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12 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. MAY 7, 1 903. . , HATin&lAI -1 IRCDII KTQ - , iinhviini. kibkiinkiwi v A Political Ymitj Less Than Two Yeare Old Which ! Saying- Little "But "Saws Wood" "The National Liberal Party" is tho name of a political association pagan ized October 5, 1901, having the, fol lowing objects: : ' The complete separation of church and state. By which we demand 1. The taxation of church prop erty. . ' ' ' ' - 2. The abrogation of all laws fav oring the observance of Sunday as a holy day. 3. The cessation of appropriating public ' funds for sectarian purposes JlUI CUapldtuo 1U iu -aju r J "C lslatures, and other state institutions. A. The abrogation of the Judicial oath in the courts and in inaugural ceremonies, and all other legal rec ognition of religion, such as religious festivals, and days of thanksgiving and prayer. " 6. That no diplomatic relations be established with the head or official authority of any church or religion nor that the God or Savior of any re ligion be incorporated Into the con stitution, nor other violation be mado of article I.'of the amendments to the constitution. 6. The abrogation of all laws, what soever, granting class privileges. 7. The freedom of speech and press. Its member) propose to attain these objects by the following methods: The organization into a political body of all men and women who would maintain the purely secular character of this government 1. By defending the freedom of speech and press in local courts and before legislative bodies. f 2. By likewise resisting all en croachments of ecclesiasticism upon the state. 3 By uniting with and assisting in dividuals and societies, of whatever, creed or party, when unjustly perse cuted for religious and political ex pression or belief.-; 4. By preventing the corrupt reign of monopoly and partisanship through direct legislation by the initiative and referendum. 5. By advocating equal rights and justice to all giving women an equal , voice in all governmental affairs, and by alf other practical and legal meth ods, maintaining personal liberty, just economic conditions, and all other es sentials upon which a secular and fret government must rest, The party machinery is placed in the hands of the following officers: J. B. Wilson, M. D., president, 200 E. Fourth street, Cincinnati, O. Morgan Wamsley, treasurer, 225 R Fourth street, Cincinnati, O. " Morris Sachs, secretary, Atlas Bank bldg, Cincinnati, O. Josephine K Henry, vice president, Versailles, Ky. Harriet M. Closz, vice president, Webster City, la. Dr. J. C. Barnes, vice president, Hindsboro, 111. Forty-five states and territories are represented by one or more honorary vice presidents, these being as fol lows: Alabama Dr. N. T. Harris, Tusca loosa. Alaska R. W. Simpson, Ft Wrangel. Arizona C. B. Martin, Blue. Arkansas John H. Haslam, Locust Bayou. California Walter Collins, Los An- geles; Changing Severance, Los An geles; Albert. Johnson, San Fran cisco; William Plotts, Whittier. Colorado Laura J. Langston, Paonia. Connecticut A. B. Bennett, Norwalk. District of Columbia Frank Burns, sr.. Washington. Florida F. T. Perkins, Punta Gorda. . Georgia Hermann Wettstcin, Fitzgerald. Idaho Elia3 Molee, Moscow. Illinois Dr. Jas. H. Crain. Beech- wood; Jos. Halgh, Chebanse; W. W. Wallace, Chicago. Indiana Dr. T. , J. Bowles, Muncie; Jas. M. Anderson, Oakville; F. Feudner, Rushville; Eliza W. Haines, St. Magdalene. Indian Territory N. B. Grayson, Oscar. Iowa Jefferson Stoner, Des Moines; J. J. Dietz, Iowa City; Henry Hut ter, Newton; J. A. Thomas, Ryan; James P. Russell, Gilmore City. Kansas C. 3. Gove, Junction City; Kentucky Jesse Russell, Hardy vill r Moses Kaufman, Lexington; F. D. - Rutledge, Maceo; Geo. W. McCor mick, Mt. Sterling; Mrs. Jean B. Harmon, Paris. - Maine B. L. Baker. Fort Fairfield. 1 - Maryland Aaron Davis, Frederick. Massachusetts Lucy Waters Phelps, West Sutton. . Michigan E. J. Castle, Benton Har bor; ' Dr. R. E. L. Gibson, Central Lake; Dr. T. B. Englehart, Mt. Clements. Minnesota Mrs. M. A. Lee, Blue ' Earth. ' '. " ; ?' : Mississippi J. W. Montgomery, Vicks burg. Missouri J. H. "Whinnery, Caplinger Mills; Watson Heston, Carthage; L. S. Bartlett, St. Louis. ' Montana Phil J. A. Ryan, Butte. Nebraska Walter Breen, Omaha; II. Kilgore, Wilber. New Hampshire Marilla M. Ricker, Dover. ' -' ' New Jersey Wm. Dawson, Vineland. New Mexico Eric Weistrand, Cooney. New York Br. S. W. Wetmore, Buf- , falo; Capt Geo. W. Lloyd, New Rochelle; E W. Chamberlain, New City city; Mrs. M. V, Thomas, New YorK city. : " -v r" North Carolina Leger Meyer,' Wilm ington. , .' ' North Dakota Dr. W. C. McDorman, Farga Ohio Mrs. .Morris Sachs, Cincinnati; Dr. Esther A. Van Riper, Circlevillc; Noah Cole,. Dayton; J. C. Bsll. Glenville," Tit. Henry WThisler, New Ant loch; Frank S. Montgomery? ,Shepard. Oklahoma J. B. Wise, Oklahoma City. Oregon Mrs. A. D. Piatt, Ashland; Mrs. S. M. Pefferle, Ontario; W. J. Dean, Talent. Pennsylvania J. F. Gandelot, Oil City; Jas. B. Elliott, Philadelphia; Geo. Longford, Philadelphia; Jno. M. Peebles, Titusville. v Rhode Island Henry B. Verry, East Greenwich. ' South Dakota Jas. M. Priest, Dalzell. Tennessee Miss Lula M. Gibson, Chattanooga; Dr. J. F. Graham, Memphis. Texas Nina C. Linton, Macy; J. T Miles, Paris. Utah Charles Long, Payson. Virginia R. W. Pinkard, Remington. Washington Miss Winnie H. Green, Dewatto. West Virginia Moletas Smith, Dixie; Edmund Fry, Huntington. Wisconsin Smith Emerson, Oak Cen ter. Dr. J. C. Barnes, one of the vice presidents, has contributed an article on the single tax, to appear in our Henry George Edition next week. The full page advertisement of Fred Schmidt -& Bro. contains many money saving -bargains. It will pay you to read it carefully. If you cannot visit the store send an order by mail, ; Also Protests Editor - Independent: I have just read Mr. Knox's protest, in regard to the republican lady being appointed to office by our ex-Governor Holcomb and Mr. Sullivan and I also have to enter- a protest, and I hope that every man and woman who reads The Inde pendent will do likewise and thousands beside. We will make them think the great liberty bell is singing in their ears as it dil over a hundred years ago. My husband has been a demo crat and pop howler for many years and he, too, helped with his mite and vote to elect these men. Is it possi ble there is not a woman in our ranks -capable of holding said position? I am surprised that a republican woman would stoop so low as to accept a posi tion from such a low source, for they say a pop is the lowest class and that God has not given them the brains that he gave the republicans. So please, brothers and sisters, send in your protests by the thousands our good editor of The Independent will publish them and we will show these great men what we think of such work. Perhaps these great men think as the man did when his wife was drowning and a man tried to save her, he said: "O, it is only a woman and it does not amount to much whether she is saved or not." They thinkt 0, she Is only a woman and cannot vote nor has any influence so it does not matter. I hope the people will show them that it does matter even if she is only a woman. MRS. C. DUNN. Blair, Neb. tion democrats threw their strength to Moores. The vote was: Moores (rep. ).,........ 6,uu Benson (pop.)... ...5,077 Howell (dem.). 4,485 Moore (soc. ) 1,436 Thus Moores beat Benson 932 and Howells 1.524; while Benson ran 592 ahead of Howells. The democrats managed to elect two out of nine members of the city coun cil, and city attorney, comptroller, building inspector, and tax commis sioner. The republicans got every thing lse.; Question of the Hour . -That was a ringing indictment found by the interstate commerce commis sion, in its sixteenth annual report to congress, against that system vhlvu. permits not only the railway monop oly, but the giving of secret, discrim inating rates by that monopoly to other favored monopolies. Quoting from the Washington dispatch on the report: - ' , H ItH "Standing out from a mass of legal verbiage and statistics is the ringing declaration that the present inter state law is a dead letter and that the criminal offence of giving secret rates to favored shippers which enables the gigantic combines to crush their riv als and keep their throttle hold on the throat of the people is at present absolutely beyond punishment." The report itself declares that the most significant feature of railway de velopment now is the tendency to com bination, resulting in the practical suppression of competition between such carriers. It declares that "the progress of consolidation will at no distant day confine this competition within narrow and unimportant lim its because the control of most rail way properties will be merged in a few individuals." The report calls for the making of a new law, sayingthat the law which might have answered when there was a reasonable amount of real competi tion is now inadequate to "meet condi tions as they exist, and places the re rponsibility for the creation of such a law upon congress, in these words: "lue fullest power of correction is vested in congress, and the exercise of that power is demanded by the highest considerations of public welfare." The report further emphasizes the worthlessness of the present law, or the apparent impunity with which its provisions are defied, in these strong words: "The fact that no convictions have been obtained nor indictments four.d in the cases of he railroads which were shown by an investigation last winter to be giving secret rates to grain shippers emphasizes the fact that the criminal provisions of the present interstate law are practically a dead letter." The criminal provisions of the in terstate commerce law seem indeed to be a dead letter, and so do those of the Sherman anti-trust law. But as the commission's report declares, the fullest power of correction is vested in congress, and it is to congress that the people look for relief from tho iniquitous exactions of the divers monopolies which are squeezing the life-blood from the people. And shall they look in vain? That is the ques tion of the hour, and it is a note worthy fact that the report of this non-partisan commission is exactly ':n line with the contentions made by the democratic party for the last sev eral years. Norman E. Mack, in Buf falo Times. IP Omaha Election. Omaha democrats seemingly will never learn. They seem to imagine that they can conduct an anti-monopoly campaign with a corporation can didate at the head. And after the battle they wonder how it all hap pened. Ed. Howell is concededly a "good fellow," but who ever dreamed that he cares anything about modern re forms? The Omaha democratic plat form was excellent but the candi dates should have been in Jiarmony with it. The result surprised even the na tives. Benson, the populist-independent republican candidate, made such a phenomenal run that the corpora- FREE fSS BOOK new PROCESS OF CANNING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Mrs. W. T. Price, 1424 Penn. Are, H Minneapo lis, Minn. COLORADO FARM LANDS pRUIT FARMS v . 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Get a Farm in the Grand Valley where the winters are mild and short; the summers cool and pleas ant; where crop failures, cyclones, blizzards, tornadoes, floods and drouths are uaknown; where every kind of fruit grows in abundance and perfection; where land is in creasing rapidly in value; where farmers get more dollars to the acre for all kinds of farm products . than in any other part of the Union. For literature giving full Information of the Grand Valley, descriptions and prices of prop-? erty call on or address ... WEBER & FARMS, ; 1328 0 St. Lincoln, Nebr Doyle & Bergs Attorney, Hrownell IJlock, " Lincoln, Neb. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANT AND UNKNOWN HEIRS. To Herman Moaeka, and the unknown hoirs of Sophia Herzer, deceased, defendant ; You, and each of yon, are hereby notified that oa tha 2d day of April i903, the plaintiff tiled liis petition in the District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska, against Herman Moneka, and the other unknown heirs of Sophia Herzer, deceased, and the State of Nebraska, alleging that ever since the year 1878, he bag been the owner of the south half (S. H) of the aouthwtst Quarter (S. W. hi) of section one (11 in townshin eight (8) range five (5) East in Lancaster County nturiHi, uiu 10 me uwuor iuu in posses sion of said premises; that daring the year 18, he purchased said real estats from the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company; that during the year 1.H73, he married Sophia Herzer, now deceased, and that said Sophia Herzer was his wife during the year 1878, when he pur chased said real estate; that prior to the pur chase of said real estate, in consideration of ''lore and affection," he agreed with said Sophia Herzer that, she should hold the naked -legal title to said real estate, during the term of her lifetime, with the express understand ing, however, that prior to her death, said Sophia Herzer would convey th legal title to said real estate to the nlaintiff, and that during all of the time that said Sophia Herzer should hold said legal title that she should hold said seal estate in trnst for the plaintiff, and plain tiff alleges that said Sophia Herzer agreed with the nlaintiff to so bold the title to said real es tate, and upon the conditions alleged; that thereupon this plaintiff caused, the Chicago, Burlington & Quinsy Kailroad Company to exe cute a contract in writing to said Sophia Her zer, obligating itself to convey said premises by warranty deed to.said Sophia Herzer upon the payment of the purchase money of said real es tate. Plaintiff alleges in his petition that when he, married said Sophia Herzer she had no prop erty of her own except only a small sum in cash no part of which was used for the purpose of purchasing said real estate; that the plaintiff, himself, personally, paid all of the purchase money for said real estate to the Chicago, Bur lington & Quincy Railroad Company on the 18th day of March 18S4, and at said time said Rail road Company, by warranty deed, conveyed taid premises to said Sophia Herzer, which deed was filed for record in theofliceof the Register of Deeds in Lancaster County, Ne braska, on the 6th day of July Wi, at 1 :3 p. m. and recorded in Book 21 of Deeds at page 216; that said Pophia Herzer died in Lancaster County, Nebraska on the day of 1888, intestate, and without issue, and that the only heirs at law was the defendant, Herman Moneka. who is a brother of said Sophia Herzer, residing in Germany, and that if there are any other heirs of said Sophia Herzer that their names and residences areunkn own to the plain tiff, and also that the name and residence of Herman Moneka, the above named defendant is unknown to the plaintiff, and that he is not certain that Herman Moneka is the correct name of the brother of said Sophia Herzer, but that he has made diligent search for Herman Moneka, and the other unknown heirs of Her man Moneka and he has been unable to learn either their names or their residences, and that they are unknown to him at this time; that he does not know whether the father and mother of said Sophia Hrzer are living, and does not know their residences although he has roado diligent search to learn their names and resi dences, but that he has failed to learn either, and both their names and residences are un known to this plaintiff. That about threo years prior to the death of said Sophia Herzer she was insane and incapa ble of making a conveyapce of said premises to this piaintitf, and that because of said insanity and for no other reason, were said premises not conveyed to this plaintiff prior to the death of said Sophia Herzer, and that ever since the year 1878, he has continuously had possession of said real estate in an open, adverse, notorious and peaceable manner, and that dnring all of said years he has farmed the same and im proved the same. That ever since March 18, 1888, at the time the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Com pany executed a deed to said Sophia Herzer for said premises, he has each year paid to the County of Lancaster, and State of Nebraska, all f tbe taxes accruing on said real estate, for hich plaintiff holds receipts. That the State of Nebraska claims to have some interest in said real estate which plaintiff denies. Plaintiff prays for a judgment of the court decreeing that the state of Nebraska had no in terest of any kind whatsoever in and to said real estate, and decreeing also that tbe above named. Herman Moneka. and any and all un known heirs of sophia Herzer, deceased, have no interest of any kind whatsoever in and to said real estate, and that plaintiff, Franz Her zer, U decreed to be the real owner of Baid real estate, and that the court will enter a decree quieting title in him, and for such other and further relief as to the court may seem proper. Yon are hereby required to answer this said petition on or before the 8th day of Jnn 1908. FRANK HERZER. Plaintiff. By Doyle & Berge, Hit Attorneys.