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About The Alliance-independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1892)
THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. 11 V PROTECTED LABOR. Thousands of laborers, under the guise of bunco protection, are being deprived of their bread and butter, and exposed to the unlawful encroachments of a gang of slaughtering Pinkertons, and yet we are told that American la bor is being protected by the very people who have' brought about the present deplorable condition between capital and labor. Thousands of hon est, industrious, skilled laborers are forced to relinquish their daily voca tion to satisfy the worldly greed of nabob millionaires, and their places filled by cheap labor, and as a mat ter of . course this system comes un der the head of protection t5 American labor? The formidable preparations that were made by tbo Carnegie officials for the reception of skilled labor at Homestead, and their arbitrary action in sending a disreputable band of armed mercenaries to shoot down an outraged populace will sufficiently demonstrate to what extent American labor is protecte.1. This infamous sys tem of sham protection, as it has been f justly styled by some of the people's ablest representatives, has been de signed to give the maximum of benefit to the few, to the grat detriment of the majority. There is a remedy for all these evils near at hand. Only three more months when the people should register their disapproval of the duplicity of ring politicians by casting a solid vote in the interest of the people. Do not again be de ceived by false promises; for the first consideration of a knavo is to help him self, and at the same time make it ap pear that he is helping others, like Dionysius when he stripped the statue of Jupiter Olympus of a robe of massy gold, and substituted a cloak of wool, saying: "Gold is too cold in winter and too heavy in summer it behooves us to take care of Jupiter." This is how the people's interests are cared for today by sham protection. There is ample assurance thdt the Colorado voters will stand by ca?did silver can didates next November, and cast their lot with the par'y that is pledged to the interests of the masses. They are tired of the duplicity of tinhorn poli ticians and sham protector 3 of Ameri can labor and products. Herald. unfavorable influences. Railroad at torneys and officers, corporation mana gers and their hirelings, saloon keepers and their state officer patrons con trolled the convention with a high hand and forced the country delegates to accept . every feature of the plan which bad been prepared for them be fore their arrival in tho city. The farmers were sat upon; honest, respect able, candidates wera forced aside and ring rule prevailed to a?i extent seldom seen even in Lincoln and Lancaster county. t All theso circumstances combine to mako it very important that tho inde pendents put up c strong ticket. A fair, equitable number of farmers should be put up for tho legislature; the number should be completed with such business men as know the noeds of the county and of the state; and an attorney should be nominated for coun ty prosecutor whose legal ability will give him entiro fitness for his duties, and whoso moral and social standing is not subject to common criticism. In dependents of Lancaster, let us bewi?e. Wisdom at the out-set means victory at the end. OUR COUNTY TICKET. The independents of Lancaster county have an important task on their hand in the selection of a legislative ticket. With a wise selection there is a chance to win. There is every indi cation that tho legis'aturo will be in dependent by a good working majority and it will be far bolter for Lancaster county to bo represented by members who will work with the dominent party than to have its repressntatives located with the minority. The republican ticket already nomi nated in this country is not a strong one. Of the nino nominees but one is a far mer. This is certainly a great siurco of weakness with the rural voters And ef the eight attorneys and business men there are few if any that can bo considered personally strong. Some are entirely out of harmony with the doctrines of their party and are tho e fore open to the suspicion of being re publicans for office only. Some have "records" that they would be greatly relieved to dispose of; and, all things considered, the republican county ticket may be put down a very weak ticket. , Further than this, the republican Hoallly Scthmoake ! ! What an oversight ! The republicans failed to endorse the action of their state board of transportation in that sweeoing reduc iion of freight on apples. TheparJy can never afford to lose all the campaign thunder that is bottled up in cheap green apples. Let tie convention be re-convened. Let no voter be caught by tho old chaff about throwing away his vote. A vote io Harrison is thrown away and a vote for Cleveland is thrown away. wnyr liecauss it makes not a parlicle of difference to the masses which one of these wins. In either case Wall street and Europe will rule the country and the peop'e will take the consequences. Tho only votes not thrown away are those cast for Weaver at:d Pit Id. The State Journal will fall very nat urally into a stereotyped nht 6n Gen eral Van Wyck. It has been so fearful thit ho would bo non-mated that it has lecn pounding him with all its might for the past three months ard will therefore bo in good training to continue thebatt'e. But a good many of tho Journal's readers will wonder why tho paper was so anxious to pre vent tho independents from putting the old war horse at the head cf their tie ket. And it is hard to explain, too. KNOWN ONLY BY NUMBER-. One night this week a shanty in which tho Chicago National Ga Pipj Lino company hived its men was blown dowu in a storm of wind. Two men wero killed and fifteen injured, some of whom have binco died. Tho place of tho accident was near Logan sport, Iod., and a dispatch to a Chicago paper says: The names of the killed are not known, as they were Italians and were known only by their number." To this condition of Blavory have ccmo hordes of laborer in this country, many more than the unthinking im- agino. Those aro men importoa unuor contract, in violation of tho law of tho United States. By whom? By repre sentatives of trusts, syndicates and great corporations. And why? Bo cause they will stand conditions of labor and accept of wages which tho American born and Americinlzed laborer spurns. The wage-earner who respect3 him- se !i will force from his employer res pectable terms in mutual contract. Ho will live in decency. Ho will surround hims?lf with wife and family. Ho will have good c'.othes, good reading and good food for himself and his. Ho will have good wages to secure theso things and in securing them he keeps up tho market for tho produce of the farmer and gives work toother laborers. This wage-earner is organized. If ho wero not, ho could not get the good wages. It behooves the farmer and all others who sell to him, though ever so indi rectly, to rejoice in his good wages and in his organization that secures them. But the few for whom tho many toil object to the American workman's standard of living. They want men in gangs, men "known only by their num ber," men wifeless and childless, men who will live in hovels and on offal. They aro getting this kind, too, more and more of them, and they gather up their added profits as between tho de cent standard of living and tho Italian's standard, and thev hie with it to Eu rope, or elsewhere abroad, to spend it And tbo money which tho American workmen would spend in healthy circu lation through tho avenues of home in dustries, congests in these thieves' fingers, and all classes of American pro ducers suffer corresponding loss. In the condition of the labor mirket today, the laborer without aa organiz ation id at the mercy of an orgaai zed capital that knows no mercy. And capital'i combines havo issued the edict that labor organizations must bo destroyed. They have b?gun tho war on them at Hrautoil, a Cm. Aleno whero not? And tho war meats' that they purporo firmly riveting tho chains of industrial slavery on every man and woman whoso life and daily bread depends up-n a daily wage. Thank God, it is not cow as it might -havo been but a few years ago. In tho war they havo begun the plutocratic lords must stand alono save fcr their meager following of hirelings and sycophants. The peoplo aro not wirh them. Tho farmer who feeds tho city laborer is no longer on the sido of tho man who would reduce tho purchasing power of tho laborer by reducing his wages. Not in vain havo tho workers of town and country touched hands in fraternal greeting. At last they know ono another. At last thev rccoirnizo their common interests'. Tho war on labor organizations means further robb5ry of tho many for tho aggrandizement of tho few, further despoliatioa of tho productive indus tries of tho country; further impedi ment of that country's institutions by degradation of its citeoship The people understand what it means, and, because they understand, it will not succeed. A. P. S. What's the matter with General Van Wyck? He's all right! TflE morning Journal inadvertantly admits that Van Wyck's nomination "means a lot of fuo." "Truth crushed to earth shall r:so again. The eternal years of God aro hers. But error wounded writhes in pain, And dies amoDg her worshippers. The question as to whether or not Mr. Kosewater shall reign eupremo oer Nebraska, has to be twice settled. The republicans eottle it in a prelimin ary manner today and tho people settle it permanently in November, ' The independents of Washington state havo nominated C. P., Twist for lieutenant governor. When tho next state legislature convenes the peoplo propose to havo a Twist on tho state senate at least. Our republican morning contempor ary prints a vigorous editorial in favor of caution and discretion just now when tho party is "on the eve of tho most critical campaign ever fought in Ne braska." Wo like to see the konest ad miss ;ons of the political situation. Patronize Home Manufactories, Patented Oct. 1 5, '89. Phe Perfection Gear AAagor). SIMPLEST, SHOUT TURNING, HANGS LOW, ABSOLUTELY NO RATTLE. FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. 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