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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
REPUBLICAN INCOMPETENTS
Mr. EI1U lUUtH a Few fuU A bant the
Iteatrtee restitution
In giving an account of their stew
ardship the populists have Invariably
followed the practice of telling the
truth, while the republicans have nev
er hesitated to tell a flat-footed lie If
they considered It would help them.
This was noticeable In the last cam
paign. The State Journal started out
with a scandalous article regarding the
home for the" friendless during the
Buperintendency of Mrs. C. S. Jones,
remarkably chiefly for Innuendo. One
statement, however, was a point
blank lie, and the Journal "corrected"
the "error" and "apologized" to Mr3.
Jones. This was concerning the alleged
purchase of a caddy of Battle Axe to
bacco. But although the Journal "cor
rected" this "error," the republican
fcUte committee did not, and the week
before election' the country papers
were filled with "boiler-plate" "matter
in which the same old lie was told
about t.;ie purchase of Battle Axe to
biveo by Mrs. Jones while superinten
dent at fie home for the friendless.
The facts wre that the tobacco had
been puw based for the institution for
feeMe-m:nd d v Beatrice when Dr.
Lan$ was hUi.erintendent, . and the
Journal in its "apology" could hardly
tak3 time to make it decently for won
dering "what they were doing with
Battle Axe tobacco" at the Beatrice
institution. Afterward the Journal's
attention was called to the fact that
during July asd August, 1902, the
rufsent rcpuHiian superintendent had
bought at one time 16 pounds of Star
tobacco and at another 12 pounds, bu
his- was glossed over by Raying that
"other superintendents besides Dr.
Lang had purchased tobacco for the
institution."
The following letter is from a gen
tleman who is thoroughly conversant
with the present administration of af
fairs at the Beatrice institution. It
ought t) open the eyes of some people
who are prone to believe whatever
Iney see in a republican paper no
matter how unreasonable, and disbe
lieve what a populist paper says
ro matter how well sustained by the
officin records. Dr. Johnson has an
appropriation $20,000 greater than Dr.
Lang had and he is spending it rleht
and left. Mr. Ellis' letter will give
some idea of his "efficiency."
Editor Independent: In one of the
stereotyped letters issued by the re
publican state central committee ap
pears the statement that when the fu
sionists managed our state institutions
"in utter disregard for the public good
they portioned positions to political
favorites and factions. Men were ap
pointed for what good they had done
the party, rather than for their fitness
resulting in filling the institutions
with incompetents and in many in
stances with public plunderers."
The writer knows a little about the
past and present history of one of our
state institutions the one at Beatrice,
and from what he knows about that,
is much surprised at the effrontery,
impudence and gall that is displayed in
the assertions above quoted.
When the present superintendent of
the Nebraska institution for fepble
minded youth was appointed by Gov
ernor Dietrich, will any one dare deny
that his appointment was brought
about by political considerations and
at the request of certain politicians of
Swedish nationality and not on account
of any particular fitness in the man
for that important position. The im
portant matter was the Swedish vote.
The gentleman appointed was never
heard of as having any superior quali
fication for the place then and his
management of the institution now
fails to show that two years of experi
ence has added much fitness to his
personality.
Reports have been given out quite
frequently that inmates of the insti
tution are running away from time to
time and that no effort has ever been
made by the officials to bring them
back.
Complaints have been made by many
of the farmers who live near the home
that the inmates are allowed to run at
large around the country and are a
cause of considerable trouble and an
noyance to the people they visit.
Another complaint that we have
heard quite often Is that the sexes are
not properly segregated at the institu
tionthat they are allowed to run to
gether too much. An official of the
place recently told the writer that "if
this state of affairs is allowed to go
on much longer the state will need an
other new cottage to take care of ba
bies." Reports of disharmony, wrangling
and confusion has been constantly
heard since the republicans took
charge. Wrangling at one time be-
mccu mo Dupcuuicuucui iiuu me ma
tron, and then came a period of trou
ble and disagreement between the doc
tor and the steward which culminated
in tie resignation of; the latter, who
evidently was not willing that the state
of Nebraska should food the bill for
repairing the phaeton of the former.
Talking about -filling the -state in
stitutions with Incompetents and por
tioning the positions to political favor
ites" we cannot heln thinking about
our last state fair. Doubtless many of
your readers who were there will re
member that a display was made there
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or uie nanaiwork of the inmates of the
Beatrice . institution. That display,
consisting of brushes, etc., was in
tended to create! the impression that
such Industry has been carried on dur
ing the incumbency . of Dr. Johnson.
The people were expected to believe
that all' the credit for the'profficiency
of those unfortunate children belongs
to the present republican administra
tion. But the truth about the matter
is that every brush that was on exhi
bition at the fair was made under the
fusion administration. Not a single
brush was made bv anv of the inmntea
since Dr. Johnson took charge.
the reason for this is found in the
fact that the man appointed as car
penter and sunervisnr of tha hmch
v .us vl UtJ 11
room at the institution does not know
now to make a brush and worse than
that he is not recognized as a innvn-
ter nor is he considered skilled-In
any other line of mechanism by hi?
acquaintances at Beatrice. So incom
petent is the man that if even a sum
mer house is needed at the nlaee n
carpenter to build it must be hired
from Beatrice.
Owinc to the imbecilitv rf the si insr.
intendent and the incompetency and
lack of skill of his annnintee tho hmv
industry at the institution was killed.
And those who are resrv-insiuia fv.-
employing such incom netents tf draw
salaries and wages from the state, t!'
giiDiy about filling the institutions
wun incompetents. E. E. ELLIS.
Beatrice, NeK '
Kansas vs. Colorado
No, it isn't a font hall
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Interstate debate between collegians
in claw-hammer coats and with hair
and name parted in the middle. It is
a debate, however, in court over one
of the most Important Questions in re
cent years: irrigation rights against
riparian rights. The San Francisco
Call tells the story so well wi ronm.
duce it:
An interestine contest is
on between the states of Kansas and
Colorado over water riehts in thA Ar
kansas river. The river flows through
Colorado into Kansas. Colorado as
serts her right to use the water for ir
rigation. Kansas asserts riparian
rights, and demands that Colorado per
mit the water to flow uninterrupted
and undiminished past her arid lands
to the lands of Kansas.
Kansas filed a complaint against
Colorado, and Colorado filed a de
murrer, which has recently been over
ruled, and now the case is to come up
on its merits. The Denver Republican
quotes the attorney general of Colo
rado as saying that his state would
assert a new principle of law and
seek to uphold it on the ground of pub
lic necessity. The Republican goes on
to say: "The answer follows the over
ruling of the demurrer filed by Colo
rado to the complaint filed by the
state of Kansas. The answer reviews
the whole history of irrigation, but
makes its chief point on the assertion
that the right to irrigate takes pre
cedence over the ancient riparian
right. It asserts that little of the wa
ter of the Arkansas naturally reaches
Kansas. On the contrary, it asserts,
irrigation is really a help to Colorado's
eastern neighbor, as the water taken
from the river by farmers seeps back
into the river again and carries fur
ther than it naturally would. The
desert land act and numerous other
acts of congress, including the irriga
tion act of the present year, are cited
in support of the state's contention."
The doctrine that water once used
for irrigation will seep back into its
original river bed with such force as
to carry further than it would have
done had it been left to flow natural
ly is one that Colorado will probably
have considerable difficulty in prov
ing. It is one of the statements that
are classed as "interesting if true."
That, however, is a minor point The
feature of interest and of importance
in the case is the contention of Colo
rado that irrigation rights are su
perior to riparian rights. That ques
tion affects the whole of the arid
west. Upon its rightful solution de
pends the welfare of thousands today
and many millions of that future day
when the practice of a comprehensive
system of irrigation shall have re
deemed from the desert the broad
acres that are now unfilled.
TALL
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IAM8 October, 19021 importation of black Pert herons, Beliana and Coachera was tha largest
ever made west of the Missouri Hirer. His stallions of big siza, quality, finish and extremal
low prices are proposiiUms that will make 70a his buyer. If roa can par cash or fire bankable
note, yon will snre bay stallions of lams. Only man in tha United 8tatas that imported only
black or bay stallions. Ue has just imported
63-STALUONS-63 ;
Shipped to New York by fast boat, then by Fargo Express, special train from New York to St
Paul, NebrnVa. lams' big barns are fnll of big, black, ton stallions. He is jnst finishing
nw barn i x ) feet. Una's horses are the senmlinn of the town. Visitors throng his barn and
f y: mNt saw so many big black stallions together:" "They are larger, bigger bona, mora
fiuih than erer before;" ''But lams is progressive "He boys tbem larger and better each
year;" "He makes prices that makes the people bny hia horses;" "Iamshssa horse show
every Hay, hotter than 8tate Fairs." He has on hand orer
, 100 BLA.K PERCH fcRONS, BELGIANS and COACHERS 100
2 to years e!4, weight 1.600 to 2,500 lbs. More black Pereherons. ton stallions, largest Pr nch
horse show winners, more government approved and stamped stallions of any one Importer in tba
west. lams speaks French and German; pay no interpreter, no buyer, no salesman; no two to
i m1f M Prtnr o share profits. His buyers get middlemen's profits and salaries. lama
buys direct from breeders. This with hts twenty years' experience secures the best. Ail the
bore facts gare his buyers $50,1 to I ,000 on a first-class stallin and yon get a flrst-elass horse, as
only seeond rate stallions are peddled by sleek salesmen to be sold, (rood ones sell themselves.
it costs $600 to XX) to bare a salesman form a company and sell a second rate stallion. Form
your own companies. Go direct to lams barns. He will sell yon a better stailion for $1,000 and
tUtX) than others are selliug at 2,000 and I4.0J0. lams pays horse's freight and hia buyer's fare.
Good guarantees. Darns in town. Don't be a clam. Write for an eye opener and finest horse
catalogne on earth. .-
FRANK
St. PauL, Howard Co., Neb. On U. P. and B. & M. Rys.
References: St. Paul State Eank, first State Bank, Citizens National Bank.
It is not to be expected the solution
will be easy. The case is one in which
the courts will have to choose between
contestants each of whom has some
thing of right and reason on his side.
The water rights of riparianowners
have long been solidly embedded in
our law. Now come the irrigation-
ists and in the rame of public welfare
declare the need of adopting a new
principle. It is another illustration
of the old truth that a law which may
be just and fair in one country would
work harm in another. It is to be
hoped the case as presented between
Kansas and Colorado will be suffic
iently broad to determine the whole
complex issue, so that there need be
no further litigation on the subject,
for the demand of irrigation is press
ing, and it is time that all law points
concerning it be definitely settled.
Mr. De Hart says in his article this
week: "There is not much disnosi-
tion here (in the east) to interfere witi
the great aggregations of capital mere
ly because they are great aggrega
tions." That should be true in everv
portion of the union. It is true as to
people generally who have studied the
question. Here in the west the exac
tions of trusts have been felt more
keenly and for a longer time than in
the east, and it is doubtless true that
there is more or less of an unreasoning
hatred against great corporations, as
such, because most of the evils have
come through them. But most of the
men who hate any aggregation of cap
ital simply because it is big are cur
iously enough votins: the rem i hi i pan
ticket here in Nebraska. Populists
as a ruie Know where the sting comes
and they are opposed to the system
which makes the evil possible.
Since the election in this state tho
railroads have changed time tables,
iaKen off trains and in other wavs nm.
ceeded to economize in such a way
that they will soon have hark nil the
money they expended to buy a gov
ernor and legislature. Who- can
blame them? If thev should
order that the depots should not be
upenea until live minutes before
trains, that the buildings should not.
De neated so as to economize on coal,
that extra charges shall be made on
baggage and no bundles or satchels to
be carried in the hand it wnuirf ua
t "wuiu
only fair and reasonable after the
great expense that they have been to
They can do it. The legislature tha'
they have elected would not say a
word. Why should they not do all
these things? There is nothing to
hinder them. As for paying taxes the
iuyi ueciuea that they were paying
enough already.
Anidrosis, Skowegan, Me,
As now perfected nffero D
- uu aim
women the most nerfent cr;
health and wealth ever provided on a
hundred times the amount invested
This fuming and hathincr i
" ""'-"'"o aiuue
promptly dissolves and disinfects for
iuiucu excreuon an coagulate, corrupt
matter which clog, poison and disease
the blood, but to expedite the work
in constipated dvsnentia flncwn
stomach and colon with antiseptics,
makes this the most perfect method
ever invented for human renovation
even in the hands of any Inexperi
enced member of a family. Every
community should be provided with
agents In practice and outfit sales.
Book, ten cents postage.
Names of Farmers Wanted.
The Missoxri Valley Farmer wants name ;nd
addresses of farmers anywhere in the West They
want to get them interested in their big farm
magaz ne which now has a circulation of over
ioo.ooo copes and is ark now edged to be the best
arm pa er in the West. The subscription price
is 50c per year, but if you will send them five
fa mers' nsm-s and addi esses and ten cent" in
stamps o- silver thev will enter you as a sub
scriber fully paid for a whole year. Address
Missouri Valley Farmer, Toprka, Knt
Small Ranch
I have for sale 640 acres of land
nearly all the very finest hay land to
be found anywhere, and the balance
pasture. Part can be farmed if de
sired. Hay of excellent quality. No
better chance anywhere for a man
wanting a small ranch.
J. A. DONOHOE,
O'Neill, Neb.
Inalienable
Editor Independent: Everv honest
lawyer in the land will heartilv in
dorse your very able article, "Abso
lute Ownership," m the issue of Octo-
Der ju, The right of eminent
domain is inalienable. Yours for truth
and right,
FRANCIS LEANDER KING.
Worcester, Mass.
ROY'S DRUG
STORE
104 Mil Mil St
We say "Roy's" drug st -as a
matter of fact it is EVERYBODY'S
drug store almost. Roy only con
ducts it, buys and keeps to sell .he
goods, and meet and f- w competition.
Our patrons do the rest We want to
rerci i you of seasonable goods, viz:
Garden Seeds, Condit" Powders, Lice
Killers, B. B. Poison, Kalsomine,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes, etc.
We make a specialty of all kinds of
Stock and Poultry Foods, etc. Don't
miss us.
Rovs' 1 04 No i Oth
LINCOLN, NEB.
Educated and fastidious
drinkers al-.rays demand a
malt whiskey and only the
best is good enough.
ILER'S PURE HALT
is sold by leading dealers
and prescribed by physicians
as being the finest, purest
find mns.- hnltViful oil Hi.u
whiskie9. If you try it ouce
trnil Urill 11Crt .
Willow Springs.
Distillery,
Omaha.
