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THE ALLIANCE-: INDEPENDENT. People! Party Song. An Adaptation. -Air ''Columbia, tie Gem of tbe Ocean Adaptation of old oog't and old music win tbe ear of the people, and their old mem orlea and auoclatlom are joined to tbe aes- tlnlea of the new party. Tb's li thepbilos Dphf, and perhaps the onlr merit, of this ion j. Pleaie fire It space In your paper. Oh, Columbia, tbe gem of tbo ocean, lte home of the brave and tbe free, At pride of each patriot'! devt tloi A world offere homage to thte. Thy mandates make heroes assemble, When Liberty's form stands In view, rhy banneri make tjrranay trexb.e, Wbn borne by the tried and the true. Chorus. When borne by the tried and the true, When borne by the tried aud the true, rhy banners make tyranny tremble, Tbree cheers for tho red, white acd blue. We demacd that old parties surrender The pow'r they hare used to oppress, That to labor fair waxes you render, And corporate gains shall be le e. rhy mandates make heroes assemble, etc. Chorus. We demand for the farmer, protection Against ev'ry ring and combine. It will come with our leaders' election, The drift of our manhood to Time. Thy mandates make heroes assemble, etc. Chorus. We demand that the silver we're mining, Be coined at our mints as of old, That our debtors may cease their ret in ng At currency wholly of gold. Thy mandates make heroes assemble, When Liberty's form stands in view. Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the tried and the true. Chorus, When borne by the tried and the true, When borne by the tried and the true, Thy banners make tyrranny tremble, Three cheers forth? red, wllto and blue THOSE APPBOPBIATIONS. The republicans have attempted to mako capital out of the fact that tho independent legislature appropriated mro money than its republican pre decessor. The claim is extremely hypocritical. Tho following are the total appropriations made by the two legislatures: 1891 $2,886,575 1881) 2.381,410 Increase $ 505,105 A brief examination will show the causos of that increase to bo as follows: First There were a large number of extraordinary appropriations that had to bo made by the last legislature which had no counterpart in the appropriations made in 1889. Tho following aro the principal ones: For new buildings, apparatus etc., in connection with state institutions in 1891 $333,950 Same for 1889 only 147,700 Difference $186,250 Now these appropriations are entirely in tho nature of an investment. Inas much as every appropriation of this kind had the urgent support of the republican members there is no room for criticism from them. For relief cf drouth sufferers. .$200,000 For World'? Fair 50,000 For suppressing Indian out break .. 37,200 For 9 new district judges, etc. 50,000 For printing governor procla mation concerning constitu tional amendment 11,733 Contest expenses 10,900 Batt sugar bounty 7,634 Total extraordinary appro priations $ 559, 6 1 7 Now in a fair comparison every dol lar of this must be deducted from the appropriations of 1891. This wipes out the increase of $505,165, and makes a decrease of $54,452. Now if republicans or democrats want to criticise any of these extraor dinary appropriations, they should state which. There is but one solitary appropriation which they can consistent ly attack and that Is the $10,900 for con test expenses, and to that they can offer no just objection. Second It should be remembered that the population in 1891 was about 20 per cent, greater than in 1889. It is a general rule that government ex pjnses increase more rapidly than pop ulation. So that if the appropriations of 1891 had been the same as those of 1889, that would have been equiva'ent to a decrease of nearly 20 per cent. But we have better than that, an actual decrease of $54,452 not counting extra ordinary appropriations. Third The only appropriations that are subject to fair crit'eism are those for the support of state institutions. It is true that a fair comparison shows them to havo been a hundred thousand below those of 1889. Still they were too lavish. Hut tho independents were not to blame. In tho first place they had no data on which to base an esti mate of the amount needed save that which was furnished by republican state officers and heads of state insti tutions. These officers made up an estimate and laid it before the legisla ture calling for several hundred thou sand dollars more than was appropri ated. Tho independents cut down almost every estimate. Of course they didn't know how deep to cut: They had no idea of tho stealing capacity of republican officeholders. Further when these appropriations came up in the legislature, the demo-republican combine fought at every turn for lav ish appropriations. Every reduction was made by the independents. . If the eaders of the combine had had their way . the total appropriations would have been over three million dollars. Fair minded men who will look at this matter in a reasonable way, fairly considering all the circumstances, can not avoid the conclusion that tho inde pendents in the legislature of 1891 deserve great credit for the record they made in the matter of appropriations. Howovcr no conclusion based on the size of appropriations alone is of any great value. An appropriation is sim ply a permission to use so much money rom tho state treasury for a certain purpose, if tne aiuount appropriated is not all needed, the balance remains in the treasury. If the amount is in sufficient, it is over-drawn and the next egislature has to make up the "de- fiency." The extravagance or economy lies in the expenditure of the money and not in tho appropriation of it. Now inas much as the independents had nothing to do with the control of the state in stitutions during the past two years, here can be no comparison mide After the independents have had charge of affairs for two years there will be a chance for a comparison. There is, however, a chance for com parison in the matter of LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES, For tho independents had entire con trol in the house, and partial control in tho senate. The appropriations for legislative expenses for the last two legislatures are as follows: For 1SS9 $190,000 For 1891 175,000 In 1889 $171,487.30 In 1891 144,333.35 Difference 15,000 But this is not the measure of econo my practiced by any means. That is shown by the amount which was ac tually expended as follows: Actual saving $ 27,153.95 The statement for '89 is taken from the auditors report for December 1890. and the report for '91 is taken from the auditor's books this 19th day of October 1892. so that it can be absolutely relied upon. The difference of about $2,000 between the saving here shown, and that shown by a table prepared some time ago, results from the fact that some outstanding claims have been paid. Inasmuch as the house was fully un der the control of the independents, the greatest saving is shown there. The following table has been carefully prepared from the auditor's reports. It 6hows in a striking manner how the in dependents practiced economy: .No. im iH9i l 10 33 1 ,S !i5 3 1 1 1 1 3 30 4 18 14 3 4 1 3 Officers and Employ's 1 Speaker 8 Chief clerk's room SO.Enroll'g and eng. elks. HSergeant at arms 2 12 1 1 1 2 14 2 12 5 3 1 Chaplin Postmaster and ass't. . . Mail carriers Door keepers Committee clerks File clerks Speaker's clerk Clerk for Sec'y State... Clerk for Auditor Time keeper Messengers Pages Proof r'drs, cpy hl'drss Janitors Custodians AVatchmen and guards. engineers and firemen1 Stenographers Elevator boys Expenditures. 1889 16G 108 Totals I 35.510.23 20,025 f 231.0 3 751 00 7,300.50 540(Hi 231.(0 552.00! 510.00 756.01 5.178 00 828 (10 258 0(i 8(W 00 21 00 192 Oi 748.X) 3,01 8.5! i 1 2l8.(f 4,446.0( 3,19'.' 0 729.00 827.75, 00.00 442.50 1891. $ 216 3 685 3,648 894 213 480 423 441 2,049 642 243 216 504 1,316 m 2,553 681 561 273 354 It will be seen by the above that the farmer house of 1891 did tbe ses sion with fifty-eight less employees than the republican house of 1889, and spent $15,485.25 less of the people's money, notwithstanding that the legis lature was in session four days longer than in 1889. A great many other comparisons might be made but these are all that are necessary to refute the hypocritical charges made by republicans. A CLEAN SWEEP HEEDED. Mr. Hitchcock of tho World-Herald has been twitted a good deal over his peculiar position in this campaign. He hasn't talked politics with his usual vigor, but the following from last Sun day's World-Herald will show that his head is level in spite of Father-in-law Crounse: The people of Nebraska should not permit themselves to forget that it will be their duty in November to express their approval or disapproval of the Lincoln asylum steals. It must be re membered that these wrongs can never be righted while the republican party remains in power in this state. It is natural to presume that in other state institutions may be detected other frauds, bat exposure will not follow so long as the republican party is at the helm. What Nebraska needs is a thorough cleaning out of republican officeholders, and the people will them selves be to blame if they fail to profit by their opportunity. Woll'e is all Right. We were considerably surprised, and quite agreeably too, when J. V. Wolfe, independent candidate for state treasur er, entered our sanctum yesterday morn ing. Mr. Wolfe came up from Savage on the Short Line, where he filled an engagement for Green the evening be fore. During his short stay here Mr. Wolfe made many friends and votes. He impressed our business men with a feeling of confidence in his ability and that he was the proper person to inves tigate the frauds of the treasurer's office. Holt County Independent. Speeding: a Bore. Patent medicine is for the most part worthless stuff. Now and then, how ever, a bottle of it may be of real serv ice in the hands of some man who knows how to use it In 1864 President Lincoln was greatly bothered by the well-meant but ill- advised efforts of certain good North ern men to bring about a termination of the war. An old gentleman from Massachusetts, very bland and entirely bald, was especially persistent and troublesome. Again and again he appeared before the President, and was got rid of by one and another ingenious expedient. One day, when this angel of mercy had been boring Mr. Lincoln for half an hour, to the interruption of important business, the President suddenly rose, went to a closet, and took out of it a large bottle. "Did you ever try this remedy for baldness?" he asked, holding up the bottle before his astonished visitor. No; the man was obliged to confess that he never had tried it. Mr. Lincoln called a servant, had the bottle wrapped up, and handed it to the bald philanthropist. "There," said he, "go and rub some of that on your head. Persevere. They say it will make the hair grow. Come back in about three months and report." And almost before he knew it, the good man was outside of the door with the package under his arm. Special rates given memlers of tho People's party at the Jennings hotel, Omaha, Neb., Ninth and Harney Sts 13tf Oregon, Washington and the North western Coast. The constant demand of tho traveling public to the far west for a comfortable and at the same time an economical mode of traveling, has led te the estab lishment of what is known as Pullman Colouist Sle pers. These cars are built on the same gon- eral plan as the regular first-class Pull man Sleepers, the only difference being that they are not upholstered. They are furnished complete with good comfortable hair mattresses, warm t'lankets, snow white linen curtains, plenty of towels, combs, brushes, etc., which secure to the occupant of a berth as much privacy as is to be had in first cias sleepers. There are also separate toilet rooms for ladies and gentlemen, and smoking is absolutely prohibited. For full information send for Pullman Colonist Sleeper Leaflet. J. T. Mestin. C T. A. 1044 O. St.. E. B. Slosson, Gen. Agt. Lincoln, Neb. Bridge Notice. County Clerk's Office, Sept. 28, 1892 Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the County Clerk of Sherman county, at Loup City, Nebraska, until noon of the 11th day of November. '892, for the construction of a bridge across Mi. Ulle Loup River, on half section line of Section 13 and 14, Town 15 and Range 15. saia Drwge to be leet long, ana to rest on piling Bidders to furnish plans and specifica tions. The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids. E. 11. Kittkll, Co. 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