Independent Review from Garnett, Kansas • 4

AT THE1 RET) LIGHT 'The Thoughts I've Been INDEPENDENT REVIEW Successor to Kansas auitatoh Devoted to the interests of 1MB HARSEN. A Fearless, Aggressive, Progressive Advocate of All Reforms. PUBLISHED WUBKII. is no better than, in principle, than a promise to a ba.Kj of horse-ihieves. The law was made for all citizens.

That is what Governor Folk, of Missouri, thinks, and he teaches that the law is stronger iu the hands of honest men than auy combination of law-breakers that has been, or may be, loaned to defy the law. The state is stronger than anv individual or group of individuals. Folk, of Missouri, is a big enough man to enfoice the prohibitory law of Kansas. There are men in Kausas who can do anything tnat Folk can do, and, just now, that is the kind of man the earnest people are looking for' JoMcDill. W.

0. CHAMFE and ANNA CIIAMPE, Editors. J. M. ALEXANDKR.

Associate Frtltor. SUBSCRIPTION: 8-Page ErrnoN, 4-Pagb noc. continued from first page. larswent? Does auy man believe that IIocli could not have forced Kelly out of office upon his resignation in escrow? Is a treasurer's bond worth anything if money lost through the treasurer's fault cannot be recovered? Is a governor woithy of the high office who falls i-low Joe Folk, of Missouri, or La Follette.of Wisconsin, in backbone and integritj Let fie voter answer these questions, and if he answers them right, we will, in future, have governors like Folk and La and attorney-generals like Hadley, and have treasurers who can account for, and make good, the people's money, down to the last copper. No man ougnt to le governor who is unable to protect the treasury and enforce the laws.

ttered assecond-classmall matter May 85, 18. THE HOUSE RULED BV A BOSS. Lincoln Steffens is writing some mighty ir-teresting letters to the Chicago Record-Herald these days. Last Sunday's Record-Herald contains one of these letters, in which he gives some of his observation? of the senate and the lower house of congress observations gained from actual contact with those bodies. Mr.

Steffens says: "The senate, in its self-respect, looks down upon the lower bianch of 'our1 national legislature with contempt, and Washington which sings what the senate sings, like a chorus Washington despises the house. I don't mind. I did ot firs'-. When the friends of the senate apologized for the house as 'too close to tbe resented the slur as personal to me: which it was, of But they bade me look into the house for myself; and 1 have done so a 'little. And I find that our representatives have very little respect for themselves.

"I quoted once a writer who said Aldrich was the boss of the senate. There is no boss of the senate. The senate is a deliberative tody. The house is not. 'Our' representatives are divided, like us, into parties, to which, like us, they must be true.

These parties are so organized as to tie our representatives into knots, to the end that, like us, they may not speak without permission, and then at the Tbk of 'hutting their "The boss of the house is the speaker, and 'our' representatives elect him. wish you could see them as 1 have, sitting there, gagged and bored; full of some speech which they know would make a bit. Didn't it win us when they delivered it at us from the stump? But they can't get a chance deliver it here. The speaker, 'Unole Joe' Cannon, wou't recognize them unless they 'see' him before the house meets, and then, they say, they have to tell him what they are going to say." Our governor is an amiable man and a good citizen; cau say good things, but, as a reform governor, he is a miserable failure. He is a failure for want of backbone Iu the last election, Missouri elected strong men.

Her governor is a Democrat aud her attorney-general is a Republican. The governor believes iu enforcing the 'law; so, also, does the attorney-general. Cowan Warns the Railroads. Railroad legislation was the first subject discussed at a convention of the American Live Slock Association in Denver, last week. S.

11. Cowan, of Fort Worth, Tex-w, made tbe principal address. His subject was: "Regulation of Railway Titles and Charges." In opening his address, he said: "We are starting to build up in this country a great feudal system, the like of which has never been seen, by the power of wealth." He said he was not opposed to wealth, but it was necessary to control the power. Referring to the Hepburn bill, he said: "If the railroads can defeat this measure, that will be the darkest day of their lives, because it means a power which must not exist. This does not mean we will not give them justice.

That they shall have," he said. Air. Cowan then explained the Hepburn bill, section by section. JUDGE ABRAM BERGEN DEAD. Judge Abram Bergen, one of trie best-known and most successful lawyers of the state, died, Mouday morning, at bis borne, in Topeka, after a brief illness; aged 69 years.

His death nvms caused by pneumonia and heart trouble. He had been ailing about three weeks, but was seriously sick only a few days. Judge Bergen came to Garnett from New Mexico, in the early '70's, having served as associate justice of the supreme cotut of New Mexico, to which position he was appointed by President Grant. After coming to Garnett, Judcje Bergen and L. K.

Kirk formed a partnership, and together they practiced law for some time, finally dissolving the partnership. Something over twenty years ago, Judge Bergen nd family moved to Topeka, where the Jude immediately took a place in the front rank in the legal profession. His practice was cot confined to Kansas, for his legal ability was known far and wide. Judge Bergen was a man of sterling integrity and high Christian character, and truly erjoyed the full confidence of all who dealt with him. In his death the whole state suffers a severe loss.

Wk do Job Printing the best. too. Reform in Missouri is not due to any one party. It was the independent voter that sought for and tound Folk and Hadley. The independent voter saved Missouri from wallowing in the mire of political corruption.

Folk wyuld only have been a partial success without Hadley. Hoch might have doue something if he had had an attorney-general. Hoch had a will, bnt he had no way. His efforts to enforce the prohibity Uw are a failure. The (it'ornev-gen-erals aie eithtr incompetent or stnddling.

It is alleged that Governor Hoch is tied up with anie-eleetion promises. No mati should have au office whose promises are. less than a faithful perform ince of duty. A promise of immunity from prosecution of whisky-sellers BARBER SHOP) Martin Fe'cbcck, Prop's. first -class workmen employed tel'l)-tu-ilte work.

Hot ami cold baths. -nun ami see us once, ami 01VU comet Osci)i)ie again. l'udcr Hank ot Com mctce.J 1 Copeland Brothers. I The Ragsdale 1 as seldom4if ever had; Fairview and Vicinity. Mrs.

V. Johnston is able to be up First published Feb. 2, 190IJ. Publication Notice. State of Kansas, Anderson county, ss.

In the Diststriet court. J. m. TMbcrding, Plaintiff, a bigger crowd tor a show than that again. .1.1.

.7 i. .1.. 0 0 Lewis is bnildmjj; an addition to ijunormniice the Copeland rep-: 1 1 1 ins house. vs eft wt compaiiv. (vvery siut.111 tlic R.

7.. Furgnson 1 family arc still on MERIT RULE FOR POSTMASTERS. William E. Curtis, writing from Washington to the Chicago Record-Herald, says: There was a good deal of talk, last summei and fall about the application of a merit rule to the appointment of postmasters, and we were told that hereafter, politics was not to govern the distribution of patronage in the postoffice department. It was aunounced that bouse was sold au a score or more peo- William S.

Stephens, Walter m. Carton, S. It. Hamilton, Anna 1'. Stev the nick list.

pic were i(lad to ive standing room in AN INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT. Thete will be a meeting ot independent reformers in Topeka some time in March, to lay plans for the campaign next fall. Among the promoters of this meeting we notice the names of a number of oid-time Populist leaders. All are advocates of the public-ownership idea. An effort will be made to secure the attendance of Tom Watson aud other prorniue-it.

men. the parquet. Local theatregoers havj iarry nas commenced a meeting ens and Clara t'. Stevens, i never etter patronage to a week- the Washington church Defendants. stHnd coinnanv 011 its oneniin? niulit.

h. Maul A. Collins were uu from 'l'he State of Kansas to said defendants 1 Should correspondingly good patron-' Tuesday, on business l.e given the subsequent perform '( rvlhcrf Anderson and wife spent Sun-rnu-es, the opelund IiruR, will have no Chas Manlove acid wife. William S. Stevens, Anna i'.

Stevens nnc! lara 1'. Stevens: You and each of vou are hereby noli-lieo that vou have been sued in the anove entitled, action bv said plaint ill Olbcrding and said delendautS Hamilton. That Said m. Olbcrding has filed in the otliee of the clerk of said his amended petition asking judg reason to complain of their II B. Suavely started for Illinois.

The bill last evening was a drama I i Monday, lie expects to be gone about c. ii'i-icemi (ii i wtic iiwu ill vtv 11 "1 ina wcel in "ti'. Die play was entitled I ar.ner" and was iust a little different I from Ottawa ment against vou and each ot vou tor all postmasters who had a high rating for efficiency would be reappointed at the endot their terms, regardless of the recommendations of senators and representatives, and other political influences. Since the meeting of congress, however, several newspapers have declared that this rule has been abandoned, and has bsen applied only in certain cases. Some congressmen have gone so far as to accuse the President of using it when he wanted to punish a senator or a member, and suspending it vhtn he had occasion to pay a reward.

In other words, he has been accused cf inconsistency, and it has been freely asserted that the merit rule was to be applied like the Dutch The Railway Age warns the railroad com-panUs that if they prevent railroad rate legislation, they will hasten forward the time when tbe people will resort to drastic measures and take forcible possession of the tailroads. Evidently, the editor of the Railway Age has had his ear to the ground. The woim will turn-no mistake about it. The people of this country are patient and long-suffering, but there is a limit to their endurance. in plot Iron, anvtliing heretofore seen 1 an" tne evening with his the sum of $70.00, with intcvst six here.

There was little that was blood-! M' an(l A.D.Collins, and -percent annum Iron, the 14th day rned the next inornino nt lt04, Utss nue payment of c.fdimg in the pint and a great deal to rt rnu "ixt $rj -() ma(1. (in lhe dd'v Janu. amuse. Some really gc acting was J-II. wns thrown Iromaloadol arv, and cost oi suit, and that his done by the iYadin" lady Miss Jealce 1 v- Tuesday, and was verv liadlv judgement be adjudged and declared a seems I have a great deal -sed up lie was taken ,0 Mr.

Fui of tnient for cmotioual roles. She shared Icr ana a doctor was sent lor, that ()art of bIl)tk 2(J i( honor? wiMi Ilonnie Wnddell, the lead-i A. D. Collins and wife entertained a road Addition to Wel.ia. Wing west ot the right of wav the Atchison.

To ing man, -ho tnnde a hit with the audi- 1 party and gave fin oyster supper nt the peka Santa kc Railway, except a strip er.ee the hero part. us Kapiet as cadence of J. M. Colhns on the 1st. -() (wl wl(e off the en Mnji.r Unit, the irrepressible politician, 1 hose present were: M.

S. Lewis and of said tract, and that unless vou an aud Ii. De Lo as a Chinaman furnish wife, S. F. Johnston and wile, Berg swer said petition 011 or liefore Motidav, ed most the fun, and tnere was plenty Manlove and wik', Delbert Anderson neiit n-tv ol Wfirtn.

piamtilt i.l.H 1,., ot it. The speeialucs deserve special and wife, Mrs t. W. Collins, rendered aeeurdinulv. And vou are lurther notified that snid 1 tiey were oetter itmn ttiose ti.to Mrt-'ii varr, Konunn inn praise arettce Soiiilierlniid, Lorin AVx idetendant S.

B. Hamilton has tiled in offered by any previous repertoire com oi. in i i.ie c.r. i ut. vv rt I.ki office of theclerk of said district i i in the above-entitled action, his IT is repotted that Webb McN'all will be a candidate for superintendent insurance before the Republican state convention.

Webb has demonstrated what kind of stuff he i3 made of, and has projed that he knows how to lundle the insurance compauics, and we are for him, regardless of what ticket he may run oa. The people's interes are above interests of any political party. v.i,c uu iat.sw.rand cross petition asking the Cohuid BroHiers. iu th.ir H-reii lohnsu.n I-k a nd Op.e Rob-; the sum of two hundted and thirtv lour 'Xag-itnie matieagreat lohnston and Dolly Manlove. All re- 1 lieexreif necol last i.ighi performance a good time WE WANT YOUR WIFE indicates that a week oi iirst class reperr entertainment is ahead, tor the theatergoers of the citv, and no doubt tit-; company will have generous New tn Republican.

company will be nt tlte (irand Oc.eia House, Thursday night, Fib present inir' "Alv l'ut presenting man's rifle, so as to hit when it was shooting at a deer and to miss when it was shooting at a calf. Postmaster-General Cortelyou smiled when he was reminded ot these accusations, and sug- gested that perhaps the commotion referred to had been raised for a purpose, but he was very emphatic in declaring that the rule had not been abandoned or revoked, aud that it would be applied strictly as long as the postofiice department remained under the present, aatniuis-tioi. 'The postal service should be a business affair," he said, "and not a political machine, and, like all other business institutions, it is impoitant that we should keep good men as long as they are satisfactory. The President lias not reversed or revoked the merit rule. On ibi contrary, he has depaited from it only in a few conspicuous cases, in which the senators lieve refused to confirm the preseut incumbent if reappointed." and 30 1H) dollar, with interest thereon at eight per cent per annum Iroin the 10th cja ot 1 14 and nskiug thnt thesnitie be declared second lien wib ject to the claim out by plaiiuilf in his petition, upon the aboye-descrihed land, and first lien upon the north 1 oi the southeast ol Sic jwp i'J, rug.

fi), Anderson contity. that said real estate lie by the ciiurt orderedisold accoril'uig to kiw, iih tlit the proceeds be applied in ijriynjeijt. Iirst. ol the costs of tips action; seoutd, of anv taxes that mat be due at the time of the sale thereof upon said land; third, in payment of said S.H Hamilton's, judgement, nrd that you and each of vou be forever barred and iD'eclicd of any riuht. title or interest in or to said abiive-ilrscrilied Nl'' 'rOliT ami that qnlcsfi you ansAcr Ktid air "iff and cross petition ol niH B.

Hamilton on or In-fore M'ndar the li'lh dav of March, tli. judgement wjll f.t rendered jn iVfyor of said i. tlniml; ton and ugaitist vou'nn each ol vou nj irayed hir bv soid fn his snirt and and cni? i titioK I M. lfl.llt-.HIINo, bv his Attorney. I.

Hommay It, llMIl TON. I lldMMt, bv his Attorney. I. Howvan, Attest: A than a hundred tate officials, including governors, commissioners of insurance md attorney-generals, aud iepresentatives of several insurance companies, held a convention in Chicago list week, lo discuss measures of control of insurance companies in the various states. And Congressman "Vie" Murdock has broken out, ind, in speech in congress, the other day, he roundly scored the Hepburn rail-toad rate bill, and showed where and how it cocld not possibly give the pfople the relief ptayed for.

to come in and hays her rpeasure taken for 3 suit, skirt or jacket, and if yqu are i geed obedient husband you vylll ccme alpng.and while Mrs. Black Is Icoking aftpr your wife's nyant, the old rr.aq will endeaysr to tickle your vanity by telling yau, how ycu would lock in a suit of this cf an oycrcoat of that, thn If you hsvi 'em BLACK- you wcn.t have to lap Vm ovtr in the front to make the tack fit. Poiiltry Association. The Fastcm Iyins.19 Poultry AS'Ocir hiioti held iiectii)g jn Hie farinti's' room of the jjourt bouse, ncirlay afternoon. It wni (Vcided to hold thp uoM'tt)-hh i in the ooera house, next 'tr.

l'Jth to 17th. Judge ajfinii as judge. TV" foljowing olticers were selected for lof ijje ending jear: S. MeC'iftriev, yiee president Charles Vaughn; ta, lijtttc Weld; ta urr.r, Mrs. West.

SPECIAL QHQER CLOTHING T. II. Tibbi.es, Populist candidate for vice-pieMncnt in 1904, has started a new paper at Omaha, called The Investigator. It is a week-y paper, aud costs only twenty-five cents a C. A.

Convention. the uat M. C. C'liivention being ut this wrek. Tlie Iroin (iaineit ns-iocialicii (trp V.

S. Fulli, J. II. eilih. ger, T.ei'e Mvveusou, Fd Tavlor.

llo. tnrt Fiirku John IJow man, C. Dud-I and E. Scwell TljR Lawrence Journal, one of Doss St abbs' papers, s.iys: "There are so many rabbits in fhis wrld. Gov.

Hnch showed white and bunted for cover in the treasury matter. No raao ever had a better opportunity." To you like good Job Print, 'og We do it. Prices right. A. BLACK OFFICE OVER POST OFFICE 7 year.

Doubtless, wr. nowes wiw wv a Jig list of old-nrae ropuusi..