The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-10-01

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men and guns, and that now the wal
is over. Most people will remember
having read something like that be-
FORE
Attorney General Knox has given
the Declaration of Independence and
the constitution another kick and those
documents will soon be so little
thought Of that it vii, will not be deemed
necessary to even kick them. The
military governor cOnfiscated a house
il Guam, built by lieutenant with
his own money. The governor took it
because he wanted it for residence
for himself. The lieutenant appealed
to Washington and Knox decided that
the constitution does not apply to
Guam and the military governor can
do what he pleases there. There is
nothing in Guam but the imperial will
OF the commander. That is the sort
OF disgrace that the republican party
has visited upon this nation. 1t will
not take long to apply it to these
states. They have already begun it
out in Colorado.
The anthracite coal trust has not yet
answered the questions put to it by
the census officers. AS the president
thus acknowledges that Baer and
Morgan are bigger than this govern
ment, it would of course be useless to
suggest that the census officers make
the legal inquiries of the Standard
Oil trust Teddy is a brave man, but
he would not dare to undertake that.
The coal dealers are sending out
their price lists for the winter sup
ply. There was much protest last year
against the high prices, even when
times were good and everything was
booming, but this year the prices are
from Is cents to dollar ton higher
than twelve months ago. If there is
any protest, the plutocratic papers do
not let it get into their columns.
The Declaration of Independence
went first, and out in Colorado the
writ of habeas corpus has followed it.
The constitution does not seem to fol-
low the flag even as far as Colorado.
for that instrument most positively
declares that s'the writ of habeas cor
pus shall not be suspended, unless
when in cases of rebellion or invasion
the public safety may require it,"
The Consolidated Lake Superior
company was capitalized for 117,000,-
900 and is now on the auction block
for $5,050000. A man by the name
Of Clerque was the Napoleon Of fl
nance who engiL eered that thing. He
was one of the divinities that wor-
shippers of MammOn were bowling
down to not long ago. From middle
class people $30,000,000 were contri-
butea to this concern of which they
will lose every dollar. The wage
workers hold 100000 of worthless
time certificates, and many of them
are in absolute want and already have
had to be provided for by charity to
keep them from starving to death.
Forty-five trusts have gone into
bankruptcy during the last few
months. They were all of the New
Jersey breed. Among the latest is the
American tin can trust, which put
stock on the market to the amount of
$S0,OO0,000 Of which $62000,00O was
water, and the American Tobacco COM
pany, which had issued ten million of
stock. The receiver could find only |
$135,000 worth of property. If the
people down east had been readers of
the Nebraska Independent it would
have saved them hundreds of millions
of dollars. A fer thousand of them
did read it and they still have their
money in their pockets.
Secretary Roots staff bill for the re-
organization of the army which was
passed against the protest of General
Miles has established Kilkenny cat |
room at the war department where a
fight goes throughout all the offices
hours of every day in the week. 1t
has created such disturbance that
the authorities are at last acknowl-
edging that the law viii have to be
,TSlightly amended"
General Chase, commanding Colo
radios military forces at Cripple Creek,
announced in Denver last week that
tit is the intention of the mine own
ers to completely stamp out unionism.
And the troops will remain there un-
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