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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-27

the democratic party has strengthened
rather than weakened itself b. endors-
ing a number OF propositions which are
called populistic.' To repudiate our
pepulist allies and surrender to the
corporate influences which now domi-
nate the republican party would be as
lmpolitic as 1t would be unpatriotic
The democratic party has no reason
Tor existence except to champion the
cause of the people. 1t must stand
ready to cooperate with those who are
fighting organized greed, for to refuse
such cooperation is to give aid and
comfort to the common enemy
The Independent is indebted to Mr..
G. w. B. Hale of Rockymount, Va,
for the reminder of the above editor
ial that appeared in the Commoner
March 80, 1901. 1t will be remembered
by all readers of the COmmoner. Es-
pecal attention is called to the final
paragraph Of this editorial. ITO re-
pudiate our populist allies and surren-
| der to the corporate influences which
now dominate the republican party
| would be as impolitic as It would be
unpatriotic," says Mr.. Bryan. But
| when it came to the test. Mr.. Bryan
found it more convenient to "repudi-
| ate his populist allies and surrender to
the corporate influences that now DOM
mate" (as he himself admits) the dem
ocratic party. 1.-THE democratic party
has no reason for existence except to
champion the cause OF the people,
says Mr. BRYAN, yet when it ceased tc
champion the cause of the people, as
he himself declared, he thought it bet
ter to help to preserve the rotten hulk
from destruction. rather than coop
crate with those who are fighting Or
ganized greed" forgetting his own
words that ito refuse such co-opera-
ton is to give aid and comfort to the
common enemy.'-Q.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-27

ccnsiI is urging the adoption of sys-
tenn abolishing political conventions
and providing for party nominations
by direct vote of the people-a sys-
tenn entirely in keeping with the con-
tentions of the populist party.
Prior to the organization of the
populist party, comparatively few men
advocated the municipal ownership OF
public utilities, and yet today business
men in every part of the United States
are openly defending this policy
Whenever the question has been sub
mitted to the voters large majority
has generally been polled in favor of
this reform, once denounced as popu-
listic, but now regarded as prudent
business policy for community.
The populists favor a postal tele-
graph system operated in connection
with the postoffice department; this
reform has already been recommended
by one republican postmaster general,
Mr.. Wanamaker, and the matter is
now being investigated by an indus
trial commission.
THE populists, while holding to
their belief in the government owner
ship of railroads, have given their IN
duence to all legislation which tended
toward the regulation of railroads or
the securing of reasonable rates.
ION the money question the popu-
list party has done great deal of
educational work 1t has steadfastly
defended the greenhack against the at
tacks of the national banking inter
ests and has insisted that the right to
issue money is sovereign function of
government which can not safely be
delegated to private individuals or cor
pOrations. The democratic party las
in two conventions supported this doc
trine, although differing from the pop
ulists on the subject of redeemability.
The democrats advocate a legal ten
! der greenbacS,, isss.ad hv the govern
ment, redeemable in coin, the gOpel1s
ment to exercise the option as to which
coin, while the populists believe in an
! irredeemable greenback. This differ
ence, however, has not prevented the
democrats and populists from acting
together to save the greenback from
humiliation.
''The populists believe in the guam
| titative theory of money and favor BIZ
metailism because it would give more
money than recommendation. While
the democrats in the senate and house
of representatives had for twenty years
been voting for free coinage at sixteen
to one, the populists were the first to
name the ratio in the national plat
form. The unexpected and unpromised
increase in the supply of gold, while it
has tended to lessen the immediate inn
portance of the money question, has
vindicated the quantitative theory
which is advocated by democrats and
/ populists but was until recently de-
nied by republicans.
| ''The populists, as might be expected,
oppose imperialism and trusts They
i also unite with the democrats in favor
ling arbitration and condemning gov
eminent by Injunction and the black
/ list
mo one who understands the his
tory of the last ten. years can doubt
the influence which the populist party
has exerted upon public affairs. 1t has
been a great educational factor and
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-27
But He Supports Him

In his great speech at Chicago |.
the purpose of defeating the nd d
alton OF Parker. Mr.. Bryan said:
A man who is weak enough I'd /
his candidacy in their hands tined II
Hill and Belmont) before the -con
ton, would not be strong enough td
sist their influences after electioR
he were by any possibility
cessful."
And now. though he has had |
opportunity to support as true a j &
ocrat who does not vote for P b
be, Mr.. Bryan makes appeal to
who were loyal to him. to turn inl
this man whom he declared "wd
not be strong enough to resist /
Influence OF S .ch men as Belmont d
Hill if by any possibility he were s
cessful.' But Mr.. Bryan goes S
further than. He attempts to discre
the millions who had enough int
gence to understand why they 81
ported him, by saying that every de
crat who does not vote for Parl
contributes towards the election
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-27
Will Not Be Dissraced

4 the lSssrs.hhvillns American says.
IF the Democracy Is lAafeaatad in
November it will not be disgraced. IT
will know it has been beaten with a
leader of whom any party should be
proud. Judge Parker is high type
OF man. He is more like Cleveland
than any man the party has put, for
ward since the war"
This is as much as to say that when
democracy was defeated with Bryan
it was disgraced. It is as much as to
say that when the last administration
of Cleveland was closed that the demo-
cracy was not disgraced. Think OF it.
Does the American suppose that the
American people have forgotten the
odious record Of that administration
And Parker SIS more like Cleveland
than any man the party has put for
ward since the war; And yet Mr..
Bryan, who has denounced that odious
record Of Cleveland for years, says
that the election OF Mr.. Parker will
be a. triumph for his ideals. Think
of it. Everybody, even Mr.. Bryan,
knows that Parker is more like Cleye-
land" etc., yet we are asked to repeat
the mistake and have another odious
administration.
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of the PHILIPPINES. So far as any speci-
fic statement as to what he would
do were he president, concerned.
The independent does not recall
any. He has said that he de-
and that it was his opinion that this
nation would continue there just as
long as the land grabber and sharks
in general were able to exploit the
islands. But Mr.. Watson's every
speech, and especially his letter of
acceptance, shows him to be an
intense Jeffersonian democrat. All his
life ne has fought for Jeffersonian
democracy. He has advocated every
Jeffersonian reform. 1t is therefore
not difficult to understand Just about
what he would do had he the power.
1t is safe to say that his position would
be to declare at once our determination
not to. hold the PHILIPPINES as sub
Ject colony Jeffersonian democracy
would at once set about the task of
aiding the FiliDinos in the establish
ment of an independent, self-governing
commonwealth. 1t would protect them
IN their struggles for national life. And
having accomplished this it would
leave them to work out their own adj
vancement and growth. That would
be Jeffersonian democracy. 1t is safe
to say that this is what Mr.. Watson
would do.
&SGSsS$S
I At Hodges, Tenn, the other day. a
poor fellow by the name Of w. ".
crest of Henderson, N. c., died in
the telegraph office, over fretting about
tt condition of his sick and destitute
family at home He had gone to
Knoxville, Tenn, in the hope of Sc
curing work, when he received word of
the destitute condition OF his invalid
vile and dying child. He started to
tramp back home, but stopped at a
telegraph station, begging for chance
to hear from home. The operator COM
piled, but before word could be re-
lceived, he expired of a broken heart.
! Can an honest man. observing these
corlo s.sstress IN the country
blessed with natifral riches. III ~
hand. vote either of the old marty Ii
i cts with clear conscience?
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Mr.. Watson's Position

Mr.. o. E. Harris Of Crete, Neb.,
wishes the Independent to state the
position of Mr. Watson on the question
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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-27
- " RIFLES AND BULLETS - ~
By c Hudso N1. ID.

bullet, therefore. is always in a curved
line
When we increase the proportion
ate length of our bullets and use a
quicker twist or rifling, it becomes nec-
essary to harden the bullet by the ad-
d1t1on of tin or antimony, so that 1t
will hold on to the rif1ing ind not be
blown straight through the barrel
without following the groves-Strip-
ping, riiemen call it. But when we
reach a certain point in lengthening
the bullet and increasing the pitch of
the rifiing, no alloy Of lead is sufficient
to give good results. Therefore in the
modern, high power rifle the bullet is
made up Of core of lead, with
jacket of very tough metal, generally
an alloy of copper and nickel, and
the tough jacket holds on to the rif1ing
so well that we are enabled to fire
charges of highly explosive compounds
behind the bullets, giving nearly
double the velocity that 1t was pos
sible to obtain with the old black
powder rifle. The modern, high power
rifle is therefore one which fires a jack
eted bullet, very long in proportion to ,
its diameter, by means of a charge of
smokeless powder several times as
strong as black powder, with nearly
double the velocity obtained with lead
bullets and black powder, and as a re-
suit of the long bullet and high and
well sustained velocity the curve de-
scribed by the bullet is much nearer a
straight line-'its trajectory is flatter,"
it's penetration greater and it's range
farther
There is another deviation Iaterally
from the straight line shown by a rifle
bullet and more pronounced in rifles
having a quick twist. This is called
drift 1t is lateral movement, due
to the spin of the bullet on its long
axis. AS the bullet Is constantly fall
ing in it's flight the under surface
meets with more air resistance than
the upper and the bullet therefore
tends to roll laterally on this denser
air, so that a rifle having a right-hand ,
direction TO its pitch OF rifing will
cause a bullet to drift to the right.
while one with left-hand twist will
drift to the left.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-27
By Walter G. Hudson, IF. ID.

whether with military or match rifles,
involves not only good holding, but also
a knowledge of the effects of disturbing
factors, such as changes of light, wind,
barometric pressure, temperature, etc.
1t must not be supposed, however,
that schuetzen rifle shooting is of no
value to rifiemen who aspire TO hon
ors with the military or long-range
rife. 1t has the advantage of using
very cheap ammunition, it is general
ly done on ranges provided with IA
cilities that insure comfort to the
shooter during even the coldest and
most diSagreeable weather and II is the
best possible training for fine holding
Therefore 1t is far better for the rifle
men who would keep in practice to
shoot so or 100 shots at 2e0 yards, say
once a week or two weeks during the
winter with a schuetZen rifle than to
abandon the game altogether during
cold weather. There are a large num-
Der of civilian riflemen who conflne
themselves almost entirely to this kind
of shooting, and who are, neverthe-
less, very we'll posted and skillful rifle
men, able to take up other branches
Of rifle shooting at short notice; and
their skill in holding and intimate
knowledge of many of the technicali-
ties of the rifle, learned by long and
careful practice with their own weap-
lead Of the novice, no matter what
other branch of rife shooting they
adopt.
But it Is in long-range shooting, un-
doubtedly, that the rifieman finds the.
highest development of the sport And
in late years, since the advent of
the modern smokeless powder rifle of
high power and small caliber, it is
gratifying to note in our American
as well as in the British weapons, that
the military and match rifles have ap-
preached very near to each other In
the old black powder days the match
rife, with its paper-patched bullet.
heavy charge of powder and necessity
of cleaning after each shot, was a far
different weapon than the military
rifle. In those days to attempt to shoot
1000 yards with a military rifle would
have been considered the height of
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-27

folly. But now there is little differ
ence in the scores made with match
and military rifles at these long ranges.
Indeed our krag, when a good barrel
can be selected and when the drag is
removed from the trigger pull, is, in
the opinion Of many expert rifiemen,
fully capable at the mid and long
ranges of holding its own against the
finest match rifles that can be pro-
duced. There are few target sites that
afford better aiming than the 1901
model krag sight; and while it is true
that the target sights, as a rule, are
farther apart and adapted to the back
position, the modern high power rifle
seems to shoot so much better from the
prone position as to more than COM
pensate for any slight advantage the
target sights might thus gain over our
military sight. A glance over the rec
ords of those long-range matches of
recent years that have been open to
both military and match rifles will
show that in 80 per cent of the matches
the Krag has come out victorious. In
deed, the remarkable development OF
accuracy in the American high-pow
rifle within the past few years has not
been due to any particular refinement
i'll the weapon or sights, but solely to
the improvement in the bullet and in
the more uniform measuring of
powder charges.
The first thing that may be taken as
true of all projectiles, no matter how
thrown, is that they fall toward the
earth as soon as the support is re-
moved from them, just the same as
though they were not projectiles. But
even while they are falling, the energy
applied is driving them ahead. From
this it will be clear that no weapon,
however powerful, can drive a bullet
so fast that 1t will go in a straight
line-it Immediately begins to fall, as
soon as 1T leaves the barrel. unless the
latter has been directed upward to
some extent: In which case. besides its
forward motion, 1t will rise until the
upward force also impaired to it has
been expended, and then begin to fall
according to the well-known law or
falling bodies-slowly at first. but fast
er the farther 1t falls. The flight of
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-27

TTHIS article is from the pen of
Walter G. Hudson, NJ. D., of New
York City, president of the Man
i haitian Rife and Revolver Asso-
citation and recognized as one of the
highest authorities on the subject.
Target shooting as a sport has been
more or less sharply divided into match
fife shooting and military rife shoot
ing. The points in which the match
rife differs from the military are it's
lighter trigger pull, finer sights and
better finish, and, in addition, various
departures from military styles are al
lowed in the way of special attach
ments, buttplates, heavier weight Of
barrel, etc. The match rife also is de-
veloped with accuracy as its chief aim,
and accuracy at the particular distance
it is to be used; while the military rifle
has to be adapted to all ranges, ,kand be
strongly built and serv1ceabIe under
adverse conditions, even If at the ex-
penSe of some accuracy.
In view of these considerations 1t is
scarcely to be wondered at that the
target rife developed with the sole OBJ
ject of shooting from the offhand po-
sition at 200 yards, as in vogue by the
German-American (schuetZen) clubs,
should dlHer so much from the long
range match and military rife. The
schuetzen rifle has changed but little
in many years, and in its present form
is probably as near perfection for it's
purpose as it is possible to get. Most
of the modern schuetzen rifles still use
black powder and in the finest Ameri-
can makes the bullet is pushed down
from the muzzle as in the old muzzle
loading rifles. They are extremely ac-
curate, and the shooting is generally
done on sheltered ranges, so that this
kind Of shooting brings the game down
to merely one of skillful holding.
On the other hand, the long range
match rifle has Of late years ap-
preached more and more closely
to the military, so much so that
m)st Of the match rifles now in
use in England are merely mil
itary rifles fitted with fine target sights.
Skill in shooting at the long ranges,
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'It was no laughin' matter, boys, I'll
tell you that. The next day the girl
came over. She said that she heard
that bull had met me and disagreed
with me. What a lie that feIer had
told her; and she insisted on seein' me.
She came into the room and I looked
at her through hole in a beefsteak.
She laughed. Oh, 1 don't blame her
now. you understand, but Just at that
moment my love stubbed it's toe and
fell hard. want to remark. She said
she was awful sorry for me and said
she acted like it.
Il tell you love can't stand much
laughin' at. It's the tenderest plant
that ever peeped out of the soft lap of
creation, and in laughter if there is no
sympathy there's frost When a feller
stops lovin' he sees more than he did
before and yet he is binder. He sees
more in other folks, but sees that they
amt like the one he loved And the
reason that so few people marry first
love is because that sort of love takes
hold as if it wanted to kill. Don't ap-
pear that anything else will satisfy it.
There's no us tryin' to dodge it, boys;
a thief in the night can't slip up on
you half so sly. 1t is the oldest thing
in the world. but it is so new that
nobody knows yet how to shandle IT.
1t makes ignorance as wise as a god
and hangs a lamp with perfumed oil
Owhere darkness always fell before. A
good many of the old chaps make fun
{ of it, but when they do you may know
<that they amt nothin' but money-get-
IL y # II
$soul. Does me good to look at you
young fellers; I like to think OF the
'swset misery you've got to go through
with. Oh, yes, there's more than one
love. It's like the rheumatism. One
attack may be worse than the others,
but it's all rheumatism just the same,
and no matter how light you've got 1t
you know when it's there. So you are
Alb Sarver's boy. What's your pap do
in to-day?"
"Arguin' politics with a feller when
left home"
We'll, he was always a mighty hand
to argue. 1 haven't seen him In a
long time. It's a good ways to your
house. amt it?"
About ten miles"
Yes, and the miles get longer and
the days shorter as we grow older.
But no matter how old we get, If the
heart remains sound, we never forget
that rheumatism 1 told you about. I
wouldn't give the memory of it for
hardly anything in the world. One OF
these days you will see her comm
down the road. maxim the orchards
bloom as she passes along, and you'll
wonder how you can live another
mint. and you'll wish yourself dead
just to make her feel bad. If she
laughs at anything any one else says
it will send a knife blade through your
heart, and if she sighs you'll think it's
over some other feller. There'H be no
such thing as pleasin' you, but I'd
rather have it in store for me than a
mountain range made of gold. Well.
boys, it's about time 1 was a goin'
on home. There's woman there that
1 fell in love with years ago and
haven't fallen out with her yet.
$50 you are Alb Sarver's boy. You
make me think. my son. 1t was your
daddy that told the girl 1 had met a
bull, and it was your nanny that
made the orchard bloom"
Copyright, 1904
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enough, so he began to knock them out
Of my eyes and 1 saw some Of them as
they sailed away. Among them was a
comet with a tail about as long as a
well chain. When / came to a muley
cow was ringin' her bell over my head.
1 propped my eyes open till 1 could get
home, and then they covered me with
fresh meat and left me to think over
the situation.
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a we'll in the yard and I thought I'd
slip out and drown myself. Just then
I heard a rooster crow and recolIectin'
that there was to be fight over across
the creek within a few days 1 decided
that mebby still had somethin' to live
for.
But l didn't give up my idea of
vengeance on that feller and one day
L met him as I was comm along the
road. 1 lowed that before 1 knocked
him down it would be we'll to inform
him as to how he stood in my opinion,
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-27

Copyright. 1904.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-06-03
G. Commonwealth Blue Bull ledge run
through the Lone Star.

Commonwealth Blue Bull ledge runs
through the Lone Star.
Hank Smith aud Cy Mulkey, two Of
the best known miners of the COmstocks
early days, are making careful surface
examination and prospecting the hold
ings of the st. Frances Goldfeld Mining
company and when through will submit
their expert advice as to the best meth
ods and best points at which to develop
the same.
Chas. F. Maunder reports that he is
running crosscuts east and west from the
81 foot point in the shaft on lease No.
on the February, which is owned by him
self and Vermilyea Il Bartlett, of Tono-
pah. The crosscuts are each in 10 feet
Four men sunk the shaft the 52 feet IN
16 days, which is pretty fast work. In
going down, two lodges were struck but
the values were low.
Frank NJ Ish went to Tonopah Tues
day to close deal on two claims lying
east of the United Tonopah, and which
were owned by hi"'~Alf, John Seller and
Frank Richardso ,uNyAlr, Ish also re-
ceived an offer Oh "hree claims of the
Double Eagle Gold Mining company
close by which has been accepted by the
di. rrs of that company and the deal
will undoubtedly go through.