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THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEAEOOES.- Several startling and mysterious dis appearances have occurred in the political world witnin tne past two years. - In 1890 the 82,000 republican majority in Kansas disappeared and hasn't beea heard of since. John J. Ingalls also disappeared from the U. S senate, and the American House ,of Lords will know him no more forever. A few months ago the 16,000 dmo cratic majority in Mills' district dis appeared, went where the wood-b'no twiueth and the people's party crank howlcth for reform. August 1, '92, tho 111,000 democratic majority in Alabama took a walk. It hasn't been heard of since. Cleveland's machine men are diligently searching for it, and will offer a larger standing reward for its return on the 8th of next November. But it is gone. It will be heard of no more in the land of the livinjr. A great many more myster ious disappearances are ex pected to occur in the near future. A great many heretofore solid states will disappear from the old party columns. It . is thought the grief and mortifica tion of tho old parties over these startling disappearances will drive them to seek consolation in union. When this occurs, the end is nigh, and the controlling hand of the money power will speedily disapprar from American politics forever. Field must not be sacrificed, but John Watson will be put on the truck? . . ill it before the Bryan Duzz-saw so inai u may appear that tho republicans are not afraid to meet the issues of the day. THE Peru Gazette has made a happy Irt. Ithasbaen a strong .republican paper and a strong advocate of Nemaha's candidate, Col. Tom Majors. Now it comes out and prints the ticket, when lo and behold, for every office, state and electoral, is tho name of E. liosewaler in capital letters. And hero is what the Gazette says about it: "ShouM it become apparent latter on in the campaign that any of thsse offices are iot wanted by Mr. Rose water, wo will gladly advocate the election of some other equally good man; but in the present condition of affairs we feel that as a good republi can we can do no less than to give Rosewater everything in sight as far as wo are able, as thit seems to be the present policy of the party." Cruelty is too mi d a term with which to characterize jes'erday's per formance an Lincoln park, in which half a dozen rabits were turned loose to be chased by hounds and torn in pieces for the grafficition of the spectators who had to bo amused. Are we going back to the barbarism of bull fights? Whatshalbo said of Lincoln as an educational and moral center when such outrages are permitted? Tuis mornings Journal sreaks of it as a "Sabbath recreation." Shame! Shame! Can it bo that the 'great morning mouth piece of the powers that be, con dones such a disgraceful affair because ,it occurrtd in a park owned largely by a man who stands high in republican ranks, and whose name i3 on the re publican congressional ticket? The management of Lincoln park is rank, t smells to heaven. It will add no votes to his Honor, the District Judge, who craves tho privilege of wriiing "M. C." after his name, a privileges which we trust will never be hie. MORE ABOUT NEBRASKA MORT GAGES. Tho following is a continuation of our discussion of Nebraska mortgages be gun two weeks ago: GREATEST INCREASE. The following is a list of the counties which report tho greatest increase of per capita indebtedness during the year: Wayne. $117 Hall $38 Cedar... 52 Sarpy 34 Thurston 50 Thayer 34 Kncx 49 Phelps 33 Nance 48 Cumiog 33 Pierce 43 Franklin 32 Dawson.. 40 Stanlon 31 Contemplate these figures. Take in their full meaning. Remember that "per capita" means for every man, wo man and child. Remember (hat $117 p:r capita means $585 for every family in Wayne county; that $33 per capita means $165 for every family in Sarpy county. Remember that this increase occurs in one year and in several of these counties the record has only been kept for nine, ten, or eleven months. What is tho character of these counties? Aro they barren, drouth stricken patches of the Great American desert? Not by any means. Without exception theso counties have good soil, are located in the central and eastern portions of . the state, are well settled by enterprising indus trious people. In every one of these fourteen countios magnificent crops were raised and marketed during the year covered by the record. According to the United States cen sus taken in 1890, tho real estate mort gage debts of Nebraska amounted to an average of $120 per capita. That represented the accumulated debts of the ten years previous. But here wo have an increase cf from $31 to $117 per capita in one year in four teen counties that aro above tho aver age in natural resources and conven ience to markets. How long can this frightful rate of increase continue? In a very few years it must end in a transfer of tns people's homes and other property to the men who hold the mortgages. Will the agents of the money power who run the Omaha Bee and the State Journal point out tho grounds for "encouragement" in this part of the record? I can see no room for en couragement for anyone except tho Shy locks who hold tho death-grip on our fair state. A NET DECREASE IN ONLY FIVE COUNTIES. The record shows that in only five counties in tho state, has there been a net decrease of mortgage indebted ness. These counties are Brown, Clay, Logan, Sioux and Washington, and tho total net decrease in theso counties amounts to on'y $112,000, whilo tho average increase per county for the whol-J state is over $200,000. A "grat ifying showing," indeed ! Brown, Sioux and Logan are frontier counties in which the chattel filings aro from four to ten t'mcs as great as tho real estate tilings. And raAes of interest are about three per cent a month on chattel loans. In each of these counties there is a small decrease. But instead cf showing the prosperity of the people it indicates the release of mortgage 3 by the transfer of the property from the debtor to tho creditor. Washington and Clay are rich coun tici, and favorably located. The re cord Bhows a small not decrease. But tho examination of tho record by months for tho year reveals a curious fact. For instanco in Washington tho record of chattel filings and releases shows an increase of $68,000; during eleven months of tho year; but tho record for tho other month, April, shows a decrease of $174,000. In Clay the net incrcaso'for cloven months was $171,000, but the' decrease for the other month, May, wa $181,000. Queer, isn't it? Tho explanation is very simplo: Tho county officer making up the record has, in order to maka a favorable show ing, simply reloased a lot of old chattel mortgages some of which msry havo been paid years ago. But aside from this, thero is no grounds for gratification in tho records of these countios. Mortgages amount ing to $606,000 have been filed in Wash ington, and $1,142,000 in Clay. A de crease of a fow thousand can not reliove tho startling significance of these figures. But thero in another fact which must bo considered in this connection and that is tho RELEASE BY FORECLOSURE of a vast number of mortgages. Also in a great number of cases mortgages are satisfied and released by a transfer of property by mutual consent and without the formalities of foreclosure All such aro entered in tho records simply as released, and tho monopoly press points to them as proof that "the farmers aro getting out of debt"! And so they aro by becom ing tenants. Tho law requires tho register of deeds (or the county clerk, who is ex oflicio register of deeds in tho counties not entitled to that office) to keep a record of foreclosures on farros and lots, but not on chattels. In some counties this record has not been kept. In others it is very incomplete. Not withstanding this. fact, the records show that within tho year sheriff's deeds have 'been given for 1226 farms, and 579 town and city lots. The counties reporting tho greatest number of foreclosures on farms are: Holt 172, Custer 130, Red Willow 57, Hitchcock 57, Dawes 49, Dundy 38, Hall 38, IVrkins 38, Keya Paha 36, Sherman 35, Antelope 32, Box Butto 31, Webster 31, Sheridan 29, Adams 28, Chase 28. " i The counties reporting the greatest number of foreclosures on town and city lots are: Douglass 234, Lancaster 102, Adams 52, Buffalo 27, Hall 17, Jefferson 19. WHAT IT MEANS. rc- An examination of tho records veals most clearly the proceis by wh'ch the peoplo of Nebraska will "get out of debt" in a few years if they do not get some relief through legislation. Take Holt county for example where the mortgage fiend has swallowed up 172 farms and released by foreclosure mortgages amounting to over $100,000, all in ten moaths! The records show a very "gratifying" decrease in farm mortgage3 o( $73,000. But they show an increase of $209,000 in the chattel mortgages! Does any intelligent man need to be told what such a stato of affairs mean? The other counties in the above list tell the same story only a little less forcibly. In'overy case tho chattel mortgages far exceed the farm mort gages. And whatdsHho'story these figures tell? That tho process of "getting out of debt" by the transfer of property under way in many counties in Nebraska. " It should bo borno in mind that there is no record of tho foreclosures on chattels. No ono who is familiar with. the facts as they exist in Nebraska cin doubt that tho sale or transfer of chat tels to satisfy mortgages far exceeds tint of real estate., Referring again to tbo five counties showing a net decioise, wo feel safo in saying that if tho mortgages - satisfied by forcclosU' O or by transfer of proper erty without tho formality of forec'os-, ure, woro deducted, tho net decreaso would bo entirely wiped off the face of the returns, and there would remain NOT A SINGLE COUNTY in which tho record would show a net decrease in mortgago indebtedness. (To ba continued ) What's tho matter wiih James Boyd for Rev. Tate's placo on the re publican ticket? Boyd is a citizen. I ills "I COMMENCED USiog over fifty "years ego." State Journal. The feeble condition of the old thing Is now explained. Just ask any republican in theso parts to point out the old soldiers on his state ticket and the farmers on hh county ticket. Just watch him closely as he scans tie two list?; but keep at a respectful distance lest your nose suffer a contusion when bis anger is kindled by the truth. The republican stato convention cf Washington denounced Pinkertouisui. Immediately tho goddess of protection jumped over the Rocky Mountains and plunge I into Lake Superior supposing that her turn would como next. The republicans of Washington stato havo possession of tho bakery. Another gallant old soldier was honprcd by the independents when W. II. Dech of Saunders county was nom inated for congress. When it comes to recognizing the old soldier, the indo pendet party is strictly in it. The peo ple's party is one of deeds as well as promises and the old veterans aro be ginning to see it. How many soldiers are there on the republican state and congressional ticket any how ? I love this land of my adoption. Her stars and stripes are more to me than tongu3 or pen can utter, and I would rather know "I have been a citizen of this country eighteen months than to be lieutenant governor without citizen ship. Rev. J. G. Tate. Oh! give us a rest. American citizen ship since "February 5tb, 1891," is' not the thing to shout about among men who were American citizens from '61 to '65 and did their duty as such citizens n those times. irorebtoroj3ioxtc:p hoW v The old aristocratic slaveholders o the South were not more insoient in their "demands for governmental pro tection than are the capitalistic pluto crats of to day. The bands of fugitive slave hunters were not more despised than the Pinkerton thugs of the present day. The fugativc slave laws were not monvodious than the class laws of to day which permit tho enslavement ol labor. Tho laws which gave -southern slaveholders the right of property in human flesh were net repealed by legal or constitutional methods they were wiped out in blood. The laws which now permit piratical capitalists to monopolize the earth and crush weak will also be wiped out, and it mains with the capitalistic class to cide whether these laws shall be pealed peaceably or by ' revolution. The people are greater than law and unjust laws cannot stand before, an out raged people. Labor Journal Zan($villtt Ohio. the Violin makers prize above all othe kinds of wood that which they extract -u.