The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-06-26
FARMERS. COLUMN.
The Changers as a Political
Organization.

The Patrons Of Husbandry have
had rapid growth. They organized
for laudalo end; and received the
smile Of appreciation from all lovers
Of fair dealing, and they count their
friends by hundreds of thousands
Still this period OF their growing
strength may DO the critical time.
Already in some quarter, men whose
political ambition has not been
gratifiel, Dire putting themselves at
the head OF local factions, and calling
conventions under various names,
lnsidiously insisting that the farmers
must make the nominations. These
sly foxes have deranged the work of
the oranges in different counties in
two or three States, and caused a
division Of purpose among the mem.
bers, that il not speedily checked
must breed final disaster. 1t must
never be supposed that the farmers
are not to have their place in the
pol,,i ,al conventions. Their interest
in them shadows the interest of
any other class Of men, but these they
ought 10 protect seeing that the
candidates put forward by tho con.
ventlons, are such as underatand the
farmers wants, and are worthy to be
trusted TO meet all such questions as
may arise concerning them. All this
can be reached without any organ.
izations under particular party names.
Persons representing the farmers
interests in Republican convention
may do that outside of and above
their party tealty. So. too, may a
Democrat in . Democratic convcn.
ton. The agricultural interest is
Identical among them all no matter
what may be antagonistic in their
various political pr etercnce, and this
point, upon which hinges the unity
Of their action, must be kept con
stantly in view If they would pre-
serve an unbroken front that will
move resolutcly forward to the
solution OF the pressing question that
has given rise to the order. The
past few years have been fruitful in
attempts TO form new parties, and
wo make no false alarm when we
say that lame party hacks are not
scarce who look 10 the farmers
movement as the eggs out of which
they hope TO hatch nice brood of
political successes. Should the grange
resolve itself into political organ.
ization, that would not be SO great a
calamity, if only the worthy members
OF il would be advanced to official
position. But those who are in the
organization with an earnest deter
mination to relieve the great work.
ing class Of the West from evils that
have already pressed them beyond
the bound of patient endurance, are
and will continue to be, too fully
bent upon their one great object to
turn aside to such trifles. AS a
natural result schemcrs would step
in, manipulate the organization to
advance themselves. divide it into
factions and ultimately defeat its
original purpose. We hope better
things Tor it, however. Still, fore
warned is for armed. and the grange,
il it weathers the storm as 1t deserves
to do, will find that every thing
contemplated in its organization can
be best accomplished by each mem
Der doing his duty in tho order, and
carefully laboriny outside of it to
bring the political party OF his choice
TO a wholesome respect for the
influence aud its arms.-NilVaukse
Sentinel.