JULY 14, 1904.
PAGE 12
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
Hews of the Week
Diaz has been re-elected president
of Mexico, but as that thing has been
happening regularly for about thirty
years it causes no surprise. Mexico
is the only Spanish-American coun
try that has been able to establish a
stable government It is to be hoped
that some of the other South Ameri
can republics can reach that stage of
development in the near future.
A great strike of the workers in the
packing houses is on which Involves,
all told, nearly fifty thousand. The
price of meat has already advanced In
the cities and the business at the stock
yards at Omaha an elsewhere is at a
standstill. If -the strike continues
long, the consumers of meat in the
cities will suffer from high prices and
carcity, but out here in Nebraska
' we will kilr-and dress our own steers
and hogs, Just as we did years ago be
fore there was any meat trust.
- The only rhyme that the newspa
per poets have so far found for Fair
banks is "slim shanks" and it fits
his physique exactly. They have
f mi mi twn for another vice presiden
tial candidate, "scribbles," which fits
his occupation, ana anotner, - niDDiea,
which don't fit anything. As for Davis,
he is too old to write rhymes aoout.
The Chicago Chronicle, which has
iwen ft trolil standard democratic pa-
ner and a oersistent fighter for all that
Wall street ever wanted, has now'
turned over and will be from this on
a straight-out republican organ. It
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There has been much discussion in
Lincoln during the week among demo
crats about "fusion." When they talk
on the subject, they look like a prima
donna when she is nearing the end of
a dashing phrase And realizes that she
has not breath enough to finish it.
The nomination of ex-Senator Davis,
81 years old, who 13 the father-in-law
of the rantankerous, railroad, republi
can Senator Elkins from the same
state, shows how much the delegates
to the S't. Louis convention had to do
with the nominations. Probably not
one in twenty of them knew that there
; was such a man in existence, t But
Davis is worth, between thirty and' for
ty millions.
' Th6. Guatemalian ant, imported by
the agricultural department and let
loose in the, Texas cotton fields, has
entered into an irrepressible conflict
' with the boll weevil that destroyed last
year more than $50,000,000 worth of
cotton. From the last report it ap
pears that the nest of them brought
Lincoln,
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broader spirit than most, of the pluto
cratic sheets manifest:
For many generations Mr. Watson s
ancestors had been of the landed gen
try of the Georgia neighborhood where
Mr, Watson now lives. They were
slave-owners and representative men.
The first legislature of Georgia had .a
Tom Watson In it. The first public
meeting ever held in' that state to de
clare against Great Britain had a
Thomas Watson among the signers,
besides several other members of the
famiiv That. meeting was held with-
JL Mi U-i 7 . .
in eight mues or Mr. wn,Lsuuo
to lead its national ticket. Upon the
assurance that his acceptance would
mean a combination ticket of Bryan
and Watson, the union of all the re
form elements, and the harmonious
political action of the south and west,
Mr. Watson reluctantly accepted the
nomination which he had not sought.
He soon realized that he had been
deceived, and that he was leading a
forlorn hope. He publicly denounced
the national executive committee of
his party with having sold out the
party for a small mess of patronage,
and retired from the canvass He
then devoted himself to the practice
of law for several years to restore his
finances; and, this having been done,
began to give his time exclusively to
Mr.
from r.natemala hv t.h entomologists v-Tno
has, cleared one plantation of 600 Mr. Watson's father was a man ul
acres of the weevil and is moving on wealth, or large landed estate, ana
tn finrl nikar flola tn mnniiar I A vnanir filovoQ Thfi TlfiW SYSieiU
' moHa T,PfAftflrv bv emancipauon, tne ""-""
niA r.,i t fTv,ii I . in nnttnn and the While editing a newspaper
is dead. While somewhat erratic, neV: panic of 1873 reduced the father to Watson , Jal
v,icc v, r,r.tr. a I Ti , a a tHvATi his son & sketches to illustrate political qoc-
rtW0..fi tr.r.a in f,fl fi.i iv ..Iv. ,!T, crhnni education, had Urines. The work grew on him and his
" " Luuiuufcu ."-"-: -- u 'a t niimns. hroadftnftd until his first hotk.
- then sent mm to couege, uu uu i"- , v. ;
mM tfl. rQf n,vi tntn fv, l"" nfr ft finished educa- and the one which aroused immediate
tirAcMontiol rkolf Ihnrs lirill a T InMr rf mnnPV Mr. Wot- mler?Sll A 116 0-0y OI i? TaUCe, WSS
UICOIUCUUHI UUtk V V O lii I LiUIl. 1' Ul ittVft V l . , T T . , - .
ber. There will be Senator Pettus, m0re year and go to teaching school
la O. Canon Unroot Cft. C! I ,,, Wa hftrl a hard time uu muSs ouu uaiura. matau-
tor Hnar 78- Rpnator Piatt 7i- Ron.. u hain,? nniv 18 vears old: He went farther and treated national
1 1 ui v, "-'"O . - - . . , . . I mniromDTito onrt tha nflimnra nf tiof
tnr Pn nm fianotnr raor 7ft. A Un o rvltrht P-ainPrt afimiSSlOIl """x""""." "'"""-
cnotr,r iroLiav' -70. cnnofn. tw to! L. iu ic7i; hop-aii nrac.ticinc I ties. Green, going a step beyond
Senator Allison, 74, and Senator Proc- law in 1876 when 20 years oi age, ana "7"nr"ll"rf w XfJ.
tor 72 L married in 1878. He now bought Green stopped far short of what Mr.
I i i. r fha fam I MtfttPS ana " oi.wuiu uc "icu
The Japanese war goes fiercely on. settled his parents and the younger as the JJtor Heboid.
t n, n.,c,ainn i I u cnTirnrtlnfr thft nar-I inai no worK oi me me oi a nation
constantly forced back and the two ents and educating his younger sis- ca? JPjjJ; w.ffn US
i i L ti h,,n itn ft larpp, mac- Me that the statute book in its widest
ravu 11 1 iiv i uouj iui uaiue, xiiric I live, wui ucu nu ' i i v irrlawnnc1 . . ,
r..mnra t,f tka l... nfffl,l n nn Mrftl rnnVfintlOnS SlUQ I -.'- . b'-wvuo.; . n,
- i i J, t, , uoiotn Watson believes that the world is rea
aeyeic iut-3 lit uuui ui iuu mum, m luw Kioto .cf.a.v... v.. . . hiQtrt-v Crt it
losing thousands of men by the ex- Mr. Watson was at the neaa or me 3 --- 7 7 "
plosion of mines, but they have deocr
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1 OfkA hv th tlfVlfKt 1 w luunvilVB w OJHWUI, a BCII as
the center of a tract of 250 acres of
rich farming land. Mr. Watson bought
this place, rented the land out to ten
ants and converted the house into his
literary workshop.
Up there on that commanding hill
he is as solitary as a man on a desert;
isle. From the ' upper windows one
can see the faint outline of the last
spur of the Blue Ridge mountains.
This is only part of Mr. Watson s
holdings. In McDuffie and adjacent
counties he owns, some 10,000 acres of
land which bring him in a revenue of
approximately $10,000 a year.
Prior to the publication of his two
most conspicuous works, Mr. Watson
had already attracted attention by
several pamphlets dealing with vari
ous characters of French history. The
story of how he came to be interested ,
in this phase of history is best told
in his own words and will be cf in
terest since it has a direct bearing on
the publication of "The Story of
France."
" io.m Mrrv!n hv thn hPavlest 'ne inuuence oi
ui run iu iou, v j i a jn m ,
I Mntv In th Hstr!rt He inuuenie oi u man. in ine biory
THOMAS E. YATSOn SrSt o hVonenU residence, of
' - - . rt -ntn.t was made He ireaimeiu, na tree Pay. in nis "ure
Fee ing secure In the belief that the in which no contest was maae. no NaDoIeon" he found amoler nnmr.
loiiuwi-a "V.';V" . 7 "Life and TlmM of Thomas Jcf-
wnn an 11 iiiriiinvi ih mt a- - - - i . n a., a,. L . , . .
...v, , . T a . .... n,, ,al nlntfnrm in. ur" uruuRni lO (IIS lUCine
oiucr organizauon, me piuiPrrnuc "'"V Th. artii not ce principles, but what Is
!!aSa"i r.lL rivSi U far. more ImWtaL and InterJt,
nurn i in rm" i iiAiiouai tnuirutiuu i - .
Douglas Co., Nebr.
Editor Independent: Please find en
closed $1 to pay for my paper. Kind
ly thank Mr. De France for sending
me same on trial. It's the leader of
populist weeklies. - -
I hope the farmers will let their
corn go one day this year and give
their worst enemies a dose of vote.
The enemies I refer to are the rail
roads and the trusts. VThey are more
to be feared than floods, drouth, or
grassnoppers. .
Unjust taxation is driving honie--
builders from the state, and the young
man wno expects to build up a home .
in Nebraska should have caution and
see that he votes for a party that is in
sympatny wnn . the citizen and not
the corporations.
Vote the populist ticket this fall all
the way down and send the pie-chasers
back to the mines and then we
win nave two years of government of,
for, and by the people. I am doing
my share here In Douglas. Yours for
viory. J m. HUNT.
Omaha, Neb.
at Springfield, - Us reform and iu orvlce ana tn nm .PPrnp ruua iom0 - f:
ramti.i&ti a. The lwal ihu at wwrvm ever made for It. Thl was Thomson In a umall eounSr
pprin.d out.llerod,d ILrod In their In J5:.. Tain of U0O , S
nttempts to put IU convMition nea proinwed U much ridicule a heaped . l "l'uaiPU
m near m iKible to th want-ad. p.n him. Vow at the next sr- " jr Ji from
Hut th, Cincinnati Knqu.rrr -Ion r.newcd the appropr U ion :xtl
save Its first two colnmiH n th men m Kovrrnmru .n. h , ,. romfnruf.ir
frontpage to the popullat .invention Th I the actual beginning n( the J , an,, J half frame .truTur
rrport. well as an ttrttbnt plrtui. frc dMlvery ayatrm applM to ft tJ'11
of Waiw. Th following from th rural cun.munUlca. fc jr
Kan City Journal of Ju If 6 mill M Mle Mr. VaU n hm whlfh commant,g a n " J
tnlfrot rfalera f Th Indndent lceplnK soundly at hla hoina In h urmnndln cmn tr U .
not only tau, of th. Info, nation Thumjun. lh. PpuU.t m hnjal olJ lwp iffi',;
it Rlvt. it tHau It ihowi a vot. at ht luia mmuoatea mm ' ,a
G. W. Benjamin, Trenton, Neb:
"Knroll me with the Old Guard. I
send you POc with this letter, which
will make from me to (he OKI
Guard fund. J cannot g to Spring
field, but will contribute my part to
send some one from thla pavt of the
state. Would like to see Uncle John
Puwera ga (lie U a delegate. Kt.
Ind.) You can count on me when
the srrtp begins. I want to tha
M)y put up a atraljcht ticket; nothtnf
Hh will go In Hitchcock countf,,
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