The independent., 1903-07-09

This Pacific ocean cable should have
been laid and owned by the govern
ment and a movement to that end had
n ade great headway when the Mark
Hanna influence in congress put a
stop to it.
The Iowa republicans concluded that
what they wanted was tariff that
should be a shelter to monopoly and
sc they knocked out the declaration in
their last platform that the monopolies
should not be sheltered by the tariff,
and in its place made the declaration
that where the tariff was too low it
should be raised and where it was too
high it should be lowered. They will
probably find that good many sched-
ules are too low, but they will never
discover one thai is too high.
All the news from the Philippines is
to the effect that the Americans still
continue to leave the islands. The sep
aration from Spain ruined trade with
that country and the high tar1n pre-
vents trade with the United States.
The climate is death to continued resi-
dents and taken altogether this Phil
ippine business is the worst piece OF
foolishness that ever any nation was
afflicted with.
Calamity follows on the heels of
calamity this year all over the United
States. There has been another Johns
town affair in the state of Pennsyl-
vana, and while the victims are not
so numerous the accident is exceed
ingly distressing. There was. a heavy
downfall of rain at Jeanette and two
dams above the place burst, sending
wall of water down the valley that
swept everything before it. The loss
of life is estimated at 200, and the de-
struction of property enormous. All
this Toss of life as well AS that which
occurred at Johnstown few years ago
is the result of inefficient engineering
over which the public authorities have
control, and the guilt lies there. There
are many dams in the mountains OF
Colorado holding a t-ousand times
more water than these which have
given away in Pennsylvania and no
such accidents have occurred there.
But as long s- the people of that state
insist on having a republican boss who
rules everything from the village to
the United States senate, they must
expect to be robbed and large num-
bers of them murdered.
What The Independent has been ex-
for iYpo q
ring. The republican party having
abandoned all the ideals that have
made the people of this country love
the flag and the government, anarchy
is resulting in many states and espe-
cially in the state of Indiana. A large
part of southern Indiana and especial
ly the large towns of Evansville is in
a state of absolute anarchy. Buildings
ere burned, men are shot down in the
streets, in fact regular battles seem
to be fought and it is all over the ne
gro question. The republican govern
ment of the state of Indiana is prov
ing itself to be incapable of giving
the people of that state decent gov
ernment or to even maintain law and
order in large part of the state. I'm
perialism and the worship of Nam
mon are slowly undermining the foun-
dations of society in this country. If
the Declaration of Independence had
been kept before the people Of Ind
lana as their ideal instead of having
been trampled underfoot by the gov
ernment at Washington, no such
scenes could have happened as the
mob law in Evansville.
So far the Investigation of postoffice
steals has revealed the fact that
something over a dozen congressman
| have been interested in government
contracts and if the law were enforced
the republican majority in the next
house would be greatly. reduced. One
CT two of these congressman have
been interested in army contracts and
if thorough investigation were made
it would be found that most of the
republican congressman have had a
finger in the pie during the last six
or eight years. AS long as the doc
trine is proclaimed that money is the
chief end of man, that sort of thing
will continue.
i 1t is claimed that the casualties in
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