THE. NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
APRIL 16, 1903.
' TIIK LJCOItLAlXRB
The 28th session, closed last week,
"Wiii go down in history as famous for
Just three things: (a) An overwhelm
Ins republican majority most of whom
patiently, and often proudly, wore the
corporation yoke; (b) the heaviest ap
propriations ever made in the history
of the state $775,000 greater than two
years ago; $1,058,000 greater than four
years ago, and $1,315,000 greater than
six years ago; atfd (c) for the enact
" ment of practically an entire new rev
enue law, drawn up under the corpor
ation eye in double-quick time and
passed under the party lash at the
ranroaas oehest. . ..
In a measure the republican major
ity Is to be complimented for substan
tially carrying out the party plat
form of last year it meant heavier
taxation for the farmer and business
man, and relatively if not absolutely
lighter taxation for the railroads. But
being artfully drawn, It is doubtful If
the enthusiastic farmers and business
men who supported , the alliance of
church and breweries ticket, really un
derstood the beautifully, worded sen
tences which promised such strict en
forcement of the revenue law. The
only objection one can rightfully make
is that support for the republican tick
et was'secured under the talse pretence
that the platform meant equitable
taxation.
False pretences, however, are sel
dom lacking in a republican campaign.
The church-brewery ' combination
worked so well last fall that the sa
loon men of Lincoln copied it In the
city" campaign just closed. A Metho
dist was selected by them for mayor,
with the understanding that he should
be "protected" by .having two $1,000.
excisemen, run with him; , . This en
countered some opposition from a few
republicans, but with a ,' $2,000 cor
ruption fund raised by assessing the
saloonkeepers, the combination com
binedand won. The democrats,
adopting opportunist tactics, sought
to Win by making a flat-footed plat
form declaration pledging. $1,500 li
cense fee and strict enforcement. They
got a few, very few republican votes,
but-lost scandalously In democratic
wards.. ... The republican .excisemen
played a double game and were for
$1,500 license in 1,500 districts and
for a "wide-open" town in the low
lands. Since election they have fixed
the license at $1,000 and the Star is
smoothing things over by telling that
the fee doesn't cut so very much fig
urebut it's the "control" that
counts! '
But this Is digression. The people
'of Nebraska will discover that psych
ological waves don't pay for tax re
ceipts. The state general fund levy
will be about 40 per cent higher than
last year on the same assessed valua
tion. That will moan about $360,000
additional taxes for 1903 of which
the farmers will pay more than half.
Then next year it is expected that
the grand assessment roll will at least
be doubled under the operation of the
new law and 5 mills general and 1
mill university and an average of
about 1 for state school may be lev
ied. Thus the 1904 levy can be al
most double that of last year and 50
per cent heavier than this year. And
it can't be paid with wind.
Some of the state officers believe
they can cut down the state debt
$200,000 In the next two years. If
they do, let us see what it means:
$3,650,000 of appropriations to spend,
$150,000 for interest on the floating
debt, and $200,000 of debt to pay off
make a total of $4,000,000. Then four
million dollars in taxes must be paid
In the next two years to accomplish
It It may be done but it will take
some scratching to do it
As a general thing the fusion mi
nority stood right on the questions
as they came up. One or two mem
bers showed collar-marks where the
railroad harness had rubbed. Way and
Brady in the senate, Loomis, Ken
nedy, Vic Anderson, Hoy, Thorp, Eg
genberger, Fries, and a .number of
others in the house, could always be
found standing firmly upon the Grand
Island platform.
By no means thj smallest; item to
be charged against this legislature is
the Ramsey bill. The republican pa
pers are trying to crawl out by say
ing, "That was tha bill the farmers
wanted and we had to pass It" In
a. way this is true, but the farmers
would have accepted the Brady bill.
The Ramsey bill was drawn on the
wrong theory and its backing from the
farmers' association was cleverly se
cured against the protests of men who
understood the futility of ordering a
railroad company to give up its pri
vate property without due compensa
tion,, yet who believed the association
must act as a unit
Barring the stoop-shoulderedness of
the republican members caused by'
wearing the corporation yoke, the
members of the 28th session were a
well-behaved, intelligent-looking set of
men, fully up to the average of legisla
tive oodles in fact, much above a
great many. , And although the state
could do better, it could do worse in
choosing legislators.
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.While Lincoln people are rejoicing
over the Rockefeller gift and form
ing plans for a vigorous campaign to
secure the necessary one-third of that
"Temple" fund, it might be well to
consider the following dispatch which
appeared in the dailies the next day
after the gift was announced: .
New York, -April 13. It was
stated on Wall street today that
the Standard Oil company has
completed the plans for the ex
tensive system of electric rail
roads to run from Sioux City to
Kan Baa CUy and the feeders along
the Missouri river from Kansas
City northward. The new line to
be constructed from Omaha to
Sioux City will run on the Iowa
side of the river. . -" ' '
Through the national packing
merger the Standard Oil company
already has secured control of the
street car systems of Sioux City,'
St Joseph and Council Bluffs and '
Kuhn, ;Loeb & Co. of this city,
represented the Rockefellers in
, the acquisition of the Council
Bluffs and Omaha system. .
New work is to be pushed and
experts of the Standard Oil com
pany are now scouring the terrl
tory investigating good openings
for new lines. r -
May not the "Temple" turn out to
be a mess of potatge for which Ne
braska's Esaus will sell their birth
right? .. H-r,;, .v :
' ' THE GRATTERS '
"The words" "graft" and "grafters"
may be slang, but they have come into
general use especially In the eastern
cities. As originally used it was a
thief's term signifying the line of
operation 'of different thieves. Then
it was applied to the police, who for
the money paid them allowed gam
bling dens and houses of prostitution
to run unmolested, and similar things
of that nature. Then the word was
used in a wider sense, "tariff graft
ers," "trust grafters," ; "franchise
grafters" and others were included.
Prosecuting Attorney Jerome of
New York city recently delivered an
address to a large assembly of organ
ized labor in Cooper Institute. The
speech was frank and fair. That it
was received by the audience with ap
probation shows that the membership
of organized labor in that city is
composed of sensible men. Among
other things, Mr. Jerome, as reported
in the New York Herald, said:
"I want to say a few words
about graft It underlies our
whole economic fabric. You can't
have bribery unless there is some
one ready to offe bribes. I know
you think there is nothing the
Pennsylvania cannot get in
Pennsylvania and the New York
Central in this state and the New
Haven road in Connecticut, bat
police officers, too, have been
known to take 'graft' and perhaps
liquor dealers know' something
about the giving of it, but don't
you think the labor unions are the
only impeccable thing in this
world. I don't think so.
"I said at an east side meeting,
not long ago that there were many
labor leaders who could be bought,
boots and breeches. That's what
I said and that's what r stand by.
If I am in error, I am ready to
change when I am convinced. Ac
cusations like that " have been
bandied about at federation meet
ings Now, I don't care a conti
nental for your votes. I am per
fectly able to go cn earning a fair
living in this town when I go out
of office. I have kept my self-respect
and have told the truth on
all occasions, or at least, told the
truth as far as I knew it, and
nobody has any string on me, nor
ever has had, nor, I hope, ever
will have."
Again the audience applauded
vigorously and- then Mr. Jerome
went on:. "But I-do want your
sympathy and your support I do
want every decent man to stand
back of me in every decent effort
for bettering this community. All
my life I have devoted to trying
-to better municipal conditions. I
may not be able always to give a
good reason for doing this, that or
the other, but I have been trying
to do the right, the honest and
the decent thing. I want you to
think with me that we should set
pur faces against 'grafters' wher
ever they are, in your ranks,
among the ministers, or wherever
they may be. For that end I do
want your votes and I need your
support If I understand you, you
can't get away from the honest
PRICE
Are sensations to his buyers, bis hones are "warm proposition to hit competitors, has will
how yon WOBE stallions of bisraize, quality and finish than ALL IM POSTERS IN NEBRASKA,
aart horses yon will wish to bny or pay your fare to see Lim you the judge. If you wiloavcash
of baokable Bote, yon will sure buy a stallion of I A MS. In October, 1902, he imported 63
uiih ua ujiui.iosi, lama nas just di
seen by public before. They are:
trought from his farm to his sale barns 30 stallions, not
HERD HEADERS
wi Vi1Vr, and BUyer thron his barns and aay : Hello, Bill I I'm from Illinois; I'm Ikey from
Missouri; Is ms has the good ones; he shows us bortes better than he advertises. See that 1,910
lb 2-year-old. "a hummer," I bought him at $1,200. Couldn't duplicate him in Illinois, Ohio, or
Iowa at $2,XX). See that 2,150-1 b 3-yeer-old, "a ripper." Say, 1 key ! see those six blaek 20cilb-4-year-olds
he is showing to those Ohio men. They are the BEST I EVEK SAW Say boys 1'
look at this 5,100.1b pair of beauties; they are worth going from Maine to California to see (bet
ter than the pictures), fcey, lky. you couldn't go wrong here. They are all 'craekerjaeks.'
It yoa open your mouth and your pocketbooka, you will do businets. lams sells them. He hat
on hand imported and home bred. . r
80 BLACK PERC HERONS, BELGIANS AND COACH E RS GO
2 to 6 years old, weight J.GC0 to 2,500 lb, all "approved and stamped by the European gorern.
ment, 95 per cent ULACKS. 50 per cent TON HORSES. lams speaks French and German, buys
dUAI!,Jhe..bref,der8- PAYs K INTERPRETERS. NO BUYERS, NO SALESMEN, HAS NO
TWO TOTEN MEN IS PARTNERS TO SHARE PROFITS WITH; his buyerTget middle
proflta. These six facts and his 2t years of successful business at St Paul makes him sell first
vf??fiaoi0D,raatIin:r cenUon dollar, and saves his bujers $500 to ai.OWon each aiaii ion.
r ARM E its: Form your own atock company, why pay slick salesmen $2,500 to 13,000 for third
L"itSJ1,l,1V,wh,'n. ,ou f ,n D.UT better one of Isms at f 1,'M) or HAtt First-elass stallions are
NEVER PEDDLED to be sold. IT COSTS fSf)f) TO ti TOITAVR a mupinv sniuTn nv
SALESMAN ; I AM 8 pays horses' freight and his buyera' fare. Write for finest horse catalogue
In United States, showing 40 illustrations of bis horses. It ia an eyeopener. References. St.
raui Mate bank, tirst State bank and Citwens' National bank. Barns in town.
ST. PAUL, HOWARD CO., NEB. ON U. P. and B & H. RYS.
.SHIRES, PERCHERONS,
ELGIANS.
60
60
Head to select fromall im-
ported by us and guaranteed.
$1,000 buys a good one from us this fall.
competitica by selling more quality for-less money than the small importers can
POSSlbiy da Wd do not advArtian Ct nrA nnlv how. On Vi.if ;.,. v.
I on j , v "'.v, uuu uarc just nust no
claim. bOgood ones now on hand. Barns just across from B. & M. depot. On
September 9 we landed 40 head, which i our 34th import "
We down til
Watson, Woods Bros. & Kelley Co.,
Lincoln, Neo.
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and decent thins when it ia
right up to. you."
Cries of "Good! " "That's right! "
and loud applause made Mr. Je
rome smile slightly, though he
kept his lips firmly compressed
most of the time.
This is the first time that it has been
charged openly in New York city that
there were "grafters" among the
clergy there, though every man of
common intelligence knew it. To
what other conclusion could any hon
est man come when he sees the most
notorious Wall street gamblers, trust
promoters and railroad mergers oc
cupying the offices and highest seats
in the fashionable churches?
Small wonder the cream tartar bak
ing powder trust is spending so much
money publishing interviews vitu
Lieutenant Governor John A. Lee of
Missouri the investigation at Jeffer
son City brings out the fact that the
members of the legislature who got
thousand-dollar bills changed at the
saloons and banks were those who
voted against the repeal of the anti
alum law. Royal Baking powder may
be "absolutely pure," but its makers'
political deals will bear watching.
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