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Sftc Jarmcra' alliance, THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT COKWtlBiTID. Published Evkrt Thcudat ir Tux Aixiasck FniLisnrxa Co. Cor. 1Kb and M -. Lincoln, Neb. uuMtiuemu. O. Rn.L Ptm . J. M Toow, "T. I.U.TIOWIOI.T ?. J. P.Mirnsa, Trau. V, ii. rniu. B. Inwm Tfowctoh, ...... Y(rattit Editor- , Cmu. IL Pun Kualurw Mnfl . ln the beauty of the lilliea Christ vu born acrosa tke e, With glory In bis boaora That transfigure! you nd me. , Am be strove to mnke men holy Let us strive to make them free, Since God is marching on." Julia Ward Hoot. "Laurel crowoa cleave to deserts, And power to him who power exerts." -A ruddy drop of manly blood Tie surging sea outweighs." Emerun. "He who cannot reason is a fool. Be who will not reason is a coward, He who dare not reason is a slave." N. II V. A. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Add rati all bullae eommunlcatlon to Address matter for publication to Editor Farmers' Alliance. Articles written on both sides of the paper tunot be med. Very lonf communications, ai aruiu cannot o una. PEOPLES PARTY BADGE. The neatet thing in the way of a people's party badge is that prepared by the national committee, It is in tho nature of a button. This cut shows the exact size and appearance of the the new badge. The price is only 25 cents. The money realized from its sale is to be used lor campaign funds. Send 'to Robert Shilling, Milwaukee, Wis., or to this office. Do you want to attend the Kational 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 20'h and June 25th. the Alliance Publishing Co. will pay all necessary expeases 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 nder this offer should be marked "For special prize." Since the consolidation of tho ALLI ANCE, the Independent, and the Sun we are overwhelmed with exchanges in duplicate and triplicate. Exchanges will confer a favor by sending only one copy and that addresed to the "Alliance-Independent. 8LAJDER REPUTED. The Journal and the Call both quote with great approval Holden's slander about the Alliance Publishing com pany to the effect that it is now con trolled by bankers, railroad men, etc. As we have already said, a portion of the stock of The Son company was held by gentlemen who are not out spoken independents. , ! They are men who enlisted in the reform movement eo far as Lincoln city government is concerned. They are men of high character and standing. They did not seek u an entrance into this company, but were brought in. by their connection with the Daily Sun. The amount of Btock owned by these gentlemen is about one tenth of the whole amount Issued. So it will be seen that there is no danger of this company passing into the "con troUrf plutocrats." We will further say that there is not a dollar of water in the stock, of this company. Our stock ia-half paid up In cash, the olhur half payable in assessments. If any of our friends have a desire to investigate this ma ter, we invite them to come to us, and we will show them the exact status of our business affairs. ; , THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE. . From this on we propose to lay be fore our readers all the reliable infor mation and all the valuable opinions we can secure regarding the various can didates mentioned for nomination at Omaha. Withoat advocating any one in particular we will try to pave the way for the most intelligent action on the part of the great Fourth of July convention. The World-Herald intimates that the party of the third part may become the party of the first part next Novem ber. So it may. And so far as this state is concerned it looks very prob able. Sam Small, the great evangelist and co-worker of Sam Jones, has joined the Alliance in Georgia. : He has long been in sympathy with the reform movement, and in the future his .elo quence will go with his political sympathies. The Sun dld'nt publish a solitary line of news from the convention on the day it occurred. It didn't even pub lish Friday the fact that Harrison had been nominated, although the news was known all over town an hour be fore that sheet went to press. The Call. Really we did think the Call manhal some regard for truth, and we are sorry to part with that opinion. But we can't account for the above on any theory involving a regard for truth. All who read our column, headed 'Harrison nominated," containing the complete result of the ballot will cer tainly agree with us. Mum THE REPUBLICAN PLATTORM. A J the years roll by the republican platform grows longer. It also grown more meaningless and hypocritical. The most significant tUng about the platform Just adopted at Minn-apoli it that the real condition of the conn try is utterly ignored. It contains not a word about tho mortgaged tomes of the people; the In crease of millionaire and pauper, the increase of landlords and tenants; the increase of labor troubles, of poverty crime and suffering; all the results of the class legislation of the past thirty years. IU money plank is-a transparent effort to deceive. For twenty years tho leaders of the republican party have made a systematic and determin ed effort to demonetize silver, and es tablish gold mono-metali'ro. Every act on our statute books unfriendly to silver wasjiassed by a republican con gress and signed by a republican pres dent. Still in this platform "tho re publican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money." Evcrv federal statute that ever operated to discriminate against one kind of money and in favor of another, was emu-ted by the republican party Yet this platform declares that the re publican party favors su;h legislation as will make "tho purchasl g and debt- paying power of a dollar, whether silver! gold, or paper, at all times equal." Every greenback that was crippled by the "exception clause" of 1862 brands this plank as a falsehood. Every treasury note issued under the Sherman silver law of 1890 "gives the lie' to this platform. In the light of this declaration what must be said of the persistent efforts of republicans to depreciate and destroy public faith In silver and paper money? Why do they cry in ridicule "cheap money," "nat money," "rag oaoy" ana the like? Why on the other hand do they point to the gold dollar as the "honest dollar"? Why does the republican secretary of the treasury continually discriminate against silver in payment of the nation's obligations, which are legally "payable in coin?" And then they say: "We commend the wise and patriotic steps already taken by our government to secure an international conference." "Patriotic!" Shades of the revolu tionary fathers! What Is patriotism? Is it to allow the money power of Eng land to dictate and control our finan cial policy? Is it for a president of this republic to consult the monarchies of the old world about tho policy of our goverment? And then to cap the cli max by hypocrisy and absurdity, they commend "tho able patriotic, and thor oughly American administration of President Harrison!" "There is only a step between the sublime and the ridiculMits," said Thomas Payne. The republican party has certainly taken that step. Will the voters of the nation judge tho republican party by its words or its acts? A GAVEL PURLOINED- In his efforts to make political capi tal for tho g. o. p., one of Nebraska's delegates to Minneapolis has been guilty of a little trick that he is not likely to hear the lust of soon. The press dispatches report the following occurrence in yesterday's session of the convention: After prayer Webster of Nebraska called tho attention of tho chairman to tho fact that there was a Nebraska gentleman on tho platform who desir ed to present the gentleman with a gavel. The chairman said if there were no objections L. h. Walker of Nebraska would take tho tloor for that purpose. Advancing to the , chair, Walker said: "Among the many masterpieces of republican legislation, the Nebraska enabling act of Hi" is particularly cher ished by the people oi that state, and as a token of appreciation we desire to present this gavel. The wood from which it is mndo was grown upon what is known as the original homestead, located near Beatrice, Neb., by Daniel Freeman. We have the honor on the part of tho youngest republicans to pre sent the temporary chairman of tho convention with the gavol.Applausc. Mr. Walker has "the honor," eh? Tho following letter will show how much honor there U connected with his act: Bkatkk'E, Neb., Juno ", 1892. ElMTOR ALLIANCW INPEI'ENDKNT: Lincoln, Neb. The following appeared in the Min neapolis dispatches to the Omaha Bee this morning: L. K. v alker of Beat- rice has a gavel made from a tree planted and grown on tho first home stead in tho United States, near Beat' rice, Gage county, Nebraska; etc etc" 1 wish to state to the people of tho countrv that I think it is a "fake" for I absolutely refused to give Mr. L. E. Walker any timber for that or any purpose, fvhen requested by him to do so. it it is genuine, it was obtained without my knowledge or consent, and therefore was "purloined." By pub- lishing tho above you will confer a fa vor on me. very respectfully. Dan Freeman. Owner of homestead No. 1. Entry No. 1. The fact is that "Uncle Dan'l," Free man, as he Is familiarly known, is oae of the strongest independents in the state of Nebraska. Some time ago it leaked out that he intended to present to tho chairman of the people's national convention at Omaha a gavel made from a tree grown on the first home stead in the United States. This no doubt camo to the ears of banker Walker of Beatrice, near which city Mr. Freeman lives. The rest of the story is plain. Jlr. Walker has not only purlioned the timber to make tho gavel, but he has endeavored to steal the political thunder of the now party, and to mis represent the homo-steadors of Nebras ka, a large majority of whom are mem bars of the people's party. This is a fair sample of the honor, and sincerity of republican professions. For secretary of atate, E. RwewaU-r. For potmater general. C. H. Gere. Inikhkvients of Lincoln, get ready foi" your primaries. June 22d Is tb date. Sksatob Woloett was right whi n he railed the republican party an organ ized hypocrisy. Mit. Blaine now has a striking re semblance to Mr. Ingalls. He too is a stateMmau without a job. The colored man and brother is troublesome at the great convention. The republicans will have to elevate their colored brethren. Mr. Kmght of California said, "Let this federal brigade keep their hand off," but the federal brigade won their point all the same. It is a source of e mbarrassraent and great Inconvenience for 6trangers in Lincoln to have to inquire their way over tho city. Let us have street signs. The World-Herald apt-aks of John M. Thurston as a "quadrennial vice-presidential possibility." This is unkind. John M. absolutely declined some months ago, just as James G. Blaine did. Those things are settled. Repuhlican boomer: "Great is the American system of protection." Farmer's Alliance crank: "What's the matter with an American system of finance?" Hep. bootner (with a sneer): "Cheap dollars, flat money, rag-baby, rats." The Journal is no prophet. It says the deluge will occur in Chicago ten days hence. But that is where the Journal falls down. The deluge will take In the whole country and will occur about the first of November. And it will be a souzler. A FLYING visit of "oar man Friday" among tho loading clothiers this fore noon shows many of them to be full of business. We are glad to note that those who have advertised in The Sun and The Alliance-Independent are especially favored with a good trade. Mr. Gere to Mr. Bushnell: Would you like a post-office this morning? Mr. Bushnell: No, thanks. Just give me something cool to drink. Mr. Gere: Just step around buck of tho pestofflee and help yourself at the foun tain. Mr. Bushnell, this is Mr. Rosewa- ter, member of the national committee. When you want anything, Mr. Rose water is the man for you to see and you will find him a man who will always remember his friends and but no matter about his enemies; perhaps he has none. We are sorry for Mr. Gere on ac count of that $50, but it is nothing more than right that the republicans begin on each other in that way. They have been going into the pockets of the people until the habit has become fixed, and it is not strange that they go Into each other occasionally. The question that is now atxiously looking for an gnawer is this: Will Quay support Harrison? It is safe to say that four years ago Quay elected Harrison, but by such questionable methods that Harrison gave his leader the shake. It would not be strange if the gentleman from Pennsylvania would remember tho president in his prayers. Congressman Kem ha done some thing for his district that Dorsey never succeeded in doing. He has secured part of tho appropriation for govern ment topographical surveys to he spent in the western part of this state. This is a matter of great and immediate in terest to all settlers who depend on irrigation to rmake their lands pro ductive. The following language from ex-Senator Reagai of Texas shows that one democrat has soruo idea of consistency: "The people want a sound financial system: they want tariff reform: they want a graduate! income tax: the party is going to nominate Grover Cleveland for president, who is an avowed enemy to the free coinage of silver, and if elected the people may expect to remain the slaves they have made themselves." HARRISON'S NOMINATION. It matters little to the people what the republican platform says. Th people have learned J?y sa l experience that old party promises are as a "sound ing brass and a tinkling cymbal." Harrison's re-nomination was tho one significant act of the convention. That means more in a minute than the plat form means in a month. That means the endorsement of the policy of the administration. The acts of his admin istration and the policy of the party under him are written in the record. It was Harrison that removed Corporal Tanner for trying to carry out the pledge which the party made to the old soldiers in 1888. It is Harrison that has stood ready with his veto to kill any measure of financial legislation in the interests of the peop'e. It was Harrison that signed the Sherman sil ver law, and that approved of it in his last message. It was Harrison that tried to get p a row with our sister republic, Chili, on tho most flimsy of pretexts. It was Harrison who has closed his ears to the - voice of the American people, and turned to the monarchies of Europe for a solution of the silver question. It is Harrison's administration of the treasury depart ment that has uniformly discriminated against sliver in the interests of the gold-bugs. All these acts are matters of record, ihd they constitute the platform on hich he must be re-elected if at all. PRESIDENT POLS. The organic lalicrer of the nation mourn the death of a gr.-at leader. Four years ag Col L. L. Po'k wiw known to a few hundred of hU neigh bors. Today hi name i a household nl in nt'-llions of American hom. Tly millions of are dim with tear, millions of b-arfct are wire with grief at hi untimely death. The toilers of the nation loved Col. Polk because he loved them, because he devoted all hi energy, hi ability, his eloquence to tho defense of their rights. His ao ill was on fire with the love of liberty. A a leader ho wa followed because of his honesty and practical wisdom. As an orator he moved men by the power of truth spoken with simple earm-stiics. A a man he drew men to him b-cau,, of his true and noble manhood. His ideas were broad; bis heart was warm and symuathetic; his soul was sincer.;. A few such men have lived in almost every age, and used their gifts to raise mankind to higher levels. Such men shajie the course of history, and no matter when they die, the influence of their work goes on forever. As a general who has marshaled the hosts for battle, who stands a chosen leader ready to lead them on to victory, stricken down on the eve of battle, so died Col. Polk. But the battle will go on. His work of arousing, organizing. and training the industrial forews has been well done. They will miss him sadly it is true. But instead of dishon oring him by wavering or hesitating now, every individual soldier in the ranks will gra'p his weapon tighter and rise to nobler manhood in the effort to supply his loss. Col. Polk's words, his deeds, his charactei'will live to inspire men to nobler service in the cause he loved. Other leaders will be fonud to take his place. But no truer patriot can be found, no abler leader will ba chosci, no mibler man will win the confidence and love of the industrial hosts. WHY DIDN'T THEY? The convention at Minneapolis is quite as remarkable for what it didn't do, as far what it did. For instanca in. their platform the republicans Did not endorse the McKinley bill: Did not endorse the action of the re publican? in the present house in unit ing w ith Wall street democrats to de feat the Bland bill; :. Did not mention the farmers' alli ance, the reform movement nor the people's party; Did not endorse the Sherman silver law of 1890: Did not refer to the railroad ques tion ; Did not mention the nat'.oaal bank ing system. Yet these are tho issues of the hour. Why didn't they take a stand on these issues? The people want to know why, and they will demand it move and more as election day draws nearer. STREETER PAVORS STEWART- Hon. A. J. Streeter of Illinois who was the Union Labor candidate for president in '88, is out in a let'er favor ing Senator Stewart of Nevada as the people's party candidate for president. He says: Who is the right man to nominate at Omaha that we may reap the full benefit of the situation.-' While at the silver convention I made up my mind, independently and alone, who that man is. Such candid ate should kvc a record that would make him acceptable to the people, s partv and their allies in the silver states. Such candidate should be the embodiment of honor, integrity and sincerity of purpose, ho much so that whenever he sj)eaks bis audience is im pressed by every word, thought, and lack, of his sinceri'y. Such was the impression made upon me by Senator Stewart of Nevada. Senator Stewart is, in my estimation, the most available candidate tor unit and concentrate the reform forces. The Senator h every inch a man. He stands straight about six feet, three inches, is well proportioned, command ing in appearance and about sixty five years old. He is a good talker, delilwatc and impressive. After hearing his speech before tho convention I went to Bro. H. E. Tau lxneck, and said that Senator Stewart was my choice for candidate at the Omaha convention, and in talking with he western delegates thev were pleased at the thought of his candidacy." Mr. Streeter's opinion is entitled to serious consider ition. Those who have read Mr. Stewart's speeches on silver know that he discusses tho money question on the broadest grounds, and that he has expressed the first princi ples of the old greenback doctrine on many occasions. In fact it is gener ally understood among those who are intimately acquainted with him that he is a firm believer ir the old green back doctrine. If nominated on the People's ticket, Senator Stewart would undoubtedly pall a heavier vote in the states west of tho Missouri than any ot her candidate that could be put up. A RINGING LETTER. Hon. J. H. Edmisten, chairman of tho independent congressional com mittee in the Sixth district has written the following letter published in the Nebraska Standard: We desire through the columns of your paper to give the result of contin ued correspondence for weeks from all parts of the Sixth congressional dis trict. And we are glad to state to the independents of the district, the en-coui-acinsr outlook for their success in the coming campaign: providing no mistakes are made in the selection of a candidate. The unanimous feeling expressed in answer to my correspondence is that the Hon. O. M. Kem, the present mem ber of congi-ess from this district, is the choice of the people. That not only in dependents, but a great number from the other parties are willing to assist in re-electing fctm; not a single indepen dent has be-m heard from who is aspir ing for the nomination. However a certain newspajier published at Lincoln called Libe-ty, has attempted to find om; ore who w..i!d enter th fi-.-M an 1 make an tipen fight aainM Mr. Ken: but hi efli-ts are f r iU- ami the r nal fe-linsf he may entertain will have to Vxr gratified in Mime other way. A t how th'Hi '-'.'ir.s have b-n tim!atel U yet to come to th-s pub ic ear. It Loir f j.iuiou that the Indepen dent of the district are iffictently able to make their choice without the aid of outside indivldua's or other political jatrtics W say U the voter of tke Sixth district, strike hand in this ooble effort to free yourself from -rporate rule, and thu do-- not apply to one c-lamt alone: but business men. farmer, laborer, and to all people who are in favor of honen goic-nment. J. H. Edmisten. Chairman Sixth Om. District. THE CADETSHIP- All tie First congressional district and especially Lancaster county, will watch with great interest the final out come of the effort of Mr. Horace F. Bishop to secure the cadetship at West Point. It will be remernliered that a short time ago about twenty-live young men took the examination in this city, and that all except three failed, Mr. Jack of Peru ranking highest, and Mr. Bishop second. Following this, these two were called to Omaha and given a phisical examination before Army Surgeon A. E. Bradley. Mr. Jack failing in this test and Mr. Bishop passing it satisfactorially, ojiens the way for Mr. Bishop to proceed to the final test at West Point whither he 6 tarts to-day. Mr. Bishop is right from the farm of his father's, a few miles south-west of the city, and is a fine specimen of hon est, earnest young manhood. What ever the result of the test at West Point, Mr. Bishop has made a record thus far that is a great credit to him. and a great satisfaction, to his friends who will now await anxiously the news of his final success. WHITELAW REID- A few years ago the following utter ance appeared in the New York Trib une: The time is near when they, (the banks,) will feel themselves compelled to act ftrongly. Meanwhile a very good thing has been d me. The ma chinery is now furnished by which, in any emergency, tho financ'al corpora tions of the east can act together at a single day's notice with such power that no act of congress can overcome or resist their decision." Whitelaw Reid was then the editor of the Tribune, and he is now the nominee of the republican party for vice president of the United States. The above quotation constitutes the real platform on which Mr. Reid stands. There is probably no great journalist in the United States that is more com pletely owned and controlled by Wall street. For years he has done the bid ding cf Jay Gould. For years he has been the mouth piec i of the bankers' association. He is an aristocrat by nature, and a plutocrat by ambition. He is utterly devoid of sympathy with the laboring masses. Yet he is a can didate for their votes. If he is elected, well may the cynic point to popular government in the United States as a failure. THIS naner has nosit.ire knowlerifft of a number of important defections from the independent ranks. State Journal. Why does the Journal give Mr. Hol- den away so early in tho campaign? This is premature. Elsbwhere will be found a notice of General Van Wyck's meeting tomor row evening. The voters of Lincoln regardless of politics can well afford to turn out and hear a discussion of the issues by this distinguishei statesman, and orator The death of Wilkins Ruskin a Yale fro ii an injury whila being initi ated into a col'ege secret society, and the resignation of Mayor Broach's son at West Point because of the harsh treatment or hazing, ought to arouse the people to a vigorous uprising against these damnable exhibitions of the barbarism of the dark ages. These high inhibitions of learning need some reforms and neel them baily. In cheir national platform the re publicans refer to the "American sys tem of protection," and the spread of the American idea. If they knew a little history they would kuow that the system was in full blast in the mon archies of Europe when our constitu tion was adopted. Why. the word "tariff"' comes from the word "Tariffa" the name of a piratical town on the coast of Algiers. About the last day of October or the first day of November. Mr. F. W. Little will have friends here from Boston: prominent bankers, who will decide to invest half a million in Lin coln property provided the state goes republican. Whatever Mr. Little says may be relied upon. He has been tried you know. That half million that came as soon as Post was elected, was a great help to the laboring men. Half a million is not to be sneezed at. The money question is the leading i-suo in American, politics to-day. In spite of the efforts of both old pirties to renew and sustain their tariff fight, the silver question is the night-mare of the present congress. It is the ques tion that the politicians taik. and dream, and swear aiout. It is the ghost that will not down. Andrew Carnegie, the great advocate (and beneficiary) of protection well express ed the true situation in his "A B C of Money" when he said in substance that he would cast protection to the winds if necessary to preserve our 2nanciol system from change. The money ques tion will be the issue of the coming campaign. Blaine trot the thunder of applause but the lightning struck Harrison and the lightning is what knocks. PRACTICAL POLITICS. The lealin? editorial in la-t week's Nonconformist was under the above title, and it i an article which ought j to b.? read by every eople' iarty voter ' la Ihe lanl. The following are some 1 extract bearing on the choice of a cand date for president on the people' ! ticket: ! The grat question is, trkoesn. pull the rotei.' Who can tand equarcly uion I the platform and draw the heaviest ! from the other side? j Duty for the jieople's party to-day I calls for an unsentimental review of ! realities that will ) fad later in the ! camoaiirn. w e are in me miusi oi a political revolution Not in thirty year have party ties rested so lightly as at the I prevent time. Entire states, which j until the past few months have never j wavered in their loyalty to old party, are read v to-day to fall in lin with this movement if sen iaicnt gives way to ; sense in the selection or a leader. I This is not the time of year to I discuss the past unmindful of needs for I the future. v as L'ncoln uosen to lead the popular uprising against I slavery lcause he had been a known agitator for twenty years? Had the demand for that qua'iiication prevailed, would not Phillips. Garrison, or one of their associates have been chosen? A leader is now in demand (mark the words) who can focus the dissatisfied elements upon vital centers to gain pos itive success. We say it wiih cold blooded earnestness, that when you proceed to make nominations purely from a standpoiut of reward for past services, regardless of conditions con fronting us, you betray a degree of un sophisticatedness that provokes jest rather than fear in the oppos'tion. With an eye single to securing for our principles the greatest consolidat ed vote possible, would it not be the part of wisdom io scleet such a leader as can amass these throbb ng multi tudes? Let us not enforce a too narrow criterion as to party services in the past, so long- as the record uix)n all the great important issues has shown a manifest leaning towards popular rights as against corporate and alien privilege. The supreme opportunity for the people's party is here. Will it bo im proved io gain success, or will it be east aside, blindly reiusing to analyze the strong and weak features of differ ent men. with 'an eye single to accepta ble availibility, and nominate accord ingly? Is not the Lincoln who is to crystallize and lead this movement to victory, yet to be developed? There Is a vast amount of meaning in these sentences. Our people, trained in the school of bitter partisanship during the pas't years, are in danger of becoming too partisan in this reform movement. Of course the essential principles of our movement must be jealously guarded, bui we can do that without exclusiveness, without draw ing party lines 'o keep out the men who didn't get their eyes opan so soon as the pioneers of the movement. If we are to win, we must chooso our candidate with a view to drawing the votes of those who are as yet outside of our party lines. As a national party we are scarcely organized. Only a comparatively small fraction of the na tion's voters have ever yet cast an in dependent vote. Even in this state we have never polled over one-third of the whole number of votes for our ticket. To do or say anything that will tend to keep out or drive away voters is the height of folly. This does not mean that we must go outside the ranks of pronounced people's party men for our cand'dates, but it does mean that we are not necessarily confined to them in making a choice of standard bearers. In deciding the great questions of policy, what we want is common sense, not sentiment; reason, not party spirit. W02D3 OF WELCOME. The Daily Sun is receiving a royal welcome from independents in all parts of the state Every day brings letters of encouragement and promise of sup port. The reform papers of the state have also given THE SUN a heart welcome. The following are a few of their good words concerning our new venture: The people's party are to have a daily newspancr. The Alliance-Independent and Lincoln Daily Sun have consolidated and will publish a daily. Every one who can do so should give the paper his earnest support as this is just what the people need. It is pro posed to continue the paper as an even ing daily under tho present name for a time and then if the patronage war rants to publish a morning edition. Independent Era, North Platte. The Lincoln Daily Sun has re cently changed hands. It was pur chased by the Alliance Publishing com pany of that city and it will henceforth be issued as the daily edition of the Nebraska Farmers' Alliance and Inde pendent. S. Edwin Thornton is the editor, and for rugged economic truths Mr. Thornton ranks among the best editors of this sec' ion of the country. Platte County Argus. Hurrah! A new independent daily paper! Yes, st L'ncoln. And by the Alliance-independent. Whoop! See us go! Daily at $5.00 per year. Logan County Independent. AT ITS OLD TRICKS. The Journal can stir up more in harmony with its lead penc'l than the republican managers can bury with all the shovels and snow plows at their command. See how our morning con temporary stabs its stylus into the vitals of the Nebraska national com mitteeman: An attempt is to bo made to defeat Harrison in this state by spreading a rumor that if elected he will appoint that "brilliant journalist.'' Mr. Rose water, postmaster general. It is the hardest thing that could possibly be said against the president. In answer to questions regarding the Hail Ins trance company that is fre quently spoken ot in our Insurance Department, we will say that so far as we know it is all right and perfectly re liable. tWe have the utmost confi dence in the honor and integrity of J. M. Thompson and J. Y. M. Swigart, who are treasurer and secretary of the company. We believe all Alliance workers and papeis will do well to bring this mutual hail insurance com pany to the attention of farmers in all parts ( f the state. Qvekv: Has the New York Tribune 'office b-en "rat" ified? j NEXT comes tie democratic conven i tion and then comes th : winner. THE tie that binds the U. P. Liberty and the B k M. Journal is the railroad tie. S.'e? And now com Senator Ha'.e and says that Biaino did not want the nom ination. This is a queer world. Ik the sjiwches made at the ratifica tion meetings wince thj nomination of Harrison are aiy indicition, the cam pa'gn will not be one of Ideas, to far as the republicans are concerned. The republican papers say the ratifi cation meeting Saturday night was a "grand success." If it had Ken an indejicndent meeting it would have been set down a a "conspicuous fail ure." The Minneapolis Tribune says that a straight free coinage resolution was offered in the committee on resolutions in the late convention, but was voted down. This indicates the real meaning of the straddle that was adopted. When the U. P. Liberty and the B. & M. Journal stand up and sing "Blest Be the Tie That Binds," all the people say, "How well their voices blend. They must ba clowly related." And the suspicion grows that they are. What makes the Journal love Hol den so? Whenever the latter jumps on the frame of tho independents, the great morning daily quotes the article in full, and puts it in a prominent place. Funny, isn't it? With a great pomposity and empha sis the republicans shout: "We are in favor of free schoo's, free speech and free press." Well, who isn't? Are these the issues of the hour? Why not say ' free silver, free homes and free mon?" These are the real issues. The Holt County Independent is a new inpependent paper started at O'Neill. It is edited bv Judd Woods the little giant who has done such good work as editor of the Atkinson Enter prise. We like the tone and appear ance of the new paper and wish it suc cess. Prodigal John J. Ingalls, "the with ered mullen stalk on which someone has inadvertently left hanging a pair of glasses," did not attract much atten tion at Minneapolis. The crowd had not gone there to see a mullen-stalk, but co see a Reid. Next November we may go out and see a Reid, shaken in the wind and bruised. The Minneapolis convention, as a gold cure establishment, surpassed all the numerous institutions of the coun try that are engaged in that line. The fellows who managed the Minneapolis institute believe in the gold cure for everything, and the way they take it, it is very effective; but it is bad on the multitudes who have no part in the treatment but to provide the medicine for the few. The machine should be reversed. John Davis, of Kansas, was nomi nated for congress by acclamation a few days ago. This is only a fitting reward of merit. Mr. Davis is one of the most scholarly reformers in the United States. He has studied reform 'ques tions from the labor side as well as from the farmer side. His views are sound and philosophical. While he has not made so much noise as Simpson, he has done more solid good for the peo ple's cause. He will doubtless be re elected by a large majority. The following from the national orran of the southern alliance will show how the Alliance is working for the demo crats in the south: I. N. Barber, the People's partv can didate for the seat in the House of Representatives vacated by Mr. Mills, is an Alliance man true and tried. He Is conscientious, honest., and able. He is one of the people, a plain farmer, a natural born orator, and in point of ability and fitness much better quali fied to h'l tho seat with honor to the Slate of Texas than his opponent, Mr- Pendleton, wljo is a politician and trains with the aati-Allian-e dudes. Regarding the gavel used by Mc Kinley at Minneapolis, the Call either willfully or stupidly misrepresents what the Sun says. We did not say that John L. Webstet presented the iravel but that he brought the matter to the attention of the conven'ion, end intro duced Mr. L. E.Walker who presentee. th gavel made out of timber "our- loined'' from the homestead of Daniel Freeman near Beatrice. If you want the news as well as the truth, read the Daily Sun. If you want "stuff-' tho Call keeps it on tap. The official dispatches to Sundav's World-Herald report the views of our alliance congressmen from Nebraska on Harrison's nomination as follows: iect today, mid: "I think Harrison is better than his party. I don't bdieve either par ty will carry the election. I think the presidency lies between the Auianu-) anu me democracy, with the ehane:s in f.n ,f v. former." Mr. lem snid: "T 1 tl rart K.1!ai.a - - mm uuiittj that Hrtrrisim is ah own) a , p.w-im UillU C3 I 11C republicans could have nominated. Vll.-1- iiimiU linii. I. -i nunv .vuuiu imvu ueen a mucn better candidate and would have stood a bet ter t-how. If the democrats make a proper nomination, it will l'e between the Farmers' Alliance and democratic party, and if they have not a good can didate, the Fai-mui-i1 AlHur, .,.i - .""wive nun it- publican party wib have to fight for ."!iviuocjf. a. uiina mat now ihe chances are greatly in favor of the Alliance.'' Will Mr. Thurston take tho vice presidency in 1S90 or wi 1 he decline? 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