The Nebraska independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1896-1902, April 19, 1900, Page 4, Image 4
THE NEBRASKA IUDEPEITDEOT April 19, 1900. Zbt Jltbraska Indtptndtnt Limnlm, Utkrmtkm mci cosm cm axs h sts Ptaxr Erzxr Txttxszmt 7.CO PE YEAR III AD VAT ICE f-srwf ky Om. - Ty trmywem tlj ecr or rawrt a !9 mmemrn uc lfl wilk tin i. d ia wmbteribme fails to wt ywyif srst.T -'. J.4Sr 'J w g lar-caiwaa.' 4 otk all aVafta. iniiff rrfc, U, to - C& Hthriit Imitftudtnt, ' Uncxjln, 'erslt - "Wast to .trade? We do. We trade a good watch for a dub of twelve. What do job aay? The republican editors of this state are expressing their difcguat because as they y: "Th fsskmirt are every where adopting the same old platforms.' MDton Parks m cow advocating a f u wkm ca Deb. When the hard heeded Texas farmers gel onto that deal Milton Parks win imagine that he is is the mid- Otis, having failed to cotsvisce the gram that the "war is over,' Is bow 'coming ever bjrrr'f. He is determined that mil "over" ahall be accomplished Mark Harra xaay be ab to buy come Totea with the xaiioe contributed by the tract bat the btsrdec which their predatory habits have irfirted on the pvopie of this oocwtry wi3 drive away tea where L can boy vw The city eotiaass hav created a reat deal of alarm at the republican head cjQJEnAis at Watucgon. Col umbos, Ohio, whfch rc2y goes repcblioaa by &hcot Z3JXXX, wect democratic this year by aboct 800 c&d Kasa city has elected a dcraocralic saycr lor the frrt time sioerS?2. It is a lout time for the republican party to charge its raeae. It evidently so loecer believe is a repuhlicaa form (4 gtrrpTsmest, at least Dot is Porto Tirso. the Philippine, the Traasvaal or axy where eJUe that has been heard of itce McKiay became president. Frank Bsrkitt who was so red hot agy"" fnica sow ccme out ia the Southern Mercury ia advocacy of fusSoa os Debs if the socialist will only give tofszzie wuxziec the second place en the ticket. Tbeae fsxxie worries are irtraxf peoj. The flag does cot ceaa c&e thing in Porto Eks and another ia the United State" said President 2cKiny, which is orJy aao&her ex ess pi ificatioa of the repblkaa habit of doing just exactly ooBtrary to what they promise. "You r-eedc"t quote ary cpeechee oa ua. We have changed our mind, is always a satisfactory reply to any kick coming frcta the people. The news from the Philippises that Fred Fenstoc asd other military oScer there are shooting down Filipinos with out a trial is a fit accompaniment of the paa cf the Porto Bieaa buL Hen ia these islands have so rights which the ccn jaerirg catioa h bound to respect. zc tnai oy jury or ia any omer way is . xsot secured them by the ocwtitatios. Ttey are iisrpfy smbjecta. Uncle Pad Krcger says that he has documents ia hie poaaeoB to prove that every ooe cf the Britiah Generals ia the tld will lie except Lord Roberts. Ve-1 Pari hoo! cot too hard nsn the ewak. He m't renjember that 1 they were iwt brought up with a bible is their hand as the commanders in the Boer arcy were. They thou'd not be blamed for the defects cf their early ed tscatioa. In the State Journal of lat Friday there were nearly three coulumns put up ia the ictere! of the D. Clem ' Deaver crowd. Even Bixby came to their aid ccce mart, but the poor felkrw was evi dently suffering from ta tlue. His fc0l had bwo made teedirg!y sorrow ful becas the Independent called those chaps fuasue wuzxiea. He abould TjcA. feel o badly abort it. Teat title waa taken from th great ela4eaJ writ er cf the icperialifta. Badyard Kipiirg. Gem Dver send dipatches to the great republican dailies " to the effect thst the courts ia hi state have de clared that this' garg i the legal. popa- list rartr as! MslUa Park prints the following is hi paper dowa " ia Texas: "It wastesj' declared by the fusion leaders at Lincoln at the meeting cf the national populist committee that they did cot care if the southern populists did War the party that they were not deeded asyhow. They may all go to the Eagge where they belong." From ,. these two Jaf4acee there -will be no trouble ia comiag to a concluaioa as to the moral rtaadirg these two znoet emirert fszxie wazziee. Thera U xxotLLcg to hinder th natian 1 ooavectkm at Skrax Falls from stat ist the true popaiist position on the mcaey question la words so plain tint &o man can mistake the meaning there- el This is the right time to do it, and it i to by hoped that it will be dose. It baa been the democrat who hare raved about sixteen to one, acd cot the popu lists. Let us be-done with: that, and make a statement , on . the , money ques tion in line with the teachings of John Stuart Mill, and all the economists of authority who hare ever written on the subject. The value of roV.ney depends upon h quantity, regardless of . the ma- ler uxa may oe usea upon wowb. w print the decree of the .ereignty that lI2W it. - ' The populists hare : advocated silver - t. ------ - thousand millions of bonds, and upon Lee lace f. every bona tnere was : prin ec the contract that it was payable in either silver or gold. Jfow the republi cans have withdrawn all those" bonds and issued others in their place that are payable in gold only. That changes the whole situation. Let us make one demand, and Jet that be that the government shall issue all money, and that all money shall, every doar of it, be a full legal tender. We may also say that as long as metal is used for aaoney that gold and silver shall both be coined without discriminaticti against either metaL and that we are unalter ably opposed to making one metal the only thing upon which legal tender can be printed. Now, that is and always has been the populist Idea on the money question. Why should we not say so? If the democrats wast to howl about redemption money and 16 to L, let them do it. They will learn better after a while. They have learned a great deal ic the last four years. The one funda mental and essential thing is to declare that the coiernment only shall issue aaooeyand control the quantity, and that that power shall never be delegated to any corporation or person whatever. Let as b populists and let the other fel lows be democrats until-they learn bet ter, and give every one a ' chance to re form the present highway robbery sys tem established by the banks and the trusts by all uniting in electing W.J. Bryan president of the United States. -T.tpiltn THE E'D A bill more widely affecting our form of government than was ever before pre sented to congress waa rushed through the houe with less than five hours dis cussion with the privilege of printing ar gume&ts against it for ten days after its passage. This Porto Bican bill, if it be comes the policy of this nation makes a complete change in our form of govern ment from that of a republic to that of aa empire. It repudiates the doctrine upon which this government was founded and has grown to be the greatest nation on earth, to-wit, that all men hare cer lain inalienable rights. It is a declara uoa teat a strong nation can conquer a weak nation and disregarding the rights of man, govern them by force. It de-1 -! . k- TTr,it Rt.t .t the states only and that those who live ! ia the territories are not citizens of the United States. They are -subjects. They have io rights that we are bound to respect. They are in a worse condi- ... . V m a I tioa tnaa tee niggers oeicre ice war. I What do the people' of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma think of this? Hon. E. J. Burke t was paired against the bill and he will come back from Wash- Ington and begin to talk about the dear old flag. Thurston and Mercer both sup-' ported the bilL They will hear from Ne braska oa that subject at the next elec tion. The inalienable rights of man are no longer recognized by the republican party. They have adopted the principles of George III, Calhoun and. Jeff Davis. And these hypocrites will wrap the flag around them and say "-e -how loyal we are!" They are getting near the end of their reign. THE NEW ECONOMICS The economics of modern imperialism i eomewhat astonishing to men of ordi- nary common sen. Their theory seems to be that the world can get rich by de Ftroying the p reseat inhabitants, and the property that has been accumulated by past generations. Krupp alone em ployes 41.71X) men making engines of death and destruction. Many thousand more are employed in Germany alone, in the same sort of businea besides an immense standing army tnat consumes without pr dneing anything, what thou sands of others produce- England is en gaged ia the aame sort of thing and even to a greater extent It is proposed that thi - cation shall also employ many thousand of its best, worker -'in thu aorel way of producing wealth by con suming without producing and destroy ing much oi what has been accumulated. This is what may be called th new ecop oci. ' Its high priest in this country is Hanna and in England it is Joe Cham berlain.' - ' - '" T " NEKUCETO KKIGER There was an occurrence in Philadel phia the other day that shows that not withstanding the efforts of McKinley acd Mark Hanna to make this republic an empire, the American school boy can- j not be deceived. The boys who live around Independence hall where the declaration of independence was signed, although tha republican' national con en tioa is to be held there, resolved that i they would take a hand in the fight themselves. To carry " oat their designs they wrote oat a message of sympathy to President Kruger who is fighting the b rarest fight ever made on earth for the very principles that were first given to the world in Independence haH. They got a lot of boys around Philadelphia to sign it and then sent, it down to New York and Boston and the school boys there added their names to it. In all there were more than 20,000 names. Then they concluded that they would have a parade. , Thousands of them marched through the streets of Phila delphia, carrying the flag of Kruger's re public and the stars and stripes. After ey went to a haU which would bold thousands of people. The hall was packeJ and we mMy Anfei'a irttA til via! Mf in TViaav sw f m . for mere was a district telegraph messen in the hall and the boys mjj y)Qx gave it a ring. In a short time an Amer ican District Telegraph 'messenger boy appeared on. the stage. He was handed the great roll containing the message to Tr j. 1!V i. V - J 41 OA xvruger w wmca were caea uio 000 names and the boy started off on a run to catch the first steamer for South Africa. - ' When the call was received by the su perintendent of the messenger service for a boy to carry a message to Kruger, the superintendent went to the place wb the git waiUog for their turn to be called. Picking out one, sixteen years old, whose name was James Francis Smith, he said: 'Jimmy, how would like to go to Pre toria with a message to President Kru ger?" Very much, sir, said Jimmy. "Can you start Wednesday? Tea, sir." 'Have you any fear of not being able to get there?" "No, sir." "SuDnose vou find that President Kru ger is In St. Helena when you arrive at Pretoria; what will you do? "Take the message to him at St. Helena, said Jimmy. "Do you know where St. Helena is? "Oh, yea. It 'a the place the English put Napoleon." That was satisfactory and Jimmy started on his long journey to carry a message from the school boys to Kruger. The one who carried "the letter to Garcia' was a grown up man and an officer in the army. Jimmy is only a boy, but he will carry the message to Kruger all right. The American boy loves liberty and sympathizes with all who are fighting for it. - UXEXVIABLK NOTORIETY. Lincoln is getting an unenviable no toriety these days through the cranks Thurston and Meiklejohn have taken to Washington, as well as through these gentlemen themselTes. It seems that before McKinley sent his message to congress declaring it to be our plain duty to give free trade with the United States to Cuba, he asked for legal opin ions upon - the subject. One Magoon, who hails from Lincoln, wrote an opin ion, and here it is: Alter reremng to Spain s cession o the island the opinion says: "Thereupon the territory conveyed became a part of the United States, and as sucn subject to tne constitution. No further action by congress was ne cessary or possible. The constitution does not depend upon concrress for au thorny in any part of the United States. The reverse of the proposition is the fact. From this time on oonirress must look to the constitution for authority to legislate for Porto Kico." After Oxnard, Duke, and other trust magnates informed McKinley that they would not put up for the republican campaign fund unless they were allowed to loot poor Porto Rico, McKinley called for another opinion, and Magoon fur nished it as promptly as he did the first one. In this last one he declares that the constitution don't cover Porto Rico at all, and that it is nonsense to claim that it does, or words to that effect. This is on a par with the performances of Coal Oil Johnny, who, while employed by the state, took a fee to fight the state. That also added to the unenviable notoriety of the state. It seems that these repub lican leaders are determined to bring all the disgrace possible on Nebraska be- fore they are finally driven from power. There is one consolation; it will not be long until they are all retired to private life. Mr. Richardson offered a resolution in the house when the senate bill was sent over, to submit a new rule ordering tne committee to report a bill providing "a civil government for the territory of Porto Rico, republican in form." The "republicans' voted it down. In this decided manner they announced to the world that they are opposed to a repub lican form of government. It seems that since Lincoln died - they have all 'changed their minds." The New York Independent expresses surprise that the signing' of the gold standard bill was not celebrated with the ringing of bells throughout the whole United States. The reason is, that of the people of the United States, a very large proportion of them are opposed to that bill and they will see to it that it will be repealed in the not distant fu ture and a rational system of currency adopted in its place tnat will not give special privileges to the 'bankers which will enable them to accumulate hun dreds of millions of unearned dollars. There were no ones to rejoice over the bill except the bankers and they were - 1 too greedy to spend ' money to pay the I expenses of a celebration. The attention of the readers of the In dependent is called to the premium offer "watches for everybody" to be found on page 8. We are anxious to continue the increase in the circulation of the Inde pendent. Thanks to the co-operation of many loyal friends it has been growing steadily. 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If you want sample copies write and we will send them. A subscription blank is enclosed is this weeks paper. Preserve it for use when sending in the club. KRAINS FOB SALE The old argument for denominational schools was something like this; Man is a devil totally depraved. Educate him and you have an - educated devil, capable of just that -much more eviL The only safety in education is to ac company it with such religious disci pline and constant instruction in re ligion that it will turn the evil nature into the right channels : : Of late years this view of the case seems to have some force, - yicn are edu cated at the expense of the state and no attention at all is given to the develop ment of the moral and ethical. The con sequence is that hundreds . of educated men are sent out into - society who have brains for sale as men sell merchandise, and to which there Is attached no more of the moral or ethical - than to a bale of cotton that is put upon the market. They are simply for sale to the highest bidder. ' ." Plutocracy being always able to bid the highest gets the service of all these men. They appear in educational insti tutions, in literature, in the press and in the pulpit. The magazines are filled with their writings. s,h wJ In the courts this hat always been the case. A lawyer will his" brains to either party inl the -case. The lawyer has a better excuse for so doing than the other parties ' who are in the same business. He says that both sides of a case should always be presented before the judge and jury. When it comes to the discussion of sociology and political economy the case is different. Here the rule, should be that truth and truth only should be sought after. This is not the practice however. Many hundreds of men who have been trained m these sciences are ready to sell their brains to attack what they well know is the truth. Such work can be found in almost any of the magasines every month in the year. It is not at all hard for the trained econo mists to .detect such, ' Writing. There will be sentences that show that the writer knows what the truth isV There would little, harm come . from selling brains as merchandise is sold, if the fact were generally known. Then the reader would take up such articles without feeling and calmly dissect them. The case is altogether different when such articles appear as accepted deduc tions of science. There is where the fraud comes in. Such men should put out a shingle like a lawyer and should have printed on it: "Brains For Sale.' RXFTBUCAK PKOMISES It would be a good thing instead of too much recrimination for the populists to take with them when they go out to work for reform the republican platform that was adopted at St. Louis, read it to their republican neighbors and then ask them how many of the promises that were made in that platform hae been kept. After the platform makers get through with their denunciations of G rover Cleveland, whose measures could never have been adopted except lor the assistance of every republican leader and ware the policies of the republicans, which they there denounced, they begin to make promises. Their, first promise reads this way: . "We are therefore opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement with leading nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote. Have they kept that promise? (They next denounced the administra tion of the pension bureau and promised to give the old soldiers the full benefit of the pension laws. . Did they keep that promise? The G. A. R. has been en gaged in denouncing the administration of the pension bureau ever since and de manding that the pension, commissioner should be removed. . They next say, that "our foreign pol icy should be at all times, firm, vigorous and dignified and all our interests in the western hemisphere watched and guard ed." ' v . .Have -they kept that .promise? The truckling xf the administration to the English and the making of the - Hay- Pauncefota treaty in which American rights were surrendered to England in such a shameful manner that even a re publican senate will not ratify it, is a complete answer to the question. Then they say, "We re-assert the Mon roe doctrine in its full extent. Have they kept that promise? Clauses in he Hay-Pauncefote treaty annul the Mon roe treaty completely. Then they declared their sympathy with Cuba and said that "the United States should use its influences and good offices to restore peace and give in dependence to the island.' It was only the resolution pressed by a, free silver man which passed congress when war , was declared that prevented the admin istration from attempting to annex Cuba instead of giving the island indepen dence. " They promised that "every citizen of the United States shall be . allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot, and that ballot shall be counted and re turned as cast.' Did - they mean that each citizen should cast only one vote? Did they keep' that promise when there was a vote counted for every two inhab itants in the state of Ohio? They said: "We favor the creation of a national board of arbitration to settle and adjust differences which may arise between employers and employed en gaged in interstate commerce." Have they introduced or passed any such law as that? They say, "we urge the passage by congress of a. free homestead measure which has passed the house and is now pending in the senate." Have they kept that promise? They said: "We favor the admission of the remaining territories. Have any of the territories been admitted to statehood? Instead of that, they have declared that they are not even in the United States and have no rights that congress is bound to respeet. They said: "We believe that the citi zens in Alaska should have representa tion in congress. Have they kept that promise? They now declare that the people of Alaska are not . citizens but subjects. Last of all they say: "The republican party is mindful of the rights of women equal pay for equal work. Have they kept that promise? Do women get equal pay for equal work. sucn were tne promises maae to tne people in the St. Louis platform. The men who made them have repudiated every one of them and if charged with the offense they reply: "We have changed our minds. On that record of infamy they have come before the peo ple for endorsement. - SPECIAL PLEADERS The plutocracy has provided for the special pleader and trained him not only in all sciences that pertain to his voca tion, but he is also taught all the little tricks of the trade. The great institu tions endowed by the ' millionaires give him a free education in . English, logio and the one specialty in which v his tal ent is to be exercised. There is only one thing that he must furnish . himself and that is a fairly clear intellect which is not troubled in the least with any prob lem in ethics. The special pleader knows all the old tricks as well as the modern inventions and he applies them with all the skill Jt the college bred man. Professor Harry Pratt Judson, professor of political econ omy in the Chicago university, employs one of these old tricks cf the special pleader in an article in the April num ber of the Review of Reviews, in discus sing the 'constitution and the terri tories." He first states in a very clear and forceful manner a proposition that he knows will attract and mollify the oppo nents of imperialism and then follows it with a beautifully constructed, specious, special pleading in favor of imperialism. His first statement is as follows: "Among the curious features of this debate is the controversy as to whether congress can by statute "extend the constitution over a given territory, and also as to whether, being thus extended. the constitution may by further statute be withdrawn. A more grotesque con ception can hardly be imagined. Saving only by the admission of new states, con gress has no more power to "extend the constitution over a specific area than it has to square the circle by legislation or to repeal the law of gravitation. The constitution is absolutely beyond the will of congress. Wherever it is law, it is law irrespective of congress. Wher ever it is the constitution it is the or ganic law and that is law which con gress can neither expand nor contract. In whatever area it is not of its own force the organic law, no possible action of congress can make it such." Having made that statement so as to gain the good will and attention of the anti-imperialist, he next begins his fine spun pleading on the other side of the question. He quotes part of Section 3, Article 5 of the constitution, which reads: "The congress shall have power to dis pose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States." From this he argues that con gress has absolute power over the inhab itants of the territories. The rights cf man are therein abolished. Congress is an unlimitod legislative despotism. It can make all the inhabitants slaves or do anything else it sees fit in regard to them. Such is the work of the college bred special pleader. Mark Harms makes a great-deal of use of such gentlemen. PLOCDEHIWO PORTO RICO. 4 There never was such a shameful plundering of a helpless people as is pro vided for in tha Porto Kico bill that has now become a law It should be re membered always that the bill for its government was tacked on to the house act in the senate and that it passed the house without one word of discussion, the few minutes allowed, on each side being devoted to other matters. The facts are these. " The people "of the little island of less than a million inhabitants have had saddled on to them one of the most expensive and costly gov-1 ernment machines ever set up in a colony by a conquering army. The people there are in a state of starvation, the inhabit- j ants are in rags some of them not even having rags with which to hide their wretchedness. To govern this starving people, the re-! publican majority in congress provide the following officers and salaries: Governor . ... ....13,000 Secretary 4,000 Attorney General................ 4,000 Treasurer... . ................... . 5,000 Auditor I 4,000 Commissioner of the interior..... 4,000 Commissioner of education ....... 3,000 Chief justice of supreme court.... 5,000 Associate justice.............. ... 4,500 Associate justice. 4,500 United States marshal.. . . ...... c. 3.000 United States district attorney .... 4,000 United States district judge ...... 5,400 District marshal 3,600 Collector of customs... 1 3,000 Collector of internal revenue 3,000 Commissioner to United States. . . 5,000 Commissioners to revise laws (3).. 5,000 Five members executive . council, sal ary not fixed. - Thirty-five members of legislature, $5 per diem. Clerk of : supreme court, salary not fixed. Interpreter snpreme court, salary cot fixed. Clerk district court, salary not fixed. Interpreter district court, salary not fixed. All of these officials, with the excep tion of the members of the legislature, who are elected, and the clerks and in terpreters of the courts, who are selected by the judges, are appointed by the president. - We who reside in Nebraska think our taxes are pretty high, and we complain of the cost of government. Nebraska is much larger and has more inhabitants than Porto Rico. Our governor gets 20C This Porto Rican governor gets $9,000. These McKinley carpet baggers are to squeeze out of these starving Porto Ricans from $3,000 to $5,000 a year each. " A man who. would go to Porto Rico and take ar salary like that which -has been taxed out of these starving wretch es is not fit to live on God's green earth. But this is not the worst of it. This carpet bag government will have the giv ing away of all the franchises in the island. There are railroads to be built, electric light and street car rights to be granted. No wonder there is weeping from one end of that island to the other. They asked the lights granted to all men under our constitution. This what they have received. It is one of the blackest crimes in all history. - BRTAX SUPPORTED TX OHIO was one democratic paper of considerable standing that attempted to desert Mr. Bryan and support Mr. Dwey for president. It was the Press Post of Columbus, Ohio. The Press Post Printing Co. of which C M. Jones is "president decided to support Mr. Dewey's candidacy. The editor, Mr. Huntington, refuse! to submit to the dictates of the owners of the Press-Post and resigned his position,' thus proving his deep' convictions and loyalty to Mr. Bryan. In the issue of April 4th the Press-Post said: . - TJEWBTPOB PRESTOEXT The announcement that Admiral Dewey will be a candidate for the presi dency clears the political atmosphere for the democratic party. With no re flection upon Mr. Brvan, it may truth fullv be said that if Dewey is nominated at Kansas City he will certainly be the next president a certainty that does not appear from Mr. Bryan's candidacy, however great or popular he may be. Th Press-Post will henceforth urge the nomination of Dewey for the sake of American principles and as the policy for the democratic party to pursue at this time. George Dewey should be the nominee of the democratic convention and the next president "" ' "With the present issue of the Press Post Mr. Webster P. Huntington severs his connection with the paper as man aging editor and director of the Press Post Printing company. Mr. Hunting ton Tn4 hen identified with the Press- Post in an editorial capacity for nearly five years, during which time the paper has been a consistent democratic spokes man for the party in Central Ohio and has obtained some recognition abroad." That the democrats of Ohio are in tensely loyal to Mr. Bryan and did not approve of the course of the money barons proprietors of the Press-Post is shown by its sudden flop back. In its issue of April 6 (only two days lattr; it says: , .. - - -"v- It is evident that public sentiment in Columbus, is strongly opposed to Admi ral Dewey as a presidential candidate of either of the great parties. The consen sus of opinion seems to be that as a pres idential factor in any capacity "Dewey won't do." The " Press-Post has recently tested public sentimenton this subject by sup- porting the admiral for the democratic nomination, with a result well known to the people of Ohio, and to the whole country. The Press-Post has, no other desire than to represent the' people and has merely availed itself of an opportunity to learn their wishes. When the people commands, the Press Post is willing to retract its support of the great hero." Mr. Huntington will be restored as ed itor and the Press-Post will support Mr. Bryan. The plain people were never more united in their support of any man than they are at present in support of Mr. Bryan. Long may he live to lead and champion their cause. ; The Seneca Chronicle, of Kansas, has sold out to the republicans. Its new ed itor saj3 that the many populists on its list will like to read the other side for a while. If the other Fide ever had an ar gument to make they probably would. If it will print any good reasons why the declaration of independence should be ignored, the rights of man denied, and the constitution trampled, under foot, populists will read with in terest, but as no republican paper ever has done anything of the kind, there is not much prospect that this new editor will. HARDY'S COLUMN Good Crops University Chancellor Elected Americans in China -Volume of Circulation Just - Assess ments Republics Develop Elec tion . of Senators Excise Board Rales Who Will Furnish Us Food Will They Be satisfied Iron Works Stop Standard Oil Company Change the Laws Tax the; Rich All solid Keep Out of Debt. So far everything works favorably for a fruit crop in Nebraska this year. Ex perts pronounce the peach buds in a healthy, live condition. A good crop of fruit makes lots of good eating at - little expense. Fruit is a healthful luxury. It saves lots of doctor's bills , and. fu nerals. So far thf-ro is splendid promise of good crops of grain and grass. Rain seems abundant at the right U'ue. , V . Another University Chancellor has been elected, Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, now superintendent of the Chicago city schools. His refusal or acceptance is to be given in ten days. We hope he will ac cept, for he is an eastern man with west ern proclivities and stands at the head of his class as an educator and manager of students. As an author he occupies no mean place in the literary world. They did not like him at Brown because he stood up for the common people. The rich people who gave and willed money to the school did not like the whole truth. Our university has no strings of that kind. He will be sure to fit. . ' American residents in China complain about a secret society there, the object of They are called "boxers." Why do not the Chinamen stop foreigners from com ing in, just as we stop Chinamen from coming here. That would make music all along the line. . - . ,7 ", .. ; . .' "" .". " ... .' ; The Washington treasury statement makes it out that there ii over two bil lions of dollars in circulation. They count all the gold and silver in the treasury and all " the reserves in the banks, and then on top of that count all the gold and silver certificates and bank bills. . - , ' v.;..vc.-y.. The assessors are now at work all over the state. Will they take account of all the notes, mortgages, bonds, warrants and judgments that are drawing interest? We believe a law should be . passed, for bidding the collection o! any debt over a year old that has not been listed for assessment and taxed. ' " . ' V V V The lower house of congress has passed - i - a . i a me necessary resolutions 10 suomit a constitutional amendment to the several state legislatures allowing the people to elect senators. Now probably the senate will finally fail . to pass it as it has two or three times before. The Mark Hanna, Clark and Quay senators do not want to go before the people for they can buy a legislature much cheaper. They know they could not get there by a rote of the people. The excise board of the city of Lincoln made a new rule before ran tine anv li. censes this year; it is this, that no games of any kind will be allowed in the saloon or in adjacent rooms.' Now if they would go a little further and provide .that but one entrance, either, side, backi down or up, would be allowed, and no chairs, ta- bles or lights, then the. curse of the sa loon would be reduced one-half. , Let customers stand up and do -their, busi ness as they do in basks. .- v .. - The United States has to furnish food for the starving East Indian people, while the vast English army eats the products of the country which should go to feed the natives. Away with stand ing armies! Better 'let the people cut each others throats than to let a foreign army starve them all to death. Where will th food come from when our armiea devour all the substance of all the islands we are now trying to choke down? V Will the bondholders, bankers and money lenders be satisfied any length of time with the present money .law? If McKinley is re-elected and the republi cans have a majority in both houses of ! congress, will they not have another re- l r i : m iorm currency iaw to pass i uey are very anxious for Bryan and his party to stop talking about silver, but at the same time are not willing to stop talking about gold themselves. If gold should be found in such abundance as to lower its purchasing power, the goldbug frater nity will not hesitate to enlarge the gold dollar. . t. , . . Twelve large iron mills have just closed their doors and stopped work in order to beep the price of iron up. , Tuat is a fair sample of McKinley prosperity.