The Commoner.
11
Att. I5 1903
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IN THE POLITICAL FIELD.
A dispatch from Detroit, Mich., un
der date of August 8, says: The prohi
bition state convention , today nomi
nated a complete state ticket, headed
by Walter S. Westerman of Adrain for
governor. The platform adopted con
tains but two planks, one protesting
against the legalization of the liquor
traffic and the other declaring for equal
suffrage.
Chairman Cosgrove of the demo
cratic congressional committee of the
Second Nebraska district has called
the convention to nominate for con
gress on Saturday, August 16. Douglas,
Sarpy and Washington counties com
prise this district
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A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn.,
under date of August 8, says: Chair
man Thompson of the democratic state
executive committee estimates a ma
jority of 40,000 for the ticket in yes
terday's primary for judges of the su
preme court and court of chancery ap
peals. M. C. Fitzpatrick (dem.) has
defeated Hon. C. E. Snodgrass (dem.)
for congress in the Fourth district.
W. J. Bryan discussed "The Prob
lems of Government" before an aud
dience of 4,000 persons assembled in
the amphitheatre of the Mountain
Lake Park Chautauqua assembly, Md.,
on August 2.
The republican text-book for the
campaign of 1902 has been issued by
the republican congressional commit
tee. The book reviews "the record of
the republican party from its begin
ning to the present"time," and consists
of 380 pages, 81 of wtiich are devoted
to advocacy of protection, 20 pages are
devoted to the .trust problem. In open
ing the" 'discission of this question, the
book thus describes the attitude of the
two nartics
"The attitude of the two great par
ties on the trust question is clearly de
fined. That of the democrat party
looks to' constant agitation, with no
restrictive legislation; that of the re
publican party to such restriction as
.will prevent arbitrary advance in
prices or reduction in wages through
nvstliiaivo pnntrnl hnfc Tinfr. t.ho destruc
tion by legislation or injury by fictit
ious agitation of legitimate enterprise,
through great manufacturing systems
by which production is cheapened,
prices of manufacturers reduced and
permanency of emplorment assured."
The Philippine question is also dis
cussed, as is the money question.
The book is designed as an exposi
tion of republican policies generally.
Congressman William A. .Calderhead,
i jublican, of the Fifth Kansas dis
trict, has announced that he will be a
candidate to succeed United States
Senator W. . Harris, populist, whose
term expires in 1903.
The democratic state convention of
Wyoming, which has been in session
at Rawlins, has placed a ticket In the
field, headed" with George T. Beck of
Big Horn county for governor. Charles
P. Clements was nominated for con
gressman. The platform adopted fav
ors the popular election of United
States senators, compulsory arbitra
tion of labor disputes, municipal own
ership of public utilities, strengthen
ing of the powers of the interstate
commerce commission, prohibiting of
the acceptance of free transportation
by public 'officials and other reforms.
It is announced that from returns re
ceived all over the state of Tennessee,
the election by large majorities of the
democratic tickets for supreme court
and for the court of chancery appeals,
are assured. The former is made up of
Zr. K. McAllister, M. McNeil, John K.
Shields and W. D. Beard, and the lat
ter is composed of R. M. Barton, John.
W. Taylor and S. H. Wilson.
Democratic congressional nomina
tions, according to information re
ceived by the state committee, are as
follows: Fourth district, Morgan C.
Fitzpatrick; Sixth district, John Wes
ley Gaines; Seventh district, L. P.
Padgett; Eighth district, T. W. Sims;
Ninth district, Rico Pearce. With the
exception of Fitzpatrick they are all
renominations.
B. L. Boies, son of ex-Governor Boies
of Waterloo, la., is reported to bo the
democratic nominee for congress in the
Third district against Speaker Hender
son. The convention "will bo held at
Dubuque, September 11.
A dispatch from Creston, la., under
date of August 7, says: The demo
cratic convention was well attended
by representatives, farmers and busi
nrss men of the county.
A strong county ticket was nomi
nated and t the following delegates se
lected to a'ttend the state convention:
J. D. Hillman, Lorimor; J. L. Jeter,
Jones; J. W. Shiffiett, Pleasant; Will
lam Reynolds, Cromwell; D. Daven
port, Creston; L. M. Walker, Afton;
W. H. Robb, Creston; H. A. Showers,
Creston; J. B. Sullivan, Creston.
The platform, which was adopted
unanimously, reaffirmed the Kansas
City platform, condemns the Fowler
bill, denounces the alliance of the re
publican party with the .trusts, and
disapproyes of the ship subsidy 'bill.
The campaign in Nebraska Is prog
ressing in a way entirely satisfactory
to the democrats and populists. John
H. Mickey,. a banker, living at Osceola,,
is the republican nominee for gov
ernor. William H. Thompson, a law
yer, living at Grand Island, is the
nominee of the democrats and pop
ulists. The railroad corporations of
the state dominated the republican
convention. The Omaha Bee, ten days
prior to the republican state conven
tion, printed the charge that John
N. Baldwin, attorney for the Union
Pacific, declared: "Wo are not bother
ing about the governorship any more.
That's been settled. We had a confer
ence a day or two ago, and we all
agreed on Mickey as our man." Mr.
Mickey's corporation alliance is be
ing used with good effect by the fu
sion forces. Mr. Thompson was given
a reception at Omaha on the afternoon
and evening of Thursday, August 7,
under the auspices of the Douglas
count.- democracy. Great enthusiasm
was shown and it is believed by many
that Douglas county, which has here
tofore given republican majorities, will
be carried for the fusion ticket. In an
interview with a reporter of the Omaha
World-Herald, Mr. Thompson said:
"Our state headquarters not being
opened yet has compelled me to prac
tically maintain campaign headquar
ters at my office in Grand Island. I am
daily deluged with letters that come
from all over Nebraska, and from men
of all party faiths and in all the vari
ous walks of life. These letters com
ing by the basketful, indicate the in
tense interest that is being taken in
this campaign.
"The sentiment is growing that this
is a business campaign, to be con
ducted along business lines. Some
people are inclined to think that there
is little interest in the fight thus far,
because there is little or no excite
ment. The truth is that not for years
has there been the deep interest felt
in a Nebraska campaign by all classes
of voters that is felt this year. It is
an educational campaign. The people
are reading and studying the issues in
volved. So anxious are they to be
come thoroughly and correctly In
formed, to study all sides, that they
a: 3 even reading the daily statements
Issued by the railroads, dry and sta
tistical as they are.
"Because it is a campaign of educa
tion this is a newspaper campaign. I
have never known tho fusion press to
bo more active, more aggresslvo and
more united on candidates and issues
than it Is right now. It is doing a
valiant servico, and Its work Is placing
mo personally under lasting obliga
tions. "The sentiment this year among fu
slonists is much different from last
year; there is much more hopefulness
apparent. Our people believe we are
going to win. I firmly believe it my
self. We will win not altogether along
political lfhes, but on business, econ
omic lines as well.
"Tho people at last are becoming
aroused to tho supreme importance of
the question of taxation, and tho al
lied question of an honest, economi
cal and business-like administration of
the state's affairs. Tho interest mani
fested in this business aspect of tho
campaign is already so widespread and
dpon-seated that it bids fair to pre
dominate and overshadow tho usual
party interest.
"Then, too, the laboring men of Ne
braska, as well as of the whole coun
try, realize the tremendous importance
of the problems which are facing them,
with which they are even now grap
pling, and they arc anxious to be able
to fleht their battles feeling them
selves on a parity with any and all
other interests. They want to feel
that they are recognized by tho con
stituted authorities of government as
equal In rights and privileges with
their employers. And surely this much,
at least, is their due. It should be
the endeavor of every business Inter
est to assist in allaying this feeling of
unrest and suspicion and in supplant
ing it with a genuine friendly feeling
between employer and employe'
Regarding his personal - plans, Mr.
Thompson said he would be constant
ly in the field to the end of the cam
paign, though tho speaking campaign
would hardly be under way much be
fore the middle of September. The fu
sion candidate is looking strong and
fit and confident. He was busily en
gaged all morning meeting personal
and political friends.
The Nebraska prohibitionists met at
Lincoln, August 7, and nominated the
following ticket:
For governor, S. T. Davis, Otoe coun
ty; lieutenant governor, Isaiah Light
ner, Platte; secretary of state, D. D.
Norton, Adams; treasurer, W. H. Mad
dock, Richardson; auditor, John Dale,
Douglas: attorney general, W. Bert
Clarks, Saunders; land commissioner,
J. M. Dilworth, Johnson; superinten
dent of public instruction, A. B. How
ard, University Place.
N Nobody Trusts a Traitor.
Ex-Senator Hill and the others who
are preaching harmony and asking
why the opposing elements of the dem
ocracy should not come together again
to offer effective opposition to evil
tendencies which have rapidly devel
oped in the republican party since it
lacked tho splendid restraint of an
alert and aggresSTve foe, can hardly be
so ignorant as they wish to appear. If
theyare really unable 'to see why the
men, who have stuck to tho demo
cratic party throughout, since '9G, can
not bo induced to join hands with
those who are only now seeking the
way back to it, and, particularly; why
they will not accept the latter as
leaders and prophets, it must be that
they never heard the story of Tom and
John and the big Jones boy. Tom and
John were 11 and 12 years old, re-
gpectively. The Jones boy was 16, and
"big for his age." Also, he was a bul
ly. The younger lads suffered mucbf
from his tyrannies and brutalities.
Finally, stung to desperation, they
planned to unite against the common
enomy. They agreed to go together
and pick a fight with Jones. When he
was ready for business, Tom was to
u ako frontal attack, while John was to
oxecuto a flank movement. " -
It was no great troublo to find tho
big fellow. It was much less to in,
cito him to proper degrco of rage.
Iruo to tho terms of tho offensive at
lianco Tom mado a rush for Jones, or
rather mot Jones' punitive expedition
without flinching, but John, without
giving notlco of reconsideration, fled
incontinently to a safe distance, and
from the vantage of a fence viewed
the unequal conflict. When Tom was
allowed to get up, brush the dust from
his clothes and wipe tho blood and
tears from his somewhat disfigured
countonanco, ho had forgotten all
about his griovanco against Jones. Ho
was filled with and dominated by only .
one idea, which was to catch and whate
the cowardly and treacherous desertor,
which he nroceodod to do. Btit oven
that exhillaratlng exercise could nover
appcaso his wrath. Ho was ablo to
forgive Jones, who had thumped him,
but not John, who had betrayed him.
Ho nover trusted John again. Indeed
he could never see him without ex
periencing a rising anger.
That is tho principal reason why no
welcome is being extended to tho re
turning prodigals, who arrogantly in
sist that they are tho injured par
ents standing readv to fall nn this
necks of tho repentont sons who went
astray. That is why Mr. Bryan re
plies so bitterly to tho presumptuous
speech of Cleveland, and why, in so
replying, ho comes nearer to rehab
ilitating himself in the estimation of
his party, at largo, than he has come
since it was made apparent that his
idea of restoring tho powers of gov
ernment to tho people was "dwarfed
and narrowed by tho monomania of 'a
single issue that had ceased to bo
pressing or timely. ''
Tho democrats who stood by tho
party will never forgot that they would
have carried tho day in 1890 if tho
Clevelands, the Dave Hills, the Whit
neys, and all tho other so-called gold
democrats had not flunked. Detroit
Tribune.
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