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PAGE 2 156 Nobraslto. Indopcndcm MARCH 15, 1906 railroads or must suffer defeat, this is particularly true of 'all western states and is said to account for the zeal of Senator Dolliver for the meas ure. It is also recognized that while many republican senators owe their election to railroad influences, they are at heart opposed to present railroad methods and extortionate charges, and that they have only to realize that the people are aroused sufficiently to be relied upon to protect them in their omces when they will gladly turn upon the railroads and serve the peo ple by, supporting the Hepburn bill and upholding the president. Privately, among the able lawyers In congress there has been much dis cussion over the proposed amend ments to the Hepburn bill, suggested by Senators Spponer of Wisconsin, and Knox of Pennsylvania. These amendments are considered as cun ningly devised clap-trap to deceive the people and destroy the bill by rendering it Impotent to do any of the things the original bill was designed to do. Tremendous pressure has been brought to bear upon the president to Induce him to compromise upon an amendment , that would solidify the vote of republican senators. His "well known partisanship is relied upon to influence him. It is said that on Keveral occasions he has been danger ously near the point of surrendering the benefits of the bill because of his anxiety to preserve harmony and unity in the republican party. I benator Foraker of Ohio made one of his characteristic speeches against the rate bill a few days since. He denounced the measure as unconsti tutional, pernicious and unnecessary, and predicted that all sorts of evils would follow in its train if enacted 1 into law. The senator voices the sen-; timent of the railroads and the rail-1 road senators. He was followed by j Senator Dolliver, who ably defended j the bill. The position represented by I Foraker on one side and Dolliver on the other are-irreconciliable. one stating-the railroad side of the question and the other , the peoples side. That: the railroad- question is the rock upon which the republican craft will be dashed to pieces, if the demo cratic senators utilize the opportunity that now presents itself to them is the opinion of the political sages who are watching the turn of affairs.' The statehood bill passed the sen ate with the Foraker amendment, ad mitting Oklahoma and the Indian Ter ritory to the union but eliminating Arizona and New Mexico. The bill as amended passed the senate by a vote of thirty-seven to thirty-five. The feeling against the president engendered by his stubbornness in insisting upon a genuine measure of relief from railroad extortion is shown by the opposition of the railroad sen ators to all of the other measures that the president has at heart. There is also a very ugly feeling between a number of house and senate leaders over the confusion that reigns regard ing the fate of a number of their pet measures, in fact there exists here in congress a legislative muddle that is perplexing to many of the oldest members of both houses, and out of which a number of them profess to be unable to see daylight. ' The recent outbreak of the Moros in the Philippine islands is causing the cold chills to run down the backs of the statesmen who in the past have contended that our mission in the t Philippines was one of philanthropy. It is now realized that the Moros are going, to be somewhat difficult to benevolently assimilate. The slaugh ter inflicted by our troops was horri ble, although it may have been neces sary, under all the circumstances, but it is the unanimous opinion of all that I have heard refer to the matter that the lives of our brave boys sacrificed last week could never be compensat ed for by any possible benefit the isl-j ands may be to us in the future, or we to them. The whole Philippine affair is a bad job that the country is thor oughly sick of, and all will rejoice as soon as the way is found of get ting rid of them. The interoceanic canal committee nas been struggling hard against odds trying to find out something ahont affairs at Panama, where the big (men is to be dug. They have had witnesses of all kinds for all before them and apparently , have not uius iar Deen able to make out much Oi anything beyond the fact that thine are terribly mixed and that there is a good deal of grafting going ohr But wnere to place the responsibility and now io cnecK u is still an unsolved problem. An investigation into canal affairs partakes of a nature of a farce in the minds of the senators who know the facts, which were that the concensus of opinion of ail engineers who had investigated canal matters waa that Nicaraugua was the proper place to construct a canal for a great variety vi reasons, including economy, time requireu io complete the work and the chances of the canal remainin c in tact through escaping earthquake shocks. The older senators who fniiv understand the opposition of the trans continental railroads to a canal of any kind, and remember that their efforts defeated every movement looking to ward the construction of a canal in the past, and that they concentrated their forces in favor of Panama when they found that President Roosevelt was determined that something should be done. These senators, of, course, b " i,;t.k, This tfi" realize how much of a farce all talk about economy and the prevention of graft is under the circumstances. They know full well that a canal at Pan ama is going to cost two or three atimes as much as a canal at Nica ragua would. They know also that a canal at Nicaragua could be com pleted in one-half the time or even less than it will require to complete the big ditch at Panama. Therefore, in view of the fact that they realize that railroad influences in this mat ter are costing the nation an amount running . toward the hundred millions mark, besides the squandering of ten or fifteen years of time on the work, with these things in their mind it is difficult for the committee to very ser iously consider the many minor grafts that are incident to the big graft and, folly of undertaking this work at Pan ama instead of at. Nicaragua. The surprise sprung at the .White House last week when attorneys rep resenting ongressman Hearst called upon the president and satisfied him that they had evidence sufficient, to convict a number of the principle railroads of the country of violation in the law in the interest of the sugar trust was quite startling. Hearst is known to be irrepressable and is de termined that the administration shall show good faith in the prosecution of powerful . law breakers, or give the people a chance to know. io. the con trary, he has been forcing the hand of the administration from. the begin ning. . . Republican and democratic con gressmen alike are disgusted over the V v is 1 mim i " ' 1 '- L1"'. "" fact that the president stands pat on the tariff, and that no relief can be had from trust extortion for some time ; to come, because without the presi dent s aid they seem to be powerless to initiate any measure of relief for the people from the iniquitous burd ens imposed by a tariff that enables trusts to plunder Americans through extortion, while they are able to un dersell all competitors in the world's markets on the self-same lines that the government puts up a barrier against imports on. i CRIME REBOUNDSS ON BREWERS Woman Whose Husband is Under Sentence for Murder Wins Suit Topeka, Kan. A person who sells the liquor by the use of which an other person becomes intoxicated is, to a degree, responsible for the acts of this second , person while in the in toxicated condition. This is the sub stance of a decision rendered in the supreme court of this state by Justice ureene. in iyoo w. k. Keener, w. R. Bunhart. and C. T. Oathout went, to a brewery on the outskirts of Atchison run by Rosrna seiboid, and Emma Harerelm. The three men became in toxicated, foueht - and Reener shot and killed both Burchart and Oathout. He wai oonvir.ted of murder in the first decree, and is now in the Denitentiarv under sentence of deatn., Mrs.; Reener Send $1.00 for One Years Subscription to The Independent And Receive "... Mr. Berge's Book "Till Free Pass ''Brlfirj System" IlFREE as a Premium H ' ' -- . . . , -V Offer will remain but a Short Time This Offer applies to full paid advance Subscrip tions only. brought suit against the owners of tne brewery for the loss of her hus band's support. Her charges are now upheld. SAVES BABE, LOSES OWN LIFE Mother Tosses Infant Out of Way of Auto, But is Run Down Herself Cincinnati, O. By rare presence of mind Mrs. Annie Johns, member of a gypsy band, saved her infant from being crushed under an automobile by . throwing it to one side of the road, but lost her own life. She was run down by a machine owned by the D. T. Williams Valve company and driven by. A. Tarbill, a member of the firm. Indians Kill Officers Vinita, I. T. Three officers and six horses were killed when a posse of lederaldeputy. marshals was ambushed by the Wickliffe gang of outlaws in the Spavinaw hills on Saline creek. nine miles south of the Kansas-Indian Territory line. Three, deputies es: caped. Select Elevator Site Fremont, Neb. The new elevator of the Nye-Schneider-Fowler company in Omaha will be located on the Omaha Grain company's terminals southwest of the new steel elevator of the Inde pendent company. This is in the south part of the city and west of the Union Pacific tracks. HIS AMBITION IS CURBED KAISER FORCED TO ABANDON HIS WARLIKE POLICY. Powers Are United to Preserve Peace and Threatened War Has Been Averted Great English and Euro pean Peace Coalition. London. A great crisis has been passed and the peace of Europe is assured for a considerable time to come. ' ' . - This pregnant news means far more than a settlement of the disputed ques-; tions at Algeciras. It means nothing less than the formation of a erreat British and European peace coalition wnicn has issued its stern veto aerainst any scheme of national T aggrandize ment that seeks to : impose itself bv force of arms. Before describing the dramatic de tails of the diplomatic events of the last few days' it: is important ; to re state the difficult situation which ron- froned the powers a week ago: Ger many was aggressively and uncom- promising opposing any 1 settlement of the Morocco questions exceDt on her own" terms. She denied that France or any other power possessed any spe ciay rights in the independent king dom of Morocco. - Her contention prima facie was . sound in logic and etnics, and it appealed strongly to the support of unprejudiced neutrals like the United States. German's Secret Designs ' But Germany's bona fides were not afcove suspicion. ; Her secret desisnis were far from altruistic, and when they were; exposed it; became neces sary to deal drastically, not with the Morocco question alone, but with n. grav e crisis involving" the whole. Euro pean situation. It hasDeenrtfiair wifti in a manner that - constitutes one of the greatest services which diplomacy nas rendered to mankind in all his tory. , .;..: -v ,' Thev position " of " Great Britain. Prance and Spain was embarrassing. iney were virtually- advocatintr th unsound principle that the special in terests of one power carried sneeial rights of interference, which in their application might easily touch the sov ereignty of an independent state where they are exercised, as is thf case in the British occupation of Egypt. Neither of these three powers had any wish to see this pernicious doctrine incorporated in international law, as was secretly desired by Ger many. 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