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THE FA1SMEKS1 -ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 189L Tji Auiaxcb IVsusinxa Co. J. Itnacv .... J.M. laoareoa. . Editor .Build Manager "la the beauty tf the lilliee , Christ tu born across the sea, tTU a glory 1b hi bosom That trsJisffjures joo and me. Jj l strove to ake men holy Let us strive to mak them tree, Siaee God is marching on." r JiUia Ward Hon. LaxaA crown clear to deserts. Aa rirac to hii who power eierts." -X ruddy drop of manly blood Tie anrflag tea outweighs.": Ga who cannot raaaon If a fool, E who will not season to a coward. Ho who dare not reason 1 a lave." . .TO. CORRESPONDENTS. a Hi we ail bueJnea comatunloatiow to I Plgff IOT puBimuuu w ' AlMawr, . ..." .w. - - -' - - uad. Verr lone eommunicsuon, nil, caanot be uxn. wsmism ''" rCBLUHXO WEEKLT AT CSSXXM 11TH AND M STREETS, UXCOLlf, RE8RASKA. ' t::2 LEA-l"3ir;CEPENDENT PAPER IN THE STATE. " 3. SORROWS, Editor. J. IX. T30MPSO5 j Buifi Ma'gr. Trent If and form. elrkt pace, seven aotaan quarto. Larcert weekly paper pub Jlahe4 ia lfebraak. CeeitMe ia Every Diparbntnf. JUearUeinf Rate noad known oa applies "' . . Cob.' taawrlillia, $118 per annum Invariably la Avaet. CUmtnt. Fre aneuai subscription 15.00. Tar-tie eeodlne club as atKir may fid io tdeeubeerlpttens at elub ratet. " PREMIUMS. Baa Auiaaca one rear aad Lookinc 1 Backward pet paid It SO : . Ubor and Capital 1 40 - . " Ca-ear's Column.... - " Our Republican Monvebr - oaAlof'i Manual 1M 140 paper ever... Cloth ooTr,..,, " " waitber are w Drlftta 1B0 160 .M M aoitb-a 04 cram aod Buie " - " Uriee'triaaaeial . ' CatcohUm. I M " " . " Baker's Money Mo nopoly " -, - Biebard Crown l 1 M Ike abor books for sal t thla one and Cant post paid oa receipt of price a follow 1 toofclnt Backward..... sojta. Can re Column , .....loot. laUran Capital..! ......net. Our BpublkaMonarcbr... ...... ....Sect. CuedA Manual, rapereofer.. .....Ecta. " Cloth eoeer JOct. mKkt Diagram and rule. .,....,..rr,.B0ct. Whltkerar we Drlftlnf. ........... .....fl 60. JMee'a riaancial Cuebla... .....aoeta rKe f raaoaoljf...... Bote. 1 -.-...., Ci!l f;r Fe:;!3's Independent VCSstJ Ccnvtntlcn. . The People' Independent Party will meet ia convention by it regularly ap pointed delegate, Tuesday August 18th, 1891, at HASTING), NEBRASKA. at 4 o'clock p. in., for the purpose of placing in nomination one candidate for associate Justice of the supreme court, and two candidates for RegeuU of the State University, and to transact any other "business that may properly coma before the convention. The ratio of representation in the state conven tion will be one delegate for every one hundred votes or major fraction thereof, cavt for Hon. John H. Towers for , governor in 1800. Counties will be , entitled to representation as follows: 16 Johnson IS K earner 1 K-rl'h 1 Keita II VimhaU t Kmx 3 UncMttr S8 LlBCOlU 5 Lorn II Loup II Mxllion 4 Merrick McPbersoa JNane Mentha 11 Nuiku,:S Oto Pawne M 1-erkiD 1 here 6 rbelp IS r:t Antelopa Sitaine ' boa Butt Brows BuSalo utir Burt mm CMar 'bmtrn fkrejwana Cfccrrr Clef Coif Cuawr 11 ia 1.1 s 1 6 1 It ) II I a I 1 I ! I fo.k 4 1 kt-d Willow 6 kivtiknlMm 11 Krh 4 t.m It rtr Jauntier l fcsvtt Uiut II I a .terw.q j 1 Ma IS Tr a 14 thoiHM I U t kuniva f Vn t ! alfioa J J Wf I If Wetewr It I kM tf t Twtt 14 Sraat 1 The Male eewnaiu would rvapectfui ly riejoaaaMFAd that cuua'jr aoaveatloa fct the lecUua of deWf ate lo the state twavvaliui be held oa Saturday , Augul l mt, aa4 that the prltuarkd lor the ctioi 4 dkg at to the eoaaty eoa et!a ha held oa the r-4iag Thura- where ambgautBU hfr at a) ai Weea bm4 i Jd then m ather trr.rt4 that m ftt'm h adn.UtH U U iyta rwat h per c r -i tettst U lU vta e their eVsta C.-Jrx W IP La RE. ' Ce tita:et'w r TSS 1XDMFLVMXT X6M1XAT10XS, Great Interest is being taken in the probable independent nomination toon to be made, for tb reason that the im pression gentTally prevail that the in dependent nominees will be elected. Their election will probably depend upon their character, and this as it should be. We hope the day is past nev er to return when a party can elect a "yaller dog" if it can only get the regu lar nomination. We firmly believe in the principle that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office. We believe it is quite generally under atood that this principle ia to be applied this rammer, and that the men who set up the pins for their own Lomination will be relegated to . the rear at least we hona so. But notwithstanding this promise, there la a great Jumping off the fence, and a great scurrying into in dustrial organizations, new and old.and a great increase of those fellows, who 'alway were independents, you know, and who voted the straight independent ticket 1at fall. And some of these fel lows mention that "the boys" had spoken to them about being candidates for this or that office. We have heard several of them mention the matter, bnt we haven't heard "the boys" say any thing about it. ,4t?;4,? The best portion of the people of this county the part which la oppoaed to corporation ring rule, and in favor of reform in our county government, and an honest and economic administration of public trusts intends to vote the in dependent ticket, if that ticket is made up of able and pure men if it shows no taint of dUnooest politics and corrupt trading. This being the case, we pre sume every honest independent in the county is in favor oi such a ticket, and is aow casting about far the men who are to compose it. Firat in importance comes the Judiciary. We want no more railroad Judges. Allen T, Field was elected by order of Tom Marquette, backed by orders from Omaha railroad headquarters to every railroad roan In the district to support him instead of Sawyer, who was the candidate against him; and be paid bis railroad friends in his first decision, that of the Cass coun ty bridge case. The proposition to lot the county bar association nam a non-partisan Judicial ticket and that it be composed of the present incumbents, bears railroad re publican ear-marks. We say not We have no use for Allen T. Field on the bench, and we have no use for a scheme which ignores se important a factor a the independent party. We would Ilka to see Hon. Wm.Leese one of the Judges; and we believe Mr. Tibbetts, one of the present incum bents, and Hon. A. J. Sawyer, would be satisfactory nominees for tne large bulk of our citizens. We know that this list would be opposed by the rallr road gang, and that its nomination would make the fight one between the people, regardless of party lines, on the one side, and the corporations on the other. And that would suit ua exactly. It's the railroad gang that has ruled and ruined the politics of this county so long, that we want defeated. We have had no assurance that these gentlemen wonld accept nominations; out u tney wouia tney wouia form tne nucleus of a very strong ticket. ISRESlSTISLriVXXY. The Sti repeats its proposition that the state board of transportation shall make a reduction of freight rates, and that the republican state central com mittee, at Its meeting to be held in a few days, shall demand such a reduc tion at the hands of the board: This is Irresistibly funny. We Imagine the state committee may adopt the Bee's suggestion. With a satiric smile, John ny Watson, Walt Seely, Brad Slaughter and the balance of the cappers who went into the combine to defeat the Newberry bill, may solemnly vote for a resolution asking the board to reduce rates for the benefit of the dear people. And the board will do it right away. O ; yet! A board, every member of which owes his nomination and election to rail road influences board of which the most prominent members are ex-railroad at torneys, a board which was created and organized for the sole and only pur pose of preventing any action that would reduce rates, wilj be very apt to arrange a freight schedule that will not be acceptable to the roads. Will not the managing editor of the Bee Just hold his breath till it does. It is also very funny to see the Bet publish now a lot of propositions every one of which It vigorously opposed when the legislature was in stolon, and there wa seme danger that they might be adopted. It says: "The Iowa system can be adapted to Nebraska. The condition are different mainly In degree; otherwise they are similar. The ud charges of the rail Hays are practically the same ia both states. Uiven the same volume of tratuo the rate should be almost Identical tor the sain service. The Iowa method of cl skirting the roads by their mileage earning ta lair and can b applied to line la thla state. The rale per ton ran l hied upon a not diaslwllar batU. The volume of t raffle la Iowa Is greater taaa in atraka. lb local rale should therefore re a rally be by a alichl percentage higher In thi ii than that. A competent rate maa or intelligent bookkeeper can very readily emaUluh a ratio waWa shall put rate la this state practically upon the earn beau a la Iowa. There Ual tnor, lhaa tae statement In the above that the e did aolceatrw vrt I Ml later, a It Cllee will readily shew. It kl ayi Tke people de ot demaadortipett huriwata) r eW.loa of raw." aUncily what the people do demand i a horUeataJ r4tte (lot of rate, a wilt be ea whet tay gel WMbtr daai. Put ly ail neat let Jeaaey H aiwa, Walt Seeley, tief, snake thla sutd at the haard, and th they fan aU get tfvvht and taveaaiaile. If Head Is aruch by Mward tM lasay la thli Im t the e ef mmtj telnet tiiieailUw. '; ' I JQff.Y M. S.IGSX AXD THE JUDGE SHIP IX TBS TSXTS DISTEICT. We are greatly surprised to learn that there are - came independents In the Tenth Jalici&l district who are favoring the nomination of John M. Ragan for Judge in that district We believe it is conceded that Mr. Ragan is an able man. We believe it ia also con ceded that the railroad corporations are very tenacious In their bold upon able men when they once get them in their employ, out of which fact proba bly originated the saying "once a rail road attorney, always a railroad attor ney." Mr. Ragan was for many years the able attorney of the M. P. railroad company, and we have never heard that he and the company ever bad a falling out. When Gen. Leese was was making his fight in the board of transportation for lower freight sche dules, this man Ragan made the strong est tight against the people that was made by any maa. He told the mem bers of the board that while the farm ers were raising corn they were raising bell. The leopard does not change its spots. . Mr. Rsgan is not to be trusted on tbo bench; and we are amazed that any men claiming to be independents, and knowing his record, can be induced to support him. t I '!; ' It In well-known that the corporation are making strenuous efforts all over the state to secure "trusty" men as Judges. It would be a very sharp game on their part to induce the farmers to select their favorites for such places; and we have no doubt that game is be ing plaved. With such men as Hon. E. A. Web ster, of Franklin, at home, the voters of the Tenth district have no occasion whatever to select any ex-railroad cap per for district Judge. Mr. 'Webster is an able lawyer, an honest man, and a reliable Independent exactly such a man, in fact, a the railroads are trving to keep off of the tiencb. ; 1 1 0VR XEW CHANCELLOR CAXFIELD 0X THE ALLIAXCE, "j: We make the following extract from Prof. Can field's article in the Christian Union, commented upon In another place iu this issue: ' : y, J Narrowlns: further comment strictly to the Kansas Alliance, it it not a party of rtpudiation, nor art Hi member trilling defaulter or fraudulent debtor. Such charges oome with particularly poor grace from the republican press, either state or national, inese new partisans come very largely from republican rants, ,1'herhave been publicly lauded for years as being honest, intelligent, in- austnous, irucaiana law-amaincr. inev gave this stale to prohibition, and have maintained a magnincent ana success ful tight for temperance for more than ten years. Tbey have taxed themselves freely for a superb public school sys tem, at tne neaa of wnlcn they have erected a university already easily one oi tne foremost in tne union. , They have granted large recognition to the rights of women. Tbey support more newspapers to the population than any other agricultural people in this coun try. Tbey are of more than usually pure American stock, and the foreign element is the best of its kind. So far are they from repudiation that they are at this writing paying their debts with marvellous rapidity, dollar for dollar, under circumstance that often render the payment very distressing. A stay law ia no more repudiaton than is a bankrupt law, and to hold whntmay be deemed an erroneous theory of finance is not necessarily to become a fraudu lent debtor. NI1.L10XS OF WEALTH BUT XOT " ; EXOUGH MOXEY- -:'. The Xete Xat'wn says that a large leather firm failed in Boston last week for 1450,000. Two weeks before the failure the firm made a statement of its financial condition showing a surplus of 11,200,000 above liabilities. The failure finally was precipitated because it could not borrow enough money to tide it over its July obligations. Here is a case where a millionaire firm fails for want of money. Odd, isu't it? Sup pose there bad been money enough in circulation for this firm to do its busi ness on a strictly cash basis, its "July obligations" would not have existed.and its million of wealth which would not command money, would not have been sacrificed. ' REPUBLICAX TICKET FOR 1892. Bulkeley, of Connecticut.and Thayer, of Nebraska, are proposed for the re publican ticket of 1803. Their qualifica tions consist in their being stayers. Bulkeley holds the governorship of Con necticut, though not voted for at all, and against the decision of a state court. Thayer will be governor of Nebraska for tour years though elected only lor two. Elect those men president and vice president and the republican party will be immortal. GRAXD RTLiX FVK THKTrilFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The Judicial convention tor the Twelth dlatrlct will be held at Kddyville, Uawson county, on Friday, Aug. 31. At the same time there will be a grand in dependent rally lor the four counties composing the district, via: lawon, Custer, Sherman and Buffalo, Able speaker will be preaeat, and a good time may be expected Mr. Edmlaion. chairman of the Judicial ceiumlue,wbo ha matters m charge, does not do thiec by !. E&ITVR btki IfXfSJCE. Fditor tier was taken, a few day aga, with violent retching and vomiting, aU-a has eoaliaued at short letervel ever sis. He ha the appearance of n.lai'.6g to throw up hi bcu Hi evadUiea la very dUtrla. Ik at ta h u Hvaioa4 by the appearaace of a loig ankle Iruu the aw Ckaavel tor i'aaiald katbr'u'. VVa. leg that k said t haalir la a very giH4 A'l'aee aaa. aad a tystpaihUer ' wtlh the "nrga." lh sudin Uevl edge hat he had voted M uv a ana M ChaeeelW, bad Whs4 hint ta hu paper, wa W tar tier. !t way take a kag time far hi la sard u get ttriid et. I lU siu feat v ttully fatal. GEX. I fFQUAlXOX EXDORSEXEXT. W, extract the foiiswing from a let ter of Gen. Vifquain, In the Lincoln Herald, on the subject of democratic ac tion In the approaching campaign: "In the letter above referred to I also said: 'The democrat should bold their convention a week or so after the in dependents bare held theirs, and ratify such nominations by not making any.' Now. it goes without saying, that if the independents nominate a set of raga muffins and vagabonds, tbey cannot ex-' pect the democrats to act as I wish tbey could and should; and they the inde pendent do not expect it. I am as sured that tbey mean to be discreet in their selection, so a to deserve the confidence of the people. The independents are neither fools nor chumps, as the republican papers would have the people believe. They know full well that neither you nor I, would pledge ourselves as we do. if as a party we could beat the combined oppo sition; but we cannot; neither can the independents single-banded; and I for one refuse to be a party U any combi nation with the republicans as against the independents, because I have much more confidence in the latter than in the former. ... It matters not what the independents may think of us, or of our action. ' If we were to do as some of their editors wish, there would be Just about as many republican courthouses in this state af ter the first of January next as there are to-day. It is our duty to act in such a manner as will benefit the people of the state at large; and wa cannot benefit them more than by defeating the repub lican machine. I do not remember that, thirty years ago, the Douglas demo cracy of the north aked the consent of the republicans for the purpose of de fending the flag when the country was in danger; and the republicans then bad too much sense to say: "You can not come with us, unless you become republicans;' and in my humble opinion, although not on the verge o! a civil war now, there is Just about as much at stake today as there was then, and per haps a good deal more. We were pa triotic then, we will be patriotic now, whether the independents like it or not. I am plain enough, you see, to pre vent all , possible equivocation. The plain and unvarnished truth Is just about what is wanted nowadays." CHAXGE IX THE WAT FARMERS t I ) "TALE POLITICS" , Below is what Calhoup, ef the Herald, has to say about'the way farmers talk politics now a days. With Calhoun, we rather like the change. , 'The old party newspapers are forever kicking about the farmers who come to town and sit around and talk politics. We hadn't noticed 'em. There are not so many farmers in the habit of going to town and talking politics as there used to be. With that tenacious memory from which we could spare a few job lot to tne tickers we recall teat a year or two ago it was the fashion for the farmers to come to town and talk poli tics. Tbey urenerallv talked it in the back room of a bank or the office of a jackleg . lawyer, and then went home witn a iceg or two of beer in the wagon and a bill or two in the pocket, and came to the convection later at the head of rural delegations and did whatever the banker or lawyer told them to do. But somehow the fashion has changed, and the farmers that come to town and talk politics have kinder vanished from the range of the naked eye. They mostly seem to do their political jawwagging with one another at time and places where beer doth not corrupt and the bank note break in and steal the dele gation. We are, however, free to admit that we rather like the change, FAIR TO THE ALLIAXCE. We find in the Chrhtain Union, of New York the following fair expressions in regard to the Alliance movement. They are In marked contrast to many press criticisms: , "The Farmers' Alliance movement cannot be whistled down. It means a great sense of injustice, a real wrong, and a deep consciousness thereof. We have asked two friends of this move ment to give our readers some account of it. Both accounts are sympathetic. They match each other fairly well, though neither writer saw the other s article or knew his special topic. Presi dent Canfield defends the Alliance from misconceptions and misrepresentations. He shows what it is not. Senator Kyle undertakes the more difficult task of in terpreting Its demands: they include law regulation of combination of capi tal; Government ownership of railroads and telegraphs, beginning at once with the Pacitio railroads; abolition of pro tective tariffs; increase of currency; direct issuance of currency to the peo ple by the Government; therefore aboli tion of National banks as media of issue. Our readers hardly need to be told that the publication of these articles does not commit The Christian Union to the legis lation proposed. Our object Is to tell our reader what the Farmers' Alliance means. And we go to men who sym pathize with the movement and are fa miliar with its spirit, aims, and person nel, for the information. Our own views on some of these questions are weil known: on others we reserve our opinions for the present. XEETIXGS AT MADIS0X. We have a lengthy account of some anniversary meeting and the celebra tion of the 4th at Madison, received too late for publication this week, Mr. Julia A. Pratt spoke at Madison. Hr address Is very highly eulogised. Our ct,rreipendeBt say. "Few ladies on the public stage are able to enlist the love, confidence and respect ofgoodelt Ueas so (ucceaafaUy a Mrs. Pratt." She was followed by Mr. Alfred Clark, ct Chicago. Mr. Clark la to: unknown In polakaUlrcletSn Nebraika. In 10 he w a editor of the Chicago Expnu. Hi eddrts was aa aide expose of the wrongs of the laaacial administrate) of the two old panic, and the fallacy aad taUe prvteete of lh "specie bi' jstem a praoiloed by the bank of Fng land. Mr. Clark fortified his puvUlca by Irrefutable tteUttU-a aad bUtortcal facta. W regret w eaaaot t this time give a Uiore ,ieadd notice of hU able addresa. O. Hull H-ate Leclurvr, ha been attending tnte very ucvfut feeding I U,calr aad id) llg veuatl tke pt a On Mua.Uy fttsjkt he report ft very latriiag tt peat emit the Al-Unv at Ma'euiist Ik att4ui was good and the ta Ureal indicated tkal ta AUiae net dead ia tkal part of the eonai. ftr iuu te a otkr d ia IS re , r,ved Itvvvvf he g.nt THESEBUSU WAREHOUSE I AW. The following comments ca the warehouse law are from the Boston Advertiser, and shows how the law is looked upon by disinterested, and well informed men in the east. The Aiter tiser makes some immaterial mistakes. The law does not take effect until Aug. 1st Instead of "the state," the ware housemen receiving grain issue the receipts. The receipts are negotiable anywhere, or in the open market, not in special boards of trade: The main feature of the warehouse law is the issue of warehouse receipts by the state. Since the law went into operation, several grain elevators are being built throughout the state, and as they are able to be ced for storage purposes, the state will issue warehouse receipts, negotiable on the "public boards of trade," which have also sprung up under thei new law. Admission can be bad to these boards of trade by the payment c of a small fee, and is not confined merely to the farmer who has warehoused the grain. It is stated on good authority that several large Chicago bouses will maintain rep resentatives at the more important boards of trade throughout the state, and that tbey will have a part in the grain operations during the coming season. The intention of the law is, of course, that the down-trodden farmer shall no longer be robbed by these graaping, greedy gangs of commission men and brokers. Under .he new law, the crops will be stored when prices are low and sold when prices go up. By realizing on a part of his holdings, from time to time, the farmer Is to live in comparative comfort until he is able to realize on the remainder. The idea seems to be that wheat is bound to "go up" at sometime, and that as soon as it does the farmer will realize. Even that much may be doubted. By his syiteni of open boards of trade, the farmer has now put himself in competition with the skilled Chicago operators, and will be perhaps more at their mercy now than under former conditions. When tbey pipe be will dance, and to what ever measure they please. The estab lishment of open boards of trade will merely give them a broader field for their peculiar methods, and the task of "cornering" the wheat market will be much easier than it has been for many years. If the Nebraska farmers were, as a rule, a match for their old-time enemies, the Chicago operators, the new law might result favorably to its makers. But who believes for a mo ment that the situation can eventually have but one result; that the farmers of Nebraska will wake up some morning to find their wheat sold at forced prices to a few Chicago millionaires, who will have realized on it within a week, and will make their profits as tbey have made them in the past, by the exercise of their superior shrewdness, skill and resources? J0HAXY WATS0X VIXDICATED BY CHURCH HOWE. The racket in the remain of the re publican corpse isn't quieted yet, by any means. Mr. Johnny Watson, one of Van Wyrk's pet, and chairman of the republican state committee, is out in a telegraphic manifesto, denying some of the multitude of charges made against bim by the Richards crowd. He says tbeexeoutive committee met a short time ago, and all the republican state officers were present, and they advised him to pay no attention to the numerous charges. He says: "As to Church Howe stating that the republican party bad been sold out, ( heard that some time ago, and asked Howe if he said it. He denied it flat." Of course! Church never said it. But lots of other people, with veracity al most equal to Howe's, did say it. All Church said was that when he found the ship had sprung a leak, and was sinking, he jumped into his little dory and pulled for the shore. He got safe ashore, and then did all he could to save the crew of the sinking ship, and helped make out their shipping papers under Capt. Boyd. Johnny Watson shipped on the democratic craft, and was ap pointed coxswain, or something. O, no! The party wasn't sold out; but Richards was, and in the deal the party lost the stock of old clothes it had been parading in so long. The funniest part of Johnny's mani festo is where he refers to Brad Slaught er, Rosewater and Gere for a certificate of character. A crook, arrested for burglary, brings in his pals to swear to his respectability. JUDGE EWIXG IX THE SIXTH DIS TRICT. The Sixth Judicial District elects two Judges. Jqdge Ewing, of Merrick coun ty, lives in that district. If the inde pendents fail to place him on the bench now, they will do very wrong, to say the least. Judge Ewing Unman we can tie to under any and all circumstances. An able lawyer, hone it and fearless, irre proachable in all the relations of life, and a sturdy anti-monopolist and inde pendent from way back, he should now be plaoed where such men are most needed by the people. He will not stoop to the little tricks by which politicians gain place, and for that reason thoae politicians should be given the go by, and such men as Judge Ewing be sup ported by the people. ji A GRAXD FOURTH AT HSB&QX, Nearly or quite five thousand people attended the celebration at Hebron on the Fourth. O. Hull, State Alliance Lecturer, delivered the tirtt address, and wa followed by a geitlemaa of lUbron. who name we have act got. The day at Hebron was passed very pieaDtiy, aad without doubt witb profit to the Independent eau. JWA' C0UXTT CQMlSSIOXtlt LAW, YY publUh thi week the attended law a to county eommUaiooera, aad the dUirictieg ofeouatlte- We hop every one Inlvrstted will carefully read tie law, 11111111 1 llillllJ, If" If any Abiaace etasor had ut 'red a rdicl lttt.Bl I J J la- ' gail did at Crvl en Jolj tb, he eouid I le dtMiuavwd at eaee ky the tuaaepoly pt a ft red aed4 eaarvaUt, , pgr While i,ugaiwa are In fahkft U avgkl be wvll te tatuire late Ike af fair ol AtMUer tVaU'Bi tttk. Iti Just pwH,bie wte thing wvrth kinve leg gkt be teatntd THE FARMERS' ALLIAXCE . EAX SAS. It 1 so rare that a fair historical statement in regard to the Alliance is made, that we notice with pleasure an article under the above heading in the Christian Union of J une 25tb, written by James H. iCanfield, late professor of history in the University of Kansas, and recently appointed Chancellor of the State University of Nebraska. That Chancellor Canfield is in thorough sympathy with the Alliance movement his article proves beyond a doubt. That be is also favorable to the organization of farmers for political purposes is proved by his article. His correct information on the subject proves that he has given it much thought and study. There Is one wide-spread error into which he falls, viz.: The belief that the Alliance began In Texas. The Alli ance began in New York somewhere about 1873-3, and was organized as a National body in 1877. There were some local or subordinate Alliances in Texas, chartered by the National Alli ance, with headquarters a' Chicago, when in 1883 the Texas State Alliance was formed.. Later the color line the northern society admitting colored men as delegates and members was made the pretext for the formation of a southern body, which was done at a place in Louisiana, by a meet ing of delegates from Texas and that state. But that was only a pretext, the real motive being in the ambition of one Macune a man who was never a farmer, but was an underhanded plotter and schemer, and a nurser of visionary financial schemes to place himself at the bead of a great farmers' organiza tion. Thi ambition, and this alone, made two national Alliance organiza tions, when there was no need of but one. Macune's connection with the Alliance cost the farmers of Texas $150,000, in the collapse of one of hi wild schemes; and his connection with the National Society has practically divided it every where because of his fostering upon it of his sub-treasury contrivance, than which a more un sound impractical device never was pro posed. ' Chancellor Caniield states some his torical facts, and , proves them, viz: "The Farmers' Alliance and the 'peo ple's party are not identical." "The Kansas Alliance is not a party of repudiation, nor are its members willing defaulters or fraudulent debt ors." "The Kansas Alliance has not fallen into the hands of self-seeking hypo crites, political shysters, and unscrupu lous tricksters." We may hereafter publish his article He closes with the following para graph. "But their platforms and public ut terances are so vague, are such masses of glittering generalities" Undoubted lybut the same remark has been made about the Declaration of Independ ence. It will be a source of much gratifica tion to the Alliance men of this state to knew that a man who understands and sympathises witb their movement has been placed at the head of the Universi ty. It will also be a source of poignant agony to Regent Gere to learn that he has voted for such a man. A FARMER'S RAILROAD PROPOSED. We publish this week a communica tion from the Great Dehorner, II. II. Haaff, of Illinois, upon a topic of great interest, which we invite our readers to carefully peruse. Mr. II. thinks that the organized farmers of the country should inaugurate some great industral enterprise for the benefit of themselves and the people; and he believes this en terprise should be the construction of a people's railroad. He proposes a con tract with the Alton to operate the peo ple's railroad on certain agreed upon terms or a term of years, the Alton to take a suiUcient portion of the slock to build the most costly bridges. That the road could be built iu the manner and for the sum proposed there ii no doubt whatever. That it would pay its builders in the low rates of freight and travel, and as an invest ment, there is also no doubt. The farmers living tributary to such a line of road could build it and scarcely feel it; and when built they would own it. But the work of organizing these farm ers so as to make their ability available and effective would be a titanic job. Perhaps Mr. Haaff could do it. Against ridicule, and abuse and law-suits, Mr, H. said "the horns must go;" and every body now recognizes the utility of de nornlng. The field Is open. A farmer's railroad tapping the Wy oming oil and coal field, and the Kan sas salt beds, with a reliable eastern connection, wouUi not only solve the railroad problem tor Nebraska, but would make the road having the east ern connection practically Independent of all it rival. Railroad combination aod railroad subjugation by Vender bill, and Uould aod Rockefeller, are predicated upon railroad dbt. Under Mr. It's plan there would be no debt, roaaequeatly there would be commer cial Independence, It I a great subject and worth study. r "'" mi' ""ii .m The Ctuht lt tiev of JuaeSMb advertiM twenty nine sheriff sale. The are col I tad and apply lutea ly Bin piece of lead, and a many hoKt belueg'.ng to tutu wtu tut struggled to secure for thtm!va piece of lead which they could raU tkeir Tbeoaly way wka fretldeece leprle a man f ercp aad the lutea td ecur rg uy te k!p a uttelf I lo tom lo. The taoaey lta4 hat gvt vie t k CMir couuty sure - U'i WeJW If Ike lttil.Mi id Ike hUrtlsc A-llww develop rU at. V ar at ail urprid how wU)M, Tatr take tk :u' Ued etf at LESSON FOR FARMERS. BASKERS IN POLITICS. Effective Work" of their "Active Legis tjve Committee." Some weeks ago we published an ar ticle from Hon. John Stebbins, member of the 22d legislature, entitled "The Banker's Lobby," in which be graphi cally portrayed the methods of that lob by in the late legislature, and the per sistence with which it dodged and button-holed members. We publish be low a confidential circular from head quarters of the Banker's Association which explains itself. It also explains why all the efforts of the farmer's legis lature to enact a usury law proved nugatory. It also explains why such, papers as the Omaha Bee persistently and tenaciously fought any action what ever on the money question. We wish the farmers of this state to distinctly understand that the banks of the state are organized against them, . and against any effort they may make to mitigate the burden of Interest, which is to day by all odds the greatest burden they have to bear. The follow ing is the circular In full, omitting the name to which it was addressed: H. W. VATES, Chm. E.Co. Wm. WALLACE. Tr Omaha. Omlhl. Jftebrasha bankers' Association. Wa.C. BEER. Secy, Omaha, 4-25, 1891. Deab SlB: At a meeting of the Executive Coun cil held April IStb, 1S01, it was resolved : That an assessment be made and re quested from all the banks in the state, for a sum sufficient to pay the expenses of the Active Legislative Committee at Lincoln during the past session of the legislature. The effective work of that committee is, we think, apparent to all, and the unanimous vote of the council was to the effect that the result was all that could have been expected, and wa ob tained against difficulties which at first seemed insurmountable. It is therefore believed that the assess ment will be cheerfully paid by all the banks of the state, thus lessoning the burden to each one the benefits being; alike to all. The amount required from your bank based upon surplus and capital isll.VOO, which you will please send to Mr. Wil liam Wallace, Treasurer, Omaha Na tional Bank, Omaha, Neb. Yours truly, . A. Dalbyhi'LE, H. W. Yatbs, Sec'y Pro Tern. Chairman. THE COURSE OF THE DEMOCRATS. There has been much contention la the democratic camp as to the proper coune to be pursued by that party ia the matter of utate and county nomina tions. Bro. Calhoun, of the Lincoln Herald, has vigorously advocated the plan of holding no democratic conven tions, but voting the independent ticket, providing it was good. A small faction has desired to bold democratic and in dependent conventions the same day, and agree upon a joint ticket. Atactica larger than either, and comprising the best elements of the democratic party, favor holding conventions, and either endorsing the independent ticket or omitting to make nominations. The second proposition is dismissed as impracticable and undesirable. A to the other two, they are much the same, and would have practically the same result. The movers of the third plan are very strenuous about main taining party organizations, which i wise from a party stand-point. But these people are not as wise in their day and generation as Bro. Calhoun. We can tee his thoughts and his reasons as clear as day, and we are not certain but he is right. Mr. Calhoun is doubtful which will be strongest in the democrat ic conventions, the hired railroad strik-' ers or the honest democrats. He kuowe that a few strikers, with part of their wages paid and the balance contingent on success, with eloquent periods of patriotic bosh in favor of traditional honor to the party and unswerving de votion to JefTersonian democracy, can get up a f srvor that will carry a conven tion off Its feet, and result in nomina tions that will divide the people, and ac complish their purpose of elocting a re publican railroad ticket. For these rea sons Bro. Calhoun would rather not trust a convention, and he is nighty right. Victor Vifquain is out in an ab'.e let ter to democrats, in which be advocates the holding of conventions and the en dorsement of independent nominees. This Is probably the plan that may pre vail, but the other would be the surest of success. If Mr. Vifquain' plan is to prevail, ita friend among the democrat must vig orously support It, not only in the con ventions, but In the primaries. Great result ran be accomplished by that plan. Good men, satisfactory to all goodi citizen, can be secured by It, aod cor poration domination In Lanmter county and Nebraska can be given a, fatal blow, RAD WILLOW UotXTr AXD TEW XOXPARTIUX DODGE. We have received some reaolutlua from the ladependeai Ceatral rem luittee of Red Willow county, utterly repudiating the attempt le Itupoee r publican Jjdg upon the people under the aw prune t aoa partUaashlp, and !Ktd by the bar atccctaticei. Thet ar, toe Wag and lae lata fur is tertloi In thi Uue Bui we wal te y la our Red Willow IrUnU that thf are eny right. iMupab'e aad f ure twee who are UiWpadau, ir A ).Ut f ia eomatitte wy aad In ta kit Wtlaiur afstkat BsMtberel k(viutu t tee were bul-ed le Ike .it ,f (A de Nieaty apPrcpii..ft for the !Uiu.g a-jluw, Uehateae doubt e(U New, w.U Ktiue tr ftl the peltatur fvatM.t! the b tatnf U k'. trvfcm.tte.