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THE ALLIANCE - INDEPENDENT. 11 IT DID NOT PASS-WHY? The anti-option bill passed the house with great difficulty, but it did not get through the American House of ords. Why? You have heard of Wall street? Do you really believe there is such a place, or do you regard h as a great bug-bear invened by the agitators and dema gogues to deceive and frighten the peo ple? Well, no matter what you bo-ieve,- thero is a street named Wall ia Sew York city, a street walled in with ;reat stately buildings in wluch the freat bankers, and money kings, and peculators in grain and stock do daily mgregatc. In these great buiidings -e the laws of the United States made, id her presidents nominated and .ectod. Hero the great financial con piracies aro planned and executed, ere is destioy meted outtotho Ameri an people. Here is tho policy of he great daily papers of tho nation ;ontrollcd. Here arc the measures of eli?f for the people cither defeated or 'etoed. You don't believe this? You still hiuk this nation ruled by the voice nd vote of her citizens, and that laws re passed solely with a view to he interests of tho people? rou think tho "money power" is a nylh, and the plutocrats are hob-goblins that figure only in tho diseased imaginations of calamity howlers? Read what follows, and open your oyes to tho truth. There lives in Wall street one Henry -ii 1 i- tt. J. ..1 iiews, a uuuKtr. xie n aiso an euuor. He 6cnds out every week a small sheet known as the "Weekly Financial Review.' I This paper circulates paiticularly among bankers and speculators. On tho first page is an article which is sent out to the nowsnansrs in circular 4. form. Tho other three pages are for ' the special informa'ion of sub cribers How do wo know these things? The question is easily answered: About two weeks ago, this ollico ro rwivridoneof Ilcnrv Clews' circulars part of which was published with com ments. A few dys later a gent'eman brought into the office one ( f Mr. Clews' four page sheets which ho said he had secured from a banker of this city. Tho first page was identical with tho circular. Now we propose to give our readers the benefit of some of the confidential niat'er for bankers and speculators which this Review con tains. The following is under the head of BULLETINS TO CUSTOMERS. 1. July 12, 185)2. In the event of the anli-opt:on bi 1 passing and becomiug a law, which is doubtful, becauso al though it may and pruba ;ly will pas the senate, the President will bo very ure o send it to the attorney general MiO determine tho constitutionality of ae measure, and ( f cour e he c mnot lil to dec'are it constitutional, and for iat reason the y resident will be unable ) affix his signature, and if tho friends the bill have anyone to blame it will the attorney-general and not the resident for the failure of tho m asure 3 become a 1 iw. July 20, 1802. Tho adjournment congress will most likelv hi early )xt week, which will b3 a most happy r.nt, especially if tho anti-option-bill ,jps over. This will increase conti- fail to bring more activity and im nivivinir prees in Wall street. The ex port of gold is about over for the eei on. The rec nt alarm about the out yfiow of gold should now subside. The " . Ml 1 !L 1.1 . 1 V... "Otl SltlKO Will UlSU, 1U IS I1U(JUU, UM cdily f-ett'ed. The crops continue improve, so that tho numerous ad jrso factors are soon likely to bj sup erseded by. favorable ones, hfl officers of tho irovernmeut who wl tend to make a great many very bad an I vicious citizens in tho tnd, etc. .'J. July 21, 1892. If tho anti-option bill pisses into a national law, tho members of congress who have intri gued and worked far its passage ought to bo regarded as public enemies to tho progress and welfare of the nation, and when they next come up for office they should be" elected to stay at homo by a largo majority. 4. July 21, 1892. Tho anti-option bill, if passed, will bo an iniquitous, un just and tyrannical law. Its influence will bo most pernicious, as it will pro duce dishonest and immoral practices. It will compel those who remain con nected with tho grain and cotton trado to become, in numerous instances, I fear, perjurers. Tho exceptions to the rule are likely to bo but few, as it will causi false oaths to be a neces-ity in conducting tho business I contend, therefore, that it is wicked legislation to pass a national law and thrust upon thousands of people, who aro now con spicuous for having led moral and up right lives in tho community, tho ne cessity of swearing falsely in order to enablo them to continue in their here tofore useful aid honest occupations, and thereby be converted into an army of panic-stricken and demoralized be ings and become law-breakars and per jurers in self defense. Such a law a? that of tho anti-option will bo produc tive of evil. Every device conceivable will bo entered into to cir cumvent such a law, as well as Following these hulle'irs are copies of telegrams which Mr. Clews has sent to Washington. He doubt'ess publishes these to show his "customers" that ho is doing his duty as a servant of plutoc racy and a ruler of tho nation: TELEGRAMS. Senator Hiscock, U. S. Senate, Wash ington, D. C: July 20, 1892. I can send you a petition signed by the presidents of every National and State bank in this city, alo of tho trust and insuranci companies, urging that tho anti-option bill be defeated, because, if it becomes a law, it w 11 mako a disastrous panic in all the money centres of the country. Henry Clews.. Senator Hiscock, U. S. Senate, Wash ington, D. C: July 20, 1892. The business men of this city, with out except on, hope you will exercise your powerful influenc i to defeat tto anti-option bill. If it becomes a law the business machinery of tho entire country will be upset thereby, and most disastrous consequences must result. Henry Clews. Senator Vest, U. S. Senate, Washing ton, D. C: July 20, 1892. Tho business men of New York ap plaud your truthful words as expressed in the senate today, in your spocch against the anti option bill. If tho bill becomes a law it will bd most disastrous to the business interests of the entire nation, and no c'ass of people will bo so seriously injured by such tyrannicrl legi-lation a the farmer. Henry Clews. L. P. Morton, U. S. Senate, Washing ton, D. C: July 20, 1802. Tho presidents of all tho banks and trust companies, also tho business men without exeep ion. in this city, hope you will uso your powerful influence against the anti-option bill. If it be comes a law immediate disastrous con sequences will surely follow to all business ra?n throughout the nation. Henry Clews. Interesting reading, is'nt it? ' Who is this man Levi P. Morion? Ho is a member of firm of "Morton, Rose & Co., bankers,London, England,' whom Wall street nominated and elected vice president of tho United States four years ago. Who is Hiscock? He is tho hand some senator from New York whom Wall street elected three years ago. Who is this man Vest? Ho is a shrewd, cranky old senator from Mis souri who opposes reform measures on "constitutional grounds. And who aro these "pres'dents of every national and state bank, trust and insurance companies?" They aro Wall Street which commands vice presidents and senators to uso their "powerful influence" to defeat the "dis astrous and vicious legislation" de manded by tho people of tho United States. And if the anti-option bill had passed the senate, tho president would havo been very SURE to send it to tho attorney-general, and ' ho, of course, could not fail to declare it unconstitu tional," and therefore tho president could not eign it ! Is thero a blind man in America who cannot see tho import of this thing? Is there a wayfaring man, though a fool, who can err therein? Hero wo havo tho utterances of the men who rule tho nation, who com mand congress, the cabinet, the vice president, and who aro very sure of what tho president will "do ! Isn't it start ling? Isn't it disgusting ! Isn't it DAMNABLE ? Uow long, O citizens of tho republic shall this thing go on? How long will you vote for men who go to Washing ton to obey the voico of Wall street? The foreigners have a representative on tho republican ticket that is unlcs3 they havo to take him off and his name is Tate. Ho is a H'Englishman. But who represents tho great German American people of tho stato on tho republican ticket? And where do tho Swedes and the Danes come in ? They aro not expected to come in; they aro just expected to stay outsido and do tho voting. That's all tho republicans want of them. THE EIGHT KIND OF GRIT. We like tho kind of prit shown by Hon. J. M. GunDctt, our cacdidate for commissioner of public lands an 1 build ings. Frequently when a man is nomi nated for office, ho begins to truckle for tho support of everybody reputa ble or disreputable. Mr. Gunnelt is an exception. Two days after his nom ination his paper came out with an exposure of nolden's odorous record. "What do you think," says tho Holt County Independent, "o tho consisten cy of tho Holt County Republican con vention when it passed a resolution ( n dorsing tho national rcpubl'can plat form, which is for gold only and na tional banks, and followed it up imme diately with a plank declaring for free ' silver and tho abolition of national banks? Now, then, honest voters of the republican party, do you not think it yorr di'ty in ordcr to maintain your self respect, to resent with your vote tho implication conta'ned in this plat form that you aro a set of damphools who aro unablo to see tho glaring in consistency of tbeso two planks?' ' The Frontier County Itepub'ican and, several other small-boro republican sheets in tho Fifth district aro carrying at the head of their editorial columns tho foilowing printed in very bold faced type: McKcighan in his oft-quoted speech at Holdrcgo said: 1 "I mean no disrespect to tho defense less dead when I tell you that I am no democrat." Until lately tho republican papers were busy informing tho people that McKcighan was a democrat. Funny isn't it? Aro thoy fishing for demo cratic votes forJAndrows? Whatever may bo the object of theso editors, they . are giviog their ignoranco a large sized advertisement. Tho speech in which the above language was Uicd was delivered in congress, and not at Holdrege. In the republican congressional con vention in the Sixth district, Whitehead of Broken Bow had a walk-away. Kin caid did not allow hi namo to be used. -Whitehead belongs to tho "federal brigade" being receiver of tin land office at Broken Bow. Ho is a man of some ability, but when ho comes to measure swords with O. M. Kern before the people of that district, he will find moro lhau his match in every respect, A series of joint discussions should be arranged by all means. Roll up your left sleeve and tho doc tor will do the rest. Patronize Home Manufactories. Patented Oct. 1 5, '89. The Perfection Gear Vagory SIMPLEST, SHOUT TURNING, HANGS LOW, ABSOLUTELY NO RATTLE. FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Just the wagon for Farmers, Grocers, 'Milkmen in fact anybody. "D . ; Wi CI A TVfP JZrr fil"YTVr PorngLnlOthJjtrpct.