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April 27, 1899 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. y 1 1 ' If' it a I GET A CAT? Get a Catalogue? They're ready, but you woritgzX one unless you for it. They're - surely worth the asking. They're of information for the man who wears clothing (and we understand most of you do) there's information enough to keep you guessing for month to come. They're full of suggestions to tne man who wants to save his money. We can't offer you money only tell you how to hang onto what you have it tells you how to dress with the upper ten at a lower ten price. It tells, you why we, are clothing thinkers and toilers it tells you how to order a suit from us and rest assured you get your money's worth with every order. It tells you that wc return your money it tells you, it tells you everything you want to know about clothing. It tells you that we have a new shoe department for ladies Why not write us? WW MCCISWTB1CITJK. Dun't reports still continue to be the curiosities of financial literature. Ia bis limfc renort be says: "Nothing appears fa business or io money markets to pre vent continuance ol the heaviest trade aver transacted at good profl (.'? Then a little farther along la the same roport be add: "Men who have held wool stiffly for more tbao a year are colling freely at bottom prices, admitted ly the loweiit of the year." han't admirer are groat ' on parity. We should like thorn to ebow up the par ity ia these two statements which ap fwar ia the tame report. ' It appeare that the whole German pop ulation, almoet to a man, in this coun try ia opposed to McKlnley's war and to tbe doctrine of Imperialism genorally. Tbey are holding meeting! in various cities denouncing tbe whole business. When tbeee facta became known to Mark Banna, It ieeald that he was ao an raged tbat be flopped hie big eare like ag.o.p. elephant trying to knock off flies. It le aleo asserted tbat tbe Imper ial policy acconnta for part of tbe tre f f mendoue majorities . tbat were caat against tbe regular republican , nominee in Chicago, Toledo and other great cities. J ' . l Hardy's Column. . Divinity Doctor Self Government Re publican Tear-Saloon Question-Trans-portatlon Tbe Rich Should Pay More t Than the Poor Truete. SS If McKinley and his army are working in)'. UnA'm will In tha Pliillnninea flii aoma Doctors of Divinity claim, tbpy must be working tbe devil's will in Cuba, for en tirely (different policies prevail in tbe two places. Tbe idea tbat the Filipinos are not ca pable of self government is all bosh. What power held tbem (or six weeks in their trenches, rigbt in sight of our lines, without a single assault? What else could it be but discipline and govern ment? It was our men who fired tbe first gun on Humpter this time. The republican party in Pennsylvania ia all torn up oyer Quay. There are four atatee tbat will have but one senator until their legislatures meet again. Ohio too, la badly torn up. Thetear is on llannaism. There are questions up for settlement in which all sections ol tbe country are about equally Interested; then there are questions on which a majority of tbe eastern voters are on one side, a major ity ol tbe wester voters are on tha other. Helfisbnesa and not gouorai good seems to be tbe motive jxiwer. Away back in tbe fort it and fifties we board much about Haloual difference. It was then north and south but It I no eataad went, tbe south Joining the west. Any question voted on or herniated on, upou wbk b the voters are divided Is political qurctloa; it may be local, . tlonai or national. Tbe nnlaon question Is aot so mu'b national as It Is state a"d lucal, at the same time It ha got to be Milled rightly and the seltkuteat has got to apply to tbe whole nation. It we rightly read the signs ol the time the aauioa is gradually toning ground. We wU rmutbr whs tbr was but one attolituiamt la lb toea ol aiy nativity. We reiMwUr, ttto, wba tbm wer tbrve diet ilWrUa and eleven bar room and not singl prohibitionist ia tbe town, - TheaeitgvMral question U that ol transportation, Wea river, Jake and ta were the only thunr)uUlnra ol tratMrntloa, bath territory tu ol tilth tale A hundred aula t nngtta, at aa all tbe Hutu ol tr.W, bat a he the hard level trai l, with the hard roll teg a heel afflleU. were duMHtvered, Inter tut eii nM.ro took, tu Ike rlu and vast twttkwt bevatue aliil.!. I tu thu tle guvvrnatent ana tbe atk gar4iatl lake, river, and e tnnt, bat the laUruade eiiw btwa tha Isgwra U the iwmiwHl lata the haada at tor nwalkuta. As kn aa it alff aad agua there ana au aMtnomav, A Miaa with hUuea hand ewuld hstld a aaaa ova bat aad earn bat a bght withoat ht of h u.ifie. The rnilrwad at oaea b-ean notwiwttat and aa mate a Mnvhiae laming oat htiUtea atrv. 1 he aeat, ra then the etut.tte laaade orranMat tailrwaWU, taa al a tual cost, as malls are collocted, carried and distributed. As a trial of this plan not having any navigable rivers, or harbors, we oek our share of tbe river and harbor money to buy rails and ties for a railroad from IJIsmark to (Jalves ton. Tbe most of tbe railroads being owned by eastern millionaires of course tbe east will fight any innovation of this kind. For, say tbey. cheap transporta tion will bring tbe western producer to a level with the east in point of market advantage. Above all things they will oppose a southern outlet. Tbey do not top long enough to consider we have to pay freight both ways. We have to pay New York and Uoston prices for manufactured goods with the freight added; ou the other band we have to sell our Nebraska produce at New York and Boston prices, tbe freight deducted. If nra nnnlA mill thum time niir nrlcoa and their own freight, as tbey make us, IT. a . ' a a. It woum oe amorous. Mora and more the western 'people are demanding tbe election of United States senators by a vote of tbe people. IleaUy the present system amouute to selling tbe office to the highest bidder. ' It i clalmed;tbat tbe average cost of electing a apnator ia 1 100,000. Then we do not elect men wbo look after tba interests of tbe whole people. An amendment pro position bas passed tbe lower house of congress two or three ' times and been killed in the senate by tbe millionaires. Tbey say we never can get back if we have to depend upon the people. We can buy op legislatures but not so easily tbe oeople. Then tbe use of so much money in general elections is a rock tbat ia going to wreck our craft If we do not turn public sentiment against it. The people know what tbey want without spending millions to tell tbem Just be fore election. Hut tbe money is not spent for that alone, but for bribing voters. Make a law tbat any man wbo la bribed ana will turn states evidence and convict tbe briber shall go free, himself, and have a good round reward beside, and tbe crime would grow less. The briber is tbe dangerous man, Tbe more money spent on elections tbe more stealings will follow. Thieves like big salaries and big opportunities. Western people oomplain of tbe present method 01 raising money lor toe support ol tbe general government. Rich men do not pay any more than poor man. We claim tbey ought to pay more. Tbe poor man has ouly to be protected In person while tbe rich man must be pro tected in property at well as in person. The poor man can ekip, carrying on bis bock all bis possessions at the approach of an invading army. Not so with tbe rich man; be must stay and bis property must be protected, and if be suffers any damage tbe government must make it good. Then is one exoeptioa to this rule of taxation, and but one, and tbat is the inheritance tax. Tbe rich heir is taxed more than, the poor one. We look upon the Income tax decision as no more just than the Dred Koott decision. One was for tbe rich property owner and tha other for tbe rich slave owner. When tbe courte are so near evenly div ided as tbey were on this question, why not give J ul It the benefit of the doubt. Certainly justice would decide that tbe rich man should pay more than tba poor man. There is the same Injustice running all tbe way through our elate, county, aad municipal rvuue yteoi. Tbe Bute holder, stock aud bond holder, mortgage bolder, dona not pJ hall hU taxes, Tbey should be mad to pay. We should adopt tbe plan ol Invalidating all aMiunta, aot. mortgage, Judgment, over on year old tbat bas aot la listed lor aasetsuient and taiatioa. The rnaa aba live in .New York and own a tars la Nebr aa eiwrts to pay tates here, ao be ought to pay taiea her U he own a loorttfage on that Urns. I? very obliaatbia that draw I mo at I row Ne brak shoald b mad to pay ta la Nebraska, tloveraaieet la validates ohii' gallon that do aot pay th stamp tat and baa aot tk stnt ih rltfht to the san rHMy? M-a aha have larg la rtwiiMveta In aiortasg bav ben knoaa tu shut from 4 tu piara and veap tatalkia calmly, Taea th wt W a-bti etui another MuiWra millionaire making st-heata, I a traala, Th Iras! bead water I In the east, and w lunt many lalelligoat atea tht aha tteWnted Uem, lisiig that they r4M4 tsa and ald th poor tq we that auotiwn help aooaaoaly thMwhu rean th prtilt, ll th UrM eual4 all go lata a tract thea It woaid h Ji eat Jig, t4t they arMaiuefaalht a trat ran t b mad tu sti"h. A trat taa b made tu sUa with lvbadreil ma, bit with le mtlta it ia IwmmU, la th mhi iHa) id Mtrka ar aaltt4 may b a ia tbe tfc l bet ssgar, mada h m the state, Tbe twu bwttir. lee are both in tbe trust and wa cannot buy a pound or a ton of sngar only as we pay the New York price with the freight from New York to Lincoln added. It looks as though every manufactory was going into a trust against the farmer. One trust against another is only one band washing th other. Levy a specific duty on sugar, so much per pound, and the sugar trust would soon go kiting. uarley and wheat are taxed regardless of quality. Broadcloth and sbeeps gray are taxed In part by the pound. Sugar would be taked by the pound only for tne scneme to help the trust, it all the farmers west of the Mississippi could form a trust and be able to say io New York and Boston you can have our wneat ana corn oy paying new xorx prices with freight from Nebraska to New York added, then we would be even. More questions to follow; A MOLtfl KIl'S IDEA, A soldier, a member of tbe First Ne braska, whose letter is printed in the Madison Reporter, wants the following epitaph put up over tbe graves of our dead boys la Manila: "Wanderer, if tbou comest to our country, tell her that thou bast soon our graves. As patriotic Americans we offeied our lives to uphold ber time honored principles, but as good soldiers we lost tbem In defense of ber new-found policy," , ' . After that be figured up tbe debit and credit account as follows: United States Dr. Cash paid to Spain 120,000,000 Transports, ordnance, etc.... 10,uuu,uuu Total ........,......tFo,000.900 United States ' Cr. Dy 2,000 islands and 8,000,000,..Wbat? WENT TO FIGHT WEYLER, A private soldier serving In Manila writes to bis futhor wbo served under Lincoln nearly four years, as follows: "We enlisted to free the Cubans because Weyler was starving thousands of tbem Including women and children, to death. If tbe Cubans were ever la a worse fix than tens of thousands of these oeople here, tbey were to be pitied sure enough. As w advanced the men have beeo driv en back with Aguinaldo's army and we navs burned the towns and villages, so tba women and children are left shelter less and starving. It seems to ma that wt art acting very much like Weyler did In Cuba. I, for one, enlisted to ' fight Weyler and tba Spanish and if I bad thought that we should bava been or dered to go out shooting niggers, they would never bava gotten ma Into tbe army. All tha boys In tha company think as I do about It." This letter waa shown tbs editor of the Independent by the old soldier, and while ba permitted tba above sentenoe to be copied ba in sisted tbat tba nam of bis son must not be given aa it might make him trouble. "Hut." be added, "you just wait until tnac boy gets nome ana out 01 tne army and you will bear something tbat will make your balr stand on end." POYNTER APPOINTS, Last Thursday Gov. Poynter gave out tbe following list of appolntmonte: Home of tbs Friendless Mr. C. S. Jones, superintendent, Lincoln; Mrs. W. II. Uunter.matron, Fremont; Dr.Lenore Perky, physician, Lincoln; J. M. Osborn, engineer, Lincoln. State Inspector of oils. May II, 1899 J. N. Oaftln, Colon; deputies, J, M, Thompson. Lincoln; Charles Fanning, Omaha; Vincent J. Stoadry, Broken Bow. State Penitentiary, May 15. 1899 Dr. L. W. Ed wards. Physician, Lincoln. Clerk Labor Bureau, May 1, 1W00-A. II. Qleason, Lincoln. Institute for the blind, Nebraska City, June 15, 1899 J. K. Harris, superinten dent, Talmage; C. A. Whitford, steward, Arlington, Institute for feeble minded, Bea'rhie, May 15, 1899-Dr. B. F.Lang, auperiu tendent,York. Hospital for Insane, Lincoln, May 15, 1899-Dr. C. K. Coffin, superintendent, North Loup; Dr. W. II. Bearing, physi cian, l'Uttsmoutb; William Foster, steward, Lincoln, Norfolk Asylum, May 15, 1899-Dr. O. L, Stephenson, physician, Hastings. Hastings Asylum, Hastings, May 15, 1889 Dr. J. F. Ktle, superintendent, iiaetlugs: Dr. D. S. Woodard, Physician, Aurora; J. B. Barne, steward, Loretta. JUSTTHE SAME, Editor Independent! Kudosed pleas find f i on to renew my subscription and on (or a new sub scriber, P, W. Oman, W Inside, Neb. 1 have often beard people complain of England's government over India. Caa you tell us bow much dinVreat ours will Uoverth Filipino? Jut th namal know ther will U fat plane lor bun dred ol eril baKitre. lour lor Ivm grr. ami more lustit. II. It, UiM,xa. Tli differnc la the government till be about th earn aa betawntao pa la a od oa may be a littW bigger tbaa th other but they will iaU alike. HE'S FOR ALLEN, Kdtter Independent! I hole) la tk ladvpendeat eom time so a Wiur la aktcb tk writer, Mr, llarbasxb I think it was, bewail! th f Wt havt a turc curt. Taken Internally, Haunt. Coats nothlnx to try Itt Dticrlpilvt UookUlFKHE Astl-Fill Co., ll:::ta, t: fact that Wm. V. Allen was not a reel- dent of the Sixth Congressional ' District Now it occurs to me that if the bimottal lets 0! tbe Sixth District wish to earn the eternal gratitude of the people and the undying hatred of plutocracy in gen eral they can readily do both at the same time by electing Wm. V. Allen, the greatest senator since the days ol Web ster. Clay, Benton and Calhoun and easily the arreateat noon lint nf tha nrua. ent time to represent them and the wuwia peopie as wen in tne next congress, His flCOUnlntanca with lulntlnn hU splendid and wonderful Influence and honesty could easily accomplish more for even tbe Sixth District than any man M. & P. 0 & 13th i Streets. 1 ( V Jl I The demand for ladles shirt waists continue unabated and we ars prepared to do a larger business in that line this season than ever before. Now is tbe time the stock Is larirest and now la th tlma for those wbo wish tbe choicest styles to tions, we nave ail the popular materials, (Inghams, percales, figures etc,, made up according to tha atest fashions. Choice styles and axoellenf. valuoa at ROo. 59o, 76o 85c, 91.00 and fi.25. I ftrlidC Ctlffl friar Most women who wear cor LttUICd OUlHlIiCl ts buy tbs summer net kind for warm weather. PnCAC -Tbey are decidedly cooler vVldvld " " and more comfortable. Just now we bave tbrea special values at 26, 85 and COo. The 25b quality Is good for tha price, tbe 85o quality Is equal to many sold at 60c, but it's oar 50c quality we want to talk most about. Tbey are made ol extra quality summer net, are well bound and In shape are equal to blgb priced goods. para toera. witn corsets sold eisewbera at Standard Paper Patterns Wt are agents for tbs stand ard paper patterns and wt claim tbat tbey art tba very best paper patterns on tha market. Tbey can be de pended upon for tbe very latest fssblons and perfect fitting. Tbey art sold at such popular prices as 60, 10, 15c and 20c. None higher than 20o. Try tbem once and if you art not pleased we will re fund your money. m m . Four Carloads of fifteen days we will make prices that were never before moving. Larecst assortment a w they can find however able he may be and tboy surely have some splendid ones. He would not be the only man in congress thus honored as we believe Joe Sibley the greatest democrat elocted to the next bouse ia not a resident of tha district he la to represent. Surely the populists In tbe Sixth Nebraska should be as loyal If necessary as tbe democrats In any Pennsylvania district. The war Is a dandy. I lay tbe blame thouah on the Fillnhma tlinm..lM In. stead of waiting till Spain sold them to the United States for a paltry 20,000, 000 or 92 per bead while tbey were our allies and "standing la" with the admin istration, ahnillfl hnva mnlA Mnuln .n j - . . r w M WW WSI for say 1200,000,000. Oueasif niggers iu iu 1 umppiues are worm f j eacn, Correct Styles and Popular Prices 1 in Ladies Ootton Shirt Waists make their selec such as cenhvr We ask ; ; yon to com- 70c. Ladies Silk ILLER & - CARRIAGES. BUGGIES. Huggies Just Received Direct BICYCLES. in the state; prices cut to fit B1LLMEYER & SADLER, OM.A.h Smith 11th aw a v wwmii lull balj niggers in Spain should be worth It would have been a favor to n aa well for we could bava proceeded oaour plan of "benevolent assimilation" in a much boalthier climate and nearer borne. Corosno, Nebraska. , A private cablegram was reoelved from Major F. D, Eager late Tuesday evening saying: "Wounded, Instep, doing well." Notwithstanding its constant heavy losses, tha First Nebraska seems to ba thrown Into tbe lead of every charge, while there are other regiments at Manila that have not lost a man ia battle. sl a p. 0 & 13th Streets. Ladieo ' Linen Oraoh and Ootton Waoh Drooo Skirto To those who bava not Investigated It la surprising to find at what low prions they can buy ladles ready-to-wear dress sklrte. Just now we invite your attention to a Hot of dross skirts made of wash materials, such as ootton crash, union crash, linen erasb, grasa cloth, ootton duck, cotton covert and pique. They ars oat In the most oorrect and fashionable styles. , Prices art 60,75, 85, 91-00, 91.25, 91.50, 11.73, 92.00 sod up to 3, 60 cacb. W Invite you' ' to see tbem In oar oloak and suit departments. , . Ana riillJAiiThlslsourflrst,y'a the mill! UUl Itllllinery eery business and unlaw wt art DCDatrtmCllt SratplAmtblaftd r . ! . . stant aim bas bean and will 1 nery department already)ooapls , oon- Iton' - tlnue to be to give the most up-to- date sty lea at tba vary lowest prices, Just now wt art showing a largslotof , ladles sailor bate, all tha latest sbapea and all the best colors, price 6O0 76c, 91.00, fl.as aad 9160, For trimmed or ontrlramed bats and for bat trlmmlc;t ws Invite you to our mllllntry dspartraant. ' ;" " At 35o a pair wt art selling I ad 1st 1 block silk nits tbat are of as good ' " quality aa sold not long ago at 50o u TMn 1 " a, pair. Tbsy ara pure silk, rood MlIS weight and elastic. Wtbavt then in regular alios and txtra sliea. wt bava silk mits of a very lair quality at 15o a pair. Ladiag ' black taffeta silk gloves 25o a pair. Lad lea black Berlin gloves fastened with tbrea patent clasps 2Ro a pair. Ladles pure silk glovee, fastened with four clasps 6O0 a pair. PAINE from the Factory. Eor heard of to keep them . the times- St I inrnln wag aUIvillt , 1