Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT-
July 6, 1900
CANDIDATES
FOR GOVERNOR. WILLIAM A. POYNTER
Governor William A. Poynter was born in Eureka, Illinois, in 181S. ' Gradu
a.ted from the Eureka college at the age of
s4 mchacA teachicg at Esre&a and other
lamed to Nebraska, shipping with him
good, Li railroad destination being SUrer
good m wagon and drove tLera to Boone county, settling on Hum Creek valley,
be leg then forty fire mllet from a railroad and located on the fine farm which he
atill cares and resided upon until having been elected governor of the state in
He became promineet in politic of his county and state in 1884 when he
vu elected to represent hi county ia the legislature. lie was again elected to
repreeEt hi senatorial district in the state Fenate in 1S90, at which session he
held the position of president pro. tern. He was vice president of the State Al
ius for a cumber of years, and was one of the members of the commission rep
rectJ. tLe state at the Trans-Missis-appi and International- Exposition at
Osaha ia and was nominated and elected by the fusion forces of Nebraska
ia 115 a fwernor. biDg inaugurated January 5, 1S99.
TL g jrtmcr is what is known as a self-made man, having come to Nebraska
c a LocwfVtxIer and worked hi way up the ladder of success by sheer force of
energy and a steadfast adherence to principles which be believed to be just.
In hi adminiktrmtkm a governor he has won the universal respect of the cit
tern of his state by hi fearless disposition of all questions of state coming before
turn aa chief executive. He id e iedly democratic in his ideas, and is - as ap
proachable to a common laborer a to a United States congressman.
Governor Poynler was married to Miss Maria McCorkle in 189, she also being
a gradual of Eureka college, and who graces the executive mansion as the lead
ing lady f the state with an eay and dignified manner, but fa as attentive to the
want and care f the lowly in life a th most exalted. Their family consists of
a boo and daughter, C W. M. Poynter. who is now in attendance at the Omaha
Medical Institute, and Mis Joie, who is taking a course in music at the uni
versity. ' .
ANDERSON
FOR SUPERINTEN
DENT.
Editor Independent: As the state con
vention U cow dram ix g cear, it is well
for the people to took about --o a to be
able to select the very best of men for
the various o5nt, men who are able to
conduct the affairs of the positions to
which they apire in a way that will be
a credit to the fetate and to the parties
which ihey represent. I wi-h to call the
attention of your readers and of the fu
km forces of the tate to Prof. U. O.
Anderson as a cocdidate for superinten-;
dest of public instruction, as a man in
every way worthy of the confidence of
the people f Nebraska and of the posi
tion to which he aspires. Prof. Ander
ses is peculiarly fitted for the place,
having begun life as a scholar in the
country school, going on up to hich
rebool and college, and as teacher in the
district t-chool f this county, then in
the high chooI and finally in college,
and he i cow serving his third term as
superintendent of Seward county where
he has given uniter&al satisfaction. He
ia the oaij populist ever elected in the
county on a straight populist ticket, he
hari&& been elected on a straight ticket
inlKO.
At their late conventions the populits
avnd democrats t4h unanimously en
dorsed .Prof. Acderon as a candidate,
and all believe that he should receive the
Domination as Seward county has never
aked a position on the ticket before, but
the fusion forces of this county do not
ak for the nomination alone on that
ground, cor because Seward county is
aom f the banner counties, but because
they know that if U. O. Anderson is
Dominated and elected he will prove a
credit to the and to the staie,
Phil Maurer, Beaver Crowing, Neb.
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The LTe.it Semi-Annual
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forward to the Great Bargain
Bit? reductions made in every Uepartment. ivu summer
Mocks mut be disposed of.
ever cn sale.
Send for yellow circular
we are almost giving' away.
the lots laU
"V Attend in person early in the week if possibe. Out of
town people can pay their railroad fare and have money
left in pocket from what they
aineteen and followed the occupation
places in Illinois until 1878 when he
his horses, machinery and household
Creek, Nebraska, where he loaded his
HUSSONG FOR SUPERINTEN
DENT. We have received a letter from . Mr.
Thomas McCusker, - of Bloomington,
Neb., advocating the nomination of Mr.
Ed. M. Hussong, of Franklin county, for
state superintendent. Mr. McCusker
praises Sir. Hussong in unmeasured
terms calls attention to the fact that
he is an old time populist of high char
acter and superior education. He has
served successfully and with entire sat
isfaction as superintendent of the
Franklin county schools and is widely
known throughout the state. He is
broad minded and liberal in his views.
He was a candidate for the same nomi
nation before the state convention two
years ago and came near to success,
llis following from the 5th congressional
district will be considerable.
C. V. SVOBODA FOR SECRETARY.
Editor Independent: Hon. C. V. Svo
boda, of Howard county, seems to be the
leading candidate for the important of
fice of secretary of state. We of Saline
county wish to say that we heartily ap
prove of his candidacy and would be
very much pleased to see him nominated
forseveral reasons. He is a man of clean
character and good habits, a man who
eannot be bought by favorr nor money,
able and well qualified to fill the office
above named. Being a representative
Bohemian American, his nomination
would greatly please the thirty thousand
Bohemian and Polish voters, who by the
way are as prompt tax-payers as we have
in the state and who would like to be
recognized in the state administration
Saline county has probably the largest
percentage of Bohemian population of
any county in the 6tate and the republi-
Event that every person looks
.'-
Sale that all people attend.
No unseasonable goods what
,
containing the price of goods
Mail orders filled only while
,
can save.
cans have several times placed some of
out best Bohemian citizens on the state
ticket. It seems to me that it is about
time that our own party should place
one of our Bohemian -Americans on the
ticket, so we all could support him and
be true to eur principles at the same
time. We have but one candidate and
ask for but one place, and being satisfied
that Mr. Svoboda s nomination would
add strength to our state ticket, we sin
cerely hope that our state convention
which meets at Lincoln on the 11th inst.
will give this matter due consideration
and place his name, with the names of
other good men, on the fusion ticket and
we will elect them all by a thirty thou
sand majority next November J. J.
DrUsky, Crete, Neb.
FOR LAND COMMISSIONER.
' v. j. caret.
Editor Independent: I desire to say
to the people of the state through the
columns of your noble paper, that Saun
ders county will present to the fusion
state convention for tho nomination to
the office of commissioner of public
lands and buildings the name of P. J.
Carey, a man whom we think embodies
all those qualifications which go to make
an efficient public officer. Mr. Carey
has resided in Saunders county for
almost thirty years and is known by all
as one of her be3t citizens, having the
confidence and respect of all men irre
spective of party affiliations, is thor
oughly imbued with reform principles
and has been identified with the popu
list party ever since its organization.
J. C. Whitney.
Wahoo, Neb.
C. F. BECK, FOR SUPERINTENENT
The following are a few of the strong
points that may be emphasized in the
candidacy of Professor C. F. Beck for
the important position of state superin
tendent of public instruction.
He has had a wide range of experience
as an educator or more than twenty
years in Nebraska. This experience has
covered nearly every phase of school
work, including common schools, graded
schools, city superintendency, and
county superintendency. During the
past three years he has assisted in the
state department in the administration
of the duties of the office, and has thus
been brought in touch with nearly every
phase of educational work. -He
has during all his educational ca
reer been an earnest student and a pro
gressive educator. Not only is he an in
defatigable worker but he is also a good
organizer, and has executive ability that
will enable him to make and forward
plans for the advancement of our schools.
lie is commanding in personal ap
pearance, affable in manners, clean in
character, and popular wherever he is
known.
He was for some time captain of Co.
II of the state militia and during the
Wounded Knee Indian outbreak in 1891,
was stationed at Gordon. At the call
for volunteers in the late Spanish-American
war, he laid down the duties of the
office and offered his services. Colonel
Bryan recognized his ability and special
fitness for the position and selected him
as a member of his staff, and Governor
Holcomb commissioned him as adjutant
of the Third Nebraska. In this latter
as in every other position he has held.
he has proven himself to be both popu-
ar and efficient.
It is doubtful if there is another man
in the state who has a better record and
who would, by the force of his genuine
ents receive as large a vote at the
hands of the Deople. If the fusion forces
place Mr. Beck in nomination, he will
not only prove to be a winner but will
strengthen. the ticket.
The democrats of Burt county in their
convention took action as follows:
Resolved, That the democrats of Burt
county, in convention assembled, hereby
endorse Hon. Chas. F. Beck for the office
of superintendent of public instruction
of Nebraska.
The populists passed the following res
olution:
Resolved, That the delegation chosen
by this convention to the state conven
tion be instructed to use all honorable
means to secure the nomination of Hon.
C. F. Beck as state superintendent of
public instruction. That we have every
reason to place our confidence in Prof.
Beck, knowing him to be a thorousrh
school man who has done much to bring
tne scnools of Uurt county to the posi
tion they now occupy. We further be
lieve he has made an exceptionally good
deputy state superintendent and has
worked incessantly to the betterment of
the schools of the state of Nebraska and
his efficient labors have been felt and
appreciated.
WHEELER FOR AUDITOR.
There is no more important office in
the statethan that of Auditor of public
accounts. No money can be paid from
the state treasury except on a warrant
drawn by the Auditor. It is the Audi
tor who must determine the legality and
justness of every claim that is presented
for payment. It requires a man of exper
ience and particular ability to conduct
the office properly. Hon. C F. Wheeler
of Furnas county is without Question
the most thoroughly qualified for the po
sition of any of the candiates. He serv
ed two terms as county treasurer of Fur
nas county and made a most excellent
record. The county then sent him for
two terms as its representative in the
legislature where he served with distin
guished ability. . During the last session
he was the recognized leader of the mi
nority and it is due to his steadfast op
position that D. E. Thompson does not
now represent Nebraska in the U. S. Sen
ate.
, Mr. Wheeler is a farmer and stock
raiser, a man of the plain people and
witn nis sterling integrity and wide ex
perience would make a most competent
auditor of public accounts. Furnas
county and the greater part of the Fifth
Congressional district will insist on his
nomination.
HUSSONG FOR SUPERINTENDENT
Editor Independent. If you can find
space for this little item in this week's
issue of the Independent it will be a
favor to the people of southwestern
Nebraska; We have a man in this part
of the state whose life work and training
has amply fitted him for' the most re
sponsible position in the state that of
superintendent of public ' instruction.
Professor Ed.- M. Hussong, of Franklin
county, is the product (educationally) of
the Iowa Agricultural College, the Kan
sas state normal school and the Univer
sity of Nebraska-: Mr. Hussong is serv
ing his second term as superintendent of
Franklin county,; having - run several
hundred ahead of his ticket at the last
election. His work in the state teachers'
association, in district association and
county convention, is proof of his rare
ability in this line of school work and
has endeared him to all the teachers
with whom he has come in contact. If
the convention at Lincoln would make a
wise choice in the selection of a man for
this very important position, it should
name Mr. Hussong, the foremost educa
tor, probably, in the state.
D. K. Carpenter,
T '. Riverton, Neb.
PEOPLE ARE FOR POYNTER.
Editor Independent. By refering to
the Bee editorial of the 2ne, readers of
the Independent can see eow sore the re
publicans feel that the ' pops" will not
put up a candidate for governor that can
be downed at the polls.
Mr. Harrington has committed an un
pardonable sin - in publishing in the
World-Herald that Governor Poynter
will surely be renominated. Too bad
that the Bee, the True Populist, the Non
conformist and othec republican ad
juncts, could not be accommodated!
would like to add my testimony that
the people are' satisfied with Governor
Poynter. ' . .. ..
Duriug the past winter and spring my
business has taken me over a great part
of eastern Nebraska and I know the al
most unanimous feeling of the reform
voters to be strongly in favor of Poynter
and acy other influence brought to bear
at this time will only tend to do what is
doubtless intended aid the republicans
in their campaign.
- B. Roosa. .
EBBERSON FOR TREASURER.
In the state convention at Hastings
four years ago, PeterEbberson ran J. B.
Meserve a close second for state treas
urer. fcince tnat time tnere Has been a
general feeling in many quarters that
Mr. Ebberson is in proper line for nomi
nation this year. This together with
the fact that those who are personally
acquainted with Mr. Ebberson are satis
fied that he is qualified to succeed to
and continue the good work so success
fully inaugurated to the state treasury
by Mr. Meserve, has led to a demand for
his nomination by : many populists
throughout the state.
Peter Ebberson has grown up in the
alliance and populist ranks in Howard
county, and has been a faithful and effic
ient worker in the cause for reform dur
ing the last twenty years. He came to
Howard county in 1873 with his parents
who settled upon a homestead, and has
lived in the county ever since. When
nineteen years old he taught school and
continued in that profession for several
years, working on the farm in the inter
vals. VV fine engaged in teaching, he en
tered into and took an active part in the
original farmers' alliance and anti-mon
opoly movement in .the beginning of the
eighties, and helped to stump the county
in the interest of ,tne cause and its can
didates. Ever c&ince their first begin
nings, Mr. Ebberson has been constantly
in the harness apd has. accomplished a
large educational work for the cause of
populism. - in xbob, ne establisned a
Danish newspaper: the "Stjernen" which
did much to sow the seed of anti-monop
oly principles among the Danish-American
voters of , Nebraska. When the
people's independent party was organ
ized, this paper was one of the first to
champion it, and the only populist paper
at that time n the. Damsn language.
Uut Mr. JiiDDerson entered still more
extensively into populist educational
work. In January, 1893, he bought the
St. Paul Phonograph, the local populist
paper of Howard county, of which paper
he is still the editor and proprietor. Be
sides tne great amount or newspaper
work which he hasaccomplished, he has
also been out on the stump in every
campaign and worked hard for the can
didates of the party and done much to
educate the people upon populist princi
ples: .. ..... .
While publishing two populist news-
rjaners in 1893. the nonulists of Howard
county forced Mr. Ebbeson over his pro
test into the held as their candidate for
county treasurer,-because tney regarded
him as the only man who could knocK
out the old republican ring that had the
treasury at its last stronghold, and
which the populists vainly had tried to
carry, after they had elected every other
officer. Ebberson was elected after a
hot and aggressive campaign, and was
re-elected in 1895. During the years of
his encumbency he furnished the public
an object lesson in the application of
populist principles., On a smaller scale
he had the same kind of a condition to
meet as that which confronted Mr. Me
serve tin the state treasury. His
predecessor was short a large amount of
the funds, there was a great amount of
outstanding warrants drawing interest,
and personal taxes were collected to a
large extent. Mr. Ebberson established
the treasury on a correct and safe basis,
collected up a large amount of old taxes,
wiped out the greater share of the cur
rent indebtedness, kept every dollar of
public money in depository banks and
turned the interest monthly into the
treasury, and on the morning following
the close of his term of office paid over
to his successor. Mr. Appel, in cash, $30,
404.22, the exact amount shown by the
books to be due the county. The sys
tern established during those four years
is being adhered to by Mr. Ebberson's
successor, also a populist, and the tax
payers of all parties agree that populist
1 a m - " 1 1 .
&a ministration oi me treasury xix now
ard county is a decided success.
, THE CUBAN FRAUDS
Roosevelt's Campaign; Chinm Situation.
What Cronje'a Capture Cost England.
Washington, June 29. (Special to the
Independent.) It is now two months
since the Cuban postal frauds were
given to the public Here are the facts
as ascertained in a nutshell. Neely and
his confederates stole $100,000 in cash
and $400,000 in stamps. In addition
every line of legitimate expenditure was
so manipulated that bills were paid
twice at extravagant figures. All sup
plies were purchased at extravagant fig
ures, all officials were paid extravagant
salaries. Twice as many employes were
put in office as were needed, and the
whole business was run for the benefit
of a set of republican political "heelers.1
What are the results: Another re
publican official sent from Washington
The Second Week of the July
The week's selling disposed of most of the lines advertised, but we have
prepared another list of equal interest, and this combined with lines
remaining from the first week form a bargain feast as rare as it. is worthy.
SPECIAL OFFER During the second week of the Clearing Sale, custom
ers making purchases in any: department in the house, excepting grocery
department, will be entitled to a discount of 10 per cent; in the grocery depart
ment, up to the amount of purchase made in other departments." For instance
a customer purchasing goods to the amount of $5.00 in any or all of. the
deoartments. exceDtinfr crrocerv. will be entitled to a discount of 10 ner cent on 1
A- A. l-J 1 ' J.
grocery purchase up to the amount , of $5.00, or will receive 10 per cent dis
count on smaller purchase, but if order exceeds $5.00, excess will not be sub
ject to discount.
Send for
The great Mail Order House of the west.
has proven the case of corruption and
extravagance by cutting expenses forty
per cent. But Neely is still in this coun
try fighting extradition with the conni
vance of the administration, although a
law was passed by congress for the spe
cific purpose of his extradition; one
criminal has been permitted to escape to
South' America and the balance are
walking free in Cuba.
The prediction is made that they will
continue to walk free. It has been prov
en that Rath bone, the head of the Cuban
postal service knew of Neely's stealings
last January, yet he has been permitted
to resign because he knew too much of
republican rottenness in the campaign
of 189C and in Hanna's election to the
senate to stand in any fear of punish
ment. "
It is now demonstrable "that the army
administration of Cuba has been as
recklessly extravagant as the postal ad
ministration, but the most stringent or
ders have been sent from Washington
that everything is to be hushed up until
after the election.
Naturally if the postoffice department
in Cuba has been run in a fraudulent
manner, it may be expected that the
postoffice department in Washington is
rn after the same fashion. Such is the
fact. Chairman Proctor, of the civil ser
vice commission has on file and makes
charges of 77 irregular appointments in
the classified service of the postoffice de
partment, nearly all of them since the
present Postmaster General Smith came
into office. Mr. Smith is the editor and
principal proprietor .X)f the Philadelphia
Press, a republican organ in a repub
lican city, in which it is known that
from 30,000 to 50,000 fraudulent votes
are counted by the republicans in every
election. If such a proportion holds
throughout the state of Pennsylvania it
is easy to see how the abnormal and un
natural republican majority' of that
state is obtained.
Naturally Mr. Smith's paper is unable
to discover that there is anything wrong
with this administration, and other re
publican organs wear the same sort of
blinders and are warranted not to shy at
anything except the democratic plat
form. It may be well to note here that the
postoffice department pays the railroads
$33,000,000 a year for railway mail ser
vice, and that the railroads furnish
about the same amout of service to the
express companies at less than half the
rate charged the government. So the
country finds the express companies
resolutely opposed to the government
adopting the parcels post system which
every European nation has adopted, and
the railroads resolutely opposed to giv
ing the government the same rates it
gives private corporations.
It is on the program for Governor
Roosevelt to stump the' country in his
Rough Rider uniform in the interest of
his caadidacy for the vice-presidency.
President McKinley will do his stump
ing as usual from the front porch at
Canton. It will be discovered that the
country and the state of New York will
fare no worse for the absence from head
quarters of these two gentlemen who are
now engaged in "saving" the republic
from "the disaster of a democratic vic
tory." But here are a few thoughts about
Roosevelt. When he was running for
governor of New Yerk he promised that
severe and immediate punishment
should be visited upon the republican
canal ring thieves who got away with
over 89,000,000 of state funds. He has
been in office over a year and a half and
the canal ring thieves are still prominent
in the councils of the republican party
and unpunished.
A few months ago he started full tilt
after the officials of the United States
Fidelity Company of New York who had
nearly wrecked that institution by ille
gally loaning themselves some two million
Hollars of its deposits on securities of a
wild cat character. But when he dis
covered that his friend Root, secretary
of war was one of the implicated parties
he stopped his onslaught so suddenly
that he nearly turned a somersault.
QM&y
the New Price List.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.
Now comes an opportunity equally as
good. There is an ice trust xn New lork
City. Mayor Van Wyck and other New
York City officials and prominent demo
crats have stock in it and are accused of
having used their official positions to se
cure special privileges for the ice trust,
in the way of docks etc
Leading democratic papers, the Jour
nal foremost, have been urging Roose
velt to do his official duty and attack
the trust. Roosevelt has thundered in
the index but why doesn't he act? Be
cause four-fifths of the ice trust stock
and its whole control rests in the hands
of equally prominent republicans. The
plain fact is Roosevelt is a humbug. He
xs all fustian and vaingloriousness.
Every volunteer regiment in the country
knows that he worked his Rough Rider
regiment for political advantage; that
he shoved other regiments equally as
good, to one side for the same purpose,
that a negro regiment saved his Rough
Riders from annihilation at Guasimas,
which fact he sedulously ignored in his
book on Santiago campaign. There are
other acts which will be' given due
prominence as the campaign progresses.
As an object lesson in Militarism and
imperialism Roosevelt will be hailed
with joy by the democratic party. This
administration has so far cost the coun
try $900,000,000 more than the Cleveland
administration. All it has to show for
this vast expenditure is two good naval
battles one fairly good land fight, a bar
gain counter sovereignty in the Philip
pines with polygamy and slavery thrown
in, an Anglo-American alliance and a
hundred government scandals. It is
high price to pay for a sample of what a
military empire means. If the country
buys the whole article in the November
election it will take a mortgage on the
future to save the treasury from bank
ruptcy. China is still in a fog. None of the
press dispatches can be accepted as an ;
honest and impartial statement of the
situation. Everything which comes over
a British cable is colored to save the
British situation in China, which is des- j
perate. Great Britain has not a single
regiment of white troops in China. A
whole brigade of American troops is to
be transferred from the Philippines and
from the United States in addition to
those already there in order to act as
catspaws to pull British chestnuts out
of the fire.
The last vestige of the Monroe doctrine
has been destroyed by this unnecessary 1
participation in what will soon be dis
covered to be a European broil and
wrangle over the partition of China,
The pretense that American troops are
there to protect American missionaries
is the veriest mask of hypocrisy.
The missionaries have nearly all
reached a point of safety, and there are
no
missionaries at all in danger
along
the lines which the allied forces have
taken up. The relief force under the
British Admiral Seymour, in which sev
eral hundred American soldiers and
sailors participated, met the usual fate
of British generalship. It was led blun
deringly into an ambuscade of Chinese
Boxers and barely escaped annihilation.
If China were let alone she would be
able to keep the Boxer outbreak within
limits but she is evidently not to be let
alone.
At last the world is learning what
Cronje's capture at Paardeburg cost
Lord Roberts. The bulk of the British
army camped for miles along the stream
in the bed of which Cronje for ten days,
conducted the most heroic defense
against overwhelming numbers which
the world has ever seen.
He surrendered less than 3,000 fight
ing men.' But as a result of that down
stream -camp of the British over 6,000
British - soldiers -were stricken with ty
phoid fever and over 2,500 had died.
A conservative member of Parliament,
Mr. Burdett-Coutts, has written letters
to the London Times, which were sup
pressed until return to England com
pelled their partial publication, in which
he charges without denial that thou
sands of his fever-stricken lay for days
in the mud, in heat, cold and pelting
Lincoln, Nebr.
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rains without shelter and without care.
The Boers are now fighting the guerilla
warfare best suited to the military situ
ation and Roberts declares he cannot
spare a regiment for China. But his
soldiers are dying of disease at the rate
of 500 a week.
Herbert Jan vein :-Browses.
PROFESSORS ARE THROTTLED
Freedom of Thought and Expression Is
Forbidden tn Mont of the Great
Universities. ,
Thomas Elmer Will, ex-president of
the Kansas State Agricultural College,
addressed the single tax club in HandeJ
hall, Chicago, on the "Freedom of Teach
ing in American Colleges." He vigor
ously attacked the attempts to throttle
free expression ot thought on the part
of professors in colleges. He said in
part:
"Truth must fight for its life. Its ear
lier struggle was with ecclesiasticism.
The battle against it today is led by
wealth and intrenched privilege, which
see in the progress of enlightenment
their own doom. The college economist
is regarded as a dangerous character,
who must be enlisted ia the service of
privilege or terrorized into silence.
Heads of educational institutions are
subject to special pressure. They are
expected to secure large endowments or
legislative appropriations for their insti
tutions and to this end make sure that
no word escape from their own lips or
those of members of their faculties
which would alienate possible funds. At
the same time these educational leaders
are expected to insist that the most per
fect freedom of utterance is guaranteed
both to themselves and to their pro
fessors. V
"With rare exceptions college men in
America are not free to write, speak or
teach upon public questions except 'in
harmony with the powers that be." Oc
casionally the college professor or presi
dent does assert his manhood and pay
the price. Whenever possible the facta
in such cases are concealed, the offender
hairier innrftH xcith i.ha Vlarlrlijt if ha
reveals the cause of his dismissal. Less"
frequently the facts are made public.
"Notable instances are those of Profs.
Eli, Bemis and Heron and President An
drews. Others which have been more
successfully concealed are those of Pres
idents Steele, Bascom. Simpson, Stock
bridge and Gates, Prof. H. C. Adams at
Cornell, Decent Hourwich and Prof.
Commons. The wholesale raid on the
liberal professors in Marietta college, O.,
in 1897, affords a marked example of suc
cessful suppression of important facts.
The most recent case is that of Presi
dent Rogers of Northwestern university.
Other conspicuous cases could be men
tioned. Doubtless many more have es
caped attention."
Trot Out the Tariff
Three times during the past few weeks
the sugar trust has raised the price of
sugar. The middle men, grocery stores
and poor consumers have paid the price
without a murmur. They had no 'pro
tection," and they knew that it would be
useless to complain.
It has been ascertained, howover, that
at the present schedule of prices foreign
sugar can enter this market profitably.
But the sugar trust must have "pro
tection" or republican principles will be
violated. Foreign sugar must not be
allowed to enter our market cheaply. It
would injure Havemeyer.
Therefore trot out the tariff, the fine
old republican "mother of trusts," and let
her protecting wings hover over the head
of the sugar king. His prices to the
public must not be interfered with by
foreign competition. Let the president
call an extra session of congress! to raise
the duties. N. Y. Journal.