The farmers' alliance. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1889-1892, May 14, 1891, Image 1
r-n-r-r rr r x f lit II II a ill II II II VOL. II. LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, MAY. 14, 1S91. HO. V "9 r -4 . i NOTICE TO fclTSCRIBEUS. KxriRTioii: Ai the mslf-st andrhmp neon of Dottfylntr su tx--nl-tn ol tbe data of their expiration we wilt mxra thin notice wft tea blue or red prtivil.oo thodnieatwblek) their aubseriptinn expires. WnwulsriMl the paper two weeks after expiration. If not ra Dewed bjr tbat time It w 1.1 be dwountinued. OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Phesiijknt Hon. J. H. Foer. Cotnell, Neb. viua prksidksts; W. A. Jones. Hastings. Nebraska. Tho. Sphinx, Whoetock, Fenns jrlvanla. Cba. Morgan, Hornby . Pennsylvania. W. H. Likins, CaMonla, Oblo. Wa Kinerk, Voit Warn, Indiana. CoL C. M. Dutt, Vlroqua. Wisconsin. Milton George. Chicago. Illlnola. B. V. Cowau. New Point, Missouri. D. r. Kaveni, Ht Jobn. Waablngtoo. A. J. Woatfall, Sergeant Bluff. Iowa. Hon. J. jr. Furlong, Austin, Minnesota. Sac Tuiai.-August Post. Moulton Iowa. LtscTCUua O. K. Lawrenoo, Marlon, Ohio. Asst-LbcT'k D. P. Ravens, 8t. Jobn, Wash. Eva. McDonald, St. psui, id in. EUIICATIOaAI, oxhu. Sf I). H.Talbot, 8lou i City, Iowa. Milton George, Cbloago, Illinois. ; J. Burrows, Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. Julia A. Pratt, Clark, Ncbranka. Miss Era McDonald, St. Paul, Minnesota. Al'OITIKO MIAHU. ., W. K. Bell, Marion, Ohio. Prank Both, Tekaraah, Nebraska. Milton George Chicago, Illinois. Por constitutions, proceedings, blank ap plications for charter, etc., address Ibt secre tary AUGUST POJT, Moulton, Iowa. NEBRASKA STATE FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Officers for 1891. Prkridckt-J. 11. Powers, Hitchcock Co. Vic-PasilST H. G. Stewart, Bloux Co. l.rcTUHKB-O. Hull, Lancaster Co. Ass'T LiSOTl-UKa B, F. Pratt, Merrick Co. Chaplain J. 8. Edwards, Saunders Co. tXKCtmvB cohhittke: J. Burrows, Chairman Lancaster Co. B. F. Allen, Cass Co. C. W. Beat. Custer Co. Allen Boot, Douglas Co. H.B. McOaw, Adams Co. Skc't-Theah, J. M. Thompson, Lancaster Co. POETRY. Written for The Fakmkhs' Aluamcc The Awkward Booby Farmer "What ' Has Hayseed in His Hair." Respectfully insorled to tbe Subordinate Alliances of Nebraska. I have a word for the boys Who have laid asld tbeir toys, And have entered upon life In this world of wear and tear: Do not try to be a "dude," For you know they are no good, But be an honest farmer - "What has bay-seed in his bar." Don't be loaflng in saloons, . ' ' ( Playing cards wltb the "coons,? , ' Fooling, drinking, learning bow j . ' To cheat and lie and (wear i ' Nor stay out late at night, ' ' ' For you know it Isn't right But behave like a farmer ' What has hty-seed in his hair." " Don't drink shot g-un whiskey ' For It will make you frisky Nor ail up with swci-lager ' And get upon a tear; Don't smoke a nasty pipe, F.ut do the thing that's right, Like the noble sample farmer "What has hay-sced In bis hair." Mothers, whom do you love best When you so at night to rest. And have finished all the duties Of tbe day, and the care? 'TIS he whose back Is broadest, And who has worked the hardest i To gain for you afl honest living, "And has bRy-seed in his hair." Dear girls just take a lesson, And receive at last a blessing, When you are done with life, And all this world of care: Don't bo fooling wltb a "dude" W hose brain is soft and crude. But take a young and manly farmer "What has bay-seed In bis hair." He can raise potavoes, ' Corn, cabbage and tomatoes, Horses, mules and Jersey milkers, And take them to the fair; He can raise the largest oats. And can show the fattest shoaU, And ho will take the premium, "What has bay seed In his hair." r Now if I'm the man to know, To congress he will go. And the dude with staring eyes Will giue upon him In surprise. As lie takes Hie speaker's elinlr Aad HthBlng. they will wonder How ihatb man gln here, by thunder. What bath haytheed In hub hair." Hecan b a doting father. And bt'n love his mother, And his sweet heart and his wife, W he is so young and fain Reran m a the cradle Kunla, And help to wash en Muntiay O he's dar'lng charmer, This asrkoant booby fainter. "What has hay seed In hi hair.' Tll.iTQ J. XKSOl.lTiOX V wotiLl say to lira. Mr.iln, t( Whiuwr, lht lha atory of lh (i. A. H, rrsuluttats taltl to IiiiiIwii litot by lh rti'rtu eliur U IU mil i-f whole ll hit lKtt rfuiwl rrwaUljr. liul tl taill ivinrut lh Irulh. an.f all the ultl party e i inrs l 1 ghl iu rintliif this l! mmmmmmmmmmmm SnvfH K.tTKi Y mg SvKTll Mf L. V, HiSuna, IVtMigcr Ag wi, ir m In Nrthtir rwl Ut Mil rnmt lri U a' M U ri U4.U m far mtkit IK fr f r lb tvuaMt lr llv U Iki llitwu lli.,(4 n tJ I'Wk ttf , CWa.9. WlU kMthwra tl S fMHt, t-Mtl, riit 4l tavr i4.tt Iwlb ttUitraf 1ms. Aliuv.i Cincinnati Conference. The great gatheriuit at Cincinnati will be in session before another iue of our paper. The first great question now to be decided U SHALL WE FORM A NEW PARTY We put the question now to the great multitude of delegates who hare assembled from all quarters of the country from the north, south, east and west from the great in terior basin, from beyond the Sierras, from tbe other side of tbe AUeghanies, and we hear in response a thunderous AYE from over three thousand honest hearts. That question U settled. That is exactly what we are here for. This is the fifth national convention we have attended with that sole object in view two in Chicago, two In Cincinnati, and now another In Cincinnati. There may be a few men here who prefer to cling to the skirts of one or other of the old parties who cling to a memory or a name who think it is bet ter to clean up and use an old worn-out, rusty, demoralized and rotten machine, than to make a new one. But these men are so few tbat they will make no showiag, and will be carried off their feet with a rush by the thousands who have come to form the new party. The next question is, shall a conven tion be called to nominate people's can didates for president and vice president Inl82? , ; The answer to the first question also answers this. It is an AYE that almost raises the roof of the great Musk; Hall. Almost every man says: "That's just what we're here for." " These preliminary questions settled, the next great question to arise is How are these things to be best accom plished? When this question comes to be con sidered the embarrassments of the great conference will begin. At' this point will be developed the fact that the conference is not constituted for expe ditious or harmonious work. There are here gathered representatives from a great number of Industrial societies. In the different calls issued there has been no harmonious system adopted to equalize representation from states, if that had been desirable. It will be found very difficult, if not entirely im possible, to arrange for any satisfactory ratio upon which a roll-call could be predicated, if it becomes necessary te have a roll-call. , For these reasons all parties who de sire harmony must be willing to make concessions to secure it; and for this reason it will be very desirable that the disturbing issues upon which only a small minority of the people are united, which belong exclusively to the states, or which are local and temporary in their character: should be kept out of the conference altogether. The tariff is such an issue. We want no tariff in this conference. The tariff is not and cannot be made a party issue even between the old parties. The di vision upon it is no longer a division upon party lines,. but is a division upon the lines of local interests. It is a ques tion which the shrewd scamps who have been running democratic and republi can campaigns have used to blind and fool the people. We hope and lielieve the Cincinnati conference will ignore it altogether, Trohibltlon is another question which the conferaqca mast sbjurc. This !s an bwue that belong to the states. It can only b" reached by state legislation. It 1 among those Uwu upon which only a comparative few are agreed. Tbe wise thing for the cotifere nee to do Is to put Into It platform if It attempts to mala f tie only tho few leading prin rlplo on which lh largt'st nttmWr f people are agreed. The question f woman sufTrAgo ran well be lr ft where it la. The WadUig iu duttUt torlclU't of the country hatt dcri'larod sfalusl lh dNlal tt suffrage oa account f set, and U fator of ul piy for equal work Suffrage Is rots frr4 ty stl WfUUtien. and taw twit' tiaienl tt th country i gvttiag t be o atroagty In favor of It that It wilt U tiitt4 k iWH( m a uiajr Uy. wr Urgf Mioortij ef the ud- ntd It. Hut h 1 t!.m! pktfurtn it would b Ik diitMt elsiutvnt, am) I ' ,; : Mtr Wfi eit Wall, wkat rfe uli gw ItU th V linnt tVar aa .n'l ii!atitut i( . a , i imp mtm -wws, rftrrwi and Imid. u. vr tHt4l tital avadmt Hotldiag Iwf IHa DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES Invitation for a National Independent . ADOPTED BY ?HE NATIONAL FARMERS' ALLIANCE AT ITS Wo the undersigned dr hereby declare our allegiance to the following principles: ' ht. The fie and unlimited coinage of tilrtr, i 2d- The aMithn of Xational intt eurrenry to SJO pertapit i. 5 3rd. Government ownership of all railroadt and telegraphs. 4th. The prohibition of alien ownership of land, and of gambling in stack, options and futures. jlh. The adoption of a constitutional amendment requiring th tltction of president and tire-president and Vnited States senators by direct rote of the people. (ith. The Australian ballot system. f. And we hereby express our wish for a National Independent Coventioa to noiuiuate candidates for I'Tesldent and Vice President on the above platform; and we hereby agree that if pure, able and honorable meu are so nominated we will support them and vote for them in preference to any other candidates. 1 ' We also hereby express our desire that this declaration shall be circulated for signatures In each" state and territory of the Federal Union by the executive officer of each Industrial organization in said state or territory, and returned signed to such officers; and when million signatures shall be obtained and reported by the executive ollicen of the dif erent industrial organizations of the different states and territory said executive officers shall selectlone representative from each state (each state acting by Itself) to Cincinnati, on the 22d day of February, state, determine upon the place and date of holding said national convention, and appoint from their number an execu tive committe to raise funds, procure a hall, and perfect all necessary details for the same. And we hereby Invite all men, without regard to past party affiliations, to unite with us In our effort to free our country from the domination of corrupt ment, and promote the general welfare. , election of president and United States senators by direct vote of the people, These four and nothing more. Money, Land and Transportation em brace the labor question. Reform theae and there will be no labor question, in fact. There are many details to each of the great divisions of reform, but they would be out of place in a national platform. Tbe method in which we should ap peal to the people we will discuss iu other articles. WHAT 8HALLTHE PLATFORM BE? We have indicated In another column gome of the thing which we think should not be in the platform or declar ation that may be adopted at the Cin cinnati conference. . We suppose all will concede that the declaration should embrace such points as the largest num ber of people in the United States will agree upon. It may be possible to state one single principle upon which all may agree. If we add another principle di vergence will begin, and this will in crease as principles are added. It is well known that nearly all re formers, as well as great numbers who still remain in .he old parties, agree that an increased volume of currency is needed. Great numbers agree that $50.00 per capita would not lie too much. Now we come to the detail as to the method by which this additional money is to be furnished by the government to the people, and great diversity of opin ion great antagonism in fact is at ouce developed. An issae of treasury notes upon certilicates of storage of per ishablo products is advocated. The issue of money upon land security is ad vocated. The Issue of. purely fiat money is advocated. Is It not evident that these are all matters of detail, and that an attempt by the conference to settlo upon any iqieeilio plan will create a division which will he to say the least Unfortunate. We are all agreed upon the primary fact that we want free coin age of silver on the same basis as gold, aud a certain increase of United States I treasury notes. e are agreed that we want the monstrous and unnatural monopoly known as lhi national bank ing system abolished, and 7 a system of direct Unie by the government adopt ed. Now will it not be better to tate them) general principle, and leave the detail as to how the additional taue U to I m ado to the future? IVngrras U the body from which final action must Kim, The people tie rap htly being edm aUd on the liuam ial qutmtUm. WHUl not be quit at well for them to Instruct their meutb? ra on ttv! subjocl ! lb dlAorvat district? ' 111 Mr Mwn who were cUIvu Iu gd standing tf !! and CaUforai. hi tay war foreign cuuatrWa, of etmrwi UK-aiu rttuaaa uf Itvs I ailvtl Hula- int nr.llfly Uhh aut.atio IrUad and atttirur of 4m V.. IW4 t UUu lhN rsn r'Cd v. Mvt Iceland was awl auaaiad, iahr wm vlraa ts tU'fig tojadii'f wrtk wa.;iis ldlidit mh p-..im uir uWilj . ' ' . j. tatt.t w. ta iU4. it i tii wtii t, .ltttafJ.t ci d.?1fea., hMtami aad m mU l.a t hy w tu It I I .Jllill 1 salts Mtaa allikkilttttA 9tl Haa i 1 . . s . i wwr..m .i''rt mm wmj-fw - 'i-r vmm I tJi vi;u m rutUi lf U jmt.r h-nutt I ta . t t f UHb ! if t(l l tt AND end the substitution fur their note of legal constitute a provisional committee, anil said provisional committee shall meet at lSiC', and fix a ratio of representation based on the number of signatures In each parties, trusts, combines and monopolies, Ai A GRAND SCHEME PROMULGATED BY THE NATIONAL FARM ERS' ALLIANCE. The difficulty of forming the different industrial organizations of the country into one coherent body for united polit ical action has long been apparent, When tbe effort has been made tbe ghost of some old guard, the fossil remains of some defunct national committee, or tbe present jealousy of officers or societies, have, thrust themselves In as disorganiz ing and dividing elements. In Nebraska last summer a plan was devised which ignored societies and organized the units which composed them. The plan was remarkably successful; resulting in the casting of over 70,000 ballots for an In dependent reform ticket, . The National Alliance, at its Omaha session, adopted practically, the same plan for action in ISM. . It is a proposi tion made to all the industrial organiza tions of the nation. It puts no society in advance, and discriminates against none. It provides an easy machinery by which the demand for a new national movement can be tested, and an easy and safe plan by which a national nom inating convention may bo called. . It pu's all old committees and old chair men, and all societies aside, while mak ing them all active agents in carrying out the experiment and the work, and giving them all an equal chance -in the results. It adopts as a platform the six planks upon which the largest - number of people in the United States will agree, and ignores those disturbing issues up on which the Largest disagree. The plan evinces the highest statesmanship, and if it is met by the other Industrial so cieties in the spirit in which it is ten dered, it will set the pace for 18!i2, and RESULT IN THE ELECTION OF A PEOPLE'S NATIONAL TICKET. We publish this plan in full in an other place on this pago. Iri considering this plan it is well to obsarvo that the Farmers' Alliance, lth north and south, claims to Iri a non partisan society, aud it guarantees it members freedom iu thoir political con victions. The KulghU of Labor have not agreed upon turning their society luto a political party, Ilk very doslr able that these societies should main tain their tion partltan character. The moment they aro transformed Into po litical partie their new niemUr can come only from those who ate already determined to abandon their old party crmK Until that time they can draw recruit from all clarn-s. In Nebraska the Alliance and (he Kntghu, while forming tbe backbone of the ludi pend tut party, kept thir prgttnUation en ttrely dWttuct (rum it, and tuaintaiud their hrt ir a mm parlivin swiwtlm Th' a U dons 1m the action at !! m in a slat . i will r-m!t a itr rtMlrranitit 4 4.r the rritu-ism .f ail who i dimwit la b r tioas alHul the gra nxirli Ruing at put ilk ht, on all cuMktarttlba, My (l)i iA;rm';l'lt, I4:;.iMhI w!.r(viw tair iyu f a . k , .... i I tl.ll la.a halisMlEw m Hi aatl lis Jm'I 1 '' fT. - i.F mmm fMHtrsi.i nVf f tmm th t nmm turn km fimfti itiity aM nfrii a t i-j m Convention in 1892- ANNUAL MEETING IN l8)t. tender Ueamry notes; and the increase of to establish Justice and pure govern TOO MIT II PROSPERITY. The success of Oov. Thayer In oust- ing Boyd seems to have been as disas trous to the republican party as the ve toing of the maximum rate bill was to the democratic. The lift declares against Thayer, and terms the men who are accepting bis appointments "bar nacles aud lickspittles." Such endear ing epithets are usually reserved for one's enemies. It pronounced the su preme court's decision a "monumental blunder," and criticises the republican railroad supreme court for the manner of its enforcement. Practically the liee accuses the court ot conspiracy; and we cannot deny that many circumstances give color to the charge. If circum stantial evidence would convict It could easily be convicted. Kossy Hammond, and incidentally L. I). Richards, come in for a share of the Ike's vituperation, Tbe matter also reaches Into the republican state cen tral committee from the fact that its chairman accepted a commission from Boyd, In short, tbe republican ship is leak ing worse than ever; the crew is tight log the quarter-deck, and there are not enough fo'c'stle men left to hoist a sale or man the pumps. The democratic craft Is foundered iu the same sea, and the poor old bulks will soon go to tbe bottom, ' "'" " "THERE 18 A P0U KR THAT SHAPES OUR EXDS." ; If divine Provklenco was especially shaping events to favor the independent party it would-seem that they could not be Improved. (Jov. Thayer Is at this time grand sachem of the republicans of this state. If there is any one thing that Is dear to his heart it is the rejuve nation of the great institution called the republican party, at whose (shrine he has been a devout worshipper for lo! these many years. But if he expects to lure back its departing voters by ap pointing to oflice the very dregs of the railroad tools at a time when the people are in rebellion against corporate pow er', he shows very weak judgment. The appointment of E. C. Cains as oil in spector U au insult to the honest and respectable, seutimcnt of the state. It is worse than that It is another link in the unbroken chain of circumstances that convicts the supreme court of being in a political conspiracy, and will lead many fo believe that the governor was a party to it. Does E. C. Cams carry one of the judges in his vest pock et ? and was his appointment part of the price of an opinion? tiod forbid yet such things are wliis'icred. The ap pointment is so very bad that people think the strongest as well as the vilest roajvous must hae Instigated It. CO-Vf'ERATH'S'. 4 If the editor of the Aduvnte. t.Elwtp4, will almly the subject ol co-opcratipa he will find that there are easier meth ods of deriving boiietit from It than by cutting prices, am) at the lame time cut ting one's nulghbors' throats, ThU edi tor terms our remark on the subject in a late number "cold bloodi'd." (f the Jdmeat editor would lulotni hluinotf on the subject n wuuld learn that the plan we advocate U the tiuly iorrvt uiiol!is one on which all the succwful v ope rative iuteipiiM ai fuuudl. Most isHlutlrial s lol.c are fur (he benefit tf thir nu tulr. Co oh ta'.ha tr r mo exception. II profe4 iivir the UimIiU let the in twtcoma rueiuliota. A it la iu utUrotlip that lags trade, tnotu Utship la made ry y. M -rehanU ma,? ti avlliiig gidaatfry irwuiaM t y Ivw, t(U-. e4 yl mv ral ta ur b tir4 tiluabla to lit uieiutx't IVxtptai oa U act fuundtd i viturllui by tb. t sagsganl lr! It 1; w a aWlomua, Mi, b m4 ' a.wr liMl m.'riug t ht fi!!y St dn't protw it da tkat tKU e , nr in lt tsi aim at ) Hut wiHJt 'ftH U IHm tlt k pt ua Wfur a wtitaa ivy rtiwf iUt r- tt , i tin ..tM iU(i A-.nl Xt- tHai Uak el f etMalpai h ua let HOW TO REICH THE PEOPLE. THE NEBRASKA PLAN. The great conft-renso will be composed of representatives from all the indus trial organizations In the country. Each of these organizations has its own decla ration ot principles, varying In some particulars from that, of any other. Each of them has some pet measures which it wishes enacted iuto law, and each probably has some favorite leaders whom It desires to be recognized in any new party movement. It is quite likely that most of these principles are correct, most of the measures to enforce them sound, and most of the leaders fair and able men. But in this unorganlc condi tion are elements of v.ncndlng discord, and a platform too lengthy for any prac tical purpose may result from it. We publish on this page the plan proposed by the National Farmer's Alliance at Its meeting last December in Omaha. This plan is known as the Nebraska plan, be cause It was adopted and carried out so successfully In the campaign In Nebras ka last fall. It embraces, first, a declaration of principles upon which It was supposed the largest pomblo numberwould agree; Kecoud, a pledge for individual signa tures, Third, a plan to get the declara tion and pledge before the people, and lo call the national convention In W.ri; and , Fourth, an Invitation to "all men, without regard to past party aflillationa, to unite in an effort to free the country from the domination of corrupt parties, trusts, combines and monopolies, to es tablish justice and pure government, and promote the general welfare." We most earncstty commend this plan to the attention of the great conference. Iu advantages are obvious. It leaves every society which may take part In the conference with its own organiza tion Intact. It places ail societies on an exact level in the new party, only using them, with their consent, as agencies to circulate declarations and secure signatures In each state, ' , , It goes directly to the people,-and ef fectually prevents the plutocrats front gaining any foothold iu the new party atitsstart,' ''" ' '' ' It gives to tho convention of '03 an ofliclal platform fresh from the people, and so practically accomplishes the hardest half of its work'. ' 1 Wo appeal to experience in support of this plan. Last fail Nebraska was in the same situation that the nation now U, viz: with a strong force of reform sentiment, and numerous societies, but all as a whole entirely unorganized. A declaration similar to , the ono adopted by the national Alliance, asking for sig natures, and nauitng a committee to call a convention, was sent out through the state. Twenty thousand signatures were returned in a few weeks. The convention was called, a ticket nomi nated on the platform proponed, which received over 70,000 votes iu a state in which the anti-monopoly vote had never exceeded 17,000. Never ware the people so ripe for such a movement. Let this plan lie adopted and each Industrial organiatlcn in each state ge to work obtaining signatures. reporting day by day to some reutral oitice, and an irresistible enthusiasm will be aroused. 'As the signatures mount up into the millions panic will aclae the faint hearted linger rs In the old part lea, and m grand ruh w ill be made to get In out of (be storm, We shut-rely triune If this p! n b adopted that St'Ct KSH WILLCKOWN OUKbANNKK IN l-w-4. J0UXK PurtRSAXlHior. Tll.iXKX The reporter have iiululd la m a ltd i(rulatioB bK-auaa ll.ia. John II. 'oar an.) J. Burrotia had sa Ulr lw with tror Tbayer The aim pie ft that (miv. Thayer nvUedi ,ulB fci, s i call ua him hi hi iSa fwrtN ( rwl -at taaaa. I tbe utWtiw-a l aa lavitaitoa will be regard r i imw m,Hd.y.-mUtuu.a.lfh ..w., ,tl; iv- iUl tut dMivtfudltif It, Aaihf (, lilfli mm k ol fuaa . klmlly, and wiihout aa suIU Itaitua ItvkW y vae, tdr4 Ulv, S tHep;attiKfteldtty4'aiwU4Utnt iM M eaaa), !lf-IC-f erl Ubar. kw. iNrweta e Metvd ! I'1 fmiX-m) itala Itci li utM etiwlr U'4 taei'f twwat k A wum: ltaiiMit .. n . wk tHrtw'ly twf th kUdansa lvao4. Tale to all iW U abwt It. Mr. Kr re aaiaet avughi say Mttta at taw ! I aa tlert(r Kr atatsvlt er aj W CUKKEtfT NOTESL That nu s dastardly act of Got. D:vd s when ho vetoed the fees of ib Independent contestants, in I Sat) lajf election, and allowed the eontrstans ta receive theirs. It is another inataaoa erf the abuse of the veto powr voids should be abolished among a free pro pie or freedom la a misnomer. Ai' pendent-Press. . "" tho Independent-Press, ol rraakusv comes to us enlarged and Improve!, A. C. Oearhart, late chaplain of th Nebraska senate, is editor and pub lisher. Ho wilt make a fearless asMl able paper. Some years ago, Will lam D. Kallay moved congress deeplyno at least ft seemed then by referring with nation to the employment of wosaaa im British rolling wills and nail fasttorisa. "There was no such blot on tbe ladaa -tries of this country, " aaclalnsl m Fourth of July orators. But what sta we see to-day? "Woman," wysat'sv burgh paper, "have invaded t! too. foundries of this city, and over &va kin dred of them ara to-iUy osp?? nails and bolts at one third tie t -a formerly received by men. It la at vara physical labor and It took UT J aasta to do tbe work, but tho rirta aw either work or starve, and telr arty almost aouuios mo aemana. The Old Ship to Still Leaking. Only one republican paper is Wt to howl "God's money" aad "rari-ro- clty" in Colfax county.nona la Ilmramt. and several mora Nebraska cb-Js m in the same tlx. Bright, smLt teis pendeut papers have been piaUi ia their stead, tttlll then ara chasr-a standing around waiting for the lada- pennent movement to collapsa. Bnum jsow (eacon. , . ,. . Another Argument Against Ua There is an alarming Increase ia lav- sanity In tbe farming districts of th west. It l probably "catching" aa4 la induced by the lunatics who araproc ing and organizing the Farmers' A,i anct in those states. Repotlkt$ t- Thoaa Kansas O. A. R. RsastiatiMMk If there Is a microscopic d a foot aa earth it Is the republican editor who U still publishing tha (i. A. ft. raaolationa anegea to nave been adopted by tha reform Press Association. Bach a naa need have no hope of heaven nor fear of hell. He has nothing to savsorlosa Kansas Xen-Con for mist. ,. , , The "Good Crop" Moasback Afaia. it is an insult to every farmer wiaa men are cheeky enough to claha tLtJt the Farmers' Alliance will go te r'oces If they get a good crop. We hare krz?i such slush and it deaervss savers r buke. Farmers have for several ysazs felt that the products ol tha farm rwe failed to feed and clothe their fasl-as, pay the taxes and keep up imrw ments. If they grew a crop it Itw'jt , but little. A snort crop brorf M tLet the same. The cause for IL'm led to la- vestiaatioa: Investizatlon led to latlon; organization leads to Je tion and legislation will lead to a cipatiou. Jbe old mossback who thiaka the Alliance will go to pieces if we get a good crop will be kicking himself .for being a fool, crop or no crop. Pattnm Independent. ji-'Rosewattf.- ' '"' "What's In a name? Not much sure ly." VV hen one thinks of the sparkling mofning dew dropping in liquid sweet ness from the jeweled petals of the love ly rose, and then ponders on the gea-, cral make-up of the individual who , bears tiie above misnomer, he must ad mit the correctness of the truism. -RociJ-County Jingle. 7 The following Independents will be active participants in tho next session of congress, and will be found in so old party caucusses: Charles L. Moses, L. F. Liv ingston. W. H. Everett and Tho mas E. Winn, of Georgia; B. II. Clover, Joh G. Otis. John Davis, William Baker, aud Jerry .Simpson, of Kansas; K. llilverson, of MinuesoU; W. A. Mo Iveighan and O. M. Keiu of Nebraslutt aud (iw. W, Shell, of South Carolina. To these Is to be added J. M. Irbv. sen ator from tkmth Carolina, W. A. Peffer, from Kansas, and J. M. Kyle from South Dakota. Dwilcated to tbe Omaha Hie: When Shrader said "D n the supreme court, you held up your hands in holy horror. The wrong ox is being dug in the short ribs now, Isn't It, Itooey? The railroad organs have set np a fearful jangle ovor the late governor ship decision. Iet tho fur llv. Several very able bodied folinea are liable to aa cape from the railroad sack one of tfcexa. days. ' t- Tbe most wonderful evidenes of f arowth of the Independent uartr ha i state Is to be etn on our exchaaga ta iile. I be change ol republican aatt ileuifM ralic paper to indopeadeaoe ia. Kli tic durln; the last few meats baa wa marveltou. Tna AiUaara re- celvss nearly every wwklv uaoer ka I tste. hut It Is very dUUcuit now-a-ds; in nun oin uany papers among Uswsi The rrpublleaa organ havw ba ting ov-r the fenc a more aua ouaiv than the doinm raiic. The Me bratka minors are a long heathMt sat fit .. 1L.- - . . . . .. .... ' felUiM I iu-r wan m a;" w cms as trie wt, aua woo iuiue itww? A Miuufii paper )u at haad.atalea that (.overnnr Ktl w uawwtnl an 'j J't?!1 'V. , lSa ,M Council lilutfs! hy add l hi to tit ile j )Mtjf(M ' 1 Mr. iitmiva i o oi uui vrr? !t.ti rvt.-nw diUr t ttse ea-.:. t"'H4 ttttt h rfff ' 4te j , , j,rttj,Xj $t tdt aatar I) e-r IkHtS U ! t I- osntaM sr was n mm ai mraa a-; t w .xwatlf ba dwctlM. tf rati k Ci rMe it li cvW. tea t. WaK'lk U fe xsi l,iini 1'' ran) tU txs U.ut tw i ia V 1 H4rM-