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beetles compared to it But for our
own irredeemable paper money the
southern confederacy would have
been a success, and this nation would
have been divided. But for irre
deemable paper money, Napoleon, the
greatest war geniu3 that ever lived,
would have subjugated England and
all Europe to his power.
If the populist party is advanced to
power in the national government, it
cannot do anything to bring the coun
try out of this valley of the shadow
of death until it establishes irredeem
able paper money as provided by th3
Omaah platform. The Omaha plat
form provides that we demand a na
tional currency, safe, sound and flex
ible, issued by the general govern
ment only.
This provision for a full legal ten
der for all debts, public and private,
by unavoidable inference makes the
money irredeemable in coin, because
if it were thus redeemable .every
piece of paper money would be itself
a debt payable in coin only. But I am
for adding three more words in the
Dlatform. thus: "irredeemable in
coin." So that such a matter of vital
Importance shall not be left to un
avoidable inference, but be so plainly
stated that he who runs may read
and know. Populists cannot afford to
let there be any chance or excuse for
a difference of opinion among them on
this important point of irredeemabil
ity of paper money.
Moreover it is plain to be seen that
the party cannot afford to fuse with
eny other party or faction whose plat
form is opposed to, or is non-committal
as to any of the Chicago plat
form money provisions, because the
party being thus fused could not
promise any of the grand results to be
derived from those provisions, and
this would keep the party out of
power.
.Thus far I have voted every demo
pop fusion ticket, national, state and
county, that has come in my way.
But under God I am now headed for
nothing short of seeing the populist
party come into national power, and
seeing this great country, with all its
Island contingents, come out of the
valley of. the shadow of death into a
glorious new life of universal free
dom and prosperity.
MARVIN WARREN.
sFairbury, Neb., June 30, 1903.
A WORD FROM BOSTON
Editor of Ye Quaint Magazine Has a Met
ag to Impart Aoent h Populltt
. Revival
Editor Independent: The Indepen
dent is the paper that Tlove to read,
for the reason that I am still a pop
ulist. I have never succeeded in be
ing anything else since I was first in
troduced to the Omaha platform. Al
though I was an admirer of Edward
Bellamy and an interested member of
one of the largest and longest-lived of
the so-called nationalist clubs. I do
not claim to be a socialist. I fail to
be hypnotized by the word "social
ism" like the average "class con
Ecious" enthusiast, and I am Inclined
to believe that the rosy visions that
he has anent the "co-operative com
monwealth" are what the late John J.
Ingalls would have called "an irri
descent dream." -Since
the disintegration of the peo
ple's party, however, I have frequent
ly voted with the socialists in local
and state elections for want of some
thing better. Anything by ."way of
, registering- my belief that the two
old parties will never do anything but
waste time and hunt for spoils. A new
and clean party is my hope, for I be
lieve as that grand man, Lyman
Trumbull, said: "No new party was
ever false to the principles on which
It was founded' To discuss "What's
to be done" is very interesting and I
enjoy reading ;it- and -as. you iee
taking part in it; but after all I doubc
if It amounts to much for the reason
that "it is the unexpected that al-
.'ways happens." Was it not so' in
1896? Didn't all the wise acres of the
people's party predict that the demo
crats would declare for the goli
standard and then we were to raise
the banner of silver at St Louis and
make 'em third party in the coun
try? '
Wherever the socialists have seemed
to have a fighting chance to elect
their men, I believe every populist
should have voted with, and helped
them, and I guess they did as a rule,
although I know of one case where
a prominent populist ran for mayor
on the democratic ticket against a
republican and a socialist, and got
only a hatfull of votes, while the so
cialist got elected.
But there was a meteor struck the
democratic convention at Chicago in
the shape of Bryan. , There were
pitchforks and crowns of thorns and
all sorts "of fireworks and David B.
Hill went home and crawled up on his
roost; and we, who had been little
big guns- sort of "pop" guns, as It
were found our occupation gone. We
could only sit quietly by at the demo
cratic love-feasts as long as we be
haved ourselves. But "while there is
life there is hope," and while we have
such anable organ as The Indepen
dent to represent us, we will still be
lieve the people's party is a force to
be reckoned with in the United States
and all its "dependent colonies."
AMOS W. RIDEOUT,
Formerly Secretary People's Party,
Ward and City Committee.
Boston, Mass., 7 St Paul st
(A guess on what the two old par
ties wijl do Txt- year is hazardous
but it isn't the unexpected that al
ways happens, after all, especially af
ter the unexpected has liappened. Mr.
Ridcout has evidently forgotten the
charge made by Mr. Ricker of the
Appeal to Reason, that is, that Bryan
and the populist leaders hatched out
a scheme iocs before the Chicago con
vention to land the "democratic nomi
nation for him. We can be ready for
an emergency, at any rate and let the
unexpected happen if it must do so.
That is why Secretary Edgerton made
his call for the Denver meeting, July
27 Associate Editor.)
Convenient Stock Farm
One thousand acres, all bottom land,
fenced and cross fenced with thr3
and four wires; 200 acres under culti
vation; 100 acres in alfalfa which
produces over 400 ton3 of hay per
year; 3 groves that furnish an abund
ance of shade, shelter, fence posts and
wood. Frame housa story and half
18x26, frame barn 24x28x18, cattle
shed 50x50, hog pens, chicken houses,
granaries, corralls, etc. This land
lays on the Republican river; tha
deepest depth to sheet water anywhere
on the farm is 28 feet Two wells and
wind mills to supply water back from
the river. This is nearly all good
alfalfa and sugar beet land and U
only 4 miles from a good railroad
town. Price $12.50 per acre. With a
reasonable cash payment time will ba
given to suit on the balance. This is
certainly a snap. It is only a matter
of a few years till this choice bottom
land will sell for $50 per acre. Fo?
sale by Weber & Farris, Lincoln, Nel.
The. South Dakota legislature raised
the test for illuminating oil and the
Standard Oil trust immediately raised
the price of oil in that state one cent
a gallon. The Standard Oil company
has a power to tax equal to that of
any state government and it exercises
that right whenever it sees fit. There
is no difference between the state of
South Dakota placing a tax of one
cent a gallon oil and that of the
Standard Oil company raising the
price one cent a gallon in that state
and not in other states at the same
time.
Looking For Bargains
S This store always at the front with greater value EE
E5 than others. The big reliable grocery presents for
S3 your economical consideration a "Special Combina- S
EE tion" of staple articles at a saving of from 20 to 30 S
EE percent over what you, are now paying. Money
S saved is money earned. You cannot earn money
easier than by sending $10 in draft, express or money js
s' order to this store Jor the following bill. Every-
thing packed securely and delivered at vour deoot. H
j We pay all the freight. " .
jj 65 lbs Best Granulated Sugar For $1 .00
S SPECIAL COMBINATION NQ 99. 5
ss ' . 65 lbs. best granulated sugar. . . $1 00
2 8 lbs. Lion or Arbuckle's coffee. 1 00 E5
3 lbs. best tea l 50 ss
16 lbs. fresh rolled oats 50 "EE
SS 1? lbs. flake hominy 50
ES 6 lbs. choice large raisins 50 ' J
S-S 2 pkgs. yeast cakes 10 E
6 lbs. choice rice 50 srr
as 6 lbs. choice prunes . 50 E
S3 1 large pkg. matches...; 25 j5
EE 3.10c pkgs. stove polish 25 as
EE 3 boxes gloss or corn starch... 25 Es:
EE " 25 bars laundry soap.... 1 00 E5
S3 10c cakes tar soap 25 EE
EE 1-2 lb. pure ginger 20 sr
1 lb. pure pepper ,.. 25 3
S3 1-2 lb. cinnamon - 20 EE
. S cans lye 25
3 2 lbs. best baking powder 50 EE
- 6 pkgs. soda 50 "33
$10 '00
GEARY GO. KANSAS
Mr. "VVhelnn Dlicnuei the Populiat .Situa
tion In His County Favor Joining
the Democratic Party
Editor Independent: Your favor of
the 5th inst asking my opinion with
reference to political conditions has
been duly received. I also desire to
acknowledge receipt of copies of The
Independent and thank you for same.
We have an organization in this
county and in . this congressional dis
trict, but I do not regard the situa
tion as being at all hopeful from a
populist standpoint. We have prac
tically no precinct committeemen left
and the feeling among members of
cur parly is apathetic in the extreme.
Many of our leading politicians" and
a large per cent of the rank and file
have gone over to the democracy. A
few have been attracted by the glam
our of the president's meteoric and
pyrotechnic activity and have a
vague impression that he will really
dd "something" about trusts. This
element will; doubtless vote the re
publican ticket. Some will join the
socialists. There are a good manv
who are willing to cast their lot with
the democracy, provided they are as
sured that the reactionary wing of that
organization will not control.
With this element I heartily concur,
and I do not believe we should insist
upon, a reaffirmation, "line upon line
precept upon precept," of the Kansas
City platform. I would not have the
platform recede one iota on any matter
of vital import, but if harmony could
be promoted within the democratic
ranks by the relegation of unimport
ant matters, I think it advisable to do
so. I question the wisdom of a spe
cific reiteration of the demand for
fiee silver coinage at the ratio of 1C
to 1. But few ara really interested in
this matter now, at least favorably in
terested. A good many who would naturally
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1 THE FARMERS GROCERY GO. 1
aj6-23.ijo-33j.a3-336-J38 No. loth, LINCOLN, NEB.
iiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiM
vote with the new democracy hold
aloof through fear of free silver. For
instance, there are more than five
hundred banks in Kansas. -All of the
proprietors of these institutions are
opposed to the Aldrich financial bill,
forvthey know that under its provi
sions a gigantic banking trust would
be formed that would drive them out
of business. Yet nine-tenths of the
bankers of Kansas vote the republican
ticket because they..fear free silver
more than republican financial poli
cies. You may say that the fear is
groundless, but that is immaterial,
since we thereby lose the votes of men
whose interests are nearly identical
with ours.
There is also an element of gol.1
democrats of unquestioned integrity
which honestly supported Mr. Bryan
in tth campaigns that will feel more
at Lo:we if the silver issue is side
track d
I am a bimetallist, but for the pres
ent I regard the issue as purely aca
demic and I find that all the populists
with whom I have talked about tbe
matter are of the same opinion. Now,
would it not be wise for the democratL1
convention to simply indorse bimetal
lism in a general way and emphasize
the p.anks of the Chicago and Kansas
City platforms which relate to live is
sues and add thereto such other planks
as the exigencies of the times may de
mand? "Reference to candidates: I am will
ing to support any democrat who ha
been loyal to the party and its prin
ciples in the past and whose personal
integrity is unquestioned. I believe
that a proper spirit of conservatism
which would induce him to avoid em
pirical experiments would be com
mendatary, provided he should prove
oil right on matters of vital import
. r Mr. . Josephus Hamer, our county
chairman, substantially agrees with me
with reference to matters discussel
hxren.
I l ave written his hastily and in
piecemeal and this may in a measure
account, for lapses in syntax, and awk
wardness of arrangement
, ..', JAMES D. WHELAN,
Secretary of Geary County and
Fifth fDistrict Congressional Com.
Junction City, Kas. . N '
For ten years The Independent has
been telling the people of Nebraska
that railroad rates were from 20 to
54 per cent higher in this state than
in Iowa.' Recently the earnings of the
roads in the two states have been
published and they show that the
Iowa roads earned $1,807 per mile and
the Nebraska roads earned $2,208 per
mile. As long as the republican party
remains in power in this state, the
farmers will continue to pay these ex
cessive rates. On t average they are
a little more than 25 per cent greater
than what the Iowa farmers pay,'
HAIL INSURANCE
The United Mutual Hail In
surance Association the larg
est and most successful hail in
surance company in the state.
ALL LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY
AGENTS WANTED.
Insuring crops against loss by
hail is becoming more popular
every year. The United Mu
tual Hail Insurance Company
organized in 1899 is the largest,
best and most successful hail
insurance company doing busi
ness in the state. It pays all
losses promptly. Sii,ce its or
ganization it has written 9,066
policies of insurance aggregat
ing $5,310,000 of risks. It has
paid 1,949 loss claims amount
ing to $147,315.10. The insur
ance has cost the policy holders
only one-half as much as old
line fire insurance companies
receive proportionate to the
amount of losses paid. No or.a
raising crops can afford to take
the risk of losing his crops by
hail when he can get this pro
tection with thousands of the
best farmers of the state. Last
year the United Mutual carried
$1,740,694 insurance and paid
$27,710 in losses. They paid in
losses more than four times as
much as the combined payments
of all other hail insurance com
panies doing business in the
state.
Good, reliable representatives
are wanted in every township.
United Mutual Hail Ins. Association,
116 So. leth ft, Lincoln, Nebr.
HALF RATES
vict It
WABASHA RAILROAD jtjttf
The Wabash offers many rates to
the east from Chicago:
$21.00 Boston, Mass., and return"
sold July 1 to 5. '
$17.45 Saratoga, N. Y., and return;
sold July 5, 6.
$6.75 Detroit, Mich., and return; soli
July 15, 16.
All tickets reading over the Wabash'
between Chicago and Buffalo are good '
in either direction via steamers be
tween Detroit and Buffalo without ex
tra charge, except meals and bert'j.
Stop overs allowed. Remember this
Is "The Cool Northern Route" and
all agents can sell tickets from Chica
go east via the Wabash. For folders
and all information address
HARRY E. MOORES, G. A. P. D.",
Omaha. Neb.
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