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NEBRASKA. 



Political. The State Convention of Repub- 

 licans was held at Omaha, Aug. 22. The resolu- 

 tions, while favoring bimetallism and demand- 

 ing the use of both gold and silver as standard 

 money, insisted " that the parity of the value of 

 the two metals be maintained, so that every dol- 

 lar, paper or coin, issued by the Government, 

 shall be as good as any other," declared in favor 

 of protective duties and reciprocity with Mexico, 

 the South and Central American republics, and 

 the Government of the West Indies; for more 

 State control of railroads, and the adoption of a 

 maximum freight-rate bill; and declared that 

 no railroad should issue stock or bonds except 

 for property actually received " and applied to 

 the purpose for which such corporation was cre- 

 ated, and all stock dividends and other fictitious 

 increase of the capital stock or indebtedness of 

 any such corporation should be void " ; also for 

 arbitration in labor troubles ; denounced trusts 

 and the concessions in the present tariff to 

 the sugar and whisky trusts ; recommended an 

 amendment to the State Constitution providing 

 for investment of the permanent school fund in 

 State, county, and school-district bonds; and 

 favored legislation to encourage the production 

 of beet sugar. Nominations were made as fol- 

 lows : For Governor, Thomas M. Majors ; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, R. E. Moore; Secretary of 

 State, J. A. Piper; Auditor, Eugene Moore; 

 Treasurer, Joseph S. Bartley ; Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction. H. R. Corbett; Attorney- 

 General, A. S. Churchill ; Commissioner of Pub- 

 lic Lands and Buildings, H. C. Russell. 



The candidates nominated by the Prohibition- 

 ists were the following: For Governor, E. A. 

 Gerrard; Lieutenant-Governor, Belle G. Bige- 

 low; Secretary of State, L. Hompes: Auditor, 

 Lem J. Smith ; Treasurer, D. L. Pond ; Super- 

 intendent of Public Instruction, F. Bernice Kear- 

 ney; Attorney-General, J. L. Mack; Commis- 

 sioner of Lands, Henry M. Hill ; United States 

 Senator, C. E. Bentley. 



The People's party held its convention at 

 Grand Island, Aug. 24. The resolutions reaf- 

 firmed the Omaha platform ; demanded free and 

 unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 

 1 ; branded as treason to labor in every field the 

 unconditional repeal of the purchasing clause of 

 the Sherman law; and demanded national laws 

 for encouragement of irrigation : declared for a 

 liberal service pension for old soldiers and sail- 

 ors, the municipal ownership of public works, 

 compulsory arbitration of troubles between cap- 

 ital and labor, for a maximum freight law or 

 the enforcement of the one now on the statute 

 books, and for the immediate relief of drought 

 sufferers. The ticket follows : For Governor, S. 

 A. Holcomb ; Lieutenant-Governor, J. N. Gaffin ; 

 Secretary of State, James M'Fadden ; Auditor, 

 C. A. Wilson ; Treasurer, John H. Powers ; At- 

 torney-General, Daniel B. Carey ; Commissioner 

 of Lajids. Sidney J. Kent ; Superintendent of 

 Instruction, W. A. Jones. 



A meeting of free-silver Democrats was held 

 in Omaha, July 31, for the purpose of adopting 

 an address to the Democrats of the State on the 

 silver question. In the address men of that party 

 were urged to stand by the double standard, and 

 they were advised to go forward and hold con- 

 ventions arid elect delegates to the State conven- 



tion without waiting for the State central com- 

 mittee to set a date for that convention. Silver 

 men of all parties were invited to co-operate with 

 them in supporting silver candidates. The con- 

 vention was held Sept. 26, at Omaha. The free- 

 silver party, which was also in favor of fusion 

 with the People's party, was in control, all con- 

 tests for seats were decided in their favor, and 

 the result was a bolt by the Administration 

 Democrats, who placed a ticket of their own in 

 the field. The majority report of the Committee 

 on Resolutions and the minority report differed 

 only in regard to the silver question, the latter 

 declaring for a gold basis. The former, which 

 was adopted, commended the income tax, advo- 

 cated election of United States Senators by the 

 people, and an amendment to the Constitution 

 making a president ineligible for re-election ; de- 

 nounced the A. P. A. movement ; declared that 

 all paper money should be issued by the Govern- 

 ment, and that the Government should have the 

 option of redeeming it in gold or silver, and 

 all money gold, silver, and paper should be 

 full legal tender; and, favoring the immediate 

 restoration of free and unlimited coinage of sil- 

 ver, said : 



We indorse the language used by Hon. John G. 

 Carlisle in 1878, when lie denounced the " conspiracy " 

 to destroy silver money as "the most gigantic crime 

 of this or any other age," and we agree with him that 

 " the consummation of such a scheme would ulti- 

 mately entail more misery upon the human race than 

 all the wars, pestilences, and famines that ever oc- 

 curred in the history of the world." 



The names of the following candidates, 5 of 

 whom were nominees of the People's party, were 

 placed upon the ticket : For Governor, Silas A. 

 Holcomb ; Lieutenant-Governor, J. N. Gaffin ; 

 Secretary of State, F. J. Ellick; Treasurer, G. 

 A. Luikhart ; Auditor, J. C. Dahlman ; Attorney- 

 General, D. B. Carey ; Superintendent of Instruc- 

 tion, W. A. Jones ; Commissioner of Lands, S. .1. 

 Kent. 



The Administration wing of the party, thouj; 

 yielding to the majority on the silver question 

 and the choice of a candidate for United States 

 Senator, withdrew when the Populist candidate 

 were nominated, and chose a ticket of its own, 

 as follows : For Governor, P. D. Sturdevant : 

 Lieutenant-Governor, R. A. Dunp"hy ; Secretary 

 of State, W. P. Rolfe ; Auditor, Otto Bauman : 

 Treasurer, Luke Breidenthal : Attorney-Gener 

 John H. Ames; Commissioner of Lands. Jac 

 Bigler ; Superintendent of Instruction, Miltor 

 Doolittle. Both factions filed certificates of th( 

 nominations with the Secretary of State, and eacl 

 claimed the right to "have its ticket placed on th( 

 official ballot as the Democratic ticket. Eacl 

 made a protest according to law against tl 

 nominations of the other. The Secretary < 

 State decided in favor of the "fusion" ticket, 

 and announced that he would place the names of 

 the 5 candidates on the ballot both as Demo- 

 crats and as Populists. It was contended that 

 no name could appear twice on the ballot, and 

 the Attorney-General's opinion coincided with 

 this view. 



The Administration Democrats carried the 

 matter to the Supreme Court in the form of ;i 

 petition for a mandamus restraining the Secre- 

 tary of State from placing the other ticket under 



