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The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated.
VOL. X.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1899.
NO 48.
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STATEMENT
Appropriation of 1SI0 Compared With
Tiioof 107-1113,00. AM Mora
Kipm Thl Year,
' Balarr Appropriation.
' , , m.
Governor's office.,,.! V,,m)V)
fdiutant general , 4,(XiOOO .
abor eonimleeluner, 6,WMQ0)
Heereiary of elate,.., lt,MMIW "
Auditor publlo acc'ta Zti.WW
inaurunce riopartm't ...
Htete treasurer....... J5,W0O
Mate eupt (t.tkwoo
Attorney general,.,. 8,0W)W
ConinilnHloniT publlo I
lamia a; UMffM. ...... 27,60100
Iilmrlct court,,,, Z'M.W W
Huprenm court,...,,.,
HtHlo library 6,(00 W
Hunklng di-imrimnnt. 6,00000
7,2W 00
,'i0J
; 12 000 00
stmoo no
SK'l.UMI 00
dl,Bl (XI
8,u0(
jiome lor ma menu
Hoard of transports
tlon
T'cru normal achool,,
J.lni.oln Insane lump.
1 IumI Inira Initana any),
Norfolk InxHiie hoop,
lloiinl of lirlKHtloii,,
Htnla unl vol i( y ,
Kearney ind. nctiool
Ooneva lnd, ni'liool,,
Omaha l. Ik V. Ituit,
limit rlcn fiurble-mlud
c(l limiltulo ,.
Nubrttitka t.'llv blind
6,000 00 1,000 00
13,000 W
40,(K 00
10,400 Ott
8,000 00
,ooo w ,
m to
JOT,! (W ;
J,"0 0
kujowi
1J.M6 00
4l, oO
M'w Ot
10,4i0 1(0
B'AWW 00
iS.goe (jo
v.vnw
oo
Inatltuia lS.inooo
Hlata Huh comml, ... 2,4W
Mllf'd wunwn't homa 6,600 09
Urund inland ol-
dlcra' hotnn,,, 0,720 00
Mllf'd soldier' homa. 8,MW
15,200 00
2,4'KIOO
. 7,029 00
0,720 00
4,010 Wl
Totals kO6,3O000 t S36.S00O0
General Appropriation,
, . Governor's office. .,,,$
Adjutant general.,,,,
Labor conimlaxloner,
Secretary of atate,,..
Auditor publlo acc'ta
Insurance departm't.
Htata Ireavurer
Hlata supt
Attorney general..,,.
1,100 04
81,010 00
CfiOOO
2.W.I0O
0,026.00 J
"l'eiwoo
11,100 00
2,626 00
7,300 00
2MW00
2,00000
2.2M00
. S.DOOOO
' 2.KO0 00
2,600 00
8,400 00
2,00 60
com. puuuo lanua m
building
Hoard publlo lunda Sc
building
Hoard of educational
land and fund,..,
Hoard of purcim 4c
uiipllci ,,,
ftanklnif department,
. Htata library
Huprema court ,.
Htata board of trana-
( t port a l Ion
State board of lrrlga
tlon
' J'eru normal school,,
Hlata ponltofitlary..,,
Hi ate unl,, Incldunlnl
Htate unl, farm and
(tpfcldl MPhnot ep,,
Norfolk Inaane hnap,
llttktlnK Inaane aay.
Kearney Ind. achnol,
Ofiicva Ind. achool.,,
Omaha I). A I), inat..
llnatrlce feebla-mlnd
. ml InK'Uutn.
Nxbrunka City blind
InNtltuie
Mllf'd woman' home
Home for the fileml-
l- ,.
Clrand Inland ol-'
dlfra' home..,.,
Mllf'd aoldlor' homa
Lincoln Inaane hnap.,,
Htate flnh commlm'n
State hlittor. society,
Mlacellannoui)
RfVfnue book and
blank ,.,
Ahalract of land,...
Advertlalng atate
printing
Laws, journal and
contract printing.,.
Htate board of aarlc.
Htate board of hortlc,
It'-funil'g state taxes
County treaaurcr'a
fiT and mileage...
KuaUlve from Jua-
tlce ,
Htate poultry aaa'n..
Htata dalrymn aa'n
Htate board of health
linuntlc on wild anl-
mala ,
Purrhaae of compiled
atatute
1,66000 , 1,00000
im
11,600 00 27,60000
4,00000 2,60000
400 00 800 00
l,2i0 00 1,2 0 IS')
6.MO00 t.tWtiQ
. 18,806 00 2,10000
8"-0 00 20000
2,400 00 ,onoo
9.K12 80 7,.M)00
63.KW00 12, W0 00
66,600 00 00,600 00
.,' - 82,000 AO
80,70 00 ' K,8r0 00
llfl.12 04 172,2M0l)
67.760 00 (,04 04
2M'04 w.mon
81.640 00 40,70000
. (3 849 00 . , ISO 00
80,676 00 83,675 00
14,700 00 12,30000
26,600 00 26,00000
W.7r0 04 86,1S0.M
1,2(W04 17.750 to
HO.f.00 04 1RKOI00
7.760 00 4.40000
8,600 00 6.0UOOO
soooo ,Of!ono
1,000 00 350 00
300 00 260 00
12.&A0 00 21.000 00
4,000 00 4,004 00
2,(K0 (K) 2,6i 0 00
J.0UO 00 3,000 00
100.000 00 7,000 00
an.nnooo i.nooflo
2,noo oo 2. ooo oo
2.00000 . 2,000 00
2o0 00 , 200 00
16,000 00
1.000 CO
Total 11.104,807 30 31.000,056 00
Claims and Deficiency mils.
Total amount appro. 3 04,311 87 3 122,338 01
l.evlalatlv Appropriations.
Halary bill $ It,(noo4 o,ooono
Inclilanial cap. bill., to.uuoo 4o.uuono
3 130,000 00 8 130,000 00
Far Sew Ualldlas, Kte,
Vnlverslty .., JO (urn 003 M6O004
llaatliise aay,, win;. Su.uuoOU '.() 0
l.lnroln h.wp., wliig i,iV)W
Norfolk bntital t JS.OOMOO
ed lur.. I'M
I'eru ifitrnuil, buildli(
t.e .lr..l.i.. , j fe 00
Ni-.l.tAek 'tly blind
. Jn.tltiile , ,
n.ivrpSr g tiianalon. ,,,.,,,,
tlraod JTd aol.ller'
ii.'irn-t"r'",a'iinu
4I.0OJ 00
6.000 08
.or
36,Mf(0
11.309 99
3f80
IMM
KM 04
1 H 14
home, hoenilal
MilTd t.ldlrt' bun.,
hiopttal
Mllf J lauit purthat.
)
jlaaiina a)ri., potter
tiutt. U. ...,.,
Onmha D. A t. botier
4nJu4j) i,iii,,iii..M.(
Omal
UI
ha ixi, bi.t.
In laud pur-
Total . 3 U1.M f
ImJuit fur MHfurd
an4 tltaad UlaaJ
KspHle Inl4te4
in (oiwrti aipf
.itaiU.a Mil .,. ..,. U8Mtt
I Ut,ue Jwa
Ueellaaeaa 4ppeprUiUn miu.
Tr-WuiMii.
irvratu I as
11 H. au, att.
it.w eii frit,,,
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ewei lawn
ill .U i I MH4I8
' 8laapltulatlon.
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Salary Y. preprint lon3 806,840 04 3
m.m 00
1,1(M,I7 30
V4.XII 07
Claim' A dafloiencle
ttcinaran inorufl.. 1.
J.OHO.UM 00
Lealldtlve approp,,, ).'io,onooo
Nev bids., em HI una no
l.KSd04
1:111,0011 00
8t,7o0 00
Bunrdry inlsoollaneoui
111 113,640 93
20,714 68
32,304.080 82 32,477,716 30
NEBRASKA'S NEW LAWS,
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B. F. , by Voi rail, prorldea that it
ball m the dutj of icbool district
oo
board to erect 00 every school sit at
leaat two water oloaota, location bolog
oo tlioso portiona of the ait fartboat
from tbe mala entrance, Bcboole baring
Inside cloaata are exempted from tbe
pro vlalon o-I this act.
a. F, 18, bf Talbot, la an act to an-
tliorixe the orgnDlztition of mutual bond
oonipanlM to insure tbe fidelity of ineio
Ixtr of such compunloe holding place of
irusc ana rosponsiuiiirr in, or under any
corporation, coidpudt. ixtrson or tcr-
aune, and to regulate the conduct of
suco oonipoulo. bmergoncy clause,
H, Y, UO, by 11 ol brook, la an act em
powering tbe corporate authorities of
oilieeoftbe second class, villagoa and
countiea, to take up and pay off valid
outstanding bonds issued pursuontto
salt, or by tbe issue and exchange there
for, of bonda bearing a lower rate of
interest, and uresoribing tbe procedure
in that behalf.
H. V. 28. b.r Fowler, reoeals aeolions
17, 01. 910. 020. VJl. 022. 023. and
024 of tbe civil code relating to arrest
uoioro judiriiiencin civil cases, tbe aw
having become obaolotp. ,
S. 1, 40, by Alexander, relate to tbe
game laws of tbe state, and makea It
uulawlul to Bill any duck or wild noose.
of various doscriptions; batwaen May 1
aud Hep tem bar 1. It is made unlawful
to eiisnure or trap sucti birds at any
time of tbe year, and tbe penAlly for
violations 01 me act is a noe of f 0 and
costs.
H. F. 60. br Allen, relates to the trans.
for of several fund to tbe general fund
and provides for tbe credit of tbese
hinds direct hereafter, together with tbe
payment of any warrants outstanding
ngainsi ineee tunoe.
ti. F, 103, by Kleele, amends tbe orei
eut law b providing that when a change
01 venue is grauted in civil or criminal
cases from one county to another, tbe
county attorney of tbe county In which
tbe cause of tuition or crime originated
shall follow tbe case to tbe other county
and prostvute it there.
8. 1 127. bj Talbot, amend the Lin
coin charter relating to palng, r-par
iug, anu ujs laying 01 siueaaiks.
H. F. 182, by Van luon amends tbe
law relative to the salaries and fees of
county surveyors. It gives 1 be surveyor
01 Douglas county an annual salary of
$2,000 and tbe surveyor, of Lancaster
county an annual salary of 1,600. All
lees 01 tne omce must be turned over to
tbe county treasurer monthly. -8.
F. IMS, by llolbrook. extend the
riaks mutual insurance companies may
take by addiog country school bouaes
and contents, country churches and con
tents, country pasonages and contents,
and town halls.
H. F. 130, by Crow, makes doss txr-
sonal property, aud makes tbe owner
liable for all daiunne that may accrue
by reaeon of sucb dog killing or wound
ing any shocp or other domestic animal.
8. F. 203, by Newell, ameuda tbe law
relating to cities of the second claas hav
ing more than 5,000 population by pro
vidingthat tbeottioes of mirabal and
attorney shall be added to tbe elective
list.
M. F. 181), by Iteyuolda, providing for
tue registration, leaaing, aoiiioK, aud
general management of tne educational
lauds 01 Nebraska. This act provide
that whore tbe laud comtolaaiouor is
unable to lease school lends at 0 per
cent upon tbe appraised valuation he
may offer tbe same (or lease at leas than
the appraiaed vtttuatlou, and lease It to
tbe peraou or pereon who will pay six
i r cent upon the biithrst valuation
offered.
H. F. 62. by Fowler, provides that In
replevin auita wbara the value i found
to If above 200 by tbe court or Jury,
tbe court shall at ouoe oerttly tba nro-
tawdiug lo tbw diatrlct eaurt without
without entertug Judgment.
8. F. 13.1, by Arauda, ralstaai loth
electiua ol tru teas In cities of tbe eevoud
rlMMi at d villages.
8. r , 7, by llolbrook, provide that
boards of adjoining eouutkai may enter
Mat contract to build aud riir bridse
ad provide that where couatlaa Muaa
lo etttar Into Juiot eoairaet, ll shall be
Uwlul for Ibe other of aaid counties to
aiak such repairs aud recover by sail
Iroaa tb rouaty la dfitlt. Tbe bill
Niift to eouatiew where river or
alcaaai lurma the bituudary line, ad t
ftr tbe urata ol making tbe eouutia
bear (hfiejt Joiaily of building aad
llira; tr(Jga acnaMi oH tlreawa.
8. F. sT, bv VaJUil, prutwj lor the
w wt J.we4 'alaea). Frk eousiy
af e Hit a VdUag saaehlaa tf a ata
hrtty ,! atetlhi euUmtlliag
( a, s.f ' j tW alaclvra. j
K r 4 . ay MOW, i a c a Baatah
etthite.iiar -
8. i li bv Htk, -tsUarUa silie
of u mhi.4 w tm aii la4M
aaltlis Hiiki aad Id vwl 8hJ tur k
irhaee sa Mmi im ta) ai4
11.
ii F, 41, by Ctwf, M4iUlaj U k
tiea atltada l ppi4 at tjaa
klk) e4ittoU 4aa ta bmd
dwlrwl, aatJtf Ivi feJ Ike 4mi l
tack !eiie
t A. I . Mai, t r. rwW ibal k
vavwue ekaJl aaeeae 4a mm! e
b iralat In 114 .e . mj til
lw ftral, pWMil, 4 rM4 Mi.,
Vt)4M. aa4 fbtrd I', li
tirfMteeflaVAiri.
ft. F. I kf Hrtlk N4. rUlea t.
lka)gttl4llMI a4 a 4 aj Mt4l
ttV)Hl a Ttk ('ai
ALL TO DOWN BRYAN.
They are Willing to Malta Any lort of A
JMatfonn so it Uoo't lanltidalllvar,
The scheme to down Bryan are with
out number. The keenest Intellect
the United States are working night and
day to evolve some sort of a plan
whereby be and his principles can be
side-tracked. All the great dallies ex
oept two or three have begun attack
upon blm, among them several tbat up-
ported blm during tbe last campaign,
Prominent among tbese latter is tbe
New York Journal. Since it ha an
nounoed it wllllngoes to drop free all
ver It is amusing to look over It adver
tising patron. They have come by the
hundred the earn old companies
trust and banker that have filled up
tbe column of the purchasable agricul
tural paper and religious weeklies with
well paid ad for the last twenty years,
The Journal ha made an addition or
two to It platform since It was last
printed in the Independent. It now
stand a follow:
First l'tiiMo Ownkiomiip oir Public
Fiui(;iiica The Value created by
tbe Community Bhould Jlelong to
the Community. -
Becond Tjik Dkhthuction or Ciiimiiul
Tuusts No Monopolization of tbe
National Itesourco by Lawless Prl
vate Combination More Powerful
Than the Peoole's Government.
Third A Uhaijuatkd Incomb Tax Ev
ery Citizen to Contribute to the Hup'
port of tbe Government According
to His Moan and Not According to
Ills Necessities.
FoUrth-Kl.KOTION OF HISNATOU by Till
I'kopmc The Benate, now liecomlng
tbe I'ri vate l'roperty of Corporation
and Hossee. to be made Truly Heon
Mutative, and tbe State Legislature
to be Itedeemed from Incurring
Hcanda Is.
Fifth National, Statb and Municipal
iMl'ltOVCMKN'r or TUB rURLICSCIIOOL
ByiTCM At the Duties of Citizenship
are both General .and Local, Every
Government, General and Local
Hhould do il Share Toward Fitting
Kvery Individual to IVrform Them,
Sixth CuintBNcr ItRroitM All the Na
tion' Money to be Issued by tbe Na
tion' Government, aud Its supply to
be llegtilatod by tbe People and Not
Dy tne Dank.
There la not a line in that platform
tbat Rothschild blmsolf would not sub
scribe to. The currency plank is decid
edly amusing. As money Is a creation
of law and nottilng can be made money
except by tne action of tbe government.
tbe plank is simply a lot ol words strung
tone t her euunciatioir no principle and
advocatlog no financial policy. Money
issued by a bank Is only mouey issued
by the government, for the bank must
nave tne authority or tne government to
do It and Is only acting as the agent
(with discretionary powers) of tbe gov
em men t.
Tben tbe plank on trusts is, what a
newsboy would call a "daisy." Tbe
Journal Is opposed to "criminal" trusts.
It has no objection to any other kind.
Tbe ludependent has olten said tbat
the money power would willingly adopt
a plank for tbe public ownership of pub
lic franchisee. Their money i not In
vested in "industrials" as they call those
kind of Investment. Their mouey la all
bonds of tbe government, states,
counties, municipalities, school districts,
or wherever tbe power 01 tbe government
l behind them or the Interest is paid by
taxation, with federal court to enforce
tba levy aud collodion of tbe taxes.
Tbe time ha passed when the people
can be fooled wltb with tricks of plat
form writing like the above, and Whit
ney, Croker, and Hearst are wasting
their time 10 tbw endeavor to do it.
1'be New York eocialiet have Joined
their force with the gold democrat a lo
ad lu dowuing liryaa and free sliver.
Hearst gives Lawrence Gruolund a
proinlueut place on the editorial page of
laat Suuday's taaua of the Journal to
any!
"Freaailver, however, was a mietake
for two reaeon: First, beoauaa It meant
to Improve the lot tl tbe poor while
hurting lit rich, which, vn If it wera
desirable, ranuot poeeibl.v ha done a
long as tbe praaent capitalist system
iase; aud, secondly, U-caae tit ra-k are
al present eo powerful that they eaa
Iruatrat aay nieoaur ot owr vurraucy
Morm, however muck tbe nation wMia
it and Iktaouaaideralloa eurtlOat
to alienate laa Br buadrwt thousand
voters that wrw lark lug lor the elect tou
f liryaa."
The moat amualng Ihlag la all the
eapera ikal tk gt44bug democrat r
raitiag up ate tneaattce ol Al'iwl II nary
Uwia, abut U. 11. P. IMtHuai kaa kiraj
to 4u Ike Vardk't, AU eaa "lr a wkol
galley full vl words talu a hiaM wk ka
gU to haMiurtug kai y o writer lea
thaa lv salautea aay tlx. II daai
tairly wait wka k gsta alter ( kauay
lvpw or atttua tl tka atkef Ultukra
Ifewt kat Maataf doa'l like lor aueial wad
tttktl raaawaa, bat le ak ka taakWd
IM aUMf naeatma a4 lha rlt kaatl
Ika euiMie Mn i4 Ikat pabtni Jttnrnai
iae kaadrml fct va, Her are aMa til
tka tktag Ikal AU wrai a4 iWaawal
pattd M prtallag laj all ol Ik oaal
u4tea tf)aaal rf4i Ike Ot
aMt 4iiKrai.
Uh4 llawa are kaea, not Uea td
gu!4 nut j 1 wf ativar, bat tamai tfcv
aw 4 aa4 kft lkHf 4f , IMag kera,
k !', Ikey lva !. IUmmI
araaitkaa, Il ifcy k I ak4
iatrkMhra Ut etary r"wf Ike
Ua4. Ikf will. la a Mailer taly o
It iaa kH ttajea. A l lky ke aeaanl
Ik wwalk 44 stiver aaj .e iwaaaal
at W-a M 4ue Ik M fW laaac m a
t are tlon."
"kaue, ka, Ikare la kw tmk Ikiag M
a 'gold dollar' or a 'silver dollar,' any
more than there is such a commodity of
currency as a beef dollar, or a wheat dol
lar, or a pine dollar, or an Iron dollar,
There Is, per contra, a dollar's worth of
gold, or a dollar's worth of silver; lust
a there Is a dollar' worth of beef, or
wheat, or pine, or iron. Money I a
measure," .
"It (money) must have value a
commodity, tty the same token, it will
not have or acquire value any othet
way. The stamp on It will not add to
It worth; coinage will give It no cogen
cy, xonr money will never train oonsid
oration when it value Is in question,
other than as mere commodity, Its
value, whether It be gold or silver, will
go up or down Just a wheat and pork
and rullwMV shares uo un or down."
"Folk talk of a former primitive hour
of 'barter' a If now, with coined money,
the schom of trade was changed. It
Isn't; It never will be; it was barter; it 1
oarter; it ever will be barter. Instead
of bartering a horse for two cow, w
barter coined money for a 1 horse and
coined money for two cows. And each
time, mind you, the value given to the
money isn't based on the mark of the
mint, but on It barefoot worth a a
commodity, It enters the lists of com
mere wltb nothing of artlfluial .advari
tape over the horse or the cows,"
"One I an well furnished with silver a
a money as wltb irold as a money, and
either would a well ooln a t ie other.
But when you coin both at once yon
coin grief,"
Al. say that money I a measure.
Some one ought to give blm a gold dol
lar and ask blm to measure tbe value of
a horse with It and then watch blm
while be doe it, Ha any tbat money Is
a commodity, and tbat tbe atamp on It
add nothing to It value. Bom one
ought to show him a silver dollar and
ask blm to explain bow It come tbat la
that case, a commodity after it get tbe
government atamp on it I immediately
worm twice a much as it was before.
He'll never down iryan wltb tbat kind
of talk gad be might a well give it up,
Mews of the Week
The new from tbe Philippine I of
more fighting, although It has not been
so continuous as during last week. An
expedition under Gen. Lawton captured
another town with tbe loss of six
wounded. If any dependence at all can
be placed upon the censored dbtpatcbe
from Manilla, there I on thing estab
lished and that 1 tbat the Filiiplgo are
not afrahl to die for the hope of Inde
pendence and liberty. At every battle
their dead are counted by tbe oor or
hundred. Still they show no . sign of
urrender but fight on a beat they know
bow. It must be remembered tbat they
have no press agent to tell their side of
tbe atory.
Tbe last expedition turned out like all
the former one. Tbe portion 'of tbe
illploo army tbat was stationed in tbe
town captured by Gen. Lawton wa
neither destroyed nor captured, Tbe
''iilplno put up a good a fight a they
could and then retreated into tbe Inter
ior. As fur as anyone Is able to Judge
there is no prospect of a speedy conclus
ion of tbe war.
A large number of private letter writ
ten by member of tbe First Nebraska,
both officers and men, havebaou received
during the last week. They all contain
tb strictest Injunction not to publish
tbem. A dispatch that appeared in the
paper rueeday moruiug, sent from
Hong Kong and which bad not been
censored la In the same tout as the pri
vat letters. Tin dispatch contains tbe
following! "One of the prominent Amer
ican generals has said that be will ueed
OO.tMK) soldiers In tbe Philippine bo
or the Americana can control the
alaada," and "a majority of the United
Statr Volunteer are aailou to return
noma and tba remark tbat 'we did not
euliat to Oghl n lira-era' is conataatly
heard." "The vol unt rare conatrue the
eabatowal to the close ol tbe war lo ap
ply to the war with Spain." Tula dis
patch, in connect loo. with the private
fetter, la jnoil positive that lb dun
patch a Ikal are permitted lo be e to
America, by the military r at Maa-
a, a'va u no true roatapttoa ol the
aitaatiua la Ik taiaad. 1 1 will lake, as
Ik ladepattdaat ha all the lima ld, al
(at lixuxK) ItiMH lo eoaquar tk
teUad aat not lea tkaa 23,(KU o I old
tkeea afterward.
la Cat Ikiaga mm la be la a Utter
beltaf eadilia Ilea last weak. Ua
tivaaai ka Wan riaatat4 la etiotataa l
ol ik (ba army by a ( of tk .
raJaut ik area v. Ik ,tttbly kaa
iltaulv4 a4 Ik taaatar rwla hav
( laraMi Ufa lo (Un. lirouk so Ikal
Ik japi e4 laa I aWia Ihh eca
tveOwJ with WltktMit lartkef da
la, Ara4 lUaliagw, akt
tkiaal U aa-M tka ia j tUav w a4,
iik.raji to k fmm a4 wwt(ty,
kal at ItuHiaia, akMk te U Ik aaaa aV
4titai. iarw la aay awtiaal 4
tM Large ajila u kaMdita tea
hm jttaf wvee Iks evaalrr aaai4 la
abvWaaia tvkkafy.
lvfta ll a lo la ttaM. U
lt at Iwttag b a4 rror4 aa a
governor. He I encouraging the peo
ple to take an interest In government
and inciting them to form political par
tie. . " ' ,; ,
Tb men behind McKlnley' adminis
tration are beginning an agitation for
tb permanent annexation of Cuba. The
admlnlfltratlon pro bureau Is sending
out an Immense amount of printed mat
ter to the papers of all partle and ask
log for It Insertion, which I filled with
all the old argument of tb Imperialist
about "God providence," "duty,"
"destiny," etc A oon us this effort
becomes known In Cuba, look out for
row of no small dimensions. A dispatch
from tuba say that tb matter wa
brought to tbe attention of Gen. Gomel,
but be refused to credit It, saying that
It would be imposnlbl for the American
government to repudiate' tbe policy an
nounoed by congress when It announced
that Cuba was a free and Independent
nation and tbat the United State would
retire from tbe island as soon a a gov
eminent wa established. , , ,
Strikes continue to occur in almost
every part of tb United State. Al
Pana, Illinois, tb trouble between the
white and colored miner broke out
again in a terrible riot. Seven
person . were killed and many
wounded. Even tb Cuban ar catch
lug on to the American workman' way
and there I a big atrik of railroad
workmen on all tb road running out
of Havana. Tbe striker suy that they
will carry tb United State mail and
troop but nothing else until their wage
ar raised.
Tb last dispatches Just before going
to pre tell of more severe fighting
around Manila resulting in a los of 8
killed and SO wounded. Tb First Ne
braska doe not seem to have been en
gaged In any of tbese later fight, al
though th report do not give tb
name of of tb regiment engaged.
The treaty of peace wltb Spain wa
formally ratified aft th Whit Hon
ate Tuesday afternoon. Tb war with
Spain I now officially ended. Will tbe
volunteer be discharged a -cording to
tb term of their enlistment? -
It teems tbat McKlnley ha another
war on hand tbat may develop Into a
bad a a pleo ol business a tb trouble
In tb Philippine. Tb Sarooan matter
grow wor every day. Thrre bos been
a fight between tb English and Ameri
can force on on aid and th follower
of Mataafa on tb otber In which our
los wa two officer and two men be
side a lot of wounded. No on can tell
where it will end. What eense I there
In McKlnley sending men to tbe Island
0! tbe southern sea to setup govern
ments over savages? We ar abandon
ing all the theories of government tbat
baa made this nation great.
To Oat Wichita' Pollee Jadga.
Wichita, Kan., April H. E. E,
Enoch, recently elected police Indira
of Wichita, filed suit in the district
court to-day atklng that the present
incumbent, Judge Mitchell, bo' re
moved.
TRUSTS STRIKE KANSAS,
The trust question baa struck Kansas
with more force during tbe last two
week than at any time before, Of course
Kanaaas, like other people, have been
iaylng the freight to the true' on
trusted article, but ou pf the worat
nfii-cta on Kansas of the combinations
is the prevention of the development of
our reaourcce aad tka employment of
our eitiseas. Tba Htaodard Oil company
baa for lao or tbr year beau holding
out of ttae la rue oil troprrla in lha
aUra art of the slate, purchased by
il lo prevent coiiiietilioa. Hat withia
lh 11 two aka lha sail rut kaa
pureka! aadt-laaaed dowa tk lar-
sad factory al La arm re aad Ikrowa
eevaral kaadrad to out ol ini4oymal
aad alan ikeliaaecd oil Irnal kaa akul
doaa Ika lao oil lac tort at Toka
and lMveawortk rasper lively, tjmte a
B.HiiMiueal reputdieaa ol lata etly wko la,
kowvr, mure or We ta-lwiwadVai, )-
vuratee that Ik aell kaialatara akouM
trovidfvrlktall tiarre tmaawmoa
ol the tai Bl4e la Ik atra suaatW
aad titwral Ike well la fotupetitkta
Hh Ik Iraal lor Ika ba. id lk mm
lit. We could Ikaa eui4y a'l oar oa
liieaao,IUlktaau4l (kaa ) l4-
trtt
FATHERJUGENT,
tUv. Ntaer .Vagaat, tt tki city, will
tail abaal Ike 1 al Mar hi a loar
kkk ul ukeaboal a to
rUl. lie will go direct to ttlf T
roa ia IraUa-l, hW kali Iaa4. t
I la Ike alaira al k talk k Iwletr
.tMd. sjlef ekak ka WiH Vl a i
lb otac4ial la k.ra ladad'
Vtea, in Itaiy, II wdl ka ejaeMMta4
kfkattle, wkda kt saaar tra4 la
I taetda rmrat kat Iva) aWaxa, lks ar
i4 U kaow Ikal k adl raUa agaJa
lo kw patlotal 4la ta lk tt'y.
TAE ENGLISH FARMERS.
Tbe Gold atandard ) Played Mad Hav
f uo Ainou Them a it ba In
; Aaiarlca., 4
Mr. II. L, Wetherd, writing under date
of March 1, 1800, to Journal and Oem
ocrnr, from Tetbury, England, lay:
"At tbe present time tbe condition of
agriculture is o bad and th outlook to
gloomy, tbat only tbe exceptional man
can succeed; only tbe beat land pay to
cultivate- much of tbe richest corn land
In England He fallow, while inferior land 1
fetches only prairie value. Thin condition
of thing amount to a national disas
ter,' It ba enormously reduced the in
come of the chair of learning In onr
universities, and tb slliiend of country
mlnleter of ail denomination, directly
or indirectly. Farmer ar no longer
able to liberally educate their eon, or
provide for them in a material sen, a
they were under more natural condi
tion of monetaiy science. Ilotwmn th
ysar 1872-05 the iocreos In permanent
pasture wa a per cent, or ,OB,W7
acre, and allowing on man to every
100 acre of arable land, this mean tbat
121,047 agricultural laborer were
thrown out of employment, beside the
consequent loss of work to otber trade
In country district. In Wiltshire pariah
is bracing 2,450 acre, tber were, be
fore the fall in tb price of wheat, 60
larg wheat rick annually. Tut year
there I only one. Arable land hav
been laid down to irraa for sheeD rnn:
laborer' cottage shut up and empty:
and whereas in 1871 tb population of
this pariah waa 226. In 1891 it only
mounted to 112, and la probably lee
today, Such a ooudltioo of tbinz ean
not be for th sood of any country, nor
for tb beat ocial condition ol tba peo
ple. Wberea a farmer used to employ 4,
5, or 6 baud, now all he often keen an
a man and a boyitb otber laborer
have goo to Increase tb conlestion of
tb town, too often to wIJ tb rank
of tb discontented aad unemployed, .
Tbe magnificent bay crop of 1834 wt
poilt in many caseti owing to th lez
ol labor tbat bad been so rudely dis
placed, or els to tb lack of means, th
farmer not having aafiicient eaoltal to
employ enough band at tb right time.
It seem to me that all social reformer
boald etudy tb currency question, for
in it alone. I tblnk, will tney find th so
lution of tb problem bow to Improve
tb condition of tb working cIaa.ao4
increaa the demand for labor.
Tb ' condition of asrionlture In tba
county of WUtabir I deplorable. Not
long si noe a maa bouzbt a farm of 600
acre of good corn lead at 7 10. par
acre. (About (37 per acre.) L'is law
yer, a very abrtrwd Judge ol land, waa
beard to remark that even at tb! price,
be waa not certain hi client bod don
wisely. Aeraln In tb nam county
farm of 600 acres wa recently sold for
8 an am (nearly $15), and tbe sera -
buyer obtained another farm lor 1,600
aoout f i.bw) tnat au year ago waa
reoognlied a on of tb most desJrabM
yeoman holding In tb county. Many
tradesmen and manufacturer no longer
eek larroer'a trade, because tbey lose o
neavuy irom doo debts tnat tber I no
profit in tbese transactions. It I an
opeu secret tbat tbe majority ol our
large agricultural implement maker de
pend, lor tbe bulk of their trade, on for
eign, not on British formers. A good
compact gracing (arm of 00 acres, with
in twenty mile of a large city, near a
railway, and with a line old bouse, wo
bought for 8,700 thirty year ago,
not a time of Inflated prices, 5,000 ol
which wa raised on mortgage. Tbi
farm, offered twice for sale, will not now
realise 5,200, the value of tbe mort
gage and incidental expense of th at
tempted sale, and thu tbe posterity of
tbe original owner are actually in debt
to tbe mortgagee in addition to the loan
of all their property This la on of tbe
best dairy district of England.
SOME PLAIN ENGLISH.
V
Editor Independent;
In your ieetie of April 0, you said yoo
would like to bav some of tb pop ia
Nebraska writ their opinion la plain
L'oKliah luatahattbay think of McKla
ley'e war In th Philippine. Well I am
one ol the many ton thousand of pop
In this state, and her la not only my
opinion, but tba opinion of oaarty every
other pou aa lar aa I know,
W believe tbat McKlnley, on account
of hi eeadlag our army lo svbjugata tba
nupiao oy wrc and deprive them ol
tkatr II natty aad aaajaaioaa. Is guilty ol
ot oaly aa assault with intent to ot
aill robbery, but Ji ol aaiuabflabl
aad praamltuied mardrr of every Fitr
piao patriot wko ka baaa alala ia Ikia
at wklle daleadiag kin cuuairv. aa4
Ikal Ika blood t4 every oaa ol oar bravw
oldawa wko lav 1 in ikal a
koly war ia a lleKlatayw koada. Tk
war wm tanWead aad kaa kawa 9 tr'i on
ladiraci aa4 gagraat trttdalMa tf lk
oaatitatiwa aad oar tins honored (ma
M apoa wkn4t oar gwvtaaal ria
To aia aay rkt to tka 'kihfuaa
laiaada by vtrtw al pttrckaM rj
huay ikal robUr atv goo4
Itlta lo property k aktattaaj by Mm
kry. iwck) aa iva lot vtiiaratMa,
la oi vMtt l a 4 al ittlty, inker
ar Wa) fttty wttk M tuaie. i wkf
kotid ttt loa4 ewoatry kw evwraiil
kf aitea akaaM 4 get.
graeel lk o4ae gttat
atvally rtat KalaXlT
It. WlftMOai j
WifWtoeaitl af f4era i !!)
i t I. a rtilat prMrat ik wk
t leJ by Ika laaamia C , lVvr
1 1 V t. Il law ,! takor . '
.! I cat I la sUa!ttiv a.ia k
fHtaw inalka lit j-r,
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