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i r " (J .- : fc , : . ' 5 ill: M lb o VOL. IV. LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1892. NO. 18. mm s coming. He and Mrs- Lease will Spend Three Days in Nebraska and They Will be Bed-Letter Days, HOW THE PEOPLE WILL BALLY Meetings Arranged for Norfolk, Grand Island, Omaha, Auburn and - Lincoln, ' The state committee have at last re ceived the positive assurance from Gen. Weaver himself, that he will be in Ne braska October 31, and November and 2. Mrs. Leese will also accompany him. The committee has made the follow ing appointments for them: GENEEAL WEAVER. At Norfolk, October 31. At Grand Island, November 1, At Lincoln, November 2. MRS. LEASE. At Omaha, October 31. At Auburn, November 3 . At Lincoln, November 2. These meetings will without doubt be the greatest ever held in the state, and probably as great as any held in the United States in this campaign They will probably all be day meetings except Mrs. Lease s meeting in umana. Grand parades will be the order of the day. The independents of Lancaster and adjoining counties will endeavor to make the meeting at Lincoln a crown ing success of the whole campaign. Hon. W. L: Green has been engaged to address the people in the evening. Further particulars will be given next week. General Weaver at Pulaski. General Weaver spoke at Pulaski Tenn. Oct. 8th. This is the place where it is charged that General Weaver mistreated the people during the war. He was listened to by a large crowd of populists, the democrats keeping away. General Weaver emphatically denied the charges made against him. The democrats permitted no disturbance of tho meeting or mistreatment of the speaker, knowing that anything of the kin 1 would bring on a riot, and react to their injury. 'lore Electors lor Weaver. The democrats in Idaho, and Minne sota have withdrawn their electoral tickets and endorsed tho Weaver elec tors, also in North Dakota. This make3 fifteen more electoral votes sure for Weaver and Field. The War in Venezuela. The revolution in Venezuela is at last ended. The revolutionists under Gen eral Crespo are completely victorious, having captured the capital and over thrown the government. Foraker at Lincoln. On the evening of October 6, ex-Gov. J. B. Foraker of Ohio, spoke to a crowd of about 3,000 at the ball park in Lin coln. The crowd was good natured but there was no enthusiasm. Foraker is a forcible, speaker, witty and sarcastic, but not convincing, lie devoted his time entirely to the issues between the republicans and democrats. He at tacked the wild-cat bank idea, and talked tariff. He especially lauded Nebraska, and her great prosperity. It is doubtful if he turned a single vote to his party. Ingalls takes the Stump. John J. Ingalls, the" irridescent dreamer who was run over by the peo ple's wagon in Kansas two years aero, is now on the stump trying to get his re venge by heaping abuse and ridicule on the men who retired him to private life. He spoke at Topeka October 8, to a crowd oi d.uuu. He said traitors had marred the state, had deDressed the price of land, deformed and dese- 11 A 1 TT i . cratea taetaie. ne wouia try to re generate it. He said he would a thou sand times rather see the state cast its vote for Cleveland than Weaver, for tne latter would ba an indelible sticma ana disgrace. The Irvine Case. The trial of Irvine for the shootinsr of Montgomery in the Lincoln hotel last spring was begun in Judge Hall's court on Monday. The most notable incident so far was the decision of the court that Hon. G. M. Lamhftrtsrm could not appear for the prosecution be cause he had been previously consulted Dy tne aeiense. ne is very indignant ana na? asKea tne supreme court for a mandamus to compel Judge Hall to ad mit him. There is much difficulty in cAtHntr jury, and it will be several days before i ji j i tne iriicu. prupor win uegio. Strickler Complimented. . In nominating V. O. Strickler of Omaha for attorney-general, the peo ple's party has made a strong bid for the support of the bettsr class of voters. He is a man of acknowledged ability, with a clean record. His activity in promoting the interest of his partv has brought down upon him the wrath of the other parties, which is one of the surest evidences that he is rnnafrWoj a dangerous opponent. He is edly popular among the young men of me vnj, aiuwug wuuiu ne nas a large follOWiner. YOUnff MenWJniirnnl Omaha. ' In Georgia and Florida. The state elections of Georgia and Florida occurred Tuesday Oct. 4. Although more than a week has passed th reading public of the north has been treated to nothing better than the extravagant claims of the democrats. It seemsfairly certain that the demo crats carried Florida with a good sized majority The people's party never figured on carrying that state. In Georgia the democrats made a desperate effort because of the effect the result would have on the November elections. They poured money into the South, and stirred up all the excitement and war prejudice they could. The first reports sent out were simi lar to those sent from Alabama not long ago The democrats claim 80,000 ma jority. They have come down since to somewhere in the neighborhood of 20, 000. Senator Peffcr in an interview says he thinks the democratic majority will not be over 15,000. . There is . no dOubt that bull-dozing and fraud was practicea, but no true report can be had till it comes through the reform papers of the south this week. General Weaver is reported to have said that he is not discouraged, and that he still thinks he will carry Geor gia in November. Poynter and Meiklejohn. Norfolk, Neb., Oct. 6, '92. In the sixth joint debate between Meiklejohn and Poynter, held at Stan ton, Poynter had thirty-five minutes to open. He showed up the independent platform and the reasons for the peo ple's demands in excellent shape. Meiklejohn replied in a forty-five min utes speech in which he glorified the republican party. He set up straw men and proceeded valiantly to knock them down, but he failed to touch a single argument set forth by Poynter. He made many wild breaks and wound up by lauding the universal prosperity oi the country. Poynter closed in a ten minutes' speech in which he showod Meiklejohn up as being in favor of. and advocating extortionate to freight rates, trusts.com- bines, high rates of interest, and all the other evils which the leading men of his party have heretofore deplored. He left MelKlejohn posing before the the people as the friend and tool of the money power. The crowd was not large, but con tained a good share of - independents who were highly elated over tho suc cess of their champion. Treasurer O'Orlea Arrested. CitATTANooG A, Tenn.. Oct. 12. M. J. O'Brien, formerly one of the most prominent citizens of Chattanooga, and who was under indictment fnr the embezzlement of 876.000 while treasurer of the benevolent order of the Catholic Knicrhts of Amfirfra eighteen months aco. was arrp.st.fid in Philadelphia vesterdav morninc Tha prisoner is now on his way hero. i i fffl SHEET The Greatest Vote-Maker of the Campaign 150,000 Copies to be Scattered Over Nebraska. SHOULD BE IK TEE HANDS OF EVERY VOTER. It Will Contain the Rewick Exposure, the Record of the Legislature, the Van Wyck-Creunse i Debate, Etc. The independent state committee are getting out a large campaign sheet for distribution over the state. It will be filled with the choicest campaign mat ter. The speech of Hon. E. C. Rewick will be one of the principal article. It will also contain General Weaver's let ter of acceptance, report oL the Van Wyck-Crounse debate at Lincoln, arti cles on the republican state officers pub lished in last week's Alliance-Independent, the record of the "farmer" legislature, and many other valuable articles. This sheet should be put in the hands ot every voter in the state regardless of party, Independent committees' throughout the state should order cop ies at Once. It will be ready for distri bute n by Saturday, October 15. SPECIAL NOTICE. From now till after election many persons who are not regular sub scribers of the ALiLiIANCE-INDE PENDENT will receive it through the kindness of friends. Such per sons need have no hesitancy about H taking the paper from the office as. in no case will they have to pay for it. . . -'V- ,. V;-;- :' .-.v. HHMSMaBnHMnBHI ' . Bryan and Field. The last of the Bryan and Field de bates was held in the M street ball park Tuesday evening, October 11. Bryan opened. He asked Field thirty-: five questions on the issues, all of which ; Field tried to answer, but some of v his answers were ludicrous. Bryan re affirmed his position in favor of free coinage and was enthusiastically .. ap plauded. The general opinion of those who heard the debate is that Bryan won a greater victory than in- the first debate in this city. Jennings' hotel of Omaha is tho only "People's party hoteL" Remember this when visiting that city I3tf r3