OCTOBER 25, 1906
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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.
