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VOL. XII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 4, 1900.
NO. 20.
MffiTOirS STARCH TRUST
kmU Cllf-TlMF History f the
Wiea Mr. Smyth row to pk at
tie grat Bryan mating at Nebraska
CHy t raa gr-td with prolonged
cfcTi. H id:
"The law rprpBti the will of the
popi of iLl tt. ay. the will of
th iop of this city and county.
Whet t aw it tt4 in tt reaolutioua
4opt-d here the otter eight that my
action tlolati of the principle of
rorco.rLt ly consent. I went to the
Loum md nt Journal to ac rtaln
how tir r-pr-fttllre from this
treaty vct-d os the Saw, and I found
that Tery or.e of t h m Toted ia fairor
cf puttie it on the ftatute took.
(Loud r tr
"Arong tho who attended the
SAturdar n!ri.t raeetlng and made
p-cL- jlTiui.cItory of my action
u the Hon. Patrick Roddy of this
city. H a a mmbT of the legisla
ture L,cr. j that law and he
voted a fa or of it. Laujcbter and
cheers i I ask hira. rood republican
aa he !i. what he meatt when he voted
to command me a attorney general
to trine anion to prohibit trusts from
doing L'at'.re in th; etate. Did he
ri a a tt t- said or :d he intend hi
Action to b taken as a oke? (Ap-
"i;iSrce ai I 1 1 before me tend
ing to .w that the tn!ted Starch
ror.;:.y ar. 5 the National Starch
corr.piuf er both trutt within the
meaning of o jr law and that the Argo
Vcfartur1r.g company of your city
hd traafrred all it property to the
trut- To t a;e that transfer and
rtor the platt to the Argo company
and eiciu-ie tt- trust from the state
! eorsme&ced the action complained of.
fre in the !ar.rur of th petition
f VI in the yuprrra court ia what I
as th court to do.
' Whfforf. the plaintiff prays that
the asre5ient by which the paid Ar
r Manufarturine company told and
trsi.5?-rr-d aii it property and rights
to th s.d Vcitrd Starch company and
the de-d of conveyance to the United
S'.arch coa.pany from the said Argo
manufirttirirg company to be ad
judged null and void and that said
property sol right to the Immediate
Io5-si3 the'of restored and
rosrs4 in the Argo Manufacturing
company.
-My ttcli ie there anything in
that which U-ar out the statement
fcir- to you through the press and on
lat Saturday night, that th meeting
hcM in thi city that the purpose of
rsy actios as to elo the works lo
rAtd ia thi city? I there anything
fn it htch en suggests such a pur
pose And if there te not. and there
rrtainly is nt. what do you think of
tlo who for the purpose of building
dp th-lr party and tearing down mine,
t-..1- the statements thit that was my
purpose? iCheers.)
"jm;jp the prayer of the petition
! rrrtd. what th-n will be the sit
uation? It :!! le this: The works
v ill fe takn out of the control of a
f T.gn board of directors which has
no sted patty with your city and
p:acd hmk in the hands of your own
rltiens, and for this have been con
dom nNt. t Cheers.
Th Arro p-opie do not own one
twelfth f the stock of the trust. They
lit r-. vot in twelve to say the
, in th management of the con-
-r n Th e! en votes may be caM
a:r.? th m at any moment: they
would I- ettirIy ponWs to resift
the de::icn rarhd even thourh that
rfi-:s;o3 h'i! l If to cIoe down the
ork. Trusts hav done uch things
!ffr. V.ltn the caj of your dts-
ill- ry ar i th y may do st ar!o. In
fart it i a part of thir policy to
c !o down the smaller and more re
rr.ot -taMihmnts. To protect yoi
ajraltt th:? r. a;! ty the state has
troijrht ?;s i ' :on borne ten years
vt'3 it t announced upon your
rr thit th Hon John C. Watson
hid uccd-d in annulling the con
trsrt eonveyicg jour distillery to the
hiWy trutt ?o-a mere intoxicated
:th d!irht ar.d ha.1M by a band you
v.-r.t in a Vdy to th station to wel-1-ufT,-
blm npor. hi return and crown
lth laur-' of your gratitude. For
artmpting that which Mr. Watson
arromp'ithed you hae poured out
!.;-o3 tr.e th vialt of your indignation,
i ! -&urhtr and cheer.
"No man who condemns trusts can
?nd fault with my a.ction and be cxn
Vftt. If 1 should not proceed against
a trut in th'. city because to do so
might !Esre one of your industries.
thn for th he reason I should not
rrrw-J agarr.fct the ice truft. the grain
buyer" trit r the school furniture
trurt. WauM' they have establish-r-nt
ta Omaha which might be in
j jred by my action Neither ahould I
move again! the Standard Oil trust
t raase- it ha a p'tnt of importance
in the city of Omaha. And with equal
frrr e -ry romminty in the state
which ha a trust within its midst.
'xt-ilt k-ar: "Vou shall not art. The
law rasft remain a dead letter and
?our duty uzperformel.' Io you want
that? Tn s of "t.o."
"There is to-lay a fr-derai statute
i.gaict trute more severe than the
Nebraska, statute; it cot only forbids
afi coishiniition in restraint of trade
and d-nour.c-s aga!r.t them a pun
lhme t.t of fine and imprisonment and
aIo provide tbat any property be
Jcnring to a trust la the court of
transportation from cne state to an
cther may eUed by the govern
ient aiid confiscated to it use. If
the attorney general of the Called
states Ltd done hi duty under that
statut it wou'd have been unneces
sary far me to bring the anion which
I Jtave brought. I Cheers. For he
would hav prohibited the starcii trust
from doing buslne anywhere la the
country- EJt he ta not done hi
duty. Do you want the attorney gen
eral of Nebraska to do likewise?
(Cheers of No. No.)
"I have seen it stated thai Mr. Mor
ton has declared that he will move
the works to Kansas City if he is not
permitted to operate a trust in this
state.' Let hira not forget that Kansas
City is in a democratic state; that Mis
souri has an anti-trust law and a
democratic attorney general willing
to enforce it. (Cheers.)
"How one who condemns a protec
tive tariff can uphold a trust, sur
passes comprehension. (Cheers.) A
protectiTe tariff enables, its beneficiary
to charge the consumer a higher price
for his wares by preventing the com
petition of foreigners. A trust ena
bles It beneficiaries to charge the con
sumer a higher price for their wares
by defeating home competition. The
only difference between them Is tliat
the one levies Its tribute under the
form of law while the other does 6o in
defiance of law, the tariff is a creature
of law; the trust is an outlaw.
(Cheers.)
"No. my friend, if the principle
which underlies trusts is wrong, it is
a wrong in Nebraska as it is in New
Jersey. You cannot coDdemn It in
New Jersey and uphold it in Nebraska.
This is a campaign Of principle. Our
leader has shown us a splendid loyalty
to principle. Let us emulate his ex
ample in that respect and we will be
better democrats aad better citizens."
(Loud applause.)
KILLED AND WOUHDED
n. MeArthor Pnd Another Long 1. 1st
Which Does Not Include One
tVhoU Company That
Bu Iippearc-d.
Washington, Sept. 29. General Mac
Arthur today cabled to the war depart
ment the following list o casualties:
Killed September 23. Tanaman, Lu
zon, company K, Thirty-ninth United
States volunteer Infantry. John Niles;
September 22. Badoc, Luzon, company
E. Twelfth Infantry. John E. Dupree;
September 23. Cabanatuan, company
M. Thirty-Fourth volunteer Infantry,
Wm. S. Mercer; September 17, Mavl
tac. Luzon, company L, Thirty-seventh
volunteer infantry, Joseph N. Wells.
Wounded September 23, Tananuan,
mounded In thigh, serious, instead
killed. Alfred J. Mueller, company L,
Thirty-seventh volunteer infantry;
September 23, Tananuan, company K,
Thirty-ninth volunteer infantry, John
Barket. wounded In abdomen, moder
ate; September 22, Badoc, Luzon, com
pany F. Twelfth infantry, John Man
duka, wounded In hand, serious; Jas.
A. Kennedy, wounded in shoulder, ser
ious; September 23. Cabanatuan, Lu
ton. Thirty-fourth volunteer infantry,
Captain Cushman A. Rise, wounded in
arm. slight; August ?3. Alangalang,
Leyte. company F. Forty-thira volun
teer infantry. Wm. E. Dennis, wound
ed in leg above knee, serious; Fred
Myers, severely wounded; Septemt-er
14. Carig. Luzon, company L, Sixteenth
infantry. Sergeant Henry F. Schroeder,
wounded In thigh, serious; Septem
ber 15. Catubig. Samar. company G,
Twenty-ninth volunteer infantry. Ser
geant Leon Ida O. Holdis. elbow, se
vere ; August 17, Sorgogon. Luzon,
company M. Forty-seventh volunteer
infantry, George Kennedy, neck, mor
tal; August 20, San Miguel, Leyte.
company H. Forty-third volunteer in
fantry. Corporal Thomas A. Kennedy,
wounded In abdomen, serious.
It will be noted that the above list
does not contain the names of the men
in Captain Shield command reported
captured or killed on the island of
Marinduque.
fRFGREEpACKS
Lincoln Declared They Were the Greatest
Ill4ioc The People Kver Had.
Mr. Lincoln wrote a letter in De
cember. 1864, to Col. Dick Taylor of
Chicago, which was as follows:
"My Dear Colonel Dick: I have long
determined to make public the origin
of the greenback and tell the world
tbat it is one of Dick Taylor's crea
tions. You have always bn friendly
to me and when troublous times fell
upon us and my shoulders, though
broad and willing, were weak and my
self surrounded by such circumstances
and such people that I knew not whom
to trust: then I said In my extremity,
'1 will send for Colonel Taylor, he
will know what to do.' I think it was
in January. 1862. on or about the 16th,
that I did so. You came and I said to
you. What can we do? Said you,
'Why. issue treasury notes, bearing no
interest, printed on the best banking
paper. Issue enough to pay off the
army expenses and declare it legal
tender. Chase thought it a hazardous
thing, but we finally accomplished it
and gave it to the people of this re
public, the greatest blessing they ever
had their own paper to pay their own
debts.
"It Is due to you, the father of the
present greenback, that the people
should know it and I take great pleas
ure in making it known. How many
times have I laughed at you telling
me plainly that I was too lazy to be
anything but a. lawyer. Yours truly,
Money Needed
The Independent has b?n greatly
improved until it is now the best peo
ple's party paper. in the United States.
Many of our subscribers are delinquent
for subscription. We wish to urge
upon them the necessity for them to
pay the amount due at this time to
gether with their renewal In order that
we may have funds to continue im
proving the paper and thus accomplish
greater good in the present moment
uous campaign. If you are delinquent,
send In your subscription. Don't de
lay the matter longer. Do not make
it necessary for ua to send you a dun.
You will feel better if you voluntarily
pay and we will b saved the labor and
expense of dunning you. A word to
the wise Is sufficient.
COMING OUR WAY
Secretary Edgerton Says That the Xew
From Every State in the Union
Grows More Favorable
Every Day.
In an interview with The Indepen
dent, J. A. Edgerton, secretary of the
populist national committee, went over
the whole political outlook as it ap
pears at present. He is in communi
cation with every state where there
is 'a populist organization, and is con
stantly receiving advices of the prog
ress 'of the campaign.
In the first place there is complete
fusion everywhere except in one con
gressional district in Kansas, and that
may be arranged before long. Kansas,
he thinks, will give a substantial ma
jority for Breidenthal and the Bryan
electoral ticket. He believes that
Bryan will carry every state west of
the Mississippi that he carried in 1896
with the possible exception of Wash
ington and carry them with increased
majorities. Minnesota, he considers
almost certain to go for Bryan this
time and there is no longer any doubt
that he will carry Kentucky, West
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Ind
iana. The most astonishing reports
come also from Ohio. The adhesion
of Jones and the great dissatisfaction
with the Hanna rule in that state gives
very strong indications that Ohio will
also be in the Bryan ranks this fall.
He said he had little correspondence
with New York. There never were
any number of populists there, but
what comes is the strongest assur
ances that Bryan will carry that state.
Every letter that comes from Cali
fornia is to the effect that Bryan will
carry that state also. It was very
close in the last campaign, so close
that electors were divided, Bryan get
ting one. Positive gains are reported
in many localities, while no losses can
be heard of anywhere.
Mr. Edgerton had not much faith in
carrying Wisconsin or Michigan, al
though the letters that come from
there all give accounts of great gains.
The campaign did not open up as
early this year as in 1896, but when
the preliminary work was done and
the speakers started out, it went with
energy and enthusiasm everywhere.
All the states report most enthusiastic
meetings.
HANNA'S CHALLENGE MET
Chairman Edmlsten Accepts and Says
That He Will Discuss the Issues of
the Campaign With Him
Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 22, 1900. Hon.
Marcus A. Hanna, Chairman Republi
can National Committee, Chicago, 111.
My Dear Sir: It has come to my
notice that you have seen fit to chal
lenge, for joint discussion, the distin
guished citizen and candidate for the
presidency of the United States, the
Hon. William Jennings Bryan, which
of itself was an act which was not un
expected, as you knew at that time he
could not accept a challenge coming
from a person occupying your position.
I also notice the apt reply of Mr. Bry
an that if it could be shown you are
in possession of a certificate of nomi
nation for the presidency by the re
publican party, then he would prompt
ly meet you in joint discussion before
the American people, upon all public
questions at issue in this campaign.
In as much as Mr. McKinley, the nom
inee of the republican party for the
presidency, does not make the propo
sition for such discussion with Mr."
Bryan, it is not expected that Mr. Bry
an, the candidate of the reform forces
of this country, should condescend to
accept a proposition from any other
person.
Now that you and myself, holding
as we do similar positions as politi
cal representatives and campaign man
agers, I have, after due consideration,
fully determined that it would be
proper and right that I should chal
lenge you for a joint discussion of the
leading issues in this campaign, the
time and place of holding the same to
be named by you and the questions to
be discussed are to be named by me,
none of which shall be outside of those
named in the political platforms now
made and placed before the people for
their consideration. You are also at
liberty to name and fix the length of
time which is to be occupied in the
discussion, provided each party is al
lowed equal time.
You, as campaign manager of the
republican party in 1896, were doubt
less delighted at the success of your
candidate in that contest. Since that
time you have been chosen to the
United States senate, have been a
member of that distinguished body,
and as you belong to the party which
is in the majority in both the senate
and house of representatives, and have
participated in the framing of laws
and all other actions 1 taken by that
body for the past four years and the
national government being under con
trol of the republican party, you, as
chairman of the national committee,
and William McKinley, as the chief
executive of the United States, are
undoubtedly prepared to assume the
responsibilities and consequences of
all actions under your management
during that time. This being true I
feel that I have a right to ask you cer
tain questions touching not only your
political actions, but also those of
President McKinley. and the policies
that have been followed out by the
present administration. I further be
lieve that a person occupying your
position, should not fail to answer
such questions as are herein propound
ed, touching the actions and policies
of both yourself and President McKin
ley, and I shall fully expect you to be
perfectly frank and fair and in an
unequivocating manner answer all
questions touching public policies and
official actions. The foundation for
my action is that we are filling similar
positions of trust, and I nave a right
to question the action of any official
or administration and especially is
this true when it affects the rights of
seventy million o- free Americans to
say nothing of the ten million who
have been seized by conquest.
Now, sir, having nothing but the
best interests of this government at
heart, and hoping to have the oppor
tunity of meeting you in joint discus
sion where we can lay before the
public the real issues In this campaign
you are requested to answer in public
debate the following questions:
1. Do you believe that all men are
created politically free and equal?
2. Are the rights to life, liberty and
the pursuits of happiness natural or
acquired rights?
3. Do you hold, with the framers of
the Declaration of Independence, that
liberty is a right conferred by the
Creator upon all men, or do you hold,
with the framers of the Philadelphia
republican platform, that it is a right
conferred upon some men by the ad
ministrative powers of human gov
ernment? 4. Do you believe that the spirit of
the Golden Rule prevails in the deal
ings of the present administration
with the Filipinos and Porto Ricans?
5. Do you believe that forcible an
nexation is criminal aggression?
6. Do you believe in taxation with
out representation?
7. If so, what was the justification
of the revolutionary war and the
course of our forefathers against
George III.?
8. If you do not, why did you sup
port the Porto Rican tariff bill?
9. Did you do it simply to please
the president?
10. Do you regard the treaty which
the president thrdugh General Bates
negotiated with, the Sultan of Sulu as
wise, just and American in Its spirit?
If so, do you believe In refusing a
congressional seat to an occidental
polygamist, and paying a salary out
of the American treasury to an orien
tal polygamist to keep up hiis harem?
11. Is it not a fact, that under the
terms of the aforementioned treaty, a
slave can buy his freedom for the mar
ket value, now about 20?
12. How long do you think it will
take a man working for nothing to
save up $20 to buy. his freedom?
13. Why didyou vote to deny to
the commissioners of Porto Rico the
same privileges on the floor of con
gress that a delegate from a territory
has, there to plead the cause of his
people.
14. Did not the Porto Rican, under
Spanish rulehave twenty representa
tives in the Spanish" cortes 6r" con
gress? 15. Are they now not, under Ameri
can rule, denied all representation in
the American congress?
16. As far as a voice In legislative
matters Is concerned are the Porto
Ricans better off now than under
Spanish rule?
17. When you helped vote a tariff
on the Porto Ricans, without them
having voice or recourse in the matter,
did you think you were "conferring
the blessings of liberty" upon them?
18. Did not the president say in his
last annual message it was our "plain
duty" to establish free trade between
this country and Porto Rico?
19. Do you agree with the president?
20. Does not the law deny to the Por
to Ricans the control of their own tax
levy?
21. Does it not deny them control
oyer the expenditures of their own
treasury?
22. Does it not deny them the con
trol of their public works?
23. Does it not deny to them the
control of their own educational mat
ters? 24. Does it not place the appoint
ment of the judiciary, and hence its
control absolutely In the hands of the
president, and the appointees of the
president? Is not this despotic power?
25. Are not franchise values the re
sult of the productive industry of the
whole people?
26. Does not the Porto Rican law
absolutely deny to the people of Porto
Rico any control of their own fran
chise? 27. Which, in your own judgment,
is the more generous, the treatment
accorded the Porto Ricans by this ad
ministration, or that accorded Massa
chusetts colony from 1763 to 1775, by
George III., and his ministers?
28. Did not the Paris treaty provide
for the government of the Philippines
by congress?
29. Did not sixteen months elapse
between the signing of the treaty and
the adjournment of congress in June
last?
30. "What did congress do toward
complying with the terms of the
treaty? v
31. Has it not left the Filipinos to
be governed absolutely by the arbi
trary will of the president?
32. What did you do to remedy this
and comply with tho treaty require
ments? 33. Can you explain to the satisfac
tion of the miners, who are now out of
employment by forced conditions, why
it is that you could receive of the gov
ernment $6.50 per ton for coal under
government contract, and they have
starvation prices and forced out of
employment?
34. Will you state what in your
judgment should be the policy of the
republican administration in the set
tlement of the Porto Rican question?
35. Should they be given their free
dom and independence as was provided
in the resolutions passed by congress?
36. How long should the present
conditions in the Philippine islands be
carried on in order to enforce the pol
icies of the president?
37. Are you in favor of the policy
of increasing the standing army at the
great expense to this government with
no hope or prospect of support for the
same coming from any other source?
j. H. EDMISTEN,
Vice Chairman National Committee,
People's Party.
Mckinley prosperity
What We Have Has Come From the Adop
tion of the Principles Advocated
by the Fusion! st in the Cam
paign of 1896.
There has been a very limited pros
perity brought about by coining sil
ver and printing more paper money,
the present administration having put
in practice to a limited extent just
what its advocates denounced in the
most violent language during the cam
paign of 1896.
The terrible year of 1857, for the
United States, was brought about by
the demonetization of all foreign
coins, which up to that time had cir
culated freely all over the country as
full legal tender. It stands to rea
son that the sudden wiping out of so
much that had been serving as actual
money caused the financial panic and
nearly all the fool bankers who had
favored the proposition went to the
wall, though unfortunately the panic
caused widespread ruin and misery,
bankruptcy, foreclosures, suicides and
crime without end.
In February, 1873, by a clause se
cretly inserted in an act of congress, a
provision not demanded by the people
and unknown to them, was enacted
into law depriving silver of free coin
age and a panic broke out in the De
cember following, causing general
disaster and bankruptcy.
Our politicians are in the habit of
calling the panic of 1893 "democratic
hard times." But in 1873 the republi
can party was in the zenith of its
power and the terrible conditions fol
lowing that reversal of policy must
have been "republican hard times."
An equally fearful panic was caused
in 1893 by the money devils of Wall
street, who determined to force the
redemonetization of silver which had
been remonetized in 1873, refused to
grant "accommodations" and the ine
vitable panic followed.
In all probability it was hot their
intention to cause such a wtde and dis
astrous panic, but the thing got away
from them and they were caught
themselves to some extent. After ev
ery financial panic, as after a thun
der shower, the skies will clear with
out the aid of the politicians. It was
always thus and always will be so as
long as mankind clings to a barbarous
money system that enables a few
privileged banks to control the busi
ness, the industry and the agriculture
of the country.
Now consider the causes of the par
tial revival of business. India, which
up to a short time ago shipped enor
mous quantities of grain to Europe
and was America's greatest competitor
in the grain market, has 100,000,0u0
people starving. The resultant in
crease in demand for grain forces
prices upward.
One hundred thousand men have
been taken from the shops and fields
to become soldiers and probably an
additional 100,000 are required to
transport and provide for them as la
borers, nurses, accountants, etc., so
that by reason of the war, employ
ment has been found for not less
than 200,000 men. The government is
compelled to purchase uniforms, quan
tities of provisions and other farm
products for the men and their
horses.
Then the war in South Africa and
China have created an extraordinary
demand for American farm and fac
tory products and as we have had
great crops in our country while other
countries were unfortunate In that
regard, it is clear that we owe nothing
to the republican politicians for im
proved prices of farm products.
Neither can the republican politi
cians claim any credit for the im
mense gold deposits in Alaska that
have contributed to Improve condi
tions because it has increased the
money supply. That is the substance
of the whole question. What Mr. Bry
an, the populist and the reform demo
crats claimed all along was that the
hard times were caused by the lack of
sufficient money to exchange the prod
ucts of the country upon an equitable
plane of prices and that an increase
In the money of the country would
improve conditions. That is as true
as it was four years ago. 1
The republicans who declared four
years ago that' we had plenty of money
in the country "and that there was
just as much money as ever," who,
in a sheepish way, demanded the gold
standard. which they afterward
claimed to have "firmly established,"
have proven themselves to be con
temptible hypocrites.
They have very materially increased
the money supply. First, by the issue
of irredeemable paper money to the
extent of nearly $100,000,000 in na
tional bank notes since McKinley's in
auguration.' Second, by the coinage
of $85,423,603.10 in silver, $53,378,824
of which was in silver dollars at the
ratio of 16 to 1 during the same time.
Third, by the coinage of $326,795,045
in gold during McKinley's term; mak
ing a total of $512,218,650, or over
seven dollars per capita, more money
now in circulation than when McKin
ley assumed his office.
The republicans have done the very
thing demanded by the populists and
the democrats, except that they have
given the issue of paper money over to
the banks, that is, they have in
creased the money supply. As far as
the coinage of gold was considered,
they were true to their sound money
principles, but in the large increase of
silver and paper, they have proved
themselves to be hypocrites, when they
publicly advocated gold alone.
Under the circumstances above
stated we should enjoy a prosperity al
most unparalleled in the history of
the world.
How is it in fact?
Sixty thousand men employed in the
iron and steel mills were idle from
June 30 to September 24, under the
fraudulent pretense of a difference as
to wages when the men asked for no
increase and would have accepted a
reduction.
In Fall River alone 26,000 coton mill
operatives have been locked out on
account of "an underconsumption" of
cotton goods and probably as many
more idle in other Massachusetts ci
ties. The iron mines are closing one
after another, while 140,000 coal min
ers are out struggling for living wages
in the anthracite coal region. At the
first sign of the strike, the price of
coal was raised 78 cents a ton, while
the price paid for mining hard coal Is
nothing-near half the amount of the
rise.
Wages are nowhere as high as they
should be under the circumstances.
Farm products are proportionately
low. Consider the prices that were
paid during the civil war for products
and labor and then consider that the
whole world is practically at war to
day. Then you can realize the com
paratively low prices that prevail.
There is scarcely a business of any
kind that is not complaining of poor
trade.
What little prosperity we have is
not the result of McKinley's election.
It has come in spite of him and his
financial and economic heresies.
HAMILTON OR JEFFERSON
McKinley Is Strictly Following the Ideas
of Alexander Hamilton.
In a recent speech in Chicago Hon.
David B. Henderson, speaker of the
house of representatives, said that he
supported President McKinley and ad
vocated his re-election because McKin
ley is strictly following the ideas and
policy of Alexander Hamilton.
The following extracts from one of
Hamilton's most famous speeches, de
livered June 18, 17S7, before the fed
eral convention at Philadelphia, will
fully illustrate Speaker Henderson's
meaning.
After advocating a constitutional
provision fixing the term of office of
the president for life, Mr. Hamilton
said:
"I believe the British government
forms the best model the world has
ever produced." .
"All communities divide themselves
into the few and the many. The first
are the rich and well born, the others
the mass of the people."
"The people are turbulent and
changing. They seldom judge or de
termine rightly. Give, therefore, the
first class a distinct and permanent
share in the government.".
"Nothing but a permanent body can
check the Impudence i-of democracy.
Their turbulent and uncontrolable dis
position requires checks."
"It is admitted you cannot have a
good executive upon a democratic
plan. See the excellency of the British
executive. Nothing short of such an
executive can be efficient."
"The voice of the people Is said to
be the voice ol God, but this maxim
is not true."
"A democratic . government of the
mass of the people can" never be good."
"The British executive is above
temptation he can have no distinct
interest from the public welfare. Noth
ing short of such an executive can be
efficient."
TRUE ASSISTANT REPUBLICAN
One of Clem's Lies Exposed. Republican
Postmasters Who Will Kot Return
Ilia Papers When Ordered.
Editor Independent: Someone kind
ly sends me the "True Populist" week
after week. I have refused to take it
out of the office several times, but still
it comes. On last week's editorial
page I notice the following:
"The resignation of J. H. Emley, fu
sion nominee for state senator for
Burt and Cuming counties, has struck
consternation into the ranks of the
'reform forces' In that district. Mr.
Emley is too good a populist to longer
train, with the hypocritical gang which
is trying to lead the populists of Ne
braska into the camp of the old har
lot democracy."
If everything published in that pa
per is as true as the above, I pity the
deluded men who take their inspira
tion from its pages.
Mr. Emley has resigned, it is true,
but for personal and business reasons
only. His "being too good a populist
to train with the hypocritical gang,"
etc., sounds funny, however, to one
familiar with the facts. Mr. Emley
never has been and is not now a pop
ulist, but a Bryan democrat, and he is
going to spend every day he can spare
from his business, from now till elec
tion day, to lead, not populists, but re
publicans into the camp of "the old
harlot democracy."
The fusicnists of this district in
stead of bing panic-stricken as the
Bee annex would have you believe, are,
on the contrary, confident of victory.
They are going to name a candidate to
fill the vacancy October 4. Mr. Emley
will take the stump for him, and we
will all see to It tha he goes to Lin
coln next winter to vote for Wm. V.
Allen and a Bryan democrat to rep
resent the people instead of the trusts
in Washington.
I would advise Mr. Deaver to apply
to Judge Holmes for an injunction,
mandamus or whatever other legal
process may be necessary to have the
name of his paper changed from the
"True Populist" to the "Untrue As
sistant Republican."
LOUIS DEWALD.
Wisner, Neb.
McKinley declared in his letter of
acceptance that he had "liberated 10,
000,000 people from the yoke of im
perialism." The statement is true,
only he overestimated the number.
Otis and McArthur have so far only
succeeded in killing about 35,000 Fili
pinos who have gone Into a world
where they will . be forever free from
either Spanish or McKinley imperial
ism, and can be said to have been lib
erated from all earthly tyrants.
TEDDY ROOSEVELT
He Has His Day In Lincoln A Large Pa
rade, With. Many Uniformed Clubs,
But Few Would Listen to His
Speech. All Militarism,
Republican day at the street fair
was made the most of by the republi
can managers. The parade, while
large, was not as large as some of the
parades in 1896 by both parties. r
advent of TTeddy was announced by
sounding all the whistles and soon af
ter the procession moved over the ap
pointed route. There were delegation's
and clubs from all the surrounding
towns, but the number of mounted
"rough riders" must have been a dis
appointment to the managers.
The character of the parade was dis
tinctly military, there were shoulder
straps and uniforms galore evn
some of the women marchers carried
swords.., .
The character of the banners were
disgraceful. There was but one in the
whole lot that contained an ennobling
sentiment. Most of them were an ap
peal to the lowest element In a man's
nature. The managers made a par
ticular effort to insult Bryan in his
own home by the most disgraceful nnd
vulgar slang, painted on banners nnd
carried through the streets. The ban
ners were made up largely of such
words as traitor, copperhead, anar
chist, demagogue, etc. In character
with this, they had carried cn a wagon
a deformed, stuffed calf. A better em-
blem for the republican party in this
campaign could not have been in
vented. The speaking was at the capitol
grounds. When Roosevelt mounted
the platform there was a slight cheer
that did not last half a minute and it
was timed by a watch. Governor
Thayer made a few remarks, suppos
able by way of Introduction, but no
one could hear what he said unless it
were a few on the stand or pressing up
against it. Then Teddy appeared with
his rough rider hat in his hand. He
bowed all around and there were a
few more cheers. After that he began
his speech. He kept his hat in one
hand and constantly beat the other
with it while he spoke. He discussed
no fundamental questions, but con
fined himself to quips and denuncia
tion. All of Bryan's pictures had been
taken down from the state bouse aoad
not one was In view anywhere around
the capitol. The courtesy of Mr. Brs'an
in requesting that his friends pay this
respect to Mr. Roosevelt was returned
by the display of the most disgraceful
set ofrjolitieal banners ever carried In
a'procession, V - ; -
In. one carriage were five generations
of one family and a banner stating
that they were, all for McKinley. A
lady remarked that that accounted for
the present voting strength of the re
publican party they voted the ticket
simply because their fathers or grand
fathers did.
The old men who marched under
the banner as a McKinley veteran club
had one very peculiar thing about it.
Fully one-third of the men did not
have a G. A. R. button. In the hurry
of getting ready for the parade they
perhaps forgot to put It on.
When Roosevelt began to speak,
there were not nearly as many per
sons present as have often attended a
concert at the same place by Hage
now's band. No honest man who has
seen both crowds will deny that state
ment. Within five minutes after he
began to speak the crowd started to
dwindle away. Men who have boec
accustomed to hear great questions
discussed by such orators as Towne,
Weaver and Bryan from the same
stand were simply disgusted. One tender-hearted
pop remarked: "What a
pity that the republicans could not
have someone to address this crowd
who had something to say about tho
great principles that are before the
American people for settlement."
The whole appeal made by the par
ade, its banners and its speaker, was
first to the military spirit and second
to the lowest elements of human na
ture. There was not a single ennob
ling sentiment expressed, not a
thought suggested in harmony with
the great principles of Abraham Lin
coln or of the republican party in the
days when men's hearts were fired
with the love of liberty by such ora
tors as Sumner, Chase, Philipps, Gar
rison and a host of others. How have
the mighty fallen!
WAGEWORKERS' EXPERIENCE
Hanna's Trust From Which He Makes
Millions but Which He Declares He
Knows Nothing About.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 28. -(Special
Correspondence.) For many rea
sons the drift of public sentiment has
been against the republicans from the
beginning of the campaign. The
strike of the miners was the last
straw.
It was not so much the effect in
Pennsylvania, but the workingmen all
over the country made the miners'
cause their own. The stories of the
awful conditions forced upon tho em
ployes in the coal fields set wage
workers to thinking about the trust
question.
There -are very few workmen today
who are not within measurable dis
tance of trust employment. Hardly
one but can find a trust near enough
to his homa to study its operations.
In many parts of the country the
trusts have locked men out and
starved them Into accepting reductions
of wages. In a number of places fac
tories have been dismantled and whole
towns left without means of employ
ment, because the trusts found It mere
profitable to concentrate operations
elsewhere.
The company store, with its knack
of always keeping men in debt, has
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