THE NEBRASKA .INDEPENDENT
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New York, Oct. '1. Editor Independent-:
The past week has been one of
lull In politics. The only event ot iin-
portance ha3 been Judge Parker's let
ter of acceptance, ' issued at the be
ginning of the week. His letter," while
somewhat more positive in expression
of opinion than his speech of accept
ance, Jacks vigor and stamina. U is
becoming more and more evident that
these elements are not a part ot the
candidate's mentality and therefoie he
can not express himself with prtcis
sion and force. " The New York Trib
une quite fairly expresses public, sen
timent when it states that "Air. Par
ker's letter goes far towards demol
ishing his reputation as a great jurist
capable of sustained logical force." It
is' an assemblage of disjointed para
graphs, seemingly produced without
nny plan of arrangement, without any
clear-cut conceptions of the problems
discussed, and without any definite pol
icy to expound." " '
Jn the same line the very taiefully
edited Journal of Commerce sajs: "The
letter can hardly be called a strong
document by Mr. Parker's , most seal-
f"X9 .svp'zrtzrs.-JJ.J wSj?p . aecrr es-
Aeivd vigor displayed "by President"
i Roosevelt in -his letter of acceptance.
Judge Parker touches briefly on a
number of public questions in a man
I ner that may almost be characterized
r " as tame, not to say commonplace."
f The New York Sun, which was in-
clined immediately after the St: Louis
, 'convention to support Mr. Parker but
i afterward adopted a different policy,
.principally on account of the men
I. whom Mr. Parker called about him to
I - manage, his canvass, . states-, "The
11 letter Is easier . to read than its pre
decessors, because Mr. Parker himself
or some useful friend has edited away
the 'over-abundance. of qualifying
! - Disregard of Law
- If i Editor Independent; - i
i 1 when railroad companies take; ad
tV vantage of Sunday to do. those things
V which are so much an invasion ot, the
('' rights" of citizens as to make uoubt
; J i ful their right to do the work on ord
1 i inary workdays when courts are in
il l session, they are simply laying up trou
! ble.for themselves and it would come
with poor grace ior uieiu w uofc "f ,
on a strict enforcement of the law
should" they have trouble in the future
with their employes. ' By the very act
of causing these employes ta disre
gard the rights of others and to work
on Simday-Mri itself an infraction of
jhji laws of the state in an effort: to
secure DOSsubsaUirVUMRWiUtJU
their' rights' might be questioned, the
officers of the company instill into the
minds of the men 'that nothing is to
be considered but' success. If the men
take this lesson to heart and,' in a
strike,' should so far forget the respect
due the rights of others as to make
assaults upon the 'strike breakers or
attempt to levy a boycott the company
would-be entitled.Jto little sympathy for
it would but receive the treatment it
has accorded others.
In this country, particularly,' it will
be found that the source of disregard
for law is not in the working classes.
It is .true that under stress of tir
" cumstanees the working man has not
always respected rights of persons and
property but even a casual study of
the question will show that in most
instances the men thus disregarding
law have boon but following the ex
ample set for . them by managers of
corporations, and are only putting
into effect those methods which they
have previously followed at the com
mand of corporation managers for the
benefit of the corporation.
It is not unprecedented for the book
keeper of a largo wholesale house to
be instructed to make a falte entry
in his books to cover an Illegal rebate
granted his house for. freight charges.
This is considered all "in the business"
by tho managers of the house, but
when the same bookkeeper makes an
other false entry to cover cash taken
by hlai from tho safe, there Is In
dignation on tho part of the hcuae and,
if prosecution la not followed by pun
ish ment, It t3 considered an act of
grace upon the part of tho company to
whose Interests tho employe has proved
false.
A railroad company will Instruct a
road master to causa track to be laid
along a utreet to which the company
has a qu-Htlonable rlfiht, tho work to
bo done at nkht or on Sunday no that
persons who may ha superior right
may not be permitted to c-n force them
The work la done to tho natlsfae Hon
tho 'oriipany and It U all rluht,
lut when (ho same men attcir.pt to
tear up trark w Hanlt tthr work
phrases and modifying words with
which the exceltent gentleman has
been accustomed in his political man
ifestos to balance both sides so im
partially that when you get to the end
of one of his complicated senteur.es you
do not know whether tweedltaaiu or
tweedledee 'has the plurality. '
As a matter of fact, the puu.ic ut
terances of Mr. Parker since his nomi
nation have more and more convinced
thoughtful people that . the motive
which animates him solely in all of his
public declarations, is an overwhelm
ing desire to obtain the presidency,
and that party principles and party
policies arc in his mind of sc-.'ondary
consequence. '
This consuming ambition to become
president, is shown by the fact that
Mr. Parker has practically changed bis
residence from Esopus to New York,
and has taken quite complete charge of
the conduct of his campaign. No mat
ter is too minute for his attention,
as was indicated a day or two ago
when, through Mr. Belmont, he re
quested Dr. John H. Girdnei of this
city, one of Mr. Bryan's closest friends,
to call upon him. Dr. Glrdner told
on Mr. Parker, except at Me fcolici-
tation of the democratic candidate for
the presidency, and will full knowl
edge on the part of the candidate that
he (Dr. Glrdner) was opposed to his
election.
Mr. Belmont assured Dr. Girdner
that Mr. Parker desired to see him and
that he well knew of his opposition
to his candidacy. Under these condi
tions the call was made. A gentleman
present at the interviewt told ine that
almost at the outset Dr. Girdner told
Mr. Parker, that he could not support
his " candidacy, owing to the fact that
his nomination had been brought about
men all of the. powers of the s; ate
are invoked to enforce the law. , .
, In almost every line of business
there is more or less of the same thing,
and the wonder is that the ordinary
working men, whose idea of the; law
and of things in general is drawn not
so much from books as from the course
followed by , successful men an u cor
porations, have, as high a regard for
law as f they show under all circum
stances! . ' ' " . '
There can be no two rules of action
in this country. Either all persons,
natural arid artificial, must be com
pelled to observe the law' or anarchy
must be recognized and ' permitted ' o
the individual 'as well as to "the as
sociation of individuals who -combine
ltPS!l5rJ1sInes8- The corporation'
cannot ue punisnect oy imyIT0irj3i'Stitr
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I! It I an OHOAN you wnt
of Chicago, both make, familiar to
aved mony by buylog thair piftDO
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oy the money power; that it had only
been . accomplished by disreputable
methods, that the character of the men
who were carrying on his canvass was
such as to repel all patriotic Ameri
cans. ,.. V
. Mr. Parker then asked Dr. Girdner Jf
he did not think him a better man inan
Mr. Roosevelt; the doctor replied (hat
he did not see that that matter was
material, but granting that he (Par
ker) was a better man than Rotsevelt,
the situation seemed to.be the same
as when a cotiple of burglars had bro
ken Into one's house and baa held
the owner up at the mouth of their
pistols. That then one of the burglars
should say to the householder, let me
rob you because I am better looking
and more civil than this other fciiow.
The doctor then added, "I don't know
as it would make very much difference
to the held-up, which of the pair took
his cash. Without any personal re
flection, it seems to me. the country as
between the democratic and republican
parties is in the same condition as
the householder; it doesn't max? any
particular difference whether Mr.
Roosevelt or you succeed, the result, in
rious to the best interests of the peo
ple." In this connection I may saj tnat a
little time before I saw . Dr. Girdner,
I had called on quite a wealthy leading
business man of this city, also a close
friend of Mr. Bryan. He stated in the
course of the conversation that he
would not vote for Mr. Parker. The
position of these two gentlemen is, I
believe, that of the great majority of
leading radicals in this city. I there
fore look for a large vote for Watson
and Tibbies.
The petitions, which it is necessary
to secure in order to nominate state
and fines may be treated lightlj as a
change in the schedule of prices for a
short time will generally place the
burden upon the shoulders of the con
sumer. If : any - imprisonment follows
the violation of law on the part or' cor
porations it Is usually'a paid employe,
who is compelled by the stress of cir
cumstance's to follow the illegal course,
who receives punishment and Ue mas
ter mind, who conceived the iniquity
escapes punishment. ,. . .
.There should be a change in the
laws regulating the .punishment ot" cor
porations violating laws and since fines
can be shifted and punishments avoided
probably the most effective means of
punishment would be for the slate
whose laws have been , violated or
evaded to levy upon the property of
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Telephone A357.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA,
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you wouhJ bo pleased with MATCIILlvSS 1IURUETT or a SCllULZ Organ
th publics for many yaara. In regard Ui pricfa-would auy many pcojJa have
and organa of ua.
officers, and which, as per the sample
which I sent you a few days ago. aie as
long as a snubbing rope, ha'e been
obtained . in all the counties of the
state, except one, and are now oa file in .
Albany, The missing petition s that
of the county of Wyoming, in the west
ern portion of the state. The state,
county and town democratic organiza
tions, are using every effort to pre
vent the securing of the necessary sig
natures in that county. On1? cf our
most careful canvassers spent three
days in the county last week, aua only
succeeded in securing four signatures.
He has, however, been reinforced by
three other canvassers. Progress is
now being made, so that we are posi
tive that the . petition wffl be com
pleted in that county by Tuesday next,
the 4th instant, so that it will be filed
in Albany in ample time, as the last
day for filing petitions is the 14th
instant.
These, and similar obstructive tac
tics, which the democrats are pursu
ing, show very plainly the importance
which the democratic campaign man
agers attach to the peoples party
movement in this state. In fact I am
more and more convinced that iff Mr.
Parker IS dereate(r'tnthisTmtr-iiU
be the result of the campaign vhich
is now just being opened for Watson
and Tibbies. The formal opining of
thfe campaign will occur at tbj dinner,
wliieh, as I mentioned in my last, is
to be given at the Palm Garden, this
city, on Wednesday next, October 5.
Mr. Watson's speech on that occasion
will undoubtedly be a masterly effort
and will encourage every radical to '
labor with all his heart, soul and
strength, to poll as large a vote for
that great leader as is possible in the
Empire state.
HENRY M. MCDONALD.
for the stockholders pending the col
lection of penalty which , should be
taken from the ordinary revenues oj
the concern. By this means the pun
ishment would fall upon those who
expect to derive benefit from th in
fraction of law and not upon the pub
lic and would, at the same time, biand
the company as one which should be"
watched. . . ALLY , DE LI; CA.
Omaha, Neb.
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