Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-03-15
SOME THINGS.

EDITOR INDEPENDENT: The rlos-
ing years OF the nineteenth and the
opening days OF the twentieth N
ury have been stormy aud war like
and the present attitude Of the gov
eminent does not bode yell for the
future well beng Of the lsbormg
masses.
lie energies OF the British empire
are beng exerted 10 wipe on: the
Boer republics and thus gam control
Of the rich gold fields recently dis
covered in South Africa. The United
States, more is the shame, is striving
by war like beat Of drum and bugle
blast, midst shot aud shell and saber
stroke, far AWAY under ,ropic suns
aud iii slant seas 10 subiugate and
colon.ze p people, late our allies, vino
are struggling for their homes and
self government as did the people OF
the United States in the days that
tried mems souls.
Now. then. il any bod is dense
enough to believe that such was
the expressed or ia piled intention OF
this government in the beginning of
the war with Spain to liberate Cuba
from Spanish tyranny, let him hft
the cover and take Ii look at tie well
concealed niger in the wood pile.
But recently the great cations went
agunnIng where the yellow sea is
running and now the treasure house
OF China is the bone OF contention
between the powers that be. And all
thus congloureratinD OF contradictions
is being Struggled in under the head
OF commercial expansion and benevo-
lent assimilation.
Great Gears ghost! What nexi?
II took the leaders OF the Republi.
can party more than twenty years OF
deception. intrigue, pretense und dip
lomatic lying, to %imLoverish the PEG.
pie, enslave labor and establish the
gold stHL1ard and they. the leaders.
now boast Of their achievement.
Read their platforms. county State
and National and their speeches i'll
support thereof, from 'T3 to %; con.
trast their present attitude on
bimctalisin with then and now, mark
the hip.hups and turn a leaf down.
o, no. the Republican lenders did
not intend 10 demUnotizs silver, they
did not meHD to increase the stand
ing army, establish the gold standard,
promote trusts, bring under tnbute
the uecessaries Of life to the tyranny
OF money and greed Of gainiand clear
the way 'or the empire. But, never.
the less, these things have been adj.
roitly brought about aud the end is
not yet.
His royal fignre.head. be who wig
giles when the trusts wag, seems to
be inclined to thrust famine, plague.
war and other complications onto the
shoulders OF providence, but | beg
leave to suggest that the prince Of
the power Of the air must have had a
and ID stirring he noxious broth Of
the witches caIdron.
aPrde goeth before & fall and Il
naughty spirit before destruction =
Rome grew rich and opulent by con.
quest, but she persisted by expansion
She Utterly gathered Ill more than
she could hold and withho' ding more
than is meet. She sits today amidst
the sodden ashes Of her own desnla
ton. weeping for what was nnd
might have been.
Labor on, poor unfortunate pnoI
man. | pity you not. You have voted
and worked for yOur own damnptiop
and il you will not use the ballot boa
to right yoni wrongs and punish tho
men who have betrayed yon, yon are
not tit to be freemeu and deserve /,
be olaves.
INDEPENDENT.
STEST, Tuolumne county, California
March 10, 1901.