The Red Cloud chief., 1902-10-24
Facts for Thought

Cowles, Neb Oct Il, lot2 TO the
elector. of Webster county Your last
legislative contingent did not know
you while i'm the legislature, why
should you know them on the ith of
| November, next? | am amoung those
who believe that the Independents, or
pops, rs We are wont TO be called by
our political opponents, have accom-.
plished much good. Not by fusion,
| but befor we ever fused, | have failed
to see any benifits matcrialize since
we flushed. and | take the actions of
our county conventions and the state
convention one year ago and those
that were in the last legislature for
example. In our county convention
two years ago, we cndorced the demo.
cratic nominee for representative,
whom they called "a good man. They
did not say what he was good for
This comes out later on These demo.
Gratis, or money power, in this neck of
the woods, came to our convention
having things fixed with "a few fusion
pops, got their chairman, who had a
committee in his pocket, called a on
ference committee, although there
was no conference committee to meet.
They went out and shortly brought
in IA report that this good man known
as Peisiger ought to be nominated,
which was done, although many indie
pendents objected, amoung them n
and the only one from Webster county
who stood under the dome of the
capitol at Lincoln i'm the last twelve
years without a pass in his pocket,
aud as many know denied him free
speech in al Independent convention
and sat him down. This good man,
Mr.. Piesiger, was cleo ed, went to legis-
%lature, had an opportunity to vote for
a just measure, known as House Role
No. 2i3, reducing freight rates fifteen
per cent, which would have helped his
constituents and the people of the
state. But did he do it? This just
bill was killed by six fusionists voting
against it, amoung them Mr. Peisiger
Now, we have eight shipping points
in Webster county and they ship M
less than 5000 carloads of stock and
grain annually, from one legislature
to another, at 50 O0 per car, would be
$4,000 that tn" people Of this county
paid for this good mans pass Fusion
pays One year ago, in our convention
there wasa resolution passed culogiH
ing this man piesiger, also Pituey, for
voting against thicr constituents. Ia
our state convention, m year ago, a
resolution was put through culogizing
the above six fusionists for voting
against this just measur and the prin.
ciples of the Independent party, also
blaming the republican party for its
defeat, when the House Journal shows
that republicans enough voted for this
bill, No 2I3, to have carried it through
had the fusionists stood 10y their prin-
ciples. The defeat of this measure
robbed the people of this state out of
hundreds of thousands of dollars, let
ting il go into the Golfers of the rail
road Now, | make this statement,
which | believe to be true. that the
corporations, trusts and money power
whose body is in Wall Street, aud hav.
ing rs wings the democratic and re.
publican parties aud for a tail fusion,
this deciever of the people, this mighty
power, this great octopus, whose tent
iclcs reach out around every legislative
body in the land, who now holds the
United States like unto "A ball of putty
They rule, they issue watered stock
and mortgage bonds by the millions
They SO direct legislature that their
body becomes corpulent financially.
/ And you are asked to vote for two
such deceivers as Peisiger' Pitney, and
others, Can you do it? Better leave
them ut home. Think it over.
Yours Truly,
Ed CLIFFORD,
Peoples Party Committeeman fol
Pleasant Hill Precinct, Webster
County.