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8 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. December 26, i9ol. Hardy's Column ' , (Continued from Page Five.) next morning h4 came to our store bare-footed again, "with the story that his papa had carried off the shoes. We knew the saloon where tl3 father spent his time and money. We went there and sure enough found the shoes. They had been, traded for lquoj A few -words with the saloon-keeper in duced him to give up the shoes and we took them back to the little boy. The next spring, that family moved onto a horestead up in Polk county. : We heard nothing definite from them, un til last week we met the father, her in Lincoln. He was full, but we a3ked him where Prank was. "O, he is at home with his mother running our homestead. I help them, but I want a good time once in a while, and can't have it where Frank is; he is toa much' for me now." One of the women from a low-down house 'came to us one day and asked, if her little girl could attend our Sun day school. Yes, of course, was our answer, but please bring her here or sand lver; here that we may know her when she appears next, Sunday. In a few minutes the little girl came, bring ing a letter giving her name. A bright er, prettier child we never saw. We gave the whole story to the teacher in whose class she was to enter. A year ago we were. told that the same little girl was now the wife of a wealthy merchant in Denver and she was also a .eacher in a methodist Sunday school. . Such little favors often end in great good. The Mfe-blood of Christianity is doing others good, rather than get ting good for ourselves. Kind words and kind actions are better than pres ents of material things in many cases. For over sixty years Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used by mothers for their children while teeth ing. Are you disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a 'sick child Buffering and crying with jpain of. Cut ting Teeth? If so send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow's Sooth ing Syrup" for Children Teething. Us value is incalculable. It will relieve the poor little sufferer Immediately Depend upon It. mothers, there. Is nu mistake about it. It cures diarrhoea, regulates the stomach and bowels, cure3 wind colic, softens the gums, re duces Inflammation, and gives tone and energy tothe whole system. "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" for chil dren teething is pleasant to the taste and Is the prescription of one of the oldest and best female physicians and nurses in the United States, and is for eale by all druggists throughout tfce world. Price, 25 cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup." . -V ' DOWN WITH ANARCHY Ever Sort ami Kind of It bfe Driven . From Erery State in the Union : Down With it ' There is one thing about anarchy of the Czclgosz kind that we, must rec ognize, and that is this: it is easy to get hold of, as soon as an attempt is made to put it in practice. .. In less tLan sixty days from the date of the act of Czolgosz he was executed Herr Most was sentenced to imprisonment for one year, and anarchy of the vio lent kind, and anarchists of the violent kind, .were in disrepute in every part of the land. The act that was intended to help anarchy has proven to be the severest blow that it has ever received, from which we hope it will never re cover. . . The enemy from which there is real .danger, however, is anarchy of the insidious kind, that kind of anarchy which works in secret, not for prin ciples, but for unlawful gain. The wi!thy and powerful corporations are largely ' escaping taxation In every state. We how have the satisfaction of giving a report of another kind. The teachers' federation of Chicago brought suit against twenty-three pub lic service corporations for tha pur pose of securing equitable taxation of corporations doing business in Cook county. The case was carried to the supreme court of Illinois, and that court has rendered a decision for just taxation, and against the "Insidious anarchy" - ' that i has heretofore beea practiced in Illinois and that, is now practiced in Ohio, : as - we .saw last 'month, and doubtless' to a greater .or less extent in every state in the union. Concerning the Illinois, decision the Philadelphia Ledger for October , 28 says, editorially: "The tax decision of the Illinois su preme court on the proper and equit able method of assessing the value of public service companies , is of the highest importance. In denance of the statutes, the state board of equaliza tion had for twenty years followed methods of its own for determining the assessable value of the franchises and capital stock of - corporations which. paid taxes, on merely nominal sr.nis. The law required the board to find the fair cash value of the capital stock and franchises. The local tax boards first taxed the tangible property of corpora tions and then these figures were sub mitted to the state board of -equaliza tion, which made an estimate of tho, value of the capital stock, from which they subtracted the value of the tangible property, using the remainder as the asset value of , franchise .and good will. Huge sums, represented by bonded indebtedness were uniformly disregarded, with the result, a3. the court - says, that the assessment was practically no assessment or so trivial as to be in effect fraudulent. Th a court rules that in finding a basis for assessing franchises and capital stock, particularly of public service corpora tions. the board shall add together, on April 1 of each year, the market value. and not a vague estimate, of both cap! tal 'Stock and bonded indebtedness, and. after deducting , from this aggre gate the assessment already fixed for tangible property, shall assess the re mainder like any other property. .This suit was brought to enforce (taxation against twenty-three public service corporations; which had, under the old assessments,' escaped taxation on capi tal stock and franchises estimated to be ,worth $368,000,000. The court rule;! that the assessments on non-franchise, corporations shall be determined in the same way, and the far-reaching de cision subjects to taxation a multitude of companies which have hitherto es caped tax burdens. No federal point of law las been as yet raised in con nection with the case, and the decision is final The importance of the case te very great. It appears that among its ver first incidental effects will be to discourage the wild inflation of cor porations by "stock watering," and if the law i3 enforced, a large part of the tax burden will be shifted iromhouse holders and owners of real estate to the powerful corporations. There is always danger in checking progress and discouragingbusiness by taxing unduly great business enterprises, and If such be the effect of the court's de cision, the remedy must lie; with the legislature.; " On the other hand, it 1s eminently reasonable and just that corporations which enjoy franchises,' and by reason5 of those franchises de rived from the public earn enormous dividends, should bear their fair pro portion of taxation. Many persons ' have been Inclined to believe that some great corporations or trusts have reached the point .where they are be yond the reach of the public and are uncontrollable. The Illinois decision will go far to-mcdify that notion. All eojrpcration3 are ; subject or may b made subject to just taxation, and to investigation; and the taxing power is in the hands of the people." .The people shdu,ld rise against this insidious anarchy just as they rose; against the Czolgosz anarchy. The former is the more dangerous, because it is. sly and cunning; and also xhe most 'damnable, because it is done by "prominent and respectable" citizen?, from whom we eypect better. Hovr ever, it was "eminently respectable" citizens that stole the Philadelphia gas works; and franchises of various kinds and of great value in this city and in perhaps all our large ' cities have been stolen by "prominent and respectable" citizens; and -by cunning they have largely escapsd taxation on these stolen values. Czolgosz's act gave them an opportunity to add hy pocrisy to their crimes. They loudly condemned "anarchy," and were among the chief mourners for the dead president yet at the same time guilty of a form of anarchy far more danger ous than that which tfiey so loudly condemned. Without-their kind of an archy, insidious and hypocritical, jer haps anarchy of the violent type wouU not have ' existed it would have had no excuse to exist. ' ; ' Fellow citizens, now that Czolgosz Is dead, Herr' Most in prison, and their whble outfit discredited and tinder public 1 condemnation, shall we stop ? Shall we not continue the war on an archy of every sort, and compel justice from all, and to all? Our first duty is to.be law-abiding citizens ourselves, and pay our just taxes; second, to help to maintain law and order, and to con tribute to a vigorous and effective de mand that all citizens and corpora-, tions shall pay their just taxes; third, contribute in" money or' service to the public good, without waiting for war, panic or pestilence. v V."e see above what the tnacners fed eration of Chicago did for Chicago and Illinois.' Are' there not organizations in every city, arid state as patriotic as the teachers of Chicago? The gran gers in every state should take up the same subject, in the same way, and compel the railroads to-pay the same rate of taxation as the farmers. Why Can't the doctors be as patriotic as the teachers of Chicago? If the teachers ol Chicago can do so much, why can't the Masons or Odd Fellows of other places do something in the same line? It wouldn't be "going into politics." but it Would be going into patriotism and that is the duty of every individual citizen, and every organization of citi zens. Think what the sum total would amount to If we could add up all the just-taxes that wealthy corporations would owe to all our states,-counties, cities and towns, say fors the past 25 years! .1 am afraid to guess what the amount would be, but it would be enor mous. Yet all this taxation that the wealthy corporations have escaped (dodged) has been, paid by a 'higher rate on the farms, homes, business concerns," etc., of the people. The question which we now urge is, sha.l this tremendous fraud and anarchy be allowed to continue? Will the loyal, honest and patriotic portion of our communities continue to pay a higher rate- of taxation in order that wealthy corporations may practically escape taxation? Medical World. REMARKABLE CURES Are Being Made Daily Free of Charge By the British Physicians Who are Located at the Corner 11th and N Sts. Sheldon Block Services f or Three Months are Given Free to aH Invalids Who Call Upon Them Before Jan. 7 ,- Owing to the. large number of In valids who have called upon the Brit ish Doctors at their office, corner Elev enth and N streets, Sheldon block, and who have been unable to see them, these eminent gentlemen have, by re quest, consented to continue giving their services entirely free for three months (medicines excepted) to all invalids who call upon them for treat ment between now nd January 1. These services consist not only of consultation, examination and advice, but also of all minor, surgical opera- dependence live, and shall its teaching; tions. The object in pursuing this course is to become rapidly and personally ac quainted with the sick and afflicted, and under no conditions will any charge whatever be made for any ser vices rendered for three months to all who call before January 7. 4 The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At the 1st interview a thorough examinaton is made, and, if incurable, you are frank ly and kindly told so; also advised against spending your money for use less treatment. Male and .female weakness, catarrh and catarrhal deafness, also rupture, goitre, cancer, all skin diseases and all diseases of the rectum, are positively cured by their new treatment. The Chief Associate Surgeon of the institute is in personal charge. : Office hours, from 9 a. m. till 8 p. m. No Sunday hours. Special Notice If you cannot call, end stamp for , question blank for home treatment. powers fro;n the consent of the gov--c.nea and tfciil ' in confer ir'ly' vj:h liicie pri:aci;:'i:s, u system of 'govern ment should be , inaugurated , in the Philippines which should have for its oajecc the ultimate independence anl freedom of these people, for if this .'a not to '. be our policy, then these isl ands should at once be abandoned. The posliion of the republican party, as manifested by. its representatives iu cone? ess. that these i.-i.'ii'lv'ari col onies, and their 10,000,000 people are subject to American control, that the Americans , shall tax and rule them, and that they shall continue to do so, turns this republic away from the path cf I'berty and leads it into- the course followed by all the empires of the past and present.- When this issue is finally fought out and settled one way or the other, then will the future policy of this nation be known to the world and the future fate of the Filipinos be de termined. Shall the Declaration of In- l-e- followed by .the greatest, republic on earth by the people of that repub ¬ lic who first gave it to the world and whose early patriots stood by it on the battle fields of the revolution and who held It aloft for more than a century or shall it be abandoned by the only nation that has the strengthrthe power and the spirit to hold if secure as the living truth in government, among the nations of the world? The Amer ican, voters of the future-will answer this question. ' ' ; H. W. RISLEY." TOBACCO SPIT and SMOKE Your Life away! You can be cured of any form of tobacco using easily, be made well,. strong, tnaepetic. full of new life and vigor by taking MQ-TO-BAG, that makes weak raea strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days. Over 300,000 urea. All urvggism. vure Buojumrru. uoor st and advice FREE. Address STERLING S-OU3Y CO- Chicago or New. York. ? 4 DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the, ear. "There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that Is by" constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition 'of the mucous lin ing of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is Inflamed you have a rum bling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed fQrever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucou3 surfaces. , . We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh)" that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. ' Send for cir culars, free. .'F. J. CHENEY & Co., ! Toledo, O. . Sold by Druggists. 75c. " Hall's Family P1U3 are the best. THE PHILIPPINE INIQUITY :' HI'. - - Became-the "Protected Industries Demand It Republicans Ignore the Founda- , --tiou Principles of the Govern- : Washington, Di e., Dec. 18. 1901. (Special Correspondence.) The policy of the repu bl ican majority has been made manifest by the; bill .pending in congress this week, placing a tax upon the articles imported Into the United States from the, Philippine islands and levying a tax on exports from the United States to the Philippines. The measure is advocated by the republican majority in congress upon the theory that it is necessary to raise revenue to carry on the civil government and for necessary improvements in the islands. Under this bill sugar brought from the Philippines is subject to the enormous tax of $36 per ton. This tax on sugar is imposed in compliance with the demands of the sugar trust in this country. Other articles are taxed in, like proportion where they come I.i contact-: with any trust-made article in the United States. In the imposi tion of this tax the ..Filipino has no voice. There is no promise made by the republicans of any policy which they intend to carry out towards the Philippines in the future, tending either towards their independence, or making them citizens of the United States; and thus this republic ha3 en tered upon the policy of, an empire and an issue which involves the ques tion of human liberty will be with us for many years to come. It has now developed that there is little, if any, financial profit to be gained by the f holding of these islands. Their peo ple are hostile in every way to this government, and the desire for liberty seems to be as strong in the brown man as it is in the' Anglo-Saxon. The feeling, among the inhabitants of the Philippines is such that for an indefin ite time a standing army and a small navy will be necessary there. It qosts this country now $85,000,000 annually to hold these islands in' subjection, and' we have already expended the enorm ous sum of $450,000,000. Assording to the report of the secretary of war, the total xport3 from the United States to the Philippines amount only to $2, 855.000 a year, and yet we are paying $85,000,000 a year to hold these islands to "benefit our trade in the Orient." It is interesting to note some of the salaries paid, or rather appropriated by the officers sent by this country to establish a civil government in these islands. With the selection of these officers congress had nothing to do. These colonies are entirely controlled by the war department and when, the Taft commission was sent over there, the first thing they did was to fix their own salaries, the money to be paid them being wrung in the form of taxes from these people. Taft, the governor of the Philippines, receives for his services $20,000 per annum and ex-( penses. Each of the commissioners receives $15,000 per annum. The five judges who act as" a supreme court re ceive $7,500 a year and expenses, and the supreme justice receives $8,000. The secretary and treasurer each re ceive $6,000 and. the minor judges throughout the island receive $6,000 annually; these salaries all in addi tion to incidental expenses of their offi ces. And so it runs all the way down the list. When it wll be remembered that the entire area of the Philippine islands does not exceed , much in ex tent the territory of Arizona, the Am erican people can form some idea of the cost and injustice of imposing on a helpless people a burdensome tax under a colonial system, jarhen an alien to them is placed there to gov ern them at an enormous salary to be paid at their expense. These salaries were first made known by the report of tne secretary of war, which has just b'een made to congress. How long this immense burden will be borne by the taxpayers of this ' country xt from $85,000,000 to $100,000,000 a year; how long.it will be necessary to induce our youth from the farms and American homes to go to this tropical country, there to waste their time and health in doin military duty to hold these peo ple in subjection; how much of Ameri can wealth is still 'to be expended In this enterprise: what the ultimate fate of the Philippines is to be, whether they are to continue to be a race of people in subjection contrary to the, principles enunciated in the Declara tion of Independence--all these , ques tions must be settled by the American people themselves in the future. The supreme court has held that this count, try has the power to do these things and the only question now left is, do the millions of American voters in dorse the policy; do they . want - to abandon the republic and. enter upon the path of empire? And' so this ques tion is thrown . into the arena of Am erican politics to be fought out in the future v the position of the fusion forces being ' that in conformity with the Declaration of Independence," "'taxation without representation Is tyranny," "VsM all govt:rnjcrit3 der.'v t!-Ir just United We Stand Fusion or nothing. I fail to see how the people can ever successfully co;e with the corporations while divided up into warring factions. Aside from corporation Influence I know of no populist or democrat who is opposed to fusion. I have been on the commit tee for ten years and know that the common people , are favorable to fu sion. The corporations are opposed, and tbey only. I know of a , railroad section boss who was ordered to take his men to a democratic convention just to vote against fusion with the populist party. Not having the regular credentials he was not allowed a seat. The next day he lost his job. When I hear one talk ing against fusion, I am reminded of the scripture, "It is the voice of Jacob but the hand-of Esau," the hand of the corporations. If we are to go down in corporation-slavery, let us go to gether; the better to bear each other's burdens. We can succeed by fusion and organization. ; ' Out of about seventy yotes that we poll in this township for reform, there are none opposed to fusion. - - FREDERICK SPINK. Kearney,- Neb. ' $50,000 ADDED TO INCOME The Premium Income of the Bankers Reserve " Life Association for the Year is $110,000 in Cash. ' THE GOLD JONO POLICIES Just Adopted Will Stimulate the Com pany's B'usiness ,and It is Safe to .Predict $250,000 in Premiums for 1902. - It takes four or five years to give a new life insurance company, a start towards a successful career. The Bank ers Reserve Life Association of Omaha has long sincd; passed beyond this pre liminary period. It is now a fixed force in the insurance world. The business of 1901 represents a gain of $50,000 An cash receipts over 1900, and a proportionate increase' in the assets of :the company. The total premium receipts in round numbers aggregate $110,000.- - NEXT YEAR $256,000 will be the estimated, premium Income of the company. The business up to date is almost exclusively in Nebraska. During 1902 the company will enter all the adjacent states. Already high- class underwriters are applying for territory and the purpose of the man agement is to push the business vig orously all through the west. The best men in the business are negotiating-for contracts and B. H. ROBISON, PRESIDENT, knows' the good life insurance men of America as well as any man connected with life insurance in. this country. With advisory boards made up of the best known citizens of each of the sev eral states where the company enters the field, the company's risks must be exceptionally clean and safe. This ex plains the" phenomenal low death rate of the company. Conservative officers, competent medical advisors and inter ested intelligent policy holders protect ing it against fraud, make the ' BANKERS: RESERVE LIFE Association a wonder for business and a 'winner ' .. for underwriters. Alien agents of alien companies gnash their teeth in vain." The home organization has the confidence of Nebraskans .and they cannot be driven from its sup port, by the prevarications and impre cations of alien enemies. Every death loss "is promptly paid; every bill owed by the company. Is liquidated on pre sentation and the company v Invites honest Investigation. The NEW GOLD BOND POLICY Is winning encomiums from underwrit ers and policy holders every where It is the latest, best and most desirable life insurance contract on the market. Every man who ' examines it is con vinced on sight as to its merits. Noth i:r better "has ever been put into the insurance field and men and women seeking safe life- Insurance for protec tion jand investment are satisfied with its provisions and eager to carry the Ne'w Gold Bond Policy of the ' BANKERS. RESERVE LIFE. KEPT IN IGNORANCE Seed Corn For Sale I have a fine lot of yellow seed corn ' of this year's growth raised on my farm on the little Siota bottom. miles from Union;, Neb., which I will sell in quantities, of 5 to 1,000 bush els at $1 per bushel, f. o. b., scks ex tra. Address L. CI. Todd sr., or L. G. Todd, jr.. Union; 'Neb. " To make cow pay, use Sharpies Cream SeDarators. Book "Business Dairying" and Catalogue 270 free Chester, Pa. L w. The Plan adopted by the Trusts and Im ' perlallsts Still Unforced The People , Shall not Know The first act of congress to establish imperialism and wholly change the genius and character of our; govern ment was pushed through under the old Tom Reed gag rules. A few men were allowed to make short protests and what they said every great journal in the land endeavored to keep from the people. The Philippine bill was discussed but a short time the imper ialists would not allow more and the deed; was done. This nation has sub ject colonics to be taxed without rep resentation and ruled without their consent. What was said against thi3 awful change in the government found ed on the ideahh of Jefferson and save by the blood of a million , men shed on the battlefields of liberty, the people do not know and the' great journals of the. United States will see to it that they shall not. The avenues of in formation are all controlled by the im perialists. We must 'wait until we get the official report in the Congres sional Record which comes - by slow freight. Nd paper has given even a decent synopsis, of what the protest was. It is hard to, believe that thore were not many vigorous words said in the short time allotted. It . Is hardly possible that a measure repudiating the Declaration of Independence, de stroying the ideals of a century and a quarter, changing our form of govern ment, transferring us back to the ideals of George III., could go through the American house of representatives without some hot words from the lov ers of liberty. The best that has yet appeared is a special dispatch in the Denver News. All the other reports of the debate were disgraceful for their brevity and the suppression of all the vital points. The dispatch to the News was as follows: Representative Shaf roth had a spir ited1 colloquy with several prominent republican members of the house dur ing , Congressman Dalzell's speech on the Philippine tariff bill. His speech of yesterday called ' forth several in quiries concerning his attitude to ail of which he retorted vigorously ' and was rewarded with democratic ap plause. '. V . Cousins, of Iowa, said: "Will It be the view of the gentleman from Colo rado that it will be a humane, great and patriotic thing to swap off these Philippine people for something nearer this country? Is It the gentleman's view of civilization that we should trade off these" people as we traits mules in Missouri or dogs in Iowa?" Shaf roth: "If that were the case it would be no worse than buying, people as those were bought." '. , Hepburn:: "Suppose we were to sell the Philippines to the Turks under tho broad terms of the gentleman's propo sition.'; r Shaf roth: ."I did not say I would sell them at all, but give them liberty and independence, and help them to es tablish a government to maintain" their liebrty." : Hepburn: : "Whom do you speak Tor and what are your credentials?" Shaf roth: "I speak for the people of the United States, who love the Dec laration of Independence." (Applause.) Hepburn: "Do you speak for those who love that declaration with airmen in it, or with black men eliminated?" Shafroth: "I speak for, men who love that declaration for all men irre spective of where or who the;' may be. Wren this war is stopped as it shQuld be stopped, the American people will begin to realize the proper rights of man, and that the interest of our gov ernment is not to retain these .sister colonies." . - , . . i Mr. J Hepburn said he believed the policy of the bill was right. He did not believe the Filipinos were capable off elf-government. , ."Do you riot believe they are as capable of self-government as the Cu bans?" inquired Mr. Shafrotn or uoi.--rado. - - . ' ' "I do." i . "Then do you not believe in the in dependence Of Cuba?" "The democratic administration into it was compelled against Its will to de clare for the independence of Cuba," replied Mr. j Hepburn,' amidst demo cratic applause. -. "Ph. , you may applaud' he contin ued, "but I predict that before many years you will yourselves see the un wisdom of giving the Cubans ' inde pendence." (Republican applause.) . . The Denver congressman also com mitted Dalzell to the claim that it was not the, original intention of the Unu-. ed States to make a state or states of the -Louisiana purchase. " Shafroth said: "Is not the distinc tion between the Louisiana case and the Philippines simply that Mr. Jeffer son arid everybody else In the United Spates recommended that we acquire! the Louisiana territory for he purpose of making a state or states out of it and will the gentleman say that we have acquired the Philippines for any such purpose?" Dalzell replied that Jefferson had ex pressed himself as doubtful in regard to what the future of Louisiana should bewhether it should be a part. of tho union, a part of a western confedera tion or of neither. , Punch the Right Head. Editor Independent: Is it' not a fact that political reformers, both writers and speakers, when they criti cise those in charge of the administra tion instead of those who put them in charge, make a mistake? What xS the use , in criticising or abusing an official" for carrying out exactly the de mands of the people? Why not go af ter the fellow who is to blame in the matter,, after the master instead of the hireling? . , Now .the people certainly do sustain that relation oward the office-holder whether he, be jailor or judge.-constable, congressman or president. The people employ and the people pay, and the people dispense with the services of any of these, fellows when they get tired of them. v Why should not the reformer address himself to the citizen? He is the fel low to blame. 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HOME TREATMENT CUAUGES IOW. . : I My Mall lu all diseases a Specialty. - REFEKENCES-ilMt flanks and Xeatllng: Ilnalness Men mi the City. itl ; lar.free book; and advice. l Q. liox 3 J4 -Ollice Hours 10-15J A.M., X-4 aud DRSSEARLE&;SEARLES; RmSf?JkilVB,k- ft' n the Boers,. the 'Question!; whether We should extend: our sympathy , to the republic or to the monarchy, all these the citizen decided,, in favor of the monarchy Imperialism was an other issue and the citizen decided it Why not attacktbe citizen-ajid teH him that he is the fellow-at fault, tell him that imperialism means an end to citizenships; that whert he supports that' policy he . becomes ft subject in stead of a citizen, becom3s a slave in stead of ;' a master;1; tell him when he takes his stand - with that, element that he is upholding the English aristoc racy instead of those who are ;sym pathizingA with; the v braye Boers . who are battling for liberty, i He should be ashamed;- Tell him whe:a he supports the influences that support the Philip pine war that "the red stain Of inno cent " blood ,' 13 on . his skirts ' and the blackness of guilt on his soul." Yours for good government, SID FOREE. Plattsburg, Mo. . Let Us Consult. Editor Independent: I And some of our populists up here are discouraged over the result of the fall election in stnte and, connty. , They tin not know the reason of the'defeat and think our party ' is going to pieces. That'.makJS me think it Ought to be a part of pur policy to hold consolation meetings al ter each" defeat, to 1 off set - the ' republi can'ratiflcaticins etc;. and to hold bur men, together. There 1$. need of some thing to encourage 'our rank and file who look on victory as proof of right eousness and on defeat as ' a sign of error. ; :' .'v ';-' We shall have a new obstacle in the coming election, viz: - the stealing of our thunder in the president's message and in bills which may be introduced into the congress (but not passed) to carry out. his advanced Ideas. The cry will be raised that the republicans ar good enough reformers and that the nation must progress slowly rather than hastily in the new and uncer tain path. . -' I trust you will keep ahead of the teams and show that republican re form, even when sincere, is criminally slow in sighting the wrongs of V common people; and that "make hast- slowly':':; is the cry .of. the plunderers in order .that they may have lonr time in which to rob the nation. U -new the battle ; fiercely HIT HARD. I trust that we have now a president who : means what he says and whn will try' to do something. Give him praise for what good he does, but x : after him hard so as to keep him men ing. In that way-we can keep refornt progressing although vwe may no: have -a congress or a president of our hown. It Is our duty to work for t: - progress of reform at all times and in all fair ways. We will hold the oc-s when we are strong enough. l Look out for a' storm from Ho1 county. Hon. Hugh O'NelTl is on tl warpath after Vincent's scalp at. that of a few others.' j: In-' Boyd county the granting of fr homes won over some of the Bohet.. ians and perhaps others to the repub lican party.' - , v ., r ' REV. N. H. HLACKMEIt. Turner, Neb. , M Excursion to Florida The Burlington Route is organizlr a personally conducted excursion t Florida and Cuba, to leave Nebra-. points, , Wednesday, January 29. T route will be via St. Louis, thence t Jacksohtllle Fla., through sec f which hive been.'forlver made histoi by - the dramatic event3 of the cl f war.'""7"-" . An1 ejcceedingly "low rate has L made, and members of the excu: have chblce Of several attractive tti; after they arrive at Jacksonville. This opportunity of escaping t! most unpleasant portion of a Xebr ka-winter and enjoying In its st- the delights of a semi-tropical courtr will appeal to everyone who has fr money and can spare the time to in.ir an Extended pleasure trip. 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