The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-02-23


bills ready at the beginning of the spe-
ciai session that is to be called in Oc-
tober Roosevelt expects this ways
and means committee to sit through
the summer and come in at the special
session with bill already prepared to
revise the tariff" The sort of re-
vision that DalzelI Grosvenor and that
crowd will agree to will be a revision
upwards.
Judge Swayne's defense for charging
$40 day for personal expenses and
riding On railroad passes is that all
the rest OF the federal judges do the
same thing. That such defense before
the American grand dukes will be
good, no one can doubt.
One Of the most alarming signs of
the coming war between the president
and senate, is the belief expressed by
some OF the senators that John Hay is
not infallible. Until the San Domingo
treaty came up to express such be-
lief as that was looked upon as treason.
1tOOoCNClI LIDS llUW Uc6u huOCkGu OUT
seven times. The record of the bouts
are as follows: Fences on the public
lands, beef trust, reciprocity, tariff re-
vision, international arbitration and
last OF all the Panama canal commits
sion. The president demanded the ca
nal commission to be abolished and he
given the power to appoint competent
man to go ahead and build the canal
The present commission, each mem
Der of which is drawing a salary of
$4,000 year, is scattered all over the
country and gives little if any attention
to the building of the canal. When the
matter came before the senate the
president was privately informed that
it would pass no such bill and that the
present commission would continue in
office. Seven times knocked out! What
will Teddy do next?
The Emperor William is going into
populism wholesale. His government
is pushing bill through the reichstag
taking over and constructing all the
canals in the empire at a cost of about
$335,O0O,0O0. The only opposition to
the bills comes from those who think
that railroads can be built just as
cheap and do better work.
Four state legislatures and the gen.
eral government are investigating the |
Standard Oil trust at the present time.
1t does not appear to The Independent |
that the need of the hour is investi-
cation. Action is what is needed. |
Even the ordinary man knows what the
methods of the Standard Oil company
are, and he knows that they are in
violation of law. The general gov
eminent and the state should go at it
and see that the laws are enforced and
that would end the whole matter.
The governor of West Virginia has
sent message to the legislature, ac-
cusing it in the plainest words of cor
ruption. Will the West Virginia leg
islature follow the precedent set by
the legislature of Illinois and expel the
man who made the charge?
Oregon's senate has passed resolu-
ton of confidence N United States SEN
ator Mitchell, just as the republican
members Of the Wyoming legislature
have voted confidence in Senator War
rem, against whom charges are likewise
made of malfeasance in office A re-
publican legislature can generally be
relied upon to stand pat. The fact that
there were half dozen Indictments
against Senator Mitchell,
did not phase that Oregon republican
legislature. 1t was bound to stand
pat" anyhow.
The Steel trust sells armor plate to
Russia, OF precisely the same quality,
for $500 ton less than it sells it to
Uncle Sam. Yet the daily papers will
denOunce as a copper head or liktle