THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
May 13, :Sg7
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be found on page 7 of this week's iBHue.
Watchman, what of the night? Do
you observe "the dawn of prosperity"?
To the Importers ia New York do not
complain at the tariff tiukerers it isthe
congress you voted for and elected.
To a country which barbarously
treats its dependencies, thin government
has Riven its answer that It has "notb
ing to arbitrate."
When by judicial decision the will of
the people may be ruthlessly sot aside,
we can never say that tbe will of the
people is the supreme law.
In the municipal elections in Indiana
May 8 the republicans suffered the same
general loss that hns prevailed in all the
other municipal elections thisspring.
Whatever of "sop" that is given to the
west in the new senate tariff bill, the
reader cn bet his sweet life the interests
of the "east" will be well looked after.
Under the new tariff bill tea will be
taxed 10 cents per pound. Our modern
patriots have evidently forgotten the
teachings of the history of the old colon
ial days.
Wheat has been declining in price.
Eastern wholesale merchants have been
marking up the prices of goods to sell to
farmers. The new brand ot prosperity
will soon be with us.
If in three months a fusionist state
treasurer can raise state warrants to
par, Imw good would the credit of the
state now be, if said treasurer had been
Jo office the last three or four years?'
What is the difference between an in
ternational binietallist and a free coin
age man? An international blmetalliet
is willing to wait for free coinage. A
free coinage man wants it right away.
Two big strikes were inaugurated last
week to prevent a reductiou in wages,
the coal miners in Tennessee and the
shoe manufacturers at Marlborough)
Mass. More than 4000 men are inter
ested. 1
Although the war may end disas
trously for the noble little kingdom,
there is not a man anywhere, in whose
heart there is the faintest spark of chris
tianity, who will not regret that Greece
did not have an army as large as her
nerve.
, It people want three cent street car
fares and two cent railroad fares, they
mast get into the party which stands
for municipal and government owner
ship. 80 long as courts remain suscep
tible to "influence" just so long will
such desires remain unsatisfied. .
Many populist papers that have been
advocating a national conference of the
party are now nrging as one of the prin
cipal reasons for holding it that "it can
do no harm." They are not claiming
any great good will con. of it, or that it
is necessary.
An exchange says: "An Ohio man has
been sent to prison for Inserting nine
home-made live-cent pieces in a slot
machine. The charge, as reported, was
that he 'robbed the machine. What an
inexcusable crime. He should have
known better than to rob n gambling
machine. If he had robbed the ople of
several thousand it would bavw been
different.
The state of New York hail a repubii
can legislature. The New York Commer
cial Advertiser in eomineuting upot its
record says; "It has made war upon
property, war upon Industry, and war
upon thrift." II It had said that ol the
Nebraska legislature all the big dailies
sroull have quoted it Meoiicluslt proof
that the populists intend to destroy
tb government.
It pays to kwp ll Informed on all
Important mattrr. It is a faW u
tioa ol oroaoiny that prompts a man to
reduee pbmi by discuiitinuing bis
awpapr They afford pkaaar and
taatreetloa to Ike family, There I no
iamtmeat ol a dollar that a waa ran
taake that iU Wing bint so meet la
return. He rtn edwah and Inform,
tkm chirk are a! "ate valuable.
TrXltJUCAMTIES."
Did yon ever stop to think how hard
it is to send a rich men to jail lor an in
fraction of the law, and how easy it the
man be poor? No matter how great a
reputation a lawyer may have, when
it comes to a successful prosecution of
men of largefortune.they areexceedingly
unlucky. Rarely are Iheir orts re
warded. It doesn't matter how strong
a cane the prosecutor may make against
this class, there exists a "technicality"
some where which fs invoked in their
aid. The lawyers for the rich are always
'fortunate in discovering "technicali
ties" that will "go" with courts and
juries, while the lawyer for the poor sel
dom succeeds in this respect. For just
what causes, so peculiar a stateof aftuirs
in onr judicial tribunals exists, public
opinio is somewhat divided, but under
a recent finding of the United States su
preme court, it is altogether probubie
that several who have heretofore escaped
such a contamination may be able to
see jus, what they ought to see and well
deserve the inside of a jnjl.
If the decision of the supreme court in
the Chapman case be enforced imparti
ally, perhaps Henry 0. Havemeyer, pres
ident, and John E. Searles, secretary of
the American Sugar Refining company,
otherwise known as the sugar trust, will
spend a spell behind prison doors. Chap
man, it will be remembered, fs a Wall
street broker who refused to testify be
fore a senate investigating committee
concerning sugar operations and tariff
schedules. Various othor witnesses also
refused to testify, among them Messrs,
Havomeyer and Senrles, and several
other Wall street men. Proceedings were
had egairst them in the courts, and
Chapman was sentenced to thirty days
in jail and to pay a heavy fine. He ap
pealed the case to the supreme court,nnd
the recent decision was to the effect that
when summoned witnesses must testify
or be held in contempt and suffer a
penalty.
It Is to be hoped that Mr. Chapman's
sentence will not satiate the desire of
justice; but that the United States dis
trict attorney will push the prosecutiou
of Messrs. Havemeyer, Kearles, et al. to a
conclusion, taking such steps as will
avoid the possibility of any "technical
ity" defeating the ends of justice. These
men are criminals in the sight of the law,
and as such should answer for their mis
doings. .
The recent . decision of the supreme
court holding the high school law void
greatly complicates the educational
system in the state. By the action of
the board of regents the preparatory
department in the university has been
abandoned. There are left only two
methods for entering the university;
by passing an examination in thestudies
usually taught at a first class high
school, or presenting a graduate's di
ploma from some accredited high school.
The abolishment of the preparatory de
partment is unfair to the farmers of the
state. Although they are the heaviest
tax payers they are practically deprived
of the benefits of the university. A
graduate from the graded schools in the
country is not prepared to enter the
university. lie must attend some high
school aud pay tuition or take a course
in some private school where the ex
penses are greater yet. The sons and
daughters of most of our farmers can
not afford this.
The farmers of this state should de
mand that the regents provide the
same opportunities for the education of
boys and girls from the farms that is
offered to the boys and girls in the larger
cities of the state. The university is a
public institution and should be within
the reach of all. See to it that you are
not deprived of its benefits. If you tire
acquainted with any of the regents, see
them and urge the necessity of the res
toration of the preparatory department
The Kearney Hub is very loud in its
condemnation of Governor Holcomb for
bis action in appointing to be judges of
the municipal bench in Omaha, one pop,
ulist, one democrat, and one silver re
publican, under the provisions of tin law
which requires that the judges shall not
belong to the same political party. In
our opinion there is plenty of difference
in the political complexion of the men
appointed, but if therewerenot we would
be perfectly willing to stand this act of
Governor Holcomb's along side of the
republican legislature of two years ago,
when it took uenrly nil of the appoint
ments from the governor and placed
them in the hands ot the republican
board ot public lands and buildings, and
also passed a law allowing the secretary
ot state, instead of the governor, to des
ignate the papers that should publish
thecanstitutionat ameudmeuts. It may
not be right to strike back, but it Is a
very ungraceful act lor republicans and
pnr like the Hub to rail at Governor
Holcomb 011 the round that be is un
fair In hi treatment ut the republican
party, They vm to be very slow la
ftdding out that Governor Holcomb U
aot a republican.
There will be a meotlug ot the K-dorm
IW liuin association at thel.ia
cola hate), I.ieoolu, Nhraka, Tumlay
ftaniug May Into atToVUk. Alt Ne
braska editor lalerveled ia ewuripg
popaitet pateate shovld attend.
liimetallisiM ie dead-ear la tin is. "
11)00.
If the tariff on tea raises the price of
ten by that much it will not work any
injury to the poor man. He can drink
a tea made from dried leaves of peach
trees or pay ten cents a jound to the
support of the government for the privi
lege of drinkingsomethwg better. What
does ten cents a pound amount to for
the poor man any way? His back is so
stout and well developed from carry
ing loads that he would not notice
such a little addition as that.
By abolishing the preparatory de
partment in the State University the
regents have deprived thousands of sons
of farmers of the opportunity to secure
a higher education. The farmers are
entitled to better 'consideration than
that. If the regents and chancellor de
sire to promote the interests of the
university they will see to it that this
department is restored, and that all the
children in Nebraska are given an equal
opportunity to secure an education.
It is hard to keep a good thing from
being pushed along. The question of
municipal ownership keeps coming up
all the time. In Boston, municipal own
ership of street railways is an important
issue, and what is more, the agitation is
in competent hands Recently there was
held in the "hub" a mass meeting in aid
of the movement, which found among its
promoters such proinineut men as Geo,
Fred Williams, Prof. Frank Parsons,
Mayor Ramsdell of Lynn, and John. L.
Russell. It is coming. " ,
The farmers of Nebraska must be in
an elegant financial condition. It seems
that by popular subscription or some
other kind of subscription from some
body a large sum has been raised to
furnish supplements to all of the republi
can papers pointing out the beauties and
benefits to be derived from the Dingley
bill. The only way they can learn the
bemflcent effects of this great measure is
to read about it. ' It may be a good bill
to read about but it will produce ome
very queer feelings before it has been
long upon the statute books.
Senator Thurston and Assistant Sec
retary of war, Meiklejohn are pushing the
claim of Bud Lindsey for the position of
recorder of deeds of ' the District of
Columbia. The name of Lindsey in Lin
coln passes as a synony mn for all that is
low and vile. The republicans must
feel proud of the efforts of their Senator
and ex-Congressman. Compare their
labor with that of Senator Allen who is
working day and night to secure the
location of the Indian supply depot at
Omaha aud decide who is "standing up
for Nebraska and Nebraska's interests."
It is estimated that the tariff on tea
will raise 10,000,000 revenue for the
government. It may be that the repub
lican party is willing to defend thM as
a just tax. For our part we cannot see
the justice of taxing men, women aud
children according to the amount of tea
they drink. This is a tariff for revenue
levied upon an article consumed by the
poor as well as by the rich. It is not
intended to "protect" or "build up" any
industry in the United States. Tea can
not be successfully grown in this country.
It has been tried. The same bill that
taxes tea allows the importation of dia
monds without tax.
The university of Nebraska is a public
institution. It is a part of the general
system of free education provided by the
state. It should be open alike to the
rich and the poor, to the residents of
cities or the residents on farms. To
place the requirements for admission be
yond the reach of the graduate pupils
of country schools and provide no
means by which they can secure the
necessary qualifications for admission
is practically to exclude them from the
benefits of the university. To say that
the supreme court held the free high
school law void is not a sufficient ex
cuse. There is a remedy. Restore the
preparatory department and give an
equal opportunity to all of the pupils ia
the state. The university is supported
by taxes collected from till the people
and its privileges should be open to all
alike. City blood is no better than
country blood.
WIIK.KK WILL IT KM),
What are we to do? Here is another
one of those honest money Insurance
co in pimles, that lust fail begged the men
to protect their wives, and importuned
the wive to see that their husbands
protected them from that awful fiO-cent
dollar, gone to the wall. Listen:
Indianapolis, lnd May fl A pav'.ial
investigation indicates that the affair
ot the Mutual Life Insurance company
are tu bad shaite. The pomim., .,1.1
sort of "buildmg and loan" hie buatne
and had placed riks amounting to
i,unp,(Mni in imuitna, utno, IVnuyl-
vrtina auu Illinois, mere are aUiut
7,MH "industrial policy holder work
inn iwopl. mho took out email amount
ut 1& and upward, and mnde IMrpny.
ments wwkly or monthly to collector.
Judg Harvey, who appointed n rwvtver
lof the company , to-day directed that
olllcer tu itemise the amt a eiton
n possible. Toe .( routt
ut a lrgt amount ol iiiortiiagf, (
rullatersl loan and enab tfopoaited la
even different bask, all away from th
city. Il develop Ual om ol th t.rft.
tr ol la company, KVeral months nun,
transferred all the real eatat they
owned to their wive,
J out haw vHl they take tar ot the
deal people," i.ead the last seatene
ol Ifc above again.
TFIEKE.4KNKY SCHOOL.
We clip the following outrageous and
unwarranted attack from the York
Times:
"Out in Kearney the people are united
in denouncing the new management of
the industrial school for bo.vs. Pops,
democrats and republicans vie with each
other in "cussing" the present methods.
Mr. Mallalienusiedtowork thelargefarm
connected with the school and the boys
were given healthy exercise, useful em
ployment and taught how . to do farm
work. There was always a surplus of
all kinds of garden and field produce and
the school was supplied and a large
amount sold, so that the burden of
maintaining the institution was consid
erably lightened. The populist superin
tendent seems to consider farming and
gardening a useless art and has leased
the industrial school farm out to outside
parties, thus eliminating in a large
measure tne industrial feature of the
school. Other changes of the same
nature have been made and the people
wno live where tuey can see what is
going on are greatly disappointed at
tne marKea deterioration in the school
Mr. Mallalieu had brought this institu
tion to a degree of perfection rarelv at
tained and his successor could not have
done better than to follow in his foot
steps."
We do not believe that more mis-rep
resentations and actual falsehoods than
is contained in the above clipping can be
condensed into a shorter article. It was
first published by the York Times and
republished by the State Journal. We
have direct information from Kearney.
Mr. C. W. noxie, formerly resident of
Lincoln, is superintendent of the school.
He is u pleasant and courteous gentle
man. In the short time he has been
located at Kearney he has made more
friends than any other superintendent
ever made in the same time. Aside from
the republican parasites whom Mr.
Hoxie very properly discharged there is
no dissatisfaction.
Tbestatement that Mr.Hoxie has leased
the school farm to outside parties and
abandoned its cultivation is false, ln ad
dition to tilling the school farm Mr. Hoxie
has leased 125 acres additional. There
is over 100 acres in garden, and all
kinds of garden and farm products are
grown, and in greater quantities than
is needed for uso at the school. The ex
cess will be sold. The labor is all per.
formed by the 173 students and under
the supervision of the farm foreman, who
is a practical gardener. The students
are well satisfied. Discipline aud order
were never better. Since his appoint
ment Mr. Hoxie has been constantly in
attendance at the school. It is well
kuown that Mr. Mallallieu as an officer
of the republican state committee spent
more than half of bis timeia Lincoln.
In addition to increasing the farming
department Mr. Hoxie has also length
ened the school year and the students
will receive more instruction. Under
Mr. Mallallieu the school year began
December 1 and closed April 1. Under
Mr. Hoxie's management, it will begin
September 1st and close June 1st.
The only occasion for the attack of
the Times arises from the fact that Mr.
Hoxie is a populist.
ENCOURAGING TO FARMERS.
The farmers of the country have every
reason to feel greatly encouraged at the
lookout for their future. While they
may not get the price for their prod ucts
which they would like to get, the large
crop last year and the excellent pros
pects for a similar crop the coming sea
son, even it sold for low prices, will serve
to tide them over any serious difficulty
with which the gold standard system of
finance may burden tbein with in the
succeeding three years and a half. By
that time the people of the country will
have realized gold, though it may glitter
ever so brightly, is not of itself suffi
cient to bear the heavy strain of tran
sacting the business of a couutry
so commercially important us is the
United States. By that time the peo
ple of the United States will have
realized that the advance agent of pros
perity cancelled his engagement on Nov.
3,1896, and tailed to bill his show.
They will have realized that the "future
order business, contingent on McKinley's
election was first-class bunco steerer to
catch suckers, aud that the "opening of
the mills" cry was a beautiful raiubo
of promise to millions of idle men, which
vanished as soon as the patter ot the
ballots ceased. Hy that time they will
have learned that they made a serious
mistake in 1896, and will rectify it by
placing in power a very different congress
and a president that will sigu a free coin
age bill. And the future welfare ot the
fanners depeude upon this happy com
bination. The state ot New York is the home ot
th boasting "honest money" politi-
ciano. According to their published
theories ail th Western state are filled
with rrpudiationiats, robber and
thieve. If they will examine carefully
tbey will find a good iid beam ia their
ey, which tbey should remove betor
they have so much to ay about boa-
rty In th administration of publie
affair. The fraud an ) stealing ia eon
nectloa with th New York state cnpitol
building at Albany bat never ben
equalled la th history ot (be world. It
ha already ioMh state ol New York
fJ'J.im.safl. Nearly all l the New
paper claim or admit that at least one
bait ot it a tolQt Th national tap.
ttol at Washing toa.wblch is a (a -uprW
bui Id In 3 to th New York eapital rot oal
tI,VV5,47H,andlt htwell known thai
thr waa considerable profit In It ton
ttructton nl that fgur. W bar inm
thieve la hrka bnl lb parwittag
ia by no mean a rat It la In that
ktrentely "hone! Mat ol New York."
EASTERN I'KEJriMCK.
The littleness of the eastern goldbng
press cannot be imagined. They are
continually abusing and belittling the
efforts of the populist party. They even
attempt to fasten the defalcations of J.
S. Bartley upon the populist party, as
the following clipped from the "Ameri
can Investor"for May, published at Buf
falo, New York, will show. Read it care
fully, and see if you can imagine any
thing more contemptible in its make up.
It says:
"One thing connot help but attract
the attention of the though tfuf, and that
is that in spite of the rank abuse that
has been he,aped upon some of the wes
tern states because ot their tendency to
ward populism aud indiscreet legislation,
the credit of these statess remain excel
lent. Investors may say that they
would not buy a certain security for ten
cents on the dollar, but such an assertion
fortunately, does not fit the price. Were
they actuul buyers, they would be com
pelled to walk their figures well up to
ward the par mark before they could
exchange their hard cash for the good
securities. A single example will illus
trate this. The (act that the treasurer
of Nebraska succeeded In walking away
with 1500,000 has scarcely made a per
ceptible change in the price of Its war
rants." It picks out Nebraska as a shining
star among the populist states aud in
the same paragraph states that the
treasurer succeeded in walking away
with $50,000 without stating that the
treasurer that stole the money wus a
republican. It is a disgraceful aud dis
reputable attempt to make the eastern
investors believe that the defaulter was
a populist. Shame upon the littleness of
such an editor. It was written long ago
"render unto Caesar the things which
are Caesar's." We say to the editor of
the Investor "render unto the republi
party the things which are republican,"
and do not omit the Hon. J. S. Bartley
who was a republican treasurer of Ne
braska and was short in his accounts
bait a million of dollars.
The Investor states that warrants in
Nebraska are nearly at par. How long,
pray, how long since. Reply truthfully
Mr. Investor aud state that it has only
been since the republican party has been
dethroned in this state and the populist
party installed in its stead. Tell your
eastern investors that warrants that
sold slowly at 94 cents under republican
rule, now under the "tendency toward
populism and indiscreet legislation," in
fact with the populist party in full con
trol find ready market at 99 cents.
Be truthful and ' honest Mr. Investor
and statt that the present treasurer of
Nebraska, the best the Btate ever had, is
a populist. u
THE VOICEOF THE PttOPLE.
In this column we will pobllib commaulcatlooe
of a. worthy and suitable character, received
from ubTlbers to, thin paper. i No communi
cation gboald contain in ore than 300 word,
Msnnseript will not be returned, V; '
W. E. Wilcox, of Wheeler, asks: "(1 )
Was not Mosher sentenced to five years?
(2) Why was ho sent to Sioux Falls and
by what authority and why released?"
(1) He was, through the kindness of
lenient republican officials, through a
lax prosecution of the case, only given
five years for his crime. Our correspon
dent must remember that punishment
doesn't always fit the crime, especially
when one has "u friend in court"
(2) He was sent to Sioux Falls be
cause he was a federal prisoner. His
crime, though Nebraskans were the prin
cipal sufferers, was against the national
banking laws, not the banking laws of
the state. Sioux Falls was the nearest
place where a federal prison was located.
(3) He was released because his term
had expired. He did not serve full five
years, for while in prison Charley was a
good boy and his good time was de
ducted from his sentence. The time
spent in confinement during progress of
trial was, we believe, also deducted.
Mayor Graham has appointed ten del
egates to the trans-Mississippi commer
cial congress, which will meet in Salt
Lake City, July 14. They are: George
J. Woods, J. W. Bowen, O. W. Webster,
Dr. R. E. Giffen, Sam E. Low, Judge
Ed. P. Holmes, Fred Beckman, E. B.
Stephenson, E. J. Burkett and Henrv
Voith.
The suit of H. D. J i.vne, a farmer liv
ing near Holdrege, Nebraska,- against
ex-banker Hymer, in which he charged
thut Hymer had defrauded him by mis
representing and trading him 1 1,000 of
worthless bank stock, was dismissed.
Hymer plead the statnt ot limitations
as a defenso, and the court decided that
the case should have beeu commenced
two days earlier.
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FACTS TO REMEMBER.
That money is a creation of law.
That free silver will be triumphant in
1900.
That govornmetst and municipal own
ership and control means cheaper fare
and freight rates.
That Prosperity has fallen by the way
side and Confidence has not yet suceeed
ed in finding her.
That state warrants were advanced
from 93 cents to 99 cents in three
months by the populist treasurer.
That the tariff bill now in the senate
will not give to the country the revenue
needed for the transaction of business.
That the initiative aud referendum is
a part of the populist platform, and has
the support of labor organizations gen
erally. That the commission appointed by
President McKiuley will march to Lon
don, and then march back again empty
handed.
That the republican party is opposed
to the initiative and referendum, and
government and municipal ownership
and control of street car lines and rail
roads, and telegraph and telephone lines.
Staid old Massachusetts, the landing
place of the pilgrims, now threatens to
desert the republican party if it don't
behave itself. And a small duty otl
cents per pound on hides is what's burtin'.
During the month of April the secre
tary of state turned over $800 to the
state treasurer that being the amount
of fees collected in that office during that
time under the operations of a new law
passed by the terrible (?)pop legislature,
just adjourned and recommended by a
howling anarchist (?) who is acting as
secretary of state and who voted for a
flfiy-cent dollar. If this awful poo ad
ministration keeps on saving money for
the state and givingus such a good bus
iness administration as it bus in the
past few months it will destroy all the
credit the republican party ever bad in
the state, and will convict a large num
ber of republican editors and politicians
of being poor prophets or awful liars.
Greeley Graphic.
ASKS. FOR AN EXAMINATION.
Farmers & Merchants Insurance
Company Silences Its Critics.
Lincoln, Neb., May 10, 1897. Hon.
John F. Cornell, state auditor and in
surance commissioner, Lincoln, Nebras
kaThere are two classes of enemies
that a home insurance company in Ne
braska must continually contend with.
One class is the mutual company and
its sympathizers, who seem by their
actions to believe that the only way
mutual insurance interests can be pro
moted is by abusing and tearing down
concerns not constructed along like lines
with themselves. The other is the man
who has had a loss and wants settle
ment along illegitimate lines. The the
ory of this fellow is that a small, or
home company cannot afford to have it
said that the company cannot, or will
not pay its losses, and proceeds to better
his case, as be thinks, by insinuating or
saying that his loss is not paid beeau se
tae company is unable to puy. Such
methods as are herein outlined are ap
plied by the mutual companies to the
old line mutual with more vigor than to
companies organized outside the state,
because the home company is the strong
est competitor of the mutual, and this
with the mutual manager seems to be
the best reason for hate and abuse.
Since the organization of the Farmers
and Merchants insurence company in
1885 it has been peculiarly prosperous,
and this fact makes the company a shin
ing mark for the arrows of hate and re
venge eternally in the breasts of the
class first named in this letter. The
worth, stability and reliability of the
Farmers and Merchunts insurance com
pany have always been so evident that
during the twelve years of existence of
the company an official examination
has never been made except on request
of the company, and as our enemies
have been unusually active lately I here
by request you to make an official ex
amination of the Farmers and Mer
chants insurance company at your con
venience, thus putting your office in po
sition to answer legitimate inquiries in
telligently. In this connection I will
say that no notice of the time an ex
amination is to be made, now or in the
future, is nsked. The Farmers and Mer
chants insurance company, while 1 am
at its head, will be as good as, or better
than it is represented to be in our sworn
statement always on file In your office,
and any representative of your office, or
any policy holder of the company, may
come in and bo shown what our vaults
aud the banks hold belonging to us, on
application. , Itseetfully,
D. E. Thompson,
Pres. F. & M. Ins., Co.