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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 !)
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