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SEPTEMBER 15, 1904 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT FAG 13 i.J PROGRESS of POPULISM Joliet, 111., Sept. 14. A special tele gram to the Chicago Chronicle, dated et Omaha, the 8th, says: "This morning1 a committee of dem ocratic leaders served formal notice on the populist state committee at Lincoln that unless they ceased their attacks on Judge Parker the friends of the democratic candidate for the presi dency would retaliate by attacking Berge, the populist candidate for gov ernor on the fusion ticket and do their best to defeat him." An intelligent expression of opinion as to the merits of this "formal notice" by so-called "democratic leaders' would necessitate a knowledge, of their names-r-which the dispatch does not give. It may have been "served" by certain self-styled "democratic lead ers" of Nebraska's metropolis, who in the past have never failed to support the corporation candidates for state of fice whether nominated by the repub licans or the democrats; and if so, deserves no attention whatever; for these men will knife Berge anyway. Cut if It comes from men of character, who have any prominence in the demo cratic councils of Nebraska, there would seem to be but one honorable course open to the populists: For ev ery populist candidate for state office to file with the secretary of state his caclination, of the democratic nomina tion, and for the populist state com mittee to withdraw from the people's Independent ticket the names of the three democrats thereon, fill the va cancies thus created with tried and true populists, and make a straightfor ward fight for populism all along the line. Many of the Nebraska populists are bitterly opposed to the fusion on state officers, believing that the net effect would be to cut down Watson's vote and increase Judge Parker's. The Chronicle dispatch, if true, would in dicate that the democrats understand the situation and are working to ac complish just such result. Chairman Ferriss delivered an ad dress at the county fair, Burlingame, Kan., September 9, and from there went to Wichita to attend the popu list conference, at which it will be de termined whether the populists of Kan sas will try to hold another conven tion and put up a state ticket to appear under the people's party head, imme diately following the Watson and Tib bies electors; or .whether they will abide by the decision of the convention held August 3, whereat a fusion ticket was agreed upon to appear under the democratic head following the Parker and Davis electors. The situation in Kansas, is different from that in Nebraska owing to a statute enacted by the republican legis lature in 1902, designed to prevent co operation between two separate par ties. Its intended effect was to elimi nate the people's partyand the demo cratic state senators made no effort to stop Its passage. Foolishly too, be cause the people's party is the only real opposition to the republicans in ing the republicans, the former scene ing the rebuplicans, the former scene of John Brown's struggles is always safely republican except in rare in stances, perhaps, where something like the old prohibition-whiskey flight can be raised. A " letter from Leland M. Guico, Longstreet, La., under date of Septem ber 2, conveys the sad news that Hon. T. J. Guice, a member of th'e national committee for that state, was stricken with paralysis on Friday night, Aug ust 26, after, having made a .lengthy speech to tho people of the southern part of De Soto parish. Notwithstand ing he had the best medical attendance he passed away Monday night, August 29. As his son truly says: "He died in the harness working for the cause." This will be a severe blow to the movement In Louisiana because Mr. Guice was a beloved leader among the populist forces of northern Louisiana, and there seems to be no one who can fill his place. Leland M. Guice ex presses his intention to do all in his power to aid the cause' of populism, and it is to be hoped that he may de velop the same qualities of leader ship which his father possessed. He has been chosen to fill the vacancy in the Louisiana members of the national committee. National Committeeman W. F. Wood fordpf Farmdale, Fla-., writes that he is sending copies of Mr. Watson's Lin coln speech all over his section of Flor ida. The Missouri World has printed this speech in the form of a pamphlet, and Is selling it at the rate of 10 for 10c. A great many populists over the country are taking advantage of this opportunity for scattering the siege of populism. Mr. Woodford says that he believes .Watson and Tibbies will poll a big vote in Florida. He reports that at the present time there is not a paper published in Florida that prints any thing along the line of populism. A J. Joes of Parlier, Cal., desires sample copies of all the reform papers for general circulation. He says there Is no populist paper published in Fres no county, and he thinks he could do considerable good in the way of se curing subscriptions. . C. Q. DE FRANCE. (The "formal notice," referred to by Mr. De France, was a pure fabrication a mere republican campaign fake. No such formal notice was given to the populist committee by any demo crats at all. It goes without saying that should any such notice be served upon the populist committee, Mr." De France's suggestion would very likely be followed by the populist candidates and the committee. For the populists of Nebraska, reinforced by thousands of solid reform democrats, are not at all likely to allow a handful of Parker democrats to dictate what they should do regarding the national ticket. The populists of this state as well as thou sands of unmuzzled democrats are bent upon the defeat of Parker, and they desire the world to know it. Associate Editor Q.) : Gossip: James Hogan, the populist nominee for governor of Illinois, was one of the men who were imprisoned with Eugene V.- Debs, the socialist nominee for president back in the days of the A. It. U. strike. A. M. Coleman, nominee for congress in the Second Colorado,' formerly ran a pa per in Nebraska. W. B. Wolfe, nomi nee for - treasurer in Indiana, is a brother of our "Uncle Jake' Wolfe of Lincoln, Neb., former land commis sioner. S. M. Hoi comb, whom the In diana populists nominated for attor ney general, Is an uncle of Judge Silas A. Holcomb, now on the supreme bench of Nebraska. John B. Howarth, one of the people's party electors for New York, is editor of the single tax magazine, "What's The Use.-' People's Party Conventions : KNOX COUNTY, IND. Populists, and all others who intend to support Watson and Tibbies, are Te quc&ted to meet at the court house in Vincennes, Knox county, Ind., on Sat urday, Sept. 24, 1904. at 10 o'clock a. m., for tho purpose of organization and nominating a people's party county ticket and to ratify the action of the staU convention of August 31, GEO. C. CONRAD, Chairman. Oak town, liu. ARKANSAS, Hon. Thos, E. Watson, nominee of the poople'a party for president, will address tho public at Proseott. Ark., on Wednesday, bVpt. 21, 1901. Iiellev Ing the time, place and occasion op portune, I henly call a mas conven tion of the people's party of ArUnsa to incv t at IVvwott. Airk., on Tuesday, Spt. 2), 1901, at 2 o'clock p. ro fur tho purixM of nominating randuUt fur prcKidcntUl elector, and muh oth er hurinca as may be deemed proper, A. V. 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