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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1904)
MARCH 24. 1904. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT T I WATSOX AND HEABIT Thomas E. Watson, the populist nominee for vice president in 1896, after his seven 'years of retirement from politics seven years ojf hard literary work, hy the way, the results of which are causing the plutocratic critics no end of worry has been giv ing his many admirers a series of sur prises recently. . . -Under date of February 29, in an- swer to a letter from Judge Samuel W. Williams, Mr. Watson caused thou sands of populist hearts to beat faster as they -read these ringing words: "There never was a time more favorable for a straight, fearless fight on both the old parties. By all means make the effort. ."Personally, I can stand loyally to the faith and wield my pen. I y have made too many enemies. My name, would be a burden to any, new movement. - "Choose some younger man, who has made no enemies, and make an aggressive contest, and in my judgment the old parties will have cause to tremble for the re sults." Six days later Mr. Waton, in an open letter to the Atlanta (Ga.) News, declared that if he were in politics (leaving the inference that he is not) he would be found supporting William Randolph Hearst. The letter is too long for publication in lull this week, but the following excerpts will suf fice to show its tone: "I would support Mr. Hearst be cause he is a young leader in spired by the old spirit of equal rights to all and special privileges to none; because -he favors the rights of the many rather than the greed of the few; because he does not represent sectionalism ot .any sort, but stands for the com , mon' people of the entire republic. "I would support him because he is young enough to cherish a gen erous enthusiasm for the public good, at the same time that he has demonstrated a capacity to succeed in the most trying affairs of practical life. "I would support him because he wears no man's collar, and be cause he is not the craven tool of any ring, syndicate, corpora- : tion, trust, or 'interest ' "1 would support him because he has brains enough to realize what this republic needs, and pluck enough to do battle for his convictions." This last letter, to quote from a pri vate communication to the editor, "is, and will remain a stunner to his many admirers and worshippers, until some elucidation of an equally extraordi nary character makes clear the intent of the" author. ' Another correspon dent, however, regards the Hearsl indorsement as an exceedingly wise political" move, for, as he says, "the Old Guard need not fear Watson. Hearst has no chance, but will cause trouble at St. Louis and shduld wc nominate Watson, Hearst is at liberty to support him or not. Watson's let ter is in existence an J Hearst men can read it." . ' The Southern Mercury seems well pleased with Watson's indorsement of Hearst. It has. for some time shown symptoms of a fondness for the mil lionaire editor, which, were the cases reversed, would be considered rank treason oh the part of The Indepen dent. The people's parly in 1896 and 1900 went outside its own member ship for a presidential candidate and The Independent not , only supported the candidate,., but defended the course. Among its bitterest critics was the Southern Mercury. Whatever the merits of the action of 1896 and 1900, it became evident that a continuance of such a course meant absolute dissolution of the people's party, and The Independent, feeling that developments in the dem ocratic party rendered the existence of the people's party imperative, de termined to lend its influence to bring about a unification of .the people s party for a "straight, fearless fight on both the old parties," as Mr. Watson puts it. , Both The Independent and the Southern Mercury took part in the Denver conference which had for its object a union of the two wings of the people's party and "independent national political action." Now the Mercury seems willing to accept Mr. Hearst as our candidate for president. Is Mr. Hearst any better populist than Mr. Bryan? It is pleasing to note that Paul Dix on of the Missouri World is not car ried away by the Watson indorsement of Hearst. He has the old-time ad miration for Watson, but declines to be bound by Watson's judgment as to proper presidential timber. To this The Independent gives hearty assent. However, there is no need for any worry over the matter. Mr. Watson himself is the choice of many thou sand admiring almost worshipping populists. They have great respect for his opinions, for his honesty and in tegrity. But admirers of WatsOn will not become enthusiastic , Hearst sup porters, simply because Mr. Watson avers that if he were in politics he would be for Hearst. Transfers of political preferences are not made that way. Again, what Tom Watson might do if he were a democrat and in demo cratic politics (which he is not) may be quite differ'-nt from what Tom Watson will do as a populist if he again enters the political arena. PRIMOGENITURE The great capitalists of this country are seeking by means of the corpora tions to accomplish what primogeni ture accomplished in the old world and what Jefferson thought he had made impossible in the new. If something is not done it will not be r i A "V National Convention People s Party to Organize ssy ' To all members of the people's par ty and those in sympathy with its principles throughout the country: You are hereby requested to begin at onto preparations for holding state and county conventions for the pur pose of sekctlng delegates to the na tional convention to be held at Spiius field. 111.. July 4. To make the national convention a grand bucccss requires the energetic effort of every committeeman from the preelncU to the national commit ter, Kath one has his work to da, each must ft cl the responsibility rest ing upon hlui nad perform ul whow duty. New life, nov energy and new In plratlon ha cm f"" t,,e unllM of tho party. The pcoile jary m point? to reorganize from one nl of the coutitry to th- other. The outlook loiilronlln m l flat terii. The republican party an J th d. nn h rat I party are both iltvbUd, each bavins a stnn m-mbUp l CitmslUon to tin tnita who are readj (o r.) with haf party lint will take a dnldd tanl ,-aliuit tn tr i;t. 1 Ue Irvopla'a party h."4 Joiw that. This appeal is to every voter In the country who stands for iefonn. Much hard work must be done be tween now and the holding of the convention, July 4, and considerable expense will be involved. We are willing to do the work without com pensation, but are unable to bear all the expenses. We therefore call upw. thoHf who want to cs this work progress to help ua finandaily. We ask our friend. to sent! money at once to pay the expenses of thla work. This work cannot 1m pushed until wo receive financial assistance. We confidently expect your arolvtanrc to again organic nd build up the poo ple'n party. V have reason to bo I lev th.it tn rroKrrjtft of our rati In this national cont.M will prove a preat surprise to tho rnmik of humau liberty. All reform paper arc reputed to pKaj copy ami i,nd amtunc lu railing fundi, J, H. KOMJSTKN, Vhi Chairman lYopleY Tarty. Umolrt, Neb, J. a. nxu:uTOM. 8C National Committed, Iowa Seed Corn. . One of the Iowa seed corn growers through an error shipped here a car of their best ear seed corn. Rather than pay the freight back , they sold it to us at a bargain. , We offer it to you who want Iowa corn at a much iower figure than you could possibly buy it for direct. The corn is exceptionally dry and well matured. The car contained 150 bushels Imp. Learning (yellow), and 330 bushels Cattle King (yellow). Imn I onminn 0ne ' tne very est early corns, eara 7 to 1 1 1 1 fi . l-U cJIIIIlllj 10 inches IoDf) 15 tQ 18 roWjJ tQ tho ear A good yielder and . a heavy weigher. While it lasts ll.GO per bushel, on ear, sacked. - Y-iflf Kinn Tne originators (from whom w purchased vsukhii. IMIIH this car) say: "This is the largest yielder and strongest grower of any medium early corn grown; It has proven to be one of the very best varieties of corn for feeding," Sacked on ear at '$1.60 per bushel. -. This car won't lasriong. Send in your orders quick. iGRISWOLD SEED CO., 149 So, ,10th, Lincoln, Neb. f THE ARLINGTON NURSERIES This season, as Jn the past, are in uno witn n laree - .1 I A hardy varieties which nre adapted (o Neb. and the other northwestern states Our apple orchards withstood the blizzard and severe freeze ol April 29, 190a, nnd retained a uUieient amount of their ruit buds to produce us 3,000 buohels oi apples the past nenson. We still have a lair 0 v ' winner; me nun appieg ana tne , vv ok jJJiN grape. Visitors cheerfully shown over the iNurseries. Catalojr mailed upon ap plication. Your orders bolicited. HARSHALL BROS., Arllngto-, Nb.t Dept. D. SFFn nnHii'aTei8r.Y(''Den E-E-tJ UUIllXi Reiit's Ytllow Drnit Vi n ECT FROM THE ; , ORIGISATOH ""' Th OrenUst Cropper and Prize ITinuere Won the Grand Championsliip Psl'e of the Htnte 1 0,m j . , - , J, 1 Wallaces' 1'aumkb Tisoph y iorbtst 50 Kara of Corn 'SamPlM and Circular of Pricit Free NIMS imOS., KK1) COKN BHKKDEK, KMERSON, IOWA. . '',' FIELD AND GRASS romicDrrfi BUYS AD MILLET, CANE, KAFFli:. POPCORN, SEED CORN, ALFALFA, TIMOTHY, CL0VE3 Ahd All Kinds of I IOI to 1117 West 8th. Near Santa Fe St.. KANSA8 CITY. MO. many years before this whole coun try will be owned by a few great families, and the serfs will be afraU to even vote to make themselves free. That Is practically the case in New York now.; The Vanderbilts undertook to main tain the family name ' and tradition by successful inheritances, so that the great bulk of the Vanderbilt proper ties could pass by bequest from one generation to another. That un doubtedly was what the late Jay Gould had iu mind when he perfected the greatest of family trusts, which makes it impossible - for the Gould properties to be scattered, a method undoubtedly to be followed not only when the present generation manag ing these Gould properties shall have had their day, but their children after them. Those men know that they must die, but they want to make of their families "institutions" . that will never die. HABINGBRS OF TYRANNY Secretary Taft recently delivered an address in Ohio and some who had no fear of Roosevelt before his eyes had printed and circulated in the au dience the following words of Lin coln: "Jefferson and the men with him who. In tho pressure of a strug gle for national Independence, had the eoolueiid and forecast to in troduce into a merely revolution ary document a great truth, 'ap plicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there that today and In all coming days It shall be a rebuke and a stum bling block to the very harblngurc of reappearing tyranny and op predion.1 " Secretary Tuft replied to it as fol lowi; "I deny that the IMUratlon of Independence, when iontUtul un der tin circumstances und r whl. h that Instrument was lgned, Wmn ' any nidi construction when ftp piled to 1 1 rmmit ncea so diftVr fnt from tluwn hUh prevailed at the time of our revolution. That instrument Itsdf wa ilRUed by men ho th nm Ivin tn.t.lf tho e si-fpilon of minor, of Ituane r on, of women, and of l.wr. That Instrument wua Itsrlf slKind ty men why upheld the jr jj rty qualification in many of the states that did not permit a majority of . the citizens to vote and consent to a government in those states." The Independent does not bring a charge of plagaiism against Secretary Taft, but his reply Is In al nost the exact words of the speech delivered by Senator William Pinkney of Mary land, delivered 85 years ago in the de fense of slavery. Mr. Pinkney said: "But if a republican form of government is that in which all the men have a share in the pub lic power, the slave-owning states will not alone retire from the Union. The constitutions of some of the other states do not sanc tion universal suffrage or univer sal eligibility. They require citi zenship, and age, and a certain amount of property to give a title or vote or be voted for; and they who have not those qualifications are Just as much disfranchised, with regard to the government and its power, as if they were slaves. They have civil rights, indeed (and so have slaves in a less degree), but they have no share in the government. ... That civil rights may be qualified ' as well as political is proved by a thousand examples. Minors, resi dent aliens who are in couise of naturalization, the other sex, whether maids or wives or widows, furnish sufficient practical proofs of this. All that The Independent wishes to say la that these words of Lincoln will continue to live and be revered by mankind when Taft and Pinkney, If not forgotten, will be remembered, as the defenders of tyranny. Tho Maryland legislature has passed and the governor has signed a "Jim Crow" ti, that U, a bill requiring railroads to run separate carg and provide separate accommodation for black and white. It announced that the Maryland negroes order! a boycott on the man who Introduced the bill and m h! the waiter and cooks about AnnapolN are tlacki, Krbln, th man who Introduced tho bill, could not ft anythlns to f&t and had to r to luitlmoro to ( t a miMl. No waiter an I no took would Mrve him. If thh arwidA mon' the ni-KMMH, the Jim crow bill, without which Maryland has put along trf wHI, m.y taud a rxd deal of trcu-Me.