The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-05-12

any war correspondents any where
in the world. 1t must be said, how
ever, that their reports are fairly un-
biased and much more reliable than
most Of the war news from the seat
OF war in the Orient. 1t Is the gen.
eral concensus of opinion that while
the labor unions have made some
ridiculous demands. called strikes
when there was no necessity for such
action and done many things that
they ought not to have done, yet pri-
marily>the whole trouble was caused
by the corporations bribing legisla-
tors to repudiate the constitutional
amendment establishing eight hours as
days work for persons employed in
underground mines, or other UNDER
ground workings, blast furnaces, smell
tiers and any ore reduction works or
other branch OF industry or labor that
the general assembly might consider
Injurious or dangerous to health, life
or limb. That constitutional amend
ment received 1890 votes as against
1926 opposed, but the mine owners
by lobbying, bribing and distributing
other species of graft, managed to
thwart public sentiment by substituting
the legislature, and thus precipitated
the trouble that has led to military oc-
equations, the suspension Of the writ
Of habeas corpus and the splitting OF
all Colorado. into two bitter factions.
If labor unionist gets mad, knocks
a "scab" down or commits any other
violation OF the law, the capitalists are
quick to appeal to courts and cry. aloud
for law and order. But they them
selves are constantly violating consti-
tutions and laws and committing
greater crimes than the unionists were
ever guilty Of, Bribing legislature Is
a far greater crime than knocking
down non-union laborer Taken al
together, 1t has. knocked business out
and given Colorado reputation that
will be curse to the state for years
to come.
The great republican dailies are fill
ing many columns with fulsome praise
of Judge Parker intermingled with
denunciations of Bryan and the Kan
sas City platform. The Chicago Trib-
une in speaking Of Parker says: "Few
men can Withstand the charm of his
manner" and lot more stuff of that
character. 1t declares that If any of
the anarchistic doctrines of that Kan
sas City platform were re-adopted and
Parker nominated, he would instantly
send telegram refusing to run. Why
are the republicans so anxious that
Parker should be nominated by the
democrats? Can any one tell?
There has been lot OF shooting in
and around the republican primaries
in West Virginia. In one instance the
shooting began the night before and
the papers says that there was no
primary held at that place the next
day. They did not say whether or not
all the republican voters in both fac
lions were killed or wounded and no
primary was held because there were
no republican voters.
About the worst fake that ever APP
peared in newspaper was published
In great many dailies last Sunday
II purported to be an interview, giving
the exact words of Russell Sage. Any
man with ordinary knowledge of Eng
lis hwould know that 1t was written
by a trained writer who was accus-
toned to look closely at the construc-
ton Of his sentences and who had had
long practice. No amateur In the
world could use English as carefully
and as accurately. The whole article
was an advertisement OF the steel trust
which In exceedingly anxious to work
on some more OF lbs 'undigested se-
curities.'
The English protest against Chinese
slavery In South Africa grows louder
each day and all South Africa Ii up in
arms against II. At meeting at
Johannesburg Of 5000 citizens there
were only two In favor OF II. The own
ers Of the gold mines are the only
ones who have advocated II and they
do II because. they say. that white
labor IL too expensive.
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