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JANUARY 28. 1904.;
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
Enrcll and Vets
The Old Guard of Populism
NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT ENROLLMENT BLANK.
Reference to the weekly report of
enrollment in the Old Guard of Pop
ulism shows that there are" ,591 reg
ularly enrolled members . that 13,
-those who have filled out the enroll
ment blank and sent it in or have
asked to be counted as members,
Approving the work of the Denver Conference and desirtng to le enrolled as a member of the Old
either directly or through the me
dium of a neighbor Up to Saturday Guard of Populism I furnish you the following information regarding myself, to aid in making up
ehow that 4,463 circular letteis of in- your enroumejiv recoras:
w, , J , , - - . 77 . ....
vitation have been sent out hence,
out of every" hundred. . Printing and
postage alone' costs nearly four cents P. 0.
to the letter, making the actual cash
expenses nearly $180. The receipts
havp. wn mm - uounzy...
; cth. 2ate Cowl. (year).
Precinct-
I havp. nn hand finmArh1n;r liVo 9-
000 names to which letters of invlta- U was torn (Date)... ............ ji (place).
tion should ba. sent, but unless the
responses show better the coming jIy Vocati0,i is. . .
week, will not be able to do so. I J M"W'K 10
trust that tho nenrlv 4 OOrt whn hnvP
. . r. . ' . . .... t n r;i . ; t. ... t ,.. . .
not answered me letter of invitation "" ujivusq; was jurmtriy a ; out leit mat parti in.
win oesur tnemseives ana not atiay
cMMlill Duiing the time 1 have afflliatcd u'ith the Epic's party, I have held the following positions in the or-
cave the kindness to write and say ganizatwn:
eo. 11 you ao, De sure to mi tne en-
J. 1 . A .
runmeni man ana aon 1 rorgct tnat n1j.itn.,nti7.nnn,.i var
uostae-o .anil -rinrfnir rnsr mnnov I ...v.v, vw.
send a little to heln alon? if von ran. "
If the 16 who enroll, out of every 100 Delegate State Convention (years) .
invitations sent out, do not in the ag- f
u,u " ; IV lr Me7rrter National Committee tyw).
owu lui takA uj. tuuua bu wail
it on.
In order to accommodate those who pec or CYi-m-. County Com. (years)
may have lost or misplaced their let
ter of invitation, I print the enroll- During this time I have held the following offices hi, election or annninim p.nL
fn ATI t hbnlr run f Mo Mra . A lai f Virt I ' " ' I "
sample ballot on which is being taken
a test vote on choice for president and
vice president not an official vote for
the purpose of making a nomination,
-but to ascertain the practicability of
nominating by direct vote. No votes
will be considered except those from
regularly enrolled members of the
Old Guard of Populism, but the filled
enrollment blauk may accompany the
letter containing your vote.
To the 4,000 who have not answered
the letter of invitation, and to any
reader of The Independent whether Treasurer
a subscriber or not who has not re
ceived an invitation to enroll, I would
say:. Cut out the enrollment blank
and the ballot; fill them according to
the facts and your desires as to can
didates; and nail to me with such
contribution as you may feel able to
make in helping the work along. A
quarter, half dollar or dollar is. not
much to one man; but four thousand
of them are more than one man ought
to expend in lebuilding the populist
organization
I confess that the past few weeks
have not been altogether encouraging.
They would be actually discouraging
to many a man. Out of the 591 en
rolled, 214 have done nothing toward
helping along with the expenses. A
few of these, of course, are financial
ly unable to afford even the scriptural
widow s mite and they ought not to
pay anything however small, but
should be welcomed in the heartiest
manner. But it Is inconceivable,
however, that all the 214 are in this
financial condition. Of the 377 con
tributors, J. J. Streeter, of the Vine
Our last populist state convention was held (Jt nd place).. ; 0ur last county convention
(Dat and plact) Officers of our county committee are as follows: '
Chairman P. O. ...
Secretary ...... ............ .......
P.O.
P.O.
I lake the following populist papers
result will be announced after the
noils- close, and the ballots will be
turned over to the national commit
tee to show the , practicability of
making direct nominations.
Populists, send along you enroll
ment, a list of names and your vote.
Let us stir uo a little entnusiasm.
Populism is the only real safeguard
to American liberties, because it seeks
to prevent the bankruptcy and anuihi-
lation of the food producers wun
out whom, and without whose con
tinued independence, the United States
would soon become a virtual if not a
nominal monarchy.
CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE,
Assistant Secretary.
Lincoln, Neb.
n W ntia Santa T?nsa f!a1 "Ro-
Jundi.(Ni J- IndePendenV stands- at clalism' includes all of populism, and
the head with a total of V to his
credit, besides more than a thousand
names. J. H. Calderhead, Helena,
Mont., secretary of the Denver con
ference; and James H. Ferriss, of the
more. It never sells out to oia par
ties and is always in the middle of
the road. I think it best for all re
form parties to unite on Ihis idea, but
bo many are not broad enough and
Uw v111' News' each gave 5: J- are too easily tied to a name, rather
W. Maher, general agent of the Farm- than a principle. Populism was the
T "W" "au'A" company, a stepping stone to a broader and fcet-
lteno Okla., gave $3; and the re- ter idea of actual and pure democracy
malnder gave sums ranging from ten f0r the people. We are some . time
-tents up to a dollar. There is no comiDg to it-too few thinkers, too
?ceVor on Sive very much. Darrow and personal-but enrpty dia-
lf all who can afford it will give a ner pails will educate if nothing else
little. It will be noted that the con- does." (Has the socialist parly of
tributions average a little ovei 40 California always "kept in the middle
vuuia iui iuusv who gave, ana auout 0f (ie r0ad?
Who is Your Choice for President?
1 MARK YOUR PREFERENCE -IN THE
SAMPLE BALLOT.
(EXPLANATION -The ballot below la not official In any way His not binding upon the
voter aDd la loi no other purpose than to test the question of whether the People's Party, at the
proper time, could reall niukca success ot nomlnattni? Its candidates by direct vote The sue
cetw ot the vote made on this ballot will have much weight In determining whether our next can
didates shall be nominated by reierendum or convention
The vote to be taken on this ballot 1 called piHcretitlar or ' efiective." In other words, if
your first choice doesn't win your second choice may You have a right to vote or all. Riving
each one a preferenc over some other- Suppose your first choice should be VVatsou, your sec
ond Allen, your third Barker, your lourtii Williams, etc., you would mark your ballot somethlnflf
aiter this iashlon.
9 MorgaD 4 Williams I 6 Livingston '
wers 7 Weller 1 talderlmad
5 Breidenthal j 2 Allen
8 Brown 3 Barker
) Watson
Ferriss
In such an event, you would not vote at all for Owers. Ferris or Calderhead, but would ex'
press a preference lor the other nine In the order Indicated by the fisures at tht left of each name
In marking your vote do not make a cross or check mark, but place a tfyure I in the spare to the
lett oi your tirst choice, a figure 'i lor second choice, and so on The blank line above Mr Mor
gan s nhme may be used for writing In any other person s name not printed lu the list The
method oi counting the ballots will be explained in the populist papers
When your vole is marked as you want It. sign your name and address at bottom and mall to
C. Q le Frauce Lincoln Neb
cents each for all who enrolled.
The vote on choice for president and
vice president will close with the
last mail February 13. 1304. No vole
rwelved after that will count; and no
voio will bo considered at any time
'xceii irom members or the Old Guard
cr Populism. How to mark the bal-
It Is simply uouaense
to talk of uniting "reform " parties
with a "revolutionary" party. Social
ism scoffs at the Idea of 'retorm.
And to Intimate that It grew out of
I)pullsm. Is a slander upon the mem
ory of Karl Marx. The two Isms are
wholly antagonistic upon the question
of money, and not lu harmony tij on
lot J . w..l..t it., i ... .
, " v;""' -''"t'u iu io uu.jui the question of pubic uwnmhip.
!n . .17. 11 b.Wimif atord' Hence, It h a mistake to say that -so-Ine
to the Hare method. Thsr t L..n. ' .... . ,.
...in . i i. . vinusru Kiciuut'H an ui populism it
ballot will ft be d attributed nto .t,- ....!.,. ti... ...... i
' I V ' kilLllltJU LIIIT flWI 1. - '-' 1 .'I I IV It LIT
i;Ulior.)
a. i'. r pati'iiing, onun"ia.
Tiis nsKs whr ro In can rroctire a iopy of
luiPi arcorainit to flrtst choice. Then
tho lowest nn t'holco man will be
considered out of the race and his
1iN of tinllot4 rHlitrlhiited aftordius
to tho second rholre market!. ThIm
vrUl contiouo until only two plU$ ar "Tho IVvrn rinamtai Conrplrarie."
lfft. The one? havins the Urvr mm The tntiependeut toe not Know who
Ur of lalltitn will inr. coiiMdercd tho Iher It U now hi l.rlut. but can r. s-
rito re ror prrr,Knt. and tae other ure .!r. Spuutdlri; that with o!i (in!
ihol.e for the prest Ient-unie thty eseellen.-o, 'The t'. ven Fin iiul.U Con- !
rl o ild b! i He, In whh h rase the ono plrm . a" d n ml bejln t throw '
Lavlna the larger ti'sml.er of f(fi Hi IlgM urm th ni.jrrl that mty
usui oaiiom wouia win. be rouil In Akxnn.Ifr Ik I Mar'
Althouph the vofcr' nnmo mml b "Ih(rbr4 Villltrlt., Write to Cam.
JKrud ti the ballot, Ho he otu brl(!.; j::ic)lbj(v..,!Ki Co., bo WO M,
will not b nuJe public. Only the a Now York vity, for tluular
CUOICE.
NAMES
W. S. MORGAN
FRANK W. OWERS
THOMAS K. WATSON
JAMES II. FEURISS
SAMUKL W. WILLIAMS
L. II WE L LE R '
JOHN W HREIDENTIIAL
E GERRY BROWN
A. 11. LIVINGSTON
J. II. CALDERHEAD
WM. V. ALLEN
WHARTON BARKER
POSTOFFICE
Hardy, Ark.
Leadville, Colo.
Thomson, Ga.
Joliet, 111.
NasIihu, Iowa.
Kauhs Citv, KanH.
Brookton, Man.
Wrt IMniri, Mo.
ILlcn:t, Mont.
Madttori, Nfbr,
BiiiKmlflj.hii, VIX.
Vote
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