Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-09-20
The Farmers Alliance In Politics.

ters will be settled.
The Farmers Alliance In Politics.
Out of supersbundance of editorial
courtesy We print elsewhere the spirit
ed effusion of our we'll beloved but
hasty young friend, who signs himself
"Pomonkey Alliance No. g." 1t is
probable that our young friend thinks
that if he is not the whole of ''Po-
monkey Alliance No. 6" he is the
greater part of it. We submit that
our editorial remarks to which he
takes exception we're entirely temper
ate in spirit and that the subject is
an entirely legitimate one for editorial
comment, ours not being the first ar
ticle which has been addressed to the
same point. Nor did We resort to any
'detective methods" to obtain the
great secret Of the association, as our
young friend so rashly asserts. In
regard to attending to our own call
ing" we must remind the impetsous
young gentleman that We are quite as
extensively engaged in agriculture as
he. and have as fully illustrated the
principle Of making "two blades of
grass grow where but one grew be-
FORE" We are informed by the high.
est authority that We are entitled to
membership in the Farmers Alliance
and whenever we think it worth the
while will join one of the local sooie-
ties. We will give this bit of par.
entail advice" to our young friend
grstuitously. 1t will be better for
him to devote his attention to bis er.
tensive aocks than to newspaper dis.
putation; for it is to be hoped that
bis temper better fits him for the
former than the latter. If he con-
tiuue to bntt up sgainst every thing
that comes along with such uncalled
for vigor, he will surely suffer the fata
Of George Colton's ram; he will frit'
ter himself away in useless endeavoI
while nobody else will be hurt at all
But seriously it 10 q we'll known
fact to sll who keep pace With the
times that the Farmers Alliance hal
| in the Southern States, whers it chiel
ly exists, more than once taken de-
cided stand in politics. 10 Mississippi,
not long since, Gen. Featherston, AZ
old Confederate veteran who seemed
to be the favorite for the Governor
ship, withdrew from the contest be.
cause the position taken BY the Farm.
ers' Alliance of supporting only one
of its members threatened the defeat
of any Democratic candidate. not q
member. A strong effort has slso been
made to bring out Farmers Alliance
ticket in Virginia where the Demo
crats are ehdeavoriug to present q
united front against the dangers of
Mahoneism. In a neighboring county
similar manifestation vas made a
week ago. The TINES is known to the
leading farmers of the county to be
sincerely devoted to their interests.
and since it feels considerable interest
in the Farmers Alliance ss Q possible
aid to the farmer it will make no
apology at any time for couuseling it
against what it believes to be proba-
BILE dangers.
The following comments from the
last issue of the Alexandria Gazette
fully expresses our views regarding
the farmers Alliance in politics:
Every now and then q newspaper paragraph
10 seen to the effect that the prohibiiien party
and the farmers alliance are each making or.
rangements TOT having eitner State or loca
tickets 10 the field at the coming election in
Virginia. The result Of the election referred to
will be Of too grave importance to every in-
terest in the State 70 permit any wise yirginian
really concerned about the States welfare to
take part in any such movements. That the
democratic party is the real temperance party
10 proved BY the fact that it, like Its founder,
Thomas Jefersen, avors tax on whisky. 90
as to make that article dear and thereby di-
minish its use. That il 10 the farmers party
is proved by the fact that il favors a reduction
| in the tariff on all the articles the farmer has
to buy, and the removal Of the restrictions the
tariff imposes on the sale of bis products. On
| both these two points the democratic party
stands in direct opposition TO its republican
adversary. No republican in Virgiaia will be
silly enough to throw away his vote next No
| vember on temperance or farmers candidates.
Sucn votes as those candidates may receive
will be those Of democrats, and neither the
reputation for sincerity nor wisdom of those
who cast them will be increased thereby.
Baltlmore's big event of last week, oi
which % much had been written and said
and which gave promise Of such unqnali-
| fed success. was very materially interferred
with BY the inclement weather which pre-.