March 27, 1902
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
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Special Washington Letter.
II OM the gods would de
stroy they first make
mad" is an old and true
saying. Yea, verily. And
it is peculiarly applicable to the Repub
lican majority in the present congress,
which, drunk with victory and with
power, imagines that the people will
tamely submit to any outrage. Conse
quently they are concocting another
force bill, forgetful of the fact that the
Lodge force bill was one of the main
factors in making the country Dem
ocratic once before. Like the Bour
bons; the Republicans learn nothing.
The probablities are that they are
bringing forward a new force bill "at
the present juncture to rally together
the warring factions on the Cuban tar
iff bill. After holding five general cau
cuses and divers smeller confabs they
have by a majority vote agreed to the
20 per cent cut, but there is much
soreness, and a new salve is needed for
their wounds; hence the force bill,
which Democrats welcome as an issue,
knowing full well that South Carolina is
no greater sinner than Massachusetts
against universal suffrage.
Delarey.
A new hero has taken his place in the
world's pantheon of fame.
Forever and forever.
As long as the river flows,
As long as the heart has passions,
As long as life hath woes,
Delarey will be a name to conjure with
wherever men are struggling for free
dom, lie now belongs to the goodly
company of liberty's worthies such as
Leonidas, Washington, Sam Houston
and Davy Crockett. In an hour he
leaped from the depths of obscurity to
t pinnacle of glory. One day he was
not known outside the little republics
of South Africa, The next day his
name was the resounding theme of ev
ery tongue in the wide, wide world.
Sudden as a tiger from his lair he
sprang upon his prey, tearing and rend
ing, destroying the flower of the British
army, taking many guns, more prison
ers and much munition of war; but,
best and most important of all, he cap
tured the English commander, Lieuten
ant General Lord Methuen, whom, with
rare generosity, he afterward released.
It Is a curious coincidence that just
about the time President Roosevelt
was turning the Boer commissioners
away from the White House General
Delarey was winning imperishable re
nown by striking a blow for his na
ti$ land which resounded round the
globe and which will be lauded by
generations yet unborn. Verily the
race is not always to the swift or the
battle to the strong! Justice may sleep,
but never dies'. The hope is not too
wild for entertainment that in their
righteous cause the Boers will yet tri
umph. For them new friends will rise
up by reason of Delarey's amazing vic
tory. He is freedom's now and fame's.
One of the tew, the immortal, names
That were not born to die.
A Leader.
It is a well known fact that Demo
crats resemble Collins famous ram in
being men of their own heads. In a
large measure it is every fellow for
himself, even if not the devil for the
hindmost. Still, there is one man, Hon.
James D. Richardson of Tennessee,
who is always spoken of as the Demo
cratic leader of the house because he
has twice been the nominee for speak
er. There is another leader, however,
who was never nominated for speaker.
That is W. C. Adamson of Georgia,
universally called Charlie by his
friends, and all who know him are his
friends. His name stands first on the
house roll of Democrats. As the house
Is usually in an uproar, and as mem
bers have a multiplicity of things to
do, it frequently happens that many
members have no idea what the roll
call is about until they inquire. Ad
amson, who is always at his post, saves
them the trouble of inquiring on all po
litical questions, for he keeps posted
as to what is going on, and he is known
to be as faithful as the needle to the
- iu ijuuuuaj uiaiieia. uuuscq utriil-
ly when his clear tenor sounds "Aye!"
or "No!" everybody knows how the
vast majority of Democrats will vote.
Adamson is our Democratic bellweth
er, to use a common western phrase.
He is a capable man, a genial southern
gentleman who wears his heart upon
his sleeve. He is an able debater,
knows what he wants to say and says
it without circumlocution. He is pop
ular on both sides- of the house, but
the fact that he stands the first Demo
crat on the roll forces him to be un
usually vigilant. It's a post of honor,
but a hard berth to fill.
The Brooklyn Eagle tells the follow
ing story of Adamson:
Congressman Adamson of Georgia lives
at the Hotel Varnum when he is in Wash
ington, and there, too, lives Congressman
Iiloyd of Missouri, who tells this story at
the expense of his colleague:
"If there's a congressman who loves
children, it is Adamson, and while at the
Varnum he spends much of his time play
ing with the youngsters, with whom he is
a general favorite. One morning, Just as
Adamson was starting for the capitol, a
five-year-old girl walked up to him and
asked him " to let her ride on his back.
The child's mother objected, saying, 'Why,
Mabel, you shouldn't make a horse of the
gentleman.'
" 'Oh, mamma,' answered the child, Sie
isn't a gentleman; he's a congressman.
"The child's remark appealed to Mr.
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One of 360 acres, 150 under cultiva
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two Improvements (can be divided into
two or more farms); all good land; no
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spring in pasture. The other farm,
consisting of 80 acres, 60 acres in cul
tivation, balance timber and pasture,
with splendid improvements and never-failing
supply of water. Price of
both farms; $25 .. per acre, one-third
down and balance to suit purchaser at
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Adamson with peculiar force, and the de
sired ride was freely given."
Big Grab.
So far as the senate is concerned, the
ship subsidy grab is disposed of. It is
a most inexcusable raid upon the treas
ury. There is nowhere on earth a sin
gle fact to justify it. Nevertheless, in
obedience to Mark Hanna's fiat, an ob
sequious senate passed it; but the fact
that Senators Allison and Dolliver of
Iowa voted against it and the further
fact that they are being praised in
Iowa for so doing may cause it to have
rough sledding In the house. .
Useful Even In Death.
William Shakespeare or Lord Bacon
or whoever wrote "Hamlet" says: j
Imperial Caesar, dead and turned to. clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
Oh, that that earth, which kept the world
In awe,
Should patch a wall to expel the winter's
flaw! - v-T r
Therein the noble bard was lament
ing the base uses to which a great man
may be put after he is in the grave.
Mine is a more congenial task. I am
an optimist. Better to sing a jubilate
than a miserere. Mine to tell how a de
funct Republican congressman helped
his party out of a hole "deep as a well
and as wide as a barn door" long after
death. Indeed, it was by dying that he
unwittingly rendered his most valua
ble service to his party. It is a cheer
ful, not a grewsome, story that I have
to tell.
After serving two or three terms Hon.
Rousseau O. Crump of Michigan was
elected to the present congress. Nearly
a year ago he died, greatly mourned
by those who knew him, for he was a
most amiable old gentleman.
It will be remembered that on Wash
ington's birthday, Feb. 22, Senators
Tillman and McLaurin of South Caro
lina engaged in a game of fisticuffs on
the floor of the senate without any re
gard to either senatorial courtesy or the
Marquis of Queensberry rules, where
upon the president of the senate, Hon.
William P. Frye of Maine, in violation
of the constitution, ordered their names
struck from the rolls. For that arbi
trary and unconstitutional performance
Senator Bailey gave the Republican
senators such a tremendous pommeling
that they wanted an adjournment to
gain time in which to consult upon
ways and means for pulling themselves
out of the cavity in which President
Frye had deposited them. Now, that
is precisely where Brother Crump came
from the grave to the rescue of the Re
publican party. A happy idea took
shape in the head of Senator McMillan
of Michigan. He had known for nearly
a year that Mr. Crump was dead, and
so had all the other senators, but they
had not heard it officially. Consequent
ly on Feb. 25, about three seconds after
Mr. Chaplain Milburn said, "Amen,"
Senator McMillan arose, looking as sol
emn as a hired mourner at a funeral,
and offered the following resolution:
; Resolved, That the . senate has heard
with deep sensibility announcement of the
death of Hon. Rousseau O. Crump, late a
representative from the state of Michi
gan. Resolved, That as an additional mark of
respect to 1 the memory of the deceased
the senate do now adjourn.
And the senate did adjourn, not . so
much out of respect to Crump as out of
fear of Bailey. What a ghastly joke
and what a lucky thing for the bewil
dered Republican senators it was that
they had not officially heard of Mr.
Crump's death before they had a press
ing need for an adjournment in order
to collect their wits! How they must
have laughed in their sleeves while go
ing through that solemn farce! Here
after, to avoid accidents, the Republic
an senators ought to keep a few dead
congressmen in soak so as to announce
their death only when it is necessary
to adjourn in order to shield themselves
from the fatal blows of Bailey or some
other Democrat who knows and reveres
the constitution the only paper consti
tution that ever survived the century
mark, that wonderful document which
William E. Gladstone denominated the
"greatest, single emanation of the hu
man mind."
What a remarkable triumph for Bai
ley and for justice that the arrogant
Republican majority in the senate
should be compelled to take refuge be
hind a tombstone! He is worthy of
any honor the republic can bestow.
Next!
The cry of "Next!" Is familiar to the
ears of patrons of barber shops. Colo
nel John Hay and the remainder of the
McKinley cabinet must be wondering
who will be the "next" to go. Post
master General Smith went amid gen
eral regret. Lyman J. Gage took his
departure amid general rejoicing. Now
John D. Long, secretary of the navy,
the persecutor of the heroic and vic
torious Schley, steps down and out
And it is well. He is to be succeeded
by Hon. William Henry Moody, repre
sentative from Massachusetts. 5 That
also is well, for Moody is one of the
ablest men in the house, and,, what's
more, he is a growing man. Not yet
fifty? he has achieved eminence in that
arena of fiercest competition where
quarter is neither asked nor given.
Wrhy he is willing to give up an as
sured position In the house for a place
in the cabinet is a mystery unless the
rumor is true that he Is to succeed
Mr. Justice Gray, another old Ba:
State man, upon . the supreme court
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public official.
Of course President Roosevelt in
making cabinet changes is only doing
what everybody with two ideas above
a Hottentot knew he would do as soon
as the funeral baked meats were dis
posed of. The maudlin sentimentalists
who went into ecstasies because it was
given out that he was going to retain
the old cabinet had never read the his
tory of their country and had never
studied human nature. They seemed
to think that there was nobody else In
the republic fit for the. cabinet except
the eight men whom Mr. McKinley had
selected. As a matter of fact, there
are hundreds of them, and all good citi
zens are glad that it is so. Not to go
outside the house of representatives, I
could offhand select a thoroughly Re
publican cabinet for Colonel "Roosevelt
fully as able and as well known as his
present official family, and that is not
intended as any reflection upon his
present advisers. For secretary of state
I would name Hitt of Illinois; secretary
of the treasury. Cannon of Illinois; sec
retary of war, Bingham of Pennsylva
nia; secretary of the navy, Moody of
Massachusetts; attorney general, Little
field of Maine; postmaster general,
Landis of Indiana; secretary of the in
terior, Curtis of Kansas; secretary of
agriculture, Wadsworth of New York.
Another Republican cabinet of men
whose capacity is recognized and whose
names are familiar to the ears of men
might be made up as follows: Secretary
of state, Cousins of Iowa; secretary of
the treasury, Payne of New York; sec
retary of war, Burleigh of Maine; sec
retary of the navy, Foss of Illlnoispat
torney general, Tawney of Minnesota;
postmaster general, Loud of Califor
nia; secretary of the interior, Hepburn
of Iowa; secretary of agriculture, Sib
ley of Pennsylvania. This by no means
exhausts the list of eligible Republic
ans in the house. On the Democratic
side two or three first rate cabinets
might be selected, but as Democrats
are not in the cabinet making business
just now there is no use in naming
them. .
Consequently those lachrymose patri
ots who thought the country would go
to ; what Mr. Mantalini termed the
demnition bowwows unless President
Roosevelt retained the McKinley cabi
net may pluck up courage to look the
world in the face. In fact, in changing
his cabinet and getting one to his own
liking he is following . both the prece
dents and the law of nature. Tyler
got rid of the elder Harrison's ; cabi
net, Fillmore did the same with Tay
lor's, Andrew Johnson was impeached
for endeavoring to unload one of Lin
coln's,, Arthur bounced all of Garfield's
except Bob Lincoln, whom he retained
for sentimental reasons, and President
Roosevelt would have been acting with
less sense than he is usually credited
with had he not discarded cabinet
members whom he did not want.
A Chief Justice In Posse.
On dit that Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,
eighth of the line, will retire under the
law next January, when he can do so
on full pay. What is perhaps more
important, it is whispered that Senator
John C. Spooner of Wisconsin is slated
as his successor. As Chief Justice
Fuller is in good health, mental and
physical, and is not compelled to re
tire until he chooses to do so, it is to
be hoped that he will hold on till
, March 5, 1005, so that a Democratic
president could appoint a Democratic
chief justice, a consummation devout
ly to be wished. For instance, what a
magnificent chief justice Senator Jo
seph W. Bailey would make!
It will. be. remembered that. Mr, Jus
tice Stephen J. Field, a Democrat, held
on long after he might have retired on
full pay because he was determined
that President Cleveland should not
appoint his successor. Evidently he
was not enamored of Grover.
If it is destined that we are to have
another Republican chief Justice, Sen
ator Spooner is as good a man as the
party contains. He holds a high posi
tion in the senate and is on all hands
conceded to be a great, lawyer. There
are no blotches on his character, and
he would preserve the ermine unstain.
ed. In private life he is a most genial
gentleman. He is frequently and fa
vorably mentioned for the presidency,
but if the chief justiceship is offered
to him he will most likely accept it on
the theory enunciated by one of , the
most brilliant of my constituents that
'a bird in the hand is the noblest work
Of God."
The chief justiceship is a position of
great power and dignity. ..It assures
the incumbent a comfortable living
and a high social position for. life. It
Is supposed to confer a species of earth
ly immortality, yet bow many Ameri
cans could name offhand the men who
nave occupied that exalted and great
ly coveted station? A great many
know that John Jay was the first chief
justice. All intelligent people know
that J ohn Marshall and Roger B. Ta
ney were among his successors. Of
course it is a matter of common knowl
edge that Melville W. Fuller now pre
sides over the most augiist and power
ful tribunal on earth, but who and
what manner of men were the other
four? Truly did Horace Greeley say,
"Fame is a vapor!"
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OUR STATE CAMPAIGN
Mr. Qnlnby Discusses Planks Oar Nxt
Stat Platform Should Contain
As the state campaign approaches, I
believe it is , not only the right, but
the duty of every populist to do some
thinking and to express that thought
in bold, unvarnished language.
In the first place, I believe that vic
tory for us is sure on one condition.
That condition is, first, that we present
to the voters of the state a clear-cut
and specific, constructive platform;
and, second, that we nominate men
on our ticket who not only understand
the issues presented, but who have the
courage to advocate them, and the
power, if elected, to enact and enforce
them. ,
Ten years- ago I left the republican
party, as thousands of populists, did,
because I was tired of platitudes and
generalizations.; 'And these ex-republicans,
all good - populists; are : not gat
ing to be. longer .: bamboozled with
them. . -,' r- ' -.
Jar-om we win bv way of negation.
ter than negative virtue, all people ad
mire men and parties that do things,
even though they be wrong, rather
than the wishy-washy, namby-pamby,
mush-of-concession gentlemen who,
though they may think, fear to act.
"God give us men!"
We must make, for one thing, a true
fight for the initiative and referendum.
The people have a right to question
our, devotion to the principles of self
government so long as we do not show
them a practical and effective method
for the application of those principles.
And we must not have strings tied to
our professions either. No qualifying
phrases must be added. '
We must demand a constitutional
amendment, allowing the people of
each township, district and county lo
cal option In taxation, just as tiey are
doing in Colorado, where the people
this year are to vote for such an
amendment. Why should the people
of thicky populated towns be con
trolled in local matters by rural dis
tricts, or why should - the people in
rural districts be controlled by ward
healers in the cities in matters of tax-
and then the people in the cities could
see to it that franchised corporations
paid their just share of taxation. The
rural districts could also do as they
saw fit with their own - affairs.
We must demand f-r the state that
it levy a direct tax upon the values of
franchises held by public service cor
porations. This can be done under the
law as it exists and need not wait for
cd amendment. We must compel the
railroads, telegraphs and all public
service corporations holding fran
chises from the state to pay a rea
sonable tax upon the value of those
franchises. x If these franchises were
taxed to their full value; as they
should be, since they are primarily
the property of the people, public own
ership of these monopolies would eas
ily jollow as a logical sequence.
We must demand and secure more
reasonable freight and passenger rates
from the railroads. We should promise
the people, and conscientiously keep
our promise, that a maximum freight
and passenger law shall be estabished,
reducing the present rates an average
of at 3east 10 per cent 'for freight, and
A political platform should.be con
cise, clear-cut, specific and emphatic.
It should not be argumentative, and it
should - bo brief, ; as truth - is always
brief. It is only deception that seeks
to cover its tracks by high-sounding,
but meaningless platitudes, long
words and longer sentences. ;
Let us be specific, straightforward,
courageous and fair, , and the people
will rally to our standard. In every
instance v.-hfie truly democratic prin
ciples have been put forth in clear and
specific terms, victory has followed.
Every rarty that seeks to evade; ev
ery man who sets his sails to catch the
breeze; every attempt to deceive will,
as they should, meet with overwhelm
ing defeat LAURIE J. QUINBY.
Omaha, Neb .
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