March 3, 1898
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
I NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
MUUtUtrHTHE WEALTH MAKE&B" aJ
"LUOOLI IMUHlZMUbll"
rVBLISHCD IVtRV THURSDAY BY
3n&j?en&ent publUtjing do.
110 M DTHKBT,
Lincoln, Niwmaska,
TlLBHONI, 038.
11,00 PERYEAB IN ADVANCE,
AMnn H ummafetloBi to, and mat J1
arnta, or ordara, at., pajabla to
TUB INUKi'KNliKNT WO. CO.,
LINCOLN, NKB.
Tlifl war til It linn shut the Hamilton
' club out of public consideration the
past week.
It wni ft dirty trk-k for Exciseman
V11IH to Iny Hie blame of bin exit from
official lift) lit the door of bin wife,
Even Dyers wouldn't bike such nil tin-
irumly stand. Orubam hasn't any real
wife. J'rolmbly be will lay bin offlclnl
down full to Hud Lludsny.
George Willi, of the Central City Demo
crat, think w had better liunt up a
couple of Justice of Hi pene and put
them 011 tli Nebraska mi prwnio court
bench to liolp J udgs HiiIII van decide ease
u wording to reason, justice mid com
niou ,
An official position tmJt-r the pres
ent city administration places a, feh
low under 11 disagreeable light, It
brand u fellow iin 11 sort of chattel In
the mayor' kennel, It Incline to 11
belief tlmt such n ohh give nil he
make, except bin -.IIy allowance of
pottage, over to the mayor n the price
of bin Job, We nln t "stuck" on our
self, but we wouldn't bold it Job under
Mnyor (Iruhom.
All who voted or 0 mini 111 supported
bin policy, J I 1m policy wn out lined In
tlic eumplilgn, Jt wu I ho "wide open"
policy, It wni llui policy of allowing
bouses of prosumtlon to run open ho
long iiH (bey paid it certain iiinoiint or
per cent over to (lie city school fund,
In oilier word, 1 lie people, voting for
tbl jMillcy wanted to Im "bend push"
of these house themselves, 'J'bcy
in in t hnve the first white k nt I he
money taken In, then tbe "buiillndy"
could I like her share, leaving tin re
mainder of the vJec-lH'nuieiircd price
of woman' shame to lie divided be
tween the "girls" nnd the "pimps,"
The disputant from Washington to
tint republican pa pern In thl state tell
ft livid tola of bow Congressman W, L,
Greene of Nebraska ,wns enlcn up on
the floor of eongres Tuesday by a fel
low 1111 uied Hhattuck from Ohio, Tim
.......... .. 1 .....II I..,., ...... !.,.
Siorjr nun nra on ii'"H '""H't ""
somehow nwiikeiiM no bilnrlty 011 tbe
purt of well-known republican orator
of Nebraska, Hy tbo way, there 1 one
V. W. Collin, now of Washington, for
merly of Lincoln, wbo bcld ft joint de
bate with Greene at Wuboo a few
year 11 go, Collin 1 really an able
speaker, but when you ask any of the
Wnhoo republican ubout that debute
tbere 1 n painful luck of Intercut,
There nee inn to lie poor sanitary
regulation a round the city govern
ment liendipiartcrH, This should be
Investigated, Still, ome Invent igatlng
bu been done, and until thin inv ent I
gating commenced the Mtuitary de
fect bad not rcHiilted In a Mingle cuse
of sickness. Now, there wait Water
Commissioner ltycrs. He wiim lead to
resign 011 account of failing health.
The next to uceumb to the unhculth
ful atmosphere was r.xclsemuu Vaill.
Mayor (Iraham lm been exposed to
the tainted Influence, but bs ban us
yet shown no lgn of letting lootte of
the mayoralty in anticipation of fail
ing health. In fact the major ban
Utii rtMtu' lo evrrylhiiig from tbe
liotif Hud mouth lUxeiiHe to tbe bad
Itorror produced from eoinoimptloii of
nlgv'er wbUkey mul bu plmnl come
bet oil nil tiiTim. TIiomc who kimw
bim Iwit nay he utH)ii pbty UU imml
out whether lie win or low.
It U mUhiI time for lh managt-ment
uf war Mate uuUcilly to lcgiii b-el-
lug fmuk ly wlih the peupbs The
trmpt dining the xt ) rar i Omi-
crl the truth r ur to tvait in the
1imUmIUh In tbe future. 'Vh in
dent may ttot lwt know the eutlre
truth, but they r urtUWutly He
ta kliuw lhl ltt rHU r'Ktdlg
ltaiuUU tf l'her Ah1 eiuplitv
itr ro Um trHU thai l he fcent
lUnv f VrMiuy In t ully !
uuHig kittnUkU iHMt the Wjh
ttikirukti tht Ike Im i gie wt tnun
the vtetHttte tf rt-e t(itlii the
tutf ktude t4 the ktitUvitty re hM
IttAtdj. the ti4teHt lire the twt
Mte y M'hix-I vt hie,
Wkel WiM tbi rvt4)t t the w W
uf the tete Ut mmrf Wht U
they r Uit the iMwel ktnwifhev
4 MHtiil lite W uienitf M
they he tHt6tMv in the t htlh
they tew bx t pfnttMU.tu
ilitrteg the MUttnff MMwitluy but H
they U h tit the Mit(4rw
luetit tf the tHtUs ht will
lh tvf It U ftr the tte h-tl
tereT Mwtel lv.t H f te.t I
tiiiutl lf 0eti f evt hy
Utette tl ht4en VliWeow
ltvy utfyt kite, lMt MteM' ee(
KO CCBKKWCr LEOIM,ATiON,
tt In the first week in March. Tom
Reexl i due to adjourn congreo in
June. There is 110 currency legmia-
tlon In igbt, wwl none will be. After
nil Oim u-utherlnir at Indlanapou; ar
,.p nil the dinner oration of Secretary
fiaira mul lWldent McKlnley. the
wdenm vow and sacrifice upon the
altitr of bank money monopoly, the
prcMrnt ailmlnlatratlon I op a tump
on the. currency question and will
Uiy tbere until next fall.
The nlnlii. painful truth I that the
republican party I apllt up the back
on tb currency ipieiian, ii 'n
neither ailvance or go biu'kward with
out wrecking It organization, and o
It hlver on tb bank like a boy aliout
i. lakn hi farewell wJm in the an
tumii. AfU-r week of work the twelve
republican member of tb Iiouko coin
mltU'M on banking nnd currency are
utterly unable Ut agree, on a bill U)
reform the currency, A aulw-oinmlt-
tea of three I eiunlly unablts to ngre
There I a natural reiiaon for tbl.
Hclf-prewrvntlon 1 the flrfc law of
iMdltlc 11 well u of till tore. JU-pub
iienn coiigremcii do not dare face
their coiihI It iient for re-election uimhi
a record ot deal met Ion of government
paper fuvvfin-y nnd bank monojioly of
money, Ho ninny of them have nlmo-
lulcly balked that it bn become nee
cmmi ry Ut potMin the wholu program
until Uflcr tbe full election. If tliu
event of (hone, cbu'tlon 1 the defeat
of a large number of the preent con-
greHNiiicu, It I evident Unit, ull the
orcKMiire of money, ofliec. nnd I11II11
cneii will lid brought Ut bear to force
hoiiim Hcheine uluillnr to tlmt outlined
by Hccretury (luge, through congrcK
then.
There I plainly a large iIIvInIoii In
the republican party nguliiHt tbcee
bunk monopoly plan, That (IIvIkIoii
In the hope of the country, With two
or three Nlrong cnuriigeou lciulcr
(men who upKrled McKlnley In
J Mid, but wbo will refiiNH to obey the
order of tint uMOclatcd bank nt thl
crlHlH,) It may break the, republican
rank 11 the old whig party broke on
the iiuetlon of the, exteiiHlon of lav-
cry nnd lead to the organ l.at Ion of the
new pnrly that, can barmoniouHly In
vite nil boiicwt eiiiTcni'y voter, Tlie
action of the gold ilcnioernt in ref lin
ing to Join tbo republican party I
very lgnlllcniit. Their return to the
regular democratic organization In
many Male equally ho, Their joining
the republican would drive out tlioim-
und of republican greeiibnckeiN, who
have M11 Id In the party for the Make
of tail IT, and obi UMMoclntloii. It
would never do to drive the wedge
iIccjmt Into the (1. O. I', It i abso
lutely neeewmry to keep the friend of
a Htrnlght government currency divid
ed. Ilciico the republican mamiirer
imwt idny for time and hope for tbe
develonmcut of am oueliou that
will detract iiiblic ntU'iitlon from the
money (picMlon,
AIIOUT INMIIKAMK fKK.
Klnct! the Hiiprcme court Iiiih turned
Kx-Auditor Kugciic Moore Ioohc, giv
ing um iln r en no n for doing mo that Mr,
Moore had no uuinority under the law
to receive the fee una therefore could
not lie ijiiilty of cmht'..U'iiicut, the re
publican prcMN of tin) NtaU have pre
tended to be frantic wn.. fear bee nunc
Mr. Cornell, tbe present auditor, bad
accepted fee from iiiMuruuce com
pauit'M. The York Timea Iiiim apparently Im-cii
more worried than any. In lt Ihmu
of lVbruuiy It it euya:
It ban been decided in the Kiil'cuo
Moo re eane that the auditor ha no
right to aceeiK the fee from liiMurance
compuiiic nor to lnne them their eer-
tllleuteM until they have paid tbe
money into the Mtnte tieamiry and
hne the treiiHUicr'a receipt. Still It
appear thai the ioputiMt auditor 1
not only ivcciviug Hum money, but re
taining It, jiiht iim hugeiie MiHtre old.
He prolmhly InlciuU to pn it out to
the htate Mome time, JumI un Kugeue
Moore inteuiletl to do, ami did do with
iMirt of It, ami Mr. ( ornelt may ln
mole fortiinute than Mr, Moore wu tu
U'ing aide to raioe lite money. Hut
he ha broken the law Mint l already
Pint h much of a rrhuluul itugeue
Miaire, if he b eer reeelunl the
nioiicy, which he admit lit hi r pit.
la aiuitm r place u mi)!
Will Mr. MeiM'rve pleuoe (nform the
putdie whether wr lut Mr, t'oiiu ll cou-
1 1 ton- ti colli t luurMiu' t ' MK4lnt
the Um of the le, "ta -Mio.lal
the limureuce c'iniiiuk." Mr, I Unlike
ud Mr. MtMirw Uin tu'etimoiUicI the
inurwiice euiitit' In thl wtty mul
Mr, t oriivlt lor mil etu to waul w
W uutthuie In ktndtteM,
uiw,, the liint U Mltviuptiiig
ttt tkreUe il tvedri. It wwuUI h-l
I hi m t,i U be tht Aud.lor t oruell
h -'lbttel frv ttr the elate fnm
)iiufme rttii-eMt etui uet U-m
lor hi rtKut ue. The llitie
Ihi'i lht Abi tVriH-il h luiet
ever U fm whh h he h eotWt Ki
the state lrvurr, a4 tht ft
they tsdiim lul. Im tnt nUw
Mf, t trMlt tufniHl mtt the trt'in4l
rhet k mI tfH Uk he tele.
Imwm the tHturent-e rMl , r Ut
the titmtf iihui4t te htie
thtt rh). tu mhm iHtlwi, when
thr ie diee h knlinim Ih
ttitxtttMi vr by Wekeuw UiImI
the teutr wwukl tut trif thw
44 lue a teipt le thMt t,etl Mr
t eiiurtl h thrttt rshe4 Im luti
fM Mr, t'wmll ihtiMtvl the irhk
U a lafc tf Uvtt, Aey hoi
ne man would have done the same
thing. The Time say that "Mr. Cor
nell probably intend to pay the
money over to the state," when It
know that Mr. Cornell ha paid every
cent of it over to the Mtate already.
Since Mr, Cornell ha been auditor he
ha received $28,506 for fee. Tbe rec
ord show that he ho turned the
same amount over to the state treas
urer. It I contemptible journalim
that try to lcen Mr. Moore's crime
by attempting to blacken the charac
ter of an honeet and capable public
official.
Mr, Cornell ha performed bl dutle
faithfully and has accounted to the
tate for every penny that lias been
paid to him, Tbe citizen of N'cbrnMka
ii k nothing more man mat.
I'LANNINM fOIl laUKDKIt.
The preMcnt proHpact for war i calling
forth oonnlderable comment. The trait
or are planning for plunder. The 1'ort
puid Uregonian I one of the etauoliest
gold Htandard republican paper Id tbe
country. The Chicago Tribune I recog
nl,mi a one of tlio lauding organ of the
gold Mtandnrd advocate In the wit. In
It Imhui ol February 20 the Tribune pub
I nth ad upon It editorial page the follow
ing quotation from the Oregonlau:
We do not want war. Yet there are
pOMMlhlncompHiiMntioii In it. It would
turu the thought of our people away
from vinlouury ieculatiouM to eriou
kubject. It might prove the mean of
enforcing vnriou reform, not poHible
without it. It might put an em to va-
rlou HocialiMtic uud monetary era,m,
It might tend to enforcement through
ucccHHit y, of rational economy In official
rvic.tt, iu the pdiimIoiin, and In diver
other way. It certainly wouni recall
the mind of our people, to MuriouMiuiMMi
It probably would put a large propor
Hon ol our brawler under military din-
cipline and hut their mouth, in all
thi It i not to be denied that tbere are
poMiblliti of gain.
The Trillium and Oregonlau liould be
careful lent they "jump at coucliiMion."
It I trim that tlio plan outlined by them
wa MuiiccNMfiilly put through during tbe
civil war. The men who May ml at homo
and manipulated bond plundered the
government more than it euemie. All
that I liUtory now, but it ha been
thoroughly taught and liiHtillnd into the
mind of the prcecnt generation. It
would bo it dangerou proceeding for
any Met of men to attempt to take ad
vantage of a war with a foreign power
to "more firmly eetabliab the gold Mtand
nrd" or any other standard. The Trill
ium and Orcgoniau MiigKUMt that certain
"reforms" could be enforced In the event
of rulNlng Hie iirmy that could not be en
forced without It. Theyeem to Imag
ine that the army would boa thoroughly
under the control of the money power u
t lm uduiliiiHt ration and regular are at
the proMtmt time. They ay "it wouhl
nil u t the mouth of the brawler," braw
ler, like tlio wbo have and would
attain fight for the preservation of the
nation. TIiomo aristocratic Mlioet forget
that to raie the army of "brawler"
moan to put a rapid firing gun and a
hundred round of ammunition in the
hand of everyone of them. They forgot
that bu army in rebellion would be
wornet liana mere uprhting of the peo
ple. It revenge upon thoMe who would
plunder the government In time of war
would be wift and cure.
Again they ny "it would force won
ouiy iu the MiiiHiou department." Why
thi Mudden chango. A low year ano
the republican party wa the party for
peiinioiiM. It boiiMted of ItM gratitude to
tlioBM who had saved the nation. Now
when the eurvivor of the war are paw
ing away, when their votes nredimiu
ihIici! and are dixnppeariiiK, the republi
can party through It ofnuial organ 1
turning it back upon the veterans. It
lean act of double iniiratitude. It wa
the ex soldier of the union army that
Kve to the republican party all the
(flory that it ever poiweHed. It wa the
llluMtriou leader ol the union army
that made it a ower In the land. It I
Iiiimi laitralitude to dnwrt the few ur
vlvor who net'd the protertioa ol the
Kovernment more than ever before. The
x' im I on Ttm i NeommeuiUbleone,
'l.ilwrnlity of the nation at thi time to
tlinoe who offered their TVhv for It
delense U aa earumt that he whit volun
teer to defend hi country will have the
tnatrrUI gratitude t4 the nation in alter
jeer, that il he uf!r diahtvmeat hi
country will uporl him, thai il h U
ktHel, Ie4viug widow ailtribau,tu h
widow shall ! krpt Irom went and the
orphan tuade the aatioa's ward ustil
thy sre obi ttuh to tupimrt theai
Ue,Uaa tfiet tu way of eesvMug a
rdj ami fhevrlul rt wheaevet la
Ikf4tiirk la a hour 4 trowbl, the
tha atejr have a4 of rallies for olua
tiwrt lor It aVtai, rsnm lihurwd
Irwty ta tiuta t4 rac ta Ik nattoa's
(hh-s-hr will vt ta tihtlat the a4
id payletf hoiult hr ealktat ta tiM
! wr, wka ih ttt a Ul he
lr4.
It Ut tl evire tra thai W are
ikn,l tkUv t i)4 eahat at
tkf eoaatrf stwlt a4 hf lhMr
trf't 4 (- aitktiwt tkoukt i4 et
or y ar bttat Mar4, W thr ar
Htww,t i4 thr h1' a alrttt
ktwuM ht trwt ti eitl with the
aW4 that the twastry ha trl4
itdWa4re aa4 tka aMaw a4 tr
I' ha a i (i Mw4r h ta Is
al, a4 ttmtUtt tkal In a a Ml
aottbl a aUhily ta k Uir hi
el4 net few) tew Ut itkit
iNt hual Kr ahkh lhy wU raV
st Wa tMpAtary rout,a M tWUr
families in ease of accident on tbe bat
tlefield. If tbe nation bad acted niggardly
in tbe past and made no provision for
those whose breadwinners went to tbe
front never to return or return disabled
Tbe payment of pensions to widow and
for tbe maintenance of tbe orphan of
tbos wbo served In tbe last war, la a
pledge that the nation will do tbe same
in tbe future, and with tbl pledge men
with famllle will feel free to enlit in
their country's defense assured that, il
any thing should happen to tbem, that if
death or disablement sbonld deprive
their families of their support, their
wives would at least be kept from want
and a pension paid for the maintenance
of tbelr children until old enough to look
out for tbomselve. Ho in paying pen
ion of thi kind at thi time we are not
only requiting a acred obligation, but
we are making the beat of preparation
for some hour of future need. In abort,
the paying of penslona that ao many
complain of a wsteful, add greatly to
the military strength of the nation, in
crease the number of men ready to rue-
pond at any time at the nation'a call.
On of the principal cuue for the agl
tatlon in tbe eat for a curtailment of
the pension appropriation I that the
greater part of tlio money expended
for pension I ent to the west and cen
tral west. After tbo diban'lonment of
the army a large majority of the soldier
carni) went, took homeMtoad and live
here yet. In that wuy tho petiMioti
money Is brounlit to tbe weMt. In order
to increase it popularity In tbe eut the
republican party propose to desert it
oldi-nt friend. It would forget tlio grat
itude a nation owoh It defender. It
would forget Hie gratitudo a political
party owe to It founder, and bow in
humble stibmiMslou boforo tho aristoc
racy of the oast. It I u shameful spec
tacle to et up boforo the rising genera
tion, THK WAY ItK'll JV1KN FIOIIT.
Iii the Kunduy pros diMpntclie tbo fol
lowing wa given to tho world by ltu-
sell Huge:
"Whatever action, war or other wis.
I'reMideiit McKlnley may take, ho should
and will tin vh tho fullest Miniport from
both rich and poor, republican and
democrats. There is no question a to
where the rich man stand, In the civil
war, when Itbrokn out, I bought govern
incut, bonds, and I did tho hiiiiih in 1801,
So did other rich men. We had coufl
denco in our government. If the iiccohm-
ity n r inch now I will do tho same nimbi
gemtroiiHly, so will other rich men I
know of,"
This part of hi Interview wa preceded
with an avowal that the government
should act Immediately iu the Cuban
Maine affair,
Yes, HnKe and his ilk are ready to fight
iu case ol war. They did in the sixties,
too. They are taking no personal or pe
(miliary riMks, though, Neither are they
fighting tho forelguers. They stay at
home and fight the American people and
rob them of their liberty while they are
at the front defending the nation's
honor. They see a fat thing in tho bonds
to be Issued to carry on the war, and
they are red hot for war.
If they have such "confidence" in tbo
government why do they deny the peo
pie the right to nlflrm their "confidence'
in tbe government by accepting tho gov
eminent greenback without interest as a
means of rendering it financial assistance
in its troubulou times? The rich have
"ootifldein)" iu the government's prom
Imo to pay il the bitercst coupon is at
tached, but if it onlv promise to make
good the principal they have no "confi
dence." Can the government pay both
principal and iutenmt more easily than
It cau pay principal alone? I the gov
ernment prom inn to pay the bond hol
der millions any better than its promise
to pay the holder of a oommon five- dol
lr government note?
Thny ere keeu on thi bond buius.
They are following up tbe scent ata reck
lees gait, as I attested iu the following
continuation of the dixpaUh:
"The Kveaiug World ay that Hena-
tr Henna wa in conference lat even
ing with a nu in tier of representative ol
financial iimlllutioti, and that he was
given to under tend b.v them Hist the
administration could depend upon ail
the money support ueceMiary to earry
out any plan t( actum that might t
determined upon. According to the
Evening World, a srie ol bond tut
ggregntilig f,itHI,ti(KI tMMI w ug
a!! a a oihilit.v and wa aripiireeud
la tiy the aetuiiiuj nuencai.
Here they havweiBe4 lb emouat ol
fttfhtiug they would bk ta do. r'tv
kuu1rd million dollar la bond would
not hV tkrir "round-Be, It would
trnglba Uir twbel la Ik stability uf
the government.
llr hat Ik apwrlaekt of Ik
taea nfcu have ace unull4 all their vaal
wealth lkrou.a In Url ou geveatuat
bond now tttuUiMg the government ia
an of!r rI4 with a ataUuteat that
they "this Ike gowrnatoel v14 par
it I all rmHl"-a oSr la Uk IS
Iwgtfwrlj pra4innlt Rtww. The
I wiitkiag attkia Ik btiuad of kt a
Ua thai Ike uviant taaael lay It
kn4 h aa4 rntl la It tt
n4 he ta Itat ol aar. Il van draft its
4tia a4 tr4t tketa mta Ik thi I tt
Ik lk akt Ikeir Ha are a er
lata a hiWim hi Uanh, k twa II
I altt 11 Ik telUUMt l gv, tkatr
tay al keatea have ak.ira true
eeaaitsret U hsHtaa tit W aer4 ia
k;t.t thi traaeal tk Hr
4ultart UotaJliy It knl4 al he ao.
II Ike gtrtnt'e Jollar iwMw
g,M4 a Ik 44lar td Ik lhJr,
tk-a W Ik guiMMMt Ktreelt
rtaaajr wtef Ik iuiuvit at 4
change it dollars at par with bis. If it
will not do tbla, let it issue it non-interest
bearing bonds its greonbacka to
tbe common people in meeting ita obli.
gations. The common people Lave a
"confidence" in tbe government that ia
not ganged by the amount of Interest
that "confidence" will yield.
TbeSagoa bought bonds in tbe six
th and tbe government baa been pay.
ing tbem off ever since, yet tbe govern
ment owes tbem more today than when
tbe bonda were firat Issued more hour
work, more of everything that tbe peo
ple produce and exchange In liquidation
of Indebtedness Yet the bondholder
still have confidence, Increasing confi
dence.
we Ann jiuoTHiai'Koi'itirroitft,
"Captain Otto and Officer Donne lie,
wbo hn taken Officer Hndl' place, made
tbe round lust night and notified thirty
women of the town to contribute to tbe
ebool fund."
The above I clipped from tbe column
of the Sunday morning Journal. It Is
similar to other which have appeared
In that and other paper of tbl city at
Interval of about a week. It is the
routine work of tbe administration
policy. Thl policy recolved the support
of tbe church membership and the minis
try. That Im, with little exception, All
tbe largo churches and their fashionable
membership went Into it with vim. It Is
true that some of tho smaller churches
toward the outskirts of town protested
agulnst the Iniquitous policy, hut their
small protest was smothered beneath
the enthusiastic support of the more
powerful religious organizations, led by
Dr. Lusby, given thecandidncy of the ad
ministration running on a pledge to ele
vate vice uud train pie down virtue. The
administration outlined Its policy when
before tho jiooplo for election, and the
in I n U tor of this city stood up in the put
pit and lauded it to the temporary ex
clusion of Uod'e word from their ser
mons. They made an open fight In the
pulpit for Graham, Their effort to ele
vate tbl policy of vice to supremacy
over morality was successfu , Now let
them review and defend their work.
The principle of levying tribute on
prostitution for any purpose I too vile
to need rebuke or comment in the public
press, ISut when these things are prac
ticed and sanctioned in all sections, cir
cle and homes, the ascendancy of vice
over virtue ha become so general and
widely recognitor and acquiesced iu that
decent people are awed and abashed
Into silence, It would seem, truly,
thut thi latter element I an In
finitlMtnnl constituent In society of to
day, and it I probably argued that it
being hopeloNsly In the minority bars it
from active participation iu shaping
publio sentiment,
Mothers sllver-lockod, sedate, pure,
Oood-fearlng matronly mother read
the above item Sunday morning a
dessert after their morning bible Icmnoii
The bible lesson and the Item wore di
gested as equally good things, Iloth
strong element In character-building
and educational advancement. Their
bandMoms young daughters read It, too.
Then they all veiled their faces in hypo
critical sanctimoniousness and went
forth to church. All knew the preacher
had read the item, or similar ones, many
times. They know his silence gave his
approval to the licensing of prostitution
and moral debauchery as a moans of
raising fuuds to defray the expense of
hi children' education and the expense
of the education of the children of his
parish. They knew a body ol ministers
iu this town hud complained that these
women were not paying enough
for the privileges they enjoyed.
Yet they knelt down in Hod's
temple nod lamented that so
many were outside the church, sinners
unreconciled to Hod. They laid bare
the gaping crevices In their hearts the
havoc wrought therein by the stub
born blindiieiMof the thousauds who had
failed to come luto tbe church and be
saved. They uevi-r once hinted that
their own licensing ol vice kept more
out id the church than nil other agent
ol the devil fombiiied. Hut the church
not only k i outsider out by thi
menu, but teaches it young ineinUr
todistriml Hi sincerity of It ge In
their plea lor uprlghtne ami moral
Integrity. Theeedaughter w ombr that
their niotkr hould -apparently good
oiuaa that h lertavlve nilliugly the
pre' ol a prtwtilut' trnttle the part
ol hV Income allot ted to advaueiug
thir education. They wonder tknl
their mitttetvr receive b revenue to
uatala tk great! adjunct la th
fnbrk ol relgkia. They end by con.-tQ-Ug
Ikat either Ik rhua at a larva and
a cloak lot taUp4tiy ar el rutitutHa
nn4 drunken J bhr k-u'l aih a ba4
thing after all Tki ht tou lmnlty
Ik awful teratina uf their htteatiaalivn.
Il really eai tli"nwt ta aerlnint
kv la (.lunula, ui aker tk r.4 la
kvt hrancktauft f Ik r-4 to ktt.
thai lky txith tr out Mvw Ik
itat rau4 awa at riia, lht
tna roa4 U lravk-4 hy tkthia
u4 Ik trot k l t ..ainhi-, Tknl
tkey hat nt atle4 oatay a t k
never 4Utuin-t,
Koal'i, ha a a -Mip rai
reiaa troat ka tl aittttlm a
ey tk HsitM olkw4 id tk4uu,
na4 nt tk 'uJIJi," 4r
Ik i-Mp." Italy ike k ula4
ark asia'Ml -h a fnUuJ f4ejr ar
riaa.i t fwa Ikut tknra
AS Mt-apf kt i kMt
THE BEFEKENDUM AMD PKHLIf
OWNKKHUIP.
Tbe way legislation by the people
worka I well exemplified by the follow
ing cablegram from Switzerland:
Heme, Switierland. Feb. 20.-The rcf
trendum ha rfulted in popular appro
val of the proposed atate purchase of
the railroad of Hwitterland at a cost of
about 1,000,000,000 frano (1200,000,
000). The vote wa 8M4.140 in favor
to 177,1.10 against.
Tbe referendum appro vea tbe bill
passed in October last by the national
council by a vote of 08 to 20. Accord
ing to recent official return tbere are 2,
.104 miles of railroad open for traffic in
Switzerland, on tbe five principal lines.
The government I projecting a loan for
tbe purchase,
If the people of the United Stuto were
permitted to vote upon the question of
publio ownership we do not doubt they
would cast a largo mujoity in favor of
the proposition, Or If the people of No
braska and the other state crossed by
those lines bud been permitted to choose
whether they should pflyoff the first
mortgage on the" Union Pacific 'and
Kansas i'aclfk road or permit thorn to
be old to a corporation at a Ions of f 7,-000,000-wbo
doubt what their deel.
Ion would liiiv been,
Humor overwhelms us with reason
for Hie resignation 0f the cliunccllor'
chief clerk mul secretary of the fuc
ully. The various renson seem so
well ndn pled to dill'crcnt classes of
people (hat one siiMpccts they have all
eiiiiiiinted from me beiul of the univer
sity on dlll'crciit occasions in accord
ance with bis well known policy of
mmphiig the fuel to suit the circum
stances, Some of the more authentic
stories are admirably characteristic of
the diplomat. "The secretary re
signed because, she and tho registrar
could not get along together." Thl
would be sufficient reason for the
board of regents, is It true? "Tho
whole, affair lias conic down from tho
former inliiilnlstrat Ion, Chancellor
Cmiflcld was a peculiar man." "Tbo
secretary preferred a wider field,"
ns stenographer in a small office on
about two-thirds her former salary.
Tin1 vni-lelv of reasons uroiiHeu nu.
piclon. The attempt to pass the mut
ter off as nn ordinary occurrence re
Miiltlng In advantage, to the young lady
arc palpably dlhlionchf, Women, de
pendent upon their own labor, do not
leave the employ of the state, to accept
poslfloiiM with private purtlc at less
salary without sufficient reason. Can
It be that Incompatibility exists be
tween the chancellor of the university
nnd nny other persons connected with
tlmt Institution? Was Professor Card
altogether satisfied with his treat
inent at the hands of the university
iimmigcincntV We wonder why tho
professor of horticulture resigned.
When Treasurer J. H, Meserve took
charge of the state treasurer's office
there was $l9,774.7-4 of temporary uni
versity fund warrant "not paid for
want of funds," In other word tho
fund owed nearly $50,000, To-day
(March 1) this Indebted iichs Is en
tirely paid and Mr, Mcscrvc pays cush
for university fund wnrruiits as soon
as llicy arc presented. The process of
registering "not paid r want of
funds" him been dispensed with. With
a man like Treasurer Mcscrvc in
charge of the state's financcH its credit
Is unquestioned.
i ilot h TfTom Ti j rMTsA i.i ,
They got the news down to the
store: J l'lie supreme Urt turned loose
Kiigene Moore. (An' Cuba's Ktarvin' yit
an' Spain krone an' Mowed np our war
ship Malne;(iaj.'e an MeKinley ami
loin Iteediplit their beads togcthcr'n
agrceilj no' matter what the contracts
hold.1 We've tfot to pay them bonds in
gold,' except Joe Hartleys Im.iuIh
somehow, nobody pays iio'lhiug there
nohow, 1
a a a
Cup Price Mike f nHt : "From where
as to umen He. Ihcii a black repuldl
ca n noted fur I'mnoiit 'n John I'.
Ilalctlt thru the war an' lievn in Jnj
fur helplu" nlgKir free ami IihmuvA '
but this iIim surely eid,s mv
gis ." I
a a a
Old f rit struck with his I'ruseian tUt
Tlu couiiler -"iKMiut rwt-ttrr, vle dot
l.l -
1 ' kanu li b nicht teiktrhu vitil
He iliiki-s dot iniuiiy, hut iloii'd ntat!
Hut mijuiiii., iiiurt yet make it out
Kraut Ut idi ht kruut In tuiuer kruut
Mn't it? f t! tine. Iiittehmun here
Make tint court uer kruut next tear.
a a '
"A) hint long time tlli- i on nlrit hr,"
bar."
Kwsn hwniiot mat, ",t rnirt-u
sr.
Wotk ( lst nn iiittke im hrm
Now nut wlf ( j,h, u fim,t
Vh tote f..r dm repuMik.tn
Who tr l nil nw s'siii'
w when she hear Vwi nil tm fit
kuii ts ah Mittk r hit N.r im-,"
Thea ui .ke lii.h l't M.Hutre.
Iln. trtv hrvtfU nhUi wlih ire
"It" ti), th c.Hi.lr 'a
to iMiuiiiMldrt m' U t trkt,
th ! ll,.t U. Unili the ttv
ituwM. for n Simui.k hui...
Iiiut nI Cut ii i Miwa,
O.ikl t.!tit UttblM m their Ih.
UMif kl he tt.li.a-
t.
n, vf the ititii nn the frv?"
i mm aii rmiiM t, MamK I. t i.
THIXS AND PUNTS 4
n at ft i i.iM r anina
MiitioM m ktntaniktv .4 atr.
lht i a ,t tt.uMtHi;,, ..
remeisM luitiiiiu .
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r'i
Mi . t.
North HcnJ Nurseries.
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