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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 20, 1902)
TH NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. 11 THEY ARE SATISFIED One of the eastern dallies says that the result of the elections proves that "the people are satisfied with the gov ernment as administered by the re publican party, and that satisfaction comes from the fact that all have work, while under the soup house refgn of the last democratic administration there were millions who could get no work at all." According to that, the highest privilege to which an Ameri can citizen can aspire is to be allowed to work. There are no heights be yond that to whica he can attain. The chattel slave had that privilege. It is true that the enormous increase in the currency has resulted in giving work to all, just as the populists said it would, but the enormous creation of wealth coming from the toil of these millions does not go to the workers, but to the trusts, the railroad mag nates, the coal barons and the tariff grafters. While during the hard times only one in a family could get work, now two or three find employment But the wages of workers have ad vanced very little, while the products that they create have advanced from 50 to 100 per cent. Capital gets the advance in prices, while labor gets lit tle or none. If American workers are satisfied with that, well and good. Nothing better should be offered them. A decision was recently rendered in the federal court in Michigan, which, if sustained by the supreme court, will knock certified checks clear out of the box. The judge in the case was so emphatic in his opinion that he took the case from the jury and or dered a verdict for the defendant. It appears that one Andrews presented and cashed a certified check when the facts were that he did not have a cent in the bank when the cashier made the certification. The judge de clared that as Andrews had no balance at the bank, the check was fraudulent and that the certification was of no eifect. If that is the law, then a certi fied check stands upon precisely the same gf-mnd as any other check and the bank making the certification is not liable. The bank cashing the check is the loser. More than a year ago when some of the banks went into thi? certified check business, The In dependent said its say on the subject and it is glad to see that the courts are sustaining the view then held by this long-haired, wild and wooly pop. The Fremont Tribune (republican) says: "The republican party admits God creates the fertile soil and causes the rain and the warmth of the sun. He has given us this year sixty bush ed of corn to the acre, but the repub lican party makes it 35 and 40 cents a . bushel." If the republican party makes corn 35 and 40 cents a bushel, how did it do it? By adopting the Bryan and populist financial policy and coining more silver than was ever coined in the same length of time be fore, and that, after denouncing that policy for years, bringing on the most disastrous panic that ever afflicted the country and denouncing the coinage of silver and more money as a crime in tended to be the means of repudiating just debts. Cheap corn and cheap ev erything else was to be the salvation of the country. It takes more than the cheek of a brass monkey for Ross nammond to now brag over the re-. suit of "cheap money" and dear corn. Father Hardy may be correct in be lieving that Mickey was elected by the Methodist church, but it is rather a bad precedent to establish this thing of electing a man because he belongs to this church or that or no church. Our federal constitution forbids any "law respecting an establishment of religion," that is to say, a union of church and state; and the constitu tion of Nebraska provides that "no religious test shall be required as a qualification for office." There cer tainly could be no objection to any Methodist voting for Mickey because he believed him to be a competent and honest man; but to solicit votes on the grounds of membership in the Metho dist church or any other is a politi cal move that will some time prove disastrous. Excellent as is the Metho dist organization ,it cannot avoid hav ing some arrant hypocrites as mem bersand there is no doubt that some of these have been elevated to office by the aid of Methodist votes. The republican who expects a car riage to be sent for him to be hauled to the polls on election day has some justification for his act He knows that his vote is wanted to add to the profits of the, trusts, railroad corpora tions and tariff grafters, and that they can well afford to pay the cost of car riages out of the profit they make from the adoption of the policies and spe cial privileges that will be conferred by his vote. But for a populist or a Bryan democrat to expect hard work ing men to contribute of their earn-, ings to pay for teams and carriages at the thousands of voting places in the state to send for him on election day is about as despicable a demand as was ever maue by any one. The souls of a thousand such men could all dance a cotillion in gnat's skull at once. The benefit of having able correspon dents in all parts of the United States is well illustrated in Mr. De Hart's article in this week's Independent. Mr. De Hart says that "the beef combine demonstrated o the people what a trust is;" but he really means that it ! demonstrated that fact to the people of the east. Out here in Nebraska there was a little grumbling in the larger cities about the high price of meats, but the high price of cattle blinded the eyes of most people, especially the farmers and stockmen who had cattle to sell. The people of Nebraska have had plenty of demonstration as to what a trust is in other ways which were more convincing than the high price of beef. About 20,000 democrats in Massa chusetts voted the socialist ticket, just to show their disgust at the nomina tion by their party of the plutocratic, corporation ghoul, Gaston. If the right kind of a candidate had been put up and the Williams platform adopted, Massachusetts would have done as Rhode Island did elected a democrat. Enough democrats voted the socialist ticket or stayed at home to have downed the republicans. No unpre judiced man who looks over the re turns can doubt it. The greatest recalcitrant against the new gospel of money is Bishop Spald ing whom Roosevelt appointed on the anthracite coal arbitration commit tee. Few men have made such persis tent and continued assaults upon it "Is not one true poet," he asks, "more precious than a whole generation of millionaires?" And he twits money with its futility when he says: "A rich man can buy a wife, but not a woman's love; books, but not an ap preciative mind; a pew, but not a pure conscience." Mr. De Hart is still earnest in his contention that an income tax must come before we can have free trade that or some other internal taxation; and that if the people must choose be tween the principles of tariff for pro tection and tariff for revenue only, they will more and more be found vot ing to support protection. In view of the results at the recent election, it would seem that he is correct. Wage-workers should all join the labor unions, including those who for the sake of euphony are said to work for salaries, and form a trust big enough to take charge of the govern ment and knock all the other trusts out. There seems to be a slight ten dency in that direction, for four thou sand Chicago school teachers have joined the federation of labor in a body. Thursday morning it is learned that the supreme court has granted the writ of mandamus against State Treasurer Stuefer requiring him to pay for $300, 000 of Massachusetts state bonds. He Paid Car Fare There has been an interesting fight on for some time between the Lin coln Daily Star and the State Journal over the pass forgery perpetrated against W. H. Thompson, the fusion candidate for governor. The Star stands for an honorable, stand-up and knock-down fight, and of course de precates the fact that Chairman Lind say should lend his aid to such dirty politics. The Journal, well, everybody knows what to expect from it; it can not be depended upon to give fair treatment even to its own party mem bers. Complying with the "corrupt prac tices" act, Mr. Thompson the other day filed with the secretary of state a statement of his election expenses. He went further than the law requires and showed how much he paid out for traveling expenses an item specifical ly excepted in the law, made especial ly for the benefit of republican poli ticians who always travel on passes. The State Journal has been careful to tfflfQ&LO: Thanksgiving Linen Sale Our stock of Table Linens this season is the largest and most complete we hav ever carried and we offer some rare bargains that will appeal to a!! economical housekeepers. Unbleached Table Linen, 58 inches wide, heavy quality, per yard only 33c Silver Bleach Damask, 62 inches wide, pure linen and good 50c value. Thn sale, at 39o 64-inch Silver Bleach Damask, superior quality, in this season's newest and best designs, a quality sold everywhere for 75c. This sale at 54o Bleached Satin Damask, 72 inches wide, fine quality, very handsome patterns, regular 85c grade. This sale at t '. 69o Bleached Satin Damask, 72 inches wide, extra heavy quality, in popular pat terns, $ 1.00 values. This sale at 820 Bleached Table Napkins, 17x18, pure linen. Special for this sale, per doz.g, 29 Silver Bleach Napkins, 17x18 pure linen, heavy quality, per dozen $1 29 Silver Bleach Napkins, 19x20, $1.95 quality, this sale, per dozen $1 55 Bleached Napkins, full 5-8, regular 12.50 grade. This sale, per dozen $2 15 Bleached Napkins, 3-4 size, extra quality, regular $4.00 goods. This sale, at per pair $2 9& IIUCK TOWELS We offer the best 25c Uuck Towel, all pure linen, size 20x40. This sale, each 21o Tray Cloths, 18x27, fine quality, each at -25o Tray Cloths, 18x37, hemstitched, each. . . , 35o Plain Lunch Cloths, 1 and 1 1-2 yards square, at 95c and 75o Plain Linen Dresser Scarfs, 1 and 1-2 yards long, each at 75c and 50o We offer a beautiful assortment of Hemstitched Lunch Cloths, our regular $1.25 and $1.35 qualities. At this sale at 95o mention the expense accounts filed by other candidates, but somehow over looked this one. But the Star did not; it said: "W. H. Thompson, fusion candidate for governor, spent $135.77 for rail road fare during the last campaign. This amount, he says, went to various agents. He paid $25 to the Hall coun ty central committee, $114.30 for cam paign buttons and $95 to the state cen tral committee. The remainder of his report is concerned with small items. He spent in all $463.75. "The expense account was dulv sworn to and filed with the secretary of state. It possesses unusual interest in the light of recent political events." The Private Secretary A marconigram from Osceola to the State Journal announces that Governor-elect Mickey has allowed it to leak out that he will appoint as his private secretary his son, Evan S. Mickey, of Springfield, Keya Paha county. That's right. Keep it all in the family. The 99,998 other republi cans in Nebraska have no rights that a protege of U. P. Baldwin is bound to respect Of course a private secre tary is a confidential adviser, and the governor should have one in whom he has confidence not drag along like Governor Savage did when he retained Harry Lindsar, well knowing that his secretary was dirking him at every opportunity. But it is laying it on a trifle thick to fill the governors office with Mickeys. "No, children, thar ain't none of us sheriff Yept me an' your pa," said the sheriff-elect's spouse to her quarreling offspring the day af ter election. "Thar aint no guv'nors but me an' pa," Son Evan can say. And They WW Ride The railroads will be in the saddle in Nebraska after January 1, though the people had an opportunity to de feat them. It seems that the only way to get the attention of a great many men on political issues is a tug at his purse strings at short range. A great many farmers when they raise a good crop' become intoxicated with the tem porary prosperity and let the politic ians look after political matters. C. Clinton Page, in Holdrege Progress. A. D. Hall, Benton Harbor, Mich., sends in educational subscriptions even if he does say, "I respect your efforts for reform, but have no faith there will ever be anything done in that direc tion." Plumbing and Heating Estimates Furnished J. c.cox 133a O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. Lincoln Hide Market The Lincoln Hide & Fur Company, 920 R street, Lincoln, Nebraska, suc cessors to S. J. Dobson & Co., quote the following prices, f. o. b. Lincoln, until further notice: No. 1 green salted hides, per lb., 7 3-4c; No. 2, 6 3-4c; bulls and side branded, 6 3-4c; horse and mule hides, large, each, $2.35; small, 75c-$1.50; green sheep pelts, each 40-75c; dry pelts. 5-8c per lb.; dry flint butchered hides, per lb., 12-13c; dry fallen, weather beaten and murrain hides ,per lb., 5-10c. Our clas sified fur list, together with little booklet telling how to trap, skin, stretch and handle furs and hides to obtain the best rrsults, will be mailed free to all upon request, also write for tags and general information any time. All correspondence promptly attend ed to.