T5he Nebraska. Independent
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OCTOBER" 20, 1904
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, ; NATIONAL TICKET.
President Thomas E. Watson.
Vice-President-fT. H. Tibbies.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Electors at Large Capt;. Eric John
son, Wahoo; J. D. Hatfield, Neligh.
By Districts: .
First E. G. Quackenbush, Auburn.
Second J. J. Points, Omaha.
Third -Thomas Farrell, Chapman.
Fourth W. S. Beebe, Seward.
Fifth Dr. Rob't Damerell, Red Cloud.
Sixth Willis L. Hand, Kearney.
STATE TICKET.
Governor G. W. Berge.
Lieut-Governor Dr. A. Townsen J.
Secretary of State R. E. Watzkc.
Auditor J. S. Canaday.
Treasurer John Osborne.
Land Commis'r Albinus A. Woisley.,
Attorney General Edward H. Whalen.
Supt, Pub. Inst. A. Softley. .
A.chard Wolfe, editor 'auft-nwlillsher
of the Forum, the new populist paper
at Denver, is proving that he is well
qualified to occupy his place. He will
soon put Ms paper in the front rank
of papers preaching populism.' - It is a
sr-ndid paper and makes a !fine ap
pearance. The Nashville American seems to be
very mad at Tom Watson. It calls
him a hypocrite. No real democratic
paper talks that way. The American
Is plutocratic democrat. Therefore this
is proof that Tom Watson is doing
good. The more denunciation of Wat
son that comes from that source, the
stronger is the evidence that the old
plutocratic parties, are wincing under
Watson's- telling blows. "
Several of the great corporations
iiave openly defied the unions lately
and are operating tinder the "open
shop" plan, and besides that they are
discharging all men over 35 years old.
These corporations for a long time
have been turning out all the men
over 45 to starve. Now they are turn
ing them out when they are thirty
five. As plutocracy grows In power,
the more cruel it gets. Vote 'er
straight. Be regular. Don't throw
your vote away. Those are the three
commanoments. The Illinois Steel
company has discharged all men over
forty. Remember ; the commandments
and keep them hoiy.
One of the best evidences of "the
thorough and permanent " revival of
populism lies in the fact that all the
old plutocratic papers are reviving the
old style of attacks upon us. Shake,
old pops. Hug each other and rejoice.
'Revive in your souls the old spirit of
the "greenback craze." Step forward,
disciples of Henry George, and know
that the people's party has on its old
attire for vigorous and aggressive
Work. When plutocratic papers begin
to abuse us, there is proof of vitality.
The New York-Times and World are
waiting up to the fact that a David has
turned loose among their Goliaths.
They are beginning to abuse Watson.
The plutes do not abuse dead men or
dead parties. Shake your old bones
and rejoice. .,
Two Men By The Set,
ue folly of trusting the government
to a clique of men who live in the
provinces down by the Atlantic ocean
n ver so fully impresses Itself upon
the mind as just after taking-a trip
across the continent. Those chaps
down there; with an acumen that we
can not help admiring, not only plan
to gather the fruits of the toil of the
80,000,000 of - people stretching across
a continent 3,000 miles wide, but they
must always have one of their own
number to rule over us. The farthest
west they have ever yet gone for a
president is far short of half way
across the continent. Now they have
put up two candidates,' both from the
state of New Ydrk and Judge Parker
has never crossed the Mississippi and
is so thoroughly provincial that . he
was never even in Washington but
once in his life. ,
The editor of The Independent, liv
ing west of the Missouri river, after
traveling nearly 1,000 miles before , he
reached the "backbone" of the con
tinent and then- with'two locomotives
at the head of the train which snorted,
nuffed and burned tons of coal, in
slxfcifcijS
11,500 feet above tWRWMiMi,Jvher
he began; to descend along fcl
mountain streams toward the Pacific
ocean; Millions of human beings were
tolling to the cast of him and millions
to' the west, living their lives, .-preparing
-by. the; work of their hands better
conditions for the generations to come
after them- , What do these men down
by the Atlantic care for these people
of thes plains and the mountains? What
do they know, about them? Are the
people of the provinces down by Coney
Island likely to be defenders of the
economic interests of the men and
women out here? They have but little
in common with the hopes, or : the
ideals of the freemen of the west In
their minds we exist' only for the pur
pose of exploitation..
If Judge Parker could climb the
mountains behind a locomotive, look
down thousands of feet into , a gorge
as the train clung to the sides of the
perpendicular cliff the way for it
hewn out of the sqlid granite or gaze
far : away where a snow-clad moun
tain peak towered above the billowy
clouds, or cast his eyes across thou
sands of acres where huge masses of
rock were strewn about, each one a
perfect cube , as if cut with the hand
of , man,; or a little later look over a
beautiful valley where there were
miles of fruit trees with limbs bend
ing low" from; their loads of apples,
painted red and yellow with hues more
4eIiQat,e than any artist was-ever able
to mixf--eYjery" side rise' the
moun tains clothed intfrt: tfirnalj
rooes 01 wnite. ne might come ta the
conclusion that there was something
more in this world than the words
whispered in his ears by Hill, Sheehan
and Grover Cleveland.
But there is no hope of such a thing.
He has spent most of the years of man
hood listening to lawyers quarrel over
insignificant technicalities and the
hours outside of the court room trying
to find out ht)w other judges have de
cided the same points. No great fun
damental principles have ever been
brought Into his court. The result of
such a life has ruined his mind, until
instead of having ideals he seems to
have no ideas, or if he has, he has
never acquired enough English to ex
press them. His speech at his notifi
cation and his letter of acceptance are
proof in themselves that they were
both written by the same hand, and
also that if he ever had a clear cut
idea it was utterly impossible for him
to communicate it to others. There is
not a sentence in either document that
has ever been quoted, because not a
sentence could be found that contained
an idea.
But how about Roosevelt? He knows
the vastuess of this continent. He
has seen the snow-capped mountains,
the beautiful valleys and the wide
spread, fertile plains. Ill-health drove
him to the plains. But while he was
here with whom did he associate?
Was it with the educated, the refined,
the men who were building the
churches, the schools and the col
leges? Who - were -his companions?
The cowboys! The sort of, men who
were accustomed to make a raid into
civilization and "shoot up the towns"
every ' two or three months. With
them he was so captivated that in one
of his books he defends the lynchings
of those days. He adopted their man
ners. He made his campaign over
the United States in 1900 wearing a
cowboy hat. , But the cowboy had re
deeming qualities. He was not all bad.
He liked a fair fight, and the more
blood there was in it, the better it
suited him. When tired of cow-punching
he went after big game. All these
qualities were impressed upon Roose
velt while he was on the plains. His
Don.'
That's what we want to nd fiout. We've beeh teljitrgv
you through this paper for, a number of weeks that
we want 'ou to order some goods of ue, and YOU
haven't done it. Lots of your neighbors haveand
they're pretty well satisfied, but we want you to try
us. We don't care whether you order a $1.00 pair
of men's pants or a $5of f 15 suit of . clothes, its all
the same to us. We want you to get a start with us;
We're goinj to do business here in Omaha for a
good many years to come, and'we want to get you
on the list. We're , sendingclothing all .over the
country and where ever wje get a foothold we keep
. on gaining. We know there are other store
ou can buy of, but
where you 152nHWtlepod9, or where you can do so
well for your money; ; Orfo s'anlpleftlrO suits
for men such as we show
If you haven't our catalog
as the air you breathe. :
Omaha,
health established, he' returned to civ
ilization. . When the Spanish war if
war it could be called broke out he,
assembled his old cowboy friends and
declared that his regiment was equal
to any three others that could be re
cruited ta" the ' whole United States.
After the war - was over he took to
politics again. . At first he was in for
a fair, fight. He declared that ."cun
ning must be shackled," and he made
other statements of the same character.
But it was not long before his new
environment began to affecthim fully
as touch as the cowboy environment
did while he was on the plains. He is
now the 'Roosevelt of the environment
of the provinces down by the sea. So
in!0SL.ye have these two men down by
the : seafSscdo as candidates
for the presidency. ; imftnjuhst
savs he will have neither.- He vJltf
support the man who has never been a
cowboy nor been degenerated by the
influences of Wall street. The populist
will vote for Tom Watson.
The Challenge to Governor Mickey
Because a mere subaltern at the state
house had weakly tried to answer the
indisputable figures presented against
the maladministration of stale aii'airs
under the "redeemers," the state com
mittees issued a challenge to Governor
Mickey to meet George W. Berge in
joint debate upon these issues". The
governor has made reply, the closing
words of which are as follows:
"To again borrow the language of
your invitation to debate, this 'is a
plain business proposition which re
quires no oratory to present to the peo
ple.' Such being the fact it seems un
necessary for Mr. Berge and myself to
discuss the figures and data which arc
obtainable alone from the records,
which I have now presented to you,
and which can not be altered to suit
the motions or whims of either of "us.
Besides, my time until election is fully
occupied with official duties and en
gagements already entered into. For
these reasons I must decline your kind
invitation. Very respectfully yours, ,
"JOHN H. MICKEY."
Of course the "sanctiferous" gover
nor refuses to meet the champion of
the people. He understands, at least,
what such a contest would mean to
his prospects. Basing his reply,
though, upon the same poor showing
made by his subaltern, the governor
attempts to refute the-statements made
by Mr. Berge and the press supporting
him. These statements are so well an
swered by John M. Gilchrist -in the
World-Herald and published in an
other column of this 'paper that his
answer to the governor's subaltern
may with equal force answer the gov
ernor's own statements, which in fact
are but a rehash of those of his sub
altern.' 1
The answer of the governor Is, how
ever, adroit in this: It states half
truths, and "half truths were ever
1
there isn't a store on earth
on page 2 of our catalog.
send for one its as free
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Nebbaska.
the worst of lies." The only real de
fense he makes' for his maladministra
tion, or rauierthe only show of de
fense, is in the. statement that the "re-
deemers" had made some expenditures
fQr permanent improvements in the
sum of $605,063. Is the governor not
aware that the preceding administra
tion had also made some permanent
improvements? Does he desire to
lead, the, people of this state to think
that no permanent improvements, were
ever made in this state until his ! 'sanc
tiferous" administration broke in upon
the peace of the people of this state?
Does he intend to deceive? It must
not be forgotten that a large part even
of this "permanent improvement" ex
penditure was the direct result of in
competence and carelessness upon the
part of cheap officials, who had been
i placed inffice. for no other reason
thanTiutbelaa 7t0.be taken care
of." The' "redeem'eri!Ww?-4uu:dly be
provements when so large a part of
these "improvements" were in replac
ing buildings that carelessness had al
lowed to be destroyed by fire. .
But suppose that there have been
$605,063 spent for permanent improve
ments, can that account for" an excess
of appropriations over' fusion years in
the sum of $1,566,934U0? What has
become, then of the balance?
The governor can not hope to mis
lead the people of this state by half
statements; People are becoming well
aware of the fact that figures, contrary
to the old adage, do lie, when it is nec
essary to bolster up a dying cause.
Nothing can be gained by misstate
ments or by half statements. In the
words of Lincoln, "You may fool a
part of the people all of the time, you
may fool all of the people a part of the v
time, but you can not fool all of the
people all of the time."
Mr. Bryan's Ideals
In one of his Indiana speeches, Mr.
Bryan said: "If Judge Parker wins a
victory it will sbe a victory for my
ideals as well as hjs." Now then the
question is, what are Mr. Bryan's
ideals. If Mr. Parker's ideals are the
same as Mr. Bryan's ideals, then per
haps we may discover what Mr. Bry
an's ideals are, by referring to some
specific statements by him as to Mr.
ParKer'a ideals.' In The Commoner of
April' 8th last, under the title of "Par
ker Not Available," Mr. Bryan said:'
"It can be safely taken for granted
that in case of Judge Parker's nomi
nation and election Mr. Hill would be
the controlling figure in the adminis
tration, and that would mean that
those who attempted to reach the white
house would have to wade through
peanut shells knee deep." Ideal num
ber one. V
Again: . "Mr. Hill stands for every
thing bad that Mr. Cleveland stands
for, and lacks the brutal frankness' that
