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FEBRUARY 16, 1905
Ufa Nobrasko. Indopondcat
Somewhat Bewildered
Editor Independent: Having read
so many well written pieces, ideas, no
tions, opinions, policies and visions,
as well as principles in your paper, as
well as some other papers; trying to
uphold true American principles
called by sojnany names when applied
to old as well as newer parties and
bring no scholar and nothing but .a
common clodhopper I 1 often become
more or less bewildered. I am some
what of an independent (in thought
more particular) both in religion and
politics. I suppose I ' might say I was
nothing politically (being both young
and an orphan) until the little simb
ling, sapheaded lawyers, preachers and
others began, to blow their little seces
sion trumpets which started me to
thinking, reading and deciding. (I was
no secessionist.) I went into the army
in XI rather than be carried in. I was
surrendered to Gen. Grant by Gen. Lee
at Appomattox, which made my stock
in southern democracy as I have seen,
understood and known it, more than
worthless. I was a greenbacker long
before I knew of the venerable Peter
Cooper and the greenback party. I was
with and for the reform movements
until the h-l-ish d-v-ishness of 1896. I
was then somewhat or a secesh until
this 1901. I voted her straight for
Watson, for yourself and down to con
stable in the county, while I always
grant others the sf.me right and liberty.
I tikA mv self in Dolitics and religion.
Yet we are all subject to each other's
criticism of differences in opinion (or
of words and actions). FrouaDiy it
thA residential (3. had not buzzed
so to the confusion of thoughts and
nrinrinles in W. 3 B.'i bonnet h
would not have made so many declar
ations and then paid'no more attention
to them than if not "mad e, but being a
democratic politician he must -follow
the customs and rules wnich is party,
party party, office, office, office. Per
haps hes like Jeff Davis in the sixties
depending on old England to help, as
he but recently returned from over
there. If the papers were correct,
England backed u; secession until the
Bible war was a fixed realization apd
then through her democratic and other
allies North overthrew the Lincoln,
Chase and Thad Stevens financial green
back policy and got what is known as
the senate amendment , on the second
greenback bill with the devil . begotten
English conceived hell reserving na
tional banking system fastened on the
American people as a tail to the Amer
ican financial kite, which in my humble
opinion is the foundation cause of more
woe and misery with the laws resolu
tions, decisions and ruling established
since to uphold and perpetuate the
h-I-ish Dolicy and principle, which de-
' predated the graenbacks: at the tiro
and since has destroyed nearly all of
them - and now favors entire destruc
tion of them all, which was good
enough for the preservers of our glor
ious American union, but not sufficient
for the English and American financial
tratorous Arnolds ofthe national Danns
who in beelzelbub form and satanic
style have lived on the interest of
what they owe (bank notes), who were
and are todav a thousand times more
dangerous to American freedom and
independence than we Reb3 were dar
ing the sixties, etc., etc. We are up
against an extreiae and 1 predict we
will be forced to meet it with another
extreme before we successfully combat
with and overcome it. We need a bam
of Taxsus and maybe letters of author
ity from the chief priests ana a Dig
lteht on the wav to Damascus and a
Judas on a street that is straight and
an Ananias to lay hands on that the
scales may drop from our eyes that we
may see how to drive the money mon
gers and changers from tne control oi
our American temples of Justice' and
freedom (the present policies and agen
cies that rule) sna establish instead
truly improved Jeffersonian and Lin
colnian principles by which to be gov
erned. (No "coif-fusion with either
old party.)
Yours for the war,
C. W. MASON.
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Twenty Thousand Populists
Editor Independent: I notice in your
issue of Dec. 29 that The Independent
will from now on follow the orders of
the rank and file of the peoples party.
This inspires hope for the cause of the
common people and no one can doubt
the great good that will follow if .you
stand firm. : '
wiih 20.000 voters in our state I
am aura that in 1906 the uarty Of "re
deemers" will see redemption in truth
for with such a motive power of earn
est men no legion or corrupuomsid
ran withstand. Honest men will soon
see that our party is amply able to
resist any appearance or evil coiiusion
which for the past eight years has so
delayed our advancement. These 20,
000 voters cannot be counted as any
thing but populists; will represent no
party strength but that of the populist
party and when these are organized
into state, county and precinct commit
teea thev will not be made to repre-
co-ntnr rather misrepresent our party.
Now we are again free trom entangling
alliance and the past ought to teach J
us that all important axim that if
you want a thing done, 'don't ask oth
ers, but do it yourself.
Every populist now should be ready
and willing to help organize. If only
eight are found in each precinct who
voted, for Watson and Tibbies those
ought to resolve themselves into a
precinct committee and at once pro
ceed to call a meeting of all precincts
in each county, then in a state meetr
.. . 'At 9 ..." 9
ing organize the state. Aiier mid it)
dnnp future work will have discipline.
As now constituted,; many committeer
men are fusionists and the task or or
ganizing: will be somewhat like that of
organizing the Bryan democracy when
the other, fellows hayc all the commit
tees. -
Manv of the members cr the tusion
state committee may be ready now to
go with the reorganization and u sin
poro will aid in the work, but with
our present form, confusion will result.
I can see no reason that win compel
the 20.000 straieht rjoouhsts to wait
until another state convention is called
to form a new committee. It seems to
me that if it is possible, that as con
stituted we must wait the call of the
present committee, the committee
should be called now and- discuss
where we are, that months of time
may be saved.
You will find, dear eurtor, mat a
mirhtv Dower will show itself when
the test comes. It will take your care
ful and vigilant watch, tcgetner wun
a strons hard null toward the shore.
The enemy is alert and you neeu tne
hankine of the 20.000. but cut loose.
... a i ' mo
I believe populists are maae oi siuit
to do it. - W. C. b 1 AnlvJa; i.
Wilber, Neb. ;
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Editor Independent: I find great
satisfaction in reading the letters in
The Independent, many of these re
fleet verv fine thought aud sentiment,
and are written by men who are honest
in their political convictions. Though
the writers may Jive far apart and sur
rounded by very different social, pout
ical or religious, influences.
. The one truth aoears in all of them
a .betterment of the condition which is
the lot of the laboring people and the
future of our children.
Bro. A. A. Perry of Omaha, has
rfzhMv said that our children will have
less knowledge of their rights than" we
have and of course will more willingly
submit. I was witn uro. v. ii. maai
son At Cincinnati May 19-20. 1901. and
hav heeti faithful to the motto there
adopted: "Keep in the middle of the
road." That was nearly fourteen years
ago and with all our work and all the
hard earned money that we have spent
to advance our demands, are we one
inch nearer our destination? Surely
the task is a great one, the mountain
is a high one to climb.
The difficulties are money and op
ponents are on every side. Rev. Her
bert Bikelow draws a very discouraging
comparison between the condition and
downfall of the Roman empire and our
own beloved count ry.
The ouestion that we ask now is:.
"Will there te any salvation for our
country?'" There is no doubt but that
corruption is in every branch of na
tional, state and city government, and
this corruption is spouen or ana ngntiy
passed by.
The wealthy men who dictate the
policy of legislation are nothing more
than a band of pirates. The boards of
trade and stock markets are run by
men who have no conscience or ngnt
and justice; - - -
It is utterly inincssible to get any
laws brought before legislative bodies
that have a shadow of lessening the
rio that organized creed has upon the
existence of the common people. ."'
It is useless to name these as every
reader of The Independent knows them
all. The greenback ''party was an or
ganized protest against some of them
twentv-five years ago and some little
good was accomplished. Then the union
labor, party came into existence. Then
the people's party was organized and
has made a heroic contest for reform
with but little, very little success.
Many good, honest and sensible men
have come forward and labored with
all "their heart and soul. Some have
died and passed away, others have
been discouraged and fell back. .Some
have sold out and joined the greedy
enemy, while others are yet in the line
ready and wiling to put forth their best
effort to right the many wrongs that
burden the toiling millions of our
country and to prepare a better condi
tion for unborn generations.
Truly Bro. A. A. Perry has spoken
when he savs that instead of the war
freeing the black slave that it fastened
the chains of bond slavery upon all
both white and black, who toil for their
existence and delivered them into the
hands of the money power of the world;
While our president is making some
effort of controlling some of the trusts
he becomes the willing tool of the orig
inal of all trusts, the Wall street money
trust and dictates tne most mtamoua
scheme against the common people:
Snrelv the demands of the idle greedy
wealthy individuals and .corporation
will never have an end. , ,
The old world, is filled witE .hunger.
starvations misery . and r wretchedness;
because of . these greedy demands and
will not our. own beioved children pass
ffiaduallv into that same, condition, it
C3T . '
our laws are dictated by -. the same
greedy class?
Yes every 'reformer in the land
knows this is too true and millions of
voters in the two old parties will ac
knowledge the truth of this statement
Rut. now comes the hard proposition.
How can we get them to jom us ror
better conditions, through better laws?
How can we get these millions of vot
ers to act in their own interest instead
of against their interest?
Will persuasion do it? Will good
sneakers do it? Will argument do it?
Will a candid review of the history of
past legislation do it? Or will the on
ward march of oppression, the heavy
hand of greed, bringing in us wane
want, and starvation. dJ it?
Something must do It it U is ever
done. The great mass of the people
know what is right and demand it
everv dav in the year except on Glee
tion day. We who are striving to live
the life of Christ "That the world may
be better because we have lived in it,"
look back to the trend of human action
and therein try to outline the future
We look at thepast of a man s life
to decide what action he may do in tne
future.
Thht the arcat mass of humanity
must have. leaders, ygt the masses must
be willing to follow. ,
We must make personal saenhees
for the good of all. -
We must do H right as God gives us
the mental power to know the right.
We must organize as did the poor
Israelite slaves, have our captains and
ho. numbered.
We must go forward at the command
even though the Red Sea shall- lay
across our line of march.
There will be traitors to our cause
as ever thero have been in the past to
every reform movement. We must ig
nore every man as a leader who has
shown - the black feather and upon
whom any, suspicion rests. -, , ,
We have leaders true and tried, men
whose past . is untainted, whose soul
and heart is' in the cause and who will
never surrender. To them we will look
for wisdom and counsel.
Now, brothers, let us take hold of
the work determined to win in 1908 and
by the help of the Standard Oil trust,
and the great banking trust and the
thousand smaller trusts that will
squeeze the people into an active politi
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