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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
FEBRUARY 14, 1907
I2i
QUESTION
4
Should some paper publisher Bend
me a paper weekly or monthly, etc.,
that I did not order, but still I take
out of the box and use, can they hold
me at the end of the year for tlio sub
scription price?
There Is a law in Nebraska that says
you need not pay.
What states still !mprison for debt?
None. In the United States origin
ally imprisonment of debtors was
adopted as part of the common law,
but at the present time Imprisonment
for debt, except in case of fraud or
of. an absconding debtor, does not
legally exist in any of the states.
Congress, empowered by the United
States constitution to make a uniform
bankrupt law, exercised this power,
and subsequently repealed the law of
imprisonment, and now by revised
statutes 9!)0 and 991 no person can be
imprisoned . for debt .by any profr.HU
issuing out of the court of the United.
.States in any state where by the 'liws
of the state imprisonment for debt
has been abolished. Most of the states
by constitutional provision have pro
hibited arrest or, imprisonment for
debt, while the other states, either by
din ct statutes prohibiting imprison
ment or by poor debtors' laws, or by
insolvent laws, secure the same result.
Has the United States an official
anthem? ., . ,
The Star Spangled Banner has been
otiieiilrfy' I'pCQgnJjsed ,as ( such. Army
regulations having been so amended
(hat when the national anthem is
played by the band on any formal oc
casion, or at any piace where persons
belonging to the military , service are
present, they shall stand at attention,
and even if not in ranks they shall
render the prescribed salute. The pew
sition of salute... must,, be maintained
un$l .tjiq last note has , been p'yed.
The regulations further provide that
when the air id played it shall be
played through once, without repeti
tions or variations, except where repe
tition is called for by the score.
What was the shortest time made
by the pony express from St. Joseph
to San Francisco?
Abraham Lincoln's inaugural ad
dress was carried the 1,400 miles from
St. Joseph to Sacramento in 7 days
and 17 hours. The schedule time was
eight days. This is the quickest trip
we know about. .
BOX.
Kindly tell me, where is Jamestown,
Virginia, the site of the Jamestown
exposition, how large is it, and why
does it not appear on ordinary maps
of the state?
Jamestown is, or rather was, on the
James river, about thirty-two miles
from its mouth. There is nothing left
of it now but the ruins of a church
and of two houses. The peninsula on
which the village was established, the1
first permanent English settlement
within , the present limits of the
United States ig now an island, owned
aifd" cared for by the association for
the preservation of Virginia antiqui
ties. It has no population and theitv
fore has no place on a modern map.
The exposition will not be held at
Jamestown, but at a near-by city.
Are railroad companies entitled to
open packages of freight in their care
to ascertain whether the classieation
is as stated on the bill of lading?
No.
What was the final disposition of the
Brownsville case by the senate?
This resolution was passed: "Re
solved, That without questioning the
legality or justice of any act of the
president in relation thereto, the com
mittee on military affairs is hereby
authorled and directed, by subcom
mittee or otherwise, to take and have
printed testimony for the purpose of
ascertaining all the facts with refer
ence to or connected with the ad' ray
at Brownsville, Tex., the ripht of
August 13-14. 1906. Said committee is
aullioi lzi d to send for persons and pa
pers, t' administer oaths, to sit
during sessions or recess of the senate
nnd if deemed advisable, at Browns
ville or elsewhere, the expenses of the
investigation to be paid from the con
tingent funds of the w ate.
Kindly print the poem beginning.
"How I'.li YVaui Alexander, Pa "
tiu: rim.ivs inqiiuv.
Ilnw Liar was Atomnd?r. I'a.
Tli.it i'le call lilrn great?
Vtt l. like i.l iJr.llib, Mil"
!;, ffi.ar a hundred weight
Wo lie Urtt that l eoi M Mand
I.Ike till tetlt hlith,
Ami w htie til feel wit mi tic- siouikI
tlli i i-..u could toin h tt !.-?
lib, i-f, in v child; utxtut lftf-
,4 I i' I ' ut ! Jam'
T i "t Id titirt m.l" Mm Knut,
icr itnei of UH itiime
It ' i . M'.i! I kn.. I l't,
tint . -v ( ti- t pi ti;
And n in tl,.m l..rf jeir s i
I Vti.t H iry II.
I mean, my child, his actions were
So great, he got a name.
That everybody speaks with praise.
That tells about his fame.
Well, what great actions did he dot
I want to know it all.
Why, he it was that conquered Tyre,
And levelled down her wall,
And thousands of her people slew.
And then to Persia went,
And fire and sword on every side
Through many a region sent.
A hundred conquered cities shone
With midnight burnings red;
And strewn o'er many a battle ground,
A thousand soldiers bled.
Did killing people make him great?
Then why was Abel Young,
Who killed his neighbor, training day,
Put into jail and hung?
I never heard them call him great.
Why, no; 't was not in war;
And him that kills a single man.
His neighbor all abhor.
Well, then, if I should kill a man, i,
I'd kill a hundred more;
I should be great, and not get hung,
Like Abel Young, before.
Not so, my child; 't will never do;
The Gospel bids be kind.
Then they that kill and they that
praise.
The Gospel do not mind.
You know, my child, the Bible says
That you must always do
To other people, as you wish
To have them do to you.
But, Pa, did Alexander wish
That some strong man would eome
And burn his house, and kill him, too,:
And do as he had done?
And everybody calls him great,
For killing people so!
Well, now, what right he had to kill,
I should be glad to know.
If one should burn the biddings here.
And kill the folks within,
Would anybody call him great,
For such a wicked thing? ., ... ,
Give a list of the present members
of the president's cabinet.
Secretary of state, Elihu Root; sec
retary of the treasury, George B.
Cortelyou; secretary of war, William
H. Taft, attorney general, Charles J.
Bonaparte; postmaster general,
George von L. Meyer; secretary of the
navy, Victor II. Metcalf; secretary of
the interior, James R. Garfield; sec
retary of agriculture, James Wilson;
secretary of commerce and labor,
Oscar S. Strauss.
What has the government finally
done with the Chinese boxer in
demnity money that it was reported
a couple of years ago would be re
turned to China?
The money is not yet actually in
hand. It was to be paid only in in
stallments. Moreover, there are other
claims impending against the Chinese
government, arising out of the boycott.
It is said in Washington that import
ant negotiations between the two
countries are afoot. When these are
concluded, and when the precise
amount in excess of our lawful claims
and military expenses has been as
certained the administration will
doubtless restore it to the Chinesa
treasury.
What are the standards for milk
adopted by the government under the
pure food law?
1. Milk is the fresh, clean, lacteal
secretion obtained by the complete
milking of one or more healthy cows,
properly fed and kept, excluding that
obtained fifteen days before and ten
days after calving, and contains not
less than 8.5 per cent of milk fat.
2. Blended milk is milk modified in
its composition so as to have a defin
ite and stated percentage of one or
more of its constituents.
3. Skim milk is milk from which a
part or all of the cream has been re
moved and contains not less than 9.25
per cent of milk solids.
4. Pasteurized milk is milk that has
been heated below boiling, but suffi
ciently to kill most of tt?e active or
ganisms present and immediately
cooled to 50 degrees F, or lower.
5. Sterilized milk is milk that has
been healed at the. temperature of
boiling water or higher for a length of
time suttlch nt to kill all organisms
present.
II. CnndonMcd milk, evaporated milk.
U milk frotn which a considerable pot
thm of water ha been evaporated and
contain not leu than S per cent of
milk oiid. of width not Um than 27.5
per cent H milk fat.
T. Sweetened condensed milk M
milk fi"tn which a considerable por
tion of water Iium been evatHirated and
to wlik h fiigur (Miet'tixi) has been
added, and tontahi not leu th.4& l
per cent of milk noiid. of which not
leott th in Ti j per eent ! milk fat.
i. I'oudenned klm tnllk H milk
from whkh a cotisddenihl.' tttl'n of
WUlel ii.M been rVttpoi iteit.
it Ihutermilk t Hi' pldut til?
IflluUll' whetl butter H (emo e fiouj
tnllU or o e.im in iho pnu e of
(burning.
More or Less Personal J
RfflHEN the secretary of the Ne
lill braska state press association
wrote asking for free transportation
to Omaha and return for all of the
members there must have been a good
deal of astonishment around the rail
road headquarters. Nearly all of the
members have been fighting the free
pass, and this indication that the
whole association wanted to welch on
so important a matter was a little as
tonishing, to say the least.
Some of the passenger .agents seem
to have indicated a desire to pass the
editors as of old. but Mr. Wakeley of
the Burlington stood up for the new
regulations. "To issue compliif ntary
passes in Nebraska," he said, "would
mean that we should do this in Iowa,
in Missouri, and throughout the United
States, and it would thus appear that
the railroads and the newspapers
were combining to obstruct the pro
gress of the reform which is spreading
throughout the country, and which is,
intended to cure - the evils of free
transportation. I am sure that every
editor in the state will, upon reflection,
conclude that under the conditions
which have been put before us, com
mencing January 1, 1907, there is
nothing else we can do."
When a railroad man shows respect
for the law and a sincere wish to im
prove conditions of which complaint
is made, a good many of the editors
of the state will take off tl(V hats,
figuratively speaking, and announce
that he is all right. They will think
more of Mr. Wakeley for writing this
letter than if he had tapped a fresh
book and told the boys to help them
selves. They will also make up their
minds to pay the fare and a third
and be at the Omaha meeting on
February 19 and 20 without fail.
Governor Sheldon does not care to
accept any gifts from the state in the
form of house rent unless the ' courts
declare that the action of the legisla
ture in buying and appropriating a
house for the use of the governor is
legal. By his direction a suit was
commenced in the supreme court to
test the legality of the act.
"I am in favor of the legislature
buying the governor an automobile,"
said a citizen of Lincoln, "so he may
appear as well as his neighbors across
the street."
"It is my opinion," said another,
"that the governor would be better
pleased if the legislature would build
a barn on the lot on which the exec
utive residence stands, so he can keep
a horse and cow." "If he would agree
to milk the cow himself," said the
first speaker, "the legislature would
probably do so."
The constitution requires the gover
nor to live at the capital and the leg
islature has by an enactment given
him the use of a house. The former
plan was to appropriate $1,000 a year
for house rent for the governor. This
was done by the legislature on the
ground that the governor could- rarely
afford to live in a manner, befitting the
dignity of the executive of a great
state. The salary is conceded to be
too small, but it is fixed by the con
stitution and that cannot be changed
except by a political revolution.
The clause in the organic law pro
hibiting the governor from receiving
any compensation other than the $2,500
a year looked tolerably conclusive in
the old days, when the extra thou
sand for house rent was a straight ad
dition to his salary. Now when the
state requires the governor to live in
a big house that costs him an extra
thousand dollars or so a year on ac
count of its size and style, perhaps he
ran prove in court that he is receiv
ing no "extra compensation." As a
matter of strict justice, why can't the
governor sue the state for damages
for requiring him to take a house that
is more elaborate than he needs and
wants?"
The action of the state senate
against the county option bill is sup
posed to settle that question for the
remainder of the session. The house
still lias a bill in the hands of the Ju
diciary committee, but it Is useless for
one house to spend time on legislation
that has bet n defeated in the other
house.
One of the memlters of the legisla
ture who did all in his power to pass
the county option bill In the nenate
believe the friends of the t upturn re
will make u mlKtako if they carry out
their Intention of bringing the que
tlon up two years hence in the form
of prohibition. He believes prohibi
tion I not a wise step to attempt if
V.w wentlment of the tate Is not uf
liciently it Iron if to t-nfom It. He be
lieve it unwit for the went part of
the state. f'r Instance, to try to force
prohibition upon omi of the counties
in the itt-rn part of the state If
t hn -tutntie cannot enforce o h a
law by local ft iitim. nt.
Oil th other Side, til. opponent t nf
comity option nnt,uitl charge licit
it is really intended to prohibit sa
loons and that they prefer to meet
straight-out prohibition. So if the
issue becomes prohibition or nothing,
such persons will be better pleased
than if the issue is county option.
Senator Patrick of Sarpy, during a
discussion of county option, digressed
to launch a few bolts at the manner
in which the senate had, in his esti
mation, injured the rights of married
women by passing S. F. 73 in its pres
ent form.
At the conclusion of his speech,
Wilsey of Frontier arose and said:
"The senator makes a great plea for
the married women. There may ba
many here who do not know that he
is a bachelor."
Senator Aldrich of Butler, who gen
erally goes after measures and men in.
a vigorous and direct manner and who
usually gains by this method, is ge
ting admiration even from the minor
ity side. "I admire the senator from
Butler for his vigorous methods," said
Patrick of Sarpy in defense of one of
his bills. "He is a man who likes to
go in and break things to pieces and
then smash the pieces. I admire him
for1 his frankness."
There are some points in the. pro
posed railway commission bill which,
are causing disputes in the joint com
mittee, but it is believed that when
they are settled, early this week, the
bill will be speedily ground through
the legislative hopper. Those who be
lieve the. legislature is not acting
speedily enough will find that when
the bill is found to meet the wishes
of those concerned, it will be given the
right of way. It will probably be in
troduced Monday afternoon. While
the bill has been agreed to by a ma
jority, an effort is being made to make
further changes. Wherever apparent
errors have been made they will be
corrected, but the committee will not
alter the bill in any way to weaken its
force.
Representative E. W. Brown of Lan
caster made an effective speech during
the debate upon the Raper bill abolish
ing the death penalty, which was fin
ally indefinitely postponed. The house
had been proceeding upon the theory
that in Nebraska the death penalty
for murder in the first degree is in
flexible, but Mr. Brown made it clear
that the jury may recommend wheth
er capital punishment or life impris
onment shall be inflicted. A peculiar
ity of the long discussions into which
legislative bodies sometimes wander
is the lack of definite knowledge and
the members who are able to clear up
the mazes, no matter what the ques
tions, help wondefully in , expediting;
business.
Every citizen of Nabraska has a
right to be heard upon any bill in
which he is interested before a legis
lative committee, but sometimes the
committees steal a march upon the
unsuspecting public. Not long -;o
some members of the senate railroad
committee were struggling to complete
their bill when an advertised meeting
of anothef committee was to occur in
a room next to the one where the rail
road committee was at work. The
persons interested were on hand and
most of the committeemen werG in the
next room with the railroad commit
tee. Senator Epperson, who is a mem
ber of the railroad committee, went
out in the halls and hustled in a num
ber of members not on the committee
and filled the chairs and let the hear
ing proceed. "The railroad committee
had to get through," the senator said,
as he told of the incident.
Representative Lahners of Thayer
was strongly in favor of the bill regu
lating the spectacle men, and he told
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