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it a . u.w.IiJI I ilC- THE AJ.LIA.NUJW' AUGUST 31. 1803 t I1 -THt- B1PIBI Censolldailoo of ins PC1UHX ErXBT THPMCA.T IT fsi Aiuawcx Published Co. Cor. 11 md Ml , Lincoln. Heb. fw. H. 8. Bawiu, MY .11 Mckjuy? J. wnu, Tr- B, ft. Urrummi. CTMom-non Pirn Dollab pmYui m miiwu0a InuUt Mltot Jta F. Kwnu,... Bain Hanaf N. L P. A. WEEKLY Circulation It the B2 WmIu. Ending March 30, IE33, 33,348 Copl . People' Independent State Conven tion. Tfc people's Independent elector! ef the Mte of Nebraska are requested to elect and end delegate from tnelr several coontlei to Met in convention at the city of Lincoln, Tuesday, September 6, IBM. at t o'clock p. m., for tb purpose of nominating tbe following IUU officer, Tit: CeadUau for Juda of the supreme court, three regente of the state wnlvetslty, and transact eucn other business M ssny come before the convention. Tbe baala of representation will be one dele gat for every one hundred vote or major fraction thereof cask in I8M for the people'i Independent candidate for governor and two delegate-! large from each county, which glvee the following votes by oountlei: JollDDOD.... ...11 Kearney.... ... 4IKey Faba. 9 II ,., 6 4 , 3 .,..,. , ....at it I .. .. I s . ... a . ... I a .....ia .....is e 19 :::::. a it j, ..... .....15 4 ......a 40 .,...ii i ii i ...... i j tea ii 0 ...... 8 IS , 1 Antelope Banner, Blaine Beone oyd. Bos Butte.... Brown Buffalo....... Butler Hurt Cedar.!,...'.... Cbaae Cheyenne Cherry Clay . Colfai Cuming Ouster IMkete....... frewee... .... Dawaon. ...... Deuel ,. DUoa ........ Dodge Deng-las Dunay Fillmore . . . . . Franklin frontier umaa Gage. ......... Garfield , deeper,..,, . Grant Greeley....,. Wall Hamilton.... Harlan. , Have...,., ,. Hlfcucoc.,.. Hooker.,.. ,. Holt.......... Howard...... Mforeon ... siniain.. ....11 Kimball.,. Knox Lancaster...... Lincoln........ Logan Loup Madison .... n ....20 ... 10 ....II Merrick... aMcPnerson,,,. Nam Nemaha Nuckolls' ! . si Owe ., .,... Pawnee Parking Pierce ..... ... Phelps PUtte .a i a ..lWPolk 411 Hea willow..,, Richardson..,,, . 81 Rock Saline narpy Maunder......, Scotui Bluffs. , Seward a w 10 II n 4 Sheridan . ... Sherman Hloux Htauton. , aJThayer VTBomas...,. ., .. II Thurston....... ..19 valley Washington.,,. Wayne ,. Webster Wheeler........ York ..10 ... 4 .. 8 . 8 ... . 10 ..101 Total , ....800 We would recommend that no proxies be al lowed, but that tbe delegates present cast tbe full vote to which tbe county u entitled. 0. M, Prari, Oso, W. Bi-Aiti, Secretary. Chaliman. Btate papers please copy. G0IH0 TO WASHI50T05, Some time ago I received from Con greiamon Rem an Invitation to spend the coming year la Washington in tbe capacity of bis private aecretary. I re plied that my first duty was to see The Alliance-Independent put on a ound basis, and that I might accept his kind offer, when that was accomplished. Feeling certain that our reorganization will be effected September 6th, I feel at liberty to announce that I shall go to Washington shortly after that date un less the extra session comes to an end. This move does not mean that I will over my connection with the paper. I hall have charge of the Washington department, and Bhall aim to mako It one of the most valuable features of the paper. In addition I hope I shall be able ,to do considerable editorial writing. C According to present plane, one of the best editorial writers in the country, and one in whom the people 6f Nebraska have great confidence, will take my place ss m&ssglsg'editor. cl do sot feel at liberty to announce his name until the reorganization is effected. S. Edwin Thokntok. 1EDUCED BATES TO THE BTATE OQHVEST10S. After considerable delay, I have se cured rates of one and one-third fare to the state convention next Tuesday on all Nebraska roada. In order to get this reduction each delegate roust get a certificate from the agent when he buys hi ticket. do. W. Blake, Chr'ra. State Ceo. Com. ' Oct news columns 'K' 11 a story of sil ver's death blow. I,1. U.J-L 1 .. . S CH'R constitution ecd laws matt be brought bio harmony with the changed conditions which prevail la the Indus trial world, Within th pat thirty years sew and powerful forces have born at work. Chief arooag these forces have fcveii taoi First The coocnuUon of eupl Ul, aud tlie building of greal IndusUUs retuHlcf frotatha invruUons and dl .terkiif the age; (2nd!, th vast a era t.f lnurriv Waring obi! cations htgl!nf lth ur aaona) debt, and ti'tnJlof lirou.- iWc, munU'lj-al. ral rad, and private dohu. Th'M twt frt toan ss Lave ra'.'.y shans our po'i tics fur bt-ar'y thirty jtars. , KEBEASIA IS C0SGREE3 Sebraka has a right to be proud el the prominence and influence tbe has attained through her representatives In congress. For more than twenty years Nebraska was In that list of western stales which the eastern manufactures and money-loaaers relied on to roll up majorities for candidates who would faithfully work for the Interests of the east against the Interests of the west. Previous to 1890, there was never but one Nebraska man who had the cour age, ability and patriotism to stand up for the weat against the east in con gress. That man gained a national reputation, and today millions of true and loyal men all over the union love and honor the rrand old soldier, and battler for human righta, General Van Wyck. But the corporations marked him for their prey, and by means most foul and corrupt they retired him from the United States senate. But the triumph of the corporations in Nebraska was short-lived. Three years after General Van Wyck was slaughtered, tbe people arose In their might and asserted their right to be represented in congress. . They elected to the lower house three men who came fresh from tbe people, whose sympa thiea were with the people, and who had tbe courage and ability to atand up for the masses agalnat tbe classes, for the west against the east Each of these men although lnex pcrlencedln political life, made his mark: McKelgban delivered a speech on free coinage that was read by mill ions and pronounced masterly and unanswerable; Bryan delivered a speech on tbe tariff that at once gave hiai a national reputation; Kern introduced a bill for government banking that at tracted the attention of reformers In all parti of the country; and all three con sistently and ably championed tbe rights and interests of the people of their state and section. Last year Nebraska made another advance on the same iine by electing a grand broad-minded man to a seat in the United States senate. It had be come a custom, "more boxored in the breach than la the observance" for new as senators to remain quiet, and humble listeners for a year or two before they should take an active part ia the de liberations of that dignified body... But Senator Allen has reduoed that custom to a state of "innocuous desuetude." Al though the extra session is only three weeks old, Senator Allen has already made himself well and favorably known to the reading pnbllo, and Is recognized in Washington as the peer ef any sena tor. He has achieved this prominence by offering amendments to two'in portent bills and by making one of the ablest speeches yet made on the finan cial Question. When Voorhees rushed to the relief of tbe national bankers with a bill pro viding that they might issue bank notes to the par vulue of the bonds de posited Instead of 00 per cent, as at present, Senator Allen quietly arose and offered an amendment providing that, If this concession should be made to the bankers, the government should hold back the interest on the bonds de posited to secure additional currency. This made the minions of Wall street indignant, but in spite of their wrath fuled nunclations Senator Allen's amendment received eleven votes. When the committee on coinage offered a bill for the repeal of the Sher man law coupled with a scnseleHs de claration in favor of bimetallism, Allen promptly put in an amendment provid ing for the free coinage of silver at 16 tol Then when opportunity offered he followed this with a masterly, and pow erful speech which occupied six f ago of the Congressional Record. In the prcsont house Bryan has more than sustained the reputation he made two years ago, and has endeared him self to the people by his noble effort in behalf of silver coinage. Ills speech has attracted more attention than that of any other member, and It is eaid a million copies will be distributed In the coming campaign so great is the popu lar demand for it. Despite ridicule and opposition Bryan succeeded In retaining his place on the ways and tnt ass committee. McKel ghan was reappointed to his old place on tbe coinage committee, one of the most Important, and Kern was reappointed on the committee on Indian affairs, aud on agricultural expenditures. The republican member from Ne braska illi not fare so well. Mercer gut on the committee on public buildings where be will spend his .time log-roll ing to get a public building for South Omaha. IIlner got on the committee on agriculture, Molklejohn was placed en the coiumliwe on public land. It U safe to predict that neither of the three will attract much attenUon In any way. About all they will d will be to kill tie urns of Bryan, MKdghm and Ken whea any great Mumaurt in the interest of the rotates ctnce up for a vote. Mr. Maadorsoa has done noth tog worthy of nota ttcept to champion the causa of tbe national buUi in o'HlUa to A-U-a'a amend ".tol. It U lo be bopud that when aoothnr yvar rtOis rwai. the 'U la Ivartrd villain aota to ttira fr;tn our delogeUoa every lr.Uor to the In terval of lbs wf, ard send in YVh isgtea a full dtUtfaVen B-t, ..( i shatMpliint ftf popular rights. In the national houte a great Usetlng vote ha occurred which shows more conclusively than anything else where our representatives ttand, On Monday afternoon Kern, McKelgban and Bryan stood for silver and human ity. Htlner, Mercer and MeiklejohnJ stood for gold and plutocracy. On the amendment for free coinage at 16 to 1, Kem, McEeighan aad Bryanj voted "ave:"' Hainer. Meikleiohn and! Mercer voted "Bay." Be it said to their honor and credit, Kem, McKelgban and Bryan refused to auDDort a chance of ratio, and voted agalnat unconditional repeal. Meiklejobn and Hainer voted for the ratio of 20 to 1. and agalnat uncondi tional repeal as a cheap method straddling the issue, and trying hoodwink tbeir constituents. But Mer cer was braver and more consistent He voted for unconditional repeal. THE CRIME OF 93. The greatest crime of the century i now well nigh committed. The over whelming majority given for uncondi tional repeal in the bouse foreshadow Its passage In the senate. The "crime of T3" was committed bv stealth and In the dark. The crime '03 is committed in the glare of day, ia tbe bright lieht of public discussion; and information. The crime of '73 wr committed while the people wen asleep; that of '03 is committed whe the people are keenly awake, and afte their voice has been heard In condemns tlonof the former crime. The crim of 73 was a secret blow at tbe welfan of tbe nation; that of '03 is a stab at tb heart of civilization. The crime of '73 was .concocted in tbq secret councils of the English an American bankers, and consummated by a few hired traitors. The crime o! '93 was planned in the same secre councils yb men grown a hundred-folJ more powerful, and consummated b tne bribery ana oau-aozmg oi a mti jorlty la the greatest legislative bodf on earth. The unconditional repeal of the Sher man law is of little consequence, wart wwu hicK truc4 . itV. It not for the death blow to silver whicl is Involved in it It means the destruc tion of silver as a money metal means tbe establishment of gold money as a single standard of values. It means tbe contraction of all values to that ever-shortening standard. It means Increase of debt, poverty, misery, vice, crime, insanity and suicide. It means loss ef home, lands, property and employment by the masses, and the swelling of- few' great fortunes . But there is one consolation. Uncon ditional repeat is better than compro mise. It will hasten the day of final reckoning. It brings the next great crises in the history of our country that much nearer. The moral char acter of our people will not atand this terrible strain many years. If the crises does not come soon, it may come too late. It may come only to end in anarchy or an awful despotism. But if it comes before the native bonasty, and moral courage of the common people has been dlssiapated, before their spirit has been broken, out of the throes of revolution may rise a grander civiliza tion. HE 8TATE 00NVEBTI0N. The Alliance-Independent has no candidates for nomination at tbe state convention next Tuesday. We feel, aa we always have felt that a convention of men fresh from the fields and shops can be relied upon to nominate meu worthy of support. To all tho dele gates however we feel like offering a little friendly advice for which wo charge nothing: Don't be too partisan. Don't get ex cited. Think firs act afterwards Don't believe all you hear. Don't bo too much wedded to your particular candi date. Don't let any dissension arise in the convention. Don't belong to any faction. Select a good man from each county, a true independent, a rustler, for a member of the state committed. Then let the com nit tee choose its oun chair man and secretary. To that committee we want to say: Don't pick on a man for chairman be cause be wants it, nor because he lives in Lincoln, nor for any other reacn than this; Because he is fit and capable to fill that very responsible position. Onck the great Cromwell addressed the KngUsh parliament in the following words: 'Ye are a fractious crew, tho encodes of good government. Gold Is your God. Which of yon hae not bartered away your console nee for bribes? You are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation. You are deputed hutu by tre pHple to get tholr grievances redivss d and have bcotne yourselves Vie greatest grievance." Such rewarks would apply quite well to a large number f congmsmen In this country, 1! J, 1 -1 It has leaked ot't from reliable sources that l'rsld nt Harrison, under date tf April T. ly, wrote a Mwr to llvn. it. 11 Kvlley, chairman aol mo rvtary of the national rvpuhltcaaesocu live commltW, in which he fsprtr4 the same l s ai i almost the same language, as loom t iprwHd in Uora laua's rvoct uirMijfe w eungnrs, on tf.0 UiWy qJ'iUun. This gtvvi litfht a to way the lat saU. eal campaign . 7 . . r vuui u v sat's Kouihvrn Muvurr, AH OBJECT LEESOB. A few days ago, we received the fol lowing letter from a republican, and we publish it complete and just as wmien lexcept mat we corrected a few of the most glaring errors). We have no time nor space to use in refuting such a letter. We give it as an object lesson to people who are thinking and reading. Many who have got out of the woods fail to comprehend the confusion and thick darkness which pervades the minds of those wbo are still in tbe woods. This letter Shows exactly the state of mind in which thousands are to-day. The great ques tion is how to reach and enlighten Fandax, Neb., Aug. 13, 1803, Editor Alliance-Independent: 1 saw an - editoral from you in the Frontier Co. Faber a short time since in which jou call republican principles hypierisyunii asked, and defyeny re publican to answer which I propose to uu. America lar Americans, ana wnen yousaytbey are acumbing to foreign gold or other foreign devices it is simply a falsehood, but your party is with the democrats for free silver, free trade and free whiskey. And again the republican party has never went back on protection Those tin mines are all rlgbt and we are getting our tin one half cheaper than before, besides giv ing cmpioy Jieni to tnousanas oi labor ers and if there is lack In not csrrvinsr out those protected industries It is be cause cr distrust of this demo-indepen dent administration whi3h at the out set were crying an extra session of con- tress to slit pen&ious the tariff and Ii nance and 1 defy yon to prove to the contrary. And the icde-pop anarchists knew that no man never cried for tbe American workmen moro than James G. Blain and they yor party here are wishing he was alive today. Aud you say we have destroyed tho silver in dustry. I say that is a lie on tho face of it. Your party today are crying free silver and o art all who want to cen tralize all our silver to the mine owners and others that have old silver bought up to speculate on and who want to handlo it, to withhold it so to rise its pries or dlmlnsh as they ple&so. Those mine owners had no business to shut those mines, but they done it more to force free silver than caoy thing olsa. And depositors are in a measure to blame for withholding the ourculatlng medium all on account of a miners' panic. You know if you know anything that Gen. Ilairlsonand Secretary Foster refused to be dicta ted by the money power to issue uonas. ana niwe you are ridicule ing and defameing republicans fordoing and being led by tho money power. I say your course ia a dUgrnoe to honest men and honest money, 1 say let the government handle this money and back it. MaioirolJ, stiver and paper the equal and It the lKivIl wants the old counrty let him have it. And you know tbat Harrison advocated bl-we-tUlUm and Its another falsehood if you say that republican have ever repudi ated eney of It first principles of gov ermont, and It's iheouly party that ha eceo inaugerated eney reforms In this goverimu-nt and you know alt the cry that have bven mode have been mad by toon who have bn t lay to wtxit tor a living and not at to manage their own buln. Now 1 would tike you to tuhlUh this or I defy ytm to refute eney i Uiee vbargue ihraugu your parr, i our most kuuililo servant, lUl L'. Aud am olJ veteran a ho s geitDf a Kinslon through tbe republican prty it. J 1 ma a Itomeswd liven me through reDuiMk'att Icgislatioe, an 4 jour prt,v da never five eney ur ftftoe tf . fcney btanft. Oft talk tf '4 ) f.tr shame utt such pretension U good government. TH2 DYING BROTHER. V MART BSIMD riUCH. KOT TBS ALU AC-IDFDET. I'pon a glassy, ariJ plain A dying creature lay. Scarred oVr with sna end pebbly rala Where red the Simooms play; And many fiendish beasts of prey Had overtaken him, HaU burted 'neeth the driving sand, No friendly bail of waving hand While near the bine horizon's brim Expectant vultures watching him. He struggles 'gainst such fearful odds, His time cannot be long; ' Yet offers fetich to his gods The weak unto the strong, Till others come with shout and song Oh! brother, be thou free:" And lift the dy ing traveler up, Give water from tbe leathern cup, Give hope, an4 hands of sympathy. The creature is Humanity. Political gods. AMONG OUR EXCHANGES. A good many democrats wbo thought they would be in clover if Grover was elected, are stiil eating prairie hay. r-eopje s journal. drover Cleveland's message empha sizes the fact that the trouble is a "lack of confidence" but tbe lack of confi dence" is in the administration and tbe old parties. Independent American, fTM if. .1 a M . ine national campaign oi tne peo ple's party in Kentucky last year was fought on a fund of 102 not enough to buy whisky fur one session of the democratic state committee, and yet the II Commoner. "The lon-deslred meetine of con gress the president's message and the arrival of over 113,000,000 in gold from 1. fiL A . . AAA .uurupe, wim iv,vw,vw more on tne way, says uaa's review of last week. "have not brought the improvement anticipated." All these things have been prescribed as "sure cures," and yet the patient is no better. Kansas Commoner. As a laboring man and a sincere advo cate of labor, if we were to vote a party ticket, we ebould vote the people's party ticket. We believe, however, tbat labor organizations rhould act as an independ ent compact body. When the DeoDle's puny ceases to aavocate needed reforms. M a . i . a . . in is ume to nunt up some more congen ial party. The first consideration that every laboring man should observe, how ever, is to cast aside party traditions and vote for his own Interests. Capital does thia as a matter of principle, and tbe la boring man Is foolish If he does not do tne same. Laboring men should care fully study this question and then unite on a common platform and then stand there as solid ss a rock. We should know what we want, and bang together use grim aeam to get it. Midland Me chanlc. Very many of the country newspapers who are laboring in the interests of tbe masses are exhibiting a very short-sighted policy when they csrry a half column ad. for The State Journal. The Jocrnal is one of tbe bitterest enemies of the labor ing class, the most servile, lick-spittle, corporation tool in the state, and yet, line upon line, paragraph upon para graph may be found in almost every in dependent and democratic paper in the sta'e advertising it ss a great newspaper and asking the masses to subscribe for tt. In most Instances these ada. are car ried to pay for a copy of The Journal which is sent daily to tbe papers insert ing tne ad. Tne Journal is dear when received in even exchange for the aver age conntrv weekly, and country weeklies must be hard up for daily papers when they advise their readers to take a papt r mimical to their Interests, Last Christ mas the Journal inaugurated a fight against organized printers and filled their office with riff raff printers gathered here and there who would vole for and obey the behests of that corporation tool and accept whatever wages it chose to give, and the. fight Is still on. W. E. Asnin, the Journal's Washington cor respondent, fills a column each week with perversion?, lies and slanders about liryan and other representatives of the people at the capital, and notwithstand ing nil this a great big advertisement of ih Journal is beiou carried free by two thirds of tlx papers in tbe stale. Madi son Reporter. f ertst SPECIAL NOTICE. I desire to say to all who are interest ed ia the. reorganization of our state paper, Tue Alliance-Independent, that there a 111 be a meeting of the stock holders at tho Llnde.ll hotel, September 4th, at 3 o'clock p. m. It Is very desi rable that all wbo have subscribed stock should be present in person or by a roprtsontatlve. Tho meeting will prob ably adjourn to 10 o'clock a. m., Sapt. 5th, to complete the work, ao if you do not get In in time for the evening meet ing be sure toba at the adjourned meet ing. We want present not only those who have already subscribed, but we went more subscriber to come up and take stock and attend the meeting, and let us during the convention finish the good work begun, and go into the cam palgn to win. We know we are right, and we believe wo shall bo able to con vince other of the rlghteoasues of our causki, and the press la the cheapest and most powerful agent to carry con viction into the home of our neighbor, Let alt contention, exevpt foe our prtnslplc. cease, aad all hatred, except for UBclcaonea, be burled, and a one man let us atand fur wife, child rea and home. J. V. Wolfs. a.. 1 k m.. .m , . .. The cheatvst place for monument U at Uvv Naturuui'a, 21 Soma MiS Ut , Utntuia. t' N'orlhwittere liaa to VYU t -n fiw raw, f ast ualb. i,?oj 11. U OH The M Charles ho! at (ha f.ut t houee la Uacoia. UoyltWidy, WING SHOTS. ar thi ciniu. vwrku CocLhr11' the "Tammaay chief whom the great republican doilies are landing as a "giant of oratory, delivered a speech against silver on the closing day of the great debate in the house in which he said: "The banks and corporations are the debtors of the country and the working men are the creditors. The free coinage of silver will reduce all debts 45 per cent, and rob the workingman ef 45 per cent of the value of his work." Mr. Bryan asked him how it happend that the New lork banks denounced Bryan and Bland for advocating a policy which would be so great a heneft to the bank er. Cochran replied that it was be cause the bankers had learned that "honesty is the best policv." This was greeted by long-continued applause from the gold-bugs in the gallery. . v No doubt the millions of workine men who have their money loaned out at high rates of interest to the poor Sf. .corPratlon WW appreciate Srtn Jftelr, p,utocratI hearts will thrill with pleasure to think that the bankers are too honest to beat them out of their vast credits by paying them in SrSStW"- Such aa Wbition o patriotic honesty on the part of the snffering debtor class-thi banks and corporations-ought not to be lost on the hard-hearted grasping farmers and laborers of the country, An Tom Reed, the "Czar" of the last repl!,blI-canh0U8e' tm whom democrats could find no words of denunciation strong enough, also madea great speech on the same line, and th 'JT. cratic dailies set him down as a ' viantof oratory" He said the president found himself powerless because the majority hi ilLP?tr 1" blm. lience S JT8 orced ? aPPeal to Mother party whose patriotism appealed to in vain," and the republi TJl A mlnSlVTSe a "tremendous outburst of applause." This ouarht to causa .nut),.. ride and pleasure to past through the earts of the masses, Republican and democrats alike. The Dtriti ,TSii can voters can reioice to thinb-Sw their great leaders hav rescue of Grover Cleveland In his hour of need, of Grover Cleveland who used to veto pensions bills, and order rebel nags returned: whn ma ,u' blessed system of protection and estab lish English free tr. i i.. ....'T And the democratic voters, O how they wlU reTolcel Their great iismof deZ tiny" has secured the support of the men who for twenty yean nave upheld "the crime of 7tt . kn i, i-r i "bb?J w MB oav terrioie "force bill." ffd wh?4trn,Pled Uk despotTon all the rights of the democrat minority two years agol 1 But when tbe people turn from these "giants of orator" tn uT7 and "noisy demacociiAa" hni... kJ. ffnF.e coKe. they must feel humiliated. Whv th fi1- ri.i Bryan, Jerry Simpson, Pence and the rest of that outfit have been talking by tbe hour, simply repeating stale non sense that has been answered and ex ploded hundreds of times: they have hull U(, Ik. .1 i . . J " w- " -"."a " ir wane tne country was on the vero-e of min ttn v.l patriotic gold-standard men stood read and anxious to save it. O, what a selfish crew these silver men are: They simply want to raise the price of silver bullion to enrich a few silver mine owners at the expense of the farmers and laboring men! While from all sections of the country has come np from the oeonla a ditional repeal," these contrary cranky selfish silver lunatics have been delay Ing relief, and endantrarlnir f ha n.ti.i. credit by calling for free coinage at 1 to 1 which would drive out gold, keep out foreign capital, and bring thl country to ruin and disgrace! If the DGOnla wniilrl nnl k. and sensible, confidence would soon be f restored and this terrible panic would be over. If thevwould tnfca tha out from under tho carpets, and out of , their old stockings and safety vaults. and put it back in the banks; if they would give foreign capitalists to under- stand that every dollar of debt in this country would be paid in gold or its equivalent; if they would throw aside their foolish prejudice against national uuiisuHusBK congress to allow these banks to issue notes to thn taa of the bonds; then if they could just reaize that "a national debt is a national blessine". and demand th congress issue five hundred million of gold bonds if the people would only o thete thinrs. confl restored, and we would h era of "unexampled prosperity". The "evidences of prosoeritv" wnuU in. crease and multiply till they would cover every farm and home in the land! ss Blessed consummation! Thun ,. would be so cheap that American ifm. ers could easily find a foreign market, a the great J. Sterling Morton has pointed out; then the laboring man could buy more Hour with a dollar than ever before: then the farmer could buy more clothing and boots and shot- for a dollar thou ever before. Then we would have honest dollar. Of course wo wouldn't have very many ;ol om, but what does It matter so long a they are honest, ao long a they will pass ia (ortsiif n couutns. Ah then we would be a-ilrst class cation," and the pluto crat of the old world would pat u on tho beck, and toll u we were great. Anl they would xmd over more of their caplUt, and buy up more of our ladui trk aud our land, and kma tt more money (n. good purity, psyahle lo tW. And when tho Amerkan pluto crat tKlc their annual European lour they wuuMa'i nwd to Hua lor shanto btetu they came from pouatry whvre "cheap and aaHy Silver dollar were aaoney, Jei-e ejr l Uiu, Wttisot, Atf. W.- jwaator t;aK t'j r haa lBtrilKpa WU prwvW.uf fvr he IUmll from tU gnvernuieut irrvieeof alt iron nut aiiu.n. . lhi t soled Male t,.l w, ' ' ft ) L 77
