THE FA1SMEKS1 -ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 189L
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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
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1 K-rl'h
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fct the lecUua of deWf ate lo the state
twavvaliui be held oa Saturday , Augul
l mt, aa4 that the prltuarkd lor the
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et!a ha held oa the r-4iag Thura-
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C.-Jrx W IP La RE.
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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. ;
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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
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