The independent., 1903-12-03

would be too big graft for the peo-
pie to stand. Prince Cupid was very
sad over the failure. 1t would have
made him rich man. And the farm
ers and Wage-WorAer would have,
had to foot the bill.
There has been revolution down
in San Domingo. Tie former pTeSi
dent has ned and a new one has been
Installed, but the government OF the
United States has refused to recog-
nize it. There was no $50 100000 OF
Doodle attached to the proceeding, SO
it will have to wait. San Domingo
is about the same size as Panama.
According to Bristow's report,
fhich has been given to the public
ith the presidents comment upon
i, Perry S. Heath, Mark Hanna's par
icular friend, secretary Of the re-
Iblican national committee and the
nan who made the deal with the Nor
lon bishops that put SmOOt In the
nited States senate, was the original
ntroducer of corrupt methods into
he postoffice department. He used
IFS high position in that department
or the advancement of grating. The
lark Hanna record in the postofice
department Is headed with the names
If Heath, Rathbone, and Nicely. The
golls of bl.is that Mark Hanna per-
sonalIy distributed during his tour
through Nebraska did not come out
Of his own surplus, and some of it
has been made good through post
office steals. #S
The tin plate workers in this coun-
try have accepted cut of 80 per cent
In their wages. Day by day such items
continue to appear in the papers with
out note or comment, but their eco
nomic significance Is very great The
reduction Of purchasing power among
the wage-earners means loss of work
among those who have been manufac-
turing the goods that have found
ready sale because the wage-workers
had means to buy.
In the December McClures maga-
zine there is strong, poignant draw
ing of John Rockefeller, the Stand
ard Oil magnate, whose methods are
being SO mercilessly revealed in the
same publication. The picture is full
of human interest. 1t is the profile
of hard old man, with cunning,
pointed chin, and mouth closed tight
like leather pouch-purse. A skull
cap covers the absolutely bald head,
the cheeks are hard as parchment,
the eyes deep-set. The ensemble is
one almost incredibly hard and cum
ming; and yet from its contemplation
it is not fear or dislike that we feel
as much as pity. In that visage there
is no life, no blood, no merriment.
1t is death-mask, a death-mask in
whose rigid lines are CONCEALED cold,
cruel, calculating greed-and dread.
dread almost pitiful. There's whole
sermon in that One-page picture.
This is the way the Denver News
tells the story in special dispatch
from Douglas, Wyo.: Charles Wes-
ton, who claims to be state auditor
of Nebraska. was arrested and taken
from an east-bound train tonight by
Sheriff McDermott, acting under in
structions from Sheriff Webb of Cas-
per. Mr.. Weston is said to be silent
partner of the firm of Denecke Il Co.,
bankers. that failed yesterday, and is
accused of assisting in the operations
that wrecked the bank. 1t Is under
stood that the liabilities are about
$4,000. Well. Dietrich claimed 10
be" United States senator. The News
must not be SO suspicious when re-
ports OF the arrest OF Nebraska repub-
lican officials come In late at night.
A Connecticut judge held n special
session of court for the purpose oi
granting q divorce al the earliest mo-
ment tnat the law would allow and
then. within few minutes after
wards. married the divorcce To man
who had also been divorced. This
same Judge has been advocating the
expulsion OF Senator Smoot from the
United states senate Hypocrlsy was
never more universal In any age ol
the world than II Is today in thcs,
United States.
The number Of men being dis