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Editor Independent: Tour letter
uiy received tuxd noted. I am STsr
ready to aid the cause of reform both
by my work and money and can clasp
the glad hand with any who have
worked in the conference at Denver.
I think, however, that no resolution
preventing fusion of all reform forces
should have been passed or should be
passed at our convention. For you will
remember that the men who were op
posed to fusion did go over to the
enemy and did help republicans just as
the Palmer and Buckner element did.
Tou will also remember that that
same element did insist upon the nomi
nation of Towne at Sioux Falls;
prominent among those were Senator
Butler; he probably did more than
any other one man to defeat Bryan by
his insisting upon Towne being nomi
nated. And you will remember that all our
fusion element wanted to avoid such
an appearnce of dictating to the demo
crats. And it was a selfish motive;
he thought that would insure his re
election as senator. Now, it looks to
me that if the populists refuse to un
ite with all the reform forces against
republicans, failure will be the result
The socialists make the same kind of
statement, and suppose the democrats
say the same what will be the result?
Of course, defeat And suppose on
the other hand any one of the reform
forces are willing to unite themselves,
what when the time comes will be tb
best organized plan for making a suc
cess of reform?
Why should a resolution by those
who have" helped republicans elect
their tickets before, stand in the way
of union of reform forces when all op
pose republicans and stand for the
same principles and only differ in
name? You will doubtless excuse Sen
ator Peffer and his treachery and I
can excuse a hundred other middle
readers of the same character. All of
that kind of men are for personal
gains or republicans in disguise, and
for myself I have not even respect for
them better an open enemy than any
enemy in disguise.
The road before us as citizens is
union of all forces that favor reform,
or a continuation of republican rule,
and that means revolution in the near
future.
The trusts and corporations and
capitalists own the administration and
the courts with a big OWN. Our only
hope is to get together-in such a way
that we can elect either a populist or
democrat of Bryan stripe, and Bryan
would be my choice; labor unions cer
tainly would unite on him or some one
like him.
Enclosed find one dollar for The In
dependent. I like and I want it to
be independent of any and all resolu
tions which bind it against uniting al
reform forces. For that is the only
way tnat we can win.
N. M. SMITH.
Washington, Kas.
(The Independent believes that con
siderable breath is wasted in the cry
lor a union of all reform forces. It is
laudable, of course but upon what can
they unite? There can be no union
with the socialists (they renounce "re
form" and ask for "revolution"), ex
cept by becoming socialists and de
mandmg the "collective ownership of
an me means ot production and dis
tnbution." There can be no union
with the prohibitionists without be
coming prohibitionists and demand
ing that the rum power be "pulzer
ized."
Upon what can the "reform forces"
unite? Upon majority rule,- govern
ment railroads and government money,
you say? Then they will all become
populists. As a matter of fact, it looks
to The Independent that in the near
future there will be three instead of
two great parties: The republican,
standing as it has for years as the ex
ponent and champion of the great
capitalists; either the people's or the
democratic party (one and not both)
as the exponent and Aampion of the
great middle clasB, the small produe
ers, home-owners, farmers, etc.; and
the socialist party representing the
wage-workers. The labor unions had a
chance to unite on Bryan both in 1896
and 1900 did they do so? The result
cays, no.
Whether the party wliieh represents
the bone and sinew of America, the
middle class, shall be called "demo
crat," '"people's" or by some other
rame, depends upon circumstances;
but it is safe to say that no two great
parties- can successfully represent the
same class at the same time. As the
people get their eyes opened, they will
naturally ally themselves with the
party where they properly belong. The
democratic party cannot be plntdcratic
and live; the people's party would
take its place. The republican party,
with- its magnificent party discipline
can best represent the plutocrats. And
It is idle to attack the socialist parties.
Let them alone. Let them align the
wage-workers into a compact organi
Eation for this must necessarily be
giwuimiuuiiiiuuwiailUM
1 YUU WILL ATTEND THE STATE
FAIR AT LINCOLN,
beginning Sept 4, and your shopping ex
peditions are Hardly second in importance
to the sights at the Fair. You are planning
to see the many lines of new fall goods
about which there is always a degree of fas
cination even when one does not intend to
purchase. Tou will find us with
The Greatest Stock of Fall
Merchandise We Have
Ever Shown.
Read this list with pencil and note book
in hand:
Sturdy Pure Linens,
Beautiful Flannelettes, (700 pieces)
Black Dress Goods in Marvelous variety,
Mercerized Cottons for Waists,
Many Dark and Light Percales,
New Bead Chains,
New Belts, Canvas, Silk and Leather,
Dress Trimmings, Appliques, Bands, etc..
Kid Gloves in Fall Colors,
Pure- Linen Handkerchiefs Women's,
Bix for 25c; Men's, three for 25c,
New Styles in Shoes at Moderate Prices,
" Hats, full Fall Trade in Progress,
Carpet and Rugs that are Beauties,
Lace and Muslin Curtains, 75c a pair
and up,
Women's Suits and Skirts, --",
Cloaks and Furs for Early Buyers.
Whether you intend purchasing or not
you are welcome to our large and comfor
table store to look or to rest. Our Soda
Fountain produces a great variety of re.
freshing drinks. Try a new one.
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built up at the cost of the republican
fcllowing. Every "class-conscious"
socialist means a republican vote lost,
In the three-cornered fight which en
sues, the middle class party can sure
ly take care of itself. Associate Edi
tor.) 6
300 Acres of Alfalfa
This is one of Nebraska's most prof
itable farms; located two and a half
miles from good town, in Franklin
county; 320 acres of choice bottom
land, 300 acres is in splendid stand of
alfalfa, making 4 to 6 tons of alfalfa
bay per acre for several years past.
Ihe improvements are first-class and
are worth today $5,000. The alfalfa
makes three and four good crops of
bay annually and a failure was never
kr.own when the land is once properly
Bfeded. In the event of a hail storm
you only lose one cutting of hay.
There is always a ready market for
slfalfa hay either to feed on the
giound or to bale and ship to market
Price of this land, $50 per acre. Will
try to make terms to suit purchaser
with reasonable cash payment. This
farm will pay 20 per cent on the in
vestment net each year.
We also have for sale a section of
good rolling farm land fenced for pas
ture at $11 per acre; another section
or land very similar at $13 per acre.
and a half section joining these two
at $10 per acre; also a section of
school land joining these that will sell
lease at reasonable price. , This land is
all fenced in a large pasture, but the
son is good and it will raise splendid
alfaiia, wheat and corn. .This is in
Franklin county and about two miles
from the half section with the alfalfa
We also have in the same county a
quarter section, 100 acres under plow,
bo buildings, at $15.50 per acre. Also
a tract of 400 acres with 120 acres un
der plow, and 240 ares of splendid
farming land at $13.50 per acre.
For further particulars as to any of
these write to Weber & Farris, Lin
coln, Neb.
fer to the SUbic t Of erovernmpnt mil
lc&ds or public ownership and control
ui puuue. institutions anc- affairs, that
sublime principle of popular go'vern-
uieiu taat made ine Jeffersonian and
Jacksonian democracy.
If moral courage is a good thing, as
Mr. Bryan stated in a speech a few
weens ago, then moral cowardice is a
bad thing; and I know of nothing but
moral cowardice that can prevent any
body from discussing the government
ownership or anti-corporation question.
r lere is no question ot political law,
fundamental or statuary, of greater
importance at the present time.
To bring that question up for gen
eral discussion is to unite all indus
trial, all useful people in the same de
termination in regard to corporations
that animated Andrew Jackson when
he said, "By the eternal, I will f tamp
it in the ground." and the national
tank went undtr for many years.
, But the prediction of Tom Benton,
"We have not destroyed this tigress,
we have only driven her into t Sin
gle from whence she will emerge with
a litter of whelps, and ruin the re
public," has proved to be true, for
tfcis nation is now more of a plutoc
racy, practically, than a republic, and
nothing but a great uprising of the
common people like that of 1872, only
more so, can create a peaceful revolu
tion that shall restore the real re
public, and place it upon a founda
tion that shall endure forever. And. if
Mr. Bryan, or any other democratic or
populist fusio.nist, does not want to
become "a back number," he must
get into "the middle of the road" with
the great army of freemen that will
f;oon be marching to victory.
"Swing Inwards, O, gates of the future,
Turn outwards, ye doors of the past.
For the soul of the people is moving
And rising from slumber at last
'The dark forms of night are retreat
ing, The white peaks have signalled the
day,
And freedom, her long roll is beating,
And calling her sons to the fray.
Swing inwards, O, gates till the
morning .,
Shall point the brown mountains
with gold,
Till the lone, and the light of the new
times
Shall conquer the hate of the old."
C. M. CLARK.
Clark's Comment
Editor Independent: In the editor
ial on the first page " of last week's
Commoner, devoted to "The Fopulist
Manifesto," . "Free silver, 16 to 1,"
vhich was nearly "the whole shooting
njatch" in the. last two presidential
campaigns, is , not mentioned by Mr.
Biyan. . And bimetallism is very brief -
y alluded to once. And, what is even
more strange, yhlle, he censures the;
usionists for going back to "the mid
dle of the road," he does not even tq
I CUT TH 15 OUT,
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This coupon will be accepted for 25 cents on any pur.
. phase of shoes to the amount of $3.00 at our store any time
before September 30, 1903.
Visitors to the State Fair should cut this coupon out and
bring it with them. Twenty-five cents saved is as good as
twenty-five cents made.
If you will not be in Lincoln during the State Fair send
your order by mail. We will prepay the express on shoes
and accept the coupon as part-payment on the purchase.- We
carry the leading makes such as
W. U Douglas, Sorosis, Water, and Hannan Shoes.
We take this method to test the advertising qualities of
the Independent. Please mention it when writing.
1 WEBSTER & ROGERS, r .. ' .
I PERKINS & SHELDON, Unso,,atel )
I 1129 O Street, LINCOLN, NEB ?s
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