THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
July 3,-1902.
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Tfia Ticket
For Governor....... W. 11. Thompson
(Democrat, Hall County.)
Lieut. Governor ......... E. A. Gilbert
(Populist, York County.)
Secretary of State John Powers
.Populist, Hitchcock County.)
SAnditGr.... C. Q. De France
(Populist, Jefferson County.)
(Treasurer.. J. N., Lyman
(Populist, Adams County.)
'Attorney General J. H. Broady
(Democrat, Lancaster County.)
Commissioner Public Lands and
Bufldings. J. C. Brennan
(Democrat, Douglas County.)
Supt. of Schools Claude Smith
(Populist, Dawson County.)
Money should be redeemable in all
things and all services for hire and
not simply in one thing. That is to
say, all money should be a legal
tender. . - - -
' The republican party won't turn
their thieves and rascals out, so the
grand juries and courts have to turn
them in to the penitentiaries. Vido
St. Louis and Minneapolis.
Special Envoy Whitelaw Reid did
' not get to wear his knee, breeches af
ter all. Congress will have to males
another appropriation to buy him a
new pair when the coronation really
- comes off. ;
' It is a fact, beyond, dispute that, de
veloped at Grand Island that this tithe
' Jt is the democrats who have the Clem
Deaver. Will they administer to him
..the "over-the-transom" treatment that
the populists gave their Clem?
The rejoicing of the Chicago repub
lican dailies over the Hopkins'-state
1 . . a. i a a. s"Ai a -
convention ana me repudiation oi inc
, Kansas City platform was turned to
sadness when the news reached them
from Nebraska, Kansas and Minnesota.
ine repuDiicans or tne nouse iasr.
iweek unanimously voted against aa
amendment to prohibit slavery In the
Philippines. They, call themselves fol
lowers of Abraham Lincoln and every
mullet head actually believes that
lie is.
The delight of the republican dailies
over the fact that- the demoprats of
. Illinois ignored the Kansas City plat
form' is so great that they cannot find
words to express it. They know that,
that act makes Illinois solid for the
corporations and the Fowler bill.
The Standard Oil trust has raised the
price of gasoline,12H per cent. A cam
paign is just beginning and your Un
cle Mark will need a lot of money dur
ing the next few months. So he pro
ceeds to collect from the people money
enough to bribe them to vote 'er
Ktraicht.
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If a populist were- shown the two
platforms adopted at Grand Island, it
would-be pretty hard for him to de
cide which was the populist platform.
Then what is the use of keeping up
two party organizations? . Cleveland,
Hill, Indiana and Illinois. That is a
sufficient' and fonvinfinfi- unswpr.
Every.-railroad company in the state
has sent; its. most trusted, attorney to
work writing briefs in defense of th-
, republican board of equalization and
several of them have already, been
filed. They appear as "friends of the
court" to advise it concerning tho
course it should pursue toward these
. republican , politicians.
' Bryan says that the Associated press
' -.X.I A 1- X 1 1 11. J A A A . A 1
story uuiiL ue was lnviteu to auena me
, Tilden banquet in New York at whicu
Cleveland ajod Dave Hill appeared auri
'that he refused to reply is absolutely
false. He was not invited, but If h.
had been" he would have certainiv r?-
; plied. However his reply to Cleveland
which was printed in The Independent
.last week will answer all mirooses.
ir it is constitutional to put a 10 per
cent tax on oleomargarine, it certainly
will be constitutional to put-a 10. per
cent tax on railroads. If congress
1 should levy, such a tax upon them in
addition to the taxation of the states,
' they " would , immediately . become ar
dent advocates of government owner
ship and howl louder and longer for ;t
' than any : wild-eyed and long-haired
poper ever. did. i f 1 1 11 v ft II J J A i
GRAND ISLAND HOSPITALITY
The fusion forces of the state are
under great' obligations to the citi
zens of Grand Island for the hospital
reception and courteous treatment that
they gave to all who attended the two
conventions. They decorated both of
the convention halls in an artistic and
beautiful way. They kept their eat
ing houses open all night. This writer
had occasion to go for a lunch near
midnight and three or four times he
was met by gentlemen who courteously
inquired if he had secured lodgings
and entertainment with the statement
that they would see to it immediately
if he had not II was learned that a
committee of sixty of the best citizens
had been appointed to look after en
tertainment of the delegates and many
of them were on the streets all nigiit
to see to it that no one was neglected.
This committee was composed of men
of all parties and they were all equal
ly courteous.
There was one great inconvenience
which for a time created some bad feel
ing among the populist delegates. The
hall that was provided for the pop
ulists would not hold more than two
thirds of the delegates, but it was the
best hall that they had after the opera
house had been given to the demo
crats. When the convention met there
was a great crowd of delegates. around
the door who could not get in. Undo
Jake Wolfe, being rather slow in his
motions, was one of those shut out ami
it was nearly two hours before he
could effect an entrance. The dele
gates on the outside of course felt sur
ly over the matter. They had trav
eled long distances and paid out their
money for fare and now that they
were there with their credentials !n
their hands they could not get . in.
The delegates on the outside finally
concluded to make the best of it,, be
ing convinced that Grand Island had
done the very best it could. Then
some of them made arrangements to
have one or two remain and represent,
their county and the remainder o?
them went home on the first train. A
big tent would have solved the diffi
culty. ,
NEW YORK DEMOCRACY
New York seems to have two demo
cratic organizations. A body of men
who called themselves "liberal demo
crats" held a convention in New York
city on the 17th of June. It put forth
a platform containing the following:
"We are fundamentally opposed
to the present unjust distribution
of wealth that creates a system of
society in which the few get with
out working, while the many work
without getting; a system which
must result in either! anarchy or
despotism and the total destruc
tion of our republic. This condi- ,
tion is due to the monopoly of
natural opportunities and the crea
tion of special privileges by law.
We maintain that this govern
ment, which was dedicated by tne
fathers of the republic to freedom
and equality of opportunity, shall
fulfill its true mission. We de
mand the opening to all of the op
portunities of nature and the abol
ition of all special privileges. In
both of the great political parties
of the nation are to be found two
irreconcilable ' factions, one in
favor of governmental usurpation,
tending to the establishment of a
new feudalism, . and the other
standing for industrial and politi
cal liberty."
Now that statement is simply pop
ulism and the convention would have
done much more effective work if
they had then and there organized a
populist party for the state of New
York. Instead of doing that, they con
tinued their statement in these word3:
' "In the democratic party of the
nation lies the only hope of the
perpetuation of democratic insti
tutions. Yet under the leadership
of such traitors to democracy as
David B. Hill an attempt is being
made under the guise of reorgani
zation to dominate the party and
to degrade it to the position of a
mere tool of monopoly."
The men in this convention were all
Bryan men. They could have
strenghened Bryan in the east im
mensely by organizing a populist party
that was willing to co-operate with r.ll
men who would support the principle?
embodied In his life and work. The
,work at Grand Island was the severest
blow that . the Hill reorganizers ever
received. If two tickets had been put
in the field in Nebraska it would have
been the death of Bryan Influence la
the east. The dailies would have im
mediately announced that Bryan had
lost his influence with the large class
of voters outside of the democratic
party that had always had supported
him and Hill would have marched on
to the control of the democratic or
ganization unresisted.
. IMMUTABLE LAWS
The laws of economics are un
changeable, invariable and unaltera
ble. Take the matter of banking and
interest rates for an example. If the
banks enforce a , rate of interest too
high, all men depending on credits to
do business will in the end become
bankrupts, and can no longer do busi
ness at all. When the borrowers be
come bankrupts, the banks will have
no customers and they too must of
necessity disappear. Banks and busi
ness men will go down in ruin to -gether.
That is a thing that some
bankers have failed to learn.' " They
think that bjr excessive interest rates
they enrich themselves, which may be
true for a time, but in the end it means
their destruction. If interest rates are
fair so that the partnership which is
entered into between the banks that
furnish the money and the men who
do the business and take the risk?,
business men will become prosperous
and greater patrons of the banks. If
the rate Is unfair and the banks get
all the profits, then business dies arid
the banker follows to swift ruin. All
commerce must be profitable to both
parties. When that law. is violated
the punishment follows just as cer
tainly as it follows the violation of
any natural law. Do unto others as
you would that they should do unto
you is as much an immutable law of
political economy as it is of ethics. In
one case, the punishment of its viola
tion is spiritual death and in the other
commercial death.
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THE OMAHA PLATFORM
The republicans don't like it at all
because the' populists at Grand Island
indorsed the Omaha platform. Thsy
say that conditions have so changed
that such an indorsement is ridiculous.
Then to prove their statements they
quote the following from that plat
form: We meet in the midst of a na
tion brought to the verge of moral,
. political and material ruin. Cor
ruption dominates the ballot box,
the legislatures, the congress, and
touches even the ermine of the
bench. The people are demoral
ized; most of the states have been
compelled to isolate the voters In
the polling places to prevent uni-
versal intimidation or bribery.
The newspapers are largely subs I
" dized or muzzled; public opinion
silenced; business prostrated; our
homes covered with mortgages;
labor impoverished, and the lands
concentrating In the hands of the
capitalists."
As a statement of facts at the time,
nothing could have been more force
ful. .The populist plank adopted at
Grand Island reads as follows:
"We reaffirm the Omaha, St. Louis
and Sioux Falls platforms."
If there had been a newspaper man
on the platform committee he would
have been a little more careful with
his language and have written: We
reaffirm the "principles" of the Omaha
platform, as was done the last time.
However, many of the conditions then
existing, still exist. The demoraliza
tion of the people now is even greater
than then, the press is still subsi
dized, public opinion silenced and
bribery and corruption have grown
with the years. The Increase In the
volume of money, then demanded by
the populists, has been accomplished
by the coinage of silver in larger
amounts than ever before known and
the increase in the output of gold,
which made the change In the situa
tion that all acknowledge. The "prin
ciples" of the Omaha platform are
still cherished by all populists and
they continue to call it the "New Dec
laration of Independence."
MARCHING ON
The Chicago Public in discussing the
railroad question came to this conclu
sion: "As possessors of rights of way,
they are not private business organi
zations managing their own private
property. They are public agents, offi
cers, servants, or trustees, managing
public property; and like other public
servants they are accountable to the
public for the tolls they receive, for
the services they render, and for the
property itself. ,It is neither confisca
tion nor 'socialism,' therefore, for the
public to dismiss them from office and
resume its functions."
It seems that about everything In
the United States Is becoming populist.
The position that populists have al
ways held In regard to railroads wa3
never more clearly stated than in the
above paragraph. It is, "Forward,
March" wherever one turns. The
Stuffed Prophet and the relics of a
past age who follow him have no
place in this advancing civilization.
The platforms of the democracy of the
west are all substantially in agree
ment with what populists have been
advocating for the last twelve years.
The populists have led and the demo
crats are becoming enthusiastic fol
lowers. Everything is all right. We
are marching on.
J
BUBAL at AIL DISCRIMINATION
The regulations adopted to govern
rural mail carriers in the main are
well considered and very liberal to the
farming population with the exception
of one. To one part of that, rule it will
be found that the ' farmers will make
a most strenuous objections The rule
Is as follows:
"The carrier Is not , required to
collect mail from the boxes, but
there is no objection to his doing
so if it does not Interfere with his v
making the schedule time. The
, law provides that every carrier of
the , mail shall receive any mail
matter presented to him if proper-
; ly prepaid by stamps, and deliver
the same for mailing at the next
- postofflce at which he arrives, but
that no fees shall be allowed him
therefore."
In that rule there Is a very great
discrimination between farmers living
on mail routes and the city dwellers.
The collection of mail from the boxes
by the carriers is of just as much im
portance to commerce and intercourse
as the delivery. According to, this
rule, if a patron stands by the mail
box and gives the carrier the letter,
the carrier is bound .to receive it, and
he is forbidden to take a fee for so
doing, but he is not forbidden to take
a fee for agreeing to stop and take a
letter from a box. It will be a great
inconvenience to farmers to have to
watch for the coming of the mail
carrier so as to deliver to him in per
son their , mail. There is nothing in
the law that makes this rule neces
sary. It is simply a discrimination
against dwellers in the country and
the city, made by the republican offi
cials in Washington, and opens tho
way to tips to the rural mail carrier"
which will result in demoralization of
the service.
HENRI WATTERSON
Henri Watterson of the Louisville
Courier-Journal has done some fine
writing lately. It has such excellent
literary finish that it has been copied
more or less in all kinds of papers.
He scored Cleveland in such a man
ner as only the pen of Watterson could
do it and wound up his Philippic by
aplying to the old Stuffed Prophet
these words from Shakespeare:
"I know thee. not, old man; fall to
thy prayers;
Make less thy body hence and
more thy grace;
Know that the grave doth gape
For thee twice wider than for
, other men." r
Then he turned his attention to Brv
an and winds up his advice to him
with these words; He wants Bryan to
go to the next?-national convention
and sayv: v.; ,.r ,
"I thank youL for all you have
done for me, for all you have been
to me I may not be able wholly
to agree with you in everything,
that you are intending to do and
to say but I am with you heart
and soul, and I will go with you,
even if you go to perdition!"
It seems to The Independent that
Watterson completely fails to compre
hend the question that is attracting
the attention of the people. This is
not a contest between Bryan and
Cleveland. If those gentlemen have
personal animosities, the people are
not interested in them. The question
is of a far different sort. It is not
Bryan and it is not Cleveland. Every
thinking man knows that a condition
has arisen in this country which In
volves great principles of government.
Shall the money power rule and the
people become hirelings to trusts, or
shall the old system of independence
among business men continue? That
is the question to be decided and not a
contest between two men that may he
so compromised that they will both
become co-workers in the same politi
cal party.
What effect would it have if Bryaa
should go to a democratic national
convention and make the statement
that Watterson suggests? Would
there be any possibility of democratic
success, providing that the principles
that Bryan advocates were not con
tained in the platform and a candidate
who did not believe in them was ftomt
nated? If such a course should be
pursued, the democratic party would
fall into a state as helpless and pow
erless as it was for some time after
the close of the war. Does Mr. Wat
terson think that the people have made
an idol of Bryan simply because of his
personality? Does ;he believe that if
Bryan abandoned his principles, and
united with Cleveland and Dave Hill,
that the millions who have suported
him would vote the democratic ticket
just because Bryan continued hi3
membership in that party after It had
abandoned the principles, the advocacy
of which has made him their idol?
All that can be said in regard to per
sons in this contest is that Cleveland
and Mark Hanna 'stand on one side
and Bryan on the other, and that each
is a platform within himself.
Among other things Mr. Watterson
gives the following advice to Bryan:
"He should put on his thinking
cap, and, having divested his mind
of all surplusage of vanity, self
confidence, pride of opinion, he
should commune with himself."
Let Mr. Watterson apply that ad
vice to himself. The result would bs
something like this: ? 'i .
"Let me ee about this. The demo
cratic party tried Clevelandism. W
had always thought that the south
would vote the democratic ticket, an I
that 13 .the main reliance now. But
will the people of the south do It re
gardless of principles? When Cleve
landism was our policy a new party
sprung up in the south. It elected sev
eral members of congress and carried
two or three states. We had a worse
time counting them out than we ever
hart counting out the niggers. It con
tinued to grow and grow until we
abandoned Cleveland and all his ways.
Those men are here in the south yet.
When Bryan and his principles were
presented to the people by the democ
racy as their principles and their man,
all of Mark Hanna's money could not
keep them from voting for Mm. Isn't
it probable if we abandon these prin
ciples and this man that that same
party will spring into existence again
and sweep us off our feet? After ail,
isn't it a fact that if the Kansas City
platform is abandoned and a Cleveland-Hill
one promulgated in its stead,
that it is mighty doubtful whether we
can maintain even a solid south ? K
what the men say up in the northwest
is true, we could not carry one of those
states. The populists would ndt vote
the ticket. Confound me U I don't
believe that this whole proposition's
shaky. The fact is that the democratic
party would be left in qontrol of less
than a dozen states, and they held on
the nigger question. Tillman would
take South Carolina and go whoop
ing. Georgia and Texas would follow.
Marion Butler would pop again In
North Carolina. Cyclone Davis, Bar
ney Gibbs, Tom Watson and the whole
crew would break loose again. They
will accept Bryan, but Cleveland and
Dave Hill would set them to tearing
the earth up all over the country. Go
ing that way means that we will havo
the very devil to pay." Guess, I had bet
ter keep this thinking cap on for a
while before I say anything more."
The people of the United States ac
cept the decisions of the supreme court
as the law of the' land, but that does
not indicate that they have any rever
ence for them. The time was when
those decisions were reverently ac
cepted as embodying righteousness
and justice. No one feels now like
that in regard to them. The income
tax decision, the Porto Rico and Phil
ippine decisions have placed the su
preme court in an entirely different
attitude before the people This want
of reverence for the court began with
the Taney decision. Now the judges
of that court are not looked upon as
wise and learned, but simply as a sort
of arbitration committee to settle dis
putes, and whose decisions are final.
When a lawyer formerly addressed the
court7 as "learned" it 1 meant some-j
thing. In these days it simply is ?.
formality and nothing more.
Republican government in cities has
resulted in the most abominal corrup
ruption ever known to mankind. We
have only to take a glance at Phila
delphia, St. Louis and Minneapolis to
be assured that the statement Is true.
In both the latter cities the grand
juries have indicted a large part of
the republican leadership. The last ac
counts from Minneapolis were to the
effect that most of the police and de
tectives were under arrest and the
mayor had fled. Stand by the God and
morality party and vote 'er straight.
That is the only chance. If the demo
crats and pops should ever come into
power they would straightway and
with set purpose go to work to bring
disaster. That is what they want to
do. Every republican says so. Little
stealings of a few millions don't count.
It is a part of "destiny."
When Dewey announced an obvious
truth as a matter of fact of which he
had personal knowledge and said, "The
Filipinos are .better qualified for self
government than the Cubans and I
know them both," The Independent
had some respect for him. When he
announced himself as a candidate for
president with nothing to recommend
him to the people as an administrator
but one naval victory, It began to
lose respect, for him. His recent per
formances as a witness before the
Philippine committee; in whatever
light it is viewed, reduces that re
spect still further. There has been
many other performances of his dur
ing the last three years which have
lessened the respect of all men for
him.
The State Journal calls the provi
sion in the Cuban reciprocity bill abol
ishing the differential tariff put in the
Dingley bill for the benefit of the su
gar trust an "impertinent amend
ment." The Journal knows very well
that it will never do to be "imperti
nent" to the sugar trust if the repub
lican party wants to stay in power.
The moment that it becomes imperti
nent to any trust, the campaign con
tributions will stop.
It docs not take much reading be
tween the lines in the Chicago dailies
to learn that t!ie concensus of opinion
among them is that the Hopkins ticket
was nominated for the express pur
pose ' of being beaten. Most demo
crats will come to the conclusion that
two republican tickets In the state is
one too many and will stay at home
on election day, i t v
. EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
The demand for equality before the
law? Is a farreaching demand and
would if enforced ' produce a greater
reform than most men imagine. The
state should furnish the same pro
tection to all its citizens.' But th 3
state does not do that. It givesi very
great advantages to one over another
and in' a thousand different ways. In
the creation of trusts this is very ap
parent. The state gives a charter to
conduct some business, such aa was
given to the steel' trust The trust
offers its stock for sale in the public
market and a value is given to it by
the action of the state. It is impossi
ble for an owner of a share of stock
of his own knowledge to know any
thing about its. value. He buys it and
pays his money for it simply on faith
which has been inspired largely by
the state in granting the charter. Ke
Is a part owner. in a great business.
Thousands of hard working men have
paid out their money to become a part
owner in the steel business, but they
know nothing of how the. business is
conducted. Enormous salaries are paid
to a favored few. The salaries of oth
ers , are cut down to a bare subsist
ence. Immense sums are spent for po
litical purposes. In a hundred cliff er
ent ways these part owners are dis
criminated : against,; :
Now the whole business is a crea
tion of law and all those who are en
gaged in , it should be equal. Every
part owner should have access to, the
books. Theoretically that is the law,
but practically it is not. To make the
man equal who owns a thousand dol
lars of steer trust stock to Schwab
who owns some millions of it and
draws a million-dollar salary, tho law
should force the corporation to give
publicity to all the facts connected,
with the business. To that, every part
owner is certainly entitled. But this
corporation appeals to the public to
invest in its stocks. . Those who are
not part owners, that is the public,
when so appealed to should know slV
th9 facts. The state having given the
corporation prestige by . granting it a.
charter is in honor , bound to protect
the public. Herein lies the justice of
the demand for "publicity." A state
ment of the affairs of every such con
cern should be made under the author
ity of the state. That would make
every part owner and the public
equal to that extent before the law.
CORPORATION MOURKER9
- The leaders 6f the republicans be
gin to realize that they are up against
the most serious kind of a situation.
The magnificent ticket nominated at
Grand island leaves them in this state
with nothing to sing except the old.
worn-out song: "The democrats have
swallowed the pops," "Fusion and con
fusion." In the nation at large they
are just as badly off. Bryan's terrific
Philippic on the old Stuffed Prophet
and its reception by the people has
produced the same effect on the cour
age of the corporationists as would
an overwhelming cavalry charge on an
enemy. They simply mourn over the
situation. Among the chief mourners
is the Kansas City Star. After a sad
introduction to the subject In which
it claims that the Interests of the na
tion demands a strong and vigorous
opposition party and a declaration
that Clevelandism alone could fur
nish it, it says:
"Under the circumstances all
who want to see the democratic
party restored to its old-tirae
prestige, with possibilities of again
securing the reins of government,
must realize that they can have
nothing more to do with William
J. Bryan."
Twice Bryan polled more votes than
any democratic leader who ever lead
a national campaign and the Star, well
knows that he has today ten' followers
where Cleveland could muster on?.
With such a ridiculous statement s
the above, it joins the corporation
mourners because it cannot down
Bryan. It is shedding its tears in
vain. It shows that it is not only
very sad, but exceedingly silly.
The National Irrigation association
is sending out copies of Representativ s
Burkett's speech on the irrigation bill.
"He vigorously combats the conten
tion," says Secretary Guy E. Mitchell,
"of certain eastern statesmen that the
Irrigation of western lands would be
a detriment to the east." A careful
reading of Mr. Burkett's speech show3
it to.be a very pretty declamation,
well suited for some high school com
mencement, but containing . nothing
approaching the dignity of argument.
If the irrigation association wants to
send out a speech with meat In it,
why doesn't it take a look at the one
delivered by Representative Shallen
berger of the Fifth district?
The economic heights of scientific
truth to which the populists have led
the democratic party Is shown by the
platform adopted at the state conven
tion of the democratic party of Min
nesota, two planks of which are as
follows: "We favor the municipal
ownership of public service corpora
tions, the principle of direct legisla
tion, and home rule In local taxation."
"We favor the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people and the election to the senate
of men only pledged to that reform."
The most sincere mourner in all Ne
braska over the outcome of the Grand
Island conventions was Chairman
Lindsay of the republican state com
mittee. After cogitating over the mat
ter for twenty-four hours he remarke t
that it1 was the most brilliant piece
political work ever accomplished la
the state.
; By a process of evolution the water
cure in the Philippines developed into
what is known as the "kerosene cure."
It Is applied there in the same manner
as was the water cure. Here in ti c
states we have it administered in a
6lightly different form: The Stand
ard Oil trust simply raises the price
12 per cent.
The action of the democrats in Ind
iana and Illinois will result in two
things: First, there will be overwhelm
ing republican majorities in those
states and it will drive thousands
more of the honest and thinking vot
ers to the conclusion that maintenance
of the populist organization is aa ab
solute necessity.
If there was no other reason why
John Powers should be elected secre
tary of state this one Is enough: He
will be a member of ! the board of
purchase and supplies. There is where
most of the expenditures will be mad
of the money taxed out of the people.
Then there will be no mere of su:h
contracts as have been the talk during
the last few months.
Our Standard, a democratic paper
published at Indianapolis, in speaking
of the state convention of that party.
says: "What was there about the
whole proceedings preliminary and
otherwisethat deserves the title
democratic? Not a thing." If dem
ocracy means opposition to present
republican policies, that editor cer
tainly told the truth.
Because the Illinois democratic plat
form has some good plank3 in It Is no
reason why reformers should vote tle
ticket. Those reforms would have just
as good prospects of being enacted into
law by a railroad, republican legisla
ture as by the men who have obtained
control of the democratic party in
that state. They are all tarred with
the same stick. They are simply two
peas in one pod. Both of the sets ar
run in the interest of the money power.
News of the Week
All the world has been discussing
the news of the Illness of King Ed
ward which forced the postponement
of the coronation ceremonies. He was
afflicted with something akin to apppn
dicitis and a grave surgical operation
had to be performed from which ho
seems to be recovering with remark
able rapidity. The postponement w3
a commercial calamity, to thousands in
England as well as many In this coun
try. The . Independent called atten
tion to its commercial aspects some
time ago. The shopkeepers of London
have their goods left unsold on the! r
hands, large quantities of provisions
spoiled and the hospitals were flooded
with gifts. Some of the heaviest
losses fell upon the publishing inter
ests. The houses Issuing weekly and
monthly publications had prepared
enormous editions In which appeared a
description of the ceremonies all writ
ten up before hand, including criticism
of the opera singers who were to ap
pear on that occasion. The illustra
tions were numerous and costly and
when the king fell ill all this was lost.
It was so notorious that no corona
tion was held that the weeklies and
magazines would -not do at all. Tho
same is true of several on this side.
The whole edition had been printel
and was ready for mailing with full
description of the scenes and illus
trated with pictures on a most ex
travagant scale. It is all a dead loss.
Newspaper men all know what sort of
fakes the illustrated weeklies are, but
this time the facts were so generally
known it was Impossible to make th
fake go.
The common people of England are
far below the same class in this coun
try as was proved by the occurrences
of last -week. Holidays and festivities
were arranged on a large scale for
them by the authorities. When th
king fell ill and all these things wer
declared off, there .were serious rlofi
in various parts of the kingdom which
were suppressed in some Instances
with difficulty. .The wage-earners were
determined to have their holidays and
festivities, well king or sick king, cor
onation or no coronation. Such a thing
could not have occurred in this coun
try. If general festivities had been
arranged for an inauguration and the
president ; fell ill requiring a serious
surgical operation to save his life,
and a man among the wage-workers
of thl3 country would have propose!
to go on with them, he would have
met with some pretty rough handling
by his associates.
Congress will probably adjourn be
fore the close of the week and all In
terest In Washington will cease until
the meeting of the next session, save
what the president may do. The con
gressmen will seek their districts and
get on the stump. The senators, ex
cept the few who must look after tts
election of the legislature. In the stat?i
where the vacancies occur, will go cu
their vacations and take things easv,
feeling very happy over the fact that
the bill to elect them by a vote of ths
people has been killed once more.
It has been Impossible to find out
for a certainty whether the $132,000.
C00 of bonds Issued to build an isth
mian canal can be used by the bank
upon which to issue currency or not.
If they , can be so used we will soon
have $132,000,000 more of bank paper
afloat. On with the dance. The re-
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