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IGHT and twenty years old
to-day ! " said Mips Mallan
daine , with a shake of her
yellow ctirlp. "Dear me , I : un really
getting to bo almost an old maid ! "
"Oh , my love , what nonsense , " said
fcer mother , "as if you couldn't he mar-
cied any day that you pleased ! "
"But it's so hard to make up one's
Kind , " paid Miss Mollandaine.
At that moment Carter , her maid ,
tripped in.
"If you please. Miss Mary , here's a
.imnch of violets just come for you.
And a card. "
"Violets ! " cried Mary , with brighten
ing eyes and rosy lips apart. "My fa
vorite flower ! How kind of Captain
Cleveland to remember my birthday ! "
But in less than a minute back came
Garter again.
"A parcel for Miss Mallandaiue ! "
cried she , breathlessly , "with Mr. Mild-
may's card. "
"Isn't it nice to have birthdays ? "
aid Mary , laughing and coloring as
ehe opened the little violet velvet caw
and saw an amethyst bracelet with thu
one word , "Mary , " engraved on tint
nside. "But , oh , mamma , I can't take
Anything so expensive as this. "
"You can't return It my dear , with
out seeming rude , " said comfortable
Mrs. Mallandaine. "And It certainlj
te a gem , and quite puts the captain's
violets In the shade. "
TWO BIUTHDAY GIFTS.
"Nothing is so sweet as flowers ,
mamma , " said she.
"But the violets could have been'
feought anywhere for 25 or 50 cents , j
my dear , " said Mrs. Mallandaine. "And
the bracelet must have cost $100. Mr. i
liiidmay is very handsome and agree-
Able , " continued Mrs. Mallandaine.
"But there is something about him
that I don't quite like , mammahesi
tated Mary.
And long after her mother had left
the room Mary Mallandaine sat with
4he two birthday gifts before her , look-
Ing first at the bunch of violets and
then at the broad band of yellow gold
to its satin-lined case.
The very next afternoon she met Llz-
cie Cleveland , the captain's rosy little
"Are you going to Lady Haughton's
ball next week. Lizzie ? " said she.
"I haven't got anything fit to go In , "
cuswered Lizzie , "and Frank can't af
ford mo the money for a new dress.
An old college companion of his has
Jost died in great distress , and Frank
lias given all his money to assist the
poor widow and children. Dear Frank
is always doing such noble things. "
When she came home she found a
visitor Mrs. Inglls waiting for her.
"My dear , " said Mrs. Inglis , "I really
must show you the bargain I got yes
terday at Levison's a real jet neck
lace , set In gold , for $12.50. Only
look. "
"It is beautiful , " admitted Miss Mal
landaine. "But Isn't Levison a pawn
broker ? "
"The very reason I go there to buy
things cheap , " nodded Mrs. Inglis.
"They do have things so reasonable at
Levison.'s. '
"Do they ? " said Miss Mallandaine.
"And It's such a dreadfully couve-
olent place , too , " added Mrs. Inglis.
"I was waiting in the dark end of the
dear , mysterious old place , for the
c&SLSp of the necklace to be repaired
for , of course , I didn't care about be
ing seen and while I was there the
handsomest young man you ever saw
came in to hire a bracelet. "
"To hire a bracelet ! " repeated Mary
Mallandaine in astonishment
"Yes , " nodded Mrs. Inglis. "Wasn't
U a curious idea ? To hire a bracelet
{ or three months ? There was a good
deal of joking going on between him ,
and old Levison , and I could hear him
declare that he was going to be mar
ried to an heiress within the throe
months , and that this bracelet should
JHJ returned at the end of that time.
without fail , and he was to pay $10
month and assume all risks. "
"How do you know ? "
"Lcvison told me so after he had
gone out. Levison was packing the
bracelet in a velvet case to send away.
I tried to make him tell me where it
was going , but he wouldn't But it
was the sweetest thing you ever saw-
Roman gold , with "
Mary Mallandaine opened the drawer
of her inlaid secretaire and took out
an open velvet case. In which lay the
amethyst bracelet.
"Was It anything like this ? " said
'she. '
"The very one ! " erred Mrs. Inglis.
"My dear child , bow came you in pos
session of it ? "
"Mr. Mildmay sent It to me yester
day , " said Miss Mallandaine , quietly.
"It can't be possible that that young
man was Mr. Mildmay ! " cried Mrs.
Inglis.
"It is most probable , " said Miss Mal
landaine , with a curious , cold smile.
"And excuse me , dear that you are
the heiress that he is going to marry ? "
"L aui lue heiress that he is not go-
Ing to marry , " said Miss Mallandaine ,
with the sparkle of angry tears in her
eyes.
And Miss Mallandaine was married
to Captain Cleveland after all , and the
flowers she wore , with a tulle and
white satin dress , were neither orange
blossoms nor jessamines , but simple
violets. London Evening News.
KINDLY ACT APPRECIATED.
Conrtcsy Shown n Poor Blind Colored
Man In n Street Car.
People are so busy nowadays they
have often not time to be polite , and
R. considerate act at once attracts at
tention. There was such an occur
rence a few days ago in the Fourth
avenue car.
Among the passengers was a blind
negro. His clothes were the veriest
rags and were held to his emaciated
frame with pieces of wire and bits of
string. A broom handle served as a
cane. Over one shoulder was suspend
ed a gunny sack , giving him the ap
pearance of a cotton picker.
He continually picked at one hand
with the fingers of the other , as though
iie were playing the banjo , humming
softly to himself the wfliile and pai-
Ang his foot As his face was wreath-
jd in smiles not a grin all eyes were
: urneJ in his direction. Many of the
) assengers looked at him regretfully
vhen the car reached Stanton street
ind he arose and made his way toward
he door.
The hour was a busy one on the Bow-
try. People wondered whether the old
nan would reach the sidewalk in safe-
y. A young man standing on the rear
ilatform did more than wonler , how-
! \er. for he alighted and guided the
legro safely to the sidewalk. He then
s rapidly as possible ran after the
ar , which was disappearing down the
treet
Several of the passengers who had
oticed the incident called on the con-
uctor to stop the car , but as he did
ot do so one of them rang the beil vio-
mtly , and the motonnan reversed the
iver and brought the car to a sud-
en stop.
As the young man climbed on the
latform , says the New York Times ,
rany "smile * of approbation were cast
i his direction. But he seemed to be
Imost ashamed of what be had done ,
nd he pulled his hat down over his
res and continued his ride in silence.
POVERTY AND MARRIAGE.
Engagements Not Conducive to
Prosperityt According to Some.
All unconscious of the man in the
axt seat two girls on a Germantown
ajn the other morning were discuss-
ig engagements.
"I don't care what folks would say , "
( marked the one with red hair , "if 1
ally loved a man and he was poor
would insist upon marrying him at
ice , rather than submit to a long en-
igement. "
"That's the way I feel , " said the girl
ith blue eyes. ' * Tlie young man who
ays single until he can save enough
get married on is up against it At
ast , that's what my brother Jack says ,
e says that the trouble is that when
fellow Is engaged to a girl he wants
show her a good time and the consc
ience is he never saves anything. "
"Jack is right" said the girl with red
ilr , according to the Philadelphia , s
? cord. "I know a case that proves it
! ie girl has been engaged now for
rht years. Her fiance is in business
New York , but he conies over to
sit her once a week. He comes over
i Saturday afternoon and goes back
Monday morning .Saturday night he
ways takes her to the theater , and
ere's generally a supper afterward ,
n sure that makes a big hole In his
v
lary every week. Now , I " '
r
But the train had pulled into the
jading terminal.
Tho Way oi * Liil'e.
'Tls easy to dispose cf debt ,
But when , by squeeze and strain ,
We extricate ourselves , you bet
We plunge rijrht iii again.
Baltimore American.
r
Life is full of troubles , and we have
tlced that tho worst ones coine he
re breakfast
HOW HE SAVED $500.
Conscientious Farmer Didn't Want t
Cheat Him.
"Speaking of natural oil welLs n
minds me of a little circumstance ,
said the man from Toledo , with a sig
to finish off his words. "I was look
ing for a farm In Ohio a good man ,
years ago and I finally found one to hi
ray fancy. I bargained for It at $2 ,
000 and realized that I had a gooi
thing. It took aveclc for the Tanue
to get his abstract of title for my lav ;
yer to examiue it and a day was ap
pointed for passing the papers and pay
Ing over the cash. The farmer didn1
show up on that day or the next , liu
on the third day he came In and said
" 'I didn't mean to keep you wait
ing , but you have saved $500 by It.
" 'How do you mean ? ' I naturalli
asked. /
" 'Well , three days ago when I was
working out in the meadow I began t <
Kinell a strange odor. I looked at
around and pretty soon I found thai
the little creek running through it was
all covered with a nasty black stuff
1 followed it up to the spring , and thai
spring was bubbling up something like
tar. It was mighty greasy stuff nud
barrels of it floating down the crcefc
and smelling clear to the house , and I
knew you'd never take the farm witi ;
no such stench around. '
" 'And what ? ' I whispered as I real
teed that the 'tar' was petroleum.
" 'I was going to send you word thtt
I'd let you off on your bargain , as I
don't want to cheat anybody , when r
man comes along in a buggy and smell *
and sniffs and calls out :
" 'Hello , neighbor , what's this smelK"
" 'It's tar or soap grease , ' says I.
" 'Where does It come from ? *
" 'From a spring down here. '
" 'He got down and went to the
spring with me and after looking ami
tasting and greasing his shoes he asks :
" 'What's your price for this farm V
" 'I was asking 52,000 and had "I "
sold , ' says I , 'but owing to this smell
I'll take $500 less. '
" 'He said he'd take it , and he got
i lawyer and we finished up the burl-
less in half a day. That's why 1 didn't
show up and that's how you've savetl
R500. '
"It was a natural oil well , of course. "
? ighed the Toledo man , according to
he Detroit Free Press , "and I may toll
rou that it yieUed over half a million
jarrels of oil before it petered out. li
vas a big thing and a good thing , but
lon't try to console me. There are no
vords in the English language that can
lo it. "
A Strong Combination.
I overheard a rather good story the
ther day in which Bishop Doane fig-
ires. The bishop was standing in
ront of a drug store on Washington
venue nearly opposite the capitol ,
alking to a well-known surgeon of
liis city and the proprietor of the
rug store. Nearly in front of the
rug store was an undertaker's wagon.
rhich the owner had left there for a
jw moments while he went into a
tore to make a purchase. At this
incture , as the novelists say , along
ime a prominent Albanian who was
ell acquainted with the bishop , the
argeon and the druggist He was
bout to stop and pass the time of day
'ith the group , when he happened to
2 struck with the peculiar combina-
on. Turning to the bishop , he said :
Doctor , druggist , priest and under-
iker's wagon that combination is a
ttle too suggestive to suit me. I'll
iss. " And he paissed along on his
ay , followed by the hearty laughter
' . the bishop and his friends , Albany
ress.
ntdoor Weddings in May and Jnue.
It is a growing custom to celebrate
rantry weddings , in May and June ,
it-of-doors. One of the prettiest of
eddings took place last May in an
chard in full blossom , when nature
emed to have decked herself for a
idal. Garlands of foliage suspended
om tree to tree marked off the aisle
those of white flowers indicating the
ace where the bridal party was to
and. For a country wedding the In-
tatlons should give full Information
lout trains , and carriages or carry-
Is be sent to convey the guests to
id from the station.
A.fter an hour given to their friends
e bridal pair retire to dress for their
urney , and the formal guests with-
aw. The bridegroom awaits the
ide at the foot of the staircase with
e family and intimate friends. At
r appearance she holds aloft her
idal bouquet and then throws it
long the bridesmaids. The one to
tcb It will be the next bride so say
Fates ! Ladies' Home Journal.
Carried Millions on His Back.
iVhen Baron Rothschild was paying
visit to New York a reception was
ren him in a certain great house.
; e affair was in charge of Brown , the
nous old Sexton of Grace Church ,
lother.j reception was being held the r
ne evening in a house almost iin-
idiately opposite , which was also in
arge of the Sexton. The Baron
shed to attend the second affair ,
t the street was full of mud , the
fbt was disagreeable and no car-
ge was at the curbstone. He could , .
t walk across without soiling his | [ ,
) ts and evening clothes , and for the I :
iment he was in a predicament as to
tat he should do. But he was soon
ieved of this dilemma. "I'll carry
j across myself , " said Brown jovial-
"now , mount my shoulders , " and ,
isping him as if he had been a child ;
carried the nobleman across on his
; k. Ladies' Home Journal.
Pipe Smokeil in Public. .
'he presence of the pipe in public in
ris is not anything like as marked
in England. The French still regard
3 mode of consuming tobacco as
ra dig.
Independent Items
Excerpts From The Nebraska Independent , Lincoln , Nebraska , Made by Direc
tion of the Populist State Central Committee.
Eric Johnson of the Saunder
County New Era brings out the nami
of Jesse Gidley , of Sand Creek , a :
"very good material for a legislate ;
for either senator or representative. '
Mr. Gidley is a democrat but Mr
Johnson says "that makes no differ
ence with us , provided he is the righ
kind of a democrat. "
E. A. Brown of the Loup Citj
Times-Independent seconds the Custei
County Beacon's motion to nominate
Judge Homer M. Sullivan for con
gress and saj-s "Judge Sullivan is n
good campaigner and not only that
if elected would prove a hummer ou
the floor of the house. "
The Red Cloud Nation is still en
ergetic in booming Dr. Damcrell fcr
governor.
John A. Barker of the Franklin
Franklin Sentinel quotes the Fr e
Press as saying that "a d ought will
insure the re-election this fall of
Congressman Shallenberger. " Mr.
Barker says "the Free Press ventures
far enough out of the virgin path of
republican journalism to assert thac
Mr. Shallenberger has served his con
stituents well. "
Edgar Howard in the Columbus
Telegram quotes Gov. Savage as stat
ing to the St Joseph Gazette reporter
not long sinct ! that "there are not
ten men in the state of Nebraska
but know where that $181,000 went.
But I am going to tell you. Tho
Omaha National Bank got that
money. " Of course Millard's bank
? ot the money in the first instance.
Bartley deposited the proceeds of the
sale of that big warrant in the Omaha
National Bank but he checked It ojt
to a number of republican politicians
in the state. It is probable that Mil
liard got a good chunk of the money
but it is hardly likely he got it all.
What can he mean ? F. P. Coinp-
: on of the Greeley Citizen says "The
3rd Journal. North Loup Loyalist ,
Scotia Register , St. Paul PhunnygaC-
Press and The Greeley Leader-Inde
pendent five of a kind a straight
lush six spot high and the dis-
: ard robbed. "
The Jxter Eenterprise says that
'The fight between Peter "ioungers
md Charley Sloan for the Fill more
bounty delegation to the republican
ongressional convention is just about
.s warm as political fights ever get
n Tackward spring weather but the
irst warm days in June it will be
izzling. " So far it appears tlv.t
Toungers has 65 Fillmore County
delegates and Sloan 55. and 5-1 are
oubtful. Of course neitherafiloan o-
foungers stand any show for the
lomination. The B. & M. has slated
. D. Pope for the place. And Pope
rill get it.
"One solid proof of Mfserve's inno- ,
encc. " suyK R. 0. Adams in the Grand |
slaml Democrat , "as declared by a
epablican judge is the anger dis-
layed by one Ed Rosewater. Another
roof to those who know him best
> the spasm of virtue Ed Howard
nagines has caught him it its coli ,
[ ammy clasp. "
Horse Play
The State Board of Equaliation must
; port not later than May loth its
jtion In assessing the railroads and
ilegraph lines in the state. Son.o
me ago a reporter for the Chiongo
hronicle sent an interesting sU n' to
Is paper to the effect that Gov. Sav-
? e expects to insist upon a ver , >
aterial raise in ' ailruad valuation ,
ater Gov. Savage denied that the
hronicle story was inspired by him.
he two leading republican papers o < "
te state are now devoting anywhere }
om a quarter of a column up each j
ly telling what Gov. Savage intends
t do and the next day denying the
atement printed the day befjre.
One day it is rumored that Treas-
er Stuefer stands squarely by the
avernor in his efforts to raise the
.llroad assessment and the next
iy close friends of Mr. Stuefer say
at he will do quite the opposite at
e show down. The fact is that no
ember of the board will have the
; rve to make < m atU-ncpt to raise
e railroad valuation. Gov. Savage
simply indulging in a little horse
ay for the purpose of coercing the
Ikhorn into bringing down a few
legates instructed for Savage ,
nether the Elkhorn will submit to
is coercion remains to be seen.
It is said that Joe Bartley called on
Ltorney Ben White of the Elkhorn
Omaha not long since and began to
ve White instructions as to what T
: should do in bringing some Savage '
legations to the state convention. | c
bite promptly ordered him out of
e office with the remark , "I don't
Ik to convicts. "
THE REDEEMERS
lopting Their Old Time Tactlen of Mis.
leading the People
rhe republican bureau of misinfor-
ition at the capitol is beginning its
3tics of misleading the people o
ibraska regarding the cost of main-
ining the state institutions. "Re-
blicans Will Make a Remarkable
owing , " is the way the State . .our-
1 tells the story in its headlines. It
iy be that they will sometime in
B dim and distant future , but they
ven't made it yet
[ nstead of making the comparison
the cost of maintaining these rtif- c
ent institutions under republican ,
ministration as compared to the
5t under fusion rule , they have at-
npted to show that certain of the
ititutions in one year have used a
tie less than one-half the amount
j legislature appropriated for tv/o
irs' expenses. Only ten of the
rteen penal and charitable insti- r ;
: ions are shown in the table. The oV
te penitentiary , Kearney Industrial oe
100 ! and the soldiers' home at Mil- e :
tl are not given in the roll of titl
nor of institutions that have used tlsi
s than one-half of their biennial sir
? ropriation in one year under re- r <
blican government. Evidently I !
se three institutions have used more uc.
in one-half in in one year , and c.
; h the usual republican cowardice c.ti
1 dishonesty they are omitted from ti
the table. As a matter of fact th <
two years appropriation for the peni
tentiary was practically all used up
before the end of the fiscal year. And
doubtless a similar state of facts ex
ists regarding the other two institu
tions.
But this table shows nothing at all
except that the republicans have ,
during the first year , refrainedom
spending one-half of the amount the
legislature * permitted them to spend
In two years. As a matter of fact the
, legislature of 1901 appropriated many
thousand dollars more for current ex
penses than any other legislature ever
did ; and if these Institutions have
expended a little less than their quota
for one year they have nevertheless
expended much more than was cone
under fusion administration.
Talcing the ten institutions given
and comparing them with a year un
der fusion administration the follow
ing will appear :
The republican administration be
gan April 1 , 1S01 , and ended March
31 , 1902. Comparison will bo : ade
with the fusion year beginning De
cember 1 , 1897 , and ending November
30 , 1898.
Fusion. Republican.
S. S. Home ,
Grand Island. $ 35.953.53 $ 47,012.J4
School for Blind ,
Nebr. City . . . 22.530.99 17.310.3G
School for Deaf ,
Omaha 27,907.55 33,518.85
Institution for
I-Veble Minded ,
Beatrice . . . . 35,193.88 37,159.12
Industrial Home.
Mllford 9,034.17 9,013.40
[ ndustrial School
Geneva 16,015.50 14,903-01
Hospital Insane ,
Norfolk 46,894.73 40,738.07
FlospiUil Insane ,
Lincoln 59,050.09 74,209.33
ilospit-il Insane.
Hastings 72,268.58 80,902.1fl
EI o m e for
Frle n d 1 e s s ,
Lincoln 8,037.71 14.119.37
Total $332,887.03 $36S,916. : > 4
From this it will be seen that this
coasted republican oconomy is simply ,
t myth. The year under republican
ulo cost the taxpayers $36 000 more
hau the fusion year compared with ,
t. is not claimed that the coirpsrisen
s fair in every particular because no
igures are given showing the num-
ier of Inmates in each of the insti-
utions during tho periods compared ;
mt the republicans hav > uniformlv
declined to discuss this question from
he records of the Governor's office ,
rhich shows the population of each
nstltution , per capita cost for rnain-
enancn. and tho total amount ex-
ended by serai-annual periods.
"Where are We at"
It Is high time the people of Ne-
raska should begin to take their
earings. and in the forceful if not
legant language of the gifted Miseour-
m inquire. "Where are we at ? "
For a good many years It has boon
ainfully apparent that state regula-
on of railroad charges for transpor-
ition of freight is what the brilliant
igalls characterized as "an iridescent
ream. " True the result in the maxi-
ium freight rate cases was a victory
ir the principle that the state has an
ndoubted right to prescribe inaxi-
um rates. But it was a barren vic-
ry after all. It was the ace of
umps but the railroads held tho
ioker. " The state might prescribe
aximum rates , and might enforce. ,
lem if they do not violate the Four- '
enth amendment and take property
vithout due process of law. " Of
urse any maximum rate law which
) es not suit the railroads will al-
ays be found to contravene tho
Durteenth amendment So thought-
1 people have long since practically
jandoned all hope of government
gulation of freight rates , and the ,
my of those who believe that the ' *
ily ultimate solution of the question
public ownership Is receiving re-
uits by the thousands , irrespective . ,
party platforms. The populist' '
.rty principles have outstripped the
: rty in rapidity of growth.
But until very recently , however , . ,
ose who despaired of government '
gulation of charges , have cherished e
e idea that the state in one particu- .
. That it has 'l ' ]
r it least Is supreme.
wer to tax. This , too , seems to
only another "pipe" dream , If we
3 to believe that the Grosscup-Hum- t <
rey decision in the Chicago tax tlt
t ;
ses will be sustained in the supreme
urt of the United States. That sus-
ined , and the states are powerless be
do anything with the great public e ;
rvice corporations which they feel n
alined to resist. % I .
For years and years the railroads ' ri
Nebraska have been taxed on tha fjw
els of a percentage of the actual fjg
lue of their rails , ties , rolling stock , g :
d other physical property. For 27 ai
ars the state constitution has de- .
ired that these roads shall pay taxes ' "
proportion to the value of their
Dperty and FRANCHISES , the vain * 01
be ascertained in such manner as
legislatire shall direct. The legis- re
.ure has directed how values of var- tlV
V (
is kinds of property shall be ascer-
ned , but has neglected to lay down m
y rule for ascertaining tbe value of
inchises. Section 23 purports to
ascribe a method of taxing tho
Dital stock of corporations , which , ti
course , is essentially wrong if the te
porations pay taxes upon the value G :
their property and franchises. The cc
litai stock and bonds of a corporaat
n should not be taxed ; but they pc
juld be considered in arriving at fo
i value of the franchise. On the de
3 band , as liabilities of the corpohe
ion , stand the stocks and bonds : ci ;
tbe other , and exactly equal in
.ue , stand the corporation's pron- j
y and franchises the corporapr |
n's resources. Deduct the value of st ;
s property from the value of the be
cks and bonds , and the remainder ye
resents the value of the franchise. la ;
is true Judge Grosscup says this Is
constitutional , but in a different
: e Justice Brewer says it Is right. ge
Where are we at ? " It Is th
le we were finding out So far as ab
i '
the railroad property is concerned , IS
is doubtless true that it has becm
taxed quite as heavily as other proj
erty as a rule. According to tlw
lights they had , the laws they had i"
enforce , the fusion members of tb <
state board of equalization undoubt
edly did what they believed to b *
just. But the most valuable part uf
every railroad has always wholly
escaped taxation Its franchise. iU
right to perform public service , to ex
ercise the sovereign power oT emi
nent domain , and to charge "all that
the traffic will bear" for serving th
public. A railroad must be valued us
an entirety , not as a scrap heap of
steel rails , ties , and rolling stock.
Just as well value a house by com
puting the market price of bricks anil
mortar and nails and glass. What i *
its value as a house not a scrap heap ?
It will be the duty of every popu
list nominee for the legislature to
study this question thoroughly and
be prepared to work and vote Intelli
gently for a law which will prescribe
in no uncertain language definite rulw
for the guidance of the taxing power
In doing its duty , and this regardless
of any pretentious which may & *
made by the republican party to d-j
something for the relief of the over
burdened taxpayers. The men who
ire nominated must be true blue
populists or democrats who have not
3eeu previously selected by J. U.
kger ; men who have no corporatioa
aints ; yet men who will be fair to
vnry Interest.
The legislature of 1897 , notwith-
itanding tho many good things it did.
lid not approach the ideal which tha
> eople expected. It was too fearful erf
> ffondlng such men as George W.
lolcrege. It was afraid somebodj
ni li start the cry of "radical , " and
t wanted to show that it could be
conservative. "
The populist and democratic mem-
ers of the legislature of 1903 must bo
len absolutely free from corporation
iading strings. If the fusion nomf-
ees are not men of this kind they
eserve ignominious defeat. If tlw
jjrislature must be corporation- -
en , let it be republican , for then the
spublican party will be responsible ,
ur mombers must be men of cour-
ge and integrity as well as a high
rder of intelligence.
The Tax on Bread
The graduate of jurnalism who doe *
> ace writing on the local republican
leets undertakes to preach his read
's a sermon on tariff tax. He says
.he announcement of Sir Michael
icks-Bcach of a duty on grain aud
-eadstuffs fills the old Cobden club-
: rs with consternation and thsj'
ate about the cruelty of a "tax on
ead. " Every tax Is a tax on bread
icause it takes from you the stuff
ith which you buy your bread. It
lesn't matter a bawbee on what tha
x is nominally levied , whether it Is
L your income , on your chimney or
i your poll , if you pay it , It is a tax
i your bread buying potentiality-
ic wise minister does not so much ,
nsider by what particular levy tho
x is raised as he does the mode of
I
/ying it that shall be the most equit-
le in the distribution of the burdem
d that shall entail the least expensft
its collection. "
So far this journalistic graduate has
cceeded in opening his mouth on
twice without putting his foot in
He continues : "A tariff impost
ssesses usually both these advan-
; es together with the crafty recom-
jndation that you are not looking
when it is collected and are saved
necessary wear and tear of nerve. '
is is simply another way of makinjr
j statement that the object of in-
ect taxation is to get the greatest
tount of feathers with the least
lawking. There is no doubt that
tariff Impost does produce
ire feathers with less squawk-
r , than almost any other sya-
n of taxation for the reason that nt >
5 can ever tell the precise amount
; nally contributed by any one per-
i to the support of the government
e taxes are always paid to the gov-
iment directly by persons who are
: horized and expected to recover th
ount from some one else with in- I
est and a profit upon which the law
ces no limit The consumer i
.Ily the final taxpayer and no one
i tell how much of the money paid I' '
him goes to the support of the gor-
iment or how much goes into the
vate purses of individuals. A tar-
Impost is not only inequitable JB
distribution of the burden , but It
always about the most expensive
collect. In many cases not more
n one-tenth of the portion paid by
consumer reaches the government.
L tax on consumption must always
an inequitable tax because the nee-
ary expenses of the very poor are
itively a hundred times as much as
necessary expenses of the very
i. Take the tariff on sugar. A
illy worth five thousand dollars
1 generally consume as much su-
as one worth one hundred thoua-
[ dollars or one worth ten millions ,
'he ' inequity of the tax on bread
; in the fact that the poor man
st pay just as much as the rich
. Were the tax on their respective
jmes it would , of course , in the finp.l
.lit be a tax on bread after all but
poor man's loaf would be taxed
y much lower than that of the rich
3. As It is , they are taxed alike.
Fusion Conventions
he populist and democratic execu-
i committee met at the Lincoln ho-
Wednesday night and selected
nd Island as the place for the next
vention and the date June 24. 1902 ,
J o'clock P. M. The populist an-
tfonment will be based on the vote
Governor Poynter in 1900 , and the
locratic on that given W. D. Old-
i for attorney general. The olfl-
call will be published next week.
'hat is the matter with all the
ninent republicans ? They are cou
rtly announcing that they will not
candidates for any office "thia
: . " Judge Hamer was in the city
week and very emphatically mada
erstood that the statement was for
s year. " After the fusion forces
through with the republicans in
coming campaign , he will prob-
feel the same way next year.
