NEBRASKA. 



note, should be secured to all men without distine- 



f race, color, or nationality ; thut BUtntenutM 



at principle* is osuntial to the proSptritT f rui.nl>- 



liouii Institutions, and tliat t<> tab end the Federal 



tiition, with all amendment*, and tho right* 



of States and tlu> union of States, must and Uall 



be preser\ 



.'. Tlmt wo fuvorthe restoration of gold and silver 

 as tho basis of currency, and n rusumption of specie 

 jmyiuont at the earliest practicable day without in- 

 jury to the business interests of the country, and we 

 . u.-ily d. -Mumd tlmt tin- faith and credit of thu 

 . 1m maintained inviolate, and that all existing 

 I>ullio del>ta shall be liquidate d uiulcr un>l in pur- 

 . ,vs by which said debts originally 

 were created ; that, until ttueli time as the Government 

 hall find it practicable to resume specie payment, 

 we favor a system of currency based upon the credit 

 of the nation issued by the Government directly to 

 the people. 



.'!. We oppose all combinations and devices of 

 whatever character that tend to increase the cost of 

 transportation beyond a fair remuneration to the car- 

 riers, and we demand the exercise of all constitu- 

 tional rights to remedy the existing evils, and to 

 prevent their occurrence in future. 



4. That we are opposed to further land-grants, sub- 

 sidies to steamships, or any or all donations of bonds, 

 either State, municipal, or national, to aid public en- 

 terprises. 



5. That we are in favor of a tariff for revenue only. 



6. That we favor a constitutional amendment by 

 which the President, Vice-President, and Senators 

 of the United States should be elected by the direct 

 vote of the people. 



7. That we favor the strictest and most rigid 

 economy in all public affairs involving the expendi- 

 turv of the people's money ? and hold that salaries 

 of public officers should be in proportion to the in- 

 come of the masses of the people. 



8. That taxes in this State in many localities are 

 beyond endurance. Their magnitude is a blight on 

 prosperity, by impoverishing the people and in re- 

 tarding settlement; and in view of these facts our 

 various candidates for office are hereby instructed to 

 use all the power within the scope of their official 

 duties to prevent any increase in such burdens, and 

 are also pledged to reduce the taxes as far as possible 

 by cutting off extravagant and useless expenditures. 



9. That our candidate for Governor is hereby 

 pledged to the people to veto in all cases those jobs 

 that, under the pretense of subserving the public in- 

 terests, are mean schemes of individual gam. 



10. That we oppose such legislation as grants royal 

 privileges to capital, by the exercise of which labor 

 is crushed and illegally defrauded of its legitimate 

 profits. We hold it to be grossly unjust that boun- 

 ties should be paid to wealth, while the labor which 

 produces it is manacled by legislative enactments, 

 the result of political intrigue and corruption. 



11. That we ask such legislation, State and nation- 

 al, as shall effectually secure the industrial and agri- 

 cultural interests from the odious exactions and 

 wrongful discrimination of corrupt power. 



12. That we are in favor of an equitable uniform 

 license law. 



18. That we hereby pledge ourselves to abide by 

 and carry out, in their spirit and essence, the princi- 

 ples herein set forth to the end that official corruption 

 may be checked, and that the State and National 

 governments may ultimately be remitted to the keep- 

 ing of those who regard their public duties as sacred 

 trusts to administer in the interest of the whole peo- 

 ple. 



14. That we favor revision of tho homestead laws, 

 so that the present unlawful charges by United States 

 officials may be abated, and endless inconvenience 

 and expense avoided. 



15. That we favor a memorial, by the proper au- 

 thority, to Congress for the passak'e of an act for the 



relief of the homesteader* resident in the district 

 i by grasshoppers, similar in iU provisions to 

 the Minnesota bill. 



16. That inter-State commerce should to regulated 

 by Congress, and that railroad-pools suoh M are 

 entered Into by the Burlington A Missouri i 



of Iowa; Chicago A Northwestern; Chicago, Kock 

 Island <fe Pacific ; Kansas City, St. Joseph & Coun- 

 cil Hlutf's Hull roads should be prohibited, so that 

 competition may be encouraged in the interest of 

 cheap transportation. 



17. That we hold in grateful remembrance the ser- 

 vices of the Union soldiers, and ask for the passage 

 of an equalization bill of bounties, and most favor- 

 able legislation for their interests in the homestead 

 laws. 



The Democratic nominations were : Colonel 

 J. W. Savage for Congress ; A. Tuxbury for Gov- 

 ernor ; John A. Sherty for Secretary of State ; 

 Robert Jordon for State Treasurer ; and Mont- 

 gomery Lancaster for Attorney-General. 



The platform declared for the resumption 

 of specie value as a basis of currency ; for in- 

 dividual liberty, and opposition to sumptuary 

 laws ; for free commerce ; for the duty of the 

 State to protect citizens from extortion and 

 unjust discrimination by chartered monopo- 

 lists; and the compulsion of railroads to pay 

 the like taxes with individual citizens. 



The Republicans carried the State elections, 

 in accordance with whose platform the consti- 

 tution of the State is to be reconstructed ; also 

 their candidate, Crounse, was elected to Con- 

 gress. 



From the report of the State Treasurer, on the 

 80th of November, 1874, the total receipts for 

 the preceding two years were $1,567,691.69 : 

 $198,287.65, balance in the treasury, December 

 1, 1872, and $1,469,404.04, later receipts, up to 

 date of report. The total disbursements were 

 $1,433,152.28, leaving a balance of $134,539.41. 

 After the date of the report, an appropriation 

 of $184,000 was made for the temporary school 

 fund. 



The total per cent, levy for all State purposes, 

 for the year 1874, was 6J mills on the dollar, 

 and should realize the following revenue : 



General fond, 2# mills $200.996 77 



Sinking-fund, 1 mill 79,86477 



School-fond, 2 mills 1H1.507 89 



Penitentiarv-fimd, X mill 40.876 99 



University-fund, * mill 20,18841 



Total. $502,98383 



The total delinquent taxes due in the State, as 

 shown by the Auditor's books, are $599,460.47. 



The total property valuation in the State, as 

 returned to the Auditor, for 1874, was $81,218,- 

 813.42, from which is deducted $464,769.25 

 valuation, exempt from taxation by reason of 

 tree-planting, as provided by law, leaving the 

 net total valuation, for taxable purposes, $80,- 

 754,044.17. The total amount of assessable 

 property, however, is estimated at as much as 

 $300,000,000. 



There are now outstanding evidences of State 

 indebtedness the permanent investment of the 

 common-school fund, general fund warrants, 

 $184,119.67, and certificate of State indebted- 



