The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-02-18

and Lincoln are brought upon the car
pet, charged with accepting immoral
| advantages in form of rebates, special
favors from railroads and of crushing
| weaker competitors, ETC., and etc.,
which, if true as it undoubtedly is,
gives the force of truth to the conten-
ton of the Bee and supplies as well
the further automatic 1nsistence that
those who seek equity must them
selves have their hands clean, and,
also, that it is only those who are
not also guilty that may throw stones.
Having read these recent criminal
tious and determinations of the Bee
and Herald, you have perhaps noticed
that the latter journal, speaking to
the negative case, does not deny the
char ge made by the Bee against the
wholesale business men and jobbers,
ETC., save by the innuendo contained in
its retort, "that it is rather severe ar
raignment of the wholesale jobbers Of
Omaha and Lincoln and expect
that you will properly conclude that
Mr. Rockefeller also regards It as
rather a severe arraignment" in his
own case and only justiies by the re-
sulting fruits OF their respective
round ups" These controversialists,
in fnrtherance of their contentious
and in quest Of corrallaries, bring also
before the tribune of public conscience
certain other media of obtaining pub
lie funds, such as fines imposed upon
the business of the women in red,
saloon licenses taxes on spirits and
beer, fines imposed In police and
higher courts for crimes and misie-
meanors, all of which, it is not de-
MED, go into the public exchequer to
be disbursed in all the various details
of local, state and national govern
ment, the modicum of which is also
specially set apart for maintenance of
our schools of all grades.
You have no doubt thought it
with his knowledge Of the various
theses of economics and topsy -turvy
tax and other gigantic business meth
DDS of the hour, the Grass strenuous
ness that bids defiance to honor, has
not taken the whole matter up, alb
initio, and read the dissentors a cur
tain lecture upon the rottenness of
organized society, the organic injus-
tice upon which our present system
Of taxation Is based, the great inc
qualities in social life and business
vacations which have been necessarily |
engendered thereby and declare. as
well lie might, that this state univer-
slty embrolio is mess brewed by So
ciety itself to which all the carrion |
birds of crime have brought their
apologize condiments to Jlspel it's
putrid taste and odor that smells |
aloud to heaven. The chancellor's |
moral character in all the past does
not warrant you as regents and trus- |
tees to assume in advance that be-
cause of his procurement of this dona-
ton from Mr.. Rockefeller as matter
of expediency, that he will impose the
vicious, ignoble methods of society's
oil king upon those who enter that |
pagoda of immoral procurement for
instruction, that morals in business I
is an inocuous iesuetude, obsolete and
to be regarded only as a Bible fetish.
No; those of us who know him are
dos III GU VI lie reverse dud lIdJ DIS
chancellor of Brown, or of our pagoda,
the philanthrOpies of men whose ways
are dark and dangerous to the veal
OF society will not dissuade him from
a most scathing rebuke where censure /
is que. The open door has no terrors
for him. To be sure, there was a bet
ter way: the attitude of the chancellor
as solicitor of this gift is unquestion-
ably wrong, nor should you permit its
now. The chancellor
should have advised you, as he is
well qualified to do, of the only just
and scientific system of taxation for
this and all other purposes and have
deferred this addition until the state
did provide the funds. But as to the
OF this particular fund the
same may be said of all our state
funds because of the manner in which
they are levied, operating to discour-
age industry and thrift, promoting
land monopoly that denies ZONES for
millions Of people and promoter OF
rity slnms. levies blaekmai upon oil
our social betterments nv which So
rietv at large becomes silent partner
In all xlrp furnishing M eanifal shar-