549 



M:HKA>K \. 



NT.Tin:i;i.\N]>s. 



I'olice Commissioners of office, and gives 



the a. .: <>f a new board to tic- <. \.-ni. >r. 



Tiii- was resisted and t.tUn t<> (In- 



to be tested. Another : wu that ny 



property shall be assessed at it- full \lu.-. 



At: ..f SHNMIOO was made for the 



Trans-Mississippi Kxptwit. 



In response to a memorial from tin- Kansas 

 Legislature, asking that a - MUMI-I.-M b. 



bnmka in a joint oommtsBOtl com- 

 prising representatives 



Oklahoma, Texas, ami -th, -r s.uih western section-. 



secure fr- |f railways rates to the 



. TII Gulf ports proponionate to those charged 



sand to encourage or promote the 



building of A ii <Hilf 



ther railways to aftonl fa vnral >le 



rates for th<> sliort haul to tidewater, a bill was 



passed authorizing such a commi ion. 



It was made a misdemeanor " for any ...rpora- 

 tion d.-mi; bu-in.-- ,n Nebraska to contribute 

 money, property, transportation, help, or assistance 

 in any OMHUMT Of form to any |M>litical party <>r to 

 mdidate for any <-i\il 0006 ort.. any political 

 organization or committee, or to any individual to 

 be used as or expended for poliuosJ purposes/' 

 under jH'iially of $1,000 fine for the first oil 

 and for the second $2,000 and loss of chart, r. ,, r . if 

 a foreign corporation, of the right to do business in 



.A in reference to fraternal beneficiary asso- 

 ;is has a provision that each -such society 

 shall have a lodge system, with ritualistic form 

 of work and representative form of government. " 



An antitrust act was passed, and one to pr 

 insurance companies from combining on r 



A bill abolishing deficiency judgments was 

 passed just before adjournment, 'and became a law 

 without the Governor's signature. 



The sale of cigarettes was prohibited. 



The sugar-bounty law was repealed, and the 

 placing a premium on the destruction of the liu-- 

 sian thistle. 



uigeswere made in the laws relating to the 

 militia. The appropriation was $30,000, as for the 

 two bienniums preceding. 



An appropriation of $30,000 was made for a 

 building at the Hastings Asylum for the Insane. 



An act was passed vesting in the Governor an 1 

 the Board of Public Lands and Buildings the man- 

 agement of the Home f,, r the Friendless, for Or- 

 phans and Aged Women at Lincoln, and also of the 

 Mil ford Home for Unfortunate Women. These have 

 been under the care of boards of women. 



A joint resolution was passed instructing Sen- 

 ator Thur-toii to vote for free coinage of silver. 



Political. The State election in November was 

 to fill the offices of Justice of the Supr 

 and two Regents of the University. There were 

 five ticket* in 



The Prohibitionists held aconvcntion at Lincoln. 

 May 26. Their candidates were: For Ass*. 

 ' ' .M > :, fot Regent, Mr-. I-al-lia 



Sperlock. The resolutions called for woman suf- 

 frage and suppression of the liquor traffic. This 

 is the soand-money wing of the party, hut no 



was made on the financial question. 

 The National Liberty party, the silver wing of 

 the Prohibition party, held a convent ion at Lin 

 June 29, and nominated Mrs Zara A. W ,!-,, for 

 Justice, and for Regent Rufns C. Bentley. The 

 resolutions favored, besides prohibition, woman 

 suffrage, the adoption of a system of full ] 



r r|>cr money issn- 



banks on equal terms to all. the supply boinp 

 lated by the demand and th<> al irnish 



security; amendment of the Federal Constitution 



so as to make contracts, past and future, payable in 

 lawful money of the Unit- I States"; gran ting of 



public hind "to actual settlers only, and (iovern- 

 ment o\Mier-hi|' of railroads and telegraphs, M and 

 when necessary the collective ..\\nei-liip of all the 

 means of production and distribution." 



The llepublican convention, at Lincoln. An 

 renominated Judge \. M. !'-!. and chose n~ 

 didatcs for th- j \ and 



.John v ; the platform 



condemn^ the (iovernor for dereliction in duly in 

 not railing for the rvgiiL; n public funds, 



aixl thereby di-eo\, -hortages earlier. It. 



res the discredit that ha- be,-n brought C/D tin- 

 lie I'opuli-t admini-tralion's attempt to 



class against class f It 



den..'. i' i, re in at- 



tempting to count in two populist judges of the 

 Supreme Court by I : he n-hin. 



tS the inerea-e<.f freight rates on grain ' 

 porte<l In i ween Chicago and the- I calls 



u)M>n the Interstate ('..mmerce Commission f..i 

 lection for tin- \Ve-t from 



The I.i: thfl Populixis. and the Silver 



Kepiiblicans united again, holding conventi. 

 Lincoln at the -ame tii !. They united 



on the following ticket : For Justice, John .I.Sul- 

 livan. Democrat ; f. : 



Uepubli.-an, and K. \'on Kor.-ll, Pojuilist. 

 ^'ate matters the three platform^ were in sub- 

 stantial agreement. oom mending the a<lmini-t ration 



and denouncing the frauds on the Tr. a-ury. 

 I>em.-ratic platform said further: "With 

 deference and re-peei, we humbly appeal to th.- 

 Supreme Court of the Tinted St.', 

 de.-i-ion in the NYhra-ka minimum rate cases." 



In reLrard to proxperity the plat form of t he Popu- 

 lists said : " \\'e are thankful to Pro\ idericr rather 

 than to any man for the measure of prperity with 

 which OUT Statfl has been blessed, and \\v attribute 

 the rise in wheat to foreign scarcity rather than 

 suppose it to be the result of dear sugar or an in- 

 creased tariff." 



The National Democrats held u n n\ 



Omaha, Sept. -.. and nominated .1. M. Wonlworlh 

 for Justice. He declined, and the name of \\ 

 Swit/ler was substituted. J. (',. Morten and J. 0, 

 Crawford were named for Regent -. J. I. Leas was 

 later substituted forJ. C. Crawford. Prolrsi- 

 entered against allowing the party names " Si 1\ el- 

 Republican " and "National Democrat" on tin- 

 official ballot, as bem-con! rary to the State law. hut 

 the Secretary of ide.'i to allow them both. 



The fusion candidate* wore elected. Following 

 vote for Judge of the Supreme Court : John 

 J. Sullivan, l-'u-ion. t, Repub- 



lican, 89,009; D. M. Strong. Prohihition. : 

 \Vanvn Swit/Jrr. Natir.nal Democrat, 718; Mr-. 

 WiUon. Nat i<. rial Liberty, 82. 



When the canvassing board met to opr-rj the offi- 

 cial returns a protest was made against the canvass 

 of the returns from 22 of the counti. 

 these returns had been opened in the office of the 

 Secretarv of State and s,,me of them sent back to 

 the counties for correction in regard to certain re- 

 quired forms contrary to the law. which pro<-jd,. s 

 that official return- mu-t h- opened in the pres- 

 ence of the board at a stated time, and the i 

 declared within five days. The charge was not 

 denied, but i he iKwnl overruled the objections. 



NETHERLAN Mv n-titutional monarchy in 

 western Kurope. The legislative power is vested in 

 the States (Jeneral. fonsi-ting of a First Chamber 

 of 50 members elected by the provincial councils 

 for nine years, one third h-ing renewed every three 

 ^econd Chaml>er of 100 members 

 elected for four years by the votes of all qualified 



