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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1908)
JANUARY 31, 1008 The Commoner. 15 lars, net thirty-four million dollars. My friends, I challenge him who cares to differ, either those who pro moted this robbery, or the public ofllclals, who failed to turn on the light at the right time, to dispute my statement that this thirty-four mil lion dollars of net proceeds in a single year is more than 100 per cent on the investment of capital made in the company for stocks to which this thirty-four million dollars profit will accrue. Thirty-four million dollars is it? A sufficient sum to build ten com fortable homes between each and every mile post along the main line of this system from Omaha to San Francisco, and pay for them in a single year. This reckless manipulation and building up of inflated values on a sand foundation inevitably invites the results that followed. When the sand washes away, the structure falls. If such a stock exchange were not permitted to exist by the states, and not given the use of the United States mail by the United States, and true inventories of assets were re quired, these spurious goods would not be unloaded on the innocent in-, vestors of the world, and the credit and good faith of our glorious coun try brought into disrepute. Government by Injunction During the year that preceded the Oklahoma constitutional convention, we planted our flag on the breast works builded by our people to de fend individual liberty against cor porate oppression. Subscribed on our banner, we said: "In Oklahoma there shall bo meted out justice to whom justice is due," and one of our principles was that government by injunction, as that expression is un derstood throughout the union, shall never be permitted in Oklahoma where it is in the power of the state to prevent it. We declared that the irate judge, proud of his hastily issued order, and determined to wreak vengeance upon the real or imaginary offender, should have his hand stayed, and his wrath curbed until at the hands of his peers the accused should be found guilty of real disobedience to law. The people of Oklahoma by an overwhelming majority ratified the constitution, which contained this provision, and Oklahoma's law will be respected by all classes of citi zens, because respect for law and obedience to its mandates comes surest from the justice of such law rather than from its arbitrary char acter or severity. A distinguished fellow citizen of my native state felt aggrieved at the work of our conven tion, and when he came among us last August he declared that he would refuse to ratify the Oklahoma A Sign of poor blood circulation Is shortness of breath after walking-, groins up Btairs, sweeping-, singing, excitement, anger, fright, etc. Poor blood circula tion means a sick heart, and a sick heart is tho result of weak and impov erished nerves. Everyone knows the results of poor blood circulation, but everybody docs not know that tho quickest and safest treatment is Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure. If you find these symptoms present you should not neglect them, but at once procure a bottle of Dr. Miles New Heart Cure It will cure, and at a very little ex pense, "comoared with doctors' bills. We are so sure of it, that If the first bottle does not benefit, your druggist will re turn your money. It will do for you what it has done for thousands In like condition. "For two months I walked on the edge -of the tomb from weak heart, poor blood circulation and nervous prostration. Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure, and Nervine gave me back my health." REV. W. A. ROBINS. Port Elgin, Ont. constitution because it deprived the judge of the power to arbitrarily and hastily punish thoso who offended against his will, but I am pleased to notice that within the last few days, even my former neighbor has unani mously ratified tho constitution of Oklahoma by a speech at Cooper In stitute wherein ho said that ho was willing, first that the order of In junction should only be issued after notice to the opposite party, and sec ond, that all charges of contempt should be tried beforo some judge other than the one who issued the order, and who should hear and de termine the charge for contempt. Thus, my friends, tho world pro gresses, and I have every ground to believe that before next November my worthy fellow Buckeye may have had a little farther Insight into the sterner affairs of business and indi vidual rights, which is sure to lead him to a complete ratification of the Oklahoma constitution. Now, my friends, you will see we accept the plea of confession, which eliminates half the controversy, but we reject the plea of avoidance. The same hand that claims tho credit for having turned- on tho light, after nearly seven year of official idleness, has yet to explain why he left the country and his people so long In darkness. Democracy does not seek to array one class against another. Isn't the farmer, the laboring man, the mer chant, tho banker, the manufacturer, and the railroad man, and all the business interests which they repre sent and traffic in, and their invest ments, whether of labor or money to be served and to be amply reward ed; but we do not concede that jus tice should be blinded in tho admin istration of laws, while one class is oppressing another, nor do we be lieve that he whose duty it was to turn on the light the first day of his official term and keep it m turned on until he handed tho reins of govern ment to his successor, .can be ex cused, if after nearly seven years of indifference, he now says that what happened is not to be charged to his account, and I want to ask when the poor widow, and the one weak with age, who have invested their little estate in the stock of the United States Steel company, and a just congress has destroyed its value by repealing its tariff graft, who will say that the light should not have bebn turned on in 1901, the year of the birth of this inflated monstrosity, and who will there be to say that the light should not have been turned on before Harriman sold the inflated stocks of the Union Pacific system. My friends, I have already taken much of your time, but whenever I think of the difference of the price of beef in the hide as compared with the price of beef in the skillet, I am constrained to believe that Nebraska has suffered long enough, and I shall rejoice if any thought of mine pre sents a ray of hope for the future. When we speak with pride of the bountiful crops, and the vast vol ume of exports, let that pride be based upon a realization that those who produced this wealth have shared justly in its benefits. My friends, I am here in the home of him who is dear to the heart of every Oklahoman. Ho whose coun sel and wisdom has aided us in lay ing the .foundation for honest gov ernment, peace and plenty. Our motto in Oklahoma is derived from him and it reads: Let The People Rule, and upon this motto we have declared that Oklahoma shall for ever be blessed by him who is will ing to live on the fruits of his own honest industry, and cursed by him ambitious to prosper by graft, greed and monopoly. We know you must appreciate your distinguished fellow citizen within the borders of Nebras ka; if not, you would be unlike the balance of the civilized world. You know that whatever may bo said of good government honestly admin istered, finds no approval and In many instances origin in tho teach ings of William J. Bryan, and when we disregard politics, in order that wo may deal justly with hiutory, we recall with pride that tho eighteenth contury had its Jefferson, tho nine teenth century had its Lincoln, and tho twentieth century Its W. J. Bryan. 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Ohio Street, Chlcnrjo, IUInoIn IDAHO CAREY ACT LANDS 70,000 AcroH of choice fruit and farm land atlll opn for entry under THE TWIN FALLS NOItTII SIDE CANAL. TIIE TWIN FALLS CANAL SYSTEM Is tho largest Irrigation project in tho United StatCH, em bracing a total of 420,000 acres; 240,000 acron under cultivation; 110,000 acre filed on during 1007, and 70,000 acres under tho North SIdo Canal still open for entry. LAND INVESTMENTS A HE TIIE SAFEST HANK ON EAItTII. These lands are located In tho famed Snake River Valley In Southern Idaho, In the midst of Its noted FRUIT BELT. CLIMATE, pure, rarlfiod and dry; winters mild, short and little snow; abundant sunshlno the year around. SOIL Is a rich volcanic ash and sandy loam, with a warm south slope and tho most productive and fruitful upon which tho sunlight falls. TOWNS on the North Side are Milner, Jerome and Wendell, each of which offers Inducements for the homo-builder, investor and business man. ELECTRIC POWER A magnificent power plant costing over $100,000 Is now In operation at Shoshone Falls. More than 100,000 horse power is available In Snake river adjoining this tract. WATER RIGHT is from Snake River, the seventh largest river in t.io United States. FREE TEAMS are furnished by the company from either the Milner or Jerome office to show homeseekers the lands. Drivers who are fa miliar with the lands accompany every team. TERMS Perpetual water right, $35 per acre, and the land f0c per acre; first payment on water right and land at time of filing, $3.25 per acre; balance In ten annual payments. Short resi dence only required. 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