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The Nebraska Independent
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XT IS- 1906
TBtatc as the relent
10 . icin foe of railroad
V .....a Portion.
.rtnawnt and rau.-- -
L people beliove m mm luy
F ... .v,rnst. in his
Inow be is in m"u
lie to overthrow railroad rule
I ur, lerislaiion that will give
fe producers and -axpayers of the
ate relief from unjui uu .uw
ble conditions. None can be so blind
tn see the hands of the rail-
L,in the opposition to his renomi-
Cn. The railroads know full well
U if nominated he will De eiecum.
L that therefore they must beat him
Cthe democratic convention or suffer
,feat themselves at the polls.
the politicians of the state regara-
of party, as well as the people,
L that Berge is in dead earnest
L will do what he says he will do
riven the opportunity. The manner
Ef bis speech and the directness of
knacks upon the evils to be overcome
leaves no doubt in the minds of his
Larers that he voices a profound
conviction an an unalterable purpose
llis convictions and purposes become
Jtontagious and irresistible amoag his
Ldiences demonstrating the com-
landing power of truth when loaded
,ith the heart's desire of those ap
pealed to and illuminated in words
(burning with the eloquence of sin
kerity.
The railroads are against Mr. Berge.
They will fight him to the bitter end.
They will play upon the ambition of
iweak men and invoke the blinding
power of flattery to make honest men
their dupes and tools. "Eternal vigi
lance is the price of liberty."
Watch for the free pass holder and
regardless of the esteem in which you
ihold him as a neighbor or friend do
tot allow him to attend any of the
party conventions, because through
virtue of the pass that he carries in
lis pocket, in the convention he will
he the tool of Harriman, Hill and
(Rockefeller to do the work they want
done to enable them to continue to
fleece the producers and taxpayers of
Nebraska.
Dolliver was never anything but a
noise.
Subscribe for The Independent. "
What has become of the Shaw pres
idential boom?
Politicians are of a few days and
u" of trouble.
Secretary Taffs North Carolina
Sptech a fistic. Nothing in it
Politicians SOmrtiinnQ rn,
2 h God's agent and is en-
to some consideration even at
the'r hands.
Jhe Hil1' Harrin:an and Rockefeller
u -. are an op.
to the rennminn:- - o '
for governor, i
The
taati
suggestion f the n.ihi
lon Of Spnnt,,,. ,., . .
"u'uver of Iowa
rthe PaideiiCy foundj rMicul0US
When a man advertises that he only
knows his own political status by con
sulting the brand that he wears he
should be exempt from blame, and
from Influence.
If the Standard Oil crowd were to
collect their incomes for six months
in cash and lock, the same up in a
vault it would cause a money panic
in the United States.
The man who is indifferent to his
duties as a citizen is lacking in an
essential constituent of manhood, and
is below the stature of a man in the
full sense of the term.
A man who neglects to do his duty
as a constituent member of the state
is a sponge upon those whose intelli
gence, patriotism and efforts sustain
the social and political fabric.
Every acre of grain in the state
of Nebraska Is worth a little more to
its owner on account of a resolution
of congress introduced by Senator La
Follette and passed shortly before the
adjournment. '
The country has cause for rejoicing
in the fact that Senator Tillman is
assued of another term in the United
States senate from his state. It is
reported that his competitor has with
drawn from the contest,
Time, the stern winnowoner, does
its work with no less severity than
accuracy. There are many reputa
tions that were considered great a
few years ago that are-now a deadly
incumbrance to their owners, from
which there is no escape but death.
- The Omaha Bee having acquired the
habit of paying strict attention to
business when it has a case of a poli
tician to attend to can not be expect
ed to distribute its attention widely
among other matters until after Mr.
Rosewater's senatorial status is fully
established.
The only difference between the
Hill-Harriman democrats and the Hill
Harrlman republicans is in the spell
ing and pronunciation of the two
words that designate their respective
party names. The railroad passes of
both are signed by the same men al
though they may be handed out by
different distributors.
r-
if popular government be a per
manent form, an offense against the
public cannot be condoned. When
ever the public is capable of condon
ing an offense against itself a democ
racy becomes only a chimera of the
imagination. Therefore, the pathway
of a public servant towards a fame
that is worth having is a straight
land narrow one. How ir.any public
men since the civil war have won a
fame -worthy of having? The number
is few.
If some of our Nebraska democrats
happened to have been christened re
publicans instead of democrats they
would never have mistrusted that any
thing was wrong. They would in that
case stick to the name that was given
them with as much tenacity as a
camel stays with his hump, and for
the same reason. '
ow many of these anti-Berge deni
ocrats stood with Bryan two years
ago? How many of them would be
with him now if his star was not in
the ascendency, and they dared to
openly oppose him? It is a band
wagon rush now and all are for Bryan
because the necessities of the case
demand that it be so.
It is certain that David B. Hill who
sought to win the favor of the rich
and powerful by his scoffs and sneers
at the populism and Bryanism will
never reach the presidency, the goal
of his ambition, to which he subordi
nated all things else in life. Thus a
seemingly great man blundered and
played monkey to an overpowering
ambition.
Rosewater knows the cro'vd he is
dealing with, hence his suspicions of
their good faith in the matter of the
senatorship. The railroads need the
support of the "Bee" in the coming
campaign, and if Rosewater is wise
he will secure a pledge in writing frc.n
every republican candidate for the
legislature before the election. The
veteran editor has had some expert
ence with legislatures whose members
foully betrayed their trusts and broke
their pledges.
The following is the epitaph once
suggested by Oliver Goldsmith as be
ing suitable to inscribe upon the tomb
stone of Edmund Burke after that
statesman should oass away:
"Here lies our Edmund whose genius
was such,
That no one can praise him or blame
him too much.
He was borne of the. universe but
narrow in mind,
And gave up to party , what was
meant for mankind."
Fields of wheat that are yielding
fifty bushels per acre and upwards are
not uncommon in Nebraska this year.
The secret of it is that many of our
young men have attended the agri
cultural schools of this and other
states and have learned the correct
way of preparing the ground, and how
and when to do the seeding to obtain
the best results. The old saying that
"knowledge is power" can be supple
mented by the farmers of . Nebraska
with another saying which is equally
true, which is that "knowledge, to the
Nebraska farmer, is wealth."
Standard Oil is the controlling in-
fiueuco in the Gould system of rail
roads. The Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul is known in Wall Street as
a Rockefeller road, and the control
of the New York Central is similarly
owned. The Standard Oil crowd are
the largest owners of steam railroads
and trolley lines of any group of men
in the world. They also own the
sugar trust, control the gas and elec
tric lighting plants of our principal
cities and are represented on the)
boards of many of the great steel cor
porations of the country including tho
rusts.
Compare the status of Lewis Emery,
enjoying the respect and love of the
people of the great state of Pennsyl
vania with that of John D. Rockefeller
who possesses a billion and is com
pelled to dodge into holes In the
ground and from state to state to
avoid the process servers of the law.
Mr, Emery is an oil producer and
refiner and has always opposed the
Standard Oil eompany and denounced
its methods. In spite of competi
tion he has made his millions honest-
lows. He waged an unrelenting war
against Standard Oil for twenty-five
years.
The free railroad pass holders, re
gardless of whether they are repub-'
licans or democrats will vote to con
fer upon Harriman and Hill the power
to make you deliver unto them a por
tion of your wheat and corn through
unjust and extortionate rates. Many
of them are insensibly bribed to do
this by the railroad pass that was se
cured for them by a friend, who wiil
tell them how to vote the pcrty
caucuses and conventions. It is the
duty of the farmers to protect them
selves by electing men to office who
are opposed to railroad domination
and extortion. The first thing to do
is to see to it that no pass holder is
allowed to sit in any political convention.
The United States . geological Bur
vey announces that the production of
Portland cement in 1905 amounted to
35,246,812 barrels, valued at $33,245.
867. This is a gain of 8,740,931 bar
rels in quantity and $3,890,7',X in
value over the output of 1S04, which
amounted to 26,505,881 barrels, val
ued at $23,355,119.
' The publishers of The Independent
want agents everywhere to canvass
for subscriptions and sell Mr. Berge's
new book, "THE FREE PASS BRI
BERY SYSTEM." See advertisement
of book elsewhere in this paper. We
receive hundreds of orders through
the mails. It is the only book writ
ten upon a subject in which the peo
ple are just now vitally Interested.
The people everywhere will want the
book. Ex-Governor Larabee of Iowa
ordered ten books before same were
off the press. We receive orders from
all parts of the country. This book
is a seller. All you have to do Is to
tell about it You can make $100 per
month. Write at once for terms.
THE INDEPENDENT, Lincoln, Neb.