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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1903-06-05

Upon motion IL was ordered that Ira
ID. Wines he and he IL hereby appointed
Justice of the Peace III and for Ruby
Valley township upon giving bond in
the sum oi $1,000 and taking the oath ~
Office.
Communication from citiz .ns nt Peko
road district nbjecting Ia the proposed
change of the public highway near Mrs.
Aliens ranch at O-inn received. Tho
District Attorney was authorized to
communicate with the parti ~ Interested
and report results at next meeting OF the
bOnrd. Further action waE deferred un-
til that time.
Upon reading petition filed herein Of
citizens %: Pleasant Valley and vicinity
for permission to change the public road
"n the ranch Of 4. Berg and open same
upon Government section lines. upon
motion peti'inD was granted. change to
he made without expense Ia the county
aud new road tO br subject Ia the APP
proval md acceptance of tho Board he.
fore the chasing ~ the present road
Upon reading petition filed herein Of
citizens NJ Tccomn. on motion it was
ordered that W f.. Catlin be and he is
hereby appointed rond supervisor oi
T"coma road district upon giving bond
IN the sum of al 900 and taking oath.
II. NJ Reed. heretofore appointed for
the purpose, appeared before the board
and reported rs Ia tho condition and
needed repairs on road through Nc
Dcrmott Lane. ~ Lumoille valley. Up.
"n motion contract Tor making the nee.
c"Esary repairs thereon was le. to Con.
rad Smith Tor the sum Di 1900. county Ia
furnish Mt lumber yard in Elko all ne.
ccssary bridge material. The work
when completed To bc inspected, npprov.
eel md accepted by the Iioard before
piyment Of money. Tie district ator.
m'y VIVA authorized to draw a contract in
accordance with the agreement bet wecn
said Smith and commissioners.
Tho boar then Rdi mrned Ia Monday
July Oh.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
CONNECTING THE CoETIN.YTs.

Now that there is a favorable pros
pect for the construction of an isthmian
canal, it is said that interest has re-
vived in the project for connecting the
continents by a railway system. The
International American congress that
met In the City of Mexico last winter
adopted a resolution favOring the con-
structiOn of an intercOntinental railway
and made provision for keeping up in
terest in the matter in the interval be-
fore the assembling Of the mex confer
ence. This was done by authorizing the
president of the congress to appoint an
international committee, which he did,
the American members being eX-Sen'
ator Davis Of West Virginia and Mr..
Andrew Carnegie, both of whom have
taken great interest in the pan-Ameri-
can railway idea.
The proposition is to build a railway
line connecting the systems of the
United States and Mexico on the north
with those of several countries on the
south, traversing all of the Central
American republics and all of those in
South America which touch the Pacific
ocean, with branch lines into Venezuela
and Brazil. The proposed route has
been surveyed, under the direction Of
the international Railway commission
and the project is said to be practicable
from an engineering standpoint and
that the cost Of construction would not
be excessive. 1t is contemplated to
send n commissioner to be appointed
by the international committee, to Cen
trail and South America to report on
the commercial aspects, the resources
OF the country to be traversed and other
matters, and If these should be found
satisfactory it is thought an effort will
be made to push the project, which it is
expected will get some aid from the
countries through which the line would
pass.
The construction VI such a railway
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
Personal AND OTHERwIsE.

The sultan Of Sulu may enjoy the rare
distinction OF reading his own obituaries.
a Michigan man has developed a taste
for eating money. No wonder his heirs
pronounce him crazy.
Twelve hundred biscuitmakers are on a
strike in Chicago. As long as buckwheat
cakes are abundant the people can pull
through by a scratch.
The manager Of a Canadian railroad pro-
tests vigorously against subsidies to rail-
roads because they are burdensome to tax
payers. Wouldn't that Jar you?
The attorney general Of Ohio is up
against the real thing now. He is ASKED to
decide whether or not a handsome young
woman is subject to arrest for wearing a
stuffed humming bird on her hat.
The efforts of Colonel A. X. Mcclure to
induce the legislature OF Pennsylvania to
appropriate money for a monument to Gen
eral Robert E. Lee on the Gettysburg bat
tleheld provokes a blast Of wrath very
much like that OF Senator Foraker regard
ing battle flags. One Thereafter d~enounces
the proposition as an attempt ITO exalt
treason and honor a traitor to his oath. ."
John Newdick of Kokomo, Ind, a man
OF muscular piety, objected to his unre-
seHelate wife mixing the family dough
when the hour for prayer arrived. As she
persisted in the unholy work. John arose
In righteous wrath and thrashed her to a
finish, and then proceeded with prayer. At
last accounts the pious slugger was pray
ing for some friend to lend him S25 and
costs which an irreligious court assessed.
A Minnesota lawmaker comes to the
front as a genuine promoter of home in
dustry. He wants state subsidies for
parents OF singles. twins, triplet and quar-
tets. The top limit is 1900 for four babes
In a bunch. The Minnesota scheme is an
Improvement on that of the Chicago woman
who would have this state pension wives.
AS both reformers are unmarried, they
manifest suspicious sympathy for the tied.
Major Church Howe of Nemaha. United
States conuul at Sheffield, England, is en-
1oying the fat Of the land as we'll as South
down mutton. No banquet in the locality
is a banquet without him, and his brilliant
conversational powers lends to every feast
a piquancy altogether bewitching. The
major attended the annual banquet Of the
Shef1eld Golf club January 10, and con-
versed c%opiously. The Shefleld Telegraph
says he was lin excellent humor," which
means that the major jollied the crowd
with expressions of c~ousinly esteem. That
is the majors Prince Albert,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
THE PRESIDENTIAL SALARY

Thirty years ago the salary of the
president of the United States was in
creased from $4,000, which had been
the compensation since the ~organiza-
ton Of the government, to $4,000.
When the question of raising the presi-
dental salary and also the pay OF
members of congress was before the
Forty-second congress there was a
strong popular opposition, but the law
was passed. Subsequently the portion
pay Of congressman was repealed. 1t
was then thought by very many that
the compensation OF the president,
which had been satisfactory to the in
cumbents of that great office for more
than eighty years, was ample for the
chief executive of this republic. The
government provides him with a resi-
dence furnished at the public expense
and pays at least in part for the serv-
fee necessary in the White House. The
opposition to increasing the salary
urged that 1t was not required and
was not desirable that the president Of
the United States should initiate for
elgn rulers in making lavish expendi-
ture for entertainments and other pub
lie display. Some outlay in this direc-
ton is essential, but 1t should be on a
scale consistent with republican Ideas
and not fashioned after that of Euro
pean royalty.
A bill has just been introduced in
congress proposing to again Increase
the presidential salary, making it $780,
600. That public sentiment will be
very strongly against this it is entirely
safe to assume. There is no good rea-
son for increasing the compensation of
the president. Fifty thousand dollars
a year is a very liberal income. No
president who has received 1t has found
It inadequate. On the contrary all of
them have been able to meet every So
cial requirement of the position and
have something left of the salary at
the end OF their terms. There was nc
more generous entertainer than Presi,
dent Arthur, yet he did not find II
necessary to spend all his salary. Mr.
Cleveland saved a portion of his and SC
did Mr., Mckinley, neither of whom
neglected any social duty or lived other
wise than as behtted the dignity and
the proper demands of the position. Thu
office Of president Of the United States
is not only of highest honor in thi.
republic, but in the world, Emolument,
can add nothing 10 its distinction
These should be sufficient to meet tn,
legitimate requirements Of the position
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
COLORADO AND NEBRASKA.

The recent senatorial election In Colo
RADIO, resulting, after a brief but turbu-
lent Legislative contest, in the aban-
donment Of the field by the republican
candidates TO Senator Teller as the
democratic choice, stands out by con
trast In bold relief with the p]rotracted
struggle for the senatorships in Ne
braska two years ago.
Colorado went republican in the last
election, and without question an hon
est count of the legal votes cast would
have given n republican majority in
the Legislature on joint ballot and in
sured the return of a republican to rep
resent the Centennial state in the upper
house of congress for the next six years.
The competing aspirants within the
party, however, finding their ambitions
blocked between themselves, notwith-
standing the vantage point enjoyed by
the party through the possession of all
the machinery of the state government,
by which the regularity of their pro-
cedure would be insured, threw up the
sponge when the critical emergency was
reached and rather than yield to some
republican leader who might command
the party support, stood by and even
lent assistance to the success of the
democratic candidate. Had Colorado
republicans enjoyed unfaltering and I'M
selfish leadership, who could doubt that
they would have now regained the
seat in the senate lost by the back
sliding of 1896?
In Nebraska two years ago the sena-
torial fight was more holly pressed,
though less turbulently waged. For
three successive months, day after day
and week after week, the fruitless bal
lots in joint session and in caucus
marked n stubborn deadlock that grew
apparently steadily more impenetrable.
So narrow were the party majorities in
the two houses and so peculiar the con-
ditions afforded by the fact that two
senators were to be chosen, that had
either Of the principal candidates beer
Wiling W udue OIL TIE interest or the
party In the other senatorship, he could
have effected his own election in com
bination with a democrat or a populist.
But no thought of achieving personal
ambition by such a course was ever
serio" entertained. The deadlock
was d to the last hour of the last
day o. the Legislative session, but when
the supreme momen arrived patriotic
devotion to party overcame all obstacles
and the leaders whose efforts had car
ried Nebraska for Mckinley and repub-
licanism and made it possible for the
state to be represented in the senate by
republicans stepped voluntarily aside
to make way for men upon whom the
party strength could be united.
Nebraska's two seats in the United
States senat are filled by two repub-
licans-Colorado's two seats by two
democrats, although Colorado is now
almost as strongly republican as Ne,
braska. With the facts in view, the
reasons for this contrast are not hard to
find.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01

and that is now the case. The fact
that enormous salaries are being paid
TO men who administer the affairs OF
corporations and trusts is no argument
I'm favor Of increasing the presidential
salary. What the head Of a steel COM
bination is paid. for instance, has no
proper bearing upon the question Of
the compensation Of the chief executive
Of the nation.
There is n tendency TO increase the
salaries Of public officials which should
not be encouraged. \ bill has passed
congress to increase the salaries Of the
federal judges. Perhaps this is justif-
able, although we shall get no better
judges 10y reason of It. A few days ago
a prominent member Of the house Of
representatives said that the pay Of
congressman is too small and ought to
be increased. This shows the trend
and If there is public Indifference re-
garding 1t there is likely to be within n
few years n general advance in the
compensation Of public officials that
will add millions to the annual ex-
penses of the government, without Sc
curing any greater %faithfulness or eff
cheney in the public service.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
JOURNALISTIC PROPHECY,
Eminent FauIt-Finders Seem to Ex-
Pect ImpOssibfIities.
New York Times.

New York Times.
1t appears to give pleasure to eminent
divines to define from time to time, ac-
cording to their light, the function and
sphere of the daily newspaper. So long as
they limit themselves to the statement OF
safe and generally accepted ethical propo-
sitiOns they are on solid ground and may
boldly defy intelligent contradiction; but
they do not seem to find that area large
enough to hold them comfortably. DR.. Ly-
man Abbott is the latest to tell a waiting
public what a daily newspapers should and
should not be, and what he says is inter-
esting. After explaining that 1t is the duty
of q newspaper to give all the news that's
fit to print, truthfully and impartially, he
goes on to say:
The daily press should be more thar a
reporter. 1t should be an interpreter. The
tendency Of human life is development Of
justice, mercy, kindness, reverence and
love. We have a right to ask the press to
interpret all events in relation to this
progress. We want to know what is the
significance, for example, OF this great
struggle between the coal miners and oper-
ators. Does it forecast a better organiza-
tion Of labor? Does 1t look toward a bet
ter organization Of capital, toward a better
UNDERSTANDING between the LWoF IL IL n
movement toward more clearly defined
classes? And are we TO prepare ourselves
for a war between labor and capital, a war
between classes as there was a war be-
tween sections?"
The editor of a newspaper who should
conform to DR.. Abbott's standard OF quail
hcations by answering authoritatively all
the questions which a man of his intelli-
~ v,o,,Id lilo 70 haya anauvaraH would
be a very capable prophet-more capable,
we imagine, than any now In the business
OF journalism, and possibly a better all
round prophet than some of those whose
generalizations from the law Of probabili-
ties have puzzled the theologians under
taking to interpret them.
In discussing daily journalism II is we'll
not to Ak the standard at unattainable
heights. Editors are human. They know a
great deal. no doubt, but they are not in
errant, and perhaps they are not perfectly
sure on a great many subjects concerning
which they would like to forecast the fu-
ture. II might very well be that they do
the best they can with the problems which
constantly confront them, but that they can
offer authoritative solutions of questions
concerning which wide differences OF opin-
ion exist among thoughtful students OF
events is too much to expect Of men who
live on a whirlwind OF new and whose
sources of information are not infallible.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
THE LITTLE CHURCH BACK HOME.
Leslie's Weekly.


When the big pipe organs swellln' an the
city choir sings,
An you almOs' hear the swishin' of the
lovin' angels wings,
An the congregations musin' on the prone
Sort O %leanin', %iiistless, waitin' for the
preacher TO begin;
In that holy hush 1t happens that clean
An again I'm meek an lowly fore a throne
A throne that wasn't nestlin' meath a spire
or a dome,
But the sinners sought their Savior in that
little church back home.
When we had protracted meetin's, why.
'twould done you good to hear
The congregation singin' with a blend o.
voices clear,
How the Rock o. Ages" lowered like a
shelt'rin' sort O. wall,
An our souls scared mp to glory since the
rock was cleft fer all.
Ev'ry face was wreathed with sweetness,
an we always had a smile
For the stranger, saint or sinner, in the
pew across the aisle;
For a diamonds often gathered from the
commonest of loan,
An we didn't mind the settin' in the little
church back home.
There were weddin's where the neighbors
gathered in from far an wide,
An the boys looked on In envy while their
sisters kissed the bride;
There were fun'rals, too, where %enighbors
didn't feel ashamed to cry
When they laid to rest the sleeper In the
little yard close by.
Each pew seems sort o sacred, an the
lowly pulpit there
Pears like a holy gateway to a armament
that's fair;
Where the sweet, supernal sunshine softly
scatters sorrows gloam
An let's US enter heaven from the little
church back home.
The city choir's voices rise in cadences so
sweet
As they sing about the river where the
sainted ones shall meet,
An the preachers voice is pleRdin' as he
asks us, soft an low,
To treat ali men as brothers in this weary
vale of woe.
This city church is handsome an the con-
gregation's large,
The preachers dom nobly with his heaven
seekin' charge;
The choir's swellin' anthems soar TO heaven
through the dome,
But my old heart IL sighin' for the little
church back home.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01

would be a vast undertaking, involving
an estimated expenditure Of S2OO,OOO,-
600. but in this era Of great enterprises
1t is by no means improbable that the
plan Of connecting the northern and
southern continents 10y rail will be an
accomplished fact within q generation.
1t is not much If any greater project
than was the building of u first trans
continental railroad or the construction
of the Siberian railway by Russia. II
II is practicable, Of which there seems
to be no doubt, and the commercial pos
sibilities are such as to warrant It's con
struction, there will be no difficulty In
securing the necessary capital. With
the Panama canal built and an interna-
tional railway connecting the systems
Of this country with those Of the coun-
tries south of us, the problem of COM
mercial relations between the United
States and the southern continent would
be solved and a unity Of interest and
cordially of friendship be firmly estab-
lished.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
SEoBoCRATIcAMERn AMBASSADORS

~ ~ Ahbhech DDHe
When Benjamin Franklin presented
his credentials as envoy of the Ameri-
can republic at the court Of Louis XVI,
clad in IA suit Of Pennsylvania home
spun, he created a decided sensation
among the regally caparisoned, be-
wigged and bepowdered scions of French
nobility and especially the superbly uni
formed diplomatic representatives of all
the nations. But the shocking simple
ity of the American philosopher-states-
man was no impeachment to his mission
and did not detract from his influence
and fame. Even today the bust of Ben
jamin Franklin occupies a conspicuous
place with the galaxy of great men,
whose monuments and portraits are pre-
served at the royal palace at Versailles.
The example Of republican simplicity
set by Ben Franklin, John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson in the early days has
been followed by American ministers
to foreign countries for more than a
century. The list included In our W
days such eminent Americans as Bayard
Taylor, James Russell Lowell, John La
throp Motley, Thomas f. Bayard and
last, but not least, John Hay and An
drew d. White. All these distinguished
Americans were content to appear at
the imperial and royal courts of Europe
In plain evening dress, and this simple
ity was more impressive because these
men were the ENJOYS of the worlds
greatest republic and one Of the great
est nations on the earth.
We seem now to have reached the
parting of the ways. The tremendous
Impetus given to %snobocracy by the ac-
QUESTION of colossal fortunes appears
to have turned the heads of some Of
Americas diplomatic representatives at
the capitals of Europe. Cable advices
from Paris announce, for example, that
Ambassador Mccormick has invested in
a dazzling court dress that will eclipse
In spangles, gold braid and gilt lace the
most fantastic suit ever worn by a Per
sian shah or Indian maharajah. This
tAdulple VI hlneTlCdu S0ODOCfaLlC num-
merry is liable to become epidemic among
American ministers afflicted with yam
ity and we should not be surprised if
America would Guido all the effete mon
arches of Europe in vulgar display of
laced coats, emerald buttons and buck
les and other gearing that distinguishes
titled foreigners.
Whether the State department will
finally be compelled to prescribe a dis
t~inctlve American court dress for Amer
lean diplomatic representatives, cores
ponding with the number of millions at
their command individually, remains for
the future. 1t would be in accord with
the eternal fitness of things for snobo-
cratic American diplomats to invest
their surplus not only in flashing liv-
cry, but in genuine titles Of nobility that
will place them on an equal footing with
the descendants of the robber barons of
Germany and the robber knights Of It.
ally, France and Austria.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
UNIFORM DIVORCE LAWS.
Organized NovemeR AMONG ReliG-
ious Denominations.

louA ANhA
New York world.
In the matter OF uniform marriage and
divorce laws a strong church movement
Is we'll under way. Committees have been
appointed representing the Protestant Epis-
copsi. Presbyterian and Methodist organ
i%zatlons. These have already held a meet
ing IN this city. II is hoped to interest
the other Protestant denominations and
the Roman Catholics as we'll, though the
church OF Rome does not as yet recognize
divorce.
While the churches will exert n powerful
influence toward the end In view. the es-
adjustment OF uniform laws must newt
ably tend toward the further seculariIa-
tion OF the marriage rite. As the laws
stand, not all the states demand marriage
licenses, only half OF them forbid mar
riages Of whites and negroes, in three
states and a territory (Arizonal whites and
Indians cannot wed, ard In four states and
the same territory the union OF whites and
Chinese Is forbidden. Differing bars OF
blood relationship are raised in different
states and the lawful age for marriage
likewise varies.
Most OF these restrictions and regula-
tions have bearings on the divorce ques-
tion. The differences must be reconciled
by statutes firm enough to hold every
where, yet so wisely drawn as to discour-
age the legitimate marriage intent no
where.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
A~ner-Dinner Orrtory.
w. d, Howells in Earper's.

w, D., HoWells IN Harper
The fake-humorous speaker has On cas-
Ter career than even the fake-eloquent
speaker. Yet at any given dinner the ora
tor who passes out meIe elocution to his
hearers has a success almost as instant
and splendid as his Glowing brother. 1t
is amazing what things people will ap-
plaud when they have the courage OF each
others ineptitude. They will listen, after
dinner. to anything but reason. They pre-
fer also the old speaker 10 new ones; they
like the familiar taps OF humor, OF elo-
quence; II they have tasted the brew be1ore
they know what they are going to get.
The note OF their mood is tolerance. but
tolerance OF the accustomed, the expected;
not tolerance Of the novel, the surprising.
They wish 10 be at rest, and what taxes
their minds molests their intellectual re-
pose. They do not wish to climb any great
heights 70 reach the level OF the orator.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01

pose to stand by the claims OF Canada
regardless Of the facts and the terms
Of the treaty between Russia and Great
Britain, which were unquestioned for
more than half a century. The truth is
that the Canadians know they have not
n good case and hence their dissatisfac-
ton with the proposed commission, but
1t would seem that they should he will
ing to trust British jurists to do what
is fair and just in the matter. Ameri-
ms have no doubt that the representa-
tives Of this country would decided ac-
cording to their conviction OF what is
right.