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


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Hill was elected governor of New
York. A vacancy occurring on tie
supreme bench while Hill was gov
ernor, Parker was appointed to the
place as reward for his work as
Hills campaign manager. Proving
perfectly acceptable to the million
aires and great corporations, Parker
was afterwards elected to that posi-
ton. That is all that any one knows
about Judge Parker.
The news Of the battle between the
English and Thibetans sounds very
much like the cablegrams we used to
receive from the Philippines. Four
hundred Thibetans killed, twelve En-
glish wounded and none killed. I'M
perialism is very much the same ev-
erywhere.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has won its case against the an
thracite coal trust in the supreme
court of the United States and GODS
trustee, Mr.. Baer, and the other coal
monopolists will have to bring in their
books and contracts into court aid
show up. This is the case brought by
William Randolph Hearst.
| The supreme court did not break the
long line of presidents hat have come
down for nearly hundred years In
the merger decision. 1t never yet has
made a decision against the party in
power on any important question, even
when it had to reverse itself to Keep
in line. as in the greenback and In
come tax cases.
They are saying down in New York
now that il an earthquake should
strike the district of tall buildings,
the brick and mortar in the skyscrap-
ers would fall out, but the steel
frames would stand. As the brick and
mortar would cover the street ten feet
deep, how the standing Of the steel
frames would better matters is hard to
see.
| Since the merger decision was
handed down there has been great
deal said about a strict and a liberal
construction of the constitution. The
phrase. "strict construction" simply
means that the constitution shall bt
enforced. Liberal construction
means that it shall not be enforced
!. and that is all there is to this lega
phraseology.
Captain Cowles the presidents bro
ther-in-law, was the commander O
the Missouri when it rammed and al
most sank the Illinois. A board O
officers was convened and reported
that no one was to blame. Now Their
| is a big row in navy cilcles and siren
uous demands that a court-martia
shall be convened and the matter in
! vestigated.
) 1t seems that "the gentleman
agreement which was entered inu
between Hartman and Hill concern
/, ing the distribution of the stock tina
: went into the securities company, lik
so many others of the same kind, ha
been broken up and Hartman an
Hill are at work again. 1t is abou
, time that all these parties had foun
2 out that it was impossible to max
: a "gentleman's agreement" among
= lot of pirates. Whatever the nam
q given the agreement, it is a pirates
, agreement after all and nothing mor'
. The Chicago Tribune OF last Monda
!, announced that twenty years ago Il
day the Bland seigniorage bill for tt
= creation of fiat money was killed
the house by republican votes"
does not follow that statement by I'll
fact that during the las, few years II
republicans have coined every dolls
OF that "seigniorage" and create
more fiat silver money than Blan
ever dreamed of. or that the issue
fiat" national bank notes just
present breaks all previous record
Nor does II tel It's readers that tn
"hat" silver and fiat rag none,