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OCTOBER 13, 1904 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT PAGE 13 OUR. NEW YORK LETTER Weekly Letter on the New York Situation by Hon. Henry M. McDonald. New York, Oct. 8. Editor Independ ent: The great event of the week in eastern politics was the speech of Mr. Watson at the dinner given in his honor at the Palm Garden, this city, on Wednesday evening last The minor political event of the week was the re ception to Mr. Parkef at the Manhat tan club -on the same evening. This reception, attended principally by the men who bolted the nomination of Mr. Bryan in 1896 and the seekers for place and pelf who are managing Mr. Par ker's canvass, was a dumb show, no speeen-making of any kind being per mitted, the entire ceremony consisting of "shakee-shakee." It is not worth words to dwell upon such a parade of money and inanity. Returning to the Watson labor dinner, let your readers have before their minds a magnificent banquet hall, the' tables flanked with palms, the boxes in the galleries filled with an assemblage of intelligent men and women and. the tables graced with famous leaders of labor, not only in New York but throughout the east, and , they will have before them 'the scena when the greatest champion to day in the United States oi equal rights entered th? room, and those assembled, as one, rose and tendered the people's: ! iparty ? presidential ean- was a masterly effort in every sense oi that term. He held his audience front the first to the last sentence of his speecn. Among the striking passages of his address were the following:. "Oh; ii that pretense up at Esopus would only get out of my way. and give me the unsubsidized democratic papers, the Jeffersonian speakers and that noble army that foilowed -Bryan in 196 if he would only give me all thesj, I would saow the republican par ty and Theodore. Roosevelt a great mil itant democratic host extending from ocean to ocean." . "I would accept their challenge. I might not whip them, but I . would show them a fight to the death all along the line, ior I am a fighter. I long for and love the thunder of the guns, and if Judge Farker would only get out of my way and let me com mand tne army thai he may command, I would give to Iheodore Roosevelt a battle royal." , ' "In my opinion, if Theodore Roose velt is whippedr u has got to be by a man who will fight him. The demo crats ridicule me and call me a side show. I want :o say I am the only man in the field who is fighting the principles of the rcpublican party." "In thi3 campaign Theodore Roose velt might safely swallow Parker's platform without the slightest fear of an attack of acute indigestion; and Parker might tajie off his shoes, and the other things, and waltz barefooted all. over Roosevelt s platform and be in no danger of 'mining a splinter in his foot. So fa ' as matured purposes are concerned, so far as foundation prin ciples are concerned the two old par ties are: - y, 'Two minds with but a single thought, Two nearts that beat as one."' ,y "The party wliich I have the honor to represent in tins campaign is the only one which standsf or Jeffersonian war upon the principles ot the repuS iicaii party; is the only .one - which plainly, distinctly and positively teils the people wherein it differs in essen tial principles from the party of Roose velt. 1 has not founded itself upon any temporary issue, any trivial grievance. It has linked its fortunes with the eter nal principles of human brotherhood ana undying purpose on the part of the people that liberty and equality shall not forever be trodden under foot." "No defeats can discourage us. No ridicule or abuse or misrepresentation can daunt us. From the passion and the prejudice of today we appeal to the sober, second thought of tomorrow; Looking neither to the Tight nor to tne left, we go marching on, proud to do battle tor the sacred principles of popular sell-government" Among the other speakers at the dinner was Mr. J. D. Phelps Stokea, a descendant of one of the oldest' New York famines, a gentleman several times a mil'ionaUe, but who is devot ing himself with singleness of purpose not to the Acquisition of money, but to the promulgation of those princi ples, like those contained in the peo ple's party platform, which make for the relief -oi distress among the hum ble and lowly. Dr. John H. Girdner, who, as I stated in my last tetter, hod, at the invitation of Mr. Parser, called upon- him at his hotel, which call had been contorted by the Parker newspapers of this city into a declaration .of support of the -candidacy of Mr. Parker, made a speech in wnich he stated: "I am hei e because I find in the platform of the people's party the best expositkn of the doctrine of equal rights to all men and all dollars and no special privileges to any man or any oonars before the law. Names of parties ana of candidates" are of little consequence; it is principles that talk, or ought to tallCand not money," crew in command. Some of us, minor ity stockholders in the - democratic plant, 'irrevocably' decline to l.e 'taken over' into me party irust. Alfred J Boulton, the people's par ty's candidate for the governorship of this state, also spoke denouncing most Cleveland and Judge Parker toward labor and trade unions. ' As alread stated, the dinner was in every respect a Success, it was really the opening of the campaign on the Canvassing in the interest of Watson throughout the entire state and meet ings in advocacy of their election are being held nightly. While a week ago political "sharps" thought that , Wat so:. and Tibbies might poll 30,000 votes in the state, they are now saying that they" would not be surprised-Jf those candidates secured 75,000 votes. Dur ing the week Mr.": Watson delivered speeches at Jersey City, Newark and Paterson, N. J., to large and enthus iastic audiences. He speaks tonight in Albany, N. Y., the residential city of ex-Senator Hill and Judge Herrick, the democratic nominee for the governop ship. Mr. J. W. Forrest, chairman, of the executive committee of the peo ple's party, in charge of state head-- quarters at Altsy,- thoroughly ac- "ZitiiXZTLit "sentiment cinoan vni i rr ri w rvr rtrwiiiffM ifi T 4 tit t m . - - i - i-E;.. TTr -. 2 :3 js. 1 1 oiA,,'v" w -.v-v lqi county, writes luau iiiyirt xiau vi ii nAn r ivi lU'iK on; a a mufti rf I , . . plain people in 1806, and as much or more to defeat them in 1300. The spe cial privilege peopie determined more than a yeai ago to destroy this com petition. They, determined to apply 'modern business methods' to party af fairs." , . ; - ; . ; : . "The final act of this 'modern busi ness deal " was consummated at St. Ixjuis when the money power 'took over tne democratic party, closed the plant and thereby crusned out compe tition. These pirates captured the good old ship-democracy and put a prize seating 5.000 people, wil, I it r rcom- mndatfi nne-half of those !v i j vrill en deavor attend the mee'hi;, ti Mr. Forrest further says tuat yt tncE any question Watson and TfK ft "Will poll not less tnan 2,000 votes j 4 thai Coun ty, and quite possibly 3,C Vor ciore." In brief, the indications 1 th3 peo ple's party candidates will HAeiva very many more votes in the jbe ct New York than anyone int Vbtely ac quainted with the politics fUhii :tato would ever have thought ttit.v HENRY M. M VtiAt-")- Election Day Duties When the sovereign citizens of the great state of Nebraska think it more profitable to stay, at home on election the fact in time that neglect to perform their solemn duty on that day will cost them dearly. For their neglect 16 see that the fusion forces . were re tained in power until some definite and permanent reforms were enacted in this state has already cost them the sum of $1,688,353.21; through the ex travagance of "redeemers." This ; is about '$1.60 -for every man, woman and child in the state of . NehrasUa. t amounts to seven or eight, dollars . for every lauuTilra sum represents extravagance pure and simple, in excess of the taxes for the legitimate expenses of the state. . The Cedar County News has taken the pains to discover just ; how much JT 11. J X 1 . vi mis exirav agance is to De paia Dy the citizens ot Cedar county. " Its dis covery is interesting. These citizens are paying the freight. These citizens are reimbursing the state for the ex travagance of the "redeemers,", to the tune of the sum represented by , the difference between their taxes paid in 1901, the levy of the fusionists and the taxes paid in 1904, the levy by the "redeemers." Note the result in Ce dar county as ascertained by the News: ' ' . Amount of Taxes. Owner. 1901. 1904. Frank Hochstein ......$21 91 $35 40 viins Dcuaiier ana jviaas Sckmidt .;:.:..;:..... 25 67 23 43 Jacob Kaiser and John A. Lindstrom ........ 25 26 19 91 Mathias Becker 23 06 27 83 Wra. Sullivan 27 60 32 29 Peter Loecker .......... 18 01 22 78 J.-C. Dawson, and Swan Anderson A. M. Leise Frank A. Thome J. G. Turner W. C. Hall and John T. Meyers Andrew D. WIndgate. . Joseph F. Hochstein J. L. Wohlman O. O. Gilbertson ...... A. Uriwiler Wm. Bruner W. H. Burney ........ Amanda Olson Noe E. Ross L. M. Nelson-,,,.,.,.,. Frank Hancock B. J. Dirks C. E. Lansphear ...,... 18 a Eric P. Swan ..,....,. 25 66 H. P. Frink 18 04 26 66 47 37 23 82 26 05 24 33 ...42 38 . . 23 59 . . 23 60 21 40 .. 26 94 22 20 31 70 20 48 29 34 21 60 28 58 2G-52 29 24 39 47 26 10 31 60 S3 63 34 16 39 88 24 33 23 78 '43 99 39 11 37 60 31 23 45 37 20 65 29 15 36 43 26 14 30 80 Amount of Owner. 1901. Geo. Duman and Nels Anderson . . . . . ....... $20 04 C. Pi Rice ....... 28 52 H. Schwartz 20 95 J. C. & H. Morrison . . 20 14 J. B. Benjamin ........ 24 90 W. H. Shearer 17 36 M. E. Reuter ......... 34 08 Christ Arduser ... 25 42 Henry Lange 18 82 C. Rassmusen ..v. 32 70 Mat Kuhl . . ;. . ....... 32 27 Alfred Larson 31 12 J. J.? Behrens - 25 72 C. J . Peters . , . . .... . . , 32 87 James S'pence . . . . . i . . . 34 44 J. D . ' Papen ha user ........ 3398 Henry - Meyer 34 , 40. Geo. & Jonas Siebert... 24 38 Henry . Kenken. Chas. Evans .t H. C. Frederick. ....... John A. Anderson Herman Jordan W. H. Boling Vera Heinly L. C. Tolles J. Jacobsori . Henry Jansen Wm. Schulte .......... E. . A Maimquist . Bernhard Stevens ..... J. C. Dawson and iC. Thomson Carl Fleener Aug. Lupke J. L. Grantham L. H. BruiieT . M. M. Douglas A. ,E. Havens 30 14 23 12 28 88 36 38 36 93 32 72 22 92 39 13 44 60 22 29 19 16 38 10 32 17 25 32 33 41 30 60 21 59 28 88 28 U 24 15 Peter Vinckel 25 58 George Andrews . . ..... 21 96 L. Uhing 14 96 H. G. Farrell and Jas. Paul ....... 22 07 C. O. Johnson 32 76 45 OS 25 20 37 49 31 80 28 44 31 64 30 60 x uiiiip iviyb .... Asa H. Mittan M. E. Roberts August Gohman T. A. Anthony Ed E. Shafner Wm. Schneiders C. W. Ericsoh and C. M. Nelson 27 67 T. P. Gossard and James - " J Hume 30 41 . axes. 1904. $22 91 29 07 30 31 31 12 32 16 20 34 39 05 45 13 27 37 33 68 19 27 41 91 35 12 51 59 36 37 44.00 .44 89 29 21 30 60 30 03 32 08 42 66 44 94 33 47 39 85 53 65 58 15 25-73 28 80 66 56 39 02 23 43 34 10 49 yy 18 88 56 SO 40 86 27 02 29 50 37 26 18 27 47 43 48 58 50 02 48 78 44 16 32 94 44 37 33 40 41 84 37 95 33 65 55 17 The special national edition of The Independent deserves the widest cir culation. Wherever it is circulated it will do much good. Every populist should help to circulate it In his neigh borhood Two cents per copy la the prlcc- ,r r t , r . , i ft i i i I I i i .t .w A fs f f fs a rv rs a f rs r f a a : vAl. GREENHORN' One of the most noted mountain ranees in Oregon is the. Greenh. Ranee', named by th fancy of some "Dousrh Boy"when fabulously ore was carried from these mountains hundreds of miles on pack vaxxi to rail or water transportation. . New discoveries and new railroads have made the . c3 i H7T rv i. f Ajrcennorn ivuning iisinci in the Gold Fields of Eastern Oregon, famous for the rich-Jfr IP GREENHORN 5 MINE & a?s. c5 C O J :- is in the center of this famous district, about 80 rods from the thriving town Greenhorn City. The Grenhorn l a Mine Not a Prospect.' Its ore veins are well defined, "large in extent, and rich in quality the assays show very. large values. Here is a sample: AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. - (Omaha Plant) ' ' . Omaha? Nebbaska. Geeenhorn Mining Co., Sumpter Oregon. I hereby certify that samplos of ore received from you show the following results per ton of 2,000 pounds: uunces uunces Gold Silver No. Mark. 1. Brown ore from cut west of shaft house...... . 3.16 8.28 2. Green ore from tunnel level bottom iccline shaft 13.90 21.30 3. From west side of" south stope .6.46 8.94 4. From foot wall of eouth stope....... 4.06 5.14 Remarks ( Gold Value, 63.20 I Silver Gold Silver Gold Silver (Gold I Silver u 5.38 278.00 11.28 129.20 173 81.20 2.62 Geo. C. McIntyee, Assayer. WE WANT TO BUILD A MILL to beat the ore now on the dump and blocked out in our workings. Stock in the Greentorn backed by something more than hope. It has back of it a well developed mine, in which the existence of large bodies of high grade free milling ore is proven. ' - Non-Assessable Treasury Stock is being sold at 12c per share for the purpose of building a mill and sinking the shaft deeper on the main vein. - ; 2 , Any information asked for will be furnished. Write for prospectus. ' X ' We refer by permission to the Independent, W. P. KILLEN, 923 Omaha Nat'l Bank B!dg Omaha. Nebr w w w w v w y w v w w w y y y y yy y y y w y o 8 O O ft 8 8 19 38 '