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4 THE FAKMEKS' f ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB., THUKSDAY APR, 30, 1891. TlJFAHW ALLIANCE rCBLUHKS WI1SXT AT lUlJt 11TH AND M mREKTS, LUCCCLH, REBRASIA. cr.iAn:iD akd isprsyed. . J. tC20ra Editor. XJ. U. THOMPSON. Burinwi Ma'gr, VIrM( MrrMteitkM wark wHa Tn W liii,Mrslsrosrlyoubletts - dm. w mwM iwvetae vMeetaUg M ssaia m save IO ttSStt. rtxxnxs. TM AlAlAMCB OMjekTMd Lawfciaf Back ward port paid. . E3 aad Labor and Capital by ZsZest .11 SO 1 40 C3o aad Cwaar-i Column 1 80 Oar Republican lion- ankby VaoierVoWo 1 40 Tfca above book for sale at tkla offlco ESa aad Gushing1! Maauat pa- per covers Cats cover I M WBBBtpe paid as follows j , Leeiiaj Backward..... 50cU. Cmmtt Column .OOcta. IxUraaa Capital....... ctt. Oar republican Monarchy 29cU. CcUaft Maanel. paper overs. .Sficti. cloth ...Wet. AddraM. Auiabcb Pv Co UbcoIb Neb. pahiiebb' OPINIONS. Oars Reviewed. ParTaa rsaaaM' Aixiascs. It will be remembered that the World mU sent out aa invitation to the lsaf Men of lbs democratic, republl aa aad. independent fartles something Ilka Uds: "Wewould like to have you contribute as article assooa as possible on tba po littoai future of Nebraska. From your kaowlcdge of the situation what do you tklak. and what are your reasons for lsiaking so?" Oaly two of the republicans ventured to predict. If tn. Bosewater and tUn. We will ps over Mr. Bose water's it marks but will attempt to re Tiaw Mr. Ores. He commences, "My view of thepo- IHical future, generally stated, is that It will not materially differ from the paUtteal past." Sow as tbis is a matter of prophecy rather than of history we cannot say but that It Bisy he true, but would re- apcetfully refer our readers to hie pre dictions'previous to the lata election, when he predicted " that with the aid of rcspectallo democrats Ihey would bury the Independent hogs so deep that they would sever rise strain." Would you bow say that he was a prophet? Further oa he says, " It may have struck your readers that though there has been aparently uisny violent up- beavels since the beginning of party or tufaatloas ia this country, there has iwesi little change. Whea the United States was a little strip of Atlantic sea Ward demagogues roee and flourished for b time and were snuffed out. There was tba Sfasy's rebellion when the com bub people were Incited , to take up arms against the bloody capitalists that bad captured the government." How then was Shay's rebellion an uprising el the common people! Let us see. Shay v rebellien occurred in 1780. three years before the first presidential elec tion. Three years before the present United States constitution went into ef fect. Was it a political party? Cer tainly not. Were the common people incited to take up srms against the bloody capitalists? No. The historical facta are as follows: During the revo lutionary war the Continental congress issued paper money to the extent of 1241,000.000 or over tl.SO per capita, for the population at that time was only 3,000,000. The government was not yet fully established. No provisions had been aiade to redeem the paper. No system of revenue bad been established, it was uncertain at this tima what pro visions the new couftitulion would wake for tbe redemption of this paper. The luk of MnxHachuxetta bad been ateblinbed In 1781, also one in New York at the same time. Continental sueacy went out of circulation and val ue ware measured by gold. To most people this brought loss, to many ruiaaad to many mora great hard ships. A atav law bad ben passed in Haaaachusetts to postpone payment of ebte. UanielShay, who bad bee a aapUiB la the revolutionary war. beaded as open rebellion against the authority ot the courts, hhay'e rebnl Uia was put down by an army of 4.0U0 ate. What was Khsy'a rebellion a-aiast? Tbe autbotity o th courts. Vbat bad the courts done? Sua talaed tba stay law. tor whose lue ftt was the stay law made? Ilia com asBB people? KdenUy hhay. like Na Braka eapitalUta, sit oppu4 to stay aswa aad desired to eiiforva the imma Ca eolleciitia ef debit. Aa asual Mr. tiers got the thing rw varard. Tba hs as), "folloard a taw yaara of hlaky r!li." This ba aa)s as aa apr Uisf i4 laa korav badvd farirs aad whiskey tuea aeaiaattha ) eprbK of I ha ti mm law," l iku forrvri? It a n, latrB fti.6.iUai.'.a a ditii bwsnwaa was carrtvd aa In t;i. A hay tat had Ua WWd on di.ti rta Kr rau pwraotM. l ha dt tuwra rsUlled s4 dra taa raieaua sCiwta aututtna aeigitttrtuwt. A a artsy waa sat da asd uwilad the r.UB. aa kaadi farawr krtaartaWg u dawxhlt, aad it was r" aai la a taw eoueiwt ia faaasvi. v iBthiN, aiata(tky tasaMr. ( aiUfs to utMiosd k Hr, I i : "tor- "iMsti-e a, u r ''Li- f arsawat ks awaiUiw! t t as pr4Bly as nMv ! , i f -Jttl tva lire t t.sMa's f t t -'-44 t.a rutsra ' " If" 1 la tklaa B reaw I i ;aa4 vt siat ! l)C - ar-wury. ttw i I.' M. 'J re.tn tat ! II, V..l;;t st-'tfrrra Uw la nMt tx" i ft Ufa t tii ' ... 'ft' I rkiss s l Hew t . sli. ' I4a4 t?i l...2tt aad threatened with the outbreak ot know- Mothingism." Ia Una correct? Let us sne. 2o elates wera ever swept oy Y'oti -renters nor anti-masons of New nnrW. . The anti-renters were never or- a .J - I .i.r,l.. Ute asiMt to defend themselves against t.-B Just and nnrenaoaabla rent that UijijWera paying for the land tbey. tiAn.i but they were put down by na anl t roopa. The anti-miaous did or R. ,i!e at oue time a a political party IO ID . Vow Vnrl- Thulr liuilea 7l?t iBauflicient and tliey were short . Of tne knownothing party we JlJpeak hereafter. The Dorrites be ?V"fwas an insurrection beaded "J n a llnrr of Hhoda Inland. TheT Jrfede d iu securing an amendment w e constitution of that stato which wajthe only thing that they wera con- ,ouuins! f r. The crantrers were uever oHPnized as a political party. It would have been better if tbey had been. Hut they succeeded through the old parties u reducinar tne raiiroau ratea wnicn baa saved millions to the farmers of that state. Again be ssys, "There are but two great political parties In any .ngiisn speaking country. The conservatives and the progressives, and all other or ganizations that have attempted to break tneir ranks so far have soon sub sided, leaving hardly a ripple behind." Iet us see, tne urst great parties was the federal and republican. I don't know which of these he would call con servative and wbieh progressiva. The federal psrty was an aristocratic party, and waa in favor of a strong central government. Their policy was that tne government snouia iook auer toe rich and tbe rich take care of tbe poor. The republican party of that time was the party of the great common people. Their battle cry was "equal and ex act jurttce to all men and special privl tares to none." Kxactly what ours is to-day. John Adams was the flint and only president eiecioa oy toe leuersi party. There were many men of great ability in the party, but it was not the party of tne great common people ana It went down. It was not Immortal as Mr. tiere thinks his party is. After tbe demise of tbe federal party a sew party sprung up called the whig party. They favored Internal improve ments, a high protective taiiff aud a United States bank system. Some of the greatest men in tbe country were whigs (Clay. Webster, Calhoun, A. II. Stephens and Abe Lincoln) in the days of wbigery. Hut it was not the pitrty of the great common people, and ft went down. It was not Immortal though progressive. When the whig party was in its decline some new par ty sprung into existence. They were ail sectional in character and the Issues were insullicient to make great parties. Tbe time Kerned to demand tne for mation of a new part v. and tbe repub lican party sprang Into existence. Ibis party was composed of wblgs, demo crats and abolitionists or meu who had acted with those parties. Was it pro gressive? Ietussee. The Urst campaign of the republican party was iu 1511. A part of the platform was this: "knolKd, That we are unalterably opposed to the exUtem-e of slavery." Another very good plank was this: "Ktsolvtd, That the public lands of the United States belong to the people and should not be sold to individuals nor granted to corporations, but should be nem as a sacreu trust ior tne people, and should be granted iu limited quan tities to landless tteltlers." Well, that was a good sound plank and made to us of thousands of votes for tbe party. Have they progreiMcd? Let us see. The Mew York Hints, a leading republican organ, said editorlaly a few yearn alnce, speaking of the times and complaints of the people: " There seems to be but one remedy. To reach it both farm ers and capitalists need to be educated to it. It seems to be inevitable and it mud come about in the conrxe of time. It is the change of the ownership of the soil on one baud and the creation of a class of tenant farmers on tbe other hand, something slmlliar in both cases to what now exists in tba older coun tries of Kurope," How's that, for pro gression? Progression It certainly is, out in what direction? nut did tne re publicans carry out their promise of 185tt They didn't come into power in '50 but thev did in li0. They had full control of the government for many years; let us see what tbey have doue with the land. There were about too, 000,000 acres of government land in INK); not quite one third has come into the hands c! the landless. What has become of the rest? (17,000,000 have been appropriated for bounties, water ways aud high-ways without the con sent or authority pf the people. The republican government has voted awav 2'JO,000,000 acres to KatWy the greed of speculators. Tbey have voted away I'l.OOO.OOO acres to absentees aud for eigner. Is not this progression with a vengeance, and if allowed to progress a few more years In this direcliou what will bo the result? It has progressed till it has made t.OOO.Ooo tramps. It has progressed until ti0,00 laborers are out of employment in this laud of plenty and are suffering for tbe neces saries of life, while tbe men who have had the benefits of their toil are rolling in wealth and luxury. It has pro gressed until a wail of want aud an guish cnu be heard from one end of I he country to the other snd all iu con sequence ot clan legislation and on rqal laws by the g. o. p .. and still Mr. Gere thinks it is immortal. We have seen that the federal party was not lmmottnl but paared awav. We have seen that the whig party al though progressive was not immortal but had lis uuy aud iaei awav. What evidence have we that the republican party, which has been guilty of more crimes than Ixith of lit predveewors, is immortal. lid the result of the No vember eWftiou prove it to be In a ht-aitby condition, or did it how lito le In the agoities of death? Mr. tier reminds m of an old sea captain. The captain bad a grsaiater Urn to the truth. Sah(iur. W hen theeaptala was oa hU death bed a Irwmt standing by remarket!, "The rsptala is dvisg." IU opem-d bis eye sad slow ty artaulaud. " Not as you know id. lot inula Ik my thioat Unt a sign tt diata. I our knrw a iun l live twenty years with lha drat a raitls in ai throat " teey wie k'u lal word. The muu- liraa party U dying bid they woa t ad nut it. Ibtf tti rsuls ws hsatd la. I NomwWr tiom taa gtaailw hU! el Nsw IUmihii to the wH uM ruHita t arolias, frum the plains t eUa sas to Ike fiakoiss. It as Ug outlived it UvlulnrM aad U pawing awttf i aad tba dviuuviatia patty is abu wearing iu aad- I' apparsat t'Mvties last lH wrd.lutva, J watbksll.s sm .kt Ut mwmMUii ronws ImI lvfra dvMh. ' fcttuMi iliul.l f tiisolt vaaavi tmuA' are Ik wMt I tHa Utj win, the tWKWitf pArtyat ts smith aad wt are ia !. t t fte t4aa t iUt d aifta WHiatiy wti k dvitHwrat lha at are it Pm4u U, It eaat tsag t h h i prvwat ea4,ti ItttW Is It Wild lha lkv'illl.lilt 1kj aaathef l tty t iat iu I au4 t, ststtk Ui aHM, a year t4d and tra iara.Mag i.j hua.lri irj day. laf hie ew ar 4 uM.tt )ikig ad kdiovaiikg thf viwa, IWy ksie aim tt Ike U( pa4rsai srts ta tkr, ,4kUj and they are at work. It is a fact that they hare more books ia circulation advocating their cause than say po litical party ever had before them. Their platform is national in its charac ter north, south, east and west. Farm ers, mechanics and workingmen ot all occupations are clasping hands in one great sacred cause of brotherhood. It will beat old sectional sores and forever settle tbe race question. It will march on to victory in ttt aud restore tbe country to prosperity and happiness. The Sound Views of a Polk County Al liance Man. Shelby, Neb., April 10, 1891. . Editor ALU axck: It ia astonishing how slow tbe managers and manipula tors of the old suffrage machines are to realize tbe real slgniticance of the popu lar revolt against their corrupt and treacherous methods. With an over weening arrogance, tbe result of a quar ter of a century of almost absolute au thority on their part, and blind acquies cence on tbe part of their followers, they have come to regard themselves as the indispensable and almighty dispo sers of political events, aad to reject as an exploded fallacy the old fashioned doctrine of popular sovereignty. In fatuated by a long course of successful villainy, and encouraged by tbe appar ent apathy of the people, they have as sumed the powers and functions of an oligarchy, and now with amazing blind ness and fatuity they fall to recognize in the growing distrust and alarm of the masses the evidence of their discov ery and the prophecy of their doom. Tbey are but shallow students of his tory, and superficial observers of cur rent events, who see nothing In the present agitation among the tollers and producers ot our land but a temporary dissatisfaction, the result of crop fail ures and consequent hard times. They who have been close enough to hear the heart beat and feel the stirring impulse of tbe movement, know that it u the re-awakening of the long dormant spirit of independence the first faint mutter ings of a thunderous protest against the unrestrained tvranny of capital the be ginnings of a mighty revolution which will eventually wrest the reins of gov ernment from the bands of tbe daring usurpers of the powers and prerogatives of the people; redeem the country from the damning infamy which clings to ber political system, restore the alienated rights of labor, and re-establish the gov ernment on those pure democratic prin ciples upon which it was originally founded. Whether tbis revolution shall be peaceful or otherwise depends entirely upon the temper and action of its op posers. Conscious of the righteousness and justice of their cause, the laboring classes are assuming a firm, determined and uncompromising attitude, which, if maintained, will result ia final victory. Mouthing demagogues and blatant an archists nave no place in their camps or councils. They are no maddened, howl ing, law-defying mob, clamorous for the blood of their oppressors. Theirs is no dark rebellion, hatched in the cellars and garrets of midnight conspirators. It is a united brotherhood of earnest, honest, industrious and patriotic citl ens,who, in return for their labor, love and loyalty, demand a fair share in tbe prosperity of their country. This is their moderate ultimatum, and if it Is received in a fair, conciliatory spirit, our country will be saved from the pos sibility ef a bitter internecine struggle; but if it is continued to be met in that arrogant, contemptuous and mocking tone of hostility assumed at prosent, we cannot even hope for a peaceful solu tion of tbe matter. Do the plutocrats and their hired mercenaries think that the spirit of the common people, which was once equal to the emergencies of revolution, and again to tbe test of an unparalleled rebellion, has become so degenerate under theii long, oppressive domination, that in these times they will shrink and cower bee-oath the puny and pitiful weapons of ridicule ana abuse? "Shall tbey who struck the lion down pay the wolf bonuige? God forbid! That spirit of independence which burned in the breasts of the heroen of the revolution, and later, in the patriots of the rebellion,, though it has slum bered under a treacherous feeling of se curity, and been slow to apprehend the daugers which threatened, has never been dead, but is reawakening in the hearts of the people to-day, and will prove fully equal to the new emergency. God grant that this country, which has been highly favored by Mini, shall see and consider the things which le long unto her peace before we are pre cipitated into another civil horror. A little wise and honest statesmanship can prevent now what may take years of bitter national sulTeiing and sacrilice to cure. In thin fast-travelling, go ahead country of our, we are too apt to neglect the lessons of tho past uutil we are called upon to pay the penalty of our heedlessness. Allianck Iskf.i kndk.nt. The Ballot And Not The Bullet. t)m, Neb., April Kth. 1C01. Kmtou Alliance: There are sever al writing about the bullet, aud etllcieu cy of the bullet to right the wrongs of the people. And tlmro are a great many talking ot war. This has earned a number to withhold themselves from the ranks ei tbe Independent party, as they wanted uothing to do with a revo lution or a revolutionist. Now, 1 would like to eMr my opinion on the sub ject. Iveras been said that revolution cams from aggressions than those whlihtxUl today. Allow this to be the can, who brought It about? h wa iut IrgUtator elected by the plt. Iu fact I Utliut that we are. to a gtvat extent, rpaibla for our press m tun- j dUhiti, W e have stayed at hume and not isiteri auy purl in the selmiUio of , raulultes. Mil humbsIJ vta tor who- tream out iaoitrpvt party, and Omnm ; nu ll hate twee tmU of tarfou meop ;ulc. and iheMtue nis. Is Of l:tw j whlih brought about our pre. , Un j Hon Its a "Hr rUe lht fowl wik jtia ways " In rdsr la trtug about j ike dird rvtults we M lrv men t mat wui siaioi oy as. nr., u m aud want gttnl has It f. I.. riuuttr lha lrt4Kl etnle id a(f ku .u Wb j Ir,.! mhib U vr e mis. I ltiu Ur Mttj half a rwury, .isut i rwmratva in oa . I . Isuwv "be stu4 at IB kMh( Ilk ..I a; u.k. ..a I me wiswtfcat tlt stabd y unt trUt ! I Wa UH we ' lkt M cm! I km t. u? it tUa t t etvn iu ), I V r fur Ike ptvuwWwa eJ aad .tHa sed in U i!i. Ttmvtky. a4 M iu r rw fr saate. J. W lUfciitr, A'UM Kie Aft Ought Interest to be Paid for the use I Money? If so How High a rate. Money looked upon as a medium of of exchange ought not to draw interest. Because it is one of tbe duties of gov ernment to facilitate the. exchange of property. All Interest charged for money, in excess of the nominal rate which would be necessary to cover the cost of Issue and distribution, directly tends to discourage exchanges of prop erty and to .paralyze the Industries of the people. For Instance A has more grain produced on bis farm than he needs for feeding his stock and for food for bis family. B has more lumber, the pro duct of his saw mills, than he needs for his own use. They live so far apart that tbey cannot conveniently make tbe exchange if they wished to. But they do not exactly wish that. But C a neighbor of A's needs lumber and so do others of his neighbors, and be needs a little himself. B needs some grain but not near as much as A has to sell. Now if money did not cost Interest there would be no trouble in the transaction. Circumstances might make it undesira ble for A to sell bis wheat for six or eight months, but he needs a little lum ber for a bin or crib. He would borrow money enough to purchase a car load of lumber, build his bin or crib and sell the rest to his neighbors, provided they could get money to pay for it without sacrificing thelt grain. B also must have some grain. His lumber is not salable until it is somewhat Reasoned. This takes considerable time, and in the meantime his teams must be fed and his bands must have bread and meat. If money did not draw interest he would not hesitate to buy a car load of grain and sell the tiii ).in tn his ueighbors. but money is teu per cni and the risk would be to great to borrow it because A would sooner try to do without his granary another year than to borrow at such a price. And if he would conclude he would run the risk of pay ibg the in terest, probably bis neighbors would not, una he would fail to sell rest of car load. And so with all parties concern ed. Now it is the duty of the govern ment to facilitate such exchanges as that, and until furnished direct to tbe people at cost of Issue by the govern ment such exchanges are not practi cable, unless individuals are forced to loan it the same way. - But money considered as a represent ative of property stands in another re lation to business. If a man usesa team belonging to his neighbor It is but right that he should pay for the use of it, and we claim it is nothing more than right that he should nav as much as the usual net profit of the use of such a team, or at least a fair share of it. Now suppose the owner concludes to sell the team and tiien loans the money which It brings, why should not a corresponding prioe be paid for tne use oi tne money? What is true in regard te a team would apply to a farm or any other property. I do not claim that even in that view the whole average profit arising from the use of property, or the whole value of the property In money ought to be paid for the use oi it, as that would on an aver age make It entirely unprofitable to bor row money, as the profit would all be with the lender. Say let the profit be equally divided between them, which I think would be nothing more than fair. Then if we could arrive at the average pront oi the capital invested in tne in dustries of the country we could estab lish an equitable rate of interest. I be lieve the best authorities place such av ersge urolit at less than three per sent If that is correct, then ithe fair rate of Interest would be one 4d one half per cent. But I know it will be objected that money invested sometimes brings twenty per cent pront and so tno inter est ought to be ten per cent. Very well, let the rule be established then that the interest shall be half the actual profit of the use ot money, and It the lender is satisfied 1 think the borrower will be But money loaners would not be satis tied with that. So it seems that logical ly one and one half per cent ought te be the limit oi the legal rate oi interest. Money loaned direct by the govern ment In amounts of $2500 or less to those who could give a certain adequate and permanent security at one percent, and money loaned by individuals on such security as is mutually satisfactory to both parties at one and one half per cent, it seems to me would be about the rate of interest that would be reason able and should satisfy all parties con cerned. II. An Interesting and Incisive Letter from Ohio. Mipdletown, Ohio. March 1, 1801. J. E. Evans, Sargeant, Neb.: Penr Sir I drop you a few lines just to let you know that there are a few people right here in Ohio who fully agree with you on the 1,000 men business. Your article in Tiik Fa km k us' Almakck is the klud of talk we want.. I came here from Omaha shortly after the election aud I was especially Interested In see ing honest John 11. l'owert seated in the ofllce to which he was honestly elected. This I am certain of as I paid pretty close attention to the workings of the rep dem. gang lu Omaha, There was no difference of opinion Itctween them at all; there waa a conspiracy to di feat the indepeudent parly aud divide the spoils. 1 w as to have testified at the content and could have added a gtMHl deal of information to swell the damn ing t Ulence agsial the money power. ,' I put Independent ticket at about I wen-; ty polling place and mw bunches of them torn up by the corporation bite Unit and men almost drltta from the iKtit tor attempting to tote our tkkel. j Imd you this ws not done by the' wurkiug men who would ail hate la I with u if they fcd thought lhal rowers stood a g hei td a show. Hal they did not know the tore of our moviunt, wttU bwM ti'rvtd to be uotblng i but a few rraukt who would to ! iUH' bsfor eleolloe d-y. IUI Ui t'J Julia H. powers wiil t re !tvt t.y W ,. aad wilt IHa be tssln! awd t W oitolvd fr a HittUh sul.)e-. wa 10 tkd rwuuli CiouHiis.umsrs and akrd fiif p'dgee add CSftk uf skxlloa, Tlwy said ' we will ge you aut king, j,ttt - i pr.i., tay win, life It l w B-t liaw. 1 -i ' rwuat ; IIHiw fwtivt tu kt lv. kur. audi wt be we w til sIm eur sMrwf wM J f!i f atuit ! U i .g lk wild.'uestew ta Nw itsUitvt awd it prwtu e wtll swry bail vt Ike saie U nj. t i alii W .lui'Kd ba-l la ike u!l partis, but I MuMitV be I we will bxt our al prtWii fee tktory III NUk, Wkvhs Mia- im. IHiauU oia l'roati, Notts 1'm.Ubs. Ii(l. breaking a tl Ike h tMaal and blovd si in tMa. I ginifs er parti a aal-il f-if. I whH Ik tplU.i aad dMiU4:j l4it ka wvl had siave tU war, d i we are in it for money reform, trans portation reform, land reform, tann reform, labor reform, baUot reform and lots of other reforms too numerous to mention, and will certainly get the labor vote of the nation, ao I say stand firm, and in D3 we will eee the country de livered from the money power, which is crushing it down. I have been all over Ohio the past month, and everywhere I nave spread our platform, and will say that I have met but very few who are opposed to us, in fact all we need is the party men to go to the polls to vote, and there is only two tickets then. So the fact that they vote one or the other, doesn't necessarily mean that they wouldn't vote any other.by a good deal. Tbe harvest of votes only awaits our gathering. We have got the people thinking as they never thought before, and the day of deliverance is at hand. Poor, tired factory girls are watching us, the unemployed army of working men are watching us and we must de liver them. No one must be idle. Let us spread our doctrine to every hamlet in tho land, until they will be unable to stem tne tiue. we have live united States senators and sixty -six congress men, and we can truthfully say w e be long to a great party. We are going to form a club here for tne purpose oi getting in line for 1)2 and a few of us here might wish to ex tend our hand to you and say that if it is necessary you can count us in on the i.uuu men business, l ours very truly, E. F. Leavenworth. Mortgages on Unpatented Land. Alexandria, Neb,, April 20, 1801. KtiiTOB alliance: Can you tell me If our supreme court have ever decided that b mortgage taken npon land prior to tne date and issue oi the Government Patent Isaid loan beinir made utiun the original receipt) were null and void, or any decision upon said point. Many Alliance men are interested in knowing. Yours most respectfully, KlCHAUIJ WlLLARD. We submitted the foregoing inquiry to (Jen. Leese, and he said: "A mort gage executed by a settler upon public land under the homestead act after mak Ing his proof in compliance with all re quirements of the law so as to entitle him to a patent, is valid, notwithstand ing the patent has not been issued. Jones tt- Yoakam, 5 Neb. R, p. 203. Also Blanchard rs. Jamison, 14 Neb. 240. . The act of congress relating to home steads does not prohibit tbe owner of a homestead from pledging it voluntarily to secure a debt. It is designed to pro tect the debtor against a compulsory payment of a pre-existing debt out of the land, Yours etc., Wm. Leesk For Powderly And Polk. Editor Alliance: A vote was taken at a regular meeting of Shiloh Alliance No. .181, for President and Vice-Presi dent on the People's Independent ticket in 1802. The result was three fourths in favor of Powderly and Polk, and on motion it was voted to bo published in ! HK ALLIANCE. H. Goble. S. M. Da via, President. Secretary. (Mr. Powderly being foriegn-born is noi eugiuie iu iiib uuice ui rresiueni. Better make it Weaver and Polk. Ei. Alliance Good News From Cumming County. Wisnek. Neb., April 21, 1801. Editor. Alliance: I will write a few words from this corner for tbe sake of encouragement to the Alliance broth erhood and let them know that Cum miug county, one of the very last to or ganize, is fast becoming an Alliance stronghold. Our lost county meeting was held on the 18th inst. was well at tended and the iuterest manifested in dicates that something is going to be done. We also had the pleasure of hear ing Mr. Allen Root who gave us a short address on corporations. We have de cided to meet every month in future and the next county meeting will be held in Beemer on the 23rd of May when a good attendance is desired and expected. P. B. Titi'h, Secretary. The Alien Governor. Editor Alliance: At the regular meeting of Cottonwood Alliance 1614, Cass county, Nebraska, April 11th, tho following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolmi, That we in unmeasured terms denounce the veto of the Newberry bill by our alien Governor, as unjust to the laboring people and in the interest of railroad corporations. Jtrsolred, that we condemn the action of Senator Thomas in voting against tho Newberry bill, and sustaining Boyd's veto of the same. Aud we further con demn and brand him a traitor to the Alliance and the principles he pledged himself to support. J. M. KisKii, Secretary. Condemning Senstor Schram, The following resolutions were adopt ed by a unanimous vote of Surprno Subordinate Alliauce. No. 1.124. ut its regular meeting bojd April 17ih, 1MU: Wiikukas, Senator Sidney Schram ha seen lit to vote against the maxi mum freight rate bill, w hich bill we be lieve to be in the interest of the produ cers of the state of Nebraska and Mr. Schratu's constituents generally; there fore Ketv!ed, That we, the members of Alliance No. I-VM. in legutsr semlon. reustire and contleiiiu Siduey Svhrain in his action and no longer deem him a fellow worker In the interest of the farmer aud producers, but a tool In the Interest ot capital ana corporations, And be It further AVioW. Thai we, the ruemUr of Surprise AUUutv, Na I.YJ4, do by unan imous vote Ml skid Sidney Sehraia from our Aliianw. I I. M l sm iu, l W, Mfkait L. Seo. I'm. Jimi Sumi t:nwsat lliwiatiY, j PkNMWt II. lit. ! Cummittee on ltoUiWii OAOK CO r-AMMKMs' ALL1ANCK Celbwa ttssneved " Psuhii a. Nb. April 14 ) im ) Afcwste Al t.u a Iu a ifidauve wit. tuMiwn of Gt o tarruvrs' )lue, I "b. you a UI kit tug lesolulioB tM was umiid toly a-t lM that at IHir Mooting k.d April It, lt ,-? 'ItiV . r-V.tiUaUM m, ad krvhf W, tvtutM II. tn Ik nI u ei h(ii.in d the wt (Hiiw twin i lit A. I. and (tat sowx h"t..ft W intuit r be Wud lithe o- turn, ouis lrteii U W. ilM-i s. rury ( I V I iufAbtti t . 1 II. MvMertry, rel tuie aa4 UasA kbra4 as.4 fcolary. h Muruj b.' k. adk'Ut'tfl Albs Boadufcrwis vrkf I ietself aed M ilmts. Ciiert CorooitG. Sand Creek Alliance No. 1486 sends resolutions condemning Boyd's vet as tbe weakest public document ever writ ten, and Boyd himself as a tool of mo- nopiy. 1 hey also request that his name be added to tbe black list of traitors. and that the list be hereafter known as Nebraska's quartette of traitors for uwi. Tbe resolutions are signed by J. Old ley, President; J. H. Farris. Secretary; Michael Delany, Wm. Ballard, J. G id ley, committee. J. A. Wild, of Wansa, Knox county, complains of tbe inequality of taxation between holders of school land and farmers who own their land. He in stances a case where a man having 200 acres of school land, lbO improved, two sets of farm buildings, and some stock and machinery, and whose tax for 1800 was only forty-seven cents, compared with a man who owned eighty acres on which he owed tttOO, and who bad no more stock and machinery than the other, but whose tax was sixteen or eighteen dollars. Mr. Wild thinks school land should be assessed same as other land. Mount Hope Alliance No. 1480, of Dawson county sends resolutions de nouncing the consolidation of the re publican and democratic parties; in favor of voting and legislating for the best interest of the farmers and laboring men ; and advising that we guard against prejudice as well as throw off tbe old party yoke which has imposed upon us burdens too heavy to bear, . Signed by J. W . Webster, J. B. Har ris, Win. tlorner, committee. Star Alliance No. 1802 sends resolu tions endorsing the appointment of General Victor Vifquain aa Adjutant General, and declaring Its unbounded confidence in the honor, ability and in tegrity of tho General. Wm. Silvers, of Akron, Boone county, writes that tbe Alliance is "just sweep ing everything clean," and that the ras cally union of the two old parties at Lincoln in favor of the corporations and to crush the laboring classes has intensified the feeling that a new party is necessary. Prospect for crops good. A letter from D. II. Brown, of Genoa, dated Dec. 8tb, giving an account of a very pleasant meeting at that place which was addressed by U. M. Jvern and others, has just come to our notice It is now out of date. Brother Feter Maddox, writes us from Center Point, i rontier county.of a meet ing at the house ef Hon. Samuel God dard, representative from that county. Also, that the Alliance has made ar rangements for a series of Saturday af ternoon union meetings for the spring. summer and fall; and that they propose to niane tne Alliance a success. Bro. D. W. McMillin, of Crelgbton. writes us about matters in his section. He thinks the late marriage of the two old parties to make head against the independents will result In bringing great strength to the latter. 1 bey com pllment Hon. J, II. Powers for demand ing justice oi the legislature. Victor Alliance, No. 1)10, of Lawrence, Auckolls county, sends resolutions de nouncing the ike. U'-H, and Slate Jour nal as inimical to the interests of the people, and asking members of the Alliance to withhold their patronage from those papers. They also endorse their representatives and senator, and denounce tbe traitors wno sold them selves to the corporations. Signed by uomer ruruy, prest., t nas. x. iturtz, sec, Thomas McCusker, Enoch Owen, and Lyman II. Welscb, committee. Marble Alliance, No 011, sends resolu tions endorsing tbe course of Messrs. Olson and GallTn, of Saunders county, for so manfully standing up for the rights of their constituents. They also condemn in the strongest terms the traitors tiollins, Turner and Taylor, who denied the right of contest to citi zens and betrayed their constituents to the corporations. Caldwell Alliance 2097, approve the maximum rate bin and the Australian ballot law, and denounce Taylor in unmeasured terms. Olney Alliance No. 422, of Adams, Gage county, send resolutions protest ing against the support of such papers as the Omaha Bee and B. f M. Journal and endorsing tbe course of I hk abm ers' Alliance, of Lincoln,' and tbe Arbor State, of Beatrice. They also en dorse the course of the faithful members of the Twenty-second legislature, espe cially of Hon. Ed. Arnold, of Gage county. Signed by J. S. Reynolds and B. Frank Moore, committee, and C. A. Price, secretary, and H.W. Smith, pres. Swan Valley Alliance No. 1813, of North Fork, Saline county, send resolu tions denouncing the Ike, H'orld-lerald, and Lincoln Journal as enemies of the Alliance Signed hy T. A. Sawyer, sec retary, and D. A. Stetson, president. Resolutions of Condolence. 1'fLLKKTON, Neb., Feb. 4. 1SU1. Whereas. It has pleased God to take from our midst our brother ia the Al liance, Ira Heamau, therefore lie it Resolrtd, That we, the niemliers of Loup Ferry Alliance, No. 431, do ex tend our heartfelt sympathy to his fa ther aad family. J W . Beams, G. II. I'attkksoh, Ch as, Law hknci:, . Committee, Sai SDf.RnCo., Neb. Jan. 20. IS01. Itesolutions adopted by Bruno Alli auce, No. UM: Whereas, It ha pleased Divine Pro vidence Ui remove Iroui our mid it the wile of our brother Frank I'rlbll, w ho wm k.tnitred and resoet-ted bv a Isrire Circle of friciiiU and acquaintance. l;tiutnJ, Thai this AlHanew deply sympathises with hi a Muted family and relative la tht tiimrsaa bereave ment. I'llllll' Kav, V. KiHl T, JotlX K AV AS, Committee, IttftOldtiona ef Condolence, t'tiHHt 1 1, Neb, April U'th. ll. 1 k t,,tl.ln rnuilllll ,11 nl Iumvl were pawed by Ai'i i'i' AUIani, No. m, at their tVgoUr mettiug, April a, lvi, U utklu It kkt litrxa.l a I lit ins I'rov I4a-e to rtmoie from our tuliu by a try sioblen and uasw tl death our uiosl highly etrmed and beluved brthr. U way, be II Wm. Ihsl la the daih of lrolkr Baeraey. Ikrr h bwB lemotnl from awoug us one of our Ul and Mul tiuatlwra, aa .voutaijdleg Bslgh ar, aad true fed g4it 1HU while we uour a his lun i nut oN.r, we al eiteed mir hmrifeii fWp(lliy i le bsieand ioi. WW. Thai a im. f lh ivwU l'i4 u w-Ioi-mI hi family. p N l4vtl oa our rrrd, sut be iiraUhet I iik I siK- All Ilk and iiPil lUrald lor pubitratioik J. C. fcri tie. tMo rsUry. I iu i T'tt a. A )( MiUsisutK J C BtlAta. rvskitle t lilntUaa Obituary. Died in Lincoln, 1891, an Alien-What- is-it, posing as governor of Nebraska, suddenly after his illegitimate birth, of an overdose of veto. The deceased was an Imported child ot Great Britain, reared in monopoly's cradle; therefor upon his deathbed he bequeathed to tbe railways a urge por tion of tbe products of Nebraska. His pe itical death is a sad blow to his brother subject in Kilkenny, and plutocratic relatives in America. . It is hoped (for our financial and moral health) that the supreme court will order the funeral immediately as tbe remains are already in a very putrid "State." 18H3 Independent. Resolutions of Polk County Alliance. Osceola, Neb., April 4. Neb. Whereas, Both branches of the Ne braska legislature have passed a bill in tbe interest of the farmers of the state, commonly known aa the "Newberry Maximum Freight Rate Bill," and that said bill was vetoed by the Gov. Jas. E. Boyd, therefore be it Retolted, That l'olk County Alliance In convention assembled, do hereby de nounce said J. E. Boyd in the strongest terms for vetoing said bill, for by so do ing he violated all the pledges be ami his party made to tbe people on railroad legislation during the campaign of 1800. We hereby pledge ourselves never to support aiiy candidate who will sanc tion said act. Be it further Knotted, That we believe the said J. E. Boyd to be a tool used in the interest of railroad corporations and against the wishes of the toiling masses. Resolttd, That a copy of the above resolution be forwarded to pur senator and representatives, also the county pa pers for publication. C. D. Stoner, J. C. Vanwev, Tmos. Klasskv, T. C. Thomas, Geo. Hohst, , Committee. A Smart Man. Who wants to get good goods at rea sonable figures goes to the Sewing Ma chine Emporium, Sewing machines, pianos and organs sold on monthly pay ments or long time. Rented and re paired. 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