People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — What The People’s Party Has DOne For Nebraska. [ARTICLE]

What The People’s Party Has DOne For Nebraska.

It enacted a maximum freight law, but republican courts suspended its operation. It cut down extravagant appropriations, but a republican legislature brought them back. It brought to light the corruption existing in state institutions. It made possible the passage of the Australian ballot law. It enacted a law requiring state and county treasurers to make all banks give bonds that handle public money, and to collect interest paid for the use of such money and turn it into the public fund. The last republican legislature sought to repeal this, but the governor sustained it. It enacted a law requiring intersecting railroads to build transfer switches; and, by means of such transfer switches to ship all freight the shortest distance to destination, but a republican board of transportation has nullified it. It repealed the special bounty given to sugar refineries, which was re-enacted by the last re publican legislature. It enacted the eight-hour law. It gave the state a warehouse law. It was instrumental in securing the passage of a law to have the books of all county treasurers examined at least once every two years. It secured the passage of an anti-trust law. Lt secured the passage of an anti-Pinkerton law. It was instrumental in having passed many other good measures.—Elwood (Neb.) Citiaen.