The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-22

lQSy are your 6u1ulIcio, youA AAACuuos
II you had been nominated at st.
Louis they would have been support
ing you now. They refuse to support
Judge Parker. Their reasons for not
supporting. Judge Parker have been
tersely stated by you, both from the
stump and In your newspaper, the
Commoner.
reasons j refer you to theemanuscriDt
OF your great Chicago speech. You
need the continued friendship of these
men. When you keep your promise to
attempt a reorganization of the demo-
cratic party in 1908 you will except
these men to work with you and for
you in that effort. In your race for
the senate in Nebraska next winter
you will need and expect the support OF
this element. The Wall street crowd
would not elect you to the senate from
Nebraska If they could and they could
not SO elect you if they would. You
will sure need the pQpulists. These
men have sacrificed money, energy and
! time for you in the past. More than
| 100000 of them are readers OF the
Corhmoner at this time.
During your campaign the populist
press gave space without stint, freely
to your frequent speeches and to just,
favorable comment thereon. and to
kind personal mention of yourself.
Certainly you appreciated that and
venture to hope that Plautus spoke the
truth when he said: "The kindness
which is bestowed on the good, is never
lost"
You are great exponent of Jeffer-
sonian democracy; SO is Thomas E.
Watson. His position and yours are
practically the same. You both fight
for the same great principles and
against the same insolent and powerful
plutocratic organized power which, as
you well know, is now giving substan-
tial aid, comfort and support to Judge
Parker You are not now a candidate
for president Mr.. Watson is now a
candidate for president.
Your embarrassment is that you hold
membership in the democratic party
and your idea of party honor and party
loyalty leads you to hold your nose
and vote for Parker, no matter how
thoroughly and justly you despise the
man and abhor the platform We
know that ii you were only free to
act upon your own convictions Of
right and wrong you would openly,
gladly, ably support Mr.. Watson; your
voice would call the democratic hosts
to the front of the Watson legion even
as Roderick Dhu summoned his men
from the Businesses of the Scottish
crags. AS it is you can not conceal
your contempt for the nominees and
the platform to which Wall street dom
nation gave birth at st. Louis.
| You openly, bravely, express your
real sentiments on the subject. You
declare that you recant nothing Of the
truths spoken by you in your great
Chicago speech, made just preceding
the cruel crucifixion of JeffersOnian
democracy at st. Louis. The men
mentioned applauded your Chicago
speech. They believed what you said
then and they believe it now. They
know it will be better for the people,
better for the democratic party and
better for you, if Parker meets a
crushing defeat. They know If Parker
should be actually elected president
that the Clevelands, Hills, Germans,
Belmonts and RockefelIers will be so
entrenched in power and have such a
grip on the party machinery that Park
err will be re-nominated by acclama-
| ton in 1908, and you will be mere
| fly on the cart wheel without voice
or influence. ct is true that Parker
declares for only one term but Cleye-
land declared the same thing.) 1t will
need no telegram then to tell the
story that plutocratrc control of the
democratic machine is irrevocable.
Your political future depends. as you
know and as we all know. upon the
utter rout of the Parker forces at the
polls. II he Is absolutely humilated by
the compass and character OF his de-
feat the element now standing sponsor
for him, being the Wall street gang
and their camp followers. will natur-
X ally go to the rear and there will come
a demand and an opportunity for you,
with the aid OF the reformers | men,
toned, to try your self imposed task
OF reorganization This gang now OK