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SEPTEMBER 29, 1904 . : TlIIdSPXSl OjET23SZl; ' PAGE 3
OUR. ; BJEW :,,YOM ; LETTER . : - QraJ
New York, Sept. 24.-r-Editor Inde
pendent: The important political event
of this week has been the democratic
slate convention, which "completed its
..work at Saratoga on Wednesday, the
21st instant. The convention was a
scene of an Intense, almost bitter con
test between Tammany Hall leader
, Murphy on one side, ,and ex-S'cnator
McCarren, leader of the Brooklyn de
mocracy on the other side the latter
being ssupported by ex-Senatcr Hill,
who, as usual, had a purpose to ac
complish not entirely in harmony with
that of Senator McCarren, who he
was ostensibly ' backing up. . Senator
Hill desired to secure' the nomination
of John B- Stanchfield of Elmira, a
close personal friend, a subservient
tool of Hill's, and one of Hill's school
of politics, who was defeated tor the
governorship in 1900 by about 111,000
votes. "- ' -v '
Senator McCarren advocated most
strongly the nomination of Comptroller
Grout of New York city, who, oy his
opposition to Tammany Hall, liad en-
-joeared himself to Senator McCarren,
know, has been' engaged m' a bitter
warfare with Leader Murphy of Tam
many Hall for the last six months.
Mr. Murphy's object was to deieal both
Mr. Hill and Senator McCarren in their
purposes and bring about the nomina
tipn of a democrat who is friendly to
Tammany Hall preferably Mr. Pal
mer; memuer oi tne state legislature
from Schoharie county.
Without entering into detail, f may
say that after a most intense contest,
beginning at Saratoga on Sunday and
extending till Wednesday noon, a - re
I JSAe Pulse of Populism
Among the scores of friendly letters
received by The .Independent every
day, there, are, always to be found
' noble expressions of-hope for the fu
ture and courageous words in de
fense of the principles of populism.
All of these communications are well
. worthy of apace, but they are un
limited in amount while space Is lim
ited. However, here are a few ex
tracts from a few of them, selected
indiscriminately: v r v
Speaking of the platform of 1892,
John C, Stiles, Linden, N. Y., says:
"I believe if the platform and 'princi
ples of the populists are the same they
were then, not only I, but many more
of my neighbors will vote the ticket
on November next."
State bank of Oelweiri.laTTwwt
and always have been a bimetalllst. - I
am 55 years old and have never known
that I was insane until a copy of the
Brooklyn Eagle was sent me. I can
not realize yet that I am not sane;
and it seems strange that this govern
ment exists with six million insane
voters in it."
Single ,taxer, Theodore. Lat tan, 1682
West, Madison, Chicago: "A copy of
The Independent got into my office.
No one in the office can tell how or
when. It found me at sea politically,
since Parker's nomination. I have
wasted twenty years in that party,
. since Cleveland's election, leaving the
party of that grand old man Lincoln,
for whom I cast my first vote forty
years ago. . I left my party soieiy on
the tariff question then agitated. Now
in desperation I thought of voting the
g. o. p. ticket again,- to the end that
the sooner they get to the end of their
rope, the sooner the people would have
something to build on. However, you
people seemed to have solved the prob
lem n my mind by sending me Tom
Watson's address before your state
convention, for whom I shall vote and
get otherc also. Please send me your
paper for one year."
John O. I'VrrcU; Equality, III., sends
sult was reached in the nomination of
Judge D. Cady Herrick of Albany,
which, while not a distinctive victory
to either Hill, McCarren or Murphy,
effected the nomination of a gentleman
who, not being allied with anyone ot
the tactions mentioned, is acceptable to
all. This outcome was a distinct sur
prise to the public, as it was believed
that the convention would blunder, as
nas every democratic convention, for
more than a score of years.
The New .York World very fairly
states the- strensth of Judge Herrick
when it says "Judge Herrick's superior
ability Is conceded. 'He has wide
knowledge of the state government.
He has courage. He fought lliU. He
fought Tammany in the past. He is
honest and under no obligation to con
nactors pr corporations. He has no
passion for money making. He is
above' pecuniary influence. Ha wears
r.o man's collar. Even as a political
boss he belonged to the better school
of Tilden, Robinson and Cleveland. He
ctuid unquestionably give New York a
clean, vigorous, rascal-scourging ad
ministration." The editorial of the World expresses
the sentiment of all the papers in this
state who are supporting Mr. Parker,
except the .New, York Evening Post
which refuses tq support Judge Herrick
y?itb..CTPund that Herrick hag by bla
c.onsTaTff-TfltBf? -waaly
politics, as a local boss of a faciToiTSn
the" democratic party, grossly infringed
judicial propriety. On the other hand,
the New York Sua refuses to support
Mr.'; Higgins, the republican nominee
for governor, on the. ground that he
will be controlled by present (lover
nur Qdell, the boss of jhe republican
party of this state. As the Post and
the Sun have about equal political in
fluence, which in the case of neither
paper Is very great, the newspaper sup
port of the respective candidates for
can I will try to get you some sub
scribers, as you preach the Ideas I be
lieve in. Pops are pretty numerous in
this section. All for Watson and Tib
tics. Hurrah."
From Prof, A. A. Burfcett, Queen,
Pa.: "I have received several copies of
The Independent, and est gay It 1&
a very interesting paper. : I hati been
.blind, voting the republican and demo
cratic tickets. I am now a populist. I
Can not support those .Wall street
sharks. I hope your paper will live
long. It has cpnverted me. Brother
populists, let us all get to work. .There
is much work to do. We are gorhg tp
win out. The blind are leading the
blind, and they will all fall in the ditch.
I have been in. the ditch and with the
blind. Now I can see the gold stand
ard iniquity the rich man's paradise.
S. D. S. Bond, Jackson, Tenn.: ."You
never saw the rank and file of democ
racy with as little enthusiasm. Our
backwoods pops are goring them, and
hardly a .sound can you heai, unless
the timid thing happens to be a "pie
hunter.' Our boys are very much en
thused over our action 'at Springfield,
and are clamoring for the frey. I
have thought Bryan the greatest hero
of the nation, and have loved him as
I have loved no other political leader,
but ho has surrendered and is no long-J
er the' leader of the masses. But God
bless Tom Watson, for he has always
come next to Bryan, and now is first,
and will remain so. His speech in Lin
coln was the finest and most patriotic
I ever- read. It will live in history
Would that we had a Tom Watson in
every southern state. Send me copies
of the speech to the amount of the e.
closed check."
club lists, saying "This if
I'ounty is the banner ponulV
Texas, and Me expect U
reputation by carrylmy
Watson or.d Tibbies i(
governor of this state is not mateiially
affected by the. action of those papers."
Neither do I -think that the, tact that
Judge Herrick has been perniciously
active as leader qf the Cleveland ring
of the democratic 'party of Albany
county lose him any considerable num
ber of votes, as the republicans- can
not make much headway wTui the
charge Of official impropriety , when
Governor OdelLchairman of the state
committee, is giving scant or no atten
tion to his duties while he is managing,
as hjis been the case for the past tour
months, the republican politics ai the
empire state.
The fact is. that the democrats have
nominated the strongest possalc. can
didate for governor. , His nomination
has united the party as it has not been
united in ten years. He will poll every
democratic vote in the state, save those
of radical democrats, which ahall be
thrown for Watson and Tibbies. : The
people's party has therefore become a
tremendous factor in the election In
this state, and consequently the elec
tion of the president, as it i3 conceded
on all hands, .that if Roosevelt carries
this state he will unquestionably te
elected, wfiereas, if he fails in his own
slate he will probably be defeated.
This closeness of situation, in Now
York, instead of discouraging those
whoT are supporting ;Watson and Tib
i "idlUrmly spur then to renewed
eTT6WTBttrceHMv
acter that the greater the buYoW
thrown upon. them, the more vigorous
a contest they make. . ; ,v '
"We are, therefore, pushing the 'or
ganisation and enrollment of the vob
ers throughout the state as vigorously
as possible. Owing to the wise and
efficient work of Mr. M. A, Palllser,
chairman. of the executive committee,
the verified1 petitions required to be
obtained In every county of tU-a state,
will be in readiness for filing In the
R. T. Abernathy, Forsyth, Ga.,
sends club lists, addingr "The leaven
is beginning to work. No man can
arouse the masses here like Mr, Wat
son." The most bitter democrats here
are frank to say he Is a man to be
dreaded before a Jury of the people, for
no one can say aught against his hon
esty and ability."
I .A; Wesson, M. ,D., Wengo, Ky.,
sends club lists, adding: "The boys
ftre waking up. There is great drop
ping off here from Roosevelt and the
Bryan democrats are . sick of Parker.
This is the time to get in our work.
There will be 3,000,000 votes for Wat
son and Tibbies, and a rattling, of dry
bones' ";'v-: s.: :
A. B. White, Mt. Pleasant, Texas:
"I hope The Independent will convert
many Bryan democrats. They think
Bfyan will lead them back in 1908.
B woTpms : and
The Independent." ' - ,
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W. W. Vaughn, Nashville; Tenn.:
Enclosed please find $2 which I think
pays my subscription to June, ,190a
It Is a source of gratification to m
now to think that I have been for yjr
a reader of The Independent rf
Watson's books for I shall xr
all a stranger in populist
42 years of age and evo
cast has been demo
leave them now
cast my ballot
full of hope
November
vote asi
to so if
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secretary of state's office on Thursday,
the 29th instant, the first day upon
which the statute permits their filing.
Our national and state ticket will then
have been legally nominated, aud we
shallthen be in position to begin the
speaking campaign.
.This campaign will be opened by a
popular dinner given at the Palm Gar
den, thi3 city, on Wednesday evening,
October 5th. at which Mr. Watson will
speak. Not less than 1,000 guests, all
radjeal democrats, and to a great ex
tent members of labor unions, Mill sit
at the tables. Ex-United Stales Sen
ator Ptttigrew of South Dakota, Wil
liam Lloyd' Garrison of Boston, and
Clarence Darrow of Chicago, have also
been invited to speak. Tne dinner will
.ndoubtediy be a great success. "Every
paper in the east will publish the
speech of Mr. Watson, and those of
the ether speakers, so that the great
est publicity will be obtained in the
way of the dissemination of people's
party principles. Immediately after
this formal opening of the campaign,
100 Watbon and Tibbies speakers will
be cn the stump delivering speeches in
all (he. principal towns and cities of
the tuic. V have set Our-mark nt
50,000 ' oles for Watson and Tibbies in
the empire stateand we shall leave,
no. stout unturned to achieve that result.
In Vcsctelon may, say that the re-
he. esck-sui e of car
judgment, is one of tru s,t4 tc.V nin
&ers of Mr. Roosevelt's I el . li nay
produce the same resul h n '. S88,
when the democrats felt j V,.sel-. i as
sured that Cleveland wojiljbe ted,
but Harrison, defeated hi 4 pud tain
m lV2, wnen the rept ans were
positive that Harrison wc
state, and Cleveland sect
toral vote, thereby maki
carry the
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tionsure. i HENRY M.
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