THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
9
QUESTIONS FOR MR. BRYAN.
In his debate with Judge Fields, Mr.
Bryan made the following statement:
This debate is not merely for the pur
pose of getting up here and making
speeches. You have a right to know
where your servants will act upon every
question. These questions will be
brought up, and they must be met. I
am ready to meet them.
This was a very commendable stand
for the young congressman to take.
Although it was addressed especially
to his adversary in the 'debate, we
presume Mr. Bryan will acknowledge
the right bf every voter in his district
to propound questions for him to answer
in order to ascertain where their ser
vant will stand.
Hence we take the liberty of address
ing the following questions to Mr.
Bryan:
1. Do you favor the election of
Grover Cleveland as president of the
United States?
2. Tf the election is thrown into the
house, will you as a member from Ne
braska vote for Cleveland for president?
3. Do you not know that Mr. Cleve
land is unalterably opposed to the free
coinage of silver?
4. Do you not know that while presi
dent he recommended the repeal of the
old Bland law requiring the coinage of
not less than two million dollars per
month, and that he endeavored by that
means to secure the complete demone
tiza'ion of silver?
5. D j you not know that he carried
his advocacy of the gold standard so far
as to advocate the retirement of the
remainder of the greenbacks?
6. Do you not know that eight years
ago Cleveland betrayed his party and
repudiated the silver plank on which
he was elected even before he was
inaugurated?
7. Do you not know (your position
in congress has given you ample oppor
tunity to know) that Grover Cleveland
and his political friends used all their
influence to prevent the passage of a
free coinage bill through the house
during the past session of congress?
8. Do you not know that Grover
Cleveland is a "tool of Wall Street"
and has been so denoucced by the demo
cratic state convention of South Caro
lina? 9. What do you think of the address
issued by the democratic convention of
Colorado, and particularly the following
paragraph? ;
The official and individual utterances
and known public actions of ex-Presi
dent Cleveland and president Harrison
have demonstrated that they are alike
opposed to a free coinage law-at the
existing ratio, and that if either again
becomes president he will veto such a
measure should Congress pass one.
10. Are you in favor of Harrison's
scheme for an international monetary
conference?
14. Did you know that Spriuger was
favorable to that scheme when you
supported him for speaker?
12. Are you in harmony with the
silver plank in the Chicago platform?
13. Do you approve Ihe course pur
sued by your party on the tariff ques
tion during the past session of congress?
14. Do you think the cause of tariff
reform would suffer by the election of
Jas. B. Weaver to the presidency?
15. Do you not know that the move
ment for free coinage will be terrib'y
set back and probably ruined by the
election of Grover Cleveland?
These are all fair questions and fairly
put, and Mr. Bryan will have to meet
them before his canvass is over. If he
does not see fit to answer them through
the press, the independents of the first
district will put them to him in hU
meetings, and he cannot escape them.
Tho truth is that the people of this
district want no man to represent them
who is supporting an enemy of silver
for president. If Mr. Bryan is support
ing Grover Cleveland, he might just as
well retire from tho race, and save his
breath and his cash.
MORTON AT LINCOLN.
J. Sterling. Morton, democratic can
didate for governor, spoke on Monday
evening to a good sized audience in the
Punke theatre. The main features of
his speech were abuse and ridicule of
Van Wyck and the people's party; the
advocacy of a gold standard and opposi
tion to silver; and the usual tariff talk.
He was very bitter in his ridicule of the
independents.
At tho close he invited those present
to ask questions. Dr. Alfy asked a
number of questions regarding money
all of which were answered from the
gold-bug stand point. Mr. Chas.
Pishbaugh of Lincoln then arose and
stated that he voted for Boyd two years
ago. He wanted to know if Morton
woule follow Boyd's example and veto
a railroad bill if one were passed.
Morton said he would not answer. He
would make no specific promises. He
would use his best judgment and do just
ice to the railroads. This convinced
the crowd that Morton is a railroad
candidate. Fishbaugh wanted to know
if the democrats were going to unite
with the republicans in the next legis
lature as they did in the last. He said
he didn't want to herd with the rotten
end of the two old parties. Morton
was confused and was obliged to con
fess that the democrats were innocu
lated a little with republican virus two
years ago.
The impression is rapidly gaining
ground that Morton is in the fie'd
simp'y to hold the democrats away
from Van Wyck and thus aid the rail
roads in electing Crounse.
"SONGS OF THE PEOPLE."
In every great struggle of an op
pressed people for freedom, the enthu
siasm of the people has found expres
sion in song. The present great strug
gle is not an exception. The glee clubs
that were organized and drilled in the
alliances of Kansas and Nebraska
played an important part in the mem
orable campaign of '90, which aroused
a cyclone of independent enthusiasm
that swept away an 80,000 republican
majority and astounded the politicians
of the nation.
Those who attended the national con
vention at Omaha will remember well
the splendid new songs sung on that
occasion, and we were delighted to re
ceive notice the other day from the Al
liance Publishing company at Lincoln,
Neb., that they are publishing these
songs and others in sheet music form
and have others in preparation. Both
the poetry and music of these songs is
of a high grade. They are not paro
dies on old Sunday school or slang
doggerel songs, but new. The songs
are "catchy" and the words right to
the point.
At least one good glee club Ought to
be organized in every county in low
at once (there ought to be one in every
township) and an assortment of these
songs ordered. Farmer's Tribune.
J. B. Romine is holding a series of
meetings in Omaha this week and next
week he goes to Sarpy csunty for two
or three meetings.
THE COUNTY FUNDS.
In response to a request published
two weeks ago reports have boon sent
In from a number of counties as fol
lows: IN NANCE COUNTY.
Fullerton, Neb., Sept. 10.
Alliance Publishing Company, Lincoln,
Neb.
Dear Sirs: In answer to your request
for a statement as to whether the law
has been complied with, requiring
county treasurers to deposit public
funds in banks, I submit the following:
First. The law has been strie'ly ob
served, S cond. Estimate of average deposit
during year, $24,000.
Third. Rate of interest deposits are
drawing, -U per cent.
Total interest saved for the year,
$1,020.
Amount formerly allowed for making
out tax lists, about $250.
Yours Truly,
W. H. Clark.
Per W. P. HATTEN, Deputy.
IN BUFFALO COUNTY.
Kearney, Neb., Sept. 12.,
Editor Alliance-Independent, Lin
coln, Neb.
Dear Sirs: Complying with your re
quest of Sept. 8th, I will repo-t that
the treasury of Buffalo county averages
about $75,000 cash on hand, and it is
practically all deposited with the banks
at interest the rates rangiBg from 3
to 6 per cent probably averaging 4 per
cent making a saving of about $3,000
to the county for the year.
Respectfully,
Lyman Gary,
Treasurer.
IN KEARNEY COUNTY.
Minden, Neb., Sept. 12, 1882.
Editor Alliance-In dependent:
In answer to your request for a report
from each county in the state, in order
to ascertain the workings of the law
requiring county treasurers to deposit
the public funds in banks, will say that
In this (Kearney) county the law has
oeen fully complied with. The aver
age deposits for the year will be abotft
sixty thousand dollars, this is drawing
interest at the rate of four and a half
per cent per annum, which will make
a clean saving for the county of twenty
seven hundred dollars from this office
for the first year.
Respectfully Yours,
A. B. Andrews,
County Treasurer.
IN GOSPER CO.
Elwood, Neb., Sept 12, 1892. .
I submit tho following in reply to
your request in last weeks issuo for
workings of the law "r. quiring coupty
treasurers to deposit public iunds in
banks."
Average daily balance fron Jan. 9.h,
to Sept. 1st, $16015.00. Interest re
ceived to Sept. 1st, $303.77. Interest
accrued to Sept. 1st, $209.18. Total to
Sept. 1st, $512.95. Interest for the year
will amount to about $800.00, Banks pay
4 per cent. We pay school teachers
face value for their orders drawing 7
percent interest out of county bond
lund. Have an average of $2200, in
vested in these. In some adjoining
counties the banks pay interest only on
a small portion of the money deposited
by county treasurer, viz. county gene
ral, road and bond funds. This is owing
to the opinion of the demo-republicaa
attorney general that county treasurers
are not liable for interest on state and
school district money in their possess
ion. Yours Fraternally,
W. E. Aldrich.
County Treasurer.
Here are four counties that are a
little below an average of the ninety
counties of the state in population.
The aggregate saved under this law for
the present year will be $7,520 in these
four counties, or $1,880 per county on
an average. If the average per county
throughout the state is this much, (and
it ought to be more) the annual saving
fer the state under this one law given
to the state by the independent party
will be $169,200.
MORE
CMKEl
At the Norfolk Insane Hospital-Fine
Cigars Paid For by the Bute
Ai Drugs.
Firemen Employed All Summer How
the Superintendent Collected
a Debt.
The following letter gives additional
information regarding the petty bood
Ung operations carried on with the
knowledge and consent of the present
board of public lands and building:
Norfolk, Neb, Sept. 20.
Editor Alliance-Independent:
I wish to make a further statement
In rvcrnrti in the manner in which the
people's money was squandered with
the knowledge oi tne ooara oi puunu
lands and buildings. .
'i hp was manv a box of hicrh pr.ced
cigari bought from A. K Leonard,
charged up to tne state ana paia lor us
drugs. . , -
Tho superintendent, Wilkinson, kept
two firemen all through the summer of
isnt. lit tao tier month each for the pur
pose of getting an old debt duo him.
It seems that some years ago a man in
Dakota county, Nebraska, bought a
team of horses from Wilkinson and
failod to pay for them. After Wilkin
fum horMime suDerintendent. he em
ployed two of this man's sons (one
about zz ana me omor zv years uiu;
with an understanding that he, (Wil
kinson) was to have their monthly
wages, or a large portion thereof, to
nrmlv nn tho old debt. In order to cot
tr gr J w d
as much as possible out of it, he gave
in. ai
tnem very responsiDie positions, une
ho placed in charge of the whole heat
ing apparatus as night fireman. On
one or two occasions explosions were
barely averted, though his inefficiency,
hw rai11ncr thfi engineer. There never
before had 'been more than one fireman
kept during the summer mouths, and
nart nf thft time none, as the former
superintendent said the engineer with
. . . art . . m 3 . 1 -
patients was sumcient iorce auring mo
summer season.
All 4hese f actsmvere known to Messrs.
A Hon tTiinrn'hrpv find TTftsHntra whn
are now candidates for re-elect ion.
. Yours
John T. Lee.
OUR HOG PEEMIUM3
Offered by Blschell Bros, of Kearney
were won by Isaac M.Smith of Indianola,
first, and W. P. Hatton of 1 ullerton,
second. The premiums will be shipped
to these parties in a few days.
A QBE AT EXPOSURE.
Mr. E C Rewick of Lincoln is an
nounced for a speech at the Lansing
theatre on Tuesday evening, Sept. 27.
Mr. Rewick has been a republican all
his life. But he has grown sick of the
all pervading corruption in that parly.
He has been "on the inside" of the
party management, and is possessed of
information which he says will startle
the political world.
Mr. Rewick will doubtless have a
large audience. If his exposures are
as startling as he says they are, he will
create the sensation of the campaign.
Toe democrats blow trumpets with a
loud noise when ex-Judge Day of Iowa
deserts the g. o. p. and joins the demo
cracy. When ex-Judge Cole left tho
same party and joined the people's
party, it wasn't worth mentioning.
Get up a club under our cam
paign offer.