The Bottineau pioneer., 1889-10-17
THE FARMERS COLUMN.
El;ted By tie PonesTs Agricultural
l~. Correspondent.
THE ALLIANCE.

.s'.. IAE ALLlANCE.
The leaders Of the Dakots Farmers Al
lance in trying to serve "God and Man,
r1on'' have met with the usual success Of
trimmers; ss the following correspondence
will show how independent Alliance men
view this trucking to an infamous gang Of
corruptionists:
EDIToR RuRALIsr:
I have just been looking oyer the last is.
sue Of the Ruralist. September 17th. 1t
came out in flaming colors with rooster at
the head of the column. ''The Dakota
farmers are masters of the situation"
t'Ths republican party Is the farmers par
tyf' How much Of such tafiy will true
Alliance men swallow? Let us see. The
republican party is composed Of monopolies,
combines and trusts. President Hsrrison's
right bower. Vise-P President Morton is the
head and front Of one Of the greatest trusts
In existence. A large percentage Of con-
grsssmen and senator's are directly or in
ditectly connected with trusts ana monopo-
lleS, and now the Huron convention on the
28th, endorsed President Harsison's admin
istfation. Then you say the republican par
~ is the farmers party. Shades of Moses
What balderdash ! Now Bro. Crosse, what
was the Farmers Alliance organized for ?
Was it not to protect themselves from cor
poration and machine rule? We have had
twenty-five years Ut republican and demo-
cratic rule, and what Is the result? The
wealth producers of this great country are
literally crushed, loaded with debts they
can never pay. Foreclosures accumulating
every week, and still you say "stick to the
old party and purify it, Well, my ides is
you might ss we'll try to purify putrid meat
any make it palatable, as try to purify a
rotten old party. attended as delegate,
the Alliance convention at Huron the 18th
Of June. was proud that I was member
Of such an organization at that time, but
when resolution was passed to work with
in the respective parties. must say was
disappointed. I saw what really come to
pass, that the machine would capture the
Alliance.
Now Bro. Crosse, I wish to know whether
the three Alliance men that were nominat-
ed on the state ticket stand on the republi-
can or Alliance platform. II on the latter,
all right; if not, can't see how they can
be true Alliance men. can endorse farm
er John when he says, "the farmer should
belong to neither party, but to the Farmers
Alliance. As long as they are republicans
or democrats the alliance will amount to
but very little." You admit in your last
issue that the republican party has captur-
ed the Alliance, now what can the wealth
producers expect from machine rule
Very little, I should say judging from the
past. In conclusion will say can hearth
ly endorse Bro. A. Wardsll for state senator.
He and President Loucks are right men in
the right place.
Frsternally yours,
ANos Smith.
In his reply To Bro, Smith, Mr.. Crosse
makes the astounding statement that "th,s
10 the first time in the history Of Dakots
where either Of the great political parties
made stand for the farmers ETC." Turn,
ing to page 9 Of Mr.. Loucks address to the
Alliance convention st jamestown last De.
cember, we find Mr.. Loucks saying that
"The democrats adopted our platform, and
gave US the nominee. We believe Mr..
Cleveland was then president, and bafied
in his efforts at relieving the farmers from
unequal and unjust taxation by republi-
can majority in tho U. s. senate. Did not
the republican press for months make false
and scurillous charges against our brother
and vice-president, Mr.. Harden. The Rur-
slist cannot hoodwink the farmers to be-
lieve that the party which has almost ruin
ed them by class legislation is the'"people's
party"
'.Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
For the eternal years Of God are hers.'
And the Ruralist, despised BY oil, will
sink TO its proper level, that Of . party
hack.