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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1906)
k-;r "tTfC7- "! JTT r-' ' -"rV TswsrfmfjpBf' T" ", mjwwif mf r"n W 8 The Commoner. VQLTJME 0, NUMBER 28 ' & rl." -a caastsaaiat rm . urn TT(,7rmiMyM1 uti-fTngiiL Jfrf CURReNT rtBPW H MhmmM. vM7fjfH$Bn fi?" IVf W & Hb Kttl. .utflim Jm s t S y THE FEDERAL GRAND jury at Cleveland, Ohio, adjourned without returning any in dictments against the Standard Oil company, or any of its co-conspirators. An effort was made to induce the jury to indict officials of the Lake Shore Railroad company, but this failed. It is now announced that the railroad end of the perse cution will be dropped and efforts will be made at Chicago to indict the Standard Oil officials. THE" REPORT MADE by the commlttoe of the trustees of the Mutual Life Insurance com pany discloses that Henry H. Rogers and William Rockefeller have withdrawn from the insurance company. It is given out by the Mutual officials that the Standard Oil company now has no inter est in the insurance company. President Peabody has made public a letter he received from Mr. Rogers in which letter he says: "Apparently the people who are most active in their hostility to the present administration are using the fact of my connection with the Standard Oil company as a ground fpr criticism-. While this is a sufficient reason for my refusal to be a candidate for trus tee, since no one has a right to put such large interests in jeopardy, for the sake of achieving a personal vindication, it is yet true that, aside from the relations of Mr. ' William Rockefeller and myself as policyholders and trustees, neither Standard Oil company nor anyone occupying an official position in that corporation has ever in the slightest degree had any business or other nanA nle MutUal Life Iurance com pany. And in the case of Mr. Rockefeller, who is now absent, his policy matured some months ago, and was paid, and he, therefore, is no longer a policyholder. He also-wishes to 'be reHeveS from X 11 ! Seyice as a trustee- 'I anyone imag ines that the Standard Oil company or any of its MutSS T TPrflte.d Ut o an reidtlSSyto the Mutual Life Insurance company, he must 'be strangely ignorant of the facts." " THT!omaVsHw CTARBFU,L read the first of 3n h01nas w- Lawson's articles of exndsuro P essbZ ch ' te?Sted in -- As"oPc1a?ed riess dispatch from Boston. This disnatch fni H?,nry H- ,Rogers' Stadard OllmagaS must pay the receiver of the Bay state Gas coml 00?ynrnfl?elaar,at l6aSt the $4,50 NewPEnLn GannTnVVhe nw otortous neeariyDnt!neaGrsS ago Thisif fV GaS deal Rogers which will lessen his weikh hv" Tl"?' $2,500,000 and perhaps a l?iL7 B by ce,rtainly down by JudKG SSom ig sllm' Wils "anded court today. g4fSoS tho Pnited states name of (We w nSt WQB Tssued In e the Bay StaL Gas ZZ &?' receIver for for $4,500,000 the ITn' PePner sued Rogers ' claimed Roger mn!! ' u profit which he his witKattJMlV of company. Allhouirh hi f the Bay state Gas than was MkWi?l ZkPT iS the oil magnate Tn , J1 victory against Judge PuXuoorml ioT tt by yer, is appointed master fn , t , famos law the wmSml. pt of is unable to fix the ex-iS L, 8,ive up' If he entitled to retain i, ? amunt which Rogers is amount and in any event wCted t0 divide the $2,250,000. ThecLl! grs, must turn vor C. Austen Browne in SSoS1"? Tb?for a the utmost seclecy i'IW y of 1905 wltl Mr. Badger, personal counsel fo! p tUe 0flice of representatives of the ,2 5 Rsers, and all was done for the aake of 5S? SQre barrecl- This to avoid publicity Af?GrnRPrs' who hed Jugs, the case ws argued hSS iT proceed" last winter." g d before Judse Pugam THE SUPREME COURT of ni , deprived Alva Adam J ? fMColorado, which office is now busily em ,0f, the SbernatopIal tion chestnuts onto? the fire11 PJ,Utas COrpo,,a made such remarkable order ?'m 'Urt has special interests that ; evpn behalf of the nals criticise it. The Cenn?ePTVatlvo law jom'- standpoint of the legal profession, and concludes a scathing arraignment of the court with the following paragraph: "We regret that we can go no further than to express our deep sympathy with the endeavors of the membdrs of the bar of the state of Colorado to correct the appalling judicial conditions now existing in that state, and to assure them that the power of a united profession if properly exercised will very promptly and effectually correct the existing evils and give to the state an appellate judiciary of which it needs not be ashamed." TOHN B. MORAN of Boston, who was elected I district attorney on an independent ticket, has announced .his candidacy for the demo cratic nomination for governor of Massachusetts. Mr. Moran has made an excellent record as dis trict attorney. He has already been nominated for governor by the prohibition' party. He fears that the democratic party leaders are endeavoring to have the convention adopt a corporation and trust platform. "The contest is one of the people for their rights," said Mr. Moran. "We welcome assistance from all believers in our principles and we invite attack from all enemies. We ask for no quarter and we will give none. Treat every man as anopponent until he proclaims his alleg iance to our cause. If he hesitates, suspect him. Drive our opponents' into the open, tear off their masks and fight them." The principal planks of the Moran platform are: "Public ownership and operation of public utilities in nation, state and city. Defense of all divorce cases tp be conducted by district attorneys, that collusion extensively practiced now may cease. More stringent laws as to the receipt, expenditure and accounting of money by campaign committees." T-X7-ITH THE COMBINED democratic and pro VV hibition vote" Mr. Moran would have to draw from the republican ranks in order to be elected. The Boston correspondent for the New York World says: "The vote at the last election for governor was: Republican, 197,469; demo- 17t'911; ProMbitionf 3,286. George Fred Williams former congressman and former national democratic committeeman, came out strongly for the nomination of Moran. Mr. Williairs snvs Moran has restored the function of S grand S Jjb?,m,OSt Precious inheritance of the peo- fnvP.tw; an,d Says Moran 'hy his relentless cniigthn f rongdoers has been able to change the whole complexion of criminal nro ceedings and give lifeblood to the whole body of our criminal law.' Mr. Williams adds: "In my in?fiHent.ihe1re is no omce of state which woSd of ,keMSebe reT0luti0nized if men of the type of Mr. Moran could be found to fill it WhilR ?hn J1? b6en tried in executive work, i believl that his democracy is true; that he is incorrupt- ble, and absolutely fearless, and that his motive in, politics is to fearlessly and faithfully serve the people, i believe that he can restore the hos and confidence of the people in their own govern ment. Mr. Williams says there is reason Z be ieve that a majority of the present state coiLil tee will co-operate in the Moran movement' T-HE STEADY INCREASE in the cost of liv- tL tSI vbe,,n5, generally dIscussed these days. The New York Commercial, a republican naner X ththioS inCreas,e has been notiSeTnce 1900 The Commercial adds: '-'The fifth year of the twentieth century found the average whole sale price of commodities of 15.9 per cent above those of the last decade of the nineteenth eel tury, while 1905 itself outdoes 1904 by 2 6 per cent. Comparing the 1905 average prices with the years since 1890 that show the lowest aTer- tho iSIk6 grUP ?f commdities we nd that the 1905 averages show farm products 58 6 ner cent higher than in 1896; food, and so forth 29 7 per cent higher than in 1896; clothes Va2mng 22.9 per cent higher than in 1897; fuel and Sf' ng 39.4 per cent higher than in 1894; metals and imp ements, 41.8 per cent higher thanta i 1898? lumber and building materials, 41.4 per cent high nLAV11 i897;. drugs and chemicals, 24.1 p 2?JS?herfllia?lJn l8,95; h0Ufle finishing good 21.5 per cent higher than in 1897, and articles iff eluded in the miscellaneous groun q a na higher than in 1896. In D?3m itf ?nt reached their top limit for 1905 ami hH Btfpr,f1e8 whole sixteen years. The levl Then io? S ?obl8e99t,le33rnGage ff f W 22Ubo?9 US'7Lerr eatTfiSnl ! prices of raw and manufactured goods w th the Bingle exception of 1893, during the years of hch prices raw commodities were relatively hteher than manufactured, and during the years of low prices, with the exception of 1898, raw were lover than manufactured. Curiously enough 7 lie 7l nficantly, too, in 1905 the price of eve?y one of the sixteen articles included in the farm &M9fl MoP SGr than, the arage p?ce lor iisju to 1899. When we take a look backward over sixteen years and find that food clothing and fuel have so materially advanced white Jh cost of production in everyhingTutside labo? has been enhanced by advances in both imnle- ments and important raw materials, the quesUon arises as to what is to become of the man witS income" the GState with the S HTHE NEW YORK SUN created something of a nn PvfrnL 2 EmPi ftate P0litics au editorial an extract from which follows: "The Sun craves permission to present its humble service to the S?irSLS)Trat 0yster Bay' t0 Messrs' platt and Depew, to the new and austere hierarchy of 2 Lnd assciates, to one Frank Wayland Hig gms, the putative governor of the state of New York and to all the sober-minded and self-respecting republicans to whose confidence it can SS?f? ' ' W H1 a11 deference and respect, sub vnrt Jit nex governor of the state of New York will be a democrat. The' next governor of A TwS t? Atlantic City w'rits the fnnn , 7 York Evenin& Post as follows: "As Pnf'uSMir' ne?WrB assert that the fit n "n.rest iB the work of 'anarchists, social JKf'tvSE? .tearerfown perhaps you w ill give Revili '11? ,acJn?om the London investor whli Z ? Vem??P' mi) : 'Grossing the Atlantic, Ty SonmS.niDnltl0n ?futhe United States? Pure finT ne ,mlsht almost say anti-moral-bS 1 ne7er in any country attempted such ISUSaf,eaf as in tue United States of North itae?f 1 5? eiered behind a customs tariff, in noli Li Lvf the. m?St flagrant embodiments of Sf ncfivil nnl0116? tllG W.rld n0W b6h0ldS, groups thPiI t ? S? haVe S.triven t0 monopolize for mln's S3uJ?rGSS T merely the Prodts of natmp tJ y' bUt the gifts and treasures of erations aT? in.crement of future gen 0S;tifnd 7 iave succeeded in doing this Amerinnn lWliCli ha reduced the mas of the aS?(i Pe t a-state of Itiful sl tf JSS ?ay' ll ?pite of tariffs, of legislatures, ZJ StlV? ffl?ials at their beck and call, the ? w? 0Lof,rfv,sher8 0f men's lives wh0 seem m,hZ7 I !f torests of the great American re wm fir, f8 w Sey Were thelr Private business, 1 t 1 S th?Mm?ral laws of the universe can not be defied with impunity.'" HT HERE DIED IN Baltimore recently a man t i,J llf.e' acording to a writer in the two y SZStl, was 8I)ent araonS flowers and n LCntTri?uti?ns t0 the floral varieties was said to include the introduction into America of the geranium and the production of the American Beauty rose. The name of this man was Anthony Cook. The Hartford Courant Bays that Mr. Cook came from Germany where his father was florist to a royal family. Anthony Cook was born ninety years ago and never knew other love than that for the flowers with which he surrounded him self. The Courant says: "While he loved all flowere, his favorite was the rose, and its culti vation was a specialty in which he accumulated a considerable fortune. He raised about 6,000 rose plants a year and sometimes grafted as many as 16,000 buds in a single season. , In good years, when, the ros.e plants flourished, he cut between 50,000 and 6D000 blossoms. m W 'I ') ,i 'it-'iilfrw iWlh, . ViLiA