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The con gress, known as the Duma, has been discharged, and the will of the czar is the supreme Jaw ot the land, and a ughty poor law it is 'at that. The New York legislature has just passed a two cent railroad bill. Gov ernor Hughes has vetoed this bill giv ing as his reasons that no investigation had been made to ascertain if this was a fair and just-rate, that the state has a railroad commission with full power to fix reasonable rates, and several ' other minor reasons. This is precisely the stand that Governor Sheldon took during the last campaign, but after our legislature passed the bill-he sub mitted to public pressure and public opinion and signed the bill. Gover nor Hughes, being in the eyes of many a possible candidate for president, shows a great deal of moral courage in vetoing what is undoubtedly a very popular measure. If he honestly thinks he is right, we honor him for. standing by his convictions. There are still some men who would rather be right than be president Some newspapers and some politi cians seem to think and act as though the railroad companies of Nebraska and their managers and attorneys are the greatest enemies wc have. Of course the railroad companies want to pay as small a tax as they can. Don't we all feel about our taxes just about the same way? The railroad compan ies undoubtedly made a great mistake in contesting their just taxes of 1904 and 5, and they are suffering for it, but we must all admit that there is no one factor in our state that has done more to develop and build up our great state than the railroad companies. We should treat them as our friends and not as our enemies, and this feeling should be mutual. It is quite as essen tial that our entire state should be developed and that railroads be built all over and around it, so that the two cent rate must; prevail on every old and new road. YOU SJSSsySmnTy Sw SSmnma gpSJSSSjSJS 9HP8MI SSSX SSSSSnusS) 111 Bit ft ThailalinmiwitninT VW BjaBaf. flUIMM allOWl hillua ia Baft. IMHK G U PRINTING , Gome in and wee our typesetting machine at work. We have it running usually, every afternoon in the week but Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The Journal always enjoys yoijir visit. Ike Oreaari Trial In-ancient times at was said no crime was too great or horrible for woman to commit Surely tke ways of man are changing. l the Harry Orchard trial) if the allegation to which he swore are true, we have pictured in-a panoramic view, the strewn dead of a small battle-field slain by one man. Apparently, and according to testimony, there seemed! to be no idea of gaining riches or a price set upon the heads of the victims. In fact, if the testimony be true, Orch ard is guilty of several pf the most atrocious crimes on record, and is held himself under the seemingly hypnotic power of other men,, too cowardly to act themselves but pushing a coward headlong to do their mischief, who seemed all powerful to dd injury to others but utterly powerless under the influence and, words of his instigators. The issue, or the result of the trial of Haywood and his associates largely depends on the extent to which partic ulars given by Orchard ''may be con firmed or supported by direct or cir cumstantial evidence. Undermining the whole plot, if it can be called a plot, it must be re membered there are two great oppos ing factions, capital and labor, arrayed in civil legal battle for supremacy. Should the Western Federation of Miners meet with defeatit will mean the annihilation of that body iavthe middle west They will have to-'go out of existence under the guilt of a number of the most merciless and atrocious of crimes, black with horror and deeply mysterious. They will be branded as an organization of anarch ists against the commonwealth and general welfare of the people. But- It must be remembered that while members of organized labor are often incited by men of anarchistic tenden cies to commit acts of lawlessness and violence, the ranks of the unions are recruited from the lowly and uncultur ed, and when they are pushed on by real or fancied wrongs, they see no way of righting their wrongs except by acts of violence. Vast organizations of capital are evading laws and com mitting the crimes of injustice and unfairness against the com mon people, every day, but they can secure the highest legal talent andsuffering from her most severe crisis, a hord of money to defend themselves and thus, being unfair in one way,' they have a decided advantage over. those unlearned and unthinking labor ing men. who may not reason deeply, but whose intentions are generally honest Money' is power and power often gets grasp of the reins of justice and in their desperation fearful acts of violence are committed in reprisal. History has shown, in both ancient and modern, that money and the right of power, has secured the services of ignorant, uneducated, unprincipled persons to act as their agent and in many cases the plots were entirely acted out and deeds of great wrong and black and hoary were committed to their utmost satisfaction. It must be remembered too, that the two imposing factions are men who have for many years tried to get the upper hand of each other, sometimes N EED DON'T IF you do, there needn't be any guess work about the Journal being able to furnish you with any thing.you want in the printing line. We are sup plying some very particular people. You won't have to guess that you ny get it when you want it or at any old time. The Journal is in shape to handle your orders promptly. You won't have to guess that maybe you will get a good job. We will see to that part of it to the best of our ability. We'll do our best to please YOU. If your job calls for somethings little unusual, you won't have to guess whether we can.handle it or not We are equipped for your most fastideous fan cies and very particular notions. Try us and see rfji JL the attention of the world at Boise City; v i ' President Roosevelt has the , right idea in snppreming greed by arbitra tion, and in releavbg the oppressed by a rigid inforeement of the laws against trusts and combines, and he will do much towards settling this great ques tion of capital and labor in his "work of dealing justice to all. On the other hand the general public does not tol erate boycotts and blacklisting, and with a happy medium we shall hope to see, in the day not far distant, the preservation of the proper balance in relation to capital and labor. The day will come when the man who seeks to evade the law will be placed in the same class with the man who breaks the law, and raises the cry with righteous demeanor that one faction.is greatly wronging the other will be passed into oblivion. In conclusion, it does seem to us that the entire invention of such a story as Orchvrd tells is, however,' infpossible. It a lamker fern It Extracts taken, from a speech made before the Banker's meeting at Hastings. Mr. Gnrney is.-one ot the principal stockholders in the First National Bank of Fremont: The mere fact that we are phenom- nally prosperous-now holds no assur ance that we will always remain so. On Decembar 31st, 1892, R. G. Dun & Co., in their annual review of trade, said. The year just closed .is the most remarkably prosperous one in every line that we have ever known and every indication is for a continu ance of these conditions." The panic struck within ninety days. In 1825, in his annual address to parliament, the king took occasion to offer felicitations on the-remarkable and unparalled degree of prosperity in every section of the kingdom, yet within a few months England was the panic of 1825. ' Great deposits are no assurance of immunity from panics. Great depos its are great debts. A friend speaking to me recently, raised the point that we could scarcely have a panic now, such as we had in 1893, because we are so much richer, and instanced the deposits of Nebraska banks to prove our wealth. The futility of this argu ment is apparent As well might a man in an arsenal say that there can be no explosion because the storage bins are packed full of powder. We will all agree, I think, that crisis and depressions will come, the only point in dispute being the time of arrival and the length of duration. We have this conclusion, not upon the theory of periodicity which some have tried to figure out nor upon changes in administration, since panics have to monarchies and republics -$ ' in secrecy, at! others in open conflict, and all tike !me -tryiagTto posfTii a righteous demeanor. Taking every-. thing into oosnideiVtion, it is not to be woncaired that laboring men are often incited to violence and while this 'does not jastify crime, it is an element that should be thought of when weigh ing the merits of the case now calling s s SOM E YOU? Hiffi II SEEN IT I 'BriMPflnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmt mnmmBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmTa fffti ,BKmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmw' fc smDsfmmmmmmmw n " -TBm' ' mmmmmmmKfVsVnmmmmmmmmmmmmmB 'aPmmflmmmmmmml ' AmmmmmmmHlmmmmmmmmmVml nmmlmmmmmmmmRmmmmmmmmmmmmi mmmX.ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmml KafTmmmmmmtoTTm j naanmnpinnnnf m It rus m easy, it New SaaHhiae Wasaer. Nraeei to werry aaeat wash iaj, if yea aae tae Saasaiae Wasaer. Ne Frietiea, ae Lest Me tiea. AecMeat .Preef. Ceme ia aae: try it. RotUeltner & Co. alike,' with and without changes of administration, nor upon the bund assumption that since they have hap pened before they will come again, but rather upon our knowledge of human nature. Men 'bring about panics by their excesses, and will likely continue to dp so until the glorious time when Gabriel blows his trumpet, and only perfect men arise.. It is a matter of common knowledge that the wants of the rase tend to increase and extrava gance and waste are the beat of all humanity. The hunter and the fish erman, both types of the primative man, never stop when they have cap tured enough of game, any more than does the millionaire exploiter pause when he has accumulated more of worldly possessions than he can by any possibility ever spend. Our wants always multiply, our resources not so surely. That which yesterday was a luxury becomes today a mere com fort, and tomorrow an imagined neces suy. Mr. A. goes to the seashore; his neighbor B.'must go also. Mrs. A. buys a very good piano; Mrs. B. must have a Steinway. Formerly, when traveling, B. was wont to curl up on the seat in the smoker and sleep, as well as eat hand-outs at a lunch counter but the sleeping car and diner facilities, once tried, obtain a very firm hold on the human irame. B.V boy, formerly content with a ready-made suit from the clothier, must now patronize the tailor, and his girl, at ller wedding; wears no drew, but a "creation." Formerly the neigh bors "run in of an evening," now they have a house party. All these enjoyments are commen dable, and they meet our fullest approval, and wish they might be shared by every citizen of America, but we make this reservation, that they ought to be paid tor out of incomes. But I have a great suspi cion that of our eighty odd million people, fully two-thirds are either liv ing up their means year after year to the last dollar, or are going beyond even these limits. A man who is not saving something for the rainy day is a menace to society. . Now, these are the conditions that confront us. I would not have yon think for a moment that I am prophe sying panic My calm judgment is that there is no immediate danger of trouble, but I can not help admitting that there are possibilities of complica tions that do not look good. There are hundreds of summer days when the temperature is high, and the atmos phere humid, when at nightfall the stars shine out their brightest, and no storm clouds roll, but if, onWh days as these, a cold wind comes hurtling from the' north, there is likely to be precipitation, with a display of fire works. Just so in financial matters. There are three, at least, varieties of north winds that may cause dimculty. The first of these is a short crop, or anything aporoaching a failare. The outlay of funds from this county, thai state or this nation is immense. There are engagements 'to be fulfilled, pay ments to be met, and the outflow of funds to meet these demands gets greater year by year as the demands of oar people get greater. I think this aeeds no fartkerelncidation. Ton may jest ask yourselves what would be the effect if your supply of hog. and grain and cattle drafts were to be cut off Ton get them now almost every day in the year. The second untoward incident we have to fear is the unreasoning terror of deneskom and the coaeBt bveak fag of wmVsnsd banks, resulting in paaic sack is I haVesesn once eefere, when everywhere, from the Atlantic to Ike ftoBfeami from lakes to Galf, the fever ran coarse. Ithonghtof last winter. this a of tii You will iher that several times the secretary went to the assistance of Wall street, ostensibly, but really te th assistance of the entire country. He advanced gold to those whoT were importing iC pending the arrival of the consignment, jest to help out their reserves i He made several nice de posits, in banks,, becaaes they had to have it He anticipated by nearly six months the payment of interest on. bonds,, because the money was sorely needed. All these shifts in a time of. financial pence, of stability in govern ment, of confidence in banks. What would have happened if the banks had been compelled to withstand in addi tion to this legitimate demand, an ab normal movement from terrified de positors with five thousand Bullions of deposits at stake! do not know: The third possibility of trouble lies in the great economic and political up heavals that may occur. Socialistic ideas are spreading. Nations of pater nalism in government are popular. The questions of property right" and of legislative functions are held in rather hazy understanding in many sources where . before there was no question, and one can not help won dering where all this. agitation and unrest will lead to.' Already railways are finding the placing of bond issues very difficult. A presidential election is close at hand and the preliminary skirmishing is already taking place. Only its muttering? are yet heard, and there seems to be no definite knowl edge as to what the issues will be, as the line of demarcation between par ties were never so obscure as now, but we may reasonably- assume that, these questions will revolve largely j about corporation problems, and may temporarily cause- much embarrass ment to financial interests. The annual passes issued by the rail road companies to citizens of Colum bus are, according to the reports sent to the. railroad comniissioners, as fol lows: Chicago it Northwestern rail road to Judge A..M. Post; the Bur lington railroad toM. Whitmoyer; the Union Pacific railroad to W. M. Cor nelius, Wm O'Brien and L.R. Latham. The newspapers also name a' Mr. Beebe of Columbus as having a Burlington annual, but Mr. Beebe rosides at Osceola, and somebody mere lv made a mistake in .his residence. fir. C. D. Evans and Dr. D. T. Mar- tyn being surgeons of the Union pacific also ride on, annuals. The law as passed by our last legislature pro hibits all free passes. It is claimed that these are not free, but for value received, and in each case the pass holder must give the major part of his time to the railroad company, which of course none of our Columbus men do, but the fact that their services are sub ject to the call of the railroad com panies at any and all times, is claimed as amply justifying the issuance and acceptance of these passes. And now let us have a safe and sane Fourth of July, and a big crowd and a good time. dlyes. Do it right Don't be a knocker be a booster. A few failures destroys many a nun's self confidence. Some people overdo a courteous word or a pleasant smile. ' It doesn't require much success to make a. fool, of) the average man. Every man stamps his value on him self: the price we challenge Yor our selves is given us. Schiller. fteally now, did you ever give your wife a whole $5.00 without her asking for it? Well, how did she look any way Can it be possible that Harry Orch ard is seeking notoriety aad- at the same time popularity by 'fearing up so generously. Bryan says he would not bold a "third term" for anything. He would have come nearer home if he had said "third trial." Illinois launched out for Bryan last Friday. Billy ought to pall in his home at once. Friday is a bad day to start on a jaunt like that. Those who advertise in the columns of the Journal are reputable trust worthy business concerns. Give them your patronage as far as yon can. Where is the American democrat who does not possess a grain of 'pride in the fact that our government is in creasing its receipts about $10,000,000 per month?. 1 Some men wouldn't go to a Fourth of July celebration with km than $10. Yet they expect their wives to take six children. wkh them aad have a toed time on a quarter. Oh, teucT.the art snrelva srammvU nmmmmmlmmt mmmmk when thrown into the rrj- , jq EfrfrhfrfrK3!KKlHKfr IFancv fB A'mr Bt SB? anW XmWHTOBSsC T BmVauSMintMSnnmm .X. aaai aai Maaaak m aakB aaak mm. JaaBk. .T .JU ,g amam 'A ( V i If you are jf mer at our store we ask of you to at least call. and see our provision conn- Iters. delicious and quality no better to be bad call on us though you don't buy I s amfe 4 ' KEATING T Eleventh Street we say patronize your local paper buy J it aad read it, advertise in it, and write for it; these things are just little pebbles of kindness that will make business good in your town. The small boy now with line and hook 8Kae away, goes to the brook, Site on the bank all day long. Don't eare darn if 'tis right or wrong; Gomes bone at Bight with muddy clothes, Two little saiaaows and blistered nose. Dad takes him out into the shed, 'Tie the old, old story nufsed. FOB SALE. A farm of 145 acres, adjoining town I site of Monroe. Good improvesaeata, I A large part or the bad set to alfalfa. $60 per acre a bargain! Monroe, Neb. Dr. D. T. Martyn, Jr., Oalamnna 8ms Baak Wildiag. ROCKERS AT ; Special Prices A new shipment of rockers !ust received and placed oa oar floor at special prices. Why not get the one yon have been wantiBg aad get some chaaces on that $25. piece of furniture we are giving away. Also a new shipment of manic cabinets aad Slwell Kitch cabiaeta, Come sad see them. G.H.Landtn Sptcial Sale We sell the well-known Staver Buggies, and are . making the following prices for a short time only. inmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnak txlSSnmm! (aV msmmmmmmmmV mT " 9mmmmmmmmmmm .P$v BmmnuuuuunBnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmv ,r M. 'VSSnmmmmmmmmnmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmW mnmmnnaiSiuSaWfanmmmwr L. W. WEAVER oa SON. f. - Groceries , ' 4 " ja. SCHRAir S 2SmmS1JSmJnmrmWaiannmnnmjx-.nr - 1 not a custo All sfoods fresh d aCklambus, Nebraska. HASSANS SSFT COAtt- UKSEBS FILLED rSOSPT LY. P. D. SMITH L LIBER CO. Eartwajwaka FnilMsyhy. Poverty has ita compeasatloae la some matters. Thus the Mexican peons who live in one-story adobe huts suffer little from earthquakes as compared with their richer aeighsora who live la more preteatioaa houses of stone. The earthquake shock re daces the sun-dried adobe to harmless powder, bat it piles atone houses upon the heads of these who live la them. "Poor aad coateat," says the poet, "is rich aad rich eaoagh." It is probable, however, that the peoa would be willing to ex change houses with the cabaDero evea at the. risk of earthquakes.' It la the disposition of maakind to set value on those thiaga we have to place a high estimate on these that we have not. A Feur-Decker Sea Pie. A huge sea pie was served to a party of 50 guests at a feast at Gorles ton, England, at which, the member for Yarmouth was present. It was made by an old trawl skipper aad weighed a hundredweight half. It was a four decker boiled ia a vast cauldron for hours. The keel was laid with beet bones and there was a triple bulk head of short crust, the buskers bs lag tiled with beefsteak aad ox kid Beys. There were holds also stared with meat, onions, carrots, turnips and po tatoes, aad the hall was constructed of a substantial short crust that alone took a stone aad a half of four. Te Mine Russian Csppsr. " According to advices from St Pe tersburg to the London Times, a syn dicate has beea formed there for the exploitation of the rich copper alirn in Russian Turkestan. The syndicate has acquired rights over 15,6M acres of territory. The district te said to comprise the fnest copper producing area in the whole of the Raeulaa em pire The company will shortly he formed with an initial share capital of l,5e,oee rubles ($75A,ee). Historic Ground May The historic plains of Abraham will be dedicated as a national park at the celebration nextyear of the three-hundredth aBBlversary of the img- of Quebec, provided those meet promt aeat la the commemoration are able to have their way. At present the. plains are marred by a rife factory, aad lBstead of listening to the demand that, they remove to another site, the owners of the plant demand room. on nWgpts i $85 buggy $75 $75buggy$65 $55wgoii$50 $65 boggy $55 And all other biiggissiniwo- poxtiofi. aflntmmmlBfnV SnaSJ '- T 1 V 1' ' X-?"v ' z J-A-C - ' L K c & fe?. WMMmSz . -!.-'&'. && ;ss x. ZX21A f-ig-ii &..!VriSir3i -v.-'i-T-p-f,. U:a;vjt.-?TOI
