The Columbus journal., 1890-10-08
TURNOUT.
4 Great Day for the Farmers and They were
Here by the Hundred.

4 Great Day for the Farmers and They were
Here by the Hundred.
Saturday last was a "crowder" for the
independent party in this county. and
no mistake.
The business houses Of the city were
decorated with the national cOlOrs, and
banners giving hearty greeting to tho
men, women, boys and girls. on whose
intelligence and worth rests the general
welfare Of the country.
"Agricnlturs il the bulwark III our
country 1.-The keys Of the city are
yours" Columbus greets yOu ALL"
welcome to Columbus" were among
the sentiments flying to the breeze.
About II o'clock the parade started
through the streets, and consisted Of
men on horseback, and men, women and
children in all kinds Of vehicles. Some
Of the sentiments on banners, etc, were
indeed very striking, among them We
III ot ~. ~ uVtNcI Wy 10 CotiiISs
The farmers must rule; The farmers
will vote as they plowed-straight; In
union there is strength: We are indie
pendent voters; Let law give equal
rights; We arc the hay seeds; a boy on
horseback carried a bloody shirt AZ u
banner, another a sack marked "slan-
der" No politicians need apply; KEN
We trust; Down with the bosses.
Among the alliances represented We
noticed Wattsville, Shell Creek, Reed,
Platte Valley, Smith Center, Richland,
Barnum, Prairie Creek, Okay, Fairview,
Pleasant Valley. Palestine, Eureka,
Mayville, Ridge, Lost Creek, Duncan.
One of the most noticeable floats was
that in which a farm bell was placed
upon the top of a post, the inscription
reading Ring, grandpa, ring for liber-
TVS. o. Raymond representing grand
pa, and giving the rope a vigorous pull
occasionally. A banner had on it the
words Of Neville at the democratic con
ventiOn moving the endorsement Of
KEN. and those of John G. Higgins de-
claring that the alliance was a side
show. Zone old democrat a "tell
them that the situation is reversed-the
alliance is one of the main tents, and
the democracy is nov the side shOw."1
Another striking exhibition was a
hard looking team, drawing a dilapidat-
ell wagon on which were b~rOken-dOwn
hay-ladders and a very rudcly construct
rags. with belt made of hay rope, a piece
of board for a whip. Over all was
Paying = per cent interest has brought
lis to this.
There were $50 vehicles in line, and
everything was neatly managed by
Marshal L. q. Wells. his assistant Il. A.
Scott, and the officers of the several al
l~iances.
The bands furnished music and all
ded to the enjOyments of the day were
Columbus COrnet, OcOnee and Genoa
Indian.
1t was dinner time when the process
| sion had filed through the city.
After dinner the speaking took place
in Frankfort Square, G. G.. Barnum
presiding. and Mayor r. II. Henry wei
coming the throng to the city.
The first speaker was NJ. l.. Wheat of
Iowa, and his speech WAS made from
the standpoint of the Knights Of Labor.
of which organization he is an influential
member. He is a very entertaining
speaker and said some excellent things
that most men of all political parties ap-
prove. He ridiculed the notion of over
production it was under consumption.
the mel who toll do not get their just
share Of the good things Of life. There
is too much of our soil going into the
hands Of foreign mobiles and %syndicates,
now amounting to 81 ,5O.OO acres. Our
circulating medium has been tempered
with to the injury of the producers. He
combated the notion that mortgages are
evidences Of prosperity. Money has
control Of the products of toll. At
present prices it would require more
cattle, hogs, wheat or cor to pay our
national debt than it did at the close
Of the wal.
u. NJ. KEN, the independent candidate
for congress was the next speaker. He
is not SD large a man as Dorsey nor SD
small as ThOmpson: his manner as a
speaker gives one the impression that
he is earnest. He gave a short review
of his campaign since his nomination in
this city. He told his audience that
from appearances in this campaign the
people had not been SO aroused in their
own interests, since 1860. The salvation
of the home is the problem before the
people today. Notwithstanding years
of hard work and nisgardly economy,
the homes of the people are being taken
from them. The system of things Is
against lis, and We have reached the
point where we are going to cease to beg
for our own. Our system OF things
during the past twenty-five years has
produced mOre paupers and milliOnaires
than ever before, while the labOring peO-
| pie have produced more than in any age
| of the world during the same limit OF
| time.
He spoke Of the currency as the life
| blood Of commerce., and commented up
on the bad policy Of issuing interest
bearing bonds. He laid down his finan-
| cial policy as: First, To create money
enough to meet the demands OF trade
| whether it is 81, $50 o. 500 per capita;
second. to make every dollar worth just
as much as any other. Third. no banks
| of issue. As To the transportation ques-
| ton. the rates should he fixed on a fair
| interest on the actual investment in