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6 THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. ALLIANCE DIRECTORY Nebraska Farmers' Alliance. J. n. PowERg, I'resMcnt, Cornell. W. A. I'oynter, VJce-Prea , Albion. J. M. TnoMrsos, Btato 8ec'y. Lincoln. W. H. Dkch, Lecturer, Wahoo. B. C. Fairchild, let Ass't Lfcturer, dale. w. F. nioiir.M A?s't Lecturer, Bi tliany D. F. Allen, Chairman. Ex. Com., Wab&eh Oak In tho beauty of the lililca Christ waa born acroEH the aea, With a glory in Lis bmcm That transfigure a you and rr e. As he ttroye to make men holy Let usBlrlvo to make them free, Since God is rnarchlny oh. -Julia Ward flowe. Thla department will bo under tho direction fcf.I. M. Thompson, Htate secretary. Short Items from Alliances on matters of ireneral luu reBt, (lueBtionn wheu disoutoB have arisen. and any news beurenj upon the great work of our oigamzution will be welcomed bytue editor. Write plainly, on one side of the paper only, and address "Alliance Depart went" Allianck-Inoei'kndkmt, Lincoln, Neb. wo would bo glad to get items from every county la the siate on condition of the Alli ance work. John Hufton of Long Island, Kansas suggested that alliances hold meclings during tho day instead of at night wheroever possible, a3 a great many members can not attend night sessions. Tho suggestion is a good ono and worthy of encouragement. Tho influence of organized effort is everywhere recognized and the educa tional force of tho alliance is what made tho present industrial movement in Nebraska and other states so powerful. As tho movement grows in influence it more than ever needs tho calmun preju diced reasoning to shape its future that can bo secured in no other way than by tho assemb'ing of our citizens together, in alliance and assemb'y f :r mutual in terchange of thought and opinion. The idea obtains in some minds that the alliance has accomplished its purpese, but in our opinion its grand work is yet before it, and until tho "universal brotherhood of man" is recognized everywhere, the farmers' alliance and kindred organizations will bo a necessity if tho object sought is to bo finally attained. Keep up the alliance in your neigh borhood, study to mako the meetings interesting and instructive, work to secure new members, and in every way increase its efficiency and usefulness. C. D. Stones, writing from Tolk Co., says: ''As county lecturer I find tho majority of alliances in a good healthy condition, determined to keep the orga nization alive in spite of all opposition. As an educator the alliance has done a great work in IV k county. People who never gave these great questions any thought heretofore aro now think ing and acting on the groat princip'es for which tho alliance was organized. Tho old party leaders in this county were hoping that calamity howling was at an end and they would return to their first love during tho presideEtial year. But our grand rally of August 18th, dispelled every hope. When 10, 000 of Polk county's honest farmers wheeled into line with bands and ban ners flying, representing a down trod den and oppressed people demanding relief from unjust burdens." Tho Independent Club at Reynolds Neb. has adopted a plan that might be followed with success by a great many alliances and people's meetings. Dodgers are issued announcing meet ings every two weeks, of which the following is a sample: Reynolds Independent Club! The above club will hold meetings at Rey nolds, Nebraska, on each alternate Saturday, at 7:30 p. m, at which tho following, with other interesting topics of the day, will be discussed: "Tho Iowa freight rates, enacted into law in Nebraska, will make an average annual saving of fifteen millions "of dollars to the state. Boyd, the anti silver leader of tho Democratic party vetoed it, and combined with tho lie publicans and semi-European corpora tions like the 13. & M. to defeat it. and they are still opposing it with all their ber your pocket book. Iluild up home industries and pay no more interest on watered stock. The candidates of tho People's party aro all pledged to enact it into law. All opponents of the Iowa freight law invited to joint debate. Good speakers will attend. Admission free." In South Carolina. There are those in the north who laugh at tho idea that the democratic solidity of tho south has been broken or is likely to be. Probably many such persons will not open their minds to tho truth till forced to by tho re sults of the November elections. But no fair minded man need wait for tho election to be convinced that the solid south is absolutely shattered into frag ments. An intelligent reader needs to go no rarther than the columns of tho leading democratic papers for proof of this. Head tho following from the Now York Sun of September 13: I ho State Convention, which moots during the latter part of this month to nominate State officers and Presidential electors, consists of 312 delegates, of whom fifty-eight only are conservative Democrats, and by conservative Demo crats is meant men who aro in thorough accord with tho national Democratic flatform. The real danger lies in the apatbv of the conservative Democrats after their crushing defeat at the primary, in the very strong leaning of the Alliance to ward third party principles, and in the real strength of tho third partv in the State. This strength has heretofore been very much underrated. Talbert, Tillman, Strait, McLaurin, Irby Shell, Pope, Gary, all the leaders of the Till man party aro at heart third party men; no ideas tney represont aro identical with thoso of the third party, and their rural constituency are wedded to the doctrines of tha Populists. The situa- ion is very clearly defined by their organ, the Columbia Register whose editor, Larry Gantt, openly discourages tho third party movement on the ground that "we (the AUh nee) are the people, that we control the State Demo cratic machino, and can do as we please." Under the reform regime of to-day the man who will be put up as Democratic electors will bo men who are unalter ably opposed to tho platform of the national D:mocracy, as is proved by their frequent utterances in the recent campaign, and whose constituency is an oathbound organization which is bitter- y opposed to everything heretofore egarded as Democratic, and who have ormally and openlv in conventions as sembled denounced the standard bearer of the national Democracy, as tho cor rupt tool or Wall street. Mr. I. W. Stokes, who ran for Con gress in the I irst district as a D. rao- erat is tho editor of a paper which openly advocates a third party ticket in the State. There aro thousands of Stokeses in South Carolina to-day. Let us suppose that there are 25,000 of them who are willing to abandon the captur ed machinery of the Democratic party, and start one of their own under the auspices of Mr. Weaver. If such should be the case, and unhkeher things have liapponed in Carolina within the past wo years, the 22,000 conservative Democrats, who are all stanch suppor ters of Cleveland, will have the biggest ob ever put before them to keep the State in tho Democratic column, and even should they succeed, they have no guarantee that the Cleveland electors whom they will be called upon to elect can be counted upon to staud truo to their colors If there is tho slighest chance of gainirg anything for the farmers' alli ance, the electors nominated by the democratic convention, although elect ed as Cleveland electors, would not lesitate a single instant to vote for Weaver or anybody else. Altogether tho situation in the Pal metto state is just now very much mixed. More Durable Than China. Snodgrass There is ono queer thing about silenco. Snivoly Namo it When silence falls it is not noces power. Voters, fetus have it, Remem-J Barily broken. " . CURAT POPULIST PIIOCKSSIOX Eight Thousand People and Miles of Vehicles at Wichita. ITT - ir r m A wic'iiita, ivan., aept. 16. me pec- pies party opened its campaign in this aim vvugi ussiuuai uistncb to-uay. Li. u. iieweiung. candidate for gover nor; ti. xu. Harris candidate lor con- gressman-at-large and Jerry Simpson were tho principal speakers The pro cession included 7,8S0 people, 1,477 veniciea and l,7o horsemen. The parade took 1 hour and 35 minutes in passing a given point. Twenty-six loads of wheat and ono of uais, or over 3uu worm oi grain, were in the procession and were afterwards donated to the campaign committee for campaisrn expenses. After the parade the crowd adjourned to tho park and the afternoon was spent in listening to addresses from Jerrv L' ; . 1 oimpson and otners. Virginia Stirred Up. According to a correspondent, who claims to be posted on the political situation in all parts of the state of Virginia, the democratic party there is even in greater danger than we said A it was a iew uays ago. The managers seem to be thoroughly alarmed at the rapid progress the third party is mak mg. 'I he farmers aro showing an un A Jl lf !i a . . wonteu ucuvity, entering into tne con test with great spirit, and demanding change from the old order, that has not Drought them any relief from tho burdens of taxation and other oppres sions. The third partv men claim to have good organizations all over the state. They aro especially strong in the southern part of it, where they are counting on carrying over a dozen counties grouped together. St Joseph ueraid, ; A Voice from Wall Street. Not all of the financiers of tho east support the -Wall street gold-basis theory of finance. There are still a few men there wise enough to see. and brave enough to declare that the single standard theory, if persisted in, will sooner or later involve the finan cial as well as industrial interests of tho country in ruin. A. R. Chisholm & Company of New York', who do a brokerage business of the first magni tude, in a recent circular, gave utter ance to the following significant lan guage: "The present political campaign will educate the people up to the idea that more money is required, and that gold being tho sole cast-iron yard stick or measure of value contracts prices of all commodities some thirty per cent. Hence No. 1 anthracite iron is selling o ower than ever before. The Financial and Mining Re.-ord of last week states that tne eminent bimetallist, Mr. Henri Cernuschi, favors tho imme diate opening of the mints here in the United States to the unrestricted coin age of silver, even if undertaken single banded, and is convinced that such a policy would make us the masters of the situation, and this country the money center of the world." I he same firm of brokers declare in a ater circular that "the circulation must bo increased from twenty to fifty dollars per capita, like that of France or a further serious decline must come in all the products and values of tho and. Gold will continue to increase in purchasing power instead of goiniz to a premium. With a further decline in silver will come heavy cotton fail ures in Liverpool, and Lancashire, and with the decline in tho values of wheat, cotton and iron in this country holow . . -. . . ... i tne cost oi production, will come stag nation, underconsumption and over production, failures, strikes and incip ient anarchy." This is strong testimony from an un expected source a source that renders it all the more valuable. Very Weak. Jessie You must bo a hard worker, Mr. Chapley. Chapley What makes you think that, Miss Jessie? Jessie Georgo told mo yesterday that you mako him tired. Once a Week. Do yeu want a sone which will hrinc down the houso? Wo have a regular swivel gun loaded with fun and thunder entitled "We Have the Tariff yw Write us for It And Get Paid For It. Miss Flypp Do you know, I have docided to become a lecturer. Miss Elder You don't say! Miss Flypp Yes. Just think! All ono has to do is to go on the rostrum and just talk and talk and talk. Judge. 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