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VOL. XIII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,; OCTOBER 3, 1901.
NO. 19.
C0HB1H STRIKES A SNAG
lig-raefel Itoga of the Naval IUag Dts
eieeed hf !' Cal la the
SlTMllfllls
Washington. I. C. Sept- SO. The
latlders t Washington are watch leg
with ouch interest to discover whether
Adjctas!-Berai Corbln will b able
to make hi peace with President
J. Mie-lt-
fifMa a opposed to the oranlza
f of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, but
t it administration wanted to get
I ..-Joevelt out of his Job as assistant
rotary of the nary, where his
trsuo-jae was altogether too un
ta3s4 far the department's comfort,
Orbia was orerru!4 and the Rough
Sliders were organized-
Corbia next did hi test to keep the
Hough Riders fro: ever leaving the
laite4 States, but Roosevelt succeed
ed la gettlag five cc -panics to San
tiago by dismounting them and send
isie them a iafaatry.
Os'f oa -Cuban fe-c.il they did brave
serrke though it took, a negro regi
taest to pull th m out of the trap at
Guaaizaaa &ad wv them from annihil
ation. Whea Roofeevelt circulated his
"rtmad robin" letter for tbe return of
the army to tae United States he was
frenereiy criii-le4 by General Corbln
who &lo lamsated Gen. Alger's re
proof of as earlier date when Roose
velt arted in writing that the Rough
Rider were superior to any volunteer
rejflraeat in the army. Later Corbin
eSectaall block 4 Roofcvelt's wish
to be ett to Porto Rico with General
Vil.-s. and to cap the climax, when
H '.i applied for a medal of hon
or. Ctfral Corbin a to it that he
d ia't ret it.
Now tie statute adjutant-genera! has
b a a Mr to comb the fkree over the
eyes : f oery president since Hayes,
as i be taay uereed ia doing it to
K'gj--w It. He is an able politician and
i j If -ir-it'-tt and may pl-ad that all of
til at. friendly acts were forced by
the- ! i Irr of the administration. But
tr.ui h VA dep-nd upon the outcome of
the inet'ation which will begin be
fore a ui-corarn!ttee of the senate
osiSiittee oa military afT-alrs in a few
days.
Major K. L. Hawkes. an ex-3cer
with a good military record in two
war, ha openly accused General Cor
tin. ex-afc?liaat t-cretary of war.
Meiklejohs. Majur Heisund. formerly
asts.at adjutant-genera! of the army,
former assitaat s-cr tary of the navy.
All a. tow governor of Porto Rico, and
otbrr proraiaeat government facials,
w;th Lari&g orjrar.i'i a company to
r&fser and handle the hemp supply of
the Philippine bland, the understand
it beisg that they would work the
Philippine tariff and the military con
trol of tbe jfirta in iuih a way as o
--stain the monopoly.
Tre h'.eh racial got scared and
!, j kfi oat. Major Jlawkes claimed
remuneration for his time and money
;-at. and they compromised by pay
i:.? tim a lamp mm in money and
rt:a bin an appointment as inspec
tor of customs in the Philippines.
Major Hawkess had been at his post
of duty just u days when Secretary
Rrvt caLied his dumial on charges
that he w,a improperly using bis of-nr-.
Naturally, he rame back to the
United Stat-. Ilk- a badger out of his
hole, all teeth a ad claws, and as he has
a rittea
eT:-nee
there if
Cor U a a
and
documentary
evidence
charges
trouble ahead frr General
d his associates.
baring upon bis
Ing a certain daily newspaper, ia with
out a, particle of evidence, and is an
affront to common sense. One might
with as much reason have argued that
Gulteau was Impelled to kill President
Garfield in 1881 by reading the bitter
diatribes In republican newspapers dur
ing that period of heated factional con
troversy in the republican party which
preceded the assassination. Hardly
less justifiable have been the more ex
treme complaints regarding the treat
ment of the late president by yellow
journals, going as they often have vir
tually to the length of declaring that
labile men must be relieved from crit
icism by the writer or the cartoonist.
Freedom of legitimate discussion
must be maintained. If any editor or
any public man feels persuaded that a
president is working harm to the re
public, he must have the right to say so
plainly and emphatically. N. Y. Even
ing Post.
WHAT IN THUNDER!
The World-Herald I)irU It. Party to
Upheld Hartley and 1IU Partner
Millard
Editor Independent: I have for a
long time intended to write you a note
of thanks, expressing my admiration
for your way of putting things and
naming them by their right names. I
even get news in your paper that I do
cot see in the Herald or any other Ne
braska daily. The Omaha World-Herald
hart itself by its editorial on the
Bartley parole. What in thunder did
he do that for? The common conclu
sion is that he did it for money. The
Bee will have a picnic with him now.
He can't defend himself and he don't
seem to try to.
There has been so much gush and so
much political buncombe by speakers
and writers charging the reform par
ties with instigating the spirit of an
archy by assailing the acts and poli
cies of President McKinley, that fair
minded and decent people are dis
gusted. The acme ot all such' slander
occurred at Auburn on memorial day
when Church Ha we accused Mr. Bry
an, not by name, but by description,
and he might just as well have named
him. as all understood who he meant,
as instigating the assassination of Mc
Kinley. You know the history and character
of Church Howj well enough to know
that he, of all men in the state, should
keep his tongue off of such men as
Bryan, he who has both given and re
ceived bribes time and again. As a re
publican he voted for Nels Patrick for
senator. He undoubtedly got $3,000 for
that vote, but tried to throw the vote
of Nels to Tilden. He sold but the
temperance people in the legislature for
money paid him by Peter Her. I don't
know the amount, but Pete told me
that Howe was very expensive. When
these things were fresh in the minds
of the people he ran for congress and
just about One-half of the republicans
voted for his opponent, McShane. I
write to you to see if you won't just
"do" him in an article naked-hanysd,
he is so vulnerable a subject, but so
far as Nebraska appointees go, he is a
fit representative of republicanism.
Tom Cook tried to bribe Governor
Poynter. Bentley is a far cleaner man
than Howe a known thief instead of
a patriot as the World-Herald says he
was. WM. DAILY.
BANK RESERVES
Shortage in Many Cities Desperate 'Ef
fort Betas- Made to Hold Tbelr Pres
, est Scanty Margins
Editor Independent: The "Central
Reserve" banks (62 in all) in New
York, Chicago, and St. Louis, held, on
July 15th, a banker's balance" of $8,
547,984.85. That is, in the aggregate,
these banks held an excess of that
amount over the aggregate amount
they were required, by the deposit, to
keep on hand. This fact needs some
examination. The 43 banks of New
York held a "banker's balance" of $10,
471,887.28, and the 12 Chicago banks
held a balance of $1,627,246.34 a total
of $12,099,133.62. This shows that the
7 St. Louis banks must have been
short in their "cash reserves required"
$3,551,148.77. '
This does not mean that each one of
the seven banks were short, but if any
one of them had any excess of cash it
would have increased, just that much,
the shortage of the others.
As stated last week, the aeereeate
excess of cash held over cash required that 'a' levy .of one mill on the dollar
by the 336 banks of the 32 principal
cities of the United States was, on July
15, only $14,812,469.20. Of this New
York and Chicago "Central Reserve"
banks held, as stated above, $12,099,
133.62. This left an aggregate excess
of $2,713,335.58 to be -divided between
285 banks in 30 cities. One of the Cen
tral Reserve cities was short and this
shortage must be added to the $2,713,
335.58 to find the aggregate excess of
cash over "cash required" in 274 banks
in 29 Reserve cities, to-wit, $6,264,
484.35. Let it be understood that this
"banker's balance" is the aggregate
amount of loanable cash in 274 banks
in 29 Reserve cities and leaves out of
consideration the three Central Reserve
cities with their 62 banks.
This fact also requires examination
more in detail. Thirty-four banks in
the following five Reserve cities held
the following banker's balances or ex
cess of cash over the amount required
by their deposits, to-wit:
5 banks, San Francisco. .$2,437,898.35
6 banks, Houston, Tex... 1,204,434.12
13 banks, Cincinnati 1,137,592.33
4 banks, Denver 982,674.15
6 banks, Indianapolis ... 973,909.87
Not a Joke
Here is one of the jokes perpetrated
J by the Nebraska populist convention:
"We congratulate the republican party
TV- n.T j r. i r y ronea a close """b v""-"
labile Zr the do! j Uon .so .far as it has populistlc theor-
lars tit Preld-at Rooevelt- Some of
the dife;ourt oi the star witnesses of
tt tary tins ar almost Incredible.
Per 5astat.ee, CapL. Wm. C. Wise,
who a oa grouting duty about San
tiago, cuoly actaits oa the stand that
after tad evry reason to believe
tt it the Fpat'eh squadron was In San
tiago harbor and after being instructed
r-rwfrt to Commander-in-Chief
. i.!ry, he gave the result of his Inves
ti $-3 norm to Captain SSgsbee and two
or tare mlaor oScials and did not
ro-arayrUrate It to his commander-in-rhk-f.
although he waa within signal
lag dUtacre aai fometimes within
ha:l!ag distance.
This make it look as though Schley
had to coatt-ad with insubordination
aa-1 lack of ioy<y before the battle
tok place at all.
Agala. oae of the witne&ses who
drew the chart alleging to show the
position cf the vessels daring the bat
tle, testifies on the eta ad that "it Is
worthl." he now says that when
th Brooklyn executed the famous loop
the was only a tout 40 feet ahead of
the Texas, wtile the chart makes Ler
over 2,t feet away. Until this court
cf laqslry nobody ever heard any of
the gentlemen who constructed the
chart giving the country any reason to
doabt bt what it was as nearly correct
as any chart could be and that It was
the product of their joint wisdom.
Then it was proved that the omcial
record cf telegrams sent to Schley,
kept by the navy department, had-been
doctored at the department until they
aiSered essentially from the original
ukh Schley'a counsel now puts la
evideace. A very Important telegram
W2js found to have been suppressed
saterether by the department-
Thus far it has been the testimony
cf prons uafrlendly to Schley and
Zt hi coaaal have been able to force
the admission of facta and to draw
th hard of the opposdag counsel ia a
iray which make Schley's case bet
ler than ever before to the public anl
shew very clearly how bitter and con
trr8hle asd dishonorable has been
tar tatties of the navy ring to dis
credit Schley.
ies of finance." Kansas City Star.
The above Is no Joke it is the lan
guage of truth and soberness. The
populists said we needed more money
the republicans said we had enough,
but during the last four years the mon
ey of the country has been greatly in
creased. The populists favored the
coinage of silver the republicans said
the coinage of silver was - wrong and
the ratio of 16 to 1 was dishonest. Mc
Klnley's administration coined more
silver than was ever coined In the same
length of time and every dollar of it
was coined at the ratio of 16 to 1. Our
opponents said there was plenty of
money, but what we lacked was confi
dence. Then they authorized the banks
to Issue ninety million of additional
bank bills and let the confidence take
care of Itself.
The populists said that a large in
crease in money would bring with it In
creased prosperity. Since 1896 there
is an increase In circulation of 600,-
000.000 and in consequence thereof
there is more business prosperity.
That resolution of the populist con
vention saying that the republican par
ty had put into execution populistlc
policies in finance is true as holy writ.
Geneva Gazette.
British Murderers
There are more than 100,000 Boers
in the British detention camps. They
are mostly women and children, since
most of the men who have been cap
tured have ben transported to India,
St. Helena or the West Indies. These
reconcentrados are dying like flies be
cause of the horrors of their situation,
aggravated by the lack of sufficient
food. Their pitiable condition is prob
ably not the fault of the officials who
have them in charge. Under the cir
cumstances surrounding them, it might
well be Impossible to furnish them with
food, care and proper sanitary arrange
ments; the fault is in the system, with
all Its cruelty and manslaughter, the
high British authorities who instituted
it must be held responsible. Philadel
phia Ledger.
SsnsiMa Editorial
The theory, which has been seriously
advanced, that Cxo!gox was led to as-
Query
Do you pay your debts promptly?
Before answering, examine the date
on the wrapper of your paper and note
the condition of yoar subscription ac-
t1lie. Presides t ilcKialey by,read- 1 count. n r . i , 1 Senator Dietrich is costing me consld-
i ,.. ,. , ' . I y, .,..i.ir - - -wm'-m ---- "
Total $6,735,508.82
These thirty-four banks in the five
cities, holding the largest balances,
have more surplus by $472,024.47, than
the aggregate held by the whole 274
banks in all the 29 Reserve cities. The
remaining 240 banks in the 24 remain
ing Reserve cities are, in the, aggre
gate, short in their., reserves tnat
amount. Let this fact be considered
more particularly.
Of the 240 banks in these 24 cities,
165 in 14 cities have an excess of cash
over the requirements of the law as
follows, to-wit:
39 banks, Boston $656,676.68
o banks, Brooklyn 821,793.74
35 banks, Philadelphia 458,053.04
31 banks. Pittsburg 486,083.76
11 banks, Washington, D. C. 910,898.22
2 banks. Savannah 23,974.47
8 banks, New Orleans 171,203.70
6 banks, Columbus 215,151.79
6 banks, Detroit 285,956.22
5 banks, Milwaukee 221,036.01
1 bank, Kansas City, Kas.. 3,458.52
8 banks, Omaha, Neb 227,971.88
4 banks, Los Angeles 405,742.20
4 banks, Portland, Ore 74,232.49
165 Making a total of ... .$4,223,239.72
This represents the aggregate
amount of loanable cash in these bank3
on July 15. Add to this the $472,
024.47 before mentioned and the to
tal of $4,695,264.19 represents the ag
gregate shortage in the remaining 75
banks in the 10 remaining Reserve cit
ies, to-wit:
6 banks, Albany, N. Y....$ 164,797.91
19 banks, Baltimore 23,310.20
8 banks, Louisville 139,755.45
18 banks, Cleveland ... 489,682.10
4 banks, Des Moines 226,282.41
5 banks, St. Paul 23,163.51
4 banks, Minneapolis 344,056.80
6 banks, Kansas City, Mo. 2,953,194.33
2 banks, St. Joseph 39,306.83
3 banks, Lincoln, Neb... 191,714.65
75 banks, making a total of $4,695,264.19
These abstracts do not give figures
that enable us to single out the partic
ular banks that are short in their casn
reserves in tne various cities, it is
altogether likely that in some of the
cities that show an aggregate excess
some banks may be short. It is equal
ly probable that, in some cities where
the banks show an aggregate short
age, some banks have a surplus. The
condition I .have here pointed out is
sufficient to account for the anxiety
in New York about financial condi
tions. It is not much wonder that the
Financial Chronicle of September 7,
page 466, is disturbed about the ac
cumulation in the treasury of $2,000 ,
000 each week by the collection of rev
enues. It says, "An average disburse
ment of that amount by bond purr
chases each week becomes necessary
to keep the government from drawing
currency out of our banks." Of course
it does. But, why is it necessary to
keep the currency in banks? Will the
banks be able by the help' of the gov
ernment to continue to hold the scanty
margin they now hold? What will
be the consequence if they do not?
FLAVIUS J. VAN VORHIS.
Indianapolis, Ind.
HARD ON THE STUDENTS
erable money this year." "Why, how
can that be," inquired the child. "It
comes about this way, my child," said
the father. "Last winter the legisla
ture appropriated a lot of money to
run the state university; - it requires
quite a large sum to keepup repairs
on the buildings; Senator Dietrich was
governor at that time and he has not
much use for our great educational in
stitution; more as a matter of spite
than anything else, he vetoed an ap
propriation, of about $90,000 for-making
repairs around the university; but
the buildings must be kept in repair;
so the regents of . the university - de
cided that they must raise the money
somehow, and . it was fixed that each
student at the university snould pay a
certain tax or fee amounting to $6 a
year. So Senator Dietrich costs me $6
extra this year and he costs every one
of some fourteen hundred' other stu
dents a like amount each. It is quite a
tax on some of the boys and girls who
are compelled to work their way
through the university. ' It does hot
make the state taxes any lighter on the
taxpayers, because the law requires
valuation shall be levied against all
the taxable property in every county
of the state-, I notice on .looking over
Treasurer Stuefer's balance sheet that
he has $62,077.84 of noney .on hand in
the temporary university fund. This is
part of the money Which "would have
been used for repair! If Governor Diet
rich, had-not vetoedj the appropriation
I spoke about. There is plenty of
monev on hand to keen ud renairs at
the university, but It cannot be used
because of this veto fend the. poor boys
and girls who are striving to secure
an education and working to pay their
living expenses are compelled to pay $6
a year more than they ought to pay."
And Stuef er nas thernoney and won't
tell where it is.
STUEFER WON'T TELL
A Fake Report Set Afloat That Ha Was
About to Confess, but! It Turned Out to
. be tae Auditor's Monthly Statement
"Watch the morning papers," was
whispered among newspaper reporters
Tuesday night, "Treasurer Stuefer is
going to make that long-Iooked-f or re
port in compliance with the resolution
adopted by the republican state con
vention." Naturally the next day ev
ery interested . person ; was groping
around on his front porch in the gray
of the morning to see what the papers
contained." Imagine their disappoint
ment on discovering that the "report"
rwas as follows: . "
QUEER FINANCIERING '
Plutocratic Writers "Who Declare That
- While the Cash Disappears the Sur-
plus Increases v
Editor Independent: Before attempt
ing to discuss the questions with which
I closed last week, there are other facts
that must be mentioned. It is impor
tant to keep in mind that, if the reports
of banks and of the treasury depart
ment are correct, very much that is
contained in the editorials of financial
periodicals is the most ignorant rot or
are attempts to deceive. " '
It is out of the line of discussion,
suggested by the comptroller's abstract,
but I will mention one example of
these reckless or ignorant statements.
On September 7 the surplus reserves
of the New York banks was down to
less than seven millions, but in the is
sue of the. 14th, .The Chronicle, after
mentioning this fact, in almost the next
sentence, states that these banks are
holding thirty or forty millions for an
emergency. .So little do the masses
know about the subject, that it is . en
tirely possible most of the readers of
this financial magazine will not see the
absurdity of. the statement that banks
with only seven millions of surplus
cash, are holding an emergency fund
of thirty or forty millions.
The comptroller . of . the currency In
his report for .1899 estimates, that, in
that year, the deposits in all banks of
all kinds amounted, to $7,513,854,397.
The reports of national banks on Sep
tember 7, 1899,. show. that on that date
they held about two-fifths of all bank
deposits. - . .
The comptroller's abstract of .August
27. for July 15, reports an. increase of
deposits since September 7, 1899, of
$577,853,337. If the comptroller's es
timates are approximately correct and
the increase of deposits in other banks
has been approximately in . the same
ratio as in the national banks, then the
aggregate of deposits in all banks on
July 15 was about $9,000,000,000. At
the percentage of reserve already
stated that is, one dollar in seven of
deposits the cash reserve required on
July 15 was about $1,290,000,000. This
is the lowest possible limit to which,
under the law, the cash reserve could
have been reduced. This therefore rep
resents the amount that ought to be
held by the banks, if all banks held the
same per cent of cash reserve required
by the law to be held by the national
banks. This whole amount must nec
essarily be out of circulation just as
much as the money held in the treasury
vaults. ' Not a dollar of that part of it
held by national banks could be used
without violating the law. At this per-
- - '
On hand
- .'. August 31.
General $ 33,874.57
Permanent scho61 238,048.29
Temporary school 212,427.28
Permanent university .. 13,517.30
Agr. college endowm't.. 37,039.60
Temporary university .. 70,542.40
University cash 12,470.04
Hospital for insane 432.26
Normal interest 1,044.72
Normal library 2,479.10
Normal endowment .... 34,412.49
State library 9,492.34
Pen. special labor 1,288.45
Agr. and mech. arts fund 24,305.44
Agr. exper. station fond. 2,938.53
Pen, land fund 2,668.00.
Totals ..$696,980.81
Receipts.
I 36,122.26
52,722.61
37,256.97
708.84
5,783.33
6,637.36
8,400.00
25.44
" 300.66
1,777.49
5"d6.b6
Payments.
$ 43,156.64
114,708.46
15,101.92
1,042.87
1,030.14
y " 7118.64
, 2,114.91
On hand
Sept. 30.
$ 26,840.19
176,062.44
249,684.25
14,226.14
42,822.93
62,077.8
18,825.17
457.70
1,044.72
2,779.10
34,412.49
8,452.20
3,065.94
17,187.40
823.62
3.168.00
. $150,234.30 $184,272.98 $662,942.13
They Bit to go Down ta Their Pockets
for the Money That Stuefer Has Piled ,:
Away Somewhere and Won't Tell
"Papa, I need a new gown," said a
little Lincoln girl the other night to
her father, avwell known Lincoln man
who is taking a special course at the
state university. "Well, little one, I'd
like to get it for-you, but you know
Persons acquainted with the routine
business of the state treasury and au
ditor's office will readily recognize this
as simply a balance sheet made up both
by the treasurer and by the auditor
immediately after the close of business
at the end of each month. It is valua
ble information as far as it goes, and
should be given to the public through
the medium of the press every month.
It shows the condition of the various
state funds. But it does not comply
in any particular with the requirements
of the resolution passed by the repub
lican state convention. Evidently
Treasurer Stuefer has no Intention of
complying with this resolution. There
is no reason why he should be stubborn
about the matter. He cannot take the
position that inasmuch as he furnishes
a bond for the safe-keeping and proper
turning over of the state funds that it
is a matter solely of his own business,
because the state of Nebraska pays all
expenses of securing the treaurer's
bond. The state furnishes the bond and
has a right to know where the state
treasurer keeps the balances of state
money.
Latest Thursday morning Treas
urer Stuefer published a statement and
the state organ declares that "he has
complied with the spirit of the resolu
tion." He gives a list of depository
banks in which have been deposited,
but of the fund that inquiry has been
about he gives no Information at all.
There Is still $26o,424 unaccounted for
and Stuefer won't tell.
A Correction
Editor Independent: I have just
discovered that my typewriter made a
mistake In copying figures on my sec
ond article.
On second page of manuscript Sep
tember 17 showed '
5 banks, Brooklyn......... $ 82,793.71
6 banks, Columbus.. 213,158.79
The footings are right. It was a
mistake in copying that made 82 S21.
If this reaches ; you in time, please
correct and oblige.
FLAVIUS J. VAN VORHIS.
t
Rosewater got cleaned out in the
Omaha primaries after which he re
marked that the democrats have the
only correct system of primaries and
he wants the republican party to
adopt it. There are several other
things in the democratic and populist
parties that the republicans would do
well to adopt - .
centage of reserve that part of it held
by other banks would be far below
what banking experience shows to be,
and all banking authority regards as
a safe reserve. It is therefore safe to
say that on the 15th day of July last,
there was $1,290,000,000 of all the mon
ey reported by the treasury department
to be in circulation, tied up in bank
reserve and wholly unavailable for
commercial purposes.
N The whole amount of money reported
to be in circulation that is outside of
the treasury on August 1 last was $2,
189,567,149. It is therefore very cer
tain that the highest possible amount
of money in excess of bank "cash re
serves" that could have been available
for purposes of commercial exchange
did not exceed $890,000,000.
It is probable almost certain that
it was much less than this amount, tor
the reason that private banks are by
no means safe without a very . much
larger reserve than one dollar in seven
held by the national banks in the ag-
Jgregate.
if rom tne reports or tne treasury de
partment any one not familiar with the
subject would suppose it to be definite
ly known just how muclr gold is in cir-.
culation, while the fact is, the amount
stated, is "guess work;" nothing but
an estimate. In all probability an ex
aggerated estimate, at that, the incor
rectness of which has been repeatedly
shown. Taking all this into considera
tion it is entirely reasonable to con
clude, that the entire . amount of all
kinds of money In the country on July
15, available for legitimate commer
cial transactions did not exceed $500,
000.000. How much of this was held by all
kinds of banks, in excess of the per
cent required by the banking law to be
held in cash, is difficult to ascertain.
The national banks alone held about
$62,000,000. Making all reasonable al
lowances for over estimates, it is clear
that the boasted increase of circulation
is deceptive. There has been very lit
tle increase of money in actual circula
tion since September 7, 1899.
Those who have been accepting the
repeated assertions concerning the in
crease of the quantity of available
money without question may read this
statement with incredulity. I will next
week attempt to demonstrate this in
another way. from the facts contained
in the comptroller's abstracts and the
treasury reports.
FLAVIUS J. VAN VORHIS.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Booker T. Washington, who has very
good reasons for keeping accurate sta
tistics concerning the matter, says that
"2,516 persons have been lynched in the
United States during the last fifteen
years. There are or have been en
gaged in this anarchy of lynching near
ly 125,800 persons." The colored men
nearly all vote the republican ticket,
but few republican , papers .have , done
anything to stem the tide of anarchy
which has been directed toward them.
There has been five" times as much
written against lynchings and anarchy
of that sort by populist editors as has
appeared - in all the thousands - of re
publican papers in the land. Populist
papers in the south have denounced it
as severely as the populists of the
north. Wherever it is found, populism
is for law, order and good common
sense. -
WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES
Losr Lists of the Killed, Wounded and
Died of Disease Continue Coming In
The great dailies have kept very si
lent of late on the question of the losses
in the Philippines. It is probable that
the editors don't see that any political
advantage can be gained by "giving the
news "concerning the war- that still gees
on over there, so if they print the lists
that the commanding general regular
ly sends forward at all,- they are put in
a very inconscious place In the paper
and "scare heads" are forbidden. The
last that was published was as follows:-
1
, General Chaffee has sent to the war
department - the following list of cas
ualties in the Philippines:
' In engagements at Lobo, Luzon, Aug.
7. James. Kocourek, I, 21st infantry,
killed in action; Harry Bechtel, M. 1st
cavalry, killed in action.
In engagements at Lobo, place not
yet reported, July 27. Edward Croft,
1st lieutenant, 19th Infantry, wounded,
slight.
In engagement at Pambujan, Samar,
June 20. Patrick Sullivan, H, 1st in
fantry, chest, -moderate; Granvel N.
Wray, H, 1st infantry, thigh, severe.
In engagement at Pecologa, Luzon,
June 10. Emil Larsen, B,' 26th infan
try, chest, severe.
In engagement at Vilar B'ohol, June
17. Louis Dieckman, corporal, M, 19th t
infantry, buttock, slight; " Peter Mul-'
holland, M, 19th infantry,-neck, slight;
Charles P. Dodge, I,. 19th infantry,
back, slight; Carl F. Peters, corporal, I,
19th infantry, ear, slight.
General Chaffee, under date of Aug.
19, also reports the following deaths
in the Philippines since Aug. 5:
-Dysentery Grant Greenberry, G,
25th infantry, Bani, Luzon, Aug. 3;
Frederick E. Weseman, M, 16th infan
try, first reserve hospital, Aug. 1;
Henry Thomas, musician, B, 25th in
fantry, Palauig, Luzon, Aug. 2; Will
iam T. Smith, D, 21st infantry, Santa
Tomas, Luzon, July 25; David M.
Scott, A, 4th infantry, hospital No. 3,
Manila, July 28; William G. Perry,
sergeant,, D, 4th cavalry, Nemzopsean,
Luzon, July 28; Michael Murray, I, 4th
infantry Santa Mesa hospital, Aug. 6;
Frank A. Lewis, E, 5th infantry, San
Fernando, Luzon, July 31; Andrew E.
Larson, corporal, C, 22nd infantry, hos
pital No. 3, Manila, July 31; Charles T.
Harrison, G, 20th infantry, Vigan, Lu
zon, Aug. 3; Reuben Harris, B, 25th
infantry, Palauig, Luzon, July 30.
Drowned John Voight, B, 16th in
fantry, Echague, Luzon. July 26 (body
not recovered); Thomas Nicholson, M,
9th cavalry, Santa Rita, Samar, July
28 (body recovered) ; Joseph M. Keyes,
B, 30th infantry,: Rose, Marinduque,
July 23 (body recovered) ; Frank Fry,
farrier, E, 10th 1 cavalry, Rio Gandara,
Samar, June 28 (body recovered).
Suicide (g. s. w. head) William D.
Routh, L, 3rd cavalry, Dingras, Luzon,
Aug. 5; Richard A. Rowley, G, 5th in
fantry, Aringay, Luzon, Aug. 5; Lewis
Richards, L, 18th infantry, Dumarao,
Panay, July 21.
Alcoholism Michael C. O'Neil, H,
3rd cavalry, Cabugao, Luzon, July. 28;
Herman Wilke, sergeant, H, 12th in
fantry, Dagupan, Luzon, July 27. -
Typhoid fever Gilbert Scruggs, cor
poral, band, 9th cavalry, Nucya Cacer-
es, Luzon, July 22.
Variola Philip Oliver, sergeant, H,
9th cavalry, Guinobatan, Luzon, July
29. . '
Blood poisoning Thomas Williams,
F, 25th infantry, Santa Mesa hospital,
Aug. 3.
Measles Walter F. Sharp, M, 7th in
fantry, Gandon, Luzon, July 18.
Sclorosis of liver George S. John
son, L, 21st infantry, Atimonan, Lu
zon, July 29.
Septicemia John , Wortz, L, 1st in
fantry, Calbayoa, Samar, July 14.
Pneumonia Burnett A. Mclntyre, I,
24th infantry, Rosales, Luzon, July 28.
.Malarial fever James Culliney, F,
26th infantry, Daet, Luzon, July 13.
Diphtheria Virgil M. Winget, I, 26th
infantry, Ligao, Luzon, Aug. 4.
Purpura hemorrhagica Respress- B.
Nisbet, hospital corps, Santa Mesa hos
pital, Aug. 6.
; It will be noticed that the list is of
the same character that has been com
ing for the last three years. It shows
the deadly kind of a climate that the
young men of America are sent to fight
and die in, while they conquer an un
willing people for "the benefit of
trade."' Insanity must be very preval
ent according to the list of suicides.
How prevalent the people of this coun
try are not allowed to know. Such a
service as these troops are engaged in
must be horrible. They are American
young men who are sacrificed on the
alter of greed and glory.. What gain
Is there in it all? What recompense
for a service that forces " so ipany
healthy young men to suicide?
Within a day or two after the above
list of casualities was sent by General
Chaffee the following cablegram was
received from him:
Manila, Sept. 29. Adjutant General,
Washington: Hughes reports follow
ing from Bassey, southern Samar:
Twenty-four men. Ninth regiment, U.
(Continued on Page5.)
WAS MILLARD GUILTY?
A Discussion of How Hartley Was Sent to
the Penitentiary and Millard Promoted
to the United States Senate
Editor Independent: I am in receipt
of your communication apprising me
that one plank of the populist state
platfqrm has called forth adverse criti
cism from the , principal democratic
dally of the state, and asking for a
statement of facts in regard to the sub
ject matter of the controversy.
Ordinarily the fact that our demo
cratic allies might not indorse every
plank of our platform, should occasion,
no comment, because there are nat
urally minor differences of political be
lief between the parties. It does not
necessarily follow that because the
populist and the democratic parties
co-operate "and unite upon candidates
for state and county officers, that they
shall agree upon every possible point
which might arise. It is a fact that
very many republican voters do not
agree with every plank of the republi
can platform yet they support the
ticket. It is a fact that many populists
do not agree with every plank in eith
er .the populist or democratic plat
forms. The same may be said of many
democrats. - -But it is upon the main,
great Issues that they do agree, and,
because of this agreement, that they
co-operate.
Plank, 9 of the platform adopted
unanimously by the last populist state
convention is as follows:
9. - We call the attention of the
voters of the state to the following
pertinent facts: The legislature
directed about $180,000 to be trans
ferred from the general to the
sinking fund, to make good losses
in broken banks under a republi
can administration. All that was
necessary to be done was to make
the requisite entry in 'the stato
; treasurer's books. Instead of do
ing so, a republican state treas-
urer drew a warrant for that
amount which was unlawfully sold
to the Omaha National Bank, in
dorsed by its president, and un
. lawfully sold to a bank in New
York, the proceeds being placed to
the private account of said repub
lican state treasurer. Without the
indorsement of the president of
the Omaha National bank, the war- ,
rant could not have been sold.
The republican party demands a
return of said state treasurer to
the penitentiary, while it has pro
moted his co-laborer in this un
. lawful work.
. There is but one technical objection
which can be urged against this plank.
The sentence, "Without the indorse
ment of the president of the Omaha
National National bank," etc., and the
sentence, "indorsed by its president,"
should have been made to read as fol
lows: "Without the aid and assist
ance of," etc. This will be made clear
further on.
On September 25, 1901, the Morning
World-Herald, Omaha, contained the
following editorial: . .
GROUNDLESS REFLECTIONS. '
The platform adopted by the pop
ulist convention last week con
tains one reference which will not
meet the approval of those who
carefully consider it. We refer to
the paragraph which. by indirect
language and by lnuendo seeks
to connect J. II. Millard with the
embezzlement of state funds.
It is all right to condemn the
election of Mr. Millard to tho
United States senate as a republi
can surrender to railroad control
and dictation, and the republican
party must suffer such loss of
popular favors as this surrender
will bring. It is quite another
thing, however, for a convention
to seek to besmirch the reputation
of a man like Mr. Millard by in
sinuating references which no re
sponsible person would dare put
in the form of charges. .
If any business man in the state
. has established a character for
honesty and honorable citizenship,
Mr. Millard has. The bank ot
which he Is president had busl-
ness dealings with Bartley when
he was treasurer and with the state
of Nebraska. Out of those deal
ings may have grown financial re
sponsibility for one of Bartley'3
unlawful acts. That is a subject
. now in litigation. It is purely a
legal question for the courts to de
cide. - It does not belong in politics,
nor in newspapers, nor In conven
tions, nor in campaigns. C. J.
Smyth, when attorney general of
Nebraska, made a persistent and
determined effort to hold Mr. Mil
lard's bank responsible. The case
was tried, appealed and retried
several times, and is now pending
in the supreme court. Attorney
General Smyth exhausted the re
sources of his office in his dcter-
i ruination to win the case. When
It developed, that Mr. Millard's
bank had acted only as agent and
had not itself received any of the
funds, nevertheless Mr. Smyth
pushed the casb on the theory that
there was a legal liability as agent,
even if the bank had not itself re
ceived any of the money. At no
time did the attorney general in-
timate in the remotest way any re
flection on Mr. Millard's character.
Men of all parties like fair play.
Men of all parties are coming to
the conclusion that political cam
paigns should be conducted along
- political lines and freed from reck
less personalities.
The fusion ticket has been well
chosen. Judge Hollenbeck at the
t head of it gives it a strength and
public confidence which should in
sure success. Nothing Is to be
gained by making an attack on
, Mr. Millard's personal character a
part of the campaign, and certainly
self-respecting citizens will not'
