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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. larch il 1897 5 Nebraska Inbcpcnbcnt Crslidmtieu f TWM WMALTH MAKMRS LINCOLN IWOMfMlfMMNT, rUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY IT TBS Udspsrjdsrjt Publijhiijg Go. At 1180 X BtrMt, LINCOLN, - NEBRASKA. TELEPHONE 53a $1.00 per Year in Advance. Address til oamanlettlou to, and mak all traits. bobt crdar. te., pjbl to 14 INDEPENDENT FOB, CO.. LlROOLI, Nl. Read our subscription propoHition on page 5. Congress will meet in extra session March 15th. . The people should be given a chance to vote on the proponed constitutional amendment allowing the initiative and referendum in state, county and munici pal affairs. The expense of the McKinley inaugural was $2,500,000, while that of Thomas Jefferson did not cost to exceed f 5,000. This is evidence that this country is fast approaching the customs of monarchies. The legislature is now getting down to work. The preliminary committee work, etc., is largely over and henceforth bills may be expected to be ground out very rapidly. There is a good prospect that all the reform measures will become laws. . The Nebraska reform press association will hold another meeting at the Lincoln hotel this city, Tuesday, March 16, at 10 a. m Matters of very great interest and importance to publishers will becon sidered. This will be strictly a business meeting. Van der Voort, as a factor in the pop ulist party, is at an end. Washburn's plan seems to have been lost in the shuf fle. Coxey's reorganization plan, failed to reorganize. The two press associa tions are making overtures to get to gether. Peace and harmony once more hover over the party councils. Let pop ulists, with a united front, face about and attack the enemy all along the line. The stock yards bill has passed the senate and gone to the house. It will undoubtedly become a law. It does not make a very severe cut and yet it makes a very material reduction that will help the farmers and shippers of the state, The corporations made the senate the battle ground, but they were defeated. The people of Nebraska have prayed lor stock yards regulation for years. At last they are about to receive it. Our subscription proposition on page 5 deserves your favorable consideration. It will save you money. The bill passed by the house for revis ing the charges iu the office of secretary of state was prepared by Secretary Porter and introduced by Mr. Sheldon is a most excellent measure. It is based on laws existing in Ohio, Wisconsin, Col orado and many other states and is in tended to make the office self-supporting. It increases the amount of charges for the filing of articles of incorporation and other fees to thestate. The amounts charged are still far below the charges in other states, but are sufficient to pay all of the running expenses of the office. MUNICIPAL FEMALE SUFFRAGE. x By a decisive majority last week the house recommended the passage of a bill to permit women to vote in all municipal elections of the state. The woman's rights advocates have been struggling for such a law a great many years. Their efforts seem now about to succeed. This was not made a party measure, as the bill for municipal referendum was, yet the bulk of the votes for the suffrage measure came from the populists. All reforms work together and a man who favors one is liable to favor others, even though not bound so to do by a party platform. MUNICIPAL REFERENDUM. The bill for the referendum in the mun icipalities of the state has been recom mended to pass the lower house of the state legislature, and in all probability Iwill become a law. ''Municipal" as used in this bill is meant to apply to any po litical subdivision of the state. It may boused in a city, town, township, or county. The law will leave it optional with the people of any such political "subdivision whether they adopt the sys tem or not. There is nothing compuls ory about the matter. The referendum is a provision to refer to the people for their approval any or dinance of a city council, etc. The bill states, however, that a certain percent age must petition to havesuch ordinance bo referred. This is to prevent the call ing of a special election on trivial points. . A bill has been introduced also to pro- ride that the principle of the initiative and referendum shall apply to the entire state. ThiB however would Tequire an amendment to the constitution, while the municipal referendum can be enacted by statute. BROTHERHOOD. The movement of the whole world is toward brotherhood. Some people call it socialism, some collecticism, some co operation, some nationalism, some one thing and some another. I call it broth erhood. That is a broad word. It has a political meaning, a religious meaning, an industrial meaning. Politically it means a pure' democracy equal rights, equaljprivileges. Religiously, it means love for your fellow man the highest of the doctrines of Christ. Industrially, it means the co-operativecommonwealth all for each and each for all. Brother hood means pence as wide as the world and as long ns the ages no more fra tricidal war no more shedding of brothers' blood. Brotherhood means a universal religion no more creeds with narrow barriers no more warring sects no more lying and tyrannical priests no more fetters of form but a religion of the heart as broad as man kindthat recognizes God over us, Christ in us and a bond ofloveand union between us. Brotherhood means a repub lie of the world. No moro kings no more tyranny no more oppression but a universal liberty a union of all the states of the earth, to preserve jus tice, to curb rapacity, to elevate all the race. Brotherhood means the divinity of toil the just recognition of the work- ers of the world; the stopping of the rule of greed; theeuding of an idleand vicious class that is a burden on the backs of labor. It means that the state shall not be a conglomeration of warriug in dividuals, but a perfect social organism where every man is free to do what is best for his fellow men, where the aim of each is the happiness of all. The greatest teacher of brotherhood was Jesus Christ. He proclaimed the fatherhood of God, the love of neighbor, the forgiveness of enemies,charity,mercy, forbearance, the gospel of good deeds. His ideas, if followed to their logical conclusion, would build up a brother hood of all the race. The cornerstone of our present indus trial system is selfishness. Our religious and political systems are both warped to fit our industrial system. The ruling factor in all is selfishness. In politics the rule is to work for self. I am to be elected to office, my interests are to be subserved in legislation the good of Belf the first thought, the good of the whole people a secondary matter. In religion, it is the rule of self again. Every one looks after his own salvation. Each church is built for a class each striving to make the greatest show the members purse-proud and selfish the ministers preaching for a salary and striving not to offend the source from which it comes. All dedicated to the worship of Mammon rather than to the worship of right and love the truth. In the industrial world, still working for self. Every man cheating his neigh bors. Capital beating labor of its wage, Corporations robbing the people, wealth being hoarded by the few, robbery on all sides, every man's hand against all the rest, evefy one striving for self. This is a civilization founded on selfish ness. Uinst taught the opposite. Christ taught brotherhood, which is the subordination of self to the good of the whole people. One or the other is wrong. Is it Christ or the present system? Which? There can be but one answer: Christ is right, brotherhood is the divine law. Selfishness has been the bane of the world. It is the worst sin the root of all other sins. Any civilization that recognizes' selhanness as the primal law of its industrial system must either rectify the mistake or must go down. The political, religious and industrial system of the futnre must be founded on human brotherhood. It will then be in consonance with natural and divine law. It will be a house builded upon a rock. Now at the very gateway of the new century, from some mighty impulse, like a psychic wave, comes a movement in all the nations toward brotherhood. In one country it assures one phase, in another a different one, but it is every where present. In Germany, it is a social democratic party, in France and England it is a kindred political organi zation. In Russia it is a Count Tolstoi spreading his doctrines throughout all the domains of the Czar. In all Europe it is a purpose to blot out the cruel Ottoman empire. In America it is a political upheaval to strike down the rule of Mammon. In Cuba it is a struggle to be free. In all the world it is a move ment toward peace and arbitration. In the church it is an effort here and there manifest to get back to the real doc trines of Christ. With the swiftness of light comes the awakening of the people. The old era of oppression and greed and war is passing away; the new era of liberty, peace and equality is dawning. The spirit of Christ is entering more and more into ii i . . i mi me nearts oi men. inewormis seeing more and more the real meaning of the divine truths he uttered. He spoke for the salvation of humanity in this world as well as the world to come. He taught the divine doctrine of love of your fellow man, which doctrine will be the corner stone of the civilization of the future. In the ocean of human affairs is gath ering a tidal wave. Year by year its height and momentum increases. It is bearing down upon us. Before it will be swept away thrones, priests, standing armies and old lies. Before it .will go down the money power of the world,- the vampire that is sapping the life-blood of mankind, the rule of Mammon. In its wake the sun of liberty will shine. After its passing, humanity will arise, re-baptised, rejuvenated, redeemed. And from that time henceforth the divine law of the fatherhood of God and the brother. hood of man will be recognized, rever enced, obeyed. ' A STRONG INDORSEMENT. The position of this paper and its edit or in opposing any proposed change of the fighting issue has met with on en dorsement from leading populists in all parts of the United States. Among those who have sent letters supportitg our position are such men as the fol lowing: Gen. James B. Weaver, populist can didate for president in 1802. Gen. James G. Field, populist candi date for vice-president in 1892. V Hon. Marion Butler.chairman populist national! committee and U. S. senator from North Carolina. Hon. W. V. Allen, O. S. senator from Nebraska. Hon. Wm. A. Harris. U. S. senator from Kansas. Hon. Wm. M from Nov ad a. Stewart, U. S. senator Hon. Henry Heitfield.U.S.senator from Idaho. Hon. Geo. Turner. U. S. senator from Washington. Hon. W. A. Peffer, ex-U. SI senator from Kansas. Hon. John W. Leedy, governor of Kansas. Hon. Silas II. Holcomb, governor of Nebraska. Hon. Andrew E. Lee, governor ot S Dakota. Hon. John R. Rogers, governor of Washington. Hon. Robert B. Smith, governor of Montana. Hon. John C. Bell, congressman from Colorado. Hon. C. A. Barlow, congressman from California, Hon. James Gunn, Congressman from Idaho. Hon. J. E. Kelleyl congressman from South Dakota. Hon. W. L. Stark, Congressman from Nebraska. Hon. R. D. Sutherland, congressman from Nebraska. Hon. W. L. Green, congressman from Nebraska. Hon. W. D. Vincent, congressman from Kansas. Hon. E. R. Ridgely, congressman from Kansas. Hon. M. S. Peters, congressman from Kansas. Hon. J. Y. Callahan, delegate to con gress from Oklahoma. Hon. O. M. Kem, ex-congressman from Nebraska. Hon. B. O. Flower, 'ex-editor of the Arena. Hon. Wharton Barker, editor .of the American. Hon. Gordon Clark, distinguished eco nomic author. Hon. J. R. Sovereign, gen. master workman K. of L. Hon. Frank Doster, chief justice su preme court of Kansas. Hon. T. M. Patterson, editor Rocky Mountain News. The secretary of state, state treasurer and state superintendent of Kansas. , The lieut.-gov. and state supt. of Mon tana. The state auditor of Washington. Chairmen of the populist committees of the following states: Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebras ka, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Con necticut and Maryland. One or more members of the national committee from each of the following states and territories: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Co lumbia, North Carolina, Florida, Ala bama, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebras ka, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Mon tana, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Iowa, California, Oregon and Washington, The following distinguished Nebraska populists outside of those already named: John M. Devine, W. A. Poynter, C. N. Mayberry, A. H. Weir, John M. Ragan, George A. Abbott, P. H. Barry, J. Bur rows, Geo. W. Leidigh, Dr. L. J. Abbott, Prof. W. A. Jones, B. R. B. Weber, J. E. Harris; several members of the present senate and house, and many others from all parts of the state and nation. Among hundreds of letters secured on the subject, uot half a dozen have op posed our stand. Many of these letters came in answer to a short note from us asking an opin ion, Many more came unsolicited. Some are marked private or ' personal so that we cannot publish them. Altogether the answers form an authoritative sympos ium that ought to be conclusive on this point. They seem to us to settle beyond any future cavil the one point, that the free coinage of silver at 18 to 1 is to re main "the fighting issue" of the people's party until that question is settled. Another thing is shown by these let ters: That while the fighting issue must remain as above stated, there is more and more a tendency to push the fight on the whole platform, and especially on all th9 money question. And yet anoth er thing is shown that the people's party must be preserved and its identity kept separate from any and all others. And yet another thing is shown that there is a surprising amount of vitality and aggressiveness displayed by every populist leader. These are all encouraging signs. Let the people's party, determined and united, move forward against the ene mies of the people, against false systems; and teaching the truth that shall make us free. SUGAR TRUST PROFITS. William Shaw Bowen, correspondent for the World, states that he has infor mation from a United states senator in a position to know, that the sugar trust contributed $300,000 to the McKinley campaipgn lund. it was given with a condition as to the tariff on sugar in case of his election. This explains the increase of tariff to 1 5-8 of a cent a pound on sugar. This new duty will raise for the government from $65,000, 000 to $75,000,000 annually. The pres ent duty is 40 per cent ad valorem which is equivalent to about 1 cent per pound. In addition to this there is a differential protection of 1-8 of one cent per poond on renned sugar. The last will amount to about $5,000,000 and as four-fifths of all refined sugar is controlled by the trust $4,000,000 of it will go into the coffers of the sugar trust. MCKINLEY'S INAUGURAL ' ADDRESS, It is a very ordinary state paper. There is no attempt to be brilliant, no effort at display. The reverent spirit shown in the opening sand closing para graphs is commendable. The references to taxation are moderate, and are some what toned down from former McKinley utterances. The utterances against trusts are very similar to those made by Clevelund four years ago. We sin cerely hope that they will not be carried out in the same way. The references to the financial question are unsatisfactory. The silver question is dismissed in a single sentence. The president pledges himself to do all he can to bring about an international conference. Well, Cleve land recently went as far as that. He signed the joint resolution favoring such a conference. He evidently did not be lieve that it would do anything for, silver or he. would not have signed it.'VIsit possible that Mr.JMcKinley shares that opinion and that his brief reference to the question is merely perfunctory? The president's reference to paper money is vague. Does he favor the re tirement of the greenbacks or does he not? Can anybody tell from his address what stand he v takes on that question? He says that the issuance of paper money must still remain under "the su pervision of the government." Mr. Gage the man Mr. McKinley has appointed secretary of the treasury, favors retir ing the greenbacks. Does McKinley agree with him? If not, why did he ap point Mr. Gage? It is safe to say that he does, and (that his whole involved reference to this question is evasion. The demand for a monetary commis sion is not new. The same thing has been recommended by the money power for years. Such a commission probably would be composed of bankers and those in sympathy with the bankers. Taken all iu all, the president proposes nothing new. He dismisses the silver question with a sentence, he evades the question of retiring the greenbacks, his references to the trusts are good if car ried out, his reference to the tariff is out spoken and on the whole such as was expected. The remainder of the address is rather tame and platitudious. There is an evasion as to Cuba. No one can tell where the new administration .will stand in relation on there. to the struggle going THE NEW CABINET. John Sherman is secretary of state; a millionaire; the man who engineered the demonetization of silver; with no especial distinction in handling foreign affairs; evidently appointed to make room for Mark Hanna in the senate. Lyman J. Gage is secretary of the treasury; also a millionaire president of a national bank and formerly president of the national bankers' association; until recently a gold standard demo crat. Russell A. Alger, secretary of war; also a millionaire; at the bead of a great lumber company in Michigan; accused by John Sherman of buying negro dele gates in the republican national conven tion of 1888. Cornelius N. Bliss, secretary of the in terior; another millionaire; business man of New York city; unfitted by location to understand the affairs of the interior de partment which almost wholly concerns western affairs. John C. Long, secretary of the navy, ex-governor of Massachusetts; not much know in national affairs. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture; formerly a Congressman from Iowa. James IL Gary, postmaster-general; prominent republican from Maryland. J. J. McKenna, attorney general, for merly congressman from California, also on the United States district bench; a good lawyer; reported to be a million aire. Every member of the cabinet is a wealthy man. most of them millionaires. In the make up the business element pre dominates. The cabinent is an index to the admin istration. 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For this reason it is a good plan to cut the list out and take it with you. inegooas cost you the same price without the tickets as with them, and if you do not ask for the tickets when you have made the purchase, you simply lose their face value. In the matter of the recount on the vote for and against the amendment in creasing the number of supreme court judges. The ballots from all counties i . ... nave now Deen sent in and the recount wiUbe finished in a short time. The re publicans, got out an injunction against the county clerkfrbf Im)mmu91i- caster counties complying with the law but in Douglas county the injunction was knocked out by the district court and in I ancaster it was withdrawn. It is not yet known whether the recount is showing any material . changes or not, From the bilter oppoejtion of the repub licans, they are evidently fearful of the result. Graham has been renominated by the republicans as mayor of Lincoln. He is a weak candidate. He can be beaten. The silver and reform forces of the city should unite on some strong: candidate for mayor and, if they do, they will elect him. The people are ' tired of the dis honesty and incompetency of the gang with which Mr. Graham stands. Let there be a union of the reform forces in the city and strong campaign made and the republican ring of Lincoln will be beaten. On final passage the stock yards bill passed with a vote of 25 to 7. It looks as though some of the senators are try ing to "hedge a little." It is about time some of them did something. Delinquent subscribers are respectfully requested to remit. HARDY'S COLUMN. New President and the Money Question- Government Steal in a Steel Contract- War Cloud Darkens Liquor Inspection Bill Lecture, How to Successfully Farm. A new president with a new cabinent are on the throne, also many new sena tors and congressmen are ready to take their seats. The greatest need seems not to be more protection but more reve nue. Nobody thinks of spending less, but more, and the common people must be taxed to meet it. It won't do to tax the millionaire any more than the day laborer. His fine broadcloth and foreign mine must not be taxed as much as sheeps gray and whiskey. There is no reason why prosperity Bhould not precede McKinley as much as adversity preceded Mr. Cleveland. But failures and foreclosures, reduction of wages and strikes are yet of every day occurrence. A special session is called. It is well for they have only twenty months to work their tariff and gold standard racket. be fore another congressional election comes. If prosperity is not here before that, look out for a silver congress. Four years ago Cleveland called an extra ses sion of congress for the single purpose of knocking out silver and bringing out prosperity. But prosperity went with silver as it always has. McKinley is not so much to blame, he has tariff on the brain and has had it so long that, in all probability, be will die with it. But the gold standard, with him, was not an hereditary, disease, as he took it from contact with the presidential bee. Lots of men get tariff on the brain. Th?re are probably 50,000 people in Nebraska who think it will be a real blessing to pay two dollars a thousand tariff on lumber, no matter whether we buy in Wisconsin or Canada, then ten per cent a pound on the wool we buy, will make our clothes warmer. Lightly as the inaugural passes over the money question, still that is what is going to bother this administra tion more than all other questions. Mr. KcKinley wishes they bad retired the greenback long ago, but still thinks they must De retired, tie aare not propose that silver take their place. Bank notes then are the onlyN substitute. But how can the banks increase their circulation if required to redeem in gold? Will not the endless chain be worked on them the same as on the government. The supply of gold can not be increased to fill the gap and silver must not be used unless the payee requests it. The only way out of the dilemma is to make bank notes ir redeemable legal tender money. What a steal there must have been in the government contract for armor plate, $400 a ton, and now that the trust is broken the first bid is $200. No wonder that Tillman charged that Car nagie had an agent in the United States senate. The Mediterranean war cloud is thick ening. Plucky Greece does not back down worth a cent. The "powers" con stitute a congress of all the empires and kingdoms of Europe, and this authority bears about the same relation to the people that our congress does to the peo ple of the United States. It amounts to a rebellion when a king does not toe the mark. A bill has been introduced in our legis lature for the purpose of organizing a whisky and beer inspection bureau simi lar to that for the inspection of coal oil. It provides for a commissioner and five deputies. A dollar a barrel is to be charged for inspecting whiskey and a less sum for beer. Pure liquor is wanted, so men can drink more of it and live as long as they did .fifty years ago. Then they would not get drunk, pound each others faces or go home and abuse their fami lies. As well might they ask for pure scarlet women, so married men would not carry diseases home to their families. Fifty years ago men who drank liquor acted just as they do today. The wife and children were clad in rags and suffer ed from cold aud hunger. Men died of delirium tremens just as early in life. We were there and know. Then most of the drugs are put in by the saloon keeper. He buys a barrel and makes two or three. We are told it will furnish a revenue to the state, besides paying the inspectors. We do not want a revenue from vice. The greatest mistake ever made in the tem perance work was the adoption of the high license law. Good church members, deacons and preachers vote for the sa loon that they may get the thousand dollars. Then it is a question whether it is not better that the drunkard go to his grave by the strychnine route rather than live longer to curse his family and com munity. HOW TO SUCCED ON A FARM. "J CHAPTER n. The army life of the boytyfttriedlittle from that of thousandVTjf other boys Who enlisted It Wits hard tuck nnrt UiiiwiBhiost of the time. Jim's pledge. not to drink liquor, was a safe-guard against one of tie worst evils of army life. Many a boy went into the armv with a clean record who came home a moral wreck. Not so with Jim aud Joe. While on the Potomac thev often heard from home and the boxes of good things were amy appreciated. Mary and bue were not idle. Thev were both teachers and the money earned was. saved for future use. They were also raising goslings, picking geese for beds ana pillows, uther bed clothes, sheets. and comforts were made and laid awav frir thft t i rn ct nf nooH Wa UnA I. ; at home as well as heroes at the frout. The girls were bankers for the nnva Every few months a small irovernmenfc bond would come home for safe-keen ing. While on the Potomac the'bova chanced to camp along side a regiment of regulars. Of course they became ac quainted and told each other their ex perience. Ihe regulars had been on the frontier flgbtiug Indians. Thev had much to tell about their march from Fort Omaha to Fort Kearney and thence to fort Leavenworth. During the last march they were three or four riava in the Blue river valley in Nebraska. They described that valley as the most beau tiful country they ever saw. Ther such a glowing account that the boys de- terminea, petween themse ves. il r,hv lived to get home, that they would see the Blue river valley in Nebaaska and set tle there if it filled the bill. me three years enlistment had wll nigh passed by. They had been in the hottest of the Gettysburg and Wilder ness battles, but were now in seeming winter quarters before Petersburg. The question of re-enlistment mustbe decided. It was generally thought the heavy fighting was nearly done and that sir ni eight months more would finish the war. j.nen tney wanted to know what, nan what betoie they moved to thnRIno pi- valley, BO.they concluded to . re-enlist. They could have had ten days furlough, but they concluded they would not go home until they went home to stay, so they sent their bounty monev and ainnA at their posts. the oftifwtrs of their coasnanv had hak killed and Jim made captain and Joe lieutenant. More than half of thosn wh. started from Pennsylvania h ad hoan killed or wounded and sent home.hnt.tho company and regiment had been recruited iwo or mree times. The winter passed with morn fli (Torino- than marching and much Iphh hun than the summer. Spring came. Lee surrendered. From shooting each other yesterday they went to feeding each other today. They ceased to be enemies become friends, shook hands and re- joiced together. Johnston surrendered and most of the boys started for home Continued on 8 th page. Wfiw Do people buy Hood's Sarsaparilla In prefer ence to any other, In fact almost to the exclu- sionoiauomers? Because they know that Hood's Sarsapa rilla cures when others fail. The question of best is Just as positively de cided in favor of Hood's Sarsaparilla, as the question of comparative sales. Kemember, K Sarsaparilla Ii the One True Blood Purifier. All dniKglst, si Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Hood's Pills Zl.lZ toofeate Tj