vl December 12, 1901
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
Bryan on Roosevelt.
- President Roosevelt's first message to congres3
contains much that can be commended by members
of. all parties?- After paying a high compliment to
Us predecessor he discusses the question of an
archy at some length, and proposes certain rem
edies which The Commoner will discuss hereafter
when those remedies are embodied in bills presented
for consideration of congress. He pays a deserved
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luuuie iu agriculture uiiu eiiiyuaauco ""i'"'
$ance of the preservation of the forests. His recom-
Mcendatiqns on the subject of irrigation are espe
cially good. He seems to fully appreciate the
magnitude of the subject and the limitations
ivhich he suggests are eminently wise. It is to be
licped that congress will heed his advice and in all
legislation bear in mind that "the only right to
water which sho'u Id be recognized is that of use,"
and that "in irrigation this right should attach
Jo ;j)e land reclaimed and be inseparable there-
t-m." His comnarison between the granting of
perpetual water rights to others than the users"
mJiifXthft "frivine- awav nf nornetual franchises to
the public utilities of cities" is just and timely.
His indorsement of the Monroe doctrine is em
phatic and comprehensive. His remarks on the
i laoor question indicate mat ne nas a ciearei -C
ccption of the laborers' struggles and difficulties
I than some previous presidents; his plans, how
fr "j"er, fr the amelioration of the condition of
lsfj-ilaboring man are. open to discussion.
J i . rpi rlomnnrnti! urill rliccn-nt frfim his hieh tariff
remedy the laborer has been suffering from the
aoministration of that remedy for about a quarter
of -z. century. There is virtue, however, in the
prtsident's advocacy of the eight-hour law, and of
regulations to prevent over-work and unsanitary
conditions. He failed to condemn government by
injunction and the blacklist, both of which have
caused much injustice to the wage-earners.
I Hi! JJrtJSlUtJUL a 1 el uni uicuua LI kili iuc vu.-
,e question are welcome; they will insure a
romnt extension of the Chinese exclusion act.
i'hile many of the republican leaders lean to the
iiieap labor side of the Chinese question, there will
!sbo enough republicans ready to act with the demo
crats to mane iuuie any uiieiujji lu upeu uui uuui
lo Chinese emigration.
P j ' The president has stated his position with
3 clearness on the general subject of emigration
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ana on me EUDject 01 civil service, aim lie pieua
his; administration to make the appointments in
the army and ,navy depend upon merit and not
v.pon personal, political or social influence. Ae
gives considerable attention to the size of the navy,
and urges a considerable increase in the naval
strength of the nation.
His recommendations upon the subject of the
merchant marine and on the subject of interstate
commerce are not specific. He wants to see the
American merchant marine "restored to the
ocean," but he does not definitely indorse the ship
subsidy bill, which gives the interpretation whien
republican leaders have placed upon the republi
can platform. While he favors an enlargement
of the scope of the interstate commerce law In
the interest of the patrons of the road, his lan
guage raises a suspicion that he is also willing to
cencede to the railroads the pooling privileges for
which they have contended for several years.
In discussing the tariff question the president
aeiunes what is not true..namelv. that there is
reral acquiescence in our present tariff . system
tj: a national policy." He recommends a limited
tem of reciprocity, but wants it distinctly un-
Ifj jtood that we must not concede anything that
. t' bally of any value to us. No one can read that
ilon or nis message without being convince.!
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'U-the reciprocity idea will be entirely subordi
ted to the interests and demands of the ben
eficiaries of a high tariff. In fact, he says as much
when he declares that "reciprocity must be treated
as the handmaiden of protection," and, therefore,
like a handmaiden, subject to discharge on short
notice.
The president follows the republican platform,
and recommends the creation of a new cabinet po
sition to be filled by a representative of the com
mercial and industrial interests. It will be re
membered that the democratic nlatform advn-
f rated the creation of a department of labor, with
a cabinet officer in charge. The difference between
I a representative of commerce and industry (al-
ready represented to a large extent by the secretary
cf the treasury, who is closely associated with
the bankers, by the secretary of state, who is in
".tact with our consular representatives, and
the attorney general, who has for years been
Jimate with the great corporations) and one
aking for and representing the great wage-earn-'
.classes of the United States ought to be appar
r ent to anyone.
) The president's recommendation in regard to
t an Isthmian canal also follows the rennblican nlaf-
form. and leaves out all mention of the route to be
followed. There, is a widespread opinion that the
Panama canal project has been used by the rail
reads to prevent the digging of the Nicaragua
canal. The mes-age indicates that the president
appreciates the importance of the canal, and ths
1.ves us some room to hope that even though he
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does not specifically indorse the Nicaragua route,
he will not permit the railroads to further delay
the inauguration of thi3 great enterprise.
The president makes.no reference to the Boer
var. ; Whether he has been so occupied with pub
lic affairs as not to have learned of the struggle
going on in South .Africa; whether, having learned,
of it, he considers it a matter of trivial importance;'
whether he sympathizes with the Boers, but is pre
vented by allegiance to his party from giving ex
pression to that sympathy,- or whether his sym
pathies are with England in her efforts to extend
her empire, all these are left to conjecture.
Scant attention is given to the money ques
tlon; less than three hundred words are used to
set. forth the president's position on a question
which the republican papers declared to be para
mount in the last campaign. Below will be touzd
the only reference to this important subject:
The act of March 14, 1900, intended un-
equivocally to establish gold as the standard
money and to maintain at a parity therewith
all forms of money medium in use with us,
has been shown to be timely and judicious.
The price of our government bonds in the
world's market, when compared with the price
of similar obligations issued by other nations,
is a flattering tribute to our public credit.
Thi3 condition it is eminently desirable to
maintain.
In many respects the national banking
law furnishes sufficient liberty for the' proper
... exercise of the banking function, but there
seems to be need of better safeguards against
the deranging influence of commercial crises
and financial panics. Moreover, the currency
of the country . shall be made responsive to
the demands of our domestic trade and com
merce. Does sthis mean that the president does not
favor the proposed measure making the silver
dollar redeemable in gold, or does it mean that he
is going to adopt the plan followed by the gold
standard advocates in the past and prevent as far
as possible the discussion of financial measures?
He does not mention the branch bank or the asset
currency? Does it mean that he does not favor
them, or that he prefers to have them sprung upon
congress and rushed through before the people
have a chance to understand them? If measures
are necessary to protect the people "against the
deranging influence of commercial crises and
financial panics," why not present such measures
for the consideration of the people? If the cur
rency should be made "responsive to the demands
of our domestic trade and commerce," why not out
line a plan so that the public generally can ex
amine and discuss it? Everybody reads the presi
dent's message, but comparatively few people know
anything about the bills presented. We shall see,
as time passes, whether the currency question oc
cupies as small a place in congressional considera
tion as it has in the president's message.
The two subjects specially emphasized in the
president's message are the trust question and the
Philippine situation.
A perusal of the president's utterances on
the trust question will convince any un
prejudiced reader that the president has heard
from the trust magnates since he made his Min
neapolis speech. His famous phrase in regard to
the shackling of cunning is reproduced, but it is so
diluted with warnings, cautions and fears, as to be
scarcely recognizable. It is evident that the presi
dent has been deeply impressed by the doleful
prophecies and threatenings of the monopolists.
He is willing to admit that the consolidation of
capital which is going on is a process which has
aroused much antagonism, but he feels it neces
sary to add "a great part of which is wholly with
out warrant." He borrows the phraseology of trust
defenders when he asserts that "the average man,
the wage-earner, the farmer, the small trader, have
sever before been so well off as in this country aud
at this. time." The inference is natural that th.3
trust evil is not really serious, if industrial condi
tions are as favorable as the president assert.
He borrows the epithets of the trust magnates
when he warns the country against "ignorant
violence," against "the ignorant or reckless agi
tator," against "crude and ill-considered legisla
tion" and against "appeals, especially to hatred
end fear." It is doubtful whether any one as bad
ly scared as the president seems to be is in a
proper frame of mind to calmly consider an effec
tive anti-trust law. He gives the benefit of the
doubt to the corporation, and nowhere expresses
ac much solicitude for the rights of the masses cf
the people as he does for the interests of the great
combinations of capital which in his opinion "will
take the lead in the stiife for commercial suprem
acy among the nations of the world." To em
barrass them would be, in his opinion, to "cramp
and fetter the youthful strength of the nation."
The only remedy suggested by him is publicity,
and in discussing the subject he uses illustrations
which convince one that he has no objections :o
private monopolies. He puts them upon the same
footing as a national bank, and simply insists
that they shall inform the public as to their busi
ness methods. He refers to the evils of over-capitalization,
but does not suggest any specific rem
edy therefor. We are to have publicity first, and
investigation afterward. It will take some time to
get the idea into operation, then the constitutional
ity of the law will be attacked and prosecution will
have to be suspended a few years until the case is
reached in the supreme court, and that will tide
the party over another presidential election. If
the president is in earnest in his desire to shackle
cunning, let him recommend the passage of a bill
which will compel the supreme court to give im
mediate consideration, to questions arising under
laws which, like an anti-trust law, affect the en
tire people. The president intimates that a con
stitutional amendment, may be necessary to au
thorize congress to take comprehensive., action
against the trusts. It is to be. hoped that this
suggestion will not be made an excuse for -delay.
The American people are losing millions of dol
lars every week because of the extortion of trusts,
&nd there Is no time for delay in dealing with this
question.
The fatal mistake made by the presi
dent is that he fails to recognize that a-privat-?
monopoly is always, and under every circumstance,
a menace to the public There can be no sufficient
or satisfactory regulation of a private monopoi".
It. is essentially and eternally wrong. -It hag'' al
ways been regarded as an outlaw against society;
it has never been defended until recently, and it Is
lamentable to learn from the president's message
that he has been constrained by the trust mag
nates to withhold his positive and emphatic con
demnation of the monopoly principle. There is
nothing in his message to indicate that - he has
any fear of the effect of a private monopoly. When
he declares "that combination and concentration
should be not prohibited, but supervised, and with
in, reasonable limits controlled,'' hejgnores entire
ly the vicious principle of monopoly. No exten
sion of foreign commerce, no development of do
. mestic. industry could for a moment justify a pri
! vate monopoly, even though such monopoly could
be shown to be advantageous in both respects.
On the subject of imperialism the president,
without attempting to defend the principles in
volved, shields himself behind the force of eir-
cumstances. He assumes the patronizing air of thp
advocates of "destiny" and "duty" and, insists
that "our earnest effort is to help these people up
ward along the stony and difficult path that leads
to self-government." And again he says: "We
hope to do for them what has never before been
done for any people in the tropics to make them
fit for self-government after the fashion of th
really free nations." He thinks any attempt to
give them independence now "such a desertion i f
duty on our part as would be a crime against hu
manity." He seems to regard a government based
upon force as the best government for certain
classes, and free government as only possible un
der certain circumstances, for he says "it is no
light task for a nation to achieve the tempera
mental qualities without which the institutions c?
free government are but empty mockery." and he
adds that "our people are now successfully jroverr
ing themselves because for more than a thousand
years they have been fitting themselves, sometimes
consciously, sometimes unconsciously, toward this
end." He declares that large portions of the Fili
pino race are starting 'very far behind the point
which our ancestors had reached even thirtv gen
erations ago." The question irresistibly rises in
one's mind, if the Filipinos are a thousand years
behind our people and must be governed by us he;
cause of that fact, how can they ever catch up with
us unless they develop more rapidly than we do?
Capacity for self-government is a relative term,
that is to say. some people are capable of govern
ing themselves better than others. We have not
reached perfection in this respect and the Fili
- pinos certainly have some capacity. If we are all
making progress it will evidently be necessary for
the Filipinos to improve more rapidly than we do
in order to narrow the gap between us. This doc
trine is a dangerous one, because it justifies the
pretensions of an imperial government wherever
people can be found rich enough to invito ex
ploitation and weak enough to be conquered.
Conscious that "destiny" and , "duty'..' would
r.ot appeal to the commercial element of ? the re
publican party, the president proceeds to recom
mend legislation that will give American citizens a,
chance to garner up the undeveloped wealth of
the Philippine islands. He says: "Of course.no
business man will go into the Philippines unless 5r
is to his interest to do so, and it is immensely n
the interest of the islands that he should go in."
That is the argument always made in behalf of
capital. It is assumed that the "inferior race" is
longing to be developed by foreign speculators, and
it is admitted that the speculator will not go un
less it can be made profitable to him, therefore
laws must hold out inducements! .Congress must
take possession of the resources of the Philippine
islands and offer them as a reward to Americans
who will go there and develop them. The Ameri
can people will furnish sn army to hold the Fili
pinos in subjection, while the synd'. Vites and cor
porations will gather all the wealth in sight. This
is the Philippine question in a nutshell: Hold the
inlands: providence gave them tn us and we must
make all the money out of them we can. Show the
taxpayer that it is his duty to bear the burden, and
you will have no difficulty in showing the exploiter
that it is his duty to reap the reward.
If the republicans in the senate and house at
tempt to cairy out the president's recommenda
tions on the Philippine question, the opposition
will have a :-plendid opportunity to manufacture
maurial fo.- the next campaign
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"No, I'd never like to see papa presi
dent of jthe United States. I don't
know that I'd like to see nim even
governor, because then he would not
have any time to spend with mamma
and me, and . he'd be always, working
and never get any rest."
v Thus did William, Travers Jerome,
Jr., 6et a limitation on his father's po
litical career, according to a' Lakeville
(Conn.) dispatch to the NewTork Even
ing Journal. ' . '
"Chinky," as the son of the district
attorney elect of New York is dubbed,
is eleven years old, but he is politically
wise beyond his years. Constant asso
ciation with the men who always sur
round his father has brightened J:he
little, chap "wondrously, and his likes
and dislikes 'for the candidates In the
late eampaign.are pronounced.
"I like papa most because he Is my
papa," he" declared, "and next because
he is an honest man. He didn't need
to be in this election, but I'm glad he
ran, now that he has been elected, be
cause he will show the people what he
Is made of.
"Oh, he's going to surprise everybody
before he gets through!
"Yes, I like Low and Shepard both.
I like Low principally because he is
educated and believes in education.
Not enough attention is paid to educa
tion in our country, and that is the
cause of most-crime.
"You can just bet Mr. Low will build
plenty of schools and run them in good
shape."
"Chinky" is an athletic lad, and while
his father is in the country he drags
him off to play golf every, day. He
can handle a horso, ride a wheel or pull
an oar. Withal he is very studious.
MAY LOSE HER PENSION.
Dr. Mary Walker Accused of Vili
fying: President McKinley.
Dr. Mary E. Walker, the woman
suffragist who wears men's apparel, ls
liable to lose 'her pension for alleged
"treasonable utterances" regarding the
late President McKinley if H. Clay
Evans, commissioner of pensions, has
his way. "
When the president's assassin was
sentenced to be killed, the doctor called
at the ticket office of the New York
Central Railway company in Oswego
and delivered a harangue to a crowd in
the waiting room in which she is al
leged to have used this language, says
the New York World:
"The state of New York in killing
the assassin by electricity is just as
great a murderer as is the assassin
who killed McKinley. The latter in
sending armed troops to shoot down
the Filipinos in their own homes and
country was a murderer."
United States Marshal McLoughlin
of Binghamton went' to Oswego the
other day to look up the facts and ob
tain affidavits. In an interview Dr.
Walker said:
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anywhere."
In the civil war Dr. Mary Walker
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charged as a "surgeon of volunteers."
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Plans providing for a pension fund
for aged employees of the Fourth
Street National bank in Philadelphia
were favorably passed upon at a meet
ing of the board of directors of that in
stitution the other day, says the New
York Times. Hereafter when one of
the employees is considered too old for
work he will be put on the pension
list, no matter what his age. The
fund will be entirely gratuitous, a cer
tain sum being laid aside by the bank
each year to provide all expenditures
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a death benefit for the families of em
ployees were , also favorably passed
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taken next summer's great celebration
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don Mail. Except in a few isolated
cases there have been no applications
for rooms for next June, and conse
quently the special tariffs, which will,
of course,, be advanced on the normal,
have not yet been drawn up.
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The Heroes of Transvaal
More valiant they than ancient war
like Greek;
More constant than the steadfast
wolves of Rome,
The brave Boer, desperate clings to,
plain and peak,
And sternly dies for Liberty and
Home.
He guards the camp thTough cold wet
winter night,
And cautious scans the wide veldt
for the foe;
On the chill ground, reposing from the
fight,
War-worn comrades forget their
country's iwoe.
In front, not far off, lies his father's
farm
The loved home of his boyhood hap
. py days
His dear old mother whom God save
from harm
Still keeps the helpless children
there, and prays.
His brave old father went with bold
Cronje, N
And died on St. Helena's abhorred
' rock.
O, may Napoleon's awful curse, this
day,
Fall full on England with an earth
quake's shock!
See, through the misty night, that
lurid flame '
Mount up, and shed its baleful glare
afar!
i It shows a flag henceforth a flag of
shame,
Which burns the widow's home, and
calls that war! ,
The widow and her orphans, Britons
drove,
With the cows, to the concentration
camp; .
And there by heat and cold and hunger
ttrove
To conquer courage, cannons could
- ? not damp.
Where are those heroes, whom brave
' Teddy led,
And tore such prey from Weyler's
bloody hand? k
The truest hearts that e'er for Free
dom bled, i
f Implore you now to help a worthier
land. J '
Sure God has well approved your no
'. ble dbw'--Tv. : ' ' ' . -...
; ' For by strange V&ths to power, your
i f Chief, He led.
; Still loftier heights are his, if he but
! heed
" God's call, and checks the murd'rous,
Briton's tread!
While all the world has gone to gain
and greed, '
The Boers alone, corrupting gold
despise;
With steadfast, manful valor, grimly
bleed,
And Wealth and Ho me for Freedom
sacrifice.
No more shall we, to stir men's hearts
' to flame,
Sing praise of Salamis and Mara
thon; Majuba Hill and Spiori Kop shall
shame '
The gilded glories of the Parthenon.
How can brave men, aloof, still "idly
stand, .
And see the noblest heroes of all
time, . , -
Go down to death, defending Free
dom's land,
From arson, murder, rape, and ev-
ery crime?
W. H. Ashby.
The Grout Bill
At the meeting of the National Live
Stock convention in Chicago last week
the Grout bill was extensively dis
cussed. : Leonard Pearson of Penn
sylvania, speaking for the dairy in
terests who uphold the Grout bill, led
the debate with the plea that with
oleomargarine selling under its own
colors, butter could hold its own. "You
cattlemen," said he, "insist that color
ing of oleomargarine should be al
lowed, yet you insist that the wool in
terests should - be protected against
shoddy masquerading as wool.
- Ex-Governor Packard of Iowa moved
that the whole subject be deferred,
when Judge Cowan arose and said
that packers, had as much right to
color oleomargarine as dairymen have
to color butter. The discussion was
participated in by members of tho
Kansas, California, Missouri, Michi
gan and Iowa delegations. It was the
first general debate of the convention.
Judge Cowan brought the speaking to
an end by moving the previous ques
tion. The resolution against the
Grout bill was adopted, but over a
good-sized minority.
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