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. Clerk.
SEAL 16-5t
WE MUST HAVE A
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This is the best WAV frr lnpnl pnmmlttooo in
raise a campaign fund.
Send in vour orders at oncp and thprptw Vmln
your national committee to push the work.
Address M. C. RANKIN, Treas,
Terre Haute, Ind.
Or, J. H. TURNER, Secretary,
Richelieu Hotel,
St. Louis, Mo.
