NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
February 21, 190!i
The New Goods
tere, erery day brings additional spring and
Miminer daintiness to tbe store every depart
meet h fast assuming the airy freshness of the
new season. A visit here U well worth while
and next to that, your sending for samples and
price quotation is the best means of becoming
familiar with the correct things for spring and
ismmer wear.
In Tho Waist and Suit Department
JetrxJcclcg t& new lie and disposing of the ends of the ' winter lines.
Th Uttr at about the cot of raw tnalfri&U. : ,
Wooeo'a cew goif nkirtt at 1 1 25. 1 97. 2 97. and up to 8 50 : '"t
w rrppr to percale aaa caiico at 65, 75, 13. 1,47, aad up to $2 25'
AH the tlG-OG aud fl!L0Q tight fitting jickcts ia one lot, Ofl
eaca. $J UU
The balaact the f fXOO boicle capei, . 2 QQ
All the fJuth and boucZe cape ranging in price from TT A TT "171 TjTTI
IJKl to fSXW on !e cow at ILL XX JUJD v7JD Jj
AU the box jackrU resylns ia price from f 1(X00 to TT A T T? AT?T?
t30Qa,Bowco!at,. JLLxjLXjJu V7Ju JD
Ao cxqaLete showing of new uitt raB&icg in price upward 4 00 K flfl
from riw to . 003 UU
Childres'a dmmma ia percale and worsted, ranging in price CO QC
-cpward frota I9c to......... .: $L LJ
New taffeta milk waists, upward - CQ 7R
from 9Z.1a to $U I J
Send Your Name for Special price List of
Wash Goods Now Being Prepared.
Lincoln,
Wjji zzi Uizzi Csncittes
See-maxy De Franae of the way aad
snu eof&mitte report to The Inde
pEt that to I little tear
f has two vr UX of the cotamitteemen
hare aacwed hi letter of February
X jkftht each commltteemaa de
r d&r to collect In f email con
trltoatlons frota the popsIIt of his
prectnet. retaia pay for hla time, and
resit the halaaee. Committeeman J.
MeReyoolde of Fairfield. Clay
eoty, la another old-time populirt
who tiatferta4 the valoe of personal
oneltatioa; he rllte4 2 of hla neigh
bors atd aect la f I.7S as the result of
hia work. Several ether prteinct eotn-
raitieeaea art alco dotsg aohiy. Bute
Comsitteetfiwa C"M. Lersar. of Cer-e-ac.,
Saaaera eoenty. also Itaowa how ;
to raie ' caspalra fundi but, then.
oi4 SaBaderm eouaty la never backward
aad eeat la 112-24 he had collected.
However, the results are not MtiTc
tory. aa whole, and Secretary De
France haa prepared a letter which he
ta eow aeadlac at to S,000 well-known
worker oter the tate. as kins for a
sn perfoaal coctrfhatloa from each.
A eel a carrier aad return envelope are
ete!oed and contributor may eid
wAterer odd - change they may feel
like fwuis a smarter, a half dollar.
etesty-five casta, or more If ..they
wiah. The ' ladependeat hope that
tLie appeal will recelre better attec
tka thru the one to committeemen,
aad urces that every populist who rg
ceitea se I thete lettera be prorr.pt
la aaseriac
And a at these day a The Indepen
dent Ictecda to aay aomethlnr to fu
ture coanty coBTeatloa retarding the
seeessUy of appclntlng a precinct
et&ssmltteetsea mea wto are prompt,
eaergetic ad hating a little apare
tlsse tow aaa then to devote to pollins
the precisct. collectlcg eampaiga
fuada. etc-. Instead of (aa ia of tea th
e.fJ " elctJsc a dreaa-parade mau
wfco ia too laxy or buy to ackaowI!.j-commsicci-
ent him by the state
rotaattt. aad whose aelectloa I
made t heal -over Mine diaappolat
raeat. rather thaa aa a recogaUloa of
aMlity aad IncilaaUoa to perform the
dijfiea derolrlng cpoa hi ra
it 1!1 be lmpolble for Secretary
lie France to tad a letter to every
poptiiitt who may desire to contribute
methlrg toward lifting thia party
deM. T thowe who do cot receive the
letter Tae ladependeat aaya: Wrau
a Quarter or half dollar securely ia
heavy paper aad enclose Is a strong
esvelcp with your tame. postoEce
addre aad precinct; aad address to
Chrl Q. D Fraac. XKZ South 25th
rt.. lA&eoln, S-th.
NOTES.
Sheriff C. B- Edwards of Stanton
eouaty la reported seriously 111 at a
fceIrftal la Omaha.. , t .
ilea. A- M. Mrrley. Vakatiae,
roorty tttcraey of Cherry county, and
fsetaber of the populist executive com
rt'rtee. reporta that Committeeman
Carlson la circutatlsg a rubscrtptica
psjer to raise fsads. - - -
Coomitteemaa M. B. Foote of Ayr,
Ada.B,- reports the roads tmpassahie
la hts preeiact. hut promises to do
what Imt caa to assit la lifting the
party jfceU. Crops were very light la
hi vk-lstty last year. . . :
Mr- S. 1. fltttBd. Thfedford, Thomas,
iorta that , he is isoi now commit
ts5a . '
. CJSEltteema 3m, Lacth of Hoh
belL Thayer, says: "Truly loyal eld
nose Creek prerlaet-seat up $7JW from
per poll aad rhe will do It again If
mtresAsry and to shame those whose
duty it Is &w to square up the work
M their always, true man. J. JI. t-a
.. Committeeman A. D. Hay of Treu
toa. Hitchcock, reports' that crops were
very short la his locality last year.
Cosutalneecua D. Hendershot, Me-
Caca. reports that popuiina are scart.
la tli vicinity.
Ccccitteemaa NS5s Andereon, Ocg.
are fast making
their appearance
Nebraska.
Fillmore, writes a good letter regard
ing the power of the and pulpit
for weal or w mt rather Inclines to
tvi4jri.oh that the power of money
cannot'be successfully combatted; and.
hence. Is rather pessimistic in his
views. -
Committeeman V. H. One, Howe,
Nemaha, says his neighbors wil! rive
nothing toward wiping out the pavty
debt, and that he does not feel able to
bear the burden alone.
Through an error one of our letters
was sent to a prominent democrat at
Cody. Cherry county. He reports that
only 19 fusion votes were cast In his
precinct, and that there are only three
populists la the bunch.
Hon. C. A. Whitford. ' 'Arlington.
Washington, member of the executive
committee, has been wrestling with
the grip eer since the middle of Jan
uary; but when he gets able to take a
spin outside, Washington county4 will
grre a good report of herself.
Committeeman J. W. McCallum.
Meadow Grcve. Madison, asks to have
an assistant help him, inasmuch as his
cattle business takes him from home
qalte half his time; but promises to do
what he can.
Mr. J. P. Andrews, Crawford, Dawes.
reports that he resigned as committee
man some time before election and
that Mr. Lave Porter of Belmont was
appointed.
Committeeman F. O. Curtis. Minden.
Kearney, reports that at present his
time is fully occupied, but that In two
or three weeks he will take up the
work in earnest. He reports almost
an entire failure of crops last year in
uis neighborhood. Ia passing:. Mr.
Curtis should be complimented on the
neat note bead he uses. The legend is:
"F- C. Curtis. Farmer; 3 miles west
and 2 miles south of Minden."
Hon. S. B. Lib by, secretary of tho
county central committee. Alliance,
Box Butte, reports that he and. tho
chairman are now at work raising
funds.
A committeeman up in Sheridan
county seems very much disheartened
over prospects In his neighborhood,
and speaks of It as "this desert." Both
drouth and grasshoppers afflicted the
farmers there. "
Hon. H. B. Miller of Winside. Wayne.
has been watching at the bedside of bi3
sick wife ever since New Year. Ho
says: "Really,. we get but little en
couragement for the good work we
have done for the state. . . . One
thing I claim must be done we must
consolidate our forces Into one or
ganization (we can save half the
pense at least) and who Is the lucky
man to name it What s the matter
with calling it the People's Demo
era tic party?. '
Hon. H. Whit more, secretary of the
county committee. Franklin, asks why
wouia it not ue a good practical nlan
to nave the committeeman of each fu
sica party in each voting precinct in
the state meet and jointly poll the
voters or the precinct; In case of dis
agreement as to the party affiliation of
any voter, let the voter decide? By so
polling the state, it seems to me that
a division of offices equitably could be
accomplished satisfactorily. I Intend
to undertake that Job in this county
this year tor the purpose of equitably
flmmng the county onces.
Committeeman J. V. House! has re
moved from David City to Valparaiso.
but has no doubt that Butler county
win do her part.
Hon. J. M. Wright, chairman of the
county committee. Auburn, Nemaha,
reports that he win call the county
cctamittee together at an early date
and gives his assurance that "old Na
raaba win contribute her share." ATr
Wright believes that the populists of
Nemaha will be uncompromisingly op
posed to fusion this year. During the
yetrs 1891-2-3-4. tne populists there
even with a three-cornered fight, were
able to elect their county officers by
Rood, eare majorities;. Since fusion
began the corah Uwtioa has steadily
oat strength until last year McKinley
carried the county and the fusionists
elected one county officer by a bare
votes. ' .: '. y "' -'V
Committeeman D. B. Topham, Min-
den, Kearney, reports that his time is
fully occupied and asks that Attorney
C P. Anderberry be appointed substi
tute to solicit funds This has been
dobe. :
Hon. L. H. Suter, ex-chairman coun
ty jconmittee, Neligh, Antelope, be
lieves that "the state officers riding on
railroad passes and cutting down rail
road assessments hurt our cause ma
terially." ThQ Independent covered
this , railroad assessment business
thoroughly last summer- and would
advise Mr. Suter to investigate the
matter a little for himself and not take
the testimony of republican newspa
pers for gospel. He will find that no
reductions were, ever made in the rail
road assessment by the populists, but
that, on the contrary, they . were very
materially -raised. . - - f
Hon. C. Shotwell, Cambridge, reports
that in his vicinity there was an al
most total crop failure, and very wir.e-
y concludes that, unless in case ot
great emergency, the present paity
debt should be borne by the populists
of more favored localities.
Committeeman Christian Brothe,
Minden, Kearney, expresses a willing
ness to do what he can, out reports
short crops in his neighborhood.
Committeeman J. L. Blue of Juniata,
Adams, says:, "I understand Adams
county has put into this state cam
paign fund of 1900 about f2,400, and I
think my precinct has done their
duty." Mr. Blue evidently includes the
amounts contributed by the officers
and employes of the Hastings asylum
as part of the Adams county contribu
tion, forgetting that the state of Ne
braska paid out over $90,000 last year
in support of that institution. By the
same reasoning Lancaster county
might claim credit for having contrib
uted the bulk of tfce campaign fund,
because there are three state institu
tions here and all the state officers and
employes. The contributions asked
for at this time are in no sense to be
regarded in the light of an "assess
ment," but are left wholly to the gen
erosity and ability of the donors.
Those in drouth-stricken localities
should give nothing. Those who are
able, should contribute something
without resorting to the tricks of our
childhood when we said, "Taint fair."
"I carried in the night-wood let Sam
mie bring in the water."
RECEIPTS.
Previously acknowledged $ 87 01
To Wednesday evening 61 83
Total $148 86
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Previously acknowledged ..$ 4166
A. W. Crites. attorney. Dawes.. 5 00
M. Vining, judge, Stanton. ... 3 00
C. F. Bodinson, treas., Buffalo . . 3 00
PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN.
Previously acknowledged ..$ 18 35
James A. Elliott, Wayne. . . . . . 2 00
J. W. Deakins, London, Nemaha 60
Robert T. Deakins 25c
Charles Pasco 10c
Carl Nelson. 05c
It. J. Root 10c
J. W. Deakins. 10c
Frank G: Haller, Wallace 1 00
F. Houchin, Garfield, Webster.. 5 00
Dr. Robert ' Damerell. . . . $5.00
B. N. Cleaveland, Dodge 1 00
W. E. Palmer 25c
Walter Lead 25c
A. P. Anderson 25c
J. F. Kirkpatrick. , . .25c
J. W. McReynolds. Fairfi'd, Clay 8 75
J. W. McReynolds.. $1.00
H.'H. Northrup........? 1.00
J. E. Spatz
50
50
50
50
50
50
25
50
50
John Emerick...
D. F. Phillips...
J. O. Coulter....
S. V. Seeley......
W. T. Cornelison
M. H. Woods
P. Thuill
Mr. Hayes
A. G. Corey 25
W. E. Riggs 25
J. E. Athey 25
C. Emerick
J. M. Sanford
Wm. Brown
John Roberts
Ellsworth Hedge..
25
25
25
25
9
M. L. Jones 25
A. G. Arnold 25
D. P. Strait 25
J. Jacobs '. 25
C. W. Potter 25
G. R. Woods 25
J. E. Brodick
W. A. Lewis
25
25
($1.50 retained for time collecting.)
LEGISLATORS.
Previously acknowledged $ 4 00
STATE OFFICERS, . STATE COM,
MITTEEMEN AND PERSONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Previously acknowledged; $ 23 00
E. L. Adams, judge, 10th dist.. 20 00
C. M. Lemar, state com. Saund. 12 50
RECAPITULATION.
From county officers $ 52 66
From precinct committeemen.. 36 70
From legislators 4 00
From state officers, etc......... 55 50
Total
.$148 86
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THE JEW GENERALS
Men. Who Htft , Served Their Country
Long- and Well are Passed. Over '
to Howard Favorites. .
. As was to have been expected before
the announcement of the list, Presi
dent McKinley's appointments under
the provision of the new ; army law
have caused many heartburnings. All
ofithis unfavorable comment, how
ever, centers upon a few names,: and
In thp8e instances for specific reasons.
Toward the most of the selections
nothing but approval has been di
rected. ; '-v.. L., -.'
The officers whose selections : have
stimulated disapproval are J. Frank
lin Bell, who though No. 649 on the list
of captains, now is named a brigadier
general ; Frederick D. Grant, who re
si gned from the army twenty years
ago - when he was a first lieutenant,
and Leonard R. Wood, whose military
experience m the regular army wa3
gained as assistant surgeon, with the
rank of captain. It Is apparent that
In each of these instances there are
natural grounds for objection. Cap
tain Bell leaps over hundreds of offi
cers; Captain Wood not only rises as
tonishingly in rank, but shifts from
the medical corps to the line, thus lite-
wise passing hundreds of officers whose
profession has been war; Lieutenant
Grant, in turn,, thus becomes a gen
eral, while his classmates of T87L
when he was graduated from West
Point, are still captains after having
served steadily with the army all these
years.: - . ,;
None of these objections need to be
final if the selections actually are made
on absolute merit. It Is a genuine mer
it system and a less careful adherence
to promotion by rote that is needed
in the army and elsewhere in govern
ment service. When that Is the sit
uatiori, personal injustices to those left
behindmay be ever so much regretted,
but still should not defeat the general
purpose. But in this instance it does
not appear that fitness was always the
final test, Of the most conspicuous
name, at least, that of Grant, it ap
pears that sentiment ruled the presi
dent rather than judgment, and senti
ment has no business with army ap
pointments. General Grant is declared
to, have shown few soldierly distinc
tions when he was a lieutenant, and .as
a .brigadier pf volunteers ;he has not
won tie highest praise. The complaint
seems a just one that the army should
not have been used to . reward him
fpr his honorable birth, when to give
such reward means to hold back a host
of more capable men in the legitimate
honors of their service. General Grant
has had much in the way of political
preferment, and more is in. the gift of
the president if, he feels that some
thing yet is due to the name of Grant.
This appointment is distinctly an in
justice and an error.
In contrast with the appointment of
General Grant are those of General
Wood and General Bell, both beyond
doubt chosen for service rendered.
That others have done as well or could
do as well need not be denied, but
these have done the work, and there is
no reason to disapprove their selec
tion. It is a picturesque feature of the
whole appointment list that it assures
the command of the army to. General
Wood in 1910, if he lives to reach the
rank of lieutenant general, and he
will serve in that capacity for fourteen
years longer than the service of any
other commander the army has had.
Chicago Record.
Combination Offer No. 77
The Independent 1 year, Farm and
Home 1 year. Good Housekeeping 1
year, Home-made Contrivances, all for
only $1.50. Address, Independent Pub.
Co., Lincoln, Neb.
POPULIST ORGANIZATION
Shall Wo Stop Working for Good Got
rnment and Play at Freeze Out TJn
, til wo Get Knocked Out.
.Editor Independent: There is much
to commend in Mr. De France's arti
cle upon "Populist Organization." But
I must take issue with him upon some
points. Fort instance, he says, "There
are a number of good arguments for
independent action by the democrats
and populists, the chief one being that.
although twe should both get beauti
fully whipped, the number of populist
voters and; the number of democrats,
could; be ascertained.;" Truer an ap
parently muh needed information
would i be obtained, but a dangerous,
heroic method of obtaining it. Why
the necessity for this information? It
can exist only for the purpose of a di
vision of the offices, which will sooner
or later end fusion. But it was not
the offices;, but good government that
promptedvthe people to bury the poli
ticians ghosts, and co-operate polit
ically. Instead of trying to figure to
a decimal, j just how many democrats
and how many populists are to have
office, it would be much more rational
to ignore party, and unite and stand
shoulder to shoulder as patriots in de
fense of our waning liberties. But it
seems that the politicians and Office
hunters will not let us do this. That
love pf party- with too many is ap
parently stronger than the love of gocd
government. So it seems that we must
count noses, and still play at freeze-
out until we arrive at the stage of
knockout. - But - we cannot afford to
enter Upon that dangerous ground un
til all rational means of united action
is exhausted, The relative voting
strength of the parties can be ascer
tained sufficiently accurate to serve all
purposes, by a joint poll of the state,
with a mutual correction of all poll
lists wherein all questionable or doubt
ful political affiliations can be deter
mined and classified by those selected
by the different parties to make such
poll. ' - i
Mr. De France says and it too true
:"our people have overlooked" one im
portant matter in the past.: From the
time our campaign . closes until the
next commences our people fall asleep
politically and practically no work
is done." Are the masses responsible
for this? Were they ever known to
"fall asleep" prior to the time the
politicians took the party helm into
their hands? Now we have reformers
and reform papers galore, - But when
the toller, and our people are toilerSj
come in from their hard day's toil and
take up their country weeklies , and
look for inspiration to revive their toil-
blunted intellects, they are doomed to
disappointment. The man that would
not "fall asleep" reading many of them
would have to be a patent .medicine
fiend. There are reform papers (?)
which - no newspaper expert can de
cipher their politics from their make;
up for from, six to nine months in the
year. Reform papers, yet from a re
form standpoint. they have no excuse
for an existence; in fact are a detri
ment to the cause. The people look to
them for information, but precious lit
tle do they get.
To 'call them moral cowards' would
be too severe. They depend upon their
papers to bring bread to their little
ones.. Their r subscribers (and many
that should be) are derelict, and when
one of Mark Hanna's abettors say to
the editor ."That editorial was too
strong; I won't support a paper that
is inimical to my interests, and if such
a thing occurs again I will take my
advertisement out," cold chills are lia
ble to course each other up and down
that editor's spine. There is nothing
to do but give in, or starve his family.
This can all be changed " whenever
sufficient interest is aroused. The day
that the masses understand the grav
ity of the situation, Hanna's dupe
tools and not the. editor will be 'on his
knees I don't mean before his god
mammon but before those whom he
must depend upon for business. Fight
tho devil with his own material is
recognized as permissible.
While we are organizing, as we must
do, it will be easy to provide for this
contingency by taking a pledge from
our people to patronize, in a business
way, those who are fair-minded enough
to recognize the justice of an un
trammeled press. ; The man who would
destroy free discussion of economic
questions by means of boycotting all
who do not agree with him not only
should be boycotted himself, but de
serves the contempt of all good citi
zens. If our demands are wrong, un
just, anarchistic, as some claim them
to be, the greater publicity they can
have the sooner the : people . will be
done with them. If the other fellow is
in the wrong, no reasonable, lawful
method is too heroic to place him in
his true light.
. By this means the Hanna lion can
be tamed, and the weaklings weeded
out. Continuous hot shot poured into
legalized robber schemes. The rank
and file kept on the firing line. Out of
every ten who read the unmuzzled Ne
braska Independent, at least nine cf
them are fighters that never think of
saying enough. Let us have more Tib
bies, and fewer weaklings. .
JONATHAN HIGGINS.
UP AGAINST IT
The Millionaires Hare Created an Indus
try That Very Clearly Resembles
Their Own Mode of Exploi
tation.
Editor Independent: It is quite evi
dent that tHfe millionaire class is up
against a very unpleasant outlook.
Kidnapping children is safer than
breaking banks or holding up trains,
and it takes from those who are able
to put up.
The trust and monopoly magnates
who have piled up millions bv ex
ploiting labor, who advance the price
of meat and corner breadstuff's, who
put up the price of coal and light and
put down the price of labor, have made
the condition of the thousands of toil
ers, and their, families worse than
slaves. Shops and factories are filled
with children whose happy, joyous,
childhood has been stolen from them,
and the fond hopes of their loving
parents destroyed. Happiness, to them,
is a thing unknown. Poverty, want
and woe is their portion, while the
millionaire exploiters enjoy the fruits
of their toil. The corruption of our
government makes it impossible to
right these wrongs by law. In fact
in the last election we declared for the
strenuous life." We nailed to the
mast as the motto of this nation the
thief's axiom: "Then let him take
who haa the power and let him keep
who can." The millionaire class threw
their money into the election to cor
rupt the people and establish for them
selves the monopoly of plunder; What
more natural than that the'kidnapper
should come upon the scene, the nat
ural product of their own systems. I
pity the victims of the same as I pity
the victims of exploitation, but I look
upon It as retribution, not from God,
for, he punishes no one. "As ye sow
so shall ye reap." . They have sown
the wind, now they must reap the
whirlwind. .-.-. ,?
To those who have reveljed in plun
der, ... '. i
.Till the angel of conscience is dumb.
The shock of - the earthquake and
thunder
And tempest and . torrent , shall
. .- come."
Trusts and combines have no heart
to feel nor soul to damn, but the in
dividual owners of these concerns have
and they alone are accountable.
These cold-blooded, commercial con
cerns, which rob their laborers, have
now forced upon this government the
same policy. They are not satisfied to
rob a few thousand, but compel the
nation to send out its army and navy
to subjugate whole nations for them
to exploit.
Forty years ago we waged a great
civil war to establish man's right to
self-government. Today under the
same flag we are trying by war to de
stroy and uproot that principle. We
are invading another people's homes
and murdering their families, for con
quest, just as the conquerors of an
cient times did. This is the spirit of
these times, and when these crimes
against humanity and against God are
cast into the balance on one side, and
retribution swift and sure is piled into
the other, these sons of greed will pray
that the mountains may fall upon them
to shield them from the scorching blast
of their own creation. Yes, I pity you !
Just as . I pity the woman and child
who was shot to death a few years ago
by your hired thugs at the McCormick
machine works. I pity you,, just as I
pity the peaceable miners whom your
hired assassins who shot down men at
Hazel ton, and then murdered the
wounded, or the little girl who was
shot last fall in Hanna's coal strike,
or the old soldiers who were bayoD
etted into the "BulFpen" in Idaho, or
the patriotic Filipino who is shot to
death because he has learned that man
possesses "inalienable rights." With
the corrupting influence of your money
you have turned civilization back 300
years. Material progress Is not civili
zation. Truth and justice are essential
elements thereto and without them it
must fall and decay. VOX. ;
CONGRESSIONAL CHARITY -
It Is Never Extended to tho Poor, the Wid
dow and th Orphan. Bnt Al :
. ways to tho Millionaire
I am opposed to a paternal govern
ment and I am not In favor of convert
ing the office of secretary of the treas
ury into a great distributing center of
the government's revenues purely for
charitable purposes. But if needs be
that the secretary of the treasury must
assume the role of the nationaf al
moner, then there should be some dis
cretion used as to who shall be the re
cipient of his charity. The poor and
the deserving we have with us always;
and if a plethoric treasury can best be
emptied by gratuitous contributions,
let us feed the widows and the father
less and the needy poor rather than
the fattened trusts and combines, do
mestic, foreign, or amalgamated. Tho
people in this country are beseeching
congress for redress against the great
evils which follow the amassing of
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water has been capitalized in two years
in a single siaie auring mis pressnt
administratinnr that comnetition in
trade has been destroyed and monop
oly established in most of the great en
terprises in this country, and the
wheels of the great trust Juggernaut
are crushing out Individual thrift and
enterprise in its unrestrained and un
challenged course. Prices of products
and the necessities of life ad
vance or decline at the sweet will - of
the trust producer,8 regardless of cost
or necessity and with a purpose single
to the ultimate benefit of, the combine.
The chief cause of all this has been at
tributed by some of the great thinkers
of the times to the policy of high pro
tecting tariff laws which have been in
vogue for the last four years. I do not
wholly, and unreservedly accept thi3
explanation of the problem and hold
high tariff responsible for all the
abominations of the trusts and. coin-
hines. for their creation and mainte
nance, but whether the high tariff is
or is not responsible for the great
curse which has befallen us, still I be
lieve high tariff is an "angel of light"
in comparison with this proposed sub
sidy bill. The poltcy or tne tarm diu
is to tax the foreiener and to deny him
the privilege of freely competing with
the citizen, and tne tax tnus imposea
and collected goes to help defray the
expense of maintaining the govern
ment. But the policy of this bill is to
tax the citizen, and, in a large meas
ure, gratuitously to donate the collec
tion to the foreigner, that he may the
more readily in the end compete with
our citizens in the carrying trade -of
niio .niintrv. This will be. in a larg?
measure, the practical result of this
charity bill if it oecomes a law. air.
Beveridge stated in the senate last ses
cinn that, the old and accepted idea
that charity began at home was a mis
taken one, but the provisions or tnis
bill are in keeping with the senator's
c,crcrocHnn Extract from speech of
Congressman Thayer of Massachusetts.
Th Legislature
In the very, beginnings of the last
campaign The Independent said to its
readers that if the republicans car
ried the legislature that JD. E. Thomp
son and Edward Rosewater would be
elected United States senators. Up to
the present time it has had no occa
sion to change its. mind. r It-looks that
way after twenty-seven ballots have
been taken. There seems to The Inde
pendent but three ways to get out of
this senatorial .muddle. ;
First The . election of Thompson
and Rosewater- r ' . 7
Second No election at all. ,
; Third The election of a republican
and , a fusionist.
If there Is any other way, it does not
appear to any one on the ground what
ever the boomers for the various can
didates may say. . The' last ballot, it
being the twenty-seventh, was as fol
lows: "
' . Short
, term.
D. E. Thompson 38
G. D. Meiklejohn
E. Rosewater ".
Long
term.
31
17
15
To
tal. 38
31
17
16
14
F.
E.
It. Currie
H. Hinshaw.......l4
Francis Martin....... 7
L. Crounse
E. J. Hainer; .... .... 5
M. P. Kinkaid 4
N. V. Harlan 2
W. S. Marian... 1
L. D. Richards....
W. V; Allen. 41
G: M. Hitchcock
V. H. Thompson.. . ....
G. .W. Berge 8
41
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M. F. Harrington.. . 4 1 5 f
W. H. Ashby. . 4 ' 9 13
H. E. O'Neill 1 I
Total vote, 129; necessary to elect, CC.
The republicans have been holding
caucuses for a week all to no purpoci.
Nine of them refuse to go into the cim
cus unless Thompson is eliminated.
Wednesday night they got tired of cau
cusing and after taking several bal
lots they adjourned until next Monday.
That Mark Hanna is playing a- hand t
in the fight is no longer doubted. Tbe
big republican bugs at Washington
are getting anxious about the situation
in Nebraska. But if Mark undertakes
to fool with the plans of either Thomp-
son or Rosewater, he will find that he
will be In hoUwater himself.
The i senatorial - contest takes un
much of the time during the day and
republican caucuses at night make it
impossible for much legislation to be
done. , In the evening, when the com
mittees ought to be at work, the re
publican members are holding .fruit
less caucuses. They get so exhausted jl
over their internecine fights that there
is not mucn legislation in tnem wneu
they assemble in the two houses tho
next day. A good many of them have
come to, the conclusion that there is
something in pop principles after all
and want senators elected by the peo
ple hereafter. ;. '
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The latest news from South Africa
is a dispatch to the effect that Dewct
came within an ace of capturing Kitch
ener and actually did capture all of
Kitchener's private baggage. Whether
this Is true or not, it is a fact tele
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wet has escaped from the cordon with
which it had been previously said that j
he had been surrounded. Dewet is off '
on another raid and Kitchenei' is af
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es and Mexico to capture the "Apache
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