The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-11-19
standard and corporation rule, demo-
cratic principlesy

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water called upon Attorney General
Knox and demanded that District At
torney Summers should be- removed
from Office Immediately because he Sc
cured the indictment of Senator Diet
rich for bribery and conspiracy. 1t is
not thought in Washington that such
course will be pursued. But ii Han
ma sets about it, the escape of Dietrich
will be as certain as that of Neeley
and Rathbone was. Senator Hanna
never allows any of his thieves TO go
to the penitentiary.
Chancellor Andrews is in Washing
ton attending the annual meeting OF
the American Association Of Agricul-
tural Colleges.
That distinguished Frenchman, Blu
nau-Varilla, was intoxicated with de-
light on account of two occurrences
which happened last Tuesday. He
was received at the French embassy
as the minister plenipotentiary and
envoy extraordinary of the great and
newly born republic of Teddyhay and
received news that the American bat
tleship Marblehead had run the flag
of his republic up to the mast head
and saluted it with q guns. Hurrah
for Teddyhay!
The constitution prevents the arrest
of any senator Or representative,
while present in congress, for any
offense short Of felony. And the
bribery section under which Senator
Dietrich Is indicted calls itself mis-
demeanor, though it provides a felony
penalty. The conspiracy section,
however, has clearly TO do with
felOn.
According to the statement of Clerk
Hoyt, the bankers of Nebraska fur
nish the grand jurors for the United
States court in this state. In the Diet
rich case he says he wrote to bankers
| throughout Nebraska, asking that they
recommend intelligent, fair-minded
and honest men, known to be such,
who were qualified to sit on the grand
jury. The names SO returned went
into the grand jury box, and from
! that drawing OF twenty-three names
was made by Mr.. Hoyt and the jury
commissioner.
| The sum and substance of the
charges against Dietrich is that he
sold the postoffice appointment at
| Hastings to Jacob Fisher for 81 300
and the charge against Fisher Is that
/ he paid to Dietrich that amount for
the appointment.
The vote on the Cuban reciprocity
treaty will be taken today, Thursday.
There has been a minority report
made from the ways and means COM
mittee. The democrats offer some
minor amendments, but say that they
will support the bill even If they can
not amend 1t, SO it seems sure to go
through the house. When it gets to
the senate, that will be another propo-
sition.
The street car strike in Chicago has
produced the usual amount of disor-
der and inconvenience to the public.
The labor union demands arbitration
and the company has SO far refused.
| Perhaps the time will come when the
people of the great cities will have
sense enough to turn populists and
own the street cars themselves Then
they will have no strikes. The coal
miners strike out in Colorado is al
ready producing distress. Several in
stances have been reported where the
people of towns in wnl h there was nc
coal have raided the train. This Is in
addition to the anarchy that has been
going on in Colorado for the last three
months. That state is getting into q
condition to welcome the man on
horseback"