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

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will draw her back salary from 1892
and remain on the rolls as teacher.
In the first editorial correspondence
from New York the fact was stated
that Tom Plat had been endorsed
and that Odell was now the republic
can boss in that state. Last Sunday
tho Chicago dailies got onto that bit
of news for the first time and an
noanced it in scare-heads. Senator
Plat was SO thoroughly beaten, he
did not even make an attempt to get
into the meeting of the state COM
mILtee. Odeil was there on proxy
ano ran things to suit himself.
During the week two very disastrous
fires occurred. A large part of the
city of Rochester, N. Y, burned down
resulting in loss Of $2,5O0,000. The
capitol of the state of Wisconsin also
burned. This building cost $1,000,000
and is total loss. Most Of the yalu-
able records were saved.
The rapidity with which imperial
ism advances in this country is
enough to make every American cry
out. May the good Lord defend u.s.
There are to be four great statues
erected. In Washilgton--one of Caes-
al, one of Alexander the Great, one OF
Napoleon and one of Frederick the
Great. Baron Sternberg. the German
ambassador, Secretary Taft and Gen.
ara nv>yA hAt Ifv,<r
tation over the matter last week and
they settled upon the location. Ii
such proposition as that had beer
made to Abraham Lincoln, what kind
OF a reception would it have received?
Fairy, the organizer of the Citi-
zens Industrial Union; Parry who was
going to destroy all labor Organiza-
tlons, got caught in his own trap. He
would not have union man in his
employment. All his force were there
fore non-union men. The other day
they organized strike and the whole
lol of them quit work at once. As he
has sworn that he will never deal
with committee, but with individuals
only, he has 10 way of getting at them
and SO his whole plant lies idle with
no prospect OF opening up.
Fuel" a journal published at Chi
cagO, desires Ito call attention Of the
daily press TO the careless and UNI
businesslike way in which it collects,
prepares and distributes news mat
ter" The Independent has been call
Ing attention to that same thing for
the last ten or twelve years, and
sometimes has been so enraged over
the lies and misrepresentation that
it puts out as news that it has been
hard to refrain from using "cuss
wolds" when speaking about it. But
tn. daily press is just as vie AZ it
ever was, with no signs of improve
ment.
II depends upon where you are what |
the words tariff reform" mean. Joe
calls MS protection |
scheme in England tariff reform"
Billion dollar appropriations by con-
gross are not all made up Of extraya- |
CANT appropriations to sustain a |
world power" by increasing the army |
anG navy, but they go down into ev-
cry detail of expenditure. Imperial
ism calls for style" everywhere. A
recent investigation showed that TIE
expenditure by cabinet ministers for
horses, carriages and liveried drivers
was running up to an enormous
The duty of making social
calls in state carriages has largely
increased since we went into this i'm
'er.alism business. The account of
ne cabinet officers STANDS at present
Is follows:
Horses. Carriages Cost. Driv'rs.