, 1873-09-15
THE FARMERS MOVEMENT.
Further Responses to tho Living
ston County PLATFORM.
Endorsements from Oranges Of Kansas,
Ohio, mississippi, Tennessee, Pcnl,-
sylyania, California, lnll.
ann, md Illinois.

sylyanin, California, lnll.
ann, md Illinois.
FROM r. II. D11nAuLp. CHAIRMAN EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE srATE GRANGE OF KANSAS.
JACKSONVILLE, Kan., Sept. II, 1878.
ST f. Irin,e Secretary ~ Farmers and Peoples
Antt-afonopoFy Party n Ltusnaston County, Ill.,:
Sin: Your card Of Aug, 81 is at hand. and I
will say, in rcpy, tho Declaration and platform
aro what NO want lived up to. Thoy aro tho
only romody for renovalinE tho wrongs Of our
pooplo, that is, the working class. Unless they
hre lived up to aud carried out, ITO can look for
nothing bottor thnn slavery to ourselves aud
our childrou aftor uB. Tile monopoly Ia tho
Government; has tho whole control in ovory
department.; md 1t will taRo unitol effort
Of all working classes aud trades to ronovato
and loeislato for tho good Of all. And tlloao
oi1ice-scokora, no hnvo tried them long enough.
In niuo casos out Of ton, wo l1nve been betrayed.
As III your card wo want tho Office to hunt tho
n,an, not tho man tho office. Nor iB it those
tlat have the ,bonlbast, Or can blow, tint hare
tho brains aud tho good OF their country at
hoart, Yours tratcrnaily and for tho good Of
our country, T. Fl. DUa1BAuLD.
FROM q. II. ELLIS, MASTER STATE GRANGE OF ONO.
srn1NoBono, O., Sept. !, 1873.
Your card received. Personally can say Tint
I fully and loartiy indorse tho PROPOSITIONS laid
down in your Platform, with possibly little
modification of Tho third. Tho present banking
ByBtom Ia q gigantic monoply now, and foar
that, with all tho notifications it could have, 1t
would etill DO n Bwindlo. Tho peoples cauBo, Us
against monopoly and corruption must succeed,
but lot na 10 cautious III our oxproaaioua aud
movements. Such radical changes cannot DO
affected In too short timo. without danger Of
too much Of shock TO our political fabric.
Yours for tho people, 8. II. ELLIS.
FROM THE BEcRETAnY OF THE STATE ORANGE or
At1BHls8tpr1.
Ii1ENz1, MtHa., Aug. 20, 1879.
Your Declaration and Platform is received, aud
heartily indorso the samo. Yours respectfully,
". L. WILLIAMS,
Secretary State Orange Of Mississippi.
F1o1 L. l. MNuRnr, SECRETARY STATE ORANGE
OF TENNESSEE.
TRENTON, Tenn, Aug. a8 1873.
Your card, sotting forth tho Platform ct your
party. is Mt hand. AZ aa individual and d far1n-
or, do heartily indorao it, and think TINT such
reform III is there sot forth is much noodcd in
this Government. With tho vast moneyol mo-
nopolios that now aro forming in this Goyorn.
moans can sny Tint ho has government that ia
worth living for7 Yours, &C.,
H. r. M'Munny
FROM q. r. uALIowELL MASTER WILLOW GROVE
GRANGE IA.
ARLINGTON, Montgomery Co., Pa., Sept. !, 1879.
Your postal card came to hand To-day, contain
Ing tho Platform Of your party in five distinct
statements. I fully sylnpathize with thoul. Tho
last clause, in which you say tho Office should
seek the man, and not tho man sock tho Office,
I have always considered tho truo principle Of a
Republican Government. To accomplish that de-
Birable object, must put tho salarios Of Office
holders down to something nearer the oompon-
sation OF other business. Tho public ollcers
with lib mostly taken from the ranlie Of tho
people, and thoro is no good renaon why they
should have four or five times Us much aa other
pursuita which are equally al art1uous and oqua'-
ly az responsible. There is no good reason why
Congressman should hayo s7,5oo, whom you
can got equally rs good mon for that station
for $2,50O. What would wo think Of man who
would buy an OK, horse, or coal, and give thrco
tines as mitch AZ he could get Of othor mon
equally aB good? Would 80 not think no Vas fit
for an insane asylum? And that is what wo aro
doing NIL tho while with our public oficora.
lawyers and ringmastors hare ruled ua long
enough. We must lave moro economy in our
public men. or the Republic will go tho way OF
all Republics, rot down with corruption. am
spinning this letter too long but, when ! Boo
tho corruption that las crcpt into high places,
almost despair OF tho Republic, mud think that
man is not capable Of self f-govornmont. Remain
yours ever IN reform, D. F. HAI1owELL.
rnou VI. Il. pAxrEn. SECRETARY srA7E GRANGE
OF CALIFORNIA.
NArA, CAL, Sept. l. 1879.
Yours with printed Platform Of tho Farmorq'
and Peoples Anti-Monopoly party Of Livingston
County, Ill.,, camo duly to hand; and would
Say to you, thoro il sympathetic chord ylbrat-
Ing in the hearts Of rB horo on the contines OF
civilization, where tho golden anmmer sun at
deuy eyo hilss it's blushea in tho az azuro-blus
Tao,lo Wo are in sympathy fan h.19rn say ofo7
Secretary g. G. 7. OF Il.
FnoM @. v. CHARLTON, KNOXVILLE, TENN.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, A1g. 27, 1879.
received somo days ago tho Platform, etc. 7
nm much Obliged to, you. I am stirring up the
farmers Of ths section iii % 1 nsskn almost
lied in twelve months. Lot liz keep the ball in
motion. Tho stand taken by tho Illinois farmers
IL noble ono, and it has inspired tho farmers
throughout tho country. Mon0pollBts aud Rings
nro doomed. Yours truly. G. ". CnAaLToS.
FROM i. @, aLATERy, MATTER FRANoEayI1LE
GRANGE, IND.
ohoeav o loa roeet e. yor
postal card viii! platform Of tho Farmors' and
Peoples -Anti-hlonopoly Party Of Livingston
County, ILL.,, thereon. You can count on the
hearty sympathy Of the farmers Of Pulaski
County. Ind, In your strugglo with nonopolios,
oppression, or injustice of oyery kind or charao-
tor. SourH truly, ,, J. 9. sLATEnY.
Master Francesyile Grange.