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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
March 28, 1901.
THE LEGISLATURE
trmJery Or4r I4 f reaa If ffr-
A r4en:ptioBT" Is d2nd by the
lexicographer as ne fao tells his
rks for a certain tins to pay bis
passage mcney. It appears that the
"redes? ptioaera"" got control of the Ne
braska legislature and In trying to
work their way to the great American
p coaster got into a quarrel. There
were two big pieces of pie and It de
pended upon who got the two big piec
es bow the smaller pieces would be
distributed. That was one eaase of
the disturbance. Another cause was
that "those who sold their serTices to
pay their passage" all took passage by
the railroad route. The managers of
the route get lata a quarrel among
t&emselre and issued contradictory
order. Cnder sach circumstances
nothing else could be expected than a
smash-up.
D&risg the sixty days of their cogi
tation they have dene some things
that were Just and right, but erery
one cf them has been pop u list 1c. They
hare done Just as the great prevarica
tor fa the White house has done. He
wju elected to stop the coinage of sil
ver. He said that the coinage of silver
was the curse of the world and if It
wss tot stopped universal bankruptcy
and nil a would be the result. Soon
alter he was seaid he bgaa to coin
silver ia greater Quantities than was
ever before known and has kept It up
ever sine, having coined more silver
during the month of February. 1301,
than as ever coined ia any one month
onder the Sherman act. In the same
way these redemptloners denounced
everythJg the populists advocated in
the most unmeasured terms and de
clared if the state was not redeemed
from thtir rule everlasting destruction
wo:! be the result. No sooner were
they assembled than they ix-jan to
advocate popvlitsz. Aratftg the most
importsct tMcgs that they did was to
take cp the populist doctrine of elect
ing senators by a vote of the people.
They made it almost unanimous. They
were mot satisSed with that and at
tempted to go the populists one better
by making their candidates pledge
themselves to work and vote In the
t"r.itd States senate if they were
elected, to bring that populist reform
about.
After the rederoptioners in the leg
islature had adopted the populist plan
and gone the populists one better, the
candidates came to the front and
ralfed the anti again, by declaring tor
several more of the populist doctrines.
Then Rosewater undertook to go
Thompson one better. He not only de
clared that he was against railroad ex
tortion, but he was In favor of the pub
lic ownership of the telegraphs and
the estabiifhment of postal savings
tsask as well as for the election of
senators by the people. That was
mounting the populist ladder pretty
high. but Thompson immediately
climbed one round higher. He de
clared for the initiative and referen
dum. Rosewater'e written statement,
signed ia his well known handwriting
was as follows:
"I believe that corporations are crea
tures of the state that should be reg
ulated and controlled by the, state.
While I favor public supervision of
corporations, I am by no means in
favor of confiscating their property,
cither by prescribing ruinous rates or
excessive taxation. In other words, I
favor such legislation as will protect
the people against extortion and dis
crimination by corporate monopolies,
but at the same time am opposed to
any legislation that would prevent
them from earning fair interest on
boat investment.
I am in favor of the e$tab.bnuat
of postal savings banks in which the
earnings of the people will be safely
guarded through panic and depression.
"I am ia favor of the postal tele
graph and the wit extension of pos
tal facilities to the people.
I am ia favor of the election of
United States senators by direct pop
ular vote. E. ROS K W A T II R."
As soon as Thompson saw Rosewa
ter's anti. he resolved to raise it and
feet to tie joint s-.-ssioa of the legisla
ture that ua trying to elect senators
the following written declaration:
"Ret pc nding to the resolution of the
Joint convention. I deiire to say that I
have always favoied submitting to the
people all qjestior.s :n which they are
directly Interested, and I earnestly fav
or tfie election of United States sena
tors by a direct vote of the people.
(Signed! D. EL THOMPSON."
Lincoln. Neb.. March ZZ. 1101.
la that communication Thompson
declares for the electloa of senators
by the people and besides that Indorses
the most vital principle of all pop
ulism, the submitting to the people of
ALL suctions in which they are di
rectly interested.
in looking over these two state
ments by Rosewater and Thompson
one would suppose that the candidates
for United States senators put up by
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by mail, and the most successful ever
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the redemptloners were the rankest
kind of populists. It Is very evident
that each of them wanted populist
votes and wanted them awful bad.
What would be come of the promises
and declarations after the election was
over? Populists are too wise birds to
be caught with chaff.
Once upon 'a time a certain man by
the name of Paddock was elected by
promising that If he would be an "in
dependent" and would not go into the
senate republican caucus. A short
time after he went to Washington he
returned to Omaha with a very long
face. He explained to the democrats
who had voted for him that his first
recommendation to the president had
been returned with a notation that no
attention would be paid to that or any
other recommendation coming from
him until he entered the republican
caucus and agreed to abide by its de
cision. That being the case, he said,
that It would be impossible for him
to get a thing for Nebraska. The dem
ocrats released him from his promise
and that was the end of an "indepen
dent" senator. The democrats of
years ago were willing to be fed on
chsff. but the modern democrat and
populist wants the real wheat.
The redemptloners have had all sorts
of trouble during the week. The Inde
pendent feels sorry for them because
they have been In such distress. Ten
cf them rebelled outright and abso
lutely refused to obey the orders of
Mark Hanna. They even sent Mark a
very "sassy" telegram. Faying that the
course that he, Mark, had ordered tak
en would end in the ruin of the repub
lican party. The other redemptioners
declared that if Lirk"s orders were
not obeyed it would be surely ruined.
The only conclusion that The Inde
pendent could J raw from all their talk
was toe republican party was ruined
whatever they did.
During the week the tired and per
plexed redemptloners had many cau
cuses. But they were oul short cau
cuses. They, J a Hotted and they bal-lifnl-.
-but at the end of all, they were
just where they were in the beginning.
Thompson had a short caucus nomina
tion and Rosewater couldn't get it.
Meiklejohn and Currie still stayed and
held about the same following. Mon
day morning most of the redemptlon
ers were In high spirits. They de
clared at the Lindell hotel before they
went up to the capitol that Thompson
was sure to be elected on the first bal
lot and that the other one would get
there right away. When the ballot
was taken and it was found that there
was no change, clouds and thick dark
ness fell upon them.
"Plunged in a gulf of dark despair,
Those wretched sinners lay."
It began to dawn upon them that the
redemptloners couldn't redeem any
thing not even a sick pup. Tuesday
morning after having caucused, try
ing to nominate a candidate from the
north Platte, and failed, they said the
jig was up. Dietrich had announced
that If they did not elect, he would not
appoint and he would net call an ex
tra session of the legislature.
Tuesday dawned on the redemptlon
ers with a leaden sky and a chilly,
bone-piercing atmosphere. They
looked as if they were weary of this
wicked world. Some of them said: "It
is no use trying. We can't redeem
nothlnY but others were more hope
ful, and replied that there were two
days more to try. and If it were neces
sary the day of adjournment, which
had been fixed for Thursday, could be
stretched out to at least Saturday
night by stopping the clocks in the two
different halls. At the usual hour on
Tuesday the joint convention was held
and while Thompson held his own
Rosewater fell off three votes
Thompson. 59; Rosewater, 29. It was
a regular funeral procession that filed
out of the hall of the house of repre
sentatives. The gloom was so great
that the gas had to be lighted in al
most every room in the capitol.
Brer Fuslonist, he laid low and said
nothln.
On Tuesday night the U. P. men, the
D. & M. men and the Northwestern
men tried to hold another caucus, but
the nine "antis" could not be coaxed
within the doors. During the day Gov
ernor Dietrich had rounded them up,
but his talk did no good. WThen Mc
Carthy called upon all who would nev
er, never, never vote for Thompson to
stand up. nine pt them rose to their
feet. There were two more anti
Thompson men In the room who did
not rise. The night run at the caucus
was very much like ai- waose that pre
ceded. Rosewater fell off a little and
Meiklejohn gained a little. When the
overworked and exceedingly weary
train crews at last vacated the caucus
room, they reported mat the senatorial
train was dead stalled and the engine
couldn't turn a wheel.
During the day, two more of the re
publican candidates were hauled up to
the populist snubbing post. This is
what they had to say:
To the members of the joint con
vention of the legislature of the state
of Nebraska: In response to the res
olution adopted by your honorable
body. I desire to state that I am now
and for many years have been in favor
of the election of United States sena
tors by direct vote of the people, and,
If elected. I shall make every reason
able effort to secure the calling of a
convention for the s-bmission of an
amendment to the constitution pro
viding for the election of senators by
direct popular vote. Respectfully sub
mitted. E. II. HINSHAW."
"Gentlemen of the joint assembly
of the 27th session of the legislature
of the state of Nebraska: I have the
honor in response to the resolution of
your honorable body inviting candi
dates for election to the United States
senate to express their views on the
election of United States senators by
popular vote, to state, that I favor
their election by direct vote, and
should I represent this state In the
national congress will advocate and
vote for the constitution conferring
upon the sovereign people the power to
; ek-et senators. Very respectfully,
j . "GEO. D. MEIKLEJOHN."
The accute politician would say that
j Hinshaw pointed out "the nigger in
J the woodpile," much more distinctly
than was necessary. He is for calling
a convention to reconstruct the consti
tution of the United States, instead of
submitting an aniendt nt enabling the
people to elect senators by a 'direct
vote. There is no doubt that there is
a movement already launched to call
a constitutional convention under the
auspices of Mark Hanna and the im
perialists. A change enabling the peo-
pie to elect senators by a direct vote
would be a very small part of the bus!
ness that, such a convention would do.
Many of the plutocratic papers have
already been calling for such a con
vention to do away with "our anti
quated constitution." What are called
the "rights of man" embedded in the
first nine amendments to the consti
tution, are very great stumbling blocks
in the way of the imperialist. Hinshaw
has evidently been reading the pluto
cratic dailies, and " wanted to get
aboard of the imperialist train at the
vry first station. Tne above docu
ments were read to the joint conven
tion.
And Brer Fusionist, he laid low and
said nothln .
Wednesday morning came and the
sky veiled its face in heavy clouds in
sympathy with the woes of the re
demptioners. Thursday night was
fixed for final adjournment. There
could be but two more days to ballot
and there was considerable excitement
as the weary servants of the corpora
tions wended their way to the .capitol
to try once more. They tried and the
result was Thompson 57; Rosewater 29,
Meiklejohn 27, with the others trailing
along in the usual order.
And Brer Fusionist still laid low and
said nothln'.
Wednesday night another caucus
was attempted, but it was shorter than
the short caucuses that preceded it,
only forty-seven being in attendance.
It was in session until after midnight.
This was working the train crews be
yond all reason. In .the years that
have gone by The Independent has
made many protests against overwork
ing train crews. Some of the most fa
tal disasters that have ever occurred
have come about by overworking the
train crews and it has advocated the
passing of a law to prevent it. Of
course nothing was accomplished. The
old thing was stuck and they couldn't
get up steam enough to turn a wheel.
Rosewater had tried to put a push
to the business by publishing the fol
lowing in the Bee:
"Many people have been misled
through a faked Washington telegram
published in the local popocratic organ
into a belief that in case the Nebraska
legislature adjourns without electing
two senators that Governor Dietrich
will have the right to fill the vacan
cies by appointment. This is incor
rect. "Only one senatorial vacancy exists,
that left by the expiration of the term
of Senator Thurston on the 4th of
March. William V. Allen is filling the
vacancy caused by the death of Sena
tor Hayward, and will hold until his
successor is elected. The senate has
decided on more than one occasion
that when a legislature adjourns with
out electing a senator, the action is to
be taken as indicating a desire on the
part of the people of that state to al
low the vacancy to stand, and the sen
ate will not interfere with the desire
so expressed.
"Should the present legislature fail
to choose two senators, the state of Ne
braska will be represented in the sen
ate during the next two years at least
only by Senator Allen."
Thursday morning, the last day of
the legislative session, the contest was
practically where it was at the very
beginning. The morning trains
brought in a large number of republi
cans from various parts of the state
and the wires to Mark Hanna's head
quarters had been kept hot for many
hours. The question on every lip was:
What will happen at the last joint ses
sion? At the Lindell hotel there was a
great jam, especially after the morning
delegations got in. Talk about new
blood in the republican party! Every
old heeler that had held office or got
a rake-off for the thirty years was
there. Of course there were a few
new ones, but they were chips from the
old blocks. The supreme effort of the
whole pull was to get Thompson and
Rosewater to quit. A large contingent
wanted Meiklejohn to quit, but none
of these gentlemen seemed to be in the
quitting mood.
Most of those who thronged the Lin
dell acted as if they had some terrible
secret to tell. They were crowded up
in corners, pressed tight against the
wall, jammed into passage ways whis
pering in each others' ears. "We must
elect. We must elect," was the burden
of their lament. "Think of it! After
we have fought and won to lose the
whole thing!" Then some man asked
if that article in the Bee were true and
that Allen would hold the office for
two years more provided that there
was no election. When the other fel
low said it was true, the first speaker
groaned.
There were a few fusionists in the
crowd, but they said nothing and laid
low.
Early in the forenoon the redemp
tiouers began to caucus again. The
house was to have met at 9 o'clock,
but none of the majority members
were present and there was no speaker
to call the house to order. As time
wore on, all sorts of rumors began to
circulate. Not much attention was
paid to them until the man at the
telephone announced that Thompson
had withdrawn upon the condition that
he was to name the candidates. Short
ly after the rumor was confirmed and
the condition was accepted. Then it
was announced that the candidates
named by Thompson were Millard of
Omaha and Governor Dietrich.
Brer Fusionist then remarked: "Giv
en a republican majority in the state
of Nebraska and the B. & M. to man
age it and it is a winner every time.
The B. & M. new has two senators in
stead of one. They are both national
bankers and will therefore be in high
favor at the court of the emperor of
the Philippines." -
The news of the nominations by the
caucus spread quickly over town and
people began to swam toward the
capitol. A ladder was put up by the
clock which hands high on the wall
in the house of representatives. Many
ladies thronged the floor of the house,
the galleries and lobbies. As the re
publicans began to come in they gave
warwhoops. The joint convention of
the two houses finally was called to
order and the ballot resulted as fol
lows: Millard 70
Dietrich ..... 70
Allen r 5S
W. H. Thompson .................. 52
Hitchcock S
Berge . 2
The election of Dietrich makes Lieu-
tenant Governor Savage governor and
Senator Beal lieutenant governor.
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One lot of Taffeta Silk Waists in black and white
plain black and a few colors, actual $5.00 values, sizes
32 to 40, ruffle at band. These waists are exactly tne
thing to wear under the
jacket of a tailor suit, as they have the now very Q I "T r
popular silk front, on sale, while they last. ..; . . . ,J) if Q
Black Taffeta Waists, $5.00 values, all-lined, solid
tucks, back and front plain black, or black with 0 Q 7 g
white front, collars and cuffs, ruffle on sleeve, each. 3
Shirtwaists of good quality percale. Marquise
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Hosiery.
Women's c6tton hose, double heel
and toe, a pair. 8c
Children's heavy cotton hose,
double knee, heel and toe, a
Pr . -12 ic
Men's fleece lined hose, double
so!es,a pair 15 O
Women's extry quality cotton hose,
high spliced heels, double soles,
Pir -21c
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ITOVES Md
We have every thing you can
garden and if you are not fully
see you. our prices are exceptionally low;
Garden Forks, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25.
Spades, 85c., $1.00, $1.15 and $1.50.
Rakes, 25,. 30. 45 and 50c!
Hoes, 25, 30, 35 and 40c.
The Gurney Refrigerator
Is the only absolutely cleanable refrigerator as it has
removable ice compartments, shelves . and . drain pipe.
It is mineral wool packed, causing greatest economv of
ice and free circulation of dry air. Beautifully finished
in light and dark wood v Prices $8.00 to $30.00.
AM-Rust Kitchen Utensils
HALL'S
All the ex-candidates made speeches
telling how glad they were of the se-
'ections made. Rosewater said that in
his business he had stepped on too
raany corns to be a popular candidate.
Currie made an imperialistic speech
n which he told how 8,000,000 Fili
pinos were looking to us to give them
aw, order and freedom. Meiklejohn
and Thompson refused to appear. It
.vas announced that Millard was on a
special train coming, from Omaha as
;ast as steam could bring him and the
joint convention took a recess until
3 p. m.
Lincoln,
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Underwear
Women's sleeveless vests, without
tapes, each...... -5c
Women's ' cotton ' vests, low neck,
sleeveless, ribbed, taped neck and
arm, 3 for....;. 25c
Women's sleeveless vests, in better
qualities, fancy lace front, white,
each, 17c, 3 for '. -50o
possibly use to make
equipped we want to
It is too late to make an comments
upon the character of the two new sen
ators. The people of this state know
of the complete want of ability on the
part of Dietrich and as to Millard, It
is only necessary to say that he was
president of the national bank that
transferred $200,000 of the school funds
to Bartley's private account and for
which the state has brought suit which
is still pending in the courts.
Some time ago we sent bills to delin
quent subscribers. Many have not
given them the attention they de
servedi Are you one of that class?
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stichingat bottom, seven gore skirt, welted seams,
with or without patch pocket, good quality, joxford
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our price 3 1 U U
Dress skirts of fine all wool cheviot, black Jonly,
nine inch flounce, one inch taffeta silk - at heading of -flounce,
solid stitching on silk, six rows tailor stitching
at bottom of skirt, one inch velveteen binding, extra
quality percaline lining, five gores, ribbon belt, best
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WraDDers with sixteen . inch flounce, separate
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Percale, 31 and 36 inches wide, mill
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What there is left of the 8c and 9c
outing flannel, to close, yard....4$c
36 inch unbleached muslin, worth
6c, our price per yard. ........... .4c
An almost endless variety of Percales
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Gasoline -Stores
Why roast over a hot cook stove when you can cook
on a Gasoline stove and be comfortable?
We handle two burner Gasoline stoves $2.50, $8.50.
Monarch Giant Burner, $7.50, $17.00
Monarch Wickless uBlue Flame" Oil
Stoves $6.50 to $17.50 - :
A number of good Second Hand stoves
cheap $1.50 to $5.00. ' v , - '
Stoves and Ranges
Our leaders are: ' :
The Majestic Malleable Iron and
Steel Ranges
Price $28.00 and up.
The Gem Ideal Steel Plate
Range
Is a better range than the peddlers sell and we guaran.
. tee it. Prices $30.00 and up.
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WASHING NEGESSITIES
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Lincoln, Neb.
Current Comment
A cablegram, or what purports to be
a cablegram from the Philippines, was
published Thursday morning, declar
ing that Funston had captured Aguin
aldo. It bears many broad marks of
a fake. When the dispatch was shown
to Sexto Lopez, he said he very much
doubted the truth of the statement,
but. the .capture,: of : Aguinaldo would
make no difference in the resistence of
the Filipinos. There were many other
men just as able to take his place.
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Dress Making
This department is now in charge of
people who are thoroughly expert in
their particular branches the art of
gown making. Miss Cline takes care of
fancy gowns and Mr. Somerville handles
tailor gowns "exclusively. Absolute sat
isfaction is assured.
We will be Glad to see you
Rumors still continue to be current
about the absorption of the.B. & M.
into the Great Northern system.' The
result of the senatorial fight in the
Nebraska legislature may have some
effect upon such a deal.
Sunflowers and Ceoklbrriea.
A bill before the the Legislature of
Nebraska declares sunflowers and cock
leberries a public menace and makes
it the' duty of every owner of land t
destroy them between August 15 and
September 1 of each year.
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