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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS

July 26-Picnic. Original Hebrew
Ladies' Benevolent Society,
dewey Park, State street.
July 28-Roll call, Baptist church.
Aug. 4-Excursion Uourt Perth Am
hoy, independent Order of
ForesteIs to North Beach,
Long Island Sound.
Aug. 1l-Moonlight excursion to
Coney Island, Iron Steamer
Cygnus, Lodge No. 81,
Brotherhood Locomotive
Firemen.
Aug. 1~8-Excursion to North Beach,
Court Amboy No. IS, Il. OF A.
Aug. 22-Sociablo. st. Mary's II. G.
church, Wilder Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
Staten Island Rapid Transit Z. 3

Time Table In effect ON and after May %, 1901.
Perth Amboy to New Y~ork.-Eeave foot OF
Smith st. daily except sundays and legal.
Holiday 3 Is. 6.l2 6.5S, 1888, T,3S. 500 500
30, e.h5, 10.55, 12.0U "a m. 1885. 1 So. $50, a.h5,
4.SJ $50, Gas, 7.55, S55, 9.5s. fi1.2 0fF.M
sundays and Legal H ,iidays
65J. 7.b5, $50, 9.25, 1903. i0.B5, iI.55 A. M
is.eo. LOO 2.55, 3 30, 4.55, 5.35, 6.l5, G.55, 7.S5
IL, 900. 1920 P. nj.
New York to Perth Amboy:-Leaye foot Of
whitehall st. daily except Sunday and Legal
Holidays, b.h5, 6.4S, 8 on. 9.ff, 10. co., II. 90 a. m.
i20)t. 0 1.30 2.sG, 3 30 4 ri. h.f0, $40 6.4b.
6l6 o.S5, 7.sO, $50, 1o,oo,i1.r5s fi2, 25A. NJ.
Sundays ami Legal HOLIDAY
Leave New York Gd5, 800, 300, $50, II. 20
j 20 u M. t2.t0m. 90, 2 o, 500, 40n. ss.00
5.5', G.s5, us, 7t5. 6.s5, 9.15, 1890, if.15 p. m.
Ferry bet ween Perth Amboy and TottenvilIe--
le-ys le 'th Amhoy daily xb.is, x6.i2, 6.8a
x6.5S, x7:33, x8.0O, KISS. a.55, xfn.25. 1855
II m. l2lU, x12.66, xl.55, x2 70, 2.2n. xa.bb
x4 81, 4.t5, xb 81, coo. x6s5. TOO. 7.8O, $3.50
xs,5S. D 10 x'n.41 XII 30 Y. m. 1924 4.
75t, $50. 9.s5, zoos, 1890, i0bf ti.f5 y. M.
IL s., l 5S, 2.55. 3.55, 4.5s, F.35, GLIB 6 hs. 7.85.
8 i, 0.e0. go, 1880, 1920 p. IN !. 12.ita, m.
Leave Tottenville daily III so, 5.5s, 6.z2, sea
x7.la, 7.46. xS IL, 10 10. tn.Ot, 10 40 II 05 q n.
x121i x1.ob, x5.0S, 2.3S, x3.s7, Ala. x1.s :,
10, Ks -, xs.tS, x6.55, XIII, xz.40. S.s7
sunday4 and Legal Holidays, #G *. tbs, AZ
9.n5n.1J. 10.t5,i04a, l1.3ja m. 12lj.1.Is2fl4
xS Is IN : n b.b. $50 ITO. T.5l 6.3lgsi0.
ott 1f.4O. l1.f2 p. m, 1889 a. m.
sLegal holidays only.
+Traits A. and a will not run Sunday nieh !
but will run on holiday nights.
j VAN SMITH, GEO. J brown.
Receise : uenI 1tafio 1
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23

PUT-IN-BAY, o., July %. Wit
ideal weather and a good stiff breeze
the annual races of the Interlakt
Yachting association were brought tc
n close here. Chloris of the Lakewood
Yacht club won the Hotel Victory cur
after the hardest kind of a fight with
the Cadillac Of Detroit. The Made.
Mac of Toledo won the Huntington cur
for yachts built prior to 1898. while the
new cup, given by the Interlake Yacht
ing association for the restricted TWEEN.
ty-one footers, went to the st. Clair OF
the Detroit Country club after the
finest kind of a race with the Spray OF
the Detroit Yacht club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
EHIGH Valley RAIL ROAD

fine Table I'm ersct July 10th. ~ 4
sstions IN Mes York, foot 81 sioretandt. ~,
ro,.as and Wst ara streets. Pensr Il.
rAtS- LAAvB STATE sTaxEr ssATrcn
FOR E YORK.
$40, IS Am 40 pm 8 nm. daily rr,.n.st.
i a tr,tn for Dounu brosk M a,,eh t,hunx
Y athsrly, Hazsltoo psitasflle and nternaej
te points.
rOk tOUIH PLAINFlElh
70 35, q IN. 1914 70 p M ssi dny1
r.sJn IN 81. clio p. M
FOR OTHER POINT
73bt, m Daily Except Sunday Connec win
- u express tor EastOn, Bethlet.en hjien
own, Pottsville, Buffalo. Mig ira Faisf Isl. III
pfssSo Parlor Car Bethel EN- tn Bulah., q - ,
uects with Local train nj ) ,ush Pisinde'1 for aIle
points east , I Mauch Chunk.
$50 q. IN. Sundays only express trsiu fot9
Buffalo, Niagara Falls. ii. Louis and gLifagoi-
topH a Pennington jet. n
100 p. m. Daily Except Sunday Exprtsf for*
or WilFes Barre. Scranton, HazeItou. "A
nd principal Intermediate stations
AVS p. NJ. Sundays only Through train III
Bunaio, Niagara Falls, Suspension Rrtd~4L
outs and Chicago ,conntHts fer New York..
RAINS LEAVE SOUTH AINFIELp
fok PERTH AMBC
s45 a. ~. a.45, 500, 7.bO, D. nj. sundays
U 10 "a. m, $50, $50 y. m. Trains arrive Perth
A'nhoY- s AZ =. m, Ace. 6.25, $40 p. M. kundayh
i0.b7 a. m. BIS 3 10 .. m. ~
Tickets sold To all western Points.
Fer further information apply 10 tickle I
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STANDING OF FACTORY LEAGUE

no Cause Know Tor Dawes Deed
NORFOLK. W., July 23.-Edgar T..
Dawes. secretary Of tie board Of trade
and Business Mons association and II
prominent citizen of Norfolk, commit
ted suicide last night at his sUlnmci
home at Ocean View. He reached
home early from the city and went tt
his room. Standing before his twelve
ycar-old son, Dawes placed n pistol in
his mouth and pulled the trigger. He
was instantly killed. No cause for his
rash deed can be learned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
RARITAN TRACTION co.
Time Table in Effect Dec. Z. 1903.

Cars leave Metuchen for Perth Amboy and all
points East to Woodbridge Greek at s and 50
minutes past e"ch hc ur from 6 a. IN. to l 35 pm
aud 1.5' p. m. to li.So p, m. at 50 minutes past
the hour.
Cars leave Keasbey School for Metuchen at
5 and b minutes past east hour from 800 A.. m
to6.30 p. M. and every hour from s to II SO pm
Cars leave Keasbey for all poin's East every
Is minuses.
Cars leave b idge at Woodbridge Creek for
X asbey.at foot dfSmith slreet every 30 minu-
ties iro n 6.1k a. N. to II Is p. M.
Cars leave Bridge at Woodbridge Greek for
Metuchen n the even hour and half hour from
6 IN togo .. 10. and the half hour only fro n
O.f0 to 1880 . m.
Care leave s aten Island Ferry for Metuchen
and Hershey school at IS and as minutes ia t
9 CHI h ur from 6. 00a. IT to 700 p. M, ami I ON
70 rtl00p m. at AZ minutes only ans for
Keasbev at foot OF Smith street a. 3 and 80 min
MES pas The hour.
Cars leave Staten leland Ferry for Bridge at
Woodbridge Greek a. II, 26, a, ard SO minutes
past each hour from 800 a. IN. to l1.4l p. m.
WIN. q. nook
Fupeg nte d
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
Russian Japan war Atlas 10 ' Gents.

Three fine colorcd maps, each 14x:O;
bound in convenient form for References.
The Eastern situation shown IN detail,
issued by Tho Chicago e North-W West, RI
Ry, mailed upon receipt OF ten cents IN
stamps ty w. A. Cox, COL tlesti at
street, Philadelrhi., la.
G9l GG-?4 ill 7-3l
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
HOME RUNS.

All Of the teams IN the Factory
baseball league are in fine trim for
today's games and it is expected that
they will put up star matches.
P. White & Sons apprentice boys
baseball team will not play ball to-
morrow afternoon. They are getting
in trim for q game next Sunday after
noon with an out of town team.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
NotincatIon committcc to Mcct.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-Fred Kel-
ly of this city, District of Columbia
member of the committee formally to
notify Judge Parker of his nomination
for president, has received Il dispatch
saying: presidential notification com
mittee, by order Of Chairman Clark,
will meet for consultation ut noon,
July %, at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
New York. Notification next day"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
BAD NEWS.
Brighton Reach Handicap Won by
Even Money FnNorite.

Ec1ch Won by
Ever Money Fnvorite.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Bad News,
the even money fayorite, won the fea-
ture event, a handicap at one mile and
a furlong, at Brighton Beach. Hurst
Park made the pace to the stretch,
where Kelly sent Bad News to the
front and won by three-Quarters of a
length.
Reliable. carrying 142 pounds. won
the second G.
Ismailian, backed down from so to
/ to 8 to /, in the last race, was sup
posed to be a good thing, but ran third
to Flinders and Little Buttercup. Five
favorites won. Good For Nothing re-
fused to so to the post, and the stew
ards ordered her withdrawn.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
Was Wasting Away.

The following | tier from Robert r..
Watt, of S .lem, Mo-. is Instructive. II
lave been troubled with kidmy disease
or the last five years. l lost flesh and
lever folt well, doctored with leading
physicians and tried all remedies sug-
s.asted without relief, Finally | tried
Foley's Kidney Cure and less than two
BOTTLES completely cured me and | am
now sound and well.'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
READING Gx@,rxsnm
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL
Corrected to Junc &c 1908
TRAINS LEAVE PERTH AMB0y

FOR New York, newark and EIizabetb Z
5 s3. Z II. 7.4b, New York (onlyi 7.52, 8 "A. a6i
u te. II .5a, "A. nal ~. 3 q, go 90, 6Al y IS
5 0S, q IL, ias. onlvs 3 IS, p. m. Sundays. ! 81.
", D. m ~, Q a, .. m.
kUT philadelphia Mbd Trenton via Hninnd
8roOk ~, II ii, 1859 a m / 10, 3 % h. "a
" dhvs, IN b2N D.. IN
Fur long Branch, Ocean t5rove. etc. 5o7
10 : m. 1879 g Of, Sat oniyl 4 81. 7.fo d. n
Y; Sundays excepted npc"ys except
.vr FresLoid bVT, G.4 . w . M. lG.Ma y "
.l6 . IN
Additional trains FOR Red haul e.s7, i is. ass
" For South Amboy 6.54. z IL. o 20 d. n
q a. 4s p m. 8 If, B.52 o.Sn.
TRAINS FOR PERTH An ROY.
Leave New York, 400, $50, I. 10, i0.dU II. 70.
= M, G. 2 ,Sai. onl i.30 2UU, 4 n, 4. 10. 5f0.
rs, $50, $50, Ito .. m. Sundays 300 a. m. 4.0t
~, PIN.
Leaves Eli1abeth. 4.DS, c.@H, $40, 9.5ai II. Al.
y N, /. ~ z, 300, 1.i2, Ia, Els HFz &. Isl
l.eavrss ~. ark Gis.
I 20, d.a5, 4.fO, $40, o ~, S.45 i1.50.p sun
lays, 9.o', AIN J5A y 10, y. M
'hr ugh ticR. - to all pnin . A. tpssses AZ,
"a, ba hsr qn. application In sdva sea
:xat sgnDt at the staf,op
w y R:Ss'En, Vice Pres. &acnerAi " saaFe
2 NJ Buhr. General Passenger Agent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
Cor sumptlyes Need Not Despair.

AS many cases pronounced hopelesss
by physicians have been cured by Fo'ey's
Honey and Tar. l.. NJ. Ruggles, IL
heasuner, Iowa, " ito "fle doctors
said ] had consumption and | got 10 bet
ter un il | us,d F,ly's Honey and Tai.
1t helped me right from Tho start and
stopped tho spnting OF blood aud ia.
pain in my lungs sud today | am sound
and We'll"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
pobby walthour won.

COLUMBUS. Ga, July 23.-Bobby
Walthour this afternoon defeated Basil
De Gulchard in a fifteen mile motor
paced race. Waltllour won all three Of
the i've mile heats. The fastest mile
was 1888.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
JUNIOR MINES.

Yesterday morning the Madison
avenue baseball team defeatod the
Land COMPANY team. The score was
16 to 6.
The Easton A. @. played a fast
game yesterday morning on this Fay
cite street diamond. The score was s
to s.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
FIRE ALARM BOXES

80 Raritan Copper Works
,6High and Lewis
a Madison ave and Paterson u
% Market and First SITS.
IS Smith and High ut
81 state and Smith SITS
ID Buckingham ave and Hatif
is Commerce and Front SITS
n High and Washington str
"a State st aud Buckingham ave
So Hall ave and Charles 1T
So Railroad ave and wayne
62 Washington and First SITS.
s. Turnpike ana Elm 81
"a Smith Rt and Watson ave
10 Commerce and State Is
~ Front and Smith SITS
70 Water and Gordon SITS
n Kearny ave and Gordon st
81 Smith and Herbert st
81 Woodbridge road and Washington al
H Lehigh ave . y Stanford at
To send ~ in an alarm, open the door OF the DO,
and pull Town the lever and let 20 once only
Stay at box until dremen arrive.
SPECIAL CALLS.
tap-Break In circuit. 2taps-Drill and fire
alarm test. Hydrant at corner OF Jefferson and
High street alwaysto be used for this trial. 8
taps Fire out. 5taps-Police call. i2-Call for
Lincoln Hose. 1S-Call for Washington Hose
f4-Call for Mcclellan Hose 16-Call for Pro-
tection ". and L..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
American pppcer a. pnircuth.

BAIREUTH. Bavaria, July 23.-The
Wagnerian festival began here with
the performance of a Partisan adapta-
ton Of ''Tannhauser." Miss Isadora
Duncan. the American dancer, p~artici.
pated in the ballet. v
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23

When Peep Q want help they adver
tise in the Evening News. Those
ooking for help should bear this in
mind
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-23
Cured of itching ri es.

w. r. Flint, a merchant Of Orchard,
Ia, writes: 81 had been greatly troubled
with itching piles for several years and
tried many 50 called pile cures without
relief, but was completely cured by Ban
ner Sllve, 1t is the best pile cure"
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01
National Democracy Wrecked

tricked at ST. Louis. They know that
to the extent of their support of Par
ker they condoned The fraud, endorsed
the trick and aided the attempt to bam-
boozle the American people. They
know it now; they confess it now.
My sin is that l saw it then, de-
nounced it then, and did all I could to
smash the scheme. Had real democrats
been willing to listen to me. Parker
would have been driven out of the field
during the first month of the campaign,
the true democracy would have organ
lied, would have drawn to itself all the
reform elements and we could have
come much nearer to success than the
leader of democracy who set out with
seven million democrats and let Roose-
velt capture two million of them.
During the entire campaign | said
nothing against Parker or the st. Louis
convention that were as harsh as the
things Bryan said of both. Without
recalling any of his accusations Mr..
Bryan campaigned for the unfit" nom
inee and for the crooked and unde-
fensible nomination." Mr.. Bryan will
have four years in which to explain
that inconsistency and will no doubt
find the job sufficiently difficult.
During the campaign | said moth
ing more complimentary Of Mr.. Roose-
welt as man than the Hon. John Tenn
pie Graves said since the election in
the Atlanta News. The fact that ]
said it during the battle and that the
brilliant editor said it afterwards, will
not initiate against either of us, | am
sure Throughout the canvas | was
the one nominee who constantly lev
|eled every gun I could bring into play
against the principles, the measures,
the policies, the ruinous tendencies OF
the republican party. 1t was l, not
Parker, who persistently advocated the
income tax as the method by which
the untaxed corporate wealth Of the
land could be madeato pay it's fair pro-
portion of the federal taxes. 1t was l,
not Parker. who antagonized, as JEFF
ferson and Jackson did, the exclusive
privileges which the national banks
have in the creation of national cur
rency. 1t was I, not Parker, who ad-
vocated the election of all officers by
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

nation Each of them came to me abb
solutely unsought. AS soon as it was
known that the der ocratic bosses had
surrendered to Wall street at st. Louis,
as soon as | learned that Bryan, Till
mar, Bailey, Daniels, Williams, etc.,
had not only knuckled to Parker as
nominee but had f1attened themselves
out beneath that gold standard tele-
gram I fully realized what mon
strous crime had been committed
against the people and what splen-
did opportunity the politicians had
left open for the men of principles
did not believe that the American yot-
ers would stand for the "crime of
1904" it was only question of how TO
protest.
For eight years | had been out of
touch with the people. Secluded, polit-
ically, an outcast, given over to book
reading, book-writing, law-practice and
private business, / knew nothing Of
the feeling Of the masses. Naturally
L waited for signs of encouragement,
for indications that revolt against
existing conditions would be supported.
For nearly a month after the st. Louis
ssell-out' the country seemed dazed.
Then indeed, the low sounds of the dis
tant thunder could be heard by anyone
who was not deaf. The storm clouds
could be seen by anyone who was not
blind. The democratic ."crime of 1904"
stirred the country as it has not been
shaken since the civil war, and the
unprecedented triumph of Theodore
Roosevelt is due quite rs much to- the
revolt against the cowardice, corrup-
ton and imbecility shown by the DEM
ocratic leaders at st. Louis as to any
other cause whatsoever. The man who
does not now realize that the recent
election and the exposures that have
been made since vindicate my judg-
ment and my conduct must be lost TO
common sense. Ne real democrat is
proud of the fact that he supported the
ticket Of Tom Taggart, Pat McCarren,
Dave Hill, August Belmont and Alton
B. Parker Only those democrats whose
principles are republican are satisfied.
These democrats whose principles are
democratic are ashamed. and apollo
getic. They know that they were
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

Editor Independent: During the
eight years which preceded my nomi-
nation for the presidency on July 4,
1904, had been out of politics. BY
methods which no honest. man will
defend, had been relegated to the
outer darkness. Compromise / would
not make; defeat was forced to recog-
nize. Like sensible man. | knew
when was whipped; but neither sur
rendered nor apostatized. Bryan had
organized the fusion movement of 1896
and with the help of Senator Jones
had lured our populist leaders into
the ambuscade. l protested but was
OverpOWered. In good faith | endeav-
ored to make the Bryan Watson ticket
a success. In bad faith Senator Jones
held Sewall on the ticket and made
republican victory certainty. Bryan
was nearer to the white house in 1896
than he will ever be again; and he did
not enter it because he was ashamed
to recognize the populists who wanted
to elect him and whose full strength
was necessary to his triumph. For
eight years democracy paraded our
platform and controlled the populist
national committee. For eight years
there was no room to work in for a
mid-road populist like myself. Seeing
no chance to do anything under such
circumstances I quit the field, and be-
lieyed, forever. 1t never entered my
head that the democratic leaders would
be SO incredibly stupid as to do what
they did at st. Louis in this year 1904
| never dreamed that they would shed
their principles like garment, frame a
quasi-republican platform, put at the
head of the committee a notorious
gambling hous ekeerer like Tom Tag
gart, sell the nomination to Roths-
child agent and corporation like Aug
ust Belmont and put up as nominee for
president q featureless candidate who
was utterly unknown except as Great
ure of the most crooked wire worker
in American politics, David B. Hill.
Neither in 1896 nor in 1904 had
sought the populist nomination. No
man can say that | ever moved finger
or spoke syllable to get either nomi-
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01
The Case Stated
by
Thos. f. Watson

the people in order that we might get
rid of that cloud of corporation agents.
the United States senate, and Of the
federal judges who have nullified the
right to habeas corpus and the trial
by jury. 1t was /. not Parker who
clamored for repeal of the tariff
taxes on the necessaries Of life and for
public ownership of public utilities.
In other words, Parker made no fight
for democratic principles; he stood
for nothing beyond the plain simple
proposition that he would rather have
the Office than to let Roosevelt keep
it. Throughout the campaign the re-
publican party was consistent with
itself and it's creed Socialism was con-
sistent with itself and its creed. The
peoples party was consistent with IT.
self and its creed. Democracy was at
war with itself and had no creed.
Hence, national democracy came out OF
the campaign utterly wrecked-withOut
policy. principle, purpose or leader
ship, discredited before all the world
for all time to come Never In this
generation can it again inspire conf
dence. Never can it again deceive the
east, the north or the west. | pray
God that tie time is not far of when
it can not even deceive the south Why
prate about reform inside the demo-
cratic party? You might as well talk
about reforming hell rom the inside.
How can you get rid of Tom Taggart,
the gambling establishment man? How
can you eject Belmont, the RothschiId
man? How can you Danish Pat Nc
Carren, the Standard Oil man? or.
German of Maryland, the sugar trust
man? The whole machinery Of tho
party for the next four years will be
in the control of the plu.ocratic ele-
ment which overthrow Bryan at st.
Louis. For four years the party has
no platform excepting the Guasi-repub-
lican abomination which was adopted
at st. Louis And for the next four
years the official commander-ln-chief
of the democratic party is not Bryan,
nor Hearst, nor Bailey. The COM
mander-in-chief is Tom Taggart, the
gambling hell man of Indiana.
THOMAS e. WATSON.
Thomson, Ga.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01

would be enunciated by the democratic
party in 1904. When Iowa democracy
absorbed our party over there-all but
about 700-and then in 1902 repudiated
the Kansas City platform, defeating W.
H. Robb, one of our national commit
teemen, who led the fight for reaffir-
nation; and when Mr. Bryan urged
support of the ticFet as choice Of
evils-then some populists began to see
choice of evils" looming up for
1904 A few Of these s.ried to prepare
for emergencies, hoping to escape both
the devil and the deep blue sea-and
the Denver conference resulted; the
Springfield convention was held; Wat
son and Tibbles were nominated, and
the populist campaign of 1904 was car
ried on, hampered on every side by
those who claim to be populists.
1t is impossible now to say how many
votes were cast for Watson and Tib
bles electors-but we shall know some
time how many were counted for them.
Possibly not more than 100000 will be
the recorded vote for Watson and Tib-
bles. But il only that many, We have
accomplished what was never done be-
fore-revived dead party after its
identity was almost wholly lost. If
only 100000, that represents an army
of radicals who can never again be
caught by the chaff of 'sephemeral op-
'portunism." They will never again
trust the democratic party If real
crisis should come, they would doubt
less help tc organize a new radical
party on broader -liIes-but until such
time comes they will stand solidly
for the peoples party.
| am now repairing a final report
of all receipts and expenditures by our
committee during the campaign. In adj
dition to this, I shall give report of
all receipts ard expenditures enrolling
the Old Guard of Populism, from De-
cember 5, 1903, to date. This will be
classified by states and counties end
show exactly who gave the money,
and where the workers live. After this
is completed we can tell how to proceed
with the lscrk of enrolling men who
will not only stand up and be counted
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-12-01
for populism but will fight for it.

for populism but will fight for it.
Certainly there will be no more at
tempts in Nebraska to compel Parker
democrats and Watson populists to
JOIN in the fusion embrace. That can
not be dignified by calling it political
harlotry-it is nothing less than polit-
ical rape, and resented as such by both
democrats and populists. have right
to say this, because Travelled 500 miles
and back to vote for Watson and Tib-
bles and George Berge. did intend
to cut out all Parker supporters, but
when | reached the booth | put in a
straight vote for the entire ticket-be-
cause this was year when party reg
ularity was at premium-and my
party had nominated some Parker sup
porters..
Suppose we have only 10000 popu-
lists now in Nebraska-what Of it?
Next year, with straight ticket, we
can begin to recover our lost ground.
By 1906 we can carry congressman or
two possibly and scare the republican
machine much worse than it was scared
this year If we go at It with a will
we can carry the state in 1906. Shall
we try? 1t can't be done by fusion
that's evident. because we can't get
any better man than George Berge and
he couldn't escape the curse of politi-
cal miscegenation.
Let us be men just for once, and
quit this boys play. Let us begin now
the fight for straight populist ticket
all along the line and keep it up until
we've cleared out the "redeemers' and
routed them horse, foot and dragons.
CHARLES @. DE FRANCE.
Joliet, Ill.