The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Weekly Resume Really VITAL News by the hdtor

said that he was selected for the place
on account Of his eminent legal ability.
WHY the Canadians should get so
angry over the result Of the Alahhan
arbitration III hard TO- comprehend. II
any one Of them had ever made even
slight investigation Of the subject,
they must have found ont that Canada
never had ghost of q claim TO the
disputed territory, The Springfield Re-
publican, one Of the ablcat papers III
the United atatoS, took exactly Inc
some position In regard 10 that CAIN
that The Independent dld and II mas
always been a great friend TO Canada
and reciprocity. That paper remarked
al the time Of the decision that the
only reasonable object for carving out
such mn appendage 10 the great Alas
Ian territory wag to preserve the coast
line intact that distance south, ana
bar the country holding the hinter-
land from the sea along The whole
length Of the llslere."
The republicans who are backing
Low for mayor Of New YORK are
turning black In The face, they are 80
angry. They say the great municipal
corporations nre backing Tammahy
with their money this time Instead Of
putting the money into the republican
iii. When one pulls a pig away from
the trough, the pig always saueals.
A sentiment for national indepen-
doncc seems 10 be sweeping over Cans
ada. Even the willy old Sir Wilfred
I.nuier has openly expressed regret
that Canada does possess trenty-mak-
Ing powers. H. mover would have
done that If he had not had his ear to
the ground and heard the rnmbinR.
All England Ii Mortified nj this ex-
preston Of the great Canadian leader.
There lg a sort Of helllahness among
the gold democrats Of the east eontin-
ually cropping out. II was manifested
In the dlsgraceful performance OF
Judge Stoddard In the court In New
Haven which had before II the Ben
nett will case. Judge Stoddard called
Bryan liar and In other ways showed
his gold-bug venom. The dispatches
say that all the way through Bryan
Kept perfectly compacent and de-
Eeaned himself 80 as I /, command the
respect Of all. II would take more
than $50 900 beqnest and gold-bug
lawyer 10 rattle Bryan.
Tho feyerish state of the public
mind In regard to the financial out
look Ii showE by runs on banks the
beginning Of this week. One was at
La Crosse, Wis, and the others were
nj ST. Louis. At In Crosse the scene
vas pltlful Women who had small
sums In the bank fought through the
crowds, screaming and crying and for
hours pandemonium reigned. What
pity II Ii that the plutocrats won't let
the common people have postal saw
fres banks as the poor have In other
countries? With postal savings banks
there would be no such scenes az
those at La Crosse and st. Louis.
Alice Roosevelt and the Chicago
horse show Is the thing to<which the
massive intellects Of the editors and
reportorlal skill OF all the newspapers
OF that city was devoted during the
week. The horse show, however, con-
sists mostly OF women and paris-made
gowns
The commission sent TO Europe TO
FIX the price of silver" has made IT'S
report, but tho great Washington and
New York dailies are very SHY about
printing II In fnlh From the sum
iGarios that have been given To the
public we gather that II has been
agreed that the various countries
should not purchase more silver than
II required TO supply their actual de-
flanda, and Tint these purchases
should be Al regular Intervals. II was
agreed upon the part of FIVE ~ sho
inwera-=G Germany, france. the Meth
orlando, Mexico and the United States
that the beat method was Ia begin
The Issue Of new currency nd a fixed
geld parity while upon the part Of
Great britain and Russia there waA n
disposition 10 favor beginning on a
silver basis with The View of nFst
supplying the country with a uniform
tnrTeneg and then giving H. within a
short Interval a fsed rald value. The
etnnirlaa haylnH dtpcndeuOlea or IN.
t.Feats In the Orient suggested ratio
~ ~ ~ l. This rnts however. does