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THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
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QUESTIONS TOR CANDIDATES.
When a man is a candidate for office,
he should be ready and willing to an
swer every fair question put to him. It
would be a capital idea for independents
to attend old party meetings and ask
questions. The following1 are a few
very appropriate
QUESTIONS FOR STATE CANDIDATES:
first During tne past two years
about $500,000 of money has lain unin
vested in the permanent school fund.
If this money had been invested in
state warrants as required by law, it
would have yielded 7 per cent, interest.
Why did not the treasurer so invest it?
Why did not Humphrey, Allen and
Hastings as members of the board of
educational lands and funds compel the
treasurer to invest it, and thus save
the sta'e $35,000 per year?
Second Have not Hon. E. C. Rew
ick's charges of corruption in the
management of the Lincoln insane
asylum been proven true? Do you
think the blame should be placed en
tirely on the employees of that inititu
tioa? Third Do you think Allen, Hum
phrey and Hastings did their duty as
members of the board of public lands
and buildings when they allowed a
claim for c?al for June, July, and Aug
ust, 189i of 1,460 tons of coal when the
same institution during the same
months in 1892 has ouly used 351 tons?
Fourth Why have the state officers
allowed thousands of dollars of money
to be paid out of the state treasury on
warrants with the name of the payee
forged on their back?
Fifth Why have not Humphrey,
Allen and Hastings investigated the
charges of crookedness in the manage
ment of the Norfolk insane hospital?
Sixth Why did Hastings, Hill and
Benton settle 'with the de'aulting
treasurer of Valley county for $1,247
less than the judgment called for when
the security was absolutely good?
Seventh Do you approve of the
course pursued by the present board of
transportation? If elected will you use
all your power to have Iowa rates put
in force in Nebraska?
The following are good
QUESTIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE CANDI
DATES. One Will you vote for a law giving
Nebraska freight rate3 no higher than
those in force in Iowa?
Two Do you approve of the follow
ing acts passed by the independent
legislature:
(a.) The Australian ballot law:
The free text-book law;
The repeal of the sugar bounty!
The mortgage record law;
The law requiring county treas
urers to deposit funds in banks, and
turn the interest into the treasury;
(f.) The law requiring county clerks
to turn the fees for making out tax-lists
into the treasury ;
(g ) The mutual insuranc 5 law;
(h.) Do you approve of the New
berry bill?
If you ol ject to any of these acts
which, and why?
Three Why have Dot the republican
legislatures passed such laws as these?
Four If elected, what kind cf of bills
do you propose to vote for?
Many other questions might be asked,
but these are good ones and will put the
candidates on record.
(b.)
(o)
(d.)
(e.)
A great many merchants are going
to vote with their friends this year,
'i hey may not say much about it, but
they have been thioking d as a re
sult they will vote the pa le's ticket.
A DE00Y REFORM.
Wo have frequently called attention
to the agitation for the improvement
of the country roads as an effort on the
part of the plutocrats of the 'country to
divert attention from real evils and
real reforms. Perhaps no more signifi
cant proof of the correctness oi that
position has appeared in the dally press
than the following editorial paragraph
in the Omaha Bee:
Senator Manderson has been elected
president of the Good Roads assoclt
tion. which was organized in Chicago
yesterday, counts among its membei a
sucn distinguished men as Phil Armour,
Leland Stanford, Seward Webb and
General Roy Stone. The movement cn
behalf of good roads is rapidly growing
in ravor and is destined to be produc
tive of very beneficial results.
And who are these distinguished
men? Phil Armour is at the head of
the great beef combine and is connected
with many other monopolistic enter
prises. Leland Stanford is the pr si
dent of the great Southern Pacific rail
road. Webb is Vanderbilt's general
manager.
And this is the class of men that
come forward ai the prime movers in a
great reform in the interest of the
farmers!
This is the company over which Mr.
Manderson has the honor of presiding!
How does it strike you, farnurs of
Nebraska? Do you propose to let these
sleek well-fed plutocrats divert your
attention away from the robbery and
tyranny practiced by the corporations,
the trusts and combines and set you to
wcrk with plow and scraper to work
out the salvation of the republic? If
you . do then Senator Manderson is the
sort of a man you want to represent
you in the United States senate. If
you don't, then you should retire th's
wealthy, brainless demagogue from
the place which he is neither worthy
nor c apable of filling.
There is one thing about the repub
licans to admire and that is
their ma'chless gall. They can stand
up staring straignt at a prospect of
overwhelming defeat, and without
blinking or changing color proclaim a
certain prospect of victory. That's ex
actly what they are doing now. Their
gall may serve the purpose of holding
in line a few of the weak-kneed, but it
will not stave off the inevitable.
Under the influence of State Journal
atmosphere, Al Bixby is developing in
to the grea4est and most artistic pohti
cal liar in the state. A good many in
dependents are feeling badly because
Al left off the good work he was doing
for the independents in Platte county,
and went to work for the State Journal.
'Sh, don't say a word. Al knows what
he's about. He is just as goo 1 an in
dependent as ever, and is workiog fo
the cause, and at the same time draw
ing a good sahry fiooi the other fel
lows. You don't see it? Well, we will
lat y u into the secret: In the first
p'ace Al t nows that nobody b lieves
anything published in the Journal any
way. Then he makes his lies so big
that they are perfectly harmless. But
the fine point is just here: Occasionally
Al throws ou a slur which makes the
ndependents so mad that they go to
work for the cause with redoubled
vigor. This is straight. Al let us in
to the scheme on the ground floor the
other day. But keep it dark. If the
B. & M. get onto the racket, Al will be
fired without ceremony.
Subscribe for The Alliance-Inde
pendent. '
GLOBE I
DO NOT ORDER YOUR
COAL
UNTIIa YOU GK.T PRICES FROM US.
ALL GRADES.
Delivered at Yonr Station, Write Us. ' ' w .
J. W. HARTLEY, State Agent, Lincoln, Neb.
HY TrJE QLtOBE IS lINQ.
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USES V0 OIL.
HaS ROLLER BEARINGS.
HAS CHILLED IRON BOXES.
REQUIRES NO AJTENTIONl
HAS A SOLID WHEEL. .
THE CLOBE I4 AN ALL STEEL AND 1 1102 MILL, AND II AS THE
LEAST NUMBER OF WEARING PARTS.
THE GLOBE HAS MORE PQWER THAN ANY WHEEL OF ITS SIZE
IN THE MARKET, AND CAN BE BUILT ON A SOLID TOWER, AND WILL
ALWAYS BE FOUND WHERE PLACED.
THE GLOBE IS THE LIQHEST, SAFEST AND EASIEST RUNNING
MILL WHEEL IN THE MARKET, AND DOES NOT MAKE THREE REVO
LUTIONS TO GET ONE STROKE OF THE PUMP.
THE GOLBE 13 TIIE IDEAL MILL FOR THE FARMER, THE
STOCKMAN AND THE IRRIGATOR.
BUY ONLY THE GLOBB.
GEO W. HOFFSrADT State Agent,
707 O Street, Lincoln, Neb.
Please Mention This Paper.
X. C. 3CcKZH3I-iILi,
Successor to BADGER LUMBER CO
Wholesale Retail Lumber
TELEPHONE 7O.. -
0 ST. BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH LINCOLN," NEB,
FAIRBANKS AND VICTOR SCALES.
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