The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-11-03

Roosevelt all along the line. He rep |
resents everything that | oppose. He |
stands Tor almost nothing that | favor. |
He belongs TO the Hamilton school. l |
belong to the jefferson school, Cap |
plause.) judged b. his actions he and |
the republican party seem to believe |
that God made the universe for few |
of us. We of the peoples party-we |
of the Jefferson school say that God is |
our common father, and made the |
earth as a common home for us ALL |
The earth is our family estate. We
have all got right to labor on it and |
make our living out of it. No five
men, dozen, two dozen or one hundred |
dozen have got a right to come to me
and to you and say Get off of the
EARTH" 1t is not right But that is
what Roosevelt stands for, and he is
manly about it. open about il, hiding
nothing, lodging nothing, straddling
nothing Except the war horse). |
Oaughter) The republican party tells
you what it is for Tells you what
you will get. And if you want to keep
on getting what you have gothic
United states army loaned to the Pull
man Palace Car company to put down
a strike at the point Of the bayonet,
that is what you people will get. CA
voice, eve got it.') If you want to
continue to pay all the taxes and let
the men who are most able to pay eS-
cape payment. that is what you are
going to get If you want to pay for
your ride and pay for the ticket of
Betsie and the babies and at the same
time continue to pay for the other fell
low and his Betsie and his baby, that
is what you are going to get. If you
want the currency system monopolized
by the national bank, doing credit on
the government, doing business on
/ the credit of the government for their
3ioeHaait. whereas the government ought
to do business OIL IL Zen otlr benefit,
then support the system, because that.
is what you are going to get and
Roosevelt tells you SO.
Now, if you are against that system,
who are you going to vote for if you
don't vote for me? (Laughter.) II
you are against Roosevelt and the sys-
TEN where are you going if you don't
go with me? Are you going with Par
ker? CA voice. MOI What does
Parker stand for? Except an appetite
for office. what does he represent?
What will he do that Roosevelt has
not done? What will he leave undone
that Roosevelt has done? Where is
/ the difference between Parker and
Roosevelt as stated by Parker him
self? Put it in small change and
hand it to me. Laughter.) What is
/ it? Don't whitewash me all over with
words. Don't cover me UP with Ian
guage. Put it to me straight, right be-
tween the eyes. What is it that Par
ker wants to do different from what
Roosevelt wants to do? You can not
state it to save your life. Wherever in
these meetings | have asked a repub-
/ lican what Roosevelt stood for he
could tell me. You ask peoples party
man what Watson stands for and he
can tell you. You ask democrat what
Parker stands for and he breaks for
the back door Uaughter.) Talk about
/ throwing away your vote. If | am
right, and you believe am right and
you don't vote for me you have thrown
away your vate Parker has not got
a. Ghost Of chance. Why he does not
stand Tof IL = ssti,insr- He$ pever was
meant to be elected. They put ffffssa s,n.
to keep Hearst from getting it and to
keep Bryan from getting it. CA voice,
That's the idea.'') They put him UP
not so much to elect him as to keep
real genuine democrat from being
elected. (Applause.) 1t cost them 49,
too 900 or $10000,000 to beat Bryan,
and they thought it would be cheaper
to buy up the delegates and the edi-
tors before the nomination than to buy
up the people after the nomination.
| Qaughter.) That is the case Your
hearts tell you | am right. Your in
telligence tells you am right. How
else can you explain why it is that
there was such a tremendous battle
to get Parker nominated and no battle
to get him elected? daughter Did
you ever think of that?
The Skirmish Line
Ordinarily in politics the skirmish
line goes before the convention. It is
the line of battle that is formed after
the convention. This time it was the
line of battle that went up to the con-
vention and it was the skirmish line
and mighty thin one and feeble one,
knock-kneed one and small one after
the convention. daughter and ap-