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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-09-10

Tom Johnson was nominated for
governor of Ohio on Tom Johnson
platform and Endorsement of the Kan
sas City platform. But the same con-
vention nominated a Cleyeland-antl-
Bryan candidate for United States
senator. Bryan is going to Ohio to
canvass the state, the Associated press
says, for Johnson. What will happen
if Bryan should run across this Cleve-
land-reorganizer-Pa lmer-and- Buckner
candidate? Will they hold a joint de-
bate? If they do, that man Clark will
get knocked out in the first round. II
johnson carries the legislature, this
Tlutocratic candidate will be elected
senator. That, however, will not in
crease the plutocratic majority in that
body, for he would take the place of
Mark Hanna, who is just as good
plutocrat as this Palmer and Buckner
man. Clark If, however-but The In
Experimentation Johnson, Bryan, "a
Palmer and Buckner United States
senator-what in thunder is the mat
ter of this Ohio situation anyhow?
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A little book has recently been pub
iished entitled HThe American Handi-
cap" by A. S. Phelps, Joliet, Ill. The
dedication is as follows: "TO the no.
BILE profession Of agriculture whose
most richly endowed votary-the
American farmer-because of his dog
matte conceit, defective education, in
Eerited prejudices and misplaced con-
fidence in partisan and venal newspa-
pers permits himself to be MIXED like
lis cows, shorn like his sheep, plucked
like his poultry, pillaged like his bee
hives. drained like his lands and
worked like his horses for the benefit
of foreign nations and some of the
rest of us, this primer on finance is
respectfully dedicated. l." That is very
fine description of the American null
let head.
Louis F. Post, in his editorial CORE
spondence from Columbus concerning
the Ohio democratic state convention
eavs of the nomination of John H
clark. the Palmer and Buckner man
for United States senator that "oo
iections were raised to Mr. Clark.De
,ause he had opposed Bryan in lS9
and gone off with Palmer and BUCK
ner. notwithstanding the fact that 1
1900 he cordially supported Bryan
that he has been one OF Johnson.
most efficient supporters in all 81
f0mpaigns for two years and more
and that he approved the RADICAL
democratic platform just adopted
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there was opposition to him from sew
eral quarters When such man as
John j. Lentz was a candidate, that he
should have been turned down for a
Palmer and Buckner man seems aston
ishing.
A. L. Maflin of Utica, N. Y, suggests
that The Independent tells it's readers
what it means by the word "plutoc-
racy." After roundup at Grand ISL
and with the lawyers in which the
fact developed that they, the said law
yers, did not know the meaning of the
word affiliate" the editor has con-
Guided that perhaps there are others
who do not know the meaning of some
very common English words and
therefore it will be worth while to
state what "plutocracy" means. 1t
means government by the rich, and
that is the kind of government we
have in the United States with the
multi-millionaires in the senate and
railroad rule in the state legislatures.
Hill. Hartman and Rockefeller rule
Nebraska and they are all very rich
men. They select our judges, oil in
spectors and most OF the others off,
GERS since the republican party got
back into power.
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| If swearing were not vulgar and de-
generating, or if it would do any good,
The Independent would start out and
'cuss" week without stopping to
take breath over the constant asser-
ticn that you can't fix the price OF
silver money by legislation" The
Russian rouble contains 277.73 grains
of silver. In 1893 the car by ukast
fixed" the value of the rouble at 81
cents, four mills and six-tenths of 9
mill and it has remained fixed" ever
since. The value of silver as a com
modify has been jumping up and dowr
all the time since. hut the value Of {
"silver rouble" has remained the same
being fixed" by the legislation o
Russia. In 1898 the English govern
ment fixed" the value of the Indial
silver rupee at 80 cents and it has ais
remained fixed" ever since. That wa
q legislative act also and yet thes
plutocrats and their mullet head FOL
lowers go about saying: "You can
fix the value of silver"
! $4,000
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-09-10

If troubled with cancer write to DR..
T. O'Connor, whose adj appears in The
Independent. He is specialist of
a. 'lity and has cured many of the most
yirulent cases. Mention The Inde-
pendent.
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Mr. Bradley Debating to Mr.. Parkman.


son was done on the same plan as that
of reporting the session OF the Congress
sional houses. First one reporter would
take notes tor few minutes. Then he
wouId be relieved by No. and begin at
once to dictate his notes TO the type
writer
&c soon as No. went in No. came
out and began to dictate. so that after
Tic hearing had progressed for twenty
minutes there would be two men dictat-
ine all the rest Of the day while the third
was taking the notes. As fast as man
completed debating his take he relieved
the man who was then taking notes.
A clerk kept track OF the time each
man had in and the effort was so to di-
vide the takes as 10 have each man put
in about she same time at it,
AS fast as the stencil sheets were pre-
pared they were run off on the copy ma
chine and enough copies we're made for
all the orders TO be filed with several
more for emergencies. Then came the
task of numbering the pages. For this
an automatic numbering machine was
used, and as the piles came from thc
copying machine a clerk took them and
stamped each sheet with its number.
Then came the biggest task of all in
point of he time required to do it. That
was to distribute the pages so that there
should be one OF each for the different
sets that went TO make up the complete
record for each day. To accomplish this
air. Hanna had two long frames made ef
boards in which nails were driven at the
proper intervals so that in the spaces
between tae nails there was just room
enough to accommodate the sheets.
Two or three clerks were kept busy
distributing the prepared pages. and
from fifteen minutes after the session
opened in the morning until the last
page was out at night there was a steady
hustle in the room occupied by the ste
nographers as their workshop.
Then when all the copies had been
collated each was carefully looked over
TO sec that there were no bad pages in
cluded, ard then they were bound with
stout fasteners at the top and covered
with heavy straw boards. on the front
one OF which there was printed the prop
er title with the number of the days
proceedings stamped in big red figures
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within the field OF the instrument Pro
vision has been made so to connect the
camera or cameras with the electrical
appliances of the car as to properly
light the field and to cut off objection
able or conflicting lights; also TO protect
the device and connections from mali
cious tampering by any party or parties
interested in so doing.
In general" says the inventor, "the
operation OF the mechanism may be
described as follows: The revolution OF
tho axle Of the car connects the current
of electricity which opens the shutter Of
the camera. at the same time turning off
the general or usual lights in the car.
ard turning on the lights which are es-
pccially devised and placed TO light those
portions Of the car TO be photographed
and simultaneously moves the distance
tape, at which the camera or cameras
take the record OF the car number
tho conductors number, photographing
the cOnductor. the number OF fares run
mp by the conductor on the register, the
locality. the year. the month. the day.
thc hour and the minute OF taking the
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than forty copies. including those fur
nished to the commissioners. OF these
there were eight
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Numbering Pages of the Record.

Mr.. Russo's typewriter; J. ". Graham,
a ncostyle expert. whose picture is seen
in the accompanying photograph; Louis
La Fontain. his assistant, and Burt Har-
ris. another assistant to the expert.
While the firm of this city was award
ed the contract. ard made lot of mon
ey out Of the deal, they were under a
great expense. which has been estimated
by them at 1.4Oo each day. Mr.. Russo.
who is an official stenographer for the
New York Legislature. was paid $40 per
day, and the salaries of the typewrlters
and other assistants were also hand
some.
AS soon as it was announced that
there was to be such a commission,
stenographers all over the East began
to figure on getting the work Of report
ing the sessions. A score or more Of
applications were made to the recorder
OF the commission for the appointment
and each applicant not only submitted
20 the recorder such credentials and
recommendation as he thought would
benefit his case, but II he had friends
who might be OF assistance. they were
asked also to do what they could
Several firms in Washington which
have had extended experience in report
ing hearings before. Congress commit
tees we're among the applicants. and one
of them. Hanna & BudIong, got the
prize. All had submitted bids for the
work In awarding the contract it was
understood that price was not the only
consideration. but that efficiency counted
for large part.
The successful bidders had realized
that their work for the commission
would be only a small part of their pos
sibls return. and relying on that had
made their bid much smaller than the
usual fee for such work in Washington.
As soon as they received the appoint
ment they either visited or wrote to all
the coal companies that they knew
would be parties TO the arbitration and
solicited orders for copies OF the record.
The miners also would be in need Of
copies for their counsel. and they were
solicited also. The result was that or
ders we're received for something more
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TICKING MADE POPULAR BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

him in their early encounters. General
Wood, who is an all-round athlete, had
picked up more details Of the various
styles Of fencing.
Both opponents attire themselves in
flannel suits of the tennis order and
wear rubber-soIed tennis shoes. 50 as
to admit of quick leg work Their heads
and necks are protected by heavy masks
Of wire and leather, so as to minimize
the danger OF injury Their chests are
covered with heavy quilted jackets. and
the right arm likewise protected a
heavily padded glove is worn on the
right hand and the right arm 10 the ell
bow receives additional protection from
heavy sole leather cuff.
The heavy encasements Of the upper
part Of the body are warnings that
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Persons who ride in cars may, in
future be subjected, like Mr.. Pickwick
previous to his entrance to the debtors
prison, 10 the operation Of having their
pictures taken. at the same time that
other information is ELECTED concerning
them. But the railroad companies Will
not be obliged, for this purpose. 10 en-
large their force Of employees. A Mr..
Frederick W. Brooks. OF Brooklyn. has
obtained from the Patent C-Hce a patent
for an automatic Photographic detec-
tor device Tor passenger cars" which
records the following data: The num-
Der and class of passengers. the dis
tance ridden by each. the approximate
time and place of ingress and egress
OF each passenger, Identifying the con
ductOr. the trip. the car. the day or
night. the hour and minute of the day
or night, ana the approximate location
of the car in order 10 obtain a true
automatic register or record Of the trip
and the number OF passengers carried
independently OF the cooperation and
beyond the coptrol of tho conductor OF
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right again. and lost no time in con-
tinuing the play with General Wood. The
latter will leave for the Philippines be-
fore many weeks and il the President is
not then satisfied that he has had all
the fun with singlesticks that he desires,
he will secure the services of a fencing
master and continue the game. He re-
CARDS the exercise as healthful TO an
unusual degree. and just what he needs
to keep his physical condition in salts
factory trim.
Singlestiek is a combination of rapier
and broadsword plays. 1t includes both
styles Of fencing. with the rapier the
point is the deadly portion Of the
weapon. while with the broadsword the
cut Is 20 be dreaded. Both the thrust
and the cut are used in singlestick and
the master OF that exercise comes very
near being able to take care Of himself
in any encounter he may have with an
enemy armed with a sword. Every
muscle in the body is in play during
the singlestick exercise. and the eyes
must be as quick as the muscles.
The President and General Wood have
their game of singlestick every after
noon about o'clock and devote about
an hour to the exercise. that the Presi-
dent may be in condition 10 enjoy his
dinner at 7:30 O'Clock
The contests take place in the White
House proper. and there are no spec
tators.
The President was little more than a
beginner when he asked General Wood
to become his adversary in the game.
In Harvard the President had acquired
some skin In fon-play. which IS the
science of using the point only. The
Frenchman and the italian are the
worlds adopts in this kind Of play. Be
yond foil-play the President had had
little exercise. and this accounted for
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somewhat resemble a heavy sword They
are about forty inches in length and as
thick as a mans thumb. without knots.
TC preserve the sticks they ought TO be
kept in trough of water until wanted
Unless this is done eager players like the
President and his opponent will destroy
a number Of sticks during a game They
have destroyed many. The stick must
not be used if the point be broken. as
it is dangerous, much like a buttonless
foil.
The hrst position is the one from
which every attack. feint or guard be-
gins. This position requires that the
right foot shall be pointing to your front.
your left foot to your left. the stick in
your right hand. loosely grasped and ex-
tended to your opponent. your left hand
behind your back out OF harms way.
Both legs are bent at the knee. The
position is a severe one on the muscles
at first. but they soon get used to IL
From the original position there are
numberless changes in guard attack.
feint. etc. II the arm is unduly bent the
elbow viii be exposed. The chief OBJ
iect OF the player is to make his attack
in as few motions as possible. To draw
back the hand too far and too slowly
means TO give your adversary a danger
Gus opening. The upright guard is
elsssed as safer and better than the
hanging one. because IL saves time.
The principal hits in the game are
four. as follows: Cd a cut at your OF
ponent's left cheek; % cut at his right
cheek; (3l cut at his left ribs; (D
cut at his right ribs. Almost every cut
is a iunge. There are various thrusts.
The President is studying all the fine
points of the game. and is learning more
from experience than from instructions
in the textbook which General Wood left
az the White House after the first lesson
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falsity Of the conductors returns shall
be shown and passenger mileage reck-
oned. the records being taken in such
manner that they may be used as Ian
tern-slides, whereby they may be en-
larged and projected on a screen.
But perhaps the most striking feature
OF the invention is the provision for au-
tomato mechanism controlling electric
circuits and connections to operate a
Photographic camera or cameras. These
oameras-for the probability is that
more than one would be found advis-
able on most cars. viii be operated
electrically al such intervals or dis
tances apart as may be desired. There
will be no human agency visible what
ever in their conduct, but they Will be
controlled by and in consequence of the
car wheels. The mechanism will be so
arranged that the intervals az which
the cameras are placed may be changed
or adjusted at viii. the idea being TO
photograph the interior or part OF the
interior Of the car. the platform or
platforms. and side running boards and
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Coal Companies Good Customers.

singlestick player must be prepared to
stand some vicious thrusts and cuts.
Physical deterioration. at least Of the
muscular parts Of the body. is almost
impossible with a daily round of single
stick, and the Presidents regular exer-
else accounts. he believes. for his con-
tinued good health and his ability TO
stand the strain Of an office in which
the constant mental work tells on tho
most robust constitution. Although
President Mckinley was a man of ordi-
nary good health, the autopsy on his
body revealed that his physical condition
was much run down, owing to overwork
and the eXactions Of position that gave
little time for exercise of any kind.
Tho President has not in years found
anything else so agreeable and useful to
The Washington times., 1903-03-01

his physical well-being as singiestick.
and he is becoming decidedly proficient
in the game. He is as active on his
feet rs when he was shooting mountain
lions out in Colorado a few years ago.
His eye is alert, and there is power in
his Il rust and cut.
In singlestick the player is taught to
use the point when he can do so effec-
lively Al the same time he must re-
member that the wooden stick represents
a broadsword. and that there are times
when it may accomplish his purposes in
sIashing or cutting the other man.
The game is valuable in more ways
than in hardening muscles and tuning
up sluggish system Self-control is
necessary if one is to succeed at it, and
the sport involves sufficient danger to a
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sport-loving man 20 key him Up to the
highest notch. Nerve. endurance and
temper are as necessary as strength and
agility. Singlestick was always consid-
cred in England. its home, as especially
adapted to the middIe-aged
One of the first lessons of the game. if
man wants to learn it quickly. is to 10
as the President did with General Wood
issue orders that he must not be spared
and that the game must be one TO the
finish. After a few blows have been re-
ceived from the curling piece OF ash the
beginner soon acquires an accurate
guard Whec he has been raped in live
ly fashion in the same place several
times he learns to guard against repe-
ti1on OF the blow and thereby acquires
a knowledge Of defense before he re-
allies that he Is learning
There are various rules for the hits.
but the bes. school is that which permits
all hits. II other words allows a rough
and tumble affair Hard. indisoriminate
I
glish teachers Of the game.
\ complete outfit for singIe-stick play
costs considerable. In the old English
days two stout ash plants were the
weapons. The helmet is made Of stout
wire. with i top of hide. completely COW
erlnG the head. with padded ear pieces to
take on the ehect OF a slashing cut.
The jacket ought to be of stout leather
and loOse-ntting that it may afford am
lie protection. a leather apron. extend
irg from the waist 10 the knee. is fire.
ouentIy worn. and some men wear a pad
on the right leg. which is advanced when
position is taken The sleeves are o.
stout leather.
The sticks used by the President and
General Wood are Of ash and not so
heavy as those used in the days when
the sport fourished in England and this
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Taking Of Testimony Before
the Anthracite Coal Strike
Commission the Greatest
Feat Ever Performed by
Shorthand and Typewriter
Experts. :. = :. :.

A the conclusion OF the last ses-
"A sion Of the Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission in Philadel-
phia a few days ago. the official stenog-
raphers ard their assistants. the ma
io,ity OF whom we're washingtonians.
had just finished 1O.OO7 pages of the
record Of the workings of the commits
sion. and there stiH remained about ffty
rages to write before the job would lie
completed. They reported ffty-six DAYS
sessions. and the complete record con-
tanned about two million five hundred
thousand Sords. making an average OF
4i.GiS words a day. Each page contain
&c about $50 words. At the office n
Messrs. Hanna & BudIong, OF this city.
who were awarded the contract. and
completed this stupendous undertaking
without 4, complaint from those they
we're working for. one copy of the record
is stacked in a corner. 1t stands about
two yards high. and reaches the top
of an ordinary roller top desk in use
az the Office. The contents of this rec
ora. which is separated into hfty-six
separate books, each representing a
days session. would ill seventeen news
papers, OF twelve pages. having seven
columns ana running about 1.SOo words
to the column.
This was without exception the largest
job of its kind and the greatest under
taking known to the realm OF phonetics.
First and foremost. there has never been
such an arbitration before. The nearest
thing to this job was the Schley Court of
Inquiry. which was about one-twentieth
as large. In consideration Of the speed
with which Messrs. Hanna & Budlong
and their able and costly assistants com
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- CINGLEsTICKING has aroused gen
eral interest in the past few
months. since the President took
up this exercise with General Leonard
Wood. and many inquiries have been
made as to what the game really is
Several times reports have been pub
Ilshed that the President had been seri-
ously Injured. but in each case the
statements. while founded on some truth.
proved greatly exaggerated.
The game was taken up shortly before
Christmas time. The President was en-
tireIy novice and at first received
some hard knocks from his energetic
opponent. Practice has improved his
ability 20 defend himself. and now Cen
eraI Wood often finds he has TO keep
on the alert TO avoid receiving some
powerful knocks from the stick in. the
Presidents strong right hand.
When the President announced to
General Wood his willingness to take
up the game. they reached an under
standing that there should be no miti-
cation Of the vigor OF the game, because
OF the Presidents inexperience. Conse-
uuentIy before long the President had
received a number OF minor bruises and
a few painful ones. At one time Cen
eraI Woods wooden weapon struck the
Presidents forehead a severe blow. Not
withstafding the heavy mask worn by
him. the blow raised large welt Sew
eral weeks later the President and Cen
eraI Wood mixed ND so furiously that
the former got blow on his right hand
that prevented him from using that
member 10 greet his guests at one OF
the evening receptions at the White
House. The use OF the LETT hand on
this occasion led 10 the admission that
he had received severe injury. The
President was even threatened with
pcriostitis. disease OF the bone mem
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Each mans copy was then incIosed in a
big envelope, and in most cases deliv-
cred to him in the evening of the day
on which the session had been held
No one knows. and, of course, it is no.
bcdy's real business. what the contract
netted the firm that got it. but because
it was known that it was very profitable
and because it was so we'll done there
was much interest among the lawyers
and those in attendance at the hearings
as to what the returns were.
Firms Heavy Expenses.
OF course. the expenses were not light
One OF the firm said after the last ses-
sion that they had been ging from
81 800 to $500 week There were
thirteen employees. not counting the two
members Of the firm who were working
at the close.
The reporter OF the House Of Repre-
sentatives had been recalled to his regu-