The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-01

scores of persons are arraigned In
day for trivial offences. Judge Mum
ger is acting in the capacity OF JUS
tice of the peace, with the exception
that he don't allow any jury TRIALS.
He attends to the whole matter him
self. He issued an injunction which
declared a whole lot Of acts crimes
that are not crimes under any statute
law. That is, he made lot OF laws
himself, and now he is trying Offenders
against those laws which he himself
made, without a jury. That is what
government by injunction has done IN
Nebraska and Is what it does in every
state. A federal judge brings himself
into contempt when he establishes
what is known in the army as sum-
mary court" before whom petty Of
tenders are brought and disposed OF
with all necessary dispatch. But
federal judge these days will debase
himself in any manner that corpora
lions and trusts demand. In the old
days before the whole bench was dis
.graced by devotion to plutocracy, it
would not have been safe for lawyer
to even suggest to judge that he sit
as summary court and play the part
OF justice of the peace. To be a
federal judge in those days was to oc-
cupy a place bonored by all men. But
things are different now.
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Corney says that socialism is "the
! hand of the state is stretched out, not
| only over private property but over
| every individual who would work, rest
travel, eat, sleep, make love, or act
4 at the pleasure of the commanding
power, for whom the ideal happiness
| will be to elect his guards and jail
| ers.' That seems to just about cove
the point. That is the socialists ideal
The associate editor knows Of jus
such a community, and though the IN
formation is not to be given out pub
Ilcly, he will furnish the information
of the whereabouts of this communit.
by private letter to all who desire I,
enter. He can suggest to all such in
quirers a plan by which entrance cal
be had to this community free of al
cost. But the information given mus
be strictly private and respected a
confidential.
4 Wiltshire said in the August mum
Der of his magazine: "The populis
movement is dead, and il there is an
/ mistake in this belief then the mex
|; election will decide very distinctly.
: Mr.. Wiltshire and his wife, mos
lovely woman, sat on the platform a
: the populist meeting at Cooper Unto
] which was crowded to the doors wit
. enthusiastic, shouting populists. The
!, sought an introduction to the edite
l of The Independent, but the crowd an
e the necessity for hurried move
the hotel where the reception VIZ
held, prevented any conversation e,
cept the most conventional words /
greeting. The editor wanted to as
: Mr. Wiltshire ii he still held the san
opinion concerning the death Of Il
populist movement. but had no oppo
: tunity.
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The Wall Street Journal sends for
wall on account of the great increa
in the supply of gold. 1t says. 'Th
the great gold production has
changed the standard of value as
have disturbed prices and reduced Il
purchasing power of the dollar Fol
and eight years ago the Journal wi
foremost among those that insist'
that gold had an intrinsic vail
that never changed The blackness
the lies that the plutocratic press di
tributed to the people during the la
two presidential campaigns will dar
; en- the pages of history for ten cet
! turtles to come
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. The Independent sends its commi
" serations to Judge Parker He had