JANUARY 21 im.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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THE SITUATION
"CytloM" Davie mt Tnu Glras it Kansas
Frlaad IU Impraatlaa Bag ardiaj
tka Camiag Contact
(In a letter to The Independent, ac
companying the open letter below, Mr.
Davis expresses his pleasure because
Vice Chairman Edmisten has called
the Butler committee to meet with
Parker's committee at SCLouis, Feb
ruary 22, and says:
"Populism will never die until hu
manity has lost all- love of liberty.
Public - ownership municipal owner
shipdirect legislation, and the quan
titative theory of money are now ac
knowledged by all parties. In my
opinion there is a crash and crises not
far ahead, and our party should be
united and organized so as to hold a
commanding position in the mobiliza
tion and amalgamation that must fol
low. The labor vote that went re
publican before will, in a great meas
ure, go to the socialists this time; and
if the populists, Bryan democrats, and
liberal republicans can be brought to
gether, there is a hope of success.
Patriotic prudence may accomplish
this end." His letter to Mr. Grisham
follows:
Hon. .T. H. Grisham, Cottonwood
Falls, Kas. My Dear Friend: A num
ber of inquiries like yours have
reached me of late.
My typewriter boy is in western
Texas and I have delayed answers ex
pecting his return. .Without waiting
longer I will give a brief review of the
situation as I see it. Will send this
to the Nebraska Independent and
make the answer to you answer oth
ers'. I have been greatly interested in
the letters in The Independent from
the Old Guard populists, and hope
their- efforts may succeed.
But they fail to take into considera
tion that all honest reformers are just
as honest and partisan as they.
Th socialists will not ro with the
populists because they must abandon
some of their creed. II tney are nun
est men thev dislike to do this.
The mid-road populists refuse to
join the Bryan reformers for the same
reason.
The slnele tax people link that re
form with' free trade and join with
the democrats as tne nearest approach
to free trade.
The direct legislation people have
usually been non-partisan.
So the only means of growth or
source of sunDly for populist increase
must come in general from the two
ol.l names.
The democratic party, having a
strong reform element which has
controlled the late history of the
nartv. no reformer will leave it until
he has lost all hdpe of reform in that
organization; and when there is a
division in that party it will not be
bv individuals, but by sections.
Where the democrats control a
emintv district or state, they will not
disband and go" as individuals to an
other party. This would foice them
to abandon the offices which they
hold. Human nature is not made that
wav. No party has ever done that.
So if there is a split in that party
it will be into factions each trying
to hold the organization that confers
offices. In such a case the reform ele
ment may be willing to co-operate,
but will not disintegrate or amaiga
mate. Whatever of reform element
there mav be in the republican party
will act in very much the same way.
In addition to these conditions,
most of. the states have passed laws
" maliuff it next to impossible foi re
formers to get on the official ballot
excent in one of the old parties.
In the south the race problem
weakens all reform parties, for when
the nartv nets strone enough to con
for offices the negro, tether through
tho arrogance of hla own assumption
or as the venal minion of the ruling
democ rats, takes charge of the pi I
" rnarles and nominate a few negroes
on the ticket.
This raises a rare cry aiul tiuuior
And tho whiter put all else tchlnt
them aud to to the democratic party
n.1 a white man's party. It wis this
more than nil H.o that doatrnjed 'our
populist onrmlsition In the fnutr..
Now. n dear friend, you can Wl
tcr undirwtiud tho Import mice of the
riiiM tiiifjHtlon in the i-outh. when
tli von that the Arnold an Indian
with' Mil nealpln krlfe, tomahawk,
brutality and ivny. Has nur
Ki h s horror ul drew I to the wlu
nd daughter of the wiih tr of
Teui a ti the "b th ml," In
f.i t, i . vir r nr.vilttr I r.;uiy t Hau a
aralrnt the whlf.
TaMns ndvjiniiure of thin !tuitKm,
tl.n d'liHHrnti of the HO'iUl h.ive
pt -s whit I InnoirntU t .ill ! a
"whHe xmu pritiwy tm" r
rlevffort wUth in n. t h rrtlty r
vnU the adfan tmnt of it-foitu
about as the "anti-fusion" laws of
Kansas and some other states.
There's such a catalogue at difficul
ties to contend with, that I see but
ittle hone for the populist party
with no funds to support even a mea
gre campaign, it is not possible to or
ganize or "reorganize for tne com
ma election. But it Is cheerful to see
the zeal with which most of the Old
Guard write. May heaven bless them;
they have not lived in vain.
I helieve the nouulists stand for a
haven of happiness for mankind, a
hannv medium between centralized
socialism on the one hand and selfish
despotism on the other. Representing
a money system, a land system and
transportation for the masses and not
the classes; yet leaving each indi
vidual free in the walks of life to
choose and ply his own vocation with
equal access and opportunity.
But perfection of the plan does not
mean success of the cause. For Jesus
the Christ a perfect man with a per
fect cause tne object of which was to
insure man's happiness on earth and
in eternity was reviled, repulsed and
rejected; and though today the jus
tice, grandeur and glory of his cause
is admitted, his followers are divided
into sects and factions all over the
world. The Intense honesty and earn
estness of each in .his zeal, keeps them
further apart than even in a political
party. - .
It is this partisan feeline in human
ity that must be used in forming po
litical movements.
I hone the February conference at
St. Louis, will take this into consid
eration in forming their, plans.
'Labor will enter this campaign in
gloom and despair; his dinner paii is
no longer full.
The capitalist class has inflated se
curities - until productive wealth will
not earn a sustaining wage and divi
dends on billions of bonds, stocks.
etc. So wages are reduced every
where. --
No outside supply of shining gold
in vast quantities from the Klondike.
No Spanish war on hand with the
government as a disbursing and pur
chasing agent into millions among
the people. All this will open the
way to a better view of the real situa-.
tion this time.
There must be some common cround
named and such liberal spirit shown
as will bring the Bryan democrats,
reform republicans and populists to
gether. There will be but lew ciai
ist votes go to any but socialist can
didates this election they are too
radical and zealous to make any concessions.
My want of faith in the democratic
party makes it deplorable and all but
hopeless in that, way: yet I must con
fess that I see butHittle hope except
through the Bryan element of that
party; if they surrender to the Cleve
land crowd all is last for this cam
paign at least.
But if we can bring the popul!st3 to
gether at St. Louis and place the work
in liberal patriotic hands, we may be
able to inspire or force the reform
element of th- old parties to action
they would not otherwise take.
I would like to attend the St. Louis
meeting, but as I am not a member of
either of the committees I shall leave
them to do what "seemeth best ' with
out any advisory influence I might
have as outsider; but I do think the
meeting is an important one.
With ever-increasing respect for
you and those like you throughout
our country, who have stood for Jus
tice as against greed, for the masses
against the classes, and labored to
build up hope and happiness and
peace and prosperity for our people,
1 am, with best wishes,
J. H. DAVIS.
Sulphur Springs, Tex.
A PRESS CONSPIRACY
1 hara Hmi U ba but Oaa Editor of all tfca
Haw Yark aad Rrauklya Tapara
New York. Jan. IS. 1901. (Editorial
Correspondence.) The whole dally
press of Greater- New York, whether
it In labeled republican or demoratic,
bears Internal evidence of being con
trolled by one mind and Ua editorial
policy dictated by one Interest. Not a
daily published hero had the ullfthlest
reference to tho great to-operative
meeting held In Monton. and tho edi
tor of The Independent be!nj depend
ent upon tho New ork itallle for in
formation Ig an Unorant of what waa
.tore there n any other mullet head.
Jn fad, nine ct mlns hero I have
learned to cymptithlie with that un
fortunate, rl of Individual, Hitting
In The Independent tditorl.il rooms.
md;n eu-ry dty twelv or fourteen
il.tltien published In all the principal
rllle tif tht I'Hl.'d St!ta, U R4 po
lbl lv hard work and the anutng of
the articled no! put under mart head,
to get something of an idea of what
was going on, but here, seeing only
the dailies of the two cities of New
York and Brooklyn, I knew nothing
of the meeting in Boston except what
came in the Nebraska ' Independent.
One part of this editorial policy is to
keep the people in ignorance and an
other part is to deceive them with
catch phrases and elaborately worked
out fallacies. '
The New York Times in its last Sun
day edition makes an elaborate argu
ment to prove that the increase in
the volume of money does, not neces
sarily result in the increase of prices.
To prove its assertion it gives the in
crease in the output of gold sinco 1890
as follows:
1890 $118,848,700,
1891 130,650,000
1892 ; ., 146,651,500
1893 157,491,800
1894 ....... 181,175,600
1895-.,. 198,763,600
1890 202,251,600
1897 236,073,700
1898 286,879,700
1899 306,724,100
1900 254,556,500
1901 263,374,700
1902 '. 295,880,600
1903 327,000,000
Its conclusion is as follows:
Rise in gold production 1890-1904. .175
Rise in commodity prices 1890-'04. 2
Now tho writer of that article was
not prejudiced so that he could not see
the truth, nor was he ignorant of the
truth which is abundantly shown in
the very article itself. He was sim
ply lying with malice and forethought,
selling his soul for so much money.
Hardly a reader of that article will
discover tho fallacy. They will take
his figures as correct and his conclu
sion as-irresistible. Not one of them
will ever stop to think that the pro
position is not that prices will in
crease at the same per cent as the
output of gold, but that other things
being equal, prices will Increase at
the same rate that the volume of
money increases. If we say that there
are five billion dollars of go.d in the
world the increase of two or three
hundred million of gold every year for
a few years would make a very small
per cent of increase in the volume in
circulation, especially when we con
sider the very large per cent of that
Increase which goes into use in the
arts. The actual addition to the vol
ume of money would be very small.
De France is "a fiend at figures' and
perhaps as a little rest from the daily
grind in the office he may figure out
just what per cent of increase that ad
dition from the increase of output of
gold was to the volume of gold mon
ey in the world.
Strange as it may seem, there is af
ter alt some inquiry here among the
people for the truth after years of
that kind of editorial. writing., The
so-called democratic papers are al
ways talking about "democratic prin
ciples" and never tell any one what
those principles are. A young man
wrote to the Brooklyn Eagle asking
what democratic, principles were and
its astute and highly paid editor made
the following reply:
"There are few fundamental prin
ciples, so called, concerning which all
are in accord. The Declaration of . In
dependence, for instance, sets forth
that the Creator has endowed us with
certain inalienable rights, including
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness, to secure which governments are
instituted, deriving their just powers
from the consent of the governed
These principles glitter radiantly."
After ridiculing these principles in
two or three paragraphs, he adds:
"It is-obvioiiw, therefore, that prin
ciples do not become fundamental by
the simple process of labeling them as
such. And it is equally obvious that
circumstances do, or may, so alter
cases, that a principle, at one time
accepted as fundamental, may at an
other time be dropped from the clas
sification, if not abandoned alto
gether."
Its final advice to the young men
wast to wait until after the next dem
ocratlc national convention before ho
made any derision concerning prin
ciples. The strange thing about this
matter b that any young man after
reading New York dailies all hla life,
had enough mental Mmulus even to
ask n question. T.
Just Money Enough.
I never cared to be as rich as some
men that I know.
For riches ain't the greatest tedng itt
this old world below;
An men don't always feel the best be
cause they've lots of wealth,
For 'gold, though legal tender, won't
buy its possessor health.
But I'd just like to have enough of
money m when I
Was called these winter mornin'a I'd
be able to reply; (
"Uh-huh! All right,. I'm gettin' up;
m jusi a minute. iuvu . .
Roll over kind-o' lazy-like, an go to
sleep again. ;
I never cared to own a yacht or pal
ace car so fine;
An automobiles are too strong I
don't want none in mine.
I don't want such a pile o' gold that
"folks will envy me,
Nor mix in deals that won't let my
old conscience feel quite free.
But I'd just like to have enough laid
carefully away.
So when I'm called at 6 a. m. I'd feel
quite free to say:
"Uh-huh! All right, I'm gettin' up;
in just a minute.' Then
Roll over kind-o lazv-like. an' eo to
sleep again. ;
To corner markets, water stocka, and
float a trust or two
May be the things the millionaires:
think lots of fun to do;
But I don't want to have no fun that
causes others woo
Or by a robbin' set of laws make my -
own fortune grow.
i uu l wane m u)u mat h too mucu
my wants are not so great;
I only want enough so I at 6 a. m.
could state:
Uh-huh! All right, I'm gettin up; .
in just a-mlnute." Then
Roll over lrind-0' lnzv-likA an' en in
sleep again. W. M. Maupin. -
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