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OMiltffH with the Rib UocrnDcn.
1i the beauty of the liUlee
Christ was bora across the sea,
With a glory is hi bosom
That transiguree you and ma.
Aa be strove to make men holy
Let v strive to make them free,
Since God fa marching on."
Julia WariEoM.
Laurel crowns cleave to deserts.
And power to him who power exerts.'
MA toddy drop of manly blood
The surging sea outweighs."
Emerson.
Ha who cannot reason is a fool.
He who will not reason fa a coward.
Be who dare not reason is a slave "
N. R P. A.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
sjii i all bnalaeas eenununlMtioos to
I XJOm
tor publication to Editor
Bauer I'
ArtioleS written on both tides of the paper
auaot tie oaed, Terr long aommunloatlona,
aasrale eannot be used.
People's Independent State Convention
Ta Maples independent elector of the
Btata or Nebraska are requested to elrot and
and dalatates from their several oounttea to
swat In convention at the oltv of Lincoln,
Thursday .June SO, 1HBS, at lOo'olooka. m., for
the purpose of seieotinf elf bt deleratesai
large to the People's National convention, to
beheld taOmaha.Nb.,Julr,18U. And also
to elect delegates to the state oonventlon to
beheld at Kearney, Mob. Wednesday .Aurust
. liM, at lo'eloek p. m., to nominate the
faUowtntT Stats offloer. Til; Governor,
tenant lorsrnor. secretary of state, trees
nr. atSnraeT-reneral, audltor,oommlailoner
mt smite lands and huildtnga and fuperln-
niOTpUDiie ineiruuuou. ids oeeie m
Teattons and the same delegates may act for
bath oonventton, or two seta of delegates
ear be eieeted as oountlet mar determine at
tamr county conventions.
laa basis of repreaentatlen will be one
delegate for every one hundred vote or ma
Jorfraotlon thereof cast In IBM for Hon. J.
w. Bdsenon for Judge of the supreme ovurt,
station win Mm vuo mo id uuia oou-
waiea fires tae touuwins; rote ey oounuea:
11 Jefferson
10
10
14
Antelope
IS Johnson
Kearney
Kara Paha
Keith
Kimball
Box Butte
Brows
Buffalo
K.noi
Lancaster
16 Lincoln
11 Logan
Loup
13 Madison
T Merrlok
4 . HoPherson
4 Nanoe
I Nemaha
14 Nuckolls
T Otoe
Pawnee
15 Perkins
6 Pierce
5 Phelps
10 Platte
I Polk
S Red Willow
10 Klchardson
6T Book
S Saline
14 Sarpy
T Bannders
8 Boottrttluff
S Seward
it Sheridan
S Bherman -
4 Sioux
1 Stantoa
5 Thayer
II Thomas
II Thuretea r
S Taller
8 Washington
B Warne
1 Webster
11 Wheeler
Tork
Bart
Cedar
Chase
CbeyeB.De
Cherry
Clay
Oiufax
Curing
Dakota
Dawes
Dawson
DUoa
Dodge
DOBglU
Dundy
tUbaore
Franklin
Frostier
Tunas
Gafe
Oernela
Gosper
Grant
reeler
Ball
Hamilton
Harlan
Hares
Bitobooek
Hooker
Bait
Howard
Total..... ......vet.
While the oomnuttee do not foal It best to
la down aar definite teat as te who should
be allowed to l ote at the primary eleotloat to
etaet delegates to the various conventions,
as any test would not work equally well In all
localities, yet we would urge upon county
and preelnot committeemen, and all having
the primaries la ohargc. to adopt such rules
and tana as will best secure a fair expression
at the Independent voters oi me state.
Tea question of selecting delegates to the
National convention to whioh the coogree
atonal districts arc entitled la left to the dis
tricts themselves, either to oatl congressional
conventions in their reepeotlve dlstrtote or to
seleotthem by districts at Llnoola at the
state convention, at the ame lime the dele
gates are selected to represent the state at
large.
We would reoommend that no proxies ha
allowed at either convention, but that the
delegates present oast the full vote to which
the state or oountv la entitled.
Wa would also reosmmend that the pri
maries ror electing aoiegts to toe uounty
conventions be hkld Thuredsy, June JS, 18X
and that the County conventions be held
Saturday, June K, 188. J. V. Womb.
C. H. Pirtlb, Chairman.
Secret.
The Alliance-Independent Till After
Election For Fifty Cents in
Clubs of Five or More.
Fifty Thousand New Headers Wanted-
Help us Secure Them And
Thus Insure Victory.
The campaign of 1892 will be one of
the most exciting and momentous in
the history of the nation.
The great battle of the people'against
Flute cracy is to be fought. Victory
for the People depends on (heir zeal
and energy in spreading the light. The
Alliance-Independent will be a great
power in arousing and educating the
people. It should be in the hands of
every independent voter. It should be
in the hands of thousands of democrats
and republicans who are willing to read
both sides. Its columns will be an
arsenal from which the soldiers of re
form may arm themselves with facts,
figures and arguments. The Alliance
Independent will give full and
accurate reports of the great conven
tions of 92. It will give the news of
the movement from all parts of the
state and nation. It will give reports
of the work done by "the alliance
wedge" in congress. We want someone
in every community to solicit subscrip
tions, Address the
Alliance Pcblishing Co.,
Lincoln, Neb.
PEOPLE'S CONVENTIONS,
National convention of the people's
party at Omaha, July 4th.
State convention to elect delegates to
national convention, at Lincoln,
June 30th.
State convention to put up a state
ticket, aTKearney, Aug. 8rd.
- Congressional convention in the third
district to nominate a candidate for
congress, at Norfolk, June 81st.
Congressional convention in sixth
district to nominate a candidate for
congress, at Kearney, Aug. 3rd (just be
fore state convention).
THE CHATTEL M0BTGAGE B0BBEBT.
1 owesr b.atks ma loass o iu sisDS or
Uoo.laieraJ security; leave your vaiuanies
with a responsible house; a so loans on fur
niture. This is a sample of the advertisements
that appear in the dailies of our large
cities. One of Boston's better class
dailies a few weeks ago undertook to
defend and rescue the poor whom this
class of advertisements is Intended to
catch. It however did not dream how
large was the job undertakes, until from
every quarter complaints of ahylock suf
ferers who had lost each his pound of
flesh came pouring in.
The langusge of these "chattel mort
gage sharks'' is that of a philanthropist;
the money loaner always talks as if be
were conferring a favor, doing a par
ticular kindness, and all the while he is
wringing the sweat and sucking the life
blood from his impoverished, helpless
victims. ,
To this Boston daily the Bev. B. B.
Tobey took a cancelled chattel mort
gage which chanced to come into bis
possession, a note for fifty dollars, se
cured by 1300 worth of furniture, etc. It
had drawn seven per cent interest per
month, but this argrcemcnt upon cancel
lation, before return of note, was cut
out by the bolder, it being a confession
of guilt. Later the same chattels, the
very same lot of goods, were mortgaged
for three times the amount of the other
loan and at six per cent per annum in
terest. The money sharks prey upon
those who have no friends to help them,
poor families whom sickness or other
misfortune overtakes. They must have
a sum of money, and they have no ac
quaintances to go to, no one to look to,
except those who make pressing emer
gencies their devilish opportunities. A
night watchman was compelled to bor
row forty dollars. He knew no one of
whom he could get it except the firm
whose advertisement heads this article.
He was forced to allow a mortgage to
be placed on all his furniture to get tie
forty dollars, and to pay for the use of it
three dollars per monthj or ninety per
cent per annum. Five months ago he
reached a point where he could no lon
ger pay the interest, and the collector
soon informed him that if the back in
terest waa not paid within a specified
time he should sell him out at forced
sale, and if the proceeds did not pay the
note and accrued Interest the balance
would be charged against him till paid.
And this after the man had paid to this
inhuman robber company not only the
original forty dollars, but interest at
eighteen per cent per annum from the
time the loan waa made (what the law
allowed), and one hundred and twenty
dollars betidet. And the loan company
still held his note for the original
amount loaned and fifteen dollars inter
est. It is estimated that hundreds of heads
of families in Boston alone are being
queezed to death by the chattel uiort
gage inhumanity. Ana Boston is a
sample of all the rest of the cities.
Chattel ' mortgsges everywhere
throughout the country are bleeding
millions of workers of their strength,
the fruits of their toll, and their very
life, at a rate of robbery which is fear
fully rapid. Yet In the current number
of the Korth Anuria Remit Henry
Clews la allowed to argne on ten pagos
that interest or usury is Justifiable, and
that the law can not interfere with
'natural" (?) supply and demand rates
for money. He holds that money mak
ing, controlling and loaning is a legiti
mate business for private parties, banksi
and that lenders may charge such rates
tor use as will compensate for all rinks
and give as much more as they can get.
The money monopolists of this coun
try are the heaviest load that was ever
fastened to the backs of any people.
But the gold kings tremble whenever
they look toward the St. L'ouls indus
trial platform.
00HFE0NTING THE MONEY P0WEB.
The only action in the present con
gress attracting ana cnainmg the at
tention of the entire country has been
he tight over silver, a drawn battle not
yet fought to the finish. It is the first
time a great issue has been touched,
and a sharp alignment forced upon the
merits of a question of universal inter
est. , The everlasting tariff, ' with its
uncertain statistics and iaconclusive
opposing arguments and oratory, puts
not only congress but the people to
sleep; but a proposal to Increase the
volume of the currency by remonetiz
ing silver, making its coinage free and
unrestricted as Is that cf gold, instantly
awakens the money power, the bank
ers, the mortgage loaning syndicates
the monopolizers of needed capital, all
who sponge up wealth from its produc
ers by means of interest.
The man whose heart Is not found in
his pocket-book is ready for heaven.
But, alas! how few there are who can
bear to be touched where their money
interest suffers. The pocket-book
with the great majority is still the ten
derest spot and this explains the intense
interest taken when the fringe of the
money question brushed against them.
The men, with the most money know
where their interest lies every time, and
party lines and politics have no interest
for or influence over them when their
personal interest is at stake.
The anti-silver vote is interesting in
its location, and corresponds, with start
ling exactness, with the diagrams given
in Bond-holders and Bread-Winners.
The nine northeastern states, Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey, Now York and New
England, are divided from the rest by a
new Mason and Dixon's line, a slavery
line, also, by the way. New England's
representatives voted solidly against
silver, New York gave but one vote for
it, New Jersey but one and Penn sylvan
ia but two. This region has gained in
wealth in the last ten years (according
to the census) lire times the increase of
a group of the best western and south
em states, with territory over three
times as large. The nine states oppos
ed to silver coinage are the principal
seat of the money power, and it is by
enormous drains of interest from the
west and south that it has grown im
mensely rich and increasingly, despot
ically powerful. The dollar is their
scepter, its scarcity, outside of their
hands, their power, and the people
must not be allowed to get bold of it by
any new and easier terms which will re
duce their tribute.
Another seat of the money power is
in the great lumber region in northern
Wisconsin and Michigan. Wisconsin's
representatives, with one exception,
voted solidly against free silver coinage
(8 to 1), and Michigan deposited 6 votes
against and 8 for.
Now the free coinage of silver would
by no means settle the money question,
would give but slight relief, but it called
out the money power and ahowed that
it has successful control of both old
parties. The republican party boldly
joins hands with it, only 11 refusing to
bow to the gold bugs. One hundred
and thirty democrats voted for
silver, and 83 against the Bland bill, a
minority so large that the party is sure
of defeat if it touches silver in the
national compalgn. Even now its
organs which have to gain local favor
advocated free silver, such hypocritical
organs as the World-Herald, are declar
ing that
The democratic party in the bouse of
representatives has come to its senses
and abandoned a useless determination
to force the silver issue before its time.
The work of tariff reform is the great
work of this campaign.
"Before its time"! In the name of
justice and a suffering people, listen!
"Tariff reform" a five per cent reduc
tion of the McKinley tariff the most
that haa been ever planned I
But. the money question will not
down. The alliance wedge haa entered
congress. The St. Louis platform
promises salvation to the oppressed
people. The warfare against money
and monopoly slavery will wax fiercer
and fiercer till the people at last are
free.
IN THE SOUTH
The masses of the southern people
believe in the principles of the reform
movement. But many of them have
held on to their old party in the hope
that it would give them financial relief.
Congressman Livingstone of Georgia at
the St. Louis conference remarked to a
Nebraska delegate that "nine-tenths o
the people of Georgia believe in the
platform adopted by the conference."
Still he clung to the democratic party
apparently in the hope that it could be
made an Instrument to accomplish
some of the desired reforms. The death
of the Bland bill shows that all such
hopes are entirely vain. So far as can
be judged at present, the southern
people have arrived at that point where
principle is worth more to them than
party success and they are coming en
masse into the people's party. In sup
port of this view we quote the following
from a private letter from McKeighan:
"News coming up from the south Is
very cheering for the Independent
party. The states of Georgia and
North Carolina are entirely lost to the
democrats, while Mississippi, South
Carolina and Arkansas seem likely to
come with them to the independents."
This opinion is strongly verified by
the following from the Atlanta Constitu
tion, the leading democratic paper of
Georgia:
"No matter in how offensive a shaDe
the notice may come, it is well for the
toiling mascs of the country to thunder
into the ears of our democratic leaders
their determination not to submit to the
domination and dictation of the money
power, it means mat n mis protest Is
not heeded, thousands of democrats
wilt break ranks and Hock over to the
third party."
The New York Voice says:
The defeat ef the Bland bill has in
creased by at least 25 per cent the
chances of the people's party to break
the solid south this year. General
Weaver predicted that the democrats
will not carry three southern states this
year. Macune predicts that the people's
any win carry at least nve. Wash
urne. more conservative, nredicts that
they will carry three North Carolina,
Louisiana and Georgia are among the
states mey nope to swing."
Such evidences of the progress of the
movement in the south are gratifying
and re-assuring to the independents of
the northwest. Instead of wondering
whether the people's party will amount
to anything in the south, the indepen
dents of Kansas and Nebraska had
better look to their laurels, or Georgia
and North Carolina may sweep to the
front as the banner states in the move
ment.
SPRING ELECTIONS.
A glance through the reports oi the
city and village elections shows that
partisan politics cut almost no figure
In not more than one-fourth the
municipalities were regular party
tickets in the held. Citizen's tickets,
non-partisan tickets, license and anti-
license, improvement tickets, etc., were
the rule. The voters preferred to divide
on local issues rather than on party
lines. This is a healthy sign. It indi
cates the abolishment of prejudice and
the increased exercise ol intelligence.
It bodes no good to rings, and political
bosses.
In Lincoln a non-partisan ticket for
school board was nominated and
triumphantly elected. If the same
course had been pursued In regard to a
city ticket, it would in all probability
have been successful. This course was
advised by many including the editor of
the Independent. But instead of this,
an ill-advised combination with demo
crats was made ia which partisanship
was recognized. Partisanship in city
elections has very little excuse, but
fusion of parties as such has none what
ever.
The daily papers have talked a great
deal about a proposed fusion between
the people's party and the democrats in
Kansas. Our Kansas exchanges give
the lie to these reports. The Ottawa
Journal says "there will be no fusion
unless It is another fusion between the
two old parties."
IlLMtULii
The Great American Philosopher
Speaks on Ultimate America.
THE WORLD IS OUT OP JOINT!
In a Private Interview With the Repre
sentative of the Fanners' Alliance
He Pretly Eipresses
Himself on Various Subjects of Re
form and Declares His Sympathy
with' Industrial Movements.
Bev. Joseph Cook, the great phil
osophical defender of evangelical faith,
is the most erudite American, the man
with mightiest grasp of knowledge,
with intellectual power to analyze all
systems of thought, the utterances of all
thinkers. Comparing, discriminating,
and discovering error, he brings to
bear against false philosophy the polish
ed, ponderous weapons of axiomatic
truth and necessary inference. As
teacher, philosopher and critic he fills
a unique position in the English speak
ing world. He is a student of the past,
of the trend of current forces, and hav
ing seen all paths and their endings he
stands as a guide post for the nations,
showing them the one straight way of
wisdom and blessing, and where all
divergencies must inevitably lead.
It was the privilege of the writer to
converse with him freely for an hour at
his hotel in this city on the afternoon
preceding his lecture on "Ultimate
America." A card sent to his room,
signed "Editor Farmers' Alliance,"
was promptly responded to with an
invitation to ro5r him, and his greet
ing was most cordial. His February
and March Monday lectures in Boston,
and constant travel since their delivery,
lecturing in the different cities, had pre
vented his consideration of our leb.
22nd St. Louis platform and address,
but he questioned us closely tegarding
It and expressed himself in sympathy
with the organized industrial move
ment, and with many of the demands
of the National Knights of Labor plat
form. He recognized the need of a new
party, any party, which rising could
break the machines and limit the evils
of democratic and republican corrup
tion and misrule. The prohibitionists
bad sometimes classed him as belonging
to their party, but he had never stood
simply on tbfir platform. He called
himself an independent voter, using the
wcrd in its individual sense, we under
stood. Regarding the question ot
finance, he said he had been brought up
in the John Sterman school, and he ap
parently is not well informed in the
philosophy of those who attack it. He
favors the nationalization of the rail
roads. On the question of protection
or free trade he said he had in one of
his lectures expressed himself this way:
(Suiting the action to the word he rose
from his chair, extended his hand, and
brought out the sentence with empha
sis): "I am in favor of free trade -at my
slight pause the audience cheered lusti
ly, he said and moderate protection."
Reciprocity wherever possible, and pro
tection against those who would not
trade free with us, was his idea
It would be impossible to report any
considerable part of our interview, so
many subjects were touched on. The
feeling in the west that the east is prey
ing upon us, nationalism, the nation
alization of the liquor traffic, the single
tax doctrine, the corruption of politics
and morals in our large cities, and the
still greater, most alarming, misleading,
controlling influence of the almost all
powerful, unprincipled press, were
some of the questions on which Mr.
Cook expressed himself. Speaking of
Dr. Farkhurst's recent exposures and
terrible denunciations of the New York
City officials, he said: ' We need 500
Dr. Parkhursts in our cities."
Mr. Cook's evening lecture on "Ulti
mate America" was intensely interest
ing. His opening sentence "God be
thanked that we now have in this coun
try no slave and no king. Monarchy
Is pulled up b.T the roots here, and
loosened everywhere else" had more
fourth of July oratory than essential
truth in it. But he went on to say that
our Republic was not, notwithstanding
the blood and agony of the past, fully
saved yet. The race problem considered
in connection with the fact that the
white race cannot long labor with the
hands in fields where the snow never
falls; our fast increasing population
with the tendency towards the cities;
the increase of wealth tending to class
divisions, brutality and all-pervasive
rottenness, the disease having already
appeared; cities that have gone down
from Jerusalem to Jericho aud fallen
among thieves; his own native state
"the empire state of iniquity;" David
Dudley Field's compulsory voting, and
n.ininticg plan to destroy the source
of political danger, the caucuses; that no
political party in the United States can
be permanently preserved iu whisky;
the political spoils system invented by
Aaron Burr, who was "one of the
slimiest reptiles that ever crawled
across the page of history;" how New
York has been running down Hill
lately; the danger to one of the three
snpports of liberty, jesuitic attacks
upon our school system; these are
some of the matters discussed by the
great philosopher.
He closed with an allegory which we
must make a poor at temp: to repeat
from memory.
Sitting in his study on Beacon Hill he
looked out over our country and this
vision burst upon his sight:
"The heaven above was filled with an
innumerable number who had gone up
from every kindred, tongue and people
They were considering how to save the
earth from impending evils, and true)
angels, whose bodies shone as the light,
but whose faces I could not see, Wash
ington, Lincoln and Garfield, said, send
us to the earth and we will labor to dif
fuse liberty. A voice which was like
the sound of many waters answered
Uo. Thou shall be e-ucient, but not
.?-ficient.' They went to earth upon
their mission. But still there rose
from far below the suffocating alleys of
our large cities, and from beneath the
homes of the ill-paid suffering workers,
the lafih of the black angelt"
"Three other angels, equally glorious,
with faces too bright tD see, then said,
send us to earth and we will difiuse
intelligence. The same infinite voice re
plied 'Go. You shall be r ticient but
not ju-licient.' And still from far be
neath the suffocating alleys of our cities,
and from nnder the homes of eur ill
paid working poor came cp t.ht laugh cf
the black angels."
"Once more three glorious angels,
Seward, Sumner and Greeley, said send
us to the earth and we will diffuse
property. The almighty voice said. 'Go.
You shall be very efficient, bat not tvf
ncient.' They went. And beneath the
suffocating alleys and homes of the ill
paid working poor of our cities was
still heard the clanking of chains and
the laughter of the black angels."
"Yet once more three angels, bright
as the sun, whose faces I could net see.
Wnitneld, Ld wards and another, with
Luther, Melanctbon. and an innumer
able company of martyrs and victorious
Christians in their train, came into
view; and they said, send us to earth
and we will diffuse conscientiousneu.
They went. Yet still from below the
suffocating alleys of our cities and from
beneath the homes of the ill -paid work
ing poor, came up the laughter of the
oiacK angeis."
"Then above all. and nllinar heaven.
appeared a single Eye. And I saw that
the heaven with its innumerable multi
tude of people was held in the palm of
an Almighty hand, rnd the soft axle of
the world was poised on the tip of a
finger of another hand and both hands
were pierced. And a voice like that of
mighty thunders, that shook heaven and
earth, declared '7 alone, J only, am
sufficient: "
WORLD'S PAIR COMMISSION.
April 5th the Nebraska Columbian
Commission held a meeting at the
Governor's office. Ex-Commissioner-General
Green was present and made a
complete and satisfactory statement of
his accounts. But President Strang of
Omaha was not there. He is the
authorized treasurer as well as presi
dent of the commission. He has drawn
a large sum of money and has made no
satisfactory statement of his disposal of
it. Several weeks ago the commission
requested him to make a statement.
Since then he has absented himself
from the meetings and has ignored the
demands of the commission.
The commission was in session again
on the 6th. Two very important reso
lutions were introduced, and passed.
The-first demanding a settlement of
Strang, and the second declaring his
seat vacant. The members of the com
mission mean business and intend to
have no more trifling.
ST0B1I SUFPEBERS.
The destructive wind storms of a few
days ago did a vast amount of damage
to property in Nebraska. The city of
Nelson, was struck by a terrible
tornado which wrecked many homes,
and destroyed property to the extent of
$100,000.
Governor Boyd has Issued a call for
aid. He calls upon the people at large,
the mayors, commercial organizations,
boards of trade, etc', to contribute and
to further the work by, opening sub
scription lists, etc. He also calls upon
the railroads to carry contributions free
of charge. This call should be cheer
fully and liberally responded to by
Nebraska's citizens.
LIES FRESH PROM THE FACTORY,
In a semi-independent Nebraska pa
per we find a "plate" article headed:
"Third party news: Condensed informa
tion from the centers of activity." The
article should be headed : "Lies fresh
from the factory." It contains five items
of news two of which refer to local
elections of no importance. Of the
other three, the first tells of a probable
fusion of Alliance men and democrats
in Minnesota; the second says the peo
ples' party Jand the prohibitionists will
combine in Indiana; the third says that
fusion of the peoples' party with the
democrats in Kansas has been thorough
ly agreed upon. In each case the terms
of the supposed fusion are stated. This
article bears every indication of having
been prepared in some anti-alliance
fake-factory, and sent out to create
prejudice.
We do not believe there is the slight
est foundation for the charge of an independent-democratic
fusion in any
state. The leaders, the masses, and the
press of the peoples' party ' are unani
mous against tusion with any
party.
Don't fail to read our correspondence
this week. It contains some grand letters
from the soldiers of reform who are
bravely battling for the rights of the
people.
Peffek and all true independents
oppose fusion in Kansas. The fusion
talk is all outside of the independent
party, but it is reported outside of the
state as acceptable to our leaders and
people in order to discourage, divide,
prejudice and weaken independent par
ty action.
On the night of April 5th a large and
enthusiastic anti-Hill democratic mass
meeting was held in Buffalo, aud ad
dressed by ex-Secretary Fairchild and
ex-Mayor Wm. R Grace of New York.
A big procession carried transparencies
which read "Hill is not in it," "No snow
ball conventions for us," and other like
legends. Cleveland's boom since the
defeat of the silver bill has grown gre t,
and he is evidently Wall street's first
man for the democrats.
The landlords of Boston have formed
themselves into an association, and havo
made up for mutual benefit a list of u u
dasirable tenants. The number foots
up 1200 for that city now. But the ques
tion occars to us, what w to become of
the poor wretches who have no foot of
land on which to lay their heads, and
whom the landlords refuse to accept as
! te lantsT What has become cf their in
i alienable rights when forced to tramp
, and bee or steal to save themselves
from the poor house and the grave.
THE RECENT POLITICAL CARTOONS.
The prevailing party views, the pre
dominating influence and policy, of the
two old parties, can always be aeen in
the cartoons ot Judge and Puck, the for
mer being the republican and the latter
the democratic national politics delinea
tor. The late issues of these party poli
cy indicators have been of special in
terest, and their harmony on the ques
tion of coining the people mere money,
worth considering on the part of west
era democrats and republicans. It mat
ters not that 130 democrats want the
money monopoly broken, the 81 demo
crats opposing free silver are the ruling
fraction and can nx the national dem
ocratic organ to ridicule them unmer
cifully, which it does in company with
its republican neighbor. The 130 are
represented by the 89 as crazy fools and
donkeys whom the gold men on no ac
count will follow, and they therefore, in
order to frighten the silver men into
backing out, picture the party, a donkey
with Bland astride ricking in silver dol
lar quicksands. We give below an idea
of their late cartoons.
Puck's frontispiece for March ieth
was a donkey labelled democratic party,
ridden by Congressman Bland. The
rider was using a club called "Mining
Interests" to urge the beaf.t forward, but
donkey and rider were sinking in what
was labelled "Free Silver Quicksands."
Congressman M. D. Harter, the anti-silver
banker of Ohio, had hold of 'the
donkey'a tail and was trying desperate
lp to pull the party (donkey) back onto
the "Tariff Reform Highway," on which
stood the index sign "To Victory." When
it is remembered that Puck is the great
national democratic cartoon sheet this
picture with the legend, "The Same Old
Donkey" under it, talks loud.
A week later Puck's first page car
toon is in the same line. An enormous
mousetrap contains a silver dollar
marked "the 70 cert dollar." Tom Reed,
representing the republican minority,
stands back at one side holding the wire
trap open . and through the "Free Silver
Coinage Bill," rolled up in the form of
a funnel the democrat majority is crawl
ing. The cage is about full, and on the
projecting soles of the last feet in, ma
jority is spelled out. The legend below
is, "There They Go Again."
A still more suggestive cartoon ap
pears in the same democratic organ
April Gth. It represents Congress in ses
sion March 24. The Free Silver Coinage
bill is breathing its last, having been bat
tered to death by anti-free silver
clubs. The pale rigid ghastly Bland bill
ejects its last breath between the desks
of congressman "J. C. Burrows, repub
lican side," and "W. Bourke Cochran,
democratic side," while these two lead
ers of the democrats and republicans
grasp hands over what they have to
gether done, the other hand of each still
grasping a murderous "Anti-Free Silver
club
People of the west and south, make
note of this union of the leaders of the
two old parties to defeat even this mild
beginning of monetary legislation, look
ing toward emancipation from the mo'
ney power.
Judge, the republican administration
organ March 26th gives also a scene
in Congress, the foreground being oc
cupied by the Bland bill rolled around
a cane with one end resting on the floor,
and astride it holding the reins of the
democratic party is a creature dressed
in the garb of a court fool, with enor
mous donkey head, wild-eyed
and braying. Crisp, is in a scared way
trying to keep the composite creature
and its hobby at bay with his gavel, but
the horrible creature holds In its right
hand a rod dressed at the top with
the head of Bland, with the court fool
cap and neck ornaments. The house
appears frightened almost to death, by
the untamed apparition, and under
neath is the inscription, "Gone Crazy."
To return again to Puck, this demo
crat cartoon organ for March 80th, has
a picture representing the democratic
voter seated meditatively by an anvil.
On one side Cleveland bears a "Tariff
Refoi m and Sound Money" banner, and
points the voter his way; Hill on the
other side with blood in his eye grasps a
dagger on which are the figures 1888,
and his banner reads, "No Policy but
Politics and Spoils." The Tammany
tiger head is his breastplate, and at
tached to his flag is a rolled scroll read
ing, "Stolen Dutchess County Returns."
This is in the great national illustrated
democratic papei published in Hill's
own state, remember.
THE VOICE CORNERED AND ANGRY.
The New Tork Voice, the National organ of
the Prohibition party, IB a very widely eirou
lated and Influential paper. It Is edited by
men who shape the opinions and sway the un
derstanding of nlne-tentfag of the party pro
hibitionists of the country. But it Is infested
with Wall street and selfish, credttor-elass
financial doctrines. Farmers, Alliance, Lin
coin. Neb.
This is hard on Senator Peffer and on
your own Alliance Congressman, Kom,
from Nebraska, who have introduced
bills drafted, in their main features,
.light along the line urged by The Voice.
It would be well for the t Farmers' Al
liance to remember to that they who
demand justice should hrst do justice
It intentionally misrepresents our posi
tiou to its readers in several re
spects. The Voice
The way we proved the truth of our
statement above was by quoting the ex
act language of the Voice criticism of
the St. Louis platform. If its own lan
guage misrepresents it we are not to
blame. In the paragraph quoted the
PtfiVeopoosed the land loan sub treasury
plank, the free and unlimited coinage of
silver plank, and the transportation
plank. We also quoted from the same
Voice editorial these words, "We be
lieve in gold as a measure of value."
With this language on the part of tho
Voice before us, our reference was one
no honest man could avoid. We did
not discuss lha Voice currency inflation
cold basis scheme, nor the bills of
Messrs. Kem and Peffer. But we will
say to .he Vuice for them that they are
nit gold basis men. rt
"The battle is not to the strong alone;
it is to the vigilant, the active, the
brave."
THE ALLIANCE PUBLISHING COM
PANY. Oo Tuesday the proprietors of the
Fabhers' Alliahce and Nebraska I
DEPEXOE5T met and organized a stock
company under the above name. Arti
cles of incorporation were adopted and
filed according to law. and appearjia this
issue.
Jbr organization was completed by the
eiection of the following board of direc
tors:
O. Hull, president; S. Edwin Thornton,
vice-president; J. M. Thompson, Secre
tary; John F. Mtfferd, Treasurer; Chas.
u. nrtle.
The board then elected Mr. Plrtle as
business manager and Mr. Thornton as
editor. Mr. Thompson and Mr.
will be actively engaged on the paper.
ne are now prepared to "pash things"
as Genera! Grant said, and we propose to
do it with all the energy we possess. The
Alliance-Independent ought to have
50,000 subscribers, and we believe they
can be secured. No effort will be spared
to make the paper worthy of this increas
ed support Again thankihg all friends for
their loyal support and assistance in the
past, we earnestly solicit a continuance
of these favors.
The Xew Era of Wahoo gave a great
write-up of that thriving city last
week.
Now is a good time to discuss can
didates for presidont on the people's
ticket
Every independent who made a first
class record in the last legislature ought
to be returned or promoted.
a he aiocKvuie sentinel published a
protrait of McKeighan last week with
an extract from his speech on silver.
Watch the man who cries "a ring, a
ring." Remember it is the fellow that
took the goods who cries "stop thief.'i
The Chicago Express suggests that an
exhibition of the effects of the "sweat
ing system" would make an interesting
attraction at the world's Fair.
The state committee are trying to
make arrangements to have the Kansas
delegation to the national convention
come vTa" Lincoln, stop off and pay a
visit to our capital city.
tr T
Sid Harper, a leading democrat of
Texas, and chairman of the congres
sional committee of the 4th district, has
resigned his position and come cut
squarely for the people's party. There
are dozen's more to follow.
On account of the refusal of farmers
of Hall county to raise beets at starva
tion prices, Oxnard's agent are ont
skirmishing around through Sherman
and other counties trying to get farmers
to raise beets.
This paper is not nominating any
body for office. It is not supporting
any candidate, it has no preferred
candidates, and will not have until
after the state convention selects our
standard bearers.
The LincolnCaW points to the election
of Daily councilman in the first ward of
Lincoln as an independent victory. The
Call ought to have somo regard for
truth The independents absolutely re
fused to endorse Daily, and put up an
independent candidate against him.
The democrats are entitled to all the
glory (?) of Daily's election.
The silver men of Nevada and Colo
rado have broken loose from old party
national ties and formed in each state a
silver party with announced intention
of putting a national ticket in the field.
But they will without doubt, soon see
the wisdom of joining the only national
party honestly and unequivocally advo
cating free coinage.
Why did the democratic central com
im-
mittees in a number of counties appoint
delegates to the state convention? Was
it because they hadn't enough demo
crats to hold a convention, or because
they were afraid the rank aud file
would refuse to obey the bosses? One
of these reasons is undoubtedly the cor
rect one, and they can take their
choice.
In a large number of counties in
Nebraska, the democratic central com
mittees met and appointed delegates to
the state convention, dispensing alto
gether with county conventions. Yet it
will go before the country as the party
that believes in "keeping close to the
people" and proclaim that "the voice of
the people is the supreme law of the
land." Shades of Jefferson! That
party is as completely under the control
of monopoly bosses as the republican,
party of Nebraska to-day.
Over 8O.O0C bales of cotton were de
stroyed a few days ago by the great fire
in New Orleans. Those who declare
that the poverty of the south is due to
overproduction will see in this des
truction only a blessing, and will thank
God that He saw his mistake, in giving
the people so much wealth as to impov
erish them, in time to take it away. A
lot more big fires, according to the pre
valent political economy, would give us
all the relief we ask for. We are not
strenuously denying that destruction by
fire would he p some, if the particular
capital used to oppress should go up in
smoke. But this remedy for diseases of
the body politic is the old exploded med
ici 1 remedy of bleeding. In therapentic3
we have advanced far beyond its folly,
but our financial and political quacks
hoot down every scientific innovation.
With lazy unanimity they bleed for,
all dheises and use long words to imp-ess
the people and hide their own ig
norant costly quackery.
A general plan of organization for
political work ought to be formed and
put in operation at oneo. The great
battle of W can only be won bv earnest
intelligent organized tffort.
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