INDEPENDENT
5
A I'll I L 11, 1907.
THE NEBRASKA
I THE WORLD
.
T4.TE in the week the Nebraska
iM h-gislature adjourned, having re
mained in session over the statutory
limit of sixty days by about a week.
The puru food bill was passed among
the last, completing the fulfilling of
the pledges which had been a condi
tion of the election of a majority of
the members. Governor Sheldon signed
the direct primary bill. A measure
passed late in the week to which con
siderable importance ia ascribed for
bidding liquor manufacturers to own
more than one saloon license in a city
and forbidding them to own buildings
used for .saloon .purposes.
. The sensation of the week was a
passage between K. H. Harriman and
President Roosevelt. It was caused by
the publication of a letter written by
Harriman in which he asserted that
the president, called him to Washing
ton during the campaign of 1904 to "re
quest that he help raise funds for use
in preventing the defeat of Governor
Iligglns. . Harriman said he raised
1200,000, which was spent in such way
as to turn 50,000 votes in New York
City alone. He implied that the presi
dent promised on condition of Mr. Har
riman'S assistance to appoint Chauncey
M. Depew ambassador to France. The
president rejoined by characterizing
Mr. Harriman's statement that he had
been requested to raise campaign funds
as a "deliberate and wilfulll untruth
by rights it should bo characterized by
an even shorter and more ugly word."
He said further: "I feel particularly
fortunate that I have been attacked
with!n the last' few days by both ex
Senator liurton and Mr. Harriman." A
statement issued later from' the white
house said: "The real reason for Mr.
E. H. Harriman's interest in the elec
tion of the state, ticket in New York
in 1901, reference to which was made in
the communications which passed be
tween him and the president, was that
he desired to advance his own ambi
tions. It is asserted that Mr. Harriman
wanted the position of senator, now
filled by Mr. Depew, and this was the
reason why he was anxious to have
him appointed ambassador to Paris.
The inferences from Mr. Harriman's
attitude was that if Senator Depew
. could be induced to go to Paris that
Governor Higgins was prepared to ap
point him to the vacancy." Harriman
rejoined: "Everybody knows that the
contest for the senatorship in 1904 was
between Messrs. Black and Depew and
tliore could not possibly have bem any
other candidate. There was no bargain
whereby money was to be raised in
consideration of having Depew ap
pointed as ambassador to France, or
made United States senator, and my
letter to Mr. Webster does not so state.
That part of the agreement was for the
purpose of harmonizing the Plack-De-pew
forces if it became necessary."
There were no signs of business re
action cbirjng the week. Money was
easy in New York and stock showed a
rising tendency. Ex-Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw pronounced the recent
panic not altogether a bad thing:. He
said: "We had a little more freight
than the roads could satisfactorily han
dle: a little more labor than laborers;
a little more, commerce than money,
and this l as continued until everybody
has become independent, and living ex
penses have advanced a little too high.
Living expenses are never cheap, ex
cept in periods of industrial stagna
tion. There is a reasonable limit, how
ever, to all good things, and that limit
has been u little more than reached.
A slight curtailment everywhere will
do us good. Our only danger is from
unwarranted alarm. We have been
running at a breakneck pace until
everybody is wellnlgh out of breath. If
we can now slacken and nobody :ie
down In the road it will be well with us."
On Monday the, president issued his
reply to the several requests that he
Issue a statement of his -position wi'.h
reference to future railroad legislation
in order to- remove the business uncer
tainty then prevailing. He stated that
hf had nothing to add to what he had
bfen paying all along. He proposes
furthermore to ask for legislation pro
viding for establishing a valuation of
the railroads as a basis for rate, mak
ing. Minnesota and Michigan were
two new states to enaet two-cent fare
law during the week.
(Viigressiiuiii Italney it Illinois re
turning from Panama pronoun the
condition there entirely satisfactory
with the exception of the meat sup
ply, lie told: "Ail meals are well
nerved ex i pt tho meats. Th meats
are not g-tod. I have the evidence of
steward who fay that mutton ha to
bo treated with nod.1 nnd water be
fore It ! cooked In order to take off
th Ri'Mi mould. Jackaou Smith Is
In charge of th coimnlnnart&t and I
crowdi-d with work. Th detatit are
left to (tubordinate. and are neg
lfd. 1 think au examination here
in the states as to the purchaso of
supplies would develop that there is
graft. It is impossible to examine
into the question down here. There
are refrigerator cars on the isthmus
for. the purpose of carrying the meats
from the vessel to the cold storage
houses, but they are seldom used for
this purpose. More often they carry
livestock across the isthmus, and then,
without cleaning, with the bottom of
the car strewn with manure, I have
evidence to prove that meat is thrown
on the floor and carried to the store
house." Congressman Otjen who has
also visited the isthmus ascribes the
conditions complained of by Mr.
Rainey to Inability to organize the re
frigerator service all at once, and de
nies tho probability of graft in the
commissary department.
-The threat of a Btrike to involve
the trainmen of all the roads west of
Chicago hung over the country until
the end of the week, srhen a settle
ment was agreed upon. The trainmen
had asked for a twelve per cent in
crease in pay and a nine hour day.
The trainmen voted to strike in case
their demands were not complied with,
and the railroad managers asserted
that they would not in any circum
stances meet tha terms demanded. At
this juncture Chairman Knapp of the
Interstate commerce commission and
Labor Commissioner Neill visited Chi
cago, where tho negotiations were in
progress, and brought the influence of
their departments to bear in produc
ing a compromise. ' The trainmen
finally agreed to the ten hour day and
the railroads agreed to an ' advance
in pay of about eleven per cent.
The trial of Boss Rucf in San Fran
cisco at last proceeded to the point
of empanelling a jury.
Tile agrarian disorders in Roumania
died out and order was fairly restored.
Tho liussian douma which had been
quietly in session since early in March
came into notice when the program of
constructive reform was reached, by
reason of a sudden campaign to in
duce the czar to dissolve the assem
bly. A bolt of conservatives occurred
in resentment at a radical speech
questioning the good faith of the czar
in calling the douma. The radical
parties declare a conspiracy exists to
bring about the dissolution of the
douma. The radical demands arousing
most resentment among the conserva
tives involve the expropriation of
lands belonging to the crown and th
nobility. A report from Lord Cromer,
the British representative, in' gypt,
descibes t:.e rise of , a nationalist
movement amoug the Mohammedans
in Egypt having for its ultimate aim
the actual independence of Egypt.
President Roosevelt lias issued, an or
der for a Philippine election in July
to choose members of the 1 first Phil
ippine representative assembly.
OAITAMKING A NAME.
There are regrettable elements in the
retaining of ex-President Cleveland to
defend at the bar of public opinion
the big eastern life insurance compa
nies. The people like to think of an
ex-president as an oracle whose great
experience gives large public value to
his utterances on any public question.
In Mr. Cleveland's present relations
with the life insurance companies it is
necessary to remember that he ia not
speaking the thoughts of ex-President
Cleveland, bat voicing the Interests of
the life insurance companies as Attor
ney Cleveland. The same en on a
smaller scale was presented when
Joseph Choate-, ex-ambassador to
Great Britain, appeared last week be
fore the New York legislature to argue
against a bill regulating public service
corporations. Outside of corporation
circles New York t.ems unanimously
to favor this bill as a beneficent meas-
Thjy iy Mum mwly acquired
wtalth ht gone to ha head.
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ure. Mr. - Choate vas at perfect lib
erty to appear as attorney for its op
ponents, yet his great name and influ
ence could not quite be dissociated
from his argument. Mr. Cleveland's
argument against the state laws lim
iting tho salaries that might be paid
to the insurance companies which he
represents would hardly have won na
tional notice coming from anybody else
than nn ex-president. . It Ja not pleas
ant to find a former high public offi
cial opening himself to the slightest
appearance of capitalizing his great
name. At such a time one could wish
the necessity for an ex-president to
earn a living had been in some way
removed.
a atAxn jluv.
Lancaster county has not had a
grand jury since Lincoln municipal
conditions were inquired into some nine
years ago. The 'mind of the average
citizen may need refreshing on tho
character, functions, and makeup of a
grand Jury. In Nebraska a grand jury
consists of sixteen men, selected exact
ly as petit jurors are selected. The
county clerk and two disinterested citi
zens tako an equal numler of names
from the poll book of each voting pre
cinct in the county, the narries being
taken after a specified order that gives
no choice In making selections. These
names are written on slips of paper
and placed In a box, to be drawn by
lot by the district clerk or his deputy
as jurors are needed. For a grand Jury
forty names are drawn from which to
select the sixteen who arc to act. With
the district judge to exercise general
oversight and tho county attorney to
act as legal advisor, tho grand jury
takes evidence under an oath of
secrecy, with a view to determining
who, if anybody, is probably guilty of
criminal conduct in any matter which
may bo under investigation. An in
dictment may to found on the affirma
tive vote of twelve out of tho sixteen
jurors. The pledge which tho foreman
is required to take and to which the
others are required to assent provides:
"Saving yourself and fellow jurors,
you. as foreman of this grand inquest,
shall diligently inquire, and true pre
sentment make, of all such matters
and things as shall be given you in
knowledge, touching the present ser
vice. The counsel of the state, your
own, and your fellows', you shall keep
secret, unless called on in court of
justice to make disclosures. You shall
present no person through malice
hatred, or ill-will, nor Hhall you leave
any person unpresented through fear,
favor or affection, or for any reward
or hope thereof; but in all your pres
entments you shal", present the trulh.
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth, according V thj nest of your
skill and understanding." Grand Jurors,
like petit Jurors, are paid two dollars
a day nnd mileage at the rat of five
cents a mile.
Managers and clerks in large de
partment stores of necessity have to
deal with ajl kinds and classes of
people, and they often have most
amusing experiences, owing to the
peculiarities of their customers, says
"The Philadelphia Record." While
waiting for an exchange at the silk
counter in a Market street establish
ment yesterday a clerk told a West
Philadephla shopper a story which she
has since been circulating among her
circle of friends. "An uptown custom
er," th clerk said, "last week had six
yards of a most expensive silk sent C.
O. D. The next day the package was
returned to us, and upon it was writ
ten: 'Returnctd, I was only teaching
my daughter how to shop.' "
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and rendered it sour and unfit for nourishing the body. There is scarcely
any disease which cannot be traced to the blood. Often the disease-tainted
blood of parents is handed down to children and their lives are a continual
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PROVISIONS OF NEBRASKA'S
J PRIMARY ELECTION LAW
Under the new primary election law
all candidates for eleotive offices ex
cept those exempted from the pro
visions of the act shall be nominated
by a primary held in accordance with
tho act; by nomination papers signed
and filed as provided by statute. ,The
act does not apply to special elections
to fill vacancies, nor to municipal elec
tions in cities having less than 25,000
population, villages, township and
school district officers, nor to mem
bers of school boards or boards of edu
cation. in addition to nominations by pri
mary, convention or committee, candi
dates may be nominated by petition,
petitions to be filed with the village,
city or county clerk or secretary of
state, as the caso may be. If the nomi
nation is for a' state office, 1,000 signa
tures aro required; if for a city, county
or other division less than a state, 200
are required and for a precinct, town
ship en- ward, ilfty; but in no instance
Khali tho signatures of more than one
fourth of the voters be required where
the candidacy is for a county, town
ship, precinct or ward office. Candi
dates so nominated fhall on the bal
lots be termed candidates by petition.
Certificates of nomination 1 are o
filed with the same officials as under
the old law.
The first primary under this law
shall be held on the first Tuesday of
September of this year and future ones
on tho same day annually thereafter.
This shall also be the first day for
registration in cities. Any other pri
mary than the above shall be held on
Tuesday four weeks before the elec
tion except in Omaha, South Omaha
and Lincoln, where they shall be held
five weeks prior to elections. -
Tho governor shall issue a proclama
tion sixty days previous to a primary
election and notice shall be given by
county and city clerks the same as for
a November election.
To have one's name on an official pri
mary ballot, the candidate or twenty
fle electors affiliated with his party
must file an application with the
proper authority, at least thirty days
prior to the primary,
Primary ballots shall bo of the same
form as those used at regular elections,
except that there shall, be a , separate
ballot for each political party. Names
.on the ballot shall bo printed alphabet!
cally, except in Douglas county, where
the rotation system is provided for.
The expense of primary elections
shall bo paid out of the city or county
general fund as the case may be, but
to help defray such expense the fol
lowing filing fees shall be paid into the
county general fund of the county
where the candidate reside?: United
States senator, $50; state officers, mem
bers of congress and Judges of the dis
trict court, $10; county, legislative and
city offices, $5. . No filing fee is required
for regents of the university or presi
dential electors.
Polls for primaries shall open at 8 a.
m. and closo at 9 p. m., in cities where
registration Is required; in other places
they shall be open. at noon and close at
9 p. m. Anyone in line at the time
for closing the polls shall be entitled to
vote, but no one coming after 9 o'clock
shall be allowed to vote even though
the polls bo open.
The county board shall provide all
baliot boxes, locks and keys. The same
Judges and clerks shall preside as pre-