THE ALLIANOB-INDBPB NDBNT.
SHALL WE WIN?
The republican papers keep rehash
ing their remarks about how the alli
ance vote was reduced last year, , "what
splendid campaigns certain republican
county chairmen made, and how the
old party is going to redeem it?elf this
year.
Let not the independents be deceived
by this trick. It is true that some
counties which went independent two
years ago, were either republican last
year or independent by a small major
ity. But those who have investigated
the vote 'know that the cause of this
change lay wholly in the fact that thous
ands of independents staid at homo last
fall on election day. The lighter vote
of the independents as compared with
the year before was duo largely to
their over-confidence in the result.
The independents had had marked
success the year before, and felt sure of
e'ecting their county tickets. The
state ticket included only the supreme
judge and two regents, and tho demo
crats had withdrawn their candidates
for these offices with the avowed pur
pose of supporting the independent
nominees. All these conditions made
the independents unduly confident of
victory, and stirred up the republicans
to unusual effort. This accounts for
the apparent gains which the republi
cans made last year. -.
it might be added that the action of
the democrats in withdrawing their,
ticket and publicly avowing their in
tention to support the independent
nominees was a disappointment to some
independents and contributed some-
what to a feeling 01 lncimerence. nau
it been known that a majority of the
democrats would vote the republican
ticket and that the independent nom
inees, both s ate anl c mnty, were is.
danger, the independent vo'c would
have been increased by at least 20,000
votes.
All that is necessary this fa 1 for a
sweeping victory for the people's party
in this state is that the independents
be awakened to the importance of at
tending the pills snd showing the full
strength of the parly. We have the
votes to win the victory. Sha'l we cast
them? Brethren, what do you say?
Are you thoroughly awake to the im
portance of the situation?
Mb. Meiklejoiin, the people of the
Third district are hunting for you with
aPoynter. You havn't got Speaker
Elder to deal with now.
' "SHALL THE PEOPLE KULE?"
On July 12, Congressman Kem de
livered a lengthy speech in the house
on the proposed amendment to the con
stitution making senators elective by
the people. It is by far the ablest and
most scholai'ly speech yet delivered by
Mr. Kem, and compares favorably with
any speech delivered in the present
house. Mr. Kem has prepared this
speech for distribuiion among tin peo
ple. Copies can be secured by address
ing him at Washington, or by sending
a request to this office. A large por
tion of the speech will b3 published in
these columns next week.
WnAT a pity it is that Omaha isn't
in Meiklejohn's district! The Boyd
democrats of that burg would give bim
a most enthusiastic support.
McKeighan was renominated by a
unanimous vote on a roll call. Wo
hope to see Kem nominated in the same
way next Wednesday. Stand by the
men who stand by you.
The Rev. W. E. Andrews of Hast
ings is some oa political preaching but
our Billy McKeighan can beat him at
that and when it comes to politica.
running, the little professor will be out
of sight in the rear.
. The independents had a crowd of
about two hundred at their meeting on
the public square. At republican head
quarters, Steve Jones spouted slush to
a crowd of fifteen. -This shows how
political sentiment stand in Lincoln.
The Custer County Beacon very pro
perly asks:
'If a democratic majority of 138
elected on a free silver platform cannot
pass a free silver bill, what can a demo
cratic majority elected on a Cleveland
platform do?"
Now it is too bad. After Je3sio
Strode greased Allen Field and forced
him down the throat of tho republ ican
county convention, here comes in the
Rev. Judge Cobb and the sprightly
Billy Hamilton as candidates for the
place to be made vacent by Field. Poor
Jesse. And poor Lancaster county, if
this whole batch of political business
can not be overthrown.
Several of tho independent com
mitteemen in Lincoln are out soliciting
campaign funds. There seems to be
some rivalry among them as to which
ward will contribute the most. This
is good. We hope every friend of re
form will respond liberally. Those
funds will be used to swell the collec
tion at Ke3rriey. Committeemen in
other parts of tho state will do well to
follow their example.
Stockvlle, the county seat of
Frontier county, is to have a republi
can paper, something it has not had for
months. No man could be induced to
start one with the small support which
may reasonably be expected for a pa
per of that political faith, but the lead
crs have got togsther and formed La
stock company and hired an editor
from Missouri and as long as the stcck
holders will pay their as-essments
promptly Frontier c unty will have a
republican paper.
A TEIP TO THE PlOIflO COAST.
Weaver and Fields, the people's
candidates, will make a tour to the
Pacific coast, beginning tho last of
July. They will speak first at Denver,
Colorado. They will then go to the
coast, speaking at various points in
Nevada. California, Oregon and Wash
ington, and will rpturn by the North
ern Pacific through Idaho and Mon
tana. ,
-The Coloradoans claim that Weaver
The hanging of Priva e lams by the
thumbs uatit the excruciating pain
brought on unconsciousness and uecessi
tated the interference of physicians to
prevent his death was a i ae ; of barbar
ism which deserves unqualified cen
sure, lams did wrong in proposing
three cheers for the anarchist. We do
not de'end li'm; but a dishonorable dis
charge would have been sufficient pun
ishment, and the infliction of heathen
ish cruel'y is a disgrace to the author
ities who permitted it.
on to;keaeney.
The managers of tho independent
state convention to Iks held at Kearney
have arranged to have a circus tent
that will seat 5,000 people. Tho peo
ple of Kearney propose to take caro of
the crowd. Somo of tho ablest reform
speakers in tho country will bo there
to address the peop'e.
A rate of one and one-third faro for
the round trip has been secured on all
railroad, on the certificate plan.
The Journal is still making what it
calls editorials about General Fields
wishing the south had killed more
Yankees, and about Jerry Simpson say
ing ho was glad tho anarchist shot
Frick, and all such tra3b that every
bnrhr Irpmvg jq " nntrnp ' Brit, then this
GAINING GE0UND-
There can be no reasoablo doubt that
the independents aro gaining new rc-
criuts to their rakns dally in Nebraska
Almost every independent speaker that
comes. Into heaiquarters reports the
accession of influential republicans and
democrats. This is not at all surpris
ing. There were many conservative
men who looked with somo favor on tho
reform movement at first, but thought
it well to wait and fee what came of it
before joining tho new party. These
men aro coming now. There
are otner3 wno mougni me
tho now party would force tho old par
ties to do something for tho people.
They now see how vain U 6uch a hope,
and are flocking into tho People's party
as the only medium through which re
forms can be secured. Tho gains will
be more and more rapid as the days
go by. "
AN EXPLANATION.
Our attention has been several times
called to two paragraphs which appear
ed in TnE Alliance-Independent
some time ago. One was credited to
the Tulare County (Cal) Times, and the
other to the Porcupine, a southern pa
per. Both called attention to the enor
mous amounts appropriated every year
for pensions, and spoke in a very dis
paraging manner about the policy of
paying liberal pensions, which now
prevails. It seems that some designing
men in different sections aro attempt
ing to use these paragraphs to preju
dice old soldiers against the reform
movement,
Such an attempt only shows how
small some men can bo for party's sake.
No such sentiments as those contained
in the paragraphs referred to ever ap
peared on our editorial pago, or in our
column entitled "Among Our Exchan
ges." Tho blame for such
things rest3 with the news
paper unions and "plate" houses.
There is scarcely a newspaper great or
small that does not use more or less of
the matter put up in "plates" by these
companies.
Either accidentally, or purposely,
these companies allow objectionable
paragraphs to slip into the matter pre
pared for reform papers. This is the
explanation of the case in regard to
these pension paragraphs.
Everyone who understands the real
sentiments of the members and organs
of the people's "party knows that they
favor a more just and liberal treatment
of the old soldier than he has ever re
ceived from the old parties.
They propose to"look after the in
terests of tho gun holder more and the
bond-holder less. The new party is at
all times, and under ell circumstances,
emphatically thn friend of tho nation's
defenders.
A LETTER PROM WALL STEEET.
There is a gent'eman by tho name of
Henry Clews who docs business in what
is known as Wall street down in New
York City. Ho is a banker. Every
week ho sends out a circular letter con
cerning the financial situation. Mr.
Clows, wo believe, is not 8n indepen
dent. But his letters if read and un
derstood by the masses of tho Ameri
can people would prove more potent as
an eye-opener than all tho calamity
howls sent up by the people's party
cranks. Hero are somo of the things
ho said in his letter of July 23:
It is no light causo of assurance that
tho 6ilver question seem to have fallen
into fie control of tho conservative sen
timent of the country. The vote of tho
house of representatives, controlled as
it wa? almost entirely by political con
siderations, was plain evidence that
neither party dared to commit itself to
unrestricted silver coinage; and behind
this fact lies the s'ronger protection
that each of the presidential candidates
is absolutely committed against tho
free coinage heresies; which make 3 any
further concessions to tho silver factiou
in tho highest degree unlikely for the
noxt five years. In view of this pros
pect, it seems unnecessary ana unwlso
that some of the banks should raise any
objection to paying out gold certificates
to depositors desiring lo export mat
metal.. If the gold is duo to Europe, it
must go, and no contrivance of that sort
could prevent it. The banks may have
tho right to mu:o payment in gold,
but they cannot refuse to pay in green
backs, which are a claim for gold that
the government would not refuse to
honor.
The shock to public confidence im
parted bv tho outbreaks of operatives
at the Carnegie works and the mines
in Idaho has been repaired by tne
promptness with which the authority
of the law has been asserted and the
leaders been held responsibto for their
acts. The too frequent recurrence
of lawlessness by misled operatives
show, however, the necessity of main
taining the militia forco of the state,
as well a3 that of tho federal army, at a
high standard of efficiency.
Read the above, ye American .
soverigns; ponder it well, and then
deny if you can
That Wall street controls the two
old parties;
That Harrison and Cleveland aro
both enemies to silver;
Teat neither party dares commit itself
to free coinage of any other measure of
relief or reform;
That Wall street is controlled by
London;
That Wall street recognizes tho
right of European bankers and bond
holders to drain tho gold out of the
United States treasury whenever they
see fit;
That organized capital wants a largo
standing army in order to keep tho
masses of tho people in subjection.
Deny if you can that the money
power rules this country to-day.
And what are you going to do about
it? Will you stand like dumb beasts
till the chains are riveted on you? Will
you hold up your willing hands to re
ceive the shackles on your wrists?
This is exactly what you will do if you
vote for either Cleveland or Harrison.
Will not the intelligent voters of tho
nation rise in their might aid wrest
the government from the control of tho
money power beforo it is too late?
Painful Tiuth.
Turncoat Steve Jones has secured a
job with the managers of the republi
can museo as lightning change artist
and contortionist. He chloroformed a
Judge Gresham says: "The most
insidiou3 of all form3 of tyranny is
that of plutocracy. Thoughtful men
sec and admit that our country is be
coming less and lets democratic nd
more and more plutocratic. The am
bition and self love of somo men are sq
great that they aro incapable of loving
their country." ,