The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-23

A writer in the Mimic Journal gives
expression to the following sensible
views i'll regard to the attitude of the
Farmers Alliance towards political
matters:
II agree with your correspondent that
farmers should take an active part in
politics, and that the object of the
Alliance is to educate them so that they
may act intelligently IN the performance
OF their political duties, but anyone who
knows anything of the history of the
alliance knows that its origlnators never
thought OF running it as separate politi-
cal party. In the resolutions passed by
the National Alliance is this: We demand
OF our respective political parties that
hereafter they nominate for state
legislature and for congress only such
men as are in sympathy with industrial
and commercial interests, and who, if
elected, will work and vote to place the
producer OH an equal footing with mon
opolics ofevery character.
Article 2 of the constitution of the
National Alliance among other things,
says: The object lis organization is to
oppose in OF i've political parties,
the election Rpdidate to Office,
state OF nj IS not thoroughly
IN sympatv5\ primers interest;
TO demand t listing political
parties SHALL .pers, or those
who are in 81 l!I them, for all
Offices i'll the gilt OF the people, and to do
anything in legitimate way that may
serve to benefit the producers. So much
for the organize law of the Alliance.
l have been member of the alliance
from the beginning. In have no interests
but in the farm and am anxious for the
welfare OF the farming interest as anyone
can be, and would vote for no one WHO
l did not think would labor for that in
terest. l think us the matter now stands
in this territory, farmers if they manage
right have matters in their own hands,
and Gun dictate legislature that will lie
an honor to Dakota Let it be understood
that no candidate can have the vote of
the farmers unless he is one who will
work fer their interest and for tile adop-
ton of those changes in our laws that are
needed to give them their rights. Then
no one would dare put forward n candi-
date who was not pledged to these
measures. fla Democrat or Republican,
ali Independent or Prohibitionist, were
elected, the farmers interests are all
right. All, but says one, these candi-
dates will promise anything you ask
them, but you cannot depend OIL them;
there is SO much bargaining and trading
i'll politics. But what proof have you
that there will not be the same bargain
ing and trading in the alliance party.
Are you sure that because man is all
alliance man he is not liable to do little
trading? Can the alliance afford to an.
tagonize all other classes by running a
ticket exclusively their own? Are there
no other interests to be cared for? There
are many things to be taken into con.
sideration i'll determining who we shall
elect to places of honor and trust, and
not the least is to have Il worthy man
One whose example we would wish oul
boys to initiate. Too many of our legis-
lators have come fr, from this. Toe
many them spend many OF their rights
i'll drinking, gambling and dcbauchery
Can any man who has the good of hlt
country at heart vote for such menu"