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About The Alliance-independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1892)
T HE ALLIA NO B - IN D B FOND HIT T. &jc lormcro' Alliance, AJTD THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT CONSOLIDATED. . Published Eveky Thuesdat by The Alliance rimuimifia Co. Cor.llth and M Bu., Lincoln, Ntb. BOARD Or DIKZCT6B8. 0. next, Pres . J. M. Thompson, Sec'y. 8. Ed. Thobhsox, V.-P. J. F. MErriBD, Treas. C. II. PlBTLB. 8. Edwin Thornton,.. ...... .Managing Editor Cnn. II. Piktlb, .liueineus Manager. B A. Mubiiat ... Advertising Mg'r "In the beauty of tho lillics Christ was born across tho sea, With a glory in bis bosom That transfigures you ami me. As he strove to make men holy Let us strive to make them free. Since God is marching on.' Julia Ward Howe, 'Laurel crowns cleave to deserts, " And pnwer to him who power exerts." : "A ruddy drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs." Emerson. I'He who cannot reason is a fool, He who will not reason is a coward, He who daro not reason is a slave." N. RTP. A. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Address all business communications to lllianoe Publishing Co. . AddresB matter for pub..catlon to Editor Farmers Alliance. Artlolefl written on, both sides of tho pape pannot bo URed. Very lonjr communication! isarulo cannot be used. Br "L Colonel Norton's speech nominat ing Senator Kyle of South. Dakota was a magnificent and scholarly address. When a man, whose voice was built for an audienco of two or three hund red, attempts to talk to an audienco of ten or twelve thousand he feels as though ho was talking through his hat. AN ANXIOUS and puzzled public is deeply wondering why the republican manipulators don't send " the g. o. p boodle wagon around to the Call office and see to it that tho names of Harri son and Reid are placed at the head of the editorial columns. The National conventions are all over. Four tickets are in the field clamoring for support. As soon as the hungry Judas Iscariot of the Call fig ures out which party will tap the big gest boodle barrel, that shifty evening sheet will be at libertv to hoist some one of the four presidential tickets. The spirit of '76 as shown by one of the mottoes, was most certainly with tbe convention at Omaha. JNever was there more soul stirring patriotism evinced than in this meeting. Men said and felt that the destinies of ths republic were hanging upon the decis ions of the hour and their hearts burned with a longing to do well the duties which the hour demanded. The affection of the common peo pie for T. V. Powderly is a crown upon his head more to be desired than all the kingly crowns of the oriental world His namejs a household word in the HarvJiome 0 every laborer of the land, and N .affectionate regard in which, he is n young, almost line thai wnicn exists it will be bestXhe members of these families vearlv erowth, h?s love for all mankind ' i 1 ' "'" "ack the loyo which is his THE PEOPLE'S CONVENTION. The first national convention of the people's party is a thing of history. It marks the beginning of a new era in American politics. The toilers, the thinkers, the patriotics of the nation have met; they have struck hands and pledged their troth to each other and to the cause cf justice, of human freedom. The north, and the south, the east and the west were there, and yet that con vention know no . section. It repre sented a united people of a great coun try. Iato the pit of oblivion were cast the sectional hatred and the partisan chains of the past. The blue and the gray commingled. With shouts and tears they shook hands over tho bloody chasm that has so long divided them, and resolved hero -fter to fight no more tho battles of tho past, but with united front to fa o the'r country's enemies. The farmers of tho west, and the mechanics of the east resolved that their interests as producers and con sumers were mutual, and that here after they would vote for those inter ests and against the interests of those who fatten off the products of their toil. No delegation in that great con vention came there to work for the special benefit of a state or a class. All camo to workfor the moral and' ma terial welfare of the wholo people That convention was broader in its ideas, nobler and more tru'y patriotic in its purposes than any na'ional con- in that convention principles were onsidered above men, platform above candidates. In the old parties, the making of a platform is a part of the drudgery of the convention, at best an effort to conceal the real purposes of the men who control the parties. In the old parties, the platform-maksrs study tho people with a view to de ceiving and misleading them. In the people's convention, the people them selves were there to speik for them selves, and to set forth in strong plain language their real opinions and desires. That convention was grand in its fearlessness and magnificent in its plain common sense. It feared to say noth ing it believed, and it was brave enough to emphasize its declarations bv its acts. It was brave enough to place a southern man and an ex-con federate soldier on its ticket, it was brave enough to put up for it" stand ard bearers, men whose record? as pub lie men are in full harmony with all its declarations. That convention was brave enough to challenge tho organized wealth, self ishness, greed and cunning of tbe world to mortal combat for the control of this republic. That convention stand? peerless in its bravery, in its patriotism, in its statesmanship, in its harmony and deep religious enthusiasm. It com. mands tho respect of the worid. It will bo a land mark in history. GENERAL JAS- B. WEAVER. The people's national convention made no mistake in the nomination of General Weaver for president. It is dsubtful if the new party con tains in its ranks another man so well qualified to fill the place of chief ex ecutive of the republic. Ho is fitted for the place both by nature and ex perience. To begin with, he has a wonderfully strong physical con stitution, something of the highest im portance in a president in these days. Ho ha3 fino executive ability. His ex perience in congress, and his study of history and politics fit him admirably to assume the duties of that office. He is a carefal, broad-minded and far-seeing man. Gen. Weaver is also a good candidate. He is an able and experienced cam paigner. He understands the issues and he understands tht people. He has tho physical and intellectual power to present the truth as few men in the United States can.' He has spoken on an average once a day for the past two years, ills delivery is impressive, his manner of presentation is convincing, his voice is powerful. He is a shrewd politician. Tho enemy will steal no marches oh1 Gen. Weaver. The old party leaders may well be on the look out that he doesn't out-general them. . Better than all his other elements of fitness, is his long and complete identi fication with the principles of the re form movement. There is little need vention that has met in this countrvX01 a Piauorm with such a candidate. within a hundred years. With him there is no room for even the Veuy few it any independents who went to Omaha were disappointed in gaining admission to tbe convention. Hon. W. H. Doch of Nebraska was chairman of the committee on tickets. He deserves much credit for his hard work and shrewd management. '-His motto was "let no worthy man be turned away till the last seat was filled." Hence the boys got in. OUR change in form involves no change of policy in the Alliance-Independent. . faintest suspicion or doubt When the people talk for Weaver, they talk for the principles of the reform movement. When they talk for the principles, they talk for Weaver, for he is a living em bodiment of those principles. Some have claimed that Gen. 'Wea ver will not be a popular candidal on account of his previous candidacy for the same office on the greenback ticket. This is not reasonable, and we do not believe it will prove true. ' The conditions of his former candidacy must be remembered. He ran then as the intrepid leader of a few bold and original spirits, the fore-runners of this movement. Against him was a moun tain of popular ignorance and indiffer ence. He could not hope to win. He could only hope to arouse, to educate. Now times arc changed. Now he is the champion of a great well-organized army of aroused, educated and enthus iastic men. As the days go on, and tha honest, patriotic voters of the land ser iously consider the situation and the condidates of all the parties; General Weaver will grow in popular favor every day, until before election there will be a perfect whirlwind of enthusi asm for him. General Weaver's nomination makes the result of the coming election doubt ful. lie may be elected president. If ii i j . . . . ino peopie vote ior their prin ciples and interests, if they can be in duced to rid themselves of this foolish partisan prejudices, he will be elected 0eyond doubt. - Let every independent in the nation set to work with new vigor, with deeper determination, with a nob'er enthusi asm to do his whole duty in the com ing campaign. Gen. Weaver -will do his part. Let the people do their part, as well as he will do his, and a grand victory will crown the effort. didctte, James G. Fields of Virginia. But thie gentleman's strength lies not in his name but in his ability and hi3 real worth. In age, General Fields appears to be well along in his fifties, although he is strong and vigorous, aside from the loss of a limb, and is quick and keen in mind and ready in speech. Mr. Fields is a typical southern gentleman, cour teous and polite by nature, yet positive and firm in his political position. He is both a farmer and a lawyer, and those who know him -best are strongest in their statements that in both these lines his success has been remarkable. " He has served as attorney-general of his state, and has been relied upon for much of the political oratory of his part of the country. General Fields served courageously in the confederate army during the war, and left one limb upon the battle field. He was elected attorney general as a democrat but has been of late years decidedly independent in politics and outspoken in the belief that a new party would be found necessary to over come the corrupt influences and tenden cies of the old parties.. With a fine, firm face, intelligent and cultured, with an education that speaks out in natural oratory, and a heart glowing with fraternal affection for all mankind, and with a willingness to work both with brain aid with hand, General Fields is destined to become tho favorite candidate of farmers and la borers in every section of the country. The south is strong in his support and the north will take pleasure in doing him honor. GENERAL JAMES G. FIELDS. If there be any magic in the familiar name of "James G.," the independents have it in their vice-presidential can ' I l '' V Willie Jones, who writes things for the paper while Charlie Gere hands out the semi-weekly Journal to -the pat rons of the Lincoln post office, must be a full cousin to "Thompson's Colt." With an asininity that, is natural, an ignorance that is deplorable, a falseness that is criminal, a blindness that is be wildering and a narrowness tlrat is nauseating, in a dysentery of words and a constipation of facts and ideas,;his royal side whiskers, in an editorial yes terday settled for all time in his own limited mind the fate of the independ ent movement. But read the editorial. It is fully entitled to a place among "Sketches from American Humorists." The uprising of the political craze that gave birth to the "people's" party of two years ago, and which still .has vitality enough for a big national con vention to-day, will be classed by the future historians with curious reyolts against constitutionalism and common sense that resulted in the rebellions of Shay, Dorr and the whisky insurrection in Pennsylvania in the early days of the republic, and in the slave holders' re bellion of graver import and of tragi cal results, later on. All of these attempted revolutions were based on serious errors of ' judg ment and political fallacies, that, viewed at a distance, seem inexplicable, but which at the time carried men away from the old landmarks of com mon sense and traditional statesman ship, in large bodies, and were appar ently as contagious psychological epi demics in the line of politics as were the crusade3, -the St. Bartholomew mas sacre and the ''jerks" in the western and southern . camp meetings, in tho religious direction in the times of our father. When that wild, tmultuous scene oc curred which followed the adoption of the platform of the people's party, one of the most striking features was the sight of an old colored brother as he roae upon the :houlders f f two white nen while the great prol . I blue and the frrav mamh i ; O j isetttn amid the deafening ly th colored man receiv the col' wre lion, I