SEPTEMBER 22, 1904
PAQE 10.
two candidates and the personal quar-
rela concerning . who shall naiviltr. the
campaign funds of the two national
mmmittftea. There has not been a se
rious article concerning government
nolifties miblished in one of the' dailies
aince the. caihnalKn opened. Alter the
election it w ill develope what al this
is about. " ,
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
MB, 11 KIl.Jt'S SPJEKCH
An immense concourse of people of
all parties attended the monster bar
becue at Lincoln on Saturday auer
noon, September 17. A fifteen hun
dred pound ox was barbecued and led
to the crowds present, togeUer with
400 loaves of bread and immense quan
tities of coffee. Farmers from every
section of the county were present
with their families as well as hun
dreds of business men from Lincoln
and surrounding towns.
The-speaking was heard in the great
pavilion,' at which meeting Mr. T. S.
Allen, chairman of the democratic
state committee presided. The . im
mense crowd present attested their in
terest in the. present campaign-of the
people against extortion and extrava
gance, by enthusiastic and tremendous
applause at every point made uy Mr.
Berge in- his masterful address.
Mr. berge fully took the people into
his conlidence.- He was not content
to point out the extravagances of the
"redeemers," 'the injustices of unequal
taxation, the grafting of office hunters,
and the iniquities that always ioilow
in the -wake of railroad passes to pub
lic officials, but he presented to the
people of this state a well dfined
program of what he would do if elected.
He declared in favor of cutting out
all needless expense in state adminis
tration of government. All usclci of
flceholders, who are held to fat jobs
solely, because they help to pull politi
cal wires, all are to go. Political of
fice is to be conducted on purely busi
ness lines. There Is no xcusc for the
head of a department of government to
fill his office with political hacks, sim
ply because they "have to be taken
care of," than there is for a business
man to do so. And every such act is
not only contrary to business princi
pies, and a burden upon the people, but
is a violation of public trust.
Mr. Berge also struck a popular note
when he advocated the conducting of
the state university, an institution in
which he took great pride, upon such
lines as would not incapacitate a stu
dent after graduation from following
useful lines of Industry. That the state
university was not alone to turn out
lawyers and doctors, but mechanics,
artisans, Businessmen and farmers as
well. He desired the same considera
tion shown to industrial lines of occu
pation as were, shown to professional
lines. ...
Another popular note was his guar
antee that every board mettaig of
which he may be a member shall be
open to the public 'at all times. There
will .be no secret bids opened or re
ceived, no -contracts for public work
let clandestinely, but in all caes every
act of every board m must be open to
the public at all times and in ail ways.
He also made a strong point when
he called attention to the iniquity of
raijroad' passes. He referred , to the
farcical enforcement in Lincoln of a
seven mile street car ordinance tht
had been a dead letter for years, .sim
ply, because the police of Lincoln were
denied further pass favors from the
street car company., This was a strong
. illustration of what a free pasa meant
This, ordinance had remained on the
records from the old days of horse
cars, and nobody ever thought of en
forcing it, but when the police could
-no longer secure favors from the com
pany, they unearthed this idinance,
and thereby inconvenienced the people
oi uncoin to that extent.
AH laws and ordinances should be
enforced, but when laws are allowed
to become dead letters, and then only
enforced when special favora in ,he
form of passes are withdrawn it la a
bald confession that public officials
will wink at any violation if they are
only favored with these passes A pass
la therefore a brlbo, and the public
ouiciai wno takes U Is a bribe taker
He promised to use every endeavor to
have a law enacted to diroy the pas
system of corrupting public of.klal.
111. ll f . . I I Ml.. ... . . ,
byiag a felony, and favora the reoeal
of, the present revenue law aad the
enactment In Its place of a law to levy
the burdens of taxation upon an ..utt-.
awe anti just oasis.
Mr. Here's speech was reported In
full. Every line of It imwsi!, p-eu-llar
value. It a eloquent and tecmlnt
with fart and (Spires, and eihihit
rreat pains In amastalnjf ruurh evidence
of value. It should b read by every
tuit vi inn state, mere is not a
urplai line in It. It Is not only a
forceful arrafgnnieut of present tuttfe.
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Some good, some not so good, all
work hard and do their share of
labor and thinking. Just ao
with clothing merchants plenty
of them all worthy ' but some
a gr.eat deal better than others
which brings us to this there
. must be one best clothing t store
somewhere and that ' one best
clothing store must give better
qualities for ' the same money
- than any of the other stores.; It
Jmust do more for its patrons than
iothers are willing , to qo. i J t
must stand ready to make square
adjustments of all that- goe3
wrong better than any other like
institution. It means a good deal rto clothes- buy ersj1 to
find this one best store and to patronize it. ! :
Th is Store THE ARMSTRONG ; ;STORE '.
Has a right to claim being the best trading place in this
section of the United. States' when it corned to Merits and
B oy s',, CI othi n g Bette r ' goods for th e same mon ey-J-th e
same goods for less money -Money refunded if g6ods are ,
not right etc. - If yo are; unable to ?call and do. your
trading in person we advise yoii sending for our catalogues:
We publish live distinct catalogues, as follows: -
Men's Catalogue ; i ; ; ;
A-book devoted to Men's, Suits and Overcoats, . 'showing
samples of same.- - r
Boys' Catalogue : -
A book devoted to. the Clothing needs of Bys showing
samples of Suits, Overcoats and Odd Pants.'
Hen's" ddd Pants Catalogue : :f: r";
A book filled with samples of Men's Odd Pants.
Hen's Furnishing Goods ' Catalogue ;
-The only Hook of the kind in the world, showing samples
of-MeVa Underwear, Shirts, Etc. . v ,
Men's Work Clothes Catalogue ; V !
A book showing samples of Men's Work Shirts Flannel
Shirts, Corduory Suits and Odd Pants, Meti's Duck Coats,
Sheep Lined Coats,' Leather Coats, Overalls, Etc. : i
Any or all of the above books will be mailed free to those
who write for them. , , .
"Armstrong Clothing Company
i23i to. 227 O St. Lincoln, Nebraska
a t . . lfalp(i 'Kill- rv
ou in vokuo in Biuio urtuo,.uu,
hiiii th fact thab Mr. llerpo is a
fctatesman of much ability and !ore?
slRht, In the manner in which he pre.
onts some of the reforms he chain
plons.
rottow Ml
Come weal or woe, I am guint to
lead a revolt asalnat thn democrat ic
leaders who have alxuiduned the true
i.rlmhdcs of democracy. I call upon
all true demote it lo auppurt iuc. And
to every people's party man. north,
south, east and wcat, I send forth the
summons: "Throw off your discour
agement; put under your feet all hesi
tation and fear; get up, get up, broth
er, and follow me. Tom Watson.
It Is the policy of the eastern dallies
not to mention the people'! party and
that gets them very frequently Into
arousing situations. Uereoily a para
graph appear! In one of the New York
cUilieVut which the proof-i eadcr ivl-
dently had not taken a "revise.' It
reads as follows; "A poll of the state
has been nearly completed by tho
democratic committee. It shows a re
turn of some thousands of go.d demo
crftls, hut also a km of Ilryan demo
erats to." it In eUdfnt that the writ
er wss about to say "to the populists'
and then remtnlrrlns that "iopull8l
and "people's party" were on the In
ilex "eiprrcatkila." stopped aud for
got to eraae the "to,