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About The Alliance-independent. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1893)
DEPENDENT; SEPTEMBER 7. 1893 7 THE 8ITUATI0N. . 1 lit now leemi almost certain that the nate will pass tho repear bill. It ems equally certain that no silver gislatlon will be attempted by tbe Jresent congress. Frobably tbere win he no other financial legislation than the passage of the repeal bill; as the bill for increasing the bank currency has been shelved, at least for the pres ent. The remainder of the present congress after doing Wall street's bid ding will bs occupied in a sham battle ovtr tho tariff and in malting union dollar appropriations. There ii no need of disguising the fact that it is a knock-out blow for sil ver; that it leaves the country on an absolute gold basis, except for the sli ver already coined and sliver certlfl- nates slroadv in circulation. For the future, if there is no silver legislation in succeedlog congresses, gold will be the standard and gold will be the bans for all our money. We might as wo I awaken to the fact Wall s'reet has succeeded and another largo percentage of our clrcul&tln? medium has been strlcke'a d9wn. What the final result of such an ac tion 'Will bo Is not hara o foresee. It will result as all other contraction of the currency have resulted-ln a still farther lowering of prices, in a still f ar "herfinan clal stringency to all but the moneyed class It will result as a similar action resulted io Eogland over half a century ago in all the Und passing from the hands of over one-half of the population into the hands of about one-fifth of the nnnu 'atlon. Tho history of America placed on a gold basis will bo a repott tlon of tho history of England placed on a gold basis. Mark the prediction. Tu ImmediateefftfCtwiU probably be different. As Col. Iogersoll says; "This it a banker's pani 3." ft was created for a sDcifio purpose. - It. is reasonable to suppose that when that purpose is gain id, the power that created it can cause it to cense. After toe money power has reached the point for which it set out the gold standard and an additional Um of bonds money will be loosed from the great centers, the financial flurry will disappear and there will be a revival of seeming prosperity. Bat it will be only seeming. And tho suc cessive year that we remain upon a gold basis will see the reduction of the masses nearer and nearer to a condition of practical serfdom. An Awerkaa aristocracy will be built up. It nay not posses the titles but HI ihnm all the power of tbo British arUtoerary Land will con tinue to pa oat of the hands of the many law the bands of the few. A yt Was of teeaat f ar mtf , similar to that of FsgiaoJ, will be built up. livery effort will b made ta crush oat organ- ,Ue4labr. from the days of apolitical rapuhUa will pats by ay sag W Ike days of aa IMastrlal dVpotlsm. ThN Is the plsa ot the moneyed la to tad sa far they have uarrlad It at the letter. Will the pol awaken soon enough Ui tkp It? t)r wtu tney. by tevir apathy, rpat the hUtry t Kuropaaa jHittliiaf lit now a question of la- duttrlsl liberty or ldutr!! eetpotltftt T pavpU mast shooae. ...IIII.IIIIIIIHI II II I I I. Ml. J. A. EiHurro l'f t w in iUUtUl work o ,-TMat Uu lie will rta.a4 as Lmporery edlr until tat M tUuc Uc4 a4 Ukv' bUpUce. '- 1 1 JCuw the bt UtttWr sh(Kild Wri d ta erj la NeWfthavU ae THE CC3VE3TI0S. Beloom in the history of the state baa there been a more harmonious ana earnest body of men than the conven tion which met last Tuerday in this city. It was not composed of bankers or professional politicians; even the awyers, considering that it was a judicial convention, were surprisingly ew. There were no free pass men, as ery nearly every delegate who came . m a. f rom a distance naa a ceruncate oi !are paid. It was a body of farmers nd laboring men; and the fact that learly eight hundred of these left their elds and workshops and spent their me and money to come to a conven on in times such as these is certUnly post encouraging. The reports brought in by these men rom every part of the state show that he case is gaining new converts; show that the people are aroused and uetirmincd as never before; show that I be cause of truth is marching on to its final triumph. The ticket nominated will grow in strength as election day draws Lear. Judge Holcomb is a man who gains rapidly on acquaintance. His ability as a lawyer or judge is every where admitted. His rectitude of character baa never been questioned He hat nothing to explain. He wins friends among all classes and all parties. He is a man of the people; and while not so great a campaigner as many, he Is a man who impresses every one with confidence in his integrity and bis firmness. With such a man on the supreme bench, the people could fee that so far as be could make it $ jis fee would be meted out to the rich and the poor alike. The populists of Nebraska ought to win this campaige; and they will win it if tbey will only get out and work Let every man do his part. If be will do this, victory will come as certain as toe sun riss on the morning of election daV Nominate Your cleanest, strong est mon. Organize your committees not oVly by precincts and to wv ships, but by fcchool districts. Let every man give something, thou;h but a mite, to the camlalgn fundi There must be no lagging in the harness, but each must do hN duty. Then let every populist be gottfen to the po'ls on election dy, even Ifhe has to be carried there. Let these things bo done and success is assured. peal the Sherman law, ana" give them; this kind of prosperity as a regular fixed thing! ; And they'll get It. They'll get pros perity till they can't rest. If they'd just take a few spare minutes each week to rtad, they'd aee that dealers with small ' capital are everywhere being forced to the wall; they'd realize that no man can prosper la a mercantile buslzet s in these days with capital bor rowed at high rates of interest; that falling prices la the bane of trade; that the farmers ard laboring men are their friends, and Shylock their worst enemr, and that their only chancs for speedy relief lies in an Increase in the circulat- ng medium. But they haven't time to read or tblnkj They're too busy trying to sell goods at half price and stand off creditors When they rush into the bank to get their loans renewed, the banker shuts one eye, looks wise, shakes his finger at them and savs: "If we just bad that miserable Sherman law repealed, conn dence would be restored and we'd be all r'ght." And straightway the merchants berin to shout for "unconditional re' peal." Will intelligent Amencan merchants never learn that politics Is business, that they must go into politics if they would make their business successful? Until they learn this, they will con tlnue to get prosperity of the kind they are now enjoying. rfurited o tU rla Nmm U eerUtta to (viae with lam. EVIDEN0E8 OF PROSPERITY. The evidences of prosperity are no longtr confined to tho rural districts They are seen on the streets or every city. These evidences are of various kinds but they all agree in show ing the "unexampled prosperity of the nation." When this thought occurred to the writer not long ago, he meandered out on the streets of Lincoln to observe and read the "legends" of prosperity dis played in the store windows. The fol lowing are merely samples: , , In a large dry goods store a window is filled with blankets on which are hung cards with such advertisements as the following: "Now or never: 69 cents a pair;" "must go: 5S cents a pair." On the side of a lar,?e building occu pied by a furniture store appears the following letters that could be read half a mile: "ThU entire stock of furniture now on sale at 50 cents on the dollar." In the window of a large clothing store haues this sign; "The Booner we dispose of this stock, the better for us Values not considered in selling this stock." In another window appears this: "The cheapest selling ever known going la another: "Prices cut ill two. You a a a. a! ik.. can duv one can ana ret iao uwor free." In another store: "Handkerchiefs 50 per cent off marked price." In a shoe store window: "Shoes former price 17 60, now $3 99. In another shoe store: t7 00 hand made shoes, patent loathcr, $l.'0 this week only." In a dry goods store: "Shirts 11,00 now 49 cents, " On the door of the store where tn happier days Louie Meyer officiated In all his biandness, sold "country jakes" suits warranted to fit "ul like de paper on d vail', and bought state, county and elty warrants at a dUcouat with publlo money secured through "a hol la the all" on the Uor of Louie's shop ap pears the following interesting legend: Clwed: When talt store reopens, goods will be sold cheap, 8lgnd, First National lUak." Ws might fill whole columns with these advertltemeats. The worst of it Is that they are aot mere eatcb-oord. but la BKMt caws are strictly tru. How d we make It appear that the are sv!4ace of prospoilljr Easy enough, la the first pW tUy show that the o ar i t ta fwds U la dwht, la anny liuUaws has a morW Its f J. This Is aa laUmbl evl dueos el (rly, la the aeva4 place thty saw that the "lahrtflaf ea ran buy mum for a uV.!ar than he r pmU btfawO N r,(erllj ehrteknr raa dy tsat UU U a sign ct grvat prprtty. The Wo' a f Uarota mnm k rtallia thstr pnpiliy. Thy wv lata It, They aat a.ere of it, Why or If lew rhs ago a large awsab? of Ue seat tf rase h ClevaUad tg Visa laaall aoagNM ttftther, re- HOME RULE. The Irish Home Rule Bill baa passed the House of Commons and goes to the House of Lords. Fur nearly ten years Mr. Gladstone bas carried forward the fight, and though considerably over eighty years of age, his last campaign was bis greatest. Since successful in get ting a parliament favorable to home rule it has taken almost a year of continuous session to crowd the bill through the lower bouse. It has been perhaps the longest and hardest fought contest in the history of the Brit'sh Parliament, if not in the history of deliberative bodies. Mr. Gladstone bas been in the bouse every evening and has personally directed every detail of the fight. Whether the Lord pass the bill or not, the fight Is now virtually won. The upper house in England is largely a figure-bead body anyway and may be persuaded to pass the bill rather than suffer something worse. It may take a year or two yet to com plete the work, but the hardest part of tho contebt is over and the victory lies on the side of freedom. The dwn is breaking over Ireland. Every patriotic American will give a God speed to the emancipation of ,tbd Emerald Isle; and all honor to the gieatest English statesman of the nineteenth century William Ewaht Uladstone. It now seems Inevitable that the ereat Issue to be discussed in the next presi dential campaign will be that greatest of all Issues to laboring men, the financial question. Politics? Yes; it la politics, but as yet it is not partisan politics, but bids fair; If existing conditions continue, to become such, and when that time comes the laboring man who is not on the right side of that question will in all probability be "treading mortar" for one or the other of the at present great po litical parties, neither one of which is or will be guided in the interest of the workloginan. The weal or woe' of labor is firmly joined to the financial policy of this na tlon. When money is scarce the labor log man If idle; when It Is plenty be is at work. The great question to be de cided in the future Is How to prevent a scarcity of clrcul itlng medium. There is onlv one remedy: that is the issue of money dlrectlr to the people. J ust so long as bank oombluatlous and broker' syndicates are allowed to even in part control the circulating medium, just so long will there be frequent recurrences of panics in greater or lees degree. There is one thing that the people of this country have to learn, and that that banking and mjnetsry syndicates of whatever name, whOM capital stock Is cash In hand, have no Interest in com mon with any one people. Their flg 1 of the ebon hu.rf They acknowledge n Wglaucs to no oatioaalSl wuler the sun, aad theU oa and only coda of ethics is the acqjUltlon of money. It matter not to thtn whether It be In American el, IWliUh sovereigns, SpaaUh doub Koas, or any other standard cvlo. Their creed U l oaey. Their law la the power of Mer. llmltel oaly by quantity, Thslr politic to dec the people of May to say as to at they will bear. This comprehend the religion, law aad politic ff vYMl sad Lombaid stmts. It le at aatbanl. It aot patriotic Ii e mhiHiU a jtm aothlig shwt of lraMe la principle, when uud by the rttl!a, U la lratabi bcaa Its vrrattt pttrtkally aulUrta our foatlruU, wkka Urant W all raea "Ufv, liberty and tVi J'UMult of happi a,'' ait of waka are aht i!4 la a d!? ly the m tUia of tM puwtrfut ftv tr ta a4ltwal llfi aad ih aHa tat Vmwi it nt k tuttieyok of tU numey ptteer pt4K Ui tb Ortt su of gov taatl tfaW Wy l?iiitt. sjumi; isnuwui-iw ' 'ea-aw THESPHINX. The Sphli x ilu ever by th stream of life. Even as h sit amid the pyramid WllMn the Barrew ralley ot the Nil. The questions ever;-What are Life and ' Death? Who pot u here? What keep na? To what end? These questions ask we and no answer comes. Uin builds his creeds; and east creed ilsh-, agree 1 ' With all the rest; ths oil ones fade away Aad new one come instead; creed follow 1 Creed, Till la the endless maze we grow coo fused And turn and face agaia the silent Sphinx. The brntes a boat a mock a with their form Saying: "Yon (prang from n the stream caa rise t Xo higher than lu aonrc. Bold, hold proud1 man. Amid your dizzy dream a. Do not forest Your kindred here, for you ara one with us. The earth, oar mother, put k cr client fore Upon n and restrain us to hereelf, Saying: "You are my children, you ar made . ., , From ont my elements. Yon row from me. From me drew sustenance; and unto m You mail return. My iron band ef law Is on you. You cannot escape from it" The far-off tun look at ui from hi throne,' Saying: "I am yon fathtr. Yon have- drawn Your life and light from me; the energy ' Conning in thrill 1 electric through your frames, Yon gained from n the very tint you wear TJooa your souls, lhete also come from me All then muHt be lumndercd once again. 'r The tar gaze on ua from the shore of space Like qeacona o'er the aea, and eem to sy : "We are the emblem of the universe, The blossom of eternity, but yon , Are merely worm and like the worms maot ... die-" " And then, our creed all melted from eur mind, A melt the dew upon summer morn, We turn and look once more upon the Spbnlx, That it like a mysterlou queatlon-mark Before the portal of eternity, That silent sit, and nothing tay at all. J, A. Edgerton, in Open Court. ' AMONG OUR EXCHANGES. England controls Wall street, Wall street controls Cleveland, Cleveland controls the democratic party well it seems to have lost all control of things and is going to run just about as fast as it can. Jfiagle, Weeping water. Has anybody heard of their payinsr any pension money before it was due? They have paid interest to the bond holders several times Doiore it was due. The bondholders have held it over the (ruo-boleers in a good many ways of ate years."-Eagle, Weeping Water. Don't hoard your money. By so do- ins? vou intensify tho Dresent stringency aed run the risk of having it stolen from you. If ou don't trust the bank ers, and will take your money out any how, take it to tno post omce and duv money orders payable to yourself. Thi will Keep tne currency m circulation and jou will be absolutely safe for 12 months, when the moony order must be renewed. New York Voice. New York bad a little premonitory pain lat week in the shape of a riot and tbe police reserves were called. Next dav Brooklyn had a spasm of tbe same kind, and the police Injured quite a number beiore tne street ware clear ed. The geod people are ' not uneasy, because tbey have confidence in the police and militia. It don't amount to anything only a few thousands of starv ing people demanding work or bread a matter of no account. Coming Crisis In the halcyon days which ever truoy populist believes tbat the future holds in store, when panics will be prevented by a sufficient volume of cur' ency, when the banks will be stable because they . will belong to the government, and transportation rates will be reasonable becruse fixed by tho people's represen tatives, when there will ba work lor every willing hand and the system that creates millionaires at one end and tram oa at the other shall be regulated to the bar ba rem of the paat,rwhen. those golden days fib all come, my brother, then you and I perhaps can rest on our laurels and feel tbat we. have done our part; that we have help ed humanity by living. Out, at the present time it oehooves ua to work. This movement is not going to move itself. Then, in the language of the classics. "Let us get a hustle on our selves and keep tne grand eauae march ing on. J. A. Edgerton In Nonoon formlat. NT a Ml up fot, N'ebmha. the bwlle rlef, txwa wlta TakaTNl AUUtnr lorrMMT. A THE STATE TAni The Nebraska state fair prvmtiiea td be larger aud bettor this year than ever before. The building at the grounds are all being repaired and some of them enlarged. From all report theeahlbita will be larger than those of last year. The falropena September 8th, but Monday, September 11th, will bo tbe first day for publlo attendance. Tuenday, Wednesday and Thursday ot neat week will be the principle days. Persons who are not able to attend the world's fair should come to thastala fair aa the aeit best thing. TuoiB person who pe4let the V teat ot how rale la lrUad if OUd. st on should ptM away before that meature ta u.hu1, seem tt be tut bued with a vary p-nw Mof thltaa ttua over Oiwex It the prlnlpl ( bHw rut dp4d anus UlaJfttoae'e prtel popularity alone, it net won id bate rbd the stage It asa. Thar u aoHMttilair Uor end dpf la lt.ua rule tb Uladta raua a'-Uy, uoh s the g ran 1 eld man" la JMird Wf hU follow k, Tha It- Chart hotel at the foot t4 O Vtrrat la the most papular farsMf's aeuM la Llacvla. Only ll.UO a dir. X