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TI1E ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT. 6 HEAR BOTU SIDES lad Then Tub Judgment-Mr- Burrow Statement Laid Before oar Headers, and TULLY ANALYZED ABD EEFUTED- Truth and Falsbood, FaithfulneM and Treachery act Sida by Side That all Men May aea and chooee Between Them. A Belew of The Caa. When congressman Kern says, "I be UeTe the time has coma when It Is more dangerous to keep still than to peak out," he takes a manly stand, one which will draw forth a hearty 'amen" from thousands of earnest in dependents. It is because I firmly be lieve such a time bas come that I have undertaken to expose one of these most dangerous enemies of our movement. A goodly number of prominent men In the Independent party have known Mr. Burrows' real character for. years. They know how he betrayed the old anti-monopoly movement in 1886 when he withdrew from the race for gov ernor just before election. They know how he betrayed the union labor ticket In 1888 ia favor of John A. Mo Shane. They know how desperately he fought against the organization of the inde pendent party In 1890. The people generally have an impression that Bur rows whs the chief organizer of the new party in this state. The truth is that Burrows never ceased to fight against the organization of the new party till he was virtually forced to do so. There is no room for reasonable doubt that Burrows' "rule or ruin policy," to gether with his refusal to push the organization of alliances during the campaign lost the independents the election of 1890. Ail these facts have been known and deplored by the leaders of the party. But they have uniformly said, "It Is better to endure these things than to precipitate a desperate conflict by an effort to txpose Burrows. Let us bide our time." Now the time bas come when this exposure can be made without serious danger to the party, and perhaps to its lasting benefit. Circumstances have forced upon me the unpleasant task of making the exposure, and I shall not shirk the duty. Not a Personal Matter, I regret however that this matter haB come up under circumstances which give it the appearance of a personal controversy. It Is not. Of course there has been some personal feeling shown. It could not well be otherwise under the circumstances of the past two months with which the people are familiar. But at the bottom this Is not a personal matter. Tt Is sot such with Mr. Burrows. I do not think he would put forth much effort to per sonally injure or humiliate me. But he knows that the Alliance-Indhpen- dent under its present management stands as an insuperable barrier in the way of his schemes. On the other hand I would not lift my hand to per sonally injure or humiliate Burrows. But I know his character and I know that for him to regain power, and pres tige, means he most serious danger to our cause. If I am right in this, then my course is justified. Otherwise I de serve condemnation. Now that Is cer tainly a fair statement of the Issue. Mr. Burrows has been demanding that alliance men should not censure him until they have heard his side of the case. Hence I have decided to present his side as he presented It in a circular a few days ago. Here it is: A GROSS ATTACK. Upon Mr. Burrows and Mr. Thompson, Some Plain Facta. Mr. Burrows' Statement. 1. I bad supposed that the newspaper business was not In any way a private monopoly, but that any man who rhne to rik his money had a right to engage in It. 2. Hut It weme Hjat Mr. Thornto. tb editor of 1 UK At LI AM K l.NPKt'KN. n .NT, think olbrrwUe, notwlthtand Ids be httutif did for a year or more publUh an Independent paprr In this city support to be la OHHwhlott to the Farmers' Alliance, without a word of ndvr rrllicUrn on my park Upon learning that Mr. Thompson and )!! puHnl W start a sew Independent pf.ptsr, tfdltor Thornton opeu an attac k uimn both of us In hi Imuo of IV U 21 Mr. Thompeos) will h'p'y for hltuulf, o I shall c-onfle my remarks to the charge male siffttntt me. 1 di not wih to u kny harsh language la rv gard to Mr. Tboratoa, but the strict truth is that there is not a ctbtlila of truth la the charges ho brings against me. Thtaw charges are that 1 have bmn sdrMrtlDg and barking Mr. lie). 40, that 1 ha aW-ifnl into a con spiracy to wreck the Atlltaco-loderwa dual ote 1. 1 te charge ttatlwM be ktiigltol- - "t . - ; . den baa been Ind UBtroual T circulated by Thornton erer 1do Mr. Huldeo baa been In the city; though how, or wny, or when. I incurred Mr. Thornton hatrrd in ao great degree I am en- tirely ignorant, me oaiy coiur iur such a charge is derived from the fact that I wrote a complimentary line to Mr. Ilolden shortly after be began hU paper here. I give the letter below: Lincoln, Neb., June 23, 1892. W. C. II olden, Editor Liberty. Dear Sir: It gives me great pleasure to learn that your new paper, Liberty, is having such excellent success, and taking the place which your ability and experience as a newspaper man entitles it to. There never was a time when fearlessness and independence in jour nalism were more needed than now. Of course I sincerely regret the contro versy that has occurred; but the assault that was made upon you was unprovok ed and brutal, and I do not see bow you could have passed it by without retalia tion possessing as you do the frailties common to aU of us The attempt by certain independents to proscribe you and read you .out of the party is as absurd as it is malignant and dictatorial, in the lieht of the facts as I know them. I have known you for more than ten years as a consistent and fearless anti-monopoly worker, renoun cing the position you might have achieved in the republican party and casting your lot with a hopeless minority You were in that worlc lor many years before the men who are now attacking you had begun to realize the need of any reform. If there is a true indepen dent in this sta'e you are the one; end you may be sure that the day will come when your fearless and true indepen dence will be fully appreciated. The success of these schemes will be the destruction of the party. I trust your efforts will be directed to waking up the delegates outside of the cities to the situation, and to the saving of our grand young party from irretrievable disaster. In such efforts you will cer tainly have the support of all true in dependents. Sincerely Yours, J. Borrows. 4 Now taking the circumstances under which that letter was written, and tak ing the letter just as it was written, without italics or any forced construc tion, and It is a very good letter. Mr. Uolden bad started only a few weeks, and I believe hal made no attacks to speak of on any independent except Thornton. 5 He had stated some unpleasant facts about this person which I believe have not been successfully disputed. 6 I will explain my allusion to the assault upon Holden which I have call ed ''unprovoked and brutal." When Mr. Uolden came here and began the attack upon Thornton, I saw that in jury to the Independent party would result, and I intervened as a peace maker. T induced Ilolden to promise that he would desist if The Alliance- Independent would do the same. I then saw all the publishers of that paper and told them what I had done, and urged them to stop the fight. '1 hornton re fused to promise, out one week's truce took place. But in the next issue: Thornton denounced Holden as "a no torious boodler," and the latter had has waged unrelenting warfare upon him ever since. 7 In making these statements I do not have to either approve or disapprove of the oourse of Mr. Holden's paper since the above letter was written. 8 I will say, however, that of an old matter that was brought up against Mr. Holden 1 was entirely ignorant when I wrote the letter. It was some thing that ocoured before I came to the state. 9 I will say further that I have never had a farthing of pecuniary Interest lu Mr. Holden's paper, and have had no Influence in regard to its course, politi cal or otherwise, nor have I written for it, except some matter in opposition to Van Wyck's nomination and two short articles about the Homestead strike. This denial seems to me sufficiently broad. 10 As to the other charges that I had entered into a conspiracy to wreck the Alliance-Independent, It Is purely a fiement of Mr. Thornton's fancy. I do not pretend to admire Mr. Thornton. In fact I have no respect for him in either his mental, moral or physical as pects. But at the same time I have never done an unfriendly act to him. I have never lifted a finger to Injure him or his paper, and never had the remotest idea of ever regaining any in tere&t in the oaoer. I have had too much trouble under my own roof dur ing the past year to allow me any time to interfere with Mr. Thornton, even had I been disposed to do so. 11 The trouble of the Alliance-Independent has come entirely from the in side. The scheme of watering the stork of that concern up to $15,000 or $20,000 was conceived in iniquity, and brought its proper retribution of sorrow. Under Mr. Thornton's management the paper gave "p its principles for railroad trans portatloa; and na-.urally a sacrifice of principle brings reinouuon. 12 Mr. Thornton has opened his col umn- to one Ilomlne to aid In his attack upon Mr. Thompson and myslf, whose statements may have some effect where he is not known. I he statement or a few fact aUut Komi no will be quite sufficient. Sometime in the list year of mv trrn on the Alliance, r.x uoin , at Mr. It 's earnest so ivltatlon I aided him in making speaking appointment. 1 also published a few communications from him in I no Aliiancn, I soon iounl that he was an lininwlble man, Ue had so little st'nsA that he generally iieeeedfd In diuting or offending his anH!w, n i as a wrlu-r ho was an ImutTvraMo bore, 1 had to stop his iiieakiog and docitne hi article Of eourte 1 Incurred his enmity. When Thornton bream editor of the Allianco he took Kouilnn up, the fact that he hatttd Harrows bwlng sutnclent rmlen tlal ihntrllow, by the hi-lo of lml. iHndenU who did no know him, ob tained a plaoe In theseuato at the pre rnl weal'iR, and aftr a short servloe was diw barged by tbeeunatt. by pnhlUj vout, fr H'jfteet of duty ai,d uUrvpu. table joraetWe. This i the kind of a man Thornton rails to his aid to smirch Uurrows and Tuwptn. I rrgrvt the &iMllf for puHUblrg this cicvu'ar , 1 hav act started a ppr to opptMMs any roputaMn indepen dent of, ror to war upo any InuUl dual Hut the staWmeaU thai have bwn made are my Injurious, uIm met; and a I will not tnKrtsueh matter ia my rgu'.,r Imvh, 1 take' hi method if meeting Ihvm. J. Ul'rihw. ANALYSIS AXD DISCUSSION OP NR. BWRROW8' STATEMENT BY THE EDITOR Of TBI ALLIANCE INDEPENDENT. I have never seen a more feeble, whimpering, hypocritical plea put up by a man of such reputed ability. Con sidered either as an attack or a defense it ia utterly unworthy of attention. In discussing it at length I have two great objects: 1st To demonstrate the fact of Bur rows' alliance with Holden during the past year, and to show the treachery involved therein. 2nd. To prove beyond question that Burrows has no regard for the truth, and is a consummate hypocrite. I ask all readers to lay aside their prejudices, If they have any in this matter, and carefully read und con eider. This done they will be prepared to pass judgment. I have numbered each part of this discussion to correspond with the paragraphs in Burrows' statement. First. When this "gross attack" was made last February I put myself on record in the following words: "I do not object to any man starting a paper on its merits, but I do object to any man or set of men attempting to wreck another paper to build up on its ruins, and then attempting to Steal tbe name and good will which they them selves sold." I certainly meant what I said. I have always been ready to welcome to the ranks of reform journalism any worthy man who employs honorable methods. But no false idea of propriety or court esy will ever cause me to extend the right hand of fellowship to a man who carrleB up his sleeve the dagger with which he has stabbed the people's party. The first issue of Mr. Burrows' paper came out under the name Farmers' Alliance, Finding that he might get into trouble b tacked on the word Leader. How would Mr. Burrows have talked if he had been in my place? The following paragraph from the Far mers' Alliance of July 12, 1890, will show. It was written by Mr. Burrows when in tbe height of his glory as sup reme dictator: SOME GALIi. The Nebraska Alliance is the name which a new paper somewhere in Ham ilton county has taken. It bears the old party ear marks very plain, and we advise Alliance men to look out for it. A wuold-bo publisher who has no more sense than to start a paper with a name so plainly identical with another paper in the same state is an unmitigated ass, and an objeot of suspicion on general principles. According to Mr. Burrows at that time any man who would start a paper anywhere in the state with a name somewhat like that of his paper was "an unmitigated ass, and an object of sus picion on general principles." I wonder if that is his opinion of himself at present. A young man who was working in Burrows' office during the summer of 1891 tells me that when George Howard Gibson started his Industrial Alliance Monthly, here In Lincoln, "Burrows raved and swore about it for half a day. He said It wa outrageous and nothing less than robbery for Gibson to use the name Alliance" I have no desire for a monopoly of the newspaper business. Further I wish to say to Mr. Burrows that I have no fear of his competition whatever. I know the c good people who support The Alliance-Independent too well to believe that they will desert faithful ness and reward treachery. Further I have no fear of such competition be cause I think oar people are good judges of real merit In a newspaper Second. Yes, I did run a newspaper for a year In Lincoln In competition with the Farmers' Alliance, but not in opposition to it. When Mr. Burrows says I ran The Independent "without a word of adverse criticism" from him, he shows what a leaky memory he has. All through that year I endured the most contemp tible cowardly flings from Mr. Burrows' pen. These I endured for the most part In silence, and whenever I made any reply, did It la a most friendly and respectful manner. The following sample of these flings appeared la the Farmers' Alliance of July 2, 1801: a n.vn cask op nta hkad, Our friend Holden, editor of Lilwrty bell, of Kearuer. published a letter from Lincoln signed "Admirer." in which a had cae of big head which waa partly develop! in tbe atmos phere of Lincoln, and partly In that of Buffalo county, is eioellenUy detcribed. A man who puts out a little patent sided sheet as ,,tbe only lndeendent papr published in Lincoln," and tries to iiaiNtKioxie suverurs inio ne oo- lief that he I an authorised represent tlte of the Fanners' Alliance, has aa unlimited amount of Bail. Hut friend Holden ntUHt consider bU youth and In espvrlcnceand not bo too bard on him The above show on what friendly terms Harrow and Holden were at that time. In fact these two reformer got together in the spring of and eon spiled together to don "this mso Thornton" (a 1 lesraedfrotu a reliable sur.) They havw be at U ever slneo but, 1 ant happy to av, lth vry jtuor uecr. letter la the jr, Mr, Burrows dip ped LU pta la a bottle of gall and sall vd the ln4tMndthi a a "icake In the I'M paper " He charged that la a rptleg railroad a'.Vrtlenieiits, the ImtmMI had virtually sold out Ui the railroads. To this I replied showing up Mr. Burrows' hypocrisy ery effec tually. I proved that he had been rid ing ever the country oa transportation secured in return for railroad advertis ing, and quoted one of the advertise ments from his paper. Now I am not relating these things with a view of getting even with Mr. Burrows; not at all. I wouldn't go three steps to get personal revenge for these old insults and slanders. I am recalling these things to show Burrows' utter disregard for truth, and inciden tally to illustrate his fairness (?)tocom- petitlors. Third. Mr. Burrows' third paragraph, like most of tbe others, is just the reverse of tbe truth. Instead of circulating the report that he waa backing Ho'den, the only time I ever referred to It was to defend him against the charge in the following paragraph which appeared in Th Alliance-Independent of May 5, 1892: A FALSE REPORT. Somebody started the report this week that Mr. Burrows had purchased a half interest in Liberty, the piper lately started bv W. C. Holden. Mr Burrows friend" were dumb founded by such news. They could not believe that Mr Burrows would ally himself with such a notorious boodler. We are happy to announce, however, that tbe report Is false. Mr. Burrows personally and in writing authorizes us to say that be has bought ln'o no paper ana does not intend to in the near f uture." This was the only editorial reference I ever made to the matter during the entire year. I learned very soon after writing the above what the real facts were. Although aware of Mr. Burrows' base treachery to his friends and tbe party, I never alluded to it in these columns. I see now that I made a mis take in so doing. Cut there were maHy good-souled alliance men who plead for "harmony at any price" and I followed their advice, as I shall never do again. , Now what was the result of my effort to defend Mr. Burrows against the charge of backing Holden? Did I get any thanks for it? On the contrary, he flew into a great rage over it, and the next week rushed into Liberty with his first letter of endorsement. He wrote two letters endorsing Holden; the one he gives in his statement is the second. In this first letter dated May 5th, 1892, he says: Mr. Holden, Esq. Editor or Libert: Dear Sir: In the Farmers' Alliance of this week Is an editorial item contra dicting tbe report that I had become associated with you in the conduct of your new paper Liberty. The portion of that item denouncing you as a "note rlous brodler." I rad with painea sur prise. The report that l had Decome associated with you was quite natural as 0 had talked mueh about the matter, and I had at one time quite fully deternin ed to become so associated. I have known you for tbe past twelve years as an honest, consistent and able worker in the anti-monopoly and independent cause and, lu all that time, never heard an Intimation that you were a boodler, notorious or otherwise, or in any way dishonest or corrupt." After wishing Holden "the fullest Buccess," and promising to contribute to his paper, Mr. Burrows siened him self "Sincerely your friend J. Burrows." Mr. Burrows wasn't as anxious to be defended against tbe charge of backing Holden theu as he is now. Just following Mr. Burrows' letter of May 5th, appeared the following statei ment of facts written by Mr. Holden: "Mr. Burrows and ourself had agreed on a partnership; details were arranged and price set. Mr. Burrows wrote hla salutatory, in which Ae stated that tie had purchased a half interest in Liberty, and that article is in our possession at this moment. This was on Tuesday of this week. On Wednesday morning he asked me to release him from the agreement and I did so. There was no misunderstanding between us. The deal was declared off with the best of friendship between us. W. C. Holden. In the light of Mr. Burrows' present defense, all this is very interesting reading, isn't it. There is no doubt that the facts are exactly as Holden states. I have other reliable proof aside from Holden's word which, to say the least, Is not very good. In Mr, Burrows' statement he makes no reference whatever to this deal. He says the "only color for this charge (of backlog Holden) is that I wrote a complimentary line" eto. He should issue another circular explaining thU matter. Fourth. Certainly that was "a very good let ter" for the purpose. It was intended to give Ilolden a character, to put be hind him all Mr. Burrows' Influence which be Imagined was boundless. When Burrows stated that, at the time ho wrote that letter (June 23), Uolden "bad made no attack to speak of on any Independent except Thornton" he states as deliberate and glaring a falsehood as ha ever panned. An examination of a die of Liberty jleld the following result: Trior to June Z li!2, Holden bad filled THUTV-NiNK oot,t'MN!, bjr actual count, with the most slanderous attacks on Km, Doch, Wolfe, (Irtentf, I'lrtl. and other true and loyal Independent. This Mr Bor rows kuew pwrfovtlj well, and la Lla lottrre he virtually r-rulor ail these attacks, ..-. Mr. Harrows tries to laugh IbUMter off as a met 'VoaipUiiuntary 1100." Vel that letter was carried la IJberly A. THE BOSS SPRAYER For spraying fruit trees and vines. Bend for catalogue and price list to CURTIS it HUBBELL. ISM So. Seta St., Lineola, Neb. 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