The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-05-05

fell In the well-has nothing to say.
The great chunks of harmony in the
dear old party take his breath.
When Mr.. Bryan characterizes the
New York platform as dishonest
platform of dishonest party, he sized
it up just as it is.
There is going to be no compromise
between the democrats who stand for
principle and those who stand for
pelf. The men who stood with Bry-
an, men like Williams, Abbott, Tarvln,
ct al, will not consent to the barter
and sale of what is left of democracy
to the trusts. And that is just what
the present fight means. II Parker is
nominated, If any reorganizer is nom
mated, it means that the last, lingcr-
ing spark of virtue has been prosti-
tuted, and such men as Bryan, Hearst,
Abbott and Williams cannot take the
dose which Dave Hill and August Bel
mont will prescribe for them.
The Nebraska Independent came
near having fit last week over the
fact that Tom Watson, Milton Park
and your humble chairman have
thrown bouquets at VIM. Randolph
Hearst, because we admire the fight
he is making, admire the man, admiIe
the principles he stands for, and wish
him success. The Independent would
leave the impression that we are try
ing to do what it has done so many
times in the past. But The Indepen-
dent need lose no sleep. II 1t will
keep it's own skirts clean 1t will do
well. The populists of this country
know that Tom Watson and Milton
Park and 10 Parker have neither di-
rectly' or indirectly snapped the peo-
pies party off, or betrayed it during
all the dark years of the past. And
they feel reasonably secure that We
are not going to do it now. 1t will
be remembered that both Park and
Parker voted against holding our con-
vention at a time when there could
be any outside influence. Our votes
are matter Of record. We said that
the st. Louis meeting should carry cut
the Denver agreement and hold orr
convention before either of the old
parties, but for some reason The In
dependent folks saw differently. Now,
! hope our friends will not have any
more Nightmares because we have
some good things to say of Mr.. Hearst,
as we have said in the past of Mr..
Bryan. We know that Mr.. Hearst is
far In advance OF his party-far in
advance Of any position Mr.. Bryan has
taken in the past. We know he Is
fighting the combined money of the
country. When we see August Bel
mont and Dave Hill and Morgan and
the rest Of them fighting him with un-
relenting fury we know there Is a
coon up tree somewhere. The fact |
that Mr.. Hearst has used the Chicago
the San Francisco Exam
iner and the New York Journal every
day for years to advocate public own
ership of public utilities, the referen-
dunn, government money, income tax,
ETC., has made it impossible for him |
to get the democratic nomination tn
less the people who are interested III
these things give him every lift they |
can. Now saying this does not mean
for the populist nomination-not by
any means. In the first place, it is
not likely that he wants it or would |
accept it; in the second place, the |
peoples party will not go outside of |
its own party for a nominee. There /
will undoubtedly arise conditions TN
der certain circumstances that will |
have great influence over the Spring
field convention, and it was to avoid
these influences that Park and Parker,
with such men as Burkhart, Weller,
Dixon, Nelson, and number of 9TH
ers. held out against the July cons
and wanted our convention to
meet in June, before either of the
others had acted, when 1t would be
free from outside influence--not thrt /
we could not stand the pressure, but
to be candid about Ii. we were afraid
the pressure might be too strong for
some OF our Nebraska friends.
As stated above, conditions might |
priQa ate And wa had haftar ha uraw