The Nebraska Independent
JANUARY 17, 1907
CONTEST IITHE SENATE
Foraker Showing Signs of Weariness
In Contest With President on the
Negro Question
"Washington, D. C. The president
is not relaxing attention for a moment
from the situation now existing in
tho senate, lie had several confer
ences during the week with adminis
tration senators looking to plans for
meeting any coup that may he sprung
by the other side. Among those he
talked with were Senators Lodge and
Knox. Later in the day Senator
Knox and Senator Foraker conferred
together for a long time in the sen
ate chamber over a new form of com
promise resolution.
Senator Foraker apparently rea
lizes that he has overplayed himself
to some degree and Is now willing to
save himself as best he can In the
eyes of the country. It Is true that
the original Lodge amendment spe
cifically recognizing the president's
power to discharge soldiers would
have been defeated if put to a direct
vote, but that does not mean that a
majority of the senate at heart doubts
the president's power. It does mean
that a good many senators on the
one hand are afraid of the "big stick"
and that several ambitious statesmen
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on the other, fear the colored vote
The situation is such as to make a so
called compromise most acceptable all
around, but it will not come until
after there has been a good deal of
noise.
The speech of Senator Daniel was
a most logical presentation of the
summary power of the commander in
chief of the army, both constitution
ally and under the articles of war and
other statutes. As in any other in
stances where he has gone up against
the senate, it now looks as though the
president will achieve a victory that
will be highly pleasing to him, al
though, as in other cases, the situ
ation looked dark for a time.
MILLIONS IN HARRIMAN COUP
Profit of $2,250,000 Seen In Transfer
of Illinois Central Stock
NewYork. In quarters usually well
informed it was said good, ground ex
isted for the belief that of the 28 mil
lion dollars Illinois Central stock
turned over to the Union Pacific since
July 1 last by the Harriman-Rockefel-ler-Rogers
pool at 175 a share at least
nine millions was purched below 150,
giving a profit of not less than $2,
250,000. MUST NOT RESTRAIN TRADE
Kansas Seeks to Punish Those Who
Throttle Competition
Topeka, Kan. A stringent anti
trust bill introduced in the senate pro
vides for a heavy fine and imprison
ment for any person or corporation
who seeks to form a monopoly or com
bination in restrain of trade.
ALCOHOLISM AND CONSUMPTION
In a recent address before the Amer
ican international congress on tuber
culosis Dr. T. D. Crothers of Hart
ford, Conn., the head of an institution
in that city for the treatment of ine
briates, took occasion to point out the
close connection that existed between
alcoholism - and tuberculosis. The
principal point presented by Dr.
Crothers in his address is that alco
hol weakens the blood vessels of the
respiratory system and invites con
sumption; that the roll of consump
tives receives annually vast additions
from the ranks of moderate drinkers.
A reduction of our national drinking
capacity, therefore, means a reduction
in the number of victims of the great
white plague. Philadelphia Press.
Judging by Experience
Uriah Upstate Young Jason Gads-
by has mor'gaged his hundred acres
for $2,500 an' gone tew Noo York tew
buy an autymobile.
Silas Graball (who once purchased
green goods) Ila, hey? Well, I'll Jest
Let yew a good five-center cigar that
when he gits hum- agin an" unpacks
the said autymobile It'll turn out to
be a nice, red wheelbarrer! Puck.
Better Than Grandfather's
'What a remarkable old "clock!" ex
claimed the caller.
"Yen," raid Mrs. tang-Howe. "We
think a K'd ih ul of that timepiece.
It has been In the family fifty years.
FomctlmcH we forget to wind It Mon
day morning, but It doesn't mnko any
difference. U goes rleht along fur
another w'k, Just from force of
habit." Chicago Trlbuna
HEW RAILROAD CURBS
House Committee on Interstate Com
merce at Work on Three Impor
tant Additions to Rate Bill
Washington, D C Three impor
tant amendments to the railroad rate
law are being prepared by the house
committee on interstate commerce and
will be urged upon congress at the
next session if the business of the
present session prevents their consid
eration before adjournment. Ane
amendment prohibits interstate rail
roads from owning stock In any other
interstate railroad except when, after
full hearing before the interstate com
merce commission, it is shown that
the proposed purchase will be to the
benefit of the people, and is not a
stock jobbing operation to magnify pri
vate fortunes. The third amendment
will authorize the interstate commerce
commission to examine the outstand
ing capitalization and indebtedness of
interstate railroads and to cause a val
uation of the property to be made for
the purpose of uniform and fair taxa
tion and determining fair rates.
Western railroads protested before
the house committee on interstate
commerce against a flat two cent a
mile passenger rate as proposed in the
bill introduced by Representative Sher
man of New York. John Sebastian,
general passenger agent of the Rock
Island, G. T. Nicholson, third vice pres
ident of the Atchison,, and former Con
gressman Payson of Illinois, represent
ing the Illinois Central and the Harri
man system, all opposed the bill in
elaborate arguments.
The trend of their opposition was
that a two cent rate might be equit
able in the east where population is
dense, but that such a rate would be
unjust in the west, where the travel
is lighter. They insist that the pres
ent powers of the interstate commerce
commission to fix reasonable rates is
sufficient.
Petitions against intervention in the
Congo affairs are reaching Senator
Cullom from Chicago by the hundreds.
The petitions are coming in upon
printed blanks, which read: "To the
senate committee on foreign relations:
Your petitioner respectfully begs that
you will refrain from any act of in
tervention in Congo affairs as well
as from any act which might encour
age any other nation or nations to
intervene. Your petitioner is of the
opinion that the charges against the
Congo government are unfounded and
are inspired by religious and commer
cial jealousy."
A bill to tax the gross receipts of
foreign Insurance companies was In
troduced In th house by Representa
tive Olcott of New York. The proposed
tar Is 5 per rent at tl. grcs lvcvlpts
from premiums and the bill la to take
effect on January 1, Rios. The com
panies are required to file with the
secretary of tho treasury at tho er.d
of each year u fctatenieut of their
gre?s Income.
In presenting his objections In ilu
senate to I no pending bills for the
regulation of child labor, Senator Over
man of North Carolina wont into an
elaborate discussion of the decline of
the state's rights. His text was taken
from the constitution of his state:
"A recurrence to first principles is
absolutely necessary to the preserva
tion of our liberties." The child labor
bills of Senators Lodge and Beveridge
were read by Mr. Overman with the
comment that the effect of the enact
ment of either would be not only to
stretch to the breaking point the com
merce clause of the constitution, but
would be a usurpation of rights of the
states. -
John P. Irish Will Address Students
The following announcement is
sent out from the office of the Chan
cellor of the Unversity of Nebraska:
Hon John P. Irish has selected a
subject most timely and appropriate
for his address before the university
graduates at their mid-winter com
mencement. "Is Government a Fail
ure?" is the formal title, under which
Mr. Irish will discuss government
ownership of production and dstrbu
ton. A promnent political figure, a
veteran newspaper man, for the last
thirteen years naval officer of customs
at the port of San Francisco, Mr.
Irish is qualified "to" speak with au
thority on the subject he has chosen.
The lecture will be given at eight
o'clock on Friday evening, February
15, in the Lincoln auditorium.
Of interest to Poultry Raisers
The 1907 catalogue of . the Old
x uotj iuuuuului iiuu jaruuuer is a
work of art, and evdences the pros
perity of the M. M. Johnson Company
of Clay Center, Neb. The "Old Trusty
Incubators and Brooders" are in use
in nearly every neighborhood in nine
states and the demand for them con
tinues to grow with the times. When
ever one is introduced into a neigh
borhood, others invariably follow, the
merits of apparatus becoming appar
ent to all who have an opportunity to
see them in operaton and note the
results. The new catalogue ssued by
the M. M. Johnson Company is pro
fusely illustrated with fine half tone
photos, and presents a wonderful
study in the hatching and raising of
chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys.
Scientific instructions are given re
garding the management of the eggs
during incubation, and of the care
and food of the young birds..
In appreciation of the business
which the Poultry Fanciers and poul
try raisers of the state of Nebraska
have given to the M. M. Johnson
Company, Mr. Johnson has rented tho
Auditorium nr T.
- uit; wtTK OI
January 14 to 19 and donated the uso
of tho same to tho Nebraska State
Poultry Association for the associa
tion's annual show.
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