AUGUST 41904.
? THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
PAGE 9.
WATIOK HAS HORNS.
The democrats of tne sou:n are rag
: ing in a most fearful way if one is
vto judge of the furious attacks that
are being made on Tom Watson. The
Nashville Banner devotes about three
columns to Watson, adorned with the
same sort of adjectives that they used
before the war when an abolitionist
was under discussion. After reading
that screed, the children of the south
would naturally concraca mat Wat
son had horns, hoofs and a forked
tail. Here's a specimen of its de
nunciation: .
"Ours is a government of political
parties, and no j?arty has yet had the
custody of our fortunes that was not
-at the time sane, however unsafe it
. might have been. That our govern
ment and our. people will go the way
of everything yuman cegenerate and
decay is quite likely", and when that
time comes our posterity will elect
presidents like Thomas E. Watson."
It says that Watson's speeches in
congress: "Showed that he was' for
everything vague, impractical and im
possible.' One is inclined to ask how
about free rural delivery? That is
the only measure passea by congress
for the benefit of the people in the
last decade, and Tom Watson drew
the bill and pushed it through. If
. Tom Watson had not been In congress
we would have no rural delivery today.
, The democrats down in the south
who have been howling for Bryan and
free silver for the last eight years are
now shouting for Parker and the gold
standard. Let us fuse with them.
HRAVE WORDS.
I have always believed, I believe
tonight, I shall always believe, 1 hope
that a man's duty to his country is,
higher than his duty to his party. I
hope it will always De true that men
of all parties will have the moral
courage to leave their parties when
they believe that to stay with them
will be to injure their country. The
success of your government depends
upon the independence and moral cour
age of its citizenship. W. J. Bryan.
SPECIAL PLEADING.
The proposition for state ownership
ofrailroads instead of ownership by
the general government, If it leads to
any discussion at all, will be the dead
liest blow that has ever been struck
at 'the principle as heretofore advo
cated. It will bring me subject into
the same-position that the liquor ques--tion
has 'so long occupied. All men
will say that they believe in sobriety
aim temperance. There is no question
about that. Every one Is opposed to
drunkenness. Then they divide. One
says that absolute-prohibition of the
sale of liquors except for medical and
mechanical purpose is the only way to
establish sobriety and temperance. The
other says that won't do at all, tem
perance can only be promoted by a
nigh license. Then the discussion gees
on without end.
The principle of puMic ownership of
railroads may be acceded to by all men
and then two parties arise. One de
clares that the only method is for the
state to own the roads, and the 'other
will declare that that will never do
at. all, the general government must
own them. The discussion can go on
year after year and nothing will be
done. No roads will be purchased by
either the states or general govern
ment. The proposition is simply, "special
pleading," that is, it is the allegation
of special or new matter, as distin
guished from a direct denial of matter
on the other side. Every one knows
-what" a good lawyer thinks of that
sort of pleading.
CAN'T HE FOOLED.
A fusion between democrats and
populists upon a first-class ticket
means tne aeieat or Miekey and Mick
eyism in the legislative halls as well
in every department of the execu
tive branch of the state government.
World-Herald.
An attempt to fuse tne populists
with men who support Parker would
result in the most glorious republican
victory ever recorded in the state. The
republican majority would not be less
than 50.000. This writer never will
vote for men who support either Tar
ter or lioosevelt. There Is not gold
enough In Wall street to get him to
do it. There ore more than fifty thou
sand other populist In the utafe who
will say the ame thing. Why a demo
crat wanU to force himself upon the
populist th kct when he known that
KpulbU won't vote tor Mm, is ome
thing that no tane man ran under
Hand. The editor of The Independent
U willing to tote for any democrat, or
republican either for that matter, who
will openly pkiUe himself to flht that
h) dm headed Wall trel gang, )ti ,y
liooiituSt and Parker. Kulou with
democrats, socialists, prohibitionists or
any body else can be had along that
line, but in no other, way.
There may be enough . lawyers and
office-seekers get into the populist
state convention to auempt such a
thing. They may control the conven
tion but they can't control the popu
list vote of this- state. Populists or
ganized and sacrificed for years to
fight Wall street. They never will
vote for men who support Wall street
candidates. They glory in the fact that
no convention can control them. They
have had experience enough during the
last eight years to learn a few things.
They can't be fooled by, any trick.
A democrat writes to The Indepen
dent to inquire what the editor meant
when he spoke of the democratic vote
in this state as a "neghble quantity."
It is a figure of speech drawn from the
higher mathematics where a remaind
er or decimal is so small, that if dis
regarded, it will not effect the solution
of the problem and may be neglected,
disregarded and left entirely out of
consideration.- That may not be a sci
entific definition of the term, for it
has been a long time since the editor
delved in the calculus, but that is the
idea he intended to convey, and is just
what the democratic party has always
been , in Nebraska whenever it has
been forced to stand up and, be counted
by itself.
WILL ORGANIZE,
This is a large country and to travel
from one side of it to the other costs
quite a little sum of money. Members
of the populist executive committee
live on both shores of the continent
and to meet would cost a good many
dollars enough to buy a Nebraska
farm. There will therefore be a-nieet-ing
of the western members of the
committee at Lincoln on the tenth, and
another meeting later of the other
members. Mr. J. H. Ferriss, the chair
man of tho national committee will
be present and things will be started.
The whole press of the east is giving
very large publicity, to the notification
meeting in Madison Square Garden
which will be held some time in the
latter part of the, month. '
Since thevDenver News nas gone to
Parker and Wall street, it is of no
further use to any editor engaged in a
fight against plutocracy, rormerly its
editorial- columns teemed with items
that were thought producers to every
maa who read them, me Nebraska
Independent is-now the only paper
of national circulation that has not
surrendered to Wall street, it, never
will surrender while its editor lives
and he is good for twenty years more
of hard fighting. He descends from.
a long-lived race.
Watsons Lincoln Speech
Will be one of the noblest and most patriotic add res3.
eg ever recorded. The famous Georgian is a great
student, a clear thinker, and an orator of the highest
rank. Thousands of Lincoln's citizens who heard, his
speech in 1896 pronounced it more than, equal to any
that Mr. Bryan had ever delivered in this state... Hi8
address in this city the 10th of Auguswillbe a master";
piece of logic full of soul stirring pitritism. It will be:
Officially Reported
from the official stenographer's, copy and printed "IN
FULL in the next issue of The Independent. . Every.
Populist should be proud to distribute this speech
among his neighbors. The garbled and incomplete re
ports that will be sent out by the subsidized associated
press are unreliable. , ; 1
Extra. conies of The Independentcontainingthe entire
speech as officially reported will be sent to any address
and in any quantity at :v ; j. .v-'i ;, ' 'r'
Two Cents Per Copy
Send in your orders for extra opies at once. Address
THE INDEPENDENT,
' Lincoln, Neb.
INTEREST NF ITEMS.
In an Associated Press dispatch a
column long, which was printed in last
Thursday's dailies and dated at Eso
pus,. Judge Parker's home, there were
two paragraphs of interest to the peo-,
pie of Nebraska. They were as fol
lows: "Friends of the many photographers
present accomplished the posing of
what was at once termed the "har
mony group." In it were Judge Par
ker, Senator.Hill. Charles R Murphy,
Thomas Taggart, Caryl Ely and
John G. Maher of "Nebraska.
"One of the assurances of party sac
cess which particularly pleased Judge
Parker was made by Mr. Maher of
Nebraa. who said that Chief Justice
b'llas A. Hole-oral) woum probably ne
nominated for governor, and that un
der hU leadership Nct-rusKa would go
democratic.'
Will Judge Harrington who fired
Maher because he was a "reorgaulzer,"
from the position a his court reporter,
take to this deal, come to the populist
state convention on th !(tn and advo
cate fusion with Maher?
Maher given it out told that he h
going to carry three congressional district-
In Neb rank a and elect Purser
men to congrem. H'irry up you eld
popsi and fuse with him.
fonir lime ago The Independent ald
tbtu th Oioruioui Amount tf ami
lias tu lust race came through lie
prominence : and free advertisements
given it in the great dailies which de
voted whole pages to horse racing ev
ery day. The Chicago grand jury seems
to have come to the same conclusion,
for last week it passed the following
resolutions and sent them to the
dailies:
"Whereas, The publication of the so
called 'dope' sheets, racing form news
and official announcements in the daily
newspapers of Chicago is deemed sub
versive of public morals in that it aids
and abets in an open and public man
ner the violation of law by others, and
to the detriment of legitimate occu
pation arfd business, creates and fos
ters the gambling instinct in many
persons, particularly the young and
unsophisticated, who would otherwise
not bo influenced in that direction;
therefore, be It
"Resolved, That we, th grand Jury,
do most earnestly deplore the part
that the newspapers of Chicago have
taken In bringing about the present
lamentable condition, and respectfully
urge, in the Intiucfst of public de
cency and law and order, that the
newspapers desist from further pub
lication of the objectionable matter."
There I no more dancroun thing to
admit to the family circle, or more de
generating agent In all the land thnn
the gnat, gob! standard daily paper,
For the peoples ca-isc Campaign
rate, m.wu for a dwllar, "
Another idol fallen. Tom Johnson Is
an enthusiastic supporter of Parker
and Davis. The readers of The Inde
pendent will remember what Dr.
Keemelin said about Tom Johnson
and his platform before the Denver
conference, Why any- single taxer
should support Parker is past under
standing. Henry George allied him
self with the democratic party on the
sole ground of the tariff and gave to
the party his copyright to his book,
"Free Trade and Protection." ' The
circulation of that book did more for
the democratic party man all the oth
er literature that it ever published.
But the party has now abandoned the
tariff fight and why should any single
taxer stick to it?
A populist holds these things to be
true: No man is bound by a con
vention, even- if that convention Is le
gally held and no fraud or deception
is used, if it adopts a platform or nom
inates candidates opposed to his prin
ciples. The whole people's party, ex
cept the office seekers, nold steadfastly
to'those views. Those politicians who
are so -anxious to force men on the
populist ticket who support Parker,
would do well to consider these things.
What is the uso of putting a man on
the populist ticket, for whom the pop
lists will not vote? Are they, of that
class who are delighted beyond meas
ure to get tlfeir names in print?
The present national committee has
one great duty to perform. It must
provide for some sort of organization
of the people's party that will enable
the men on ! the farms .an.: in the
shops to have a voice in directing its'
policies and making, its nominations.
Our conventions are filled with, coun
ty officers, those who want such places
and lawyers who can out-talk twenty
times their weight in farmers or wage
workers. .
When writing to advertisers please,
mention The Jjidejpejidcnt ,
Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl
vania has been accepting' free trans
portation from all the railroads In his
state and lately has been traveling
about in President Baer's private car.
The rpal miners will or course 'con
tinue ! to vote for Governor Penny
packer to protect themselves from for
eign pauper labor,
The Obi GurddleXbut : never sur
renders. . There will be a fight to the
finish at the populist stat$ convention
on the 10th of August. j ,
,The; intense' anxiety , exhibited In
som? j democratic and office-seeking
quarters in this state to effect fusion
with men who are supporting Wall
street's pet candidate, Parker, Js not
so much a desire to arry this state
on local Issues, as to send another sen
ator to Washington tp'gb into the- dem
ocratic caucus, and to destroy the pop
ulist party, The people's party is the
only party in- existence that ' Wall
street has any causa to fear. The
democratic party is j more completely
controlled by it than the republican
party ever was. It Is the most dis
reputable end of Wall street that con
trols it. The Belmonts, the fe'heehans,
the Dave Hills are a thousand times
more disreputable than the Wall street
gang that ran the republican party.
It is a wonder that Belmont didn't
trade,. wives again when Parker was
nominated, just to show1 his joy. And
men who work with that gang want
populists , to fuse fith them!
The sheriff of Cook county in which
Chicago is situated, is aoout as great
a disgrace to the' country i as the su
preme court of Colorado. Under his,
wing horse race-gambling ha3 pros
pered immensely. Every sort of pres
sure has been brought upon him to en
force the law, but Sheriff Barrett cays:
"I am theriff of this county. There is
no living man who can dictate to me.
1 care nothing for those who criticise
rne." Tho fit residence ror a public
officer of that kind would be a cell
nt Joliet. The republicans of Chicago
had to be "regular," so after Barrett
got the nomination by manipulating
the primaries, they all felt bound to
vote for him. For the prosperity of
Wall stteet and gamblers, "regularity"
U a great tnljx--
The editor of the Clay Couuty (Neb.)
Patriot attended both tho populist and
democratic national contentions. He
remarKs that ih HUMielmont ma
chine never bllpped a cor." Teat I
the fact about the matter. The In
dependent tuM Its readers last Jan
uary what would happen.
The wv to overthrow plutocracy
h to "vote 'er btrulshf' and then
"talk" against It for the remainder
of the )ar. . i
