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THB ALLIANOE-INDEPBNDENT. REFLECTIONS. Now is approaching that time of the year When the politician will shed a tear For the lowly, down-trodden, oppressed and poor ; Now will he swear that tho certain way sure For the toiler to get better pay Is to vo to for him on election day. Now will the labor fakir Jump Into short-lived notice upon the stump: He'll speak his piece, he'll get his scrip, And back again into darkness slip. And now Is the time when the working fools Will make of themselves the willing tools Of those whose love will have vanished quite At six o'clock on election night. Boston Index. The Earth and the Fullness Thereof. The platforms of the various Peo ple s party conventions are becoming so amplified that It would save time if they would simply declare: "We want the earth and the fullness there of." Philadelphia Pross. A happy thought; a most excellent suggestion. Tho men who put these platforms together are not as a rule, practiced or professional phrase-build--, ors. and they will doubtless be duly grateful to the Press for its timely suggestion. "We want the earth and the fullness thoreof." That's the very idea. "Tho earth Ho hath giv en to the children of men, " and the People's party should declare, as di rectly and forcibly as may bo possi ble, that the children of men the whole people shall take possession of what he gave them. In their fee ble way, dear Press, "tho various People's party conventions" have been saying this very thing. When they have said that "The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritago of all the people, and snouia not do monopolized for specu lative purposes," they have been try ing to 6ay, "We want the. earth." Seeing that by meaus of mon ey monopoly and transportation monopoly the wealth they have cre ated has been legally stolen from them, they have demanded money and trans portation reform, and when they have done so .they have been but saying ; "wo want the (ullness thereof." Yes, our contemporary is right Boiled down and put into the fewest possible number of words, the demand of the People's party, or of tho industrial re'orm movomentfor which that party stands. Is "We want .the earth and the fullness thereof." Would the press tell us why the neople, or at any rale the wealth-producers, should not have the earth? To deny"-their right will he to assert that those who will not work have a better right to catrthanthose who do work; it will J)e to assert that the earth belongs to the few wtoo thpldjparchment titles to it arid that If the many would enjoy its fullness ther , must pay the few for the privilege.; the Press prepared to assert this? Come, friend, climb out of the slough of party, wipe the s'ime of partisan blindness from your eyes and say, are the People's party ;r ght or wrong in demanding for the world's wealth-producers "The earth and the fullness thereof?" Journal of the K. of L. ; f The Toiler: A Memphis lawyer writes a friend here that he heard a merchant and good word worker "say that he knew of about four hundred voters in eeveral wards that are ready to join the People's party movement There will be thousands in other cities besides laborers who honestly see the necessity of reform and will join the movement. The Faulkner County V.'heel quotes .Thackeray: , "A republic and an aris tocracy won't amalgamate. A coun try must be governed by one 'princi ple or the other. But give, in a re public, an aristocracy ever so Hittle chances, and it works, and Dlots, vand sneaks, and bullies, and RnAnra if coif Into place; and you find democracy out of doors." . . . . , CRIMINAL CLASSES GROWING. Increasing More Rapidly Than the Popu lation of the Country. Probably one of the greatest dan gers to organized society is found in the criminal classes. The laws of the production and confirmation of criminals, with their treatment should be among tho most thought fully studied branches of political science. The number of convicts in penitentiaries in 1880 was 35,538, while in 1890 it was 45. 233, an in crease in ten years of 9.695, or 27.28 per cent and during this interval the total population increased only at the rate of 24. 80 per cent Again, the total number of prisoners in county jails in 1880 was 12,691; in 1890. 19,538, an increase in ten years of 6, 847, or at the rate of 53.95 per cent. Coming to the inmates of juvenile re formatories we find the number re ported in 1880 was 11,468; in 1890, 14,816. un increase of 4, 378. or 29.46 per cent It is thus shown by recent statistics that the various grades of criminal population are increasing moro rapidly than the population at larga The same results have been shown by previous census reports. It must also be remembered that a large number of actual criminals are not under confinement and are hence riot Included in the figures showing their increase. , It has evidently be come a vitally important question for decision by society as to the best plan to pursue toward the criminal. The Popular Science Monthly holds it to bo a fact proved by statistics that a large percentage of criminals are de fective either physically or mentally, and have had an unfavorable heredity and environment Under tho general system in this country no attempt is made to rehabilitate them during confinement Criminals are first made to a certain extent by unfortu nate heredity and unfavorable social conditions, and then confirmed by im prisonment Weak character and en vironment bring out the enfittest ele ments, and society by its treatment hastens to provide for their survival. The Coming Crisis: In a recent number of Puck is a cartoon that ought to set the great mass of people to thinking. It represents Cleveland as King Louis XIV. of France, sur rounded by his nobles, Gray, Whit ney, Gorman, Russell, Patterson, Palmer, Boies and Carlisle, with hats doffed, tendering their sovereign the presidential nomination, and the White house down a straight road, bordered on either side by enchant ing landscape. The purple of royal ty, the fawning of courtiers, and the total absence of anything so degrad ing as a tradesman or a working man is suggestive. "Apres vous. Monsieur Cleveland." O, spirits of departed patriots of 1776! Has it come to this in one short century, that the glittering tinsel of royalty has come in play to attract support for a chief magistrate of this republic! 111, BURGESS. Blue Valley Stock , NEB. English Shire Stallions and Mares. To intending purchasers of this breed I can show them as good a lot of young stock from yearlings up, as there is in the west TH0R0UGLHY ACCLIMATED. LAST SHIPMENT 1890. Their breeding is from the best strains of prize winning blood in England coupled with superior individual merit. My imported mares are superior to any in the west; they are all safely in foal All My Stock Guaranteed, and all Becorded and Imported by Myself. If ycu want a Hackney Stallion, I have as good as was ever Imported. Come and see what I have got, and if I cannot show you as good stock as any man will pay your expenses. Prices as low as the lowest. 44-6m OBTAIN CHICAGO PRICES FOE ALL TOUR PRODUCE. OT cr7 SHIP YOUR WOOL direct to and receive all the value there i? in it. Mnrirlrrlc 1 II I II II II I I In Of Wool Growers have shipped us their wool in 111 lUilUlJUl tne Past arK wil do 80 aSam ths reason. Why can't w U V7 J f you. And they are entirely satisfied with the results. We are almost daily in receipt of letters from some of them ordering sacks for this seasons shipment, and thanking us for the way we have handled their shipments. 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