San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-06-14
The Point In the By-Laws-An open let
ter 20 Bro. Justice.
For the PREr PaEss'

fo' 'he rhi'h '"A'''
Now. brother some ono WIN 'n''' OK
oi,emen, than forethought, stirred up your
mira mind 10 become A little enrsged at our
Ibv.Iaws I'm, when Won road them over caro-,
t,uv won saw there was nothing therein "a
hp,, tha most fa.,ldious. so You simply took
our ,o,, and preached a better sermon from
n than We did, Your comment Is to ediaca-
zion 70 ,ba brethren will read Il carefully.
Wa indorse all Won say, Except about two
oIousoa which wa will notice as We como TO
thsn> and only write this lest some good
tr;ards va have known and loved for years
m,,ht misunderstood us. Now. brother,
vour clause In reference to SHOWING us our
s;,ua,io, ~ had slight ring Of q blrif In this
sor,ho,a oar but we do not wish to think
10, or ,nv o,her frisnd would wiring 10 sing
no ont NJ the ring because wo do not ring ex-
oc,,v an vou r,n,. or because wo havo defend.
al sncb ,npor,ant measures as arc set forth
In our by.lavs. When you sum up the facts
in them YOU will 500 they wero simply plea
for adncation "a the main remedy for tho
,aborino olass--for moro talk about tho cd
ncot;onal md moral In terests Of homo and
,oso abort tho almighty dollar-for moro
bo,n tbrouoh n sobor minded, intelligent
ballot hoy and less from unmerciful money
corporations. Our intentions were to DO on
the same line of policy with our brethren
on this subieot Az well "a Mr., Weaver,
Mr. Powderly and your own Mercury Ev-
ery labor organization in this Union has put
tho educational clause most prominent in
their platform, and as we had heretofore
under stood, the Alliance had done the same.
II We are mistaken in your position on this,
brethren. your members are responsible for
the error. We think about tho only differ
euce between us, brother, is that we took tho
whole Southern states and tried to show
to our Alliance friends what every intelli-
gent man admits to be one of the curses of
American politics, viz: an illiterato voting
population-and to show them that they
had sixty per cent OF this great redeeming
work to do; while you had concentrated
your views down to Hickory Grove ALL
ance with membership OF forty and con-
cluded we were rejecting on the intelligence
of this little band. We were talking abont
the danger and remedies OF Southern poll
tics, while you were talking about the
Farmers Alliance. We put this important
remedy in their hands because we thought
they would soon be q strong organization
and able to do great good in this field,
and cents by trying to fight circular saws
with child's spinning top. We confident
" believe the labor organizations have it In
their power to reyolutionizo American poll
tics if they will begin OF the right place.
But, as Mr.. Weaver, the justly celebrated
leader Of the labor party, said last year In
his Jamentown speech: 1--WE con never
use the people t0our own interest till we
a re able to use them OF sober, intelligent
ballot box"
Won cold. usae fornera wbere he bas
mt Won ~ Now ,f Won will be ouiet We will
show Won ;,e+ vhere xyo mt them IN SEQ.
,,ans frst md second We showed them
oroot focts in reforepco 70 the condition of
onr oountrv and tried to impress them with
.ho ;,nnortoroa ~ do,ro tbeir nar. Of this
,r,ot rsfor,otorv WORK We oatherod sta.
.;st;o, % sbo,v Won facta md ve feel fiat II
won,5 to,,a n long stretcb of IMAGINATION to
chow anu roaoction nm onv ono IN those two
sentences. You ask why wo made those
Ia ,vo for tho A,liance2 We onswer. simply
booonsa We bave believed for the last eiph-
,oa, r,on+,s TINT 10 thew would apreo
orono than, salvaa and not snffer tbemsel.
ro. r. bo ranoged by INV nol;tioal partv.
T., ,bree wars tbov would bo tho stropesi
loho- oroon;zat;on IN the Union. We have
M o,ioot;ora n vo,r exobanoes. cotton
vards or anv other reosonable nolicy thu,
NOV sao,ro tho ends Won have In view We
on,v ,nodo r,ention Of those things for the
cake of showing tbev were of less impor.
tonoo q, tb;s time tban eduoation. Now.
n,ease beotber. do understand when We use
tho term "educationn Wa do not mean O It,
tie grammar and arithmetic only, but that
broad sense that makes men good citizens,
and makes them think, Now, don't be
alarmed about our condition ar situation.
We fear no evil results from that article.
We have known and loved many of those
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