The Red Cloud chief., 1898-09-16

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late the gravity of the occasion, have
selected two chairmen Of the state cen.
raj committee. They are receiving
wagon loads OF literature franked
through from Washington, ID. O., and
still with all this, there has gathered
under the state house dome an omini'
Gus pail OF gloom. Things are not as
they once were before willie died."
Fusion Is no longer the perfect beati.
tude Of times passed and gone. A
prominent democratic politician, whose
ability to hold his present job at the
state house depends wholly upon the
result OF the present election, hopes
that fusion can be made effective just
one more time, but expresses q sincere
doubt upon the subject. He Is certain
the beginning Of the end is here, and
that the scheme Of a triple alliance Of
confusion a not possibly survive an
other year.
The main issue, II it may be Sc called
upon which the present state officials
will endeavor ~assiduously to pursuade
the voters to retain them In their com
Portable positions another two years is
the great saving" the reform fusion
administration has accomplished in the
collection and disbursement cf state
money. Taking their figures for II,
where they are pleased to begin and
leave off, they have proved themselves
the greatest money getters OF modern
times. This great cardinal untruth
they will diligently try TO force upon
the people by juggling with figures
adroit In its conception, truly marvel
Gus In its execution. BY a skillful ma
nipulation of long rows Of figures the
allied forces VI Office holders expect to
demonstrate clearly to the mind Of a
gullible voter during this campaign
what enormous "savings" may be effect.
ed In several departments Of our state
government at n and the same time
with a very small amount Of money
properly handled. Thus the secretary
of state, auditor, and treasurer all
credit themselves with the continued
strain Of collecting certain items OF the
very same identical money Wonder.
full enterprise this! Economy will be
pointed out with the finger Of pride in
this Office and that where none at all
exist. The secretary of state will show
In conspicuous places how he has col.
lcctcd nearly $40, 0i4 OF fees, against n
little over sl,671 placed to the credit
Of his republican predecessor CORES
ponding to the same length Of time,
but Of conrse he will care fully omit to
tell about the new law increasing the
fees in his Office from q hundred to q
thousand per cent. Neither will he ex'
plain that S18, 500 Of that fine collection
was the fee paid for fling the new ar
! licles VI incorporation VI the Uniou
Paciti ;, which under the old law would
have cost but a few dollars, and never
went into Mr.. Porter's hands a minute
but was paid directly into the treasury
according to law. In the Office Of com
missioner Of public lands and building
Mr.. Wolfe is parading q gre at array o.
figures to prove an alleged enormous
increase in the school fund by reason
Of the cancellation of school lane
leases. But revelations given by con
sulting the records back for a period o
eight years thoroughly explode TIT
~fallacies contained in Mr.. Wolfe's fig
ures Of self gloritication. 1t IS true tn
collections Of this fund for 1897 ant
1893 are larger than tn y were for
like period during bad crops and dem
%ocratic hard times. The records revea
the fact that they are no larger tina
they were for a like period back in re
publican prosperous times. Then !
this connection he failed entirely u tel
the voters of Neb: aska that by mean
Of school land lease cancellations tn
reform administration has lost to tn
dear school children Of the state, owe
whom MIR. Wolfe and the like are wor
to weep so c%opiously, the sum of $4OO
600 every cent Of which would hay
been paid in rent and taxes with I'll
advent of good crops and prospero,
. Mckinley times. The subject Of o,
: public schools is one that is dear
every heart and the INSCRIPTIONS &
sion government in this state, as in II
U case of the poor sick soldier, take a
I vantage OF this s~entimentand are usir
every means possible to m~anufactu
u political capital for the sole aggra
u dizement of fusion ofice.holders. II
false figures aud misrepresentation
facts are being carried into eve
> school district In the state, that supt
u intendent, pupil ana patron alike m,
% become appraised Of, aud glorious
81 impressed with, the unselhshness a
10 magnanimity shown by the present q
10 ministration toward our public schoo