ate Arrivals
i ,
In fall and mintfir
radical rpdiin.t.innR
er clearinrr fiffnrts imnfirativfi. so that
stocks may be in
SOME SAMPLES .
Ready to Wear Goods.
Wool Cf-, Mi and Chiidrena
jnc. eca...
11 For Tnnjt&ed Jacket, in Cloth and
s4 oid kiua; to c!ae out at.
CliilJrea Karj 12! ye acd J! el ton Jackets, to close, each........
CLUirrn Iiearer Coth Jacket, Sailor Collars, with white braid, each
Tw-toc4 lioucle JackeU. Sailor Collar, braid trimming, each
Worses IITy IVarer Jacket, relret collar, Ilhadame Serge lining,
tif hi CtUcg. castor, black and blue, each '
Ne l!ce Lic-d Wrapper, worth f 1 35, clearing price, each
liCO Ta?la Silk Vai. on a!e now .
Fur Scarf . upward, from.
CVJrette, upward, frooi.
fjOO Mle J arkeu at ... ,
S2.75
Millinery New Caps.
A fcrt cf Oath Cay acd Tau O" Sactrr'a for Boys and Girls, all colors,
jrth Z'jc, U cke, each
A kit of "Sc UroaJjiolh Cap for boy and girU, all colors, to close each. .
a
Cwkred O.lrich Feathers, 3 in a bunch
Tnsi&-d Hat f-r W or.it n and M from J23.O0 down as low as
DEESS GOODS.
A lot of all wow! Nor r! tie, Cheviot
acd Fn-y CLecks; Lata fccld all
oa at to co cow, per yd . . 35 q
Heary quality al! woo4 Cheviot and
vZi Sr-tjr. 4 iccb- wide, all
tL fpular eta.de., Smc aud Jl.lW
Jue, rr jard.... -OBc
UNDERWEAR.
Uoy very Lrary ttc Herd Shirts
ana Iram-r worth 50c, tut half
I r;i-e or rr jarti-ct , 25c
W,tar, v(.!tn I'act. worth tl.OU
and tiJSj, cm .e ow, to rioe 50c
CMidrec'a rr-e liced Ucion auiU,
drtj nrt 25 c
Men's ShirtsUnderwear.
S!ea bU-k aii J U:e uitJ Shirt, guaranteed fas! colors, well made, each 4gc
Mrs. Urt a s-mA Outirg fianneJ, etch 4gc
lUn t'rrnehor wool fucufi hirU, warranted non-shrinkable, each QSc
Mn"k all cA hirt-.. Mu a., I.'a.-v
,lTt;V TJ hitU nd dr'r.
CIr and Mitlrn, upward frota
Lincoln,
DEECT LEEISLATIDJi
tmlbr ,Ur Titlak It I. TU Only
HJltor !1 m ,',s the arony is
toj ovr ar.d lof about what
t; fto-sa Li 1 fi iih, t write here
few lionsfcia for j oar -:!: cation (I
tcfur). Hret; I eoarnuulate you C!
Jor faithful k: ffTicjeat work in the
campaign. You fcave erll-ntly don
all ttat was in yo-ir power to do. It
wa a w!l crLM Cort. from pure
ietivr. but W2it-.J eserpy. aa all ef
forts of th kind Lave ba and will
cortScti to !. Second: There is, to
me, so Lcp ttat any movement la
ro insertion with the democratic party
-rill ever rucred any Letter. Your
talk about thromins certain democrats
oer the tranj-ora stow your indirna
tioa to roc-i advantage. But you will
r-eer throw thrra cier the transom.
For all practical purposes they have
already piven you that dose. , Bryan
I. probat'fy. the greateat and bst roan
In the Ln!ted State; nor is he second
to any man la Mnory. But with all
h! creat asd true qualities he has not
beea ual to the anJeitakins. nor
will he errr te, cor yet Til any man
ever be- The democratic party Is only
it to die. aad be buried.
Now for nay reason. In both
the whig and democratic national con
vention raet in Baltfraore and re
ro'ved that slavery shocld not be dis
cased ia cor.rres or out of It- That
was death to loth of tbera. but It took
tSect quickly a the wtslgrs and . they
never td another national conven
tion. The slave power took pogsessSou
of the democrats and staked ita exts
tenec on the life of the party. In ISCO
the democrata divided, at aa adjourned
tset'tiep. Ia the very city where eight
yeara before tLey -p-ued the slavery
tusMf. Dourlis la the north. Brcck
Icrblje ia the south and Lincoln was
elected ard the war followed. Never
raa taaa. cr rnea. or memory divorce
that same from ees!on, the war.
tihy aad Asdersoaville. Bryan has
f&l!M acd co caan tow torn or to Im
bora can ever Jift it from the odium
whkh attach to the name. Third:
A new iBOvercert oa the lines of a
principle destroytcj? all parties a? It
raeve forward. wo!d save the coun
try. All fsrtlois of reformers can and
wl;I. I b-lleve. unite on a demand for
the initiative acd referecdum. wfta
!tprat!re mandate Included- Settle
this first, put into the constitution of
the ts!td F'ates arid of every state
and ;j3ieriaiii!3. mliitarfam. xaonoo-
. " " '
warfis makfl still more
nppMRarv. still prfiat-
shape for the Holiday
size-?, $5.00 values, clearing
$1.97
Plush. The are sample 111 I r nrr
, HALl UlT
97C
$1.50
$2.97
$5.00
97C
$2.97
97c
$1.25
$3.75
to.OO values..
5C
49C
49c
97c
DOMESTICS.
Dark Prints, plain colors, remnants.
ir 7r 3o
Outicg Flannel, in dark and light
colors, extra value, per yard. . 7 l2c
O00J heavy Cheviot, per yard gc
Cotton t lannel at 5, 7 12 & up to 20c
HOSIERY.
Men' natural gray Merino Socks,
double heel and toe. a pair 15c
iJoys'"Iron Clad" extra heavy stock-
iega, triple knee, a pair... .-25c
Women's double fleeced cotton hose,
high spliced heel and toe, extra
double sole, a pair 25 C
"ular 50c goods, clearing price.
25c
Nebraska.
oly corporate greed, government by
Injunction, etc., will get their deatn
blow, the country will be saved and
liberty be guaranteed for all time I
am not writing for the press. I ap
prehend that you would not like to
publish my way of talking. I would
like to be with you often and would
enjoy using ray last days for the good
of my country and the human race.
Yours always for God and country
.. J. M. SNYDER.'
Loup City, Neb.
(The Independent -will never arrive
at the time when it will not like to
publish Father Snyder's way of talk
ing, or that of any other honest man
Interested in the welfare of the com
mon pc-ople. Direct legislation is a cor
rect principle of government, but it
will never accomplish reforms of it
self. The people must be educated to
know what Is for their best interest.
We have just had a referendum. All
the people voted directly upon a policy
of government. It did not result In
reform. Populists in the future will
not co-operate with any party that tol-erate-j
within its organization gangs
of plutocrats. If democrats show their
inability to get rid of them, they will
have to go It alone. The populist par
ty remains intact. It hasdts organiza
tion and its press. It will hold its con
ventions in the future as in the past.)
The Earm
rhe old farmer who has moved into
town to please his family and because
he haa a vague notion that he ought? to
retire is often a pathetic sight. His
occupation is gone and with it the in
terests of a life-time. He enters a new
environment and feels himself shrink
ing in Importance as the days go by.
With the removal of all obligations to
busy himsjlf, he often falls into the
habit of doing nothing a good share
of the time, and hugs the chimney
corner when he is net gossiping with
old cronies at the village store. He
grows old rapidly and from being a
man of some distinction in the com
munity he rapidly , deteriorates . into
the class of superfluous individuals
who contribute nothing to society.
Such Is not necessarily the fate of all
men who retire from the active man
agement of farms, but it occurs fre
quently enough to afford plenty of ex
amples. One wonders why they are
so easily persuaded to relinquish an
active life, yet the reasons are abun
dant enough If one takes the trouble
to investigate. Perhaps the children
are growing up and clamor for greater
scholastic advantages than tha icrtr
school affords, and better society, j
They unite to persuade Pa that he is
getting old, that he needs a rest and
that he ought to rent the farm and
move , to town where Jack may event
ually secure a clerical position and
Mary learn dressmaking. His life has
seemed to him monotonous and filled
with hardships, and he, too, thinks a
change ' would be agreeable. So ha
rents the farm, but he never feels like
a man among men after. In later years
when the farm has deteriorated un
der a succession of tenants and has
finally been sold for half Its value,
when the pleasures of clerical life
have begun to pall, Jack enviously
thinks of the good old times on the
farm, and wishes he had not been so
eager to sell his birthright. -
The man who removes with his fam
ily to the village but who continues to
superintend the work on his farm or
farms, is in a very different situation.
For him Jlfe loses none of its Inter
ests He has simply enlarged his
boundaries by moving to town, and
he has a sense of security in the
thought that in adversity there is al
ways the farm to fall back upon.
Some agriculturists claim, , how
ever, that no man can farm profitably
at long range, that is, after he has
ceased to reside on the farm. We are
not prepared to yield the point in the
face of some conspicuous examples to
the contrary, but if we admit It for
the sake of argument the case against
the farmer who abandons his farm is
the stronger. Would it not pay bet
ter in the end to employ more help
and zo provide horses to convey his
children to and from the high school
and places of amusement, or better
yet to send them to college, but keep
their home and its association un-
changed. A telephone is an easy and
comparatively cheap vehicle of com-
munication wnich any farmer who is
rich enough to retire can well afford
and there are many luxuries possible
to the farm home that will not only
make It tolerable to ycung people.
but attractive. Those who have had
even a slight acquaintance with fron
tier farmers who usually live five to
ten miles from a railroad, will ac
knowledge that among them were
some of the most sociable people they
ever knew, people who know how to
entertain and be entertained. The
hospitality of the south in ante-bellum
davs, and the social intercourse be
tween plantations many miles apart,
made that part of our country fam
ous.
A social disposition will find op-
Dortunities even on a farm and it
seems a nity to exchange 'its indepen
dence and freedom and the beautiful
associations of a life so close to the
heart of nature, for what often proves
to be a more cramped and less healthy
existence in town.
It is natural and right that the
farmer who has satisfied his material
ambitions should thenceforward de
sire to take life easier, but there is
a vast difference between resting and
rusting.
HORSEMEN BORN, NOT MADE.
The success of Mr. Frank lams at
St. Paul, Neb., is a splendid illustra
tion of the reward of constant and per
sistent effort and application to one
line of business. Horses has been his
study and he has thoroughly mastered
the subject. He began in his boyhood,
when he was 1.2 years old he sold pea
nuts and saved a sufficient amount of
money to buy a colt and has been con
tinuously engaged in the breeding,
buying and selling of horses contin
ually for 28 years. At St. Paul, Neb.,
he has four 160-acre farms, the finest
residence in the city, and the largest
and best stallion barns in' the state.
He has on hand 100 imported and
home-raised draft and coach horses,
full bloods and premium-getters at ev
ery exhibition. This year he has en
joyed a larger horse trade than any.
horseman in Nebraska, having already
sold 41 stallions. He made a success
of the horse business during the hard
times when nearly every other dealer
n horses went broke.
lams has the finest bunch of full
blood draft mares in the west, and
among them the largest mare in the
United States weight 2,540 pounds.
She has won him over ?2.000 in cash
prizes. At the Omaha exposition lams
exhibited 30 horses and won $1,320 in
prizes. He has just imported 28 black
percheron stallions, two to five years
i, weighing between 1,600 to 2,30
pounds each, among them are several
'aris exposition winners. They are
all jet black, the evenest and most se-
ect bunch that can be found any
where.
Mr. lams also has a large bunch ot
home-bred draft stallions, 3 to 5 years
old. He has a bunch of 25 that will
weigh more than 25 tons. Every horse
hat he sells he guarantees and his
guarantee. is good. Anyone interested
in horses should not fail to see his
splendid collection.
Mr. lams speaks French and Ger
man as well as English and always has
time and pleasure in showing his
horses to interested parties. If you
want a horse see lams before you buy.
Another Railway Trust.
Two gigantic railroad deals, involv-
ng the Northern Pacific, Great North
ern and Union Pacific on the one hand,
and the Atchison and Southern Pacific
systems on the other hand, have just
been completed and will shortly be an-.
nounced.
This statement is officially made by
one of the highest executive officials
of the Northern Pacific Railway com
pany, who admits his company is
about to pass under the control of the
Great Northern, according to the long-
cherished plan of J. J. Hill.
Mr. Hill of the Great Northern is
acting in close harmony with J. Pier
pont Morgan, who is the chief factor
n the management of the Northern
acific, and it is for the purpose of
putting through the big combination
that the Northern Pacific trust has dis
solved.
There is to be no consolidation or
easing of one property to another, for
Messrs. Hill and Morgan recognize
that thte laws of certain western
states would not permit of such
thing.
Mr. "Morgan and Mr. Hill, acting
with the Deutsche bank of Berlin,
which has always been a large owner
of Northern Pacific stock, have pooled
their interests in Northern Pacific
stock and have recently greatly added
to their holdings of Northern Pacific
snares, until iney now nave a major-I
ity in the great pool. This is to be J
turned over to? the Great Northern,
giving the latter' control of its rival.
The Great Northern, it is believed, will
pay for this huge block of Northern
Pacific stock by the issue of new Great
Northern common stock, or by means
of a new security yet to be determined,
This dissolution of the Northern Pa
cific voting trust, which becomes ef
fective January .1 next. Instead of a
year later, as originally proposed, will
permit the distribution of the stock
of the company as above proposed and
enable James J. Hiu to take control of
the property.
Mr. Hill and several of his friends
will enter the directory of the North
ern Pacific, some of Mr. Morgan's as
sociates in the Northern Pacific will
be elected directors ' of ; the Great
Northern and Union Paciflc interests
will -also have representatives .in the
boards of the other two northern rail
roads. It is in furtherance of-this col
ossal deal that Mr. Hiirhas decided to
relinquish the presidency of the Great
Northern to his son, Samuel Hill, who
is now general manager of.ihe com
pany. . Mr. Hill will remain as chair
man of the board of directors.
Disastrous Storm" - "
The storm which swept over north
ern Mississippi and western Tennessee
Wednesday was one of great severity.
Dispatches , indicate that the loss of
life in the territory visited by the tor
nado already amounts to sixty-four
and the number of Injured to over
fifty. Telegraphic communication to
the regions visited by the tornado is
suspended and it is feared that when
fUH details are known the list of the
dead will be lengthened. The storm
is the most destructive ever known in
Tennesssee or Mississippi
The flarkest
CHICAGO Grain and Produce.
Cash quotations: .
Flour Easy.
Wheat No., 3 spring, 6672c; No.
red, 7173c. -
Corn No. 2 yellow, 42c.
Oats No. 2, 22c: No. 2 white, 25
26c; No. 3, 2425c.
Rye No. 2, 48 c.
Barley Fair to choice malting, 54
D C
Flaxseed
-$1 60; No. 1 northwest-
ern, f 1 63.
Timothy seed Prime, $4 25.
Mess pork Per barrel, $10 S7
11 00.
Lard Per 100 lbs., $7 15. -Short
- ribs $7 257 75.
Dry salted shoulders 561gc.
Short clears $6 907 00.
Clover $10 00.
Butter Creamery, 1525c; dairy,
1222c.
Chetse Firm; 10ll14c.
Eggs Steady; fresh, 22c.
CHICAGO Live Stock.
Cattle Natives, good to prime
steers, $5 305 SO; medium, $4 35
5 20; selected feeders. $3 75 4 25;
mixed stockers, $2 303 75; cows,
$2 754 40; heifers, $2 754 85; can
ners, $2 002 65; bulls, $2 254 50;
calves. $4 005 75; Texans, fed steers,
$4 004 90; grass steeis, $3 304 10;
bulls, $2 ,503"25.' ,
Hogs Mixed and butchers, $4 60
4 95; good to choice very strong, $4 95;
rough heavy, $4 604 70; light. $4 60
4 90; bulk of sales, $4 804 87.
Sheep Good to choice wethers, $4 00
4 25; fair to choice mixed. $3 75
4 00; western' sheep. $4 004 25; na
tive lambs, $4 255 15; western
lambs, $4 75 5 15.
SOUTH OMAHA Live Stock.
CATTLE.
Representative sales Wednesday:
Beef Steers
No. Av. Pr. No.
Av. Pr.
.1357 $5 35
.1036 $2 90
.1070 3 30
1..-. 11110 $4 25 77..
Cows,
2.... 715 $2 00 28..,
14.... 989 3 10 1...
Bulls.
1 1250 $2 50
; Stags.
1 970 $3 15
Stock Cows and
5...'. 480 $2 75 2.
Heifers.
...1015 $3 50
Stockers and Feeders.
3.... 883 $3 00 12.... 883 $3 80
HOGS.
Representative sales Wednesday:
No.
Av.
Pr.
$4 70
4 75
4 75
4 77 y2
4 77
4 80
4 80
No.
107.,
65.
58..
58.,
63.,
71.,
Av. Pr.
38 . . .
46....
132
220
305
222
268
342
279
137 $4 75
264
75
77
77
77
80
59
68
58
54....
66. . . .
268
213'
276
244-
Average prices paid for hogs for the
last several days with comparisons:
1900 1899 1898 1897 1894
Nov. 12... 4. 83 3.44 3.38 4.43
Nov. 13...4.743.94 3.34 4.54
Nov. 14...4.673.92 3.41 4.44
Nov. 15... 4. 82 3.90 3.35 3.27 4.37
Nov. 16...4.903.84 3.35 3.31 4.45
Nov. 17... 4. 82 3.87 3.36 3.32 4.48
Nov. 18... 3.86 3.35 3.32
Nov. 19... 4. 78 3.29 3.34,4.61
Nov. 20...4.743.88 3.34 4.55
$14.75 STEEL HILL
acnu nu munti
I if you 11t within w
miles or Chicago, (If fur
ther .- S 1. OO ). cut t his
' 1 out and send to us.
rand we will sr,d yon this, tk beat 8-fbot
STEEL. WINDMILL. , e-pie
wllh whnl,vaMsckaia,wlr aa4 ra4,jr freight
C.O.0., subject teexaniaatiom. Intunu-
)M IM wisdom at fur apart rallreaa sta.
lea, aaalryaa flaa ItiM-rSreilrMtMaetory,.
act I j asrepreseated, aeeftae beat ateelwlaa.
arilla aad the eaaal af allfoteU by ethere
ataeablaear price, pm? the rati- J IM 7c
reaaaawet Oar Special VSerrrlce t v
aad frelabtcharcva (leaiSI.OO irceatwlthar.
Serl. The mill weisrhaSSS pounds, and the
freight will aTerayre tl.Mi to 2."0 far each
eov aiuea. DUn WINDMILL is
one 01 the highest grade niuis niada.
Extrevely aim pie, made of few
part, eaaaat act oat f order. Has
self oiler on pitman, positive brake.
wneei maces two ana one-nii rero
lutiona to one stroke of the pump, ra-
eponoa insinny wnen tnrown in or
out of gear, can be uaed either on
wood or Fteel tower, tinaraatred the
eaalest rasata, brat, atreaceet and
la net durable mill made.
$14.75 Platd S i 6.00 ratraabed.
for 514.95 acsr-a:
&-.. 8U teat, al 1 eteel tern er,
rmplete wlta aachor poeta.
sucker kalta mmd larre plat-
farm. The tower is
f angle steel cross girts
'ery side and on the bottom, the beet tower construction
..VIM W VM
possible. Seat Mm here wlthta &OO ml lea rC'hl.
eapa wltkaMt depoelt, ear sneetal price S 14.95 aad
re Meat rharea payable whea received aad faaad
aatieraetorf. '114 Seu-efurahatewer palates; irgalvaa.
lied, S1C0. Cempleie ateel aiill aad Stt-foat ateel tawer
palated, CSS.Ta, eaatplrte tewer aada.il! a;alaataed. IM.M.
30 DAYS' FREE TRIAL. After you pa the rail,
road ajient our special price, you -an g-ive this mil 189
days' trial ea yaarawa place, and if itdoeanot proT
satisfactory in eyery way,
peaae or frelf at charrea
ONE YEAR BINDINI
ret a ra it t as at oar ex.
arrea, aad we will retara yearaiaacy.
IOINC GUARANTEE. KrcnailU
aadtevrr la put aateadrroar wrtttea, biadi9ei.Feiirraaraa
ee. With care it will last a lifetime. PR ICES MAT GO CP.
b MiTanany at inn mum. m penniDcnt aavance in
steel will advance the price of nulls and twers and we
.bfrforM.rrmt.iw. order tbda iMm
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., CHICAGO, ILL
WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT
SEARLES & SEARLES
Main Office
Lincoln, Neb.
SPECIALISTS IN
Xarrona, throttle mod
PrWata UImkscc.
U7E A V MCM Sexu-
TT WHY min ally.
All private diseases anddie-
ordre of men Treatment
JvpMlKoror
All form. Af f.m.). n.1ri
7 a.
."",Ul
CI T7!th
riPrtriPI'Jiw- I.
LlCllll Ml Medicine.
Enables as to gaarantee to tare all cases curable
-of the nosr, thr o-t, cbest. stomaca, lirer, blood,
Kin aria kidney diseases.-Lost Manhood, Night
Emissions. Hydrocele.
Gieet, Piles. ittnl and Rctav Ulcers, Diabetes
and Bright' Disease, 91OO.0O for a case ot
CATAKRH, HHKITMATInM, ISPf6lA
r SX PUILIS we cannot care, .
StriCtllTB & GlBRtmethod wi" oul'paTnOT
cnttine -'Tif in-. pr k Treatment oj mail
Xall, or address vrtth stamp Main Offlc
Drs. Seafles & Searles I Rte,ja
LINCOLN NEBRASKA
Nov. 21... ... 3.89
Indicates Sunday;
3.31
4.37
SHEEP. .
Quotations Choice fed wethers,
$4 004 15;. fair to good fed wethers,
$3 90 4 00; choice grass wethers, $3 85
4 00; fair to good grass wethers,
$3 65 3 85; choice ewes, $3 253 50;
fair to good ewes. $3 00 3 25; choice
spring lambs, $5 005 25; fair to good
spring lambs, $4 755 00; feeder ewes,
$2 25 3 00; feeder wethers, $3 50
3 75; feeder lambs, $4 004 40.
Representative sales Wednesday:
No. ; . Av. Pr.
2 Wyoming feeder lambs. .95 $2 25
32 cull ewes 83 2 65
1 cull lamb 50 3 00
20 Wyoming feed wethers. 110
1 western fed ewe 100
1 fed buck 170
291 Neb. feeder wethers.. 97
103 Nebraska fed lambs 63
114 Nebraska fed lambs. ... 83
3 25
3 50
3 50
4 00
5 00
5 15
A NEW UNIVERSITY
Carnegie Having Made $8,000,000 Out of
His Armor Plate Deal Gives $3,
OOO.OOO to a University.
Nearly all the multi-millionaires
seem to have come to the conclusion
that the most effective way of preserv
ing a government of the rich for the
rich, is to give some of their millions
that are accumulating so fast that they
can hardly handle them, to the found
ing of universities where the true doc
trine's of plutocracy will be taught by
men having a sufficient number of
capital letters attached to their names
indicating the degrees they have taken
in some other subsidized university
Rockefeller began the project and now
it seems that Carnegie is starting m
to outdo him.
The dispatches say that Andrew Car
negie officially announced in Pittsburg
the other night his intentions regard
ing the founding of a polytechnic
school in Pittsburg. He will give
enough money to erect and furnish the
buildings and provide for the mainte
nance of the institution with an en
dowment of $1,000,000 worth of gold
bonds bearing 5 per cent interest, or
$50,000 annually. How much the
buildings will cost is not stated, and
the city is not asked to maintain the
school. .
The announcement was made in a
sneech at a dinner at the Schenley ten
dered Mr. Carnegie by the trustees of
the Carnegie institute. During the
dinner the entire Pittsburg orchestra
of seventy men appeared in the lobby
and played "The Bells of Scotland"
and "The Star-Spangled uanner.
The uproar in Stanford university
where plutocracy asserts its rignis
with brutal vigor, taken together with
the experience of a score or more ot
professors who have been disciplined
durinsr the last few years for giving
expression to ideas that the ignorant
and uneducated rich disliked, makes
this new plutocratic school of interest
to the American people, or gather that
minority of them that is not entirely
satisfied with a government by and for
the rich. It is no use Jo attacK on me
line of fighting these subsidized
schools. Money controls them and al
ways will. The fight should be to get
control of money. No ihange win ever
be effected until the control ot money
is wrested from the hands of the few
and restored to the hands of the peo
nle. As long as the people will give
over into rhe power of the rich the
absolute control of the instrument that
rules all things, it is folly to fight sub
sidized universities.
TRANSPORTATION .BOARD ILLEGAL
Supreme Court Unanimous That Lw
" 'AY as Improperly Put Through
. the Legislature.
The supreme court has held that
the board of transportation is null
and void. .
The law is declared unconstitutional
because it was not properly passed by
the two houses of the legislature. This
decision wipes from the statutes a law
that has been in force since 1887 and
leaves practically no railroad regula
tion In force. The old -maximum rate
aw is dormant or inoperative, and
upon the next legislature will devolve
the duty of enactink a new law or of
submitting to the people a constitu
tional amendment providing for the
election of railroad commissioners by
the people. These or other remedies
may be proposed.
The principal fault in the passage of
the bill was the change in the title.
The same title did not pass both hous
es and the house journal does not
show that the title was amended in
that body.
The unanimous decision of the su
preme court declaring the law creating
the board cf transportation unconsti
tutional and ending its existence will
not.be a matter of very great regret
to the . populists of this state. For
years, when in . the hands of the re
publicans, it was the active agent of
the railroads, and when it came Into
the hands of tlie fusionists, it failed to
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give the relief that was expected from
it. Now there is nothing between the
people and the roads to settle any dif
ficulty that may arise concerning rates,
crossings, depots or anything else. An
appeal to the courts on account of the
long delays, usually about seven years
before a case can be got through the
courts for a final decision, leaves the
people of the state at the tender mercy
of those who control the roads. That
is the result of twenty years of effort
to control railroads by law in this
state. The populist doctrine that the
government must own the railroads
has had another exemolification.
Why Not a Business Man?
There are nearly a hundred candi
dates actively canvassing the sena
torial situation" in an effort to draw
the lightning in their own direction
There is scarcely a republican lawyer
in the state who doss not consider
himself amply qualified to represent
the state of Nebraska in the most dig
nified, scholarly and aristocratic leg
islative body in the world. There are
several dozen noted ward politicians
who are aspiring for the distinguished
honor. When the welfare" of the state
is considered it would seem that a rep
resentative of the business men should
be chosen to fill one of the places at
least. Inquiry among the leading men
of this city develops the fact that there
is a very general demand among them
for the selection of a cool, calculating,
hard-headed business man to attend to
the affairs of this state in the United
State3 senate. Practically all the busi
ness men in this city, among them
leading democrats as well as republi
cans are actively supporting Mr. D. E.
Thompson for the place. When ques
tioned closely all .of them admit that
Mr. Thompson has faults, out they in
variably insist that he has less ob
jectionable qualities and better quail
ficatiens than any lawyer that has yet
been mcnt oned for the place. The Ob
server, published in this city, after
extensive inquiry among business men,
summing up the result says:
"Conservative business men through
out the state are enthusiastic support
ers of D. E. Thompson for United Stat
ps senator. They realize that he
knows more about the resources and
needs of the west than any other can
didate before the people. His ability
for hard work and untiring energy are
qualities which have been proven on
numerous occasions. Every one ad
mits that in the senate Mr. Thompson
could do more towards promoting the
prosperity of the state than any one
man in this section. He has been
forced to view the labor problem from
the standpoint of both employe and
employer, and could undoubtedly sug
gest measures highly beneficial to tne
working classes. During the last cam
paign, the earnest support of all the
men who worked with and for Mr
Thnmnsnn was a marked feature or
the contest. In Lancaster county ana
elsewhere, the labor vote formed a
considerable portion of the gains made
for the republican ticket. The per
sonality of the candidate for senator
was unquestionably responsible for
this gratifying result. In Mr. Thomp
son's home county the legislative tick
et instructed by the people to support
him next January drew many demo
cratic votes, as an examination of the
returns will prove. In the past, Ne
braska has sent plenty of lawyers,
rhetoricians and orators to the sen
ate, but somehow or other, the east
has always secured the most favorable
legislation. In order to remedy this,
a man with energy, Iron will and
dauntless courage should be given a
trial. This city has such a candidate
to offer, and his selection would be
very favorably received in all parts
of the state." .
The selection is wholly with the re-
nublicana and if they choose to ignore
the business interests of the state and
select a mediocre politician or rail
road and trust attorney as they have
so generally in the past it is their priv
ilege to do so. Why not try a busi
ness man? lie couldn't possibly be
worse than Standard Oil John U. P.
Thurston has been.
. He is Glad of It
Editor Independent: In viewing the
result of the recent election I will say
that I am glad of the result. For rea
sons which I shall state below. Al
though in hearty sympathy and a pro
found respect for our great leader,
W. J. Bryan. But the great victory
of the party of imperialism and the
centralization of wealth only
means a victory, for capital, but will
hasten the victory of the masses.
1. .We have just three classes in
this country, I. e., the rich, the moder
ately rich, or the middle class, and the
poor or laboring class.
2. The rich Is represented by the
republican party; the middle class by
the democratic party; and the labor
ing class is becoming the most num
erous and will triumph in the end.
The policy of the republican party
today is forcing the middle class into
the ranks of the wage-earner. The cen
tralization of capital is rapidly forc
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ing the smaller men out of business.
And in the next four years we will see
our own independent merchants being
replaced by large department stores.
The army of travelling men of today
(who are shouting for McKInley) will
be out of jobs, hunting for work on the
level of common laboring men, until
the middle class will be forced into
the ranks of the laborer. Then we
will have but two classes. Five per
cent of the" people of the United Statesi
will own 95 per cent of the wealth of
this country. Then will the people
realize their situation. Then will this
country have the grandest revolution
known in history either by ballot or
by bayonet. Truth crushed to earth
will rise again. Then competition will
cease and co-operation will begin.
Therefore, if Mr. Bryan had been
elected it would have put it off a lit
tle longer. But now with the full sway
of capital they will seal their own
doom. Then will the dream of Ed
ward Bellamy be fully realized.
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Sterling, Neb.
News Items
Heavy' snow has fallen in northern
California and Colorado.
Storms Wednesday did considerable
damage in northern Ohio and at Colo
rado Springs, Colo.
Governor Poynter, in a conventional
proclamation, has ; designed next
Thursday a3 Thanksgiving day.
Governor-elect Dietrich has offered
Harry Haverly the stewardship of tho
Hastings asylum and Mr. Haverly has
accepted.
W. B. Price, of the state auditor's
office, expects to re-enter the law and
insurance business in Lincoln after
the first of January.
It is stated semi-officially that the
Kearney and Black Hills railroad will
be extended from Calloway to Gandy
a distance of 25 miles.
George D. Meiklejohn, assistant sec
retary of. war, has opened private
headquarters at the Millard hotel,
Omaha, in the interest of his sena
torial candidacy.
In the celebrated $200,000 Bartley
warrant case, the jury, under instruc
tions from Judge Baker that did not
give them much chance to do anything
else,. brought in a verdict for the bank.
It. is said that the case will be ap
pealed again.
Governor-elect Dietrich has stated
that the position of adjutant general
that has been held by members of the
G. A. R. since the civil war will be
taken from them and given to a mem
ber of the First Nebraska regiment.
Hon. P. H. Barry has held the posi
tion for the past six years, and has de
veloped the Nebraska guard to Ita
present splendid efficiency. Dispatches
also state that he has selected Dr. Teal
of Omaha to be superintendent of the
Norfolk insane asylum.
The longest electric railway in the
world is to be built In Montana. The
proposed line is fromBillings to Great
Falls, some two hundred miles, and
the plan Is to operate it entirely by
electric power, which is to be supplied
from generating stations on the Mis-
souri and Yellowstone rivers. The-""
road would have a considerable traffiQ
n coal, ores and other heavy freight.
and would be the first line with Buch
traffic to be worked by electricity.
The long fight between St. Louis and
Chicago over the drainage canal has
come to an end and the two cities
have Joined forces for a raid on con
gress for big appropriations to turn
the drainage canal into a ship canal
with fourteen feet depth of water. It
has turned out that the turning of the
sewage of Chicago into the Illinois riv
er instead of poulting it, has purified
t. Tne increased now has "washed"
the impurities 'out of it, as it was
claimed it would by the scientists. A
fourteen-foct channel from Chicago to
St. Louis would make both cities sea
ports in reality.
MacAruhur Favors Increase
General MacArthur has given out a
statement Wednesday that operations
n the Philippines will be vigorously
pushed. He says that the return of
the soldiers and marines from China
with the recruits who had arrived
would increase-the number of trooDS
to 70,000 men. The enlargement of
the forces, the ending of the rainy sea
son, letter roads, improved transpor
tation and ocuers to make the most ef
ficient use of the volunteers before
their return expires in June are all
contributary to the active campaign.
Concerning the replacine of tho nz (nn
volunteers General MacArthur said he(
favors the establishment nt .tnj
v.. oiauu -
lng army of 75,000 men and authoriz-
ng tne. president to increase it to
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