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    THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE: LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1890.
THE ALLIANCE.
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fiLLIAIICE PUmsniliG CO.
Lincoln, - -. - HeDiaska.
J. BURROWS, : ": ; Editor.
J. II. THOMPSON, Business Manager.
44 In the beauty f the lillies
Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory 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."
j ; Julia Ward Howe.
Laurel crowns cleave to deserts,
And4 power to him who power exerts."
A ruddy drop of manly blood
V 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.
Independent State Ticket.
Governor,
, JOHN H. POWERS, of Hitchcock
Lieutenant Governor,
' " WM, H. DECH, of Saundere.
Secretary of State, V
1 C. N. MAYBSRRY, of FawDee.
State Treasurer,
' J- V. WOLFE, of Lancaster.
Attorney General,
J. W. EDGEKTON, of Dooylae.
Auditor,
" r JOHN BATIE, of Wheeler.
Commissioner of Public Lmd3 and Buildings,
, , W. F. WHIGHT, of Nemaha.
Superintendent of Public Instruction,
, , ; , PKOF.A. D' ALLEMAND.of Furnaa.
Independent Congressional Ticket.
For Congress First Congressional District.
HON. C H. VAN WYCK, f Otoe.
For Congress Second Congressional District.
W. A. McKEIGHAN, o'. Webster.
ForCong-ress Third Congressional District
CAPT. O. M. KEM. of Custer.
Lancaster County Independent Ticket.
State Senators.
J. M. THOMPSON.
J A3. G. TAYLOR.
Representatives,
ELIA.S BAKER.
W. S. DEM AKEE.
I. F, DALE.
- - J. F. EGGER.
KOBT. MCALLISTER.
Commissioners.
L. S. C.ltA.lC.K.
AUGUST ANDERSON.
D. A. STOCKING.
County Attorney.
N. Z. SNELL.
THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
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SPECIAL XOTICE.
The most important political cam
paign ever made in Nebraska is about
to open.- On the one side will be ar
rayed the farmers and laborers of the
state; on the other the corporations and
their henchmen, and the newspapers
which for years have prostituted their
columns to the uses of corporations.
The Alliance will be the special or
gan of the farmers and their society in
the contest. Not only should every
Alliance man take the paper himself,
but he should aid in extending it to
those who are not .yet members. To
enable our members to so extend it, we
offer it,
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Address,
Alliance Pub. Co., Lincoln, Neb.
, . Eligibility and Balloting.
Funk, Neb., Aug. 6, 1890.
Mr. Burrows Will you answer by
private letter or publicly in The Alli
ance what power the president of a
subordinate alliance has to accept or
reject a reason given for casting a black
ball against an applicant? They give
as a reason they believe that it isnot
for the good of the Alliance for women
to belong. Is that a sufficient reason
to keep out ladies?
Answer. The president can ( only
state the reason. He has no power to
either accept or reject. When the rea
son is stated the Alliance can judge
whether it is sufficient or not.
The reason given is not sufficient to
reject ladies. No person can properly
be rejected on account of sex. The
constitution recognizes ladies especial
ly, and we consider it important to the
success of the Alliance that they be admitted.
The Lincoln Journal and Fiat Money.
The Lincoln Journal, in its eagerness
to get a stab at the people it', terras
"greenback and farm mortgage, loan
cranks," gets off a passage of nonsense
and falsehood which illustrates its usual
unreliability on any . subject of impor
tance. It says: . ;
t-The greeaback and farm mortgage loan
cranks who re endeavoring to revolutionize
the financial system of the United States,
acknowledged bv all sound financier to be
the best in the world, have an cbject lesson
in the present condition of the Argentine Re
public that they are Invited to study carefully
by the Journal. The greenback party there
had everything' tneir own way. They Issued
'money' stamped by the government as dol
lars until ever body was roiling in weaitn,
ewj., etc.
Now, to start with, the simple fact is
that the Argentine Republican has is
sued no irredeemable paper money
Every paper dollar it has issued has
been a promise to pay a dollar in ?oin,
and that's what's the matter. It prom
ised to pay more coin than it could ob
tain, and it consequently got into the
same position a farmer would be who
gave his note of hand far beyond his
resources. This is bad financiering,
and the B, $' M. Journal never heard a
greenback crank advocate any such
thing. Another pregnant fact we in
vite the attention of the Journal to is
that in every, financial crisis, or in
every national emergency where great
resources are demanded, the difficulty
atises from the inadequacy of the specie
basis to meet the national demands. It
is altogether likely that the bad finan
ciers of the Argentine Republic have
built a financial inverted pyramid by
the issue of too large an amount of
paper promises based on too small an
amount of gold and silver. For, as a
matter of fact, gold and silver form the
basis of the money of that republic to
day, and as a matter of fact it has not
yet issued a dollar of .actual fiat money.
It met financial disaster by not having
enough coin, the same as any govern
ment will meet which bases it3 money
on coin and "issues more promises to
pay than it can meet.
We invite the attention of the Journal
to the fact that if the paper afloat in
this country to-day which calls for dol
lars i. e., coin money were presented
for payment or redemption, that there
is not coin enough in existence in the
United States to redeem one dollar in
ten of it In other words, that we have
in this country to-day - exactly such a
hnancial inverted pyramid 01 paper
promises based on a little specie that
has toppled over in the Argentine
Republic, and it only needs a signal
like the failure of the Ohio Loan and
Trust Company in 1857 to topple it over
here.
JSow a word or two about the "green
back and mortgage loan sharks." This
vision of a jobberwok fills the eye of
the editor of the Journal as Bluebeard
or the genii of the Arabian Nights fills
the imagination of childhood. No
greenbacker has ever advocated the
issue of unlimited irredeemable money
for the purpose of repudiating debts.
They do advocate the increase of our
money to $50 per capita, and that it
shall be neither unduly expanded or
contracted, but shall be maintained in
steady volume in proportion to the pop
ulation and business of the country:
Greenbackers as well as the Wall street
sponsors of the Journal understand that
the law of supply and demand .applied
to money determines price, and ask tbat
the volume of money may be equable
so that prices will be equable. Green-
backers as well as the Journal under
stand that never again in the history of
the world will coin mcnejT be adequate
for a basis to do the business of the
world, and they protest against a con
tinual contraction of volume in propor-
tion to business which lowers prices of
labor and wealth and raises prices of
money. While the farmers of the coun
try are interested in a sound monetary
system, they want ene that will enable
them to gain a livelihood by their own
labor and not drive them into the arms
of money sharpers and 3 .per cent, a
month men, such as compose the re
publican state and county tickets. The
fact is that the present financial system,
which the Journal says is "the best in
the world,1' enables these -some sharks
to constantly maintain a criminal raid
upon the industrial and producing
classes. The issue of money direct to
the people in quantities strictly limited
to the business demands of the country.
on undoubted security, at a low rate of
interest, is the only system that will
make this raid impossible.
In a Tight Box.
That's what's ; the matter with the
editor of the Omaha Bee. He roams
the world for topics for his editorials,
but not a squeak does he make in favor
of his railroad ticket. No matter which
way he turns he encounters something
that gives him the horrors and upsets
his stomach. He built Hp "the Beebj
upholding the rights of the people
against the corporations. He turns to
wards his party and finds his closest
allies are the attorneys and-henchmen
of the corporate power. With a repu
tation made by opposing railroad nom
inations in state conventions he turns
to his ticket and finds a railroad atter
hey at the head of it. and a contempt
ible little lickspittle of a corporation
tool bent on about the middle where
boot-toes are usually applied He turns
pale with nausea and disgust, and he
would spew it all up if he only could.
He hates a prohibitionist worse than
the devil hates holy water, but he finds
that the railroad pups have given him
a prohibitionist named Richards for a
standard bearer, and he must march to
his fife or not march at all. He was the
almost life-long champion and bosom
friend of Van Wyck, fighting ? with him
the battle his sympathies approved. The
box he is in is labeled "Anti-Van
Wyck." Not caring ; to emphasize
treachery by attacking him in his edi
torial page, he turns him over, with
Burrows, to a low-down penny-a-liner
in his local columns, saying, "Sick 'em,
puppy, sick 'em," and the puppy keeps
snapping and snarling.
Come home, Rosey, come home! You
are lost in the woods. You've wandered
away from your first and only true love,
the people's rights. You've been de
lUdeUbyHhe corporation jobberwok,
and you'll be betrayed and ruined un
less yoa desert his deceitful arms. Your
advocacy of the people's rights, your
battle against the encroachments of
corporate power was sincere and hon
est work, creditable alike to your head
and heart. Your present attitude is in
sincere and dishonest and really repug
nant to all your manly instincts; for we
still believe you have manly instincts
We watched your course for years and
saw you always battling for the right.
It was then von won victories. A de
feat in a just cause is a greater triumph
than a victory in a bad one. Come
home. Rosev. come home! We are
, '.
ready to receive you with open arrs
The people's ticket don't particularly
need your support, but for your own
sake we implore you to support it. You
still have a powerful position." You
can put VanWyck into Congress and
into the United States Senate, and be a
real leader instead of as now, the
shadow of one. lnese are sincere
words. A fraternal hand is extended.
Grasp it and it will pull you out of that
tight box.
The People's Ticket in Gage County.
The people's convention of Gage
county nominated an exceptionally
good ticket, and unless all signs fail it
will be triumphantly elected. The can
didate for senator is Dr. G. F. Collins
of the north part of the county. . Dr
Collins is an old resident of Gage, a
farmer as well as a physician, a man of
unusually fine scholarly attainments as
well as of great natural ability. Ad
ded to this is an exceptionable mora
character, giving him the entire confi
dence of all who know him.
Gage has been very unfortunate of
late in the selection of her senators. A
drunkard and clown represented her
four 3 ears ago. He was succeeded by
Dr. Funke, the present senator, who is
not only a man of no ability, but who
put himself under the leadership o
Church Howe and so became simply
the'tool of the banks and the railroads.
The farmers of Gage county cannot af
ford to make any more such mistakes,
and they will not if they elect Dr. Col
lins. He will fairly and honestly rep
resent every interest in the county and
will be a credit to it ai:d the state.
The nominees for representatives are
Thaddius Williams, of Logan precinct;
Mr. Hutson, of Beatrice, and Mr. Tay
lor, of Barneston. Mr, Williams is
a
farmer living near Beatrice, Mr. Hut-
son is a mechanic living in Beatrice and
Mr. Taylor is a veteran teacher and
farmer living in the south, part of the
county. All these gentlemen are able
and have in an unusual degree the con
fidence and respect of their fellow citi
zens.
J. E. Bush, of Beatrice, is the peo
pies candidate for county attorney.
iur. rusn is aiso a nrst-ciass man, a
veteran soldier and a high-toned gen
tleman. His opponent is a railroad at
torney, an aider and abettor in Colby's
old-time town-lot steal, a doughty sol
dier in Thayer's militia, and in that
capacity a sponge on the public crib
in fact on all counts a man to let se
verely alone.
If the farmers of Gage county will
do their whole duty they will vote
unanimously for the people's ticket
without regard to party.
A Bit of History.
Mr. Rosewater had made considerable
of a fight against railroad control of the
board of transportation, and had insist
ed that none of those well-known pets
of the roads, Benton, Steen and Cow-;
dery, should be renominated on the re
publican ticket. But when he found
that the railroad influence was too
strong, for him, and that to maintain
the place of apparent leader he must
concede something to it, he consented to
the renomination of Benton. He com
promised with tfye roads -and gave them
what they so much desired, viz: their
own pet on the board. This is proved
conclusively by the wording of an art!
cle in the Bee a few days before the con
vention, in which he conceded that part
of the board might be renominated
But further conclusive proof of this fact
is found in th fact that Mr. Rosewater,
as a member of the committee on reso
lutions, and the member who drafted
them, failed to insert a uord condemning
the board for its betrayal of the people and
its subserviency to the roads. Such a
clause would have reflected noon the
man .Benton, whom he had agreefl
should be renominated, so it was not
inserted. A lot of meaningless plati
tudes, such as were adopted, are of
little force compared with a direct cen
sure of the course of that board. The
lie direct is given tofhe general declar
ations of the platform by the nomina
tion of Benton, which .can only be con
strued into an a"pproval of the board.
As an anti-monopolist Mr. Rosewater
is a deplorable fraud as a party-saver
he is a deplorable failure. He went to
the anti-monopoly conference of May
21th as a rip-roaring anti-monopolist
He "compromised out of sight" every
essential demand of that conference,
treacherously ignored his associates in
it, and consented not only to the nomi
nation of Tom Benton, but of a railroad
ticket from top to bottom , as well, all
for the nominal and empty honor of
leader of the party. He has got the
leadership, but the fourth day of No
vember will demonstrate that he has
not got a party.
3fBoycotting corporation newspa
pers is becoming veiy common in the
South. The B. & M. Journal calls it the
Nebraska lunacy," It is a kind of
lunacy that has afflicted, the Journal
and the corporation that employs it for
many years; and it is likely to become
vastly more popular in Nebraska. Our
people are likely to "improve on their
instructions." .
toolc Out for Trakcrs.
Look, out for ' traitors yNbw is the
perilous period in the people's move
meut. This ; movement has ; become
very strong and it is conceded that un
less some check can be made" unless
the enthusiasm of the people can be di
vertedthe farmers' ticket will sweep
the state. In this situation of affairs a
grand rush is being made to get into
the Alliance and the party. Men who
are not eligible to the Alliance are be
ing taken into it, and men whose mo
tives are only for the spoils of office
are joining the farmers' party. Spies
and traitors will obtain access to the
councils of the new gospel only to be
tray them. The. railroads and the
money power the bosses of the city
and county rings who are growing fat
on public pap and public plunder will
leave no stone unturned to retain their
hold upon the people's purse. "Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty."
Whenever and wherever these fellows
"arise to explain" and sing their psalms
of love and glory for "the dear people"
look up their history, and nine times
out of ten you will find they stood on
the watch-towers of the old parties and
cried "all is well" while you were be
ing robb.ed by their employers or
swindled by themselves. And while
your best and truest friends were work
ing to bring about this uprising of the
people these blatant rogues were crying
"demagogue," "fanatic," "crank." Spot
these fellows, one and all. Place your
confidence only in men you know to be
true.
Already one infamous old scoundrel,
who has been a traitor in the camp for
years, using corporation money and
free transportation furnished by his
employer, a railroad corporation, has
been hunted down and exposed. No
man was so patriotic and so loud in his
professions as he no saint could more
devoutly adjure heaven and angels to
witness his honesty and purity; and no
devil was ever so false aud corrupt.
The lying cheek of this old villain has
been absolutely beyond comprehension.
He should be held up to the scorn of
every man in the state and the finger
of contempt pointed at him wherever
he goes. Any candidate or committee
man who gives him countenance or
sympathy will be an object of suspicion.
"Look out for traitors."
John Burns of London.
The fate of popular leaders, and the
ease with which "the people" drop the
men who give unselfish labor for their
cause, is well illustrated by the case of
John Burns. The Chicago Herald in al
luding to it, sa3rs that he is about to re
turn to his calling as a locomotive engi
neer. He has been supported for some
time by the co-operative trades unions
and various other bodies of organized
workingmen. They allowed him the
munificent sum of $10 a week. Latterly
they have failed te pay their assessment
for even this paltry allowance, and
Burns must mount the cab again.
John Burns has been a tremendous
power for three years in London labor
agitations. He is a persuasive speaker.
He is a man of large discretion and
good judgment. He has been arbitra
tor in many complicated disputes and
his decisions have been characterized
by intelligence and fairness. He was
found a fit associate by Cardinal Man
ning, the lord mayor of London and
other men of totally different walks in
life when acting with them in the bd
jiiAtment of strikes. It was supposed
that the federated labor societies would
insist upon sen-ding him to Parliament
from the first vacancy the radicals and
liberals could control. Inasmuch as the
hundred thousand or more men to
hose affairs he has devoted his entire
time could not or would not pay him
longer even a wage of $10 a week, it is
clear that the parliamentary career of
Mr. Burns is not speedily to open. It is
not alone republics that are ungrateful.
Burns has had many severe contests
with the' metropolitan police and has
been beaten, arrested and imprisoned
for organized labor. Now that he re
turns to the locomotive, to be once more
a private and a freeman, he will earn
more money and enjoy more liberty,
rest and leisure.
'The organized labor societies of Lon
don probably feel that they do not longer
need his services. In this country or
ganized labor would be considerably
better off if it also dispensed with a
large number of walking delegates who
have none of John Burns' abilities.
The Facts About the Crops.
The calamity that has overtaken
western Nebraska, as well as a large
part of the eastern half of the state, is
just beginning to . be realized . by our
business men. We do not believe in
concealing or disguising the facts about
it. We do not believe the interests of
any portion of our people will be pro
moted by perverting or concealing the
truth, even if it were possible.
Farmers in the west are turning over
their chattels to the mortgagees, and
refusing to renew their notes. Two
per cent a month has been a common
rate of interest., Ten and twelve per
cent is considered very liberal on the
part of the lender.- No . business can
stand up under such rates, even in good
times. In a time of disaster the case
is simply hopeless. The . disaster has
come. It is worse than the grasshopper
years because vastly more people are
nvolved. A man in Gosper county
shot his hosrs rather than see them
starve. He could neither sell or give
them away.
Corn will be a dollar a bushel before
next spring or rather it will not be
obtainable at any price. Other grains
will be proportionately high. Hold all
your grain for high prices. You are
sure to get them.
Errata In our sketch of Mr. D'Al
emand last week, it was stated that he
taught in Killarney college. It should
have been Kilkenney.
No New Party Formed. ,
We invite attention to the fact that
the people's convention of July 29th did
not organize a new political r party.
Nothing was said in, the call for tbe
convention about a new party. Nothing
was said in that convention about nam
ing or organizing a new party. The.
call , invited all men of all parties to
"join in an effort for pure government,
for relief from the shackles of party
politics and the" domination of corpo
rate power in public affairs."
The convention gathered in response
la this call, was made up of the inde
pe dent and progressive elements of
our state who are in favor of political
reform, and of measures that will be
beneficial, not to the farming class
alone, but to all classes of our citizens.
It resulted in the formation of a citi
zens alliance for the rescue and preser
vation of the rights of citizens from the
encroachments of organized corporate
power.
The committees formed by the con
vention were simply for the campaign,
and were not formed with any view to
permanence. Not a word was said,
and no thought given to christening
any new party.
The above is a very pregnant fact,
and may be a precursor -of the party
that shall control the country in the
near future. We have lost all sympa
thy with the efforts of cliques or individ
uals to form new parties on special is
sues. New parties grow they are not
made. They are evolved from certain
conditions, without the volition of in
dividuals. Men involuntarily group
themselves around certain issues. When
those issues become, important enough
to draw men to them in sufficient num
bers, a party is formed. The issues
presented by the declarations adopted
by the people's convention appeal to
the interest and patriotism of all men,
and it may be that the people will
flock to them in sufficient nnmbers to
form a great party.
However that may be in the future,
the pregnant fact remains that men are
not now asked to leave their own par
ties, or join a new one, to support the
people's ticket. This ticket is com
posed about equally of republicans and
democi'ats, and it was nominated with
out regard to pastor present party
affiliations. Men of all parties who are
in favor of reform in state affairs, and
opposed to corporate domination, can
conscientiously vote it without leaving
their party or changing their politicial
creed.
A Chump Subscriber.
The B. $ M. Journal says that a "sub
scriber asks the Journal for some infor
mation concerning the antecedents of
the candidates for state office put up by
the late independent convention."
The man who asks the Journal for such
information is indeed a chump. The
fact that there are such subscribers also
accounts for the JournaVs list. That
precious monopoly sheet proceeds to
give some pretended information about
rthe people's candidates. The following,
about President Powers, is a fair sam
ple of the stuff it expects its " sub
scribers " to swallow: ,
"Alt that the farmers want according- to
him. is to have their etulT hauled by the rail
roads at whatever rates they may see fit to
allow and that the government 6hall print
money rifrht alonjf and distribute it to the
farmers until every agriculturist has all that
he can use."
The simplicity of the "editor who re
tails such trasii, and the subscriber who
swallows it are about on a par. But in'
the case of the editor it is knavery in
stead of simplicity. The-Journal goes
through the state ticket in about the
same style, and sets all the candidates
down for fools except Wolfe and Wright,
with a trifling reservation in favor of
D'AUemand.
It closes as follows:
, '-The majorityiof the ticket Is made up of
very lig-ht weig-nts who it oy anj accident
were elected would make Nebraska as much
of a laughingstock as was the administration
of Michigan under the curious Hegole and
the coalition ticKet elected some years ago by
the democrats, gieenbackers and anti-mo-nops.
But tbe accident will hardly happen
in a state like .Nebraska-"
The "accident" is very likely to hap
pen, and instead of being a catastrophe
it will give Nebraska the best and hon-
estest set of officers she ever had.
Richards as a Railroad Man.
We are indebted to the Fremont Tri
bune for Mr. Richards' view as to what
constitutes a pauper, and his proper po
sition in the political organization of
the country. A man with a mortgage
on his farm is a pauper and has do right
to. any political aspirations. V ere in
debted to the Kearney Enterprise for a
sketch of Mr. Richards' Nebraska career
that proves that since he came to this
state he has been a railroad man, first
last and all the time. His nomination
by the convention of free pass beats
was sufficient proof that he could be de
pended upon by the roads. It remains
for one of his friends to publish a biog
raphy which gives the details of his rail
road life from the start. He even had the
ambftion to become a CentralAmerican
Railroad King, but his ability was not
equal to his desires, and he made a fail
ure of it. Returning to Nebraska he
added to his railroad employment the
business of real estate agent and money
lender, and has elaborated that until he
became a speculator on his own hook,
and a national banker.
... s
The biography of the Enterprise proves
what we well new before, viz: That the
farmers do not want him for governor.
We propose to add something to the
details of his biography in the money-
lending line which will be of great in
terest. 83TTbe Journal thinks the bringing
of Roger Q. Mills into Nebraska to speak
will be awful "silly. rt Just so. Per
haps the railroad crowd had better put
Tommy Benton on thestump. Some of
our people are quite anxious to skin
him. Will the. bringing of a monopolist
and labor-oppressor like Redfield Proc
tor here be "silly?" The Journal will
think so when his record follows his
speeches.
The Crop Failure in Nebraska.
We have just received the following
letter from an esteemed correspondent
in Red Willow county. y
- Inwanola; Neb;,' Aug 8 1800. ;
J. Burrows, Lincoln, Neb. ,
Dear Sir and Bro: I presume you
are apprised of the failure of crops in
western Nebraska. Many , farmers are
crowding their stock upon the bankers
to satisfy the chattel mortgages while
the bankers are loath to receive the
stock on account of the scarcity of
grain. Our voters are going out of the
county in search of subsistance to such
an extent that I fear the election will
go against us in this county this fall.
The people have no means of securing
fuel to burn during the coming winter.
Potatoes are almost a failure as are
other vegetables.
What is best to say or do! Awaiting
your advice,
I remain fraternally yours,
J. F. Black.
We might say to Bro. Black, as is
common when hard questions are
sprung, "ask us something easy." What
indeed is best to say or do? We have for
some time realized that a fearful ca
lamity was impending over a large part
of Nebraska. Having a farm on our
hands in one of the most fertile parts
of the state, and not producing enough
crops to pay our hired help, brings the
subject home in a very forcible manner.
It is now too late for rains to make
corn. Where ears are formed aud fill
ing rains would help. But no rain will
make corn that isnot well eared before
the 10th of August.
One thing we kave to do, aud that is
face the situation, and not lie about it;
there is no gain whatever in lying re
ports showing crops to be in fair aver
age condition. Another thing to be
done is to aid the farmers who have
lost their crops, so that they Kiay hold
their farms, and continue to be pro
ducers' in this state. The families must
be subsisted. Of course those who have
a resource on some, other business, or
have father-in-laws back east, will avail
themselves of them. To flock to the
towns in hope of employment is a futile
resource. The avenues of labor in
the towns and cities are full aud over
flowing. Of one thing we are firmlj' convinced.
It is that the U. S. government should
have in process of construction some
great public work of real utility which,
when completed, would belong to the
people, and upon which labor, in such
contingencies as these, could be em
ployed at a price that would give the
laborers a fair subsistence. Franchises,
the heritage of the people as much as
land, are given auay, corporations are
organized to prosecute work which
should be public, aud the people handed
over to them to be robbed. The United
States should build the Hennepin caual,
in propria persona, not second-handed
through a corporation. The Uuited
States might inaugurate a great irriga
tion enterprise, and own the work
when completed, and let the people
have the benefit of it.
If some such public work was going
on that would employ farmers who have
lost their crops until another seed time
came what a beneficience it would be.
. Of one thing we are certain, the farm
ers should hold their lands when they
can. A home even a poor home in
western Nebraska is a great boon.
We greatly regret that we can give
Bro. Black no better advice.
The State Senate.
Again we invite the attention of our
readers to the importance of securing
men of the people for the state senate
The corporation cappers have already
openly boasted that they will contro
the Senate, and thus shape' or hinder al
legislation by the next legislature
When it is remembered by what :
slender thread ascendancy in our Sen
ate hangs the danger of this threat be
ing fulfilled is apparent. As the corpor
ations already give up the lower house
they will trade away candidates for it
unscrupulously for votes for Senators
This matter must be carefully watched
Select strong men for senators, where
they are yet to be selected, and carefully
guard every avenue of success. Elect
your Senators, or the election of your
other candidates will do you little
good.
Another fact ia connection with coun
ty. tickets is becoming apparent. The
county seat rings of the two old parties
are in sympathy with each other as
against the people's ticket. This is truer
in some localities than in others. But
the fact is there is no practical differ
ence between the republican and demo
cratic parties in this state; and when
ever it is necessary they will fuse to de
feat the people's ticket. In cases where
they do not wish to do this openly they
will find means to do it secretly. This
is a common device. Our security will
be in our 'ability to out-vote both of
these parties combined: and things look
now as though we would be able to do
it in most of the state. Hurrah for the
people's ticket.
Alliance Picnic in Saline County.
A county picnic will be held August
&lst at N. H. Johnston's grove, seven
miles west and one and one-half miles
north of WHber, and three and one
half miles south of the center of Saline
county.
We are informed by the committee of
arrangements that no pains will be
spared to make this a long-to-be-remembered
occasion. The best speakers ob
tainable will be present, and every ef
fort will be made to interest and enter
tain visitors. All are cordially invited.
The committee of arrangments are
M. J. Murphy, David Hyatt, J. W.
Munyan and J. D. Smith. .
The Xationalist for August reaches
us in a greatly enlarged and improved
form. It is double its former size and
has the scope of its literary, and edi
torial matter correspondingly enlarged.
The remarkable growth of the nation
alist idea demands just such a maga
zine as its exponent. Boston: $2.00 a
year.
The Kearney Enterprise and J. Burrows.
Jay Burrows makJs some very sav-
age remarKs , auoun me eunoroi the
Knternrhe. ButsinccJav Burrowa
fjan to be repudiated by his own fol
owing he ceased to be interesting to
the Nebraska public Kearney Enter
prise. ; .
The Enterprise should not rouse tho
curiosity of its small family of readers
without 'attempting to gratify it. It
should have quoted the remarks. The
substance of them was that Mr. Smythe
was very much of a crow-eater, inas
much as he participated in the anti
monopoly conference of May 20, ,and
then swallowed a railroad ticket. Tom
my Benton and all, without making a
wry face. The conference was for his
anti-monopoly readers; the ticket was
for his masters the railroads.
About the repudiation of Mr. Bur
rows we trust Mr. Smith will not lose
any sleep. Mr. Burrows exposed the
bribery and corruption of Dave Butler,
a railroad tool who was sailing under
false colors, aud the only men who
have repudiated him are Butler's hench
men, and they can be counted on tho
fingers of one hand.
The Enthusiasm Raising.
Since the State convention Mr. Ed
gerton had an interesting meeting at
Papillion. Mr. Kem has addressed
large gatherings at West Union, Long
Tine, Newport, Atkinson and Neligh.
Mr. Powers spoke at Merna and at the
other meetings with Mr. Kem. Allthest
gentlemen assure us that the enthusiasm
is raising that never before has there
been such a spontaneous uprising of tho
people. Great crowds greet the speak
ers at every meeting place crowds of
men who are determined for once to
cast a ballot for themselves and their fam
ilies, letting the party tale its chances. If
this principle is adopted the people will
thrive and the party will improve.
It was said at the convention that if
the election could take place in a week
the people would win. That is truer .
now than it was then. The people's
ticket is growing stronger every day.
The railroad organs can find absolutely
nothing to say against it. It is clean
and untarnished aud unassailable by
enemy or slanderer though we cannot
hope to escape the latter. But lift up
your hearts, O ye people stand firm
together and your battle will surely bo
won.
Benton Hard to Carry.
There is a rumor floating round that
some leading republicans are It tc nding
to invito Tommy Benton to withdraw
from the railroad ticket. This may bo
true, but if it is the fellows don't know
the stuff the railroai candidate for au
ditor is made of. He will not withdraw.
Men who are employed by railroad cor
porations don't withdraw they have to
be fired. Unfortunately there is 110 one
with sand and authority enough to tiro
Tommy. And who would they take in
his place if they fired him? They might
take Dave Butler. He is out of a job,
and would make a good running mate
for railroad Richards. Besides, if he
was on the state board he could earn
some of the B. & M. transportation he
lms been slinging around so lavishly.
Fire Tommy if possible and put' Butler
on by all means. It is strange he hasn't
got a railroad situation long ago. Ho
has certainly earnea it.
J. W. Holenback's Accounts Straight.
We are informed that reports have
been circulated stating that J. W. Hol
enbeck was short in his accounts with
the Elmwood Business Association.
The following statement shows such
reports to be false. We will say to
brother Holenbeck that if he begins the
business of contradicting false reports
it will occupy all hi time:
.To Whom it May Concern.
We, the undersigned members of the
Ellmwood Farmers' Alliance Business
Association desire to state that wo have
examined the books of J! W. Holenbeck,
business manager of said association,
and have found the books all right, with
the exception of a few clerical errors,
which have been made perfectty satis
factory to all parties concerned Wo
desire to state further that the reports
that J. W. Holenbeck was short in hn
accounts with the above association a
false and without foundation.
C H. Lunz, President.
Louis F. Laxghokst, Secy.
E. A. Stopheu, Treasurer.
Jacob Schlunkeu,
Charles P. Hall.
Another Alliance Paper.
The Xerr Era, started at WahooJ
Longfellow & Miller as the official
pan of the Saunders county AUianc
is on our tauie. iius is u jn;igo 1 v
victory in Saunders county. We k II
with delight every additional champ!:-!
of the people's rights."
tSThe Peirre (So. Dik.) Sign,
vaguely asks, what's the matter wl
Speaker Reed that he has to wear
dude belly-band?" To which t
Standard replies that he has prepare
for a rupture of his party. I
The speaker may have had news frol
Nebraska.
' People's Picnic at Arlington.
Hon. H. M. Goltry writes us th
there will be a grand picnic at Arlin(
ton, Washington county, August 2$
where thousands of people and a nobt
collection of speakers will be present
The names of speakers will be are
nounced hereafter. 1
3W"A number of reDublican rarera
are complaiuing because the independ-l
ent state ticket is composed largely of
men unknown throughout the state.
The trouble with the republican ticket
is just the reverse. Its most promi
nent members are entirely too well
known over the state for their own good
and that of the party.
Notice.
Otoe Countv Alliance meets in resru-
ar session at Unadilla, on Wednesday
August 20th, at 10 o'clock a. m. Busi
ness 01 importance win come oeiore-
this meeting. A full attendance is
herefore desired. J. ai. hull,
Sc. Co. Alliance. I