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THURSDAY. JAN. 13, 1910.
Fear of an Awakening
The standpatters become ridiculous
when they try to account for present
high prices of tiie necessities of life by
bringing forth every conceivable reason
but tho right 6ne. Editor Lafc Young
of tho Dcs Moines, Iownt Capital must
have a poor idea of his readers' intelli
gence when he tells them that tho rea
son they find it so hard to make both
ends meet is because they arc living
too extravagantly.
And Prof. Milton Whitney of thede
parlmcnt of agriculture, writes himself
down as n candidate for a professor
ship in a dotty house by gravely as
serting that "people aro eating far
more than.tbey did 50 years ago." But
oven the obliging professor hasn't tho
temerity to declare that the American
people have increased their stomach
capacity by 50 per cent, or more in a
dozen years. And it is in a dozen
years, not 50, that the cost of liviug
has nearly doubled.
Tho frantic effort of the apologists of
the high tariff to drag in irrelevant and
remote considerations, for the purpose
of bllndiug the people to the real caus
es of their present distress, is evidence
that they fear an awakening on the
part of a long-suffering and long-deluded
public that will sweep them from
power at tho first opportunity.
With the Reactionaries
The mask is off. Recent press dis
patches from Washington indicate that
President Taft is taking a definite
stand against the republican insurgeuts.
He will no longer blow hot and blow
cold, but will align himself fairly and
squarely with the reactionary element
of his party, where, by nature, training
and association he belongs.
Insurgents, it is said, are to be ig
nored so far as possible in the distribu
tion of federal patronage and all the
members of congress active in opposi
tion to the reactionary Taft-Canuon-Aldrich
'policies are to have the fact
brought forcibly to their attention that
they are persona-non-grata at the
white house. According to tho re
ports of Washington correspondents as
published in republican papers of re
actionary tendencies, the campaign
against tho insurgents is to be carried
to even greater lengths. The weak
kneed ones will be forced into line by
threats or cajolery, and, all else failing
to quell the insurrection, the rebellious
republicans are to feel the hand of the
national organization against them in
their homes. The plan is for the or
ganization at Washington to stimulate
opposition to renomination of these
congressmen by diverse local activities.,
Rival republican aspirants for their
places, of known "safe and sound"
proclivities, are to be encouraged and
abetted in upsetting the cantankerous
ones.
President Taft is reported as fully
npproviug of the scheme, realizing at
last that be cannot occupy a position
of neutrality between the two factions
with satisfaction to himself or anybody
else. The piogressive republicans,
who( with a faith sublime and a gulli
bility pathetic, clung to the hope that
"at the tight moment" the 'president
would align himself with the forces in
bis party opposed to the reactionary
policies of Cannon and Aldrich, will
grieve. But even to the disappointed
ones it must be a relief to have the
suspense ended. It is worth some
thing to kuow definitely and positively,
without quibbling or equivocation,
where the president stands.
One Cause of
Postal Deficit
Speaking of the effort that is to be
made to increase the second-class
rates of postage, that is the low rates
allowed newspapers and other periodi
cal publications, a recent number of
the Western Publisher has the following
comment which meets with our hearty
approval:
"A strong effort is to be. made again
to increase the rates of second class
postage, or so chango the law as to
make it produce larger revenues, and
tho service rendered by the government
less expensive.
One of the big items of expense in
tho government mail service is the fast
newspaper trainB that leave practically
every large city early each morning.
These trains are run almost entirely
for the benefit df the large city dailies,
and are one of the most expensive
luxuries in the government service.
They make the big circulations of the
city dailies possible, and this is made
possible at the expense of the papers
published in tho smaller cities tlnd
towns.
The fact is, it is these fast mail
trains that have practically killed what
were a few years ago prosperous and
influential daily and weekly papers all
over this country. In Michigan fast
mail trains carry the Detroit papers to
all parts of the state, and the publish
ers of these Detroit papers, taking ad
vantage of tho opportunity which the
government has so generously given
them, arc offering their papers at a
price that it is absolutely impossible
for publishers in tho smaller cities and
towns to compete with. In this way
tho government is building the city
industry at the expense of those in tho
country. Tho mail service is catering
to a class, and the class which enjoys
tho exceptional privilege of government
fast mail trains aro fast putting out of
business the much larger class who are
not so favored.
If tho big city dailies wish to run
fast mail trains let them pay the bills,
and tho government will cut from its
mail expenditures a very large part of
the deficit which tho department is
complaining of.
But this one fact is certain: The
government will not do this unless the
publishers of the country daily and
weekly newspapers, to whom these
fast mail trains mean serious competi
tion, go after their representatives in
congress and insist upon it. Now is a
good time to tell your congressman
and senator your views on this subject."
Our Lincoln Letter
Lincoln, Ncbr., Jan. 11, iqio
(Special Correspondence) The last
legislature enacted a law creating a
new board of secretaries of the state
board of health, and immediately the
republican newspapers took up the cry
that it was all a scheme to give the
governor a chance to appoint some
more partisan officials. "Wait until
the supreme court gets at it," shrieked
the g.o.p. organs. "The court will
knock it higher'n a kite." The old
secretaries contested the law, and be
fore any evidence wbb heard or pro
ceedings really under way, the same
g.o.p. 'organs shrieked, "One more
democratic law declared void." The
republican secretaries, who had drawn
pay for years while playing politics, re
fused to let go. But now comes the
supreme court and declares that the
law is valid, and the new secretaries
arc at work. After getting all kinds of
erroneous statements printed in the
press, Secretary Sward of the old
board crept out by dismissing his part
of the cause. The court waited awhile
and aU the rest of the old board asked
for dismissal. But the g.o.p. organs
are not saying near as much about the
validity of the law as they did before
the supreme court upheld it.
A casual reading of the republican
organs in Nebraska would tend to con
vince the reader that the brewers and
distillers hate the republican party with
a deadly hatred because that party is
the enemy of their business. What
are the facts? For thirty years the
republican party in Nebraska has been
dominated by the brewery interests at
Omaha, and the Omaha 13 ee has been
the organ and mouth piece of the
brewers. The so called Slocum law
was enacted in 1881. In the twenty
eight years since then just tuo amend
ments were made to that law prior to
the legislative, session of igoo. One
was enacted by u populist legislature
111 i8gr, and prohibited ttie sale ut in
toxicants to Indians. The other was
enacted in 1889 by a republican legis
lature and provided for a method of
searching premises for intoxicating
liquors unlawfully in possession. The
democratic legislature of 1909 the
first democratic ' legislature in the his
tory of the state enacted more compe
tent, reasonable and salutary legisla
tion on the liquor question than the
republican legislatures of twenty-eight
years enacted. Among the bills passed
were: To prohibit the sale of liquor
to idiots, habitual drunkards, Indians
and inebriates; the bill prohibiting the
drinking of liquor on trains; the bill
amending the Omaha charter so as to
provide that any policeman who be
comes a habitual drunkard shall be
deprived of his pension, and the 8
o'clock closing law. The 8 o'clock
closing law is the most salutary and
efficient regulation of the liquor traffic
enacted in three decades. Nebraska
is the first state in the union to enact a
state-wide daylight saloon law, and
that law was enacted by a democratic
legislature. After being the willing
tool of the brewers and distillers for
thirty years, the g.o.p. now tries to
pose as the enemy of tho liquor inter
ests, and after profiting by liquor sup
port all these years says it is going to
"curb the rum demon." It is to laugh!
The democratic party is quite willing
to have its record on the matter of
regulation laws compared with the re
publican party's record. Just study
the returns of the election of supreme
judges and note the fact that the three
republican supreme judges would have
been hopelessly defeated but for the
liquor vote of the city of Omaha and
Douglas county.
Tho abuse of tho pardoning power
has always been recognized in Nebras
ka, The governor is vested with the
sole power of pardon. During his four
years' sdrvico as governor, John H.
Mickey issued eighty-four pardons, an
average of twenty-one a year. Gover
nor Sheldon's average was twelve a
year. Governor Shallenberger has
pardoned but seven, and refused more
applications than was ever refused in a
single year by any former governor.
Tho following in reference to Governor
Shallenbergcr's policy on the matter of
pardon is quoted from tho Lincoln
State Journal, a republican organ:
"Governor Shallenberger has estab
lished a uniform rule iu relation to
pardons and commutations of sentence
and exercises executive clemency only
In cases where there is a concerted re
quest not only upon tho part of the
applicant and those interested in his
behalf, but by the presiding judge and
prosecuting attorney as well. In addi
tion to this there must be a showing of
soma now condition arising sijice the
conviction and sentence that warrants
favorable action,
Tho governor feels it is an outrage
upon society to thwart the will of tho
people, and the mode provided for
dealing with those who purposely vio
late the law by stepping in and per
emptorily betting aside the verdicts of
juries who have heard the evidence
and the judgement of the court in pro
nouncing sentence unless there is some
reasonable and extraordinary ground
for so doing.
Speaks .Well of Shumway.
Under the caption of "Men of the
Hour," the Denver Field & Farm, a
non-political farm journal which was
established in 1872, contains the fol
lowing item:
"G- L. Shumway of Scottsbluff,
who is well known over the country by
his work along conservation and irri
gation lines, is a candidate for con
gress in the sixth district of Nebraska
Mr. Shumway bears the distinction of
being absolutely free from any influence
of corporations interested in the thous
and and one projects in the west and
his work has not Bhown the elements of
hysteria bo evident all aroutid us. In
terested only iu the development of
western resources and the building of
homes upon the public domain, he has
devoted many years of his life in his
endeavor to have the right methods
adopted. This work has brought him
in touch with the thinkers along those
lines, and if he should go to Washing
ton he would at once have a sphere of
influence among the members of both
political parties that would put Ne
braska on the map as the state has not
been for years."
The treasury department reports
that the amount of money in circula
tion in the United States on Jan. 3 was
$34 82 for each man, woman and child.
Got yours?
Thomas Edison says that 200 years
hence "the ordiuary laborer will Uveas
well as a man does now with 5200,000
annual income." Hut 200 years is a
long time to wait.
"Pinchot and his frieuds.declare that
he is just beginning to fight. Goodl
Let the fight go on- The harder the
fight the more the people will learn as
to the' true facts." So says the Hast
ings Republican, and so say we.
District Court Calendar for 1910
Fifteenth Judicial of Nebraska
Judges W. H. Westover, Rushville;
J. J. Harrington, O'Neill.
Holt May 23 Nov. 14
Boyd . .. .April 4 Oct. 17
Kock Mch, 14 Oct, 10
Brown Jan. 31 Sept. 5
Keya Palm. .Apiil ti Sept. 26
Cherry. ... May z Oec. 5
Sheridan .... Feb. 21 Sept. 12
Dawes ... June. 13 Dec 12
Box Butte. ,Mch. 21 Oct- 3
Sioux .April 18 Sept. 19
GRAND 0PERA BY WIRELESS
Metropolitan Arrane.es Phone Service
for Distant Cities.
New Y...-K, Jan. 10. Grand opera by
wireless telephone Is the latest at tho
Metropolitan opera house. Tho Initial
test of tre plan will take place Wed
nesday, when Mme. Fromstad will
Blng "Tosca" to fashionable audiences,
not only in tho opera house but to
those assembled In wireless phone
planiH In a dozen different towns.
Arrangements have been made with
a number of wireless stations to be in
readiness to recelvo the opera over
tholr air lines, and additional re
ceivers have been attached to allow
as many persons as possible to hear It.
A wireless outfit has been arranged
behind and above tho stage, so as to
catch every note in tho pleco nnd to
transmit It through tho ether. Prelim
inary testa were made with regular
wlro telephones, nnd many persons
uptown Bet comfortably In tholr Mor
ris chajlrs and' heard Cani30 sing In
"La Oloconda."
ESSAY PRIZE TO INSANE MAN
Asylum Inmate Wins $200 Cow for
Paper on Milk.
Mlddletown. N. Y., Jan. 10. An in
teresting fact In connection with the
awarding of the prizes offered by Dr.
Thomas Darlington, health commis
sioner of New York city, for the best
essay on "How can clean and whole
some milk bo produced at the least
cost for the New York market?" Is
that the winner of tho second prize Js
a patient at tho Mlddletown Btate hos
pital for the lusane and lias been con
fined in that institution for sovoral
years.
Tho prize was a $200 Jersey cow
and tho winner Is Ray Spononbergh, a
young farmer, who was committed' to
tho Institution from Fulton, N. Y.
Although he has not been able to do
any farming for several years, he pro
pared his prize wjnnlng paper In tho
state hospital and dairymen all over
tho country have thought that the
writer waB an experienced dairyman,
WHITE SLAVE INQUIRY
Grand
Jury Resumes Its
Probe
in
New York City.
New York, Jan. 10. Professor Jenks
of Cornell was tho first witness called
today by tho Jury which 1b Investigat
ing the traffic in women.
"Professor Jenks has a broad gen
eral knowledge of conditions In New
York city," said District Attorney
Whitman. "He tells me that many
keepers and owners of these resorts
have disappeared from town or at
least are keeping under cover. His
testimony will bo of groat value, espe
cially as indicating to the grand jury
lines to be followed up in Its investi
gation." The district attorney said that his
deputy, Mr. Reynolds, has visited
Washington and Philadelphia and In
terviewed police officials and other In
vestigators In those cities.
LYNCHERS ESCAPED GRAND JURY
Illinois Body Falls to Return Indict
ments Against Any of Them.
Cairo, 111,, Jan. 10. The grand Jury,
which probed tho murder of Miss
Anna Pelley and tho lynching of Hen
ry Salzuer and Will James, a negro,
adjourned without returning Indict
ments. Arthur Alexander, the negro
In tho Champaign (111.) jail, who bare
ly escaped lynching, will be released
today.
Tho grand jury reported It was evi
dent that the so called lawless ele
ment was not concerned In the lynch
lngs. Salzner wns charged with uxor
clde. James was suspected of killing
Miss Pelley. The grand Jury report
concluded: "We believe no innocent
man met his death at tne hands of the
mob."
WOOL GROWERS ELECT
Choose Officers and Adjourn to Meet
at Portland, Ore.
Ogden, Utah, Jan. 10. With the se
lection of Portland, Ore., as tho next
meeting place, the forty-sixth annual
Bosslon of the National Wool Growers'
association came to a close.
Officers were reelected as follows:
President, Fred W. Gooding of Sho
shone, Ida.; eastern vice president,
A. J. Knollln of Chicago; western
vice president, J. A. Delfelder of Wal
ton, Wyo.
It was evident from the utterances
of delegates that tho dismissal of Glf
ford Pinchot was pl3as,-ng to tho ma
jority of sheepmen.
MADRIZ DENOUNCES ZELAYA
Says United States Is Justified in Re
senting Executions.
Washington, Jan. 8. President Mad
riz of Nicaragua, in a message ro
ceJved at the state department, de
clares that the resentment Bhown by
the government and people of the
United States because of the execu
tion of Groce and Cannon, American
citizens, was justified.
'cardinal satolli dead
Official In Catholic Church Passes
Away In Rome,
nome, Jan. 8. Cardinal Satolli died
this morning.
Girl's Snowball Kills Boy.
Newark, N. J Jan. 10. John Me
Cann, ten years old. Is dead at his
homo as tho result of a blow from a
r5wbll thrown at him by a small
girl playmate. Tho lad was struck on
tho back of J10 neck and" spinal men
ingitis suddenly eet In.
Hurricane Vrck3 Village.
CtuHt, Spain. Jan. 8. A hurrlmnc
wtu. vJ ifc? village of La IJuea. for
ty t o.ise foil.
Cannon vs. the Insurgents
Ncbraskn State Journttt:
Thanks to the utter madness
of Speaker Cannon and to the
subserviency of his friends the
situation in the house grows
clear. Goaded by last Friday's
defeat, a blow that would have
led to resignations in a Euro
pean parliament, the speaker is
using the mailed fist with an
abandon that looks not to conse
quences. He has had the names
of the insurgents stricken off the
list of republicans to whom no
tices of caucuses are sent. He
has had his congressional cam
paign committee, to-wit, Multi
millionaire McKinley of Illinois,
serve notice that the funds and
the influence of the organization
will be withheld from if not
actually used against insurgent
members in their campaigns for
re-election. The caucus is also
to be invoked as a final recourse
for forcing the insurgents into
the machine. Lastly and very
gratifying, the speaker's stub:
borness, stirred by last week's
vote of lack of confidence, disa
vows all intention of announcing
his retirement at the end of the
present congress.
This means that congressmen
must choose this day whom they
will serve, Cannon or their con
stituents. To submit to the cau
cus is to submit to Cannon, for
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Alliance, Nebraska.
the caucus is controlled by com
mittee patronage. To stay out
of the caucus is to bravo the
power of the machine. Tho in
surgent is to be tried as by fire,
and the test will soon apprise us
who is the solid stuff. Cannon's
decision not to "retire with a
fight on his hands" is a windfall
for the insurgents. The fight
upon the house autocracy is
more important than the fight
upon the man who has magnified
its capacity for harm. The re
tirement of Cannon at this time
might save the machine. His
continuance as an issue insures
its doom.
Of the utmost importance is
the fact that these developments
malce the position ol tlie insur
gents clear beyond dispute.
They are absolutely loyal to the
republican party. It is the Can
non machine, and its etfort to
usurp the name of republican
that the insurgents oppose. They
are punished for being against
Cannon, not for being againt re
publican policies or principles.
Tliis means what the president
and the country can but see, that
any presidential discrimination
against the insurgents is rein-'
forcement for Cannon and noth
ing else. If the president with
holds patronage from the house
insurgents he does it at the risk
of the consequences of climbing
aboard the sinking ship of Can
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