THE WEALTH MAKERS. August 16, 1894 TH WEALTH MAKERS New Series of THE ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT Consolidation of ths I irzirsiAlliasccaSeljnsia Indepdcm PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY - BY The Wealth Makers Publishing Company, 1 1 to M Street, Lincoln, Neb. smssi Hiswabd omo. '' :...ioe J, 9. HVATT, uniae. "if tsy man must fall for me to rise, Tben seek I not to ciiaia. Another'! pain I chooee not for my food. A golden chain, A obe of honor, Is too good a prize ro tempt mj hasty tend to do a wrong Unto a fellow man. This life hath woe Sufficient, wrought by man's satanlo foe; And who that hath a heart would dare prolong or add a sorrow to a stricken soul That seeks a healing balm to make It whole f Hjr bosom owns the brotherhood of man. " S. I P. A Publisher Announcement The subscription price of Tm Wialth Mae cm Is U.UO per year, in ad ranee Aenrro m soiiciuni subscriptions should be rery careful that all names are correctly ipelled and nroDer wm itomce given. 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A SELF-ELEOTED B088 AND BULL DOZER- The World Herald, the would-be old grandmother of the Independent party of Nebraska, and legitimately the ortra of both factions of Nebraska Djidoc racy, a goldbug corporation she! ft the Morton Castor administration he ( and a sllverbug ani-full-legal-tender greenback sheet for the Bryan tall of the Dartv. is trvinir to bulldc z the PoBullsts of this state who wib and who must have Populists t rei r en them, into accepting its advice In its leading article in the Sumlaj issue it declares that "Republican and corporation influences are at work to induce the Populists to nominate candidate other than Bryan for United States Senator." In the second paragraphs says: In order to avert the blow that seems certain to fall upon them the Republi can leaders and railroad lobbyists are earnestly at work. To accomplish their Durriose they are using men who nave been recognized as Populists. A few of these are being used through ignorance and prejudice, and others are being used by other and stronger influences. And farther on it comes the old grand mother after this fashion: It is the right and duty of the World- Herald as a friend of the Populist party and a champion of many of its princi ples to point out the rocks against which some pilots, either through ig norance or malice, are attempting to steer the Populist ship. The double-faced, Cleveland Bryan, straddlebug World-Herald would first dictate to us that we must accept Democrat to represent us, and if any of us object we are to be whipped into sil ence and acquiescence by a self-elected demo-mentor, on the charge that we are tools of the ft. o. p. lobbyists and the corporations. The absurdity of charging Populist leaders with being the tools of the corporations because they stand by their Populist principles and demand Populists to represent them, is so apparent that the malicious cowardly libel needs no other refuta tion . ,' But it is well for the Populists to give attention to the character of this bulldozing performance, and the as sumption of political friendship for us. We haven't any political friends except Populists. Mark that. We care not for old party advice. The World-Herald tried to work up an open fusion between Democrats and Populists last February. It completely failed. Now, however, it thinks it can force us to choose between supporting Bryan or being defeated by Bryan. It if, however, barely possible that in the effort to broak the Populist party to pieces to, elevate Bryan he may go down in the struggle. The impossi ble is attempted by those who seek to attract the Populist party bodily to Bryan. Those who are not well ground ed, the light weights, the balf-and-halfs and the worshipers of eloquence will be drawn to him. The strife that Si's can didacy and bid for our votes will bret d among us may do us great injury this year. But we shall be only temporarily injured and he permanently. The great mistake of Bryan and his Silver Club friends was in supposing the great ma jority of Populists have no principles which hold them together and prevent their leaving the Populist platform lo accept Bryan's. FROM THE REVISED VERSION The revised Democratic platform amended by that party in the House and Senate in 1894 Is said to read as follows; We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the Federal Government has every con stitutional power to Impose and collect tariff duties for the benefit ot senators interested in special industries or spec ulating in Wall street, and for tne en richment of Trusts contributing locally to Democratic campaign funds in Dem ocratic States, or of syndicates and com binations controlled by tne President's political and personal friends. Its anti-trust plank of 1892 In the hands of the practical politicians who run things in Washington has now taken this form: We recognize in the trusts and com binations which are designed to enable capital to recure more th&a its just share or the joint proa uc tor capital and labor convenient business agencies for securing Democratic campaign funds in Presidential years and lor controlling the election of Democratic Senators, and we believe that the financial re sources of the party can be vastly in creased bv the enactment oi tariff schedules directly in the Irrest of Trusts, together with such further leg Wlatlon in support ot syndicates and corporations aa experience may show to be necessary ior making nam casn a controlling Issue in Democratic elic- tlons. PRINCIPLES MUST BE DEFENDED Some of our locil exchanges are tie daring that Mr. Bryan I a good enough Populist, that he 1 a child of the parly, eto. Well, he disown his mother, If he Is. lie Is ashamed to be called by her name, He declares himself a Democrat and refuses to stand on our platform. Aud boys that are a barn 3d or such a true noble mother and who ( to de bauch her character and lore her Into aou of Ddtuoeratlo fusion harlotry, tor their own gratification and gals, are a bad lot. Wo waot no illegitimate sons of thinocraU-j sires who stick to thulr father and seek to draw an ay and ruin their mother. But we reject the idea that such are of us. Mr. Bryan has a right to be a Demo crat. And both he and we very well know the difference between a Demo crat and a Populist. Tf there were no difference we should have had no need for and should not have had a Populist party An honest Democrat who falls to e e the necessity of government bank--, government ownership and op ration of the railroads and restriction and reduction of land monopoly, we re speck But such honest Democrats will not, cannot represent Populists. The- three great principles, a unity In trini'y, which bave called together over a ml I Hon voters to withstand the land money and transportation monopolists, are the core of our party's being, and its life force. Cut away either of these sources of is being and organic growth and you do vital harm to it. Mr. Bryan, how. ver, practically strikes at and would have us do away with all three of the great sources of our party's life. lie dots not oppose land monopoly, he wan 'sail money redeemable in coin; and he is afraid of the Populist demand that the railroads of the country be owned and operated by the government This paper has gladly given Mr. Bryan credit tor ail ne nas done oi gooa as a Democrat. It has also waited long, hoping he would ally himself with the party of the people. But he has taken his Btand outside of our party. There fore we cannot support him Senator Peffeb introduced a bill August 3rd, directing the secretary of agriculture to construct reservoirs for the storage of water in the semi-arid states, and appropriating 1500,000 for this purpose. Representative Baker of Kansas has also Introduced a bfll for reservoirs for the tillable lands west of the 90th meridian Channels for dis tributing the water are also contemplat ed in the bill. One of these bills, amended to furnish immediate work for 100,000 men for four months and paying them in full legal tender greenbacks, new and crisp, as the soldiers were paid, is the most sensible and imperatively demanded act that Congress could pass. But the bankers and bond brokers will not allow the starving peogle to be thus saved and the country made inhabitable. They hold labor by the throat and will not allow Congress to provide work. They must have the people bonded be fore they will allow them to dig irriga tion ditches. O, wont they catch It when justice is weighed out to them I Apropos, with the question of rail road "control" or ownership, comes the discovery that the Atchison, Topeka nd Santa Fe railroad system for four years past has paid in rebates to ship pers $1,000,000 a year, all in violation of the controlling (?) interstate commerce law. And it never could have been dis covered had the system not gone into the hands of a United States receiver. Col. McCook, the general counsel of the company, tesuscd before trie reorgani zation committee that, "If any unlaw ful inducement in the form of rebates or otherwise has been offered or given by the company to shippers it has been done without my Knowledge or appro val. " But the books examined by an expert accountant show that it was done. And the courts have decided that federal officers cannot compel a railroad to testify against itself, to bring Its books into court. And if re bate violations cannot be discovered, how much less can lobby expenses aDd campaign corruption funds and passes be 'controlled' When new dividing questions con front the people and must be settled new parties must ba formed, new align ments must be made. The talk about continuing loyal to a party, and being a Democrat or Republican now, when new principles or measures for the pub lic good are demanded, is pure non sense, unless one wishes to oppose pro gress All any old party holds together for is the offices. Whatever principles any party has which first create it, those principles are always incorpo rated into law within a very few yearB after It succeeds to power, and as soon as those laws are enacted its work, Its life work, is done, and it must either be burled, by the voters dropping out ot it, or its corrupting. carcass will oune the country. The reformer who stays In an old party, declaring he will purify bis party and save the country, iselther very Ignorant and inexperienced re garding the laws of party life, or he Is a scheming, selfish, hypocritical vote catcher. Pullman is to begin evicting the families of the 3,000 strikers who are in arrears to him for rent, t make room for 1,000 men who have taken their places and have families to be accomo dated. As the Pullman company orn the entire town, street and all, It is expected that the people will be put clear out of to a. We suggest thai Pullman's officials make use of our Sug, "Get Off the Karth," keeping time with their clubs a they drive the 1.1.000 men, women and children before them The growth of the Populist party in the cities Is phenomenal. South Chi cago had a Populist rally a few days ago, and th 3,000 people who attended could not get Into the hall, so the rr.ut tog was held la a public square. Here in Nebraska there will be a great move ment ta us from the labor ranks la the cities, aud from the business men audi mechanics and laborers 'if the smaller towns. We have only to hold our own among the farmers and we shall more than do that to sweep the state. The figures of tie f uslonists are entirely out grown and unreliable. The tide has everywhere set in our favor, and it is a regular bay of Fundy current and rise, The years 1893 and 1894 will have great power to move the multitudes into the party organized to fight and overthrow monopoly power. The sooner this country strengthens us army, ana passes more stringent laws against treasonable utteranc-s and lawless agitators the better for the stability of the government. Topeka laep.j uapitai. The sooner this country cleans out the capltol at Washington and establishes there representatives of the poor and the oppressed, men who will enact just laws to dtfend all the people, including tne numoiest and weakest, tne sooner will it be possible to reduce the non productive classes, enforced idlers crim lnals, food gamblers, land speculators, monopolists, soldiers, police, etc, to the minimum, and plenty and content ment will come to all. Force is the Republican and Democratic remedy for acts of desperation. Justice is the Pop ullst plan. Dixon county Independents held rousing convention at Martinsburg last week, 115 drlegates being present, t convention which acted in perfect bar mony. The Omaha platform was en dorsed, the Initiative and Referendum was called for as a plank of the state platform. The following plank was one of the resolutions endorsed and all were unanimously endorsed: Reselved, that our delegates this day selected are hereby instructed to beware of apolitical tricks and jobs, and not to countenance, in any form, fusion with any other party, ana in case rusion should be saddled onto any convention that is attended by the delegates elected by this convention, we hereby instruct and demand that the Dixon county dele crates withdraw from such convention and take the "middle of the road" for home. The gJod, reasonable, intelligent citizen casts his vote always for the candidates ot the party whose Issues are ot greatest moment, whose sincerely advocated measures will bring the greatest good to the greatest number. Now is there a Republican or Democrat, a good man, who can consider all the facts known concerning the oppression of the money, land, capital and trans portation monopolists, and the record of his party, who can refrain from voting for the candidates of the People's party, the party whose life principle and or ganic growth has been antl monopoly force? The World-Herald puts together what it doubtless thinks is a knock down argument in favor of fusion and wants us to give the Democrats credit for all the Populists have ever done. In behalf of the party it demands pie for voting for thorough-going anti-monopolists, when the Democrats might as an alter native have voted for Republican bood lers and railroad attorneys! Suppose the Democrats did have some honest men in the legislature who preferred Allen to Thurston, their otes were not bought or traded for. Populists are not trading. The anthracite coal fields of Penn sylvania yet unmined amount to 21.3,000 acres, and the owners of the mines now worked own 107,000 acres of these un opened fields and have leased the re maining 106,000 acres to corner the market. You understand now why. when wheat and unmonepolized labor products ktep falling in price, and the pay of miners as well, that the price of coal keeps up and even rises higher. Another fact: of the 230,000 acres of soft coal lands in Pennsylvania the coal barons own 132 000 and have leased the remaining 98,000 Luther in one of the darkest periods of the Reformation lost sight ef all save human forces and was filled with gloom. His wife to awaken him from his error put on a mourning garb, and when he wonderlngly asked the cause, replied, "God is dead." That was all he needed to arouse his faith. We are in times of great strain and weakness tempted as Luther was. And all about us we see men who bslieve God Is dead, and the only way left to beat the devil is to out wit htm in some sort of a trade. But reforms never advance by such efforts. WE visited Chicago last week to ha ten to completion work on our song book, Armogeddon, and found that Iowa and Illinois were Buffering from drouth as much aa eastern Nebraska. We also talked with men from Indiana and Michigan who Informed us that Indiana and Ohio crops are very greatly dam aged by drouth and that Michigan crops are a good deal Injured. The outlook for the poor in both town and country was never so dark, and great number from the mlddlecla will In the months before us be forced to the wall. A woman about tweo; five years of age, her hands nnelove I and calloused with toll, shot herself August 5th, at Miipleto-; L. I. Sulcldtnj Is a growing mess of relief from the social pressure. 4 he St. Paul Globe ot a recent Issue says: Tbe rrcord of Minneapolis Is one iul- cide a day. The unfortunate person who quit the mundane sphere yesterday was Knut P Anderson, a blacksmith aged 57. Desperate and despondent, being unable to secure work and having no money, he took a desperate method of disposing of his life. With a tmall rope he hung himself to the headboard of his bed, then laid down on the mat tress and rolled himsell off. The result was he strangled in a short time. A writer in the Pail Mall Gazette, of London, calls attention to the enor mous accumulation of geld in that fi nan cijl center, the bank of England now having nearly $200,000,000. There are now lying on deposit in the London banks some $5,000,000,000, says this writer, "and hardly any of these depos itors dare to move their portion into securities that are not gilt-edged.' Yes, and the world is cursed with en forced idleness, starvation, beggary, suffering and fear in consequence. The Omaha Bee two weeks ago re latedhow the Republican ring which runs the party machine in this state selects delegates to carry out its w'ill In conventions. The men are conducted through a back room, in charge here now of R. L. Moore, and if the allow a string to be placed on them they are accepted; If they refuse to contract they are rejected and others are chosen. And the people forget all this, or get used to dark ways, and keep voting for the rascals. What is the use ot two monopoly or two anti-monoDolv parties? If there isn't any use why do the Democrats of Nebraska refuse to join either the Re' publican or the Populist party? The rank and file may be expected to join the stronger party of the plutocrats, or the larger party of the people. But the ancient and honorable leaders are too much afraid of losing their job of leading. "We are tired of fighting one anoth er;" so say the Labor Unions of New York city. It is a cheering word. All the workers should fraternize in one organization and vote together In one party. That Is all that is needed to bring in the millennium. Leaders wbo love not themselves supremely are needed to kill off useless parties and rival labor organizations When European workers are pressed with the pangs of hunger, they march behind banners bearing the words. 'Bread or Blood. What will the mil lions of American workmen now desti tute do during the year to come? Gov ernment employment for the unemploy ed is necessary if great numbers are to be saved from starvation and despera tion. The new song book Armageddon will be ready for delivery next week. It will be on sale at the state convention. Send money oy delegates for It, or send to this office and books will be forwarded by mail. Thirty-five cents a copy. Everybody should have it. The Southern Mercury, official organ of tbe Farmer Alliance of Texas says: The Populists have the Cleveland worshipers in Texas on the run, and the older the campaign gets the faster they will run. Judge Nugent is as good as elected now." Judge Nugent Is the Populist candidate for governor Hon. H. B. Kelly, ex-senator' and one of the most noted Republican lead- eos of Kansas, has joined the Popbllst party and will stump the state tor the Populist ticket. W. H. Young, the Republican sergeant-at-arms of the Douglass bouse (last session.)' has also joinel the Populist party. The Courier of Indianola, hitherto Republican, last week came over to the Populist party. Editor Mitchell has for years been honestly, earnestly advocat ing some of the fundamental demands of the People's party, and' now wisely concludes his place is with us We wel come him most heartily. THE depositors in 38 New York aud Brooklyn savings banks have drawn out in tbe past year 822,812,945 more than has been deposited. Tbe year to come, the winter especially, will be one of un precedented suffering, the small sav ings ot the poor having been exhausted. Tue entire Texas delegation in Con gress is made up of lawyers. It is our opinion that lawyers are very rarely men of unbending principle. For mon ey they will clear the guilty and convict the Innocent. They are professional liars and moral law breakers The Wealth Makers Is delighted with the uomlnatiun of Judge Stark of Aurora for our representative to con gress frtu the Fourth dlstrlst, and we confidently predict his election. He Is a strong man who will do honor to the party. CUANCkLLOK Ca.niield is to address the Central Labor Club at its hall on north 9th St. just west of the poalofllre Friday evening, Kverytody Invite-!. A treat may always be expected when the Chance'or U thn twnkx. Freedom with the means of tubals tecce In others' hands, I simply free dorn lo starve. The plutocrats of Chicago, it Ig re ported, "have held a meeting and taken steps to have a fort established near that city, with 5,000 United States regulars to be always present, like the royal troops in European cities." The Garfield County Independents with other resolutions adopted this: "Resolved, that we consider fusion as treason to our cause, and that our line of battle is strictly "In the middle of the road." Chancellor Canfield has declined the very attractive call to the chancel? lorshipof the Ohio State University. He casts In his lot with the people of Nebraska, and they will not forget him. Pratt county convention, Kansas, addressed by-Governor Levelling, was attended by 4 000 peeple Great crowds are attending the Populist campaign meetings. The man who insists tflat there Is no Important difference between a Demo crat and a Populist, has either fusion in his heart or confusion in his head. The most powerful light in the world, the new electric light for the lighthouse at Fire Island, off New York, will have the power of 450,000,000 candles. Thd senatorial convention covering Holt, Boyd, Wheeler and Garfield coun ties is called to meet at O'Neill at the court house Sept. 8th, at 2 p. m. A great movement of men (who have - beea waked up by things dropping late ly) into the Populist party, Is reported in Wisconsin. The railway mileage in the United : States June 30, 1894, was 176,861 miles, an increase of 4,897 miles during the last year. The 49 th re presentati ve d Istrict con vention is ctllsd to meet at Bur well, September 12th, at 8 p. m. They are making telegraph poles now out of paper. We have the tariff yet. AUGUST MAGAZINES. The August Review of. Reviews dons not suit us well at all the American editor Is not heart aad soul and intel lectually a man of the people to the de gree that Stead i. His comments on Ube strike show him to be occudvIha' a sort of neutral critical ground between the workers a d the plunderers. Two papers on the Hon Wilfred Laurierand Canada's Political Conditions are of value to the general student. Toronto as a Municipal Object Leeson is exceed ingly va uable and timely- Sir George Dlbbs of New South Wales is presented in a finely illustrated character skfltoh and a New Zealand writer contributes a most interesting and valuable narjer on Labor Troubles. Tlie Railway Situa-" tion is atso discussed bv Prpf. Adam of the Wisconsin btate University. The leading reviews are also as usual re viewed. The August Arena contains seven teen principal papers On subjects of the greatest interest. Among these we call attention especially to an article on Hypnotism by Df. J R. Cocke, an other on the present social conflict by Rev. J. M. Savage, one on the Land Qaestion and the Single Tax, . one on Insurance and the Nation b ' Rabbi Schiadler, and an article by tb j editor on Fostering the Savage Spirit in the Youog. Tne book review department is also very full and valuable. The August Cosmopolitan contains another installment of the Altrurlan letters by Howells which Is f sustained interest; The Story of a Working Girls' Club, by Adeline Moffat; Outflanking Two Emperore, a story of the Franco Prussian war by Murat Hatstead; The English Napoleon, by J. Howe Adam, and a variety of interesting and finely ll'-istrated summer stories and histori cal articles, besides art and science notes, pot-ms, etc ARMAGEDDON, THE NEW SONG BOOK- Our new song book, Armageddon, has been delayed by the music typo graphers, but it is now rapidly ap proaching completion. We expect to have it ready for delivery by August 10th, and call attention of the local workers everywhere to it. It will, by its heart-touching, battle-breathing and educating and uniting truth greatly arouse the people, and there is enough of the humorous element In the songs to attract all classes. Armageddon, we must believe, will be a great moving and enthusing power In the present campaign, and until the workers of the world win tbe final battle which shall give them perfect justice. It Is a pro duct of the times, for the people, the words being written and selected by one who has both suffered and studied. It is a book for the masses to sing out of in their future mighty conflict with the classes. Sue partial list of the songs It will contain In proxp-ctu advertisement on third page of this piper. The b"ok will contain about 123 pages of a little over 7 by 8 Inch size, inottly new tuuo'c is well as new words, muilo suited to the stirring thought. The price of the book will be 33 cents a lngle copy, 30 oont bv the dozen. Send orders at once to Tub Wealth Makehs Publishing Co., Lincoln, Neb, Coma Oat to the legion. TheCsptUl City Industrial Legion meets every Monday nlghtat 1111 0 St, In open meeting. K wry bod j welcome. Next Monday evenlnj Mevor Weir will speak. Come and hear Ulm. 1