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H. Pimi Buuoem Manager.
In the beauty of the UHie
Christ was born across tne sea,
With I glory In his bosom
That transfigures you and me.
As he strove to make men holy
Let ns strive to make them free.
Since God is marching on."
Julia TariHom.
m i Mtfiwma rl v a tn deserts.
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And power to him who power exerts.
"A roddy drep of manly blood
Tae surging sea outweighs."
Ha who cannot reason is a fool,
He who will not reason is a coward.
Be who dare not reason is a slave."
N. R I'. A.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Address all butlnr! communications tcj
SSTiSSe" or publicttoa to Bdlto
ranners AlUanoe.
Do you want to attend thd
xational convention at Omaha, July 4thl
without exnensest Here's your chance.
To the person sending us the largest
list of subscribers at club rates between
April 20th and June 25th. 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 sont
ander this offer should be marked
For special prize."
H0TI0ET0 REFOKM EDlf ORS. ,
The ; Nebraska Independent Press
Association will hold its next regular
meeting Friday, Junel7th. atl0:80a. m.
at the Palmer House, Grand Island
Neb. Matters of great interest an
importance will come up for dlscussloi
and action. Every member of the asso
elation is urged to be present, and ever,
Independent editor in Nebraska is cor
dially invitod to be present and unite
with the association.
Yours for Success,
I. D. Chamberlain, Pres.
8. Edwin Thornton, Seo.
THE OMAHA CONVENTION,
I am receiving numerous letters of in
quiry about securing tickets to thej
Omaha convention on tne 4th of July
Would say to all who have the mattoi
in mind that we want you all to go tfl
Omaha, but don't expect too much li
the way of admission tickets. Thi
state committee will have none at it
disposal, as far as I k now. The ticket
will all be under tho control of th
national committee. This action wal
taken at Omaha at the la:o mooting u
the national executive committee. Bu
let no one that contemplates going t
the convention stay away on this at
count. There will be enough to he aoe
and heard to pay any Nebraska IndJ
pendent to be there whether he gc
into the convention or not, if he don
vet within a mile of the convontlo
building. 1 will do all I can howevq
to accommodate our peoplo.
J. V. Wolpk,
Chairman State Com.
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
Mr. W. M. DeCamp latelv the editt
of the American Liberty at Hamptoi
Va. sends us the following suggest
printed on a slip. He prefaces it witi
-these words:
"Truth is abundant, superabundan
What is needed most imperatively is tit
promulgation of truth. Unless we reatj
a mnjorty of voters our efforts are we
nigh useless." Here is the suggestion:
If von like this paper you should re
ularly give or mail it, by turns, to friend
and thus endeavor 10 maice conver
amonr unbelievers.
This is far better than lavinit it asid
in storage, where It will become an i
rambr&nce as well as useless, rathi
than exert a proselyting inlluenc
which is its proper and legitima
office.
To make converts should be the his
est pleasure of all reformers, and then
ffnvtt thla nrnnnsitlnn.
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Thi charge that Mr. Rem Is not th
author oi his banking Din is extremeyiy
silly. Suppose he were not the anthbr,
would it be anything to his discredift, or
would it prove anything against the
soundness of the measure? Prfobably
three-fourths of the bills introduced in
to congress are written in whoie or in
part by men who are not members.
But we are in a position to know that
Mr. Kem is the author of his banking
Mil." He brought the first draft of it
with him frum his farm in Custer coun
ty. That he consulted with friends re
garding the bill and accepted sugges
tions from them is doubtless true, and
only a fool or a knave would criticise
him for so doing.
Thk matter of organizing indepen
dent clubs should be disoussed and acted
upon in every county convention, and
arrangements made for pushing the
work.
Tax Nebraska Independent Press As
sociation will meet at the Palmer house
in Grand Island, June 17th, at 10:30 a.
a. Every independent editor in the
state should br there.
IN THE THIRD DISTKIUT.
The new third congressional district
consists of the east end of the old third,
commonly known as the "Big Third"
which is now so ably and faithfully
represented in congress by O. M. Kem.
In the election of 181)0, the vote cast
in this territory was almost equally
divided among the three political par
ties. There is aa outlook for a very
warm three-cornered fight. Each party
claims to have excellent prospects for
success.
The nomination of Geo. D. Meikle
john by the republicans seems to be a
foregone conclusion. His principal
qualifications are his alleged good looks,
his jingoism and his subserviency as a
corporation tool. He will have all the
machine influence of the republican
party behind him. He will also tret a
good deal of support from the monopoly
wing of the democratic party, especially
if that party puts up a man who has an
antimonopoly record. The class of
democrats who approved the unholy al
liance between the republicans and
democrats at the organization of the
legislature a year and a half ago, will
stand by Meiklejohn.
There is some division among the
democrats of the district. Senator
Keiper of Pierce teems to be the leading
caudidate. He baa somewhat of ai an
timonopoly record. The monopoly
democratic crowd have a candidate in
V. 11. Munger of Fremont If he
should be nominated, there would be
two corporation candidates and the
chance of the success of either would
be lessened. Hence the corporations
will very likely see to it that he is not
nominated.
The chances for an independent vic
tory in the district are excellent. The
people of the district are mainly farm
ers and villagers whose interest are
closely linked to those of the farmers.
The independents start out with the
best show of success judging from the
rote of two years ago. They have made
great gains in some quarters since then.
The central and northeastern parts of
the district constitute the very best sec
tion of the state for proselyting. They
hare several able men any one of whom
could represent the district in congress
with credit to himself and the
people.
As it appears to us, independent suc
cess in that district is contingent on
complete organization cf the district, a
well directed campaign and a thorough
canvass en the part of the independents.
With these, success is well nigh assured.
Without them. It is very doubtful.
The first duty of the independents of
the third district is to organize the
whole district into independent clubs.
Especially should men be sent into all
unorganized territory to form clubs and
arouse the people. Jfoui is the time to
act. The congressional convention of
the district has beeu called for June 21,
and the district committee recommends
that county conventions be held
June 18
Let every independent in the district
make himself a committee f one to see
that the county conventions are well
attended, and that the organization of
clubs is begun at once. If every inde
pendent will do his whole duty, we be
lieve that the "alliance wedge" in the
next congress will contain a representa
tive from the third district of Nebraska.
it
ONLY A PRETEXT.
Libert continues its wild and sense
less assaults on Mr. Keni's banking
bill. No Intelligent man who reads
these assaults can help seeing the real
animus of the man who makes them.
His assault on thb bill is solely and sim
ply .a pretext His real object is to
cast r'dicule and reproach upon Mr.
Kem, to poison the minds of tho poo
pie against him, and finally to defeat
him. This object is so evident that tho
casual reader cannot fail to see it. It
Is, however, a source of satisfaction to
have such positive evidence as was fur
nished by the Standard of Kearney last
week :
It is all gannnnn. If there is a weak
spot in Kern's bill the editor nf Liberty
has neves touched upon it. He is mak
ing a bugbear out of nothing and try
ing to mislead someone. Listen, and
hear the trith Mr. Holden is not after
the bill. It is Kem. Ho has a personal
grievance against Mr. Kem and he
uses his filmy arguments against tho
banking bill for a pretext to light him.
Last fall when Mr. Kem was on his
way to Washington City, lie stopped m
this city and failed to hunt Mr. Holden
up, and now Mr. Holden is after him.
This is the truth and nothing but the
truth. Here is the proof: When the
standard Publishing company purchas
ed Mr. Holden's paper sometime about
.December (ilh, Mr. Holden was to get
put his last issue about tho loth of De
cember. In that issuo ho had at
least two columns of abuse, of Mr Kem
Land others, but was prevailed upon to
,,!avo tt out. This was many weeks bc-
ore Mr. Keni's bill hail been committed
) paper, let alone made public.
This, then, is evidence indisputable
that tlili light on Keni's bill has simply
been conjured up to shield the assailant
from the charge of baso motives.
THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY.
Last Wednesday and Thursday wove
gieat days for Lincoln. A great crowd
of Nebraska's sons and daughters (na
tive and adopted) were present to ccle
brato tho twenty-fifth anniversary of
the state's admission into the I uiou.
It is impossible for us tc give any ade
quate description of the two days' pro
ceedings. Sundry meetings were held.
Eloquence and music flowed freely.
Everybody gave his state pride full
swing, and endeavored to extract as
much enjoyment from the occasion as
possihln.
The celebration culminated in a
grand parade on Thursday afternoon,
and it was simply immouse, although
a number of alliance men persist in
saying i;was not near so great a parade as
the alliance '"hogs" gave in Lincoln last
fall a year. There ws? one alliance
man at least in Thursday's parade
Uncle Dan Freeman, the only original
homesteader, who stood in front of his
sod house with his gun and powder
hern, looking like a genuine pioneer.
Kearney was the only outside town
that cut any figure in tho parade. It
had a miniature cotton mill and water
power that attracted much attention.
On the whole the celebration n ay be
set down as a decided, conspicuous,
harmonious success.
Some of Mr. Kern's detrictors are
harping about his lack of ability. The
people have not forgotten about the
magnificent canvass he made in 1890
and the victory he won. Any one who
thinks that victory came simply as a re
suit of a popuhv wavfr of excitement is
mistaken. Of all the elements that con
tributed to It, the most Important was
the ability, the indomitable energy and
the sturdy manhood of O. M. Kem. In
the coming campaign the peoplo of his
district will have an opportunity to see
Mr. Kern's abllitp tested more
thoroughly than evef . He will be in
the field to meet any Jbf the champions
of the opposition. We suggest to the
republicans of thai district that they
put Mr. Kem to the 'test by putting up a
man who win meet mm in joint dis
cuision.
. A PLAIN STATEMENT.
So one connected with this paper is s
candidate for office. No one has any
personal animosity to vent through its
columns. The characters of the mem
bers of the Alliance Publishing company
need no defense through this paper.
All we ask is to be judged by our words
and our conduct.
We have so far paid no atten'.ion to
the tierce and malicious assaults made
by W. C. Holden upon members of this
company. We are ready and willing to
answer any question or criticism that
comes from a reputable source. But
we are not foolish enough to reply to
the slanders of a man who can publish
ten falsehoods while we are antwericg
one. All that is necessary for us to
say is that W. C. Holden's assaults on
the member of this company are ma
licious slanders, consisting of falsehoods
mixed with a small element of utterly
distorted truth.
We know that a number of papers
over the state, chiefly old party organs,
have been advertising a great "newspa
per war" between two independent
papers located at Lincoln. We believe
the course of this paper has sufficiently
demonstrated that no such war is go
ing on. i. We do not propose to be
drawn into any newspaper war, espec
ially with a man who we believe is try
ing to cover himself with the cloak of
the inpependent party for the basest of
purposes. Whatever we may have said
about this man heretofore has been ut
tered through no spirit of jealousy or
personal malice, but simply because we
believed the welfare of the party de
manded it. We shall hereafter be gov
erned by the same principle.
We have in our possession the most
positive documentary evideuce of W. C.
Holden's treachery and boodling opera
tions during twelve years as a newspa
per man at Kearney. During two
months past he has by his conduct
alone aroused universal suspicion that
he is hero for base purposes. If this
record were published, this suspicion
would be deepened into a universal
conviction. Whenever the exigencies
of the case seem to require it, or when
ever the people demand it, wo sre
ready to publish this record. IJut we
will enter into no newspaper war. We
are here to advocate and defend a great
cause, and we believe that can best be
done by pursuing the even tenor of our
way regardless of the slops and slanders
to which we mav be treated.
BRYAN ON THE SUGAR BOUNTY-
Congressman Bryan has written a
very vigorous letter in reply to a peti
tion favoring the government bounty
on sugar signed by Henry Koonig and
others of Grand Island. Mr. Bryan takes
strong ground ag'iingst all bounties.
He quotes some extracts from court de
cisions as follows:
"To lay with one hand tho power cf
tho government on tho property of the
citizen, and with the other to bestow it
upon favored individuals to aid private
enterprises and build up private fortunes
is none the less a robbery beeauso it is
douo under forms of law a'd is called
taxation. This is not legislation. It is a
decree under legislative forms."
"It it be said that a benefit results to
tho local public of a town by establish
ing manufactures, tho same may be said
of any other business or pursuit which
employs capital or labor The merchant
the mechanic, the innkeeper, the banker
the builder, the steamboat owner, are
equally promoters f the public pood
and equally deserving the aid of the
citizens by forced contributions "
"No line can lie drawn in favor of the
manufacturer which would not open the
cotters of the public tn usury to the im
porlun'ties of two-thirds of tho busiue-s
men of the citv or town."
lie then proceeds to show huw
sug'ir bounty works in practice.
lie
He I
say?:
Suppose that the bounty pnid is I'.O,
OOd.OiiO. If the people of'Nebraska pay
their share, they pay about 150th part,
or nearly .t'JOO.diu) per year. The smount
received by the " wo factories in Nobras
ka, or to be received, for last year's pro
duet is about ti0,000 I believe. That is,
the people payout more than three
times tho amount they receive, The
amount paid out is contributed by tho
wholo people. The amount that comes
back to the state is received by two
corporations, or possibly two factories
qjvned by tho same corporation. Do you
think it just that the money paid out
should be paid by all the people and the
money that comes back should bo re
ceived by a very few?
Speaking of tho idea of paying the
bounty to the farmer which is advanced
oy some he says:
But whether a bounty be paid to the
beet raiser or the manufacturer of sugar
it would make little difference unless
the price of of beets was regule.ted by
law, because the beet raiser could only
secure his bounty upon beets sold to the
manufacture and tho manufacturer
could deduct the bounty from his price.
But even f the bounty could bo abso
lutely secured to the farmer, why is the
farmer who raises beets any more enti
tled to government aid than the farmer
who raises something else? If wo justify
the giving of a special benefit to a few
farmers this very act will be used as a
precedep.t and a dozen favors will bo
given to other people at the expense of
the farmer until he loses far more than
he gains.
In conclusion Mr. Bryan says:
I am firmly convinced that the only
safety of the great mass of the people
lies not in special legislation for their
benefh but in equal laws that subject all
alike to the burdens of government, and
which take from the pockets of the peo
ple only so much money as is actually
needed to supiort the government eco
nomically administered.
Believing thus, my senso of duty will
compel me to favor the repeal of the
sugar boum-y In whatever form it may
come before congress.
INDEPENDENT CLUBS.
The system of organization adopted
by the state committee for the coming
campaign is, we believe, tho best pro
posed. Tbe plan of the committee is to
organize the whole state into independ
ent clubs. These clubs are not intend
ed to take the plas of alliances or K .
of L. assemblies, but to supplement
them and make their werk effective.
Into these clubs can be brought for or
ganized action the men whehave been
educated in the alliances an4 assem
blies. The club3 will also britfjr into
harmony and fraternity with tsese a
large number of citizens who are
not eligible to membership in an in
dustrial order. The club will also take
in a goodly number of citizen who for
various reasons will not unite with a
se ret order. It gives better advanta
ges for joint discussion with the cham
pions of the opposition.
Because the committee has prepared
a constitution and charters for these
clubs, some people have formed the er
roneous opinion that there is an elabor
ate ceremony of initiation, etc. This is
entirely incorrect. The organization is
as simple and free from ceremony as
possible. The main idea in the issu
ance of charters is to bind all the clubs
together into an organized working
force, the importance of which must be
apparent to every friend of the movement.
We have severa' hundred copies of
Kern's banking bill for free distribution.
Send for some.
Sample copies of the Aixiance-In-dki-enuknt
will be sent to any address
on request.
A man should be judged no, so much
by the ability he may possess, as by the
way he uses it.
We want friends in all parts of the
west to assist us in pushing the circula
tion cf the Alliance-Independent.
A man who belongs to a party is a
cipher. The man who thinks and acts
independently is a factor in the gov
ernment. Decoration day was duly celebrated
at many points in Nebraska on Monday.
It is a beautiful custom which should
be patriotically kept up.
As we go to press the National Swine
breeders Association are in session in
Lincoln. A report of their meetings will
be given next week .
The Oakdale Guard says "Assistant
Lecturer Fairchild is at home for a rest
from tno months steady work in the
Alliance field, much of the time lectur
ing twice a day." We have heard
many flattering reports of Mr. Fair
child's work.
A cokkesponijent writing from
Thayer county says: "There are at
work in this county some of the noblest
men living, men who will go right
down into their pockets for their hard
earned money and put it out in the
cause of reform." There is no better
evidence of a man's loyalty to this
movement that his willingness to give
it financial support. It is eay to talk;
it is easy to "resolute;" but to go down
in tho pocket and bring forth the hard
earned dollars a3 a sacrifice on the alter
of the reform movement means busi
ness. The supreme court of tho United
States has decided that it i'l not au act
of discrimination for a rai'road com
pany to sell a number of tickets to a
crowd of travelers at a lower price than
it sells a single ticket. The Stale
Journal makes a loud noise about this
decision ' knocking out a lot of the
fallacies of the anti-monopoly agita
tors " We fail to seo tho point. If it
should be decided that teu carloads of
grain may be carried to market at a
lower rate than one without discrimina
tion, it would have the effect of driving
out small dealers. But we do net
understand that this follows from tho
derision referred to. The Journal
probably thmks that it does, and there-
! fr.re rejoices that monopoly lias srainnd
another victory.
Col. iNiiKitsoLi, is out in au inter
view on the political situation. He
thinks Harrison should not be nominat
ed ov the republicans bocauso he can
not lie elected. Blaine he thinks is tho
most popular man in the party but he
was beateu once and might be again.
Gresham is hischoico now as it was in
'88. Ho" says Gresham would get the
solid support of the labor organizations.
Tho Colonel's ideas are good, but if he
has any hopes of seeing Gresham nom
inated by the republican pnHy, they
will be blasted next week. Gresham is
too good a man. He represents too
much rugged honesty and genuine
patriotism to over win in a republican
convention. The candidate that will
get the support of the labor organiza
tions next fall will be the man nominat
ed at Omaha, and if Judge Gresham
and his friend Col. Bob want to come
where they will be appreciated they
should cast iheir lot with the people's
party and cut loose from a party that
has repudiated them.
The republicans are praying for a
"jingo" man to lead them on to victory
in the coming campaign. They would
like to head their ticket with some ono
who can arouse excitement and enthu
siasm enough to keep the people from
thinking. They are afraid Harrison
can't do this. Outside of the federal
pap-suckers, the secret wish of about
nine-tenths of tho republicans, "Oh, if
Blaine could only be nominated!" Vain
wish. Blaine has seen his best days,
both physically and politically. He will
never be president, and no one soe3
this so plainly as ho. Tho efforts cf
the machine politicians tu force him I
into harness is foolish, almost criminal.
It is a most emphatic acknowledgment
of the party's weakness. President
Harrison hs carried out the platform
and policy of his party as fully as any
man could have done. Tho only con
sistent thing for the party to do is to
nominate him acd stand by his record.
This we believe is exactly what the
party will do. But the people -aye,
there's the rub. The people will think,
they will investigate, they will coolly
weigh Mr. Harrison and the policy of
the party machine which controls him,
and like Belshazzer of old, he will be
"found wanting."
A VICTORY TOE KEM.
Last week we published Congress
man Kern's remarks corcerning the
people of western Nebraska, and his
demand for a recognition of their
rights. He followed up these remarks
with some effective work which wa
crowned with success. With the help
of tbe Kansas delegation and a few
others he succeeded in getting all be
demanded. Oa May 19 that
part of the "sundry civil bill" re
lating to the work of making topograph
ical surveys came up in committee of
the whole house and Jerry Simpson
offered the following amendment:
On the forty-sixth page strike out the
words in tbe fifteenth, sixteenth and
seventeenth lines, as follows: "One-half
of which sum shall be expended west of
the one-hundredth meridian," and in
lieu thereof insert: "$i0,U0O of which
shall lie expended west ol the ninety-
seventh meridian, in the states of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska. Kan
sas. and the territory of Oklahoma."
Mr. Simpson spoke at some length in
favor of this amendment, after which
Mr. Kem took the floor and made tbe
following remarks:
Mr. Chairman. the gentleman
irom Indiana Mr. ilolman says
that this work of irrigation is going on
well enough. 1 beg leave to differ with
him on that point. The fact is that
over a great portion of the territory
mentioned in this amendment nothing
has been or is being done. There are
thousands of citizens who have .entered
their lands in good faith, believing, as
they had a right to believe, that they
wire within the rain belt, that there
would be sufficient rainfall for the pur
pose of agriculture. They were jusii
hed in so believing because these lands
were opened for settlement under the
homestead, preemption, and timbercul
ture laws. If there was not sufficient
rainfall for agricultural purposes they
ought to have been opened under the
desert-land law.
I say those settlers have gone in there
in good faith, and tho amendment
offered is to do justice to as good a
class of people as you will find on God's
footstool; I mike no exceptions what
ever They are industrious, sober, hard
working, economical people, and are
earnestly endeavoring to establish f ir
themselves homes and havo paid mil
lions to the government for the
privilege of so doing I have hero a
letter from the Commissioner of Public
Lands which gives some idea as to tho
amount of money that these people
have paid into the treasury of the
United States.
Here Mr. Kem read the letter tho
substance i f which is shown in his
further remarks
Adding this $70,601,013 to the sum
previously expended for this purpose
we have a total of $14,079,574, to say
nothing of the amount paid into tho
treasury for mineral lands during these
eleven years since 1881, which would
swell the amount to not less than
$30O,0OO,C0O.
Now in all this work, covering a
period of twenty-three years, there has
been expended of this vat sum but
$3,900,000, and about half of that in tho
eastern states, as the map will show.
These settlers have found by sad exper
ience the rainfall to be insufficient, but
have been hanging on, as it were, by
the eyebrows year after year, hoping
that each successive year would prove
better than those preceding.
Mr. istockilate: Will tho geatlemau
yield for a question?
Mr. Kem: Certainly.
Mr. Stoekdale: Do jou understand
that the government must furnish rain
fall to tho people who havo settled on
these land;?
Mr. Kem: No v I wish to say in
auswer to the question of the gentleman
from Mississippi, that it would bo noth
ing more than fair and just if every
collar that has been paid into the public
treasury in the manner I have referred
to, except the amount necessary for
riling fees, was used for the purpose of
establishing irrigation systems that
woiud supply tho want of rainfall to
these people on tho lands upon which
they have settled, and thus place these
lands on an equality with other lands,
opened undei the same provisions,
which are embraced within tho rain'
belt. And I say. sir, that the homestead
la v will never be fullil'cd until this pro
vision has been made. But all we ask
here is that 100,000 of this appropriation
shall lie used iu a certain territory that
heretofore has been almost wholly and
totally neglected in this wcrk. By re
ferring to the map it will be seen clear
ly where the work has been done, and
you will riml that tho territory men
tioned in thai amendment has been al
most entirely neglected in the past. We
only ask now that this sum be used in
the raanuer proposed within the terri
tory indicated, and which has been so
grossly neglected in past years.
Mr. 'Moses: I wish to ask the gentle
man if he thinks we must guarantee
water to tho northwest settlers where
they have not enongh, if ho does not
think that in the south, where they havo
too much, the government ought to
guarantee to the people protection from
the surplus?
Mr. Davis: Have wo net spent ten
millions and more to give you that ex
emption? Mr. Moses: And then another ques
tion with the gentleman's consent: Did
not these people take possesison of this
land with their eyes open and knowing
exactly the conditoin of the climato and
what they might expect?
Mr. Kom: If the gentleman from
Georgia had given my remarks atten
tion he need not have asked that ques
tion, as I stated distinctly that these
lands were opened under the home
stead, preemption, and timber culture
laws, which in itself was a guarantee of
a sufficient rainfall. All lands in tho
arid district were supposed to bo open
ed under the desert land laws.
Mr. Kem: 1 want to say to the gen
tleman's other question that if he will
give us one-tenth of the money that has
been expended for the people of his
part of the country in appropriations
heretofore made, and which perhaps
has not paid one-tenth of ihe amount of
money into tho public treasury that we
have paid, I will be willing to compro
mise on this ground. We are asking
nothing of this government that we
have not given to the government, and
we are not asking the one-hundredth
part of even that.
Mr. Moses: Well, we will take oue
twentieth of what we have paid
into the general government and be
content.
Mr. Kem: The gentleman misunder
stands me. I say that if you will give
us one-tenth of the amount which you
have received in the way of appropria
tions as a protection to your people
from overflow, and benefits that you
have derived by appropriations for the
improvement of your rivers and har
bors, we will be willing to compromise
on that. 'You have had vast sums for
improving your rivers, for building
levees of the Mississippi river to pro
tect your lands liable to inundation.
Now, 1 want to say, Mr. Chairman,
it does seem to me that every timo
there is a motion made or a step taken
in this House for the purpose of aidii g
or helping in any way the farming
clau of our country, there Is a constitu
tional or some other kind of objection
raised against it. It seems to me, sir,
that there is a combination in this
House against the western wealth pro
ducer. I do not make the charge as true
but I say it see us to be true. And yet
this amendment is offered in the inter
est of a class of people that feed the
world, -and on whose shoulders this gov
ernment rests, and without them it
could not exist six months. Ap
plause. After some further discussion the
amendment was voted on and carried.
PE07EEES.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, the
protectionist is a total stranger to con
sistency. .
He shouts aloud with all his might,
"America for Americans!" but straight
way he insisteth that we must consult
England before we dare make any
change in our financial system.
He buildeth a high tariff wall to keep
out foreign goods, yet he says we must
have a "money of the world" in order
to trade with foreign nations.
He rejoiceth with a loud voice over
the building up of a home market, yet
he pointeth proudly to the increase in
our exports as a result of protection
and reciprocity.
Ha sweareth that the tariff is not a
tax on the consumer, that it is paid by
the "beastly furrinner," yet he crieth,
"Behold, how the McKinlcy bill hath
lifted a great burden off tho people who
consume sugar!"
He proclaimeth that the larifl is for
the protection of labor, yet he encour
ageth the "pauper labor" of the world
to come here and compete with Amer
ican labor.
Ho contendeth that the tariff is put
on to keep out the cheap goods of the
foreigners, yet he contendeth that pro
tection n akes our own goods cheap.
The protectionist hateth logic with a
deep hatred, but he lovoth statistics. o
He is wiser in his own conceit than
seventeen men who can render a reason.
The old parties rely for success
largely on the financial weakness of the
new party. They know they have al
ready won two campaigns largely be
cause the independents had no means
with which to push tho work of educa
tion. They hope to see the same result
accomplished again this yeir. If the
independents had a respectable cam
paign fund for the coming contest, tho
old politicians would be frightened out
of their boots. Will the independents
profit by the lessons of the past? What
is given to tho campaign fund will
prove the most valuable investment the
peoplo ever made if it only brings vic
tory. The producers of the state will
in one. year be saved a hundred dollars
iu reduced frieght rates alone for every
dollar they contribute to the cam
paign. Lancaster county alliance will meet
Friday, June 3d.
Mr, Giiison's "Songs for the People"
will be out in a short time. An adver
tisement of them will appear next
week.
FeopL'3 Independent State Conventions.
Tbe peoples indepbndent electerB of the
state of Nebraska are requested to elect and
send delegates from their several counties to
meet in convention at the city of Lincoln,
Thureday.Juuo 30, 182, at lOo'clocka.m., for
tbo purpose of selecting eiplit delegates at
larjro totbo Pi opic'6 National convention, to
be held in Omaha. Nob .July 4, 1CS. Andaleo
to eiect doii'trates to the state convention to
be hnld at Kearney, Nc-b., Wednesday .August
8 ,1892, at 8o'clockp. m., to nominate the
following state olHcers, viz; Governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treas
urer, attorney-general, audltor.oommissioner
of public lands and buildings and superin
totdentof publie instruction. The basis of
representation will be the same 1h both con
ventions and the same delegates may act for
both conventions, or two sets of delegates
may be elected as counties may determine at
their county conventions.
The basis of representatien will be ono
dolegate for every ono hundred votes or ma
jor fraction thereof cast in 1801 for Hon. J.
W. Edgerton for Judg6 of the supreme court,
which gives the following vote by counties :
Adams
Antelope
Banner
Blaine
Boone
Boyd
Box Butte
Brown
Busalo
Butler
Burt
Cass
Cedar
Chase
Cheyenne
Cherry
Clay
Colfax
Cuming
Custer
Dakota
Dawes
Dawton
Deuel
Dixon
Dodge
Douglas
Dundy
Fillmore
Franklin
Frontier
Furnas
Gage
Garfield
Gosper
Grant
Greeley
Hall
Hamilton
Harlan
Hayes
Hitchcock
Hooker
Holt
Howard
10
7
8
4
v
I
8
32
V
1
1
10
7
1
9
9
14
7
4
5
8
12
11
7
12
2
14
5
29
2
12
ia
6
o
3
10
10
2
14
While the committee do not feel it best to
lay down any definite test as to who should
be allowed to ote at the primary electioBs to
elect delegates to the various conventions,
as any test would not work equally well lb all
localities, yet we would urge upon county
and preelnct committeemen, and all having
the primaries in charge, to adopt such rules
and tests as will best secure a fair expression
of the independent voters of the state.
The question of seiectlrg delegates to the
National convention to which the congres
sional districts are entitled is left to the dis
tricts themselves, cither to call congressional
conventions in their respective districts or to
select them by districts at Lincoln at the
state convention, at the Fame time the dele
gates are selected to represent the state at
large.
We would recommend that no proxies be
allowed at either convention, but that the
delegates present oast the full vote to which
the state oroounty is entitled.
We vould also recommend that the pri
maries for electing delegates to the County
conventions be hbld Thursday, June 23, 1892,
and that the County conventions be held
Saturday, June 26, 1892. J. v. Wolfe.
C.H.P1RTLK, Ohalraan.
8ecreir.
IS Jefferson
10 Johnson
2 Kearney
1 Koya Paha
0 Keith
2 Kimball
5 Knox
3 Lancaster
18 Lincoln
1 1 Logan
9 Loup
13 Madison
7 Merrick
1 McPherson
4 Nance
5 Nemaha
14 Nuckolls
1 Otoe
6 Pawnee
19 Perkins
5 Pieree
6 Phelps
10 Platte
2 Polk
6 Bed Willow
10 Richardson
67 Rock
1 Saline
14 Sarpy
T Saunders
8 Scotts Bluff
8 Seward
18 Sheridan
2 Sherman
4 Sioux
1 Stanton
5 Thayer
11 Thomas
11 Thursten
8 Valley
8 Washington
S Wayne
1 Webster
11 Wheeler
B Tork
Total
V
X.
