The representative., 1900-11-08

acted into law only by the election Of
those who believed in them. The Bry-
antics raised the cry Of "Hannercrats. !
and Hanna money" etc. We have had
them plead by the hour and admit that
the onlysA show Of Democrats to xet any
thing IN @k state was for Populists to
sacrifice everything dear to their hearts
and work for them az 'the least Of two
evils. Failing in thnt, they turn 20
their Liant resort, that of disfranchising
the voters and Bryan demanded that
each county clerk and county judge
should be given to the Democrats, in re-
turn FOR their support Of fusion Populists
(Democrats). It was done for the solo
and only purpose Of having the power
to dlsfranchlse the voters, SO they could
be governed without their consent"
And It has been. worked for all it is
worth all over the state. The Broken
Bow Populists enter Q vigorous protest
which is applicable in every county.
There has been sterotyped protest
sent out by the Democratic committee
into every county in the state where
Midroad Populist nominations have been
made and filed, making general and
specific charges as to name of party, ir-
regularities and numbers participating
in said conventions, etc. No trouble Is
found in getting Democrats to swear 70
them and in case there are no Demo-
crats, some fusionist will willingly per-
jure himself for the good Of the party.
Protest was fled In Custer county by
one Emerson Percell, secretary Of the
fusion county central committee, and
mock" hearing was had before a will
ing. venesred and "Goebelized" county
clerk, who was surrounded by a lot Of
Democratic strikers and "pothouse,
politicians that are drawing their sal
aries as county officers. And upon the
testimony. OF these men without ssoin-
tilla of Evidence sustaining the allega-
tions in the protest, this "Goebelised"
clerk held and ruled that the Midroad
Populist certificate of nominations was
not good and ruled it's candidates OF the
ohcial ballot, in face of the positive
sworn testimony that the requisite num-
ber participating in said convention was
had according to law. 1t will 60 down
in history as one OF the most bare-faced
and rotten partisan decisions ever hand
ed down. 'Fhis one act alone disfran-
chised 500 ,Midroad Populists in Custer
county by &uepf1ving them Of the right
to vote for any one for the legislature
except DEMOCRAT or Republican. This
is Democratic imperialism" in the
North and in our own state and county.
A mah OF" 1Set OF men, law or an un-
just decision that does not recognize tho
right of the people to form all the par
ties they desire to form, is a law CON
ceived in SIN and brought forth in
inquity," and, any man that will perjure
himself and bend his honor and con-
science to suit lot of mushroom" poll
ticians to further their nefarious schemes
Is parody on justice and a political
curse. Let us have an honest law and
just ruling, or none.
The crime of all crimes is to rob
people of their right OF suffrage; yet
thet eoarf house ring, with Clerk Os-
boufn, has done that very thing, so far
as it lies in their autocratic and partisan
power to do so. The man who will deny
to another the rights he demands for
himself is not an honest nor a safe man
to be trusted-in any capacity, and is
despot and has no regard for his fellow
man nor the laws he is sworn to execute,
and he violates the spirit of the constitu-
ton and the highest instincts of man,
and follows in the footsteps of "Goebel-
ized,' "RedShirted,'' ballot box-stuff-
ing, 'disfranchising," 'imperialistic"
Bryan Democracy of the South.
For unfairfess and dishonesty Os-
bourn's ruling outranks anything we
ever heard of:
In 1896 BfyHh. posing as friend of
labor interests, had the support of Debs,
Barker, Donnelly, Prof. Heron and
nearly every reformer in the nation.
There we're a few who held aloof be-
cause they had no faith in his pretenses.
Today they have all left OF the old
guard of 1890 scarcely one now. believes
him aught save labor fakir and have
left him with the plutocratic friends he
has chosen. So that there is not a
prominent friend of labor today who is
supporting him. The Nebraska Socialist
voices the sentiment of every labor lead
er when it says:
"One by one the men who supported
Bryan in 1896, for purely unselfish mo-
tives, are dropping away from him. The
return of the Olneys, the Whitneys, the
Belmonts, the Cochrans and the social
ed Cleveland Democracy is Fastening
their departure. Think of a party con-
tanning Debs and an Olney, the attor-
ney general under Cleveland who i'm
prisoned Debs and crushed the great
Chicago strike. Think of a party con-
tanning Richard Croker, the Tammany
boss, and Heron. Is it to be won
dered at that the Democratic party is
losing the men who gave it soul in SO,
when today the p1utocratic element is
again in the lead?"
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