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THOSE VNSrSAKABIJB JUDGES
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
FEBRUARY 26, 1903.
In capturing most of the press of
the United States, plutocracy gained
a vast amount of power, and in cap
turing the courts it gained the ability
to use that power in the most heart
less manner for oppressing the com
mon people. There is a line of deci
sions which have been obtained ra the
last few years that are as disgraceful
and tyrannical as the edicts of any of
the kings who claimed to rule by di
rine right and that they could do no
wrong. Every one of these decisions
Has been iu favor of plutocracy. The
judges have used the broad state
ments of universal liberty, the right
to hold property, the prohibition of
the confiscation of private property
and in general all the broad prin
ciples of human justice and equal
rights placed in the Declaration of In
dependence and constitution of the
United States by the founders of thj3
government for the protection of the
people, as an excuse for decisions that
restricted liberty and piled up un
earned millions in the hands of the
fewl The logical and sophistical
trickery the judges have employed in
using the principles of equality to jus
tify; opinions that destroyed all equal
ity I before the law between the rich
and poor, must always excite the con
tempt of honest men as long as the
world endures. A few examples of this
sor? of judicial quackery will suffice
to establish the cnarges inai-iue
Independent , has ever made against
the t judges.
A; few years ago the supreme court
Of (Illinois decided that the constitu
tional guarantees of life, liberty and
property, rendered the laws regulat
ing the hours of labor .in factories un
constitutional. A law making eight
hours a day's work on all public
works was , unconstitutional because
"it-amounts to a discrimination be
'tween different classes of citizens."
A law preventing discrimination
against union men, was, according to
the sophistries of these judges, uncon
stitutional because of the guarantee
that "no person shall be deprived of
life liberty or property without due
process of law."
The right of a corporation to pay its
employes in brass checks which were
redeemable only in goods at a "pluck
me store," instead of lawful money,
was upheld by the following argu
ment: '
"To say that a free citizen can con
tract for or agree t6 receive in return
for his labor one kind of property
onlv. and that which represents the
smallest part of the aggregate wealth
of the country, is a clear restriction
of the right to bargain and trade, a
" suppression of individual effort, a de
Dial of inalienable rights."
The inference is that when Jeffer
son placed the list of inalienable
rights in the Declaration, he included
the right of a corporation to pay its
employes in brass checks instead of
money.
Weekly payment laws, the judges
also found conflicted with "inalien
able rights."
When it comes to trusts, an entirely
different conception takes possession
of the judicial mind. The federal
viudee. Swayne. in the Texas case, de
clared: "It is not every restriction
of competition or trade that is illegal
, or . against public policy, or that will
justify police regulation, but only such
as, are unwarrantable or oppressive;
and a state statute which prohibits
combinations formed for. the purpose
of reasonably restricting competition
violates the right of contract guaran
teed by the federal constitution."
Relying upon this decision, all the
trusts take care to announce that
while they are formed for the purpose
of restricting competition, that they
are benevolent in their purposes and
will only "reasonably" restrict it The
"right of contract" , prohibits eight
hour laws, but gives the trusts the
right to reasonably restrict competi
N tion.
A West Virginia federal judge sent
two men to jail for contempt of a rail
road company; The charge was that
they "reviled the employes or a rail
road company." The men were poor
and could not appeal, so they had to
serve out their time in jail. The in
famy of some of the injunctions which
have been issued are beyond the pow
er of words to describe. They are all
defended by quoting the broad guar
antees of equality and freedom con
tained in the constitution and Dec
laration of Independence.
erty was comparatively valueless. Ev
ery effort to get the courts to oust
them has been a failure. Numerous
cases have been pending in the courts
from fifteen to twentj- years without
results. President Roosevelt has large
property interests on Chambers street
in that city and the Pennsylvania road
has confiscated it. A case was brought
to oust the road and it was ordered out
of there in short order. The court
said:
"It is decreed that the defendant,
its agents, etc., be perpetually en
joined from. further maintaining,
etc., such additional track or
fence, and shall within thirty days
after the entry of the decree re
move such additional track and
fence." '
That decree is a demonstration of
the truth of the statements made by
The Independent concerning the
courts. The cases of the poor and un
influential lot owners are still hang
ing fire.
POOR TEDDY
The trusts are just as happy
As ever trusts can get,
For while they've pased the trust bills,
No trusts are busted yet
No trouble with the railroads,
The rebate men feel well,
They say, whatever happens, ?
Neither one will tell.
The trusts will have a round-up,
A suoner and a dance,
For Knox is very friendly
And Teddy's in a trance. j
He thinks he's roped in Morgan
And carried off his crown, -
But all the trusts are jolly,
They've got poor Teddy down.
'Twas Nelson and Steve Elkins,
The other man was Knox,
That hypnotized poor Teddy
And cast him on the rocks.
IAMB HORSES
At. .....lion, to hi. JbB,.,., hi. low pri; "warm proItion." SJSmm
will .now jrou un .union. 01 ait air, rr - rci ia
IN NI BBA8RA. and norm, yon will wish to bur or pay jrour far to . fc-you tho jxide. w
rm win pay ca.h or gij btntibu now, yon win .or vuj n 7 ;: " , ; " k . . i n t h
U imported 63 black ad bay .t.Uioa., they eannot t dnheaUd la any importing barn.j m. uw
United Stat., far tha number, for bi aiw, quality, finl.b, royal Dittoing ku uar. .
They art all .
TOP NOTCHtnb.
Vuitor. and bnyer. tbron hU barns and .ay: Hallo, Bill! I'm from Dlinois, ralkjr
from Ml..oori; lam. has the rood one.; he .how. "horse, better than he aTe- jn"
, viik o Lia . i ... t kim t ti 9m CnnMn'i dnnheata him in Illinois, Utu.
or Iowa at K.OOO. See that 2,150-lb 3-y.ar-old, a "ripper". Say, , Ikey T we tho.e " black 2,3004b
4-year-old. he is .howin to thoae Ohio men. Th.y are the BKST I EVER HAW. Bar, boys lloofc
. ki. k rniLik t k.inti Umi warth trains- from Maine to California to see (M.
tb.a the picture!. Say, Ik.y, too couldn't o www here. They are all "crackeriaek. . "
open your month and your pocketbook., you will do buiin.... Iam. .ell. them. He ha. on nana
Imported and horns bred, i
117-DLACK PERCHERONS, BELGIANS 4, COACHERS-117
2oyearaold,weicfcU. to 2,500 lba., all approved and .tamped by the European ffOTern
mem. V9 per cent sw per ccu xn uvujikj. k " - --7 - a uvu -a ia.
direct from the breeders. PAYS NO ITEHP8ETIRS. NO KUYJCRS. NO SALESMEN. HA
NO TWO TO TEN MEN AS PARTNERS TO SHARE PROFITS WITH: hia buyer, getmiddie-
. Tk... r.... him i - rt nf nu.acfnl hnamau at St. Paul make, aim sen
first class stalliona at fifty cents on the dollar, and sates his bnyers $500 to SUM) on each Ltlliom.
PARUKR8: Form ronr own stock comoanr. why oar slick salesmen $2,500 to $3,000 for tnira
rate sUllion wfcn you earn buy a Utter one of lam. at $l,r $1,200. First class rtaiuonjaraj
NEVER PEDDLED to be aold. IT TOSTS $800 TU n,ow xu nA t js a wVi 7
BY SALESMAN; IAMS pays horses freight and his buyers' fare. Write for finest horse cata,
loeue in United States, showtng 40 illustrations of his horses. It is an "ayeopener. References,
St. Paul State bank, First State bank and Citiaens' National bank. Barns m town.
FRANK IAMS,'.
ST. PAUL, Howard Co.', Nob. On U. P. ond B. 4. M. Rys.
SHIRES, PERCHERONS,
BELGIANS.
DRAFT STALLIONS,
QA Head to select from all im- OA
UU ported by us and guaranteed. QU
$1,000 buys a good one from us this fall.
competition byBelling more quality for less money than the small importers can
possibly do. We do not adyertise 100 and only hare 20, but hare just what we
claim. 60 good ones now on hand. Barns just across from B. & M. depot On
September 9 we landed 40 head, which i our 34th import.
Watson, Woods Bros. & Kellej Co., - - - - Lincoln, Neb.
We down all
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RICH AND POOR
For years and years the railroads
have taken the streets of Chicago and
occupied them with their, tracks with
out compensation. ' This was not tfnly
the confiscation of the streets which
belonged to the whole city, but also a
main part)f the" values of the houses
and lots on each side which belonged
to private parties, for with a railroad
occupying the whole street, such prop-
Their fairy, tales believing,
He had a pleasant dream.
Some day when he's awakened
He'll find things not what they
seem.
Steve Elkins, Knox and Nelson
In many tricks were schooled,
And Teddy, the confiding.
Was most completely fooled.
PoorTejhjy .
TARIFF AND RAILROADS -
The importation of coal has for the
last three years averaged just about
mo ooo tons a vear. The first month
after free trade in coal was instituted,
the importation was 308,988 tons, be
ing more than three times as much
in one month as in a whole year be
fnrp thp tariff was removed. A good
deal of this coal was anthracite. No
doubt it had an effect on the price. At
any rate the price began to recede as
soon as the foreign coal began to land.
But this was only swapping one pi
rate for another. The railroad man
agers got together and concluded that
they would have all the reduction in
price caused by free trade in coal, at
least, as far as the interior was con
cerned. The roads raised the rate on
coal as follows:
Pittsburg to Chicago (all rail) Old
rate, $1.75; new rate, $1.90.
Ohio to Chicago Old rate, $1.50;
new rate, $1.65.
West Virginia to Chicago Old rate,
$1.90; new rate, ?2.05.
Pit.tsbure to Lake (rail and lake)
Old rate, 73 cents; new rate, 83 cents.
Ohio to Lake Old rate, 75 cents;
new rate. 85 cenls.
West Virginia to Lake Old rate
813-4 cents; new rate, yi a-4 cents.
The commercial rates from mines
in all districts to lake cities was in
creased from 90 cents to $1.
As far as the people are concerned
it makes little difference -to them
whether they pay their tribute to the
tariff pirates or rai'.nrd pirates. Un
der republican r.ile, the pirates are
going to take "all the tratnc win Dear"
anyhow.
BIMETALLISM
The gold standard advocates in the
United States senate have at last giv
en un their foolish idea and are will
ing to take measures to establish a
world-wide bimetallism. President
Roosevelt started the movement by a
special message to congress. I he gold
standard leaders in the senate, while
they knew that such a measure was
a necessity that could not long be
avoided, of course felt a little hesi
tancy, after the years they had spent
in denouncing in the most bitter terms
every man who had advocated bimetal
lism in hrineintr forward such a meas
ure, so they allowed Senator Patter
son to do it. He proposed it in the
form of an amendment to one of the
PhlHnnine bills. When that bill was
called up by Senator Lodge, Senator
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Patterson offered his amendment pro
viding for an international conference
to devise some plan by which the gold
and silver coinage of gold and silver
using countries would be maintained
at a stable exchangeable ratio. Sena
tors Lodge, Aldrich, and Allison ex
rressed their assent to the principle in
volved in the amendment ana it
adopted without a . dissenting vote.
When we look back at tne six years,
of destitution and suffering caused by
the attemDt to establish a gold stand
ard, think of the bankruptcies, the
wrecked homes, the lost lortunes, tnat
that effort hrousrht about, and the
complete backdown of-the republican
leaders in the United states senate,
words fail to express the infamy of it.
It was impossible for those leaders to
have believed in the sophistries and
fallacies which were the burden of
their speeches and of the spell-binders
who were sent out by tne am oi cor
poration contributions to deceive the
people.
The Independent has been warnec
not to make such remarks as. these
for fear that it would provoke resist
ance from influential quarters. It has
no fears on that score. The estab
lishment of a ratio, fixed by law, be
tween the two metals is an absolute
necessity. It is either that or a per
manent curtailment of trade with the
silver-using countries. The losses
from such curtailment would be so
nersi stent, and permanent that the fix
ing of a ratio will be forced by those
engaged in commerce. The ratio will
probably be 32 to l, instead or the oia
ratio of 1G to 1. Nevertheless it is bi
metallism all the same.
The little joker in the Fowler bill
is the recmirement that the asset notes
shall be redeemed in gold and then in
connection with the Aldrich bill di
viding: the country un so that New
York can always force the western
hanks to furnish the gold. We al
ready have nine kinds of money and
these currency tinkers propose to add
two kinds more, uemember. always
that the national bank notes are re
deemable in "lawful money" and this
new kind of money is to be redeem
able in gold.
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