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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
PROPOSED Constitutional
AMENDMENT.

The following proposed amendment q
the constitution Of the etats OF 1H
. submittsd to the electors Of the stat
q Mssr:;ss to r. ySs's s. HPos u e. 81;
IovsmbsR 3xd, 4. y. 1905
A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose ar
Amendment to Section 8. Article OF
the Constitution Of the State of Ne
3s it resolved ana Enacted ~ the Ise'
Section 1. (Amsndmsnt.) That at the
general election for state and legislative
officers to be held on the Tuesday sue
ceeding the first Monday in November
1908, the following prnvis'"" -" p-""o.
and submitted to the electors OF the
state as an amendment to sc hon Ar.
Gle s Of the constitution Of the State OF
Section >. (1Auostional Funds, Invest
m0nt.) All funds belonging to the state
for educational purposes. the interest .s snn
be deemed trust funds held by the state.
and the state shall supply all losses
thereof that may in any manner accrue
inviolate and undiminished: and shall not
be invested or loaned except on United
States or state securities. or registered
county bonds q this state or resistered
such other securities as the Legislature
nav from time to time direct. And such
funds With tho interest and income there
Of are hereby solemnly pledged for the
purposes for which they are granted and
set apart, and shall not be transferred to
any other fund for other uses.
Section 2. (Dallots; Adopeion.) That
ut said election In the year 1908. on the
ballot Of each elector voting thereat thare
ehall be printed or written the words:
For proposed amendment to the COnstitu-
tion With reference to the inves'r'e-. 90
said proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton With reference to the investment Of
the permanent school fund" And if a
majority Of all voters at said election
shall be for such amendment, the same
ohall Be deemed to be adopted.
Approved April s 1871.
I. Geo. c. Junkin. Secretary OF State.
tify that the FOREGOING proposed amend
ynent to the Constitution Of the State Of
Nebraska II . true and correct copy Of
0he original enrolled and engrossed bill,
Is passed BY the Thirtieth session Of the
legislature Of the State Of Nebraska. n
appears from said original bin on file In
this office. and that said proposed
voters Of the State Of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general cleo
ton to be held on Tuesday. the "a day
Of November. A. d. 1874.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto
oct my hand and affixed the Great Seal
Of the State Of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coin. this 18th day Of July: in the year
dred and Eight. and Of the Independence
Of the United States the One Hundred
and Thirty-third. and Of this State the
yorty-secon6
OooO 0oegotaSy q 0totA |.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
A STATE INSTITUTION FOR
GENOA.

. 1t appears to be the policy Of the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs to
close all the non-reservation Indian
schools and erect on the reservations
graded schools where the children Of
Indian parents may attend and remain
under home influence the same as
white children. The appropriations
for non-reservation schools does not
extend beyond June 80, 1909, and it
is not likely that additional appro-
priations will be made. Anticipating
that congress will act upon the recon.
mendation of the Indian department
and refuse to make appropriations for
the maintenance of non.reservation
schools, the government, with the
approval Of congress, offers to donate
to the state the grounds and buildings
Of the Genoa Indian school.
The Genoa school consists of 32O
acres, valued at $4,000, and build
ings and other improvements valued
at $25O,OOO, a total of $298, 900, which
the government offers to the state of
Nebraska for such state institution as
the legislature may desire to use it for.
There is sentiment throughout the
state that Nebraska is able and ought
to support an Agricultural College
separate and distinct from the State
University. The present so-called
Agricultural College, located at Lin
coin, is nothing more than q small
annex to the University, and is not to
be compared to the Agricultural COL
lege at Ames, Iowa, where twenty.four
hundred students are enrolled more
than are enrolled at the Iowa State
University.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
CONSISTENCY.

There is consistency in politics as
we'll ~ in business. If . candidate is
. rascal before the primary election,
his success in landing the nomination
does not change him into q saint. If
he used money unlawfdlly to secure q
nomination, he will not hesitate to
employ the same means to secure
election at the polls.
The man who condemns the cor.
rupt use Of money in . primary cam.
paign, and then, with apparent sin.
cerity, commends it in another cam
paign. is not consistent in the stand he
takes. The corrupt use of money is
wrong. 1t is crime against an hon.
est ballot, and no man should put the
brand of approval upon it for purely
partisan reasons.
If it is true. Is charged by q prom.
inent Democrat Of Columbus, that
Jim Latta used money to buy the
nomination for congress and defeat
Edgar Howard, and the seal of en-
dorsement Is placed upon the act, to
quote the language of Fairplay, 1--WE
must say Bryan owes IN apology to
Guffy."
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
BOYD SHOULD BE ELECTED.

The defeat of Judge Boyd and the
election of Jim Latta would be . dis
grace to the district. Mr.. Latta il
making q check-book campaign, and
to elect him would be notice to the
world that the voters Of the Third
district believe that the dollar should
be placed above the man.
But there are other reasons Why
Judge Boyd should be returned to
congress. He represents q party that
stands for the people and for the poll
cies inaugurated by President Roose.
welt. He is opposed to Organism and
all of the bad things it stands for. He
is opposed to taking the tariff off Of
dairy products and reducing the price
of Platte county butter to eight cents
q pound; he is opposed to placing wool
on the free list, which would reduce
the price of American wool to . figure
that would send the price of western
sheep down to $1.15 . head; he il
opposed to government ownership Of
railways and the free coinage of silver
At the Holy Ratio; he is opposed to
hauling down the flag in the Philip.
pines; he is opposed to any Of the
freak policies advocated by the Bryan
ties, and would vote, if elected, to
uphold the progressive policies of a
Republican President; he would op-
pose with vigor any attempt of the
Democratic members of congress to
reduce the list of government EN-.
ployees by cutting down the delivery
of rural mail to three times q week.
1t was easy work for Jim Latta to
issue enough checks to secure the pri-
mary nomination of his party and
defeat Edgar Howard, but buying
enough Republican votes to secure an
election is altogether an entirely diff:
ferent matter.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

If you are q farmer and are in
doubt as to the ACCESSIBILITY Of voting
for Bryan, call at the headquarters of
the Columbus Bryan Club and get .
bond guaranteeing Republican prices
for corn and wheat in the event Bryan
is elected. If the members Of the
club really believe what they profess
they will not refuse to deliver to you
a bond on request properly attested.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
INUNDATED.

When . man looses his temper in q
political argument and INDUCES in
personal abuse, it is . clear indication
that he has got the worst of it and
feels Inundated.
When President Roosevelt gave q
letter to the public criticising the
action of the late Hon. C. A. Haskell,
custodian of Bryan's PLATFORM at the
Denver convention and the political
agent and representative of Standard
Oil, Mr.. Bryan addressed letter to
Roosevelt defending his official leg
puller. He got reply-a characters
ticletter- scorcher-from the head of
the nation. That epistle and Hearts,
previous exposure of Haskell, com.
PEELED the Democratic National Com.
mittee to kick the gentleman from
Oklohoma over the transom, regard.
less of the protest Of the Democratic
candidate for President. That's Why
Bryan feels Inundated. Even his
own committee endorsed the Presi-
dents letter and ignored the stand
taken by Mr.. Bryan in the Haskell at.
fair.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

No one questions the sincerity Of
the members of the Columbus Bryan
Club when they boldly announce that
the election Of Mr.. Bryan will not
cause . slump in the prices paid for
corn and wheat IF there are any
Republicans who contemplate voting
for Bryan. and are . little skeptical
as to the prediction made BY the
members of the club, perhaps it would
be the proper thing for them to call at
the headquarters Of the club and ask
for = bond guaranteeing that, if Bryan
succeeds in defeating TAT, the market
price of farm products will be q high
q they are today. Farmers who are
unable to come to Columbus will no
doubt have the guarantee bond for.
warded to their address BY dropping .
postal card to the secretary Of the club.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

When . man, for selfish reasons. OF
for the purpose of carrying to q sue.
cessfal issue q dishonest scheme, fire.
quently processes virtues he does not
possess. This was the case of Max
Schubert, who came from New York
about fifteen months ago and conduct.
ed q commission business of buying
and selling horses. In order to i'm
press the public with his honesty he
wrapped the cloak of Republication
around his Tammany politics and
masqueraded Is . supporter of TAFT.
But recent events have demonstrated
that Max could not shake off his
Tammany Hall methods of doing bus
iness, and he has suddenly disappeared,
leaving his creditors several thousand
dollars to the bad. The superstition is
that Max has returned to New York
and renewed his allegiance to Boss
Murphy and Tammany.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

The Democrats, at their recent
state convention, declared for . State
Agricultural College, and the gener-
Gus offer of the government to give to
the state, free Of charge, the Genoa
school, win no doubt be accepted and
the state college located there.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

his state legislature, what would that
state senator do in congresss
Voters are requested to verify this
record by comparing it with the off,
cial report ofthe secretary of the SEN
ate. Go to your court house, or to
any lawyer, and ask to see the senate
Journal of the last session of the Ne
braska Legislature. Howard.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
LATTA SHOULD BE DEFEATED.

Chairman Stephens boasts about
the record made by Mr.. Latta in the
last legislature. Let Us see how he
voted on reform bills wanted by the
common people.
He voted against the Child Labor
Law, house roll 9.
He voted against the Direct PR.
mary Law, house roll 4O5.
His was the only vote against the
Pure Food Law, senate file ga.
He refused to vote on . bill to pre-.
vent railroads going into the Federal
courts and enjoining the state from
collecting taxes, senate file 81.
He refused to vote on . bill to pre-
vent discrimination, senate file "a.
Mr.. Latta was pledged BY his party
platform to favor every one of these
needed reforms. IF Q state senator
violates the pledges ofhis platform, in
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

and his opponent be locked in . room
together, the door of which was not
to be opened until the survivor of the
contest knocked from the inside. The
gentleman from the cotton, fields con.
cIuded not to fight, resigned his seat
in congress and retired into political
obscurity.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
UP TO THE BRYAN CLUB.


The fact should not be forgotten
that nearly every shoe factory and
wooden mill in the United States
closed down within sixty days after
the election of Grover Cleveland in
1892. Later on the cotton mills and
many other manufacturing establish.
ments stopped work. Men were
thrown out of employment, the "rainy
day" funds in the savings banks dis
appeared and free soup houses were
established to feed hungry men.
But how about the farmer? True,
he was not compelled to enter the
charity soup house for susteDance, but
he was compelled to sell his corn right
here in Columbus at from 1Oc to 12c
per bushel; oats for SC; hogs for 81. %;
wheat for SIC; eggs for &c and butter
for &c. Write these Democratic prices
on slip Of paper and opposite them
place the prices that grain, live stock
and butter and eggs are selling for
today and then take the paper to the
Columbus Bryan Club and tell the
members, Mr.. Farmer, that if the club
will put up bond, signed by respon-
sible members of the club, guaran-
teeing that the prices of your grain,
live stock and produce will not be
reduced in the event of . Democratic
victory, that you will cast your vote
for VIM. j. Bryan for President.
The members of the Columbus
Bryan Club are honorable men and
no doubt honest in the belief that q
victory for Bryan would not have
tendency to decrease the price of farm
products, and could not, consistently,
refuse to furnish . written guarantee,
backed by good and sufficient surety,
of their abiding faith in the Peerless
Leader.
Will the Bryan Club make good by
publicly announcing to the farmers Of
Platte county that they stand ready to
guarantee Republican prices in the
event Of Bryan's election?
The question 10 now up to the Bryan
Club.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

If the Columbus Bryan Club is in
favor Of guaranteeing bank deposits,
it ought not to funk when asked to
guarantee Republican prices for corn
and wheat in the event of Bryan's
election.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

Something New for the Dead.
Glass headstOnes are the latest
mortuary device sent forth to order
from inventive Pittsburg. Not only
the epitaph. but also the photograph
OF the deceased person. will be blown
into the glass. thus giving a joint In
destructibility to both fame and
features.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
THE TROUBLE WITH "FRlTZIE."
Dog Was What Might BE Called IN
Artificial Dachshund.

It was q very little girl in IN abbre
Waited scrap of Bingham that origin
ally must have been q pink frock. 1t
showed neutrality of color that be-
spoke many washings and the prob.
ability Of former owners. Grasped
tightly in her grimy hand was q piece
Of tWine, the far end of which was A.
tached to the collar of . dog.
Hello. baby; Is that your dog?'
bantered the youth fresh from prepar-
atory school.
Yes. SIR"
"Well, well, he was meant to be .
dachshund, wasn't he?"
Seriously the brown eyes gazed into
those of her duestioner. Her quick
sense had caught the long word and
recognized that 1t was the right name
for her elongated friend.
You mean he's funny in the
middle?"
THAT breed always ia funny in
the middle" laughed the boy. but
this one IL curved up like . half cir
cle." and he tried to illustrate the AMI
mails defect with his hands.
'Oh, I know what you mean." cried
the youngster. gleefully. "Fritzie
chases all the cats, and when they
stop and spit at him he jest humps
up like they do-and now guess he's
growed that way"
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
Theater Properties.

A German newspaper had an adver-
tisement the other day for the sale
of the properties of a theater This
postscript was added: ITO be sold
at the same time. 81 substantial old
ghosts. with q very fine new devil-a
striking likeness of BOnaparte."
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

Although proven guilty, Standard
Oil Haskell still retains the confidence
Of Mr.. Bryan, who, if his wishes had
not been ignored by the National Com
mittee, would have retained the Okla
homian as bis campaign treasurer.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
Names OF Flowers.

It II interesting to know how Ger
tain flowers get their names. Many
were named after individuals: For in
stance: Fuchsias were SO called be-
cause they were discovered by Leon
ard Fuchs. Dahlias were named for
Andre Dahl, who brought them from
Peru. The camelia was 50 called for
. missionary named Kamel. who
brought some magnificent specimens
Of the flower to France from Japan.
He called II the rose of Japan, but
his friends changed it to camelia.
Magnolias were named In honor OF
Prof. Magnol de Montpelier. who first
brought the beautiful tree to France
from America and Asia. Because they
trembled with the wind is the mean
ing of anemones. The Latin word to
wash II lavare, and lavender received
its name because the Romans put the
flowers into water when they washed
to perfume their hands.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

/ - 31O 10u0V108 px0p00o0 omo00mene 60
braaka, a hereinafter sst forth In full.
u s1hmitted % the electors Of the 9tAts
| @ 800. 1ssrssss: 70 be voted upon at the
vembo1 3Ed. 4 y. 1893:
a JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Sec
lions ton , two ~. four 90; five 90. SIX 90
the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska. relating to Judicial Powers.
8s Il Hsso1ysd by the Legislature Of the
Section 1. Amendment proposed. That
Section two CD of Article six 60 of thu
Constitution Of the State Of Nebraska
Section 2. (suprsms court; judges;
Sux1sd1ct1on.) The Supreme Court shall
consist Of seven % judges: and a ma
jOrity Of all elected and qualified judges
quorum or pronounce a decision. The
Supreme Court shall have Jurisdiction in
all cases relating to the revenue. civil
cases in which the state is a party.
mandamus, quo warranto habeas corpus.
and such appellate jurisdiction As may
be provided by law.
Section four ca of Article six %, Of the
Constitution Of the State Of Nebraska be
amended to read as follows:
election, term. rssidsnce.) The Judges Of
the Supreme Court shall be elected by
the electors Of the state at large: and
tneI Terms OF Office, except as hereinafter
provided. shall be six years And said
Supreme Court judges shall during their
term Of office reside at the place where
the court is holden.
Section five - Of Article six 90 Of the
Constitution Of the State Of Nebraska be
amended to read as follows:
election. ts1n; chief justice.| That at
the general election to be held In the
state Of Nebraska in the year 1893. a.o
elected three (sJ judges Of the Supreme
Court who shall hold their office for the
period Of six years; that at the general
election to be held In the state Of Ne
years thereafter. there shall be elected
three 80 judges Of the Supreme Court.
who shall hold their office for the period
of six years: and at the general election
to be held In the state OF Nebraska In
the year 1913. and each six years there
after. there shall be elected Chief JUS
hold his office for the period of six
years. Provided that the member Of the
Supreme Court whose term Of office ex-
Justice Of the Supreme Court during that
time until the expiration Of his term Of
office. And. provided further. that upon
es TO OF st: an. nv
upon issuing his procIaisia-
ton declaring said amendments adopted.
appoint four 90 Judges Of the Supreme
pointed to hold said office until their
successors shall be elected at the general
election in 1909. and have qualified: and
until their successor shall be elected at
the GENERAL election held In 1911. and
have qualified.
Section T. (AR0naR0xt propooed.l That
Section six lS) Of Article six (s) Of the
Of the State Of NEBRASKA. b.
amended to read as follows:
Section g. (Chiof 1uss1co.l The Chief
Justice shall serve as such during ali the
Term for which he was elected He shall
preside at all terms Of the Supreme
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
Definition.

As nearly as can be differentiated. a
Job IL where q man does most of the
work and somebody else gets most
OF the pay. and q position Is where .
man gets most Of the pay and some
body else does most of the work.
Puck.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

An enthusiastic Republican paper
wants Nebraska taken out of the
doubtful column and credited to Taft.
Nebraska was never in the doubtful
column.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07
BENWADE AND BOWIE KNIFE
POTTER.

IF President Roosevelt and Bryan's
Man Haskell had occupied the same
position in politics sixty years ago
that they do today, the discredited
platform chairman of the Denver con-
vention would have sent . challenge
for a duel to Roosevelt. That was
the prevailing fashion among south.
ern gentlemen of Haskell's tempera-
ment . few years previous to the War
Of the Rebellion, and it was not until
Ben Wade of Ohio, and Jim Potter,
of Wisconsin, entered Congress that
dueling suddenly became unpopular.
Soon after Wade entered the Sem
ate, a southern fire eater made an
attack on him in a bitter speech for
the allowed purpose Of insulting him.
Ben Wade was as rough and rugged
as he looked. He had swung IN axe
in the woods of Ohio in his younger
days and assisted in clearing a patch
of hand for his father; he had hunted
deer, bear and wild turkeys and
guarded the log cabin from the At
tacks of Indians; with his trusty rifle
could shoot squirrel in the eye every
time he pulled the trigger. A man
of his character and frontier expert.
renee could not be inundated by the
plantation manners of fire eating
statesmen. When the southern Sena-
tor had exhausted the English Ian.
guage in his attack ON Wade, the
latter replied, and that reply was the
the talk of the country at the time.
Wade returned everything that had
been hurled at him. He shook his
big, hard fist ut the southern senators
and told them that he stood ready
to resent their insults in the senate or
out Of it. Old Ben got what he ex.
he wanted-a challenge,
and he accepted it. As the party
challenged, he had the choice of
weapons, and selected rifles. That
settled it. The duel was not fought. |
The fire eater had heard of Wade's
as rifle shot, and Aunked.
A little later another fire eater
attacked the North for attempting to
interfere with slavery and strongly
minated that northern men were
Jim Potter, . representa-
i've from Wisconsin, came back At
aim with such vehemance that 1t,
WAS promptly cent. The
Wisconsin man was not slow in &C.
,epting and named Bowie knives q
be weapons. and stipulated that be
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

A little coil" on the troubled waters
appears to have agitated the stream in
which Mr.. Brysn's bark is now
drifting.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

And the Taft sentiment goes march
ing on. ...
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

Although Haskell was caught with
the goods in his possession, Mr.. Bryan
enters . plea of mot guilty" for him.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

Let the people-not Standard Oil
rule.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

Haskell, Baily, Foraker, McLau-
rem, Bryan and Standard Oil are all
fighting TAFT.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

The bark of Standard Oil Haskell
does not sound rs loud % it did three
weeks ago.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

The question is asked, where did
Bryan get his enormous campaign
fund? Ask Haskell.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

Two hours after Taft crossed the
Wisconsin line from Illinois, 10000
people had heard him speak.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-10-07

When it comes to putting ginger
into . campaign, Roosevelt is no
SLOUGH.