The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1889-12-27

is pretty sure to fulfill his pledges if
elected. 1t is useless to talk against
monopoly and then vote for any man
who can secure nomination in a
caucus or convention regardless of
his character or business interests,
because he belongs to "our party"
ignoring the fact that if a candidate
is not publicly pledged in the right
direction he is most likely after he is
elected to represent his own opinions
and interests instead of those of the
people have who elected him. The
Standard Oil Company six years ago
secured by corrupt means the cleo
ton of Payne, a Democrat, to the
United States Senate from Ohio.
Before the last election the same COM
pany was working to elect leg
islature who would send ex-Govern-
or Foster "a republican and one of
their officers to succeed Payne, who
has probably from lack of ability
disappointed them.
Evidently monopolies have no poll
tics but their own interests. Why
should not the farmers and working
men be as independent as they? The
Alliance Elevator company is saving
it's patrons several cents per bushel
on their grain in Minnesota and Da-
kota. Why not for Goodhue county?
There are enough farmers living in
the vicinity of Zumbrota to form one
of the strongest Alliances in thestate.
Now let the leading ones call meet
ing some Saturday afternoon to con-
slider the matter. Publish the notice
a week or two in advance OF the time
set and see what a crowd you will get.
The Alliance and Grange are both
growing rapidly now. It is reported
on good authority that 5000 farm
ers have joined the Grange within
the last six months. The farmers
are seeing the necessity OF doing some
thing in self defense. believein pro-
tecting American industry against
monopolistic robbers and political
frauds and that protection will be
gained only by the united, persistent
aggressive and well directed efforts
of those who need it. QUIX.
Labor Tribune:
Ex-Gov. Martin, of Kansas, in
his last message on retiring from
the gubernatorial office last Jan
uary, said: The laws concerning
mortgages need revision and
radical improvement. 1t should
require something more than a
mortgage to steal a mans farm,
either in this or any other state"
Then the mortgage system is rob-
berry. The system has grown up
under Republican and Democratic
party supremacy. Each party
has fostered and sustained it.
aided and abetted in what Ex-
Gov. Martin calls stealing. Gov.
Marion said more: "Our chattel
mortgage laws invite outrages
upon our property that are as
fragrant as grand larceny, and
the wrong and injustice that has
been done under the shield of
these laws is a disgrace to civil
lied government" is the vigor-
Gus manner in which he warned
the last Kansas legislators of
their duty, but he had just as
we'll addressed the Fejee Islanders
for all the effect it had upon that
body, that is universally conced-
ed as the worst that ever afflicted
that state. 1t will be so with
every legislature in the Union,
and Congress too, until the peo-
pie quit electingmen to mis-repre-
sent them. Every bad law could
be wiped-from the statute books
in ashort timeif all men would be
true to their convictions and cast
their votes for principles, rather
than parties at the behest of the
politicians.