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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
APRIL 14, 1904.
tin Nebraska Independent
Lincoln, UtbraskM,
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-IB TJBBLES, Editor.
Cil DEFKAKCE, AeocJate Editor
. I). EAGER, LuBiiittss Manager.
John Mitchell says that he has no
ticed that in every strike both si.'cs
pet a bad licking. But that is not all
the licking which results from a
strike. The public geenrally gets tLc
worst licking of all the three parties
interested in a strike.
The British rack-renters who de
spoiled Ireland were ministering an
gels of mercy compared to the raclc
renters of New York. These Now
Yorkers are human vultures preying
upon the most helpless of the popula
tion of the city: If taxailon of "land
values" will remedy the wrong, then
let us have it.
The dailies are always talking about
"making money." If a man makes a
dollar or even a five-cent piece and
Uncle Sam .finds it out that same chap
will go to the penitentiary, and un
less he is a national banker, he will
stay there until his time is up. Un
cle Sam has no mercyon men who
"make money," the national ' banker
alone excepted.
The single tax measure that passed
the house of commons it turns ou, s
to only apply to municipalities. The
Boer war has put such a debt upon En
gland that some new source of taxa
tion must be found and as taxing food
by means of tariffs is rejected, that
giv.es the single tax its opportunity.
.The taxes will have to be paid and
the money will have to be earned Lo
do it. Who will earn the money?
The other day a man who had la
bored in vain to get reforms and
' found that the men whom he had been
instrumental in placing in office to
effect those reforms, had done noth
ing, burst forth in a volume of denun
ciation against the traitors mixed with
Bome swear words. One of the' bj
standers was very much shocked. But
another, who is known everywhere for
his piety .remarked: "I had rather
hear an honest man swear than a hy
pocrite pray."
The militia of Colorado are in ac
tive rebellion against the couilfc.
Judge Stevens havlna ordered Lhe
sheriff to produce the body of a labor
leader in court held as prisoner Ly
General Bell of tho state militia, and
General Bell having refused to eivo un
the prisoner, the court oidered the ar-
rm or ine general for contempt
whereupon the secession, fire-ealtiig
militia commander replied: "If shcr
Iff Corbet take ua to Ouray It wdl
nave to be over the dead lodls of a. I
tlx soldiers under my command in
this country, lie hag not. got men
enough, lo do that."
In this latitude now h the lime lo
mn planting flower, Avoid W
vftr.nrloj. tr ami "newest thin
1 tho fli'ii4, Whatever Iho florist
run do with 'hm. thy will a fji.
ttr, In your l.an-u, You ran And noma
little pw rn If you are In a til
but OUt ltd Of tllO K.dld l.ltHKfc of
Itiife, whrro yon ran phnt n.vtir
U mts, tiibf rrnes, Rl.tdloliiA or rnm
In fow Kirmt you ran nbtnt a rami
i'an tit will Wat all tho hot hmM
tribal pltnu for fi Uai; and piodu
It trc-rd.nl l!!t0,i, "FIoer s: th,
-itf tMii that flo.1 wrr n.ak
d trot to put oul In." "Klowrf
if Hi "hKtry' of Iho ttr;tiT writw:
In beauty and frarrsnre. "lhc amr
of ntmt It n forr,"
. TOM WATSON. HIS BOOK
Since Tom "Watson retired from
politics and went to writing books,
his publishers, D. Appleton & Co., New
York, have put on the market several
which have had a large sale. They
are all of the historical kind, dealing
with the French revolution, the life
of Napoleon, and his last, "The Life
and Times of Thomas Jefferson. '
These works are a real addition to
literature and history, especially the
history of the United States. TLe
writing of that history heretofore has
been almost wholly by men of New
England and is colored by the political
principles and religious environment
in which the authors . were born and
lived their lives This history of Jef
ferson comes from a writer whose
environment is southern. Watson
seems to take a good deal of-delifeut
in bringing out the inaccuracies of
Henry Cabot Lodge, and especially
those of Wiliam Eiroy Curtis, with
an occasional dig at Theodore Roose
velt. . '
The style is charming. The Life of
Thomas Jefferson can . be read for cn
tertainment, as one reads a novel, tc
nteresting Is almost every sentence.
There is said to be "no royal road to
earning," by which is meant that
tuning must be "acquired by Lard
jnd toilsome application, but Watson
seems to have shown us a royal road lo
that part of learning contained in bio
graphy and history, for instead of be-
ng toilsome to read the Life of Jef
ferson, it is recreation and a pleasure.
He seems to have a way all his own
of throwing in a sentence or part of a
sentence here and there that startles
with its. piquancy and separates riht
rom wrong as if cleft with a two-
handed sword.
The following are a few samples of
such writing:
'Now and then some attorney who
pilots a syndicate, organizes a trust,
acts ag a pall-bearer to some dead
railroad,-manipulates a merger or
makes a supreme court stultify itself
on the question of an income tax, will j
be paid a fee of a hundred thousard
dollars, half a million dollars, or even
a million dollars." ; . .
'The tax (tariff levied on articles
coming into the colonies), was not laid
on three or four thousand articles as
now, but only on half a dozen or so.
Unless the citizen will now consent to
wear the wardrobe of Adam and live
on air, earth and water, he must pay
the tax. Our forefathers had only to
deny themselves paper, tea, glass and
paint to be put of the reach of En
gland's law.". , . -
"Endeavoring, to talk as much with
out saying anything as--well, as an
American president j talking against
the trusts.",
"There , is more actuai, degrading,
heartless, soul-aestroying serfdom on
this earth NOW than there was in the
year 1860."
"No promptings of humanity can
resist military .liscipline."
"Vast is the capacity of the people
to endure official, legislative spolia
tion." "It being a peculiarity of huge cor
porations to consider government as
having been instituted for their oin
special behoof."
"Special Providence does not appear
to conduct lawsuits."
"Fatten on the.carcas of dead pros
perity." ,
"A war whoop, by the way, which -b
not unearthly is not up to the stand
ard and is not allowed in the book?. '
"Verily, diplomacy has ways that
are peculiar and language which Is
queer!"
"John Adams called Jefferson tho
father of the American navy."
"The heavy upland rice which be
came such a blessing to Georgia and
South Carolina was grown from seei
which Mr. Jefferson brought awy
from Italy In hh overcoat pol:ct. The
glorious protective principle made it
a crime to export the rough rice from
its native home, and Thomas Jvficr
pon. In the Interest of humanity, be
came a smuggler."
"They (the nobles) wete prosperous.
They considered the system a glorious
system.
"As the priesthood rannot r a
sailed without raUlng tho cr that
ChhJ la helm attacked, so tho rule of
tho privileged d .s can novel to
threatened without provoking tho
rhargo that tho government Is u
duwred,"
H eUMItml tho slato ( lotulv
Not only tht! Ho told lb whit. that
thfy ought to free tho M.uV. Ho to.-J
Iho rih they hiikM to tat thrushes
to tdiuitto th I'oor! Yh sthoUi
ly wrltir an llrrtry Cab t Ik1j;
mtkit Untidily n IInt fturi vt
JrrTeron (haraitt-r and Mr. U 0
veil tonllnually rrpents Hut he was
ftd vac illttlnV
Ho rfU'd IN vt po"lhlllt!f
ff rh rUtry bfn ft savant Hko lUf.
ton was lU'ftlr.g tho tileno lu
for.Wrr.
"He rcd.ivM to uniting ft niAlUruiU
Argemeiit
: In Argument "or explanation of what we do, or why,
are not needed. The principles of our business hardly
require re-statement. You who have ever dealt with us,
know them in their length, and breadth, depth and
height When THE NEBRASKA says it, it's so.
When we say the best clothing for the least to pay, it's so.
And today we call your attention to our lines of
Men's Suits, offering you the best values this house has
ever known, offering you the most complete assortments
that can be found anywhere. You are never too old -to
learn, neither are we. Every year brings us nearer per-,
fection.
And this year we claim the most perfect clothing
for men and boys in the land. ' ,
Write for our new spring catalogue at once. It
tells you all about good goods at a low price.
We Have No Branch Store in
South Omaha.
cal formula for making an improved
moulboard to a plow and took a gold
prize on it in lJaris. anai iorm 01
moulboard is in use on these praiiies
now. Ed. Ind.) He Introduced the
first threshing machine. He was the
first to import Merino sneep.
"Jefferson dreaded it, (the federal
judicary), prophesied against it, be
wailed its irresistible power. Reading
his gloomy forecasts, one almost oe
lieved hfl anticipated government by
injunction and the. advent of the -de
puty marshal. But we ooudi 11 nis
wildest fears could have pictured a
situation in which congress is not al
lowed to put the income tax on the
millionaire, and when tne syin
mthizer with labor is enjoined from
persuasion and peaceful aid."
"Any one who now iooks in upon
the United States and mentally ex
tracts therefrom the representatives
and beneficiaries of 'the silent arts of
corruption' will be in considerable
doubt as to whether he nas lett a
quorum to do business.'
"Dwarfing the house, overshadowing
the president, the senate governs the
republic; and the 'silent arts of cor
ruption' governs the senate."
"Mr. Jefferson might repeal primo
geniture and entails he dare not lay
his hand unon the venerable tyrannr
of custom which turned his dwelling
into a free hotel."
"Mr Roosevelt has been intemper
ate enough to say that Mr. Jefferson
'was perhaps the most incapable exe
cutive that ever filled the presiden
tial chair'."
"While New England delegates were
getting ready to travel to Hartford lo
hold the first secession convention
ever held on this continent, the volun
teers of the south were tramping
along the country roads as rast as tney
could go to meet fwe to face tlie
trained, thoroughly drilled soldiers
they who had chased the eagles of
Napoleon from every battlflltld of
Spain, and at New Orleans theso vol
unteers, whom Andrew Jackson knew
how to U'ad, gave to Great llrltain
that crushing defeat from which U to
bo dated the tlmewhon she first bcgn
to treat us with respect which ti)
strong shows to tho strong the brave
to Iho bravo."
"To mako tho solvation of a nalloa
depend pon drlll-fm-unti nd Vot
ivint regulation U tho vt1 st nun-
n0 that was evrr put In a took--tho
mortal roap bulildo of rautjaut
Imperialism,"
"lUss money U tho Urorito smrr
of tho academic hit tor hut, yet tho very
ho write U pild for with r
morify, virtu und rrolit N
t.nod iirin nnther ns. 1h sjivrrn
mont' lm. I a ratr. tho iiatlon.il
bnKor' nto Iu m'J on tho tn,l 1 a
rast tail htnv tho ftaluiic h.4
"i.;;-;-iv:o th.t covtrnmcnt UuM
put tho Unkor ( lo. rail In tho tn.d
and Umio tho nd lte!l, puttinst i
hind U the Amu law ana credit whki
Cor. 1 5th and Farnam
upholds the bond and the banket 's
note, would the note of the govern
ment be less valuable? Mr. Jefferson
thought not. So will every other citi
zen who will consent to use his owm
eyes, his own brain."
"The manner in which congress, ly
means of tariff regulations, took mon
ey out of the pockets of agriculturists
and gave it to the manufacturer, Jei
ferson considered a shameful viola
tion of the constitution. The con
struction put upon the 'general ' wel
fare' clause made the remainder of
the instrument blank."
"Mr. Jefferson believed in an income
tax, progressively increasing as me
income increased. He believed thit
the earth belonged to the living, not
to the dead, and that each generatloa
should enjoy only the USE of the
land. He denied that one generation
had a right to bind a succeeding gen
eration. Unfetter the law with the
death of each owner and let each gen
eration pay its own debts."
IMITATING THE MODEL,
It has always been a puzzle'to the
editor of The Independent how eastern-journals
find out or adopt tne
phrases and epithets that first appear
in this paper and then in a few weeks
so many of the provincial editors
down by the sea are found using them.
The New York Post, the Boston Con
gregational 1st and several other east
ern papers are now calling the woitc
of the "captains of industry" treason.
It has not been more than a month
ago that The Independent first ap
plied that epithet to them. In other
papers in the east we find the follow
ing sentences, with which the rcadtra
of this paper have long been familiar:
iney sival with one hand afid donate
to churches, colleges, hospitals and lo
social betterment with the other.
"Universities and colleges must chooao
honorable competency or poverty with
freedom of speech and loyalty to
Ideals, to overflowing treasury and
co-partnership with wrongdciV
"They denoumc anarchy Inserted
from Kurope, and manufacture It
themselves ot homo."
Here i one In a slightly different
form: "If wo soil our souls for a mtas
of pottage, who will becomo tn (,) al
M$ of tho world? Tho Slavs, when
wo now affect to dep
Tho frightful conditions n tho o.il,
of hl, h tho d illy papers will tell us
li'''"1"-' I ftTHns turn to Sprttk out.
I My mi ..rally to tho oiu ,mi
tkat alviavs spedoiitas a model.
Oimard w iun-h. VThrr? dtu-s ,r.
djrsM pop.dht principle y V(N.
wh.linln t mijorlti.-s At Wp,,kt Vhm
r.tKo, MlUnukoo Rid .i,lf,n b1j Vt((pj
fur tho public ownership of (ty ut,;j.
UU flrH dKv od for r-iMlo oL
l.lp. tln.y wrr b-M-d up,.,, B4 rrluka
fttul riuath ly tho y,ry i.a sa
turn ni. for t Tho i.,uUh siuhU
a bo thinks of tlun.o thln-i.