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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-03-21
From Mondays Daily.)
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
ON JOE JOSEPHS MATTER

This afternoon the judiciary
Committee handed in the follow
ing report upon its Investigations
in the Joe Josephs matter:
Mr.. Speaker
Your Committee on Judiciary
have carefully considered that part
of the report of the committee
of investigation referring to the
matter of Joe Josephs, which was
by the Assembly referred to this
committee, and begs leave to make
the following report:
The facts stated in this report,
and the evidence taken on which
the said report was based. do. in
the opinion of the Judiciary Com
mittee, show that impeachment
proceedings should. by the Assem-.
bly,, be taken against said Joe
Josephs to remove him from office.
But in view Of the fact that there
remain only four more days Of this
session of the Legislature, your
committee refrains from recon-
mendinR the starting Of such inn.
parchment proceedings mt this
time; because the proceedings
could not be completed during
these remaining four or five days of
the session. The matter is there.
fore left. without any recommend
alton on your committees part, to
the judgment and discretion of the
Assembly and the judgment and The
discretion Of the Governor Of
Nevada, as to calling an extra
session Of the Legislature, that such
proceedings might he taken and
carried through.
From the facts stated concerning
the matter Of Joe Josephs. and the
evidence on which IL based. it
would seem that crimes and viola.
tions of law have been committed
by the said Joe Josephs. and by
others also. But as to all these
matters. your committee. for the
reasons above stated, to-wit, the
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What the People Pay.

The people of the United States pay
II subsidy in artiticially high prices to
the wool industry of at least SlO4, 600
600 a year, according to calculations of
Hon. Oscar w. Underwood. of Ala.
bama, chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House Of Representa-
tives.
THE Payne Aldrich tariff tax OF 81
cents per yard, to say nothing of any
Increase in tax as 1t passes to the job
Der, makes not less than Sl0I, 900, 900
paid each year to subSidize the wool in
dustry of America" says MIR. Under
wood. ''Now the entire duties actually
paid the United States on all imports
of wOOlens and worsteds in 1910
amounted to less than Sl5 900, 900.
which means that of the Sl04. OOO. 600
eXtorted from the purchasers of wool
ems, nearly $4,000, 900 went to the
wooden industry.
rs it fair or just or right to main
tain these enormous taxes unduly To
foster the business of less than one
fourth of one per cent. of the people
and to require ninety-nine and three
fourtEs to stagger under this enormou
burdeng'
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Of the slain piled up in the ditch
which Roosevelt made.
Hats off to William Taft! He
was called to answer many sins not
his own. There is something worse
in this wicked old world than de.
feat, dishonor. All the Teddys on
top O. dirt cannot lay that cross of
humiliation upon the back, nor
press the cross of shame upon the
brow of William Howard Taft.
He'll is full of ~desecrated friend
ships, broken pledges: unexpiated
sin and unacceptable mistakes; but
Heaven has still n halo left for
him, He Hath Done His Duty AS
He Seen IT, writ all over in letters
of living light.
Hats off to William H ward Taft!
Lung may he live to show what
an ex-president ought tc be!
Nature herself may stand uncover
ed and exclaim: Behold a
mani"
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THE OLD FLAG
SLEEPS IN MEMORY

Yesterday for the first time in
nearly fifty years, st. Patricks day
passed over Carson without the big
green flag with the harp upon il
being flung TO the breeze across
King street from the residence of
the late Ed. Sweeney. Ed. Sweeney
was an Irishman, all the time, and
ever since there was a town of
Carson, or nearly so il hal been
the regular thing for the old
gentleman to stretch a line from
the top of his home to a point
across the street and fling the flag
of Erin to the breeze. When the
old pioneer died recently, the flag
he loved so well was placed in his
coffin and buried with his remains.
Carson News.
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WOULD DECLARE WAR UP
ON STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Russell of Elko has declared war on
the state of California and has passed
the following articles of war up to the
legislature for its action:
Whereas, the attitude of the people
of the State of California toward the
State of Nevada is and for years past
has been an unfriendly and hostile one,
which attitude has been manifested,
among other ways, in endeavoring 10y
all possible q to thwart the effort
of the State of Nevada in securing lust
and reasonable railroad rates; and
Whereas, 1t appears from a recent
report of the Conservation Commission
of the State Of California that n suit
is contemplated and recommended.
against the State of Nevada to appor.
ton waters of Lake Tahoe between the
two states, which, there being no ir.
rigable lands in California along the
natura outlet of said lake, only
mean a diversion of a part of the
waters of said lake from their natural
watershed and outlet and an ;rrcpar-
able loss to tho State Of Nevada, il con.
summated; now, therefore, be it
Resolved 10y the Assembly of the
State of Nevada, the Senate oncur
ring, That the State of Nevada hereby
declines to participate in or to make
any appropriation, for the Panama-Pa
cific Exposition to be held in San Fran
cisco, California, during the year 1916;
Inasmuch as the Legislature has sent
q committee to San Francisco and San
Diego to view the sites and that bills
have been introduced appropriating
money to carry on the exhibition, it is
more than probable that u truce will be
declared and hostilities will end
Chronicle.
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From Fridays Daily
PERTINENT QUESTION

The Sparks Tribune asks a very
pertinent question. The lndepend-
emit suggests that a committee be
appointed by the assembly to make
an investigation and report there
on. Let the report be thorough
and the investigation be held in
the glare of the noon day sun Of
the public press. Let all the facts
be known and all delegates be
named in letters bold and bright
that all Nevada may know them
and their workings. We suspect
there will be a rotting of dry
bones to get under cover if this
suggestion is followed out.
Here is what our brother journ-
alist has to say on the subject.
1.-The correspondent of the Reno
Journal at Carson yesterday in
commenting on the visitors or
boosters for the different bills,
refers to a delegation of lawyers
lin the interest of two judges from
Washoe county" another delegation
from Esmeralda and Nye counties
in the interest of their county
boundary lines, and then he goes
on to say:
"A third delegation came with
out undue heralding or mass for.
nation. 1t consisted of those who
favor poker playing. the return of
the slot machine and the selling
Of pools on horse races. Only the
last named visitors got any actor :"
Who composed the delegation
and how did they do the business?
Echo answers howl
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wow! WHAT A CHANCE

Ye Gods! Hesitate 4 second and glance
at the following. This paragraph is taken
from the Ely EXpoSitor and is supposed to
he A graphic description Of what is hap
pening at Carson. Just listen:
standing out in bold relief among those
who have played their star roles here be-
fore, who have grown mighty in mental
stature and earned reputation for in
telligence and moral worth is Lieutenant
Governor Ross, who has the face OF a
bishop, the heart OF 4 sport, the brains of
4 statesman. tie has proven himself to he
OF gubernatorial size and timber, and the
tateS are now writing it in the stars that he
will attain that destiny two years hence"
The face OF 4 bishop, the heart OF 4
sport ana the brains of a statesman. OF
all the descriptive writeupS ever afforded
the lieutenant governor, this is Justly en-
titled the priIs. However, 4 few typo
graphical errors appear to have crept into
the story. Instead OF the face OF a bishop.
It is probably intended as the face OF 4
bison. The matter relative to the heart
and brains is merely 4 SurmjSe on the part
OF the ENpoSitor correspondent. None
can be found in Tonopah syho will will
lingly and knowingly accuse the ]grinning
lieutenant governor OF beng possessed oil
brains. His attitude in the matter OF GER
tain unanswered CORRESPONDENCE from the
Bonanza describes him OF even bereit Of
common honesty. and there are some half
dozen or more state papers who will cor
rohorlte this statement.
1T IS probable that the lieutenant gov
ernor would grin his way into securing the
gubernltorial nomination, but he would he
forced TO grin real loud before his election
would be assured.
The Bonanza always has A crouch up its
sleeve. II has a special dislike for any
man who happens to he L democrat. In
the eyes OF the aStute editor OF that de.
lectable sheet, Democracy is a crime. Il is
to be hoped that he VIII see the error OF
his ways and stop his political backbiting
and become a citizen editor, interested in
the Developments the state. There is no
room i'll this state TOR a political blIther-
Skite, even though he be an editor.
Here follows another 81 his efFuSionS
which show a diSgruntled mind. There
are Some really good things in the state
outside OF TOnopah.
The Rochester boom has SubSidcd and
hundreds OF people are stranded in the
camp. The state Of Nevada has received a
severe setback for recognition in the min
ing world, and the entire credit can he
placed upon the management OF the Reno
press, where it rightlully belongs. 1t is
hoped that Reno will profit by the expert.
ence and use 4 little judgment the next
time a mining strike is reported within this
state. The truth is always good enough
and no harm will result in its telling, but
when facts are exaggerated the real harm
Is llUlyS tho raCYIt -
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nor expect to enjoy special privilege
under the administration of the
land Office by one of her own citi-
zens. the fact remains that the state
as a whole would benefit indirectly
in many ways because of his selec-
tion for the post. Mr.. Tallman, it
is presumed, is thoroughly familiar
with the needs not only of Nevada,
but Of every western state where
the development of arid and semi
arid lands has been undertaken and
where important questions are
continually arising for settlement.
Mr.. Tallman's appointment should
be acceptable to the representa-
tives of all political parties IN the
state.
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AN OBSCURE FIGURE
OF INDUSTRY

The beginning of hearings to the
Eastern railroad fremen on their plea
for higher wages brings to the front of
the stage IN obscure figure.
In spite OF his grimy face and soilcd
jumper, the locomotive engineer has
always been "a some extent "A heroic
figure. The captain Of an ocean steam
ship Is always a fascinating personality,
and 50 the captain of the ~plunging
Pullman train on his mission of speed
through tile dark has something of the
same prestige.
No such glamour surrounds the fire
m"n-at least to the grown.up. Chill
dren of course look AT any sort of "A rail.
road man with awe. as one whose ex-
peri"ncc of life l. broadencd by much
travel and the seeing of many men and
cities. But 10 mature persons the fire.
man Is as impersonal as the coal of his
tender. Formerly his red fiannels gave
him a touch Of color. Now he usually
wears n black aud white shirt that
completes the oblivion of his environ
mcut of SCOT.
The fireman. though. may be very
much OF a man. He is Of two types.
First, there are the dare devil fellows
who 80 into r]niiroauing from restless
ness. Thcrwild mrch Of the engine AS
il swings along the twisting rails
plcascs the rough rider element. Many
a man wosis steadily in an employment
that takes him a"ross several states in
u day, who would never submit to the
yoke OF factory labor AT a bench. Some
OF these men wOuid be rs fit to take
care Of a trailluad OF passengers as Al.
kali Ike Of one Of the plains would he.
The great majority Of fremen are a
very worthy type, who are simply loco
motive engineers in the making. They
are bearing the CRIME and swcat of a
rather mental employment, to prove
their worthincss for the higher D
sibilttieS and the better pay of the man
at the throttle. I'm 50 far as they have
earned and are entitled to a higher
wngr, the Passengers wish them we'll.
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From Tuesdays Daily
THE CALAMITY HOWLER
IS ABROAD IN THE LAND

This is the way he gets his work
in at Sparks according to the Tri-
bune:
Last Saturday the Southern Paci-
fic distributed $751; 600 to it's en-
pIoyees in Sparks and notwith-
standing that fact, Sparks is un-
lucky enough to have enough of
senseless howlCrs who walk up and
down the street preaching and
making the assertion That the
Southern Pacific will move from
Sparks
Such statements have no founda-
ton in fact. They do malicious
injury to the people of Sparks who
have their homes Ur are about to
build here. They also cause $780,
600 of our pay roll to go To- Reno
every month. We will not attri.
butte the statement Of those people
to righteousness but they are er-
tainly void Of common sense and
they will be a long time dead, and
Sparks will attain 20. 900 in popu.
lation and still no removal in sight.
I'VE suggest TO those curb stone
orators to change their tactics
Boost for Sparks and they will he
far happier. Quit preaching the
doctrine Of unrest"
If the Tribune man will pay a
visit to Elko he will find a different
condition from what he complains
OF in Sparks. There were a few
calamity howlers here at one time
in the history Of the town. but a
wise providence called them hence.
Some migrated to a more congenial
cline. others left their country
for their country's good. while
some passed the great divide. The
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lack of time. makes no definite sug-
gestion as to what proceedings
should be had, leaving these and
all to the judgment and discretion
of the Assembly and of the Cover
nor of Nevada.
The further suggestion is made
that if the matters mentioned in
said report and the evidence of the
committee OF investigation were
brought to the attention of the
Grand Jury OF Ormsby County,
il is not impossible that the said
Grand Jury would be able to do
something serviceable in the matter.
Respectfully submitted.
W. NJ. Forman, Chairman.
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ones who will protest win be those
opposed to the progressive ideas that
Woodrow Wilson stands for.
The president will be sustained by
popular sentiment. The people, repub-
licans rs well rs democrats, have for
years been demanding a square deal at
the hands of their public servants in
Washington. They still demand it.
They don't care whether it comes from
a democrat or a republican, they simply
want it. President Woodrow Wilson
proposes to- give it to them. The
people know full we'll he will have to
fight. and they will hold up his hands,
even should he find it necessary, in
their interest, to break down a half
dozen traditiOusl
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EASY DIVORCE

NOW see here, people, if i stop is not
put to the easy payment process Of d.
vorce, this country is going to land Slam
bang in Sheol.
We see one of the legislatures has been
agitating a bill to make il easier, when the
deviI-snflerS ought t o be getting down
on their marrow bones and asking the
good Lord to spare their meaSly lives long
enough to make divorce a felony.
What in the name of Sam Hill is this
country coming to, if every little lick
spittle, whose wife hands him a curtain
lecture, IS allowed to rush off to the di-
vorce courts and have the bond that gave
him the insight TO the secret chambers of 4
woman's heart smashed to finders? The
marriage contract is a sacred one and the
state has as much to do with its culmina-
ton or outcome as the church has. After
all is said and done. the state profits most
and suffers greatest in the outcome OF mar
riageS. Let men and women enter the
sacred social contract with full appreCia-
ton OF the duties and responsibilities il
details; let them realize hat the family is
the very heart and sole of the government
and that the sinewS OF government hinge
on the product OF zach individual family:
let the mother know that her son does not
belong to the State-aS the Socialists would
have it-but that he is the state: and we'd
lock will regain something OF its majesty
and meaning to society.
The man who would go into court and
swear to tell the truth, and then perjure
himself, should be despised by honest mer
and jailed as a ~pie-faced f~alsitier. Yet
every mothers son of us stands up before
the priest or parSon, swallows his Adams
apple and stops his knees from shaking
long enough to swear eternal fealty and de.
votion to the woman OF MS choice and tC
keep, cling to and protect her as long 1.
there's a wheeze in his w~ind-pipe. But be,
fore the honeymoon is in second quarter
the fellow gets out with the boys ans
blows his weeks wages on redeye, or he,
gins squirting at some stage favorite, ans
then, when his injured and indignant VIII,
lets him know that she is on to his he!liSi
ways, he drives of to the divorce cour
and tells the judge that he has been mis-,
mated"
MiSmated he has been. Such a puSil
Luminous cuSS ought to have been tied tC
a termagant or harneSSed to a harpy ans
then doomed to straddle a rock like Pro,
metheus and let the bnzzardS pick at hi,
gizzard until you could see daylight thrl
him.-Yellow Jacket.
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IS WOODROW WILSON TO BE
ANOTHER ABRAHAM LINCOLN?

Woodrow Wilson, Man of the Hour,
has an opportunity to make himself the
greatest president since Abraham Lin
coin, and to keep the Democratic party
in power for years TO come.
This is true not merely because he is
today President of the United States.
There have been other big men presi-
dent since Lincoln. 1t is because Wood.
row Wilson realizes that the one great
principal issue that confronts the Re
public is not the tariff issue, the cur
rency issue. or the trust issue. but the
issue Of humanity. Taft did not realize
this, hence his failure.
The tariff issue. the currency issue
and the trust issue are simply arith.
inetical problems that may be worked
out, but the issue of humanity is one of
conscience and soul. The first named
issues are business propositions and
concern dividends and dollars chiefly,
while the issue Of humanity refers 10
human rights, the protection of women
and children and all those who are be-
ing oppressed by organized greed.
If the American public will read
Woodrow Wilson's inaugural speech a
second time. a better appreciation of
the light that lie ees may be had. No
inaugural speech, save the first one of
Abraham Lincoln, ever read like it.
ave know our task is to be no task
of politics, he says, but a task which
will search us through and through.
Mems hearts wait upon us; mems lives
hang in the balance. / summon all
honest men, all patriotic. all forward
looking men, to my side. God helping
me, will not fail them. if they will
but counsel and sustain mel"
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few that are left never open their
mouths in protest at any thing. They
are afraid they will meet the fate
of their former conspirators in
crime.
They may be found most any
day. in some secluded spot. mourn
ing the untimely end Of their old
time companions in misery. They
may be found in an apparent atti-
tude of devotion, occasionally. but
a close observer will soon dis
cover that they are asking an all
wise providence to put them out
of their misery. They are the
most abject, disconsolate specimens
of humanity on the face Of Gods
green earth. While they are still
able to walk erect. as the Ruler of
the universe intended, they have
lost all semblance of human beings,
so far as mental and moral attain
ments are concerned. They simply
walk around town to save funeral
expenses. They will never be any
deader than they are now. They
have d~egencrated so far that all
their sayings are looked upon as
the vaporirgs of an inmate of q
lunatic asvlum.
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The Lyon County Wasp ceased to
exist a couple of weeks ago wh,n
Jay Fisher, the American Tyne
Founders representative visited
V%erIngton and formally boxed
the plant up for re.shipment 10
San Francisco. Later a number
of Yerington citizens bought the
plant and propose tn see a paper
started. They are said To be
looking for an editor man who can
deliver the goods. The Wasp was
started and conducted up to the
time financial troubles hit it by C.
K. Gardiner, a former Fallon re.
sident.-Churchill County Stand.
ard.
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People Behind Wilson.

1t Is an old tradition in Congressional
circles in Washington that "A president
must not Interfere" with either branch
OF Congress. He may submit whatever
views he may have on a subject, and
recommend the passage of any legisla.
ton he may desire, but after that. ac-
cording to tradition, he must sit with
his hands folded and watch legislation.
which may be highly desirable to the
people, b. peacefully chloroforned in
committee and pass into oblivion.
IL is said that Woodrow Wilson is
going to disregard this tradition This
will be for the public good. The only
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tFrom Saturdays Daily
NEVADA TO THE FRONT

Washington dispatches give pleas
ing indication of the possibility
that Clay Tallman, defeated eandi-
date of the democracy for repre-
sentative in congress, may be ap-
pointed by President Wilson as
commissioner of the general land
office, n position for which he is said
by those who know him best to be
eminently qualified. Mr.. Tallman
is now on his way to Washington.
IL seems not unlikely that the an
nouncement Of his appointment
may be made soon after his arrival.
While Nevada would neither seek
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1t is predicted that what will prove
to h. one Of tho worlds greatest gold
discoveries has been made in India.
about 100 miles from Calcutta. I'm
mcnSe deposits Of copper, gold. iron.
coal ana manganese have recently been
uncovered.
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Wines barred at capitol functions:
Wilson's, Marshalls and Bryaus taboo
the sparkling cup" These are head.
lines picked at random from the com.
ment elected by the announcement
that there will DO nothing doing for
the thirsty Mt the White House during
the Wilson regime.
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From Wednesdays Daily
HATS OFF TO
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

AlthO discrcditcd 10y his own
party at the polls last November,
according TO that strong defender
Of Democracy for more than half n
century, the Louisville Courier
journal, William taft leaves the
White House strong with the
American people as a IMAM" That
Is, in all probability, the Measure
OF the man, as the historian of the
future will write il when the pres
ent generation is dead and gone.
The president That goes out today
did surely find Jordan a hard road
to travel! He that journeyed from
Jerusalem to Jericho found not a
harder
inJins on the upper way,
And death upon the lover.
Every mile brsct with peril: the
ia'if sink. holes; the Ballingor
m"rass; the Pinchot ambuscadc.
though Of pop guns. cxasperatinr
II not murdcrous; the yawning
chasms and impossible CULTS Of
pf"gressiyism, as, still surviving.
ne came he"n tbs : me strech, the
Jersey Stccp.vehasor forging ahead
and finding a bridge over the bodies
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Having failed to inform the govern
mcnt how much salary the printers
devil gets, the publisher of this
PAPER is hourly fearing indictment un.
der the publicity law.