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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 2, 1902.
NO. 33.
THE NEW SECRETARY
He Talb Little but Oi Wife Anno
Her Policy Kooaevelt Cenured
Ills " Brutality I
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II Vashingtou, D..C, Dec. 28, li
7:ht.or IndeDendent: "I will carry
President McKinley'3 policy to the
f.cr." Such were the words of Thee
R03sevelt just after .assuming the
tie cast upon him by the assassin ajtioiv
of his predecessor' But- this tme
Theodore Roosevelt has wavered, 'vol.
bl d, and at last made up hi: tahzd
ktit he will, at least, make a fe:f.
t mges. The resignation ot Fostsf- V
ftr General Smith and the appoi v" v
cale program and afterwards in honor
of Theodore, jr., . the evening was
:losed with a dance in which twenty
couples fihiohed Christmas - night."
The truth of the matter was'that the
jresident and his guests lined up in a
arge room of the White hpuse and
lid an old-fashioned cake-walk, with
Theodore Roosevelt leading the whole
party. Theodore Roosevelt, the suc-,-
essor of a martyred -president, led . a
noisy party in a cake-walk and 'in the
official home of the late president, and
Tie not .dead four months. If it had
Reen merely a dance, as the Journal
j.ut it the matter would not have
seemed so 'grievous, but a negro rag
tine cake-walk with the official suc
cessor of William McKinley leading
i:, and a hilarious party, should cer
tainly bring down the adverse opin
ion of the countrv. at iaree. But the
of. his successor has a little Associated pres3 will modify and of tea
la those who are looking c n n-ft neglect utterly to mention those things
S ','Cning Hie Ll cliU ui uivn ui;jreoi yju (.ucu late lu uavc
aeen breaches and great mistakes.
13 aia ami uu auiuu' j j
tiiat Smith was forced to resign ,oe-i-atise
of the storm of diaappi ,al
brought to the president's ear or jac
toint of the actions of Smith's aol.
hladden, in closing down on ne pa
Wrs who are teaching inform, 1 ii
said that in the very near futur nt
m-f iew postmaster general will' if Ko
ft jfaeral house-cleaning and g
?f.: til of those .engaged in thhi Ine
t'-.unric and change generally the iJst-
system-now in vogue mjn
IXoith
Another fact the Associated press
failed to serid out to its underlings,
and it barely succeeded in getting in
sonic of them, was the call down ad
ministered to General Miles for his
interview relating to the verdict of
the Schle court of- inquiry.. Miles
had been censured by Secretary Root
for his action and had. gone to the
White house to make his appeal to the
president. The president's office was
e:ow.ed with eager office-seekers when
Miles reached there, but in a few mo-
Another cabinet officer has re ihad j ments had. spoken, a few words to the
-S.-rretarv Gaee of the treasury am
in his stead "David Harum" Sh '
(Denniaon, la., has been appointee: .live
jn-esident. "ifour action is unpardon
able. You should 'have known bet
ter," came like a shot from the presi-
)ntx nffirpr has done but little" ta ;.ng j df-nt. The crowd was thunderstruck
Ulnoev the portfolio of the t re vary A lieutenant general, commanding the
(wafa jceiJ him further than to iate United States army, had been censured
itlftfihis policy s will be modeled om ar.d insulted before a crowd and the
ihss speech delivered at tne meem, ui
I fh 'Nebraska state bankers' conen
ftioir held in Norfolk, Neb., in ,irll.
j In this speech he made a jg iu-3
; stand against an asset currency, srhisf
I place in the cabinet was firs t o all
I offered to Governor Arane of M: sa
1'rhusetts. but that gentleman, hang
;lar;re paper contracts with the ft)fn
r.nent, did not care to put them f;de
lib take the office the law prohi'f.ng
V u cabinet officer from having -ich
f contracts while in office. So en
'David Harum" was offered the irt
I folio and after holding the Fret : nt
off for a few days gave out to ho
ftrcss that he would submit it tqiis
president had given vent to an out
burst of temper seldom if ever before
seen in the White house. ) The coun
try rt large looks upon the president's
action as unpardonable and a serious
breach of.at the least, good manners.
If President Roosevelt had wanted to
censure Miles' he should have called
him to his private office and there cen
sured him. But blurting out before a
crowd such a remark, and on a cen
sure of such a . questionable nature,
will have its effect on the future of
the president.
Meanwhile we are given orders,' re
ported to emmanate from the White
iioute, mat ine ocniey case is ciosea
i wife and if she said v so, ne junior ever officially. Tnis gives us to
; accept. Well, Mrs. Shaw said j, understand that the department means
and we have a new secretary ofaojto have the court of inquiry and its
f -r-,cmrv 'This morning's papers we verdict stand as the justice of the
' ; large headlines interviews t h
M."2-fchaw.' In Which she states
it
I
sne (Win Keep up witn ine scai
snim".in Washington, although ,ie
u .It jits knowing - nothing of whtt 't
Slie has given her ideas of.ic
p.tv dresses she will Year and-ofhe
. B-iijiber of "at homes" she will he'
i T. is said -that Secretary Gage aat
; $100,000 more than his salary tq-i-J
ce'icin in the past few years oftis
v tsrtice and during this time his rise
; closed by the death of his fe
'. r.r quite a year. But Mrs. Shaw ill
jlir- up to it and "Aunt Polly" wjbe
a social factor here. ' j
?ianwhile there are. numeroupe-X-o
.a of the other changes to .ke
j'pte in. the president's cabinetiist
i fol!owingthe new year. It is saiciiat
secretary Ling, having realized fiat
the world looks on the navy $drt
mert as a "school. for scandal, 'Hill
f resign to prevent the searchlight'om
. ''fng turned on his department, ''ere
k re numerous candidates for the
'plac j, among whom are Represen ive
iiimois, cnairman of the line
coidinittee on naval affairs Hip
pother change expected to take ace
o li. liic wuuui vi tne aepartmei of
fthe interior as soon as Secniry
'.Hitchcock resigns and the name oi3x
Sanator Carey of Wyoming is tng
considered to fill the place. j
i behind all of this new cabinet ik-
is seeu me nana, not of the "st-n-
leddy, but the skilled haniof
e,-
nous
th- master politician and oanri
"TK.,.5 T-. .. r M-v-,
. M uuuie rvooseveit." The pretilnt
txt
Cn;
,is laying plans to capture the
it i.Mihlican convention and he is
tit t'i lu way that, shows skilful fi'k
.j.- wui present himself to the
Muon an 1 say "Who pIqo ham
lominate?" Just look at hid
' arpoir iments in tho hi-nJZ,
u, m- names and Rrat nf i,nti
; . 1 le aa? aPPoiited. Takefsed-
' - f ,3 V' he is one man wo4 the
. can ' of Iowa had pushed with
X.' : KVr ,as candidate fo, the
.-...uj.m 1U4. By ffivlnni him
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;r.riv ,,f P0"101" ooseTe! .as This
Ki. .ty"sla snaw asA ir:!jM;llan
,7'.. "UV "avius a piaci C u i, . , ;t Of all
. . iiiri, would onr.r..- . T),, .
00 e! fronra state v-ih: sJt U " fi
-w. luc uuiuui t:r .v. , -r. i
jwident has nnt nnlv
pnerrbxit declared w.ir '
t'- .ne UVvice chairman of ,i ,
T"'n Mtlonal committer ,t V
-J'rie has sticn-ii n '
J';' or Roosevelt' ar
' l-f e convention ,p,-
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Hit otmet3 we win" i
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REPUBLICAN ROTTENNESS
ilneral
f; t (pe, quote youja v
f ' Nebraska i, . ?
cas;j. And that Schjey,. the real hero
of Santiago, ; shall forever stand offi
cially as he was grievously maligned
by the verdict. . It. means that the
1 opinion of Dewey, in which the credit
o; tne-vjetory of Santiago is given to
Schley shall stand as disapproved by
Long. It means that Sampson is to
be 'officially .linown as the hero of
Santiago, when he was"twenty miles
away." Well, the country has taken
a different view of the-matter and on
Friday night 'of this week, when Ad
: iral Schley made his first appearance
at a public gathering since the verdict,
he was greeted with the wild yell of
the admirers. He attended a per
formance of "Don Caesar's Return,"
played by James K. Hackett at tho
National theater, and when the audi
ence saw him enter everyone rose and
remained standing until the hero was
seated. After . the performance the
crowd gathered about his carriage and
cheered him to the echo. This shows
how the people take the verdict of the
court. It is understood that Schley
111 begin action in a few days against
D. Appleton & Co., the" publishers "of
Maclay's . book, and here we can see
the verdict of a law court. A court
not controlled by the navy depart
ment. .
"President" Roosevelt ordered the res
ignation of Maclay from, his position
in the Brooklyn navy yard, but thi3
officer questioned the president's right
toN so summarily deal with him N and
asked the civil service commission to
define ' the president's right upon this
subject. ; This .body decided that" it
was within the power of the president
and Roosevelt then ordered that he
be thrown out. This will undoubtedly
end the matter. ,
Now that the republicans are plan
ning as to their next nominee it might
not be amiss to see what th'e demo
crats are saying on the same sub
ject. A large 'account was given of
Governor McMillan of Tennessee and
his trip to Philadelphia to consult with
the friends of Hill as to the nominee.
article- stated that while Mc-
was a great friend of the great-
democrats. William J. Brvan.
I'.iitlhe was in favor of Hill as a nomi-
1904. - Thinking that the read
ght be interested, I send an iil-
w with the Hon, Mr. Ball, demo-
member of congress from Texas.
gentleman is one of the best
f ; ki own members of the ' lower house
i i. i m i Is a thorough democrat. He is
tv4 - oi,3 pr tnose who intena to snow the
i V 'Mi Newt York delegation i that It is not
V t ; j the fentire democratic party. Mr.
a v- i Vlsavs: I have no idea that Mfi-
lan is attending a meeting of the
nds of Hill with the view of en-ij
sing nis candidacy for the presi-
kcj. l think it too early to discuss
tandidates. but it is not too earlv
.siV that is entirely put of the ques
at any man' will be nominated In
ho did not support the demo-
platform and William ' Jennings
in . both ! or the last two cam
This, r coming from : so able L
a' ftan as Mr. Ball should i bfe eriven
if ft I . a -,
V i 4 I waerht.. Tt is nimnrfid hpr that Mii
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Whereever it Gets' Permanent Powertho
People Degrenerate and Whole Cities
Become Pervert
T-e foulness of republican rule, of
whi6h just at present we are ' havia?
a sample in Omaha and the state of
Nebraska, is characteristic of that
party of c-eed. The. principles that '',t.
advocates could produce no other r3
sult. A prty tLat is willing to aban
don the declaration of independent;-?,
to construe , the constitution into an
Instrument of oppression, which will
advocate wars of conquest avowedly
becc."3e of the money there is in it.
which will flood the country with
bankers' promises to pay, and make
the, - partial legal ' tender, must of
necessity have a baneful influence upon
the population. A few of the citios
of the country have been rescued from
this degeneration, but for the most
part there, the republican party runs
things. The enormity . of the crimes
against the people which are perpe
trated under the name of republican is
causing protests from some republican
papers. The Chicago Record-HeraU
speaks of the government of one city
by the republicans as follows:
"One of. the most iniquitous pieces
of jobbery ever known to American
politics was brought to a successful
termination when the "ripper" fran
chise grabbers of Philadelphia sold out
to the Widener-Elkins syndicate.
"The elaborate scheme required both
legislative and municipal corruption
for its accomplishment, and not Tam
many itself could furnish more prom
ising material to work with than the
Keystone state and its Quaker metrop
olis. The legislature passed a bill
which made it perfectly easy to rob
the people of their streets, both in
Philadelphia and other cities, and the
politicians who were in the Phila
delphia deal sat up late at night to '
carry through the work of robbery and
blackmail which their confederates !n
Harrisburg had begun. The result was
that they were soon possessed of a
marketable right of immense value?.'
They were not compelled to go about
the business of railway construction
within a reasonable peribd. They
could wait and threaten without spend
ing a cent in the perfect assurance
that their remarkable grant with its
everlasting term would not want pur
chasers. "The result is that the street rail
way corporation which thought, it
owned the town before has now paid
the blackmail while the people mus
remain indefinitely at the mercy of a
monopoly. They call Chicago wicked
in the east, but she is a shining min
ister of grace by comparison with the
smug sister by the Schuylkill who
scorns her small minority of public
spirited citizens and revels yean after
year in official rottenness.
'How great the lack of public spirit
Ij may be clearly shown by a refer
ence to John Wanamaker's attempt
to stop the steal. Before the maj'or
had signed the bills of the freebooters
Mr. Wanamaker offered to pay the
latter a tribute of $500,000 and to give
the city $2,000,000 in case the fran
chises were turned over to him. But
the mayor went calmly ahead with
his part of the game, in which there
was absolutely no consideration what
ever for the city. No mayor would
dare to do such a thing in Chicago,
and owing to the very earnest public
spirit which has been shown here the
question of the ownership of the
streets and their future control is
happily determined in the interest of
the people for all time."
The origin of this deviltry is not in
Philadelphia. It was concocted and
planned In the United States senate.
The operators in the robbed city are
only the tools of Elkins and Quay.
The two great criminalsywho planned
t ?!' Kffi isvto;speak at "j the "democratic
I VOU hri-a, ul : ; I' j u u wquei : m . umanat oa jacKSon oay
f21 out account , hr'Ma,M if this is so he will give to you
f '' .'ouraalTiSS ,nl " f 3CRe good and reliable informatic)n ai:
trying to PeatJJr Vh i ,M'f,-y W' Nw tne -democratic party wiil bf
ie vhPtwgl?r th 'V U H;iii He shoul'd have a great receptiori 1
i raer, if true f V IV i I w " cu me ugat ior iaxe Mr. AiCivmley. His -activity
liil't; tf.Kfladoptloii of the.Kansas Cityj platl I against gchleis all entirely uncalled
- i to.it n,rim . x.- " , . A... f ...1t . 1, i .
it all and who will receive most of tiro
stealings, sit in the senate and make
laws for the government of this coun
try. Both of them have been, known
as scoundrels -and thieves for years,
but they are admitted to the highest
councils of the governing power. They
sit at the table of Roosevelt. They,
are honored and preferred in the
party. Therefore the Independent says
that the republican party as. an or
ganization is responsible for robbing
the people of Philadelphia of millions
of dollars. Without the assistance
that the. national organization has
given to these thieves th. robbei y
could never have been accoinplished.
Steve Elkins only escaped the peni
tentiary a few years ago because of
the influence of persons high in the
councils of the republican party. The
star route scheme was of . the same
grade of thieving that he and Quay
have been engaged in in Philadelphia.
When a party will ceep such notori
ous scoundrels and thieves as these
two men- in the United States senate
for years, throwing the whole influ
ence of the organization to secure their
election time after time, no other proof
is needed of its moral rottenness.
What can we expect but that the
vengeance of the Almighty will be
visited uppn .a people who will sup
port such ah organization and s which
elects such men to high office year
after year. ,
I have tacitly approved the unjust re-
inquiry without coming out open'y
against Schley as he has done, and
allowing 'the , fact 'to become known
that, his official .displeasure would, be
visited upon any official" who dared
to express their: holiest sentiments on
the case, as Admiral Dewey did; he
might have ignored! the remarks of
General Miles endorsing what Dewey
said, instead of maki:p.g enemies f the
thousands of ; friends) arid admirere; of
General Miles by oirde ring Secretary
Root to, publicly cpBSuro the -commander
of the i army, as though he
were some young and foolish officer.
But he 'has chosen to ally himself with
the clique which has hounded Schley
for years, and having the authority
he' seems anxious to outdo them all
in humiliating Schley and those wh.
dare to proclaim -.themselves his
friends. ; It has beeniJBemi-oflicially
announced that neither Admiral
Dewey nor General Miles will be sent
to the coronation of King Edward, al
though it was understood, before Mr.
McKinJey's death that these two offi
cers, commanding ' respectively the
navy and thfe army, would . represent
them there and that their attitude oa
the Schley. case Is the reason they are
to be deprived of this honor. : And
that isn't all. It is stated by those
in. the confidence xf the administration
that In orderto; make .It all the more
humiliating ; to -Adiiniral , Dewey and
General Miles,, the inen chosen to rep
resent the. army and navy at the coro
nation will be Ad jutant ; General Cor
bin, who has been a bitter enemy of
General Miles for years," and Rear Ad-'
miral Crowninshield, who. is and has
been for years the leader of the clique
that has worked In every conceivable
way to undermine , the reputation of
Schley. ,Mr. Roosevelt may not know
that these things are adding daily to
the chances for the election of. a dem
ocratic president, but the working
leaders for his party are not so Ignor
ant.' ;-.' . :v-,.;";. '-::;;.
General Miles will not be anowea
to remain at the head of the army i f
he dares to challenge the right of .the
president to censure him for haying
stood up and said a few words in de
fense of a friend and ca brave fellow
officer Rear Admiral Schley. That
was the ultimatum of the administra
tion that -met General Miles when he
returned "to Washington. Under the
law the pr,.:ident has the authority to
order General Miles placed on the re
tired list at any time and the thrsxt
to use that authority, which will
strike most; men as a piece of cow-
"ardie;e unworthy of a man who has
himself worn the .uaiform of an otti
cer, . was made to muzzle .. General
Miles. In view of that threat It is
not strange' that General Miles should
decline 'to. make any public statement
at this time. He desires a chance to
think and .to consult with his friends,
who are numerous, and, who will see
that the matter is heard from again
perhaps in congress, and certainly in
the next national campaign.
There is- no more reason, why con
gress; should be represented at the
coronation' of King Edward than that
the British - parliament should be .rep
resented at the inauguration of one
of out presidents, but the opportunity
to spend a lot of public money for
private pleasure is regarded by the
republicans as too good to be lost.
hence the republican scheme to have
congress provide for sending a com
mittee of twelve six senators and sii
representatives to the coronation and
paying, all their expenses. , . Dem
cratict support is being sought for the
scheme on the prenise of giving them
proportionate representation on the
committee, but it is most sincerely to
be hoped that the democrats In both
senate and house -will hot only refuse
to vote for such a waste of public
money as this junket will be, but will
refuse to serve, on the committee, and
throw the entire responsibility for it
on the republicans. There never was a
time when a democratic senator, or
representative could serve his party
better by watching, exposing and re
fusing to share in republican schemes
than will be offered durfng the life ol
this congress. '.- L - .
ROOSEVELT'S BIG BLUNDER
The Unnecesnary Attack on Mllen and
Dewey VFill Breed Trouble Why Send
...' Officer to King Edward')
Coronation?
.Washington, D. C, Dec- 31.--MiC
Roosevelt's blunders in the-Schleycase
are likely to cost his" party dearly, and
they are blunders which .ni'ight easily
have been avoided, by Mm and would
certainly have ' been avoided by th
DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS.
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How They Came to Co-Opera to In the Sup
port of Bryan Failure Through. Half
Hearted Support '
The di'ided state of the democratic
party at the present time is the logical
result of certain causes easily traced
through its history of the last decade.
The writer has watched the movements
of the democratic party since the j
Cleveland administration with special I
care, to ascertain, if possible, what
special course the party would take
respecting great national issues. j
The reason for keeping a close watch i
upon the conduct of the democratic
nartv was due to the nomination of
Mr. W. J .Bryan, being satisfied , that j
the people s party, wouia endorse ms ;
nomination, and that as a result ws
would soon be : without a political
home. We were convinced that the
endorsement of Mr. Bryan's nomina
tion by the' people's party at St. Louis
would -prove disastrous to populism
for the time at least, and that we
would, be .'"left-out; in the cold. We
could not ' associate with the repub
lican party, hence our only hope was
that perhaps the process of regenera
tion then on foot might so regenerate
the rank and file of the democratic
party that 'it might become a satis
factory home for us, that party hay
ing championed in most part our cher
ished faith. From that day to this, ve
have stood aloof, with an eye single
to the movements of the democratic
party and what democrats denominate
'.'democratic principles." Hitherto w
have not been able to s,ee our way
clear ti- hang our coat 'on a demov
cratic peg and register. The general,
movemmts of the democratic party
and its clamor for the "principles (Of
Jefferson," taken in connection with
the manner in which the party secured
the material for its Chicago and Kan
sas City pTatforms, has had the ten
dency to destroy the confidence of the
American people in democracy. , The
democratic party is a party of mis
takes, beginning with its mistaken at
titude in relation to the war of tha
rebellion. .'If this were not the case
W. J. Bryan would have led the party
to one of the greatest victories, known
to political history. The American peo--
pie at large recognize in Mr.. Bryan
all the elements of honor and true
greatness and statesmanship, but Mr.
B'ryari the Innocent suffering for the
guilty wasloaded down with the mis
takes of his , party, which neither he
nor any other man ' could carry to
Washington.. ; , . ; .
The present divided state of the
democratic party can easily, be traced
to two powerful influences at work
in this nation, just prior to Mr. Bryan's
first nomination.. . Ph a brief mention
of these Influences we desire to speak
first of the ' influence of populism.
Just at this time populism was spread
ing all over this country like a mighty
flood, The evils of great, corporations
and combines were being exposed , to
public gaze and criticism as they never
had before in the. history of the na
tion. The platform of principles enun
ciated by the people's party carried
with it an influence and power whicn
was swaying the people like a ripened
wheat field before a -western gale.
This influence caught many leaders ef
democracy, they saw that the ground
was well covered and that their only
hope of victory would be to capture
at least the leading features of the
popr.list platform, and thus unite 11
the reform forces tinder the name of
the democratic party. The stimulation
was in the hope of victory over the
republican party. ' In this the demo
cratic v party jiia wnoiiy ignore tne
principle of education in the matter
The populists were an educated peo
ple, but the great mass or democrats
were wholly unprepared for this great
reform movement. This fact taken 5n
connection with the other -fact, name
ly, that the leaders in most part, Mr.
Bryan excepted, entered into the ar
rangement inspired with the hope of
victory only. Thus you see it was a
half-hearted acceptance of populist
principles, 1 and the moment defeat
of the people's party could be more
easily and . much, sooner reached
through the democratic party. This
half-hearted acceptance of the princi
pal doctrines of the populist party on
the part of the democratic party . was
not only due to the fact that the demo
cratic party, felt that-it had nothing
from a democratic view point to offer
to the people, but the absolute want
of something that would justify the
existence of organized democracy In
the United States. It would have be in
a thousand fold baiter for the cause
Mr. Bryan so ably advocated and for
Mr. Bryan himself if he had declared
himself a populist and accepted at too
hands of the populist party the nomi
nation.. The. writer thought he could
see from the beginning to the ""end; of
the whole matter, and riotwithstand-
ing - our love of, and regard for, Mr.
Bryan, we voted against his endorse-
meilt in the St. Louis convention by
the populist' party. We predicted the
results, and hence we. are not-at all
svrrprised. Just prior to Mr. Bryan's
first nomination the writer was the
populist candidate for congress in. the
Bailey district ctf Texas against J. W.
Bailey, now known in Texas as "Bar
low Bailey." This' gave vis easy access
to the democratic pulse as to the love
members of that party had for popu
lism. We held twenty-three joint de
bates with "Barlow Bailey, the man
eater." and we were the only man in
Texas up to that time who could "stay
with Bailey on the : stump," without
regard to party affiliations. , Bailey
expressed his tender democratic sym
pathies for .populism after this fash
ion. ' , , . 1
' "Populism is a collection of d n
fool vagaries bornof idiocy." "Popu
lists of Texas ought to be all rounded
i'P and shot." And among other sweet
democratic morsels, Mr. Barlow Bailey
said: "Tne grandest display of in
finite, wisdom known to me is the fact
that "God placed the Indian territory
between populist Kansas and -Texas."
These statements are characteristic of
Joe Bailey. They not only give the
reader a true measure of 1 his intelli
gence, but they reveal the fact that
he is a prejudiced fool.
V DR. U. M. BUOWDEU. ;
Beatrice, Neb. ' ?
WHY SMITH RESIGNED
"GET UP AND GIT"
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Prout Wasn't There -
Texas has been fighting the trusts
to some purpose.1' Three of them have
been knocked out. The trusts are in
hard luck down there. It is all-because
the state did not have Nebras
ka's attorney general to prosecute
them. The best thing that the trusts
can. do is to get Prout to emigrate to
Texas and then elect him attorney
general. After that they can run
things to suit themselves just as they
do in Nebraska.
The authorities in Texas have
broken up the "beer trust." . St. Louis
and Milwaukee brewing companies
which have . been violating the anti
trust act have 'been fined $15,000 apiece
and the right to do business in Texas
has; been taken away frpm them.
These two companies v have paid their
fines, and the Milwaukee one Is going
to sell out its real estate holdings, in
Texas, and will send no agents there
to solicit custom. A year ago the1
Texas authorities succeeded in depriv
ing; of , the right, to . do business in
Texas the local corporation which
represented the ; Standard Oil com
pany. It has now defeated a. brewers'
combine. These are indeed victories.
No other state can show sucn a record.
This is not so much that Texas has a
rigid anti-trust law as it is because
state Officials think it can be and ought
to be enforced. , " i j j
Kitchener continues to send in addi
tional lists of ): killed and wounded
British' soldiers ' as the result of De
Wet's Christmas eve attack. He un
doubtedly thinks that sending in the
names in driblets will lessen the force
of the defeat, j It now begins to look
came to the democratic party :he
rank and file, one by t one, dropped
back into the old ruts, being rutted In
democracy InsteaeT of being rooted in
the principles of populism. Thus it
has happened unto them according to
the true proverb, '.'The dog Is turned
to his vomit again, and the sow that
was washed to her wallowing in 'the
mire." The other influence alluded io
was . that of W. J. Bryan, Mr. Bryan
wielded a powerful influence over the
great mass of democrats in both the
west and south,', which made possible
the adoption of populist principles in
the Chicago convention of - the-demo-cratic'
party, notwithstanding the fact
that it was only half-hearted on the
part of many. . As a. matter of fact,
Mr. Bryan was populist, at heart and
in" theory, and his powerful influence,
coupled with the popularity of popu
lism, captured, for the time, the dem
ocratic party. The history of the
democratic party is- the history "f
vacilation on most all the great ques
tions of legislation. There Is nothiag
more certain than that the majority
of the democratic party were half
hearted in .their acceptance of the
stolen doctrines of the people's party
platform, and the leaders of the re
publican party saw that from the start
and met democratic opposition accord
ingly. The party at this very time
is cra washing from all .that it held
sacred in Its platfdrm of principles
during both of the Bryan campaigns.
If. the democratic party had been per
fectly sincere its adoption of popu-
list principles Mr. Bryan would have
been elected by an overwhelming ma
jority in his first race.. The ! mistake
that Mr. Bryan made 'in lashing the
pary : Into a half-hearted acceptance
of those principles of government
which he held as sacred he ; made by
Cabinet Ofcera Hare Discovered That
There la Gold on Indjlan Reservation '
Poor Lo trill Have to go
. tt there is any inhabited place on the
face of the earth .; where . there is gold
the neoDle thereof - had better take I
extra precautions to keep the fact hid
den from all men as long as the pres
ent theories of ; society, v government
and the chief end - of man are held.
Because there was gold Jn the Trans
vaal the world has seen a war in which
on one ide there has been an exhibi
tion of the most inhuman -cruelty,
resulting in the death of thousands or
innocent non-combatant women : and
children v and - on. the other a most
astonishing exhibition of courage and
military skill. And It was. all be
cause there were gold and diamond
mines in that country, klf a gold mine
is discovered on an Indian reservation
in this country the Indians might as
well get up and go, for the land will
be taken, although it may be held by
the mo'st sacred title that a govern
ment can' give. The apostles of irreed
at Wellington ' have scented a new
gold country.
Gold deposits of wonderful richness
on the Uintah reservation are said to
be the prize for which a coterie of
republican politicians, headed. , by
Postmaster General Henry C. Payne,
are scheming in their efforts . to put
through a lease on mineral land, from
the Indians. 1 , 1
It was given out that the land was
sought for its deposits of asphaltum,
but positive information came frotn
the reservation that rich gold deposits
had been located and that the otjeU
was to secure these. It is rumored that
Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock and
several othr national officials are In
terested In the dpal. Mr. Payne makes
no secret of the fact that he-has been
president of the Florence Mining com
pany, the corporation under cover of
which the scheme is being worked
He has resigned only within a few
days in favor of Pflster, the Milwaukee
capitalist. v
The exact location 'of the gold de
posits has been known for yeara only
to Caleb Rhodes, a resident of Price, I
Utah, who from time to time has
been in the habit of slipping cut onx
the reservation and gathering 'sacks
of quartz literally plastered with gold
and returning as clandestinely ; as he
went in. All efforts. to ' follow him
and learn his secret have failed unt'l
recently, it is said, when Maj. i H. P,
Myton, the Indian .agent, aided by
some scouts, followed Rhodes, on a
trip he made not very long ago and
discovered the location of these rich
deposits. The secret-:1s now in posses
sion of the syndicate. Major Myton
who Is here, denies he is interes;tedfn
the lease and says he has been; wort
ing under direction of the commis
sioner of Indian affairs. r -'
Those Indians might as well "getdp
and git." . If there is gold there;-there
is no hope for them. Character and
cabinet positions wilH count for: noth
ing in such a case. ! Gold is the god
that is worshiped and none jother.
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It Suits Him
Editor Independent: A few; weeks
ago I sent for a sample copy of your
paper and I see you have sent "me
several. - . "'j '-.- ' , ;- :-jJ " : ".v ''
I t am just: up from a spell Ct sick
ness, and after looking oyer your pa
per I have been surprised. It suits
me better than most any paper that I
fr-pHESON. seek em
He Was About to b lnTatietl Neu
trality for the Hoeire Xepotiam In the
Treaanry -Madden to be
Jacked up -
Washington, D. C., Dec. 30, 1901.
(Special Correspondence.) Charles
Emory Smith is a newspaper man.
He knows when a newspaper man h3
facts, and, he alsov knows that facts
are stubborn things. Charles Emory
Smith resigned as postmaster general
of the United States for two reasons:
First, because of newspaper protest
against his sheltering the czar-like
Madden, and the realization of the
embarrassment to the administration;
second, because he knew that a docu
ment of forty-five pages of typewrit
ten copy would be called for and thru
December 17 was the last day of grace.
This document Is the- typewritten in
vestigation of the congressional com
mittee's inquiries Into the manage
ment of the supply division of the de
partment. A newspaper publisher
whose' business was ruined by the
censorship of Smith's subordinate got
together a statement of facts and had
arranged with a friend in congress to
have them shown un and an investiga
tion ordered. Smith is said to have
asked a brief respite, and that he su
sequently resigned is a matter of hi
tory.' '-:., -. .'
Mr. George E. Roberts, director of
the United States mint, estimates that
the value of gold produced 4n the
country In 1900 was $79,171,000, and of
silver $35,741,140. The value of gold
produced In southern states wa3
Alabama, $100; North Craolina, $28.
500; South Carolina, $121,000; Ten
nessee, $100; Texas, $1,100, and Vir
ginia, , $3,020. Alabama produced $62
worth of silver, Georgia $248 worth,
North Carolina $6,944 worth,' South
Carolina, $248 worth and Texas $293.
988 wortlj.
It is now quite generally ' under
stood, both at home and abroad, that
if this government were to check the
exportation of mules and horses for
use by the British army in South Af
rica the assassination of the two Dutch
republics would be definitely prevented.
If the administration has become
deadened to , that t humane cry which
prompts a word ' of sympathy from
this "mother of republics" to the two
struggling infants in South Africa,
certainly it should maintain a strict
neutrality as between the two forces.
On the other hand, we have assumed
the national policy of upholding the
position of - the . aggressors in,tAla-Uv
wholesale murder. The spirit of re
publican institutions seems wholly
dead when such outrages are permitted
anywhere on earth.
There ought to be, no distinction
made-in the ""color of the American
skin whose owner is an applicant for f
rffirA hv ths nnHHrnl nurtv lrwlrhr
for its long lease of power to tl
colored vote. Yet the republican part
never rewards the colored people vlt :
that proportion of political spoK,
which is due them' by reason of their
votes for that party. The colored il
literate voter is a legitimate object ;
of prey for republican politicians, who
can point significantly to Abraham
Lincoln and the broken shackles, but
he is at once forgotten when the polls
are closed and the faithful are to be
rewarded. '
Attention has been called from time
to time to the rank favoritism shown
by the persons appointed to positions
on the temporary roll of the treasury
department. The names on that roll
disclose the fact that it is composed;
in the main of relatives or proteges
or both, male and female; of the high'
officials of the department. Assistant
Secretaries Ailes and Spaulding, Ap
pointment , Clerk Lyman and Auditor
RIttman are all represented 1y sons or
other relatives. These youthful em
ployes, without exception, draw large
salaries, amounting to three times as
much as they could earn in the com
mercial -world for the same work.
The Washington papers .report that
comparatively recently Rittman se
cured the appointment of a young man
on the temporary roll In obedience to
the request of a petite stenographer
In -his office. The young man would
doubtless have still appeared as only
a friend to the young woman had it
not seemed expedient for her V it,- "
form Rittman that the young man t
was her husband to avoid a scandal.
This became Imperative on account o! f
the young woman's delicate condition. I
It is said i things were 1 lively about I
the auditor's office for the stenogra-
pher for a while, but Rittman secured I
her a leave, of absence until it would
be advisable for her to again resume.
her place, whe she was transferred
to another bureau,, thus avoiding tho
names of the husband and wife both
appearing on the same bureau pay
roll. ' 4
This will be interesting reading to
members of congress who have sought
places for worthy veterans or valued
workers, only to be informed that ft
was impossible to grant their request,,
as appointments. wrere made by merit
and merit alone, after having pas.cl
the fraudulent civil service concerl
The subject of nepotism is an en
grossing one. Here .are a few mor
cases that have been brougnt to light:
Chris Storm treasury department.
$1,600 a year; Margaret Storm, post
office depratment, daughter, $1,000 a
year; Chris - Storm, jr., wt j depart
ment, son, $900. a year; David Nichol
son, war department, $1,800 a year;
W, j Nicholson, brother, postoffice de
partment,' '$1,800 a year; a sister la
postoffice department. $840 a year. .
Numerous iomplaiuts have ben
made of late especially by employe s
of the bureau -of engraving and print
ing and 'the government printing of- .
flee, on account ' of the manner in
which places are filled and the allegff
false-statements made by t'ins
mployment. y .
RlSLEY.
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