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THE NEBRASKA INDEPEIfDEITT
Oct. 231902
:
limes held that such a combination is
unlawful within the act of congress
Of JlllV 2 IRQ. I TO CC, k
j,toi3ci iui viio jui ijac
of preventing restraints of interstate-
vommerce ana known as the Sherman
Tt. - .
"-u ne reiers 10 more than a dozen
cases in the circuit courts and supreme
court of the United States, where the
officers of labor union have been
brought before the court and restrain
ed and Dunished and the union de
stroyed. He refers particularly to the
case or Eugene V. . Debs, who was
brought before the court in 1894 and
Bent to prison. This man. by the way.
was a candidate for president in 1900
and received eighty-four thousand
-Votes. This case went to the supreme
r court of the United States and was
confirmed, not by a decision of five to
four, but unanimously. Debs was not
indicted by a grand jury, tried before
a petit jury and found guilty in the
.usual way, according to the practice of
-a criminal court, but he was brought
before a civil court, the United States
circuit court in, Illinois, sitting as a
court of equity, on a writ of injunc
tion, and was ordered not to, proceed
further with the strike, which he de
clined to do, and thereupon the court
-; ordered him to prison. This was done
by a civil court, sitting as a court of
equity, having power to issue injunc-
. tions, ordering things done and re
straining from doing other things, and
If the order is not obeyed, the of
fender is sent to prison. It was called
"government by injunction," and
there was a very great outcry against
it It was one of the issues in the
campaign of 1900, the democratic par-
1 ty, in national convention assembled,
condemning the proceeding. Whether
' it is right or whether it is wrong, we
shall have to submit to it, because
the supreme court has sanctioned the
proceeding unanimously. There i3 not
the slightest chance of getting the
court to reverse its decision. We
. might as well, therefore, come to the
" conclusion that the United States cir
cuit courts have power -to dissolve la
bor unions and punish their members,
when they interfere with interstate
commerce, and that they get the au
thority not only from the Sherman
anti-trust law, but from the ancient
practice of the courts of equity in
England, which we have inherited."
Although Mr. Willcox presented this
elaborate argument to the president
in June last, soon after the strlko
commenced, yet it did not movethe
president to order the attorney gen
eral to commence a suit against the
striking miners and their union. Dur
ing the summer many thought that the
president ought tp order a suit to be
commenced against the operators on
the ground that they constituted a
combination in restraint of interstate
commerce and came within the pro
hibitions of the Sherman law. But,
those who thought thus, were not
aware that the coal operators were pe
titioning the president through Mr,
Willcox to commence a suit against
the miners. Had they known this, they
might have gone to the president and
said to him, that the very same argu
ment, which would justify, him in
brineine a suit against the miners,
would justify him also in bringing a.i
suit against the operators. - it is very
unfortunate that the president did
not at once give out Mr. Willcox's
letter for publication.
The strike having continued through
the summer and into October, Mr.
Willcox wrote the president another
letter, in which he quotes the exact
language of the first section of the
Sherman law, with some more recent
decisions, of the courts, and again
winds up his letter with a request
that he proceed against the miners and
their union under the Sherman law,
"not to have them indicted by a grand
jury and tried before a petit jury and
convicted by such jury, according to
the practice of a criminal court, as the
law authorizes, but to have them
brought before the court on a writ of
injunction, tried by a judge and sent
to a prison by a judge.
jp'rom the two letters of Mr. Will
cox, one written in June and the other
October 8, it is evident that the oper
ators have been working all summer,
$n order to get the president to pro
ceed against the united mine workers
of America and break up their union,
and to proceed against them as crim
inals, not in a criminal court, but in
a court of equity, where alleged crim
inals can be tried by a single judge,
condemned by a single judge and sent
to prison by the same judge, without
the intervention of a grand or petit
jury. Such having been the object of
the operators, is it not time for the
American people to wake up and begin
an inquiry as to whether or not the
bherman law, which has been used so
often to punish laboring men and
break up their unions, cannot be used
against capitalistic combinations as
well?
The first section of this law reads:
r "Every contract, combination in the
- form of trust or otherwise, or conspir
acy in restraint of trade or commerce
among the several states or with for
eign nations is hereby declared to be
illegal."
" It was argued by the counsel for the
labor unions, that this law did not ap
ply to "combinations, where only la
bor was involved and that it related to
capitalistic combinations only, but the
court decided to the contrary and held
that all combinations whether of la
bor or capital or both came within
-inhibitions of the law and could be
proceeded against by injunction, is
suing out of a civil court.
As yet the law has not been used
(except in two cases) for the purpose
cf having capitalistic unions and com
binations declared illegal and of hav
ing them dissolved.
It seems to me that where there is
a conflict between labor and capital,
which results in a strike and com
merce or trade among the several
V states is thereby interfered with, this
law ought to be used for the purpose
of bringing both parties to the strike
into court, and that it should not be
used lor the purpose of bringing one
'party only. For instance, it would
not have been fair for the president
to have brought Mr. John Mitchell and
- his associates, as representatives of
..the united mine workers' association,
it to court, without at the same time
bringing the operators into court. It
would have been impossible for the
. court to decide the merits or demer
its of a controversy between the strik
ers and the operators, without having
if
them both before the court. But,
the president had ordered the attor
ney general to bring a suit against the
operators as well as the miners, men
both parties would have been before
the court and all disputes could nave
been decided by the court; and in the
meantime the court, at the commence
ment of the suit, could have appointed
a temporary receiver and taken cnarge
of the mines and railroads and com
menced at once to send coal to mar
ket This would not only have pre
vented the daneer of a coal famine
but would have preserved the mining
and railroad property from injury. We
can all see now that this should nave
l.ten dnne.
It seems to me that the Sherman law
furnishes a remedy for the trust evil
whether it be a labor trust or a capi
talistic trust
I hope, at any rate, that when the
next strike occurs, the president win
order a suit to be brought against both
parties, to the end that we may know
whether or not we already nave a
remedy for the evil, and whether it is
necessary to amend the constitution
of the United States, in order to pre
serve our republican form of gov
ernment. JXSiU. S. VK JtlAXH,
Jersey City, N. J.
HARDY'S COLUMN
We can't agree with William Lay-
ton that it is best or Just to shoot a
man because he will not work. The
just remedy is to let a man starve
who can work, but won't It is true
that a majority are getting what they
voted for, consequently have no
ground for complaint The voters are
responsible for what we get in a gov
ernment line in this country. We nev
er have been a pro-slavery man or
boy. From our earliest recollections
we thought it was mean for one man
to have the advantage of another by
law. When the people get their eyes
open they will vote on the right line
as they did in 1860. Buchanan's ad
ministration was an eye-opener. So
today eyes are being opened. If a civil
war results, the west is as much
stronger than the east as the north
was than the south. The milllon-.hold-ers
will come out, in the end, as the
slave-holders did.
If it is not the duty of the legisla
ture to "provide religious and; moral
irstruction" why does the" constitution
say that "religion and morality are
essential to good government" The
ten commandments and Christ's teach
ings are no more worship or sectar
ian than the Declaration of Indepen
dence and the constitution is partisan.
If the republicans had not applied
their Philippine doctrine the Declara
tion would have continued harmless in
school, but now the courts, may con
sider it partisan and ; rule it out as
they have the ten commandments.
Justice demands that all transfer
able values should be assessed and
taxed equally, without regard to what
it cost or what income it yields. A
diamond that was found in a corn
field or a ring worn on a finger, if
either could be sold for a thousand
dollars they should be taxed for City,
county and state the same as a house
and lot that would sell for a thousand
dollars. The visible property of a
railroad company should not he as
sessed at its full selling value and
then all its stock, all its bonds and all
its franchises on top of that The
Union Pacific was sold only a year or
two ago and the B. & M. was sold, a
controlling Interest, only about a year
ago, so it is easy to get at the selling
value of those two roads. The Rock
Island, too, has just gone into a com
bination on its selling value basis. We
think Governor PIngree did a good job
for the state of Michigan causing the
state constitution to be amended so
that now railroads in that state can be
taxed, and yet there is a black spot on
the same governor for pardoning sev
eral state thieves. We cannot sanc
tion bad actions with good ones. Then,
if farms and houses are only assessed
at one-fifth or one-tenth their selling
value, which Is the case today, rail
road assesments should be shrunk just
as much. Of course an improved farm,
or strip of land with an iron tAick will
sell for more than the same unim
proved, the sale would include the
franchise. We would favor justice
and equity every time and everywhere.
There is lots of property in the city
of Lincoln that could not be sold at its
assessed value. The remedy for too
high assessments should be the power
of the assessor to sell it if the owner
thinks the assessment too high; then if
sale cannot be made the assessment
should be reduced to selling value.
The law should give the collector pow
er to sell all property taxed land as
well as personal property and not let
delinquent taxes run year after year.
Toe sale should be made legal and
title clear as much as any sheriff's
sale. We were bondsman for a col
lector in York state once and every
dollar of taxes levied in the precinct
was collected and returned to the
county treasurer the 1st of January,
excepting two dollars on personal
property that had been moved with
its owner out of the state. The as
sessor comes into our store and as
sesses everything in the line of mer
chandise found Now why not go into
banks and assess the money, notes,
bonds and mortgages found? If any
depositor has reported his money to
the assessor his money should be let
out of course. Many people think the
railroads overcharge the farmers of
Nebraska, but there is not a farmer
outside of the western states who can
get his wheat hauled twelve hundred
miles by land and three thousand by
water as cheap as a Nebraska farmer
can hire his hauled to Liverpool. The
freight to Chicago or New York will
compare per ton per mile with any
other locality.
The trust associations of manufac
turers can make goods cheaper than a
score of competing factories and can
be made to sell cheaper if the tariff
is taken off, at least they can be made
to compete with European factories
just as they do over there. A large
steel factory can turn out a million
tons of steel rails at less cost than
ten factories one-tenth as large can.
So with railroads. A double track
road from ocean to ocean can do dou
ble the business two single track
roads can at a much lower rate. The
New York Central has four tracks
side by side and it is the leading road
for cheap rates. It was many years
before the people would allow the
roads to connect and trains to be run
from Albany to Buffalo and it took
still longer to connect between Buf
falo and Chicago. High paid losses
are not as numerous between New
York and Chicago as they were be
tween Albany and Buffalo.
Families may have starved in the
anthracite region, which is a sad af
fair. It is reported that several hun
dred saloons have starved, which is
not so sad. Of course the lazy coal
diggers enjoy being fed without work,
but the hard drinkers will rejoice if
they can earn money to buy liquor.
There Is another point on which we
can't agree; that is, working our
criminal prisoners. They should and
can be made to pay by their work all
the running expenses of the peniten
tiary. Any work they can profitably
do inside the prison walls should be
allowed and the products sold to the
taxpayers without regard to the dic
tations of the labor unions. Such pol
icy would be best for prisoners as well
as taxpayers. Then it would be bet
ter for our standing army soldiers to
work. They can repair harbors, build
forts, put in reservoirs, dams for ir
rigation and build railroads. Then
the navy can carry mails, passengers
and freight It seems ridiculous to go
to South America by way of London.
Working the navy would be far bet
ter than paying a ship subsidy.
H. W. HARDY.
THE GREAT CONVENTION
NOW IN SESSION IS A REPRESEN
TATIVE GATHERING OF
PREACHERS AND
LAYMEN OF
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST CHURCHES
OF THE PROTESTANT BRANCH OF
CHRISTIANITY. THIS DENOM
INATION IS MAKING GREAT
PROGRESS.
The hospitality of the city is ex
tended to the great church, whose con
vention is now in session at the Coli
seum. Although one of the youngest
branches of Protestant Christianity,
it is a very vigorous institution. Ten
years ago this church was erecting
one church building for every work
day of the year. Today the growth is
more rapid than ever.
A DISTINCTIVELY AMERICAN
CHURCH,
organized by Americans and devoted
chiefly to evangelization in America.
Americans are especially interested in
its work and progress. Other denomi
nations of similar numbers- and
strength, acknowledge one or other old
organization as its parent, but the
"Disciples of Christ," the "Christians,"
recognize as their fathers, Presbyter
ian clergymen, who carried little Cal
vinism to the new society.
B. H. ROBISON, PRESIDENT
of the Bankers' Reserve Life Associa
tion, joins with the business men of
all sects in welcoming these good peo
ple to our midst. They are here for
high and holy purposes. They deserve
the good will of all. They are thrice
welcome. In this metropolis of the
great west, they will find hospitable
homes open and when they go back to
their various fields of labor, they will
carry with them Omaha's God-speed.
The
BANKERS RESERVE LIFE
believes in churches. The good they
do is not confined to the salvation of
the soul. They are devoted to tem
perance, to regular habits of life, and
to personal contentment. All these
contribute to the lengthening of the
days of the devout Hence every life
insurance company has a selfish inter
est in the welfare of the societies
which battle against wickedness of all
forma. An invitation is extended visi
tors to call at the Home Office in Mc
Cague Block, 15th and Dodge streets
Omaha, Nebraska, for particulars in
relation to the Association.
Freights and Tariffs
About the only custom in this coun
try where the grabbing for the al
mighty dollar does not enter is the
making of Christmas gifts. For a lit
tle while men lay aside grasping pro
pensities and make gifts to members
of their family and friends. It would
seem that goods made for this use,
where the element of gain does not en
ter, should have as little tax burden
put upon them as possible. But that
is' not the case at all.
The other day Herpolsheimer & Co.
of this city received direct from Ger
many 16 cases of toys and Christmas
goods. They came in the original
packages covered with German marks
and prices designated in the coin of
that realm. Connected with it were
two or three things of general interest
The tariff duties ranged from 35 to 60
per cent ad valorem, and amounted to
1261.25. The freight from the place of
the German manufacturer to New
York was $102. The freight from New
York to Lincoln was $132.
Now it is an actual fact, in this case
at least, the foreigner did not pay the
tax. Herpolsheimer had to pay that
$261.25 himself, and he will be obliged
to add it to the price of the goods. So
the people around Lincoln will be
called upon to contribute that much to
the surplus- in the treasury, which
Secretary Shaw will immediately pro
ceed to loan to his pet bankers with
out interest Gather up your pennies
and hustle them to Wall street as fast
as you can.
We are
Ever
Progressing.
That is, we are continually increasing our stock of goods to suit the de
mands of our customers who appreciate) our efforts in their behalf. Our
stock thif fall far. exceeds anything in the history of our business in Lin:
coin. We are proud of it.. It is so clean, new and up-to-date in every detail. In our buying we have sought to please the tastes of every
one of our old customers, and to attract new customers. A trip through our big store will convince you that you can find everything you
waut neic, auu.at prices wen, ucic ate a icw wuaii uu you ,amx. OI vnemf
Special Sale on Ladies'
and Hisses' Jackets.
27-inch garment, of wool Kersey, double
bieasted, coat and collar mercerized lining,
tailor stitched. Black and tan, fr no
worth $ 4.50. Sale price $0 i 0
27-inch garment of good wool Kersey, dou
ble breasted, coat collar, mercerized lining,
tailor stitched, an all-around genteel gar
ment Regular price, 6.00. )tk
Sale price ...............
27-inch-garment of fine wool Kersey, dou
ble breasted, storm or plain collar, good
satin lining, fancy tailor stitchec), turned
back cuffs, in castor, blue and &n A7
black, worth $9.00. Sale price 0.7i
27-inch garment of wool Kersey, double
breasted, plain stitched collar, .with yoke
front and back, mercerized lining, in garnet,
blue, castor and black; regular dz pa
price $7.50; sale price... . ..pODy
42-inch automobile, of fine wool Kersey, double breasted, storm collar, slat
seamed back, piped turned-back cuffs, lined with heavy satin, in 1 J 7
tan and black, $15.00 value, at . . . . plt)Ll
42-inch auiomobile, of wool Kersey, double breasted, storm or silk collar,
tailor stitched, seams, turned-back cuffs, lined with mercerized satin, AQ
garnet, black and tan, regular price $11.50, sale price ...M.yO
27-inch garment of fine wool beaver, double breasted, turned-back cuffs,
silk velvet collar, corded back and front, fancy tailor stitched, f f"7
heavy satin lining, in castor and light tan, worth $14.50. Sale price. . $jL .y
Special Discount on Misses' and Children's Garments.
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Catchy Styles
in Neckwear for dressy men are one
or our special onenngs just now.
We're showing the very latest novel
ties in ties, in dainty shapes and all
colorings, at 25c 50c
Red SnreadQ and Tnwpte
An nnnnrfnna 4ima tiiIia
I 74MB these- special values in Bed read
and Towe!- You will dc-well If you
fwn get your snare or tneso offerings,
x I CROCHET BED SPREADS, full
cc.y7'tr7"l R;, R7 so, 1110 i m
rEJSLJS BED SPREADS at 11.58, 1.80, 2.25 and 2 48
FRINGED CROCHET SPREADS at 81.35 and i . 1 tc
FRINGED MARCEILLES at $2.25 and... "" o 22
TURKISH TOWELS, 28x14, each, 5o Wsj V';:: I; ."i:: M-j: 1 1 .".""lOo
COTTON TOWFTSMCh,12iC J48x24'"tra heaveach 25c
uuj. ION TOWELS, 34x16, blue and red checked, 7o value at 5C
42x23, bleached huck towels, with fringe, 12Jc value, at 10c
ao Per Cent Discount on all Odd Towels.
Kid Glove Sale.
36 pairs 89c Gloves, to
close out, per pair .... . . .
50c
100 Service Gloves, one of the best
$1.00 gloves on the market; comes in
red, brown, mode, gray, tan, black
and white; sale price , OA
per pair Ot
$1.25 Suede and Lucile in all the
leading shades;. saleprice l if
per pair , . . , . pl 1 1
$1.50 La Force real Kid Gloves,
come in all the leading djl OA
shades; sale price . . . . $Uy
Flannel Skirt Patterns and Skirtings.
Flannel Skirts at 50c, 60c, 85c, $1.00, and $1.25.
Cotton Moire Skirtings regular 15c, 17o and 18c values.
We have put them in one lot. Take your choice at ! .
12k
Special Prices on Boys'
and Men's Shoes
This Week.
The Richardson Seamless Shoes
will wear like iron and wont rip.
Try a pair at these special prices.
Youths' oil grain, lace, seam
less, 12 to 2. Special .... 1 60
Youths' Badsrer cf, lace, seam
less, 12 to 2. Special 1 58
Boys' oil grain, lace, seamless
2i to 6. Special. QQ
Boys' Badger cf., lace, seam
less, 2i to 6. Special 1 78
If CUAir ' Vici Kid and dull dongola, lace and Congress, cap and plain toe, sizes 7 to 11. Special 1 etc
IMCn S " flUwS Colt Skin laco and congress, cap and plain ton, soft, tough leather, all sizes, $2.50 value at. ' 1
. -'" Velour Calf, vesting top, bals close edge, Goodyear welt, B C D and E, regular price $3.50. Now o oc
Enamel bals, extension soles B, C and D widths, all sizes. Special this week ' . ti XvL
Patent Colt bals' the kind that we guarantee to give good wear, B, C, D and E. $4.00 value for.... ". ..' ... ".".'... ..'.'.. ".'..".. q 40
Men's buckle working Shoes to close, 98o A lot oil graia lace nd congress working Shoes, top sole, reg price $1.75 and $2. Closing out'price 1 45
8c Silkoline 28 in.
wide, per yard
6
AND
917-921 0, OPPOSITE POST -OFFICE.
If you are not one
of the many who
buy groceries of us
we would asjc you
to give us a trial.
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1 - Tl
TWO BOYS HAVE A SCHEME
Planning in an YJnlqn Way toGtto th
World's Fair of 1904 at St. Louis
Forrest and Stephen Roddy of Cen
tralia, Mo., have put into execution a
plan by which they expect to get to
the World's fair of 1904 at St. Louis
without expense to their parerfts. They
will be drawn in a cart by two two-year-did
cattle. Vacation ; was a
problem with Mr. Roddy as with all
fathers; much more of a problem than
it was withthe boys. What would be
done with the boys, after school was
puzzling Mr. Roddy. He wanted to
keep the boys , employed and off the
streets. The devil lurks on the streets
of towns, small and big, looking for
boys. The purchase of the calves was
a solution. They skirmished through
the country and found two of the same
age that matched. For one, five dol
lars was paid and for the other six
dollars. "The boys will kill the calves,"
declared some of Mr. Roddy's friends,
as they ridiculed his venture. But
the boys did nothing of the kind. They
soon had the animals well trained to
harness, working finely. Feeding and
caring for them was sufficient employ
ment to keep the youngsters out of
mischief.
The Centralia Fair association gave
the cart, its owners and drivers free
admission provided they would drive
around the show ring. The famous
cattle herds of central Missouri did
not attract more attention. The sec
ond day of the fair a wealthy farmer
offered one hundred dollars for the
team of calves for his boy, but the
Centralia youths, though sorely
tempted, refused to sell.
The young men will raise them, get
an old-time outfit and drive to St
Louis and through the city to the ex
position. They hope to sell the team
for enough money to pay their ex
penses at the exposition. Stephen Rod
dy is thirteen years of age; his
brother, Forrest, ten years.
The boys are now in school, much
better for their summer experience
than had they spent the vacation on
the streets.
Deserves It.
"Noj I take no interest in politics,"
remarked Mr. Howson Lotts. "It is
dirty business too dirty for honest
men to engage in. Only ward heelers,
tricksters and self-seekers engage' in
politics."
"But do you not think that it is
your duty as an American citizen to
take an active interest in politics?"
we queried.
"No, sir; i am too busy engaged in
looking after my private business af
fairs to engage in politics. Besides,
look at the class of men who make
politics a business. It's ' enough to
make a decent man sick."
"But why not assist in purifying
politics?" we ventured.
"O, that's all nonsense. What's the
use trying? Just let the politicians
run things to suit themselves. I'm
not going to interfere. It takes too
much time and I can't spare it from
my business."
"I see that the legislature has just
enacted a law that will result in rais
ing the .taxes on private property and
lowering the taxes on corporations,"
we ventured to say.
Then there was an explosion.
"That's what it did!" shouted Mr.
Howson Lotts. "The ordinary busi
ness man Is ground into the dust by
unjust taxes, while the corporations
escape. Our tax. laws are infernally
unjust, so they are. The man least
able to pay is robbed blind, while
the men who are able to pay escape
by the aid of unjust laws. The coun
try is going to the demnition bow
wows and I think it a shame. The
corporations and trusts are "
Here we interrupted by rising and
starting for the door. We had heard
all that so often that it is wearisome.
It wa3 a good opportunity to preach
a sermon to Mr. Howson Lotts, but
after a moment's thought concluded
that he deserved all he was getting.
to see
How dead right on trusts our Teddy
must be.
But when they had scanned all thor
ough and clean
Each turned to his. neighbor with
questioning mien
And remarked:
"Well, whar in this d d trust busi
ness is he?"
But t'other un said:
"Search me!"
Atlanta Constitution.
The Outlook for October 4 says: "We
repeat what we said last week; the
taria is not the efficient cause of our
great monopolies; but that in some
cases Jt fosters and promotes monop
olies is apparent, and it is a first duty
of congress to reduce or abolish the
tariff in all such cases." Why not
name the most efficient cause discrim
ination in railroad freight rates? Why
not also prescribe the most rational
cure public ownership?
The Brooklyn Eagle is gloating over
the triumph of the reorganizers in
New York and says: "There are times
when nothing but the knife will save
the individual." Very frequently the
knife does not save and the patient
dies under the operation. That will
be the result of cutting out the prin
ciples of the Kansas City platform
from the ideal3 of the democratic par
ty. Such papers as the Brooklyn Ea
gle and such men as Dave Hill have
defeated the democratic party in two
national campaigns, and as long an
they are allowed to bear the label
"democrat" it never will win.
Those who are delinquent for sub
scription should keep it in mind that
we have just moved into our new
home, "Liberty Building." It is not
yet plastered and is incomplete in
many ways. If you will send in your
delinquent subscription today it will
help.
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Thirty years in business at one-place
a bigger business every year than
the preceeding year. That's the record
made by Fred Schmidt & Bro.t of this
city. There is hardly a firm in town
that can show such an excellent record.
Hundreds of their customers , have
been with them almost from the be
ginning. New ones are added every
year. When in Lincoln it will pay you
to call at the store and get acquainted.
You'll find it's the place where your
dollars buy the most.
It will pay you to read the advertise
ments and take advantage of the bar
gains offered. ..... . ... .
'Search ne."
The people by thousands were crowded
about
And the president spoke, with intent
to give out
His position on trusts and the things
that he said
Caused every old codger to doddle
his head
And remark:
"Well, whar does he stand? D'ye see?"
And I said
"Search me!"
The newspaper fellows were writing
like smoke, '
Shorthanding every darn'd word that
he spoke,
But when all the pothooks and curves
were unspun
I heard each a-asking the next other
one
This remark:
"Where did he land? Could you see?"
And he said:
"Search me!"
The folks read the papers, all anxious
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Nebraska people are buying Clothing and
Shoes of us by mail. We offer inducements
that cannot be equalled in your home stores.
Boys' Winter Suits made from stylish, re
liable goods, from $1.45 up. Men's good
style, good-weight and good-quality Suits
at $5.50 and up. Fur driving coats of all
sorts. Overcoats of every kind and de
scription. We make a specialty of mail
orders and give our personal attention to the
filling of all orders. Our winter catalog
will tell you all about it. Better send us your
address on a, postal at once and receive a
copy by return mail.
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