The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-05-19

Is now in the United States. Since the
public ownership of municipal utili-
E ties has become general in that conn-
try, q public officer would no more
think of stealing from the public funds
than be would of any business house
and il he did. the same condign pun
4 ishment would be visited upon him.
lust as long as there are pubic utlll-
ties In private hands that require the
exercise of governmental functions
tor their operation, tne grating In
this country will never grow less.
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Prof Parsons says In me arena
that the capture Of the government OF
New Zealand was the work OF the
union at the polls of the small farm
erg. merchants manufacturers ana
Workingmen, and the men in small
business Of all sorts. That sort OF
combination must be affected in this
country before any reform can be at
tanned, and to accomplish 1t the peo-
pies party was organized.
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The republican papers are talking
again about the financial blight ana
industrial depression that followed the
election Of the last democratic presi-
dent They tell the people that just
such distress will occur again II the
republicans are ever beaten. Tnere
was a blight and much distress, but
II was caused by the democratic presl-
dent continuing the republican poll
cies Growers financial policy was
supported by all the republican lead
ers and Germans tariff bill increased
protection. What else could have fol-
lowed than financial blight and dis
tress?
About the most disgusting writing
lii the republican papers these days
4 are The horror they assume when
speaking Of the amount of money that
Hearst is expanding in controlling
conventions. The men who write these
things are the ones who debauched the
whole nation. not only buying con-
yentiOns. but hundreds OF thousands
4 Of votes, the press and the pulpit and
everything else that was for sale.
Where Hearst has spent thousand,
they have spent a million for the
same purposes
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The French are SO delighted to get
rid Of the Panama canal by showing
It onto the hands of the people of the
United States that it has made Bu-
neau-Varilla member of the Legion
OF Honor. Buneau was the sprightly
\ Frenchman that got up a rebellion,
appointed a government came to
Washington as its minister, got his
government recognized by Roosevelt,
sold strip of Panama to the United
States, for $10,OOO,0OO, got $4G,0000 600
for worthless ditch and then skipped
cut. Fer these performances the
French place him among the MINOR
tails
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Rosewater says '"Ihe Philippine
regulations have proved to be entire
ly satisfactory and most beneficial in
results. Who has been benefited?
Those reg ,.lasion3 have cost the tax
payers of the United States something
over $400,000,000 and what nave We
ever got in return? The other day
two officers and seventeen men were
killed in an ambush by the Moros and
such things are constantly happening,
although no display heads are put over
the cablegrams announcing the facts.
II such a thing had happened in Man
churia it would have been announced
In all the papers in big, blaek-faeed
type Instead of being benefit the
Philippine business is constant loss
$4,000
The Omaha Credit Bureau Is pub
fishing the names of 1000 delnquents
who have failed to pay their bills. II
the dinner pals down that way are
full then the contents have never
been paid for The same sort OF thine
seems 10 be true In the higher circles
for Dun and Bradstreet do not fail Il
remark each week that collection.
are bad"
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II II said that four OF the i've ia
pancse admirals are members OF tn
Christian church. Three OF them arr
4 Presbyterian elders and are firm be
4 IipyprH fu "thn perRevarNuCe ul tn,