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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1905)
j 1 u tE6 Nebraska Independent PAGE 3 toe ,ir,,1ie f"""! ,1" S(' who will puMicly applaud such riiarisai- I ii'in "Kvrl'V .1.. r U IivjTify- , . tt.p inHUKinco official who lias boon do- Tl"' '" ,' .i .ii,,..- tlm funds of widows and orphans. And. in "",a''"'" 'I i.irrilk wore the men who, in 181)0 and 15)00, h.' j rt marw, ;is champion of (ho widows and ;,'n' s!"'""!l?V while Ih.-v wore -li.mlii.js they were contributing r!,li;l,K ' ! nid orphans to huy immunity from tho law i!i- i'"""'.v '" . - .i t.ifM thov controlled. ,.,-,ii,i ii I in -! , i.i i u . i : .1.,,," Tin. Phar sees have had their day i n"- IMS III "V a , . , ... .... thov nre (-(ill founded 1V the great . , .. 4 )I1I ill limi l'-r al"""' "" a it iwbleneo eon Id not, sparo them T, ,, .,1, I subhuman vieiousness ami justice, seemed to iw'fi'i lm "" , ,, , .,1 ,1 Jmnmi he ore I IK) world. V should 00 ... . I Jniiiio thev soian iind Into and In M"' ' "' '". ,' , .. f.o. Ihw ,fm." hi. 1 hem ow. lit,, f veil lOlllldS, Pill n ll-lll.n-nn r,-- rovidci which ! ; , . . , 1 ... i ll,,. uirulom ot lliatlOM WIK'll i...,,,,! . crciilcsl criminals oi nu ui- And ilml wi lll'ul IIITI BATTLE 13 AGAINST THE "SYSTEM" i charge f Rockefeller white-wash bureau arc not, , . ...... ,i: ;,. ,;.,ti. ,n mid tmieeful diplomacy winch- i,illli'lllll ll" Hue mi." n , , ,,. :: ;;,Mt,,h:1.,H,n.c such an nHt,K.,.aiic inst.tutmn ho art of ,inviK wl,it. u:;iHli r. qu.i.-H no IHUO genius aim , . V , T.. ,1,it,.w!isli linoii t io one to he wlnlo- ii'i't;ikcn I'.v i. i.m"- " ' , . . i (i. u.,J,l hv liiicki if.ilH shi.vvH poor tUHlfi and (iocs not mn ,,,., " . , . 1111. 1 ....I l.ii..rl Hill !,;,,,, ,m. A flood liniHii hiioiiki oe .i-i. h Vw kimw huw to mix wl.itcwaHl. arif-'ht, particularly wluUwash ot t,, ji,..,irv kind. Ah a rcHiilt there is nincn injii(iici.ii wmww - i,,,, il,,,) ,,, mnv be distinguished Irom inud-lingii.g. Tl. Iiirll.di.y party at tho JiocKelelier nonie was nui, u .....i il... work done hv'tl.o chief whitewashcr, Mr. Uacon, was dn iilnllv criKli'. The iiook written by Marcus M. lirowu in defense ., .. ' i ii.:.. . An uttiif.V iiniv be o! Kot-kcIt'lH-r was loo paipanio in n. mu);. ...,..v,. ....v ...1,1 J.iJ.i.,., h,I uviimlibni'liliiiiT. a la Miss larboll and Mr. hawson, but a ilcf.-iiM' must be a clever jiarry. A literary defense lnusl bo lh an art ll.at conceals all art Tho little stories going L ,,f it,,. ,, o.irmrr lmw IovhIiIc. charitable? and generous 11 r. Korkel'eller is, are much more effective than this bulky and ... i i. . .,-, .1 1 t iii,hwackiiin hook. Hie birthday party otten serves an urmc, but some bad mistakes have been made at birthday parties. Ilrr.nl, tctniivh of Calilec, in a mad moment at his birthday party ' . ' ... . , -iii ii.:. Mvnrc a terrible oath that made him a murderer ami minicneu im uiiwicii' ; until his dying day. ft I l J D 11 1 1. 1 . --.1 1 1 , i fl ir A 1 in ill istakes of the HockcTollcr Olireau nave mm emiuj t" ii desire tn "pile it on." Not satisfied with tho delicate pasteis ii. the inatriiiiics and newspapers, tho book and tho birthday party, iU'ciia sol nbniii tlm work of frft.t.iny cortifieateB of character from tin' rich friends of Mr. Rockefeller. How much more con- vinciiif; would have been tho testimony of the stable boy, the butler, tlio iillice n,y or the humble book-keepr. Tlie cardinal error, however, seems to have been in misunder tadiiij; the initure of tho attack on Mr. Rockefeller. Tho defend ers awmiie that the assailants havo been calling Mr. Rockefeller a .iwr, a thief, cold blooded tyrant and a hater of his fellow men. Tbev have undertaken, therefore, to prove him a kindly, generous and k.yahle old nun. Perhaps Mr. Rockefeller may have inferred jl'H Ids assiihmts meant to call him these hard and cruel names, 1,111 a matter of fuel nearly all tho attacks havo been directed awinsi his hn.j,,,, methods. The principal attacks were made by Mj TarUdl and by Thomas W. Lawson. In her lwn.k Miss Tar- lirtidui-es evidoni-i. !. iliui.rodil' klntwlnr.l (Yi lmsiliess methods ""'i Hi hi" ani.d. ii" mr iS oil 'frenzied finance" Mr. I.awson proclaims it e ln.se and destrnv the "vntein." Iulv the 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 x -1 1 I tlm tivcO.iii InO tliorn lion' iti ('Xl'll.SeS 'I"- man al i, ibt re are no excuses for the system. Man may -d n-triv bv his piissi,m ,,,,,1 he not wholly bad, but what lie '", i- had in ,! r : , t 1 1 1 1 1 lio ..I laii!iu Pil.itu i-ti huw no " , l"H'l'll" l. l'llllll ... , i-1 Man he turned over to the ruthless .Tudean mob, '''! -in, bnt he had U'gniled hiinsilf into the Islief ! i f"i' the best interests of those unruly provinces bad uiveii him to rule. He fondly imagined ! liet ited his action, and lie blinded his eyes P i. 1 re-isnn fur tlm u i'iiiiii 1ik ili.l vi-n fear that I bv a dissatisfied i ntjM ror. , "f ei.urse, tn eundt iiui a bad svstetn wilhout Mr,,. '--Hp at the same lime condemning, although not in eipial measure, tho man behind the system. Rockefeller happens to bo (he chief figiiro in a syslem of finance which ihrives by special privileges and unjust discriminations Hindi as are hateful to the spirit, and anl agonistic, to the principles of our Institutions. J localise of the position be has occupied the battle against an unholy syslem has raged about him with incessant fury. I!ul the people are not seeking in destroy Rocke feller, nor even to place him behind prison bars. If he died lo inorrovv the syslem would still exist, and until the wyslem is de stroyed the battle will go on lo the hitler end. JUDGE LETTON'8 MISTAKE Judge Lelloii has at length surrendered his passes, according to a number of republican pipers. While tho state ollicials were hiii rendering their passes without hypocritical proteose Mr. Lotion allowed I he impression to prevail that he was not a pass user, but iho Populist convention removed tho mask from his face. Defenders of Mr. Lotton now say that judicial digpity prevented him from making a public announcement of the fact that lie had surrendered his passes. Mr. Lelton would do well not lo assume too much judicial dignity until he is elected. The people demand candor and straightforwardness in their candidates and are learning from revela tions in "frenzied finance'" that there has been too much pious pre tense and dignity of one kind or another used to conceal fraud and corruption. Defenders of the life insurance contributions to iho republican campaign fund are saying that the ollicials who made the contri butions were prompted by sincere motives and wished to save the nalion from ruin. If that be iho case why hold any nalmnal elec tions? Why not put up the presidency for sale to the highest bid der? Those who are eager to save the nalion and the business inter ests of the country, more parlicnlarly the business interests, can then buy the presidency and avoid the cheap hypocrisy that now al lends Iho barter ami sale for that high office. The older MeCurdy and his precocious boys found rich picking in the controlof the Mutual Life. McCall and his boys looted tho . .New York Life, while llydo the elder and junior held up iho Mquitahlo for tainted millions. Evidently these gentlemen thought that tho word mutual applied only lo insurance officials and their families, General Joso Miguel Gomez has'como all the way from Cuba to tell us that tho party in power is corrupting tho ballot and he, asks the United Sl'ales to interfere. Gomez must be a traitor. Think pi an American asking a foreign country to interfere because air elec tions are bought by the trusts, railways and insurance ofltcials. The rich and powerful life insurance lobby was defeated in Nebraska by the railway lobby, a local institution of which the state is justly proud. It is to bo hoped, however, that in the present contest between tho railway lobby and the people the result will bo reversed. The corporation whip has been cracked and David 15. Hill and Richard Gluey have come out against railway regulation by tho government. All the old-time myrmidons of the money power aro remaining true to (heir colors. Those who say that trusts are a natural evolution and cannot no destroyed forgot" that the trusts have Is-en created by special privi leges and discriminations and can Is; destroyed by (lie withdrawal of these favors. Pat, Crowe failed to contribute a portion of the kidnapping prize to the republican campaign fund, and he must, therefore, stand (rial. Those who seek to regulate the tru-M are wasting ainuuit n-n. Tht trusts must ln destroyed or they will continue to regulate the gdveinnietit. The republican national committee whs pr.d. iblv trying to eh an up the policy holders "as clean as a huond's l.xiih." The in-mey power prefer Rockefeller enj.tc.J of education to government control of railways.