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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29

mated and elected by the Democratic
party he would be in the same position
that Theodore Roosevelt is in, in the
Republican party. President Roose-
velt's message to congress could in q
great measure have been written by
Mr.. Hearst himself. but it will receive
no more serious consideration from q
Republican congress than similar
message from Mr.. Hearst would by a
Democratic congress.
II we ever obtain the reforms for
which we contend we must get them
through some other party than the
Democratic party. The majority OF
reform democrats can never even OBJ
tain a nomination from corrupt DEM
ocratic bosses and congressman would
therefore obey the will of the machine
that made them and not of the Dem
ocrat president.
What is said of Mr.. Hearst can be
said of any other reform democrat
that might get into the white house,
he would simply be unable to accom-
plish anything with a congress COM
posed Of Suffers, Loughlans and
TONNES, and these men are typical Of
the whole Democratic party.
Messrs. Hearst, Bryan, Baker, ct.
al. could do something under the Pop
ulist banner and with an administers
ton composed of Populists, but never
with Democrats.
Democrats that really desire reform
should come into the Peoples party
"A man is known by the company BIZ
keeps" II Mr.. Hearst and Mr.. Bryan
would come into the Peoples party
now 1t could be victorious in 1908
We have an organization and in Mr.
Watson q leader whose equal cannot
be found in any party in this country
DAVID HOWATT.
Arlington, N. J.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29
aid of the true yeomanry Of the couu-
try. w. G. STARKEY.
Diller, Neb.


Editor Independent: This last act OF
the old democratic marty ought to hurry
it for all time to come. but there are
some old sore heads in the south who
will cling to the name as long as 1t
exists. There was no one here who
mentioned the populist party before
sent in a few names to The Independ-
ent. When the vote was taken the
democratic electors had AZ. populigts
II, the republicans 9. and the social
lists 6. think most OF the last intended
to vote the populist ticket as can
find but one who said he voted the
socialist ticket and the socialist can
didate for governor got only one vote.
There were several Appeals to Reason
taken here, but the most of the parties
that read them voted the popu-
list ticket. With a little effort this
county can be put in the populist coll
umn. s. T. CROW.
Webster. Florida.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29
Como Out From Them
Arlington. N. J.

Editor Independent: 1t is written in
the scriptures of truth. Come We out
from among them. and be We sep
arate, saith the Lord. And touch no
uncleanly thing; and / will receive you,
and will be to you father. and We
shall be to me sors and daughters,
saith the Lord Almighty" Cor.
Stills.
/ IL populists would be power in
the land. they must heed and -obey
that call. No fusion, no compromise
with wrong! Let that be the watch
word and victory is certain.
H. B. SWARTWOOD.
Inglewood, Wash.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29
Talks About Hearst

Editor Independent: / have sent
you my vote in favor Of the Peoples
party organization. Mr.. Hearst. may
be nominated by the Democratic
party in 1908 for the presidency.
There is no doubt Of Mr.. Hearst's
principles. He has preached Populist
ideas lin New York; including every
plank in the Populist platform, for
the last eight years, during the last
campaign and is still preaching them.
He showed his independence of Tam
many Hall, when, the day after being
notified to refuse the endorsement of
the Peoples party, he published, as
an editorial, one of Mr.. Watson
speeches. AS stated by Mr.. Quinby, in
The Independent, Mr.. Hearst and Mr..
Baker accepted the endorsement and
Messrs. Sulzer, Loughlan and Towne
refused, the latter showing how COM
pletely they are owned by Tammany.
Now, If Mr.. Hearst should be NOM
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29
Results Of Referendum Vote
The referendum ballot taken by The Independent,
on Thursday evening, December 40, stood:
For People, Party Organization. ..........,z.7
For Cooperation with Democrats. 344

This great amount of correspondence
shows that the interest and enthusiasm
of populists has not in the least abated.
When SO many voters will take the
trouble to write a letter, cut out a bal
lot and pay for postage and stationary
and take the time and trouble to mail
it, on a matter of party policy, 1t
shows that their interest in their party
and in public questions is still intense.
A party that has SO many men OF that
kind in it's ranks. will always be a
force in the politics of the nation.
The great circulation Of The Inde-
pendent and the continual progress OF
populist principles is the result OF the
work of just such men as these. The
Independent is proud to obey their or
ders and be co-wOrker- with them.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29

late themselves and that we should not
resort to artificial cOntrivanceS. The
railroad corporations and combinations
are themselves artificial cOntrivances.
With their artificial powers they run
counter to natural law and beyond the
activities Of natural persons. They
have a purely artificial power which
in some spheres transcends that exer-
eised by the government, and it is the
duty Of the government, in the inter-
ests OF the whole people to make itself
paramount to all creatures operating
within its jurisdiction
That is populism straight and true.
What has frightened the Tribune and
the lesser lights of plutocracy that are
following in it's wake? It fears that
there will be within the next four
years an irresistible demand for the
public ownership Of railroads. 1t is
therefore preparing for side move,
for attracting the people away from
the vital question. Its plan is to stop
the demand for public ownership by
conceding to the interstate commerce
commission the right to fix rates
coupled with authority given to the
railroads to pool their earnings, so
that the last semblance of competition
shall be destroyed. The railroads have
been working for that privilege for
more than dozen years. During the
last hours of the session OF the senate
for 1894, Senator Butler OF South Caro-
lima tried to tack that proposition as a
rider upon every bill that was pre-
scented. The railroads have been work.
ing for it every since, but the PROPOSE
ton was so constrous that no congress
dared to do it. Now it is openly adyo-
Gated by members Of the presidents
cabinet and by the whole plutocratic
press. It is announced that Morton is
to stay in the cabinet for the express
purpose of getting it through congress.
If a bill carrying those two PROPOSE
lions is enacted, the power of the rail-
roads will be indefinitely increased. AS
there is no man. with the exception of
two or three. in either house Of con-
gress who dares to antagonize the rail-
roads, the prospect is that the PROPOSE
tions will be enacted into law. 1t will
not be long after that until the demand
for public ownership will become more
persistent than it is now. This contest
can not be compromised any more that
the slavery question could be. The lit
tie handful Of populists gre greater in
number than were the men who fought
chattel slavery and they have not yet
fought so long. They are just as deter
mined, just as self sacrificing, just as
true and just as courageous. The hedg-
ing that the plutecratic press is at
present engaged in shows that they
have fears of coming storm.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-29
Year ending June 3
Total .42,613 1881 55,031

The casualties on American railways
due to train accidents are increasing
faster than the mileage, faster than
The increase in freight or passenger
traffic. faster than the operating ex-
penses or gross Income, faster than
the money spent on rolling stock or
improvements aid faster than the to-
tai number of passengers carried.
While there was $1,000 railroad en-
ployes killed and 5000 wounded last
year, the ratio ct kiilet. and wounded
among Lrakeme1 las been greatly re-
dGced. That comes about by congress
having forced the roads to adopt the
automatic col pier. While the rail-
roads arc in the hands of private own
ers this inhufnan slaughter will go on,
unless the General government shall
again interfere and force them to adopt
block signal service. The ratio of killed
and wounded on railroads in this coun-
try to that of European countries,
where the government own the roads,
is more than six to one.
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AN IDEAL PRESENT

If you wish to know how the trusts
can be most easily overthrown. send
to Albert Griffin, Topeka, Kan, for
The Hocus Pocus Money Book" 25c
for /, or 81 for 8 copies-and read
chap. XII.
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Killed md Wounded

The following table shows the num-
Der Of people annually sacrificed on
American railroads:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
New and Novel.

! A tangeEine chiffon cloth waist,
trimmed with white velvet flowers en-
proidered in silver threads, would have
much beauty added to it by being
worm with picture hat of white chif
ion cloth and velvet, the high crown
.encircled with vine of the white vel
pet flowers and a cluster of tangerine
and white ostrich tips caught at the
left side, where the brim should CO.
iuettishly flare. Picture hats having
Ehe high crown wound with stuffed silk
lords have soft and pretty touch
given themGby introducing fluffy frills
IF lace for the wide brim. Very many
lf the picturesque dress hats are trim
ned with either long, shaded ostrich
Plume, a group Of District tips or
Eery long. graceful Paradise plume.
White plush Directoire hats are very
mart in style, with long white os-
rich feather for the trimming, which
lhows at the tip some pretty delicate
pr perhaps brilliant color, which in
lne way or another appears in the
Gown with which the hat is worn.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
GAMBLE ON RULERS LIVES,
English People Make Practice of This
Form of Insurance,

policies, I'll wager, are already
being taken out in London on the life
Of little Alexis, the new heir to the
Russian throne" said an insurance
agent "The English gamble horribly
IN life Insurance, and Alexis must ap.
peal to them as a wonderful risk,
They will pay high for him, though.
The Insurance rates on all royal
lives are a tribute to the power of
the nihilists and anarchists, for they
are so huge as to be almost prohibi.
tive. The rate on the King of Eng.
land is enormous and among mon.
archs his is the lowest rate of any.
That on the Russian car is the high
est. The car Is a bad risk. Many
companies would not insure him on
any consideration.
But Lloyds, the great London con.
Germ, would insure anything or any.
body-Prof. Langley going up in one
OF his flying machines, Japanese SOY
about to enter Port Arthur, a Russian
battleship going into battle. And hence
Lloyds is willing to insure the poor
little Russian heir, and a certain class
Of men, taking advantage of this fact,
are procuring policies upon the baby's
life. -.
Gambling on lives is a CHASTITY
form of sport, and I believe that it is
practiced nowhere but in England. It
ought not to be practiced there. The
law ought to prohibit it. At Lloyds,
however, it is always going on. Poll
cies at Lloyds are continually being
taken out on persons of eminence all
over the world"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
AIiurinq Models in FAN Wraps.

AtiWing Models In Fall Wraps.
There can hardly be said to be any
Instinct fashions for either house
Presses or ball gowns for the autumn
months, but rather advance winter
9styleS are worn for what few informal
AFFAIRS there are during the day-and,
sAeedleSS to state, ball is almost as
lnheard Of in1OctOber as is snow
storm in August. It is then more
with outdoor costumes-tailor suits,
Ecloaks, wraps and hats--that one has
20 deal at this time Of year, and most
alluring are all the models in long
coats and jackets now to be procured.
| This year the separate wrap forms
more than ever an all important part
pr a complete. outfit, and three, four,
i've or more handsome wraps are con-
sidered by No means an unnecessary
pr extraVagant number of expensive
eloaks to be. possessed at once. One
reason for this is that the gowns to-
lay are made up In such bright and
Varied c0lors that the wrap must either
zone In most perfectly with some color
scheme employed or else match exact.
~ the shade of the dress. White
floaks are still smart, but are not seen
n such numbers-for which we should
really be thankful-as last year. A
lark red, cream or a handsome black
Peau de sole or brocade cloak can also
pc worn with a quantity Of different
shades; but as can easily be seen one
Fires very shortly of an all white or
all black wrap unless there be some
garments with which it may be worn
INTERCHANGEABLE to relieve the monot-
bny.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
styles in Shirt Waists.

with the shirt-waist suits-which
are also worn in mohair, licht-weieht
VelVeteen ard silk-a separate cost is
VI course, a necessity. It is more
o1ten loose-fitting than tight and the
most favored models are three-ouarter
length. Deep capes and shoulde,
capes, as well as cape drapery inst
Tor the sleeve, are much seen, A com.
olnation OF velvet and braid is a fash.
ionable trimming, especially when tbs
coat is in one of the northumberland
smooth-faced materials.
A nlmy separate waist-a mass Of
shirrs, gathers and fine tucks-is a
use1ui addition to any woman's ward
robe Chiffon cloth is a good fabric
TO use, and the effect of the waist NAV
De cleverly changed many times by its
trimming. A vine of velvet flowers
makes an attractive decoration for the
corsage and the sleeves. Bands Of iri.
descent sequins may also be charming
~ introduced and painted laces and
also sequin-scattered laces combine
effectively with the chiffon cloth.
With dressy waist like this a pic.
lure hat to match will do it's share to.
ward getting up an impromptu restaur.
ant dinner, reception or theater party
costume. '5.a t.!'. tD11i
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
Generous Deed Of EIks

through the generosity of the
Bridgeport lodge of Elks, Peter Mar.
koon OF Wallingford, Conn, will profit
by the unfortunate accident which he
met with while witnessing the Elks'
banner raising. A runaway horse ran
him down and dislocated his collar
bone.
The bone was not fractured as at
hrst reported. Markoon was here
looking for work, and when the Elks
heard that he had a wife and family
dependent upon him for support they
sent a committee out to investigate.
Markoon, as result, was sent back
to 'Wallingford to-day, after the Bridge
port lodge of Elks had paid his medical
expenses, secured his ticket, given him
money for incidental expenses, and
told him to calculate upon So per week
for the next fouF weeks. ....4., s..r...
The Elks went further. They mott
fed the Wallingford lodge to take care
Oh Markoon and help him to get en-
= Markoon is. not member
Of the order, never was, and the Elks
were not in any way liable for the &C.
chent.-Boston Globe.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
Oldest Naval Veteran

William Maccabee, Am eritas Old:
est naval veteran and An inmate 4 81
the Sailors home oneafa Phfladeiphia,
has been celebrating bis, one hundred
and dtst birthday. The old n man nl'y Wbo
vas tBor n IN Baltimore, Sept. 22g hsOsy
entered the navy as an apprentice
poy on the frigate Constitution. His
birthday anniversaries in recent years
have~been memorable events. Last
year Attorney General Moody then
secretary Of the navy, was in Phila.
delpAia, and made it a special PORT
TO congratulate the old man. "Bil1y'
is still nimble on his feet, and on his
birthday danced a couple of stems
or the sailors hornpipe, to the un.
measured delight of his aged fellow
snmatCs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
English, Officers Hiqh Descent.

An English officer IS. equally de.
scended from King Charles I. and
from Oliver Cromwell. BY the mar.
rage Of Lord Walter Montagu-Doug
las'Scott, the Duke of Buccleuh's late
brother, with Anna Maria, daughter of
the late Sir Edmund Cradock Hartopp,
his son, Capt. Francis Walter Scott.
Is so descended. The Cradock Har-
topps derive from Mrs. Fleetwood, a
daughter of the lord protector. Her
daughter married Sir John Hartopp,
who represented the county of Leices.
ter in parliament
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
Bows Are Growing in Size,

Bows for young girls and hair orna-
pents for their elders seem to grow
a size. Little girls wear two large
Iows, one on the top of the hair,
Fhere 1t isdrawn to pompadour, and
me at the&nape Of the neck. Butterfly
lows which require yard at least are
p high favor, and Alsatian effects are
forn by older girls who have plenty of
Iair. Sprays of flowers developed
rom chiffon make a pretty ornament
Or the evening.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
TIME TO JUDGE SCENERY.
Observant Man Advises Waiting Until
After Breakfast,


Its curious, you know, it really IS, #
said a returned summer boarder,
what effect good square meal will
have on the imagination.
1--WE arrived at the end of a long
roailroad journey, on our way to
Where we were to spend the summer,
at o'clock in the morning. Then We
TOOK a stage and rode miles further
over billy road, in the chilly morn
ing air to one end Of a lake, where
we took a steamboat and rode some
more miles to our final destination, ar
irving there at Z a. m. "a
seen under such circumstances,
after being routed out sof bed at 4 a
m, and before breakfast, the scenery
was disappointing. The lake seemed
not much bigger than, a good-sized
mill pond, the trees were all stunted
and the mountains were not much
bigger than hills, and we were inclin.
Led to take a gloomy view of things,
-N'AN 81 NhLiI II dluc We lCllldilISu ,uulll,
at T:3O, the tocsin sounded and we
went. in for, breakfast.
That was good breakfast. with
everything well cooked and admirably
served, and with particularly excel
lent coffee, and we had the appetites
OF hungry mules and fingered long.
When we had again come~out the
sun WAS shining and the lake had been
enlarged by four acres at least; each
individual tree Of all the innumerable
thousands that everywhere fringed
the lakes shores and rose upward on
its mountainous sides had grown forty
feet, and the mountains themselves
now climbed to the sky.
1T was all noble and restful and
beautiful; and so it remained, grow.
ing on us all the time as long as We
were there.
thereafter | shall never pass judy
ment on scenery till after breakfast"
New York Sun.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
Gray silk Frocks.

:, The gray silk frock is distinctly
Parisian' with its pinked ruches and.
velvet medallions down to t the E front,
Ianeta lends itselfeadmirably to this
treatment. Either black or cerise
velvet, or a vivid Scarlet, would be
stunhingly effective for the accesso.
rles' Some effective gowns are de.
signed. : g Cd Of white Yoite, ctrimnedt With
innumerable tiny satin rf1nches OF tbe
palest pink or blue. These are used
% decorate fFta the; aoppees1 ont thegskirt,
and are repeated again 3 81; liz fbao5ddf{iiie
the ceinture being OF soft satin or the
sslh Y s eYlpF s4.EE1.rcncr
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28

to which the skirt proper is shirred,
with the exception of the front
BREADTH which consists of two fiat
Pla''S turned toward each other. These
are fastened from the waist line to a
third OF the length of the skirt by
means OF crystal buttons and loops of
white silk braid The same motive
appears on the pointed belt. A bolero
hangs over this, but is SHRED into
the hgure at the edges and has deep
collar Of English embroidery. a.. The
sleeves are full puffs,. which fall be-
low the elbow. where they are, gath.
cred into band trimmed with loops
and buttons. The band is not tight
and falls over an undersleeye of Eng,
lish embroidery.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
PASSENGERS GOT OUT PAPER.
Delayed by Flood. They Passed Time
in uniuue WAY.


The Daily WaShCut," Volume |, No.
|, was published at San Marcial. n.
NJ. on Oct. |, 1904. by the passengers
OF Santa Fe train No. %. running be.
tween Ell Paso and Kansas City. The
paper will be treasured by passengers
delayed by the recent floods in the
southwest. 1t contains a list of the
passengers on the train, including per-
sons from points as far south as the
City of Mexico, as far north as st.
Paul and from San Francisco and
New York. One of the personals,
which is but fair sample of the rest,
says: "Mr. Dick and Mr.. Lester, the
Gold Dust Twins will give a barn.
storming show at the opera house
this evening" Another one reads:
Somebody who has seen the Primm
trunk in the baggage car has started
the report that Mr.. and Mrs. Primm
are enjoying their wedding trip.
When approached by our reporter, Mr..
Prlmm coughed and Mrs. Primm said:
Are we, Jamie, dear?'" .....
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
How Nature Works,

A lonely rock uprose above the sea,
The coral insects fretting at its base
and no man came into its loneliness.
The very storm birds Stunned its evil
case. 80
Only the ocean beat upon its breast -
Only the ocean gave 1t close embrace.
An island was upheaved toward the skies
A central fire within it's heart had
burst; .4.' .-..,-'
The rock became a mountain, stern and
strong,
Only the desolation showed at first.
a stray bird dropped a seed That fructi-
fed - '.0F - : -
No longer reigned the barrenness ac-
cursed. -.
little world stood out among the seas
with singing brooks and many a fra
grant wood,
Where lovers heard again their story
And truth grew fair, more fully under
The tender flowers o'ergrew the chasms
And God looked down, and saw that it
was good. ''I'' ~
~. ss.,.. Sarah, Williams
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-10-28
I Canada's New Governor.

An American boy who was travel
ing in: South Africa in 1896, toward the
close'of the, Matabele troubles, recalls
his first sight Of Earl Grey. the new eepw
governor general Of oCahada. G"His
lordshtp," says he%Amefican referred
to, did not look a bit ike a. belted
earl. Enough administrator of Rhode.
STA ah the time, he was in, his shirt
sleevs with a pair Of obviously ready.
made sstrousers and disreputable
sloushhatI HeaaRda couple of friends.
were having al drink ,atathe bar, of the
BuluNayq eAlppb."f 10 LORD d Grey, BY, the
Wayk vas born in "a royal residence
His Gather was private fsecfetary to
Queea Victoria, aid Lady Grey was
Stopping in st! 5ames'a palace at the
time. !. -1aSQ hnH mid noe, $500