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About The Alliance-independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1892)
15 t- THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. J :ift The Republicans DM Not II;ar. Tho North Star Labor club of Min neapolis sent an address to the lie publican convention containing these passages: "Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Tho polic'es of political parties since the war have contributed to a reversion of fhis natural order, by placing cap ital above labor in the structure of government and, as a result, labor is greatly disadvantaged, and, to a de plorable extent, divorced from the means of gaining a livelihood. Therefore we declare that tho primary object of good government with tho help of all good men in the nation, should be to restore the equilibrium which has been lost and that there is immediate and pressing necessity for such restoration if the ropublic and our free institutions are to bo pre served. As representatives of organ ized labor in this city, firmly believ ing that wo express tho mature views oi our fellow-workers throaghout the land, wo declare that private owner ship of the means of transportation and communication is a menace to the liberties of tho pcoplo and incompati ble with the preservation of a govern ment by and for tho people. "Exporienco has proven this to tho satisfaction of citizens in every walk of life; evidence given before national and state legislatures justifies their conclusion, and government olicials confess themselves powerless longer to preserve those conditions in which liberty, happiness and tho general welfare aro promoted. Heeding not the frivolous objections of ignorance, nor the abuse of conservatism, we declare that public interests and good government demands tho na tional ownership of the means of transportation and communication, as well of all natural wealth, as coal, timber, iron, gold and silver, and the issuanco by the government direct to the people, without the intervention of private persons or institutions, of a medium of exchange adapted to the actual needs of the country. Every consideration of public safety points to the adoption of the policy here outlined as tho true defense against the encroachments of capital upon the rights of the peoplo, and the only one promising tho final deliveranco of tho nation from abject dependence upon a privileged class. Wo, thoreforo. urge upon your convention tho adoption of such a policy, and its incorporation in tho platform, as evidencing to tho nation that the Republican party of Abraham Lincoln a party of tic people." New Nation. ILl WE WIN? Badly RattlcJ. . The demoralised remnant: of the grand old party in Kansas is tho worst rattled outfit now extant: They havo not a single principle upon which to base a campaign.. They would liko to endorse prohibition but fear to of fend the resubmissionists. They would liko to say nothing upon the subjoct but foar to offend the prohibition Ists. They havo gone squarely1' back on their professions upon the silver ques tion in 1890 and 1891. Reciprocity has been superceded by a re-affirmation of tho doctrine of a high pro tective tariff by tho Minneapolis con vention. Nothing is loft but tho bloody shirt and that is so badly tattered and torn that it will not stand the storms of tho campaign. The ticket placed in the field by the People's party is absolutely unassaila ble. It commands the respect and confidence of honest men irrespective of party. On the other hand tho men who are coming to the front in the Republican party aro recognized tools of corporations and the very worst tricksters in tho state. Tho poor old thing is in a bad way. Topeka Advocate. Won't W Jast -Come anil Carry tho Vev pis' f tanner. Many peoplo are trying to oxcuso their non-action for the People's party by saying wo can't win in 1892. Yea and if tho men whoso sentiment is with this cause continue to pander to popularity at tho sacrifice of princi ple, wo will never win. this nation will go down after its brief struggle, an inglorious failure. If men aro to pander to tha popular sido with all its iniquitios. turning their .backs upon their own consciences, then wo will never win. This reform , move ment requires nothing less than tho spirit which prompted our fathers to riso up in arras to resist Dritiah dom ination. Wo certainly havo moro grounds for complaint Will the great mass of American freemen Ho inactive while the ravenous clutch of homo and foreign monopoly is i tight ening about tho throat of American liberty? asks the Toller of Tennessee. Will tho peoplo feel the gradual en croachment upon their rights and not raise their voice in complaint for fear our plea will bo refused? That is not the spirit of our fathers, it is not tho determination which wins. Somo say let us wait until '1)6. Why wait when we aro convinced of what our coun try neods? Walt four years longer and watch tho vast hoards of wealth accumulated on tho ono hand and see tho ignorance, poverty, wretchedness and crime increase upon tho other? Wait and see our peoplo, tho masses, gradually lowered in the scale of ex istence while a domineering aristoc racy, not of blood, but of money, is gradually fastening its grasp upon our institutions? To wait four years may bo dangerous. By tho end of four yoars tho iron bands of mortgage will hold fast many homos now free. You will be Iojs able to educate your chil dren, you will be driven nearer to recklessness and such is not tho con dltioa for American citizens. Let ui strike now-whllo wo yet have tho prlvlloge. Four yoars moro will mean four years spent in forging the chains of serfdom about a freo people. Capi tal Is alarmed, it is confused, so lot us strike constornation in the ranks. Can wo win? Wo havo all to win and nothing to lose by an effort; now will it bo worth the o!Tort to secure a balnnco of power in both housos of congress? This wo can do if nothing more. Democrats and Republicans aliko socond the possibility of , such success. About $10.0 JO. 00) of our. national debt falls duo during the . term of our noxt congressmen. Shall it be rofunded by tho Issuance o! long timo bonds or shall it bo paid off in treasury notes, full legal tenders la such denominations as will circulate performing tho functions of money, thus incroaslng the currency? If tho pcoplo fall to approclato this point they aro suroly deaf to their owe intorost A balanco of power in either houso of congress can thus stop an interest bearing bonded debt of $130,000,000 and give tho peoplo that much addition in a circulating medium. Is that worth striking for? . To accomplish this wo must swing into line under tho banner of th" looplo's party. No man can get very much of an ed ucation without going to school to his in Lstukes. , Higher criticism has not yet done a thing to make men moro patient on washday. Get your old party neighbors to take the Alliance-Independent under our 25 cent offer. Send for our complete book list. 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