The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-09-10

legislature. for Daniel w. Voorhees, for
United States senator. That vote was
cast in good conscience, but his record
at the special session Of 1893. when
he permitted Cleveland to dictate his
vote on the bill to repeal the Sherman
purchasing act led me to regret bitter
ly the fact that | had ever voted for
Kim. For time l was a man with
out a party. Henry George and l
we're personal friends and went to
New York at his request and stumped
that state for him when he made the
race, as an Independent. for secretary
Of state against Cook and Grant and
ROLLED $4,000 votes.
In 1891 l went into the populist
movement and in 1892 was chairman
OF the first Indiana pOpulist state con-
yention and was one of the Indiana
delegates at large to the Omaha con-
yention in 1892, and was chairman OF
the Indiana delegation which support
ed Weaver when he was nominated.
At my request he opened his cam
raign July 20, 1892, in my own town
of Vincennes and was my guest dur
ing his stay here. In 1896 was at st.
Louis and a member of the committee
en- rules l wrote and presented the
minority report of that committee
which, being adopted, resulted in
tt ansposing the order of business and
nominating the vice president first.
/ supported Donnelly for the presi-
Dental nomination and opposed Bry-
an. voted for Watson for vice pres
| ident in that convention and rejOiced
in his nomination.
/ opposed fusion first, last and all
the time. from 1892 to the present
time on national, state and local tick
cts.
In 1900 was delegate at large
from Indiana to the Cincinnati con-
vention and made the speech placing
the name of Donnelly before the con
yention for first place on the ticket
and regretted his defeat by Barker.
In the campaign / gave freely OF
my time, money and energy to the
support of Barker and Donnelly.
| | am a member of the state execu-
tive and national committees of the
peoples party. Politics is with me a
matter of conscience. I am populist
and expect to SO remain.
The result of the Denver conference
il. satisfactory to me. labored with
Marion Butler for two years to get
him to abandon the folly of demo-
cratic association.
The peoples party will grow and
carry the country II it now firmly and
positively and forever relieves itself
OF the suzerainty of Bryan. Bryan is
rot and never has been populist.
| He has never given his approval to
the several planks of the Omaha plat
form and he never will. He is a
| trimmef and time-server and has no
logical right to influence or control a
lopulist voter. That he Is brilliant
and aggressive is certainly true; but
he has accomplished no real good and
rever will. That he Is insincere is
shown by his frequent support Of tick
cts and men who do not represent the
PRINCIPLES he processes to believe in.
His double dealing and trimming
is shown in conclusive way by his
exertions to secure the ratification OF
the Paris treaty and his subsequent
pretended opposition to IT.
Let us have done with Bryan at
once and forever.
Bryan has wrecked two great politi-
cal organizations-th democratic and
peoples parties.
The democratic party stands only
for negation. it represents no affirma-
tive proposition. 1t leads in nothing
It is only traitor behind the repub-
| lican motor car and merits immediate
death.
Let it die-peace to its ashes.
With It out of the way. the peoples
rarty will grow quickly and be a
real force for good. genuine oppo-
nant to the principles. precepts and
practices of the republican party.
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