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THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
THE BAILBOAD COMMISSION-
Following up our article of two weeks
ago, we wish to discuss further the
advisability of voting for the amend
ment creating an elective commission.
Without going into a lengthy argument
we will lay down the following proposi
tions which rest on general principles:
1. It is better to have a state com
mission to enforce a railroad law than
to leave the individual citizens of the
state to contend with the corporations
single handed.
2. It is batter to have a commission
elected directly by the people than one
appointed by the governor, or other
state officers. ,
We believe that nearly all indepen
dents of the state will approve those
propositions.
But now we come to a question of
practical politics which does not rest
on general principles. This is the
situation:
Wo have a board of transportation
consisting of five state officers, elected
directly by the people. In order to
enable them to perform the extra work
of the commission, they are allowed to
appoint throe secretaries with salaries
of $2,000. These1 secretaries are the
real working board but to be valid, their
action must be approved by the board.
This of course Is not so satisfactory as
a board of three elected directly by the
people with original power to act.
Nevertheless, this arrangement serves
the purpose very well. It is a good
thing, and it is a very serious question
whether the people had better let goof
a good thlug in order to get a better.
One great advantage is that the su
preme court has declared it constitu
tional. The law passed by the legisla
ture of 1887 was merely intended as a
sop thrown by the railroads to the peo
ple. As one member of that legislature
remarked to the writer: "That law
was not intended to hold water." But
it did. For once the railroads over
stepped themselves, and gave the peo
ple a better law than they intended.
Of course the law has not benefitted
the people, but that Is because the men
elected to enforce the law have been
railroad tools with the single exception
or Attorney ucneral Lieeso. But now
the independents have every prospect
of carrying the state and electing their
whole state ticket. In that case all the
state officers will have to do will be to
step in and begin to enforce that law.
Even if the independents do not have
a majority in the legi-lature, and can
not pass a single railroad law, the state
officers constituting the board can make
rates and put them in force. Of course
the supreme court might reverse itself
and defeat the people by declaring the
law unconstitutional now that Post and
Noryal constitute a majority, but it is
hardly likely.
On the other hand suppose the amend
mentis carried. If the independents
have a majority in both houses, all will
be well. They can repeal the old law
and enact a better oue defining the
duties of the new board. Governor
Van Wyck will appoint three good men
to serve till others can be elected at the
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railroads should get control of one house
the senate 'for example. The amendment
has carried. The old law must be re
pealed, and a now one enacted. The
repeal will be easy enough, but what of
the new law? Would a railroad senate
give us a good law? Then, again the
new law, would have to stand the test
of the courts, and how easy it would be
for a corporation crowd to pass a law
containing something that could , be
declared unconstitutional on technical
ground.
It is a very suspicious circumstance
that both the old parties are favoring
this amendment. It look;) to us like a
deliberately framed plan to get rid of
the present law, and defeat the people
by electing a railroad senate that will
prevent the passage of another.
For these reasons does it not become
the duty of every man who wants the
railroads brought speedily under con
trol to vote against the amendment?
It looks so to us, and we urge indepen
dents every where to discuss this matter
and prepare to act effectively on elec
tion day.
Neither old party has any hope of
controlling the next legislature of Ne
braska. This is a fact the significance
of which every people's party worker
and voter should realize. It means
that party lines will not be closely
drawn on the election of members of
the house and senate. It means that
combinations between the railroad
wings of the old parties will be made to
secure a railroad majority in one or
both houses. The only sure way to
defeat this is for the anti-monopoly
voters of both old parties to vote with
the people's party. Every man who
has the reform cause at heart should
make it his business to talk this matter
to his honest old party neighbors, and
secure their votes for the people's legis
lative candidates.
Stand up for Nebraska by choking
the calamity howleri at the polls and
by outvoting the defamers of Nebras
ka's greatness. That is an is we great
enough to enlist the vote and support
of every loyal citizen of the state for
Judge Crounse. Omaha Bee.
We move to amend the above so as
to read as follows:
Stand up for Nebraska at the polls by
choking off the gang of boodlers who
are stealing the state blind, by knock
ing railroad, and gold-bug candidates
clear out of the ring, by voting for the
interests of the producers and their
families. This is enough to enlist the
vote and loyal support of every loyal
citizen of the state for General Van
Wyck.
TALK STATE IS3UES. I
Not long we strongly urged the Inde
pendent speakers throughout the state
to pay more attention to state issues,
and the approval that article has re
ceived causes us to repeat the sugges
tion. Especially is it important that
he exposures of corruption at the state
capital should be kept before the peo
ple, They should b3 brought promi
nently before the people at every meeting.
In tills matter we have something that
reaches directly to the pocket of every
tax payer. It is also an issue that
reaches the conscience of every honest
man. Suppose for a moment such cor
ruption for a moment such corruption
could be charged up against men put
fn office by tho people's party. The
uror that wou'd be raised by repub'i-
can speakers would make the man in
the moon hold his ears. And every
issue of every republican sheet would
be reeking with columns of It under
great flaming headlines. But how is
it now? A few of our speakers drop
the national issues long enough to
mention that there is a rumor of cor
ruption at the state capitol, some of the
independent papers dismiss the subject
with a headless paragraph, and others
don't even mention it. This kind of
criticism may not go down well with
some, but it is justified by the circum
stances. We have no desire to dictate
to anybody, but we would like to have
the men on whom rests the burden of the
fight listen to the dictates of common
sense, and make the best fight possible
under the circumstances.
We are glad to see the World-Herald
getting after Treasurer Hill and the
board of educational lands and funds
about the non-investment of the per
manent school fund. But it is rather
amusing to see the World-Herald treat
the matter as something new. The
editor of this paper wrote the whole
matter up more fully than the World
Herald has ever done, just one year
ago. But we don't care how much
glory the World-Herald gets. We are
not in this fight for glory but for
justice.
IT is remarkable how quick Judge
Crounse's eye got well. There is a
strong suspicion thaV thet"abcess" was
on the Judge's brain, and that the ma
chine men of his party pulled him off
for a few days, to put him under a
course of "coaching."
Some time ago the State Journa
gave the name of Senator T. J. Day o:
Garfield county as a prominent inde
pendent who had gone back to the old
party. Now comes Mr. Day in a letter
to the O'Neill Tribune in which he re
affirms his loyalty to the cause and says
he will do all in his power to see the
independent who was nominated to
succeed him elected. So the Journal
is again proven a falsifier.
TO HELP OROUNSE.
An independent who lives in Saun
ders county writes: "In a recent con
versation with R. E. D., editor of a
paper of this place, I remarked on the
inconsistency of his supporting Morton,
against Crounse, the candidate of his
own party. He replied that the reason
he did so wai that he wanted to down
Van Wyck, and the chairman of the
republican state committee had told
him that it was all right, that it would
have a good effect on weak-kneed in
dependents."
And so the evidences multiply that
Morton isrunning in Crounse's interest.
Senator Dysart who has been re
nominated by the independents of his
district ought to be re-elected by a
large majority. He was one of the
truest men in the last senate.
The Call thinks the Journal should
not print garbled extracts from Gen,
Van Wj ck's old speeches in congress
calls it a ''bad break," and suggests
that the Journal has been making too
many "bad breaks" lately.
The Call very sensibly remarks that
to call him hard names is a very poor
way to answer Mr. Rewick's charges
An investigation should be had, and
Mr. Rewick should have an opportun
ity to prove what he says.
Judge Crounse is a member of Har
rison's "federal brigade." He is assist
ant secretary of the treasury at Wash
ington. When he was nominated for
governor at the dictation of Rosewater
Harrison's right hand man for Ne
braska, the report went forth that he
would immediately resign his position
at Washington. It is also reported in
the papers that he has resigned. But
we have it on good authority that his
resignation has not been accepted." Is
Harrison holding it to see the outcome
of the contest in Nebraska?
fthirtr Wiw.
Mr. Georg Howard Gibson, Formerly
Editor o: this Paper Volunteer ie
timony Which '"ill Interest itt
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