THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
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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-
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