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0 -c- fcf - - - TY VOL. XIIL LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 26, 1901. NO. 18. A & a - -e KEWSPAFER ASSASSINS Thf ae TIUrTktt tfe Wrtcb WbaSJSet t rral4at Yjr Aasaalt Mea j fr.ia Sf 1M1m Tor three or four year The InJe jn La i a raHing attention to r.t racy of the daily press. It Lis lcGLii tow o absolutely disgust ing ii.facoji tfct there is likely to i- at rtvoit against it from quarter tiiOi iir.-i'Kt-i. There is m de--&: y fctt in the republican party, at i-f . tLeje are some men to Lave fri-4 its olici- that revolt a .-;:. ;.t tL- afa.i nation of private eLararifr, ahith in oine Instances Sis iworr inLuinaniy ruel than murder ft if, An organization that will take .4tana of iLv blood of a. president ar.J i ! torrow of a mnole nation ,to cfan..- ar:i Un l r. u t-o vile that no mar. ah & ;uri of honor will fail to condi-ian it. , VLn ev-ry man, woman and child ia t:." l't:tr-i Ma:- was mourning, ex tj.t tvw t-at in human form who murder at ail times, these - i out rt-iurters to gather hat c:&ht be hai l ia private conver-ic:.-. to -vt!rop and report what tL ;r c ra-il souls might twbst Into r-r-.- form to assassinate private character. ' tn of th Instances is that of Sen ator Wellington. The whole nation be-hr- that lie made remark upn the murdr of the pr-id-nt that "would nrdrr a.ny man infamous. That state Bict was ruavde much of in glaring La4i!be an -i ty editorial comment TLt r:i.al that was M t ut was print ed u tL sain pa;-rs in parl type a a 3 put in the mot inconspicuous part of the pa;--r. V.V L.ir r . r in Nebraska an old ol-di-r Lo lar atjut m hi tody 'the t:-arv of r;:l buSirts, Lo 5rvd his printed at all. for it may be put off in some obscure coj5i-;r where few, if any. will ever see It. This is a way of committing a wrong against a man for which there seems to be no remedy. A man who will do a deed like that is, in the eyes of every honest man, Just a 'j vile as the wretch who shot the president BREEDERS OF ANARCHY ftntr IltTr rinds Tkim la Corrvpt Cartd Municipal ThiT The following excerpt from a speech of Senator Doliver, delivered in the Collesium at Chicago last Sunday night, was handed to The Indepen dent by a Lincoln gentleman who re marked that '"Senator Doliver has un doubtedly been a close reader of The Independent, or how could he so acur ately reproduce Its editorials In a pub lic epeech. He even uses one of The Independent's pet ajectlves, 'infernal'." The senator said: "Legislators who betray the com monwealth, judges who poison the fountains of justice, municipal author ities which come to terms with crime all these are regular contributors to the campaign fund of anarchy. "That howling mass, whether in Kansas or Alabama, that assembly of wild beasts, dancing in drunken ca rousal about the ashes of some negro malefactor, is not contributing to the security of society; it is taking away from society the only security it has. It belongs to the unenrolled reserve corps of anarchy in the United States. Neither individuals nor corporations nor mobs can take fne law into their own hands without identifying them selves with this more open, but hard ly les3 odious attack upon the fortress of the social order. The words which o ..'a c:ry Iocs anl 11. hoie reputa- i came spontaneously to the lips of Wil- tii.'u & si CLrutian genueniau. a scuoi- nam MCKiniey as ne sanx unaer mortal r, a rMrr, a tLicker, whose emi- ii'S-t a ibSlity Las Rain-d him a reputa tion. :.-t o:-iy ataoug tbe educated and r Zz.l in his oan nation, but among of I:.- cLaractfr tii world over. Low jrnate taractr the miserable rU-it s,Le crawling reptiles of the I r-4 Late att-n.; t-d to aA&assinate. io euatit tteta to do this they have tK-iajrd e-s4ropping and, not con u t-tl wuL ttai. to falsify what they Lif ovrbrd. NotLing viler could Le lias Klved by tbe most depraved. TL- tewfcai-t-r reptile are no tLaa oiLrr who pretend to have fcos. rep-tabnity and who have ex erted all lhir j-jwe.m to spread these ft'a.i.tUrt. ev u k-jU-k to far as to quote lit: w:.i r;tJt.4 of & fool democratic Lo is eis pa ;-er demanded that tie revert cali-4 together to sum cnfy r-troe tLe cLaucellor of the uiierity for Liii publicly advo au4 1; ir.. wuLot tapping to con .:r tLai the cLa-!!or is a man knows to i!) m-n a a laicister of ihe fM 1 ia rood staud;cs as well as one of tLe Afki-oa l-dged -.iai atioaal lead ers of tie world. TLU is the editor who tn.;e dsui;cfd tLe chancellor as attit I Li articles are used to cr-te lt impr-fcSoa that evea the fu t; a Vr.i o! Neira.ka are In opposi tion v tit ci'.iiAy and the t."l r. Tti itt to d-troy the private ct.ra'?r of iki t-uiinul and highly re t 4 a itaa ass CLan !Ior Andrews a -t wh contempt ly many proml-n-r.t rj atiicats. anl ttpial!y that iie-t of vile thing, the misleading of a Jul of old soldier to paJs resoiutionj" i.tUit:n the character of a comrade. ty l 4 triage ty ti.r- pot-hoase pontic;:. is Lincoln. The old sol tlrs r.-j vote-J for that resolution liL,y did not know that Chancellor An4r i a ti-mU-r of the tirand Armv of tL. H public ar.d of the Loyal wounds and saw the Infuriated crowd pressing about his assailant, ought to be repeated in th'e ears of the offi cers of the peace from one end of the land to the other, in all the years that are to come 'Let no one hurt him; let the law take its course.' "The creed of anarchy teaches that popular government is a fraud and that enactments made by the people for themselves are no more sacred than ar- I bitrary decrees promulgated by ty-. rants and enforced by bayonets. Pro fessor Ely, in his work on the labor movement, preserves this expression from the editorial page of the chief organ of anarchy In the United States: " 'The republican party is run by robbers and in the interest of rob bery; the democratl cparty Is run by thieves and in the Interest of thiev ery. Therefore vote no more.' "Each proposition is an infamous lie. Yet nobody can deny that the sensa tional press of both parties had con tributed enough to the volume of cur rent scandal and hearsay to make thcte infernal slanders acceptable to all enemies of the human race. "Anarchy says 'Vote no more.' The example of William McKinley, who in a public service of more than a quar ter of a century ,half of it In the field of controversial politics, never once disparaged the motives of those who did not agree with him, nor spoke an unkind word of an opponent, who al lowed neither the cares of business nor the fatigue of travel to nullify his Influence as a citizen, and never failed at any election to stand un covered before the hallot box in the precinct where he had the right to vote, already has familiarized his coun trymen with the higher ideals of civic duty which dedicate the heart and brain and conscience of America to an intelligent Interest ia public affairs. "The creed of anarchy despises the i obligations of the marriage contract i m . . A. S i la, M w At- Ite.iitorcfTheliideadtBt C-lled impeache8 the integrity of domestic mUr to M life, enters into the homes of the peo- P-rorany LU dujru.t at the stor es , dQwn thr altar8 and gub. it na i.--a 4..uji uj lut iruiw t-f tLe j r-f-s and tLe pot-hou:s politic ises of Linc.'n. In tLe discussion that fc::-i tL cLa.n? -!lor tail of the re ject the family relation .which Is the chief bond of society, to the caprices of loafer and the libertine. In all these things it has an alliance, Implied If pon, i.-si . ciuwuu .v . o nn) with PVArv variation of l-ct i - " ctsr a "Veracity"' delivered t&o&tl ia the I'liivertity of Chicago t.at Le thought ucder certain circum tuwn tL&t lying was justifiable. TL.s rrjxsrt is abolute?y false and i:Lci'it fouiiiatioa. fkme careless re j.rtr mit Late ascribed to me a k TrbifL 1 mentioned only to refute :i Is tLe l-ftjre referred to I maln-tx:n-d w:th all tL loric and warmth at sjr command that lying is never Justl Latle tn ,r any circa mstacees or for any f rpoM? whatever. No other idea of my iknlzg could have occurred to any attentive iisiner." Is rnar1 to the oth-r slander that put into circulation, the chancel lor tili: 'TTxzr?.z.i2.ry r;-orti of a convetna- tk?n os S-ptfTz.tr 13 to which a few u-iztrt and myself parties o c.e rrat iajustire s-niing to rank me i.-.r.r.: t ympaihixers with anarchy. Nothing -ould Le more absurd. No j ni alive otrr.!na.-s anarchy of every f .rn mere heartily than I; perhaps few Late don more with arms or with pen to s-appr! it. I myself Lave nothing to lp Lark, hut as parts of the con vra!ion rfrr-d to might Le thought i.h ispromis the other parties I will -1 detail it without their permission, it to ti.v tLat all ured oppo-"--a to an&rcLy. I as earnstly as the rt. cr.!y our mthoiis diSTered." Wni this viltns is practiced by the AtsciatM press and the daily papers cf the Cnited Ftat co man is safe, scatter Low -yre a life he has lead, wr st hi s-ertices to mankind may have La or how tauch he honestly strives to do hie fall dity to his country and Lit n labors. A dipatf h of the As?o mvj pre go-s Into every daily of the I'nited Ftatf and Into every family where a daily is read. Any man may any merging and find his char acter and L-rs ines ruled for h- has no v.sns in reply. If he radices t.n effort tnd a eo rlnn Is f-nt out. then he is l the n er y of those who make tip psrtr even If th corrtctioa la that rotten public opinion which in many American states has turned the court of equity into a daily scene of perjury and treason against the hearth stones of the community, a treason so flagrant that a year ago, for the ac commodation of a single man, the leg islature of Florida was induced to de scend below the level of all paganisms and all barbarisms by so amending the laws of divorce as to permit a win ter resident to legally desert the wife of his youth, not on account of any fault of hers, but because of the pa thetic burdens which she bore ordinary principles of parliamentary procedure. For this conduct he was on several occasions wet-blanketed by prominent republican senators and among, the number were the three who sat in the hotel lobby mentioned above. They are dubious of the success of the new administration, and doubtful of the party's future. Despite Roose velt's wide reputation as a student and writer on public questions, they say he is extremely crude in the knowledge of details of public affairs, and is diffi cult to advise or inform. Where McKinley was suave and ami able even to his political opponents, Roosevelt is brusque and dogmatic with his closest advisers. McKinley surrounded himself in the cabinet with men wIo lacked special prominence In the party, but added to his own inti mate knowledge of public affairs a fine capacity for patiently receiving advice and suggestion from many sources. Roosevelt can do nothing of this sort. It is not in his nature. He does what is at hand with tremendous en ergy, but his career shows neither deep thought nor long-headed judgment, It is announced that the present cab inet have agreed to continue in office at Roosevelt's earnest solicitation. But no one with any knowledge of the sit uation expects it to hold together long after the meeting of congress next De cember, for there is no immediate pros pect of an extra session. Roosevelt will be unable to restrain his native dispo sition to "run things," and therefore he is certain to smash into the pet plans and schemes of a lot of able re publican leaders who have had in the past a considerable voice in public af fairs. At the present moment there is but one prominent republican with whom Roosevelt is in touch. That is Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and of him the real leaders of the party hold none too high an opinion. They regard him as bookish and sophomorical, too much bound by learning and with slight capacity for evolving plans of action from his own sense and initiative. Besides, it is thought that Lodge has begun to cul tivate a presidential bee-hive of his own, which will make him an ex tremely bad adviser for Roosevelt. In the meantime Secretary of War Root is the strongest figure in the cabi net. He is a man of powerful Intellect, a fine lawyer of the corporation stamp, and an admirable administrative offi cer. But he is the typical New Yorker, with all the New Yorkers' Insular con tempt for opinions born outside of that metropolis . and in this lies another danger to Roosevelt's interests. There is no disDosition to decry Roosevelt's honesty and ability in cer tain directions. But he lacks steadi ness and self-control. He is too im pulsive and too assertive, and eighty million people are not to be chivied around in Rough Rider fashion by one man. The public never loses its interest in the South African war. It is now just entering upon its third year with the crrass hieh enoueh for the Boer horses to graze upon, which means a resump tion of activity on the part of the Boers over the whole field from Pretoria to Cape Town. That thev are active is shown by thir usual success in baeeins British companies whenever and wherever they want to. The British having destroyed pverv farm house in the Transvaal and the Orange Free stated the Boers have transferred their greatest activity to Cape Colony and Natal where they are very naturally making reprisals on British sympathizers, just as the Am erican revolutionists did on American tories one hundred and thirty years ago. irnr to Tlr.tfch flmirps the ifWiLUl . V CJ " Boers have 17,000 men in the field and thpv are drawine recruits from uotn Natal and Cape Colony to as large an extent as they deem advisable. The British officials confess that the whole Dutch population of South Africa is now thoroughly disaffected and all pre tense of predicting when the war will end has been abandoned. It is a pret ty safe prophesy that the British can never conquer the Boers. THE ASSASSIN CONVICTED THREE GLOOMY SENATORS Tkj rrtpoM to Saab Teddy Boars Will r ba Coaqosrsd Washington, D. C, Sept. 21, 1901. Three United States senators sat in a Washington hotel lobby the day after the McKinley funeral train had gone to Canton. These senators were among the lead ers of the republican party. Their faces bore the general atmosphere of gloom which has pervaded all ranks for the past two weeks. But their gloom had an added poignancy. It leaked out that they were indignant at President Roosevelt for his indifference to their existence and presence in Washington, and that they Intended to let the "young man" severely alone unCil he discovered that they were alive some time next winter before resuming their usual calls at the White House. During the brief tra session of the senate following the inauguration of President McKinley last March, it be came evident that Vice President Roosevelt was not a good presiding officer. He violated the hoary traditions of the senate In a dozen ways; was in different to rules and did not seem to care to familiarize himself jvltl the All Farms of tha Law ara Compiled With. and the Mlscrsant Fennd Guilty of Murder la tha First Dsgree There has been a very quiet trial of the anarchist who murdered the president A jury was empanelled. eminent council was assigned to the defense by order of the court and the trial proceeded in the usual way, oc cupying the time of the court alto gether eight hours two days' session of four hours each. There were no attempts at mobbing and the court room was as quiet and orderly as when conducting ordinary trials. The assassin, when arraigned and asked whether he was guilty or not guilty, replied that he was guilty, but the laws of New York require in cases of murder in the first degree that such a plea shall not be made and that a trial must be held, therefore a plea of not guilty was entered. The evidence was such as all the people know and was given by eye witnesses who saw the shots fired. The criminal will be sentenced today. The conduct of the trial and the avoidance of all sensationalism - is a credit to the court and the city of Buffalo. One other act and the scene will be finally closed. Out of the world of woe some good may. come. There seems to be arising all over the United States a sentiment for the better en forcement of the law and a determina tion to stop lynching which is a form of anarchy. Sj$ f IMPORTANT 2TOTICK. Ot & The .membership for the ? I & . Home Makers Settlement Is 1 & now sufficiently large to war- 9 rant us in closing same. Our 5 representatives are requested J . ' & to close with prospective & members they may have at the earliest date. There are many 58 who are preparing to join this 5t The chairman of the national republican protection's sake. He is identified committee and the bosom friend of with many of the protected industries the president, his power in national of the east tion shares and land allot ments as may be desired with out unnecessary delay final payment will not be re- grand enterprise and to such 8 we say, send in your applica- tion for such number of loca- quired for some considerable ? time, which gives members ample opportunity to dispose 5 of crops, etc., in order to meet same. We do not wish to de- ,2 prive any good man from an opportunity to join the Home Makers, but some people will delay and put off Decoming members no matter how much time were given, and on such we cannot wait Those wish ing to reap the benefits of fered must act promptly. THE INDEPENDENT HOME MAKERS CO. J a8 aC aC a fjfc aS pX at at aC eC at aX st O' GIRL WANTED. WANTED A woman for general housework; good wages. Mrs. Harry Porter, Lincoln, v if riii. THE HEW YORK MACHINE ItSas Slipped. SeTeral Cop, Soma of tbe Bearing's ara so Hot That tfea SmeU of Barmlag: Waste Fills tbe Air There is only one thing in the whole gloomy situation regarding the presi dency that appeals to the sense of humor of any one. That is the predica ment in which Senator Piatt of New York finds himself. Senator Piatt is still the unques tioned boss of New York, but he now has a man whom he can probably not control on any proposition that he ad vances. The history of the estrange ment is recent, yet all the details may not readily be recalled. When Governor Roosevelt, in the last days of the session of the legis lature of 1899, raided the lobby and forced the passage of the franchise tax bill, Senator Piatt and all the big bank ers, street railroad men and gas and electric magnates decided that Roose velt should not be governor again. Later on, when the governor ordered an investigation of the State Trust company, causing trouble for many eminent republicans, including Super intendent of Insurance Louis F. Payne, the decision was double-riveted that the only way to get Roosevelt out of the way was to have him nominated for vice president. Senator Hanna and President Mc Kinley really desired to have Secre tary of the Navy Long named for vice president, but Mr. Piatt took advant age of the popular demand from tha west that the gallant rough rider col onel should be the candidate and pressed his point. The result was that, although the New York delegation did not put Roosevelt forward, Senator Hanna finally yielded and Mr. Roose velt was named. The details of the arranging of the slate on behalf of New York were, looked after by B. B. Odell, the chairman of the state com mittee, Senator Piatt having to go home because of his broken rib. Now mark the result of that event. regarded as so auspicious by all of the New York machine republicans. Sena tor Piatt has as "president a man on whom he heaped contemptuous jibes; he cannot hope to control the new president on any subject unless it ap-: peals to Mr. Roosevelt as a proper one without Mr. Piatt's Indorsement. President Roosevelt is not looking for a fight in any quarter, but it will be Senator Piatt who .will now have to swallow his pride and look for peace. Senator Piatt s friends will want the secretary of the treasury to continue his war on Appraiser Wakeman, but before the secretary can do this he will have to get an Indorsement from the new president. Senator Piatt will want the president to protect Collector Bid well and the rest of what is known as the "custom house ring." If he succeeds In that, he will undoubtedly. It is said, have to show enough influence to keep the f ects of the recent occurrences at the custom house from Mr. Roosevelt, Only in that way, it is said, can he hope to prevent trouble for his chief dispenser of federal patronage In New York. The situation Is somewhat similar in the case of Senator Hanna. Only re cently he was the most prominent and influential republican in the United States. He could probably have named the ssuccesson tQt -3&i McKinley. As 4 politics practically had no limit. Poli ticians were beginning to believe that Mr. Hanna was leaning toward Gov ernor Odell as the successor of Mc Kinley in 1904. Look at the case of Governor Odell. He is a candidate for the presidency. His friends are all laying plans to further his chances and put him at the head of the ticket three years hence, but now Mr. Roosevelt is actually president from the state of New York. And he is ambitious to run for presi dent and be elected. Having stepped into the office as the result of assas sination will stiffen him in his desire to be elected as president He is many times more formidable as a candidate than he would be as vice president. As vice president he would probably have been unable to make even an interesting campaign against Governor Odell in New York. As pres ident he will put up a fight that will once more put the old machine in dif ficult straits. Bearing in mind that the man who steered the details of Roosevelt's nom ination at Philadelphia was Governor Odell, the reader is at liberty to figure out what pleasant thoughts are run ning through the mind of the chief executive of the state of New York. THE SCHLEY INQUIRY The Court Is Held Every Bay and tbe Bat tle Is Fougbt Over While Sampson Is Away The dailies have now plunged into another thing to which they devote hundreds of columns. So voluminous is the writingon the Schley court of inquiry that it is practically valueless to all persons, except to those who have nothing to do and can spend sev eral hours a day reading it Eminent attorneys are engaged and their tech nical arguments are spread out to great length. Columns are given to descriptions of the court room and every little act of those engaged in the investigation is written out in great detail. All this, to a man who has A his living to earn, makes the reports of the great dailies valueless. The sum and substance of the whole matter so far is, that some of the naval officers who have testified seem far from being ideal witnesses. Here is a sample of it from the testimony of Lieut-Commander Hellner, navi gator of the Texas: Captain Lemly: "How close was Brooklyn to aexas at the time you say you saw it loom out of the smoke?" "I did not make any estimate at the time, but I came to the conclusion lat er that it was between 100 and 150 yards from us, which was much longer distance than Captain Philip thought it was." When the court convened at 2 o clock Mr. Rayner continued his cross-examination of ' Commander Heilner. He asked him especially concerning the official chart of the battle off Santiago. exhibiting the chart. The witness said he had been one of the board of navi gators who had prepared the chart. He had testified that Brooklyn was only 150 yards distant when it crossed the course of Texas, but he stated that according to the chart the distance i was about 1,800 feet with Brooklyn making its famous loop. What the court will make out of that kind of evidence we will have to wait to see. To one who has been forced to wade through all these columns in the dailies to gather the facts for the benefit of the readers of The Inde pendent, it seems that all the evidence so far goes to show that Admiral Schley did his full duty as commander of the squadron that destroyed the Spanish fleet. There seems to be a ten dency to keep Admiral Sampson en tirely out of the case and as on the day when the famous battle was fought, he is many miles away. President Roosevelt stands for an enlarged system of reciprocity, for in the discussion of economical questions at Minneapolis only a week before the president was assassinated he said: "We must remember in dealing with other nations that benefits must be given when benefits are sought" He will undoubtedly in . his first message to congress show that strong er and closer reciprocity relations with other nations are essential to the development of American commerce. The convention with the Argentine republic is opposed by the wool grow ers because it materially reduces the duty on some grades of wool; the French, treaty reduces customs duties on many of its Important textile man ufactures and the provisions for the West India colonies arouses the united opposition of Pacific coast senators, because they interfere with coast fruits and wines. . If Cuba demands similar reciprocal relations, the growers of tobacco and beet sugar in this country will add their opposition to the already solidi fied opponents of reciprocity. A most important ante-session , con ference in reference to President Roosevelt's administration ' of affairs will he held here early In October by the members of congress from the Pa cific coast and those from Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho. The work of arranging for this confer ence has been in progress for the last three days and the wires have been kept hot with messages between west ern men in the city and those in the west. Two subjects are to be considered, appointments and legislation. There are a large number of federal officials whose term expires during this fall and winter and there promises to be a very bitter fight over them. A thor ough understanding had been reached with President McKinley, but his death and the succession of President Roosevelt has upset all the plans, and the prospects are good for a most tempestuous time for the congressmen unless they can determine on some gen eral method for the distribution of plums. ' The most important question to be discussed is that of leasing public lands, on which there is considerable diversity of opinion. Many are anxious to have them all thrown open to set tlement except what might be advis able to retain for parks. Others want them opened slowly and by degrees, one tract at a time, and no more until that tract should be well taken "up."Vv There are yet others who are opposed to any opening for many years to come. holding that' there is land enough now for the people who really wish to Im prove it,' and that speculators are the only ones who are at all desirous of having the government relinquish any of its present reservations. There is also a bitter feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. Where cattle and sheep graze together the cattle starve to death. As it is now the cattlemen have free grazing on the government land and are will ing that this state of affairs should continue. Wnile there is between 250,000,000 and 300,000,000 acres of this free grazing land, it does not seem ex tensive enough for the cattlemen. KNOCKED OUT OF JOINT Tbe Tariff Trusts Will Put up a Big- Flgn. Against Teddy's Policy of Reduc tion in tbe Tariff Washington, Sept, 22. One of the most'difficult tasks of President Roose velt in carrying out the policy of the late chief executive will be to bring Senator Aldrich, chairman of the all powerful committee on finance, into line for the adoption of the various commercial conventions with foreign countries. The most important of these are with France, the Argentine republic and with Great Britain on behalf of the crown colonies of Barbadoes, British Guiana, Turks island, Jamaica and Bermuda. Another of equal importance , was under negotiations between Special Commissioner Kasson and the German ambassador when the senate refused to act on those before it Advocates of reciprocity are especially anxious to secure a convention with Germany, for in that way it may be possible to ob viate the ruinous trade war that may be precipitated with that nation. Senator Lodge, a close friend of the president, and the majority of the com mittee on foreign relations would prob ably favor these treaties, but Secre tary Aldrich, with the power of his chairmanship and his influential posi tion as the tactical leader of the party on the floor, behind him, with the ultra-protectionists whose industries are most severely hit, supporting his ev ery move and his openly announced policy that none of these conventions should be acted upon until they had received the approval of the finance committee, may continue to effectual ly block action by .the senate. Can President Roosevelt win over Mr. Aldrich and his followers when that task was unaccomplished by Mr. McKinley?- ! Mr. Aldrich stands for. protection for. Inexcusable Falsehood . The Independent called attention to the injustice of the daily press in as sociating anarchy with socialism. It is still kept up, especially in the east ern dailies: " The Independent has al ways looked upon the theories of so cialists as impossible of accomplish ment and if they were possible, it be lieves that they would result in the deterioration of the human race, but it denounces these slanders of the capi talistic press as contemptible and mean. It is in fact pursuing the same kind of course that has been pursued against populism. These editors and writers know that anarchy and social ism are the very opposites of each oth er. The resolutions passea py me so cialists' convention at Omaha set forth their views on anarchy as follows: "Whereas, The nation is now bowed in grief over the death of our presi dent, William McKinley, at the hands of an assassin an avowed anarchist and. "Whereas, Certain members of the capitalistic press have seen fit to asso ciate socialism with the pernicious doc trine of anarchy, we most earnestly de nounce this attempt to confuse the public mind on this matter, since so cialism stands for a just and perfectly organized government, while anarchy stands for no government at all but the individual will, and regards or ganized government as its bitterest enemy. Be it, therefore. "Resolved, That the socialists or Ne braska, in convention assembled, de nounce the said action of the capital istic press, to thus attempt to confuse the principles of socialism with those of anarchy, and, be it, further, "Resolved, That we express to Mrs. McKinley our deep sorrow and regret over the death of her beloved husband, which we regret as much as the death of one of our own class, and that a copy of these resolutions be prepared and furnished to the widow of our late president "Resolved, That we condemn and re pudiate the murderous doctrines and actions of anarchists, which have so re cently caused the death of our presi dent, and pledge our efforts to the re moval of the competitive wge system, which is the basic cause of anarchism, corruption and crime." . Xncllsh and Frenek Words Alike. It Is not such, a very distant Jump from the English to the French lan guage. There are 3,000 words used alike in French and English without variation in spelling. The variation Is Jit the pronunciations- 6. 0. P. GOVERNMENT Worse Than the Blackest Bays of Twesd Flections Made a Farce Denver, Omaha, Philadelphia and a dozen other cities from whose environs a stench of vice rises up to heaven shows what the republican party will do when it has unlimited power with no energetic opposition. Mr. Clinton Rogers Woodruit gives an account la the Outlook of what it has done in tho Quaker City. It having become, espe cially during the last few weeks, tho fashion to denounce every one who op poses this republican party as anarch ists and guilty of the blood of tho president, it will bo well to read the article carefully so that we may know what kind of government we shall have when the opposition is wholly suppressed and the republican party, rules supreme in city, state and na tion. It is as follows: Conditions have been bad in PLlla delphia for many years; but it has re mained for Mayor Samuel II. Ash- bridge to perfect the system and to work it for the personal advantage of his faction In a way not dreamed of by, s predecessors or even by his col" leagues. Not Tweed in his halcyon days nor Croker in hi3 moments of most brutal disregard of public sentiment or de cency has been so cynically disregard ful of public interests, public opinion, or public propriety. Not content to abave the city's government for per sonal ends, he has done so with reck lessness and brutality. "After us tho deluge" seems to have been his policy, and he should not complain if the de luge comes a little earlier than ho anticipated. It is, perhaps, a trite statement to say that the city's civil service has been used to pay political debts, but in Philadelphia it has been used to pay personal debts as well. The spoils system has been carried to a previously, unknown perfection of villainy. Not only are the examinations held behind locked doors by examiners appointed. from among the mayor's personal friends, but appointees selected weeks in advance by the mayor are announced as having passed with averages of 100. The chief of the bureau of city property, who had never been in the real estate business nor had aught' to do with its management, was given an average of 100. The chief of the health bureau, .who had previously been cor oner's undertaker, was likewise given, 100; and so I might continue the list. Every man who had shown the least independence of judgment has been, discharged or forced to resign. Su perintendent of Police Linden, ono of the most efficient and straightest of policemen, was forced out early in tho administration to make way for a su perintendent who, it is true, received; an average of 100 per cent, and who has deserved so far as serving the in terests of the administration goes. Chief John C. Trautwine, of the bureau of water, could not be. depended upon to fall in with the machines plans while millions of dollars for filtration were being expended, and he was forced out for a man with fewer em barrassing scruples. Ashbridge has utilized the civil ser vice of the city, not only to reward his friends, but to make way for subserv ient tools, to Influence nominating con ventions, and, above all, to force legis lation which he favored through coun cils. He has done this in defiance of the letter and spirit of the law. There has been no office too small to escape his attention. It is on record that ho seeks to control the appointment of so insignificant an office (from the point of view of salary) as that of election clerk, which pays just five dollars pec day on two days in the year! He has not stopped with his utiliza tion of the civil service, but has used the contracts as well, to serve his ends and those of his friends and political colleagues. There is certainly nothing new in this, for contracts are so used in all cities; but It has remained for Ashbridge to go to "the limit." There have been . more scandals connected with the award of contracts under tho present administration than under any previous ones. In the matter of garbago disposal, Philadelphia pays $2.64 a ton, while the Borough of Manhattan pays but ?1.73; Brooklyn, ?1.23; Washing ton, 75 cents; Boston, 63 cents; Cin cinnati, 90 cents. There was a company that put In a bid for 100,000 less than the favored company, and Director of Public Works Haddock actually had the temerity to award the contract to the lowest bidder. In less than two weeks the latter had to ask to be re lieved, so stringently had the police enforced the law against him, and so far had they gone in directly Interfer ing with him and trespassing upon his property. He had a legal remedy, to bo sure, but it would have cost him too much to have enforced it. So he re tired from the field, and the contract was then awarded to the favored con tractor, against whom the ordinances have not been so rigorously enforced, if at all, and who has been permitted to pursue his wy unmolested. The contracts for the erection of filter-beds and other work In connection with the improvement of the water supply have all gone the 'same way, this time the contracts going to one McNichol, a brother of the select coun cilman of the same name, one of tho three most powerful politicians in the city. One contract was so flagrantly awarded that the court set it aside, be cause Mr. McNichol had been per mitted, after others had put in their bids, to change his. This action of the court, however, only, delayed, it did not prevent the final award to tho favored contractor. In connection with the asphalt pav ing, the most recent contracts were awarded to the highest bidders be cause the lowest bidder had sent the sample of the cement in the name of the agent instead of the name of the company! In the matter of electric lighting tho bid-of-the-trustwas.accepted at the t 9