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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT, YOU CAN MAKE PICTURES. IT'S EAST with one of our KODAKS OR CAMERAS. Complete Line of Thoto Supplies. Send for Our Catalogue. D. E. DePUT RON, n7 North ii St. Lincoln, Neb UNCLE RUSS SCARED Bid fare Comment on Unwell Sage's In terTiew Regarding the Danger la Trust Editor Independent: I saw In a late Issue of the Kansas City World a part of an Interview given out by Russell Sage, in which he said, "Combinations of-all great industries are a menace to the government, oppressors of the peo ple," etc. Now, "wouldn't that jar you?" What is the matter with Uncle Ituss? Since when did he begin to take an interest in the government or the people? Maybe he is in the same case with a certain class of bankers who lent all of their political strength to the destruction of the silver stand ard in '96 and 1900. They knew aa well as any one that it was the worse for the people, but didn't care so long as they thought it was to their in terest; but as soon as the power that they helped to establish begins to ex ert itself against them, proposes to cut them out of their share of business and profits then they raise a kick and houl. Something of the same sort is the matter with Uncle Russ. This is the same money-making mis erly old gent that held one of his em ployes between himself and a dyna mite bomb while it wont off and then lawed him through all the courts in the land rather than pay him for his injury. Much he cares for govern ment or people! The trouble with Uncle Russ Is, he Is scared, and there is a note of alarm in his music. While the millionaire was forming schemes and combinations to choke the thousandaire out of busi ness it was all right with Uncle Russ. Ha did not think it necessary to bor row extracts from democratic or pop ulistic speeches and go before the peo ple In an interview with them. But when these billionaires' combinations are forming for the purpose of choking the millionaire out of business, he can eee things differently. But then it's all right; we are glad he spoke, if he was a little late about it; and he has appealed to the right parties, the people. The people are long suffering and forgiving and will ing to help right things 'any time. It's a hopeful sign when the millionaire can crawl up and stick his head out of bis money-making rut, long enough to see the trend of things, to see the dan ger that is threatening him as well as other people. It would be a good thing if more of the millionaires could experience the same sort of a scare that is troubling Uncle Russ. Then in stead of employing cunning liars to deceive the people, they could form a combination with the people to the advantage of all concerned. SID FOREE. Plattsburg, Mo. Result In New York . The result of the election in this state has been, to democrats, a sur prise and a disappointment. The ma jority for Coler in New York city of nearly 120,000 surpassed all democratic predictions. That such a majority should have been overcome by repub lican majorities outside of Greater New York, showed a republican strength for Odell that surpassed all republican predictions. The large majority in New York city was due, no doubt, in a great degree, to the widespread dissat isfaction with Mayor Iwe's admin istration, together with the confidence felt in Mr. Coler, in his own city, where his character is best known, and where his record for faithful public service has been made. The "still hunt' tactics pursued by the democrats outside of New York city, have not been successful. Per haps a more audible campaign, with greater emphasis laid upon national Issues would have been. Our opinion is that republican national policies are much more vulnerable than re publican state policies, and as the flection of congressmen and a United States senator were pending, more at tention should have been given dur ing the campaign to the issues of trusts and imperialism. In the city of Ithaca the result of the election Is satisfactory, and proves that republican municipal candidates cannot always be "carried along with the rest of the ticket," even In guber natorial and presidential years, when republican majorities for state and national candidates are almost a cer tainty. Chester C. Piatt, in Ithaca (N. Y.) Democrat. Tom L. Johnson's Campaign Republican newspapers and politic ians of the plutocratic brand continue to rejoice over what they term the re tirement from political leadership of Tom L. Johnson last Tuesday. With out studying the returns they point to the republican majority of 90,000 in Ohio against the democratic candidates as conclusive proof that the voters are opposed to Johnson and all that he represents. But analysis of the returns tells a different story. In thirty-four coun ties the republicans gained on the ma jorities of 1901, whereas the democrats made gains In fifty-three counties. In more than two-thirds of the coun ties visited by Mayor Johnson and Rev. Herbert S. BIgelow, democratic candidate for secretary of state, the republicans lost heavily, their great gains having been made where little or no campaign was conducted by the Cleveland mayor. John It. McLean, the bitter enemy of Johnson, controlled the democratic or ganization in Hamilton county, the re sult of which was that a republican gain of 25,000 was made in that county alone. Lucas county, in which Toledo Is located, showed a democratic loss of about 4,500, thus aggregating a re publican gain of nearly 30,000 votes in two counties, where the ample corrup tion fund of the Hanna party was used easily and effectively. On the other hand, the democrats made substantial gains in fifty-three counties, especially among farmers in the districts visited by the Johnson tent. This effect of the democratic campaign has alarmed Ohio republi can leaders. They sec in it the. break ing up of the almost solid farmer vote that although they may corrupt enough voters in the towns and cities to sum up a big total in one election, and to discredit Tom L. Johnson in the minds of superficial people, they can never recover the farmer vote when once that class is convinced that It is being robbed throiigh unjust tax ation. Equal taxation and home rule were the paramount issues upon which the democrats appealed to the intelligence and conscience of the voters. The ap peal was effective in nearly every county in which it was made. This was especially true in Cleveland and Cuyahoga county, the home of both Johnson and Hanna, which was carried by the democrats by a major ity of 3.000 although three years ago the republican majority was nearly 14.000. Those republican newspapers, there fore, which profess to believe that Tom L. Johnson has met his political Wa terloo had better revise their opinion, for events within the next two years will prove that they are only deceiving themselves. Norman E. Mack, in Buf falo (N. Y.) Times. An officer who recently returned from Mindanao, the land of the Moros and slavery under the stars and stripes, says: "One officer, and appar ently only one, had attempted to up hold the constitution as regards slav ery. He had been bothered with dis putes, etc, about slaves and as a means of ending the trouble he an nounced to the natives that the con stitution of the United States forbade slavery and that the constitution waa going to be observed in the territory under his jurisdiction. His fellow ofiicers laughed at him. The Moros. however, took him at his word to the extent, at least, that he was not trou bled further." The Independent is glad to know that there is at least one army officer who believes that "the constitution follows the flag." The reorganizes succeeded by the plenteous use of money in capturing 15 democratic state conventions and In every one of those states they failed to cast anywhere near as many votes as Bryan received in either of his cam paigns for the presidency. HOME TREATMENT FOR CANCER. ur. Bye's Balmy Oils for cancer is a positive and painless cure. Most cases are treated at home without the ser vice of a physician. Send for book telling what wonderful things are be ing done by simply annointing with Oils. The combination is a secret; gives instant relief from pain, destroys the cancer microbes and restores the patient to health. Thousands of can cere, tumors, catarrh, ulcers, piles and malignant diseases cured in the last six years. If not afflicted cut this out and send it to some suffering one. Ad dress Dr. W. O. Bye, Drawer V Kan sas City, Mo. JOHNSON COUNTY A Bulletin 3Tot "Authorized by the Kail roads of Nebraska The communication below was re ceived some days before election, but was crowded out because one of the editors was out campaigning and the other had more than his hands full of work. The result in Johnson county would indicate that the people there rather like to pay their own taxes and part of what the railroads ought to pay themselves at any rate they gave .Mickey a bigger majority than they did Dietrich two yeai'8 ago: Editor Independent: The caption, "Not authorized by the railroads of Nebraska" except the "not" is go ing in all the weekly and daily papers in our state regarding the taxation of railroads. The inference, as I under stand it, is that they are taxed more than other property, which, if true, is a great wrong and ought to be righted. If they are taxed more than any oth er business interests in this state, I wish they would explain it. In the nrst place, every other business that I know of has losses in the shaoe of bad debts even those who pretend to do a cash business do not escape. But who ever got a ticket or a pound of freight without the cash? (A few thousand republican voters got tickets to go home to vote and thev didn't, nav cash. Ed. Ind.) Railroad losses do not compare with those of our other business interests. True, they have wrecks now end then, but the taxpay ers can't be held accountable for those, for that is their own blundering most of the time working their men overtime, not seeming to realize that the human machine must have a cer tain amount of rest to run safely. .But what I wanted to give your read ers is this: The Atchison & Nebraska railroad has 25.81 miles of line in Johnson county. Its taxes this year are $4,615.65. This may seem ex orbitant, but the bulletins fail to state that Johnson county gave this railroad company $102,000 in bonds, running twenty years at 10 per cent interest, and that $2G0,000 was expended in pay ing off the bonds and interest. It is reasonable to suppose that the road had some capital in addition to what the county gave it, and the $4,600 of tax even on the money our county gave is not so very onerous after all, even if the stocks were all wind or water. Tecumseh, Neb. W. G. S. According to the Omaha Bee's fig ures the A. & N. is worth $113,000 a mile at present. In other words, it is paying interest on its bonds and divi dends on its stocks to the extent that the total would be a fair return on $113,000 a mile. The mileage in John son county is worth $2,800,000, and if equalized at 1-7 of its value would be assessed at $400,000 or nearly four times as much as it is now assessed. If the A. & N. was paying $16,000 to $18,000 of taxes in Johnson county to day, instead of $4,600, it would not be paying too much as compared to other property owners. But love for the word "republican" is so strong down there that a majority of the voters will gladly pay out of their own pock ets ten to twelve thousand dollars a year that the A. & N. ought to pay, rather than vote any other ticket Mr. Morgan's Profits Up to date, during the year 1902, the promoting firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. has cleared $42,190,000 in profits from the various combines it has effected with the capital of its clients. Twenty million of this total was made out of the organization of the steel trust. The folowing are the large trust deals handled by Morgan & Co. during the year, the figures indicating the profits of his firm: U. S. steel corporation $20,340,000 Northern Securities Co 4.500,000 Steamship combination 2,500,000 Harvesters merger 5,500,000 Louisville & N. deal 6.000,000 United States Realty Co.... 3,000,000 Motion purchase 350,000 'Total $42,190,000 These deals represent a total capital ization of $2,052,568,000, of which a large proportion is water. Here is where the skill of Morgan comes in his ability to make something out of nothing and on the principle that the laborer is worthy of his hire, he has not been overpaid. 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