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A GRAND CHANCE.
During the coming month there will
occur at Lincoln the most exciting trial,
in the history of the sUto. The lm
LoLiMuUl li il will bt the leading
toplo of conversation, discussion and
speculation.
Next to the dallies, The Alliance
Independent prophet to publish iht
M a4 futltst uromt of that gmt trial.
front the time the trial opon till it
eloe, we will devota from ft to 12 col
umn per week to the Impeachment,
Th gives our club raleer juat the
Chance they have been looking lor. An
wtlve worker can go out now and take
from t n to thirty auWrlb-r a day on
ths strength of our Impeachment re
pute alt. Bcareuty i mad will Muse
t4 take It uatte he Is already taking a
dally. Ilenc w urge upon our clua
ralears to pua the work 0r. The
tll will cta la ten day. The viclu
aeat U rUlag The way t. utvd
Is la VU'I th rUIng tide "
Hn4 for sample ouplws m4 prvwluw
ta)
ItoHl forgol ta mnitUa Tui AU4
AKOI luPKraauKMT, wh you write)
W dm our a.UertlT,
Tnt lit JiturttaJgUve Mr, Barrows
M4 aU M fft a vy kta4 towir
EMatay wilte up.
SHILLING BS03-' CLAW
Within a few ds there has been
goud deal of discussion in legislative
circle concerning- a certain healthy,
well developed claim for leglfla.lve
suppllei put in by Shilling uroe-,
wholewila atd retail druggUti, Lin
coln, Neb.
Some of Shilling Bros.' competitors
la bubloess have undertaken to fhow
up outrageous overcharges in tbi
claim. We are not well enough pohted
on such matters to pass judgemect,but
It certainly would be io order for the
houte to appoint a special committee to
Invettlcate the matter.
v f . iiion f.iUnurlnir th bad ex 1
amples of bl predecessors, last fall
ordered a vat quanlty and variety of
supplies for the use o' the legislature,
All these supplies, except such as were
used in making repairs, were ordered
by Mr. Allen without a shadow of law
or authority.
Instead or ordering supplies of differ
ent kinds of regular dealers, Mr. Allen
adopted the plan of ordering allsortsof
iroodsof Shilling Dros.,druggUts. They
furnished not only drugs.but hardware
dry goods, groceries, furniture, lumber,
stationery and totlons. A lew exam
pies from their bill will show the vari
etv of articles furnished by these enter
m-iatmrAruo-ista: Nails, wooaen duck-
- , i
ets, brooms, lead pencils, towels.drlnk-
Imr-trlasses. step ladders, flannel ciotn,
tallow, corn starch, flooring, chair bot
toms, soap and looking-glasses.
But to come to the point: smiling
Bros, have put In a bill for supplies
for the house aggregating $2,314.48.
... it .
They were very careful to nave ine
odd cents Just right. And the commit
tee on accounts and expenditures hfcve
.a I
allowed the claim down to tne last
cent.
Mr. Felton, chairman of the commit
tee did his best to havs the bill cut
down, but was sat down on by the com
mittee. Mr. Porter was absent irom
the committee when the claim was al-
owed. Mr. Heal says he didn't vote
either way. Hence the blame lor al
lowing the claim must rest on Repre
sentatives Krue, Sinclair, Sheridan,
James, Dew and Goldsmith. .
The following are a few of the
articles selected at random, with
the prices charged by Shilling
Bros, set in the first column, and in the
second column pries for which the
articles could have been purchased
from regular retail dealers according to
the statements of those who are flght-
ng this claim:
4 Mtl claw hammers,
1 50
.75
4 00
24 60
18 00
114.00
1.12.00
700
180
!.!
200
It 2d
11.00
75.00
95.00
820
doz. patnnt mop slicks,
10 lbs. wlilte gum,
7 guls. fluorine,
1100 ft weather strlpplcg.
3 pol. plate trlaxti,
U do I b'adud pocket knives,
I pore, wawb balus,
While Shilling Bros, advertise them
selves as wholeeule dealers, they have
In many cases charged more than usual
retail prices.
But this is not all. The house In
structed Its chief clerk to keep strict
account of all supplies actually used by
the house. This we believe has been
done. But an examination of the rec
ords In his office shows that only a
mere fraction of the stuff listod in
Shilling Bros', bill has ben actually
used by the house. The chief clerk
disclaims all responsibility for the al
lowance of their claim.
All the evidence that has been of
fered as to the correctness of the bill i
found In the following tuyBtlc symbol:
"O. K -John C. Allen."
Now it may be true that all these
supples were brought to the state house
and are now stored away eately some
where In the basement. But where
will they be when the next legislature
meets?
What right has the legislature to pay
for a lot of stuff It never wanted, never
ordered, &ever saw, and never used?
What right has It to pay for supplies at
higher than retail prices when It ought
to get them at wholesale prices? What
right has the legislature to endorse
tho acta of a slf-cinstltuted gi-ardlan,
who la suspected of being In league
with tho men who furnlshrd supplies,
to rob the state?
Shilling Bros', bill has beeu allowed by
the coin in it tee, but has not been paid.
It Is within the rower of the hou.i to
call It back and put It in the hands of a
spi-ciat commit ee for investigation.
Tals should be done and without delay.
IATltu:On Tuesday evening the
bouse- appointed VanDuyn (rep ), Olson
(Ind ) and I.uUhart ('letn.) a committee
to Investigate this lua'tcr.
AN ERROR.
UourUsue of March 9th, we pub
tWhed a clipping containing sra stric
ture on Mr. Burrow which we credit
ed ta the Polk County Independent
Tbl It KtiDt was aa trror although wo
aro at a loo to know how It ocurwd.
And now fcavlrgoomcttfd the error we
wt.h to add that the boy out at Oeeoo a
argtUg out a good parvr and de
serve the lifter! support of Polk County
populUt.
fi " 1111 -" 11 . 1
SENATOR DTI4RT
la our rporttt the vote on the New
twrt? hiH, I net wnek, Senator DyeaM1
t ame was avoldataily omUUtt. We
want t say by wav of apology that no
aeaatof U votlaj or ftrhtltf harder for
pMMagtof K. 11. U, than Mr, ty
art,
.HOUSE K0LL33, PASSES.
At about 1:30 p m.. Wednfsday the
UaliDi The of the Mil was
so n completed. Then followed a mo
tlou to re commit which wa debated
for two hours.
Then the vote came. It received the
vote of the fourteen lndep udente, two
democrats Hale and Thompson, and two
republicans Clarke and Everett. Kieven
republicans and three democrats voted
"No" Tefft was absent.
The bill now goes to the house for
concurrence In the senat- amendments.
Tbe jo nt convention met at 5 p. iu. to
adopt articles or impeachment.
A CHANGE 18 00MINO-
During the past two years the popu
lists of Kansas and Nebraska hsve
found it practically impossible to in
crease tnclr numbers by gaining con
verts from the two old political parties.
In fact they have really lost more than
they have gained. The two old parties
have stood like rocks; though beaten
by the storms of populist argument and
eloquence, they have shown no signs of
disintegration. Men have turned a
deaf ear to argument and clung blindly
to their old parties.
Populist workers can testify to the
truth of the above statements from
their experience.
Though such a state of affairs bas
been very discouraging, intelligent
populists have been buoyed up with the
absolute conviction that they are righ t
and the abiding hope that a general
breaking up must come soon. They
have said within themselves: ''We
have the truth; it is mighty and will
prevail "
That the time for a realization of this
hope is near at ha-d do intelligent ob
server can dispute, '
Republicans are beginning to realize
that their party is dead as a national
organization and utterly corrupt as a
state organization in Nebraska. They
must soon decide whether in future to
affiliate with the people's party or tho
democratic party.
On the other hand the rank and file
of the democratic party rea'ize that
their party has pissed into the control
of the money power and no longer
represents the principles o' true dem
ocracy.
The time Is ripe for a new grouping
of political forces.
A PARABLE.
Hear a parable of the sewer: She
sat down to sew and as she sewed she
thought to her.elf, a she had of t?n done
before: "How nice it would be if I only
bad a new sewing machine." Then
her eyes fell on a copy of The Alli
ance-Independent (whlcli is found in
all well regulated populist homes) and
she saw therein a picture of a
beautiful machine. And straightway
she arose, and said to her husband, and
to her boys and girls: "I pray thee go
forth and visit all our neighbors even
to a distance of several miles, and per
suade them all to take The Almance
Independent, the greatest reform pa
per in the west." And straightway the
sewer set them all an example by going
forth and taking ton subscriptions in
one day, and besides she had plenty of
time to talk to all her lady friends
about the latest styles of spring bonnets
an many other things. And the hus
band and the boys followed her example
(except as to talking about spring bon
nets) and In less than one week she had
enough names to secure a fine "Colum
bian." sewing machine. And when she
received it, she found it "a thing of
beauty and a joy forever.
CONNECTICUT MORTGAGES.
Alliance speakers have dwelt much
on the increase of wealth In the north
eastern states as shown by the census
reports. At the same time they have
asserted that the farmers and wage
earners of that section are In little if
any better condition that the euiuu
classes In the west and south. The
great and unnatural increas of wealth
in these states Is absorbed by the capi
talistic and money loaning clashes
Tne truth of these claims la striking 'y
vorltled In the census bulletin just
Isitued giving the mortgage statistics
for Couuectieut.
Out ot every UKl farms IS aro rontfd
by tenants, and 31 are owned subject to
mortgage, leaving 51 owned fro of In
cumbrance. Out of 100 home, fifl are rented, 10
areo-ned subjtct to mortgage, and IS
are owned fre of Incumbrance.
The entire debt on ftrm and hwin.-s
In Connecticut 1. H',2,s5, or 42 per
cant of the entire valuation,
la I? e tte ranging In population
from M 00 to 100,000 the annual inter
et drain 11113 per capita.
Alliance farmer of the wt and
south, be not discouraged. The Shy
Uvtkaof thtat ana dolng tulUnary
work for your cauws. It i only a ques
tion of time when tan farmmand wagv
arner of the east will be rvady to
Jola you.
i 1 1 "" 111 "'
WtlCtt one undertake to dtteu
Tom Major' arbitrary and outrageous
rui ng, he tula very much like the
wan wh m ld of turnip rolled down
hill: "No ue eueela) can't da the uV
jet juetiee
WutM you write ta tur aUverWerr,
say vou aw th Uvtrttteajutnt U TUB
ALUANleVlNPIUMPKNT.
Ukim UP THE J0JR3ALS-
Again we deoire to ca'l the attention
of rxjth houses of tho legislature to the
appropriations to b-) voted for making
up the journals. Heretofore these ap
propriatlonsf have been so outrageously
large as to be worthy of no other name
than steals- A gentleman who is thor
oughly competent to pass an opinion,
said to the writer the other day: "The
job of making up either the house or
the FeDate journal isn't worth over
$."00." In a former ar'Jcle we asserted
that an ample and liberal appropria
tion for making up tbe journals would
be
$800 for the houne journal, and
$700 for the senate journal.
This means from $100 to 1200 i
month for the man who does the work
WHAT IMPE4.0HMENT MEANS-
As the word "impeachment" is des
tined to be used a million times or more
In Nebraska within the next month, a
clear understanding of its purport is
Important.
A great many people nave a wrong
Idea as to what the word means.
It is commonly believed that to im
peach a man is to prove him guilty of
high crimes and misdemeanors, and
turn him out of office. Such la not the
case. .
An impeachment is very much the
same as an indictment. A grand jury
indicts an individual for a criminal
violation of law, but it does not prove
him guilty. It simply formulates
charges against htm. He must then be
arrested and tried. If he is able to
prove his innocence in court he is ac
quitted. Still the fact remains that he
was Indicted.
la case of impeachment the legisla
ture fills a place very like that of a
grand jury. It inquires into the con
duct of a state officer. If it finds, in
such conduct, acts that amajority of its
members believe to be "high crimes
and misdemeanors," it may formulate
and adopt articles of impeachment, or
in other words indict the officer. The
accused is thus Impeached, but not
convicted. If be establishes his Inno
cence before the supreme court of the
stase, he is acquitted. Still the fact
remains that he was impeached.
Debating clubs sometimes have elo
quent discussions over the question:
"Was Andrew Johnson, presldentof the
United States, impeached?" Th differ
ence of opinion arises solely from a
misunderstanding of what "Impeach"
means.
Webster defines the word thus: "To
charge with crime or misdemeanor; to
accuse; especially to charge an officer
with misbehavior in office."
Of course Andrew Johnson wa Im
peached. Nevertheless his trial re
sulted In acquittal.
,The legislature of Nebraska may, in
joint session of the two hones, im
peach any state officer, bring him to
trial before the supreme court, and
temporarily deprive him of his office.
But the court alone has the power to
decide whether or not the officer is
guilty. Whatever the decision may be
tbe fact remains that the officer has
been impeached.
THE STREET RAILWAY BILL.
The street railway bill, introduced
in the senate by Senator Smith and in
the house by Representative Scott, is
receiving a good deal of severe criti
cism. We have spent some time Inves
tigating the measure, and must say
that its demerits appear a good deal
more striking than Its merits.
It was prepared by a man named
Goldlng who has lived in Kearney for
several years. The people of that city
will no doubt smile broadly when
they hear that he is posing as a
reformer. We believe the bill has
been got'tn up solely in the Interest of
established street car companies, and
to discourage competition. Messrs
Smith and Scott have no doubt acted
honestly but we suspect that they have
been imposed upon.
The bill must come before the senate
again, and that body will do well to
give it a quietus.
THE CI1Y CAMPAIGN.
The Independent city committee de
serves great sredlt for the enerjjetio
manner In which they conducted the
campaign for Mr. Weir and the people'
city ticket
The meeting at the Lansing on Satur
day night was by ail odd the greatest
demonstration of the campaign. Able
and utirrlrg speeches were delivered by
Congressman Bryan and Mayor Weir.
Many vote wt-ro made for tho tloket.
All the Independent candidate work
ed hard and faithfully for ucoe, and
whether elected or defeated dt-eerve
much credit for their effort.
lr the imp ached iUU ofttawr are
found guilty their plaoe will be filled
at the election atit Novmbr. In
that rase Nebraska will enjoy on of
the hottt campaign In it hUtory.
m ", " " i- " i
Amon the pell (nature of this
liu ar a wrtWup of th lmpnchnt
proceeding, aad a brief ynopU of
the law enacted by th preeeat legis
lature, I ''"' i iiiii'i 1 1. 1 -i-i
Tni tnottu, "Ut no full wan -rap.
U not m popular wlta wpuoll.
rani a It wa la the day el Urani,
A PATTERN PLEA.
Joley The Alliance-Independent
In Behalf of ibe Impeached
Mate Oflieera.
TLe State Journal and ita yelping
psck of , me-tooV are trying-hard to
f-.;ine some defense, plea or apology to
t rak th force of public opinion against
the impeached state officers. Their
i.iaurd. ring slobbering efforts excite
by turns pity and disgust in the minds
o intelligent people. We feel sorry
for them, and propose to help them out,
to set them a pattern as it were. So
here goes:
Gentlemen ot the Legislature: You
blood-thirsty wreckers of reputations
Don t you know that your "star-cham
ber methods" are a disgrace to clvlliza
tlon? They are unamerican. They are
Spanish, quite Spanish you know.
What do you mean by taking men. eood
reputable citizens, before a committee
with no one near "to molest or make
afraid" aDd asking them to tell the
plain simple truth! Why. you should
have had some plusr-uerlr pettifopfrini?
lawyer to cross question, and bull-doze,
and torture these witnesses so as to
prevent them from telling the truth
i
Then you should have had your in
vestigations right in the open sessions
of the house so as to give tbe State
Journal gang a chance to grt in their
work. Then whenever any man had
dared say anything reflecting on the
state officers, the Journal could have
branded him aa a black-mailer, a dis
reputable character, a moral leper and
all that. Then too by Investigating in
open house you would have frittered
away the whole session, and wouldn't
have had any time to pas that measly
H. R. 33, which will bankrupt the rail
toads of th state.
You infamous, Spanish inquisitorial.
star chamber persecutors, beware how
you trifle with the reputations of great
men who hold office. It s all right to go
gunning after "ducks and lakes." In
deed it is decidedly funny. It's all right
to smirch the character of an indepen
dent sargeant-at-arms. Didn't he cast
reflections on our own great silver
tongued, U. P. orator? It would have
been all right to deprive him of his
office and fend him home in disgrace.
In fact almost every republican In the
house would have voted for it. But
when it comes to Impeaching state ofR
crs. the case U different. Whv. don't
you know, the people elected these men
to office after their misdemeanors had
been exposed? What do you mean then
by golog behind the returns, and dig
ging up these old matters? Just you wait
Two years from now, tha people will
sit down on every mother's eon of you.
You bold, bad, headstrong persecu
tors, pause in your mad career and
hearken to the voice of reason: Don't
you know that you have multiplied the
duties of these men, till they have no
time to attend to such small matters as
building cell-houses, buying coal, etc?
Now for instance, there's Johnny Allen.
He Is vice president of the . WIndom
bank out at University Place, and a
director of the Industrial and Savings
bank of Lincoln. And theres J. E.
Hill, viee president of the Industrial
and .Savings bank, and our own George
H. Hastings a director of the same.
Don't you know, gentlemen, that It takes
lots of time, thought and energy to run
the banking business successfully? A
bank you know, has got to be run on
business principles If it isn't it'll
"bust." They don's accept and approve
forged paper In banks They don't pay
money on checks with payee's name
forgt d on the back. ".The cashier don't
throw out $5,000 or $10,000 to a peniten
tiary contractor, or some other boodler
without note, account, or record, and
say:" here go and spend this money to
s - It your notions, and when Its gone
call for more." Such things are all
right for a Board of Public Lands and
Buildings, handling state paper and
eialo muuey, but it don't go with bank
ers. It's too dangerous and expensive.
If you don't believe it, just Investigate
the Wlndom bank, or tho Industrial
and Savings bank. You'll find them
mn on business principles (perhaps on
tato funds too). Yes, gentlemen,
you'll find that thee officer know how
to do business. No doubt they could
attend to the state' buslnes properly
If they only bad time.
Then again, recollect that these state
officer have an elephant on their hand
away djwn In Texas, a boom town, a
great eaort with town lots aUacbed
libtiium. Now a town U a big thing,
especially a boom town. It take lot
of time, and nviiy and wind to make
It a uc.-e. Tbwe or four time a year
IhetesUUtofflcer have got to leave
their officio! dutU and go down there
Inarpeetal train U look after their
La Porto, the coming city, the great
gulf port ot the future. Yea, gentle
men, drop thl boaetly liapeavhtnenl
buelnee. Forgot all about fell hoiiee
and aejlum wal. Buy a tot la La
Porte. They're goln chap aow (
th right parties, and you nay get
lot tr rati I YA buy a M and
"etaod r for Tiaw--tbat U, we
tvvaa "stand up for Nbrkn- of
eoure thoeei fellow juet go down there
to advtrtle our own glorloue t'at
(and perhap to taveet tbatr thar of
tha rake-oft )
Keep these things In mind, you heart
lee defamers, and smirebwrs. Remem
ber those backs that must be looked
atter Remember La Porte. Remem
ber all the other deals, and chemes
these state officers have to look after
Remember that the state funds have to
be distributed all around over the state
in the i freindiy banks, and the interest
must be collected and divided up and
invested. Now, gentlemen, you surely
wouldn t be so unkind and unre,sonabie
aa to expect these men to neglect their
own private business in order to look
after public affairs! O, no. That's not
to be thought of not for the paltrv
sum of $2,000 a year. Why tht offi
cials must make anywhere from $20 000
to $o0.000 apiece on the side, by these
enterprises. You know the bible says: '
Where the treasure is, there will the
heart be also," and of course these men
are justified by scripture in devoting
their time and energies to those enter
prises thatyield the boodle And where
is the blaspheming skeptic that dare
deny it? ou say: "if they didn't
have time to attend to public business,
they should have employe honest men
to look after these matters." O un
reasonable hypercritical objector. You
are verdant. Don't you know it wasn't
a matter of choice with these officers?
They owed these boodlers for their
nomination and election. They had to
Pk? ?m 11 ? alway8 falr "d honor
able, don't you know, to pay political
debts out of the public crib.
Go to, you Rosewater gang of fiends
and ghouls. Stop right where you are.
Retrace your steps before It is too late,
Vent your spleen, if you must, on Dor
gan, on Mosher, and Hubbard and
Lauer. but don't unAi-tHL-a a. i
these state officers of their positions.
They needthem m theib bcsiness.
NOW. if ttlA nhriva .) i ...
paralyze the cruel and heartless legis
lature. We'll Civa thorn o.V. A
next week.
IN COLORADO
Things are not going well with ft.,
populists in the "Centennial Rf.
Governor Waite is severely criticised
Dy some leading members of his own
party and by both Tho Dailv New ani
The Road. They say he has taken forhia
advisers certain ring republicans who
are coddling the old gentleman with
promises to make him. United States
senator two years froir now.
The row seems to have broken nut
over the veto of a bill abolishing the
omce oi railroad commissioner. The
Governor maintained that If the nreB.
ent law is not good It should be replac
ed by a better one. He char that
his opponents want to repeal the pres
ent law ana give the railroads full
swing. To a Nebraska man un n. t
it would appear that the old governor
is nearer right than his crittes. w
are inclined to think the whole difficult
arises from the fact that the populist
party oi uoiorado and other mountain
statesiwas hastily and looselv organized
on one iue that of free coinage and
mat, wnenever any other issue com 38 '
forward, there is no unaminitv of sent!-
ment in its ranks. What the tjonullota
of all the mountain states need is a
broadening of ideas, a thorough course
of education in the principles enunciat
ed in our national platform. A one-
Issue party will never succeed Derma,
nently.
MENTION THIS PAPER.
We would respectfully ask our read.
era who write in answer to our adver
tisements to mention The Alliance-
Independent. By so doing you bene
fit yourself, the advertiser, and this
paper the last most of all. Wo know
we have the best advertising m .ii"m
in the west, and by thia m. u-
friends can help us to prove ii to vc
tisera. We would like to say in thia connec
tion, that we aim to admit to our col
umns only reliable advertisers. We
aim to keep out "fakes" and "quacks"
Though we may occaslonaly be deceiv
ed, we believe it la seldom. We would
respectfully ask our readera to report
to us at once If they fi id any advertiser
n our columns to be a fraud.
LiUEtiTY last week gave Burrows and
Thompson a great; sotid-off occupying
two columns. Those Alliance Leaders
who have endorsed Burrows will
no
doubt feel complimented to soe their
prlvato letters in Liberty.
According to the Washington cor-
reeiondentj, there Is a row brewing In
Cleveland's cabinet The president, It
Is said, treat his secretaries very much
as chut clerks of department. Heal
low them to control only minor ap
pointive ofUVe, and does varlou and
sundry other things that are very hu
miliating, especially to cx-Sonator Cai
Itelo and ex Judge Gresham s much
o that they wUh they hadn't hud the
"ox" prefixed ta their former official
title.
Wit have received a e 'tnaunlcatlon
from Chaplain Snyder, and ome re'
lution from th Polk county alliaioe
both rvlat log to the crllL'Um w have
published regarding Harrow and
Thompson, I'or want of time and tca
U pibllah the a with comment,
wa
have laid thm over till ant week.
) M at lnU P4( wilt bi found Mr
Borrow and Mr, Uolden ta loving ent
brace, figuratively peaking.
i "" i
Wk are going to wnd out a largo
t)uauHtyuf latapU voplo daring tha
ot tea day, fetand tor package.
Ubecrlb u Ttta Aumv Jxpari
UKNT.