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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-03
HARRIS OF KANSAS

The nomination of eX-United States
| Senator William A. Harris for the
office of governor by the democrats
of Kansas is most significant at this
time, and practically insures victory
for the party in the state. With such
man at the head of the ticket, the
party needs no platform. The name
of the candidate is not only a plat
form in itself, but gives undoubted
assurance of the good faith of the
party that nominated him.
The Independent congratulates the
party on it's wise and patriotic action,
and predicts success for the ticket.
The writer was in the city of Wash
ington during Mr.. Harris's services
in the house of representatives and
in the senate of the United States,
and can testify from personal knowl-
edge to the great ability, exalted
courage and answering devotion of
Mr.. Harris, as congressman and SEN
ator, to the best interests of both the
people of Kansas, and of the nation
at large.
Mr.. Harris is an unpretentious man.
in manner dignified and mild, but in
the line of his duty he is ever ready
ati0 Ia'
it. He is firm, resolute and resource
full, tactful aud cannot be brow beaten,
bullied Or wearied in congressional
battle.
These qualities while essential to
success in great deliberative bodies,
and which Mr.. Harris possesses In a
superlative degree, are not the dis
tinguishing characteristic of the great
Kansan. The distinguishing cnarac-
teristic of Mr. Harris is his grasp of
great questions involving the interests
Of the plain people of the country
and his unfaltering devotion to those
! INTERESTS.
Newspaper correspondents who were
at the national capital from 1892 to
1894 will not soon forget Harris of
Kansas. Mr.. Harris was the I'M
heralded and least known member of
the populist contingent. He quietly
pursued the even tenor of his way
without seeking notoriety, or need
lessly obtruding himself upon the pub
lie gaize. And, during his first year
in congress unless one happened to
be present in the house of represen-
tatives during roll call, or CHANGED
to glance through the congressional
directory, he would have remained
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PARTY LINES WEAKENING

The evidences of the emancipation
of voters from party bondage that
fill the land and the shaking of the
citadels of the party bosses. called
forth a wall of lamentatiOn from
Secretary Shaw last week. The Sec
rotary Of the treasury of the United
States addressing the state league of
republican clubs at st. Louis said:
Prominent If not paramount among
the political evils which confront u.s.,
/ count the trend towards the oblitera-
ton of party lines" Maddened by an
uncomfortable ambition for the presi-
dency, but not insensible to the
change in public opinion that is TAX
ing place, Mr.. Shaw wildly rushes
into the lime light of public gaze, and
exhibits himself as a colossal politi-
cal misfit, and in so doing contributes
momentum to the very thing he
deprecates, by giving the weight Of
his authority to the fact he SO bit
terly bewails.
Facts are stubborn things. They
exist independent of the will of man.
And, the test of intellectually among
men is the power to note facts, colate
them and draw correct differences
from them.
Man is a gregarious animal The
social instinct in him is controlling
one. And, no evidence exists of any
change in his nature from the begin
ming, and certainly no intimation is
discernible of coming change.
Therefore, the secretary OF the treas
ury may calm his fears and quiet
his soul over the phenomena of dis
solving party lines. It is the fore
runner of no disaster, but, on the con-
trary is the most healthful and re-
assuring sign of the times.
The American colonies broke the
chains of tradition and dissolved their
allegiance to King George only to
organize the great United States,
thus taking the greatest single step
in the history of the race towards
brotherhood The Shaws of those
days bewailed the trend of events as
bitterly and as impotently as did the
secretary at St. Louis. They were
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man toward a higher and better es-
tate.
The changes that were due in
America under King George could
only come about through the con-
vulsions of war, such were the con-
ditions to be overcome. Again when
the abolition of chattel slavery was
due, parties broke, geography pre-
cluded peaceful solution of the prob
lem, but freedom hesitated not, and
chat ancient and inherited evil was
blotted out with the blood of the
flower of American manhood
Today the Shaws may cry peace,
peace, but there is no peace while
the robbery of the masses goes on.
That the form in which robbery IS
practiced today is modern, complex
refined and without geographical di-
visions does not mitigrate the evil
or exempt it from the doom that
awaits it.
The commendable quality in human
nature that makes men partisans has
been subjected to too severe a strain.
The lapse of time, changed conditions
and new leadership have perverted
the parties to uses inimical to the
general good. Party idolatry was deep
seated, tenacious and confiding, and
for a generation the people followed
their party leaders blindly. 1t was
not until monopoly and industrial
despOtism with it's Millionaire and
host of multi-millionaires, the product
of system of legalized plumber, were
convicted at the bar of public opinion
of the foul crime of attempting to
subvert the popular will through the
corrupt use of millions In politics
that the scales began to drop from
the eyes of the masses.
OlitlCdl pdl lies DIRE WltuOuI circuit
with the people. Not alone because
their platforms have been faulty but
because the leaders have been ne
glectful of every interest of the plain
people.
Politics for many years has been
huge game between the leaders of
the traditional parties, each set play
ing their following against that of
the other for positions of power, with
no intention of keeping faith with the
voters, but on the contrary for the
purpose Of trading their influence to
the powerful and predatory corpora
lions for political support and cam
paign funds with which they hoped
to continue themselves in office.
1t is now sixteen years since an
open and widespread revolt against
dishonest politics manifested itself.
But, conditions for time proved I'M
favorable to the masses and favor
able to the politicians. The unex-
pected and abundant supply OF gold
relieved the situation by furnishing
sufficient new money to not only
maintain, but to give an upward trend
to the worlds prices thus eliminating
a question which caused much confu-
sion in the public mind, and restor-
ing conditions for general prosperity.
The plain people were now again able
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and let stand in the cellar or other cold
place to ripen: il is best to freeze an
ice two hours before it is to be served.
Select a bunch Of asparagus having
large tips Boil carefully in sailed wa
ter until just tender, then drop into Ice
water until chilled. Do this about two
hours before the meal. Drain and dry
and keep separate, then cut about three
gently on soft cloth. Cut off the tips
and keep separate then cut about three
inches Of the tender stalks in bits the
size of peas. Prepare a French dress
ing with a half teaspOOufUI of salt, a
quarter of a teaspOOnful of white pep
per, four tablespOOnfuls Of olive oil and
one tablespoonful of lemon juice.
Sprinkle this over the separate dishes
and place on ice. Just before dinner
lay on each salad plate a bIanChed let
tuce leaf: on this put a spoonful of the
stalks then one of the tins. Just be-
fore serving sprinkle again with dress
ing and gaTniSh with three or four
tiny red radishes. The cheese fingers
are to be ordered in carton from the
grocer.
The crown of lamb will need about
sixteen minutes TO the pound and an
extra allowance of ten minutes to heat
through Before putting in the oven
dredge with salt and pepper; haste sew
eTal times during cooking with mix
tuTe Of butter and water. When it
comes from the oven remove the pa
/ peTS from the bones and substitute Gf
you wish) little fancy frilIs which can
| be purchased from any caterer. Serve
with this cold mint sauce made with
a half cupful of chopped mint, a scant
/ cUpful of weak vinegar, three table
1 spOOnfuls of sugar and a dash Of pep
/ per-
The green peas are best cooked in
this way. For a quart, after Smelling
allow two tablespOOnfuls Of butter
Scant teaSDOOnful Of salt. a dash OF
/ pepper and a teaspOOnful of sugar.
4 Heat these together in a saucepan, add
the washed peas, cover and snake over
/ the hot fire for five minutes: then draw
/ back, add a few spOOnfuls of hot water
/ Gust enough to keep from bUrning).
and cook until tender, about half an
/ hour. From time to time a few spoon
/ fuls Of water may be added, but no
more than sufficient to keep from burn
/ ing.
/ The CLAIMS are ordered on the half
shell and are to be served with GUAR
I tered lemons and such other cODdi-
ments as are desired. For the small
Z sponge cakes beat together the yoIks
/ of six eggs and three-quarters of a
CUpful Of sifted powdered sugar until
very light and spOngy. Add alternate
/ ly the stiffiy whipped whites and one
cupful and a half of sifted pastry flour.
/ Lastly stir in a pinch of salt and the
/ juice and grated rind of a small lemon.
/ Divide this among we'll Outtered indi-
/ vidUal cake pans and bake in i mode
rate oven about twenty minutes. These
may be used when cold.
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you are now inspecting seemed TO be I
the end of the tunnel" continued Nr.
Peasley. The four SIDE walls were per-
feCtly smooth and UnbrOken, but down
at the bottom they found a pit which
had been filled with heavy stones They
supposed, Of course, that this was the
mummy pit, and that if they removed
the stones they would find some royal
remains at the other end Of the hole. /
So they worked day after day, lifting
out the bOulders. and finally they came
TO the end Of the pit and found tina {
they had drawn a blank. Naturally they
were Stumped. They thought they had
been exploring a tomb, but It was only
an ApTiI-fOol joke. One of the profess
sOrs was not satisfied. He felt sure that
there must be a royal cadaver tucked
in somewhere about the premises, so he
took a ladder and climbed around and
began tapping all over the walls Of this
second chamber. What do you think?
He discovered that the wall had a hOl-
low sound just opposite the tunnel at
which they had entered. So he used 4
battering ram and broke through into
the real tomb Yes, sir, these two
outer chambers, with their cheap stem
ell frescOes and fake mummy pit had
been a blind. After the FrenChmen got
through this Sealed-up wall they found
themselves in a great big corridor lead
the limit, from which another corridor
ed tC still another large chamber sur
rounded by smaller apartments, and in
this last room, in q great big granite
coffin, they discovered nobody more or
less than old AmenhCteU himself He
had been absolutely secure in his pTi-
vacy since 400 3. g. I will now show
YOU what they've done to him
We passed over a narrow wooden
bridge and entered the tunnel beyond
the second chamber. The whole place
was brightly Illuminated and one could
readily believe that he was in modern
hallway decorated in the most gOr-
geous Egyptian style. The bordering
frescoes and the historical paintings
were as fresh in tone as if they had
been put on only yesterday. One of the
larger chambers looked exactly like the
gaudy Oriental apartment Of a Par
isian New York hotel, and we shouldn't
have been surprised or displeased to
see a waiter come in with tray full
Of cool drinks.
At last we came to the tomb cham
Der. and there in a deep hollow, with a
modern wooden railing around it, re-
clined the great King AmenhOtep, with
the incandesCent lamps dangling
above him and flooding him in radiant
light. The original granite cover of
the outer case has been removed and
plate glass substituted. We leaned on
the rail and gazed down at the serene
cCuntenance Of the once mighty mon
arch who had been lying there for $500
years. The funeral garlands which had
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any solemn reflections. They were all
steaming hot. but very happy and hav-
ing lot of fun with the king. One en-
teTprising Yankee. who carried his coat
and vest on his arm. started to climb
over the wooden railing, i'm order to
make a close inspection of the mort
Uary remains, but was restrained by
the guards.
In one of the smaller rooms Just off
the royal tomb chamber there are three
mummies lying side by side with the
electric lights turned on them. It is
supposed that these were the servants
of the king, although a very late the
cry is that one of these is the mummy
of the great Queen Hatasoo, brought
here for safe keeping. Her tomb never
has been discovered. It is the Captain
Kidd treasure of the valley. She was
a woman of great pride and was a busy
builder throughout her long reign. and
therefore it is reasonably certain that
somewhere or other in this valley she
eXcavated and decorated tomb that
viii make all the others look common
place. The explorers intend to con-
tinue probing about in the valley until
they discover the gopher hole that leads
away to her underground temple
Mining for mUmmies is said to be an
exciting occupation, but it costs money
and there is no hope for any real prof
it. Those who put up the funds and
conduct the operations seek no reward
except the commentator of their fell
low students and the sweet knowledge
that they have helped to turn light on
the history of Egypt. For instance, all
of the priceless treasures Unearthed by
Mr.. Davis in 1905 were turned over to
the museum at Cairo It happened that
some of the smaller articles were dupIi-
Gated. and Mr. Davis was permitted to
keep a few Of these duplicates as a re-
ward for months of labor and a large
outlay Of capital.
After leaving the valley of tombs we
made a short cut over a very hot and
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choose to call him-and Mr.. Peasley
called him nearly eveTything-gave us
a lot of cheerful entertainment during
our four days in Luxor. Mr.. PeaSley
was in hot pursuit of guaranteed an
tiquitieS He said he had an old book
case at home which he was going to
convert into curio cabinet. There is
one dealer in Luxor who is said to be
absolutely trustworthy. He supplies
museums and private collections
throughout the world, ard if you buy a
scarab OF a carved image from him YOU
know that you have something genuine
and worth keeping. Mr.. Peasley in a
thOUghtless moment requested the dra-
CONAN to conduct US to this shop. We
went in and burrowed through the
heaps of tempting rubbish and began
to dicker for a lot of little images, tear
jars, amulets, etc. that are found in
the mummy cases. That dra CONAN
saw the covetOus CLEAN in the Peasley
eye and he knew that the man from
Iowa intended loading up with antiu-
uities. and he also knew that Mr. Peas
ley wished to do this purchasing sin
gle handed and without assistance of a
dragOman. who would come i'm for a
10 per cent commission. We told the
dealer we would drop around later. So
we went to the hotel and dismissed the
ragOman-tOld him to go home and get
a good nights rest and be on hand at
9 o'clock the next morning.
After we were safely i'm the hotel Mr..
Pessley confided his plans to me:
4 don't want to buy the stuff while
that Internal Mahmoud is along" he
said. Why should he get a rake-off?
We didn't go TO the shop on his recon-
mendation- Now, I'll go over there by
myself. pick out what 1 want and strike
a bargain
We offered to go along and assist, SO
we started up side street, and after
We had gene block Mahmoud stepped
out from a doorway and said: Come.
viii show you the way We told him
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we he'd just sduntered out for a breath
Of air. so we walked airhlessly around
block and were escorted back to the
hotel.
III go over there the first thing in
the morning" 5did Mr.. PeaSley. TIL
be there at O'Clock, because he isn't
que here until 9"
When he arrived at the shop early
next morning Nahmoud was standing
in the doorway wearing a grin of devil
ish triumph. Mr.. Peasley kept on walk
ing and pretending not to see MIN, bul
he came back to tue hotel mad ell the
way through
Were up against the oriental mind
reader, but I'll fool him yet" he de-
clared. when we come back to the
Motel Cor luncheon and ne is waiting
for rs with the ionkey boys on the east
side of the hotel We VIII go out the west
door to the river bank and cut south
around the Presbyterian mission and
come back to the shop"
M PeasIay did not know that Nah
noud had organized al the hotel serv-
ants into a private detective agency.
He must have known of our escape on
he river side before we had gone a
hundred feet from the hotel for when.
after executing our brilliant flank
movement we arrived at the shop Of
the antiquarian. MahmOud and the pro-
prietor were sitting in the front room
drinking Turkish coffee and waiting
for the prey to wander into the trap.
MabmOud did not seem surprised to see
Us. He babe us welcome. and said that
his friend the dealer was an F,gyptolO-
giSt whose guarantee was accepted by
every museum in the world and if we
were in the market for antiques he
would earnestly advise us to seek no
farther. After this evidence of close
and friendly understanding between The
draCOman and the dealer we had a feel
ing that MahmOud would get Ills 10 per,
cent, ever If we succeeded in eIuding
him and buying on our -cwn hook
But we hated to acknowledge our
selves beaten. At dusk that evening
we started toward the shop, H. a half
hearted and experimental spirit. and
presently we observed MahmoUd follow
ing along fifty feet behind US We
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aboriginal product Of the western prai-
RES.
On the morning Of our departure from
Luxor Mahmoud came around for his
letter of recommendation. / had worked
for an hour to write something eVaSiVe
which would satisfy him and not per-
juTe me too deeply. When he came to
the hotel I gave him the following:
To Whom 1t May Concern: The bear
er, MahmCud, has been our dragOmau
for four days and has attended us
faithfully at all hours; also he has
shown US as many temples as we wished
to see.
He looked at the paper blarkly, ard
said: 4 do not read English" At that
Mr. Pe&Sley frightened up He read
the testimonial aloud TO MahmOUd, aud
declared that it was incomplete and IN
worthy of the subject matter In ten
minutes be completed the following,
and the drag CONAN took it away with
him, highly pleased:
To Whom 1t MAY Concern Greeting
This bearer. MahmOud. is dragOman
of monumental mendaCity and cormer-
ciaI Mechiavellism. His simulated eff
forts to faithfully serve US and protect
our interests have had ST altogether
negative effect. Any one employing
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vert into the garden Of a neighboring
botel and sat there until II o'clock
When we came out MahmOud was at
the gateway. He said it was not all
ways safe for travellers to be about
the streets at night, 50 he would protect
US and show Us the way back to our
hotel.
We found it impossible to get away
from him. No Siberian bloodhound ever
followed cOnvict's trail more closely
II We ventured forth, early or late. We
found ourselves Swallowed 10y that smil-
ing reprobate. When it came to the
last day in Luxor Mr.. PelsIey did the
bold thing. He permitted Mahmoud 10
escort him to the shop, and then ne
said TO the dealer: This man is our
guide, but he S not entitled to any
commission because he did not bring US
TO your shop. If he had recommended
your shop in the first place We would
not have come here at all. He is a
bluff. He is trying to rims in. I want
to buy a few things hero. with the UE-
Gers landing that he doesn't get any
thing OUt Of it. We have already paid
him two salaries for guiding us. and ne
isn't a guide at all-he is a night watch
man."
The healer vowed and protested that
be never paid commissions &c any one
4hdiihi'uu' NJ II tlI IuIllSu " TUE At
tack OF his character, said that his only
ambition in life was to serve the no.
bic gentleman from the famous country
known as Iowa. So. Mr.. PeaSley bought
his assortment of antiques. and NAH
moTd looked on and then carried the
parcel back to the hotel, walking -s
spectfully behind the noble gentle
man"
well. I blew myself" reported Mr..
Peasley. And I'll bet a thousand dol
lars that Mahmoud gets his 10 per
cent"
Whereupon Mahmoud smiled-the
pensive. patroniZingy smile of q civiliza-
ton 5000 years old looking down on the