MAY 28, 190 3.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
UCKY POPULISTS
Vatloaal Commlttitmia Crenshaw Spaake
Tf His State tYJll ot Follow a
Cleveland Beorgnnirer
Editor Independent: In reply to
yours of the 16th Inst will say I re
ceived the Henry George Edition of
The Independent, and read it with a
great deal of Interest and found it to
contain a vast amount of wholesome
doctrine as well as useful information.
I wish it could have a larger circula
tion in Kentucky, as our people neei
education along the line3 that arc
taught by The Independent
You ask some very pertinent qucs
tions in your circular letter, and I
am glad that some one is trying t?
Iceep alive the organization that ac
complished to much good in putting
before the people some real reform?,
and opened their eyes to the avarice
and greed of the money power. Tin
great principles and truths that wen
taught by the people's party were as
seed planted in the minds and hearU
of the people that have taken root
and will bear its fruit in future gen
erations. The populist, organization
has gone down in Kentucky. In :
few counties they still maintain a
land of independence, but as a rul?.
tho.v affiliate with the older parties
.You ask "what caused thi3 loss?" Tho
answer is plain: the reorganization of
the. democratic party on true demj
cratic lines at Chicago in 1896 and
Kansas City In 1900. The populists
this state felt then, and feel now, th.'.t
they can follow the leadership of W.
J. Bryan without a sacrifice of an
very important principle. Eighty p,r
cent of the party became followers of
Bryan. Fifteen per cent went back
into the republican party and aboiit
five per cent became socialists.
If the democrats adopt a platform
along the lines of 96 and 1900 and
nominate men in sympathy with the
rlatform the populists will vote with
them. But if the "reorganizes" gt
control of the convention and mak3
a platform in the interest of trusts
and money combines, and place a re
organizer of the Cleveland type at the
head of the ticket, then all populist3
rnd democrats with populist tenden
cies will bolt, or revolt, and act in
dependently. If the populists have an
organization sufficient to form ,a
' nucleus it is more .than probable that
the disaffected element would ra'ly
; around that nucleus and. try and build
a party of sufficient strength to carry
enough states to hold the balance of
' power and throw the election into the
' house of representatives, as we tried
: to do in 1892.
The democrats everywhere are de
claring for municipal ownership of
public utilities, and the populists as
: a rule are satisfied to give that a
trial before the ownership of railroads
i by the government. Our people are nut
sufficiently educated on the single tax
nuestion to have any definite or fixed
ideas along that line, and I hardlv
think it advisable to adopt that plank
in full until the people understand
it better. If the democrats force us
to take independent action next year,
' I would dislike very much to see our
populist people encumber themselves
. with too many new and untried re
forms. Do not undei . .and me to oppose the
t single tax system, for I do not. "I
think it a great idea and if practicable
and feasible there is plenty of time to
" rut it into the platform of a great
political party. But I do not believe
t. it has been sufficiently tried in a
small way to demonstrate that it is
practicable for a great nation like
this. A short platform covering a
few of the most important issue",
clear cut and distinct, from the oil
isms of the past should be the polic
of the populist party. If the break
comes next year, as I believa it will,
who will be the Joshua to lead m
to the land of promise? This ques
tion is important Keep your eye out
for him. R. C. CRENSHAW.
Hopkinsville, Ky. R.F.D. 4. '
Spangled Banner," in accordance with
a "law"' of the Philippine commission
that, whenever the former music is
played, the latter shall be also. The
account adds that the play, Including
"Aguinaldo's March," was alwf.ys re
ceived with rapturous applause by the
Filipino audience, while "The Star
Spangled Banner" was heard in si
lence, if not with groans and hissed.
What a gratifying illustration this
incident affords of the Filipino devo
tion to American sovereignty, of
which we have heard so much froo
the administration press.
Lord Brougham, in his valedictor;;
to the English people, declared that
the chief cause of the slow progress
of civilization is found la the un
willingness to profit by the experience
of mankind. The suppression of tht
play in question is an illustration of
the truth of his statement The ad
ministration could hardly have adopt
ed a course better calculated to in
tensify Filipino hostility to American
sovereignty. The little American
who have been running thi3 govern
ment since 1896 doubtless iaiagin'.
themselves big enough to extinguish
the fir53 of Filipino, patriotism by such
tyrannical acts as this, but they will
learn as all other tyrants in history
have learned that patriotism is like
truth, of which the poet says:
-T,. V. ,olin,l n avvih shall Hi
JL I UL11 Kyi UOUCU lu vuj l . mum.. -
again;
The eternal years, of God are her?."
As for the "Aguinaldo March"
versus "The Star Spangled Banner,"
how beautiful a plan it is to endear
the foreign invader to the Filipinos
by associating with one of their na
tional songs another national song
which represents to them all that
they have been taught to hate! If
this is not statesmanship, what is it?
But what has become of the "per
sonal liberty" of which President Mc
Kinley, -President Roosevelt, et al.,
have prated so much? Neither the
'raft commission nor any otner un
constitutional body of men, neither
the congress nor the president, nor
any other constitutional authority.
has any more right to require 4.U3
rendition of "The Star Spangled Ban
ner" in the Philippine islands than
they would have to compel thf- piay
ine of "God Save the Queen" in
Washington, D. C. The so-called
"law" requirm.": it if simply anotner
of thjj long series of unconstitutional.
un-American, despotic acts which
have from the outset characterized
our seizure and occupation of the
Philippine archipelago. .
But, by the way, who is this Aguin
aldo, the march In whose honor is so
popular with the Filipinos at their
national theatre? Surely, he cannot
be Aguinaldo the bribe-taker, who
sold outhis people to the -Spaniards,
the coward, the renegade, the mur
derer, the man who never represented
more than a small portion of a single
tribe, the man who was so despised
and hated by the Filipinos themselves
that the administration, out of the
kindness of its heart, kept under
guard, after he should have been re
leased, lest, if he appeared unpro
tected on the streets of Manila, he
would be mobbed by his own coun
trymen. Surely he cannot be this
Aguinaldo? - JOHN SAMPSON.
Washington D. C.
Filipino Patriotism
Editor Independent: The Nebras
ka Independent of April 23, 1903.
quotes from a recent issue of the
Manila American an interesting a -count
of a play lately suppressed by
the United States Philippine commisj
sion. This play, which was produced
at the Rizal theatre, Manila, appears
to have been a purely Filipino produc
tion, its title being, in English, "I
Am Not Dead," and referring to the
spirit of Filipino patriotism. The
heroine is a young woman represent
ing "Filipina Libre," the villain bv
ing aja American soldier. At the ell
max of the play, the sun of th
crushed Filipino republic rises to the
zenith and the band plays "Aguin
aldo's March," which is immediately
followed by the rendition of "The Star
the principles of right against might;
by years of devotion to the cause of
the workingman as against the greedy
and crushing power of illegal corpor
ate oppression and monopolistic ty
ranny; by years of fearless and open
and honest warfare against all forma
of modern, political and commercial
serfdom, and by the free and generous
expenditure of time and energy toward
the accomplishment of a system of
government of the people, for the peo
ple, and by the people, not overlook
ing meanwhile the essential import
ance, the just prerogative and right
of the worklngmen to organize them
selves Into an association, the aim
and purposes of which are the mutual
protection and promotion of their
needs and interests; therefore, he it
"Resolved, That the Virginia state
federation of labor, in eighth annual
convention assembled, do heartily and
deeply appreciate the masterful and
successful efforts which the Honorable
William Randolph Hearst has effected
for the welfare of his fellow country
men of the United States of America;
an be it further
"Resolved, That past events have
made it plain that the Hon. William
Randolph Hearst is in no wise antag
onistic to wealth acquired through
honest, legal and legitimate channels;
and be it I
"Resolved, That we do hereby go
upon record as acknowledging with
the liveliest sense of gratification the
course which William Randolph
Hearst has seen fit to adopt and pur
sue, and this body regards It as a
privilege to commend to all lovers of
human liberty, all workers in thi
ranks of organized labor, all advo
cates of equal rights to all and special
privileges to none, all hewers and
delvers who toil for another's selfish
gain; and be it -
"Resolved. That William Randolnh
Hearst has made friends of the work
ingman and organized labor simply
because he has been a friend of th
workingman and organized labor: ti
friend, not of any anarchistic rabble,
Dut a rnena or the noble armv of bra! a
and brawn toilers of whom all true
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The Unionist (union labor) of Nor
folk, Va., says that at the recent 8th
annual convention of the Virginia
state federation of labor In Rich
mond, that body practically Indorsed
William Randolph Hearst for presl
dent in the following resolutions:
"Whereas, The Virginia state fed
eration of labor, in eighth annual con
vention assembled, feel and know how
much better it is to build a memorial
of one's own immortality while one U
still upon the earth, instead of under
it, and to fashion warm hearts and
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man beings than to have them built
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ground from, the poor during a pe
nurious and cruel mortal existence,
and.
"Whereas, The worth of a nation
in the end "Is the worth of the indi
viduals composing it; and,
"Whereas, The Honorable William
Randolph Hearst, congressman from
the Eleventh district of New York,
has by years of faithful adherence to
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Rosewater's attacks on the board of
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