NEBRASKA. 



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construction. The area under ditch is 851,960 

 acres, the average cost of the water supply bring 



i Aug. 4 a Republican Con- 

 vention met at Lincoln, and nominated Lorenzo 

 Cronnse for Governor ; J. G. Tate for Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor; Eugene Moore for Auditor; Jo- 

 seph 8. Hartley for Treasurer ; John C. Allen for 

 Secretary of State; George H. Hastings tor At- 

 torney-General ; A. K. Gondy for Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instmction; and A. R, Hum- 

 phrey for Commissioner of Public Lands. Can- 

 didates for presidential electors were also chosen. 

 The platform adopted contains the following dec- 

 larations: 



We believe in protecting the laboring man by all 

 imiiavj and judicious lecialatioa, and to tfai end 

 we favor the mat taunt of suitable law* to protect 

 health, life, and limb of all employees of trcnapoita- 

 tMB, miaing. and isnufsHuiiug companks while en- 

 gaged in the service of such eompaniea. 



The farmer* of the State, who constitute 'the ehiaf 

 element of oar productive, wealth-creating population, 

 are entitled to the eheapeat and beat facOitaea for ator- 





ssc, chipping, and 



dm cad we favor such laws 



aWay. safe. and easily obt 

 bouM faciKtya 



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. and win fnrniah th 



their product*; 

 SB will give t 

 ble elevator and 



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rate* charged by 



We favor the 



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of law.**, 

 ones within this I 

 'the Mitemlnirnt to die 

 railroad eom- 



wered to ix local, jmrnrngir. and freight 



We are in favor of poatal telegraph and poatal sav- 

 injcs banks cystems and rani five delivery.. 

 The rerenoe laws of that State*boBki be carefully 



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the prineipal mds*criea of the State, to the 

 all roerty nhtfaHy aobjeet to taxation 



nwy be made to pay 



proportkn of the pnbfie 



On the day of the Republican Convention the 

 Independent party held a similar convention at 

 Kearney, ana nominated the following State 

 ticket : For Governor, ex- United States Senator 

 Charles H. Van Wyek; Lientenant-Governor. 

 Charles D. Shrader; Secretary of State, James 

 M. Easterling : Treasurer, Jacob V. Wolfe ; Audi- 

 tor, Logan McReynolds ; Attorney-General. Vir- 

 gil O. Strickler: Superintendent of Public In- 

 stmction. Harmon H. Hiatt ; Commissioner of 

 Public Lands, Jacob M. Gannett. Presidential 

 slat ton were nominated The plat form adopted 

 included the following: 



We demand that such laws be enacted by our 

 Legislature a* will reduce the rates in Kibiaaaa to a 

 level with the rate* for like wrviee in the State of 

 Iowa;andmdieensetBMntof such law, and m the 

 lugulatiuu of fieighn, railway* ahall be rlaariii il and 

 the rate* adjusted in proportion to the trame. 



We an opposed to the reatoratMB of the sugar 

 tinaiilj many form by the State of Kebraaka. 



We rlfsaaBil of our aext LeywJatur* the asasajre of 

 an act to prescribe the mode 

 uom of debt contracted to be 

 lows: Be it 

 psaaace of dm act all 

 parable in auy money 

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the Consfwatioa of thia State, 



fiirBisasut sehool fund may ba loaned to ertiaei 



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at an interest of not more than i per centra* i* 



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We an opposed to a ystesa t/ government that al- 

 low, corporate or mdmduafc of the L'nited fttates 

 to employ Pmkertoas or any othar fore* to iamnidafs 

 and coerce organized labor. 



We d fan anil the election of Pnsidtnt. Viee-Pnai- 

 dent, and United States Scaaton by a direct vote of 



e favor equal pay for equal work for both men 



We denounce the eonviet labor ryatem at prae- 

 tieed in the State of Hebnaka. 



The Prohibitionists met in convention at 

 Hasting* on Aug. 17, and nominated the follow- 

 ing candidates : For Governor, C. E. BenUey ; 

 Lieutenant-Governor, James Stephen : Secretary 

 of State, Isaac Boostrom ; Treasurer. Jerry Dens- 

 low ; Auditor, J. C. Thomas ; Attorney-General. 

 Martin I. Brower; Superintendent of Public 

 Instmction. Mrs. Belle G. Bigelow : Commis- 

 sioner of Public Lands, Charles E. Smith. 



Late in August the Democrats held a State 

 Convention at Lincoln, and placed a ticket in 

 the field, containing the following names: For 

 Governor, J. Sterling Morton : Lleutenar. 

 eroor, Samuel N. Wolbach ; Secretary of Stat*, 

 Frank M. Crow ; Treasurer, Andrew Beckman ; 

 Auditor, P. F. O'Sullivan; Attorney-General. 

 Matthew Gering; Superintendent of Public In- 

 struction. J. A. Hornbereer; Commissioner of 

 Public Lands, Jacob Wiggins. Presidential 



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of which the following is a portion : 



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We believe that ftwafoti of the I nh*d ttsiii 

 shanid be ehssrii by dinct vote of the people, and w 



of contract eonviet la 

 smgle mdividaal the 

 viet labor of thai State, 



t Kepabfiean party for ito ryvtrm 



labor, whereby it haa fivea to a 



State, ana Moncnt n> 1890 onroet 



yean, have leased it far 



of the tnt term, 

 e eonema the fivina; of 

 of everj kind at a 



Soon after the nomtnatinn of J. G.Tatebytfce 

 Republicans as their candidate lor Lieatenant- 

 Governor, it was discovered that he had not 

 completed bis naturalization as a citizen of the 

 United States, and was therefore not iHgftis. 

 His name was accordingly withdrawn, and that 

 of LieaL-Gov. Thomas J. Majors 



At the Xovemher election the entire 

 an ticket was successful. For r 

 ors the followinsr vote was cast : ffilirtuhan, 

 87J2I3: Democratic, 2O42; People's party. 

 Prohibition**, 4JW8. For Oovemor. 

 votas. MortMi 44.1S. 



