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n 10 THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. A StJPBEME COURT DECISION BE" OAEDINO MONEY. In a decision handed down by the supreme court of Iowa In 18G4, and re corded In tho 16th Iowa report, may bo found some rather remarkable state ments. We refer to a case entitled Warnbold vs. Schlicting. In this case it appears from the agreed statement of facts that on the 29th of October, 1800, Schlicting loaned to Warnbold $700; that the money con sisted of American gold; that on the same day Warnbold executed his note, duo one year after dato, payable in U. S. gold and ihi.t on the 16th day of November, 1863, he tecdered the full amount due on said note, in "United States legal tender treasury notes, issued under tho act of congre:s in February, 1862." Schlicting refused to receivo the same and thereupon Warn bold, keeping his tender good, brought this suit to compel a surrender of the said note and the doed of trust criven to same. CLAItED TO BE LEGAL TENDER, HAS THE SAME VALUE, WITHOUT REFER ENCE TO THE MATERIAL OP "WHICH IT is composed. And we cannot very well resist the rem art, that the sooner this is known, accepted and acted upon, the bet ter it will be for national, monetary and political integrity, as well as for individ ual and general morality, prosperity and success." The decree of the district court was therefore affirmed. Here is a decision rendered by a re publican supremo court in the days when to be a republican was to be a patriot. This decision was rendered at a time when not only history, but law and precedent were being made. It is grand in its simplicity and majestic in its strength. It should be read and preserved by every patriotic citizen. Independents should use this decision to shut the mouths of blatant demagogues, who under the cloak of honesty, plot against the very life of tho nation. In the light of this decision, what must be thought of the publican who ridicules one form of e nation's money as "rag money," the baby," "fiat money," etc.; who lis the silver dollar as a "dishonest ir"? Ts not such a republican tor to the original principles of his 9 so-called republican of these days edge the force of this decision by ig that it was made under the s of war times, and is not appli- mi i o to seasons or peace, i nis aecis is exactly ia line with the best thought of tho greatest statesmen and j urista onr nation has produced. Similar decis'ons were rendered in the su preme courts of fifteen different states Finally fourteen years after tho clo3e of tho war a-case was brought in tho supreme court of the United States which resulted in the famous "lega tender decision" which fully sustains the position taken by tho Iowa supreme court regarding the nature of money as the following extract will show: By the obligation of a contract to pay is meant to pay that which tho law shall recognize as money when the payment is to be made. If there is anything settled by deci sion it is this, and we do not under stand it to be controverted. No one ever doubted that a debt of $1,000, con trao.ted beiore 1834. could be paid witl one hundred eagles coined after that year, though they contained no more ffold than ninety-four eagles when the contract was made, and this ot because of the intrinsic value o le coin, but because of its legal ALUE. Hence the court he'd that tho lega nder acts of congress were not to be nstrued as mere war measures, bu constitutional acts, and applicable as ch to times of peace as to times o The popular joint nowadays is tho oint debate; and a good many reason ably smart fellows are being drawn nto it. How does Congressman Bryan like his running mate at the head of the state ticket? If we mistake not the state convention endorsed Mr. Bryan in words only. X! i lg X I I lever an independent is ridi Jtr his belief in "fiat money" he do better than to point . 'eat "fiat money lunatics" who 'red the above decisions. o years ago the orepublicans pa- worried themselves a'most sick tause McKeighan was not a good in foendent. Now they are troubled to )h hpnauso McKeisrhan is not a erood . v Inocrat. The papers are establish the fact beyond doubt that two 'ars ago they lied. That is wha ipv are trviDsr to prove and they are - o - to'ng it.'..; " :' ' ' ' " 1 Organize! Organize! Organize If Mr. Rosewater finds that tho re publican railroad managers are going o force Mr. Crounse to accede to their demands what will Mr. It. do then? If he finds that the railroad republicans havo concluded to throw Mr. Crounse overboard and turn the party over to Morton and Majors, what will Mr. It. do then? One of these conditions is bound to come. The railroads will either capture Crounse or go to Mor on. Which ever is done is liable to cause some lively buzzing in the Bee hive. Chicago I reo Trader: Some of ihese tine days after old Shylock has ail his bonds and mortgages payable in gold, along will coma some party of and for tho people and demonetize gold, and then old Shylock will wish he hadn't been such a monstrous greedy shark. The gold dollar will be worth not to exceed 60 cents. And this is just what will happen when we, the people, get a congress wise enough and courageous enough to take the Shylock bull by the horns And break his infernal neck! Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Disease Are very common in this climate. The general all around doctor, is not pre pared to treat these cases. If he is in- crested in his patients, as he should be, he would advise them to consult a specialist in this line of work. Among hose who treat all forms of catarrhal diseases of the eyes, ears, nese and hroat, none &re more successful than urs. Moore ana uennis, uatarrn spe cialists of Lincoln Neb. Graduates of he best medical colleges in America hey are thoroughly prepared to treat all cases of polypus of the nose, obstructed breathing, deafness, soro eyes, chronic cold of the head, hay fever, asthma and bronchial and lung troubles, all results of nasal catarrh. Como and see us. A consultation will cost you nothing. Several hundred people have been suc cessfully treated in Lincoln during the past year. All classes, trades Tind pro fessions, ladies and children are repre sented by those, who nave been, or are being cured by our treatment. JJRS. MOORE S DENNIS Office Cor. O & 10th Sts. National Economist: Wo die and pass away, but governments are per petual and exist forever. Each gen eration is not only preparatory of another, but aids and assists in shap ing the liberties and happiness of the generation that comes after it There is no doubt but that the money power now wields the controll ing influence over national legisla tion. This should never be in a re public where the people should rule. If it continues, enslavement of the masses will ba the result The Review of Reviews For September, One of the mosl; remarkable articles in the September Review of Reviews is entitled "Strikes and their Remedies," and it discusses modes of conciliation and arbitration based upon an exhaus tive report prepared by the Roya' Commission on Strikes of New South Wales, Australia. The article will bo found an exceedingly timely one, for it has been prepared with direct refer ence to the American strikes of the present season. In the ' Progress o the World" tho editor of the Review o Reviews continues his last month's advocacy of official and, to some extent compulsory arbitration in labor dis putes. 1 he "Progress of the World further deals with American and British politics and many other curren topics, and is illustrated with excellent portraits of the five American members of the international silver conference as lately appointed by President Uarri son, and various othet portraits, maps and diagrams. The Character Sketch in the Septem ber number of the Review of Reviews is devoted to the French Anarchist Louise Michel, and is one of Mr. W. T Stead's best and most readable por trayals. It is especially timely, in view of the fresh interest aroused in anar chists and their plots by tho exposures which followed the attack upon the life of Mr. b rick, and by the recent execu tion of Ravachol in Paris. "A Greek Play on the Prairies" is the title of an article in the Review of Re views for September, which gives an illustrated account of the first Greek play ever produced by a Western col lege, the "Electra cf Sophocles," given at Iowa College, at Grinnell, Iowa, last June. The article is illustrated. This nlnv ma.da.an' opportunity for a favor NOTICE. STATE OP l.EBltASKA, U s LANCAST1B COUNT r. J ' Carrie Christian Miller, vs. John it. Miller: .. . . John H. Miller, defendant: , You will lane notice that on the 25th day of August, lb2, Carrie Christian Miller, the above named nlaintiff. fl ed her retiiion in the uisiriei court in and for Lancaster countf, against the said defendant, the ot ject and prayer ef which is to obtain a divorce from you. on the grouvds of drunkenness, desertion and fail ure to provide for her for more than two years last past. You ars required 10 answer said petition on or before the 0th day of Oc-teber,1892. CAIUUE UHKiSTiAK JMILLK U, Plaintiff. By C. M. 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