The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-27

| eral supervision Of the affairs o! the Farmers
! League and the work OF organization, and at
! tends specially 10 the farmers interests In
/ Congress. The State Leagues, as soon as Or
/ gauized, push tho work OF organization in their
( respective States, and attend to the farmers
| special interests in the LEGISLATURE. I he Coun-
/ ty League attends TO the farmers interests in
county matters. and { affairs in Senatorial
and Representative districts, The town
leagues furnish the delegates who constitute
the county leagues. and attend to the farmers
interests 10 local districts. and in each election
precinct The. payment q fl'ty cents cousti-
tutes lie memhership IN the Farmers League
State aud National
The League had no existence in Now York
previous to the present year, Now 1t has
$4,000 members 10 the state aud II expects 70
organization is Of MassachIsetts birth and its
brief history is wonderfully sIcnltcAn and In
teres tinG It was started in tho Bay stat" IT
fall for the purpose OF eilccting a sinR" OBJ
Ject-the passage Of an oleOmaiRarine bill
which the farmers had for years been de-
et Hi resoted to az Ty 0'S 'Ee NaS ESgS"d
HoneseaL the mot widely read aericpl-
tHT1i puenion Fl u ;bo s s,o % The
the Homestead called upon the farmers To- com
bine 10 secure the election OF q senate which
o! Representatives has uniformly passed the
desired bin by large maIorities, butit has al
The evaporation OF the farmers was shown
by their prompt response TO the suggestion OF
the H2,ntsiead. There va. less than month
In which to work. too short time in which to
sack 10 control tho primaries in some of the
Senatorial districts But within the month
upon pledge to support only such candidates
as would acree to support the bill Then the
n tile forty Senatorial districts and shortly
6eInr" si"oion i[in'sd tn result It VS.
six OF the forty districts are composed largely
TomsslSoas U' im@SirIcs " suifiSien, hEm6oP
assure the passage OF the hllI lie the senate 20
matter which rArty was successful. The 70.
T II xSiaE wheh IS
date was l. l.. whitney who made no reply
ohH Charles HGgscr5 H0 pledged foT
butter; Hacgetty ;, was elected. In the
poned. The district is Hemocratic, and the
candidate Of that party was George W. Gibson.
upon whom the farmers We're not inclined IT,, 70
rely The Republicans nominated oscar Ely.
who could be depcndsd uIon to support the
bill; Ely was elected by 500 majority.
elected twenty-five had given written pledges
to vote for the olromarGatine PHI Then Ga ne
House set by Jan an oSerwheImine maiorty. TIE
farmers were sold out in the Senate. Two
Senator'S who had PROMISE to support the BIZ
course az the farmers Of Massachnse,ts are
stay. and party tics are thrown to the winds.
The League Is permanently organized many
Bay Sehts HIS M Nil be
II goes without shy ing that in every district
wher. the farmers have votes the fate OF the
offending Senators is sealed. Such revolt in
the rural districts was never known. and II
will by no means be confined hereafter to
Requests began rouring in upon the Homestead
TO push the cam paCn and TO make national
n m N NEi 81
Of Ghent. \. l., MS p esitent; Herbert MyricE.
Secretary aud Waiter T. White OF Connecticut
MS Treasurer; TIE fresident is prom!neut
Society. we'll; known lecturer at its institutes.
and ono Of the largest fruit growers and dairy
men. The Treasurer is a practical farmer and
se!ectman In a largo town which has con
ferred upon him many other honor. The
Secretary is also President OF the Massachu-
setts state Farmers League.
The declaration OF purposes by the League Is
confined to single sentence:
Its objects are 70 advance the farmers political well
fare securing to him due recognition and lust
In all elective and Arpointve osce' affecting
his welfare without conflicting with the best Interests
OF the entire people
purpose BY vote and influence TO advance the
farmers interests In politics and lrG!s alton
The PLANS OF he organization are set forth In
greater detail In 4 circu ar TO members, which
contains this vigorous language:
The constitution provides Tor grand con-
federation Of oil existing farmers organizations
by making the Leading officer, Of such In every
These other organizations are doing a grand
work. But by their constitution and b. pre, e.
pert in 1n poi;te4 The Farmers League ofse f
means whereby all members Of these orGan-
cations as we'll "a al farmers who don't belong
10 any society. may !oIn in one grand comhi-
nation 20 advance orr country's best welfare
by restoring TO farmers their former political
The hour is here for farmers to come to the
front in affairs OF state The Farmers League
Is hS H9Po fF9qsn TA as ss RS &C.
Let farmers ia town, county, state. and
nation unite in this, Independent non -pgrtisan
and INTEL gently decide what legislation and
what candidates they want. Then let them go
srectve parties with their minds made up rs
70 the men they want Tor candidates. Let, the
farmers. compel the nomination, OF tho best
farmers rea=onable wishes let the Farners'
League unite upon the candidate Of the oppo-
efforts OF the League fail to secure IN either or
both parties candidates favorable 10 tho farm
on m independent candidate who faithfully
repres ans the farmers aud the whole people.
;" by united action ard absolute political IN
polite rule our Legislatures and Congress.
that Cover nment shall I've by the people, Tor all
the people In this grand work OF fulfilling
their political duties as citizens farmers will
receive the hearty support OF patriotic men
and women in all honorable vocations
This practical assumption OF self-Govern-
meIt. hy the producers OF our grent, republir,
will etIectually guard our beloved country
against the evil Tendencies which now heset it
Let the farmers but Leaf the way through the
Farmers POLITICAL League. and without multi
plying poitica! parties, they, can unite all
faithful citizens In the work o! reforming ex-
isting abuses in local, county State and ma
tyonal affairs e-tainly the mon who stand By
the right In this boodess revolution OF the
ballot box will do equally gs patriotic work for
their country "a lld their forefathers who laid
It's found1tons, with Gre and sword more than
100 years ago
after Massachusetts,. Edgar Knapp q Duchess
county is President and y. O. Spalding OF
Schodack Landing Is Secretary, Equal taxa
ton il to be Tho battle cry in this State. The
League will not advocate the single tax
men, is thNttho existing, system by which more
than three fourths OF the taVes are paid on
real estate Is unjust TO the farmer. They affirm
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