The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-22

great loyalty to the party, but what
has the party done for you?
There is no sanctity in party name
Parties may outlive their usefulness,
but the truth never becomes obsolete.
Partisanship is more often the design
OF those who lead than it is the prin-
ciple of those who follow. The politi-
cal boss with his pockets full OF free
transportation tells the voter he must
vote the party ticket from top to bot
tom. This doctrine may be all right
when the party machine is in the con-,
troll OF the party voters, but when the
party machinery is in the control of
other influences, then the party ticket
doctrine has no claim upon any self
respecting voter.
VIII anybody claim that the average
voter has any say in the councils OF
The republican party? When your cen
ventions meet and name candidates,
are they the candidates of the voters
OF the republican party? There is not
republican, who knows the real sit
uation, who will say that this is not
the case. This. being so what is the
plain duty of republican voters or the
state? Will you support a machine
that Is not OF your making, and is not
run in your interest? VIII you longer
allow yourselves to be made figure
heads in this serious business? Ii is
easy for the captains of transportation
through their lieutenants over the state
to order the rank and file of the re-
publican column to move forward I'M
der the republican flag, but ii is hard
for the private in the ranks. the COM
mon citizen, who has been voting for
twenty-five years for men whose names
were put upon his ticket by The party
bosses, to reason out what virtue there
Is In party loyalty when the only re-
suit is higher taxes for the people.
higher freight rates for the railroads.
and free transportation for the losses.
Now let me show you what il means
to you to have your state government
run in that way. The last session of
The fusion Legislature vas in 1897. The
fusion legislature appropriated 1885,
Si3.lO to be expended by the state Of
flcials in maintaining the state gov
eminent for two years, ending March
81, 1899.
Our state officers carried on the state
government with efficiency those two
years at total cost OF 81, 161 ,587. II. and
paid of 1864, 589.46 of the floating debt,
and in addition paid off the last doilar
OF the bonded Indebtedness of the state,
amounting to more than three hundred
thousand dollars.
The last republican legislature (i903)
appropriated $3.704, 280.70, to be ex-
pended by republican officers in mann
tanning the state government tor two
years, ending March 81, 1905. They
will spend every cent of it.
The fusion state officers cut down the
state debt in four years s677, 09o.10. In
the three years OF republican redemp-
ton the debt has been increased $685.
729.40. We are startled at these Ls,nes
1t Is the penalty we pay for nagIecting
to run our state government.
Surely we have sown to the wind
and are reaping the whirlwind. Let me
recapitulate, putting what | have said
State debt.
Fusion reduction in years $67I .093. 10
Republican increase years 535,729. AZ
Appropriations:
Republican legislature '03- $50. 740. $50. 10
Fusion legislature '97.... 2,3s5. S43 40
Republican increase Isl ,40I, 437 30
This increase of nearly million
and half dollars is too much. II is
little short of criminal extrayagance
When the appropriations are practi-
cally doubled, it is no wonder that our
taxes are practically doubled. Our
taxes are too heavy. Too many peo
pie are on the pay roll of the state.
These people on the state pay roll live
extravagantly and have too little re-
gard for the peoples money. They
squander all the money they can get
The expense OF government Is a con-
slant struggle. How to feed tho army
OF ofllceholders and how TO feed the
regular standing army which exists
largely to protect the oficeholdng elass
rs question that Is ever with tne
taxpayers OF the old world. we viii
be cursed the same way In this conn
try II we long continue as AZ present
Every wear new ofFteau 49, $3.50.