The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-09-21
NOMINATED FOR JUDGE OF NE
BRASkA SUPREME COURT
Will Lead PopuIist and Democratic
Hosts in Contest Against Railway
Rule-Louis Lightner and D. c. Cole
for Regents
For supreme Judge
WILLIAM G. HASTINGS
For regents of state university
LOUIS LIGHTNER
d. G. COLE

d. C. COLE
The foregoing ticket was nominated
by the democratic and pOpulist con-
ventions assembled in Lincoln, Neb.,
on September 20. d. C. Cole was NOM
mated by the populists and accepted
by the democrats, and Louis Light
ner was nominated by the democrats
and accepted by the pOpulists.
Nominated by Acc!amaticn
A. C. Shallenberger was chosen
chairman of the democratic conven-
ton. Judge Hastings was nominated
for supreme judge by reclamation,
and so, too, were the regents. Judge
Hastings, who is now a supreme court
commissioner, is resident of Saline
county. D. C. Cole lives in Polk
county and Louis Lightner in Platte
county.
The democratic platform favors
law making the giving of free trans
portation to public officials criminal
offense, and the acceptance thereof
forfeiture of Office and making it
unlawful for railway companies to
give passes to private citizens ex-
cept for purposes of charity or to
their own employees; in favor of plac-
ing valuation on railway property
based on values of stocks and bonds;
in favor Of lower freight rates, de-
handing the enforcement of the maxi
mum freight rate law; in favor of
direct primaries and the initiative and
of I,vvv, IN, 70 r,f he al
Of senators by direct vote of the peO-
pie.
Pledged Not to Accept Passes
The democratic nominee for SUI
preme judge is pledged not to accept
free transportation. The platform
calls for the enforcement of the law
of 1897 which provides for a fine of
81 900 for any corporation that con-
tributes money, property, transport
alton, help or assistance in any man
ner or form to any political party, or
to any candidate for any civil Office
or to any political organization, or
committee, or any individual to be
used or expended for political pur-
poses. The republican party is con-
demned for the hypocrisy of it's at
titude and reference is made to it's
eXtravagant management of state af-
fairs, to it's subserviency to corpora
ton domination in the selection of
United States senators, and to its
] trimming it's sails to conciliate the
reformerS who have arisen in that
party. The platform urges upon con
gress the passage of a law giving a
| government commission the power tt
fix rates. 1t calls for the strict en-
forcement of law against the big cor
poration offenders and condemns the
contributions made by insurance com
panies to the republican national cam
paign fund. It urges the prosecution
of the grain, coal and lumber trusts.
II Favors Direct Legislation
H The populist platform favors direc
legislation which will give the people
the right to enact and to veto laws
which must be done by the adoption
of a constitutional amendment; favor.
government ownership of railways
approves the Bedford freight rat,
bill; condemns present state admin
istration for placing unjust tax burd
ems on the people by taxing the rail
roads much less than their Just pro
portion; demands the enforcement O
the maximum freight rate law. an(
calls attention to the fac. that Charlie.
B. Letton, the republican candidat,
for justice of the supreme court, ha!
for years been using free transporta
ton. that he never pavp auv onoour