The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-15
NEWS OF THE WEEK
weekly Resume Really vitai News by the Editor

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The populist party never grew as
rapidly as it is growing now. Twenty
nine states already have an electoral
and state ticket in the field and SIX
teen other states have called their con-
yentions to put up tickets.
Roosevelt has written another book
and it is the most tedious reading that
was ever submitted to the American
people. The editor of The Independent
has asked fifteen very intelligent men
of this city-men who read a great
deal and try to keep abreast OF the
times--and each one Of them said he
had tried to read it. but positively he.
could not wade through it. Newspaper
men whose duty it is to read all such
works have all acknowledged that they
did not read call Of it. The book IS
entitled: Letter OF Acceptance. II
took ten long columns Of solid minion
type to get into print. 1t has more
words than some of Roosevelt's former
books which sell on the market at Sl.3o.
This could not be sold for one cent
copy, so it is given away. That shows
how Teddy's intellect has deprecated
since he became an intimate associate
of Morgan. Rodgers and other pre-
datory pirates.
Parker says that the gold standard is
irrevocably established, but Roosevelt
says that Parker "can not be trusted TO
take the additional action necessary to
improve and strengthen our monetary
SYSTEM" Why does the gold standard
need strengthening? How is Roosevelt
going to do it? Will he bolster it up
with branch banking? Is he going TO
melt the silver dollars? Is he going to
burn up the 346,000,O00 OF greenbacks?
Look out for something to happen
when congress meets this fall.
Just one of Rockefellers banks in
New York boasts Of 5000, 000,0 900 of de-
posts. One of the Morgan banks holds
deposits considerably over 100000 600
And these two tremendous financial
circles control a number OF other
banks and trust companies, which
bring the aggregate of deposits in their
hands up to many hundreds OF millions
Of dollars. These are the great banks
which are striving to secure the es
Enlistment of system OF brancf
banks, coupled with the right to issue
their notes with no other basis thar
the assets of the banks.
Tom Watson is mighty eloquen
speaker but it was not his Coope
Union speech alone that set the woods
afire down in New York and Othe
eastern states. 1t got the men togethel
to act in one party, but these men hat
been frightened until the. hair stoot
on end, before Tom Watson appeared
and were hunting some way OF escap
from financial ruin. When Toms clar
ion voice arose. saying: Follow me-.
these men were ready to follow. Brancl
banking would seal the doom OF a goo
many of them and they had just toun
it out.
Some Investigations by the Bosto
Herald have revealed the fact tina
twenty men own real estate in NeV
York city to- the value of 81 900, 600 0(
William Waldorf Astor heads the pre-
cession of the monopolists of God
earth. his holdings being excess c
$150,O00, 000 And up to this year, tn
whole people down there continued t
''vote 'er straight AT last there is
prospect that it will no longer be So
Senator Tillman is Grating again
This time he saws: Negro equalit
is something that will not be tolerate
and that no power in the world ca
force upon us, a race war is inevitably
with the result that the negroes wi
be exterminated." Exterminate IL
negro. Was.ever any greater nonsens
uttered? Whom does Tillman think
will fool with that sort Of talk? /
would himself be the FIRST man TO iigl
against determination. II there We
no negroes In South Carolina. Senate
Tillman would have 10 go to pickiI
cotton himself and there Is mo powe
that could eves make him do that Al
negro Is the foundation OF the veal
OF the soIth and without him the
would be little else than starvation al