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5ijc lantu ' Alliance, THE NEBRASmNDEPENDENT CXMH.I1ATD. Pi BLISHID EVEKT TliCKSDAT BT Tee Alliance Ptblishixo Co. Cor. lltk and M St., Lincoln, Keb. BOABD Or DIMCTOUk O.Hnt,Ftr.. . 3. JJ. Tssrrsos, Sejr. 8. fed. Tooumi, V P. 4. F. MsrrcuD. Trru. C. H. PlBTLI. 8. Eovh Tanmrrox...... Cats. H. Fibtlk, , .... Minuting Editor. . .Biwineiu Manager. "In the beauty of the lillies Christ was born acroM the sea, With a glory In his bosom That transfigures yon and me. As he strove to make men holy Let us strive to make them free, Since God is marching on. Julia Ward Beat. "Laurel crowns cleave to deserts, And power to him wbo'power exerti ." "A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs." Emerson. "He who cannot reason is a fool. He who will not reason is a coward, He who dare not reason is a slave " N. K. P. A. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Address all builaeM communications to mjimoo Publishing-Co. . iddreat muter lor publication to Editor fanner' ALiiauce. Articles written on both sides of the paper eaaaot be used. Very long communications, as a rule cannot be uted. NOTICE TO ADVERTISEK8 On account of the very large increase in onr circulation resulting from the consolidation, advertising rates in the allianc Independent will be ad vanced SO per cent May 1st. Oar rates will still remain very reasonable and far lower than the rates of other papers of equal circulation. IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. The congressional convention to elect delegates from the first district to the national convention will meet at Lincoln June 8f thin connection with the sta'.e convention. A HOPEFUL SIGN We take pleasure In noting tho fact that the students of the State University are among the first to organize a peo ple's independent party club. Educa tion properly directed is a blessing to the young man and his country, and only a curse to both when directed otherwise. The club starts with thirty charter members. Young men, we are glad you are with us and we will be with you in the right. Do you want to' nttond the national convention at Omaha, July 4th without expenses? Here's your chance. To the person sending us the largest list of subscribers at club rates between April 30th and June 20th, the Alliance Publishing Co. will pay all necessary expenses to the convention at Omaha July 4th, including hotel expenses. To the person sending the second largest list we will pay all traveling expenses to the convention. These offers apply to any person liv ing in Nebraska. South Dakota, Kansas, Iowa or Missouri. Two subscribers for six months count one. All lists sent under this offer should be marked ''For special prize." The Bee and the World-Herald have agreed at last. Both are of the opinion that Judge Greshara. could not afford to be a candidate on the people's ticket. Ocb cartoon in this issue was secured from the Denver Road. The portraits are all easily recognizable except the first which is that of Leland Stanford, A. L. Bixuy of Columbus paid us a call n Tuesday. A. L. is a very genial gentleman, as well as a parng apher, poet and country philosopher. Colonel Eric Johnson is still pro- gresslng. This time he is at Clay Center. He never fails to make a good paper, and we hope he will continue to make Progress. Thk aliianre people of Jefferson county should turn out in force at Bro Wright's meetings next week, and got as many fair-minded republicans and democrats as possible. Cut out the blank application found eisewnere in this issue, paste it on a sheet of paper, get a list of signers and forward it toC. H. Pirtle, Lincoln iieo. newiusena you printed con Btitution and charter for the organiza tion of an independent club. Will the independents carry Nebras ka next fall? Yes, if they organize, push the work of education, "carry the war into Africa," and do their whole duty till the last ballot is counted. If they dont do this, they will fail. Congressman Kem is a man of whom the people of his district have a right to be proud. He is rot a brilliant man but he is a man of excellent judgment and keen intelligence. He is an in defetigable worker. But above all he is a true man, an honest representative who holds the interests of his people as the "apple of his eye." Colonel Tom Wynn of the ninth district of Georgia is the sort of a con gressman that disgusts Col. Post Office Watkins of Lincoln. At the Omaha con vention Watkins said the southern dem ocratic congressmen reminded him of somebody's definition of a statesman: "A man who trots like a dog behind the wagon of public opinion, and barks whenever he sees that the wagon is going to make a turn." Col. Wynn saw that his people were bound to go into the new party, so he boldly announced his readiness to go with them. Give us more such statesmen. M WORLD'S M05EI." The advocates of the single fold standard try to create U impression that gold constitutes the "world's money." and unless we maintain our financial system as it is, we will find ourselves nnable to do business with other countries, that Americans who travel abrsad will have no money with which to pay their expenses, etc. It is asntisisg to hear men who are too poor to take a trip into the next state, and, under the beneficent influence of pro tection and honest money, are growing poorer every day, seriously object to an American system of finance on the ground that Americans could not use a distinctively American money in their foreign travels. It is even more ludicrous to hear men who have taxed themselves poor in order to destroy our foreign commerce and build up a home market, object to American money for Americans because it could not be nsed to make purchases in foreign countries. But the fundamental absurdity of all such arguments lies in the fact that there is no "world's money." Every nation has its sytem of finance, its coins and its paper money, and there is nowhere on earth a piece of metal or paper that will pass as money outside the limits of the nation whose stamp it bears. It is true that the coins and bills of one nation usually circulate to a limited extent in other nations, but their value abroad depends entirely on their value at home. It is not so surprising that there should be confusion in the minds of the people on such matters, when we con sider the sources from which such false ideas emanate. The money power em ploys the shrewdest Intellects of the country to confuse the minds of the common people, and uses tho great daily papers of the country to mis educate the masses. Their methods as well as their success are strikingly illustrated in the platform adopted by the republicans of Masschusetts in state convention a few days ago. The plat form contains, among other things equally absurd, the following state ment: "Our mil of value shall be maintained at par with tie money of the commercial world." Think of this declaration coming from the select representatives of a great party assembled in Tremont tem ple, Boston, the "hub of the universe," the great center of learning! Surely baked beans have lost their virtue as a brain-builder. Surely "culchah" and 'exact thought" are no longor safe guards against sophistry and dem agogury. Will some brilliant thinker who has enjoyed the advantages of bnkod beans, culture, and Joseph Cook's Monday lectures please inform an inquiring world what is the "unit of value" in the 'commercial world"? Is it the United States dollar, the pound sterling, the franc, the Gorman mark, tho Russian ruble, or tho Chinese cash? Will some great light in the republican party, one of the "great men who have made a life study of these questions," please inform the wild-eyed cranks and fanatics of the farmers' alliance what this International unit of value is? It must be known be fore we can keep "our unit of valuo on a par with the money of the commer cial world." Now we would like to address a few questions to the intelligent voters of the country who have the temerity to do their own thinking on the money ques tion: During the war whon this country was on a greenback basis, did American travelers have any trouble paying ex expenses in foreign countries? Did American importers find any difficulty in making purchases abroad? WheD balances of trade betwoon this country and foreign countries are paid in gold (which is very soldom) is not the yellow metal taken by weight, and do not foreigners perfer bullion to coin? When in 1834 tho quantity of gold in our dollar was reduced from 27 grains to 25.8 grains were our foreign commer cial dealings disturbed thereby? If the quantity of gold in our dollar should be reduced to 10 grains would it make a panicle of difference with our foreign commerce? Would not 10 grains of gold pay for just as much in a foreign country then as now? If wo should adopt any system of money whatever, would not a piece of our money bo worth just as much in a foreign country as it is at home? If gold and silver should both be demonetized in this country would not our balances of trade be paid in bullion just as they are now? And would American Importers have any trouble in securing bullion for this purpose? There is no "money of the world," but there is a money power of tho world. ine men who constitute this money power have planned to reduce the masses of all nations to a condition of industrial slavery. Gold is their weapon of conquest. They want to make it the universal and only money metal. They want to demonetize every other money metal. They want to make all paper money redeemable in gold. H they can accomplish this, they have the world in their grasp. They will be the plutocrats of the world. For many years the money power has been gradually putting its plan into operation. It now controls the financial policy of every civilized natiou, stole a march on the United States during tne civil war, secretly gained control of our financial policy, and has maintained and strengthened that con trol ever since. Oppressed and ground down by the effects of that control, tho people have at last revolted against it. The great struggle between the people and the money power is on. The cour age and intelligence of the American people is to be put to the test. During more than a century the people of the United States have shown their ability to lead the world. They have shown the grandest examples of genius, originality, courage and patriotism. When ones fully arouted on this ques tion, they will again show their ability to lead the rations to a higher civilization by thwarting the scheme of the money power and establishing a true system of finance. TWO REPUBLICAN DELEGATES. A party may be known by the men it honors. A man who is chosen to represent a party of men is supposed to represent them. If the republicans ef Lancaster county are to be judged by this rule, what must we say of them? The county convention met not long ago and chose from its members men to represent and speak for them in the state convention. Among these delegates we. find Bud Lindsey, a notorious saloon-keeper, negro bully and all-round tough. We also find a one of the delegates to the congressional convention, one Frank Kauffman. He is the man, who not long ago, tried to bribe an official (a republican) to give him access to the vault in which the ballots were kept during the Walte Baker contest. Be it said to the honor of the official that he not only spurned the offer but exposed the rascal. Sueh men do not represent the rank and file of honest republicans. They represent the machine, the combination of corrupt men which controls the party. Such men are put forward be cause they are useful to the machine. They are honored as a reward for ser vices rendered. Have honest republi cans no duty to perform? Can they be held guiltless If tbey remain in a party that is so controlled? They owe it to themselves and their fellow citizens to abandon a party which thus disgraces its once proud name. H0 wXlttcKEIGHAN.. As the days roll by it becomes more and more evident tnat the people of the old Second district made no mistake in the selection of W. A. McKeighan to reprosent them in the lower house of congress The contidnnce they reposed in him has been fully justified. He has been the first real representative the people of that district ever had in con gress. To serve them is bis first thought, his highest ambition. He is one of the people. By experience he knows their noeds, their opinions and their hopes. The people took him from a humble cottage on a Nebraska farm and sent him to the halls of national legislation. His candor, eloquence and ability had won the love of his poople. Now they have won the admiration and respett of a nation. He met tho champions of plutocracy in intellectual combat, and he covered them with shame and con fusion. He has spoken with no uncer tain sound. He has voiced the de mands of the farmers' alliance in a way that leaves no doubt as to where he stands. He is one of the "alliance nine" and he is proud to so proclaim himself in the halls of congress. In a few days the congressional con vention of the new Fifth district will meet. We have not taken any pains to inquire as to the sontimcnt of the dis trict, but so far as we have heard there is a universal demand for Mc'Keighan's re-nomination. We believe he will be re-nominated by acclamation. He ought to be. In honoring him the people will honor themselves. He will be able to do more for 'his people dur ing his second torm than he has during his first. He will then take rank as a leader. As he says, there will be more than nine members of the people's par ty in the next congress. But there will be none wiser, braver or truer than our own McKeighan. POINTERS. "What can you do to advance tho in terests of the reform movement?" Let us see. Keep up your alliance. Attend its meetings, and help to make them inter esting and profitable. When you iind a man who is open to conviction, preach the gospel cf reform to him. When your primary election is held, be there and do your duty. When you find a new convert seeking office, give him the go-by. hen you hnd a man who is not reading a good reform paper, persuade him to subscribe for one. When you find a man who is bent on stirring up dissension, give him the cold shoulder. Help to spread reform literature. Work for votes. Numbers count on election day. When you find an old party lie in cir culation, nail it. Devote the proceeds of at least one acre, or its equivalent, to the people's campaign fund. Keep your eyes open, be willing to make sacrifices, and you will hvo no trouble finding opportunities to serve this cause. SENATORS GOING ON RECORD. The Arizona funding act, coming up in the United States senate last week, Senator Kyla of South Dakota moved to strike out the clause which made the In terest "payable "in gold coin of the United States" and insert "in lawful money of the United States." The amendment was agreed to yeas 23, nays 24. Republicans and democrats in Ne braska, of the Wall Street persuasion, will be glai to learn that both our sena vJio 't-om Nebraska voted against the amendment. Senator Paddock will undoubtedly be remembered next win ter for his vote on this measure as on a number of others. Nebraska fully recognizes the power of money, but as well fully understands the objects of the money power. Whenever an independent an nounces or insinuates that he will at tempt to wreck and defeat the party if things don't go as he wishes, that man advertises himself as an exceedingly selfish, dangerous and treacherous man. COME WITH U3. There are men of honesty and true patriotism In all parties. In fact we are Inclined to think these qualities of true manhood are about equally distributed throughout the racks of all parties. There are thousands of democrats and republicans in Nebraska to-day who are just as honest and patriotic as other thousands of independents. There are thousands of men in the old parties who see the political evils of the times and desire their removal jut as much as do independents. We believe all such men n ill agree with us in the fol lowing propesition: That if a'J the men who realize the existence of these evils and desire their removal were united in one party, they couid secure Ithe re forms that are most pressingly needed in a very short time. The difficulty is that these men who are one in political sentiment are divid ed In political action. How can they be united? This is a question that deserves the serious and unprejudiced considera tion of every man who believes in re form. ' Let us reason together" about this matter. Let us forget for the time that we are independents, democrats and republicans. Let us cease hurling epithets at one another, and speak and think on this question as citizens of the republic. The repub ican party has in its time accomplished much. Its early achieve ments were glorious and beneficent. Even in its later record that party challenges our admiration for its bold ness, brilliancy and magnifi :ent organ ization. It is indeed one of the most perfect and most powerful political organizations that ever existed. But this fact hss been the greatest cause of the evils that party has inflicted on the country, and the greatest reason why the reforms we desire cannot be accom plished through that party. It has be come a great machine. The individual member of. the party cuts no figure. His voice is not heard. His wishes are not consulted. The control of the machine is in the hands of a compara tively small number. A vast sum cf money must be expended in every political campaign to maintain the party in power. The men who run the machine, both by choice and necessity, consult only the great financial inter ests that are able and willing to furnish this money. They necessarily ignore the protests of the people, and run the risk of luring them on by appeals to prejudice, ignorance and selfishness. This being the case, is it not utterly vain for the republicans who believe in the need of radical reforms to hope for these reforms to come through their part j? Is it not a fact tLat the very evils they complain of have come through the direct action of that party in spite of their protests? Have not matters continually gone from bad to worse? Has not the party abandoned even the semblance of reform, and completely surrendered itself to what, for the want of d better name we call it the "money power"? There have been times when bold and able republicans have revolted against this tendency and largo masses of the rank and file have supported such revolts. But all such attempts have ended in failure. And there remains not a single leader of such a revolt who has not been either silenced or practically expelled from the party. Also thousands upon thous ands of the rank and file have deserted the party for good. Is it not vain for thoso who remain to hope to reform the party now? It is useless for us to talk of what might have been done, or what might still be done. We must faee the ques tion as a practical reality. Is it possible that the reforms we desire can or will bo accomplished through the republican party? Every honest intelligent repub lican should answer this question for himself, and if he finds it necessary to answer in tho negative, he owes it as a solemn duty to himself and his country to abandon thai party at once and for ever. Let us turn now to the other great party of tho past. The democratic party has at various times opposed the bad policies advocated by the republl cans. The democratic party fought all the various measures of contraction. It fought tho national banks. It has fought tho excessive tariffs. But its history has been much the same as that of the republican party. It has come along a few years behind the republican party endorsing one after another the various financial measures of that-party. True it has not quite so fully surrendered to the money power. But that is simply because the temptation has not been so great. The moneyed interests have sought to accomplish their ends through the republican party because that party hud greater power and more perfect organization. Seeing this the men who run the democratic machine have made haste to cease opposition to these moneyed interests and bid for their support. Honest democrats have - at various times shown the same disposi tion to protest and revolt. But their efforts have been of no avail. That party is to-day in the throes of its last struggle for independence and honesty, and against tho complete control of the money power. Within a few months the result will be a matter of history. But that result can bo easily foreseen. From all sides come unmistakable evidences of the surrender of machine democrats on the silver question. Not a single prominent candidate for the presidency has the courpge to-day fo declare himself for the free and unlimit ed coinage of silver. And unless a wonderful change takes place very soon, the Chicago conveutiou will either declare against free coinage, or adopt a miserable straddle on that question. Even on tho tariff question, the posi tion of the party which was already weak, - has grown weaker. Let any careful reader compare the great or gans of his party as tbey appeared three years ago, and as they appear now, and he will see a remarkable change. Then the protective principle was boldly and continually attacked. Great arrays of statistics were paraded before the peo ple showing the injustice of protection and the fallacy of its arguments. Now we find almost nothing of this kind. A little skirmishing over the tariff on tin. an occasional reference to the McKinley bill are all we find. And instead of proposing a general and sweeping re duction along the whole line, we find the tariff reformers in congress adopt ing a sort cf guerrilla warfare. In stead of raising the great and noble watchword of "just taxation," they propose to appeal to the selfish interests of certain classes by attacking the tariff on certain articles consumed by those classes. What is there to encourage the hope of real nd radical reform through tho democratic party? In fact there is nothing left now to an honest democrat but the hope that his party will not surrender the last particle of the great reform principles which it once repre sented, and this hope will soon be swept away. How then can these patriotic democrats ask patriotic dissat isfied republicans to come with them? How indeed can such democrats con sent to remain longer where they are? The preceding statements concerning the two oid parties are certainly mild and conservative. Are they not true? If so, then every democrat and republic can who sees the real condition of the country and desires to remedy this con dition, must agree that neith'er in nor through the old parties can it be accom plished. If then these dissatisfied elements can not unite in either old party, they should and must unite outside of both. Already a great number of them have done this, and- have, organized a new party. They have taken the only course open to them. And if every honest in telligent patriot in ither old party will carefully consider the situation, he mnst see that theouly rensible patriotic thing for him to do is to join the ranks of the new pariy without dtlay. Why should such men hesitate longer Are they willing to acknowledge that they belong to a party? Do they owe any allegiance to a party which has betrayed their interests repeatedly, and which "adds insult to injury" by denying eyen the need ot reform, and openly espousing the cause of oppres-i sion? Country is greater than party. Citi zenship is higher than partisanship. He who subordinates his duty as f. citi zen to the claims ot his party is a trai tor to his country. He who sots the welfare of his countryjabovethe success of his party is a patriot. ' The time is ripe for a peaceful polit ical revolution. The need is great. The burdens of the people are heavy. The duty of patriotic citizens is plain. Only one thin more is necessary: Bold, decisive,- united action on the part of all who want tt preserve the freedom of the people, and the true greatness of the republic. Organize ! Organize ! The fact has become patent to all that nothing can be accomplished without or--ganizsuion and that of the most thorough character. Let us go to work immediate ly and organize "Independent" clubs in every school district in the state. You will find in this issue a form of applica tion for a charter, which, when signed by seven or more persons 'over the age of eighteen years, may be sent to C. H. Pir tle, secretary of state coramitte'e, Lincoln, Neb., who will forward all necessary pa pers. We have to meet on organised enemy, and we might hs well understand it before the election as after. Let us meet organized force witn organized force. The enemy is already in the field throwing up breastworks and drilling its forces for the impending struggle. Paid tools of the money power are every where tojbe found, dome their master's bidding. Let us not be blind or idle, but with a united voice, and a united effort, let us go to work and be prepared to mttke and sustain the attack all along the line, and n9 God reigns and justice is eternal, victory will be ours. J. V. Wolfe, Chairman State Central Committee. Success comes to him who earns it. Every precinct in the state should have an independent club. Somhbgdy will go to Omaha July 4th, free of charge under our special offer. If you want to win your neighbor's vote, don't "stroke his fur the wrong way." Let us stop, reserving, protesting and demanding. It is our duty now to pro pose and to act. Send twenty-live cents tr this office and get a copy of "Bread-Winners and Bond-holders. i' The formal call f nr the congressional convention of the 6th district will be published next week. iA We welcome to our exchange list t Tie1 People's Voice, a new reform paper started at Imperial, Chase county. Some one in every neighborhood should compete for our special prize: a free trip to the Omaha convention. Tub district judges elected by the independents in Nebraska are witheut exception winning the approval of the people and the bar. Editor Kautzman of the Oakdalo Guard is at Blair trying the virtues of the Keely cure. We hope it will Je a grand success. A few days ago we had tho pleasure of reading a private letter from L. L. Polk in which he said: "The south is undergoing a tremendous political revolution, and you may look out for startling developments from that quar ter during the year.'' ' THE BELTER STATES. They are coming into the people's party. There is every reason why tbey should, and everything indicates that they will. Some time ago the state silver league of Colorado issued an address to the voters of the state setting forth the ef fects of the demonetisation of silver, and the status of the movement for its restoration. The following is an extract from the address: The disastrous effects of that .iniqui tous scheme have been felt by each one of us. Today they are plainly visible on every hand, in the depreciated value of almost every commodity produced by the labor of human hands, and especi ally in the ruinous prices of wheat, cot ton and silver, as well as the constantly falling prices of agricultural lands, mines and labor. The distress and suf fering which it has bred throughout the nation is beyond the power of a human mind to compute. Year after year we have gone regu larly to the polls and persistently fought each other, while working for the su premacy of one or the other of two great political parties instead of standing shoulder to shoulder to meet and resist the attacks of one common enemy. Those parties, as they exist at present, deem the spoils cf office of paramount importance to the welfare of the people. They are maintained chiefly for the benefit of self -seeking politicians, whose most lofty ambition is paltry office. To attain that end, they do not hesitate to persistently betray the interests of the Eeople, whose aid they solicit, into the ands of the money power. They are partisans for revenue only. At the bidding of this same money power they have placed the gereral government ou a level with the stock broker; they have rendered thousands of families home less; they have changed the toiling debtor into a cringing mendicant, ana from the ranks of honest labor they have recruited an army of tramps Proceeding the address says there have already been more than forty free silver clubs formed in the state, with over 20.00C members, i each of whom is pledged to vote for no man who will not work for the restoration of silver. No member is asked to forsake his old par ty until after the coming national con ventions are held Then if the old par ties refuse to nominate candidates favor able to silver, all the meujbei's will forsake their old parties in a body A state silver league has been organ ized and the organizalion of local leagues has been rapidly pushed. The silver republicans are carrying out their program to the letter. They have cap tured the primaries, and overthrown the Harrison men horse and foot. The del estates to Minneapolis will be radical silver men. A NATIONAL SILVEE CONVENTION will be held in Washington D. C, May 26, 27. The national silver committee, of which A. .7. Warner of Ohio is presi dent, issued a call for this convention on April 23. This is the third national silver convention, and promises to be far greater than either of its predeees sors. In the call it is proposed to organize a national bi-metal!ic league, and to take steps for the organization of the whole country into state and local leagues. Independent political action is not suggested in this call, but it can have no other logical outcome. The silver men of all sections will be brought together, they will become more solidly united and more determined. They will pledge themselves to support no man who is njt in favor of free coinage of silver and gold at the present ratio Thej will then make bold and emphatic demands of the national conventions of the two old parties. These demands will bo ignored, and Harrison and Cleveland will be nominated as the standard bearers of the two old parties These silver men will then turn to the people's party as the only one promis ing what they demand. There is strong talk now of organiz ing all the free silver delegates in the democratic and republican national conventions, making their demands and then withdrawing in a body if they are ignored. Whether or not they will then come and ask admission to the people's convention at Omaha can not be predicted, but such a thing is entire ly within the probabilities. These movements are popular in their character. They are movements of the masses, not of leaders. But there can be no doubt that a large number of men of national prominence stand ready to go with their people, and are in fact giving encouragement to these movements. Senator Teller of Colorado a few days r.go issued an address to the people in which be denounced both old parties for having betrayed the people, and declared that there is no choice be tween them, both having surrendared to Wall Street. Senator Wolcott of same state a few days ago declared that each of the old parties is simply "an organ ized hypocrisy." Senators Jones and Stewart of Nevada are equally outspok en. Senator Staniord of California has made himself famous by his land loan scheme. A large number of representatives from the western states are following the lead of these senators. In view of all these fact3, it is no ex- Uravagant prediction to say that the people's national ticket will carry every st! Pacific Coast. FINANCE REFORM. . The members of the people's party look upon finance reform as the great est and most imperative need of the hour. The five principal demands for finance reform may be stated as fol lows: 1st. That the government shall issue all money and make it a full legal ten der. 2nd. That there shall be a largo in crease in the volume of currency. 3d. That the government shall con trol the machinery by which money is put and kept in circulation. 5th. That the government shall es tablish and maintain places of safe de posit for the savings of the people. A number of plans of finance reform have been proposed, the best and most popular of which are the sub-treasury plan, the land-loan scheme, postal sav ings banks, and government banking. Each of these plans, except the last is partial and sectional to a great ex tent. The sub-treasury plan is partial in that it only provides for issuing money on a certain class of security, non-per ishable agricultural products. It Is sec tional in that it is advocated most strongly by the people cf the south. xne lana-ioan plan onlT reeoirnizea one kind of security, land; and its chief suppor; comes trom the north and west The plan of postal savings banks, as usually considered, only provides for one of these demands, the 5th, and it is chiefly in the interest of one daea tha laboring men of the cities. These plans are not to be condemned because of these defects. The effect of their advocacy has been to broaden the views of the people of all sections, The people of the north have been brnnvht-. to see the advantages of the sub-treasu ry plan, and to endorse its provisions. The people of the south have been led to examine and endorse the land- loan plan. And the people of all sec tions have examined and approved the plan of the postal savings banks. As a result all these plans have been incor porated into the people's platform, and endorsed by the great industrial organizations of the country. But as time passes it becomes more and more evident that the good features of all these various plans should be combined into one comprehensive, sys tematic plan. Each of these three plans provides for a machinery of its own. Each is designed to accomplish certain things. But one machinery would accomplish the designs of all, and do it far better and cheaper. The makers of the St. Louis platform seem to have fully recognized the need of such a plan when they incorporated these words: "As proposed in the sub treasury plan, ok some better flan." What is the "better plan?" This is a question that the people are to discuss and answer. The plan of imvflrnmfint 'banks has been proposed, and is every aay gaining a wider support and popu larity. To one of Nebraska's honored sons belongs the credit of having framed the best system of government banking yet proposed. Hon. O. M. Kem has rendered the r. form movement an in calculable benefit by framing and intro ducing his banking and loan bill into congress. It comprises tho best feat ures of the sub-treasury, the land-loan and the postal savings banks. It has attracted the attention of reformers throughout the whole country. It is winning new supporters every day. WOMAN'S WORK. "Eut under the celestial bound No nobler picture can be found. Than woman brave !n word and deed Thus serving' in her nation's need. Her love 1b with her country now, Her hand is on Its aching brow." In what great undertaking did man ever succeed without the help of woman? Every ereat revolution has its heroines. Every great reform finds in women its truest, most enthusiastic supporters. The present reform move ment is no exception. The women of Nebraska have been a source of inspira tion and strength in the alliances and Knights of Labor assemblies. They have taken part in the organization and advancement of the people's party. But until lately no effort has been made on the part of the women to organize for political action. It has been left to the enthusiastic independent ladies of Kearney county to take the lead in this matter as the following letter will show: Kearney, Neb. :-A ladies' indepen dent club was organized in the north west part of Blaine township, Kearney county, April 14th, 1892, for the pur pose of assisting our husbands, brothers and sons in raising campaign funds for our next presidential election. We ex pect to be able to supply reading matter to a considerable number of farmers who are too poor to supply themselves; also to send speakers into 'districts that would otherwise be neglected. We give an invitation to all alliance ladies and others to join ns by organizing clubs. Anv information wanted will be freely given. Mks. M. C. Reed, Sec. Mes. Julia Spink, Cor. Sec. Here is a sourco of inspiration and encouragement for the farmers of Nebraska, and an example for their wives. The plan outlined is simple and modest in its scope But think what an amount of good it may accomplish! If it ii carried out all over the state this plan will prove the greatest vote-maker yet discovered. We bid the ladies of this pioneer club Godspeed, and may many others follow their example. Wanted in Nebraska. Twenty thousand Jeffersonian demo crats to come into the people's party, where tbey can rote for their principles! Twenty thousand Abe Lincoln repub licans to unite with the new party and vote for the abolition of industrial slav ery. Several thousand -independents each to devote an acre of his crop to the cam paign fund. An independent club organized fn every voting precinct in the state. Fifty thousand subscribers to The Alliance-Independent, The Bee's Washington corresonnrlpn says: "President Harrison is arranging for a snipe hunt." He doesn't say what part the president will play in th hunt for the festive long-billed biped, but irom au present indications when the hunt closes next November he will fin himself "holding the sack." Rev. S. D. Robehts Proof rx$ V Beatrice ChautauonA crnira no a mil Tuesday. He was on his way home from Washington, I). C, where he has been spending a few days. He proposes to have an "Alliance day," July 6th, and ht.t Ti n 1 . uavo t oik ana some other Alliance ora tor to address the people.