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2 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT December 27, 1900. THE KEW CEKTUHY 3et tm r tati! Iha The rtfervndara is the "logical" pro o to obtain the will of the people on any subject, bat when the people num-U-r 7C.(rjfcc0 and Are spread over & etTZZlmm 3.0C xailet broad. It is c t'o and costly procet- For cities and tovu it I neither a slo cor err costly proc. and ebotjld be re torted to whenever any coafiderabie number cf the people desire It. No great line of policy w ever adopted by the American people un til after snany year of discussion, dur ing which Uase there were many elec tion. That vaa true of the annexa tion of Texaa. of the slavery question and many other. The question of an Asnericaa ytea of finance has been before the pcp!e ! year than any cif the other great quf-itlom that have been finally ttdL After every elec tion on which the majority aid they were not rrady for a change it was al ways proclaimed that the question was finally setrlHL Hut then it was not Thai is what we have heard very fre quently said ahoct the rold standard and the issne of money by the hanks. A republican can always e recog nized by the following characteristics: The liahility to be caught by fallacies, the inability to rergnize facts that are not v?n with the eye. but must he thoosrht cut, the Incapacity to imagine the effect of any line of lefriition that does not InrclTe "prot action or sub sidies and a belief that his party Is ordained cf God and can do no wrong. To escape public condemnation for the stealing of a franchise from the people, the giving away of valuable rights to a corporation, or any other torn cf p-ablie theft, it is only neces sary to g-t members of both parties to errsjce In it- Then the leadership cf both will keep silent for fear of in Jirirg their party and no general con demnation follows, let the stealing b !oae by the members of one party only, and the other party will keep the atmosphere in a quiver with their Tnaledictloui until all the morld knows It. The AmeiicaJi citizen bo attends to all his political duties hss no easy tie of it. He has eosgr-es to look after, the stat legislature, the city council ar-J tb county coraraissioners. Thes he has always with him. Late ly the matter has grown worse for the president, whom he ha heretofore looked epos simply as aa executive of has taken to enacting laws of his own nwt will for millions of peo ple, waring wars of conquest and do ing tr.se y cthT thicrs that will re quire tin strict attention cf the citizen who performs all his political duties. G"1 has always taken care of chil dren and the l"nitd States of America. Let tu try to believe that he will still coctirn to lo it in spite of the xna chi cations cf Attorney General Griggs, !r Kicy ard a pMtoeratle upreme lodges that don't believe la an income New I2e& are not evolved by states man. They are started by Independent thinkers, economists and social re formers. The American statesman Is a listener, not a thinker. He strains his ears to catch the accents of public opinion an! nses his wits to conform himself to the demands of the hour. Vt"ho can rse a siagie American state xnaa who eTer Inaugurated and carri4 to eompltioa any line of leg islation? New ideas, a statesman will have nothing to do with. He wait and when someone else, by sacrifice and many years cf patient work, has made aa Idea popular, then he takes bold and gathers to himself all the glory by giving tls aid to enact It Into law. The man who seeks truth only In the voir of the majority Is the most dacgeross of citizens. The majority rales and the minority ever seeks to offer something better, that It may be come the ruler. The world is held back by the majority, but the minority ever tries to ptiih onwards by oifer isg something cf more advantage. In the minority is the potency of all ele ments cf reform. The fathers made the constitution rood, bet Grigrs and MeKlaley have songht oit many Inventions of which we never heard before. Republican newspapers all declare that Cleveland's advice to the demo cratic party is good and If the dem ocrats will only follow it they will be sure to win. There is no manner of doubt that all these republican writ ers are extremely anxious that the democrats should win. They are ju?t achisg far the time to com when the democrats will kick them all out V,ha Cleveland talks about assaults tpoa the courts, he means the criti cisms that have been made of the In come tax d-eif ion. That, to bis phleg matic Intellect, means assaulting the court. The populist is the evolution of the Ut yesrs of the nineteenth century. He is rai generis. Opposition does not Incense him. ixfeat breads no dispair la his mind. Danger dos not make him Ioe his No other man takes a defeat so philosophically. He has learned to ibor and to wait. Ex ternal ikVius of enthusiasm do-s cot mae Lira cvrr-conhdeiit. Victory Jots not make 1.1 ta arrogant. He loves liirty. He nates Imperialism. He appreciates good literature and has the utmost conurup. for the State Journal. Grant's attt-jxpt to annex San Do minxo. .efl C4nj;arfl to the whole ae annexation tr,e-s of McKin 17, tta bet us a drc- cf water to the bo'iS'!!'- ccin. It was easily de feated because pufic opinion found expression through the leading news-pspers- Since that time plutocracy has captured the great dailies and the sit uation has changed. Let a dozen lead ing newspapers vigorously attack Mc Kmkr imperialism and la three months we would hear no more of it. TThenever a question of intricacy re quiring keen Insight, exact reasoning snd wide, general knowledge Is sub mitted for derision to a vote of the whole pcpl It la hardly to be ex- pected that It will be decided rightly at the first election. It takes many long years to educate 76,000,000 of people. The money question is a strictly scientific question. Never in the history of the world before was a question of science submitted to a rote of the people for a decision. When not one citizen In 10,000 could give a definition of "value," how could they be expected to decide scientifically upon the "value" of money? TERMS FOR CHINA Th I'ower at Lat Siga m Joint Hot Maklag; aa Irrevocable Drmud Tht Cat aa Surrender Her Sovereignty. The following Is the joint note, which after bo ouch delay has been signed by all the foreign powers hav ing trocp3 in China. No amount is named as an indemnity, but demands are made that no civilized power would for a moment consider. The note is as follows: "First: On June 20. his excellency, Baron von Ketteler, while on his way to the Tsung in the performance of bis official function, was murdered by soldiers of the regular army, acting under orders of their chiefs. "Second: On the same day the for eign legation were attacked and be sieged The attack continued without Intermission until August 14, on which date Ihe arrival of the foreign forcs3 put an end to them. These attacks were made by the regular troops, who joined the boxers and who obeyed tb.tr orders of the court emanating from the imperial palace. At the same time the Chinese government officially declared by Its representatives abroad that it guaranteed the security ct the lega tions. "Third: On June 11 Mr. Sujuyama, chancellor of the legation In Japan, while In the discharge of an official mission, was killed by regulars at thi gates of the city. In Pekin and in sev eral provinces foreigners were mur dered, tortured or attacked by the boxers and the regular troops and such as escaped death owed their salvation solely to their own determined res's tance. Their establishments were looted and destroyed. "Fourth: Foreign cemeteries, at Pekin especially, were desecrated, the grave3 opened and the remains scat tered abroad. "These occurrences necessarily led the foreign powers to dispatch their troops to China tc the end of protect ing the lives of their representatives and nationals and restoring order. During taeir march to Pekin the al lied forces met with resistance from the Chinese army and had to overcom it by force. "Inasmuch as China has recognized her responsibility, expressed regret and evinced a desire to see an end put to the situation created by aforesaid disturbances, the powers have deter mined to accede to her request upon the irrevocable condition enumerated below and which they deem Indispens able to expiate the crimes committed and to prevent their recurrence. I. "(a) The dispatch to Berlin of an extraordinary mission headed by an imperial prince In order to express the regrets of his majesty, the emperor of China, and of the Chinese government for the assaseix ation of his excellency, the late Baron von Ketteler, minister of Germany. "(b) The erection on the spot of the assassination of a commemorative monument befitting the rank of the de ceased, bearing an inscription in the Latin, German and Chinese languages, expressing the regrets of the emperor of China for the murder. II. "(a) The severest punishment tor the persons designated in the imperial decree of September 25, 1900. and for those wi im the representatives of the pewers shall subsequently designate. "(b) The suspension for Ave years of all official examinations in 11 e cities where foreigners have been massacred or hae been subjected to criel treat ment. III. ' Honorable reparation to be made by the Chirese gcvernmert to the Ja panese government for the m .rder of Mr. Sujuyama. IV. "An expiatory monument to be er ected by the Imperial Chinese govern ment In every foreign or international cemetery which bos been desecrated, or in which the graves have been de stroyed. V. "The maintenance, under conditions to be determined by the powers, of the interdiction against the importation of arms, as well as of materials employed exclusively for the manufacture o arms and ammunition. VI. Equitable indemnitv for govern ments societies, companies and indi viduals, as well as for Chinese who duiing the late occurrences, have suf fered in person or In property in con sequence of their being in ths service of foreigners. China to adopt financial measures acceptable to the powers for the purpose of guaranteeing the pay ment of said indemnities and the in terest and amortization of the loan. VII. 'The r;ght. for each power, to main tain a permanent guard for its lega ticn and to put the diplomatic quarters In a defensible cond'tion. the Chines? having no right to reside in that quar ter. VIII. "The destruction of the forts which might obstruct free communication between Pekin and the sea. IX. "The right to the military occupa tion of certain points to be determined by an understanding of the powers in order to maintain open communica tion between the capital and sea. X. "The Chinese government to causti to be publ'shf d during two years in all the sub-perfectures an imperial de cree'(a) embodying a perpetual pro hibition, under penalty of death, of membership in any anti-foreign so ciety: (b) enumerating the punish ments that shall be inflicted on the guilty, together with the suspension of all official examinations In cities where foreigners have been murdered or hav been subjected to cruel treatment; and (c) furthermore, an imperial decree to be Issued and published throughout the empire ordering that the governora general snd all provincial or local offi cials shall be held responsible for tho maintenance of order within their re spective jurisdictions, and that in the event of renewed anti-foreign disturb ances or any other infractions of te treaty occurring and which shall not forthwith be suppressed and the guilty persons punished, they, the said offi cials, shall be immediately relieved and forever disqualified from holding any office of honor. XI. "The Chinese government to under take to negotiate additions to treaties of commerce and navigation, consid ered useful by the powers, and upon other matters pertaining to the com mercial relations, with the object of facilitating them. XII. "The Chinese government to deter mine In what manner to reform tic department of foreign affairs and to modify the court ceremonials concern ing the reception of foreign represen tatives in the manner to be indicated by the powers. "Until the Chinese government he.s complied with the above conditions to the satisfaction of the powers the un dersigned can hold out no expectation that the occupation of Pekin ard tle provinces of China by the general forces can be brought to a conclusion." THE CANAL TREATY The British Win ; The Ammendent Making It an American Affair Killed The Secret Alliance The American people are subject to a censorship of the 'press that renders them helpless. All the dispatches sent by the Associated press during the long discussion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty were to the effect that the sen ate had resolved to show a little in dependence of Great Britain and that the isthmian canal, if built with Amer ican money, should be an American canal. The treaty, however, that has been ratified by the senate makes It a partnership affair, the United States to furnish the money to build it and Eng land to have equal benefits in it. This treaty was put through by the votes of republicans, assisted by a few other re publicans who call themselves for commercial purposes democrats. Among those who came to the aid of the Hay treaty was Coal Oil Johnny. He thought that as Great Britain had great possessions on this continent, she ought to have equal rights in the canal. When asked If he thought that if England was to have equal rights in the canal, that she should put up half the money to build it, he had no reply. This last act goes to confirm the belief that there is a secret alliance with Great Britain, and the tories in the White house and senate are just as much traitors to American interests as Benedict Arnold ever was. Tho text of the treaty as it passed the senate is as follows: "The United States of America and her majesty the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, empress of India, being desirous to facilitate the construction of a ship canal to connect the Atlantic and Pa cific oceans and to that end to remove any objection which may arise out of the convention .of April 19, 1850. commonly known as the Clayton-Bul-wer treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the gov ernment of the United States,, without impairing the general principle of neutralization established in article VIII. of that convention, having for the purpose appointed for their en voys the president of the United Stat es, John Hay, secretary of state, and her majesty, the queen of Great Brit ain and Ireland, empress of India, the Rt. Hon. Lord Pauncefote, G. C. B., G. C. M. G., her majesty's ambassa dor extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States, who, having com municated to each other their full powers, which were found to be in due form, have agreed upon the following articles: , "Article 1. It is agreed that the can al may be constructed under the au spices of the government of the United States either directly at its own cost, or by gift or loan of money to individ uals or corporations or through sub scription to or purchase of stock or shares, and that, subject to the pro visions of the present convention, the said government shall have and enjoj all the rights incident to such con struction, as well as the exclusive right of providing for the regulation and management of the canal. "Article 2. The high contracting parties, desiring to maintain the gen eral principle of neutralization estab lished in article VIII., of the Clayton Bulwer convention, which convention i3 hereby superseded, adopt as the basis of such neutralization the fol lowing rules, substantially as embodied in the convention between Great Brit ain and certain other powers, signed at Constantinople October 29, 18S8, for the free navigation of the Suez mara time canal, that is to say: "1. The canal shall be free and op en, in time of war as in time of peace, to vessels of commerce and of war of all nations, on terms of entire equal ity, so that thefe shall be no discrim ination against any nation or its citi zens or subjects in respect of the con ditions or charges of traffic, or other wise. "2. The canal shall never be block aded, nor shall any right of way be exercised, nor any act of hostility be committed with in. "3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal, except so far as may be strictly necessary, and the transit ot such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible de lay, in accordance with the regulations in force, and with only such intermis sion as may result from the necessi ties of the service. Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same rules as vessels of war of the belligerents. "4. No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war or warlike materials in the canal, except In case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dis patch. "5. The provisions of this article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal within three marine miles of either end. Vessels of war of a belig erent shall not remain in such waters longer than twenty-four hours at any one time, except in cases of distress, and in such cases shall depart as soon as possible, but a vessel of war of one belligerent shall not depart within twenty-four hours from the departure PIT FaRBSERS D D You To We present our Catalogue with assurance that the quality of our goods cannot be excelled, and that it will pay you to read carefully "A Few Facts About Our Range." Display counts in the sale of any article, and taking this into consideration, we have aimed to make our range attract ive, as well as strong and durable. Remember, we are much nearer you than any other maker of this class of goods, and we can save you freight and get goods to you in half the time of our eastern competitors. A Few Facts About Our American Range It la made In Lincoln, Neb., from the raw material to the finished product. In workmanship, material and fin ish ft la equal to any in the market. We guarantee It for a year against breakage from defect in material or workmanship, also to work satisfac tory In any flue where any other ranee will work. Our top and bottom fines are 4 In. la the clear, having capacity enough to bum either soft or hard coal, wood, cobs or corn. Our reservoir damper la so arranged that the entire heat is thrown directly against the aide and bottom of the reservoir, without interfering with, the baking of the even. Our reservoirs are iron enameled. Owr evens are ventilated, also ven tilated under the oven to prevent bunting of oil cloth or the floor. Our soot flue door is hang on a pro jecting incline frame, so you can put an ask pan underneath and clean out floe, without the necessity of getting soot on the floor. Our ranges hare a side draft. Holes are cut and capped In all owr ranges to receive waiter fronts. Our ranges are lined with asbestos covered with 16-gauge steel, thereby making a doable protection. The body of our range is made throughout with 16-gauge steel, and the bottom of the oven is No. 10 .gauge steel, the heaviest used in any range made. . Our oven door is balanced, and can be Our American Steel Ranges. M (; Hot Closet and Reservoir, DIMENSIONS. Oven inside, 19x21x13 in. Top, 29x48 in. 6 holes. High closet, 13xS5x9 In. Fire box, 8xl8x9 in. Everything for Farm and Home. See our prices on cook stoves, folding beds, sewing ma- chines, washing machines, trunks, valises, silverware, cuttlery, wire fencing, fence wire, fence posts, bale ties, windmills, pumps, harness, horse blankets, lap robes, buggies, wagons, cultivators, harrows, plows, drills. We have a complete stock of anything you may want in Stoves, and at remarkably low prices. We guarantee all goods shipped by us to be as represented. Furniture, Groceries,Stoves, Ranges, Harness, Wagons, Buggies, Steel Tanks, Etc. SEND FOR CATALOGUEIT'S FREE! of a vessel of war of the other bellig erent. "It is agreed, however, that none of the immediate foregoing conditions and stipulations in sections numbered one, two, three, four and five of this article shall apply to measures which the United States may find it neces sary to take for securing by its own forces the defense of the United States and the maintenance cf public order. "6. The plants, establishments, buildings, and all works necessary to the construction, maintenance and op eration of the canal shall be deemed to be part thereof, for the purpose of construction, and in times of war, as In time of peace, shall enjoy complete Immunity from attack or injury by belligerents and from acts calculated to impair their usefulness as part of "7. No fortification shall be erected commanding the canal or the waters adjacent. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it 'against law 0 128-130-132 North 13th Street, Lincoln, left open from three to five inches, thereby utilizing all the heat of oven, when used as a heater without hav ing the oven door entirely down and in the way. Great stress is often made by manu facturers that their oven door will hold up a man; we can claim the same thing of our range, but would not recommend it for that use, as a per son can reach higher from a chair. Our range is fall nickel plated. Russian iron is used in the door of our hot closet and the joint of pipe furnished. We use only the best quality of pig iron in the manufacture of our ranges and while it will not withstand the pounding often given to malleable covers to show how strong they are it will withstand a much greater amount of heat which it gets in actual practice. It is a scientific fact that malleable iron will not stand heat without warping. You will notice that most stoves having malleable Iron tops have the centers bolted down and are not interchangeable, and often the covers are made double and bolted to keep from warping. Range manufacturers using malleable castings always claim that the fire box of their ranges are made from cast iron, they knowing that it will stand the fire better than the malleable cast ings. In ordering, give the No. and name of the range, as it Is just as plain to as as though you cot a page from the price list and sent it. No. 4392 Fire bor, wood, 8x23x9 in. Weight, 525 lbs. Price of range with reservoir... $37 25 Price of range with reservoir and high shelf 40 50. Price with hot closet as shown in cut 43 75 lessness and disorder. "Article 3. The present convention shall be ratified by the president of tha United States, by and with the ad vice and consent of the senate thereof, and by her Britannic majesty, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington or at London within six months from the date hereof, or earl ier if poesible. "In faith whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries have signed this con vention and hereunto affixed their "Done in duplicate at Washington, the 5th day of February, In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun dred. (Signed) "JOHN HAY. "PAUNCEFOTE." Every amendment that had any ten dency to make the canal an American affair "was voted down by the same vote 26 to 44 The most irritating thing about the whole business is a lot of cablegrams which were sent out along with the report of the action of No. 3541 With High Shelf. DIMENSIONS. Oven, 1914x21x12 in. Top, 29x35 in. 6 holes. High shelf, 16x13x35 in. No. 3298 With high shelf. DIMENSIONS Oven 171x21x13 inches. Top 29x33 inches. 4 holes 8 inches, 2 holes 6 inches. High shelf, 16x13x33 in. Fire box, 8ixl8x9 inches. Fire box, wood, 81x23x9 in. Weight 405 pounds. Price of plain range $25.90. With high shelf as shown in cut, $29.10. With hot closet, $32.40. the senate, telling how the British were incensed at the amendments made to the treaty and that it wouM never be ratified. All that is to keep up the deception. If the people had been informed of the true situation in the senate there would have been an uproar all over the country, but th? Associated press and the special cor respondents of the great plutocratic dallies had their cue, and they stuck to It to the end. The senate was a great patriotic body and was going to let England know that she and other European powers must keep hands off this hemisphere. That kept the peo ple quiet until they got their surren der through. It is about time that the reform forces had a newspaper man at Washington who would send them the news. . God and Battalions A funeral ship came across the Pa cific the other-day with 1,500 corpses of American soldiers in her hold. ! j mk IP AT u y 9 Nebr. Fire box, 8xl8x9 In. Fire box, wood, 8x23x9 in. Weight, 425 lbs. Price of plain range ,$29 10 Price with high shelf (see cut). 32 40 Price with hot closet 35 65 No. 449 nigh closet and raief voir. DIMENSIONS. Oven 171x21x13 in. Top, 29x45 in., four holes 8 in., 2 holes C inches. High closet 13x33xt inches. Firebox, 8xl8x9 in,: Fire box, wood, 8ix 23x9 inches. , Straight grate shipped with all ranges un less otherwise or dered. WeWrht 500 pounds. ' Price of range witfc reservoir, (34.00 . With reservoir sod! high shelf, $37.25 .With reserve, . high! shelf and bet cieaet as shown in out. $4050. Think of the American homes desol ated, think of - the American lives wasted, and ask: "Is It worth while?" Then read Henry Cabot Lodge's "Am erican Revolution" and draw two par allels. . .Read of the sufferings of Washington, of his repeated defeats, of the achieve ments of Greene the hero of the South in the Carolinas, the splendid persis tency and courage of the giant central figure in the north, how they fDught guerilla fashion against Immense odds and won at last. Then cast your eyes upon the Filipinos and their gallant struggle for their own independence as a government; look across 15,000 miles of ocean to South Africa and see how the Boers are fighting there, and ask yourself if God is upon the side of the big battalions now any more than he was when the American Ml1 1 1 n ill pp , l colonists, undisciplined and practical lv A unarmed, wrested the scepter of power from the bullying hands of great Brit ain? Is this nation a bully, too? Buffalo Times.