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About The independent. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1906)
OCTOBER 25, 1906 9 The Nebraska Independent have been convicted and fined for giv ing rebates in violation of the anti trust law. His other deeds as a public benefactor in bringing to time the ice trust and the gas trust in New York and contributing toward forcing the Pacific railroads to pay their indebt edness to the United States govern ment can only be referred to in our brief space here, all of which mark Mr. Hearst as one of the most force ful and patriotic men of our genera tion. The character of Mr. Hearst in con nection with the organizations whose candidate he is, together with the plat form upon which he is running and the novel and extraordinary campaign he is making attach interest to the campaign in New York this year be yond that of any campaign that has preceded it in any state of the union. Mr. Hearst boldly proclaimed in ad vance that both political parties in New York state were owned and con trolled by the corporations and that neither of them could be trusted to act in the interest of the taxpayers and voters. To furnish the people a means of defense he promoted the organization of the Independence League of which he became a member, and whose nomination for the govern orship of New York state he accepted, and in whose name he is conducting his campaign for election. The line of battle in the New York campaign is different from any that has ever been before witnessed in the country. A candidate regularly put in nomination by a state convention of the democratic party treats tne nom ination of that great historic party as a mere incident, ignores its platform and proclaims his allegiance to the Independence League, an independent political organization that is seeking to elect candidates for congress, the legislature and county offices in op position to the candidates of the dem ocratic party. Democratic bosses who are supposed to wield almost omni potent power over the party voters are spurned, defied and denounced as corporation tools by Hearst and his organization. He serves notice upon all corporations and their tools in all political parties that he does not want their support and that it is his pur pose to drive them from the political field and restore the rule of the people. The battle is the fiercest of any ever known since the memorable contest of General B. F. Butler for the gov ernorship of Massachusetts. But Hearst having daily newspapers of his own is better equipped for the contest than Butler was, and seems to possess the qualifications of a lead er in a pre-eminent degree. He is dis playing the characteristics of genius in the strong way in which he is mak ing definite and unmistakable the di viding line between the forces he seeks to lead and those against whom he directs his attack, refusing to allow party traditions to obscure that divid ing line. A political battle pitched upon so high a plane commands the interest of all whether residents of New York state or not. The plan of action com mends itself to all intelligent persons as the necessary and adequate means of restoring the rule of the people in the corporation ridden state of New York, a state in which both political organizations have so long been the mere hand maids and servants of pre datory wealth. Subscribe for The Independent. Two weeks from today we will tell you how it happened. Select good seed corn and vote for anti-railroad candidates. One is as im portant as the other. The prospects of electing a fusion legislature in Nebraska are good, and are steadily improving. Under the heading of summary of news you will find all the news of the week in condensed form. When the election is over the usual number of wise men will be found oa the street corners saying, "I told you so." The railroad politicians "are working slyly so as to avoid detection, but they are gettiDg busy just the same. Watch out for them. The prospects for the election of a majority of the fusion candidates for congress are good if we do our full duty on election day. If you will make it a practice to read our summary of news, it will keep you posted upon all important hap: penings of each week. Uncle Jake Wolfe asks for election as land commissioner on the record he made when he filled the office be fore. His record is a good one and he ought to be elected. When we read of the snow storms and hurricanes that have been raging on all sides of us during the past week we must be excused for think ing that Nebraska is an ideal place in which to live. President Roosevelt is said to fear that the successor to Senator Platte of New York will be a democrat and that in consequence he is reconsider ing his determination not to stand for a renomination for the presidency. Don't forget- to select your seed com while husking. Remember that the early maturing ears are best for seed. Don't pick a seed ear from a weak, slender stalk, even if it is a good, large, firm ear. Watch the movements of the pass holders and railroad political hench men in your locality, and when you find out which candidates they are supporting you cannot make a mis take in giving your vote to the op posing candidates. It has leaked out that the railroads are not supporting a straight ticket this year, but that their henchmen are to be furnished with a slate to work for and instruction how to trade with both sides for votes for their favorites. Watch out. Remember that a vote for the rail road candidates is a vote to enable the Ilill-Harriman-Rockefeller com bine to collect from the people of Ne braska between ten and twenty mil lion dollars for which they give no re turn except railroad passes to politicians. The New York Central railroad has just been convicted of giving rebates to the sugar trust and sentenced to pay a fine of $115,000. The evidence upon which the action was based and conviction obtained was furnished to President Roosevelt by William Ran dolph Hearst. George W. Berge in his campaign for the governorship two years ago made the platforms upon which both parties are seeking the votes of Ne braskans this year. He defined the issues with such clearness and force that both parties were forced to ac cept them. William R. Hearst seems to have suddenly developed into a great cam paigner. His speeches are models of eloquence and power. The republi cans of New York already appreciate the fact that there is great danger for them in Hearst being at large among the voters of the state. Remember that the tools of the Hill-Han-mian-Rockefeller combine will put in a full clay at the polls on elec tion day, and that the success of their ticket means that millions of extortion will be wrung from the pockets of the toilers and taxpayers of our state. Turn out and vote against them and thus defend your interests as it be comes men to do. It appears that the beef trust mag nates are planning to evade responsl bility to the anti-trust law by organ izing a British corporation as a hold ing company to hold the stocks of the different corporations engaged in the packing business. Such a subterfuge will not suffice to protect a monopoly after the American people have decid ed that monopoly must cease to exist. Among the list of fusion legislative candidates we fail to find any railroad tools. The list is a good one and every member ought to be elected. Remember it will devolve upon the incoming legislature to define the powers of the railroad commission that is to be elected this fall. They will have no power to do anything but draw their salaries until it is con ferred upon them by the legislature. Selection in seed corn will pay just as well as selection in animals to breed from. The advantages of se lecting your seed when picking your corn in the field are many. First, if it is picked now it can be kept in a dry place free from danger of heat ing and second, you can select good ears from good stalks which is of great importance. Perfect seed means a better stand and a better crop. A small per cent of increase through im proved seed pays higher wages for the work and care of selecting the seed than for any other work that can be done on the farm. Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin se cured the passage of a resolution through congress authorizing the In terstate commerce commission to in vestigate the relation of railroads to grain elevators and ascertain if re bates were given in any form to en able a trust to exist and control the markets and fix the prices of grain. As a result of the passage of that resolution every bushel of grain in Nebraska is now worth a little more to the farmer who raised it. Is it not about timp for the Nebraska farmers to see to it that they have a repre sentative in the United States senate instead of electing senators to repre sent the railroads and elevator and lumber combines as heretofore? It begins to look as thought "stand pat" is no longer a slogan of victory in our politics. It was all very well when our people were simple enough to believe that our tariff schedules were an ingenious device to make the foreigner pay the taxes to support the general government. But when it comes to learning that we are being taxed for the purpose of burdening Carnegie with millions faster than he can give them away and also for the purpose of enabling foreigners to buy the products of our mills and factor ies forty per cent below the prices we are compelled to pay it is a different matter. The fusion legislative ticket of Lan caster county is composed of excep tionally good men, such as can be de pended upon to do their whole duty intellgently and justly toward all inter ests in the state. Two of the candi dates for the lower house are repre sentatives of organized labor, who have occupied positions of trust and responsibility for many years. Mr. II. W. Smith is foreman of the Western Union Publishing Company, a position requiring a high order of intelligence and executive ability. Mr. Smith has' occupied the position for many years and is well and favorably known to the community at large. Mr. George F. Quick, the other representative of organized labor, has been for many years foreman for T. P. Harrison, contractor and builder. He is a car penter by trade and is also well and favorably known throughout the coun ty. Mr. C. Y. Long is a bookkeeper, and Mr. C. S. Hall and Mrs. D. S. Coggin are farmers. All of the can didates are successful men, who have prospered because of their intelligence industry and sobriety. Judge A. S. Tibbets and Mr. A. E. Sutherland, the candidates for the senate, are known to all as men of the highest qualifica tion and character. Judge Tibbetts is an attorney, and Mr. Hall is a far mer and stock raiser. This ticket deserves to win and will win if the friends of good government do their whole duty on election day. If you are thinking of getting a new start in seed potatoes,, now is the time of year to lay thera in. It is much safer shipping them now than In the spring, and you will receive them in good order. Then when spring comes you will have them on hand all ready to plant. You can usually get them cheaper now, too. You will find that It will be much more satis factory all around than buying in the spring.
