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About The Alliance-independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1892)
THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. A CENSUS OPFIOIAL TALIS. About Mortgages in the Northwest, Eng lish Syndicates, Etc. Tho St. Louis Monitor publishes the following taken from an interview with A. J. Collins, an employee in the United States Census Bureau: 'I am here," said Mr. Collins, who was busily engaged in the tax receivers office yesterday examining the returns of the county, "for tho purpose of ascertaining the number of home places and farms that are free from debt, and also the number that are covered with mortgages. I am going about from State to State and am carefully investi gating the records of each county for the purpose of finding out the exact situation 01 aflalrs." 4 4 Have you found the home places and farms or tne soutn neavuy mori 4 The returns for the Southern States ha vp nnt hppn tabulated, but the eren- eral situation is better, I think, in the South than in other parts oi the coun try. Tho morts'affes are held bv home aoitalists. and the asrsrreffate debt which they represent is not so great . . . mi m as in other localities, ine larmers are poor in a great many districts, but they manage to make their profits exceed their expenses and preserve their in dependence which is better than a for tune encumbered with debt. The situation in KANSAS Continued Mr. Collins, may be shown Debt on real estate, $200,000,000. Average debt on each farm, $1,450. Average debt on each home, $1,000. Average debt per capita, $105. Aver age rate of interest 8 per cent. IOWA. Debt on real estate, $1,990,000 000. Average debt on each farm, $1,200. Aveaage debt on each home, $950. Average debt per capita, $150. Aver age rate of interest, H per cent. ILLINOIS. Debt on real eslate, $240,000,000. Average debt on each farm, $1,288. Average debt on each home, $950. Average debt per capita, $150. A ver-no-A rate of interest. 6 Der cent. "A large number of mortgages in these states are held by foreign syndi cates and the manner in which the V Ml WV poor, dependent farmers are gronnd to the earth is revolting, it amounts w a system of slavery as oppressive as tne feudal tenure of England. The necessity of having to mortgage a farm is bad enough in itself, but when mortgaged to foreign capital and to men who are utterly devoid of sympathy and feeling, it amounts to a great calamity." The Grand Party of the People. Western' Watch m'aa CaL. has an interview with Governor Tillman o'f South Carolina,' which, if true, Is in deed remarkable, coming1 from him. It says: A Columbus, S. C, correspondent interviewed Governor Tillman on his return from a visit to Washington. In speaking of the action of the Dem ocratic congress, he said: The Dem ocrats are not doing themselves credit as economists. Their extravagance will be apt to give the third party still another boom, because the people are already disgusted by their behavior on the silver Dill. Then what can you expect but that the people in their desperation will seek some relief in another channel. Where an abuse in politics creeps in it takes forceps, ac quafortis and the surgeon's knife to cut It loose. The Republicans set an example of outragoous extravagance and the Democrats have not got the nerve or the patriotism, I don't know which, to root it out The present condition of things in Washington demonstrates the fact that neither of the old parties will give the people relief. My opinion is that the extrav agance of the present congress, added to its cowardice on the silver ques- Educating Politicians. In a California publication la an article discussing the question "Shall we educate our politicians?" Herbert Spencer Is quoted as saying that the members of the English parliament are generally educationally unfit for the business of law making.! The declaration of Prof. Eliot of Harvard, that "before municipal government can be set right in the United States, municipal service must be made a life career for intelligent young Ameri cans," is also cited. The discussion, as It applies to American politic seems to us to be prposterous. Noth ing could be more abjurd than Prof Eliot's position. The country is al ready cursed with an office-hold-in at aristocracy. Men by .. 4the hundrods get hold of office-; and never let go as long as they live. They go from one official position to another, and a ticket with out their names upon it would be a curiosity. They make office holding a profession, precisely as Proft, Elliot in another portion of his article, from which the above quotation is taken, declares that young Americans should. If there is anything peculiar in the "Bcience of government'' to distinguish it from other matters of business, it would seem reasonable to suppose that these perpetual office holders would learn It But as a rule they make the most indifferent officials that we have. There is absolutely no need of spe cial training for either the making or the execution of law, It requires honesty of purpose, good horse sense and business ability. These are all an executive or a legislator needs. The better general practical education a man has. the more apt he will be to possess the qualities we have named. This country is full of men thous ands of them on our farms who would bo efficient officials if they were elected to office. But instead of se lecting such men. the rule is to select political bummers, unpractical law vers and money bags, Ihen 6ome political visionary, like Prof. Eliot looks upon the resulting catastrophe and thinks office holders should have a special training. Rather it is the people who need special training to enable them to vote intelligently and independently of political prejudice. Farmer's Voice. Flower. If the history of all the various flowers were to be told, what an in teresting record it would be! Take the dahlia as an instance. Its ances tor was a wild plant which grew plentifully in the sandy plains of Mex ico. Cervantes, the curator of the Botan'c Gardens of Mexico, was the first cultivator of the Cower, and he sent a plant in 1798 to Madrid. There it was seen to bloom by the Abbe Cav anilles, who desoribed it and named It after Professor Dahl of Stockholm. In 1802 the abbe sent roots to the Jardin des PI antes, in Paris, and in 1804 the flower was raised in England from seeds sent from Madrid. When Humboldt visited Mexico in the same year, he found the dahlia growing wild, and forwarded seeds to Berlin and Paris, and the flower is now one of the most steady ornaments of our gardens, Thackeray Writing. Thackeray used to say that if novel writing failed, he would try to, earn his living at caligraphy." What he could do In this direction was truly remarkable. On one occasion he wrote tho Lord's prayer on a piece of note paper inside a circle 'the size of a three-penny piece, leaving room for the crown and the figure 3." Organized labor was never so stirred up as now. In fact even un organized labor begins to see that it most do. something to be saved. There's a revolution on. On with the campaign of education" that the people may be enabled to vote Intel- GAEL BK0WH. The Great Work Done by Him During State Fair Week. Carl Brown, the wild west artist and orator, did some great work for the people's cause during state fair week. His panorama consists of fourteen oil paintings prepared by himself. They illustrate the financial consplrac'os of the Sbyloc ks and show the effect of our present financial system on labor, trans portation, distribution, etc. The pic lures speak a'l languages under the Sun awd should bo seen by everybody. ' He came to Lincoln on Friday be fore the fair opened. That night he spoke to a good crowd on government square. Tho applause that greeted him shook the chandeliers In the State Journal building across tho street. Saturday night he spoke again, hold ing his crowd in spite of a drizzling rain. On Monday, Labor day, he wt nt to Omaha and addressed a large crowd on Jefferson c quare. On Tuesday he returned and spoke to a good crowd on postoffice square. On Wednesday he had the greatest meeting of the series. A crowd of four or five thousand was present. After he had been speaking a short timo a band contest opened about 200 feet away. Brown kept right on and held his crowd, leaking himself heard above the music. Finally the bands retired from the field and the listeners came over to swell Brown's crowd. Tho re publicans in the crowd undertook to interrupt him, by asking questions, but they came off second best in the ccn test. John Currie, a drunken republl can, undertook to make a speech, but only succeeded in making an ass of himself. A republican proposed three cheers for Harrison to which several responded. Then Brown proposed three cheers for Weaver, and several thousand voices made the welkin ring. Brown scored the State Journal, as be ing supported by railroads and banks, and state printing furnished by re publican office holders. Finally, after about three hours, iirown dismissed tho crowd with the remark: "Tonight, we have met the enemy and they are ours. Let us hope that we can say the same after November 8th." Mr. Brown goes from hero to the Kansas state fair. He expects to re turn to this state Sept. 19, and speak at Wymore. On the 20th ho will be at Pawnee, 21st, at Humboldt, and at Fairbury the 22nd and 23rd. Parties desiring to arrange meetings for Brown should write to Chairman Blake of the state committee. Liberty has turned its guns in a new direction. In last week's issue Holden says: No honest man dare deny that J. W. Edgetton is an un principled political scoundrel." Mr. Edgerton should feel complimented. Nebraska republicans are in trouble to their chins. Those, little "cass words," "D n the Swedes and Danes," and "Let's nominate a China man too," was a direct insult to Scandi navian people of Nebraska and they ai e not slow to take it as such. New Era, Wahoo. The following paragraphs are from the editorial page of tho Denver Min ing Exchange: The few republicans in this state, who still adhered to President Harri son before his letter of acceptance, now declare they will vote for Weaver. The greatest campaign document ever published in this state for Weaver was Harrison's letter. Harrison will get six votes in Gilpin countv. and . those will be from the office-holding republicans in that sec tion of the state. Th-e democrats will fare even worse, as up to date, not a The Indolent Gardener. M(S- SuburbNo more milk? What's the matter. Gardener The cow has stopped glvin' milk, mum. "Goodness me! Why?" , ' "Becaiise she's dry, mum." 'Then why in the world don't you give her a drink?" N. Y. Weekly. Each Other Mouth. Mr. Loth s Have you any idea what are the relations between that young Rivers Ide and our Lena? . Mrs. Lotos 1 don't know; the young people seem to be very close-mouthed. Mr. Totos H'ra; so I thought when I discovered them on the parlor sofa this evening. Puck. i i . -" To Marry or Not to Marry. In Paris male domestic servants are encouraged to marry, as they are ob served to be more settled and attent ive to their duty than when bachelors. 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