MARCH 24. 1904.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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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,
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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.
