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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
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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.
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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. Pahkeb,
Her attorney,
Nebraska Savings Bank
13 and O St., Lincoln.
Capital $100)000'
The Oldest Savings Bank of Lincoln.
. LARGEST NUMBER OF DEPOSITORS.
Pays '.Interest on the Most Liberal
Terms.
Receives deposits; of one .dollar and up
wards and has a Chiidrens Dime department.
Persons living in communities without
Savings Banks are invited to write for infor
mation. Call or send a postal for a neat vest
pocket book. 3ttf
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