The independent., 1903-09-03

| tiO'io HdFC pei mlttCu tuC vast
accumulations of the masses to pass
into the hands OF the few are directly
traceabie 10 unjust, wicked and cruel
| financial laws. He who controls and
manipulates the money of nation,
virtually controls that nation. That
| 2phorism, said years ago, still holds
| good and is strongly verified by the
| experience of this nation. That the
people of America have allowed a
handful OF men to manipulate the
| finances of this country for their self
ACKNOWLEDGMENT is a wonder to the
outside intelligent world. When this
intelligent outside world becomes ac-
quainted with our system and sub
seryiency to the money power they
become disgusted.
A venerable Englishman recently
visiting this country left few days
ago for England ere he left he ex-
pressed himself thusly of this nation:
THE mad, blind struggle for the dol
lar with no thought for the higher life,
il running your country. The hearts
of your men are like the rocks that
underie your great cities-hard and
uilSy Ill pathetic.
Yet the true history of these finan-
cial laws can be made known in a SIM
pie and plain manner to the masses of
this republic. Let them know what
parties or rather what classes of
their citizenship, are responsible for
the injustice done them; for the spe-
cial privileges that have been granted
to the greedy and unsympathetic few.
What this nation at present abso-
lutely needs to bring back to it those
grand and sublime qualities of in
tegrity at it's head, man who fears
Cod, but not man. This nation needs |
man who will not consort with men
who owe their official positions to
fraud and corruption. man who
will Jail the official and capitalist that
violates the law, as quickly as the [
unofficial and non-capitalist man
who will not tolerate the killing, the
destruction Of people who are con-
tending only for their homes and
their liberties.
A man who will not agree to contin-
lie a barbarous war at cost of rs to
30 millions annually, that a few spec
nlators and gamblers may grow rich
in their nefarious designs
God give us man who knows how to
stand
For his countrys greatest veal.
To Thee we appeal with a trembling
hand,
Gracious God, we humbly kneel.
You ask: What of the populist
party in Virginia?
There is really no organization of
the peoples party in our state. In the
campaign of 1896 all true, conscien-
tious populists voted for Mr.. Bryan.
The bulk of the peoples party in this
state was from the democratic ranks
A number of our most intelligent and
esteemed citizens allied themselves.
Since, however, the democratic party
Cat least the Bryan wing of it, has
adopted in substance the Lain plat
form views Of the populist party, the
pOpulist members in this state (for-
mer demOcrats) lave almost to a man
returned to the democratic ranks, and
even many former republicans who
indorsed the platform views
Ct the populist party are now voting
with the Bryan democrats.
l doubt it extremely if the populist
party could be revived in the state of
Virginia. The anti-Bryanites in this
state who were once democrats are
now in acord with the republican par
ty on all questions of finance and
many indorse the foreign policy of
that party and also the "1et alone
views on the trust question. In fact
the anti-Bryanites in Virginia are
I othing more than contingent of plu
tocrats. Nearly every daily paper in
the state is edited by so-called demo-
Gratis and advocating the gold policies
of the republican party.
The Times-Dispatch, published in
the city of Richmond in it's last Sun
days issue, quoting from ar anti-Bry-
an Washington Post correspondent,
who stated in the Post recently that /.
former State Senator Edwin Taylor,
one of the leaders in populism in Kan
sas and the west, will support Theo-
dore Roosevelt for president" etc. ,
we are not surprised to hear it, |
says the Times. "Mr. Roosevelt has
been catering to the populists and So ,
cialists and he has given them good ;