St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-03
WILL THE ALLIANCE RULE ?
Nebraska Democrats Can Settle
the Question.

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 2.-Great inter-
est is felt in the election tomorrow.
Not because OF the high Offices at stake,
for only a supreme judge and regents of
the university are to be elected, but be-
cause it is to determine whether or not
the Farmers Alliance, or Independent
party, is to gain political supremacy III
Nebraska. I'm one respect Nebraska
this year presents situation without
parallel in the past thirty or forty years
of the nations history Demo
cratic party is without candidates and
is allowing the state to go by default.
This Is all the more remarkable when it
is remembered but one year ago their
candidate, Boyd, was elected governor
of the state. and was only deprived of
that high office on the grounds of nom
naturalization. The present action of
the Democratic party is due to the re-
fuSal of its nominee for supreme Judge
to make the race, Whereup0n its can
didates for regents were alike with
drawn. and the field left to the Repub-
leans, Independents and Prohibition
lists.
All parties admit that the contest be-
tween the Republicans and Farmers
will be very close, the Prohibition vote
naturally being light. The campaign
has been entirely and exclusively de-
voted to the financial question. Even
the tariff question was almost lost sight
of in the sharp controversy which has
Waged between the Republicans and
Independents upon the silver question.
In their state conventions the Republic
ans cOntented themselves by Ind0rSing
protection and the Independents in de-
nouncing it; but upon the financial
IN I,l in,
rhetorical declarations. The Republic
an platform on this subject reads:
We approve the silver coinage act of the
present administration by which the entire
products of the silver mines OF the United
States is added to the currency OF the people,
but we denounCe the Democratic doctrine Of
the free and unrestricted coinage OF silver
as a measure liable to precipitate every
CITY and state of the Union in prolonged
and disastrous de preston, and delay the re-
vlval of business enterprise and prosperity so
ardently desired ana now apparently SO
near We are in favor of having every dol
lar rs good as any other dollar.
The Independents resolved as follows {:
The right TO make and issue money is SOW
ereign power to be maintained by the people
for their common be neht: hence we demBnd
the abolition OF national banks Gs banks of
| issue and as a substitute for national bank
notes demand that legal tender treasury notes
| be made IN sufficient volume 10 transact the
business OF the country on cash OASIS with
| out damage or special advantage to any class
or calling, such to be legal tender in pay
ment of all debts, public and private. Such
notes as demanded by the people shall be
| loaned to them a cost of issue upon adequate
| security IN amounts TO each individual not
TO exceed $500. We demand the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver.
Thus the issue was clearly drawn be-
tween the two parties, and the result
| depends largely on how the Democrats
vote, with chances largely in favor of
| Alliance candidates.