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WHAT AN INFAMY
With ttmr Cmi Irm th Srfac,
Wltk Ltm UW Ci, yet Mill !
M41a mm Tariff.
A writer In tie CLirago Record In
d:ru!c iiacsa's subsidy ateal
makes as arra-aent aloes tlse &acjr
lints tSat The Independent has ba
mak'.BC for the tat few year. Tl.e
roal DtfiH of Europe ha all bn
worked to great depth., tbtlr Iron oar j
has to be transported long Utance
while we tare mountain of iron on
ifc furfare and unlimited supplies of
the ht real la the world which for
the mol prt la alM on the surface.
The Lator cot of manufacturing in
the t"cit4 Stat-, while w- pay higLrr
ware, la also 1 than it 1 in Eurojw.
It has lose ben concd-d that an
American laborer, with his tetter M
oratloa and inv-iitive ability. i about
jua! to two Eslihnj-n or (Jermass
and more t tan two of othr Eui; au
rations. Thi writer after discussing
txr coal supply and tracrpo nation
farllitJea ay:
Ojr position In the iron and stel
world la very similar to that of coal.
While American manufacturer Lave
practically inexhaustible supplies of
raw material at their very doors their
great competitors Ormany and Eng
land are at a corresponding disad
vantage of being dependent, to a large
degree, oa Imported ore; tLe formi
upplylag it tev In great part from
the xa likes of Bwedea. the latf-r from
Hpain. Our ucrea in the competitive
flel! is o marked and la advancing by
brh leaps and bounds that ilifstra- j
flora la proof of it are scarcely neces
sary to the average reader. During
the cal rear ended June SO. Ut. j
Canada's imports of dutiable articles
In the Iron and steel liars from Great
Britain and the relied States, respec
tively, were a fallo: Krom th
former. tZ?JL21: from the latter.
$44,171.11. The Canadian Manufac
turer observes that lhe preponderance
of trade is overwhelmingly in favor of
American manufactures, and. tariff
preference in favor of British goods to
the contrary not withstanding. Ameri
cas taasafactarers are takmg the
cream of the business." Yankee in
g2ity exacts tribute from th world
in It locomotive, steel rails, railroad
roaches, etc I need only mention the
jurats African bridge contract just
won by Americans to the infiaite dH
appcictmect of their British rivals.
Hut why multiply evidences of a fart
mf ritect to asr one bo lays cia.m !
to even ordinary intelligence ?
In the matter of electrical machinery
and appliances. American skill easily
leads the world. A French writer
commenting recently on the great dan
ger to European states that lay in
the sharp competition of this "levia
than people observed, among other
thlzgs. that -American manufacturers
export their iron and motors, their
raach:ncry and galvanic wires to Cap
Colony: that electrical tramways ar.
forged in the foundries of Pittsburg
to connect Cairo with the Pyramids.
Our recent achievements in England
mieht be noted- The triumph of the
i.ftitea iif
activity ia especially pronounced
T last but by to means last im
portant item which I shall notice is
that of laber. That in hi int-UJgence,
steady habits and natural p:Ituie the
American laborer his no rival no cao
-il! question, ilacaulay. writing for
ty yeirs gc. said: "No such wide dif
fusion f t the ideas, iajetes and senti
ments of educated minds bus ever bet.
sren elsewhere, or even conceived as
attsaeab. Ia his report on the Nem
York exhibition of 13 the Kn
commtioner. commenting on the av
erage intelligence of Americans, said:
"We have a few great engineers Mtxd
mechanics, and a larg boy of clever
workmen, but the Americans seem
likely to become a whole nation of
u.'h people. Tl-ee observations
have beea more than substantiated ty
tbe halT ctctcry following their ut
terance. Dr. Krtncik A. Walker says
the American has no qua! in the re
spects of strength, intelligent direction
nf fcrce and ability to use machinery
to advantafe In the list-named qual
ification lies, to a marked degree, it s
recret of our great achievements as a
competitive factor In the markets of
the world. The German authority
33cti above, peaking of tie ue of
mchtnety a this country, says: "In
America we find wrhat seems to us an
jutonishIng substitution of machinery
for masoaJ labor. Only in the most
necessary details is hand labor now
employed. Only a short time ago
Prof. Cclemas Sellers of Franklin In
stitute, recounting an experience, said
he ksew instances In which labor
saving math it ry'tbat was cheapening
the octput in a particular clas ct
hardware in America wfcen Introduced
into Engkind failed entirely and
brought discredit to the member of
the firm who had recommended its
purchase. Mr. John Burns, M. P.,
freaking of the employing class In
this country paid them this distin
guished compliment: "The American
employers' captains of Industry are
more inventive, adaptable and assimi
lative, less hidebound in their con
ceits, more versatile to Inventive and
Initiative efforts than their kinsmen
across the sea."
All who understand how dependent
tht. Industrlal situation in any country
is upon this particular class will read
ily appreciate his words. It is tho
natural outgrowth of a highly devel
oped industrial system, and. without
its aid. no nation could command its
own trade (tariff barriers aside), far
Uts become a factor In the world's
market. Instances almost without
end could be given of the great su
nt riority of the American laborer over
those of any other land. Granting
that he receives more wages than his
foreign competitor, is not the differ
ence a nominal one? The secretary of
a London firm that manufactures min
ing machinery both in Chicago and in
England in a recent article says: "The
English works are as well fitted with
labor-saving machinery as the Ameri
can. The average pay roil of the Am
erican works is about 40 per cent high
er than the English. Owing, however,
to the superiority of the American
ovtr the Englishman, the actual cost
of labor on product is more in the
Erglish works than abroad." Indeed,
is it not a fact that higher wages may
mean even cheaper cost of production
then where lower wages are paid? In
comparing the cost of constructing
railroad in India and England, for in
stance, it was found that though tho
! Indian laborer received but 4 to G
pence a day and the English laborer 3
shillings to 3 shillings 6 pence (about
seven times as much) for the same per
iod, the sub-contracts in both coun
tries were let at the same prices. The
English cotton spinned Is paid as
many shillings as the East Indian
spinner gets pence, yet the cotton clotfc
of England undersells that of India
in Indian markets.
In view of the foregoing facts, and
also of the well-known truth that mil
lions of dollars are extorted annually
from the people of this country In the
name of patriotism, but at the in
stance of greed, through our tariif
regulations, whereby the very articles
which the tariff was devised to protect
are shipped thousands of miles, and.
! after paying insurance and transpor
tation charges, sold in open, notorious
und successful competition with the
very articles against which that tariff
war enacted I say. in the light of
thebe incontrovertible facts and many
others too numerous to mention in
the compass of a single article, one
wo-ild think the despoilers had reaped
to satiety. But in the corrupt ship
su'fidy bill now pending before con
gress we wltnets the same, men.
mcutbing their usual cant about our
country, one. flag, etc.. making a de
termined effort to add one more insult
to the intelligence of the American
people, one more infamy to the already
crowded list, what a sweet spectacle
for the delectation of the advocate of
i -.! rights for . all. snecial nrivil-
cg?s for none."- What a travesty!
COLONIES OR TERRITORIES
Supreme Court Muit Decide Whether the
Constitution CoTfrt New Territories.
Washington. D. C. Dec. 21, 1900.
(Special Correspondence.) Attorney
Gtneral Griggs, speaking for the ad
ministration, has declared to the su
preme court that, unless its decision
Interferes, the president will pursue a
colonial policy which will keep the
insular possessions outside the opera
tion if the constitution.
In the argument of the Goetze case
now going on before the supreme
court, the administration forces throw
aside the masks used before election
and declare for imperialism.
Attorney General Griggs holds that
the states which framed the constitu
tion were providing only for their own
liberties and had no notion of extend
ing such privileges to all territory
which might afterward be acquired.
This republican declaration shows
clearly the difference between the two
great political parties. The republican
party, elated by its success in a gen
eral election and secure in the accord
ance of the legislative and executive
branches of government, proposes to
bend all its energies toward making
the United States the autocrat over
the destinies of more than ten millions
of peopie who are at our mercy
through the fortunes of war.
Throwing aside the constitution and
the Declaration of Independence, an
irrespontib!e congress proposes to sub
jugate and then exploit as slaves, a
people who have as much right to bo
free as we have.
Will the supreme court permit the
constitution to be set aside?
Will it sanction this departure of the
nation from every precedent of liberty
and equality on which t was founded?
Will the six republican judges vote
to uphold the policy of their party and
reduce the three democrats on the
berch to a condition of ineffectual pro
test? -
It is to te hoped that the supreme
court will rise above partisan consid
erations and make itself respected as
the arbiter and exponent of the funda
mental principles of justice and right.
History is against it. The court al
lowed itself to . divide on party lines
on the only great issue which ever re
quired an application of the prin
ciples of higher statesmanship.
We stand betweon two centuries.
Will the advent of the new century see
us deserting the principles of our fore
fathers and entering upon a policy
where corporate power and trust mil
lions will sway every department of
government. It seems likely. .
The civic federation of Chicago has
just been holding a conference on "ar
bi .ration." This federation is a sort
of millionaires' club which holds oc
casional conferences on matters of
public interest. It advertises the ut
most willingness to hear every side of
every question ciscussec. The first
conferences always found capitalistic
sentiment very much in the majority.
The trust conference last summer was
not entirely satisfactory to the pro
moters. The people who disliked trusts
made themselves too numerous.
The latest conference on arbitration
was really humorous from some points
of view. Of course the usual invita
tions were issued to labor leaders, but
it was not expected that they were go
ing to flock to the conference in great
numbers at their own expense.
It happened, however, that the con
ference came Immediately after tho
adjournment of the annual convention
of the American federation of labor at
Louisville, Ky. So labors' veterans
hied themselves to Chicago with great
cheerfulness and proceeded to tell the
assembled employers and the generoiib
public just what they thought of arbi
tration especially the compulsory
brand of the article.
There has been a good deal of care
less talk about compulsory arbitration
since Henry D. Lloyd came home from
New Zealand and declared that it op
erated successfully there.
Employers would like the sort of
compulsory arbitration which would
prevent laborers from quitting work
if their wages were cut. The growth
of imperialism at home has made
many employers believe that the wage
worker has altogether too much free
dom. Leaders of organized labor came to
the conference and declared strongly
against compulsory arbitration. They
brought out the point that arbitra
tion and conciliation have only made
progress where labor was organized
and in a position to meet the employ
ers on equal terms. In fact that la
boring men told employers and politic
ians a good many home truths and in
decidedly blunt manner.
Some of the employers scheduled to
speak did not appear. Others adopted
a most conciliatory tone. Altogether
the conference was a disappointment
to the promoters.. The civic federation
has a habit of gathering up material
that will be valuable for the republi
can party, but it failed decidedly in
this instance. Probably there will not
be another conference for some time.
Now the state department confesses
that it drew up the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty just as presented and that the
Untish ambassador did not cross a
t" nor dot an "i". How pleasant to
Ww that the state department volun
tarily sacrificed the rights of this
country in order to curry favor with
Great Britain.
EVA M'DONALD VALESH.
THAT ENGLISH TREATY
A Reriew In Popular Language of Its
Provisions What England Gets
and What We Retain.
The technical language of diplom
acy is a style that Americans are not
familiar with not the best educated.
A treaty written in English needs a
translation about as much as if it
were written in Chinese. The follow
ing, from, the Denver News is a fair
translation of it, : Read it and form
your own judgment.
Some of our esteemed local contem
poraries fceem to be of the opinion that
the amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote,
treaty permit the United States
to fortify the Nicaragua canal. They
don't do anything of the kind. On the
contrary, amendments which would
have allowed fortification were voted
down in the senate. t
The privileges which the United
States demands for itself by virtue of
the mere trifle of paying nearly $300,
000,000 for the canal are reasonably"
important, but they do not include the
right to fortify.
The treaty provides that
:The United States shall construct
and pay for the canal and shall have
the right to regulate and manage it.
The cana! shall be free and open in
time of war or peace to vessels of all
nations on. terms of equality.
The canal never shall be blockaded,
nor shall any right of war be exercised
or any act of hostility be committed
within it.
Vessels fit war of belligerents shall
not take stores aboard in the canal ex
cept when strictly neces-sary, and shall
proceed . through the canal with the
least possible delay.
No belligerent shall embark or dis
embark troops or war material in the
canal except in case of accident, and
transit must be resumed with all pos
sible dispatch.
The same provisions apply to water3
within three marine miles of both ends
of the canal. Vessels of war of a bel
ligerent shall not remain in those wa
ters more than twenty-four hours at
one time. A vessel of war of one bel
ligerent shall not leave the canal with
in twenty-four hours of the departure
of a vessel of another belligerent.
But and here is the meat of the
amendments it Is agreed that none
of the foregoing stipulations or limit
ations shall apply to measures which
the 'miv.'d Sta. miy find it necessary
to take to secure the defense of the
United States and the maintenance of
public order. ' The United" States may
close the canal against the vessels of.
a country at war with it;' it may block
ade the canal, - load or unload . stores
and munitions of war In it, disembark
an army in.lt, follow the veels of a
belligerent without the intervention oj
twenty-four hours, and use Lake Nic
aragua, in the center of the canal, as a
rendezvous for a fleet of any size,
which might be moved rapidly to eith
er end of the canal for its defense or
to either coast of America.
After making the above exception in
favor of the United States, the treaty
goes on to provide that the plant and
buildings of the ca-.ai shall be con
sidered part of it; and shall enjoy im
munity in time of . war, as well as in
time of peace, from injury by belliger
ents and from acts calculated to im
pair their usefulness.
The next provision is as follows:
"No fortifications . shall be erected
commanding the canal or the .waters
adjacant. The United States, how
ever, shall be at liberty to maintain
such police along the cana' as may be
necessary to protec it against law
lessness and disorder."
The rules are the same as those
which apply to the Suez canal, with
the exception of the rights specially
reserved to the United States. The
terms of the treaty, if observed, pro
tect the canal from injury by Great
Britain, even if engaged in war with
the United States. Whether or not
the canal nay be used by the British
to throw a fleet, from the Atlantic
against the west coast of the United
States depends upon-the strength of
the naval and military force which
the United States can place in the way.
The defenses must be men and ships
instead of forts. It may be pointed
out, however, that in case of need
there would be little trouble in making
the canal impassable.
The proposed reference of the treaty
to other powers, with an invitation to
become parties to it, having been
stricken out, the agreement' will be
between the United States and Great
Britain alone, instead of between all
countries, as in the case of the Suez
canal. While a general neutralization
of the canal would be, to some extent,
a step in the direction of universal
harmony and peace, the senate wisely
refused to permit .the whole world to
establish alleged rights on any part of
the American continent. The Suez
canal was built bjr a corporation, and
not by a government. Practically,
though not geographically, it lies iu
the heart of Europe, and ?.ll countries
of Europe have an immediate interest
in it. The Nicaragua canal is to be
built by the American nation mainly
for, American use,-. and we could not
permit the world to assume joint juris
diction over it. The quasi-partnership
of Great Britain is repugnant enough,
without taking in a lot of other part
ners, even though it enlists the Brit
ish in the protection of the canal.
In case of war between the United
States and Great Britain the terms of
the treaty, probably would make little
difference, because war suspends trea
ties between the belligerents. In case
of war between the United States and
some other nation than Great Britain,
it would seem to be the duty of the
British to help.? to enforce the rules
forthe protection of the canal. In casa
of war between jtwo nations other than
Great Britain apd the United States,
both "parties ..tot-.-the treaty are obli
gated to protoct';the canal. In case of
war between Great Britain and some
other nation .than the United States
the protection of the canal would rest
in the hands of this country.
The markets
Chicago Cash Quotations, Wednes
day: Wheat No. 3 spring, 6671c; No.
2 red, 7274c
Corn No. 2, 36c; No. 2 yellow,
36c.
Oats No. 2, 22c; No. 2 white, 25
26c; No. 3 white. 2425c.
v Rye No. 2, 50H57c.
Barley Malting, 52 57c.
Flaxseed No. 1, $1 57; No. 3
northwestern, $1 61.
Prime Timothy Seed $4 50.
Mess Pork $11 1211 25.
Lard $6 857 00.
Short Ribs $6 256 50.
Dry Salted Shoulders 5 6c.
Short Clears $6. 60 6 70.
Whisky $1 27. .
Clover Contract grade $10 0010 25.
Butter Creamery, 1523c; dairy,
1220c.
Cheese Dull; lOOllc.
Eggs Fairy active; fresh, 20c.
Cattle Good to prime steers, $5 25
6 10; poor to medium, $3 755 20;
selected, feeders, $3 754 35; mixed
stockers, $2 503 75; cows, $2 504 25;
heifers, $2 604 50; canners, $1 75
2 45; bulls, $2 504 25; calves, $4 00
5 50.
Hogs Mixed and butchers, $4 75
5 07; good to choice heavy, $4 85
5 10; rough heavy, $4 754 80; light,
$4 755 07.
Sheep Good to choice wethers. $3 85
4 75; fair to choice mixed. $3 40
3 ,90; native lambs, $4 255 75; west
ern lambs, $5 00 5 65.
SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK.
. Cattle.
Representative sales Wednesday:
Beef Steers.
No.
o
2.
20.,
4.
11.
Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr.
. 860 $3 25 23 1072 $4 43
. 900 4 50 19 1247 4 80 .
.1439 4 85 21 1312 5 00
v Cows.
. 862 $2 40 3 1126 $3 00
.1182 3 15 6.... 1050 3 25
Hogs.
Average prices paid for hogs for the
last several days, with comparisons:
1900 1899 1898 1897 1891
Dec. 17... 4. 82 3.26 3.31
4.13
4.13
4.07
4.11
4.15
Dec. 18... .... 3.98
Dec. 19...4,763.92 3.28
Dec. 20...4.793.94 3.28
3.31
3.33
Dec 21.. .4.81 1.01
3.32 3.28
Dec 22. ..4.80 4.02 3.34
Dec 23... 4.04 3.37
3.24 3.14
3.21
Dec 24... 4.86
3.47 3.26 .4.13
Dec. 26... 4.89 4. U 3.50 4.17
Indicates Sunday.
Sheep.
Quotations: .Choice fed wethers,
$3 85 4 15; fair to good wethers, $3 00
3 90; choice yearlings, $4 104 35;
fair to good yearlings, $3 904 10;
choice ewes, $3 253 60; fair to good
ewes, $3 003 25; choice spring lambs,
$4 755 25; fair to good spring lambs,
$4 505 00; feeder ewes. $3 25$4 00;
feeder wethers, $3 50 3 75 ; feeder
lambs, $4 Q04 ;40. . .
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Scientific Miscellany
Flesh Foods The Soil as a Heat In
sulatorThe Earth With an Arti-
flcial . Flora White Lead by Elec
, tricity Measuring Steam An Elec
tric Grate Fire Yellow Glasses
Sausage Disease Poisoning Through
the Skin Welded Aluminum.
What has thus far been learned
about flesh fooda has been collected in
a new English work by C. A. Mitchell
It corrects the serious, but common
mistake of supposing that meat ex
tracts have any value as food and
points out that Liebig expressly stated
that his extract of meat was to be re
garded as a stimulant, like tea or cof
fee, and not as a food. While some
products have, eight or ten per cent of
meat fiber added to give some food
value, a large quantity would be need
ed to give the nourishment of an egg.
A matter of much importance is the
detection of diseased meat, which can
not always be done with certainty by
chemical means, and the microscope
shows bacteria of all forms in sound
as well as diseased meat. Certain tests
are to be learned by long practice.
A striking observation of the slow
ness with which heat penetrates the
soil has been made in Australia by Sir
Charles Todd: In a hot wave lasting
from the -7th to the 18th of February,
the temperature was above 100 degrees
on five , days and above 90 degrees on
ten days. On the 8th the temperature
at' the Adelaide observatory was 71.5
degrees at three feet below the surface,
and 67.50 at eight feet. On the 18th
the readings were 73.6 and 68.4 de
grees, respectively, an increase in the
ten hot, days of only 2.1 degrees and
0.9 degree.
In this season of prophesy, the pic
ture of the future earth should include
the ;flora at a time when the native
plants and fruits shall have been "im
proved" out. of existence. Note the
chrysanthemum as an illustration of
the evolution. In its native Chinese
home this is a poor weed, with yel
low flower-heads scarcely a half inch
long, yet from it the Chinese and Ja
panese have obtained flowers of every
shade except blue, and gardeners have
increased their size to 15 to 18 inches
in diameter.
A new determination, by M. Per
rotin, places the velocity of light at
186,238 miles per second.
Another industrial transformation
through the use of electricity is looked
for - by Mr. E. Bailey of York, Eng.
He uses the. electric arc for volatilizing
pig lead, and exposes the metallic va
por to suitable gases for converting it
into carbonate of lead the white lead
of commerce and other lead com
pounds. The apparatus being hermet
ically sealed, the usual great risk-of
poisoning is removed. The fumes pass
into canvas-roofed chambers, where
the fine dry powdered white lead falls
down while the uncondensible gases
escsape through the canvas. Grind
ing, washing, drying and other objec
tionable processes of the present dan
gerous industry are made unnecessary.
It is claimed that this rapid and direct
method of manufacture will cheapen
the cost at least 50 per cent under us
ual conditions, and that the economy
may be even greater with water pow
er or cheap fuel.
The steam meter of A. Friedeberg of
Berlin is a simple but Ingenious de
vice placed in a horizontal length of
the main through which the steam
passes. It consists of a flap plate, act
uating through a sector and rack a
conical plug valve in the top of the
main, and as the steam flows through
the pipe this plate rises toward a hori
zontal position, opening the valve to
a degree corresponding to the amour t
of steam passing. The quantity of
steam being used is readily determined
from that escaping through the valve.
This is condensed, and either permit
ted to flow into a measuring tank pro
vided with a glass gage, or is made to
fall upon a bucket wheel whose rev
olutions are indicated upon a counter
arranged to show the corresponding
steam-flow through the main.
The luminous electric radiator of
Dowsing has been adapted to serve as
a coal fire. A bright copper frame
work imitating an open fire grate re
flects the light of four special incan
descent lamps, and the heat of the
radiating surface warms a current of
air that by suitable channels is made
to flow out into the room.
Yellow and yellowish-green eye
glasse are fo und by Drs. Dolganoff
and Klimovitch to be of advantage in
protecting the eyes from strong violet
rays, as when working under an elec
tric arc, or from ordinary violet rays
when the eye sight is weakened, and
possibly for aiding distant vision.
One of the latest new diseases is
traced to imperfectly cured sausages.
It differs from poisoning by putrefying
meat, and in the epidemic observed, af
fecting three adults and five children,
it was at first thought 'to be diph
theria. Its specific organism, bacillus
botulinus, has been isolated and found
to generate a toxin producing effects
like the poisons of tetanus and diph
theria. The symptoms do not appear
for 12 to 24 hours. The disease be
gins with indisposition, vomiting and
diarrhoea, followed by difficult breath
ing and prostration. The skin and mu
cous membranes become very dry. The
mouth ulcerates, red patches appear
in the throat, often with a grayish
membrance, and there is constipation
and hoarseness or cough. Death may
occur after a considerable period of
wasting, or within eight or ten days
from paralysis of respiration.
A new lesson in the handling of poi
sons is conveyed by a recent singular
case in England. A farm laborer, re
turning from town, helped some men
unload a quantity of timber, and in so
doing spilled half a pint of carbolic
acid upon his clothes from a bottle
in his pocket. Being given a ride, he
was soon noticed to be swaying in his
seat, when he was helped home as in
toxicated.". He died on reaching the
house, and the physician summoned,
finding that the caustic acid had
spread over much of the body, con
cluded that death resulted from ab
sorption of the acid.
The welding of alumnium is a dis
covery "of ,W. C. Heraeus of Hanau. It
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News of the Week
McKinley outdoes the monarchs of
Europe in many ways. In nearly ev
ery nation on earth the monarch is
forbidden by law to receive presents.
President Jefferson absolutely refused
to receive a present of any kind while
he was in office. One of his personal
friends sent a cane, and he not only
returned that cane, but wrote him a
very sharp letter concerning the im
propriety of sending it. But McKin
ley is not that way. He will accept
anything that anybody will give him.
The Washington correspondents say
that more than a carload of presents
were unloaded at the White house
Christmas day. New Year's day is
yet. to come and he will probably get
another carload on that day. This
making of the president of this great
republic a mendicant and receiver of
gifts from every one who thinks that
a favor thus bestowed will help him
when the pie is given out, is the most
disgraceful thing that ever occurred
in this nation.
The fake reports about the return
of the voluntesrs from the Philippines
turned out just as The Independent
said they would. Sunday's dispatches
state positively that orders for tho
return of the volunteers had been
countermanded and none of them
would be started for home until a new
army was organized and landecr in the
islands to take the place of the volun
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would have known that without be
ing told.
The senatorial situation is the puz
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trying to solve and it seems to be
be about this: Thompson has about
twenty votes pledged to stand by him.
Rosewater has about fifteen, Meikle
john five. The remainder of them no
one knows with what senatorial can
didate they will cast their fortunes.
The three strongest candidates are
Rosewater, Thompson and Meiklejohn.
Besides them there are something like
a dozen more who have their lightning
rods up, among them Crounse, Mercer,
Hinshaw. Thompson can't be elected
without the Rosewater votes and Rose
water can't be elected without the
Thompson votes, and all the votes of
both Thompson and Rosewater, put
together, would not elect either one of
them. That creates a situation for the
"dark horse," but even the dark horsa
could not be elected without most of
the Rosewater votes, and the old man
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is out for blood this time as it is n:s
last chance. Out of that situation, any
reader of The Independent can try hia
hand at guessing tho winner.
The Chicago dallies have long been
exceptional in the reliability of their
news, not only political, " but . every
other sort. That is to say that it is
exceptional when they print the truth
on any subject, but last Sunday they
6trove to carry that exception into ev
ery column of their news matter and
among the rest were great headlines
which read: "Blizzard in Nebraska.
Snow Storm Raging and Delaying
Traffic." The Nebraska liars who
send such a constant stream of false
hoods from this state should be ship
ped across the Missouri river.
That McKinley ever intends to al
low Cuba to set up a free and indepen
dent government no intelligent person
longer believes. The Chicago Inter
Ocean in speaking of that sentence of
General Lee that so astonished hia
hearers at St. Louis, first quotes it:
"And now the stars and stripes fiont
over. Matanzas, over El, Caney, over
Havana, and I'll tell you that the flag
is going to stay there." And then re
marks: "These words, spoken by
General Fitzhugh Lee at the end of
a resume of Cuba's recent history, are
said to have startled his hearers ot
the St. Louis Merchants' exchange.
Why should they cause surprise? They
thoughtful Americans and set forth a
condition welcomed by every Cuban
sincerely desirous of his native land's
peace and prosperity. They, are im
portant not because General Lee spoko
for the United States government, but
because he declared the thought of all
progressive and enlightened Cubans."
The more evidence that is submittck
in the West Point hazing investigation7
the more disgraceful does the thins
appear. The idea that the upper clas3
men entertained was that if they co.ul I
make a cadet stand on his head la a
bath tub until he was nearly stran
gled, drink tobacco sauce or eat eighty
five prunes at once, they would maka
him brave and chivalrous. It is the
same idea entertained . by the Sioux
and practiced in their sun dance which
has been prohibited by the govern
ment. As the Sioux warrior ad
vances, the West Point cadet degen
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eat eighty-five prunes was a republi
can appointee from Ohio. No other
creature on earth than an Ohio repub
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and lived. They have stood at the pie
counter so long, their gorging abili
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the Lincoln hotel the other night at a
dinner given by the Jefferson , club.
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Kern of Indiana, Overmeyer of Kan
sas and W. J. Bryan. The music was
furnished by Hagenow's band. Mr.
Bryan said: "I am confident that w
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that we should join hands, with thos
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