Who drink that siimohiiw uncrrlnttly lends
them to the rk'ht jilai-c , unit mi'tvnntilo
runners tlmso piTlpi-tellc mlHslotmrlM who
Rcetn to liuve nbtalueil the p.Twivord which U
tlu open si'-tttme to nil thu good things of this
world -will tell you that then' nro few towns
In Kansas wlnut' a man cannot get sometliinif
for tin1 " * tomai'h'n sake.1'
The priibib ipfiiiii rs srrk to put us down
vortfiTiiiliig : "You army yoursilves on tlio
side of whlrUy ; you ivnuld like to see saloons
on every corner , pitfalls for tbo young , " do.
Yes , wu are on the wide of tlio saloon.Ve
hnvo r.ilied u boy In Ncbruilm , M well nt
lit ICansiis , and wo eun ouster watch nnd
uiinrd npaliist the saloon In N'cbntskit thuu
wo can tlio boot-legger * , Joltits mid clubs of
Knusii * . Tlio saloon I e.m liiul ; the other the
most liivi'tonitu prohibit ion cr.iiut cannot
locale anv uioio thuu the Irishman could bis
llea.
Finally after nil hns boon snld prohibition
dnp.mot prohibit-does not o\en pfi'tend to
in fact It sliiipy | changes the traflic front the
million to tlio drug store , ruins an honorable
and honored business mid loses llio llceusr.
In Nebraska wo hnvo n restricted trafllo , In
Kansas we have frco whlsliy , nnd I will tell
you , Mr. Kditor , that a pint of whisky sold
by u Kansas di-ugHtnro will inuUo it man
Just as drunk , ran to him to kick his wlfo
Just as li.n-d , nnd 1)11 ) a drunkard's grnvo Just
us FOOII ns i f sold by a Nebraska saloon ,
I'rohiliition takes whisky from the saloon
nnd puts it into the drug tore and establishfor
esnscbeol for pel Jury. Human nature Is
the same the world over. The average sit-
lounlst will soil nil tlio whisky ho can , so will
the average Kansas druggist , und 1 have
found that the average drinker will swear
Unit black Is whlto If ho cannot get A drink
without it. Strnngo thut so many discuses
can be cured by intoxicants , and It is strangoo
how sioitly so ninny npparcntly able-bodied
men are in Kntisus and Iowa.
Which will you take next November ) High
llcenso saloons or no license drug stores , nnd
tlio swarm of bootleggers nnd Joints which
Kansas enjoys. A KANSAS Uuuiuidr.
( lie > loctimr. TJI\V. :
Tin : HKH reproduces the following sermon
preached by Hov. A. V. Sltcrrlll when bo was
pastor of the First Congregational church of
this city , In which ho udvoeated In strong
terms the strict enforceinontof the provisions
of the blocumb law. Tlio report is repro
duced from the columns of Tin : HUK of Janu
ary'J , 1SS3 :
Tlio Congregational church hail a good mi
iHonco last night , upon the occasion of Hcv.
A. K. Sherrill'H address upon the subject of
"Tho Slocinnb l.uw nnd tbo Wisdom of En
forcing and Obeying It. "
The text wus iron. tlieOnliitlans , 0-0 : "Let
us not bo weary In well doing. "
It is the duty of every church to takonn
nctivo interest in all that is i/ood. H should
llvo as a free agent , not as ii fossil. In the
temperance work , which Is tlio greatest re
form of the age , every church should bo ac
tively enlisted.
The ; Slocumb law is being enforced and by.
this enforcement 100 saloons are practically
closed. This is the most noteworthy step of
progress in the history of our stato. One
hundred saloons nrc legislated out of exist
ence. At tin ) 1st of April not moro than
half those remaining will coutinno to tuko
out n lioL'iiso uml the nu tuber of
saloon * 'vlll bo reduced to tivonty-llvo. The
law is asm-red thing , which it Is tbc duty of
all to obey and not disregard. Tlio mayor is
to bo commended for his anrouncement that
the law must be enforced. Tiio bestwiiyto
got rid of a bad law , if this be one , Is to en
force it. The saloonkeepers are to bu commended -
mended that they have ut lust yielded and
have proven themselves law abiding citizens.
There are only tbree out of that number who
threatened to stand out. The people should
congratulate themselves for this condition of
nir.urs , when the saloon men bavo been so
well organized.
The preacher went on to refer to the crime
at Tritscliku's ' saloon on Sunday last , and
especially dwelt on tbo importance of closing
the saloon ut m o'clock each night and dur
ing tuowuolo of Sunday. Ho thought that
good would como out of the evils in our
midst , which wt-i'o attracting BO much atten
tion. Ho said that the young men of this
city \V/TO / becoming aroused to a sense of
their danger. Ho wumod parents to bo care
ful in tins education of their children toward
a tcmporato life. Christians all should re-
ini'mbcT that the temperance movement
atfi.-i.-ied each
person directly or through
friends , ami all should uuitc In furthering its
growth.
n TmrjR Anillenee.
litifliniis Aciii'aiwan.
It must bo conceded that the reports of the
great Joint discussion on the prohibition ques
tion : were faithfully reported In Tim Bui 5i i : .
Messrs. Small and Dickie and their followers
3i
have been shown a spirit of fairness nnd gen ;
erosity In this matter worthy of emulation. :
Every pcint they made for their cause was
carefully recorded and the approving mani
festations of tbo partial audiences noted bc-
c10
twenn brackets. It is strong evidence of tbo
fact that at least Mr. Hoscw.ttcr is sincere on
this question , and ho has been even more
red
honorable toward Ids opponents who Insulted
him with bL-ses nnd Jeers. Messrs. Hose-
on
water and Webster have clearly demonstrated
nur
strated that tliero are substantial reasons for
urn
the faith there is In thorn , ana few men even
of their strong con vlctlous would have been
willing as they were to debate a question he-
eut
fore un audience unfriendly to UIPIII. Hut
they were aw.iro of Uio fact that tlioy worn
really talking for a larger audience nnd one
that would five them respectful attention.
Ili li McciiM ! In Baltimore.
A'rie I'nih Triliunc.
Ilii.'h HPPIISO would seem to glvo satisfaction
c11
tion in Hitllhnoi-o. His reported that tlio Increase
11as
crease from ? . " ' ( > to U" > 0 for a license has
worked so givnt an Improvement that tlo
next logUUtiiro will bo asked to raise the
ilnires to J.Vin. Such n step evidently Is Jus-
tilled by the results already accomplished.
Ono third of the snloom , ' .MO lu number ' ,
which were lu fu'.l blast under llio low license
system have bren closed , with ; t marked C iu
for tlio cnu.se of good mends.
'Malno
Itnnror has 110 ruiuscllors , one for ovorj-
1'Jli Inhabitants.
Port land him I2U runwellurs , QUO for every
ill liihuliitunts.
Levvinton IMS iV ) runutcllora , ono for every
iitH.
bu.t 4' ) ruuiHcllon , ono fur every
in Inliaiiittmt.t
UUIiown bits a.1) ) rum ollers , ouo for every
10:1 : hihubttimu.
Iluih Ima J6 ruiiuml'am ' , ono for wary U15
InhitblUittn.
tin * 'Jt ruia < illura , on * for every
.
II.M Jl rutiwellor * . on * fur every
5 ; ? liiliiililUiiiU.
liar ll'truor ' baa IS niuwollon , on for
uvry Ul intrtblt mU.
Ili-lf t t IIM H ruiuoll rt , on * for v y avi
IllllitliitrtllU.
ii.iillM < r HIM 1.1 ruuiMltrn , one fur everjr
HU .
Kit .wortli h u IT rjiit lUr , on * fur avwry
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1'ull Text of I'ronnslU.mi . to Ainoud tlw
Sluto ( loiHtiltiliou.
MEMORIALS AND JOINT RESOLUTION *
Arts .k iilitiilttlnir Prohibition , I.Icons *
Iteguliitliiti , I'lMvldlnji Cor l < * lv
Hiipremo Judge * mill leicrea * *
kit Kiiliirle * Tlici-ouf , Klu.
Following Is presented n full toil of th
llct.s submit ! Ing to the voters of Nc'unt dm th
propositions to nni'Miil tin' .state I'oiistiiulloal
I'li'Miuimn.v iiidii i HT.NIF.
An in' I to su lull to ( hi1 I'li'iMnrs of ( lie fltutt
fur le.leelloii ( int | > iirov.il , an iinii'iiiliucnt it
tllOC.illSlltllllim Of till' iCltO ( O prulllKIl tilt
iiiaiiiif.ictiii-e. ssilo ami Looping ( or s.ilis u |
Itiloxleiilliii : liiiiitrs | us : i li < vriiuii , mill pro'
vUllim fur ilu < HIM line rot vi ii 1111 ; mi uoh pro
posed .itiiriuiim'iil , mil an aiMi'iitlnu-iitto th *
( ( not 1 1 ill Inn uf Ilili ituto In lli'i'n-u iinrt riij
tilatn tliu iiiitniifiii'tiiK1 , M'llo uml Uni'pilitt tot
Biile. of Inli'Sli'iiUn. ! ll < | i | . > rs us u lii'M'nig * .
mill prnvlillni ! fur the mamiur of votlnj el
HiK'li proposed iiiiiiMidnii'iit.
lie il enacted by the legislature of the stilt *
of Nclii-uslw :
Section I. 'I'lint tit the ( jonornl election to t > fl
held on the Tuesday sucoeodliiK the tin !
.Monday of November , A. 1) . Ib'JO ' , there stiall
be nuhmitiotl t to the electors of this stjilu for
itppnn ul or rejection an amendment to thf
constitution of this stuto in wouls us fol
lows : "Tin' manufacture , sale anil Uccplntf
for aalo of liitoxlr.it lui ; liiiuora ns ibov *
i'1-iixo nro forever prolulilto i In this stuto.
sitnut tin ) lojjUlnturo shall i > roiilo br
law for enforcement of this pro *
vision. | " And there shall ulsont said election
bo separately submitted In the eleelorsof tbjJ
atuto for their approval or rojeo'lon ' un
ami'iiilini'Mt to thu constitution of Ihu atnto la
wonls as follows : "Tho iimnufacturo , r. le.
tiiul keeping for sale of Intoxicating llillori |
us u be vertigo ahull bo licensed unil regulated
by law. "
Sections. At such election , on the ballo )
of each doctor voting for the proposed
niiiutiilinont to the constitution , nhiill bo writ
ton or printed the words : "For proposed
umoml men t tot he-constitution , prohibit Inif till
manufacture , sale , and Keeping for Hale of ln <
loxIcathiK Honors as a hiwcrinjo , " or "ni.ralusl
hald projiused unieiiilnient to the constitiitlo *
prohibiting the innnufiiclure , .salo anil keep
ing fur side of intoxicating liijnora ILS u bov
erayo. "
' 1'lierc sliiill'rilso tie written nr'prlntoilon thi
ballot oT each dee tor voliii r for the pmposcd
amomliiicnt to the cointi' ntion , the wordai
"For proposeil amrinlineiit tolheeon-it-tutloB
that , the inanufaeliire , sale and Heenlux tot
snluof intoxicatlnu' li'iuors us a bovoruco la
this state , Mulll bo licensed mid n'Kul.H'J ' by
liuv , " or "against s.iid piiipnseil iiiniMulinuul
to the constitution th.it tlio inainifacturo ,
sale unil keeping for s.ilo of Intnxli-iUlnrt
1'quors as u bcvenigo stmll bo licensed uul
ivpiilatoil by ln\v. "
Sec. ! ! . If either of the siiid proposed
unieiiiliiipnts shall bonpprovwl by n innjorltr
of tlio electors voting at said election , then ft
shall constlttito section twenty-soven i.7) ) , 01
article one (1) ( ) of tlio constitution of thostiit .
'J'lns bill having remained with thegover
norlivo ( . ' ) ) dujH Sundays cxcepted , the
Irgiil.ituru beinn insesslon , llio ovunior har
in luilod to return this bill 10 the 10-islutur <
during its session , and having failed to tlio It
in my oDIee with hlaolijcctions within l\u ! (5j
days after I no adjournment of the leKibiatureV
it has therebv boconio a law.
Witness my liaivlthLslUth day of Febniary
A. L ) . INj'J. ' CJ. L. Li\\M ,
_ Secretary of
ron FIVK sri'iir.Mi ! ,
Toiim ii'l ' si-ellons two ( Si , four ( I ) , and live (3V. (
of tirtii-lo ( di uf t lie eoiislltutliiii of the Hi uUi
of Nebraska , eiitllleil " .liidlclal Depart'
mont. " uiul providing for llvo (5) ( ) judge * ol
llio siiiiri'Mio court , and to rouuul kulA
original section * .
Ho it re.Milvi d und enacted by thu legislature
of the stijUof Nebraska :
Section 1. Th.it section two (2) ( ) of article
six ( (5) ( ) of the constitution of the state of Ne
braska , bo amended so us to rend us follows I
" .See. 'J. The supreme court shall consist of
llvo < l > ) Judges , a majority of whom shall bo
necessary to form a quorum or to pronounce
decision. It shall have orl l"Ul iurisdiotiom
In ca-ies relating to revenue , civil cases IB
which ibu ututo iiliall be u ) > arty , mun _ mm ,
quo warranto. habeas corpus , and such ap
pellate jurisdiction as may bo provided by
law.-
law.Sec.
Sec. 2. "That section four (4) ( ) ol
article six ftJ ) , of the constitution of the slut *
of Nebraska , bo amended so us to reuii M
follows : '
Sec. 4. The Judges of the supreme
court shall bo elected by the electors of the
state at large and their terms of oflleo. osr
copt ns hereinafter provided , shall be for a
period of live. (5j ( years. "
Hcc. II. That section flvo ( fi ) of article
six ( ll ) of the constitution of tbo stu'o ' of
Nebraska , bo amended so us to read us fol
lows :
Sec. fi. "At Uio first general cloetion to
be he-Id in the year IS'Jl ' , and uft-r to *
adnplii.nof this amendment to the coi.stitu-
tion , there shall bo elected three ( .1) ) Judges of
this supreme court , one of whom Bliull be
eh'ilcd fur the term of one (1) ( ) yo.ir , one
for the term of tbreo ( ; i ) year * ,
.uul one for the term of live
( : > ) years , and at eat-h gener.il eloeliou thcro-
after , there-shall bo elected olio Judge of the
supreme court for the term of llvo ( iij years.
1'rovided , that tbo Judge * of the Mipreme
court whoso terms have not expired at the
time of holding the general election of 1801
shall continue to hold their ollioo for the re
mainder of the term for which they wcro re
speetivcly elected under tbc present coust >
tution. "
SecThat each person voting In favor of
this amendment shall h.tvn written or printed
upon his ballot tlio fo'lowing ' :
"Fur the proposed nmendmont to thu con
stitution relating U * the nuinbi.-r of suproau )
JudgiM. "
Approved .March 30,1SSO.
TO iNf-nctm : fuiiiiis : or.iunors.
Joint ri'ioluliiin ( imposing im amen.lniunt te
hi'i-ll.ni llilileeiiil.il ( if urtli-l" hit ii-i "f Hi
i-011-.litulli'ii uf tlio stitio of N'i-l < riil.a. : una
Ilvliiu the silury : of judges of the ui > ruw *
und dlslriet eourts In this siuta
Holt resolved by the legislitlura of the stat
of N'eiirasita :
Section I. That soetlon thirteen (13) ( ol
urliele six ( Oi of the c'liiistitiitinn of tlm stn' *
of N'cbr.iska bo uuiundL-.l t > o aj to read IIH fol
lows :
See. in , The Judges of the supreme court
shall each rieelvoa salary of tlilny the hua-
drod dollars ( SViUO ; per annum , and tbt
Judgi'H of the district court .shall iv i\u
sul.iry of tlnio tlioiiH'tud dollar * ( < " .w >
nniinin , and the suhtry of each shall bo *
nulp ijuurterly.
hice. ' . ' . ICnch porsnn yolins In favor "f thl *
amendment Hlmll havn wrllU'ii or i I'tnlud
ujxui ItU ballot tlm f illowuu.
"for the proiKwi'd umeii'liiiPnt ' to Mio coa-
Rtllntion , n ! at In IT to llm unlun of JuJjm o4
tlio itupreiiieanil distrli't court.1
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