MARCH 12, 1S0X.
THE NEBRASKA'lNOtPENDENT
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DEBATES
The" Independent is pleased to note
the great interest manifested every
where over questions of public import
ance. During the past two months
the associate editor has been kept
busy in his spare moments and some
not so "spare" hunting up books,
pamphlets and papers' for the benefit
of persons who had agreed to enter
joint debates on public questions and
. who wished to study up and be ready.
These inquiries have come from all
parts of the United States.
Mr. a M. Clark of Lincoln has sug
gested that a number of Lincoln, peo
ple might profitably spend a few
nights discussing' the following:
'Organized Labor and Organized
Capital, with strikes and lockouts, vs.
An Organized People,- with conces
sion romnrornise and arbitration. An
attempt to draw a line between the
good and the evil of unions and trusts
in industrial and commercial affairs,
of parties and factions in politics or
public affairs, of sects and churches
in religion and morals."
Has any reader of The Independent
a suggestion to make along this line?
Admiral Crowninshield has proved
that the estimates placed upon his
character by the people generally and
always held by The Independent were
correct To the everlasting shame and
disgrace of. the United States navy he
organized clique among the officers
to disgrace one of the noblest and
bravest . men in the service and the
Sampson-Schley difficulty was the re
sult That Crowninshield was an up
start and a martinet every one knew
who ever had the misfortune to come
in contact with him. He has now
asked to be placed on the retired list
because Dewey-would not give him the
vessel that he wanted as a flagship to
parade about the - Mediterranean sea
in and show off his dignity , and im
portance. His request, was immediate
ly granted and the active force of the
navy is forever rid of one of the most
arrogant, inefficient, mischief-making
men 'Who ever held such rank. - His
salary on the retired list . will be.
- something over ' $5,000 a year. The
country can well afford to - pay that
much to get ridjofjiim
. It is impossible for The Independent
to look upon the act of Sears and the.
other republicans who voted with the
Jusionists to tax railroad property the
same as other property is taxed as an
honorable and meritorious act In do
ing -so they voted against the .wishes
of the men who, furnished thefunds
and secured their election.' ; Instead of
being honorable it was base ingrati
tude. If those gentlemen intended to
vote - for the equal taxation r of rail
road property, and that was the ques
tion before the people in the last elec
tion, they should not have connected
themselves with a party that was op
posed to it and accepted of the aid
that party gave them and then refused
to carry out the known will of those
who elected them. There is nothing
honorable in such a course of action,
but everything dishonorable.
The dailies have been amusing the
mullet heads with a great deal of talk
about an extra session of the United
States senate, as if that were a won
derful thing. Extra sessions of the
senate are very common, there is al
ways one the next year after a presi
dential election, principally for con
firming the new members of the cabi-
net The extra session called by the
president Is nothing extraordinary at
all.:,-,
The tricks that the republicans have
been trying are many and various.
Quay's trick to beat trust legislation
with the statehood bill, which The
Independent called attention to before
he had been playing it for a week,
was a sort of gold brick performance.
Another of the like was played by a
banker in the Chicago Record-Herald.
He came out as an opponent of the
Aldrich bill and said bankers would
have none of it. Then he gave a lot
of figures to show that there was
nothing in it for the banking frater
nity. He gave the rate of interest that
bankers would receive on deposits and
the reserves they would have to keep,
to show that they would be losers. In
his calculation he did hot figure the
interest on the bonds deposited at all.
The poor republican dupes who read
his effusion no , doubt came to the
conclusion that there was no special
privilege in that bill for bankers.
One thing is becoming very evident
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and that is that the republican leaders
are determined to have both candi
dates for the presidency of the pluto
cratic brand. Some of . the republican
dailies are devoting whole pages to
boosting Judge Parker of New York
as the democratic candidate. They give
pictures of him, of his mother, his
wife, his daughter, his grand chil
dren and his residence. They tell of
his farm, his polled red cattle and
the number of acres of land that he
cultivates. They give columns to a
history of his life, his wonderful learn
ing and his popularity as a judge.
According to these republican dailies,
Judge Parker is an ideal presidential
candidate from every point of view.
As Judge Parker has never in all his
life said a word against the trusts,
never talked about "shackling cun
ning," it may be that the republican
leaders have come to the conclusion
that they prefer him to the strenuous
Teddy.
The conviction of Mrs. Lillie of mur
der in the first degree at David City,
Neb., is an astonishment to the peo
ple of the state. There must have
been something in the evidence not re
ported in the papers or ho jury would
have found a verdict of guilty. That
she dealt in options on the board of
trade seems to be the main reason of
her sad plight ...
In abandoning the principles which
ere universally taught to the young
fifty years ago and instead of pre
senting them the highest ideals of
life, which is to live uprightly and
esteem that which is of good report,
we have taught them that the great
est thing in life is the possession of
money. The consequence is that tne
millions who can never hope to be
come millionaires by the ordinary
methods, have taken to gambling. Ev
ery city in the union is crowded with
pool rooms and policy shops and they
are scattered through all the country,
while "get-rich-quick" concerns have
hundreds of thousands of patrons, in
cluding, so the authorities say, many
ministers. Chicago and other cities
are so given over to gambling among
both the rich and the poor that the
crimes resulting from it are more
numerous than was ever known in all
the history of the world before.
Guarantee companies furnishing bonds
to young men in places of trust have
been heavy losers. Scores of trusted
employes who have served faithfully
for years have been demoralized and
taken money that did not belong to
them to gamble with. There is a
saturnalia of debauchery all over the
country consequent upon the en
thronement of Mammon. "Ye cannot
serve God and Mammon."
Rev. Alexander F. Irvine has been
dismissed from the pastorate of the
Plymouth Congregational church at
New Haven, Conn., because Bryan, on
one of his eastern visits in company
with a gentleman of that city called
upon him. The two gentlemen drove
to the residence of tha minister and
several members of Plymouth church
saw them. A leading member of the
church told Mr. Irvine the next day
that the church would not stand the
meeting with Bryan and so the pas
tor had to leave. It is said that Mr.
Irvine will establish a "People's
Church" and begin his administration
May 1. This is another evidence of
the degeneration caused by the de
thronement of the God our fathers
worshipped and the installment in his
stead of Mammon.
The' abolishment of passes because
of the Elkins bill has turned out just
as The Independent predicted. A man
prominent in the republican party and
a heavy stock shipper reports that
when he applied for the usual nasses
he was refused, but was referred to
the legal department, where he got a
pass not only for himself, but for two
friends. No passes will be given by
the transportation departments here
after. All that business will be turned
over to the legal departments of the
roads.
Ithaca, N. Y., the other day voted
almost unanimously for the municipal
ownership of water works, there be
ing only 30 votes in the negative in
the whole city. That city, which has
looked upon populism as being the
most dangerous thing that ever
threatened civilization, - has been
forced to adopt' that much of it. It
is only a beeinnlne. After a white
they will vote for the whole thing.
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State of Nebraska. '
Office of
Auditor of Public Account!
Lincoln, February 1st, 1903.
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Summary of report filed for the year ending
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All ether sources.: 386,431.76
Total $2,244,71124
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Xotal $1,677,238.40
$9,649,367.5(1
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Admitted assets
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Net reterTe... 8,841,919.00
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All other liabilities
Surplus beyond capital
line If Anther liah'l't'a
Total 1 9,m&i-60
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