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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. Feb. 16, 1899. 2? Nebraska Jnbtpmbcnt TWM WIALTK MAKERS mmd UNCOLM INDirtNDtNT, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY if TBI blipiqdiqt Publishing So. At 1110 M stmt, LINCOLN - NEBRASKA. TILtPHONI SSI. 11.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCB. Um MMaJatlas to, mss alt frafta, MMf ereer. U ear able ta rai uiDirMiMT roi, oo. Wantrik Tba Independent knows of a person wbo wishes to bo,r a flcolumn quarto press and ft folder, lit would figure on ft whole plant. Addree bos Jfl, Independent 1'ub. Co, Tb Cincinnati Enquirer should get ftO editorial writer wbo at least known the most common economic form and bow to dm them, It Miill keeps talking about "Intrinsic vuliifl," Tom Johnson has announced tbat be will take up the fight where Henry George left It off, Tbat riles the goldbug press, and they hate begun their old plan made and provided for such canoe, They dou't try todlsprovs the sound ness of Totu'e principles but the my be it a thlttf. McKlnley fights the Filipinos and then ays: "Ses what a groat and brave president I am," lint be I afraid to fight the Standard Oil trust, Kvery time be tbloke of euob a thing ale knees knock together and tbs cold sweut start oot on hi face, When McKlnley attacks a trust than we will begin to think tbat be la entitled to be called brare, Already th gentlemen at Washington whose doty it is to look after the reve nues and are beginning to look around for new subjects of tasation. Thetre. meodous deficits etagger them, The In dependent suggests tbat a stamp tax be put upon railroad passenger tickets with tbs proviso tbat tbe road shall supply the stamps themselves and not charge them to tbe passenger, It Is not a dollai wbicb Is good In Kurope tbat we want, but one wbicb will boy one boebel of wheat or two bushels of corn In Nebraska, Then if we bave thirty dollars of taies to pay, tbiny bushels of wheat or sixty buebels of corn will pay them, and not sixty bushels of wheat and 120 bushels of corn as oow, Tbat Is tbe kind of a dollar we want In Nebraska. It appears from Mural Halstead's writings and other documentary evi dence tbat Agancillo came to this coun try at tbe request of Oeueral Merrlt when be was the commander of our forces at Maullo. This being the faot, the imperiallets who are now engaged In calling bim vile names are out of order and should take their seats and keep silence. Mr. Farwell, of Chicago, has a good deal to say about confiscation. Any thing that will lessen tbe Income of tbe millionaires be calls congscatlon. Hut who are tbs confines, torn? la It not these same millionaires, whose millions show how much they have confiscated of the product of other men's laborsT Tbey bave been eonflecating tbs whole Inereaee of wealth for the lost twenty years. Tbe deficit of 1113,000,000 announced by the secretary of the treasury needs serious revising la several points. One item in the correction ehould lis a reduc tion In the reonipts of tbs govern meat of 04.751,333. That amount was paid Into tbs treasury durlug the year to buy Union I'st'lflo and Kausas Paul no rail, roads. Tbat amount should be added to the deficit of wsr tai4 and (Hngley MM, President Harper, of lbs KorkeMler platoeratio ualveret'y of Chleatfn, la a peavh tbs other tight said tbe r bur is loelag Us bold on tbs peupl. The kind of rbareb be rapfxeaU aw doubt la, bat oataide the rests of lbs btabopa lb the 110,000 preaeher and palam like thareh tdtBrea Ike teaehlaga of I'D Hat are labia a dep bold paun tbs people all tbe too Train a navaf die." Hjfpurrtej rs It day aa4 disappear Ta rt bav bas awn-ad td lag la tbs rJil id tbs eurpufai to pretty prucsplty wkeaevee it was a aary lu reli l true etUdte-ea to l tbatlaasj war ari'tgalad llr aV asaads ia tb people, by waaie la wmiIom a davtarteg lata avalil ttoaal. Tk ftvmm b bavuat tw tow to tbs r?wb4taaa d kaeaaa aad tby iav tavatd a na adt way, Tassr atlMtaef fae aaaalM alt tbe la we nsjsawl tf was aaiun l tba tejt lata by atrvfce td bk a wtthuut Cturj It Us tMStt t gl a sbaass) at o. tU tsyatrHsaaa ara MaM4 I tii taw way, ll saasra tbe laaa VrzSJz tzi H k tftar. A PVVT1 PBB8IDENT. Tha aaturaalia of extravagance, mili- tarylem and greed for conquest which bos held sway at Washington for the lost six months is beginning to alarm even some of the republicans. A warn ing cry has gone forth from several of them during the lost week, cniei oi which was from Mr. Cannon, chairman of tbe appropriation committee of the boune. He mads a statement on me floor of the house very similar to what has been said a great many times of late in the iKtiKi'BNDKNT. in regard to tns enormous deficit, notwithstanding the Innruneed tarlfs under the Dlngley bill and the heavy war tuxes Imposed, Mr. Cannon made a ceneral statement. The secretary of tbe treasury In October last, Mr. Cannon said, had estimated the de- flmennv of the revenues for the fiscal year ending July 1,1800, tobe112,. 000,000, or a monthly average offO,. 833,000. In hie judgment In the light of the receipts and expenditure for the flr.tm.veu months thus estimated, the deficiency was much too low. The actual deficiency op to Feb. 1, 18U0, was 161,000. an average of f I l,U07,ooo a month. At title rate the deficiency for the fiscal year would be 1160,000,000. Hut this would not Inolodsthsf '20,000,. 000 provided by the bill to sarry out the provisions of the I'orls treaty, I lie cash balnnse In tbs treasury Feb. 1, In. eluding the 1100,000,000 gold reserve, was 1274,000,000, Two hundred mil lion of tbat bad been put Into the rev- enuesby the war han. It will be seen that Mr. Cannon ac knowledges a deficit, Including ths 30,. 000,000 to be paid to Hpaln,of $170,- 000,000, Hut be does not take into ac count a great many Items which all taken together will foot up mors than ao.000,000 mors. In the treaty with Hpaln we agreed to pay all the claims of American cltltens against that govern nient for false imprisonment and loss of property during the last Cuban war, More than 9100,000,000 of sucb claims bave already been filed and no one be lieve that we will get off with a pay ment of less than 130,000,000, The in crease of appropriations for tbe en larged army and navy and public build- Inge will add several millions more. It will be seen that when tbs Indkpkn rbnt some time ago announced tbat tbe deficiency would be 200,000,000, It was rather below than above, Tbls is a terrible contingency to face sucb a con tingency as this government never faced before. Tbe enormous expense of trans porting troops and carrying on a war 7,000 miles from boms, tbs 910,000,000 that Is to be appropriated for tbe census, the maintaining of troops in Cuba and VorJ.o Illco, the building of twelve new warship and other increased expendi ture make a dark outlook for the future. Without doubt, taxation will have to be enormously increased and mors bonds Issusd. Tbls stats of affair has been brought about bv tbe wild excesses of men wbo went wild over tbe thounht of conquest and wbo have been allowed to have their wav by a president wbo is merely putty In tbs bands ol trust magnate and military martinets. Til K Fit I VATIC SOLDI Kit. There doe not seem to bean Imperial let among the common soldier over in Manila. Tbs editor of tbe Indkpenuknt bns seen a number of letters from them in wbicb tbey spoke their minds freely, not for publication, but to their neareet friends. He has also made it point to read the scores of letters that have been printed In the weekly papers tbat come to tbls office. In not a singls case has aprivats soldier advocated tbs reten tlou of tbs phillppinee. ' They all with out exception, want to corns boms. Tbs Importance of these letter are very great for tbe beat young manhood ofNebraaka eullsted when the call to help ths suffwrlugCubaua was first made, Mauy of tbe men tire college atudents, manv more are from our beet fainlliea and all of them are well educated. Tbey are there, they have seen the country and tbe people, they understand the sit nation better than any oua at bonis, aud uot ous of tbeut Is au ImperlatUt a far a beard from. A lut ol old coggers, nt tbs military age, with Tom Majors at their bead tik it Upon theuierlvM to telegraph the prtrs- kleattba offer of another regiment id cavalry I rum Nebraska to fight tbs Filipinos as uua as tbey heard of tbe bwt battle at Maaila. rrobaWy not oas ol tbeut eould pae aa examiaatioa (of esterase lata tbs army. Hat tbey did not rprsat tbs people id Nebreba, Tbey would be willing tu go as t Itinera, bat wbea tbey eoats tu t tbs privates, tbey woald lad tbat the salbaiasai tbat Mure tbar IN tbs reals ab tbs tar km Cubans, will U satimly Utile-, when tb utWt ol Ike sat la tb tmt 4 a ("opts wb-iaatf waat ladeiwadeae. f M an tariMatt mieaf thsataia ttvte id tlslatp Ulisi eaesss tu bs la a lair way id aa euMdtbwat, Tbey waat psW atlaa tluadraaa away lrat dMeit aflar aa tbey a autre tratly 4at tb guM elaadar4 a tba eetiM ptdtof d tbe Asttto pa4a. Atteattwa taatirasa d trwa) la tba l'bdl(ple, t tbe raatyaa la Mawna. t tba trouble it Ca bs aad t tbs ssaaaajesssat wf alalea la fttt Hwk Tb MWrswl 4 tbawa k4wa mm kea. aealleeed att ares tba iasa d tba aattb, ae U attaaiM t. Tbey occupy mot of the tiro of the aenators and representatives. They ars the only things diecuseed at cabinet meetings aa far as the public knows. Meantime tbe interests of American citizens, seventy millions In number, Is confided to Mark Ilanna, Steve Elklns, Allison, and Al drioh. The tolling mouses who havo made this country great receive little or no attention. Tbe affairs of the half savage Fillpeno is of far more import ance and occupies far mors of the time of tbe authorities than that of tbs Amer ican people, 1 bey are left to be devoured by trusts and consumed by corporate wealth, while the national authorities undertake tbs establishment of stable governments In the islands of the south seas. That is just the condition of af fairs that the trusts and bank magnates deeired. Ws want new men iu power at Washingtonmen who are patriotic enough to look first after the Interests of their own people and after that Is attended to, if tbey bavs tims to spare, they may go to setting up stable gov ernments for tbe Latin and Malay racer "If any provide not for bia own, and especially those ol his own bouse, be hath denied tbe faith aud Is worse than an Infidel." TUK OKKAT UKPIIDIATOKM. . If it hoe corns to a point where a polit ical party can openly repudiate the plat form upon which it was eleoted, then representative government i a total failure, Until within the lust year no ucoeHful political party ever dared to go contrary to tbe plainly expressed principles upon which It obtained office. I'artles have heretofore put up platforms that could bear more than ons interpre tation aud , then took either one or the other of the Interpretations for a basis of action, but never until tbls adminis tration did a party, successful at the polls, inaugurate and enforce policies in direct contradiction to tbe principles ex pressed In Its platform, This tbe repub lican party baa done. In their platform they say; "From tbs hour of achieving their own independence, the people of the United States bave regarded with sympathy tbe struggles of other Ameri can people to free themselves," How does that correspond with tbe doctrines of conquest wbicb tbe administration b a entered upon? Tbe platform pledged the adnjluUura- tion to promote International bimetal lism. When it wa seen tbat it wa po- sible, ths ttdmlnlstratirn defeated it. Tbs president time aud again declared from bis front porch tbat bewasop poaed to tbe destruction of any of our money. Now bs advocates tb retire ment of the greenbrcks. Tbe repudia tion of a party platform and tbe inau guration of a different policy is repudia tion in its most criminal form. It Is far more crimiual than the repudiation of a debt. Tbe greatest repudlators in ths history of tbs world are McKlnley, his cabinet, and the Isaders of the republi can party, AM AWITUL OUTKAUK. The rooet disgraceful thing ever said about a Nebraska or any other soldier appeared in the State Journal lust Mon day. It charged that tbe noble boys, sons of Christian fathers and mother, who bave gone from our college and ecbooUattbe call of tbe country are ahooting down Filipinos with the same enjoyment and wt that they would shoot rabbits. Have theee men whom we know are among the beat of tbe clti senehlp of ths stats becoms such horri ble bruits in tbe few months since they left us that they take delight in the mif ferlng and death of human beinga? Tbe Hpaulah bave been charged with brutal cbaraeteriatic of that kind but this is ths firet time tbat such a charge has ever been mads ugaluet Americana, Tha Independent proteet w itn all ths vigor of wbicb It la capable ngalust such a slander. Iat it is thought that ths State Journal Is misrepresent!, ths exact word that It used era hers re printed Tbs Iodeiendnt would like to bear from s of the patriotic cltlxens of this stats what they think ol ucb an outrageous alander of Nbrka eoldler. Tbsartlel mu Is found in ths third column ou ths sdltorUI peg of the Stats Journal ol Feb. 1.1, l-HUVI, and Is as follow: "Uetmrwl Oils intends to niaks a tbor. ouab Job ol the pftciflowtlon of tbs Maud ol turns Utorw be pauar lor a reat, t'ampaiauiaa: la ttls aeaaoa ol tba .vmr la not dutiful t aad bia m are enjoying tbs bast as enuebasillt wr a rabbit rhaea," 1HK rt t'tm iAtiv f lit MtM, II aay oas stops ta tbs atad pursuit ol lbs dollar loagsaoagb to tbiak lr five atiautsa apon tb ubjet bs wjll bs aatnaUhad at tbs way tba platorrwiie t-hv evert bavs lurMkea tb tewebiag ol Cbrtat. Carts! aayai HWu saltt tbal ars rb,M Tb tbsnh syi is a ibeairabla tbtag tu l rkn," t bitat aajei "Yea rasswt set IKeJ aad atawaiua M Taavkwrvh says by bf adiiaao lu lull MIoaaKip ol aaarara, aad sito lww ; HtU Y ywa ea, It ts v ry oa.v, ittva Mud ua Maadayt aad 4 sa wawltb ua ! day. t artat sayai Tueuiv yuar eVbtura, Tb tbarsb aay. "Ilab tbass balufw tbs saar t aad atak tbeia ty iy ertk" NulttsaUtk way, Tessas) nut wii abf tb H" rait sbsftlt aad tbe twbisfa H brtat luaeb b alUr, Oaa 4 lb da.v aautbse Wrntsy 0l arias a4 kau IbaM sbsetbaa lata spilaMa. Taawatld aaaiia bia tasstai, OOB DCTT. "A great many long and learned speeches bave been made in the senate and bouse in regard to the constitution ality ol a colonial policy. One set of constitutional lawyers claim that If the Philippine Inlands are annexed tbat they become thereby as much a part of tbs United States as any otbsr part and that tbe bill of rights trial by jury, free commerce, representative government and all other guarantees of equality be fore tbe law will apply to them. The other set say that tbe conquered terri tory will bave no constitutional rights whatever, and can be governed by con gress In any way tbat that body sees fit. This latter Is ths Imperialistic view. Out even tbey will hardly contend tbat we muMt annex the Philippines whether we want to or not. Certainly under tbe constitution we have a right to say we don't want them. That Is tbe question. Without doubt there Is a very large ma jority of ths citizens of this country who are opposed to annexation on any terms. If the Filipinos would give us a hundred million to take tbem aud set uo a gov ernment for them, wo would refuse the oiler. We don't want to go into the buslueM of setting up governments In the Philippines or anywhere else. We have enough to do to run our own gov ernment, We haven't made a very good job even of that of late years, We bave hardly begun tbe development of this vat (Jomalu that is already ours. It us linprovs our own country aud give it good government. That Is our "duty," vovvunn. The Independent is a populist pupcr. It supports tbe populist platform every plank of it, but it utterly refuse to ad vocate theorlo not contained In that platform and especially theories that are at variance with It, It seems to be tbe Idea of a very few men In Nebraska that If a populist paper refuse to at tack the party and some of its leading members every once in a while and re fuses to advocate theories never endorsed In any pppullst convention, tbat it Is not a populist paper. Tbat Is In accord ance wlt'i the vagaries which theee men advance, The free coinage of silver bos been a plank In the populist platform ever since it was organized. It bas been unanimously endorsed at every national and state convention that the party ever held. Mo bas the government Iseus of full legal tender money, tbe public ownership of railroad and ".municipal franchises, postal savings banks and during tbe last four years the initiative and referendum. These are the things tbat tbe Independent stands for. It will continue to stand for them. These Ideas are having a continuous growth, In the near futpre tbey will become tbe policies of this government. After tbey are adopted then tbs party will take up other beneficial remedies. Hut thess things are fundamental. Tbey are what constitute populism. Tbe Independent advocates them all. It is a populist par. SHOULD APOLOOIZK. The Deacon Light of South Dakota, after quoting tbe editorial in the Inde. peudent calling attention to Mis Golf's letter say: "Hlrnnira thAtauuh nonuliat ffualon) paper as tne Indejiendent are always urging the "getting tonether" on Bry an' plan of free coinage and redeem able government paper currency." Now Ham. von know better than that and you should apologize for writing sucb atuff. Tbe very editorial yon quote refers to tbat "rdeiiiabla lu Cola" bul- ne. Tbi paper ha never printed a Itn that could be tortured Into favoring such a system. Ths editor of tbs Inde pendent bas advocated full legal tender paper money for twenty-fivs years, of which fact Ham Kautiman Is well In formed. Hs probably bad ths mully. grump when bs wrot tbat article and II he don't do so anv mors ws will for give blm. Kut rally bs ought to apolo gies. MANNA'S niOURAtt. Hsnna' aubaldy sobeino wsa turned Insid out in rongrea tb other day, Ths iitsgnlfltMut proportions of ths pro poaed theft Is la arcordaae with Hen na's previous career. Tba Internal ion tl Navigation rompsny, which Is llanos, would retlv fr.T.OOO.OOO of tb ubal diaa wbbb tbabill provide, Tbat would twluapay fora'l thsshlpe tbat Ilanna would build. II ansa did not maks a 84b! to at latu tbs aeaats lor aotblng. Me of bia skaraetev go thr lor oas pitrptM osly to get sperial J HvtWua aad sabaidlae, MeKlaley will t turned to tad by blai la tbla grab or llaaaa will draw ibat MO,0Oo mortgage on bias, aad the where would tb greaiaat pratdat sis Idasida b? I'AViM rNKAsas, Wba tbe dH rtof aad boad Ua eta fret slarlsd at tu atak lb'f M avafpaya aure tribal lMpOal, iaaarvalivaaJ tblakiag piat-l wilb leaf 14 tha Irat billkHi ddlw sua geaaa, Tb r;aWIaa Wadera rid will tba sate li pfcri "TbU k a bttltua 44 lav uaty,M aad tbat aa ail eAet M tb aalbtaklas) dapae abuskai lb majority wf tb tvyaWiteaa vvtae. Tis tail wMr wUI baa Mm aad a bah) sue aad tba it aflat thai, II ljvriliea ktUwlbagwvaaaal 4 Isy, will be a ta btllum etiagraaa, M tbat atil ks awaary lo tb fafaWhsaa had ta du tu bold tb aia al tbe maesea of Ignorance tbat constitutes the moat of their party, when national taxatioa begin to grind tbe very live out of tbem will be to say: "Oh! this is a two billion dollar country" and their duoea will toil and sweat and nav over J . - - their bard earning and meekly reply: "Oh! yes, this la a two billion dollar country." IS MORTON JNSAHE. Mr. Morton In tbe last Issue of bis paper makes tbe following statement in reviewing a railroad article in the Po litical Science quarterly. He says: "Mr. Dixoo proceeds in order and logically ta bor that tbs farmers, under the circum stances described, bave been easily per suaded to believe tbat, the railroads have been roeponslble for poor crops, lack of rain and all other misfortune." Mr, Morton must be at least par tially Insane when he make in perfect earnetn such a statement a that. Any man who would state as a fact that ths farmers of Nebraoka bavs been persuaded to believe tbat railroads are responsible for the lack of rain, poor crop and all other misfortunes, even death and sickness, is certainly not of sound mind. The friends of Mr, Morton have looked upon bis vagarfe a dimply abberntlons of a mind that was at other times sound, but to write out such a statement as tbat, have it set up In type, r;d the proof and send It out to the public, is proof that the man has lost his balance altogether. If any ons visits an Insane asylum he will find that nearly evwry patient there I sane on some subjects. Some of tbem are sane on all subjects except one or two, When those are mentioned they go absolutely wild. That seems to be ths case with Mr, Morton, His worst delusion seem tobe railroad and farmer, Poor Mr. Morton. UMIiKAKAIILk TATATIOX, The Independent for several weeks past has been culling attention to tbe enormous taxation that will bavo to be imposed upon tbe American people If this saturnalia at Washington Is not checked. The Silver Knight bos the fol. lowing to say on tbs same subject: "among tbe items of expenditure ws find the secretary's estimate for cost of military establishment put down at 1250,000,000, tbe cost or naval estab lishment 950,000,000, and for pensions 9141,000.000; making tbe total expen ditures of the government for the year for war purposes aud pensions foot up 9451,000,000. Would it not be well for the taxpayers of ths country to repre their excitement over tbs lata war and CMlmly survey theeituation in which we find ourselves and take our bearings, and ascertain whither we are drifting." If tbe present program of imperialism (carried out tbe United State will soon be tbe most bsavily taxed nation on the face of tbe earth. Is It not time to call a bait? Tbe republicans In tbe Nebraska bouse the other day presented a resolution which ended up with the declaration tbat McKlnley was the greatest pre!, dent since Lincoln. Welt be could be tbat and not so very great after all, but wherein does McKlnley' greatness con sist? An old republican was asked to stats what single great thing McKlnley bad done, what speech he bad delivered that would live In history liks soms of Lincoln's sfieecbes, what race bad bo set free, what policy be bad Inaugurated taat would benefit tbe people and for which be would be remembered long after he was dead? The old man scratched his bead and finally replied tbat be knew tbat McKlnley was a great man or the republicans would never bavs elected blm president. The Lyons Mirror, a republican paper says: Tbe American people want argu ment and now let tbe republican editor get at it and endeavor to prove tbat tbs single gold standard Is a success aud that bimetallism would be afallur.' Urother Warner will wait a long while before be see tb republican paper making an argument. They bavs not been trained In that school. All of their training bas been in the ue ol epithets and ereonnl abas ol publio men with whom they dlaagraad. la tbat kind of writing they eau beat a pop or a demo crat every time. Hut argument! Ob! aa Tbey don't know even bow to try. A great mauy thoughtful aisa begla to bell v tbat there I a seeral treaty or aadsrataadiag between tba MvKialey adutialalratloa aad l.ord Malabury to ths t fleet tbat tb felted State ehall bold lbs rhUlppinee aad eelabtiah tbs oa door policy au Ibal Ksalaad may HtoaopoliM tbs trade, Fug land bas not peat oaa dollar tt get aa vpa door la tbs Philippine, We bave pld all tb toeia al Ppealstf tha door, boih la sioa y aad praelou livvs, aad Faglaad la lu nota la aad rs lb reward. ,Nu wow def tba tvaglteh aomataretal elaas bt tfasmty IrWadly, Fader wb eirsam lass Ibey eoald t wall bs albafwlaa. ,otaUbaladt tb Vanats W fp tared Iroat M(Mla, tbs eowaitttee al lb bea baa rdvad tu baild lwti warehtpa, aoaliaaj o 9'.MV tu IIOtlMMi.tMMlMeb, A isad S aro vd iMi,iMMi , asavy a b aa nsvat dtaasjsd wf Vaddiaf. aw war T.oOO U trwaa bwaaa, a detail ed ftaarly l haedead aitUua-la tba vaaall al tb prwthw vl laiwtlaliMi to t awiatba. What II will b at tba ead at a sa aa taaaeaa wU, X.ICHTVS DISCHABGB. The Independeht bad intended to make no comment on the dismissal of Mr. Licbty from the Auditor's office further than appears in tbe short note in tbe new of tbe week eleewhere. But Mr. Licbty bas seen fit to rush to tbe Journal and the Dee with a long state ment, which in tbs minds of all decent men convicts himself of worse crimes than be brings against tbe man wbo ap pointed blm to office, As stated in the new note, tbe question of pannes bad nothing to do with Mr. Llcbty's dismis sal. He was discharged for not perform ing tbe duties of tbe office according to the rules of the office and as the law re quires, In proof of this there is plenty of documentary evidence on file in tbe Auditor's office. The following letter shows bow Mr. Licbty took upon him self to sign tbe Auditor's name to iilegul and criminating documents. February 10, 1800. Mr. Dear Sir; As per request of your re-" cent letter I herewith baud you license for the current year, It you bave not remitted ten dollars to the state treas ury to pay your annual license fee picas do so without delay. It Is more con venient for me to speak about it In tbla way than to go and look at the book and see if the money has arrived. I notice in your report that your aseets are a little over a hundred dollars and your liabilities a little over three hundred dollars. These are not large liabilltie of course, but all the same it makes your company appear insolvent. It seems to me you might recall your report and list iu your assets, printed blanks, olUce furniture and asNeeeuieuts due iu the next few months or something of the kind that might make the matter look solvent. Under no circumstances ebould a fluuticlul corporation put out a statement showing liabilities in excess of tbe assetts. Very truly, Joiiir P, CoiiNKLi,Auditor of State, Per SiM'i, Liciity, Ins. Deputy. An illegal license was enclosed and sent to tbe manager of this Insurance company also signed by the Auditor and sent out of the office without filing a copy and without the knowledge of tbe Audi tor, Mr. Licbty knew tbat tbe law required that tbe license fee should be paid in advance. He knew that it wa Illegal to Unuea license to a company that wa Insolvent. Notwithstanding all this, be Issues a license to such a company and signs tbe Auditor's name as deputy, and sends It away without tbs knowledge of tbe Auditor and without making a proper record as required by the rules of tbe office. Tbe auditor got tbe letter back after being informed of tbe very crooked proceeding by writing to tbe postofflce authorities before tbe insol vent company got hold of it. Here was an insolvent company. Mr. Licbty' sworn duty uas to refuse it a liseuce, but instead of tbat, he writes to the manager telling bim to list bia' blank and due not yet paid In, "or something of the kind," a assets. For conduct such as this Mr. Licbty was dis charged and it is good and aufflclent cause for bis dismissal. Tbe man whodid thistbing has played "the holier than thou" part aud is still trying to play it. In thirty years tbat this writer has had experience with pub lie men, be bos never known a man wbo fried to play tbat part but ended in the aame way. Mr, Cornell invite the fulleet Investi gation of bis office. He did so during the campaign and still does so. There is not a publio office In tbe United Statea where every clerk in it is as much at tbe service of any one seeking Information as the auditor's ofilce at the etats capitoi of Nebraska. If any man thinks there is anything wrong there, he is invited to come and look the matter up. Mil KA HI NO TUK LAMB4. And old friend and co-worker for many years, oaks tbe editor of tbe Independent to tell what this tremendous Increass la ths organisation of truats meuns and what will bs the end of it all. 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