THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE: LINCOLN, NEB., SATtJKDAY, DEO, 6,' 1890.
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FARBIERS' ALLIANCE
PUBLISHED EVERY SATUDAY
Alliance Publishing Co.,
COR. 11th AND M ST3.,
LINCOLN, - . NEBRASKA.
J. BURROWS. - - - Editor.
J. M. THOMPSON, Business Mg'r.
M In the beauty of the lillies
Christ was born across th sea,
, With a glory in his bosom
That transfigures you and ma.
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.1
" A ruddy drop of manly blood
The surging Sea outweighs.
Emerson.
MHe who cannot reason is a fool,
He who will not reason is a coward,
, He who dare not reason is a slave."
EDITORIAL.
THE ALLIANCE RELIEF FUND.
The following amounts have been con
tributed for the relief of the drouth
stricken region of the state:
S. Alliance to Red Willow Co.. .$100 00
' " to Cheyenne Co., ... 100 00
W. C. Lange. Sutton, ..... . 2 00
August Post for Iowa S. Alliance 100 00
Alliance No. 858, Chas. Mohnike,
Secretary t 28 50
Alliance No. 1411, Chas. Hulbert,
- Secretary, Craig, Neb., 3 50
Alliance No. 1086, of Prairie Tp.,
Phelps Co., by Andrew Urborn, 17 50
Alliance No. 1539, by M. E. Har
ris, North Bend,. . . 14 40
Highland Alliance No. 812 Sew
ard county, P. M. Robohtham
Secretary ; 8 15
ADAMS AND GOULD
Twenty years ago. in the North Ameri
can Relieve, Charles Francis Adams
spoke of the places where Jay Gould
sometimes plunged his hands as "those
capacious pockets which vawnedforall
the wealth of Erie." He also ,wrote a
scathing history of the operations of
Gould and Fisk in the Erie road, in
which e said their portraits ought to
grace a rogue's gallerv, expunged
from a later edition and compared
them to pirates and pickpockets. It is
likely Gould does hot forget. Mr.
Adams has just resigned the presidency
of te U. P., aid Gould has a poinled
a man in hi? place. Adams is down
and Gould is up. His pockets, expand
ed but not filled with two hundred mil
tions of plunder, increase their capacity
to, match the r oppoi tunities. oAge is
creeping upon him. the grave will de
fraud thn.piis n, and a future age will
wonder that a society could ever exist
that Wuu d 1 derate such a jobberwok.
There is a contest began against Ed.
J". Hall, representative from Hall
conntv.
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WHO WILL ORGANIZE THE LEGIS
LATURE? In view of the peculiar situation in
this state Ihe above question is one of
great importance to the people. In the
appointment of the committees, .and in
the direction he can give to legislation,
the speaker has great powers. The
clerk, also, if interested in any special
direction, and disposed to do so, can
have great influence. A shrewd manip
ulator, with a corrupt clerk under his
direction, could beat the whole house.
No man has thus far been elected
speaker of the KeLratka house without
first putting himself into the hands of
the corporations, giving away lefore
hand all the important chairmanships,
appointment?, and making terras with
every corrupt and vicious combine.
Shall the speaker of the next house be
an exception to this rule? If he is not
the people will hare lost their pains in
the election of this Jegislaiure.
The clerk of the house and secretary
of the senate are quite as important
positions as that of speaker. It is be
ing broadly intimated that the indepen
dents hare not in their ranks men who
are competent to fill these offices; and
some of the precious scamps who have
heretofore filledlhem are proposing with
8ii per b audacity to be candidates again.
Low indeed will this legislature be fall
en if it permits the candidacy of such
men as Brad , Slaughter, Tom Cook,
Walt Seeley, or any other member of
the monopoly bakery. The indepen
dents have in their ranks men of ample
experience and ample ability for these
positions; and they should not go out of
their ranks for; candidates.
Mr. Rosewater says that the opposi
tion will organize the house. He means
that a republican-democratic combina
tion can be made, and sufficient strength
gained by bribery from the ranks of the
independents to make a majority of the
house. In other words he depends
upon the power of money to accomplish
what they failed tp gain by honest rotes
on .Nov. 4, vjz: perpetuate the rule of
corporate power in this state. The
plutocrats want traitors. Are any
of our men made of that stuff? We
ferveutly hope not. No man can hope
to sell his vote, or .his absence, or feign
sickness, or by any other device aid the
villains we are fighting, and escape de
tection. But we do not believe the in
dependents have elected this year any
man who wants to do it. Tbey are all
good and true men, and will stand to
gether for right and justice like a band
of brothers.
Remember, the interest that organ
izes the house will control it. The first
battle is the important one, the one on
which hangs the issue of every one to
follow.
THE METHOD OF PROCEDURE.
The Omaha combine has laid out a
programme for the coming legislature
in the matter of the contesting gover
nors and has fortified its position by an
opinion from a railroad attorney named
Lake. Achieving an honorable position
as Chief Justice of Nebraska, and nurs
ing aspirations for the United States
Senate, he demonstrated his innate lit
tleness of foul by relinquishing an hon
orable career in the service of the people
and sinking into insignificant opulence
and obscurity in the arms of a corpora
tion. The dicta of the combine, forti
fied by the opinion of this member of
the brass-collared brigade, is that the
legislature ia at first a mere mechanical
returning board, and that its duty is to
seat the men whom the face of the re
turns declare to be elected, notwith
standing that there may be sound
evidence that they were not elected.
After doing this ridiculous thing, presto!
the legislature undergoes a miraculous
transformation, and becomes at once a
court to investigate whether it has just
done an illegal and unw arrantable act
or not. Under this dicta the legislature
is required to put in possession of the
office of governor, and give him all the
prestige, power and patronage of that
position, a man whose right is chal
lenged on the highest legal and moral
grounds, before investigating the valid
ity of that challenge. The preposterous
character of Ibis assumption will be ap
parent on the least reflection. Itis based
on the theory first that the legislature
possesses only the powers of a clerk,
and can exercise only the functions al
ready exercised by the secretary of state
in tabulating the returns and issuing
the certificates, and next that without
any interveningstatute or any addition
al grant of powers, it has suddenly be
come invested with not only the pow
ers of a court to try and determine con-.
tested elections, but discretionary pow
ers greater than any court in its right
to receive or reject returns for any rea
son which may to it seem sufficient.
- Sec. 4. Art. V, of the constitution,
says: .
,'The returns ef every election for the offi
cers qf the executive department 1 all be
sealed up and transmitted by the returning-
cnlteiBtoibe secretary of Mate, directed to
the spei ker of the bouee of reprefentatives,
who thai J, immediately afttr the organization
of the house, and Le'rre pre ceeding to other
business, open and publish the same in the
piesmcecf a msjiitj cf each home of the
legislature, 'Mho shalllortbat purpose assem
ble in the ball of the houBe of representatives.
The peiton having- the highest number, of
votes for either of faid offices shall be de
clared duly elected; but if two or more have.
an equal and the highest number Of votes, the
legislature shall, by joint vote, choose one of
such persona for said office."
Now it will be observed that the above
does not say that the person having the
highest number of votes on the face of
ihe returns shall be declared duly elect
ed; but it says "the person having the
highest number of votes' It will also
be observed, on reflection, that this is
the rery point in controversy, and the
point that must be investigated and de
termined before the fact can be declar
ed. . There ha been no precedent any-
L where for a case such as the present one
in this- state. Here was a conspiracy
beginning with the census of the school
children in , Omaha,, and going on
through the U. S. census, the registra
tion of voters, the choosing of election
boards, the corrupting of the police, the
reception of the ballots and the making
up of the returns.
We now respectfully invite the atten
tion of the gentlemen of the Omaha
combine to Sec. 16. of Art. V of the con
stitution, viz:
"In case of the death, impeachment and
notice thereof 1o accused, vailukb to quai
irr. resfg-nntlon, absence from the state, or
other disabfl ty of the governor, the powers,
dutes and emoluments or ihe office for the
residue of the term, or until the disability
shall be removed, fhall devolve upon the
lieutenant governor."
Also to section 18 of the same article,
which says:
"If there be no lieutenant governor,
or if the lieutenant governor for any
"of the causes specified In si ctlon sixteen of
this article, become incapable of performing;
the duties of the office, the president of the
senate shall act as governor until the vacancy
is filled orthedisab lity removed; and If the
president of the t enate from any of the above
named causes t-taall become incspable of per"
forming the duties of goTeirjor the same
shall devolve upon tLe epeakerof the house
of representatives."
We beg leave to further suggest th'at
the governor cannot "qualify" and be
installed in office until he shall have
been declared duly elected by the legis
lature, and that the same is true of the
lieutenant governor. Also to the fur
ther obvious fact that under the above
provisions of. the constitution the
chances for Gov. Thayer to hold the of
fice after the expiration of his term
have gone glimmering, and that some
person who was at least elected to the
legislature in the late cyclone will act as
governor until the contest is decided,
THE DEMAGOGUERY OF DEMOC
RACY.
This subject is brought to our atten
tion by the use the World-Herald is mak
incr of a letter written to it by Mr. Mc-
Keighan. This was a civil letter thank
ing the if, H. for its able support of him
in the late campaign, and was right and
proper. The letter was in no sense an
endorsement of the W. H-, nor an inti
matiou of any desire for a fusion of the
independents and democrats. But the
IT. H. has printed and is sending the let
ter all over the state to independent
committeemen and officers, asking them
to send it a short letter of "endorse
ment and encouragement" for its friend
ly attitude towards the alliance. Now
this might be considered only a shrewd
stroke of business were it not for the
advocacy of a "political marriage" be
tween the independents and democrats,
and the evident intention to use these
letters of "endorsement and encourage
ment" as means to promote that end.
The W. H. advocated nothing but
democracy in the late campaign. If
there had been a' straight democratic
candidate for congress in the Second
district it would hare supported him.
It did its best to defeat Powers and elect
Boyd. It did its best to defeat Kem
and elect Thompson. Its pretence of
being on the fence deceives nobody.
Its; apparent "friendly attitude towards
the alliance" reminds us of the picture
in which the monkey had hold of the
cat's paw.
i his matter would bo hardly worth,
attention if only the W. H. had made
this proposition. But a letter from J.
Sterling Morton was published Novem
ber 13, which is worthy of more notice.
Mr. Morton among other things says:
" A ft r so vigorous and effective warfare
against protection and prohibition by the
World-Herald, I am very much gratified to
observe the wisccm at d gocd policy which
directs its editorial advice to the alliance
men and dcmocifcte as to the important ques
tions which are vital to popular forms of
government.
While during the late storm upon the sea
ol Kt-l-ratka politics, the alliance and democ
racy Failed seldom on the same tack, there
was never an thi-g-in their signals or man
euvers of hostility to each oiher. And there
fore there should now be a meet mutual and
cordial iriendthip between the two parties
which so thoroughly agree upon the greater
economic question of our day and genera
tion. A convention to form a more perfect union
between the alliance men and the democrat?,
made up of, conservative, thinking, discreet
men,; to 1 e held at Lii coin on, say Jackson's
day, January 8, 1891, might prove a judicious
movement."
Now let us give'a few moments' con
sideration to J. Sterling Morton. First,
he is a tai iff crank. He has given the
total labors of a splendid intellect to the
study of the tariff, forgetting that it is
simply a defective system of taxation,
and that if it is abandoned another sys
tem would have to be substituted. In
his opinion tariff reform is the only re
form needed in this country to-day.
Second, he is a born, aristocrat. He is
incapable of feeling a single emotion of
sympathy for the great plain people.
Third, he is at heart an ultra railroad
monopolist. He believes the corpora
tions should be let entirely alone to
manage their own affairs in their own
way. He' has been one of the' most per
sistent advocates, in season and out of
season, of the repeal of the interstate
commerce law. Fourth, he is an un
compromising hard -money mau, and is
hostile to any change in our money sys
tem in the direction now so popular
with the people. He sees more mil
lions put in the pockets of millionaires
by law created franchises he sees other
millions put into the pockets of other
millionaires by a vicious and class sys
tem of law-created money, yet says
value cannot be created by law, in
which he is simply a fool.
A tariff crank, an aristocrat, a mon
opolist, a gold-bug fanatic this is the
man who proposes a meeting of "con
servative, thinking,, discreet men" to
cook up a union between the indepen
dents and democrats. . Mr. Morton may
rest assured that the "conservative,
thinking, discreet men he alludes to
will not be at that meeting. And while
we are about it we will put another flea
in his ear. vizi the alliance is quite as
hostile to the democrats as it is to the
republicans. ' '
. It is noteworthy that Hie above letter
is the first peep that has. been . heard
from this great democrat since Jim
Bey d was nominated.
MR. WINDOM'S NEW SCHEME.
Mr. Windom has proposed in his
forthcoming treasury report a scheme
for easincr the money market. The
O par-
most important fact connected with
this is the admission of the necessity
for any measure of the kind. The
scheme as near as we can gather is for
the government to issue bonds at or
2 per cent., jo be convertible into
money at the pl asure of the holder.
It is not sta ed that there is to be any
issue of money ith which to float these
bonds. If there is not it is difficult to
see how this issue can result in any in
crease of circulating medium. As the
proposition is now stated, the govern
ment would sell to the people its tends
at 2 per cent., and when the people
wanted their money ' back : they . could
present the bonds and get it. Unless
these bonds cou d draw money from
abroad, as they would not, there wou.d
be no increase of circulation. With our
present restiicted volume no 2 per
cent bond so aid be placed in this coun
try, unless in cases where money would
be invested in them temporarily, or
where a combine wished to corner
money, in which case 2 per cent, would
be better than to lock the money up
entirely idle.
The issue of ordinary treasury notes
to make money plenty enough to float
such a bond, without an increased coin
reserve to redeem it would be danger
ous simply furnishing a means by
which Wall st eet could bankrupt the
treasury. In fact, as we now under
stand it, there is nothing whatever in
this propcsiiion, as far as any relief re
sulting from expansion is concerned.
. If it is intended to make these bonds
a ba is for national banking, which is
not stated, then an expansion might
take place. But no 2 per cent, or other
bond would make any excessive issue of
ordinary tieasury notes that is, pro
mfces to pay gold safe without a cor
responding increase of gold, wfcich
could not be expected from such a bond
Aud if the bonds were lucked up in the
treasury as a basis . for national bauk
notes, they would not be interconver
tible. . .
The people of this country will not
consent, to another issue of bonds, the
interest on which at even 2 per cent is
to be raised by taxation, on which to
base an issue of their own bank bills to
be loaned back to them at 10 to io per
cen . They are getting their eyes
opened to this iniquity, and the party
that proposes to continue ic will be too
dead to skin.
Secretary Windom is on the right
track, and if he will follow the road
here it will lead him he will reach the
place where relief may be found. Let
the government issue a sufficient
amouut of mouey secured on first mort
gage on arable real estate, at one ' aud
one-tenth 5per cent, interest, and then
issue a bond into .which they may be
funded at one per cent, interest, mak
ing the money ana bonds interconver
tible. This money should be legal ten
der for all debts, and should have no
coin-redemption featuie. If there was
at any time a reduudaucy of money it
wou d go into the bond and draw one
per cent. It there was still a redun
dancy so that money could not be profit
ably used and pay a ch .rge of one per
cent., the mortgages would be paid and
the money retired or redeemed.
The fact is that the extreme limit at
which paper money based on gold can
be issued has been reached and passed,
and the volume is entirely inadequate
for the needs of the country. Under
the specie ba is system panics are peri
odical, occurring once in about ten
years, and involving millions in ruin.
Un ;er the interconvertible boud sys
tem we have named the -volume of
money would be self-adjusting, the
power of money over labor would be
destroyed, production would increase,
labor all be employed, and panics and
anancial stringencies be imposs ble.
Honest financiers are beginning to see
this. Mr. Windom knows it. But it is
possible that nothing short of an abso
lute revolution will break the money
power into submission to it.
LEASES QF SCHOOL LAND FAL
LING DUE.
Some school land leases which were
made twenty years ago have fallen due,
and payment has been enforced. Some
persons are. under the Impression that
this is done under a law lately passed,
but such is not the case. It is in ac
cordance with the terms of the contract
of lease originally made, and because
there is no officer having authority to
change these contracts, as well as for
the additional reason that under the law
as it now exists the title of the lessees
might be imperilled were the conditions
of the contract not enforced.
Of course all leases made twenty
years ago are in the eastern part of the
state, and the lessees are not probably
so hard up as they might be if further
west. But the fact remains that the
state does not want the principal of the
money due on these leases, but only the
interestvand that as soon .as the mosey
is paid it is for loan on the security of
municipal bonds, which net the state a
much lower rate of interest, in some
cases not over Z per cent. These bonds
are generally first negotiated by opera
tors at as large a discount as possible,
and are sold to the state at an advance
over the first rate. It thus happens
that the very money paid by the farmer
on the lease is soon reloaned over a
bank counter at a usurious rate of inter
est. One of the first duties of the new leg
islature will be to extend the time on
these leases as long as the -interest is
promptly paid,- and lower the interest
to a rate corresponding to that which
the state receives on the preferred se
curities it i allowed to invest in.
The Journal copies an item about the
expense of the contest. The next legis
lature can save enough out oftheordi
BSry stealings of the Journal company
to pay for three or four such contests.
. THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.
When we look at it in the light of
later developments-, the strength and
shrewdness of the late election con
spiracy, as well as its unprincipled vil
lainy, stand out in bold relief. There
were several important objects to.be at
tained by as many different parties.
First The whiskey power desired the
defeat of prohibition.
Second The railroads desired to con
trol the board of transportation. -Third
The democrats desired to
elect Jim Boyd.
Fourth Rosewater wanted to be on
top, no matter how the pile might stink.
The railroads had no choice, between
Richards and Boyd. To cvjntrol the
board they would take either. - But the
whiskey men were opposed to Richards.
Boyd was their man. Rosewater .pre
ferred Boyd, as he was an Oms hd man
and a saloon man. Besides, two weeks
before election he had fully made up his
mind that Boyd would be elected. He
counted on the alliance democrats go
ing back to their party, which they did
not do. So the deal took this shape:
Rosewater gave up his republicaaism,
Boyd gave up his democracy, the whis
key ring and the railroads took the mid
dle of the road, having no ties any
where, and they agreed on Boyd, Hast
ings, Benton and Majors. Rosewater
engineered the drive. He is the only
man in' the state with just the satanic
nerve-required to do it.
It was a very strong combine. Rose
water having proposed it, he was en
trusted with the direction of the de
tails. This is his strong point. He had
this state mapped down to the last pre
cinct, his lieutenants appointed, paid
and instructed. The result justified the
expectations of the combine.
But like all villainous conspirators,
they left one or two points unguarded.
They did not sufficiently hide their
gross infractions of the law. ' They em
ployed too many roughs at the polls.
Another point they did not consider.
They did not count on any contest.
They did not consider that there might
be men in Nebraska who would carry
this thing to the court of last resort,
and who would neither be bull-dozed,
bribed or intimidated. They have run
against a few just such men, and the
question whether the suffrage can be
violated and a governship stolen will
now be decided.
A SAMPLE YELP.
"Czar Burrows was pribably the most
thankful man in Lincoln as he sat down to his
luxurious repast yesterday. Rut m few
months ago he was a struggling farmer, and
a mighty poor one at that; now he is the
ruler of the state of Nebraska, with a wad of
money, a fine house, and owe r to make
and unmake men at his pleasure."
The above is from the B. & M. Jour
nal of the 28th. Its two sentences con
tain nine distinct lies. There is no
" Czar Burrows." Mr. B. had no "lux
urious repast " on Thanksgiving; he
was not a "struggling farmer" a few
months ago; he was not " a poor farm
er," but on the contrary he was a very
good one; he is 770 "the ruler of the
state" or anything else; he has no "wad
of money," but he is on the contrary a
thousand dollars poorer than he was
when he left his farm; he has no "fine
house," but on the contrary rents a
cheap house in the suburhs of Lincoln;
and has no power to make or unmake
any man.
We give the above as a 'sample yelp
from a choice kennel of pups which
have boen suckled and fattened on
B. & M. and state pap. ( We could add
samples from the Bee, Kearney Hub and
Grand Island Independent, all pitched to
the same key " Dictator Burrows,"
'King Burrows, etc., etc., ad nauseam.
The only and sole object of this yelp
ing is to injure the Alliance and the peo
pie's movent by circulating the belief
that there is a political dictatorship at
Lincoln, headed by Burrows, aiming at
political power- They may accom
push tnis witn tnose .wno nave no
source of information except the slop
buckets through' which these puppies
vent their malignant and baleful emana
tions. But with w ell informed people
they will have no influence. Mr. Bur
rows has been in the Alliance for nine
years. He is tolerably well known to
the farmers of this state, and it is well
enough to remember that in all these
years no charge of any corruption or
any dishonest or underhanded act has
been brought against him. Instead of
being a dictator he is simply one unit
of seventy shousand, and if he should
drop out of the movement to-day his
absence would not be perceptible, but
the avalanche would move right on
This general abuse will not have its
desired effect. Tart of the people may
be deceived for a while, but truth pre
vails in the long run. "All things
come to him who waits."
tyThe Nebraska Independent is the
name of a new claimant for favor in the
newspaper line. It . is edited by Mr.
Huckins, late of Nebraska City. The
labor element of this and other cities
should have an organ, if it will support
one. The Laborer was started as such
an organ, but it was not supported, and
its editor was driven either to discontin
ue its publication or go into the enemy's
camp and the political blackmailing
business. He chose the latter, prefer
ring to steal rather than starve, aud has
kept his stomach grinding at the expense
of his honor. Uf course an honest pa
per should take the place of that oue;
and if the new venture is to be con
ducted on honest lines we heartily wish
it success. But if is to be a personal
organ of a politician, or go into the po
litical striking business, it had better
shut up shop at once, as the public in
its present temper has little use for such
papers.
A NEEDED INVESTIGATION.
The U. S. District Judge at New Or
leans is now being investigated by a
joint committee of congress. There is
United States district court in this
neck o woods that ought to have .some
of the same kind of medicine.
THE WORLD-HERALD, MR. SHRA
DER AND THE INTEREST
QUESTION.
We copy from the World-Herald of
December 1 a rery peculiar interview
with Mr, Shrader. the independent
representative elect from Logan and
Custer counties. First we will premise
that it will be entirely unfair to judge
Mr. Shrader ;by this interview. The
W. H: is crazy to enter into any kind of
a compact in behalf of the democracy
with anything and anybody who claims
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any affinity witn me inoepenaenis.
Therefore its claim that Mr. Shrader is
a democrat-independent should per
haps be taken witn considerable allow
ance. It has also been claimed for Mr.
Shrader that leading republicans of
Lancaster county desired him to be a
candidate for speaker. In either or
both cases he might well pray to be
delivered from his friends. No more
damaging claim could be made for him.
The independent who undertakes to
make a compact with either of these
parties to secure a position commits
political hari-kari beyond "redemption.
"Legitimate basking, as at. present
carried on in Nebraska" is a very equivo
cal term, and we presume it is the re
porter's, not Mr. Shrader's. We pre
sume a majority of the next legislature
will propose to interfere with - banking
as at present carried on in Nebraska,
legitimate or not. The majority of the
banks of Nebraska are shaving shops of
the worst kind.
We presume also that a majority of
the members of the next legislature do
intend to lower the legal rate of interest
in this state, as well as to put an end to
the 'wide-spread robbery" resulting
from unchecked usury. We also pre
sume that the people of this state will
aot be content to wait until a wild and
impracticable scheme to unify the legis
lation of three or four western states
can be completed before putting that
reform in operation. We imagine such
a proposition would be very acceptable
indeed to the shylocks who infest Ne
braska, as promising them longer im
munity in their nefarious usdry,
We have no doubt this interview does
Mr. Shrader great injustice. The mere
suspicion that he was coquetting with
Omaha democrats at 'this time would be
very injurious.
MR. WANAMAKER'S PANACEA.
All the big little men of the country
have somesprcial panacea for the hard
times. Mr. Wanamaker's is a postal
savings bank. You see the trouble
with the people just now is that they
have got so much money they don't
know what to do with it. With prices
going down they don't like to invest it.
Property might depreciate in their
hands. With so many banks breaking
just now they don't like to trust it to
the banks, and there they stand "with
a hat-full of dollars, and a champagne
basket full of scrip," fearful of being
robbed, and begging Mr. Wanamaker
for some safe place to store that money
where they will be sure of getting it
when ihey want it.
Mr. Wanamaker and Mr. Windom
seem to be in competition in this busi
ness. Mr. Windom thiuks the people
would like to put their money into a
two per cent, bond, and that tbey can
afford to pay the government two per
cent to keep the money safe and iater
convert it when wanted. It docsu't
seem to have dawned on the opaque
vision of either of these gentlemen that
it is not so much a place to put money
as it is money to put iu a place, or a
multitude of places, that is in demand
by the people. We believe, however,
that such is the case, and that if a great
deal of additional money should be fur
nished, the people will find places for it
iu abundance, without investing it iu
two per cent, bonds. As for the postal
savings banks, they are all right. But
if these geutlemen wish to signalize
their administration they, had better
study out some plan to furnish the peo
ple more money, aud not trouble them
selves about what tbey will do with it.
. FREE 'ISH.
State Fish Commission Have Them for
Distribution.
A Letter From Commissioner McBride
That is of Much Interest.
Plant Fish Now.
The following is a copy of a letter
written by Commissioner McBride to an
inquiry from Saline county regarding
young fish for free distribution. It is
of such general interest to all who are
interested in fish culture that The Al
liance publishes it that it may become
generally known that young fry are to
be obtained at the state fish hatchery by
those who may wish them. The thor
oughly practical and every way success
ful work that the commission is doing
in the cultivation of a great product is
not fully appreciated but if anyone with
a small poud or stream desires to see
what success will attend planting of
food fish they should avail themselves
of the opportunity to secure young fish
now. The letter states the kiud and
varieties in stock and the best waters to
place them in. Commissioner McBride
says:
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 7, 1800.
Dear Sir: lu reply to your letter re
garding fish with which to stock your
ponds I will say this:
We have at the state hatcheries at
South Bend, Neb., a good supply of
German carp and black bass which are
for gratuitous distribution at any time.
These I regard as best for pouds. Late
in the winter we shall have a supply of
trout, three or four varieties, but they
are better adapted to ruuuiug streams
of clear, 'Cold water, and would not
thrive in ponds of shallow stagnant
water such as most ponds are. In the
summer each year we have a bouutiful
supply of wall eyed pike which dp well
iu auy pond of ciar water.
Our fish car makes trips in various di
rections each mouth ami you can advise
the superintendent. M. . O'Brien,
South Beud. Neb , what kind of tish you
waut and you will be served in turn. If
you are ia doubt as to which kind of
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fish would do best or what numlcr you
want, I suggest that you descri)e the
pond or stream to him. If a pond, cive
size and average depth and ahe stato
whether clear or muuuy ami whether
stock drink from it or not. We aim to
stock all running streams ourselves, but
any one willing to assist us can get a
supply of fish by applying to the super
intendent. We have a limited supply of lake trout
which do well i deep, clear poudi.
Very respectfully,
J.C. McBkidk,
President Neb. Fbii Com.
RATHER UNJUST.
It has became perfr ctly clesr that the p"o
posed cleansing- of the Ausrean stxbles by the
indrendni8 in the conicst of the ieultsf
the election hatt d-ieierated Into a rilrtv oon
pptritcy to oust Bud. The cnuii'lnntinn of
th rmlroiids nd the FOnUed InCfpenrient
leaders Ih unspt-Hkahly contemiitlble. Ihe'
musses of the party have had nuthniK to ar.
but the Ue'hs and Uths and tht Ilk will
have a cheap messrf 1 otiage thrown to thru
In the shape or clerkships and pickings.
Powers will be cou 111 ed into an office to h bakt
he whs not elected. And this ia to bo the
pitilul end ota grand ruch to avenjre an
rectify fraud and intimidation atthepolis.
It would be lnirrestlitg- to know bow muck
cold cmsIi has been put up rn the siuo to bur
oft these virtuous statesmen.
Alio this is the ag relation of sneaks aa
vampires that have led ?0.0nu farmers o'
bracka throunh ihe CriinpHig-n. to tauch ia
hand and mu"h pnnnifeo, and the votea
go uncounted. 1 be returns unexamined the
irauds condonrd, the wrongs unngklvd.
Fi auds and cheats and knave f a degree loo
vile for ereii loathing 'f they do this thing-'
And itis the kcheme to do it. Lincoln Her
aid.
We cannot believe that Bro, Calhoun
intended to write anything so grossly
unjust as the above really is. 'J here is no
"dirty conspiracy tdoustBoyd. There
is no combination of "railroads and so
called independent leaders." In fact,
we believe the railroads are in favor of
Mr. Boyd. There has been no concession
of anything by the Dechs and Baties for
any "cheap mess of pottage." The al
lusion to Mr, Batie is particularly un
just. Just before election he was called
to the bedside of his ding wile, lie
now mourns her death, and has bad
nothing to do with the contest except
give his assent to it. There has been
no "cold cash" put up by any one te
buy up anybody. The term " aggrega
tion of sneaks and vampires" docs not
fit the gentlemen who led the army of
70,000 in the late fight; and we predict
that our generally magnanimous friend
Calhoun was ashamed of that article be
fore the tvpe that it was struck frosa
was distributed.
BEE STINGS.
Where ballots have been cast In the
"mode provided hy law," says the" state
supreme court, "the presumption U
that they are legal, and this presump
tion cannot be overturned by vague, in
definite and uncertain testimony." This
logical definition U commended to the
sober consideration of Burrows, Powers
&Co.
Burrows,. Powers & Co, accept the
above dicta as exactly right. If the
Bee could understand plain English it
would not put its foot in it as it has in
the above, Whether the ballot were
cast in certain precincts "in the mod6
provided by law " is exactly the question
at issue, to determine which the con
test has been instituted.
" The desperadoes of the combine
areas great a menace to the prosperi
ty of the city as the dark clouds of pro
hibition. Every citizen should rallyr
once more for Omnha and place publio
interest in the keeping of reputable,
progressive men."
"Rally once more" is good. The
rally of Nov. 4th was for the purpose of
placing the interests of the state in the
keeping of "reputable progressive men."
There are combines and combines.
Their character, in the estimation o!
the Bee, depends entirely upon whether
Rosewater is inside or outside. t
"The most audacious piece of political
jugglery which the combine has played
ou the eve of the city election is the
selection as judges ad clerks of the
election at which they expect to be
voted for of a choice assortment of their
tools, accomplices aud co-workers, in
both parties."
Its audacity depends entirely on who
is in it. But isn't it quite remarkable
that while the election of Nov. 4th and
all its concomitants were so peaceful
and quiet a perfect Sunday school, in
fact and there wasn't an ill-disposed
man in the city on that day, that such a
vile outfit as the Bee is depicting every
day should blossom out as soon as that
election was over?
"The outrages pepetrated at boVh
democratic and republican primaries
absolve party men from any obligation
to support the nominees."
This is merely a city election. At
the state election Omaha was on its
good behavior, and the election was as
quiet as a Sunday school. Rosey is
singing,
" I want to be an angel,
And with the angels stand.1
"Have not the franchised corpora
tions received every public privilege
they have asked for? Do they want a
perpetuaLmortgage on the city govoro
ment?" 9
That's what they want, and Jay
Gould wants a perpetual mortgage o
the United States, aad the Bee has gone
in to help him get it.
DAVE BUTLER NOT A MEMBER OF
THE ALLIANCE.
The World-Herald prints an interview
with Dave Butler, in which it says he la
a member of the st?te central committee
of the Farmers' Alliance. J his Is mmi
true. The man has no official conneo
tlon whatever with the Alliance, and
not even a member of a
subordinate Alliance. By a vote of th
state committee his name was taken off
the list of campaign speakers. He is a
handler of boodle for the B. & M. rail
road company or for anyone who has
corruption money to invest. We deem
it our duty to protect the fair name of
the Alliance by denying such statements
as the World-Hera Id's.
THE CHICAGO EXPRESS.
That time-honored greenback advo
cate, the Chicaao Ixvpess. has conn m
of business for the people, it having bees
oougnt oy tne L,ont & Thomas news
paper advertising agency. It's able d-
Itors. Mr. Alfred Clark and Mrs Mri-
Todd, are out of a job. If it is attem pt
ed to continue it as an advocate of the
people's rights it will be a fraud. Send
no .more subscriptions to it.