The evening world., 1891-05-08

10 q long lie. lie Bald yesterday. III WAS
| failure of the Republican party to grant re.
lief TO the people III the matter Of railroad
leRislation. The cropu In the western part
| OF the State were very poor last year ana
there was considerable dostltution and
| widespr cad dissatisfaction. ! he State has
been NO Overwhelmingly Republican that
| their ticket as beyond any doubt, aud hence
| they paid lite or no attention to the wants
Of tue people, feeling secure IN the belief
count But the Alliance came g. life.
worked away nuietly aud gathered
strength in counties where the Re.
majority. ana somo Democrats. discouraeel
by constant defeat. also Joined the Inde-
| pendents hoping to break the grip OF the
| Repnbllcans. Last Fall tnere were leEisla-
tive districts. whore, the Democrats did not
nominat ticket, but in iorsed the Alliance
candidates. thus giving that party strength
It wonld not otherwise have had. The re- re-
sult OF deals OF that nature was to give the
House. do not think this course will be
pursued again, and eSnect that the three
my reason for believing that the future
OF the independent party does not promise
| much IL because no party.can succeed Whose
| membership is confined to special class.
Resides. they have inRrafted about all the
Democratic, platform into theirs. TINS taxi
| ing away all Of their boasted Independence,
| for thev were forced to rely upon us for an
| enunciation of principles, which wonld com
mhnd the support of the. masses. The dis
/ tresa in this State might be remedicd to a
certain extent by honest aud fair rail
road legislation. but to say that IL is
entirely due to nom legislation ia non
| sense, and tho more INTELLIGENT OF the Inde-
pendent party, knowing this. are not in ac-
cord with the noisy element who clamor for
| destruction OF railroad properties. These
high protective principles OF the Harrison
administrat ON as OF tar more CONSEQUENCE
than any other issue raised, and have Joined
tho lndependents because they did not want
| leap" Mr. Boyd lie an out-and.out Cleve-
| land man. but says that sooner than allow
dissension in New York Democratic ranks.
he would favor the nomination of q West
ern man.
PREsIDESTIAL POSSIBILITIES.
| Another strong man in the state who
looks with favor upon the nomination of a
man outsid Of New York is Mayor Fianl
proclaims himself an advocate of Arthur p.
Gormau. The veteran DR.. Miller, who
seems INCLINED to Hill. says he would not be
the nomination OF the Maryland senator.
Mayor ireland applnuda, Boyd for his
veto. but does not hold n like opinion "a to
Otoe County, where he resides,, the Dem.
ocrats are in the majority and will continue
to be- but IN the west the farmers are or
genizng new Alliances daily. Their efforts
Will be confined to tho county elections this
Fall. in which contesta he thinks they will
be in the main victorious.
i After AZ this Fall, " says S, Mr.; Ireland, who
Nebraska Democracy, u look to see the
Farmers Alliance gradually dwindle. d. all
parties ~ that character have in the past.
themselves felt in this State and may posi-.
bly, carry il. That. however. does not see en-
probable. for the Democratic farmers viii
not. feel confident. vote ticket which
means nothing. and without their aid there
il not much hope for them. They have
taken our tari1 and silver planks a.
give the relief that they want and there il /,
no reason to think that Democrats will vote
for other candidates when they can get the
quite possible that fusion Of the two parties
may be brought about 40 as to insnPe us
portion of the electoral vote. / honestly be-
lieve that this State will be anti-Republicar
WHY BOYD Is OPPOSED.
The chief cause of the opposition to the
eX-Governor III his own party was stirred VI
by the World Herald of this city, an inde.
pendent Newspaper with Democratic ten
that the people OF this section have to ait
them IN the work of reforming the state.
q. Nj. Hitchcock. the editor 4f this paper. l,
of the leaders OF the Republican part,
Re ,S .on the does time not Of follow hi' in death e.
by his persistent ADVOCACY Of tsritf reform
His paner gave Royd loynI supnort in tn,
Last campaign' and spplanded hin GOOD wori
IN forcing ffhayer ont of the Capitol. But
the Newbcrry bill was the reef which sDii
the combination. and In consequence thu
Worid- Herald. and that Journal saws tbat
the Democrats will not recover from tn,
effects OF the veto.
effect Of that veto. "paid MIR, Hitchcock I,
Mr. WoR1p representatIye. 81 am nov
firmly convinced that the lndependenta cRr
carry this State by a majority over boti
parties, Democrats in large numbers hay,
gone over TO them since the failure Of MIR
| how'd TO sign that hill while thonaanda a
, Republicans who we're faithful to thei
; party At the last election are now set arains
both Of the old rsani2atiops. because the,
: say that there Is no hope for legislation /,
! reIiey them of tile burden which oppresse
. them.
ii have felt all along" continual Mr.
Hitchcock. that wa would be- able I,
: wrest this State from the Republicans, anr
in order to do IL effectuAlly / faNored ,
coalition of Ipdependents and DemoorAts
This NAV be poysibIe even now but tha
condition. / will not predict. The mex
| lelection wilfbe for A Supreme Judpe only
but every county will elect oifcers, and
look for eighty ont OF the ninety countie
,, to 60 strongly for the independents. jus
~ tn,s unae an am sausneu nnnd rna. we S.ate
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