The independent., 1903-12-17

lain, Ill w. 42d street, New York, is
president. The mass meeting that
was held at Cooper Institute had as
president John S. Crosby and long
list of eminent men as vice presi-
dents, among whom were Felix Adler,
Ernest H. Crosby, Henry George Jr.,
and Carl Schurz. In the early days OF
populism we often had to fight for free
speech even out here In Nebraska.
The editor of The Independent re-
members one place where he hired
and paid for a hall and after 1t was
learned that a populist speech was to
be delivered the money was refunded
and the hall locked up. When an at
tempt was made to deliver a speech on
the street brass band was hired to
play on the opposite side of the street.
Carroll d. Wright in an address be-
fore the Society of Ethical Culture OF
Philadelphia said the wage system
would pass away and be followed by a
system of profit sharing and co 0-opera-
tion. 1t is beginning to dawn upon
some of the plutocrats that the pres
ent system Of trusts and accumula-
tions of vast fortunes cannot longer
endure. The Independent has been
pointing out that fact for several
years.
Max Nordau in a recent interview
said: "Plutocratic tyranny is worse
than feudalism. The trusts promised
the people bread and they have given
them a stone. You should encourage
agricultural life. Make rural life de-
sirable. Give the farmer all reason
able conveniences. Let him own his
own farm in reality as well as in
name. There should be no mortgages
upon It," How very much like The
Independent these world renowned
philosophers talk.
Sunday was the coldest day that
Chicago has experienced at this time
OF year since 1875. Two persons were
frozen to death and several others Sc
verely frost bitten. AT s a. m. the
thermometer was 13 below zero.
There was q cold wave all over the
northwest, but no snow and little
wind.
Large meetings have been held In
several cities demanding the expul-
sion from the senate of Keed SmOot,
one of the Utah senators. One was
held in Washington by the Interde-
nOminational Congress Of Women and
was presided over by Bishop Satter-
lee. The Independent cannot see how
Senator Smoot is to be driven out Of
the senate as he was regularly elected
and seated. The wrath of these good
women and the bishops should rather
be directed against Mark Hanna and
Perry S. Heath, the chairman and
secretary of the republican national
committee. 1t is through bargain
which they made with the Mormon
bishops and apostles that Smoot is in
the senate. The responsible parties for
the appearance of Reed Smoot in the
United States senate are Heath and
Hanna.
as described in the cable dispatches is
the most horrible ever known The
streets are filled with starving men,
women and children. The Salvation
Army turns away thousands every
night who sleep in the streets or die
of the diseases. Many rooms in the
poorer quarters are absolutely filled
as closely as they can be packed with
as many men and women as can lie
promiscuously upon the floor. The
distress Is general all over England
and Scotland. What the end of all
this suffering Is to be no one can tell.
Will 1t end in a complete economic
upheayal?
Railroad men say that Mormonism
Is on the wane. 1t has increased be-
cause of the policy OF the Mormon
hierarchy In sending missionaries tc
foreign countries who induce lmmlgra.
tion and assist the peasants Of Eu'
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