The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-04-14
NJ Wants Hearst

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dependents editorial rooms so much as
to get letter from subscriber tell
ing the editor that he has been lying.
That shows that somebody has been
interested in some way in what los
been written. The following is a let
ter of that kind and made the room
more cheerful all that long and dreaIy
day of the blizzard, April 8, 1904, when
the wet snow was driven along the
streets in fifty-mile gale.
Editor Independent: Ever since !
took The Independent | have read 1t
with great pleasure, even more SO
than Bryans COmmoner. But With
your last issue OF March 81 | am dis
appointed on account OF your TRADES
against Hearst. You have so much to
say against the monopoly press be-
cause those papers do not tell the
truth. Now your assertions against
Hearst are also untrue. When you
say, Advocate with vehemence i'm
perialism, big standing army and
big navy. That Is Hearst" or that
Hearst is the most radical advocate
of big armies and navies In the
United States" these assertions are
not true. AS far as | can see Hearst
is not fighting Imperialism as hard as
he is the trusts or for government
ownership of railroads and public
ownership of all public utilities, but
he Is not vehemently advocating iIl-
perialism. ExaggeratiOn is untruth.
Half truth is simply lie. Do you
not see that with every such unreal
sonable assertion you are giving Tho
mas L. Watson a slap into the face?
| consider myself as good populist
as you people and as good a one as
| is Tom Watson. Before | saw Wat
sons letter as quoted in your issue OF
March "a I had some little doubt IN
my mind yet as to giving Hearst my
| full support. But the four reasons
which Watson gives in his letter fer
doing SO are such that every populist
can stand for. With your inexcusable
and unreasonable vehemence with
which you are attacking Hearst, | ain
sure you are disgusting such men as
ex-senator Allen, Judge Holcomb,
others, and you are doing the cause
of populism irreparable harm.
The old populists of South Dakota
who have elected Andrew e. Lee gov
ernor twice and who have, among
other things, forced through constr
tutional amendment for the initiative
and referendum, so that South Da-
kota is today the only state with this
provision as part of it's constitution
are now, nearly to man, Bryan men
and form a majority of the democratic
party of South Dakota, as shown in
the convention at Sioux Falls On
March 80. But, if it should happen
that the Cleveland democrats loi
which class we have not baker s
dozen in the state) should run the ST
Louis convention, these new demo.
Gratis will return to their old love, tnt
peoples party, unless you will prevenv
them from doing SO by the language
that you are using against them aL(
their present candidate.
w. G. BUDERUS.
Sturgis, S. D.
(The Independent suggests that Mr.
, Buderus write letter to Senator Al
len, Ex-Governor iHolcomb or ex-Gov
ernor Poynter Holcomb and Poynte
are frequently in The Independent Of
flee and their address is Lincoln
, while Senator Allen lives UP at Madi
son. If Tom Watson wants to Fla.
politics, that is his right. II Mr.
; Buderus wants boy sport with $50,
100000 to be president, that is h..
i right. A careful reading of the Hears
papers every day for four years "ha
led The Independent to think that Mr.
Hearst, II he has any principles, ha
not changed them since the neA
| morning after the last presidential
! election, when he denounced Bryal
! and bimetallism, nor since the tia
I when in his million-dollar yacht h
went down to the south of Cuba. hul
: IN the rear OF a warship. dashed !;
| and captured some helpless Spaniard
, who had swan ashore from their shi
! which Schley had sunk. The extrac.
recently printed In The Independen
from Hearst's papers show how h
stands on imperialism. His attacks ar
: always on criminal trusts. whlt
r leads The Independent TO believe tia
! Hearst thinks there ale trusts tina
! are not criminal" which The In1l
I pendent don't believe nj all. VIVA
4 nnakam tha mditnr ~ fph. Iulnpana4 !