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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
April 21, 1898
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LINCOLN, NEB
Henator Allen, Congressmen Max
well, Hiithcrlnnd, Stark and (ircem',
will earn the ffrntituriu of Nebiusk.iiiii
by fighting any issue of bonds ul tin.'
ureitent Juncture. There In no need of
IhiikTh to furry on thin war. 'flic fund
the government now has In hand are
mnplit for present needs. Bhould 1 lie
wur continue, Ihrre are Kevcnty ii'il
io patriotic citizen who arc- willing
to accept legal lender government cur
renev for service und hiiiiiiIIum, Wo
bonds lire needed,
The "jmlrloln" down 011 Wall street
who lire tendering id emu yachts to
the government lire also getting ready
to handle it "popular Jomi" of $50(1,000,.
000 to entry on the war, which Wash
ing ton dispatches say In being pre
pared. Their conscience work in the
plan of the irishman's, who, 011 con
fession, owned to the stealing of some
liny, "Jlow miieh did you Meal','"
uternly inquired the jirleMt. "Well, yer
rlverenee, I'll jlst eonfiss to fh' whole
Murk for me wife and I intiiid ' take
the rent Mi 11 mt dark night."
We have public ownership of the
posU-illice, We ean (tend a Jettcr nny
wliere In fbe United tHatcs for 2 cents,
lfwu had private or corporal 0 owner
ship, we would experience tin; extreme
pleuimre of paying about 10 eenU for
the kurnu Hervlee, with un extri
ihiirgii of 10 centH more for crossing
the Missouri river, What would you
think of a proposition to turn the port
olllee over to a corporation? Suppose
to reverse your thinking. What would
you think of a, proposition to try gov
ernment ownemhlp of the lelcgriiph
And telephone? Think about It
A telephoiitt In New York city costs
fXi per mouth. In Jlerlin, Germany;
11 lid ill JlrtmselM, llclgluiu, a telephone
costs iihout $1 per month. In New
York city the telephone system In own
ed and operuted by a typical Ameri
can corporation; In llclgluiu mid Ger
many Jt In operated by the govern
incut. We have a vimllur corporation
doing buslm in Nebraska. Jt ope
rut en principally In Omaha and Lin
coln. It in rapidly getting bigger,
however, and will soon reach out and
take the farmer Into its (ender grasp,
liow would It do to organize a
operative telephone company and (jet
into the Held nheud of the pitiless,
merciless, soulless corporal iouV
Adjutant (icnerul Harry has issued
orders to the Captains of the Nehnis
lia National (iiiiint to recruit liuir
coinpaiiieH to the full strength, lie
lilts iiIno sent orders to llrlginlicr (ieu
eral CliurlcM J. Hills to liuve Hie entire
NebruHka brigade ready to luke tin
Held luiuiediiitely upon tlie leeeipt (f
u nle I'm.
The Nebnihkii fruited 1h 111 froml eun
dilioli, lurlii)r the piiHt three c.iih
under (ienenil Ituriy'N ilireetiuii il,- ur
(,'ilhiulli'ii mill eiilipineut Iiiin t i 1 1
very greatly improved. It will now
prcM'iit iim t,'oti n 1 iii ra 1 1 hihI 1,1 1
do an elTeetive work an the (,'imfd nf
any lutc In the union. Hlicic tln
will ! mil or what line of ilutv will
! lii.'licl t,i tlie Nebriiakii riuir I i
UIiUih.w 11, hut tlie cillcii nf the t.ile
need lint lint In, I lluil Hie ill
be Well iiiul In iim I k ilmie.
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DEIIT AND WAIt.
If there i one thing1 worm; thun
war it is debt, "War in hell," Bays
food nuthoiity In the pcraon of one
of the prominent generalH of liiu time.
The American nation Ih evidently in
for 11 war. Debt ia the next Mep wti
have to take bonded debt, if the pro
(frant alrendy prepared In New York )
carried out at WuHhintftou
CompariHoiiH in misery are natural
in tiinea like theae. When the llomuu
(rladiator preiuml to enter the arena
where they were to hack each other
in pleccn for the Bjiort of the Koinan
populace, they luul to undergo the or
deal of having their jiiumcIch pinched
and their cheatH thumped by the KporU
who were about to la-t their money on
the bloody coiiHequciieeH, In theae de
generate dayit, wlien a nation nt,ripn
for wiir the expert me of a dillerent
kind. They are the flnanelera and
money broker of tlie world, who take
the iiuIhc of Ita bonded debt and
thump ItM money cheat to prognoatl
entit the outcome. Money and not
bravery dccldea warfare In thin age,
and debt and not glory in 1U chief re-
milt.
Tlie prcMcnt debt condition of Hpaln
Im graphically told by the following
statement from ofllclal Houreem
Iiiliiriml anil
l'rtndiul nliikliiKluinl
Nlilim ul lil. (pomitiiH). (poiwtim.)
riii'itilllliM,vitiirBul, 4
l'.r, wnt I, ti: 1,1. '.1 ,000 7MWH0
'iiritiilili,liiniriinl, t
MlP I'Dlil. 1,a(.llu,nimtiiiiu vn.inivji'i
KmlwiinalilM loan, I imr
ct,.,,,, J,r,MI,r,7ll,000 lol.iMMKK)
4-al.MiiH it,jlwiMon. HWUMMMiO t,ti7J.IO
Troiiitury iil.lmtttliiiin.. Mi.HVj.tm W.O.miO
'roliitwii lmll,li if r i'lit ' OO.OOO.WlO 8,UM,M
Itol lixrtillil Alinililuu
(Ji.lck.llvi.r BWMHI0 4,Tf0,000
NnvliiKH linnk InUirimt II.iioo.ikiM
Minor llmim ' M'iMH
iiiilm, lHKi.o ur tuat f,i,HMi,ii(w( n.Moo 0111
85. illl I. (MAI
('libit, 1MI0, 0 ir (Wilt.,,,
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I 4H,M7,MO
IMI.I45.10H J,or,,MII
jiK),o(ki,(kk) irwio,(ig
KloiilliiK (trnanury oil-
llHitlliiim)
AilvuiiOHii,llaiik (if Hiilu
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Hid, fiM. HUH (isitHtn 111
liTlur ilelit., (uhiiii
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Tlie jiopuliitlon of Hpaln in 17,000,-
000. The national debt Ih, therefore,
near $100 per capita, and to pay the. in-
teicht mid kinking fund chargea re
(pilrck near $7 jier capita each year.
One very market! feature of the
Hpn nihil debt Ih the "kpeclal mortgage"
featured of it, an "tobacco,' 'indicating
that the tobacco reveiiucH have been
pledged for it.H payment; "Altnaden
qulekHllver," khowlng that the (juick-
wilver mines at that place Iiave been
iawned for that particular loan, and
"Cuba," kignlfylng that the power to
collect taxck from Cuba in pledged for
that debt. Ah the matter now ktanilx
two-thlrdu of all Hpain'a revenues are
required to meet the intereat and kink
ing fund chargcH, and klnce the ntve
iiuea from Cuba have been destroyed
by the savage destruction of both lifa
mid property there, it. la 7 1 11 1 11 thnt
Spain 1m near the cud of her financial
rope.
Cuba's continual uprisings havcsciv
(1 to increase the Spanish debt very
much. According to figures gathered
from various sources by the Financial
hroiiiclc, the three Cuban loans taken
iitfHhcr aggregate- !fl -lO.CSO.OOO, re-
liiiring $17, .1 i;i.7(Mi in gold for tlie cou
pons of the shti and I S!io ittHiicK, anil
$:.'(). :;u(), (ion fur the c(iuioiis and sink-
in'' fund of the per cent, bonds of
s!M',-7-H, jfiiiiranteed b the revenue of
the Spanish eiihtouiH. in addition there
Ih a llnat in,' debt, of consiilernlile
iiiuiiint against the Cuban treasury for
)hih Spain is responsible. The
ainoiint mi January t last was $70,uno,-
nun.
The uldest Cuban loan dates from
tti'i. when l''l.lMHl.noo in lininU hh
put out, (Mia raiileed b,v a lien 011 the
revenue of the t iilmn customs mid on
nil the revenues of the Island, with the
i 1 1 1 s.ii I ia r v i-1 nt lit 11 1 of the Spanish
treasury beside. Nearly nil these
boiiils are still niilslaiiilini;, In Iviu
the rin li'i n 11 1 In .1 I11 1 tin. isMiiin.,. of
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CONTRA HAN II Of WAR
Few acts of the English government
have done so much to secure the
friendship of the American jstople as
the recent order declaring coal con
traband of war in the event of uotunl
hostilities lsdween the United States
und Spain. Sueli an order dws not
extend so far as is generally suppos
cd; that Is it does not forbid the sale
of cottJ to either of the contending
parties by a neutral foreign power.
iCveu when coul is contraband it is
usual to permit a vessel of either of
the contending parties to take aboard
sufficient coal to carry her to the next
port, however the vessel takes lier
chance with the contraband curgo.
n nib it is liable to seizure us contra
band of war while en route to a port
of the contedlng powers.
Applying this rult to the present
case, it Is said that if a Spanish ship
went to Kingston for coal she would
be uble to secure u sufllclent supply
to carry her to I'orto Klcw or Cuba,
When once away from Kingston, how
ever, tlie vessel and her cargo would
Imj subject to seizure by the United
States ships.
The same rule, it is said, would up
ply lu case a ship of (irent llritlan or
any other country was engaged in car
rylug such a contraband article. The
ling would protect thi ship as a whole,
but It would not protect the contra
band article on board, the ship being
subject to search and to seizure of ti v.
ontrabaiul article. It would there
fore, be very unsafe for any except
Iron-clad battleships to attempt to
transport coal after It was declared
contraband of war.
Tlie rule would upply equally, it is
said, to ships taking coal in Kingston
lor the use of United Blutes naval ves
sels. J 11 elTect, however, the rule would
lie applicable, lniiinly to Spain, us tin
United States naval vessels would rely
upon this us well us other West Indian
ports for such supplies.
tVhlle tlie contraband order dw.s
not completely forbid the sale of coal
to the contestants, yet it Is as radical
mi order us a neutral power eun make.
The feeling in Englund seems rlist
for the formation of an alliitncu for
both oilensive and defensive purposes.
Such an alliance wwuld put the Anglo-
Saxon race in command of the world,
iiut the United btatcs can not make
such un alliance without surrender
ing its time honored principle of non
interference with tlie uJTulrs of the
iiutions of other continents, it can
not exist in fact but it can exist in
spirit. Jt can live in the hearts of the
people. Jf it exists in spirit it can Is:
mode to exist in fact If conditions
should muke it necessary.
In a iMM-iii reflecting the sentiments
of the English people 011 an Anglo
American alliance, the British Laur
eate, Alfred Austin, writes:
What Is the voice I hear
(u t he wind of the Western sea?
Sentinel, listen from out Cape Clear,
And say what the voice may ls.
"Tis a proud, free people calling
loud to u js'ople proud and free.
"And it says to them, 'Kinsmen, hitil!
We severed have been ts long;
Now let us have done with u worn-out
tale,
A tale of an ancient wrong,
And our friendship last as long
love doth last and be stroug'T
I linn ileal h is st rung.' "
Answer them, sous of (lie sclf-samr
race.
And blood ol'the self same clan,
Let us speak with each oilier face to
face,
Ami answer as 1 1 1 11 11 to man,
And loyally hte and trust each
other us none but free men can.
Now Hing them out to the breeze,
Stiti 111 1-1 m I,, thistle, ami rose.
And the Star spiinnleil I'.aiiner unfurl
W il ll t III SI1,
A inesstie to friends it 1 I fis's,
Whereter the sails of lente art
seen ami wln-revi-r the war wind
blow H,
1 1 ii - -. 1 ( i to bonil ami thrall to wnUe,
lor wluletil He 1 n, tt e In 1111,
the t hi one of I lie I I .nit s hull 1 ih !. .11. 'I
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toilii' luul iiml tt e ait li'itl-i of
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STAHLE (iOVfcKNMKNT.
"Stable Ooverninent" is the phrase,
It promises to supersede "sound mon
ey." In the moldst of this maze of
buying battleships, trying torpedo
boats, mobilizing militia and booming
bond issues, it looms up like, a red
nosed republican on a railroad track
STAHI.E government! Would that
wo hud some of it mixed in with the
counting house, stock-market article
on tap lit Washington, ilut there is
only one man In the United States sen
ate who handles a pitchfork when he
Is at home and his fork Isn't long
enough to clean out the state of Wash
ington. This is a different sort of "sta
ble government" thut Is talked of,
This stable is for the purpose of stub
bling the elephant.
i'he Chicago Tlmes-lleriilil whose
proprietor Jl, JI, Kohlsnat, stands
Closer to J'resldent McKlnley thun any
other newspiiH'r inuii, has fciupornr
lly quit the "sound money" field of
discussion to enter upon that of "sta
ble government," The past week has
bristled with argument why we should
not recognize the present Ciibnn In
surgent government. Among the rea
sons It Jiiis discovered the following;
There Is 110 evidence to show that
the Masso-Oomez- I'ttlma government
was chosen by a majority of the 1 11
ban people. (In the contrary, that so-
enllcd government was crcnlcl by the
arbitrary net of 11 few,
For the United Slates to ollleiul-ly
recognize a government so constituted
and which bus not been securely es
tablished even in the remote hs'iilily
where il, Is supposed fo have Its capi
tal, would not be necessarily a recog
nition of popular sovereignity in Cuba.
The people may or may not lie satis-
lied with the character of the so-cull
ed provisional government, They have
not declared themselves for or iignlnst
It,
licvol ut binary governments arc al
ways chosen by a comparative few.
The circumstances surrounding their
orgauiztitllofi present the general ac
tion of nil the people that takes place
11 democratic governments in time
of pence. 'I'he main business in revo
lutionary movements is to fight,
Most of the peojde give their nttnetion
In one way or another to that and neg
lect the civil government. The test
of the stability and responsibility of a
revolutionary government is whether
it has the approval of the is-ople In the
revolution, dunged by this standard
the Cuban republic stands on both
feel, Ilut the reasons given bv the
rimes-Herald for establishing a new
government on the island of Cuba con
tain so much more than they were
probably intended to Convey that we
reproduce t hem.
In the opinion of Professor von
liolst of Chicago university, profes
sor of international law, the United
States, by intervening without recog
nizing the Insurgents ami their gov-
rtnuelit becomes responsible for the
stai'lishnicut of a stable government
on the island. There seems to be
no difference of opinion among
those capable of intelligent
Judgment that the United States as
sumes a grave obligutiou by the act of
intervention owing to the inharmon
ious temperament o fthe Cuban pen
ile. If the United Stales were ilenl-
inef with Auglo-SuNons 1 be character
ami stability ol' the new government
would lie assured in advance, but it
dealing vvilb a people who nave
iracticiillv no concept 1011 of pupuhii
overnmeul, whose natural disposit inn
to rebel jiL'ainsI auv net that dis-
ileliseil I li-iii. even llioilijli silcll net
be the will of 11 majority, ami vtho
are hu'liiuir in nearly nil ipiali lieat ions
r iiilclliecul self -government.
V government to be chosen lab 1 by
I plebi-i ile ami established under tlie
vv 11 tt li 1 11 1 eve of this great republic
would cive the Ciibiins 11 mini' pel ma
in ill n . 111 am e of freedom than they
tii 1. 1 have Ihioiigh ifiog nil Ion of the
unmet at government ,1 1 lut rui lly
1 1 e 1 1 ,
I hut I- to mi v I he 'u bn us bt 110'
am h V mi l It a 11-. al e 1111 h pable of
m I ( got 1 1 nun ii I I, luul In ton- the
rouble it.i., lll.lt the i I. . U lg, , I: t got
II, III, lit Wat Hot I linm II lV ll lllil K it V
f the o.!t- tt hit h l if e ll vt mil. I not
' it -aiiiple of s If govt rniin iil I I'e
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United States did pot declare in the
maximum rate case that the value of
Nebraska railroads was $'10,000 per
mile and that they must Iks allowed to
charge rutes high enough to earn Uivl
(lends upon that sum? These persons
want to know, if that Is the ease, why
the roiuls should not be assessed at
one-third or one-fourth of $.10,000 per
mile by the stute board.
In answer we first give llie facts:
In September, 1HU1, the secretaries of
the state board of traiisporfntl )n, J
VV, Johnson, J, N. Kountz and W, A
iJllworth, Issued a pamphlet, f.om
which we take the following extract:
"We find from the evidence und
sworn statement and reports un il'e
In our office, and from pcntonul Inspi
Hon, lhat Hit; railroads In Ibis utale
could not lie duplicated for a less sum
than $.'(0,000 per mile, tuklng into con
sideration their equipment mid depot
anil terminal facilities.
"We further find that the railroad
urc not in a condition to stand, nor
does their net earnings, figured on a
basis of cost of $:i0,000 per mile and
not what they claim tliey cost, Justify
nny cut In local rates of this state nt
the present time,"
The supreme court of the United
Slates Incorporated this extract Into
11 decision In the maximum rate cute
a one of the grounds of that decisi m.
The assessed valuation of railroad
in Nebraska for 1 H',7 I a follows, per
mile:
l(. and M $1,171;
C HI, I'., At, mid O Olio
F. K. mid ,I. V (,(
S. C. and I' li.Ouoo
C Jt. J. mid P
M. P 4,00.1
U. P 1.B40
(I, mid Jt. V 1,500
St, .1, mid 0. J 5.000
K, C, and O il.fiOO
K, and II. J I ,'1,000
S. C, O'N. and VV K.t.OO
in Neb AUhH
A., T, and H. E 4.500
Average H,.17'
In order to furnish facts for com
parison of railroad assessments with
olhcr properly we give some stJilislies
of the assessment for JS!7, taken from
the records In the auditor's office:
Average assessed value of Improved
laud throughout the state, $D,I4 per
acre, ranging from $12.2,! in Douglas
oiinty to 44 cents In Hooker county.
Average assessed value of uniuiprov
d hind in state, $1.0) per acre, rang
ing from $.'!!.!. 71 in lloiiglas county to
is cents in Hooker,
The distinct ion between improved
(meaning ploughed) mid unimproved
land Is not closely kept, Twenty-lwo
out of ninety counties lump both to
gether as improved, and, oddly enough,
us shown above, some of them asseas
unimproved lniul higher than Im
proved land. I.nml In Ihccnstcm third
of the state Is Assessed at an average
of about $.1 per acre. What the 11c! mil
value of this land Is depend a great
deal on the temperament of the judge.
Sales have hccumiiilc In this eastern
third of the state during the past year
all the way from $i!0 to $15 per tier.
The average assessed value of hors.'S
in the state is $0.17 per head, ranging
from $0.4 1 in Washington county lo
:'.i,:.' in Mcl'hcrsoii.
The average assessed value of cut
tle in the slate was $1.40 per head,
ninriuir from $in.s.1 in Scotls I'dulf
ounly to .H :.'.' I in Dawson county.
The average assessed value of sheep
ill I he stae 11 ws .Ml cents per lieu,,
ranging from $1.75 in Thurston coun
ty to L'l cents in Nuckolls,
The average assessed value if nogs
in the stale was $1, ranging from
in 1 .011 1 1 to :.'.i cents in lleiiel.
The average assessed value of piano.
was i ::!.'.!, of organs .'i.s:;.
these tit; a res a re probably eiiouu h to
give 11 general idea of I he scale of :i l 1
aliou. The alino-,1 entire escape of
im. nets and credits Mom lavul ion and
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KAILKOAU yiKSTIONIN NOHTU CAR
OLINA. There is a railroad struggle on. in
North Carolina, similar In some re
spects to the one that has been on lit
Nebraska for twenty years, but dif-1
ferlng in other respects.
J'Vir a quarter of a century North
Carolina has been ruled politically by
a democratic machine which auh a
ready ally of corporate Interests. As
the people became restless under this
combination and Is-gau to vote- against
if, the combination counted linilr
votes out. Finally, in JKOfi, a combina
tion of populists, republicans mid dis
gusted democrats, swept the old gun;f
out of power und filled the state houso
with new officers, part of whom are
populists anil part republican.
The North Carolina legislature pass
ed mi net forbidding the issuance to
or use ttf rullroiid pusses by public of
ficials. Following this, the stele rail
road commission ordered a reduction
of pusenger rates from 3 cents jar
mile to Vt cents. This iwtlon on tht
part of the commission has raised u
tremendous storm from railroad in
terests,
Ho much pressure was brought to
bear thut finally the railroad commis
sion, by u vote of 'i to 1, rescinded its
order fo reduce passenger fare
throughout the state, and the existing
rates stand, though the commission ut
the same time passed 1111 order requir
ing the Issue of S,000-inlle tickets i-t '
cent u mile, good for the bearer.
Chairman Caldwell voted to reduce
rates mid then changed his mind, in
explanation of the change he wide
the following statement:
"Aiy vote on the passenger rate
question lias given me the greutest
concern. Upon culm reflection I feel It
was wrong. I have the approval
of my conscience, bufc the disapproval
of those unucquuiuted with the cvl
deuce before the commission. When
tlie railways, by legal evidence, made
it, nppcur that reduced rates would not
be fair ami reasonable, ami would Je
suit, lu loss to Hie roads, 1 :ould not
feci that true judgment luul been
rendered in nccorduiice with the evi
dence.
Commissioner Caldwell also tendered
his resignation to the governor, who
on receiving It made u speech, saying
that the absence of evidence, to contra
dict thut of the railroad wits not u sat
isfactory reason for changing. The
governor further expressed his own
views on the subject:
if the commission must wait or
bunt around for evidence in railroad
reduction cases mid fake everything
us true, then there will never ,e any
reduction. Unfortunately, the com
mission lias no counsel to get evidence,
and ail hearings lire substantially ex,
parte. The Nebraska ease I believe to
In; a premeditated decision, rendered
for the express purpose of emasculat
ing the railroad commissions of. the
United States. J think our commis
sion and courts ought to give, to that
ruling the same kind of respect und
obedience that was rendered by the
iiiiti-slavcry party to the Jircd Scott
leclson. "
Tlu-re is 110 doubt (iovernor Uusticl!
speaks the sentiments of a vast lium-
icr of people outside of Nebraska in
lis comments upon the Nebraska rule
cision. In fact, the sentiment out
le this stale is more, radical Hi. 111
il is here upon that decision. The pco-
le in other slates who are just cn-
ering upon llie light lo curb and con-
rol railroad corporal ions, see with
alarm and anger Hie courts of the !aiul
'ising lo bloeli I he v a .
liy an overwhelming inajori'y Un
people of vMleiland have iliv'.iied ill
favor nf government ovviieishin of i n
toads. And they will have 11, 'o" in
vv il,'irlaiii iliev hate no sinn-eim-
mil big 11 gh In iitei'M' I h' delat
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