The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-02-22
Personal Points


When Pat Grove was acquitted
on the charge of kidnapping Ed
ward Cudahy, jr., he was asked if
he believed the jurors were convinced
that he had nothing To do with the
kidnapping, and here Is what the Hon.
Mr.. Grove said: Il don't know what
they thought, any more than you do.
| am satisfied of one thing-there
are good many people In the world
who like to eat meat once or twice
day, and they don't like to be robbed
every time they put piece of it in
their mouths. Cudahy is on trial right
now in Chicago, and 1t is because peo-
pie don't like the way he got his mon
ey any better than the way he lost
it. Say, it strikes me as sort of funny
that Cudahy is raising the point over
there that he gave out confidential
information to the attorney general
and does not think it ought to be used
against him. That is the very point
that we were contending for in my
trial, but Cudahy didn't seem to think
very much of the idea before he got
over to Chicago
The gas bag of Mr.. Mortensen's CUB
ernatorial airship has been punctured
in midair and the crssWIlile difigible
balloon refuses to answer to its steer
ing gear. Will the brave aeronaut,
who has ventured forth into unknown
space to attain the empyrean of his
hilton hn ohio n ID, iaf-
ly to the earth again? His friends
are really much worried at his plight.
They should advice him by megaphone
not to try landing in state position,
but to steer direct ror Washington.
When Peter Mortensen sailed away
into the blue ether, confident and
happy, hugging to his breast the fond
delusion that he was eligible for the
governorship, some arrant knave re-
moved Nebraska from under him, and
there is no telling where Peter will
hit the earth, but to man up tree
1t looks as if he were going to hit it
hard somewhere.
The latest news gives the following
intelligence as to John D. Rockefel-
ler's Whereabouts: He is resting
calmly at Lakewood, N. j.; he is dis
guised as a sailor and is in Savannah,
Ga; had his hair curied at Wood
mansie, N. j., and paid a high price;
seen at daybreak taking a brisk walk
near Lakewood; not on the yatch
Diana according to cable message
from San Juan De Porto Rico; reliable
citizen says he has gone into hiding
in Missouri as the best means of
throwing Hadley Off the track; seen
aboard Standard Oil tug off New Jer-
sey coast; appeared in Oconomowoc,
Wis. and asked this witty question:
Why is a subpoena server? He de-
clared that he was gong west, east
north and south from OconOmowoc
Personally or by means of press
bureaus the republican potentates are
booming themselves for office. Some
are lured into the limelight by the
senatorship; but most of them the
governorship allures. About one thing,
however, all of them are harmonious.
They agree that they must have rail
way support if they are to gain what
they desire. Time was, not so long
ago, when there was considerable talk
of the reform element in the republi-
can part winning the supremacy, but
there seems to be chastened disposi-
ton among republicans to accept cor
poration guidance. The republican in
FAINT finds it a terrifying thing to walk
without such support and has toddled
back into the protecting arm of it's
ancient guardian.
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