NOVEMBER 17, 190
PAGE 10
H6j Nebraska. Independent
What Shall Pooulists Bo?
A Referendum Ballot to Determine the Future
Course of the People's Party
" The People's Party is committed to
he principle of the Initiative and Ref
erendum. It is a sound doctrine and
can not be applied-too frequently in
a republican form of government. The
will and wishes of the people should be
law. The same principles should con
trol in the government of a political
party. The will and wishes of the rank
and file in the party should be the
party law.
The National election just closed. has
developed ' new conditions and new
problems. "What of the future'Ms the
question that is being .a'S,
hand. What will becomM thVldemo
cratic party? Can it, rtwn its mem
bership in the face of s h a crushing
defeat? .What was the fuse? What
is the meaning and expiation -of the
overwhelming majorittes. "given to
President Roosevelt ? ; f&& it an en
dorsement of his administration or
was it a protest again the treachery'
and treason to democratic principles
perpetrated by the den.'cfatic national
convention ut St. Loui(,7f jtn all parts of
the country the "lead' ji' are holding,
or preparing to hold, conferences" to
discuss plans and metifis of organiza
tion for building ua Jthe cause of re
form. "What of the' future?" is the
problem. Will "a ifiw alignment of
political parties be 3jpcessary? What
should populists doViSvTiat should
Bryan democrats do?' What should the
followers of Folk, LrFollette and other
- reform leaders do tl-flcceed in bring
' in'g "'ab'duf "refofm '.' vV: national affairs
as they have "succied in Missouri
"and Wisconsin? "liCers" are in con
sultation over thes . subjects every
where. To determx? the will and
wishes of populist'.! he Impendent
will take a refereij'mvote. It will
submit the following " u&&xi'a?$&
subscribers and; hopes -that every one
of them will send in an answer:
; Should the People's Party maintain
, its nationalwrganization independent
and separate from all other political
organizations, or should it abandon its
organization and join with Mr. Bryan
and other reform democrats in "an ef
fort to capture the democratic organi
zation as a basis for building a reform
party for the campaign of 1908?
When sending your answer cut out
and use the Referendum Ballot pre
pared and found on this page. Votes
will be received and recorded until
mfdnight "of December 31. Only sub
scribers to The Independent will be al
lowed to vote upon this question. Oth
er populists who wish to vote may do
so by becoming subscribers
'vAs implies
the forces of reform at the present
time are divided into several camps
the, principal of which are Bryan dem
ocrats arl populists. Apparently
neither can succeed without the other.
Can the two organizations bo brought
together? Mr. Bryan, by his course
since. the democratic national conven
tion at St. Louis, has made it very
plain that he intends to remain inside
tho democratic party to do his battling
for reform. ; He will hot' holt. He
contends that no reform can be
secured except with the aid of the dem
ocratic organization. He insists that
ti is easier for reformers to capture the
democratic machinery and then use
that organization and machinery to
secure control of the government, than
it would be to build up an entirely new
organization with sufficient strength
to secure the electic - of a majority n
congress and the president
Tor the next; seven -weeks The Inde
pendent invites communications from
its readers covering this subject and
the referendum question. An equal
amount of space will be given to both
sides. Those who favor maintaining
ittc:j?eojle' Party will be given about
six columns, iZrm&vtm
operation with Bryan democrats inside
the democratic party, will be given the
same amount of space.
The Bee's Logic
The Bee tries to be facetious over
Tom Watson's declaration of Jeffer-
sonian principles. It says:
Jefferson, who illuminated - his
mansion with tallow dips and wax
candles, never dreamed of a rail
road, telegraph, telephone or elec
tric' motor, and had K more con
ception ' of the conditions under
which a conglomerated nation of
more than 80,000,0tO of people
should conduct self-government
than he had about a modern 'print
ing press, photography, a stere
opticon, wireless telegraphy, sub
marine torpedo boats or ironclad
cruisere.
The editor of the 3ee fa quite a be
liever in Moses, but Moses knew no
more aboit these things than Jefferson
did and besides that, Moses thought
tha the world stood still and the sun
went whirli-;: around it every twenty
four hours. If that argument is good,
then the ten commandments and all
the great fundamental principles laid
down by 'Moses 4,000 years ego, should
no longer receive any consideration.
The fact is that most of the great prin
ciples of government and human con
duct, ana , upon wme i civilization . is
based, were worked out by men of
thought long before the age of elee
tricity and railroads, and strange as i
may seem to., the , editor of the Bee,
JVlcjepted by" mankind : even.
was given to a young lawyer by the
name of Rtves, because no prominent
republica l in the district desired to
make a hopeless race. Even Rives
made no campaign and no money was
expended, yet when the votes .were
counted it was found that Rives was
elected by 1,200 majority. Every con
gressman but one from Illinois will
be republican. .
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Reorl&nizers &.nd Re-reorganizers
Mr, Bryan says tha- he is going into
the reorganizer business himself. That
is he is to be a re-reorganizer. But
Tom Taggart, who went to New York
the next day after the election and
consulted th ? present democratic lead-;
ers there, don't take to the notion of
re-reorganization at all. Neither do H.
W. Yates nor Jim Boyd of Omaha. Tom
Taggart gave out an interview in which
he said;;.; - ; ' .,-'
The utmost : harmony exists -among
the members . of the com-
mittee, and there is no need for
reorganization. There are no
heartburnings, no recriminations,
excepting the general regret for the
defeat of our candidate. I have
no intention of resigning. The
national headquarters will be r.t
Indianapolis. - -There
is no doubt that the "utmost
harmony exists among the members of
the committee." - Every one of them
either voted for McKinley -or knifed
in some Way their 4 own candidate in
1900. They are all of on kind. They
will fight the Bryan wing with just as
much vindictiveness as they ever did,
and the Bryan wing will fight them.
It is a lovely prospect. ; There is just
about as much probability that they
will ever grow into a homogenous poi-
onand carry the coun-
ry as tbat aeSuItrFrtt-rter'
some day and drive the-English from
South Africa.
People's Party
Referendum Ballot
Qnestion: Should the People's Party maintain
its national organization independent and separate from
all other organizations, or should H abandon its organ
ization and join with Mr. Bryan and other reform
democrats in an effort to capture the democratic organ
ization as a basis for building a reform party for the
campaign of 1908?
Answer
For People's Party organization put X here
For Co-operation with Democrats put X here
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The Springfield Republican remarks
that "the" vote for the two leading
candidates should, in fact, be finally
studied with reference to the votes
polled by the populist and socialist
tickets, in order to tain a perfectly
correct impression s to the present
political thinking of the American peo
ple." That final study will have to be
postponed for some weeks as the As
sociated Press will not let us know
what the vote for Tom Watson and
Debs was.
A Hot Time In Washington
It is announced from -Washington
that in making appointments hereafter,
Roosevelt will not be influenced bv
senators and representatives. It is
added:
It is clearly realized by Mr.
. Roosevelt that in ignoring the
; recommendations cf politicians in
appointing men to office and dis
, tributing federal patronage he may
i antagonize the senate and experi
, ence difficulty. -
If Roosevelt undertakes anything of
tnat sort mere will be the hottest time
in Washington that that town ever
experienced.
j The democrats now say that All that
they need to win is a "cohesive coal
ition. - - ,
. The extent oTtPuandslide'' in Illi
nois and the completeness of the sur
prise is shown in the result in the
Twenty-first congressional district,
which has always been democratic, the
present incumbent who has held the
district for a long time, Ben Caldwell,
being one of the most popular men in
the state. The republican nomination
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