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About The Alliance-independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1892)
THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. AND THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT CONSOLIDATED. . Published Etert Thursday bt The Alliance Publishing Co. Cor.llth sod M Btf ., Lincoln, Neb. BOABD OF DIBKCT9BS. 0. Bxnu Pre J M. Thomfsoh, 8ec'y. 8. Ed. Thobhtow, V.-P. J. F. Mifferd, Treas. C. II. PlBTLI. Subscription One Dollar per Year 8. Edwin Tbobntom, MaDaglne Editor ia. II. Pibtlb Business Manager. E. A.Muriuy AdverUalng Mg'r nTTp. a. People's Party National Ticket. For President, GEN. JAS. B. WEAVER For Vice, President, GEN. JAS. G. of Iowa. FIELDS of Virginia. Kem now deserves ronomination acclamation. by Get up a club for tho Alliance-Independent under our hoj? offer. Congressman Kem has been honor to h's distiict and stato. an O. M. Kem has been a faithful, per sistent worker for the interests of his constituents. Subscribe for The Daily Sun. Only one dol'ar for the next three months. Dont you want an independent daily for the campaign? The Daily Sun will only cost you one dollar till after election. Carnegie is said to bo a republican and Frick a democrat. Both have been charged with numerous grave charges but so far neither has been accused of being an independent. For the time being all poetic bea"ty has faded out of the "Footprints of Time." It will return after Ben Har rison and Tom Carter are retired: and that will be at no very distant day. The ComiDg Crisis, of Pueblo, Col., vf,ys that every incident of the mercin Uie, nnanciai, political or moor ques tion, brings water to the people's party mill race, every day adding to the movement. "Weaver is a sure winner," says the Crisis, "if this thing keeps up, and everything indicates that it will." a whoever asserts that any bans or railroad owns or controls The Daily Sun is a base and malicious " slanderer. No bank or railroad company owns cent's worth of stock in this company Several of the reputable citizens o: Lincoln who helped to start this paper retained their interest when it became the property of the Alliance Publishing Co. Most of these men are outspoken independents. Those who are not own a very small fraction of the stock The Sun is a straight out shoulder- striker for the reform movement. Le no one be deceived by the voice of cal umny and treachery. . THE KEARNEY CONVENTION. As we go to press ou Wednesday we cannot give a report of the convention in this issue. If we get a list of ,the Nominees in time, we will stop the prps nd insert it for the remainder of the mUk, KEM IN OONGEESS. Although a young man, a new mem- m l her, ana a man iresn irom a muster county homestead, Congrcssnan Kem has spoken several times in the house, and he has always commanded the at- ention and respect of his fellow mem bers. His . maiden speech was on the ndian appropriation bill. It was dur ing this speech that "Farmer" Funston of Kansas disputed Kem's statement hat government bonds were not taxed. The next day Funston paid Kem $oO for proving it. Later Kem made a short and very appropriate speech on appropriations in general. He made another speech on tho bill appropriating money for sur veys in tho interest of irrigation. In this case ho secured the adoption of an amendment setting apart $G0,000 to bo spent in a neglected strip of which he western part of Mr. Kem's district is a part. Lastly, Mr. Kerri made one of tho best speeches delivered on the question of electing U. S. senators by direct vote of tho people. Mr. Kem's votes have been all right. Whenever a question involving the in- erests of his party has come up . i n ho ha voted equareiy on mo side of reform. When questions of non-partisan char acter have come up he has shown good udgment in his votes. He voted for every motion for tho advancement of f reo coinage. Ho voted or such measures of tariff reform as have come up for action. He ha! been criticised somewhat for his vote on the river and harbor bill, but we bslieve that all who have read the able article published in The Alliance-Independent last week, are satisfied of the correctness of his action. Mr. Kem has introduced two of the most important bills of the session. Tho first was the Government Banking bill. This bill embodies ideas that are growing in popularfty every day. It sets forth a grand, systematic plan of financial reform, embracing all that is good in the various plans proposed by others. In introducing this bill, Mr. Kem doubt less stepped in advance of his party; but he stepped in the right direction, and his government banking bill has been a powerful educator. His second bill was one of immediato and vital importance. It provided that all debts hereafter contracted should be payable in legal tender money re gardless of stipulations in the contract. This bill if passed would prevent the agents of the money power from carry ing out the eighth great financial con spiracy, tho aim of which is to enslave the people by means of contracts pay able in gold only. Neither of these measures were ever reported from the committee rooms. Each old party has been too busy trying to manufacture political capital to pay attention to such errave measures of reform. On the whole Mr. Kem's record has been one cf which himself and his con stituents may be proud. He deserves to b3 re-elected by a large majority. He will bo able to accomplish much more during his second term than during tho firXt. The announcement is made that within sixty days one thousand repub lican orators will bo in the field in the doubtful counties of Kansas. And so the g. o. p. displays the fear that has laid hold of it. Heed and McKinley's billion-dollar congress was a thing of such beauty that the democrats concluded to go it one better. As to extravagance, what choice is there between the two old parties? What wo need is a new party. TnE democrats all over the south are exhorting the colored voters to stand by tho republican party. Queer? Not at all. The democrats know full well that if the colored man leaves tho re publican party he will go to the people's party, and democracy is now much more afraid of this new party than of its old adversary. The people's party in the south is making the demos hustle. On Sunday the Associated Press dis patches from Nashville, Tennessee, stato that Governor Buchanan with draws his name for renomination at the hands of the democratic party and pub lishes a card criticising the party for its autocratic acts and domination over the personal privileges of the people. On Monday comes the press report that the Chattanooga Argus, Governor Buchanan's weekly, has failed, being crushed out of existence by its cred itors. And so are all the men who havo a spark of independence in their make-up, fceing forced into the people's party. -.. xccording to the report of the post master general the government pays ten cents and a fraction per mile for the transportation of each mail car. JNowietusao a little figuring, it a passenger car will accommodate forty persons each should pay one-fortieth of ten cents per mile or one-fourth of a cent. Where is the railroad that car ries passengers for a quarter of a cent per mile? But it may be said that this is an unfair statement of the case, for the cars are not always full. That is true; so let us suppose that a car aver ages on'y ten passengers. Then the same rate that the railroads are willing to take from the government would call for one cent per mile. Is it possible that the railroads make something more than a fair margin on their pass enger traffic at from three to five cents per mile? TAKE NOTICE. The Bee advertisement which appears on another page was Inserted through a mistake of our advertising man. We print one side of the paper at a time, and this advertisement was put on the side first printed and was not seen by the editor till that side of the paper was struck off. We hope none of our readers will be misled into taking this monopoly sheet. There is but one side of monopoly ques tions and the Bee is on the side of the enemies of the people. SHALL WE WIN? The people's cause is marching on. The signs of the times are hopeful. The silver states are uniting with the people's movement. Democracy in many southern states is torn asunder. Republican and democratic tyranny are alike strcngthing the cause of the populists. Arrogant, autocratic officers and bosses are driving the masses into tho new movement, and victory is com ing our way. Will Nebraska maintain her 'position in the very forefront of this battle? Let us believe that she will. If no eer ious mistakes are made in the business of tho state convention, Nebraska is safe for the people's party. Our ene mies see this as clearly as we do, and they are showing their fear by the desperate steps whfch they are taking to disrupt' the independent party. Wolves in sheep's clothing are sup-' ported by the old party leaders while they prowl about among the inde pendents to do them harm. Every imaginable trap is being laid to catch the unguarded independent. Every possible scheme is beiEg worked to throw suspicion upon the prominent leaders. Secret conclaves of corporation attorneys and political strikers are held, and adjourned and reconvened that plans may be matured for the over throw of the people's cause. Independents of Nebraska, shall we allow the enemy to entrap us ? : Shall we perHt personal enmity to be stirred up ? Shall suspicion of our friends be awakened by the falsehoods of our ;oes? The people's party of Nebraska is now undergoing the crucial test. The work f the state convention this week is of the greatest importance. If . a fair degree of harmony shall prevail, if a wise choice of candidates shall be made, if a spirit of brotherly confidence shall prevail, then we shall but wait for November to announce the triumph of the people. We cannot all see the situation alike. There must be sharp and radical differ ences of opinion, but when the confer ences are ended and the work is done, and the standard bearers are named, then for the sake of victory in the grand caue in which we are, enlisted, let every man abide by the judgement of the majority and go out to do battla in the campaign that is before us. And so shall the people win. TBE farmers over the state are very busyl but they are not too busy to at tend! political meetings. They are They THAT MOETGAGE EEOOED. This week: we publish the first install ment of our discussion of the Nebraska mortgage recoroS tAnother article on the subject will apjJrvnext week. We expect to pube,?" he whole re cord in circular form as" a ,i?aign doc ument. We believe it willit h$ great- n sn w. j. est eye-opener and votvff iu U) ever liurmer evidence c Lzttmtrr tmi - z5, cent opeiT rmmreirwf OUE OBLIGING POSTMASTEKS. Thousands of people in Nebraska have received copies of Liberty in tbe past two weeks, and many of them are wondering how the publisher secured their addresses. We can help them to solve the riddle: The republican postmasters of the state are assisting holden. Large packages of Liberty are sent to the postmasters with' the request that they put them in the boxes and they are doing it. Very kind and obliging, aren't they? Sometimes it takes the Alliance-Independent four or five days to reach the sub scribers, and sometimes it never gets there. The same is true of some of the other straight independent papers. But Liberty doesn't even have to be addressed in order to reach voters in all parts of the state. Not all copies of Liberty are sent in this way but many of them are.. If further evidence of Holden's base pur- r
