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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1902)
fc DECEMBER 11, 1902. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. 9 to railroad corporations without any return whatever. Secondly, by giv ing special monopolies to private In dividuals in the shape of franchises. Thirdly, by exempting the rich from taxation and putting the whole burden of taxation upon labor. The gift of franchises made the enormous fortune of the Vanderbilts as it has of some thousands of others. With these fran chises in their ccntrol they have been able to grant special privileges to oth ers by which other and vaster for tunes have been accumulated. The contract of the railroads with the Rockefellers "by which a rebate was given to them of 40 cents a barrel not only on the oil they, the Rocke fellers themselves, shipped, but th? same amount upon all the oil shipped by other firms, made the Rockefeller fortune. The banking fortunes have been built up by conferring upon a certaui privileged class the special privileg? of issuing money. Other fortunes have been accumulated by the tariff, such as that of Carnegie. So it will In seen that the reat concentration of wealth, the giving to som more than they can use and the keeping of oth ers in a state of want and distress has been effected, not by overproduction, but by the giving of public property to a few and the granting of special privileges to others. If these lands, besides tundreds of millions in money, in tho shape ol bonds voted by counties and munici palities, had not been given to the few who own the railroads, if Carnegie and thousands of others had r.ct been al lowed to charge more than a reason able profit by means of tariff laws, if railroads had not been allowed to give rebates to the favored, if the govern ment had kept control of the volume of money and maintained staple price, these immense fortunes could not have been gathered together, or, in other words, wealth would have been more evenly distributed. There would not now be hundreds of thousands only able to maintain a bare exist ence, while a few thousands have greater wealth than the world has ever before known. The difference between populism and socialism is plainly outlined. Popul ism would open the opportunities of the earth to all and grant special privileges to none. It would increase production, rather than decrease it, but it would insist that all should have the same privileges, that taxa tion should be borne by vealth and not placed on consumption, and that speculation should be forer elimi nated by preserving staple prices. PART1KS AND HONOR The purpose of a political party is to associate together those persons in one organization whose ideac of gov ernment agree. It signifies opposi tion to organizations advocating other and opposing principles. In the com plex affairs growing out of modern civilization it is impossible that all the members of one party should agre? on every proposition that nresents it self, or that a few members of one party may not favor some things that the whole mass of the other part ad vocates. On the question of imperial ism there were quite a large number cf leading republicans who took the democratic view of the question and on the other hand there were some democrats who favored imperialism, yet in both cases, most of these men remained with their party end voted the party ticket. On the question of the war with Spain, both parties were a unit advocating the same policy, the democrats in fact taking the initiative. Upon the question of a war of con quest upon the Filipinos, the democrats as a party opposed, and tho republi cans made it a party measure, yet a few republicans while opposing a war of conquest in every way possible, re mained in the party and voted the party ticket The leader of these wars Senator Hoar. Some others left tho party because of that issue and voted the democratic ticket, amcng them Senator Wellington and ex-Governor Boutwell of iMassachusetts. After reading Senator Hoar'6 speeches upon this subject, any .man of sound judgment would say that he went to the very extreme that honor would allow in retaining his mem bership in the republican party, but that his long association with the lead ers of that party and his prejudices against the democratic party formed by a life time of opposition to it, would excuse him for the course he adopted and still allow that he re mained within the lines of honor. All this is entirely different from the position of such men as David B. Hill, Grover Cleveland and Arthur P. Gorman. The question at issue was submitted to the decision of the party at large, first in the primaries, then in the state conventions of every state and finally in the national con vention. In all of these contests the party decided that Hill, Cleveland and Gorman did not represent the doctrin' of the democratic party and the tru doctrine of the party was formallv and officially announced. The ques tion so decided was declared to be fundamental and vital. That this wa-; the actual belief of the voters of the party was proven by the fact that six million voters cast their ballots for it in two hotly contested presidential elections. Cleveland, Hill, Gorman and their few followers upon this vita! and fundamental question, held exact ly the same views that the opposing party advocated, and nine-tenths of them voted the republican ticket, while all of them did all within their power to beat their own ticket. If these men had been mn of hon or, they would have done exactly whi Senators Teller and DuBois did. The.e republican senators believed the demo cratic party to be right on this vka; and fundamental question and they publicly announced the severance of their relations with their own party and openly supported the democratic candidate. Not so with HiL, Gorman and Cleveland. They still claimed to be democrats which involved the duty to support the democratic ticket with all their influence and with their votes. Instead of that they Aid all that was within their power to defea,. the ticket and thus placed themselvp-; beyond the pale of honor. They acted the sneak and the traitor. If they be lieved that the republicans were right and that the question was fundamental they should have left the democratic party and openly advocated the elec tion of the republican candidate. Th course pursued by Senators Teller and DuBois was honorable and they have maintained the respect of all mankind. The course of Hill, Gorman and Cleveland has been a disgrace to the age in which we live. No man of hon or in his heart can have any respect for them. They have betrayed their friends,, they have done everything that outside of politics render men disreputable. Of the three, Arthur P. Gorman is the worst. He has com mitted all the disreputable acts of which Hill and Cleveland are guilty, and more. The democratic party made a campaign on the question of tariff reform Arthur P. Gorman supported the party and gave his adherence to the platform adopted before the elec tion. A fairly good tarift reform measure was passed by the house and when it came into the senate, Ar thur P. Gorman tacked onto it 900 amendments, making it the highest protective; measure ever adopted up :o that time. So Arthur P. Gorman is not only a republican on financial policies, but upon the 'tariff also. Yet he claims to be a democrat! The Independent makes these re marks to assure the public generally that if the democratic party does not take measures to expel from its rankr. such indescribable scoundrels and traitors as these men and their fol lowers are, that the 2,000,000 allies who fought so courageously by their side in the two last presidential elec tions will have nothing more to do We are Now Showing the Greatest of All CHRISTMAS STOCKS The Nebraska is now ready for the most enthusi astic holiday business in its wonderful progressive his tory. At no time have we shown such vast and fine representation of seasonable merchandise. Space is too limited to permit more than passing references to the comprehensiveness of the Christmas stocks and the beauty and arrangement of the 22 departments under this roof. We give you the same courteous attention whether you purchase or not. The store is yours to roam about in and inspect with perfect freedom. As Christmas day draws nearer there is naturally a lessen ing of stocks appropriate to the season those who shop now will find it greatly to their advantage for many reasons. 6t " W'p.Wf 15th and Farnam Sts. with then.. They know that if they did, that it would be useless. Thes.i allies wili gallantly support the prin ;iples of the Kansas City platform, or they are part of their own prin ciples, but they will not waste tim-3 md money in co-operation with men who will admit to thc-ir ranks and councils those who will always go over to the enemy in the hour of need, md who are in heart a loyal part of the enemy's force. HOT FAR FROM SAVAGERY The worst charge ever brought against savaros was that some of these tribes abandoned their sick and aged and left them to die when they needed help. How much worse is that than some things which are do';r by the authorities of our great cities. The other day in Chicago a fathei went from hospital to disp?usary, car- rying in nis arms 1113 two-year-oiu daughter, who was suffering from diphtheria, and meeting always with a refusal when he sought to have the child taken in and cared for. His next refuge was a police station, whence he was directed to the office of the commissioner of health, but before h'; arrived there the little girl was dead. It would seem that a person who is so unfortunate as to contract a con tagioui disease in the city of Chicago must die on the streets, forsaken by all men. just as it is charged that the most inhuman savages uo. There is more philanthropic hypoc risy in this world than is pleasant to contemplate. If a diphtheria patient should die under the treatment of Br. Dowie or a Christian scientist in Chi cago, the dailies would rave and tear their hair, but they will turn a sick child from all their hospital doors and let it die in the streets and it cre ates no sensation at all. Any com munity, no matter how rich it is or how many churches and universities it maintains, which turns its sick and helpless out on the streets tv die is not far removed from savagery. The only really posiiive recommen dation in the president's message was that the duty on hard coal should b? removed, but the leaders in congress immediately pointed out that such a thing was impossible, for if a bill was introduced to remove that duty it would be subject to amendment an 1 bring the whole tariff question up. which was a thing that could not b" thought of. We Are for Women BEST ON EARTH LINCOLN STEEL RANGE Made of Rocky Mountain Steel and lined with As bestos. Most Hcononiical of Fuel. Best baker and cooker, largst oven of any ranee. Top polished like a looking glass. Grease will not slick to it. No blacking required. Always polished. Can be delivered anywhere in United States. Write for price and what the peo ple say about them. AMERICAN RANGE AND HARDWARE CO. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. 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