THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
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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.
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