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Tho Nebraska Independent JANUARY 24, 1907 TWO GOTKRNUKS. Pennsylvania's new governor, like the new governor of New York, was nom inated because of his good personal abilities and reputation, by a political ring - whose reputation .was anything but savory. A good man had to be nominated in each case to prevent cer tain defeat at the hands of an aroused people. In each case baneful influ ences in state politics gave their sup port to these candidates, and they were elected while protesting their., entire lack of sympathy for this sort of sup port. Whether or not it is possible for a governor to be independent af ter receiving such support has been one of the subjects of speculation since - the election in these states. Thus far Governor Hughes has given every in dication of perfect independence and integrity. When it appeared the other day that the legislature had been , or- - ganized by the same old hand he said simply that he should appeal from the legislature to the people in case the former refused to carry out the prom ises made to the latter as the price of their election. Governor Stuart has but Just now lawn tno-igt; v.a , ins uiuce, turn jub inaugural message rings as true as did that of Governor Hughes. Whether he, too. means what he says we shall have nn early opportunity - to judge. William A. Martin, a Pittsburg coun cilman, was last week convicted of bribery. He says that he will not go to prison alone, that the rest of the proiit takers must go with him. The Pittsburg, frafting machine is a part , ib f.-tito machine. Their hope of closing Martin's mouth lies in the chance of securing his pardon from the governor. The real test, one stronger than words, will come on the gov ernor's action in this case. A OPEHIIG WEDGE. Rv the heln nf two members whose political existence by decree of their constituents ends six weeks hence, the house committee on merchant ma- ably a ship subsidy bill. The vote stood 8 to 7. But for our blessed de vice of letting men serve a session in congress after their successors are elected the tale would have been dif ferent, for two affirmative votes were those of Renresentatives Grosvenor and Littauer. The bill recommended by the house committee against the protest of : Nebraska's representative on the com j mittee, Mr. Henshaw, proposes to spend $3,750,000 a year to subsidize seven i lines of steamships running between ; the United States and South America j and between the Pacific coast and the orient. To try to keep seven- inter . continental lines of steamers going on ! a four million dollar subsidy looks much like trying to irrigate a Nevada desert with a garden hose; and so, nq doubt, it looks to the subsidy hunters Mho get much less than they asked for if the bill passes as recommended. But it is an opening wedge. Four mil lion dollars will make the beneficiaries Just so much stronger in their pressure for more millions later on and herein lies largely the opposition to the sub sidy' in the minds of probably a vast ; majority of the people. It finances . at public expense the effort of one more interest to control our representatives at Washington, and there are already too many of that sort there. Sa.muel Pomeroy Colt, organizer and master of the rubber trust, received thirty-nine votes for senator on the first ballot of the Rhode Island legisla ture, seventeen short of the number necessary to elect. Senator Wetmore, who is a candidate for re-election, re ceived thirty-one votes, and William Goddard, millionaire banker and mer chant, received forty-one. In this mill of the millionaires the real fight is probably to be between Wetmore and the rubber king. Mr. Goddard an nounced his candidacy as an independ ent on a reform platform last May, and being supported at the polls by un tethered voters of both parties re ceived a strong popular endorsement. The forty-one votes which he received in the first legislative ballot repre sented a largo majority of the people of Rhode Island, though by no means a majority of the legislature. It Is not in the least likely that he can dravv votes from either Wetmore or Colt, and the first ballot probably ex pressed his greatest strength. Sena tor Wfmor was the only avowed candidate against Mr. Goddard before election, but be starts eljfht vtr be. hind Mr. H. Hither Wetmore or Colt Is nuppod to be satisfactory to Senator Aldrteh. and they will prob ably be allowed to pir for point he fore TIom H my ton I en In to award the trlr.e. The proceeding should add iropotui to the movement for the pop ular election of senators. Lincoln h not nlone In trmihU to keep t preacher. The Hlbllcal World complain thai the short aye of jvd rmw h"M I general and alarming. Theological tierent ha dtrrel many, It think, and th. tnmpeil to com rurrclalHm and Us more distinctly v. IM reward hi carried with It much Rood ti. Tiber that 'night It a more r,pr. ttual age luv devote! It.iHf to Uylng Mow is ike. Timnie t WHEN WE ARE CLEARING OUR WINTER STOCK We have made our values especially attractive during this sale, and to the man who wants Quality, Durability and Economy in his Clothing th,ese prices should appeal. For a limited time only you are permitted to buy yourself or boy a suit and overcoat at about ONE-THIRD less than they have regularly sold for. Note these prices, and reckon your saving. Men's $12 50 Suits and Over coats, now ............... Men's $1&00 Suits and Over- Qlfl "j7K coats, now.... .........OI"i 3) Men's $20.00 Suits and Over coats, now....; Men's $25.00 Suits and Over- coats, now.... 20 Per Cent Discount on all Fur Coats. 1 25 Per Cent Discount on all Winter Caps and many broken lines of Woolen Underwear. - The Eclipse Shirt, the best Dollar Shirt known, now priced at 75c. Can -you afford to Opportunity? ADAMS-FARQUHAR-O'NEAL CO. (Formerly Paine Clothing Co.) up less 'destructible though less glitter-, ing treasure. All religious leaders ad mit that there has been a loss In the number of men entering the ministry in the last twenty years, though some now maintain that the number has re mained stationary since the turn of the century. There is a disposition to claim that the decline in number has been acompanied moreover by a shrinkage In general ability. This may be a de ceiving appearance, due to the lack of such mountain peak preachers as Beecher to attract attention to the great ability of some pulpits, but the fact remains that the competition for the successful preacher is extremely severe just now; enough so, perhaps, to stimulate the inflow of the theologi cal schools somewhat. In fact, It was reported by numerous seminaries last fall that their attendance this year shows a gain over, past years. AT KINGSTON. Earthquakes are ever a compara tively regular reminder that man peo pled the earth before tho earth was altogether ready for htm. .A third ex ceptionally disastrous hoek within a single year on tho u extern continent alono Impresses upon r.s with extraor dinary force the nluimo.i.i of our foot ing lure. There is nn average low of life from earthquake of about ::..'00 people, but the western hemisphere nlme ha approximately contributed the full nvtrago number within ten innnlltM In the three dtatwten of Francisco, Valparaiso and Klngior. Tho average In swelled by the desirnc UvenexM of earthquake In the tuorc ix.puluu orient, for Instance tho earth quake of IS'Jl In Japan which killed y,:W, and that of lft! In the nam.t coun try when nearly thirty thousand lout their live. An element in the dlwter? of tho past tn months affect even ur pr lrl, mwj, v lit re e feel fairly M t ura from unvUiintf mor than the mildest of inutid.ine ieentrlel l Thl I- the wide distribution of the .vniioimo tuvohed. In Nebrn.ka the Hpl n p,Mt that they are now paying In In muanto preniluiu a thaic f the . nree hundred million dollum uf property lout fnon tha Han r'raat teci JUaster, .87.75 now 813.75 Boys' $4.00 now Gift ..VitJi W Boys' $5.00 Suits and Overcoats, now..................... miss such a-Clothing The property loss in . Jamaica ..will. .Ixs nothing like so great, as. was the case in Fan Francisco, but in a society that never has more than a few month' "living" laid up In advance a dead los3 such as this disaster involves, fal's with some weight. The direct property loss is of course not all. There is the enforced idleness of hundreds of people for a considerable time, and a reaction upon foreign trade with the island that will affect many countries with greater or less seriousness. The Kingston dis aster will have its effect, perhaps at a remote time and not great enough to be visible to untrained eyes, upon the general prosperity of the United States. TIIIJ PlCOl'I.K'S LOBBY. Somewhat less than two hundred years ago newspapers Qrst began to print accounts of the sessions of par liament in Great Britain. The members did not like it. They solemnly resolved that to publish accounts of their pro ceedings wius a breach of privilege, that it made the members accountable to their constituents, and they forbade the newspapers to continue the practice. Tho newspapers fortunately braved the wrath of parliament, and though many of the editors went to Jail for their temerity they kept at it until the Idea of the accountability of 1. hlutora to their constituents beoatw soundly established. A point hn:i now been reached when even the services of the paper have proved InsuiUclcnt or tin nulls factory n a connecting link be tween legislator and constituent and three years uo the citizens' union of New York city estabiUhed a publicity bureau at "Albany to keep tab on the Individual lawmaker In all detail if their conduct. This was tho original or ut lewt the precursor of the people' lobby juxt now getting Into attlon at Washington. An Instance of the effect ujon n constituency of detailed knowl edge of a repreentatlve!i record Ij found In the cajw of l?harhvt Cooper, long a member from King county. The repmi of the publicity bureau nhowM that he was conspicuous for pedal and tMTHoiial legislation, an "Intelligent n danifermiM" representative. He a re. nominated, but ran nearly nine thou sand vot h tehtn( Ut head of hh , ticket td w,w defeatt I, Boys Department - Boys' $3.00 Suits and Overcoats, (( JR UUlUU Suits and Overcoats, .82.76 83.76 UKOOLN 2VH 1217 O STREET TUG DIPSOMANIACS. """ ;;;' ' There is some" demand "In Nebraska" for a repeal of the dipsomaniac law permitting the commitment of habitual drunkards to an asylum for treatment. The lack of facilities due to insuffi cient hospital room figures in the ob jections, and there is further the occa sional assertion that the results in per manent cures have not justified tho trouble and expense. The plan seems to have been an undoubted success la Connecticut, whore it has been longer under test. Possibly the difference in result comes in some measure from the difference in practice that the mini-' mum period of commitment iu Connec ticut is one year, whereas in Nebraska no such minimum Is required or en forced. In New York an effort is being made to have authorized private hospi tals or colonies of dipsomaniacs to which inebriates may be consigned fo. cure at the request of relatives who are able and willing to foot the bills. There will always, of course, be n cer tain proportion of 'allures from tho dipsomaniac treatment. There is no doubt that such treatmants may re move the craving for aleonol or lru.i but thre is no way of preventing th person who Is fool enough to d3 It, from deliberately reacquiring the hajlf. It might bu argued in spite of this thai the system unve.s all who from tht no dal gtandioint aru worth navlng, With all hit faults. Senator Tillman ha never had to answer -a charge of d'ng nuMittu aa. ret in often P bo governed by vlolrnt prejudices, but tyi whtt he thinks and s.-i m. ta be. Incapable of disemhllng to achieve an end. As an Implacable opponent of President Konaevelt he prefers to at tack him squarely for hi action In tho Hrownsvilln case rather than try to ln Jure him from aruhtuh by pretending t support him as a measure of ImMllliy to the negrue. That kind of work l lft for the. 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