Omaha daily bee., 1890-10-02

sition to their cxtortion in bus mess and their
Interference in politics, to defeat the lndepen-
dent ticlket' But then IL the brethren say
so, IL must be so for we farmers never lie or
misrepresent, not even In "A horse trade.
And 1t follows, of course, that get big
money for my work for the railroads.
wouldn't want even hay-seed TO labor for
nothing. For such service should think a
thousand doll ars would be about right so
then boys you may look tosec one farrnerpay
off his mortgage pretty soon. How despca-
bic Lacking the weapons of legitimate po-
ltical warfare or without brains to used
them If at hand, 20 what depths OF infamy
will men sometimes stoopin order to make a
point against an opponent. L own that
In this campaign 1 have said some
show that in any instance 1 have not
at east attempted TO justify myselfby a pre-
sentation Of facts and arguments, [ Will sup
ply the omission or make full and complete
rctractiou.
But really that ia rich about my being n
"traor tot the cause" How could l be
traitor to cause that never espousedi An d
yet this is fair sample of the logic of the
new party people. With them any member
of the alliance who proposes to vote the re-
publican ticket Is traitor. If this be true
then the woods are full oftraitors, as election
day will show We republicans joined the
alliance in perfect good faith with the under
standing that 1t was a partisan affair,
anu. WlJtlOuJ tSkllS any QutSuOnS, We Wcro
willing to work with socialists, anarchists,
prohibtionists and what not to gain those
ends in which all were supposed to be equal
ly and ike intereste But, gentlemen, you
may as well know that in sodoing we sur
nor our personal identity Some of
us you may rope in, but most
Of Ii s you can Meth or bu ldoze nor lead 10y the
nose We have heard your gentle racket be-
fore. Do not imagine that because for certain
.u,itI 4.
you, that close political embrace would be
agreeable to us even If it might be to you.
Fellow republicans of the alliance who
have joined within the last two years answer
me this question, honor bright: If you had
been told before Joining that this fall the
alliance would be turned into an engine for
the destruction of the republican party, how
manyof You think you would have joined the
alliance atall:
In concluding this letter desire to call at
tentiOn to a matter in which am sure all the
readers of TIE BEE will be interested.
The Kearney Courier man, IL seems, has
discovered veritable mares nest, and he
and Burrows will stand by and watch the
process of incubation, which, 1t is expected,
will be complete about OCtoberl. In thelast
issue of his paper, under flaming headlines,
Burrows gives full account of the whole
affair. In short, n foul cons piracy again the
liberties of people. oragainst the peoples s
ticlSet,n which Is the same thing, has been
ulSCOVereu among tnc leluerS OF Ine reDuDll-
can party in this state The pith of the
scheme is this, that money is to be sent into
every county TO buy up leading repu bllcan
members of the alliance, whereupOn theywlll
be expected to owritc letters for publica
against the new party ticket, which, it is eX-
pected, will cause stampede among the
farmers and burst that outfit wide open. The
Dictator gives due notice that hereafter any
"alliance men who write letters against the
independent move ment will be known as pur-
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encourage the production of such letters and
as further inducement suggest that he call
q meeting of the executive com mittee and
have them order asuitabe badge for such
writer's. The word "traitOr'' might be prom
inenty emblazOned thereon with such other
little embeliS Shments as the rein ed taste of
the Dictator himself might suggest. Such
alliance writers are to receive all the way
from $50 to 500 each L very much regret
that | did not begin my letter writing later in
the campaign, for nowl greatly fear that
having already y committed myself shall get
neither the badge nor the money. have a
mind to kick myself for always being too
previous. If this most wicked plot should
succeed, the gentlemen on the new party
ticket may find some consolation in the retlec-
ton that the circulation PER capita among the
farmers will have been greatly increased and
that the dispenser of badges will have been
ena bled to make a small commission on their
sale.
Republican farmers of Nebraska, how lon g
will any Of you hestate' No good can come
of n party with such leaders. Those who re.
sort to such infamous methods to stifie free
speech will surely meet their Just reward.
Within ourselves we have the power to pro-
tect ourselves. Let us use that power dis
creetly and justly, rene embering that as Rome
was not built ina day. so the ushering in Of the
mil lenium does not depend on the result of a
political campaign and let us leave socialistiC
schemers and visionary theorists severely
alone CHARLES WOOSTER.