SEPTEMBER 22, 1904
PAGE
OUR. NEW YORK LETTER
Weekly Letter on the V
New York Sllualion by
' Hon. Henry M. McDonald.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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.New Tork. Sept. 17. Editor inde
pendent: The people's democratic par
ty of New Jersey held, as indicated in
my last letter, their state convention
at Atlantic City on. the 10th instant.
Over 109 delegates .representing every
county in the state except out, were
present. The managers of the demo
cratic party of New Jersey stiinumted,
it said, by a considerable amount ot
money furnished by the democratic
national executive committee, attempt
ed to paclc the convention. T'aey suc
ceeded in introducing ten- or twelve
facile and easy-mouthed lawyers who
tried to wear the convention out by
long continued speeches. They aid not,
however, succeed as the peoplc'b party
men firmly suppressed these orators
and placed the convention on a busi
ness basis.
The convention nominated by uniini
announced, secures a nomination which
he would have lost had they been
known earlier. Holding in, contempt
the shifty," the evasive and the insin
cere,' and well knowing that honesty
toward the body politic is the first" ot
civic virtues, due consideration for the
safety of men whose knowledge of
statecraft is coupled with the heavenly
gift of purity of heart;
"Wherefore, we, the people'; demo
cratic party, in convention assembled,
endorse ' the candidacy of Thomas E.
Watson for the office of president of
the United States; and of Thomas H.
Tibbies for the office of vice presi
dent of the United States."
, The platform continues by pronounc
ing in favor of the public ownership of
railways and of telegraphs; the adop
tion of the system of initiative and
referendum; the regulation of the hours
mous vote George A. Hornoekei of;oi iaDor uy uie guveruiuuiu, iut fcB
JeTsey City for governor, which 13 tne Itablishment .of -unbiased courts of ar
only state officer to be elected this ' bitration to scttla disputes between
year Mr Hornecker is a lawyer, hav- employer and employe, and the election
ins a large and successful practice, lie ! of United States senators by the people.
is 35 years of age, of fine presence, and a "3 piauuim is vuvyuu wmuu au
i 1 1 i rirH-lc: fan etnn.'? Thpro nrr thou
sands of New Jersey democrats who
are greatly incensed against the demo
cratic party on account of theii repre
sentatives being deprived by the most
irregular and high-handed methods ot
their seats in the state convention
which elected delegates in the St. Louis
convention.
The Evening Mail of this city, in
commenting upon this- conditiru, says:
"The Watson people. are naturally tak
ing advantage of the situation, ad the
Georgia candidate promises to poll an
unexpectedly large vote. The Biyan
counties are rounding up for him. The
Watson boom, started, by Wabeibce ot
Sussex county, mentioned in the Even
ing Mail of Friday, is spreading. The
nomination of George A. HorneCKtr try
the Saturday convention, means a join
ing of forces on tne gubernatorial tick
et by the Watson men and the Inde
pendent democrats. Robert Lavis of
Hudson, county, is the undisputed dem
ocratic leader at the moment. He will
probably run the convention on Thurs
day, the 15th Instant, to suit his
wishes.' Davis" will go to the conven
tion at the head of a large and en
thusiastic delegation for Charles C.
Black, the choice of Hudson connty for
tne'? nomination for governor."
The prediction of the Mail as to
Davis running the convention, turned
out to be correct, as he nominated Mr.
Black without opposition. I may say
that Mr. Black is a classmate of mine,
having graduated from Princeton uni
versity in the same year. He is an
eminent lawyer of high character, thor
oughly honest and fearless in every re
spect. -He is, however; an ultra-conservative.
He voted against Mr. Bry
an in 1896, and if he east his ballot
a vfrv able camnalsn speaker. He
stumped the state of New Jeracy tor
Mr. Brvan in both 1806 and 1900, being
regarded as one of. tne most effective
speakers '-engaged in those canvasses.
He will undoubtedly poll the. full radi
cal vote in the state oi New Jersey J,
The nomination of electors was re
ferred to- a committee consisting cf
James A. Edgerton, Albert 8. Dulin,
Marion Owen, John Rauch, and Ed
mund A. Whittier. This is a represen
tative committee, and will unquestion
ably select an electoral ticket com
posed of staunch and able ladicals.
The platform, which, is a high class
political paper,' declares that "we de
cline to fullow the lead of commercial
politicians into, the camp of Wall street,
and refuse to recognize the liills, the
Sheehans and ttie Belmonts as pitper
exponents of popular rights.
"We vigorously resent the attempt by
these minions of special privileges to
deliyer the party of the common people
to the enemies of the common people.
"The attempt to achieve success at
the expense of principle i3 not only
destructive of patriotism and the pub
lic conscience, but approaches, if it
( does not cross, the fine of deceit and
dishonesty. In the republic, the poli
tical party which no longer aspues to
be right threatens the very existence
of free institutions.
"That it was -the deliberate Intent
of the managers of the St, Louis con
venton to deceive the people is proven
by the fact that in no essential particu
lars do the platforms of the dominant
parties differ nor do we find he'roism
in the act of a candidate, who, by
concealment of principles for months
prior to the convention, and for twenty-four
hours after the platform was
lor him In 1900, he did it so quietly
that no one knew anything about it.
Although, as I have indicate, Mr.
Black is a close friend and a man lor
whom I hae great admiration, I shall
endeavor to defeat him by glunj all
the aid and comfort I can to the man
agers of the people's party in New
Jersey.
In this connection I may say, that I
am thoroughly opposed to fusion on
any' candidate nominated by t&e lepub
licaa ur democratic parties, or the en
dorsement of such candidates, putting
the matter on the low ground ot exped
iency alone, the policy of fusior and
endorsement when pursued by any
party, has -always proved fatal. Un
questionably, had the people's party
maintained its integrity in 1896 and
in 1900, instead of merging itselt with
the democratic party, it . would have
been much stronger with the people to
day. In fact, I believe, had the policy
which I have stated been pursued, and
had the democratic national convention
of this year taken the course which it
did at St. Louis, the people's party
would have polled at least the second
largest vote In this campaign, avid ijuite
possibly have elected its candidate for
the presidency.
As a matter of facC the lines must
henceforward .be drawn closely. The
voters of the country are divided into
two camps, the "stand-patters,"' name
ly those who desire a continuance oi
present conditions, and the radicals,
namely those who are earnestly in fa
vor of the election of executives and
legislators who will make the princi
ples of the people's party platiorm ef
fective. ,
The opinion to which I have just
referred, is rapidly taking possession
of the minds of many of the most care
ful thinkers of tile country, as Is indi
cated by the- following extract rrom
the Washington, D. C. Post (ind.) ot
recent date. The Post says: "William
J. Bryan of Nebraska and Thomas E.
Watson of Georgia, are the only prom
ising possibilities yet in sight or the
leadership of the radical party the
formidable organization, made up ot
the radicals of all parties, that is
bound to be evolved from existing con
ditions? The Post claims no special
gift of prophecy, but judges the future
by the past, applying the instruction
derived from that which has been to
that which is to be, when It declares
that the conditions of 1904 are a decree
that such a party will be In the held in
1908. The Americans are too practi
cal a people to maintain two great
parties the two leading and competing
parties whose only serious difference
or contention relates, to the personal
ities of presidential candidates." r 1
The only other important ikdltlcal
events occurring in the east during the
week,; are. the letter of - acceptance pf
president Roosevelt and the republi- t
can New York state convention. The
letter of acceptance is a vigorous, in
cisive, , straight-out document. The
president stands snuarely upon the
record of bis party and himself. While
ono may disagree entirely ,witii repub
lican principles and policies, and may,
to use the terse language of Watson,
"fight them (the republicans) to the
end," the manner in which the presl- 1
dent and the leaders of his party have,
so . to speak, nailed their flag to the
mast, is admirable. In striking con
trast is the policy of Mr, Parker,
backed by his advisers in amending the
St. Louis platform by hl3 Infamous gold
telegram, In emasculating, as shown in
a previous . letter, the platform there
adopted and In shifting from thae to
time, as he and his advisers have been
attacked, every position which tr.ey
have taken thus far In the campaign,
it has now reached a point where the
only issue upon which the democratic
party managers are willing to stand, is
that of Rooseveltism. The traditional
principles of the party have all been
thrown to the rear, and the light is
now teing waged against Mr. Roose
velt as an individual. No candidate
has ever won the presidency where the
issue has been made the personality of
his opponent. Like failure will cer
tainly follow the policy being pursued -by
Mr. Parker's managers.
The republican state convention held
at Saratoga on the 15t,h Instant, nomi
nated a very respectable ticket, headed
by present Lieutenant Governor Hig--?ins
for governorship. ,'
' In closing, I may say that while the
ticket nominated by the republicans in
this state is not what might be termed
strong, yet It is respectable, and al
though It may not add any votes to
Mr. 'Roosevelt, it will not take any
from him. It simply leaves Uie' con
test In this state' in the situation that
it has been up to date, namely, close
and doubtful In Its result. The demo
crats hold their state convention on
Tuesday next, , the 20th instant. The
result of that convention, of which I
will tell . you in my next letter, will
have great influence iu determining
whether Roosevelt or Parker will carry
the state.
henry m. Mcdonald.
Out west we are In the habit ot
holding very large state conventions.
Sometimes, In fact, very often , in, Ne
braska, a state convention will have
over a thousand delegates In attend-
ance. Down east a convention tcf 250
Js considered a monster affair, even
in such states as New York or Penn
sylvania. This Is said to explain to ,
certain populists in the west why pop
ulist conventions in the eastern states
having 100 or 200 delegates are spoken
of as large. ! ;
Those Colorado Official
The governor, and those whom he
is serving, point with evident pride to
the decision of the supreme 'court
which upholds that the civil authority
is subordinate to' the military, but
when we remember that the chief jus
tice of the supreme court, who wrote
the decision, is a mine owner and pres
ident of the "Bank of TellurkuV and
when we remember that the chief jus
tice of, the supreme court did drag the
ermine of the judiciary so low as to
accept transportation from a railroad
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tlemen: Please accent thanks for
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Joys of the Revival
Editor Independent: You can scarce
ly imagine the pleasure and satisfac
tion it gives me to read of the revival
of the old Peter Cooper ideas of gov
ernment. They have been my political
ereod ever since Grant's first election.
I have voted the people's party ticket
nearly ever niuee that time or ulnco
the party was orp.anue d. -The
tuny U start I n on the rUht
principle thla tlm.nd advocates! my
principles to a "t."
Tim common nronle are crttlni; won-
derfullv tired of piecrust and no pie.
The- pU l all for the other fellow and
tliw !diMjriti limmcii ti Cr mi
ihh dI Is helm: eaten by the pie eater
for the lAt face man Rfts there Just
the name. Thre are a great many
liryau democrat lu thejo parU ul
few Parker , men. Goldbugs on the
Ozarks, think of it! , ' '
The St. Louis convention is suf
ficient to warn all men of ordinary in
telligence what is coming. S'oon we
will be called upon to array ourselves
upon one side or the other as to
which shall rule monopoly or, the
people. Colorado ha3 just shown us a
sample of military government strong
enough to shame the devil, but the re
publicans point to it with pride.
JAMES CARLILB.
Hahatonka, Mo. '.
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