Thomas County cat., 1890-08-14
ALLIANCE MATTERS.

ALLIANCE MATTERS.
The COTS News, the All ance organ
of Nemaha county, is to be moved to
Seneca.
From Scott City: The Scott Coun.
/ ty Farmers alliance has nominated q
ticket. The nominees are all either
democrats or union labor men.
From Columbus: The Farmers ALI.
ance and portion of the Knights Of
Labor met in convention and nominat-
cd county and representative ticket.
The convention virtually endorsed re-
submission resolutions. although tho
prohibitionist party took part. The
convention was large and enthusiastic.
From Clay Center: The Peoples
Union Labor Farmers alliance party
held q county convention here and
nominated full ticket and passed reso-
lutions severely censuring the action
Of certain republican members of the
alliance for calling mass meeting of
alliance republicans, and soundly con-
demning the Clay Center Times for its
outspoken criticism of the leaders of
the political movements in the alliance.
Lyndon letter: The alliance people
OF this county have just effected the
purchase of the Quenemo Leader.
The press and material will be moved to
this place at once, and will be the organ
of the alliance and labor organizations
of this county. Rev. A. q. Easter of
Dragon township, this county, will be
editor.in chief, with Geo. Rogers. the
present editor of the Leader, as bust
ness manager.
From Garnett: The peoples party
held county convention in this city
and nominated full county ticket.
Nominees for representative and pro-
bate Judge have heretofore acted with
the greenback, union labor and prohi-
bition party. Nominees for county
attorney and clerk of court have always
this city was nominated for county SUI
perintendent. Resolutions indorsing
the st. LOUIS platform and denouncing
Senator ingalls, were adopted.
Augusta Journal: The Alliance press
committee selected Walter Holcomb as
editor and proprietor OF the Alliance
paper, "The Industrial Advocate" Mr..
H olcomb bought an interest in the
News and the News will cease to exist
after this week, Ms place being taken
by the Advocate" The press commit
tee had decided to establish the paper
at ElDorado but reconiidered SO far as
to allow the Advocate to remain in Al
gusta until the County Alliance meet
ing and then allow it to designate the
location.
What remedy do these Pennsylvania
ideal farmers propose for the depression
they are laboring under? Their action
at this meeting answers the question:
They all signed petition to congress
asking for the establishment of a sys-
tenn of free money by establishing a
bureau of convertible national currency
for the purpose OF furnishing a full
legal tender currency to all citizens
who can give proper security. at a
charge not exceeding one cent per an
mum. Now, am not objecting to this.
for I welcome any proposition that
looks to the breaking of the bond that
usury has entailed on civilization-or
rather on humanity. We have in labor
saving invention, in cheap and rapid
transportation. in the discoveries of
science, and in the diffusion ard growth
of popular intelligence. the conditions
of an ideal prosperity and happiness,
such as the world has never known,
but for one or two disabilities They
may be condensed in an economic sense
into two things. The nature OF money,
and the right to its acquisition and
holding. And every movement that
goes to a reduction or the abolition of
usury is step in the direction of free
dom and relief to the masses.-R. T.
Van Horn.
That is the point to which the organ
lzation and management of these trusts
are gradually and silently educating
the people. We have only few So
called maxims to unlearn, and We are
ready for the change only to wait on
the inertia of the mass of mind. We
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