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MtAQy taaowu * r requested to pay la advance
! pr eeat addttkmaJ to above rates If overfi
F tte § e * lowefl of iteck fnx to brand
1 If KooscrcU ia in earnest about
hifl attack upon the railroads and
will make an equal demand for
legislation upon the trust question
Hid will continue faithful in his
work te servo the American peo
pie instead of the corporations we
ay look for those corporations to
frtart something upon the president
to turn the minds of the people
LftgaiA9t him.
Tke U. P. and the B. & M. rail-
: fed attorneys are still fighting the
tax s levied against their roads by
the state board , though they
' ' of show of win-
! haea't > a ghost a
ainff , but just to keep tho state
board from raising their assess
ment to a fair and equitable basis ,
they eaa afford to keep up this
bluff. Mind you , it will wore too.
This ia their missionary work.
I The republican party is yet in
Ib the primer of their study on the
b trusts and the railroad question ,
I
but they are advancing. Just
wait until some of the rascals are
exposed who represent their party
in congress. Wait until Roose-
vh sounds the bugle blast and
the party will awaken to find that
many of the liberties of the Am
erican people are already gone.
The republican party is camp
ing now on the ground that the
populists and democrats camped
en 10 to 15 years ago. It is tha
republican party that now realizes
that the populist party was right ;
that the democratic party was cor
rect ia attacking tho trusts and
corporations whose power is now
being learned of by the boys in
tha republican ranks for tb first
tiaw.
Grire us men with enough origi
nality in them to suggest improve
ment is financial and political
fcconom j and when they go abroad
in tho land they will teach the peo
ple correctly on sound and unbias
ed primciples. There are too many
people in our country today who
tllow others to do their thinking
for them. Financially we allow
tho bankers to suggest the financial
policy of tho country and to raain-
tiii tho policy harmonious to their
Selfish interests ; tho politicians to
& 2gest action directly at variance
with onr interests , and we too oft
en © ecept tlieir theories for im-
prored conditions ; tho minister
directs religiously , tho 400 direct
oar custom of dress and address.
The Kansas legislature is con-
t4mplating building an oil refinery
at bhe expense of $400,000. The I
Standard Oil trust threatens to re- '
duet * the price of oil so low that
no independent refinery can exist
but it will bo a saving to Kansas
people and their money will be
well spent in a refinery. Already
the Rockefeller interests have shut
down operations and their tank
lines aro doing nothing , awaiting
Ibc nosult of tho deliberations of
the legislature. Some papers are
lauding Kansas for always being
willing to take the initiative , but
&ay sba is in a losing fight this
time if she is in earnest. It is
probably a genter/ck inspired by
tire Ef > ckef oiler , oil intfer&fets but
will Hot kfeerj Ktttah frtitn build
ing a refinery ; j her legislators
pl tlit Wlf .
Let Krrn.v ; tako the IMS ! again a * d
fear not the Rockefeller millim-a
nor jriv up her intended purpose.
Thrmoney will not HP squandered
if used in building a refinery even
at a greater coat.
The republican party is camp
ing where we camped years ago ,
'
bat no matter , if they will follow
up , we'll rejoice with them when
they overtake us. What's in a
name ? They increased the circu
lation of our money metal by coin
ing more money than had ever
been coined before in that length
of time and increased the amount
per capita of money in circulation.
They had to do something of that
kind to prove that Bryan didn't
know what ke was talking about.
They declared for the gold stand-
trd and for a higher priced dollar
one hard to get because of the
scarcity of them but for fear the *
country should have a panic they
proceeded to coin silver tovput in
to circulation at every scare given
them by the country's need , for
fear that their doctrine would be
construed as unsound. What be
came of the seigniorage of all the
silver coined ? It helped to make
up the deficiencies of the republi
can administration.
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It's wonderful the amount of
gall some of the eastern journals
ind magazines appear to have in
asking country papers to run free
notices of great length , advertis
ing their publications or sonn
4HpPcial feature11 as they term it ,
in an effort to catch a sucker to
subscribe. Then there are others
who seem to think you are a be
nevolent institution for the pur
pose of helping eastern papers to
circulate in your territory. Some
of these publications claim to bo
benefactors of the human race an
seem to think it the duty of every
country weekly to acquaint their
readers , free of charge with "we
thank you in advance for the
courtesy" or "thanking you , for
your free work in the past in our
behalf" or "for past favors we
rely upon you , " and etc. Then
there is another class that keep up
a continual harass of the country
weeklys to club with them , and
starting out with , * lDear Brother
Rice , etc. , " having a grand prop
osition for you in which they will
send sample copies to your whole
list of subscribers if you will but
enclose \ the list. The editor of
this paper has just answered one
of the above propositions , wasting
a two-cent stamp to tell the pro
jector of his scheme that we ad
mired his gall and that wo were
not running a benevolent institu
tion for the benefit of any other
paper than our own.
It is stated that Gov. Penny-
packer of Pennsylvania has been
receiving bushels of letters from
all parts of the country asking j
him to commute tho sentence of
death to life imprisonment of Kate '
Edwards who was convicted of ,
poisoning her husband and who af- ,
forward confessed the crime.
These people all over the country
give various reasons why the gov
ernor shonld not have Kate Ed- !
wards executed. They say it is a j
relic of barbarism to execute a
woman and it is claimed that hun
dreds are asking to have Kate
Edwards' sentence commuted to
life imprisonment. Nine days af
ter this woman , Kate Edwards ,
was cast into prison a mulatto
child was born to her , and this
child's being deprived of a mother
seems to awaken some of the peo
ple. Because she is a woman ,
others are aroused to appeal for
leniency and the millions of law-
abiding citizens who are the back
bone of our country and who are
quietly awating and expecting the
officers to do their duty in this
cufie and who do not wish to take
the law into their own hands by
demanding the execution of this
woman according to law and who
do not cafe to assume the respon
sibility of Raying that she shall be
handed oY executed for her crime
bub are mis'r'ep're enfed by the
numerous letters claimed to be
aod
iTsn-
others in her behalf. Some quote
that ' 'he who is without sin , let
him cast the fir-t. sto e , " and any
thing that will win . mpathy the3T
USP to further tht-ir purpose.
They even claim that the laws will
be changed in Pennsylvania after
this so that a woman may murder
without the fear of being hanged ,
and many other privileges will be
given a woman who is murderous
ly inclined to induce her to become
degenerate and the committer of
crimes that man da e not do for
fear of punishment. Let the law
be observed by w < m n as well as
men and as the same work brings
tho same compensation , let the
same offense entitle one to the
aame punishment. Kate Ed wards
is a degenerate , supposed to have
been intimate , criminally , with
Samuel Greason , the man who was
arrested and convicted as her ac
complice in killing her husband ,
and the mulatto child "Alma1' is
the reputed child of this Samuel
Greason. Let tho law take its
course.
Only Too True ,
The writer of the following ar
ticle which appeared in Sunday's
State Journal , hit the nail square
ly on the head when he said :
"If the business men of the
country towns stood up for their
local editor as faithfully as the ed
itors stand up for them , the deal
ers in automobiles and other un-
neci'ssaru's that none but the
\veahh.v can afford to indulge in ,
would do a largely increased busi
ness. In every issue of the paper
the average editor tells his read
ers how much better it is to buy
their goods of the local dealers
than to send to Chicago or else
where. When a traveling sales
man comes along and sells the
people something they don't want
at twice what the localN dealer
would charge for the same thing ,
the editor takes his pen in hand
and makes the event a text for
solemn warning. Fie runs "ex
posures" of the mail order busi
ness as continued stories. But
maybe the local dealers buy hia
advertising space , and may be they
don't. The editor is now and then
heard to complain that the groc-
eryman whose battle ho fights ev
en uses letter heads furnished him
at a reduction by an axle grease
manufacturer , vith ; whom he
shares the printed space at the
top. "
Kansas and the Trust.
Kansas has tackled the oil trust
and that estimable octopus has
shown its teeth savagely in the 1st
round. With the oil fields in the
Sunflower state the scene of sud
den idleness , the trust awaits tho
fate of the oil refinery bill and the
development of the threat to drive
the trust out of Kansas. Says the
superintendent of the oil trust's
Kansas branch : "We are in the
position of a tenant in a certain
building who may be intending to
make great improvements , but is
deterred by the danger that the
landlord may rent an adjoining
room to some undesireable person.
We do not know what sort of leg
islation Kansas may enact and un
til we know we cannot afford to
continue to extend our lines. "
The action of the Standard Oil
company iu practically blacklist
ing Kansas oil is one of the char
acteristic performances of that
powerful monopoly. It remains
to be seen what success the law
makers of that state will have in
clipping the power of the monop
oly. Kansas has been the battle
field of many contending forces.
Great victories have been won
there and great principles have
been upheld in trying times. But
the greatest of all since slavery
days would be the one which would
give the biggf-st and must unscrup
ulous monopoly in the world a
good sized jolt. It is a hard fight ,
with the octopus controlling the
world's output of oil and having
the producers thoroughly under
its big thumb. If anything could
rouse sufficient enterprise in op-
to Uw oouopoly to wj
loca1 victorit certainly would In-
this "bluff i/arm * " with which the
truM iHip ) .sd to ho terrifying
the legislature and the people of
Kansas.
The Standard furnishes the oil
to the consumer and is in a positj j
ion to drive any independents out
of business and its career is cloud
ed with the wrecks of a ho > t of
enterpriser which it. has ruthlessly
swept to ruin. The knockout
blow will come some time and
concerted action of a few oil states
like Kansas in favor of an inde
pendent concern might bring re
sults that would count. World-
Herald.
Favors From Railways.
A hot hint , is that which Presi
dent Stickney , of the Chicago
Great Western railway , has given
to President Roo-evelt regarding
hisulli'god free u e of special trains.
Stickney bluntly states that "the
law which mades it a misdomi anor
for any individual , not an officer
or employee of a rail road company ,
to use a pass was enacted by con
gress and approved by the presi
dent fifteen years ago , and as an ,
individual rule of action it was ig
nored by the congressmen who
passed it and by the president who
approved it , and subsequent con
gressmen and presidents , with
-rare exceptions , have ignored its
provisions. "
President Roosevelt himself has
given utterance to some sound
doctrine to the effect that "you
connot build the superstructure of
public virtue save on private
virtues. "
But where should we so confi
dently expect private virtues and
strict observance of the laws as in
the men elevated to the head of
the nation ?
If President Roosevelt , who , be
cause of his character , has been
chosen to exalt and maintain the
laws of the land , fails even in his
own individual conduct , what ex
ample or inspiration is there for
others ?
Who is to respect and enforce
law , if not the men raised to po
sitions of power and responsibility ?
Threats of terrible things to be
done to tho railway companies are
not new. For years they have
been uttered with great vigor , but
heard with extreme complacency.
Mere words do not hurt.
i
The railway magnates are not
worrj ing so long as congre.men
have their pockets full of annual
passes and the president himself
accepts special trains.
Thre are people so optimistic
as to believe that public officials
cannot be bribed by so small a
thing as a railway pass. But evi
dently the rail way companies , who
are in position to know more about
it , take a different view. They
are not giving free passes arid
special trains for love.
It would at least be reassuring
to the public if the president and
congressmen would decline to ac
cept further favors from the rail
ways.
There would be good example
and inspiration for the common
people to respect and observe the
law if the high officials of the gov
ernment would themselves respect
and observe it. Omaha Daily
News.
Catholic Church Annonnee-
ment
On Sunday next , mass will be
said here at 10:30 : a. ra. Catechism
class at 3 p. m.
On Sunday , 2tGh inst. , Catholic
service will be held in the Prairie
Belle school house near Crookstom
at 10 a. m.
The U S. weather bureau re
port for the week ending Feb. 15 ,
shows the highest and lowest tem
perature to have been 42 ° on the
15th and 35 ° on the 12 , a range
of 77C and a mean of 15.5 ° for
the week. The snowfall gave .41
of an inch and the highest velocity
of wind was 44 miles from north
west. Taking the months of Jan
uary and February to date will by
comparison prove it to be the cold-
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