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n V The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1898. NO. 43. VOL, IX. BEATEN BYTIIE BOARD The Ifebraika Maximum Eate Bill Case Lost by Action of the Old Board. FULL TEXT OF THE DECISION Supreme Court Quotea 1891 Report of Stat Board at Proof That Rates Were Too High, Kitrit ram lUtuH't Opinion, lit mi tit then existing Nebroaka state board of transportation publish ed a report on local railway rate in Mil atate. The substance of thot re-ixrt-t was that local rule in Nebraska were olreody too low and ought to be ruined. Thousands of copies of that re iiort were printed at state ejfiN ind distributed over the state, Other thousands were printed and plied away In the basement of the capital where they were found when the pop ulist came lta jioaacHHloii lost year. Th Het'retarlc of the state board of traiaqiortetlon at that time were C, J. Dllworth, J. N. Kouuty aid J. W. 1. 1. It will l a inotter of some interest to the people of KeiiraaKa w snow of flint, 101 renort. used on m republican campaign jminplilel in tha state, Is incorporated inta the odslon of the supreme court of the .. ... . . .. 41. a. M.if IJjllteO Rl-ttU'e one VI win "- reason for setting aside the '" muni freight bill of 1M3. It will be a i.ifilluM if xlll furl line interest to know that that rewrt and the testi mony of O. J. J'liwonu, one o i i'rterle of the board, are given by the supreme court s conclusive proof that reductions In baol frdght rote In the state are unreasonable. Ho that the state ease In the trial of the maximum freight bill wo given away at the start by the state's own ofll crs. " A, The complete text of the supreme mrt decision won received In Lincoln thiM week. It In n pompblct of M imyr, the firnt part of which f do-vo4-d to a bbttary of the tfaee, lie trial )(tfore Circuit Jude Jlrewer and the 4MMtrt.iou of the juried Ictlon of the federal courla and their rljfht to wm tiixm the ca and determine the rca Moiiablenewt of raU-n w auerlor ,ta the atate IcHrlwlatuce and the court. thxm thews pnioHlwi the court iuolee numeroue dwlnlona by federal 'ourl afllrinlnr the rlht of review by Ibowe conrla of other enactment rejfulatlnjf talln, etc., and nuiiia the law no deduced up In three propor tion, a follow, iml nf the court' aworn Inniiaifei j, A railroad corKratlon I a iM!r on within the meaning of the four teenth aineiidinent declaring that no twt ahall deprive any lemm of jirorty without due proeene of law. iu,r deny Ut any pereon within It Jurisdiction the eiial protection of the law. a. A Ktate enactment or regulation miule under the authority of a ate enactment eatabllhhltiir rat for the traiiHM)rtatton of ihuhoii or property by railroad that will not admit of the currier' earning Hindi eoinp'iiwithm 11H iiniler all the clrcuiimtance 1m Jimt to it and U the public would deprive Much carrier of It proM-rty without due proce of law and deny to It the iuil protetlon of the law, and would therefore lie repugnant to the fourteenth amendment of the eonatl tut Ion of the IfnlU'il KtateK. a. While rate for the trnortatlou of ihthoiim and projMTty within the limit of a Mate are primarily for It determination the Uctlon whether they are tut iinreaDouably low a to deprive the earlier of the properly without Much eomNMiMitioii a the 4ouMtltution wcu re, and therefore without due priH-e of law, cannot be mt conclusively ileiermliMMl by tlie leg Ulature of the Mate, or by regulation m.I. . led under lt ntlthorlty, that, the matter may not Iwome the nubjet of Juillrliil luoulry. liming thutt afllnmtl l right to iim iiHn the caw and d'ie the rea woiinhlcue of rale u llnl by the .Nebruakit legUlnture the 'ourt goe mi lo liitpilre Into the rMoiiableneita if a reduction In rate a nhown by lha tenliiuony Inkeil before .hidg Itrewer. Ami ftral upon lliht point the timrt kayi "The eoiielunlon reai'hwl by the elr full court Mnt that the reduction mudti by Ihe Nil.rula tltul In lh rale (or local freight wa unju.t wild uiireMMMiable a to retpdre a de i ittt lM)lng Ilia enforcement of m h rale agalual Ihe loiitiwiile nniumt In I Im bill. A no f, I'nlon IVilili Ity, n,, HI, I'mI. Hep, Id, lu, liwl run. tliikUm va (Mtwd Intgrly niMHt Ihe tlgm prwnleil by Mr, iHtttot'lh, white be wa MMliy of lb ti (HMird of IrmiKporlailoii, na v 1 1 a a tlrb'iiiluiit and on of Ilia nllrlir of the de(iutnU In llo latine, II v a pnitll wltneMi (or Iliat Htd. Ill geiirf! flme and Id MiiirtrM y lo k of Hi fuel Uaoi Hhlih ll iuelln U tiM U dip"id r jrtit HM.w the r"d. II ialt( thai lb aierag rlHtlon mad l' lb llul tipH all lb ViHUliolllle of Itcal tlr ku t la Int renl and tkU IhiI tHia to ln aepltHl by l.a rii a (ttl, II tlmll U Id r- i lidlii momM n'te-i Hi vrvni air of oiImi hm oa all inilitM by al et lea per el, and iht It Mifftit vu a blea a Ueiif per rent or kihrr. AM ibl tlew U mm Hi. ailalnetl by Ik l-tm of wltneaaea iMmeeawIng' ecfal knowl edge of railroad tru importation and of the coat of doing local biilnet a coni)arwl with what 1 called through bUMineaa. Jinleefl, one or titoao wiv neaaea atatca that the coat of carry ing local freight I four time) a much a the coat of through freight tier tan per mile another that the coat of the abort haul la "reaaonubly double the long haul." If due regard bo had to the teatlniony and we have no other bael for our judgment we are not permitted to place the extra coat of local biihlnc at lce than ten per cent, greater than the percentage of the coat of all bulii," "Jn anawer to the oueatlotia pro pounded to him by the defendant conatltutlng the tta lnrd of traua portatlon, Mr, Dllwortli atiiU'd that he bad prepared bluiaelf with an catl tnate ahowlng the number of tana of freight, commonly aixikeii of a bawl freight, hauled on the repcetlve rail way In Kebroaka, and the amount re ceived by the railway eompanle by way of tariff on ton of freight haul ed, Including through a well a local freight, wu qualified ta apeak a ta the amount recdved by the coinjian 1c for both piiofigrr and freight within the atnte, and the reduction that would take place In rate under h atntute In. oueation, lie tircaent- rd ynrloiia tabic ahowlng the reault of hi Inveatlgfltlona, One I Known II K 1.11,11, 4. and la an catlmate of lo cal bnalnea, and the effect of hoiiae roll U" on the Hurlliigl-ou, rit, rain, Veeiiiont. Union i'aclllt?, Ouiahtt.Ht, Jo- wph, and KaiMMi City coiupniiie for t hn vear iM'Z. Another J canwi ex blbit JO, and I a like eatlniate In re i'et of the name compaiilc for the year 1891 and WA. Anot.her I known u exhibit 20, and ahow 'tana carried tannage er mile, and percent age of exiciie for the year ending June 30th, 102 and lW.i (We- liniHka.' " 'J'he auprcme court then pro''4 to plot the tatituar muwmmv irejatrei by lllwrth, 'J'heae cannot be given at length In. Ihl article, but aa Ui aulmtance of them giwa ta the very root of tin zpieatfoii of rote rinhn-i-tlon In Nebraaka, and we give an nb atra't of the figure for "Latal freight" In theae figure mcitua a haul originating In Nebroaka and ter minating In Nebroaka. According ta JJilwortb a quoted by the auprcme court the. effect of the maximum rate bill upon the different roul In Ne broaka. for JM2 would have la'en a follow; liurllngtan road rcfelvwl for freight hauled locally, $l,2;t7,8H4. Jteclvel from all bualnea done In atota 7,- U0H.242, Amount of reduction b haie red! 3.1, $:m,m, IVr cent of reduc tion on all bimlie done In the atate, 4.10. Klkhorn ru) received for freight hauled locally $.1(10,714. UeelveI from all bualnea done In atate, Z,W,,M1. Amount of rerluctlon mode by If, ft. 3.1, $!i!,310. Per cent of reluctlon on all bualnea done In atote, 4,7. t'nlon Pacific raid. lleeelved for freight hauled ba-ally, $MH,2)2. JUj celveI from all bnaliiea done in atate, $.',,aii2,o:,7. Amount of reduction by II. it. 33, 1 17,47. Per cent of reduc tion on all btiNinea done In atote, 2.2. C, Ht. I' M. & O. road. IteCeived for freight hauled locally, $123,033. Itecelved from all bunlnc done in at ate, $7C3..1irt. Amount of reduction by II. It, 33, $.'10,204. Per cent of re duction on all buaiiieaa done in atate, t.7. Onmliii and lU-publlcau Valley rood. Ite'elved for freight haulel In atate, $NS,33.i, Ib-celved from all buaiueaa done In atiit. $l,2fil,2!)4. Amount of reduction made by II. It. 3.1, $20,04.1. IVr cent of reduction all buainc done In atate, 2.2. The tallica fur 1HUI and IH',13 make practically the aame allowing aa tlioae. for H',. Aa autntned up the allowing I that durln gthoae year the expen se if Nebraaka railroad were from SO ti Wi r cent of their gro earn ing. Or atatel In another way for every dollar the nul took In they mld' mil from M Ut 01) cent for ex jienaca. In the caae of the Hurling ton rMid Ihla wiu 03 cent; the U. I'. Mi cent, I lie. Clalixru 70 rent. Theae M-rceiitage are op the entire bualnea. Aa the eMMic on IimuI luialiieaa lire givuter lit pei Mirliott than on older bmditeN lil worth add 10 per rent Ut the eUM of em li of Ihe nmd for IhU addition al cot. Then liguilug I lie HrveiUngi of rem Hon In local rnlea by lh mav liiitiui rule u at U'J',', per cent of tti I. hhI rMte alone be limta that during Hi )ear lUI-a i all the NehraaU eoiiipaiite would have elher iiihiIh very Utile on lltelr ba' fcelght bual nea or would bat actually bwt mon ey liwll ll. l'Mill till iUlioii, bow eier, then v a eoiirtlel of Itwihnouy, Miinn of lit rtlroMi otlliUU irtiug Itgurv lhal did wt cot rend with Hum of Inlttortli. 'lb lie I piuMMllliii HMI iaH by lh court U a vital on whether II, !!. tan reilue rale within II laMib-r ! a 'lnl near tb "! of o ml MUl.e.lmt allll Ixilinf Ih rail rtatd a "l proili it It roiir luU lie liaiiillt-d III ll lt. lb Hill lodiU ll.nl II i annul iIk h lltt no illrr mw laf Ih proflU lf a td OH ahlplililtl In and out id Ih ll, ll wllh Ih Ih at! raao m iwl.n wl U l.i Ih am It lle lo U el of ilmiif m h it, Mdat whvr il.ey will al rrtma a fair proni. Ilrr U Ik eouit opiu lH a (.mil l on K $t "II U fnllher ld In Ubalf if h pirlUat, that Ih rrMMl!MMt l th tlr tlblinl)d by Ih NiUrk klalul I loil In Ih ibirliulnnl by tti lliiiilir WhrlKrr amh ! Winil I ! a rvoibl ( pot from ih l.aal bdalnra of a IT tiled tbnb, bul lhal lb loutl aluoild la lalo .. ahleratlon, among other thlngn, the whole bualnea of the company, that In, all It buainc, poaacnger , aiwl freight, Intcratate and domeatlc' If It lie fniiiul iiiion In veal ligation that the profit derived by a railroad company from the (iiterateta bualiie alone are aullU'lcnt ta cover operating exjHnaea on It entire line, onu aiao w men in- tercet, and juatify a liberal dlvlileoa noon 11 atiM'k. nwiv the leirlalaturo preau'llje rate for doineatlc bulnea that wouhl bring no rwwaru ami wo lea than the acrvice rendered arc eitnaonii l,lv worth? Or. muat the ratea for audi troniortat!on aa begin and end in the atate ne euionauc wiwi refcrem'e aolcly ta the amount of bus liirau lon hv the currier wholly with in audi atute.to the cot of doing auoh ha'ol bUHlncH, ami ta tne fair vaiue ox the proTty tiaed In conducting it, tvliJiout tiiUlnir lnt e.oualderation the amount and coat of the Intcratate bua lnea, and of the value of the proierty employed In it? Jf we do not tniaan prehend counacl, their argument leiwl to the cmicjualon that tho toto of Ne broaka could legally require local freight btialncaa ta be conducte4 even at an actual lo, If the company earn ed on If Intcratate. buainc enough to give It Juat 'oiupcnaotlon In re ancct of it entire Hue and all it buab neaa. Altera liila and dotnemtle. We cannot concur in thl view, In our Judgment, it inuat la? held that tlie reiwamablcnca or unreaaonablenea of ratea preacrlbed by a atate for the i no Mun.Hiil Ion nt iM'i-Minia arul uron- erty wholly within It Jimlta inuat be determlneu wltiiont referenco u wie Interatate bualneaa done by the car Her. oe ta tha nrotlt derive1 from it, The atate cannot juatify unreasonab ly low rate for nomcaiio irauajioruie tlon, conaldered alone, iij)ii tlie irnmiiil 1,1 1 ill, tha ciurler 1 eornliiir largo profit upon It ln.terata.te bui- neaa, over which, ao Tor ua m-ie are concerncI, the atate boa no control, Nr can the carrier iuaUfv unreftaon ably high ratea on dommtlc bnalnea dono upon the ground thai!, it win oe able only In that way ta meet lowe ou It intcratate bualneaa. Bo far aa ratea of tronajiortatloii are concerned, do meatic bualnea ahould not be imule ta bear the Jo' on Interatate bual nea. nor th latter the haiace on do ineatlc bualneaa. It I only ratea for . - ... M . the tranaportauoii or Htrmtw aiui projK'rty ltween the jKnnt namml property between point within the atate that the atoe can preacrllMsj and when It undertake to preacrilHs rate not ta la exceeded by the carrier, It muat do ao with reference exelualvely to whot I juat and reaonabU be tween tho carrier and the, public, in reaped, of domeatie bualneaa. Hie ar gument that a railroad lino I an en tirety! that It Income goea into, and it expenae are provided for, out of o common fund, and that It Cnpltiil I n (ion I on it entire line, within and without the atate, can have no ap plication where the atate I without authority over rate on the entire line, and can only deal with local rote and moke audi regulation a are neceaaory to give juat cornpenao tiou on local liuaineaa. The court argue learnedly (a courta do) on laith aidca of the ques tion anrticd below whether the amount of bond and aUa-ka laauod by n railroad coniwiny muat lie conald ered In fixing rate. On iage 23 it a,va: "If a railriaul coroonitlon boa bond ed It property for an amount that ex eeeda It fair value, or If It capitaliz ation i largely flit.lt.ioua. It may not linpime ujNMi inn puiiiic uie ouruen oi NEAR $500,000,000 INVESTED IN TRUSTS SINCE MARCH 4, '97 I, I'. H. Itlaeult company; Normiiau H. Iteam and Judge A. II. Moore- of Chlengo, leading organUera, f'.'S.noo.lMNl eiunulatUe pivferred atia'k and lO.IMai.tMHi eomiiiou atia k. Total $S.VHM),0o0 Itinoa foundry ami machine, coin hi nation at Jeraey City I Adolph imiii and V, H. Ijiporte of New York, organUerai ,up(Ul fi.IXHI.IHHI I. ( ouaoliibiled Sud uud Wlr coiupiiuy of Chicago; John W. I.uje of (Illinois lemlnig orgliier.. , a7,iaxl,tHil ( Ihuiielter iiaa t'oioMilldatioii at Pit i.liurg; coinprUltig tta In- . , , , , deH'inlent eoneern .... s.iaai.iam V American Malting rombtne, auetwtllNg Chicago Hrewlng and , , HIUiig wMiqiaiiy So.oiio.oou 0, CoiiMdidalloii of I'-diaott llbimliialing I ianiiy and Mlaaourl l.btlib' l ight and Power coinwni A. 1. Ilnwn and Knbker- Ua ker Trut eoiiipanv, Nw York City. orgmiUer , 4,iaai,iaai J, We Urn I'nUoi W touin, oruaidnt to auecrt Ainrrbau I all I Iruat eiHnaiiy, tbUago I MM" . linliU r Coerl ii Comldn (tiixleirlakeiO, to rtoilnd pi'- ,lu, l by New ork ln.iUlU.ii Vlr Company rlMlhed 9o,iaai,iaa I iiuoj Hugr Iti nuilirf roinpaity of OiUago, itftfiiint u tk'. I..lr. I Mil H,mal,inai Hi, ll..i y ey Ma)r of Chbao furm Anierieaii Mpirll Maw f.u lining txiipaai, a ioiunli.llo of all tluiillrry nierei .f lt. roniilrt, will a rppl of , Sil,wai,ial II t i.iim.Ii. tail. n of bay lnlrrta In mil. w lUy toinnv mt tfilel al lrlilt b f..it l hira. witk t'p4l von aohiUlioiiliHitlf.lt V""" M l lulrlhaltiMutl Vmvt r..ii.pjm, u .i .,all at All-,, Y V; prim ipl ortti M Wihth, V. i pUl i t.nlii.g .f ,'mi,iKi ifrml l.k d Miia(i of nmiUHHi ,, , Vio,im It. Mot llu.l ork'nU.l at larlrotli ioiim41IUh i Utg t on. el ! adiam- pil.V lr nfiilj agrrtral rafilrtl ,. ii.mai,iai Wiwld l'il of IS.w.Ur niaimf. turvfa f.mii. la Axf.1,1 Jf, ditltle.1 iO I ii l. Ikt Iribnlarv .oii oimi to Ih ot .lle .f IK AlHrl.H inaiiuf. Iurt by Ik i'utoia,, and on Ihlr bv U'lkl rl 11 IMmM1 It, I'reiiiaMoM br latetaalnHtat AlootbAH Uank, wllb bl quatw-r at Now Yiok and Mn-i.t riiu ,.. a,im ik , 'r iMrall.m for I rjl Truat al I'kiUb IpM, with a vpl- ll Of , , , , ,,,, ,, ,i.ii. ,,,,,, muMM ,,.(.,, , . i i . , ., i . i . i ,i lniHfaVll TUTU i i i I i n i audi Increoacd rotea oa may be re quired for the purpoee of realizing pitdlt tqioii mich exceaalve valuation or flctltloim cupltall.atlon ami tho ap parent value of the projierty and fran cblaea uaed by Uie corporation, aa rep reaentel by 11 abx-ka, lanul and ob ligation 1 NOT ALONH ta be con aldered when determining tho rate that may be reaaonubly charged." i(n. i, .nn... ilnti.lv lifter, on tiatro 24. the court proceed' to kick over what It. Inn! xnreaiUMl oil the point In the following language! "We hold, however, tnau uio ouia nt nil ..iiti.iiliitlon ii ta the rcnaon- nblenca of rate ta be charged by a corporation maintaining a mguwu-y iiinloe liiirlulnilv aiLuit.lon muat be the fair value of the property being uaed ly it for tno convenience oi wm jui llc, And In order ta oacertaln that value, the original coat of conduc tion, the amount expended in iKfrmo nont improvemente, the amount ami market value of it bond and tock, the praacnt a compared with the original coat of coiiatruction.the prob able earning capacity of Uio prcqHirty under particular rals preaerlbed by atetuto, and the mum required ta meet operating cxpenacM, ore all matter for conalderatlon, and are ta bo given audi weight aa may bo juat and right in each, t'uae," And now, having argued up and down all aide of the propoaitlon aub mlttad the nuprciiie court of the Unit ed Htatea proceed ta give it clinch ing argument agolmit tlie maximum nuIa liitv liv tii.Llrnr UD the r-MMibllran campaign document prejaired by Joo joluiNOU, tlie jainou repuuiK-n writer, when one of the aecretarlea of the board of tranHjiortatlon In 1801, aa followa: Tn ..ilinl mil IMP tlila nnlnbm it DlltV not be lnapjiroprlat to any that the eoiiclualon reached oy ua a w mo effect of the Ndiroaka statute find Home aupport in the reportof Uielxaird of aeereturlea of the Nebrnaka taianl of tranajiortatlon made in Heptember, 1H91 ta tho board Itaclf and lgned by Mr. llilworth and hi colleague. That report wo made purauant ta a rco lution of the board requiring the hcc retarleH to prepare a atetemcnt of fad In reference to the rote of trail portation In Nebraka. It contain a wl.ii t it dioractcric n "the controveray on the qucatlon of freight me inawi-en inc i:pi ' the railroad of the arate," and cm bolle audi facta, figure and argu ment n the aecretnrle gathered from both Hide. Tho report Maya: "The preaent controvcray lietwecn the tuttill att ,t the railroad of thin Htate orlginnlly grew out of the qucatlon not of rate or reduction of ratea, but df control. The people, recognizing the railroad a common carrier, not entitled under the Htare conanmuon to the Homo broad liberty of action in bnalnea that the Individual citizen ha, .wanted ta control the road. The rood, Impatient of Interference, want ed ta control theniHelve, and manage their bualneaa In their own way," It further atateB: "We hav given you in the foregoing a brief hlatary of the rate matter a we have found It, and from that hlatory and from the evi dence and report on file In our of fice we beg leave to mibmit In condu- Hlon the following finding of fact; Firat, we find from the evidence and aworn statement and report on file in our office, and from peraonnl ln Hpection tlmt the railroad In thl L, nmiiii tmt le rlunllcated for a leaa a ti in than $30,000 per mile, taking Into (Continued on Filth Tag.) mt,(M,i ABOUT CO-OPERATION WMaaaaM All Oppoiod to tha Bulo of tha Gold Syndicates and Truata Should Unite on Candidate!. SENATOR BUTLER'S LETTER Populliti Will Not Submit to An other Co-Operation Like tho One of 1806. Trm Mut II Valr, Tho following Ih a letter written by Nutlonnl Chairman Duller to Btate Chairman Young lu reply to a letter from Mr, Young with reference ta the political Mltuution iit Oregon. It ex plain why Jn tho opinion of the nati onal chairman of the people' party Hhould propoae a fair and honorable co-operation of the reform force in Oregon. He ahow that whether the propoaitlon 1 accepted or rejected how it will advance the principle of the people' party and thereby the party Itaclf. The letter i a follow! Hon, John C, Young, linker City, Or egons My Dear BIrjYour letter re ceived, You Mcem to interpret my let ter ta you a a letter of advice ta the populUt of Oregon to fuae with the democrat, or rather ta aurrender our principle and party organization ta tho democrat. My letter will bear no audi interpretation, and I am there fore a little Mtirpiiacd at the tone of your reply. I am not in favor of fu- lon with any party, and 1 am not ev en in favor of co-operation uniea audi co-operation can be on fair and honor able terniH, and tlie reault oi which will be the advancement of our prln dplcM, and therefore a victory for tlie people, I ahould never favor another national co-operation on the Maine term aa tlie one of jhuo. uur pony would not have Miibmitted ta that had It not been for the peculiar clrcum- ntancei brought about by the auddca and unexpected development at the Chicago convention. 1 do not aup poae there Ih a popullat in the nation who would lie in favor of Miipporting the democratic ticket, or of any kind of co-operation with the democrat if they ahould In their next national convention go ahead and nominate a whole ticket and then exfiect ta uiuke term with ti afterward ta get ua to aupport Much a ticket, I certainly do not know a popullat who would taler ute Much a ticket with aa great a mlaflt a Mr. Bewail on it, and I am aura that the great majority of the rank and file of the folrminded voter of the Demo cratic party would not expect u to do ho even if they put a better man up for vlce-prcHldcnt. Hut that i a long time in the future. Suffice it to May that it i practically the unanimou aentlmcnt of the popu llat, mo far a I know, that there can never be another co-operation audi a the one of 1800. The thing that now confront u I the campaign of IMS. Now what I beat for our party to do In view of the laat cumpolgn and under preaent conditionn. The courae that will do the moat to odvunce our prin ciple, atrengthen the party, teat tlie Minority of tlioae who claim that they want to be our nllie and thu put u In a poult ion to gain recrulta not only from heir own ranka, but from the large and Increnalng number of tlie diaar Hailed voter in the republican pnry, I the courae that every true lipullat want ta puraue. Can you iu compliah thl purHae by declaring In advance that von do not want ta co- operat with a man or a party, even if he or It will do fulr and uiuke au lion- eat. auunra fight ngiilnat the allied monoiNille? If we take audi a courae the llryau democrat will at once an iiou me and will continue ta ibslure It all through the campaign that they were In favor of eo-iqieratlng on fair ami honorable term, ana we win but It eo they can aay that they were In favor of term imwt advaiitugeoua 4i ua, not ouly with reference, to of fice, but with reference lo principle; nd It we dec lure In dvuc that we will not ceoi-ciate with them under any condition they will eertaltily lk Ihl poaiUon. whether Ihey r lioneat In It or nob If Ihey do thl. our prty will at a dliMulvantaire front th bm g Inning of th fight. W will not ruin a recruit; certainly not from lb dm laratle rt,v, for w will ibm lh thing that will give Ih diiuTtie trader who ar m.l aliicvr a rhaiM lo hi.l. their iuiimriiv and ait ( Mirlmdty la t-oHtine lb rank and Ht of Ihrlr parly that w ar not th Oltr who ar allu-eie. Ikeatile, w will toil rte a r rult frotn IK rrpulda Aa iiri, lat'u awry uh who will ( Ih frpul.llilt atr(y Will do II I, au.e It U dtriiliuml Ht thl that pt,f d II lbb' w dw leitUtl at Ih M iklli'fc lvrry uH lean biva th! lb way Ut to do It U by fair and boaorabl irtli.,M vf ll who l calu th i ii In itf lb gold ayadit! il Ik at lel tiu.lt aad tMuaodi. Ibcrv fur, It w ilUr It.! w wilt a! iu ofte with aatUaly ww aay Irrwit w rrv holt. wtt Ik iltv lpil mn that w d aot Wat bat, t vaibr lky will ao trH ll, ad ! It will f.av all at ik ((! who ll a df tMra la aaat ll kt lilt ttp wUk Ih lrt dwto a i rata, Um tttaklag th doa ralie I m 1 1 ifuvr aal Wiii- w at a UW.UKII It at W4Hll.(f b under theae condition we intirht lo aoino popullat votei'M. You May in your letter that the sil ver republican will noon be betrayed by ilio Dry an democrat. If you think the Dry an democrat in your atate are not Hlnccre (and I con few that I know a number who claim to be Dryan democrat who I believe are not ln cere) then by all mean teat their aln cerity before tlie next campaign opcni. jn Hiiort, make tnem a fulr propoai tlon for an honorable co-operation, not baaed on office alone, but covering the great underlying principle in tills fight, Do thl and if they decline your proposition you will then expoee the liiHlncerlty of these lenders not only to the diver republicans, but to the rank and file of their own party, You will put them on the defensive from tlie beginning of the fight and put yourself in a position where you will not only align the silver republicans with you, but each day draw recruits from the rank and file of the demo cratic party If the democratic party 1 not linneatly with the people in this fight, if it will not prove it sincerity by repudiating it traitors and strati illera and marching boldly up and helping us ta light the allied ana com blued enemies of humanity, then it ought ta die, and tho quicker it die tho la-tter. Hut the only way that the party cun be killed, that Ih, tha only way that tho dUhoneat and insincere men In It can be thrust into tho repub lican party where they belong, the honest and sincere men taken into the people's party where we hope to see them, Is by showing tlie honest rank and file of that party that their lender are not sincere, and that the party will again betray them aa it did under Cleveland, We are now In a jHiHltlon ta put this test to the party and to accomplish this and so much ta be desired, and it would be criminal in us both from a party standpoint and from a standpoint of patriotic duty to fail ta put their sincerity to this teat at this Juncture, 1 believe that the rank and file of the democratic' party an1 some of their leaders are as honest and sin cere as any of us. The same I believe I true ta a certain extent of tlie rank and file of the republican party. If thl were not true then there would lie no hoe ta redeem the government. Then let us so act that theae element can be brought together either under our party banner of Jcffersonlan de mocracy and Lincoln republicanism, or if that cannot be accomplished at preaent, by an honorable eo-operai.on. If we have not the sense and patriot Ihm to take such a courae, then some body dan muat or the fight is lost and the Institution of the republic will go down under an oligarchy of sordid wealth There were more than three million democrat in thl country who were on the eve of leavmg the demo crutio party when the democratic no tional convention convened In 1890. They would have left if Cleveland had been nominated or any straddlebug had been nominated. These millions of voters are the rank and file. They have to-dny no more confidence In the democratic leaders who supported Cleveland and who up to 1800 ridiculed silver and every other reform the peo ple's party was advocating, they they had then. They are simply staying la the party because they have faith in Hryou and JJryanism. If we ever get theae voters in the future we must do it by pursuing such a courae as will commend Itself to theae men, and at the some time expose tlie hypocrisy of the pretended llryun democrat who la at heart a Cleveland democrat. It is true, aa you say, thut we proved to theae men and to the whole world our almolute sincerity, patriotism and uiiHdnahncss by supporting llryon under the most trying circumstances in 1HU0, but the very fact that there was a co-operation In IH'JO mukes it all tha more necraaory that the responsi bility should not be on our shoulders for the failure of a fair and honorable co-oiierutlon this year. If the demo cratic leader in your state are sincere and they are attempting to backslide the party, thrn there I but one thing under high heoven that can enable theae leaders to continue to hold the honeat rank and file in the tatrty uu.br thdr leadership, and that If for ii lo lake a courae that will allot audi laditldana ta rail attention from and to iiilnluil0 tha magnificent lau rel that we won In IVJtt .y our u nigr al led example- of patrlotUm abov party pride, lit politic a In many other Iking, the world l ludlned ta judge ti more ty our preaent count than by what our ptot eondurt ha been, and Ihl I a-dtly trim If our present eoiir should strut lo be lea Milrloti than our paal. I am a cou aiderabt pwrttaau iiiyadf, but If w wbdt ta adtane our parly w muat b wl later w ar imrilaaa. la a atriy l.i 1 a toajWlty party pr liMtnablp I laugh! and but tiled Into lh voter lo try to hold tlonu lata Ih pally vit when ll brlrwy Ih prvpu and iheir lnirrtt bm a Mb iwiriiy rl.y lo grow tut break tlowsj i Htrl,y prrjttduw, muat appeal to Molt lo put Mtttkili atao pally and Im aiakbig suva pprl w tauat . I totl our il.i Uraliiu.a. If wl )un aay U lrot aboul Ih drrMocml bd eta lit 1'rvtfon, tkwa. a tti;ht M will b ih UiiM rMlt atirr tmt bat in a. I your flr pnUiott lo eo oort but It )wit aik a atiwlg-ltt a-kt ) waat lo mm lit wkuk vwit will gala ytuii If wla a va. lot v. kt at p r to Jt V Uk Ik wl toara to prot Ik iMrilf at lk dww VttMt M.If WHI VOH PIWMwa I lywat, kwr, llil joo ar al Uktt. IHw totskt ta pt.pulut rtyiwra. (t la Ik UVetiee! a lla !) .
