The sun., 1890-04-24


my surprise then when the C0mmO
course of all political conventions VA:
followed, by introducing long winde,
resolutions, preceded by longer wlnde.
WhereaSeS, turned out by old fashione>
political machinery, capable Of mean
ing something, anything or nothing
as after circumstances might require;
and that appeared to be the main
object of the meeting. Now l make
these statements in all friendlinesS t.
the alliance, for have came almost
to conclude that the alliance is the
last hope of the much oppressed and
long suffering farmers, and l wish t.
contrast these methods with some
unsolicited suggestions lwish to make.
Our grandfathers, and our great
| grandfathers who founded this
government, whereased and resoluted
old George the third, long after his
! imbecile mind could not distinguish
! the difference between muSket and
broom stick; but they failed to secure
single right thereby. But when
they declared that all men were en-
dowed by their creator with certain
inalienable rights, and pledged their
lives, their fortunes and their sacre't
| honor to maintain them, and then Ill
defence of that pledge endured eight
wears of terrible war they succeeded.
| Now | would suggest that this new
party that has been organized for a
specific purTO should relegate to tie
mast and for the benefit of the old
fosselized parties all the whereasing,
and all the resoluting, and in plain
simple language that any of us com
mon folks can understand, state
plainly what you propose to do, and
make it so plain that evena politician
could not make it mean any thing
else. l would further suggest that as
you are a party organized for reform,
that you commence reform right here
in our own towns and counties. They
are as much in need of the pruning
knife of reform as the state or the
nation. Now if the alliance party
will require a positive pledge from
every officer they nominate for any
office, town, county or state. that they
will by reducing their salaries, and
by all other honorable means bring
the expenses of the town. county and
state to just one half what it is now,
then you would give us some thing
tangible in the shape of reform that
any of us are capable of understand
ing; and if you will nominate suitable
and honest men, pledged to such a
reform as that, you will touch our
understanding through our pocket
books; and that is kind Of under
standing that is the most lasting with
| the most Of us. have no manner OF
doubt but what the eXpeEces of the
town and county of Stevens can be
reduced one half, aud the business
Just as we'll done as now. This may
seem terrible arraignment of the
present administration Of affairs, but
it must be considered that look at it
from farmers standpoint. believe
we have among our farmers men per-
fectly capable of performing the
duties of any of the county officers,
or town officers, who are working
year after year for less than one half
that we are paying our county officers.
Now why in the name of reason
should we tax ourselves TO pay others
twice what we would be willing to do
the same work for ourselves. 1t is
susceptible of demonsti alton that the
Office holders themselves consider that
they can afford to do the work for
one half what they receive, for they
frequently expend one years salary in
electioneering, evidently counting on
the other year to make it all even;
and then think of that looking after
their political fencss. How is it done,
do they come to you and appeal to
your understanding, and show you
why they are peculiarly fitted to fill
| the place. Oh no,if that ever was the
fashion it went out of date long before
| can remember, and am an old man.
They will attempt to iugratiate them
selves into your confidence with
cheap cigar smoke, and obfusticate
your mind by filling yon up with bug
Juice, of aqualIty that even starving
sow sucking thirteen pigs would re-
fuse to furnish storage for, anywhere
in her anatomy; and when they get
you mellow, secure o promise to
support them, and this is the land of
the free and the home of the brave.
Cut the salaries square in two in the
middle. and you have reduced the
temptation to such methods, and have
reduced the sale of bug juice: both
desirable. One more suggestion and
have done, ,kno wing that this article
from its egetism. its radicalism and
it's uneonseionable length is in immi-
nent danger of the waste basket. When
you have selected your candidates
make them understand that they are
expected to fully redeem every
pledge. and that if they fail to do SO,
you will hang them to the most con-
venient tree, and write traitor across
the broadest part of their anatomy
with branding iron.
! G. SAX.