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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1904)
JULY 21, 1904. THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT PAGE , SO MK WHAT PERSONAL, The editor of The Independent wishes to in this way, and because it is impossible for him to reply to all the letters he has received containing congratulations and good wishes, to express his thanks to each and every one who has written him. No candi date has ever been treated more cour teously by writers in the opposition press. That part of it has been a com plete surprise. But it shows that newspaper men respect a man who will stand up and fight. From Bixby of the State Journal, to the New York Times whom The Independent attacked with all the vigor that it could master last winter, nothing but kindness and courtesy has been meted out to him. While the editor of The Independent has fought with all the power that was in him for what he believed to be ri&nt ;!rxic. ho has acKnowieu&eu mc 111 llJl - ivX nthnr follow" tO (10 same thing. ' If he has a personal enemy in all this wide world, he does not know who. he is. THE COLD STAN DA HI). if fhprfi is anv meaning to the term "gold standard" at all, it means a" monetary system in whien gom i& 4 Via nntv lfll tender. If there are other things used to do the duty or money, they must be convertible into old on demand. There is not such a. country on the face of the earth and unless the present enormous uutyui. of gold, which this year will be $400, (000,000, continues for some years to nma thT ttfVfr will be one. En- gland comes the nearest to being such Vmr P.vftn it is not strictly 'a gold standard country. The words "gold standard as useu uy laiucx his followers at St. Louis, is a phrase riPKieiiat.ft a financial interest. It would be impossible to establish the gold standard in this country ior many kroara to fimp and if the attempt were made, the destruction of the first few "'hundred millions of greenbacks and .silver dollars would produce a politi cal revolution. The phrase "gold istandard" as used in the dailies and among the financiers is the exact 'equivalent of the phrase "Wall street." The latter has long been used by the best writers and speakers, not to des ignate the men, or the financial trans actions in a short little street in New :ork city, but that great and over whelming influence ,in politics and bus iness known as "the money power." TJiat potent influence, whether we call it "money power"- or "gold stand ard," has hitherto been irresistible in politics, in government, and in busi ness. Through the banks it holds in thrall all men who borrow or carry on any part of their business on bank credits. No railroad can be built, no -great financial scheme of any sort can fbe carried on, or even "promoted," without its consent and authority. No man, from the highest to the lowest can Iree himself from its thralldom. Even the beggar must pay it tribute. There is now a contest on, . On one side are the interests of these enjoy 'ing monopolies and special privileges and on the other are those of the mid dle class and wage-earners. In poli tics the alignment has been made. On the side of the money power are formed in solid phalanx the republi can party under Roosevelt and the democratic party under Parker, both aided by i the millions of Wall street and the great daily press. Any man Who alligns himself with them is an enemy to the interests of the farmer, the small business man and the wage earner, no matter what bi3 excuse may jbe. There are but two sides, and cv fery man must ally himself with one br the other or become a neutral. The people's party comes into the ,flght as opposed to both great parties and the daily press. It can make no compromises. It stands as the advo ' cate and the leader of the great mid Idle class and wage-worker's Interest. Its enrolled army at present U a lit .tie over a million. What it will be four months from now, ho man can tell. It goes courageously Into the ibattle, for it remembers that three limes since this government was founded the great common people won against as great odds while fighting ngalnst the tame plutocratic moneyed Interests, namely, once under Jeffer Bon, once under Jackson, and once un der Lincoln. Kach time the victory was gained by the organization of a new party. Jefferson organized and won with a party called republican, Jackiion won with a new parly railed democrat. Lincoln won with a new party wh'eh was again called republi can Never jet In thin country or any ut her liai the people been Ohio to throw oft the tyrants who would ride ujMn their backs, through the agency cf an old party. Tarty "regularity" liai never yet, and never t n fore to bring relief. The vlU ARalnet ti may look to be too great to over forre. liut we ahouhl remember CmI three timet In thin country, umt It f , yet young, the people have risen up and conquered when facing just as great odds. They did it under Jeffer son, they did it under Jackson, they did it under Lincoln, and they can do it again. It never has been and never will be done by supporting candidates who are known to be slaves of the money power and obedient to every order issued by Wall - street. "The gold., standard'' is' put a phrase to be used like the other phrases, "stand pat," and "a full dinner pail." It is only a new war cry to rally the un thinking voter to the support of the money power, and by that subterfuge, expects to make a serf of him. ON TO LINCOLN. The last great fight for the exist ence of the people's party as a force in politics will be fought at Lincoln, at the state convention on the 10th of August. If one-tenth of the 20,000 readers of The Independent ia this state will come to Lincoln on that day, and there will be reduced rates, the party can be saved, its honor and integrity preserved and it will maich on in Its glorious career. Do you love the party enough to make this small sacrifice to save it? If the party is to die, let it die an honorable death, and not disappear in a cloud ol shame, borne of us have sacrificed for it, labored for it, given of our small means to build it up. We have never done anything dishonorable. We are proud of che record that it has made. bhall it 'low be dishonored? Will 'we sell out for the small pittance less than a mess of potiuge? All that is oflerod m nay for the dishonor and destruction of fourteen years of work and sacrifice, is tlnee or four state of lioes and some cuu'iy positions. Are you willing to sell for such a price as that? That will never be any honor or preferment fof any of you after tnat deed is done. Now you are proud to tell your children that you are an Old Guard of Populism or a fighter in I n .1 'Unnnriim1 1.1.4- v..V.AH ,1 1 1 ijju yau(,uoiu, UUI wutru IUUI UCKU IS done, you will never want them to know that you ever had anything to do with populism. On to Lincoln whe ther you are ah .elected delegate or not. Come to defend your honor. Come so that you may be able to leave a record to your children that they will forever be proud of. On to Lincoln! BRYAN PERFECTLY CONSISTENT, No man can truthfully charge Mr. Bryan with inconsistency. - His course, since the day he entered the political field, has been as true as the needle to the pole. . He believes in the im mortality of the democratic party. He believes that no permanent good can ever -come to the people except through the agency of that party. That being so, he believes his first duty as a citizen is to sustain that party, to build it up, to. help perpetuate it. Every act of his political life is in ac cordance with that belief. When hp advocated the Kansas City platform, he did it with the honest belief that it was the way to perpetuate the dem ocratic party, and to uphold those principles would bring the masses of the people to its support. When he advised supporting the democratic candidates in Iowa he .thought that was the best thine for the Dartv Hp said, although the platform was bad, tne candidate was good. In the Ohio contest he was still consistent in the support of the democratic nartv. Tn that case, he said that althoush t.hp candidate was bad, the platform was good, in the present case he is still consistent,- and now; says ' that al though both the candidate and nlat- form are bad, the main thing being the perpetuation of the democratic party, they must be supported. That nositton is perfectly consistent with every act of his political life. Bryan is the most consistent man that ever rose to prominence in the political world. Ev ery assertion that Bryan is Inconsist ent in supporting Parker Is absolutely false. Several democrats of Ions standing men of character, here in Linrnin have denounced the St. I.ouls mnvon. tlon and Its candidate and announced meir intention to affiliate with the populists. What is somewhat surpris ing, they declare with treat vehem. ence that If the populist Mate conven tion nominates any democrats, they win not vote for them. Otherwise thv will vote the populist ticket from top to bottom. Mr. Albert (Jrlffln, author of the "Hocus poous" money bok, which was reviewed not long ago In Tne In- dependent, after hU return to hU home in Topokn. Kas., from the na tional convention at .Springfield. In- vestiKaieu thing and writes: "The prow.-t r KansjH h even better than ! had dared to ho. I by re ported Interview with (enrg y. ahtnjrn. the treasurer of the im:1. 1st national committee, that a cot.fer- Bee S i y i r , ; mivg. xjces wax wanicu. TRESTER SUPPLY CO. J X 103 SO. nth St., ' ' . LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. $ i!3olies Dovetailed. Ferguson, Lang j troth and Alternnilnghiyps . ji sections, foundation, nmok- A er veils. Bend for free cut- V-l y NEW TVPE 2 CYCLE QA50LINE ENQINE. Simplest in Construction and Most Powerful Engine for its size made. 3 H. 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That is a good move and shall be feiad to attend it." Mr. Griffin says that the review of his book in The Inde pendent brought him orders from 29 states, at which he somewhat marvels, but The Independent lias enthusiastic readers and admirers! in every state and territory, in the Union. The question is not jwhether popul ists Will poll 700 votes or 70,000 in the coming election for a straight pop ulist ticket. The thing which we want to know is, hofa many men there are in this state who have manhood and patriotism enough to refuse to stand up and be counted as members of either wing of, the plutocratic forces. How many men are there in this state who will declare that they will fight plutocracy until death? If there are not euough of them to give hope for success sometime in the fu ture, then we will honorably disor ganize the populist party and quit. We will never do it by any dishonorable sell-out for a few offices. As a further inducement to get the populists to put men on their ticket who are supporting Parker, Dave Hill, Belmont and Wall street the demo cratic state convention which meets In Lincoln on the same day that the populist convention meets, will adopt a platform containing a demand for the public ownership of railroads, tele graphs, telephones and everything else that is now or ever has been In a pop ulist platform. As for the editor of The Indepen dent, he has fought Wall street evtr since 1870 and he will never fuse or co-operate with men who support Wall street candidates. On -that question he will not surrender, even If he Is the only defender left of all the thousands who enlisted under the populist tan ner lu WJ2, A letter wan received at the national convention at KprlnttfleUI from the old populist fljjhter of .New York and chairman of the Mate commltt-i, I). M, S. IVro, In whuh he laid: "I mint forego the pleasure U wottM afford ni to meet with you upon tho earifst entreaty of my family that It it net best at this PHon of the year fr me to iimKe the long Jimmy a!on Ik not entertain the thought that I l ute Ihfc renwttrft I'Va of relating a wlnijlw effort, fur I am t deej-ly lni rd ftltb the ror.K t the i-miist i iutt- cl.Lic system of government and too much a friend of the under dog in the fifeht. - I feel that I am. good for ten years more of service In the ranks. Of course I must obey the mandate of : Father Time, but will continue to fight 'era from, the other side." . The Nebraska democratic state con vention is going to put out a platform demanding everything that the wild est eyed pop ever dreamed of, from supreme court judges down to post-' masters, and then nut un an electoral ticket to support Wall street and Par ker. How many populists will be tolled into the Wall street camp with i hat kind cf salt? . ; The new AVall street method was to force a silent and unknowable candi date upon a party that was interested only in getting the federal offices away from another party. Their candidate was silentsilent as a tomb in the heart of a pyramid, until Wall street ordered him to speak, and then he did it pretty quick. That telegram was written upon the receipt of an' order of Wall street, issued by Bel mont and delivered by McDonald. No jumping jack ever responded to a jerk of the string quicker than Judge Par ker did to that order. Parker is receiving more booming In the republican papers than Jtoosevelt ker Is an ideal candidate. There Is a never ending stream of adjectives ap plied to Parker by republican editors like: upright, clean-minded, honora ble, personal rectitude, fit leader, tactful, Judicial type of mind, and so on ad Infinitum. Did the republican press ever treat a democratic candi date for the presidency In that way before? Why Is It done now? There Is but one answer. Wall street con trols the great dallies and the order has been Issued to boom Parker. The dullest politician ought to compre hend by this time that all of the Wall utreel republican Influence 13 for par ker. A man, who doe not want hi nam printed, but he lives in the Hate of Washington, writei to The IihUh-ii. dent and my: "I am a tlmcx rt ami always ex peel to'l.r. In thli campaign the only way that I can vote for my principle, and I will do that or net vntf at all. U to vote for WitUou ami Tlbhleu." Ilia k;;lc fcteiiji U!tnr.alU able.