OCTOBER 20, 1904
T5ha Nobrasktx Independent
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Mickeyism In Nebracska
At last one of the state house em-
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' has attempted to come to the relief of
the Nebraska "redeemers" with the
purpose of confuting the figures pre
sented by George W. Berge in his cam
paign utterances. - He starts jout by
admitting the correctness of Mr.
Berge's figures, but confuses them by
adding the resources in the form of
cash in the treasury. "
- Mr. Roberts, "if you were honest and
fair and not intending to deceive, did
you not see" in the two pages of the
1898 auditor's report that a large part
. of your cash in the treasury was wind.
It seems cruel to touch you on a ten
der spot, but do you know that of the
$7,729,627.30 shown as cash balance at
iNOvember 30, 1896,-and your $007,210. 43
forms part of this, that $673,641.25 of
this balance was practically wind?
Did you ever hear of what is known as
the suspense account and did you know
that the fusionists charged this on,
for which refer to the 1889 auditor's
report. In case you do not care to
look I give you it in detail:
-Busted; banks.
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Rank of WvmoreTTTrm fi-j6,Q3fi 67
Capital Nat. Bank. . .' 245,290 75
First Nat Bank of Orleans. 20,000 00
F. and M. Bank of Lincoln 8,73185
Globe L. & T. Co.; Omaha. . 12,892 54
Buffalo Co. Nat Kearney... 4,499 00
And J. srBartley 335,878 08
Total $673,641 35
. "Would you report on the condition
'of a bank'' and call such a mess of
stuff as this "suspense account," cash?
That is what you have done. Would
you "honestly and fairly, and not in
tending to deceive," say that there
was, $507,210. 40 of a cash balance at
November 30, 1896, when It. was dis
covered. January, 1897, that the re
publicans had watched so "carefully
over the state's money that $673,641.35
had either been lost or stolen?
Mr. Roberts, "if you were honest
and fair, and not intending- to de
ceive," why; did you add the claims left
by - the fusionists and - paid for by the
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legislature oi ivvi, auu iwgei w auu
the claims left by the republicans in
i 1896, and paid for. by the fusionists in
1897 a mere trifle . of $93,125.05 and
why did you forget to add in the mis?
-cellaaeous claims filed in the auditor's
'. A ' '4 M 1 -1 t 1 '11
oince at juue i, ivv, ana-wnicn wm
,have to be paidby. the next legis'a
- ture? . " - ' . . . s
"If you were honest and fair, and
not intending to deceive," why did
you use the comparative figures at
lHaft-41904, instead of up to date?
Do you hot12S?swahe heaviest
payments of taxes are in May, JSSsjy-i
December and January, and that if
you would publish the October figures
they would be largely in excess of the
figures you quote. You state that the
income now about equals - the expen
ditures. Where is your proof, and who
is your authority? Do you mean to tell
us that a new clerk like you is better
posted than Auditor Weston, who in
his 1902 report says: "There will be
approximately $408,278.46 more money
spent' during the two years for which
the legislative appropriations of 1901
-.were made than can be realized frdin
mfc ;ellaneous sources and from the
two annual levies made during those
years," and again he says, "A compari
son of these estimates of receipts and
e-penditures for the next ' biennium
(ending March 31, 1905,) discloses the
fact that there will be a general fund
deficit approximating $555,183.27?" Was
Weston all wrong when he made" this
statement, or are you all wrong now?
For over sixty years Mrs. "Winslow's
Soothing Syrup has 'been used by
mothers for their children while teeth
ing. Are you disturbed at night and
broken of your rest by a sick child
suffering and crying with pain of cut
ting teeth? If so. send at once and
get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing. Syrup for Children Teething. Its
value Is incalculable. It will relieve
the poor little sufferer immediately.
Depend upon it, mothers, there is no
mistake about it. It cures diarrhoea,
regulates the stomach and bowels,
cures wind colic, softens the gums, re
duces "Inflammation, and gives tone
mv -l rKrttA " r
anu.eueis iu nia tiiiuic ojoiem. inns.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for chil
dren teething is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription-of one of the
oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and Is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
m-11 TJ--n K piinto a ),,-,. 1 r
sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup."
Do you know that the last two legis
latures made appropriations as fol
lows: 1901-1902 .'...1.. ..f 2,875,289 51
19U3-1904 .. 3,740,280 70
. $6,615,570 21
And that to pay for these appropria
tions tne various counties were taxed
as follows:
1901 $1,232,391 72
1902 ... 1,131,124 Gl
1903 1,523.316 23
iyu V. .". ..... 1,768,675 24
'xotal ..................$5,655,507 95
Cut out your school levy and add
your miscellaneous receipts, the one
practically offsetting the other, and
wnl you please explain how the in
come can equal the expenditures, when
the expenditures for the four years ex
ceed the income by $960,032,261 Your
four tax levies 1901 to 1904 exceeded
that Of the fusionists' four (1897-1900)
by $1,688,353.21. What did you do with
it? We have a statement from the
auditor's office stating that $605,063
went for permanent improvements.
Did you say thai $450,000 was for the
relief of the drouth sufferers? What
year was that drouth, and where was
it? Two hundred and ninety thousand
uoll&f Jiw&4g Jmjsjed 'hanks! -What
banks and what yearTjww,
"If you were honest and fair and hot
intending to deceive," why do you not
tell the people that in the three items
state officers and employes, state
boards and commissions and state in
stitutionsyour appropriations for
four years were larger than that of
the fusionists by $1,566,934.40, as fol
lows:.' . .;:. ;' 7 - V
Officers and employes..... $ 20,545 00
Boards and commissions. . 164,944 19
Institutions . . . .. , . . ... . ." 1,381,445 21
Total .$1,566,934 40
Are you not aware that the increase
in the item of state officers and em
ployes is largely made, up of, increased
salaries to political- heelers, like you
and your ilk? ; '-
Do you mean to say that this tate
could not be , run without the aid of
a lot of fool boards and commissions,
costing over : $450,000, and - created
mainly for the purpose of providing
snug .berths w for political parasites ?
And .do you stilt further claim that the
state institutions -require $1,381,455.21
more . under republican . administration
than: fusion?. Anthes says $605,000
went for, permanent improvements.
How about the balance? "
'"If you were honest and fair, and not
intending to deceive," do you mean to
say that taxes are higher only tem
porarily, when the levies for the four
years are less than the appropriations
J40SO62.26? .:;. V ' -"--
The peoptcJttijerjtreatly interested
in many of yonr statements. iteTSJ
genu "It remained for the republican
party to pass legislation to control the
people to be honest, to pay their taxes
Does this also apply to the railroads?
Have you any authority to say that
this state can not be run on appropria
tions less than $3,740,280.70 for the
biennium? If you have, then the is
sue is clear. The fusionists ran the
state on $2,333,843.40 during 1897-1898,
and with probably slightly higher fig
ures can do so again. John M. Gil
christ, in the World-Herald.
The World-Herald is under ' obliga
tion to Mr. D. W. Patrick, deputy
county treasurer for Butler county for
the following statement, making a
comparison between 1903 and 1904 of
the taxes on all farm lands in Butler
county. The total increase in Butler
county amounts to $41,181.14. Of
this increase, the farmers of Butler
county are paying an increased tax
amounting to $30,542.40, which is In
fact more than 70 per cent cf the total
increase. The statement follows:
Township. 1903. 1904, Increase.
Read .....$4,999.90 $7,662.07 $2,662.17
Ulysses ... 5,046.77
6,567.77
1,521 00
1.349.47
1.207.47
1.25S.62
2,412.05
3,179.39
2,140.28
1.820.83
1.25B.36
3.173 79
2 914 0?
340.70
l,'64.f3
2.910.32
9379
103 95
Plum Creek 4,839.13
6.188.60
5.049.07
5.991.03
7.250.72
8.005.53
6 598.89
6,299.60
5. R?rt.69
8 ,8?.f5
6, P6.?8
3,76.97
5 00.12
8.261.16
5,15083
1,870.98
Richardson 3,744.60
Reading .
4.732.41
4.818.67
4,S6.14
4,458.61
4.478.77
4,270.33
Union ...
Center
Oak Creek
Summit ..
Olive ....
Franklin-. .""4.91 9-.16
Skull Creek 3.94. 20
Alexis .... 3.396.27
Savannah . 3.785.49
Bone Creek 5.35.84
T inwood .. 4.1M.54
Pint 1 7R7 ft!i
Totals ..73.572.86 104.11 5.?fi 30.54.40
Now, let us 'see how the railroads In
Buuer county are affected by this mag-
nificent piece of republican legislation
known as the revenue law, The state
ment follows: .
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val
ley Tax 1903, $13,504.89; 1904, $13,
68..x; increase, $184.82.
Omaha & Republican Valley 1903,
$6,693.91; 1904, $7,067.72; increase,
$373.81.
Lincoln & Northwestern 1903, $5,
595.79; 1904 $5,449.27; decrease, $551.64.
Omaha & North Platte 1903, $2,
635.79; 1904, $2,230.67; decrease, $551.64.
Total in county 1903, $28,430.38;
1 . $28,437 37; increase, $558.63; de
crease, $551.64.
Total increase $6.99.
It will be seen that while the farmers
of Butler county are required under
this republican revenue law to pay an
increase of $30,542.40, the increase in
taxes to be paid by the railroads in
that county amounts to the enormous
sum of $6.99.
Another feature of this revenue law
is worthy of observation. . , In Butler
county, out of every $100 of state and
county taxes - collected,, the state re
ceivea in 1902, $27.02; in 1903, out of
every $100 the state received $32; in
lo4, under the republican-revenue law,
out of every $100 the state will receive
$41.10. In this glorious year of 1904,
under that magnificent piece of repub
lican legislation known as the revenue
law, out of all the railroad taxes in
Butler, county the state treasury dv ill
receive $654.02 more than it received
in 1903, and Butler county will receive
J&MiM less. .
"ifoiiTin TtAvtuiff.,.t.hDi'AtnrA tnar titular
the practical operations 'f"ffipaVjL
Mttan vaxrari-tia low tint nnlv OfO tllA
corporations relieved of much of the
burden that should properly be borne
by them, and not only are new and
unjust burdens placed upon the plain
taxpayers, but the revenues to be used
for the purpose of building up the
county are materially decreased, whil0
the revenues tobe used in maintaining
the extravagant machine of Mickey
ism are materially increased. "5Vhi!e',
in the case of Butler county, the coun
ty government receives .; of railroad
taxe3 $2,317.09 less, the" Mickey ma?
chine receives $654 more and when it is
Temembered that the increase jn the
railroad taxation in Butler county
amounts to $6.99, it will be seen that
the republican revenue law, aside from
its-injustice tipon the i "plain taxpayer as
an individual, imposes marked injus
tice upon the plain taxpayers of the
county as a whole ; and seriously em
barrasses them in their efforts to push
their county to the front World
Herald. Senn.tor Alien Denies Rumor :
Madison, Neb.F Oct 15, 1904.
Fred G. Boeltz, Central City,. Neb. !
My Dear S'ir: I have your letter of
the 13th inst, In which you say: The
report is being circulated here that you
occupied a seat on the rostrum when
1)1016 Joe Cannon spoke at Columbus
aiTirSpnyesupporting Roosevelt
and " Fairbanks. Heic,w?3Mwiigte4pw
the truth in regard to the matter, as
such reports are intended to injure the
fusion state ticket."
! did sit on the platform with Uncle
Joe Cannon, at Norfolk, not at Colum
bus. Mr. Cannon and I have been per
sonal friends for years and when he
asked me to sit with him it would have
baen a personal discourtesy not to
have done so. I have made it a ruie
to occupy the platform with republican
speakers in my town with whom I am
personally acquainted and who. invite
me to do so. ' I can hot afford to- be
personally discourteous to any friend.
I am surprised that you are misled far
enough to write a letter on the subject
or that you should give credence to a
report that I am supporting Roosevelt
and Fairbanks.
If you will read a symposium article
of mine in the' October Arena, you will
see that I am supporting Mr. Watson,
and there has not been a time when
there was the slightest doubt that I
was loyal to Watson and Tibbies.
As between Judge Parker and Mr.
Roosevelt I would, if compelled to
choose, support Parker because he is
the bigger man of the two. being con
servative, In opposition to imperialism,
strongly opposed to trusts, as his Ju
dicial record clearly shows, and, in
other respects, in my judgment, emi
nently better qualified for president
than Mr. Roosevelt But Judge Parker
la not on mv ticket while Mr. Watson
is. Mr. Watson believes in what I be
lieve in. He is my party candidate.
He Is well worthy of my support and
will receive it
Some time aeo I had occasion, In a
letter in the Omaha Bee. to defend the
memorv of the late Senator 0"av of
pennsvlvania aerainst an assault by
a minister. I Knew Mr. uav. ana.
while dlsannrovlne his political vIpws.
always esteemed him as personally an,
honest man;, and I could not permit
the assault to pass unnoticed. Possibly
tnis has likewise given rise in the
minds of suspicious men to the idea
that I was supporting Mr. Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt, while a - very good
man in my judgment, is not big enough
to be president of the United States.
txQ is too much given to display, to
tinsel, to the spectacular; he loves the
music of the fife and drum too well and
is too strong a believer in swords and
guus and is too much imbued with tue
spirit of war and aggression to stand
at the head of a great nation whose
true policy, according to Washington
and the fathers of the. republic, is tc
stand clear of entangling xoreign al
liances.
i rusting that this is satisfactory, and
all that I will have to say on the sub
ject, I remain,
Very respectfully yours,
'' WM. V. ALLEN.
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