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&e Nebraska Independent PAGE 2 NOVEMBER 24, 19i. organization conference, I have been .opposed' to any furthar fu3ion ' with either of the old parties. At that time I was in favor of retaining Unoriginal name, people's party, - ' Bat conditions are ever changing. To : be practical, political parties should change names, forms and even princi ples,' when not vital, to 'meet "these changed conditions. -. ' 1 First. I suggest retaining the 'peo ple's party platform, as the 'basis of a reorganization. To this' 'might' be added any practical reform planks.' ' Second. Change the name from peo ple's party to that of "The Jefferson ians." Under, this banner invite Mr. Bryan, Mr. -Hearst, Mr. LaFollette, Mr. Watson, Mr. Williams and Mr. Debs, together with all other reformers to attend an advisory convention at a given time and place, to round out the organization. It Is a conceded fact that upon all fundamental principles the. two old parties arc as one. That In point of moral honesty there is no choice. These facts, with Mr. Roosevelt's per sonality were strong factors of the re cent landslide. Mr. Bryan is too well versed in political history to have much faith in reforming democracy within its own lines. ': Mr. Debs should concede that socialism is not practical .In this age of the world. That it is not suited to the genius of personal and individual liberty, inherent in the American sys tem. . Socialism is feeding and grow ing upon , the corrupt failures of the two old parties. Hence, all the more need of a new reform party direct from the groat body of the American peo ple. This plan would collect and solid ify all reformers into one great party. " . , T. H. COLLINS. Denver, Col. ; Join the Socialists . Editor; Independent:"! send you ref erendum vote with the following an swers; "Populists who believe in re form should become socialists.''. And to the other question as to co-operating with democrats: "Populists who want to dally- with present evils may join Br an democracy." Populism as far as it goes is prac tically socialistic in so far as it. dif fers from republicanism or democracy. Some democrats, as well as some repub licans favor many things that populists demand. But the. parties as 'such, are capit'alistiCi and you will' get what you ask' from one' ar soon as' through me other. ' r admire Mr. Bryan . in fact, all' good men 5 love " him politically, as well as Tom Watson and your noblo self, but this will do no good.' You can not get a hearing befbre the multi tude they- will not read Unless they are presented with a new primer. With republicanism rampant, democracy dis credited and populism--as a party dead, it looks to me that the true pat riot, which is a man who believes in the principle, the greatest good to the greatest number, can turn no other way than toward the socialists, s There is no danger of the American! people becoming to- radical, the real 'danger now is that they are too conservative. All. that socialists demand will not come at a step the ideal republic i a long way off;, but we must start on the journey, or we never will complete it. There appears to me many reasons why populi:3 should not maintain their organization and vhy they should not join with the dsmocracy. The name "democrat" is wprmwood to lots of well-meaning republicans; These we need as well as the radical democrat, and all populists, and when all is con sidered, the socialist party offers the ony . logical place for these men to come. The very fact that socialism is not confined to one state of the world, but to the producing class of all civil ized countries is strongly In its favor. But I do not wish to 'say anything further, only to speak as an old reader and subscriber of The Independent, and you have my vote and a few of the many reasons for it. JOHN EVERSON.' Alma, Neb. of this and build anew our party in as many 'localities as possible? If you had ? bcnj this far south, though this is largely settled by northern people, you "would have had n opportunity to witness the overbearing nature of old time and -insolent democracy. We must have1' a new party1 for the protection of old-time populists,' and for a home for them. With a live party in each community we can have an in fluence upon local and national poll-tied.- " " ' Vi ' ' - ' The existence of a strong populist party is necessary; to Mr. Bryan's at tempt to control the democratic party. The populist has no influence in the democratic party, but he may by inde pendence have great weight as they will then fear the movement. We are organizing here and s want a good national paper and I thought we had it in your paper, but if you have called a halt to see how . many; want REFERENDUM ... . . F. , . . . .FOUr to lie down, we will look elsewhere. I am anxious to hear from Watson and care nothing for Bryan. 1 ' J. C. SHULL. Arapaho-, Okla. . For People's Party Never Made the Suggestion Editor Independent. I am surprised to see The Independen; attempting to disorganize our party again by sug gesting a return to Bryan and the democratic party. You know the history of our move ment, and the great advantage there is in the populists having a party and party organs. . ; - . Mr. Watson's splendid and brilliant campaign has aroused anew the spirit of populism. Why not take advantage Dorv't be Deceived Aga.ir Editor Independent: I want to .con gratulate you on three editorials in The Independent of November 10: "The ReDublican Party." "The Demo cratic Party" and "Mr. Bryan a Demo crat." All are to the point, well said and, what is better; true. I send you herewith a vote. The only hope I have had for some time, that the democratic, party might prove to be a reform party, was based on the possibility that Mr. Bryan might think more of the cause than he did of . his party. The democratic party has now ceased to be but an obstacle in the way of better things, ' Let who will stay with it the reform movement rnust depend upon something else. It was not the fault of populists that, they have been . deceived in two campaigns, it will be their . fault if they are- de ceived again. - ' . : . FLAVIUS VAN VORIIIS. . Indianapolis, Ind. . r , S A Fatal Mistake ' ; Editor Independent: ,. Find inclosed my; card and vote. Populism is now on a firm foundation and none of the political storms of: he. future can move it. s Our two. ;Toms. have done, nobje work. When populism : of the west and the' south can; stand united, as we now stand, all the minions of plutoc racy can not check our march to vic tory; Mr.; Bryan has proved faithless in "this, election;-arid never again will he be able to disrupt and disorganize our party. There must be a sad spot in his heart, since he is deserted by the western populists, who made him great. Many great men make fatal mistakes, and Bryan has certainly made his. Let;us on with the fight, as there is something now in sight worth fighting for. A. II. LIVINGSTON. Wet Plains, Mo. very thought of v fusion might be smothered in its birth. - ' " - If the democratic party together with its leaders are right, then our party to gether with our leaders' and plans are wrong, and good sense and honesty would say go bodily Into the demo cratic 'camp and do 'periace at their shrine''"' '"';' - " I freely- admit the' honesty of the great body of : all ; parties this idea- vox populi vox Del is the basic doc trine of' true i' democracy "and real re publicanism. But does this prove, that the . methods used to control the peo ple are right? : ' ' . ' - ' v I say not An alliance' with the ilem ocratic" party 'means that we accept meir leaaers, tneif organization, to gether1 with their methods, and to do this would be worse than suicide. Again, sectional' feelings engendered by the war between the states make it an impossibility, for' all : reformers .to unite under the democratic flag. , . Let us march under a new flag one not staine'd by the fratricide the old flag the'old house has served its pur7 pose let us build a new one to fit our environments. " C' H. COLE. -Welsh; Ala; 'U;' ' '" "-- My;: Breath. i Always a DemocrM Editor Independent: I inclose my idea as regards the future actions of the people's party: I believe the peo ple's party should continue and if the Bryan democrats and others choose to come to the populists all right, but I am not in favor of disorganizing our party to bow in humble si-.bmission to those who can join hands with such vultures as Cleveland. Hill and Bel mont. I h" ve always been a demo crat and worked hard for Mr. Bryan in both 189ff and 1900, and should have done the scjne in 1904 had the demo crats named a man who would stand firmly on a platform lor the people and not for Wall street and Lombard street. I do not feel like censuring Mr. Bryan, as he is an able, educated and,1 I believe an . honest man, and it would hardly be in place for a poor, uneducated man like me, to criticise a man who h:s twice ueen honored by a presidential nomination, ' yet in my humble walk in life I am democratic enough to vote as my conscience dic tates. We did not get many votes in old hide-bound Suffolk. The board of canvassers are at work and when finished I will send result to you. It is a grave injustice that the vote of all parties is not made public at once. ' ; '..': f. E. NICKOLS! ; Brentwood, L, I. N. Y. Worse than Suicide : ' . Editor Independent: Herewith find my vote for the "people's party organi zation and so thoroughly convinced am I that any alliance with the so-calle-I democratic, party would be the undo ing of all our hopes and plans, , I wish I could send a million votes that the , Fusion Proved Disastrous T . Editor Independent: I think ..hat we already had more than enough con fusing political f usiom ,, Tne people's party was , sidetracked by Engineer Fu sion, format least-, fifteen years. No sound , member of : the people's party will again consent' to enter a political co-partnership simply, to get even a slim chance at snatching a few crumbs and little fishes. s The fusions at . the past proved disastrous experiments, and no sane , populist will again be coaxed, to enter the democratic spider's net. Let us rather reform and reorgan ize the demoralized members , of the nearly shipwrecked people's party. Our party principlesare Jeff ersonian . and Lincolnian; they .are,, the quintessence of pure democracy, and republicanism. Our platform rests on the solid foun dation .of common ; sense and sound statesmanship. - The :,. people . .party platform contains : as much., socialistic essence as we can stand, understand and need. It can't be. denied that rthe different platforms of the several so cialist aggregations .go .to,, extremes. Our. platform is socialistic, enough, for all conservative socialists to , stand on. Let us ,b3ware.of the extrejnes oj mon.-: archy. and despotism. History proves that, most .communistic, societies 'fejl' to pieces. It is true that the first Chris tians held all their property Jn com mon, but it. must .be, f'onsideredthat they were few in numbers and: their earthly possessions ..were .very, scant. Its nearly fanatical:- brotherly love welded them into one. But. their Chris-' tian socialism tottered and fell as soon as they had perceptibly Increased in numbers and goods. It must, be ad mitted that all the. socialistic features of our political ; creed are reasonacle, practicable and lasting. 4 . . . The public ownership and operation of railroads, telegraphs, mineral de posits, the issuing of the money by the governments and a graduated in come tax are imperatively called for and should b3 insisted on by the peo ple. Let every true believer in our principles become a tireless evangelist, and then we will be able to accomplish much four years hence. If the new comers to our camp object to the name populists, then the party might be called . the "national" or some other forcible name. But let us by all. means refrain - from fusing with any old, worm-eaten party. t - The federal and whig party names are nearly . forgot ten; let it be so with the democratic party name. The recent election proved that most voters consider that -party either dead, useless or hastening to the grave. "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty." Let our party ship be manned and sailed by reliable men; men that have been tried in the fi'ry political furnace. " JOHN F. 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"1 know that Dr. Miles' New Ilrart Cure is a great remedy. For a. number of years 1 suffered from shortness of breath smothering spells, and pains in Sld For - months, at a time 4 .vouid be unablo to lie on my left side, and if I lay fiat on my back would nearly smother. A friend .advised, usirtg Dr. Miles New Heart Cure, which I did with good results. I began to improve at unee, and after taking several bottles of iheJleart Cure th Pains in my side and other symptoms- vanished. I pm' now entireiy well. All , those dreadful smothering spells sre , a thing of the past. F. P. DRAKE, Middletown, O. vJ -the' r?t VottI does not heH you. PEEE rite to usfor Fr-TFIaT-t , "7f package of brf Miles' Anti Pain Pitls, the New Scientific Rcmedv for Pain. Also Symptom , Blank, OuV specialist will diagnose, your, case, tll you what Is wrong, and how to rig-irt ft Free. DR. MILES MEDICAL, CO - laboratories, ki.tuj!art. ind. in-l?SP Feed vi v $14 'Grinder. We mannrocture fl strlna I will pay you to in vestigate. Write for catalog and price list. CURRIE WIND MILL . Topaka, Kansas. Steel WM.llll.imt all Btzes a4 J4lfk mmmamijXMntr Whose Lost? ; Editor Independent: I wish to ex press my opinion as to any further fu sion. I am like the old Indian -vho was lost. He wandered around and finally braced himself.; up and said: "Injun no. lost, wigwam lost." -:i ; : . h. G. STEWART. , Geneva, Neb. - A Domoorn.fJo Funeral Editor -Independent: -You will find inclosed my Tote. Sure, I am for main taining the people's party organization. What do we care for defeat? We have set In to win. I have made up my mind to stay with them. - This Is no populist funeral, this la a democratic Cancer of Lip Cured " i Mr.3Iartin Hamel. 'AIvoV'Nehfwhn was afflicted with cancel of tlie lip,? has been cured by Dr. T. O'Connor j Linebln,' Neb. He will answer inquirta as to Dr. O'Connor's treat: ent. 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' Lincoln Neb. ?(ete Mr. Wolff is a reliable - and respoialMe . weler. Watches and Jewelry entrusted to hint willrecelTecareial attention and be returne4 afelj. The Independent