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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, APRIL 4, 1901.
NO. 45 )
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STAND FROM UNDER
Dogr Boles; IMepteyed by
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UUef Wall Slret-
Duringr the irt three or four ki
tveral significant wincing hare been
gitea ty the old crey bead of Wall
-tret. ita prominent amor. them was
It a!! Sage. Th- men know very
well that tne capitalization of every
railroad acd trery icdurtry In the
Unite-l Sttf is from M to 400 per cent
above Its actual value, is bound to
brinx ilater. Fbe result Is to make
tabor paw to capital frcra one-half to
fo'ir times as much as It ever paid be
fore. That sort of thing can't stand
lor. Labor Is bxming more and
more- ocille to buy and the result is
that U-e old cry of or-rp rod action Is
teicc rai-i araln. We are all wear
ies shoddy clothe. Eeiy time we
shake our under rar la the morning,
the Coot is covered with the shoc'.dy
that falls out. Bat the woollen manu
facturer ay that there Is an overpro
duction of woc-U a consequent fall In
price asd the trills must shut down for
there are more goods on the shelves
than can sold. We would all like to
buy woollen roods, but we can't, for
capital, by means of watered stock
tome of thre or four hundred per cent
lake so much of what we produce
that we can t buy woollen roods and
we mcst content ursehres with shod
dy. The United State Investor has
the followini; to say about overproduc
tion and such like things:
""How much lonrer are the good
times thrown which the country has
been paMisg duri&jc the last few years
jroinit to last? This perhaps is a
qs'ftion which no one can answer with
satisfaction to himself or to others,
bat it Is a question, nevertheless,
which certain events now occurring
are d&uttles raisins in great many
minds. Take, for Instance, the cotton
situation. It was not lone ago that the
cotton mills of the United States ap
peared to be In a better condition than
er before, and it was only very re
cently Indeed that the raw material
was booasin at a great rate. Today,
however, the cotton market, is charac
terized by gre-at weakness. In January
pot cotton was quoted at 12 cents
on the nueexe. and the ordinary
QQtarloc during that month was per
haps I0 cents; since then the price
has declined to cents, the present
Sccre. The drop is In sympathy with
the futures market, whkn is based
very largely oa ty probable takings
by the mills. The situation is domi
ciled by conditions in the Liverpool
market and the only conclusion which
sems justiSel by the facts now In
sight Is that the demand for manufac
turing purpos, both at home asd
abroad, it going to be light for some
time to come.
"Turning now specifically to the cot
ton manufacturing tltuaiion we find,
cc the whole, a rather discouraging
state of aSaira. Print cloths have
dropped below 3 cents and the selling
committee of the Fall River manufac
turers has voted to ask the mills to
make a lengthy curtailment In their
production. The necessity of such ac
tion will perhaps be apparent when it
is stated that the weekly production
of the mills is SvO.&OO pieces and that
last week the sales amounted to only
SG.tOO piece. The Ion; nd short of
the matter appears to be that the
prrprity which overtook the cotton
mills in has resulted in the usual
way. viz.. in overproduction, the econ
omic consequences of which are. of
course, curtailment and reduction of
wares.
-Woc" is another industry that has
suffered a reaction. The market for
this commodity is In a depressed condi
tion, and there is no conclusive reason
to believe that any material advance in
prices is to be looked for in the im
mediate future. The stock of wool in
this country and -a the markets of the
world is large, and the demand for
manufacturing purposes is, on the
whole, very much reduced. The stock
in the United States will soon be great
ly augmented by a new domestic clip,
but. while the demand for the manu
factured product may improve as time
goes on quite a little over the very
slow opening of the present goods sea
son, it may be questioned if there will
be an Increase sufficiently large to ad
mit of the expectation that quotations
on the raw material will be favorably
aSeeted in the near future. In short,
the entire wool Industry, from the
grower to the manufacturer, I in a
condition which compares very unfav
orably with that witnessed In recent
years.
"A glance at the stel and iron in
dustry is not without Its instruction.
The injection of an appalling amount
cf water Into the capitalization of the
new steel combine would, on Its face,
rai the presumption that very large
profits are looked for In this indus
try la the next few years. But of far
greater significance than this fact. It
ms to us. Is the fact that the new
steel combine was considered an im
perative necessity. A few weeks ago
it appeared quite obvious that the big
ttel companies had begun to realize
that they had at last entered a period
of declining profits, and on top of this
came the threat of new competition on
a gigantic scale. Artificial measures
have bten taken to ward off disaster,
and It remains to be seen how effec
tive these measure are going lo be.
Perhaps for a time they will succeed
In malrg the steel acd Iron Industry
wear th appearance of great prosper
ity, tut admitting the likelihood of
this. St is nevertheless important to
jear in mlsd this fact, via., that on
searching analysis the steel and Iron
situation give evidence of far less In
herent strength than formerly.
"Having touched on three of the
irretel :nutrie of this rour.try, and
shcrwa what we believe to be their true
tosditisa, we may leave It to the read
er to frame 'his own view Tegarding
the general situation. Every period of
activity and rising prices must come
to an end some time. According to the
law of averages we should consider the
present rather early to look for a set
back to general business of any great
magnitude. But these are highly ex
ceptional times, governed as they are
by so many factors of which the past
knew practically nothing, consequently
the law of averages may just at this
particular juncture not be so safe - a
guide as formerly."
GRAVE OF BRITISH EMPIRE
BUoBrk 814 to be la South Africa and W.
T. St ad Smj the Propheey Will
Prove True
W. T. Stead continues to give Joe
Chamberlain sound advice, but his ad
vice and warnings go unheeded. Re
cently he gave out In London an inter
view from which the following is tak
en: "I still believe, with Bismarck, that
South Africa will be the grave of the
British empire. Our only salvation
lies in the reversal of our unjust pol
icy toward the South African repub
lics. Little incidents like the routing
of General Delarey amount to nothing,
or next to nothing, in the direction of
terminating the hostilities. Dr. Leyds
said to me:
'What have we to lose by the pro
longation of the war? You have trans
ported and penned up our women and
children; you have burned our houses
and our crops and denuded our coun
try of domestic beasts. We have noth
ing left but our lives and our freedom,
and these we shall defend until you
grow extremely weary of the contest.
"Dr. Leyds voices the sentiment of
practically every Boer of any account
In South Africa. Our enemies figure
upon spending the rest of their days, if
need be, in' making the British uncom
fortable in the annexed colonies.
Shortly, when the grass dries up, they
will withdraw toward the equator.
Then we sha. hear again that the war
f is over, but the Boers will return with
the return of the grass, and meantime
our government will be compelled to
maintain its vast army in the field at
the cost of 17.500.000 a week.
"The Boers fully appreciate the mag
nitude of our financial burden. Know
ing that we lese everything and they
nothing by the continuance of hostili
ties, they will adopt a negative or
waiting style of warfare. They will
scan our long lines of communication
and will attack. them where, they cr
weak. They will fall upon our conveys
and isolated garlsons and snipe our
troops from hidden positions. We
learn from the Times correspondent at
Pretoria that our columns often march
for twenty days, constantly under fire,
without catching sight of a alngle
Boer.
"General French's sweeping move
ment has utterly failed to clear the
eastern Transvaal of the enerav. lie
still abounds there, and cuts our lires
cf communication apparently at will.
"The Bocra are aware net only of
our great financial .Mmcultles, but they
also know that our foreign relations
perpetually hold for them the promise
cf salvation. They kuow as well as
does any Englishman that if we should
get Into any trouble with any first
rate power we should have to drop
South Africa In order to save our
selves. If the Tien Tsin railway sid
ing row had brought us into collision
with Russia we should have needed ev
ery available man of our army to de
fend India.
"From every point of view the Eoers
can afford to wait."
THE SPRING ELECTIONS
Republicans Get Some Very Hard Knocks
Republican Majorities Kery-
where Reduced
The spring elections have gone
mostly against the republicans in the
various states. Mark Hanna has been
completely knocked out in his home
town of Cleveland. Tom Johnson has
been elected mayor, the democrats
have carried Columbus, Lentz and Tom
Johnson managing the campaign and
Mayor Jones has been re-elected by a
big majority. All the victories have
been gained by fighting on the prin
ciples of the populist platform. The
contest has been for public ownership
of public utilities.
In St. Louis there has been a pe
culiar fight. Rolla Wells, a republi
can gold democrat, Tias teen elected.
But Lee Meriwether, who ran on a
pibllc ownership platform, came next
to him. St- Lcuis has always been a
republican city with a good round ma
jority, and could have elected a repub
lican mayor this time if the leading re
publicans had not preferred a gold
democrat to one of their own kind.
The tremendous vote for Meriwether,
who ran on a distinctly populist plat
form, although they adopted the name
of "public ownership," is a surprise,
t is said that he had the hearty sup
port of both Bryan and AUgeld.
Carter Harrison has been elected for
the third term mayor of Chicago. He
ran on a public ownership platform,
also. A large number of the street
car franchises in Chicago expire dur
ing the next three years and we will
have a chance to see how much real
reform there is In Carter Harrison.
Altgeld didn't believe that there was
any at all and he opposed Harrison
Here In Lincoln, where the republi
cans have their usual majority, little
interest was taken in the election.
Mayor Jones of Toledo was re
elected by about 3,000 majority. A
tremendous fight was put up against
him and every device known to politi
cians was resorted to. but they failed,
and Jones was elected.
"IN JEFFERSON'S WORDS"
The Indefensible Lying in the Whole Re
publican Prats About Annexed
Territory
The question has arisen in a good
many minds lately whether the words
of Lincoln were true when he ex
pressed the doubt about fooling the
people all the time. At the time he
made that remark there was no censor
of the . press and the president had
never refused to give out Information
from the records of the departments
when asked for by congress. Would
he make the same statement now? It
cannot be doubted that a large major
ity of the people of the United States
believe that the government provided
for the Filipinos exactly the same as
that which was provided for the in
habitants of Louisiana under the ad
ministration of Jefferson. Every
where in the daily papers it has been
declared time and again that the
Spooner resolution was in almost the
exact words of the act providing for
the government of Louisiana and that
they were "the words of Jefferson."
The people believe that, because the
sources of information are almost en
tirely under the control of the repub
lican machine and they are wholly
ignorant of the facts. To get the facts
In regard to that, or any other matter
which plutocracy or imperialism is in
terested in concealing, is an utter im
possibility under the present condi
tions. That the readers of The Inde
pendent may have them in their con
secutive order they are here set forth.
The Independent is indebted, to Mr.
Bryan for their collation.
The first annexation treaty was with
Great Britain, and was known as the
Jay treaty. This was made February
29, 1796. It contained this provision:
Article II. All sellers and traders
within the precincts or jurisdiction of
the said posts . . . Shall not be
compelled ' to become citizens of the
United States, but they shall be at
full liberty to do so if they think
proper, and they shall make and de
clare their election within a year af
ter the evacuation aforesaid. And all
persons who shall continue there af
ter the expiration of the said year
without having declared their inten
tion of remaining subjects of his Bri
tannic majesty shall be considered as
having elected to become citizens of
the United States.
The second treaty was the Louisiana
Purchase treaty of October 21, 1803,
made with France.. It provided:
Article III. The inhabitants of the
ceded territory shall be incorporated
in the union of the United States, and
admitted as soon as possible, accord
ing to the principles of the federal con
stitution, to the enjoyment of all Ihe
rights, advantages and immunities of
the citizens of the United States, and
in the meantime they shall be main
tained and protected in the free en
joyment of their liberty, property and
the religion which they profess.
The third treaty involved the ces
sion of Florida. It was made with
Spain February 22, 1821, and pro
vided: Article VI. The inhabitants of the
territories which the Catholic majesty
cedes to the United States by this
treaty shall be Incorporated in the
union of the United States as soon as
may be consistent with the principles
of the federal constitution, and ad
mitted to the enjoyment of all the
privileges, rights and immunities "of
the citizens of the United States.
The fourth and fifth treaties were ex
ecuted July 4, 1848, and June 30, 1854.
They were known as the Mexican trea
ty and the Gadsden Purchase treaty,
and provided:
Article IX. The Mexicans who in
the territories aforesaid shall not pre
serve the character of citizens of the
Mexican republic shall be Incorporated
into the union of the United States,
and be admitted at the proper time (to
be judged of by the congress of the
United States) to the enjoyment of all
the rights of citizens of the United
States according to the constitution,
and in the meantime shall be main
tained and protected in the free enjoy
ment of their liberty and property and
secured in the free exercise of their re
ligion without restriction.
The sixth treaty Involved the Alas
kan purchase. It was made with Rus
sia June 20, 186 1, and provided:
Article, III. The inhabitants of the
ceded territory according to their
choice, reserving their natural alleg
iance, may return to Russia within
three years, but if they should prefer
to remain in the ceded territory, they,
with the exception of the uncivilized
native tribes, shall be admitted to the
enjoyment of all the rights, advantages
and immunities of citizens of the Unit
ed States, and shall be maintained and
protected in the free enjoyment of
their liberty, property and religion.
The uncivilized tribes will be subject
to such laws and regulation!! as the
United States may from time to time
adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of
that country.
The next instance of annexation was
Hawaii. This was accomplished by
joint resolutions of congress, which
Joint resolution provided as follows:
All white persons, including Portu
guese and persons of African descent,
and all persons descended from a Ha
waiian race, on either the paternal or
maternal side, who were citizens of the
republic of Hawaii Immediately prior
to the transfer 'of the sovereignty
thereof to the United States, are here
by declared to be citizens of the Unit
ed States. 1
The seventh treaty was made with
Spain, December 10, 1898. It was the
peace treaty. This treaty provided:
Article IX. Spanish subjects, na
tives of the peninsula .. . may
preserve their allegiance to the crown
of Spain by making before a court of
record, within a year from the date
of the exchange of ratifications of this
treaty, a declaration of their decision
to preserve such allegiance, in default
of which declaration they shall be held
to . have renounced It and to have
adopted the nationality of the territory
in which they may reside.
The civil rights and political status
of the native inhabitants of the terri
tories hereby ceded to the inhabitants
of the United . States shall - be deter
mined by the congress. .
When we add to this the Spooner
resolution that was passed by the last
congress giving McKinley unlimited
and despotic power in the Philippines,
which has been so often printed in
this paper, any honest man must feel
Indignant at the continual assertion
tl-at McKinley is only doing in the
Philippines what Jefferson did in Lou
isiana. Honesty was long ago banished
from the columns of the republican
press, but it seems that their con
sciences have become so seared over
that there is no sense of shame left in
their managers or editors.
Lately they haye been claiming that
McKinley is governing . the Philip
pines just as Jackson governed Flor
ida. That is the worst lie of all be
cause it is a half truth. Jackson was
appointed governor of Florida under
orders that gave him unlimited power
for a few months only. But jackson
protested and declared that no man
should be entrusted with such power
and he finally resigned and went to his
home rather than to govern under such
conditions. That 'government was only
to last until congress met and although
that was less than six months, Jackson
repudiated it.
MEANEST TRICK OF ALL
Dietrich Hardly Dared to Lock Horns with
the Supreme Court so He Tented His '
Spite on the University
The decent republicans stood aghast
when they found out on Wednesday
morning what had happened from
electing a republican governor. Diet
rich had attempted to vent his spite
on the supreme court. Wheu he at
tacked that body in such a way as not
only to delay litigation, but to destroy
the usef ulnr.ss of the court in many
ways, he found that republicans who
had some interest in the welfare of
the state would not stand bis antic?
at all. Then without notice to any one
he attacked the university. Courts,
universities and schools seem to be
things which excite his Ire. The fol
lowing items in the university appro
priation appear in-his vetoes sent over,
to the, secretary of state:
"Item for permanent improvement
and repairs . including new buildings
and equipments; addition to heating
apparatus and tunnel; general repairs
and maintenance; disposition of sewer
age at the farm; cistern and fire appar
atus; electric light machines and wir
ing; roof for coal areas; remodeling
north, wing of central building (law
college) ; special repairs to chemical
laboratory and general science build
ing; sheds, fences and improvements
at the farm; ventilating apparatus for
Grant Memorial hall; equipment of
experiment station building at the
farm; contingent expenses on work of
improvement at the state university,
Lincoln, Neb., $90,500.
"Item For construction of tunnel
for heating purposes at Normal school,
Peru, Neb., $1,800.
"Item Expenses for commencement
and summer institute at Peru, Neb.,
$1,200.
"Item Freight and expenses, Peru
Normal school, $160."
The vetoing of the appropriation for
the university will prove most disas
trous to the property interest of that
institution. It is too late in the week
to go itno details concerning the re
sults, which will be considered here
after. It may, however, be remarked
that the veto is a boon to the bankers.
The tax to pay all this was levied two
years ago and the money will come
into the hands of the state treasurer
the same as if the veto had not been
made and can be used for no other pur
pose. Some of It is there now. Nintey
thousand for the bankers for two years
is a pretty good haul. Mr. Dietrich is
himself a banker.
He also repudiated the following
debts allowed by the legislature. Some
of them are known to be just debts:
D. A. Campbell, $35.80; D. A. Camp
bell, . $56.85; Thomas Welch, $177;
Rosa W. Scott, $525; James H. Crad
dock, $1,319; Murphy & Swain, $370;
G. F. Keiper, $625; O. L. Stephenson,
$250; J. T. Steele, $392.45; C. E. Cof
fin, $812.45; J. R. Ferris, $124; F. L.
Mary, $295; Nora E. Morrow, $1,500;
Mrs. F. M. Williams, $100; Laura B.
Taylor, $1,000; George F. Corcoran,
$53 30; George F. Corcoran, $859: D.
A. Campbell, $511.85; S. A. D. Shilling,
$567.60; J. L. Green, $83.34; M. C.
Dawes, $366.67; N. W. Westover,
$460.93; W. Saunders, $59.64; ,J. J.
Ream, $75; J. Levy, $8; C. L. Stephen
sou, $41.66; C. E.-Coffin, $41.66; C. Y.
Long, $25; H. Goff, $25; A. W. Crites,
$163; G. F. H. Babcock, $35; Lee Card,
$20; Charles H. Farr, $23; Warwick
Saunders, $134.90; Warwick Saunders,
$79.6o; P. Renshaw, $50; William R.
Keefer, $750; ,
Best in the State
Editor Independent: You will find
enclosed a draft for $2, to be applied
on subscription. I do not want to do
without The Independent. I consider
it the best paper in the state. I take
several papers, but The Independent is
the one that I rely upon and the editor
is "a man after my own heart "
J. C. STILLINGS.
Boone, Neb.
The hoasting that Dietrich In his ac
ceptance speech gave the anti-Thompson
men Is a pretty clear indication
that they, one and all, will have to
stay outside the breastworks for the
next four, years at least, ,
: THE PEOPLE'S PARTY
It Stands by Its Principles and When th
Battle Opens ETery Man Will be round
With His Gun L.oaded and
' - Bayonet Fixed
Some men as well as some newspa
pers are apparently worried as to the
course the people's party will pursue
in the future. It is needless to say that
the worry is mostly outside of the par
ty ranks.
The people's party went before the
country upon a declaration of princi
ples which for aptness and soundness
from a standpoint of political econ
omy, cannot be assailed. Some of
those principles have become law in
the state of Kansas, and though the
republican party condemned these
principles and denounced the laws
which were the outgrowth of them,
the laws have not been, repealed
though the republicans have had full
power and opportunity to do so.
We as a party hold to our principles
yet and demand a wider and more gen
eral application of them. Where is
the populist who does not sincerely
believe in public ownership of rail
ways, telegraphs and all of public
utilities?
This principle is right and is grow
ing more and more in public favor. It
can be demonstrated by the results of
actual experience, to be far superior
to the present empire breeding system
of corporation rule In everything of a
public nature. Again we are still un
alterably in favor of the principle of
direct legislation, which reserves in
the people the power to make laws
without depending on the uncertainty,
turpitude and ignorance of legislative
numskulls who frequently stand be
tween the people and reform.
The populists have nothing to take
back in reference to their financial
theories. They have always advocated
a greater volume of money, based upon
the credit of the government. They
have contended for an expansion in
the money volume, predicting easier
times to follow such expansion.
And if the country today is enjoying
easier times it is largely because the
volume of circulating medium has
been increased. The same result no
uoubt would have followed a direct is
sue of money by the government with
out delegating the power of the na
tional banks as has been done by the
republicans.
We still stand unshaken in our de
mand for government money issues
that are ' the property of the people
acting through their government in
stead of the property of a . national
bank trust.
We have prophesied that under re
publican tendencies the great bulk of
the wealth would become concentrated
in private hands. In proof of this,
w'tness Carnegie, Rockefeller and
Flerpont Morgan whose individual in
comes are greater than that of the en
tire population of some states.
We have predicted the gradual oro
gression toward consolidation of capi
tal and as a consequence thereof that
competition would cease, and commer
cial despotism would ensue. As proof
of the fulfillment of these predictions
we point to billion dollar trusts, or
ganized and organizing. We have
foretold the growing power of rational
banks and it has come to pass.
Is the average citizen pleased at the
outlook? If not, does he repose any
faith :n the republican party to meet
and combat the growing power of
plutocracy? On the other hand does
he believe that the democratic party
divided in its councils and leadership
can accomplish anything? That par
ty now seriously- contemplates a
transfer of leadership from such men
as Bryan and Towne to David B. Hill
and his kind.
The little crumb of prosperity, so
called, is but a bait, and with a costly
military establishment fastened upon
us, debts and expenses accumulating,
trusts and plutocracy touching all and
corrupting all, the need of men of
courage, faith and fortitude was never
greater. With the republican party
committed to commercial imperialism,
and the democratic party quarreling
over its leadership, the people's party
must and will stand firm and keep in
the even tenor of its way, contending
for the greater rights of the citizen.
We shall continue to hold conven
tions, nominate candidates and pro
mulgate principles. When the roll ia
called the 125,000 populists of Kansas
will respond to the battle cry in spite
of republican predictions to the con
trary. Kansas Commoner.
GARPET BAGGER'S LOOT
Enlistments Exceedingly Few How Loot
ing Prospers In the Philippines
and Cuba
Washington, D. C., March 29, 1901.
The capture of Aguinaldo comes after
so many false alarms that the admin
istration was the first to question its
reality.
Aguinaldo has shown a most unac
commodating spirit. He refused to be
captured before election when the ex
ploit would have had political value
to the administration. ,
Of course this is not saying 'that he
willingly fell into the plot now. He
became at last the victim of a clever
strategem although he had eluded his
pursuers so long that the war depart
ment never expected to capture him.
The administration organs are not
rejoicing so sincerely over his capture
as we might expect You see the trou
ble is that some pretense of an insur
rection or rebellion must be kept up in
order to justify the keeping of a big
standing army in, the Philippines,
If it were not that the administra
tion wants thousands of soldiers to
do police duty while carpet-baggers
and speculators rob the natives we
would be told that now the trouble is
entirely, over.
In reality it is hard to say just what
effect the capture of Aguinaldo will
have upon the Filipinos. It would be
natural to suppose - that they would
be disheartened. Yet when the Cuban
leader 'Maceo was killed the guerilla
warfare went on with the same old
vigor. ' The Cubans were fighting for
the principles of freedom and the loss
of a leader did not mean the defeat of
the cause. .
The absence of Kruger and the cap
ture of Joubert did not finish the Boer
war. The brave inhabitants of the
Transvaal are still fighting vigorously,
for liberty and keeping 260,000 English
soldiers busy.
It may be so with the Philippine
people. They have so far put up a most
gallant fight for independence and the
capture of Aguinaldo may only make
them more determined not to settle
down in peaceful submission as slaves
of a country which intends to exploit
them without mercy.
In some minor respects the capture
of Aguinaldo lets the war department
out of an embarrassing situation.
Only the day before his capture was
announced the war department made
public the fact that enlistments had
been sp slow that It would not be pos
sible to recruit the 'Standing arnay up
to the limit permitted by the npv?-iaw.
It was admitted that the department
would consider itself lucky if it could
replace the returning volunteers with
6C.00O new men. - It has been under
stood all along that precious few new
ei.listments need be expected after vol
unteers :eturn. Their tale of the cam
paign of subjugation in the Philippines
and the attendant hardships of climate
and diseare will disgust even the most
reckless American from entering the
soldiery as a profession.
Now that Aguinaldo has been cap
tured the lack of troops can be cred
ited to the lessening of the rebellion,
the leader having been taken from a
sphere of pernicious- activity.
It is to be expected now that the
farce of civil government and military
police will be put on with great cler
ity. There is a horde of hungry carpet-baggers
hanging about Washing
ton waiting to be given carte blanche
to appropriate anything they can find
in the Philippines. Representative
Hull of the Philippine Lumber Co. is
only the advance guard of the noble
band of speculators and capitalists
that will devastate the islands worse
than even a guerilla warfare.
Whether the Filipinos give up in de
spair or not the fact will still remain
that this country departed from its
principles of , independence to subdue
a weaker people for the sake of the
plunder which usually follows con
quest. . .
Now comes news from. Havana that
the Havana Gaslight company has
been held up for $40,000 by some per
son of influence who secured a 50 per
cent reduction of the tariff on crude
petroleum used for the manufacture of
illuminating gas. '
The tariff originally stood at $1.40
for every 100 kilos. On March 1 Presi
dent McKinley, acting on a recommen
dation from Governor Wood, promul
gated an order reducing the tax to 70
cents.
Now that the gas company squirms
about paying somebody or something
for securing the reduction, there is a
great flurry in administration circles.
Somebody has to be made a, scapegoat
and the scandal must be hushed up as
soon as possible. It is hardly safe to
put it on General Wood, but some sub
ordinate will have to be found so that
the whole' administration -clique can
declare that they knew nothing about
the lobby, but just reduced the tax in
order to help poor, bleeding Cuba.
This is merely one of-the little inci
dents that accidentally come to light
and show how rotten the application
of imperialism has betome even in this
short space of time. No wonder the
Piatt amendment wanted all acts done
under military occupation of the isl
and indorsed without question.
When Governor Allen wants to
cruise about the coast of Porto Rico
he has at his disposal the luxurious
yacht Mayflower, which cost $500,000
and requires a crew of 160 men. The
cost of maintaining such a yacht is
enormous and there is no earthly rea
son for it, except to impress upon the
Porto Ricans the fact that they ex
changed Spanish dominion for Ameri
can imperialism.
The First Sioux Baptized
Bishop Whipple of . Minnesota pays
this tribute to one of his Indian con
verts: '
"I have just heard of the death of
Good Thunder, warden of the mission
at Birch Coulee, Minn. Good Thun
der was the first Sioux baptized t.nd
confirmed by me. Few faces are more
clearly imprinted on my heart, and
for none of my flock have I a deeper
love. He was one of the truest men
and one of the loveliest disciples of
Christ I have ever known.
"The part which Good Thunder took
in that awful drama of blood the
Sioux massacre of 1862 will be re
membered, when, at the risk of life,
he befriended the white captives, and
was one of the chief instruments in
rescuing them from death. General
Sibley, who shared my admiration and
affection for him, appreciated his fidel
ity so greatly that he gave him a cer
tificate testifying to his heroism, and
made him a chief of scouts.
"The life and record of this faith
ful Christian brother, whose. unbound
ed love and trust in his bishop bring
tears to my eyes, will always be one
of the most precious memories of my
episcopate." ;
Military and civil ethics are written
in two entirely different codes. In
civil life if a man commits forgery
and deception and is duly convicted
thereof he is sent to the penitentiary.
In army life such an act secures-fame
and makes a man a general. .
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
How the Populist Campaign Grows. Talks
. With Con tribvters.
Although this has been the best week
for collections, yet twenty of the coun
ties that have been doing something
heretofore are marked "no receipts."
Don't let the work lag. Act prompt
ly. CORRECTIONS.
A number of annoying little errors
have crept into our reports for the past
two weeks, caused by the failure of
contributors to give their home coun
ty, where postoffice is located In an
adjoining county. For example, John
Hall lives In Kearney county, but
claims Shelton (in Buffalo county) as
postoffice address; the other day he
sent in contribution mailed at Keno
saw in Adams county. This contribu
tion was erroneously credited to Buf
falo county. Following are the correc
tions to be made:
In report of March 21:
Deduct 25c from Buffalo and credit
Sherman, for J. F. Vandrala contribu
tion. Deduct 50c from Kearney and
credit Phelps for contribution of Abner
Abrahamson and F. G. Wilke. Deduct
-5from Clay and credit Hamilton for
J. A.--Kirk contribution. Deduct 50o
from Clay and credlf "Pttliapre for Geo.
White and Will Lange contribution. r
In report of March 28: J-
Deduct 50c from Boone and credit
Platte for Frank Kiernan contribution.
Deduct 50c from Otoe and credit Nema
ha for Geo. H. Peterson contribution.
Deduct $3.45 from York and credit to
Polk for Matt Sterup collection. Do
duct 50c from Buffalo and credit Kear
ney for John Hall contribution.
If eVery contributor who gets mall
in an adjoining county will be sure to
give name of his home county, such
errors can be avoided in future.
RECEIPTS.
Previously acknowledged $629 155
To Tuesday noon 155 46
Total $784 71
Hereafter tho various classifications
such as county officers, legislators, pre
cinct committeemen, state committee
men, Btate officers, etc., will be aban
doned, and all contributions will be ac
knowledged .under one 'head showing
receipts by counties. This Is necessary
because of the fact that a county ofll
cer may bo also state committeeman,
precinct committeeman and chairman
of his county central committee, and
as the work progresses it becomos
more and more difficult to keep the
classifications correct. Under the one
head - of VIndividual contributionu"
each county will then get its proper
credit. .. .
ADAMS Previously acknowledged,
$5.75; part of contribution by L. C.
Whitcomb, $4.62, Spring Ranch (see
Clay County) ; A. J. Kocher, Hasting!!;
J. F. Garrywish, Juniata. Total, $10.87.
ANTELOPE Previously acknowl-
edged, $29.40; L. H. Suter, 50c, Nellgh;
H. M. Stockwell, representative 21st
district, $3, Clearwater. Total, $32.90.
BOONE Previously acknowledged,
$8; deduct 50c; G. A. Schmadeke, New
man Grove; $15 by L. W. Campbell,
county judge and chairman county
central committee (Osborne Patterson,
sheriff, $5; W. D. Howard, $3; L. W.
Campbell, $6 and $1 for Independent
collection). Total, $22.75.
BOX BUTTE Previously acknowl
edged, $4.33; E. Reeves, S. B. Libby,
AlMance. Total, $4.83.
BOYD Previously acknowledged $1;
no receipts.
BUFFALO Previously acknowl
edged, $5.30; deduct 75c; total, $4.55.
BURT Previously acknowledged,
$9.30; Will Paulson, Lyons. Total,
$9.55.
BUTLER Previously acknowledged,
$14.08; no receipts.
CASS Previously acknowledged,
$7.50; F. Devore, Alvo. Total, $7.75.
CEDAR Previously acknowledged,
$2.28; James Foglesong, Ferd Riibe,
Hartington. Total, $2.78.
CHERRY Previously acknowledged
50c; D. Hendershot, P. C. and J. T.
Galloway, McCann; $7 by G. Carlson
(A. M. Morrisey, county attorney, $3;
J. H. Quigley, $1; Walter F. Mitten
dorf, $1; J. W. Williams, $1; W. A.
Pettycrew, $1) . all Valentine. Total,
$8.25. ;
CHEYENNE D. J. Scanlon. 50c,
Sidney.
CLAY Previously acknowledged,
$23.30; deduct 75c; Wm. F. Nehf, Sut
ton ; part of L. C. Whitcomb contri
bution (Jacob Tilbury, 50c; Alliance
club, 38c, Spring Ranch see Adams
county). Total, $23.68.
COLFAX Previously acknowledged,
75c; E. E. Dickinson, Howells; John T.
Plumb, Richland. Total, $1.25.
CUMING! Previously acknowledged,
$44.50; no receipts.
CUSTER Previously acknowledged,
$2.75; H. F. Eddy, Cliff; J. E. Graves,
Sargent; $34.70 by E. Taylor, chairman
ways and means for Custer county,
Broken Bow, (At Broken Bow: V. J.
Stedry, $1.75;. C. H. Jeffords, $1.50; H.
Lomax, L. E. Kirkpatrick, W. B. East
man, each "$1.25; Fred Renne, C. T.
Orr, E. R. Purcell, each $1; J. B. Os
bourn, S. B. Thompson, Jame3 Leon
ard, N. E. Armstrong, C. W. Beal, each
75c; C. W. Hakes, J. J. Tooley, J. S.
Squires, each 50c; L. E. Bunch, 12c;
F. E. Taylor, 25c; S. M. Dorris, 13c;
W. B. Poor, 19c; C. S. Chrisman, 12c;
at Mason City: - Gus. A. Olson, 50c;
James Runyan, 44c; H. E. Hall, 63c;
W. E. Elliott, 75c; J. Danlel3, 43c; P.
F. Campbell, $1.25, ' Georgetown; W.
H. Mauk; at Gates: S. Gates, $1; J.
P. .Tackley. 63c; J. P. Bell, 12c; A.
Moody, John Bell, 13c; B. W. Silli
van, $1; D. L. Myers, Sargent; A. Dal
ly, $1; Wm. Daily, Milburn; E. J. Owen
12c; James Harsin, 50c, Ansley; J. W.
Conley, $1.25, Oconto; Wm. Murray,
44c; Thomas Todd, 31c, Lee Park; at
New Helena: David Christen, $1.25; O.
A. Smith, $1.25; F. Jacobs, 13c; John
Snyder, 12c; T. Roberts, 13c; at An
selmo: Wm. Lutz, 75c; W. E. Warren,
75ci A. Murphy, 62c;. J. B. .Warrtc,
