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12 THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT THE BEPUBLIOAN PABTI AS SEEN THROUGH REPUBLICAN EYES. When tho republicans of Nebraska, the "old-tlmo machine men,"undertake to tell tho truth about cno another, everything tho independents have ever said about them becomes tamo In com parison to their 6tartlinff disclosures. This has been illustrated several times but never more forcibly than in tho present war between tho friend i of Crounso headed by Itosewater, and tho f riends of Majors. "Scandalous incidents," "ono of tho greatest crimes that has ever been . perpetrated against tho people of this state," "rufllanly crowd," "a high handed conspiracy," "their infamous plan," "infamous under-handed criminal business," aro very strong expressions. But they aro used by tho leading re publican editor of tho west, tho na tional committeeman for Nebraska. Harrison's right hani man, to describo the luadlng managers of the party, and their acts. They como from a man who is thoroughly familiar with tho insido as well as tho outsido history of Nebraska politics. Such language coming from such a man carrios great weight. Pooplo may not love E. Roso water, they may say and believe that ho a.id his methods aro as bad as tho men and tho mothod he denounces; but this does not disprovo his charges. Tho fact is that tho republican party of this stato is a mass of organized iniquity. Tho managers of tho party keep tho corruption under cover as much as they can, but occas ionally si mo reckless, solfish egotist, like Kosowatcr, in a fit of passion, bo c;iuso he can't have his own way, lifts the veil, and gives tho peoplo of the stato a jjlimpso of tho festering corrup tion that lies within. It matters little whether it was Rose- water or Majors or somebody else that abducted Taylor, the peoplo of Nebras ka will endorse tho statement that it tho uso talking about trying to be decent and honorable? Our party is rotten to iho cjre. This is only one of our infamous crimes, and it isn't nearly as bad as others that arc being perpe trated all tbo time. What's tho differ ence? Tho people like us b3ttcr with all our treachery and infamy than they do our common enemy. In fact tho peoplo will bo more likely to vote for candidates with rotten records than for clean, pure, honest men!" Isn't that a fair interpretation of what Mr, Bush nell says? Decent pooplo will bo glad to know the estimation in which they aro held by tho republic in politicians. If republican leaders thus advertise tho corruption of their party, what must bo said of tho people if they con tinue to support that pa-ty and its candidates for office? They will not do it. Asi.'o from tho seventy thousand voters who have openly declared their po'itical indepcndcn:o and arraved hcmsclvcs in tho ranks of tho people's party, thero other thousands, and many of them, who have quietly determined redeem this stato from political disgrace, and free our politics from corruption and railro?,d rule at tho coming election. And thev will do it. was a "high-handed conspiracy," and "ono of tho greatest crimos that has evor boon porpetrated against tho peoplo of this state." The people are also well convinced that this infamous crimo was committ ed by the loading machine men of tho republican party. And the people who read know that this is tho finst time tho act has ever been denounced by any prominent republican in -the state. Whatever may bo said of Rosewa- ter's methods, ho has at least given a bold and emphatic expression of the general opinion of Nebraska's leading citizens, regard less of politics, concerning the abduc tion of Taylor. But what must bo thought of Bushnell, editor of tho Call, who in reply to Rosewater's charge 6aid according to tho Evening News: "As for the Taylor matter I don't be Here that there is anything in it. But suppose Mr. Majors did connive at the disappearance or abduction of Senator Taylor? What of that? Worse things than that aro bfing done all the time. and if Mr. Majors had himself abducted Taylor it would not mako any differ once with mo. These charges don't amount to anything. Why gentlemen, look at tho horrible charges that were made against J udgo Post ono year ago They didn't hurt him any. Tnoy mado him .votes and they'll do it in tho case of Mr. Majors." Certainly tho republican party has reached tho lowest ebb of political debauchery if it can endorse such a shameless utterance as the above. Ye has not tho party by its silence endors 1 T" 1H. i m cu uusnneu s position lor more than a year since the occurrence? "What o; 1 that? Worso things aro being done al the time." In other words; "What's ROASTING A. W. HELD. Not a republican paper in the dis- rict has had the hardihood to defend t'dgo Fiold's "defense," mado at Elm- wood, of his decision in the B. & M. bridge tax case. Tho republican pr-;ss is entitled to credit for i s good sense. Tho newspaper fellows seem to realize tho fact that their candidate "put his ooi in it" Daaij, ana they don't pro pose to bo caught in the same trap. xae iuea xnat ajuugo wno is still on tho bench, should have tho brazen ef- rontery and hardihood to claim thai if hi3 decision had been endorsed b y the supreme court it would have given the stato of Nebraska control of the rates of freight on the bridge over the Mis- sousi river, is too foolish to bo enter t?.mcu by sensible mon for a moment. His effort to deceive tho farmers who listened to him was inexcusable. Ho attempted to perpetrate a fraud on thorn and his party ought to compel him to withdraw from his race for congress. Plat tsmouth Journal. One of the calamity howls put up by the gold standard men is that free coinage of silver would drive gold out of circulation. Wo do not believe this is true, but if it were, certainly there is nothing in that to frighten the people. How much gold is in circulation among the common peop'e any way? Many persons do not see a gold coin once a year. Most grown people can remem ber well tho time when thero was neither gold nor silver in circulation Yet times were good, activity in every branch of industry, there was pTenty ef money in circulation and tho people were contented and happy. Since 1879 gold has circulated to a limited extent among tho people. Have limes been good? Havo industries flourished? Has thero been plenty cf money? Have tho people boon contented and happy? If tho gold-bugs want to withdraw their yellow metal from circulation, le them do it. Tho people trot alonp- verv well without it onco and they can do it again. Tnp democrats in the stato of Wash ington have emulated the example of their Texas brethren and havo had a big cpli t in state convention. Every thing is coming our way. THE REPUBLICANS AND SILVER- It is di'gusting to intelligent fair- minded men to hear republicans tell about tho friendship of their party for silver. Even Harrison, oie of the most inveterate enemies of silver, is held up as a jzreat friend of the white metal. But if the gall republicans dis play on thii print U disgusting, tho blunders they mako when they under take to discuss tho subject are certainly ridiculous. Mr. A. E. Cady, chairman of tho republican stato central committee, mado a speech in Lincoln a few eve nings since in which he tried to boom tho record of his party on silver.. He only succeeded in making some large sized and ridiculous blunders. He told about how under republican laws a great deal of money was mado by the government in tho way of seigniorage. Tho secretary of tho treasury was re quired to purchase two million dollars worth of silver per mouth. As a dollar would buy moro than enough silver to make a dollar, there was a gain on all purchases. Ho said under that law moro than seventy-fivo million jnioragc had been turned nto tho national treasurv. Ho went on to say that under the Sherman law tho secre tary was required to parchase four and half million ounces of silver per month, and thu3 a much larger seigniorage was secured. Now, let us see what the facts are: The eld Bland law, requiting the pur chase of two million dollars' worth of silver per month, was not a republican law. It was originated by a democrat in a democratic ohouse acd becimo a law only by parsing over the veto of President Hayes. It was always op posed by the republicans, and every republican president since ttat time has tried to secure its repeal. Isn't it ra'her absurd for a mac of Mr. Cady's standing to bo claiming credit for his party from the results of such a law. Z But this is not the worst of it. It is perfectly true that the government was the gainer of many mil 'ions in the way of seigmorage under the old Bland law. That law required the silver bul lion purchased to be coined. But in 1890 the republican congress repealed that law and enacted the Sherman law in its stead. The Sherman law pro vided that the secretary of the treasu ry might, if ho saw fit, cease the coining of the bullion purchased into dollars after July 1, 1891. Our Wall street secretary of course saw fit to stop coining the silver dollars as scon as he could. So for more than a year past no dollars have baen coined, and therefore no seigniorage has been real ized by tho goverment. And what is worse s ill the silver lies there in the treasury, depreciating in value from day to day. And the re publican party is doing everything in its power to produce this result. If this s'lver bullion were sold today, it would not bring nearly i as much as it cost tfie government. Th3 republican party has for twenty years been the most bitter and relent less enemy of silver. It has sought at all times to depreciate and degrade silver, and to set up a single gold standard. And it is now seekiDg through President Harrison to have a new ratio adopted by which the silver dollar will be made about one-fourth larger. If this is accomplished, tho next step will b8 for the government to redeem all the silver dollars out-standing, melt and recoin them at a loss to tho government of more than a hun dred million dollars. We invito tho attention of Mr. Cady to theso facts. Perhap3 some day he can sparo time enough from the arduous task of "making medicine" to look more closely into the record of his party on silver. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Disease Are very common in this climate. 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