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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
JANUARY 15, 1903.
WASHINGTON NOTES
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Meamrea
Washington, D. C., Jan. 12, 1903.
(Special Correspondence.) The tariff
question was this week brought prom
inently to the forefront of public dis
cussion by the introduction by Senator
Vest of a resolution to remove the
duty on anthracite coal. Speaking to
the question, the Missouri statesman
delivered a remarkable philippic
against the high tariff policy of the
republican party and was accorded
unusual attention by a large audience.
He recited the fact that the presi-
' dent, the secretary of var and other
high officials had recommended ths.
abolition of the coal duty in great
crises such as this one, but that while
great suffering was prevalent over the
country by reason of the fuel famine
and two children were frozen to death
during Christmas week within the
' shadow of the capitol building, nothing
had been done to ameliorate condi
tions. He said the leaders of the party
in-power were bound hand and foot
to great aggregations of wealth and
compelled to harbor the sacred whito
elephant of the Dingley law, behini
which "the wealthy criminal classes"
had intrenched themselves to prey
upon the necessities of the people. IL
charged that protection was the per
fection of piracy and the acme of leg
islative injustice to the masses of the
people, and that the ensuing elections
afforded the opportunity for the people
to say this thing should cease. He
deplored the fact that the voters had
continued in power a party whosr.'
policy is solely responsible , for wide
spread distress and which refused to
legislate to alleviate it.
For a year or more the large cattle
barons of the northwest have per
iodically sent delegations to this city
to petition the government for fav
ors in the way of leasing the public
domain. For years they have enjoyed
the use of this domain entirely free
and unmolested, but with the gradual
encroach of the settler they see this
bonanza slipping away from them and
now ask that the lands be leased to
them at a ridiculously low figure. Of
course the two republican senators and
two republican congressmen from Ne
braska have taken the side of these
foreign, non-resident cattle syndicates
as agains tthe prospective homestead
er and settler. Nothing else was to
be expected. By a judicious use of
flattery, etc., and an occasional din
ner at the New Willard it is not diffi
cult to convince a republican mem
ber of either house of congress that h
owes a duty to large corporate inter
ests. One of the fusion congressmen from
Nebraska has not been content wita
an inuifferent attitude, but proposes
to fight the biV. This congressman is
Mr. Shallenberger, and in an address
to the public lands committee of the
house he voiced his opposition. He
said he did not believe that a land
leasing bill such as is desired by cat
tle syndicates could be or ought to
be passed.
r In the first place, the time for legis
lation is very short and the bill would
not be able to get through in the gen
eral press of public business. Fur
thermore, he says that the general
feeling among western congressman
is not in favor of a land-leasing bill
at the present time.
He says that a conference with
members of other states has satisfied
him that they are in favor of waiting
until the irrigation bill has had a
chance to work out its needs, require
ments and possibilities before pro
ceeding along any lines of land-leasing
which might have a tendency to
conflict in any wav with the devirm-
.ment of the western country as a horn i
;and an asylum for the rapidly-congesting
population of the east He
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
1 County. ss.
; Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore
Said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE' HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of De
cember, A. D., 1886.
.(Seal) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
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and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
says, that inquiry at the general land
office shows that more land Is be
ing taken for homestead in the last
two years than at any time In a num
ber of years prior thereto.'
While some of these entries may
be fraudulent in intent and for tbe
purpose of acquiring a better hold no
on the cattle ranges still the possibil
ities of western development in the
way of new enterprises and-the dis
covery of new plants and grains
adapted to that country are so varieu
that no one can say that agricultural
hone-building has reached its limit
in Nebraska.
The growth of the dairy interests in
western Nebraska, Mr. Shallenberger
states, is so great as to surprise those
who are not informed upon the sub
ject This business does not require
a large herd of cattle, nor a large
range to support a man and his fam
ily, but on the contrary, its develop
ment means a system of land-leasing
such' as is contemplated in the so
called Nebraska measure one monopol
istic grower of beef cattle or a syndi
cate of non-resident lease-holders
would monopolize an entire township
A bill which would permit the leas
ing of sufficient government land or
the homesteading of the same in suf
ficient tracts to suitably maintain an
American farmer and his family which
should be the purpose and unquestion
ably is the desire of the great ma
jority of the American people, in the
disposition of our government lands,
will not satisfy the holders of large
herds who have grown rich by the free
use of the unoccupied government
lands, but who are now being pressed
for division of their free privileges by
the irresistible demand of citizens
seeking for homes. The large ranch
owners are able to take care of them
selves. They need no assistance or
favoritism from the government. As
an evidence of their ability to look af
ter their own interests and their in
fluence with the government, they
have seemingly been able to call off
the vigilant Colonel Mosby, to secure
the removal of a hostile commissione
of the land office, the favor of a here
tofore hostile secretary of the interior
and the inactivity of a strenuous pres
ident who has stated in his message to
congress that the laws against the il
legal use of the public domain were to
be rigidly enforced. 1 Mr. Shallenberger
thinks that if the people of Nebraska
are left alone in this matter that a
satisfactory solution to all these ques
tijns will be reached.
t
The latest news of-interest is that
Henry T. Oxnard and the balance of
the independent sugar factory men
have withdrawn their opposition to'
the Cuban reciprocity treaty, and as
this power alone stood in the way, i'
will likely be ratified by the senate.
This might have been done at the last
session, but Oxnard's contributions to
campaign funds are not to be dispised
by the administration.
The war department has made pub
lic the report of the uniform board,
headed by General Young, of which
Colonel Patten is the recorder, setting
out in detail the changes made in the
army uniform, some of which wero
seen for the first time at the Whi'e
hou" . ception on Thursday. The
firs: re i nmendation was that officers
on v. ' m Washington should be re
quired to wear, their uniforms during
office hours. Other recommendations,
all of which have been approved and
are consequently now army regula
tions, provide for the substitution of
bronze sleeve ornaments of embroi
dery for full dress. Chaplains are
to wear black overcoats. The em
broidered gold oak leaves on officers'
visors must come off, except in ranks
above that of major. The United
States coat of arms in gold is to b?
added to all shoulder knots of offi
cers above captains.
An important change in the aboli
tion of the chapeau, the service hel
met, and service cap for officers, and
the service trousers for enlisted men.
Provision is made for a. combination
sash and belt for brigadier generals.
A significant recommendation calls
for a more detailed description of tiie
shoes to be worn by officers, for it is
rumored that the board's labors were
begun as a result of the detection of
an officer, otherwise properly uni
formed in full dress, wearing a pair of
russet shoes. Hereafter chevrons are
to be worn midway on the sleeve be
tween the elbow and the shoulder.
Other recommendations are that belt?
and cartridge cases be worn outside
the overcoat; that a marching snoe
shall be provided for the men, and thnc
the bureau of insular affairs shall have
a device.
On Tuesday the house passed the
bill for the creation of a general staff
for the army, by a vote of about 3 to
1 after the bill had gone over one day
for lack of a quorum.
By the terms of the bill it becomes
the duty of the general staff to prepare
at point of contact with the hand or pocket.
A solid gold case wears thin and weak
and a cheap filled case wears shabby.
A Ja. Boss Stiffened Gold Case is
guaranteed to wear for 25 years. It is
made of two layers of solid gold with
alayerof stiffening metal between, all
welded together in one solid sheet.
The outside gold will last a quarter of
a centnry and the stiffening metal will
keep the case strong as long as yon wear
it. This is why thousands wear the
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on costly works in preference to a solid gold case. Ask your
Jeweler to show you a Jas. Boss Case and look for the
Keystone trade-mark stamped inside. Send for Booklet.
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irtiiTl in-
plans for the national defense and
for the mobilization of the army in
time of war, to investigate the report
on all questions affecting the effic
iency of the service and to render
professional aid to the secretary of war
and to general officers and other su
perior commanders. The general staff
corps is to consist of one chief of
staff and two general officers, all to
be detailed by the president from offi
cers of the army at large not below
the grade of brigadier general; four
colonels, six lieutenant colqnels, twelv.
majors and twenty captains, to be de
tailed from officers of the grade of.
captain or first lieutenant. All offi
cers in the general staff shall be de
tailed therein for periods of four years.
Upon being relieved officers shall
return to the branch of the army ia
which they hold permanent commis
sions, and no officer except a geenral
officer shall be eligible to a further
detail in the general staff corps unt .l
he shall have served two years with
the branch of the army in which com
missioned, except in case ' of emerg
ency In time of war.
The bill also provides that the chief
of staff, under the direction of the
president, shall have supervision of
all troops of the line and of the ad
jutant generals, inspector generals,
judge advocates, quartermaster, sub
sistence, medical, pay and ordnance
departments, the corps of engineers
and the signal corps, and shall perform
such other duties as may be assigned
to him by the president. Duties now
prescribed by statute for the com
manding general of the army as a
member of the board of ordnance and
fortification and of the board of com
missioners of the soldiers' home shall
be performed by the chief of staff or
other officer designated by the president.
The president this week sent to con
gress a special message embodying the
report of the secretary of war and rec
ommending an appropriation of $3,
000,000 to relieve the suffering of the
people of the Philippine islands. Thii
will appear passing strange to those
who have had it dinned into their
ears for five years that, since Ameri
can occupation, those islands made up
a land "flowing with milk and hon
ey." A little more than one year of
"benevolent assimilation" and "Chris
tian rule" and the people there arc all
subjects for the alms-house. No won
der our presence in the field of world
powers has prompted many nations to
long to come under our standard!
Senator Hoar delivered his long
heralded speech on the trust ques
tion Tuesday, in explanation of his
anti-trust bill introduced the day be
fore, the main features of which are
. Corporations must file sworn state
ments annually, beginning September
15, 1904, showing, among other things:
Amount of capital stock.
How much of same has been paid in
full.
Amount paid in dividends.
. Statement of all stock owned by it
of any other corporation, and amount
of its stock held by other companies.
Officers must pledge themselves to
obey laws.
Trusts must give to the attorney
general at any time any statement he
may think fit in regard to the conduct
of its business.
Penalties of $5,000 and imprison
ment of one year provided for per
sons guilty of conspiracy to drive com
petitors out of trade. This includes
selling product at less than fair
market value.
All books of record must be open
at all times to federal government.
For second violation of act corpor
ation shall forfeit right to engage in
commerce with foreign nations or
among states.
The trust agitation has reached an
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Attorney General Knox, surnamed the
'Do-Nothing, to prepare a special
bill that has been introduced in the
bouse by Mr. Littlefield. lis provi
sions are:
Injunction and mmishment fnr riia.
criminating practices affectinc intr.
state trade; directed alike against
tnose who gave and received advannoo
therefor; to recover discrimination in
prices as against competitors.
runishrnent tor transnortlnp- traf
fic at any rate less than that pub-
nsnea; to include all who participate
in violation of such law.
An additional provision to reach'
