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Little- by little, but steadily as man's march to the grave, we have been eiviii
' the old for the new faith.
are creaieu euai; put, now, irom mat oegmning we nave run down to the other declar
ation that for some men to ensUye others is a "sacred right of self-government." These
principles cannot stand togetheivj They are as opposite as God and Mammon; and who
ever holds to the one must despise the other. From Abraham Lincoln's Speech, Peoria,
HI., October 16, 1854. : J
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In those days our Declaration: of Independence was held sacred by all, .and thought
to include all; but now to aid in making the bondage of the negro universal and eternal
it is assailed and sneered at andVxmstrued and hawked at "and torn, till, if its framers
could rise from their graves, thej could not at all recognize it Abraham Lincoln's
Speech at Springfield, 111., June 2(J, 1857.
ARE YOU DOING YOUR ' PART TO PRESERVE THE REPUBLIC?
MOTHER GOOD THING
T aoeretary mt tfc Interior ftaads m
CmibmC to Ceag,Tea Favortac
Irrlgmtlaaw
The Independent Is not of the ixar-tow-isi&ded
cJhiap sort of newspapers.
.Whenever it a Rood thins it is
tsot afraid to commend it. even though
it is done by the opposite party. It
lu given the highest commendation
to Prwldeat McKlnly for the coinage
ef immense amounts of tllrer, hereby
he wjta enabled to rererse the roup
boce era inaugurated by - Cleveland
and sopported by the leading men of
th rrp-nblicaa party in the house and
eetate when they stopped the coinage
cf Urer in 1&33. Because The Iiuit
pandect is a vlscrou opponent of the
presJjent party, it did cot therefore
Imitate to accord him and his ad
mi c. t-tratlon a dae meed of praise for
tl and Jast policy.
TLe IniVpeud-.it biw finds aether
tfci&jc which it most heartily com
mend as aa art of this administra
tion, for cf corure the secretary of the
Interior would Bot introduce a note of
discord or advocating the irrigation
of arid lands unless he had the appr
raj of the president and cabinet in so
doinf.
At the request of the house commit
tee on public lands Secretary Hitch
cock has prepared a statement of his
mws on this question, and his paper
was submitted to the committee on
Friday. It is a broad and comprehen
rre document.- On-thlrd of the whole
area of the United States, he say, ex
clusive of Alaska and the new insular
pocsessions. consists of public lands
open to settlement tinder the home
ste4 act- - This one-third, he con
tinues, "includes some of the richest
arricuitural lands in the world, cap
able of produciiic enormous crops."
and the only obstacle which prevents
ft utilization is a scarcity of water t
certaia times and seasons. Not ins
the necessity cf the conserving of the
water and the Coeds in this region,
and cf their artificial distribution, ws
aaserta that. -when this is done there
win fee opportunities for thousands,
or evta millions, of homes within tb
portion cf the ITnited State now al
most uaiahahiutle. The creation of
thee homes would add enormously to
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Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men
T
the nutrrial wealth of the nation, and
the utijizatlon of this vast area of
farmil land will In no way reduce
the ralue of the lands now cultivated."
He de Jips that these, crops will come
In con petition with those of the east,
but atttrts that they will find and
reach! Other markets. 'More than
thlsf hi adds, "the possible popular
tion wnt of the Mississippi , will vast
ly enh uce the volume of trade a ad
manufacture throughout the. rest of
the cot-nry, and will make more val
uable t.id productive area to the great
manufacturing centers in the east."
The scretary estimates that at least
74,000,KOi acres of - - land 1 can be re-
claimed oy a wise policy on the part
homes i-a be made for- 50.000.000 of
people.t "The remarkable results ac
compli3liel In the valley of the Nile,
he continues. "In practically redeem
ing Egyiitffrom a state of bankruptcy
should encourage a most liberal con
sideration! of the question of Irriga
tion. It is! desirable that such reason
able exp Dentures be made by the fed
eral gof irpment. as well as by the
states, a will gradually, but as rapid
ly as pcsiible, insure the blessings
consequent! upon a well-defined and
executed system of irrigation."
THE LEGISLATURE
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StatUrt MMlud to Try Their Hands at
fnMailiS Member Vfho Had a
God Round Majority.
The exigencies of the senatorial con
test bad a very restraining effect upon
the republican majority in regard to
heaving fwion members over' the
transom.' Whenever the man" to be
seated was looked over the first ques
tion that .se "Who will he
rote for senator if he is seated?" and
then therevts trouble on hand. . If he
was for Rosewater, the supporters of
other candidates would not help pitch
him over. I(J he was for Thompson,
then the Ro.ewater men would not as
sist. So, It 1as all the way round.
That saved ;i least half a dozen seats
to the fusifJiiUts. t -
Last wekf however, the senate sup-
portervoi different candidates came
to &me sort of agreement among
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themselves and the committee on con
tested elections agreed, that Is the
republican part of it, to heave over
Senator Henry Reuting of Clay county.
It was not denied that he had a good
round majority, but they said that
he had violated the corrupt practices
act the one with which Dietrich
made such havoc during the campaign.
The Independent says now what it said
in the beginning that any man who
violated the law should be prosecuted
in the courts and if found guilty
suffer the penalties prescribed. It op
posed the taking up that law in the
case of Dietrich, the most notorious
violator of it, and making It a ground
to contest his election. It said: swear
out a warant, bring him before a court,
try him and if convicted impose the
penalties. It says the same in every
other case. If the republicans propose
to make simple charges unsupported
by evidence of the violation of this
act an excuse for pitching fusionists
over the transom, then The Indepen
dent is in favor of letting the conspir
ators find out that there are two ways
of playing that game.
As was announced to the populist
state committee by The Independent
when it was in session here, the re
publicans are making arrangements to
introduce a ballot law to prevent fu
sion in this state. That is one thing
that they will do whether they do
anything else or not. It might as well
be taken as an accomplished, fact and
preparations made to meet it. The
thing should, be.4aken. up by all the
reform weeklies and discussed. "A bal
lot law will be passed to prevent fu
sion and it will bo so arranged, as to
give the republican party every advan
tage possible- ..
The legislature" so "far "has done
nothing except to cast useless votes for
United States senator, pass bills to pay
their own salaries and expenses and
make arrangements to get up a ballot
law that will give the republican party
all the advantages, that is possible to
confer upon it and make it stand the
test of the , courts. Some scores of
bills have been introduced and re
ferred to committees and a tremen
dous long list of employes have been
provided with" snug' jobs during the
winter. That is. the sum total of$the
work of the republican legislature for
the state of Nebraska so far. .
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Current Comment
j The hazing business at West Point
was settled by the captains of each
class appearing before congressional
committees and agreeing upon honor
to abolish it in the institution. vThe
most contemptible; man in the whole
membership of the; academy was ' the
fellpw , who was introduced ; as the
president - of the Young : Men's Chris
tiaa association. One of the members
of the committee denounced his tes
timony as "blasphemous." That tes
timony as reported by the Associated
press is another evidence of the utter
unreliability of the reports which are
given constantly to the public. This
"Christian" when pressed with ques
tions as how he could' defend the bru
tality and cowardice practiced upon
lower classmen replied that the lower
classmen could be better trained by
keeping a distance between them and
the upper classes just as the officers
did with the cadets and men in the
ranks. When asked if it would not
have been more in accordance with
the teaching of Christ who associated
with publicans and sinners and by
his personal influence tried to aid
them to have lent the lower classmen
a helping hand, he replied: "Yes, but
Jesus Christ was not running a mili
tary academy." The Associated press
in reporting that answer stopped at
the word "yes,", which completely
changed the answer. The Independent
does not blame the young man for
such an outrageous reply, but the
teaching in the plutocratic churches
from which he drewhis inspiration as
president of the Young Men's Chris
tian association. It is in character
with much of the preaching in these
days since the general apostacy from
the teaching of Christ has become so
popular. -
Queen Victoria passed away at 6:S0
Tuesday evening. The particulars of
the closing hours were not , given to
the public. Shortly afterward, the
Prince of Wales was proclaimed under
the title of Edward VII. After the
queen was stricken and before she
lost consciousness, she received a tele
gram from President Kruger, which
for state reasons was not given to the
public. A correspondent in Holland
from whence the message was sept,
says that it was an expression cf
Krugex's deep .religious nature, ex
pressing the highest and noblest
Christian sentiments. It was also his
full and complete , absolution to the
dying queen. The world will perhaps
never know Its exact words. ,
A good deal continues to be printed
in the English papers concerning the
sudden collapse of the queen after ner
interview with Lord Roberts. She had
been led to believe by her ministers
that the bloodshed in Africa was prac
tically ended, a When Lord Roberts
came into her presence her eyes shone
expectantly and she asked if it were
really true that the devastating Boer
struggle promised shortly to claim
its final victims The London Guard
ian declares' that the commander-in-chief
was so grieved at not being able
to give her majesty the assurance she
so eagerly sought that he, quit the
royal presence,sunable to restrain his
emotion. He put the queen off with
evasive replies, 4 hoping to escape the
necessity of telling her frankly what
appeared to be in , store for the British
array. The result was that later her
majesty, in her intense anxiety to
learn more from the man who knows
most, commanded Lord Roberts to
wait upon her again. It is said that
the interview was of a most painful
character.
The Arkansas; house of representa
tives passed a resolution of sympathy
with the Filipinos by a vote of 53 to
32. It is caid that an official copy,
with the great seal of state attached,
will be forwarded to Aguinaldo in
the care of General MacArthur at Ma
nila. Whether a General MacArthur
will forward -it under a flag of truce
with his compliments to its designa
tion is. considered to be rather doubt
ful. The general made a speech to
some of the troops the other day which
contained some rather startling ethi
cal and phisolophical principles. He
said: "The chief advantage is the
engendering of a warlike spirit, with
out which no nation can continue to
live, and by which alone a nation is
created and made perpetual." If that
is true all the teaching in our public
schools and churches up to the last
three years, when the great apostacy
set in, has been false and pernicious.
If "engendering the war spirit," is
"alone" the foundation and perpet
uity of nations, then Christ was the
greatest false prophet who ever lived.
Let us all stop shouting, "Peace, on
earth, good .will to men," get a frun
and go to shooting. .
' No news of any importance at all
has come from China and in the ab
sence of it some sensible writing by
scholars and thinkers has taken , its
place. One writer points out that
China has a civilization, while it 's
not like ours, is admirable in many
respects. He says it has done some
things that the Christian civilization
has failed to do. It has contrived to
eliminate from civilization the soldier,
priest and capitalist and of 400,000.000
have made the most politically com
pact body on earth. He asks: "What
are the interests of the European
states in China? They certainly do
not consist in having lands for colon-,
ization,. because there is not an inch
of ground there which is not already
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We wmntnythiin oar line law or small
.- lott. We pay the bichett market price,
cultivated even to excess. Neither
can an immediate increase, in the ex
portation of goods be hoped for. The
wants of the -Chinese- sre of the most
restricted description, and in -the sec
ond place the women are : almost
slaves, and as that slavery forms the
corner stone of Chinese society it can
not be altered. The Chinese ; have
clothing, - housesv and amusements
which are not subject to fashion. Dur
ing the-whole of the year 1898 mer
chandise" to the amount of 411.000.W0
francs ($S2,200,000) only could be im
ported into the country,, the greater
part consisting of cotton, opium, rice
and petroleum (and opium is not. a
European product), with barely 11,
000,000 francs worth of machinery.
And what need is there for augment
ing the fports : in order to sell these
goods? Germany increased her im
ports from 2,000,000 francs to 28,
000,000 francs in ten years without
augmenting her ports, and England,
with an augmentation of ports, is at
a discount and worse still for export."
This writer also points out that the
statistics showing an increase of im
portations into China are all a de
lusion. Those imports, instead of in
creasing, have actually decreased.
They are . all estimated , in the silver
tael, and while the figures, show that
the imports when paid for in taels has
nearly doubled, it is on account of the
depreciation of silver that the statis
tics show an increase .while the
amount. of goods has really decreased.
He says that while the population of
China is dense, the people are so poor
that they cannot buy foreign goods.
He says that the building of railroads
and factories, if the venture Is suc
cessful, will be the greatest danger
that Christian civilization has ever
faced. These Chinamen are strong and
quick to learn. Under the law of
evolution they have developed a race
that can live and work on half the
sustenance that would barely keep the
people of Christian nations alive.
That with factories and railroads the
Chinese would flood the world with
cheap goods, and he believes that the
result would be that the Chinese. would
become the. , dominant race of the
world. He thinks the sooner the
"Christian nations" get out of China
and let the Chinese alone the better it
will be for them.
Alaska with 40,000 people produced
more than twice as much surplus
wealth as the whole of the Philippines
,xrih i innnnnnn nniiintinr. ThPre
were more exports to Alaska than the
the Philippines and ten times the im
ports, most of which were pure gold.
What was not gold, was food, prod
ucts. Perhaps you think that we do
not import food from Alaska. Look
up the official statistics and count the
millions of cans of salmon that ara
packed there.
The mullet head who shivers over
on the corner of O and Eleventh
streets while he shouts for the repub
lican party, has now another thing to
spur him on in his good work. The
meat trust has raised the price of
liver to seven cents a pound. He may
not.be able to stand it quite as many
hours a day, now that he can't get even
liver, but then he can shout the louder
while he is there. -
In every part of the world the ten
dency to place -publicutilities in the
ownership of the people instead of that
of private corporations is on the In
crease. Before this century is closed
the people will look back into the
years that are passed with astonish
ment at the stupidity of the repub
licanism of those times when the mul
let heads fought to have private cap
italists own and exploit the water,
street car lines, gas and the electric
lighting of the cities and towns. Many
of the cities and towns in Canada are
taking over these plants. In Toronto
the people have just voted to take
charge of all of them. The conse
quence will be that the people will get
all' the gas they want for 50 cents u
thousand. The republicans of Lincoln
prefer to pay $1.25. They think that if
they got it for less that that would be
anarchy, or socialism, or something of
that sort.
The financiers of England and the
continent still continue to take a dole
ful view of the economic prospects
and predict the coming of a series of
years of hard times and- distress.
Those are all gold standard countries
and according to the doctrine that was
preached to us by republicans they
ought to all be enjoying unlimited
prosperity. While they weep over
the situation, the people of this coun
try having ;. been blessed with the
greatest amount of coinage of silver
during the last four years that ever
was coined in the same length. of time,
continue to take their trade away.
They have the gold standard over
there, but very few of the inhabitants
ever see a gold coin. The mass of
the business - is done with copper
money. The next higher grade see a
little subsidiary silver and only the
rich ever handle any gold. Here,
where we have $600,000,000 of silver,
standard money,' in circulation, gold
is. seen everywhere. It is very evi
dent that the gold standard that was
to ' shower blessings on. all mankind
ha3 not had that effect in Europe. Th-j
rich over there are getting rich, but
the poor are getting most almighty
poor.
LOOKING BACKWARD
Why Jfot Edncata Man to Join tha Forces
of Progress Instaad of Always Look
ing Backward to Frecadant.
v In reality Bellamy was looking for
ward, but, knowing the pernicious
habit mankind has fallen into of al
ways looking to the rear, he purpose
ly "shoved up the date line" and pre
tended to be writing history.
"The evils of looking backward, or
the ccrse of precedents" would make
an excellent text from which to preach
a sermon calculated to check the rapid
decadence of reason. . Slowly, but
surely; the people are contracting. the
lawyers' disease servility to prece
dent. 'Do we advocate a1 system of
scientific money ah!' it would be a
failure; look at the history of Russia's
attempt to issue paper money; note
what happened to the French as-
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signats; see how our : own "greenbacks",,-depreciated
during the civil
war; "precedent" is against your prop
osition; gold and silver have been used
as money almost as far back as we
have any authentic history -we must
stick to them; no, no, it won't work,
this idea of yours, because the pre
cedents are adverse. ; V
Let any proposition be made sug
gesting a change in the existing order
of things, and the very first step taken
by the average man will be to inquire
if it has ever : been tried before and
how it worked; but little or no attempt
will be made to compare the condi
tions "under which the trial was made
with those existing at the time the
proposed change is suggested: but lit
tle effort will be made to see if the
cases are "on all fours," as the lawyers
say. If the trial In the past was a
failure, that settles , the matter fo
future generations It can't be done,
because in the days of. Pharaoh some
thing like it . was attempted and.- re
sulted disastrously. This is as far as
the average man reasons about ecou
omic and political questions that Is,
the average . man ' who hasn't been in-
"V s?u u
oeulated with the virus of populi
sm.
The late John Clark Ridpath in the
Arena of December, 1897, published a
leaf from his Samoan note book (dated
A. D. 2297) in which , is given, some
fragments of . a conversation he had
with Sir Thomas . Kho, a chimpanzee
knight. Sir Thomas opened the dis
cussion by .remarking: "I have not
been satisfied with the result of your
education in America. It seems to me
to work by contraries In thisthat the
system puts the face of a man on tlie
wrong side of him, so that he always
looks backward. I should prefer to
have the face of an educated man set
to. the fore, as if he were going some
where." "I know you call this thing of . yours
education, and-you have, as I have
learned, many colleges . to promote it.
The system seems to have been in
vented in Europe at a time when the
only light came, from an ignis fatuus In
the rear. There was not at that time
one fore-torch of knowledge or hope
in the world. The man of your "jo
called middle ages was not, I confess.
much to blame for thinking that the'
past is a big thing. How could he' be
censured for .not ..knowing that tb.
past is only the remaining dust and
darkness of a dead .world? It Is only
when living men, born in what they
call aix enlightened age, persists in
educating their youth by twisting their
faces around towards the dead world
that I protest." . , '
."If my information be authentic," he
continued, . "your education, consists
mostly in teaching men how to stop.
Nothing in America, I hear, is thought
so. inimical to a high standard of schol
arship as a belief, in the revolution of
the earth on its axis. It , is a great
part of. the higher learning to prevent
the motion of the earth by denying it.
One of , your" poets declares that ."The
thoughts, of men are widened with the
process" of the-suns," - but-" he -did not
learn .this" at coiege; he . learned .Jt
when . he was . alone . on the chalky
crags at. Dover communing j with the
sea." : .' . ;: . , ,' .
; ""Your college men are as a rule in
mortal dread of the . "process-of the
suns. They insult th'ir charts a.id
find that according to Diins Scotiis it
is wrong for the sun to proceed; there
fore, the sun does not : proceed els-.j
the sun would disturb the existing
order." . . ".
"The average college , man," contin
ued his knightship, "huddles down
close to the wall and waits, for some
ancient dog-cart to come along. As
soon as the time-worn vehicle passes
on its way back to the last camping
ground, he hails it and mounts.- And'
on .that 'safe and sound dog-cart' of
reaction and retrogression and cant
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men join themselves to the enemies of
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r"l do not presume," said Sir Thomas
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perfectly clear . , . . that it Is not a
good educational method to twist
around the face of man and set it
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