THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
filje farmers' Alliance,
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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
C0N80LID1TI J.
Published Eykry Thursday by
The Alliance Puklisiiino Co.
Cor, llth and M Pt., Lincoln, Neb.
BOARD 07 PIMCTBS.
O. Hntx, Pre. . J. M. Taoiirsoir, Sec'y.
8. Ed. Tbobmtom. V P. J. F. Mkwkbd, Trcas.
C. II. PlBTLI.
Suuscription One Dollar per Ykar
8. Bdwin Thountok, Managing Editor
r-iAH. H. Pirtlb,. Business Manager.
R. A. M Pit ray dvoitlBltigMg'r
N. I. P. A."
People's Party National Ticket-
Tor President, ,
GEN. J AS. B. WEAVE It
of Iowa.
For Vlce.Presldent,
GEN. JAS. G. FIELDS
of Virginia.
For Presidential Electors,
T. G. FERGUSON, Nemaha County.
J. It. CONK LIN, Douglas County.
' JOH N I. JONES, Cedar County.
R. R. SII1CK, Seward County.
W. A. GARRETT, Phelps County.
PETER EHHERSON, Howard County.
E. E. LINK, Frontier County.
T. II. TIU1ILES, Cuming County.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
CHARLES II. VAN VVYCK, Otoo Co.
For Lieutenant Governor,
C. D. SHRADER, Logan County.
For Secretary of State,
J. M. EASTERL1NG, Buffalo County.
For Auditor,
LOGAN McREYNOLDS, Clay County.
For Treasurer,
J. V. WOLFE, Lancaster County.
For Attorney General,
y. O. STRICKLER, Douglas County.
For Commissioner of Public Lands and Build
ings, '
J. M. GUNNETT, York Comity.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction,
II. II. HIATT, Custer County.
For Conn rca First Distvlct,
JEROME SHAMl of Lancaaer.
Mr. Rosewater, permit us to in
troduce Mr. Majors.
Now let tho republicans of Nebraska,
cry fusion if they daro.
In ANSWRto a correspondent we
will say that tho next governor of Ne
braska spells his name Van Wyck, and
pronounces it Van Wike,not Van Wick
Th$ v has tho lon sound of i.
Pkof. Vincent of tho Nonconformist
(Indianapolis) goes to Kansas Septem
ber 12, to speak for three weeks among
his former friends and neighbors. Ho
will add much strength to tho causo in
Kansas.
All talk of tho Republ'cans carrying
Alabama is idlo folly. In '88 Clove
land had 117.000 votes in tho state
against Harrison's 56,000. Tho demo
cratie voto may bo divided exac'ly in
the middle and still Harrison would not
be elected. But it will not bo divided
in tho middle Considerably more than
haif of it will go to the people's party,
which will thus havo a clear plurality,
to say nothing of the large number of
votes which will go to tho new party
from tho republican! ranks. A'abama
may bo put down as absolutely safe to
tho independents, with tho republican
voto dwindling into insignificance in
tho November election as it did. in tho
repent election.
THE CAMPAIGN.
Although tho campaign has not been
formally opened in Nebraska, tho en
thusiasm of tho people is irrepressible.
Within the past week there have been
several of the greatest meetings ever
held in Nebraska. The entnusiasm
manifested is equal to If not greater
than that of tho campaign of 1890.
Everywhere tho indications arc favora
ble for independent success. There are
daily accessions to tho ranks of the
new party anl no defections appear
anywhere.
There is absolutely no enthusiasm
among tho repub'icani and tho meet
ings they hav3 held, except where they
havo imported such national orators as
McKinley and Horr, havo been poorly
attended and devoid of interest. It is
doubtful even if McKinley or Horr
mado any votes for their party. The
former ignored the new party altogeth
er, a"d the latter referred to it gnly
in terms of fcorn ard ridicule. Thoy
did nothing but work tho old tariff and
honest money '"saws." They , do not
understand tho situation nor the senti
ments of tho Nebraska pcoplo. Hence,
their work had the effect of strength
ening tho faith of tho independents
in tho righteousness of their causo.
Tho p'an of ca npaign adopted by the
independents is to force the light along
tho whole lino. Anumbor of challenges
bavo been issued by tho leading in
dependent candidates, and tho prob
ability is that they will be accepted.
Tho republican candidates cannot well
refuse to meet the independents much
as they would like to avoid it. The
probability is that joint discussions
will occur between Van Wyck and
Crounse, Kem and Whitehead, Poynter
and Meikleioha, MeKeighan and
Andrews, Dech and Haincr, and a
number of others.
Tho discussions in tho First, Third
and Fourth congressional districts will
very likely bo three-cornered.
These discussions caunot help but
redound to tho credit and advantage of
tho independents for two of tho very
best reasons:
First. Their candidates havo super
ior ability and experience as debaters.
Second. They have tho right, the
facts and tho arguments on their side.
Another great advantage of this plan
is that the independent speakers will
to able to reach thousands of intelligent
voterJ who have heretoforo been in
different to their course. This cannot
help resulting in a gain of thousand
of votes. On the other hand tho in
dependents havo nothing to fear from
the fact that the opposition will reach
the members of the new party.
The o'd party speakers have no causo
and no arguments, while they have a
fearful record to defend. Their efforts
will only strengthen and confirm the
independents in their faith.
Tho independent speakers will cer
tainly make a mistake if they do not
devoto considerable attention to state
issues, cspccia'ly tbe railroad question,
and tho corrupt administration of the
stato government. These are matters
that come home to the people, and by
dhcussing them many votes can bo won
that cannot bo won in any other way.
Tt is safe to say that during Septem
ber and October tho hottest political
battlo in the history of the stato will
be waged. We believe it will end as it
ougkttoend with a victory for tho
people. But the independents should,
above everything else, avoid
tho mistake of over-confidence,
tho mistake that cost them so dear in
1890, - Every independent should work
as though the result depended on hi
efforts alone. No stone should bo lefi
unturned. Clubs shou'd be organized
in every precinct. WorkerJ in every
school district should volunteer to dis
tribute campaign literature and push
the circulation of reform papers. Good
men everywhere should set them
selves tho task of seeing that every
independent voter casts a ballot on
election day. True and sharp-eyed
men should bo on hand at every polling
place to see that every vote is correct
ly counted and recorded.
There is no time to bo lost. Lot
every independent go to work NOW
and work with all his might till the
last hour of election day. This kind
of work will win. Let us make sure of
it this time.
WILL YOU SING?
If you want to draw crowds to your
rallies, if you want to set people cn fire
with enthusiasm, organize a gleo club,
and send for a few numbers of our
Songs of tho People. These songs
have received tho highest commenda
tion from all tho great leaders of our
movement. Orders are coming in
from a'l parts of the United States.
If you want some one to organizo or
train a gleo club, or to lead tho singing
at a rally, send for Prof. W. A. Howard
of L'ncoln. He is tho man who led tbe
singing at the national convention at
Omaha, also at both our stato conventions.
STATE PAIR MATTERS. -
It is not known yet whether the
challenge issued by tho independent
stato committee to tho democrats and
republicans to divido time with them
on the stato fair ground on Wednesday
and Thursday will bo accepted or rot.
If it is. tho independents will have
speakers present who will be able to
meet anyone the old parties can put up.
Tho independent central committeo
of Lancaster county will have an eating
stand on the ground. The proceeds of
the venture will go to the campaign
fund. Independents from all over the
stato shou'd remember this, and place
tho profits of their hunger where they
will do the most good.
Tho Alliance Publishing Co. will
have their building on the state fair
ground fitted up for an alliance head
quarters. They will have books, pam
phlets and music on sale, and papers
for distribution. Alliance and people's
party folks aro cordially invited to visit
these headquarters and make them
selves at home. Mr. Swigart will be
on hands to tell visitor all he knows
about mutual insurance, and tbat is a
good deal. The building is a short dis
tance west of art hall.
CAMPAIGN SUBSCRIBERS.
Every campaign subsciiber will get
tho paper three months for twenty-five
cents. Now is tho time to rush Ihcm
in. Wo want vdnn'eor agen's at
every rally. Spec'al rates will bo mado
to committees w'shihg a large nutLbor
of copies for camra'gn purposes.
Next week, in response to a request,
we will publish tho record of tbe
4 farmer legislature." It will be a
great campiign document. Several
thousand extra copies will bo issued.
Send for a few and use them in getting
campaign subscribers.
The next congressman from the
First congressional district will be a
Lincoln man, and his name will be
Scampi Bryan, Field or Maxwell.
CIVIL WAR.
strikes and rumors of strikes follow
one another, and tho .present summer
is rapidly becoming one of prominence
in tho nation's history. Armed bands
of citizens aro coming into conflict with
detachments of fie regular army, and
large bodies of tho state militia. Penn
sylvania and Idaho lead tho way and
New York and Tennessee follow.
From present appearances the latter
disturbances are to bo more serious
than tho former. In Tennessee the
trouble has been brewirg for some
time. An outrageous system of con
vict labor that has forced tho free
m'ners into competition with convicts
of the state penitentiary, was at the
bottom of tho trouble. Many of the
leading c'.tizcns have been in full sym
pathy with tho free miners. The stato
labor commissioner has been in jail and
s now out under $10,000 bonds. Tho
assistant mine inspector for the state is
being sought for by the military offi
cers because it is believed that ho aided
the striking miners and kept them in
formed as to the movements of tho
military. Many prominent miners
and o'.hcr citizens are in hiding and at
this writ'ng it is rumored that the.
mines are to be smoked with a view of
smoking out such as are believed to be
secreted in tho mines.
The conflict in Tennessee thus far
has resulted in tho loss of sov
eral lives. Two of the volunteer
soldiers were shot dead and others
wounded. It is probable that fifteen
or twenty of the miners were killed.
The troips are now in control and the
surrender of tho miners to tho powers
that be is inevitable, as m'ght have
been expected. Prior to tho arrival of
tho soldiers, however tho miners form
ed an army suliicent to march from
mine to mine and from eamp to camp, (
and compel the men in charge of the
convicts to put them on board tho
trains and depart with them at once
for Nashville. Whether the uprising
will relieve the miners from further
competition with convict i contract
labor is a matter wlrch cannot now be
foretold; but it does not seem unreason
able to hopo that the agitation will
bring about a better system.
As to tho great strike in New
York, at this writing there is much
uncertainty. The strike of the switch
men at Buffalo resulted in much lo?s of
property and great intcrfcranco with
traffic. A strong force of troops ha s
driven the strikers from the yards and
new men havo got' en control and are
handling tho business and getting the
freight out. Tho general in charge
thinks that tho military may soon dis
band but tho mayor of Buffalo still be
lieves it msafe for them to be aemoved.
At this writing there is strong talk
of a strike by tho firemen as an act of
sympathy and support of the switch
men. Tho grand master of the order
of firemen is investigating the matter,
and saj s that if the firemen go out they
will be joined at onco by the conduc
tors, crgineers and telegraphers. All
is uncertainty, and much public uneasi
ness prevails.
These disturbances over the country,
resembling tho incipiency of civil war,
cause much general uneasiness. They
aro also having considerable influence
upon tho politics of the country. The
greed of corporations and mining syn
dicates becomes constantly more ag
gressive, and tho doctrine of govern
ment control of railroads becomes
daily moro popular as their
operation through private and
corporate ownership proves con
tinually more unsatisfactory aad
dangerous. The transportation business
of this country is being recognized as
having become so important to .tho
whole country as to bo safe only in the
hands of the government where it can
bo managed n the interest of the peo -pic
alone, " "' . '