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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
NOVEMBER 5, 1903.
Cl)c Nebraska Independent
Lincoln, Rtbraska.
LIBERTY BUILDING.
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T. n. TIIiW.EC, Editor.
C. Q. DE EIUNCE, Associate Editor.
F. 1. EAGElt, Iiuhlmsh Manager.
According to the philosophy of An
drew Carnegie, the promoters are the
great moral reformers of the universe.
They have prevented several hundred
thousand people from dying rich.
There are a number of republican
ex-officeholders who go around contin
ually praising Godfor the statute of
limitations since Bristow went to in
vestigating the postoffice.
Ambrose Blerce, in writing of At
torney General Knox, says:
"The thieves, if his attention they
engage,
Will in honbr live until they die of
,.. age."" ...
It has come to this at last. The
Great and General Court of Massachu
. Eetts, 1. e., the legislature, is openly
charged In a great many papers of
that state with "intellectual degener
acy" and intimations are frequent that
it was afflicted "with moral decay."
A great many long articles have
been printed in the papers "about the
vonderful education work this gov
ernment is doing in Porto Rico. The
real facts are that there are over120,
000 children in that island who can
iot go to school at all for the want
of school houses and teachers.
Every day that the republicans are
io power they are increasing public
debts and taxation. Whether it is
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska or Mas
sachusetts, the record is the same.
Massachusetts under republican rule
has Increased its state debt $51,000,000
in ten years.
Extravagance of republican con
gresses are like unto that of republi
can legislatures. If the recommenda
tions of the secretary of the navy are
adopted by congress we will be pay
ing two-thirds ns much for the
Tialntenance of our navy as England
rays for her vast fleet of battleship.
On with the dance.
New Zealand has put such a heavy
tax on the money bet on horse race
that it has put a check upon that bus
iness. The reformers In thU country
might well follow that example. Hot
ting on the race is the mi 11 of more
j f uns men, and muie women, too, fur
that matter, than It I pleasant to
think about.
Three old corporation agent in the
United State ?nat all past 75 year
if age, havo. tnarrM during the year.
Thme frisky bridegroom will seu to
H that the McreJ tariff Khali not be
tt uthed or the trutt or railroad ln
tcrfmnl with. The turname of thli
romUal trio are Piatt, IVpcw and
Ptcwutt. . . -
TEN YKARS JtEHIND TIME
Quite a1 sensation was created in
magazine reading circles upon the ap
pearance of the November number of
Leslie's Monthly, The substance of
the article, entitled "The National
lobby at Washington," was printed in
Ihe Independent eight o nine years
ago and repeatedly referred to since.
While Leslie's Monthly is ten years
behind time, it may be said of it, "Bet
ter late than never." The great dail
ies are often weeks behind The Inde
lendent in publishing news that dec-en
people are interested in, -and the
monthlies only preserve the "ratio"
by getting ten years behind.
A short time ago in a notice of the
tcok, "Out of the West," practically
the same things were sold about "the
great senators" that is charged
o&ainst them in Leslie's Monthly.
Populists who have read Tho Inde
pendent have known all about the
matter for years. Every great trust
ar.d interest has its own senator to
look after legislation, to preserve Us
special privileges, to extend its power
to rob. What populist is there who
does not know that the gay old Lo
thario and comic after dinner speaker,
Chauncey Depew, is the agent of the
Vanderbilt system of railroads instead
of being the representative of the peo
ple of New York, or that his partner,
Piatt, in the same way is the agent of
the express companies? All of them
know those things, as well as they
know that Millard is the agent on the
floor of the senate of the Union Pa
cific road and Dietrich that of the B.
& M beet sugar and the Oxnards. The
people have no representation" at all
on the floor of the United States sen
ate on its dominant side, and it makes
r;o difference whether that dominance
is democratic or republican. Th,e in
terests of the railroad corporations,
the trusts, the banks and the tariff
grafters are served Just as faithfully
when Gorman is the senate leader aa
when Mark Hanna holds that position.
The thing that interests The Inde
pendent In connection . with Leslie's
magazine article Is the astonishment
it created in the ranks of the maga
zine readers. They actually seemed
to have never heard of such things be
fore. If they had read It in The Inde
pendent, they woujd have paid no at
tention whatever to it, but seeing it
in a great plutocratic magazine star
tled them. Thousands of such people
are so prejudiced that Jf a populist
should hand them an official docu
ment, published by the United States
government, which contained state
ments contrary to their notions, they
would immediately denounce it Is a
fj&ud, and say that it was "some pop
political, document got out at populist
headquarters." The editor of The In
dependent has had just that kind of
experience with them.
For some months The Independent
has been calling attention to the signs
of revolt appearing In the literary cult
of New York and this Leslie article
h further proof of It. All these "lit
erary fellows" have been devoting
their talents to a defense of the tyran
nies of plutocracy. They have hereto
fore had nothing but sneers and con
tempt for populist principles and the
frcta that populists presented. There
now seems to be "a change coming
over the spirit of their dreams." The
contempt that the multl-mlllionalrcs
have shown for them and for all things
except tho power to accumulate mon
ey I bringing these literary men to
", realizing venue" of the contempti
ble position In whUh they have placed
themselves, "
OI K TIMK TO LAt'Ulf
The Wall Street Journal baa made
a cartful Investigation of 100 trut
cempanii" and the fall In the price of
rlr tocki, Thcso 100 trust were
marly all of the Industrial nort rn
ro&ed In manufacturing, They were
r trig to combine, reduce tho cost rf
Itcdiu-tlon. it'll Rood eheaprr and be
grfat, beutrkent orjjanUatlou work
lr far the public welfare. The mullet
bead all Ullwcd those itortei And.
For Our Mail Order Customers
Here's a few specials from our Coys' Department that we
will fill orders on for ten days. Write for samples
BOYS' SUITS $1.85, WORTH $2.50-Made of pure, all-wool blue cheviot
and casicnere, in the newest colorings, Norfolk style, sizes 4 to 12 years;
double-breasted style, sizes 8 to 15 years. These suits are great CJ I QC
bargains. You must see them. 12.50 values, on sale wliUJ
BOYS' SUITS 12.35, WORTH 13.25-Made of very fine and select fancy
cheviots and cas-simeres, also thibets; male and trimmed beautifully; Nor
folk, 4 to 12, double-breasted, 8 to 15. We renpectfully ask a clothe exami- -nation
of these suits, as the values are equal to any garment sell- f) QC
ing for 13.25 in this city .uZiJU
BOYS' SUITS WORTH 81.00, FOR 82.85-Made of very fin and select
cheviots and cassimcrcs, also blue Washington Mills cheviot; made and
trimmed beautifully and the fit is perfect. Norfolks, 4 to 12 0f) QC
double-breasted, 8 to 15, worth $4.00 viU J
BOYS' REEFERS Made of blue chinchilli, 4 to 8 years, C I nfl
special during this sale. OlilJU
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mere lining, sizs 8 to 15, special during this sale I lull
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BOYS' "AUTOMOBILE" O'COATS-Made of extra heavy weight oxford
gray, black and olive shade cheviot, well made and trimmed, sizes 00 nfl
4 to 8 years, special during this sale. ... .. yiUU
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snouiaers ana nnea couar, ui penecuy, sizchjj to 10 years; CO Ml
special during this sale ' ...wOillU
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Send For
bought their stocks to the amount of
$4,090,047,450. Think of it? The mul
let heads actually put four billion dol;
lars of their money into these 100
concerns. The value of these stocks
new is $2,336,087,65 1. So these chumps
have lost $l,753,9&d,793. These were
the wise fellows, , the fellows who
wanted "sound money," "money good
in Europe" and who took, so much
pride in their superior financial knowl
edge that they called populists "lun
atics," and . "long-haired, wild-eyed
fenatics." It Is the pop's time to
leugh now, t(S
REPUBLICAN IDKA OF A DEMAGOGUE
Aldrich has become so infamous as
to make open alliance with crime. He
has done a deed which in the heyday
of Tammany corruption Boss Tweed
rever would have dared to do. Gov
ernor Garvin of Rhode Island, having
learned that a great deal of bribery
had been committed in1 past elections,
issued a proclamation warning the
people and charging the officers of the
commonwealth to rigidly 'enforce the
laws. That was a proper and patriotic
thing for the governor to do who was
sworn to execute laws when he took
office. But. the Providence Journal,
which Ms Aldrich, attacked the gov
ernor and practically made an open
alliance with criminals in Its defiance
and ridicule of the governor. In the
opinion of the Providence Journal, the
act of the governor In calling atten
tion to tho laws punishing bribery
proves him to bo a demagogue. The
Journal says:
"At times It Is pretty hard to
distinguish be ween Governor Gar
vin's acts and those of the out-and-out
demagogue. Those who
still wish to believe that the gov
ernor Is sincere, must try to think
that If he Is not a demagogue, he
frequently does the things that
demagogues do."
' One thing we can all learn from
tbt. Most of tut have wondered what
the republicans meunt by tho Word
"demagogue," for they use It In such
t (.explicable ways whenever any in a
disagree with them that, up to the
present time, It has been Impossible
lor any man to find out Jut what they
did mean by It. Nww It U all plait).
Any man, In repuMK-an eye,, It a
duuagouu who wants the laws in.
dreed aiultwt ItlMnff voter.
The extent to which bribery has
r.ene In th state of Aldrich I hown
by the report vt lie last election la
Samples
COR. 15th AND FARNAfT.
the Providence Journal Itself the next
morning after the last election. The
following is the report of Its own
writer at North Smithfleld voting '
place and there were several, other
reports of the same character from
other voting places in the same edi
tion: "One democrat said last evening.
'The republicans had mcre money
than we did, and they won.' Men in
the interests of tne democratic ticket
were paying, so voters said yesterday
afternoon, $20 ami more apiece for
votes, while "the republicans paid, ac
cording to the talk of men who ought
to know, $25 and $30. per head at times
and even in a few instances Jumped
their price up to $60 apiece. Early in
the day $5 and $10 seemed to be tho
Quoted price, for a purchaseable vote,
but as the day wore on competition
grew keener and party bidding moro
fplrited, and the thrifty 'freeman' who, .
had waited reaped the benefits. One
r.'an vouched for the correctness of a
story to the effect that a crowd of 21
men stood out for $35 apiece. They
were offered that araoun'; apiece for
10 votes, but refused. Then they were
tendered a contingent compensation
of $10 a head if the party offering the
money won. This they declined, anil
finally, it is stated, the whole 21 voted,
and at $35 apiece. , . . Certainly earh
side had money, but the republican
tupply seemed unlimited."
Roosevelt Is constantly talking about
"courage." One wonders what he
thinks about that cowardly Colorado
judge who allowed tho military to fill
Ms court room with armed soldiers
pnd did not have the courage to ord- r
the sheriff to clear the room. In all
the records of cowardlc there to
nothing more pusillanimous recorded.
It seems that tho "cultured" writers
d&wn In Massachusetts drop their
ItoaUmeso when they get Into a hot
campaign. The following phrases have
Unn observed In the Springfield Re.
publican lately: "Aa Independent
a hog on Ice and no more so." "Where
he Is at," and swrral inure of the
name sort,
lb "loyal" to your country and your
home, Instead of being loyal to a po
litical party.
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