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THE ALLIANCE -INDEPENDENT.
JUNE, 1893.
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Populists will do well to beware of
the A. P. A. It Is "a scheme of the
plutocrats to keep public attention
away from the real issues.
There was never such need of push
ing populist principles to the front as
now. The financial panio is opening
the eyes of the people to the real Issues.
Push the work.
Those who now fight in the ran of
the great Industrial revolution can be
proud of the memory while they live and
after they are dead can leave it as a
legacy to their children.
We have in stock about a hundred
copies of A. B. Flack's little humorous
pamphlet entitled "Stein up Politics."
Mr. Flack is a Nebraska write? and
there is good sense as well at genuine
humor in his writings. This pamphlet
Is well worth the price, 10 cents. Send
to the Alliance Publishing Co.
Nebraska, populists should take
heart. The days of "the ring" are
numbered. Publlo robbery is growing
unpopular. , In the great court of pub
llo opinion the republican state officials
have been pronounced guilty. Our peo
pie should make their battle cry in the
coulng oompalgn, "Stand up for Ne
bras lea and down with the robbers."
. The Rocky Mountain News says: A
proposition is pending in Nebraska to
allow Moaner, the defaulting president
of the wrecked bank at Linooln, to es
cape the penitentiary by his friends
paying $190,000. Would not this be a
travesty on justice? If rich thieves
may thus openly purchase immunity
from punishment of men who have
not the means to buy justice.
Moshkr, the republican bank wreck
er, while under arrest, lives at ele
gant quarters at a hotel. Bill Smith,
the poor thief, Ilea in a noisome cell In
a Jail. Mosher got away with several
hundred thousand dollars aud took the
hard earnings of widows, orphans and
men who live by dally toll. Bill Smith
stole a side of meat for his starving
wife and babies. Mosher will probably
go free and become a respected citizen,
because he has money. Smith will go
to the penitentiary and his wife will
take tn washing or go to the poor-house.
This is justice!
Public opinion is awakening. The
three leading articles la the Arena for
Jane boldly take the ground advocated
by the populists on three great Issues:
The first advocates the free and un
united coinage of silver. The eocond
advocates a decided increase
la the elrculaUlag medium. It ti under
the suggestive hrnd. "Save the Amcri
caa Ron, It shows that every no.
traction of currency ia tha world's his
tory has resulted disastrously to the
people. It shows, that the curreney has
be contracted ia America la in
alarming exfeiat. And It shows the
vil consequence already accruing
from such eoatraetioa. It I. on of the
troafwt article) that has ever been
written oa tha moaay question. The
third article is oa tha scandalously low
prioae allow to wotnea wage earaers
and aJrocaW IU populist prloelpl f
equal pay for tutl work, whatever ta
Ta sea of the loading attga
thus out b4dty ta fever of
the poa!Uta tahsa by the one despised
popuUU li sug(ostlv V say the Utt.
The mums! tbepettpUUnarchtajf aa,
A GJtEAT OBJEOr LESBOS
The following dispatches contain a
great and impressive object ieason fur
the American people;
Fostobia, O , May 38. Ex Secretary
of the Treasury Charles Foster startled
the business world this morning by
making an assignment for the benefit
of his creditors.- His assignee Is J. B
Gormley, a prominent banker of Bucy-
rus and a warm friend of Mr. Foster's.
Tha liabilities are given out by Mr
Foster as being $600,000 and assets
about the same. He made the assign
ment during the night and the papers
were filed at Tiffin by Mr. Scott, his
attorney.
At an early hour this morning the
bank of Foster & Co. was closed on an
attachment for 3200 in favor uf the
Isaac Barter Milling company, and at
the same time the wholesale grocery
house of Davis & Foster was closed by
an attachment for $1,200 in favor of O.
T. Brown.
The assignment of Secretary Foster
was the signal for the assignment of a
number of concerns in which he was
interested.
The brass and iron works was one of
the concerns to assign. The liabilities
and assets of this company are included
with the personal statement of the
secretary.
The Mambourg, Calcined and Crocker
Window Glass companies, three ooq
cerns that have been backed by Mr.
Foster, will assign today.
The extent of the failure is so great
that its significance can scarcely ba
realized. A half dozen of the promi
nent industries will go to the wall and
hundreds of people be thrown out of
employment. . , .
J be loss to business men wno are
depositors in Foster Sc Co's. bank is one
of the deplorable features of the crash.
The assignment of JJavis & roster,
the wholesale grocers, will probably be
the direct causes of the failure of a
failure of a number of grocery concerns
throughout the country. It is said that
the firm has $125,000 unpaid accounts
and notes due it. The deposits of the
bank at the time of its last statement
was about $175,000, but it is imposfible
to ascertain what they are at tho pres
ent time.
Ex-Secretary Foster gave out the
following statement to the publlo this
evening:
"Words cannot express the deep
distress and humiliation I feel. If
I could bear all the burden that my
failure will entail I should feel a sense
of relief.
When I returned from Washington I
knew that my indorumentt for the win
dow glass company and the brass and
iron works company were very large,
so large, in fact, as to induce me to fear
that I would have to suspend at that
time. I however, prevailed upon a
friend to give a large amount of help and
felt confident that T could malntuin my
self and finally come out all rlnht. The
concernt owed me more than J euppostd,
and to add to my misfortunes the
Fostoria Light and Power company, of
which I am a large stockholder and
indorter, proved to ba in bad shape
financially. Then came the unfortu
nate financial condition of the country.
Kverv one that I owed wanted his moneu,
and no one would lend. Pay men ts for glass
instead of btlng made in cash were made
in paper. Hales, in lact, came to a nana
still I struccled. seekinir everv dobsI-
ble means to tide ever the situation, un
til I am compelled to assign. I did not
give up the struggle till today. It will
take tbe aeslngnee some time to make
up the schedule of my affairs. I can
see plainly in settling my affairs
through the courts the house compell
ing my assets to be reduoed to cash,
large eacrlfices will be made. This be
ing so I can not give encouragement
that my fiesta will 6e pd in ?u!L
I nave given mortgages to two wo
men, who relied upon me to invest
their money, It being about all the
property they have, amounting to
about $4,000.
The agreoratlng amount of llablll
ties, Including bank deposits, my Indi
vidual debts, the three glass compan
ies tbe brass and iron works company,
the light and power company, will be
about $6p0,0UO. The assets on pane
will more than cover the liabilities."
A run was started on the People's
bank at North Baltimore, which Is par
tially owned by Governor t eater, and it
was forced to close its doors about noon
M, B. Waldo, the manager, states that
the bank is solvent and will open to
morrow, and baa money to meet all the
demands. The Merchants' bank of this
city, in which Governor Foster is a
shareholder, stood a run Immediately
after Foster's bank closed, and all fear
was allayed by a receipt of $115,000 from
Toledo bank by express at noon.
The embaraiaed institutions are in
fearfully bad shape and will notpay out
more tnan ' cents on tbe dollar, A
M; Day, Governor Foster's private sec
retarv, who had all his money in these
enterprises, is penniless. He is pros
trated In bod from the blow. J. W,
I Wilkinson, his partner in the banking
bouse, is ruined and will save nothing
from the crash.
New York. May 20. The Foster
failure caused no astonishment in Walt
Street. In certain circles it has been
InowH for tome time that the firm was
in a tight place tor money. One
banker said that Foster had been
caught between seed time and harvest.
CLKVttAND, o May 27, la the
course of a tetograra in rospocso to an
offer of space fur a statement made by
an aftrrnooa paper, Oovear roster
aad; "My failure simply illustrates
IA i)ll $f permitting one s self to oe in
ditt btand tl tntch of rmtonnbl inict
tti fur rtlUf when tie hour of aiflcult
ktrrminf cemti. My otlns w large
ly aV rllk terromd mmty, iVmfl
denoa tn the tnaiateao of sound finan
cial ooodtltoos la rewattal tolrtUmate
leading. That ownfMenco has for aottte
U bto shakes ia the ability or ra
parity ot tha rovemmeitt to maintain
gold payaa&t is avldonW The eoua
try iwiiauss stnortaoua raurc wale a
are at the rmmani ot the fttveratntal.
aad it should say aad aut ta terms a ad
ways mat will satisfy lb eoaatry,
lUioot ambiguity or uaoertalsltv,
TIUT UOLD rAYMlNTI WILL ME MAIM
TA1XU.
Thus (MM gbjvl ItMMwa tolk another
Thus 004 at tr awubsr arts la "great
financiers'' of the nation swallowed by
the great octopns which they have
served asd defended.
Only a few weeks ago every paper In
the lacd toll under startling headlines
of "McKlnley's Ruin." Thegjgreat
apostle of high protection made an
assignment, went into bankruptcy.
Why? He was the victim of a credit
system. He borrowed money. He en
dorsed heavily for friends. The money
was invested in productive enterprises.
Tbe enterprises couldn't stand the
drain of usury.
He shouted: "America for Amerl
cans! Down with English free-trade."
But he voted to adopt th English
system of finances, lie voted for con
traction of tbe currency. He supported
the single gold standard. He whooped
It np for the "honest dollar." He
assisted In putting the industries of the
country In tbe tolls of the money power.
He advocated a financial system which
has plastered the farms and homes ot
the people with mortgages; which has
built up industries ca borrowed capital;
which has made public bond-age the
basis for public improvements.
He simply fell a victim to the mon
strous system he helped to Create and
defend. High tariff couldn't save Mo
Klnley. Hume market couldn't help
him.
And now comes Foster, Harrison's
secretary of the treasury, the little
fellow who has been rattling around In
the place which great men had been
wont to fill.
He was Wall ' street's own tool. His
financial condition "was well known in
certain circles." He was over head
and ears In debt and the money Kings
knew it. At their command he under
took to reverse history. Ha undertook
to prove that tbe currency had never
been contracted, that we have more
money per capita than we ever had be-
rore. ne undertook: to prove tnat ail
his predecessor! in that great office, all
the great leaders In congress, all the
great statesmen and historians of tbe
country for the past quarter of a cen
tury were cither tools or liars.
To accomplish this he iseued a special
treasury report purporting to give
financial statistics. And the plutocra
tic press of the country shouted
"amen;" and the hired mouthers of the
money power told It on the stump and
on the street corners. They 'all said
with oue voice: "Behold! we have
more money today tnan ever before.
The secretary of the treasury says so,
and who can dispute such authority?"
And when the bankers wanted to
make the Sherman law odious, and
presented tbelr treasury notes for re
demption, Foster redeemed them every
one in gold. And when they wanted a
new issue of bonds to buy more gold,
Foster went to New York and conferred
with them secretly and arranged with
them to have fifty million of new bonds
Issued. But Harrison said "no." Then
he tried congress and congress said
"no." , .
Foster was In the (trip of the money
power, and he thought bis only salva
tion lay in serving that power.
Can any intelligent man read Foster's
statement and fall to see true cause of
his failure? It was the natural and in
evitable result of doing business on
capital borrowed at high rates of in
terest. Notice the many expressive
phrases used In his statement: "My
indorsements were large;" "Concerns
owed me more than I had supposed."
' Every one that I owed wanted money,
and no one would lend;" "Payments
for glass Instead ot being made in cash
were made in paper;" "My business
was largely done on borrowed money;"
etc.
Foster was on the wrong side la the
great game of money-getting. He was
a borrower, an interest payer. Now
he is a bankrupt.
Wonder is sometimes expressed that
tbe manuiaoturers, merchants and busi
ness men generally; do not join tbe
farmers in the reform movement. The
reason is evident. They are nearly ail
doing business on borrowed capital.
"The borrower Is servant to the len
der." He is a slave. Se has lost his
financial Independence, and with It has
gone his political independence.
"Confidence is essential to legitimate
lending," says Foster. The manu
facturer or the business man who Is
working on borrowed capital feels that
he must maintain "confidence" at all
hazards He dreads a change above all
things. He knows he must renew his
loans or "go to the wall.'' In nine cases
out of ten he doesn't think or see far
enough ahead to realize the drift of
things. To save himself is his one
great object.
Foster sees no salvation for the bor
rowing class except in unconditional
surrender to the money power.
The farmers are the only class left In
America that have any degree of politi
cal Independence. They are borrowers
It is true, but they borrow for long
peneas ana nence are not immediately
at the mercy of the mouoy power, Tha
manufacturer or business man who bor
rows from month to month can not say
his soul U his own.
He la an abject and pitiable slave.
Bankruptcy it the orjy thing that will
free him, or bring hlra to realize the
condition ot the country,
Simitia similibus curanter.
"The hair of the dog ia good for the
bite,"
Existing evils mutt work out their
own cure by their own dreadful con se
quences. Let the organised farmers take fresh
courage. Tha warnings they have
sounded are being justified, their pre
dictions verified, their claims vindi
cated. The men who have ridiculed, abused,
and denounced them are now furnishing
obttM-t lessoos of thtr own folly. '
me eartoquai is twining, u will
wreck the fiaaoctal system of the
couatry. It will cause untuUl suffering.
Hut it will rre the American pnirlu,
and open the way for aa advanca ta a
higher clrUUatiua.
'I'"1 1 " i". 11111 '""JiJ 1 W"'a
lr anything were bv44 U show the
arrogance of the railroads the stand
taken ta regard ta World's fall raw
has dispelled that eeed, They have
roads it simply Impossible fur a poor
naa a visit tha fair, Hy their rap
City and greed they have rallud doa
oa tlr brads the anathemas of the
whoa pubile. Their motto evidently Is
"The fair was made toswsll tha eoffern
of the railroad kings. Tha poopl b
4-4"
THE JOURNAL'S EIDIOULE
The State Journal speaks of the
comisg railroad convection of June 23,
as a ' wind convention,'' and refers to
the idea of building a , railroad from
Bismarck to the Gulf as a "wild and
woolly proposition."
Exactly as we expected. Who ever
heard of the Journal falling in line with
any movement for the emancipation of
the west from bondage to tbe east? For
any plan to arouse western sentiment,
and organize western forces for politi
cal ends it bas no'hing but ridicule.
The Journal says:
'In the first place the people of the
states interested would not favor the
expenditure of the state's money for
such a road xocpt in the immediate
vicinity, perhaps, of the route pursued
which would make it a purely sectional
interest owing to the distances to be
traversed from the remoter points to
the line before it could be availed of "
Perhaps by the time tbe great "North
and South" Is built and put in opera
tion, the people of the western states
will have learned something of their
rights and power over railroad corpora'
tions. Perhaps they will have learned
that they can make every railroad in
every state crossed by the great
"North and South" a feeder o' that road.
Why not? Suppose this great trunk
line to be built through Lincoln. What
Is to hinder the state legislature from
giving every other city in the state an
almost equal benefit by regulating rates
between Lincoln and all other points in
the state? Or suppose the existing
corporations should object to being
made the servants of the people In such
a capacity; there is nothing to hinder
the legislature from passing a law per
mitting the north and south trunk line
to run trains over every road In Ne
braska to gather up freight and passen
gers. Then the corporations might go
out of business if they wanted to
There is no reasonable doubt that the
state has power to compel one corpora
tion to let another corporation use its
tracks at a reasonable rental.
Then the Journal sees an insurmount
able obstacle In the way of raising
money to build the road. It points to
that artiole in the state constitution
which forbids the state's going in debt
beyond $100,000. Of course the Jour
nal couldn't think of raising money In
any other way except by the issue and
sale of bonds. What's the matter with
paying cash for the road? Nebraska is
robbed of enough every year in the
way of extortionate railroad charges to
build her share of the road. That por
tion of the road which would He In Ne
braska ought sot to coat over $5,000,000
at the outside. That amount could
easily bo raised by taxation inside of
three or four years.
Besides after all the western states
my not have to build this line after all
Perhaps the voice of the west may be
heard in congress. Perhaps the north
and south line may be the first great
experiment in "government owner
ship."
Even the "populist cranks" don't ex
pect to build this road the 28th of June,
nor within a month or a year there
after. The convention has been called
simply to discuss a measure of great
interest to the people of these great
western states. That is exactly tbe
reason why the Journal ridicules it.
A GREAT CONTRAST.
The following a verbatim copy of a
letter received by Governor Crounse
one day last week:
Crete, Nebraska, 1893 Dear Sir:
I thought I would write you a few lines
to let you Know the position 1 am in.
I became converted and now stand on
the true rock, Christ Jesus. I am
troubled about a little offense. I made
about one year before I became con
verted and now the spirit brought it to
my mind because God's words in tbe
bible says, "there is nothing hide that
snail not be manifest;" anotner to one,
"there is no Becret that shall not be
made known." Besides that he says,
"confess your sins one to another." Of
course this la a case of not direct one in
dividual therefore you are the one that
will cover it.
My case is this: I took some coal out
ot tbe box car a Lincoln at the asylum
switch, it was two ot us. We both
are converted now, Please wont you
put that of both of us in tbe place
where it will reach it again. I will
pay my bill to lie took the same II
worth. Plea forgive me and that for
Christ amen. 1 ours respectfully.
Goveraor Crounse turned the two dol
lars over to the treasurer to be placed
la the "conscience lund."
Here are two fellows doubtless labor
log men who each stole a dollar's worth
of asylum coal because they needed i
to keep their families warm. Yet when
their consciences became quickened
they could not rest till they had con
fessed the trim and made good the
loss.
What a contratt there Is between the
action of these men and the action of
tha boodler who stole thousands of
bushels ot asylum coal, and robbed the
state of thousands of dollar in other
crooked deals ia c-ianectloa with tha
asylum and penitentiary oall-house!
Tha former humbly rxmfeae thttr crime
aad try to make the restitution. The
latter bramaly deny their guilt and
defy tha state to puaiah them er r
ttr ItelosMM. Th(iy no doubt laugh
at thM two poor pentteata as sontltia
tal weaklings, Aud publlo oplaloa has
become so warped and orrf ted that
thes big boodltr ttav the ova $jm
palhy ot thousands ol people wlo pro
tmut lo U ohrtttlaail ft such carl,
tiaaa rvad tha Vv letter aad blush
for shame, if Indeed they hare any
sense ot shame.
What we need today ia a revival of
true religion, aqulckeningofconsiences
a restoration of the old-fashioned ideas
of duty, public opinion must be puri
fied and elevated. We want preachers
of the gospel who will denounce crime
and criminals regardless of position or
politics. We want church members
who will not only permit the preachers
to do this, but wbo will demand it of
them. Then no man will be allowed to
buy immunity from punishment with a
portion of his stealings. Then n5 man
can gain and maintain a high position
in society merely because he possesses
wealth which be has gained be dis
honest methods
THAT UORTH AND SOUTH RAILROAD
CONVENTION-
In pursuance of the resolution ia-
troduced by Senator Stewart and
adopted by the UgUlature, arraDge
ments have been made for a'convention
of western states to discuss the great
north and south railroad scheme. . The
convention will be held In Lincoln,
June 28. The delegates will be ap
pointed by the governors of the states
Governor Crounse has heard from
South Dakota, Minnesota and Kansas
and expects to hear from several
others, all of which will be represented
Jerry Simpson will be among the dele
gates from Kansas. Governor Crounse
has not appointed tbe delegates for
Nebraska yet He says he Intends to
consult some of the leading indepen
dents, and pat friends of the move on
the delegation. The convention will
meet at the state house at 2 p. m.
This meeting is one of great lmpor
tance to the west. Its object is one of
vast and immediate importance. It Is
amove which should receive every
possible encouragment of populists, a
large number of whom should be
present at the meeting. The conven
tion will of course be nonpartisan, yet
it must result In advancing populist
ideas.
The Alliance-Independent of this city
appears this week -with the typograoh'
Icfil union label at the head of its edi
torial columns. More offices will use
them as soon as they can be secured from
Indianapolis. The label indicates that
all matter run is set up by strictly union
labor, and it is a standing recommenda
tion for any paper using It. Weekly
Unionist.
A western railroad president is
recently reported as saying: "If pub
lic opinion in the west still continues
so hostile to the railroads as it bas
shown itself in the past few years, it
will be necessary to organize to protect
our interests." It always seemed to us
that the republican party answered that
purpose very well here in Nebraska.
Perhaps the aforementioned railroad
president meant after the republican
party Is dead, v
TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS
On page 8 of thii Issue Appears an ex
tended notice 'to bridge contractors
from the county clerk of Furnas county
We call especial attention to this notice
for the reason that the publication of it
has been delayed two weeks on account
of the letter being held in the Lincoln
post-office for additional postage.
THE ALLIANCE AID.
The alliance aid Is simply an insur
ance degree in the F. A. Si I. U. it is
something new in this state, but it is
well worthy of Investigation. We be
lieve its general adoption would . do
much to make the alliance a permanent
Institution.
NO DECISION YET.
Oa Monday at 2 p. m., the supreme
courtroom was filled with an expec
tanticrowd, but the august court failed
to appear. At 3:30 they sent In a bailiff
to say that the court had adjourned till
next Mon lay.
This Is generally believed to indicate
that the court is divided. The Idea is
gaining ground that a verdict for cob
vlctlon may be rendered,
THE VANDERBILT POODLE.
I'm tbe VsnderbtU pet poodlte hear me?
Just a dog, like all the other doga,
Ilarklng at the publlo who come near me;
But observe my "toga "
Took a hundred nrty thmiaand dollar
Railroad dividend la buy aad place
R outid my nook thla poodle craUo collar,
KlDjly In tui grace.
And I shine, 1 toll you, at the parties
Of the princely papa who ve In atyle;
Not adoot all the high-nosed "amarMss"
Uarea to growl or emits.
Mbrtreaa aaya, sma peopls aiS their bom.
And ahjert to doga In swa a draas,
Kat loos wrourhwi) who, that's sane eupptwM
Ratlrt4 pups um4 le
Mors than thla, aaya WUluaa (Utat's mf
master)
Kara ye, worker who pay all the freight;
1 ant king, aad see not your dtaatr,
sMara my wealth ta great.
Kweat ye, slaves of hmtas, the wealth I've
lata.
Aad the legal tights I e gathered
Valid favosa throoa that atsd aaahakca
Iter at aervs my pup,
.MsuiMia lt ,'want aiaaat. lo t.itativ.
You will gt f.h and pur 4s at
OiUwold'e, MO South tUavoath trtt
Tea
North torn Itae to Chicago.
ate, last trains, office ilxi
Low rate.
VI Bs,
MIR RALLIES.
A Saries of Great PopaUst Revivals Ar
ranged for by the State Committee.
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SENATOR ALLE5 TAXES THE FIELD
An Appeal to the j Populists of Nebraska
to Renew Their eal and Enthosiam.
Allen's Apmoiatmeute.
Apjpoln
The time is ripe' for a grand revival
oi populist enthusiasm. The vote-field
is yellow for the harvest It is time for
every true reformer to be at work.
Confusion reigns in the ranks of the
old parties. After thirty years of al
most continuous supremacy, the repub
lican party has been driven from power
thoroughly corrupted and. demoralized.
The democrats, though completely
victorious at the polls, are showing
themselves utterly incompetent to
grapple with the great problems which
are pressing for solution. Since their
accession to power they have done
nothing but engage in a scramble for
office.
Banks, business men, and manufac
turers are failing in every section of
the country. A general panic is immi
nent. Yet the only remedy proposed
by the leaders of either old Dartv la
unconditional surrender to the money
power.
In Nebraska both . old parties are
hopelessly divided and demoralized.
The corruption of the republican
party has been thoroughly exposed.
Though the state has been robbed of
tneusinds of dollars, no one has vet
been punished for the crime. The
better element of the republican Dartv
is powerless to free itself from the con
trol of the corporations and corrupt
leaders.
The democratic parti oa the other
band is rent with factional dissensions.
The mass Of its voters and a few of its
leaders are in favor of free coinage of
silver, and railway regulation. B at the
men who control its conventions are
unalterably opposed to these things. "
Tbe time is ripe for a general break
ing up and re-formation of political
parties on new Issues. '
The people's party is the only organ
ized force that is ready to take ad van- '
tage of the situation. If there was
reason for a grand rallying of reform
forces three year ago, how much more
is there now! .. :,t
Recognizing these facts the Indepen
dent State Committee have arranged
for a series of mid-summer rallies.
Senator Allen will fill ten appointments
in June and probably that many in
each succeeding month. He will ba
accompanied by other speakers of slate
reputation whose names the committee
are not yet prepared to announce.
The following is . the committee's
notice of appointments.
SENATOR ALLEN.
The state central committee have
made arrangements far Senator Allen
and other prominent speakers to speak
at the following places.
Tecumseh,, June 12.
Beatrice, " 13.
Geneva, " 14.
Red Cloud, " 15.
Franklin, ' 16.
Alma, "17.
Indianola, " 19.
Holdredge, 20.
Hastings, " 21.
Clay Center, " 22.
Lincoln, " 23.
All of the meetings will be held at
2 o'clock p. m. Local committees will
make necessary arrangements.
G.W.Blake, C. H. Pirtle,
Chairman. Secretary.
Populists should turn out en masse to
hear Senator Allen discuss the Issues.
Hut tney snouia not oe satisnea wita,
merely turning out themselves. They
should by all means indue their old
party neighbors to turn out. How are
they to bo woo over to our causa unless
1 1 .. 1 . SK ..
me can oe urougat vj near our.apea iters
and read our literature?
These meetings will also furnish a
rare opportunity for friends ot our
canse to secure new subscribers to our
reform papers, and to sell reform books.
The Aluanck-Indepkxdent would
he glad to have friends volunteer to
distribute sample copies and take sub
scribers at these meetings.
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If you do, why pay 110.00 for a high
priced machine, at least half ot which
will go to the agents aad middle men,
whoa you can get just aa good a ma
chine fur leas than half tha money?
for IJ0.00 THt A LLUtfC-aH NOR PEN
DENT will turaUh tha elegant new
Columbian machine and a year's sub
script loi to tha best reform paper la
tha west.
If you haven't tha money to pay fop
a machine, rata club of 60 suhecrlb
era, and g t a machine free.
Missouri faclfio at offering the vsrr
ktwt rate for round trip ttakew to tha
World's fair, food for rwtura until
November la Kxl A'so aaa placed
oasaio summer tourist tlofceU at ih
visual low rata a can bi Verified by
call lag atof!Ua 1201 O st. Liaoota.
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