The Industrial Union from McPherson, Kansas • 4

.1 seWMkiAttfcBssfsfcsl CONSPIRACY AND THEFT. A Ringing Letter From a Nebraakan Who ie Striking for his Liberties Mlmaelf. Mb. Editor: Conspiracy and theft, those two words tell the history of pol itics in tho U. S.

for the last 2b years, and to-day we ate met by one feature of its consummation. The National Treasury is being raided by thiaves, lifter haviiig'stoleti from commerce the vast sum of money now in the Treasury, they have attempted to legalize its theft. Well might Cleveland pauso before perpetrating Jthis linal and most damnable act of robbery and treason. No other people ou the aeo of the earth, but those of America, would submit for one moment. Acts of legislation depreciate our currency 50 per cent, and the government stands the discount.

Other acts of leg islation, by attaching privilegesaud fra'i chises, enhance the value of these bonds purchased by this depreciated paper, until they stand at a premium of 12oc per 50c worth original cost of bonds Prayer. Oh, dear Lord, we realize the need of prayer, for we recognize Thy divine power. We realize I hat the poor of this country are in a suffering condition. I think we know what is the matter with this glorious country, and the cause of our great troubles. You bless us to much or to little.

Now, oh Lord, you know that in '83-4 you gave us over-production, and it made the times very hard. Now, at the present, we havo under-production and it makes the times still harder. Now, oh Lord, wo realize that Thou art the only One that can change these great troubles. I read in that Holy Divine in the book of Exodus, Chapter 22, verse 14, that Thou didst repent of the evils which Thou thought to do the people. So now, oh Lord, repent of this great evil that Thou hast done the American people, and regulate production.

Oh, Lord, if we are asking too much of Thee, I pray that Thou wilt forgive us, for I read in the Holy Divine that Thy wrath waxes hot when we ask too much of Thee or don't atlliere to Thy commandments. Now, oh Lord, be with us, for we are in need of Thv services, and if You do not regulate the production, we are certainly lost, lost! for there is a party arisen in our land that they call the Union Labor party, which will put Streeter at tho helm, and then away goes our National banks. We know that it is the best system that ever was established in the world, for it has made many thousand millionaires. There never was a banking system that made such colossal fortunes for so many men in a score of years. We return our sincere thanks that we can get all the money we want at twenty-four per cent.

So, dear Lord, my prayer is that You help us to put Harrison or Cleveland at the helm, so this glorious banking system can be perpetuated, and we all become millionaires. Now, dear Lord, we desire to call Thy attention to the protective tariff. We arc making an issue ou the tariff, and I pray that You will see that it is not meddled with very much; but we would not care if Thou woidst give us free whisky and tobacco, and let the heathen Chinese come to America so we can enlighten him. Oh, Lord, we realize that tho poor old soldier that loft his plow in the field, or the hammer iu the shop, and his family circle, all that was near and dear to him, he left and the government loses the premium. What! loses by having good credit, and loses by having poor credit, all by acts of legislation! Fellow citizens, will you tamely and quietly submit to such hellish opera tions, and make no eil'ort to hurl down from high places the scoundrels who have, and who are still conniving to destroy this Republic? i Rally, before it is forever too late.

Let the lightning flashes in November warn these conspiring thieves that you have them by the throat, and they must drop their plunder. I have a proposition which I wish to make to the U. L. men of the U. ft i Let us if possible, stop this plunder by law, and get back to solid, old-time principles without bloodshed, to that end let us have the Sec.

of the Treasury, (or proper official) enjoined from pay ing any further premiums on bonds, and thus get the matter before the Su preme Court, there are several grounds, First, a forged law. Second, the re. funding act provides, "that, whenever U. S. Treasury notes are exchangeable all behind to go and shed his blood upon tho battle field for the love of this for coin at the option of the holder, or when bonds bearing a lower rate of in Morions republic.

Oh, Lord, we know wo paid him oil in depreciated curren terest can be sold at par, then those bonds are payable." It seems to nie that either of these provisions make the bonds payable now. And last but not cy, that we gave him six dollars a month when he ought to have had sixteen. But, oh Lord, we know that OLD PARTY PULE ROBBING THE PEOPLE TO EmilClI THE BANKS. there are many of them asking for alms to-day, and in a suffering condition. least, the whole scheme of legislation which brought this about is an txposl We realize that the government that Informal Meeting A Regular Love- will not defend its defenders is a dis facto law, impairing the validity of Feast.

V. L. Press, Wichita. entirely upon the amount of work done. In every county where any considerable amount of work lias been done they rolled up overwhelming returns for the Reform party.

Mr. John Davis, editor of the Junction City Tribune, gave us a fifteen The informal meeting held at the Throwing Voles Away. We are growing very weary of the old stereotyped cry of the opponents of co-operation, viz, "we have no money to co-operate ith," and "we can do nothing in co-operation until we get rid of monopoly." It. requires no grace to the nations of the world; or the flag that will not protect its protectors is a dirty rag which contaminates the air in which it waves. Oh, Lord, Thou knowest that we have been trying for the last twenty-four years to Union Labor Hall last night was pro nounced by all, the most inspiring in its results oi any meeting ever held in give the soldier his just dues.

Now, I money to cast an honest, intelligent Jtally at Toronto, There will be a grand U. L. Camp-meeting at Toronto, Sept. 12 and 13. Four beeves to be roasted and served to the people, and the following are the speakers engaged: Hon.

1 Elder, candidate for Governor; Hons. Pnsy Graves, S. B. Todd, J. L.

Shinn, it. J. St. Clair, A. J.

White, By. Corning, P. B. Maxon, Prof. H.

P. Hixon, Gray, candidate for State Senator, Mr. Glenn of Wilson, A. H. H.

Petty, T. F. Hannan of K. Kan, president, of the day. "NV.

H. Talbot, Sec'y. vote for principle and against monopo. the common wealth of Kansas. Up to the time of calling he meeting 80 of the 106 counties in the state were reported to have representatives in the ly.

It costs no more to vote for Street er and Cuninghani than it costs to vote for one of the old parties. Men city. The meeting was called to order by minute talk; the most information ever told in the same length of time. He reviewed the situation, telling how eager the people were to learn the true cause of the disastrous depression under which the people are laboring today. Dr.

Walling, of Sumner county; D. M. Rumsey, of Osage City; Dr. Fuller, of Phillips county and a number of other delegates, had encouragiug reports to place before the assembly. who have a vote and don't know how to use it or have not enough manhood G.

T. Deraiirce, chairman of the Union Labor Club of Wichita. to cast it in their own interest, would not know how to use money for the general good if they, had it. Every Mr. Moody, of Jewell county, was first called to the stand.

His response was hearty and inspiring. He denounc work in sin an who has a vote lias some' thing to co-operate with, and casting that vote for the Union Labor candidate ed a system that created millionaires where "for every millionaire created there must be at least 1,100 paupers. IOWA STATU AMSiKMHLY is co-operation. Now let us talk about, having nothing to co-operate with. Mr.

Hoffman, of Dickinson county, Nothing but co-oiieration will ever abol ish monopoly and poverty, and at the ask in Thy great goodness that the soldier may be with us and put Harrison or Cleveland at the helm, and we will see that their wants are supplied. Oh, Lord, we realize that it is not right to tax the widow and the orphan, and let the banker and bondholder go free, but we have tried to do all that was in our power for the poor and needy. I pray that our friends over in England, and tho bankers, and bondholders, and trusts with the national treasury, that they may all come boldly to the front with their monej', and save this glorious republic from drifting into the hands of laboring men, for we would be lout, lost! I think that our past record is clear of any reproach of evil doings, and I think all sensible and good people will come to our aid, and we will bury these Union Labor cranks. Now, oh Lord, we will close our prayer, for fear that we may not get a hearing for our much speaking. Amen! T.

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Pres't, Parsons, Kans. ballot box is a good place to co-operate responded to his name in a few well chosen remarks. He rejoiced that in his party the oilice was seeking the man and not the man the oilice. He had been from now until November b. lo say the Union Labor ticket will not be elected, and "I don't want to throw contracts.

Let us move in the matter at once. All those who favor, say Aye! through this paper. Kansas is at the front, will she not e'ear the wayP Social reformers may write, and even talk for years to come, as they have 6inee the memory of man, but as long as they do not act, tyrants look on and smile. Because there is no opposition to our talk, we do not begin to realize the extremity of our position. Today, In conversation with a National Bank president, who has been a republican from the beginning of the party, he admitted that he "believed the g.

o. p. was making its last fight, and that four yr's hence the Labor party will succeed," but, says he, "anarchy will likely follow," and "you must not interfere with vested and then he said, "universal suffrage is a failure." This astonished me. From a western man, an old soldier, and a republican; he will vote for Cleveland this year. It uncovered the fangs of the money power.

I begin to realize where we stand. It is time to strike, and when we raise our hands our chains will rattle. They are there upon ou' wrists and ankles. Mrs. Emery portrays seven links of the chain, the 8th is being forged; Cleveland is the arti-zan, two gold bugs have been placed on the Supreme Bench; the next four years will see a majority of that body fixed op to reverse the legal tender decisions, and declare that "coin" means gold, the control'of the railroads rests in the hands of one man, the president, instead of congressional enactments and courts.

Rally around vour standard bearers, the city gome time, and associated with delegates, but had not been asked mv vote away," is the merest rot. for a vote from any man present. He Every vote that is not cast for principle is thrown away. No prohibitionist stated that he hoped that this con vention would adept a set of resolutions that would be definite, and he believed tbov would. Ho showed how the overthrew Ins vote away, but every workingman's vote cast for monopoly is thrown away and the man with it.

Industrial News. Republicans had evaded every question even the pensioning of our country's defenders. He wanted something tangible that would come to the relief of the people now. Dr. Davis, of (leu da Springs, said he I came to Kansas 32 years ago.

He had fought for Kansas to be a free soil state. He had seen the liberation of 4.000,000 human beings. But he was now forced to behold a much greater of the whole producing population of An Official Notice from the State Master Workman. To the order in Iowa, Greeting: Nearly two years and a half ago, 1 found it necessary to issue an order to our Assemblies, cautioning them against false lectures. I now send it forth again, and caution our Assemblies not to pay any heed to such, but only to pay attention to those who present credentials signed by your Master Workman and attested by the State Secretary with seal attached, or wur are in possession of credentials from our General Master Workman under, seal of the General Assembly.

This order is imperative and must be obeyed. When in Dm Moines your representatives had an opportunity of seeing a menilier who styled himself the "Arkansaw Traveler." Following is his pedigree: (1. W. Lynn, the Ar-kaiisaw Traveler, alias C. A.

Lincoln, of Wisconsin, the Indiana fraud (published in Journal of United Lalxir last year,) and the Nebraska and Kansas dead-beat, Throughout northern Iowa he lias registered at hotels G. W. Lynn and C. A. Lincoln, and lias produced different traveling cards, nn from Kamundi, 111., and one from Rock Island, 111.

He is radical in his utterance, and has injured our cause in those places where he succeeded in hoodwinking the locals; he also shows a letter signed by T. V. Powder ly answering some inquiry. He is a first-class fraud and dead beat, and I so pronounce him. The Union Labor Accident Association, of Marshalltown, is no longer a K.

of L. institution; it has been reconstructed and outsiders now control it. Henceforth it must stand on its own merits and take its chances along with other insurance enterprises gotten up by individuals. I write this, because advice reaches me that members with MIOKT-IIAXD FKKK! You have no doubt heard something about short-hand and the big wages to lie earned by its use. Perhaps you waut to leain ItP To any person sending us 25 cents and their name, we will send 12 cards with their name written in short-hund, and a lesson in Phonography free.

Wlnfleld, Ks. Fazell Bros. the country. He hoped to see the tide changed, and would, work as energetically for the emancipation of the whites as he did for the negroes. If tinkers Senatorial Trust.

The ever vigilant Kirwin Independent in its last issue is chock full of notices relative to what is clearly developing as the plan of the bankers conventions held this year, under the name of republican state conventions'. We reprint a few for the benefit of our readers: The latest trust yet reported is the Bankers 'Senatorial Trust, apparently organized for the purpose of controlling legislation at the coming session of the Kansas legislature. Banker N. 11. Brown, of Concordia, has been nominated by the republicans for state senator in the Concordia district.

A solid senate will of course prevent any legislation on the usury The list is rapidly swelling. Levi P. Morton, the republican candidate for vice president, is the head of the great London banking house of Morton, Bliss Co. Our republicans are down on anything English. Ou account of extended absence in Mexico we were unable to present the entire list of bankers whom th repul-lican conventions sent as delegates to the national convention.

The same interest is now active in securing the nomination bankers to the Kansas senate and we will try to make the list of these complete. The republican state convention adopted a resolution in favor of a lower rate of interest and now nearly every candidate for state senator nominated by that party is a banker. Of course those, gentlemen will vote square against their own interest they have been doing so for the last quarter of a century in a horn. Banker Hill P. Wilson, of Hays City, has been nominated by the republicans for state senator for that district.

Banker R. 11. Hays, of Osborne, has been nominated for state senator for the district composed of Smith and Osborne counties. The motto of the g. o.

p. seems to lie: "Put none but usurers and railroad attorneys on guard." It is the fashion now-a-days for the republican party to leave almost its entire management to the ba nker portion of the population. Nearly every candidate for state senator so far nominated in Kansas in in that business, as were nearly all the delegates to the national convention. Judge Miller, of Arkansas City, one of the old wheel horses of reform in Kansas was called. His speech was men of Labor, you are the great right hand of Omnipotent Power, and must AGENTS Coin MONEY Selling dethrone evil, and enthrone right and justice.

Yours to the end, Fullerton.Neb. H. G. Stewart. "THE VOICE OF LABOR" Rights, wrong and Remedies of the laboring men fully dlacussed.

CompUrte history uf tli 11 .4 Union Labor Speech. The speech of Mr. DeLaMatyr, of Denver, at the Garfield hall last night, was one of the ablest addresses ever delivered in the cit'. Ths gentleman is a scholar and christian minister, and his manner impresses a hearer that he says nothing which he can not prove with facts and figures. His speech was destitute of any abuse and was attentively listened to by all present.

Scarcely a person left the hall during the two hours of Mr. DeLaMatyrs speech, and some of his points were well taken and absolutely unanswerable. He was greeted with frequent cheers, and when near 10 o'clock he took out his watch and remarked as ho did so. that he was afraid he was tiring his audience, there was a very emphatic "No you are not" from nearly every throat. The rain prevented many from attending, but the hall was tilled to the doors and a larger audienc would have bad to stand up.

The Union Labor party is in good hands when it comes to the able gentleman who spoke last night. -Wichita Bcacan. Some of the republican papers take a delight in referring to Mr. Utley as a "broken down preacher." We should like to hear them say in what particular he is broken down. He is a younger man than Mr.

Perkins; physically he has the muscle and endurance of a plowboy; and if they think he is mentally or intellectually broken down, let them put their candidate against him on the stump. As to his being a preacher, it will occur to nearly every sane man that the ministerial profession is fully as respectable as the legal profession. If you think Mr. Utley is badly broken down, trot out your" ex-lawyer, ex-judge and soon-to-be ex-congressman with a big X. and let him meet his opponent on the stump.

Do you hear our sweet soprano voioeP Girard Herald. merit Loans, National Banks, monoiioliee, t'au. of Hard Times, Remedial. Labor Unions, Htrikee, Hours, Arbitration. Prison Labor, etc.

Marshal County. Editors: Hurrah for Streeter and Cunningham! Blue Rapids will more Profusely illustrated, only Sl.jo. ureniest seller of tlis oamoaia-n rear. One went aold IV first day, another 85 in 8 days. Now Is thetlme.

than double its Union Labor vote of write quiuk for liberal terms ana territory H.J. Bmith 4 Publishers, Ml Dearborn street, Chicago, 111 or 614 East Oth Street, Kansas City UNION LABOR BADGES heartily applauded. Judge Miller has for many years beeu a reform worker in the border counties of Kansas and it is largely through his influence that the counties bordering on the Indian Territory will go for the Union Labor party. It would be a pleasure to relate many of this gentleman's pleasing statements, but space will not permit. Mr.

Hart, candidate for congress from the 6tb district, told some very amusing anecdotes which were most heartily applauded. His stories were right to the point, and fell with telling effect on Democrats and Republicans alike. Mr. V. D.

Vincent, 'of Clay Center, read an extract from an old party paper published in Clay Center, showing to what desjieration the Union Labor party had driven it. In the absence of argument it resoi-tcd to the vilest slander. Clay county will go Union Labor. At this time Mr. J.

W. Breidenthal, chairman of the State Central committee, came in. He was called to the stand and gave a very interesting recital of the Union Labor movement in the state in general, and of La BetfA) county in particular. In many counties he was free to assure the delegation the Union Labor party would elect the entire ticket, and the result in the state in the common election depended it to laljor W. traveling carde are still claiming be a K.

of L. institution. All papers in Iowa please copy. W. T.

Weight, 8. M. Assorted colors in silk, with gold and silver fringe, and the picture of Streeter and Cuningham. Just the thing for the campaign. PRICE: last year.

This, the 47th republican district, will send a Union Labor farmer to the legislature this falL Last year the republicans had 450 average majority on county officers in this district. This year Marshal county will send two Union Labor men to the lower house and Marshal and Washington will elect U. L. State Senators. Last evening the republicans had a rally in Blue Rapids.

Their most brilliant orator, W. A. Colderhead, was one of the speakers. A staunch republican told me that it would have been a splendid 4th of Jul oration, but not worth a continental as a political speech The other speaker. Prof.

Hill, of Hiawatha, got off a silly rigmarole without logic or reason, and devoid of sense or argument We hope these gentlemen will speak often. Such wishy-washy affairs as that of last night will make republicans leavs the g. p. like rats leaving a sinking vessel. V.

C. Harrison, Blue Rapids, Kaa. Sample by mail .25 Per dozen, 2.00 Address, The Independent Newspaper Union, infield. Kan. The Union Labor party is the only party which promises to do justice to the soldiers.

The older parties talks "undying gratitude to the brave defenders." Many thousands of soldiers have been reduced to poverty and kept in poverty by the legislation of these parties which are now slobbering over them. It is neither charity nor gratitude that the soldiers, ask. They demand justice, and they are rallying around the banner which has "justice to the soldier" emblazoned on its broadening folds. Buffalo Express, i0 lo jour CIGAR MAKER and ask him to buy his STREETER LABELS Not One. Peterson Ouarlian.

Manufacturers threaten to reduce wages if the tariff is reduced. How many of them ever increased wages when duties were increased of the -iSi-fc "This is onr last fight, unless we win." John J. Ingalls. NONCONFORMIST, Wlnfleld, Ks. err.

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