The independent., 1904-08-11

in the United States. The editor al
ways has able editorials. In discuss
ing Bryan's support of Parker, he re-
marks Suppose Abraham Lincoln
had said: i will vote and work to
elect the slave power to full control
of the government, and then III go to
work to free the negro. =
Those reliable dailies! The Chi
cago RecordHerald puts down Geo.
w. Berge as democrat. Any sort OF
lie about populism or populists goes
these days.
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IL the report made in the Lincoln
dailics of what Judge Waterbury said
10 the anti-fusion populists ever
rcacae his ears. there will be some
remarks made.
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This is the first time since 1885
that the populists have had chance
TO Lave themselves counted. In that
year there were over 10000 of them
who went to the polls and cast their
ballots without campaign being
made. On the ELECTORAL ticket they
thave chance to be counted Every
popalist in the state should feel that
.ery consideration of honor and pat
riotism requires that he cast his vote
for the noble leader, Thomas E. Wat
suii. VINO without hope of reward, is
giving his very life to the cause Of
popullsm. Those who saw him at Lin
coin, when he could no longer stand
on his feet, drop into chair and pour
forth those burning words for the
common people, can appreciate the
sacrifice that he is making.
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That carpetijag government in the
Philippines is the best paying job that
republican workers ever struck. The
salary OF the governor of the Phil
| ippines is ,$15.5O year He re-
ceives in addition $1,000 year as a
member Of the Philippine commission,
making a total OF $2O, 800 year. 1t
is kept up for the benevolent assimi-
lation of dollars.
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Roosevelt is increasing the higher
grades in the army at a wonderful
rate. There are 369 generals on the re-
tired list of the United States army,
z27 more than there were in 1893. OF
this list 120 were in the service as gem
erals less than two weeks and two for
less than a month before retirement.
Taking the entire list into consider
alton, 210 never performed active
service in the ranks
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The pOpulist state convention of the
state OF Iowa will be held at Des
Moines, Iowa. August 25 Headquar-
ters will be at the Iowa hotel.
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| Wall street has no politics.
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Wall street does not belong to any
party. Parties belong to it as soon as
they begin to hold the Offices.
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Wall street is the biggest CRATER in
the business and the business covers
the whole United States.
The peoples party was organized to
fight Wall street and not a populist
can be convinced thai the way to
fight Wall street is to vote for ,an-
dldates which it has nominated. Even
/ Mr.. Bryan can not make them believe
that
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A personal friend in one of the
most. fiourishing towns in northern
Nebraska writes to the editor of The
Independent that. Several democrats
here have announced their intention
OF voting for you and the populist
ticket and some have said they would
vote for you any way. | am at a
loss to understand Mr.. Bryan's posi-
ton in the matter and think that he
has hurt himself more in the esti-
nation of the people than anything
he has ever done, as his integrity has
never been questioned before, and
now they think he has not been true
to his own convictions
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Populists who repudiate Parker and
all his followers are constantly
charged with aiding the republicans.
The truth is pop populists would as
readily aid the republicans as they