The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

fve-third. of the people Of Nsbraska are fssdbif
cans. 1t 10 safe predict that Harrison and Norton
viii carry the state BY from twenty-five to thirty
Thousand majority. This majority 10 assured even
every republican psper sud every republican cam.
paign orator remsfn mute on the national issues
from now until the 50 Of November. But there are
issues vital the people Of this state which mast
be fought out in the open arena In THIS irfepresss
be contest party hines cannot safely Be drawn
The people Of Nebraska are confronted viz grave
problems with which the legislature must Crap
pie. Nebraska Is ose Of the most taxrfodsa stsfes
in America State taxes are higher In Nebraska
than in any state In the union excepting alone Ne
yada. With debt Of less than half million, OF
which over four hundred thousand dollars 10 Leid ~
the permanent school fund Nebraska last year lev.
led state tax Of eighty-one cents On the hundred
dollars Of assessed valuation. The stste or Loufsf-
ana with state debt of nearly twelve millions lev
les astate tax Of only sixty cents on the huncfsA
dollars. North Carolina with q state debt Of over
fifteen millions levies state tax Of only twenty I'VE
cents on the hundred dollars. The state tax In
Iowa is TWENTY-FIVE cents In Kansas forty cents,
Mime thirteen cents and WiseoAsih hfteen and
three quarter cents ON the hdndred dollars The
ordinary running expenses OF TINS sfSee Tor salaries
and tfs,ntainng state Institutions are over one uEi
lion year. and the lsst iegslsture piled up spprc
priations for another million year which have to
be wrung from q people heavily burdened Win
county and municipal taxes. How II this exhsustang
drain to be Sheckea2 How are the people TO secure
the burdens Of taxatio6s Can these needed reforms
be secured unless the next state scers and legsla
tors are men of integrity and men who cannot be
swayed from their duty?
This is only one of the Issues. The ever pressing
and ever present railroad issue must be met and the
lines must be sharply defined between honest men
who Will faithfully represent the people, and venal
roguss who want to sell out or intend to use their
positions for Ievyins blsekmail Braxen throated
railroad poll icans and professional 1obbers will -
usual, howl themselves hoarse over the national
issues in order to befoe the Taxpayers and seek to
keep the issues in which the people arc more vitality
concerned in the background. They will discuss
protection and free trade when the people want
to hear about revision Of the state assessment laws
and railroad regulation. They will fight over the
battles Of the war but make no reference to the
scandalous de5auchery Of legislature and the
law defying course Of the railroads. 1t remains
TO be seen. however. whether the people Of state
that proudly boasts its intelligence can be deceived
and distracted by such tactics. 1t remains to b
seen whether they win bsndly support yellow dog"
candidates because they were tagged and labeled
straight by packed convention The campaign In
Nebraska has already begun. The industrial classes
must do their duty. Let them rally and unite, re-
CARELESS of party. to elect honest competent and
unpurchasabe men to the next legislature. The
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