March 6, 1902.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
9
Champ Clark -s Letter
rspeclal Washington Letter.
II AVE no pride of opinion as a
prophet, and yet because I lore
Senator . Joseph Weldon Bailey
of Texas as a brother I rejoice
and am exceeding glad that a
prediction which I have frequently
made about him has already been par
tially verified. It was this: "Within
two years from the day he sets foot in
the senate Bailey will be universally
recognized as the strongest debater in
that body." The way he knocked Jo
seph Benson Foraker, George Frisbie
Hoar and other Republican senators
out in a running fire debate on the
"suspension" of Tillman and McLaurin
by the arbitrary action of President
Pro Tern. Frye was one of the most re
freshing performances ever witnessed
in the house of the conscript fathers.
The engagement was short and sharp
and ended in a decisive victory for the
brave, brainy young Texan. It at once
gave him front rank In the less numer
ous branch of the national legislature.
The constitution was the theme. As
an expound'! of constitutional law
Bailey has no superior on this conti
nent. His position was absolutely im
pregnable. It was this: The senate
has no right to, deprive a senator of
his vote; much less has the presiding
office such right by his mere ipse dix
it, except by expulsion.
On that proposition Bailey brayed
his opponents in a mortar, and be it
remembered that the men against
whom he was pitted are not weaklings,
but the crack Republican debaters of
the senate.
Bailey freely admitted that the sen
ate could inflict any punishment even
to expulsion by a two-thirds vote but
that so long as Tillman and McLaurin
remained senators the state of South
Carolina and the country were entitled
to their votes.
So complete was Bailey's triumph,
so thoroughly did he demonstrate the
absurdity and danger of permitting the
senate to suspend senators by a major
ity vote, that Senator Frye, president
pro tern., who had ordered the names
of the belligerent senators stricken
from tht rolls, hastened to have their
names restored to the list, which dem
onstrates beyond all cavil that Senator
Frye's hindsight is superior to his fore
sight. If the contention of the Republicans
is correct, that a majority of the sen
ate can "suspend" a senator for one
hour and deprive him of his vote, then
a corrupt majority might at some fu
ture time "suspend" every minority
senator, not for an hour, but for the
entire term, thereby depriving states
of their senatorial representation. That
.would be doing by a bare majority
what the constitution says can be done
only by a two-thirds majority. Indeed,
as Senator Bailey so clearly pointed
out, "suspension" with deprivation of
vote" is worse than expulsion, for in
case of expulsion the governor may ap
point somebody else to the senate,
rwherea. iiu case of "suspension"' with
deprivation of vote it leaves the state
without senatorial representation.
The Republican senators "deposited
themselves in a cavity," as Dr. William
Everett would say.
Prince Henry's Visit.
The magnificent reception or, rather,
series of receptions tendered to Prince
Henry of Fmssia by the American peo
ple and government must do great good
for us in (iermany in many ways. It
will most assuredly create a friendly
feeling between the two great nations
It may not please those Anglomaniacs
who have been trying J;o get up a row
between us and Germany, but Anglo
maniacs don't count.
Trince Henry created a most favora
ble impression upon all who saw him
He is a handsome, well built, modest
gentleman and seemed immensely
pleased with the reception, as he had a
perfect right to be, and will undoubt
edly carry back with him to his native
land most pleasant recollections of the
American people.
Not Becoming Effeminate.
Those pessimists who lie awake of
nights pestering their heads about men
growing effeminate under the enervat
ing influences of modern civilization
may take heart again since in one week
there was a knockdown and dragout
fight in the Maryland legislature; also
quite a pugilistic set-to in "the most
august body on earth' to wit, the
6enate of the United States. Whatever
else the American statesman of today
may be he is not effeminate; at least
'the Maryland and South Carolina
statesmen are not. The swatting of
McLaurin by Tillman Is the first "lay
ing on of hands" in violence of one
senator by another since fiery Joe
Blackburn of Kentucky pulled the ear
of Villinm Eaton Chandler of New
Hampshire, but that was in a commit
tee ropru and not in the open senate.
Senator means old man, and it's a pity
that the grave and reverend seigniors
do not behave in a way to set a good
example to the members of the house,
whom they superciliously consider
" their inferiors. It is now nearly four
years since we had a personal encoun
ter in the house, and that was during
the stress of the initiation of the Span
ish war. when nerves were strung to
highest tension.
It is regrettable that Messrs. Tillman
and McLaurin let their angry passions
rise, for Tillman is a man of dynamic
force of character, while McLaurin is
one of the most amiable of mortals.
The chances are ten to one that some
body perhaps several will be ..killed
before the feud is ended. Neither obeys
the injunction contained in the ser
mon on the mount, "Whosoever shall
smite thee on the right cheek, , turn to
him the other also."
About the same time that th afore
mentioned statesmen at Washington
and Annapolis "were pummellng each
other ex-Mayor Phelan of San Francis
co was giving Minister Wu Fing Tang
a taste of pugilistic diplomacy in a
swell hotel in New York.
As proof conclusive that the new
American is not growing effeminate in
the same week Rev. Ralph D. Schoon
maker of Plainfleld, N. J., gave an ex
hibition of muscular Christianity by.
so thoroughly walloping a fellow mor- j
tal that he recalled the halcyon days
of good old Peter Cartwright. Mr. j
Schoonmaker acted in self defense.- j
Whether we are deteriorating mental- j
lv is another Question, but we appear-1
to still be ready for a fight. '
Another Republic In Sight.
While in this country, the greatest
republic in the world, we are stultify
ing ourselves by going back tp the doc
trines of George III. it is comforting
to lovers of liberty to know that the
leaven of freedom which we planted in
the human heart is still working in Eu
rope. The latest news is that a revolution
is brewing in Belgium and that a Bel
gian republic is among the possibilities
of the near future.
Justice Gray's Successor.
Mr. Justice Gray of Massachusetts,
one of the ablest members of the fed
eral supreme court, has been stricken
with paralysis. As he is past seventy
and has served more than ten years on j
the supreme bench, he is eligible for
retirement on full pay under the law.
The probabilities are that, should he
survive his present attack, he will hard
ly resume his duties. Already the news
papers are casting about for his suc
cessor. Of course it is no part of my
business to advise President Roosevelt
as to Republican appointees to office,
but as a lawyer I feel a deep interest
In the personnel of the supreme court.
The chances are that Gray's successor
will be a New England Republican.
That being the case, the most distin
guished New England Republican law
yer whose age does not bar him should
be appointed. That man is unquestion
ably Charles E. Littlefield, representa
tive in congress from Maine. He is
capable, fearless and in the very flow
er of his years.
David Bennett Hill Redivivus.
The Sage of Wolfert's Roost shows
signs of. political .resuscitation. . He, is
beginning to "take notice." Nobody
ever accused David Bennett of being
a fool. At a "Democratic harmony re
ception of the Manhattan club" op
Washington's birthday the ex-senator
and ex-governor made a speech, .and,
mirabile dictu, his theme .was the same
as Mr. Bryan lectures on semiocca
sionally to wit, "Ancient Landmarks."
This does not prove that those two
eminent personages are agreed or that
to them may be properly applied the
souls with but a single thought, .
Two hearts that beat as one.
No doubt the differences betwixt
them would furnish ample grounds for
a redhot debate, but the very fact that
Mr. Hill took the trouble to journey all
the way from his rural retreat near Al
bany to Gotham in such weather as
prevailed on the 22d of February to
deliver a speech proves beyond a per
adventure that, whatever others may
think, David Bennett Hill does not
class himself in the long list of polit
ical "dead ones." It must be confessed
that he spoke with his old time vigor
and said some good things. For in
stance, this paragraph is sound and
well stated:
We should adhere to the policy involved
In Jeffersonlan expansion the reasonable
and natural acquirement of territory ad
jacent to our own, either largely unsettled
or peopled with inhabitants capacitated
for ultimate citlaenship and the enjoy
ment of all the privileges of our free in
stitutions. The recent mistakes of our
opponents in that regard perhaps cannot
now be adequately corrected, but manifest
duty requires us to resist as the perma
nent policy of our government the estab
lishment of colonial possessions governed
only by the discretion of congress and out
side of the pale of the guarantees of the
constitution. Wherever the American flag '
of right floats it should be as the emblem
of a free government and the aegis of
constitutional liberty. There is no place
in the American Union for a permanent
system of dependent colonies.
That's sound Democracy precisely
what many of us have been preaching
for more than three years. Of course
we are glad to be re-enforced by the
ex-governor and ex-senator.
Safe Ground.
lie was also on perfectly safe arid
familiar ground when he said:
No legislative favors, no excessive taxa
tion for the benefit of individual interests,
but "equal laws, equal : opportunities and
equal privileges are what the people de
mand. From the very nature of things
these results are impossible under the
practical effect of a tariff designed os
tensibly for public purposes, but In reality
framed to subserve private interests, but
Low Settlers Rates
During March and April, 1902, the
Northern Pacific will sell ONE WAY
SECOND CLASS SETTLERS' tickets
from eastern terminal points St.
Paul, Minneapolis, Ashland, Duluth,
and .the Superiors at greatly reduced
rates to nearly all points on its main
line, branches and connecting lines,
west of North Dakota. These tickets
to Northern, Pacific points will be good
for stopover west of Hope, .Idaho.
Moines, la., or address Chas. S. Fee,
Gen. Pas. & Tkt. Agent, Nor. Pac. Ry.,
St. Paul, Minn.
Some of the important valleys
reached by the Northern Pacific are
thei Yellowstone, Gallatin, Madison,
Deer Lodge, , Bitter Root and Clark
Fork in Montana, the Palouse, Big
Bend; Colville, Clearwater; Walla Wal
la and Yakima in Idaho and Washing
ton, the Puget Sound and Brltsh Co
lumbia regions and the Oregon coun-
l.r always possible under a revenue, tariff
hdneatly intended to raise revenue and--toot
to prevent" revenue.
That is all right, but it is not in the
nature of a revelation calculated by' its
novelty to startle the nations, v -A
Doubtful Proposition. .jjV'"'
Mr. Hill also says: - j
The Democratic party should again press
to the front the issue of revenue reform.
The signs of -the times indicate . the wis
dom of such a course. It is not a new
Issue, but It' is an old "one which has
grown better by age. It is an issue upon
which every Democrat in this broad land
can stand, without regard, to past differ-'
ences or "previous condition of servitude"'
to any other issues, good, bad or indiffer
ent. Of course "it is an issue upon which
every ! Democrat can stand." Most as
suredly; but query: Is it an issue on
which every Democrat in this broad
land will stand? Hardly; unless Dem
ocrats in certain quarters have experi
enced a change of heart. Mr. Hill has
certainly not forgotten what happened,
in 1804 in the-Fifty-third congress. He
can't have forgotten that, for he was a
conspicuous actor and factor in the
Wilson-Gorman tariff bill. He knows
that nothing save an overwhelming
Democratic majority in the house en
abled ius to pass a fairly good tariff for
revenue bill over the protests of all the
Republicans and a large coterie of re
calcitrant Democrats. Seventeen Dem
ocratic members of the house voted
against it, and, that many more wanted
to. And Mr. Hill knows furthermore
that in the senate a handful of Demo
crats joined witla the Republicans and
tut and carved the Wilson bill until its
father would not have recognized it had
he met it in the big road. " That's the
plain, unvarnished truth of history,
burned into the memory of many faith
ful Democrats by defeat brought upon
them by the action of those same Dem
ocratic kickers in house and senate.
Of course all Democrats rn this broad
land could stand upon it, but all of
them will not. ? There is not much more
unity on the tariff than on finance
among Democrats. That's the truth,
and Mr. Hill knows it or ought to
know it.
A New Member.
It is rare indeed that any member
makes two notable speeches in the
house before he has actually served
seventy-five days. Yet that is precisely
what Hon. T. J. Selby of Illinois has
done. ; Nevertheless, he is . one of the
most modest and unassuming men in
congress, "plain as an old shoe," honest
as the day is long, a Jeff ersonian Dem
ocrat without the shadow of turning.
While the urgent deficiency bill .was
under discussion he delivered a strong,
classical speech on the Philippine prob
lem, which attracted . favorable atten
tion to Mr. Selby as lone of the most
promising among the hew members. It
would make a dandy- Campaign docu
ment. It is already being circulated by
senators and representatives.
On the oleomargarine bill he deliver
ed himself of the; finest piece of humor
"heard in ne ! houi'f1iis session. I wish
i had room for it all, but I have space
for only the following rich and racy ex
tract: :
Mr. Chairman I desire to say a few
words on this: greasy subject;- I am a
friend to the cbw.I am a friend to the
woman that milks the cow. ,1 am a friend
to the man who stands by and watches
his wife while she milks the cow, for is
ehe not his helpmeet? I love to see the
woman churn the foaming cream until
the butter cometh. I love the nice fresh
buttermilk and love to see the busy house-,
wife wallop the butter about in her hands
Into shapely rolls. I love to see the butter
come, and then I love to make the butter
fly.
Memory goes back to the happy times
ywhen the cows came home and to the
less happy times when I had to make
, them come home. Any man who hasheen
raised -with a cow will never lose . his
friendship for her1 nor go back upon her
nor upon her back when adversity strikes
her business. . " '
: The gentleman from Virginia Mr.
Lamb paid the Virginia cow a beautiful
and eloquent tribute, but let me say to
him that the Virginia cow cannot be
compared with the big: fat cows of the
Mississippi valley. and beyond. ., I am well
aware that" Virginia 'is entitled ' to the
proud distinction of having . been .the
"mother of presidents," but she was not
the mother of the cow. The Mississippi
valley cow is a marvel of wonder and the
pride of every home. She never goes dry.
It generally takes an hour to milk her,
and if she is not milked on time she will
milk herself. She is kind and gentle and
has such maternal affection that she often
licks the milker Instead of her calf.
I have the honor, sir, to live in the land
of the blooming cow. If I fail to vote for
this bill, I shall feel that I cannot go home
and ever again look an honest cow. in the
face. The cows in my country are Dem
ocratic cows. They give Democratic milk,
. which accounts for the everlasting big
Democratic majorities in my district.
They never "water" their milk nor kick
the bucket over in a fashion that causes
the milkmaid to say, "Durn it!" nor the
milkman to swear. They are honest, inno
cent cows . that have not ; heard of the
tricks of ye cunning dairyman or of the
slippery ways of ye oteo man. They are
not yet aware sir,, that there Js such a
thing as oleo lrrariy part Of their' anatomy
Why, sir, even our .hogs have not learned
that their greasy in'ards contribute to the
greedy rwork of Jbuildinsr up a great anti
cow butter monopoly. If the .peaceful
hog knew it, he would grunt; irt 'shame..
The cow In my country lives in Acadian
simplicity. She dwelieth amid green pas
tures and looketh dubiously at the Repub
lican politician as he passeth by on his
mission to hoodoo; the. honest voter.
Frolicsome calves gallop about with tails
erect rejoicing In - the ; fullness 'of demo
cratic freedpm that, is theirs.. The coW is
contented and happy out in my district in
her: benevolent '.work ; of giving milk for
young Democrats. Little does this patient
cow know that, the honest product of her.
toil is being counterfeited so successfully
by cUnnlhg men that i the- butter , eater
knoweth pot any. .more what ,'he eateth
when he buttereth his bread. Little dpes
the lazy- hog know that a substance called
butter contains 34 per cent of his grease
in'ards; to " say nothing of "hair in the
butter" from other sources. And our hon
est cow what would she do, how Would
she feel if she knew that the ingenious
Yankee when she should die on call or
violently would use 27 per cent of her
tallow . and mix it up into a . mess with
hog fat and cottonseed grease ,and palm
It off on mankind for honest butter? Her
grief "would become so." intense that her
milk would turn to water.
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mient for forty-five, years and lost ev4t
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FROM DISTRICT OF, COLUMBIA.
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$1.00 Scott's Emulsion tt5c
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NOTICE OF INCORPORATION
Notice is hereby given thai the undersigned
hare formed a corporation under the laws of
the state of Nebraska. , .J
1. ' The name of the corporation is THE
HUMPHREY HARDWARE COMPANY.
2. The principal place of transacting the
business of the corporation is the city of Lin
coln, Nebraska. -
3. . The general nature of tbe business to b
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selling at , wholesale and retail hardware of
every kind and description, tools, implements
and cutlery' of every sort, grain and seed of
every description, carriages, buggies, wagons,
and all manner of vehicles used in the trans
portation or conveyance of persons and prop
erty. The doing, and transacting of a general
storage business. The purchasing, owning and
leasing of such real estate and personal prop
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tors of said corporation, or tbe general man
ager of its business, Jhall be necessary or expe
dient in the transaction of its business, and tbe
sale, conveyance or other disposition of any or
all of said property.
4. .The capital stock of the corporation is
thirty thousand dollars, divided into shares of
one hundred dollars each. The stock is to be
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thorized to commence business.
5 The corporation commenced on (he 10th
day of February 1902 and terminates on the 10th
day of February 1926, unless sooner terminated
by the action of a majority in numbers and
amount of its capital stock, or by operation of
6. The highest amount of indebtedness or
liability to which the corporation , shall at any
one time subject itself shall not exceed one
half of its capital stock.
7. -The affairs of tbe corporation are to be
conductsd by a board of three directors, and its
ollicers are to be a president, secretary and
treasurer.
Dated this 10th day of February. 1902.
SARAH M. HUMPHREY.
" JULIA H. HERRICK.
CORA H. WHEELER.
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Railroad locomotives may be profit
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yond dispute by the recent action of
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the construction at the same shops of
a large number, of engines. For this
last order, as for others placed at the
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large part of this sum being paid out
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