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8 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT June 19, 1002 ORDERS FOR CARDS Readers of The Independent Will Push the Sale of Liberty Building: Subscription Cards at Conventions EVERY DELEGATE SHOULD SUBSCRIBE As the Official Representative of His Party it is His Duty to Keep Himself Informed in Political Affairs ' In the history of The Independent the readers of the paper have never shown more, loyalty or interest la helping to increase the circulation than at the present time. Every mail bring3 encouraging letters anl many large orders for Liberty Build ing subscription cards. During this week many county conventions will t J A. T 1 A A XI A A - ue neiu 10 name aeiegaies to iue siaie convention which meets at Grand Isl and, June 24. In many of the coun ties the nominations for county offi cers win oe maae ai me same ume. The Independent hopes to have one or . more of its readers at each con vention taking orders for Liberty Building subscriptions. The man who Is sent as a delegate to the county con vention or as a delegate to the state convention becomes the official repre sentative of his party in the same manner that a member of congress 3s the official representative of the people of his district. As the official lepresentative of his party every dele gate is under obligations to acquaint himself with all matters pertaining to political affairs in order that he may act at all times for the best interests of his party. In many cases delegates regard their duties and obligations to the party too lightly. They frequent ly look upon their selection as dele gates as only a personal compliment nnd forget the duties belonging to the position. It is a i n-sonal compliment to be sent as the official representa tive of the party, but there is also an Implied contract on the part of the delegate when he accepts the position that he will do all things necessary for the proper discharge of his duties. The first and most, important should be to thoroughly acquaint himself with political conditions to enable him t.i act Intelligently upon every question that arises. ? He cannot do that better than to subscribe: for and read The Independent regularly. , It is every where recognized as the leading peo ple's party paper in the state or United States. It investigates with great care every1- matter of political -importance and publishes the results of the in vestigation without fear or favor. No delegate. , can properly discharge his duties without reading it. "When he returns from the convention his neigh bors, both political friends and re publicans as well, have a right to sup pose that he knows something about, political issues. They can properly ask him for information. How can he furnish it unless he reads The In dependent? Readers of The Indepen dent should present the matter to ev ery delegate who Is not a subscriber and insist upon his giving them an order for his subscription. A people'3 party man who does not read The In dependent is about as capable and val uable in a campaign as a soldier with out a :rifle or ammunition. It is the most essential part . of his fighting equipment. . ,. Orders received for cards during the past week were as follows:. Previously acknowledged. ....... .4561 To state committee.. ,.,.2500 W. S. Godwin, Hopson, W. Va..... 5 Seth Woods, Atkinson, Neb . 5 A. S. Alexander, Harrisburg' Neb.. 10 H. J. Coon; Albany, , Neb .......... "" N. S. Thompson, Angus, Neb 5 A. G. Walgren, -Sutton, Neb 5 P. C. Mosher, Wilber, Neb , 5 J. C. Schroeder, Ulysses, Neb.. ... . Frank J. Taylor. St. Paul. Neb 5 Nils Olson, Ong, Neb. . ...,Y 5 J. M. Dimmick. Macon, Neb... W. H. Davis, Fullerton, Neb... J. S. Freeman, Columbus, Neb..:.. A. G. Hallberg, Sparta; Neb Samuel Fried; Badger, Neb ........ 5 H. B: McGaw Hastings. Neb . . . . ... F. J. S. Eastman, Campbell, Neb 5 Austin Bolles, Yorkshire, N. Y 5 H. J. - Wilker, Belvldere, Neb. ..... 5 J. N;' Hamilton, Dakota City, "Neb. 5 E. E. Dowhower, Elyria, Neb 5 A. D. Baker, Blue Hill, Neb .. 5 W. H. Woodruff; Stanton, Neb. ... 5 O. S. Newsora, Finch, Ark. .".' ! J. Marsh, Butler, Ky 5 Jonathan, Higgins, Cambridge, Neb.50 F. A. Martint Rokeby, Neb ........ 5 T. D. Richards. Osceola, Neb. 5 I. Bockoven, Seward, Neb......... 5 John Buchanan, Valparaiso, Neb . . 5 W. .M. Henderson. Comstock, Neb.. 5 H. X Mason, Fullerton, Neb. ..... .10 GedJ D.: Bell, : Nebraska City, Neb,. 5 C. Hopkins,- Tilden, Neb . . . .10 G. ; A, Will; Ithaca, Neb...... .. 5 A. G., Francisco, Albion, Neb. . 5 S. H. Byers, Osceola, Neb. ......... 5 W. A. Hickok. Douglas. Neb. ...... F. R. P. Algers, Burwell, Neb 5 M. B. Reyman,' Talmage, Neb 5 G. W. Doxtater, Panama, Neb...... 5 J. W. McCallum, Meadow Grove.Neb. 5 Thos. Patz, Crete, Neb. . Waller Reed, Fremont, Neb J. N. Howerton. No. Star, Neb. . J. W; Talbot. Giltner, Neb. . . . .. Geo. Sykes, Ruskin, Neb Arthur Weeks, El wood, Neb . 5 . 5 . 5 .5 .10 Total .............. 17366 " I'l'llll ' ' ' aiTL'Tr' TLy ' ! gl Proposed Liberty Building A Home For The Independent. Two Stories 25x142 Being Erected From the Sale of Liberty Subscription Cards by the Readers of The Independent For many years the greatest need of The Independent has been a per manent location a home of its own. Once secured, expenses can be re duced and the paper made a greater power for good and more valuable rand interesting - to its readers. To build this home The Independent has asked the co-operation of its readers in the sale of 10,000 subscription cards. The cards are printed on regular U. S. postals and are put up in blocks. of five. Each card Is good for a year's subscription. For the five cards (five yearly, subscriptions to be sent to five different persons) the charge is $3.00, 60 cents for each card. The regular subscription price of The Independent is $1,00 per year, and for single sub scriptions it does not accept less tnan that. It Is only because funds are needed for the construction of Liberty Building that the unparalleled offer of five yearly subscriptions for only $3.00 is made. . - Candidates For Governor (Continued from Page 1.) the chief friends of Mr. Bryan in the fight to rescue Nebraska democracy . fromT Clevelandism, and championed the cause of free silver in an extended newspaper debate with Henry -W. Yates of Omaha. He supported the nomination in 1894 of Holcomb for 6vciiiui uy me ueuiut-ia,is, anu was chairman of the democratic state cea-r tral committee from 1894 to 1896. He was chairman of the Bryan delegation to the Chicago convention and repre sented that delegation before the na tional committee and the committee on credentials. In 1896 he was electe l attorney general and served four years. He conducted successfully a series of cases brought against the ex press, telephone and " railroad compa nies in which the power of the stat to regulate those companies was - in volved. His trial arid conviction of Bartley and of Moore, his fight against the grain, Standard Oil and other trusts is familiar to all Nebraskans, as is the many other services rendered to the people during his incumbency of the office of attorney general. GEN. VICTOR VIFQUAIN. Gen. Victor Vifquain, now ' a resi dent of Lincoln, Lancaster county, was born' in r Belgium 65 ' years go,- but came to America at . an early age. Forty-four years of his life he has been an ardent, energetic democrat. ' He enlisted in the union army In June, 186L Was mustered out Decem ber, 1865, as colonel of the 97th Illi nois. Was by President Abraham Lin coln breveted everything up to an 3 including brigadier general. Received a meda! of honor from congress DUR ING the war, NOT aftei4. Was mem ber of constitutional convention L of 1871. Has been consul ; and ' consul general for the United States at Co lombia. Became colonel - of the 3rd Nebraska volunteers in the Spanish American war after the resignation of Colonel Bryan. Gen. Vifquain says: "You ask what about delegations? I know nothing about them,, and care less. I never dabble in delegations. I , want the people to have unchallenged and un trammeled choice. I believe in the office seeking the man, and not the mafn the office. The latter is where all our troubles come from. "You ask about 'taxes? Equal tax ation between people and corporations. I consider 'franchises the basic ele ment of -value of any public works and . they should be taxed accordingly. I want it to be strictly understood that I am against corporate aggression and taxshirking." Gen. Vifquain is the only Nebraskan that ever received a medal from con gress. He is the only democrat o? Nebraska that went to the war from Nebraska; and who returned with high rank and remained a democrat. Gen. Vifquain also enjoys the distinction of having won the first victory, for municipal. ownership of public works in Nebraska, when his paper; the Daily State Democrat, advocated that Lincoln-should own the waterworks. Hi3 nomination for . governor would ' be a recognition of the newspaper frater nity, Gen: Vifquain being a writer of marked ability. r DR. ROBERT DAMERELL. -Dr. Robert Damerell is a physician and surgeon, residing in Red Cloud, Webster county. Was born at Peoria, 111., forty-nine -years ago. Is a mem ber of the people's independent party, and was formerly a republican. Hi public services are, limited to a little over four years as superintendent at the hospital for. insane at Hastings "I never held an elective office or asked for one," he remarks. However, the doctor's four years at the head of the Hastings institution show him to have a high degree of executive abil ity, and he set the pace -which subse quent administrations have been obliged to follow or fall behind. Anent the subject of taxation, Dr. Damerell says: "I am in favor of tax ing all property in the state of Ne braska equally according to its valitc, and am certainly in favor of equitable taxation of railroads, telegraph, tele phone and insurance companies, as well as all other properties of like nature. I believe this is right, and be fore the populist party succeeds it must take a stand in the .matter and carry it out to the letter." WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON. Hon. William H. Thompson, pop ularly and familiarly known as the "Little Giant," is a resident of Gran I island, Hall county. He is forty-eight years of age, of Scotch and Irish descent, "so remote, however," he says, "that I think I am entitled-to claim that I am an American citizen, both by reason of place of birth and ancestry." Mr. Thompson is frequently men tioned as. a possible candidate by var ious newspapers, although he assures The Independent that he is "in n sense a candidate for the nomination for governor before the coming con vention." "If I have ever rendered the public any service," he continues, "it has been along the line of obtain ing for it honest and economic gov ernment. I am certainly a believer In the theory of taxation which includes as a part of the taxable assets of a corporation, its franchise. At least there is no reason why it should es cape taxation." Mr. Thompson has always voted the democratic ticket, and was the na tional committeeman for Nebraska a number of years. He has always been a prominent figure in every democratic convention, and as a peacemaker, when the populists and democrats get into a convention wrangle, he has fe-v equals. Because of his eminent fair ness in all differences between the al lied parties, he has a host of staunch friends and admirers among the pop ulists. GEORGE W. BERGE. George W. Berge, the past twelve years a resident of Lincoln, Lancas ter county, was born in Illinois, July 21, 1864. In . 1890 he came to Nebras ka and has been practicing law here ever since. Mr. Berge says: "My father and relatives were all repub licans prior to my coming to Nebras ka. In the fall of 1890 I voted for Bryan for congress and after the for mation of the populist party I have always been identified with that par ty and attended its conventions." In 1894 Mr. Berge was elected coun ty judge of Lancaster county, but nev er served because the incumbent in office refused to deliver possession. The county commissioners at first would not approve his bond and he was obliged to compel them to do so by mandamus proceedings. Then ho brought quo warranto proceedings to try the question as to who was entitled to the office; the district court held against him, but he went to the su preme court and won just forty days before the term expired. Under the Nebraska practice, motion for rehear ing, may be filed within that time, which was done, and before mandate could be issued the term had expired. Mr. Berge had attended practically every state convention since 1894. He was before the first district congres sional conventions of 1896 and 1898, and was nominated for congress in 1900 and defeated. In Lancaster coun ty Mr. Berge received more votes than any other candidate on the fusion ticket more votes than the electoral ticket, although Mr. Burkett got al most ; three hundred votes less than the republican electoral ticket. f Mr. Berge has decided views on the question of taxation. He believes that franchises ought to be taxed as the constitution provides. "Of course, It is hot right," he says, "neither is it wise In any sense to say that railroads ought to . pay more than their just share, but they should not be allowe-1 to shirk and should pay their share of .the taxes.'- . --ri.'-i He requests The Independent to say that he is not a candidate for gov ernor; that no delegations will be In structed upon any request from him. "I believe," he remarks, "that the con ventions should use their best Judg ment when- assembled as to whom shall be nominated." Searles & Searles, SPECIALISTS en Ilo Cisro ALL Private , Diseases : and Disorders; Only 1 uo Pay . ALL .. Weakness, Jmpotency and K!kt Losses HOME TREATMENT BY MAIL. Examination and Consultation FREE. Charges Low. Main Office: . ' Richards Block, j&'j NE Stricture & Gleet method -without pain of cutting. -Consultation Free. .Treatment by mail Call, or address with stamp, Drs. Searles & Searles LINCOLN,NEBRASKA rlain Office: Rooms 21 7-2 Richards Block, RODERICK DHU SUTHERLAND. ; born forty years ago, in Scotch Grove, Jones county, la., of Scottish parents. Hi3 people" were originally all repub licans, but Mr. Sutherland joined in the people's .movement ' at an.', early date. 'He was "elected county attor ney of Nuckolls, county" in 1890 ana was re-elected twice.: In" 1896 he was elected as member- of 'congress from the Fifth district and "was re-elected in 1898. His second term' he was made a member of the house committee on coinage; " weights and ' measures, on. of ; the most important in ' the house. Was also the ranking member of the committee on irrigation "of . arid lands the most important in " the ' house at this time. - By "ranking 'member" is meant that by long service' One moves ud "toward' the head of 'the" c6mmittee, and in this case Mr. Sutherland was the first member on our" side. Had he been re-elected and- the house demo cratic,' Mr. Sutherland' ' would have been (ihairman of the committee at this" time: : . ; "" ' ; Mr. Sutherland was chairman of the; state convention at Omaha in 1899 when Holcomb was nominated for su preme judge, and .waa one' of "the dele gates' to the : national' convention at Sioux Falls in 1900. : For some time Mr. Sutherland has been widely and favorably spoken of as a gubernatorial candidate, and was regarded by many as one of the prob abilities. Not long since, however, he gave ' 'out an interview" in " which he withdrew' his name. This was a great surprise to his many' admirers, bat The" Independent understands that Mr. Sutherland believed that with four teen or fifteen candidates," each with more or. less following, 'that the con ventions at ' Grand Island v would have difficulty in making a nomination, and, with his usual self-sacrificing nature, in the ' interests of harmony1 ; he with drew his name.' The Independent is of 'the opinion, however; " that Mr. Sutherland's friends will not be in clined to take '.'nov for ah answer, and does .npbelieve that with a large field to select' from any more difficulties will be encountered ; than if it were nar rower. The , convention's duty is to select the most available man, and it certainly' should not be prevented from considering the strength and fit ness of .Mr. Sutherland. : DR: CHARLES E. COFFIN. The subject of this sketch was born in Michigan in 1865, but has been a resident of Nebraska' 21 years. Was brought up "a republican, but did not succeed in voting the ticket, because by the time he attained his majority his confidence ; in the party had been destroyed by its methods of conduct ing the affairs of government, espe cially in his county, and In the state. Dr, Coffin was 'an Independent voter before the people's independent party came into existence. The history of his success is the old, old "story of teaching school, at tending medical college, and finally practicing. Dr. Coffin has had long service on the pension board, was coroner of his county, and served six years at the Lincoln hospital for In sane,' four as assistant superintendent and two as superintendent. Since the "redeemers'! gained control of the state, th6 doctor, , to use his language, has "settled down in a pleasant home with a nice, quiet practice in the best 1,500 population town in the state." (Ord.) ,-; -' : . : ; ; . . "Your suggestion," ' says Dr. Cof fin, "that the people are watching the railroad and other tax questions, is no mistake. It seems to me that the en tire revenue proposition of the state is of the utmost -importance. Valley county is a "pretty fair example of populist control. ; Except for a mod erate bonded debt, which cannot ' be paid now, the county has no Indebted ness; and I heard the county treasurer complaining today of the large accu mulation of money in the various funds. A good revenue law must be provided, for the state,, and pending the time when such. a law can be en acted, our state board of equalization must be required to secure for taxa tion" purposes the exact value of ( all railroad and other corporation proper ties, including their', franchises and everything which tends to make their stocks valuable,- and then levy the as sessment equally on them and all oth er properties Let - the corporations have their legal rights, but no more. "But the government ought to own all these public utilities. Valley coun ty populists. In -the best convention we havehad itor years, unanimously indorsed my candidacy. So did the democrats subject only to the reserva tion of the possibility of nominating a democrat." Dr. CpfBn will . dou'TCt less have the hearty support pf the counties surrounding Valley, as well as : other counties scattered over the state., v .::, -' y-y. - - ; Captain Houchin, of Red Cloud, was a ' caller at The Independent office Tuesday.? He reports that the pop ulists in his vicinity ; are a unit for the renomination " of Congressman Shallenberger, believing he has ren dered, them valiant service and that he is a friend to the ' people. Th3 captain also says that Webster county people are earnestly in favor of a pop ulist for- governor 1 and -believe that Dr. Damerell is the populist who GEN. VIFQUAIH'S POSITION Exeerpti From Speeches Made Ow 30 Tears Ag;uAnti-Ionopllst 'Since Palmy 3Dy of Toting Rail Read Bonda. Gen. Victor Vifquain, who has a host of admirers throughout the state, is one of those who sincerely believe, that the office should seek the man and not the, man the office. A number of - Nebraska papers, among them be ing the Adams County Democrat and the Nebraska City News, "have been urging that the general should be nominated for governor by the fusion forces at Grand Island. General Vif quain has made no effort to secure any delegations whatever, being consis tent with his ideas about the office seeking the man. It is well known by old residents of Nebraska although the younger men may know little about it that General Vifquain is one of the original anti-monopolists in Nebraska. It was through his efforts that the city of Lincoln now Owns its water works ' system. ; .'The following are extracts from speeches made by General Vifquain at Milf ord in February, 1872. They are taken from the Blue Valley Record of.. that month. The editors of the paper were Culver & Parsons. The speecnes were made in a campaign against the issue of county bonds in aid of the old Midland Pacific railroad. It seems that the county board had issued the bonds before the result of the election was known and had them locked up in the vault. The election was a victory for those opposed to the bond issue, but1 the bonds shortly afterward were stolen (?) from the vault ana some how got into the hands of an innocent purchaser "for value before maturity" and the county had to pay. In one of the speeches General Vifquain said: 'Men of the west! let us unite as one man against the encroaching pow ers of corporations. These corpora tions, gigantic as they become, are the most dangerous enemy that a country like ours can possibly meet; for the centralization of such enorm ous amounts of money into the hands and rings of a half dozen corporations in. the United States must necessarily Impoverish the laboring and middle classes and poverty is demoralizing. When' traitors attempted to destroy our government there were men to meet them and to crush them. The enemy now is more dangerous; for when capital will attempt to destroy the freedom of labor at the ballot box, we shall only be able to unite under the fragments of our once proud and brilliant republican banner a demor alized and impoverished mob little better than a gang of slaves. That is where we are now drifting. "Corruption now-a-days has reached such a height that by our highest offi cials of the government, even by our legislatures, we are often exposed to be sold to the interests of corpora tions; and we, the people, have, but one remedy short of blood, and that is to drop all party lines and take for our. motto, 'Anti-Coporation, and Honesty!" The welfare of the people cannot remain any longer in the hands of corporations their welfare must and shall remain in the hands of the people!" At another time he said: "For a nation like ours, for a people like ours, to rush headlong into such a perilous undertaking, would be crim inal in the extreme, and the history to be written by the sons, when the fathers will be no more, will curse the American citizen who has allowed the robes of liberty , to be trailed In the dust, and our once bright starry re publican banner tarnished by finan cial corruption and despotism. We have a sacred duty before us. Provi dence has seen fit to confide to our people the rulers of this democratic republic a nation to serve as an ex ample to the world to serve as the advance to the regeneration of man kind from monarchical and despotic rule to serve as a shield against pub lic oppression, to serve, in one word as a refuge, to those whom in other lands are oppressed by a set of ty rants, and to make of man what God intended ' him to be, a free moral agent. "I tell you we are drifting In that shameful and terrible wake. Every time you can it is your duty to strike a blow in self-defense, by casting your ballot against monopolies. If you do not, the time Is not far distant when we shall see the spirit of liberty flut ter over a sea of blood, and finally be drowned in that blood of American citizens,. American freemen, by a set of American demagogues and despots. African slavery has just been abol ished. Shall we take their place with out striking a terrific blow?" General Vifquain has, occupied the same ground ever since. His Daily State Democrat is full of the same kind. . " One of the most philosophical and practical lectures ever given in Lin coln was given last . week by Booker T.f Washington of Alabama. It was not only practical and sensible, but it was well spiced. The drift of his argument was against the prevailing idea that an educated person should not do manual labor; he should .live by his brain alone. The main drift of education should be to teach pupils self-support and home-building. The man and woman who do not build comfortable home and own it them- selves are not worthy to be called civ ilized. Washington's address was given before the graduating: class of our state university. They, with the interested audience, filled the Audi torium; We did not like the flowing robes and morter-board hats worn by the students, neither did we like so much paint -on the faces of singers. The robes brought to mind the royal clothing -of centuries ago and the paint made us think of the war painted Indians. On the whole, the university year has been a growing success. H. . W HARDY, If you are Interested In economical buying it will pay you to read the ad vertisement of Fred 'Schmidt & Bro This store is one of the oldest estab lished in .Lincoln and has the largest line of regular patrons. Scores of families in thi3 part of Nebraska have bought all their merchandise from Schmidt's for more than twenty years. No mercantile , institution can furnish i a stronger testimonial than that. Read their ad. and send an order by mail. Mention The Independent and Schmidt MMMMMWM"'ll'gEl-Jl 1 - -' I ..MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT.. 1 1 ! AT LINCOLN'S PROGRESSIVE STORE. m . Dtp 1 Soods Always remember that if the goods don't suit, you am privi- - leged to return them and money will be refunded. If.you are needing a Cotton or Silk Shirt Waist, send for one of these SPECIALLY PRICED GARMENTS. SURPRISING VALUES III SHIRT WAISTS We boucht from the Griffon Mfg. Co. (the pre-eminent leaders in the waist business in i the Unitbd States), 500 dozen White and Col ored Shirt Waists the nobbiest styles on the market today. Just a casual glance at the goods will convince you that these are extra ordinary values, and when you once com to . !i!ai : a : ....n ... viiem a critical lusetnuu j -u hto that you never saw anything like these at the lUllUCS. ALUS bfanUU b tliuitccvn hciihuuj u f .., 1 1 A J . 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