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VOL. XIII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, MAKCH 6, 1902.
NO. 42.
PRINCE HENRY AT WASHINGTON
The Winding up of the Tillman-Mcl.&nrin
Affair The Millionaire Honor
Royalty t
Washington, D. C, March 1. (Spe
cial Correspondence.) For a whole
week, the capitol has been the seat of
much discussion relative to the Till-man-McLaurin
episode, which I men
tioned in my last letter. At last, I can
say ttfat I believe that it is perma
nently settled.
On Monday, when the Philippine
tariff was voted on, there took piace
another wrangle, which looked xor a
time as though there was to be a repe
tition of the whole affair. The senate
had declared both Senator McLaurin
and Senator Tillman in "contempt of
the senate" and this, so it was ruled,
kept them from voting. When the time
came for a vote on this bill that has
occupied the attention of the senate
for over a month, the right of the
senate to exclude the two senators
from voting was questioned by the
democratic members and the discus
sion, which lasted nearly the whole af
ternoon, questioned the constitution
ality of such an action. It was main
tained by Senator Bailey (dem. Tex.)
that no state could be deprived of its
constitutional privilege of equality in
its representation in the senate with
out the consent of the state. This is
a provision of article V. of the consti
tution; but the republican majority
promptly overruled the point of the
eloquent young Texan, and refused to
allow the senators to vote. For a time
it looked as though there would be an
appeal taken to the supreme court of
the United States to question the con
stitutionality of the Philippine tariff,
which had been passed while the re
publicans refused to allow the state cf
South Carolina to be represented.
Chairman Frye of Maine, who has
been acting as president of the senate
since the elevation of Roosevelt, or
dered the clerk to erase the names of
McLaurin and Tillman from the rolls
of the senate, and this also led to a
grave fight.
The matter of punishment to the
belligerent senators was referred to
the committee on privileges and elec
tions and after several days' delib
eration, the report was made. During
this time, the senate met each day
and adjourned after a minute or so of
session. The report ordered that Till
man be suspended for a period of
twenty-one days, while McLaurin was
let off with the mild punishment of
five days outside the senate. There
was. a fierce opposition to the report of
the committee.
Nor was the pugnacity confined to
the senators from South Carolina. Tne
two senators from Maryland (Mc
Comas, rep., and Wellington, ind.)
had another, but a more diplomatic,
scrap on the" floor. McComas, the
junior senator from Maryland, at
tacked Wellington for statements he
had made regarding the promise made
by the late president relative to the
permanent holding of the Philippine
ip'.ands. Wellington claims that he
was asked to call at the White house
to have a talk with the president rela
tive to the policy that the administra
tion intended to carry out after the
ratification of the treaty of Paris. He
claims that McKinley told him that he
had no idea of keeping the islands
and induced him to vote for the pass
age of the then pending treaty, which
he did. It was for this alleged duplic
ity on the part of the late president,
that Wellington refused to support
him in the last campaign. McComas,
as I started to say, charged Welling
ton with having uttered a falsehood,
and Wellington promptly challengej
that statement and stated his willing
ness to speak then and there on the
question. He wanted to see who knew
the more as to wrhat had passed be
tween McKinley and himself. Mc
Comas refused to yield, and after sorno
time, Wellington succeeded in getting
the floor. He went over the whole
story and said In conclusion: "If I
were outside this body, I would call
the senator, what I cannot call him in
this senate. I would charge him with
having uttered a malicious and delib
erate falsehood." He was promptly
called to order. This ended the in
cident. The city has had a royal guest for
several days. Prince Henry of Prus
sia arrived in the city on Monday and
was greeted at the railway station
with much pomp and heraldry. The
marine band, the cavalry band and the
artillery bands, together with all of
the many troops stationed in Wash
ington and hereabouts were ordered
to meet him at the depot. He was
driven to the German embassy and af
terwards called at the White house,
where he was formally welcomed into
the United States. He .vas driven
thence to the capitol, where he had
the pleasure of hearing Senator Bailey
charging the republicans with having
violated the constitution by their ac
tion in the Tillman-McLaurin disqual
ification act. The prince, who is very
democratic and speaks English per
fectly, was very much interested in the
proceedings. In the house, private
bills were under discussion, but he had
the opportunity of hearing a good
democratic speech on the Philippine
question. He wanted to see Represen
tative Wheeler, who had made the
fierce attack on royalty, and the dis
tinguished son of Kentucky was
pointed out to him. The house then
took a recess during which time each
member of the house was introduced
to "His Royal Highness." From the
capitol he was driven to the congres
sional library and expressed his great
admiration for the magnificence of the
building. He thought It one of the
finest buildings in the world.
At night he was the guest of the
president at a dinner in his honor. But
the real importance of the dinner, was
not the fact that the prince was pres-
i r nM,
personage that caused the stir. The
president had previously invited Sen
ator Tillman to be present; but owing
tc. his action in the senate on the Sat
urday previous, the invitation was re
voked. This was certainly an insult
to Tillman and that is putting it very
mildly. The senator had not been ad
judged guilty of any crime, the com
mittee had not reported, yet the pres
ident had taken it in his hands to re
voke the invitation. The president
then invited Senator Martin of Vir
ginia, the next senior democratic sen
ator on the naval affairs , committee,
but that senator very promptly and
properly declined. The action of the
chief executive has been deemed to be
very small. He certainly should not
have aired the nation's family trou
bles before the representative of a
foreign power.
On the following day, the prince was
I-rrsent at the launching of the kais
er's yacht, Meteor, which was chris
tened in New York by Miss Alice
Roosevelt. After being presented with
the freedom of the city of New York,
he? was dined by a party of men call
ing themselves "the captains of in
dustry" another name for the heads
of all the trusts. Among the hun
dred or so were J. Pierpont Morgan
and the other millionaire trust men.
It was boasted that no man sat down
tc the banquet who was worth less
than five million in the world's goods.
After two days in New York he re
turned to Washington.
At the capitol on Thursday was
held the McKinley memorial services.
All the nation's officers were present.
All the cabinet officers, the supreme
court, the diplomatic corps, the sen
ate, the house, the leading members
of the army and navy and his royal
highness, Henry of Prussia, were as
sembled in the hall of the house of
representatives. The eulogy was read
by Secretary of State John Hay, who
is a very literary gentleman. Hi3
Deneuiction or MCiuniey was a
magnificent affair. But It had the odor
of a republican campaign document
and for this he has been condemned.
When the nation is mourning its dead
leader, party spirit should be laid
aside; but Secretary Hay saw fit to
eulogize the life work of the repub
lican party rather than that of the
dead chieftain. One phrase, too, has
called forth much criticism. He re
ferred to McKinley as "our dead
ruler." Never before has the presi
dent been called a "ruler" officially,
and many have taken this to mean
that the administration means to in
troduce this term. However, leaving
this aside, the address ' was masterly
and will be a great literary document.
The admission to the galleries was by
ticket only ..and of coud i-re very
exclusive. ; if'-r' 7';. --;r
At night Prince -Henry was given a
dinner at the White house and the
following day took a short trip to the
naval academy at Annapolis. He re
turned to Washington in the evening
and witnessed a torchlight procession
by the German societies. He then
left for a trip into the west.
Well, that's enough for His Royal
Highness. There really has been very
little done. The supreme court de
nied the petition of the state of Min
nesota to prevent the merger of the
Northern Securities company on the
ground that it had no jurisdiction in
the case.
The senate is at present considering
the irrigation bill, while the house has
passed the appropriation bill for the
diplomatic and consular service. This
body also passed the permanent census
bureau bill, which had previously
passed the senate. It now awaits the
president's signature. The demo
cratic members of the committee on
naval affairs tried to have the house
pass a vote of thanks to Schley, but
the republicans voted it down.
WM. W. BRIDE.
An Opposite View
The Independent's drained swamp
problem causes the single taxers some
trouble to solve it correctly. Mr,
Dakin thinks the swamp "was wort'i
something as a mere opportunity upon
which to make improvements," but
the Southern Mercury says:
"A man who would invest his capital
in making land valuable which, be
fore, was worthless, ought not to bo
taxed for it. He produces a new val
ue which before did not exist. How
ever selfish his motive may have been
it remains true, none the less, that
the act is a public benefit. One great
argument in favor of the single tax Is
that it will promote improvements on
land tenfold.
Whose Socialism
"The editor of The Independent 'a
always mixing communism and im
perfect voluntary co-operation with
socialism. J. A. Wayland.Debs, or
the rank and file of American social
ists, don't advocate Bellamy's social
ism or Carl Marx." S. P. Gibson.
Page, Neb.
Whose socialism, then, do they advo
cate? Perhaps most of them are like
Judge Doster of the supreme bench
of Kansas. "I am a socialist," the
judge declares, "if you will permit me
to define the term socialism." And we
are all socialists, if you will permit us
to define our own kind of socialism.
Let us take one example: Mr. Gib
son's kind of socialism would doubt
less contemplate the public owner
ship and governmental operation of
the railroads. Our populism does that,
too. But how about the railroad em
ployes? Under populism each em
ploye would receive and spend his
wages to suit himself. Would that be
the . case under ' Weyland ' socialism,
Debs socialism, or ': Gibson socialism?
And isn't it rather strange to hear an
avowed socialist repudiating; Carl
MODERN FORTUNES
Their Remit is the Same as That Under
Feudalism Degeneracy Must be
the Result
In Benjamin Kid's latest work the
following passage occurs:
"We have the development of a vast
social phenomenon peculiar to , our
time, namely, the accumulation by a
comparatively small number of per
sons under these conditions of for-1
tunes of colossal magnitude. No con
ditions which prevailed under the
most rigorous absolutisms of the an
cient worlds allowed of such results.
The inherent and elemental barbarism
of conditions even when due allow
ance is made for services rendered to
society in the first stages in the or
ganization of industry under which a
private citizen is able to accumulate,
out of what must ultimately be the
'enforced disadvantage' of the com
munity, a fortune tending to equal in
capital amount the annual revenue of
the United States or Great Britain,
begins to deeply impress the general
imagination.
"As the knights and barons of the
early feudal ages, when brought un
der the influence of Christianity, de
voted the wealth which they had ac
quired under other standards to the
founding of churches and the endow
ment of charities, so the possessors o!
the colossal fortunes acquired under
the conditions f the phase of the com
petitive process under which we are
now living, tend in some measure to
restore them to the public by the
founding of libraries, the endowment
of universities, and the initiation of
large works of public philanthropy.
"Yet the crudity and even barbar
ism of the principle that has project
ed itself into the modern economic
process remains visible even in these
circumstances. The deterioration likely
to be produced by charity to the indi
vidual is well known. There Is no
reason to expect that the same re
sult could ultimately be avoided in
the case of charity on a large scale
to the public or the state."
As a description of modern condi
tions the passage is as true as pow
erful. But these fortunes were not
"acquired under, the condition of the
phase of the competitive process."
They were, acquired by the "destruc
tion of competition" and by special
privileges. There can be no question
about that. The Rockefeller fortune
was wholly acquired by the destruc
tion of competition. The Vanderbilt
accretions by special privileges. So
with all' the rest of them. Even a
slight cosiition that has arisen
since thet' discovery of the Texas oil
field has reduced the Rockefeller for
tune over $200 a share. Take away
the special privileges granted to the
Vanderbilts in the way of franchises
and. their fortune would dwindle to
an amount thatwould not be a threat
to the republic. One of the things
that no pop can find out is why men
who will think at all can not see that.
THEY STAND BY TILLMAN
He Stated the Trnth and Nothinjp hut the
Truth and Fair Minded Men Every
where Say to
The republicans will make no polit
ical capital out of their assault on
the principle that a senator has the
right to tell the truth on the floor of
that body. The Springfield Republi
can says: "Everybody knows what
the facts are and everybody accord
ingly knows that the charge made by
Tillman is substantially true." The
Philadelphia Record says:
"It is a fact, as asserted by Senator
Tillman, that Senator. McLaurin was
opposed to the Paris . treaty, and that
when a vote was badly needed by the
administration , he was suddenly and
mysteriously converted in its favor.
It is also a fact that immediately after
this miraculous conversion Senator
McLaurin became the dispenser of
government patronage in South Caro
lina. He had the run of the depart
ments; and ' postoffices and revenue
collectorships in the state were at hi?
exclusive disposal. It is not yet for
gotten how he undertook, as one of his
first experiments, to seduce the ven
erable Wade Hampton with the Co
lumbia (S. C.) postoffice, and how his
base attempt was repulsed. This did
not seriovsly discourage him, as it
would have discouraged any man pos
sessed of a lingering sense of politi
cal decency. McLaurin is still mak
ing his proffers of federal office and
spoil to every democrat in South Caro
lina whom he can thus convert into a
tool of his own and of the administra
tion. With all this he still keeps up
the- impudent pretense of being a
democrat while supporting by speech
and vote every measure of the party
in power."
Tillman has done nothing that an
honorable man might not do. But the
facts are that McLaurin besmirched
himself with dishonor when he ac
cepted pay for what he had done. If
he had been an honorable man, had
honestly changed his convictions, he
would have spurned from the' very
depths of his soul an offer to pay him.
McLaurin is about the foulest creature
who ever occupied a seat in 'the sen
ate but perhaps no fouler than those
who bought him to betray hi3 constituents.-
HE STRIKES FIRE
At Iat One Genuine American Office
Holder Left Wh la not Afraid to
' Talk Right Out
Some time ago the secretary of the
treasury received unofficial informa
tion to the effect that J. W. Ivey, col
lector ; of customs atr Sitka, had In-
t-p- a TTnalaqVa Tint fq
permit Canadian vessels, presumably
about to engage in pelagic sealing, to
obtain supplies at that port; The col
lector was directed to send a( state
ment of the facts to the department
and was informed "that if such orders
had been given they must .be rescind
ed. Today the department received a
telegram from Ivey saying:
"My instructions-were not against
vessels engaged "in: alleged Jegal fish
ing, but against Canadian vessels ac
tually engaged - in pelagic sealing,
v.hich is illegal and criminal when
committed within the marine juris
diction of the United States. If there
is an ancient treaty -between the
United States and. Great Britain by
which British subjects can commit
depredations, destroying ' . American
property, and . depleting cur revenue
of tens of thousands of dollars an
nually, while our own citizens are de
nied these privileges, the sooner such
treaty is abrogated the better. Your
solicitude regarding international com
plications with Great Britain need
cause you no uneasiness, as the poach
ing season is not yet opened. Your
new collector will arrive in time to
enforce your orders. My Americanism
will not allow me to rescind an order
which gives British subjects privi
leges within our marine jurisdiction
which are denied our own people.
"There is another matter, that may
attract your attention. I have recently
issued orders to the deputy at Skag
way, a copy of which has been sent
you, which has put the Canadian offi
cers located there out of business and
sent them to their own territory. You
are aware of the fact thatthis officer
became so offensive that he interfered
with American officers In the discharge
of their official duties, opened United
States customs mail, dominated over
railway officials, discriminated in the
order of shipment in favor Of Canad
ian merchandise against that shipped
from Seattle, established a;, Canadian
quarantine at Skagway, collected mon
eys and performed other acts of Brit
ish sovereignty in a port of the United
States, such as hoisting with, bravado
the cross of St. George from' the flag
staff of his custom house,-, I have
sent the concern, . bag, baggage, flag
and other paraphernalia frying Out of
the country. You may fear, the shad
ow of international complications and
rescind this order, but a Reed, an 01
ney, or a Blaine would not.".
DIETRICH'S GREAT SPEECH
His Maiden Effort in the United States Sen
ate AetenUhes the Residents
of Washington
The following is a copy of Senator
Dietrich's first speech1 'in. the United
States senate justas It c appears in
the CongressionalRecord on page 2196
of the issue of February 24: v
Mr. Dietrich Mr. President ,v
The President pro tempore Does
the senator from South Carolina yield,
to the senator from Nebraska?
Mr. Tillman Oh, certainly.
Mr. Dietrich I wish to ask a ques
tion only. While in the Philippines
in bir fore part of August I, received
an invitation from General Funston
to come to San Fernando. I did so,
and gathered there were several hun
dred cf the prominent Filipinos of
the best families. They had a ball
that night, and at that ball General
Funston danced with many of the
prominent Filipino women. Now, if
it is true that Funston and his officers
have been so cruel, would those Fili
pino women
At that point Mr. Tillman broke in
on this flood of eloquence and pro
found statesmanship with the expres
sion: "Oh. Mr. President," and then
went cn with his address.
According to a "staff correspondent"
of the Bee, Dietrich attempted to ad
dress the senate again, but Frye, who
no doubt thought that another exhi
bition of that kind would not be to
the credit of the republican party, re
fused to recognize him. In the inter
view which the "staff correspondent"
s-inds, Dietrich's own account of the
matter is given and his words are as
fellows:
"I am constrained to believe, how
ever, that my objections to the with
drawal of the second insult will not bc
noted in the record, as Senator Frye,
presiding officer, did not recognize me
"then I objected to permitting Senator
Tiiiman to withdraw the language he
used when his name was called to
vote. Senator Frye intimated to me
that he did not want to recognize me
as making the objection, probably on
the ground that he wanted the strife
to terminate, but nevertheless I
wanted Senator Tillman to under
stand that he could not continue to
add insult to the members of the re
publican side of the chamber without
a protest from me."
To the Voters
(A Campaign Proclamation by
"Scribbler.")
You need not sharpen up your axes
For cutting down and hewing taxes:
Nor be about the surplus troubled,
For we could use it up if doubled.
With untold fetes and coronations,
With out "monarchical relations,"
And with our system of commissions
Adapted to these flush conditions
We sooner would Increase the taxes
Than have them lessened by your axes.
Among the islands, small but sunny,
There may be sunk a mint of money;
When having paid what Spain requires
We find them mortgaged to the friars:
For Uncle Sam before requital
Failed to secure "abstract and title."
The game procured, instead of match-
ing, v ; - " . - -Repays
not half the cost of catching.
Make red-men headless with your axes.
But do not meddle with the. taxes;
Nor be about the surplus troubled,
Since our expenses may be doubled.
' , , , - , . V
KICK THEM OUT
Readers of the Independent Everywhere are Loyal to the
Doctrines it Teaches and are Pushing the
Educational Campaign
A WEEKLY PAPER THE BEST EDUCATOR
m in - ail I , J .
By Hypocrisy, Deceit and Misrepresentation the Republican Party Gained
Power and Through Ignorance and Prejudice They Hold It Papers
Subsidized iwufHiin. Trutli Suppressed
In Kansas and Nebraska twelve or
fourteen years ago there was quietly
organized, almost nknown to the bus
iness men in other lines a compact
body of farmers in what was known
as the "Farmers Alliance." In the
meetings of this organization, the
farmers of the western states began a
study of economic conditions and the
causes that led to the unequal distri
bution of wealth. The meetings were
held regularly in almost every school
house. Lectures were delivered, books
and papers were read and exchange J
until the farmers of the western state?
were better informed in political econ
omy, than any other class of people.
The country was startled when the
ballots were counted at the fall elec
tion and the result showed that John
H. Powers, a farmer, and the candi
date of the Farmers' Alliance had been
elected governor of Nebraska. The
courts and all the political machinery
were in the hands of the agents of
plutocracy and the will of the people
was defeated. John H. Powers was de
nied and deprived of the office to
which he was elected.
It did not take long for the repub
lican leaders to find out What was the
cause of this upheaval. It was the
dissemination of information amon
the people, the study of economic ques
tions and the public discussions in the
school . houses. Then all the .power
of the privileged -classes with their
untold millions of money were turned
upon this spread of information among
the common people and the study of
economics, with a determination and
fierceness that was never before known
in any contest in a free government.
If the people could be kept in,ignorr
ance of the . fundamental economic
truth, plutocracy could still govern.
At the expense of millions every agri
cultural journal, in the , United States
was bought up "or subsidized. .Every
daily paper in the United States, with
the exception of two or three; were
brought under the domination of these
manipulators and from that time to
this, the dissemination of economic
truth has been almost wholly sup
pressed. To such an extent has this
gone that perhaps not one man in a
hundred in the eastern states could
give a definition of the word "value"
if he were to be sent to jail for falling.
Not only along these lines, but In
current news the people are kept in
profound ignorance. Those who read
plutocratic papers do not know that
the republican administration has
coined more silver than was ever
coined in the same length of time
before, they do not know that the
Philippine commission passed las
making it treason for the people of
those islands to read, circulate or have
in their possession the Declaration of
Independence.
The people of the nation as a -whole
are in the same condition that Ne
braska and Kansas were before the
organization of the Farmers' Alliance
They do not know that waste, extrav
agance and corruption exist on every
hand in the national government. A
while ago there was a large defalca
tion in the postoffice department in
volving the loss of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to the government. It
was announced only to be hushed up,
covered up and excused by the au
thorities at Washington. Every week
old hulks of ships are bought for army
transports at enormous prices, only to
be condemned a few months later and
sold for a mere song to some relative
of some republican office-holder. Ar.rt
the people quietly submit! Why? Be
cause only a comparatively few of
thenr know the facts.
The Associated press is in the con
trol of these commercial pirates and
the whole power of the government is
brought to discredit or destroy any
publication that dares to tell the truth.
But The Independent defies them. It
will print the truth and its readers
will stay behind it with their enthus
iastic and loyal support. As its cir
culation increases as its army of read
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multiplies.
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five at the low figure we are. We have
been as liberal in our; offer as possi
ble. It costs more money to publish
a paper devoted to, the. defense of the
plain people; than, to, publish one ad
vocating the' cause of' plutocracy. The
money power ; would, gladly furnish
material to fill all our columns free of
charge if we would , accept it. -They
would be liberal with their advertis
ing patronage and generous to,a fault
if we would indorse - their legalized
robberies. That's" ; why plutocratic
sheets cost so little. Shall we give you
that kind of a paper? , Never! We
will print the truth and sell the paper
as cheaply as "we 'can. ; Invite your
neighbor to try -it for, a year. Ask
him to compare it with the hand-me-downs
and ready made stuff furnished
him by the organs of plutocracy.
. Here is the roll of,. Liberty Guards
and what they have done to date. Let
us add your name to the list:
-, : V-:Cv" Ko. caids
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M.- P. Harrington, - O'Neill, Neb.. ..23
J. W. Bray, Falls City, Neb .15
A. W. Cox:, Bladen, Neb .......10,
Wm. Hancock, Loup -City Neb..,, 14'
W.. S. Hadley.x Arlington,. Neb. ....10
J. M. Smith, Baker, -Neb. 10
Cornelius Horan Hulo, Neb....,10
J. M. Elrod, Madison, -Neb.. . 10
J. N. Diffendal Finksburg, Md...10
S. G. Mower, Falls City, -Neb 10
Frank Thomas, Arcadia, ; Neb ...... 10
J. C. Stocking, Wahoo, Neb 10
Matt Sterup, Grosham, Neb."...... 7
Albert Reals,4 Omard, Mich........
Judge W. H. Weetover,-; Rushville,
Neb. ... 6
Henry Deans, Ida, Neb.; ... 5
C. Snyder" Eaton, -Ov. ...... .4 5,
J. C. Young. Kayce, rWyo. .:.... 5
Wm. Ogle; Scotts Bluff , ' Neb ....... 6
W.;R, Petty, Norwalk, Cal. 6
W E. Deck, Ithaca. Neb . . ......... 5
Mrs. M. E. Brown, .Greeley, Colo. ... 5
Hans Nielsen, Dannebrog, Neb. . . E.
L. P. Horton,Elmwpod,. Neb..... c;
C A. Carlson,-? Upland ,f Neb
Joseph-' Burr, Leoti.Kas.,' . . . ,... 5
C S Worley, - Bdx. Butte,: Neb .... . . ; 5
Luther' Minton, Bloomington, Tenn. Q
,H. Lv Shelton. "WaunetaNeb..,...lS,
Ij. - Chartier,- Clyde, Kas... ..; 5
,W. J. Long,. Hebron, Neb:V.';......5
Mrs. Ellen Rice,- South Dayton, N.Y,5
'E. E. Berry, Falrbury, . Neb ........ 5
C. "A. Skoog, Holdrege, Neb 5
iP." C. Davis, Grass galley. Ore,., 5
(John Klirige, Burwell, Neb. .t. 5
OS. M Harrison," Blgf.Springs,' Neb..-' &
'Christian - Brothe.'Mlnden, Neb...5
ij P.; Bridges, i Mt "Atry, ; G.a. . , , , , . 5
Sv J.: Boies; ;.Hough,v,NebV. ... 5
; C'J. M. lie mar, j Wahoo , VNe b , v .;.., 5
A'. C. rCaskey.,.Oregon,?iMo., 5
Good Advice by a Good Ucniocrat Throw
' Out the Disorg-anlzers, Says Sid Foree
' The strangest political spectacle
ever witnessed can be seen by anyone
who will take a look over the field of
politics, in this country at this time.
Look at the so-called republican party
controlled by a small corrupt minor
ity; and the democratic party, after
making two noble fights for reform, Is
going back to be controlled by a
small corrupt minority in that nartv.
The imperialists controlling the re
publican party, and the so-called 're
organizers" seeking (and with good
prospects of success) to control the
democratic party. Two minorities,
controlling two majorities. Truly such
a sight as this is enough to make the
shades of our ancestral apes punch
one another in the ribs and, pointing
a phantom finger, giggle in ghostly
glee at the political performances of
the "progressive" American citizen!
; Now speaking as a democrat (and
I am a democrat as long as the party
is headed In the direction of reform)
I want to confess a few party faults
the first thing. The first one Is that
we do not give our populist friends
the credit they deserve in this re
form matter. Fact Is, they deserve
nearly all the credit that is duo for
they were the originators of most of
these reform ideas. We should have
given the vice presidential nomina
tion to their candidate, Charley
Towne. And we would have done it,
if we had not been making such stren
uous efforts to drag this disorganizing
gold standard element along with us.
In order to please the traitorous enemv
in our r&nks, we mistreated and dis
pleased the faithful friends that want
ed to, come into our ranks.
Now I do not want to be under
stood as casting any reflections on the
Hon. Adlai Stevenson for I think he Is
a grand old man. But I believe
Charley Towne had the best right to
that nomination. And another mis
take was made by our writers and
platform speakers, in the way they
attacked "our friends the enemy" that
were in the republican ranks. . A great
many of these speakers made the mis
take of addressing the opposition as
though they were a lot of rascals, la
stead of addressing them as thoug.i
they were honest men, honestly mis
taken. They made another mistake in
attacking republicanism, or rather in
not making a distinction between re
publicanism and imperialism. -Imperialism
is what the reform democracy
is .fighting. , Old fashioned Lncoln re
publicanism is what we are striving t.
get v in- line with. - Now, understand
mewhen I say republicanism, I do not
mean republicanism as interpreted by
the hirelings of the money power, by
the toadies and flunkeys, by the wor
shipers of the English aristocracy. I
mean republicanism as interpreted by
Lincoln. Of course the republicans us
a party, have gone wrong oftener than
they have gone any other way; but
that Is not the fault of republican prin
ciples. Its on acount of the pressure
brought to bear on the leaders of thi
party by the money power, causing
them to depart from republican prin
ciples. Now; then, my democratic yoke-fellow,
let us outline a plan by which wo
can unite the honest elements of all
parties, the majorities of all parties,
'..he first thing for us democrats to do,
is, in old-fashioned phrase, to clean
house. We have been posing before
the country as the honest party; lt
us be the honest party. It will do us
no good to make such claim as that
and continue to lug along this disor
ganizing gold standard imperialistic
element. We are fooling nobody but
ourselves so long as wc hang to them.
The sooner we kick them overboard
and tell them to go to their masters
where they belong the better it will
be for us. What earthly use have wo
for such an element in the party?
They do not vote with us. They hava
betrayed us in two campaigns, and
now have the abominable impudence
to try to assume the control of tho
party.
And, my reform democratic friend,
we must recognize the fact that there
are other honest people besides our
selves. The honest rank and file of
the republican party are just as much
opposed to this imperialism.this toady
ism, flunkeyism, and this murderous
military business, as you or I or any
body else. But what are these repub
licans to do about it? They are con
trolled by corrupt leaders In their own
party; they can do nothing there. And
when they look to us who are poslns
as the reform party they see us ex
hibiting a disposition to return '.o
Clevelandlsm. And they know that
Clevelandlsm and Imperialism mmn
the same thing. But if we would
"turn to" and get rid of this corrupt
element, and stand revealed a truly
honest party with an honest purpose,
show our determination to do the right
thing by kicking this disorganizing
element out of our ranks, for every
dishonest democrat we sent to his
monopolist master we would receive
in exchange ten or more honest repub
licans and populists. SID FOREE.
The Price That Staggers.
England has spent a billion dollars
on the Boer war and her casualties are
over 100,000 men, according to th
latest report. It is very evident that
old man Kruger knew his business
when he spoke of the price England
would have to pay. Atlanta Journal.
Read this paper carefully and then
hand it to a neighbor. Ask him to
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Up a club of subscribers. There is no
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