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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.
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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. But the power he
has created within himself is a men
ace to any government
The dishonesty of the republican
spell-binders was exhibited wherever
they appeared before the people. They
unblushingly declared that the Wilson
bill was "free trade" when it was so
highly protective that Cleveland, would
not sign it and thousands of repub
licans are now demanding that the na
tion shall go back to its prin iples so
as to shield the people from the ex
tortions of the trusts.
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