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THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
SHERMAN ON SILVER.
John Sherman hai written a letter to
the Philadelphia Press concerning
what is known as the Sherman silver
law, which was enacted two years ago.
Justja short time before the present con
gress adjourned, Mr. Sherman intro
duced a bill repealing the law.
In his letter ho says:
" The act of 1890 was adopted to pre
vent much worse legislation by the
democratic party aided by a few repub
llcana. The democratic party by a ma
jority of its members Jn both Houses,
had committed itself to the free coin
ago of silver, which I regarded 'as a
danger so great that every effort should
be made to prevent its passage The
act of 181K) was passed solely to prevent
the much worse measure threatened,
of free coinage. The great difference
is that under the act of 18!H) we buy
silver at its market value and only is5ue
currency to the amount of the cost of
the silver, so that wo have one dollar's
worth of silver at its gold value behind
every Treasury note issued under that
act. I will now vote for the repeal of
that act (although I do not think it is
so dangerous as many do,) because I
believe it would be better to suspend
the accumulation of silver bullion in
the Treasury.
This is from the author of the bill,
and ought to set at rest all dispute as
to the nature and intent of the present,
law.
Instead of being an act friendly to
silver as a money metal, it was just the
opposite, Sherma'ns idea, being to treat
silver bullion as a commodity. It in
fact established a sub-treasury plan
with the U. S. treasury building for a
warehouse, and silver bullion the thing
to be stored. The act was passed to
prevent the full recognition of silver as
a money metal on a par with gold.
The use of the term "gold value" by
Mr. Sherman is also very instructive.
Here again we see the intent to de
grade silver from an original money
metal to a mere commodity, and to set
up gold as the single standard to meas
ure the values of all commodities in
cluding silver.
John Sherman is still, as he has been
for twenty-five years, the prime minis
ter at the court of plutocracy in the
United States. A shrewder, more far
seeing, and conscienceless man never
better served a more damnable despotism.
A LETTER WITH A POINT
The following is a copy of a letter
written by a prominent man in the 30th
senatorial district, to the republican
candidate for state senator. We know
nothing about the facts, but we believe
the matters referred to are worthy of
prompt and serious consideration by
the voters of that district:
To Hon. Henry" St. Rayner.
Dear Sir: I have read your letter to
Mr. Wood of Gering, in regard to re
imbursing Scott's Bluff county for the
expense incurred in the prosecution of
the Arnold murder case. Yourself and
Judge Heist were attorneys for defend
ant, and put in a bill against Scoti's
Uluff county for $1,000, and it is very
easily understood why you will vote for
a bllt to pay the expenses of the case,as
it means pajment of your claim.
While you are introducing bills, will
you introduce one to reimburse old
Cheyenne county for the cost incurred
in the case against Henry St. Rayner
for killing his father-in-law a few years
ago? Old Settler.
Bayard, Nebr., Oct. 18, 1892.
(Copy.)
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The independent who stays at home
to husk corn or thresh on election day
this year should be doomed to feed on
husks and chaff for the rest of his life.
An honest man always courts inves
tigation. Why do not the republican
state officers court an investigation of
the grave charges this paper has pre
ferred against them? Any school-boy
can give the answer.
The independents of Otoe county
have nominated T. B. Stevenson for
state senator, and he has bright pros
pects of being elected. The indepen
dents of that county should make spec
ial effort to elect Tom for we want just
such able fighters in the senate next
winter.
We are told by one who was present
in imagination that after that invest!
gation was adjourned, and Secretary
Allen had returned to the secrecy cf
his private office, he hove a great sigh
of relief over his escape from an in
vestigation concerting state house
furniture.
A MIGHTY GOOD MAN.
It is very idteresting to read what
several republican papers had to say
of Gen. Van Wyck some years ago.
The following are a few sample com
pliments. Van Wyck must stay. Let this be
the battle cry of all who want honesty
and brains in the u. S. benate, Fre
mont Tribune (republican) March, 1885.
Van Wyck, it matters not how we
view him, is a power that cannot ba
overlooked. He is a great man and
when he speaks he is heard. North
Bend Flail, Dec. 1885.
There is no other man living who has
so many warm friends and admirers in
York county as Senator Van Wyck, and
no amount of abuse by monopoly pa
pers can alter the case. York Times
(republican) in 1885.
Papers that are heaping abuse upon
Senator Van Wyck are generally of the
railroad or semi-rail read stamp doing
the biddiag of railroad magnates for a
pecuniar.' consideration. Grand Island
Independent (republican) 1885.
No matter whether he makes a speech
at a county fair, a G. A. R. Reunion, a
prayer meeting, or a Sunday schoool
picnic, these 9,'euth hounds who are
hissed on by their corporation masters,
never fail to yelp at Senator Van Wycks
heels. Fremont Tribune (republican)
September 1886. '
In our government the people dele
gate their power as reigning sovereigns
to a few persons to hold and exercise
for a certain period that power returns
to the people on certain days called
election days. On those days the peo-
' pie get together at certain places called
polling places, they choose by means of
ballots the men to whom they will dele-
! gate their power for the next period.
Simple isn't it? The whole matter tan
! Ml 1 1 A 9 1 A !t
D6 auenaea to in a iew nours. abu yci
there are men so devoid of patriotism
that they can not spare those few hours
of one day in the year to attend to the
highest duty cf a citizen-sovereign.
Subscribe for The Alliance-Independent.
In his debates with Dech, E. J. Hain-
er took occasion to attack such brave
1 union soldiers as Gen. Weaver, Gen
Van Wyck, and Paul Vandervoort who
are now leaders of the independent
party. It comes with poor grace from
! a m in who was sucking his toes in
Hungarian cradle, whose father was
crioging under despotic heels, to at
tack men who wero at the same time
carrying the torch cf liberty and civi
lization, and saving the ha' ion to wh'ch
ho might flee from that despotism
and enjoy freedom and citizenship
It comes with poor grace now to traduce
those men, nd ass'st the despots
Europe, and their agents in America
in dragging down to a serfdom like
that from which he fled, a , brave and
unsuspecting people.
J. W. CASTOR, Pres. W. B. LINCH, Secy.
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