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publican ticket and thereby make cer
tain t.h defeat or. rarKer in. muse
states. I used those same arguments to
ont,.in mv nosition and found but two
fnsinn noDulist3 who disagreed -with
mo when I went west in uctoDer i
urged similar action and made use of
these arguments. When I reached
Idaho the campaign seemed to favor
th alleged democratic party, but when
I urged z populists to vote a repub
lican ticket and gave reasons for such
advice the political aspect changed
at once and the democrats were thor
ouehlv defeated. In Washington the
populists had refused to nominate a
statp. ticket in order to vote with the
pjijjblicans and thereby crush a treacn
ftroua uosjocracy. in every epecu
made and -in an Jip. numerous imer
vlew3 given tfttn jgBfr-aJ.U populists
to voie wuere Jt wuuiu w xuv-
cratic party the greatest injury. Wfaeu
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I Theory of Watson's Campaign
Editor Independent: In a "letter
received from the east I learn with re
gret that not a few populists are dis
appointed and somewhat discouraged
at the small aggregate vote given Mr.
.Watson and you at the recent ejection.
Because of this I feel compelled to
make a fair and full statement of facts
concerning this matter and believe it
will remove all such impressions and
- sUhe same time furnish abundant rea
nonsSjfe. genuine , encouragement.
LeFlnKStati4inctly at the out3et
that the campaign jwWAmade sim
nlv to secure votes foT..alaand
rjKKioc! hut tn makfi DOSsiblett6,. T
rr,i,dtmn nf thft nonuhst party. It
was not the number of votes cast for
Watson and Tibble3 that would most
effectually secure this much desired
object, it was the death and burial of
the last miserable remnant of fusion,
together with the most crushing de
feat the democratic party had ever
rpppivfid. These were the real objects
pf the recent populist campaign and
the election returns justify the claim
of complete success.
Permit me to recall the salient fea
tnrea nf the late political contest:
Mr. Watson had studied the situation
t in sorrow and in silence for nearly
vbr: voars and had satisfied himself
'6 to tne proper couroo to pursue. His
first speech at Lincoln not only dis
closed his position but killed the laet
attempt at national fusion that will
be made for a generation to come. The
manner in which that speech wa3 re
ceived convinced Mr. Watson that he
had sized up conditions correctly and
also , that a campaign: of bold aggres
siveness was demanded. Out of this
came that magnificent speech at Coop
er Union, the echo of which was stil
ringing throughout the country when
the poll3 closed in November. It was
the most courageous, audacious and logi
ical speech ever delivered by a polit
ical leader. No other political leader
; would have dared voice such sent!
ments and no other leader but Mr
-Watson couM Jiave held his leader
ship and done so Buttthe - people
trusted him and the results declared
their wisdom. Let those who are dis
satisfied over the returns read that
speech carefully in connection with
the election results and I will warrant
a fresh revelation. The points of his
contention were so well taken so logi-;
cal and plain, so bold and aggressive:
that they became at once the slogan
of the campaign. Fusion was confined
to the states of Kansas and Nebraska
in a purely local manner and the de-
struction of the .democratic party be
gan in dead earnest. Those speeches
of Mr. Watson were read with undis
guised amazement by all classes. Some
thought them vagaries, others called
them indiscreet and unwise, but men
of political experience found in them
solid evidence of sound leadership and
began at once to calculate according
ly. It was to rebuild the populist party
for which Mr. Watson labored and in
his judgment it could be accomplished
in no other way."
When I returned from .the west, in
cluding the Pacific states, where I had
been to arrange for national tickets,
found a strong sentiment among popu
lists in Kansas and Nebraska to vote
the straight republican ticket and end
fusion then and there. In New York,
New Jersey; New Hampshire and
Maryland I found a determination
among populist3 to vote for Roosevelt
and break the power and prestige of
the democratic party. They argued if
Parker should be elected the populists
would be powerless to reorganize. With
the influence of fusion on the one hand
and a treacherous democratic adminis
tration on the other" there could be no
hope for the people s party. The only
safe course was to vote witl the he
publicans and destroy democracy.
"These arguments met with such gen-
, ' eral approval that very soon the defeat
of -the democratic party became the
central idea of the populist campaign
I traveled over West Virginia and In
diana, urging populists to vote the re-
Follow in Chains
All the creat thinkers and statesmen,
when they, have spoken up the fun
damental principles or government
have been populists. James A. Gar
field in congress in 1874 said:
Since the dawn of history tne great
thoroushfares have belonged to tne
neonle. have been known as the king's
highways, and have been open to tne
free use of all on payment of a small
uniform tax or toll to keep them in
repair. But now the most perfect, ana
by far the most important roaas Known
to mankind, are owned ana manageu
as private property by a comparative
ly small number of private citizens.
"It is painfully evident from the ex
perience of the last few 'years that
the efforts of the state3 to regulate
their railroads have amounted to a lit
tie more than feeble annoyance. In
many cases the corporations have
treated such efforts as impertinent
meddling, and have brushed away leg
islative restrictions as easily as Gul
liver broke the cords with which the
MMnntians attemDted to bind mm.
Worry Goes
To The Stomach
Tears Down the Little Telegraph Lines
That Operate and Control the
Digestive Processes
reached Nevada the last week of thetaJtecontests, the corporal ions
campaign I found tne aemocraut; y. w
greatly elated and confident of success.
In speeches and interviews I urgea an
populists and silver men to join wun
the republicans and defeat the demo
crats and that changed the entire cnar
acter of the contest and made possible
republican victory. No one ques
tioned our loyalty to the populist par
tv but every one commended our cour-
age and good judgment in taKing suuu
a strong position. The usual good sense
or our brethren led them to accept this
advice in all sections of the country
and the 8th of November disclosed biir
great victory. "
Let no one suppose for a moment
that the small aggregate vote shown
by the" election returns constitute the
full strength of the -populist party. - A
letter just opened from Idaho tells a
far different story: It says: "in my
township there wre 29 populists, 28
including myself. veted a straight re
publican ticket and I am sure we did
right." I have many others of a sim
ilar import. In 1892 We east over a mil
lion votes -oi Weaver and Field and I
believe there are fully that number, If
not more, with us today. Some are in
the republican party, forced there by
fusion. Some are with the prohibition
ists, others go with the socialists. In
"t&f if Wfcetft election not less than half
milnou. iuiists voted ior Koose-
velt. At least one-half pf the socialist
vote came vfbm3ppit8v'llfe4Je- many
How to Repair These Tele-
I will gladly give any Stomach Sufferer a
Full Dollar's worth of my Remedy
Free to Try.
A NOTRE DAME LADY.
1 -1 will Bend free, with full instructions', eome of
mis simpie prepanuion ,iortne cure of Lencor
t rircea. Ulceration, Displacements. Falling of the
i Womb, ScnntT or Painful Periods
. Growths, Hot Flashes. Desire to Ov Trunin
icouuK up iuo npinu, rain in me JHacir. and all
xfUMie nuuuira 10 an sending address. To
i mothers otminerlnjr dnnghters Twill explain a
BUTOcaiiui uuiue ireaimenr, utou aeclde to
' continue it will only cost about 12 cents a week
' to fiiarantee a cure. Tell other uflerrs of it.
that is all I ask. I you are interested write now
and tell your suffering friends of it. Address
jars. m. Dummers, cox it motre Dame, Ind.
have become -wpscious or tneir
strength, and 'lfflti:.eni,fe jjpon the
work of controlling' th6Ute3. --Al
ready, they have captured some ofe
oldest and strongest of them, and these
discrbwned sovereigns now follow in
chains the triumphal chariot of their
conquerors. And this does not imply
that merely the officers and represen
tatives of states have been subjected
to, the railways, but that the corpora
tions have grasped the sources and
fountains of power, and control the
choice, of both officers and representa
tives
John Stuart Mill-made a3 strong a
statement of the populist theory con
cerning the government ownership of
railroads as was ever made by ' any
man, He said: .
"In attempting to enumerate the nec
essary functions of government, v we
find them to. be considerably more
multifarious than most people are at
first aware of, and 'incapable or being
circumscribed by those very definite
lines which it Is often at
tempted to draw- around - them. We
sometimes,: for example, hear it said
that L governments . ought to confine
themselves -to affording- protection
against force and fraud ;'. - - But
why should . people be protected by
their government; that is, by their own
collective strength, against violence
and fraud and. not against other evils,-
except that : the expediency is more
could. not ' vote- becatfaeiot; no. ttoniteJ2Iri."i"'' A. Z, i
tions as inr California " Penhsvlvania. rtWd exception which I shall
tions as in" California' Pennsylvania,
Maryland and other states. VA11 these
and many thousands beside will gladly
take s tueir places: in the ranks of the
people's. party ju3t as soon as anything
like a permanent organization: is as
sured. . These' men have - not deserted
populism. No indeed, populism aban
doned th6m and they are simply wait
ing the return of sane and sure conditions.
While the election returns show that
Watson and Tibbies received less than
120,000 votes in th.e aggregate, what
does the results of the election disclose.
Get up beside mr. Watson and Jet him
point them out. He will show you the
unhonored grave of the putrid remains
of fusion never to be resurrected, at
least while the memory of this gener
ation lasts. He -will, show you the
shattered, , beaten and discouraged col
umns of democracy, without principles,
without honor and without hope, wind
ing its weary way to the narrow con
fines of a disrupted and panic strick
en south, i Its leaders quarreling
among themselves and the rank and
file disgusted and ready to rebel. He
will show you the once solid ; south
broken for the first time and one of
its strong members lost forever.' He
will show ydu that once arrogant and
treacherous democracy so thoroughly
demoralized as to be absolutely incap
able of an aggressive effort. Are not
these results satisfactory? If not why
not? We have only the republican
party to fight now.' They have always
fought us in the open and we have
never feared, from them a knife thrust
in the back.'' We -can now decide on
a political campaign without fear of
treachery, or. the secret methods of an
unseen foe. This election has destroyed
those who destroyed us. It now re
mains to be seen whether we have the
strength of character and good judg
mentto take advantage of this great
victory. - Ji
lt was a glorious campaign because
It was conducted in wisdom and loy
alty. It was a glorious campaign be
cause the results fully justified the
means. God grant that such results
may not be wasted.
v N. A. DUNNING.
Alameda, Col.
notice to Tffi?4(Q$trine that governmentj
can not manage tM -altairs of Individ
uals as well as individuals ssmelves,
has reference to-the great class of castsr.
n which the individuals can only man
age the. concern by delegated agency,
and in . which the so-called private
management is, in point of fact, hard-
y better entitled to be called man
agement by the persons interested
than administration by a public v of
ficer. This applies to the case
of a road, a canal, or a railway. These
are always, in a great degree, practi
cal monopolies, and a government
which concedes such monopolies un
reservedly to a private company does
much the same thing as if it allowed
an individual or an association to levy
any tax they choose for their own
benefit, etc."
I ask no deposit no reference no security.
There is nothing to risk nothing to pay, either
now or later. Any "stomach sunerer who noes
not know my remedy may have a full dollar's
worth free if he merely writes and asks.
I willingly make this liberal offer because Dr.
Snoop's Restorative is not an ordinary stomach
remedy. It docs not, indeed, treat the stomach
itself. It goes beyond it treats the nerves that
control and operate the stomach. Tne nerves
that wear out and break down and cause stom
ach trouble, forstomncu troub!e is really only a
symptom that there is serious nerve trouble in
side. That is why ordinary remedies fall. That
is whv my remedy succeeds. That la why I
can afford to make this otter.
Yet do not misunderstand me when I say
vnw9." I do not mean the nerves you oratn-
rUy inrtfv-bont. I mean the automatic stom-
a eh crv ovm jinih your mma has no con
trol. I harexst''''C9phereto explain to
you how the nerves cifol thes3r4ic or how
they may be vitalized and rwtCJHJW
write l win scna you a doo wmcn wi t-v.
these points clear. But this much is cer...-i--alliuR
nerves cause all forms ot stomach tronbte
indigestion, belcnintr, heartburn, lusownla.
nervousness, dyspepsia, o siomacn meoicine
will cure these ailments. Only nerve treatment
will do that. No other remedy than Dr. Phoop'a '
Restorative even ctnims to reach these nerves.
Wlat alls the stomach nerves? Worry, prob
ably. Mental anguish destroys their tiny fibers
and tears down the telegraph lines without
which the stomach has no more self control
than a sponge. Overwork will do it. Irrtsular ,
habits will do 1L Overeatine will dolt. . Dissi
pation will do it. But the effect istb"'u
stomach failure. .? , t.; , - .
', No matter how these nerves became impaired
I know away to rebuild their strengTirt3r"t
store their vigor, It is a remedy which toes
Thirty years of my life to perfect remedy
which is now known in more than Ally thou
sand communities la more than a million
homes as Dr. Snoop's Restorative.
If yon have stomach trouble and have never
tried my remedy merely write and ask. I will
send you an order on your druggist which ha
will accept as gladly as ho would accept a dol
isxHa will hand you from bis shelves a stats
dtt, ? d bottle of my prescription, and he will
send the bill to mo. This otler Is made only to
strangers to my remedy. Those who have ones
used the Restorative do not need this evldoce.
There are no conditions no requirement. It
Is open and frank, and fair. .It ts th tuprema
test ot my limitless belief. . All that I ask yea to
do is kKwritei-write today.
For free 'order, for Dwk 1 On Cy,7rx '
a fall dollar bottle yoa Book 2 on t&el. nrt -- '
must addresa Dr. Hook 8 on the ldtafya
8hoopr Boi JMtr, Ba Boolr4 forWwiaw - -.
dne,Wt&&iawAlli.-- IlakaVtoeKM '
book you want - Book ft on KhmacL i
Mild cases ara often cured by asina bott'.s. - -For
sale at forty thousand drug stores. - - ;
No Compromise
Editor Independent: I will not be
able to get along without The Inde
pendent as long as it sticks to its
DrinciDles as it does now. No com
promise now or in the future with any
party.;- The populist . door . Is - open.
Let Bryan and his followers come or
stay out What they need is a bap
tism of Watson fire. .
J. D. SWANEY.
Beatrice, Neb. ;,
A Square Deal ;
For two generations the Indian
wards of the- government were alter
nately coddled and robbed. They had
no votes or taxes; they were penned
on reservations and forbidden to trave
and were told that they were only
"good" when dead. The agency sys
tem was continued not for their sake
but for the profit of the agents and o
supply contractors. A not ignoble race
was pauperized by a monthly issue of
groceries and "beef on the hoof."
Indian Commissioner Jones reports
a different condition today. One In
Oils Cure Cinctr.
AH forms of cancer or tumor, internal or ex
ternal. cured bv soothing balmy oil. and with
out pain or disfigurement. No experiment, but
successfully used ten years. Write to the home
office of the originator forTree book Dr. D. M
BYE Co., Drawer 505 ft maianapons, ina.
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ands are being sold for their owners'
benefit, reservation lines ' are oblit
erated, the Indians are free to go where
dian of every six is in school." Tribal
they please, and are citizens among
citizens. Only old and , helpless In
dians can live without working. The
newly chosen commissioner, Mr. Leupp,
will pursue the same means for the
same end of self-support. -
For Indians as well as white men
the best policy i3 that which gives
every man a "square dear and then
expects him to look out for himself.-
Springfield Republican.
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