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VoL-XVI- LINCOLN, NEB.,' NOVEMBER 10, 1904. V V - -No. 25
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Tom Watson and The People's Peuly BgInno
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Greeneville. Tenn., Nov. 7, 1904. Ed
itor Independent: This is a day be
fore the election; yet it is not prema
ture to send rallying cry throughout
the land, to forestall thaJt sort of re
laxation that is usually in immediate
succession of a battle of the ballots.
Let the patriotic roar:
"WATSON! WATSON. FOR 1908!"
swell louder and louder, JJJ1 jpolitica I
iniquity in this liberty-baptized land
shall auake in view of near aproach
,of judgment.
No matter what figured results of
' tomorrow's cast may be; enough is
known at this ante-date to assure of
the tide that is rising, rising to flood
and wash clean the long-time befouled
cells of debauched officialism. Unmis-
takably, populism has, by accurate
stroke, sounded the key that gives : a
tional response, so much is already
certain is consummated achievement
and as the most effective instrument
that has stirred -4his widespread and
startled awakening, comes, coincident
with the huge need of the hour, grand,
sterling, fearless and flinchless Thomas
E. Watson, as if dropped from heaven
to meet lhe present extreme crisis.
Tom Watson" marching up from the
great yeoman host, with his- thunder-
""fordsTil w rv.lb Snrtienant," that have
startled,'shclea
den conspirators that hold revel in the
high places, of trust in the land.
Let it be the holy purpose of every
populist to abate no jot of his zeal,
".to relax no whit of earnest endeavor,
to hold in no less keen tension his so-
'licitude ;to reclaim for constitutional
administration again, the government
;that "the fathers" founded and trans-;
mitted to successors whom they prayed
heaven might never prove unwortny
cr undeserving of it. If before this
' canvas, anything lacked to exalt Tom
; Watson,, to peerage of the highest na
tional fame, this republic aceords;
then, tjhat lack has ben abundantly
supplied , by his admirable demeanor
as a dauntless champion of the right
and of the right becauseit is right,
since his nomination at .Springfield;'
and for whch, no matter what the con
sequences, immediate or remote may
"be, his name ; will be honored in all
' history by all true manhood. ' "So
mote it be!" ,
Let us all thank heaven that we are
free from the varmints and incubus
of this counterfeit "modern "democ
racy." . -''.
ROBERT M. McKEE. .
Watson, Our Leader
Brother Editor: , I write to protest
igainst the sentiment expressed in the
The Election
The Associated Press has again re
fused to report the people's party vote,
That has been its custom ever since
" the party,jvas organized. Not a Wat
son vote has been returned from this,
or any other state by that organiza
tion. Populists will not be disappoint
ed they all expected that the Asso
. ciated Press would adopt just such a
course. The Independent several times,
notified its readers that they must not
expect people's party returns until the
official count was made in the various
states and the returns published in
the local papers. That is the only way
that The Independent has ever been
able to get the populist vote since it
began publication fifteen years ago.
Even in this state all the returns sent
in by the Associated Press have been
the vote for Roosevelt. Parker and
. . Berge Private telegrams from two or
three counties, such as olk and Lo
gan, have given the Watson vote aiid
in all such cases . the Watson vote
was far ahead of Parker.
last issue (Nov. 5) of . the Saturday
News, in reference to the selection of
a man to lead the forces' of reform.
There is but one man who is properly
equipped for that work, in whom all
classes,xf all parties have implicit con
fidence, and that is our noble Tom
Watson. ' We mvrat not make any com
promise with any party, with any man
or set of men, but we must adopt ta!
precinct plan of organization (prefer
ably the Cincinnati plan) which is the
only feasible one so far offered that
will attract, and furnish a rational
basis on which to go before the people.
No dues paying plan can succeed and
is needed. We can take Tom Watson
as : our leader, and his four books at
the usual discounts at which books are
sold and make a campaign that is self
sustaining and by commencing now in
four years gain the reins of govern
ment." I, and thousands of others, can
take 'agencies for those four books aud
start out at 'once, pay all expenses,
make good salaries frpm the commis
sions on the books and from our re
form press which would also pay good
commissions for, subscribers ami make
a fine salary for our Tom (better than
any house will pay him) which he de
serves. Every book sold and subscrip
tion taken would be another power
o'dod to the workers ranks ana ue
onlyTliniS many
men and women to our aidthaflvdtH
not b1 reached in any other way. , We
have -the man we have the means,' let
v.3 use them wisely and the gl'ir.e.-; of
a better civilization will be" ushered- in
sooner than many ! hope for. CaJi a
conference, at- St. Louis.. Mo., and do
it at once, have Watson , there and act
oii tLese suggestions and - all t (. s pc -e-s
of t ell can not preva'i agr.lnst i;s..
Call th-- confers ce ?ii TJc'ruii. ; ; while
we can get cheap rates on the railroads-
i I do hope Watson w 11 J not
place himself under any obligations o
do editorial work for anyone, but will
see that he is the only. man that, can
do what, he can7 Watson has proven
truer to the people, with .th ability, to
arot se and lead the forces of reform- ai
no other can. The past had Washingf
ton, Jefferson. Jackson and Lincoln,
and we' have cur T itson. It would
be the blunder of tl e ae and a crime
of idiotic leadership for us to consider
any.'-other man -at this lime. I wrot?
N Al Dunning, who vr.s editing ih-i
Notional Watchman at Washington, 1).
C'in 1802, urging the nomination of
Tom Watson at the Omaha convention;
but it was not done- that was a eat
mistake. Go into any compromising
scheme now and to pieces goes the
peoples party. Call your conference of
populists and -then ' and there arrange
The republicans -have elected evory
state officer, and congressman,' and
have a two-thirds majority in' t'.ie leg
islature. In the nation at large 1 ar
ker has-been beater: worse than .ny
candidate that ever ran on the demo
cratic ticket since the war. The infamy
of the democrr tic party was sodamn
ibg that Parker was notxeven able to
hold the' solid south Missouri and
Maryland having voted for Roosevelt;
In no election since the formation of
this government have the people been
so determined to burn up with their
wrath an ingrate party as they have
the democratic party in this election.
Tens of thousands of populists at
tempted to wreak their vengeance up
on it by voting the republican ticket.
Bryan de-nocrats in equal numbers did
the same thing. That that was the.
intention of the people is proved by
the fact that in at least four states,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan
and Missouri, where Roosevelt carried
them by immense majorities, the oppo
sition elected the governor.
to put a referendum to all who wiTl
work" with us as to the expediency of
immediately placing Tom Watson as
our nominee and go fnto a four years'
campaign. I do not want Watson
worked to death, but I want him, for
the good he cah do, to go into all parts
of this country and kindle, the fires,
as only he can do, and let the organ
izers keep at work. Tom Watson and
his books furnish the man and v he
means, have we the sense to use them?
Populists, express your . sentiments on
this matter, let us hear from you. I
am very sincerely yours, '
' .8. A. WRIGHT.
Springfield, Mo.
Agitate! Organize? Educate! f
Editor Independent: I am on a
medical tour in the counties of Blount
Marshall and Cullman. Ala, Populist
tickets up in all these counties and
many others in Alabama, so far, as I
can learn. Only a few populist papers
published in this state. Fusion in Ala
bama brought confusion, and confu
sion, brought refusion, and refusion
brought diffusion, and diffusion
brought disorganization of the popu
list party in Alabama. Hence, the
socialist?; made some converts to their
tJS2raffionj the populists as they
anmhTi aV fii sffitL ft w& t determined!.. that
they never would vote ior eimeroi iircrTOKu&yft Koinscniias, nis mourn
old parties. In, conversation with the
leading men among tnem - they told
ttn that if the people's party, would run
a straight populist' ticket, state and
national that they would vote the pop-
ulist ticket straight ttirqugh. We need
a bold, honest," able and fearless popu
list paper published in Birmingham.
Alabama. To do this Ve must have
populist educational lodges - organized
Tn every 'tojffty&fi.ff town in Alabama
to give the J per a strong and heavy
support No man will - move forward
in political reform in advance of he
political ' lightbefore him. - .Political
ignorance ... makes- political .cowards
The motto of the people's party. Iri
every state; town and county should
be "Agitate! Organize! and, Educate
the Voters" in the two old' parties on
reform public measures as presented
in the people's party platform adopted
in national convention in Springfield,
V:.., July 4, 1904. This work should
commence, in every state as soon as
this presidential election is oyer. Pop
ulist papers in all the states should
urge this course and keep the populist
Springfield paltform standing1 in their
columns every week until a populist"
president is seated in the white house.
HnHMannmnMHaMHaHMHHM
The electoral college stands as fol
lows: ' . . t . . t j : . i :
. Roose-! Par-
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Alabama ' . . .... .. r ll
Arkansas i ! 9
California 10
Colorado ' . I . T; ." .' ; .' 5 ' .' "V.
Connecticut , 7
Delaware .... fc. .V 3 . .'.
Florida ' .". .. .". .'. . 1'.. i.')-. . ' .' :' 5
Georgia- .... 1 ... 13
Idaho 3 .
Illinois" 27 '
Indiana ..................... 15
Iowa i. 7. 13
Kansas '. 10 ..
Kentucky ; . ;l 13
Maine 6
Maryland 8 ..
Massachusetts .............. 16 , .
Michigan T. .. ,14
Minnesota 11
Mississippi .. 10
Missouri ..18 ' ..
Montana 3 , '..
Nebraska ................... 8 . .
We say keep' the Springfield platform
standing all the time. It, is a wonderful
educator. . The Missouri . World has
proved this to all thinking and intel
ligent, populists , and. in this way it
saved the populist party from destruc
tion when it was honey-combed with
traitors from the two old parties who
Worked for its destruction. , In this
worlt The Independent was allied
with the Missouri World. This is a
remarkable presidential campaign for
stillness on the part of; the two old
parties. The people seem to have no
heart nor hope so far as the two old
parties are concerned. As regards
Judge Parker and Theodore Roosevelt
I see it this way: Parker can eat
"possum," but he can't lick the "sap. '
Roosevelt can lick tae "sap," but he
can;t eat the "possum." Parker can
eat turkey, but he can't swallow the
"stuffing." Roosevelt can swallow the
"stuffing," but he can t oat the turkey.
Parker hates hell but he Is willing to
make a bold fight for the devil. Roose
velt despises the devil, but he is will
ing to make a square fight for hell
Take the , common sense of It. The
"sap" is the quint essence of the "pos
som," the "stuffing" the quint essence
of the turkey, and hell the kirgdom of
the devil. It "Is a distinction without
a difference gotten up in Wall street,
New York, and Rothschilds' bank on
Lombardy and Threadneedle streets in
London,. and the New York World,
piece. The two "OMT.r j are now
one party with two names, iij snake
w4,th .two heads," gold heads kji stiver
tongues and both bite al: a . I am
handing out sample copies jmThs In
dependent to populists wh lay jtiat
they ,vi!l get up clubs in B 3 bt can
ty, i will handout copies : liTi:: In
dependent to populists in X : As.',: lnd
tJnllman counties to get tint for
IV A revival of popuHsr ,
up again in Alabama. -If tx iK'. "sl&
in Alal - -a will p sh Th(;adc--ad-ent
and the Missouri Woi a all over
Alabama . they will have a plat pull
ing .power to aid them in V pnizingr
populist, educational lodges! k educa
tional work In every counj i fan Ala
bama; This work should b fehed as
soon as this presidential Vtion U3
over, and not wait until theHigt con
gressional and presidential' ection
comes on and theil commence Yb work
that should go : on Vow; Ev U true
populist will sacrifice time, mcw and
labor to organize, build up, a f edu
cate the people to a clear unde mand
ing of the issues now before the taner
lean pec pie. .
. JAMES COBB BURG? 3L
Seeds. Ala.
The people blast democratic
perfidy '
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Nevada . 3
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey . . . . . .'. , 12
New York .................. 39
North Carolina . . . . '. ........ .
North Dakota . . . . . . :. ....... 4
OLiO y t ... V 23
Oregon ....... . . V. . . . 4
Pennsylvania ........... . . . ; 34
Rhode Island ........ 4"
12
South Carolina .............. ..
South Dakota .....v...:..... 4
Tennessea ..
Texas ..
Utah ........ .......... ...... 3
Vermont-.....,.... 4
Virginia ..
Washington 5
West Virgin 1". . . ; .......... 7
Wisconsin . .'. . . . .'. . . ......... 13 ,
Wyoming ...h, 3
12
18
12
Totals ....................343 133
The republicans have made large
gains in members of congress and will
have complete control of both house
and senate, while next winter several
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