The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-24

thing and four as sincerely believe
they mean something else. The peo-
pie of the United States in general
have a supreme contempt for the SUI
preme court
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Cleveland says Bryan is populist.
Bryan says Cleveland is a republican.
The only conclusion that can be de-
Quoted from these premises is that
there are but two parties in this coun-
try-republican and populist-and that
the people should line up accordingly.
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There is no denying that there is
a land question in such cities as New
York and Chicago that in the near
future has got to be solved in some
way or we must resign ourselves to
the fact that there must always be
hundreds of thousands of paupers and
a million or SO of human beings just
on the verge Of pauperism, in those.
cities, and proportional number in
other cities of the Union. Whether
it is by the Henry George plan or
some other, the thing must be done.
Two or three millions of homeless
people Ca fiat is not home and can
never be made one) are danger TO
this republic.
A missionary, writing from Chem
ulpo harbor, Korea, to friends in the
United States, says: 1.-THE japanese
army is a credit to the nation. They
behave on the streets like Christian
gentlemen, the reason probably being
that their discipline Is SO perfect"
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Massachusetts is in a state of con-
sternation. Goldfish has gone up to
s725 quintal for large fish and sc. so
for small. the highest price ever
reached. What makes the case almost
hopeless is that it will be six weeks
before any of the new catch Of the
season can be landed at the Boston
wharves. What will become of Mas
sachusetts without Goldfish balls?
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Justices Fuller and Peckham re-
yersed themselves when they sustained
the Hill merger. 1t is but a short
time ago they handed down opinions
exactly contrary to the ones now Civ
en-. Perhaps they thought that the
court must be kept five TO four"
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A financial writer in the Philadel-
rhia Ledger, in speaking of the New
York exchange, says: "A few weeks
of such dullness will drive hundreds of
brokers into bankruptcy The price
OF seats in that exchange have de-
clined $1,000 during the last few
weeks.
In that Jefferson birthday letter
sent to Boston committee headed
by Henry l.. Pierce, Mr.. Lincoln said,
in words often quoted: "The democ-
racy of today hold the liberty of one
man to be absolutely nothing when in
conflict with another mans right OF
property" That as accurately de-
scribes the Cleveland democracy and
Hanna republicanism OF today as it
did the pro-slavery democracy of Lin
coins time. 1t was in that same let
ter that Lincoln said he was 'for the
man and the dollar, but in case of
conflict the man before the dollar"
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Now that the presidents own ap-
pointee on the supreme bench, Justice
Holmes, has declared that criminal
action logically follows the merger de-
cision, Roosevelt will certainly be
open to the charge of political, moral
or some other kind of cowardice If he
does not order his attorney general to
bring such action.
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There were nine galleys of type set
up last week for The Independent that
could not be crowded into its columns.
and they were set aside on a rack.
Now let our correspondents abuse
some more. All of these nine galleys
were hot STUFF and Fought to have
been sent to our readers besides about
twenty columns more that were on the
hook and not set up of the same kind.
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Nebraska has been redeemed and
We are swiftly getting back to the
times when republican lawmakers usel
To steal chairs, tables and desks out
OF the state house.
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II would be the joke OF the ages If