Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-12-26

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hibits his wounds aud recounts his
deeds of valor, but | cannoe CON-
prehend the individual who boasts
an advantage gained by fraud.
trickery. deceit, oppression, brib-
cry, and crime.
"ln 1885,! Why you have just
heard the Senator frum Nebraska
tell how in that campaign coercion
was ait mpted to be applied to him.
If those who opposed US had the
temerity tn attempt ia intimidate
the proud-spirited, the talented,
the independent man, running a
great newspaper that had wide in
fuence throughout the States Of the
Central West, if they dared thus
hale him before the officers of the
bank to be there. told that his cred
it would stop if he continued to
epxress his opinions as a citizen and
a newspaper man, then in HCavyn's
name, what kind Of coercion. thirk
you, was applied by these and
other high priests of virtue 10 the
poor and humble, to the man who
labored in the trench and back Of
whom stood the palc-faCed wife and
children dependent upon his weekly
wages for bread?
Some things | saw myself. Isaw
men in my own city-anj we have
more, much more independence in
the West among our working
classes than you find in the Eas.,
because their opportunities are
better-I saw these men marched
liked soldiers under orders from
their places of employment. saw
them mustered behind banners
that were yellow as gold and that
bore the legend Sound money
ard honest government" ] sal
then march by. thousands gaea
thousands; | heard from their lip
muttered curses upon those who
ordered them to sacriaca thcir
manhood or lose their jobs. / wa
them go to the polls on election
day wearing yellow badges. We
all believed the election had gone
overwhelmingly against the Demo-
cratic Party. We closed our 'an.
paign headquarters and gave up
the fight; we conceded the dc.ra-
even of u local ticket. Thea the
/, votes were counted. and we dissov.
cred that these coerced and COM
PEELED men who went TO the POLLS
wearing upon their breasts the vel
, low badge of their ser'itudc and us
their masters dishunnr, ma 1 Ia the
= privacy of the election booth where
there was no eye to witness hut
! their Gods voted the Dcmocr tic
ticket. We VOL by a bigger ma.
joritv than we had rolled Il in 2G
years. But cur victory was local.
= In the Nation at large coercion and
fraud won thc fight.
You beast Of the election os ls9G,
Shame upon all such b~oasJcrs, You
t resortcd to every form Of coercion.
r You resortcd to every species Of
| corruption. The chairman Of the
Republican national committee in
, 1896 sent out his orders to levy
r tribute upon the special bcuc-
iciaries of your laws. He gave
| his demands in the brutal language.
cry the fat cut Of the manulac-
turers." The fat which was 10 be-
= fried out of thcssmanufacturprs had
5 first been fried out Of the bodies
, of the people of the United State.
= Today and largely because Of the
infamous campaign you made.
, largely because Of the brutal meth
DDS you then employed. largely nc
cause of your intimidation aud
, bribery in the year 1896, sc have
on the statute books a law which
makes il a crime for corporations
I, to permit the fat to be fried out of
them"
You won in 1896, hy methods
that sre now recognized as viola
tive Of the statutes Of this cannlry,
methods that were Away in Viola
ton Of the statutes Of Almighty
God.
J You will go back to 1896 and
boast. Why, had | engaged in that
iniquity / would close down the
book and seal its leaves and ask @
kindly world to forget. ! would
try to solace my conscience with
repentance rather than arouse il bog