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
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1217 O STREET
TUG DIPSOMANIACS.
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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. M 101.1 r I teglalarure anl
pel ha pa Home other HenUors.
t'oloridu'a Uw-niAker belUv that
whn a man bat H I for A tUtng h
! nlt to HiTKm (big tineini mat the Im-
lrrMn II Kn 4UTQ4i n p.U4
all It aa wurtti.
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