The independent., 1903-09-17

q long planned plot 10 Destroy the
peoples party II that state The state
debt, as in Nebraska since the repub- |
Leans regained control, has been enor-
mously increased and in addition to
that. an almost complete autocracy has
been established at the state house.
1'he governor has sent troops into the
field, not upon the request of the local
authorities, as provided in the consti-
triton, but against their protestationss
These troops are as much mercenary
Hessians as those sent over by King
George, for they are paid and sub
sisted by the great corporations and
not by the state, that being the con-
dltlon upon which they were sent
These troops once in the field, the
commanding general began to arrest
citizens, and imprison them, among
whom was one county commissioner.
When the courts issued writs of hab-
eas corpus, this general defied the
courts and refused to turn over the
bodies of the persons named in the
writ. The citizens around Cripple
Greek, Colo, live and go about their
daily ayocations only by the permis-
sion OF a military upstart, who makes
prisoners of them and tears them
away from their wives and children in
the dead hours of the night il the
Whim takes him. A government of the
people in large district nas been
overthrown and instead of i. govern
Eent of military upstart has been
established in it's place.
When the officers of the courts went
to this military satrap with writs for
execution, they were defied by mill
tary power and the courts were over
thrown. This state of affairs has come
about by confederation of the leaders
CT the republican and democratic par
ties as shown in the cartoon on this
page, which confederation was made
possible by the almost complete de.
struction of the peoples party.
This overthrow Of free 60 ernment
thls establishment Of military power
against the protests of the people
which twenty years ago would have
produced profound sensation in ey-
cry state Of the union. passes almos,
unnoticed. Why? Because the pluto.
cratic press of TIE country maintains
absolute silence upon the subject anC
keeps the people amused with illus
trated articles concerning the doinss
oi the millionaires and long reports
oil crimes and scandals in high life
Ihe Independent will be the only pa
Per outside of Colorado that will give
any intelligent count of the matter
Nebraska adjoins Colorado. How
many people in this state will know
anything about the state of affair.
among their neighbors, though tn,
houses on the farms are flooded will
newspapers to such an extent that no
half OF them can be read? How cal
good government ever be maintainet
iii this country with such a state o
Ignorance among the people concern
ing current events?
The condition in Colorado is as com
pete demonstration of the necessit,
fer the preservation and integrity O
the peoples party as could be made
What has happened there will happel
In every state where the party is de
stroyed. There is practically no diff
ference between the democratic an
republican parti today in those state
where there have never been enoug
populists to be a threat to plutocracy
Look at New York and Massachusetts
ln both states there are as true JET
fersOnian democrats as ever enrolle
themselves in the peoples party. BIZ