The Frontier
Published by D. H. CRONIN.
ROMAINE SAUNDERS. Assistant tdltor
and Manager.
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Address the office or the publisher.
Mr. Harrington’s government own
ership agitation' is taking like ice
cream for a winter’s breakfast.
The Bee is running a series of
articles on the need of Nebraska towns.
O’Neill’s chief need is less political
turmoil.
The portion of President Roosevelt’s
message bearing on the courts is res
pectfully commended to those it may
concern.
President Roosevelt’s divulgment of
the inside history of the Bellamy
Storer case discloses an incident
where the woman undone the man.
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Everybody is looking for all there is
doming to them and a great many do
riot allow fine conscientious scruples
ty? interfer with them taking more.
The great mountain constructed by
the Independent lias melted to a
pebble. It finally admits that there
is neither shortage in the treasurer’s
office nor the need of issuing bonds.
Secretary Taft is an expert on fine
points of diplomacy. He is also parti
cularly good on clearing the adminis
trative sky of any clouds cast by the
misconstructions of an undecerning
portion of the public.
H. H. Rogers says that John D.
Rockefeller’s income this year will be
#00,000,000. “His fortune accumulates
at the rate of #1.90 every time the
clock ticks. This is 8114 a miuute,”
says Rogers.
Omaha threatens to evict the pri
vate water company supplying the
toifrn and put in a municipally controll
ed plant. O’Neill could give her a
few tips on municipal water plants as
a financial failure.
The Independent’s prediction that
there will be scalping of county claims
next Febuary is based on the strictly
reliable history of the past to the ef
fect that every man who ever sold a
claim had to submit to having it
‘scalped.”
It would be an unusual thing if the
nominee of the state convention for
United States senator should be elect
ed without some opposition. But the
opposition can not hope to gather
force enough to even make a respect
able showing.
It would be the same thing with the
Independent whoever the board of
supervisors selected for county treas
urer. We can conceive of no citizen
of the couuty whom the sheet would
not brand as a “tool’’ if he accepted
office as a republican.
The pop bosses may have thought it
a tine piece of grandstand work to
hold the township, school and village
funds to swell the grand total turned
over by D. J. Coonin, but they had a
very short foresight if they thought
nobody would discover the deception.
About half of the sum turned over by
Cronin he had no business to have In
his possession for months previous to
the expiration of his term.
Kansas populists have given up the
battle and their a poll tioal organization
abandoned, the former leaders claim
ing that Roosevelt is so near theii
ideal that they can help their own
cause along best by becoming republi
oans, The same is true in Nebraska
W'fact if not in form. Those wlu
hate been wandering in political wild
ftrness the last dozen years are some
what diffident about admitting thal
the populist movement was a failun
by openly renouncing populism and re
tuining to the republican or democrat
ic parties, so they say republicans havi
brought themselves In line with popu
lists and hence they will vote with re
publicans. The political history o
America discloses that no third part;
ever succeeded and whenever one ha
sprung up to remedy real or i maginar
evils It has sooner or later been merged
Into one or both of the old parties.
Whether populist doctrines have been
Interwoven with republicanism or not
each individual can decide for himself,
but the fact remains that every ad
vance move made in the United States
for the past fifty years was accomplish
ed under a republican administration.
St. Paul Republican: Let It not be
forgotten by embryo legislators that
an amendment to the revenue law
which will authorize assessors to in
spect bank, building and loan and
other books of deposit is necessary to
a fair and equal distribution of the
tax burden. So long as men of elastic
conscience have their money conceal
ed in places where the assessing officers
are forbidden to search, the assump
tion that everyone must pay taxes up
on a fair valuation of his earthly pos
sessions is a howling farce.
Norfolk News: Jr there were ever
desired concrete proof that the post
office department could be better run
by a private party than by the United
States government, a little experience
right here in northern Nebraska dur
ing the past three weeks would suffice
to convince the most skeptical that
the proposition made to the postal
congress to take over the department
and run it as a private business, is
worth serious consideration. Where
outside the red tape of federal service,
would you tind a train whose territory
had been extended a few miles, utterly
handicapped by the additional burden
of mall for several weeks afLer the
change was made? When in private
business would there be found manage
ment so alx as to allow such abomin
able service as has been given between
Norfolk and Chadron during the past
three weeks, to continue unimproved?
While Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden Is busying himself in
an effort to increase the postage rates
against newspapers, he might take a
moment off in his valuable time and
give the newspapers a service worth
what they are paying at the present
time.
Senator Tillman has made many a
rash break, but about the strongest
noted recently is on the race question,
lie says: ‘‘The younger element of ne
groes are being taught that they are
equal to the white man and are ‘at
this time endeavoring to get these
rights, led by Booker T. Washington,
a half breed, who is seeking a political
position.’ We will resort to the shot
guD, which is the best instrument I
have ever seen, to make a negro stay
in the road. I advocate a possport and
police system, so we may keep track
of these animals. Lynch law is all we
have left. The question of voting will
in the long run be settled by the shot
gun.” Tillman would incite to law
lessness and mob violence and settle
differences with the shotgun. It is
the spirit that seeks to destroy instead
of build up. In striking contrast are
the words of President Roosevelt In
his last message to congress: "There
is but one safe rule in dealing with
black men as with white men; it is
the same rule which must be
applied in dealing with rich
men and poor men; that is, to treat
each man, whatever his creed? or his
social position, with evenhanded jus
tice on his worth as a man. White
people owe it quite as much to them
selves as to the colored race to treat
well the colored man who shows bj
his life that lie deserves such treat
ment; for it is surely the highest wis
dom to encourage in the colored ract
all those individuals who are honest
industrious, lawabiding and wh<
therefore make good and safe neigh
bors and citizens.”
"Big Florrie.’’
Alfred Ilenry Lewis sketches ii
Pearson’s Monthly the personality am
career of Florence Sullivan, common
ly known as “Big Florrie,” a type o
Manhattan politician:
Big Florrie began to make a livinj
at the printers’ trade. His health suf
fered from the confinement and hi
i took up the open air life of a boatman
. In this life he developed until he be
came a muscular marvel. Next hi
became a policeman of the river squa<
and fought with the river thieves o
> all sorts. Tiring of the policeman’
• life, he opened a saloon and sold drink
. for four years. He kept “a lily whit
f place,” but he sickened of the business
He never has tasted liquor or tobacc
himself and he could not see why h
> should sell such things to others. H
1 had made money, but he could nc
keep it; he was too generous. Mayor
Van Wyck gave him a city office at a
good salary at a time when he wai
penniless, and after that, apparently,
he was no longer penniless. Boss Crok
er put iiim in charge of the Tammany
organization of the Eighth district,
the infamous red-light district.
The first thing Big Florrie did was
to buy a pair af kid gloves, so as not
to soil his hands. The next thing was
to go out into the street and knock
down the first specimen he met of the
species of men who live on the earn
ings of fallen women. Then he went
through the district, smashing right
and left, careful not to touch the vile
creatures with ungloved hands, but
feeling and bruising all whom he found
of this class. Within a week the dis
trict was cleaned up. No one dared
to come again within reach of the iron
hand within the glove, and the police
had orders not to interfere.
Having driven out those whom he
did not want there, he became the
feudal lord of those who were left. Pic
nics, balls, chowder parties, and ex
tirnKA Q Hie DvrmnCO
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Free turkeys, free bread, free lunches
were provided by him. Funeral ex
penses weie paid where there was
poverty, and flowers sent where the
bereaved were left in comfort. He
broke an engagement with two United
States senators because on the way he
read in the paper that two old women
were to be evicted for nonpayment of
rent, and he did not arrive at the
rendezvous until the women had been
placed in comfort. He wet his feet
and realized the discomfort of imper
fect footgear. Before he returned
home he had bought $15,000 worth of
shoes and stockings and left them at
the clubhouse for distribution.
•‘Democrats':1” he was asked. His
answer was, “Don’t talk politics nine
months before election day. Look for
barefoot people.”
“In such a district who can contend
with such a man?”| comments the
Chicago Tribune. “The people know
nothing of political principles: they
care nothing for reform or for civil ser
vice. They are for the man who sym
pathizes with them, who may plunder
the rich for all they know, but spends
the money in his district. They will
follow the man who lias the strength
and the courage to face his enemies
and those whom he considers enemies
to the people and knocks them down
and out. When students of civic pro
blems lament the existence of the boss
they are wasting their tears over some
thing which suits the bossed.”
When to Go Home.
From the Blutlton, Ind., Banner:
“When tired out. go home. When
yau want consolation, go home. When
ymi want fun, go home. When you
want to show others that you have re
formed, go home and let your family
get acquainted with the fact. When
you want to show yourself at your best
go home and do the act there. When
you feel like being extra liberal go
home and practice on your wife and
children first. When you want to
shine with extra brilliancy go home
and light up the whole household.”
To which we would add, when you
have a cold go home and take Cham
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cure is certain. For sale by Gilligan
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Too Many
Stoves
WE are closing out our entire line of
heating stoves at a reduction of from
$1 to S3 on each stove. When you
get our prices you will conclude that it will
pay you to throw away that old, worn out
stove and get a new, up-to-date one that
will just about save the price of the stove
in fuel this winter.
We have a fine line of desirable furniture
built in the latest styles and durably made
which affords anyone something to select
from for holiday gifts. This furniture is
bought at the lowest figure and is being
sold at rock bottom prices.
We are making a special low price now
on sanitary steel couches.
Golden Furniture & Hardw Co.
-OUR
HOLIDAY STOCK
Is Now Ready
THE entire store is filled
with handsome and use
ful Christmas gifts. Fancy
toilet sets at very moderate
prices. We have a fine line
of hand-painted china plates,
cups, saucers, etc.; a large
line of new and up-to-date
toys and pretty dolls.
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