Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. "KLCzL Hyj '
Vol, ix. " LINCOLN, NEliRASKA, THURSDAY Al'KIL ai. 1898. Na 48.
iTv.i 1. -i 1 ,i ,..,.(.. .. , 1 . . i man. Cut vou cannot touch a dollar of I f v i ITU mill! tllTlif in I I I coming too fast tor such rcckles and
GREA1
Changosin the rrinclplo of the Ilo
publican Party Blnee Its
Organization
SPEECH OF HON, W. J. BRYAN
lteoalls the Decision of the Supreme
Court in tho Income
Tax Cane.
Tli Man, lluf Not the Hollar.
Hon. Win. J, Hryan spoke at tho
banquet of the Mohawk club ut De
troit, Mich,, tm April r. His speech
wait one of th best of all liU numerous
addresses. Wa publish it in full,
Mr. llrym said:
"Thin it a democratic banquet. I
do not mean it in a purtlslan sense,
but in ft broader sense a democratic
banquet where the rich and poor meet
together and rooognlxe that they are
the equal of each other; u democratic
banquet where we come, no matter
whether we call ourselves democrats,
or ppullsts, or silver republicans; a
banquet that 1 democratic because we
here renew our allegiance to the doc
trine of ThoiiiM Jefferson, that all
mini are created equal and stand equal
before the Jaw, and renew our allegi
ance to the doutrine of Abraham Lin
coin, that it mutt remain a government
of tU pople, by the people, and for
the people, (Applanse.)
"I hare enjoyed listening to the
sprehe that hare been made, Th
only thing' that ha taken from my
enjoyment ia the fact that you will not
let m b a private citizen aa 1 desire
to be on an ch an occasion. I do not
come to speak with authority. I am a
candidal of no party, I am an Amer
ican citizen in a land where to be a
cillm is greater than to bo a king.
(Applause,; And, an a cltl.i-n, a private
cltlwui, to whom bin country owe
nothing, 1 come to aprak upon a demo
cracy that la glowing the hcarU of the
American people.
'i come to encourage you with the
assertion that democracy ha never
been defeated in the United Ktatea.
That in every content between demo
cracy and aristocracy democracy ho
alwaya been victorious, und alwaya
will be victorious. More than that, let
me renew your courage by telling you
that bo party ever achieved greatneaa
In thla nation that did not take demo
cracy a Ita foundation.
"We had upon the program to-night
that pioneer, Albert Williams, ana I
Join in tho prayer for hla long life and
health that he may see again thla
country restored to lUold fouridationa.
He entered tho republican party when
the republican party In ita llret nation
al platform appealed to all the people
who wanted to carry the government
back to the principle of Washington
ami Jefferson. That in what the plat
form say. I myself wan surprlacd
when, upon re-reading thut platform
of 'Ml, I found that instead of appeal
ing to those, who loved tho principle
of Alexander Hamilton, it. appealed to
those who loved the principle of
Thoma Jefferson; and I wan surprised
agalu to 11ml that there Is a living rec
ord of a lutter written by Abraham
Lluooln in lilt to some republican
In the city of Hon tun who were celo
bratiug the birthday of Thotua .Jeffcr
aon, and In that let ter he went on to
praise the author of the leclaratlou of
Amerloon Judupemlence, and the first
republican platform upon which a
republican candidate was elected, em
bodied a part of the deelurutlou writ
ten by Thomas Jefferson. (Applause.)
"My friemU, when the republican
party aprang Into existence, it appaled
to the democratic sentiment of the
United State, aud It will go out of
eiuteoc because to -day it appeal to
the plutocratic Keiitimtiat of the rutted
State. (Applause and cheer I lein
craey la not lie, hemocracv i old
ea the. context betMeen inaiiiiuoii and
man; aiul tit thut uiim' letter to which
I Lava referred, written by Abruhuin
itliooln, he ui,l thai the Keiiulllcuu
party bidlewd In lotli the dollar and
Ih man, but In c of cmitlici, the
man before the dullitr
"I ciiartfe the Uuputilicau party to
ihy with Lelievlng in tl d.illwr lie
lore til luail, lld bm-uUtie the lle
puldioan party hit to day (tlaced the
dollar In the Kmtlnii of m.reiiic lin
trta4ic aiti ivti in man a
Valnf lor tlian a dollar, I !.
a I.. I ute fallh in the onrllhruw of lh
rpuhliuu part; The put lh d,i
lei Oral. I l llioiii uu lh ddlr
ki a Ikem. e iiiaitk ltl Urt,
ad appeal t tli heat I t.( mankind.
lAridauM u, I t'her I
"If there be lhe lm Ihink
thV
aatt r ue the i i,ul,il. u parly
t4 aer!' of lb dollar, lei On in
from
III l,
tin we tht a htiic ionri' ll, iu
kteuda, '' Ha-M-xrf mtvqaal
Valtla. "the d,e l tit
Tit re-ablti i li " ihaitce
A tWrtiexnalW pivt.dvMl 1 ltrtl
Kle ! )!. h l t d hi
pail 1 he ivpnt'lu pi I loi'l Ik
i lattl ? It h' 'no,,ii,,i, Mf
ait llk atu Hi no im It aid tt
wttew the .' ! '( (rot '!' eut
at tit teybUit fi,nU.'H i t
4ll ta '! II, ('ill iicad of U a
h the adrttlut ,tVI-t llil h I Iteu
OT(rdU4 b; Hie nH ,. f Mail
lri (('!' ' !' ml Hnl
14 talatai- t'M I ' tl
Jivd ta I 'tdmdvd l ! r I let
Iaai. a4 w hen Ihe d'm rail'' 4tti
iat, I thahh ''"! it had t! . itr( l
,ilo4 ttft n U !! ..! t w I Ut
Ul l hM h h I ll I ol tt
uii
waa a republican whaln tluro to take
him up. (Prolonged cheer,)
"Whv, my friend, the republican
party ia in afar wore condition to-duy
to achltve reform than it wu in 1SI0
ber.aua in 1H!U It only had in it the
bad republican; tiow it haa all the
bad douionrut who left th denjo
cratlo party. (Prolonged cheera.) The
democratic party to-day la built vifxiii
tlin foundation of the father. You
aak me why it la that when two
year alrnont have dupned we have
anffrred no doaertloua, ami I tell you
it la boeauarj wu g(H rid of the deei t
era when the fight wu ou hand, and
we had nothing but the trim blue when
the light wa over, (Cheer,) Andalrice
the election of 1HI1 we have aeen what
wa never before wltured in thU
country In recent year, and that wn
a party growing atrouger every day In
If defeat; and when I apeak of the
growing atrrngth of the democratic
party, J do not unan to confine thla
growth in trcgtu to the dumocratlo
party, becauao wn went Into the lent
campaign a triple alliance democrat,
fiopulUt and allver republican dif
fering about eonm thing, agreed about
tlin ttraiuount iaaue.; they went In an
undisciplined army; thoy came out the
moNt magnificent Uuiy of fighting men
that ever emerged from a political but
tle, (Applauae,)
"I have heard of one democrat who
went back on tin, and he waa a Nation
al banker. (Applauae.) And when he
went out, he wrote a letter aaylng that
he believed in bimetiilliMm Juat a uiucu
lot ever, but he thought the world had
decided for the gold tandard and now
he wa going to help them to atlck to
it. Hut while there wa one demo
crat, ao far a 1 know of, who went
back on iia, 1 have not heard yet of the
llnttailver republlcon who went back
on u after the election, And there ia
a good re anon why they have been
faithful. They we're not drawn out of
the Republican party by any allure
ment we could olrer, Not one of
thoHc gallant men who left tho Repub
lican party left bceauac of any hope of
reward toiilm iixun Individual In which
the whole country did riot ahare, 'J'hey
thought theumelvc out of the republi
can party, and they did not leave it
until thcirconvletion become atrouger
than party tie, and then when tiiey
went out they Wi'iit through auch a
fire of peraccutlou a hu neve been
known aince the time the three He
brew children went through the fur
nace beatcd acveu time hotter than it
wa wont to bo heated.
"And yet, my friend, aa the Hebrew
children went without hurrn through
tho fire, rather than to bow down to
the golden imiige which had lx'n act
up, ao the ailver republican went
throujrh the fire alinot a hot, and
you need not be iifruld thut any one of
them will go back to the republican
party.
"Ami thoae poptilUt are fighting
the aame battle for humanity that we
are fighting. You need not be aur
prUedlf the relation between the
iopullt and the ailver republican
and the democrat arc friendly, be
cause, my friend, If the the democrat
arc casting out devil, and the popu
IUI are casting out devil, and the
silver republicans arc casting out dev
ils, we cannot be very fur apart, al
though we invoke a different name
when we east devil out. (Applause
and laughter.)
"Ilcmocracy 1 not merely a party
name. liemoeracy hu a meaning.
Democracy mean a government In
which the people rule, and that I all
we ask for. We arc willing to aubinlt
any question that concerns the people
of this country to the people them
selves. No matter how earnest we
are, no matter how anxious we are,
no matter how emphatic we are, there
is not a contention that we hold that
we are not willing to mibiuit to the
American people.
"I remember that those who were
with me in lsuil wer sometime called
a mob; they were called Mcla)itM, and
they were called anarchist, but 1
k'lory In the fact that when the result
wa announced, six million and a
half of earnest men bowed In th w ill
of the majority. They did not know
where the majority came from but
they bowed t4i it. (Laughter and re
pealed applaiue. I
"Where waa the sign of anarchy
then'.' W here w as the advocate of bi
metallism who would rise up to con
ttl the right of the A mil U nil m o,r
to decide for theuiselve.' He w
not found. And then I wonder, If mc
had Ix-elt successful, whether the eor
sii at ion aiul the trusts that poured
out their money freely to win a re
pulil kctii victory. I rtoinlrr if they
woiihl bate l.iwtd hi hkcU't as our
l oii ill. I ' lam sfishl tto v would
not hav itoiir I sin slrsi.l they
would not Hut, mt friend, our
i -. is inuij so fusl thai lu I Ji'
we Mill b .i sit-on a;, and thw uiajoiiiv
m great, thst Uu re won t he a trust
I. tt 1 1ta I wilt uiirliit M did
Ihelt I p!tise I
"Mt fi lends ihy uieHiiie i ell ms
iIi! I want nil I' iiieb'tttud
tli at w Im tlm o'lin i tnl.ir o(,.e of
llu Collllll J I It l Ml,. I I . II III
U Hl. I . III It hi .l , U l III'1
, i ,1, r I I i fold ( the I ll,t'l
iul..-U Is tie i v afisa to
IU ) ii,,t a t viiv II it on. t in a
iIvIium ) tliil a HUr In II tan li.nlti
tis lartiu ii -e I ti niK (! i
l,i Uta ti It ! t ut u.i mailer
he ll It In l4 U --ii , lie diw imhI
Unit wl.st In. , !,.! 1 1 n ii. t t u I
.l.HMa. It ii' oKerutMi-at
I u -t a Mian 'ai '' ! t.i ! to
lerllt It lu.x l tlml n tl k
iMllH la Mi r lot meul t ( !,f, llt
j aa I ( parvuil ,if hin i , t
Hi.taV thai fej t4 ,l t let to Ui toilet
a Jul shatv o' II ttt' of lo tt.il.
ilv l a ) , lli flielt.U t lh o!
fatroaleeeer aJmtleem
tlec that dwell In the human heart,
"You ask mi! why we shall auccoed;
1 tell you that we must aucceed, be
cause democracy appeal to nil that i
good in human nature. It appeal to
the young men, liko thoae who have
spoken tonight; young men who are to
live her all their day, and want
their government good because they
must live under it, whether it bo good
or bad. It appeal to tho middle-aged
who are in the enjoyment of life, and
health and vigor, are aatlsflcd to eat
the bread they cam, and are not anx
ious to tat the bread that souit one else
earn. It appeal to the old men, who,
In leaving thl life, want to leave a
heritage worth more than gold or all
ver to their children, it appeal to
all part of the country. It appeaJa to
all occupation and condition. It ap
peal to that sense of Just ice that la
never appealed to In vain.
"Ah, my friend, it la a aenae of Ju
tlce In the human heart that makea it
poslbl to have a government deriv
ing it power from the consent of the
governed. And democracy appeal to
that aenllment because, whether it U
the democracy taught by the demo
cratic party, or the democracy taught
by the populist party, or the democra
cy taught by the allver republican
party, it 1 a democracy that meana
aqua I right to all, and special prbrl
lege to no ou. (Applauae,
"If you auk ine what la the moat
rlou thing that we have to contend
upainit today, I reply that It i favor
itism In government. The good book
tell ii that when Joseph' father
made for hlio a coat of many colore, a
it lgn that he loved Joaeph more than
he hived the other brethren, that hla
brethren hated him. Hated hlra, whv?
Ilerause it 1 a mark of a father' fa
voritism. And, my friend, favoritism
today breed discontent and hatred
among the brethren a It did among
the brethren that kept their flock in
Kadralou,
"if the government ahould attempt
to scatter the germ of contagion uia
ease, it would not be ao dangerous as
to enter upon a career of favoritism,
because if the government attempted
to scatter diaeaso everybody would try
to get out of the way of the disease,
and thus the harm would be limited.
Hut when the government start upon
a career of favoritism, then everybody
wiliiIh ti ict. In tlie wuv of thl disease
and get a part of the benefit because
somebody else wants to get it. (Ap
plause aud laughter,)
"Democracy will settle every quae
tlon that has arisen, There I a ques
tion that i cve.r pVesent tbe question
of taxation, Other question may
come, and other questions may go, but
the question of taxutlou goes on for
ever. Kvery city council, every state
legislature, every federal congress
must meet the subject of taxation, and
we sol ve the quest ion of taxation by
applying to that question thl idea of
democracy; Kqunlity before tho law,
equal rights to all au i special privi
lege to none,
"We tried, my friends, to secure an
approach to this Ideal of equality
wheu we en uc led the Income tax, Hut
somehow wu could not get that Income
tax ast the NUprcuio court. We got
it through the house, and we got it
through t he senate, und by tho presi
dent's refusing to sign the bill at all,
wa got it past him. (Applause.) We
came within one of getting it through
thu supreme court. (Applause and
laughter.) Hut we missed it because
one man changed hi mind. I believe
1 am youug enough, and I know I am
sanguine enough to hope to live to ace
the day w hen there will be au Income
tat o firmly Imbedded io the eontltu
tion that no supreme court can ever
say it I unconstitutional. (Applause.)
"And you will pardon me If Just at
this time I call attention to something
that was almost prophetic In It 1gni
tlcauee. When, during the campaign,
I came to this city, you will remem
ber that I quoted from the dissenting
opinion rendered by Juatlce Itrown of
your own city. I often fell back on
that opinion whim a republican called
ine au anarchist. 1 could show that
opinion of Justice Urown, and any
that if I ws ii u aiiarchUt for what I
had said, hn hud said worse things
than 1 had ainl must be a worse anar
chist than 1 wits. lApplause.)
"Hut, liiy friend. I quote that ilc
etslou because It it more emphatic to
day than It wa when t wit here la
fore. He auid lu that opinion that his
fea.' was that lu some hour of national
peril that deeUloii might rise up and
iiitralyie the arm of the gott-ruitieiit
1 leoile that decision to you tonight, I
Impress It iii-'ii your memory, because
we are in the pirseuce not of ccilu.ii,
iul p.,ihl war
' And, mt frit ud. If w ur do- colue
1 want you to nu ll rstaud that iU. ii .n
stitiiil Ihi'ic In piiteiit Oil list ion
front lotyiiik' till.iiln iim.ii Ilia wtaHli
of t h i oiiult y In taiiy tin a wsf for
the net ion thfeithti I waul toil o
knot thai decision t4iitl liicia at a
bar lo the arlloii of t on -t 'I be
t,ot to uuo li I i tin o lo the lioina and
UU the loil.n I flotn tlo. l of It
ttlfo, the ifot el i lit t li go lo Ihv
hott.a ai,, tutu tit' salt 1 1 out hu ,1,
I Ii. lent iiiollivt anil In i su laSe
llhr a. i I wu -i t the gt'tr l Ii uo itl
H p! thvtlt In (i nl of i It tllll "i
u I iii ll, hi t it id up II. ir iif
hhxttl ,H tl Uslloll ,. (.'lit- toil K
i ail II o l) 1 1 hand ii I lit- t ail h I
lla iialtou an I in itt II I t si II U i
t U e H'M ft !) tititii I i.il .
i tl in an tuntt 1 1 t on m l I n!
o lie'jt ! l ! I u; i.et i. an i
i, an foituiiv ihnii a He.iiit i oi
rtllu ,t,.i i,d , V eiaIM t
"tlltat wtotii V i , iao u
Oiiaa bi-Ui ll l that lt. u
the a, an and U ihi ar II. it pah I, n
(silt 4t ll litali 1.1 l IKt. tl ,Maf
VI hat l t t th us ,f it to tlt , t hen
ateti,l.ii( to a .U t t ii f the sttj,,
t on 1 1 i ti4 t ea lake i i ? al-., I tlo i
the accumulated wealth to carry on a
war for the honor of the flag or the
defense of humanity and our feeling
for a neighboring people'
"My friends, democracy will settle
the ut tlon of taxat ion, and demo
cracy only can sett lu It right, because
democracy will so amend the constitu
tion to permit this nation to place the
burden of government equitably on
the shoulders of the peode. Demo
cracy wLU demand und democracy will
Insist that the federal government
shall have the authority and the power
to eolloet from each citizen hi due
share to the expense of the govern
ment which protect his Ufa and his
property, lA-mocracy will not only
settle the tariff question, and the tax
question, biit democracy will settle
the money question, Aud democracy
settles It by applying to it that same
principle of equality before the law
that it applies to the settlement of tax
ation questions to a money trust that
will decide in scen t how much money
I good for the American people to
have, (Applause,)
"Talk about trust! Why, my
friends, the money trust Is worse than
all other trusts combined, (A pplausn.)
Talk about tho railroad trust! Why,
a tnau can avoid a railroad trust if he
will not uae the railroads. A trust in
any one commodity can be avoided, by
the man who will not use that com
modity. It is pretty hard now to find
a commodity that is not controlled by
a trust, if its production is such as to
make It possible for a trust to control
It, And ou this subject I might sug
gest that a gentleman was speaking of
eonndeuce being restored, and he said
he looked up the definition of con
Alienee, to be sure what it was that
was restored, and he found that one of
the definitions of confidence was,
'trust,' and then he understood. (Ap
plause and laughter,)
"My friends, the money trust is
equivalent to ail other trusts combined,
and when people ask whv we place so
much emphasis upon this one great
question, we tell them that we are not
going to bo satisfied by killing the
whelps, we are going to kill the Hon,
and Uien we will take up the whelps;
for wheu we get through with them
we will be through entirely. (Ap
plause.) We are not going to com
mence with tho little fellows, and find
new ones growing up as fast as we kill
the little ones off, We are going to
commence at the parent trust, the mo
ney trusts and we are first going to
demand that 70.000,000 people and not
a handful of Kngllsh financiers shall
control the primary money of tho na
"tlorT; anil then we will demand that
70.000.000 neonlo and not a handful of
bankers shall control all the paper mo
ney Unit the nation has. (Cheers and
applause.)
Wo know that those who are profit
ing by abuses do not want reform.
Hut, my friend, wo ought not to la
surprised. If you have read history
you kuow that no abuse bus ever re
formed by the fellow who was getting
the benefit of It.
"Why, In the first place, a man la
not apt to want to undo that which lie
Is glad to have done, aud In the second
place - and you don't want to overlook
thl reason n man won't know that a
thing need reform until he Is brought
in contact with it. 1 had a boll on my
finger last fall, and 1 remember dl
tlnctly that while 1 had it I studied
the question of boll with more earn
estness than I had studied the subject
In years before, (Laughter.) My
friends It I the men who have boll
that study bolls; It Is the people who
have financial boll that study finan
cial boils, And it is the people who
have financial bolls, and they alone,
who must find a remedy for them, bo
cause those w ho do not have them are
willing to make oath that there Is no
such thing. (Applause and laughter.)
"These reform must come up from
tho bottom, No reform ever came
down from the well to-ilo. I do not
sneak of lu 1 1 v ll ii u lit, I am speaking of
sueak
the el
lass.
"It Is true that you can find all
through the history of thu world men
who had great riches aud who yet
have not allowed those riches to dwarf
their sympathies and their eualhlll
ties; but, my friends, they are the ex
ceptions rather than the rule, and I
upM-al to history to verify the state
ment that 1 in a l,e. wheu I sav in all
recorded history no jiinit reform ha
ever isiuie u jwii from the people who
were getting along well enough with
out reforms, that reform have count
up from tit,, iMMiple who suffer,
"'I bat a liret sslly is the mother of
invention, so dltlress is the thing that
ktiugest a remedy, and, my friend,
I the areat toiliug million six million
ami a half of Ihem ein eoiitiueed a
I Vim tt,,-o Unit Mum thing wa ttroiitf
'and that w had to Uk'lu by n foiuiln
our money trui Ah, there, ttrn
, moie than that. Mt million and a
h illwt iw coin tut nl then, but there
I wvtv ttittiti who wetw Jut above frtv4
In' poilit on the aubjei t
I ' I ii Ihe liiolii' V iiirUott melt tsrt
(fium Jm1 alitue fi vt iug up lo ld!liirf
1 point hu a man I Jut 1ii fr, r
intf If he oat a h ink IHfl ban can
... hi il Vt hrlt b fat lo Do- boil
u.tf . Inl lloi l ank i ana. I tear hint
j ante and !an, 1,1. f I If a Ul-'Hi'tf
I unit rt int t lim theriupl i
, r luat eta ice 1,1m, I nl hi ii h gi t
io !: in j. i ii i ii. i ii- f i iiinnf
liim, ii l, tt.y fii'H.U, we ate I4iitig
I l.e It uift'i !) all oter thw itisillll
I t l: .!- an I UnfMer I
i ' i heie at Miorv
people . h mt
.1. Itl4i I Ihia llo-Ut qtiestioit 'ha a
U.tl ih t and llitlv ol 1 1
iti:i .t ilti I i ! a ho uu l.ulnil
' I :,U ,'ii t tut I U a it thai an n t 'nf
I c a ii a a t h ! I of II,. e rt Im
thiMS I It 'l' U to II... 4l It ot lh "f
w ! 11, an.) w to a s t wiaa
Wet t hi tt I bflv tt att i l.alov t-t bit
J'ltt'g I at W, an I at inasui, uui
LAM
Hellenics now Being Pushed In
Congress to Voto it
Away.
TO CEDE TO THE STATES
Dill Reported to Van$ by House
Committee, on Publio
Land.
Facts In Ilia Case,
The people's attention, was llrecUl
a, few weeks ago In. thesw columiia to
Hie jii'i'slslcnt cfTorts of liiud-graiiblug
symllenleM ut Washington to secure
legislation ceding tho remaining pub
lic lauds to tho slates n.nd tciTltorlcs
where tint hunt lie, Jt may him' in to
sonm of our rcmlcrs that further ugl
luliou of this quest lou Is uni)eciM'nry,
tlml, the danger of such a bill getting
through congress is remote, Jf they
w ill consider thut two years ago a par
tial hill for this pur pi mo was jaiaacd
and that under lis provisions several
hundred thousand acre of uwl have
already jmsstsd Into thu hands of land
grahbcf'M who are now pushing for
the rest of the public domain they
would stir themselves in thla matter.
JCveiy father ami mother who has chil
dren is vitally interested in keeping
every remaining aero of public laud
open for homes, If wu penult the
land-grabbers to securo their object
we shall hits fen thctlinc of trouble for
Ainerlcii. If we resolutely laat their
schemes now the remaining public
lauds will afford a refugo for tho over
flowing tide of the next generation
und give a Jew more years of educa
tion upon industrial questions.
The present situation in congress
Is I hat t he house committee- ou public
lands lias, by a vote of 7 to 2, agreed
to rejKrt favorably the Sbafroth re
oluf ton for the cession of all arid lands
fo the atiites In which they are hicat
ed. The absolute and unconditional
cession to the states of the whole arid
nubile domain capable of reclojmutlon
by Irrigation, as is provided for by
this 1111. would create such enormous
und liMiiiiueruble opportunities for all
tminner of gtgiur.ic achcuics Tor and
tr rubbing and the monopoly in pri
viitrt ownership of all that remains of
this valuable mtrlmoiiy or too wnoie
s-oidc, that the scheino Is certdn to
find ncflve jirotnolers and the very
euormily of Its Iniquity and tin huge
)Msslllll(lcs of pliiiider under It raise
a (lunger, wheu the attention of Un
people und flic press und of congress
ilMcIf Is ahsorlicd with foreign, compli
cations or war, flint this monstrous
scheme to despoil the whole pciple
of t ho mil Ion of a vast domain now
theirs, and which Is nothing leas than
uu empire In Itself, may slip through
unaware.
The. press of the west hnve la-en a
unit I u their protest against bind
monopoly und nil Its attending evils,
If thu siiafroth bill should la-come n
law it. would create, land tnonoMilies
even greater t tin it those which have
arisen under the hind grant nystem of
Mexico In thut part of our territory
once under her dominion. The Hcliemo
of stale cession is In tho Interest, of
hind speculators and cattle barons
throughout the west, who no doubt
have their plans already laid through
various schemes to ! worked lu state
legislatures to absorb this vioit public
domain into private ownership. And
If iiiifonilitloun! stiite cession should
ever prevail the progress of the west
would Is- retarded for a century, while
her vast area of arid but fertile lands
were devoted to cattle rnngea when
they should have ts-eu rechilmisl ami
settled in small tract by actual home
builders.
And when demand for land to till
fur sustenance as the pressure of pop
ulation Increases, a tenant class will
plead for fair terms Ummi which to is
eiijiy the tun! estate of the hind bar
ons who will hate ubsorU-d the attrl
luouy of the js'iiple through reeklea
or corrupt stnle legislature and tint
cry of "tested right" will U' raised
when lunilless thousand denounce the
trickery which hu deprived thein of
homes.
I'evas bind legislation I au exam
ple of ttluit happen when a stiile
legislature, bus control nf tint public
iloiinini In an etil Innir Tfa t-a
admitted Into the union wllll I he con
trol uf her o n tci rttorv hmle i l of
I nib- S.iu's ownership HT vnsl area
of .liito hunt wa retkbtutly wasted
or si. deii ami llui bind hate las'ii
,!,., 1 1, I tutu elioltnmis etUlea which
t,tn,l n it biir ! Ihi' sellleiut-iil of
ii t.ablt. and attttl lludr cutea
.ikiuiio.! I lot man who eet a home for
I nn-!! ..ml hi fund tm her fertile
I . i.iiiiv I ii one t lidn .tie tthiiie t.isi-liai
t, h tt.i i'lteit for the fitHlnm tif a
t,le l.tni.e I bet public l,nnl ImW
I , I,.,., I the whole iio(.le 1,1 1
, t,,,, ,,,le n l.tm Ih. nt until thet
,,, t.. In nitti.tl It Ii i for
lo.Mi. . lit thl Hf'lll itlt '' "i l 1
.i. f.-lllh' pi tin of Ni t t.i l, for I"
, t.. , I.,, h la loiitf Htm h to etert
. ..uu. I in Ibc inl t'
II. no n who tn-w ,Huit tl ent Iml !
m l t.vtn Ihnii, li t Hitt-H ou'rl,.'li l
1 1,, ... .anil in. H, a-t llott when ltt lin'
i t.in, tdal the latq le of l,e e nt
.rt.,ii tl-iii tlo'l itter Ctow.l.tl lot
man lit. I' . will I mil f tilt the
ulil, i i t 1,-ieat I tit I litoiu.pt.lv
whl. I, will b tte tiotUsl Ihtir palll
l.n.llV U f It- li t- -.qd, ttlfd hl H
n.ttt for II The lime t-f thl IhhhI I
wanton waste to be allowed.
It is an Idle shriui ami pretense that
the scheme itml absolute and uncondi
tional state cession Is In order that the
states may reclaim the lands. The
scheme Is promoted and advocated by
those, who do not want the lands re
claimed, but who, tinder the pretense
of rccliuiiuflon, wntit to get title in
this way to vnst nren which they ran
(hen monoiK)ll,c and use o ranges for
stock, or hold until the demands of
Increasing jiopulutlon enable them io
levy tribute on the men who must Jiftv
the hind to till for a ilvlng, and who
must, when the time comes that they
so need It, py to the land monopolist
prices for thesn lands which will make
those who have monopolized them
wealthy beyond what anyone would
now dure to d renin. The eventual val
ue of Hie 100,000,000 iutcs of the arid
public lands, when the tlm shall have
come that the people must have it to
till for sustenance, will lei m enor
mous that to waste it and throw it
away as Is contemplated by the Hhaf
roth' Itlll would lie for congress to com
inlt a great public crime against tun
people of till country wlio are now
living and those who will come after
them, Vnst arena of these lands are
the most fertile in tb world, an1
would If Irrigated, support a popuhv
4 Ion us dense a that of Hclgluin, of
flint which for centuries watered and
tilled th fertile valley of the Nile.
The three cardinal plank of the
people' party are land, transporta
tion, money. Land is placed first be
cause It I the first essential, Man, may
live without money or mean of trarw
tiortatloivhe cannot live without
land. First and foremost of all evlla
Is hind monopoly. Let the Hp of Ire
hind relate what It mean. Let the
sturdy Kngllsh tenant himself speak
Ita miseries. Hut let every reader of
the Indepndent who love hi home
and hi cnildren alt down and write
a postal card to every congressman he
knows to fight all bill for disposing
of publio land except a horoeetead
to actual settler,
DECISION HELP! UNITED STATE!
Spain Likely to rind It Fleet Bhort of
Coal In Contqunce.
Oreat Jlritaln baa decided to treat
coal o contraband of war in it West
Indian possession in case of war Ik
twtfen this country ami Spin. While
the decision is apprently lmprtlal
the effect necessarily will be entirely
In the interest of th United Htate, be
cause of the fact that thi country is
so near where the scat of war will
Ihj and therefore will not be compil
ed to usk favor of other natlons.while
Hpln will hove ouly it store at 1'orto
Rico to draw upon, Bpuln baa been
making nil the purchase it could but
the stock I necessarily slender and
one of the first attack in ense of war
would Im on 1'orto Kico. That point
will 1st captured enrly in the war an1
this capture will have the effect of
soon terminating hostilities. With
ICngland treating coal a contraband
even the most conservative think it
will 1st Impossible for Bpln long to
maintain a eonfllit in water so far
removed from Ita base of supplies.
TWO-CENT KATE IN OHIO.
BlivJ That Amount of Buaine Will
Incteai to Make Traffic Profitable.
There Is a bill pnding In the legl
luture of Ohio fixing the jauiseiigisr
rate over road In thut state at 3 cent
pr mile. Tho railroad men have com
bined to thwart it. They declare that
they cannot stand the eutj that even
a 3 cent fare doesn't pay on most
romls. The public will iw slow to be
lieve all that the railroad men any on
this subject. People may not strong
ly doubt that the 'i cent rate would not
pay, the tralllc remaining tho same,
but they think that a great .ticrcaao
lu tralllc would follow the reduction.
The popln know that eleetrlo car
iiirry pasenger for much lea than
cents pr mile, and make gigantic for
tuuea withal. Why, then, cannot the
stcutn roads stand an equally low
rule, at least lu the more densely
populated Mutes?
NO CALL YKT KOR MILITIA.
Will be None UoltM Authorued by Con
gft. Adjutant lienerttl I'tubln ha said
that nu call for volunteer for mill
tarv service, either militiamen or oth
er will Ut made unit- such a step
U authorUed by emigre and f
proted by the president. He said that
all the d't tail of such a call rested t
the hands of the president and
fur aa he (lieueral for bin) knew,
nothing hud Vet U-ell seltbsl III lh
matter U'toltd tlrttsittu t" HI
m h a mil i necessary. It tunas
.il.le for bint sv at thl turns bote
litany mt it are iiktlv h ealletl i't
uii.lt' r the liittt tall, but front other
omul, is II a learned that the pr-l
tlenl bid piil.ll.MllV detlde.1 III th
, . ul of b trilitlioM that end l !
.,. a pi. U.i.atii.tt asking for 'H
t.tliinUt t lieueral l.nlitil sai l H
,f thi wt douw the lU tstmbl a
iHon.-,l aiiinni the tlilTeriitt lte4
ami t. intone aesaHurf til their t'l
ultlli.it and tt.et lh ttrga.it I tMt
the f .ive Wt.tihl U "f eiitirviy t. the
plKiiient t.f the utitefitnteitt of the
.t,i,t sl.tit and leiuit.rl.s fpJ
whoirt wottld devolve " duly and
,,w. r of sle. ling tt the M if
IM ihifttvtit vtauiiitr oitfaitita'hf'.
ne wsir tUi-aitutrnt rHstjUv th
...itti Ute j'liUlifil-tN i f 'he guterwttr
In U twitlier ttf th wyaitlialbw ttf
the tolmtleer tiap Mlae It thlr r
Stttl tsttttt
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