Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-16
IRE THEY WORTHY OF TRUSTs


Are those members of the alliance who
are seeking to convert she order into
political machine worthy of the conh-
dence OF non-partIsan members OF the al
lance, or any one else3 Is any man who
will violate solemn obligation worthy
Of conhdence2
From the beginning men were assured
by organs and orators, in the interest OF
the alliance, that membership in the Or
der would not conflict with any mans
religious belief or political opinions. All
the state officers, the president, the
secretary and the lecturer, have time and
again assured the public that the alliance
was non.political in Its organization and
purpose Candidates for admission are
assured that in the solemn obligation
they will ue required to take there is
nothing that will conflict with their re-
ligious or political views. And when
that obligation is administered it Is pre-
faced with reiteration of the assurance
With all these assurances to its own
members and to the public, why
lbs it that the political atmos-
pbere is heavy with the actions
Of the alliance and the rumors of the
action of the alliance in thepending cam
paign?
We put it to those members of the al
lance, and they are largely in the major
ity, who have nothing to do with these
political efforts, II the men who are en-
cheering these movements are worthy of
trust? No man who violates his obliga-
ton is worthy of trust Who are they?
Not Democratic members of the alliance,
but the refuse of dead political parties,
who seek to use the alliance as means
: to regain political fellowship and stand
g ing. All these political movements within
t the alliance have been engineered by
o Greenbackers and Radicals on the inside
o and office seekers from the outside of the
y order.
s What is the consequence? The alliance
is disturbed by factionRl feeling
l. II not actual strife; movements
e for the upbuilding of mills and
" other institutions, inaugurated in the
,r belief that the order was to be non
If political, are listless and dead, for mer
,r do not want to invest their means il
l. political corporations; and farmers who
IN are not members are holding back TO see
al what all this thing means before obligat
ID ing themselves to membership in the al
IN lance.
Is it not high time to throw the politIca
!, Jonahs overboardr Are they worthy o
conhdenceP Are they not leading the al
" lance to ruin and deathP Is any maj
Is worthy of office who will violate solemn
" obligation in order to secure it? Is tina
Is man to be trusted with public funds VIII,
d will violate solemn obligation2 Is /
~ not time for the alliance to purify itsel
Vi from within?
=, The objects for which the alliance wa
formed appeal to the indorsemen
of every man. The farmer, of necessity
is isolated; he has not for his family tn
nd social opportunities of business man
on professional man or mechanic; tn
me alliance brings farmers together an
ly, there is always profit in inter
'ut change of ideas and methods. Thes
~, stated meetings quicken the mind, pre-
on, mote sociablity, increase lnformatio
EN- and soften the character and disposition
cly farmers and their wives and their childre
-er. are all the better for these periodical a.
So,n semblies. This one feature alone is we
ido worth the most patriotic effort 10 exp,
ing religious and political flrebrands.
(% The cooperation possible under III
alliance would wen repay its member
the for kicking out politicasters and oilic
to seekers. The cotton sales inaugurate
of benefit the farmer and through him evel
! in worker and every class in the communit
cy The money saved to the farmer by di
BILE position OF his product at the highe
the price is money saved to the merchant, to Il
ter doctor, to the newspaper, and 10 eve
hat man who works, for the business of all
am- based upon the product OF the farm.
ted II would exceed the space of one new
tenn paper article TO even allude to the gre
out benefits of the alliance to the farmer
fer non-political organization, 1t is Of u
est. told good. AS a political organizatio
tie It's practical benefits would soon disa
ore pear, and 1t would be compelled to ia
in its chances in the maelstrom that h
$ Of always engulted political side.shows
I'M this country.
the The material good and the social Der
that fit to the families OF members OF the al
lich ance protest against peryerting the al