| Show THREE conventions IH NEBRASKA democrats and silver republicans public ans meet i unity of action of the tre parties looked for temporary chairman 0 democratic convention sounds the cry of the fusion forces anti frus aid omaha keb aug 22 the three conventions democrat populist and fusion were called to order this afternoon in separate balls all located in one block in the democratic convention W H thompson national committeeman for nebraska was named by chairman dahlman as temporary chairman thompsons Thomp sons appearance was the signal for applause mr W II 11 thompson the temporary chairman said in part la the coming battle of 1900 we will reaffirm the platform of 1896 and the same leader of democracy we will be true to the pledge 0 t our fathers we will as loyal bons eons reared to reve renco their teachings swear anew eternal allegiance and fidelity to the declaration of independence worship its every line and main lain its every precept sacred as the ine morles of our heroes dead and loyal p the patriots living to tear one ot its sacred principles Is to avate the beginning of an endless ruin and decay party party what sins have been committed for the perpetuity thereof la the years gone by but it was left to the nineteenth century republican to announce from the rostrum and through the press that this nation has outgrown the principles enunciated in this sacred declaration yet the distance la only from a martyred marty red lincoln to the wobbling policy of the present administration who will pull down the flag no man or nation but every patriot every believer in the declaration la of independence should join in lifting it zip into the sunlight of its own beauty and let every star and every stripe glitter with truth resplendent peace upon earth and good will unto men it to be a son of america Is to be nobler than to have been a son of rome then americas bons eons must be kept out of the roman business if by greed and conquest rome fell then we should seed that lesson we the with the frankness that be cometh a groat nation and with the charity inspired by a victorious army as it sitting in the presidents mansion and not as a member of a board of trade do you say I 1 am wrong then let the returning heroes answer I 1 appeal to the lips of the living and the writings ot the dead who knew and know it no roan Is good enough to govern another without his consent by and with what authority is our president acting it the reason for not announcing a policy Is because congress is not in session why does not the president make more calls for congress as provided in the constitution ution and less calls for arms and soldiers not strictly in accordance with the constitution are we to decry a russian czar and welcome an american usurper or Is he too afraid of having a congress on his hands and thereby to ignore the constitution and to deprive the people through their agents the members of congress of a right to order what shall and what shall not be done docs the president fear what all know that imperialism and militarism are siamese twins and that each Is and must be a stranger to a republican form of government however much wo may feel tor the oppressed elsewhere we today plead tor our own institutions for the home and the fireside tear down tho flag no but let it not be the emblem ot oppression what cleveland tried to do by way of running or rather ruining the finance of the country is trying by way of war and colonization to ruin and undermine the established policy of our government each attempted not to advise congress but to run congress or arbitrarily do without it the one caused the wreck ot the democratic party the other is causing and will cause the wreck and ruin of tho republican party each has polluted our politics with officials and appointees poin tees the commission of one wrong like the obtaining of one luxury demands another imperialism is adopted this demands and must have as its support militarism and these once obtained must have confederates and in to have bliem we must have an alliance with some other nation and our most natural alliance Is with england so here we have tnt annual american alliance and again we turn away from atie teachings of all our history from washington to democracy ever true to tho teachings of ita founders answers no the trust under has outstripped all rivals and today stands with gun in hand the drum major of his prosperity the gun Is to ward off the laborer becking the employment he lost by the absorption of the ce continued on eighth page as THREE conventions IN NEBRASKA continued from first page of his employer and to man while he amuse tho traveling roada hla no longer wanted asked as to the question y we hear are going to do about trusts 2 what you I 1 would remove from them first the fostering care of ane government they are to a great extent in this country at least tho direct offspring ot a protective tariff and tho gold standard the tariff makes the way easy and tho gold standard makes it in numerous cases a business feces city I 1 would first remove ahe protection on every article and when a trust without competition was formed on any article of necessity I 1 would make such organization a crime with imprisonment and not a small crime as tho punishment and provide aitor the government taking charge ot the trust nd winding up its affairs with plenty of money in the hands of the people new enterprises will spring up instantly and business will move as it should move it the interstate commerce commission cannot regulate transportation I 1 would assist thorn by providing or the extension ot the drainage canal to abo mississippi by canal shorten the trip through the lakes and assume absolute control ot and construct a ship canal across the isthmus of panama and then throw open ithe wate trade to all and any who wish to engage therein instead ot fooling away our money in the far off philippines it it is land i S j we want I 1 would spend the millions in constructing reser volra in the castern states with the spent in that investment for an option on a war those western plains and valleys would i wave with then golden harvest as fields eyer waved before A law should be enacted providing fc board of arbitration between aap ital and labor that would and could I 1 and thus stop the destruction i t lives stagnation of ot property loss 0 business and worse than alii of respect for our laws and institutions compel an equitable adjustment of differences feren ces you ask what the leading of 1900 will be my answer is good old fashioned democracy all along the line and our new andrew jackson leading the fight into every state in the union let every soldier enlisted in our cause select euch guns from the many as may be best adapted to its use then aim at the enemy and not at our own people the war is not ended it has just begun 2 p m the populist and free silver republican conventions wore a little slower in getting together and have j jut been called together by the chairmen i of the state committees the indications at this hour point to the nomination of ex gov holcomb as the candidate for the supreme court by the three conventions |
