THE ALLIANOB-INDEPENDENT.
AN OVERSIGHT.
By an oversight in the call for the
-tato convention the nomination of
Plflht, nrp.su1fint.ini plpptnrs vena nrmt.tnrl
A supplementary call will be found
elsewhere in this week's issue.
KEEP TO THE PR0NT.
At the Kansas state convention of
the people's party $3,000 of cam
paign funds were raised by collection
and subscription. At tho Minnesota
convention last week nearly $2,000 wero
raised. Now. let Nebraska prepare to
keep to the front.
At the Kearney convention a fund
should b3 raised that will testify to the
earnestness of tho people. Let no one
undervalue tho importance of this
matter. In order to win, wo must edu
cato and agitate, and we can't do these
things without money.
PETERING OUT.
According to tho old party papers
the alliance movement is petering out.
Here is an Indication from Nemaha
county: At the 'last meeting cf the
county alliance at Brock a prominent
citizen, and precinct chairman of the
republican central committee camo in
and expressed his determination to
join the independent party. He read a
letter from Senator Paddock on the
silver question which was such a com
plete straddle that the republican
leader could not longer hold his peace.
He had written askiDg the senator to
favor free coinage. He read Paddock's
answer in which tho senator gave many
reasons why he would like to favor free
silver but closing with tho statement
that it was impossible for him to do so.
The gentleman, who stands high in
republican influence in Nemaha county,
said that he had held out thus far in
the hope that the republican party
would yet show its intentions to work
for the interest of the people, but his
hopes had been in vain and he now
proposed to help a party that is known
to be working for the good of the
masses. His accession to tho ranks of
the people's party gives much satisfac
tion to the independents in that lo
cality.
COUNTY TICKET.
The republicans of Lancaster county
ave held their convention and have
ut up their ticket. The convention
as nothing more than a ratification
.eeting. The deluded delegates came
in from the country with an idea that
they were going to make up a ticket,
but their ticket had been made up three
days before in the office of Marquette,
Deweese and Hall, attorneys for the B.
& M. railroad.
The two senators were renominated
as wero three members of the house.
These men having been tried before
and found satisfactory to the B. & M.
railroad wero given tho compliment of
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two new member3 on the ticket are of
the same character. No conven'ion
was ever more thoroughly in the hands
of a corporation and its strikers than
this one. It was presided over by a
man who a year and a half ago was de
feated for Mayor of Lincoln by a wave
of popular indignation against corpora
tion and ring rule. As chairman he
throttled every attempt that was made
to question the regular work of the
slated program.
Thp, following' delegates are. namwl ns
specimen bricks: Tom Benton, W. H.
Dorgan, Si. Alexander, F. M. Hall,
Alva Smith, D. G. Courtney, B. R.
Powdery, D. E. Thompson Tom Cooke,
H. D. Hathaway, Alex Halter, W. W.
Carder, Sol. Oppenheimer, Tom Carr,
Peter Kuhlman. Apdy lyison, Aex
Jetes, Bud Lindsay, ' 4 ' v ''!
The independents of the new third
district have an ablo campaigner, and
a worthy man in their candidate for
congress, Hon. W. A. Poynter, and if
they do their duty, he will bo elected.
John C. Sprecher of the Schuyler
Quill has been chosen chairman of tho
congressional committee in tho new
third district. He is tho man for the
place. Ho will push things with a
vigor and shrewdness that will make a
terrible rattling among the dry bones
Thk democrats of tho fourth congrcs
sional district will meet at Crete, Au
gust 4th, to nominate a candidate for
congress. We hear no talk of candi
dates since Victor Vifquain sacrificeJ
his liitle boom on tho altar of honest
money at Omaha.
All indications point to tho re-nom
ination of Hon. O. M. Kem by acclam
ation at Kearney, August 3 i. This
will be a fitting tribute of respect and
confidence to a man who has faithfully
and ably represented his constituents.
We believe ho will carry nearly every
county in his district.
In our classification of the delegates
to the Omaha convention, we set down
the genial and eloquent Paul Vander
voort as a "politician," because we
were unable to ascertain his calling.
We have since learned that ho should
have been set down as a miner being
engaged largely in the development of
western mines.
The great political contest of the
future will bo between the democratic
party and tho people's party. The re
publican party will b3 broken up. Tho
monopoly wing will seek congenial
company in the democratic party. The
reform element of both old parties will
join the people's party.
Nysted alliance in Howard county,
reporting to state secretary for quarter
ending June 30th, reports a gratifying
increase in the membership and inter
est. This alliance has now ninety-four
members in good standing, and is active
and aggressive in all departments of
alliance work. Is there a larger alli
ance in tho state'? If so let us hear
from it.
The defeat of the silver bill in con-
held many a man to h's old party, and
will turn thousands to the people's
party as the only source from which
help may be expected to relieve the
people from the depression of business
caused by the scarcity of money in
common circulation. The vote showed
that the representatives of the peo
ple's party are a unit in favor of the
people's interests while the representa
tives of the old parties were divided,
but, as always before in a crisis, with a
good safe majority on the side of Wall
street and the foreign barons.
Here is a paragraph of what the
Right Reverncd Lamuel Fallow, pro
tectant Episcopal bishop of Chicago
said to a meeting of tho laborers in
Homestead:
"I have nothing to say about the
right or wrong of the work done on tho
river bank last week, but the fact
which stands out above the riot is that
you dealt a death blow to
the Pinkerton system, and it
is becau-e you did so tho peo
ple of America, not alone the work
ingmen, arc with you, and will bo to
the bitter end if you perssvero i,n the
steady obedience to the American law
and steadfast to un-American attempts
to wrong you." ' ' ' ......
H0RR AT BEATRICE.
To an unprejudiced listener who
heard tho speech of Congressman Horr
at Beatrice, there was little of interest.
It was simp'y interesting as showing
tho extremo to which the republicans
are driven for anything like argument
in behalf of their parly. Horr gloried
in tho tariff, waved tho bloody 6hlrt
and did some wild shouting. He chal
lenged his audienco to ask any question
upon any subject and when a l'stener
asked what ho had to say about the
present labor troubles, ho answered
that ho would touch upon that later on
in his speceeh and that was the end of
the matter.
In answer to tho question as to what
effect the reduction of tho tariff on
lumber from $2 to 1$ per thousand feet
has cn wages, ho said that it had none,
that wages had nothing to do with it,
tho sole object of tho tariff being to
protect us from the Canadian lumber
man on tho borders. "Why, bless you,
dear people," said Mr. Horr, "you don't
have to pay any moro for your board
fences; if you did, I would favor its
abolishment."
In attempting to tell what ho knew
about the demands of the people on the
financial question, ho said that "the
handful of howlers for cheap money in
this state want the' old state bank
issues. Ho then went on making wild
statements for two and a half hours
and implied that nothing was right or
good that did not come from tho g. o. p.
In all his remarks ho did not touch
upon tho labor question nor any of tho
other questions over which the people
are so earnestly studying. Instead, he
missed no chance to guy them because
they have some ideas of. their own.
Not a word on transportation, or labor.
Ho called the people foolish for not
keeping tho old republican wheel hor
ses in power. It was a typical repub
lican speech, winding up with thanks
that "we have the tariff yet."
HYPOCRISY.
Holden would have the good people
believe that he is being cruelly assailed
and persecuted. He is merely fighting
in self-defense. He has practiced this
"injured innocence dodge" so long that
he is very expert at it. To show how
utterly hypocritical and ridiculous it is,
we have examined a partial file f his
paper, in nine ot his late issues wo
find an aggregate of sixty columns of
his own writings devoted to assaults on
independents, independent papers, re
form measures, alliances, etc. In the
same issues we find about twelve
columns of editorial matter devoted to
advocacy of the reform movement.
He strikes five blows to destroy the
movement, and then in a vain effort to
conceal his purpose he. turns and
strikes one blow in its defense. Yet he
continually holds himself up as the
great defender and protector of the
movement.
We do not believe the hundred and
more reform papers of this state have
altogether devoted ten columns to ex
posing this consummate scoundrel, yet
ho howls about a conspiracy of the re
form papers to crush him.
Wo simply call attention to this as an
illustration of Holden's character and
methods.
How many laboring men will votes
for Harrison and Carnigie?
The Platte Center Reporter is a new
independent paper, and a very good
one.
The Truo Nationalist of New York
City will bz a people's party paper from
this on.
The old party papers have begun
their campaign of lies on tho people's
candidate. Just as we expected.
The Reid "rat" has gnawed a great
hole in tho Harrison "hat" and tho re
publican leaders are now engaged in
"darning it."
TiiE Beesiys, "there's nothing pol
itical about tho strike at Homestead."
But if Mr. l Carnegie had raised the wa
ges instead of reducing them, it would
hayo been "one of the glorious results of
protection, according to. the Bee and
papers of its ilk.
IP you want a eppy of the Denver
m!ning congress .report containing
Senator Stewart's great speech on free
coinage, send four cents in stamps to
Tho Road, Denver, Co!.
Holden has roduced tho business of
defaming character to a fine art. Any
one desiring a black reputation can
easily get it by crossing Holden's path,
or standing in the way of any ef his
vile schemes.
The New York Sun says tho wino
and brandy Gen. Bidwell used to make
was of the very worst, and that thous
ands of people have reason to rejoico
that he has quit the business and has
become a prohibitionist.
II. M. Bus H nell is back from his
Chicago mission, thanks to tho gooa
steam cars that did all tho moving
along for him, and E. Rose water, Esq.,
has placed an additional padlock on
the box holding Nebraska's share of
the campaign fund. "
A good many voters who have been
persuaded into signing the prohibi
tionists' million voters agreement must
feel pretty sore just about this time.
That party has voted down a free coin
age plank, and nominated for president
a millionaire who got rich by land
speculation and by raising grpes and
making them into wine and brandy.
Warren and Casey tho senators
from Wyoming, voted against Stewart's
free coinage bill. Their constituents
have very properly burned . them in
effigy. Senator Manderson voted
against the same bill, and Paddock
dodged the vote. Do they not deservo
similar treatment at the hands of Ne
braska voters whoso interests thev
have betrayed?
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There never was such an opportun
ity to sow the seeds of reform as there
is now. If speakers could be sent
among tho laboring men of Pennsylva
nia just at this time, thousands of them
could be enlisted in our cause. There
is a'clemand for speakers in many other
parts of the country. But what can
our,national committee do without
funds? They must have something to
pay expenses, or they are powerless.
LeLthe people think of this and re
spond at once to the call for funds.
RUMOR says the republicans of tho
new"Sixth district have determined to
nominate Judge Kincaid for concrress
against O. M. Kem. This indipates.
the hopelessness of their paso. They
would never think of nominating Kin
caid if there was any hopo of success.
When such "machine men" as Dor-
rington an! Whitehead step aside to
allow tho nomination of as good a man .
as Kincaid, it indicates that they are
simply putting him up ;to draw votes
for the state ticket. But they will bo
disappointed. ' " '