JULY 0, 1903.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
FOYN TBB'S LXTTEB ,
The letter from Former Governor
Poynter, published some weeks ago
in The Independent, has aroused more
comment in populist circles than any
recent document of the kind. Milton
Park" in the Southern Mercury of June
25 quotes from the letter and says:
The old party bosses who are
harboring the thought that 'pop
ulism is dead' and that the daisies
w ill grew luxuriantly on Its grave
long before ihe next campaign is
'pulled off' will find the leaven
working although there is no noise
just now in the camps, nor is there
. any stir . visible. Yet the same
crowd which polled , the 239,01)0 ;
;. votes in Texas in 1896 is still
here. , Some have crossed over the
great divide; but for every one who
has fallen before the sickle of the
x grim reaper there are more than
double that number who have got
ten their fill of old party methods
and measures, and are readyto
. line up for a grand struggle for
reform." .. V ,
And the Cleburne (Tex.). .Watch
man, referring to the same matter.
says: ' ;' V.
"It will be remembered that the
governor was one of the strongest
advocates of fusion with the dem
ocrats, and we give him credit for
entire honesty in the course ho
pursued in the last two campaigns,
and we are glad to see him with
many others who occupied the
same position, all coming boldly
" out for immediate action. Let
Chairmen' Butler and Parker sound
. the call and these old veterans of
"reform will come rallying in from
everywhere ready to pull together
the discordant elements of the
party and get things ready to re-
; ceive the honest element - of the
free silver, democracy."
. "WHEREAKBWE AT?"
Professor and Madam Curie have
torn up the very foundation of thini
with their discovery of radium and
polonium. At the Berlin conference
' Sii William Crooks said: "We stand
on the border line where matter and
force pass into e-ch other. In thi3
, ' borderland " lie the greatest scientific
problems of "the ; future. Here lie the
final realities, wide reaching and
marvelous. Will we be content to see
matter dissolving into a multitude of
revolving . electrodes? Such a mys
terious dissolution of atoms appears
to be universal. It occurs when i
piece of glass is rubbed with silk.
" It is present in sunshine, in a .rain
drop, in lightnings in a flame, in a
waterfall, and in the roaring sea."
As to polonium it possesses in a
much higher degree than radium the
property of shining in the dark, and
although it is known that actual par
ticles infinitesimally small are being
shot out from it continually, this
strange substance does not seem to ex
haust itself nor to lose its luminous
power. When a boy the writer won-
- dered that Newton should have said
after all his great discoveries that he
was like one on the sea shore while
the great ocean of knowledge lay un
explored before him. The" words no
longer seem strange. Is all matter
simply -different forms cf energy, as
Professor Crooks suggests? Do we
after all live in a world where every
thing is only a manifestation of on?
great unseen power?
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
Whatever may be his personal views
as to the availability1 of William Ran
dolph Hearst as a candidate for the
pr:sidency next year, let no man fool
himself with the belief that Hearst
will cut an inconsiderable figure in the
struggle. Beyond a doubt he has "right
&t this moment the greatest following
Of any democrat now mentioned in
connection with the nomination, but it
. may well be doubted whether Hearst's
following is made up of the men who
- dominate conventions or even attend
- conventions as delegates. ' ; j
Back of Mr. Hearst is being arrayed
the large majority of organized la-
borers. His campaign managers, by
"means of thdse comprehensive meth-j
ods which have made the Hearst pa
pers a power, are even now at work,
and j they. are keeping in close touch
with every part of the United States.
To show the trend of organized la
bor toward Hearst, the Labor Com
pendium ,St Louis (official organ of
the national building trades) made its
issue of June 21 a special Hearst edi
tion, devoting over four pages to ex
cerpts from Mr .Hearst's speeches and
expressions of personal and- editorial
opinion in his favor.
The Hearst papers, being somewhat
socialistic editorially, are causing the
kangaroo socialists no end of worry,
for they profess to see a gigantic
rt heme of the millionaire newspaper
magnate to side-track the "move
ment" and put off the coming of the
co-operative commonwealth for years
and years. This is all the more amus
ing when it is remembered that these
socialists lay great stress on their pet
"materialistic conception of history,1
and make no end of sport of populists
for believing" In Mrs. Eddy's "Seven
Financial Conspiracies." If we are
to accept without question the fatal
istic theories of the socialists,-Mr.
Hearst is performing his part in
bringing . about the downfall of "ca
pitalism," and all this "class con
scious" shrieking will not prevent the
proletariat from rallying around hist
banner. ...
. But men who have nothing to sell
but their labor power are not num
erous in democratic national conven
tions, and whether Mr. Hearst can
capture the nomination remains, to be
seen.' ' . - " ;'
INDEPENDENT EDUCATIONAL WORK
In the election contests that take
place this fall The Independent can do
most effective work if it is put in the
hands of the people. There are thou
sands of men voting the republican
ticket under protest in every state in
the Union. They see the tariff made
a shelter for the trusts; they see the
trust methods expanding in every at
rection and all that they need to make
them ( fighters against plutocracy and
imperialism is a little information
They are republicans simply for the
want of information! They know how
they suffered from It he exaction of the
coal trust last winter. The farmers
know that while the equipment of the
railroads has been doubled during the
last ten years the roads refused to
furnish them cars and the elevators
i ef used to take their grain until the
manipulators got ready. They know
how the price of machinery has raised
since the harvester trust was formed,
but they do not know how to escape
these exactions. What they need is
information and The Independent fur
nishes that every week. All these
people are overwhelmed with papers
that are sent to them free, so many
Indeed that the men who work have
not the time to read half of them, but
they do not contain a line that would
be of benefit In enabling these men to
solve the problems that confront them.
Plutocracy is resolved that such in
formation shall not reach them and
Madden and his cohorts at Washing
ton throw every obstacle that hellish
ingenuity can invent in the way of
an extension of the circulation cf The
Independent, while every facility Is
given to plutocratic papers to spread
their falsehoods to every part of the
union. The Independent has grown
to its present circulation by the ef
forts of those who read it and show
it to their, neighbors. And it appeals
to them to continue to work for the
uplifting of mankind in the same un
selfish way. Let the education of the
people go onsyvywvs
Since the people of Chicago conciud
for at every election and have made it
a practice to go to the polls and vote,
for at every election ' and have it a
practice to go to the polls and vot
they have obtained several things of
vast Importance, the last of which is
ar. ordinance that secures to them
pure milk ; and stops the sale of
skimmedmilk as genuine whole milk.
rnf Special flail Order
ifiUVJS Clothing Sale
Write for Samples or Send Your Order. Every Garment Guaraa
teed Satisfactory or Your Money Back .
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fiiU
LnlU-12
Special . .
$5.00 Suit
Coat and Vest $3. 75 Pants
Men's Suits made from all wool worst
eds will be sold by Hayden Bros, for
15.00. All well made and have good lin
ings , and trimmiogs. They're : put to
gether to stay together; and come in
regular sizes also stout and slim cuta,
made in four button cutaway sack style.
In all sizes f iorn 34 to 46.. - ;
Your home merchant will tell you that
it is cheap at $8.00. If you don't like
them after you get them we want you to
send them back to us and we will refund
your money. This applies to anything
we sell as well as these suits. '; . . : ' ';
Pure Worsted
Four-Button
5ack Suit $9.00
j Coat and Vest, $7.oo.- Pants not
" old separate. ; -
" Men's fine pure worsted suits in a neat
stripe and cut in the very Jatest styles,
four button cutaway sack, ! ;
This material is made from pure , long
worsted yarn, will probably wear longer
and -gire as much satisfaction as ' any
Cloth; that you can procure' no matter
what price you pay. The coat, if made
with hand padded shoulders, hair cloth
fronts which keeps coat in perfect shape;
also lined, with a good serge, lining and
well tailored throughout. Comes in
sizes from 34 to 46, regulars.
NEW GROCERY LIST NOW
' READY FREE FOR THE ASKING
iMiUiotl iKIU
Wholesale Supply House Omaha,Neb.
Hereafter skimmed milk will have to
carried in cans painted red and ev
ery customer will know, what he gets.
Ihe board of health says that the or
dinance will save the lives of hundreds
of babies during the coming hot sea
son. There were seven human devils
In the form-of aldermen who voted
against.the ordinance. They were will-
ing , to . murder hundreds, of - infant
children so that a few of their con
stituents could sell skimmed milk for
the genuine article and thereby make
a few dollars. Such degenerates a?
tl ose seven aldermen should be driv
en off the face ! the earth. :: .There is
no place for the like of them even
among savages, and , . especially not
among civilized-men.
Whenever a reform movement is
started that interferes with any of the
special, privileges of corporations th2
dailies never fail to denounce those
who are active in it as .''irresponsible
parties.",- That phrase they think i3 a
crusher. When it comes ,tp. govern
ment one man is just. as "responsible"
as another, The day laborer, has one
vote ,, and the multi-millionaire one
vote, the government . rests upon the
shoulders of those who vote, and .the
responsibility is alike upon alt Those
who are advocating in Chicago the ,im-
mediate public , ownership of the
street car. lines are denounced by, tho
Tribune and other plutocratic and cor
poration dailies as "irresponsible in
dividuals," and they seemjto thin
that settles the whole question, al
though among these same Individuals
can be found merchants, lawyers, doc
tors, educators 1.3 well as wage-work
ers. When it comes to government no
man of sound mind, twenty-one yean
old or over, is an "irresponsible par
ty."
The performances of some of the
labor unions ati' perfectly absurd and
if a halt is not called the whole sys
tem of organize! labor -.7111 be over
thrown. A man by the name or ueret-
ti down In Vermont employed fourteen
stone cutters, signed the union scale
and conformed to all the rules of the
union. He had a rush of work and
his patrons pushed him to get the
stone ordered. He went into his shop
and to help things along began to
sharpen the tools that the stone cut
ters used. The blacksmiths' union
made complaint to the stone cutters'
union that tho men were working in a
shop with a non-union man, and his
fourteen men were called put .Cerettl
then tried to join the stone, cutters'
union and they would not admit 11m.
He tried to join the blacksmiths ..un
ion. They wouldn't have him either.
Therehe is. THe is not allowed tPt work
for himself : and the unions will -not
allow any one to workTfdr him It is
no wonder that the men :,ot brains
among the unions are getting discour
aged. They see the patlenfand -intelligent
work of years in building up
organized labor being destroyed.
The sharks who deal in securities are
sending up long howls because "the
public," that is, the gudgeons who
have" been losing their money, will no
longer buyr The wail of the Chicago
publication called "Farm LoanS and
City Bonds" is particularly long and
.loud; Finding that no more money
can be made in that line it now advo
cates ''farm loans in. Nebraska and
elsewhere. In its argument it tries to
show that this is a much better graft
than national banking and . makes a
statement concerning the loss that
bankers suffer in taking government
deposits on which they pay no inter
est but which must be secured by gov
ernment bonds. It says that the bank
er must buy government 2s at 168 1-2.
Tim frtarlrcf Tvr!., trr Mvprnmraf 3a !s
106 to 105 1-2. It Is that kind of lying
that these sharpers indulge in to fleece
the people out of their hard earnings.
Then think that thft r.ontrollinfirDOwer
in politics is in the hands of such
men! It is about time for these men
to make a drive to get loans on farm
mortgages. There is a panic coming in
the future and If tL:r can only induce
farmers to mortgage their lands to
make improvements or to buy addi
tional manchinery, it will not be long
before they will come around and take
the farms In as they did in 1893-'94.
The people of Philadelphia pay their
money to the republican boodlers of
that city with the same cheerfulness
8nd alacrity that the farmers of Ne
braska pay the taxes for the railroads.
The mayor of Philadelphia who has
just retired had known debts of $40,
000 when he entered upon his duties.
He Is now the president 01 a big na
tional bank, -
