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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1902)
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. It ' ' i'i m'i liAiiiT'i'Mi'iiii''i'r't i'Ui II JHI! 1,1 Ijimunii M uliMLi,gPfii!'llMltt I ''WiM m.,nmw invi'M". tea MOST POPULAR GOODS- SPECIAL LOW PRICES. It Black Silks. BLACK SILKS Black Peau de Soie and Satin Duchesse, are in great favor now for skirts and waists, especially in the soft finished qualities. We have the pure silk and purs dye grades in soft finish and medium weights, the wearing qualities are unequalled from actual experience. Black Peau de Soie, 20 inches wide, beautiful finish, our well known Yunca brand, at 95c Black Peau de Soie, heavy quality, 21 inches wide, at $1 10 Black Peau de Soie, 23 inches wide, very soft and lustrous at $1 35 Black Peau de Soie, extra fine quality, 22 inches wide, absolutely the best value ever offered at $1 50 Black Satin Duchesse, rich finish, 20 inches wide at. . . $1 00 Black Satin Duchesse, rich finish, 22 inches wide, at $1.50 and $J 25 Wool Dress Fabrics. 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In these books every author has something to say which will be conducive to the child's wisdom, delight or use. Beautifully il lustrated 25c "David Bushnell and His American Turtle," the first submarine boat experiment during the Revolutionary War, Dr. Franklin in one of the characters -25o "A Child in Florence," Glowing descriptions of the beautiful paint ings and sculpture to be seen in Florence 25c 'Aunt Polly Shedd's Brigade," A story of Colonial Times during the Battle of Ilamden 25c "Indian Children and Their Pets," 25c "Choosing Abe Lincoln Captain" 25o "Children of the Koppenberg," A new version of Pied Piper of Hamelin 25o "Babouscka," a Russian Christmas story 25o 'Secrets of Success," by Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D 25o "The Mother Goose Paint Book," unique, entertaining and instruct ive, complete with paints and brush .... -97o "Animal Life in Rhymes and Jingles," A book which parents will be glad to place in the hands of their children 97c "Billy Whiskers," a book of pure innocent fun for little ones, will amuse the children by the hour....'. 97c "Historyin Rhymes and Jingles," It covers the time of Croesus to the day "When Dewey Came Sailing Home," 97c "Mr. Bunny, His Book," full of stories told in rhymes, illustrations on every page 97c "Jingleman Jack," the brightest, the gayest and merryest juvenile book of the season. 1 MENTION THIS PAPER. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. SEND FOR SAMPLES. did all that he could to defeat Bryan. Many of the editors of those papers know the truth, but for the most part they are hirelings, editing their paper on a salary for a corporation. One article of good sound economics would end their careers and they know it. That the leaders of the republican par ty know the truth cannot be doubted. Take, for instance, the Wellman inter view with Secretary Shaw. Every sentence of what Secretary Shaw said could have been duplicated word for word from The Independent. But one paper in the whole United States printed that interview and it did not give the secretary's name. The peo ple in the eastern and other states are very much interested in facts like those contained in that interview, and when they constantly find such facts in The Independent they are impressed with them and talk to their neighbors about them. The statistics published in The In dependent are always accurate. Men feel confident when they quote them. They can file them away and appeal to them with the assurance that they will not be caught in any fallacy in basing an argument upon them. The Independent differs from pluto cratic papers in another way. It of ten prints articles directly oposed to its theories, when offered in good faith by men who honestly believe in them. Every man is allowed to have his say as far as it is possible. The editor would like to hear from the readers of the paper their opinion concerning the change in form from eight to sixteen pages. POLITICS AMONG INDIANS The departments at Washington are all handled in the interests of the re publican party, the interior depart ment and bureau of Indian affairs as much so as the treasury department. There are in Nebraska about four thou sand Indians, all citizens and as de clared in the severalty act with "all the rights, privileges and immunities of any other citizens." Consequently they have votes. All the year around these Indians are worked by the agents, traders and other republican officials for all that there is to be got out of them. Legally the departments at Washington have no more author ity over these Indians than they have over any other citizens of Nebraska, but having indulged in a semi-imperialism under the old system, it proves to be almost possible to pry them loose, now that congress has made these Indians citizens. Every year just before election the department at Washington and the republican politicians in the northern part of the state get to loving these Indians with a love that is indescrib able. This year it was a little more so than usual. Some twenty years ago the Omahas sold some land to the government. The government resold it to settlers, got the money and has kept it, although the Indians have of ten made demands that it should be paid over. The department at Wash ington kept delaying the payment al though $100,000 of it had been ordered paid nearly a year ago. At last it was concluded that it would be a good stroke of republican politics to pay it the week before the election and that the Indians would be so rejoiced at getting any of the money out of the grip of the republican office-holders who had held it for years, that they would all straightway go and vote the republican ticket. But these republi can office-holders had no idea of hand ing over all that $100,000, although there was still $300,000 more long since due. Payments to the Indians are al ways made so much per capita, the heads of families receiving the money for minor children. These scoundrels proceeded to get up a new set of rules so they could retain indefinitely more than half of that money. They said no money should be paid on account of any minor child until a guardian had been appointed by the probate court. When that ruling was announced there was a high old time at the agency. The Indians withdrew from the pay ing stand in a body and declared they would not receive a cent of the money under such conditions as half of the money would have to be paid to shys ter lawyers and the courts to get guar dians appointed. Old White Horse, one of the leading men of the tride and who has always worked with the republicans, walked up to the agent, shook his fist under that official's nose and said that the whole tribe would vote the democratic ticket solid if that order was not recinded. Then there was a running to and fro among the republican politicians. The wires to Washington were kept hot telling how the republicans would lose one member of congress and perhaps the state ticket An ex-assistant sec retary of war was hurried to the reser vation with a score or more of repub lican workers. Finally word was re ceived from Washington that the rul ing would be withdrawn and the mon ey would be paid to the minors the next day after the election without the appointment of guardians. More than a week has passed since the election and no money has been paid yet. The new rules when they came exempted a large part of the minors. While the Indians believed that they would not get this money unless they voted the republican ticket, yet there were small fusion gains in all the Indian pre cincts except one. Now suppose these Indians had been in the condition of the Porto Ricans and Filipinos, without votes for con gressmen or other officials at Wash ington, would there have been any change in that ruling? Well, hardly. A regiment or two of troops would have been sent to quell the disturb ance. Tnis semi-imperialism in oper ation here at home is bad enough, but what must the genuine kind be 10,000 miles away from home where the in habitants are only "appurtenances," as Justice Brown says, and not citizens at all.