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SEPTEMBER 29, 1904
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
PAGE IS.
Berg's Keynote.
(Continued from page 4.)
Stevens Creek. Hester Hall, nv 8-10-8;
1903, $33.05; 1904, $42.12; In
crease, $9.07. Allen G. Crabtree, se 23-10-8;
1903, $31.43; 1904, $48.41; in
crease, $17.01. John N. Dougttity, sw
26-10-8; 1903, $31.43; 1904, $45.36, in
crease, $13.93. Albert Farncke, sw 36-10-8;
1903, $33.05; 1904, $42.79; Increase,
$9.74.
Waverlyv Nathan Martz, se 15-11-8;
1903, 50.27; 1904, $65.60; increase,
$15.33. E. W. Munn, se 21-11-8; 1903,
$50.84; 1904, $61.50; increase, $10.66.
Richard S. Cooly. ne 21-11-8; 1903,
$51.41; 1904, $67,24; increase, $ib.83.
Mill. Olof Olson, nw 17-12-8; 1903,
$30.93; 1904, $34.19; increase, $3.26.
With these astounding disclOoiiies, is
there no issue before the voters in this
campaign? Is it only a scramble lor
office? Is there no principle involved
in this fight? We are trying to right a
great wrong. Is there no issue in that?
When the taxpayers of the state come
together in different conventions and
join hands to correct these eviis, are
they to be censured? Are populate and
democrats deserving of ridicule when
they co-operate Jn such a cause. 1
make the prediction that ueroie elec
tion day, not only populists and demo
crats, but thousands of republicans
will be with us in this fight. Long be
fore election day we will forget party
lines. I am glad for an opportunity to
help win the battle. If I do no other
important thing as long as 1 live, 1
want to do this, My heart is in it.
The hard-faced politician may smile at
. my enthusiasm, but I would rather
" work with the people than with him.
Rut, my friends, as partisans we can
not always win these victories. Some-
- time KJZv-C political af
filiations. We can join hands 6nthes
. state issues this year and discuss our
. party doctrines some other time. We
- can march shoulder to shoulder in tins
fight without any sacrifice or , com
promise of our views on national ques
tions. What has the tariff question to
do with this fight? What has the
- money question to do with this fight?
It is not a question with us in this
campaign whether the Filipino bhall
. have independence. It is a quesiton
, whether weiourselves, right here in Ne
braska, shall have the right to govern
ourselves. . It Is not ar question wheth
er we believe in an Income, tax. It Is
v a question whether here in Nebraska
taxes shall become so burdensome as to
amount to confiscation of our property.
It is a question whether here at home
in Nebraska the taxing power shall be
in our own hands, or whether some one
else shall exercise that right.
Let me say again, if. we wm this
. battle, it will not be in a partisan
spirit. ,The issue in Nebraska is the
same that is being fought out in other
states. The people of Missouri are" wag
ing the same fight. For more than a
quarter of a century the government
there has been out of the hands of the
people. Valuable franchises were bar
tered away. - The people have been
over-burdened with taxes. The whole
state government has been run, not
in the interests of the people, but in
the interests of a corrupt political ma
rhino a ,-nrr,)-.o w f
.
state government from the boodlers
and political manipulators and restore
it back to the people. For twenty-five
years strong men have bowed before
this mighty power of organised cor
rtiplion. The best men were cither
obliged to keep out of politics, or bend
the knee to an organization of bribers.
This condition has become intolerable.
But now a young man has arisen there
with the moral courage to risk his life
and reputation in a desperate grapple
with this monster. If Joseph V. folk
will live long enounh I bolievc lie will
wrtst the government of Missouri from
the worst gang of boodleru that ever
For over sixty years Mrs. Wlnsiow's
Soothing tfyrup has boon used by
mothers for their children while teeth
ing. Are you disturbed at nlht and
broken of your rrst by a sick child
suffering and crying with pnln of cut
ting tooth? If so, sond t once and
Rot a bottle of Mrs. Wlnslow'n South
ing Syrup for Children Toothing. Its
vnlut) Is incalculable. It will relieve
th poor llttlrt sufferer Immediately.
Ik'pond It. mother, then h no
niNtakfl about it. It curo.i diarrhoea.
to'.uUto tho stomach nttd howebt,
euros wind colli, fton the cuitn. r
dco.rt inflammation, and i hri tone
and rmriry to the whulo system. Mr,
Win-clow' Wdhins; S)n; fur chit,
ctren teething pte.mut to tho tiae
and h th iTonrrlptlon of on f th
cblost Bud best foM.tl I'hyMeUti an. I
fj'irMH In the United ;UUo, and h for
itlo by Rll dm. r!t; CiloiiKiMut tt.r
Woild. I'll.o, : trjiM n bottle. I
Km ti,d A f.r "Mia, Wiirdow
infested any state. I hope that he will
do more than that. I hope that he will
send every bribe-giver and bribe-taker
to" the penitentiary.
What is being done in Missouri is
being done in Wisconsin. Tne fight
in Wisconsin is to keep the government
that has been retrieved by the people.
I am glad that Wisconsin has a man
with-such strong convictions and such
high moral courage.
The Missouri candidate tor governor
is a democrat. The Wisconsin leader
is a republican. In Missouri thou
sands of republicans will vote for Jos
eph W. Folk for governor, and it is not
to the credit of the republican party of
that state that they have put up a
candidate against him. In Wisconsin
thousands of democrats will vole for
Governor LaFollette's re-election. Par
ty lines there have faded away before
the vision of all sincere andpatnotic
men. The people are standing together
for their common good. IX I was in
Missouri, I would vote for Joseph W,
Folk for governor, and if I wtu a citi
zen of Wisconsin. I would vote for
the re-election of Governor LaF ollette.
I some time wonder if we are not
forgetting what it means to be a citi
zen of this country. There ib an ob
ligation that rests on the conscience of
every true man. What a splendid gov
ernment we have and how much it does
for us! Can we forget; this? This
government can not survive if patriot
ism and the sense of individual ob
ligation dies out among the people.
The American flag protects us in every
lana and on every sea. The power that
it represents, the liberty that it guar
antees, makes the American citizen
hold up his head in every seaport on
the globe. Can we remember this and
at the same time fold our handJ piacid
'g-vztt tphra. Jvtc(byjti, the state capitol leads to corrupt
ment is plotted and carried out under
the very dome of our state house?
As an illustration of what our gov
ernment does for us, I am reminded of
a story, told before, but worthy to be
told again. An American boy had un
wittingly taken service upon a Cuban
vessel some years ago when the Cubans
were in rebellion against the Spanish
g07c:-nnient. The Cuban vessel was
captured by the Spaniards, and ' the
crew, including the American boy, ac
cused of piracy, and were ordered to
be shot the next morning at sunrise.
The young man was innocent of any
intended wrong. He' did not fuJiy un
derstand the-eharacter of the vessel On
which he was employed. And now this
new danger and awful fate that was
waiting for him stirred his duil svits to
the utmost for some means o'i escape.
When he had grasped the full meaning
that the power of a great goreriiment
across the sea was about to be used
against him, he began to consider se
riously the relations of a government
to its citizens, and whether there was
not some relation between him and his
government that could be now used to
his benefit. He remembered how as a
little boy he had followed his father
down the mountain path from his old
Virginia home to the little village
where the Fourth of July celebration
was in progress. The stars and stripes
" w.0 1. 1 jm fcw v,.
IMThat CjleTiwuu, fcuat---.rfl
American flag; that that flag wa& the
sign of the American government, and
that wherever that flag floated, wheth
er on land or sea, it carried with it the
power of all the American peopie for
it was their flag and represented their
government. The power which it rep
resented was pledged to protect the
humblest American citizen wherever he
misht be in any country or on any sea
on the whole face of the earth. And
now as this boy sat there in the Span
ish prison waiting for the hours to be
counted before his execution, he won
dered if what he had btard at the
Fourth of July celebration was really
true, and how could hf make the con
nection again which he had lu.u be
tween himself and his government. He
found out In conversing with his n
Koclates In prison that there was an
American consul at that jwirt. and he
man.-.",cd to got wcri io thai oifker,
who wont to the Spanish authorities
and protested ut;alnst Ills oxeouilcn Ir
eauso h im InnoecMtt and an American
citizen. The Intercession of tin- Amer
ican consul wim brushed icdd" Tit')"
told hlni that the jomu- inuu ha,! ,ccrt
taken In a Cuban ht;t In tne ad if
piracy .and that there wat no tune to
InveMh at. im to hi ItttHMvrit e, cr sh
to hi c ilL't ti thlj, at). I tluit th-i hM u
to would t.tko l ifti'O JM orilejH, the
uet niornhu; at xuiirUe, WhW the
vrcvM of the titurttin? lUht wo j,bnt
in? the ttater f tl Atlartlc, the
Vin rbicn l'v thlnkiiv!; of tho lit
t'e cat tn vh. re b wa born, ti am iu:
ti e Vlr;:ini hlSlc 11- tt ott,t f hi,
roM.'i cf th. jticiu c of hie early
t ioUliootl. of il.i' I'tnuib of July t ic-
l nu. r. i down it ihi i RMH-rt.i I tcNn,
and now with all hope gone, it seemed
that the flag story after all was not
really true.
The prisoners were formed in line,
the American boy with the rest. The
firing squad with loaded gun3 stood
waiting for the command to fire. But
just at that moment the American con
sul came running down the street car
rying an American flag. Hurrying for
ward to wher. the Virginia boy stood
in line waiting for the death shot, he
wrapped the flag around the prisoner,
and then turning to the commanding
officer he said: "You put one bullet
into thai flag, if you dare; that boy is
an innocent American citizen, and if
you shoot him down the power of the
American government will wipe the
government of Spain off the face of the
earth and sink your island into the
sea."
- I don't know how you feel about it,
but when my government is strong
enough and brave enough to stand ior
me, I want to stand for it. I want to
stand for what the government stands
for, protection and security for its citi
zens. But I will not stand unocr the
cover of party loyalty, or any .other
subterfuge, and be silent for party sake
while an organized band of . party
usurpui s procures the controi of my
state government. . , . "
If I am elected governor, J promise
you that I will recommend to the next
legislature and exert every possible in
fluence at my command to put into the
statutes such laws as will once and for
all destroy the free pass system in Ne
braska. I also promise you that I will use
every influence I have for the enact
ment of a law, making proiessional
lobbying in the legislature a telony.
The .maintenance or. a professional lob
I favor the repeal of the present rev
enue law and the passage of a new law
that will distribute equally and justly
the burdens of taxation.
There are many other measures that
will have to be considered. I will not
pretend to give an outline here. We
must first restore the state got eminent
and then we will address ourselves to
the consideration of every Important
question, I want this campaign Xi be a
living protest against present methods
in state affairs. Against the present
administration and its methols 1 am
going to lead a revolt. I am feoing to
insist that the business of the state
shall be run as carefully and a ju
diciously as any man's private busi
ness. ' ' ' " ' ' :
I call to the populists of the slate to
stdnd by me in this fight; I know of
the sacrifices you have made. I Know
of the high and lofty patriotism that
has moved you in other campaigns, End
I appeal to you with confidence tnat
you will help me. I call to evsry dem
ocrat in the state to re-inforce me in
this fight to bring back again our state
government. I need your help and 1
feel confident you will not withhold it.
I call upon republicans to give me your
help. I want you to help me in this
fight because our cause common
ground, x
Better far, that the people of the
state without regard to politics join
hands in this emergency to restorw the
IftCT-wywiMta.itcjkhxacc! .under
a partisan nag ana neip win a parti&an
victory for partisan bosses.
Better far, march in the vanguard of
the hosts of reform and help blaze the
way for self-govern ment again, than
bear a fliekering torch in the rear of
the procession in an army of exploita
tion and ruin.
belter far, be right than be wrong,
bciter far be an American citizen than
a. pailisan.
Stat Ownership
I'M i tor Independent: I read very
carefully the article In The Indepen
dent of September 1, showing the In
consistency of Mate ownership of rail
roads. I think the arguments against
it are unanswerable. When I Itrst read
Mr. Hryun's Ktatemtht of wtate owner
ship of the railroad. In tho Commoner
I took exceptions to it. I have it great
deal of eonfldenen In .Mr. Uryan'a hon
esty on.l ability, but 1 think he ha not
P.iva that xubject Kiitllcl.-ni thought
atiil utudy, ami when he doe mo 1 think
h' lll give up and g In for owner
ship by ih' general Kovprnmr-nt.
An bb .t Mi t k n a day or two rio
!y which the Kovrrnni'Mit could pur
haxt all tho rrtllroad't and pity for
them unit thft government or th po-
ii, wuuid h ti-aty r.-ct th? .icbt. i win
Hut here nttcmpt to fbtbomto my
thoughts on th mnttcr: will fiimply
s.tato mv l!c;t. It thh;
I.ct th v'owmmf nt punhatii th
r.UlroiOH and I $;,ti(oc.ivnc.u , full
Ici-al ten. r r.ii . n' I at ti first
j;iyi!i nf. r th habtitti' c f tho pur
mar.r-y, !-"! I H-arl'trt 1
per cvtit In t fix-t, J.t tluui b mi 1
sued that a certain amount, say $500,
000,000, fall due each year, all payable'
In full legal tender greenbacks, inter
est to cease if not presented for pay
ment. These issues not to be redeem
able in gold or silver. No legal ten
der money should be redeemable by
another legal tender.
F. B. VAN COURT.
Newton,Ma.
SH0WINQ COP SKIMS.
An old ArkanoM hunter, who wm In the habit of
taking his doga and gun out for a solltnry coon hunt
alruotit every evening, weather permitting, bIho took
himaetf to the crow-roads store each following
morning, and to the neighbors assembled there, re
lated miraculous storiea of the still more miraculous
numbers of coons he badannlhl-
latcd the night before. Tbexe
i. i ji . . i . r . . ...
1 4r? V N I I rn Kd nature, psisHlveljr sub
Vtr V-i I mittcd to tbeae wild tales from
day to day, until the number gi-ew
to such magnitude as to aurpaM
all belief, nd then, rising InHheir
righteous indignation, as one
body, gave vent to their feelings
In the following:
"Look here, neighbor, this talk
of killing coons u all well and
good. There are coons in the
woods, and powder and shot can
kill them, but If you want us to
believe that you are such d nikrhty
hunter, you have just got to show us those cooa
sklus." . .
And that Is Just what Vltae-Ore. the natural min
eral romedy which is being advertised so extensively
In these columns, baa beeu doing right along, For
every claim of a cure made it has produced the.
'coon skin," the actual liviifg, breuthlng, walking,
talking witness lit the cured one. It does not ak
belief, it axles no credence, It wants only an oppor.
tuuity to show "coon skins" In each liidivldualcase,
to produce before each and every sick and ailing
render of this paper a "coon skin" in the form of
hisnr her own Improvement and benefit, before he
or xlie need believe one jot or pay one cent.
Medicines have come and gone, have sprung up in
the nljjht like miiHhroons, have made broad claims
and told of remarkable hunts and the capture of re
murkable numbers of "coons," but when the time
came they could not show the "coon sklus,"and
p:HHed out Into the night, to be be heard of no more.
Not so with Vltue-Ore! It has stood the tent of
over a generation of time and peoples, and has f nlly
ftrovenandsuhtttantluted its right to the title of bu-.
ng the "liest thing in, on, or out of the enrth for tUa
afflicted," Itead the W-duy trial offer n this Issue.
We have the most elegant at
complete line of wall papers to I
found in this part of the counti
Write lor estimates, prices ai
samples. '--,.
Gcmpcre Tb Pap:r
with any you ever avr, and we
it' l-t t
oeneve vuis bioch win prove up j i
to your comparison. There',
quality in what we-' sell and ex-i
cell ence in the whole stock.
COLORS
That Are Durable,
PATTERNS
Thai Are Up To Date.
Lincoln Wall Paper & Paint Go.'
230 South Nth., Street
Lincoln.
Nebraska
OWSLEY WILSON, ATTC1RNET
301 Klchard Uloek. Lincoln Nebr -
To John M. liarbcr and Mrs. John M. lisrhrr .
his wllo, non-resident dclendHnt" snd to at
persons hsvinjr or claiming snv inlcre'tln, or
lien on lots number l: ami I t, lilock 12, lielmont
Addition to Lincoln, la Lsucnuter County, JSe
lrsks. Vou snl esch of 70a rc hereby nothlcil that
on Fepteuitier 9th, it 01, Heiry J. lisnni-ifrcom-menced
an action In equity sgaUiMt yousnl
SKlnst the Isnd strove ilecrlbe1, to lorecho
tu sne certthcates Ko. I'WXi and No. IXH roV
erin ttsld lots ropectlvely, and issue! by the
County Tressurer 1 l-ancaster County. Nebras
ka, to rahl plalnt'.ir, on March 7lh. VAiI for the
then due sad itelinqiient Male, Connly ami
City Tales tor the years lsttl, ivt. IW. l".7, 1 mj
V'i,Di1 V.x-0 i.n each lot and amounting to
.'i..vj on fHch rcrliilcate.
I'lsliitllt Ihtrcaltcrdulf atl on each of sat !
ei rilla sics rcpeciivelT. (sirs then become ilu
oil each ol inildl.iH as follow: on July iwi
eouniy aiiil tialc; 1'Kil- iCc; hcptenibcr 1.' I'm:!
cuut ail klate, 1W.' 7Uc; May pi. li2, M
cliy :lc; ficpteinbf-r li.lv ;t, 1 'i city iic, o
each til i I lots. 1 hero Is now du to p'alnti
on Hi'h f ald two crUltlcat, wilh li r
rt un eacii ! (-ayuients. from ti,e Out
tlierrof, I-, March,?, I'M, st -1 pr criit per an
nura and thereafn rat it,- rate of U) p r cent p r
annuiti tugelh, r wltti ti n y let and c !:
I he I'UlutUI prav (list rai-U of atd ht uiav
tm iiilil lor the pa) uteftl f the utouut due i-' It
rpei Ue tat sale eertlfi, ale. with Interest, al
tonify i :i le( t. and Ut u. It: alxivis
itauud (t-!,'iidnt u t a l er'bt , lff. fr
rialtiilnif anyiu ret In, c l n n I lau I
may b i arrrtl and (orn h rd of all e-juily
rdsinpt1i.n thrffln and lot e i,itiit rrito'.
S i il ar o-'i' e t. amwrr plaliUUt i pctlii iil
.iiof le'vr tt. . I'll t -I CM I "f I I
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