The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-12-05
NEWS AND COMMENT.

NbWS AMI YUM mENI.
These are days when an unusual
amount Of talk is going on about
Mr. Cleveland, owing to the posi-
bility of his wanting third term.
There are other things of casual
nature that now and then bring the
president to mind One of these is
the late rapier thrust made by Sena-
tor Chandler in an open letter to
King Grover. Eight American trunk
lines are forming a gigantic trust TO
rule traffic between Chicago and the
seaboard, and Chandler asks through
the press why the president sits wink
ing at this dangerous violation of the
interstate commerce law, for the en-
forcement of which the president is
directly responsible to the people
The Senator insinuates that Cleve is
hypnotlzed by J Pierpont Morgan,
and the interstate commerce commits
sion is in turn bypnotized by Clevc
1t is rapier thrust of the most open
and bold nature and the country
awaits the reply. About the third
term, Cleveland's close friend, ex-
Secretary Whitney, states that he
does not think third term is de-
sired, but catching himself he adds,
"But no man can truthfully say he
would rot like to be president.
There is absolutely no jar in drifting
from that to the wild, free song of
Ambrose Bierce, San Francisco most
incisive writer:
Lol the wild rabbit, happy in the pride
or qualities TO meaner beasts denied.
Surveys the jackass with respect aud fear,
Adoring his superior length Of ear,
And says: mo living creatureAean or fat.
But wishes in his heart to be like That -
1t is be an Indian or eat no meat
these days, at least so one would
judge from surface indications. The
Interior Department has Just decided
that Indians can hunt all they please
and no State law may stop them In
dians slew 10000 deer in Colorado
during the past season, and we read
the other day where an entire camp
of soldiers were arrested for killing
seven for eating purposes. This
modern civilization is mighty hard
for stupid people to understand
The SIGNAL has frequently ex-
planned the cunning methods of the
gold men in dressing up the public
mind to receive their carefully pre-
pared theories. Some time ago we
gave history of how they turned an
opposing great daily of Chicago into
an organ. Col HenryWatterson is, or
has been, travelling in Europe because
he hesitated to use his editorial abil-
ity against humanity through the
columns Of the pluto controlled Lou
isville Courier-Journal. The munif-
cent Rockefeller endowment of the
Chicago University is fresh IN the
public mind. A Photographic view
OF underlying motives is well given
by the Caldwell Tribune:
The enforced retirement of Prof Bemis
from the University OF Chicago affords a
clue 70 the motives which often impel
wealthy corporations and individuals TO
endow institutions Of learning with vast
sums Of money. The Standard Oil Co.
the Armours, the Ycrkcs aud other plu-
tocrats, under the guise of magnani-
nous interest in the advancement of edu-
cation, have made muniicent donations
TO the Chicago institution and the praise
accorded them has been proportionable
to their seeming generosity Their real
purpose, however. appears TO have been
disclosed by the dismissal Of Prof Bemis.
They endowed the university because
they wanted TO direct its policy and. in a
large measure. dictate the character of its
instruction. Prof. Bcmis filed the chair
Of political economy and in the course of
instruction it became his duty to deal with
trusts and the economic effects of vast
concentrations of wealth. He dealt with
those subjects honestly and without mine
ing matters in the least. but in STYLE
which was anything but agreeable to the
financial beneiactors of The university. In
one lecture he went SO far as TO denounce
trusts rs Legitimate and dangerous or
CARNATIONS and predicted that if the rapid
concentration of wealth, which is now in
progress, is not checked. disaster and rev.
olution will inevitably follow The
Standard Oil Co. and Mr. Yerkes do not
endow universities for the propagation of
such doctrine. and the president of the
Chicago institution was casually apprised
OF the fact. Thereupon Prof. Bemis was
informed that his services were no longer
desirable and that his resignation would
be received with pleasure. OF course,
Mr. Harper, president of the university.
denies that lllr financial supporters Of Inc