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year 1834, and again emigrated to Rock
Island Co. Illfnoifjin 1844. Mr. Wright
received his education after leaving the
common schools al "Geneseo Seminary"
of Geneseo, Illinois, attending the semi
nary for three years. In 1856 he re
mdved with his parents to Peru, Nema
ha county. Nebraska. December 25th
1858 Mr. Wright was united in marriage
with "Miss Annie Wright," a bonnie
lassie from Scotland. They have been
residents of Nemaha county for more
than a quarter of a century.
Mr. Wright has had considerable ex
perience as a pedagogue, having taught
twenty one terms of school in his coun
ty. In 1875 he was appointed assistant
revenue assessor and deputy collector
for revenue division No. 9, by Ex-Senator
Thomas W. Tipton, then United
States revenue assessor for Nebraska.
Held the position of division assessor
and deputy collector until the building
of the Uaion Pacific rail road madea
change of divisions necessary, the re
venue being collected from Omaha.
Mr Wright, while holding the position
of revenue .assessor and collector, col
lected from ranchmen and traders of
his division several thousand dollars,
receiving from his superior the credit
of having done his duty. In 1869 Mr.
Wright was elected county surveyor of
Nemaha county, holding the office two
terms. In 1867 he removed from Pern
to his present farm, where he has re
sided uutil the present time. Mr.
Wright's farm is widely known as the
"Silver Farm and Nurseries" of John
son, Nemaha county Nebraska. Mr.
Wrip-ht has one of the largest orchards
of the county, and but few farms of
the county are better improved. He
has all his life in Nebraska taken an
active interest in educational work and
farmer's institutes of the state, and has
for years been engaged in "casting
bread upon the waters" in the reform
principles of organized labor. He is at
preseRt county organizer and state lect
urer ofthe Nebraska Farmers' Alliance.
It will be seen that Mr. Wright is a
representative farmer in the best sense
of the term one of those noblemen
' whose intellectual attainments and
broad culture refute the too common
idea that a fanner must necessarily be
an inferior order of being. This cam
paign will demonstrate to the people of
Nebraska that the terms "farmer, au
thor, scholar, poet, gentleman," may all
properly be applied to one and the same
person. We are here to hold up the
bannei of the Nebraska farmer.
A. D'Allemand.
A. D'Allemand, the People's candi
date for Superintendent of Public In
struction, is a. native of Strausbourg,
now belonging to Germany, but form
erly to France. He was born Jan. 27,
1840. Received his education in the
college of Strausbourg, the gymnasium
of Wurzburg, Bavaria, and in a private
academy in Borougbridge, England, in
the latter place alternately teaching
and receiving instruction. He taught
then in an academy in St. Helens, from
thence received a position in Killarney
college, Killarney, Ireland, where he
taught for fourteen consecutive years.
In 1870 he settled in Plattsmouth, where
he opened a private school, often re-
auiriner other assistants on account of
the large pumber of pupils. The board
of education of Plattsmouth tendered
him the high grade in their school,
which he accepted.
Having a family of seven boys and
two girls, he concluded to move west
and obtain a slice of Uncle Sam's do
main. He selected a half section near
Arapahoe in' Dec, 1873. and in the
spring of 1S74 removed with his family
to his present location. .
During the grasshopper raid of 1874
he was sent from his county to collect
aid for the settlers. In four days he re
turned with the first car load of flour.
and other eatables and clothing, which
his old friends in Plattsmouth made up
in one day. He taught a term of six
mouths in the schools of Arapahoe dur
ing the winter of 1874 5.
In 1883 he was elected county super
intendent of Furnas county, which
office he held for three . terms. The
teachers of his county presented him at
the sixth annual institute with a beauti
ful arm chair as a token of their esteem.
A diploma was awarded by the Ne
braskarstate board of Agriculture to
him for the first best exhibit of school
work from any county in the state, at
their annual fair held at Lincoln, Neb.,
Sept. 6 to 13, 1889.
He is at present president of the Fur
nas County Farmers' Alliance, to which
office he was unanimously elected some
time ago.
It will be seen by the above sketch
that Prof. D'Allemand is probably as
well qualified for the position for which
he has been named as any man who
ever held the position.
Hon- Wm. A. McKeighan.
William Arthur McKeighan, candi
date Sot congress in the second con
gressional district, was born in Cum
berland county, N. J., January 19, 1842,
He came to Fulton county, 111., in 1848.
In the common school he was an ex
tremely apt pupil, and acquired more
with the limited advantages of that day
that were offered him than many do
with a university course. He remaied
on the farm till the war of the rebellion,
when he enlisted in the 11th reg. of
111., volunteer cavalry, under Col. R.
U. ingersoii. At tne close of the war
he married Miss Lois E. Brown, and
settled on a farm near Pontiac, 111
He was a prominent figure in the great
farmers' movement of 1872, and was
elected vice-president of the Illinois
People's Association for the eighth con
gressional district, and labored in the
anti-monopoly cause in that state until
1880, when he cane to Nebraska. On
. V . m . a m
me organization ox tne Alliance in
1881-2, he became one of the prominent
members, and has faithfully labored in
the cause of the farmers ever since,
Judge McKeighan has an interesting
family consisting of his wife and three
children. Charles F. the eldest being a
partner in the farming business, Edith
L. being a teacher, and Jennie May
McKeighan being the youngest, at
home with her parents.
Jude McKeighan has been a promi
nent figure in the politics of his county
and the second district for some years.
He was elected county judge of Web
ster county in 1884, and was the peo
ple's candidate against Jim Laird in
1886, receiving 16,873 votes against 18,-
373 for Laird.
Judge McKeighan is a member of the
K. of L. He has ? always been on the
side of the people, no matter what
questions were at issue. That he will
be triumphantly elected the next mem
ber from the second district there is no
manner of doubt. Mr. Harlan wants
to hurry up and challenge McKeighan
to meet him on the stump and we pre
dict it will be a cold day. for Harlan
when he meets him.
The Omaha Bee, the Census 'and Farm
Mortgages.
Census statistics demolish many of the stock
assaults of the enemies of the west- Returns
received indicate that the mortgage indebted
ness of the western states will not exceed a
quarter of the amount claimed by irresponsi
ble blather? kit s and political demagogues.
Bee or August .
It seems from returns so far in that the
census statistics relative to mortgage indebt
ed begs will not prove of any scientific value.
The figures have been imperfectly arrived at
and actual indebtedness is not shown. The
supervisors who have the matter In charge
are managing to draw their pay, and that is
about all the good that is coming froia the
bill signed by Mr. Cleveland authorizing It.
Bee of August 6. ;
We give the two items above to show
just how unreliable these jumping jack
editors who are tied to a banker and
corporation string are. The first state
ment is a square falsehood. We will
wager the editor the Bee five hundred
dollars that the official figures, to be
taken 'from 'the county records, will
show the mortgage indebtedness of Ne
braska to be far in excess of the amount
named by the Alliance memorial, viz:
$150,000,000. We are waiting for the
official figures of Gen. E. F. Test for
some representative counties, when we
are prepared to produce the figures in
the counties he will try to falsify. The
Bee knows as well as we do that Mr.
Porter's census scheme, as far as it re
lated to farm mortgages, was a gigantic
fraud, designed to deceive, and it prac
tically admits it in the second item
quoted above. Some, enterprising
gentlemen of Saline county obtained
the official figures of the indebtedness
of that county, and they were furnished
to the Bee and other Omaha papers.
But as they conclusively refuted the
statements those corporation sheets
were making, they never either pub
lished or alluded to them. We will sav
to the editor of the Bee that the way to
win the confidence of Jhe people is to
tell the truth. It does not seem neces
sary for us to point out to him the way
to lose this confidence.
"An Amoosin Little Cuss." ,
Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, reminds
us of Artemus Ward's kangaroo, whom
Ward always described. as ' an amoosin
little cuss." As he was present at our
Independent State Convention we felt
some interest in what he might have to
say about the movement in the Bee for
the next day. Instead of finding any
thing on the subject in the editorial
columns on that day, we found his lead
ing editorial was on the subject of the
disastrous effects the organized farmers
in the South, particularly in South Car
olina, was going to have on the Demo
cratic party of that section. To quote:
"There has certainly been no such po
litical upheaval in . the South since the
war, and it is to be borne in mind that
tne people who are causing it are not
republicans, but democrats. They are
men who have . become thoroughly dis
satisfied with Bourbon rule in- the
States, and have determined to make a
courageous effort to sweep out of power
the aristocratic and tyrannical element
that has so long administered affairs
with no regard for the interests and
welfare of the people."
So it seems that our brethren of the
South are stirring up the dominant
party there, and overturning things
generally, all of which Brother Rose-
water can plainly discern. But the
great uprising of the same element
against railroads and ring rule in the
West is but a small affair. It would be
well if Rosewater could find the large
beam in his own eve.before he tries to
pluck the mote from his brother's eye.
This democratic party is wonderfully
and fearfully made, according to some
of the party sheets in this State. It is
encouraging the Alliances to destroy
the democratic party in the South where
it is secure in its supremacy, while in
the West, where it has always been in
the minority, it is also encouraging the
Alliances. Ihe fact is that the people
in both sections are rising up in their
mighty power, and aie casting out of
high places those partisan bosses who
have betrayed them in the past.
The Pauper Ticket.
Mr. Richards has struck the key note
of the railroad campaign. It is money
against the people. . A man with a mort
gage on his farm is a pauper, and a
pauper is not eligible to office in this
country, where dollars and not men are
being represented. Most of us are
paupers, according to this dictum. One
thing is quite certain, if the paupers, as
defined by Mr. Richards, vote together
their ticket will be elected. Mr. Rich
ards is likely to be considerably aston
ished by the pauper vote. While ad
mitting that "it is no particular disgrace
to be poor," Mr. R. will do well to re
member that it is a "particular disgrace"
to be rich, if riches are gained by grind
ing the face of the poor. This fling at
the farmers of Nebraska will effect
ually shut the door of one " Kingdom
o neaven" in Mr. Richards' face.
t3T"The Xebrasla blizzard, published
at Ord, has hoisted the independent
ticket at its masthead. The Blizzard
can be. depended upon to blow a freez
ing blast upon the falsehood and hum-
buggery of the railroad ticket. It is a
cola day for that outfit when the .Ye
braslca Blizzard strikes it.
'Look Out ! You may elect a Democrat!"
The hue and cry is upland that's just
the size of it. This is the very thin
we have predicted in another article in
this paper. Partisan prejudice is ap
pealed to, the memories of the war are
resurrected, and republican hate of
democrats is expected to accomplish for
the railroad ticket what fair arguments
and facts will fail to do. The farmers
are told that theindependentntovement
is only a ruse of the democrats to get
into power, and that B. & M. influence
was brought to bear to nominate Mr.
Powers. The last lie is too thin to even
need contradicting. As for the first
one there are several cogent facts which
bear upon it. In the first place there
are as many democrats in the independ
ent movement as there are republicans
in proportion , to the strength of the
parties; and there are enough of both
in the Alliance to elect the independent
ticket if they stick. In the face of this
latter fact the talk about electing dem
ocrats loses all its force. In the second
place it is just as desirable for the in
dependent forces to elect democrats as
it is to elect republicans. The demo
crats are not quite as much accustomed
t3 railroad villainy as the railroad re
publicans, as, not having been in power,
they have not been worth buying. Hop
ing by good policy to get into power,
they are fearful of alienating the rail
road influence, and so refuse to consider
the money question, the land question
and the transportation question as liv
ing issues, but try to narrow public discussion-
down to the tariff Question.
which is insignificant compared with
the others. The independents will have
neither democrats nor re publicans. But
if they were compelled to choose be
tween railroad republicanism as now
exemplified in Nebraska, and Nebraska
democracy, they would unhesitatingly
choose the latter. So the hue and cry
is a scarecrow, and the independents
will stand by their guns.
Stick. :
From now until election day the inde
pendent party man, if formerly a repub
lican, will be told in season and out of
season that the independent party move
ment is a scheme to break up the re
publican , party and put the democrats
in power. On the other hand the old
time democrats will be told that now
for the first time in the history of the
state the democrats have a chance to
elect their ticket, and that no democrats
should vote the independent ticket this
year. Ihe old party hacks, both re
publican and democratic, will ring the
changes on these arguments on every
possible occasion, and these arguments
will have, we admit, considerable force
with those who in times gone by have
been strong party men. Every, inde
pendent in the state should fortify him
self against this kind of talk, and re
member that the success of either of the
old parties will not be Ms success;" that
there is no hope for relief from the evils
of the railroad domination or final sal
vation from the mortgage shark in
either of the old parties. No farmer
should ever complain again of ring or
railioad rule if he fails to vote his own
ticket this year, regardless of every
argument or inducement that can be
brought to bear upon him. If the
farmer sticks to his ticket it is surely
elected. Not less than seventy per cent
of the entire vote ofthe state is the
farmer vote, and they have only to stick
to the ticket to carry it by an enormous
majority. Stand shoulder to shoulder
and victory is before us; divide up and
we not only fail, but discourage all fu
ture efforts for relief.
Mr. Snell and Mr. Courtney.
We probably owe Mr. Snell an apolo
gy for coupling these two names; and it
seems extremely unfortunate that two
men of such opposite natures and repu
tations should be candidates for the same
office. It seems unfortunate that no test
of morality or fitness for position can
be applied in a convention. The shrewd
est manipulator gets there, no matter if
he is nore fit for Botany Bay than for
position. When the Lincoln Herald says
Mr. Courtney is the candidate of the
criminal classes he hits the nail squarely
on the head. Here is its item:
Since Mr. N. Z. Snell has been nomi
nated byth independent party conven
tion that met in this city last 'Saturday
the Herald has no hesitancy in saying
that he should be nominated by the
democrats. He is a man of ability and
integrity, and if elected would brincr to
the discharge of the duties of the office
of
county attorney just those qualities
which are most needed and which have
been most lacking. And, it may be
fairly and justly said, which will con
tinue to be most lacking if the republi
can nominee is elected. Itisalreadv
very evident that Mr. Courtnay is not a
party nominee. He is the nominee of
the criminal class and its friends and
abettors. That class will support him
without regard to party. It thus be
comes the duty of all law-abidinsr. order-
loving citizen to give Mr. Snell the same
earnest and enthusiastic support with
out regard to party lines that Mr. Court
nay will receive from the people he pe
culiarly and especially represents, and
wnose guardian and deliverer he is ex
pected to be if elected.
No Back Track.
The politicians of both parties, after
looking over our splendid state conven
tion and the enthusiasm there shown,
admit in private conversation that if
the election were to take place next
week the independent ticket would be
elected by a good majority. Now, fel
low independents, are we going to be
stampeded from our ticket between
now and the 5th of November? Is it
possible that any man who would Vote
the ticket to-day can be cajoled or
browbeaten from his position by the
usual campaign methods or any meth
ods. We say no! no! We are strong
to-day we will gain strength every
day until election day, and then we will
show them that the people are on top, and
that we are the people.
The Farmebs Alliance is the lead
ing farmer's paper in the State. Send
lists of names for sample copies.
On' a Cat Mummy.
Preposterous cat. from Egypt's soil arise.
Where thou hast lata beneath the sand seas
- nat. ;
The countless jrars had power thy face to
wizen.
But not to wreck, for thou art still a eat!
I will not point at thee with jesting finger.
Nor pass thee by as though unworthy tho't.
For there is much In thee to make me linger;
Those sightless eyes are with high meaning
fraught.
'Tis hard indeed for modern thonght or notion
To move along in ancient Koptic line.
Or hold, by any sort of wierd devotion
Grimalkin clothed jn attributes divine.
We upstarts have a curious way of linking
Puss with old dames and flights upon a
:-.'''. 'v. broom,'-" ' . -
But Egypt's reverential mode of thinking
Ere Homer s day ran back to earlier gloom.
How very modern is our prophet Moses I
Our Christ himself but theme for recent
,-.;taik, -wi' ; ' .
While we are few when counted with the
That owned the sway of Horns and of hawk.
Five thousand years! The bra'n grows sick
and dizzy, '
But' long ere then Phtah ruled beside' the
'' Nile,
And swarming millions, brown and blithe
- m, and busy, .
Throve in the dreamy sple-dor of his smile.
Most ancient cat! When thou were swathed
and twisted
In costly shroud and laid in sacred grave,
Apis and Pharoab vainly were resisted, .
And gentle Isis deigned to bless and save.
Those gods are dead, and faded is their splen-'"-
der; Y : '"..'
Their countless years are but a day that's
"'." done, . .
While Bethlehem's star, with radiance pure
'and tender,
Outshines in glory Egypt's fiercest sun. -The
granite statue of sublime Barneses
On Memphis plain stands desolate to-day.
And years drift by, like cummer's cloudy
. flleeces, ,
Forever changing- and the same for aye.
Broad lotus leaves still on Nile's bosom quiver,
Still lives the Sphinx in many a Koptic face,
But never Pharoah drifts across the river
In Golden Boat to his long resting place.
O wondrous cat! Time levelea many a city.
," Pantheons fell, great nations were forgot,
But thou wast hid, and now in scorn and pity
Contest to taunt me with my fleeting lot. .
Out of my sight! I will no more abide thee!
Tby wierd grotesquenesB makes me chill
; and faint.
Thou art too hoar; I cannot well deride thee,
But I will spurn thee ere I suffer taint. .-
Curse on those old
Egyptians and their sci-
, ence! .
Types live, and change doth
keep this old
world sweet. .;;'"' i . . ! ; 3: -. ; - X:
We.paes and come again; why bid defiance
To Nature, and be spurned beneath her feet?
Voices of nature! Join in ceaseless paean!
Death is but change and joyful motherhood ;
And through the chorus whisper, Galilean.
" Why live at all except for doing good?"
. - George Horton.
V The Pacific Railroads.
Central. Citt, Neb.!. August 2, 180.
Mk. Editor: It may not be out of place
for me to say a few words to the men who
labor. Will the farmers and workmen vote
for those we have chosen to represent them,
from their own ranks, or will they stick by
the G. 0. P. and vote for men who are in the
fight on the side of the railroads? Workmen,
will you keep these money sharks in power
for the sake of old party? A bill is naw be
fore congress asking the government to loan
money direct to the laboring man at 2 per
cent on land security. This bill has been de
clared unconstitutional by such men as Sena
tor Edmunds, who is an attorney for the rail
roads. He ia a Hj ember of the committee on
railroads and favors the scheue advocated by
congress, giving the Central and Union Pacific
railroads the debt they owe the C S. It is
constitutional for the government to give
these rich corporations forty to fifty thousand
square miles of the best land in the United
States and also sixty or seventy millions of
money. But if a poor farmer wishes to bor
row a few dollars fiom an overloaded treas
ury it is beyond the power of congress to
grant It.
Senator Manderson says that, it is the wisest
policy for the government to cancel the claim
against these roads, for if we collect it the
roads will get it from the people along the
route "by indirect processes." And still
further on in his letter he says that he be
lieves that these roads do not pay "from lack
of inclination rather than lack of ability."
What does this mean, taxpayers? Are we
to understand that if we collect a just debt
against these roads, we will be ) obbefi by
them to get the money backagain? Does our
senior senator tnmK mat we farmers are
fools enough to believe that this government
cannot collect a debt against this gang of
robbers, when if England owed us we would
have a million men in the field within sixty
days to enforce our demands?
Are these robbers beyond the law? It
seems so when nearly every member of con
gress is in favor of giving them still more
money. It looks to the common thinker as
though the members of congress were in with
the railroads, und re shaiing the steal.
. It may be that those powerful minds in
congress can se beyond the vail that covers
the future, and see these railroad companies
coming forward and paying their just debts
after they have settled all claims.
Now farmers dop't complain of hard times,
when you see the government taxing us be
yond our means and giving the surplus to
these robbers to use to buy our congressmen.
Congress has not foreclosed the mortgage
against these roads although it is seven or
eight years past due. But let one of you
fanners fail to pay a mortgage when due and
ten days after you are closed out. How do
you like it? What are you going to do about
it? Gilbert L. Laws, member of congress
from the Second district, says that the Pacific
railroads are not worth the first mortgage on
them. These same roads are allowed to de
clare a dividend on both mortgages, $150,000,-
000, and congress don't object. According to
these able statesmen there is $70,000,(00 too
flarge a debt, and on the watered stock a div
idend is allowed. One-balf of this amount
would buy up the entire congress and the
roads will pocket the balance. Don't it look
that way? Vote for the old parties and you
will be happy as slaves. Think of this farm
ers, and see who should be master.
- M. M. Haixeck,
Where, O Where?
Where are Keckley and Nettleton
and Leese and Southerland and . those
other heroes of more or less caliber,
who but ten weeks ago had the republi
can party by the throat and swore to
reform it or kill it. Will they toe the
mark like brave men.or will they skulk
in obscurity and make their sly and
secret way back to the railroad camp?
Where are Dempster, Gilbert and
Ballard and the scores of doughty
char' pions of prohibition who have so
often and so sacredly and so fearlessly
announced it a pleasure to politically
mo in ucicuse oi nome against the sa
loons?
Will they disappear like the mists of
the morning, to bob up again in their
accusiomea places in tne party that is
owned soul and body by ' the distillers,
brewers and saloon keepers of the state?
L.incom tteraia.
Crop Reports
The following letter about crop reports
hits the nail souarely on the head. We
would be very glad to have Secretaries
of Alliances comply with tnis request,
and we will classify the reports, and
give them in a condensed form. Such
reports have heretofore been made in
the interest of grain and real estate
speculators: -
Cambridge, Neb., August 3, 1890.
Editor Alliance: I write you to
suggest that y oh request through your
paper, the Secretary of each subordi
nate Alliance to report the condition of
all crops in his jurisdiction to you, as
briefly as possible, so that the farmers
may know the exact condition of crops
throughout the State. I have noticed
for many years (I am 75 years old ) that
the reports published are all in favor of
the speculator. For instance, some ten
days ago the Bee stated that corn was
first-rate in Furnas and Frontier coun
ties. The facts were that it was then
past hope all through this section of
country, and the monied men buying
all the old corn to be got.
Yours Truly,
M. D. Bennett.
GOSPER COUNTT. .
Wheat is threshing from one-fourth
to three bushels per acre, oats about
one-fourth crop. Not 10 per cent of
small giain has been cut: Many fields
of corn are already dried up. With
good rains from now on corn will make
a half a crop, lnis is tor southern
Gosper. W. E. Aldrich.
CUASE COUNTY.
The crop outlook is not as good as it
has been in the four years previous
owing to the long continued drouth.
Wheat will be a small yield but of a
good quality. Oats and barley almost
a total failure. Corn is suffering badly
for rain, yet we can still have a fair
crop of corn if we have rains from now
on. Potatoes almost a total failure.
Gardens dried up, -but the Farmers'
Alliance still continues to grow through
hot and dry weather.
Frank Whipple.
cheyenne county. .
Editor Alliance: Up till the 16tb
of this month it was rather dry, making
wheat short; will go from 6 to 10 bush
els per acre. Corn will be short one
fourth a crop. Potatoes will make an
average crop.
Horses and cattle look well. We get
a good rain every week, and oftener,
with little hail. We have two irrigat
ing ditches in construction. One starts
near Camp Clark and runs west to
Julesburg, and the other starts near
the Wyoming line and runs to Floyd,
Neb. Both large ditches, and both ta
ken out of the North Platte river on the
south side. H. M. Coulter, ,
Sec'y Co. Alliance.
Buffalo County.
Wheat one-half crop; flax the same.
Oats 8 to 15 bushels per acre. Potatoes
almost a failure. Some fields of corn
too dry for fodder. The best under fa
vorable circumstances will perhaps
five one-half crop. Late planting the
est. The prairie looks like we had
a couple of hard frosts. 106 in the
shade in a strong wind and has been
100 or above every day for two weeks.
Overproduction (of heat).
J. Y. M. Swigart.
' Alliance Picnic in Frontier County.
Weaver Alliance, No. 1189.
July 24th, 1890.
The Alliance picnic held July 24th,
1890, in one of the beantiful groves of
Frontier county, Nebraska, on the bank
of the Muddy, consisting of Alliance
men and their families, and citizens of
every political belief, with well filled
baskets and a roasted cow - for dessert,
mingled together as one great happy
family. The day was fine, the grounds
clean and shady. Good tempered crowds,
laughing children, smiling lovely maids
antf loving mothers all contributed to
make the picnic all that its patrons
could desire, and to impress one with
the good the teachings of the Alliance
exercise on all within their influence.
Everybody was surprised, especially
those who were not Alliance tuenr to
see so large a gathering. Some were
heard to say, "where did they come
from?" Never in the history of our
country has there been such unity of
action among the producing classes.
The old political delusions are rapidly
passing away. The G. O. Ps. are be
ginning to see clearly that they will
nave to step down and out.
About eleven o'clock 1,000 smiling
countenances gathered around . the
speakers' stand, when the portly person
and smiling countenance of G. W.
Bailey of Frontier county, called the
meeting to order. The song "America"
was then sung by the glee club with
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gath at the head.
After prayer by Rev. B. M. Allen, an
address of welcome was made by G.
W. Bailey of Washington Alliance.
After song and music came dinner
served in regular western picnic style.
After dinner the well satisfied crowd
(so far as a sumiptuous dinner was
concerned) gathered at the stand and
was aduressed by, the Kev. W llson of
Frontier county." Then another song
and music, after which Mr. H. W.
McFaddin, of Furnas county, addressed
the audience noiding it spellbound for
nearly an hour, lhen followed the
song "Good-bye, my Party, Good-bye,"
accompanied bv music rendered by
Sister Gath of 'Burrows Alliance No.
745 of Gosper county. Philo Ford of
the same county addressed the audi
ence in a short, spicy speech, followed
by A. L. Burk, of Burrows Alliance No.
475. The business of the day was closed
by an appropriate speech by E. T. Jay,
of Frontier county.
ihe tjriee Club and Alliance Songster
played a conspicuous part in the busi
ness of the day. J. L. Land,
Pres't Weaver Alliance No. 1189.
The Bee in a Tremor.
The Bee of the 29th nearly had con
niption fits for fear " the people " would
not be represented in the convention
held in Lincoln that day. Well. Mr.
Rosewater was there, and we would be
glad to hear whether his fears were re
alized. Were " the people " represent
ed, or was the convention made of free
pass bummers and railroad cappers,
like the one of a few days before?
Please let us know, Mr. R.
How It Looks to Outsiders.
The organizat ion which was re pre
sen ted at Lincoln by 873 delegates from
TV counties claims 78,000 voting mem
bers in the state, The Tote on so pre me
judge last year was. republican 91,470,
democratic 72,423, prohibition 5,821. A
republican, once a politician in this
county looking on at Lincoln remark
ed: -'I don't believe the republican
ticket will ever touch bottom this year.
In view of the above figures his words
seem justified. The question for us is,
what part shall democracy take in the
scrimmage? Saline Co. Democrat.
8end your orders for tin fruit cans to,
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Special prices to the Alliance. All ordera
sent us by mail will have careful and prompt
attention.
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at prices quoted by State Agent's price list on
all mail orders sent by secretaries or busi
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Save 25 per cent on Grooeries, and 60 per
cent on Teas, Coffees and Spices by ordering
goods of us. Samples of Teas mailed on application.
Deference: Liaroln
istf
S. P. STEVENS &
1140 O Street. e
The Suppressed Political Bombshell
Out Republican Llonarchy.
An Unsparing Arraignment of the Politico
Capitalistic Machinery which has corrupted
our free institutions and prostituted the tie
public to the aristocratic forms and indus
trial slaveries of Monarchist Europe. By
VES1ER VOLDO.
"We want all our subscribers to read 'Our
Republican Monarchy. This book is a scath
ing' portrayal of the monstrously unequal and
unjust conditions now existing- in the United
States, stated as the author says "with plain-
ness, that tho oeople may understand it."-
BurrowsinTHB Farmers' Aluahck, June
7, 1880.
The most startlinar political pamphlet of
the day which every citizen should read."
Hon. James B. Weaver, of Iowa.
Price 25 cents, sent post-paid from this of
fice. Or. we will send fm Alliance one
year and the book for sl.10.
WANTED.
A responsible airent in erery precinct . alive
Alliance men preferred, to handle "Our Be-
Ft
ublican Monarchy" by Venier Voldo. dur-
nir the campaign. The fastest selling book
of the day, treating all public istues in plain
language. 4U per cent commission to agents .
Address at once A. B. Sanderson, publishers,
box 706, St. Louis, Mo.
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ROOM 84 EXCHANGE BUILDING,
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ALLIANCE STOCK.
Consign to
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Care of A. L. S. C. Co.,
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South Omaha, Neb
coinnssion uerchadts.
S. W. SINCLAIR & CO,
UNION STOCK YARDS,
Chicago, - Illinois.
We do no business except purely commis
sion In fresh country consignments. No
scalper's work done. Every customer's stock
sold on Its merits. All stock watered, fed
and sold by a member of the firm. No cheap
labor-employed. Consign your stock to us
and get its value. Teur money remitted as
you desire, and trip made as atreeable and
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. lar. Far ona all poaui or eitt
FOR BALE. An old established newspaper
In a trood county is offered for sale on ac
count of sickness of the publisher. Apply,
care of Alliabce, Linooln, to : Bargaim.
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1863. 1890.
F. W. H0HMAN,
Oldest and most complete Music
House in tlve state, display
ing leading arid first-class
PIANOS and 0KGANS.
A full Une of Violins, Accord eon, and Mu
sical Merchandise. Sheet Music and M title
Books. Agent for celebrated makes of
Brass Instruments. The Alliance can ear
from 15 to 20 per cent. Special Terms to
Clubs. Correspondence or a call solicited.
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We have had 15 verrs exerina in thi.
business and will guarantee satisfactory work
or no pay. Bend for circulars and prices be
fore ouying.
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And Poland China and
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Cheater White
Young Stock for Sale.
Correspondence Solicited. Call and examine.
Residence, Fire miles North of
7t4 Mention Alliance. Cextbal Citt, Neb.
We Will All Sing.
If you send and get the New Alliance Songster.
It Is a little beauty containingHO pajres of
mostly new songs written this year es
pecially for this book by Alliance people.
Most of them aieset to old and familiar
tunes, so all may Join In the music
and enjoy It heartily. The price is placed at
the exceedingly low rate ot single copies 10
cents or 12 for $1.00. Postage 1U cents extra
per dozen. Address,
8-tr Alliakce Pub. Co., Lincoln, Neb.
Rubber belting at less than
jobbers prices
at. Maxwell, Sharps & Hons Co..
Lincoln, Neb.
Send your orders for shot-guns to
Maxwell, Sharps & Hos Co.,
Lincoln, Neb.
If you are going to build a house or barn
or both, or anything elre. Send your onidr
to Maxwell, Sharpe 4c Ross Co.,
Lincoln, Neb.