OCTOBER 13. 1901
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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
rapacity. And. the constant practice
they have of charging the government
for the annual use of a postal car
a greater sum than the cost of the car,
is but one evidence of the undisputed
fact that the government dares cot
tieuy them anything- They almost
openly use the "frank" o"f memucis
of Congress to add to the weight of
mail matter during that annual per-
100 WDSn Hie Ulcin ia ncifiiwu.iu
just the "average." Hundreds of ton?
of juDk is thus, handled during those
few days; and upon this frviuuuient
mail matter the average for the en
,tire year is based. The tax-layers
have to pay. The congressmen who
lend themselves to this swindle , get
free passes, and other good things.
In express charges, freight rates,
telephone and telegraph " tantts the
public is plundered eveiy day in the
year; and the manner in whicn they
submit ta it is. one of the marels
cf the age. No other people among
civilized nations are so cUrscd with
corporation tyranny as ourselves;
and we never seem to think, that any
remedy is possible. Half a dozen jcor
poration kfifgs can meet in tne office
of J. P. Morgan, and tax the life out
of any town or city in the United
, States. By a spurt of the pen they
.can add hundreds of millions of dollars
to the burden of the people.. They
enable the trust to slay its rivals by
granting rebates, or special rates,
which make competition -impossible.
They debauch public morals by their
methods of gaining what thay want
from governors, legislatures, . judges,
editors, politicians -and members of
; Deadly Principle of- Interest;.
1 Napoleon .r once? rose -t win -a - study
"Writ l consider the 1 deauiy pan
Vcipl'' which lies hidden in these tables,
hurt
,, pred pif what has devoured so great
, ' a pcxt pf the human race., ',, That deadly
principle does . devour.,. a - portion
. of the human race every year.
TM big fortune, by , the lay of its
race:,' That, deadly principle is
naUre, tends to grow bigger. . .Each
jcolr;ai .'accumulation represcutsvwhat
.thit
, '. lal fj
a
one'-victor gained and - ten thousand
yicJCs lost For, in a, fortune of 1 a
huit lud millions there can De uo sucn
as fair, reward for productive
J Such a fortune, ,or -anything
ft, represents as , a, irule . the. spoil
v . successful r, marauder ,, Ju,;Jit,he
; where others Lad; toiled... Jiich
iri.Is a free-booten; and liishoaM
offc: costs the losers' mo,re . Hyev moe
', te;ir&; ,more bjoken hearts and, ruined .
similar - accumulations represented ' by
such men as J. P. Morgan, August Bel
mont and Arthur Gorman, what is to
prevent "the deadly principle of com
pound interest" from operating with
appalling results in this country? By
th Jaw of their nature, those monster
fortunes will grow larger and laiger.
As the owners of this huge wealth have
taken more than their share from the
common stock of the nation's wealth,
so there must be increasing millions of
men Avho get less than their share. .
The absolute mathematical certainly
that the advance which certain iavored
interests are making must lead to the
permanent poverty and subjo"tici of
the great body of the unprivileged, is
made doubly certain when we reaicm
ber that the enormous burdens oi tax
ationstate, municipal and national
rest mainly upon the shoulders of the'
unprivileged. The middle and the low
er classes have to pay, not only their
own taxes but those' which th? privi
leged escape.. The final result ol this
ruinous injustice i3 too apparent to be
questioned. .
Cannot Go' on Forever '
What will be the end? No stu
dent believes it 'can go as it is for
ever. All see danger signals ahead
That a rising tide of angry discon
tent is pouring over the country can
not be disputed. The evidences of it are
visible everywhere.. If H. H. Rogers,
J. P. Morgan, August Belmont, and
men of that type think there is.no
act of spoliation to which the people
will not submit, they are making for
themselves a fool's paradise. If the
Standard Oil crowd and the sugar
trust crowd think that the Americaa
people are going to stand idly acquie
scent, 3hUe if they,, gobble up all the
wajl&'MAfi republic,-they are play
ing witnre.:fwiir-!nH
Already more than half of the anaual
increase of wealth is absorbed by less
than a dozen trusts. Already we have
men so rich that they, could buy' up
the entire property contained in one
of our states. If "the deadly principle
of ". compound interest" continues to
work for the Standard Oil, that group
of plunderers will soon own the whole
of the ; 'United' States. They, an j their
confederate kings : will have such' a
grip upon our entire . system, commer
cial,, financial.; and political, that the
government . will amount - to little
more , tnan a - jiiece of i necessary
mechanism to the Standard's system;
TbA; federal administration will . take
order-Sjfrom some future :Rogersjust
as c. boards of directors - of. dozens tf
huge ; corporations now do. The' very
me.; of the republic demands the cur
l.Jictes. than, are fqund. in the ji acc j bing -, of these j gigantic Combinations,
. .of Actual war. . When those Standard
.. 0 f. fi aves robbed rth.e ; people -,f
, '. trtrty'-siX; million ". 'dollars in ' one: daf
'. '.tifar: felt, .entitled to' the," admiiati'.qa,
blithe" business world.- pa the same
dilf perhaps, hungry iVomen stole
b; 3d for hungry children, and '.went
.. tcjrtiSQn for it. J. p. Morgan, Andrew'
Utegiej Charles Schwab, and othr
- cr fpicuous iiCaptains: of . industry : iT
:,cs4tsed their, unweildly fortunes j by
- .pwceting five hundred million: doUats
f .yih .pther less conspicuous.. persoiis
v cvWed the .Steel ."Xrust Nq one
vasunigSSe'Q rVixi1' tie ; . I Jl Unm
, librarie'srh'M"Taraegieha:"b'vefe.f
tablishing all over the land, - admis
sion was denied to one of the best
books of. one of the best Russian
- authors, because ( it gave, a -'ivid de
scription .of , the condition -; of the
peasantry in Russia. Hjmsev, a mon
. s.trous . product of government! ' fay
. pritism , and "Protection . uo book
v .which exposes and : .denounces class
i Jegislation can be satisfactory-to this
. man who has in his coffers so; many
millions which should have been left
. in the. pockets; of those whose honesi
industry produced them.; - :
With a Standard Oil accumulation,
a Carnegie accumulation, and other
and every aggressive step the:, take,
from henceforth; will' hasten the .day
when ; imperative public- opinion rwIl
compel the ! constituted authorities to
protect". : the public ? from " , i iithiess
spoliation of this kind.
;';.'- Need for a Third Party; : ,,'.
A third party, has no , right;, ta , exist
unless there are abuses in goverpment
which; "the two great,, parties." refuse
to reform. Unless ' both of-the two
old: parties are;, wrong,.., there is'jno
room or excuse for a third But,-if
both the old parties are equaLy g.liity
tant, aggressive control of an inde
pendent show of my own.
Parker a Swinging Target
Much abuse has been heaped upon
me because more time was devoted by
me to denunciation of Parker than
of Roosevelt The reason Is obvious
enough. Roosevelt is a straight-out
republican, who declares boldly for
republican principles, defiantly defend
ing existing conditions. . To attach
him is a short, easy job. He is so
conspicuous : and stationary a target
that no one who wished to taKe a shot
at him could possibly miss the mark.
He is not in the ambush; he is behind
no "blind ;" he stands . out in the open,
and he says to his enemies, "Hei e l
am a republican who stands pat on
all existing conditions; if you want a
fight, come on!" Now, -I can under
stand a republican like that; and,
while I would love to make a battle
axe ring on his helmet until one of
us went down in .political defeat and
death, yet I could respect him all the
while, as a foeman worthy or any
man's steel. Mr Roosevelt will get
republican votes and no others. He
is not seeking the support ot bryan
democrats upon false pretences. He
is not playing a confidence game on
the negro Question. - He is not at
tempting to win-Jeffersonians by a
sham adherence to Jeffersonian pnn
ciples. In short, there, is no danger
that Jeffersonian democrats will vote
for Roosevelt upon the assumption
that he is a Jeffersonian democrat
There is no danger that Roosevelt
will get a single vote to which I, as
a Jeffersonian in principle, - am en
titled.
With Mr. Parker it is different. He
is not a Jeffersonian democrat, yet
he "seeks to secure the suppor t ot JpI'-
plainly and tell the people thaCue ''15"
in principle tne same ining, practi
cally, that Roosevelt- is," the Bryan
democrats would fall away from-- him
by the million. I would then be en
abled to organize such a party re
volt against the republican rule as
would sweep the country. His attituuc
is thoroughly disingenuous, profound
ly lacking in true manhood and lead
ership. ! He was willing to staud upon
the New York state platform wnich
Mr. Bryan denounced as a dishonest
olatform. His position was so in
definite, so foxy, so entirely; neutral,
that Mr. Bryan declared, to cheering
thousands,' that Parker was ''absolute
ly unfit for ;; the democratic nomina
tion," and that "nobody but an art
ful dodger" could stand upon that New
York' platform-which so much re
sembled its father, David B.-Hill.'. 1
believe it- was also in the, same
speeches that Mr. Bryan declared that
a man should - be willing to aie for
hiS' convictions which is also a -ver
Sentenced to Death
By "the Best Physicians of Elgin,"
But Neuropathy Saved Him
For over sixty years Mrs. Wlnslow's
Soothing Syrup has been used by
mothers for their children while teeth
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sure and ask for "Mrs. Winslow's
. Soothing Syrup."
Mr. Henry A. Groce, one of the pio
neer residents of Elgin, III.; was saved
from a terrible and lingering death
from dropsy " and heart disease by
moina nf tho wnnrlerfnl i1isfrworv (haf
derangements of the brain center
called the "seat of life" Is the principal
cause of many diseases. He says-
"It is about five years since I took
Dr. Miles' Neuropathic Treatment for
dropsy and heart disease. My condi
tion was. extremely critical. I experi
enced great difficulty in breathing and
could not lie down without smothering.
My limbs and body were badly swollen
and I became very weak. I nad been
unde rtreatment by the best physicians
of Elgin, and was growing worse every -day.
They, could do nothing to relieve
me, and, in fact, gave me up to die.
As soon as I consulted Dr. Milev he
showed me that my doctors had failed
to understand my case - and said he
could help ine. It was wonderful how
soon relief came. It was almost in
stantaneous. I was soon a well man.
The cure was-truly wonderful consid
ering my age, which was seventy at
that time. I am now seventy-six years'
old, and able to enjoy life."
Mr. Groce is only one of the many
hundreds of remarkable cures effected
by Dr. Miles discovery regarding the
"Brain Centers." The doctor's repu
tation as a specialist is national. His
Heart and Dropsy Cure is a marvel.
Persons afflicted with, disease of the
heart, stomach,- kidneys, nciv?s or
dropsy, which often complicate, each
case:-; should write, , to--him., Ilu,,,wiil
his Heart and Dropsy Book," an Ex '
animation Chart and a $3.75 , Treat
ment free. Address pr. Miles, S03 to
231 State St., Chicago, 111.
(Please mention this paper.)
Urisubservient to the , beneficiaries; f
special priviliege, then it is not only
the right of -the patriot to form a
party of protest, but a duty.; Civil
iberty, is at once a heritage - and a
rust. , '.We are recreant to the higher
requirements of . citizenship if , we fail
to realize our responsibilitjv The
ballot ; is one of the weapons with
which we must , hold our ground. The
contention of, the people's 'pai y being
that .both t he - old parties "are -; wrong,
we wage war on both. Ours isr the
two-edeged sword. . In our ; campaign
it may -happen that we do greater
damage to the republicans than to
the democrats as in 1892. when Mr.
Bryan and other western democrats
were induced by the Cleveland mana
gers to vote for Weaver. In another
campaign, it might chance that the
greater damage is done the democrats.
In the one case as in the othei. we
would not concern ourselves aoout the
matter. Such a result is the accident
of war, not the purpose of toe cam
paign. It is our business to preach
sound populism, which is, sosmd Jef
fersonian democracy, .and to hit the
republicans on the one hand and the
democrats on the other. - .We must
"hew to the line;" letting the chips
fall where they may.
The statement has been made, that
in a speech, in Atlanta,. I epicssed
a' nreferenoe for Mr. Roose7C!t over
Mr. Parker.' Neither in thac speech
nor in any other, have I rtone so.
Being a candidate for the presidency
myself. T would have made mvself a
side-show to whichever of the other
two candidates I expressed a piefei-
,encc for whereas I'am in full, mil'
auuuu PfVpWOiUVU.. ' , ;
A Foot Race and a Rout
Mr. Bryan,. Who is always careful in
the statement of matured opinion,
has assured the. country that "the in
fluences back of' the Parker candidacy
are "so intimately ' associated with
trusts and great corporations that the
democratic party could not appeal to
the masses." "With such a candidate,"
said Mr; Bryan, '"they would begin
Likewise he stated a self-evioeot tact
when he declared that "the plutocratic
element for the time being is in con
trol of the democratic party."
It was equally clear to Mr. uryan
j ' . J.1 A.
as It was xo so many otners, iiiai
"the nomination of Parker was se
cured 'by crooked and indefensible
methods,'"; and that the nomination of
such a man who had, as Mr. Bryan
declared, won the honor with "loaded
dice," ; "Virtually nullified the anti
trust plank in the democratic plat
form." 1
These were fearfully important facts,
and they produced the impression on
the minds of millions that there was
something stealthy, deceitful, coward
ly and Utterly dishonest in the Par
ker campaign for the nomination. Mr
Bryan' stated facts, profoundly im
portant facts, and they continued to
be facts up to the time that Parker
actually got the nomination which he
had sought on a "cowardly and strad
dling platform," the honor fo which
he played with "loaded dice."
Whether or not the healing virtues,
the nomination cured all the hypoc
risy and fraud by which it had been
obtained, is a auestion each citizen
should put to. his own intelligence be
fore he votes.,
Those things which Mr. Bryan said
were' facts, before the nomination
were not obliterated from the cata
logue of facts by the nomination; they
are facts yet.
Parker Side by Side With Roosevelt
By a dictatorial tone, amounting to
menace, Judee Parker was driven by
the New York World into the sending
of the telegram which told the demo
cratic convention, for the 'fiist time,
and. many hours after, Parker had. se
cured the nomination, that the gold
standard was "irrevocably .fixeu. '
Neither then nor in ;tany utterance
afterwards did he say. 'that the , gold
tandard was right,, until he had teen
shelled so vigorously ? by myself a:
others for having deserted the. free
silverites without-; saying . tbey were
wrong, and . having gone . oyer, to the
gold standard Without, saying it was
right. - Even Judge f Parker ...finally
realized that the ground was '.Caving
under his feet, and was literally." driven
to firmer footing. At. last he has taken
his place side by side with itocoevelt
on the 'most deeply . important issue
before,' the , people. -. ,v. - ' :
Let it be borne in mmd tna Wall
street wanted the last congress to
issue more bonds; let it be ,r -mem-
bered' that the Cleveland .democrats
want the greenbacks , called , in and
burnt; do not forget that the. "end
less chain" precedent set by , Cleve
land stands as a precedent to be fol-
owed: recall how easy it is lor the
money power to hide their plas until
the victim Is in' their trap, ami, you
tf-iirw rea,lizft.arha,L, ivxlllilc..
dangers stiU lurk In, this money ques-
ion. . - . '
'Hocus Pocus Money" and "Frenzied
Finance" "
In Mr. Bryan's book called "The
First Battle," he compared the possible
effects of the British ' gold Standard
to the ruin wrought by an invading
army. sweeping the land with fire
and sword. Mr. Bryan was right. The
vast increase in the world's stock of
metallic money, and the enormous use
of credit money, which universal con
fidence keeps afloat, postponed the
evil day, but it is bound to come. Let
the supply of gold fail, let confidence
take wings, let the Insolvent banks
be suddenly called upon to make good
their inflated liabilities, and feuch a
storm will break over the rt public
as has not been known in its history.
Our financial system is rotten :o the
very core. What has been aptiy -called
"Hocus-Pocus money", is. doing the
biggest business it was ever known to
do. What is entitled 'Frenzied .Fi
nance" is holding such a carnival as it
never held before. This can not last.
The crash will surely come; afad those"
who live to see it will feel as though
the world were coming to an -end.
Would to God that Mr. Bryan were
with me in - this- The , Second i Battle.
Together we could have won the fight
in 189G, but the southern democratic
bosses would not have it so.
Chairman Jones had to drive the
allies apart by brutal insulta at the
very opening of the campaign. In
1904, had all the Bryan democrats' re
fused to be bound by" the infamous
sellout to Wall street at St. Louis,
na