THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB., SATURDAY FEB. 21, 181)1.
FARMER'S OPINIONS.
Tb People's PUn of Campaign la the
People's Opportunity to Perfect a
Union of Alitor All.
Editor Alliance: The National
Fanner's Alliance in the Plan of Cam
paign adopted at Omaha, struck the
key note of the People's cam paign of
1892. " By that sign we will conquer.
By thus uniting on sis grand essentia!
issues as the permanent national plat
form of the Independent party whereon
all practical reformers can stand
while agreeing to disagree on , nones
' sential and unseasonable issues, tne
plan of campaign cwill become
the secure foundation for a new r
public wherein "An injury to one shal
be the concern of all."
It was fitting that said plan should be
siren to the people by the Farmer's
Alliance in National Convention as
sembled. In the state of Nebraska, the
birth place of the People's Independent
party.
Having a national platform that is to
stand unchanged until after the presi
dential election in 1803 the endorsees
of said plan can organize unhaunted by
the possibility of a change of the na
tional platform in a national conven
tlon dominated by hobby riding enthu
lasts; honest but impractical reform
era; the delegates of mythical parties
and rival semi-political organizations,
and the mercenaries of monopoly, and
the old parties who would surely over
load the platform and destroy the
By thus uniting all for all, the wreck
era who are plotting in the interest of
the moss-bark parses, and make mer
chandise of their salaried leadership
would be cast out unless made secure
by such a safeguard as this Farmers1
Alliance plan of campaign. Every na
tional convention would be contested
by corporation attorneys, and the mer
cenaries of monopoly ;bogus greenback'
era would send full deligations from
every state. "The restless devils of dis
cord" would fraternize with the "Apos
tles of delay."
By this act of real statesmanship the
National Farmers' Alliance have saved
the people from themselves. Send out
your pledges for signatures.
Old Equity.
The Supieme Court Again.
The following able argument in rela
tion to the late partisan decision of the
Supremo Court is by a Nebraska lawyer.
While the subject may be getting a little
bare, we desire it to be fully presented
in every light, and therefore publish the
argument:
Indt anola. Neb.. Feb.. 1801.
Editor Alliance: Having been an
interested reader of the proceedings of
the Legislature, and realizing that two
of the most important questions that
the Supreme Court has ever had before
it have been recently passed upon by
that tribunal; viz; a mandamus to com
pel the speaker of the House to publish
the returns and the necessity of the
Governor's approval to a joint resolution
fixing a time to take up a contest iu the
Legislature, I herewith submit a few
thoughts upon the latter question only,
with a view to opening a discussion of
the subjoct, that this question may be
better understood. - V
I realize the fact that this question is
of much greater moment than will ad
mit of an opinion based npon a passing
causal investigation.
I think I am correct if I say Nebraska
has had no dejure Governor since the
first Thursday after the first Tuesday
in January 1891. 1 have two reasons for
this opinion. 1st. The Supremo Court
advised Gov. Thayer to quietly submit
to the order of things under a de facto
Governor. 2nd. The office of Governor
is now under contest and no De jure
Governor is recognized. Keeping these
facts in mind what is the status of the
case! ,
In the first place the supreme court
coerced (if I may be permitted to use the
term) the speaker and the joint assem
bly into declaring Boyd elected, thus
placing in temporary power the party,
or defendant, whose title to the office
and iu prerogatives is directly assailed
and challenged.
In the second place the de facto
Governor being the defendant and the
direct party in interest in the case, must
(according to the decision of the su
preme court) decide whether the case
shall proceed or not, or in other words
the defendant in the case must be allowed
to settle the pleadings and make up the
Unites, or the case cannet proceed.
After some examination I cannot believe
the authorities sustain that view, and I
do not believe that, with a reasonable
length of time (which the court did not
have) to thoroughly Investigate the case,
the court would have given the opinion
it did, and I do not believe the court
will adhere to that decision in any fu
ture case should one in point ever come
before it again.
The provision of the constitution un
der which the court rendered the opin
ion is Art. S, Soc. 15, and reads as fol
lows: "
' Every bill passed by the legislature,
before it becomes a law, and every or
der, resolution or vote to which the
concurrence of both , houses may be
necessary (except on questions of ad
journment) shall be presented to the
governor. If he approve he shall sign
it, and thereupon it shall become a law;
but If he do not approve he shall retur
it with his objection to ihn bouse in
which it shall have oi iginated" etc, etc
The balance of the section pertains
only to tke manner in which the bill
may become a law, notwithstanding the
disapproval.
Upon the first reading, and casual
oljservation of that portion of the sec
tion it would seem that the language is
conclusive, and can have but one con
struction, and I believe the supreme
court took that view of it. But the
Question arises, will the section bear
analyzing? and will the construction
remain the same? 'Let us see. The first
part of the section says, "Every bill
before it becomes a law," shall go through
such and such a process. Now what is
meant by, "before it becomesa later Why,
evidently before it can be placed upon
the statute books, before it can be placed
before the people as one of the laws for
their government. Then the section
(meson and savs. "If he approve, he
shall sign it," etc. Approve what? Evi
dentlvtho bill, order, or resolution, that
is to-become a lam. Then if the gov
ernor approve and sign it, what effect
does the signature have? The section
declares " shall become a law. V
Now suppose the concurrent resoln
tion fixing the 17th of Feb as the date
the general assembly would take up
the contest had been signed by the
speaker of the house, president of the
senate and the governor,' trill it, or can
it ever become a laicl Will it ever be
spread upon the statute books of this
state as one of the lairs enacted by the
22nd general assembly? I do not think
anyone will do violence to the English
language by affirming this proposition
Then It It cannot aadvi not eer be
a law what will it be? It will simply re
main on the journal of the general as
sembly, as a rule, and a part of the pro
ceedings evidencing the fact that at that
time, Feb. 17, both houses were ready
and willing to proceed, and determine
the fact of who is really entitled to give
the final sanction to all bills, orders or
resolutions that are entered as laws- The
constitution Art. 8, Sec. 7, provides
that "each house shall determine its
own rules by which it shall be governed
and exercising this exclusive power the
two houses of the Nebraska legislature
jointly concurred in thej-efcor resoln
tion fixing a certain day when a certain
order of business would be taken up.
I am convinced that the great weight
of authority is against the decision of
the supreme court, and only have room
in one article upon this subject to cite a
few of the many authorities arrayed
against it. Referring to the power of
the Legislative department, Sir Edward
Coke in 4 Inst. 36 said: " It (speaking
of Parliament) hath sovereign and un
controlled authority in making.contirm
ing, enlarging, restraining, abrogating,
repealing, reviving and expounding of
laws concerning matters of all possible
denominations, ecclesiastical or tempo
ral, civil, military, maritine or criml
nal." And speaking further upon this
same subject he says: "All mischiefs,
and grievances, operations and reme
dies that transcend the ordinary course
of the laws are within the reach of this
extraordinary tribunal."
I do not contend, however, that the
legislative department of our gov
ernment and states have such unlimited
control as was vested in the English
arliamenr, however all these preroga
tives will apply in a very great measure
to our legislative bodies.
Again we turn to the G American and
English encyclopedia of law, page 414,
we find the positive rule laid down, that
In election contests it is held that no
person can be a judge of his own case."
Following this rule, it was held in
Davy vs. Savidge, Hobart 89, City of
London vs. Wood, 12 Mod. G87. " This
rule is as old as the common law; and
in England it has been said that an act
of parliament which should be so con
trary to natural equity would be void."
In the case of Rice vs. Foster 4 Harr.
483 (Del.) Chief Justice Booth said: "An
act to make a man judge his own case
would not be valid, because it was
never the intention of the constitution
to vest such power in the legislature
the exercise of which violates the plain
est principles of natural justice." Then
again In the case of Com. vs. McClosky
Rawl, 369 (Pa.) the following strong
terse language is used."Unless the words
of the act be plain and explicit the court
is bound in decency to conclude that the
legislature had no intention to violate
the priuclples of equity, or without ne
cessity to contravene the first principles
of the social compact. That it is against
reason and justice, and the fruitful
source of faction, corruption and abuse
that the party interested should judge
his own cause. It is not to be presumed,
but directly to the contrary, that tho
legislature have invested the respond
ent with such extraordinary powers."
Sustaining this same doctrine see
Brightley's El. cases, and Stockton case
in U.S. Senate.
Cooley in his constitutional limita
tions 3rd. Ed. 173 after commenting up
on the question uses this language:
"And for similar reasons a legislative
act which should undertake to make a
Judge the arbitrator in his own contro
versies would be void, because though
In form a provision for the exercise of
Judicial power in substance it would be
the creation of an arbitrary and irre
sponsible authority, neither Legislative,
Executive or Judicial, and wholly un
known to constitutional Government."
And.sg&in at 410 and411 same volume
be says, "there is a maxim of la re
garding judicial action which may have
an important bearing npon the consti
tutional validity of judgement in same
cases. No one ought to be a Judge in
his own cae," he then quotes the cita
tion of the English authority referred
to in the former part of thi!'article.
Continuing, Justice Cooley says: "This
maxim applies in all cases where judi
cial functions are to be exercised, and ex
cludes all who are interested however re
motely, from taking part in their exercise.
It is not left to the discretion of a judge,
or to his sense of decency, to decide
whether he shall act or not; all his
powers are subject to this absolute limita
tion. and when his own rights are in
question he has no authority to determine
the cause.1' A vast array of authority in
the United States support this doctrine
The supreme court in passing upon the
question In the course of the opinion
says, "Now unless we are astray
fundamentally in our view of this
constitution and law. it was essential te
the validity of a concurrent resolution
for any purpose whatever, that it should
have been signed by the presiding ofli
cer of the senate as well as of the house."
In the case of Cottrell vs the State, 9,
Neb., 123. It was held that "The fail
ure of the presiding officer of the senate
to sign a bill which was afterwards
signed by the governor and which the
journal of the senate shows passed the
senate by a constitutional majority.
does not affect the validity of the act.',
This decision is again adhered to and
reaffirmed in Taylor vs Wilson, 17,
Neb., 89.
After examination into this case and
the authorities for and against the opin
ion, 1 have fully convinced my own
mind at least that there is a very large
preponderance of authority against it.
So large in fact that it almost amounts
to unanimity. S. R. Smith.
The Alliance as an Educator.
Of the many beauties of the Alliance
there is none more worthy of mention
than its educating influences. It opens
its doors alike to men and women, and
extends a special invitation to the
young. Many sons and daughters have
not the opportunities of their more fa
vored companions, and what education
they get must be got at the district
school or by the fare side. Whatever
inlluence can be brought to bear to en
courage ana strengthen them should be
availed of. The Alliance offers such
assistance. Here the young can min
gle with their elders. In the Alliance
the young may learn habits of precis
sion, thoroughness and perseverance,
ana inculcate ideas of the nobility of
their calling. The bashful uncouth
manners can in a great measure be
overcome by simple association in the
Alliance hall. The passing through the
official chairs of the Alliance will give
inem a training wnicn win prove in
valuable in later life; lor many of our
legislators nave been promoted from
the farmers' private ranks. The Alii
anceis not simply a listening school,
but it is a place for work, a talking
school where all are free to have their
say upon all questions. Unlike many
oiner oraers rennemeni and culture
are not the criterion so much as true
worth, and the staid farmer is as quick as
nis city Drotner to discover these quali
ties which stand the test of time and
vicissitudes of life. The true rule or
aim of an Alliance is to learn the higher
cultivation oi tne sou. pericction in all
farm work, as well as advancement of.
agriculture, and to furnish the safe
foundation for a wise and happy people
11. u. JOKDAN.
Mopne Alliance No. 1610.
Vicious Financial Legislation is what's
the Matter.
Kenesaw, Neb., Jan. 22, 1891.
Editob Alliance: Now is the time
for the farmers to make a strike that
will shake the nation. Congress is
uinuenng tne nation as it was never
hindered before. It is not tariff, elec
tion frauds or railroad oppresien which
are grinding down the pewplo and
shrinking the value of farm lands and
products, but it is the accursed and
treasonable methods of Wall street in
withholding from the People the re
quired amount of money with which to
do business. The tariff-election-will
farce at Washington, schemed and
worked by Wall street to defeat honest
money legislation, is the most damnable
conspiracy and worthy of denouncement
by mass meetings all over the country.
Reed, Sherman and Harrison should be
held impeachable. Whv not offer a
resolution in the legislature denouncing
the present congress for its damnable
conspiracy in witholding financial re
lief to the country. Call upon the state
farmers Alliance of other states to do
likewise. It will be a big thing for the
farmer's crown. This session of con
gress almost gone and nothing but a
circus. Xnaugerate mass meetings at
once for silver coinage and immediate
financial relief. Four or five monster
mass meetings in Kansas and Nebraska
would arouse the West as it was never
aroused before. Turn loose the blood
hounds of war. A. D. Shanks.
The Alliance Growing right Along.
v Belmont, Neb., Feb. 4, 1891.
Er. Farmer's Alliance: I am more
than pleased with your paper: also with
you for the way in which you deal out
medicine to theg. o. p. l know it must
be nauseous to them, but it's for their
good youknow,so don't be sparing of it,
and us poor despised "nayseeds" will
set back and watch the squirming,
wrigling contortions they go through
in swallowing it. The Alliance is grow
ing rightalong in.North-westreb.. even
though our crops didn't, and our Alli
ance, 1289, voted the Independent ticket
straight to a man. We have 50 mem
lrs and only organized in the spring.
It is with pleasure we read of the Alli
ances dropping the Omaha Bee, World
Herald, Lincoln Journal, and all local
papers who are fighting U9 and our
caute. :We are doing the same here.
Here's our hand, fellow Alliance men.
In the language of Gen'l Grant "we will
fight it out on this line, not if it takes
all summer but if it takes forever."
- Yours fraternaly,
C, C Bacon.
Government Ownership of Railroads.
Hawhorx. Neb., Feb. 8, 1891.
Editob Alliance: In a recent is
sue of your paper your contributor
"Uncle Jake" asks for an outline or ex
position of some practical plan whereby
the government can acquire the owner
ship of the railroads.' I, too, would lite
to see such a plan outlined.
Uncle Jake" supposes that the pur
chase could only be accomplished by
the issuance of interest bear in ir bonds
In payment. Granted! I do not think
it would require a thousand years to
liquidate those bonds, as he supposes
neither do I think that the lower the
rate of interest the longer would be the
time required for liquidation as he
seems to think. On the contrary.
think the time required would be
shorter. Let us take a case. I have at
hand the report of the U. S. Railroad
commissioner for the year 1881. From
this report I gather that at that time
the Union Pacific Railway Co. owned
and operated 1821 miles of railroad
that the net earnings of these 1821 miles
of road from its freight and passenger
traffic, after deducting all operating ex
penses, were 111,290,840.
Now it is written in the bond, j. e. the
charter, under whiclfthis corporation
"lives and moves and has its being,
that the government may take posses
ion oi this road , and all its equipments
or appurtenances thereto belon ging, at
any time by paying for the same at
j air valuation.
1 think that "Uncle Jake will agree
that $50,000 per mile is a valuation
somewhat in excess of " fair."
Now 1821 miles at $50,000 per mile
amounts to $91,050,000, thejinterest on
which at o per cent would amount to
$2,731,500. Deduct this amount from
the $11,290,842 of net earnings and there
would remain $8,559,342 to be applied
in payment of principal. So apply
these net earnings annually and the
debt would be paid in less than ten
years.
There is some difference between 10
and 1,000 years. Reducing the rates
of freight and passage 25 per cent, the
operating expenses remaining ' he same,
net earnings would be redueed 50
per cent, and if applied as above the
debt would be paid in less than twenty
years, which is still a good deal less
man one tnousana years.- u proper ai
lowance be made for increase of busi
ness from year to year and decrease in
amount and ratio of expenses the above
estimate of time would be somewht re
duced.
" Uncle Jake " thinks that the gov
eminent would have to employ the
present owners to manage the roads
and that while the government would
own the railroads the railroad men
would own the government."
I don't just catch on to that. The
present owners have to go outside of
their own number to get efficient mana
gera, coum not the government em
ploy the same men or other and better
ones?
While I think it true and this is one
of the things complained of that some
of the present managers, who are not
even owners, or at most only part
owners, do to a certain extent own the
owners practically, and that they man
age the road mainly for their own in
terests, without proper regard for the
ngnts ana interests of other owners,
I think they would not be able to plav
this game quite so successfully, if the
government were the owner and they
were in its employ. Government has
more power than minority stockholders
uncle Jake asks, "What is to hinder
operators of railroads from, pooling
ineir interests uuaer government own
ershiu. ns under private"
As i am a full blooded yankee, 1 will
answer that question with another.
What is it that hinders the soldiers of
our army, the sailors of the navy, with
their officers, or the postal and other
employees of the government from
pooling their interests in opposition to
the government?
I here seems to be no good reason
why the government should delay or
nesitate in taking possession of the U
P. railroad; and there are many good
reasons wnyit snouia not aeiay. it
seems that the government is bound to
lose largely by this road in any event
ana mat tne longer it delays, the more
it will lose. . In entering this door the
way may appear clear for further ad
vances, so that in due time the whole
railroad system will come under the
control and ownership of the govern
ment. Yours, Uncle Fclleb.
An able Letter from a Lady Member.
Edgar, Neb.. 1891.
Editor Alliance: The name of our
Alliance is Grand View, instead of Fair
view, as l headed it before, but no
difference about that, wo are in a flour-
isning condition, xno lames are com
ing in all the time, and we have both
pleasant and profitable meetings. When
we first proposed debating on the most
important subjects of the day, the men
said "Oh, we never debated before, we
can't." But we said they could try,
and they did, and they done well, and
they are gaining confidence in them
selves, and it is astonishing how much
information we are gaining in this way.
Mr. Editor, I see you have placed my
letter in the columns of your valuable
paper. And I won't retract one word
of it. Some democrats think I made it
pretty strong when I said I believed
you were the Moses to lead the people
out of bondage. I mean it. Through
your example and your valuable paper
you are leading thousands out of the
bondage of ignorance, (yes ignoranae.)
For can you ever remember a time
when the radical ones in either party
voted other than for party. Why, the
republicans would vote for a republi
can no difference whether ho was a
black leg, a thief, a liar or a murderer,
so he was a republican, and the demo
crats would do the same. And I will
say that I verily believe there never has
been such an intelligent vote cast as was
polled last 4th of Nov. And may your
courage never fail, and in '92 there will
be thousands more led out of bondage,
and there will be a lot more of those
black legs throttled. Let the American
people never tire until we see a purer
? government, and see the poor of our
and have enough to eat and wear. Mr.
Editor I dont like to say that all the
loyal ones have been culled from both
parties, as I verily believe that a great
many in the towns voted for the old
parties because they had not the chance i
to go to night school as the farmers did
last year. But I believe organizations
are starting in towns to enlighten them
a little, and I hope that all the poor
will join acd learn something for their
own comfort and that of theii- families.
The republicans and democrats of the
country united for one common cause,
and the party question was left out,
only some few will be republicans and
ditto the democrats, but you know the
saying "convince 'a man against his will
and you leave him of the same opinion
stil." I would like to see the ladies join
the Alliances and try to help along the
good work. I would like to see more
loyal papers spring into existence, we
needtbem. Such papers as the Clay
Centre Gazette and Nuckolls county
Herald, which are only democratic pa
pers, we are going to discontinue, as
we don't need them, we want loyal pa
pers. I don't see how we could possibly
get along without the Alliance paper.
as we know we get the solid truth. We
could not spare you from your responsi
ble position. May you live to see the
day when the last tyrant shall be ousted
lours forborne ana justice.
Mrs.Witmeb.
An Open Letter to Senator Kountz.
Cambridge, Feb. 4. 1891.
Sir: Judging from your speech de
livered at McCook on the 28th tf Jan
it appears to us that you are in a fair
way to violate your obligations to your
constituents.
At the time vou were nominated at
Indianola you pledged yourself if elect
ed, to support the principles of the in
dependent party, to work for the pas
sage of a law to reduce the freight
rate to that in force in Iowa, and also
one to make eight per cent the legal
interest rate.
You said " you had been a soldier,
and would fight and die for the princi
pies of tie independent party.
You say now that your party is ask
ing too much, that you are in favor of
protecting railroads, banksand other
corporations.
Now were not these the institutions
you were elected to aid in making laws
to control? v
Letus hear from you through-the
FARMERS' ALLIANCE, and Oblige,
- Thos. Andrews
Qarnishementjof Laborer's Wages.
Haetington Neb., Feb. 2, 1891.
Ed. Alliance; Will you permit me
through the columns of your valuable
paper to ask what good will result from
the passage of the law asked for by "The
Nebraska Business Men's Association."
That Sec. 531 and subdivision "A"
thereof of the civil proceedings, com
pnea statutes oi iBa, be amended so
that the exemption law be not applic
able to 30 per cent of the wages or sal
ary of any clerk, mechanic or laborer,
and not more than three executions at
any one time against such amount
Will the passage of such a law help to
collect the debt? Or is it only an ex
pensive way to harrass the laboring ele
ment of the state? As each garnishment
uiuuesa iu every case will consume
more than ten per cent, as claimed to
be liable to execution. It seems to me
this is the most diabolical plan that
ever went before an intelligent law
making body. To me it seems the only
J . l.s t . . . . , .
uiieuuuu luasiuug his to Dring into
public odium those who would vote
aye upon its passage. ' Now what
amount of cost would be necessary to
collect 10 per cent of $50? At least five
dollars justice cost, not less than $1.85;
the executing officer not less than $1.75:
on tne nrst papers entering judgment,
tne attenaaace oi garnshee $l.o0;besides
execution, sale, etc., which would be
$3.00 more, aggregating $8.20 costs to
collect $5, leaving an indebtedness of
$3.20 costs, with no-part of the original
ueut uiwinisnea. inis to be repeated
three times by the same nartv uuon the
same debt at the same time, and to con
tinue until the debt is fully paid." Such
a law would be an outrage as it would
neither help the creditor or the debtor
but would politically swamp the Alli
ance party, the very purpose for which
it was intended. If I am wrong I would
like the public journal favorlnsr such a
law to explain otherwise.
. Yours truly,
Junius.
Independents Fulfill your Pledges.
Jackson Township Hall Co. Neb.
Ed. Farmer's Alliance: In reading
the legislative proceedings in your issue
of Feb. 7th, I was amazed to find tho
monopolists and capitalists had their
champion in the upper house, in the
person of Senator Switzler of Omaha,
judging from the resolution which he
introduced in the senate. By reading
under the lines it might read thuslv.
"Whereas, an erroneous impression pre
vails through the farming communitv
that the legislature contemplates pass
ing radical measures on the subject of
interest and mortgages, therefore be
it distinctly understood that this august
and honorable legislature is controlled
by royal bankers, aristocratic capitalists
and railroad magnates. And therefore
clodhoppers, puntin rollers and havseed
farmers need not expect any measures
oi reiiei irom this honorable body;" and
it would seem as if the house concurred
in bwitzler s views, for I find next d;
they declared H. R. 2. relating to usu
lost. Is this in keeping with the pledge!
given last fall by Alliance leaders? I
was boldly proclaimed from every plat
form, that a strict usury law and a law
regulating mortgages should (amongst
other laws) receive the first attention,
in case of success at the polls, and we
farmers shouted aloud and contributed
our quarters and dollars to defray cam
paign expenses while the bankers, the
money lenders, and the railroad mag
nates done everything to defeat and
hinder, and now they get what legisla
tion they want and we farmers are told
"begone, we are fools anyway." In
conclusion I will prophesy If these Inde
pendent members return home without
enacting those measures of relief, the
Indepenent party in Nebraska is dead
and buried, and in 1892 it will roll up its
accustomed 25.000 majority for the re
publican ticket.
AN ALLIANCE FARMER.
Glen Rock Alliance.
Glen Rock, Neb., Feb. 9, 1891.
J. Burrows. Dear Sir: I send vou
a copy of a resolution passed m Glen
Rock Alliance No. 409 at our last meet
ng. Beit,
Kesoived, that we ask our legislatures
not to appropriate any money to be
used for the Columbian fair to be held
in Chicago in 1892. Please give this a
place in your next issue.
I RANK JSIEBEL, H. C. WEBB,
Secy. Pres.
Resolutions of Respect.
Saltillo. Neb.. Feb. 7. 1891.
Whereas, It has pleased Divine
Providence to remove from our midst
the youngest child of our brother, Au
gust Spann.
Resolved, That this Alliance deeply
sympathizes with the parents in this
their sad bereavement.
Resolved, Thtasatokenofourrespect
for the parents that these resolutions be
placed on our records and a copy be
tendered the parents and a copy be
furnished the Farmers' Alliance for
publication. Wm. Foster,
Dan Hot,
A. HC8TON.
Saltillo Alliance No.1353. Com.
Spbagi e. Neb., Feb. 7th., 1891
Whereas, It has pleased divine
providence in his goodness to remove
from the family of Bro. Lewis Griffin
his beloved wife, therefore be it,
Resolved. That this Alliance deeply
sympathizes with him in his great afflic
tion, and
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to Bro Griffin and family
also a copy spread upon the records of
this alliance and a copy sent to the pub
lishers of the "Farmers' Alliance" for
publication.
A. Eggeb, Vice Prest.,
B. Beck, Sec, Alliance No. 1598.
Feb., 1, 1891.
Whereas, Death has taken from us
our worthy brother and neighbor O. O.
Reed, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the members of
Naponee Alliance No. 1509, extend to
the wife and family of our departed
brother our sympathy, trusting that the
Lord will comfort them in their afflic
tion. , J. Crowley Sec.
Pla te Valley Alliance.
Resolutions unanimously adopted at
a regular meeting of Platte Valley Alli
ance No. 2021, Feb. 5, 1891.
Resolve d, That we condemn and re
pudiate the two twin sheets, the Omaha
Bee and the World-Herald as unworthy
the support of an honest man.
Resolved, That we do approve the
course of our paper the Farmers' Alli
ance and the Workman, and pledge our
support and influence as lung as they
continue to advocate our cause.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to the Farmers' Alliancr
and the Workman for publication.
T.HReed, M. C.Reed,
Pres. Secy,
Highland Alliance In favor of Municipal
Suffrage.
Cortland, Neb., Jan. 23, 1891. '
Whereas, We recognize in the drink
traffic an evil of gigantic proportions,
and realizing the danger menacing the
rising generation, especially in the
cities and .villages through its evil in
fluences, and
Whereas, The evils of this business
fall heavily on the women of our state,
and the municipal ballot will be a means
of protecting their homes; therefore
be it
Resolved. That we as members of the
Highland Alliance No. 931, as a matter
of justice to the women of the state of
Neb., do earnestly ask of our legislature
now in session that they pass such laws
as will confer upon women the right to
vote in all municipal elections.
Denouncing the Demo-Repub Combine.
Mascot, Neb., Feb. 4, 1891.
Whereas, We. the members of J.
Burrows Alliance No.. 1721, view wiih
alarm the growing tendencies of what '
was known' as the republican and demo
crat parties to unite in one common
combine to further tho interest of
monied corporations and scheming poli
ticians, therefore be it
Resolved, That we. as members of J.
Burrows Alliance, bind ourselves by
our solemn obligation not to deviate
from the course we have taken until
the government of this state is placed
in the hands of the people where it prop
erly belongs, and further that a copy of
these resolutions be sent to the Alma
Times and State Alliance paper for
publication. ;
lhis resolution was presented at a
regular meeting of J. Burrows Alliance,
Feb. 4, 1891, by a unanimous vote.
S. P. Baker, Sec.
... . K. of L. Resolutions.
Whereas, Our present election laws
in Nebraska do not result in an honest
ballot and a fair count, therefore be it
Kesolved, lhat it is the sense of Dis
trict Assembly No. 146, Knights of La
bor now in regular session in Minden,
Kearney county, that the most im
proved Australian system of voting
should be extended to every voting pre
cinct in the state, and that the day of
any general election be a legal holiday;,
and be it also
Resolved, That w-e call upon our
senators and representatives to work
and vote for the above measure, and be
it also
Resolved. That a copv of these roan.
lutions be signed by the master work-'
man and secretary, and a cepy be sent
to Minden Workman and the Fahmfr's.
Alliance, and a copy be spread upon
mo imuuies ui ims meeting and a copy
be sent to our senators and representa
tives. Mrs. La Wells. Dist. R. s.
To the Senator from Gage County.g
Glenwood, Neb., Feb. 5, 1891.
The followinsr resolutions wnrn nnnL
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I Whereas, It is the unanimous de
mand of the Alliances of Nebraska, that
iaw oe passed oy the present legisla
ture, fixing the legal rate of interest at
9 per cent and the contract at 8 per cent,
nd the taking of a greater sum punish
able by forfeiture of both principal and
Interest, and with fine or imprisonment
0r both; and whereas there seems some
fljubt of such measure passing the
gfcnate, therefore
f Resolved. That we demand that our
senator from this county, who was
lected by the Independent vote, use
fVery honorable means to ensure the
Passage of such law, and it is further
Resolved, That we demand that all
senators elected by the Independents
Pie all tbeir efforts to accomplish this
oject, and it is further
Jiesolted, That a coov of thnso roan.
itions be sent to Senator Collins, ami
the Farmers' Alliance for Tllihli-
tion.
Lerot Payne, Pres.
J. M. Millholland, Ass't Sec.
J. H. McMurtry. real entt ni
ans, abstract and notarv. MxfnM..
)lock, adjoining Alliance hearfmi
orner Eleventh and M streets.
