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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

The Bee wants private individuals
10 begin prosecutions against the rail.
road managers for giving free passes
under the following Nebraska statute.
If any person shall directly or
indirectly give any sum, or sums OF
money, or any other bride, present,
or reward. or any promise, con-
tract, obligation or security for the
payment of any money, present, or
reward, or any other thing to any
Judge, justice of the peace, sheriff,
coroner, clerk, constable, jailer,
prosecuting attorney, member OF
the legislative assembly, or other
officer, ministerial or judicial, but
such fees as are allowed by law,
with intent to induce or influence
such officers to appoint or vote for
any person for Office, or to execute
any of the powers in him vested, or
perform any duty of him required
with partially or favor, or other
wise than is required by law. or
in consideration that such officer
hath appointed or voted for any
person for any office, or exercised
any power in him vested, or per-
formed any duty Of him required
with partially or favor, or other
wise contrary to law. the person
SO giving and the officer SO receiv-
ing any money, bride, present, re-
ward, promise, contract, obligation
or security. with intent, or for the
purpose or consideration aforesaid,
shall be deemed guilty of bribery,
etc.
: That is the kind of a Jaw that the
railroads have been loading down the
state books of the various states with
for the last forty years. 1t is hard to
reply to such a proposition as the Bee
makes without using language that the
postoffice authorities would not allow
to pass through the mails. To prose
cute successfully a railroad manager
under that statute one woulu have to
prove that the pass was given with
intent to influence such officer" and
several other things which the Bee
knows are not susceptible of proof
How is one to prove ar intent? =
That statute was enacted, to protect the
railroads in pass giving. The man
who drew it did so for the express pur-
pose Of preventing conviction for tina.
Offense.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

society, where men who robbed and
stole millions were not called thieves,
but captains of industry" it was
Knocked at by the cultured" and even
the use of such terms as degenerate"
and "degeneracy" denounced 1t gives
no satisfaction to now see acknowl
edged that everything that was then
said has come true. To stand alone,
four or five years in advance of the,
multitude, to be as the voice of one
crying in the wilderness. where there
are none to hear. is not thing to be
desired. It separates one from every
body so that he has little companion
ship, and it produces no joy. Such a
position is very lonely. After these
years however there are others who
begin to see the evils so long ago
pointed out by the editor of The In
dependent OF misrule in city and
state, which is held largely responsible
for the increase of crime, McClure's
Magazine says:
Can body of policemen engaged
in blackmail. persecution and in
shielding lawbreakers make COM
munity law-abiding? Can a body
of policemen engaged in criminal
practices prevent others from COM
hitting crimes? Can board of
aldermen who for private gain
combine to loot city govern
city we'll?
The criminal oligarchy consists
of these three classes:
1. Saloon-keepers, gamblers and
others who engage in business that
degrade.
2. Contractors, capitalists, bank
ers and others who can make mon
ey by getting franchises and other
property of tie community cheaper
by bribery than by paying the COM
munity.
8. Politicians who are willing to
seek and accept office with the aid
and Endorsement of the classes al
ready mentioned.
These three classes combine and
get control of the party machine.
They nominate and elect men who
will agree to help them rob the city
or state for the benefit of them
selves and who will agree also not
to enforce the laws in regard to the
various businesses that degrade a
community.
We find under various modifica-
tons this criminal oligarchy in
control of many communities in
the United States. We find repre-
sentatives of this combination in
the United States senate. among
governors Of states, state legisla-
tors, mayors, aldermen, police Of
fcials. We find them among men
in business life-captains Of in !.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01
Numbering Civilization

Three or four years ago when The
Independent began to point to the
degeneracy that was sure to follow the
condoning of crimes in high circles OF
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01
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At the close of the st. Louis conven-
ton the situation was: Either fish
or cut bait" Well. he cut bait.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

DR.. Ross says the south is hyster-
ical and the north graft-rotted, all of
which comes from the Staying of our
best men during the civil war.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

The vote in Holt county, Nebraska,
for president, was: Roosevelt, LAO;
Parker, 634; Watson. FOG.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

The Illinois building at the st. Louis
fair that cost $4,000 has been sold for
$4,25O. Still that has been much bet
ter investment than steel common.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

~. ~ LIZ nfA4SOII, fAoSo~AotC A<NASoi'
+. d. EAGER. Business Manager
<rtzssza es.sss9
The vote in Holt county, Nebraska,
for president, was: Roosevelt, LAO;
Parker, 634; Watson. FOG.
&SS$SSS$
At the close of the ST. Louis conven-
ton the situation was: Either fish
or cut bait" Well. he cut bait.
DR.. Ross says the south is hyster-
ical and the north graft-rotted, all OF
which comes from the Staying of our
best men during the civil war.
&SS%S&%
The Illinois building at the st. Louis
fair that cost $4,000 has been sold for
$4,25O. Still that has been much bet
ter investment than steel common.
&SSS&S~& :
Tom Taggart says he don't want any
reorganizing done. Perhaps he thinks
II that thing once got started it might
reach his French Lick gambling house.
&SS&S&S&
Silver has been going up lately.
That is good thing fol- the mine
owners, but as it is no longer being
coined in the United States, no one
else is benefited.
Even Tillman has surrendered. He
says that he will no longer oppose d
vote on the appointment of the negro
Crum. Does Tillman fear that Torn
Watson may come over and capture
South Carolina?
There is a very good reason why
some OF the railroads do not join with
The Burlington in resisting the pay
ment of their taxes. They pay less
taxes under the new. than they did
under the old law.
&SS&&&S&
Mr.. Alfred Griffin of Topeka, Kan,
writing to The Independent says: "The
most of the populists voted for Roose-
welt and many thousands voted the
republican ticket straight to emphasize
their dislike for the democratic party
and the idea of fusion
&SSSSSSS
"The labor question is not one that
concerns employers and employees
alone, it concerns the entire commun-
ity." After you have taken out the
employers and employed, who are left
aside from the little children, the sick
the apupers and the criminals?
Socialism bases itself or "the econ
omic Interpretation of history" Ac-
cording to this Interpretation, the So
cial, political, moral and religious facts
Of any age, come trailing along as a
result of economic conditions. That
necessitates, and all the socialist lead
ers and writer's do it, the necessity of
explaining everything in terms. of ma
terialism and the allowance of nothing
to the moral sense. In fact, in social
ism there can be no such thing as the
Ought and fought not
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

Tom Taggart says he don't want any
reorganizing done. Perhaps he thinks
II that thing once got started it might
reach his French Lick gambling house.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

Silver has been going up lately.
That is a good thing fol the mine
owners, but as it is no longer being
coined in the United States, no one
else is benefited
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

"The labor question is not one that
concerns employers and employees
alone, it concerns the entire commun-
ity." After you have taken out the
employers and employed, who are left
aside from the little children, the sick
the apupers and the criminals?.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

ANONYMOUS comm Aications will mot b
.oticed. Rejected manuscripts viii net "
setuTned.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

There is a very good reason why
some of the railroads do not join with
The Burlington in resisting the pay
ment of their taxes. They pay less
taxes under the new. than they did
under the old law.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

Mr. Alfred Griffin of Topeka, Kan.
writing to The Independent says: 'The
most of the populists voted for Roose-
welt and many thousands voted the
republican ticket straight to emphasize
their dislike for the democratic party
and the idea of fusion"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

Even Tillman has surrendered. He
says that he will no longer oppose d
vote on the appointment of the negro
Crum. Does Tillman fear that Torn
Watson may come over and capture
South Carolina?
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01
kInq LsopoId's $4,000 Ruo.

King Leopold OF Belgium OWES one
rug that cost a comfortable fortune in
ITSELF" said J. r. Caldwell. who rep
resents an Eastern carpet manufae-
tory. Il have seen the rug. and Il Is
a beauty. King Leopold paid eI5.-
600. or $4,000. for H. saw the rug
when 1t was on exhibition In Vienna.
II was made In the Orient. and is
hand tufted. Its age Is Us principal
value. and Il has been under the feet
OF royalty for probably a century. The
rug is very large. measuring probably
60 by 70 feet.
Few rugs like that come 10 Ameri.
ca, though the ~milllonaires frequently
pay as much as s 5000 or $1,000 for
ONE Few carpets are imported. as
they can be made much better By ma
chinery than by hand. and America
txcels IN all machine made goods.
Large numbers Of handmade rugs.
however. are imported every year from
Turkey, Persia, Arabia and al parts
Oh the Orient We have no labor cap
able OF competing with their rugs -
Louisville Courier-JOurnal.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01
Famous Austrian Beauty COMING.

Miss Duel Won Kuranda. the noted
Austro-Hungarian beauty. whose love
liness has been extolled by many trav.
elers, viii visit this country next win.
ter. She is but Is years old. and al
ready Is famed all over Europe. bslag
especially popular among American
naval officers who have called at Adri.
attic ports. Her father Is confidential
adviser to Emperor Francis Joseph.
consul general for Servia. and director
general o. a large steamship company.
The young woman Is said 20 have a
wonderful ecntralto voice. aud has
often ung IN charitable entertain.
ments. she Is also famous for her
gowns. which are always the marvel
OF the season. Miss Won kuranda
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

Lord and Lady Roberts are to go
to south Africa this fall. one OF the
primary objects Of their Journey be
ing TO visit the grave OF their only
son. who was killed In Natal during
the Boer war and buried on the battle
field. His death was Tue to an ACT Of
bravery, such as led many English
officers TO death. and. perhaps, gain
the Victoria cross. which has cost the
lives OF so many British officers.
Lieut.. Roberts fell while trying 20 save
some guns which Butler had lost in
one Of his many defeats. The young
mar never knew that Re had won the
most coveted English hoanr. but
Queen Victoria rave the simple little
cross 20 his mother with her own
hands.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01
10 Woman Aeret, th. 81.

o. her lips were red and her kin vas
hrown.
This woman across the sea
And Der hair a giistruinr. sable cruan.
This woman across the sea,
And she loved a man. aye, she loved a
As only 4 true Mesfiza can.
But the frnwn Of fate was on her plan,
This woman across the sea.
o. the days were lons that he called her
sweet.
This woman across the sea:
And she loved the dust AZ his very feet.
This woman arrpss The sea-
his skin was fair and his eyes NcFs
gray.
And Sc laughed In as careless. solaiery
way.
And told her tales. a. soldiers may.
This woman across the sea.
No priest came there to bless her love.
This woman across the ssa
she thought him true AZ the stars above,
This woman acroas the sea-
But he went away and she waited long,
And crooned 10 his child . mothar-sone
And worked and toiiod and thought no
This woman across ma sea:
o, the man she loved forgot her name.
This woman across the aca.
Forgot her face. forgot her shame.
This woman across the sea.
For he mated With one o. his fair-faced
Hes bound TO her with Ties that bind
So he laughs a. The one that he left be-
This woman across the sea
Robert v. Carr. To- 81 Paul Dispatch.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01
Favors Women Letter carrlsrs.

Women letter carriers are deemed
almost a necessity By Postmaster John
Mckay Of Doa Moines. Iowa. who has
made a recommendation 20 the depart
ment At Washington favorinE the re-
moval Of the ban that nov llmlts the
civil service examination for letter
carriers 10 males, Whom you send a
woman on an orrand." he says. "ahe
viii return in half the time that a
mar viii. She does not stop 90 loiter.
We md them equal and even superior
to men IN the money order. stamp and
other divisions and I favor giving
them a trial IN The delivery section. "
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01
Lost Treasure.

What's the matterys demanded the
usn. stopping to look at two little
boys who were diligently searching
the sidewalk.
Lost e." mumbled one Of the Noys.
without looking up.
"Ah." said the man. With interest.
and dropped on his knees. He rooted
about a while and looked up.
What was II you lost7" he asked.
"um-m-m-m-m." replied n Of the
youths.
BY this time half a dozen men. two
more boys. and a dog had Joined in
the search. and the crowd was begin
ming TO thicken. Also the excitement
grew. aud the throng caused a street
railway motorman to have nervous
~frenxles and to take it out OF his gong.
At last the first seeker for the lost
grabbed the boy who seemed most
interested and set him on his feet
Here. you" be commanded. tell
us what's lost Do you hear?" he
shook the boy until he wept tears OF
anger. and wiped them from his eyes
with n dirty paw.
Il lost a cent he walled. "Lemme
clone. you stiI. viii yuh? It's my cent,
not your'n."
Then the crowd quietly melted
Dallas News.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

Stamping around the place first rate.
line, swum out and flashed the flannel
under the noses OF some Of 'em,
booked n and lugged Il home. He
brought in tw~enty-nine hat after
noon.
There were pickerel in that pond.
l think told you l should say there
vast
"One day Joshua was returning
from a frogging excursion to the
swamp. fetching In q prize. and when
Il was half way home Uncle 81 saw a
big splash in the water In his wake.
and saw Joshua give a tremendous
hump to himself. He came right on
though. and landed his catch: but his
left leg was on at the knee.
zone OF those pickercl had fastened
on as much OF Joshua as Il could get
into It's mouth and took II along.
Uncle 81 was a handy man. and as
o o as he saw what allied Joshua he
cut a stick on Of a tree and fastened
Il on TO the frog as a wooden leg. The
wound healed up. the skin grew down
Y e the wooden leg. and IN a few
days Joshua was stumping around the
place FIRST rate.
His swimming days we're over,
though. and with them his usefulness
as q frog catcher was gone. although.
unfortunately. Joshua did not think
80 himself. and one day Uncle 81 al
most fell Ia a faint when he saw that
frog seated on a big slab and padding
over toward the swamp. his frog
tackle With him. and his wooden leg
sticking out in front OF him like a
veteran Of the wars"
Somethin' will happen 20 that IN.
Compromising frog UT. sure a. se,tin'
heHsl' said Uncle g. soon as he could
catch his breath.
He Nas right Day after day for a
week Uncle 81 gaEod out over the
pond toward the swamp. watching for
Joshua. but Joshua ne, er came back
II knoWed them agzravatln' frogs
over there was pisOn mean. said IN
Gle 81. AZ last. but who'd "a thunk
they'd q took advantage OF a erippier
Years passed. There came a time
when II vas TO the advantage Of that
part OF old Steuben that Uncle SIS
pond should be drained. and Il was.
The sWampa boys became DRY land
and were covered with a alec growth
OF timber. One day Uncle 81 was
tramping through Il, and he saw a
tree with a ~funnylooking object near
the top.
Curious 20 know what Il could be,
he chopped the tree down Words
can't express the establishment Of
Uncle 81 when he discovered that the
strange object was the skin Of a ire
mendous frog, one leg Of which was
fast TO and part Of the top Of a branch
OF the tree.
uncle 81 was puzzled. but the min
ute Il came TO him that the tree was
a willow and that Il had been a VII.
low tree from which he cut the wood.
en- leg Tor Joshua years before, all was
plaln.
ITS lost Joshua. said he. and bic
wooden legi'
"And 80 Il Was The poor frog had
got stuck by bis wooden les 10 tbs
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

mlrc OF the swamp that day no pad
died over 70 resume his frogging. Ho
couldn't extricato himself. and there
he died.
The willow cutting had taken root
there. Of course. and had grown with
the years. lifting Joshua along with II.
and preserving hts skin with tho tan.
min IN its sap. Uncle ~ had thought
the world OF Joshua while alive. and
so ! always thought Il was queer the
eso he put the skin 10 after he took
Il home. He sewed up the mouth aud
used the skin for a feed bag for
years.
Wonderful. wonderful. how willow
win take root and thriyel Simply
wonderful"
The Hon. LATE Gleason couldn't
deny Il. and Col. Ed Gilmore. seeing
there was a frog in Col. Jones's throat.
sent Sharkey, the proud waiter. with
a wireless message 20 Jimmy Gray at
the high BAH Fefectory-New York
Sun.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

The Jungfrau boring. which may
fairly be said TO rival the simplon tun-
mel. Is approaching completion. la
this case, however, the boring Is up,
instead Of through the mountain. A
height OF 3.i00 yards has already been
reached, and there still remains about
100 yards 10 bore. The aim Is to get.
by q f~unieular line. 10 the Mer dc
Glace, which Offers one Of the anest
panoramas OF scenery in the world.
The boring. which will be the highest
In Europe, Will be finished In time for
the railway 20 be opened ht the end
OF 1906. Contrary 10 medical anticipa-
tons. the men enjoy splendid health
working AZ the present great elsva-
ton
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

Here is a summary OF the Salvation
army operations IN the social side:
There are $50 food shelter depots.
with accommodation for 1850. and
no fewer than 4.573.OoO beds have
been provided during the last year.
There are seventeen prison-gats
homes. with accommodation for 6a6.
and 2.Oe0 satisfactory cases have been
passed through them during the last
twelve months. There are 1I6 rescue
homes accommodating ais. and 800
satisfactory cases have been passed
through. while the eighteen land col.
onies contain 20 ,1b2 acres. and give
temporary employment, 70 $1,000 men.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

Just before his nrat election 20 the
United States senate the late Senator
Vest went 20 q uou OF MissouriAns
with votes. Following a competitor
who had talked three mortal hours,
Vest spoke for three minutes, con.
GLIDING with these words: "Aa for
myself, ! have to say. with the full
knowiedge that the pledge now
make viii Influence your votes to-mor.
row, that n | am elected 70 the United
States senate during my entire term
shall draw my pay regularly like a
gentleman and spend II like a thor.
oughbred." He vas elected and
served the state for t~wenty.four
years"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

Gen. Herman HAupt. now in his
eighty-eighth year. IL the oldest living
graduate OF West Point. having been
appointed At the age OF 10 by Andrew
Jackson. He had entire charge o. all
the military railroads Of the federal
government In the civil war. and IN
twelve hours was promoted By Stan
ton from plain Nr. Hsupt TO BrEadier
General Haupt, beating ali records.
He has t~hirty-hve grandchildren and
his family connection number sixty
one.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

Il may surprise a good many 81 thu
younger American citizens 20 learn
that there was a Davis and Parker
presidential ticket Ia this country thir
ty-tpo years before the proseg, re-
verse combination appeared In 1871
David Davis OF Illinois wa dominated
Tor president by what was called the
Labor Reform party. which held ia
convention In Columbus o. his run
ming mate was Governor Joel Parker.
Of Connecticut That vas the year
when the Democratic national conYcn.
ton chose a. its presidential condt
date Horace Greeley.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

frogs lived, and where no man could
get while Uncle 81 just stood and
stared after him with bullying eyes
and open mouth.
"~Joshua's gone craEyi' said he.
The strain has been too much for
Joshua. and he's lost his mindl'
And that's the way Il looked. too,
but II wasn't 80. as Uncle 81 discov-
cred when Joshua came sailing back
by and by. having In tow a frog al
most as big as himself with the fan
nel-haited hook In its Jaw!
Joshua had made up his mind that
he'd had about enough OF the sass of
those frogs out In the swamp. and lad
rugged himself up with a hook and
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01
LEARNING THINGS


We Are All In the Appreciates Glass.
When = simple change o. diet
brings back health and happiness Tho
story is briefly told. A lady OF
Springfield. M. says AFTER being
Rmicted FOR years with nervousness
and heart trouble. / received a shock
four years ago that ieh ne IN such
a condition that my life was despalred
o. ! could set no relief from doctors
Hnr from the numberleas heart ana
nerve medicines I tried because I
didnt know hat tia coneo was daily
putting me back more than the Drh.
could put me ahead.
FINALLY az the request of a friend I
Jeff on coffee and began the use %
Postum and against my convictions I
gradually improved IN health until for
the past 8 or 5 months have been
entirely free from and
those terrible sinking, weakening
spells OF heart trouble.
MY troubles all came from the use
OF coffee which I had drunk from
childhood and yet they disappeared
when cult coffee aud took up the
use OF Postum" Name given BY
Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
Many people marvel Al The enects
Of leaving on coffee n drinking
Postum but there Il nothing marvel.
Gus about it-only common sense.
Coffee is a deatroyer-Postum 10 .
rthnllder. That's the reason,
Look In each pkg. for the famous
little book The Road 10 Wenrilla~
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-09-01

Clarence Ludlow BroWnell, IN his
recently published book on Japan. says
that the death rate for children Is
lower Ia Japan than Il h In Europe
and America. This Is a. Il should be
In a country where the houses are on
the ground a foot or two and have no
cellars and the air inside Is a. fresh
a. II Is out; where, too. In such places
at least az Toxic. every one battles
and has a rood serubbing eyery day.
From soO.ooo 20 1000. 600 persona 10
70 the public baths OF the capital daily
and there are tens Of thousands OF pri.
yato baths besides