The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-07

very little interest in it. Whatever is
done the roads will continue to take
all the traffic will bear There never
would have been merger suit If an
agreement could have been reached
among the pirates as to the division OF
the spoils. There will be no reduction
/ in the spoiis whether Morgan and Hill
or Hartman and Rockefeller get con-
troll. The object Of all is to bleed the
west for the benefit Of the millionaires
/ of the east. Therefore the average,
toiling citizen has just about as much
interest in that fight as he has in the
fight going on In Thibet.
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"VOte 'er straight" was the watch
word in Lincoln during the week.
Scores of carriages were driven up
and down the streets all day Tuesday
on which there were large cards with
the words: "Vote the Straight Re-
publican Ticket" Candidates for Of
fee on that ticket, although there ia
a 1900 republican majority in the city,
continue to spend many times as much
as the salaries amount to to get
elected. There are great public utility
corporations here whose interests are
to be looked after. That is what
|'"vote 'er straight means.
A special correspondent In Japan,
writing to The Outlook, says: "As a
first step towards providing the sin
ews of war, tho government has de-
cided to tax all government salaries
from ten to twenty per cent. This
touches every poorly paid public school
teacher in the empire, and every one.
of the many tens of thousands of Off
Gals Of the central and local govern
ments. Men whose salary is more
than 80 yen ($40 Americana per month
will have twenty per cent deducted.
Salaries of 81 to 80 yen will contribute
fifteen per cent, and those of less than
30 yen ($15), the vast majority, ten per
cent. This regulation goes into effect
from March 1. 1t will be accepted
without murmur." What would our
officeholders think Of such tax as
that? During the civil war they all
demanded increased pay, and IL such
a thing should be attempted now, the
supreme court would jump into the
breach and announce that any tax on
incomes Is unconstitutional.
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Another war has been started which
will fill much space in the American
newspapers and attract attention of
the people while the trusts perfect
their plans for holding the govern
ment. This war is in far away Thibet
on the table lands of cold AMI desola-
ton. elevated far above the level of
the sea and known as the backbone of
the world. The British have taken adj
vantage of the Japanese war to push
the frontiers of India into the
sphere Of Russian influence" An ex-
petition has crossed the Himalayas
and one battle Las been fought where
it was SO cold that tho Maxim guns
could not be used because the oil of
the machinery was CONCEALED and was
as hard as iron. The Thibetans were
defeated and 400 were left dead on
the field, while the British loss was
about dozen. The dispatch says:
after the action there were heaps. OF
dead and a long trail of dead and
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Thibetans were armed with old match
locks.
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The Springfield Republican, in dis
cussing the sending by the republic
cans of Kansas such "a scalawag' as
Burton to the senate, says that he
rode in on the wave of the reaction
from pOpulism," but "the populist
senators had at least been honest"
and that "a fresh light has been
thrown upon the causes of the great
populist uprising in Kansas ten and
fourteen years ago." The Inderen-
dent wishes to inform the Republican
that there Is just as much need now
and just as great a cause for another
populist uprising in Kansas as there
was ten and fourteen years ago. It's
coming, too.
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II Is announced that J. Pierpont
Morgan Will soon change his resi-
dcnce from this country to London.
He Is making extensive and costly adj
iitions 10 his West End London house
and will gather there hts art treas
ures which have cost him millions.