THE ALL AN CE-INDEPENDENT.
IT WASN'T "LEFT OUT."
Uncle David Nichols of Buffalo
county is a grand old independent war
horse, one of the old greenback guard,
for whom we have a great deal of re
spect. He fought the battle for finance
reform when most of us were in the
old parties bobbing up when thoBtrings
were pulled by the fellows who run
this country.
Now Uncle David, like many of the
rest of us, was a strong believer in a
"stringent usuy law" ani he is dis
appointed becauso a usury plunk was
"left out" of the Kearney platform. He
has written quite a lengthy article,
published in the Kearney New Era.
asking why it was "left out." He
seems disposed to blame the platform
committee. In his comments Mr.
Nichol's says: .
I use the words "left oul" becauso it
was in the platform two years ago, the
first platform ever adopteJ by the in
dependent or people's party, in the
United States.
Now in reply to Mr. Nichols we
would liko to say he is laboring under
a false impression. In fact the usury
DlanJc was not "left out.' There was no
usury plank in the platform adopted
Ju'y 29, 1890, at Lincoln. We will give
Uncle David a subscription to The
Alliance-Independent for the rest
of his days (which we hope may be
mauy) if he will send us a copy of the
usury plank ia thatplatfoi m. Neither
was there a usury plank in the Cin
cinnati platform, "nor the St. Louis
platform, nor in the Omaha platform.
Now Mr. Nichols shou'd broaden his
inquiry, and ask: Why was the usurv
p'ank left out two years ago in our
state convention, and why has it not
teen mentioned in any national plat
form yet adopted by the representa
tives of the new movement? He should
not make the platform committee of
the Ktaraoy convention the sole object
of critic'sm. That convention amended
the report of ihe committ'e on a
number of points. Why not on this
point? We believe that committee
consisted of as true and faithful finance
reformers as the new party contains,
and that they did their duty to the
best of their abili y in the hurry and
confusion of a midnight convention.
Mr. Nichols closes his article by re
ferring to the fact lhat "finances were
left oat of the pla form altogether"' at
Kearney. Wo are surprsed to hear so
broad-minded a man as Brother Nichols
drop such a remark. Does he mean to
say that "finances were altogether left
out" of the Oma'a platform? Yet the
Kearney convention adopted the Oma
ha p' a form entire
Now here it seems 'o us is the real
reason why the u ury p'ank has always
been left out of our platforms:
The independents do not consider a
uury law a fundamental remedy for
our fina cial uvi s. They p cfer to
strike at the root of the evi'. They
propose to relieve the stringency which
forces men to pay usurio is rates of in
terest, by expansion of the currency.
In the language of one t f the leaders of
the movement the n w partv proposes
to place i's heel on the head of the
serpent and crush out its life, rather
than to tread on the tail.
The writer indiv'dua'ly, believes
that the legislature of Nebraska should
amend our present uury law by affix
ing some penalty that will make it
effective. This will not cure the evil
or bring prosperity, but it will knock
out a class of sharks that are, preying
on the people, and give some relief.
BELIEVE THEM NOT. j
It ought to be a matter of shame to
the people of this country that the
chairman of a national committee of a
great party should be forced to issue
an address such as the following. But
wo believe it is fully justified by the
circumstancos. It would certainly bo
in order for the chairman of our stato
committee to issue a similar address
for Nebraska alone, if it were not for
the fact that long experience has
taught the people not to believe what
they read in the old party papers unless
they know it to be true:
St. Louis, Sept. 20, 1892. To the
Reform Press: For the last month the
republican and democratic daily papers
have so grossly and maliciously mis
represented the peoplo's party and our
committees that I am compelled to
issue XU notice to our people. Be
tween now and the November election
you may look for anything in the way
of falso reports, deals and sell-outs of
which they will accuso the people's
party. They know that we have but
few daily papers, and they reach but a
limited number of our people and our
means to contradict lneir misrepre
sentations at best is only a feeble one.
Ihe lat fake that was wired from
here was that I received a telegram
from Indianapolis to go there in haste,
as there was a big deal on hand. I
knew nothing about this until it was
Known to me in print the next day.
The whole story is a base lie and false
hood. I was invited to go to Indian
apolis by H. Vincen, scretary of the
state committee, which I did, and they
used this visit on which to base their
false report.
I wish the people to bonr in mind
that I am just as unable to prevent the
press from circulating these reports as
General Weaver was unable to secure
free speech and decent treatment from
the democrats in Georgia. 1 regret to
say that we have timid and weak
hearted people in our ranks, whrse
minds are disturbpd by these reports,
and as I have neither time nor inclina
tion to refer to this again I do not want
to be held responsible for anything
published unless it appears over my
own signature. I do this to protect
myself and warn our friends against
anything that may be published be
tween now and the November election.
H. E. Taubeneck,
Chairman People's Party Nat. Com'.
WANTED.
Some patriotic independent at every
rally, held from now till the campaign
closes to take subscriptions for The
Alliance-Independent. These sub
scriptions may be taken under any of
the following offers:
Regular rates, $1.00 per year.
For three months, 25 cents.
In clubs of ten or more till after elec
tion, 10 cents.
Under these offers we ought to re
ceive 1,000 subscribers per day for the
next twenty days.
We would also urge our independent
fr'ends in all parts of the state to in
vade the cities and towns. We believe
subscribers can be secured more easily
and rapidly there than anywhere else,
and a? the same time more good can be
accomplished for our cause.
Every short time subscriber should
be given to understand that the paper
will bj stopped at the expiration of the
time unless he renews.
Judge Crounse in his discussions
wi h General Van Wyck spends con
siderable time lauding J. Sterling
Morton, and tells how for many years
they have been closely connected in
business matters of a charitable nature.
The people are beginning to draw the
very natural c mclusion that they are
very closely allied in charitable mat
ters of a political nature at the present
time, in fact that J. Sterling is giving
himself as a side show for Lorenzo.
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