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April 24, 1902. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. REPUBLICAN INSURGENTS ; Things are no Rotten at Washington That , the Decent Republican Can no , ., ;.Lon4-er Stand It Washington , D C, April 19, 1902. Representative Cushman of Wash ington, a republican himself, made an arraignment of his party the other day which could " not have been ex ceeded in bitterness and in truth had it been made by a democrat. ' '. lie took occasion to point out with exceeding clearness the fact that the house has become a helpless body ruled over by as peaker who is abso lutely autocratic in his own power. lie said that when a bill was intro duced the member did not consult either his own wishes or that of the committee to which the bill was in trusted but put his individuality in his pocket and went trotting down the little pathway which lod to the speak er's room. It was that august per sonage who decided whether or not the bill should have consideration, . Referring to the speaker's authority, Mr. Cushman said: "All the glory that clustered around the holy of hol ies in King Solomon's temple looked like thirty cents yes twenty-nine cents compared to that jobbing depart ment of this government." "The fact is," continued Mr. Cush man. "we have adopted a set of rules in this body that are an absolute dis grace to the legislative body of a re public. They are unrepublican, un democratic and un-.American. "I say to you that the system is rot ten at both ends, because it robs the individual member In this house of the power to which - the constitution and his credentials as a member en title him. It is rotten at the other enl because it vents power in men that have no right to it and oftimes places j on them duties which they have no ! capacity to fill." i He went on to say that he made this arraignment not because he had quit being a republican, but because he and others who considered themselves true republicans felt that they must pro test against the usurpation of power by the few who get Into the habit of considering themselves the whole party and who are carrying it to de struction by their subserviency to cer tain interests and their Ignoring of the rights and the interests of the people as a whole. lie sounded with no uncertain note the bugle trumpet of rebellion on the part of the "insurgent" republicans who still have some patriotism and desire to serve fairly their constituents and the country as a whole. He gave notire that the "insurgents" intend to put In a large portion of their time smashing the machine. When it comes to the place that the republican leaders can no longer pre sent open rebellion on the floor of the "house It shows that the democrat "have only to improve the opportunities that lie directly- in their way. If the rottenness of the republican congress is so great that stench is unendurabl-3 to the nostrils of its -own members it is about time that the country tries a change of leadership and represen tatives. ... The senate refused to pass the Mitch-ell-Kahn Chinese bill which was de sired by the Pacific coast and the en tire labor interests. It passed in stcrl p, substitute which on the face seeni3 to extend the provisions of the Geary law to the insular possessions ani re-enacts the law itself. This sub stitute will be acepted by the house. It can be said even now that the law is in such shape that it will be of even less value than the existing law. It is so loosely drawn that it can be evaded with impunity and we are now likely to see that threat of a Chinese invasion become a reality. The democrats and a few republi cans voted for the Mitchell-Kahn measure but the vast majority were entirely willing to let China dictate as to how many of their yellow hord'? shall come here. The republicans are wondering what imp of perversity moved President Roosevelt to order a probing of the Philippine scandals. Everybody who reads the democratic press knows that we have treated the natives with the utmost cruelty and barbarity. That the actions of our army form a rei-ord too black for civ ilization to believe. But the war de partment censored and concealed everything which would throw light on the matter. Now comes the president'3 order Avhich must all the unsavory record into the open and furnish the demo crats with official proof of the out rages which they have alleged all along. Roosevelt is certainly smash ing things. The democrats could not wish a better ally, to prove republican corruption.; The tales of torture will shock the general public to a sense of what terrible thing has been our war of conquest. - Imperialism is not such a glittering irres&escent theory ' when it comes down to machinery of conquest handled by people who have no con ception of justice or decency. THE BURGHER'S WIFE. In the Bumsn detestiox camp. , Cutside the guard goes heavily; the sun. beats on the roof; He hears . the sick ones moaning, but he holds his eyes aloof. In heaven is only sun glare, dust devils on the veldt; - - We could not pray the clouds up, however long we knelt. There are women who are sullsc, there are women who are wild. And one perhaps is hopeful, but that one has no child : -Katrina raved when yestemoon they tock her last away; Annetje's went at candle light, and mine will go today. And Is It you, brave England, that holds " us in the pen, Making war on wives and children since you cannot match our men?. Will you swallow up our nation, make our name as naught, you think? By the living God of Dutchmen, you shall spew the broth you drink! I had seven sons, how long agp! Seven and my good man. And Greta only woman child that came , to me and Jan " . Six strong sons of my body and one that still was small r - They were stout for war or praying. and their country took them all The wolf, the kite, the .river trench, by kopje and by veldt. I did not keep, though all their wounds I In my body felt; It was I that scoured thfir rifles one had hardly done with play . I did not weep to see them go, but I shall weep today. And is it wise, great England, to build your greatness so . You that fatten on small peoples, though, God's faith, the meal Is slow? Growing wider by the holdings of a sim pler, feebler folk. It Is fatness where no strength is, and you, too, shall feel the yoke. But once I wept for Wilhelm he had his father's looks; The day that he was turned sixteen he put away his books. " ' "Now, kiss me mother, let me gto. for I am grown a man," , i And so I wept for Wilhelm, though I did not weep for Jan. . And for myself no whimper; -I am past my bearing time. But I weep to know my woman child must die before her prime. Is no coolness on the pillow for the ten der, fevered head? Is no comfort in the sickness but my tear and captive's bread? It is not for you. O England, to give me back my sons; We have paid the tale twice over by the coughing, spitting guns, But the small graves of the children, -they are yawning In the sod. Deep enough to gulf your glory, high to witness unto God. Mary Austin In Land of Sunshine. 'TIS GOOD TO BE PRUNED So Says Max O'Rell, Speaking of His Operation. AWOKE IN A GEEENISH TOQt. ! suffered tbe tortures of the damned with protruding piles brought on by constipa tion with which I was afflicted for tweuty years. I ran across your CASCARETS in the town of Newell. Ia.. and never found any thin? to equal them. To-day I am entirely free from piles and feel lllco a new man. a H. Kmtz, Mil Jonca St., Sioux City, la. ( CATHARTIC Snt. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. lOe.Jio, 50c. JPIfRF-CONtTPATlQN. ... PICKS FOURTEENTH WIFE. Go hen Doctor Thin lea Dorothy Agr net Weed of Bridgeport Will Do. Dr. James Nicholas Vann of Goshen, N. Y., husband of thirteen -wives, has, It is announced, just selected his four teenth in the person of Dorothy Agnes Weed of Bridgeport, Conn., whose let ter pleases the doctor, says the New York Evening Journal. Her communi cation was selected from several hun dred. She has not been notified of her selection, but the impetuous doctor takes her consent for granted. Her letter reads as follows: My Dear Sir I read of your misfortune nd am, indeed, sorry for you, and I have made up my mind to write. To say that I am fond of elderly people but mildly ex presses it. I am neither light nor dark; have light brown hair, brown eyes. Peo ple say they talk. Am sweet disposition. Am Ove feet tall. Age, twenty. "Weight, 130 pounds. Health good. My birthday is Feb. 2. Would it not be nice to hear from you on that day? I dote on housekeeping or homemaking. At present I am board ing, as my parents do not live here. Hop ing this may meet your approval and I can hear soon, yours sincerely, Dorothy Agnes Weed. Bridgeport, Conn. Dr. Vann was a long time in decid ing. One other letter also captivated him. It was from L. W., 13 Leveret street, Brookline, Mass., the writer of which admitted she was not beautiful. The doctor assured her that was no objection, as he wanted a loving wo man. Before settling upon a date for the wedding he expects to hear .from a New York astrologist as to his future. Dr. Vann was a famous hunter at one time and devoted years to the cap ture of wild animals for Dan Rice, the circus man. He is a. little man, wiry and nervous, but nimble despite his ninety-four years. His skin is. tanned and darkened by the suns of many summors. His armament consists of many deadly weapons, which he used in his career as a hunter. "My first twelve wives were fair and lovely women and are undoubtedly now with the angels," says Dr. Vann. "My thirteenth wife was not, and her name I will not mention. She is living today. If I were to meet all my de ceased wives in any other place but heaven, I fear the green eyed monster would enter their hearts; but, as all is happiness over there, I rhall depart this life when the first summons comes without trepidation. I know that each of my deceased wives would rather have me be happy than plodding around the world alone. Therefore I intend to marry again, and I trust my fourteenth wife may-bo in form and feature. a composite picture of all the rest and the embodiment of their many virtues." - Chance For Bloodless Sorcery. Dr. Joklchi Takamlne, a Japanese, claims to have discovered, according to Pearson's Weekly, the possibility of bloodless surgery through the medi um of a chemical composition called adrenalin. By the local application of adrenalin in solution operations may be performed, it is said, on the nose ear and eye without the spilling of a drop of blood. Thus has it been dem onstrated that the discovery is th most powerful medicine known and at the same time. It may be said, the most expensive. At present It costs 4 shillings a grain, or 1,400 a pound. Co rain sr to the Fountain Bead. Both Germany and France are now sending students to. America, says the New York World, to learn the conjuga Koted Writer Tells His Experiences In ' Belnar Operated I'pnn For Ap pendicitisHe Is an Enthusiastic Advocate of Sargrery and Slntrs Its Praises. ' '' . Although still "an inmate of the French hospital in New York, Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell) is rapidly recover ing from the effects of the operation for appendicitis performed a few days ago. He referred to himself as the "widest open man in New York" two days after passing under the surgeon's knife. Now he has written his experiences Tor the New York Journal. He says: When a month or so ago I decided on having an operation" performed upon me, some New York papers, short of in teresting matter for their readers, pub lished the information. This brought me scores of letters from cranks, fad dists, humbugs, faith healers and the like. "Give up sin," some wrote, "and you will be all right - "Try my cure," wrote charlatans. An other of this class said: "Have you tried hydrotherapy? With hot water 1 can bring on a crisis that will settle you." In fact, I received lots of disinterest ed advice, and gratis too. A faddist wrote: ''Do not submit to the cruel knife of a surgeon. Out of a hundred people opei'ated on seventy die; the oth er thirty are maimed for life." Ignorance and prejudice go no fur ther. Now, dear reader, if you are sure that something is wrong with any part of your anatomy do not hesitate to have done to yourself what you would order your gardener to do to your trees under the same circumstances. Have the damaged, broken or dead branches taken off. Pruning that is, surgery is the simplest, shortest, saf est and surest remedy. If your ap pendix is wrong, off with it. If your big intestine, or colon, gets constricted and threatens to become a semicolon, be sure that it will soon become a full stop and kill you. Off with the offending constricted part. That's your only chance. I must say I was not afraid of the f operation. I can always submit to the inevitable, as I once said to a very ugly man who said he was glad to make my acquaintance because he had been told I looked very much like him. I prepared myself cheerfully for many days, so as to be strong and well and give the surgeon and myself as good a chance as I could, i What does an operation consist in, even such a long and dangerous one as I have undergone? You go to sleep quietly, pleasantly, and by and by you wake up. When you do wake up, you inquire if the thing is done, and you learn that it Is. You feel no pain, and you have felt no pain, not even discom fort. My operation lasted two hours, and I was under ether from 2:45 to 5 p. m. I slept soundly all night. The next morn ing I was reading the papers in bed. All I can remember is that when I woke from my enforced sleep I had a vague idea I was in a greenish, foggy atmosphere, and I heard, as in the dis tance, many soft voices whispering:, "Hello! Hello! Wake up! How do you feel?" The day after the operation I had teaspoonf uls of chicken broth every two hours, the following day table spoonfuls, the next day eggs and milk and the next such meals as for two years I had not dreamed of permitting myself to try. " - My dear friends, I cannot remember five minutes of pain. Maybe my anato my is not improved, but I don't wear decollete dress, and I feel I have been given a new lease of life, of health and of happiness. Operations are absolutely free from danger. The only thing is that germs may get at you, but this danger does not exist with the marvelous precau tions of sterilization and antiseptics which are taken by the surgeons of to day. I have been in the French hospital for three weeks. During that time about forty operations have been per formed, and every one has been suc cessful, even including a few perform ed on patients brought here on the threshold of death. The only thing modern surgery can uot do is to give us a new head, a thing which many of ns would be glad of. In any other case, if you are wrong anywhere, Bon't suffer. Take my ad viceask the surgeon to rid you of what makes your life miserable. Make up your mind and do cot at the psychological moment when he asks you to lie down to be put to sleep say to him: . "Thanks; after you." . Mark Twain's Latest. Maxims. Mark Twain has added two new maxims to the world's already valua ble collection, says Harper's Literary Gossip. They are as follows: "We ought never to do wrong when people are looking" and "No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the pres ence of ladies." These nuggets of wis dom appear in his new novelette. "A Double Barreled Detective Story," which is completed In the February number of Harper's Magazine. The London Academy Is so pleased with these new witticisms that It Is moved to suggest t'ie publication of a "Mark Twain's Own Book of Maxims,'! which ought certainly to be illuminating as a Traitors to Reform. Weep for Columbia, pity her woes, Gently the eyes of democracy close; Furling the flag and over it drape Fold upon . fold of funeral crepe. ;f Boston awake! Live and help us to free Others, with alien powers taxing their tea. Over the rocks where your forefathers bled, Foes of free government steathlly tread. . Swarming around is the old story band Bribing, corrupting with gold-ladened ' hand , " . . ' . -'. Traitors to freedom, the fortress to : ..- hold 7... .. ...:-:V .J". - ; Only for gold gold, like Arnold of old. ... : Mrs. H. B. Bates. Wetappo, Florida. No Paper Like It I have been very much interested in your plan from the first. You can depend on me to sell a block of flv and assist you all I can, for I have found no paper like The Independent. I can get more news from it in an hour's reading than from two hours of any other paper " I Jknow. Better still, I think that you are telling the truth, for every article which I have investigated, I have found to be th-i truth. WALTER REED. Fremont, Neb. Sensible Democrat I am a democrat as represented by our gallant leader, . W. J. Bryan. , I want to see the Liberty Building erec ted, and like to see the populists stan l by their colors so that if Hill or Cleveland ever should succeed in re publicanising democracy, we could fight republicanism, imperialism and plutocracy under the noble banner of populism. L. H. WILLRODT. Brule, South Dakota. Mr. Willrodt proceeded to prove his faith by his Works and enclosed $3.00 for a block of Liberty postals. We'll furnish your home ON 6 RESIT F Viili3 ,wo Dea ln the pleasant work of maklnff comfortable ntppr bomes. We hare iomtsted nearly lialf a million homes ON CREDIT throagfaout the United States. 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R. 13363, "A bill to maintain the gold standard, provide an elastic cur rency, equalize the rates of interest throughout the 'country',"' and further amend the national banking, laws." I also take and pay for two republi can papers (the Semi-Weekly State Journal and Inter Ocean) ; neither of which have a word to say regarding the above bill which was introduced into the house April 4. It has some features which I would like explained. It provides for national banks issuing bank notes to the 'fullamount of paid up capital. Is this paid-up capital so much ' actual bone fideone hundre.l cent dollars; or is it any old thing like railroad stock and bonds,1 oil company bonds, etc? If ; actual -one hundred cent" dollars what is" the object 6f is suing bank notes? Are they allowed to duplicate these dollars with addi tional bank note dollars to ' the same amount and loan both ? Do' , I under stand this bill continues .to naake the government responsible ;f or the re demption of these bank bills, and the government look to the assets of in solvent banks to recoup itself? What is the game they are trying to play anyway? Are they trying to sneak this bill through without the people knowing anything about " it? You seem to have plenty of time to discuss the Philippine coinage act. Why not discuss this awhile and drop free coin age? It looks to me as though the majority were making a big fuss to call attention from their acts. Will you permit me space to call Bryan's attention to one fact. A house divided against itself cannot stand. With about an equal division of his p'arty, perhaps one per cent in each faction,, quarreling over the gold stand ard and free coinage, and the other 98 per cent not caring which way it goes, it looks to me as though there was but little hope for financial reform by the democratic route. The fatal mistake of Bryan, Bland and other free silver advocates was that when the purchasing clause of the Sher man - Act was repealed they did not refuse to have anything to do with the lowering of the tariff. We are up against it now if H. R. 13363 becomes a law and the democrats get the lower house. If a panic follows it will be on account of their jeopardizing the tariff, and republican rank and file will be ready to believe them. M. A. Hanna opened the campaign In Ohio last fall by advising them to let well enough alone. When house roll 13363 gets to the senate will he take his own advice? Wait and see. Don't think for a moment they will put this off till another session; they dare not do it. Don't think I am not ready to co operate with the Bryan wing of the democrat party or am opposed to fus ion; but I do think you are putting up a mighty poor fight with the opportun ities you have. The last Commoner is full of Dave Hill's opposition to the Kansas City platform and one-half of The Independent is devoted to op position to socialism. We have all we can do to fight the republican crowd. GEO. W ATKINS. . Verdon, Neb. Mr. Watklns Is crying before he is hurt. Although H. R. 13363 was not introduced until April the committee's report was finished early in March and duly commented on by The Indepen dent. See editorial page, issue of March 13. under heading, "Hurrah for Wild Cats." This bill is commonly known as the Fowler bill, although its introduction was ordered by the ma jority of the house committee on bank ing and currency. As The Indepen dent has said before, the bill contains about all the financial deviltry hatched out by, republicans and gold democrat In the past ten or fifteen years. It was printed in The Commoner of Ap ril 18. An extended analysis of the" bill is not deemed necessary at this time. It will not pass at this session, but will be an important factor in the coming banks complete control of the paper currency of the country; (3) to pro vide for the redemption of silver dol lars in gold and eventually to deprive them of their legal tender functions and thus rob the people just as 'they were robbed by the trade dollar iniq uity. .' r : - v.: In answer to Mr. Watkins, a bank's "capital", is never "so much actual hundred cent dollars," unless it might be on the morning of the day the bank is organized. Part of it is invested in real estate for the banking house fixtures, and part of it is loaned to customers on commercial paper; part of it may be invested In government bonds. Suppose we illustrate: A bank is organized , with a capital of $100,000, fully paid up. Ten thousanl dollars Is invested in real estate and banking house; $60,000 is invested in U.' S. bonds and premiums; and as soon as , possible the remaining $30, 000 is loaned to customers on commer cial paper. In no long time the bank's deposits amount to ?125000, an I of this sum the bank loans say $85,000. Under the present national banking law. the bank can issue $50,000 (the face of its government bonds) in bank notes, and suppose it has these loaned on i commercial paper. Now, at this point its - assets andr liabilities will look like something like this: ...i - ; assets. Government bonds and pre mium .........:...$ 60,000 Real estate ................ i.. 10,000 Loans' 165,000 Cash on hand v . 40,000 Total $275,000 LIABILITIES. Circulation .......$ 50,000 Depositors 125,000 Stockholders i 100,000 Total .. $275,000 , Under this proposed law, the bank would be allowed to issue $10,000 of bank notes a year for six years, then $20,000, and another $20,000, In ail $100,000, for no earthly reason ex cept that it has a "capital stock" of $100,000 and has agreed to relieve the United States of . the crushing burden of carrying greenbacks to the extent of having printed on $20,000 of green backs an endorsement as follows: "For value received the Wild Cat Na tional Bank of Wild Cat Hollow will currently redeem this note in gold coin until the same has been paid and can celed In accordance with the provisions of law." , Of course the bank would be re quired to retire its $50,000 of old notes before the seven years were up, be cause at no time shall it have a circu lation greater than its paid-up cap ital; but the capital could be increased. 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