The independent., 1903-11-26

pOpuilSt, ne Obta1ned much more I'M
pOrtant places on committees than
either of these two republicans who
are members of the dominant party.
The revenue law passed by the last
legislature has been before the SUI
preme court to test its constitutional
ity. The three commissioners before
whom 1t was tried each hand down
Inherent and conflicting opinions. One
OF them, kirkpatrick, thinks it all
right, the other two, Duffie and Let
ton, think part of it is bad. 1t is the
prophecy Of The Independent that
when the three supreme judges get
hold OF 1t, it will be found to be all
right.
A grand jury has been called at To-
peka, Kas., to investigate the padding
OF the pay rolls of the republicans
who sat in the legislature after re
deeming" Kansas. It's business" all
along the line and in every state of
the Union where the republicans hold
power and the bourbon democracy is
not far behind them.
1t is a long time before the next
election of railroad legislature SO
Rosewater remarks in the Bee. "The
new revenue law was doubtless formu-
lated under the supervision of the at
torneys OF the railroad corporations,
whose ingenuity was exerted in Sc
curing provisions calculated to favor
the corporations" When the next
election comes around, RoseWater will
be 'whooping 1t up for lot of men
who will pass some laws formulated
under the supervision of the attorneys
of the railroad corporations" ;"
"Whooplah! Vote 'er straight" will
be the burden of his song then.
There has been great deal of talk
around Washington during the last
week about economy in appropria-
tiOns, but not one word has been said
about reducing taxation. The idea Is
to accumulate some more millions in
the treasury and then turn it over to
the banks without interest.
The Citizens union of New York
city, under whose auspices MIR. Low
was brought out and elected, has re-
solved to have nothing more to do
with Mr.. Platt and his machine. 1t
will continue its work for good city
government as an independent organi-
zation. All Of which goes to show
that The independent was the only
paper in the country that gave the
facts about the defeat of Mr.. Low,
when it said that the Platt machine
and Tammany worked together for
that purpose.
John Hay, who has heretofore had
nothing but praise from England,
must feel rather uneasy under the
scorching criticism that the best of
the English press is pouring out on
his head these days. The Graphic,
which is always very cautious in what
it says about America and an advo-
cate OF the. Greater Anglo-Saxon AL
lance, prints the following about the
Panama business: THE story thus
ended constitutes a very disagreeable
page in American history. We regret
exceedingly that President Roosevelt
has allowed the fair name of his ad-
ministration to be smirched by a
transaction so utterly at variance with
the most elementary principles OF
public law and international morality.
We-cannot conceive q more lamenta-
BILE outrage on the public conscience
OF the civilized world. II would have
been far more honest TO force a treaty
on Colombia by the way OF an ulti-
matum. and 1t would have been not
one whit less a blow at the indepen-
dence of the minor American states.
We can only express our profoundest
regret that the United States has set
so deplorable an example OF interna-
tional lawlessness.
Miss F'loy Gilmore. an Indiana wo-
man. has been appointed assistant at
torney general Of the Philippines. She
is a graduate OF Ann Arbor and was
admitted To the bar there,
The total government deposits In
the national banks at this time In
siTh.iiT.ka9. That Ia pretty sum
for the bankers to he drawing inter-
est on after n has heen taxed out of
the people. II Ii the national bank
cr's craft aud no one proposes tu ln-