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DECEMBER 13, 1906
The Nebraska Independent
the mature judgment of an intellect
that is comprehensive and ripe, and Is
proof against being influenced by the
machinations of the vicious, or the
clamor of the ignorant.
Therefore, it is not difficult to de
tect the intellectual from non-intelect
ual among public men after such at-
' tain positions that call for publicity
of their views, because the opinions
they give to the public under the cir
cumstances are always a correct
measure and index of the intellectual
capacity of such men.
Theodore Roosevelt, as president of
the United States is the head of the
greatest and most enlightened nation
of the earth. He is ambitious to
achieve undying fame. He is of a
. strenuous nature and a man of untir
ing industry. Never before did op
portunity offer to child of earth' such
a prize as now lay across his nath,
but which because of insufficient in
tellectuality he i3 unable to claim,'
. namely, the plaudits of the good and
. true men of the earth and the praise
' of unborn generations, as the great
est, bravest and wisest man that was
ever privileged to influence ths direc
tion of the iron helm of fate. His
opportunity is great becau.e of the
great power and influence his high
' office gives him to mold opinion, and
' give direction to events, at a critical
juncture in the life of the mightiest
nation of the earth. - '
'"" ' But .who can peruse the crude and
illconsidered intellectual ' feast he
spreads before the nation in his late
message, without being overcome by
-: sorrow and shame. He speaks of for
times 'swollen to unhealthy propor
tions, forgets to mention the robber
tariff and then recommends congress
to subsidize men to own and sail ships
over the trackless ocean. " "
Only men of great Initiative embark
in such enterprises as shipping. And
does the president expect our.Vander
; bilts, Goulds, Hills, Harrimans, Car
negies or Rockefellers to forego the
swollen fortunes that wait upon law
sheltered monopoly here upon the land
and accept in lien thereof the compara
tive pittance that can be acquired in
open competition upon the trackless
ocean. If he does not expect these
prime ministers of high finance to
flee from the opportunities that are
thrust upon them by law and reject
the golden harvests- that are over
' whelming them, and seek instead the
recompense that world wide open
competition offers on the seas, what
does he mean?
. The proposition tp subsidize ship
ping, under existing conditions, is a
proposition to continue the fortune
swelling tariff, the manufacture of
billions of dividend paying stocks and
bonds out of wind and water, and ex-
- tortionate freight rates, telegraph and
express tolls to pay interest on a cap
italization based upon earning
power under conditions of monopoly,
and then have the United States treas
ury put up the difference between the
advantages of such investments and
the earning power of ships upon the
sea, m order to divert capital from
.' the fortune swelling law sheltered
. monopolies on land Into whitening
the seas with saiL Such a proposi
tion lg on a par with that other ab
ardity . of advocating protection for
American labor while sinriig'
millions on the islands of the Pacific
in an attempt to build up trade wit
China, which 'spells doom to the white
labor of the nations of the earth as
soon as it is accomplished. Because,
regardless of any narcotic concealed
under the euphonious term of trade
extension, trade with China has but
one meaning, namely, the breaking
down of the dam that holds confined
a vast reservoir of cheap human labor
in China. Consider what a calamity
it would be for the white man if the
avowed purposes of our invasion of
the Orient should meet with succes3
The men who are beneficiaries of
lav sheltered monopolies understand
well the source, of their incomes and
are not only diligent but strenuous
in defence of the sime. The dream
of untold wealth and power, through
the exploitation of China, has van
ished -an! the dreamer is disillusioned,
but forces of dire portent have been
put in motion that challenge the
statesmanship of the present and the
future. The tiws demand states
men that are well rounded intellectu
ally and morally. The exhibition 'of
incapacity that is furnished by the
president in his recent message ought
to serve as a warning of the danger
of placing a"t the helm of state men
of mediocre abilities.
DEFEW'S SWELLED HEAD
(From the Times, Buffalo, N. Y.)
"For fifty years," says Senator De
0
pew, "I had nothing but flattery and
praise from the press; during the,last
two years J have, had nothing but un
limited criticism."
It took, a long time for the press
to find the senator out The truth
came out at the investigation of the
insurance business in this -state. It
developed that the senator was OHe of
a crew of land pirates who had been
preying upon widows - and orphans
for years, diverting money, which had
been entrusted to them to wrongful
purposes. It shocked the press when
it found that behind the mask of re
spectability and honor was cunning
and duplicity;
"I am curious to know," muses the
senator, "just how long it will take
for the criticism to reduce entirely the
feeling of gratification the swelling
of my head that was created by the
fifty years of flattery." - :
That the head of the senator was
swelled to enormous proportions", no
one doubts. It, has been " reduced
somewhat by ihe disclosures at the
insurance investigation. Of course,
no one can be expected to say just
how long it will take. to get it back
to its normal size. That the senator
still believes in himself to some ex
tent is apparent, but probably the
estimation in which he held himself
up to the time the press and public
began to learn things about him and
express its opinion of him has les
sened considerably. If the press and
public had the chance it would re
duce the swelling of his head a great
deal more by throwing hire out of the
United States senate. x ' ' '
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Poor congress! It stands under the
threat cf an illustrate! essay on thr-
Panama canal and a communication
upon the tariff question - from the
prolix head of the government. Can
not the Massachusetts cocicty with
the long, name intervene in this
matter.
An insistent demand that more l ow
er be conferred upon the presi lent
runs all through the recent message.
of the imitation kaiser who presides
over the .White House at Washington.
If the extra volumes of the mes
sage that are yet to come had'been
dumped unon an unoffending public
all at one , time, tha consequence,1?
might have been serious.
Congress is now in session, and the
stale legislature will soon assemble.
The Independent will keep its readers
posted regarding the doings of both
state and national governments.
Of course the purpose of the presi
dent was to allay jingoism in Japan
and show a tender regard for the na
tional pride of the little brown man
But the talk about military force
sounds somewhat harsh to the proud
Califcrnlan. -
By the time congress hrs diesfel
the big chunks of superior wisdom
contained in the president's recent
message, it will be time for that body
to adjourn in order that the members
may take treatment at sanitariums so
as to be prepared for .future work.
If you want to know the truth re
garding, tho conduct of your member
of the incoming legislature during
the session of. 1907 subscribe for The
Independent. This paper will give
each member the pralso and , blame
that., is hi3 due regardless of which
political party he represents..
The Independent ' prayerfully sug
gests to President Roosevelt that his
messages to congress be issued as a
serial in the future. Fortnightly edi
tions throughout each session of con
gress would enable the press to find
space for them and allow congress
men and the public time to read them.
The brotherhood of man does not
mean that the different races shall
reside together in the same state, or
in the same house, upon terms of
equality. But it does mean that each
are entitled to their own state and
their own house where they may live
in security and in the full and free
enjoyment of life after their own pe
culiar notions. Brotherhood does not
mean amalgamation of the races, and
a" world of hybrids.
A comparison of the treatment ac
corded by President Roosevelt to the
little republic of Colombia, with his
recent utterance on the Japanese
trouble in San Francisco plainly,
shows that the president carefully
scrutinizes the size of the vehicle he
meets before determining how much
of the road he will give. But he dem
onstrated his ability to get out of the
way when he meets a big wagon as
well as to make the fellow with the
Hf ie wagon get on'- of Ijij way.
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