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THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
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People's Party National Ticket-
For President,
GEN. J AS. D. WEAVER
' of Iowa
ForVice.Presldent,
CEN. J AS. O. FIELDS
1 ofVlrgnlal.
For Presidential Electors,
T. O. FERGUSON, Nemaha County.
J. R. CONK LIN, Douglas County.
JOHN I. JONES, Cedar County.
R. R. SIIICK, Seward County.
W. A. GARRETT, Phelps County.
PETER EMJERSON, Howard County.
E. E. LINK, Frontier County.
T. H. TIUDLES, Cumiug County.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor,
CHARLES II. VAN WYCK, Otoe Co.
Lieutenant Governor,
C. D. SHRADER, Logan County.
Secretary of State,
J. M. EASTER LING, Duffalo County.
For Auditor,
LOGAN AlcREYNOLDS, Clay County.
For Treasurer,
J. Vj WOLFE, Lancaster County.
For Attorney General,
V. O. STRICKLER, Douglaa County.
For Commissioner of Tublic Lands and Build
ings, J. M. GUNNETT. York Connty.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction,
II. II. niATT, Custer County.
For Conn res First District,
JEROME SIIAMP of Lancaster.
COUNTY TICKET.
For DisCrlct Judge
WM. LEESE, of Lincoln.
For County Attorney,
II. F. ROSE of Lincoln.
For County Commissioner,
F. SCIIWEIZERof West Lincoln.
For State Senators,
I. N. LEONARD or Oak.
J. C. McNERNEY or Lincoln.
For Representatives.
R. T, CHAMBERS of Stockton.
ALBERT PETERSON of Rock Creek
S. S. GRIFFIN of Centerville.
. ' MARTIN HOWE of Lincoln.
J. M. MEDDINS of Lincoln. ,
SPECIAL NOTICE.
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persons who are not regular sub
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PENDENT will receive it ; through
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sons need have no hesitancy about
taking the paper from the office as
in no case will they have to pay
for it. . -
All the men - on the Independent
state ticket are in the field doing cam
paigning
On account of the largo amount of
space occupied by our articles on re
publican ' corruption, our reports of
meetings are not very full this week.
ALLEN W. PIELD.
If the citizens of the first district
want to send a man to congress who has
their interests at heart, and will do his
best to serve them, very few of them
will voto for Allen W. Field, and those
few will be railroad men, bankers, and
capitalists.
Field is a very narrow and selfish
man. lie has always been ready to
sacrifice a friend on the altar of his
own ambition. He has always been
ready to knock out any man that he
thought might in any way interfere
with his own personal aggrandizement.
His republican brethren know this very
well, and many of them are refusing to
assist him in his present campaign on
that account.
For the reform movement inaugurat
ed by the farmers and laboring men,
he has nothing but scorn and ridicule.
In his debate with Bryan in Lincoln he
said the grass-hoppers and chinch bugs
were terrible scourges, but, that the
reform movement was a far worse
scourgo to the state. Surely no farmer
or workingman in the district will vote
for Field and thus put himself on a par
with the dog that licks the hand that
smites him.
Then Field is a railroad man. He
believes in and practices ' 'reciprocity'
with the B. & M. That corporation
aids him to carry conventions, and
secure votes. He in turn uses his
official power to shield and advance the
interests of the corporation.
To provo the truth of this, one has
only to examine Field's record.
In 1883 wfftlo speaker of the house
ho voted against the maximum freight
bill introduced to carry out the pledge
of his party.
In the Plattsmouth bridgj case he
made the mojt outrageous decisions
in favor of the B. & M. ever made by a
judge on the bench. The case was as
follows:
The county of Cass through its prop
er officers assessed leyied and collected
a tax on the West half of the C. B. &
Q. R. R, bridge across the Missouri
river at Plattsmouth Nebraska, the
same as other property in that county,
and for the years of 1881, 1882, 1883,
1884 and 183. The railroad company
at the time paid the taxes for years
under protest and they afterwards
brought suit against Cass county to re
cover back tho taxes so paid, before A.
W. Field judge, and he instructed the
jury to bring in a verdict for the C. B.
& Q. R. R.Co. from $5,4e2.00 which the
jury did. The people in their sovereign
power took the case to the supreme
court and the railroad judge was re
versed. The supreme court said the
tax was legally levied and collected by
Cass county and the road had no right
to recovery. See '25 Neb. P. 349.
The following is another case of the
same kind:
Herman Koenig owned a little home
stead upon which he and his wife and
little children resided. The C. B. & Q.
R. R. Co. took possession of his little
homestead aad run its trains across his
home without any right and in utter
violation of the law and statutes.
Koenig brought suit to enjoin the
C. B. & Q. for occupying his homestead
and from running its trains across his
premises. Allen W. Field decided that
the railway company had a right to
confiscate his (Koenig's) homestead and
defeated him. Herman Koenig took
it to the supreme court and here again
the railroad judge, Allen W. Field,
was reversed, the supreme eourt hold
ing tthat the railroad company was a
non-resident, corporation, had utterly
failed to comply with the law and had
unlawfully taken possession of Herman
Koenig's homestead; and gave Koenig
a permanent injunction. See 25, Neb.
P. C99.
Allen W. Field's record shows him to
be not only the tool of the railroads but
equally s of the banks. The m03t no
table inttaice of this is the case of the
state against the Nebraska City Nation
al bank steal. The case was as follows:
ThoSta'eo? Nebraska brought suit
against the bank and recovered a judg
ment for the sura of $8067.52 for state
money deposited in that bank by Gov.
Furnas. This suit was brought in Lan
caster county and was taken to the
supreme court by the bank, and there
affirmed and the bank compelled to pay
it, and some years later the bank ap
peared before the legislature with its
claim, which two successive legislatures
rejected. Finally the legislature of
1883, gave this bank $13040.50. and for
th's steal Allen W. Field voted "aye,"
and worked for its passage.
Is it any wonder the railroads and
banks stand by Fiel i? He is an ex
ceedingly useful man to them, and they
always make it a point to stand by their
fiiends.
In view of these facts can the people
of this district afford to advance such
a man to a seat in our national body of
law-makers?
Every honest man in the district
whether republican, democrat or inde
pendent should go to work with all his
might to get this man defeated" at the
polls on November 8th.
HAEEIS0N ON GREENBACKS.
Tho following extract from Harrison's
letter of acceptance is interesting read
ing. The republican party, during the
civil war, devised a "national currency
consisting of United States notes issued
and redeemable by the government,
and of national bank notes, based upon
the security of United States bonds.
Notes furnished directly or indirectly
by the United States have been the
only safe and acceptable paper currency !
of the people. Bank failures have
brought no fright, delay or loss to bill
holders. Tho note of an insolvent bank
is as good and as current as a treasury
note for the credit of the United
States is behind it. Our money is all
national money I might almost sav
international, for these bills are not
only equally and indiscriminately ac
cepted at par in all states, but in some
oreign countries.
When an ordinary man talks about
paper money based on "the credit of
the United States" he is a "greenback
crank," but it is all right for a republi
can president. It will be noticed that
Mr. Harrison does not set the national
bank note above the greenback, but
merely claims that it is "as good and
as current as a treasury note." If the
peoples party should get into power and
should issue a few hundred million of
greenbacks to take the place of those
Mr. Harrison's party destroyed after
the war, Mr. Harrison and his party
leaders would change their tune, and
the greenback would quickly degene
rate into a "rag-baby," and ' 'fiat money"
as it did in 1876.
MR E. 0- REWIOK.
The republicans are trying to weaken
tho force of Mr Wewick's exposure by
miking personal attacks on him. We
wish te say to our readers, that we con
sider Mr. Rewick an honest, reliable
and every way worthy man, and that
he has made the exposure from good
motives. He should have the backinc
and encouragement of every indepen
dent in Nebraska.
A WONDERFUL MACHINE.
A few days ago a3 a good independent
was passing near the State Journal
building a small scrap of paper which
was whisked along by a friendly breeze
accidentally lodged in his imagination.
It was covered with curious hyerogly
phics which ho finally managed to
translate into the following startling
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It always makes truth appear black
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It always reports a populist meeting
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By its use an independent crowd of
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fore the campaign is over.
And now comes the word that Judge
Crounse'a eye is better and he will re
sume his joint debates with Van Wyck.
J. Sterling Morton continues to
perambulate over the state like a gos
siping old woman ridiculing and slander
ing his old neighbor Van Wyck.
