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THE FAKMERS' ALLIANCE, LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, JULY SO, 1801. Trj Alliance Yvsizmrsa Gx QBr.Utk and M ft Lincoln, Keb. Editor .Business Macatwr l.u. UouMa la Um beauty of the lillie Christ was bora acro the sea, TTItlt a glory In his bosom That transfigures 70a and me. Aa he trov to make men holy let u strive to make them free, Core God I marching on. Julia Tari Hurt. tnrel crowns cleave to desert, Xi power to him who power exerU." "A roaWy drop of manly blood Tfea aiming sea outweighs." Emerson. who cannot reason la a tool. Vim who will not reaon it a coward, ... Ea who dire not reason la a alay. TO CORRESPONDENT". 4m til traafe comninnlcaUoe to i.TSSi i "iSttDVubUcatton to Editor wmtattoa both ! of tbe pPf r 1tt it J Vcrr lotif oommuntcaUona, tale MMttanM. ilSFAIK ALLIANCE rriLtanD wemxt at CTT3 HTM AKD M riTW LIXCCLJt, KKXASKA. r:; lea:!3Tksepekdent fAFEU IM THE STATE. J. CUSSOWS, Editor. J. XI. THOMPSON, Butlneat Ma'gr. Fmant ( and form tl(ht pagvi, isven 1 quarto, Largutt weekly paper pub- ImKebreeka, Caatateie la Every nrti"Mi. aawtuiw Kaua mads known 00 apoUee- . . Uoa. ; ;; Ciaerilea, $1 21 per anmm ImariaUvIa Mtaie. UUITt$. Fee aooual tuberlptloa 16.00. JMiaeeeaaloffelubfat abore may add in Cleeubaorlptteos at oiub nlrt. phseiums. Turn aM.iiaca oae year and Looking Backward peat paid t M " " Labor and Capital 1 40 " - Cawar's Column..., 160 " Our Republican Moaarebf 1 40 " " Cubing' Manual HP' enrere.... 110 Clotk Mver 1 M walikw are we Drifting I n -. imltb Diagram and Bute 110 . Brio. Financial Cateeblim 1 U " " Baler' Monty Mo nopoly... ...... 1 h m gjebard Crown ... ISO 1 above book for tale at thl oSo ant ttwetpaiaoareoelptofprleeM follow! tuwitua..,.) tot. ra Celuaia Met. Eebovart Capital ttott. OarBapablioaaMoaarohr. ....... .....ttota. OeebJaf' Manual, Paper eorer Get. - Clotk eorer., Met. Anita! DUfraa and rule Wet. WWtberar we Drifting , f 1 60. Xria ffuaamal Cateoklia .toota. rfcar Mower Monopoly Beta. CakerO'e Crowa , Wot. AUJtHCtmt.CO..ljitooiK, Hit. tzl fcr Pecpla'i Independent State Convention. , The People' Independent Party will meet In contention by it regularly ap pointed delegate, Tuesday August 18th, 1891, at HASTINGS, NEBRASKA. at 4 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of placing In nomination one candidate jot associate justice 01 tbe supreme court, and two candidate for Regent of the State University, and to transact say other business that may properly eoene before the convention. The ratio of representation in tbe state conven lion will be one delegate for every one hundred vote or major fraction thereof, oaat for Hon. John H. Powers for governor In 1890, Countle will be entitled to representation a follow: It Johnson IS Ktaru-y 1 Ksr Fane I Keith II Kimball Koux a IjiDcuter Si LiNoom tl Loup II Wuditon 4 Morrlck 4 MoCbvraoa t Not I Kfaiaha It Kufkuti Antelope nswr KiUlM hm Butte wwa IwAalO butler Burt Vmm Ommt t'ttSM (Imr thming w 10 ) 1 11 I 11 n is a I I 1 u 1 1 t (Hi Pawn I Fob n its 1 Ki Willow .ae r ior utus u it'i-a 4 aila Sauadrra 10 Ovuti, b,u( tl fbwant M krita I . k.r.a J SHtUI 1 lUll,l un.it H TbwaiM U4 it net t .jr nek J fakta - I a r scuta It w. ir tl ttt( 1 1 Twa u t rtkut MM 1 f 1 a ttrrnorf 1 Tk UI ffatftiUt weald reepecttul' ij twoiMaea4 Ikat ceaa'y eeavealioa tJt it lftWa ct dltt la the state tsamtitMi ba 114 a Saturday, Aagt l ir:i, Mad that tke pftmarW tvr the t!r a W!egaie U tao eeaaty eva XZt'lzt aw 114 the pm4iag Thure C cttJw utti'taeta a at at r : : ' cVi ta b04 ias tar ' :C. ltlitttai we.l4 aJa re ( t i tU be adwhted, ;v peaaeal Nl per ; ) t;rr. tke M vte el their die- " '! ' aMCw.tm. f ;yC.UCt; Cv ' r 3 r:-"1! fJSTOXJl UTTSS. Senator Paddock climbed np to the dome of tbe capttol at Washington, and clinging to the near foot of the goddess of liberty, he levelled his gold mounted opcra-giaa westward, and eaw tue farmer of hi beloved prairie state thronging tbe roads towards the school house, and organizing Alliances, and taking about money, and tari and free trade, and national banks, and railroad corporations, and freight schedules, and lots of other trash which he never pretended to understand, and which made hi head ache when he thought about It. He Immediately hinned down to bi committee room and asked bi private secretary what it all meant. Bill said he didn't know, but he wa afraid It might play tbe devil with the republican party. That fired tbe en.Tjr' heart, rnd he at once told Bill to laddie hi typewriter and get out a pastoral letter to the farmers of Ne braska, "That d d foolishness has got to be stopped." Well, the letter 1 before nt. It is great It 1 stupendous. What Bill Annln and Algernon S. P. can't get op when they lay their head together isn't worth faying. It open thus: "Tbe reitern farmer read and think." Well, thore wasn't much thinking done when A. 8. P. wa elected United State senator. It wa trading, principally, if we remember right But then, be wa not elected by the "western farmer." Not much. It goe on: "Ordinarily, be refuse to take hi politic at second-hand," and then he proceed to dose out tbe poorest lot of second-band trash that ha been dished up for a long time. We don't propose to Inflict it upon our reader, but we select few gems: The upbuilding of the department of sericulture wa one of it (the republi can party') first care. It ha been made something more than seed-sampling institution." Yes bet !t bat, Tbe AlilsnM.by per iitent effort, got it mad into a depart ment, with a cabinet position, In the hope that It would become useful to the great agricultural Interest. Bunny liar rison placed at it bead one of the (hrewdest professional politician in the country, a man who used to keep a ho tel up In Wisconsin, and who never farmed anything but Uncle 8am' exche quer in all hi life. Tbl man has worked" the department from thai day oxcluiively for tbe republican party, and for Benny' re-election, and for nothing else) and it hasn't been a (ingle particle more benefit to the agri cultural interest of the country than it wa before. Mr, Paddock' brag about the band of tbe Fifty-first congress in thl matter is simply rot. Tbe depart ment of agriculture wa never created until the pressure from the Alliance was irreltible. - Senator Paddock laud tbe work of tbe billion dollar congress a directly in the Interest of these western farmers. It baa put (agar on the free )it, and provided for a bounty to tbe manufac turer of lugsr, to be paid to him di rectly In cash, 40 percent greater than tbe tariff ever gave blm, and it left tbe (ugar trust Intact to keep tbe price up, so that nnder the MrKlnley bill the ugar manufacturer will get a largely Increased return for their product. But the bill 1 o drawn that no grower of beet get a dollar of tbe bounty unless he manufacture hi beet Into sugar, The only beneficiaries among the farmtn are the Louisiana planter and the maple sugar makers. But Mr. Paddock comes out strongest when he lauds the free trade feature of tbe McKinley bill, lie lays: "The reclprrwltv amendment to the tariff law. itself the conception of thn most brilliant statesman nf the dav.will stand forever a a republican achieve ment In whose marnlllcent results the western farmer will share largelv. It has demonstrated the wisdom of its au thor and the folly of it partisan foes. I has opened a way for the expansion of trade without the destruction of borne indtKtrv and indicated a method by which tbe pollcv of protection may be preserved without adhering to the theories of extremists." Ah, it nt that grand? "How we apples swim." What are the facts? The com mittee of ways and mean had accepted tbe McKinley tariff bill, increasing the average tariff taxation 35 to 200 per cent, when the Plumed Knight, seeing the destruction that threatened hi party, Intervened and thrust the peo ple's free trade plank Into BUI Mc Kinley' manufacturers' and monopo lists' platform, In the shape of the reel, procity clause. In other word, Mr. Blaine, to neutralize tbe bad effect of an enormously Increased tariff, insisted on free trade with certain countries, and In certain product, and forced It upon tbe committee and Ben. oy Harrison, greatly to their aurprUe and dlgut. Mr. Blaine smashed a new tilk tile la einpbuUlng to the commit tee the order he put upon them. Mr. Paddock voted at be was tol l to. This great "republican achievement he boast of wa the act of one mat in his effort to av the republican party frvto lupredlag ruin. It It result are "niig- alnoeat," they vindicate the wUlomtf free iraJsr. When Venaicr Pad Jo k t!l nhe folly of It partisan to," he la luptrachiag the hUtory cl hi ea party. If free trade, applied to Mtue Home Amertoaa countries and a kag Hue of product we wish ti buy aa4 sella Ul "etpaad trad lUout ditvyi hwme iaJpttrWO Mr. IVidiH-a had better aef a to becew aa advocate el U la Jtaalte etteasiua, Hut tshea I UMcbv tke i.ltvr 4U0 tka, the gall el the Netraaka eeaaior la tiMply atnaataf , He say, "Jiut ewl4tvt t the dawaedt M ante Utt iif 4 the Maia teaaao vl ! w! a gr aa'Vaal prHlitt, U prwM4 a tvr tie ettie rtiiiktt vl eur ;, a4 a eirtK,4:if l ihm ta the ttieul ut a4i 1 !iuct l4 ea tke ! et lie ftartvtta'ue el U Ui Uoa. bat aeHedfuUI the dsesaadeel Wail trawl a4 Ue AX tug 4kt, II SJLVJT0R pafaed a cunning an under which the coinage of silver wa discontinued, and it injected into that act a freedom of contract clause against the legal tender quality of the so-called bullion certifi cate by which tbey were effectually de monetized; and nnder the management of thia grand party, which Mr, Paddock is lauding to tbe skies, the secretary of the treasury 1 member of a clearing house which refuse to receive tbe pa per of the government in the form of silver certificates. Tbe effort of a great party to get away from e. grent question by '-providing a market" for the pro duct of a comparatively small class of citizen wa cotaidcred by all honorable men a a piece of the lowest and most truckling mbserviency. It remains for a United Slate senator from Nebraska to be to blind to hi party' dishonor a to boatt of it. The producer of ilver have never been worth considering in tbl matter. 'I he people demanded free coinage of silver, and Senator Paddock with a large majority of the senate, voted for it, and then consented to a contemptible compromise which a fool might be ashamed of.and then bragged of it. Senator Paddock wind up with a general panygyrlo of bi beloved party, in which he eulogize "the record of it past and the tplendid vitality of itsprea sent." We presume that during tbe war the now venerable and gray-baired senator waa in tbe prime of hi man hood. We have net beard that be won any title In tbat period. We have not heard him called "general," nor yet "colonel," or even "captain." While lucb title are freely bestowed on sa loon-keepers, penny-a-liners, editon, and other swash-bucklers in these piping time of peace, Isn't It a little misfortunate thai t he great republican officeholder of this state, who has been munching at the publlo crib time out of mind, cannot claim even the poor title of "corporal f So he mutt of necessity relinquish any military share in that Serious r core. A to the "splendid vitality cf its present" yt! In modern parlance it . .. ,.... M W I vitality i "splendid" tnaeta. 11 1 made up of dollar. It ha most of tbe railroad and their presidents. IS has the leading bank president and the bankers' association. It has tht prin cipal distiller and tbelr devilish spawn, the rum-shop. It bai Vice-President Morton and it bon ion bar where drink are 39 cent. It bit Jay Gould and Benny. Itbai Vanderbllt and Rose water. It ba Chauncey Depew and Matt Quay. It ha Wanamaket, and did have Bardiley but wa believe be ha renounced allegiance to it, But in Nebraska it ha John M. Thurston, Col. Colby, Johnny Watson, Tom Marquette and Senator Paddock. Yet, it vital ity I "splendid." But "the people" are beginning to give it the cold shake. BKAHISQ FARM PRODUCTS. Tbe Journal of Sunday quote some banker a criticising the farmer for bearing their own product by unrea sonable boasting a to tbe prospective yield of crop, thereby depressing the market. There I altogether too much truth in the criticism. But ipeaklag ot this matter, what shall be said of the city presi of tbli state, the See, World Herald, and Journal) Tbey hnve been engaged for the whole season thu far in booming the prospective yield of all farm crops. They bave done this In their political a well as their commer cial articles, hoping thereby to score a point against the independent party. They bave unnecessarily and unjustly exaggerated the yield of all crops, and have probably lost million of dollar to tbe farmer of thl slate by their insane course. Tbl is not for this year only, but 'they do it every year whenever a crop offers the least justification. It is done in the Interest of the (peculators, and under the insane idea that a state will grow rich from Imported wealth tather than produced wealth. We be lieve it 1 perfectly safe to lay that tbe Omaha Bet alone has lost this state fifty million of dollars In tbe last ten years by bearing prices in thii manner. Of course the influence of the Journal has been trilling. Such papers have been for the past month boomlog the corn crop, when at thii moment It Is uncertain whether we will have a corn crop. Planting was late, germination slow on account of cold, working Impossible in many places on account of wet, added to whicn we have bad a temperature averaging sev eral degree lower than for many years, and up to date not over half a-dozen really first class corn day. Corn! very backward, and unlet we have an exceptionally line August the tint of September will tiud u with our field full of toft corn. Cora that la not mad by Sept. 1st is seldom made at all. If the addlo-pated city editor who dent know an ear of corn from a billiard cue would keep tbelr mouth thut about the crop until after harvest sensible farmer would be grateful to them, TSM &X'S CWthdlXT The callow "managing editor that Rooey ba lvft on the hill romplaietlhal the edilc-r ol tht paper did not fiu4 oc casion la a certain number ol the fin to ay something la favor ol Nsbratka The tuelaet-aoly gentleman U Infvruted thai we dtva i hive to go to tke ike lor enr evcasloa. Hawevvr, we try to tuiat-e tht' weeping I n-latent by a "hiun la thl Utue tH4 ' le Hogu triple 4U Jtw UtehUI. iMttMl to re4 U. The Kock Ulead I'aWi IV In a Hrldge Cum ha beea deeidtd by J ast ttrevet adversely it Ike I'aion IV Ice i'ttthpaef- tl reeele te be ere wkstker Jay Imu14 '! tuUtw4 te the 4') et la l'e t4 Bute Cimit IVurt, or aUr he will g Met4 a It k tie bt ftU We rJl- the Ut lr Haiti he evanp: tke tWa. lt)a4 . to tvr t b stay 4it J!4 itt-iy a Ml a tkug tia', a4 Mr, Ikutttva f tte t,v il an a) fi. Tsssrsrssjsi'AT. We invite attention to an article on tbe inside of this itsue on the above sub ject, taken from the Chicago Sentinel. edited by tbat nauocb greenbacker, Col. 8. F. Norton. Col. Norton under stands this subject as thoroughly a any man in tbe United State, and discuxe it frankly and fairly. He truly aay that no party could stand for even one campaign, loaded with such an issue. Col. Norton make one mistake, how ever. Ue speak of the sub-treasury plan as though it bad the united en dowment of the Alliance. Thl 1 not true. It ha never been endorsed by the National Alliance, even by implies, tioo, nor by tbe Alliances of the state of Nebraska,. Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon, Ohio, and other northern states. There ba never been a meeting of the National Alliance when it would have even been seriously considered. We are aware there are some mem ber of the Alliance in most ot the northern state who consider tbe ub treaiury scheme an adequate panacea for out financial ill. Time must be left to correct tbe miitake of tbeie men. In considering what measures tbi pa per will advocate we do not ask whether tbey are popular, whether they are sup ported by thii or that man; but w ask, are tbey right? are they based on sound principle? will tbey stand the test of time? and our advocacy of tbem de pend alone upon the anawer to these question. Tried by this standard, tbe sub-treasury scheme ii utterly con demned and rejected. As to the principle of tbe issue of money upon land security, we agree with Col. Norton, But be fill Into the general error of (peaking of tbl a a loan of money on land security! tbat is, money a now constituted, based upon specie, ia to be loaned upon land secur ity, Thia i not tbe proposition a made by the National Alliance at its De Molne meeting, nor I it tbe idea of tbe land currency reformers. Col. Norton better than any other man know tbat we cannot have an adequate financial reform and leave our meney bated on tpocle a at present. He also know, though it is not in accord with biislmon pure greenback faith, that the ideal In grained In tbe human nature of this era that money must rest upon, or be secur ed by, some real value. The land-cur rency men accept thii luperstition ai something Inevitable, and propose that money be issusJ on land value not farm land alone but all land and tbat such money remain In circulation a long a tbe borrower I willing to pay intereit on hi mortgage; that when mortgage it paid the money it destroyed, and tbui redeemed. It will be teen at once that if money It ittued by the gov ernment on this plan, at a fixed rate of Interest, the value of money for use will determine its volume. If money became 10 plenty that It could be borrowed at leu tban government rate, no man would mortgage bl land to the govern ment to get it. ' Alio, if a man could not get more than tbe government rate for bit money be would pay off bit mortgage and lave intereit. Of course there li nothing in thii proportion which need deitroy any proper lafeguardi agalnit over-issues. ; That tbii lystetn wai partly embodied in a bill by Leland Stanford, a notorious monopolist, and tbat tome partiei are booming laid Stanford ai a people'! candidate for President, bave nothing whatever to do with tbe principle of lund-currency. THE PROPOSAL TO ELECT A GOV ERNOR. Tbe deslaration made by Johnnie Watson last week that it would be neceuary to elect a Governor tbl fall, and that tucb an election would be legal, and that he proponed to call the repub lican ttate committee together to lay the matter before that body, wai taken seri ously by the leading politicians, and created a twenty-four court' sensation. It also ttrved to develope the fact that the consentui of opinion among the politicians was overwhelmingly against Mr. Watson, and in favor of the view that tuch an election would be illegal, and tbat a Governor so elected could not be seated. It also developed the further fact tbat these politicians to a man were very slow on the scent, and did not tumble to Johnnie's racket, and proceeded idiotically to spoil his little game by the honest declaration of their opinion In the premises as above stated. Johnnie Watson is a politician and nothing else. The question whether the election of a governor would be le gal, and whether be could be tented, did not trouble him in the least. The only question he had to consider wa whether the infusion of a gubernatorial fight into the campaign would complicate the Issue and perhap result In giving tbe old ring more county-seat than tbey woild otherwise gt. He undoubtedly came to the conclusion that such would be the case, and theu detenulued that tbe governor ihould be elected. He may call bl committer together 9 eoutlder the matter. If th majority of It was will ing to adopt tuch desperate and ua prtneip!4 politlca for the take ot a tmall but uncertala chance to wla few county treasurers, tke cpn(f a fu tile !'le for guvetaor might be frvd upon the ptt,! That It I eailrvly a afterthought I ptettd by lb fact that when lb repub iU'aa slat tHuutttltte met lea than tkrve week 4 alluUa wa made to the ubject. The iadepeadent KkuU Commit tee mt ttrtt, and U4 the Ittl Mai evbttklioa. Jul M!lf 1 walsatekl that Mr. Mw-rrwM t.BTttt'gatrd tklt u4 tu, at tbe itnt l the tvwiiiitWev ta rtue. It U urM Uat the eNM..ttkte decided lhat kileer Ike Vigil tUWt fel.lt bit ike tieiMa et HrHi w ktHsi!4 M. It wa taersM aol la M4 la the tall tvr the ! peudee tat evl$v 4 party elUh illl rtsvfl t wl d put pwUtU u to 1v'v f sUtiaiw ial election upon a state, in the face of the constitution and tbe law. and when there bi no legally constituted authority to count the vote except a special session of the legislature be called lor that pur pose, Is too far gone to be worth saving. The Independents have no desire for the election of a governor for the tail of a term in which every legitimate oppor tunity to improve the laws of the state I past. But if Johnnie and bl com mittee ic!st upon it tbe Issue will be squarely met. Hon. John II. Power would be triumphantly elected; and if seated, election to fill legislative vacan cies would be called, a special session assembled, the Newberry bill passed with an emergency clause, and some of the stealings of the railroad of tbe itate rescued for tbe benefit of the people. Now, Johnnie, lire your little gun. Tbe question whether a governor elected this year could be seated 1 still an open one. We do not propose at tbi time to dlccuss it. Johnnie Watson say the Supreme Court limply decided that there wa no election. It did more. It required Tbayer to take the oath of of fico again, and file a new bond, thereby declaring that there ru a vacancy Section 107, Chapter 29 of Compiled Statute of 1887 provide: "vacancie occurring In any State or in any public elective office, thirty days prior to any general election, shall be tilled thereat." This would teem to fettle tbe matter, but It doesn't. Tbe Supreme Court of tbl ttate I not like any other court on earth. Having by It act de clared tbat tbere wa a vacancy, it might band down a decltlon declaring that no vacancy bad existed. EFFECTS OP UOOt) CROPS OH THE ALLIANCE. Much I being said in the monopoly pre about the effect of good crop on the Alliance. Predictions are freely made tbat one good crop will deitroy tbe loclety a well ai tbe independent party. Nothing Ii more foolltb. I the Alliance tbe outgrowth of last year' short crops? Not at all. On tbe con trary the Alliance ba been making slow, steady and lure growth for tbe put fifteen year. It wa organized in tbi (tat in the winter of 18U1-2, and ba bad a strong foot-bold in tbe state ever since, having held an annual meet ing every winter since tbat date. The cause for tbe organization of the farm er! and toiler! of tbe nation lie far deeper tban the scarcity from the crop failure of on or two yean. What ba the failure of crops to do with the gradual accumulation of tbe wealth of tbe nation In a few band until 83,000 men own more than the other 62,C00,- 000 ? What has crop failures to do with fraudulent railroad construction and stock-watering until tbe whole rail road system ba become rotten fester ing sore? What bai crop failures to do with a financial system tbat makes tbe most potent function of tbe government tbe power to Issue money an in strument of oppression in tbe bands pf a select and aristocratic class? What bai crop failure! to do with a lyitem of lawi that bave robbed tbe people of empire of the public domain, and given it to corporation! and land syndicate!? If the Alliance Ii the outgrowth of mere pecuniary privation and the discontent arising from it, bow does It happen tbat Instead of arising in Germany, for in stance, where tbe agricultural classes are poor to the last degree, and are taxed oppressively for the support of enormoui Handing armies, It should take it rite In tbe United Statei wbere no tucb oppronive conditions exist, and where tbe people are free and Intelli gent? And wby should tbe movement Lie strongest In the very clatt where the conditions of life are the easiest, and leisure for reading and itudy average tbe most during the year? The good crop cry ii thallow in tbe last degree. The simple fact ii, that the present discontent is tbe legitimate outgrowth of the educational effort of the laat generation. Tbe people are beginning to understand economic law. Education hat developed the be lief tbat the producer of wealth 1 en titled to tbe wealth he produce, and ha developed Intelligence enough to tbow wby he does not get it. The movement ia In it infancy. No number of good crop year will stop it. Justice in the division of wealth, and Jutt laws which produce equality of op portunities instead of the reverse, will result from tbe conflict before it it ended. ADDITIONAL DELEGATES. The unorganized territory and Arthur and Boyd counties were omitted in tbe drat draft of cali for independent ttate convention. Chairman Blake ho cor rected tbl by assigning one delegate to tbe unorganized territory, one to Arthur and two to Boyd county, and the call ha been corrected accordingly, a jam .fuu..xj-ju PROHIBITION state cavtEMiaw Thlscoaveallon will be held at I'uuka'i Opera House, In Lincoln. Wednesday and Thursday, August S, loi. An In teresting programme ha been prepared for Wednesday ivenicg. Thursday dieruieg a ttate ticket will t agminate 4. IPT It may Interval tbe democracy la the west le know that the my taT4 "gold bug" eiemeot la the party la the l la tuir thaa willing la tee the demo crats tUket delte4 la lvwe and OkU, on accual tl Ike position Ukea ea the iltr quettloa by the tata tWa vl lh ttatv. auch 4MU It I Mi4 !4 tut the iUr ftter which I U l aging fitrcely la lb patty la the eeutk a4 west, it, la addition. tS 4u,rati eea rry M ktv New Yvre. Nsw Jff a4 la)t tenia ea 4 hug4 pW'.bftiv Ik "il4 bug' 4sWMMt Ulht there wee 4 be a 4-dieuiiy la flf the awustBkiiea ! fite.e4 t lf a a lvoMieM platform. TbU ttr atn taay V lkHrwtg te tt 4 meruit. SPECIAL NOTICE. To ail Friend of the Independent Move ment acd of The Farmer' Alliance. We want special agents ia every county to attend tbe County Fair and secure subscription for this paper. Special term will be given. Apply to J. M. Thompson, Corner lltn and M streets, Lincoln. Neb. THE PHILADELPHIA PRESS AND THE BARDS LEY STEAL. Tbe revelations tbat have been made u to tbe connection of the leading daily papers of Philadelphia with tbe looting of tbe city treasury are startling, to say tbe least, The Volet, commenting en tbi subject say tbat the defaulting citv Treasurer wa in the habit, each year, of paying to certain favored newspapers a large sum for advertising and then re ceiving back 40 per cent of the sum for hi own personal account. Tbui, May 31, m, be paid tbe sum of 10,1 75. W) each to The Daily Newt, Tht Evening Bul letin, Tht North American and Tht Prett, and tbe same da be received in return the sum ol 11,070.76 from each of these four Journal, Thia operation wa re peated In 1880 with Tht Evening Tele graph, Tht Ettning Bulletin, Tht Inquirer, and Tht Demotrat. In 181)0 the paper that shared tbe plunder were Tht In quirer, Tht North American, Tht Prett and The Demoirat, tbe amount paid In 16U0 being 111,601, and tbe same year Tht Item waa paid 11,000 to lolace it pro prietor for not having received tbe ad vertising. If tbl wai not conniving at a theft, then we don't know what such a term can designate. It waa a case of ceasclou rascality on tbe part of each journal involved, and no excuse can be found for it in custom. Tbey knew tbat Bardsley wa swindling tbe people In every tueb transaction. Tbey were partiei to the swindle, and if equity and law were always synonymous terms they would therein Bardtley'i Imprison ment. Bsrdsieye c jnfessiou to the aUj editor of tbe Ledger, which tbat Journal suppressed because, as tbe editor said, "You I no that 'Tbe Public Ledger, in it editorial department, puolishea only what we want the people to know," im plicated McClure of the Timet In a differ ent species of rascality. And of course Quay wa "in it" also. ' McClure, it seem, wanted a certain candidate ap pointed Mercantile Appraiser. Bards ley promised to appoint blm, but found out afterward tbat Quay bad a candi date for the tame place, Bardsley says: "Strong pressure wa brouaht to bear on me by Quay and hi men -Porter, Martin and other -but I held to mv promise. Quay, however, 'pulled' Sing erly, nnd got blm to withdraw Lennon, promising him to keep 1100,000 of the State fund continuously in the Chest nut Street National Bank. Singerly came to me twice about it, and got me to promise tbat I would see that Quay' E ledge wa kept. I did so, and Singerly a the money there now." Tbe pre of Philadelphia i rotten in it moral through and through.' And thl I jutt at true of tbe preti of other leading cities. Tbe Omaha prosti tuted Itself to the usei of tbe Brewers' and Bankers' Association, The State Journal of tbii city ii run In tbe interest of a railroad corporation, and itieditori advocate for pay thing! which are no doubt utterly repugnant to tbelr private convictioni, In Pennsylvania tbe liquor dealers pursued tbe tame tactics as were adopted In this itate. Tbii wa proved by tbe evidence of Mr. Crowell. manager of tbe liquor-dealeri' campaign, who re sponded to a query ai follows: "Mr. Crowell, bow did vou manaae to get the newspaper pretty much all on your side?" "Why we bought.tbetn by paying down so much cash. 1 visited tbe edi tors in person, or had some good man to do so, and arranged to pay each pa- pur xor 11 support a certain amount ol money. Throughout tbe state we paid weekly paper from t50 to $500 to pub lish such matter a we might furnish, either news or editorial, but the city pa pers we bad to pay from $1,000 to $4,000." And the journal owned by George W. Child, who ho just been immortalized on a "souvenir spoon" wai one of the "common prostitute" so purchased! A MAN WITHOUT A HOME. Traitor Taylor Heard From, Tbe Omaha World-Herald of Sunday publishes two columm of what purports to be an interview with traitor Wm. M. Taylor, in hi whiskey saloon In Port land, Oregon. The Interview la proba bly genuine; but the statement of Tay lor made In it bear the lmprftt of a lying hypocrite. He preteuds that ha did not get muoh money from tbe roads, and that be wa fooled by the lobbyists, and wat as much offended against aa offend ing. He say be I coining back to Ne braska to "mike a clean breast of It, and live thl thing down,' 111 offence l on that cannot be lived down, Traitor Collin I trying to do that, but the grave will close over him before he accoiupllthe Iti and it ought to. One thlug that Taylor aid may have a finan cial Interest for some peoph In this city, He laid la tbe f ' tt importer, "My friend, the peuitentiary door la Nebraska are Just aching lo open ea some ol the fel low who hang owl kt LIuwIb," Pvrhape Taylor hat a alack oa com Ol tbt' Ullow that will compel them 10 provide him a regular loccae, MUrJSXtfiWi. W Utile the pv!i atteatlua ol oar farmer radr to lb letter la this Issue ItvM eur Ouiah trrvpokdai. The Dtka-a 4 tU viiit 4 But have reading ea IbdutuUl qws'loM ttivh a laty should hate. II aay ea Uwtllitg to dutltUut tnvk rva ltag t t4ul4 be atsUitd We w-ua l M. Iwattr. lis wllids a k rt to A4 taU e4 kiwi a tmkdie el Twa Aim atf M lw dis ribuUea heteellsr. tlutwetaaavt teaik Mil all. if )va ea fi ppr t eUtr rtadiag a-i-let ki w'f tvtrt;a tae sity, 4tal U4 tatsidit. NOTICE. To Eclcgatte ta the Independent State Convention. The Independent State Committee ha secured a rale of one and one-third! fare for the round trip to the aute con vention to be held at Hastings, Aug. 18th. on all Nebraska roads, o.n tbe certificate plan. Secure certificate at point of (tatt ing, and at point of transfer from one road to another. Geo. W. Blake, Chm'n State Central Com. State papers please copy. CALL FOR INDEPENDENT COUN TY AND JUDICIAL CONVENTION. Tbe Independent county and judicial convention will meet In Lincoln on Sat urday, the 15th day of August, in Bo banan't ball, at 1 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of placing in nomination can didate for three district judge for the third judicial district; county treas urer, herlff, clerk of the district court, county clerk, county tuperlntendent ot publio school 1, county commissioner, coroner, surveyor, county judge; to se lect delegates to the state convention, choose a county central committee, and traniact ucb other business a may properly scome before tbe convention. The uunber of delegate from ea:h ward of tbe city of Lincoln, and pre cinct of the county shall be a follow: rirst ward 0 Little Salt prec't Second ward Third ward Fourth ward Fifth ward Hxtn ward Seventh ward 0 11 10 0 0 0 Mill Nemaha " North Bluff " Oak " Olive Branch " Panama " Kock Creek " baitillo " South Pass " Steven Creek Stockton " Waverly " Weit Oak " Yankee Hill " Buda precinct ft Centerville prec't 8 Denton " 5 Klk 5 Grant " 7 Garfield " S Highland " 0 Lancaster " 10 Middle Creek" 0 West Lincoln' No nroilea Will tui allnaral t.nf thm delegate present will cast tbe full vote of the delegation. Primary election for delegate to tbe county conv .ntlon ball be held on Thursday, Aug. 13th, at such tim and place as the eommlt tciunii from each ward or product, ball designate. In tbe country tho poll must be kept open at least two hour. In cities of the first and second class the new election law requires tbat the poll shall be opened at 13 o'clock, noon and closed at 7 o'clock p, m, stan dard time. Such call from tbe precinct committeeman-sbould be Issued at least two weeks before the primary, 1. not so made tbe -chairman of the county central committee may designate time and place for holding the primary. In case of challenge at any primary election to be held in thl county of the t'eODle'l Indf nenripnt nartv tha Initona. of (aid election ahall require the party aesinog 10 vote to answer tneioiiowing questloo under oath: 1. Do Ton Infant! tn vnfa tnr tha nnm. lnee of the conventlen, delegate to wdico ore ueiog voiea xor at tui pri mary election. 2. in vmi nnw m.mlifli. nt n. A you intend to affiliate with tbe people' luuepeuaem party 01 eurataa. In addltlnn tn tha alinva tha rntp shall be required to sign the declara tion of principle upon whlih tbe call iur iuv staie convention 01 vw waa made, . O. Hi XL, Cb'nCo.Cen. Com J. A. McN'ah. Sec'y Co. Cen. Coin, Time and Place of Holding Precinct Primaries. PKECIKCT TIME. PLACE. Cental-villa 1 in K n m f'antnm.lHa. North Bluff 3 to 5 p, m. Babcock S. H. ,,iHi. suk iv u y. ui. um, .10, lit Hlffhland 2 to ft d. m. rna. vnt. nlaut Krtt 3 to (5 p. m. Malcolm S. 1L Nemaba 3 to 0 p. m. Bennett Garfield 3 to 5 p. m. Belt Line S. H. Waverly 3 to 0 p, m. Oak 3 to 6 p. m. rer. vot. Dlace Hilda. 9 tn R ti m ru, vnt nl.nA Yankee Hill 3 to 8 p. m. Alliance Hall Denton 7 to 10 p.m. School house RockCr'k H p.m. Melick S. II. Wftftt f ifl If O. tn ft ti m fan vnl Ouaa. Lancaster 3 to 4 p.m. Uni'sity place Stev'nsCr'k 8 to 4 p.m. Knight S.H. uram x p m unenev. Precinct not named above please len J time and place to thii office at once. EX-BROTHER HAAS BLOSSOMS OCT IN THE JOURNAL AGAIN. Mr. J, . Haas, the renegade Alliance member of the republican itate central committee, who recently denounced the Alliance in a meeting of tbat committee, ba a very lame and labored defence in the Journal of Wednesday. Haas deniea tbat he "denounced the purpose and principle! of the Alliance as defined by the constitution." He also sayi, in pal liation of what be don't deny that he did do, that he "has not attended any Alliance meetings for at least six months," and tbat be had atated to several member of the Alliance that he "wa out, and intended to remain out side of tbe Alliance In the future." Thii very lame defence couttitutea not only an adtuinslon, but a justifica tion of the charge we made against Ex- Bro. mat. That charge was that he went before a meeting of the enemle of the Alliance and denounced the ciety, without having sought redress fur bl greviance within it; and that ne wts therefore a traitor and a renegade. Tbl count stands proven. The admission made by Mr. Haaa. quoted from hi detent, prove mere than we charged, vU That he waa recreant to hit obligation as a member ol the Alliance lung before be de nounced It to the republican committee. Having gltea hi word of bouor to ba faithful tu a society, and having deter rulusd to leave it. I a. load of withdraw, leg like ka koaoraUe man he prtrre4 to tasak out. Mr, II. tl4 towitthleg kbuut "live ir which we hate au time to rtp'y lo at pretvkl, I nil ' af W Js Ui admoaUb a crtl young waa a Uleeity thai wkeaaaed ituf -;i'U money frvut a pvllltoiau, ta tHt !4 ptdaWlka er "Jump tut sa wf atat, the editor Uea tbe tr';M real to hell, He had WtMr bay a tk a4 sat kit kuur. Yt Mkia4ikatbtNia il UimhI i'i lha he tea att tte m that pvi.iuiaa. A k4 stum ttaitm! tke vkltUv el M k.lsa car Ma4y Htiia. t'lepe Va-Iiy 4ut4 bt (, be t,tt4kitwMt Tta4taM,