UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (NEBRASKA.) 



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which met at Bozeman, Sept. 24. Jere B. Leslie 

 was nominated for Associate Justice, and John 

 M. Evans for member of Congress. The Heinze 

 faction then organized what was called " the 

 Antitrust Democratic party." They did not make 

 nominations for the State offices, but threw their 

 influence for the Republican candidates. Senator 

 Clark and Mr. Heinze stumped the State, making 

 charges each against the other party of bribery 

 and corruption. 



Early in the year the factional troubles in the 

 Republican party broke out in a meeting of 

 " straight Republicans " in Helena, Jan. 6, when 

 a, preamble and resolution were passed protesting 

 against the domination of the " machine " con- 

 trolled by ex-Senator Carter. The resolution was 

 sent to the President. 



Apparently the quarrel was settled or compro- 

 mised before the State convention, which met in 

 Oreat Falls, Sept. 27, and nominated W. L. Hollo- 

 way for Associate Justice and Joseph M. Dixon for 

 member of Congress. 



In October the Populist and Labor parties in a 

 joint conference nominated Judge Holloway. 



The Republican candidates were elected. The 

 vote for Justice stood: Holloway, Republican, 31,- 

 690; Leslie, Democrat, 21,204; Cameron, Socialist, 

 2,466. For Representative in Congress, Dixon, 

 Republican, 24,626; Evans, Democrat, 19,560; Del, 

 Labor, 6,005 ; Sproule, Socialist, 3,131. 



The. State Senate will have 12 Democratic, 13 

 Republican, and 1 Labor members; the House, 9 

 Democratic, 45 Republican, 9 Labor, and 5 Demo- 

 cratic. 



NEBRASKA, a Western State, admitted to 

 the Union March 1, 1867; area, 77,510 square 

 miles. The population, according to each decen- 

 nial census since admission, was 122,993 in 1870- 

 452,402 in 1880; 1,058,910 in 1890; and 1,068,539 

 in 1900. Capital, Lincoln. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers in 1902: Governor, Ezra P. Savage; Lieu- 

 tenant-Go vernor, C. F. Steele; Secretary of State, 

 George W. Marsh; Treasurer, William Stuefer; 

 Attorney-General, F. N. Prout; Auditor, Charles 

 Weston; Adjutant-General, J. N. Kilian, succeed- 

 ed by William Hayward, who in turn was suc- 

 ceeded by L. W. Colby; Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction, W. K. Fowler; Commissioner of 

 Public Lands, G. D. Follmer all Republicans; 

 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, J. J. Sulli- 

 van, Democrat; Associate Justices, S. H. Sedg- 

 wick, Republican, and S. A. Holcomb, Fusion; 

 Clerk, Lee Herdman. 



The State officers are elected in even-numbered 

 years, the term beginning in January of odd- 

 numbered years. The Legislature holds biennial 

 sessions, beginning in January of odd-numbered 

 years. 



Finances. The report of the Treasurer for 

 the biennium beginning Dec. 1, 1900, and ending 

 Nov. 29, 1902, presents the following remarks 

 and suggestions: A balance of $5,074.10 in the 

 Normal School fund and $4.088 in the Peniten- 

 tiary land fund is unavailable on account of the 

 failure of the Legislature to make the necessary 

 appropriation. The amount of $64.74 derived 

 through the operation of the inheritance-tax law 

 is unavailable because the law does not designate 

 the fund to which it is to be credited. 



The investment of the educational trust funds 

 of the State in interest-bearing securities, the 

 Treasurer recommends, should receive the ear- 

 nest attention of the Legislature until a wise 

 and practical solution is obtained. Under pres- 

 ent constitutional limitations, municipal bonds 

 and school-district bonds are not available for in- 



JOHN MICKEY, 

 GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA. 



vestment. The recent decision of the Supreme 

 Court holding that bonds of other States are 

 available securities has temporarily relieved the 

 situation, and practically all the educational 

 trust funds are now invested. In the biennium 

 just closed the total investments amounted to 

 $2,839,825.43. But 

 it has been impos- 

 sible to keep all 

 the trust funds in- 

 vested at all times. 

 The Treasurer sug- 

 gests a constitu- 

 tional amendment 

 authorizing in- 

 vestment in mu- 

 nicipal and school- 

 district bonds 

 coupled with a 

 provision for the 

 deposit of any un- 

 invested balance 

 in depository 

 banks. The trust 

 funds hold as in- 

 vestments bonds 

 and warrants to 

 the amount of $5,- 

 456,977.90. 



The floating indebtedness of the State is 

 $1,989,328.63, consisting of warrants drawn on 

 the general fund. The educational trust funds 

 hold $1,457,351.56 of this amount. This floating 

 debt has been created by making appropriations 

 larger than the amount that could be collected 

 from the State levy upon the assessed valuation 

 of property. 



The general financial statement for the bien- 

 nium ending Nov. 29, 1902, is as follows: Balance 

 Dec. 1, 1900, $615,018.34; receipts from Dec. 1, 

 1900, to Nov. 29, 1902, $6,742,551.71; total, $7,- 

 357,570.05; disbursements from Dec. 1, 1900, to 

 Nov. 29, 1902, $6,925,314.67; on hand Nov. 29, 

 1902, $432,255.38. 



The receipts and disbursements of the treas- 

 ury from Dec. 1, 1900, to Nov. 29, 1902, inclusive, 

 were as follow: General fund, receipts, $2,139,332.- 

 36; payments,$2,105,320.22. Sinking-fund, receipts, 

 $11,617.58; payments,$67,782.81. Permanent school 

 fund, receipts, $2,463,954.69 ; payments, $2,569,792.- 

 07. Temporary school fund, receipts, $1,346,975.- 

 99; payments, $1,399,306.45. Permanent university 

 fund, receipts, $63,573.15; payments, $65,550.97. 

 Agricultural College endowment fund, receipts, 

 $138,882.52; payments, $160,482.39. Temporary 

 university fund, receipts, $426,841.23; payments, 

 $383,522.69. Hospital for Insane fund, receipts, 

 $1,406.92; payments, $291.67. State Library fund, 

 receipts, $7,813.50; payments, $8,148.21. Univer- 

 sity cash fund, receipts, $57,491.34: payments, 

 $55,272.97. Normal Library fund, receipts, $3,095; 

 payments, $2,990.51. Normal endowment fund, 

 receipts, $15,728.77; payments, $44,000. Nor- 

 mal interest fund, receipts, $5,685.35: payments, 

 $4,604.17; Penitentiary special labor fund, re- 

 ceipts, $46,141.38; payments, $43,768.11. Peni- 

 tentiary land fund, receipts, $1,730. Agricul- 

 tural and Mechanic Arts fund, receipts, $50,- 

 000; payments, $51,841.17. United States experi- 

 ment station fund, receipts. $30,000; payments, 

 $30,423.07. Inheritance tax fund, receipts' ^f.4.74. 

 Total receipts, $6,810,334.52 ; total disbursements, 

 $6,993,097.48. 



Education. State Superintendent W. K. 

 Fowler issued a new educational directory, giving 

 statistics for the year ending July 8, 1901. There 

 are 6,675 districts in the 90 counties, and 6,773 



