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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
FEBRUARY 11, 1901.
' A Whole People Cowed .jsy.'r
New York, Feb. 6, 1904. (Editorial
Correspondence.) Nothing perhaps
- would better show what a hold plu
tocracy has upon the people here than
a little experience I had with the
New York dailies. For a week after
the little conference I held with some
politicians here, lollowed by -Bryan's
speech In Lincoln, the papers were
filled with denunciations of populism.
Morning after morning and evening
after evening, the editorial columns
were loaded down with denunciation,
condemnation and curses of populism.
Not once was a word said concerning
what populism is, but it was de
nounced as the vilest, most debased
and degrading thing that ever cursed
the world. Noticing a sentence in the
New York Times, that I thought
might let me in to make seme sort
of a reply, I wrote the following let
ter to the editor.
"Editor New York Timea. Dear
Sir. In the Issue of the Times of
this morniDg you say;- 'In our judg
ment it is better that Mr. Bryan and
his doctrines should be discussed with
every circumstance of publicity, in
order that he and they may be re
jected with full knowledge, not
through ignorance.' I certainly heav
ily agree with that statement. Will
the Times give a little space for a
statement of the views of one of the
6,000,000 men who voted for him,
though under protest, upon the money
question?
"It Is only fair to say that I am 'a
long-haired, wild eyed' populist, one
of that kind of men who are often de
nounced as 'socialists and anarchists'
in the same sentence by the learned
editors of the east, and have but re
cently landed here from the from the
heart of the 'Great American Desert,'
which is supposed to occupy some
millions of acres of rainless regions
just east of the Rocky mountains.
' I find that a real, live populist is
something of a rara avis In these
regions down by the sea, and what he
thinks of 'the free and unlimited coin
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1,'
'cheap money,' and kindred subjects
might amuse, if nothing more, your
readers. Yours truly, ,
T. It. TIBBLES.
"857 Union St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"January 28. 1904."
The next day I received the follow
ing answer:
' New York, Jan. 29, 1904.' Dear Sir:
In response to your communication of
yesterday we can only say that we
must see the letter before we can de
termine whether it is proper to print
or not. We shall be pleased to re
ceive a letter from , you and will see
to it that it is read with attention.
sDectfully,
"THE NEW YORK TIMES.
Per. II. L."
I then sent tha following letter. To
'ake" it go I acknowledge
that I used a little lite
rary strategy. Since I have been here,
in every gathering, I have been urged
to tell tales of the Indians and life
on the plains, so I threw in a little
of that at the beginning and end, as
an inducement to get the average resi
dent to read the rest. Not a word
has ever been received from the
Timea since, and the article never ap
peared. Some people here who have
a very high idea of the honesty and
integrity of the editors of the Even
ing Tost insisted that the article
should be sent to that paper. I told
them that it would never appear, but
to satisfy them, I sent it to that paper
also. It was thrown in the waste
: basket.
, It is a fact as stated in tho Inter
view I sent a day or two ago, that
Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure
Costs Nothing if it Fails
Am hmipt pmn ho uinVra from bi-iimtim It
wlrnn to this i'ttrr tur tfrt I ararchptl r
bn t liuii Tcif1e for I nrumaiiin. tor nearly
St ar I red to thi rnl. Al lait.ln lit ntunt,
nit M-arrb m rar'4. I Ioub.1 a ctij rhrmlf al
tatltt i4 OlMmlnl mi ihr I tuuiatie i r.
t?riM fit bad tfiuppointnl fbnMana r.tmhi-r(.
I itt M thai r 'bwp't I bfutnaiii iirvran
tor otif How ltrb again, i hat It inifti i.
I ut It will drlva If .in th M.l iho flfe.rt thai tanar
pain ana awl lair, aa.l yum that la ih rml . i" m,.
mall iu. i inn tiitt til i tial I will rurtiKfc Ut a
ftiil nib mt I brttinauc i ur n trial. 1 raoa I rara
II rawitAta a Uw.mi'.i i uumhaa' !
to tirt thai I Ml uuatraM iil irl,i alttiin :t
ata 1 bit trial irratiiMttl toll runOnt .. thai t r
hm-ft I umii- ur t r'r at aDt t h m.
tXm- ttat l-ira Maiat diwaaa tbal U lrn:tii .
6t ta Htailn U fHlai- m tt m fault, f
tattb la tut taa wiIimm 4 ti4iiraM--r arittaa
la'wt. I a via hat It ai 4. t I kant tail
u wll that I ill lxri ibi rflf mm trial. Mil t-lt
airito n a pal . mt b b buintim. I t I
lba airanaa lib druiM la f. r uini a that
tw ca awr alt Intra ut It. lkf t b'Winailt
t ttrw t ta tt w tat H a lu
m trial. II It au-lt ! tm fH M l C (tit
fatit ia ttiia ana iuik ai.ms it I- m
,tiri I fi 1 Riraa tbal ik ti. dwnt nj.i a
f-it in-m ihi.
v i t in arti I IU tMl im tba Hi.,, if mt
lNtity fr a Katb. II faiia IM l- la mla.
Aiiiraa If k's I t baa, i
tni.l raa rbr.W aia Iua tN Vl lartr
IvwlHUt At aiKiutuu,
not a word attacking plutocracy will
be allowed to appear in any eastern
raper. Wall street relies upon the
press to enable it to continue its rob
beries. The editors who do the writ
ing are simply literary hirelings, aa
devoid of honor as the promoter who
wrecks and robs the homes of thou
sands. If there isn't any hell, there
certainly ought to be for such cring
ing, crawling, craven creatures as the
editors and managers of the New
York daily press. The whole pop
ulation is cowed. Not a man preach
er, teacher, lawyer or day laborer
in all this part of the country dares
to attack publicly the robberies and
villainies of plutocracy. The follow
ing is a copy of the article that I sent
to the Times and Post:
Editor New tfork Times: It may
be presumption on the part of one who
spent his early years on the plains of
the west, 'and devoted his perceptive
faculties to following dim txails left
by the savage enemy, cultivating only
the senses of sight, hearing, Emellmg,
and the instinct that indicates the
nearness of the enemy, or the game
on which his life depended, to enter
the domain of "culture and object to
anything that he finds there, but for
the life of him he cannot And out
what advantage, either spiritual or
material, can be permanently secured
to any part of this country by a sys
tem, carried on for years, of constant
misrepresentation. If the advocates
of what is called the "gold standard"
really believe that their theories are
based on truth, why not rely upon the
statement of that truth, rather than
upon falsehoods and misrepresenta
tions, and the constant use of epithets
against those who oppose it?
The words populist and populism, I
find since my arrival here, are in con
stant use In the dally papers. When
denouncing' an opponent, the vilest
epithet that can be used, It seems, is
to call him a "populist. If derision,
contempt, scorn, is to be expressed
against any economic theory, all that
is necessary to give that expression
the fullest force, is to call it "pop
ulism." ,
Now what is populism? Do popul
ists advocate anarchy or socialism?
Do they attack the right to own prop
erty? Did they ever advocate the re
pudiation of honest debts? Has any
man who is recognized as an author
ity among them, ever advocated any
thing in the field of political economy
outside of the doctrines maintained
by Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Ri
cardo, or any other standard author
ity in the whole wide world? A con
densed summary of the belief of pop
ulists may be given as fellows:
A currency consisting of but one
kind of money any ono dollar being
"as good," that is, of the same pur
chasing power, as every other dollar.
Any restriction upon the exchange of
commodities, whether it Is by license,
tax, or tariff, vestricts the production
of wealth and in that much is detri
mental to the interests of mankind.
Experience proves that the "con
trol" of private companies of great
wealth, owning and operating monop
olies, such as gas companies, electric
lighting, street car systems, tele
graphs, telephones and railroads has
proved a failure, and therefore the
populists would follow the example
of the "effete monarchies" of the old
world, which has so generally proved
satisfactory, and let the government
or cities "own" them.
Three-fourths of the people of the
world use either silver or paper aa
money, and populists believe thnt the
wildest vagary that cer entered a
man's mind, is the conception that
silver or paper can be eliminated from
any money system.
The claim that tho United Statts is
on a gold basis while. In round
numbers, there are 1.000,000,000 of
silver, $317,000,000 of greenback,
$5G.00,('iM) of national bank notes
and some other forms of currency lu
circulation, all of which Is to tome ex
tent a legal toiv'tv, H so wild a state
ment that populist corn to discuss
It. A "gold standard" co-intrv 1 a
country in which gold Is tho only 1
pal tndtr, except to the extent that
our copper certs and Dickie are Icul
iciuipr.
ropulUt U'Hrve that urcat accumu
lations of wealth, with the notable ex
rrption of tho Standard Oil company,
which arc a threat Ut the stability of
this republic, hat rraulUM from
jmuuttu? spttftat pilvllfitra to the ft?w,
Vam!rlUt was jthcn th mh!uI prlv
llKt of bulldinK a railroad. That
plal prh(lcn U worth today not
lets than IIOO.oiiV'chi. YanJcrbilt wa
not to tlatn for acvt ptlng this "Rift.
but an Ignorant populace wu Ully
to grant It, Thcrcfurc, ivjulUU be
lieve that there should be special
privileges for none.
Populist principles concerning
banks and banking, which would re
quire too much suace to explain here,
would result in making the depositor
safe and a bank a blessing to the com
munity ia which it did business. Now
the men who believe in such conser
vative doctrines as these may be
"long-haired, wild-eyed lunatics," but
it does not appear so to me.
During the days of "bleeding Kan
sas'" and the John Brown war in that
territory, I was asked to go as a guide
for a hunting party, among whom was
Richardson of the New York Tribune
and Ridpath, representing some other
paper. I took the party up to the head
waters ofHhe north fork of the Solo
mon river, where we made a camp.
The next morning a very heavy fog,
a rare thing for that country, settled
down over plain and river. The news
paper men were eager to hunt and we
started out on the level plain where
there was nothing but buffalo grass,
and not a weed of any soit fiom
which the points of the compas could
be learned. I proposed that we go
back to camp and wait until the fog
rose, but they would have none of it.
Presently I discovered that wo were
crossing our own trail we were go
ing around in a circle and 1 told the
eager hunters so. When I pointed
out the trail they could not see it. I
got off my horse and carefully parted
the short grass so, that to me, the
imprint of a hoof was very plain, but
still they could not see it They in
sisted on going on, but I took the
trail and went back to camp. Tncy
wandered off in the fog and thirty-
six hours afterward, very hungry, they
came back, having had nothing to eat
in aTTthat time. I suggest that some
of the learned editors of the east get
down from their high horses, find the
old trail laid down by the economists
and come back to camp, from which
a fresh start in the right direction may
be taken. - There have oecn some
truths discovered by mankind since
civilization first appeared in Egypt
10,000 years ago and among these
truths is this one: "All govern
ments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed." All
populists believe that, too.
T. II. TIBBLES.
TAMMANY IS GOOD
It Hae Becoma a, Modal for all Reform
Gtrrarnmenta Krarywhcra-TiiA Bow
ery li as Ordarly a O Strcar, Lincoln
There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
That hung down over her for'ard.
When she was good
She was very good,
But when she as bad sne was horrid.
That describes Tammany. For
some reason the order has gene forth
that for the next few months Tam
many must give New York a model
government. The "reform" govern
ment of Selh Low, wLen compared
with what Tammany 13 doing, has a
very disreputable appearance. This
winter there has been more snow in
the city than has been known for
years, but it is promptly removed
from the business streets and many
of the others where there is much
travel. . The gamblers are having the
hardest time they ever experienced in
all their lives. Detectives and citizen-clothed
men swarm the streets in
the places where there are the biggest
crowds, and scores of pick pockets and
sneak thieves have been captured dur
ing the last few oays. The tools tak
en from burglars fill up the police
stations. Cabmen are arrested for
overcharges. One of these gentry,
who did not understand the new move,
drove a passenger to a police station
and turned him ever as having re
fused to pay hi" fare. When It turned
out that that cabman had undertaken
to collect $12 for a short riJe, con
trary to all precedents, the cabman
was locked up und tho passenger told
to go. He was the most astonished
cabman that was ever fccen In New
York. Seventeen plcnpockcta were
picked up on 42d street In a few hours.
It seems just cs easy to keep oider
In New York aa In a New England
vf.fcgo when the authorities rcully
def ire to do so.
Tammany U astonishing everybody.
What it all means no one hrn stems
to know. Even tho ruayur U to roo!
naturcd that hi marries coupioj with
out making tho bride prouib to
"obey,"
To m It iM-cma plain. Wall atrrct
wants to rarry Nw York for tht dem
ocrats at the next clcctlou. it will be
necessary to rotl up a tremendous
majority lu th city an l Tatnn.auy U
p!alng for what it ca.kd hne "ihe
Independent lote," These "indepen
dents" are opptwd to the lltlU ttaft
that )! Icemen collect from le, but
hate unbounded admiration fur the
great grafts by which hundreds of mil
lions are accumulated in the hands of
one man. T.
EXTRAORDINARY MERIT
Of a New Catarrh Cure
Physicians are slow to take up new
and untried remedies, until their val
ue has been established by actual ex
periment, and they are naturally
skeptical of the many new prepara
tions constantly appearing and for
which extravagant claims are made.
The most liberal and enlightened
physicians are always ready, however,
to make a fair trial of any new spe
cific and get at its true medical value.
A new preparation for the cure of
catarrh has atti acted much attention
in the past few months and has met
with great favor from the medical
profession not only because it is ie
markably successful in the cure of
catarrh, but also because it is not a
secret patent medicine; anyone uting
it knows just what he. is taking into
his system. . '
It is composed of blood root which
acts on the blood and mucous mem
brane, hydrastln for same purpose
to clear the mucus from head and
throat, and red gum of eucalyptus tree
to destroy catarrhal germs in the
blood.
AH of these untiseptis remedies are
combined in the form of a pleasant
tasting tablet or lozenge, and are sold
by druggists -mder name cf Stuart's
Catarrh Tabletc, and many recent
testa in chronic catarrh cases have
established its merit beyond question.
Dr. Sebring states that he has dis
carded inhaler?, sprays " and washes
and depends entirely upon Stuait's
Catarrh Tablets in treating nasal
catarrh. He says: "I have had pa
tients who' had lost the sense of smell
entirely, and whose hearing was also
impaired from nasal catarrh, recover
completely after a few weeks' use of
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets. I have been
equally successful with the remedy in
catarrh of the throat and catarrh of
stomach. I csn only exprniu it on
the principle that catarrh is a con
stitutional disease, and that the ami
septic properties 'in these tablets
drives the catarrhal poison complete
ly out of the system." x
Dr. Odell says, I have cured many
cases of catarrh of stomach iu past
four months, by the use of Stuart's
Catarrh Tablets alone without the use
of any other remedy and without diet
ing. The tablets are . especially use
ful in nasal catarrh and catarrh ot the
throat, clearing the membranes and
overcoming . the continual hawking,
coughing and expectorating, so dis
gusting and annoying to catarrh sufferers.
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