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

The number of men in Labor Day
parades in every section of the coun-
thy were larger than ever known be-
fore. If these men would vote to-
Eether-march up to the polls in as
solid phalanxes as they paraded the
streets of the cities-they could soon
have government of the people in
stead of a government for the rich.
But when next election comes they
will more than half of them vote the
plutocratic ticket.
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The Washington statisticians of ev-
cry sort and kind are engaged in the
same work of deceiving the people
with their figures. At the end of ev-
cry month, they announce that the
rational debt is decreased a certain
number of millions when thc fact is
that not a dollar Of national debt has
teen paid off. Last month they an
EOunced that the national debt had
been decreased $6,098,95 When one
Genes to analyze the figures it turns
out that the revenues exceeded the
expenses that much. The debt was
the same. The debt is always stated
t. be the amount, less the cash in the
treasury. If man at the beginning
CT month has notes out for $4,000
and during tina. month he collects
$500 and does not take up and pay off
any of his debts, do we say that his
debts have been decreased?
Plutocracy, that is, government by
the rich and for the rich, expects to
hold this country by holding the
press. John D. Long has got far
enough along to announce that "the
nj wspaper is a mighty power in these
days and what we read in the news
PAPER comes to us with authority" If
the readers of these gift newspapers
could see beyond the sheet that they
hold before their eyes, they might dis
cover the man who does the writing
for plutocracy which appears on the
patent insides and in the editorial
columns. He is generally poorly paid,
like all the slaves of capitalism, and
his skill consists ir vocabulary of
adjectives whic.- he hurls at every
thing opposed to trusts and the wor-
ship of Mammon. By putting these eff
fusiOns in the millions of homes of
tLis country, while an Independent pa
Ter must fight for it's life from day to
day, the rich expect to continue to
govern.
Since Upton has been beat for the
third time in the yacht races, the inn
1hense cost of defending the cup is be-
ing discussed. Some wild figures have
been printed on that subject, but the
Truth is enough to forever Danish
such foolish waste. The cost up to
the present time amounts to $685.
200. 1t began in 1885 with the Puri-
tan, which cost, $36, 200, and has end
&c with the Reliance, which cost $780,
600. What makes the matter SUI
preme folly is that these racing yachts
are utterly useless and as soon as the
race is over they are worth nothing
except what they will bring for old
junk.
One of the wheel horses" of pop
ulism from one of the southern coun-
ties was in this Office the other day
talking over matters in mis- section
and he remarked of certain man:
Il don't think that he takes The In
dependent now" When asked what
made him think that, he replied: "He
dent know things like he used to.
He did not know anything about the
enormous amount of government
money deposited in the banks
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If one-half is true that is published
about the constables of Chicago they
are worse set of land pirates than
the gangs that infested the Mississippi
liver country fifty years ago, for these
oCnstables raid the abodes of the poor
only, while The old land pirates more
generally robbed the well-to-do. There
Is nothing in Turkey worse than these
Chicago constables when it comes to
robbery.
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The Chicago Chronicle takes the fol-
lowing whack at General Henderson:
The surprise, amazement and indig- (
nation of ex-senator Henderson at
the antitrust Nominations of the
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