THE ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT.
&i)t farmers' Mtance,
A1CD
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
CONSOLIDATED.
Publisiied Every Thursday by.
The Alliance Publlsiiinci Co.
Cor. 11th and M Sts., Lincoln, Neb.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
0. Hext., Pres . J. M. Thompson, Sec'y.
o. na. inoRMOH, v.-i. J. F. MwrenD, Treas.
V. U. t'IRTLE.
Suhscription One Dollar per Year
H Sdwim Thoknton, Managing Editor
r-iA. U. Piktlb, Uuelness Manager.
F. A. Murray Advertising Mg'r
N. I. P. A.
People's Part National Ticket-
For President,
GEN. J AS. D. WEAVER
' of Iowa.
For Vice, President,
GEN. JAS. G. FIELDS
of Virginia.
GO TO KEARNEY.
The grand rally feature of the state
convention at Kearney is Aug. 3rd. The
people who wish to take it all in should
arrive Tuesday evening or Wednesday
morn'ng. The congressional conven
tion of the Sixth distrct will meet at
10:30 a. m. Tho state conven'ion is
railed for 8 o'clock in tho evening.
During tho day there wlil be speaking1,
music and singing in the big tent. A
number of the best orUors in tho west
will b3 thero to address tho people.
Tho prpspect now is for almost as largo
a crowd as there was at tho Omaha
convenlion.
THE STATE CONVENTION.
On Wednesday n3xt the independent
state convention meets at Kearney. It
is hardly necessary to remark that a
great deal depends on its action. No
ono who is studying tho politics of the
state needs to be told that. Thero will
be two principles in that convention: on
the one hand, dictatorship, suspicion,
slaKder, falsehood, and "rule or ruin;"'
on tho other hand, fraternity, harmony,
loyalty, earnestness and sober judge
ment. If the former principle holds
sway in tbat convention, the success,
even tho life of tho independent party
is threatened. If tho second principle
prevails, tho ticket nominated will be
triumphantly o'octed.
Thero are rocks ahead. How can
they bo avoided? By one simple rule:
Let every delegate go to that conven
tion determined that harmonv shall
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prevail, that all personal and factional
differences shall bo buried, and that
whoever is not w'lling to see them
buried, shall be buried with them.
If the convention will do this, it will
command tho respect of all men. If on
the other hand wrangles and factional
quarrels prevail, . the convention will
be a source of shame to independents,
and a subject of ridicule to their oppo
nents. Differences of opinion may arise, but
such differences can and should bs set
tled without' passion or excitement.
That the majority should rule is tho
most fundamental principle of our gov
ernment. This convention will ba
such a one as tb.8 people can afford to
trust. Whatever a majority of the
delegates decide upon should be cheer
full accepted, and heartily supported
by every true independent in Nebraska.
A large quantity of valuable mattqr
has been crowded out this week, in
our platform Wo "be?eTo-tnftc tne
r tt crnvemv.YlPnt. HI AfcrLPr WOrdS. O
WHOM SHALL WE NOMINATE?
Men whs are well qualified to fill the
offices if they are elected;
Men of honesty, courage and loyalty
to the cause of the people;
Men who will fight for victory with
A DEM00EAT ON DEM00EA0Y.
Col. Noah H. Plvmptcn is a Boston
capitalist. He is also a democratic pol
itician. But he is neither pleased nor
encouraged with the situation. In an
interview published in lh-i Philadel
all their might from the day of nomin- phia Press, ho severely condemns most
ation to the tlay or election; of the planks in the Chicago platform,
Men who will hold their party vote especially! tho free trado plank, the
solid, and at the same time draw tho proposed revival of wildcat bankioe
most heavily from tho ranks of the two and the public school plank. He says:
old parties;
Men who arc able to lead tho inde
pendent hosts to victory,
SOATTEE OUT!
Tho Kearney convention certainly
ought not to repeat the b'under made
two years ago of selecting nearlv all of
its candidates from the southeastern
To boil it down the Chicago platform
declares absolutely for fne tradp: it
declares for a Red Doer, a Yellow Doc
and a Stump Tail currency, and finds
us most viuious expression in lnteriect
ing the public" school Question in a
na'ional campaign. I do not think
there will be much personal discussion
as regards candidates. Any democrat
who believes in the old democratic
faith will find it very difficult to ex-
corner of the state. This is poor poli- tract any consolation from the Confed
tics. There are good men in all sec- erate freo trade, which was adopted
tions of the state. Tho wnsWn and al nicago.
"The hope of the democratic party is
in the Farmers' Alliance. It can afford
to lose North and South Carolina and
Georeria and throw the election into
their legislatures to carry some of the
states like Kansas. The democratic
New York papers see the point when
they call, as they did today, for the es
tablishment of a bureau in Chicasro to
do missionary work aoiossr the Farm-
northern portions of the state shou'd
be more fully recognized. This is an
anti-monopoly movement, and no sec
tion shouli have a monopoly of the
nominations.
A SL1NDEE-
Just after the Ocnaha convention
there annearfd in tho nlr! nartw naiun: prs' Allinnnoo TTotv iq irVoT.rt T
a dispatch to the effect that Gresham Put my money, and work if I were now
x i i . , in ap.tivp. nnlit.ins "
wus to do maae supreme judge. Since
then the vacancy on the supreme bench
caused by tho death of Bradley has
been filled by the appointment of a
Pittsburg lawyer named Shiraz.
The report concerning Gresham was
undoubtedly a base slander intended to
stir up the suspicion of the ' people.
Aiiere is no danger ot uresham's bamg
elevated to the supreme bench.
He is too grea1-, too truly American
in his views and sympathies to receive
any favor at the hands of a Wall street
president like Harrison.
Gresham is urdoubtedly in full sym
pathy with the People's movement,
and so far as his position will permit
will give his political support to the
People's ticket.
in active politics.
Col. Plympton's remarks on the plat
form are very interesting reading, and
his remark about losing North and
South Carolina and Georgia is timely.
But his remark about the alliance men
shows tbat he doesn't know "a little
bit" about the situation in the great
north-west. "Missionary work araone-
the Farmers' Alliances" would be
worse than wasted, and democratic
money spent in tho west would be pour
ed into a rat-hole bigger th3n the
mouth of the Mississippi River. The
nomination of Cleveland on a Wall
street platform was the death-blow to
all hopes of democratic success in both
west and south.
HOLDEN AGAIN. '
In this issue we again devote a limit
ed quantity of space to Holden. We
do not intend to keep this up. We
have simply added to tho exposure
made last week, a collection of com
ments made by the reform editors of
tho west. Their condemnation is uni-
1HE SHOOTING OF PEIOK.
l he shooting of Frick, the manager
of Carnegie's mills at Homestead, by a
Russian anarchist on Saturday after
noon is a most deplorable incident in
tht. contest going on between tho
owners of the mills and their employ
ees. It is especially deplorable because
of the use that will be made of it to
create prejudice against the working-
men who are in no wav resnonsi-
versa! and unequivocal.
Again we urge the delegates and vis- hip fnr t.h not w. m 0
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iwn io me jvearney convention to in- gret it far more deeply, and condemn
-o.iSw 4ui meuKAuvcs regarding it m0re siccerely than any other class.
"U1UBU 1U uu f lrt"u" m liunaio They used every effort to prevent an
uuuuiy. ;nsu invite tnem to inquire orphUts mmin,r int rrnmaa4A i
as to the truth or falsity of the cowardly have nothing but condemnation for the
"-"S"-"" "us uy mm man wko imitates the capitalists and
against ine eunor oi in S paper.
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Reduced rates to Kearney Aug. 3rd,
oi the certificate plan.
If the weather wi'l permit, the dele
gates to the Kearney convention should
"keep cool. "t
THEuncallod for harshness in the
treatment of Private lams is very gen
erally condemned. Even tho monopo
listic associated press admits that
public sentiment is very strong in its
denunciation of Colonel Streator. It is
to be hoped that tho matter will bo
thoroughly sifted. lams deserved
punishment but nothing of the brutal,
barbarous nature that was given him,
without even a trial by court martial.
Streator should be made to realize that
looDle. at a tax box;
at
their hired thugs by going outside
pale of the law.
The working men of this country are
not anarchists. They love peace, law
and order. They seek redress of
grievances through lawful channels.
Tho shootiog incident should be con
sidered entirely apart from the strike
since it has no necessary connection
with it any more than did the anar
chistic attempt to kill Russell Sage a
short time ago.
THE RAILROADS PEOSPEE.
In proof of the general prosperity tho
commercial agencies point to the in
creased earnings of the railroads. R.
G. Dunn & Co. report:
"Railroad farnin.rs have been the
largest in any year thus far, and clear
ings in June tho larjrp.st evp.r known in
o o
tbat month, exceeding last year eight
per cent., and for the whole year the
largest ever known outside of New
York."
This is undoubtedly true, but does it
prove the general prosperity of tho
people? On the contrary, it shows that
the railroads ar3 prospering at
the expense of the general welfare.
They have stifled competition, and
perfected combinations which enable
them to rob the producers more syste
matically, and effectively than ever be
fore. The increase of mortgages on
the homes and chattels of the people
proves that they are getting deeper
"in the hole" even faster than the cor
porations are improving their earnings.
These two facts supplement and fit
into each other.
This rapid increase in railroad earn
ings is simply a striking proof of tho
general tendency to concentration of
wealth in the hands of organized capi
tahsts.
A Strange Dream.
And it came to pass in the evening
of the tenth day of the eighth month
that I ate an immense supper and went
to bed.
And straightway I fell into a deep
sleep. And in the midst of my slum
bers I had a strange dream.
I thought that I died and. contrarv
to my expectations, I went straight lo
the realm of old Beelzebub.
And after I had waited a short t,imn
in the anteroom old Nick himself en
tered from an inside door, and ho had .
a smell of brimstone on his clothes and
an angry, troubled look on his face.
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ivna wnen ne nad cast his eyes upon
me he demanded in a harsh vm-
whence I came. And I answerod that.
I came from Nebraska, the land of the
1'iatte.
And immediately his
changed and ho began to question me
concerning nis ahairs in the land
wnence 1 had come.
And he said: "Is mv son Rnsewntp,.
still runninjr the Bee " And T ansum
And is my dearly beloved Opto still
running the S ate Journal?" And I
answered that he was.
And ho seemed mnp.li rplipvoi ori
tho look of trouble faded -from' his
brow.
Then ho Faid: "And what has Hp.
come of my favorite son Holden?" And
I replied that he was now in T .innAln
doing him better service than ever. '
hen old Nick, the "father of lies,"
smiled and looked perfectly satisfied.
And presently he said. "I was on
tho point of storting on a visit to the
the land of the Platte. W t ta
the stockof lies was running low.
But from what thon snvct. r fi
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ail is well: for my sons of whom I asked
wave great skui and experience, and
they are filled with my spirit.
I know thev will attend t.n t ii
, vxj IVlUi!
during the present campaign as well
" f "" ""jocu ii x were mere."
-and lust then I was awakp.npd
opening wail of a cat concert on the
iuui uver my head. And I dreamed
no more.
Selah.
exceea
TO Mr. F. W. Little, Greeting: You
better get another half million of Bos
ton money on tap for tho coming elec
tion. Not the money exactly, but have
your "eastern friends ready to invest
half a million in Lincoln property" if
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wis inaepenaenis are ueieatea lust as
you put in that half million after Mr.
LJ 1 pjub 'alliance or laoor orgamaoi
The State Journal thinks t,hpr
nothing more grotesaue than for to
Burt county farmers to be squealing at
on uate over the shrewdness of
Tom Carter in getting awav with so
many of them. But there is somp.t.hW
more grotesque. It is ihe present pre
dicament of the republican nartv try
ing to follow the leadership of this
successful "book agent," with all his
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