The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-22

quilted. 1t is probable that any north
ern editor who printed such articles
concerning a public man as appeared
ir. Gonzales paper would have met
the f..e Il thirty !.;rr t. years' expert
ence in newspaper work this writer
never saw such outrageous writing az
appeared from day to day for nearly
year from the pen of Gonzales.
There are 700 students less at Rookie
feller's Chicago university this year
than last. Several explanations have
been given of this great falling of in
patronage. One Is that the price OF
coal oil has risen so much during the
year along with other things that en-
ter into the cost of living, that some
parents cant afford to send their chill
dren. Another is that the institution
was started as a co-educafional uni
versity and last year President Harper
undertook to segregate the sexes dur
ing the first two years of college life
which led many to believe that the
co-educational feature would soon be
dropped altogether and 1t would be a
school for young men only. So the
girls concluded they would 60 to
Northwestern or some other, which
did not make that threat. Others
have said that some young men demur
to attaching themselves to univer-
sity that is simply tail to a rich
mans kite.
Morgan owns the New York Sun and
that paper is an establishment to gods
and men. 1t is filled with editorials
which the word frantic" does not by
any means fully describe. Those ar
ticles must be read to be appreciated.
The fall in steel common has caused
the hired writer's to try to force the
English language to express the rage
of a millionaire when he sees his
Watered stock reaching new low
record every day in the week. But
il does not lie within the possibilities
Of words to do it. The Sun says that
It was Roosevelt who caused the dis
aster.
The report of Charles j. Bonaparte
and Holmes Conrad, two special at
torneys employed by the president to
Investigate the postofice scandals, has
been in the hands of the cabinet for
some time. Some of the Washington
correspondents declare that there have
been hot times in the cabinet over it.
as it hits several republicans we'll nigh
at the head of the machine. This re-
port calls for the removal of Robert
J. Tracewell, comptroller of the treas
ury and one of the auditors. Both
Secretary Shaw and Secretary Payne
are hot about the charges made against
their departments. Every day evi
dence accumulates to substantiate ths
charges that The Independent long
since made, which were to the effec1
that the whole thing was rotten al
Washington.
Well posted and conservative author.
tiles estimate that before the close
of the year the big employing con
Germs Of the country will have dis
charged nearly 1,000,000 men, most O
them laborers and general utility
workers. OF this number the railroad:
are expected to drop from employ
ment 100000 men, the mine operator:
$4,000, the machine shops and iron
steel. and tin plants 100000, and tn,
building trades more than 100000 Ev
cry old reader of The Independent
knows what effect that will have upol
the business of the country. Sucl
men will be prepared for the comins
financial storm and for every dollal
they have spent for subscription tt
The Independent they will have ,
hundred. Those who have read onl,
the tales of crimes, the scandals ant