Nevada County picayune., 1888-07-18
Who are the WheeIers.

The people in this section are all farmers and are friendly with the general interest of the farming or la boring people of the South. It Is not my object to dive" into poIi- ties. or to discuss the same. But our people do not understand-a- other seem to-this excitement pre- yails in some local sections of the state and most especlalIy Nevada county.
 It seems that the Grcenhack La Dor party has died out, or is lost, and its bases have taken refuge un- der the forked wing of the l.. l., |, All this we understand perfectly. But this great city of political wheel erism throws Us entirely in the dark
 We understand the first aud all important principle of the Wheel to be non-religious, nonpolitical. but union among the farming people But it seems that throughtout this county wheels are being organized by our sects of politicians and are conducted for the benefit of demo cratic oposition alone, IL seems that they want eyeryhod Y to inln the Wheel excepting democratic inHu- ences. Being organized and conduct- ed by -greenbackers of course. only that class of speakers are inyi- ted to address them, and so far as l am able to learn, their speeches are political. Now if these meetings are non-poIitical, what is meant by polit- ical speeches. etc. by those par ty agitator5. Well, after thus put ting the democratic and politically l independent members of these sucie- ties in q position to have only one side of the question, if they prove to much lirmness of character to he led off and pledge eternal ennity to democracy, they then try to force them to such measures by various threats, etc.
 It is our impression that there are few wheels in the county composed principally of good democrats. but that comparatively nothing from them even when the union-labor- CTS @ are telling the people throughout the country that the wheelers are solid for Norwood, Ans ley and Co.,. such reports as this should not be tolerated by any true wheeler as it has a tendency to cause the people tolose faith in the object of the wheel Vhne having it in the hands of unscrupulou~ poii- tioians and office seeker. who will show it no mercy as long as their ends are to he obtained through it. and they will soon kill it out and abandon it as they did the greenback party.
 The democratic members of the wheel should not tolerate such treatment of their organization. and besides they are in 2 position to de- fend their party and shield it from a great blow that it will receive in the effect of that treatment II is but national for great portion of those who have here to fore voted the democratic ticket, after being with this OutSided element so much and hearing so much of its great popu- | laritv to want tO be with what they are induced to believe the majority and without thought of principle abandon their colors.
 The democrats are losing their strength by laying in the back ground and giving thier opponen { the field for managing. massing their forces, taking in all possible refuges and actually capturing whole briga- des of democracy former Support,
 The negroes of our township are and suppose they are thou@hou fine county ty--organzcd into so-callcd wheels for political purposes and the leading wheelcrs are taking no taking no steps to keep it out of po- litics But the |. l.. r. agtator, are circulating among them. making them believe the Wheel of l.. l.. P. to be one and the same thing. and that no wheeler can vote for the democrats without sacrificing his wheel principles.
 Now we understand all this to he the chicanery of unscrupUlous office seekers. with the aid of unprnci- pied politicians.
 Now we demand that the whccler. where they have formerly pledged themselves to the l.. l.. P. eff any of them will acknowledge ths) and where they are composed from all political parties, and also where the members are all democrats, explain for the benefit of the people of Ne Yada county, The wheelcrs posi- tion as relative to local politics, and also wherein the wheel demands come in conflict with the principles of the platform of the democratic party. As ever,
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