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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
JULY 9, 1903.
KEMOffXK'g LOGIC
The character of a man is well
shown by the manner in which he at
tempts to Justify his actions. This is
illustrated In the following editorial
clipped from the Wisner Chronicle,
Owned and edited by Regent George
F. Kenower, commenting upon the re
cent meeting of the populist state com
mittee: "Buck" Tibbies took occasion at
the populist meeting - to highly
compliment the regents of the '
state university whose terms are -about
to expire, although It is 4
but just to Mr. Tibbie- to add that
his indorsement was not intended.
- It may. as wel be said that if his
-J t: tr. ..!-" a ftio Ttstmiltsta
and two candidates lor regenia ,
named pledged to administering
the university as a part of the po
litical machinery of the state and
the populist party, the people of
the state should see to it that they
are burled deep and plenty for
the good of that proud and pros- '
perous institution even though the
whole ticket be sacrificed and the
best judge on the supreme bench
be defeated.
Calling the editor of The Indepen
dent "'Buck' Tibbies" is complete
justification of Mr. Kenower's party
treachery, his abject servility to the
tory Hamiltonlans that Is the logic
of Mr. Kenower. Mr. Tibbies is not
ashamed, but on the contrary proud
of the fact that his beloved wife, so
recently passed from earth, was an
Indian. The name of "Bright Eyes"
will be remembered "by thousands' in
America and England when everybody
has foreotfen the-names of the fusion
they elevated to positions or retaineu
in the university at the dictation of
plutocracy and the corporations u
No fusion candidate for regent has
ever been pledged to "administer the
university as a part of the political
machinery, of the state and the pop
ulist oartv." and none ever will be.
Th obieetlon is that the regents have
been administering the university as a
part of the political machinery. or me
republican party. The election .-of;
round as dean of the college of law
drags the rankest kind of machine re
publican politics into, that college.
The country might be canvasset from
Maine-to California without finding a
mqre ' narrow, bigoted partisan than
Pound, or one who would be les3 in
dustrious' in advancing his Hamilton
ion ideas.
These regents have been the tools
of republican, partisans. They are so
today. r When reproached with their
shortcomings, they respond by call
ing names. Dignified, isn't it? .They
have tried to make capital for them
selves upon the selection of Chancellor-Andrews,
and until patience was
exhausted The Independent was con
tent to let them rid their little, hypo
critical hobby. But the truth should;
be known. Nothing but the severest!
pressure from prominent fusionists
prevented. the election of Prof. Jenks
and secured the election of the present
chancellor.
Mr. .Kenower knows that his star
chamber, snap-judgment action was
the worst treachery to the principles
he once pretended to advocate; There I
was uo immediate hurry to elect a
new dean.' The people have soma right
to be heard.- The regents are not au
tocratsalthough they seem to like';
to appear as such. There are a dozen
men in Nebraska good, loyal, Ameri
can citizens, good lawyers, good teach
ers and profound students big. broad
. minded' MEN who might Jioncr the
position of dean. Would it be "ad
ministering the university as a patt
of the political machinery of . . . the
populist party" if Mr. Kenower and
his fellow regents had selected some
suchman as Judge William G. Hast
ings of Wilber to be dem? He Is by
no means the only man but it would
be difficult to find a man nore thorv
oughly qualified for the place. ,
The populist convention at Grand
Island should nominate- for regents
men of good, sound sense; men who
believe in the fundamental principles
of the party they affiliate with; men
who believe In democracy fcnd have
the rmirase to oppose plutocracy by
acts as well as words. And if the con
vention does this, it will not name
either George P. Kenower or E. von
Vnrell.; -It is no disgrace to be fooled
once but twice in succession by the
same trick is too much
the same stages before any effective
work could be done. No name that
can ever be invented is more Invul
nerable than "people's party." Let
the same forces that have been advo
cating reform choose some other name
and the plutocratic writers from
"phunny man" to the editor in chief
will let loose their batteries of sar
casm and ridicule upon it and In a few
months they will have their partisan
followers declaring that they will nev
er vote for a party of that name any
more than they would now for a party
called democratic or populist
' The populists were called dreamers,
nnd mierulous bid crannies, but they
cfrnrv hark with such vigorous blows,
the terms were changed to anarchist,
socialist and.repndiators. Still more
vigorous blows followed these epithets
nnri nnw'it. mav be said that the party
has .passed .the stage of. ridicule and
denunciation. Any otner pany m se
ized for the same purpose with any
other name would have to pass through
A CHARACTERISTIC DECISION '
Commissioner Pound's ODinion in the
Omaha watra' case is characteristic
Of the man. Even .a cursory reading
of it will show -to the people of Ne
braska the sort of man who has been
selected by the. regents of the uni
versity to preside over the law school,
from which in after years will come
the future judges of Nebraska,
Down in Omaha for some months
the waiters union had difficulty with
a number of the restaurants, and it
resorted to the practice of handing out
"unfair cards." This resulted in such
a loss to the restaurants attacked,
that the city council enacted an ordi
nance ostensibly to prevent the distri
bution of circulars or hand bills upoi
the streets, but in reality to crippls
the unions in their lights against their
employers. ' "'; "
Under this ordinance Sid Anderson
and Si Johnson, striking waiters, were
arrested ahd fined $2 and costs, and
thrown into jail pending payment of
same. They invoked the writ of hab
eas corpus or, 'rather, tried to in
voke it; but the judge--a republican
and a great ''friend of labor" refused
to 'grant it. Then they "came to the
su preme court ; ' ' " ; !
The supreme cburf, strange to say,
assigned the case for; hearing to the
department ; , in which ' Commissioner
(and, Dean) '; Pound sits - as one of
three; and to him was assigned the
. itrlHne nf thr nTHintnn -'Alrhoilffh th'i!
ccurt proper, that Is; "Judges Sullivan,
Holeomb and : Sedgwick. ' presumably
decide all cases passed upon by
the commissioners, reasonable people
know that the whole system is essen
tially one-man in . character. And on
close Questions.." as this doubtless is,
the personal bias of the judge or com
missioner who writes the opinion us
ually determines the whole controversy-.
Naturally, one could expect nothin?
else from a man of Pound s make-up.
Hp hnlrfa tn the ttamiltonian theorv
that an aristocracy must rule In order
to protect the people from themselves,
striking waiters. And this is what
tie said:
"When a municipality is ex
pressly authorized by. legislation
to enact a certain ordinance in
execution of the nolice power, such
ordinance stands on the same
basis as a statute, and its reason
ableness or -nreaso: ibleness is
not a matter for the courts, except
as such question would bear upon
'the constitutionality of a statute
of the same nature.
"A police regulation, obviously
intended as such, and not operat
ing unreasonably beyond the oc
casions Of its enactment, is not
invalid because it may affect Incl
dentally the1 exercise of some right
guaranteed by the constitution.
"An ordinance making it unlaw
ful to circulate or t distribute
Drinted or written dodgers, hand-
bills or circulars upoii the public
streets, alleys, sidewalks or pub-
lie grounds of the municipality
d&es not contravene section 5.
article 1 of the state constitution."
Let us read what section 5, article
of "the state constitution says:
"Every person may FREELY
speak, write, and publish
on all "subjects, being responsible for
tht abuse of that liberty: and in ah
trials for libel, both 'civil and crlm-
lna, the truth when published with
p.ood motives, and for Justifiable ends.
shall be a sufficient defense."
Ever and always "the dollar above
thfi man." When the libertv of a hu
man being Is involved, courts may
rot Inquire into the "reasonableness
or unreasonableness" of an ordinance
or statute: but thev exoerience no
d5fficultv. In findine an excuse for In-
nnlHTier into the "reasonableness o1"
unreasonableness" of any statute that
mieht cost some bie cornoration a few
dollars in the way of increased taxei
or rpduced tariffs. It was not at ail
difficult to find out that the Philadel
phia tar on overhead wires was ' nn
reasonable," "because ' It amounted to
more than the operating expenses of
the-concern taxe.d an ordinance in
tf nfled to drive wires under ground
But" two men- fn jail for the heinous
crime - of 'handing' out little i printed
ccrds present: a very different picture!
Lincoln, Nebraska.
1-3 Off on Many Linens.
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Remnants and broken lots -will contribute to these under
prices. .These odds and ends must be closed out at once.
You'll appreciate the values once you see the goods.
500 remnants from 2 yds up to
4 yds. fine Irish damask and
German linens will be... 1-3 Off
35c hemstitched hock
towels, each....... ... ......19c
Other linen hock towels to close
out will be 80c a dozen.or
each 7c
Large and small table patterns
some are 2 yards long pure
linen and German damask
were $1.25 now" they're ..... 83c
25c linen tray cloths will be
old for, each. ............... 10o
50c towels slightly soiled
will be 33o
S ..." . '
83c towels will be closed
out at.. .-57c
Marseilles bedspreads $6 spread
for $4; $3 spread for $2, eta ;
all 1-3 Off
' Millinery at Half Price
..Trimmed dress hats in black
and colors from $5 to $15
every one in stock now ...... $3
Entire line of trimmed street
hats from $1 to $2 will
sell for....;,".. ........... ..25c
Entire line of trimmed or un
trimmed hats worth up to 75c; .
will be. 10c
Children's hats-$2.25 to $3 -hats
will be onj..........;.75c
Waists & Skirts at Half Price.
... All the broken lines In
shirt waists will sell for. . . 1-2 Oft
Linen batiste waists will .
sell-for.... .. ..... .. ....;..$! 25
New white pique skirts
are only..... . .1 50
New duck skirts in blue
and black are V. $1 50
All $4 and $4.50 walking .
skirts will sell this week for 1 -2 Off
$1.50 silk dress skirts that are
marked from $15 to $45 .
your choice at. .......... 1 -2 Off
If the city : council had authority - to
enact "a certain ordinance" in execu
tion of the police power," that settled
i: .the supreme court had no. right it
inquire ' whether the - ordinance wera
reasonable or unreasonable. ,. v "
The -profound commissioner-dean,
after asserting that "reasonableness
or unreasonableness is not a . matter
for the courts," then proceeds to giv-J
the lie to . that by saying that "a. po
lice regulation . . not operating
unreasonably beyond . tne oc
casions of its enactment, is not in
valid because it may affect incidental
ly the exercise of some right guaran
teed by the constitution."
Great is Hamiltonianism! Consti
tutional rights may not be directly
violated but "incidentally" they may
b:- totally destroyed!
The renublican city council of Oma
ha, aided bv a renublican district
judge, and a republican commissioner-
dean and. we regret to say it, one
rennhlioan and two fusion supreme
judges, have amended the constitu
tion of Nebraska to reaa someimn?
like -this: - !
Rention 5 'Article I.: "Every per
son (except a member of a labor un-j
icn) may freely speak, write, and pub-!
ail mihterts fexceDt the pub
lication of "unfair cards" is forbid-;
den in Omaha)."
By Inference the dean-commissioner's
opinion would uphold a statute
"of the same nature' as me jmau
ordinance. . .
Government -by injunction is naa
enough, but this new wrinkle of sus
pending the writ of habeas corpus aud
constitutional rights of life,
liberty and thse pursuit of happiness.
by ordinance I'm execution oi me vj
lice power," is rubbing it in rather
hard. But we should not waste too
many tears over the troubles or tnea"?
waiters and other union men they
vote for this treatment by voting the
republican ticket so persistently.
TTTnTr watlvA horn citizen might
have a family of a dozen children and
put all the talk of "race suicide xo
rest if he could manage to live 'on 13
cents a day.
nMiM-n Is something very hard to un
derstand about this change of arms in
the army and navy. It has been but
a cfcnrt time since the Krag-Jorgensen
rifle was adopted, and the whole army
ciiTwiiPrt with it Now 'that much-
vaunted 'weapon is to be thrown into
tfco rran hean and another rifle is to
take its place. The furnishing of a
new kind of rifle for the whole army
and navy every two or three years and
throwing the old ones away is a very
costly piece of business. .The Krag
Jorgensen was said , to be perfection.
It used smokeless powder, had a long
range and the small calibre. It does
not appear from the reports that the
new gun is much superior. Tte only
important changa seems to be in the
bayonet, a thing that is no more use
in mpdern fighting than a fifth wheel
to a wagon. To supply the army,
navy and militia with a new rifle is a
three million dollar job for some
body. .
There must be tomething contrary
to the. very instincts of human nature
in socialism or every effort to realize
the blessings that are claimed for it
would not end in failure, though the
attempt is made by the ablest and best"
of men. Ruskin university has now
issued a statement declaring that it is
ganda of political socialism." Not only
that, but the advocacy of the doctrine
has brought about the disruption of
the Vrooman family. Mrs. Walter
Vrooman has secured a divorce from
her husband. The socialistic move
ment -under the leadership of the
wealthy and cultivated Vroomans has
resulted In disaster to all concerned.
The Independent is exceedingly sorry
tbat it so terminated. The co-operative
movement which Mr. Vrooman:
organized was humanitarian in its
conception, but was based on wrong
ideas concerning the nature or man.
Mr. Vrooman has said as much himself.
Whenever the regents, of the state
university go to work and put up a
partisan political job in that Institu
tion, such as removing a man of dig
nity and character fror. the head of a
department and then put in his place
the most bitterly partisan whiffet In
the state, then the regents begin to de
nounce the men who elected them, call
them vile names, attribute to them ev
erything that is mean and low. and
declare that the only motive that act
uates them is "to bring politics into
the university." A man showing the
bad breeding and low Instincts of these
regents should not be allowed to come
within a hundred miles of the univer
sity; Their method is to do a dirty
political act and declare that those
vhd Object want to "bring politics in
to the university.' 1 '
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