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f t 10 THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. A POLITICAL PROTEST. Why havo men gom into tho inde pendent movemont? Somo because they believe in awincreiso of currency; somo because they brieve in gov ernmental control of railroads and tel egraphs: somo, perhaps, in the hopa of securing offlco, and a few possibly, as a moans of personal rovenge. But there is still another causo tbat has taken hundreds and thousands of men into tho new party. It is the conviction that has bee n forced upon them that tho old parties havo Iwth passed be yond tho control of tho people into tho hands of designing capi alists and cor porations, whoso end and aim in life is to control legislation in their own selfish interests. When combines advance tho price of coal simply because they can; when wealthy manufacturers reduce the wages of operators without just cause; when transportation companies charge more for tho marketing of grain twice over, then tho cost of raising it; and when corporation attorneys buy their way into oflico and control legislation in tho interests of theso wealthy com bines and manufacturers and transpor tation companies; when all theso things are seen year after year and with re publican and democrat ie rule alike, what wonder that the masses aro turn ing away from tho parties in which they have bsen reared, not only with sorrow, but with anger as well, and with a determination to be revenged upon theso despot'e usurpers. Men may ridicule tho accusation of ring rulo; men may scoff at the idea of subsidized press; men may deny that legislatures, yea and congresses aro bought with gold, but tho poople know that theso t Lings aro true. It may be unpopular to talk of tho oppression of the poor by tho rich, but the ra in is a fool or a liar who denies tbat it ex sts throughout tho country and is growing worse acd worso as the years go by. It may seem plausiblo to say that you cannot legislate a man r'ch or poor, but no man can deny that the capitalists of this country guard the legislation of country with tho ulmost care, lest somo of their wealth bo legislated from their over-full cofi'ers into tho needy hands of tho common people. Tho organization of tho people's party, as well as its wonderful growth, is a great political protest from tho masses of the country against ino management of public alTairs solely in the interests of the few and against the interests of tho many. It is a breaking away from false lcjtdcrs when their perfidy has been discovered; it is tho unspoken curse of tbo downtrodden as they rise up to strike their oppressers. The grounds for the present political uprising, far exceed the reasons winch justified the American rebellion against British oppression in 1776. Let us hope that with years wo havo learned wisdom and that tho present protest may bo heeded, and the wrongs righted by peaceful political methods, and thus avert tho otherwise inevitable method of forco and bloodshed. ' Friends, when you fee a little squatty cuss, with bow legs, bald head and a bad eye, fal. down and grovel in the dust for flvo minutes. Ho is the sawf d off Bohcmiam Joss from Omaha. Wednesday's Call. Ye?, that's who he is, and they all fell down and groveled, and the Call rolled in the dust with the balance of thorn.,. THE EEPUBLI0AN3. Tho republican state convention, held in this city, was a howling mob', but not a howling success. Tho re publican papers will now print long editorial articles in regard to tho har mony which prevails, but tho truth i3 that inharmony prevails. The only fellows who aro sa iified aro the Omaha crowd, tho admin istra' ion crowd, and tho leeches who crawl at their feet, and wait for a'l opportunity to suck blood from tho leaders. As to locality the ticket is not at all well selected. Tho southeastern part of tho stato gets absolutory nothing. Not only was Tom Majors defeated but his friends wero defeated with him. Thd ticket is a lop-sided affair with Omaba and Rosowater badges all over it. Tho rank and file of tho republican party cannot feel that they got any thing whatever out of tho deal. Ben Harrison's national committeeman forced the party to place at tho head of tho lcket ono of Ben Harrison's federal officers, and so tho whole repub can machine is hitched on tho ad minis tration machine. Tho stato ticket is not enly put up by oflico holders and railroad attorneys and professional politicians, bJt is largely composed of meu from those classes. The candidate for governor is a banker as well ivs a federal officer. The nominee for the second place is a proachcr politician of English birth. A preacher ought to bo good, and a politician might be good, but tho com bination is bad. Tho candidato for stato auditor has held the oflifo of court reporter since 1877. Tho stato officers nominated have not distinguished themselves except by tho passage of tho famous green apple order. Altogether tho ticket has no peculiar strength and much peculiar weakness. There is nothing about it or the Omaha and railroad crowd that forced it through, that will win back a single independent who was formerly a republican. On the contrary the ticket itself and the forces which brought it into being will make many a man who has thus far been republi can, look with favor upon other parties and nominees when ho goes to the polls to make up his ticket this fall. The party is put on the defensive and the prospects of defeat aro strong. Let us have no more all night con ventions. They are disagreeab'o and they are also dangerous. Mjn who are weary and sleepy aro likely to do things hast:ly and without duo con sideration. Men grow care'ess. They are in a hurry to get through. They are too tired to think at;d too sleepy to investigate. Tho independents have had enough experience in this matter. The Kearney convention did its work well, very well in most cases, but it nar rowly escaped making several blunders. Its platform is not so complete nor so perfect as could be desired. Somo of its candidates wero selected after its numbers were greatly depleted by the departure of delegates. Let us havo no more all night conventions. OUR pedagogic editor was requested to make a free translation of tho World-Herald's crmments upon tho gubernatorial situation, and without the aid of a Lexicon of the Omaha lan guage, ho at onco produced tho follow ing: 4 'Our father-in law is a rattling good fellow. He is much better than his party. 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