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THE FABMEBS' ALLIANCE: LINCOLN, NEB., SATUBDAY, JULY 12, 1890.. THE ALLIANCE. fUSUSHED EVERY SAtUROAY UO.IMiKS. BY TH3 ALLIAITCE PUBLISHING CO. Lincoln, - - - NeDiaska. J. BURROWS, : : : Editor. J. M. THOMPSON, Business Manager. M In the beauty mt the lillies Christ was born across the sea, With a lory in his bosom That transfigures you and me. As He strove to make men holy Let us strive to make men free, Since God is marching on." Julia Ward Howe. Laurel crowns cleave to deserts, And power to him who power exerts." 44 A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs." , Emerson. "He who cannot reason is a fool, He who will not reason is a coward, He who dare not reason is a slave." ' EDITORIAL. Premiums for New Lists or Renewals. For the largest list of new subscribers or renewals at $1,00 per year, or in clubs of fire at $4,00, received before the first day of September next, we will give One First Class $35 Sewing Machine. Second largest list one $25 Road Cart. Third largest list one $15 Road Cart. Persons competing for above premi ums must notify us with their first or der, so that proper credits can be given. ALLIANCE PUBLISHING CO., Lincoln, Neb. The People's Convention. From all over the State comes ap proval of the Call for the People's Con- vention. Ihe counties are falling into line, several counties having already appointed their delegations.. Some in convenience is being felt on account of the absence of political committees and there being no ratio suggested for dele- gates to county conventions. Where committees on political action have not been appointed any persons who are interested, and who have signed the declaration and call, can and should take steps to see that delegations are sent. In electing delegates from pre cincts to county conventions' the ordi nary number sent out by the republi can or democratic parties can be adopted, taking care to not make the common mistake of giving the towns a preponderating vote. In all ratios based on votes, and generally by design, the towns have a voice in county conven tions out of all proportion to their rights. This should be avoided. There n5 no doubt that m manv cases where rtbere is no other organization that .county Alliances will, after their regu lar meetings are adjourned, organize themselves into county conventions and However it is done, the main thinsr is to secure representatives from each or ganized county in the State at the State -convention. The third district conven tion which meets at Columbus on the 15th will be a good occasion to concert .measures for securing county delega tions to the State convention which should not be neglected. The following is the number of dele gates agreed upon for each county. The table as first published in The AjxianCe, owing to the transposition of a line, was entirely erroneous. The errors may have been copied into other .State papers. The corrected table, as above, should be the only guide: Adams1.'. ." 15 Arthur...., 2 Antelope 12 Banner....--.. 4 Blaine.......... 3 Boone 10 Box Butte...... 3 Jefferson 10 V I tt 1 I ivearney . .... iu Jtveya Jrana V V i 1 1 M r I Kimball 3 Knox 10 Lancaster 24 Brown......... 10 Buffalo.... .... 20 Butler.. 13 Burt 9 Cass........... 12 Cedar. 4 Chase. - -6 Cheyenne...... 4 Cherry. ... .... 5 Clay........... 15 Colfax......... 8 Lincoln 10 Logan 8 Loup 5 Madison 14 McPherson . 4 Meirick 12 Nance 10 Nemaha 14 Nuckolls 16 Otoe... 17 Pawnee 8 Cuming... . 6 Custer 25 Dakota... 4 Dawes. .12 Dawson 13 Deuel... 4 Dixon...... 6 Dodge 9 Douglas 25 Dundy 5 Fillmore. 15 Franklin....... 12 Frontier 21 Furnas......... 15 Perkins 10 Pierce 8 Phelps 12 Platte 13 Polk 16 Red Willow.... 16 Richardson .... 16 Rock 4 Saline 11 Sarpy 6 Saunders 25 Scotts Bluffs... 4 Seward 12 Gage 20 Garfield 5 OlieriU.au. t - 1 J M. Gosper... 10 Grant.... 3 Sioux 4 kjuvuu " Stanton 5 Thayer 8 Greeley , 13 Hall i& Hamilton 14 Harlan 12 Hayes ..... .5 Hitchcock...... 12 Holt.v 16 fHI A 1 lllllll !1.M - u. .1 :m ; Vallev 9 XUU181UU Washington 11 llf-a- r t Wheeler. : . '.4 Howard........ 11 Hooker......... 3 York 12 Unorg'nized ter... 1 Total. 930 Alliance and Organized Labor Conven tion at Kearney. This was a large and enthusiastic con vention. It nominated candidates for representatives and county attorney, and elected delegates to all the People's Conventions. J Thirty -eight Alliances were represent ed in this convention. The people of Buffalo Co. are alive, and their ticket will certainly be elected. Democratic State Convention. The democratic state convention will be j held at Omaha, Thursday August 14th. This is the latest convention of .the season. If it should choose to en dorse the nominees of the Independent convention, it would be on the winning side. WHAT IS THE MAIN ISSUE? The Railroad Power and the Omaha Dailies. It is important to the voters of this State, and especially the farmers, to de termine clearly the character of the real issues before the people in the ap proaching election. To determine this question it will only be necessary to consider the cause and character of the present ferment among the people. A great uprising has taken place, result ing in the gradual upbuilding of a farmers' "society having over seventy thousand members. Has the question of prohibition, or any other distinctive ly moral question, had any part or in fluence in this uprising? Certainly not. The transportation question, the money question, the land question, the corrup tion of our politics question, have all the time been the prime subjects of dis cussion; and a desire for reform on those subjects has mainly instigated the formation of the Alliance.' These questions will form the main issues in our elections this fall. Their positions in regard to them will be the points up on which the fitness or unfitness of can didates will be considered. As long ago as the last session of the legislature, when the question of sub mission was being agitated, it was fore seen that the railroad power would strain every nerve to make prohibition a main issue, so as to attract attention trom the vital economic issues upon which they desired to prevent action by the people. The events of the past few weeks bring to mind and demonstrate the correctness of that prophecy. The formation of the Banker's and Business Men's Association was undoubtedly in stigated by the railroad power, very likely aided by railroad money, the de sign being to fill the public mind with this question, and hide the more impor tant issues. The recent flop of the leading Omaha daily, the Republican, which only a few months ago was open ly hostile to prohibition, was probably brought about by the same influence. That paper was said to be on the verge of bankruptcy. The great railroad po- nticai organizer, John M. Thurston, is a resident of Omaha. The paper trots out prohibition as the leading republi can issue, playing exactly into the hands of Mr. Thurston. It is a railroad organ, having valuable railroad pat ronage. How, much spot cash it got from the railroads for the flop, no man knows. The Bee, the great anti-monopoly or gan of the state, gradually leaves its old moorings and takes sides with the railroad and money power, also bend ing its every energy to make prohibi tion the leading issue. It can be as val uable a servant to the roads opposing prohibition as supporting it. The other daily also takes up the same cry. No man can say that the whole outfit has been set up with railroad money, and no man can say that it has not. Prohibition has been submitted to be voted upon by the people this fall. It is likely that the lines on that question are nearly drawn. All men will vote upon it as they please, or not vote if they please, and it will certainly be de cided either for or against. But it is not the main issue. Those questions which are still hanging in the balance- the question whether the railroad power shall continue to dominate the state of Nebraska, control its offices, r its public men, and plunder its v and its people, are of far ii portance to the people of mis ...lute. Do not let railroad money divlrt your attention from the main issues. Nebraska Politics in Pennsylvania. T ..4. 1,U ! A 41. . ... lilt l 1 uuuuuau uxiouuucisuiuu iac Bitua tjon jn Pennsylvania. If Quay and Delamater republicanism can't succeed, tnere is no pos okVv Duvwcn iui uut? uiu i . wuav envv. v. puDiicitniBm in ine msi n&iionai contest soieiy by the practical politics that ruled at Harris burg', and had any other than Quays' methods been adopted in 1888, Harrison and the party would have-" been overwhelmingly defeated. Practical politics implies masters and' ser vants. The masters are few; the servants many, and the servants can't attempt to rule the masters without disaster. The masters make politics a trade, and when the party Is summoned to win a victory that would de throne masters, the masters can hinder vic tory withi wave of the hand. Philadelphia Record. Ah! That's what we're eomingto, is it? The "practical politics" of Matt Quay the organizing in blocks of five the use of strikers and bummers and ward heelers must be adopted, or "there is no possible success for the party A band of roughs come into a town and run it at the muzzle of their guns, elect its mayor and council, and plunder its citizens under the forms of law. Re spectable and conservative citizens pro test, and intimate there are ways that are better and more honest, and the 1 V,D --."l 1-r inf'm tham V r. f V. -r ., - 1 I 1 ! .! misiaKeu; ma. mis .mu ui practical politics has been successful in ruling the town, and that if it is not continned ,!. the party i. e. the thugs will be de- . - " Seated. Having gained power, the mask of morality and decency is thrown off, -a . - - - a . ana vlllamy is justinea because it sue- cf edeL Without Quays "methods' 'Har- nson ana me paity wuuiu nave oeen 1 1 i U 1 T overwneimingiy ueieaw.u. xnai is 10 i . i . . -i rrM L say, if honest methods had been adopted Harrison would not have been elected. But the complete endorsement of Ne braska railroad principles follows "Practical politics implies masters and servants." That is the very principle the railroad gang here have been en torcing in this state ior many years cut iook at tne inreat in tne last sen tence, and see how the railroad power are preparing to carry it out in this State. . There is an uprising of the peo ple that threatens to depose these mas 1 It t 1 -!. ters wnose -practical pontics ' em braces such vile principles, and the railroads immediately say, "All ritrh t if we can't run that machine we'll smash it," and begin to import their democratic strikers to aid them to make a new machine. "Stick to your p-a-r-t-y," is the cry. of the masters; I but if they can't run the party to suit themselves they'll smash its machinery too quick. Was there ever a viler declaration than the one we have quoted at the head of this article. Read ft again. "The servants . e. the people) cannot at tempt to rule the master without disas ter." This is a bare and bald statement of the relations which such low-down organs as 'the B- $ -V- Journal and its strikers actually think exists between the people and the party bosses. People, how long do you propose to stand it? The Railroad Power. Few men realize the extent or nature of the railroad power in the capital of Nebraska. Many persons no doubt imagine that what is known as "the railroad power" is a vague creature of the fancy of professional agitators, and that it has no real existence in fact. Let such men come to the city of Lin coln and engage in any business, or as pire to any official position, and they will soon find their mistake. This rail road power has its attorneys whose regular duty is to look after its inter ests in every possible manner. It has its commercial agents, sometimes known, often not known to other men, whose duty is to look after all kinds of business, to know the commercial standing of men, to understand all openings for business enterprises, and to see to it that the friends of their road get into the good openings. This power has its regular detectives, not only watching its own employes, but watch ing citizens as well, and reporting con stantly all matters of interest to the chiefs. But it is in political work that the fine Italian hand of the railroad power is most apparent. There is no political machinery in this country that is too minute for its attention; there is no candidate so insignificant as to be be neath its notice. This is ome of the chief sources of the demoralization of our politics. This power works by ma terial agencies, the same as any other. The political work of the corporations is all dirty work. If dirty work is to be done, dirty agents have to be found to do it. And this is the reason why so many dirty scamps are occupying sub ordinate political positions. And this is also the reason why self-respecting men men of character and standing in society, are refusing to become aspi rants for political positions. It has long been understood here, and is so understood to-day, that if a man wants to go to the legislature or congress he must first conciliate the railroad power. If he does not do this he is sure to have turned upon him the billingsgate of their organs and the opposition of their low tools. To conciliate this power means, for a sensitive and proud man, a humiliation and degradation that he will not submit to-. So sensitive and proud men, who- would do honor to public life, are not in politics. Even men who have been the willing tools of this power for years-, occasionally turn and denounce it, witness Church Howe. A sound moral tone- will never be re stored to our politics the word " poli tics " will never cease to be synonymous with meanness and low-down trickery, until " the railroad power" is elimina ted from our political life- Taxation and Work. ! Edward Atkinson, discussing the sin jgle tax in the Century for July, says: Those who expect so much benent from a mere chancre in the method of collecting taxes overlook the fact that i. j taxation and work are synonymous terms." Henry George, in his reply to Mr. Atkinson, denies that this is a fact, but at the same time admits that " it is true that taxation can be paid only in products of wort." For our purpose the statements are equivalents and com prise a very important fact yery tersely stated. This fact is a speeial refuta tion of the specious arguments used to induce the laboring men of our cities to vote bonds for corporations. The usual method in such cases is to employ a few sharp men at a good round price to se cure the necessary votes. These men ap ply to the poor mechanics and laborers, and assure them that they have no real financial interest in the matter that the tax is levied against property, and as they have no assessable property they will pay no share- of the tax. Now as a matter of fact " taxation and work are svnonvmous . terms." In other v v words taxes are paid out of current in come, and not out of accumulated capi tal. Current income is all produced by labor. Consequently the capitalist the banker, landlord, bond-holder, etc. is the man who has no interest in the amount of bonds so voted, and the la borer is the man who has all the inter est in it. Ihe landlord's taxes are paid bv his tenants the banker's taxes are paid by tie men who use his money the bond-holder's taxes are paid in tax ation by the people the merchant's taxes are paid by his customers. ' If taxeg are unduly advanced, interest, if ontl nr1(,M 'rA pnrrPsr.nnfHn.rlv ad- l -.. r r a-j xwrv dnllar of tax for the current year is paid 0ut of the product of that year. The larger the propor- tion of production which is taken for taxation, the smaller will be the proportion left for wages. If laboring men understood this subject, they could not be walked up so easily by strikers to vote railroad bonds. Some Gall. The Nebraska Alliance is the name which a new paper somewhere in Ham ilton county, we think, has taken. . It bears the old party ear marks very olain. and we advise Alliance men to look out for it. A would-be' p nublisher !., nr. mnra sAnodfhun .n.torfa paper with a name so plainly identical with another paper in the same state is UJF X& JI V ww -.. . I L W O III A. W an unmitigated ass, and an object suspicion on general principles. Stop My Paper. We do not adopt the abtfve as a cap tion because we have received any such an order. We have not received one. But we . have received some friendly criticisms and advice as to our course as editor of this paper. We beg of our readers to consider how impossible the task would be ta please all of ten thousand patrons. We also beg our readers to consider what kind of a paper would result, suppose the editor began to trim hi3 own con victions and adjust the expression of them to all his different readers. We have heard of the Mormon who had one young wife and one old one, and was very fond of both. The young wife couldn't abide gray hairs, and would pull them all out when she combed his hair; the old one couldn't abide dark hairs, and would do the same with them. Result, the old fellow's head was soon bald as a pumpkin. The editor who trims to every man's whim, trying to please all, will fail to please any, and his mentality will soon be as bald as the Mormon's head. The value of a paper depends upon two things, and they are about equally essential to it. Fir.t, it should express the honest and truthful convictions of its editor. Second, its success will de pend upon the amount of brain power, the extent of the mental vigor he puts into it. The successful paper will ex press the best heart and brain of its edi tor. To impress other men a man must himself believe. Insincerity cannot wear a mask. The instincts of human nature penetrate and see through it. "We carry the character of our souls mysti cally in our faces." The trimmer has always been a faiinre. The man who pares a little off of his covictions here, sacrifices a little principle there, tells half the trutb in this place, and sup presses all of the troth in the other, to please this maa and not to offend that one, has no right to be an editor. He relinquishes hist manhood, and every thing about him. that is God-like drops on like a mantle. Joe will soon nave a sneaking and hang-dog air, his eyes will waver and not loofe squarely, into the eyes or other men, and bis soul will cease to shine through them. Or rather his soul will shrivel ao.! wither, and his heart will die, and his- paper will show only a dwarfed mentality, and will not appeal to men's hearte- ov iimpress their minds. On the contrary, show lie the editor who is manly and independent who advocates the the truth because it is the truth who fears no man who- hews to the line no matter where the chips fall, always in the line of public duty, never in private malice, and we will show you a successful editor, who will impress other men, and command their respect and admiration whose memory will be cherished and works not f orgotteia.. The most successful editor ever in this country was Horace Greely, all the ele ments of success considered; and Hor ace Greely was exactly such a man as we have described. . Readers, which kind of a paper, and; which kind of an editor do you wish to have? In asking this we do not deny the right of every man to have a paper that advocates his views, if he can get it. All trades an guilds and parties have their special organs. But in all of these- organs the editor may, in fact he must, have the latitude that belongs to honest convictions, or he will be a failure as- an editor. The Weather and the Crops. We fear that a very extensive calam ity is befalling Nebraska at this-time. Unusual dry weather has prevailed in. many localities. Very many twine or ders have been recalled, OAving.to the c tc-x, ianure oi me sman grain. such uruer have been promptly cancelled, by .v.iir. ur State Agent Hartley, ana tne money the monev promptly refunded without cost to-our members. Gage county is seriously afflicted. On the farm of the editor, in. eastern Gage, the tame grass was not over one-third a crop ;of 90 acres of fla on the farm, 50 acres will not be cut at all. and the balance will not makeover kail a crop. The oats are very short, but will thresh about half a crop. The blue grass is brown and sere, and the- elover wilted and dried. Timothy if nil. On the farm of one of our neighbors, new hay is being fed to tne stocK. w e are informed that farther, west in. Gage the drouth has been still more severe. We would be glad to. have short weather and crop reports.frona all parts of the state. It is about tbe time when the Omaha papers,, especially the Bee, are irivincr crlowintfc accounts of the and doing all they can to bear crops the markets in the-interests of the spec- ulators. We want the facts about the crops, and not ower-drawn accounts in the interests ofi real-estate men, and which depress the-price of products. THE FOURTH AT WAHOO. A Five Tkousand Crowd. Gen. Jas. B. Weaver delivered the oration at the Saunders County Alliance celebratioa at Wahoo. The Gen. pro posed to deliver an orthodox oration of the old sort; but the crowd objected and demanded a speech upon the poll tical issues of the day. Gen. Weaver was nothing loth, and turned loose in his best style upon the current topics Though just off from a sick Jbed, he out did himself and delivered one of the grandest speeches ever heard in the state that day. The enthusiasm was unbounded. Five thousand people were present Sunday afternoon, the 6th, Gen. Wea ver spoke to a large assembly at a point about ten miles north of Falls City, in Richardson county. He is doing good work wherever he goes. VVE harn ronaiimri Iwft rt. f es Irom I We have received two articles from M I ' - W V VVV www -4 Mr. A, J. Gustin, of Kearney, for which we had no room this week. One in re- of lation to the Supreme Court we may publish next week. The Omaba Bee and the ' Independen Movement. The Bee ol the 5th, under the title of "An appeal to Common Sense," makes its "last appeal to the republican farm ers to attend the caucuses and conven tions and take control of the party and its machinery." The indications are that the appeal of the Bee will be fruitless. The week point in the Bee's armor is that the appeal is made in behalf of at machine which is in the hands of a cer- tain pnrnint element arid which is itself road8 have conspired together to exact extor- tain corrupt element, ana wnitius xtocu. tionate profltgt and that every man's hand is rotten to the core. The republican against the farmer. This charge of over , . . . . , lo greediness is undoubtedly true as to the rail farmers of this State want pure officials road8 ftnd banks; but the agitator, not con- and good government, and they can SSevas? cret these much more surely through have become the fierce persecutors of the 7u :,. a Tiflc-.! tion than in any other way. When the Bee says that "the leaders of the independent peoples' movement are making a frantic effort to keep re publican farmers out of the republican primaries," it makes a glaring mis-statement. Not a particle of such an effort has been made. Nor is there any effort to form a new party beine made. The peoples' movement is simply for an in- , , . . . dependent convention to nominate men for office in whom the people have con fidence, and all men who accept the principles of the declaration are invited to participate in that convention Gov. Thaver. fallintr in with the Bee. . . . ... . , , . , ' ana mixing pontics witn nis lourcn oi July patriotism at Plainview, says: AW is the duty of republican "Alliance men to attend the republican primaries and see that good men are selected for posi tions of responsibility and trust. It is the duty of democratic Alliance mem bers also to attend the primaries of their party and help select good and true men." And the governor says this course will result in good government and the selection of good men for office. Well, the farmers of this state have been doing that very thing for the past fif teen years, with results which are well known. Laws, Connell, Dorsey, Steen, Cowdery and Benton are among those results. His excellency himself is among them. Go right ahead, farmers, in the same groove, and Richards, Jack McColl, Doc. Mercer or Church Howe, every one of them acceptable and relia ble railroad tools and cappers, will be the future results. The plaintive cry of Rosewater and Thayer is veiy well para phrased in the Farmers' Voice: "Now, dearly beloved Hayseeds, whatever you do don't think of starting an Indepen dent movement, when we, your long lost brothers, with strawberry marks . j i i on our leit arms, are just iainy uying to serve you within the ranks of the two old parties without your putting up a cent for election expenses. "JJon't be bashful in making your wants known: the Earth is yours al ready, ana all you have to ao is to say so and we will step right up and get the moon for you. Independent Convention of the Third Congressional District At a conference of the Farmers' Alli ance, Knights of Labor, Trade Unions, Labor Ulubs and other labor organiza tions of the Third Congressional Dis trict, held at Grand Island, Neb., May 29, 1800, in which 24 counties were rep resented, it was decided to issue a call for an Independent1 Congressional convention to be held at Colum bus, Neb., July 15, 1890, at 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of placing in nomination an independed candidate for congress in the Third Congressiona District of Nebraska. The basis of representation shall be as follows: The representation to the county conventions shall be one dele gate to every twenty members or major fraction thereof, and all Sub. Alliances, . AaMUa twi v o . tiHiOQS, -iiuuruuuii, wiin iw man .v naenabers shall be entitled to one dele gate. Tbe representation in tne Con- tr gressional convention shall be one dele gate to every 10 delegates or major frac tion thereof to the county convention. A full delegation is desired. James Beswick, Ch'm. J. G.Painteb, Sec. Kearney, Neb. Broken Bow, Neb. ALLIANCE BADGES. We present herewith an illustration of the badge which is being made in Chicago for the Nebraska a -mm -r Alliance. it is a very pretty thing, in the form of a scarf or bosom pin. Its color is gold, and red, white and blue. It is about half an inch wide and six-eighths of an inch long, and is a very neat and orna- mental pin. Secretary Thompson will furnish this badge to Alliances at the rate of $17.50 per 100. Single samples, sent by mail. 20 cents each. . . We are now hoping to make a still better contract in Chicago, in which case the price will be lowered. Our first contract was for $15.00 per hun dred. It was then raised to $17.50. But we are now expecting to make- & contract at $14.00. WALL STREET WINS- Silver Stabbed Again. The conference committee o the , silver bill has come to an agreement which leaves silver as a commodity, the same as wheat and corn. The amount of bullion the government is to pur- chase is increased to 4,50O,0W ounces - per month, and the certificates issued for the bullion are to.be redeemable in coin and be full legal tender. Wall street is the winner thus, far in this fight, as the principle of free and un- limi.ed coinage is defeated. The Gov I ... a jl i A emmeni HUeBl 1SW wimuwwb wu u ernment might issue certificates on any I - ' m , other commodity ana redeem tiem m coin. We hope the conference report will not be adopted. Uivftuairee coia age or nothing;. 1ST The Nebraska Development Association. From the Saline County Uemocrat: We hare received the following circularr Q. W. Lininrer, Pres.. W. N. Nason, Sec, Omaha. Omaha.. J. R. Clark. Tr- T-lnnoln. E. K. Valentine, Vice-Pres.. West Point. J. P. Ballinger, Ass't Sec., Hastings. office or Nebraska Development Association, Omaha. Neb.. June 25. 18U0. Dear Sir: x It is doubtless annarent to vou that one of the strongest drawbacks to immigration into Nebraska at this time, lathe fact that the state is sutxering rrom an Injured reputation abroad. The idea has gone out that Nebraska farmers are not prosperous any more; that the business men, the bankers and the rail- business Interests of the state. This agita tion. If persisted in, will soon acquire such momentum that even afUr these grievances have been adjusted, it will be years before the state can shake off the depressing Influ ence of an injured reputation. The press has undoubtedly been a potent factor in arousing the people and securing tbese reforms that are sore to come, wow is it not tne amy or the press to check this already overwrought agitation among the people, od while bold lag fast for reduction In railroad rates and bank rates, resent tbe infamous slander that Nebraska Is financially embarrassed? It is generally believed by the thinking' business man ana tne rair rninaea mm imeingent prosperous tKdyiproportto to the capital Invested than the farmers of any other state farmer, that Nebraska farmers are more in the union. Then let the press begin to preach this doctrine. If it's true; why not say so, and Bay it in such) a positive manner as to silence the slanders that have gone abroad. Having called your attention' to these pointsby way of trentlr lotrannoF your mem ory, we ask you. If you see this as weao, to publish in your next issue an editorial on this Hne of thought and' send u marke eopy. xrusang tnat your sense of Justice- ana your aesire to stana on tne ngbt side- or truth amklna. alatilA.afiilninM.iu.nakUi .4nJ.. will Inspire you. we will wait anxiously for your positive and potent action. We shall neea a number of extra oopies-of your naoer to use In working up our harvest) excursions this summer. w. N. N-ason, Sec'y. From the tenor of the above- extraordinary- document we are inclined 'to- think- that the high sounding Nebraska Development Asso ciation must be a twin brother to little Ikey Jensen's Nebraska Republican1 Office-holders Association at Washington. G eorge W. " Li n lnger is the name of a capitalist' at Omaha late republican candidate for mayor. B. K. Valentine is the president of tbe-First Na tional Bank at Westy Point, an i exveongress man who has just been appointed sergeant-at-arms of the U. S. Senate, and who through his whole political career has been the firm friend ef the railroads. There is a banker In Lincoln named John Rl Clark, who Is also interested in numerous other banks In differ ent parts of the state. If be Is not Clarke, the treasurer. It Is evidently the intent of the "association" to create that impression. That these worthies should foul their own nests by admitting the charge against the banks of "over-greediness" and "conspiring to exact from the farmer extortionate pro fits," is a little singular, and that the whole of the farmers' woes should be attributed to the banks and railroads and not a 6ingle word said against the oppressive tariff and the cat tle and other combines and trusts, is extreme ly significant. It has never been observed that any of the gentlemen named above have ever protested against the "over-greediness" which they acknowledge is true of the banks and railroads of this state. In fact, from their known tendencies in the other direction, it is rather re markable that they would let such an admission go out under their names. If they had used their influence to secure just laws for this state they might not now find it necessary to protest against 'the depressing influence of the injured reputation of the state." As a matter of fact the state has not been slandered. The people of the state a re financially embarrassed, and the farmers are fearfully overburdened with what Senator Paddock terms "evi dences of prosperity," viz: Mortgages. But these things are no more true of Nebraska than of other neicrhboring states; and the mortgages are not the cause of the depression, but the result as - well as the evidence of it. These narrow-minded bankers, who are no doubt able finan ciers, but know very little about the principles of money, see the depression and feel it in their business; and they rush to the silly conclusion that it is due to stagnated immigration caused by the infamous slander that Nebraska is financially embarrassed" instead of Ionian r fm looking for the real cause in the demon etization of silver, the establishment of the single gold standard, and the con traction of the national bank circula tion, all of which they have aided and abetted with the intention of lowering prices so that interest would command more wealth. All of these gentlemen, . who admit the "greediness and extortion of tho banks and railroads" have been iinpor' tant members and auxiliaries of the po litical machine through which the rail roads and banks have been able to per petrate their extortions. Their appeal to the "potent press.' to deny the slanders is refreshing, The day has gone by when newspapers can make cool weather, or good crops, or flush times bv merely asserting that those things exist. Eaoh farmer knows how it is with himself, and their close sociations with all parts of the state through their Alliances enables them to know the truth quite as well if not bet ter than the bankers. We will add rieht. here that The Alii aace is waiting with, some interest for the official figures ofi Mr. Test and the other gentlemen about mortgages; and we warn the gentlemen that they can not put on any iau9w iigures in uus uiuv ter. X - tfC 1 B 1. . A- A Worthy Example. ' The following letter and resolutions explain themselves. They were ac companied by a list of names and re mittance. Beavek City, Neb. July 3, 1890. .editor amjance: i inclose a reso lution passed by Pleasaut View Alli ance No. 607: Resolved, - That we take $2.00 of the unremitted. State Dues for the quarter ending September, and subscribe for ten Alliance papers for three months. and send the paper to non-members o the Alliance." We accept the list and money in this case as a starter, as they are to go. to non-members free. See our Club Terms for balance of this year. The Venango Argus for Johrf H. Powers. The Venango Argus comes to. us with "The People's Ticket, i For Governor John H. Powers." at the lhead of ita edi I - 1 1 1 torli COdUUUl. XJTU, xvmuuuua iiuitu.! M -m m is level. We wish hel would indicate preference for thf State ticket in other directions, aa wcl oeiave.His.J-dg-. ment is good The Indepen3Wnt Movement in Douglas County. Representatives of all the industrial organizations in the city held a meet ing at Fuller's hall. Fourteenth and Douglas street, Saturday night, to take steps to organize for the independent political movement. It was decided to hold the county convention on July 20 at 2 p. m., to elect twenty-five delegates to attend the state convention at Lincoln, July 29. The primaries will be held in the various wards at 5 p. m'., Thursday, July 14, the basis of representation to be one delegate for each industrial or ganization and one for every ten mem bers thereof, and one delegate for every ten outside of industrial organizations who have signed the call for the inde pendent convention-. At the primaries only those who sign the declaration of irinciples and call will be allowed to participate, and - the roll so kept shall on the day following the primaries be sent to- the chairman of the county central committee, and the committee will report the same to the county convention or the commit tee on credentials. The following were selected as tem porary central committeemen1: C. ,W. Miller, South Omaha, cliairmtvn; J. C. Tierney, Omaha; J. W. Mbore, Water loo; J. H. Blake, Omaha; Jl W. Edger ton, South Omaha. The call for the county convention M'ill be issued in a few days. Venier Voldo at Work; Venier Voldo addressed large crowds in Butler county, syeaklng successively at David City, Brainerd, Surprise, Hell wood and Garrison. In Otoe county the week following he met enthusiastic anuiliences at Unadilla, Palmyra, Berlin, Dunbar and Syracuse. At Be he christened the new Alliance Hall on June 30, though the building was inad equate to hold the crowd, and after ward held good meetings at Utica and M&lfordin Seward county. He ad dressed 6,000 at Nelson on July 4. This week he fills five engagements in Fill more county beginning at Geneva, July 8th. He is advertised to speak at Da vid' City on July 14, and Ulysses n July 15, and will then devote one week to lLancaster county. Mr. Voldo-i giving his whole time to the cause, and is well spoken of everywhere. Lancaster County Alliance Declares for Independent Action. Lancaster County Alliance met at Lincoln on Tuesday, July 7. Thirty Alliances were represented by ninety six delegates. The-subject of independent political action had been referred to the Subor dinate Alliances. On the reports from these Alliances all were in favor of put ting an independent county ticket in the field except one Alliance; and as to this one it was said that a majority of its members" were now in favor of such action. A committee was appointed to confer with other industrial organization with a view to the calling of an Inde pendent People's Convention. Our Twine Deal. Tho-satisfactory manner in which our Stato Agent transacts business, is shown by the following letter. This was a case- in wnicn alter tne twino wa bought aud paid for Mr. Hartley re turned the money because the Alliance did' not need the twine. neople have been furnished tv, i rer than any Cher, and all por . ccn con strued in their favo. . J. W. Hartley, Lincoln, Neb.: In behalf of the people of our Alliance I will hereby extend to you a vote of thanks for your kind and honorable treatment to us in refunding our mom-y sent for twine. We farmers arc $xt used to being dealt with in that way. Accept our thanks. lours iraternauv, Ciias. K. SrABF.iK. Westmart, Neb., July 1st., 18U0. A Good Man for State Treasurer. Hon. M. K. Lewis, of Hastings, has been mentioned by his friends as a good maan for State Treasurer on the Inde pendent Ticket. Mr. Lewis is an ar dent anti-monopolist, a successful busi ness man, and his personal character is entirely above reproach. If he would consent to be a candidate ho would cer tainly be a strong one. The Mortgage Foreclosed; A Story of Farm Life, by C. 1L Thayer. The above is the title of a very reada ble book which, intutfttttou to an inter esting story, partly of farm life, dis cusses the tariff que&tkvn in nearly all its phases, but mote particularly as It affects the faruunsr class. Belford. Clark & Co., CWeago. A Few Plain Questions. Editor Alliance: It is-estimated that nearly ono billion dollars is sjent annually for liquor in the United States. Now the question is who gets this money and how is it invested? There is no question but what it soon finds its way into the hands of capital ists and is invested in bank, railway and protected manufactory stock, and thu robs the temperate producer with the intemperate. Now I would like to ask my financo and transportation reform brothers a few candid questions. 1st. Have you any confidence in any man voting any kind of reform who cheerfully hands his wages over the Ivar for something that is worse than noth ing while his family suffers for the ne cessaries of life? 2d. Have you any confidence in the man behind the bar who tafc.es all the man's earnings in return for this slow poison voting for any reform? 8d. Have you any confidence in the man who manufactures this drug, whose mission is. to make paupers and criminals, voting for reform of any kind? I have just confidence enough in thU class to believe they are at the head of all trust? and combinations to. enslave the temperate with the intemperate. And as abolition was found to be a mil itary necessity. If this is to. be a war of ballots between labor and capital pro hibition, will be a political necessity. J. B. OSJJCHh