The Russellville Democrat., 1886-05-12
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ITO tic PolittcaI Tendency of the
 Agricultural Wheel
Little Rock Gazette
 AN ENERGETIC PROTEST.

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 AN EKEKG ETC PROTEST
 Tho Philips county Wheelers 10 not understand that in Joining the Wheel they surrender their political connections and actions to Boss Me Cracker & Co, to be used IS poiiti cal merchandise by those ambitions politicians. The spirit moving the Wheelers in Phillips county IS shown in the following preamble and Teso lutions, adopted recently by Wheel No. 3O1:
 Whereas, We, the members of Ag- ricultural Wheel No. 30l, of Phillips county ssas.:s..4a 1t made known to through the press and otherwise, that the Grand President has called meeting Of the Grand Wheel for the purpose of considering the pro priety and adsisability of noinlnat- ling state ticket for the coming election, and
 Whereas, We are ot the given be E lief that such a course will be an open violation and malicious fulsi- tication of the solemn promises we had made before the altar of Heaven and man declaring that our political and religious views should not in any way be biased, or Tn any way be interfered with or influenced by any of the members of our order, and
 Whereas, We believe that to nom mate political ticket as Wheel, we will be acting lie to the world, and as base enemies to all that is Of true interest to Wheelers; therefore, be it
 Resolved, That we do earnestly request our worthy president and brother Wheelers that prompted the call of the Grand Wheel to resrace tlielr steps before It is too late, and by so doing nip the ugly movement in it's budding and thus prevent the sealing Of sure evil that will cor rupt and cripple our organization, and ere long disband our order.
 Resolved further, That we beg them to take warning by ana listen to the surging and dying throes of all like orders to ours, and we think the cry that IS heard will be politics has always been our bane and seed of death.
 Resolved further, That in case the Wheel, as an order, does put a ticket Tn the field for the coming election, we, as subordinate Wheel, will urge our order to withdraw from the juris diction oi the State Wheel, and upon it's refusal to do so, we, Agricultural Wheel No. 30l, hereby give notice, that we will artlently oppose and vote against any Wheel ticket that may be nominated
 Resolved further, That we earn estlv request all sister subordinate Wheels to stand by us and adopt these resolutions, as we believe the adoption of them to be one of the grandest safe guards that could pos sibly be thrown around the order.
 McCracken & Co. have permitted the idea 10 work into their heads that democrats who belong to the Wheel can be managed as Clayton and his ieutenants managed the col | ored republican masses during the republican ascendancy, by giving orders and exactlng obedience. They evidently assume this will win. But It cannot win unless WheeIers who are democrats have ceased to be free men, and are ready to surrender their manhood, because a few ener. getic politicians have concluded to found q political party and enjoy the fruits thereof.
 We have no reason to believe many democrats of that sort will material ize in support of Boss McCracken's beautiful though somewhat compli cated scheme to restore the republi- can party to power Tn Arkansas.
 
 We have received the following from a prominent citizen of Baxter county:
 MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. To the Editor ot The Gazette:
 On the 24th the county Wheel very decidedly sat down on the prop osition to put state ticket in the field by refusing to send delegate to the called session of the Grand Wheel at Little Rock in June. The order here is ignoring politics and political tricksters and will accom- plish good in it's legitimate sphere"
 Not in many years has the demo cratic party been so popular among all classes of people in Arkansas as at present. Democrats who believe in democratic principles and prac. tlces, and who deem their party of more importance than the ambltition of individuals, now find additional reasons for increased confidence. The pubic affairs are well managed; and they remember that by and the efforts of democrats was the state rescued from fhe dastrnat