THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. 7 A Ltgbtnln Striker Editor Independent: You invite your readers to give their opinion of The Independent's, new dress. I like it, and believe all reform papers should follow the fashion; I like you, sir, because you have the grit to tell the truth. Your biography of Nebraska republicans fits a majority of Texas democrats to a T. The demo cratic party must separate the sheep from the goats before it can ever be come a reform party. Many of their leaders here have always opposed Bryan. Others who have pretended to be enthusiastic for him, now say he has no policy; that they must have some such man as Gorman or Olney. I believe now is a good time to bgin reinlistment in the populist ranks. Let past differences as to policy be hur ried. Leave off radical extremes. Come to the people with a plain, sim ple declaration of truth and justice. There stand or fall. Truth crushed to earth will rise again. The great hin dering cause is partisanism and preju dice. Spread the truth. Your article on currency inflation is a lightning striker. Give the "mullet heads" more of them. II. M. McCUISTION. Paris, Tex. R. A. Chapman, Glymont, Md.: I sold the five educational subscription cards to intelligent, reading men and hope they will bring forth abundant fruit. The Independent is on the right road, but greed has this country. ' The god of Mammon is securely enthroned and there is but little chance of dis enthroning him.. A Grand Work Editor Independent: I have been a subscriber to your paper for nearly a year. I was ; a, populist for fifteen years in Kafisas. I labored and wrote for, that party until that grand old man, General James B. Weaver, re ceived a million and a half votes for president, and until the old parties were falling over one another in their haste to adopt populist principles. They are doing this and are enacting into law, in many of the states, the leading populist principles. Populism, therefore, did a grand work in its day it educated the peo pie to a better life. It was, however, confined quite largely to a small por tion of the states. There is a move ment now under way which has for Its object the uplifting of humanity to the plane of Christianity. It covers all populist demands and goes beyond into a grander and nobler field Equality. This movement is not con fined to two or three states of the un ion, but is world-wide. It has as firm hold in Maine as in Kansas or Cali fornia, in Pennsylvania as in Nebras ka. It is national and international. This movement is socialism. Please read Bellamy's "Looking Brought On Sciatic Fvheumatism. Nervous Prostration Followed. Dr. Miles' Nervine Gave Back Health. "I was laid jup during the winter of 94-95 with sciatic rheumatism and nervous prostra tion brought on by a severe attack of La Grippe. The rheumatic pains were so se vere at times that it was impossible for me to turn in bed. I was unable to sleep. I had two of our best physicians in attendance, took all the advertised remedies for troubles of this kind but got no help whatever until I took Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. Six bottles restored me to health; I am better than for years; in fact am entirely relieved. I can say with a clear conscience that it was Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine that restored me to health. When the pains of sciatica and rheumatism were meet severe I secured almost immediate relief by the use of Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. I have recommended Dr. Miles' Remedies to many people," Fred Myers, Redfield, S. D. "I was taken with pain in my heart and under the left shoulder; with such heavy op pressed feeling in my chest that I could hardly breathe. I had palpitation so bad and my heart would throb so that it would shake my whole bed. I also had a weak, all gone feeling in the region of my heart. My doctor treated me for liver and stomach trouble but I failed to receive any benefit until a friend recommended Dr. Miles' Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine. 1 used both and one box of the Anti-Pain Pills. I believe I am completely and permanently cured.." Mrs. J. W. Golding, Noblesville, Ind. All druggists sell and guarantee first bot tle Dr Miles' Remedies. Send for free book on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, lnd. Backward," then read his "Equality," and may God help you in -your labors for the higher and puter political life. . . S. L, LOWERY. Indiana, Pa. (The Independent grants that social ism is beautiful enough in theory, and that it might work well in practice if a sufficiently large majority were in clined to put it in force. But the ex treme individualists also present con vincing arguments for their theories. Between the extremes of individualism on the one hand and collectivism on the other is the golden mean of pop ulism, demanding "collectivism in the ownership and operation of the means of communication and distribution,but not disturbing individualism in the ownership and operation of ordinary industry. Without entering into any dispute about the wisdom of having the collective ownership of all the means of production, we should not be blind to the .fact that if this owner ship is ever accomplished it will not r 11. come at once, but will be by gradual growth. And the' natural order of events certainly seems to be: Munici pal ownership (that is, city owner ship) of water works, electric lights, street railways, and other similar util ities. State ownership of stock yards, state insurance, and .matters of that nature perhaps even state railroads." Finally national ownership of rail roads, telegraphs, telephones, . express and such utilities and probably own ership of coal, iron and copper mines. : If this can be accomplished in this generation it will be glory enough for the socialists and populists as well. Why need they quarrel now. whether we shall then take over all the land and remaining factors of production? Ed. Ind.) Judge Allen Smalley, Upper . San dusky, 0.: You are the salt of the earth, and I hope that the salt hath not lost its savor. 4 A Fable In Verse. WHEREIN IS RELATED THE FATE OF THE MAN .WHO SHUCKED CORN ON ELECTION DAY AND REFUSED TO VOTE. John Husker on election day, said "I don't think that it will pay to leave the field, for goodness knows corn should be shucked before it snows, and, anyhow, I rather guess to stop to vote is foolishness. I'll make a dollar by my work, so public duty I will shirk." So saying Husker took a chew and on his team the harness threw; the to his fiald of waiting corn he hast ened in the early morn. He shucked away with all his might as long as there was any light, then in the dark he homeward went and with the world felt well content. But while John Husker worked thai. day the corporations joined the fray and by a shrewd use of the "rocks " they captured ev'ry ballot box. They won the fight and thereupon began to pile the tax on John, and squeezed him till he had to pay for working on election day. They hammered down the price of grain and thus did heavy profits gain. They added to John's bitter fate by boosting up the rate of freight, and having Husker's hands well tied they robbed him clean on ev'ry side. "Alas!"' said John, "I'll never stay at home again election day!" MORAL. No kick is coming, friend, your way If you don't vote election day. Will M. Maupin, in The Commoner. David Marshall, Milltona, Douglas Co., Minn., sold 5 educational subscrip tion cards and wants 5 or 10 more. He says: "The Independent is the best paper I ever read." Liberal Democrats Editor Independent: I read an ar ticle in your last issue in which you say you were invited east by the lib eral democratic party or rather, a member of said party. Now, Mr. Edi tor, the said party is composed of black republicans (at least in this county) and I suppose it is the same all through the state. The signers of the petition in this city are all re publicans but two (64 signers in allt. It was simply a republican scheme to split the democratic vote. Whether they received any great number of votes, I have not noticed, but I do know that the people in this county who signed the petition did not vote the t j I" e t. Don't let those fellows fool you for a minute. No doubt they thought their scheme a good one to catch the Bryan men but I guess they were pretty much next to the game. PATRICK J. FOX. Amsterdam, N. Y. (What have our friends, Forrest and Corbin, to say to this soft impeach ment? Ed. Ind.) Standard National Publication. Hon. Flaxiua J. Van Vorhis, Ind ianapolis, Ind.: Concerning the change of form of The Independent, it is good; splendid. ' I am glad to know that The Independent is getting so much of a calculation outside of its own state. I hope that it may succeed in estab lishing' itself as a standard national pulMcation. If it continues the course hfretofre fo' owed with the same abil ity I believe it will. James McGraw, West Almond, N. Y., took five of The Independent's edu cation subscription cards with him to the polls. He says: "I did not find a democratic ticket, but a plutocratic Morgan-Hill ticket; I could not vote that, so I went to work and sold your five cards so I may have partners to help me vote against Morganites and bankers next time or, In other words, vote the greatest good to the greatest number. This is my policy and I know you approve. 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