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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1902)
DECEMBER 4, 1D02T i i '1 THE 'NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.1 11 News of the Week There was a treasury agent by the name of Wm. H. Theobald at New York who has been making it unpleas ant for the millionaires who attempted to smuggle in goods when they re turned from their European tours. He said to an Associated pres3 reporter: "I have discovered hundreds of wealthy persons smuggling goods 'in to this country in the seven years of my service. They have had to turn over thousands of dollars to the gov ernment I have kept a complete rec ord of these persons and the disposi tion of their cases." For that sort of work Mr. Theobald has been re moved from office. Serves him right. Think of a republican officeholder making the millionaires pay tariff du ties! He ought to have known better. There are some things so mixed up in the articles in the financial columns and editorials in the great dailies that no pop can make any sense out of them. They declare that the rate of exchange on Mexican silver dollars in the Philippines is 2.90. In the very next column will be seen an article saying that the rate in Mexico is 10 or 15 cents less. Is gold worth more in the Philippines than in Mexico? The dispatches also say that "the lead ing farmers in the interior and plant ers throughout Mexico say they do not care if the dollar falls to 30 cents, as only the city merchants and importers want gold." That shows that these Mexican farmers have more sense than the mullet head agriculturalists of the United States possess, who in 1890 oted the gold-bug ticket, went home, put more patches on their pants and declared that all they wanted was "money that was good in Europe." - According to the report of the inter state commerce commission, the net earnings of the railroads last year were $605,615,795, being an increase over the preceeding year of $51,395, 421. In the face of these enormous net earnings, the roads increase rates everywhere. The policy of the future is to be the policy of the past, that is, charge all the traffic will bear. It will continue to be that way as long as the roads are private property. There is but one solution of the railroad ques tion and that is public ownership. The president does not propose in his fight; on the "lily whites" to recognize the ability and fitness for office of col ored men outside of the southern states. His rule is to apply to part of the country only. He will appoint, no colored man as revenue collector or postmaster, no matter what his qualifications may be, in cities like -New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Buf falo or any other leading northern city. The recognition of merit in colored men is to be strictly confined to demo cratic states south of Mason and Dix on's line. A labor union in New Jersey has se cured a temporary injunction against the Jonas Glass company, prohibiting that company from interfering with the labor organization.. The old pro verb says, "What is sass for the goose should be sass for the gander," and now we will see whether courts be lieve in that proverb or not. The Virginia constitution recently adopted, disfranchising the negroes, is soon to come before the United i 'ates supreme court and ex-Secretary John G. Carlisle has offered his ser vices to the negroes to fight their case for them. The whole south is aston ished and the gold democrats down there are the most astonished of all. Paintings by Vassili Verestchagin, which 1 ave been on exhibition in New "iork city, were sold at auction in the grand ball-room of the Waldorf-Astoria. Wednesday evening, and the net result was $43,045, of which $18,000 came from a Brooklyn man for the picture of San Juan hill, entitled. "Come, on Boys!" representing Col onel Roosevelt leading the charge up a hill where history says he never was. The duty on coal costs the city of Boston and suburbs half a million a year and the Home Market club in sists that if the people there are not forced to contribute that amount each year, that a universal businpss col iape will ensue. So sure are the members of the club of that fact that they denounce every man who denies it as a traitor. Teddy does not always make his civil service reform idas keen at a parity. A man, according to his the ories, should never be removed from office as long as he performs the du ties of the office faithfully and well, and especiallv should he never be re moved for political reasons. B"t the other dav he removed the United States attorney of Alabama for purely political reasons and says so in a pub lic letter. This attorney had taken an active part in the organization of the "lily white" republican purty in the south. There was some sort of - a proceed ing. It seems, in the circuit court of the United States in,Vlrginia concern ing the disfranchisement of negroes, probably in the form of injunction, which was dismissed by Chief Justice Fuller, but the case was so bunglingly reported . by the Associated press that it is impossible to make anything out of it except that it was appealed to the supreme court Certificates of election were immediately issued to all the Virginia congressmen as soon as the decision was announced. Cap tain Wise, who conducted the case for the negroes, remarked that he was go ing to Washington and have the case brought up in the house. He said, however, that "the republican party in Washington lacks backbone, even the president He invites Booker T. Washington to dinner and' all that sort of thing, but if Vxteen negroes were shot down by the White house it would not trouble him a bit" Senator Frye, in an interview in the Outlook, In speaking of a reciprocity treaty with Canada, says: "We once nad one, with benefit to Canada, and little or none to us. When, under its terms, notice to abrogate could be giv en, I offered a resolution in the senate requesting the president to give the notice, and it was adopted without division; notice was given and the treaty abrogated." The facts are that the treaty was abrogated in 1866 ani that Senator Frye did not get into the senate until 1871 . The tariff senators are often very inaccurate, but Senator Frye is the most reckless of them all. Congressman Loud of California is making a great deal of noise over his defeat. He blames it all on the let ter carrier?, because he defeated a bill for an incrtase in their wages. The truth about the matter is that every publisher in the United States and every weekly paper fought Loud's re election with all means in their power. When things came to such a pass that an underline at Washington could make regulations which had all the force of law enabling partisan post masters to refuse to forward through the mails a weekly paper whenever the notion suited, unless the editor put a stamp on every paper, editors and pub lishers concluded that it was time to put the man who was at the bottom of it all out of the halls of congress and they proceeded to do it with such an overwhelming majority that it end ed his political career as far as an elective office is concerned. But Loud will get some big federal appointment by the time his term expires. For months the New York Sun has commented bitterly upon every utter ance of the president which could be construed to be adverse to the trusts or any indication of the enforcement of the Sherman anti-trust act. Lately it has gone into fulsome praise of Grover Cleveland. J. Pierpont Mor gan owns the Sun. The elevated and underground rapid transit companies of New York have "merged" and none has asked for an injunction. The next important elec tion is two years distant John Quincy Adams rail on the so cialist ticket for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts and received 4,00" more votes than any other man on the ticket It is futile to ask "What's in a name?" after that. The Brooklyn Eagle, a democratic paper that never says anything that would in the least antagonize the la publican party, has laid the founda tion for a new plant double its present size. There is money in being an "as sistant republican." Perhaps as much as any of the regulars get. When the editor of The Indepen dent, then in his "teens." started out to make speeches for Fremont, free speech and free men, he was in the habit of telling the democrats that they were old mossbacks and still vot ing for Andrew Jackson, while the principles for which Andrew Jackson stood and which had made Old Hickory famous for all time, had been dis carded. In last week's Independent was published a letter from Mr. O. B. Whitford of Butte, Mont, in which that gentleman said: "I shall never denounce the administration that freed the slaves, and gave us our homestead laws." Mr. Whitford evidently is still voting for Abraham Lincoln, though he vots for a jiartv that has aban doned every principle that Abraham Lincoln advocated and especially those contained in his Beardstown speech, which was printed in the same issue of The Independent that contained Mr. Wait ford's letter. Hj n IAM3' October, 1902. importation of blaek Percherons, Belgians and Coachers was the largest ever made west of thA Missouri Kiver. Hia stallions of big size, quality, finish and extremely low prices are prvpoxitvm that will make you his buyer. If you can pay cash or give bankable note, you will sure buy stallions of lams. Ouly man in the United States that imported only black or bay stallions, lie has just imported 63 STALLIONS 63 Shipped to New York by fast boat, then by Farao Express, special train from New York to 8t Paul, Nebraska. lams' big barns are fall of big-, black, ton stallions. Be is jost finishing a new barn 36xlUU feet. lam s horse are the mrnmUUm of the town. Visitors throng his barn and say : "Never saw so many big black stallions together:" "They are larger, bigger bone, mora finish tbnn ever before:" ''Hut lams is progressive:" "He buys them larger and better each year;" "He makes prices that makes the people buy bia horses;" "lams has a horse show every Hay, better than Mate Fairs." He has on hand over 100 BLAlK PERCHERONS, BELGIANS and COACHERS 100 2 to 6 years old, weight 1,600 to 2,500 lbs. More black Prebron, ton stallions, largest Fr nch horse show winners, more government apprortxl and tttamped stallions of anyone importer in the west. lams speaks French and German; jxws no i ntcrprt er, no buytr, no Halrsmnn; no tw6 to ten men as partners to share profits. His buyers gi t middUmtn' profits and Kalarie. lama buys direct from breeders. This with his twenty years' experiemee seenrea the best. All the above facts .ave his buyers f50d to ,000 on a first class gtalhn and you get a first-class horse, aa only second rate stallions are peddled by sleek salesmen to be sold. Html one scU thcmHtlvet. It costs $6UU to &UU to have a salesman form a company and sell a second rate stallion. Form your own companies. Go direct to lams barns. He will sell you a better stallion for $1,000 and tl.MO than others are selling at 2,000 and f4,0U0. lams pays horse's freight and bia buyer's fara. Good guarantees. Hani in town. Don't be a clam. Write for an eye opener and finest horse catalogue on earth. AlWlS St. PauL, Howard Co., Neb. On U. P. and B. &. M. Rys. References : St. Paul State Pank, First State Bank, Citizens National Bank. y..fr..yn A Piano ...FOR... Annas We should like to send a Piano to your home for Christmas. We have the most distinguished line of Pianos handled in the west and the largest assortment to select from. Our prices are the lowest and our terms the most reasonable. You should also see our beautiful stock of Violins, Guitars, Mandolins, Accordeons, Music Rolls, Music Books, Sheet Music, etc. If you cannot visit our store write us, Matthews Piano Co. 1 1 20 O Street, Lincoln, Neb. President Roosevelt and General Miles are as far apart in their opin ions concerning the present conditions in the Philippines as they were con cerning the conduct of the war. Roose velt says that progress and prosperity there are "astounding," but General Miles, after traveling over a large part of the islands, said to the Associated press agent at Manila that he "found the people generally impoverished from the effects of the war and the pestilence which followed it, and I fear some may suffer from famine. The death of farm animals leaves the people no means of recovery." The dailies have made a great deal out of the fact that several of the trunk line of railways have recently raised wages some 10 per cent, but they have very little to say concerning the agreement reached among these lines to raise the freight rates so that the net income of the roads will be increased about five times as much as the increase in wages. While the roads remain in private hands there is no use trying to tax them or to make them pay higher wages out of their income! If axes are increased or wages raised, they immediately pro ceed to take four or five times as much more out of their patrons than the raise in wages or taxes amounts to. There is only one way to settle the railroad question and that is the populist way. Sooner or later that way will be adopted. One London hotel refused to enter tain Gates, the Wall street magnate, on account of his filthy habits and vile profanity. He was told to get out, for that hotel was for the entertainment of well-bred and decent people. There are a good many more of that same kind of millionaires, but they run the government of the United States. The Chicago Record-Herald re marks that "many things which were considered populistic a few years ago and extremely vicious and dangerous have gained enormously among the masses of both republicans and dem ocrats. Government ownership is by no means the bogy that it once was, and what was orthodox denunciation in the past would be considered ex travagant nonsense now." For over sixty years Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used by mothers for their children while teeth ing. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of Cut ting Teeth? If so send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow's Sooth ing Syrup" for Children Teething. Tta value is incalculable. It will reliere the poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there U no mistake about it It cures diarrhoea, regulates the stomach and bowels, cures wind colic, softens the gums, re- duces Inflammation, and gives tone and energy to the whole, system. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for chil dren teething is pleasant to the taste and is the prescription of one of the oldest and best female physicians and nurses in the United States, and is for sale by all druggists throughout the worid. Price. 25 cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup." Ranch For Sale I have for sale a fine ranch con taining 2,360 acres. About two-thirds of it is good hay land, and part of it farm land, and the balance pasture. It adjoins some free range. The hay Is the best quality and it is an excellent chance for some man wanting a ranch. Price, $18 per acre. J. A. DONOHOR. O'Neill, Neb.