September 13, 1800.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
GALVESTOS DESTfiOYEQ
TUii Wat 4 frtean t ily Wrttk
O&r cf it wort disasters known on
t:.e Acrifio ccntisent La befallen
th t:tjr of GJvtoa. Tx, Sunday
raorfcing cf this wek. A terrible tidal
fTe ac4 cyclonic ttora completely
Sroj-2 the city.
Samsiarizing tt Ituatloa as it
tow a; ;-ir. trr-rj tulr.- edifice in
Galrtca la probably 3-trojel or
Th retire MfpSc in iort
J ffflM. the rrain levator deniol
Jr.M !n part, t wharves almost to
tally dt.rojed, foM supplies dasnag-d
t y ta.r. fret-water ur!y cut off,
I0 jro hora!, l,o0 to 4,K0
pro:.s kilk-1 Communication Is
i-roa-a ar -i CvTirtiou rery where.
Richard a well-known
r.wiir Kiaa of GalT-ion. glrea
it- following account of the disaster
Oc of tL Eott aful traredies of j the citT fs wjped out. and that one
EiMerxi t.ta-s ti tu.t4 Galvaon. j jj; of the rodents have to face ab
TL r tv it ts nxira. ai.d the deal will toiute poverty,
tunst prriihly !.'"- I an Just J
mm n.t t . .a izjf romois-
l-r it" iiayor a. 1 r;tizss" coo
? to ft in iff$rli Kith the otit
ri1 ar.d a; -I V r h !;v Hous
ton w
which
could
wfklt.s t ". ?r;.!.. Ir.ts try taenia
I'i-iji-i. tl viit-. a til &s nearly
I tfc-e fcctMifcr I-t n fcere ana f
tt Gulf of Mniio. U-- TkNl. ; tt- secretary of state for the home de
TT wmk of Gaiwton was ; partnjfnt has had for a long time a
i rcrjjrfct a lout I y a teispm o terrible 1 jU!X signed confession by Mrs. May
xi ;t m ofdt ris iO'-ajif.'ly d-JM-ribe ; brick of the fact that she bad poisoned
r :r. r..!T. aid by m which ; her husband.
turtii th my into a ra:ir. wa. The At tfae home office and in other offl--ztlr
twin rords s'ow that the ciA quarters where inquiry was made
it4 if'aiis-l a ,m :tj A eighty-four by the American correspondent, the re
n;;i. an tr-r. wHm th- na.uricg : fpons.ible officials declined either to
rrtrvaM t aay. m it is Icipossi- 2 dt.Qy or to admit the truth of this
s tn&xisxum. i
2 o c l-ck Sat- :
"TL ft'orrs t-
Mi7 conai c prevSou to that a
rt nrm hi !-n riii ia the
griit t iiie wiLi xt-rr tich. The
inl at Srsi na frs U. iorth and
i.9 tu i:rert
frtfa tie ri-f.
:j'-ro:!ion to the forre
Wfcl ti t torm in the
r .'f !!-1 !! str iii.u the tjearh
v the rtty th tola wts.d plied
ater f oi tie ly tu tt the t-ay
t s.it .if te rily.
A I ".x t.' it ("in evH-nt that
the city r'-g to te v:t--J mlth
IlfrtT- Huii.'ir'-d id rerldenc along
ti:e h frntil w re hurriedly aban-
dot-ej. the fru.l feitr to dw 11- !
itr .n hiKr tortious of tte city. The very fact that Mrs. Maybrick's
i:-rj m&m o;-r.i to the ief- ; MIlt(ac to death was commuted to
tUk or a?e. The wind wtre : penal servitude for life shows that the
riis -.Lstattly and it rair.-d la tor- home secretary of the day, the antl
rf,ti Tte 1 t fierce that j American and narrow-minded Lord
ti rj? r. like kr.2fr. u.andaff. entertained very serious
B? 2 ' V. t? aT8 of the pulf j outts as to the legality of her trial
r 1 tay rt. aii i by drk the entire f And as to the Justice of her conviction.
-'ty i ibcier;ed. The fiooling of Biit with her confession in his hands
te -!rtc light i.-Iat and the gas
f.-t W?t tl.f rity ia dark nes. To I
- :' ts- s.tr--? t to rourt death. I
T e 'AMiJ i tLri t eje Ionic eIoc-
nr. T'-.'.t zx . ;.tiona t build- j
t-!-rT; h as4 alls were j
fahisg fend tt t?)iw f the -snds and ' recover her freedom about two years
" - '-riftlr-r of tk- h jUdtns si ter- ' hence. Despite the fact that she has
rfjit r in th eitrrue. The wiad and j terribly In prison, has become
atr n nedily from dark until gray haired and lost much of the beau
1 -4i ,tUm -k .undy taoming. During j ty which formerly rendered her so
Si this t::z- the t-jiA- ut ;alveton i fascinating, there is no reason for ap
'r I'.le rat !q r;' The highest f prehend!ng that she will not survive
:-:".': of the ttr m& t'.'ir to five f.t j until the hour of her liberation.
uu4t wtT, LII in the great tra- penal servitude for life, according
3 irtty of ri the itneti were sub- to English prison rules, means in the
r-iTje-d is & d t of t-rs f--t. To ; case of men a term of not more than
5--ae a L'..' a to drown. To re- twenty-one years' imprisonment, which
r.:n t; aurt . .'.. ia th wreck- i js rometimes shortened in case of good
i conduct.
h f.'sht c-f arony ha aeldom i Where women are concerned a life
d V. ithct api arent rea- j
rt ni-'.' i.ly tran to eub- ;
: i 14',. m. Within twenty mln- ! prison has been altogether unexcep
tl r t.1 rot-e down two feet. tioaable she has obtained commuta
st.ut Cj.) l.gLl ti e !rela were j tlon to an extent which will have the
S'raM-t::!y fr--d cf the f waters, j effect of restoring her to her friends
la the ffi'-uc ite wiij had veered 'and relatives two years hence.
to tr y-jit.-.'. r :r any.
Ir-iiidiJLj: -wp-d n y.ry . There
rti!; !
hardly a hb ta dry to-ii
' .: . U'l -a thr ii,z- mho had es- i When in If 60 we went to the polls
d-ith went owt at !aylight to j to vote for "Honest Old Abe" (this
- 't- acri cf the un,;.-it acd the i was my first presidential vote) we wero
f '.! they .aw the nirt horrible greeted with D d Linkln hirelings."
:hu iraag;tta..ie. In the three blocks j fj d black republicans," "D d black
frotj u:. - N" to efcu i. In Tre- j alolitionlsts. The same spir.t of in
irct.t ir t I i Uhi Four tolerance is abroad in the land today.
frs- nr ii. uie yard. The whole 1 That came from democrats this from
cf ti.e -ij.. :.' fro'-t fur thre hlix k republicans.
ii. fro;a the trult trir-pel of every j They can't bear to have one speak
Mmiitr if tal;ttio?i. the dwellings. ; 22-ainst the conduct of the admir-istra-
ilyr;-:a i-
e :
uru'ture having
!s e.tr ' r tarr' ! o it to sea or its
ru:t, j in a i far into the
los itrttedlns to the vagaries of the j
f t: !
"TL rt tarried
t'.xz.- over the j
: . v : . e ; ir 5ti tr.e
Lowed that the iarr-i struc- (
t " fe- ,
.-; to e the iw.tX sub- i
::.r.::y t s.l. JiereJ the greatest, j &saia for a short time if it Is neces
The Cretans tome. zit ureet and gary. Am sorry to find men who were
! f'l is- a house of cards. ! patriots in action in the 60s copper
How tasy dad ; hi id rea and refugee heads now.
are- in tie rt:in coj'i sot t asce-r- j it m Ttmutihle that there will
inej iff lit itk in
in- i
-mar', !i..''.J.-r .
the attendant. !
cUj e'rht are ntdertid to Lave been t
fcAved.
"The oi l cran' horse, is Rosen- ;
l-sg ae-u. tolia 1; the Hoenlerg j
t:hijcl hti'u lit a r-iAfe oT wreckage
Tie lull hirb wrLcwi : b-it an empty j lt !t geems to be in the air. Surely
tea. crut-d -,: d broaea. Every haV,n-t a disposition to take the
cr rch tu ii,e ritr. w:th tsthly cne j peopie fnto their confidence. Vie see
ur twr o;-i:uL', is lit rur.. j none of their speeches, and campaign
-At the un all the soldiers educational literature on the subject
are r.;-rrd drl. i; having been u wanting. Probably like Teddy they
is t'T..-riry quarter w huh gave iauJ the cowboys they are genial gen-tt-tta
: u prot.i:oa agiit the tern- tk.men bnt theIr opinlon of farmers,
jrt r the f x. i4uorers. greasy mechanics and filthy
-:.o r:?rt La t2 rr.-lved f:Ma!op?ritm !s much the same as that
tLe Chc!ie orj hsn ?ylua down the J of tbe southerners befo the wah.
islar.d. L'Jt it --nifc i m ;.. i t e that it ! p. KELLOGG.
oiiii have withrtood the harricane. '
If it !?-! ail the lrmate mere no doubt I SPECIAL EAST-BOUND EXCUR
luit. far it re r . no aid within &j P10N3 VIA MISSOURI PACIFIC,
alle. 1 On September 10 and 2G the Missouri
Tu hay ftonj eud to end is in j Pacific will sell tickets to certain
r .!. Noihir-i; t at p l.r.g ar.d the j PolnU in Missouri and Illinois at one
w 1 . cf sxe.it wart hoaws r iaain. : fare plus ?2 for the round trip, good
The electors k,: s!l their uper- i to return until October 31.
work a4 their track are damaged j This excursion Includes such points
ty wr. Kansas City. St. Louis, Sedalia,
Tl- rfe-s: ir &ta:io-i at Fort ! Springfield. Joplin and numerous
PC'. I.
.ei way
the crew be-
!rr ! arros the lay foi:rt-ea
to Teii ey. I raw Cap'.zia
Iis.ii.-: s yeterday. and b- to!d me that
hi w.fe ax,d oze of nil crew were
irown-d.
Eitt ocean learner were tern
frcaa their Eiocvricga ana etranded in
ths bay. The Ketsdall Castle was car-r-d
oer the fst from the 234 street
wsarf to Texas City and lies la the
wiLir of th.f psnan P'.er. The Nor
wfEiaa steamer Gyiier is stranded be-
tween Texas City and Virginia Point.
An ocean liner was awirled around
through the West bay. crashed through
th bay bridges and is now lying in a
few feet of water near the wreckage
of the railroad bridges. The steam
ship Taunton was carried across Peli
can point and is stranded about ten
miles up to East bay. The Maliory
itamer A lame was torn from her
wharf and dashed upon Pelican flats,
and the bow of th British steamer
Red Cross, which had previously been
hurled there. The stern of the Alamo
Is store in and the bow of the Red
Croa is crushed.
"Down the channel to the jetties
tw.- other ocean steamships lie
grounded. Some schooners, barges
axd smaller crafts are strewn bottom
side up along the slips of the piers.
The tug Louise of the Houston D'rect
Navigation company Is also a wreck.
"It will tike a week to tabulate the
dead and the missing and to get any
thing near an approximate ldeii of
the monetary loss. It is safe to as-
! some that one-half of the Drooertv of
THE MAYBRIGK CASE
The IWmoi That She Hat Not Kfn Par-
donl U that Sha Made a Written
C 011 f-ion of Oollt
! Ijocinn. Spt. 3. For several days
It has fcn mmnml in Iindnn that
8tory. Their manner, however, was
BUCh as to imniv that it was well
founded, and that if they persisted in
mafntainine silence mon the sublect
it was because, feeling that the un
fortunate woman has been severely
punished for her crime, they did not
wish to render her position more dif
ficult to bear when she leaves the
penitentiary.
Had it not been for this confession,
which she is asserted to have signed
within the first few months of her
imprisonment, it is probable that she
would have been quietly pardoned as
the only means of righting the injus-
tire to which she had been subjected.
it was obviously impossible for either
himself or his successor in office to
grant to her the queen's pardon.
Sympathizers ith the imprisoned
woman will be relieved to learn that
under normal circumstances she will
ctence means in reality fifteen years,
and as Sirs. Maybrick's conduct in
Democrats Then-Republicans How
i met a preacher the other day who
was very mouthy about "standing up
for the flag and "a man who didn't
stand up for the flag was a traitor to
his country. I went then to main-
tain the principles of the government
nd it lnteerltv. and could show my
disposition about the same subject
, an ftnrt made to chancre th eov-
crrtmnt In a mnnnrrhf without the
f th nnn!? It looks won
derfully like it in certain quarters.
Henderson hinted at it "the Doctrines
cf Hamilton are the text of the hour."
Several renuhllcan oaDers are talking
I points la Illinois. For full informa-
I lion regarding these special excursions
J c" - c7 ornce. iws o street.
F. D. CORNELL, P. & T. A.
Cjjjg-f&xBaier
. wtowci EwTlL CO.. OUIWCY. ILL.
ROBBING THE DEAD
Ghoul Mutilate Ilodies at Galveston to
' Get Valuables.
Gradually order is being brought out
of Chaos at Galveston and the work
of cleaning away the debris and bury
ing the dead Is proceeding as rapidly
as possible.
Idlers are being pressed into ser
vice at the point of the bayonet and
made to work, and a military cordon
Is being drawn tighter and tighter
about the place. Every horse end
mvle that was left in the city is in ser
vice. Supplies' are coming in from
Houston and the first line of communi
cation with the outside world was op
ened today via Texas City.
Large forces are working on the
railroads, and in a few days the peo
ple of Galveston believe the situation
will be greatly improved.
Over 2,300 bodies have already been
taken out to sea or buried in trenches.
Other hundreds are yet to be taken
from the ruins. These bodies are now
all badly decomposed, and they are
being buried in trenches where they
are found. Others are being buried
in the debris wnere this can be done
safely.
There is little attempt at identifica
tion, and it is safe to say that there
will Dever be a complete list of the
deal.
The remnant of the force of the reg
ular soldiers who were stationed here
and it is a very small remnant have
joired the police in patrolling the city.
Several persons have already been
shot. A soldier of Captain Rafferty's
battery, while patrolling the beach
this morning ordered a man to desist
from looting. The fellow drew a wea
pon, and the soldier shot him dead.
The soldier was attacked by four other
men and he killed all of them. He
had five cartridges in his rifle and
each, of them found a victim. Other
men have also been shot, but the de
tails are not known, nor can the ex
act number be ascertained, but it is
probable that twenty-five were killed.
Some of these were shot for failing
to halt when ordered to do so. Others
were shot for vandalism.
The ruins of the heavier brick build
ings have not yet been searched for
the dead, and there is a large number
in them. In the mass of rubbish which
marks the site of the Lucas terrace
building forty or fifty people were
killed outright and their bodies are
still in the ruins. The orphans' home
on the beach is totally demolished.
Ninety-two children and eleven nuns
were killed there. It is rumored that
one sister escaped, but if she did no
trace can be found of her.
Of the regular soldiers few remain.
Twenty-three were drowned at the
barracks at Camp Hawley and seven
at Bolivar. One man drifted about in
the bay until Monday morning and
was taken out alive.
Negroes and many white persons are
hourly committing the most atrocious
acta of vandalism.
J. N. Griswold, division freight
agent of the Gulf,, Colorado & Santa
Fe, who was m that city during the
storm, and had a narrow escape from
death, said:
"Ears and fingers bearing diamonds
were backed of with pocket knives
and the members put in the pockets
of the vandals. The bodies of women
who wore fine clothes have been
stripped of the last tnread and left
to fesier in the'sun.
"The residences left standing have
been broken into and jewelry and sil
ver plate stolen.
"Upon all hands this horrible work
is going on. Tne offenders are gener
ally negroes, although tliere are some
white men who have demonstrated
thfct they are sufficiently devoid of
honesty and manhood to participate in
th se ghoulish doeds "
As soon as the storm subsided the
negroes stole all the liquor they could
eet. aad. beastly drunk, proceeded with
their campaign of vandalism. Troops
an; needed at once. If they are not
sent without delay God help the sur
vivors in Galveston.
This is confirmed by a dozen men of
the highest standing here.
THE LINCOLN ACADEMY
Are you going away to school some
where? If so, let us sit down and fig
ure a little, counting time, expense
and thoroughness. At a small town
school your expenses amount to about
$4 a week, or $144 a year. You can
attend the Lincoln Academy for that
and even less. The average expense
is $3.72 a week; or $133.92 a j'ear for
board, room, heat, light and tuition
High schools require four years, the
Academy 3. But the student here
works 10 to 12 hours a day, not sim
ply 6 to 7. Four years at $144 a year-
$576. Three years here at the average
$133.92 $401.76, a saving of $175 and
one year's time. Students always do
better in a school away from home,
especially, when they have such excel
lent advantages as here. The instruc
tors are specialists, with broad col
lege training, and are recommended by
university professors. In fact, the
third year can he taken in the univer
sity free under university instructors.
Fourth annual announcement is sent
free. Registration Sept. 17-22.
Horticulture at the Fair
The horticultural section of the
state fair was regarded by all the vis
itors as the best exhibit of fruit made
in recent years. While the crop of
fruit in Nebraska is not especially
large this year, yet the increased ef
fort made to select a creditable ex
hibit has resulted in getting together
a very attractive display of fruit. All
of the exhibitors complained of the
very high winds during the last two
weeks blowing off such a large per
centage of their best fruit that it was
more than usually difficult to secure
fruit of largest size and highest qual
Ity. Summer and autumn varieties
suffer more than winter from these
heavy wind storms. It was also re
marked that the week for holding the
fair coming the first of September, it
was too early to make an attractive
display of late autumn and winter
varieties. The major portion of ap
pie trees planted in the state are. as
a matter of course winter varieties.
and winter fruit cannot show to good
ail vantage the first of September; ful
ly six weeks too early for the best die
play of winter apples. In spite of
these disadvantages, skilful care and
painstaking effort gathered together
a very creditable "display of apples,
grapes, peaches, pears and plums.
In the county exhibits the largest
number of - varieties and the most
showy fruit was displayed by Nemaha
county, followed closely by Washing
ton and Saline, Fillmore fourth, Doug
las fifth. . In individual exhibits the
premium for best and largest exhibit
was won from a county from which
this was. not expected E. F. Stephens
of Crete winning first in this class,
indicating that while Saline county
has not been rated as one of the lead
ing orchard counties of the state, yet
skilful care and excellent cultivation
produce fruit of superior quality.
The display of grapes was partic
ularly strong. There were not as
many varieties exhibited as have been
brought together in some former fairs,
but the general quality was very much
higher, and an exhibit made from 50
of the best varieties of grapes natural
ly makes a more creditable and attrac
tive show than an exhibit made from
a much larger number of varieties
some of which are not adapted to our
conditions. For commercial growing
Moore's Early, Worden, Concord, Nia
gara, Empire State, all found place.
For table, Moore's Early, Worden,
Concord, Empire State, Brighton,
Wyoming Red, Delaware, Duchess,
Diana, Cottage, Catawba, Jefferson,
Herbert, Lindley, Vergennes, Green
Mountain, all find favor. The last 12
varieties find place in a table list by
reason of their superior quality, but
are not included in a commercial list
because that list, with markets as we
find them, should be made up of var
ieties that are heavy yielders or which
for some other - reason secure large
cash returns. E. F. Stephens of Crete
made an exhibit and won first prem
ium on best and largest collection, best
collection for market, best collection
for table. The exhibits made by C. H.
Barnard, John Furnass, C. C. Marsh
all and O. P. Dovel and many others
followed closely in varieties and qual
ity.
In the display of peaches, J. M. Rus
sell & Co. were the leading exhibitors,
as they are also the largest growers of
peaches in the state. With the help
of cold storage they exhibited early
and medium early varieties as well as
those ripening at the present time
They also brought and piled up on
the tables a quantity of Champion and
Elbera, two varieties ripening about
this time. The white flshtand blushed
cheeks of the Champion contrasting
with the rich yellow of the Elberta
piled on the table made an attractive
display. They also exhibited a seed
ling of their own introduction, Rus
sell's No. 1, which will doubtless win
a place as a medium early freestone
variety of merit. Quite a large num
ber of exhibitors brought in peaches,
indicating that this industry is rapidly
developing and that in the near future
thousands of acres will be grown..
F. R. Martin of Omaha, J. A. Yea-
ger of Fremont" and E. E. Smith of
Lincoln made large exhibits of plums.
Tuesday the "-society advertised to
give away apples; peaches and grapes
to all comers. ' Between 10 in the
morning and 4 in the afternoon 12,000
sacks of fruit were given away, and
at the close the society yet had barrels
and baskets in reserve.
The exhibit in Floral Hall was re
garded the best for many years. As
one prominent florist remarked, with
additional years of experience, and
ample means, the florists not only
have their material, but the skill to
select the very best, making their ex
hibits very attractive. Paul B. Floth
and Lewis Henderson of Omaha, Cha
pin Bros, of Lincoln, W. J. Hesser of
Plattsmouth, made large exhibits of
foilage, flowering and decorative
plants. On Cut Flower day in addi
tion to those mentioned Hess & Swo
boda of Omaha entered into competi
tion. The display was tastefully got
ten up and attracted marked atten
tion. Premiums were pretty evenly
divided among the different competi
tors. DENOUNCE ROSEWATER
The Union Veteran Club of O mail a at a
Meeting Held Xst Week Passed the
Following1 Resolutions by a
vote of Two to One
The Union Veteran club of Omaha
at a meeting held last week passed
the following resolutions by a vote of
two to one:
"Resolved, That we pledge ourselves
and urge upon every comrade in the
county of Douglas and throughout the
state to use all their influence and to
work at the primaries and at the con
vention to defeat any man or candi
date for the coming legislature who
may be pledged or favorable to said
Edward Rosewater for United States
senator, or whose vote in the legisla
ture can be controlled or influenced by
him in behalf of any other candidate
for said position.
"Resolved, That these resolutions be
given as wide circulation as possible,
so that all our comrades man know
our purpose and act accordingly; and
be it further
"Resolved, That all newspapers in
the state friendly to the old soldier be
requested to publish these resolutions."
STRIKERS SHOULD BE SHOT
Those Words From Roosevelt is What
Caused Him to lie Hissed at
Labor Day Celebration
Chicago, Sept. 4. Soon after the
fierce labor strikes of 1894 were
crushed by military force Theodore
Roosevelt and Colonel Turner were
speakers at a mass meeting held at the
Auditorium. During his speech, which
was pugnacious from beginning to end,
Roosevelt is credited with uttering
these words: "Any man who en
gages in a strike or any man who goes
where a strike is on should be shot."
Colonel Turner, who lstnow a fierce
champion of Governor Roosevelt, gave
utterance to these words in the course
of his address: "Bullets are God's
messages of peace."
When Roosevelt appeared before the
multitude at Electric park on Labor
day he was hissed and .clenched fists
and determined races appeared on
either side of his carriage. The speech
which may prove the undoing of the
republican national ticket waa deliv
ered soon after the sanguinary riot in
the. stock yarda in 1894,
Autumn Merchandising
Began in good earnest with Fair Week and we're going to maintain the Stand
ard of big selling throughout the season. We'll do it by naming the smallest
possible prices on the largest possible values, always, for example: -
Domestic
Department
Medium and light outing, good! Q An
weight, per yard ...TT O'Hu
Good extra heavy sanitary
outing, per yard
Cotton bats at 25c, 10c. 8ic,
and as low as
Black sateen remnants, worth
up to 20c, per yard
Eiderdown for cloaks and jackets
from 27 ic to $1.
IOC
.50
IOC
Wearing
Apparel
New golf skirts in the late styles
and colors at $10, $8.50, OA OK
$7.50, S6, and ....$HiOU
A lot of 25 sample suits, late
novelties, no two alike, at
ONE-THIRD OFF
New Flannel Waists from
$7.50 to ,
New Silk waists from ?10
down to ,
...97c
.$2.97
We guarantee a perfect fit in all ready-to-wear
garments, You take no risk,
Hosiery
Women's extra heavy cotton hose, .
double sole, spliced heel and
toe, a pair
Women's heavy fleece-lined cotton
hose, extra double sole, spliced
heel and toe, a pair
Misses' fleeced cotton hose,
double knee, lxl rib, 3 pair for. .
Misses wool hose, fine rib, double
heel and toe, a pair
Men's Merino socks, natural color,
double heel and toe, a pair
25c
25c
50c
25c
15c
Underwear
Women's natural ribbed cotton
fleece-lined vests and pants, 0 K ft
per garment LxJu
Women's ribbed cotton, fleece-lined
union suits, full sizes, 4, 5, and 6,QQ
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ESTABLISHING AN EMPIRE
It i not by the Mummery of a Coronation
or the Donning: of Crowns and Purple
Robes that Empires are Built.
Republican orators are properly
merry over the idea that William Mc
KInley could ever stand up in church
in an ermine gown and have an im
perial crown set upon his Napoleonic
brow. Of course no such event is
likely to happen. Nothing of the sort
is necessary to accomplish the trans
formation of a republic into an em
pire. Crowns and robes are the mere
fripperies of power. The power may
be rore real without them.
Let us Indicate a few of the steps
on the road the republic is actually
travelling.
The constitution of the United States
provides that
"The congress shall have power
"To lay and collect taxes, duties,
imposts and excises."
But the president, on his own au
thority, has provided for laying and
collecting taxes, duties, imposts and
excises In the Philippines, Cuba, Tu
tuila and Guam, and, until recently,
in Porto Rico. This is purely an ex
ercise of imperial power. Not every
emperor could do as much. The Ger
man kaiser, for instance, towering
War Lord as he is, cannot levy taxes
without the consent of the reichstag.
In performing this function by his own
sovereign will President McKInley has
ranged himself with the Czar of Rus
sia, the Sultan of Turkey and the
Dowager Empress of China.
The constitution further provides
that congress shal have power:
"To regulate commerce with for
eign nations and among the several
states and with the Indian ( tribes."
William McKInley is regulating
commerce in all the territories we ac
quired from Spain except Porto Rico,
and he regulated it there up to a few
months ago. He decides what tariffs
shall be imposed upon goods exported
and imported. He determines whether
any nations shall be favored or dis
criminated against.- He decrees the
kind of shipping that shall be ad
mitted to colonial ports. In taking
these powers out of the hands of con
gress and executing them himself, Mr.
McKInley is exercising distinctly im
perial prerogatives.
The constitution grants congress
the authority:
"To declare war, grant letters of
marque and reprisal and make rules
concerning captures on land and
water."
To "declare war," of course, does
not mean the mere act of inditing a
formal declaration. If we could de
scend to such solemn fooling as that
it would not be worth while to have
a constitution at all. It Is the fact of
making war, not the formality of de
claring it, that the framers of the con
stitution had in mind. The major
ity of wars are carried on without any
dOCltlELiOH
At this moment William McKInley
is carrying on two wars with no au
thority from congress. To be perfect
ly fair, we may grant that congress
hasrtacitly assented to the Philippine
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war. since It provided the troops need
ed to carry it on, but it has never had
anything to do with the war in China.
Up to this time that has been a thor
oughly necessary -struggle, and no
doubt the president could easily have
obtained the requisite congressional
sanction if he had thought it worth
while. But he preferred to adopt the
imperial policy of going his own way
and treating himself as the fountain
of authority.
Now that our citizens have been res
cued there is no further use for our
troops in the interior of China. Or at
least, if there is a use, it is a question
of policy, whose decision under the
constitution belongs with congress.
But the troops stay there, ready to
be used as pawns in the game of di
plomacy which our master at Wash
ington is playing with his fellow mon
archs of Europe.
The constitution gives congress the
power:
"To provide and maintain a navy.
But William McKinley has provided
and maintained a navy entirely separ
ate from the one established by con
gress. He has created a fleet of ves
sels, not only transports, but fighting
craft, and put them tinder the com
mand of army officers. It was one of
these officers, in command of a gun
boat belonging to the McKInley per
sonal navy, that committed the blun
der of shelling a village of friendly
Filipinos and giving the work of paci-.
fication a black eye from which It haa
never recovered.
The constitution provides that:
"No tax or duty shall, be laid on ar
tides exported from any state.
But William McKinley levies taxes
on articles exported from all the
states to the Philippines and Porto
Rico. In the latter violation of the
constitution he has congress as an
accomplice; the former he carries on
entirely upon his own authority. He
also levies taxes by his own Imperial
will upon articles exported from the
states to Cuba, wljich, although a for
eign country, is for the present under
American control, and so equally sub
ject to the constitutional prohibitiqn.
The constitution ordains that:
"No money shall be drawn from the
treasury but in consequence of appro
priations made by law, and a regular
statement and account of the receipts
and expenditures of air public money
shall be published from time to time,."
William McKinley is regularly
spending the revenues of the Philip
pines without appropriations made by
law. and he has never made any ac
count of the expenditure of the $50,-
000,000 voted by congress for the na
tional defence two years and a half
ago. It Is well known, however, that
much of that fund went for purposes
in no way connected with the objects
for which it was voted.
The constitution says that: '
"The congress shall have power to
dispose of and make all needful rules
and regulations respecting the terrl
tory or other . property belonging to
the United States."
But all the rules and regulations
that have been made respecting the
Philippines have been made by s Will
iam McKInley, and not by contress
There has been no government of law
n that region merely a government
of autocracy Queen Victoria is offi
cially called "Empress of India," but
her power in India is trivial compared
with that of President McKInley In
the Philippines. f
The constitution declares: j
"Congress shall make no law respect-
ng an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof:
or abridging the freedom of speech or
of the press, or the right of the peo
ple peaceably to assemble and to peti
tion the government for a redresa of
grievances." - ,
But William McKInley has done
what the constitution says con
gress shall not do.- He has suppressed
the freedom of speech and of the press
n the Philippines and established a
censorship that allows nothing to be
published except what is pleasing to
his government.
It is in such ways as these, not by
the solemn mummery of a coronation,
that republics are transformed into
empires. When we have gone bo far
in two years, where shall we bo in
four years more? New York Journal.
ine uongressionai uampaign
A large part of last week was spent
VI a t
by Mr. Berge in Cass county. Monday
afternoon the fusion standard-bearer
spoke with Congressman Burkett to
a gathering of old settlers at Nebraska
City. The occasion did not admit of
politics and, of course, none were at
tempted, but Mr. Berge's good taste,
sincerity and ability on the platform
made for him a most favorable impres
sion. The next four days were 6pent in
Cass county and included meetings at
Elmwood, Weeping Water, Union,
ouisville and Plattsmouth. No bet
ter meetings in point of attendance
and enthusiasm were ever held in the .
county. The smallest one exceeded
500 in number and the largest turned
out nearly 1,000 people.
The meeting at Elmwood was re
markable. Hitherto democratic and
populist rallies there have been down
right frosts, but Tuesday night Mr.
Berge estimates that he faced 800 peo
ple and he had one of the most suc
cessful meetings in the course of his
political experience. All along his
itinerary he was greeted with unmis
takable evidences of heavy changes
to the fusion ticket. The people are
opposed to trusts and they will not
stand for imperialism with its injus
tice abroad and its burden of mili
tarism and taxation at home.
Good audiences are always Inspiring
to a brave and sincere man, whether
they be friendly in sentiment or not,
and Mr. Berge was at his best through
out the week. From beginning to end
his speeches have been straight to the
point, bristling with logic, eloquently
put and pressed home with all the
force of deep conviction. Totally void
of abuse, they are yet sharp with re
proof to the man who lets his con
science sleep in order that he may
vote the republican ticket. They are
full of rebuke to the men who are en
gaged In the destruction of our na
tional ideals, they appeal to the rea
son and to the patriotic feeling of both
old and young.
Among other evidences of his pop
ularity was his reception at Platts
mouth, the home of Hon. Matthew
Gering, who was a close second in the
congressional convention at Auburn.
Immediately upon his arrival in the
city he was met by the leaders of Cass
county politics and for a short , time
he held an informal levee for his
friends and admirers. In the even
ing he was introduced to an Immense
concourse of people by the genial Ger
ing and when the eloquent young dem
ocrat spoke of his attainments, the
fairness of his fight in the conven
tion and his own personal regard for
him, promised him the full vote in
Cass, and predicted his success In the
congressional battle now on, the au
dience was delighted and fairly divided
their applause, though Berge was In
fine voice and made a most masterly
presentation of the issues. The pres
ent week will be devoted by Mr. Berge
to Otoe and Johnson counties, where
he will speak at Dunbar, Burr, Rock
Creek, Elk Creek, Cook and Sterling.
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A number of the old members of the
Hesperian association and other stu
dents of the state university, after
nearly a year's planning, have abcut
finished arrangements for publishing
a new university paper this year. It
is to be an all-round university news
paper,, representing every department
of that great Institution.
This will be pleasing news to the
many old Hesperian readers, as the
management will be something like
that of the Hesperian, where the edi
tors were chosen from the literary so
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broad, as its staff will be chosen from
the most experienced and talented
journalists among the whole student
body.
Ten students have voluntarily agreed
to pay the expenses of the paper until
it is self-sustaining.
Requirements for eligibility to elec
tion on the staff will be so strict, de
pending entirely on meritorious work
in journalism, that an editorship will
be one of the highest honors of the
university.
The first Issue will be published dur
ing registration week and is aimed to
be of especial aid to the several hun
dred new students. -
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