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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
May lt 1G02
Zbt Heb'raska Independent
: Lincoln, Hebraskn
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The representative of a beast In hu
man form is no longer Weyler. It 13
Smith. "
" 'The' " beef trust magnates sleep
soundly, and continue to take in the
millions. They know that Knox is at
torney general.
, Forger Funston is not a wind-jammer,
but the men. who reply to the lit
tle scout's assertions that they ought
to be hung, are. That Is the opinion
of every hireling editor on the pluto
' cratic press.
- The - subsidy bill and the financial
bill hare been put on their passage in
good shape and laid away until after
. election, " Just see how quick they will
go through if the republicans carry
the Bxt election.
General Miles said that the war In
- the 'Philippines had been carried on
with 'marked severity. Root repri
manded Miles and said that the Fili
pinos had been treated with great con-
. sideration. VoUed
The order to1 make 'Samstr' "a T howl
ing wilderness" and "kill : everything
above ten years old" is not the story
;of a sensational newspaper reporter.
Four United States army officers swoie
- that ' General Smith - did issue such
orders.
New York" has two senators. One
represents the Vanderbilt lines of
railroad and the other the express
companies. The great dailies quote
the words of these '.m paid corporation
agents as if they were the words Of
statesmen. j . , .'.
The senate is still of the belief that
it is better to let the corporations elect
the senators than allow the people to
elect them. There will be no constitu
tional amendment providing for the
popular election " of senators passed
by the millionaires' club at this ses
sion. , , ,
Several returned soldiers- have re-
' it :
cently stated that the water cure tor
ture was not a rare thing in the Phil
ippines, but a very common occur
rence. They give the time "and place
and the names of the officers who or
dered it. a "Will the senate committee
send for these soldiers and get their
sworn statements?
There is no beef trust, and accord
ing to Mark Hanna no trust of any
kind; nevertheless, , lambs have been
shipped 19,000 miles from New Zea
land, paid a duty of 2 cents a pound
and then sold at a profit on the New
York market, bringing the same price
that the beef trust charges.
The United States troops went into
the Philippines as "civilizers." The
result has beenthat they have become
apt pupils of barbarians. They learned
the water cure torture from the bar
barous Macabebes Wars of conquest,
instead proving "civilizers," have al
ways resulted in the very opposite.
It is amusing to note the difference
in the language used- by President
Roosevelt when reprimanding Forger
Funston and that used when he found
out that Miles agreed with Dewey. To
Funston he ordered Root to say: "The
president regrets that you should
make a senator the object of public
criticism." How very gentle is that!
The allowing of a congress to hold
One session after its successor is
elected is the basis of more corruption
than anything else in our form of gov
ernment. . Just watch the subsidy and
tariff grafters, the plutocrats and im
perialists nail things down next win
ter. They have all the bills favorably
reported from the committees ready
for action and there will be no delay.
The mullet head hirelings who edit
the great dailies in their attempt to
defend the beef trust say that a beef
steer only furnishes from 46 to 50 per
cent of its live weight in dressed beef
and on that account the trust prices
are very reasonable. Well what be
comes of the hides, bones, tallow and
other off rfall. Some of the biggest
profits in a beef steer do not come from
the dressed beef, t v
, MIGHTY ONES DISAGRKK
There seems , to-be a disagreement
between the high and mighty ones in
the republican 'party. Rosewater says
that there is no' such thing as a meat
trust, but in the same day's dispatches
from Washington it ' was announced
that Attorney. General Knox had de
clared that he had evidence sufficient
to establish the; fact that there was a
meat trust: The fact is that there is
a trust based upon the same conditions
of all the other, trusts, a protective
tariff and rebates on the railroads.
The tariff on meat products islas fol
lows: .
Five centsper pound on bacon and
hams,, two cents per pound, on fresh
beef, veal, mutton, and, pork,: 25 per
cent ad valorem on prepared or pre
served meats, , 35 cents per pound on
extract of meats, 15 cents on fluid ex
tract, two cents per pound on lard,
three cents perjid on live poultry,
and five cents" per pound on dressed
poultry. ,
The tariff on live stock is $2 per head
on cattle less than one year old, and
$3.75 per. head on those over one year
and not valued at . more than $14,
while on cattle valued at more than
$14 the rate Is 21'. per cent ad val
orem. Hogs hayeiitri.pay $1.50 per
head, and "shpSSjer one year old
are taxed 75 cejltsjpef ' head, and over
that age $1.50. 3352
The cold storage system enables the
packers to keep' dressed "meat indefin
itely. The trust has -'millions of
pounds of it in their cold storage
houses all over the country. The re
bates on the railroads, the. tariffs and
cold storage "enables them to fix up as
tight and safe a corner, as was ever
manipulatedjP)yaiiy7set of sharpers
who ever swlh'dleo! the public. They
are safe, for they' can ship their cold
storage product to foreign countries
and sell it. The "no eat meat", pro
gram of the republicans does not trou
ble them the least bit. They can force
the American buyer to pay what they
choose to charge, i If the working men
don't buy. meat, the trust will simply
ship it to Europe and sell it for less,
just as all ; the t tariff protected trusts
do with their products. When the
wage workers find that their dinner
pails are hereafter to have no meat in
them, will they still "whoop It up"
for the g. b: p!. and continue to "vote
'er straight rtVv--V . '
SAME OtlJ TORY GANG
The tories held a blowout down at
New York the - other night. It was
called the 116th dinner of the St.
George Society . of -'New . York. . Sir
Percy Sanderson, the British Vconsul
general, w h o is ' pesfdentof 'the so
ciety, was toastmaster. At his right
hand sat the Duke Of New Castle and
at his left Major General Brooke, who
is anxious to have Miles' place. Pres
ident F. KvPatton ' of Princeton uni
versity arid Dean Van Amringe of Co
lumbia university1 and a number of
other tories were present." Major Gen
eral Brooke responded to the toast of
"The Army and Navy," and took oc
casion to justify the cruelties. inflicted
in the Philippines and in South Africa.
He said: "Our English friends know
what the war in South Africa means.
It is time that the American people
knew what the waf in the Philippines
meant. I do not want you to under
stand that I am a bloody-minded man
and desire war. As a good captain
said, "War is hell." We read of these
things in the Philippines under"
strange names, such as the "water
cure," and they call it brutal. What
is war if not brutal? When we read
of these sensational stories we forget
thej fact that the people from whom it
is necessary to get information as to
where arms are hidden have probably
come to us in the light of amigos,
when but a few hours before they have
been shooting at us In all probability.
Let us hope, let us all pray that
peace will soon cqinV in South Africa
and in the Philippines. 4 May God
grant that under these flags (pointing
to the American andftenglish flags en
twined) may dawri "a lasting peace is
the wish that every martial heart
feels."
INNATE TICIOUSNK8S
The miserable creatures who edit re
publican dailies would be entitled to
the pity of mankind, if every line of
their writing did-pt give indications
of their innate viciousness. When Sen
ator Allen introduced a bill for an ex
tension of the Lincoln postoffice build
ing, the petty creatures who edit the
State Journal opposed it and said that
here was no need of any more room
in which to transact the public 'busi
ness. Now that Burkett has secured
an appropriation for that purpose, that
paper prints a long special dispatch
announcing the fact and describing the
wonderful cunning; of Burkett and
Dave Mercer in securing it. It is men
of that character who furnish most of
the literature of the nation. When
millions of such sheets are scattered
broadcast over the whole land every
day, the only wonder is that whole
people do not become degenerates.
That there has long been a necessity
for more room in the Lincoln post
office every one in the City knows.
There is a horrible crush every Sunday
in the building and many of the news
papers in the city are forced to do the
work of distribution in their own offl-
1
r
ces at their own cost in order to get
their editions onto the cars and away
in any decent length of time after
they are printed. The three great in
dependent and reform papers published
in Lincoln, 'The Commoner, the Free
Press and The Independent, all sack
and route their own mail. If the four
horse loads o( papers which go direct
from these offices to the mail trains
were sent to the postoffice, one edition
of them would more than fill the whole
lower floors of that building. J
"The Independent congratulates
Messrs. Burkett and Mercer for secure
ing a public improvement in this city
that was very much needed and which
could have been secured four year3
ago had not the republicans fought it
and declared that it was not neces
sary, simply because the bill was in
troduced by a populist. -
The policy of the aristocratic mag
nates who control the republican par
ty have long assumed the attitude
that the "proletariat" which makes up
their voting strength should be made
to understand that no community can
expect any favors from the govern
ment unless they vote the republican
ticket and "vote 'er straight." That
is, they buy votes, not only directly
with the corruption funds contributed
by the trusts and corporations, but
with government appropriations. They,
take the money wrung out of the peo
ple by taxation and handle it so as to
secure votes.
THK MONEY POWER PROGRAM
Since Roosevelt ordered the prose
cution of the beef trust and the cases
were begun against Hill and his Northern-Pacific
merger, there Has been a
good deal . of talk In Washington
among the imperialists and plutocrats
about securing the nomination of "the
right kind of a man" by the demo
cratic party. If it turns out that
Roosevelt is really in earnest in his
fight against trusts, then it is all im
portant that the money magnates se
cure a man like Gorman or Hill or
Whitney as the candidate of the demo
cratic party. The money power, rep
resented by the trusts, railroads and
banks, has neither political principles,
honor or patriotism. Since they have
found out that there is no money in a
war of conquest in the Philippines,
they would be perfectly willing to
shout for the Declaration of Indepen
dence, providing, that they can con-1
trol the government at home, fix the
tariff, control railroad rates and man
ipulate the volume of money. They
would accept the democratic program
in regard to the Philippines as for
mulated in the bills presented in the
house and senate by the minority, and
as many times before, these scoun
drels would wrap the flag around them
and shout for patriotism, while they
planned to add the whole product of
labor to their already accumulated mil
lions. It is said that both Morgan
and Hill are extremely angry at Roose
velt and are only waiting to see if
he is really in earnest before they be
gin attacks on him. Their line of at
tack will be to secure a plutocratic
candidate for president, nominated by
the democratic party. The foundation
will be laid in the coming election.
The Bryan democrats and populists
are the only two organizations that
can be trusted to fight the aggrega
tions of wealth.
THE FIGHT IS ON
Everything points to the coming of a
gigantic battle with the trusts and
c6mbinations of capital, or as the pop
ulists have always called it, the money
power. The Northern Pacific railroad
merger and the operations of the beef
trust have forced an issue. If Roose
velt pushes the fight and convictions
are secured, the trusts will not fur
nish the money to buy another repub
lican victory. They will endeavor to
get a democrat nominated who suits
them. On the other hand, if these
prosecutions are only make believe and
engaged in to fool the voters, the
trusts will come up with more money
than ever before. But the fight Is on
and nothing can avert it. Itis the
money power grown, arrogant, against
tb e people who begin to show signs of
resistance. The danger to civil . lib
erty of the reign of money is being
recognized in all the nations. Kings,
emperors, republics and autocracies
are but puppets, before these enormous
aggregations of wealth. Armies and
navies are directed by It. The lives
and fortunes of all peoples are at its
mercy. That is what populists have
been saying for ten years. All the
world now begins to realize the situa
tion. The fight is on. , Prepare for war
until the whole matter is settled and
settled right
Secretary Root's attack on General
Miles has ended in Root getting the
worst drubbing that was ever given to
a cabinet minister. Root felt so im
portant that he thought it would be
an easy thing for him to elbow Miles
out of the army. But the senate not
only threw out Root's bill, but to em
phasize the contempt the, senate holds
him in, General Hawley, chairman of
the military committee, has reported
favorably, the bill that General Miles
prepared. It is now said that if Roose
velt wants I to work in harmony with
the senate in military affairs, he will
have to get rid of Root.
MPW" UA1U XX tX C " UCTCI
INTENTIONAL DISHONESTY
Republican editors of the daily pa
pers are not ignorant. They are just
vicious and vile. Some articles that
have appeared in the Bee during the
last few months show beyond cavil
that Rosewater knows, enough of the
science of money to understand that a
dear dollar means low prices ,and
that as the value of money increases
the value of everything else must de
crease in the same proportion. He
knows that just as well as any pop
ulist. Bearing, that in mind, read the
following which appeared in the Bee
last, week:
In ,1896 the average Chicago
price of corn was 25 cents a bushel,
of oats 18 cents a bushel and beef
steers and hogs $3.70 per hundred.
' Now corn) sells at Chicago for 60 '
cents a bushel, oats at 42 cents a
bushel, beef, steers from $6.50 to $7
and hogs $6.90 to $7 per hundred,
and these prices -are paid in 200
cent dollars.
If the phrase "200-cent dollar"
means anything; it means that a dol
lar has appreciated in value 100 per
cent since the time it was av100-cent
dollar. If it has appreciated 100 per
cent, then it would buy twice as much
as it did before. If a dollar would buy
four bushels of corn in 1896 and it will
now buy less than two "bushels, then
the dollar Instead of becoming a 200
cent dollar has become a 40-cent dol
lar. Rosewater knows just as well as
any other sane man that in relation to
corn, hogs and beef steers, the dollar
has become about 60 per cent cheaper
since 1896 instead of having appre
ciated in value 100 per cent. In 1896
he was denouncing the "cheap dol
lar." Now that the dollar has become
cheap, he says that it has appreciated
100 per cent.' ' "
That he intended to be dishonest in
writing the above paragraph is evi
dent. He knows that a dollar is 100
cents, ho more and no less. The phrase
"200-cent dollar" was used for the
purpose of ; deception. There is no
such thing as a 200-cent dollar. If he
believed that the-, dollar was now
worth twice as much as it was in 1896.
he would have said so. If there is one
place in hell, hotter than another, it
ought to be reserved for men who use
their position to deceive the people.
Rosewater5 uses the phrase: "200.-cent
dollar" to induce the people to believe
that the dollar has increased in value,
when the very prices .that he gives
shows that it; has decreased in value
about 60 per tent. Can there be any
thing viler than the methods of repub
lican editors!
tlNCOIsJI'S .-DENUNCIATIONS
;In all the3 speeches1 and writings of
the great Advocates of liberty of the
ages that haye proceeded us there is
nothing to be found that so fitly de
nounces the present policies of, the
republican -party and which carries
such weight of anathema as the words
of Lincoln. This great lover of man
kind of all mankind of whatever
color, race or lineage this prophet
of liberty, is the great accuser of this
modern republican party. Read the
following extract from one of his
speeches when speaking of the found
ers of this republic:
Wise statesmen as : they were,
they knew the tendency of pros-,
perity to breed tyrants; and so
they established these great self
evident truths, that, when in the
distant future some man, some fac
tion, some interest, should set up
the doctrine that none but rich
men, or none but white men, or
none but Anglo-Saxon white men
were entitled to liberty and the
. pursuit of happiness, their poster
ity might look up again to the
Declaration of independence and
take courage to renew the battle
which their fathers began, . ..;
so that no man should thereafter
dare to limit and circumscribe the
principles on. which the temple of
liberty was being built.
The "full dinner pail" campaign was
an illustration ' of the tendency of
prosperity to breed tyrants. If our
own bellies are only full, what care
we for the "niggers" in the Philip
pines? What care we for the doctrine
of the consenf of the people?; But
listen to Lincoln again:
These arguments that are made
that the Inferior races are to be
treated wth as much allowance as
they are capable of enjoying; that
as much is to be done as their con
dition will allow what are these
: arguments? v, They are the argu
ments that kings have made for
enslaving the people in all ages of
the world. You will find that all
the arguments in favor of king
craft were of this class; that they
always bestrode the necks of the .
people, not that they , wanted to
do it, but because the people were
. better oft for being ridden. Turn
it whatever way you will, whether
it come from the mouth of a king,
an excuse for enslaving the people
of the country, or from the mouth
of men of one race for enslaving
the men of another, it is all the
same old serpent.
Was there ever a severer denuncia
tion of such men as Beveridge, Lodge
and other leaders of the republican
party than those words of the im
mortal Lincoln? To all such men, and
they represent' the leadership of the
republican party, these - words apply
with tremendous force. They are the
"serpents"'; of whom Lincoln spoke."
They would sting liberty unto death.
, When is one, dollar., as good as any
other dollar? When it has the same
purchasing power.
1M
CR0&VEM3AY8:
" Peruna is an Excellent Spring Catarrh
' Remedy I ant as Well as Even,
HON. DAK. A. GROSYEXOR, OF THE FAMOUS OHIO FAMILY.
Hon. Dan. A. Grosvenor, Deputy Auditor for the War Department, in & letter
written from Washington, D. C, says : ' " , , " ' ... '
" Allow me to express my gratitude to you for the benefit derived
from one bottle of Peruna. One week has brought wonderful changes
and I ' am now-as well as ever. Besides being one of the very best
spring tonics it is an excellent catarrh remedy." v
DAN. A. GROSVENOR.
In a recent letter he says : -X ; V
" consider Peruna really more meritorious than I did when I wrote
you last. I receive numerous letters from acquaintances all over the
country asking me if my certificate is genuine. 1 invariably answer,
yes." 'Dan. A. Grosvenor. n v
I aouDt ii femnm nas a nrat tn an
the remedies recommended to-day tot
catarrh of the system. A remedy that
will cure catarrh of the stomach will
cure the same condition of the mucous
membrane anywhere. I have found it
the best remedy I have ever tried for
catarrh, and believing it worthy my
endorsement 1 gladly accord lLMattle
L. Guild.
A Congressman's Letter.
Hon. W. P. Brownlow, Congressman
from Tennessee, writes from Wash
ington, D. C, the following :
"I have suffered from catarrh of the
stomach for several years, and for the
past twelve months was in an excHd
ingly critical condition. My attention
was called to your Pernna, and I bo?sn
to use it, and my improvement was
noticeable after the first tnree days. I
have taken throe bottles of the medicina
and I feel satisfied that I am now almost,
if not permanently, cured. In connec
tion with the Pernna, I have used your
Manalin for biliousness and torpid liver.
I regard it as the best medicine for this
purpose that I have ever used. IlaTinj;
been benefited so much myself, I give
you this statement, that others may bo
likewise benefited." W. P. Brownlow,
M. C, Jonesboro, Tenn.
Mrs. Elmer Fleming, orator of Reser
voir Council No. 108, Northwestern Ije-i
gion of Honor, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
writes from 2T35 Polk street, N. K. :
Mrs. Elmer Fleming,
Minneapolis, Minn.
A County Commissioner's Letter.
1 Hon. John Williams, County Commis
sioner, of 617 West Second street, Dulnth,
Minn., says the following in regard to
Peruna: :
"As a remedy for catarrh I can cheer
fully recommend Peruna. I know what
it is to suffer from that terrible disease
and I feel that it is my duty to speak a
good word for the tonic that brought me
immediate relief. Peruna cured me of a
bad case of catarrh and I know it will
cure any other sufferer from that dis
ease." John Williams.
Miss- Mattie L. Guild', President IUi
nois Young,. People's .Christian Temper
ance "Onion, iriL'a recent letter from Chi
cago, 111., says v .
"I have been
troubled all my
life with catarrh (
in my head. I
took Peruna for
about ' three
months,, and
now think I am
permanently
cured. I believe
that for catarrh
in all its forms
Pernna is ,the
medicine of the
age. It cures
when all other remedies fail. I ran
heartily recommend Peruna as a catarrh,
remedy." Mrs. Elmer Fleming.
Treat Catarrh in Spring.
The spring is the time to treat catarrh.
Cold, wet winter weather often retards
a cure of catarrh. If a course of Peruna
is taken during the early spring mohtht
the cure will be prompt and permanent.
There can be no failures if Peruna is
taken intelligently during the favorable
weather of spring.
As a systemio catarrh remedy Peruna
eradicates catarrh from the system
wherever it may be located. It cures ca
tarrh of the stomach or bowels with th
same certainty as catarrh of the head.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from thouse of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you hia valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. .nartman, President ol
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
REPUBLICANS HEDGE
The republicans held a state con
vention at Indianapolis the other day.
They had considerable difficulty over a
portion of their platform. The bone
of contention was the plank indorsing
the gold standard. . Some of the mem
bers were fearful that the plank also
meant an approval of bank asset cur
rency. A hot fight ensued and the
convention finally decided to say "our
faith in . the gold standard has been
amply justified by the wonderful
strides of American industry and com
merce since its adoption." The plat
form further says: "We are opposed
to all trusts or combinations of capi
tal whose purpose or effort is to re
strict business or control prices. And
we especially denounce those with
tendencies to increase the cost of liv
ing and the necessaries of life." Nom
inations were made as follows: For
secretary of state, Daniel E. Storm of
Lafayette; judge' of supreme court,
John H. Gillett of Hammond; six
judges of the appellate court, state
statistician and state geologist; and
Charles W. Miller for attorney general.
BRUNO HERMANN .
It is with sadness The Independent
announces the death of Bruno Her
mann, editor of the Freie Presse (Ger
man), of this city. . Mr. Hermann had
been suffering from neuralgia and in
order to get relief from the pain had
taken a sleeping potion and had tak
en too much. His failure to come to
the office was noticed and after some
delay inquiry was made at his room,
where he was found in an unconscious
condition from which he never ral
lied. Mr. Hermann was formerly con
nected with, the New York Journal,
and about four years ago came to Ne
braska to take editorial charge of the
Freie Presse. He was an ardent demo
crat and a strong writer. On the oc
casion of Prince Henry's visit to Am
erica, Mr. Hermann1 was invited to the
banquet given by the Staats Zeitung,
which he attended.
WWVNAA
POST CHECK CURRENCY
Every newspaper publisher and all
persons engaged in "any ' sort of mail
order business should be interested in
the success of the Post check currency
bill introduced in the house by Repre
sentative Gardner of Michigan. This
bill provides for fractional currency
and for $1, $2, and $5 bills, issued by
the government, each note having
blank lines in which may be ' written
the name of a payee, thus changing
it from money to a v draft, upon the
treasury at Washington, payable to
the order of the payee. A one-cent
postage stamp is affixed to the-fractional
bill when the holder desires to
convert it into a draft; and a two-cent
stamp to the dollar and larger bills.
This. should become a law. Mr. Post,
who invented the plan, has estimated
that fully two billions of dollars pass
through the mail each year under the
present inconvenient methods, ,and
where the remittance of small sums is
made with so much less trouble, doubt
less a much larger amount would be
remitted annually. The government
would receive additional .revenue, the
people would find It much easier to re
mit small sums, and the notes could
be doing the work of money until
they were needed for remittance
through the mail. The fractional cur
rency feature alone would be well
worth struggling for, even without Mr.
Post's ingenious addition.
Chairman Fowler of the house com
mittee on banking and curre'ney Is
sendingout over a million copies of
the currency bill which bears his
name. A glance at the list is inter
esting: :'
135,159 preachers
129,564 physicians
83,687 lawyers
95,000 teachers
16,225 banks and bankers ; '
21,000 newspapers
103,491 manufacturers
32,690 jobbers
41,000 farmers
1,026,816 all told.
With agriculture the greatest in
dustry in the United States, the farm
ers are to get about' 4 per cent of the
copies sent out. But the preach ars
are to get nearly 14 per cent, the doc
tors 13 per cent, and so on. Probably
very few of the farmer readers of The
Independent will be among the 41,000
favored farmers. However, why not
write a postal card to C. N. Fowler,
chairman house committee on banking
and currency, Washington, D. C, ask
ing for a copy? Then read it careful
ly and write your congressman what
you think of it.
Mr. P. P." Shade, one of The Indepen
dent's subscribers at Ainsworth, Neb.,
says: "Your paper advocates the
right kind of principles with the ex
ception of fusion. I cannot go fusion,
and there are lots of others that can
not. If I cannot get to vote ray sen
timents there is no use for me Jp go
to election. Fusion ; Is rank poison to
the pure party voter." it la rather
difficult to understand men Like Mr.
Shade. Undoubtedly he is sincere n
what he says. Suppose the populists
should "go It alone" and nominate,
for example, John C Sprecher for
governor. Would Mr. Shade refuse o
vote for Mr. Sprecher because some
democrat or some republican ex
pressed his desire to vote for him?
The sentiment Is expressed in tin
platform. The only objection pop
ulists have to the democratic national
platform Is that it does not go r-r
enough, but undoubtedly it goes in
the right direction. Fusion or co
operation with the republicans wouH
not be consistent for the republican
platform and the populist platform a:.-
opposed to each other. So long as tho
democrats continue ' along the liiu n
indicated by the Kansas City pi it
form there is no reason why fusion
should be rank poison to any man
who will let his good sense work for
a few minutes.
The military censor in the Philip
pines who sends the Associated press
dispatches is gettinginto good train
ing. Last week he' talked about "the
I popular feeling of dissatisfaction" in
Manila over the order to court-martial
General Smith for cruelty. Now
that is particularly good. Popular
feeling! What has the - "populace"
had to do with court-martials in a
subject province? The "populace"
over there is composed of Filipinos.
Of course they were very much "dis
satisfied" when it was. announced that
a general of an invading army would
be court-martialed. But that the pop
ulace were dissatisfied is certain when
we take into consideration that Chas.
A. Woodruff, counsel for General
Smith, said at the beginning of the
trial that he desired to simplify the
proceedings. . He was willing to ad
mit General Smith gave Instructions
to Major Waller to kill and burn and
make Samar a howling wilderness,
that he wanted everybody killed cap
able of bearing arms and that he did
specify all over, ten years of age. as
the Samar boys - of that age wer-?
equally as dangerous as their eMers.
The republicans say that the blam
(or the high price of meat should be
put upon Providence. That is playing
the hog worse than usual. They have
been claiming that the high prices that
the farmers got for their wheat snd
corn were blessings conferred by the
republican party and now they throw
the blame for the high price of meat on
Proyidence, For every- good thing "
we should thank the republican party
and for every bad thing blame Provi-dence.
