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About The Alliance-independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1892)
VOL. IV. LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1892. NO. 19. THR PROP! E'S A Clean Ticket of Honest Capable Men Who They Are and What They Propose to Do. MEN WHO "STAND UP POR NE BBASKA" They Will Fetire the Railroads From Politics, and Put In Force Iowa Rates Short Sketches of the Men. , ' The independent party comes before the voters of Nebraska with a state ticket ,that U proof . against persona criticism." Every man on the ticket has a clean record and a character that is above reproach. Without exception the nominees are men whom the peo ple can safely trust to perform tha which they are elected to do. They are plain men of the people. In sympathy and interest they are fully identified with the people. The word duty will be the first in their vocabulary as office-holders. And they all possess the capability as well as the will and the integrity to administer the various offices of state, if the voters see fit to place them in those offices mi ' . i xney are nonest, competent men. What higher personal qualification can any man have? But candidates must all be consider ed in the light of the principles they represent, and policies they propose. By the general principles and policy of their party, and by their own per sonal declarations, the independent nominees stand pledged to the follow ing line of action if elected: First. The candidate for governor is pledged to sign any and all bills that the legislature may enact in the inter est of the people of the state. Second. Honest competent, men will ha placed in charge of all the state institutions, and they will bo managed just as economically as is consistent with the purpeses for which they are maintained. - Third. Where charges of crooked ness in the conduct of state institutions or of maladministration cf any state office have been made, the ic dependent candidates stand pledged to investigate matters to the bottom, brinj all law breakers to justice, and recover as far as possible the money of which the s:ate has been defrauded. iourtn. ine men who will con stitute the board of transportation will use all the power granted them by the law and constitution to put in force a schedule of freight rates which shall be no higher than the rates in force in Iowa, and to prevent all unjust d Is crimination on the part of corpora tions. Fifth. The treasurer will see that the law requiring the interest -.on all public funds to be turned into the treasury is complied with, and that the permanent school fund is invested ac cording to law. Sixth. The candidate for attorney general pledges himself to do all in his power to secure the enforcement of every law, and the prosecution of every offender. ' ; " - . . Seventh. All the candidates will se9 that their offices are administered in the interest ' of the people and not in the interest of insurance companies, banks, railroads, land sharks, and office-holders as they have been ad ministered in the past. Eighth. The independent candidates for the legislature propose to carry forward the policy so well inaugurated two years ago; to repeal bad legislation and to enact wholesome laws on all subjects; and above all else to enact a law establishing freight rates no higher than those in force in Iowa. Ninth. The legislature will doubt less take the necessary steps to investi gate all charges of corruption and mal administration of office on the part of the present office-holders. Tenth. The indepe ndent candidate for congress, one and all, stand pledged to work and vote for laws in the inter est of the whole people, and especially in the interest of thA wii vUUVWl o of the west: to vnt rm. fv,Q ree coinage of silver; to vote for laws ;hat will give the people relief from unjust taxation; to vote for government ownership of railroads, and telegraphs: tovoto for laws prohibiting trusts, and gambling m grain, stocks, etc.; in fact to carry cut the principles of their platform. - inese candidates are before the voters of the state for their suffra ges. They ask for the vote of everv man, regardless of party, ; who is in sympathy with the principles . and purposes herein set forth. The following is a brief sketch of each of the state candidates: ; ; Continued on Second page. : At Ilendley. October 12th the independents had a grand rally here. Mus'c was furnish ed by the Beaver City band, and Hon. W. S. Pirckett delivered the principal j aaaress. it was a masterly and r con vincing speech. There was a fine, at tendance ana great entnusiasm. At Sprague. Hon. Jerome Shamp and Geo. Roos. the German speaker from Kearney, spoke at Sprague on Saturday night. A crowd of over one hundred were present. Shamp spoke in English and xvoos in trerman. muc i interest, wna manifested. ; . - A CAMPAIGN SHEET. The Greatest Voto-Maker of the Campaign .50,000 Copies to be Scattered Over Nebraska. SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF EVEBY V0TEE. A Final Victory. The closing debate between Van Wyck and Crounse occurred at Fremont last Saturday, and it resulted in the greatest victory yet won by the old war-horse. CrounRe mado a mnat nf h. able failure, while Van Wyck made a granu speecn ana aroused no end of eninusiasm. It Will Contain the Re wick Exposure, the Record of the Legislature, the Van Wyck-Crtunse Debate, Etc. Romine in Otoe County, Mr. J. B. Romine held a series of six meetings in Otoe county last week. Otoe is the home of Morton but unfor tunately for him it is also the home of Van Wyck and although Otoe is a close county, Mr. Romine says Van Wyck will carry it by a good round majority. He says the rank and file of th crais are aware of the fact that Mr. Morton has no show and that. oa ' choice between Van Wvrlr a democrat will always vote for Van w vuk.. xnis seems to oe the case not only at the home of Morton hut all over tne state. 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 Re wick will be one of the principal article!. It will also contain General Weaver's let ter of acceptance, report of the Van Wyck-Crounse debate at Lincoln, arti cles on the republican state officers pub lished in last week's Alliance-Inde pendent, the record of the "farmer'1 legislature, and many other valuable articles. This sheet should be put in the hands ot every voter in the state regardlesa of party. Independent committee. throughout the state should order cop ies at once. It will be ready for distri buti.n by Saturday, October 15. SPECIAL NOTICE. At Papillion. Papillion, Neb.. Oct. 15. Iftfl2. editor Alliance-Independent: Brother J. H. Powers and Loan Mc- Reynolds addressed an indeoendent meeting in the courthouse at this place last Friday evening, which was well attended. The few republican duffers present seeing no other means to cast discredit on the eneakins' attfminfcui A Set up a stanmede hvall frottinrr n oa leaving the room in a body, but it was msuitti iauure ior no ono followed mem. inere wns no annrprin Wo a ;pA. anco in the audienno for nth tL , vuuig aji after this disgraceful performance, and me mrge auaience or respectable people ivujomcumwieBieu listeners toiine end. . CHAS. NOWNES. Hoberfc a. 7 xJoth parties ara tnrrnrtA ?n uww mej can aeieat tneir own candi date and not elect thA Aue quesiion arises whAthn h colonel means by. this to encourage ido reopie s party. From now till after election manv persons who are not regular sub scribers of the ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT will receive it thronph the kindness of friends. Such per sons need have no hesitancy about taking the paper from the office as in no case will they have to pay for it: . ; Ch'carro Sentinfll?' uni .. idiotic wise acres have begun to scratch their heads over the tot. w our exports of petroleum have fallen last year from 137 millfnn rraii the year before to 117 millions. Even V "fn11. ChIca Tribune, says: "The fall in the Dri f . named as the chief cause of diminish ing exports on the whole. The reason lOr this IS that mernhanfa prices of their Drodufit, An nt rise (in silver as ttvar i .value. The demand falls oiT so much. u"jus " aimmished purchasinff power of the silver, as to badly ' dig- wuiao uur expori trade."
