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THE NEBRASKA IUDEPENDEITT. July 5, 1900. 'A VI the Utbrsska Independent Umtlm0 Utbrssks Eurm Tea IrguftrT Ercsr Thvejidat F7? Yf? ADVANCE with f wipktr. te. to ! fcrr4-3 Hr tW. TWr fj-etJy forget or remit 4?Wrt tMratt tfcas w lfi wit Hmnk, d IM ttocrlr Call to ft peeper cre&i. Addrees ai3 eettnitk . ui make all traf:. mtMt e4r. nc pjk to C&r CthrsskM ladtptndtnt, Lincoln. Nttrmtkm- mill m Fcr President...... WltXtAK J3t3riJfG BbTAS Fcr Vice President. Chakxje A-Towfb Fcr CongreFssaa 1st Dkt G. W. Dt&Gt, Lincoln TLe New York dailies say that Tom Reed won't tupport McKinley and that he got arvund making isarcastic re marks about our presided, who look Eke Napoleon, and Li scheme of em pire. When you are ia Lincoln at the state convention you are invited to make the Independent office roar headquarter. We ahall be pleased to haTe you calL 1215 N street oe block north of the Auditorium. The latch string is out. Be a jian. If you want McKinley elected and Bryan defeated come out boldly and t gbt for the thing yon want. Don't act the coward by trying to or pxcize parties that may pull away a few vote from Bryan under the pretense that you are fighting McKinley. No one is deceired thereby. If McKinley ini-ton the "open door" in China, that is. that American good hall be admitted freed duty to Chinese porta, and the Chinese turn around and insist that they Lall hare an "open door" into thia country and all their good be admitted free, what sort of an argument will McKinley put to defend the ethic of refuidng the Chinese de mand? The strike on the street railways in St. Loci ha already cost the people of that city more than would hare built the whole line. If the city had owned probability cf a strike than there i kf one will occur tsaoc the mail carrier St. Loci will pay the bill and go on in the old way because the city hat a ma jority iA mullet head republican who don't know what is for their own inter ests. If the dispatches about Nicaragua are true McKinley ought to declare war on that country. They hare, mt the papers sy. pot a tax;!? of f 1C a gallon on whiey, 2V) on an enameled bedstead and macy other thing in proportion. All the-e good from the United Stat and a the foreigner pays the tax cn the jeep! of this country, for in thU ee we are the foreigner. We can't land a tax cf liV-a hundred per cent very krg. Something must be done about it right away. We wih to caution our subscribers who will be in Lincoln during the tte contention not to pay money for. delin quent subscription to any person on the street. - Agent too frequently forget to turn it in to the oSk-e for proper credit. IX NOT I'AY MONEY TO ANY PER SON ON THE STREET, except for new ubri prion. If you wi&h to pay your deliniuect account call at the of fice 121" N tret one bkrJc north of the AttdiU?risfio make the payment, take a receipt for the amount and you will cot fail to get the proper credit. TLe republican hate shouted a great deal about -one dallar a good a every other dollar," but they have done noth ing to icure that valuable end. The popttliit want jut one kind of money. Now if hare ?ten or eight, all given to c by the repvbUce&s. while they have been hoting -one dollar as good a very other dollar." No money should be iwued except by the United State govern merA, and every dollar of that fthould be a full legal tender, with no exception, redemptions, or anything else attached to it. Then, and not until then, will "one dollar be a good a any other dolr." The futxie wuxxie have taken up the republican cry againut the populits and democrats ia cocgre who would not vote for a contitstional amendment, taking all power from the -tate to up pre trnitri and locating it ia the hands cf the autocrat at Washington. If any populist had rote j for that anendment the Independent would advocate k in ning hiss alite. He could not have com mitted a mare datardJy crime- If the azxie woxziew wsnt that ort of thing they ahould dkhand and all openly ad vcrate the re election of Mafk Hanna and McKinley. They would "get it and a lot csor like it, without any of the UoohLe that they are enduring. THE SOXCOIsrOKiXIMC It is with extreme regret that 'the In dependent acknowledges the necessity of making a reply to the Nonconformist. It has always been the' policy of this paper to devote its columns to the de fense of the principles of the party, to help perfect the organization and defend its leaders against unjust and false charges made by the enemy. ' It seems now to be a necessity to defend against fale charges made by a professed friend. Such charges have, been, constantly made by the Nonconf ormL-i for several weeks. The time seems to have come when the men who have by their sacri fice built up the party in Nebraska by , the ten . years of constant labor , and watchfulness, must assert themselves in order to preserve that harmony which has hitherto always led to victory. A new man has invaded the field one who never had aoy part in the toils and sac rifices that hare been made on Nebraska ! soiL lie comes with false pretenses as haricg been a worker for 21 years in the reform newspaper field. It is true that the Nonconformist has been published under the same name for about that time, but the man who now runs it never had anything to do with it until after the election of 1890. There are three Vincent brothers. One who publishes a paper, the Rep resentative, in Colorado. He is a writer of distinguished ability, has always been as true as steel and is held in the very highest esteem by all who know him. lie has had nothing to do with the Nonconformist since early in 1893. It wa his writing that first gave to the taper standing and force. The other is in Oklahoma. He has had no connec tion with the paper for years. The third brother is the one who now owns the Nonconformist, and there is as every one knows, sometimes a very great dif ference in brothers. The paper was first published in Iowa, then removed to Kansas, then to Indiana and then to Nebraska. The editor of the Independent was connected with the paper as its Washington correspon dent for nearly three yesrs. During that time its circulation greatly in creased and it became the leading re form paper in the 'United States. At that time the paper was owned by three Indiana farmers, Templeton, Stockwell, (author of the Bad Boy stories,) and an other whose name now escapes us. The paper went on flourishing until an evil hour, Mr. Templeton went into partner ship with a concern;hyutblishing a Ger man socialist daily and an- attempt was made to make up the weekly Noncon formist from that paper. The owner of this concern sent a letfrfto this writer, then in Washington, ordering that noth- ing more be said about the money ques- uon ana everyxning oe uevoiea to iae f common ownersmp oi property, ii is needless to say that he got a very sharp reply and our connection with the paper ceased. One Mathews was the editor and the paper ran along for a while until Mark Hanna got hold of it. ' Mr. Mathews made an affidavit to the effect that the funds for the publication oi the paperJ came from the republican committee Of course under such a course, the paper was refused by all true populists, lost its immense circulation and became entirely discreditable. During the last week of the campaign of 1396 it passed into the control of the present proprietor. The paper having ruined itself and the party in Indiana then started on an other migration and came to Nebraska. The populist authorities here gave it a cordial welcome. It .seems, however, that although the management is in aew hands, the old habits still stick to this publication and an endeavor is being made to create a bitter chism in the party in this state. The owner of the paper did one sensible thing. He hired Father Wells to do the writing for the paper and that gave-it all the stand ing it ever had here. Father Wells is one of the ablest writers in the state, but it goes without saying that the man agement of the paper is not in his hands. The charges against the populist of ficial of the state made by the Noncon formist are without foundation. So in famous are they that they are eagerly copied into republican papers like the State Journal and printed under great display heads. In whose ' Interest are such articles written? Evidently they are written in the interest of ths repub lican party or they would not receive such instant recognition and reproduc tion in the great republican dailies. The charge that there w a ring at the state house is only a repetition of old republican slanders. Instead of there being a ring, it has always been a hard job to get these fellows up there to agree on anything. Every one of them has his own idea and insists on carrying them out. In regard to the assessment of rail roads, nerer anything more silly or fool- ith was invented than the charge that they have been favored in the assess meets. The Nonconformist says that it "has gone before the public with the public record of our candidates. It has done no such thing. It has never published the public record, especially in regard to railroad assessments. It would not dare to publish them. The facts and figures in that case are published in this week's Independent over the signa ture of a responsible man, Mr. 4 Cone. The mere reading of them will show, the perfidy of the charges made against the board of equalization and Governor Poynter as a member of that board. - In support of this false charge the Noncon formist prints an absolute falsehood. It says: "In view of these facts, which the public records prove, does the farmer governor of Nebraska consider your in terests when he is the first to argue that the assessment of 1893 be made the as sessment of 1900?", No one, neither the governor or any one else, ever urged that the assessment of '33 be made the assessment of 1900. The assessment was the same as 1899. The Independent has always noticed that whenever any one in the party got sanctified and was " so much morA holy than all the rest, he went straight to lying. The Nonconformist does not seem disposed to violate the rule. "This journal has been in the fore front of the battle against all forms of corruption and oppression for twenty one years." Was it there in 1896 when it sold out to Mark Hanna and wrecked the party in Indiana? It is true that the present owner was not in charge of it then, but when he claims that his paper has been in the "forefront of the battle" twenty one years, he not only assumes responsi bility for all that time, but makes an other statement that is untrue. The softness of the pate of the man who rnns the Nonconformist is shown when he imagines that because some men of prominence in the diffevent fu sion parties called upon him to talk over the situation in Nebraska, announces the fact by declaring that "the manager of this paper was called on the carpet." That is simply laughable. If that sort of thing is being "cal led on the carpet,' then the Independent is called on the carpet about five times a day. Hardly a day passes that Edmisten, Rewick, Hoxie or some one else, is not in the office making arguments for their side of the case, but it never occurred to us that we were being "called on the carpet." We differ, and each party makes the best argument that he can for his side of the case, we treat each other as gen tlemen who differ should, and after they are gone, do not take advantage of the position we hold to slander and lie about them, .v The Independent holds that every populist has a right to advocrte any man he chooses for governor and espec ially every editor has that right, but it holds just as firmly that when a member of the party or an editor begins to . as sert or publish falsehood against reput able men who are candidates and de nounce the whole state government as "a ring," it is about time for the sturdy, hard headed men who have fought for year3 to build up the party, sat down on him and sat hard. Mr. Yeiser has a right to be a candi date for governor. The Independent has no charges to make against him. It does not believe that he has any part in this vile work of tearing down the party in which the Nonconformist is engaged. He knows enough to know that when a populist paper begins to publish articles that the State Journal gladly reproduces, that its days of usefulness, if it ever had any, are passed, and that, it will no longer be of any benefit to him. A few men who, claimed to be populists 'and one or two newspapers in this state have in the past taken to' slandering and un justly assaulting populist public officials. They are all deader than door nails now. Other papers, and especially the Inde pendent, have criticised public officials when they deserved it. There is not an officer at the state house who has not come in at some time or other for dressing down by this paper but it, and all the other populist papers of the state who have followed that course, have maintained the esteem and confidence of the voters of the populist party. Es pecially so has the Independent. Look at the list of clubs published last week and count up the men who are unself Uhly working to extend the circulation of this paper. This paper has supported the candi dacy of Governor Poynter, but it has published no lies about any other candi date. When the old farmers gather to the number of more than a thousand at Lincoln on the 11th of July, and nomi nate a man for governor this paper will support - him, whether he be Governor Poynter as we believe it will be, or some other good populist. This country has two great monu ments of corruption that will stand for ages to come. One is in the city of Philadelphia, where the republican con vention was held. It is in the shape of a city hall, upon which there has al ready been expended over $22,000,000 and it is said that it will take at least f 4,000,000 to complete it. It has been a great source of revenue for ail the Penn sylvania republican bosses for more than twenty years. They have already paid for the building $7,000,000 more than the capitol at Washington cost. The other monument is in the City of Albany, N. Yr There has been expended on the capitol there, or rather the public ac counts show that there has been expend ed upon it, over $24,000,000, and it is not finished. It is said that the citizens of Philadelphia have become so degraded that they boast to strangers about the amount that the bosses have been able to steal while pretending to build a city hall. That is about the state of morals to wmcn tue republican party naa re duced this commonwealth when the pop ulist party arose and sent the thieves to the penitentiary. . THE DEGENERATES. " Much discussion has been indulged in during the last four or fiv6 years byvthe professors of sociology and the doctors of medicine concerning degenerates and degeneracy. Dismal pictures have been drawn reflecting their evil influences and many plans devised to protect soci ety from the bad effects of the degener ates and the best wayto .treat that sort of creatures. The almost universal con clusion has been that that sort of people should be confined in public institutions where they could "exercise no influence upon the world. That the managers of the republican convention belongs to the class, called by the scientists, degen erates, will hardly be denied when the leaders of the first republican conven tion and campaigns that immediately followed, are compared with those who recently assembled in Philadelphia. The men who were then in the lead belonged to an entirely different class. Among them were Charles Sumner, George William Curtis, Wm H. Seward, Morton of Indiana, Frlinghuysen, Fessenden, Lincoln, Horace Greeley and many others of that standing and character. Their places have been taken by 'degenerates like Quay. Piatt Hanna. Elkins. Ad- dicks, et hoc omni genus. , If the scientists want a field for the investigation of degenerates on a large scale let them attend a republican na tional convention. There they will find all sorts of specimens, from the very low est order, represented by Quay and Hanna, to the milder sorts verging on humorous idiocy, represented by Depew. SPENDING- TRUST MADE MONEY. Gates, of the steel and wire trust, is over in Paris spending some of the mill ions that he has taken out of the farmers by the doubling of the price of barbed wire. According to . tne papers ne is cutting a wide swath with the stolen money that the farmers earned by the sweat of their brows, working from morn till night on their farms all over this land, and which he took from their toil hardened hands without giving them an equivalent. Like all robbers, the money having come to hiinwithout toil or sac rifice, he spends it freely. It is reported that at one sitting he lost $43,000 playing that PrincW'Vf alejs game, called bac carat. - There is a whole host of trust magnates over in Paris, besides quite a sprinkling of the railroad robbers. They all have money K to burn. Europeans stand aghast ag-4hey behold their ex travagant expenditures. Nothing like it has ever been seen on earth since the days of the ancient empires of which we read in history. All this money that is being squandered in Europe comes from the toil of the poor who work on the farms, on the railroad trains and in the mines and shops of iSWcountry. It would seem that the producers of this country, the menand women who have created this wealth that is being squandered at the gaming table and on fast women in Paris, would hardly up hold the men and sustain the policies that have brought ' it about, but some millions of them will. The mullet heads will "all vote for, them. Being troubled with a disease known as "partisan in sanity, rt is impossible for them to do Otherwise than vote their party ticket. There is aaother thing that theecon omists begin to talk, about. . These ex travagant expenditures by Americans in Europe will make a" big drain on the gold of this country. Millions will have to be shipped over there to pay their bills. In a few, months that will begin to have its effect upon prices. In the end it will be seen that the trust robber ies resulting from the' arbitrary prices charged for trust goods which has pro duced these fortunes that are being ex pended over there, will be a robbery of the whole country and the impoverish ment of every man doings business. All this is the result of McKinleyism and trusts. Don't be a mullet head. Vote for Bryan and put a stop to it. WHAT MIGHT HATE BEEN, The editor of the Independent has re ceived a letter from a republican who says: "It is not so easy to conduct a great government. Suppose instead of unfavorable criticism, you should change your policy and point,; out how , things could have been managed via a better way than the present .administration has managed them."- , : v 1 The writer seems to think it would be a difficult thing to do, but it is in fact easier than the criticism that has been indulged in, and beside a much more pleasant task. In the first place.'theTadministration could have pursued a; policy which would have produced peace instead of war when the Spaniards threw up their hands and cried quit.- In Porto Rico we could have said to the inhabitants, you are a part of the citizenship of the United States. Go to work and form a territorial government. .Wherever old glory waves there is no taxation without representation. The bill of rights ap plies to you. United States soldiers will remain here until in accordance with the declaration of independence and the constitution, your government is . in working order. When your courts are established, your city governments re modeled in accordance with -the forms of free local self-government, the troops will be withdrawn and you will conduct your local government to suit yourselves just as all the territories - of the United States do. That would have made of the Porto Kicans enthusiastic and loyal citi zens willing to fight and die for old glo- PAYS FOR HIS TRANSPORTATION. . . . . , f Perhaps the vilest slander that has yet been put out by the clique of distinguished office seekers who have been oppos ing the re-nomination of Governor Poynter is the charge' made byvthe Pilot (Hoxie's paper) and reiterated in letters and. cor. respondent sent out from the Nonconformist, that the governor has been riding on free mileage issued to him from Omaha. When the charge -was brought to the attention of the Independent we proceeded to investigate and determine the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. -Governor Poynter was interviewed. He was asked the direct question: "Have you ridden on free mileage?" He replied: "No," and without further request turned to his desk and drew out a bundle of paid t checks and receipts allowing that he had paid for every mile of transportation he had used. The Independent, selected (One dated January 18 before any discussion had arisen as to the payment for transportation and requested the loan tof it long enough to have cuts made of the front and back as the best possible evidence to our readers that the governor pays for his mileage. The original check is in our office at 1245 N street and may be seeff by any who desire. , ' , Language cannot describe the vile depths of corruption to which men have sunk who will deliberately manufacture and distribute such libelous slander of an honest public official merely to satisfy a personal revenge. What hypocrites, parading as champions of principle and good government? They have not the least consideration for the truth or for any man's character or reputation. They resort to anything in the mad effort to satisfy in any measure their blood thirsty desire for' revenge. Nothing this side of Hades can furnish adequate punishment for such nondescripts , F AC-SIMILE OF FBONT OF CHECK.- 1 ' ' W. Notb Mr. G. W. Bonnell, to whom the . ry anywhere, at any time. "Now they are dissatisfied, are not citizens and have no love for this country or its government. We would have said to the Cubans as soon as the Spanish army , had left the island: "Go to work and organize a gov ernment. As soon as you have it in shape to preserve order and . , protect, life and property we w$ll ge out of -here bag and baggage. Please hurry up about it, too. These soldiers ought to be at home with their families,' and on their farms and in in their shops instead of lying around these camps. Make any kind of a free government that you "please. All that we care about it is that the lives and property of American citizens shall be safe if they see fit to come here." When the Filipino congress was in session, which had more members who were graduates of universities than the senate of the United States, we would have said to it: "Come down" here to it come down here to Manila and hold your sessions. We will give you all the aid we can in establishing a good govern ment. These soldier boys want to go home. The officers are asking for leave to resign by the hundred and the pri vates would do so too if they had the chance. Hurry up with your organiza tion. We will see to it that the land grabbers of the world keep their hands off. All we want is that you pay us for the expenditures we have made in your behalf, give us a good harbor for a naval station so that we can protect you and ourselves, and the - privilege to trade." That would have made of the Filipinos, after their hundred years of struggle against the tyranny of Spain, worship pers of old glory and we Would have had ten million friends in the China seas in stead of ten million enemies. That is what might have been if there had been a Bryan in the whi te house in stead of a McKinley dominated by the the brutish ideas of a Mark Hanna. If McKinley had pursued a policy . like that, he would have covered himself and his country with glory and made this nation the greatest the world ever saw. Paeans of -praise would.have been sung to his name in every language of earth. All along the records made by history in the ages yet to come would have been written four, names Wash ington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Mckinley. That might have been! Instead of that McKinley will be hurled from power, his name will never be mentioned by lovers of liberty, another will arise whose poli cies will be a beacon light to all man kind, and the names that historians will record will be Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Bryan. - A stranger in Lincoln during the meet ing of the republican state league last week would not have suspected that he was in the party strong hold in the state. There was no decoration, no enthusiasm, nothing beyond a brass band sent around to the railway stations to welcome dele gates who failed to arrive. The repub licans of the city hardly stopped scrap ping long enough to attend the day meetings, but when night came they all assembled at the auditorium and cheered every insult" offered Bryan and every slander upon Nebraska that it was pos- A. POYNTER. above check was made payable, is the city FAC-SIMILE OF BACK OF CHECK. sible for Lafe Young of Iowa to utter, and he is a past master in political abuse. No other city in America could have produced so many shallow pated partisans as cheered and clapped' and stamped their appreciation of the abuse of their own state last ; Thursday night. The "leading" republicans have no state or city pride, the measure of their loyalty to Nebraska is' a fat office arid their measure of a 'good citizen is the man who will help them to get public offices which can be used as private snaps. The republican candidate for governor of this state is very much of an optimist, judging from his -remarks during the meeting of the state league. He said that in traveling over the state and vis iting "the common people" he had found great prosperity and a disinclination to take much interest in .politics this year. To most level-headed , politicians a trip among friends who "did not take . much interest in politics," -the situation would be alarming, but to this republican spell binder it augurs-a sweeping victory. His discovery of prosperity was evidently a wild surprise, and he neglected 'to re member that such prosperity Nebraska) can boast of has come to her since a batch of republican thieves were trans ferred from the state house to the peni tentiary and an honest and economical administration inaugurated. The fact that this eminent candidate finds an apathy among republican voters is a good omen for the reform forces in Ne braska. When the question ; of increasing the standing army was under discussion in congress, some democrat arose and asked the republicans who were advocating an increase, what one of them needed more troops in his district to keep order and protect property.' ot 'a republican arose to reply.' He" "pressed the matter more closely. : He sid f there were need of more troops anywhere in the United States some member of congress ought to be able to tell where that place was. Not a member opened his mouth. They could not well do so. , If any of them had asked that United States sol diers be sent to his district, that would have been an end of him. The people would have resented. it in no uncertain fashion. But they wanted more soldiers. What for? Not one of them could tell why. , Xhey voted to," have more sol diers. Why? - Because Mark Hanna told them so. ,-. . TEDDY THE TERRIBLE. rm Teddy the Terror. Whoop-eo I Whoop-e ! Warm blood is my daily drink. A dashing rotiffh rider, Whoop-ee ! Whooj-ee I From ink-bottles I neTer shrink. The magazine pages are filled with my dead; They are foggy and damp with the blood I hare shed, , - For gore is my ink, for I always write red I'm Teddy the Terror, whoop-eel rm Teddy the Terrer, TVboop-ee ! Whoop-ee ! Turn on ev'ry calcium liht I A posing rough rider, Whoop-ee! Whoop-eel 1 m xerriDie xeaay, iu wriie. With my terrible pen in my terrible hand I sprinkle warm blood ererywhere in the land. And a wagon tire use for a summer-hat band I'm Teddy the Terror, Whoop-eel . I'm Teddy the Terror, Whoop-ee ! Whoopee! A strenuous lirer am L . . ' -. - A mouthing rough rider, Whoop-eel Whoop-ee! - . - A- When magazine readers are nigh. - I pile up my rictims like windrows of hay ; " Eating holes in the atmosphere everyday play; When f open my fare it is always to say I'm Teddy the Terror, Whoop-e 1 - World-Herald. : ticket agent for the B. & M. at Lincoln. TEARING DOWN THE PARTY If -those persons who have been accus- ing the populist state officers had told the truth about the railroad assessment, see in what a different ' attitude they would have appeared before the party. The populist state officers composing the board of equalization assessed the rail roads higher than any ether -class of property, in : the state. A man who wanted to strengthen the party would have sai d something like this: The populist officials have kept their promises to the people. They have had no power, on account o f the numerous ' injunctions that have been served upon them, to materially reduce freight rates which are extortionate, so they have done the next best thing. They have as sessed the roads for taxation to the very limit that could be done under the con stitution. They are determined that if the roads, by the help of the federal courts will collect extortionate rates, there is one thing that they ' shall do, and that is pay their full share of taxes. In Michigan and other states the. roads to a very great extent escape taxation. Michigan i3 a republican state, but this is a pop state and they are made to fork over to the very extent that the law will allow the board to assess them. That would be telling the truth and building up the party. The course that the Nonconformist has taken is the very opposite of that. It makes false charges and tears down the darty. Do you like that way of doing? . THE SAME OLD SERPENT. The fusionists will not have to go to the trouble of constructing arguments to refute the republican platform decla rations. All they will have to do is to turn to the message and speeches of Abraham Lincoln. There will be found a complete refutation of them. The re publican platform says: ' "Our authority could not be less than our responsibility, and whatever sover eign rights were extended.it became the high duty of the government to maintain its authority to put down armed insur-" rection and confer the blessings of lib erty and civilization upon all the rescued reople. The largest measure of self gov ernment consistent with their welfare and our duty shall be secured to them by law." Lincoln's reply to that is as follows: These arguments that are made that the inferior races are not to be treated with as much allowance as they are ca pable of that as much is to be done for' them as their condition will allow what are these arguments? They are the ar guments that kings have made 'for en slaving the people - in all ages of the world. You will find that all the argu ments in favor of kingcraft were of this class; that they always "bestrode the necks of the people, not ' that ' they wanted to, but because the people were better' off for being ridden. Turn it whatever way you will, whether it come from the mouth of a king,, or from the mouth of one race for the enslaving of the men of another, it is all the same old serpent," ;. - V That is Lincoln's answer to that part of the republican platform. No other is needed. 1 -f p
