The independent., 1903-03-12

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ternational bimetallism. 1t took a
tip from London, and that was all, to
get them to do 1t.
None of the currency tinkering bills
which the Wall street pirates were in
terested in got through congress. That
was because the democrats inaugur-
ated the most persistent filibuster that
has been seen in congress for years.
When the republicans unseated Butler
at the end of the term with about a
week to serve and installed repub-
lican in his place who lacked 5000
retaliated by filibuster against ey-
eTything. IN the fight the Fowler bill
and the Aldrich bill fell outside the
breastworks. Had it not been for this
filibustering, they would both have
passed.
Another stenograpner has been ele-
waited to very high and responsible
office in Washington. The private
secretary of Secretary Shaw has been
appointed assistant treasurer of the
United States Before the appoint
ment to high offices was turned over
to Wall street and the trusts, such
positions were reserved for statesmen
Of acknowledged ability. Now they
are conferred on stenographers whom
the trust magnates know will obey or
ders in the future as punctiliously as
they did when occupying confidential
positions as clerks.
The silence of the tomb is as the
roar of a great battle when compared
to the silence Of the great plutocratic
daifieS concerning the passage OF the
law to create commission to bring
about bimetallism and fix ratio for
silver. If you want the news you.
will have to continue to read The
Independent. @
There is strong movement in Colo
| rado for state civil service law. In
this state through the appointment of
ward heelers to responsible places two
| of the state institutions have been
burned down and the rest of them
are run on the political plan.
The democratic senators placed Cor
man back in his old position as head
| OF the steering committee and leader
for the democratic side. He occupied
| that position when the Wilson bill
was mangled and mutilated with sou
amendments and made over into a
/ high protection measure. German is
a gold standard man. protectionist
| and imperialist Both sides of the
chamber will be under the same lead
ership, that is, led by men holding ex-
actly the same political principles.
Judge Parker of New York seems to
be out of the fight. He has announced
that he would not think of taking the
nomination for president unless he
had the hearty support of w. J.
| Bryan.
There was high old time on Wall
street nearly all the week. AS soon
as, it was announced that the Aldrich
bill had failed, stocks began to tum-
BILE and the bank statement proved the
worst for years. Loans were curtailed
and the bears have had it all their
own way ever since Some heavy
/ failures have been announced and
things look black for watered stock
concerns. The Aldrich bill would
have furnished lot of rag-tag and
bob-tailed money and credit which
would have swung things along for a
/ while, but when the crash came it
would have been all the worse. The
system that the republicans have
forced on this country demands a
continuous and everlasting imitation
to keep it going, which is manifest
impossibility.
In information that is of interest to
the common people, The Independent
is always two months to two years
ahead of the dailies and it seems that
it is generally more than that much
ahead of the ministers in matters af-
fecting morals. For four or five years
it has been like the voice of one cry
ing in the wilderness in regard to the
degeneration that sat in upon the in
auguration of the worship of Man,
mon. Now some of the ministers are
beginning to reiterate what The Inde-
/ pendent has been saying for so long
a time. Rev. George Whitman