The farmers' alliance. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1889-1892, May 28, 1891, Image 4
C!;: lomtr' Alliance, pnbtWMd Every 8etery t Tee Aixiat IYbixshixo Co. CMitm awl X Sw.. Lincoln, X- IHi1 jmiuw w ... J. M. leuareo. ,. Editor ....Buainea Manager la tke beauty of the Bllles , Chrlrf tu born across the sea, Hth a glory to his bosom That transfigures you and ma. At be strove to make men holy Let ni strive to make tbem free, Slace God ia marching on." Julia Wtrd Eortt. "Laurel crowns cleave to deserts, AA power to him who power exerts.' A ruddy drop of manly blood The urging sea outweighs." Emerson. "Ha who cannot reason Is a fool, Ee who will not reason ia a coward. lie who dare not reason Is a slave." TO CORRESPONDENTS. til fastness eomiounicauons w AMttm muter for publication to Editor T17 triTtnn both il1 of the paper OMMH M him, ery iod wiww-f HIS FARilERS' ALLIANCE rTMJSHED WKEILT AT OOXMER 11TH AND M STREETS, LINCOLN, KE3RASKA. ti:e leadingIndependent paper in the state. J. BURROWS. Editor. T. M. THOMPSON. Business Ma'gr. rreeent size and form lirbt piire. feren eelumn quarto. Largett weekly paper pub. llafted In Kelrak. Caatalets la Every Department. Aavertlalng Hate made knows on applica tion. tseeorlptlsa, (1 25 per Mnum Invariably In , Advance. &UMATt$. Fve annual lubtoriptlon 85.00. rertte sending olubi u above may add sin gle aubaerlpUoni at club rtci. PREMIUMS. Tniuiimoner'ir and Looking ' Backward pott paid (1 60 Labor and Capital 1 0 m - carter's Column..., " Our Republican Monarchy...... - Cuthlng's .Manual ISO 140 paper vera.... 1 30 Dot b covera...,. ISO " " Whltber are we ... . . . vnrtmg zzi ' Smitb'a Diagram . and Rules.,.,.. 160 . " Brioc'sFtoancial CatcchUm..... 1 SO s Baker's Money Mo- nopoly... , 1 SIS , a ,u Kichard'l Crown ... 150 ltte above book for sale at this office and eat post paid on receipt of price aa followi; lawklng Backward , ,60cm. Caster Column BOcta. Labor and Capital ,. sicta. Our Republican Monarchy, JScts. Cuehlmt Manual, Paper coven gjets. : " Cloth coven Kcti. Smith's Diagram and rules... socte. Whither are we Drifting f 1 W. Briee's Financial Catecbiam Met. Bakerl Money Monopoly.,,.., SScta. Menard's Crown ..60cte. Address tuUNCi PUS. CO., Lincoln, Nn. "He who falls for labor enters a grave already illumined by the dawn." Victor Huge. " - ; The Alliance poeti-y department contains this week a choice gem from Mrs. Miriam C. Buck, entitled "The Proud Politician." The Bee says that tin went up in the American market as soon as the McKin ley bill was passed, but declares that trusts were to blame for that calamity, and not the tariff bill. Will that jour nal pray continue the story and tell us who are responsible for the trusts? The Fullerton 1'ost proudly publishes this line under its title head: "Tho only democratic paper ia Nance county." Good, Bro. Tanner, we are glad to hear it. Keep up your patience, and you will soon be able to make it "the only democratic papor in Nebraska." I The St. Paul Great H'est publishes this motto In a conspicuous place In every issue of its paper. "Forfeiture U in force in Minnesota and not a solitary dollar has left the state nor does the braggart intend to move." This is the practical result of "ruinous usury laws" is one stats." A prominent figure and an enthuslas tie worker for a third party ia the Cin lanati conference was Jsm Harper of IlllaoU. Mr. Harper enjoys the dis tinction of having nominated Abraham Lincoln In the conrentiou tbe lint time he raa for president. Abe Lincoln re publicans are more numerous these days In the people's party than In the stal wart railroad n public tn ranks. One mult of lite people's movement tuMbeentbeeolmtgeof aa?w wtr.l, "vol Itocracj," ItUdtrvjd from politic, plutocracy aud arUtomry This trl aeadsd monster baa oomblned his final dMt undor oua thin, and will tint l death en the Uttle Held of tbe ballot. The people's army U getting Into fghl lag trim and Is p(prtug to retake Its gvwraiurftt, which Abraham Lincoln aUI KiiuUI I of tH fxj'i", fr . pes and by the prop!. JoeepB llwell, jTviulneot lawyer Kd poialcis of lkU, IWk ruun'V. r-untuad K 'fklrJ !U!rt. i!1 k-u. J.uriKJ .i.i try wanted hot dl:M md .f Won trc iWr d thai tb ecuutty wwetd tZ. tat atfii without tl. T'. Wli g t tow Uauttb la the Ikitigb eriXtj avaittag trial before the " --l,it k!tH rm.il Aa tka Sr i.f .. m - ... , r -VIrifwuatsrfeit HMtr. Ilow (! t 'miu'.utit UarameMUia f I i Ki!a! TO PROUlhlTUX tXTEUSIASTS. Every effort possible was made by the old party ringsters at Cincinnati to cause the national union conference tc record itself as opposed to prohibition and in favor cf whiskey. Aa invitation was eat to the convention to take lunch at a "manufacturing establishment" near the pLice of meeting, bat it was discov ered to be a trap to get them into a brewery, and the invitation was not ac cepted. A strong effort is bung made by anti-prohibition papers to show that the people's party has gone on record as against prohibition, because it didn't choose to put a prohibition plank in its platform. It is safe to say that more than three-fourths of the members of that convention were strong tewporanee men, but they went to Oncinnatti with a plain purpose, and duty to perform, and that duty didn't Include the annihi lation of the whiskey traffic, however much he may be in favor of it. The people's party docs not reckon that it will be ablo to destroy at one foil swoop all tbe political, social and moral evils of this country. It has ia view the cor rection of some of tbe great political evils of tbe United States, and tbe roan who is blind enough not to see that their success in this clort will give material assistance to tbe correction of social and moral vices is surely to be pitied. On the other band every reasoning man knows that the whisky traflic hold within its vice-like grip both the repub lican and democratic parties. A ghastly example of tho truth of this was pre sented in Nebraska last fall. Tbe "per sonal liberty league" proceeded in a business way to sound the candidates for state offices on the liquor question, and then elected their choice by means which proved to be mostly foul This was done in tbe face of the fact that 82, 000 voters wanted prohibition, and the whiskey league's candidates received only 70, 0C0to.es and wueakct d. Tim is conclusive that prohibitionists want prohibition last, and a party collar first, that is most of tbem do. Now they can look over the three national parties the republican, democratic and peo ple'sduring the next year, and take their choice when they go to the pol's If they think tbe people's party is going to be domineered by the saloon as the two old parties are, God pity them . The very foundation of the new party is an effort to escape from vice, dictation, corruption and debauchery. THOSE JfOX-PARTlSAN JUDGES. Tbe republicans have suddenly become very non-partisan. Tbey see tbe hand writing on the wall and they're going to hedge this fall. It won't do to go in to a square tight, meet defeat, and then go before the country next year with Nebraska outside the republican column.. The game will be a non-partisan jtidi ciary. The chips will fly la every judl cial district. Bar associations will be leaded, and then asked to name a can didate. Read the sensible remarks of the Lincoln Herald on this subject: Some of our exchanges are suggesting that there is great virtue in a non-partisan judiciary. So there is ia tho eyes of of a minority party. ' But when tbe re publicans have been enjoying the beau ties and blessings of a partisan judiciary for some thirty years, and it sorter gets around to where a partisan judiciary elected this fall would kinder grind them, it is no time to talk about a non partisan dodge. A judge is no worse for having po'itics. If the majority doesn't like the politics let it change the Judge. The cry of non-partisan judi ciary is generally raised to cover up something worso than politics. It may be just as well to say now that bar associations and other devices for selecting judges will not be in it this fall. The common herd propose to have a whack at It. ROSE HATER AS AXDRIAX0. Rosewater has by practical demon stration found that tie farmers of Ne braska are through with the Bee. Tie can't gain their ears through biscolumns any Jonger. They have cast the trait orous sheet aside and its words fall up on stony ground. All this has driven Rosey in desperation to adopt another scheme to secure readers. The Imple ment Dealer is the name of a monthly purpt rtcd to be devoted to the imple ment trade. This sheet has its olllce In the Bet building at Omaha. Its brunch o (11 cos in Lincoln ahd Council Bluffs are at tbe Bee branch offices in those cities. "A, Koth Andriaao" is the high sound log narus of the "editor." This is an auuiifauie uunuiuu) iur noxuwaiei" Isn't it? It is presumed that this sheet is gotten into the hands of tho farmers through the ageury of the Implement dealers. The lut iamio has an article abusing tho farmers for leaving the plow long enough to vote, and for haviug a few Ideas uot furnished them ready made by the "bows." We republish here a few extracts from the tirade: "From all parts of the land comes the err ft the mwr unwntnxMen farmer. Overburdened with mortgages, oppress ed by the bloated bond bidders cf the East. ete . etc , ad intiultuiu. Does it ever occur to the couutry editor, who tiU hi column wits ui n rot, what ratik nonsense he is writing!'' t)!d ti ever oiC'tr to the anlmtl who its In the palatial building at Onuba and writes such rot that the country td lur U right out la the rnUUt td tu "poor daWDtroddeo fnurt,and know what It U talking about? rnn at tlmt frw M Mfi!. UHr of tbe Ht and fusli'ita by iHiiltlcal diimg , tbe farturr ha Imii i-tatliiallv In I lit tiuil a thai hi ia I the wt mu'mWe lot on tub. and ! tb dma bae ba m) Ur MluH Ultff the UfMvr fri hi !t.w WmUnrtr. wit. f,w lw)et ii H'tilU-sl dt ad beat. t,hU tl J.tvWn ts)b el knavery kM ;'r n t U Wit l Wd tt (ttw pettui-wt' a t ut a tki.ifubua tuMi.l a hste ner U lure dtiyvarvd t;e teit)s4 live hl! of XUo teiir ttiga statta vt tiur 4itituy " "hUtlr ia)tere the West U ',l' Vh applied te the istnuaw jtd 't.fdy plonevts wki hate ma THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE, homes upon tbe bleak praries of western Nebraska and nine-tenths of whom dared last fall to vote their own con victions, it becomes positively superb. Of course it was tbe rankest of knavery and ignorance that elected those rant ing shyrter lawyers and political dead beats to tne legislature last winter. (Rosewater adjectives for all the world!) And of couneit was knavery and ignor ance that aided in the performance of fmch ridiculous comedies as the passage of tbe AustmliaS ballot law, and the railroad maximum iate law, and the law com el log tbe state treasurer to account for interest on state money, and school book law, and the constitu tional amendment resolution providing for the election of three railroad com missioners, and many other equally vil lainous and malicious measures. "Shift less squatters," "political demagogues," "ranting shyster lawyers," and "politi cal dead beau" deserve a Siberian exile for these calamities that have been fore ed upon long-suffering capitalists and tbe other respectable members of the commonwealth. "Free coinaee. unlimited circulation, and a government loan oflice is the ral lying cry of this senseless rabble. They call themselves the people's party. Has any party advocating the rights and privileges (so called) of any one class the right to call itself the people's party. ii tne farmer constitutes tne people, what Is the merchant, the mechanic, tbe manufacturer, the scholar, the artist?" Free coinage brazen Impudence! This senseless rabble ought to know that government loan oilices are for the use of banks and respectable people on ly. Such presumption on tbe part of the common herd is positive anarchy. If the farmer thinks be belongs to that element called the "poople," he had better go and soak himself. "What is needed by our farmer is les politics and more work, less criticism on the extravagance of tne government ana more thrift ia tbe management of bis own affairs." Of course. Go to work. Let the gov ernment take care of itself. The "peo ple" are running it and they will see that it don't get away from tbem. Mind your own business, Mr. Farmer. A CASK OF 'EXPEDIENCY. The combined monopolies of this country have placed a law upon the statute books of tbe United States which provides that the treasurer may pay the interest on our national debt, or the out-standing bonds which is the same thing, one year in advance, and not even the interest on tbe Interest is de ducted for that time. This law is found on page 153 of "The Laws Relating to Loans and Currency," and an extract reads as follows: "That the secretary of thertreasury be authorized to antici pate the payment of interest on the public debt, by a period of not to ex ceed one year, from time to time, either with or without rebate of Interest upon tho coupons as to him may seem expedient." Tbe secretary of the Treasury, both under the Cleve land and the Harrison administrations has invariably deemed it "expedient to band over this enormous amount of government money one year before it was due and without rebate of any kind. It can easily be imagined why it is "expedient" for him to do so. If the bond holders have found it "expedi ent" to placo this piece of legislation up our statutes, of course they are certain to follow up the line of "expediency" in their selection of officers to adminis trate that law. Even at the present time the Interest on every bond, even to the currency 6, has been paid, so that no interest will be due on any part of the neatly STOO,- 000,000 the government owes until July, 18U2. This payment of interest in ad vance tonds to enhance the price of bonds on the market. That operates directly to the interest of the bond holders and against the very govern ment that issued those bonds. You often see republican papers boasting be cause government ooncis are wortn a premium. Those papers forget to tell us that the government pays for that premium iu good hard money. Under this system the government is compelled to pay dearer when it goes into the mar ket to buy its own bonds than it would had this law not been passed. $ THE REPVBUCAX PLAX IX LIX COLX. Mr. S. J. Kent, an independent, was recently elected to the position of secre tary of the Lincoln Board of Education. W, W. W. Jones, a republican, has held that place for sevetal years past at a salary of ei.Su) per year. Lo! and be hold, and now comes the gang back with a reduction of the salary of tie secretary of tho board of education to t."nt0 per year. Hear, ye natives! Re publican secretary, $1,5W per year, in dependent secretary f00 per year. Mighty Is the whangdoodle when ho gets oa hi ear. Let 'em keep up the circus. When the next flection comes alug, the Lincoln and Luneatti t county republicans will think that a Lake Shore, Cremona nud Western freight train ha picd over tlu ir pros trate form, individually aud tvliic tively. j H urlitetu. ia a turt of India crwt eoundnc,y: lrty piriform have been a set f daunting lie, an t sremada to dfit-Ue, they were never intended Id be carried out; the Intermit of the people do But ecter ttito coiUWr U,n with the party Icadcri.' ortU'uty a fraoh adiuilon. 'UU U The slauihrfou tongua ct the B 4 .b Jmnrt.il tli" - It thai Juhn , Ywra rtMd I be deputy lalmr rtunuiUxW uhL at tt V1 becuu he wwVt have Hi give t-p hi J ib of pte.l du: pI th Alliance tt UOM pf tntm 1 1 jMfitt I a very M th l.r a Ikete is a!aiy vhter or pay tt any tcfl tieit c netd with the prviWiwy ol any Al)Uw, Un-d. aiM or aluiat. The t t.ry abd lecturer art the on!y t t.-er who drv it teat f pty. LINCOLN, XEB., THURSDAY, 3IAY 28, 18) THE TARIFF OX TIM The supporters of the; JIcKic'.evtariff iniquity have been shouting long ana loud about the great tin plat industry which has grown up in this country in consequence thereof. The factory of Ex Congressman Niedringhsns at St. Louis has been pointed to with great pride tt i shining example of protec tion. Little tin plates, aiieg?a to oe en tirely of American manufacture, have been scattered broadcast over the coun try. Ail this noise tempted tbe New York Timet to examine Niedringhans "magnificent manufactory" and to pub lish tbe result of the examination. Briefly, it shows that the American tin plate industry consists of a wooden shed, fifty feet long, fifteen feet wide and ten feet high, partitioned Into three rooms. The working force lacornposed of six men four of whom were import ed from Wales and two boys. Their labor consisted of coating with boiling tin a number of sheet-iron plates to be used In advertising the "industry."" No other articles are made in the mammoth establishment of Niedringhan?. In this connection it may not be ami to state that the importation of Velh tin plate last month was more than double what it was in the corresponding month last year, and the prices are higher. As the Omaha Bee remarks; Upon Iht passage of the bill it is true that tin plate went up in tbe American market from 14.50 to $Y50 and f 5 75 per hundred pounds, and it still remains at that very high price." THE OLD SOLDIER RACKET. Tbe republican newspapers are still industriously disseminating the infor mation throughout the country that a convention of Independent editors in Kansas adopted a resolution denouncing the G. A. R. In strong terms. The ac cusation has been proven false by nu merous affidavits, but here is a little plank from tbe people's party platform adopted at Cincinnati, which is perti nent to the subject in hand: Resohed, That while the party in pow er in 1K09 pledged tbe faith of the na tion to pay a debt in coin that bad been contracted ou a depreciated currency basis and payable in currency, thus add ing nearly 81,000,000,000 to the burden of tbe people, which meant gold for the bond holders and depreciated currency for the soldier, and holding that tbe men who imperilled their lives to save the life of a nation should have been paid in money as good as that paid to the bondholder, we demand the issue of legal tender Treasury notet in sufficient amount to make the pay of the soldier? equal to par with coin or such other leg islation as shall do equal and exict jus tice to the Union soldiers of this coun try. .VS. C0YLE W0ULDXT SIGX. Considerable publicity has been given to the discharge of Mr. John R. Coyle as agent of Eikhorn road at Dwight, Nebraska. The railroad company has caused statements to be published say ing that Mr. Coyle was discharged for insubordination, but this is effectually disproved, and be makes the following statements over his own signature as to the facts in the matter: A petition was presented me to ask Governor Boyd to veto the Newberry bill, which I refused to sign. The con ductor carrying it told me that he would report my actions to the superintendent Jibe superintendent bad said tnat any man who would not sign the petition should not have a position with the company. The traveling auditor check ing me out said that the company want ed only those who would work for its interest in everything. I was imme diately discharged after refusing to sign the petition, and suortly alter a paper was circula ed in Dwight, with, strict orders to let no one get actual posses' sion of it, explaining the cause of my difc';a"ge something very unusual in dealing with such small matters. As nothing can be brought up to re fleet any discredit on me, I wish to have tho immediate cause of my dismisnal made known in order to clear the peo pie's mind of any such misrepresenta tion as that of Mr. Golden's. J. R. Covle. FAXT AX EXTRA SESSION. JA- A very large portion of our independ ent exchanges are demaudiug au extra session of the legislature for the purpoAe of passing a railroad freight rite law Petitions are evidently beiug circulated to this effect, among the people, as the following significant item from tho Gmdey Indtptndtnt will show: Out of one hundred and ninety-one people that have been presented with the petition a-klug that a special session of tiio legiidature le called for the pur pose of padng a law fio.'eruing freight rates hi the state, but eleveu hav re fused o lgu it, and to explain tha re fusal of th eleven, It is only tu ceHry to S.-1V that clue of the eleven art bank er, lawyer and politician. The newspaper circulation war be tweeo the A- an 1 the BWId Herat J lm Ui h settled and the result i mifatora bin M Imth of thrill. A few wet U a couple of seiudlef a took In 8s, Jwpli people on an "airship" Lemr, and the Otiuhi papers aire I tha Uke. l.a.t Sunday the earn wim!!er ctn.e t.ttlmdi. and btw tlummiid peroti ll ii-L.'d to ! park Ij ere the "air hlp" go up. A wi-Mlaj wsi ta hive oc curred at the height of I.U"d ft, aid the Up wa chdu!d to tl', f r Chi cago at 4 octot k. Th d tr l'!U-ai ucruirtd 'uaotiil!y but t'i gt re Cfllplt went altmg lntd cf th h!p, .tw 4,oi) mvH ou!d IV dawi by j tll uu $. U tud aSixtdy Un e wd ra.4 W rtt'U.urd it! I the taoory that tbe l and liw Utl4 lying Vwt I vlr tilt! !., Omaha p .p! ar etldutnly tdtag mil othtr Had r f Llerature. U O l p. tsui.' iMf XU t.l tiid CH I IV-ipl Party,'. ' PRESS I'AKAGIUPIIS. More Din Than Tin. V.'e hear every day of the great things the tin plate manufacturers are doing in the line of talk, but the Iron Age, a rabid protectionist paper, doubtless tells the truth when it asserts that tin plate manufacture is practically accom plishing nothing in this country but artificial noise. Boston. Globe. The Alliance man is in it. Fat Cleveland is the Democrat man The Republican man is Blaine; The Alliance man hi not yet groomed But he'll get there just the same. Arkansas Wheel. "The Brighter the Moon Shines, tbe More the Dogs Howl." We saw a dog run across a ten-acre lot aud bark at the cars. The cars did not seem to care, but the dog reminded us of some men who are barking at the Alliance. Alliance Sentinel. Oppression of Capital. It is not hatred against capital, but hatred against its oppression, that is the saving watchword of the toilers, who are preparing tu do away with the pres ent oppressive system of industry. Journal of knights of Labor. They're not Eastern Dudes. The "upper ten" of Washington arc considerably disappointed in their esti mate of the Alliance congressman from tbe West. Instead of seeing "wild and woolly cow-boys," they found, them to be walking encyclopedias upon tlie questions of finance, land, and trans portation. Exchange. A Joke on the Railroads. It would be a great joke upon the railroads and tbe politicians if Governor Thayer should call the legislature to gether and should approve whatever legislation on the railroad question they might pass. We do not tbiuk Governor Thayer will do this, but he has been so outrageously treated by his former friends that it is not possible to predict what he will Ho. Aurora Register. Rises to Inquire. , The question now is: Will Governor Thayer call a special session of the leg islature to give the over-burdened farm ers some protection against railroad robbery? It is now in his power to show his good will and sympa'.hy for the peo ple. Will he doit? Greeley Independent. An Honest Confession, Etc. If during the last few years, the re publican press instead of pandering to the dictates of corrupt leaders, had bold ly and honestly contended for purity and justice in politics, we would not now find ourselves in such a sorrow condition as a party. The policy has been to "hold up for the party leaders," right or wrong, and this policy has ruin ed us. Cedar Rapids Republican. Wants Calf Hastings Bounced. We only wish the old man (Thayer) had the power to bounce that calf Hast ings from the office of Attorney General which he has disgraced, and we think our cup of joy would in that case be about full. Atrora Riglsier. Why ThoseVitrioiic Fusilades of Ridicule? Does any member of our Order who was former it arepuoucan Dut is now voting for "Bettie and the babies" think that this reform revolution is a demo crat trick? if so, just let him select a dozen of the leading democrat papers of the South and observe the vitriolic f usi lade of ridicule, misrepresentation and abuse which they are pouring into our Order, its officers and principles. If he was a democrat and thinks it a republi can trick, get a few Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa republican papers aud read tnem that will be sufficient if he ispos sessed of common horse sense. Butler Union. A Staia on the Supreme Court. The inmost facts may never be brought out, but the impression made upon the people that the supremo court was in volved in a devllwh conspiracy to defeat justice and prevent intended anti-monopoly legislation will never be erased. If the members of this court are honest they are certainly to be pitied. -Cedar lipids Bepubliran, (Ucp.) Republican Advice to Qov. Thayer Will Governor Thayer call an extra session id the legislature and include In It, the demand for the enactmeut of just r.d r ad law? Gov. Thayer now owe nothing to the republican leaders, or "party 1m'." They treated him himeful!y all through the gulwrnator Int couteit and heed Indignities one after another ojhu him bcrau he did what he thought to be his duty under hi oath to the state. He doe owe ll to hi high posUuii and to the umti of the people of the state ti endesvor to t arry out the will of that people. If & t pnMicau brad'Tt ate controlled by rail road luilurum a the tote of the repult llcau wnsttor ob the NewUrry b!HwiH t i Indicate, aud a the hum of the lieu pi's d-i!vl a n'irpvl law h ew o Ibrm to d. what he tat to old dti it lie iHigbt to statu! ly Ihe pusipie and carry out the will of the majority. IU dut j I plaht . - (bt'fWe "Utllttuid re a putilie tteii,T ' d trerf"Ce skdd but b rripp'ed by tt iit UnU'lm '' (t u. gtl aUo be said that the pu'ilie 1 a taiSrvad eeveaaliy, Ht ti rure any kind of leg !,vLi the ttUfnt.l nuy lit i.j Uil.t t Mpou It rauuet l raatUy reutd. Tha uKnud eou'.d live wiihvit: the public, mt Mm puiW ruhl I live wutwut the; Ui read, tea kuw. j Personal Mention. Congressman Kern and J. W. Coulter, of Adams county, called at the Alliance office Friday last on their return from Cincinnati. They were very euthusias cver the convention. Mr. J. Burrows, editor of this paper, left Cincinnati for New York and Con necticut after the close of the conven tion, and will spend some time visiting in those states. jL- Col. A. L. Bixby, the talent editor of tho Platte County Sentinel at Colum bus, was a pleasant caller at the Al liance ottice !aturaay. ihe sentinel has recently became an independent paper, having grown weary of republi can corruption, whereat the republican press is very angry. Tbe more good round abuse you get from those shysters Brother Bixby, the better will your conversion be appreciated by the inde pendents. The "Alliance" party may be a dem ocratic side-show as the republicans al lege, but If It is tbe democrats seem to be in mortal terror lest it shall eclipse the main circus. Listen to the wail of the New York Sun, a democratic paper: Tbe conference, congress, or confabu lation which began at Cincinnati yester day includes thelargest variety of cranks corner-grocery economists, ploughtail socialists, out-at the-elbows politicians, thinkers with a screw loose, and patriots waiting for something to turn up, that lias ever bee a on exhibition. After twenty years of hard and inces sant service in tbe editorial harness I start out to-day on a European tour of observation and recreation, from which I hope to return by the middle of Sep tember. E. Roseirater in Bee, May 28th, being about two columns of explana tions in full. It might have baen shortened to this "The lire is getting oo heavy, I've got to run. E. RoseirotJ-, bound for Europe." DRESSEDBEEFRATES Eastern Roads and Shippers Hold Another Conference on the Subject WGBLD'S FAIR TEAFPIO. Betolutlo". Adopted at the Freight Agent' Conference The Tourist Bate ProblemTo lluild the Bloomfleld' Line Mew Bailread Project. Chicago, May 20. Whether the east ern roads will succeed in an arrange ment of the dressed beef, live stock and provision traffic from Chicago to the seaboard is still an -nigma. Another conference on this subject was held at the rooms of the Central Traffic associa tion. It was called by the committee of shippers appointed at the former meet ing and among the prominent packing house representatives were those of Nelson Morris, Swift & Co., Hammond & Co., Armour & Co., S. W. Allerton and the North Packing and Pro vision company of Boston. Let ters from other prominent ship pers were received, the majority of which recorded the votes of the writers in favor of the movement. It was de cided, however, that it would not be wise for tbe Chicago shippers to go into this scheme without the co-operation of their competitors at other important points, and it was agreed that if a divis ion of business were put into effect by the eastern roads it should be made to apply from other shipping centers and gateways as well as from Chicajo. The resultfof the conference was a ros lution to eend communications to tha shippers of other Important points ask ing them to appoint committees to meet the Chicago committee at some future date with a view of defining definitely whether they should co-operate with th pothers in sustaining an east-bound blind pool. Tourist Kates. Chicago, May 26. The lines in the Western Passenger association did not find smooth sailing when they met to fix summer tourist rates. The agree ment entered into by the Chicago and Alton, the Wabash and the Burlington to the effect Uiat no rates for tourists between any points should lie less than 80 per cent, of the standard round trip rates, was quietly sat down upon ,by Chairman Finley, who ruled that the managers of individual lines had no right to make irftlcpendent agree ments of that kind. Accordingly the matter was submitted to a vote of tha entire association, but it could not bo, settled liecause some of those priaent were eot authorized to vote on the ques tion. The Alum made additional tronbleby refusing to allow reduced rates to eastern points reached by the Michigau Central, tho Luke Hhore and other lines participatinfi in the boycott, thus making tourUt rates iuipoMblo.o eaT-Wra points except timae iroached by tbe Grand Ti uuk direct. -1 Werld's ralr Traffie, Ciucaoo, May 20. At a meeting o? the general fri;ht agent of the Chicago iOht-Umiid luien, tbe following resolu tion wa adopted: IteMilvrit. That It be 4 he wnw oftli rhlemocumittit'ee that npin all traftic fir the wtrtd's l,'iiimbiun eiioiiitin I Ik line will make 1. Hn ry at rurreut rale eolnldiiihMi on all smh tmrtlu direct ta I heir varlixtscnunertiniM with (lie Illinois t'rntral tvtul, the Utter iimiunr lone cry l l, Mitia for delivery nt tlienKl tuin Kniuiwl and at awiiien a)uuiit aud tvlivt-tltKI of thuruin, If afijr, New !iallraa,t I'n jrrl. I.iwt.O . May lU-f. II. Fauhret, j renidr iit of IheCulmubtia anj Milwau kee road. b di.e.l of Urge U..clt if hie lubltngs tu the Nnrttdk ant Wentrrn tuMiple, wh have a fine Hearty mtupit-4 ta Iruntutt, it., where ttn-v ruuiint wilt) tu Nmtu Valley ttiel hil t (Vlntnbn. It U l I tlml tinvrncr U It. Hill f Vw Vlt aa t .).,,.. tienefat WanattinkeT of I'litladl.-tit.t will furnUti tha money fur tb biulaie ' of the line. When eimflid tl wi:i hi ise a rv-ot trn th (ibu river ta Vuk-K in .k Mulurf jj, Itience b sU-atMe l Lae i nt i f pn lit. ! HnW SaTvftaa tank Mi,' tut, U, Vy ifi-.letriSi tt tbe cal ttitlMif ut tlie state tuit i Ve HtW o aatuhef wf the reitree U w ill suit, fwr.un'v h t it. The 4 t' iiMl l Aii tUti t I K stra it iif lw ?vk v.-t, t nt I.m Alilwaoke tt4y U ts aUKt fUle;. W.fll batlttf rV eluetl ta Or Itttutiia Hilhve haa hld ftvaitvr et if is .utMsisii i.t, tint u v.w, ue t.n anpplted (mm U Ivw tiir aud ttn tiit. ru! sijui en. FIYE HEW JUDGES. Frcballe Appointments for the Land Claims Court. EAUM WILL EESIQU. Es-Gorersor Beaver af Feaaiytraala, KaaMd aa HI Soeeeasor Peaeioa, Oflice IroeB-alarUiee Hax risea'e Speeches, Washisqtoh, May 8. The teW eourt to adjust private bind claims in the west where the old Spanish grants still cloud titles, will be announced the coming week. It will be composed of three Republicans and two TVmocrats. Tbe Republicans have been !Iisen. An annoucement of the full court would have been Saturday but for the fact that a hitch occurred over the Demo cratic selections. This part of the work was supposed to - have been fin ished, but at the last moment it was discovered that the Democrats who have been named were not qualified. The discovery caused a postponement. Fresh timber was called for. As soon as the president can pick out two ac- ' ceptable Democrats the full court will be announced. . Tbe members will be awked to qualify and organize for work. Tbe three Republicans selected for the new court are said to be ex-Representative Payson of Illinois, ex-Representative Thompson of Ohio, and a Kansas) man, but not ex-Representative Peters, as was at one time reported. In giving two of these live judgeships to the Democrats the president has been more liberal than they expected. The south will get one, and perhaps both of tbe places if available candidates are pre sented. The president is, however, in sisting on high-class material from which to ma'ue tbe selections. Supreme Ceurt Decisioee, Washington, May 20. The supreme court of the United States adjourned nntil the second Monday in October. A large number of decisions, several of them of general importance, were ren dered by tbe court. The most import ant case decided was that ef John M. Wilkerson, sheriff! of Shawnee county, Kansas, against Charles H. Roher. This is one of the original package cases and it came to the supreme court on an appeal Irom tne Kansas United States circuit court. Roher was the agent at Topeka, Kan., for a Kansas City, Mo , liquor firm. Last year he offered for sale, beer and whisky in original pack ages. Roher was arrested for violating the Kansas prohibition law, but the United States circuit court for Kansas released him on n writ of habeas corpus. The Kansas authorities then brought the case to tho supreme court on an appeal. The court reverses the circuit court's decree and remands the cause for further proceedings. A Urlton Demands Indemnity. Ankiston, Ala., May 26. Wm. Bern ard, a subject of Queen Victoria,, living near Annist n, wants indemnity from the United States government for a re cent assault upon himself. Aliout a month ago Bernard bad a difficulty with two brothers named Hudson, who live in the same community with him self. A day or two later he was sick and confined to his bed. While unable to get up one of the Hudsons and a friend called at his house for the pur pose of a settlement, and learning that Bernard was sick, a load of buckshot . was fired into his bed; but he escaped by rolling o and crawling under tbe bed just in time to save himself. Hud- son and the other party left the com munity at once and have not returned. Bernard got well, and a day or two ago addressed a letter to Governor Jones of Alabama, and one tojthe British minis ter at Washington, calling on them to secure for him redress for the injury to bis feelings and the danger to his life. The cause of the trouble was a personal matter. ' Investigation in the Pension Oflice, Washington, May 26. -Assistant Secretary Bussey and commissioner Raum instituted an investigation at the pension office into the charges prefered against Maj. Barker, chief of the rec ord division, for appropriating money to his personal use, which was raised for tbe willow of a cierk, recently deceased; and also against J. M. Dona hue, who endorsed notes and represen ted a money lender not employed in tho office. Th bulk of the testimony showed that Barker never had the money belonging to the widow in bis posession. Hie conclusion of tbe in vestigation will, it is understood, exon erate Barker, but the charges against Donahue were fully substantiated by the testimony. Commissioner Kauiu Will Resign. Washington, May 20. There is ground for stating that the President and Pension Commissioner Raum have arrived at sn uuderstnuding. and that the commissioner will resign about tho first of August or September. It ia felt that Gen. Raum bus been to a de gree tho victim of circumstances. Tbe dispoxitibn is to deal with him as con siderately as pwdlile, but at the same time the judneut is that a change ouuht to l" liimlt). The name of Lx Governor Leaver of Pennsylvania, is HUKgiisted for tht plage, and if he can bo induced to acriit it he will probably succeed (ien. Itaimi. Harrison's tpeehea. Washivoton, May -fl. President Hurriinrti's speeches, made durimr hi rwent southern and wetern tonr ,nre being prepared for book form. They will lie used as campaign literature aa well a iiiimM fur public Mittker. Kuchwch will have an introduction, giving the circuuinta.ire of the viMl and tlte details of the reception. Mr. John tt, Siirlver. who aa inrrrepondieit t'f The New York Mail and F.sprnt. pre ceded the prwtdetil juit ime day ou lit i lit ire trip, W etuupiling the work. t hrisllaa Dlulsm I'ltlafra. HiUNtillil. M y S.The t brUtiun lulwtiuns at Niiukia have l-u attacked and pillaged by native. The auli foreign utumneul. fmtwuted I'V "tr'l ctt-, u causing great alarm at treaty pvrl. k t apt, ti'shsa fHtse. LtWKi!, My M The dei ree granted t'epl, lhi a In hi etut fur divert fr ttaMr. Kte IKMh sit uiuiitU j wu laa-te aWlu'e, the I a r(ht, Ttt tiit-tK, Uy jM I'vbat m Yatttrey'a iitntinti ! Ij mra Hue die wm kept np till atu-t ftstuiittit, btt IU l'iU tiM-n at Ut .m I il ta Hnit t ( nu the iu.i toi, and It w t arrted Utu !, 1 his I three ili-e slu r! if t ail ftuiw riv4l slrmitlt Ut the i-axnis, but bis frtee.U v thai svuvae lilt -"-i Ml i le tn Ilia l steln t the l"i Ul'tie, au-l IHns pretlH I hU sU-i tt 1 a !. Iit vf tl.re ef fi ut titee.