JULY 9, 1903.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
KENTUCKY POPULISTS
Dr. Lackey Bmj Uxm FpnlUt Off anltln
Titer is Dad and Htmbtri Dtcom
Socialist
Editor Independent: I received a
letter from you some time ago in
which you addressed me as national
committeeman of the populist party
for Kentucky. I was appointed to that
office, but when the fusion populists
Indorsed Mr. Stevenson for vice presi
dent, I wrote the chairman and sec
retary to drop my name from the list
They would not agree to do it, so I
had the distinction of being national
committeeman of the fusion populists
for-the state of, Kentucky and elector
for the state at large cn the mid-road
ticket for president, and may claim
tc be a connecting link of the two
stings of the populist party.
I will not try to answer your ques
tions in regular order, but will write
you a rambling letter and give you my
Tiews on the political outlook. -
We have no populist party in Ken
tucky. We joined in with the merger
that took place at St Louis two years
ago with the allied party and since
that time we have not even kept up
with the allied movement, as it was
called. We have always looked to
Jo A. .Parker as our leader and he
seems to be so much interested in try
ing to get referendum laws passed
that he has no time for the populist
party. I do not complain for I am
very much, in favor of the referendum
law myself. I do not know of any
movement in the state to . get out a
state ticket We have a pretty good
organization in; Trigg county, my
home. We have met from time to
tjme and tried to keep up with the
rapid changing 'political situation.
Nearly all of us have outgrown the
Omaha platform and have progressed
into socialism. We think this is logi
cal and reasonable. In fact we see
that every prophecy made by us ten
years ago has come to pass and the
country is now entirely ruled by the
trusts in their own interest and we,
the people, are left out in the cold, like
a poor dog at a feast. There is no
limit to the trusts' greed;, they want
the earth and are in a fair way to get
it If they continue to water stocks,
consolidate and accumulate for the
rext ten years at the rate they have
since the Omaha platform waff written
it will take all the wealth of the
whole United States to pay-their prof :
its and dividends. ; " . .
The trusts are out for everything on
earth and want a mortgage on all
prospects and possibilities. We only
ask for our part, no more, and will
not be satisfied with less.- We ask for
a fair and just division of the surplus
among those who created it and the
fight for this just and reasonable de
mand will continue until it is settled
ard settled right.
Most of the trusts have formed since
the Omaha platform - was written.
There has been a great revolution and
the socialist party is up to date. It
meets the issue plain and simple and
is new and fresh. Competition is
dead. The monopoly has .taken its
p'ace. The old parties will never
"bust" the trust Private monopoly
will enslave us and our children. We
can't control - it We must own the
monopolies or they will own us.
This is the issue: Tariff, money,
imperialism are all In It and will all
be settled when the nation owns the
trusts. The time for a forward move
ment has come and no amount of -effort
will ever resurrect the populist
party. It served a glorious purpose,
but it has served its day and the
"pops" will have to scatter. Where
will they go? They will not go into
any party that refuses to put a plank
into its platform demanding govern
ment ownership of the railroads, as
the democrats of Iowa did a few days
ago, and I believe the democratic par
ty will never indorse that plank in
another national platform.
The populists will never go to the
republican party for that is more the
tool of the trusts than ever. So they
will have to blow new life into the
old populist party or join the social
ists. A large majority in the state
of Kentucky will just tramp on into
socialism. There is no Cleveland
boom in Kentucky. Bryan and the
Kansas City platform are still In the
lead. I think the gold bugs will vote
with the republicans in the residen
tial election as usual. The Bryanites
will modify their platform, but it will
not suit the "plutes,".unlessthey can
.write the platform and name the man.
They want . the whole hog or none.
They will get none.
DR. J. II. LACKEY.
Canton, Ky.
.
tion called to a consolidation whereby
the Ledger Monthly, founded by Rob
ert Bonner in 1843, The Household, es
tablished In New England in 1868, and
Ev'ry Month, leading musical publi
cation, were merged, forming The
Household-Ledger, to appear monthly,
published at, 95-97 Liberty st. New
York. A further uniting of publica
tions now embraces Piano, , Music
Magazine, established by J. " W. Pep
per in Philadelphia in 1900, and Liter
ature, Ait and Music, the first issue
of which appeared in 1902, thus five
publications have been purchased by
those who form The Household-Ledger
Publishing company. All will be pub
lished colectively as The Household
Ledger. "
A FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF
PERIODICALS.
Those who read and use monthly
publications recently had their atten-
A Ureal Stock Form
This is a 3,300-acre . stock farm, all
fenced and cross fenced; 590 acres
under cultivation; 500 acres of, good
alfalfa land; 500 acres of second bot
tom, balance upland, rolling and some
rough; running water through the en
tire length of the pasture; splendid
grazing land. House 24x36, barn 30x66,
one cattle barn 40x40 and one 50x50;
feed yard for 150 head of cattle, fully
equipped; two good wells.
TWO HUNDRED HEAD OF CAT
TLE, breeding animals imported
short horns, red in color; 12 large
mules, v5 good saddle and driving
horses; about 60 head of hogs, 2 wa
kens, 2 buggies, all harness and farm
machinery, which is the very latest
improved. All household goods. Ev
erything connected with the ranch.
S75 acres In growing corn, 15 acres in
millet, 50 acres in alfalfa. This is a
Cne ranch, 6 miles from railroad sta
tion and 30 miles from McCook Price
complete, $ 35,000. This is our No.
1025. Weber & Farris, Lincoln, Neb.
POPUUSmIn GERMANY
PerilitcDt Efforti Made by FlnUeratlo
Dailie toPccelva th People of
tbUnit4 SUUi
The people of the United States have
considered socialism -16 mean tte col
lective ownership of all the means of
production and distribution, and when
ever the term socialism is used, that
is what the people understand that It
means. : The constant talk of socialist
victories in Germany is a deception
and a fraud. It would appear that
nothing else was contemplated, for
any one who :wiil make the least" in
quiry will find tllat the i social demo
crats of Germany are not socialists at
all. .
According to Prof. John G. Brooks,
who has spent several years in Ger
many studying German socialism, the
socialist party has abandoned much of
its early creed, has become broadened
out, and in its propaganda it does not
make the foolish claims which social
ists in America assert. Moreover, the
party has grown tolerant, and instead
of expelling the critics within the par
ty, has elected them to the reichstag.
The social demccratic party of Ger
many has much in common with the
Eryan-Hearst-Tom Johnson democ
racy of this nation. For a man like
Bernstein to utter in either of the so
cialist parties of this nation the things
he does now would cause him to be
denounced as a traitor and to be ex
pelled from the party.
The dav will come when the pluto
cratic papers that are now publishing
this falsehood will regret it Tne
rresent object is to divert enough
votes from the populists to make -the
sensible and practicable demands of
the party impossible of realization, by
increasing the socialist vote.
HAVE A FRIEND AT COURT
A IIometMder Who Says th Cattla Bar
ons Kep Big: Lnbby at iba Na
tions' Capital
Editor Independent: In a recent
edition of The Independent I read an
article in regard to the range fences
on the public domain. This represen
tative of the cattle barons claims that
these fences are a great benefit to the
homesteader. Poor man! Enclosed
find Associated press dispatches relat
ing how a band of cow boys murdered
a whole family because they Inter
fered with these fences. This Is a
gentle hint that the homesteader has
no rights that the cattle kings will re
spect One of these cattle barons who
has a large tract of public land fenced
In, in western Nebraska, recently told
me that the fences had come to stay.
He flso said: "No matter what you
read m the newspapers, , the .fences
won't come"" down." He further said:
"Notices will ' be published In the
newspapers from time to time that
the fences must come down, but that
is done to fool the people until con
gress meets, when the cattle compa-
K
NEXT WEE
July 13th to i8th,
A vigorous After. Discount Felling of all the
odd 3 and ends, odd sizes and broken lots accum
ulating during our successful 25 per cent Dis
count Sale just erfdfd. Every remnant, every
brokeir size e very? odd lot will : be offered at :
prices to make them move rapidly. Every
stock will take part in this great value-giving.
A little money will work wonders here next
week. ' . -
Lincoln's
Store.
Lincoln, Nebraska.
ales of Boston and other big cities
will have a powerful lobby in Wash
ington In their interest planning to
lease 4,000,000 of the public land at
the nominal rent of 2 cents an acre
for twenty years."
That would give them a shadow of
title and they would hold on by force.
It would look as though the great cat
tle barons "have a friend at court?'
and no matter how many, families
these "rough riders" may massacre,
they have no fear of being punished.
There is not another government on
the face of the earth that would toler
ate such violations of 'law. It begins
to look as though the powers that be
are protecting, Instead of punishing
the violators of the law.
I . wonder if our strenuous president
saw. any of those fences, when he was
dining , and associating' ' with , the cow
boys and "rough riders." The people
of this Christian nation, need not look
to Kishineff and Russia for massacres
of whole families. Let them wait un
til some poor family undertakes to
make itself a home on the public dor
main, and upon order from some cattle
baron these hired assassins will wipe
them off the face of the earth.
T. J. QUAIL.
Watertown, Neb.
SPECIAL MARKET LETTER
FROM NYE & BUCHANAN CO.. LIVE
STOCK COMMISSION MER
CHANTS, SO. OMAHA,
NEB.
Three days of this week brought
moderate cattle - receipts here and a
slow , but ' firm market Chicago had
a heavier run than expected Monday
and a lower market They had very
light receipts Tuesday, but demand is
hot brisk. Prospects seem to be for a
dull but about a steady market this
week, although Wednesday is a little
stronger.
We quote choice beef steers $4.80 to
$5 00, good $4.50 to $.75. warmed-up
$4.00 to $4.35, canners and cutters $2.25
to $3.25, choice cows and heifer? $3.85
to $4.40. Good light stockers and
feeders are selling at $4.00 to $4.25,
fair S3,75 to $3.90. stock heifers $2,50
to $3.00. Buil3 $2.50 'to $4.00; veil
$5.00 to $6.00.
Hog receipts heavy. Market weak.
Range $5.40 to $5.50.
Sheep market more active, with a
better demand.
Direct taxation will save almost the
whole cost of collecting the national
revenues, an expense now amounting
to millions of dollars yearly.
Blew Et Majority Rule
If -any evidence were needed to prove
that majority rule is feared by plu
tocracy, one could find it in the Ju
dicial attempts to discredit it. The
Dakota amendment was held Ineffec
tive as. to ..any ..bill -passed with the
emergency clause.'and now comes tha
Oregon circuit court and holdi that
the initiative and referendum amend
ment to the constitution is invalid.
This opinion was given on a demurrer
to the - complaint of land owners
against the city of Portland in a street
assessment case. The court holds the
amendment unconstitutional' on the
11.. 1 a. a 1 ! 4- t 1V..V
rart of the legislative assembly In
dealing with the amendment. . ;
; If this usurpation continues we may
text expect to have whole sections of
state constitutions held unconstitu
tional!, .v
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